Tragic Villain: A character with a backstory of hardship or trauma, whose negative actions are rooted in past experiences and suffering.
Purpose
Self Definement Despises himself and everything around him, yet finds a twisted purpose in his own self-destruction and vengeance.
Profile (Kid) Full name Kurstius. He has Tourette's and smokes cigarettes to help with his tics. He stands with both his hands in his back pockets. He is treated like shit by Vox’s young men. Previously before the series beginning Kurst’s father passed away leaving Kurst to live on his own. Later works a lower class job as a hotel porter. Randers is financially suffering as he helps him all he can. Has a habit of spinning/flicking his cigarettes around on the tip of his middle finger.
Appearance (Kid) One Narrow Battered Eye Short Sleeve Shirt 15 years old
Profile (Burnt/Kurstius) Sadistic nihilistic freak. He cannot feel pain due to all the nerves on his body being burnt and destroyed, he is reckless and has nothing to lose, he has a watch and knows his death date openly. Kurst has extremely flammable skin and can set himself on fire. His Tourette's goes away after his burnt stage. Has a habit of spinning/flicking his knife around on the tip of his middle finger.
Appearance (Burnt) Burnt across his body up to his neck Minor burn marks across his face Metal ring burnt into finger Metal necklace burnt into chest Carries a Knife
Relationships Randers (Father-like) Ricky (Non-bullying Kid) Vox (Bad-Influence-Mentor/Boss) Omally (Arch-enemy) Lace (Friend & Foe)
Previewed Timeline
the first time we see kurst is a sequence before the great foundation. kurst is a martial artist that stutters and is very shy, he is training and finishes up, he then is hassled by a group of bigger guys as he is on his way ‘somewhere’ maybe home. as one them goes to touch him he then flips out in a surge of action taking them all out. vox is in the back with a group of people, maybe even this group of guys is vox’s. ultimately vox is ataken back by kurst’s actions and is impressed. “who the fuck is that”. kurst then walks away with all the boys limp on the ground moaning “o- oh -i i i um i’m so- sorry, i i’m not interested” (to the boys). kurst then very shyly and insecurly scurries away from the boys
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kurst arc from foundation to proper vox meet
for context and setting stage
kurst has a dying mother that he has a history of aa bad relationship with, he has since moved out of living with her but still lives in a fancy place that she owns
his moth is dying of some illness and is very sick
his mother is quite wealthy aand owns one of few mailboxes in the anyth for her work she used to have (these mail boxes can be sent goods from the mertadome below and are a pivotal shipping point for higherups in the anyth
kursat also has a longterm childhood friend, probably omally that he shares and interesting up and down relationshiop, omally ioss ultimately deprevide of this level of wealth and deeply criminally involved with vox but this is untilligable at this point, these two hang about and mostly get along even though kurst is being taken advantage of most of their shernanigans but he enjoys the thrill and the company of a friend who seemingly supports him
eventually and now into the story i have
through one of the shernanigans omally pulls out a gun that surprises the shit out of kurst as weapons are illegal in his district within the anyth and only those of policing status tend and from the dome possess them, kurst then explains that he got the weapon smuggled from the dome and brags about it, they then test it out sshooting it and having a good time, omally then express his need for someone like kurst who he could really use his drop off as a means to ship to, he needs a reciever that wont ask quests and because of his moms job and status they could use her inbox and no one would questions anything, kurst then agrees as he learns he could make some money on the side and that this sounds fun and easy
eventualy and now into what i can remember from here, kurst receievs his first package, he pickss it up as his mom’s son and the clerk doesnt bat an eye, he needs a verification code that he gets from his mum which is 6316, he lied to his mom about what he was ordering, the package is a box of bullets that he amazes himself over and laughs to himself in his appartment, he then exchangess the information to omally and over time slowly distributes 4 bullets each to him through a secret simple drop off location,
eventually time passes as this drop off job continues but omally gets frustrated by how cautious kurst is being and that 4 bullets at a time is lightwork and they should be stepping things up as omally is ready to order another shipment, but kurst exclaims this is what he is comfortable with and that initially they agreed to only do this if it was on kurts comfortable pacing terms. eventually and somehow, a good policing character lightly catches onto what kurst may have got himself mixed into and this drop off pprocedure, the policing character is very friendly and a good citizena dn knows kurst isnt a propper criminal, he isnt entirely pppositive what kurst ios droipping off yet but eventually calls him out on the use of his mums location to pull these antics, he refuses all contribution to such criminal activities but deep down insiide knows he is being found out about, the cop leaves as there is no hard eveidence but we now know he is mosst likely going to be keeping a proper eye out on kurst, kurst at the same time is dealing with alot with his mother now and lowkey is ghossting omally, eventually on a day that kursts mother is visiting kurst and she sitss in the lobby waiting to go out and have dinner with her son, for context kurssts mother is quite sick and vulnerable, she isnt 100% of what is going on and not very cognitivite anymore, this makes her character quite sad when liststening and talking to
so on this day he is meant to have dinner with his mom suddendly omally shows up at his place and deeply grills him for not getting back to him soooner, kurst exclaims he has been busy with his mum but omally doesnt care and hurts him a little in frustration, kurst lets him hurt him, omally then gets all nice with him again and pulls out some cassh to pay kurst for all the drop offs, this surprisess kurst and makes him partially happy but then remembers the run in with the cop, “there’ss something else”, they are consistently talking in a crowded place and kurst is very uncomfortable trying to talk about this properly with so many people that could hear and see them especially as he now knows the cops are on his ass, omally then gets onto explaining that the second round has been oordered and has already arrived and that he doesnt waant to waaste anymore time with this drop off shit and wants to go get it right now, this surprises the shit out of kurst and he explains the he is meant to be grabbing lunch with his mother right now and that she is waiting for him, omally doesnt give a fuck and forces them to go to the post ofiice immediately, a short walk later they arrive and kurst deperately pleads with him that he doesnt want to really do this anymore and omally gets pissed off and confused as to why, kursts exclaims he really wants to say so much right now but there are just too many people around and he cant say, omally then eyes a car nearby and forces himself inside and lets kurst in, they sit in the quiet backseat and kurst begins to explain that he has a cop talking to him aand this frusttrates omally but then they are interupted but someone walking over to the car and opening the door, “get out right now the 2 of you” (the person sounds and acts and looks like a cop, but isnt), omally says something probably piss of this is ours or something, kurst is freaking out as (through direction as well we is believeing it is a cop) he is believe it is a cop, he blurts out, “you need a warrant, you need consent and proof of the evidence to touch and enter this car”! the person confused then exclaims that this is his car and wtf is he talking about and to both of them now get the fuck out i wont ask again, they do so and exit, kurst is freaked out by now and wants to leave but omally isnt finisshed and persuades him to go and get the pick up and then they are done D O N E, he just needs to go inside and omallycan take the whole box home with him right now and that can be the end of it, pay upfront, kurst doesnt want to but does so, nerviously going inside , talking to the clerk who remembers and knows him and takes the packagae and leaves, he sees someone looking him down inside the post office (maybe a cop, looks shady guy) he scurries past them and leaves.
they now walk back to kursts, omally exclaiming things are breeze and easy till and that there is no need to worry about a tail, and that they can easily just find a new drop off spot, kursts doesnt give a fuck though and says firmly that he wants out
they arrive at kursts. kursts walks over to him him mum carefully, still waiting, “im so sorry for making you wait this long mum” and sshe says, “Oh I remembered that number for the post office you were asking from me, it’s 6316 if you still wanted it” she smiles at him ahappy she could tell him this hopefully helpful information, for context, earlier in the story she has actually already told him the number after he asked her nerviusly back when he was planning to start doing all this and she just cant remember that she told jhim, he realises this and smiles back and apolagises again, the he says im sorry to keep you waiting even longer mum but i just need to go upstairs real quick theres something i need to do but it wont take long, we’ll have lunch soon okay, she smiles uncaringly and says okay thats fine, he obviously feels so bad, he then gets in then goes back to omally and they get in the elavator together and head up to his appartment
this is the first time kurst has maybe let omally into thiss nice appartment of his mothers that he is living in and once inside omally starts looking around and going on about how nice it is, kursts just wanting to get this over with open his backpack pulls out the package rips it open and gives it to omally saying there take it we aare done, omally opens it up and takes a look at the bullets all excited and taking his time with it, omally then gets out some money and pays kurst even though kurst doesnt really care, kurst then says again no more im fucking done and im serious i dont want any more part in this shit and im out and to not try to pull anything, omally lightly and heartedly says sure sure and then they both leave, kurst then takes his mom out for lunch finally and they have a nice chat and lunch
maybe later when kurst pays for the lunch that he has with his money he looks down at it for a second not really feeling right that the money came from a good place
and that is ultimately the proper motivation later as to why kurst is actually getting involved crimnainally as too pay and look after his mom
eventually the next beat i can remmeber is that kurst recieves a message from omally saying the next pick up has arrived kursts angrily arranges a meeting with omally pissed off as he though this was all meant to be settled, they meet, omally tells him he’s sorry and that he ordered this round before the’r agreement to stop last time and that it was already on it’s way, angry kurst tells him that that’s bullsshit as he would have mentioned that to him last time they spoke and that he fucking knows that omally placed and new order to try and fuck him like this, he says he lowkey knew this was going to happen and that this is now how things are going to go, kurst get out the money for the shipment and pays omally instead, there’s your fucking money back for it, i’m not going to go in and collect it im leaving it there and after 2 weeks they’ll ship it back where it came from and that is that, you’ll probably then get your refund for it after iut gets shipped bakc so there you’re up double what it cost you so end of story be happy with that and leave, omally kinda upset but feeling kursts own anger sees as though it is best to just leave now but doesnt fully accept that this iss the way things are going to go
eventually and through omally perspective we see him in his criminal shernanigans messging around getting something asap and then reveal to audience find out it is actually a fake id of kurst
omally then goess into the post office illegally as kurst and attempts to get the parcel, a new clerk is setting at the desk and begins to give it to him but then they have a switch around of employees and the old clerk that knows kurst sees that it is not kurst and gives omally a fake ssmile and then givess him the packagae and calls the police
omally and kurst now both are taken into custody and all this during a time where kurst’ss mother actually now ends up in hospital and he cant even go to see her as something has happened and she is getting very worse. ultimately they are both interrogated by the same cop before and kurst is grilled that he needs to peroperly talk (tell about omally using him) or this is going to be very bad for him, the cop is lowkey trying to be on his side though and tell him that friends like omally arent worth it, the cop partially brings up kurts mum maybe saying something like what is best for her, kurts at this time knows that she is in hospital and that he cant be there for her
eventually and now this is where vox enters the scene, coming to save the day and bail and persuade the policing force to let kurst go, vox then properly introduces himself to kurst and then story is wwritten from here (it was obviously in vox’s best nature to get kurst off as he couldn’t risk kurst talking about omally and the operation as it would ultimately jepordise vox himself)
*also the gun that we saw before that omally has and the bullets that they recieved these are ultimately what is responsible for rander’s son’s death
*eventually kurst mom dies, maybe after kurst mom dies he donates everything to randers or some organisation affiliated?
KURST treated badly by VOX group early
ok so essentially vox’s young men are around the same age as young kurst in the early days and begin to bully him badly. this needs to escalate into violence by the end of the 1st season and until kurst kills desean and leaves them. he should kill desean not quite at the end of the 1st season but probably 2/3 through as we need his last moments to probably be him being brutally attacked and beaten up by those vox bullies bbecause he abandoned the group after desean. these bully moments are the places where the nice guy should be present through. also there should be key bullies that are here and also at the vox burning sequence. (like green and grey for instance)
RANDERS mourns for his son, KURST observes
KURSTIUS tries to kill himself
KINGSTEEN dies, VOX contains the red watch in the mysterious box, BAZILK, KURST
VOX sends BAZILK out to the surface to search for more of the watches, KURST