Achillean Kyber

### Relationships

Danny Herrera (enemy, formerly; best friend), Andy Vivid (enemy, formerly; best friend), Mara Moran (fellow Warrior), Miles Kyber (younger brother; enemy), Alex Adams (close friend), Jaime Payne (enemy; uneasy ally), Spencer Payne (enemy), Silverlight (rival), Rylan Payne (enemy, formerly; ally)

## Other Information

### Debut

The Runner

**Achillean Kyber**, also commonly referred to as the Runner, is a fictional character created by Alejandro Pineda. He is the main protagonist of the story The Runner and the titular antagonist of the ongoing book series, the Kyber Realm.

## Appearance

Achillean is a young man of tall stature with slightly tanned skin, a slender athletic build, and messy brown hair that falls in large clumps around his head. Under his mask he hides a pair of hazel green eyes, which shine bright yellow whenever he’s manic or enraged. Achillean is always seen wearing an oversized dark grey hoodie, long beige shorts, grey and white shoes, and most notably, a round yellow mask with two dots separated by a line below them, resembling an expressionless face that covers his eyes. He was also revealed to have a scar across his nose after being slashed by Silverlight during their duel.

## Personality

Achillean has a rather complex personality. He is outwardly blunt, arrogant, and condescending, displaying no sense of moral awareness. He initially comes across as falsely playful and carefree, particularly with those he sees as below him in skill, and often fails to see the dangers in his overconfidence, even going as far as to ignore his own instincts to do so. He tends to use threats, deals, and any other methods to achieve his goals, believing chaos to be a tool used out of necessity. Contrary to this claim, Achillean has visibly been implied to be somewhat sadistic and cold-blooded, gleefully killing David Freeland and using his Personal Realm in a massive crowd to defeat the Three.

Despite his egotistical mindset and lack of self-awareness, he has shown several signs of humanity in the form of immense anger upon hearing the death of Rylan Payne, and despite earning a great amount of hatred among other factions, he cares greatly for the Greater Realm. He is very protective of his allies, even being shown as supportive and empathetic toward them and outwardly admitting that they are the only people aside from himself he feels compassion for. Achillean is also not above admitting his own flaws, openly rejecting a position as his country’s leader simply because he lacks the skillset.

It was stated by Alejandro Pineda that Achillean's D&D alignment is Chaotic Impure.

"Achillean is a wild card with no method to his madness. He will kill anyone, do anything, and find any way to accomplish his goals. He approaches every angle to a conflict to ensure that he is victorious, being fully willing to play any side that will do this, whether he is driven by emotion or logic, it makes no difference. However, he maintains the knowledge of the unnecessary, never doing more than he needs to to ensure he comes out on top, believing the justification to his actions as 'a necessary evil'."

## Abilities

**Overall Skill Level**: As the current generation’s Hurricane Sentry, Achillean is one of the most skilled and powerful combatants of the modern era. Because of his immense reserves of Combat Energy and an incredibly dangerous Combat Art, he is widely agreed to be the strongest fighter in the Kyber Realm, rivaled only by his fellow Sentries. He was capable of single-handedly overpowering and killing Danny Herrera, Andy Vivid, and Ian Herman all at once multiple times. During the Regional War, he held his own against Crystalland’s three strongest fighters, two of them Sentries as well, without any external help, being labeled several times as the biggest threat on the battlefield throughout the entirety of the conflict. Achillean is also considered as a worthy opponent for Silverlight, who, at his strongest, is widely considered the strongest Sentry in history. Most impressively, he was capable of briefly fighting Kaven, the greatest living swordsman of his time, on equal ground.

### Skills

**Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant**: In addition to his tremendous Combat Energy, Achillean is an extremely competent hand to hand fighter, complimented by his shocking physical prowess. He was able to easily overwhelm and badly injure Marcello Vazquez by hitting all of his fatal spots before the latter could even react, and effortlessly overpowered both Vazquez and David Freeland at once with martial arts alone. Alejandro Pineda stated Achillean to be as skilled as the highly experienced Ian Herman in raw hand to hand prowess without any Combat Energy.

Achillean’s fighting style is depicted as being very fast and acrobatic, allowing him to strike his opponents in several different angles all at once and evade several oncoming attacks. This allows for remarkable offensive and defensive ability even without his Combat Art.

**Immense Speed and Reflexes**: As a member of the Sentries, Achillean possesses supherhuman speed and agility, his reflexive motions alone being the fuel for his constantly active Hurricane Art. His running capacity was ranked second in a footrace against the other Sentries, only being beaten by Nico Spruce. He could move faster than Lila Frost, a fighter that was on the same level as some of the higher Dozen, could even react. During the Regional War, Achillean was able to slice apart potions and arrows from dispensers as fast as they were fired, and posing an immense challenge for the combined efforts of Rylan Payne and a potion enhanced Jaime and Spencer, even going as far as overwhelming them twice in a row.

**Immense Strength**: Not to be confused with his thin frame, Achillean is unbelievably strong, possessing super-human strength and power. He has displayed the ability to crack armor, rupture stone, and break even a diamond block with just his bare handed strikes. He was vastly superior to Jaime, a fighter known primarily for his physical might, from the start of the series, overwhelming him countless times by use of brute force. At one point he was able to launch Lila Frost several feet into the air with a punch, rendering her unconscious. He is able to swing his weapon of choice, an axe, with incredible accuracy, even at blinding speeds.

**Immense Stamina and Endurance**: Achillean’s acute control over Combat Energy allows him to reduce his output to practically nothing, granting him a remarkably high amount of stamina. He was able to fight the Hunters constantly for days on end with very little rest, maintained his concentration while being brutally sliced up by Patrick Donovan, and fought three large subsequent battles followed by a sprint through the Nether. Once he perfected his Hurricane Style, he gained the ability to have it constantly active as long as his reflexes were unhindered, making him practically impossible to hit. Even after receiving life-threatening wounds at the hands of Kaven, he continued to fight for the remainder of the battle and even after he had lost consciousness.

**Keen Intellect**: While seemingly very impulsive and brash, Achillean‘s lack of self control is not to be mistaken for stupidity. He boasts a surprisingly keen eye and deep understanding of his surroundings, wherever he is and no matter the circumstances. He was able to perceive any potential threats in the Nether while being chased by the Hunters and proceeded to create several ways to kill them before they could do the same, despite being the one on the run. He also recognized and called out several of the Crystalland members when they reached for their weapons during their first exchange, visibly surprising them. During his battle with Kaven, he recognized the threat of the Upper Level's Object Manipulation, which was the countless secondary slashes that were formed from each of his sword swings, even remarking that it would take years of fighting to be able to reflexively avoid them.

* **Combat Intuition**: Achillean's true strength comes from his reflexive thinking. He is able to create quick and elaborate plans and subsequently execute them in the midst of a fight depending on any situation he is placed in. This was put on display during his numerous battles with the Hunters in which he managed to outwit them countless times in order to gain the upper hand. Even when falling to his death in the End and given no previous time to plan, he was able to snatch an ender pearl out of the air as he plummeted to his death and successfully stop himself from falling into the void, even killing Andy Vivid in the process.
* **Weapon Versatility**: Achillean has been shown to be incredibly flexible with weapon usage in combat, utilizing anything necessary to gain an advantage. He has displayed proficiency with a variety of weapons, including a sword, axe and shield, bow, crossbow, and even fishing rod in battle, being able to utilize them interchangeably. This was proven when he managed to grab a pearl mid-fall with a fishing rod and block slashes from the Hunter’s soldiers by using his foot to grab a discarded sword. He also managed to briefly surprise Kaven, by using Sam’s weaponry against him.

**Muscle Control**: Achillean has undergone a significant amount of bodily conditioning, giving him the unique ability to control his own composition and muscles. This gives him a resistance to the side effects of using ender pearls excessively, which include severe internal damage and organ failure. Because of this, he has shown the extraordinary ability to cause a doppler effect with his own teleportations, projecting his movements to the area of teleportation while remaining in place. It is unknown how this technique is accomplished. He is capable of using ender pearls in very quick succession thanks to his immunity to their side effects, making them one of his strongest weapons.

**World Map**: Being the holder of the World Map, Achillean has complete access to its different abilities, including limited range teleportation, location tracking, and until recently, material creation, which he revealed to have destroyed because of its unwarranted power. He is also able to briefly summon any person to join the world within the first minute of their arrival since they aren’t tethered to it.

## Combat Art

### Archetype

**Trickster**: The title given to fighters with particularly creative styles who use quick acceleration and sometimes excellent pace to outwit their enemies. They rely mainly on experimental combat and proximity to their opponents in order to be at their best. They are best known for using trickery and reflexive fighting in order to assist other fighters and break through enemy defenses. Achillean, with his sharp reflexes and unparalleled fluid combat style, excels as a Trickster. He uses his fast and unique techniques and creative touch to power through difficult opposition and seize near-impossible chances of victory. He displayed this to the utmost when he blew past all of the Hunters’ attempts at stopping him in a sprint and diverting their attention for long enough to allow both Andy Vivid and Danny Herrera to cripple their remaining reinforcements.

#### Hurricane Art

Holding the position of the Hurricane Sentry, Achillean is considered to be the style’s most powerful user. This unique style utilizes the body’s reflexes and erratic motions to generate high speed winds around the user, by extension allowing a force field from incoming attacks. It is comprised of powerful strikes amplified by the use of sharp wind currents, allowing them to fight at full potential even without the use of a weapon. Because of this, Achillean is able to fight completely empty handed, save for a number of techniques that require ender pearls, and protect himself at all times through the use of his hyperactive nature alone.

**Techniques:**

* **Destructive Sprint**: the user dashes at the opponent before spinning their body rapidly in mid-air while slashing, creating a vacuum that pulls in anything within range, all while sending sharp torrents of winds in a funnel formation.

* **Disaster Accumulation**: the user builds up momentum around themselves in order to create a single, powerful strike, then throws a pearl in order to attack in a specific location.

* **Disrupting Bursts, Onslaught**: the user blocks before repeatedly swings in the direction of the opponent, creating a barrage of shockwaves in the form of a vertical whirlwind.

* **Rising Counter-Critical Flurry**: the user blocks incoming attacks while swinging above them from below the opponent.

* **Outburst**: the user concentrates their motions around one singular point before throwing an ender pearl at the target, unleashing several expanding bursts of wind in every direction. This is something of a foil to Destructive Sprint.

* **Dozen Pearl Splash**: the user throws multiple ender pearls at the ground, causing them to teleport rapidly in place while attacking.

* **Technique Combination, Corkscrew Gale**: combining **Destructive Sprint** and **Outburst**, user forms a massive, long-range gale of wind in a spiral formation to slice up their surroundings. This technique was strong enough to overpower and kill Patrick Donovan in one blow.

* **Hurricane Rotation**: the user performs a series of roundhouse kicks around themselves, creating powerful torrents of wind.

* **Personal Realm: Storm’s Eye**: Achillean’s Personal Realm. It creates a large outburst of wind currents in every direction around Achillean, encompassing and essentially freezing any living thing it comes into contact with while rapidly shredding away at them.

Demonstrations

## Equipment

Items:

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     Bow

     World Map

Pets:
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