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'''Twyst,''' also known as Twist or Twisted, is a widely known player across [[Archive:Alathra|Alathra]]. He is infamous for his ability to strike fear into the hearts of people via his mastery in combat, often winning almost every duel he is in. Large powerful empires and bloodthirsty warlords have paid him exorbitant amounts of money to stay out of wars, knowing his destructive capability. Few specific details or motivations are known about Twyst but he generally worked in the mercenary field, fighting for a good price and a challenging fight. Recently however; Twyst was invited to the infamous [[Archive:P.I.B.|Pact of Immortal Blood]], a merciless group of powerful players who have been known to meddle in the political affairs of Alathra. It is unknown what he intends to do now.

Twyst joined the server on August 15th, 2021. It is rumored he came from another realm with some similarities to Alathra. Shortly after arriving, he fought in the Defense of Homo Town siding with [[Archive:Ashina (Nation)|Ashina]]. Lead by the Elder [[Archive:Shepsicle|Shepiscle]], the Ashinian army of minutemen charged into battle against the Grand Army of [[Archive:Elyria|Elyria]] where they were quickly slaughtered and outmatched by the more battle hardened Gaushan Soldiers. Notably, a suspected friend of Twyst “ukxs” fought courageously, holding off many of the Elyrian soldiers single handedly, some say he was using the elusive Concentrated Bee Honey but this is unconfirmed. Other notable players known to be connected to Twyst in some way were “[[Archive:Celeste|ICeleste]]”, now Mayor of Peachfield and “Albania”, now Prince of Spadecrown. Twyst himself, though a proficient fighter, was taken aback by the Elyrians’ seemingly God-like abilities to smash through armor and effortlessly rip soldier’s weapons right from their hands but it wouldn’t be long until he learned of how to acquire these powers and how to wield them better than the Elyrians ever did. This sheer display of power and ability by Elyria to cut down his friends one by one would sow within Twyst a deep desire for vengeance and power and is believed to be one of his few clear motivations. Following the devastating defeat at Homo Town, Twyst disappeared from the server for a while with few realizing the great impacts he would eventually come to have on Alathra as a whole in the future.[[File:Frost Walker.png|thumb|302x302px|Twyst's old house in the town of Frost Walker|left]]

Around September 17th, 2021, Twyst reappeared on the server and joined the capital of [[Archive:Arcadian Altanate|Arcadia]] “[[Archive:Wahat Almarjan|Wahat Almarjan]]” where he resided for around a week. Shortly after this, Arcadia bought most of Southada’s territory, leading to it’s dissolution as a political entity. With this purchase came the acquisition of the village of Winterhallow (now Eldia) and the jewel of the great southern nation “Frost Walker” (now Coldfront). The problem was, Arcadia lacked any willing citizens to take up the mayor role in Frost Walker, however; knowing it’s quality of being an excellent training ground for warriors, Twyst stepped up to the task. From there, Twyst quickly became a very pivotal citizen of Arcadia as he had begun to deeply study the true nature of the skills that the Elyrians had used against him and his companions at the devastation of Homo Town. He would then devote a great amount of time to training his skills, fighting hordes of meager undead foes that lurked on the rough icey plains of the surrounding area. Eventually, after a massive amount of training, Twyst found himself capable of piercing armour with only a few strikes, stealing weapons from enemies hands, pin pointing weak spots in archery shots and even inflicting harder hits with the strike of his sword, much more than people who could already do this. No other player besides [[Archive:Thaeorn|Thaeorn]] had ever even come close to these kinds of overall strength and yet he had done it. Twyst had effectively become a demi-god, able to cut through enemies like they were nothing. His own bare fists were lethal to kill an armored person in a few hits. He had surpassed what the Elyrians were, he had reached a new plain of power, one that almost no other Alathran had actualized.

Around late October of 2021, the beginning of the end of the famed Elyrian Empire was marked by the merge between it and the relatively new nation, Stahlfaust, forming the seemingly powerful but ultimately weak state of "[[Archive:Stahlfaust-Elyria|Stahlfaust-Elyria]]". From there, the empire began to crumble as members left and or grew inactive with the true final blow being during the second great war where Stahlfaust and Elyria broke up and solo Elyria was dealt multiple devastating defeats by the Second Entente. This all eventually lead to [[Archive:Peachfield|Peachfield]] being sold to the [[Archive:Arcadian Altanate|Arcadian Altanate]], of which the money used for this purchase was namely provided by Ausgint, Raistron, and Twyst_, the latter of all would become the new mayor of the now dethroned capital. This was the ultimate sign of true domination, that Twyst had become the lord of the very capital which had defeated him and his friends in the very beginning of his time on Alathra, he had conquered Elyria's red apple and brought it under a new flag.

Around the end of December 2021, Twyst grew bored of living within Peachfield’s castle walls, despite having a tremendous amount of land and a more than reliable source of constant income it still did not feel right to him, as if he believed that there was more opportunity and purpose out in the world. After a few days of planning Twyst decided to talk to a principle of Alathra’s history and a well known leader of the great nation of [[Archive:Ashina (Nation)|Ashina]], this man was KnightOfNotch and he would grant Twyst the chance to accomplish much more than already achieved. Twyst with a rare smile on his face had accepted it and left his former nation, the Arcadian Altanate, from there he moved onto the Northern East continent and would begin to work endlessly to construction up a town from the ground up, this town would go by the name of Suijin and much to everyone’s surprise had become the main capital of Ashinian Nation when Twyst was handed down the title of Emperor. Feeling bad for Ashina’s stagnant activity and it’s unfortunate slipping off the world stage he had conducted a project and plan to rebuild this once great empire and thanks to the connections he had already, influence, dedication and cooperation of the Ashinian people the nation started to see growth, the continent started to see life and the world started to see a miracle. A lot say that a man by the name of Stixelot had a major impact on the construction and designing side of the project as he has built most of the shops and houses within the town of Suijin. A few blissful weeks flew by as more and more accomplishments and growth had started to stack with the creation of 3 new towns, recruitment of 16 new Ashinians and the reclaim of an old town that went by the name of [[Archive:Redna|Redna]] and even the reuniting of ex-ashnians by the names of ImmaNotScope and [[Archive:Lixionit IV|Lixionit]] who ran the towns of [[Archive:Faron|Faron]] and [[Archive:New Ashina City|New Ashina City]], however with that more thoughts on a lack of purpose made their way into Twyst’s head, owning Peachfield did not feel right to him and now neither has running one of Alathra’s most influential and important nations so with that an end to Twyst’s rule was witnessed once he decided enough was done to help the prior leader get him and his nation back on their feet. Packing shulkers and carrying equipment Twyst left on a journey in search of the one thing that could make him feel whole.

Within Twyst’s period of recruitment in Ashina and on his way to the town of [[Archive:High Ashina|High Ashina]] he had stumbled across a pair of Ashinian samurais and noticed their level of discipline and skill in what looked to be like a sword training session, in doing so Twyst had decided to take it upon himself to go up and ask them what they were doing, and more importantly if he could take part. Walking up to Twyst in their Kimono’s and Bamboo sticks in hand they informed him that it was called “Kendo”, a form of Ashinian martial arts training and the individual tutoring was temporarily in replacement for a man that goes by the name of RipeSack. After gladly accepting Twyst in and making him go through several gruelling months of training a new bond was created between him and the Ashinian people as well as their military. Not only did Twyst learn multiple new movements and methods of sword fighting including the flexibility of adapting with smaller or larger blades but he was taught the Samurai Code “Bushido” giving him a more devoted, disciplined and courageous attitude to warfare and life in general. For this he was awarded a blade which was as black as night, it was held up by a slightly lighter handle and circular hilt with a hint of pure gold which was retrieved from the fiery hells of the nether. It was a midnight dark katana, an 'okatana' to be exact. It's hue blended perfectly within the shade of his cloak and it granted speed and precision with long circular slashes, furthmore assisting him in combat for time to come and can be considered one of several of his iconic weapons that would spill blood in combat. He would call this the 'Black Muramasa'.

During his travels and search for a purpose Twyst had heard rumours from his mutuals that used to work with him on Mercenary jobs that there settled an infamous league of assassins which were stationed down south on the continent of [[Archive:Gaushan|Gaushan]], the same continent which the town of Peachfield stood. After an overtaxing effort of travel which took several days through the blistering cold tundra and Tiagas he had finally located their base of operations, a hooded shadowy individual stood there with a cloak that that blew back and forth from the intense freezing winds. This individual would be the Archon of the guild and Twyst’s recruiter, his name was VonDaConMon but he preferred to refer to him as just “Von”. No one knows why or how Twyst was able to join the group so easily but for one thing everyone knew of their name, they were called the [[Archive:Pact of the Immortal Blood|Pact Of the Immortal Blood.]]

During his time in [[Archive:P.I.B.|P.I.B]], Twyst was exposed to the combat techniques that the Archon of the group (VonDaConMon) used during his assassinations and conflict encounters. Twyst learned to use these himself and implemented his own moves into them to create his own style of fighting, this salvaged the mercenary and outnumbered situation techniques Twyst was used to and was mixed in with the more refined assassin tricks to create a method of fighting that was both lethal and versatile as well as swift but less flashy. During his earlier hits he attempted these on the targets but unfortunately due to it being a new form of fighting that was not as memorable as his last, the target he was assigned of eliminating managed to barely get away into safety, this was target was the man known as [[Archive:Melevor|Melevor]]. A blunder like this struck Twyst to the point of great anger but was quickly defused by the samurai code that he had learned from his time in Ashina which helped control his inner rage, the code of respecting those that have gotten away from his grasp on their own, so he decided to not do another attempt on the nation leader’s life and allow him to live. Proceeding from this event a thought entered his mind. During the failed attempt the only reason Melevor was able to barely escape a brutal death was the fact that the sword Twyst had used was too short to slow to land the final slash on him. This ignited the idea on a new weapon which would have the length of a sword, the strength of an axe but the speed that would outdo both. This weapon would be a scythe which contained great and unholy power. His question to construct such an item would begin.

The continent of [[Archive:Ashina|Ashina]] was what he believed to be the perfect place to start, Twyst knew this since at the time of his period of temporary rule over both the continent and its nation he had heard of untouched materials within the caves walls that littered the lands. It only took a few days of mining and a few more of successfully smelting to acquire the amount of diamonds he needed, this was not enough however since regular weapons used this same exact material. Mixing in different durable materials with the diamonds would be the plan in order to achieve the properties such an item needed. Yet again he had heard rumours of a new level of rock and gems that lay hidden beneath what was originally believed to be the deepest one could mine, and so Twyst travelled to the Far Eastern continent of Prospit which was under Ashina, the same place that began this quest. After several months of exhausting and excruciating mining in the hardest rock layer deep deep below [[Archive:Prospit|Prospit’s]] surface a crack of white stone was seen through the rough hard deepslate after the last hack of his pickaxe. Further in Twyst noticed the colour of mystical purple that had surrounded him as if it was gently engulfing anything that entered. This beauty would be the amethyst geode that would supply him with all the shards needed to mend into the scythe, it would also act as a calming agent to his psyche as it is believed this gem helps those manage their fear and anger and the said weapon he was about to create would undoubtedly contain all unimaginable negative emotions. Finally the last and most important content would be the pure coal that was collected during a meteorite exposition, luckily for him he collected one before they suddenly stopped pouring from the skies one day, this pure coal would replace the process of needing to add the estimated 10 netherite ingots as a single piece of pure coal was 10 times stronger. The journey back to the bunker of P.I.B was relaxing as the hardest parts were done but in its entirety, the mission was not done yet. Twyst put all the materials together on a smooth blackstone table and looked at his old ally and good friend Stixelot in the eye, all he muttered was “you know what to do”. The longest 4 days of his life was constant clanging, clinging, heat and smelting, this had passed until eventually the weapon, the solution to his biggest and most troublesome hurdle had been created. The scythe that would grant the ability to match his physical capabilities in combat and even capture and store the despair of his victims seconds before their death as it was fuelled by Twyst’s pure malice and was only balanced out by the amethyst shards that were forged into the blade. He would call this item 'Twysted Fang' and it would be the key that opened the door which blocked him from further success on assassinations and fights alike alongside the 'Black Muramasa'.

Following the forging of his signature weapon, Twyst was contacted by Keypeer about acting as a mercenary in the then upcoming Pater Carnis Conflict against the [[Archive:Ceiltean Druidism|Ceiltean Crusaders]] who intended to wreak havoc upon [[Archive:Ra'thra|Ra'thra's]] temple. Initially, Twyst turned down this offer as he no longer was in the mercenary business, nor did he want to get involved with a conflict he had little relation to. However; upon seeing nations with flimsy connections to Arith, namely Eldia (now Legion), were getting involved on the side of the crusaders, Twyst took pity on those in the temple and decided to join their side to prevent a 'dogpiling' of Pater Carnis. Immediately after joining, both the Ceiltean Crusaders and the Eldian Soldiers hid away in their bunkers, too afraid to even dare and try to fight an assassin with so much blood to his name. Twyst intentionally killed Eldians primarily as to pressure the UCCR (now [[Archive:Solaris|Solaris]]) to get Eldia to exit the conflict as he felt their involvement was unneeded. Despite his success, Twyst felt he couldn't hold down the entire conflict singlehandedly so he contact his many friends within the city of [[Archive:Vyzia|Vyzia]] who agreed to assist him in aiding Pater Carnis. Eventually, after the UCCR and Eldia were making virtually zero progress with their war against Pater Carnis, Twyst contacted Eternal Leader Melevor, proposing that if they were to force Eldia to leave the conflict, Twyst and the Vyzians would exit as well. This plan was successful and Eldia was made to leave the war and per agreement, Twyst and the Vyzians did as well. This event, though only lasting about a day or two, puts to near full display of Twyst's power. Not only does his strength come in the form of his savvy with combat skills but also it is shown through how he is able to wield fear like a weapon. Twyst takes advantage of this fear and uses it force his foes' hands.

'''''-[[Archive:Game Glider SKG|Glider Fraemani of Arcadia]]'''''

'''''-[[Archive:Aurelius|Aurelius of Haven]]'''''

This uniquely small and tactical crossbow has been carefully constructed of the most black dark oak wood illegally lumbered just south of [[Archive:Kais Kogong|Kais Kogong]] in the so called mystical Kogongi forest. It’s string was collected from the common spiders that would appear near the same town’s library late at night. Using the unusual books inside the library, he had binded their knowledge into the newly formed crossbow granting it the ability to fire 3 arrows in one shot. This is Twyst’s ideal use of weaponry in inflicting opponents with effects at range using tipped arrows that would weaken and hinder their strength or speed.