Samsara or The Ash of the First King is a wanderer warrior in the 5th Age of Abomination and endless suffering where man is on the verge of extinction from the great parallels of monsters lead by the Cinder King and his Lords of Embers. Armed with a powerful yet versatile weapon The Hollow Blade. A warrior only driven goal to rid of the monsters that harm humanity and end the Age of suffering once and for all

Appearance

Samsara is a tall humanoid male wearing battered armor and a strange helmet that cover his facial features making him a mystery.

Without his helmet and armor he has messy dark hair as it covers the upper half of his face which block visibility of his eyes and when rare times his eyes are very dark crimson.

He sports a muscular lean built riddled with endless scars which stems from the excessive fighting with little to no break of stopping.

Personality
'Power & Strength means nothing as if you gain power it'll be just for show here one moment and gone the next moment. Actions are the key to victory as luck is simply a myth'

The Ash of the First King is stoic and calm in most circumstances and is simply unable to devote himself to the majority of things outside of preparations to deal with the threats. He is rather silent never speaks to anyone due to him not being socially interactive with civilization as much which make poor social skills to boot. he has a single-minded devotion that has led him to being rigorous in hunting down the Evil, leaving nothing to chance, and being prepared for it. He is a firm believer that strength means nothing in a fight and a person should instead use their mind and anything on hand to win in battle. He will not hesitate to put himself against odds that will all but ensure his death, being more than willing to face off against a horde of at least an army in an effort to kill as many as he can before they kill him.

Backstory
Born from the great ashes of the First King, the Hero of the land before he perished from the Cinder King whom burned and destroyed what remnants of the king and his great weapon the Hollow Sword. His ashes scattered amongst the wind before fate began as the Ash Keeper of the West use his magic to form and reincarnate a warrior in the very image of the fallen king in return transfer his own life energy to complete the ritual. Samsara risen from the ground with no knowledge of what he is and who he was as he set within the world with the very sword to end the cycle of bloodshed that wrought upon the land while he salvage the land of weapons and items to help him.

Abilities
The Ash of the First King has been born as a fighter since he was 'born' within the world. His style of combat relies more on pragmatism such as using a weapon against its user, and taking whatever advantage that may come. His skills and extraordinary abilities stems from the ashes of the First King where he was powerful during his adventure and reign when he was king.

Trained Combatant
He is relatively skilled in most weapons that he can get his hands on, using them effectively enough to kill colossal's. He is also perfectly capable of combating other kinds of hostile people.

Master Swordsman
He is skilled in wielding any bladed weaponry from swords to great sword., he can slay multiple enemies at once with masterful dexterity.

Master Marksman
samsara is an incredibly proficient archer; he can accurately shoot down colossal's from vast distances. With a throwable polearms, he could fatally injure enemies with little effort. Even with melee weapons such as swords, He is able to throw them as a last ditch resort (or in some cases, as a sneak attack) with high accuracy at an enemy's head.

Master Strategist
Samsara is an excellent strategist, specializing in ambush, blitzkrieg and guerrilla warfare. He could come up with extraordinary plans to trap large numbers of monsters, eliminating them with efficiency.

Alchemy
Samsara has basic knowledge of alchemy to make small minor potion while travel or in most cases there's a station he will make more proficient potions.

Physical Conditioning
Samsara has rigorously trained his body to utmost perfection, granting him top notch physical abilities.

Strength
Samsara has a high level of physical strength. He could overpower even large foes and wield blunt weapons such as clubs and axes with enough force to cause critical damage in a single or several brutalizing hits.

Speed
He could strike down multiple foes at once with superior speed and reflexes. Can react fast enough to defend against unexpected attacks, including incoming arrows.

Endurance
He also possesses an incredible amount of endurance and pain tolerance, capable of fighting after having broken multiple bones. Alas is well acclaimed to snowy mountains and cold temperatures, as he received in such harsh environments.

Senses
Samsara is extremely aware of his surroundings, having extensively trained to utilize all his senses including sight and hearing. He could even detect a hiding person in pitch-black darkness.

Master survivor
Samsara is skilled in the arts of surviving the world with little supplies in hand as he is able to survive without eating for several days or drink for a week which he know where to find source of food and water by patterns of life nearby and a near source of water.

Knowledge of monsters
Samsara is completely versed in the studies on monsters and the supernatural. he is quite possibly the foremost expert in the world on monsters and demons with every trail and error he come across and will take a mental note on the monsters he face and know how they function.

Willpower Empowerment
the living embodiment of the soul of indomitable force of willpower, able to push himself through virtually any hardship in order to seek his goal and never give up which is the inheritance of the first generation of man.

Equipment
During his Adventure at first he was armed with the hollow Sword however with each trail and monsters as he resort to using other supernatural weaponry in battle to switch up his strategies more often.

Samsara is renown for salvaging any possible weapons on the battlefield to use, be it discarded swords, pickaxes, spears, clubs or even just plain large rocks. These are usually discarded and replaced with his equipment.

The Hollow Sword
A blade forged from the dust of the fabled Hollow beast and the soul of the First King of the first Age. A cursed sword that is known to inflict serious pain amongst enemies that will cause instant death that absorb the soul of the opponent that will leave the person to a shriveled dried corpse (hence the name) this ability only worked on living, organic beings that have life-force, rendering it ineffective against Armored or highly durable beings and require several hits to weaken before the curse will be effective.

First Age Repeater
A mounted crossbow shoots a volley of arrows from a large magazine mounted vertically on top of the crossbow by simply pulling the trigger. The weapon reveals its usefulness when Saramasa has to face a large number of enemies, especially hordes of monsters. The weapon itself was forged during the First Age by the Great Blacksmith who also forged some of the weapon's that Saramasa gets during his journey.
   -Second age Cannon
A large mounted gun that is hidden inside the First Age Repeater that was recently armament got the First Age Army that the Second Age Blacksmith modified the crossbow when the First Age Blacksmith disappeared. Saramasa use it by by loading powder into the barrel and ramming the cannonball into the barrel then fire the trigger from the crossbow that leads to the powder igniting and then firing. A last resort weapon for all situations as a trump card for whenever reason with the latter drawback is to maintain ammunition for both the cannon and the crossbow and clean it as well.

Champion Hammer
A large ax that was originally from the champion of the 4th before he fall from grace a divine weapon that the ashen gods grace has high strength and power with a price of mobility as it's very large as Sara used it for crowd control situations.

Guardian Shield
The Guardian Shield is a retractable shield inside a gauntlet on Saramasa left arm. It is used to parry and block enemy attacks and can also be used offensively in combination with the Hollow Sword.

Gate scrolls
Gate Scrolls are rare magical scrolls that contain ancient magics now lost to the current era. The knowledge of how to make linked Scrolls are long gone and lost to the point that people such as the oldest living beings cannot remember. Saramasa use them for trump cards to finish fights quickly.

Any of an infinite variety of spells could be written on the scrolls that is linked and they can only be used once. Therefore, one has to decide wisely how best to use it.

Once the scroll is opened, the spell activated within will emit different effects. After the spell has been cast, the scroll reverts into a normal parchment set aflame.

Embers Gate
Scroll linked to the blazing inferno of the Damned when opened it will send a large beam of fire that will incinerate targets into charred bone. The least favored scroll to use due to it being very destructive it is but will use it for a trump card like other scrolls

Frost Gate
A scroll linked to the coldest part of the Northern Kingdom that can freeze As those who are exposed to the cold will have their flesh, as well as internal organs, crack open, causing them to bleed out before turning to spikes of ice that cause them internal damage to the opponents and will kill them immediately. As the area around will freeze turning it to clear ice.

Water Gate
A scroll linked to the bottom of the sea, and utilized the high-pressure water as a blade that could tear apart most enemies cutting them to pieces based on the pressure of the water. And the area will be flooded with water as well.

Storm Gate
A scroll linked to great storms when open will activate a devastating tornado along with lighting strikes that attacks and send most people flying or electrocuted from the lighting attacks before it disappear for 5 seconds. One of the least favored scroll due to how destructive it is.

Rings
One of Few magical items for Samasara in his arsenal of his quest he have a total of 2 rings.

Breath
A ring that enable him to breath underwater easily useful for entering sunken kingdoms underwater as it enables him to breath underwater.

Gale
A ring that enable him to be faster than ever to the immense level of speed which enable him to be fast on his feet.

Light armor
Leather armor adorned with metal plates and additional chainmail, allow quick movement while providing minimal protection from light attacks and prevent stabbing.

Potions
Used to increase stamina or heal his wounds.

Daggers
a quantity of knives which is holstered on his leather armor able to throw them proficiently.

Salt
Purified salt from the Celtics of the 1st age that enable him to coat mundane weapons to combat the creatures of the dark.

Sacred Water
A flask of blessed water purified by the Celtics of the 1st Age. It bursts and spreads a sacred flame when it lands near evil power.

The Relic
The symbol of the First Age gods power within a relic that is known to keep evil power at bay. It is more of a tool to turn mundane water to the sacred waters the Celtics have master during the 1st age.

1st Age Armor

The First Age Armor or known as Hollow God armor is a suit of highly durable body armor forged by the blacksmith armor made from Ash and Bones of fallen Gods and the Hollow Beast the final product of the First Age Blacksmith. It gives of the appearance of a almost husk like design giving it a demonic unsettling vibe to it.

The armor allows for the transcendence of subconscious limitations placed on the human body, granting its wearer extraordinary gains in strength and endurance coupled with an inhuman tenacity for battle.

In this empowered state, its wearer is more than a match for typically-overwhelming supernatural creatures. The armor also temporarily repairs debilitating injuries in the heat of battle: reinforcing broken bones and forcibly reallocating dislocated joints, while simultaneously piercing the flesh of its wearer with thick spikes in the process.

the armor is curse to those that wear it for a prolonged period of time will make the user shriveled up to the point before dying from the usage with the body turning to dust in the process which in turn empowered the armor from the previous user.

The armor can also induce inner insanity and outer hollow personality which stems from hearing voices inside the head to induce the most sane to be insane from the constant voices omen them to commit utter acts of violence with no emotion backed into it. Samsara don't really use the armor however when push comes to shove he'll wear the suit for the cause of his 'sanity'.

Trivia
Took inspiration from Dark souls, Bleak Swords, Dark Fantasy animr Berserk and the Legend of Zelda Combined.