Hyperion Vaillant

(Work In Progress)

**Hyperion Vaillant** is a Human Noble, Boxer, and Redstone Engineer who currently resides in Luxios, the capital of Solisios. He has many skills and passions, such as his love for all things redstone related, his absurd love for tea, and his everlasting desire to get better and better at fighting. As of now, he has been hard at work trying to find out ways to improve the quality of living for others, as he was inspired by some of his close friends to show empathy to those who need it.

## Appearance

Hyperion is very distinct for his purple eyes, a trait given to him from his family members. He has short, blondish hair that reaches towards his eyebrows, and can usually be seen with a white leather coat on. Under his coat, he has an Old-Fashioned buttoned vest and a tie. He wears brown leather goggles on his head, and brown boots that reach towards his knees. He also wears black gloves and shoulder pads, and sometimes a bag can be seen around his waist. Apart from this outfit, he can also be seen wearing some very stylish scarfs, boots, and coats depending on how he feels.

## Personality

Hyperion's personality is not so easily defined. For one, he can show empathy and care for those in need, or he can show hatred and resentments to those who he dislikes. Most of his friends, however, describe his personality as an "Excited Puppy" because of how cheerful and jolly he can be at most times. Some people unaffiliated directly with him describe Hyperion as a nice person to be around because of how chatty he is, and enjoy his company. He does have some people who dislike him however, and holds deep grudges against anyone he dislikes. His personality does have some negative aspects though, with him being very greedy, having a large ego, and having an almost insatiable thirst for blood.

## Early Life

Hyperion was born in the Huitca Federation, from Eztli Tizoc and an unknown mother at an unknown location somewhere in the south-east of the nation. He lived off the land in a little port town with his father until he was deemed old enough to gain citizenship. After gaining citizenship, he was hired as a Redstone engineer at Fort Al-eza, a military installation close to where he lived. There, he developed military projects such as the H-Artillery, Project R, and GamAi. He eventually grew tiresome of coming to the same place over and over doing the same things, and quit the job. After this failure, he visited the town of Sanctuary in the Empire of Uldarash, where he met a soon-to-be-friend named Rettery.

## Career in Sanctuary

Every now and then, Hyperion would visit Rettery in his bar, the Lions tavern. Although Hyperion objected to drinking, he enjoyed watching all the men and women who would visit get drunk, and on occasion drank tea and water for fun. One day, the Lions Tavern opened up a fighting club, where people would fight eachother to the death for points known as "Sumo Points", which could be redeemed for various items in the Tavern. Hyperion, being eager for action, signed up for this program. On the very next day, he won every single match he participated in. As time passed, he raised up and up in the rankings and eventually became the champion of the fighting club. This is when he would discover a true passion for fist fighting, and vowed to be the best he can at it, while he was developing a trait that would change his fate forever.

## Moving into and living in Solisios

One day Hyperion wandered away from home and found Solisios, a nation to the southeast of Huitca which is relatively neutral. Fascinated by the Culture, Architecture, and kind populace, he moved residence there and later converted to the state religion of Lux, straying away from Cardinalism, the faith of his family. Realizing their act of kindness accepting him into the country with almost no background, he opted to resume his career of being an Engineer and make Redstone machines, this time, for Solisios. He began this with the debut of the H-Artillery V2, to which not only the Shah himself approved but also the Chief Commander. He then began to construct more machines in his lab under Luxios, which usually broke due to his burnout and loss of passion for engineering. Eventually, he ran out of ideas, and began getting ready to quit his role. Before he quit, he was approved to the status of nobility in which he expanded his lab to be the size of half the entire city of Luxios.

## Banishment of Hyperion from Huitca

Hyperion, who at the time had a second residency in Aequalis, had gotten very angry with the locals. They had made annoying jokes, called him horrible names, broke down his doors, and even more forms of harrasment. Hyperion had enough. He warned them all to stop, and when they didn't, drawed out his sword and slashed. He had murdered 3 people in cold blood. He looked to his blade and looked at the red, almost clear liquid. His shirt and pants were stained from the massacre he had just commited, and yet, he felt nothing. When he really thought about it, it was fun feeling the blade in his hands. These thoughts were still tucked deep away in his head, and Hyperion, still startled by what he had just done, was hoping they would never pop up again.

After this encounter, things returned to normal. Although he got into an argument and took a scolding, everything was fine. He met someone who would later become his friend and roommate, Clover. Him and Clover naturally interacted well. They would mine together for hours at a time, telling each-other jokes to pass the time, and had even gotten rich enough to almost get Hyperion a full set of *Enchanted Netherite Armour.*

He had gotten even better news however, his father was going to be married to his fiancé, Elizabeth An Chaureste. He decided to attend this wedding, along with Clover, who he considered to be his best friend at the time. They both sat next to each other, and Hyperion was called up to the podium as
Best man. In shock, Hyperion came up to the podium, standing infront of everyone attending the wedding, and his soon to be mother. With the little words he could muster, he started his speech, and ended it with an applause from the crowd.

After the wedding ended, Hyperion and Clover travelled home, and the day was over. Soon, however, the close friendship would be broken. Another one of those "annoying wankers", as Hyperion called it, was messing with him, using a fishing rod to bring him up to their balcony and back down, over and over. Hyperion felt a pulse near his hand, and looked to see his blade, "The Blade of the Heavens", in his hand. Hyperion felt a dark presence, and his eyes closed. His head began to bulge with pain, and he could here faint whispers, the words he could make out were random, they were "void", "tenebris", "blood", "spill", and "curse must be broken". When the citizen pulled him up again, Hyperion stuck his sword into the citizens neck, got up the balcony, and finished the job. He felt nothing, and it was almost as if some outside force was making him do everything.

Clover, watching this all unfold, had enough. He climbed up the citizens house, and began to fight Hyperion. Hyperion ran, not wanting to fight his best friend, and screamed for him to stop, but Clover was determined to murder him. He chased him out of the city into the ocean, and with his Depth Strider 3 boots, caught up with Hyperion. They began to duel in the tall kelp fields of the lukewarm ocean, and Hyperion, his hand being forced, began to fight back against Clover. This however was futile, as Clover had stronger gear and better experience in fighting, and the battle was soon over, Hyperion's dead body floating in the ocean, never to be seen again. **Or so they thought.**

### I'm..Alive?

Those were the words Hyperion uttered, as his eyes slowly began to open, and he saw the blue summer sky, sun shining down on him. He stood up to see he was on a Tropical Island, the sea surrounding him on all sides. He looked down, and saw the cuts from Clover's sword on his chest. He reached for his bag, and found out it had been slashed, which he supposed was either during the battle or while he was unconcious drifting about in the endless sea. He felt a slight pain in his torso as he walked around, and looked down to find a scar about the size of a small blade across his chest. His shirt cut and stained around where the slash was. He began to cut down trees, crafted basic tools, made a boat, and sailed to wherever he could go. He eventually landed near an unnamed town, and found a person who he would later know as Shrubbery. "Do you know where Huitca is?" Hyperion asked in a questionable tone. "Yeah! Should be straight that way!" Shrubbery responded. Hyperion thanked the kind stranger, and sailed out west to find his home once more. After days of sailing, he found a port, which he docked his ship in, and walked around the city connected to it. There, he met someone he though he would never meet, his father.

After settling down in his fathers hut, he told him the entire story, and Eztli uttered words Hyperion wish were never said:

"Son, I'm sorry, but you've been banished. You can't be here. Ever."

Hyperion was devastated, having lost his one true home. But he stayed with his father for a few days before he moved out of the nation forever. To this day, the citizens of Aequalis still hold grudges against him for his cruel and ruthless actions of murder, and he also holds resentment towards them for being naive by thinking he was not provoked.

## Encounter with Osseus and Joining it

Hyperion heard of a place where people were given gear to fight to the death for fun, known as **The Arena**. This is where he met an upcoming Mercenary and future bandit named PirateFrogg. They fought against each other, and to the audiences surprise, there was no winner. They began slashing at each others armour, but none of them took a step back. Eventually, the match was called to an end, and PirateFrogg approached Hyperion with an offer. An offer to join a soon to be bandit group known as "Osseus". Hyperion, still eager for some action, took his offer, and was brought to a castle where he met the other members. One of the notable members he met was Shohen, who Hyperion had multiple encounters with before. The members welcomed him in with open arms, and Hyperion felt just at home when he was around them.

## The 2nd Relic War:

A few months later, the Shah of Solisios named Prajuri Cahya sent a call out for some of the greatest soldiers in the nation to rally at Luxios. The reason for this was to assassinate a Huitcan Leader named Boram. Hyperion was initially going to come, but could not because of other matters he had to deal with. During the assassination, the "Eclipse" branch of the military, known for it's highly classified operations and high levels of skill with swords, set out to attack and kill Boram Artonus. After a long and bloody fight, the group was victorious, a man named CubedM killing Boram. After this assassination, news had come that Huitca declared war against Solisios for the action, and Hyperion began gearing up to protect his new home, and attack his old one.

### The 2nd Relic War: Battle of Borktress

After the assassination, news had come out talking about Solisios going on the offensive, and yet again Beast sent out a call for the military to rally at Luxios for the Battle of Borktress. Around 15 soldiers arrived, and they set out to land on the beaches of Huitca, and begin the conquest of the Borktress. Hyperion was appointed as leader of the 'Great Division', which was a division containing the main force and serving as a diversion for the Eclipse. This plan worked, with Huitcan soldiers rushing towards Hyperion trying to kill him because of their long held grudges. The invasion was successful, with the Solisean military gaining control of the fort in just a few hours.

### The 2nd Relic War: Battle of the Blue Moon

In a few weeks following the Battle of Borktress, Solisean forces traversed the desert to a city far north. Little did they know, they were about to be ambushed, and they fell right into where the Huitcan army wanted them. First, a volley of flaming arrows came from the sky, injuring a few soldiers, and a charge from the bridge connecting the 2 sides of the desert. The Solisean soldiers, unprepared, scattered around, and with no communication nor organization, the Solisios army lost more than half it's troops, with the remainder escaping to the city that was proposed to count their losses and prepare for another assault. This was to be known as 'The Battle of the Blue Moon'.

## The Borhammar-Loria War

Hyperion's Uncle, Fury Astaseul, who is the Archduke of the Archduchy of Borhammar, had recently bought lands from the Pirate Dominion of Tortuga, which included the land of Loria City. Unhappy with this purchase, the owner of Loria declared war against Borhammar, and wanting to support his Uncle, Hyperion volunteered to fight for Borhammar. The troops began rallying in the city of Borhammar, and began the march towards Loria City. They set up camp on a mountain near the city, distributed gear, and departed from their camp, gear on incase of ambush. They found a bridge, which after they walked on, almost collapsed from the instability. After the bulk of the forces crossed, they followed a path leading to the bridge. The military followed it, ending up at the gates of the city, and the war began. A group of Allied Soldiers, Bandits, and Pirates flooded into the town, raiding chests in the houses of the enemy. Fights broke out in the streets, until Loria's military retreated to a fort, being pushed out of the main city. Some soldiers still remained on the streets, trying their best to fight off the forces of Borhammar to no avail. The Lorians were pushed into an underground bunker inside their fort, until the combined forces flooded the bunker and murdered every last survivor. This war was dubbed as a "slaughter", because Borhammar forces lost 0 troops, while Loria lost 189.

## The Acodon Rebellion

The Acodon Rebellion was a war between Sinatra Mafia and Acodon, a city composed of Luxites. The city being Luxite, Solisios made plans to support the city in secret, sending in it's best forces, known as the Eclipse. Hyperion, being a member of this group, decided to ask if he could be deployed, which was accepted. Hyperion travelled across the entire nation of Solisios to get to the city, where he was treated by the locals and other soldiers who were deployed from other nations and groups. The forces stationed at Acodon waited for an attack, but none came. Eventually, the combat-eager troops ran out of their defensive positions, which in common warfare was a horrible mistake, however this did not change the outcome of the war. The bulk of the forces set out to Yanren, a city in Sinatra, to fight the enemy head-on. Hyperion opted to stay at the city, but later grew bored of waiting, and headed out. He got lost in the desert, but stumbled upon the leader of Sinatra's war effort, Wacko, on his horse. Hyperion sprinted towards the horse, killing it, and began attacking Wacko. "I surrender! LAD! I SURRENDER!" Wacko screamed, but Hyperion couldn't hear over the sound of the desert wind, and accidentally killed him. Hyperion walked some more, until he found Yanren, and met up with a group of bandits supporting the rebels. Together they marched through the city, and met up with the bulk of the forces, declaring victory.

## Sacrifice to Tenebris and his Influence

Following the victory at the Battle of Borktress, Borhammar-Loria war, and Acodon Rebellion, Hyperion began a personal sacrifice to Tenebris, God of the void and darkness, to thank the god for the victory. In this sacrifice, Hyperion threw multiple items such as Gold, Iron, Diamonds, Ancient Debris, and his most prized possession, a picture of his mother. The sacrifice took a dark turn once Hyperion threw the items into the portal. The frames began to pulsate, and the void hole in the middle began to enlarge. The ground around him began to shake as rain and thunder boomed over the continent. Lighting struck the ground of the sacrifice city, Tenebras, and a river nearby began to flood. All of a sudden, 8 black tentacles like an octopus surged out of the portal, and wrapped around both of Hyperion's legs, trying to pull him down into the void, to forever be forgotten like the poor souls trapped there. Hyperion, not being able to fight off whatever was holding on to him, lost his grip over the chiseled sandstone walls, and fell even more through the portal, desperately clinging on to the frame of the portal. He screamed, hoping someone would come to his call, but nobody showed up. At that time, nearly his entire body was in the void, with only his head, shoulders, and forearms above the portal. He pulled away from the monster and tried to kick away the tentacles grabbing him, but it seemed as if it was unfazed. He remembered something, a blade he had in his pocket, so he moved his left arm down to get it, leaving only his right arm to stop him from falling into the depths of the world. After a bit of struggle, Hyperion managed to get the dagger, and cut one of the monsters arms, freeing his left leg and making the monster screech in pain. He began trying to cut the arms on his right leg, but before he could, an arm ripped through his chest, and grabbed something from his heart. It looked like a crystal, illuminating red and shining like a star. As if almost instant, he felt all his positive memories and emotions be freed of him, and everything inside was replaced with 6 emotions: Fear, Hate, Pain, Sorrow, Resentment, and Jealousy. He slashed at the beast one last time, releasing his right leg, and forcing the monster to retreat back to the dark and gloomy depths it came from. Hyperion climbed out of the portal, and lay down in pain. He fell unconscious, and woke up to a horrifying sight. His eyes turned into a dark, gloomy red where the happy and joyful purple used to be. He tried to reason with himself in his head, maybe it was a dream, but then he noticed something peculiar. He couldn't feel. He felt scared and confused, and he knew he felt that, but his body wasn't showing it. It was as if when his soul was ripped apart, he lost his ability to have emotions.

## Joining the ranks of Osseus completely

After the incident, Hyperion fell more and more into the broken loop of emotion, Confused and Angry. He couldn't **feel** happy. He'd laugh but it'd only be forced not to look like an outsider. He couldn't feel the joy and thrill of taking a nice walk or riding a horse through the desert. It just wouldn't happen. The one thing he'd learn to enjoy was others suffering. Yet again he did not know because it was hidden from him, but this was due to the fact he lost the part of his soul that would allow him to feel and have empathy. It was almost as if it were a curse, forcing him to only be mean and cruel to those who opposed him and his ideals. He figured it was worth a shot joining Osseus, the group he had been invited to and worked at previously. They had told him about being bandits, being feared by those who dare to speak against them. Hyperion loved the sound of that, being able to train his swordsmanship while also participating in small skirmishes around all of Rathnir. Compelled by the Tenebris incident to do so, Hyperion began his training to become a proper and influential bandit, under his mentors Shohen and Norskhone\_\_.

## The Disbanding of Osseus

Hyperion stood infront of Cimeterium, rain pouring down, making his hair wet and damp. The speech of Undead King Shohen echoing in his head: "With the new international laws regarding Mercenary Groups, it is with a heavy heart that Osseus announces its dissolution. After long debate with the Vassals, the Undead King Shohen has decided that it’s for the best that Osseus, as is its nature, dies. Mercenaries are a thing of the past, it seems, and the world will move on. We thank our customers in the past for their patronage, and wish everyone else the best in the wars to come."

He put his hand over his heart, and shed the first tears since his soul was ripped away. His jacket began to fly as the wind picked up speed and the rain grew heavier. He drew his blade out and dropped it on the ground, then wiped away his tears and turned away and slowly walked away, the red in his eyes glowing through the fog as he remembers everything he had been through with some of his only friends.

## The Lennox Tournament

A Luxite nation by the name of Lennox, a close ally of Solisios, hosted a fighting tournament. Hyperion, being the first champion of the Huitca Boxing League before he was exiled and being the #1 fighter at the Lion's Tavern of Sanctuary, and with his despair and anger from the disbanding of Osseus, he quickly eliminated the competition and secured the title of "Champion of Lennox".