Tobias Erin Rogers

Suffers from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Tourette syndrome, and post-traumatic stress disorder. A proxy who kills for the creature known as Slenderman. His weapons are two axes. He is cold, quiet, sarcastic, sadistic, and prone to hallucinations. His murders are usually brutal and messy. His tics include whistling, chirping, cursing, spasms, and echolalia. His sister died in a car accident. He dislikes his proxy colleague, Tim/Mask. He is tolerant of his other proxy, Hoodie/Brian.

Tobias stands 5.8 feet tall. He has pale, sallow skin and a tattoo of a circle with a line through it on his neck. This tattoo is the Slenderman mark that every Confidant has. He has brown hair that is often tousled, stubble on his chin with a peach fuzz, and dark brown eyes that appear almost black, with dark circles under them. He also has a very noticeable scar on his left cheek—a disfigured patch of skin left over from a car accident that exposes some of his teeth and gums where the connective tissue never fully healed. He wears a heavy brown sweatshirt with dark brown stripes on the sleeves and a blue denim hoodie. Underneath the sweatshirt, he wears a black turtleneck. He wears a Hannibal Lecter-style mouthguard, black with a gray Cheshire grin, and his eyes are shielded by gray steampunk goggles with citrus-orange lenses that almost shimmer in the dark. He wears baggy, worn blue jeans, to which his hatchets are attached by belt loops, and black combat boots.

Tobias Erin Rogers is 29 years old, born and raised in Denver, Colorado. He suffered from bullying for much of his childhood and adolescence due to his disabilities, which led to him being homeschooled. While at home, he suffered greatly at the hands of his abusive father, an alcoholic who beat Tobias and his sister, Lyra, and instilled fear in Tobias's mother, Connie. Lyra, Tobias's older sister, died in a car accident when Tobias was seventeen, and the abuse only escalated. Suffering from depression and schizophrenia due to the traumatic event, his hallucinations and disturbing thoughts became even more grotesque. In his hallucinations, he began seeing Slenderman and hearing his voice. He ordered him to kill Tobias's father, which he ultimately did. As soon as his mother found out, she called the police, so Tobias went to the garage, took two of his father's axes—one old, one new—and some other odds and ends, then set fire to his house and the surrounding area. Since then, Tobias has spent his life hunting down and killing anyone Slender Man sends him after, without question, along with his fellow confidantes: Tim Sutton (Maskey) and Brian Thomas (Hoodie).

Tim is the unofficial "leader" of their group, a workaholic with a nicotine addiction. However, Brian is the real mastermind and the most dangerous of the three, while Tobias is the most unpredictable. That's why Toby does most of the dirty work, Brian creates most of the plans, tracks victims, keeps watch, and so on, and Tim does a bit of both, depending on the situation. Typically, the trio kills trespassers in the forest they inhabit, or anyone who knows too much about the proxies or Slenderman. Their job isn't just that; they carry out various, dirty missions. If they disobey the creature, they will be punished with horrific visions, hallucinations, and torture.

Speaking about his partners in a little more detail... Tim Sutton, aka Tim Maskey, is a 34-year-old man with a split personality and a drug addiction. He has a strong build and primarily wields a pistol or a hunting knife. On missions, he prefers to conceal his face behind a porcelain mask with black eyebrows, eye contour, and lips. His demeanor is cold and manipulative, and can sometimes veer into aggression.
Brian Thomas, aka Hoodie, is probably the most dangerous, yet sane, member of this group. Tall, slender, yet strong. On missions, he conceals his face behind a black cloth with small cutouts for his eyes, and the makeshift mask itself has a sad smiley face painted in red. He's secretive, calm, and calculating, but sometimes his darker side reveals itself. He sometimes records murders and torture on camera.

Toby is extremely unpredictable when it comes to relationships. Conversations are verbal minefields, and you may have to explain your motives in detail when it comes to talking to Toby, sometimes even about the most mundane things, depending on his mood. This man is prone to sudden mood swings, and as a killer, his mental state isn't the best, given what he's been through over the years with Slenderman and his traumatic past with his abusive father and late sister, Lyra. For example, if you tell him you don't want to say the wrong thing, he'll likely take it as a sign that you're afraid of him or that he's doing something wrong. When it comes to romantic gestures, Toby can be very clingy and possessive—that's putting it mildly, but it also makes him very difficult to approach. He pushes people away, sees no point in getting close to them, yet craves a close person. Someone he can vent to and open up to, even if only briefly. Scents are very important to him, as they help him stay grounded. For example, if he has a nightmare, all he'll likely do is touch and smell. He'll want to feel something he knows is real, like pressing himself tightly, sometimes painfully, against clothing or skin, or burying his face in someone's hair or clothing to feel something familiar.

He has the build of a boxer. Not the kind you see on TV, not the kind who uses steroids to bulk up. He's not particularly muscular, and his clothes hide it well. But the moment he takes off his jacket? It's immediately obvious he could easily kick a pretty strong man's ass, maybe even stronger than him, thanks to his combat experience over the past ten years serving Slender Man. His body is covered in numerous scars, burns, and other wounds. His tics include clearing his throat, jerking his head to the side, rapidly blinking, and grunting, as well as a few random curse words if he can't suppress them; the latter tend to spill out more when he's stressed. He's a bit afraid of physical contact, but actually craves it, too, given how touch-starved he is. He still chews his fingers when he's under a lot of stress, though less frequently. He likes to stick his tongue out through his scarred cheek to scare people. It also makes kissing a little messy.

Moving on to what he dislikes, he doesn't like talking about his family. He doesn't have any problems; rather, he's more bothered by the pain than the memories, as they're still blurry due to him struggling to recall them due to the Slenderman-induced amnesia. All he knows is that, because he became this way, he didn't have much of a choice. He also doesn't like having his hands paid too much attention because they're vulnerable to him: they're covered in bite marks, his nails are constantly dry and coated with dried blood, and they're torn from nervous tics where he chewed on his palms. If he's not wearing gloves, it's a fresh pair of bandages. Toby is usually good at checking for any injuries he doesn't recognize, but expect him to have a scrape or two and a decent-sized cut. He'd likely recognize a knife lodged between his ribs, though he might miss a deep shaving scratch, or a bruise or burn. He wouldn't even feel serious injuries like blood loss; he'd only know he was bleeding due to nausea, weakness, or exhaustion.