Hyde

A Hyde Practitioner dwells in an arguable overlap between Heartless and Alchemical practices; the prices and visceral practices. They try to use alchemical concoctions of various drugs to create an Other self sometimes called the Hyde.<ref>The Hyde types of Alchemist accomplish it with chemical treatments, and then there are Egoists who, like Heartless pare away ugliness or pare away weakness to turn much of their practice inward. - Excerpt from False Moves 12.3</ref>

Methodology

As stated There is the use of carious alchemical drugs to create an alternate self to be what the practitioner isn't, multiple 'hyde's for one practitioner are possible. If done badly it can lead to your self being eroded.<ref name=":1" />

Notable Examples

• Henrietta Belton
• Dreg, Tymon's familiar<ref name=":1">“Dreg is a vestige.  Was Aware enough to dip into some Jekyll and Hyde type alchemy, eroded away a good chunk of his Self.  Only a fragment of the person was left, other stuff took up residence.”- Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.6</ref>

Related Others

• Fraward - when balance is Practitioner and the Self becomes lost.<ref name=":0"> ======Hydes (as Other)======

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The third (somewhat rarer) case requires more grounding in what Hydes are: they tend to bring about something the practitioner doesn’t have.  Grace, talent, strength, force of will, beauty, sexual prowess, intelligence- the list can go on.  They may walk a tightrope of being human enough to remain in the human world, but Other enough that they operate by other rules, including a tendency to embrace patterns.  A Hyde’s successes can strengthen them, as can their prominence in society and the public eye while the practitioner may be more secluded, doing their alchemy.  This grows the self, and a pattern of success may lead to a pattern employed against their human side.  Other patterns will attach themselves to the war of Selves, and the practitioner who regularly imbibes in the throes of jealousy may find they start to change when jealousy grips them.  The final loss of humanity tends to come about as a result of ultimate jealousy, in this case.  Anger, grief, lust, fear, loathing, and ambition can all form their own patterns. - Bestiary File: Fraward</ref>

Trivia

• A reference to the Jekyll & Hyde story by Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson

References

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