Karchess Crim

"You must be strong to regain what you love."

Kachess Crim is a count and later king of the Kingdom of Marlon who had an affair with Queen Yufina Marlon. He is famous for assassinating Duke Sateriajis Venomania, bringing an end to the Venomania Event, and marrying into the Marlon Royal Family.

Early LIfe
Born in EC 110, Kachess eventually became a count of the growing Marlon country. At some point, Kachess met and entered an affair with Yufina Marlon; some time later, she left to travel to Beelzenia as part of her husband's homecoming. Before leaving, she gave Kachess the Golden Key, and he would become aware of its power and capabilities.

Venomania Event
Around the summer of EC 136, the count was asked by Princess Maylis of the Beelzenian Empire to investigate the disappearances of women across Asmodean. While reading through the list of disappearance cases in a local pub, he noticed Lilien Tarner's name on the list and began focusing on it.

After a thorough investigation, Kachess learned of the rumors surrounding Tarner's disappearance and the mass murder of the Ferdinand family in their estate around the same time. Travelling to Mystica himself, Kachess arrived at Earl Ferdinand's Mansion but was blocked at the front gates by the estate's guards before the earl granted him permission to enter. Sitting in the mansion's dining room, the earl expressed pleasure in meeting him and apologized for the count's cold welcome at the gates. Ignoring it, Kachess noted that the earl's entire family had been massacred and Ferdinand asked if he had already heard the stories about the supposed culprit.

Kachess replied that he had once but doubted it and the earl explained how his family and the chamberlains were found dead around the same time a woman disappeared. Continuing to extract the earl's knowledge of the local rumors, he became interested when the Ferdinand mentioned that only one person had a contradicting testimony of the recent events, asking who it was. Told that a peasant farmer and friend of Lilien, Rajih, had absurdly claimed Duke Sateriajis Venomania killed his uncle's family and stole Lilien despite the fact no one saw the duke at all at the time, Kachess pursued the lead. After sending a message to Maylis, Kachess searched the town for Rajih, finding him drunk and ranting about the futility of trying to beat the duke.

Scoffing at his reason for giving up, the count told the farmer that anyone drinking endlessly over losing their lover was a miserable existence. With Rajih's reply that Lilien was his childhood friend, not his lover, Kachess brushed aside the comment and replied that he was Rajih. Ignoring the peasant's question of who he was, Kachess instead answered that he wanted to hear Rajih's story about Sateriajis and Lilien. Told a second time to introduce himself, Kachess revealed his name but was taken aback by Rajih instead getting up and walking away. The count asked why he wasn't satisfied and Rajih responded that he was but didn't want to talk about it.

Kachess immediately grabbed the farmer by the shoulder, holding him in place with his one hand. The count explained that, despite their different social statuses, he could be his "savior". Intimidated, Rajih asked if he was a foreignor and Crim explained he was simply a normal man from Marlon. Rajih replied that he was just a farmer and that they had nothing in common. Responding that his way of thinking was despicable, Kachess explained he had three things to tell him: the first being his name and the second being the need of strength to regain lost love. Pulling out the Golden Key, he declared the third was that there existed a weapon capable of defeating a demon.

At some point, Kachess met the mage Elluka Clockworker, and the two joined forces to defeat the duke. After Yufina was enchanted by the duke, Crim managed to track her location and, making a disguise based on Elluka's name and appearance, approached the alleged demon. Once Venomania embraced him, the count stabbed Sateriajis in the chest with the Golden Knife, shedding his disguise as Sateriajis collapsed to the ground. Freeing the captured women, including his beloved, Kachess and Yufina fled Asmodean and eloped; due to their activities, the two became fugitives of both the Beelzenian Empire and Marlon throughout the following year.

In EC 138, Kachess returned to his homeland and launched a coup to establish a legitimate Marlon country. Due to Yufina being the one legitimate heir to the Marlon Royal Family, he received the backing of the surrounding country's nobles and was able to able successfully install the new government. Kachess then ascended to the throne as its king and part of the royal family. At some point, Kachess sired children with his wife, and would later be succeeded by his grandchild.

Legacy
Following his death, Kachess was succeeded by his grandchild and his lineage would continue for over eight centuries, including Carlos Marlon and Kyle Marlon; the latter would adopt his name as a pen name and later use it as his alias during the Lucifenian Revolution.

Character Connections
Sateriajis Venomania: Kachess's object of pursuit. During his investigation Kachess was suspicious of Duke Venomania, thus following the lead Rajih provided. When he discovered his role in the women's disappearances, particularly Yufina's, he became wrathful towards the duke, taking delight in his eventual death.

Yufina Marlon: Kachess' lover. Kachess loved Yufina deeply, tracking her to Venomania's mansion when she disappeared and eloping with her after the Venomania Event. Her disappearance was another motivation for Kachess' interest in the missing women, and she had provided him aid beforehand in giving him the Golden Key.

Rajih: Kachess' partner. Kachess saw Rajih as a useful lead in discovering and catching the culprit of all the abductions, although he believed the latter to be pathetic for drinking instead of saving Lilien and for emphasizing their difference in station.

Elluka Clockworker: A fellow investigator of Venomania. Kachess joined forces with Elluka for the sake of defeating Duke Venomania, although he did not take their partnership seriously, deviating from it when he thought necessary. Nonetheless, he was inspired by her appearance and name in creating his female disguise to fool the Duke.

Maylis Beelzenia: Kachess' employer. Kachess was a close enough acquaintance of Maylis that he accepted her request to investigate the women's disappearances, after Toy's recommendation.

Toy Conchita: A friend of Kachess. Kachess and Toy had a good relationship, the latter being one of the few privy to his affair with Yufina and recommending him to Maylis to help with the investigation.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * His last name, Crim, seems to be a pun to "Ice Cream ", KAITO's Character Item.
 * Kachess's name is partiallly based off his representative Vocaloid, KAITO, sharing the first two letters.

Gallery
Concept Art=

Appearances

 * The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (first appearance)


 * The Daughter of Evil: Wiegenlied of Green (indirect mention only)


 * The Daughter of Evil: Praeludium of Red (indirect mention only)


 * Deadly Sins of Evil: The Lunacy of Duke Venomania


 * The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga)


 * Evils Forest


 * Evils Kingdom