Montresor (Nevermore webtoon)

Nevermore Academy is an afterlife institution, presumably created by Merry and Mourn, dedicated to choosing a worthy individual to give them a second chance at life.

Students Every new school year, Nevermore Academy accepts a new batch of new souls as students. The criteria used for the arrival of new souls to Nevermore is unknown, but given that currently every student had an "unusual" death, it's possible that the souls that come to Nevermore, although not coming from the same period of time, may have something in common related to their deaths.

Uniform The uniform at Nevermore Academy varies for all students, but all uniforms come in black, white, and/or gray. Students at Nevermore have black coats, button jackets, and vests with the Nevermore Academy logo on the back, white or gray tops and black, white, or gray bottoms with black boots.

Competition Inside Nevermore Academy each student competes to gain a new life, with only one person as the winner.

Each student has a personal score named "merits" (with the negative version being called "demerit"). Every member of the staff can at any point give or take merits from a student for any reason they see fit. If this competition is directly related to the earning of a new life hasn't been directly stated.

Background According to the Raven, Nevermore Academy and the Deans are relatively new. Before their arrival, new souls that arrived at the shore of Nevermore had to embark on a pilgrimage towards the Threshold to earn a new life.

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Trivia,, Will is based off the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, William Wilson. Will would've chosen a pile of peaches and a glass of water for his last meal when he was alive. He has a habit of scratching the back of his neck when nervous.

Aliases: William (Annabel) Affiliation: Nevermore Academy (student), Annabel's Group

Physical description,, Species: Human (Dead) Gender: Male Height: 5'10 (178 cm) Eye color: Gray

Will's Spectre is a "Doppelgänger", categorized as the "Mannequin" type and considered neutral. However it is unknown what caused Will to manifest this type of Spectre.

Will's Doppelgänger Spectre is a large creature with similar attributes to a mannequin/puppet. His body is blank, sharing the appearance of a wooden doll. He also has ball joints, and each limb is surrounded by black ribbons that are controlled telepathically. Although his actual head is faceless and grey, there are six white masks surrounding it, resembling a zoopraxiscope as they move. Each mask shows a different expression, and switch to whichever emotion he's feeling at the given time.

Abilities

Mimicry: This ability allows the Doppelgänger to mimic the forms of others. When the Doppelgänger is de-transforming from the disguise, a wax-like substance oozes out from their body, almost like they are melting. Whilst in a form, they can modify the appearance of the person whenever they want. Because Eulalie pointed out that Will's Duke form had the wrong tie color, it is implied that Doppelgänger's must memorize the person he wishes to mimic. Duplication: With duplication, the Doppelgänger can make copies of themself. It is unknown if the copies are controlled by the original or if they act out of free will, and they seem to take on the same appearance and clothing as the original is wearing in the moment but do not sustain any physical injuries the original has. When destroyed the copies melt like wax. Entanglement: Perhaps the most convenient ability, this allows the Doppelgänger to control their ribbons telekinetically. This is often used to capture and immobilize the victim.

William, or Will is a Nevermore Academy student, part of Annabel Lee's group, though answering mainly to Montresor.

Will is a white man. He has short, slightly spikey hair, which is grayish brown and on the lighter side, with what appears to be a much darker underlayer to it. His eyes are a fair gray, and his eyebrows are dark. His figure seems to be slim, and a bit lanky.

His uniform consists of a white shirt, a gray vest, a black blazer with white accents on the sleeves, a black tie, and white pants with high black boots. He keeps his sleeves rolled up to his elbows. None of the other characters seem to wear a vest beneath their blazers.

In his sleepwear, Will wears what seems to be a raggedy green plaid robe with reddish, sewn-on patches, kept open and tied around the waist. His shirt and pants are white.

He usually has a somewhat concerned or nervous facial expression, though he smiles often.

Little is known about Will's background except that it is implied he met Montresor in the hedge maze. Will came from a family of around 14 kids and his parents, who own a store called 'Wilson's Produce & General Store" in Kansas. Will was alive during the 1930's dust bowl era.

Aliases: Monty (Will), Honey (Ada) Relatives: Unnamed Mother Affiliation: Nevermore Academy (Student), Annabel's Group

Physical description,, Gender: Male Height: 6'1 (185 cm)

Montresor is based after Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Cask of Amontillado. Montresor’s name is similar to the phrase my treasure in French, which is what his mother called him. Lenore and Montresor must have been destined to be enemies, because Montresor was killed by a train and Lenore’s father owned a train making company. While in his spectre form, Montresor is burned by salt, similar to many demons in folklore. Montresor's Spectre form being a Son of Belial has possible allegories into him internalizing the words of the church members in his mother's community given Belial is a demon who preys on the weak and worthless, and in his hallucination wrought by Ada's Spectre he was directly referred to as "worthless." In the story whenever there are moments of true vulnerability in his character such as when he is injured or cares more than what he will let on about a character, the artist does not draw part of his face and leaves it either shadowed or blank. He refers to himself a "God-fearin' gentleman" but in a later chapter (81) offers Will the advice of God never saving anyone, and even those who were faithful in the "good book" as he calls the Bible ending off worse off for it. During Ada's illusion of Montresor's greatest fear he is shown as standing on a Belial sigil During Ada's illusion of Montresor's greatest fear the bible verse Matthew 6:9-13 appears in the background

Montresor's Spectre is a "Dybbuk", classified as a "Son of Belial" and considered Malevolent. His spectre was likely a demon due to him being shunned from the church and his own mother saying “You’ve had the devil in you since the day you were born” before she attempted to kill him.

While in his Spectre form Montresor takes a demon-life form, with red skin, goat legs, black horns and his hair turns white. His skin also has black gradients on his hands, and his legs are covered in black fur. Montresor doesn't wear any clothes in this form, but has various accessories like golden chains around his neck, golden decorations around his horns, hooves and eyes; and golden ring piercings.

Abilities Possession: Montresor can get into people's minds, being able to access their memories and witness them along side his victims. The people affect by this power get very tired after it's used on them. Montresor uses this ability for the first time against Lenore during the Manor Arc. Oppression: The effects of this ability are currently unknown. Fire & Brimstone: Montresor is able to summon fire, smoke and lava rifts on the ground. He uses this ability against Lenore, Berenice and Eulalie during the Manor Arc.

Montresor more than likely lived around 1865-1910, given his flashback and late western era that colored the town where he died. His nationality is likely American or more specifically Texan due to his slang usage and attire. Monstresor is implied to have been a swindler as in a flashback he attempts to hustle a man at a game of cards and it appears he has quite an act down suggesting it is not his first time pulling something like this. It is also known that he died because he had an affair with the reverend's daughter and, in punition, was tied to the tracks of a train.

Montresor has clear ties to Christianity via his mother who was obviously a head of a church that read more as almost cult-like in Montresor's views. There is allusion to religious trauma and the possibility of physical abuse as well as mental from those who were members of the church if not also from his own mother.

Montresor comes across as a provocative, insolent, rebellious type of person. Given his tendencies to attempt to pick fights with anyone, though lately it appears he is doing so to attempt to settle his scores with those who have in some way insulted him in the past by his definition. However, he is not above respecting those he considers on his level such as Annabel Lee given he stated he does not refer to just anyone as "ma'am" or his respect for Lenore as an adversary, likewise he seems to hold particular contempt for people who he deems as pushovers or suck-ups although he rarely attempts to start fights with them in ernest. Though he is vindictive, his being called out by Lenore on his constant fear offers insight into the idea of his fears of being seen as weak if he shows vulnerability to those around him. His wickedness comes from what strikes as a twisted idea of "Eye for an Eye," as usually his targets are those he feels threatened by or those who have insulted him directly, though he always takes it much too far and doesn't seem to care.

Montresor is a white man with unkempt shoulder-length brown hair. He also has stubble around his chin and jaw, and a gold tooth. He has hazel eyes (As of Episode 112 close up panel) and a scar on his nose from his fight with Lenore, Pluto, and Duke behind the wall.

Montresor wears a a white dress shirt with a short black jacket over it, grey pants, a black belt and black boots. He wears a bolo tie around his collar.

During the flashback in which he was tied to the train tracks and killed, he wore a dark grey shirt, a black jacket, black pants and black boots. He also wore a necklace with a cross on it, symbolizing his relationship with the church prior to his death. He also wore a belt with a holster for his revolver.

Montresor is a Nevermore Academy student and was previously Duke's roommate, but is now rooming with Prospero. He is a manipulative person that forms part of Annabel's group and is quite close to Will.