Alexander

“	Even as the Empire crumbles at our feet, our brothers and sisters are divided under their own banners... If nothing else.. We have hope.	”
–Alexander, making people cry

Alexander
"Good luck."
Origin	North Chaele,Forinthry
Race/Descent	Human
Age	20
Gender	Male
Alignment	Neutral with both Chaotic and Lawful Tendencies
Religious Affiliation	Dragonkin Worship
Occupation	Promethean Caste, Blade
Titles/Aliases	The Red, Spiky Man
Physical Description	Crimson hair and blue eyes, muscular, toned, 6'2", 190 lbs
Status	Alive, on Gielinor
Spouse	Vallah (Love Interest)

 

Cyrus Alexander Kokinos is a Promethean Warrior and member of the divided Worshipper Empire. Forged within the unforgiving ashen wastes of Forinthry, Alexander was born to be a warrior and nothing more. The man beneath the helm is a young man who has seen much more than one his age should ever see. A stoic presence with a hidden passion for both combat and love in itself, Alexander is an unstoppable force in his own right. Currently, he remains within Southern Society, trying his hardest to fit in with all the due turmoil stemming from the divided sides of the Worshipper Empire.

History

“	I expect not for you to forgive me for what I and my people have done to your own. Know that the day of reckoning soon awaits; find what you search for, or die trying.	”
–Alexander, to a tough Foreigner.

Epimethean Training

Born the bastard son of the Promethean-Guard-turned-Exile, Arsenios and the Dionyte, Charmion, Alexander was brought into the middle-tier of Worshipper Society in the Worshipper city of North Chaele. With hair as crimson as blood itself, Alexander was dubbed with the surname/honorary, Kokinos, meaning The Red by his mother and those members of her caste. Raised with a relatively sheltered childhood, Alexander was delighted when he was released at the age of seven to be trained with the rest of the Epimethean recruits. As with almost all those who would go on to continue their training, Alexander's own competitive drive and hunger for knowledge was unmatched by any. Even his peers could not quite understand what drove him.

Within the training areas, Alexander always strove to be the best, even killing several other trainees along the way by accident. At one point in his life, as a ten year old, Alexander was left with a knife and in a room with a starved Dragonwolf. After about ten minutes of hearing the Dragonwolf growl, all fell silent. The men opened the doors to find the child sitting on the Dragonwolf's back, the knife in the space just under the thick hide armor of the creature's neck. Impressed, the Overseer saw fit to continue his training, and nothing short of a few years later, Alexander was sent to train with the other Castes.

The Devil can cite Scripture

Firstly was Alexander's deliverance into the hands of the Religious Caste. At this time in his youth, it was led by the Half-Elf known as the Zealot. In this time, Alexander was taught the basics of the religion by way of the Hadeans. From them he learned what it meant to be a Worshipper, when it was proper to leave an enemy or to strike down a Heraekt. Next he was sent to the Tiresians, those who divine. It was then he learned of those who could see the future as well as learning their respective viewpoints on the Worship of their gods.

Lastly with the Religious, Alexander was sent to the Dionytes, to be trained in their arts. Firstly, he learned what they believed and why they did what they did. From then, he was brought on a few missions to hunt down dragons and retrive their hides as well as scouting for Dragon Weapons where they could. After learning how to hunt and take down dragons without too high of difficulty, Alexander moved onto the next Caste, the Military. 

We must have bloody noses!

The Military was truly where Alexander felt most at home. First the young man was sent to train alongside the numerous Aresian forces, learning the ways of team fighting and group fighting as well as learning how to spar individually with the other Aresians of Tio or Au. Alexander even once shamed an Ak'Aresian by himself, leaving many of the Aresians jealous of the Promethean Caste in general. Soon after this, he was sent to the Apollites to learn Archery, and how to hunt people rather than animals, as well as animals. With the lack of supply of wood, Alexander was taught to reserve his arrows and thus learned to reserve his equipment completely.

With the Seidonians, Alexander learned the art of pyromancy, and to this day he still utilizes it whenever he needs it in combat. Though he prefers using his strength and his blades in combat, Alexander is proficient enough to burn any he pleases in combat with fire. Last but not least, he was sent to train with the Atinaese, the officers of the Military. These men taught him the overall leadership from the Military's perspective, and taught him a Commanding presence, though they lacked in showing him how to fight in single combat.

...With busy hammers closing rivets up

After shaming several members of the Military, Alexander was sent to the Labour Caste to learn the trade. As a future Promitarre, Alexander was given the freedom and ability to learn from what trades he could. Trained in the basics of the Art of Smithing, Alexander found himself disliking the simple life of the smith. From Demetreans, he learned of the role of Persae, or slaves... Little did Alexander know that one Persae would be the woman he fell for.

From the Hestians, he learned the trade of the repairmen of the Worshippers. Alexander did not prefer this Caste at all, though he did form somewhat of a bond with the Atinaese, Birger, a Dwarf. Birger, also known as Sveur Ten was always somewhat amusing to Alexander, as were certain Demetreans and others.

Drew this gallant head of war

Lastly, Alexander was sent to the Caste of the Specialists, at the time led by the illustrious Lycan Roach. Under his rule, things were left into turmoil and many people were stabbing the backs of one another. Soon enough, Lycan's most trusted men were found and slain by Alexander's fellow Prometheans, along with Alexander killing a few trainee and Tio'Artemisians throughout the area. 

Alexander's first encounter with a Cerberite happened in these training days, and it was this day that Alexander used his favored broadsword in combat. After some dodging, finally, Alexander was able to dismount the rider from his mount and then drive his blade into its throat. From this day forth, the Crimson head was finally ready to begin his true training as an Epimethean, under the Promethean Overseers, now at the age of fourteen.

Violent delights have violent ends

Finally, now at the age which others begin their selection for Castes, where the vast majority of other Epimethean trainees lay dead, Alexander and a handful of others survived. This led them to be placed under the vigilant eye of the Promethean Overseers, most notably at the time of his training were two, Ataleus and Aegus. Following their conscription into the main training, they continued training hard, being sent on dozens of missions to take out warbands, losing even more of their brothers and sisters in the process. 

Despite all loss, Alexander and his shield-siblings continued to fight, train and strive to be the top of their class. Alexander faired particularly well in his goals, making a man out of him. Although love seemed as something of the past, even alien to them, Alexander fell for another member of the Caste, Vallah.

Personality

“	Sacradhii and Sudenii alike have slain one another for centuries for things lesser than this. Killing does not make us monsters. We are more than just the Martyr's tools of warfare. We are what we are; we are Human.	”
–Alexander to Vallah, on their humanity

As as a warrior subjected to the harsh training that Epimetheans and Prometheans go through, through his armor, Alexander may seem like an empty husk of a man. His tongue is sharp, as is his wit. Rather than using brute force, he prefers to fight in a more tactical manner, even when he only uses swords, daggers and occasionally shields and magic in combat.

Underneath the stoic presence, Alexander is a passionate soul and will fight for what he believes in to the death. Alexander, although mostly a sociopath lacking empathy, he is not without emotion and is capable of forming bonds and friendships as well as even falling in love.

As an introverted presence, Alexander usually maintains silence when in the presence of others, though when he is the highest rank somewhere, he'll take to speaking to find out what information he needs. Alexander, through exposure to the last remaining Prometheans, is now losing his introversion due to the general close proximity with his comrades. 

As one that could typicaly be considered a sociopath as due to the environment he had been raised in, made him appear to have become a monster. Brutal in nature, silver in tongue, and an emotionless and stoic presence, the one thing that bridges the gap between utter sociopathy and humanity is his one weakness, and what he clings onto for dear life: Vallah, his love.

Equipment

Armor

As a Promethean, the elite of the Worshipper Society, Alexander has access to some of the best armor known to the Worshipper Empire.

• Promethean Helmet- The main helm bulk of the helm is steel, while the facemask is crafted from the bone of dragon. The main crest that adorns both sides of the helm is made of the old, worn scraps of dragon metal, and is more for ornament than anything else.
• Dragonhide Armor- Armor made from the hide of a Red Dragon he slew himself, crafted on his own terms, though with the assistance from the Atinaese of Labour, Sveur Ten. The armor is coated with two layers of hide, padding with a very thin layer of mithril chain vest beneath. Beneath the outer layer of hide of the pauldrons lay thin mithril, as well as a brace that covers over the neck, and prevents glancing blows from killing him immediatey, as well as supporting the neck and helping to prevent neck breaks. Below lay mostly dragonhide covering over the legs, with some chainmail below.
• Mithril Bracers- As well as this, Alexander wears bracers with leather padding, and mithril overlayer, with another thin layer of hide. These are adorned with added dragonbone spikes, which are mostly made for ornament.
• Dragonbone gloves- The gloves are truly a bit of dragon leather surrounding the glove, with the added dragonbone to cover the back part of the hand. With this, the Dragonbone flecks or spikes are used to puncture through skin and cause discomfort when they are needed most.
• Mithril boots- Meant to be light, and worn well, the Mithril boots have lost their luster and their shine, being dimmed to a low gray in their coloration.
• Dragon Leather Kiteshield- A large kiteshield adorned in spikes and coated in dragon leather, made of wood, it is covered firstly in mithril, and then is suited in dragon leather, making it effectively resistant to most styles of combat.
• Black Metal Kiteshield- The black metal kiteshield was one such that was retrieved and ornamented from an unwieldly and unworthy member of the Kinshra. The Kiteshield is wooden, covered in thin sheets of black metal and adorned with a center spike and two at the top, resembling a triceratops in a way. Alexander does not prefer this shield, due to its limited coverage from arrows in large scale combat.

Weapons

As a Promethean, Alexander is very proficient in his use of weaponry, and is what would be classified to be a 'weapons master'. Though, despite all this, Alexander is usually limited to a sword and a dagger. Alexander is a very proficient, and deadly archer, yet he remains faithful to the use of melee combat. Even so, when Alexander ever finds himself disarmed, he can easily fight with magic, or hand to hand.

• Mithril Blade- A hand and a half broadsword made of mithril, weighted to pierce thin layers of armor and padded leather by way of slashing. Even so, the blades overall sturdiness is used to its advantage when it is used for thrusts.
• Yew longbow- A very practical weapon, made entirely from yew, with the added ornamental metal screwed onto the bow to help against the tension. The string is simply woven flax.
• Parrying Dagger- The Parrying dagger, also known as a gauche is a dagger made to firstly catch blades, and then to slash into someone. The dagger itself is typically ten inches long and made from steel.
• Seidonian Orb- As all Prometheans are, Alexander carries a mystical red glass orb that speeds up the charging of spells. His first one has broken and has been replaced accordingly.

Relationships

• Vallah- Alexander's love interest and superior. Alexander admires her strength and resolve, and what he views as her inner beauty. Finally, Alexander has admitted his feelings for her, even going as far as to remove his helmet so that she'd be the first to see his face. The two shared a brief kiss soon after.  

  

  Alexander and others; Left to right: Messande, Alexander, Aegus and Garrent.

• Garrent- Alexander's best friend; the two became partners on the field and have gone on several missions together. At one point, they planned to take over the Canifis area for the Empire.
• Zephyr- Alexander's friend and comrade; as one of the other Epimethean's who stood out on the field, Alexander bears a degree of mutual respect for Zephyr.
• Santhe- Alexander's cousin and friend; the two have not seen each other in some time, though they are good friends.
• Ataleus- One of Alexander's fomer mentors and superior; Alexander has always admired Ataleus for his eloquent way of speaking and his stoicism even in combat.
• Aegus- One of Alexander's former mentors and former superiors; Alexander respects Aegus and the two had become friends over the years.
• Hawke- Alexander's field commander; Alexander had always been impressed by Hawke's brutality, and considered him a friend, as Hawke liked to tease and nit-pick him about little things.
• Adrea- Alexander's half-sister by Aevan Aerendyl; Adrea and Alexander have little to no contact, but the two speak when needed.

The Shark Fighter! - The Aquabats!

Alexander's Theme

Trivia

• Alexander's name stems from the Greek name Alexander, meaning Defender of Man, which is very true in one way and Ironic in another.
• Alexander's confidence is somewhat comparable to that of Kanye West.
• Vallah leaves him a Kanye Mess. Takes away his Kanye Breath.
• The above quote was taken from Rory!
• Alexander likes long walks on the Forinthrian Beaches under the light of the dark sky.
• Alexander loves to watch people take baths in the Lava Maze.
• Alexander's favorite color is Periwinkle.
• His favorite shade of blood is crimson with bits and pieces of silver decorating it.