Lawrence Bartholomew Jr. II (Ruler of Everything)

"You understand mechanical hands are the ruler of everything- I'm the ruler of everything in the end!"

Formerly Lawrence Percival Octavius Ramsey Sylvester Sterling Bartholomew Jr. II Esquire, the man lost his name with his humanity. His parents, clock and watch manufacturers, commissioned a son to be made in their image, who they neglected once they got their hands upon him. After some five years of this treatment, when his parents are eventually pursued by a mob for their various workplace violations and beg Lawrie to save them, he instead turns on them, killing them himself. In this endeavor, watching blood pool into his seams, he realizes himself as an object under the control of his parents and vows to make his own destiny, changing his name and employing his power of business suggestion and prediction to take over the world.

He is able to sell absolutely anything for any price. In this case, he manages to sell himself to the masses for the price of obedience, a feat which surprisingly works on enough people to at least have force on his side, and force he does employ on his new trek for world domination and "unity and peace across the New World". He uses his management skills to overthrow the masses, employing hypnosis to have the strong become obedient and using them to massacre those who do not submit. He leverages comfort and support over others, offering that they would be well taken care of in his kingdom if they only sacrifice their individuality and free will- and with his power, if they want to live, they will genuinely become husks of what they once were. But to Ruler, they are happy, so this could only ever be a net good.

Ruler of Everything doesn't want senseless violence, of course. He genuinely wants to see the New World, formerly scattered and struggling under the weight of magical corruption, unified under one force and, to him, held together under his guidance. He simply thinks the best way to see the world reaching its full potential demands he have a chokehold over every single person, and that all the people are too stupid to know what they really want, and personal fulfillment and happiness is under societal efficiency on the list of priorities. He has everyone live in his theoretically utopian kingdom where they can live mechanically mapped out lives while continuing to expand outwards, bringing back what can be salvaged and destroying everything otherwise. He likes to believe despite the carnage that he is best friends with everyone, and loves his subjects with all of his heart.

Yes, despite the viscious and bloody conquest left in his path, some might say the best way to describe Ruler is that he is a little sweetheart. He's genuinely very friendly and inquisitive, a passively pleasant person who is immensely patient yet passionate and always wanting to engage in insightful conversation, or simply to have a laugh- despite his position, he's sincerely humorous and loves to lean back and shoo away responsibilities if he can to be down to earth and interact with others. He's very frequently cheerful and peppy, no strings attached, not really hiding any deeper resentment or aggression. The core of Ruler is that he simply does not understand the gravity of what he does- he's not a person no matter how much he wishes he was, and the mental detachment means he's not disgusted by violence, he can't feel pain so he does not truly understand what anyone's screams mean, he's never loved his family so he cannot comprehend how he breaks apart others. He truly believes every person is a cog in the huge machine of society, and that the continued function of the world is far more important than any individual broken body he's wrought. It's all for the greater good, and anyways the conditions within his kingdom aren't terrible. Everyone is well kept, well sheltered, and free to pursue their interests if they work enough- and he's careful to oversee that they're all tasked with things that should be easy for them. He just sees people like an ant colony, or any other sort of beloved pest- he loves all the people, he truly, genuinely does, and wishes well for everyone, and wants desperately to bond with his subjects, believing them and him to be friends, but understands that the people are simply too helpless without him. Their complaints are like a child refusing to eat vegetables, you see, they don't know what's good for them! Every authority figure must contend with misplaced and misguided resentment from their subjects at one point or another, that's just how things are, or so he thinks. He's actually deeply sensitive and, while not easily offended, will break down if someone pushes just the right buttons and gets him to believe that he's hurting people- somehow, he does not think that he's hurting anyone, and is terrified of doing so. He's also considerably delusional, including believing himself to possibly be divine and a God among mortals, and insists upon being worshiped appropriately.

Generally, wellmeaning but extremely stupid and violent with cause, unwilling to listen to others about core concepts such as that individuals are above society as a whole and that personal freedom is crucial for human wellness. Aside from that, he spends a lot of time alone, usually looking over his kingdom and appreciating art whenever he has the free time.