Svarog Rodsyn

God of the Sun, God of War

Protagonist

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Male

Golden brown

Red

Spiky, long

Muscular

In places where he is known and celebrated, he tends to seek out the nearest tavern and beautiful woman (or women if he can swing it). He's the ultimate lady-killer, using his good looks, charisma, charm, and status to win (and subsequently break) the hearts of women everywhere. He's a connoisseur of the one-night-stand and is prone to seducing women of nobility, "just for the challenge." But Svarog's eye isn't for power; he appreciates beauty no matter what social class it's found in. He enjoys the perks of his status; especially the free drinks and attention it gets him from women.

Svarog is the embodiment of the burning power of the sun. He is intensity incarnate. He knows his power and knows how great it is. He lives his life as if on the surface of the sun, brimming with focus and power. He is capable of great warmth and camaraderie, but also unyielding anger and vengeance. He is passionate in his beliefs, which mostly consists of him being great.

Svarog views his godly status with a great amount of pride, and is always looking for the next fight; the next challenge to overcome. He believes that fire is a fixed phenomenon in all aspect of his life, and lives according to the laws of flame.

Svarog's devotion to battle is unflinching, and he is a mon that will gladly throw himself into the fray to deal with a superior adversary when needed.

Svarog has little time for the impudence or "little mortals" (as he calls them). He cares little for their objections to his actions, or for their differing beliefs. He claims that they cannot possibly justify criticism or belief in things that they have no ability to comprehend; that his life and the existence of the gods is one or which mortals have no concept.

Svarog was born in the cold northern reaches of Saga in the realm of Bogarden. His father was Iroas Rod, the god of victory, and Svarog was the first true god born since the sun first rose on Saga. If Iroas Rod knew how he accomplished this feat, he never told a soul. Svarog's mother died when he was an infant, and his father took him out into the world to gaze upon his works. Iroas Rod was a beacon of glory in combat, and governed both personal valor and bravery in battle. Thus he also governed warfare. Iroas sought to encourage the honorable aspects of warfare in mortals. In Svarog, Iroas found someone who could, from their birth, come to fully embody his vision.

Iroas Rod obsessed over glory and the greatest challenges. He sought out the worst monsters and horrors of Saga and hunted them down, traveling to where he was needed most. During the escalating conflicts between the gods and eternals, he found himself opposed by the Asgardian Allfather, Odin Borson. Despite their storied battles, the two slowly grew to respect one another, and soon became something akin to friends as they established peace between their people. The two were kindred spirits; both unchanging beings searching for answers in a world constantly changing around them.

When Svarog was still a child, his father and Odin intervened in a conflict against a nightmare horror the likes of which had never been seen before. This creature had slaughtered its way through everything in its path - mortal and eternal, until Odin and Iroas stood against it as one. In the end, Rod gave his life to delay the monster and discover its nature; allowing Odin the opportunity to gather together the greatest mortal warriors and form the first order of Royal Knights.

When Odin returned to Svarog, the boy was devastated by the news of his father’s passing, and though at first he lashed out against the Asgardian, the two would have a conversation that changed everything about Svarog’s outlook on life.

But Svarog would never see Odin again. Svarog attempted take his place among the other gods. With his father gone and his seat empty upon the Council, it left a vacuum of power that needed to be filled. Svarog was left as the sole heir to everything Iroas Rod represented. But he was viewed as little more than a pest by the other gods at best, and at worst as a usurper by Heliod.

As he grew, Svarog realized just how far from his father's ideals, and he washed his hands of it. The Council had fallen; lorded over by sycophants and power-hungry fools who knew not what they wanted or needed, just that they wanted and needed more. And Svarog would not partake in their self-gratifying ways.

He left both his birthright and his father’s title in his past. No longer in the shadow of another, Svarog was free to pursue his life as he saw fit. Like his father before him, Svarog chose to travel the world, exiling himself to the frozen north and the burning deserts where he lived and fought all on his own. He forged himself into a mighty warrior, seeking challenges and trials to test himself against. He combated several great threats: a terrible Argomon hell bent on conquering the island-nation of Jhess; a rampaging Boltmon; and through sheer happenstance cause a bar fight that crippled the mastermind of a potential coup d'etat in the kingdom of Acheron.

Over these centuries Svarog continued to hone his power, becoming a god of sun, fire, and war. He made sure to never ally himself with petty rivalries - never involving himself with the squabbles of bureaucrats like those he hated. Instead he joined with those who shared his beliefs, his passion, and his fury. Chief among them was a RustTyrannomon named Venser. Throughout his prolonged, mechanical life, Venser journeyed with Svarog for an entire century of adventures and revelries, but along the way they angered another god: the god, Mogis. In a fit of godly rage, Mogis slew Venser, and Svarog declared war on the horned god, revealing his true identity as the son of Rod and nearly sweeping all of Saga’s gods up in the conflict.

It was only the arrival of an even greater enemy; a swarm of monstrous undead, that forced the gods to set aside their grudges and work together with the Royal Knights and the mortal armies to turn back the tide of darkness. In the end, Svarog yielded his vendetta for the safety of Saga, but not before beating Mogis as a warning to all others who might cross him.

Alone and consumed by his rage, Svarog retreated to the north for the first time in centuries - back to the abandoned ruins of his birthplace - where he remained until he was summoned by the High Council.