Kythalos

Kythalos or code number An011Au7k7431 is an Analyzation Unit in **Project ANGEL**. He’s one of the first members of the project before being founded in 2101 but is registered as the 11th member. Kythalos is **Alathea** and **Alden**'s most trusted intel.

## Physical Description

Kythalos is a once human, now robot male with a slender yet tall build. His frame is a humanoid figure with many black metallic parts covered in every part of his body. Kythalos’ head looks like closed-circuit television with mandibles around the corners of his mouth, his torso and his legs are armored black and his insides are consisted of thin strands of metallic fibers that travels around throughout his entire body to act as a nervous system, and his robotic hands are unusually long which could change shape whenever he uses his weapons or wings.

The only thing Kythalos wears during combat or in standby is a long worn-out military green cloak that wraps his entire body except for his head to hide his body.

## Personality

Silent, Brutal, Humble, and a Gentleman that prioritizes orders above anything else. He is an expert in the act of stealth, assassination, murder, and many other professions Kythalos the Silent Death is talented in killing one’s life.

Though he may appear like a person that would strike you down if he finds you unpleasant, he himself has a strong attachment to life. What lives would the people he had killed be going through right now if he didn’t kill them? He asks that himself many times over, but he knows that if they were left alive, many more lives will be ruined because of them.

Whenever he’s free from his duty, he’d like to indulge himself in having the time of his life, fancying the concept of elegance, so he’d sometimes talk like a butler from a high ranking family. Kythalos is often insecure on who he truly is or not, the only thing he knew about himself before being picked up was absolutely none.

## Background

The year 2063, an unknown island named Ventricus was discovered during an endeavor on scouting islands across the ocean. Since there were multiple islands across south **Trestkania** that have yet to be fully excavated, the chances of finding an abnormality in an island is near to none or so the geologists say. But the crew onboard the ship suddenly discovered an island enshrouded with mist and spotted Ventricus, an island that showed signs of activity but had been abandoned for countless years. What the crew found inside the island was something astonishing that not even their current technology could decipher this complicated automaton that stood before them. They found out that this research was titled 'Project KYTHALOS' on the files stored within the laboratory along with two dead researchers who had already turned into ashes and bones.

Soon after that discovery, after countless hypotheses scientists made whilst observing the structure of Project KYTHALOS. It was summarized that Kythalos had a human brain with an exceptional structure filled with magic unlike the normal human brain. From **Michael Evláveia’s** theory, it seems like the magic core that was stored in the heart was forcefully transported into the brain to boost its capability by tenfold regular humans can process. Michael stated that it would be such a painful process that it could kill the subject just by touching the mana core stored inside their heart.

Four years after their resurgence on a brand new technology, Michael Evláveia, now the head of this project decided to awaken Kythalos and stored it in a containment chamber to conduct tests. They were told if it was sentient, its name, and their affiliation, but he only remained silent and observed every cranny of this containment chamber before speaking. But in truth, Kythalos knew nothing, all he knew is that he harbors memories of a certain person who was a scientist, a captain of a ship, and a child who was left to starve at their own house. The robot knew these memories belonged to other people like it was at the back of its head, also obtaining their emotions in the process.

When the researchers found out that Kythalos specialized in almost every field especially in the act of stealth and assassination, he was tasked with completing a mission to assassinate a corrupt official that ran away after embezzling the funds used for constructing railways. To their surprise, he committed the mission flawlessly without any mistakes, it’s like a machine that could do anything as long as he was commanded to do a task. At this point he soon started to be used more often as a tool during secret missions as time went on. Until the machine kept inheriting memories that weren't his in the first place. Because of this, years later, he developed human emotions such as grief and sadness, and even the will to live as a human being.

The machine harbored no grudge for the people who commanded him like a tool for war. In fact he was thankful that he could develop as a person, a human consciousness. It was only until **Alathea Guishe**, the soon to be second founder of Project ANGEL, picked up Kythalos on the verge of death when he was being discarded as a tool who was an uncontrollable killing machine that could turn against their owners. Kythalos at this point of time was the first unregistered ANGEL unit even before the founding of Project ANGEL.

## Relationships

### **Xero Squad**

An elite squad which consisted of five members that stood out during the **Great Morze War**.

#### **Anellia Thena**

Kythalos and Anellia are trading partners between their weapons and materials for their benefits. Since Anellia is the most competent Designing Unit who can create unusual weapons, Kythalos usually asks her to make him mechanical body parts or energy weapons in exchange for expensive materials to be utilized for her and the rest of the squad.

Since these two are business partners, they have a stable relationship who supports one another amidst the war.

#### **Lux Lumina**

Due to Lux Lumina’s unclenched bloodthirst for combat, he’d usually get attacked by Lux on random occasions. What was more surprising is that she meant no malice within her attacks, requesting a simple ‘spar’ according to her statement. Kythalos had 50 years worth of combat excluding the memories of the ones he had killed, so he easily bested Lux every time they fought.

As time goes on. she had gotten a bit more tame when she joined the Xero Squad, but she still holds a grudge from how he easily swept her.

#### **Orion Veracus**

Orion Veracus was one of the people who was hand-picked by Alathea, so he already has high respect for Orion ever since day one. Since Kythalos barely appears in public, the only time they could meet is when Orion sees Kythalos and Alden Thena discussing mission details and he’d disappear immediately after that. So their relationship can be called as mere strangers at the time.

Now that the Xero Squad has formed, Kythalos sometimes visits their base to trade with Anellia in exchange for valuable materials, so Orion liked to talk to Kythalos while waiting about how Alden was doing. They turned into friends who could only meet every month from then on.

#### **Eskieth Eden**

Eskieth and Kythalos both share the worst chemistry in combat unless one serves as a distraction in combat. Like oil and water, they both don’t interact much with each other due to Eskieth’s explosive behavior and Kythalos’ intimidating appearance.

#### **Nox**

Nox is Kythalos’ only disciple. Nox was the first one to find out that Kythalos has the ability to inherit the memories of the people he had killed. When Kythalos was already preparing to kill Nox to get rid of evidence, Nox asked him to become his disciple, he knew that he was the weakest of the Xronials, A mere SERAPH member into a league of ANGELs, he hated it. Kythalos found this to be admirable and accepted his request to become his disciple.

Kythalos never knew what the concept of holding back was, so Nox regretted the fact that he became his disciple due to his spartan-like training that almost killed him several times.

### **Acquaintances**

#### **Alden Thena**

Alden Thena and Kythalos are partners in crime during missions. Since Kythalos specializes in stealth missions, he can give coordinates to Alden, a living flying warhead that will be sent out and destroy the base to oblivion. They are also both under Alathea Guishe’s care, so they had been partaking in missions for a long time for their friendship to deepen.

Alden Thena is one of the few ANGELs that has common sense, so sometimes he gets easily stressed out when Kythalos starts doing things out of bounds.

#### **Alathea Guishe**

Kythalos’ superior. Alathea was the one that saved Kythalos from the brink of death and also the one that gave him a purpose in war so no matter what orders she gives him, he will take it to heart to the highest degree. When Kythalos has free time, he’d usually stick by Alathea’s side to act as her guard. Kythalos is extremely capable in almost anything, so Alathea would occasionally go outside on the streets for fun when he is by her side.

## Abilities

### Wings of Cyaegha

Kythalos' wings has an appearance of a jet black metallic prism that is incredibly thin when seen in a certain perspective. The capabilities of his wings could transform into invisible blades that stick both onto of his arms or another way is coating his fingers with plasma. Other appliances that stand out from his wings are mostly enhanced guns with silencers or an endless amount of roots that binds the target in place.

* Kythalos is an expert in many fields, assassination, combat, tinkering, and even being in command. All of these are possible because of his ability to inherit the memories of the people he killed. Because of this, he mostly works alone during missions except when it's crucial or with his superiors, Orion, Alden, and Alathea because of the fact that his personality changes for a short while.
* One of the functions that came along with his wings is that he has the ability to completely erase the noise he makes, his appearance, and even his own presence with the help of both his wings and sheer talent of blending into nothingness.

## Trivia

* Kythalos had inherited the memories of a thousand humans. During then, he started to form a personality of himself he favors the most and isn’t affected by the side effects any further.
* Cyaegha is a reference to a Great Old One and is characterized by its supreme nihilism and utter contempt for all things. The being appears as a great, black-bodied, green eye surrounded by a mass of tentacles.
* Kythalos is a robot that wouldn't die unless you destroy his brain. He usually takes this to his advantage against fights with Eldritch beasts, so he’d sometimes come back with a leg or arm ripped off his arm, hence why his appearance differs from time to time.