Markus

Markus is the unborne son of Kizmat and Viper. The character is a support protagonist character that helps bridge the events and stories associated with the Crystal Saga and most CW main story lines.

Birth of Neo-Earth

After the Evil Queen Lilith was unsuccessful in obtaining the Crystals of Legend to become an almighty being- her Phantomfield immediately collapsed when she was presumed killed and turned into ashes.

However, F'ein Dacor saved Lilith by using his own blood and the powers of the Shadowverse to resurrect the Queen. F'ein placed the dying fetus (that was taken from Viper before Lilith was defeated) inside of Lilith as she re-formed from the ashes.

When Lilith re-woke, her Palace was in orbit around an alternative reality of Earth- the Palace was crumbling a part and plummeting towards the planet. F'ein Dacor urged the Dark Queen that she must live and take the ultimate revenge and destiny back into her hands.

It was then, Lilith rose her hands and the crumbling Palace froze before impacting into the ocean. F'ein used his shadow powers and knowledge of technocracy to transform the Palace into technological plant known as "Lilith's Hive."

Lilith was placed into a capsule with the child of Viper implanted into her. F'ein was now the caretaker for Lilith and the child.

When it became time for Lilith to give birth- F'ein was already planning to take over the world Lilith created using her dreams. Nanobots and technology changed the child as it developed inside of Lilith's body to eventually transform into the "perfect" being. F'ein surgically removed the child from Lilith at birth to experiment with. The child was not given a name, but instead referred to as Proto-0001. Proto-0001 was trained in the shadow arts, while F'ein dabbled with stolen technology from the Technocracy from 'our' reality.

At some point, a tribe of creatures ranging from vampires to the rare breed of werewolves, named Vaolrixous, found the doorway into Neo-Earth and they built a civilization that rivaled F'ein's Dark Forces. A War erupted between F'ein's dark shadow forces and the Vaolrixous. Eventually a powerful source of energy was discovered to be in the possession of the Vaolrixous and F'ein wanted to steal this power for himself. Evangelion was instructed to steal this energy source, but in the attempt, regained some of his humanity and managed to break free from F'eins control.

Proto-0001 was captured and the Vaolrixous tribe felt compassionate for him and recognized that a shimmer of light was still present in his soul. They named him Markus and recognized that he was a creature of the night. Altimac, the Great Kindred Sage of The Vaolrixous, decided to preserve Markus because a War was about to erupt and Markus was the only one strong enough to defeat Lilith.

The 1,000 Year War

The power source was actually The Oracle! The 'good' form of Lilith entered into this world because the evil and good Lilith are connected. But because this world was created by the evil form of Lilith, the Oracle could not control destiny and was dying. To save this world and everyone, The Oracle transformed herself into three energies: Darkness, Light and Balance.

Light was taken by Altimac and he was transformed into a Champion of Light. Balance was carefully kept secret and passed to a Sagest that escaped to our alternative universe for safe keeping. Because Balance was the ultimate key between the forms of energies- it would be the last resort.

Darkness in a dark world manifested itself into a creature the likes nobody expected... not even F'ein Dacor. The being was called Or'gad by the Vaolrixous and this was it's name ever since.

F'ein Dacor retreats to Lilith's Hive to devise a way to gain the upper hand. However, Or'gad and Altimac engage in a war that lasted for 1,000 years. But not before they managed to hire a legion of fighters from most eras of our world history- many of which were human. This battle was one fought by Creatures and Humans working together.

Many victories on both sides occurred-- and as time pressed on, many humans interbreed with the creatures to form hybrids to the point of human extinction.

Finally, when all hope seemed to be lost a turning point happened- and Altimac defeats Or'gad but it would cost him his immortality and the power he was blessed with. Altimac left Neo-Earth as a mortal and brought with him many of his tribesmen. Altimac instructed for the doorway between Earth and Neo-Earth to be closed- and it was done so with certain exceptions included in a prophecy. The residue that remained in Or'gad's wake was a Crystal that contained his life source. The radiation that came from the Crystal was of concentrated evil. It is regarded that this radiation is the source of "Unholy Darkness."

The remaining Vaolrixous and humans now turned their attention to Lilith's Hive.

As a counteract, F'ein managed to capture the Crystal of Darkness and use it to combine Lilith's DNA to produce Mortismere- hoping to ressurect Or'gad. F'ein also implants the Crystal into Lilith's body- as an attempt to create a child naturally. The result was the Kindred borned, Kizmata Dema.

Mortismere resembled Or'gad, but Mortis did not possess nearly enough power to wipe out the Vaolrixous and humans completely. When Kizmata was finally born, naturally, from the slumbering Lilith's body- it took another 50 years before Kizmata would reached his final immortal body and age.

The age that followed was the dark ages for this world. Mortismere was crowned King of Darkness and Kizmat was in charge of the mass genocide of the last remnants of the Vaolrixous Tribe. The Crystal of Darkness was studied and the Unholy Dark Arts were created and written down in the Unholy Dark Grimoire. Most humans left were made into slaves - building massive pyramids for the Empire.

Then at one point, Kizmata created the Blood Tournament and literately had creatures compete to the death for a chance to fight Mortismere, the Unbeatable Champion in an unfair ending. (Mortis' belt was forged by Satan's blacksmith, Müller, from the rich deposits of Hell's mines. This belt was also enchanted with dark powers by the evil sages appointed by Dalkiel. The belt was named "Darkness Championship.")

At the climax of the tournament, a masked man reached to the final battle with Mortismere and had the demon lord disarmed and at his mercy. Mortismere's assassins attacked the masked man before he could lay the final blow- and they removed his mask. In shock, it was Kizmata! Kizmata turned to Mortismere and he had the Crystal of Darkness with him- there was a double cross in the process. Kizmata used the tournament to lure Mortis into a false sense of security and then the gates of hell opened by Satan himself. Mortismere was captured and taken into a special compartment of hell called Kali-Sheol.

With Mortismere removed from the picture, Kizmata infiltrated Lilith's Hive with an army of surviving creatures. F'ein Dacor had to retreat and awaken Lilith even though she was still weakened. Lilith's wake caused an apocalypse of epic proportions which sunk Lilith's Palace/Hive to the depths of the ocean. Many casualties happened- and Kizmata was thrown into our reality by the hands of F'ein. Kizmata awakened into our world with no memory of his former life except for the memory of his name and language.

Lilith's premature awakening caused her to sink in an even deeper slumber because she used most of her power to stop the approaching threat. F'ein left Neo-Earth for our own reality until it was time to return. It was after this time, Neo-Earth developed a similar time line to our own but with a head start with technology. Since the population was a mixture of creatures, the entire world actually existed of supernatural peoples but as generations passed, they lost their powers with exception to a select population of outcasts.

Many many centuries passed.

Markus Is Re-Discovered

Modern excavators came upon a ruins of a lost culture and found the sarcophagus of a young man still preserved by powerful magick- seemingly, trapped in a time bubble. The excavators used technology to revive the young man- however, the man was oblivious to what happened to him and his past.

Markus had extraordinary strengths and powers. And so, Markus was trained by the United Kingdom of States (U.K.S) as a special assassin to stop terrorist attacks. Markus aged very slowly until he reached the age of 30 and his body stopped aging.

Accidental Discovery

Orbiting satelights uncovered the location of a sunken ruin in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The U.K.S, lead by Capt. Markus, infiltrated the deep depths of the Ocean and managed to enter the complex. At the heart of the complex, Markus encountered the terrifying sleeping Lilith and accidentally triggered the rise of the complex to the surface- Markus was the last survivor of his team and made his way back to the U.K.S. Once the Hive was reactivated, a plague of machines attacked all cities leaving chaos behind.

Lilith used technology to lead her army of machines but Markus was able to hold EVA_CORP back- but, the war was turning bad. It was during this time of distress that Markus fell in love with a kindred woman and it was because of this love that Markus nearly defeated the evil forces.

The Evangelion Project

At the time Markus re-activated Lilith's Hive, the world was at the peak of technology. Even though many threats still endured, the world was at peace. However, there was an existing group of 'wartime terrorists/cult' lead by a foreign company that supplied weapons of mass destruction to 3rd World Countries. This company had a name.... EVA_CORP.

EVA_CORP originally stood for: The Evangelical Visionary Agency Corporation. It was believed that this agency was a collection of 'visionaries' that foresaw the coming of apocalypse by the kindred mother, Lilith. A cult-like group that was made up of creatures bent on world domination. However, their threats was always prevented by major governments.

Then after the Hive was unleashed- war between the surviving humans & creatures VS Lilith's machine army allowed the notorious EVA_CORP free reign to expand their evil. They quickly sided with Lilith and became the manufacturer of demonic inventions.

F'ein also returned to Neo-Earth after the surge of Unholy Darkness was felt. He helped lead not only Lilith's army but also took over as President of EVA_CORP.

Major cities and metropolitan centers were now war zones. Gigantic machines from EVA_CORP massacred the landscapes and every single living being- human or creature was either killed or 'processed.' There was simply nothing left alive...

Lilith, whom controlled her armies using virtual reality simulations (she was till asleep in her chamber) and through F'ein's influence- preached about a perfect society and desperate lives actually sided with Lilith thinking she was a savior. One-by-one, humans and creatures were processed... turned into mindless mechanical drones.

Kindred beings, however, were treated to a unique project lead by F'ein called "The Evangelion Project." F'ein yearned for the chance to create the perfect killer- but, failure was always around the corner. Instead, many kindreds either captured or submitted willingly- were exposed to a lime goo known as "The Limelight." How F'ein got a hold of the Limelight was not known, in fact, nobody has seen the source of Limelight... or at least lived to tell about it. The energy from Limelight changed Kindreds into zombie-like beings... completely void of personality... memories or even a soul. But the change also increased their mental powers-- As a result, kindreds were turned into "Scientists"- becoming an army of workers that developed cutting edge technologies. As the kindred population dwindled, so did the population of Scientists. F'ein at this time was drunk with absorbing technology discovered and created by pure-scientists but because one of the side effects to the exposure to lime light was molecular deterioration of the body- kindred scientists dropped like flies.

Finding kindreds was now like finding gold... F'ein hired mercenaries, spies and assassins to seek for any kindred for Limelight exposure. At the same time, F'ein started to clone the existing Scientists and re-create them into machine bodies that could reduce the deterioration process. This resulted in making every single scientist look the same, act the same and behave the same.

Even though the world was in turmoil, some hope was alive! A new government was created that combined the efforts and resources of whatever was left known as SAVIOR. And of course, Markus was at the forefront of the special task force to destroy EVA_CORP and Lilith given his special powers. The tide of the war literately changed in one night as Markus infiltrated the nerve center of EVA_CORP and nearly had F'ein defeated- however, F'eins forces kidnapped Markus' team leader and fiancee, Johna. Given that Johna was also a one of the last surviving kindred creatures left on the planet- a tragic ending was in place... as she would become a mindless scientist.

Markus was instructed to return to headquarters and was relieved of duty for pursuing F'ein on his own. However, Markus disobeyed his superiors and tracked down F'ein with Johna held in captivity.... This was a plan from the very beginning by F'ein to acquire Markus for a special treatment of the limelight.

Humanity No More

(to be continued...)