General Karol Character in Tread of Darkness | World Anvil
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General Karol

General Karol is the current leader of Visor and the Visoran Army. It is unknown whether he is a descendant of the original General Karol or if he is somehow the same person.
She hadn’t expected Karol to be this tall or muscular. For some reason, she’d thought he would look more like Jatrina, lithe and wiry. Not a hulking mass of arms and legs topped with a frown.
— Battleground

History (Controversy & Truth)

250 years ago, a man named General Karol took over the planet of Visor. The current General Karol is either his descendant or the same person. There is no evidence of the original Karol dying and being replaced by his son, but most people refuse to believe he is the same person. The original Karol was rumored to be descended from Eternals, which supports the theory that he is the same person.  
by Lilliana Casper
Although many people believe Eternals do not exist, Karol is, in fact, the son of two powerful Eternals, both of whom are now dead, and is one himself. Karol fell in love with the daughter of two other Eternals, Celestials of elegance and brilliance, and married her. Karol then took power over Visor to conquer the galaxy in the name of his parents. Shortly after Visor fell under his control, Karol's wife had four children, two who shared his powers of darkness and two who shared his wife's powers of light.
  Karol despised his other children but trained the two with the power of darkness. At some point, he ordered his favorites to imprison their siblings. His wife was powerless to stop and withdrew from the eyes of the public, cloistered in her rooms.   Karol continued to build up Visor's army and drafted laws to grow it. He implemented new technologies and training programs and brainwashed his followers into blind obedience. Because of his Eternal nature, Karol could hold power in the army without concern for replacement. As soon as he believed they were ready, he began his conquest of nearby planets six years ago.  
The Visoran Army defeated several planets at first, but their campaign was discovered by the CKGs. The CKGs began to fight back against the Visorans, preventing them from making progress. Karol turned to his inner circle and chose to use mind control technology to capture and brainwash CKG operatives into working for the Visorans. Using this strategy, the Visorans have slowly begun to win against the CKGs and have grown ever closer to taking control of Geranium, the CKGs' planet.
Once we found out, well, we had to do something. We couldn't just let them take over. We had to fight back, even if no one helped us. Even if the IPA didn't believe us. So we fought back. Just us. Just us against an entire army led by an immortal dictator.
— Sympathetical, Uprise
  With the defeat of the CKGs close at hand, Karol has set his eyes on a new target, the prosperous planet of Jaque. He has hatched a plan in secret to remove the current queen, Queen Victoria, before attacking and conquering the planet. With the CKGs occupied by their war and the IPA's refusal to consider Karol a threat, Victoria, Jaque, and the entire galaxy may be in far more danger than they realize.
Age
Unknown, appears about 40
Children
Gender
Male
Eyes
Black
Hair
Black
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Tan
Height
5'10"
Ruled Locations

The General's Children

General Karol currently has four children, although he pretends that two of them do not exist. His children are Jatrina, Micheal, Waun, and Aurora. Jatrina and Waun are his favorites, as they share his powers of darkness, and he has trained them to fight for him.
"Who were they?"
"Karol's children. They're almost as awful as him."
— CKGs discussing Jatrina and Waun, Battleground
Little is known of Karol's children other than their skills and their complete obedience to his will. Waun is one of Karol's strategists and commanders, directing groups of soldiers in battle. Jatrina is seen less, as she is Karol's assassin, trained to remove his targets with perfect precision and no mercy.   Karol trained his children personally and even his inner circle does not know the methods he used. Visorans who doubt their loyalty whisper of trauma and tragedy, while loyalists proclaim their willingness to please their father. Jatrina and Waun appear cold and distant in person and refuse to speak of their past and beliefs.

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Cover image: by Lilliana Casper
Character Portrait image: General Karol by Lilliana Casper with iPhone Memoji

Comments

Author's Notes

I know his character portrait looks like he's smiling. He does not smile. Pretend he's smug after winning a massive battle or something. I had to be as vague as possible while writing him because he's a relatively important villain in my story, but I actually really hate him. He's literally one of the worst people I have created.


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