Crimsonheart

Crimsonheart (Christopher Crimsonheart)
Title	Guardian of the Antellion
Hometown	Versal
Gender	Male
Race	Versalian
Family	Glona (wife) Subani (adoptive son) Naricain (adoptive son) Millard (adoptive son) Henne (adoptive daughter)
Affiliations	Subani Lukan Delgrund Numenal Lireni Naricain (formerly)
Enemies	Naricain Dr. Jang
Status	Deceased

Christopher Crimsonheart is a powerful Versalian Grandmaster and the former guardian of the Antellion.

Story (Post-Remaster)

Crimsonheart's storyline was remastered in the Masteria Through Time Update.

Life on Versal

On Versal, Crimsonheart was chosen as the protector of the Antellion. He soon married Glona and adopted several children, including two orphans named Subani and Naricain. Crimsonheart's duties as the protector of the Antellion often took him away to other worlds, which he hoped to aid using the Antellion's power to transcend space and time. As a result, he was often forced to leave his family behind. During one such occasion, thieves arrived to steal the Antellion. Glona sacrificed herself in order to protect the Antellion and her family, causing Naricain to lash out at his father for not being there to prevent her death. Many decades later, Naricain became a significant threat to Versal, having even stolen a fragment of the Antellion from its larger body. Realizing that Naricain would stop at nothing to seize the Antellion, Crimsonheart decided to take Subani and the Grandmasters to Maple World.

Crimsonwood Keep

Soon after arriving in Maple World, Crimsonheart and the others established Crimsonwood Keep on the continent of Krakia in order to safeguard the Antellion. They also established a positive relationship with the Krakian Empire, who brought offerings to the people of the Keep, and in exchange, Crimsonheart decided to share the blessings of the Antellion with the Krakians. Some time later, Crimsonheart and the Grandmasters were met by Grandmaster Lukan and a traveler, both of whom claimed to have come from the future. Lukan told Crimsonheart that Naricain was planning to kill him and seize the Antellion. After believing his story, Crimsonheart began preparing the Keep for battle. Soon after, Subani went to face Naricain, who killed his brother in order to remove his greatest obstacle. Crimsonheart soon rushed to find his son dead and mournfully put him to rest. Soon after, Naricain and his army of Krakians who had been corrupted by Dr. Jang, a time traveler who had come to aid Naricain, arrived and attacked the Keep. In the Grandmaster Hall, Crimsonheart confronted Naricain, who asked whether his father was in despair after sending off Subani, spitefully adding that Subani had always been his favorite. After a pause, Crimsonheart reminded Naricain that Subani had still been his brother, to which Naricain replied that Subani would have remained so if he hadn’t gotten in the way.

Crimsonheart revealed that Subani had always believed that Naricain would return home, both while in Versal and in Maple World. Naricain admitted that he had never wanted to hurt Subani, but Dr. Jang had told him that Subani would be his undoing by sealing him in a purgatory between life and death. Crimsonheart replied that he had heard how Naricain would have killed him originally, which had driven Subani to such lengths. An angry Naricain then spat out that he hated Crimsonheart, adding that his father was the one responsible for everything. The traveler and Lukan rushed to the Grandmaster Hall after defeating Dr. Jang, where Crimsonheart was battling Naricain. When Crimsonheart told Naricain that Glona wouldn’t want the world that he was trying to build, a furious Naricain told Crimsonheart that he didn’t have the right to say her name, to which Crimsonheart asked whose name he could say, as he had no one left. Though he had accepted that a guardian could not be there for every battle, he explained that he had missed a crucial fact, which was that there needed to be an end to the constant struggle. He then declared that for the sake of their family, he needed to put an end to the cycle. Naricain laughed and invited Crimsonheart to try and kill him, an offer that Lukan immediately took up on as he arrived.

As he and Crimsonheart began to gain the upper hand, Naricain summoned the corrupted warriors of the Keep to push them back. The traveler soon caught up and joined the battle, much to the delight of Crimsonheart, who realized that they had defeated Dr. Jang. A shocked Naricain immediately claimed that they must had fled, believing that there was no way that they could have defeated her. As the traveler declared that Dr. Jang and her ultimate weapon had both been defeated, Lukan noticed the effect that their words had on Naricain and asked him whether the loss of his minion was too much for him to bear. Upon hearing Lukan calling the love of his life a mere minion, Naricain’s fury resulted in him channeling unprecedented levels of darkness as he processed her death. Amidst the dark energy, the traveler managed to create a diversion, allowing Crimsonheart to shoot chains from his sword that bound Naricain. Amidst Naricain’s cries begging his father to stop, Crimsonheart used his magic to seal Naricain inside a statue once again and teleported him to another dimension.

Destroying the Antellion

Suddenly, the Keep began to rumble as the force of the battle unsettled it. The three fought past the enemies as they escaped the Keep and arrived in the Krakian Jungle. Crimsonheart reassured them that the Keep would stand, as the warriors of Versal had built it to last. However, he mourned the countless soldiers who had fallen in the battle. Just then, Grandmaster Numenal arrived with the surviving soldiers and explained that they had retreated when the Keep had begun to shake. He then asked about the outcome of the battle, to which Crimsonheart explained that he had managed to save the Antellion and seal Naricain away, banishing him to a great void beyond time and space. When Lukan asked what would happen if Naricain escaped, as he had done in the traveler’s time, Grandmaster Delgrund appeared with the surviving Krakians and explained that Crimsonheart hadn’t made the same mistake as Subani, as Naricain’s banishment would leave him frozen in a vast expanse of nothingness. Crimsonheart then thanked the traveler for all their efforts in thwarting Naricain. The traveler asked Crimsonheart what he would do with the Antellion. Lukan and the others asked whether they would finally return home to Versal, to which Crimsonheart cryptically told them that some of them would. Adding that he couldn’t speak of his decision in their present location, he asked where the center of Krakia was, to which Delgrund explained that it was a village named Olde Sapp Village.

The group then traveled to Olde Sapp Village, where Crimsonheart revealed that he would remain behind with the Antellion, as he knew that Versal would be threatened by danger and despair if he were to take it back. When Lukan declared that he would remain as well, Crimsonheart explained that Lukan misunderstood, clarifying that Maple World was not safe for the Antellion either. The others immediately understood what Crimsonheart was saying as he confirmed their suspicious by declaring that he would destroy the Antellion at the cost of his own life. The Grandmasters immediately protested, claiming that with Naricain’s defeat, they could work together and protect the Antellion as they always had. However, Crimsonheart pointed out that they had barely managed to defeat Naricain, with no way of knowing whether someone more dangerous than him would appear to claim the Antellion’s power. When the traveler asked if Crimsonheart really had to sacrifice himself, he told them that it was the only way to preserve the future that they hailed from. He then turned to the Grandmasters and explained that he had tasks that he needed to entrust to them. He told Numenal that he would send him back to Versal, where he was to ensure that the people of Versal, both now and in the future, knew of the Antellion and the sacrifices made to protect it, as well as to take care of his remaining children as their new father, being there for them as he could never be. Though he explained that Versal would never need a protector, nor would its people travel across space and time, he entrusted Numenal with leading the warriors of Versal.

He then used the power of the Antellion to send Numenal and the remaining warriors back to Versal, after which he told Delgrund to watch over the surviving Krakians, whom he planned to send to a new, safe land in Maple World. Though the Krakians asked Crimsonheart whether they could stay in Krakia, as the roots of their entire civilization lay there, Delgrund explained that Dr. Jang’s corruption of the continent would prevent them from living safely, as the corrupted Krakians and Versalians still roamed the fallen land. Crimsonheart then apologized to Delgrund for keeping him away from Versal, to which Delgrund declared that Maple World would be his new home. After Crimsonheart used the Antellion to transport Delgrund and the Krakians away, he entrusted Lukan with the most important task of all, which was to return back to the future with the traveler, as the fragment of the Antellion that powered the Time Portal still remained there. He tasked Lukan with being the protector of the fragment, permitting him to hide it or destroy it as he saw fit, but mandating that no one except he may possess it. The traveler then asked whether the piece would even exist, as Naricain had never severed it from the main body in their current timeline. However, Crimsonheart explained that since the Antellion transcended space and time, both it and its fragments remained anchored wherever they fell, and that even changing the past wouldn’t affecting the Antellion in the future. He then thanked the traveler for proving that great heroes could exist even without the Antellion, which left him confident in his decision to destroy it. After saying their farewells, Crimsonheart used the Antellion one last time to send the traveler and Lukan a thousand years into the future before shattering it, ending his life and sinking the continent into the ocean.

Story (Pre-Remaster)

Christopher Crimsonheart was a legendary warrior who founded Crimsonwood Keep in Masteria. Crimsonheart gained even more renown when he achieved mastery in all four disciplines, becoming an expert warrior, mage, rogue, and archer, thereby becoming untouchable in battle. After establishing the Keep, Crimsonheart appointed four Grandmasters that held mastery over their discipline. Soon after, a large statue of Crimsonheart was erected in the Hall of Mastery. During the height of the Keep's glory days, Crimsonheart and the others guarded a powerful object called the Antellion. Using the power of the Antellion, Crimsonheart was able to perform many feats, such as power the Keep, open portals to other dimensions for training, and imbuing certain warriors with incredible power. Though others were capable of using the Antellion, Crimsonheart understood it the best, with knowledge of how to use the Antellion being lost over the ages. For unknown reasons, several gravestones were erected in Olde Sapp Village with different etchings: the Sunstone Grave, which said, "Tempt Fate. Discover the path," the Moonstone Grave, which said, "30, 101, Hidden," and Crimsonheart's grave, which said, "Here lies Christopher Crimsonheart, the immortal warrior." Though it was believed that Crimsonheart had perished, his gravestone was actually a portal to another world, which was the last known location of both Crimsonheart and an unknown object that, along with the Antellion, could help restore a broken world.

NPC

Masteria Through Time

Crimsonheart
Location	None

Gallery

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  NPC Portrait of Crimsonheart (Masteria Through Time storyline)
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  NPC Portrait of Crimsonheart (Masteria Through Time storyline)
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  NPC Portrait of Crimsonheart (Masteria Through Time storyline)
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  NPC Portrait of Crimsonheart (Masteria Through Time storyline)

Trivia

• Crimsonheart's original storyline is highly similar to that of the First Adversary. Just like Crimsonheart, the First Adversary was once an Explorer who mastered the four original job branches. Much like how Crimsonheart guarded the Antellion, the spirit of the First Explorer resides within the World Heart in order to prevent the unworthy from claiming its power.