The betrayal of the cellular white knight.. Abel. A note who tried to change the chord of his ballad.
Pardon my scribbles and thoughts; they are a little disorganized.
Cell man woo!:
Abel is a character I conjured while in the depths of organic chemistry. I haven't had time to make him a pretty ref, so he just gets a doodle for now! He is a humanoid white blood cell (originally a T cell/messenger cell and thus him having wings) for a massive celestial creature. Cells are sworn to protect their kingdom, their creature, and work as one hive mind.
Lore barf?:
But.. what happens when you wish to sing a tune different from your choir? While he fiercely guards how he and the plague became one, it has been said that he is now highly mutated, and cannot be recognized by his kingdom anymore. He is a foreign entity, a virus himself. He orchestrated the fall of his host body, seeking to "free" more cellular creatures. He continues to travel from celestial to celestial, slowly destroying kingdoms and raising an army of his fellow corrupted celestial knights.
Or so that's how the legend goes. When asked himself, he seems to cry in a way, shaking, his rarely heard voice cracking as he utters "I just wish to be loved despite these demons who have changed my face. I gained independence, at the price of my love. I wish for a home who would welcome me, despite my mutations. If that means I must forge that home myself, then so be it."
Some world building/physiology:
-All white blood knights are given protein keys. the key shape differs based on what celestial they belong to, just like a lock and a key are unique to one another. This is how knights recognize one another should a knight act suspicious. If a suspicious entity is found, the key will morph into a sword, enabling the knight to slice down the pathogen.
-Abel's key is mutated and broken; it may morph to fit into any entity, however, the cross on his chest (the "lock" of all knights) is where the virus resides, and had heavily mutated the recognition point.
-Abel's body may change depending on what cell white blood cell type he is seeking to embody; ex: T cell= big wings, Macrophage= large and beastly, natural killer=simple armour and large blades, ect.
-He is quiet, violent, but tries his best to be kind. He simply wants community again; he is not seeking to be a godslayer. However, his crimes cannot be merely dismissed.
-the ring on his back displays proteins from pathogens
Thank you for listening to me talk about my cell dude that I randomly made! ❤️ You're amazing!