Judas Wormwood (Lowest fantasy)

Samael (ancient ancestor, deceased)

Pathonian Liberation Front

* Support Regiment
* Special Operations Forces
	+ Oikeia Squad

Party of Hope
Order of Assassins
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Hermes Motorcycle Club
Fuerza Especial de Reacción
Theomachia Fight Club
Doomsday Army
Coffeeholics Anonymous
Tacez tribe
Ghost Club
House of Mavet
Syndicate of Thieves
Freelancers
Noxtja'luth

*"I, with the speed and destructive power of a falling star, shall bring you a most gruesome death."*
―Judas Wormwood
**Judas Wormwood**, also known by his *nom de guerre* **Héctor Citlaltemoc Palma Calavera** (or simply **Héctor Calavera**), is a Nephil mercenary, contract killer and bounty hunter, who's the reincarnation of the fallen archangel Samael. He currently leads the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as the new **Pale Horseman**.

## Biography

### Early life

#### Youth in Avaritia

Judas was born to the aristocratic Wormwood family. His father, Thomas Wormwood, forced him to study the history of Pathos while imposing a vengeful and skeptical mindset that shaped how he perceived society. Conversely, his mother, Sofía Wormwood, taught him about the beauty of life. However, they gave a combined effort to educate him of foreign lands and their cultures, with contrasting ways of doing so, in the hopes of broadening his perspective.

He frequently visited the Avaritia catacombs to escape the outside world, finding solace in the silence of the dead.

#### Death of his parents

Perhaps the most tragic part of Judas' life was the day he witnessed his parents get killed by Markos Aviur, not even old enough to understand why the world had allowed such a horrible thing to happen. A knock on the door quickly turned to loud bashing, soon followed by the sound of it breaking open, forced to watch it all happen right in front of him. He only escaped with the help of an old family friend, whom his first name was derived from.

After that day, Judas began to hear the voice of Samael in his head, although he did not realize it.

#### Refuge in the United States

Judas was forced to flee the country and wound up on a boat to the United States. He eventually settled down in Los Colonia Proletaria, a small and reclusive town near the Mexico-United States border, but later moved over to Mexico.

### Military career

When he turned 16, Judas immediately enlisted into the Mexican Special Forces Corps, creating a fake identity to qualify. He was eventually recruited by the Fuerza Especial de Reacción, and served for about 7 years in total before going AWOL.

### Return to Pathos

At the age of 23, Judas encountered a man named Benjamin Matos, whom introduced him to the Pathonian Liberation Front and, through some convincing, granted him a place on his ship, which was set to sail back to Pathos.

### Quest for vengeance

#### Kismet Island Raid

One year later, Judas partook in an operation led by the Intelligence Regiment's commander Shadowstar and assisted by members of the PLFSF to raid Kismet Island. On their trip to the island, he experienced a resurgence of splitting headaches and dreamlike visions of an indistinct figure with luminous red eyes observing him, later revealed to be Samael. While storming the innermost base with the raid team, Judas was confronted by Null Následovník, who claimed to feel as though they had already met before and divulged key information, but the interaction ended shortly afterward when he is attacked by a guard. This led to him accidentally destroying a large portion of the base, and he started to hear the voice of Samael more often from then on.

After discovering that Pathos has made a covert alliance with its neighboring country Protivník, the Pathonian Liberation Front began making preparations to commence preemptive war. Judas found himself a priority target for the Pathos-Protivník Coalition due to the information provided by Null, who he learns is a member of the notorious Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, codenamed “*the Black Horseman*.”

Suspecting that their primary bases have been located by the enemy, the Liberation Front’s commander Pastel Reeds ordered that they be evacuated, but not before two are attacked in quick succession. The Kismet Island Raid Team sailed back onto the mainland, trekking more than 15 kilometers to reach the town of Oilfrad, whose mayor agreed to shelter the pursued freedom fighters. They are given some time to recuperate and participate in the concurrent Strawberry Festival.

#### Avaritia Firebombing

Judas was placed into the newly established Oikeia Squad, who were stationed in Avaritia to await further orders.

While revisiting his destroyed childhood home, Judas became aware that he was being targeted by multiple hired assassins after one attacks him, whom he questioned following an intense battle in order to figure out the situation at hand. The female assassin, named Ina De Angelis, revealed her status as a mercenary who had been told to kill "*Héctor Calavera*." She proceeded to insult Pastel Reeds, which caused him to express anger as the woman continued to say he wouldn't make it through the night. Enraged, Judas killed her, then a squadron of bomber planes carpet firebombed Avaritia after Takali Aviur, co-commander of the PPC, got word of his location via a quick report Ina sent prior to the fight.

#### The Wild Hunt

*Summary: Judas was hunted down by 16 more assassins over the course of a single night, heading toward the royal palace in Solaris all the while.*

#### Storming Aviur Palace

*Summary: Judas eventually reached Aviur Palace and forced his way inside to confront Markos and Takali directly, but they both suffered major injuries at one another's hands. He was blasted from the palace, knocked out, and saved by the curandera Yolian and taken to her hut in the Tacez Jungle.*

#### Path of the Warrior

*Summary: Judas was force-fed a ceremonial spiritual medicine that temporarily placed him in a state of virtual death, which lasted four days (asserted to have been around four years from his perspective). During this time, he journeyed through an endless tropical jungle while passing many challenges to test his spirit, and finally came back to the living world after conquering the Inner Demon.*

#### Leaving the Pathonian Liberation Front

With the operation derailed as a consequence of Pastel’s untimely death, Judas was targeted by the Coalition and forced to leave his friends behind in order to keep them from getting caught amidst the crossfire. He was briefly stopped by Benjamin while returning to Oilfrad for some necessary supplies, who hesitantly tolerated his decision before giving him the late commander’s scarf, believing that they would want him to have it.

### Hijacking a news station

After defeating Takali, Judas hijacked the Solaris News Station and illegally broadcasted a speech, in which he threatened the remaining nobility of Pathos. Many other television and radio stations circulated and reported on the ominous message, further spreading it until almost every household witnessed it.

After the hijacking, he was censured by his former comrades on live television for his alarming actions, though he ignored it and didn’t speak when Lucas called him, which earned the silent male another reprimand from his best friend. Despite the general opposition, there were many who supported him, and he even gained a small cult following; the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse also became intrigued by his intense growth.

### Pilgrimage

#### Becoming the Pale Horseman

*Summary: Judas decided to join the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse after Thanatos passed away. But first, he was required to tame Thanatos' warhorse, whom resided within the Uncanny Forests of Anath.*

#### Blood Moon Gala

*Summary: Judas was tipped off about a Pathonian noblewoman named Norika Visser attending the Blood Moon Gala, and used his connections to secure an invitation. He dressed up somewhat fancily.*

### Hatred

*Summary: It took place some months after the Blood Moon Gala, consisting of Takali’s escape from Tartarus, procurement of followers, and attempt at taking revenge on Judas.*

### War on Humanity

*Summary: Judas triggers the third world war. He is consumed by the desire to destroy modern society and, later, to become the king of the consequent kratocratic dystopia.*

## Abilities

**Overview**: As the direct descendent and reincarnation of Samael, Judas is much stronger than a regular human, endowed with the enhanced musculature intrinsic to the ancient Nephilim. He possesses a versatile range of skills, although never really acquiring complete expertise in any particular area, except for maybe combat. The full extent of his supernatural powers are not fully defined, since they tend to fluctuate depending on the situation at hand, and rarely manifest as anything more than superior physiology. Before returning to Pathos, Judas had attained preeminence within the *Cuerpo de Fuerzas Especiales*, becoming known as the youngest person to be recruited into the FER, as well as their deadliest operative. He supposedly racked up the most confirmed kills to date.

During the raid on Kismet Island, Judas was able to tussle with the elite Sentinels, a detachment of Pathonian Army soldiers assigned to the protection of the insular military bases. After his training with the Four Horsemen, he became substantially more adept in combat, a process that was facilitated by his newfound disinhibition. Perhaps the best exemplifications of this are his triumphs over Princess Takali, the Oikeia Squad, and the other members of the Four Horsemen.

* **Enhanced Regeneration**: Judas has been able to recover from innumerable gunshots, broken bones, burns, bite wounds, gashes, and torso impalements, even regenerating his entire left hand after it had been cut off by Starbright.
* **Enhanced Senses**: Judas possesses extremely acute senses that allow him to perceive things outside the normal range of perception, which he displayed by easily discerning the presence of enemy forces instantly, even when they were scattered all around a mountain. He has been documented hearing, seeing and smelling near-imperceptible stimuli from remote locations, as well as easily detecting faint vibrations made by subtle movements. It was stated that only *grand veneur* Bloodhound outclasses him.
	+ **Night Vision**: Judas retains unhampered eyesight in darkness, attributed to the assertion that he actually possesses a variant of the tissue *tapetum lucidum* found in some nocturnal animals and deep-sea animals. This is also assumed to be the reason for his luminous irises.
* **Natural Weaponry**: Judas possesses fangs and sharp black nails. He naturally secretes a hypertoxic venom, dubbed "Nerveracker," that heavily impairs the nervous system to cause paralysis, among other things; the same properties can be found in his blood.

**Genius Intellect**: Judas possesses an incredibly sharp mind, displaying enough observational and analytical skills to infer an opponent’s abilities simply by watching them in action; he can perform deductive, inductive. and abductive reasoning of the highest caliber. He was able to calculate the variables for jumping between two advanced fighter jets, as well as figure out where a drug lord would most likely hide away, completely neutralize Lucas’ portable railgun, orchestrate the espionage mission for the Blood Moon Gala, and allude the prying eyes of the public. He mostly relies on *ad hoc* plans that utilize lateral thinking, intuition and lightning-quick wit to outsmart adversaries, but employs "vertical" logic when it better applies, or even a mixture thereof.

Thanks to his flexibility, Judas can quickly adapt to foreign environments or situations that normally impede his abilities. He has regularly shown himself to have extraordinary versatility and improvisational skills when put under intense stress, changing directions in mere moments to better suit the occasion, even for simple reasons such as persuading someone.

* **Enhanced Memory**: Judas can remember great volumes of information, in more detail and for much longer than the average human; he can read books, listen to song lyrics, encounter people or experience events and recall a vast amount of the fine points involved.

**Indomitable Willpower**: Stemming from his traumatic childhood and profound hatred of life, Judas has a remarkably strong willpower that presents itself whenever placed into onerous situations. Even during fights where his powers were disabled and he was faced with numerous formidable opponents, he stubbornly refused to back down since yielding meant he would be forfeiting his objective. Despite being overwhelmed by the collective onslaught from successive paid assassins, he pulled through their debilitating attacks and completely dominated them during the struggle, all the while being exhausted from his previous twelve-dozen confrontations. Judas had even brought himself back from biological death, denouncing the idea of dying when he still had “so many more people to kill."

Following the events of the war, Judas' consuming obsession with exacting revenge on Takali became progressively worse as he succumbed to the stress caused by the ongoing conflict around him and the pain brought to his allies. He began to overexert himself, under-eat, and constantly fended off enemies, and showed increasingly worrying behavior, abandoning his comrades in order to keep them out of harm's way despite making himself easier to attack in the process.

**Intimidation**: Judas' bloodlust manifests as a malefic aura so intense it can instill hallucinations of death into others, with his gaze being frightening enough to paralyze twenty-seven Pathos-Protivník Coalition soldiers. The assassins Blade and Viper were able to feel his overwhelming murderous intent even from several dozen kilometers away when Judas had sensed their faraway presence, too.

### Skillset

**Combat Specialism**: Judas is an extremely accomplished special forces operator with tremendous mastery over both armed and unarmed combat, retaining his status as one of the finest CQC combatants in the world. He is shown to know various different martial arts, even developing a personalized system called Street Style. His accelerated development allows him to rapidly learn countermeasures for other people's fighting styles while assimilating their most effective techniques at the same time. Furthermore, through analyzing his opponent's line of vision, posture, muscle tension, movement patterns, and center of gravity, he can almost perfectly predict their next move.

Judas' combat skills are so acute that “they could only be achieved through brutal, life-or-death training”; he is extremely agile, precise, proprioceptive, astute, and requires little to no windup whenever executing physical actions.

* **Ninjutsu**: Judas learned ninjutsu from the seasoned ninja warrior Chie Minami.
* **Horsemanship**: Judas learned how to ride horses and perform mounted combat from the Four Horsemen.
* **Weapon Mastery**: Judas is able to operate several different weapons, such as knives, swords, scythes, bows, and rifles. He can throw knives with deadly precision and accuracy, and even wield two weapons simultaneously.
	+ **Chain Weapon Mastery**: Judas is highly proficient in using chains or chain-based weaponry, easily taking down opponents with them and masterfully handing his spiked chains for not only combat, but also parkour.

**Survivalism**: Over the course of his life, Judas has acquired an assortment of skills focus on subsisting within natural or built environments, and exhibits the ability to very easily gather information about foreign biospheres/ecosystems to almost perfectly assimilate its “do’s and don’ts.” Examples include Kismet Island, the Tacez Jungle, albeit with help from the native tribe, as well as the distorted imitation of a tropical forest when he temporarily visited the Underworld.

In addition to his earned skills, Judas seems to be particularly predisposed to inhabit alpine locations and arctic climates that the majority would actively need to pursue experience for. This natural aptitude extends to intuitive knowledge of organic tracking methods, even understanding how to entrap and kill prey simply by instinct despite never having formal training. He also has an incredible sense of direction.

**Parkour**: Judas is an amazingly talented traceur, honing his every sense into quickly deducing the fastest, most efficient way to maneuver throughout urban terrain fluidly and executing complex techniques without any issue.

### Weaknesses

**Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder**: According to Doctor Herūpa Shimadi, because Judas experienced a great deal of physical and emotional trauma, it affected his body's ability to respond to stress normally; this resulted in him reacting to new stress as though his life were in serious danger and subconsciously perceive trivial inconveniences with disproportionate concern, such as when he nearly melted down due to being unable to remember where he had left his scarf.

**Unnamed Headache Disorder**: Judas suffers from recurrent headaches that are often moderate to severe, which cause symptoms such as nausea, sudden fatigue, body spasms, hives (especially around the neck), and sensitivity to light, sound, and/or smell. He has dealt with it since puberty. They can be triggered by emotional distress, and he describes them as "feeling like his head is splitting."

Headaches are sometimes accompanied by visual and/or auditory hallucinations or visions of Samael, who usually tempts Judas into committing acts of violence and destruction, but also provides cryptic advise or an opinion that is relevant to the situation.

## Equipment

**Costume Avaddon**: Judas donned a specialized combat uniform, but has long since abandoned it. He claims to have stored it in one of his caches.

**Field supplies**: Judas owned a yellow backpack that he filled with useful gear. This included a first aid kit, a 60-meter rope, a canteen bottle, a tinderbox, a flare gun, a handheld transceiver, and survival rations. He also packed two large smoke grenades that were used to completely screen areas or signal for help.

**Weapon arsenal**: Judas wields various weapons when engaged in combat.

* A machete.
* A spiked chain.
* A shortened spear that was shaped into a dagger.
* A pair of spiked knuckledusters.
* Toe-spiked overshoes.
* Two ITA Knives; a standard edition and a smaller one, the latter stuffed down his left boot.

## Trivia

* Judas is left-handed.
* Judas was born amidst the winter solstice.
* Judas dislikes the nickname Judy.
* Judas wears high-compression boxer briefs.
* Judas holds his phone by wrapping his middle, ring and thumb finger around it while sticking out his remaining digits, similar to the sign of the horns.
* Judas enjoys wearing black eyeshadow/eyeliner.
* Judas bears a strong hatred for religion.
* Judas' favorite victuals:
	+ Avaritian wine.
	+ Raw meat, especially blue sheep, ibex, venison, or fish.
	+ Avocado toast.
	+ Black coffee with two teaspoons of sugars and honey mixed in.
* Judas would be a biology professor, if he were to have gotten an actual job.
* Judas whistles to reveal his presence.
* Judas is a gray pansexual.
	+ He appears somewhat uncomfortable with romance or sex, but only when it’s being directed at him specifically.
* Judas loves horror movies, especially those with exaggerated gore, such as splatter films.
* Judas' medical details:
	+ Judas is allergic to dust.
	+ Judas reflexively sneezes when exposed to bright lights (i.e. the Sun).
	+ Judas has persistent thoughts and dreams about homicide, or violence in general.
	+ Judas suffered from canities subita; following the death of his parents and emblazement of his home, his hair turned from a brownish-black color to completely white.
* Judas has committed mass murder, assassination, terrorism, arson, theft, kidnapping, vandalism, criminal poisoning/drugging, armed robbery, torture, mutilation, extortion, blackmail, and many more. He's considered a habitual offender.

## Quotes

* (To his comrades) *“War is a terrible thing, isn’t it?”*
* (To an angered Pathos noble) *“Have a seat, take a breath, drink some coffee, and let’s have ourselves a civil conversation.”*
* (To himself) *“There’s no road left but the one that leads to the end.”*
* (To the Party of Hope) *“Hey! It’s the return of the new king!”*
* (To a group of PLF soldiers) *“Cavalry’s here!”*
* (To Takali) *”Now that my conscience is **dead**, there’s nothing left to save you, o Great King of Pathos.”*
* (To Takali) *"Did you feel that chill go up your spine just now? Your survival instincts flaring up all of a sudden? That sense of dread and despair overwhelming your ability to move? Good. That means you know exactly what's gonna happen, **bête noire**. With all the powers of hell, **I’m gonna parade your worthless remains throughout every inch of Anath**.”*

## Footnotes

1. ↑ Judas' mother originally wanted to name him Citlaltemoc because "a twelve-winged star instructed her to." This was revealed to be Samael.
2. ↑ Learned from Thanatos
3. ↑ Learned from Nikolaos Kontos
4. ↑ Reminiscent of a descending minor 3rd