Ichento "Kinexus VIIR" Mercacio

Tsarevtich Ichento "Kinexus VIIR" Mercacio, adopted son of Tsar Antolupe Iglesias, biological son of an unnamed Chilean man and an African-American woman named Luna Mercacio, is the fourth and only sociable one of the Gular Royals. Eighteen years old and a senior student in Marevine Exchange School, Ichento is by far the worst-performing of the four Royals, having primarily Cs and Bs in all subjects save AL Practical Physical Education and AL Bionics, where he excels and is top of the class.

Ichento is also known by his Custom Suit Warrior alias, Kinexus VIIR\*. By the end of *No More Evo* and entering into the *Worlds Apart* series, he (like Adaline) has adopted a new title, becoming Bronze Staff to mirror her name of Sapphire Beam. He is also the only other major Gular besides Adaline who makes it past *Code of Life* (by this point Jeven, Emmeline, & Terra, along with other various semi-modded individuals, have reclassified themselves as Gamma Mistakes (GMs)).

\*Kinexus VIIR is in reference to a kinetic absorption + nexus of power + latin word for man, as well as being a reference to the Esoni Alpha 7R Full-lens Camera, which is the only remnant of his mother he has left.

*Hidden Genome: Gen New*

Debuting in *Gen New*, Ichento is shown at first to be a kind & amicable, yet somewhat simple guy, always hiding behind a smile and an extended hand towards others. As time progresses, however, others learn of the grueling training that Tsar Antolupe forced upon him to make him proper and learned- a fitting representative for the Iglesian lineage into which he was adopted. He constantly is poked at by Carterman and other Marevine students as being undeserving of his stature, and that he is nearly as pathetic and truly lower class as the Betas. Ichento simply shrugs most of it off, and constantly has to remind Esta and Tricia that the words of others do not matter to him- all that matters is that they and his fellow Royal friends still respect him.

In **Chapter 1: Protector**, Ichento is the first person Tricia openly states her grievances and concerns about her relationships (or lack therof), to which Ichento responds he feels lucky to observe such things, as he as always felt alone, having most of his potential friends be turned away by his father for lack of class or proper standing. When the attack of the Mamba happens, Ichento is the first to rush in and fight, swinging his bat and knocking out several Mamba before being pinned down by Black Rose and Barkaneer. This is what buys Nikolay and Dyvone the time to come up free him before Barkaneer executes Ichento, although Ichento claims that he had a plan all along to stab Barkaneer with a knife in his pocket, then use a lighter at the other end of it to take care of Black Rose. Interestingly enough, Adaline later that night comments to Nikolay about Ichento being the most likely to charge headfirst into danger, but the least likely to actually be endangered by it. This line is then retrained in the future by Melani when she, Jayden, and Ichento join Kaylah and Tricia in their new CSW suits, said as "Ichento's probably the one person out of all of us who has no problem killing others, but he'd never actually be the first of us to do it."

Ichento is mostly inactive for **Chapter 2: Memory & Malice**, doing little other than get attacked during the landing of Eve.

As the story continues, Ichento becomes significantly more vocal and active in **Chapter 3: Learning**, where he proceeds to enter challenges against H-Tier Betas and secures victories in an arena tournament with skillful use of a hammer and chain whip, winning him, Esta, and Tricia the title of Alberquinian Beta Underground Fight (BUF) Champions. Throughout **Chapter 3: Learning,** Ichento displays recklessness unprecdented to even his Guards, going so far as to jump off a building to save Adaline and an incapacitated Eve (who herself was attempting to do the same) from being pushed to their deaths, clinging to the side of a building and throwing them back up as he let go and landed onto Chikanix, who he then strategically guided into crashing onto the street. He then starts to form a somewhat mutally respecting relationship with Viko, showing that he is willing to risk his life for the safety of others. **Chapter 3: Learning** is also by far where Ichento's jealous observance of siblingship shines, often remarking about the luck and gratitude the various pairs should acknowledge having. He even goes so far as to offer to adopt Frederick & Regina in a time of isolation from Viko during his 'Bro & Hoe Phase', where he primarily devotes his time to hanging out with Esta, Nikolay, Dyvone, and Eve.

During **Chapter 4: Survival Alliance,** Ichento is fairly silent like most of the Gulars, mostly observing the Guards' interactions during this time and concealing his identity from the majority of the B4 Assembly. He is completely absent and inactive during the fight scene of **Chapter 5: War**.

Ichento is relatively inactive during **Chapter 6: Reform-** like most of the other Gulars, he observes what goes on amongst the Beta interactions.

During **Chapter 7: Old Arrivals**, Ichento's life and 'hometown', Fujikamaru, Arjapin, becomes the center of attention. He is the most enthusiastically celebrated upon the Royals' return from their crashed flight, and is greeted by entire classes of students, corporations worth of workers, and teams of laborers, all eagerly awaiting his return to their country to up their morale and atmosphere. Upon the interrogation of the Royal Guard by President Valiento Hunt, Ichento is the first to speak out against his accusations of their lack of decorum and recognition of place, and supports Nikolay and Esta alongside Adaline upon their ultimatum-laden replies to Hunt's threats. This is a display of his lack of cowardice towards honesty about what he percieves as just.

When that is resolved and the Royals make their way to Gostinica Zetsumyo (Hotel Exquisite in Russ-Asian), Ichento formally invites Kaylah to join him as a guest of honor at the Memorabilia Ball, which she agrees to, seemingly reluctant and appearig to only do so for the purposes of monitoring her friends and staying close to Nikolay. It becomes apparent from that brief afternoon that she does not take Ichento's kindness or viewpoints seriously, despite numerous attempts on Esta's and Tricia's part to convince her he is genuine in his lack of opinion on class difference based on genetics. When she later warms up to him and considers him a genuinely decent individual, she comments that "You don't deserve the life you've been given, or life at all for that matter. You deserve something more fulfilling and less fleeting."

After the arrival dinner that same night, when President Hunt appears at the entrance to Gostinica Zetsumyo with a BAH squadron, accusing Nikolay and Tricia as the culprits behind the attack on the Outskirts orphanage, Ichento surpisingly does not speak up, instead grabbing Adaline's arm and holding her back from speaking out against her father, and signals Dyvone to do the same for Esta before she can reveal anything. During the trial the next afternoon, he is the only non-hesitant speaker when put to the stand, testifying the effectiveness of Tricia as a Guard and genuine pleasantness of interacting with her as a person. He goes so far as to remark that his experience with her personality and her life makes her more human than the Gular accusing her, repeating himself tauntingly to recieved shocked murmurs from the gallery.

He remains inactive throughout Delanor's reappearance and subduing of President Hunt, and remains mostly in awe when the story behind her, Viko, and Nikolay is revealed during the same night. However, after Helan is revealed to also be alive and begins evaluating all of Esta's and Tricia's relationships, he immediately gets on his knee and remarks on what an honor it has been being served by and acquainted with her daughters, earning him Helan's respect.

In **Chapter 8: Hearthunting**, when Je>en, Emmeline, and Terra first come to visit the Big Four's base, recieve their bodies (or, in Jeven's case, wake up and get a body), and discuss the history of the world and potential brewing alliance, Emmeline and Jeven refuse to greet him upon his introduction, saying that they cannot deal with someone else's face right now. Terra explains to him that he looked just like a friend of theirs who was instrumental to the survival and escape of their friends from the DIRL, and died in vain trying to help the others escape, making both his and their sacrifices practically worthless. Furthermore, unlike them, he hadn't the chance to shut off his MemBot upload and set a backup copy, meaning that, much like the other DIRL survivors, he could not be preserved the way those three were. However, Jeven at least seems to like Ichento later on, as he is one of the advocates towards the CS project for potential Gular allies, stating that, at the very least, he, Emmeline, Terra, and Ichento should get one. When asked, Jeven says that he can't let another one die without giving him a better fighting chance.

Ichento, upon recieving his Custom Suit from Dmitri and JevenAncient Stone of Overkill Arc (the 1st part of the Veriscitian artifact hunt leading up to Memorabilia),, chooses the ablity to absorb damage into his suit and power up objects based on an output and his energy reserves. His signature (and only) weapon is a multi-weapon that appears as a somewhat thick black technolized bo staff when on his back. Upon his mental command, however, it transforms into three weapons: first, a dual-head square hammer with studded spikes on each side, also able to be covered for a flat, blunt strike; second, a dual-headed axe that appears to fluxuate between a halbred-like sharp-headd prong and a one-handed battle axe; thrid, an infinite length of chain that can form a mace, a dagger, a clamp, a machine gun, or a laser at the end of it, as well as being able to modify the grip from a standard handle to a pistol grip and body, a wrist band, or simply none at all.