Ingressus Voltaris

**Ingressus Voltaris**, also known as Deathsinger, was the master and leader of the Voltaris Clan of Ardoni, and now leads the Deathsinger Loyalists faction of Voltaris following the clan's divide. He was also formerly the superior to Tygren Voltaris, who now rivals him alongside Tetrahedron Voltaris.

Ingressus is one of the most powerful warriors in Ardonia. The only other Ardoni able to rival him is his former friend turned rival Achillean Nestoris, otherwise known as the Tidesinger. This is, of course, without accounting for the otherworldly powers possessed by Tetrahedron (and now also Tygren).

## Appearance

Ingressus has relatively dark grey skin and has markings the colour of fire itself. His horns are four pixels long, indicating that he is middled aged for an Ardoni.

## Personality

Ingressus tries to be calm and collected but can sometimes be moody. He is extremely steadfast and determined to achieve his goals, and is dedicated to his clan. While he is certainly not a champion of morals, and has done terrible things in the past (e.g. burning down multiple Ardoni territories and killing the clan masters to get the Prime Songs), he is much less straightforwardly evil compared to Tygren, or even morally dubious Ardoni from other clans like Thalleous Sendaris. In Ingressus' mind, everything he does, even the questionable things, are for a good cause - to protect his people. Whether or not that justifies his actions is very up to debate, but it *is* his mindset - which also means he despises needless brutality, a thing Tygren specializes in.

## History

### Early Life

Not much about Ingressus' early life is known, other than the fact that he was the son of Dominus Voltaris, the old Voltaris master from before the Ardoni clans divided.

After the Voltaris began to grow corrupt with power and became "evil", the other clans turned on them and Dominus was assassinated. Before he died, he gave Voltar, the staff of the Voltaris clan, to Ingressus, effectively making him the new master of the Voltaris. Ingressus escaped, but was crushed by the death of his father.

### Friendship With Achillean

Ingressus was eventually found by Achillean and Aegus Nestoris, the master of the Nestoris clan at the time. Aegus was more tolerant of the Voltaris than the other masters were at the time, and as such he protected Ingressus by using his staff to change the colour of his markings, inducting him into the Nestoris clan. Ingressus and Achillean befriended each other, and became very close. Achillean taught Ingressus how to fish, while Ingressus taught him how to fight, which eventually led to Achillean becoming a warrior strong enough to rival him.

### The Great War

The Ardonian Great War, as it is called by foreigners (also known as "The Great War" by locals, not to be confused with World War I on Earth) began a while after the banishment of the Voltaris, when the monarchist Nether state under King Chronos invaded Ardonia, vanquishing many of the lands of the kingdoms. Soon, the Enderknights, an elite force of warriors from the End, intervened to protect the Overworld, but even they weren't strong enough to fight back the Nether.

In desperation, the kingdoms called upon the Ardoni clans for assistance. The Ardoni masters decided to hold a tournament to find the strongest champion among the Ardoni species, who would wield all four of the most powerful Songs - the Prime Songs. After hearing of the news, Achillean encouraged Ingressus to join the tournament, then reveal himself as Voltaris after winning, and pledge his support to the other clans as a message that even the Voltaris were on their side. Ingressus reluctantly agreed to the plan.

Ingressus competed in the tournament and triumphed. The four masters prepared to give him the Prime Songs, but after he revealed himself, the three other masters besides Aegus, became distrustful, as they were still highly prejudiced against the Voltaris. They denied him the Primes. Aegus was sympathetic, but ultimately could not help Ingressus without risking his reputation.

Believing the Prime Songs to be rightfully his, Ingressus snapped and assassinated the other three masters, taking their Prime Songs. Although Ingressus tried to take out Aegus as well, Achillean intervened and protected him, allowing Aegus to escape with the last and most powerful of the Prime Songs. Achillean believed Ingressus to have gone mad, and their friendship promptly ended.

Ingressus escaped, found his exiled clan, and regrouped with them, but they were still heavily outnumbered with all of Ardonia against them. As such, Ingressus met with King Chronos of the Nether and forged an alliance between the Nether and the Voltaris Clan, which proceeded to wage total war on all of Ardonia. Although the humans, Ardoni, Felinas, Magnorites and Enderknights all rallied to stop them, they were too disorganized to efficiently fight back the invaders, until Achillean joined the fight. Skilled with the Songs, Achillean united and regrouped the armies of Ardonia, and drove back the Nether, forcing them to retreat to their home realm.

Now alone, the Voltaris clan fell back to Mt. Velgrin, where they were cornered by their enemies. Ingressus knew the war was lost, and instructed his fellow Voltaris to construct a time portal that would bring him forward 154 years into the future when Ardonia was weak and easier to catch off guard. Achillean travelled to the peak of Mt. Velgrin to duel Ingressus once and for all. The two fought for a while before Ingressus prevailed, blasting Achillean off a cliff, though he survived.

Ingressus then walked through the time portal after it showed up from the future. His Songs couldn't travel through time, so he was forced to leave them behind. After going through the portal, he travelled to the future. Achillean would later follow him to the present as well. Ingressus then consulted the Voltaris of modern day, such as Tygren, who filled him in on what happened since the Great War. Once he was caught up, he began a quest to reclaim the present day Prime Songs and exact revenge on the other clans.

### The Cubes

Although Ingressus did manage to retrieve three of the four Prime Songs in present day, the same ones he'd had in the Great War, Tygren believed him to have gone soft and sought to take them for himself by overthrowing him and taking command of the Voltaris. He could not do it on his own, so Tetrahedron came along and aided him in doing so by giving Tygren some of his otherworldly power. Tygren and Tetrahedron fought Ingressus, who was overwhelmed and barely managed to escape. The Voltaris clan shattered in half, with one faction siding with Tygren (the Tygrites) and one staying loyal to Ingressus (the Deathsinger Loyalists).

Even though he survived, Ingressus was stabbed by Tetrahedron's sword, which would eventually turn him into Tetrahedron's mindless slave. Ingressus, however, resisted at first, and he along with his loyalists went into hiding, planning a way to stop Tygren and Tetrahedron once and for all. His transformation into Tetrahedron's slave is still fairly far from completion.