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Doug Jones (born May 24, 1960) is an American actor, contortionist, and mime artist. He is best known for performing in character roles, often portraying non-human creatures, usually via heavy make-up and visual effects. He has most notably collaborated with acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, appearing in the films Mimic (1997), Hellboy (2004), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Crimson Peak (2015), and The Shape of Water (2017). Jones has also had roles in other films, including Hocus Pocus (1993) and its sequel (2022), Tank Girl (1995), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), Absentia (2011), Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), and The Bye Bye Man (2017). He has appeared in the science fiction series Falling Skies (2013-15) and del Toro's horror series The Strain (2014-16). From 2017 to 2024, he portrayed Saru in the science fiction series Star Trek: Discovery. From 2019 to 2023, he portrayed Baron Afanas in the vampire comedy show What We Do in the Shadows, appearing both with and without creature makeup. Description above from the Wikipedia article Doug Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
In the mountain-locked kingdom of Virelle, the crown does not pass by birthright — it chooses. For centuries, the ruling bloodline has obeyed the ancient rite of inheritance: when the reigning monarch weakens, the Crown of Saint Aerem awakens, selecting the next sovereign with a whisper no one hears but the chosen. It is an honor. It is a curse. And it always costs more than it gives. When the current king descends into madness and the heir dies mysteriously, the crown falls not on a noble’s head, but on Elian, an orphaned scribe with no claim and strange dreams. As Elian is dragged into the palace's suffocating world of ritual, decay, and shadows-that-move-wrong, they begin to uncover a horrific truth: the crown is a prison for something ancient. Something that feeds. And it is waking faster this time. With war on the horizon and whispers in the walls, Elian must choose between breaking the cycle — or becoming its next vessel.
