Juan Calberg Kennosis

Juan Calberg Kennosis is the titular character of The Emperor Has Returned. Also known as the Demon of Tantil and the Black Emperor, Juan is the former leader of the Empire and the murderer of the Gods. He himself is an Artifical God engineered for the purpose of liberating humanity from the tyranny of the Gods and their subjects.

### Appearance

Pre-assassination, Juan is implied to be a handsome, middle-aged man with black hair, black eyes and a beard. After his rebirth, Juan is a young man with black hair and dark eyes who is described to be quite attractive, often thought to be a "toy for noble ladies" by those who don't know him. Initially after his rebirth, Juan presented as a frail young boy of about 9 years, with a pale complexion, black hair and dark eyes. After consuming Talter's blood, Juan's appearance changed to an older boy of about 13 years, and after being reconstructed following his defeat of Nigrato, he grew to a young man of about 18. It is implied that Juan's current appearance is similar to his own at that age pre-rebirth.

### History

Juan was the leader of the Empire, and a powerful, merciless warrior who made it his life's mission to free the mortal races from the reign of Gods, who treated the races like playthings.

Juan on principle did not sire any biological children, but took in four adopted children, all of whom grew extremely powerful under his tutelage; Gerard Gain, Nienna Nelben, Dismas Dilver, and Ras Raud.

While fighting against the mysterious entity known as "The Crack", Juan was stabbed through the heart with a cursed dagger by his adopted son, Gerard Gain, and died.

#### After rebirth

Following his death, Juan was reborn in the body of a young boy of about 9 years; a slave of the Tantil Colosseum. Juan came to learn that in the 47 years since his death, his principles, accomplishments and even appearance had been distorted by the Church, him becoming the object of fanatical worship by the Empire and its people, who perpetrated horrible crimes in his name. Talter's Colosseum, which he had once sealed, had been unsealed, and was now used as the stage for massacres and gladiator matches, sacrifices made in his own name. Demi-humans and foreigners were now violently discriminated against, and the Church used "His Majesty's will" as an excuse to "purify" towns and villages in blood and fire.

Knowing that the people for whom he had worked so hard to clean up the world, had dirtied it intentionally, Juan became angry and vengeful toward humans.

### Personality

* Violent
* vengeful
* arrogant
* cold & calculating
* slightly sociopathic
* regretful and slightly suicidal

### Skills and Abilities

* Weapon Mastery
	+ Juan possesses an extremely high level of proficiency with all weapons, as he did not use only one but rather used whichever weapon was most suitable for a given situation. In particular, Juan has been shown to have a high proficiency in Swordsmanship and Hand-to-hand combat.
* Magic
	+ It has been implied that Juan is primarily a mage, and possesses an extremely high level proficiency in magic
* The Crown
	+ An unknown power relating to The Crack and to his rebirth, the Crown is a latent power within Juan which possesses fire-like properties.