Krad

Krad (JP: クラッド Kuraddo) is an anti-hero OC created by JustAlex93.

Background
Krad was once a young boy who lived in Granaledo, a village in the neutral territory of Gaiperal, which the Order of the Chief God had declared war upon for not worshipping the Chief God. His peaceful life was not to last, as a legion of Orderite soldiers lead by High Priest Adrius Gordian came upon Granaledo and razed it. Out of sadism, Gordian's men forced Krad to watch as they executed his family by burning them at the stake. The young boy was then beaten and left for dead, as Gordian's legion left the village to burn. As Krad laid dying, his heart became filled with a powerful desire for revenge against the corrupted clergyman who took everything from him and destroyed his innocence, that which caught the attention of Nemesis, the Goddess of Revenge and Divine Retribution.

Seeing potential in him, she offered him a deal that he couldn't refuse; In exchange for being one of her Champions to carry out her will as she sees fit, she would heal his wounds and give him the means to exact bloody vengeance against Gordian. He accepted, and once he was healed, Krad immediately began his training under the tutelage of Nemesis' Angels. His drive, plus the desire for vengeance against Gordian, had allowed him to take in his training like a sponge, impressing his instructors.

Fifteen years later, Krad was now well-trained warrior extremely proficient in armed and unarmed combat with mastery of ranged and melee weapons plus psychological warfare and strategy. Clad in armor crimson like blood and wielding a large, black-bladed sword, he set out to exact his revenge. For this, he, along with other Champions of Nemesis, contributed to Gaiperal's war efforts to repel the Orderites from their lands. During the war between Gaiperal and the Order, Krad became infamous among the Orderite forces as a ruthless warrior who gave no quarter to even the Chief God's vaunted heroes, as well as wreaking havoc on the sanity of high-ranking clergymen before killing them. His efforts had also earned him the respect of his fellow Champions as the war went on.

Then came one fateful day, which Krad himself considered the best day of his life; He got to engage with a legion of Orderites, but not just any legion. It was the very same legion lead by High Priest Adrius Gordian that destroyed the village of Granaledo fifteen years prior and killing his family. Sweetening the deal even further is the fact that the corrupt clergyman was there, too. Krad's chance for vengeance had finally come. As he slaughtered his way through Gordian's men with no sign of slowing, the high priest himself found himself in a losing battle. Just as he ordered a retreat, he finds himself confronted by Krad, whose eyes gleamed with rage and hatred. After revealing himself to Gordian that he was the boy who he and his men had left for dead in Granaledo fifteen years ago after killing his family, he then subjected the old codger to a truly brutal beatdown.

Afterwards, he tied him up in enchanted, unbreakable ropes to be taken away along with the survivors of his legion to be held as prisoners. Shortly after the engagement, Gordian and the surviving men of his legion were sentenced by King Gaiperal to death, with the execution to be carried out by the Champions of Nemesis. One by one, Gordian's men were either beheaded or burned at the stake. Gordian himself was the last to go, pathetically begging Krad to spare his life like the coward that he is. The latter did not listen. Krad burned the old man at the stake, but not with ordinary fire. In fact, Krad had burned Gordian with hellfire gathered from the depths of the underworld. The corrupt high priest met a fiery end befitting of his sins, and Krad's family was finally avenged.

Shortly after the execution, Krad visited the ruins of Granaledo to pay his respects to the family that was so cruelly taken away from him by Gordian and his men. Nemesis herself then appeared before him, and issued him his new orders; Continue to contribute to Gaiperal's war effort with the other Champions to repel the Order from their lands until not a single Orderite remained. Grateful, he joined up with his compatriots and the military forces of Gaiperal to continue his fight against the Order.

Appearance
Krad stands at 6'2. He has olive skin, messy black hair reaching down his backside, and his eyes have red irises. He wears a crimson suit of armor with a black cape that is embossed with the sigil of Nemesis, with a facial armor plate which covers his lower face.

Personality
Ever since the cruel deaths of his family and the destruction of his village, he came to despise the Order of the Chief God and its adherents, especially Adrius Gordian and his men. He takes ruthless pleasure in killing swathes of Orderite soldiers on the battlefield and is especially sadistic in tormenting crooked Orderite clergymen before ending them. His loyalty to Nemesis is never to be questioned. While he comes off as bloodthirsty in battle, he does have standards and a sense of what is honorable in a fight, but will not make things easy for even his most skilled and determined opponents.

Krad also maintains a sense of professionalism and self-restraint when not in combat with a blunt demeanor, reserving that ruthless bloodthirsty side of himself for only the battlefield. Having been taught the value of information, he knows all the best methods of obtaining information, whether through infiltrating high security areas or through an interrogation.

When it came to the mamono, not even a Lilim catches his eye, due to already having a romantic partner in the form of Oriel, one of the Angels of Nemesis.

Skills/Abilities/Equipment
Having underwent fifteen years of intensive training under the Angels of Nemesis, Krad's combative skills are top notch, rivaling or even exceeding the heroes chosen by the Chief God. He was also trained in the arts of strategy, psychological warfare, espionage, and reconnaissance.

His physical training had also resulted in Krad having peak-human conditioning. He was also taught to use magic. Being a champion of Nemesis, he was also given access to a wide variety of abilities by her blessing, such as accelerated healing, enhanced vision, ultra-sharpened reflexes, enhanced cognitive processes, and an unnatural pain tolerance. Even without a weapon, he could still fight and kill with his limbs or magic.

Though trained to use any and all armaments melee or ranged, his favorite weapon is a black-bladed zweihander known as Devoratrix Ater (meaning "Black Devourer"). It was forged and enchanted by Nemesis herself, and is capable of tempering and sharpening itself through the spilled blood of its wielder's foes. It could also be used to absorb, channel, and manipulate magical energies, that Krad would use this aspect to capture and redirect offensive spells cast by enemy mages, or even use the sword itself to cast offensive spells. Elemental magic could also be used to give Devoratrix Ater an enhancement to its offensive power and perform elemental sword moves. Nemesis herself had also made it so that only her Champions are allowed to even touch it, and those who are not would die.