chad-esu-he-upperchad-esu-he-face CHAD

Real Name: Chad (surname unrevealed)

Identity/Class: Human magic-user; magically-transformed into a demonic bird form

Occupation: At least formerly a student

Group Membership: Empire State University Student body

Affiliations: Armand, Ken; unidentified ESU roommate;
    Hallow's Eve (Janine Godbe) and unidentified limbo/Otherplace demons attempted to help him;
    formerly Evelyn;

Enemies: The demon who sold him the mystic digit;
    he attacked Hallow's Eve (Janine Godbe) and an unidentified limbo/Otherplace demons

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: "Chick demon"

Base of Operations: Last seen in the Limbo Embassy;
    formerly a dormitory room on the Empire State University campus, Manhattan, New York;

First Appearance: Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1 (December, 2023)

   

chad-esu-he-ritualPowers/Abilities: A novice/would-be sorcerer, Chad had the means and rudimentary knowledge to purchase an occult item from a demon.

    Distraught and inconsolable after his girlfriend left him, Chad was willing to use a mystic item (specifically what appeared to be a part of a demon's finger) to try to accomplish, heedless of the risks of doing so.

    As one of the "chick-demons," Chad tended to attack anyone in his vicinity. He presumably could deliver some scratches with his talons and beak, but the actual damage he could inflict is unrevealed.

   

chad-esu-he-digit-chadbirdHeight: Unrevealed (he was not shown in the proximity of anyone of known height, but he did not seem to be particularly short nor tall, so likely 5'8" to 6' )
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 160-190 lbs.)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Note: In "chick demon" form, he had blue feathers, dark eyes, black hair atop his head, wings and clawed feet
   

History:

(Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1 (fb) - BTS) - Chad's girlfriend, Evelyn, broke up with him the night before Halloween (October 31).

    Chad resolved to use magic to create the perfect woman to make Evelyn jealous, believing that "then she'll totally get back together with me."

    At some point -- either before or after this resolution -- Chad bought what appeared to be the tip of a demon (or some other being)'s finger on eWay from a demon from limbo (aka Otherplace). The demon told Chad that the finger was very powerful and could grant one wish.

    At some point, Chad learned some sort of mystic incantation.

(Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1) <Halloween/October 31> - While his roommate was out, Chad borrowed three of his robes that he used for his Dungeons and Dragons club, and he had his friends Armand and Ken over to help him perform an unspecified mystic ritual to help regain Evelyn. When Armand sneezed, Ken said, "Bless You," and Chad chided Ken for using a blessing that would disrupt their incantation. Armand apologized, but Ken told Chad to chill out, and he suggested that they just go to the party. Ken further told Chad that no one was going to care if he didn't have a date, and that neither he nor Armand had dates either.

    After Armand smelled the robe and queried where Chad had got them, and he answered that but stated that he could not go to the party without Evelyn as if her saw her there, it would be a disaster. He continued that he didn't think that it would come to this, but that he had to bring out the big guns. He then explained his plans, showed them the mystic digit he had obtained and explained how he had gotten it. Both Armand and Ken were in support of this plan, and Ken replied, "Bring on the chicks." The three young men chad-esu-he-digit-chickattackrepeated the ritual, this time with the mystic digit.

(Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1 (fb) - BTS) - Whether due to Ken's statement or other properties of the digit, Chad, Ken and Armand were transformed into small birds.

(Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1 - BTS) - Mystic energies issued forth from Chad's dorm room, transforming the costumed students in the vicinity into monstrous versions of their costumed selves.

    Unaffected due to her own powers, Hallow's Eve fought and subdued some of the students via a mask that gave her a Captain America-esque form and powers. After the large number of transformed students threatened to overwhelm her, Eve used another mask to take a Hulk-like form to fight them off. She then traveled to the room from which the energies had projected, found and crushed the mystic digit. The students outside the room were restored to normal.

(Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1) - Seeing the three small birds, "Eve-Hulk" initially thought they were cute, but then they attacked her.

(Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1 (fb) - BTS) - Using food to lure the "chick demons" into a pillowcase, Hallow's Eve trapped them within it and used a vampire-mask to transform herself to fly them to the limbo embassy. chad-esu-he-chickattack-demons

(Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1) - After Hallow's Eve dropped off the pillowcase containing the chick demons and range the doorbell, a demon entered the door and opened the sack. It also thought they were cute and brought them inside the embassy, where they subsequently attacked the demon and its associates.

Comments: Created by Erica Schultz and Michael Dowling.

    Using Google translate to translate Latin to English, the ritual says, "I am defeated and I want my friend to come back to me, but not because I am defeated."

    It would be interesting if Evelyn and/or Chad's roommate noted the disappearance of Chad +/- Armand and Fred and got some mystic being, like Ian McNee, or, more realistically Illyana Rasputin, to investigate.
    Or maybe Spider-Man investigated Hallow's Eve, or Hallow's Eve followed up on the mortals she had brought to the Limbo Embasy.
    Especially if all of the involved characters got full names!

    Pending the revelation of his real name in-story, I suggest the name "Sziaember" for Chad's suname.

    This profile was completed 05/07/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary 's celebratory event.
    Thanks to Loki for suggesting Chad, Armand & Ken to represent Hallow's Eve.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Chad should be distinguished from:


Armand

chad-esu-he-ken-armand-facechad-esu-he-armand-chickdemon     Presumably a student at Empire State University, Armand was friends with Ken and Chad, the latter of whom he agreed to help perform a mystic ritual in order to help Chad regain his girlfriend, Evelyn, who had broken up with him the night before.

     With the trio wearing Chad's roommates Dungeons and Dragons club robes, Armand sneezed (presumably from something on the robes), and Ken said, "Bless you," which caused Chad to stop and chide Ken for disrupting the ritual with a blessing.

     When Armand admitted that it was kind of messed up that Evelyn had broken up with him just before the biggest night of the year, Ken asked if he would rather that Evelyn had done it at the party.

     Initially grossed out by the mystic digit Chad showed them, Armand whole-heartedly approved after Chad detailed its powers and his plan.

     As a result, he was transformed into a "chick demon" along with Chad and Ken, and they attacked Hallow's Eve (in Hulk-esque form) after she came to Chad's room. Eve captured them and brought them to the Limbo Embasy, where they attacked the demons who took them in.

--
Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1

Note: Possessing black hair and brown eyes like Chad, Armand was recognizable with having his hair up a little and more styled (and his chick demon form had the same hair style), as opposed to Chad's straight hair that hung down on his forehead a bit. He also had a larger


Ken

chad-esu-he-ken+armandchad-esu-he-ken-face     Presumably a student at Empire State University, Ken was friends with Armand and Chad, the latter of whom he agreed to help perform a mystic ritual in order to help Chad regain his girlfriend, Evelyn, who had broken up with him the night before.

     With the trio wearing Chad's roommates Dungeons and Dragons club robes, Armand sneezed, and Ken said, "Bless you," which caused Chad to stop and chide Ken for disrupting the ritual with a blessing.

     When Armand admitted that it was kind of messed up that Evelyn had broken up with him just before the biggest night of the year, Ken asked if he would rather that Evelyn had done it at the party.

     After Chad revealed the mystic digit and detailed its power and plans, Ken whole-heartedly approved, replying "Bring on the chicks."

     As a result, he was transformed into a "chick demon" along with Chad and Ken, and they attacked Hallow's Eve (in Hulk-esque form) after she came to Chad's room. Eve captured them and brought them to the Limbo Embasy, where they attacked the demons who took them in.


--
Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1

Note:
Ken had brown hair and blue eyes in human form, and he looked to be a little taller and heavier than his friends

     It is not clearly specified in the story, but Ken's "Bring on the chicks" comment, followed by Armand, Chad & Ken being turned into demon chicks by the demon digit that they used for power...it seems like Ken's comment influenced the spell, at least.
 chad-esu-he-ken-chickdemon


Evelyn

(Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1 (fb) - BTS) - Chad's girlfriend, Evelyn, broke up with him the night before Halloween (October 31).

    Chad resolved to use magic to create the perfect woman to make Evelyn jealous, believing that "then she'll totally get back together with me."

    At some point -- either before or after this resolution -- Chad bought what appeared to be the tip of a demon (or some other being)'s finger on eWay from a demon from limbo (aka Otherplace). The demon told Chad that the finger was very powerful and could grant one wish.

(Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1 - BTS) - When Chad and his friends performed the ritual, the costumed people on the streets were transformed into monstrous versions of their costumed forms -- which was reversed when Hallow's Eve crushed the mystic finger -- while Chad and his friends were transformed into "chick demons."

--Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1 - BTS


unidentified roommate

Chad's Empire State University roommate was in a Dungeons and Dragons club, for which he possessed ceremonial robes...that apparently had a little funk or some other scent on them.

When Chad and his friends Armand and Ken performed a mystic ritual to try to help Chad recover his former girlfriend, Evelyn, his roommate was away, and they wore his robes. Armand sneezed, apparently irritated by something on his robe.

--
Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1 - BTS


mystic digit

chad-esu-he-digitchad-esu-he-digit-floatingchad-esu-he-digit-ritual

(Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1 (fb) - BTS) - Chad's girlfriend, Evelyn, broke up with him the night before Halloween (October 31).

    Chad resolved to use magic to create the perfect woman to make Evelyn jealous, believing that "then she'll totally get back together with me."

    At some point -- either before or after this resolution -- Chad bought what appeared to be the tip of a demon (or some other being)'s finger on eWay from a demon from limbo (aka Otherplace).

     The demon told Chad that the finger was very powerful and could grant one wish.

(Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1 - BTS) - When Chad and his friends performed the ritual, the costumed people on the streets were transformed into monstrous versions of their costumed forms -- which was reversed when Hallow's Eve crushed the mystic finger -- while Chad and his friends were transformed into "chick demons."

     Despite the destruction of the digit, Chad, Armand and Ken remained in "chick demon" form.


--Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1
 chad-esu-he-digit-squished



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Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1, story pg. 1, panel 2 (Chad, Armand & Ken performing ritual);
       pg. 2, panel 2 (Chad face);
          panel 3 (Ken upper);
       pg. 3, panel 1 (Chad, upper);
          panel 2 (mystic digit);
          panel 3 (Ken face (right) with Armand (left)
          panel 5 (Armand best face (left) with Ken (right);
       pg. 17, panel 4 (glowing, floating digit);
       pg. 18, panel 3 (digit crushed by Eve-Hulk);
       pg. 19, panel 6 (Chad bird form);
       pg. 20, panel 2 (three bird forms);
          panel 3 (three bird forms, attacking);
       pg. 22, panel 3 (bird forms attacking demons at limbo embassy)

Appearances:
Hallow's Eve: The Big Night#1 (December, 2023) - Erica Schultz (writer), Michael Dowling (artist), Kaeden McGahey (assistant editor), Nick Lowe (editor)

First posted: 09/30/2026
Last updated: 05/07/2026

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