History Characters / TheBeginningAfterTheEndAsuras

* UnseenNoMore: She was first mentioned by Veruhn in Volume 10, but did not appear until the next volume where she meets Arthur during a visit to Epheotus.

** When he first learned of the djinn and their mastery over aether, he at first tried to acquire their knowledge diplomatically albeit by warning them that their aether abilities would pose a threat to the world if they did not teach his clan. The djinn stated that they could not do so as aether requires one's own personal insight to master and so could not be taught in a traditional pedagogic manner. Kezess took their apparent refusal rather badly, and seeing that their continued existence posed a threat to his and his clan's authority over the asuras he called for their complete extermination and all traces of their existence wiped from the face of the world.

* KeeperOfForbiddenLore: Given how he had been sheltering the remnants of the djinn from the genocidal Indrath, Mordain naturally came to preserve a good majority of djinn culture, including their aether arts. It was to him that the third keystone - and by extension the fourth - was entrusted, which he later gives to Arthur once he has earned his trust.

* CoolOldGuy: As a high-ranking asura in Kezess's inner circle, Aldir has undoubtedly lived for millennia although his exact age, especially in relation to other asuras, is not known (though given how his brother Kordri, who looks younger than him, is addressed as an Elder by Taci, it is easy to assume that Aldir is an Elder himself). However, his age, coupled with him being a pantheon, means Aldir is one of the most powerful warriors on Epheotus.

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''[[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAlacryans Alacryans]]'': [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndVritraClan Vritra Clan]]\\

** Their attitude towards Sylvie, their sole living descendant. Agrona coldly disavows her as his daughter, while Kezess has a VillainousParentalInstinct to the point of being a KnightTemplarParent.

** [[spoiler:When Arthur enacts his plan to acquire the final keystone, Wren is one of ''two'' individuals (the other being Eleanor) other than his own bonds to know of his true location, as he has keeping ''everyone'' else LockedOutOfTheLoop on the true nature of his plan to prevent Agrona from compromising it]].

* LightIsNotGood: In actuality, despite presenting themselves as a force of order, [[spoiler:the Indrath are little more than a faction of callous KnightTemplar[=s=] who are willing to commit genocide to maintain their rule]].

* VideoWill: Variant. After her death, she leaves behind a message for Arthur. In said message, she tells him not to avenge her death but to cherish those around him and enjoy his childhood, and that he will hear from her again once his mana core passes the white stage. He eventually hears her second message [[spoiler:upon being stranded in the Relictombs after the end of the war as his HeroicRROD caused it to be released early. In her second message, she exposes the truth about why the DivineConflict started and Agrona's true objectives]].

* RedIsViolent: When he is sent to exterminate the Dicathian resistance, Taci wears a set of scarlet training robes. He revels in the ensuing indiscriminate carnage that he inflicts all out of his own pride as a pantheon and loyalty to Kezess.

* BadBoss: Kezess is just as bad as his nemesis Agrona when it comes to the treatment of his pawns. The very lessers that he claims to protect are completely expendable in his eyes, and he is even willing to dispose of them should they fail him. Even other asuras, dragons included, are not exempt from these tendencies of his. He showed no grief over Taci's death and attempted to downplay his demise solely to make his position look good. To say nothing of how he sent a group of dragons that Aldir had trained to arrest him for his desertion, knowing fully well they would die at his hand, just to KickTheDog.

-->'''Seris:''' (''To Aldir'') I know genocide makes you somewhat irritable, Lord Aldir, but ''I'' wasn't the one who ordered the deaths of millions of innocent elves. Do you think he considered what the act would do to you? Perhaps he did, but then, if a sword breaks, you simply forge another, you do not mourn the loss of steel.

* {{Expy}}: Given the inspiration from ''Literature/MushokuTensei'', Kezess is the analogue to Hitogami. Both are enigmatic deities associated with the color white whom the protagonist is brought into exclusive contact with, and despite seeming to be allies at first are revealed to have malevolent intentions that cause the protagonist to turn on them, which includes orchestrating the deaths of some of their loved ones. Visually however, Kezess resembles Hitogami's ArchEnemy Orsted, being a white-haired draconic deity.

* MagicallyBindingContract: Attempts to impose one upon Arthur during their negotiations, which would devour his core if he breaks their agreement. Arthur is able to undo it in mere moments [[spoiler:by pulling Kezess's aether spell into his core to purify it, taking possession of the aether and rendering it harmless to him, and replaces it with a useless imitation of the chain around his core to disguise the change.]] This allows him to not have to tell Kezess what he knows immediately and forces him to hold up his end of the deal fairly.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A rare KnightTemplar variation on this trope. His effort to kill off the Legacy ends up backfiring on him in a spectacular fashion. Not only did he fail to kill her off, but all of Elenoir was destroyed in the process. Not only does this mean Agrona is ready to invade Epheotus now that he has the Legacy in his service and has tricked Kezess into breaking the treaty, but the fallout from Kezess's intervention has led to much outcry from both the Dicathians and the asuras, further weakening his position in the war as his authority falters.

* TheMentor: In the leadup to the war, he takes Tessia under his wing as his disciple.

** The latter part actually works against him as due to being sheltered from the rest of her clan, Sylvie did not have the chance to interact with them a lot. In turn, this makes it easier for her to side with Arthur against her own clan as she never had a strong connection with them on top of learning of the various atrocities they have committed.

* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: His name is derived from the Vajra, the mythological weapon wielded by Indra himself.

* DueToTheDead: Her funeral is attended by many asuras, and even Arthur himself attends when Kezess requests that he do. In the ensuing ceremony, most of the asuras present anoint themselves with her heart's blood before doing the same to her armor. It is notably {{Deconstructed}} in her case as it is noted that her death gets treated with more reverence than all of the civilian lives lost in the operation to capture Oludari combined.

A young pantheon whom Arthur spars with during his training in Epheotus. He is later revealed to have been groomed to being the inheritor of the World Eater technique from Aldir.

* NothingPersonal: He has absolutely nothing towards the Dicathian resistance other than he has to kill them all to become recognized as an adult. That being said, he carries out his duty without remorse and enjoys the feeling of crushing them as he buys into Kezess's propaganda and views them as inferior.

* YesMan: Windsom is so loyal to Kezess that much of his personality and statements echo that of his master. The only reason he is not a SycophanticServant is that as Kezess' right-hand, Windsom is more than capable of handling himself.

* RedIsViolent: When he is sent to exterminate the Dicathian resistance, Taci wears a set of scarlet training robes. He revels in the ensuing indiscriminate carnage that he inflicts all out of his own pride and loyalty to Kezess.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Given his SuperSupremacist nature and how he had been effortlessly cutting through the Dicathian resistance, Taci believes he can easily defeat Arthur despite his sudden intervention.

* FieryRedhead: Was known for her fiery temperament.

* VillainousLegacy: While the wraiths themselves are long-gone as they were rendered extinct by the very war they caused, their name lives on as the namesake of Agrona's dedicated asura-killers, his SemiDivine SuperSoldier[=s=] that he has amassed in preparation for taking his war to Epheotus. Not to mention the impact of their war has heavily impacted the way the asuras conduct themselves, being a driving factor behind their AlienNonInterferenceClause regarding the lives of the lessers and Kezess's own actions and conduct throughout the novel.

* BadBoss: Kezess is just as bad as his nemesis Agrona when it comes to the treatment of his pawns. The very lessers that he claims to protect are completely expendable in his eyes, and he is even willing to dispose of them should they fail him. Even other asuras, dragons included, are not exempt from these tendencies of his. He showed no grief over Taci's death and attempted to downplay his demise solely to make his position look good. To say nothing of how he sent a group of dragons that Aldir had trained to arrest him for his desertion, knowing fully well they would die at his hand.

* DidntSeeThatComing: There are a few instances wherein Kezess is caught off-guard by his enemies. This is in part to his own short-sightedness making him underestimate them.

* TheSociopath: Like his ArchEnemy Agrona, Kezess at his core is a near-textbook example.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He really does not like having to rely on the lessers to do the fighting for him, but has no other choice without breaking the treaty. After the treaty is broken and Arthur reconquers Dicathen, he begrudgingly reaches out to Arthur to strike a BargainWithHeaven and pull an EnemyMine with him against Agrona, even though he despises Arthur for failing to protect Sylvie and and foiling his plan to exterminate the Dicathian resistance by killing Taci.

* UriahGambit: Combined with XanatosGambit. When he hears of Aldir's defection, Kezess has Windsom take a detachment of asuran soldiers that Aldir trained in the past to apprehend him. Being the OneManArmy that he is, Aldir is able to slaughter them all save for Windsom. However, while the soldiers failed to apprehend Aldir, their deaths ensured that Kezess was able to discredit his former general in the eyes of the rest of the asuras and deny him any support, on top of further breaking Aldir's mental state.

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Is perhaps the most benevolent and goodhearted individual in the entire novel, especially considering [[spoiler:her clan's true nature]]. It was her personality that eventually led to her death early on in the novel.

* VillainousValor: Despite being outmatched by Arthur in the aether realm, Taci accepts his imminent demise with the bravery and pride that one would come to expect from a pantheon as he attempts to land one final blow against his nemesis.

* AGodIAmNot: As he is about to finish off the Greysunders, they tell him that in killing them he will incur the wrath of their master, Agrona, who they refer to as an almighty deity. Aldir, an asura just like Agrona, dismisses the notion that their entire species are gods.

* JustToyingWithThem: When he comes to kill off the Greysunders, they summon their Lances to defend them. He is able to knock out Olfred in his Hell Armor, followed by him NoSell[=ing=] and destroying Mica's mace. Throughout the engagement, Aldir fights with his hands behind his back and the most he does with them is merely giving the Lances the FingerPokeOfDoom. Aldir was holding back the entire time as he needed the dwarf Lances alive for the coming war.

* OldMaster: Probably the most definitive example of this trope in the setting. Despite his age, Aldir is one of the strongest characters in the setting given his ProudWarriorRace background and the millennia of experience he has spent leading the forces of Epheotus. Compared to the likes of Virion or Goodsky whose mortal lifespans hold them back, Aldir gets the chance to demonstrate his power multiple times throughout the novel.

* PurpleIsPowerful: Aldir is one of the most powerful warriors on Epheotus and is skilled at manipulating aether which itself manifests in the form of purple energy. His ThirdEye is purple and is the source of several of his attacks, including [[spoiler:the World Eater technique]]. Not to mention his armor has purple accents and highlights to reflect his power and status as the lead general for TheArmiesOfHeaven.

* TheProfessor: While Wren is more of a smith than a scientist, he is still nonetheless a talented artificer who goes above and beyond when creating what is requested of him given his obsession with making weapons tailor-made for their wielders. Not only is Wren the creator of some of Arthur's signature weapons - namely Dawn's Ballad and [[spoiler:Regis]] - but upon [[spoiler:bringing him from the Hearth, Arthur assigns him to work with Gideon and Emily in order to develop new innovations, in particular a top-secret project meant to level the playing field with the Vritra Clan]].

* MagicallyBindingContract: Attempts to impose one upon Arthur during their negotiations, which will devour his core if he breaks their agreement. Arthur is able to counter it by taking control of Kezess's aether. This allows him to not have to tell Kezess what he knows immediately and forces him to hold up his end first, but Kezess still has the leash in place.

* TheSociopath: Like his ArchEnemy Agrona, Kezess at his core is a near-textbook example. While he does not have a tragic backstory to make him that way, Kezess himself is so aloof and self-centered regarding his own personal desires and sense of justice that he sees everyone under his command as little more pawns in a game of chess. He is a cold-blooded manipulator who when put to the test does not care about how many lives are lost in his hypocritical desire to protect the world, and he has no empathy for anyone who gets caught up in the consequences of his actions.

!! Kezess Indrath

!! Myre Indrath

!! Sylvia Indrath

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!! Windsom Indrath

!! Charon Indrath

!! Sarvash Matali

!! Anakasha Matali

!! Avhilasha Matali

!! Ademir Thyestes

!! Aldir Thyestes

!! Kordri Thyestes

!! Taci Thyestes

!! Wren Kain IV

* TheSmartGuy: Not only is Wren a talented artificer, but upon [[spoiler:returning from the Hearth, Arthur assigns him to work with Gideon and Emily in order to develop new innovations]].

!! Mordain Asclepius

!! Lady Dawn

!! Chul Asclepius

!! Veruhn Eccleiah

!! Zelyna Eccleiah

* VillainousLegacy: While the wraiths themselves are long-gone as they were rendered extinct by the very war they caused, their name lives on as the namesake of Agrona's dedicated asura-killers, his SemiDivine SuperSoldier[=s=] that he has amassed in preparation for taking his war to Epheotus. Not to mention the impact of their war has heavily impacted the way the asuras conduct themselves, being a driving factor behind their AlienNonInterferenceClause regarding the lives on the lessers and Kezess's own actions and conduct throughout the novel.

For Kezess, see his [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndKezessIndrath separate character page]]. For Sylvie, see the [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndLeywinFamily Leywin Family page]].

* ArchnemesisDad: The Archnemesis Grandfather To Sylvie. She promptly disowns him and the name Indrath once she finds out the truth. Also this to Sylvia as she was willing to turn against him and expose the atrocities he committed to Arthur.

->"''I do not plan to fight Agrona's forces, my brother in vengeance. I will break them.''"

!!!'''Debut:''' Volume 10 (Novel)

* DepopulationBomb: [[spoiler:His usage of the World Eater technique on Elenoir nearly drives the elven race to extinction]].

* {{Hypocrite}}: Kezess claims that he does not wish to interfere in the setting because of his fears of MutuallyAssuredDestruction and his own desire to preserve the world. The genocide of the djinn, the desolation of Elenoir, and the attempted extermination of the Dicathian resistance show these statements to be false and that Kezess truly has no regard at all for the lessers, even the Dicathians that he claims to protect as he has become as much of a threat to them as Agrona.

* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:The asuras of Epheotus claim to have a sense of morality, but it appears that sense only stems to their own kind rather than lessers. When Windsom describes the nature of the war to Arthur, he claims that "it would be wrong to punish an entire race for the actions of a few" when it comes to the treatment of the basilisks on Epheotus after the exile of the Vritra. He also claims that they do not wish to interfere in the setting because of their fears of MutuallyAssuredDestruction. The genocide of the djinn and the desolation of Elenoir show these statements to be false and that the asuras truly have no regard at all for the lessers]].

** They engage in this manner in full force when [[spoiler:they occupy Dicathen as part of the BargainWithHeaven Arthur had made with Kezess. In order to safeguard the newly liberated continent against a potential counter-invasion by the Vritra, they proceed to rebuild and fortify every city on the continent. They also take the opportunity to slowly influence the populace into accepting their rule and turning against Arthur, though he and his allies do their best to counteract their influence]].

[-''[[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndDicathians Dicathians]]'': [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndLeywinFamily Leywin Family]] ([[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndArthurLeywin Arthur Leywin]]) | [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndRoyalFamilies Royal Families]] | [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndLances Lances]] | [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndXyrusAcademy Xyrus Academy]] | [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAdventurers Adventurers]]\\
''[[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAlacryans Alacryans]]'': [[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndVritraClan Vritra Clan]] ([[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndAgronaVritra Agrona Vritra]])\\
'''Asuras''' ([[Characters/TheBeginningAfterTheEndKezessIndrath Kezess Indrath]])]]]]-]

[[folder:Myre Indrath]]
The Matriarch of the Indrath Clan, Myre is Kezess's wife and Sylvia's mother. She acts as Arthur's second trainer during his time in Epheotus, where she furthers his insight into aether.

* TheTeamBenefactor: Aside from providing Arthur with a few unique weapons, [[spoiler:Wren ends up working with Gideon on a top-secret project meant to even the odds against Agrona's forces]].

* OffendedByAnInferiorsSuccess: The Indrath prided themselves on their mastery of aether which they used to justify their rule over the other asuras. So what happens when [[spoiler:they discover the existence of a race of lessers who not only wield aether, but to a much greater degree than their own? Commit genocide both out of petty jealousy and to prevent the other asuras from doubting their leadership, on top of torturing any survivors to glean as much as they know about aether as possible]].

* [[spoiler:PragmaticVillainy]]: Despite being [[spoiler:JerkassGods of the highest caliber]], the Indrath are known to treat the lessers in a benign fashion if not refrain from screwing them over if it advances their own goals in the long term.

* MySecretPregnancy: Consider [[spoiler:''[[BigBad who]]'' she had been romantically involved with, the moment she discovered she was pregnant a few months after his exile she knew her clan and the rest of the Great Eight would never approve of her offspring. This is one of the major factors for her not only stowing away with the strike force Kezess sent to assassinate Agrona, but for her remaining in hiding in Dicathen afterward to protect her child]].

* SocietyOfImmortals: {{Downplayed}}. The asuras are not truly immortal but they live for an unfathomable amount of time, and so their society ahs been around for untold millennia.

The daughter of Kezess and Myre. She saves the young Arthur after he gets separated from his family following a tragic accident and proceeds to nurse him back to health. Her time with him gets cut short when she is discovered by the Scythe Cadell Vritra and fatally wounded, forcing her to send Arthur away to safety.

* ICanChangeMyBeloved: [[spoiler:It is revealed the reason she was outside of Epheotus to begin with was that she had secretly went down in the hope of finding the Agrona she once loved. Unfortunately, by the time she got to him, Agrona had long since passed the point of redemption]].

* MoralityChainBeyondTheGrave: To Arthur. The memory of his time with her [[spoiler:is what keeps him from going back down the path his past life went and wanting to exterminate all of the asuras for the atrocities they have done onto him and his people. It serves as a reminder to him that the asuras are not entirely evil and it would be wrong for him to assume that they are. After all, exterminating the asuras would make him no better than either Agrona or Kezess themselves. It also makes his arrival into the Hearth a less hostile experience for him, even though the asura who summoned him there was the one who destroyed Elenoir]].

* WorfHadTheFlu: Cadell is able to finish her off as Sylvia was severely injured at the time and not at her full strength.

* ButNowIMustGo: After receiving an urgent summon from Mordain, Chul ends up departing in order to return to the Hearth.
* CameBackStrong: Thanks to Arthur using one of the Tears of the Mother pearls to save his life, Chul is not only expected to recover, but his relatively underpowered mana core is likely to become much stronger than before.

* ParentalAbandonment: His father is heavily implied to have passed away a long time ago, and his mother was sent to Alacrya as an emissary when he was merely a boy. His lack of parents growing up has left Chul with quite a few issues.

* VillainousLegacy: While the wraiths themselves are long-gone as they were rendered extinct by the very war they caused, their name lives on as the namesake of Agrona's dedicated asura-killers, his SemiDivine SuperSoldier[=s=] that he has amassed in preparation for taking his war to Epheotus.

* BirdsOfAFeather: No pun intended. What drew Dawn to her djinn husband in the first place was their shared fiery ardor and defiant nature as warriors.

* TokenAquaticRace: Are the only sapient species in the setting with an association with the water, given that their true forms are that of SeaMonster[=s=].

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Gives up his own mana, the act of which is fatal to an asura like him, to allow Arthur to resurrect Sylvie]].

* [[spoiler:PragmaticVillainy]]: Despite being JerkassGods, the asuras are known to treat the lessers in a benign fashion if not refrain from screwing them over if it advances their own goals in the long term.
** Despite their utter hatred of any and all servants of the Vritra, during ThePurge of the Council they are willing to spare the Glayders and overlook their brief collaboration given that they were very reluctant about the whole ordeal and seeing how their attempted handover of Arthur and Sylvie was foiled. This proves somewhat beneficial in the long run as the Greysunders' deaths causes the dwarves to revolt, meaning they narrowly avoided having the humans revolt as well.
** They engage in this manner in full force when [[spoiler:they occupy Dicathen as part of the BargainWithHeaven Arthur had made with Kezess. In order to safeguard the newly liberated continent against a potential counter-invasion by the Vritra, they proceed to rebuild and fortify every city on the continent. They also take the opportunity to slowly influence the populace into accepting their rule and turning against Arthur, though he and his allies do their best to counteract their influence]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Despite knowing very little about her, Arthur deduces that Myre holds some high status in the Indrath Clan, especially since not only did Windsom, himself an Elder among the asuras, bow to her, but told him that he was in no position to tell him who Myre is. On top of that, Myre takes a noticeably personal interest in Arthur unlike Kordri or Wren. Sure enough, when he leaves Epheotus to rejoin the war, Arthur learns Myre is Kezess's wife and Sylvia's mother.

* WouldHurtAChild: He was about to murder Eleanor without any remorse when Arthur arrived to stop him.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Myth/HinduMythology, [[spoiler:the gods are divided between the benevolent devas and the malevolent asuras. Despite the apparent naming mismatch given how they seem to be closer to the former than the latter, the asuras of the novel, especially the Indrath and the Vritra, are eventually revealed to be JerkassGods of the highest degree with no regard for the lives of mortals in the midst of their DivineConflict]].

* BigDamnHeroes: He arrives to save Chul right after he had been fatally wounded by the Wraiths accompanying the Legacy. He manages to get them to back off and retreat all on his own by killing one of the Wraiths.

* {{Foil}}: To Agrona, Both of them were exiled by Kezess for opposing his genocide of the djinn. While Agrona fell into madness and began plotting revenge against Kezess, Mordain did not succumb to his anger and instead focused on building a safe heaven for his people, other asuras who opposed both Kezess and later Agrona, and victims of the djinn genocide in the Beast Glades in Dicathen called the Hearth.

* CameBackStrong: Thanks to Arthur using one of the Tears of the Mother pearls to save his life, Chul is not only expected to recover, but his underpowered mana core is likely to become much stronger than before.

* DarkIsNotEvil: During her time raising Arthur, she is in the form of a basilisk and this resembles a monstrous black humanoid with HornsOfVillainy and RedEyesTakeWarning. However, Sylvia is one of the most selfless individuals in the setting, especially considering [[spoiler:her own kind and their complete disdain of lessers]].

* PragmaticVillainy: [[spoiler:He is willing to collaborate with Wren despite the fact that the latter is a fugitive due to his association with Aldir]].

* FinishingStomp: He kills Lenna by crushing her with his foot.

* PragmaticVillainy: [[spoiler:He is willing to collaborate with Wren despite the fact that the latter is a fugitive due to his association with Aldir.

* HeroKiller: He kills Rinia, Aya, Feyrith, and Albold during his rampage in the djinn sanctuary, and he came extremely close to killing Alice and Eleanor were it not for Arthur's timely return.