Immolationem Sui Ipsius

Immolationem Sui Ipsius (shortened to ISI) is the main antagonist of Sburb: Refresh. It is a demonic entity that wants nothing more than to cause chaos within whatever session it may enter.

Not much is currently known about ISI, other than it is a huge threat to the kids' session. It is represented by a.

ISI is also an exile on the post-apocalyptic Earth, where it is also referred to as the Cloaked Terror.

Biography
ISI is first mentioned by name by the Garrulous Collaborator, where it is described to have single-handedly destroyed an entire session, later revealed to be the Scybdis-kind's session.

It currently resides on the post-apocalyptic Earth, where it drew winking smiley faces in the exiles' building in an alien blood type for the Fugacious Observer and Garrulous Collaborator to follow. It later made its first, seen stalking the Otherworldly Traveller in a desert.

Later, Ashley detailing the story of the Scybdis-kind's session. ISI features prominently in this story, fooling the Scybdis players into thinking it's friendly before killing them over and over. When the Scybdis-kind escape to Earth, ISI can barely be seen following right behind them. After reading this story, Ashley has a bizarre reaction to hearing ISI's name and passes out from shock, prompting ISI itself to and taunt the Fugacious Observer using her P-DAnna.

ISI also seems to be aware of the audience, as it leaves hidden pages throughout the comic directly addressing them. In its first physical appearance, the MSPFA page appeared glitched and one of ISI's tendrils could be seen reaching out of the panel, further implying it possesses some form of self-awareness.

ISI would later appear on Discord and interact with the readers, confirming it is aware of them.

Personality and Traits
ISI is incredibly dangerous and psychotic, though not much more is known as of now.

Its appearance is also not fully known yet. In its first physical appearance, it is shown to have a monstrous red face with a jagged mouth, sharp teeth, and what appears to be blood pouring from its eye. It is also shown with a red tendril. These same features are shown in the cover art for its musical theme, though it also possesses more tendrils and a red hand with clawed fingers.

It has also appeared with a more humanoid form, being displayed similarly to the kids. In this form, it wears a red cloak with short sleeves. Its body, excluding the eyes and occasionally the mouth and arms, are pitch black, though sometimes its face appears slightly illuminated. Unlike the kids' white skin, ISI's skin appears with a reddish hue. In this form, ISI is also able to restructure its body, as shown when it turned its arms into bladed weapons in the Scybdis story.

Discord
On the 31st of October 2020, ISI appeared on the Sburb: Refresh Discord server, where it promised to return the server's character bots if readers could solve a puzzle given to them by a certain friend. After the puzzle was mostly solved, ISI led the readers towards completing the rest of it through clues and codes of its own, though it made good on its promise to return the bots.

Connections to the Kids
Through some unusual happenings related to the kids, ISI is theorized to have a connection to one or more of them, perhaps suggesting it is influencing them in some way. Below is a list of similarities between certain suspects and ISI.

April Tiffany

 * April's threats towards Tim in the first group chat seem almost identical to that of ISI's actions described by the Garrulous Collaborator.


 * April is described as having frequent unexplained mood swings. She was also supposedly misbehaved as an infant, drastically contrasting her usual cheery and innocent attitude. This point is possibly due to her title as the Maid of Rage, however.


 * She displays a very ISI-like appearance when threatening an imp, though this connection was confirmed to be most likely a red herring, poking fun at the theories about ISI's identity.

Ashley Aria

 * Ashley appears to have some psychotic tendencies, such as enjoying killing underlings much more so than the other players, a trait shared with ISI.


 * Ashley is seen with a strange alternate form on multiple occasions, most notably during [S] Ashley: Enter as she was about to fight the Hide and Seek robot artifact.


 * She seems to be associated with horror themes.


 * Ashley felt shock and then passed out upon first hearing ISI's name, and has supposedly heard the name before.

Ryan Sears

 * Ryan is repeatedly told of his unique role in the session. This role is unknown, but it's possible for it to be an antagonistic one.


 * He doesn't appear on the exile station's screens unless an unknown command is inputted, which separates him from the other heroes. This implies he isn't considered a "hero" by the exiles.


 * Like Ashley, Ryan also appears to be associated with horror, albeit much less so than her.

Trivia

 * Immolationem Sui Ipsius is the Latin term for "self-immolation", or "self sacrifice".


 * ISI makes a cameo in the fan-adventure Sburb Done Quick, also created by iSmile02. It can be seen in the posters on Ellie's wall.