Kalopsia Fir

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## Kalopsia Malee Fir

* Banished Soul
* Child

## Death Information

### Cause of Death

Execution by firing squad (aged 09 at death)

## Summary

**Kalopsia Fir** (also known as **Koimare's Shadow**) is a famous ghost story told in Simul. She was born on July 31, 1676, and was executed by a firing squad on June 06, 1686. She is a Nature and currently a banished soul. She is still banished as of Volume I.

## Brief Living History

Kalopsia was a Nature who lived in the city of Koimare in the Empire of Natura until her death. Her early childhood was spent surrounded by love and support. Her parents cherished her, her siblings, and each other. She was regarded by neighbors as a ‘sweet-looking child’. She never underwent any events traumatic enough to alter her brain chemistry. No one could ever imagine the types of crimes she would commit.

Kalopsia was abnormally violent from a young age. She would have random emotional outbursts that resulted in spasms, hitting, kicking, biting, scratching, and screaming. She was especially aggressive towards her siblings, and injured them frequently. She would tear down pieces of the family’s treehouse, and was found to have even mutilated animal corpses. Dlora and Raah knew their daughter’s tendencies, if ignored, would rise to become more ferocious.

Dlora and Raah were distraught and brought Kalopsia to several Eldresses and medics in order to try and figure out what the problems were concerning their daughter. After receiving little to no advice, one Eldress, Teko Chrysanthemum, finally suggested to Dlora and Raah that Kalopsia could embark on a wilderness journey to the Mallovah Mountains with only one guide. Teko explained that the wilderness journey would ‘cleanse’ Kalopsia by having her use her senses and exploring.

While Dlora and Raah were in agreement, as they saw no other options for how to ‘fix’ their daughter, Kalopsia objected immediately. She protested being sent away from home, and attacked Teko. She shouted at Teko that she wished for her death and would one day ‘find her’. Fortunately, Teko only received a bite on her elbow before Kalopsia was pulled away by Raah.

On April 22, 1686, the night before Kalopsia was supposed to embark on her wilderness journey, she committed one of the most horrifying acts a nine-year-old had ever committed. She restrained her family to their beds while they were asleep. She restrained them using rope her father used to pull up water buckets. She then lit the treehouse aflame using char cloths to make sparks. She fled the treehouse and abandoned the rest of her family to burn alive.

Upon being found shortly by patrolmen, Kaplosia lied about being the sole escaper of a naturally-starting treehouse fire. With her gentle, slim, and naive demeanor, as well as the obvious of her being a child, the patrolmen did not even consider her for a second as a suspicion. Kalopsia was still brought into a council building for questioning and initial shelter. Once interrogated by councilors and patrolmen, Kalopsia accidentally slipped out and said the treehouse fire was not naturally-starting. She quickly covered this up by saying she saw an intruder light the treehouse. She explained that she could not sleep, and had been on the balcony without the knowledge of her family’s deaths. Now that officials were on the lookout for a potential arsonist, Kalopsia was kept under special protection and safety.

The final knot was undone by Kalopsia on April 23, 1686. She admitted in a sob-story lie to Boketto Morel, a councilor, that seeing her family restrained was “heartbreaking”. Boketto uneasily reminded Kalopsia that no one had told her that her family had been restrained. He reminded her of the story she told officials, that she was not there to witness her family’s deaths. Thus enforcing the statement of how she could know they had been restrained. Realizing her dire mistake, Kalopsia attempted to attack and murder Boketto to keep him silent. Boketto could easily keep Kalopsia back until patrolmen arrived at the scene. Kalopsia tried to escape the council building, but was caught. She repeatedly shouted at the patrolmen that she ‘wasn’t done’ with Boketto.

After being brought into custody, a trial was set only two days later with how shocking Kalopsia’s case was. Several blows were made at Kalopsia, putting her on the brink of being found guilty. However, the fact of her being a child intervened and put everyone off. Upon hearing the news of Kalopsia’s case, Teko presented herself. Teko was the final blow, as she showed identical wound marks to ones present on Boketto. The Eldress also added her statement on seeing Kalopsia’s violent outcry at being sent by her parents on a wilderness journey, and how that would influence her to get rid of them.

Kalopsia was sent to live in an underground, specially-built dungeon, as she could not live in a normal prison with adult women. She turned highly aggressive towards anyone, and needed to be restrained at all times. She stated her joy at watching her family burn, and added that she wanted to kill whoever and whenever she could. She was mainly guarded by Belayneh Blossom, Natura’s chief general at the time. However, Belayneh did not take on guarding Kalopsia out of the safety of Natura. He planned to use her against his daughter, Empress Opheyah Blossom. Belayneh believed himself to be the fulfiller of the Prophecy of the Emperor. Thus in order to be Emperor, he decided to seize the position from Empress Opheyah. Neither Empress Opheyah nor Kalopsia had any knowledge of this.

On June 06, 1686, Belayneh invited Empress Opheyah to visit Kalopsia, making the young girl seem like a sort of circus act or entertainment. Empress Opheyah stopped by the dungeon, and asked her six bodyguards to wait outside. Belayneh purposely loosened Kalopsia’s restraints that day in order for her to free herself. Empress Opheyah marveled at Kalopsia and expressed to Belayneh her disbelief at a child being able to commit such crimes. While Empress Opheyah had been distracted in speaking to her father, Kalopsia escaped her bounds. She struck Empress Opheyah to the ground and made a fatal bite to her throat. Belayneh did nothing but stand on the side of the cell and watch. Kalopsia killed Empress Opheyah in only minutes by slashing her neck with her nails and punching.

Afterwards, Belayneh proudly praised Kalopsia before reaching for the restraints. Just as he advanced to restrain Kalopsia, she surprised him by stepping on his foot, thus causing him to trip. Belayneh fell head-first for the dungeon ground, and was knocked unconscious. Kalopsia then began to bash his head in with repeated punches. About an hour later, Empress Opheyah’s six bodyguards stormed into the dungeon after the passing time. They found Kalopsia still bashing in what little remains of Belayneh’s head remained. Finding Belayneh and Empress Opheyah dead and right away knowing the culprit, the bodyguards all yanked out their bows and arrows. Despite not receiving any orders and only going by their own morals, they rounded a pleading Kalopsia and executed her via firing squad. While Kalopsia was dying from shock and blood loss as a result of the puncturing arrows, a lethal arrow to her heart quickened her death.

## Brief Dead History

As a banished soul, Kalopsia was banished from the Divine Void for her immoral crimes. She became known as Koimare’s Shadow. She spends her days staying low in Koimare and living out eternity as a banished soul. She is only seen at night and in dark, shadowy-places, which was how she got dubbed her nickname. Kalopsia only wanders in the city of Koimare, she has never been seen anywhere else. She is also told in ghost stories to children. Kalopsia cannot be summoned, she only appears to those she wants to appear to.

Kalopsia wears a black hood that stretches down to her ankles, black stockings, and dark-gray latchet shoes. Since she always appears in dim lighting, her facial features are hard to spot out. Kalopsia goes out of her way not to show herself, as she likes staying hidden and away from the living. Despite Kalopsia being a rather shy, secretive soul, and barely spotted, Natures are highly discouraged to wander alone in deserted, dark areas in Koimare. If one does, who knows if a fierce small child who wants nothing but to kill, may present herself.

## Trivia

* She shares the same birthday as Timandra Berge.
* She shares the same deathdate as Clement Vulope and the father-daughter pair she killed: Belayneh Blossom and Empress Opheyah Blossom.