Julius Kingsly

* Names
* Bio
* Origin

### Distinguishing Features

Left eye and side of his face is covered by a metal plate with jewellery and runes inscribed

## Relationship & Affiliation

* Relationship
* Affiliation

### Allies

The CultThe Golden Order
The Church of Heaven

### Affiliation(s)

Cult of Kosmos-The Eyes of KosmosChurch of Evernight

## Pathways & Authorities

### Sequence

Sequence 3 - Eternal

I am a superior being to everyone else on this world. Regardless of Sequence, accomplishments or standing, I am an Empyrean. And this alone makes me superior to rabble like you

 — Julius Kingly mocking Azik Eggers

## Overview

**Julius Kingsly** is a Sequence 3 Beyonder that was active across the whole world near the end of the the 5th Epoch. He was a Sage in the Cult of Kosmos, the Sage of Eyes, and a devout worshipper of the Golden Order despite not being an official member. A Sequence 3-Eternal of the Empyrean Pathway, Julius lacked the standard golden hair of an Empyrean, something which caused him great stress and inferiority over. Primarily a non-combatant, Julius has the lowest personal kill-count amongst the Cult Sages.

Julius was regurgitated from the Crucible of Life alongside several others by Gilgamesh, who them set up the Cult of Kosmos. Like many of the souls held within the Crucible, Julius was left with brain damage from over-exposure to a Sefiroth while having a low Sequence. Furthermore, Julius was forcefully switched to the incompatible Empyrean Pathway. While Gilgamesh and Trinia expected all such victims to die, Julius was the sole survivor, though he did not escape scot-free and was left with **Disassociated Identity Disorder**, **Schizophrenia**, **severe psychosis** and **Intermittent explosive disorder.**

Julius partook in the initial war against the Churches, being the Cult's main tactician and strategist. Many victories were thanks to Julius commanding the battlefield. However, Julius war attacked by Audrey Hall, who disabled him by preying on his mental illnesses. This act drove him insane and left him mentally crippled, with the brain capacity of a toddler. Now harmless, Julius was arrested by the Church of Evernight and held there, where it was discovered Julius follows commands like a zombie. The Church of Evernight then decided to make use of Julius' powers and designated him as a Sealed Artefact.

Due to his brain damage, Julius was nearly comatose and lost all sense of self and memories. This allows him to be spared form Gilgamesh's purge alongside Kayneth Vergo. After Lazarus Asmodeus was born, "He" repaired Julius' mental state somewhat but left him somewhat crippled/unhinged as "He" was in a rush. Still without memories, Julius became a semi-official member of the Church of Evernight.

## Appearance

Julius Kingsly is a young Caucasian male with raven black hair and red-ish purple eyes like amethyst. He wears a metal plate over the left side of his face that covers his eye and parts of his cheek. Three gems hang from the metal plate.

Julius wears a full black suit with symbol similar to the Heaven Pathway Emblem engraved on it. He also has cufflinks and golden chains on various parts of the suit. Julius has an effeminate face and body structure and could pass as a woman in the right attire and if one does not pay too much attention.

## Personality

Julius is arrogant, flamboyant, cruel, sadistic and suffers from God-Complex similar to Gilgamesh. Julius respects nothing other than Miquella (who he reveres) and has no baseline: he will commit any sin or crime no matter how depraved with no remorse. While not a murderous fiend, Julius is still classified as psychopath due to his lack of empathy and pleasure he gains from inflicting pain or defeat on others.

Julius is also a Beyonder supremist, believing mortals are mere cattle or at best slaves. However, Julius has a personal spin on Beyonder supremacy, with Empyreans specifically being "superior" top all other Beyonders. In Julius' own words: "Mortals are naught but cattle while Beyonders are commoners. Only Empyreans are the truly blessed and noble".

Julius is obsessed with portraying a "noble" image, credited to his Empyrean Pathway. He acts like a noble from medieval society and demands total obedience, fear or respect from all those around him. To this end, Julius' every move is imbued with grace and elegance, but he rapidly casts aside all pretences when angered.

Due to his mental illnesses, Julius suffers fits of rage and insanity, suffering hallucinations and entering fits of incoherent ramblings. He has dealt self-harm to himself on numerous occasions in this state and murdered dozens of his subordinates. Julius is also always paranoid someone is trying to surpass him in any way.

## History

Julius Kingsly was born in the Apex, the centre of the Void Lands. Julius was a Mid-Sequence Beyonder of an unknown Pathway and lived as a person of high influence of his original planet. Born during the reign of Queen Marika the Eternal, Julius had no connection to Zerothrial Atrazark or the Crucible during his lifetime. Julius' planet was caught up in the Civil War started by Miquella the Unalloyed and "His" sister against Queen Marika and was apparently destroyed. Julius was one of the few survivors and became enraptured by the strength and apparent "superiority" on the Empyreans.

Julius managed to relocate to another planet, but was unfortunately killed by Gilgamesh during "His" berserk rampage and had his soul consumed, but not digested. Julius thus stayed in stasis for several thousand years, far surpassing his correct lifespan and slowly absorbing the Crucible's energy. When Gilgamesh fled the Void Lands alongside the 4 other King of Angels, Julius' soul was taken too within the Crucible.

## 5th Epoch

When Gilgamesh founded the Cult of Kosmos, "He" spat out several of the souls "He" consumed in the Void Lands, Julius being one such soul. Due to his exposure to the Crucible and weak soul, Julius was forcibly converted to Sequence 4 of the Empyrean Pathway. While the majority of souls Gilgamesh regurgitated died shortly after, Julius was the sole survivor of his batch. Catching the interest of Gilgamesh and Trinia Saint-Gold, Julius was made a Sage of the nascent Cult and "They" helped him a advance to Sequence 3.

As the Sage of Eyes, Julius was in charge of gathering information and secrets for the Cult, helping coordinate missions between the Cult Branches. He was also given to authority to commence or halt any Cult missions, meaning Julius bears responsibility for many of the acts of violence the Cult committed. While Julius was a non-combatant and thus had a low personal kill count, he was involved in or ordered the deaths of thousands.

At some point in time, Julius became acquainted with Kayneth Vergo, who taught him several practises of an Empyrean and introduced him to the Golden Order. From that point on, Julius worshipped Miquella as his God and Saviour despite not boing officially brought into the Order. Kayneth made him "His" unofficial disciple despite this however and also convinced Trinia to teach him too.

## Emergence of the Cult

As the Sage of Eyes, Julius was tasked with infiltrating the Secret Order and either bringing them under heel or exterminating them. Finding the Secret Order useful as a connection to The Fool, Julius opted for the former. As such, he was heavily involved in all their matters, as the members had been in confusion following the "death" of Zarathul (for the second time) and swaying between staying loyal to their leader or joining The Fool. Julius purged those who supported Zarathul in order to gain goodwill from The Fool.

When Fors Wall and Xio Derencha infiltrated a meeting of the Cult, Julius was present. Like all other Sages, he was unmasked at the time and his face was thus memorised by the duo. When Gilgamesh showed up and claimed there were spies present, Julius brashly demanded all members to remove their masks, despite the act being a violation in itself. This led Julius getting into a row with the Sage of Judgement and a divide rapidly formed between Sages. In the end, Gilgamesh simply ordered all embers to touch the Pyramid of Heaven, a Grade 0 Sealed Artefact that can identify all Cultists, instead. Just before Xio was made to touch the Pyramid, a different Cultists was revealed to be a spy from the Church of Evernight. The spy escaped and the Cult meeting disbanded, allowing Xio and Fors to escape undetected.

Julius was present when a delegation from the 7 Orthodox Churches, The Fool and Adam arrived to question the Cult's leaders. While he stayed quite for most of the meeting, he insulted Azik Eggers and Arianna when "They" mentioned the Great Existence "They" serve, seeing it a provocation against his God and (in his opinion) sole Great Existence: Miquella the Unalloyed. Julius nearly caused the discussion to break down, as he and several other Sages drew weapons. However, Trinia managed to talk down the Sages while Gilgamesh simply threatened to kill the next person to interrupt, whether they be allies or otherwise.

Julius voted positive to starting a war and initiating the Unification Plan, relishing the chance to flaunt his intellect and "Empyrean superiority" against his enemies.

## War against the Churches

Julius was the Head Strategist/Tactician for the Cult during the War and commanded all other troops and Branches, much to the chagrin of the other Sages and Commanders. The Cult faced massive success in the Southern Continent and various Islands thanks to Julius' plans and prodigal ability in war. The only times he suffered defeat was when Angels fought (as mortal strategy fails at that point) or when surprises were sprung. Feynapotter City (the capital city of Feynapotter) fell to the Cult and the 3 Satellite States (Masin, Segar and Lenburg) were close to falling too.

In order to stop their defeat, Audrey Hall and others were sent to infiltrate the high command of the Cult's forces outside the Satellite States. There, Audrey fought Julius and managed to stir up all his mental illnesses at once. This cause him to have a fit and lose all control over himself, on the verge of losing control and assuming his Incomplete Mythical Creature form. In the end, Audrey managed to restrain Julius without killing him, though his mental state was beyond recovery, even for the Visionary Saint.

The mind broken Julius was kept prisoner in the Cathedral of Serenity, the Headquarters of the Church of Evernight. After spending several months there, missing the defeat of the Cult and destruction of several secret Organizations, several Archbishops decided to use Julius' special ability to assist them. Julius was then classified as Sealed Artefact 1-34 and Leonard Mitchell was given authority over him.

## Aftermath

When Gilgamesh purged all surviving Cultists (bar Kayneth Vergo) Julius Kingsly managed to survive as his destroyed mental state also removed his memories of practically his whole life, Gilgamesh included. When Kayneth was killed in the Forsaken Land of Gods later on, Julius became the only Cultist left alive

Lazarus Asmodeus partially healed Julius of his idiocy but was in too much of a rush to finish the job properly. This left Julius with his mental faculties, but only to the point of a young child's and still no memories.

## Powers and Abilities

Extended Lifespan: Thanks to being submerged in the Crucible for several million years, Julius was a near infinite lifespan despite being only Sequence 3. However, this unnatural extension of his life has badly worn down his soul and made it extremely fragile.

As a Sequence 3-Eternal, Julius has access to the following abilities:

* Beyonders gain the base abilities of 8 Pathways
	+ These powers range from Sequence 3 to 9
* Beyonders can manipulate light like a Heaven Beyonder
* Beyonders have great charm and can heal others
	+ They emit an aura of authority that makes others want to bow
* They keep and upgrade the battle prowess of Sequence 4
	+ They gain stronger defences against mind and soul attacks
* Beyonders can become immortal by storing a piece of their soul within an object
	+ As long as that object is not destroyed, the Beyonder can resurrect indefinitely (think of a Horcrux from Harry Potter)
* Beyonder have access to the majority of Mysticism knowledge and can discern Beyonders at a glance

Prodigious Intellect: Julius is one of the greatest minds in the world. This is especially so when his Pathway does not even specialise in wisdom or knowledge yet can keep up with White Tower, Hermit and Paragon Beyonders. When it comes to war, Julius is an unmatched strategist who led the outnumbered Cult to numerous victories against the superior Churches. As a normal human, Julius' IQ was stated to be a whopping 260.

Geass of Absolute Submission: Julius' trump card and unique power, his Geass of Absolute Submission is an immensely powerful Grade 0 Sealed Artefact that replaces his right eye. His Geass allows him to command anyone who looks at it no matter what. Any order he gives will be followed, no matter the person's personal obligations or resistance to it. Only an Angel of the Visionary Pathway could begin to resist, but even they would quickly succumb.

* This ability is constantly activated, so Julius wears his eyepatch to stop himself from accidently brainwashing someone
* The ability seemingly has no upper limit to whom it can affect as Julius used it on Angels, a King of Angels and even 2 Gods.
	+ While there is no limit with the Geass itself, using it on someone far stronger than himself causes great pain to Julius. It also makes his mental illnesses resurface. Using it against the 2 Gods made Julius pass out for several days and nearly die from the strain of commanding a Deity.