TYRANT ╱ COWARD.
"You know not what will become of you. So I offer you this; the most blessed reprieve, the most dreadful misery. You shall suffer the indignity of serving me, the HERETIC you so revile.
But know now that you will be watched over by an altogether different king."
HIS MAJESTY, KING AUDOIN OF PANNONIA.
SOMEWHERE IN THE 5TH CENTURY.
BLESSED BY GOD. As was told by the Pope. AUDOIN grew up to be surrounded by the divine visions of heaven, learning things that most children of his age is incapable of knowing, along with showing competence and intelligence in an early age. He was sent to the monastery at the mere age of five, growing up under the guidance of the vicars in the Holy Roman Church. It was further confirmed when they were dressing up the young prince and discovered the STIGMATAS OF JESUS CHRIST; on each of his wrists and his feet. From then on they knew, that HE is a child blessed by the Lord. HE would be the new Saint of the Holy Roman Empire.
THE WAYWARD PRINCE
Audoin grew up in the monastery as a devoted monk, spending his life in devotion and prayer; aside from helping the sick and feeding the poor, never realizing or admitting that something else was happening behind the higher order. To him, the church served their people under god's words. Never questioning the texts, never questioning the pope. However he found himself enjoying the taste of freedom after years spent being in the monastery, returning back to his castle. The Young Prince spent many a night drinking and making love, going against the words that the Pope had told him as the first sign of his rebellious phase. Upon the death of his father, PRINCE AUDOIN was crowned KING AUDOIN OF PANNONIA, governing the kingdom as part of the foederati of the Romans. He had to stop his chaotic life in favour of his people's well being; returning back to his devoted ways.
THE REVELATION
Much to Audoin's dismay, he had found himself hurt during a war between the Ostrogoths and Visigoths. During his bedridden times, he found himself requesting to be carried into his prayer room, constantly asking for god to grant him strength and keep his people safe -- pretending that he didn't hear his court members arguing over who gets the land and who gets the throne when the King is finally dead.
Unfortunately, it wasn't the angel that he expected to come into his aid.
THEY revealed themselves as TRINITY; God's former Throne until GOD started to rule with an iron fist, scorning the peoplethat THEY find unfitting for Their PERFECT regime of Heaven. A place of artificial beauty and corrupted happiness. Audoin refused to believe; that God was nothing like this. That THEY are a benevolent being, aiding the humans when they could. He found himself shaking in fear and had to be carried back to bed, but the visions persists; and Audoin was DEATHLY CURIOUS. He listened to what Trinity had to say, and show. The lies told. The destruction of Paradise. The corruption of the church, and most importantly the story of the GREAT MOTHER; an Old God scorned.
He started to gravitate towards the teachings of the GREAT MOTHER, finding liberation and freedom from what he was previously taught by the Pope. Soon he was granted with THE MOTHER'S blessings, becoming their PROPHET and the host of none other than Trinity themselves; the DIVINE POWER OF DAMNATION.
REGNUM ITALIAE
Knowing that he had to eventually do something, he found blessings in marching forward to spread the GREAT MOTHER'S teachings and blessings; gathering followers and the outcasts of the kingdom and the Roman Empire itself. With these people behind him, he led them to moving towards the NEW OSTROGOTHIC KINGDOM; REGNUM ITALIAE. Here, he had successfully conquered the lands along with assimilating his own people together with the Lombards of Italy, crowned AUDOIN OF THE LANGOBARDS. With a revolutionary idea, Regnum Italiae grew as a knowledge center; antiseptics were used before the term antiseptics were coined, along with new medicinal breakthroughs and technology. Women were allowed to learn and work alongside men, and the laws were written to be fair to everyone. KING AUDOIN was benevolent to HIS people, but MERCILESS to his enemies. Anyone that was caught trying to betray him or HIS GOD, he immediately had executed in front of him by HIS OWN BEASTS that he had gathered from his many endeavors. People feared him for his ability to tame dangerous animals and otherworldly Beasts, but at the same time respected him for all the change he had brought to their previously hard life.
THE FALLEN KING
All great kingdoms eventually come to an end.
Discovering the weaknesses to the Beast of Gehenna; Trinity themselves, the Romans wasted no time in organizing a siege for Regnum Italiae, as Audoin had refused to have it part of the Roman Empire nor empowering the Christian teachings in the kingdom. With his military weakened and his most powerful WEAPON AND COMPANIONS defeated, he found himself in a dead end. With the last remaining effort, he had BURNED Ravenna and Pavia, the two flourishing cities in Regnum Italiae. People fled to safety, but their home was destroyed. Some with crumbling faiths, some who went into hiding for their ego was crushed.
Most importantly, KING AUDOIN was gone, and rewritten in history as a tyrant, a heretic, a harlot. An advocate of the devil that was slain by the church's saints; never to be seen again.
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN LOMBARD
AWAKENING.
His first memory is to wake up surrounded by hospital equipment, unable to remember anything else, unable to talk any other language except GOTHIC. Doctors explained that he had amnesia, while a couple explained to him that they are his parents and they will take care of him. They told him that he had a near-fatal car accident, and it costed him his memories; but he survived. Unable to survive on his own, he returned home with his 'parents', in which they made sure he was catered for and taken good care of during his recovery, along with reteaching him English and French. Memories and pictures were shown and told, but many felt like they were NOT OF HIS OWN. Yet, he can never explain this sensation to them, in the fear that he was wrong, or even disappointing his excited parents.
NEW BEGINNINGS
He continued growing up in a loving and gentle environment; with DARREN and APRIL LOMBARD showing support in the things he does, as well as giving him occasional wisdom. He had grown to love them; until shady deals were made within the business his father runs, THE LOMBARD ARMS AND WEAPONRY CO. The Lombard Estates where he lived was burned to the ground, his parents' remains mixed with the ashes of the his home.
And thus began his downward spiral.
He had lived in the streets for a while, working odd jobs until he stumbled across BRIDGET and GABRIEL, a young witch and a mysterious young man who does magic respectively. Together they lived in a crapsack house and worked together, making friends along the way, until he was diagnosed with ADVANCED CANCER.
In a futile attempt for ANOTHER CHANCE, he had prayed that some miracle would happen; in which he was greeted by THE DIVINE POWER OF DAMNATION, offering help in exchange for devotion and a vessel. It all gave him a weird sense of deja vu, and subsequently agreed. While not being fully cured, Christopher was NO LONGER DYING, and able to continue with his life... as normal as he could.
DISSONANCE
There seemed to be something that doesn't seem to click between him and the Beast. There was still a lack of harmony between both of them; something that he still tried his hardest to control, along with their ancient powers. However he was starting to feel that something was off; that he tends to black out, and that there are times where he didn't remember what happened, and why people were giving odd stares. He would catch himself reading old texts, wearing things that he didn't before, hearing voices and experiencing visions and memories that are not of his own. At least, he believed so. But who's to say it's not his ? SOME DISHONESTY may have been played by his parents, in the hopes that his memories would remain lost. That he would never remember who he was, and that he would continue being the docile person that he is.
But perhaps, KING AUDOIN was starting to manifest himself again, but as a DIFFERENT PERSONALITY , both Christopher and Audoin being unaware of each other's presence in a singular body, yet fighting for dominance.
The cowardly, troubled artist VS the Patriarch of Regnum Italiae, the tyrant that was painted by the church.
And he wants back what once was HIS.
GOD'S 'FALLEN' THRONE, TRINITY
The 'thrones'; also known as 'ophanim' (offanim) and 'galgallin', are creatures that function as the actual chariots of God driven by the cherubs. They are characterized by peace and submission; God rests upon them. Thrones are depicted as great wheels containing many eyes, and reside in the area of the cosmos where material form begins to take shape. They chant glorias to God and remain forever in his presence. They mete out divine justice and maintain the cosmic harmony of all universal laws.
WHEN UNIVERSE FIRST EXISTED, SO WERE THE FIRST CHOIR OF ANGELS .
The Ophanim; alongside the Seraphim and the Cherubim, THE FIRST THREE were created to assist GOD and sing glorias to Them. And at first, everything seemed to be fine and in order. Somewhere within time, GOD decided to eliminate the old gods that have existed before them; bringing together the creatures and creations that have been made before Them or FOR Them. This included the first angels; in which They created more in their Holy Crusade to spread the belief in Them and deviate from the Old Gods. During the first era, not many was spoken by GEHENNA, the first Ophanim ever made. They simply thought God was being petty, and wanting a bigger part in the universe.
Until They started eradicating the Old Gods completely.
Faithful to their FIRST CREATOR, Gehenna left the heavens; abandoning the rest of their Siblings during the war against God. They never fell -- perhaps due to their nature of BEING ASSIGNED to God; and not Their initial creation to begin with, rendering them free of the title Fallen Angel.
When the Messiah of the Old Gods was anointed, it was Gehenna who acted as their messenger, as well as a loyal companion and guardian who secretly watched over the Messiah in his endeavors. Fate took a cruel turn however when GOD'S ARMY managed to injure the Messiah, rendering him unable to continue his job, and at the mercy of God's soldiers. In an attempt to save him ( and as a final blessing from the Old Gods ), GEHENNA possessed the Messiah; granting him ALL of their abilities combined with his own, blessings from the Mother and Father.
They now go as TRINITY.
THE CULT OF THE WICKED FATHER
Blessed are the destroyers of false hope, for they are the true Messiahs - Cursed are the god-adorers, for they shall be shorn sheep !
THE MESSIAH; THE SAINT OF HERETICS
By the beast, then, coming up out of the earth, he means the kingdom of Antichrist; and by the two horns he means him and the false prophet after him. And in speaking of "horns like a lamb," he means that he will make himself like the Son of God, and set himself forward as king. And the terms, "it spoke like a dragon," mean that he is a deceiver, and not truthful.
Anointed at birth. A soul crafted by the very hands of the Old Gods, therefore he is considered their child. Granted with every blessing that they can give, he was made to lead the people and spread the words of the Mother and Father; as well as reminding the people the consequences of their actions. With the moniker of THE MESSIAH OF THE END OF TIMES , he receives visions from the divine, as well as the messages of the past prophets who had foreseen The End; all who died and returned towards the Beast of Gehenna as a legion within them. He sees the past through the Dead Prophets; the present through the Beast of Gehenna; the future through the Father's blessings for him. He REMAINS throughout the times -- even as he is killed, he will only enter deep slumber; waking up in a different time where he is needed the most, always watching. Always remaining until the Old Gods decided that his service is no longer required, or when the end of the world has finally come...
LUCIFERANS are a group of people who actively worship the two main deities; THE GREAT MOTHER and THE WICKED FATHER. Arguably, some people have referred to it as CHRISTOPHERAN, depending on the main god of worship. The religion was founded on the basis of acceptance and love regardless of who they were and the idea that sex is not unholy; a concept that was taken away by most modern Abrahamic religions. Referred to a cult and paganistic by most modern-era monotheists, most of the practices have died out only to be replaced by bigger celebrations that fall under the category of worship for the Abrahamic god; a god that is considered new by the believers of this religion. Led by THE MESSIAH, he has been annointed by the Wicked Father as the ANTICHRIST. He rises on Earth to bring miracles towards mortals, tempt the believers of God to join the cult. He will break apart every religion that defies the Mother and Father; he will cause chaos among the unity of God's followers.
THE NINE STATEMENTS
THE BAPHOMET,
1. Represents indulgence instead of abstinence.
2. Represents vital existence instead of spiritual pipe dreams.
3. Represents undefiled wisdom instead of hypocritical self-deceit.
4. Represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates.
5. Represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek.
6. Represents responsibility to the responsible instead of concern for psychic vampires.
7. Represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of their “divine spiritual and intellectual development,” has become the most vicious animal of all.
8. Represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification.
9. Has been the best friend the Church has ever had, as THEY have kept it in business all these years !
THE CHILDREN
Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood.
relations + family tba.