It was said that when Athena, the Greek Goddess of Wisdom, once had a headache was when Zykeal sprouted from her brain and lay as a babe upon the floor in front of her. When she was just about to squish him under her foot and stomp out the headache, was when she realized that the headache was indeed a baby. This was of great shock to her, for the reason of her headache was of the insanity that dwelled within her mind at the time. You see, Athena, being very wise was always a thinker was lead to believe that this baby had pulled the headache and insanity away from that mind of hers; her reasoning not to squish him right then and there was she believed he held her insanity and mind in check, letting it manifest within the young one itself. So time came to pass and he grew up upon the great Mountain, Athena dared not let him out of her site, she feared that some would learn of his true nature to her and use him against her. A long 20 years would pass upon the mountain top, he would train with the Gods, learn a many things, but most of all, show how truly insane he was. Zeus constantly had wanted to destroy the being, him having created so much trouble around Olympus, but it wasn’t in his favor to go against his Athena and well, after all, the insane monster was his like a grandson to him. When things got worse in Zykeals mind the Gods were forced to act though, they wanted to send him upon a quest to a distant realm that would allow him to spread his madness within lands that were not in favor of the Greek Gods. So, at the age of 22 he was sent to Rhy’Din to wreak havoc upon the land.
Zykeals first month within the realm of Rhy’Din was a challenge to him, it seemed the beings here were unlike any he had encountered before and he had to become stronger to survive in the land. Petty theft lead him to surviving, gaining experience through matches taught him to be strong, and learning whom not to piss off was also key as well at that time when he was so weak. Time came to pass though and he survived, thrived well actually, and became a strong individual himself… one to be considered a threat some might say. That reputation of his grew though, the insane master thief of the realm, didn’t care whom he stole from, he just acted; it was during this time he had met someone whom he felt was actually sane, as the rest of the world seemed opposite to him. The name, which he would come to truly love, was Alice. The first time he saw her was within the arenas, she used a wicked cleaver to hack her opponents down. Over the next few weeks they went back and forth in the arenas, but, there came a time where their minds seemed to always think alike and Alice became drawn towards Zykeal. What seemed to be for no reason at all, Alice had one day curled into the lap of Zykeal and lay with him there; time passed and after this happened almost every day for a while, she finally kissed him. Time flew past then as they grew to love each other and it came time and they finally were married, a large amount of people showed up, one of the biggest weddings in Rhydin. For a while they were happy, but, the insane couple… were doomed.
Their home? A pantry. Where else would a couple as insane as they were reside? Of course it was a pantry. They lived within all of the pantries in the arenas and they didn’t care whom they disturbed, they held tightly to each other wherever they went and nothing could separate them, or so they thought. Soon though, after a lot of things happened that will not be spoken of, Zykeal found himself not strong enough to be able to protect her as well as he should. Afterall, he was only a Halfling, a demigod, and his Alice was a true immortal. Coming up with a plan Zykeal had left Alice one night in the pantry and told her he’d be back for her when he was stronger. To the Gods he went then, to beg to the great Zeus and his mother, Athena, to grant him the life of an immortal to protect his love. The fates though, were not upon his side, and the Gods felt amused by his request. Zykeal would do anything to protect his Alice, and their price was to make him a child, so he could not be with her.. but had the ability to protect his love. Zykeal didn’t like the deal, but he had to protect her, so he took it willingly. Now, this is where things got fucked up. It only took Zykeal 2 days of being gone, 2 damn days, and when he returned as a child… he found out that “his” Alice, had already moved on to a new mate, and was already with him. So much for their marriage? Oh, the Gods, how they play trixies on little Zykeal. You think an insane persons mind could break any more? No right? Well you haven’t seen Zyk before then. No one, NO ONE would dare touch him, everyone feared him, no one accepted his challenges to the death and they all stayed out of the way of his rampage.
Clara; having no real relationship with the girl previously, little Zyk was on a path to destruction when the girl actually had the nerve to accept his challenge and fight him. Not to the death, but to at least a match of honor, and this was something that intrigued Zykeal. Clara was a mortal, yet, she was brave enough to fight Zykeal regardless; of course she ended up losing the battle, but she gained something much more from the little monster, respect. With respect, their friendship blossomed and his temper seemed to calm down, she was the only one able to do this in that time in his life; it seemed he was addicted to being around her, climbing in her lap every night to rest and feel comfortable with her. She treated him like a little brother and wrangled him in when he got out of control. It was after a while though that his family decided that the path they had set him upon, because of Clara, was not chaotic enough. Away Zykeal was pulled once more to confront the ancient Gods and be toyed with, this time though, they wanted to make sure that his madness would peek to new levels. So a deal with the titan Chronos was made by Zeus; Zyk would be sent to another realm of all mortals to spend the next 15 years, till he was at the age of 20, to live among the normal residents with that madness within him. Stories of this time could be told, but they were pretty harmless to those whom are not of his ancestry; ancient monsters, celestial bronze, and running for his life is the best way to sum it up. So, it was the summer solstice, 6 months after he had turned the age of 20, he had been pulled from that realm and tossed back into the fray of Rhy'Din. The odd part was, when he arrived, he found that although 15 years he had aged and passed for him, not a day went by in the realm.
Back to the normal habit of things he went though, arenas were popular within the realm and he ventured off to see whom still lurked the halls, maybe he would find one or two he could remember from his days fighting before. Imagine his surprise when he stumbled into Clara, not truly recognizing her, and even fighting with her because she tried to steal away his ice pick, claiming it to be her best friend Zyks. A fight would ensue and he'd eventually get his ice pick, but he challenged her to a match of death, and she then knew it was her Zykeal. Off they went then to talk, seeing they had a lot of catching up to do, and it was to the playground of old that he ventured too. It was his home when he was younger and it came natural to him to visit the sand-box that he called home once more. There things got a tad awkward for the two though, they didn't know how to act around each other anymore, their friendship being completely ripped apart overnight, for Clara at least, and complicated extremely, to Zykeal, whom had always thought of Clara as that one whom he could respect and trust. Now though, he was older once more, and saw Clara in a completely different light. That night, after a good fight between the two where she beat him, he had the nerve to kiss her. The reaction wasn't as much as he expected, she was with another person and to be honest, he expected to be smacked. That, did not happen though, she blushed and was unsure of what to do. Eventually they just talked for the night and they spent the night in the sand-box together, just happy to be in each others presence. When they awoke, things became more awkward, and the two were unsure of a lot of things.
Needless to say, Zyk fell for Clara, Clara was dedicated to her piece of shit O'Shea who was nothing but a coward, and things got even more complicated. During this time though he did find solitude within others in the realm, making one specific acquaintance that would end up changing his life forever. One night he was arguing with an old friend Lexi when another woman decided to show up in his playground. Zyk, one never to back down from a challenge, was offered a slavery match with the woman and he gladly accepted with the terms of 1 year of slavery. Of course Zyk won the match, but things started to change in their relationship, he wasn't a very big controller and all he wished to do was play games with people as he use to. That child-like instinct still within his mind, mixed with the older feelings and emotions of an adult. So after a little match between the two, Liera and Zyk, of the scar variety where she managed to take him down for once and etched a snowflake upon his ankle... they started to play a different type of game. One that eventually led to even more complications, but also, the best thing in his life. Liera became pregnant. It was also during this time period where Clara and Zyk's relationship with each other had a pretty big falling out, their lives together were too complicated with her mixed feelings and his love of her; it made things hard on both their lives. Alice, his former wife whom was pregnant with Peter's child, had started to come around once more as well, complicating his life even more; she tracked him down to his playground and insisted to be around him constantly, craving his attention and missing their old relationship. Zykeal, still having always loved Alice, was drawn to her once more but was completely confused on what to do. Alice had destroyed Zykeal once before, that mind of his already so fragile, didn't know if he could take that sort of punishment again. It was also during this time that Liera had proclaimed her love for Zykeal, but she knew that his life was so complicated, that she unselfishly did not ask that same love to be returned. Liera's only wish was for Zykeal to be there for the child. After a while Clara had become sick though as well, she called Zyk to her bed side and he lay with here there as she almost faded into the darkness. That douche bag was never around when it matter. Of course only after Clara slipped into Hell then did the d-bag finally get off his ass and proclaim that he saved her by venturing with Claras sister to retrieve her. Yeah, what the fuck ever; lucky he still has his head.
Well fuck. Zyk loves Clara, Clara loves some d-bag for the dumbest reasons ever, Liera loves Zyk, Alice loves Zyk, Zyk sorta loves Alice, Liera has Kid, Zyk loves Kid. Isn't this a fucking soap-opera? Yep, Zyks salty over Clara, but come on, she was his best friend and he hated the fact she was making a wrong decision. Honestly? He didn't care it wasn't him.. it was the fact whom it was with was just a douche bag coward. Nothing more than that.
It was time though for one of those famous rash decisions to be made by Zyk', once more he went to the Gods and proclaimed that his life was nothing but chaos, and wanted to be a child once more to try and fix the situation. That was the way Zykeals mind worked, figuring if he took himself out of the equation on all factors, then everyone could go on with their loves. What he didn't know though, was that he would keep all those feelings he still felt as a child, as he was an adult. Liera was extremely upset to find that Zyk had become a child once more, Clara as well, as she knew that Liera was pregnant with his child and he made a stupid decision to once more become a little monster. Well Clara had constantly been seeking him out at this time, they were always drawn together, no matter how they felt about each other. A match was held of the honor type once more, Clara was trying to get Zykeal to grow older once more to be there for his child, but it was a futile though because Zykeal wanted to do things his way and he beat her in the fight. The stipulations for the match, though, were that she was no longer allowed to be his friend. That was easily passed over though as Clara just proclaimed him to be "like-family" so she could keep close to Zykeal. No matter what, they were always attached. They had also done a scar match with each other in which Clara had one, they always seemed to trade victories back and forth, and this time she requested that they get matching tattoos. Clara had received a Yin on her right wrist, he got the matching Yang on his right wrist. They also both received the double infinity tattoo on their left wrists, because Clara loved to torment Zykeals heart.
So after a while Zykeal saw how much Liera was getting pregnant and he knew that he had to do something with himself. So once more he searched out Clara to help him move through the Labyrinth to retrieve a vial of potion to help him restore his age. Through the Labyrinth they went, enduring some trials, that Zyk and Clara figured out together. Once they found the potion and Zyk had taken it to age once more, the only way out was for Zyk to drink another potion, there were two options for Clara to decide from. One allowed her to have Zykeal forget his love for Clara, but he would destroy the lives of everyone around him. The other would allow him to remain in love with Clara, but remain good to those whom he considered friends. Of course she chose for him to stay in love with her, why wouldn't she, she was selfish. After the Labyrinth it was a short time later that Clara was married to her douche price, Alice broke up with Peter to try and be with Zykeal once more, and Liera had their child. Honestly? Nothing at all mattered to Zykeal besides the child that Liera had given birth too. It was when he saw the little monsters eyes that he fell in love instantly with it, never realizing that anything could be so beautiful in his entire live. They agreed then and there that the child would be named Kyros, the first son of Zykeal and Liera on March 3rd, 2013.
[OOC Note: Don't like the brutal truth? Fuck off.]
