A Creepypasta created by GhostAlleyCat.
Name: The Whispers
Backstory:[]
The Whispers was once a young woman named Eliza Harper, a librarian who lived in a quiet town. Eliza was drawn to obscure, forbidden texts, often spending hours in the library’s hidden section. One evening, while researching ancient rituals and arcane knowledge, she found a mysterious, weathered book that promised to reveal "the truth behind all voices." Desperate to escape the noise in her own mind, she performed the ritual described in the book.
But instead of quieting her thoughts, the ritual opened a rift to a world of ancient whispers. These voices twisted her mind, and with each whisper, her sanity unraveled. Over time, she became an embodiment of the voices, cursed to endlessly speak and whisper the darkest secrets of anyone she encounters. Her obsession with the voices began to consume her, and she lost all sense of herself.
Now, she haunts the world as The Whispers, her form shifting between shadowy and humanoid, always speaking in distorted, otherworldly tones. She preys on those who have secrets or fears they wish to hide, driving them to madness or tormenting them with their own inner demons.
Powers and Abilities:[]
- Whisper Manipulation: She can enter the minds of others, whispering their deepest fears, regrets, and secrets, driving them to madness or guilt.
- Mind Infiltration: She can influence dreams, plant thoughts, and control actions by manipulating thoughts or memories. She makes people act out their darkest impulses.
- Shapeshifting (Whispering Form): Her true form is intangible and constantly shifting, sometimes appearing as a shadowy figure, sometimes as a distorted humanoid silhouette. Her voice is the only constant thing about her.
- Mental Link: She can connect with anyone she whispers to, leaving a psychic mark on their mind. From that point onward, they are haunted by whispers even when she is not present.
- Reality Warping: By whispering specific phrases, she can warp reality around her—creating illusions or terrifying visions that feel more real than reality itself.
Personality:[]
- Manipulative: The Whispers is a master manipulator, using her powers to get into the heads of others. She delights in causing emotional distress and mental breakdowns.
- Isolated: She feels increasingly alienated, no longer able to connect with humans emotionally. Her obsession with the voices has left her alone in the world, isolated and cold.
- Sardonic: Despite her horrifying nature, she has a dark sense of humor. She often speaks in cryptic riddles, mocking those who try to escape her grasp.
- Empathetic (in a twisted way): She feeds off others’ pain and regrets but can occasionally show a warped kind of empathy, understanding people’s pain because she once felt it too.
Appearance:[]
- Face: Her face is a shifting void, where multiple eyes or faces might appear for a fleeting moment, only to disappear back into darkness. When her true form is shown, her face is gaunt and pale, with hollow eyes that seem to always weep black ink-like tears.
- Hair: Her hair is long, black, and disheveled, floating as though weightless, sometimes merging with the shadows around her.
- Clothing: She wears tattered, black robes or dresses that seem to shimmer with a strange, otherworldly glow. These robes often seem to blend into her surroundings, making it hard to tell where she ends, and the darkness begins.
- Voice: Her voice echoes in unsettling whispers, with a layered, dissonant tone. Sometimes, it sounds like many voices speaking in unison, and at other times, it is just a single whisper that lingers long after she's gone.
Relationships:[]
- Victims: She has no true allies or friends, as she doesn’t feel human anymore. Her "relationships" are parasitic, with the people she interacts with spiraling into madness or doom.
- Her Victims: Some of her most notable victims include those who delve too deeply into the occult or those with dark secrets they can’t hide. She becomes a constant presence in their minds, feeding on their guilt and torment.
- The Cult: In some versions of her lore, there are small cults who worship her, believing that they can use her whispers for their own gain. They serve her in hopes of receiving power but ultimately fall under her control, becoming her mindless puppets.
Origins:[]
Eliza was a quiet librarian who grew up in a small, forgotten town. Her fascination with the occult began as a search for understanding, a way to escape the overwhelming noise of the world. But when she found the book, she accidentally bound herself to the whispers, creating a rift between reality and another realm filled with ancient voices. Those voices were not just a curse—they were a power, and she became their vessel. Over time, she lost herself in her obsession, no longer able to distinguish between the whispers of the book and her own mind.