Revan Morningstar

"'The Kiryus... another longstanding nemesis of mine. It matters not how many numbers they gather; they will all suffer the same end. Whether by my hand, or by yours.' - Revan, to Damian"Revan Morningstar, formerly known by his true demon name of Revantulus, is by all accounts, the Anti-Christ. Being the spawn of Lucifer, Revan has nearly brought the world to ruin on numerous occasions, though his plans were narrowly averted thanks to a select few people. Despite his defeats, Revan would always return; this time is no different, and his current conquest has brought him to the lands of Avashesh. With the assistance of his half-brother Damian, Revan now plots the complete genocide of the Nephilim race.

Birth of Sin
Thousands of years ago, Heaven and Hell had been at war. Angels and demons continued their eternal conflict. With God forcing his hand, a desperate Lucifer hatched an ingenious plan. Using some of his own blood and souls of the damned, he created an abomination. From the deepest bowels of Hell was birthed a creature unlike which the allies of Heaven had ever witnessed before. Revantulus was unleashed upon God's angels, and easily destroyed them down to the last dregs. Revantulus proved to be a destructive force, and harnessed angelic blood to resurrect the deceased angels, now enslaved to the demon construct's power. All seemed lost for the forces of Heaven.

Revantulus decided he had enough of taking orders. He turned his gaze towards Hell and directed his wrath there, much towards Lucifer's anger. The monster proved to be unstoppable, and laid waste to demons much like he did to angels prior. The slaughter continued and Revantulus was to be feared; his bloody reign brought terror into the hearts of angels and demons alike. In an act of desperation, God and Lucifer were forced upon a temporary truce, with no other options left. Thus, an artifact was forged. The Soul Cube was a cube of great power, created by the hands of a devil forgemaster and an angelic weaponsmith. With the Breaker in hand, Revantulus was sealed away the cube buried deep in the Earth. As the memory of Revantulus faded, the war between Heaven and Hell resumed. Both sides were severely crippled and yet they marched on with their eternal war.

Demise of Humanity
Four thousand years later, Lucifer had long since been defeated and imprisoned in Hell. Unknown to the powers that be, the burial site of the Soul Cube happened to be smack dab in the middle of current day Haven City. Haven was a place of great conflict, and all the death and bloodshed awoke Revan from his prison. He was able to break free, once again prepared to swear his wrathful vengeance upon the world. Despite this, he was only newly awakened and thus still weak, so he was bested after a pitched battle within the streets of a nearby city. His tale did not end there however, as he called upon all the souls of the dead in a fit of desperation. Given the nature of his creation, it caused him to evolve beyond his initial phase, bloated into a beast of unimaginable proportion. His very existence was a temporal paradox, causing realities to collide and dead foes to rise again. The Earth was torn, forced into a pitched battle against an impossible foe.

With no other options, those who opposed Revan scrambled to find a solution. A ray of hope came in the form of two sister swords; Eclipse and Seranova, forged by the very same smiths who created the Soul Cube that originally imprisoned Revan all those years ago. With the weapons in hand, all efforts pointed towards a final confrontation with the stories-tall Revantulus, with the backdrop being a dying Earth. Wielding Eclipse and Seranova respectively, Magnus and Ashlynn confronted Revan in a battle at the center of the mind. After an intense battle that took everything from all parties involved, Revantulus was slain as the two swords plunged into him. His colossal form faded, but the damage was still done and it would take years before humanity could recover from such a blow.

Blood Cult
Though through some miraculous form of willpower, Revantulus was able to reform himself from a single drop of his demon blood. This resurrection left him in a severely weakened state, so much so that he could not even manifest into his original form. And so, Revantulus was forced to take the guise of a human. While effectively out of the public view, he was able to scheme behind the scenes for years, waiting to exact his perfect revenge. Known as the demon who almost wiped out humanity, Revantulus had gained a cult following. Given the ongoing power struggles in Hell due to Lucifer’s absence, Revan was easily able to sway a veritable army to do his bidding. Thus gave rise to the Blood Cult. Most notable among them were Adin Johnson, Caesar Loke and Blake Vale. Each of them played a pivotal role in bringing Revan back to a more acceptable state of power. Revan put his plan into motion, with Caesar quickly his reputation as a serial killer known as the Haven Slasher.

All three of his loyal followers would eventually fall victim to those that protected Haven City, but not before granting Revan what he needed to make his return. He made his grand appearance at the night club formerly owned by Blake Vale; the person responsible for Blake's death being none other than Magnus. The two immediately were drawn into a deadly conflict, but even as a shell of his former self, Revan overpowered Magnus and left him close to death. Rather than granting him that death, Revan promised "the worst torture imaginable" before leaving the man with his life. For those who had meddled in his affairs for so long, he felt nothing but pure aversion for. Every fiber of his demonic being wanted death for them; not fast, but slow and agonizing. He would see them all burn in Hell.

Conquest
Revan disappeared, following his revival. With him came what remained of the Blood Cult, whose years under his service warped and twisted their bodies into subservient and living shadows. Sometime after, Revan managed to stumble upon a more curious tome. It was hardly anything ordinary, but rather one of the 7 Books of Omen, powerful spellbooks said to have been crafted by a heretical scribe to harness Satan's power. Given his affinity for blood, Revan so happened to stumble upon the book called "Sanguine". He learned of the tome's power, and what might happen were he to collect the rest of them. With his mind on revenge, collecting these books became another means to an end. His travels through the Underworld eventually brought him into the company of a potential ally; another spawn of Lucifer.

Calling himself Damian Morningstar, they were only half-brothers in truth, as the means of their creation differed. Revan took a liking to his new-found sibling, as they had much in common; enemies included. Revan would eventually come to call himself Revan Morningstar, not as tribute to his father but as a challenge. He resolved to take the throne of Hell for his own, and rally their forces against any who would dare oppose him. Before that, he had other, more terrestrial goals. With Damian and their combined allies, Revan vowed to destroy their mutual enemies, and commit genocide against a race he considered an abomination; the Nephilim.

Dance with the Demon
Revan was quick to get to work on playing the field. After setting up in Limbo City, Revan soon encountered an old friend of Magnus', one who had fought alongside him back in Haven City; Damien Artweir. Though his name was similar to that of his half-brother, Damien was a far cry away. The boy was power hungry and incessantly curious, leaving Revan to explain the nature of his Book of Omen. His description was crude and vulgar; how scholars drove themselves to insanity to etch the book with mad ramblings drawn in blood and flesh. He encouraged Damien to try and take it, but when the boy declined, Revan sought another method to incite violence. He knew tales of the boy's exploits from Haven; how he tore through a sect of cultists who murdered his parents, all with his bare hands and his magic. Yet still, he wanted a test. He wanted to see what the boy was capable of, and how it could stand against a son of Lucifer. That's when he began to pester the boy, until he heard from Damien's own lips that he had once consorted with Magnus. That was enough to prompt Revan to action.

Revan was swift on the attack, purposefully injuring himself to fashion a knife from his own blood. The crimson ichor hardened into crystalline form, which Revan used to slash outward at his chosen foe. Revan employed a fighting style that always put him in harm's way; the more damage he took, the more of his blood he would weaponize. All the various cuts and scrapes from Damien's attacks would be turned back unto him in the form of weapons, flurries of ultra-sharp needles and barriers of crystallized blood. Despite his numerous injuries making it seem like he was always on the back foot, Revan eventually stopped toying with his prey and took him down. With a furious beat of his foe's wings, they took aloft; a spear through Revan's shoulder brought him to bury a dagger beneath Damien's rib cage, impaling him straight through the stomach.The weight of his presence sent them plummeting back down to the ground, where Damien finally surrendered, albeit with excitement in his otherwise monotonous voice. Revan realized that the boy had no allegiance but to himself, and that could be taken advantage of. Telling him to clean himself off, Revan promised that there might be some use for him after all.

Close to HEAVEN
Revan turned his ambitions skyward; both figuratively and literally. HEAVEN was recognized as the foremost authority in the Spiral Isles, and would prove to be a thorn in their side if they ever caught on to what Revan and Damian were up to. His plan was two-pronged; plant a mole with HEAVEN's hierarchy, and acquire another agent to stir up some chaos, thus keeping HEAVEN busy. Working a mole into their ranks was easy enough; the harder part was finding someone who couldn't be easily tied back to Revan. Begrudgingly, he landed on a possible solution; hire a Nephilim. Given Revan's hatred for them, no one would ever even begin to suspect that he was working with one. His target in question? Colt Armister. Due to Revan's vast connections, he was easily able to dig up dirt on the vagrant samurai, thus being able to blackmail him into service.

Colt was immediately sent off to Norfang, where the mole had informed Revan that three Nephilim went off to find the Godslayer. While Colt was ultimately unsuccessful in killing any of them, he did succeed in adhering to Revan's secondary goal; causing anarchy. With the town burning, Revan and Colt met up afterwards, with Revan being quick to remind Colt of how expendable he was. After all, there was a reckoning coming; either Colt would ally with them, or end up dead. Revan was more than hoping that he'd pick the latter option. Such wasn't the cause; before Revan departed, he handed off a cellphone and told Colt that he would be contacted again, should his services be required.

Mortal Form
In his mortal guise, Revan appears as a lean and tall young male, late 20's to early 30's with blonde hair that flows just past his neck. His hair is highlighted at the tips, shifting to a darker, dirty blonde a couple inches away from the ends. His eyes are a piercing red, said to strike fear in the hearts of lesser man with just a glance. He lacks any significant musculature, likely unable to build any due to the unnatural circumstances surrounding his birth and subsequent resurrection. His hands are almost always stained in something, whether it be dried blood beneath his fingernails or dirt on his palms. Revan often wears darker colors, and is just about always seen in a hooded, red coat that reaches down to his knees. Clipped to his belt is his Book of Omen, Sanguine, a red-covered book with a silver spine, and pages splattered in blood.

Personality
In his original incarnation, Revantulus possessed a god complex and believed himself to be above those who ruled in Heaven and Hell, since he had easily bested them years ago. While this mostly hasn’t changed since his rebirth, his god complex has downgraded into a superiority complex. Revan is still a violent sociopath who will kill or maim anyone who gets in his way. He relishes in the sight of blood, often draining his victims dry completely just to watch them go pale. He holds some degree of sympathy towards his own kind, mostly those who lived under the thumb of his oppressive father. Despite how powerful he can be, he loathes to admit that he actually has come to fear Nephilim, being one of the few races in existence that can permanently kill him. Having already experienced death before, he has no desire to experience it again.

Abilities
As a demon and spawn of Lucifer, Revan is incredibly powerful even in his newer form. He has complete control of his cardiovascular system, allowing him to direct blood flow and heal from wounds that would kill a normal man. In extreme conditions, he can even reform his body from a single drop of blood, though doing so in the past has left him severely weakened as a result. As he can control his own blood, he can also weaponize it. His common tactic involves allowing himself to be injured, exposing his blood to the open air, and manipulating it into usable weapons. By hardening his blood into a crystalline substance, he can create just about anything he wants to. Given enough concentration, he can control the blood of others, as well. By operating the cardiovascular system of a foreign body, he can even reanimate the recently deceased if he so chooses to.

After acquiring the Book of Omen "Sanguine", Revan has vastly increased what he can accomplish with his blood-bending traits. The exact extent of how Sanguine amplifies his abilities is yet to be determined, however.

Damian Morningstar
Though Revan considers himself his relation to Damian as one that's completely illegitimate, the two still recognize each other as allies and siblings. They both share similar views on how the world works and should work, and both possess the ambition to achieve those aspirations. However, Revan questions if Damian's methods are ideal to their end goal; they remain allies for the time being, but Revan's own ego and tendency towards self-reliance could mean a swift end to their mutual partnership.

Magnus Rathe
Time and time again, Magnus has been at the forefront of opposition against Revan's goals. Considered to be a hero in the eyes of many, Revan believes Magnus to be one of his greatest adversaries, and a constant hazard to his plans. Like many of those who have opposed him in the past, Revan has developed a deep-rooted vendetta against the man. While he had bested Magnus in their previous conflict, Revan has only grown in power since then. He vows to destroy the reaper once and for all, and in doing so, metaphorically conquer death as well.

Weiss Kiryu
While Revan hates Weiss for similar reasons, his reasons for loathing the Nephilim extend far beyond him merely being a thorn in Revan's side. Given the constant wars that Heaven and Hell experience, the mere thought of the two opposing forces ever siring a child has whipped both sides into a genocidal frenzy on numerous occasions. By principle, Revan hates Weiss for what he is. Even then, Revan rationalizes his hatred for Nephilim with another reason; the Nephilim are one of the few beings in existence who could potentially kill Revan permanently.