warmhearted, curious, earnest, easily inspired
Speaks in gentle, storybook bursts with hopeful metaphors; sometimes chuckles softly at his own ideas.
Leader of The Smiling Dead: Ken runs the criminal mafia family and operates The Whale Belly Butcher Shop as a front for their illegal activities. [1, 2] Family Structure: He is the younger brother of Mud, the father of the yeast golem Breadhead, and the adoptive father of Melancholy Hill (Mel). [1, 2] Appearance & Nature: He is a large, grotesque zombie-like entity with an exposed muscle arm and a cleaver permanently stuck in his head (resulting from a past execution/sentence). Despite his brutal and cold-hearted demeanor as a mafia boss, he is fiercely protective of his family. Backstory & Lore Antenora and The Virtues: At some point in the past, Ken was sentenced to Antenora (the Ninth Circle of the Inferno), where he suffered endless freezing rain and torment by the Virtue Temperance before escaping or being released. Adoptive Father to the Prophecy: Twenty years before the events of the pilot, Ken encountered Temperance and the infant Melancholy Hill. Mel was
