Kevin

Virtues Gem - Temperance

Sight - sees the hunger of someone

Power - whoever wears it never has to eat anything. When attached to his sword, it releases a powerful slice according to the hunger of the user.

Description

the top guard of utopic valley. he trains the Valkyries with Lincoln the Patience for any chances of invasions, corruption, and raptures. he's captain guard of the Valkyries for security around the valley, keeping an eye on everyone to keep them all safe. always on watch for when newcomers come to utopic valley, he's usually cynical when they come in for he doesn't trust the purgatory judgement realms for their judgements sometimes. 

one time he met winthro and Sinool when fallen angel the spades visited the guardianship with the virtues. soon enough winthro and Kevin started fighting and Kevin vowed to protect sinool from Winthro's sinful hunger. this also sparked something in Kevin to keep sinool safe and perhaps feelings to figure out. so far he's to be far from Winthro's presence despite him wanting to check on Sinool's safety.

Backstory

The tired temperance. Grew up in a realm of 19th century architecture and holy churches preached of prayers and virtues about, those who were virtuous helped the poor as the sinners got stoned or bashed until the sins left their body. Kevin was raised in a holy church with many who were depraved by hunger and dried up wealth, the town folks come to the church every week for food as they share amongst each other and ration for the next week. Kevin helped the priests and sisters with distribution of sustenance and scraps of meals they could cook up. When it was all over, the church ate what was left, either little or almost nothing. Kevin never took much as he made sure the other kids raised by the church had food too, always sharing and fasting what he could. 

One day, a new kid was brought to the church, rumors had it that he was a boy of corruption. The child was under watch with the father priest and the sister nuns making sure the child was on the right of righteousness. Kevin was the only one who gave benefit of the doubt, befriending the kid as they both worked together in feeding the town folks… but Kevin noticed something… When working with the kid, he thought he saw the child take more than he should, slipping food from giving it away, and smelt food somewhere in the resting quarters… It wasn’t until a couple of months later, Kevin noticed something off from the kid’s bed that was positioned next to his. Kevin looked under the bed to see the scraps of foods past and clumps of rations. Kevin was stunned and had to tell the priest and sisters, but worried if there was a reason behind this all, could the kid just be hungry and worried of not eating?... Kevin walked through the halls to find the kid, before returning back to the room to have the kid with the priest and nuns accusing Kevin of gluttony. The kid had swapped their name plates on the beds with rewriting their bed arrangements on the papyrus, all of it accusing Kevin of stealing food and indulging in his own desires. Kevin protested and vowed he stayed righteous and never indulged, but no one believed him as the priest punished Kevin. 

The punishment was that Kevin got punished for all the scraps first and sacrificed all his dinners to the church. The first time, Kevin was stoned within the church, but the child kept blaming Kevin as the church only believed the child more over Kevin. Kevin had to fast more and more, giving up his dinner to others as he grew to hate the child of gluttonous sin. Eventually after a year of barely eating and suffering from stones, Kevin’s form had scars from cuts and bruises from peltings before. But one day, the church had enough and did this publicly for all the town’s people to see. Kevin was innocent, but it didn’t matter when no one believed him.

Kevin was tied up by rope to suspend his arms as the town’s people walked up in disappointment and anger as seeing Kevin, the one who always acted righteous and generous, was hoarding food from those who needed it. Soon the punishment commenced after the priest spoke words of disappointment and disapproval of the behaviors of gluttony, as town and church people grabbed a rock and chucked the stones at Kevin. Kevin was hit everywhere upon his body, his skin branded in bruises and cuts from sharp edges, as Kevin saw through the crowd… he spotted the child from a far, smiling in sinful cunning glee as he ate from the rations that accused Kevin… Kevin’s blood soon boiled, his body beginning to strain at the ropes in rage, as he shouted how foolish everyone was being for believing the child without heeding Kevin’s words back, how he had always devoted himself to providing them with as much food for them to survive, even sacrificing his own dinners just so they can see another day… As another round of rocks flew towards Kevin, the stones were stopped and turned into cinders in the air. A light shined down over Kevin as a figure with wings and a black halo came down. It was Fallen Angel the Spades who flew down with a spear in hand and an orange gem in the other. The gem was glowing bright at Kevin as it wanted to gravitate towards him. Fallen Angel let the gem go to Kevin and bond with Kevin’s soul. Kevin could feel the gem sync up with his soul, giving Kevin strength and sustenance for all his fasting, he had finally gathered the strength to pull from the ropes in one motion and stood tall despite all the bruises and cuts on his form… The town was stunned to see Fallen Angel, viewing her as a god, as they all bowed including Kevin. Kevin asked Fallen Angel an explanation on why he was saved, why come down to this lowly town who could barely feed themselves and believed a liar rather than an honest soul. Fallen Angel heed not the blinded trust but came to reward Kevin for his Temperance and to bring him in for Valkyrie training, to join her ranks and protect paradise… Kevin looked upon those who had trusted, feeling betrayed before looking to Fallen Angel with determined eyes, he accepted the offer…

Kevin was brought to Utopic Valley and drafted into the valkyrie forces. Kevin felt a sense of familiarity towards the bunk beds and stone walls. Kevin found his room with another name who was stationed alongside Lincoln the Patience. Kevin opened the door to see an elf popping out to greet him. Lincoln introduced himself and dragged Kevin in and already chatted Kevin’s ear off with his life and ancient elf history. Kevin even slept the night as Lincoln kept talking til dawn. 

During his time in the training camp, Kevin worked hard as he trained more than anyone to prove his devotion and worth to the valley. Relying on the gem to fast longer as he didn’t dare eat with others or take food, not daring to face the same event once more… One dinner night, Kevin had abstained from eating once more and had only wandered through the Gardens of Eden, admiring the growing trees and plentiful fruits. Kevin was growing tired as he knew his gem can only do so much to help his fasting hunger, but he did not grab anything from the trees or bushes either. Kevin kept walking until he heard footsteps. He quickly grabbed a branch on the ground and positioned ready to strike, before lowering the stick to see it was only Lincoln. Kevin attempted to walk away, but Lincoln grabbed Kevin by the arm and immediately dragged him back to dinner so he could finally eat something. Stationing Kevin at the dinner table, Lincoln sat by Kevin’s side to make sure he didn’t leave and give the gem a rest. He was skeptical at first, but Kevin’s hunger finally caved as he only grabbed bread to eat, eating slowly so as to not take more than he should. Unfortunately, Lincoln began to pile Kevin’s plate with more food and threaten Kevin to eat with an innocent smiling face. Ever since, Kevin ate more at dinner while growing close to Lincoln, more naturally than dragged by Lincoln himself. Lincoln and Kevin grew to become friends as they trained together and sharpen their skills and virtues more, helping each other maintain patience and temperance when venturing the valley of various beliefs and paradises. Kevin would scold Lincoln about temperance when Lincoln would drink himself over with grape juice, as Lincoln would politely tell Kevin to calm down and maintain patience when enacting justice or judgement upon souls coming into paradise.

Then came the day of heading the top guard and head of the valkyrie army. Fallen Angel arranged a tournament for the trainees to fight each other in honor and glory to lead the forces and protect the valley. Kevin was winning without his gem, striking at moments where he could get his opponent off their feet and pinning them to the ground for immobilization. Kevin kept winning until he met up with Lincoln in the final round, Patience vs Temperance. Kevin only looked at Lincoln with determination and seriousness with Lincoln only looking at Kevin with his patient smile as he walked calmly to Kevin… then in a blink of an eye, the two struck each other with their dull wooden blades and instantly broke the two blades as a burst of wind exploded from the shock and blazed about through the crowd. Lincoln took the moment to roundhouse kick but Kevin quickly grabbed it. Kevin threw his broken sword at Lincoln’s face. Lincoln caught the wood but Kevin’s fist came after to throw Lincoln to the ground. Before Kevin could pin Lincoln on the ground, Lincoln slipped from under and was creating distance between Kevin in acrobatic speed. Kevin slid his foot to knock Lincoln off and in the heat of the motions, quickly grabbed Lincoln and managed to pin Lincoln down. Pinning the elf’s wrists and legs pinning Lincoln’s, Kevin kept Lincoln pinned as everyone was stunned at how quickly the moment went… the two boys were panting and weren’t listening to their surroundings. Kevin and Lincoln just stared at each other before Fallen Angel came up to grab Kevin by the shoulders and knelt down alongside. Fallen Angel asking if Lincoln could go on, Lincoln yielded, making Kevin the Head and top guard of the Valkyrie forces, with Lincoln as second hand with being the tactician. Ever since then, Kevin kept watch over the valley with Lincoln. Surveilling with strict seriousness and a cynical eye, Kevin kept an eye on everyone’s behavior and struck down all demons who dare enter Utopic Valley… He still maintains his fasting and never eats much… but luckily the virtues, including a certain elf, helps Kevin eat his fill so he can fight another day.