Minecraft Kings AU - Descriptions
So, I've had this idea for quite a while of a Minecraft Kings style immortals longfic. So here's the basic descriptions of each character that theoretically would be kinda the first chapter of that, as an introduction of sorts.
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Parents tell children stories of monsters, mobs from the forest and the nether to keep them in bed at night. Parents shudder from stories of the real monsters, men so drenched in death and power that they have crafted their own way into immortality, a road lined with blood and greed and the golden crown of the kings.
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King Geoff, the First King, the True King. The rumours say that he is a god of the world in his own right. Before the kings ruled and fought over the crown, he built this world. When the world was built, the other gods left, but he was only half a god and so he stayed with the men of the world, ruling it from his castle. They say he was once benevolent, and to the common people he still can be, but he got bored. It was him who first encouraged the others to play his games and eventually to strive for the crown and immortality themselves.
King Gavin, the Golden King, the Trickster King, the Solar King, the Fool King. But best to not whisper the last too loudly. They say he also comes from the old gods who created the world, but he was different from Geoff. Instead of living forever immortal among men, when the world was created, Gavin left. Whether he went with the other gods then later changed his mind and came back, or whether he was already in his pattern of death and rebirth no one knows. But whenever he dies, his body disappears and he comes back to them from the forest. He's said to have a connection with the creepers, that he is their god, and when he dies they bring him back to life at the cost of a life of their own. It was once thought he'd never have the ability or desire to take the crown, but when he had had enough of the taunting of the other kings he took it with vicious glee and ruthless determination.
King Ryan, the Mad King, the Dark God, the Vagabond. He was once just a man. A powerful magician and scientist, but truly a man. But he was ruthless in his pursuit of power. He used his magic and his strength to steal life force from other creatures and tether it to himself for eternal youth and rejuvenation. He was the last of the originals to join the Kings, but the first to take the crown from Geoff, and he has held it most out of all of them. His lust for power is matched only by his delight in his own twisted indulgences. The Mad King takes pleasure from cruelty, in a way the other kings still don't. And he never settled for the power he had. Only a generation ago, he exceeded the other kings again, completely transcending manhood and forcing himself into godhood. He called himself the Dark God and laughed as he sat on his throne of death and gold. They say his generations of manipulating the sciences and the arcane came together and even the other kings shuddered to realize he now had powers stronger even than Geoff's.
King Michael, the Warrior King, the Righteous King, Mogar. He came to his immortality by pure strength and fighting ability. It is said he lived in the woods, mostly isolated, before he joined the kings. Living out there alone, with all the mobs, no surprise he was an excellent fighter. No one knows exactly how he became immortal, even he is not completely sure according to rumours. But stories say he frequently explored abandoned or mystical areas, killing any mobs and taking whatever he found inside. Some say he found an ancient artifact or a spell that granted him immortality, others say it was a combination of many items and magics he'd come across in his time. Either way, he didn't know about it until he joined the kings. He is considered fair to individuals, but he may nearly rival Ryan for the blood shed during his rule, as he is the most likely to go to war, and indeed will fight in the wars himself.
King Ray, the Rose King, The Red King. King Ray was born high nobility in a kingdom that once bordered Achieveland, but has since become a part of our kingdom. The Rose King was expected to be...gentle, kind, he'd seemed that way before, and it is said people rejoiced when they heard he had taken the crown, thinking it the end of war. But he sits the throne like he was born bored with it, lounging across it with a smirk as blood streaked his dark gloves and pooled under his dark boots. The stories say the Red King does not wear cruelty as a cloak he puts on and off, but woven inextricably into him as sharp thorns hidden under a rose's petals. No one knows how he became immortal. He was definitely human once, though he may never have been humane. But he keeps that secret close to his chest, and some whisper that it's because it is not as irreversible as the other kings’ immortality, that he could still be killed for good, and that fear is what drives him to his secrecy and his cruelty both. But don't ever think to kill one of the kings, mortals have no place playing their games and they have ears everywhere. Fear and rewards breed loyalty stronger than one would imagine, and the Red King is very good at both.
King Jack, the Good King, the Just King, our current king. It is said that long before he was ever king, Jack was the first true friend Geoff had. A man born of this world, who was gifted immortality by his king, his god, but most importantly, his friend. Jack had worked with King Geoff, never fighting him for many years before the others showed up to begin playing the King's Game, and maybe he didn't have that ruthlessness the others did from their struggle to obtain immortality. The stories say that he is the creator of many of the things for men, not the giant monoliths that the kings build to show up each other, but homes and farms and riverways to trade along. That kindness he had may have been why, while he's been there the longest, this is his first time with the crown. Because that many centuries around immortals hungry for power and blood, and the friendship and gentleness that once infused his soul eventually begins to fade. He's still just but it is a ruthless and absolute justice, and it is best to steer away from all those who have or have fought for the crown. Mercy is not a word they know.
Through our history those are all the kings reigning in achievement city. It has rotated between them in bloody games, like a mockery of how other kingdoms rotate rulers between their high noble families. But there are others who have joined them to play the King's Games. Other, younger immortals who have never yet worn the crown but fight for it every bit as viciously as those who've won it in the past.
Lord Jeremy. The blood mage. No surprises with that one as to how he got his immortality. He stole it with his magic, for what is blood magic except stealing the life from others? They say Ryan would trap and slowly drain the life force from his victims, back when he still needed to, Jeremy simply kills them and spills their blood over his unholy altar, stealing their souls to store their energy in reserve for whenever he needs the life power. His blood altar is said to have a huge room dedicated to it's dark arts, and that the only ones who ever leave that room after entering it, are the immortals. He used to work in their castle, a servant, they say he was enraptured by the Mad King and eager to work under him, and that he was inspired by the stories of the Red King. Even after a generation and a half as an immortal he still goes to extreme lengths to impress them with new forms of sadism, especially in his magic.
Lord Matt. They say he's a savant, a genius. They say he has made advances for the kingdom far beyond any normal development. And, he isn't even a mage. He has no further skill with magic than any normal man, instead he uses technology. Sometimes you might catch a glimpse of it, pray that you never see it closer than at a distance. His creations can be monstrous, almost like living things but not needing to draw breath. He's also responsible for many of the recent additions to the Kings' lands, their castle, their city, even achieveland itself. Jack built for the common people, Matt builds for the Kings. He became an immortal in the same generation as Jeremy, some say they worked together to develop their immortality, the benefits of the Mad King's labs and two brains doing what so few others have.
Lady Lindsay. The Chaos Queen. She has never held the crown herself, but she has sat at her husband's side as he held it. King Michael married her a few generations ago. Some say he offered her a share of his immortality, allowed her life to be linked with his for eternity. But others say she turned down his offer and found immortality on her own. They say she travelled to other worlds, the nether and the end, and deep into the caves and forests and oceans of this world, and found pieces of immortality, much like her husband, she found her immortality through exploration, but more like the Trickster King, she became friends with the creatures she found. No one knows if she had an affinity for magic before, but after her adventures she has become a powerful magic user, using a more holistic and nature driven magic than many of the others. But remember that nature too can be vicious, she's seen more than any human on this world, and chaos is a part of the universe. It is fair in its unfairness, cruel in its apathy to any one individual, and like chaos, her actions often makes no sense, destruction or healing, either are possible with her.
Lord Trevor. He's a witch. Ryan and Jeremy were humans who had an affinity for magics, and of course, Geoff and Gavin are gods, and can use magic, but Trevor was a human with so much magic that he makes even the gods look limited. Once he had access to Ryan's labs it was only a matter of time before his skill with magics and potions made him immortal. And he is young, less than a generation old, the second youngest of the immortals, but it is only a matter of time before he becomes King. He needs to learn how to play their games, how they cheat without cheating, which rules they bend and how to block them, but once he does, his magic will give him a shot that even the other more experienced Lords and Lady do not have. As for the kind of King he'll be? He has a mean streak through him, he'd have to, to become immortal, and he's young, easily influenced, but he's smart and savvy, he might be a very good king for the kingdom itself, and he might be more obliging to the common people, but stay away from his bad side, he might be an easy channeling point for all their sadism.
Lord Alfredo, the youngest immortal. He has become an immortal in our lifetime, he may even have a family out there somewhere who still knew him as a child. He was a sniper in their army, before that, a hunter. They say he has a great shot and is more receptive to the common person than nearly any other king. What no one talks about is how he became immortal. Well, people talk, people tell all sorts of wild stories of how he could have done it, some say he stole it from the other immortals, some say he won it from one of he immortals, or had it gifted to him as a puzzle to figure out. Still others say he did something similar to Lindsay, travelling to the hearts of mob spawns of different types and stealing their spawn magic. But no one who would have any real facts has said. Even the servants of the castle are quiet, not even a hint of a rumour from the immortals. But people do know that he worked in the Mad King's lab just before and after he bacame an immortal. And that he has no, or very little magic affinity. As for how he'll be as a king? He may be an experienced killer but compared to the other immortals he's still so new and innocent to their games. It'll likely be a while before Alfredo becomes King.
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While doing research on the history of the kings I found this document. It was clearly part of a larger work or correspondence, it feels like merely an introduction, but the rest of it has been lost to time. There is no precise date given but since there is mention of how recently Lord Alfredo became immortal it is easy enough to estimate that this was around three to four hundred years ago, sometime during King Jack's first reign. Since my interest was in writing a history of the Kings and other immortals, I felt that this was a distinctly useful document to include. I have copied it out here, as the original text is showing its age. I could have simply included this and left it as it is, but it is of course missing one of the immortals, and I find it a shame to leave her out of such an interesting document. I write of course, of the newest immortal, Lady Fiona. I will include her description here in the style of the other descriptions and then I will proceed with my comparative history of this document and the history of the immortal kings.
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At the time I write this, Lady Fiona is the youngest immortal and has been immortal for around 100 years. She is a wild warrior, very intelligent and independant despite her young age. Magic practice is much less common in today's world, but it is whispered that she has a strong spiritual connection and that she became immortal in part through her nature connections, and maybe even a magical affinity. Before she was immortal, and even for a while after she was a part of their armies. She is not known for the sharp shot that Lord Alfredo was said to be, but she is a leader, and for a long time led her own divison as captain against enemy attacks. She was known for leading stealth attacks through the forests and other seemingly impossible passes. It is said that she realized her immortality when a mission went wrong and her division was caught in an ambush. It was a massacre, but she woke up the next morning in a field of bodies, the lone survivor, until she saw the state of her armour, then she realized that she was immortal. Now whether that realization was that she was immortal with no knowledge of how it happened, or that her attempts to become immortal had worked, I do not know. Some say that when she ended up back in the castle she did not tell the other immortals of her immortality, instead she tried to trick them and stole from them. Then once they caught her and tried to kill her, she showed them the truth. Fun loving and wild, and nearly as chotic as lindsay, she seems to bring some lightness to the castle, even as all around the world seems to grow darker for the Kings. At the current time, Lady Fiona and Lord Alfredo are the only two who have not held the crown.
