Some Lotharro are born from the remains of their previous selves, Reborn from their fallen bodies, but not Kyryk. Kyryk was born from the coupling of a Valendale warrior and his concubine, a human woman. From his birth, the hyper-elite warriors of the clan looked down on him as inferior, poking and prodding him as an oddity. In a society of warrior bred to be so, Kyryk's humanity was his weakness, and weakness wasn't tolerated. So as he grew, so too did his desire to prove himself. While the Reborn were taught how to fight from the moment they could stand, Kyryk was shunned and made fun of. That only spurred him on harder.
When he was young, he picked up an axe, practising on tree stumps and mounds of dirt. The first axe broke, and he found another, and another. By the time the other boys were preparing to go on hunts with the clan, Kyryk was trained enough to accompany them. The brutal creatures in Gauthrel were tough, and Kyryk knew that to be accepted as a Valendale, he needed to prove himself. One monster at a time.
On their first hunt, Kyryk helped to kill a monster, and immediately earned recognition from the other boys his age. Now, he was invited to train with them, to wrestle and fight and rough-house. He grew stronger, just as they did, and a kinship was born. Bred or not, he had become one of them, and he was happy. But nothing gold could stay, and when his closest friend, Havvar, died on a hunt, Kyryk knew that the world was as cold and lonely as he felt, and he vowed to take his revenge.
Now a young man, Kyryk trained tirelessly, hoping to become powerful enough to subjugate the monsters of Gauthrel one at a time. He exercised every day, he grew stronger, but also, he grew more and more obssessed with killing. He spent more times scouring Gauthrel for straggling monsters than with his clan, and soon found himself cast out. It was after this that he met a man on the road, traveling from Uthaldria to Quacia, who looked exactly as Havvar had.
This man, Donnechad mac Murchada, was an exiled Lotharro as well, one who had studied the magics of the world. A master of Becoming and Hone, Donnechad took Kyryk under his wing as they traveled. During one such adventure, Donnechad offered Kyryk the powers of magic, to which the eager young Lotharro agreed. Cutting from his right hand the pinky, Donnechad helped Kyryk to create his first Totem, his Self Totem, and explained the nature of Becoming, the permanent transformations. He left out the drawbacks, but Kyryk wouldn't have heeded them anyway. He was hungry for power, hungry for the power to subjugate and dominate.
After Becoming, Donnechad offered Hone. Physical enhancement, the power to push past his limitations, and again, Kyryk eagerly accepted. The two men parted ways soon after, with Donnechad saying he had a mysterious adventure to attend to, but that he would return when the time was right. Kyryk, saddened by his loss, continued on to Quacia to train and become the Hero he always wanted to be. If only the rage and anger inside him would let him do so.
