Kye Hanbyeol

This character is a Dreamscape User.

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Raised to be an obedient servant, assassin, and prostitute, Zero is a very compliant and submissive person who will strangely listen to the orders of anyone, even someone younger than him. He does not hail a rebellious nature and feels as if it is primarily his purpose to be society's slave. This leads him to also be a very silent and quite invisible figure, who doesn't do much to acknowledge his presence. He's more or less a person in the background, and he does not deny this role.

Because many fail to notice his presence, most talk freely around him, which has made him very observant and a talented eavesdropper. He tends to carry others' secrets around with him whether or not someone has directly passed on these secrets to him, due to this, which also makes him very reserved and quiet. Depending on the situation, Zero may use these secrets for leverage or blackmail, but only under the orders of others. He is inhumanly calm most of the time and doesn't display many other facial expressions besides a straight face and the occasional smile.

Since through his late childhood and early adolescence, he was constantly touched and given different types of affection, he has a slight yearning for any type of contact with another person. Because of the many types of... customers, he was handed over to, he is rarely picky about contact and will allow pretty much anyone to touch him and he doesn't care where he's touched. This also makes him accepting of anyone, hence his pansexuality and inability to intentionally push people away.

Zero is very understanding and incredibly slow to anger. He dishes out second chances to anyone quicker than you can say, "Yahtzee" and is willing to share the pain of experience with another person. He tends to unintentionally sacrifice himself for people and is known to be a very selfless individual. Some determine him as mute but he actually talks a lot to people he's comfortable with or anyone who takes the time to come up to him and initiate a conversation. He's not introverted, just believes he doesn't have a right to be talking to people and everyone is higher than him in human worth.

He lacks self-confidence as well as self-esteem, deciphering himself as an unwanted, lost, child who was ultimately a mistake and blames himself for almost everything. Despite having probably the perfect status for manipulation, he's very resistant to manipulative people and tends to see straight through their act and sometimes figures out their ulterior motives just through conversation. He is not used to favoritism or general concern since most to everyone he knew used him for their own personal gain, and therefore he sees himself as a tool incapable of being loved. He doesn't understand love since he was caught in a dependent relationship with a boy named One who strung him along in an affair mainly to use him for his rumored talent in pleasure. This makes him quite naive towards any show of genuine romance or adoration.

Zero is incapable of being possessive and therefore rarely gets jealous over anything. He is never angry since he has no fuse to light and doesn't hand over the privilege of annoying him to just anyone. Likewise, he has no buttons to push and isn't affected by much, such as sarcasm or insults. Half the time he tends to be deep in thought as well as takes the time to analyze every single detail concerning whatever he's thinking about. He's talented in reading others, being able to determine their emotions, he just isn't very good at reacting to them. He often comes off as blunt because of his stoic nature but if he feels passionate enough about something, his tone of voice will change.

Despite his many flaws and struggle to find a sense of rebellion in him, Zero does want to eventually be able to stand for himself and against others. For one, he's very stubborn and doesn't appreciate being considered incapable of a task or simpleminded. When he strongly dislikes someone, he will make it blatantly obvious to so and so person, asking them repeatedly to either shut up or leave him alone. He may appear quite naive when it comes to properly expressing his emotions and thoughts due to his bluntness and deadpan tone which makes his opinion generally sound harsher than he means it to be. He usually means well but the few people he manages to harbor dislike for, he'd heartlessly toss them into a fire and watch them burn. While he would consciously follow anyone's orders, he won't hesitate to leave his own mark as well.

Personality

Victoria and Jinho had been engaged for several months and were deep in love, yet no one was aware of their disturbing habits and exhibits of love. The two had begun to argue constantly over the smallest things, and the turbulent fighting would end in many sessions of sexual intercourse. The larger disputes commonly went unconcluded and ended in the two storming off and one of them apologizing to the other.

One of these nights where the more serious arguments took place, Victoria stormed off to a club in blinded rage. Jinho went after her half an hour later when he thought he had come to his senses but when he reached the club he turned to alcohol and soon he was so intoxicated that he encouraged another drunk man to rape his fiance who had been sitting in a booth nearby for his watching pleasure. Jinho paid the bartenders to turn a blind eye to the booth and the rest of the occupants of the club were too drunk to properly comprehend any major events. Jinho sat down in a booth across from theirs with a cup of vodka and watched lustfully as the man raped and impregnated his fiance in that booth.

The man, Kye Hancheol, left Victoria bent over the table, crying in her torn dress as she relived the experience over and over in her head. Jinho approached her to continue the mess, forcing her to drink several bottles of beer to mess with her head before taking her home to their apartment which was simply some couple blocks away and engaging in intercourse with her as well before they passed out in each others' arms. They both forgot the night because of the amount of alcohol they had drunk.

Two weeks later, the two finally got married and decided to have their honeymoon on Earth before going back to the Mirrorworld to settle down in their apartment and get back to their normal lives. The honeymoon lasted three weeks, and on the last week of it, Victoria discovered she was pregnant. Ironically on that same day, she ran into Hancheol, who would be the father of her child. The two chatted for awhile before going to their separate ways.

When Victoria received the pregnancy test results, she was stunned to discover the man she had met prior was the father instead of her husband. She was scared to tell Jinho, fearing his reaction but he found out on his own and was strangely understanding it. He had recalled his own memories of the night now and felt incredibly guilty for his actions. He explained what had happened to Victoria which resulted in a short silent treatment before she forgave him.

A year later, Victoria gave birth in Basincross on the Island of Athena where the couple now lived to a healthy baby boy whom the couple named Byungcheol and gave him her husband's last name rather than his actual father's last name. The baby was calmed easily by almost anyone who rocked him gently and told him to shush, which his step-father found odd but didn't say a thing.

Byungcheol grew up in a middle-class home in Basincross where he was given comfortable clothes and a comfortable living space. He was a quiet child who ghosts around the house unnoticed and often startled his parents a lot whenever he spoke up. He grew quickly, outgrowing his clothes before he turned three. His parents were slightly concerned by his silent nature and growth spurts but besides that Byungcheol acted like a normal toddler so they dismissed it as just quirks.

The two were in turmoil once again by the time Byunghcheol was four and a half and resolved to their old habits of solving their issues through intercourse. The walls upstairs were thin, however, and their son could hear everything through the walls. A couple nights after his fifth birthday, he began finding it hard to go to sleep and hard to stay asleep because of reoccurring nightmares caused by the sounds. It took a month before he decided it was best to tell his parents about this.

If he had never gotten up that night, a lot of things might have been different.

Innocent Byungcheol knocked on the door of his parents' bedroom, unaware the door was unlocked. The door budged open a few millimeters, allowing him just enough of a peek inside his parents' room to scar his life. His parents were in the middle of one of their sex sessions and weren't in their right minds at the time. Victoria noticed Byungcheol first and prompted for him to come in and close the door behind him. The five-year-old was confused but obliged. He asked his mother why they were nude but Victoria didn't answer his question, just told him she was going to teach him something. That something just happened to be sucking his step-father off.

Byungcheol's parents slowly began to bring their son into their sexual practices, ridding Byungcheol of his innocence while the child remained naive and misunderstood their actions as their own sick versions of affection since normally they tended to neglect him because of how silent he was and his tendency not to announce his presence unless absolutely necessary. The acts of sexual intercourse continued until he was thirteen, and when he was ten he'd lost his virginity to his father who raped him one day when he came back home from school.

The three years between the destruction of his purity and his thirteenth birthday were filled with immodest situations and multiple times where his father and he were almost caught having sex near public areas. His parents had become alcohol addicts and were almost never in their right minds when at home, around their son. They declined in job performance which later led to their bankruptcy a month after Byungcheol's thirteenth birthday. They needed money so they sold their son off for prostitution to make money, and because he was considered a mistake in their liquor-ridden minds, they could care less.

For half a year, Byungcheol was sent out to the residences of whoever requested his service to fulfill his customers' sick fantasies. He soon grew addicted to the touch of others and found it difficult to restrain himself from anyone's contact. He became talented in pleasing his customers so well that they paid extra for the experience. His parents used the money irresponsibly for more alcohol and needs for themselves, neglecting their son who was forced to cope by himself by teaching himself how to cook and forcing himself to steal some of the money from the prostitution services.

One of the customers happened to be a government official but he did not request Byungcheol for his services but rather to inform him of something. The two spent the night talking about a special program for troubled children run by the Empress herself. Officials were sent to scout for children who were a part of situations unbefitting for a proper and healthy childhood. These children are relocated from their guardians and given a "happier" environment to live in. The official told him that he was one of the candidates for this program, and all he had to do to escape his current life was agree to stay at the mansion until morning and accept the rare luxuries of proper food, clothing, and a comfortable bed to sleep in.

The next day Byungcheol was taken back to his home where several government officials later showed up at to "collect" the boy. His parents were confused but weren't allowed any time to question it, for they were shot and killed. The officials took Byungcheol from his home in Basincross and brought him to the Empress' palace on the Island of Zeus, in Central City, the capital of Heathen. Paralyzed by shock because of the turn of events, Byungcheol didn't have much time to admire the beautiful city before he was taken to the palace which was even more magnificent.

In the palace, he was taken to a special wing where an all-powerful mage resigned. Her infamous name was the Enchantress, who Byungcheol had only heard from rumors and story tales. She was supposedly half-dead and hailed such powerful magic everyone thought twice about challenging her or betraying her. The program was indeed ordered into commission by the Empress, but Byungcheol soon learned that the Enchantress was the one actually running the show.

Byungcheol was left alone with the Enchantress in her chambers for she had requested to speak with him once he arrived. Her room was coated in illusions due to her presence, and he ended up bumping into her trying to navigate through the mirage.

The Enchantress smiled softly at the confused boy, giving him for once in his life a sense of safety. *"You are Ahn Byungcheol, correct?"* she asked, her voice resonating around the room in peaceful waves. The Enchantress was a beautiful woman with long black hair, golden eyes, and milky skin. She wore robes of silk and her hair cascaded past her shoulders and down her back like a midnight waterfall.

Byungcheol nodded and the Enchantress gestured for him to sit. *"I have been watching you for a while and you remind me of myself when I was your age."* His eyes widened as he inclined his head to the side in question. *"I was a scared, lonely girl, caught in an age of war and mistrust and then from the ashes, our seven saviors appeared to reset the world and bring peace."* The gentle and motherly smile on her face quickly turned to a scowl as she clenched her fist, scaring the boy and making him jump. She realized why he was so startled and calmed down, reassuring him that she would not hurt him.

*"I have been around, watching... And this world is not what our saviors intended for it to be,"* she informed him. *"This world is broken and corrupted, starting with the horrible adults who poison it by taking advantage of their future and ruining their children."* Byungcheol continued to listen intently, interested in her story.

*"When I was little my parents were murdered by savages and their leader took me under their wing to train me to be just like them. As I grew older they found my beauty alluring and decided that settling their desires was more important than raising me. I was seventeen when the war ended and peace was brought to the world. Inspired by the founders' accomplishments I broke free from the imprisonment of the savages and found salvation for myself.*

*"I met a boy named Enzo, and he helped restore the extinguished fire within me. We fought alongside each other, learned and grew together. We **loved** each other, but he was snatched from me forever by his father who had arranged a marriage between Enzo and a wealthy family's daughter, who was named Hera Beaumont.*

*"The adults of this world constantly control the fate of their children and do not let them have a say in their own future. I am sick and disgusted by the twisted people of this age and I will not let the children fall victim to this era as well."* She looked at Byungcheol again with a nurturing smile. *"This is why you are here Byungcheol. Your childhood was dictated by people who cared not for you, but now they are no longer here to control you. You will be reborn as a new person who has free will and is not subjected to the wishes of others."* She outstretched her hand, revealing a new amulet. The cord was leather yet shone like gold, and the diamond encrusted in the golden case radiated white light.

*"Ahn Byungcheol, I will remake you as Zero."*

With full trust of her words, he reached out his hand and took the amulet. He removed the old one and under the instruction of the Enchantress, threw it into the shadows, where the diamond shattered in minuscule pieces. Despite the Enchantress' promises, Byungcheol, now Zero, would be subjected to another life under the control of others.

At first, the Enchantress requested to see Zero monthly to see how he was adjusting, but soon these visits became weekly and soon she was requesting to talk to him almost every other day. Zero saw the Enchantress as a motherly figure and purposely did whatever he could to please her and make her proud of him. As expected, she saw him like her child and believed she was raising him better than Zero's biological mother.

Zero became her favorite above all her recruits, which led him to become isolated because he either rarely came in contact with other recruits on they avoided him out of jealousy. He quickly learned that the recruits were being trained in the art of killing, which would've disturbed probably anyone but he was barely fazed.

He was a fast learner, and because he was already so silent and barely noticeable in general, he exceeded in stealth. He was nimble and agile, as well as strangely very flexible which came as a surprise to many of his instructors. It only brought about more reasons for others to ridicule and isolate him, so he was offered the option to be taught alone and only interact with others when it was absolutely necessary.

By the time he was fifteen, the Enchantress decided he had been properly trained and cleared him for missions.

Zero's first mission was simple. He was supposed to murder several Town Executives in Section Three of the Island of Poseidon. On each of the murders, he left no evidence behind besides a large 0 with an arrow through it and the words under it that stated, "Point Zero". He decided it would be something he left behind after every mission, to leave his own little legacy and invoke fear and curiosity among the masses. News of the assassination reached the television in merely a couple of hours and by the end of the week, the whole of Heathen knew. Many were debating about this "Point Zero" and the defense forces working on the case suspected "Point Zero" to be connected to the murder or rather disappearance since no evidence was left behind.

Zero was sent to complete many more murders and left completely successful most of the time, and if he didn't, he usually left the dead body there. The symbol of "Point Zero" was known by the public now, and mothers were even teasing their children that if they didn't go to sleep early, Point Zero would come after them.

On one of his missions to murder a Section Attendant, named Eliza Anders, on the Island of Zeus, he ran into another recruit of the Enchantress. They engaged in hand-to-hand combat before finally, the other pinned Zero down and demanded his identity. Zero's calm manner just made the other more paranoid, and he began to worry that the Enchantress herself sent someone to follow him. Zero willfully told him he was "Point Zero" and after the stranger released him they had a short conversation before "racing" the other to the target's residence. Zero arrived first, and the other watched as he murdered the attendant.

They engaged in another small conversation, unintentionally but effectively breaking Zero's spirits before Zero left to dispose of the body and clean up any evidence. When he returned the stranger was gone as well as all of the paper and such materials. The apartment was quickly flooding as well, and it took him nearly an hour to rid the apartment of water and leave his esteemed mark. Filled with annoyance and minor rage, he returned to base, changed and reported to the Enchantress' quarters only to find the stranger there.

The Enchantress questioned the two and then later congratulated them on effectively completing their mission before ordering the stranger, One, to watch Zero and make sure he eats lunch much to his disdain. Their lunch was awkward, filled with minor concern of the wound One had inflicted upon his neck and half-broken conversations Zero didn't want to participate in. Despite wishing never to see the other again, Zero found himself bumping into him so often that he got attached to One's presence.

By the next year, the two of them were secretly engaging in intercourse as simply friends with benefits. Zero honestly wanted them to be more than that but with the danger of the Enchantress' temper, they finally decided to end it, leaving Zero secretly heartbroken. The sixteen-year-old easily became more withdrawn and quiet to the point where even the Enchantress became concerned about his wellbeing and asked about his change in behavior. He vaguely described his heartbreak without revealing a name, still determined to keep One safe, whether or not he put him in a broken state.

When she heard about his troubles she shifted in her throne, crossing her legs and resting her hands on her lap. She pressed her lips together for mere seconds before asking him about his upcoming seventeenth birthday. Slightly confused, he asked why she was referring to his birthday. The motherly smile returned and she spoke.

*"I have realized something in the past few months and it makes me feel horrible, not only as a person who respects their morals but as a woman posing as a mother to a child in need,"* she began. *"I am no better than your parents, whether biological or not. I have kept you back from you, Byungcheol. I am controlling your life by keeping you here and having you continue under me as Point Zero."*

He remained silent as he spoke, picking up something slightly off about her words. They seemed toxic somehow. He remembered Seven and Twelve and kept himself alert for any sort of tricks the Enchantress was ready to pull on him to get rid of him. *"This is why I am letting you go and relinquishing you from permanent service."* Her words were tinted with a bitter undertone. *Death awaits me if I agree,* he thought.

*"Byungcheol, there's something else I must tell you."* He straightened up and listened carefully. *"The father you grew up with isn't your biological father."* The last part came as a complete shock to him and sounded so sincere that he knew she was being genuine about this. *"When you leave, someone will escort you to Hallows, where your biological father lives. It is your choice to meet him or not, I cannot decide that, but it is merely an option."*

He didn't say anything, just bowed as customs required and exited, immediately setting off to look for someone he knew would help him, whether or not he unintentionally broke his heart. It wasn't hard to find One, he had this arrogant aura around him that you could sense for miles. Zero wasted no time coaxing the other to a private area and explaining to him the events that had occurred in the Enchantress' quarters. He requested for help, stating he'd do anything to get out alive and see his actual father. For reasons unbeknownst to him, One agreed.

The details now are blurry, since it all happened in a small amount of time under the influence of adrenaline pumping through his body. The packing happened during the day. The action, during the night. A mysterious man willingly helped transport Zero's belongings outside so they wouldn't be part of the hassle. The Enchantress didn't call him, but Zero entered anyway. She wasn't there, her throne stood empty so naturally, he sat on it. Sitting on the throne filled him with some sort of confidence, putting a twisted smirk on his face.

The illusions shifted and a crown materialized on top of his head. It took mere seconds for the Enchantress to notice the sudden change and rush to her throne where she found Zero sitting there, smirking at her with an expression that can only be described by a set of words. Psychotic.

*"Zero? What is the meaning of this?"* she demanded, her robes swaying violently to display her emotions despite there being no wind. *"I did not request for—"*

*"I know,"* he interrupted. *"I didn't request for your half-assed cry of justice either, liar."* The Enchantress stepped towards him but he did not tense like he normally would. He did not fear her, he was king here, whether she admitted it or not. *"This throne is special, isn't it? It gives you a feeling of legitimate authority, doesn't it?"*

*"Shut—"*

*"Talking about corrupted adults when you're so corrupted you can't even see it. I've spent four years under you, believing your lies. It was only recently when I escaped your vision to see my own because of the risk you're so scared of."* He paused, laughing. *"Falling in love, correct?"* He didn't give her time to answer. *"I don't think I've hated anyone so much in my entire life. Not my parents when I realized what they were doing to me was wrong, not One when he intruded on privacy and bothered the hell out of me, not the other recruits when they isolated and gossiped about me. I think deep down I always knew something was off, I was just so tired of feeling used that I fell into your trap. And for that I hate myself, but I hate you even more."*

Zero stood, his hand clutched around his amulet, the one given to him by the woman standing in front of him. He yanked on the cord, ripping it off and gripping it in his hand. He stepped towards her, she tensed. *"You're going to wish you never saved me from that hell hole, Elizabeth,"* he seethed. Her eyes widened, no one was supposed to know her name. She noticed something familiar in his other hand that should've been resting around her neck. *Her amulet.*

*"You taught me how to be stealthy, how to be nimble, how to kill, how to tear someone apart from the inside out, and now I will do the same to you. You've killed me, but in the same way, you've revived me."* He squeezed harder around his amulet until he felt the cracks in its diamond surface, then he held it by the chord and slapped the Enchantress across the face with it. *"This belongs to you, bitch."* A sharp piece of diamond was sticking out now, and as Zero threw it and it hit its mark, it cut a large slash, diagonally across the Enchantress' cheek before exploding into millions of tiny shards in front of her and falling to the ground as dust.

*"I'll take this now, Enchantress. I'm sure you can find a new one at the dollar store."* Tauntingly, he locked the chain around his neck, then turned sharply on his heel and left, grinning like Satan's twin. He knew the shock of his rebellion wouldn't last soon so he moved quickly and was heading towards Hallows in under an hour. In the car, he passed out for the adrenaline rush had faded and the powerful confidence the Enchantress' throne had provided him was taking a large amount of his energy as payment for its services.

Kye Hancheol was so rich he probably could've bought the city of Hallows if he wanted, considering how large his estate was. The mansion itself looked more like a modern castle with large gardens surrounding it. He hadn't known about his son's existence until just over a year ago and had spent thousands searching for him. When Zero's mother was found dead, shot and killed in her home with her husband, he hadn't been too concerned until recently when she discovered she was the mother of his son. The concern of his only child being dead before he could meet him was slowly squeezing the life out of him, so when he heard about the possibility of him being in Central City he requested scouting services to check out the area immediately.

The Enchantress discovered his efforts and sent a government official to gather intel before she decided on an option. She had wanted to send Zero there, and then have the both of them killed but her plan backfired when Zero finally fought back against her tyranny. The two spent months reconciling to each other's presence and sharing everything that had happened. Hancheol was disgusted by his ex-parents behavior towards him and wished he could've gotten to him before the Enchantress did.

Zero had personally requested that he have his name changed since he no longer wanted his old name which bore sin and an old self. Hancheol complied and by Zero's request renamed him Kye Hanbyeol. Hancheol suggested sending Zero off to the International Institute of Young Mages for at least one year. Previously, Zero had a personal tutor as did all the recruits, to learn about the outside world but now he would actually get to live in the outside world freely.

Without a second thought, Zero accepted.

History

Kye Hanbyeol