Levi Ackerman / Biography

## Early Life

On January 8th, 1994, King Keikain and Queen Tano had their first child together, Levi Ackerman. Sticking to *Podraku* customs, Keikain named him with a German name, matching his ethnicity. Keikain wished for his son to be a leader, so he chose a name that means 'union' or 'joined.'

Levi's mother, Tano, was only 20 when he was born, so she was very inexperienced and easily became overwhelmed when Levi would act out or cry as an infant. As the years went on, and Levi grew past the toddler stage, Tano's behavior towards him changed, becoming much more aggressive and irritated with anything he did, whether it was asking to be put to bed, telling her his clothes ripped, or simply just being around her. Keikain, despite loving his son, was not around to spend much time with him due to royal duties, but also due to the traditional beliefs *Podraku* culture holds, where the mother is responsible for the child's upbringing. Although Tano yelled at Levi, she never laid a hand on him until much later.

On March 21st, 1998, Levi's brother, Akito Ackerman was born, and since then, the youngest became the golden child. Although at first Levi liked Akito and enjoyed taking care of him, after 6 months, Tano refused to let Levi near the baby. All attention in the castle was turned from Levi to Akito, and very quickly, Levi began to spend all of his time alone in his room.

At age 6, Levi was hit by his mother for the first time after he dropped and shattered a plate while fetching it for her so she could feed Akito. Tano yelled at him, calling him 'stupid' and 'useless,' then compared him to Akito, only 2 years old, and said that "if his younger brother can hold onto a plate, then he can too." This was the very first instance of his mother physically abusing him, but it would not be the last.

As Levi grew older, the abuse worsened. Tano often told Levi that he wasn't the son she expected nor wanted, and if she knew she was going to have him, she would've aborted him so she could have the perfect child she's always wanted, like Akito. The hitting turned to hard slapping across the face, throwing him against the wall or furniture, or whipping him with a belt. She would never feed him and told him he was responsible for finding his own food. She would constantly use abusive tactics, such as claiming that Levi should "act properly so that this wouldn't happen," or telling him that "he isn't allowed to play the victim." She once also told him that "if she had the chance, she'd have thrown Levi out into the woods to get eaten by wolves so she could start over and have a son who wouldn't be a lost cause."

Obviously, being constantly berated and abused by his mother caused an intense mental strain on Levi, to the point where he dared not speak against her and would do as he was told, and even when she still yelled at him whether or not he followed her orders, he would stay silent. When he was younger, Levi would often cry after being yelled at or hit, but Tano would turn things around and come in with a "now I'm the bad guy" attitude. She would then mock Levi for crying, saying it wasn't manly and he'd be lucky to find a wife who'd want to deal with him and his weakness. Because of this, Levi now has an intense fear of crying in front of others out of the worry that he may look weak.

At age 11, Levi once attempted to tell his father about the abuse, but his mother caught him and choked him for the first time, then slapped him and locked him in his room for a week without food or water. Levi was forced to drink from the water of the vases his flowers were kept in. After the week passed, Levi was restricted to only go to his bedroom, the bathroom, and the library for studying. He would be given food in his bedroom, and would be escorted between the rooms. This went on for a month before Keikain intervened and confronted Tano, who began to cry to manipulate her husband, and say that she was just frustrated with him and wanted him to turn his life around so he could be wedded in the future.

Although Keikain didn't comfort Levi or punish Tano, he simply allowed Levi his freedom once again, and ordered him to take up blacksmithing and sword-fighting. Keikain had done this to keep the peace between Levi and Tano, as now, they would be away from each other and bother each other less, but this didn't stop Tano.

    Between the ages of 11-16, Levi worked at Blackstone Forge as an apprentice, and learned how to forge weapons and armor. He also took up training at Fort Coarshire, receiving no special treatment as he went through rigorous training, oftentimes coming home with broken bones or covered in bruises and blood. Since Tano told the nurses in the castle to leave him be and to not take care of him, Levi had to learn how to perform first aid on himself using references and manuals in the library.

Sometimes, as Levi would go to his job or training, Akito would stop him and try to talk to him, but Levi would walk away. Even seeing his younger brother reminded him how his mother loved Akito more than him, and he would always be the golden child, while Levi would be the disappointment. A few times, Akito would hear or see Tano slapping or yelling at Levi, and would try to comfort him afterwards, but Levi would yell at him, calling him a coward for not trying to step in and help. Therefore, Levi and Akito's relationship has always been tense, and while Akito would want to speak to his brother, Levi did everything to avoid him.

## Levi's Fall Into Promiscuity

At age 14, Levi met a girl named Riko, age 15, at Blackstone Forge after she came to purchase a dagger for her father. Riko expressed interest in Levi, who was completely oblivious until she told him she wanted to have sex. Levi was hesitant at first, as he couldn't believe anyone would ever find him attractive. Levi was honest with her, and said that he doesn't want to take away her first time, but she laughed and said she's had sex before. She told him where she lived and told him to think about it, and that her father will be away tonight. That same night, Levi succumbed to his curiosity and rode his horse, Kestral, to Riko's house, where the two proceeded to have sex. At that moment, Levi had never felt more loved, and thus was the beginning of his fall into disobedience.

Between the ages of 14-18, Levi began to drink, smoke, and have sex frequently with strangers, both female and male, and even paid for prostitutes at the brothels in the city. However, although he was having sex, he was not reckless, and would always use protection and give the women herbal tea as a contraceptive, of which he brewed himself in the apothecary room when no one else was looking. He also swore to himself to never sleep with a virgin, as the culture they live in would cause any any girl to be publicly chastised or humiliated for being bedded before marriage. Within these years, Levi became very close with three of his hookups: Kirana Shion, Ksenija Braut, and Yu Jungseok. During these years, he also began to tattoo his body, all with different meanings. Although Tano criticized him and said his tattoos made him look ugly, Levi kept adding them, a silent way of rebelling.

At age 16, he met Yu Jungseok, the same age as Levi, who was a worker at The Hound, a tavern he frequented at night for a drink. The two became extremely close, and Levi found himself comfortable in the boy's presence. Although they were hook-up partners at first, the two became very close friends. Levi often confided in Jungseok, and the two would sometimes ride out of the city to camp out and look at the stars with their horses, away from any paths so they wouldn't be caught. Jungseok understood Levi's nature and told him he could continue to see other people, Levi doing so reluctantly.

Levi also met Kirana Shion, one year younger than Levi, who worked as a nurse at Bellflower Clinic. They met up twice before having sex, and Kirana continued to be a regular hook-up of Levi's. Although, Levi was a lot closer with Kirana, and showed much more emotional vulnerability with her, even crying once during sex with her. Kirana, like Jungseok, was a great comfort to Levi during his emotional moments, and developed a deep bond with the Prince.

Tano was unaware of his behavior until she had caught him in his bed with a girl at age 14, only a few months after he had sex for the first time. Levi quickly told the girl to run and gave her his cape, and once the girl ran, Tano unleashed her anger onto Levi and slapped him multiple times. Once he was on the ground, she kicked him and punched him, screaming at him that he "ruined his pure image." Tano then kicked Levi out to sleep in the stables without clothes, but a stablehand saw him and brought him clothing and a blanket, not bothering to question why he was there as this stablehand, along with many other castle staff, knew about the abuse. Though, none would ever come forward or leak the truth to the public out of the fear of being publicly beheaded.

After Tano found out about Levi's promiscuity, she told Keikain, suggesting that they ship him off to The Longroam to work as one of Sun King Kwame's Sun-Ring slaves. Though Keikain was upset with Levi, he was even more upset at the fact that Tano was suggesting they send their firstborn son to become a slave. The two had a week long argument until one opportunity presented itself.

## Meeting Maya Prasanna

High King Viserys Prasanna of The Embrace had reached out to The Bind to offer an arranged marriage between Levi Ackerman and his daughter, Maya Prasanna. His terms were very open and allowing for negotiation. All King Viserys wanted was for Levi to be able to protect Maya from Magister Mortalis, who was beginning to rise up once again.

Tano jumped at the opportunity, thinking that she may be able to get rid of Levi permanently, but Keikain wrote back to Viserys and offered for Maya to come join The Bind. Tano argued with Keikain over this, but in the end, Levi and Maya now had an arranged marriage, him only 14 years, and her only 12. They planned for the two to wed once Maya turned 16, and Levi would be 18.

Levi was less than happy to hear the news from his father, but Keikain stood his ground and said that Viserys and Maya would be coming in a few weeks to finalize the arrangement. When Maya did come, Levi was hostile towards her, and told her that he would "never want anything to do with someone as weak as her," and that he "never wanted this marriage and he never will." Although he knew it wasn't her fault, Levi held too much anger at the situation and ended up taking it out on Maya, destroying whatever chance of a decent relationship they would have.

8 months after this arrangement was made, Maya, who was now crowned High Queen of The Embrace after her father's passing, came to The Bind to call off the marriage, using the fact that she was infertile as her reason. Tano, realizing that she won't be able to have Levi's children and continue the lineage, called it off immediately, shocking both Keikain and Levi. Despite Keikain's aversion, Tano agreed and told Maya the arrangement was over, but whispered under her breath that no sensible man would ever wed Maya if she were infertile. Despite Levi's hatred of Maya, he still ran after her to see if she was okay, but only caught a glimpse of her crying as she hopped on Toothless and flew away. This was the first time Levi had ever seen someone riding a dragon, so even though it was Maya, he was greatly impressed, especially since the dragon looked so fierce.

Levi had no further contact with Maya after this, so he continued his life of sex and drinking while still practicing blacksmithing, and working his way up in the Ravensguard of The Bind, becoming a Third Captain of the main Ravensguard, the third highest level of all.

## The Red Raids

During the Red Raids, The Bind was one of the many kingdoms to be attacked by Sun King Kwame's Kestrels of The Longroam. The Kestrels raided kingdoms to take captives to be sacrificed in a large coliseum, in an attempt to appease the gods due to the increase of dragon aggression on The Longroam.

On September 10th, 2010, The Bind was attacked by the Kestrels in the middle of the night. Levi fought with the Ravensguard, but they were overwhelmed and took many losses, both of the Ravensguard and the citizens. Even though they managed to drive off the Kestrels, over 4,500 people died, including the current Captain of the Ravensguard. In the aftermath of the attack, Levi volunteered to be the Captain, since the secondary Captain had also been captured and taken by the Kestrels.

Levi, now Captain of the Ravensguard, trained 4,000 soldiers in the span of seven weeks in order to prepare for a second raid, taking the amount of soldiers from 5,000 to 9,000, the fastest of any regiment. Levi strategized a plan of defense only, and set up sentries on all corners of the island, also establishing bunkers from restricted military buildings.

    Only two months later, on November 7th, 2010, Kwame's Kestrels came to raid once again at late night. Levi's strategy worked, and there was a 91.8% decrease in mortality rate compared to the first raid. Only 402 citizens were killed, since most of them were hidden in the bunkers, and once the Kestrels did invade the city on foot, ambushes from the rooftops were prepared for once they broke through. In just a few minutes, the Kestrels retreated, and only 28 people were taken as captives. Unfortunately, Levi's horse, Kestral, was killed in the battle after rearing up and taking a spear to the chest, protecting Levi from being killed instead.

Levi was celebrated greatly for his strategy and bravery, and more people volunteered for the guard. Many Kestrels were captured, and all were executed by Levi, though he was hesitant with one Kestrel who begged for mercy, expressing shame of his actions. After this, The Longroam did not attempt to attack The Bind again.

## The Death of Yu Jungseok

In March of 2011, Tano suddenly began to talk to Levi and tell him of the horde of women wishing to be his wife, and that he has many good choices from noble families. However, Levi didn't want to be married, and declined all of his proposals, much to his mother's disapproval. Levi ran away to Jungseok's house, and he comforted him when Levi shared his struggles. Levi stayed there for a few days, until Tano came to get him herself. This was highly unusual for her, but the reason made sense when only two days later, Levi got a message from Jungseok's mother that he had been killed on his horse near Bridal Veil Lake. Levi, knowing what had happened, ran to his mother and screamed at her, but she replied calmly and smugly, saying that "now he can focus on finding a wife," and that whoever killed Jungseok "did Levi a favor."

Levi, in complete shock, ran away again, this time to Bridal Veil Lake so he could find the spot where Jungseok was killed. Levi tracked his horse's tracks, only to find Jungseok in the bushes, his own sword through his gut. Jungseok's horse was already decaying, not too far from him. Levi broke down upon seeing his lover's and friend's body, eyes wide open in death, blood staining his skin and the grass. His mouth had been gagged with a cloth, and his hands tied behind his back. Levi spent hours next to Jungseok's body, after covering it with his cape, and only left once the sun rose the next morning. He gently removed the sword and washed it in the lake, then dug a grave for Jungseok and buried him after removing the binds on his hands and mouth. Levi then spent an hour finding flowers to leave at the grave, and he carved a marking into multiple trees so if he wanted to come visit Jungseok's grave again, he would be able to find his way.

Levi took the sword back to blacksmith it into a ring, one that he still wears to this day. Even though Levi planned to come and visit Jungseok's grave again, he never had the courage to do so. Levi wished to somehow expose his mother, but he knew that the only way he could stop this pain was to escape and find somewhere far away to live.

## The Obliteration of the Nameless

Levi was known for frequenting many of the brothels in Whiterun, and a few times in Ravenmond when traveling to the Arestoke Training Grounds. He knew many of the prostitutes well, and paid them far above their wages, making sure to give them food and contraceptive tea afterward as well, even though the women were willing to service him for free, since he was royalty.

On January 4th, 2012, Levi spoke to his mother and told her he was planning on becoming a warrior elsewhere in another kingdom. Tano told him he would be betraying his family if he left, but Levi argued that she should be happy that she's getting rid of him like she's always wanted. Tano slapped him again, but instead of arguing further, Levi left the castle and got onto his new horse, Astral, whom he didn't like much due to her getting easily spooked, along with her general brattiness. Levi rode off down to Voliak Grove to see Ksenija, but as he passed by the Happy Swallow brothel, he suddenly heard a woman's screams for help.

Levi immediately turns around on his horse and broke into the brothel from the left side, where the screams were the loudest. Levi saw a prostitute being used against her will by a customer, the woman clearly struggling and terrified. Levi broke the window and vaulted into the room, taking out his sword and kicking the man off of the woman, pushing him against the wall with his arm against the man's throat. Levi looked back to ask if the woman was okay and uninjured, but she told him that the man had said he would bring more men to hurt her.

Levi quickly reassured the woman, but as he was distracted, the man attempted to attack him. Levi backswiped his sword across the man's unclothed abdomen, disemboweling him. As he slid to the ground, Levi grabbed the man's throat and asked him who he is, to which the man simply said "we are nameless" before dying.

Levi, covered in blood, turned to the woman and covered her with his cape, then found her clothing and dressed her before taking her back to the Heinrich Castle Ravensguard Living Quarters for an emergency meeting with his guard. He ordered his men to find any organization under the alias "nameless." The prostitute, named Nileya, cried to Levi, and he offered to house her in the castle for the night. She agreed and Levi held Nileya, keeping his swords by his bed.

The next morning, Levi's guards said they were unable to find anything, so Levi asked Nileya if she experienced this with anyone else. She provides descriptions of two other men, and tells of other prostitutes who have had the same experience for a long time. Levi, realizing this large of an issue has gone under the radar for too long, orders his guards to raid all brothels in Whiterun at night, specifically at 1 AM as Nileya says most rapes occur at that time, and to bring any rapists to him.

The Ravensguard successfully raid all three brothels and stop five rapes from starting or continuing. The guards threatened the men to give up the identities of the other members, and only cracked the second Levi shows up to torture them. Once all 33 men of the Nameless were lined up, Levi beheaded then castrated them all, ordering for their bodies to be thrown into the ocean, but to keep their heads and genitals in a chest.

    The next morning, the citizens of Whiterun were called to the front of the castle for an announcement, where Levi kicked down the chest of body parts, letting them spill onto the ground, earning shocked screams from the crowd. Levi warned the citizens that any rapists will meet the same fate as these men, and that all brothels would be protected from that point on. After this, guards were appointed to all brothels to make sure all transactions and services were consensual and that any threats would be removed from the premises. Laws were put into place to protect prostitutes and stop harassment.

After learning about his actions, Tano criticized Levi and slapped him again, but for the first time, Levi fought back and shoved her away, realizing that his mother was a brainwashed monster, and that if she was blaming the women instead of the criminals, then he wouldn't want to stay on The Bind any longer.

## Redemption with Maya Prasanna

On July 5th, 2012, after months of looking at his options and building up the courage, Levi decided to travel to The Embrace to offer himself to High Queen Maya, and to formerly apologize for the way he treated her in the past. Levi did not tell his mother out of the fear that she may try to lock him up or even kill him, all to prevent him from leaving home. However, the last straw was one last incident with Tano as he was in the middle of packing.

Tano questioned him of where he was going, and Levi answered truthfully and said he was going to The Embrace. Tano, realizing that he was planning on leaving permanently, yelled at him and said he "can't abandon his family," but Levi rebuked by saying that "he had no family." Levi, finally packed up, attempted to leave with only two suitcases and a duffel bag. Tano, enraged that he'd ruin their perfect family image, pulled a knife on him and attempted to stab him from overhead. Levi immediately kneed her in the gut and shoved her to the ground, in tears and horrified that his own mother would attempt to kill him. Levi rushed out and escaped to his ship, and took off without looking back.

Levi travelled to The Embrace in his small ship over the course of a day and a half, arriving on July 7th, 2012, as he intended. The number 7 in *Podraku* culture is seen as a lucky number, often meaning '*a new beginning with an old face.'*

Upon arriving, Levi is confronted by a Red Eyed Ravager, who actually ends up becoming Jungkook's dragon in the future, Quinn. The Ravager snarled at Levi, but he stood still and slowly pointed to the insignia on the sail. Quinn recognized the insignia as one of the kingdoms, and flew off to find Maya, instead running into Mileena who was on surveillance. Mileena came down to the ship and saw Levi there, but she still decided to tell Maya that he was there, although she did lie and simply said "The Prince of The Bind is here," not specifying which one.

Levi waited on his ship until Mileena came back to gather him on horseback, bringing a horse for him to ride. He entered the castle and met Maya in the throne room, but she was less than excited to see him, and openly mocked and chastised him, noting his reputation and his sexual deviancy with the citizens of Whiterun. Levi, desperate to get her approval, attempted to apologize, but after he called her by her first name, she stood up and threatened him to leave the island and never return.

    Levi, knowing this was his only chance to do this, took out a knife and cut his hand, performing a blood oath toward Maya. He sincerely apologized for his behavior in the past, and told the truth of why he came to her, opening up about how his family was completely broken and that he wanted to serve her and only her. A *Podraku* bloodswearing was no small event, and if she accepted him, it would mean that he would be bound to her blood for the end of time.

Maya, completely subverting his expectations, accepted him as her bloodsworn, forever binding them together as Queen and Bloodsworn.