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Entirely believing that his only purpose is to smite demons, Ken’s very focused on what he does and keeping up with it, as he’s passionate about it. Truthfully, he’s not doing it out of any love for the craft, in fact he quite hates having to take up a sword and use it in a matter to hurt something. He’s actually entirely doing what he does out of a love for the people that it protects instead. Ken’s incredibly softhearted in this sense, though that’s a trait that’s certainly buried very deep under all his angst.
- Sweets
- Roses
- Swords/daggers
- Sappy romantic garbage
- Jailers
- His own bad temper
- Crying around others
- Saying "no"
With his father’s eventual passing, Ken was to finally take on the curse. Needless to say, it did quite a bit of damage to his overall motivation and mental health. It’s very hard to avoid stooping to nihilistic ideals when you’re constantly aware of when and how you’re going to die. Ken’s early experiences with jailers would not just stop and end with this little familial curse, however. At the time, Ken was living with the only surviving member of his family, that being his mother. His mother had grown increasingly distant from the family around the time that Ken’s father was pretty much set to die. This is entirely because her experience within this tradition that she was married into caused her to have somewhat of a change of heart. Seeing people she’s supposed to love slaughtering jailers, these poor little beings that looked so afraid every time they were held under the blade really upset her. Her pity turned her into one of those very beasts herself.
Unfortunately for Ken, it’s probably not a good idea to be around someone who is undergoing transmogrification into a jailer. This is mainly because most jailers are larger than buildings, so one can imagine. In an understandable amount of panic, Ken did actually try to aid his mother through what he at first thought was a sudden bout of illness. This only put him in danger, as his mother would become a snake-like beast of absolutely massive size. Flailing in what is mostly pain, the now jagged and heavily spiked body of this jailer did, of course, absolutely destroy Ken with a swift whack. Some of the larger spikes even impaled Ken in certain places, including his right eye. This brand new jailer would eventually flee, leaving Ken pretty much mangled. Though unfortunate, this event was what finally smacked a sense of caring about things into Ken. He felt miserable, but his injuries didn’t keep him down for long, as he knew what he needed to do. He needed to find his mother and put an end to the curse that is his family.
- Having a symbiotic relationship with Bailiff for the most part, Ken's able to do a number of weird things thanks to this parasite. He can split in half to reveal the parasite's jaws anywhere on his body, he can be dismembered, and can even explode and survive. His blood is more akin to a very sticky ooze that holds his body parts together, and this ooze has a mind of its own as it's actually Bailiff. This ooze will retrieve his body parts and put him back together, or stop them from being torn off entirely. His most notable ability is having a telepathic control over his own blood, being able to summon weapons of hardened blood and organs from out of open wounds. Losing an eye has given him an easy way to summon said weapons.
- There are some downsides to the parasite other than dying at a premature age from extreme blood loss, though. Ken can self induce hypovolemia if he uses too much blood to summon something, so he needs to be careful. He also has an arrhythmia of the heart, specifically supraventricular tachycardia.
- Ken's understanding of English isn't actually that great. He sometimes needs Parsley and Perci's help with understanding some words. He's better with writing than speaking.
- As a big fan of rats, Ken actually has two rats of his own! They're named Seraph and Cherub and he is obsessed with them. He really likes decorating large, nice, and pretty enclosures for them.
- Funnily enough, Ken has been to anger management in recent years. He doesn't do so good.
- After the events of the storyline, Ken pretty much settles down to just make swords and art for others while still upkeeping the strain rights thing he started. He also has a large rose garden he tends to very frequently.
Literally meeting when they were children, Parsley and Ken have been very close for almost their entire lives. Parsley initially found interest in Ken due to how “weird” he is, though pretty much stuck around out of an actual love for the dude. Wanting Ken’s attention, Parsley would, in later years, insist upon helping Ken with his demon hunting. Ken was reluctant to agree on account of how dangerous hunting is, but he has a hard time saying no to Parsley.
Much like with Parsley, Ken and Perci have known each other for just as long. Originally, Perci was Parsley’s closest friend, and once Parsley took a liking to Ken, he was eventually introduced to Perci. Perci and Parsley are, understandably, Ken’s closest friends. Though Perci’s definitely much more scared to fight, she does accompany Ken and Parsley on their little quests. Ken often gets his ass handed to him by jailers as he attempts to protect these two.
Having rescued Val from Titan Labs and helped take care of her, Ken’s very protective of little Val. While Judas is more of her father than anything, Ken still does see her as family. He’s basically like her uncle or something.
Due to his collaborative effort with raising Val, Ken also had to play a role in helping raise Xan as well. Ken’s always been a bit creeped out by him, but still ultimately tried his best to be kind, at the very least.
When they first met, Ken was immediately enthralled with Judas. This was way before he and Parsley were even dating, so Ken was fortunately free to let his little crush on Judas be known. However, unfortunately, Judas was incredibly oblivious to the fact that he was being flirted with, and just thought Ken wanted to be friends. Ultimately, Ken would take what he could get here, and decided that just being friends with Judas was good enough.
