Mr. Twicchit

Mr. Twicchit is physically very small and very weak. Malnutrition and hypothermia have not done him any favors.

His third-eye crystal is pumpkin orange. It is usually hidden under his hat. His color-pointed fur pattern gives him dark circles around his eyes and two streaks across his muzzle that resemble a curled mustache, giving him a somewhat-sinister appearance. His black paws resemble gloves to some extent.

Being a nekomata, Mr. Twicchit has the power to reanimate dead things. When he was in the Circus of Shadows, he devised stage shows where he would animate the wooden puppets using his nekomata magic.

Though he is no longer a puppeteer, Mr. Twicchit refuses to give up the attire he wore when he was. He wears a simple black cape and a black top hat. Both of these have become soiled with time.

Mr. Twicchit was formerly Puppetmaster Twicchit. At the time, he was the top performer in the circus, which led Ringmaster Magnus to tolerate him despite his odious personality.

After his sacking, he faced an unfriendly world where no one would hire him. One winter, Ivy Butternut found him starving and half-frozen and took him in. Ever since then, he was her right-hand man, doing her dirty work for her.

Despite his bad attitude, he managed to maintain his career in the Circus of Shadows for 30 years. That is, until he ruined it all.

When Strombolio threatened to replace him, he decided to sabotage the young harlequin gremlin's act. The night before Strombolio's sixth birthday show, he drenched the load-bearing poles of the tent with lighter fluid. When a bolt of magic from Strombolio's hands struck one of the beams, it started a fire, resulting in a chain reaction of events that ended with the entire tent exploding and numerous injuries.

Mr. Twicchit was hoping that Strombolio would be blamed for this. Unfortunately, Ringmaster Magnus quickly discovered the truth. After an absolutely brutal dressing down, Mr. Twicchit was unceremoniously fired from the Circus of Shadows.

While Mr. Twicchit fancies himself very smart, he cannot for the life of him understand what he did wrong to warrant his sacking from the Circus of Shadows. Not at first, anyway...

Twicchit's primary goal is self-preservation. This led him to being in an abusive relationship with Ivy Butternut, whom he stands by to keep her from throwing him back out in the snow.

Despite everything, Twicchit does regret his actions back when Strombolio was little. Of course, that might be more for himself than for any moral reason, but it's a start.

On the surface, Twicchit appears to be a cowardly bully. Spoiler for "Jack Thunder and the Dawn of Unity"