"There's something everyone needs to know..." [b]He sighed, looking at the ground [/b] [i]"Speak up boy!" [/i] "Well, as you know. Kross is a Lord of Cinder. He earned that title after defeating Aldrich and Pontiff." "These two, were bloodthirsty. Monsters. And when Kross took their souls, he took their burden. He disappeared for nearly a decade, trying to satiate this bloodlust but was never able to conquer it." "Until he released their souls. Since he conquered them. When he killed Hawkwood, this bloodlust returned and he started devolving. Much like Pontiff devolved."