Kefka

Character Outline
Appearance:

Depicted as a slender man with blond hair and green eyes, Kefka usually wears outfits composed of reds and yellows with all sorts of mismatched colorful patterns. His costumes always consist of plenty of elaborate ruffles and decorative beads, along with his signature feathers that he wears within his hair. His face and hands are covered in white make-up, but etched around his eyes are detailed patterns painted in red. Kefka fits the appearance of a court jester, sometimes replacing those reds and yellows with green and gold instead. He wears mismatched shoes, blue leggings, fancy gems, and mismatched gloves.

Personality:

Known as a raving lunatic with no empathy for human life, all of Kefka's vile deeds stem from his hatred for the world itself. He’s a man of pettiness, a being who embodies the most depraved and insane thoughts that society frowns upon. Kefka doesn’t even blink at the thought of killing another person, and if anything welcome such thoughts with a smile. His mind was shattered by the experiments done to him, breaking down any former moral compass he once had. It’s because of this that Kefka is thought of as a very dangerous man who will stop at nothing to fulfill his ludicrous desires. His constant yearning for power matches his need to cause mindless destruction. The more power Kefka receives, the more destruction he can cause. This basic line of thinking, leads many to believe that Kefka is a raving sociopath.

However, Kefka has managed to tame some of the sorrow he feels by replacing it for his love for the stage. Being a performer makes him nearly as happy as causing destruction, perhaps filling that emotional void that lingers within him. Kefka is a man who cannot find any meaning to life other than death; he even seems to pay very little regard for mortality in general once he becomes a god. In his opinion, hope, love, and friendship are utterly meaningless. Kefka's loathing for life stems from what seems to be the meaninglessness of his own existence. He laments often that he cannot find anything worth cherishing, believing that only destruction awaits those who live. Although, with his love for the stage growing daily, the jester's morbid views on life are slowly changing. He loves to be the certain of action, and adores being in the spotlight. It's not unusual for Kefka to threaten those who impede upon his glory upon the stage. I suppose you could say he has a bit of a "diva" complex, but that would be inaccurate. He merely covers his sorrow by glitz and fame.

The emptiness he feels within is what drives Kefka to act so bizarrely.

Kefka hates people, but his love for magic is limitless. He craves power; he craves magic more than he craves for air. The mage has an unquenchable love for the magical arts, and goes out of his way to acquire as much magic as possible. His love for magic is similar to a painter love for the arts. It's his life, hobby, his calling. The experiments done on Kefka made him crave for such power, and in turn he became the most powerful warlock that ever lived.

The mad warlock is a very dramatic fellow, one who performs wild gestures when speaking and overacts constantly over the littlest things. Kefka is like an out of work actor, one who's honestly rehearsing his lines for the sake of being dramatic. One of the reasons why he gets his 'psychotic clown' nickname isn't because of his attire only, but his actions as well. Kefka is the comic relief and the star of the show. When he performs, it's a complete spectacle with all sorts of chaos entwined. This aspect of him almost makes him seem childlike, since Kefka isn't above throwing a royal tantrum if he doesn't get his way. Despite his long years, the warlock is certainly a childish fellow.

Specific Strengths/Weaknesses:

Kefka’s skills focuses mainly on his magical abilities. He can cast various elemental and non-elemental spells thanks to the fae and demon blood that Chronos used on him in their experiments.

Besides his destructive magic, Kefka is also quite versatile and nimble upon his feet. He can before back flips and quick turns with ease, usually during so while hopping around on one foot. His speed and magic makes up for his shameful lack of physical strength.

Kefka's unpredictability is his greatest aspect in battle, and it’s what makes him so dangerous. While most people are governed by a moral conscious of some kind, Kefka is not. He is literally fearless in some degree, this in itself being the result of his insanity. He’s a lethal combination of ingenuity and madness, and his imagination is what stems his phenomenal magical abilities.

Character History
While most of Kefka's past is shrouded in secrecy, the fearsome sorcerer was once a normal boy who lived within the shadows of society. Abandoned by his parents when he was just a child, Kefka grew up in an orphanage with a dozen or so unwanted children. Many of the orphans there were victims of savagery, children who were brutalized by bandits and beasts alike, while others were diseased lepers left to die. The orphanage was his only refuge from the horrors that lied outside its doors, but one day this noble sanctuary was torn asunder.

Hunters hailing from the Chronos sect raided the orphanage in search of moderately healthy children to use for their experiments. Those they’ve kidnapped where sent to the secret laboratories that lied underneath Chronos' Headquarters, while the others were killed in cold blood. While Kefka may have seemed fortunate enough to be spared from a dog’s death, in truth death itself would’ve been more humane than the tortures he endured within the secret labs.

After years of experimentation, Kefka's mind shattered from the harsh experimental procedures he endured, and the scientists labeled him a "failure." His mind regressed to that of a child's, causing him to be far too unstable mentally and emotionally. While his powers were certainly impressive, Chronos at first didn’t want to risk unleashing this monster upon the world, so they’ve chose to destroy him. Although, killing their pet project proved to be a rather difficult feat, so the organization sought to put Kefka's powers to the test by having him hunt their most elusive prey.

Chronos' ultimate goal is the extermination of all supernatural beings, so what better way to achieve such a goal other than by siccing this monster upon the hunted? Kefka proved his worth by claiming the heads of dozen or so beings deemed too dangerous for human hunters to pursue. He was unstoppable, a monster armed to the teeth with both powerful magic and mystical weapons. While he lacked the discipline of the Fae in order to control his powers, the Demonic powers they spliced within his genes certainly worked well to counteract that. He was their most vicious pet, a loyal hound of the organization, so they thought.

During Kefka's hunt for the ever-elusive "Black Jack," their loyal dog went AWOL. No one is sure what caused Kefka to rebel against Chronos, but their prized failure soon went on the loose and began killing their agents. Unable to rein Kefka in, he now has a bounty upon his head. He’s wanted more dead than alive by the organization, and because of this Kefka went into hiding.

Spending his last few years on the run, Kefka eventually reached the City of Melanthios. There he decided to takes up refuge as a mere entertainer who works within the Guilty Pleasures club as a magician/contortionist. In a vain attempt to forget his violent past, the psychotic clown uses his magic for entertainment. However, there are times where he does still use the powers he gained for nefarious means. Kefka just makes sure to do so way from his place of work.