King Chronos

King Chronos on his throne.

„*The Deathsinger met with **King Chronos** of the Nether and formed the most powerful alliance ever known and thus, began the Great War.*”
— Thalleous, explaining the history about the alliance and the Great War from the 11th wall of time.↑
**King Chronos** was a Netheran and the King of the Nether, who tried to conquer the Overworld. During The Great War, he sided with the Voltaris. He was killed by his own son, Pythus, after he commanded his forces to retreat.

## Lore

King Chronos was the one of the main antagonists in the First Great War. In one battle, he fought King Rendor, but Rendor got the upper hand and knocked him down, showing how powerful Rendor really was. This may be because King Rendor arrived late and was thus well rested and more prepared to fight. Chronos, on the other hand, was rallying his troops, suggesting they'd been fighting for a while which may have lead to his defeat. During the First Great War, they conquered the Overworld with unfettered fury, forcing the Humans and the Enderknights to defend themselves. Regardless, the Overworld inhabitants fell to an onslaught of foes from the Nether. Amidst this conflict, the Deathsinger, otherwise known as Ingressus Voltaris, convened with King Chronos in the Nether. Together, they forged an alliance between the Nether and the Voltaris Clan. This spurred the commencing of the Great War. When Achillean Nestoris turned the tide of the conflict and led the armies of humans, Magnorites, Felinas, Enderknights and the Ardoni clans to victory, King Chronos and the Nether Army were forced to retreat back to the Nether, leaving the Voltaris to fight alone. However, Chronos's actions left Pythus to believe Chronos disgraced the Nether, and was later murdered by him.

## Personality

The personality of Chronos is quite unknown due to his lack of screen time in Season 1. However, it can be assumed that he was a fair ruler, much like Vulcannus. He was very loyal and treated his allies like true comrades. In one flashback scene in Season 3, he puts his hand on a fallen Wither, saddened. There are hundreds of Withers, yet one lost is enough to send him into a compassionate state. He retreated to save the lives of his people. Pythus, however, saw this as a sign of weakness. He believed a true king was ruthless and would fight on no matter the cost. Chronos did not know of his son's aggressive nature. Vulcannus can also be presumed to be an obedient son of Chronos, looking up to his father's presumed fair ruling and improving on where his father was seen as a tyrant. Their relationship as a father-son bond can be inferred to be strong, and left Vulcannus traumatized at the sight of his father's death.
It can be inferred that while somewhat tyrannical and powerhungry like Pythus, he loved his people and his family more than power. It was perhaps his influence that caused Vulcannus to aspire to be like, and be better than his father was, and to bring Pythus to justice.

## Trivia

* During the Great War King Chronos had a few warlords under his command, and one of them was Pythus. Pythus was the supreme enforcer of the Nether armies and was Chronos' right-hand man as well as his youngest son.
* As revealed in the scripts for Seasons 2 and 3, Chronos was killed by Pythus after he ordered the Nether army to retreat back into their own dimension. Pythus usurped the Nether throne shortly after.
* It was revealed by David that Chronos' wife was called Pthelina.
* Pythus usurping the throne meant that the true heir of the throne, Vulcannus, could not become the king of the Nether.