Patrem
"Must be another one..."
This is the page for the ascended spirit Patrem.
You may be looking for his human self, Hank Hubbard, or his transcended self - Kelbris.
Patrem
Patrem's avatar on the Within Hubris Forums.
| Name | Patrem |
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| Alias | /Patrem\ Father False Father |
| Affiliation | Lunar Children |
| Gender | Male |
| Status | Ascended |
| Relations | Diana Hubbard (Wife) Ben Hubbard (Son) Mat Hubbard (Stepson) Jeremy Jarvis (Friend) Old Man (Friend) Vincent Adams (Vessel) Greth (Vessel) Hank Hubbard (Original Self) Kelbris (Alternate Self) |
Patrem is one of the main antagonists of Johnisdead. Being the Ascended spirit of Hank Hubbard, the founder of the Lunar Children, Patrem holds many forces at his command. Though he has many powerful abilities such as the ability to manipulate time and memories, he still often finds himself trapped within the bodies of others and uses them as hosts, such as with Vincent Adams and Greth.
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Story
Patrem is the ascended spirit of Hank Hubbard. He came into existence on April 23rd, 2002 when Hank was killed and inadvertently ascended by his adopted son Mat. This same event also resulted in the creation of Hank's transcended self, Kelbris. As an ascended spirit, Patrem carried on his duties of leading the Lunar Children as "Father". It is assumed that Patrem would mainly communicate with and issue commands to the cult from the Paralellos through Listening Devices.
In early 2011, Patrem would occasionally communicate with Max on the Within Hubris Forums. He eventually managed to lure him to a park when Max and his family visited Florida. Here, Patrem abducted Max. Max's soul was later absorbed by Tenebris and fused with Ben's to create the entity known as Drowned. Months later on Undecim Nocte 2011, Patrem oversaw Kevin's ascension into Regiminis. However, this ceremony went awry when Drowned escaped Tenebris's control. As a result, John was somehow killed as a result of the ascension, resulting in him inadvertently becoming Regiminis's conduit. Before Regiminis could properly utilize John's spirit, it was stolen by Tenebris, who used him as a replacement for Drowned. This chaos also damaged Patrem, who became trapped within the body of Vincent Adams.
Patrem had limited control while within Vincent, only able to freely move about by controlling Vincent whenever he fell asleep. Patrem's presence also resulted in Vincent suffering from insomnia and amnesia, meaning he was unaware of his history with the cult and Patrem's existence. Despite being trapped within Vincent, Patrem was still able to occasionally commune with the Lunar Children. In 2013, SKM attempted to kill Patrem by trapping his spirit on a laptop and destroying the device. This was unsuccessful, however, as Patrem later manifested unharmed.
On February 19th, 2015, Patrem joined the Within Hubris Forums and began contacting the players. Here, he would occasionally give them cryptic advice while taunting their efforts. On April 4th, Patrem attended the Blood Moon Ritual, where the Lunar Children contacted him via a listening device before sacrificing a new recruit in Luna's honor. On February 20th, Patrem threatened Drowned, who had contacted the players on Skype. This happened again on May 14th, though this time it resulted in Patrem losing some of his energy. It was later revealed that SKM intentionally used Drowned as bait to cause Patrem to over-exert himself, giving SKM and the players an opportunity to speak a few days later. Patrem soon returned, however, chasing SKM off of the forums.
On May 21st, SKM contacted the players on Within Hubris once again. Patrem threatened SKM, but he was still weakened. SKM used this opportunity to "cut up" Patrem's spirit and trap him in the "/key592" directory on Johnisdead.com. This was only temporary, however. On June 9th, the players attempted to explain everything that was going on to Tyler. Unfortunately, Patrem interfered with their efforts, blocking all of their proof from being seen by Tyler. The next day, Patrem confirmed this was his doing and taunted the players further. On August 4th, Patrem had a conversation with Tenebris on Within Hubris, during which he suggested that Tenebris give up John's spirit, as Regiminis was growing impatient. Here, Tenebris revealed that he would release John's spirit in exchange for Ben's, though Patrem replied that Ben's spirit was currently even out of his own reach.
On Undecim Nocte 2015, the players were able to rescue Tyler from the cult's grasp, foiling their plans. On March 1st, 2016, Patrem announced that the Lunar Children would have a second opportunity to capture Tyler on April 23rd, 2016. This plan went awry as well, however, and the Lunar Children were unable to capture Tyler. On the night of April 23rd, Patrem was mysteriously removed from Vincent's body and "pulled into" some other location. This occurred shortly before the Cataclysm destroyed The Spire and most of the Lunar Children.
Patrem was not heard from again until October 11th, 2018 when it was revealed that he was now housed within Greth's body. When exactly Greth came into contact with Patrem is unknown, though over the course of the previous year, Patrem's presence had been causing him a great deal of insomnia. After the players put Greth to sleep through the submission of the "Goron Lullaby", Patrem gained full control of Greth. Patrem then proceeded to confront Tyler on April 23rd, 2019, chasing him into the Parallelos via the Detour Sign.
What happened to Patrem after this is currently unknown. He seems to have become awakened of the true nature of the world at some point, now being guided under a "master" of sorts - likely Synchron.
Personality
Most of the time, Patrem carries himself very highly, speaking in a grandiose fashion as he boasts of his power while taunting the players. Despite this, there are times where he acts more cordially while interacting with them. Since his resurgence on Within Hubris in 2020 after supposedly meeting Synchron, however, he speaks much more humbly and in a more cryptic fashion.
Patrem
Delving deeper into madness after changing the book he moved the pages and hid them in the bindings of "Something people would least expect to observe my secrets in" as he said. The cover is not the original one that bound the pages like the symbols that mask the spirit of the works in these spheres. Gifted with the holy lunacy, his persuit for her shaped the world around him. The reality of the board is malleable, anyone gifted like that can will what they want. I wonder what will caused his son to come out as a story character?
Alternate Incarnations
Other timeline versions of Patrem.
Astral Patrem seems to be fairly similar to this version of himself up until around 2017. For some unknown reason, Patrem was never housed within Astral Greth's body like he was with Prime Greth.
Archive
Relevant documents and files pertaining to Patrem.
Conversations
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References
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Links Lunar Children: Douglas • JadusableLunar Children: The Second Giant Moon Children: Alex Hall • Kayd HendricksMoon Children: Rem • Mason • Tyler Internet Detectives CircleHunter • Dawn • Greth • JacobLunar Children: Vincent Adams • John • JoséAstral Observatory: Yugi • Wolfcat Allies DeadOne • Drowned • Erika • Helper • Max • SKMLunar Children: LiquidSaint |
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Figures Lunar Children: Douglas • The Second GiantHarbingers: Jadusable Moon Children: Alex Hall • The Third GiantMoon Children: Spencer • The Fourth Giant Elder Children Alan Alphonse • Ezekiel Konrad • Jennifer • Kylie • LiquidSaintHarbingers: SKM • MattRMoon Children: Ifrit • Vincent AdamsHarbingers: Jacob Members Alignak • Carla • Cici849 • Daniel • Douglas • Eddie • George • HarryM1 • Hina616 • Hope • Jarilo333Moon Children: Jeremy Jarvis • Jie_Lin_HunterL • Jason • Kalfu9000 • KevinMoon Children: Insidiae • Losna152 • Luke • Mason • Sheepdog • Sin_Yarikh • 1_Tsukuyomi_1 |
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Moderators Members Alex HallHarbingers: Jadusable Lunar Children: The Second Giant • Ben Hubbard • Danielle • David • Diana Hubbard • Hank Hubbard • Jeremy JarvisLunar Children: Jarilo333 • RemHarbingers: Kayd Hendricks • Rosa • The Old Man • Thomas • William Reynolds |
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Astral Children Hacker Group GHOSTBABEL • Seth • Dusk • The Gray ManAstral Observatory: IsocelesAssassin |
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Other / Unaffiliated |
Layered Beings WireTalk Mr. Silent • Mrs. Moon Janus Entities Child • Dead • Halicord • Prominence • Shadow_0388 • Stackoverflow • Trapped Other Cody • Hilario • Hotspot • Kyle • OFA Group • Pumpkinhead • Pursan • The Jaeger • Time Turner • Randy BUP's DnD Game Flint • Greth of Ruskunne • Innsman Greth • The Jester • Max (DnD) • Munnin • Sam the Genasi |
