Ozric

**Ozric** was the great king of the ancient kingdom of Pangea during the age of the Connected Era when the continents were one before the catastrophic event and was once the former comrade of the Fallen Sammael, who he once called ADAM.

## Biography

King Ozric was the king of the super continent known as Pangea in the ancient time known as the Connected Era that predated the Forgotten Age. Born as the heir to the throne Ozric was the most powerful wielder of light magic, rivaling his mentor Yen Sid. He grew up a kind prince and later a just king, loved by the people and the kingdom prospered under his rule. However even though Pangea prospered there were other kingdoms that did not and conflict was inevitable.

Ozric saw no choice other than to fight back, defending his kingdom and people. He assembled his strongest knights and magicians and with their help he defeated many threats ranging from beasts, raiders and worst of all: Grimm. Ozric proved himself to be a strong and courageous warrior, defeating many threats that others could not. Everywhere he went he sought not only stop dangerous threats but to also offer the hand of friendship to any town, village or smaller kingdom that was discovered.

However one threat would test Ozric's skill, courage and even his entire kingdom: the Black Mother.

Those who wielded dark magic were frowned upon but the Black Mother was far worse. Leading a cult consisting completely of women they worshiped a demon that was said to have created the Pool of Darkness from which the Grimm had come from and sought to create a new race through the unholy fusion of man and Grimm. Her followers kidnapped children from the surrounding kingdoms, preforming horrible tests on them. The experiments would eventually spiral out of control and the people she had changed into monsters were unleashed upon the world.

Villages, towns and even kingdoms were burned to the ground by these lost souls. The only beings they would not harm were Grimm who in turn did not harm them. The dark experiments had warped their minds as much as their bodies. Finally having enough Ozric fully declared war on the mad woman and her cult, battling their twisted abominations while attempting to seal the Pool of Darkness.

It was in this time the Black Mother unleashed her final gambit. She spread forth a plague created by harnessing the primal darkness of the Pool, believing it would not kill her enemies but be the first step in her final experiment. It was around this time the Ice Elemental had sensed the coming of a comet but this was no ordinary comet.

This comet was a primordial entity itself, an agent of change that brought forth either creation or destruction.

And in the eyes of the Elemental it would only bring death and destruction. Believing only he could stop the comet he gathered the other Elementals without informing King Ozric and informed them of his plan to create a crown powerful enough to alter reality with a single wish. When the other Elementals refused, seeing a fatal flew in his plan the Ice Elemental fled, freezing them to prevent them from stopping him or informing Ozric of his intentions. The Ice Elemental forged his crown, not knowing the Black Mother knew of his plans and when it was done, she stole the crown from him.

The Black Mother would return to the home of her cult which was located near the Pool of Darkness and brought with her a mother and child that had contracted the plague and both were dying. The evil woman then offered the dying mother a chance to save her child with the crown. In order for her child to survive she must put on the crown and wish with all her heart for him to live, to be able to survive anything no matter what.

Then she took the child from her arms and threw him into the pool.

Beside herself with grief and hysteria the mother put the crown on and wished with every fiber of her being for her dying child to live.

To live through the plague.

To live through the Pool.

To live through anything…

It was in that wish that the child was granted infinite life, ensuring that not even the Pool of Darkness could destroy. Instead the quintessential force bonded with him, altering his body and infusing him with the very essence of darkness found in each Grimm. He was brought out of the pool by a newly formed Grimm and surrounded by the hoard.

His skin had turned deathly pale white.

His eyes now red with a black sclera.

He did not cry.

He did not try to crawl away.

He lied there, staring back at the Grimm in what seemed to be…curiosity.

The result of the wish by the mother who died from the plague had created a child that had only survived the Pool of Darkness but had not seemingly warped his mind like the other subjects. When King Ozric assaulted the cult's base with the Ice Elemental to retrieve the crown the child was discovered and taken back to his kingdom. They learned what the Black Mother had done to him and realized she had attempted to create a new kind of Grimm-Human hybrid unlike nothing ever encountered. As he grew his cells would constantly regenerate and renew themselves, preventing him from aging at a certain point.

Even when Yen Sid tried to seal his Grimm nature the corrupted essence had given him speed, strength and durability far beyond that of an ordinary person, even one enhanced by magic. Ozric knew the child could not be killed, even when the Ice Elemental and few of his advisors called for it. All he could do was trust the child with his mentor and hope for the best…

## Powers and Abilities

Ozric was a wise and powerful kin, surpassed in magic only by his mentor Yen Sid and rivaled by his most skilled warrior Adam.

## Background Information

King Ozric was First mentioned in *Samurai Jack*only by name in one episode.