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Oct. 1st, 2023 06:42 pmHis sorrow had been tempered by time,Kevin Kaslana | Honkai Impact 3rd
and it was no longer capable of being shown
like a normal person would.
But it was a fact...
The man was no king, or god. He was...
+ basics
Gender: Male
Age: appears to be in his mid/late 20s, literally 50,000+, mentally 5,000+*
Appearance: pic 1 / pic 2
Personality: aloof, non-committal, hard to get a read on — single-minded, decisive, dutiful — a person who keeps his word, no matter what — confident in his own abilities — level-headed, unemotional, a shell of a once-vibrant personality — conflicted between faith and duty
Other notes: Literally cold to the touch. Cannot dream while sleeping.
*It's complicated. He's artificially stopped physically aging, but wasn't fully built to withstand the passage of time mentally. He has to actively and regularly recall old memories to hang onto them. Nevertheless, his temperament and personality are greatly influenced by being alive as long as he has been.
Age: appears to be in his mid/late 20s, literally 50,000+, mentally 5,000+*
Appearance: pic 1 / pic 2
Personality: aloof, non-committal, hard to get a read on — single-minded, decisive, dutiful — a person who keeps his word, no matter what — confident in his own abilities — level-headed, unemotional, a shell of a once-vibrant personality — conflicted between faith and duty
Other notes: Literally cold to the touch. Cannot dream while sleeping.
*It's complicated. He's artificially stopped physically aging, but wasn't fully built to withstand the passage of time mentally. He has to actively and regularly recall old memories to hang onto them. Nevertheless, his temperament and personality are greatly influenced by being alive as long as he has been.
+ background
TL;DR — grandpa who faced a previous apocalypse thinks that the kids these days are solving the current apocalypse wrong but is willing to throw hands if they really wanna fight over it... let's get you to bed, grandpa!
The Honkai Impact 3rd universe is one of many existing in the Imaginary Tree, and thus is subjected to the cataclysmic force known as the Honkai, which attacks civilizations and resets those that fail to suppress it (it's actually way more complicated than this but look I'm not getting into it for an rp info post). Kevin is from the human civilization 50,000 years ago that failed to overcome the Honkai, and has survived the reset into the current era (which roughly corresponds with our modern era circa 2000-2010, but more technologically advanced) to continue executing plans from the past era to save humanity. He is known as the unequivocal strongest hero, symbol, and leader of the past era but comes into conflict with the current era characters due to differing ideologies on how to overcome the threat of the Honkai.
Honkai takes on many forms, including infection of the living (which is almost guaranteed to be fatal), infection of corpses (turning them into zombies) and technology, manifestation as Honkai beasts, and the ultimate 14 harbingers of the Honkai that manifest into Honkai compatible humans, the Herrschers. When Herrschers are created, they often accompany a cataclysmic event called a "Honkai eruption".
In the past era, Kevin was originally Just A Guy, nicknamed the "prince" of his school due to being friendly, charismatic, and outgoing — but nobody of outstanding capability. When Honkai eruptions began to ramp up, he followed his girlfriend MEI to the main anti-Honkai organization of the time. In the hopes it would make her life a little easier, he eventually underwent an experimental surgery to artificially graft the Honkai beast Parvati's DNA into him, becoming the first successful MANTIS. After witnessing tragedy after tragedy as a soldier, including witnessing the deaths of many of his allies due to hesitating to kill a Herrsher who still showed human emotions, he became a considerably more distant and pragmatic person who holds his duty above all else.
After a Honkai attack wiped out 70% of humanity and almost all MANTIS, he and the other 12 surviving MANTIS informally formed the Flame-Chasers. (If you were wondering if this is a deliberate Jesus and his 12 apostles references, it is, but Kevin is not the Jesus analogue in this reference.) They worked with MEI and other scientists to implement various projects to save humanity, most of which failed before the final Honkai eruption — but crucially, they manage to rig the Honkai system to make the next reset easier, including making it so that Herrshers may be able to retain their humanity. MEI passes away due to a Honkai infection, leaving behind a test tube baby formed with Kevin and MEI's DNA named Adam. He and Su, his best friend since high school and a fellow Flame-Chaser, enter cryo-sleep alongside the child.
Kevin and Su originally awoke around 3,000 BCE and have witnessed much of the rebirth of human civilization as we know it, and has inadvertently become part of many ancient legends. For example, Kevin is the destroyer of Sodom and Gomorrah, and after saving the boy who would become King Arthur, is the Merlin of legend (and Su is the Lady of the Lake). Adam Kaslana also founds House Kaslana, a bloodline that retains some traits from Kevin's Honkai-altered genes.
1,500 years before the beginning of the HI3 plot, he and Su come into conflict because Kevin wants to start the last-resort Project STIGMA, which Su disagrees with. Although Kevin overpowers Su's attempt to trap them both at the bottom of the Sea of Quanta (where fallen, unstable universes from the Imaginary Tree drift), Kevin relents at the last second and throws Su out of the Sea of Quanta, trapping only himself.
He is freed in Chapter 9 of HI3 and takes over a secret society founded by the Flame-Chaser Mobius, World Serpent. Kevin's goal of implementing Project STIGMA — which is kinda like "Instrumentality from Neon Genesis Evangelion but somehow even more philosophical/metaphysical/confusing" and would turn humanity into something that can coexist with Honkai — puts him into conflict with the main characters of HI3. He serves as a major obstacle for the main characters to overcome in Part 1 of HI3.
The Honkai Impact 3rd universe is one of many existing in the Imaginary Tree, and thus is subjected to the cataclysmic force known as the Honkai, which attacks civilizations and resets those that fail to suppress it (it's actually way more complicated than this but look I'm not getting into it for an rp info post). Kevin is from the human civilization 50,000 years ago that failed to overcome the Honkai, and has survived the reset into the current era (which roughly corresponds with our modern era circa 2000-2010, but more technologically advanced) to continue executing plans from the past era to save humanity. He is known as the unequivocal strongest hero, symbol, and leader of the past era but comes into conflict with the current era characters due to differing ideologies on how to overcome the threat of the Honkai.
Honkai takes on many forms, including infection of the living (which is almost guaranteed to be fatal), infection of corpses (turning them into zombies) and technology, manifestation as Honkai beasts, and the ultimate 14 harbingers of the Honkai that manifest into Honkai compatible humans, the Herrschers. When Herrschers are created, they often accompany a cataclysmic event called a "Honkai eruption".
In the past era, Kevin was originally Just A Guy, nicknamed the "prince" of his school due to being friendly, charismatic, and outgoing — but nobody of outstanding capability. When Honkai eruptions began to ramp up, he followed his girlfriend MEI to the main anti-Honkai organization of the time. In the hopes it would make her life a little easier, he eventually underwent an experimental surgery to artificially graft the Honkai beast Parvati's DNA into him, becoming the first successful MANTIS. After witnessing tragedy after tragedy as a soldier, including witnessing the deaths of many of his allies due to hesitating to kill a Herrsher who still showed human emotions, he became a considerably more distant and pragmatic person who holds his duty above all else.
After a Honkai attack wiped out 70% of humanity and almost all MANTIS, he and the other 12 surviving MANTIS informally formed the Flame-Chasers. (If you were wondering if this is a deliberate Jesus and his 12 apostles references, it is, but Kevin is not the Jesus analogue in this reference.) They worked with MEI and other scientists to implement various projects to save humanity, most of which failed before the final Honkai eruption — but crucially, they manage to rig the Honkai system to make the next reset easier, including making it so that Herrshers may be able to retain their humanity. MEI passes away due to a Honkai infection, leaving behind a test tube baby formed with Kevin and MEI's DNA named Adam. He and Su, his best friend since high school and a fellow Flame-Chaser, enter cryo-sleep alongside the child.
Kevin and Su originally awoke around 3,000 BCE and have witnessed much of the rebirth of human civilization as we know it, and has inadvertently become part of many ancient legends. For example, Kevin is the destroyer of Sodom and Gomorrah, and after saving the boy who would become King Arthur, is the Merlin of legend (and Su is the Lady of the Lake). Adam Kaslana also founds House Kaslana, a bloodline that retains some traits from Kevin's Honkai-altered genes.
1,500 years before the beginning of the HI3 plot, he and Su come into conflict because Kevin wants to start the last-resort Project STIGMA, which Su disagrees with. Although Kevin overpowers Su's attempt to trap them both at the bottom of the Sea of Quanta (where fallen, unstable universes from the Imaginary Tree drift), Kevin relents at the last second and throws Su out of the Sea of Quanta, trapping only himself.
He is freed in Chapter 9 of HI3 and takes over a secret society founded by the Flame-Chaser Mobius, World Serpent. Kevin's goal of implementing Project STIGMA — which is kinda like "Instrumentality from Neon Genesis Evangelion but somehow even more philosophical/metaphysical/confusing" and would turn humanity into something that can coexist with Honkai — puts him into conflict with the main characters of HI3. He serves as a major obstacle for the main characters to overcome in Part 1 of HI3.
+ personality
- Kevin will answer questions, but he often answers without giving his reasoning and as directly as possible, making him difficult to understand. There's a lot going on in his head, he does not care to share.
- He can take on any burden to accomplish what he needs to and is the type to take everything on his shoulders. This tendency is so strong he founded an entire bloodline, the Kaslana house, who seem to have all inherited this trait.
- The part of him dedicated to saving humanity and truly values the people around him is constantly in conflict with the fact that he feels his duty is to destroy the Honkai above all else.
- Other characters describe his gaze as being empty, with a hint of sadness. He basically never gets angry or strongly emotional.
- He is a practitioner, as opposed to a person who thinks about theory. That said, Kevin is perfectly capable of grasping complex concepts as well as the nuances of different world views. He just cares more about the ends than the means.
- Because he's been alive for so long, he knows much more than the average person. At the same time, Kevin acknowledges he isn't much of a thinker. He has more knowledge than most simply as a function of being ancient, but isn't particularly wise, crafty, or intellectual — he's the type of person who relies on his overwhelming strength to walk into a trap or scheme without caring about it. The Herrscher of Sentience puts it best when she says that there's a reason all the legends are about Kevin being strong, not smart.
- He has a deep and unshakeable faith in those he believes in and cares for. He wants to see proof and results from those he doesn't.
- Something that he's let go of is who he used to be: a cheerful and friendly person without any particular vision of the future and chooses to live in the present. Fundamentally, he was born a very different person than who he has become, and some of his struggles seem to emerge from the fact that his kindness and mercy when he was younger could not save people.
- His trademark food: noodles (especially instant).
+ powers
- First off, the power scaling for HI3 is just bonkers, like multiple characters are walking around as physical gods on earth and it's more a question of how hard can they destroy the earth rather than if they can do it. Kevin is one of those characters.
- His genes have been modified with the Honkai beast Parvati, giving him ice powers. It has the unfortunate side effect of having lowered his resting body temperature to -30C due to the MANTIS surgery being imperfect at the time. He can freeze a lake just by being next to it, and it prevents most people from being able to touch him (though he can control it to the point that people can get pretty close to him). He can also lower his temperature further for both offensive and defensive purposes, as well as simply to intimidate.
- His main weapon is the fire greatsword, Judgment of Shamash, which was made with the core of the Herrsher of Fire from the previous era. Because of his ice powers, Kevin is the only one who can release the full power of the sword without killing himself via self-immolation in the process.
- He later underwent some more DNA fuckery and in a nutshell, he also has the genes of 99 other Honkai Beasts combined into the uber-Honkai Beast Brahma inside of him, which gave him a Bunch Of Other PowersTM and makes him exceedingly unkillable under most circumstances.
- All MANTIS can undergo an Active Honkai Reaction, which turns them into the Honkai Beast they're combined with. So he can uhhh kind of turn into a scalie... or a biblically accurate angel.
+ canon modern AU and Hoyoverse AU info
MODERN AU. Some side content for HI3 gives Kevin and his friends background in a peaceful, modern AU! He works in information technology and leads a small team of coders, and lives with the other 12 Flame-Chasers in a shared-house called the Golden Courtyard. His personality is mostly the same but much less burdened by millennia of suffering and more burdened by the fact that he keeps having to do over-time. He is noticeably more head empty, not a thought in his mind.
He's one of the level-headed members of the Golden Courtyard, and goes out of his way to quietly take care of others. For example, he seems to do a lot of the chores and is noticeably mindful of others. He is concerned about being seen as mature, but with encouragement from others, has tried to let of that hang-up. He's the kind of person who's worried that playing video games as an adult is cringe, basically.
HOYOVERSE AUs. Because of the Honkai multiverse containing many worlds, it's possible for Kevin to have traveled into the Genshin Impact world and/or Honkai Star Rail setting, either advertently or inadvertently. Sadly, I play a lot of HYV games, so I also have ideas for canon AUs!
In the Genshin Impact world, he'd be in a role similar to (or replacing) the Traveler in Genshin Impact who is traveling Teyvat looking for information on the Unknown God, who looks an awful lot like his great-great-great-great-(redacted for brevity) grand-daughter and protagonist of HI3, Kiana Kaslana. Alternately, in a full canon AU, he's a member of the Adventurer's Guild from origins unknown currently living in Sumeru with MEI and/or Su... Kevin and Su as Alhaitham's parents AU, anyone? And alternate to the alternate, his story beats are very similar to Dainsleif's, so he could replace Dains or be another survivor of Khaenri'ah.
If you want to be especially cursed, he's AU Paimon.
In the Honkai Star Rail world, he is affiliated with the Interastral Peace Association, which is monitoring him due to his sussy background and abilities while allowing him to work as a mercenary to make a living and earn goodwill. He is often dispatched to assist scholars from the Intelligensia Guild when they need protection.
He's one of the level-headed members of the Golden Courtyard, and goes out of his way to quietly take care of others. For example, he seems to do a lot of the chores and is noticeably mindful of others. He is concerned about being seen as mature, but with encouragement from others, has tried to let of that hang-up. He's the kind of person who's worried that playing video games as an adult is cringe, basically.
HOYOVERSE AUs. Because of the Honkai multiverse containing many worlds, it's possible for Kevin to have traveled into the Genshin Impact world and/or Honkai Star Rail setting, either advertently or inadvertently. Sadly, I play a lot of HYV games, so I also have ideas for canon AUs!
In the Genshin Impact world, he'd be in a role similar to (or replacing) the Traveler in Genshin Impact who is traveling Teyvat looking for information on the Unknown God, who looks an awful lot like his great-great-great-great-(redacted for brevity) grand-daughter and protagonist of HI3, Kiana Kaslana. Alternately, in a full canon AU, he's a member of the Adventurer's Guild from origins unknown currently living in Sumeru with MEI and/or Su... Kevin and Su as Alhaitham's parents AU, anyone? And alternate to the alternate, his story beats are very similar to Dainsleif's, so he could replace Dains or be another survivor of Khaenri'ah.
If you want to be especially cursed, he's AU Paimon.
In the Honkai Star Rail world, he is affiliated with the Interastral Peace Association, which is monitoring him due to his sussy background and abilities while allowing him to work as a mercenary to make a living and earn goodwill. He is often dispatched to assist scholars from the Intelligensia Guild when they need protection.
+ RP wishlist
CANON WANTS. For gen or shipping, MEI. A happy AU where they get the chance to actually raise Adam, or a one-off scene set right before Kevin's MANTIS surgery where they quietly take the chance to be together while there's still time for it (a date if keeping things PG-13, but could lead into smut). Also, modern AUs simply for the childhood sweethearts fluff.
For gen or shipping, Su. Found family theme again, Genshin AU where kevsu are Alhaitham's parents. Something set when the two of them are observing the rebirth of civilization, building off of that line about them not having to look for each other, having faith the other is right behind him. Canon AUs where Kevin helps Su with Project Valuka (either out of his own will, or because of Su influencing his mind directly) or Su relents and gets on board with Project STIGMA.
For gen, Elysia. I've seen some fanart of Elysia and Kevin as an older sister-younger brother idol pair which I think is very cute and funny as a concept. And in general, I just really enjoy their dynamic, this man needs to get trolled further. For something more angsty, something building off the ambiguity around Elysia's death — I've read somebody's headcanon that they never fought, but danced together for the first and last time as Elysia died to exposure to Kevin's permafreeze, so something along those lines.
For gen, other Flame-Chasers. I'm especially fond of settings that emphasize their found family dynamic. And as an overarching want, modern AUs or other AUs where the past era characters can be happy and have fun...!
For gen, current era cast. Grandpa Kevin should get dragged around by the younger characters and other members of the Kaslana family... maybe if granddaughter Kiana had the opportunity to take Kevin out on a noodle eating tour he would've changed his mind about Project STIGMA yknow.
CROSS-CANON WANTS: For shipping, Kevin has a type, and it's people with long hair and are intellectuals (either in the sense of being knowledgeable or being worldly/wise). He's an opposites attract guy and kind of the world's strongest simp, like this guy had an operation with a then 0% success rate because it might make his girlfriend's life a little easier.
Also for shipping, assumed long-term/childhood relationships! Kevin's loyal to a fault, let him simp, lead him to the dark side perhaps, just walk all over him tbh. He's a bit of a trophy husband at heart.
For gen or shipping, characters who have strong quirks to their personalities, like troll tendencies, strong shyness, anger issues, people in the "eccentric genius" archetype, people who can't quite hide their sociopathy — he is used to being in that kind of clown show. Kevin balances between being the serious one who keeps the other in line when it matters and being the one on the receiving end of the a strong personality... he can tolerate a lot of teasing/anger/manipulativeness/etc. without letting it get to him.
For gen, younger characters who would benefit from a protector, especially those who are precocious or wise beyond their years. Kevin cannot provide meaningful mentorship or guidance, but he can be a defender and take care of them.
R-18 WANTS: monsterfucking, must I say any more.
For gen or shipping, Su. Found family theme again, Genshin AU where kevsu are Alhaitham's parents. Something set when the two of them are observing the rebirth of civilization, building off of that line about them not having to look for each other, having faith the other is right behind him. Canon AUs where Kevin helps Su with Project Valuka (either out of his own will, or because of Su influencing his mind directly) or Su relents and gets on board with Project STIGMA.
For gen, Elysia. I've seen some fanart of Elysia and Kevin as an older sister-younger brother idol pair which I think is very cute and funny as a concept. And in general, I just really enjoy their dynamic, this man needs to get trolled further. For something more angsty, something building off the ambiguity around Elysia's death — I've read somebody's headcanon that they never fought, but danced together for the first and last time as Elysia died to exposure to Kevin's permafreeze, so something along those lines.
For gen, other Flame-Chasers. I'm especially fond of settings that emphasize their found family dynamic. And as an overarching want, modern AUs or other AUs where the past era characters can be happy and have fun...!
For gen, current era cast. Grandpa Kevin should get dragged around by the younger characters and other members of the Kaslana family... maybe if granddaughter Kiana had the opportunity to take Kevin out on a noodle eating tour he would've changed his mind about Project STIGMA yknow.
CROSS-CANON WANTS: For shipping, Kevin has a type, and it's people with long hair and are intellectuals (either in the sense of being knowledgeable or being worldly/wise). He's an opposites attract guy and kind of the world's strongest simp, like this guy had an operation with a then 0% success rate because it might make his girlfriend's life a little easier.
Also for shipping, assumed long-term/childhood relationships! Kevin's loyal to a fault, let him simp, lead him to the dark side perhaps, just walk all over him tbh. He's a bit of a trophy husband at heart.
For gen or shipping, characters who have strong quirks to their personalities, like troll tendencies, strong shyness, anger issues, people in the "eccentric genius" archetype, people who can't quite hide their sociopathy — he is used to being in that kind of clown show. Kevin balances between being the serious one who keeps the other in line when it matters and being the one on the receiving end of the a strong personality... he can tolerate a lot of teasing/anger/manipulativeness/etc. without letting it get to him.
For gen, younger characters who would benefit from a protector, especially those who are precocious or wise beyond their years. Kevin cannot provide meaningful mentorship or guidance, but he can be a defender and take care of them.
R-18 WANTS: monsterfucking, must I say any more.
+ permissions
- Open to backtagging, but for full disclosure, I may lose interest if I'm waiting on a tag for a week or more unless it's a thread I'm really invested in. That said, feel free to start something new if you prefer, or DM if you'd like to check in on continuing.
- Similarly, multiple ongoing threads are fine with me.
- On my end, I'm in a USA timezone and am most busy from Wednesday through Friday, so expect me to be slower on those days.
- canon, cross-canon, OCs are all OK!
- Gen and shipping both OK!
- I prefer to handwave fights. I will also generally be assuming some sliding scale of power nerfs in general RP so that Kevin isn't a walking atomic bomb or literally incapable of being touched by most people if it'd be counterproductive to the point of the meme.
- Feel free to assume he's in his modern AU iteration if you're tagging one of my top levels. I'm ok with whatever makes things easier!
- R18 content is OK! we pretend his dick won't cause frostbite on contact......unless you're into that, I mean I'm not against it. DM for specific kinks, but I'm probably down for it.
