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Agrona Vritra is the main antagonist of The Beginning After The End. He is responsible for the war between Dicathen and Alacrya as his goal is to conquer Epheotus through interbreeding with Dicathen to have enough firepower to achieve his goal.
Later on in the story, it was revealed that he had discovered the genocide that was committed by the Indrath clan against the ancient mages out of jealousy regarding their Aether knowledge. Following that, he threatened to expose their wrongdoings. Nevertheless, they responded by exiling him and the Vritra from Epheotus under the excuse of him having a intimate relationship with the Lessers, which drove him mad to the point that he began experimenting and interbreeding with the Lessers in Alacrya for generations in order to carry out his revenge.
Through his experiments and by sending Vritra Blooded Alacryans to the Relictombs, he discovered the runes used by the ancient mages. Using those as a scaffold, he created magical runes that where given to all the capable people in Alacrya through the bestowal ceremony. Moreover, he also discovered an edict called Fate, the core component of reincarnation as he is responsible for the reincarnation of Grey, Cecilia and Nico to bring the power of an entity called the Legacy to destroy Kezess and the oppossing asuran factions.
When he discover Arthur's survival he disregards him as a threat this backfire on him mutliple times as he failed to capture Arthur thrice. The first time when he appeared in the victoriad but Arthur escaped embarrasing him in front of Alacrya, the second time when Arthur replled the attack on Vildorial and killed the wraiths and the third time when Arthur escaped from Cecila in Alacrya.
Later after knowing that Arthur is out of comission because the 4th keystone, he launches the second invasion of Dicathen but this time the lances were prepared to fight the Scythes well and Arthur made a gambit to hide his location. When Agrona learns of this he decides to take the matter to his own hands, he goes to Sylvia's cave and finds Arthur and Sylvie but Cecilia could not bring herself to kill a defenseless child. Agrona fatally injuries nico and dominates Cecilia til Arthur, Regis and Sylvie finally wake up armed with the power of fate. Agrona is defeated and rendered mute when Arthur cuts the threads of fate that ties Agrona and Cecilia removing the power of the legacy from the world.
After Agrona's defeat at the hands of Arthur, Kezess appears with Myre, Windsom and Charon capturing Agrona ending the long war for good.
Appearance[]
Agrona can be described as handsome, with smooth skin and a sharp jaw. He has vibrantly scarlet eyes and massive horns sprouting from the sides of his black hair like an elk's antlers, except shiny and black, each coming to a spear-sharp point. His horns have several gold and silver rings wrapped around the many prongs, and bejeweled chains also trace the lines of the horns.
Personality[]
Agrona has a considerable fascination over the lives of the lesser beings, especially the ancient mages who learned to harness aether. Sylvia once described him as a "coy and charming knowledge-seeker." After being exiled when he threatened to expose the Indrath Clan for the genocide they had commited against the ancient mages, Agrona was driven mad by the betrayal of his clansmen and his love, causing him to become cruel and commit despicable actions that once were against his ethics. Despite his madness, he has a casual and pleasant demeanour to both allies and enemies alike since Arthur describes him as eccentric and sociable. He acknowledges someone's strength and people who have an immense potiential even if they are lesser beings and does not look down on them.
Nevertheless, he enjoys torturing his enemies as shown when he insulted Arthur on his emotional weakness. He has no tolerance or patience for those who fail him even if it’s a partial failure though he can still give a second chance. When someone impresses him he will acknwoledge them as he complemented Arthur's gambit to hide himself during unlocking the 4th keystone. He sees emotions as a weakness that will hinder true progress.
He can also be described as cunning and manipulative, since he managed to manipulate Alduin Eralith and Dawsid Greysunders into betraying their countries and he was able to outmaneuver Kezess Indrath for centuries due to Kezess's short sightedness and his own long term plans. Nevertheless, he is not above making mistakes since he did not regard Arthur as a threat when he discovered his survival in Alacrya, which led to the death of Cadell and a Squad of his Wraiths. Furthermore, due to the before mentioned hubris, he also lost his control over Dicathen while he also failed to capture Arthur twice. Later this mistake led to his defeat as Arthur seperates the legacy from Cecilia and him using the power of the aspect of fate.
Background[]
Agrona is the head of the Vritra Clan and Sylvia's fiancé. Centuries ago, Agrona used to wear a disguise and sneak off to Dicathen and Alacrya for research purposes, captivated by the lessers' way of life. During one of his visits, he discovered the relictombs of the ancient mages, who had learned how to wield aether. Agrona also unearthed the Indrath Clan's biggest secret, the genocide of the ancient mages. Agrona threatened to expose the Indrath Clan of their wrongdoings, but they exiled him to Alacrya under the pretense of having an intimate relationship with the lessers. During his exile, Agrona and his followers searched for the ancient mages' buried text, hoping to build upon their knowledge. He resorted to using the lessers as experimental subjects to investigate the existence of an edict called "Fate." Agrona met Sylvia, who warned him of her father's plan to assassinate him and also the existence of their unborn child she was carrying. Upon learning of Sylvia's pregnancy of a child of basilisk and dragon race lineage, Agrona imprisoned Sylvia until she gave birth to Sylvie. Sylvia later escaped, taking Sylvie with her. Agrona sent Cadell to capture her. Later it is revealed he discovered a Djinn remnant called JI-Ae since the early days of his exile. She has helped him in his plans regarding the advancement of mana arts though unknown to him Ji-Ae helped Sylvia escape and give her the map of the relictombs also informed her about Arthur.
Abilities & Skills[]
As a member of the basilisk race, Agrona can utilize decay-type mana art.
- Body Possession - Due to imbedding a spell onto Sylvie when she was still an egg, Agrona has the ability to possess Sylvie's body, though he is limited to only being able to move around and communicate with others and can't use any mana arts. However, after Sylvie’s resurrection, this ability should have disappeared.
- Memory Manipulation - Agrona has the ability to manipulate the memories of others upon physical contact as shown when he touched Cecilia, causing her to see altered versions of her memories while also suppressing Tessia's will/memories.
- Transformation - He can transform into a basilisk or in other words into a large snake like form with large leathery wings.
Quotes[]
- (To Arthur) “Do you shed tears for the ants that you step on?”[1]
- (To Arthur) “Ooh, is this the part where the villain falls into a monologue and reveals his nefarious plans to the righteous hero?”[1]
- (To Arthur) “I suppose it does no harm in telling you. Let’s say I’ve enjoyed talking with an old friend of yours, King Grey.”[1]
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| Humans | Reynolds Leywin • Alice Leywin • Arthur Leywin • Eleanor Leywin • Adam Krensh • Angela Rose • Durden Walker • Jasmine Flamesworth • Helen Shard • Vincent Helstea • Tabitha Helstea • Lilia Helstea • Blaine Glayder • Priscilla Glayder • Curtis Glayder • Kathyln Glayder • Kaspian Bladeheart • Diane Whitehall • Brald Landon • Kriol Masser • Oliver Hemmbet • Reginald Bastion • Samantha Tempest • Himes • Trodius Flamesworth • Senyir Flamesworth • Hester Flamesworth • Cecilia • Nico Sever • Stannard Berwick |
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