18, The Knight of Dusk
(a.k.a. BTC (or many others))
Unlike some Keepers, 18 has taken to using many names instead of one main one to refer to himself through history. He seems to believe it helps keep different groups from recognizing him as the same person, but it also makes him a problem for some of us here who wish to chronicle him as well.
In some history books you may find him named as Seteri, Duskus, Murk, Mark, Devon, Samuel, Sakrus, Talon, or other epithets depending on what he gets into. For the purpose of this account he will be referred to as 18, signifying his place as the 18th (and current, at the time of this writing) Keeper, or as BTC, after some of his most recognizable symbols, that of his black trenchcoat and hat.
18 has never been one to get on well with other Keepers, making him something of an enigma in their circles. Though he is not human, he still tends to suffer from many of the same stresses and moral quandaries as the others, though his responses to them can be extremely different at times, especially when it comes to sexuality. This handful of strong morals he holds and his ferocious willpower has gained him recognition as a determinator, not wasting time with things he deigns to be of no importance, but keeping after and refusing to stop going after things he cares about until his goals are met. This is seen the best in his relationship with his significant other, as so far he is the only Keeper to remain with his significant other from his previous mortal life through his Keeperdom. He has not only somehow managed to keep her alive, but also managed not to allow his job to damage their relationship beyond repair despite the hardships they face.
Only time will tell if this will continue to be the case.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Moderately athletic, confident man who appears to be in his mid to late 20s usually, boasts a firm stance and a healthy if a bit lanky body.
Body Features
Relatively light skin but many times tanned, moderately well muscled with hands that are rough but still fine enough to do delicate work. Black medium-short hair that tends to fluff out from his head when given the opportunity. He also has pointed ears that are recognizable as a mark of his kalicrysonth heritage, and he keeps them unless he is specifically working hard to blend in with human societies, in which case he might use his powers to make them appear rounded, but much prefers to simply hide them under his hair.
Facial Features
Bright blue eyes, a mark of his great amount of exposure to the outdoors growing up, as KCS eyes tend to gain brighter or fuller hues with more exposure to sunlight. Scowl lines can sometimes be seen at the edges of his mouth and between his eyebrows, doesn't tend to have any facial hair other than eyebrows.
Physical quirks
Right handed but has shown ambidextrous qualities especially in mechanics and swordplay. Tends to carry himself straight, tall, and intimidating in many situations, or else a bit more relaxed and hunched when he's feeling more asocial. Tends to have a certain air of authority, especially to creatures that have some kind of ability to sense magic.
Special abilities
Can be supernaturally strong and fast with a wicked good healing factor causing him to be immortal, also uses mostly fire and gravity powers or magic at times.
Apparel & Accessories
Consistently wears black clothes, most notably a black trenchcoat and a black hat with a point in front and two pointed tails in the back. Both seem to be fireproof to a point, though fire can travel over the outside of them they never seem to burn. He wears a black shirt and pants as well, along with sturdy boots that he can use to climb, hike, and grind down some surfaces with. Has a pair of black gloves that he wears at times, especially when he intends to work with blood.
Specialized Equipment
His coat and hat are specialized to hold and hide all his other equipment. He carries an assortment of knives, poisons, and duct tape as well as tool kits, lighters, and even explosives on occasion. His boots have pieces of metal near the center of the bottom and at the toes to allow him to hit harder and grind on metal rails and surfaces. One of his most impressive pieces, though, is his sword, named Basilisk. Its scabbard is covered in red and black swirling designs, and the blade itself is made of especially sharp rippled material related to damascus steel. He keeps it well maintained, sharp and clean, but with a special coating down its length that allows it to be set on fire through mechanical means and stay lit until deprived of oxygen, which he usually accomplishes every time he replaces it in its scabbard. To this end it also has a mechanism at the base of the blade that he can use to easily create a spark and cause it to light.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Born and raised as a young lad in a small farming village, 18 spent most of his formative years learning many useful skills ranging from farming to barter, sewing to leather and metalworking, and several others in between. He used some of these things to dive into his curiosity, which is that of Mechanics, and he tends to utilize it by taking apart, studying, and creating small mechanisms and gadgets that sometimes help him along the way. His father left his family when he was very young to travel and attempt to assuage his wanderlust, but never returned home. His mother raised him until he was an older child, at which point she fell ill and soon after passed away. Now an orphan, he was raised by his village, with other families helping to care for him and spending much time being taught by the elders of the village and helping them until he was old and strong enough to learn how to work in the fields.
One individual that helped him through his was his childhood friend, Aislynn. They remained good friends growing up and once they came of age began courting with intent to become mates, but before this was entirely decided, tragedy struck in the form of Keeper Scarcist showing up and declaring 18 his successor, essentially cursing with apprenticeship and passing on the responsibility as well as turning Aislynn into a bird and stealing her away in a golden cage, causing 18 to pursue him off world to try to free her from his clutches.
Since then he has worked as a Keeper with general success, eventually learning enough to take the full mantle and going along with his job in most cases unless Fate forces a particularly unsavory situation upon him. He has lost much of his naivete and optimism that he once had, replacing it with jading and cynicism, but his mood is always alleviated when he can spend time with his beloved Aislynn.
Gender Identity
Male
Sexuality
Demiromantic and Demisexual, for the most part only interested in Aislynn due to his ingrained cultural monogamy.
Education
No real formal education, but has picked up most of a basic education over the years and some specific training in things like blacksmithing, welding, engineering, and other topics generally pertaining to his curiosity.
Mental Trauma
It is believed that he has suffered quite a bit of trauma as is natural for the position, causing loosening of many of his morals about causing harm to others and things such as that, and there is evidence for it having caused significant changes to his personality.
More specifically, most of his trauma seems to have come in the form of torture in some way, either him being forced to hurt others or others hurting him for seemingly little reason. At this point he is known to have a high pain tolerance and be rather hardened to torture due to these experiences, and will stop at no expense to protect his beloved from suffering similar things.
Intellectual Characteristics
With a curiosity in mechanisms he has shown to have very good spatial intelligence, especially on the small scale. He can keep track of the layouts of his projects without being able to see the spot for every piece, and can understand the innerworkings of a machine seemingly from rough sketches. He seems somewhat inclined to music but attempt to measure his actual intelligence of sorts have remained inconclusive, as he is likely to threaten the researchers with bodily mutilation after being asked anything about it. Beyond that, he seems to still be under the impression that the rules he grew up under are the morally correct ones, even though he acknowledges that he himself doesn't really follow them at all anymore, and refuses to consider his culture's myths and stories as 'obsolete' or 'inapplicable' to the universe at large, believing still in the suggested afterlife and not necessarily completely refusing evidence of evolution, but more shrugging and not thinking about it at length as compared to his own culture's creation myth. It is thought that this is some sort of a defense mechanism for his mind to keep him from losing grasp completely on the reality he's known and slipping away into the nihilistic madness that has caught some others. For these reasons, researchers have been instructed not to pester him too much about it. Also, he has knives. Many.
Morality & Philosophy
While 18 still believes that his culture's norms are most likely what's 'right', he himself doesn't have many qualms with violence in many forms, especially murder. He has been known to associate or participate in many forms of immoral and unethical conduct, including arson, assassination, blackmail, bounty hunting, cold blooded torture, damning to a fate worse than death, driving others to madness, execution of an unlawful or dubiously lawful manner, intimidation, manslaughter, murder, reprogramming of mental faculties, superpower abuse, thievery, and vivisection. This is by no means a complete list.
Despite this, there still seems to be some boundaries that he will not cross. His most ferociously upheld tenant seems to be that of relational and sexual loyalty, to a point where he seems to be insulted at the mere suggestion of him having or considering a romantic or sexual relationship with someone other than his chosen significant other. This also seems to extend to consent and autonomy within his own relationship, as he shows extreme self control and resistance to outside urges that attempt to get him to assault Aislynn, consistently breaking free of their control before following the commands. This is a commendable merit, except that in some cases he has been seen to hold others around him to a similar standard, which has caused rocky relationships between him and several humans who are more promiscuous than he is.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
His greatest motivation is to free his beloved from the clutches of those that would bring harm to her, and be reunited so that they can settle down and raise a family together. To this end he will stop at nothing, and will hurt or help as many people as he needs to in order to reach it, and will never give up. It is the thing that keeps him sane as much as it drives him mad, and a goal that he will not compromise on.
Species
Currently Held Titles
Children
Current Residence
The endless stream of space time
Gender
Male Kalicrysonth
Eyes
Deep blue
Hair
Medium black
Height
6'4"
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