Kronos

Spoiler Warning!This article contains spoilers for *FFXIV: Shadowbringers* and *FFXIV: Endwalker.* Read at your own risk.

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> “*You have put me in shackles, rid me of my title, my life, and yet you are here now, begging for my aid? To think those above would stoop so low… Aye, child, I will grant you the path to salvation, but in turn, you must offer me a life for the one you **stole***.”
> —Kronos, to Artemis

## Kronos

* Standard
* Battle Stance

### Aliases

The Traitor, Master Lahabrea (former), Father of Time, Kron

### Relatives

* Uranus (father)
* Gaea (mother)
* Unknown Daughter
* Unknown Son

### Affiliation

* Convocation of Fourteen
* Amaurot
* Pandaemonium

### Occupation

* Imprisonment (former)
* Lahabrea of the Convocation of Fourteen (former)
* Rogue Ascian

## Physical description

### Eye color

White

Kronos is a Diabolical Tyrant who once held the Seat of Lahabrea. He is known for his significant contribution to Time Magick and its downfall. He has yet to appear in Aetherflow.

***Kronos is an unofficial Final Fantasy XIV character, and his lore is canon divergent.***

## Overview

* Status
* Quotes

*Alive: Whereabouts unknown.*

*“You insolent boy—you could never comprehend the gravity of our situation, our **home**, burning from its core and out! They locked us away and hurled us into a pit of our special hell. Do you think they'll give a fraction of the sympathy these people show you to the likes of us? Do not be fooled by their dramatic flaunts of superiority, as we know it’s a mere façade to the unerring horror they hide behind their foul smiles. Find the shards, or suffer untold consequences.”*

## Characteristics

### ***Appearance***

Kronos has naturally tan skin and lower-back-length black hair. He has a feminine touch, most notably in his facial features, but he also dons a slim figure. Despite this, Kronos is depicted as muscular and well-built. His eyes give off a faint glow and are white; however, his iris are stylized like his peers.

Kronos has stitch marks circling his throat, though their origin is unknown.

His attire consists of the gender-neutral black Sophist Robes and a white and silver mask that hangs loosely on his chest.

Kronos’s hair is spikey in the back and tends to frizzle out a lot.

### ***Personality***

As seat holder of Lahabrea, Kronos was elegant in his ways with words and leadership skills. This fact bleeds into his vast intelligence, as well as his creation magick. He showed great tenderness to all and even appeared to be an understanding figure that motivated those around him to continue.

However, his personality shifted entirely after finding an interest in Time Manipulation, which resulted in several tragic events.

Kronos became a cold-hearted individual who sought to bring forth the worst possible options regarding life. His egotistical nature usually results in quarrels and nasty arguments, but his calm and collected character wins him the patience to continue. Although he is usually a mocking fool, Kronos has shown a flicker of kindness in his actions, usually directed towards children or those he mentored.

He became delusional, stating his actions “*were for the benefit of their star as they know it*.”

After all this, Kronos has kept his professional stature, now a figure with notable wisdom that sometimes has a questionable sense of humor.

## History

### ***Early Life***

Even at a young age, Kronos had been a spectacular pupil and devoted his life to seeking more knowledge for the star. Loved by his family and many friends, his reputation expanded throughout the coming years, earning him watchful and keen eyes from those above. However, his pros did come with the occasional con, as showering him in appreciation and admiration negatively edged onto his ego. His personality would shift to an egotistical figure who had a hard time seeing others' perspectives, but this was a rare occurrence that he hid well.

As his life flourished and time passed, Kronos took an interest in teaching; by the time he became a young adult, he had gained the title of a Scholar, branching off into history-like academics. He taught subjects from history to newly found knowledge and even their present-time traditions. It was noted that he was an exceptional figure who always sought out to inspire and aid those around him.

His teachings at the academy led him to meet his future wife, Rhea, who was a colleague that taught Creation Magick. They became friends quickly and eventually fell in love, having two unknown children.

Kronos was said to be a proud father.

#### **Seat holder of Lahabrea**

Unlike most, Kronos did not become a seat member through mentoring but was chosen via the Convocation of Fourteen through his achievements. While this did come as a shock to him, he accepted without hesitation. His years as Lahabrea would expand his insight and give him much room for improvement.

With this new position, the time with his own family became strained, leaving Kronos isolated from his loved ones, especially his children. But the relationship he held with his colleagues remained standard except for the current Igeyorhm, who he found interest in, as well as their mentee, Artemis, who at the time was young. Kronos became a father-like figure to Artemis.

Kronos soon found a fascination in Time Manipulation Magick, or simply Time Magick, and began studying how aetherial energies were affected over extended periods. This interest manifested into an obsession, as the longer he peered into it, the more he yearned for knowledge. Many years would pass before he found something, which resulted in multiple accidental events of witnessing the future and the oncoming doom of the Final Days.

In a rushed and fearful haze, Kronos had built a cube-like object that harnessed the aether around it to progress time, and the aether that was absorbed would then progress through said time at an accelerated rate, essentially creating *time travel*. However, it was on a microscopic scale and never progressed further due to its unknown abilities.

His concept was deemed too dangerous and unstable but also extremely important for research and instead was set to be locked away within Pandæmonium.

This caused Kronos to fall into a loop of misery; after all, his time was wasted on a concept he could not even finish. Now fueled by a primal sense of anger and resentment for not being heard, Kronos began continuing his work in secret, and without the aid of outside resources, he formed many questionable relationships with publicly controversial icons; who desired suspicious facilities for their work.

At first, Kronos was content with using his aether to fuel the concept, but after the abundance of its use, became too weak to continue. Not wanting to halt any progress, Kronos used other live concepts, which then advanced to fellow Ancients. His work had unknowingly altered his aether, causing Kronos to be plagued by visions of the Final Days, leading him further into madness.

#### **Imprisonment**

His deeds did not go unnoticed and resulted in an investigation that soon led to his actions being unraveled. Disgusted and enraged, the Convocation members labeled Kronos as a traitor and stripped him of his title as Lahabrea. His marriage crumbled, and his bond with his children was severed. No amount of yelling or cursed words of fire and the end of their star could persuade them, leaving Kronos isolated once more and devoured by his growing madness.

He was imprisoned for eternity with no apparent chance of being released.

Here, Kronos would stay until the Final Days were upon them.

#### **Kronos's Shard**

Using the last of his aether during the Final Days, Kronos managed to harness his own time, allowing him to appear during a random point of his shattered future briefly.

Kronos became acquainted with a Shard of himself, who referred to himself as Belmont. Belmont feared Kronos's existence and tales of fire and doom, leaving Kronos to take advantage of this. Using his horror, Kronos threatened Belmont to find the rest of his shards so he might be whole again.

This would continue until the sundering.

## Abilities and Powers

Hold On Now. . .Some of these abilities are *Non-canon Compliant* to the FFXIV universe, and shouldn't been taken as such.

* ***Soul Sight -*** Soul Sight allows Kronos to observe the souls of those around him to some extend, but can vary depending on the souls state.

* ***Immortality -*** Kronos cannot die from old age or illness, but instead any mortal wound inflicted upon him; resulting in his youthful appearance and vast intelligence.

* ***Aether Manipulation/Creation Magick -*** Kronos has the ability to form physical objects from the Aether around him, or provided from slain entities.

* ***Eyes of the Future -*** Eyes of the Future allows Kronos to briefly peek into his future: *This only occurs during moments when Kronos is experiencing extreme distress or intense emotions.*
	+ ***EX***: *Anger, Depression, Trauma, Fear. . . etc.*
* ***Supernatural Strength -*** Kronos has an unnatural ability of strength, allowing him to wield massive weapons and objects.

* ***Body Possession -*** Like his fellow Ascians, Kronos has the ability to possess mortal bodies through the use of Dark Crystals. This can be affected by either ones mental state, or their physical.

## Gallery

Kronos and his ScytheDifferent Scythe poseKronos renderKronos's BannerSpooky Kronos
## Trivia

* Kronos enjoys warm honey tea.
* Kronos is known to random outbursts of anger.
* Kronos has a difficult time controlling his urges.
* He is known to be acquainted with Artemis, as their relationship is akin to son and father.
* His age is around 500~ in the unsundered world, but in Aetherflow it is unknown just how old he is.
* Each Shard of Kronos has stitch marks around their throat.
* Belmont is the only known Shard of Kronos