Caius Astrada

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## Physical Information

### Nicknames / Aliases

Old Leather Couch Cushion (By Ashton)
Rat Bastard (By Hideko)

## Personal Information

### Job

Ruler of Lyakon
Military General (formerly)

### Affiliation

Etherin's Ground and Navy Force (formerly)

### Relatives

Silas Astrada (Older brother, deceased)
Cassius Astrada (Father)
Iko Astrada (older brother)
Aphros Astrada (older brother)

### Allies

Cassian Packard, Akuji Hasegawa, Lyria Emerith (formerly), Ashton Khanh (formerly), Acacius I, Etheric III, Etheric IV

### Enemies

Locaster Helios, Ashton Khanh, Shay Hanamura, Yuna Hanamura, Damion Halloreen, Fēng Xu, Hideko Inazuma, Hikage Ishuko, Veena Lu, Nabi Haluška, Shizuka Ikami, Cherry Amana, Windflower Amana, Aka Asako, Ferox Amata, Lyria Emerith

**Caius Astrada** is is the current ruler of Lyakon, the younger brother of Silas Astrada, and the second born to Cassius Astrada. He was the next successor to the throne before he was banished from his lineage because of his authoritarian views and hatred for demons, and had little to no attachment to the people within the kingdom. His reign was noted to be absolutist and authoritarian, following Etherin's code of laws after getting rid of parliament. The status of the rest of his family is unknown, though it is implied that the rest of the Astrada's are imprisoned under his rule to prevent an overthrow of his rule.

In an effort to capitalize off of demons and rare hybrids, Caius ordered the capture of rare demons and hybrids after the discovery was made that their blood contained properties that were able to enhance physical abilities and normalized harsh treatment towards soldiers and even some of those higher in rank. Because of his abuse, many had attempted to rebel against him to let the next Astrada become the true heir, though was shut down because of using both fear and force.

## History

Caius was born to Astrada Clan leader Cassius Astrada after the Azurian-Lyakonian war. Being one of the older brothers next in line to the throne, he was trained under the surveillance of his father and was highly critical of him from a young age because of his role in the succession line, leading to his personality being rather insecure and highly questionable of both himself and his actions. Additionally, he was often pushed to the side in favor of his older brothers Iko and Silas, despite being the second oldest and spent most of his time by himself.

At one point in his life, Caius was once friends with Misterin’s future ruler, Lyria Emerith, who was his only friend that was not critical of him and spent as much time with her whenever her family had visited Lyakon. His siblings, however, were also highly critical and often scolded him for not excelling in certain subjects proficiently. As a result, he started to become self-loathing and picked at himself for doing things wrong. He was expected to marry her when both were of age, believing that an alliance between Misterin and Lyakon was vital for them: Caius was not too fond of marriage, but went along with what those around him said and began talking to Lyria, seeing all her charms and felt less judged by those around him.

At twenty, Caius enlisted in the Etherin military in order to stray away from his critical father and family members, rising among the ranks quickly and becoming a general within six months. He was described by the people as charismatic, devoted, yet very critical of himself and self-loathing. He was often away in Etherin because of military reasons and noted that being in the military was “better than being trapped in a castle.” He started to grow closer to Etheric III, the then ruler of Etherin and formed friendships with many of the soldiers in his fleet. He was given his eye scar and received several other injuries from being tortured while protecting hostages from an enemy kingdom, resulting in him being both traumatized from his times in war. After his rescue of Lyakonian hostages, Caius became well-respected among his community and family, being perceived as a hero and was given many awards for his bravery, starting to be praised by his family and noticed for his achievements. However, Caius became both socially inept and started questioning humanity after witnessing atrocities committed by the enemy kingdom and Etherin.

After being on a high-risk military mission when attempting to regain stolen land from Etherin, Caius received a severe head injury that greatly warped his perception of others, but did not express this symptom until years later when in his thirties. The head injury also resulted in Lyria and Caius' marriage being annulled. He was sent back to Lyakon to recover and managed to bond with his family. After two years, he recovered from his head injury and went back to doing military work as his brother, Silas, was recently crowned as the new king of Lyakon, where he attended his coronation and celebrated him. As he looked up to Silas, the two would start talking with one another much frequently and became close, though later on, Silas would become distant from Caius due to kingdom duties.

As he resumed his duties as a general in Etherin, Etheric and many other soldiers expressed the idea of authoritarianism to him, stating that to derive all evil, one must go down an absolutist route. Caius rejected the ideas because of his family's beliefs, but was slowly influenced into this mindset after they bring up his torture while protecting hostages. The soldiers would then state that people are all evil, and absolutism will only bring good to them. Caius, confused, begins to research on the topics that were brought up to him. When he begins to question humanity, he started realizing that people are evil, and absolutism would put them in place and punish them for their crimes.

Caius started to become enthralled in those very ideologies, resulting in a demeanor change from a kind, yet shy man, to becoming an extremist who believes humans and other species around him are evil. As he tried bringing up these topics with his family in a persisting manner, his family became concerned and attempted to talk him out of it, only to rebute and leave before attempting to kill one of his brothers, resulting in his banishment from the line of succession. Angered by being banished, Caius’ views on people started to switch, seeing them as nothing but pawns to control and perceiving his family as “rocks standing in the way.” Following his banishment, Caius returns to Etherin and plans an overthrow of his brother, Silas, whom he once loved and cherished, now seeing him only with hatred.

After an extended period of preparation and training, Caius and Etheric soldiers overthrew Silas, forcing him at knifepoint and declaring he would give up his power in order for Caius to rule. When Silas refused, Caius quickly killed him via a stab to the throat, widowing his wife, Blanca Asaka, a descendant of the Asako's in Elveria. After he usurped the throne, he got rid of the parliament and steered Lyakon into absolutism. Blanca was then forced to marry Caius after the murder of her husband, but committed suicide a year after the coup after she refused to be around him.

Caius would go on to start a black market trade for rare hybrids and demons because of the special properties in their flesh and blood that were able to enhance physical abilities and restricted the rights of both humans and demons immensely, along with elongating lifespans. Military training had started to become harsher and more demanding of a pinnacle of perfection under his rule and forceful recruits of younger men as young as twelve, despite it going against the constitution that the Astradas' originally created. He would eventually be confronted by Misterin's ruler, Lyria Emerith, after she decides to cut ties with his kingdom for the illicit practices he has been doing, resulting in him nearly killing her and threatening her families life after the assassination of the Emerith's.

A year into his rule, Caius had stopped funding the poorer area of Lyakon, known as Estelar in the island of Isaya because of his views of those being lower than him. Because of his past military experience, he was able to instill fear in the people, soldiers, and other generals within the army in order to force them into submission. In this same time period, Caius also started to become physically, sexually, and emotionally abusive towards his soldiers and sometimes commanders that are in the fleet for the military. Because of his high position, Caius often sends other soldiers to monitor them carefully and treats those around him like possessions he could use and discard whenever he desires, later on doing this to both Akuji Hasegawa and Ashton Khanh during two separate periods.

### Escape from Lyakon arc

Caius is first seen after Locaster’s group was caught by the soldiers and turned in for harboring Ashton, a long time fugitive. As he enters the throne room, he greets Ashton in a callous manner, but Ashton snaps back at him, resulting in Akuji kicking him in the stomach. Caius’ orders Akuji to stop and he does so fearfully, backing away from his presence because of his intimidating aura.

## Appearance

Caius is a tall man, standing at around 6’3 with a more muscular build out of all the characters. He has messy, light brown hair that is tied in a ponytail, though when let down it extends to his back. He has rogue red eyes that have dark red diamonds in the pupil area and a scar on his right eye after getting cut with a machete while protecting hostages from an enemy group and multiple burns on his face. On the side of his left eye is a brown beauty mark underneath.

Caius is seen wearing a red shirt with dark red chest armor that had a black rimming with a matching black and dark red cloak. Around his waist is a sword carrier with another belt that suspends two dark red pieces of cloth, along with gray pants and tall, red and black boots with detailed lacing. On his hands are a set of gray gloves that cover multiple scars on his hands.

## Personality

Caius has shown to be an incredibly intimidating individual who mostly keeps a monotone expression, but shows signs of anger when disrespected; being a former general, he is seen as a high power of authority that, by all means, must be respected regardless of his actions. Despite his short temper, he manages to keep a straight face without having to get extremely violent. He was able to scare Akuji by telling him to “cut it out” in an assertive manner after he was seen punching Ashton in the stomach during his sentencing. With his intimidation, he has also proven to be ruthless on many occasions, punching Ashton in the face when being turned into Lyakon’s custody. As the chief-in-command for the largest military, he is orderly and has discomfort with disorganization, often having a hard time seeing disorder and chaos.

Caius, despite his ruthless and callous demeanor, demonstrates to have excellent leadership skills. He can assertively scold others without having to raise his voice unless provoked and can instill fear into both Akuji and Ashton. It is noted by Cassian that Caius can also be rather boastful of himself, underestimating others quite easily due to his former position as a general in Etherin's army. Because of his former status, he is, as Ashton describes, a fear factor that can instill fear in others without having to threaten anyone. He perceives both humans and demons indifferently, believing they're the root of all evil after being tortured and abused in war and believes that humanity needs someone of absolute rule to control them. This is seen when he allegedly despised Cassian's father, Aslan, for being too kind and merciful on soldiers to which he believes made them slack off and has a distaste for those who show mercy. Being through many wars and conflicts, Caius is somewhat scarred from war and is seen when he lashes out at Cassian due to him having a flashback of being both burned and tortured.

He has also proven to be highly manipulative and threatening, manipulating the people of Lyakon into believing that a lack of rights is a norm and nothing else and effectively manipulating Cassian into killing his targets during his first year in the military and manipulating both Akuji and Ashton into staying quiet about his abusive and lecherous behavior during two different periods. Caius has also proven to be incredibly self-aware, acknowledging his wrongdoings but never admitting to them in the public eye. It is noted by Ashton that he shows an absolutist mindset and can be displayed as power-hungry because of his desire to control others and those around him. With his thirst for power, Caius is possessive and often monitors other’s actions, strictly monitoring Cassian when he was first recruited and monitoring Ashton closely to see if his skills are superior to Akuji’s. Though he does not directly monitor them, he uses soldiers to aid in spying on those around him, which at some point Ashton notes that Caius has eyes everywhere because of his extreme thirst for control of other people.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities:** As a former general, Caius proves to be an incredible thinker and combatant. He had managed to hold the position as a general after earning it within six months in the military. Despite his abilities hardly being shown, he was described to have the capability of sensing traps and knocking down many admirals and advanced soldiers from other kingdoms.

**Muscle Constitution:** Caius was born with a rare kind of muscle constitution that makes his muscles six times denser than normal humans; With his physiology, his limbs possess an immense amount of strength that were said to be the caliber of a demon or rare hybrid strength.

**Enhanced Strength:** Combined with his muscle constitution, Caius possesses an incredible amount of strength, swiftly choking and overpowering Cassian after he had punched Akuji in the gut. He was able to punch down the former general of Etherin’s military without issue and managed to swiftly punch Ashton’s face after he defied him. He was also capable of choking Cassian after he punched Akuji in the stomach in order to intmidate him.

**Tactical Intellect:** Experienced in the military field, Caius proves to be an incredibly intelligent man. He was able to create strategies in order to beat advanced opponents and was able to get the upper hand by analyzing combat styles and magic use. He was also able to get away with many lecherous actions and covered his record of crimes against those around him without anyone having knowledge on it.

**Menacing Aura:** Caius possesses a menacing aura that is said to scare even the bravest soldiers. It is noted by Ashton that Caius possesses an overwhelming aura that would nearly send him into a panic attack simply due to his presence. His presence was also able to startle Akuji, one of the more apathetic and non-chalant soldiers that works under his wing after he tells him to step away from Ashton.

## Weaknesses

**Underestimation:** Caius’ greatest weak point is underestimating those around him. Flaunting his position as a general in his later years, he often underestimates soldiers from more advanced armies and nearly resulted in him getting defeated because of his underestimation of others.

## Relationships

### Cassian Packard

Cassian is one of the several commanders in Lyakon’s military and one of the youngest in the fleet. Caius took Cassian in at thirteen after he requested to join the army in order to follow in his fathers footsteps and found great potential in him. Upon Cassian’s arrival, Caius ordered the most advanced trainers to train and prepare him for battle.

Caius perceives Cassian as incredibly talented, having potential to rise above the ranks instead of staying as a commander and often confides to him about his personal life and secrets that are prohibited to be shared. Cassian has proven to be devoted and loyal to Caius, often obeying every command he tells him and speaks in a considerably softer tone outside of his more stern and harsh tone.

However, it is noted by Akuji that Cassian is at times fearful of him because of his toxicity and his physical abuse towards him, as seen when he attempts to smother him for punching Akuji, but shows him mercy and scolds him to not lay a hand on him anymore. He is one of the characters that was mainly spared because of their long years of knowing each other.

### Akuji Hasegawa

Akuji is one of the soldiers that works under Cassian’s wing and is Caius’ right hand man. As a soldier, Akuji is allowed to address him by his first name, unlike other soldiers who are only allowed to call him “your majesty,” or “your highness.” Akuji and Caius’ display a business partner-esque relationship. This relationship, however, was one sided due to blackmail because of Caius sexually abusing Akuji, threatening to cane him to death if he tried to stop working for him or attempted to tell anyone about his misdeeds towards him or any other soldier.

Their relationship began to take a strain after Ashton had surpassed him in a span of months of training. However, Akuji, like many other soldiers, displays a fear for Caius’, shown when his expression turns visibly frightened after he tells him to move away from Ashton after Locaster’s group was turned in. Even though Akuji is nonchalant and apathetic, Caius’ was able to instill fear by telling him in an assertive manner to stop his behavior.

### Ashton Khanh

Ashton was one of many soldiers in Cassian’s fleet. At first, Caius had a dislike for him because of his attitude towards others and rather rowdy behavior. However, after Ashton had managed to clean up his act, Caius took more interest in him after seeing his potential as a soldier and he quickly became one of his favorites, surpassing Akuji and many other soldiers that soon became envious of him. It is noted by many that Ashton and Caius’ relationship was odd because of how close they were and how Caius acted. He wanted Ashton at the side of his throne most of the day and excused him from penalties and sometimes training.

However, in Ashton’s perspective, he, at first, saw good in him despite his rather tyrannical views as he often gave him aid and food whenever needed. Caius’ would then start sexually abusing him because of how he reminded Caius of Blanca, his brother's wife. Ashton starts to become fearful of him as he would lead to Ashton’s hatred of physical touch. His fear would soon transpire into extreme flashbacks and flinching by the sight of him being near.

Ashton has proven to greatly dislike Caius and yearns to become strong enough to kill him, but was often stopped by multiple guards when doing so. Because of his hatred for him, he displays a desire to share the secrets of the kingdom that have long been kept away because of social and political status, even panicking when being turned in and sentenced to death.

### Lyria Emerith

Lyria was one of Caius’ childhood friends and former fianceé. As children, both him and Lyria had gotten along well and often had conversations on a daily basis. According to Silas, their friendship was strong enough to an extent where both families wanted them to marry when both were older, but was annulled after Caius’ head injury. In their youth, Lyria and Caius were once good friends, often talking with one another and studying together. Caius saw Lyria as the only person who was never critical of him, but accepted him for his flaws.

In the present, Caius’ shows both hostility and fondness towards her because of her relationship towards Myria and Elveria, managing to maintain strong ties with them. Because of her being allies with two prominent kingdoms, Lyria also displays hatred towards Caius after his shift to absolutism and threatened him to stay away from Misterin and the other kingdoms she has strong connections with. His hared towards Lyria is further proven when he attempted to kill her during her visit to Lyakon in order to cut relations, threatening her family and her life.

## Trivia

* According to Aury Sona, Caius is one of their least favorite characters because of his actions towards the characters and his design.
* It is noted by Cassian that Caius can sometimes have extreme personality switches, sometimes acting polite while other times acting aggressive and harsh.
* Caius is one of the first characters to not only commit regicide, but also usurp the throne.
* Because of his extensive criminal history, many kingdoms voted to indict him from power, though to no avail after he threatened them.
* Caius is loosely based off of both *Makima* from *Chainsaw man* and *Balalaika* from *Black Lagoon*, with Makima for his intimidation and Balalaika for his overall design facial wise. Additionally, he is loosely based off of *Dino Golzine* from *Banana Fish*.
* Additionally, his last name, Astrada, was directly taken from the **House of Trastámara** *(Spanish: Casa de Trastámara),* A ruling family in Spain that is famously known for making an alliance with the Tudors' in England during the 1500s.
* It is noted by Aury Sona that many joked about Caius' design looking like Childe from Genshin Impact's harbinger outfit, though the design was not intended to resemble him in the slightest.