Kell

**Kell** is a character from the Record of Tavern verse. He was once a human, but became a dangerous insect-human hybrid after meeting the mysterious god Myiagros. He is a scientist, a powerful combatant, and head of a cult known as the Order of the Fly. His primary goal is to gain more power.

He joined the Tournament between Aegis and Pagun late as a fighter for Aegis, replacing Beak. He fights against Otakemajin during the 7th round.

## Appearance

Kell wears a red tunic with a golden trim, similar to something a Middle-Age cult leader would wear. From under the tunic come large gray sleeves with the same dark yellow border and a baggy coat bottom reaching his knees. A heavy brown book and two tied scrolls hang from his tight beige belt. He also wears a large golden medallion with his cult's symbol on it around his neck. He wears black boots with a pattern of spaced lines. His white hands have bone-like pointy white fingers, showing his insectoid exoskeleton. He always wears his hood, keeping his face is hidden in the shadow. The only discernable features of his face are two glowing emerald compound eyes and two long white antennae. Kell also has a pair of fly wings on his back. They are so long they nearly touch the ground and have a green to white gradient color scheme.

## Personality

Kell is an eccentric and enthusiastic individual. He often grows excited when approached by the prospect of new experiments, welcoming new members into his cult, or opportunities to gain more power. He is very analytical, always studying and analyzing everything around him, and extremely strategic with his actions and his meticulous plans. Kell is extremely charismatic and charming, and often makes jokes and clever remarks. He possesses insect-like traits such as being attracted to bright lights, liking flowers, and the like. Despite all of his appealing traits, Kell has a dangerous side. He often grows deadly serious in the presence of his enemies and will go to any lengths to destroy anything that stands in his way. His obsession with gaining power is downright deranged, and can often lead to him acting erratically or maniacally.

## Background

Kell was once born a human, a weak, sickly, frail son of a wealthy family. His body was ravaged by disease, but his mind was extremely sharp. From a young age, he was enamored by biology and entomology. However, even with his intelligence, he could not discover a cure for his body, and he resigned himself to a tragic, young death. That was, until he was approached by the mysterious masked god, Myiagros. Myiagros offered Kell the opportunity to gain a new body and purpose, and Kell accepted. Kell became Myiagros's right hand, and they worked together on many experiments, including Taskneat. During this time, he would develop a rivalry and mutual hatred for Utopia.

However, for unknown reasons, Kell lost his position at Myiagros's side after many years. Kell became an outcast, and for unknown reasons, developed a powerful hatred for Otakemajin. For a long time, Kell was alone. However, after encountering Myrmidon, he began to see the merit of lifting up others around him. Kell established the Order of the Fly, a cult for individuals who desired power and purpose, and followed in his footsteps, becoming insect-human hybirds like him. Wherever there is an opportunity to gain strength, the Arch-Fly and his loyal cult are not far behind.

## Powers and abilities

* **Expert tactician:** Kell always enters the battlefield with countless plans in mind, and he is able to create new plans in the middle of a fight in order to adapt to various circumstances. According to Myrmidon, Kell has to number his plans because there aren't enough letters in the alphabet to name each plan after a letter.
* **Insect Physiology:** Kell possesses an insect body, which grants him far more abilities than the human body he used to have. He is extremely strong, durable, and fast, and can fly with his wings. His eyes provide him with incredible reaction times, and his antenna provide him with an additional way of sensing his surroundings.
* **Hivemind:** Kell is able to to control the minds of smaller bugs.

* **Anatomy Shift:** Kell can transform his body to take on traits of various bugs. For example, he can grow stingers on his fingers, mantis claws from his wrists, stronger wings, the tail of an earwig, or the muscles of a beetle.
	+ **Entomachia:** Kell's most powerful techniques, which unleash the most powerful weapons of the insect kingdom at the scale of humans
		- **Axe of Orthos:** ???
		- **Brachinus Shelling:** ???
		- **Brachinus Bombardment:** ???
		- **Devouring Resonance:** ???
		- **Dynastes Burden:** ???
		- **Vespa Dance:** ???
		- **Chitin Breaker:** ???
		- **Chitin Piercer:** ???

## Relationships

* **Myrmidon**: Myrmidon is Kell's second in command. The two have known each other for many years, and their relationship is extremely close. They are even closer than brothers.
* **Order of the Fly**: Kell cares dearly for his cult, and sees them as family, never disposable or replaceable, though he will sometimes joke that they are.
* **Otakemajin**: Kell despises the demon lord and desires his death. The two have a shared history that causes them to abhor each other.
* **Utopia**: Utopia is Kell's greatest enemy other than Otakemajin. They have a long history as rivals and enemies, mutually despise each other, and will attack each other on sight
* **Myiagros**: Kell was once blindly loyal to the god as his right hand. However, something occurred between them, and Kell's relationship with the god has soured.

## Trivia

* After Beak's writer left the project, a contest was held to replace him. Kell won the contest and was declared the new Pagun fighter of round 7.
* Kell is the third character to have changed his epithet after the beginning of the project, initially being called "The Arch-Insect" before becoming "The Arch-Fly."
* Kell true color is purple no matter what the original writer says

## Image Gallery

Kell's original and most commonly used artComedic sprite by journal\_13**Local Insect Cultist'**s self-made cosplay KellA Record of Ragnarok inspired coverA doodle of KellA drawing of Kell as a human by GogurtA drawing of Kell facing Otakemajin in round 7 by Gogurt
## See also

* Otakemajin
* Round 7
* Myrmidon
* Order of the Fly
* Myiagros
* Taskneat