Akyros

> In the past... They threatened my people's existence, and then they killed my people and banished me. Well... \*spins blade\* Now I shall destroy **everything they have created!**
>
> Akyros

**Akyros** the **Soul Hunter of the Void** is an OC created by Baryonyx, and the main antagonist of Rise of Soul Hunter. He is an ancient creature of the void, who dwell in there for over a thousand years to collect countless souls of great warriors to empower himself.

## Appearance

Akyros is a towering piglin, wearing a brown loincloth of layered leather, a black-red belt, and brown bracers. His complexion includes a pair of glowing red eyes with black irises, a pair red tusks, and four natural horns, two small and two large. He strangely has a dark brown hair growing around his neck, along with a dark brown beard.

## Personality

Akyros is a cold, stern, and unfriendly individual, meant to intimidate any who dare face him. He is extremely power greedy, with an incomprehensible lust for souls until he has absorbed every one of them. He is also extremely vengeful, with his current motive is to destroy the End and erase its traces and legacy from history. He is also independent and doesn't like to be accompanied by anyone other than his Voidions in his battles. Even though so, he still aspires his original home, the Nether, especially his kind, the Piglins.

## Story

### History

Prior to death, Akyros was a skilled warlord of the nether and was among the early kings of the Nether Horde. However, he saw the End as a threat of his kind, so he decided to launch an invasion towards them. However, he ultimately failed and ended up being banished to the Void realm.

For centuries long, Akyros had voyaged through the empty void to collect countless souls of the deceased warriors until he is powerful enough to travel back to the mortal realm and take his revenge against the End.

## Skills and Abilities

Akyros is an extremely powerful being with amazing physical strength, able to throw buildings and cleave hills into half. While he is immune to physical attacks, he is can be harmed by arcane magic and chi.

Akyros wields a pair of shortswords attached to long chains, which extend and abbreviate magically from around his wrists. In addition, he also utilizes them to scale cliffs and other terrain he can't traverse normally. His shortswords, due to being made same material as the Ender Greatsword and enhanced in the Void, is indestructible and can cut through almost anything, even netherite and obsidian and can crack Admin Steel. His chains are made of unknown void material and can be regenerated at will if destroyed.

Due to his ethereal Void physiology, Akyros is immune to fatigue, age, disease, and curses as well as all forms of physical harm, even the hottest of flames can't burn him. He can also regenerate his lost body parts by using the souls he had absorbed. He can also, when needed, summon voidions to do his bidding and has a telepathic link to them.

He also possesses other supernatural abilities, most notably is the power to steal souls. After he had absorbed the soul from a person, Akyros' already extraordinary physical powers will increase exponentially, in addition of his speed, durability, and reflexes.

In addition, if he is killed in mortal realm, he will just reappear in the Void, not dying by full as he could still travel back to the mortal realm. He can only truly die if one kills him in the Void.

Prior to death, Akyros was a skilled warlord who knew various military protocols and was able to command large batallions with ease. After death, he still utilized this skill to command his Voidions.

### Voidions

The Voidions are shadowy creatures resembling Null created from the souls of great warriors that Akyros has stole, and are utilized by him in as both a physical force and his extended realm of vision, and can even be used as a form of communication. Essentially they are shadowy figures which while identical to the warriors absorbed by Akyros are completely black with glowing white eyes.

A voidion will still retain their formidable fighting skills, often with some limitations. They are completely emotionless, with no sense of pain and lost their free will. Additionally, warriors that were once voidions do not have recollection of it, and they wouldn't remember any of their actions while they were Voidions.

## Trivia

* The name "Akyros" is greek for Void.
* He is currently the second strongest OC by the creator, being surpassed only by Masterbrine as a Creator.
* Akyros' body is actually composed of souls that form a pseudo-physical body.
	+ This means that if part of his body is destroyed, it will simply dissipate into soul ashes and soon would reform into the said body part.

* His concept is inspired by Kai, the main antagonist of *Kung Fu Panda 3*.