Solomon

## Background Story

A long time ago, a fog full of death and destruction tried to corrode this world. All signs of life would be inexorably stripped from any place engulfed by the fog. Back then, the people called this terrifying force the “Decayers.”

The only people strong enough to resist the Decayers were the holy knights of the Church of the Dawnwatchers. With the help of the Church’s Crucifix Reluc, which had been passed down for generations, the knights could use their own flesh and blood, together with their noble convictions, to build a stalwart barrier together that could withstand the ravaging calamity.

Solomon and his lover, Seema, were both members of the Dawnwatchers; they were the most pious believers and also the most courageous knights. Neither of them had retreated even an inch in their fight against the fog. Solomon loved Seema deeply. Therefore, when the Church met and decided to send them deep into the fog in an attempt to sever the source of the curse, Solomon hid the decision from Seema and shouldered this seemingly-impossible quest by himself

Under the protection of the relic, Solomon found an enormous ancient door in the depths of the fog. The giant door was slightly ajar, allowing fog to surge endlessly out of the small gap. Solomon charged toward the fog and managed to close the door after expending all his strength. With the door closed, he succeeded in stopping the spreading fog.

When Solomon returned, the people welcomed their hero with the greatest fanfare one could muster. Standing at the front of the crowd, Seema kissed Solomon with deep affection. Subsequently, King Fritz I summoned for him and personally conferred a medal upon him in recognition of his extraordinary feat. While this was the most glorious moment that Solomon would ever experience in his lifetime, it would also turn out to be the inception of his tragic fate.

Merely a few days later, a troop of guards suddenly barged into Solomon’s residence and apprehended him. Thereafter, he was marched to the Inquisition and charged with the crime of conspiring to assassinate King Fritz I. Subsequently, more accusations surfaced one after the other. The victims’ causes of death were also shockingly consistent, they all died of the Decayers.

Naturally, the blame was placed squarely on Solomon. He was suspected of being completely corrupted by the fog and becoming the living source of the curse’s spread. The Imperial Inquisition confiscated the relic that Solomon always carried with him and held him in the prison that was the most heavily guarded.

Their suspicions were right. Without the relic’s suppressive powers, the Decayers within Solomon’s body began to flare up. Under the curse’s influence, Solomon’s appearance rapidly changed until he looked like… he was no longer alive. His temperament also turned violent as he gradually lost his sanity. When faced with Solomon’s abnormalities, the Church was helpless, resulting in the hurried decision to sentence him to death. After Solomon was executed, his body was buried deep underground.

However, the event that led everybody present to tremble with fear still occurred, Solomon, who had clearly passed away, climbed out of his grave with a hideous look on his face. By then, Solomon had gone completely insane. His grotesque face contorted as he bellowed, grabbed his own gravestone, and frenziedly threw it toward any living thing in sight…

By the time Seema heard of the news and hurried to the scene, Solomon had almost killed all of the people present. Even though Solomon spotted his former lover, his madness did not fade at all. Instead, he roared and charged at Seema. Seema rushed toward him, nimbly dodging Solomon’s fists and pressed her relic against Solomon’s chest before hugging him tightly… Pure rays of light emerged from the Crucifix Relic. Under the relic’s illumination, the manic Solomon gradually calmed down.

Surveying the apocalyptic scene before her, Seema realised that their hometown could no longer accommodate both of them. Therefore, she fled the place with the muddled Solomon in tow and hid in an uninhabited location. Only sacred relics could suppress the curse. In order to save her lover, Seema placed her own crucifix around Solomon’s wrist. After attempting all sorts of methods, she finally awakened Solomon’s consciousness.

However, the Decayer’s corruption was fatal. Right as Solomon’s eyes regained their clarity, Seema suddenly collapsed into Solomon’s arms and fell into a deep sleep…

A grief-stricken Solomon buried his lover with his own hands before embarking on a prolonged journey of self-imposed exile. There was only one goal to his voluntary exile. To search for a way to break the Decayers and… to bury the curse alongside him.

## Hero Skills

 Cursed Strike
 Undying Curse (Passive)
 Root of Decay (Passive)
Every 1% increase in Solomon's Dodge additionally increases her ATK by 2%.

## Hero Lines

* *My burdens are beyond your reckoning.*

* *Approach me not, lest you want to be joined in misfortune.*

* *...Very well.*

* *Be devoured by rot!*

* *A small comfort amidst exile.*