Long ago, Hades and Persephone had a child named Veolus. That child
grew up very favored by the Endless, Destiny. As Veolus gained in
abilities, he became the God of Commerce. Destiny blessed him with the
ability to determine the price of anything. This might have seemed
harmless enough, but it also meant that he had the power to tell someone
the price to break their Fate. The Fates, already in an accord with
Destiny, did not like this at all, and, in a pact with the goddess
Mnemosyne arranged for the murder of Veolus. But since his father was
Death, this took far more than a mere killing and so with Mnemosyne's
help, all memory of the existence of the God was removed from creation,
with all but a handful of beings forgetting he ever existed. Even the
Greek Gods forgot.
Time passed, and Veolus's essence spread out among the universe, disembodied and fading. Until something happened.
The Economy was awakened by the blood sacrifices of despair as
people threw themselves from buildings in Black Friday in 1929.
Powerful magic is in blood, and a new God was created. The avatar
priest of this God was a humble janitor who gained remarkable magical
powers to create and control wealth. He became a Shepard of prosperity,
trying to heal a broken nation in a time of dire despair, though there
were powerful supernatural entities who fought him the whole way. It
wasn't until WWII that he began to see success, and just in time since
he joined many of the world's greatest hero's though his efforts were
largely in the shadows and known only to a few.
This prosperity carried on for decades, until his son took over
in the seventies, but did a lackadaisical job of his duties. He was a
poor hero as well, and in the 80's became a dark hero. By the time the
nineties had come around, he didn't care any more and actually went full
out villain in the 2000's culminating with the crash of 2008. He had
many aliases, but his most recent was Cold Hard Cash.
The grandson, and only living heir of the original economy took
over the mantle, but found that since his grandfather died at the end of
the previous millennium he was not equipped to deal with the challenges
that awaited him. His father was more powerful and only his ability to
conceal and detect exceeded his parent's abilities. So he donned a
suit of armor and began to fight his father's actions directly as The
Economy.
Kilroy entered the world stage first by trying to stop his father
from creating a new currency called Crimecoinz. Kilroy's father was
killed by the shapeshifter Mystique.
The resulting ritual caused a massive disruption of magical energies
that Kilroy spent months cleaning up. In the process, he made new
friends including a romance with Lunair Weir and Team:_Genesis. He also saw the plight of Genosha and joined with Magneto as an economic adviser to improve the plight of the nation.
As time went on, Kilroy's responsibility's increased. He was
asked to help fix the economy of Dream in the Market at Wall. He worked
with many of the world's heroes, keeping to the shadows as he did so.
He also was selected by the Gold to represent the spirits of the Economy
in the Parliament of Parliaments.
While this was going on, he worked to help turn Genosha's economy
from a backwater war ravaged trash dump, into an economic power house.
He helped defend Magneto's reputation and blessed Serbia's economy to
repair the damage done. He also helped to hunt down Mutant war
criminals. In the end, though, all was to come to Ash.
Kilroy's father came back from the dead. He and Kilroy were set
to fight over the trillion dollar coin and Kilroy was destined to free
Veolus and with the help of Team: Genesis defeat the nine prime worlds.
None of it happened. President Socklight traveled back in time and
prevented any of it from ever happening. In an alliance with Mnemosyne,
Kilroy kept forgetting more and more things.
And the world could care less. Kilroy resigned his position in
Genosha. He distanced himself from everyone. Under a dark spell, he
planned a mass heist of several banks, returning money that they had
stolen. Using a pact he had arranged with Alice Hearts he escaped into Wonderland for several months.
And then, not knowing how, the curse was broken. Mnemosyne's
curse ended, and then Kilroy faced a choice. He absorbed Veolus into
himself, becoming a God in the process. Many in the supernatural world
noted the event, but were unsure how to react. Many still didn't
believe. But Kilroy is back, and more powerful than ever.
The question is...what will he do with it?
Saturday, February 7, 2015
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