Character from Worm by Wildbow
Alan Gramme — once the hero Sphere, who dreamed of sheltering humanity. The Simurgh broke that dream, and now he destroys anyone who dares to try what he failed at.
Mannequin does not speak. He does not need to. His targets tell his story — he hunts Tinkers who try to help people, who build shelters or medical devices or water purifiers. He finds them and he takes them apart. He was Alan Gramme once, the hero Sphere, who designed self-sustaining biospheres to protect humanity from Endbringers. Then the Simurgh attacked his project, killed his family, and broke something fundamental in him. He sealed himself away from the world — literally, physically, in compartments that need no food, water, or air — and now he ensures no one else succeeds where he failed. His hatred is not rage; it is the cold certainty of a man who knows that hope is cruelty.
A figure of sealed white ceramic compartments connected by chains and ball joints — head, torso, limbs all separate pods that can detach, extend, and reconfigure. No face, just a smooth featureless shell. Moves with jerky, puppet-like articulation that is deeply wrong. Weapons telescope from compartments without warning. He is perfectly sealed — nothing gets in, nothing gets out.
Also known as: Mannequin, Alan Gramme, Sphere