Agrona Vritra

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**Agrona Vritra** is the main antagonist of The Beginning After The End. He is responsible for the war between Dicathen and Alacrya as his goal is to conquer Epheotus through interbreeding with Dicathen to have enough firepower to achieve his goal.

Later on in the story, it was revealed that he had discovered the genocide that was committed by the Indrath clan against the ancient mages out of jealousy regarding their Aether knowledge. Following that, he threatened to expose their wrongdoings. Nevertheless, they responded by exiling him and the Vritra from Epheotus under the excuse of him having a intimate relationship with the Lessers, which drove him mad to the point that he began experimenting and interbreeding with the Lessers in Alacrya for generations in order to carry out his revenge.

Through his experiments and by sending Vritra Blooded Alacryans to the Relictombs, he discovered the runes used by the ancient mages. Using those as a scaffold, he created magical runes that where given to all the capable people in Alacrya through the bestowal ceremony. Moreover, he also discovered an edict called Fate, the core component of reincarnation as he is responsible for the reincarnation of Grey, Cecilia and Nico to bring the power of an entity called the Legacy to destroy Kezess and the oppossing asuran factions.

## Appearance

Agrona can be described as handsome, with smooth skin and a sharp jaw. He has vibrantly scarlet eyes and massive horns sprouting from the sides of his black hair like an elk's antlers, except shiny and black, each coming to a spear-sharp point. His horns have several gold and silver rings wrapped around the many prongs, and bejeweled chains also trace the lines of the horns.

## Personality

Agrona has a considerable fascination over the lives of the lesser beings, especially the ancient mages who learned to harness aether. Sylvia once described him as a "coy and charming knowledge-seeker." After being exiled when he threatened to expose the Indrath Clan for the genocide they had commited against the ancient mages, Agrona was driven mad by the betrayal of his clansmen and his love, causing him to become cruel and commit despicable actions that once were against his ethics. Despite his madness, he has a casual and pleasant demeanour to both allies and enemies alike since Arthur describes him as eccentric and sociable. He acknowledges someone's strength and people who have an immense potiential even if they are lesser beings and does not look down on them. Nevertheless, he enjoys torturing his enemies as shown when he insulted Arthur on his emotional weakness. He has no tolerance or patience for those who fail him even if it’s a partial failure. He can also be described as cunning and manipulative, since he managed to manipulate Alduin Eralith and Dawsid Greysunders into betraying their countries. Nevertheless, he is not above making mistakes since he did not regard Arthur as a threat when he discovered his survival in Alacrya, which led to the death of Cadell and a Squad of his Wraiths. Furthermore, due to the before mentioned hybris, he also lost his control over Dicathen while he also failed to capture Arthur twice.

## Background

*Warning!* *The following information are novel spoilers that have not been covered in The Beginning After The End Webcomic. Click on "Expand" if you wish to read.*

Agrona is the head of the Vritra Clan and Sylvia's fiancé. Centuries ago, Agrona used to wear a disguise and sneak off to Dicathen and Alacrya for research purposes, captivated by the lessers' way of life. During one of his visits, he discovered the relictombs of the ancient mages, who had learned how to wield aether. Agrona also unearthed the Indrath Clan's biggest secret, the genocide of the ancient mages. Agrona threatened to expose the Indrath Clan of their wrongdoings, but they exiled him to Alacrya under the pretense of having an intimate relationship with the lessers. During his exile, Agrona and his followers searched for the ancient mages' buried text, hoping to build upon their knowledge. He resorted to using the lessers as experimental subjects to investigate the existence of an edict called "Fate." Agrona met Sylvia, who warned him of her father's plan to assassinate him and also the existence of their unborn child she was carrying. Upon learning of Sylvia's pregnancy of a child of basilisk and dragon race lineage, Agrona imprisoned Sylvia until she gave birth to Sylvie. Sylvia later escaped, taking Sylvie with her. Agrona sent Cadell to capture her.

## Abilities & Skills

As a member of the basilisk race, Agrona can utilize decay-type mana art.

* **Body Possession**  - Due to imbedding a spell onto Sylvie when she was still an egg, Agrona has the ability to possess Sylvie's body, though he is limited to only being able to move around and communicate with others and can't use any mana arts. However, after Sylvie’s resurrection, this ability should have disappeared.
* **Memory Manipulation**  - Agrona has the ability to manipulate the memories of others upon physical contact as shown when he touched Cecilia, causing her to see altered versions of her memories while also suppressing Tessia's will/memories.
* **Transformation** - He can transform into a basilisk or in other words into a large snake like form with large leathery wings.

## Quotes

* (To Arthur) *“Do you shed tears for the ants that you step on?”*
* (To Arthur) *“Ooh, is this the part where the villain falls into a monologue and reveals his nefarious plans to the righteous hero?”*
* (To Arthur) *“I suppose it does no harm in telling you. Let’s say I’ve enjoyed talking with an old friend of yours, King Grey.”*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Beginning After the End Novel: Volume 6 – Chapter 194