Kraen Zircon

"No."

Hekabe Zircon - Mother

### Affiliation

Step-Son to the Lord Venom, King to the Second Corgonian Kingdom of South Africa and North American Territories.

## Physical description

### Eye color

Blue

Well known traveler with Corgonian decent, looking to change his life. Currently the active King of Corgonia.

## Backstory

In 1446 Kraen Zircon was born to his mother Hekabe in what previously had been Corgonia conceived with an unknown male. Shortly after in the year 1450 Venom enslaves Kraen’s mother, forcing her to have a child with him.  After his half brother Berwyn is born, Kraen is shunned, abused, and neglected the basic needs of a child. His childhood is now a living hell for the next six years. While Kraen was treated like less than trash, starving for both food and much needed learning, he watched his half brother receive everything as if he was prince of this castle. On Kraen's 10th birthday Venom attempts to kill Kraen, which Kraen escapes with luck and flees the estate in fear of his life. For the next 11 years Kraen spends his days scavenging for what scraps he can, becoming a man of determination and willpower compelled by only the need to crush his step father for his crimes against both himself and his mother. Kraen found himself in a town several miles away from his family home, though no one looked for him either to help or to kill him. Kraen assumes to this day that Venom considered him less than worthless to not only abandon him but ignore the threat Kraen could become one day.

At first it was stealing to eat, but over time Kraen learned the arts of combat from a retired soldier named Malek in the old town that took him in so he could do honest work and join the military at 18. After working for 7 years to hone his swordsmanship, Kraen had become close with Malek, his years of hard work with the man looking to have paid off until a raid party came to attack the town. The town's lord, Venom, never lifted a finger to help. After the raiders killed the men, they stole the women and enslaved the children. Kraen fought back against the invaders, rallying those who could fight to save everyone they could. In the battle Malek was mortally wounded, but the town was saved and the leader of the raiders was forced back to his stronghold with far less men than he had arrived with. This injustice further fuels Kraen’s hatred for Lord Venom, the now 17 year old Kraen chooses to hunt the raiders through the forest, searching for the stronghold. He quickly became lost in the unfamiliar territory, land that was not traveled by those not strong enough to survive it. He came across the home of an old man, one who had not seen many visitors at all. His name was Xanivus Kros, an old mage of the court whose king had long since died. The man evaluated Kraen and saw potential, the "power of royal blood" as the old wizard put it. Xanivus spent the next 4 years teaching Kraen everything he could of his magic, one Kraen was born with good affinity for, Gravity Magic. The draw back of such powerful magic is an aura of powerful chaos. Kraen was now either required to contain the chaos or forced to watch the world around him fall into chaotic madness should he not contain it, forcing the minds of all living creatures to act on their most base desires regardless of human morals. Now equipped for combat with both martial arts and powerful magic arts Kraen decides that he must first amass an army and lands before he can take back his home from Venom. First, however, he finished his mission to find the bandits stronghold. With his new found power, Kraen crushes the stronghold and all within, taking their riches and stolen goods as his own and using them to purchase a ship to travel from his current home in search of power, glory, and vengeance.

3 years of sailing, heroics, adventuring, and bounty hunting made Kraen's name and wealth rise. He was close to obtaining fame and honor to gain titles, land, and men. He set sail once more in search of more in aid, hoping to make that final step to gaining all he needed. His voyage was short lived, a storm striking the vessel just weeks after he set sail, his ship crash landing on the shores of an abandoned kingdom. Kraen decides it best to look through the ruins, looking for both wealth and materials to repair his ship. In the end he found more than he had expected, the Queen of Corgonia, Hyacinth, who feeds him and provides him with better shelter than a beached ship. For the next year Kraen and Hyacinth work on repairing his ship, completing the build and realizing they would never see each other again they confess their love for one another and Kraen takes Hyacinth from the old Kingdom of Corgonia with the new goal of building the old Kingdom together. They land in Merryland, lowering anchor with the goal of building a new nation of Corgonia together just 3 months later. 1471, shortly after their arrival on the sandy beaches, Kraen and Hyacinth marry. Not long after the honeymoon Kraen sets sail for new lands, promising Hyacinth he will return soon for her. While Hyacinth rebuilds Corgonia, Kraen intends to find his own lands in his old Royal Name of Zircon. It is now 1471 and Kraen is arriving in new lands.