Ambrosius

*"Love and pain, two sides of the same coin. They cannot exist without the other. If one has never experienced hardship and suffering, how can they truly know love and joy?"*

## Profile

Ambrosius is a powerful dark mage and the current leader of the Grimleal. Promising salvation and healing, he has tricked many people into joining the Grimleal over the past decades. He retains his youthful appearance and strength through routine sacrifices. He lives a self-indulgent life, wanting to enjoy life's pleasures before Grima destroys the world.

He is kept alive by a cursed flower, so long as he can continue offering sacrifices. However, if he goes too long without spilling someone's blood, the magic will wear off and reveal his true, corpse-like form.

Despite his efforts to keep himself alive long past his expiration date, paradoxically he wants to revive Grima to bring about the end of the world. If the universe will eventually die out, by natural disaster or manmade, why continue struggling just to meet that end? Why have hope when it is all futile? He wants to see his plan through to the end in what he thinks will save everyone from suffering.

## Past

Born into the Grimleal, Ambrosius was an inadequate vessel for Grima. He showed great talent with magic at a young age, which raised the expectations of his parents to impossible heights. Any mistakes made would result in torture; his parents justified it as a sign of their love for him and that they only want him to improve. As a result, he was a quiet and obedient child, only speaking when spoken to.

He studied the Grimleal's history and found records from the early founders, who claimed no matter how advanced humanity became the universe would eventually come to an end, and they sought to end everything before that fate. This revelation greatly influenced Ambrosius, and he was determined to see Grima's successful resurrection and the end at his hands.

Afraid of dying without having accomplished anything, he diligently searched for a way to extend his lifespan. He had read about a witch centuries ago, who sacrificed young women to retain her beauty, and hoped to find something similar. When he was old and on the verge of death, he encountered a parasitic flower that took over him. In exchange for his youth, he must sacrifice others.

## Present

Following the Grimleal's unsuccessful resurrection of their deity Grima, Ambrosius finds himself the new leader of what remained of the Grimleal. He worked diligently to alter the public's image of the Grimleal - he presented them as a reformed religious sect performing good deeds as penance for their past actions. He promised a loving environment for its members, and targeted vulnerable people.

His charisma and looks attracted many lovers, and so he took in many concubines. He has sired many children. He raised his children as weapons and means to accomplish his goals, and would be brutal in punishing them.

## Personality

He is an arrogant and sadistic man with a cold smile almost always present on his face. He seems to derive pleasure from torturing others. He has manipulated many into joining the Grimleal and staying with him. Deep down, he has a nihilistic view of the world.

He regularly sacrifices friend and foe to remain young. He claims he wants to live to see Grima's resurrection, but it's also for a cosmetic reason.

HIs mood fluctuates unpredictably, and he'll find the most trivial faults to justify a punishment. He has a flair for the dramatic, and tends to go overboard with his entrances.

In the past, he was shockingly a more serious individual.

## Trivia

* I just wanted a hot evil mage dude who doesn't look like death is knocking on his door or purple.