Kailas: Personality and Plot, pt 2 Background: Kailas is the result of a Huistonian weapons project. Born from a captive demon and a renowned Huistonian hero, Kailas was experimented upon and altered with an array of drugs in hopes of creating the perfect "human" weapon. He spent most of his childhood inside of Huisto's scientific facilities, before slowly being integrated into the government's military academy. He was a prodigy as a child, and quickly obtained his education and entered into the military itself.
Kailas spent several years within the military, participating in some of Huisto's more recent civil wars and becoming a celebrated military figure. He rose through the ranks and became the captain of his own company--a small, specialized group of men meant to take on intense missions. He grew close to these men, considering them a form of family.
And then, all hell broke loose. In order to drum up support for a larger war, Huisto planned to take out the celebrated company and blame it on Tevrra's military. Although it was arranged so that Kailas would be apart from them--they were sent on a routine training exercise--he ended up joining them. The group was exposed to a dangerous biological agent that wiped them out instantly. Kailas survived, thanks to his demonic blood, but became ill as a result.
After this, Kailas spent the next year of his life in and out of the hospital. He was absolutely destroyed by the experience of losing his men right before his eyes. Although he’d always felt distant from Huisto thanks to the experiments of his childhood, he began to feel even more jaded with the government and the military. He was angered by how they treated the death of his comrades as a political talking point.
Lost, lonely and confused, Kailas began seeking out something meaningful. In his spare time, he looked into his past, hacking into Huisto’s records to find details about the experiments and alterations that led to his creation. Through his research, he found the records of his mother’s existence. Through a first glance at an image of her, he know: he was part-demon. The first thing he saw on her written record was her very recent date of death. The second thing? That she’d given birth to a second child--another one of Huisto’s weapons.
The knowledge that there was another person, just like him, existing within the walls of the buildings he worked in gave Kailas new life. Every free moment was spent researching this child. Meanwhile, he returned to work full-time, although his duties were limited thanks to what the government considered his fragile state. After the incident, he was promoted to a Major and thus he spent majority of his time planning training men, assembling squadrons and planning battle strategies.
Another one of his duties was sitting in on meetings between Tevrra and Huisto. Tevrra’s military takeover continued, in spite of Huisto’s objections and declarations that Tevrra was sabotaging their military from the inside. Talks were held between the countries with great frequency, and Kailas sat in on each of them, providing perspective and helping communicate the needs of the men.
It was during one of these meetings that Kailas met Arlo Tuoni. In hopes of promoting more cooperation between Tevrra and Huisto, the two were instructed to run a joint training exercise. The experience took place over the span of a month. It was difficult, with both groups arguing with one another. Kailas and Arlo spent majority of their time promoting cooperation and peace between their men. Although they weren’t initially fond of one another at first, they came to get to know one another and realized their similarities. A romantic relationship ensued, one that would continue even after the exercise was completed.