Cypress Golden-Eye
King Cypress Golden-Eye, once a nameless orphan, was rescued as a child by the Solaris Knights and raised within their hallowed ranks. Without family or kin, he grew up clinging to the ideals of order, loyalty, and strength — and later, to the companionship of his brightest pupils: Xiten The Red, Shiramun Arulak, and Vespe Imitra. To Cypress, they were more than apprentices. They were the closest thing he had ever known to love.
Crowned king at a young age, Cypress bore the weight of rulership with rigid resolve, but the emptiness in his heart slowly festered. His fear of loss — of watching the only people he cared for grow old and fade — warped into obsession. Believing that the pain of mortality was the root of all suffering, Cypress began to pursue forbidden knowledge.
His ultimate vision became clear: a world where death no longer existed, where every soul would be replaced by an immortal clone — perfect, preserved, and permanent. A still world. A lifeless paradise.
When his plans came to light, Xiten could not stand idly by. What had once been a bond of reverence shattered under the weight of Cypress's ideals. The student rose against the master, and a rebellion ignited. In the end, it was Xiten who faced Cypress in the throne hall, defeating him not only in battle, but in philosophy — choosing a world of flawed, fleeting beauty over one of eternal sameness.
With Cypress's fall, Xiten took the crown, not to dominate, but to restore the heart of Solaris — a heart Cypress, for all his brilliance and sorrow, had long since lost.
Crowned king at a young age, Cypress bore the weight of rulership with rigid resolve, but the emptiness in his heart slowly festered. His fear of loss — of watching the only people he cared for grow old and fade — warped into obsession. Believing that the pain of mortality was the root of all suffering, Cypress began to pursue forbidden knowledge.
His ultimate vision became clear: a world where death no longer existed, where every soul would be replaced by an immortal clone — perfect, preserved, and permanent. A still world. A lifeless paradise.
When his plans came to light, Xiten could not stand idly by. What had once been a bond of reverence shattered under the weight of Cypress's ideals. The student rose against the master, and a rebellion ignited. In the end, it was Xiten who faced Cypress in the throne hall, defeating him not only in battle, but in philosophy — choosing a world of flawed, fleeting beauty over one of eternal sameness.
With Cypress's fall, Xiten took the crown, not to dominate, but to restore the heart of Solaris — a heart Cypress, for all his brilliance and sorrow, had long since lost.
