History Characters / ArknLegacyDekn

* KarmicTransformation: Andras has devoted his life to perfecting methods to heal, alter, and transfigure the bodies of others -- often via horrifying experiments that left the subjects irreparably maimed, disfigured, and insane (if not dead). His own body ends up being mutilated by Franz Irinith-Faust, losing an eye and one of the hands -- which he formerly used to mutilate unwilling subjects. To a ''half-blood'', no less.
** It doesn't end there: [[spoiler: he later ends up nearly going mad from listening to Pascal D’Aramitz's Silence Station, then unwittingly forms a psychic bond with For'ende Anathema-Elext, Franz's (also half-blood) partner, who received his severed eye as an engagement gift. And suffering ''more'' excruciating pain.]]

* KarmicTransformation: Andras has devoted his life to perfecting methods to repair, alter, and transfigure the bodies of others -- often via horrifying experiments that leave the subjects irreparably maimed, disfigured, and insane (if not dead). His own body end up being mutilated by Franz Irinith-Faust, losing an eye and one of the hands he formerly used to mutilate unwilling subjects -- to a ''half-blood'', no less.
** It doesn't end there: [[spoiler: he later ends up nearly going mad from listening to Pascal D’Aramitz's Silence Station, then unwittingly forms a psychic bond with For'ende Anathema-Elext -- Franz's (also half-blood) partner, who received his severed eye as an engagement gift. And suffering ''more'' excruciating pain.]]

* OlderThanTheyLook: He has the appearance of an old man in his 80s or 90s, but in truth is (by all accounts) over a thousand years old.

->'''Appears in''': ''A Trip To Taveril'domaine'', ''Ashes To Ashes'' (short story), ''Farewell, Mr. Rofocale'' (short story), Cadmus Renn (blog, mentioned), Inside District 5 (mentioned), The Council chat

The secretary of Zachriel Rofocale. She is the ex-wife of Nicholas Renn, and the mother of Cadmus, Simon, Zoey, and Ambriel.

* KarmicTransformation: Andras has devoted his life to perfecting methods to repair, alter, and transfigure the bodies of others -- often via horrifying experiments that leave the subjects irreparably maimed, disfigured, and insane (if not dead). His own body end up being mutilated by Franz Irinith-Faust, losing an eye and one of the hands he formerly used to mutilate unwilling subjects -- to a ''half-blood'', no less.
** It doesn't end there: [[spoiler: he later ends up nearly going mad from listening to Pascal D’Aramitz's Silence Station, then unwittingly forms a psychic bond with For'ende Anathema-Elext -- Franz's (also half-blood) partner, who received his severed eye as an engagement gift. And suffering ''more'' excruciating pain.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: He has no qualms about experimenting on Arkn or Human children, or inflicting psychological trauma [[spoiler: on Shanna Averil]] when she was just a little girl]].

* CharacterDeath: He somehow causes his own body to destroy itself. [[spoiler: However, it's hinted that he transferred his consciousness into the mind of Forende Elext.]]

* KarmicTransformation: Andras has devoted his life to perfecting methods to repair, alter, and transfigure the bodies of others -- often via horrifying experiments that left the subjects irreparably maimed, disfigured, and insane (if not dead). His own body end up being mutilated by Franz Irinith-Faust, losing an eye and one of the hands he formerly used to mutilate unwilling subjects -- to a ''half-blood'', no less.

* DeathByIrony: Andras devoted his life to perfecting methods to repair, alter, and transfigure the bodies of others; his own death occurs [[spoiler: when his own body collapses in upon itself]].

* DarkIsNotEvil: He may look like a demonic, horned, black-furred lion, but he is a genuinely good, decent man.

* TokenGoodTeammate: He's the most morally good, decent Dekn Master. He treats the servants of the court well; Nathali describes him as "honorable" and "a really good guy", and he's apparently very fatherly by nature. He's also the only Dekn Master who doesn't have a checkered past or blood on his hands. (That we know of.)

* MysteriousParent: The identity of his father is completely unknown. What is known is that Zachriel killed him in cold blood – that he passed a murderous, sociopathic disposition on to Lucifuge.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Her consort is a woman, Nathali Sha'harzad, which suggests that that she's a lesbian. However, her orientation has never been confirmed.
* TheCorruptor: She's vain, proud, and selfish, and is currently grooming her adoptive daughter to be just like her.

->'''Appears In''': ''The Neverless Chronicles: The Monstrumologist'' (deleted), ''[=AilingDaydream=]'', ''Shadow On the Sea'' (deleted), ''The Taveril'domaine Trip'', The Council, ''Farewell, Mr. Rofocale'', ''Ashes To Ashes'' (one-shot, mentioned), Cadmus Renn (blog, mentioned)

* NeverFoundTheBody: He drowned in a quarry after (allegedly) being shot. However, his body has never been found; his death has only been confirmed by his grandson, Bobbie, who witnessed it firsthand.

A recently appointed Dekn Lord. They act as Pruflas Dandicat's clerk in the Dekn Court. [[spoiler: They are strongly implied to be a middle-stage Risen.]]

* PastLifeMemories: When Ancarra first awakens at the start of the blog, [[spoiler:they experience extreme confusion, insisting that they're supposed to be human and being confused and being frightened at the sight of their roommate's Dekn features (and their own). This implies that they've been remembering their past, human life in their sleep.]]

* SplitPersonality: Ancarra seems to be developing this, with a human persona named "Juniper" [[spoiler:(who is implied to be their past human life)]] seemingly emerging when they first wake up.

->''“There’s one thing I want you to remember, young Faustus. There is always a choice - always a change, always a circumstance, always a way to trick fate.”''

* TheAce: He's an ancient, immortal Old World Dekn who founded the Persophelums, created .Reality, and was instrumental in the preservation of Humanity in the Old World. He not only survived the End Times, but witnessed the creation of the New World (and possibly the death of the Old one). He knows more about the ins and outs of Existence than anyone (outside of the Hethe themselves), and was instrumental in the development of the New World Dekn, the birth of their civilization, and the founding of their empire. Not to mention being the first Dekn to swear Inkaal’siitr -- a bond that lasted for ''two thousand years'' and produced at least three sons. And he did it all in [[SharpDressedMan a dapper red and black suit]].

* HappilyMarried: He and Ama'dina were the first Dekn couple to swear Inkaal’siitr. They were married for nearly ''two thousand years'' before her death (which left him so emotionally devastated that he went into hiding in the realm of the Hethe).
* TheHermit: He hid out for years on the edges of the Elevrium during its creation, only coming out of hiding after the Dekn had finished evolving. Centuries later, after the death of his beloved wife, he went into hiding once again -- this time in ''another plain of existence''.

* LivingLegend: Zig-zagged. For at least two thousand years, he was revered as a near-mythical figure; a man from an unseen world who had watched over the birth of Existence and the evolution of the Dekn, taught the first Dekn how to use their powers, founded their civilization, and ruled as its first emperor. By the Third Age, however, his appearances had become so scarce that people began to forget the old stories, and viewed him as an eccentric crackpot from a bygone era. Amongst his own sons and the Dekn Courts (who retain the knowledge of his true identity and importance), however, he is still viewed with awe and reverence.

[[folder:Persophelus Regent]]

->'''Appears in''': ''The Ascension of an Outlier Seed'' (one-shot), ''Staff of the Scholar'' (mentioned)

* GoodOldWays: Downplayed: he continues to speak the long-dead Old World Dekn language (though he only does this around Redgrave, and he is capable of speaking multiple New World languages).

* {{Telepathy}}: All Dekn possess a telepathy, which allows them to read the surface-level thoughts and emotions, as well as project thoughts, images, and information into the minds of their fellow Dekn. Young Dekn are said to be taught to guard their thoughts and emotions from an early age.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge:

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Subverted; while he dresses in red and black and generally looks (and [[VoiceOfTheLegion sounds]]) like a SatanicArchetype, Redgrave is a

The capital of the Elevrium. It is the seat of the Dekn government, and is home to the Emperor and the Courts (among other things).

->'''Appears In''': ''Archives of the Scholar'' (mentioned), ''Of Scholars and Strings'', ''The Siren Saga'' (mentioned)

->'''Appears in:''' ''Archives of the Scholar'', ''The Siren Saga'' (blog), ''Tales from the Dekn Court'', The Council (mentioned)

->'''Appears In:''' ''The Siren Saga'' (blog), ''Society of the Purple Rose'' (blog), The Council (mentioned), ''The Taveril'domaine Trip''

->'''Appears In:''' ''Tales from the Dekn Court'', The Council (mentioned)

->'''Appears in''': ''The Siren's Saga'' (blog), The Council

->'''Appears in''': ''A Trip To Taveril'domaine'', ''Ashes To Ashes'' (short story), ''Farewell, Mr. Rofocale'' (short story), The Council, Cadmus Renn (blog, mentioned), Inside District 5 (mentioned)

* AristocratsAreEvil: With the exception of Pruflas, every one of the Masters has used their power (both supernatural and political) to commit atrocities at some point.

* DecadentCourt: The Court of Masters fits this ''to a T''. (The Court of Lords, by contrast, is less corrupt and far more laid-back.)

* MyGreatestFailure: He deeply regrets his bigoted, hateful treatment of Kay.

For tropes related to him, see [[Characters/ArknLegacyCorporationsOrganizationsAndOthers here]]

The Dekn Mistress of Avarice. She was the first appointed Dekn Lady of Syrinth.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Her consort is a
* TheCorruptor: She's vain, proud, and selfish, and is currently grooming her adoptive daughter to be just like her

* NeverFoundTheBody: He drowned in a quarry after (allegedly) being shot; however, his body has never been found. His death has only been confirmed by his grandson Bobbie, who witnessed it firsthand.

* SplitPersonality: Ancarra seems to be developing this, with a human persona named "Juniper" [[spoiler:(implied to be their first, human life)]] seemingly emerging when they first wake up.

For tropes related to her, see [[Characters/ArknLegacyCorporationsOrganizationsAndOthers here]]

->''"[I'm] [a] researcher and scientist, though I don’t think you have much of a right to ask. I am a savior to many of our race, including Shanna. Though, she's rather ungrateful about it."''

The [[KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge Dekn Master of Forbidden Knowledge]] and current administrator of the Alunerium. He the anon that torments Faust, and eventually ropes Faust into a very one-sided deal. [[spoiler: He is also the person responsible for saving Shanna's life, holding it over her head even to this day.]]

* BadassLongcoat: His normal attire consists of a long, blood-stained coat (which doubles as a [[BadassLabCoat lab coat]] during his experiments).

** Calling him "Andy" will earn you the same fate (unless you're Marchosias or another Dekn Master).
* BullyingADragon: According to Petrel Raverne, Andras previously went after some of his buddies in the Miran'khai (the Arkn equivalent of the Yakuza) and [[spoiler: used them as test subjects in the December Project]] --and now, he's trying to go after. ''him'', the ''head'' of one of the most influential Miran'khai branches. Justified, as Andras is a ''very'' powerful Dekn Master with a direct line to the Emperor, and nearly untouchable in his own right.
* ButtMonkey: To Marchosias, oh ''so'' much. Since their college days, Marchosias has treated Andras as his subordinate (even though they've always been peers), and goes out of his way to embarrass and degrade him: taunting him, calling him embarrassing nicknames (like "Andy"), sending male prostitutes to his top secret laboratory, blackmailing him, and forcing him to do humiliating things (like kissing his shoes) when he disagrees with Marchosias's orders.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Crosses into {{Blue And Orange Morality}}. He's perfectly fine with cutting up other Dekn for his experiments in order to find out more about Dekn biology [[spoiler:and develop biological weapons]], but he's not okay with some of what Marchosias is doing to ''cease'' said experiments, particularly as it involves his Beguilement powers (and what he does with them). This is the reason why he [[spoiler: offers Faust the initial deal to kidnap Ryael and Marchosias]].

* MadScientist: He regularly conducts brutal, unethical "experiments" on Arkn, Humans, and Dekn alike involving both psychological and biological manipulation.

* PlagueDoctor: His attire recalls one, with a long, coat and a bird-like, beaked mask.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Slips into this once or twice, as he usually calls Faust by his dead-name when he wants to twist the knife further on something.

Twin employees of Lucifuge. They act as moles, infiltrating the Runners of District 9.

Individuals in the service of the Dekn Masters and Lords, as well as the court itself.

!!!'''Other Taveril'domaine Dekn'''

[[folder:Belial Casimir]]
For tropes related to him, see his folder [[Characters/ArknLegacyCorporationsOrganizationsAndOthers here]].

[[folder:Pascal D’Aramitz]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Archives of the Scholar'', ''The Taveril'domaine Trip'', ''Ashes to Ashes'', The Council, ''Farewell, Mr. Rofocale''

A televangelist from Taveril'domaine and a follower of some radical Hethian religion that is slowly changing Dekn society for the worse.

* AxCrazy: Not only is he the craziest character in the entire series, Pascal also wants other people to be just as insane as he is.
* TheCorrupter: His Silence Station [[BrownNote affects those who listen to it]], making his adherents more subservient to his manipulations and attempts at brainwashing.
* DarkMessiah: Pascal is the voice--and presumably, the head--of a ReligionOfEvil that worships all the negative aspects of the Hethe.
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: His ideal society is one where people are made to love the Hethe for giving them nothing but suffering and death.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Pascal was driven to madness from the contents of his dreams, stirred to preaching his fearful sermons from that.
* StrawNihilist: A strange mix between this, TheAntiNihilist and TheFundamentalist--Pascal is completely in love with the idea of the Hethe being JerkassGods and how life would be meaningless without them to keep their creations in constant fear--in other words, Pascal's own nihilism is enough to give him purpose and faith.

!!!Averil Family

[[folder:Moirah Averil]]
For tropes related to her, see her folder [[Characters/ArknLegacyCorporationsOrganizationsAndOthers here]].

[[folder:Shanna Averil]]
For tropes related to her, see her folder [[Characters/ArknLegacyCorporationsOrganizationsAndOthers here]].

[[folder:Master Luueth'dei]]

[[folder:Master Rofocale]]

[[folder:Lord Rofocale]]

[[folder:Lord Azure]]

[[folder:Lord Al’pyriam]]

[[folder:Lady Luueth’dei]]

!!!Servants of the Court

!!!'''Other Taveril'domaine Dekn'''

[[folder:Belial Casimir]]
For tropes related to him, see his folder [[Characters/ArknLegacyCorporationsOrganizationsAndOthers here]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pascal D’Aramitz]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Archives of the Scholar'', ''The Taveril'domaine Trip'', ''Ashes to Ashes'', The Council, ''Farewell, Mr. Rofocale''

A televangelist from Taveril'domaine and a follower of some radical Hethian religion that is slowly changing Dekn society for the worse.

* AxCrazy: Not only is he the craziest character in the entire series, Pascal also wants other people to be just as insane as he is.
* TheCorrupter: His Silence Station [[BrownNote affects those who listen to it]], making his adherents more subservient to his manipulations and attempts at brainwashing.
* DarkMessiah: Pascal is the voice--and presumably, the head--of a ReligionOfEvil that worships all the negative aspects of the Hethe.
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: His ideal society is one where people are made to love the Hethe for giving them nothing but suffering and death.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Pascal was driven to madness from the contents of his dreams, stirred to preaching his fearful sermons from that.
* StrawNihilist: A strange mix between this, TheAntiNihilist and TheFundamentalist--Pascal is completely in love with the idea of the Hethe being JerkassGods and how life would be meaningless without them to keep their creations in constant fear--in other words, Pascal's own nihilism is enough to give him purpose and faith.

!!!Averil Family

[[folder:Moirah Averil]]
For tropes related to her, see her folder [[Characters/ArknLegacyCorporationsOrganizationsAndOthers here]].

[[folder:Shanna Averil]]
For tropes related to her, see her folder [[Characters/ArknLegacyCorporationsOrganizationsAndOthers here]].

[[folder:Ka'el Luuth'dei]]
!!Ka'el Luuth'dei
->'''Appears in''': ''A Trip To Taveril'domaine'', ''Ashes To Ashes'' (short story), ''Farewell, Mr. Rofocale'' (short story), The Council, Cadmus Renn (blog, mentioned), Inside District 5 (mentioned)

The secretary of Zachriel Rofocale. She is the ex-wife of Nicholas Renn, and the mother of Cadmus, Simon, Zoey, and Ambriel.

* AmbiguouslyGay: After at least a decade of being married to Nicholas, she realized she wasn't happy and left him, ending their marriage. Her next marriage was to a Dekn woman, and seems far happier. However, it isn't stated that Kay's sexuality was the reason why the marriage fell apart[[labelnote:*]](it's hinted that the rift the marriage caused between Kay and her family was a huge factor)[[/labelnote]], and it's never confirmed whether she's a lesbian or bisexual.
* {{Bookworm}}: Her love for books was the entire reason why she hid out in the library, and agreed to take the job as Zachriel's secretary. After Zachriel burned his library to the ground (shortly before his death), she established a new one – the Library of Remembrance – in his honor.
* CrashIntoHello: How she and Zachriel first met.
* HappilyMarried: She and Nicholas were seemingly happily married for 13 years before she left him, and they divorced; she is currently happily married to a Dekn woman.
* InSeriesNickname: She is known as "Kay".
* LikeBrotherAndSister: She and Zachriel were more like family than secretary and employer. They lived together for over ten years.
-->"Zachriel meant more to my mother than most people. She was probably the closest friend he had. They literally lived together for over a decade. A Decade. If that doesn’t tell you how close they were, I don’t know what will. She even had him present at her and Dad’s wedding…"
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kay gives one of the Purple Rose guards stationed at the Door a piece of her mind.
-->“A peace-loving charity that believes in the power of Elucidis who believes that all will be well if you give in to him? Don’t give me that crap. This “society” is nothing more than a fabrication created in the mind of a twisted monster in the body of a man. You’ve been lied to. Conditioned to follow him and his so-called “beliefs”. He’s using you to get what he wants.”

The sister race of the Arkn, the Dekn are mutated, [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon-like]] [[HumanSubspecies humans]] who possess [[HornedHumanoid horns]] and [[PsychicPowers mind-based powers]]. Their native home is the Elevrium, the companion realm to the Empyrium.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Most Dekn have the same skin tones as humans; many are brown, tan, or olive-skinned. However, some of them have gray skin.

->''“Is this on? Is this damn thing on? Do my powers work, still? …Yes. You all hear me quite well. An introduction is necessary. My name is Persophelus Samyaza Regent. You may, of course, also call me Regent, in the silly little books you will write about this beautiful, strange day.”''

A member of the Persophelum guild of the Old World, and one of Redgrave's brothers.

* BlackSpeech: He seems to possess the Old World power of Hethian Speech -- and can still use it to some extent.

* CoolMask: He sports an elaborate Royal blue, red, and gold mask during his vigilante work.

* MyGreatestFailure: He deeply regrets his bigoted, hateful treatment of Kay. (They eventually reconcile.)

The Dekn Lord of Memories and Devastation. Born an Arkn of [[WebOriginal/ArknUnity the Old World]], he was [[IHaveNoSon disowned]] for sympathizing with the Dekn cause, and subjected to the Bastard's Decay. He defected to the Dekn, and went on to become a Dekn Lord. FollowIng many misadventures on Earth with his friend, Coraline White, he survived through the end of the Old World and transferred over to Universe X.

* {{Bookworm}}: He has always been obsessed with books and preserving information. After joining the Dekn cause, he lived in their massive library, only leaving for a brief time. As a Dekn, he acts as a unique example of this trope: he's a librarian not only of books, but of memories; when he established a library of his own in the New World, the building held both.

* AmbiguouslyGay: After at least a decade of being married to Nicholas, she realized she wasn't happy and left him, ending their marriage. Her next marriage was to a Dekn woman, and seems far happier. However, it isn't stated that Kay's sexuality was the reason why the marriage fell apart Nicholas[[labelnote:*]](it's hinted that the rift the marriage caused between Kay and her family was a huge factor)[[/labelnote]], and it's never confirmed whether she's a lesbian or bisexual.

* MegaCorp: The U.M.E.E.C. is this (in addition to being a space exploration company).

* AmbiguouslyBrown: While a number of Dekn have brown-hued skin, the ethnicity of their human ancestors is never mentioned (and was likely mixed, given that they were made up of half the population of a human Earth).

* BerserkButton: If you don't want to end up suffering the worst kind of MindRape, or an agonizing death on his operating table , do ''not'' call him a coward for his experiments or imply that he is not a hero to his people. Calling him "Andy" will earn you the same fate (unless you're Marchosias or another Dekn Master).
* BullyingADragon: According to Petrel Raverne, Andras previously went after some of his buddies in the Miran'khai (the Arkn equivalent of the Yakuza) and [[spoiler: used them as test subjects in the December Project]] --and now, he's trying to go after ''him'', the ''head'' of one of the most influential Miran'khai branches. Justified, as Andras is a ''very'' powerful Dekn Master with a direct line to the Emperor, and nearly untouchable in his own right.
* ButtMonkey: To Marchosias, oh ''so'' much. Since their college days, Marchosias has treated Andras as his subordinate (even though they've always been peers), and goes out of his way to embarrass and degrade him: bypassing his security measures (to show that he can always find him), blackmailing him, forcing him to do humiliating things (like kissing his shoes)when he's disagreeable.

* DarkActionGirl: A [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Dekn]] Mistress of War? She couldn't be anything less.

!!!Luueth'dei Family

* AmbiguouslyGay: After at least a decade of being married to Nicholas, she realized she wasn't happy and left him, ending their marriage. Her next marriage was to a Dekn woman, and seems far happier. We don't know for certain that her sexuality was the reason for her unhappiness in her marriage to Nicholas, however, and it's uncertain whether she's a lesbian, or bisexual.
* Bookworm: Her love for books was the entire reason why she hid out in the library, and agreed to take the job as Zachriel's secretary. After Zachriel burned his library to the ground (shortly before his death), she established a new one – the Library of Remembrance – in his honor.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: You don't become a Dekn Master by being a slouch; they've been judged to be the most powerful Dekn in the Empire (ability-wise), and are second in rank only to the emperor himself.