Milo Bloodhall

Milo, otherwise known as Bloodhall for the bloody scene he left behind comes from the fractured Empire known as the Eyrie Empire.

Though to call it an empire in its current state would be incorrect.

After its destruction during the Silver Scourge, it has become a series of fractured states.

Milo comes from Kalisk, otherwise known as the Sons of Celeste.

The name “Celeste” refers to the Majesty of Celeste, the grand that had originally brought the Eyrie Empire to its glory.

However it is now caught off from the mortal plane after its Patrons were slaughtered in a targeted crusade during the Silver Scourge.

But the people of Kalisk believe otherwise.

That the Majesty has simply abandoned them because they have become soft and weak willed.

That’s why the Sons of Celeste have become a society of rigorous discipline and military training, seeking redemption in the form of service.

Milo was born into such an environment not as a noble but the son of a soldier.

He hardly saw his father as he was always marching out to some war, and so from a young age, Milo became responsible for watching out for his younger sister, Jasmine, as well as tending to the fields.

When he was 12, things began to look up as after Milo’s father became a Champion, he and his family were invited to stay at a commander’s manor.

Here, Milo would go from a farm worker to a soldier.

He would learn to read and write from a hired tutor, studying old battle tactics, and was even personally trained by Kameo, the commander’s second in command.

However things would go downhill from here.

One day Milo’s father never came back from a battle, said to have died in a valiant last stand protecting a holy relic known as the Hand of Marcin.

While the defenders fought hard, the relic was ultimately lost to a group of cultists who worshipped a creature known as Dieke.

This was particularly devastating as it was said it was this relic that repelled evil forces from Kalisk.

Soon after the loss of the relic, a sickness began to sweep through the land.

The poor, the rich, the weak, the powerful, they were afflicted all the same.

This disease would eventually take the commander, putting his son, Zilarious in his place.

Suddenly plopped into power in the middle of a crisis, Zilarious panicked as the public begged for a solution to a problem no doctor has ever witnessed before.

That’s when Kameo spoke.

“ It is The Champion who lost the relic. So it is his blood’s duty to redeem his failure.”

Kameo spoke of sacrifice, proposing that Jasmine be sacrificed to Dieke in exchange for the Hand of Marcin.

Milo objected, going as far as to pledge he would get the hand himself if they just left Jasmine alone.

Zilarious doubted it, but Kameo spoke over his new master and agreed to Milo’s terms.

Except it was nothing but a smooth lie to quiet him.

In the night Milo was tied up and thrown out while they took Jasmine.

What they didn’t expect was Milo to somehow make his way back to the manor.

Armed with his father’s sword, Milo would corner Kameo, demanding to know where they had taken his sister.

Kameo merely gestured to the horizon.

“ To the mountain. At the very peak of Dieke's abode.”

And so that’s where Milo went.

But he was just one kid trekking through a harsh desert. 

By the time he arrived it was too late, Jasmine was gone. 

However, the creature that accepted the sacrifice wasn't. It was a hulking, gangly creature, limbs tipped with claws, a body covered in pearly white and eyes of obsidian. 

Dieke. 

In a rage Milo attacked the beast. 

But again, Milo was just a kid with a sword. Dieke would trap Milo in a Median of an endless forest that wound upward to a temple in which Dieke stood, holding Jasmine.

 Milo would fight his way up to the temple again and again, slaughtering clones of the beast that guarded it. 

But every time he would perish, the cycle would merely restart for his torment to start anew.

5 years had passed when finally Milo would slay Dieke, not by fighting his way up the steps but by climbing up the back of the temple, dropping down from the ceiling, driving his blade into Dieke's skull. In that moment it wasn’t the kill that mattered, it was Jasmine.

Milo held his sister only for a moment before the illusion shattered. 

Jasmine was dead.

Had been for years.

5 years of toiling and slaughter, only for it to be for absolutely nothing. 

But Milo was still trapped inside the Median.

And technically he still never left.

Because Dieke was the anchor of the Median, with him dead the Median began to violently collapse inward, reality itself seeming to ripple before his very eyes.

Tired, wounded, and more terrified than he had ever been in his life, Milo fled, running and running until he passed through a layer of illusion and emerged into his family’s old farm house.

Or rather a space that looked like it.

Reality outside that farm unraveled, stretched and collapsed while Milo simply... watched.

That day he slept in his old bed in a cold sweat, and when he awoke, he held not a single memory.

The only things that came with him from the Median was his blade and his hatred.

Milo would return to the manor now under the control of Zilarious.

“ You’re all cowards,” Milo shouted, his accusation only answered by pleas for mercy as Milo slaughtered his way through the manor.

All but one man was spared that day.

Romeo.

He was Kameo’s brother and had taken Kameo’s place as he had left shortly after the sacrifice was complete.

Milo didn’t let Romeo join the dead, instead using him as an information broker, giving him direction to Kameo’s location.

Ever since Milo has been hunting Kameo, the chase leading him into the Ryokasen Empire.

The World of Amerax

I won’t yap on and on about the world here but I’ll give you a brief run down.

But if you want to know more about the world of Amerax, check out the lore book.

There are four levels of existence, The Primordial, The Above, The Veil, and Amerax.

We’ll be focusing on the Veil and Amerax.

The Veil is where unwanted spirits live which makes it a highly hostile environment.

Amerax is the mortal world which is where most of these stories will unfold.

But sometimes these two realms intersect, creating a Median.

Time, space, and physics often behave strangely within one.

Magic System Run Down

Long story short, in Amerax, souls have their own equivalent of blood known as Soul Force.

This is used to cast spells and other magical abilities.

Only thing is, you use up too much Soul Force, you either explode or fall into a coma.

Yapping

Aaand that’s pretty much all you need to know.

This isn’t too different from other fantasy settings so if you already have a magical character it should work fine here.

However if you want the full experience I’d suggest going through the lorebooks.

Alright, bye bye now.