Headless Man

Headless Man
A Headless Man model painted for a map.

The Headless Man, or Blemeyes, is an unremarkable subject that looks kind of like a headless person. It premiered in episode 6, Headless Men a.k.a. She Shall Who Not Be Named

Description

The headless man looks like a man without a head (definitely not a head without a man), however, it does still have a face, located on the torso. Eyes near where one's nipples would be, and mouth near ones belly button, if compared to a normal human. There are reportedly two different types of headless men, the chest-eyes guys, who look like the previous description, and the shoulders-eyes guys, who have eyes a little higher near the shoulders. There is some debate on if these distinguish two different races, or possibly two different genders. They can grow up to twelve feet tall and sometimes seven feet fat.

Some of these creatures will usually where basketball shorts, or other loose fitting bottoms, but others will grow out their beard/pube hair to naturally hide their genitals.

No one really knows where they live. Herodotus was the first to talk about them, and Pliny the Elder second. Alexander the Great also found the headless man, and enslaved twenty of them for his own means. Some say they were sexual needs.

Headless men have become popular by becoming map models with ancient maps not being produced without them, and some can have as many as several hundred on them.

Etymology

The Headless Men a.k.a. Akephaloi a.k.a. Blemeyes, could have been named after many things. Akephaloi means "Headless Ones" in Greek. Blemeyes is said to be derived from the king named King Blemys. It could also mean "without brain", implying they were brainless. Or maybe even the Greek for "look, glance" and "close the eyes" or Coptic for "blind". No one's really sure, and not a lot of these truly fit the Headless Men. Maybe some day they will find a fitting name.

Abilities

Good at hiding and modeling. Pretty much a human otherwise, but a bit weaker.

Tale

Herodotus was first to write about the headless men, describing their appearance and their location.

"For the eastern region of Libya [i.e. North Africa], which the nomads inhabit, is low-lying and sandy as far as the Triton river; but the land west of this, where the farmers live, is exceedingly mountainous and wooded and full of wild beasts. In that country are the huge snakes and the lions, and the elephants and bears and asps, the horned asses, the Dog-Headed (Kynokephaloi) and the Headless (Akephaloi) men that have their eyes in their chests, as the Libyans say, and the wild men and women, besides many other creatures not fabulous."

Pliny the Elder, though second to write of them, gave a much more cryptic and brief overview of the headless men.

"Ctesias [Greek historian C4th B.C.] writes that . . . westward from these [the Troglodytoi of the Red Sea coast of Africa] there are some people without necks, having eyes in their shoulders."

Statistics

Basic human in solid physical and mental form represents about a 3 in the numbered stats.

Headless Man Statistics

Strength (1-10)	2
Speed (1-10)	3
Intelligence (1-10)	3
Durability (1-10)	3
Vulnerabilities	Modeling Requests
Special	Negates Neckbreak Attacks

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Fight Club Results

Battle	Result	Episode
vs. Leprechaun	Win	6
vs. Striga (with 3 Headless Men and a Hellhound)	Win	8
vs. Bellerophon (with 3 other Headless Men)	Loss	23