Vermouth Lionheart/History

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## Mythological Era

Vermouth was born from the Demon King of Destruction’s wound created by Agaroth before dying to the Demon King of Destruction. When he was first born, he did not know his name and his personality barely existed. Even though he was born from the wound of the Demon King of Destruction, the Demon King, who lacked reason, was not aware of his existence as he was just like a cell in his body.
## 300 years ago

Until 300 years ago, Vermouth resided within the Demon King of Destruction. However, despite having lived there for ages, he had never felt it as a comfortable place to live. Over time, Vermouth began to harbor questions about his own existence. He realized those answers by becoming aware of the wound created by Agaroth. As a distinct and defined personality began to take hold of him, memories began to flood in, including the name Vermouth Lionheart and his history.

Vermouth began to think about who he was, what he should do, and what he could do, although he could simply do nothing and exist. However, he doesn’t want that. He wanted to continue the miracle Agaroth had created. He desires to differentiate himself from the past Vermouth, who died leaving behind regret and being consumed by desire, and also to end the destruction.

With his plans laid out and having carefully selected trustworthy companions who would fight alongside him, he emerged into the world. Although he didn’t know how much time had passed since Agaroth’s death, he felt that Agaroth had been reincarnated to this world.

He first appeared in Kazard's underground ruin and met the Demon King of Incarceration. When he introduced himself to the Demon King of Incarceration, he was promptly ensnared by chains. However, upon recognizing that the young man before him bore little resemblance to the Vermouth Lionheart he knew, the Demon King released him.

While negotiating with the Demon King of Incarceration to obtain time to defeat all the Demon Kings and save the world from destruction, Vermouth stated that he didn’t want to possess the power of destruction. As if to prove his statement, he extracted the power of destruction that resided within his body, filled with genuine abhorrence. The extracted destruction formed into a sword, which was now called as the Moonlight Sword. He placed it on the altar and vowed he would kill all the demon kings, including the Demon King of Incarceration.

In the end, the Demon King agreed to grant time, but his cooperation was not unconditional. And thus is how Vermouth and the Demon King made their first promise.
Vermouth made his first appearance in the Northern Kingdom of Ashal. After the fall of the kingdom, he was captured by the demons and turned into a slave.
After that, Vermouth made his first appearance to the public in the Northern Kingdom of Ashal and intentionally let himself be captured by the demons, turned into a slave.
As he was being transported to Helmuth with another group of slaves, he managed to seize an opportunity and steal a sword from a demon who was transporting them. Dozens of demons and black wizards who was responsible for transporting the slaves were easily killed by him. Thus, he succesfully liberated the slaves and led them across the northern snowfield to escape Helmuth. Along the way, he managed to kill hundreds of demonic beasts.

While leading the slaves across the snow fields, he recruited Molon Ruhr of the Bayar tribe as his first companion.

After that, he headed to the Holy Empire of Yuras. He met and recuited Anise Slywood, his second companion after gained the Holy Sword, Altair. The believers of the God of light immediately recognized him as the hero choosen by their god to save the world, and so this granted him the title "Hero of Light". However, unbeknownst to everyone, Vermouth pulled out the Holy Sword forcefully, even though it didn’t recognize him as the hero. Due to the Holy Sword’s strong divine magic rejecting him, he sealed some of the sword’s power.

He recruited Sienna Merdein next as his third companion.

On the way to recruit Hamel Dynas as his fourth and final companion, Vermouth and his companions met several people who had the qualifications to be heroes. They also met a few people who were inspired by his feats and had asked to be accepted as a companion. However, Vermouth refused all of them.

They arrived at their destination and saw Hamel from afar. While Molon seemed excited to have a duel with him, Anise and Sienna held a strong aversion to him, largely due to his coarse and vulgar personality. Despite their objections, Vermouth insisted on wanting Hamel to fight alongside him. Though Hamel may have been initially weaker than them, he believed that he had the potential to catch up to them and end the destruction alongside with him and his companion by awakening his divinity.

But the process was not smooth. When Hamel first met Vermouth, who invited him to eat a meal together, he not only threw vulgar language at him but also went as far as to kick a stone, aiming to strike his head. Nevertheless, Vermouth noticed and took care of the flying stone quickly, without turning his back. Intrigued by Vermouth's skills and capabilities, Hamel decided to follow in their footsteps.

Vermouth led Hamel and his companions to an ordinary restaurant. Before partaking in their meals, Vermouth tried to recruit Hamel as his companion. However, Hamel's desire to ascertain Vermouth's strength led him to propose a duel as a prerequisite for his answer. Sienna and Anise responded by bursting into laughter. Their hatred for Hamel grew so strong that they questioned Vermouth if it was truly necessary to recruit him. However, like in the beginning, Vermouth remained determined to recruit him. He agreed to have the duel only after they had finished eating and allowed their food to digest.

After having digested, they borrowed the restaurant backyard for their duel. As the duel commenced, Sienna and Anise gradually recognized the hidden potential within Hamel, leading them to soften their stance and accept him as a fellow comrade. Meanwhile, Hamel himself realized that he was no match for Vermouth's strength and skill.

When Vermouth’s victory was within his own grasp, Hamel threw his dagger secretly. Although it didn’t do any damage to his body, it managed to leave a notable cut on his sleeves. The unexpected success of Hamel's attack left Vermouth momentarily amazed, realizing that he had managed to land a hit against him even though there was a large gap between them.

At the end of the duel, Hamel had lost. He accepted to become Vermouth’s companion. Thus, the Five Great Heroes was formed.

Using his reputation as a hero, Vermouth managed to secure a ship, allowing him and his companions to embark on their journey to Helmuth. They killed a lot of demons and black wizards along the way to defend the ship until they finally reached Helmuth. From there, they begin their journey to kill all the demon kings, starting with the defeat of the Demon King of Carnage.

The battle against the Demon King of Carnage was grueling, lasting three days and nights without rest. Yet, undeterred by fatigue, Vermouth and his companions fought relentlessly. Eventually, as the dawn slowly arise, Vermouth and his companions achieved victory by killing the Demon King of Cruelty. When Vermouth withdrew the holy sword from the demon king's chest, he thanked his allies for coming with him with an unusually bright smile that it is to hard to believe it belongs to him.

Having defeated their first Demon King and emerged victorious from the battle, Vermouth and his companions celebrated by destroying the castle together. However, they left one wall intact. To remember the day they first succeeded in killing a demon king, Vermouth wrote down his name alongside the name of his companions and the demon kings. Underneath the name of the Demon King of Cruelty, they drew a cross, signifying the his defeat.

After defeating three demon kings, they set their sight on the Demon King of Incarceration who resided in Babel. On their way, Hamel led the party instead of Vermouth while facing against off powerful demons. Over the course of three years, their journey made them stronger. However, Hamel's body weakened due to frequent use of Ignition. Vermouth advised him to stay at a camp, but Hamel insisted on staying with the party.

Since and on their way to the highest floor of Babel to confront the Demon King of Incarceration, Vermouth had noticed that Hamel was slowly deteriorating. He believed that the battle with the Incarceration's staff would be Hamel's final battle, rendering him unable to move any further. However to his surprise, Hamel chose to sacrifice himself by intentionally using his body to shield him from the curse of Belial, the Incarceration's Staff, even though he knew Vermouth could have dodge it.

Vermouth who let down his guard at that moment, was stunned by Hamel’s unexpected action. He quietly knelt down and shed tears for him as his body slowly began to disappear. After Hamel death, Vermouth motivated the rest of the party to free Hamel’s soul and lead them to defeat the Demon King of Incarceration.

The rest of the party went to kill the demon king. Unfortunately enough, the Demon King of Incarceration proved to be too powerful for them. The party had already gone all out but nothing seemed to work against him, and it wasn't long until he defeated everyone except Vermouth.Vermouth's original goal in the journey was actually just for the five of them to safely reach the Demon King of Incarceration, not to actually fight him. But then Hamel died. The rest of the party went to kill the demon king. Unfortunately enough, the Demon King of Incarceration proved to be too powerful for them. The party had already gone all out but nothing seemed to work against him, and it wasn't long until he defeated everyone except Vermouth.

With all his comrades at death's door, Vermouth ended up swearing an oath to the Demon King of Incarceration. It was unknown what were the contents. However, it was known that the promise had stopped the war between humans and demons from going on any longer, bringing peace.With his plan ruined and all of his comrades at death's door, Vermouth decided to charge ahead, fight for real and release his seal to prevent the Demon King from killing his comrades and to take Hamel’s soul back. Although he knew that it was impossible to defeat the Demon King of Incarceration, he also knew that it was impossible for the Demon King of Incarceration to defeat him too.

Due to being unable to kill each other in the end. Vermouth ended up swearing an oath to the Demon King of Incarceration, which ended up being the second promise he had made to the Demon King. Vermouth would not tell anyone the contents of the promise and would sacrifice himself to seal the seal of the Demon King of Destruction. In return, the Demon King of Incarceration would return Hamel's soul and body to Vermouth. He would also spare his comrades, who almost died and stopped the war between humans and demons from going on any longer, bringing peace.

After the oath was sworn, the party decided to give Hamel a proper burial near his hometown and went on their separate ways afterwards.After the oath was sworn, the party decided to give Hamel a proper burial near his hometown and went on their separate ways afterwards, with Vermouth planning to reincarnate Hamel as his descendant.

Vermouth returned to the Kiehl Empire and served as a duke. He established the Lionheart Clan by getting married and having 10 concubines. To ensure the continuity of the Lionheart name, he developed the White Flame Formula for the direct line and the Red Flame formula for the collateral line. He also created several rules for the collateral families, such as forbidden to wield a real sword or trained their mana until they reached a certain age so that they won't surpass and take control of the main family. Vermouth also personally trained his first son his own sword style, while he trained his second son, the style used by Hamel, Hamel Style. With all the things settled, he established the Black Lions as the guardian of the family to hunt those disobey or tarnished their name. Eventually, he returned his title as duke.

Not long after, Vermouth died most likely to old age. His compainions who were still alive attended his funeral and cried. Having fully established his clan and finished all the preparation for Hamel's reincarnation he could do as a duke of Kiehl Empire and the founder of Lionheart clan, he decided to fake his own death, keeping this secret from the world, including his companions to fully finish his preparation for Hamel's reincarnation for the next 100 years.

After his death was announced, he was praised a hero by the world until the very end. The empire held a grand state funeral in his honor, and his death anniversary became an annual occasion for commemoration and remembrance.

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## 200 years ago

100 years had passed after he faked his death. In order to reincarnate Hamel, he needed to take Hamel's soul back from Sienna. At first, he planned to explain the situation to her gently and was certain that she would understand. However, contrary to what he hoped, the Demon King of Destruction controlled him without notice, thus ending up having to fight Sienna with the intention to kill.

In the end, Vermouth won by piercing Sienna from behind, fatally injuring her both physically and her soul. After he picked up Hamel's necklace that was left on the ground, which contained Hamel's soul, he regained his consciousness. He realized what he had done, unable to forgive himself and look Sienna in the eye. At that moment, Sienna quickly teleported to the World Tree using the tree’s leaf. Remorsefully, he moved Hamel's corpse out of the coffin and placed the Moonlight Sword, or at least what remained of it, in his grave.

Later, he stored the necklace in the Lionheart family's treasure vault.