Keter-level Climbers

## The Crowning Rank

Keter-level Climbers are the most elite of all Climbers, and arguably some of the most powerful people in the world. The title of Keter is held by five Climbers at all times. When one dies, the others will debate who will take their place out of the Binah-level Climbers. A Keter-level Climber is expected to be highly experienced, utterly devoted, and extremely skilled.

## Current Keter-level Climbers [SPOILER WARNING]

### Dr. Hans Weiss

Dr. Weiss was the first of the modern Climbers to reach the rank of Keter. He is an aged man from the Central Eurnu Empire, and a doctor from the Wither War. Dr. Weiss grew tired of seeing death, and desired to find a way to end it. He believes that a "cure for mortality" can be found in the Obelisk.

### Captain Yamamoto Akio

Akio was born in the Akai Hoshi empire in time to fight in the end of the Wither War. He witnessed thousands die in the Battle of Dao, and developed a philosophy that believed war was a crucible to shape humanity into something greater. The weak and imperfect were sheared off, and only the purest, strongest were left. Akio would discover the "Again and Again" Artifact in the 12th Floor, which would give him the ability to repeatedly clone himself, forging an army of Acolytes that were perfectly aligned with his own ideals.

### Kieran "Drifter"

Kieran is an anomaly. As far as anyone can tell, there was no record of her existence before appearing in a batch of Malchut-level Climbers. She meteorically rose through the ranks, becoming a Binah-level Climber in exactly two years, and then two months later, a previous Keter-class Climber would die in an incident on the 10th Floor. Kieran was the natural choice for the next Keter, and she was quickly in the golden band. Kieran only had five Acolytes, all of whom followed her not based on any talent of her own, but rather on her philosophy, which was one of absurdism. She believed that humanity existed in a pointless, chaotic universe, much like the nonsensical nature of the Obelisk's many, many floors. Kieran would be gifted a strange Artifact from an unknown "accomplice" and soon after established a permanent base near the most hostile section of the Fourth floor, the Ice Slopes. Why is unknown.

### Elijah Greene

Often called the "Second Backburn", Elijah Greene was born on a legacy of legendary climbers, and became the current pride of his venerable family line, dating back to one of the four surviving members of the Ascencion Corps, when he became a Keter-level Climber, the third member of his family to rise to the rank. Elijah blazed the most frequently traveled trails through many of the post-10 Floors, and was the sole survivor of an expedition which went to the 40th Floor. Greene would additionally come across a dying Climber, the last member of a group who explored up to the 60th Floor, and would bring both parties' logs and journals back to civilization, effectively doubling the knowledge of the Obelisk in one fell swoop. He has repeatedly denied the approaches of potential Acolytes, and most have lost interest in him.

### Linia Bonheur

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The latest addition to the Keters, Linia Bonheur is a young Climber who has seemingly risen to the rank on accident. Many seem to regard her incredible luck as raw skill and talent. Bonheur is quite bashful about it, and insists she is not that special, but everyone claims she is just being humble. The only ones who do not seem to fall under this spell are her other Keter-level Climbers, who regard her as no better than a Netzach-level Climber, too beneath them to even consider.