Kain

Need I take you across the knee?
― Kain, taunting an enemy.

## Biographical Information

### Alias

*The Demonsmith*
*Cathan*
*The Witch of Blades*
*Arch-Cain*

## Magical Abilities

### Weapon(s)

Magnum Opus
Claíomh Gealaí

## Universe

### Universe

ψ0, Psiverse

**Kain** (né **Cathan**) is an ancient Umbra Witch from ψ0, **Psiverse Origin**, who outfits fellow Witches with weapons and equipment to help deliver his Universe from the bleak and hopeless future, bathed in unending heavenly Light.

His desire for change and his war against the Lumen makes him the Psiverse's *Arch-Cain*, opposing the *Arch-Abel* Leora, a Lumen Sage favored by the heavens. It is a title bestowed upon two beings of the same universe who are destined to fight one another to the death.

## Appearance

Kain is a tall and statuesque man with a large and chiseled body, sculpted by his preference for heavy weapons and centuries of working the forge. His long, greying reddish hair is stylized into a semi-mohawk with shaved sides, and the back flowing behind like a mullet. His facial hair grows into a beard and spikes outwards.

His centuries of living show signs of aging, with wrinkles and tired eyes. One feature that stands out is the massive scar going across his left eye, obtained during the war. His ears are pierced in multiple places, and he wears a set of silver earrings and cuffs.

### Default

Kain's ginger hair and beard wrap around his body, creating a tightly woven, sleeveless auburn battle uniform. Decorated by brown leather belts going across the front opening of his chest, creating a pentacle shape. His gloves are of the same leather, fingerless and covering most of his forearms. His legs are covered by a type of silver-framed chaps that attach to his belts, and he has heavy knee-high leather boots tipped with silver. His uniform is decorated by various spiked belts, giving him a dangerous appearance. His silhouette is followed by two trailing belts that end in large pentacle medallions.

## Personality

Wisdom came with age, along with patience. Nevertheless, Kain remains as he once was despite the centuries of conflict he lived and friends he'd lost; passionate, commanding, dominant, hard-headed, and aggressive towards anything that is aligned with the Heavens.

A lover to many, a father figure to some, his persona puts at ease younger Witches that are under his shelter, and any partner that seeks protection in his arms. Secretly, he wishes he could find that comfort in someone else.

Kain speaks with a low, commanding, domineering voice. A raspy voice telling of his hardships and struggles, and the melancholy that comes with living for so long.

## History

(Rewriting this whole part)

Balance between Light and Darkness was never achieved, and the scales were perpetually shifted back and forth between the two groups at war like a pendulum, bringing forth massive destruction on a colossal scale. Eventually, the scales shifted in favor of the Light, and the Lumen Sages emerged victorious, wiping out the majority of the Umbra Witches with the help of Humans and destroying the Left Eye. Very few Umbra Witches survived, save for Kain and a select few.

In their zealousness, the Lumen Sages took over the world, land by land, forcing nations to worship them and the Angels of Paradiso as gods and subjugating those who refused. Witches who were deemed powerful enough were forced to align themselves with the Sages, and hunt down their own kin. With the absence of Darkness, the world was washed over by a heavenly Light from the Heavens. Remaining Umbra Witches were left to rely purely on their own resourcefulness and their alignment with Inferno to survive.

Kain is one of the very few Umbra Witches remaining to wage war against the Heavens, along with his protégé Cassio. Together, they have found a way to access alternate universes, and sometimes travel to look for fellow Umbra Witches that could help them in their battle.

## Abilities

### Physical

Kain is naturally capable of feats requiring super strength, such as lifting objects or weapons that would otherwise be unwieldy to the average person, performing massive acrobatic leaps, or running much faster than average.

Additionally to his magical nature, Kain's body is trained by years of conflict, and is kept toned by his work at his forge, where he makes weapons for himself and other Witches. That in turn gives him a slight physical advantage over most Witches he has met so far.

### Magical

With centuries of experience under his belt, Kain's Magical prowess is limited only by the absence of the night sky in ψ0. Even then, his expansive knowledge over weaponry and masterful dominion over Infernal Demons make him one of the most powerful beings on his plane of existence.

#### Bullet Arts

His passive knowledge of the Bullet Arts allows Kain to not only control fire arms on all limbs simultaneously, but also pick up and master any weapon that he wields in mere moments.

#### Infernal Binding

Being an Infernal Weaponsmith, Kain is able to effectively steal the essence of a weakened Infernal Demon and seal it into weapons, accessories, and other trinkets.

#### Demon Masquerade

Along with infusing Demons into his Weapons, Kain can also form a collusion with the Infernal Demons and assume the form of a demonic being himself to reach newer heights of his magical power.

#### Summoning

Kain's mastery over Summoning extends to calling forth his contracted Infernal Demons in a flash, as well as controlling them directly thanks to the art of Demon Slave. To this end, he uses his auburn locks as a magical conduit, as well as an incantation in Enochian.

*Main: Kain/Summons*
## Equipment

### Weapons

#### Magnum Opus

A quartet of extremely powerful pistols. Aggressive in their presentation, the Magnum Opus' massive, bulky and sharp design with edges and spikes helps in shredding Angels, Demons, and otherworldly threats to pieces. The six barrels and scarcely used reloading mechanism make them, in fact, closer to high-powered shotguns than mere pistols.
Individually crowned with the names Nigredo, Albedo, Citrinitas and Rubedo, their name evokes the Great Work many an alchemist has attempted to attain.

Fitting names, truly; to attain the Great Work, the Magnum Opus, decades, if not centuries of research are a necessity. Fusing rare materials, metals, stones, and precious minerals in order to create the most powerful fire arms and conduits for the Dark Arts a weaponsmith could come up with.

#### Claíomh Gealaí

A deep scarlet blade of titanic proportions.
Unwieldy to most, the blade is fashioned from the metallic bladed horn of a Diomedes, endowed with the power to slice through anything in a flash.

In addition to its incredible power, it was forged with ancient Umbran technology, emboldening the blade with the Moon.

### Accessories

#### Pelleas' Rancor

Ancient bracers once worn by a Knight of the Round.
Crafted by Umbra Witches of yore, these bracers bestow upon their user the ability to summon a near impenetrable suit of armor, similar in appearance to the Umbran Mech used during the war. Their true power awakens only on contact with a capable Umbran Witch, increasing their power tenfold, unlocking access to ancient Umbran Moon Technology such as summoning blades and projectiles of concentrated Moonlight.

Once, a knight named Pelleas held unrequited feelings for the beautiful Witch Archade, who in turn had her eyes on another. As an attempt to gain her heart, he promised to hunt down and obtain a lost Umbran Treasure. Undergoing trials and struggles, he finally returned to the Witch with these bracers, only to be rejected once again.

With Pelleas' insistence, Archade grew weary of the knight, and placed a curse upon him. The bracers were bound to their user until his final breath. Driven mad by the overwhelming magic and the sorrow he felt from his rejection, Pelleas slowly lost himself to the armor, eventually giving his soul up to Inferno and lifting the curse for their next user.

Their true name origin are lost to time. The name they carry now came after legends of the knight were spread far and wide. Equal to the Climax Braces in power, their puissance is only a testament to their nature as yet another lost Umbran Treasure.

## Trivia

* The Psiverse is close to the Main Universe in locations, but with time flowing differently across the Multiverse, it is behind in technology and advancements.
	+ If the flow of time was identical to that of the main universe, Kain would be 728 years old.
* Kain alludes to Tubal Cain, a biblical person known for being the first blacksmith.
* Kain's blood crystallizes into Rosas-Caninas, symbolizing pleasure and pain.
* One of the meanings behind his name, *Kain* comes from *Cathan*, Irish Gaelic for "battle" or "fighter".
	+ Cathan is Kain's birth name.
* Kain's name is pronounced "Kyne".

## Gallery

Concept sketches for Kain by me (ODAPHII)
## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubal-cain
2. ↑ https://www.babycentre.co.uk/babyname/1029811/kain