Ink Demon/novel

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"We've not seen one like this before."
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"And we have to keep running because... The Ink Monster. Because it's still alive. And it's still hungry. Stop him, you have to..." — Buddy Lewek.

The Ink Demon is a Bendy clone who was a failed attempt at creating Joey Drew Studios' popular mascot Bendy in the real world using the Ink Machine. After his release, he goes on to terrorize the studio and later becomes a feared, looming presence from the machine.

History

Origins

Around an unknown date, the Ink Demon was made as the first figure ever created from the machine in a failed attempt to bring Bendy to life as a living mascot. Having no soul, he ended up looking deformed and monstrous. Because of his failure and potential threat to the studio, the Ink Demon was locked away in a room with surgical tools.

The demon's release

In the summer of 1946, the Ink Demon was set free from his imprisonment in the Infirmary after the studio's volunteer Buddy Lewek heard him sadly moaning and crying out, presumably for help. When Buddy unlocked the door and entered the room, the Ink Demon had vanished, but when Buddy turned around, he appeared. Then he pushed him down before running out and escaping.

As Dot and Buddy were investigating the currently off limits Music Department, they hear wet breathing as something approaches them. The shadows start to creep around the room, causing the flashlight's beam to dim. They then quickly run as the breathing gets louder and an unseen Ink Demon chases after them. They arrive at the Music Room, which was vandalized and splattered with ink, then they see the demon's shadows trying to find them from behind the door. After a bit, the violinist—who was mutilated by the Ink Demon—crashes through the ceiling and after warming the duo about him, falls to the ground and dies. The Ink Demon then spots the duo from above and Dot's flashlight dies to the shadows. They run across the Music Room and after they crash into the stage of the room, the demon immediately vanishes.

The Ink Demon is revealed to be the creature described by Sammy Lawrence during the "ritual" and appears on stage as part of the sacrifice. Instead of killing Jacob, the Ink Demon instead rips a dead Dave's arm out of its socket, grabbing Dot and squeezing her hard, but not enough to kill her. Shortly after, Buddy cuts off one of the Ink Demon's legs to rescues Dot from him. He is later dropped into an ink-filled trapdoor in the Court Theater after Dot frees herself from the demon's clutches, causing him to deform and become one with the ink. But he catches Buddy off-guard and pulls him in with him after falling in, managing to form himself back together. He manages to stay above the ink long enough to kill Buddy, using his sharp teeth to dissect him as the ink drowns him.

Lurking in Atlantic City

After the Ink Machine was deemed to be broken, Thomas Connor and the other Gent workers ship the machine to Atlantic City to fix it; and store it in an abandoned meatpacking factory that Scott had found. However, thanks to a special connection, the Ink Demon also gets transported and is stored in an old icebox. Later, after Bill Chambers gets hired, Thomas brings him to the abandoned factory and talks about the Ink Machine, and eventually mentions a monster.

After some time, Bill brings Constance Gray to the building, with Brant Morris following them. Inside, they talk about the machine until Brant comes in, and they explain what's happening to him, until a loud bang is heard from the old icebox, and Brant convinces Bill to pick the lock on it. They open it, but it appears to be empty. Suddenly, the area seems to get darker, with black shadows dripping down the walls with more on the floor. Then, the lights go out completely, Constance screams, and the Ink Demon drags Bill across the ground. Bill kicks the Ink Demon's head to free himself, and the three of them run. As they ran, Bill noticed that the Ink Demon was attacking the machine, causing the machine to come to life and spit out ink, and causing the area to start flooding with it. The ink then moves inside Brant who gets stuck between the secret door and the wall, and kills him by exploding him from the inside.

At some point, Scott encounters the demon and goes insane after getting trapped inside the factory with him. Joey, Thomas, and Bill later goes to the building so the latter two can fix the machine. While they were in the tunnel they encounter the now-insane Scott, who exclaims the Ink Demon was coming for them before eventually knocking himself out.

Bill, Constance and Brant later goes back to destroy the Ink Machine and stop the demon. Constance pries open the machine in anger which alerts the Ink Demon to their presence. After he arrives, he stands behind Bill as he gives up his life; he then kills him as the ink crawls onto him. The demon then leaves only to come back later to finish off the others. During his second arrival, the demon attacks Brant and trows him to the ground, Brant quickly get up and hits him back with his pipe wrench, but the demon doesn't back away and just claws at Brant. Brant then hits him again and runs off to lead him back to the machine. After getting back, the Ink Demon attacks Brant and attempts to kill him only for Bill—now as an ink creature—to attack the demon, which distracts him. Brant then quickly gets up, closes and locks the door as he and Constance planed. It's unclear what happened to the Ink Demon after this but he still ultimately ended up back in New York City, presumably because of Joey or his connection to the Ink Machine.

Haunting the new studio

After Gent's closure, Joey takes back the Ink Machine and has it transferred to his new workplace, Kismet Production Studios, and stores it in the building's basement. Indirectly carrying the Ink Demon, and all the other souls trapped in the ink to said basement. After Joey locks Rose inside the Ink Machine's room, the demon appears shortly after, seemingly as a vision. He roars and attacks Rose but immediately vanishes when she turn the lights on.

He later appears after Evan, then later Archie Carter and Dot, start picking apart the Ink Machine. As the basement gets dark, he connects with Archie and detects his location. Archie runs away to stop the demon from finding Rose and Dot. While he runs away, the Ink Demon quickly finds him and crushes him to death. He then enters the machine's room and starts attacking the it just as Rose and Dot leave with an unconscious Evan. He then realizes the duo is there after Rose accidentally hits the Gent pipe to the stair, alerting him. He chases them as they run away with Evan's body. They run up from the stairs until he grabs Evan and pulls him down. Dot and Rose let go of Evan upon his request, and the demon drags him downstairs to presumably kill him.

After entering the ink realm, the Ink Demon acknowledges the test families after Rose yells at Joey, who's speaking through an audio log. He quickly finds the families and starts chasing them. When the lights go out he attacks Simon but gets interrupted when the Projectionist finds him. They then start fighting each other as the families run away and escape. It is unknown who won the battle afterwards.

Characteristics

Physical appearance

The Ink Demon is a twisted and monstrous representation of the character Bendy. He is described to have a round head with two horn that is covered with dripping ink, and it has a big white smile with lines separating each teeth. The eye parts of his face are also covered with ink as it dripped down the face. His body was a long and lean skeletal body that was also covered with ink and had a hand with claws. He also wore a bowtie, and a white glow on his other hand, just like the cartoon character.

In the Dreams Come to Life graphic novel adaptation, The Ink Demon's appears like a demonic predator, sporting horns with eyes obscured by thick ink covering his head. His mouth is shaped like that of a human skull and can open fully, complete with gums and realistic teeth. His torso is bulky, with several tendril-like spikes coming out of his back and parts of his shoulders. His stature is big and almost skeletal in certain parts. Though his left hand is partially gloved, both of the Ink Demon's hands have large claws, with his right forearm appearing to be almost bone-like, while his legs are thin and unguligrade-like with cloven hooves, reemphasizing the demonic imagery. His bowtie appears sagging, and additionally he has ink dripping from his body. This is all reminiscent of his canon counterpart's appearance in Bendy and the Dark Revival.

Personality

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 possibly implied that the isolation caused him to develop his murderous tendencies after he was forced into a locked room full of medical supplies. However it is also possible that the Ink Demon was hostile from the beginning due to not having a soul.

The Ink Demon seems to lack most semblance of human intelligence and is incapable of speaking, only making noise through moans and roars. He also seemingly want to hurt everything he sees, even ripping out Dave's arm even though he is already dead. He also attacks anyone that attempts to destroy the Ink Machine. Even though he does attack the machine many times in Fade to Black, it's unclear why he does this. However it's possible he tried to activate it just like he did in The Lost Ones novel, meaning he probably did it out of his own gain.

The Ink Demon is also shown to be quite sadistic, laughing at Dot, Archie, and Rose's efforts at destroying the Ink Machine and even crushing Archie to death; toying with Dot, Buddy, and Jacob as the former two desperately try to save Jacob and escape the theater of nightmares.

Abilities

The Ink Demon has shadows around him that are described to be dripping and reaching out. The shadows dim lights around them, any kind of light is made useless, including flashlights. The Ink Demon can also walk in and out of ink portals that form as he approaches a wall, allowing him to teleport throughout them.

The Ink Demon has a special connection to the Ink Machine as seen by him being alerted whenever something touches it. He also seems to be able to travel though it, since even though he wasn't shipped to Atlantic City, he still somehow ended up there. The demon can connect to the creature of ink, telepathically speaking to the creature and being able to find its location, allowing him to easily pursue them.

The Ink Demon can transform into a larger version of himself seemingly at will, which lengthens his arms and legs and his teeth get sharp.

Behind the scenes

The Ink Demon is a major antagonist in the novel series. He is the main antagonist in the novel Bendy: Dreams Come to Life and Bendy: The Lost Ones but is a secondary antagonist in Bendy: Fade to Black.

Development

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Dialogue

• "RRRRRAAAAAA!"
• "RRRROOOAAARR!!"
• "GRRAAAOOOWWLL!"
• "HRNF SNIIIIIIFFFF..."
• "ROAR!"
• "GRAAAHHHOOOW!"
• "*HUFF* *HUFF*"
• "GRRRRR!"
• "ROAAAAAARRRR!"
• "HRRRRNNNNGG..."
• "GROOOWWWW!"
• "GRAAH!"
• "BAAAAAH!"
• "GLLAAAUUUGHH"
• "*GURGLE*"

Gallery

Main article: Ink Demon/novel/gallery

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  The concept art of the Ink Demon from the Bendy: Dreams Come to Life graphic novel by Alex Arizmendi.

See also

• Bendy/novel, the original cartoon character that the Ink Demon is based on.
• Beast Bendy/novel, the Ink Demon's bulkier form.