Cato/History

Past Life
Cato was born into Imroth and married the reigning queen, the love of his life, in his early twenties, several years before the merge of his home continent, Lacuna, and Kalon. Shortly into his time as the new king of Angelou, he became father to Kyrill, and later Eponine, two wanted and loved children. Cato was a well liked and respected king, known to be fair in his judgements, though harsh where needed.

While raising his children, Cato followed a strict routine of teaching them manners and to uphold tradition, forbidding his family to leave the palace for the majority of their lives. When his beloved wife began withering from the effects of the queen's connection, he, together with the city's council, came to the decision to prolong her life by sacrificing Kyrill's soul in order to create a phylactery. Before the process could be initiated, however, the queen betrayed her husband, sacrificing her own life to transfer the queen's connection to her daughter, granting her another chance at life. Grieving the loss of the person he loved the most, Cato's already strict behavior devolved into emotional and physical abuse, which he then projected onto his eldest daughter, whose existence he blamed for being robbed of the love of his life too early. During the following years, Cato and Kyrill clashed countless times as she had entered a rebellious phase, in which she actively refused to obey to the rules and traditions of Angelou. In this period, he resorted to loud and heated arguments, which every so often ended with physical violence. Unable to convince Kyrill to accept her official coronation, he eventually disowned her and banished her to live inside Palinoia, where she would be forced to learn the arts of a Sacrosanct through her mentor Malakhai. This would mark their last contact.

At an unknown point before the merge of the continents, Cato was approached by Iosefka with the request to aid Anor's misguided people, though he refused any help, as their involvement with Celestials nauseated him.

Cato's final wish of never seeing his daughter again involuntarily turned into reality, as years later Kyrill would disappear on the farm and cause the calamity that would twist reality. After the merge of the two continents, Cato inevitably faced his death during the raids of the West, where he was beheaded by Sankofan forces for refusing to cooperate.