Thomas Angelus

**Thomas Angelus** is the main character of the *Archons* series. He is one of the nomadic archon species and as such was born into a life of adventure and exploration that came to a screeching halt when his parents wanted to give him a world he could call home. After this exile, in which he would only be allowed to continue adventuring once he perfected portal magic, he spent years bitter and rebelliously frustrated with his position. His adult life only truly began when he met the young son of his parents' friends, and the appearance of the Abyssal Union and the 'Dark Archon' Magnus in his life. Forced to suddenly grow up, he once more resumed the life of exploration he craved, though with greater maturity and a burning desire to help others as signs of his growth.

As an archon, he regenerates when he dies, transforming his appearance and large amounts of his personality. He's currently in his third incarnation.

## Personality

Though his personality is subject to change as a result of regeneration, he always retains a core personality of courage, altruism and a love of adventure and meeting people. He also enjoys science, technology and magic and seeks to make sure people view these things as positives that will help them, not things to fear. His constant multiversal wandering also ends up giving him an eccentric air that's exacerbated by the youthful appearances he takes. For his part, he finds amusement in the reactions of others to the clash between his knowledge and his apparent age, and so that influences his regenerations. Thomas has also found that a more youthful appearance tends to be easier for more stressed people to accept, even if it makes it harder for them to accept how old he really is. Finally, Thomas firmly identifies as male, by the standards of his species, and so all incarnations will be male as a result.

## Biographical Summary

Born on the Earth colony planet Vernia, a planet with a strong and advanced use of steam power and art nouveau aesthetics. Though taking part in adventures even then, his parents kept them fairly tame until he reached ten years old. Now an adult, he and his parents spent about thirty-five years travelling across reality. However he developed a rather detached and sometimes callous attitude towards those who lived in each universe, motivating his parents to settle down on an Earth they'd previously spent much time on. By this point in that universe, it was the mid 1800s, though the influence the Angelus family, who were regarded as nobles, had on that version of Earth, particularly England, was obvious.

Thomas didn't take well to what he took to be an exile, as his parents refused to continue travelling and made his learning of portal magic the condition for resuming adventures. They also refused to teach him portal magic until he learned to appreciate his homeworld and its people. This set him into nearly half a century of brooding, during which he attempted to teach himself portal magic, though failed miserably most of the time.

It wasn't until meeting Cyril Blackwood the young son of the Blackwood family, a fellow noble family, that Thomas began to thaw out. Impressed and intrigued by the young boy's curiosity, bravery, and compassion, the two ended up involved in multiple escapades across London stopping criminals, monsters and aliens, and the improvement in Thomas' attitude lead to his parents finally beginning to teach him portal magic. Though it wasn't long after this that the Abyssal Union attacked the Angelus and Blackwood families, based on incomplete information from their operatives, and captured Thomas, while Cyril was provided to a demonic cult to use however they pleased. The Abyssal Union sought to turn an archon into a living focal point for the resurrection of Cthulhu, their god, but needed the archon to be young and in their first incarnation, when they were more 'malleable'.

While captive in a temple-fortress, Thomas met an angel named Basilikos with whom he formulated an escape plan. Unfortunately, Thomas' ability to create portals was still imperfect, and although the two escaped, they failed to reach Thomas' home Earth. Instead, they spent five years wandering the multiverse until they finally managed to return home. Once he did, he discovered that only two years had passed, but Cyril was much changed and accompanied by a strange man who claimed to be his butler.

Determined to save Cyril the same way Cyril had saved him, and determined to save his Earth from an impending attack by the Union, he restored his house and staff and began a series of adventures that saw him rescue Cyril from becoming a demon, who then reverted to his original personality and joined him. Their further adventures saw Thomas meet Aryn, a human-archon hybrid assassin meant to kill him; Magnus the Dark Archon and would-be conqueror of the multiverse; the Biomechs, a race of cyborg humans from a version of Bathora; the Solloids, a race of hateful creatures in combat armour from Utros; and hosts of other enemies.

Shortly after his hundredth birthday, the Abyssal Union attacked the city Inventio in the USA to draw Thomas out. They succeeded in capturing him and, having determined he would serve their purposes as is, was used as the focal point of a ritual to awaken Cthulhu.

However Cyril, Basil, the Angelus staff and the people of Inventio came to Thomas' rescue and he instead was able to turn the ritual against the Union; destroying their mothership. The effort took its toll on him though, and led to him regenerating for the first time.

## Thomas' Incarnations

Each incarnation would be read as 'Thomas the <number>'. He has so far had three.

* **Thomas I**: Initially impatient and rude with humans when he met Cyril, he matured and softened over time, becoming more like a teacher; eager to explain things to others, quick to defend others, and prioritizing the safety and education of his companions.
* **Thomas II**: Reckless, impulsive and cocky, Thomas' second incarnation was quick to engage in fights, though was far less willing to kill than his predecessor. No longer particularly interested in explanations, he tended to keep these short when he could. He possessed a strong, though very personalized, sense of style, believing himself to be the cutting edge of fashion.
* **Thomas III**: Kind, cheerful and energetic, Thomas' third incarnation is a bottomless well of friendship and forgiveness. The most opposed to combat so far, and possessing an endearingly child-like quality that matches his appearance, the clash of this and his old age results in him also being very eccentric.