Kralich

Toa of Reflections, great reformist of the Toa Confederacy, a legend in most corners of their space, and now a wandering myth whose true intentions are unknown by the larger universe.

Early life
Kralich was born some time before Teridax (Spherus Imperus) found the Kraahkan (Spherus Imperus) as the son of a father Toa of Fire and mother Toa of Light. His mother died in childbirth, as is the risk of dual-element couples, and his father was bitter over this and for much of Kralich's life blamed him for her death (the two would later reconcile, but the scars left over would heal much slower). He came to resent this bitterness and worked that much harder in education for it. He was bullied regularly for his dual-elemental parentage and his teachers would often single him out and give him the dirtiest jobs to perform. He attempted to persevere and stayed with it in his late matron's memory. However, he found that he lacked the capability to be a scientist like his mother, and he believed that he was not worthy of becoming a Toa. For some time, Kralich drifted from place to place on various spacecraft around the Confederacy with his father, who was a guard for merchants.

Kralich found great difficulty in procuring assistance with his situation as segregation laws on dual-element Spherians worked to his disadvantage. Eventually, he ran away from his father and stowed away on a garbage scow. When he was found, the owner forced Kralich into servitude until he had paid off his debt, without realising that the owner of the scow was a dishonourably discharged Turaga. This Turaga explained, over time, that he had been removed from the Confederacy as he had advocated for rights for dual-element beings. When Kralich inquired, the Turaga revealed that every member of the ship was a dual-element Spherian, including himself, although he joked that had Tahu (Spherus Imperus) known that as well, he probably would have been executed.

This Turaga taught Kralich what he knew of dual-element usage whilst the latter was aboard the scow. However, after some time, Kralich had worked off his boarding fee. He attempted to bargain with the Turaga to allow him to remain aboard, eventually even threatening him desperately, but the Turaga brushed him off, saying there wasn't anything new he could teach him, and that he had to "shine his own way". Kralich left the scow with some spare currency, and landed on Steltia, where he spent an unknown amount of Cycles fending for himself against the tribal clans. He even met Bartherious, who gave him shelter in return for telling him what he knew about the Confederacy's weaknesses. Kralich, at this time, resented the Confederacy for their treatment of his kind, but would later blame the deaths that resulted from the exchange on himself.

He boarded a transport off of Steltia and gradually made his way back to Spherus Magna. When he arrived, he was not permitted to enter the capital as a consequence of being a dual-element Spherian. Greatly displeased and significantly more stubborn than he had been when he left, he demanded to see his father to explain that his father was a Toa. Upon a comment saying how his mother was a mongrel for breeding outside of her element, Kralich flew into a rage and attacked the Matoran border guard, injuring him severely. Kralich was detained and sentenced to fifty cycles of hard labour. Whilst imprisoned, he was visited by his father, and it is at this time the two began to reconcile, with his father realising his hard treatment of Kralich was what had landed him in his current situation. Kralich graciously accepted his apology, but did not speak with his father until after he had served his time.

Imprisonment
Kralich was critically wounded when a prison gang assaulted him due to his dual-element nature. He recovered in the infirmary, and it is there he met Talia, and their destinies from that point were intertwined. When he left the infirmary, he sought out the prison inmates and delivered a crushing speech on how, even being born from illegitimate means, he was worth more than the inmates ever would be. He declared that he would resist any and all attempts at demoralising or inspiring fear in him, and that he would go on to become a legend in the Confederacy, and a force for change. He then began planning an escape from the prison in order to begin putting his plans into motion. He needed to recruit members for his escape, and began searching. Although he never confirmed for certain, it is believed he deliberately went looking for others with dual elements..

He met Xeyiole, possessing the elements of Air and Iron, first, almost the same age as Kralich, who had been imprisoned for conning several upper-class nobles of their widgets and redistributing them amongst the poor neighbourhood he lived in. The two hit it off quickly, and Xeyiole, being imprisoned for twenty cycles, was more than happy to try and find a quicker way out. He recommended a friend whom Kralich instantly recognised as one of his few friends from school-Froststellan, who had mostly Ice elemental energy with heavily controlled Iron powers to hide his status. The two exchanged courtesies before Kralich brought up the subject. Whilst he was hesitant to commit either way at first, he decided that working as an unpaid prison guard for experience wasn't worth the hassle, and agreed to help Kralich.

Next, Kralich sought after someone tough enough to keep the other inmates away from their operations and intimidate guards into keeping their distance, too. Frostellan said he had seen a particularly burly, and rather moody, man who often sat alone in his cell. The three approached him, and were quickly told to leave. Believing him to be a lost cause, Kralich and Frostellan moved on to find other candidates for their prison break, but Xeyiole stayed and attempted to convince the convict to assist him. He learned the convict's name to be Driacus, a dual-elemental of Earth and Stone, and that he had been imprisoned as, in his city, homosexuality was punishable by hard labour. Xeyiole confessed he, too, experienced similar feelings, and although the two did not hit it off as quickly as Xeyiole and Kralich had, Driacus agreed to help.

Encouraged by this, Kralich worked on acquiring a veteran inmate who possessed more knowledge of the operations of the place. He found Kel'Thuzain, a rare tri-elemental of earth, air, and shadow, a man who had been imprisoned for practising illegal sorcery and attempted necromancy. The experience chilled the younger man, who was barely a teenager by Spherian terms, although Kel'Thuzain (whom Frostellan nicknamed 'Kel') agreed to help, on the condition that they supply him with three bodies from the morgue to experiment on when they escaped. Kralich agreed, and tasked Frostellan with retrieving the bodies.

Finally, Kralich needed an insider, not just one working for experience like Frostellan, in order to help fuel their escape plans. He had Xeyiole stab his arm with a sharp wire, meaning Kralich had to be rushed off to the infirmary, and used his time to convince Talia to aid them. She initially refused, but after hearing Kralich's intent and reasoning (as she, herself, was a hybrid of Water and Fire), she agreed to help. The two began bonding as he regularly made his way to the infirmary to plan with her, and by the time their plans had been laid, the two entered into a romantic relationship.

With the dates set, the group began their escape plans, and made it away from the prison before anyone had realised they were gone. The six decided to remain together for now, as they all shared a common cause-the improvement of rights for more than single-element beings. Talia and Kralich improved their relationship, becoming more intimate in nature, and Xeyiole and Driacus agreed to 'experiment' with their feelings in order to learn more about what made themselves who they were. Kel simply spent most of the time away from the group, experimenting on what dead material he could get his hands on, and Frostellan often accompanied Talia and Kralich, as was the custom for young couples.

Transformation into a Toa
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Toa Gripas
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Darkest Dimension
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Landfall on Terra
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Return to the Darkest Dimension
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Return to the Confederacy
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Travelling the Cosmos
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Tools and Abilities
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Personality
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