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Trophy Collector

Christoph Tzavaras was a diabolical and despicable billionaire. Born in Greece, Tzavaras resided in San Luis Obispo, California, in a seaside mansion that hid a horrid, underground secret. He was a Midas, a rare and ancient Wesen with Greek bloodlines. Christoph was a Wesen trophy hunter, an underground complex beneath his mansion displayed his collection. He had Wesen bones, Wesen taxidermy, Wesen skins, Wesen mounts and other macabre specimens from some of the rarest Wesen on the planet. All of these items were obtained illegally from black market sources and they were not even the worst parts of his collection. In the complex was a long hallway lined with large cages harboring live examples of extremely rare Wesen. Even though he was a Wesen himself, Christoph did not see the injustice of capturing other people for his enjoyment, and he had his eyes on his next target. He had recently started a collection of Wesen from Japan, a country with a particularly large amount of rare and unusual species (some are known as Yokai), and he had learned of a Hakutaku residing nearby.

A pair of Schakals under the employment of Christoph Tzavaras sat in the waiting room of Mitsiku-san: Temple of the Fortuneteller. Mitsiku-san was a famous figure in this area, many people believed that he really could read your future and answer most any question, others, of course, believed it was all a load of hogwash. A small Japanese woman came out from behind an intricate curtain, escorting a couple out the door, and told the two men that Mitsiku-san was ready to speak with them. They entered a small chamber where a Japanese man of unusually large porportions sat cross-legged on a raised platform. Mitsiku-san was kindly and spoke perfect English. The two Schakals sat in ornate chairs across from the man and as he got ready to use his ability, Mitsiku-san woged.

His skin became stark white and deeply wrinkled. His face flattened and became similar to that of a Mordstier. His eyes became light purple in color and another eye formed in the center of his forehead. In addition, three eyes appeared on either side of his thick neck, resulting in nine eyes in all. A long beard of brown fur formed along his jaw. Six white, tall horns formed on his bald head. Two sprouted from his temples, two from the top of his head, and two from farther back on his head. Altogether, his appearance was grotesque and stunning. The Schakals thought he looked more like an alien out of Star Wars than any Wesen they had ever seen, but they knew they had their guy.

Before Mitsiku-san could say anything, one of the Schakals pulled a blowgun out of his overcoat and swiftly embedded a dart in the man's neck. The dart was coated in a tetrodotoxin from a Blauring-Krake in Tzavaras' collection. Mitsiku-san lost his woge quickly and was promptly paralyzed to the point of apparent death. The toxin worked quickly, but its effects were very temporary, they had to get the man to the mansion. The woman who greeted them earlier was the only other person in the building, so they were able to paralyze her and escape with the man to the car waiting outside with relative ease.

Later that evening, Christoph strolled through his captive hall, receiving insults and death threats all along the way. He passed a Gluhenvolk, an Ozeanschale, a Seltenvogel, a Diamant-Haut, a Przewalskipferd, a Rieseflusskrebs, and numerous other rarities and oddities of the Wesen world. He then came to the Japanese section. He went up to the bars of one cage and the captured specimen came forth. The man was small and frail and woged into a Furari-bi. His body was covered in small, red scales interspersed with red feathers and his hands grew small claws. His face became draconic, with a sloping snout, slitted nose, and small fangs. He had fin-like flaps in front of his ears and blew a puff of flames in Christoph's face without saying a word. The fire did not burn, but simply wafted away. Tzavaras chuckled as he moved on to the cage encapsulating Mitsiku-san.

The Japanese man came to the front of the cage and woged, yelling at Christoph. "Why are you doing this?! We are people and so are you! Would you like to be caged up like this?!"

Christoph replied, "Well, well. My newest addition and might I say, you are quite interesting indeed. You'll have to learn to not be so ferocious, though." With that, Christoph woged, his skin becoming wrinkly and aged as his head partially balded and his chin grew a long, white beard. His eyes became sparkling gold and his ears became those of a donkey. "I have done nothing wrong, I am a scientist, you see. Only educated individuals would understand the sacrifices that must be committed along the path to knowledge." He came out of woge and left without waiting for a reply from Mitsiku-san.

That night, Mitsiku-san decided he would not accept this fate. Christoph had not realized what a powerful Wesen he had obtained. The man woged and, despite his size, planted a nimble and perfectly executed roundhouse kick on the latch of the cage door. His strength was superhuman, but the door did not collapse. However, the door did loosen a bit. On the second kick, the door began to bend inward near the latch and on the third kick, the latch broke and the door opened. Then, Mitsiku-san ran to every cage in the hall and kicked open every door, receiving tearful gratitude from numerous Wesen he had never seen before. Some of the individuals had been in captivity for nearly 15 years. Mitsiku-san organized the great escape as a Zeitlos decided to kill Christoph once and for all.

The Zeitlos made his way to Christoph's bedroom, which took nearly an hour to find on the top floor of the mansion. As he entered the room, Christoph heard the door open and moved to get out of the bed. The Zeitlos rushed at him and punched him in the face, drawing energy from his own rage and the collective rage of his fellow captives. When Christoph was down, the Zeitlos jumped him and broke his neck, ending his life in mere seconds.

All the captives escaped alive thanks to Mitsiku-san and in the following days the mansion of Christoph Tzavaras was burned down by the former captives and their families. The henchmen who aided him were hunted down and arrested for participating in human trafficking.

The Midas was an idea posted to Prof. Draco's "Invent a Wesen" user blog back when the Wiki had user blogs, the creator is unknown.

Blauring-Krake (Ger. blue ringed + octopus) blue ringed octopus-like Wesen

Ozeanschale (Ger. ocean shell) sea turtle-like Wesen (courtesy of SergeantPepper909)

Diamant-Haut (Ger. diamond skin) diamond skinned human-like Wesen (courtesy of Balam92)

Przewalskipferd -- Przewalski's horse-like Wesen

Rieseflusskrebs -- giant freshwater crayfish-like Wesen (both courtesy of 172.7.244.188)

Zeitlos -- tuatara-like Wesen (courtesy of MonsterMaster13)

Hakutaku -- existing legendary monster (Yokai)

Furari-bi -- existing legendary monster (Yokai)