CRYPTIC

CRYPTIC is a major antagonist in Season 4 of AGATE. He is portrayed by Derek Waterson, who is also one of the executive producers for the later seasons.

Physical Appearance
CRYPTIC has the appearance of a man with light blue hair, wearing either a blue hoodie or a black suit and orange tie. He wears a white surgical mask with a purple "smile" drawn over where his mouth would be, and circle-lens black-tinted sunglasses to hide his eyes.

Personality and Character
CRYPTIC is best describable as "an unbridled psychopath, a sadist without knowledge of relent or mercy, who stalks his prey for days on end before making their lives a living hell." He is quick to become obsessed with people he fancies, and he commonly showcases and even flaunts his abilities in "the art and science of stalking."

Appearances in AGATE
Viewers are first introduced to the character of CRYPTIC in Episode 31, where he appears from out of town as a patron at the Kurger Bing restaurant that Hazame manages. Quickly, he becomes obsessed with him, and he begins to appear every day with a camera. Unbeknownst to Hazame, Cryptic is actually using that camera to record him, as well as having broken into the currently-missing Kaz's house to set up his studio.

In Episode 32, he appears in two key parts of the episode: In the cold open, he appears sitting at his desk in his own house, writing in a diary entry, and says "Soon, you will be mine;" in the crash ending of the episode, he appears again to kidnap Hazame on his way home from work at night, with the line "Now, you will be mine."

In Episode 33, Callows Everheart, a detective who comes into town to investigate the recent thefts from a "Sean Strauss," references "something ominous lurking in the shadows," before explaining that he must go on "a solo mission."

Episodes 34 through 36 rely heavily on the appearances of CRYPTIC and Hazame, whom he has restrained in Hazame's secret underground base. He spends much of these episodes treating him as one would treat a collectible doll and brainwashing him to believe he is being held down by his friends. The ending of Episode 36 contains a twist, in which CRYPTIC meets the crew in Town Square with Hazame in tow. He then sics Hazame on Ceper, revealing that CRYPTIC had successfully broken and brainwashed Hazame.