Tobias

Tobias is very quiet and reserved. However at times he can lash out violently or succumb to the voices in his head. When Tobias was a child, his father had consistently told him to not show any weakness to others. Thus, he is very confused when people show him kindness and pushes most people away. Lucas is also physically, emotionally, and verbally abusive towards Tobias, even taking out a gun and threatening to kill his son if Tobias misbehaved in school. Because of this, Tobias has been conditioned to associate pain with forgiveness.  Tobias has compromised morals, often believing in survival of the fittest and penance. However, he is gradually opening up to other peers, like Rudolph. Tobias’s personality has changed slightly thanks to his interactions with Rudy. He sometimes thinks about what Rudy would do in certain situations (such as comforting Carmelo) and models his behavior after Rudy’s to try and attempt to be more sociable.  

Tobias has medium length black hair and a slim build that conveys a sense of androgyny. He is 5ft 5in. Tobias usually wears a white collared shirt, black pants, black shoes, and a green sweater (in early chapters). He has ice blue eyes, apparently a side effect from Mr. Edburt's possession of him. Tobias has a large wound on his back in the shape of a cross, potentially a result of one of his father’s “punishments”. According to Carmelo, Tobias has an accent somewhere between German and British. As a young child (before being possessed by Mr. Edburt), Tobias had slightly darker blue eyes and a shorter version of his current hairstyle.

Tobias Schneien is 15 years old who's been home schooled his whole life until now. Raised in a church in the woods with his many siblings, tentative mother, and religious father, he is wrought with severe paranoia of being in public with peers by himself. His only comfort here are the voices in his head, the blade in his hands, and his god.

As a child, Tobias enjoyed spending time in the forest surrounding the Schneien Church with his seven octuplet and his 15 other siblings (Making it 24 kids including Tobias). He was frequently verbally abused by his father, and found solace in the woods. Tobias would often run off into the woods, leaving his octuplet brother Mattias to come after him. Mattias would sometimes pass out while in the woods (because of his narcolepsy) while with Tobias, and Tobias would bring him home. Around the age of eight (awakening age), It seems like Tobias attempted to murder Mattias. And told Lucas why he did so by stating that “It was just an animal, Father. I was putting it out of its misery,”. However, some suspect that it was just a misunderstanding, and Tobias was actually talking about some of the animals he’s killed while under the influence of Mr Edburt