#;kratcanons

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          Disillusioned Exorcist || (Berseria Verse)

[I felt the need to write some headcanons about this verse.]

Kratos was born into a noble family, of course, though they weren’t very high up on the ladder. Much to his mother’s dismay, she had to work extra hard to be noticed by other noblewomen.

His family suffered some intense ridicule when he abandoned the Abbey. Neither of his parents have forgiven him for that disgrace. Not that he cares, since they didn’t approve of his marriage to Anna, either.

He did have one human caretaker when he was young, an old woman named Selma, who constantly fell asleep while watching him. Which was why Faelan, a malak, spent time looking after him.

Though Kratos couldn’t see Faelan, he could hear her, and liked to simply listen to her tell stories, or sing. Through spending time with her, he was able to develop a slightly higher resonance, though he was never able to fully see her until the night of The Opening, where she died to protect him from a daemon attack. His training as a knight allowed him to finish the daemon off, but that wouldn’t have been possible without her sacrifice.

Growing up, he was trained by a knight, since his father expected him to join the military. But after the Opening, he ended up joining the Exorcist’s Abbey instead. It was his dream to protect the people, and what better way than to fight the daemons that ordinary people couldn’t go up against?

Noishe was assigned to him after gauging his ability as an exorcist. The Abbey didn’t exactly have high hopes for Kratos as an exorcist, but he was a remarkably skilled fighter, even without a malak.

Meeting Anna changed his world view, and Kratos knew he couldn’t live his life without her. He at first requested permission from the Abbey to get married, but they shot the request down. He went and married Anna anyway.

Anna became a daemon after watching a group of teens pushing Lloyd around, constantly pushing him over as he tried to walk around. She very nearly killed one of them, and only came to her senses when she saw how terrified the poor kid was (as well as hearing Lloyd crying). Kratos felt that showed she was still very much herself, and never blamed her for her reaction.

Kratos was out hunting rumors of a daemon in the area they were living, when the Abbey found and killed Anna. Noishe alerted him to a trap set up ahead, and he turned back, but returned home too late.

During his travels alone with Noishe, he met another malak named Ifrit. She was fighting on her own, and cursed him for being an exorcist when he tried to use a malak-arte to heal her. But when she discovered the nature of Kratos’ companionship with Noishe, she asked if Kratos would make a pact with her, as well.

Ifrit, while being a fire malak, can also utilize earth-based artes. She’s got a fiery temper, and fights with a dual-blade. She has short white hair with bright red tips, and blazing gold eyes.

Having already found that there are many daemons that still retain much of their humanity, Kratos refuses to kill them unless they are truly a threat to everyone else. If they are willing to live away from humans, then he typically doesn’t bother them, perhaps aside from bringing them supplies on occasion.

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tagged by: very loosely by @lightning-of-kharlan

the face your muse makes when they’re happy

the face your muse makes when they’re sad

the face your muse makes when they see something they want*

*Kratos’ expressions are usually so vague, it’s difficult to tell when he wants something. But he’ll ordinarily control his reaction and keep a neutral expression on his face, because otherwise you get this... 

((That is the expression; when he desperately wants something, but can’t say it.))

the face your muse makes when they go berserk when their buttons are pushed*

*push him to the point where he goes berserk, and he’ll straight up attack you, okay? Okay. You only get so much warning with a darker/angrier tone and harsh expression. Actively pursue him just to push his buttons, this is the result.

the face your muse makes when they see someone they dislike

tagging: Anyone who’s eaten something sweet today? Idk, I don’t feel like tagging people.

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AU: ISELIAN MERCENARY

- Noishe finds Kratos and leads him to Dirk’s house. There Kratos reunites with Lloyd and learns about the Peace treaty of Iselia with the nearby Human Ranch. - He decides to settle down in Iselia, secretly, not even keeping in contact with the anti-Desian groups, other than the occasional -- few and far between -- communications with Yuan. - He still plays himself off as a mercenary, only he doesn’t plan on moving around much, in order to raise Lloyd. - Lloyd starts going to school, and on the rare occasion that Kratos needs to go out of town, he asks Dirk to look after Lloyd for him. - But when Lloyd expresses an interest in learning to fight, Kratos actually teaches him. He hopes Lloyd will never actually have to fight, but wants him prepared anyway. Not to mention that he gives Anna’s exsphere to Lloyd, and explains it’s significance. - Kratos is often approached by Phaidra and Frank, who ask if he’ll become the Chosen’s protector. He refuses at first, wanting to keep his name out of the ears of the Church. He knows it’ll get back to Mithos, eventually. - He only accepts the job a few days before the Day of Prophecy, with the full intention of preventing Colette from releasing the final seal. - And even if he can’t manage that, he tells Lloyd what will happen to Colette, so that they can both try to protect her. - Kratos contacts Yuan the night before they head to the Tower of Salvation, so the Renegades show up after they defeat Remiel. - Instead of Sheena revealing the nature of the two worlds, Kratos does instead. But he allows Sheena to explain her reasons for being in Sylvarant. He takes her aside at one point and tells her about his plan. - When Yggdrasill shows up at the Tower, Kratos shouts out orders to the Renegades, who follow them (on Yuan’s orders). Kratos stays behind to stall Yggdrasill, but he is then captured and brought to Welgaia. - Kratos has effectively made Mithos believe that he’s been the leader of the Renegades the whole time. Since the seal on Origin is based on his life, Mithos can’t afford to simply kill him, and just keeps him locked away in his room, guarded by a few other angels.

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IC word association

Read the word then type the first word that comes to your character’s mind

Tagged by: @mithosofcruxis

ROUGH: Hands

HIDE: Belt

FOOLISH: Plans

SAD: People

HATE: Bloodshed

LIGHT: Breeze

DARK: Clouds

MOTHER: Dead

FATHER: Worst

CHILD: Lloyd

MARRIAGE: Happiness

LOVE: Forever

SOFT: Sand

PET: Noishe

DREAM: Nightmare

DIVORCE: Never

WATER: Luin

LOUD: Zelos

ANNOUNCEMENT: Avoid

POWER: Protect

FIGHT: Endless

SMACK: Deserved

WHITE: Lily

SICK: Rest

KISS: Anna

HUG: Comfort

HURT: Self

HAPPY: Family

Tagging: I think everyone’s done this by now? But if you haven’t and you want to, feel free.

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modern au kratos's favorite style of video game?

Kratos tends to favor RPG’s more than most other game genres, though he’s fairly decent with fighting games as well. Also, don’t ask him about Arcade Games... he will literally keep you hostage for hours just to talk about them.

He’s not particularly fond of first person shooters, but will occasionally try them out if recommended by a friend.

He also tends to use games like RPG Maker to help build dungeons for his D&D campaigns.

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Headcanon: Selenia Lasbeth

This is a fairly long headcanon, so it’s under a cut.

Kratos’ mother, Selenia, was born into a moderately aristocratic family. The youngest of five sisters, her family was often looked down upon and considered ‘cursed’. During a time of war, when soldiers and Knights were primarily male, the Lasbeth family suffered a hard lot in life. Selenia’s older sisters all ended up marrying young, which left her, the youngest, at home.

Her parents thought that she would be lonely, so they bought a female half-elven slave to keep her company. But Selenia hated the idea. She had never been fond of the other half-elf servants, but she hated this slave even more. Selenia suffered from psychological trauma at an early age (largely due to her parents’ insecurities), which attracted the attention of a demonic spirit.

The ‘possession’ she went through went unnoticed by her parents, and only her ‘companion’ seemed to have a clue. Selenia hated every minute of it, but reused to let the half-elf help rid her of the spirit. At which point, she skipped past a few stages of the possession and started to torment the girl tasked with keeping her company. She became quite malicious about it.

Her parents assumed the half-elf was getting herself into trouble, and never believed her when she claimed Selenia was the cause. Selenia became fully possessed by the demon before she turned thirteen. At this point, she realized that if she played her part, she could do whatever she wanted and still get away with it. So she began to keep up a facade, pretending to be the picture of aristocratic perfection while in public.

Her act eventually caught the eye of Krytas Aurion, who, believe it or not, became enamored of her beauty and grace. Something he would never express in words or expression. Still, he approached the Lasbeth family with a proposal, to which her parents accepted immediately. Selenia herself never expected to be married off, but was glad to be leaving the manor (despite the fact that her parents were basically pawning her off), though she was significantly less pleased when her parents insisted she take the half-elf slave, Faelan, with her.

Unlike her older siblings, who all ended up having daughters, Selenia, when bearing a child for Krytas Aurion, she gave birth to a son. The news of which spread like wildfire. However, Selenia wanted nothing to do with the crying thing, and only ever payed attention to him when he needed feeding. After he was weaned, she rarely spent any time with her son, save to occasionally check in on him during lessons with the Elven scholar she hired to teach him; or during the aristocratic lessons taught to her son by a close friend.

Selenia’s ‘perfect noble’ act lasted throughout her lifetime, so much so that even her husband did not know how much she truly hated half-elves. Her distaste for them was clearly obvious in the way she looked at them, but her true nature was never fully revealed to any member of her family. Save for Kratos, who learned the kind of person his mother was shortly before he left Meltokio to help Martel and Mithos.

As far as everyone knows, she died when Meltokio was attacked by the Sylvarant Army.

When it comes to her personality, Selenia has two sides. There is the innocent, well-meaning noble, who has a distaste for half-elves, but never lashes out at them (the side she shows in public). And the malicious, sadistic side of her that typically only reveals itself in the privacy of her own company. When she’s alone and can get away with it, she will lash out at half-elves, capture them, torture them.

She had a special, secret torture room built into the grounds of Aurion Manor while her husband Krytas was away for close to a year. This happened when Kratos was still very young, and wasn’t allowed outdoors. This is where she could let loose and do whatever she wanted. There have been servants that disappeared over the years, all half-elves. Krytas never bothered to question it, because he hated half-elves as well.

But her act was so convincing that none of the nobility knew what she was really like. She would only ever be harsh, cruel, and sadistic in private, when she was certain to get away with it.

For most of Kratos’ upbringing, he rarely saw his mother unless she deemed it necessary to take him out to social events, of which there were many. It really wasn’t until after Faelan’s death that he saw her more often. He was fourteen after all, and she was interested in arranging a marriage for him, a plot she had been working on almost since the moment of his birth.

After he joined the Royal Knights of Meltokio, he saw her often at home, her constantly fussing over his decision. Despite how little influence she really had over him, he always respected her. But he could never call her ‘mom’. After all, she was a very strict woman, and always expected him to uphold the same manner of perfection that she herself portrayed to the rest of the world.

Kratos has always restricted himself to calling her “Mother”.

And as stated previously, he himself never knew what she was really like in private until he met Martel and Mithos. He offered to help them and invited them into Aurion Manor. While he was checking with the kitchen staff, he came back to hear his mother cussing the Yggdrasill siblings, and threatening to skin them alive. It was at this point he lost all respect for her, and he asked her to leave the Manor.

Selenia immediately tried to put on her innocent facade, but Kratos had already heard and seen how she was. He insisted she leave and spend time at one of her friends’ homes until the matter with the siblings was settled. She complied, but Kratos didn’t see her once when he left the city with Martel and Mithos to seek out the Sylvaranti encampment.

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Tagged by: No one, I did this randomly on my own.

rules 1. go to: www.random.org/lists/ 2. pick 15 characters your muse knows personally (can be from canon, or rp interactions) 3. answer in character 4. tag five or more people!

Mom/Dad: Krytas (... Even randomized, the computer seems to know who my father is.)

Your sibling: Botta (Funny, but I don’t see how that’s possible.)

Your Grandma/Grandpa: Raine (... How?)

Haunts you: Kvar (Seems even Hell could not contain him, after all. *sighs*)

Your boyfriend/girlfriend: Mithos (...)

Your ex: Pronyma (This is why she hates me...)

Your best friend: Yuan (How... accurate.)

Proposed to you: Lloyd (... Lloyd. Lloyd no.)

Your boss: Anna (... That’s accurate.)

The random person you met at the bar: Magnius (He was drinking a glass of flaming rum. It was... interesting to watch.)

Your Rival: Genis (I know he was impressed to find a human that could use magic, but really?)

Gave you your first kiss: Martel (... Yuan must never find out.)

Drunk and singing karaoke with: Colette (I was drunk, she was just singing.)

Played 7 minutes in heaven with: Forcystus (... We don’t talk about that.)

Gave you your favorite dessert: Rodyle (... Apparently he’s one of the few people who figured out/remembers my birthday...)

tagging: No one for now... I did this in-character, to change this up a bit. Do it at your own risk/pleasure. xD

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If a situation arose in which it became necessary, how comfortable would you be with using one of your companions' weapons? Martel's staff, Yuan's Swallow, or even, say, Genis's kendama or Presea's axe? (Yuan would, of course, tell you that you'd have to pry Swallow from his cold, dead hands, but I digress.)

“Not very…” He admitted. Kratos was most familiar with his own weapons and rarely let them out of his sight. Whether it be the plain steel sword, Flamberge, or Excalibur, he rarely left them far from his side. And is a situation rose where he had to use someone else’s weapon he was unfamiliar with, it would not be a comfortable experience.

“The only weapon I’d be remotely comfortable using would be Zelos’ dagger, and even then I would not be very comfortable. It doesn’t have the same reach as my own weapons, which means getting even closer to my enemies, and putting myself at even more risk of taking wounds I could more easily avoid with a longer blade.”

Also, he would never dare try to use Swallow unless Yuan was unconscious and unable to continue fighting anyway. Even then he’d be loath to take that weapon from him.