Skylar Kostopoulos

### Relatives

Roscoe Kostopoulos (Father), Iella Rose (Wife), Keion Kostopoulos-Rose (Son), Kele Kostopoulos-Rose (Son)

## Lifespan

### Birthplace

Abwyn Valley, Ashbel

Skylar is a roaming ghost and one of the three "Balefire Revanants". He is not a member of the company himself, but is often found in or near the building, despite being banned from the area. His presence in the corporate has decreased somewhat over the years, as he now is responsible for the care of his twin sons, Keion and Kele, while his wife Iella is away.

## Personality

In his current state, Skylar is a stoic and doesn't express emotions very well, if at all. The only exception is that he can lose his temper quickly, though what he specifically gets angry *at* tends to be rather selective.

Skylar is one of the two ghosts responsible for the string of prison murders, the other being Owen. In the past, Owen would give orders and Skylar would follow then without complaint, but eventually Skylar refused to take orders and began killing on his own accord. Unlike Owen, Skylar has no moral compass to determine who he does or does not kill. During the time of these murders, Skylar had a recurring urge to kill that he was unable to ignore, as doing so would cause him to suffer in a way similar to addicts suffering from withdrawal.

While his behaviors and mannerisms often come off as deadpan, his personality completely shifts while angry, becoming manic and hostile towards most nearby entities. During, and for a short time after committing a murder, he experiences a short time frame where his emotions are elevated. While this means he is prone to feeling anything depending on who or what is nearby to cause a reaction, this also means he has an even shorter fuse and will lash out again easily with little provocation.

In the present day, Skylar has shifted more towards a family life, and his urge to kill has been greatly reduced. He is gentle with his wife and children, but still terrifies those around him who have known him long enough. His lack of expression tends to greatly disturb people meeting him for the first time.

## Relationships

#### Owen

The two were close friends while they were alive, but hundreds of years in the Labyrinth caused them to slowly turn on each other. They both possess mana that slowly affected their mental state; the progress of this mental degeneration would have been stopped under normal circumstances in death, but their confinement and subsequent removal from the afterlife caused it to fester for hundreds of years.

Before they settled down in their current positions, Skylar consistently sought out Owen to attempt to kill him, and he would eventually to the same to the ghosts who would later become Owen's adoptive brothers.

## Ability Overview

#### Fulgurturgy

A more advanced, but much more unstable, variant of electroturgy. There are a few core differences between the two; fulgurturges have much stronger electricity, and are capable of ejecting it from any point of the body. Electroturges, typically, can only release their mana from their hands. And most notably, fulgurturges can pull lightning directly from clouds, and skilled ones can generate these clouds at will.

Skylar is one such fulgurturge, having all the typical bells and whistles that come with it, as well as the added perk of being able to generate lightning storm clouds. Combined with especially large mana reserves, he can use powerful electricity over a large area.

* Lightning-based attacks: Skylar can utilize lightning from naturally-formed storm clouds that happen to be nearby, or he can generate electricity in the air above him to create a cloud manually. Self-formed clouds can be large or small; with the amount of mana he has at his disposal, he can form electricity-packed clouds spanning up to a half-mile in radius.
	+ Even if he were standing at the center of this cloud, he can drop lightning from any specific spot on the cloud, hitting anywhere in the radius underneath.

* Electrical discharging: A common trait shared among all fulgurturges is that every pore in the skin is directly attached to the internal mana reserves; meaning, he can release electricity from any and all points of the body. Being able to release mana from specific places at a time is a core skill; for example, releasing mana into the air from the upper body and head areas is what allows him to form lightning clouds above himself. Releasing mana from different points of the body, or electrifying the body itself, allows for different attacks, both in close-range combat and from a distance.
	+ Magnetism: Energy discharge can also be used to magnetize himself, his surroundings, or someone else. This is Skylar's only means of "levitation", as his mana reserves make him too heavy as a ghost to naturally levitate as ghosts are able to do.

## General Bio

* **Death:** April 2, 549 A.D.

Throughout most of his life, Skylar suffered horribly under the government of Abwyn Valley, which actively punished fulgurturges harshly even for the most minor of crimes. He was beaten and whipped in public several times for trivial offenses, including underage drinking, and being in a relationship with a hydroturge who was deemed to be an outsider to the province. This hydroturge, Octavia, was eventually run out of the province, forcing her to flee to Balefire.

After Octavia fled the province, there was talk that authorities were planning to execute Skylar in public, urging him to convince his father to leave with him for Balefire as well. The two escaped, and were able to meet up again with Octavia once they arrived.

## Trivia

* Skylar speaks with an accent comparable to a Greek accent. He shares this trait with Roscoe, Eckhart, and Octavia, as they all come from the province Abwyn Valley.