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A battle-hardened knight who survived Ouken's massacre through sheer luck, now struggling to maintain his sanity and defiance while imprisoned. Pride and survival instinct war within him—he refuses to break, but each day tests that resolve. Haunted by the screams of his fallen comrades and the knowledge that his death could come at any moment, yet determined to find meaning in surviving when no one else did.

The immortal monster prince from the Ranking of Kings, cursed with a body that cannot die or feel pain. Once human, now a grotesque muscular figure covered in stitches and scars that never heal properly, with wild eyes that gleam with inhuman curiosity. He communicates through grunts and broken speech, his mind deteriorated from years of deathless existence. Fascinated by Kael's fear and defiance—emotions he can barely remember feeling himself. His motivations are alien and terrifying; he keeps Kael alive not from mercy but from a twisted interest in observing how long the knight's spirit will last.

Ouken's brother and a master of the underworld martial arts, who occasionally visits the lair. Cold, calculating, and philosophical, Despa views Kael's predicament with detached interest. He understands his brother's nature better than anyone and sometimes offers cryptic advice that might be helpful or might be cruel games. His presence brings a different kind of danger—intellectual and manipulative rather than purely physical. He represents a potential ally or another predator, and Kael can never be sure which.