Deilos

## GENERAL

Deilos is the current refuge general, mainly specializing in strategy, combat, and gathering weapons for the refuge. He comes from the discarded village, or the black kingdom, a kingdom deep in the abyss where he was also a military leader. Eventually, he came to the refuge, helping out wherever he could, becoming a leader, and helping take down the Smiler.

## APPEARANCE

A tall vessel, 8 ft 6’ specifically. He has a thick, red cloak, supposedly made to survive the freak weather of the wastelands. (The cloak also hides a layer of chainmail for extra protection.) One of his horns has been sliced clean off, while the other has been twisted. He has a diamond mark in his cheek, and keeps his eyes closed most of the time.

## ORIGIN

Deilos was born in The Abyss, like literally every other vessel. However, simply the act of opening his eyes was exhausting, as it let out a strange, yellow light. So many thoughts rushed through his head that they quite literally clouded his mind, making it impossible for him to move. So he just... stayed there. For years on end, until he was 14 years old, when finally, something changed. He heard voices, people saving vessels, taking them to “the village”. That’s when he finally decided to get up, shocking the people, as they did not expect to find a grown vessel. From here, he was taken to the Discarded Village. This was his home for the next 17 years, here he learned to fight, to speak, to lead. However, one day, he and his army were thrust into a battle they couldn’t win. He did the only thing he could think of to let his soldiers keep their lives, give up. He gave up to the enemy, letting them take him hostage and take a bit of land in exchange for his army and the village not being hurt. When he eventually returned to the village, rather than a hero, he was branded a coward. He was shunned out by the very people who raised him. He was even tortured by the King himself who would, among many other things, split one of his horns in half, painfully twisting it. A seal of binding was also placed on his emotions. Later on, he left the village, finding The Refuge.

## STORYLINE

Deilos’ first appearance was in the Demiurge’s raid against the Refuge in Greenpath during the war against the The Smiler, where he simply fought without saying a single word.

Afterwards, he assisted the Smiler’s banquet, where he was so absolutely enraged and disappointed by the refuge’s performance that the seal placed on his emotions shattered. From here, he began to actually act like a leader. He started creating weapons, experimenting with moulds, with bugs, with everything. Also participating in and orchestrating several attacks on The Husks.

Later on, when Hiro was kidnapped by the Husks, Deilos joined the Troupe in exchange for their help getting him back. This alone pushed him over the edge, bringing out his sadism and “necessary evil” now behind the excuse of joining the Troupe.

Several weeks after joining the Troupe, he joined the final attack on the Smiler, shattering a few of the essence shields and damaging the Smiler, before The Realmbreaker appeared to absorb him.

Soon enough, he began to be overwhelmed by the many issues of Hallownest, so he left for the Wastelands. In the Wastelands, he ran across a ravaged village, where a young child would not leave his side. He decided to take care of her, so she wouldn’t... you know... fucking die in the wastelands. Eventually, he returned to the kingdom, only to see the Refuge destroyed. The Husks has attacked, destroying much of the Refuge and wrecking their forces. Upon seeing this, Deilos immediately began to plan an attack on them, and when he caught wind of the husks attacking the refuge, he used this opportunity to strike first, completely destroying and taking over their base, also slaughtering their militia.

## PERSONALITY

“Deilos is either chaotic good or lawful evil, but he leans more towards lawful evil, since he follows a single creed of “screw absolutely everything that isn’t the refuge” and will act according to this. Pulling strings and manipulating shit if he has to. He might belong to the “good guys” but he’s got no problem doing evil things to help those good guys win.”

-u/iggythedood

## ABILITIES

shade soul, descending dark, abyss shriek, void blasts, void orbs, void bubble, void explosion, void implosion, voidforge, void infusions, shade dash, void rift.

Soul beam, soul orb, soul infusion, soul injection, soulshock.

Freezing gust, freezing mist, icy touch, icicle, hail, ice spike, ice fist.

Essence spikes, essence chains, essence weapons.

Seal of binding, nail arts, masterful skills with trident, great at dodging (+2, +4 when using the trident, but cannot directly attack for the first 5 turns.)

## BONDS

Revlon, Krest, Lego, Neyo, Riot: Holds great respect due to their contributions to the refuge.

Neyo, Riot, Krest, Revlon, Vecto, Bleues, Andra, Vermillion: Likes and considers friends.

Scarlett and the troupe: Doesn’t directly hate as people, but dislikes the entire philosophy.

The Husks: Hates with a burning passion.

Xenosia: Considers them volatile and a threat.

Borea: Trusts due to one of his best friends being in charge, but still considers them possibly dangerous…Due to that best friend being the literal strongest character here.