Carkelius

Carkelius as King

## Basic Information

Carkelius is a distant ancestor of Fiery Carnotaurus who features in TToR. He was alive in medieval times, some time before the Black Death. He was a legendary figure in Holish mythology and folklore, credited with saving a princess and another woman from an ogre, slaying the Talavian dragon, and taming the beast of the crater. While never explicitly said, he is a son of an unknown deity and a nymph.

## History

### Life

Carkelius was born to a nymph and he never knew his father, who was an unspecified god from a distant land. He grew up in what would eventually become Hole. He was initially a warrior and a guard for the kingdom of Peenisa. At one point he unknowingly became friends with Thor, and the two exchanged stories often. He also fell in love with the princess, a love that was returned to him as she felt the same way but the two couldn’t marry as that was Holish law. One day, he was assigned to go find a lost guard and the bridesmaid for the royal wedding that was that same day, causing him to come across Cane and Millie, who arrived to that time period by accident. He convinced them to come and sent Millie and Cane to go fulfill their roles. During the wedding, an ogre stole Millie and the princess and he set off on a quest with Cane and Thor to go save them. He helped fight a dragon and an elf mercenary, coming across the ogre’s castle and remarking about the stuff he found in there. Eventually, they came across the ogre’s kinkdungeon, where he was about to use Millie and the princess. Cane, Thor and Carkelius fought the ogre, and with the help of Obama and the same dragon from earlier, the ogre was slain and everyone was freed. Carkelius would be rewarded for his heroic deed after arriving back home, as now, he was to marry his love and become the king of Peenisa, having three sons and nine daughters. His first objective was social and economic reform to make the world better for everyone. The details of how he did so were lost in the legends, but as the Holish empire still exists, it’s safe to assume whatever he did worked. He went on more missions to unite the Holish kingdoms. The first was Poopindi, which responded hostilely to him, resulting in a year long war that he ended up winning. He then united the northern kingdoms after he killed the Ganan Giants. He brought Talavia into the alliance after slaying their dragon, which had been plaguing their land ever since they settled. Carkelius then united the rest of the western kingdoms through diplomacy. This was enough pressure to convince the other six central kingdoms to join him. The southern and eastern united against Carkelius and waged a war that lasted 25 years but Carkelius won yet again, thanks to his use of war beasts. These beasts were tamed by use of magic, and played a great part in winning the war. After he won the war, he had them scatter and guard many important Yandaun relics. One of these, the eye of the monster, shined so bright it could only be hidden by tying it to the bottom of a lake in Tartarus, a deed Carkelius had to do himself. It resulted in him accidentally freeing and re-imprisoning Cronus after the titans tried to attack Prometheus. As a reward, Prometheus gave Carkelius his blessing and many gifts for himself and the empire. After that, he united all the Holish kingdoms under his own rule, a rule to be succeeded by his descendants, regardless of if they were male or female. His combat skills were noticed by Poseidon himself, who curiously watched and set up a few trials of his own to see how he did, including the Peenisan Lobster, a swarm of giant ravenous cockroaches, a giant frog, and the Ghost-Whale of Talavia, all of which he killed. He also went to war with the ogre population and drove their numbers to an all-time low. As he grew older, he realized he would probably die soon. Having already lost his beloved wife, he didn’t care all that much and wanted to see her again. He wrote a declaration describing everything he wanted to happen after he died, which included leaving the kingdom to his eldest son, and some of his wealth going to the rest of his children. Eventually, word would get to him that there was a sea monster lurking the east coast of Hole. This sea monster surfaced before Carkelius and the two fought furiously. Carkelius was injured and the monster continued its rampage westward, to the open sea. Carkelius intercepted it there, and the two fought again. Carkelius seemingly killed the monster, who was swept away by the sea. He himself had been fatally wounded, and died in his bed the next day, surrounded by his twelve children. His last words are often said to be, “To the heavens I go, only the good men know, but upon earth I see the wonderful people you all will be”.

### Legacy

Initially after his death, there was a feeling of sorrow as much of the empire mourned for their heroic leader, who would be remembered for his courageousness, strength, and morals. His story became Holish legend, and statues of him appear in many major cities there. At the Holish capital of Peenisa for example, there is a statue of him towering over the five legendary great beasts he mastered during the 25-year war. The legend is still taught in almost every Holish school, and most people pay their respects to Carkelius at least a few times, becoming an icon of their culture and identity.

## Personality

Carkelius is much more pure than many of his distant descendants. For one, he sticks to one lover and one only, not even marrying anyone else after she’s long gone. He also only ever had sex with reproduction in mind. He is also very courageous. He would willingly charge into a battle with a dangerous beast without a second thought about it. This lead to his legendary reputation as a fighter. He also works good either alone or in a group, as he has fought some large monsters on his own but also let other people help him on a journey. He is also good with diplomacy, as he used it to unite some of the kingdoms together.

## Relationships

### Family

Unamed Queen (Wife) - Twelve Unnamed children - Cassie (Distant Descendant) - Fiery Carnotaurus (Distant Descendant) - Carno’s Brother (Distant Descendant) - Carno’s Sister (Distant Descendant) - Kate (Distant Descendant) - Charlie (Distant Descendant) - Neoviniaa (Distant Descendant) - Adrian (Distant Descendant) - Evelyn (Distant Descendant) - Nora (Distant Descendant) - David (Distant Descendant) - Jacob (Distant Descendant) - Many more unnamed descendants

### Friends

Thor - Cane - Millie - Barack Obama - Godzilla - Poseidon - Prometheus - Hykeizon - Hyanon - Hyzangon - Hyebon - Hyachron

### Enemies

Ogres - Dragons - Cronus - Peenisian Lobster - Giant Cockroaches - Ghost-Whale of Talavia - Devichrim

## Strengths and Weaknesses

### Strengths

* **Strength** - Carkelius is very strong, and can survive fights with giant monsters, and even kill them.
* **Endurance** - Carkelius is very good with endurance, being able to fight giant monsters no matter how much effort is needed, how much he is hit or how long it takes.
* **Willpower** - Carkelius has a very strong will, and if he is determined to do something, he’ll do whatever it takes to do it. This willpower is what gave him an honorable death.
* **Demigod** - Carkelius is a demigod, which naturally makes him very strong as well as have the unseen protection of the god who fathered him.
* **Diplomacy** - Carkelius is good at diplomacy. This allowed him to unite more than a dozen kingdoms into one.
* **Beast Taming** - Carkelius is good at taming animals. At the age of 9 he had tamed a wolf and named it Fandin, which is Holish for “silver”. It also allowed him to tame five gargantuan beasts of legend, who still follow the very last order he gave them to this day.

### Weaknesses

* **Impulsiveness** - Carkelius can be impulsive sometimes, which leads him to make quick and uncoordinated decisions.
* **Not Immortal** - Carkelius, despite being a demigod, is still not immortal and can die, as he did. He died fighting a creature strong enough to kill him.

## Trivia

* Carkelius is portrayed by Fiery Carnotaurus
* Carkelius and his name started off as a joke