He was put to work in the fields as soon as he was able to hold the tools, and he worked alongside his father and others who tended the crops. Kristopher gained a younger brother, then a younger sister years later, and he realized the truth of what family means. Despite the hardships they faced, the siblings stuck together through it all, even their father’s physical displays of anger and their mother’s emotional drainage. The three were together through it all.

When he was twenty-four, Kristopher made a drastic change. He prayed to the gods, and to his surprise, they answered. He asked to be stronger, faster, to be able to protect himself and his siblings, and the gods granted his request, turning him into an Ascended.

After this change, everything about Kristopher’s personality was heightened. His joy became elation, sadness became despair, ambition became insatiable desire, anger became rage. Before he was able to control it, before he even wanted to try to control it, the newly Ascended relished in the power. He terrorized people and killed whoever he wanted. The bubble was his own personal hunting grounds all with captive prey. It was magnificent.

While his emotions grew more intense, as did his ego. He wrote stories about his own pursuits, and some people even (were forced) volunteered to write some of his tales. Those stories can still be found in the Atheneum.

After just over three years of his new lifestyle, Kristopher convinced both of his siblings to follow him. He was alone in that immortal life, so his siblings gladly traded their Accepted lives to become Ascended. However, their parents disapproved harshly. After several powerful rants from his father, Kristopher ripped the man’s heart out with his bare hands. He then snapped his mother’s neck without the slightest hesitation.

He lived as he had been, with his siblings now accompanying him, and the three of them practically ruled over the small piece of land. Eventually though, their not-so-peaceful reign was brought to an end.

Kristopher and his siblings were off exploring as they tended to do when bored, and they walked into the underground, the lack of light being no issue for them. Whether by a freak accident, or Abandoned conspiring against them, they didn’t know, but there was a collapse, separating the three of them and trapping them underground. No matter how hard he tried, Kristopher couldn’t escape.

He remained there for nearly one hundred fifty years, desiccating without any access to the re-animation fluid he needed to stay strong. Over the years, his strength was depleted, his speed severely lessened, his ability to walk in the sun taken from him. He lost all of that because his family decided to take a walk in the underground. However, it seemed that whatever magical energy had sealed him in recently disappeared. Why? He didn’t care. All he knew was that he was determined to regain control, to return to his place on top, and he didn’t care who got in his way.

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