Kalatar (New Universe)

## Kalatar

"*When I found you in that jail, you were lost. But I believed in you. I took away your fear, and I showed you a path. You were my greatest student. It should be you standing by my side, saving the world.*"

―Kalatar Vanyarin to Jayran
**Kalatar Vanyarin** (1815 - 2005) was a mentor and trainer to Jayran under the name **Quinn** and recruited him into the League of Shadows to destroy the United Kingdom. Jayran defied the organization, dismantled his allies in the Underworld, and put a stop to Kalatar himself. Kalatar was the father of Jayran's later partner and foe, Khamira Vanyarin.

## History

He was the younger brother of Celebrenor Vanyarin and turned against his brother after his wife was killed by disease that injured the land, without his brother's care on the matter the hatred grew. Kalatar always fell in his brother's shadow and seeked to become greater in their homeworld.

Kalatar turned to necromancy and the arts of black magic and later discovered his "gift", the mark of the black dragon which would allow him to transform into a firebreathing giant dragon with enough power.

During a raid on a village, Kalatar decided to turn his back on his brother, overthrowing him and then setting hell loose, destroying the entire city to ash and ruin. Kalatar destroyed Celebrenor's crown and took over Knaerwíth as his own temple for his new League of Shadows.

### Mentoring Jayran

"*I had a wife once.. My great love.. She was.. taken from me.. And she carried my child.. She showed me that this world did linger on to some sense of hope.. But then I lost it all.. Like you I was forced to learn that injustice must be fought without hesitation with sacrfices.. To make this world a better place.."*
―Kalatar Vanyarin to Jayran
Kalatar found Jayran in a Bhutanese prison, where he presented himself simply as Quinn, an associate of Vanyarin, and offered him a "path." After Jayran was freed, he climbed to the monastery home of the League of Shadows, where Quinn waited with "Vanyarin" and a band of mercenaries. When asked if he was ready to begin, JAyran replied that he could barely stand. As a test, Quinn attacked Jayran and explained that death would not wait for him to be ready. After he defeated Jayran, Quinn asked him what he feared.

"*To manipulate the fears of others, you must first master your own. Are you ready to begin?*"
―Kalatar Vanyarin to Jayran
After Jayran recovered, Quinn began to train him in every aspect of Ninjutsu. Quinn was a very skilled warrior and a stern teacher. Throughout his training, Jayran was unable to best Quinn, but came extremely close during a sword battle, that was fought upon a frozen glacial lake. However, Jayran forgot to take full notice of his surroundings and Quinn broke the ice beneath him for the victory. While Jayran recovered from the cold water while he sat with Quinn around a fire, Quinn explained that his wife's death had taught him that there were those in the world that must be mercilessly fought and that vengeance was his release. Quinn was unable to understand why Jayran couldn't avenge the death of his mother.

At the end of his training, Quinn forced Jayran to face him while he was slightly drugged. Quinn hid among several of the men while Jayran attempted to locate him. He leaped out at Jayran from his hiding place and managed to wound Jayran slightly on his arm. Jayran, however, gave an identical injury to two of the other ninja, and tricked Quinn into capturing the wrong person. Jayran revealed the trick and defeated his mentor.

As a final test, Quinn handed Jayran a sword and ordered him to kill a man who was accused of murder, but Jayran refused. Jayran believed that he could not fight evil with evil methods."Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share," Quinn told Jayran. Jayran told him that it was necessary to separate him from his enemies. Kalatar explained that Jayran must do what was necessary to fight evil and revealed that they had trained him with the intention of him leading the League on a mission to destroy the world, which they believed became a breeding ground for suffering and injustice. Jayran subsequently knocked Quinn unconscious and set the League's fortress aflame. He engaged the Kalatar Vanyarin imposter in a sword fight and left the man that he believed to be Kalatar for dead as part of the floor above fell upon him. Quinn was then rescued by his pupil as the fortress collapsed and was then left unconscious in the mountain village by Jayran.

### Attempt to Destroy the World

Years later, Quinn unexpectedly reappeared at Jayran's manor, and revealed that he was Kalatar Vanyarin, and not the man who Jayran had left for dead at their headquarters. Jayran told him that he saved his life and Kalatar said, "I warned you about compassion, Jayran." In the ensuing confrontation, Kalatar elaborated on the League of Shadows' exploits throughout history. Kalatar explained the League's plans to use Fear Toxin that was invented by their partner, to infect the world with, and watch it destroy itself in a state of panic. Kalatar said that the League had attempted to use economics as a means of destruction in their previous attack on the Nexus and Britain, which created the Great Depression. He explained that the destruction of the World was merely another mission by the League to correct humanity's recurring fits of decadence. Kalatar then had his henchmen burn down the manor as a falling log knocked Jayran unconscious. Kalatar stated that, "Justice is balance. You burned my house and left me for dead. Consider us even." Kalatar left the manor and boarded a waiting SWAT vehicle that contained the Vanyarin stolen Microwave Emitter.

"*If someone stands in the way of true justice, you simply walk up behind them, and stab them in the heart.*"
―Kalatar Vanyarin to Jayran
### Death

Jayran caught up with him again, and the teacher and student had one final battle on a runaway train that contained the Microwave Emitter. Kalatar dominated Jayran in physical combat, kicked him off his feet, and attempted to strangle him, but his arrogance was ultimately his downfall after Jayran revealed that he had no intention of stopping the train and pushed Kalatar over, and pinned him down. Sirtum Crow assisted Jayran in taking out the steel support system that held up the train track; and Jayran told Kalatar that he had failed to be mindful of his own surroundings. Mirroring Kalatar's own philosophy of compassion being a weakness, Jayran refused to kill Kalatar but also refused to save him, and left him to die in the following crash. Kalatar meditated before he died as the train ran out of track and fell moments later into a parking garage and the Microwave Emitter that the train contained, exploded.

### Aftermath

Following Kalatar's demise, the League of Shadows, though greatly diminished and defeated, died out. And the Vanyarin family was succeded by Jayran.