Barfbat

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<label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Previous Team(s)</label> <label>Base of Operations</label></group> <group><header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label></group> </infobox>Barfbat is a Case 53 in the employ of Cauldron.<ref name="5xII e1">“Fair,” she said. “Who are we waiting for?”

“A handsome fellow known as Barfbat.”

“I know Barfbat. He took us out to eat, remember? The restaurant had chickens in cages just outside the door.”

“Was that him? Right. Well, speak of the devil and he’ll appear.”
[...]
Kurt waved the others back. Barfbat and the two boys backed off, keeping a respectful distance, so the conversation would be quiet. - Excerpt from Interlude 5x II</ref>

Personality

Jocular but professional.

Appearance

He never looks the same.

Abilities and Powers

Barfbat is the type of changer, self mutating tracker. For example, he can fly with the help of wings and strange inflatable tumor-like growths. He can also make a slit appear down his face, resembling a bat's nose and aiding him find people with its associated super-smell. This is presumably the source of his name.<ref name="5xII e3">Barfbat winged his way down. Tumorous, fluid-filled growths deflated and his wings retracted.
[...]
A slit appeared down the center of his face, and then it parted in layers, each layer adding to a flower-like bloom that was a comprehensive nose that obscured eyes and ears both. Tumors swelled and filled with fluid around his neck and shoulders, stretching out until the skin was transparent, veins standing out where the light hit them.

He broke into a run, arms extending until he could use them to help run, and Jeanne and Kurt both followed. As they reached the outskirts of the little town, they caught up with Kurt’s younger ‘brothers’.

Barfbat had an augmented body, but Kurt and his brothers had efficient movement. Jeanne was fit, she exercised and ran every day, and she could use her power to help traverse obstacles or reduce wind resistance, but it was still an effort to keep up.

They caught up with the thief. It didn’t take long. The terrain was hilly, and that slowed their quarry more than it slowed any of them. - Excerpt from Interlude 5x II</ref>

History

Background

Was a recipient of a Cauldron vial in 1998 worked several favours,<ref name="5xII e2">“Hi Barfbat,” Jeanne said.

“It’s nice to see you, Jeanne. This is really it, Number Man? I’m done?”

“This will be the last favor we ask of you, and your contract from June 1998 will be considered finished,” Kurt said.

“It’s about time,” Barfbat said. “Decades of my life spent keeping a phone nearby.”

“We’ve helped you out along the way, as payment for having you in reserve. But time is of the essence. Can you sniff out our man? I think he’ll be scared.” - Excerpt from Interlude 5x II</ref> still had one left to do.

Gold Morning

Presumably participated as others did.

Early-Ward

Helped Cauldron track down an old acquaintance.

Trivia

• While Barfbat's power is mainly Changer with Mover and Thinker undertones he is listed as a Changer for ease of reference.
• It is known id he actually has a cauldron tattoo.

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