The Martyr

## PROFILE

**August**, referred to **The Martyr** after assimilating with his sister, **Chloe**, is the main antagonist of *Paradise Lost I*. As a child, August praised the Creator and often spent large amounts of time hiding from his family in order to pursue and act in rituals or sacrifices as part of his orders from "**God's Whispers**". He went mad, moving from animal sacrifices to murdering human beings, yet never fell as he never murdered another Angelical. At some point, August was no longer satisfied in worshipping the Creator, and wanted to *become* the Creator himself, leading to a series of extremely unethical experiments and disaster.

The Martyr, August's current form, is the result of his attempt of primordial assimilation, which sadly resulted in the merging of him and his sister. Both of their consciousnesses are fully intact, though August controls the whole body.

## Appearance

August appeared as a centaur-like creature, yet had the body of a rabbit rather than a horse. The lower half of his body had six legs and a large tail. His face was half-melted to merge into his sister's; with August's face being on the right and Chloe's on the left. He kept his hair long, as his "*sister had requested*", and had an abnormally large amount of (rabbit) ears. His skin was a pure white, and blood a light blue. He had black scleras with purple pupils; with the "central eye" of The Martyr conjoining to create a larger eye that had two pupils. August was almost always seen smiling, while his sister frowning, crying, and/or wailing.

August has two halos that glow a pure white. They surround his head, overlapping with one another.

He often wore nothing but a handmade light blue jacket, though occasionally carried a large bag. He would also occasionally wear purple bows or ribbons in his hair, mostly to try and keep his sister from crying.

## Personality

He, as a child, was described by his family as "*odd, but a genius*". As a teen, he was extremely sadistic and was hinted to often torture animals and/or people for his own pleasure rather than his claimed "Whispers from God". He is eerily cheerful, with no moral compass, though does have *some* concern for others as shown by his "*love*" for his sister. He lacked any sort of understanding of his actions, and had no remorse for killing innocent people or anyone he opposed.

August was very devoted to whatever project may have been on-hand at any time, efficient, as well as logical. He was recognized not only for his incredible understanding of anatomy and surgical skills, but his mechanical skills as well. He had a love for classical music.

## Capabilities

August only very rarely used his capabilities except for when he needed to, and claimed that he "*admired, but didn't like*" any kind of weapon, especially firearms. August's capabilities, as a child, were demonstrated when he touched a metal plate and it subsequently turned to rust before melting in his hands. Anything metal that he would touch would suffer the same fate, though he later learned how to control his capabilities.

Chloe's capabilities allowed her to redirect electric currents, though they were never well-developed, and caused electricity to fly in random directions. It is only used once by August.

The Martyr is demonstrated to be a very strong vessel, as August could easily kick down doors made of steel and move irrationally fast, yet could not see out of its central eye and was difficult to maneuver. It had extremely powerful hearing, being able to hear the sound of rustling from almost a mile away, though this caused Chloe much discomfort.

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## History

August & Chloe were children belonging to the royal Eden Bloodline, with August being the elder child. There was never anything "off" with either child, though Chloe was almost entirely mute. As a child, August loved nature and studying the innards of animals, though he had a unique fascination with the Creator. He began to stray from his family, with search parties often being composed to find him, as he had formed a small "laboratory" in the woods. Thus, he began to experiment after he heard the voice that he referred to as "***God's Whispers***", compelling him to further "research" animals and the Creator.

As a teenager, he would often preform **cult sacrifices**, forcing his younger sister to watch and threatening her with death if she told anyone else. At some point, August grew tired of just experimenting on animals and moved onto humans; mostly **children**.

His work attracted the attention of Barachiel, a fallen Angelical who had been outcasted, yet returned after receiving word of August. In exchange for giving August immortality and Barachiel's eternal assistance, August would make Barachiel a physical body. August agreed to Barachiel's terms; however, word soon spread and his family found out about August's horrific actions.

August was sentenced to death; however, Barachiel assisted his escape. After kidnapping his sister, the three fled to the far north area of Kervolshenzsky into what was an abandoned military base. Chloe was forever locked in the undergrounds of the laboratory; yet, Barachiel and August continued their work,