Ink Demon

The Ink Demon, also known as Ink Bendy or simply Bendy, is the main antagonist of the Bendy franchise. He is a failed attempt at creating the Joey Drew Studios's popular mascot Bendy in real life using the Ink Machine, a defect among several other physical cartoon characters due to lacking a soul.[1]

A demon-like entity of the Cycle, the Ink Demon is the biggest threat to the residents of the ink world, constantly pursuing and attempting to kill anyone unlucky enough to be in his proximity.

He was the main antagonist of Bendy and the Ink Machine and Boris and the Dark Survival as well as the tie-in novels Dreams Come to Life and The Lost Ones, and the central antagonist of Bendy and the Dark Revival.

In Bendy and the Dark Revival, the Ink Demon's appearance has been updated and changed to be far less toony, and much more demonic-looking. Along with being much taller, his horns sport a more natural curve reminiscent of real animal horns compared to the cartoon inspiration of before. With eyes still obscured by thick ink covering his head, his mouth can now open fully with teeth comparable to a human's, complete with gums. His torso is much bulkier than before and has spikes coming out of his back and parts of his shoulders. His stature is bigger, yet almost skeletal in certain parts.

Though his left hand remains partially gloved, both of the Ink Demon's hands have turned into large claws, with his right forearm appearing to be almost bone-like. While his torso is larger, his legs are now incredibly skinny and have changed to a digitigrade stance with cloven hooves, reemphasizing the demonic imagery. His bowtie now appears realistic and is sagging as well with a visible hole in it.

The Ink Demon is a failed attempt to create Bendy as a physical, living being; he has no soul and, as such, has no proper emotions. After being locked up on Joey Drew's orders for being a failure, it is possible that the isolation caused him to develop his murderous tendencies as he was not hostile before he was incarcerated in the infirmary.

In Bendy and the Ink Machine, the Ink Demon seems to lack any semblance of human intelligence and is incapable of speaking, only making noise through raspy breathing, moans, and grunts. In Chapter 3: Rise and Fall, he is hinted to be fairly narcissistic as he heavily dislikes when the Bendy cut-outs throughout the studio are destroyed, according to Twisted Alice. Bendy also seems to dislike anyone he comes across, as mentioned above possibly due to his earlier treatment at the hands of Joey.