Paranoia

"The name is Paranoia, and I am the demon in control of the ultimate fear."

- Paranoia

Paranoia is an important character introduced in the second installment of the Cheatso Saga; Plagued Fear. He is the secondary antagonist of the game, alongside Plague Doctor.

Appearance
Paranoia has a white and round head with very large black horns coming out of the sides. His eyes are large black circles with tiny white pupils, while his mouth usually consists of a sinister grin. His mouth never opens, but at the same time, he has no lips, making it so that his teeth are always visible. Paranoia usually hides his entire body with a black cloak, but when not wearing it, his body is shown to be completely gray, with a few spikes coming out of his back, while his hands and feet are claws. He has a red curved opening in his chest with what seems to be a purple eye with a black pupil. There are three, smaller openings below it of the same color, although none of them possess an eye.

Personality
Being an evil demon, Paranoia not only looks sinister, but also acts like it. He speaks in such a way that makes it clear that he's not just an ordinary demon, and he's out for blood and souls. However, he also speaks in a polite manner, with proper grammar. He almost never shows distress, seemingly remaining calm in any situation, unless his friend Plague Doctor is endangered. He likes to tease his victims by threatening them with their greatest fear, not only by bringing it up, but also saying he will turn into it, as he takes pleasure in making people afraid.

Powers and Abilities
Paranoia is one of the highest-ranking demons, and as such, he has absurd physical strength, giving a lot of trouble to even a group of four very skilled fighters as if it was just another regular day. He's also capable of reading the minds of people he encounters, which is what he uses to find out what their greatest fears are. But perhaps his most memorable power yet is his shapeshifting ability, which allows him to transform into anything he wants, and he commonly uses it to turn into his victims' fears, torturing them psychologically and attempting to make their will weak enough so that he can steal their souls.

Faults and Weaknesses
Being a demon, Paranoia is extremely weak to any sort of holy power, independent of the source, like angels, or even humans holding crosses or holy water. Besides the obvious weakness, he doesn't seem to have many more.

Trivia

 * Paranoia used to have many more spikes around his body, including in his arms, hands, legs and feet. But during the production of Plagued Fear, Alice removed them and only kept the spikes on his back.
 * A not very well-known fact is that Paranoia is gay. This is demonstrated in Plagued Fear from his wish to spare Dynwain's life just so that he can date him.