# #### **Basic Information** - **Name:** Kevoth-Kul (The Black Sovereign) - **Race/Species:** Human (Kellid) - **Class/Profession:** Barbarian/King of Numeria - **Alignment/Morality:** Chaotic Neutral (increasingly unstable) - **Age:** Mid-40s - **Gender & Pronouns:** Male (He/Him) - **Appearance:** A towering figure of raw physical power, standing nearly seven feet tall with a broad-shouldered, muscular build that speaks to his barbarian heritage. His skin is dark bronze, typical of Kellid people, but with strange metallic patterns beneath the surface that pulse with an eerie blue-green light when he's agitated. His head is shaved, revealing more of these technological implants along his scalp and neck. His eyes, once dark brown, now glow with an unnatural blue luminescence—a side effect of the technological "enhancements" forced upon him by the Technic League. He wears a combination of traditional Kellid tribal garments and ornate regalia befitting a king, though the latter often appears uncomfortable on his frame. Most distinctive is the crown he wears—not a traditional symbol of royalty, but a technological device that wraps around his temples and connects to the implants in his skull. #### **Personality & Traits** - **Personality Summary:** Kevoth-Kul is a tragic figure—once a proud tribal warrior who rose to power through strength and cunning, now a puppet whose mind and body have been corrupted by technological implants controlled by the Technic League. His personality fluctuates wildly between periods of drug-induced docility, technological control, moments of paranoid rage, and increasingly rare instances of clarity where the man he once was briefly resurfaces. In these lucid moments, he shows glimpses of a shrewd leader who understands he is being used but cannot break free from his technological and chemical dependencies. His behavior is increasingly erratic as the foreign technology in his body continues to degrade his mind, making him both a dangerous and pitiful figure. - **Strengths & Skills:** - **Formidable Warrior** – Despite his deterioration, remains one of Numeria's most physically powerful combatants - **Tribal Leadership** – Retains instinctive understanding of Kellid tribal politics and traditions - **Technological Enhancement** – Body augmented with alien technology that grants superhuman strength and endurance - **Moments of Clarity** – Occasionally breaks through his conditioning to make surprisingly astute decisions - **Survival Instinct** – Has managed to survive numerous assassination attempts and political machinations - **Weaknesses & Flaws:** - **Technological Dependency** – Addicted to the implants and drugs that both empower and control him - **Deteriorating Mental State** – Increasingly unstable, with violent mood swings and paranoid episodes - **Puppet Ruler** – Most of his decisions and decrees are actually determined by the Technic League - **Self-Loathing** – In his moments of clarity, deeply ashamed of what he has become - **Unpredictable** – His erratic behavior makes him dangerous to both enemies and allies - **Mannerisms & Speech Patterns:** - Speech alternates between slurred, drug-addled mumbling and sudden bursts of lucid, commanding oratory - Often stares into space as if listening to voices others cannot hear - Frequently touches or adjusts his technological crown when agitated - Moves with unnatural fluidity when his implants are fully active, but with pained stiffness when they malfunction - Occasionally speaks in fragments of alien languages, seemingly unaware he has done so #### **Background & Story Role** - **Backstory Summary:** Born to a powerful Kellid tribe in northern Numeria, Kevoth-Kul rose to prominence as a warrior and leader who united several warring clans through a combination of martial prowess and strategic alliances. His growing influence caught the attention of the Technic League, who initially approached him as allies, offering technological "gifts" that would enhance his strength and extend his life. These gifts were, in truth, sophisticated control mechanisms—implants that allowed the League to influence his mind and monitor his activities. As his power grew, so did the League's control over him. They installed him as the Black Sovereign, the puppet king of Numeria, ruling from the capital of Starfall. Over the years, they have continued to "upgrade" him with additional implants and keep him dependent on specialized drugs that interact with his enhancements. While he maintains the appearance of absolute authority to the common people, the true power in Numeria rests with the Technic League's Council of Nine. Recently, malfunctions in his implants have led to increasingly unpredictable behavior and brief periods of clarity where he recognizes his captivity. These moments are dangerous for the League, as the Black Sovereign commands significant loyalty among traditional Kellid tribes who would rally to him if he ever truly broke free of control. - **Current Motivations:** - Survival and maintaining the appearance of control while secretly seeking freedom - In his lucid moments, finding ways to undermine the Technic League's influence - Protecting what remains of traditional Kellid culture from technological corruption - Seeking more of the drugs and technological "treatments" his body now craves - Understanding the alien technology that has been integrated into his body - **Connections & Relationships:** - **The Technic League** – His controllers and the true power behind his throne - **Ozmyn Zaidow** – League Captain who oversees the maintenance of his implants - **Valeska Kolaroth** – League researcher who treats his "condition" and studies the effects - **The Ghost Wolves** – Tribal confederation that secretly hopes for his liberation - **Redtooth Ironfang** – Former tribal ally who now leads resistance against the League - **Factions or Allegiances:** - **Kingdom of Numeria** – The nation he nominally rules - **The Technic League** – His puppet masters who control his actions - **Kellid Tribal Confederations** – His original people, many of whom still revere him - **The Black Court** – His royal court in Starfall, mostly comprised of League puppets - **Notable Items or Equipment:** - **The Sovereign's Crown** – Technological device that controls his implants - **The Black Blade** – Ancient Kellid weapon, now enhanced with technological components - **Numerian Fluids** – Specialized chemical compounds he is dependent upon - **Royal Regalia** – Ornate but practical armor that conceals many of his implants - **The Throne of Stars** – His seat of power, rumored to be built from the remains of an alien vessel #### **Additional Notes** - **Recurring Themes:** - The corruption of traditional culture by technological influence - The struggle for identity and freedom against overwhelming control - The price of power and the nature of true leadership - The thin line between enhancement and enslavement - **Player/GM Notes:** - Can serve as a tragic antagonist or potential ally if freed from control - Represents the complex relationship between Numeria's tribal past and technological present - His unpredictable nature makes him a wild card in political situations - Could be a source of both valuable technological knowledge and traditional tribal wisdom - His liberation from Technic League control would dramatically alter the power dynamics of the region # #### **Basic Information** - **Name:** Kevoth-Kul, The Black Sovereign - **Race/Species:** Human - **Class/Profession:** Barbarian/Ruler - **Alignment/Morality:** Chaotic Evil - **Age:** 42 - **Gender & Pronouns:** Male (He/Him) - **Appearance:** A towering figure who embodies brutal dominance, standing six feet eight inches with a massive, powerfully muscled build that projects overwhelming physical threat. His face features harsh, angular features with a prominent brow and strong jaw—enhanced by ritual scarification and metallic implants that mark his status as Numeria's ruler. His eyes are an unnatural electric blue that pulse with strange energy, the result of extensive exposure to the alien technologies that litter his kingdom. His skin has taken on a grayish-black metallic sheen in patches, particularly across his chest and left arm, where technological implants have been grafted directly into his flesh, giving him his epithet "The Black Sovereign." His hair is black with streaks of metallic silver, kept in a series of long braids adorned with technological fragments and trophies from defeated enemies. He dresses in a combination of traditional Numerian tribal garb and salvaged technological components—furs and leathers interwoven with metal plates and glowing circuitry, creating an imposing silhouette that merges primitive barbarian aesthetics with alien technology. His most distinctive feature is the crown-like device partially embedded in his skull, a technological artifact that pulses with strange energies and is rumored to enhance his strength while further destabilizing his already volatile temperament. His hands show both the calluses of a warrior who has personally slain countless enemies and the strange metallic grafts that have replaced several fingers on his right hand with articulated technological prosthetics. He moves with surprising speed for his size, though with occasional jerky, unnatural motions when his technological implants interact poorly with his natural musculature. A network of glowing blue veins visible beneath his skin—the result of years of consuming the addictive technological fluid known as "Numerian fluids"—serves as evidence of his deep dependence on the strange substances that both empower and enslave him. #### **Personality & Traits** - **Personality Summary:** Kevoth-Kul embodies the volatile fusion of tribal barbarian culture and corrupting technological influence—a ruler whose natural violent tendencies have been amplified and twisted by alien substances and implants. He approaches both governance and combat with unpredictable intensity, veering between moments of cunning strategy and episodes of berserker rage with little warning. To his subjects, he represents both terrible threat and strange protection, delivering brutal punishment to those who displease him while defending Numeria from outside threats with savage effectiveness. To the Technic League who manipulate him through his addiction to technological fluids, he presents a dangerous tool that provides necessary authority while requiring careful handling to prevent catastrophic outbursts. His human heritage manifests in his occasional moments of clarity and strategic thinking, his talent for inspiring loyalty through displays of overwhelming strength, and his underlying resentment of the technological dependence that both empowers and controls him. Though capable of the calculated diplomacy necessary for maintaining his rule during his increasingly rare lucid periods, he is most authentic when in battle rage, where his natural combat prowess and technological enhancements create a nearly unstoppable force of destruction. Beneath his unstable exterior lies a man defined by the tragic transformation from powerful tribal leader to addicted puppet of the very technologies he once sought to master—a perspective that occasionally surfaces in moments of clarity but is increasingly submerged beneath the influence of the alien substances that course through his veins. - **Strengths & Skills:** - **Superhuman Strength** – Exceptional physical power enhanced by technological implants - **Battle Rage** – Remarkable ability to enter berserker states that ignore pain and injury - **Technological Resilience** – Highly developed resistance to effects that would kill unaugmented humans - **Tribal Leadership** – Natural charisma that commands loyalty from Numeria's barbarian tribes - **Survival Instinct** – Primal intuition that has kept him alive despite numerous assassination attempts - **Weaknesses & Flaws:** - **Technological Addiction** – Crippling dependence on Numerian fluids that the Technic League controls - **Mental Instability** – Increasing episodes of paranoia, rage, and confusion due to technological corruption - **Manipulated Rule** – Effective control by the Technic League through his addiction - **Self-Destructive Tendencies** – Pursuit of greater power through more implants despite obvious costs - **Deteriorating Humanity** – Gradual loss of human characteristics as technology consumes more of his body and mind - **Mannerisms & Speech Patterns:** - Speaks in deep, rumbling tones that occasionally glitch with electronic distortion - Shifts unpredictably between articulate strategic discussion and primitive, rage-filled outbursts - Uses physical intimidation constantly, looming over others and invading personal space - Habitually touches and adjusts his technological implants, particularly when agitated - Displays sudden mood swings that can transform from boisterous laughter to murderous rage in moments #### **Background & Story Role** - **Backstory Summary:** Born to one of Numeria's powerful barbarian tribes, Kevoth-Kul's early years showed the promise of a natural leader and warrior. His exceptional size, strength, and tactical intelligence marked him for greatness within the tribal structure, and by his early twenties, he had already become a respected war chief with numerous victories to his name. His path toward rulership began with successful raids on Technic League facilities, where his warriors captured significant caches of technological artifacts and the mysterious fluids derived from them. Initially using these substances to enhance his warriors' combat effectiveness, Kevoth-Kul himself began consuming larger quantities, discovering that they granted him incredible strength and resilience while inducing euphoric sensations. His rise to the position of Black Sovereign came through a combination of legitimate combat prowess, strategic alliance-building among the tribes, and the increasingly superhuman abilities granted by his technological consumption and augmentation. What began as occasional use of Numerian fluids for combat advantage evolved into dependency, a weakness that the Technic League recognized and exploited even as they publicly acknowledged his rule. The defining transformation of his reign came approximately five years ago, when a failed assassination attempt left him severely injured. Rather than allowing natural healing, he demanded extensive technological augmentation, resulting in the significant implants that now form much of his left side and earned him the epithet "The Black Sovereign." These modifications greatly enhanced his physical capabilities but accelerated both his addiction and mental deterioration. Over the subsequent years, his rule has grown increasingly erratic, with periods of cunning leadership interspersed with episodes of paranoid violence and self-destructive behavior. His particular expertise remains personal combat, where his combination of barbarian training and technological enhancement makes him one of the most formidable individual fighters in the region. His relationship with the Technic League has evolved into a complex dance of mutual exploitation—they maintain control over his addiction while he provides the legitimate authority they need to operate. This arrangement has created a strange stability in Numeria, where the appearance of traditional barbarian rulership masks the reality of technological manipulation. Currently, he divides his time between holding court in Starfall (when lucid), leading raids against neighboring territories, and seeking ever more powerful technological enhancements to incorporate into his body. This increasingly self-destructive cycle has made him not only Numeria's ruler but a living symbol of the kingdom itself—a fusion of primitive strength and alien technology that creates something uniquely dangerous and unstable. - **Current Role:** - Rules Numeria as its sovereign, at least in name and public perception - Serves as the primary military leader for major tribal conflicts and external wars - Acts as unwitting puppet for the Technic League's true control of Numerian technology - Embodies the physical ideal of technological enhancement for his followers - Maintains the uneasy balance between Numeria's tribal traditions and technological reality - **Connections & Relationships:** - **[[The Technic League]]** – Technological cabal that controls him through his addiction - **[[The Tribal Confederation]]** – Barbarian tribes that acknowledge his leadership - **[[Starfall]]** – Numeria's capital city where his throne of technological salvage stands - **[[The Silver Mount]]** – Crashed alien vessel that is the source of Numeria's technology - **[[The Black Triune]]** – His personal guard of similarly augmented barbarian champions - **Factions or Allegiances:** - **The Throne of Numeria** – His official position and source of authority - **His Original Tribe** – The barbarian clan from which he rose, now given privileged status - **The Augmented Elite** – Warriors who have accepted technological enhancement - **The Technology Cult** – Those who worship the alien artifacts as divine gifts - **Notable Items or Equipment:** - **The Sovereign's Crown** – Technological device partially embedded in his skull - **Black Blade** – Sword forged from alien metal that pulses with strange energies - **Numerian Fluid Reservoir** – Personal supply of the addictive substance he requires - **Augmented Arm** – Left arm largely replaced with technological components - **Tribal Totems** – Traditional barbarian symbols of authority he maintains for legitimacy #### **Additional Notes** - **Recurring Themes:** - The corruption of natural strength by technological dependence - The illusion of power masking actual control by others - The tragic transformation from respected leader to manipulated addict - The uneasy fusion of primitive tribal culture with advanced alien technology - **Player/GM Notes:** - Can serve as a formidable physical antagonist or unpredictable potential ally - Might provide quests related to Numerian technology or tribal politics - Could become temporarily lucid and aware of his manipulation in rare moments - His condition represents the dangers of uncontrolled technological advancement - Embodies the central conflict of Numeria between tribal tradition and alien influence