Character from A Practical Guide to Evil by ErraticErrata
The Tyrant of Helike — a twelve-year-old told he'd die at thirteen who decided that if time was short, he'd burn as brightly and chaotically as possible. One of web fiction's greatest chaos agents.
Kairos Theodosian was the last of the line of Theodosius. At age twelve, he was told he'd die at thirteen. This knowledge didn't make him cautious — it made him absolutely, gloriously unhinged. If you're going to die anyway, why not roast a third of the Atalantian army with a storm? Why not outmaneuver the Wandering Bard? Why not make every surviving political power on Calernia want to kill you personally? His Aspect Rule lets him control weather and storms. He commands specters, floats, manipulates souls. His power stems from embracing over-the-top villainy where most villains try to be subtle — where the Black Knight deconstructs Evil tropes, the Tyrant leans into them so hard they become weapons. He is one of the few characters who consistently outmaneuvers the Wandering Bard, which is either a testament to his genius or proof that chaos cannot be narrated. Probably both.
Young, sickly, with the feverish energy of someone who knows the clock is ticking. He commands storms with one hand and upends alliances with the other. He looks like a child playing king, which is exactly what makes him lethal — you underestimate the kid right up until the lightning hits.
Also known as: Kairos, Tyrant, Tyrant of Helike