Zahard/History

"''Let me ask you something. What am I to you people? I was the first one to climb the Tower. I was the greatest Fisherman in battle. And I pioneered a civilization of mutual understanding among the people of the Tower. But you probably know me best by a different word. The word... "King""

- Zahard to Team Khel Hellam.

History
In ancient times, when there was no civilization in the Tower, Zahard came into the Tower and built his own empire. Zahard conquered the Tower with the Great Warriors and gained the control of the first 134 Floors from the Floor Guardians. It is said he was the first person to form a contract with a Guardian of the Tower. [ 4]. This conquest is known among the Tower's residents as "The Great Journey". He became king through contracts with the Guardians.

On the day Zahard declared himself the King of the Tower he decided to stop climbing, thus hiding the Key of the Tower that would open the door leading to the higher Floors so that no one could go beyond the 134th Floor. It was later revealed that Zahard had split the Key of the Tower into two parts, the first part of which was turned into the 13 Month Series and the second part became melted rings given to Prince of the Red-light District.

There were two forgotten individuals in the history that Zahard created however: Arlen Grace and V. Zahard had been in love with Arlen and asked her to marry him, and was enraged when she refused and, alongside V, rebelled against him. He engaged them and their organization along with others who opposed him in a long war that would be known as the Age of Genesis. Zahard forced Arlen and V into hiding, branding them as fugitives. When he learned Arlen had a child, Zahard furiously tracked them down and killed the child in front of Arlen in what was described as being the most resentful and brutal manner. He would do his best to erase all traces of Arlen and V's existence. In time, Zahard became tired with the long war and decided to give the nations and rebel groups a chance of coexistence by sealing away their own war heroes within massive walls. At some point during this war, learning of Khel Hellam and Hidden Grove's desire to attack him using Khel's power to see fate, Zahard, who could see fate to an even greater extent, already knew everything about Khel's plan. While Khun Hynd Luch betrayed and led Hidden Grove away in exchange for their survival, Zahard allowed Khel to easily push through and confront him, where instead of him being asleep in a floating castle with no guard, Zahard himself was waiting for them at the end of the path. As Khel Hellam's team questioned on his identity, Zahard merely asked what he is to them and after describing himself as the first one to climb the Tower, the greatest Fisherman in battle and the pioneer of a civilization of mutual understanding among the people of the Tower, he revealed his identity by stating that they would definitely know him as King. He ridiculed Khel Hellam's disbelief, contemptuously dismissing his arrogance over his power to just slightly look into destiny and becoming blind to the truth staring right in his face, before he exploded the cliff they were standing on and challenged them to fight him, stating that the moment they fight would allow Khel to see the truth that he is really the King. Although the flashback only showed little more, with Zahard summoning multiple giant golden needles while Khel Hellam was still intent on fighting Zahard only to learn that the Hidden Grove cannot be reached and express horror that it was not the destiny he saw, Zahard easily slaughtered Team Khel Hellam while Po Bidau Lyborick Khun defeated the Hidden Grove. The Hidden Grove was spared but captured while seemingly no one in Khel's team but Khel himself survived and escaped capture. With Zahard having effectively won the war, his Empire became the primary force in the Tower and the Age of Coexistence began.

At some point after this, Zahard was stated to go into some form of hibernation. Even later on, Phantaminum slaughtered his way into Zahard's inner sanctum and apparently encountered the dormant king directly. Nothing is known about this encounter, save that Phantaminum left right after, and was never seen since.

The Advent
When Hwang destroyed the scale and stood before the Mirror, the fail-safe Zahard implanted activated and alerted Zahard in the real world. Zahard projects himself there, his mere presence causing great pressure to Baam, Eduan and his data self. He uses a fraction of his power to kill Hwang, after mocking his desire to leave the Hidden Floor, before being dispatched by Urek's Sworn Enemy. As Data Zahard is about to give the bracelet to Baam, Zahard manifests and reclaims it, while asking his younger instance what he was doing. Looking at Baam, Zahard is surprised by the fact that Arlen's son, who he had killed, is alive. When Data Zahard asked on what he said, Zahard mocked him for being unaware but is surprised when Eduan arrived to aid his data self: In the real world, Zahard and Eduan are not on good terms.

Zahard turns his attention back to Baam and relishes the fact that he gets to kill the son of the woman he loved unrequited, and begins slowly choking Baam to death. Zahard taunts Baam with the promise of finding and killing every person Baam has met and sending them to meet him in the afterlife. With Baam completely powerless to fight Zahard due to the vast difference in power between them, having only barely won against Data Zahard. Zahard effortlessly repels the attempts of Eduan and his data self to free Baam before a space-control skill activates to save Baam momentarily. Zahard still has Baam firmly restrained until Eduan used the self-destruct pill to destroy the data world and erase Zahard's digital hand. Zahard questions his data self on why he would aid Baam and, after listening to his data self's wish for Zahard to have another adventure, Zahard reveals that having acquired the sight on the same level as God. Having learned how to play with fate he desires to rule over even destiny. Deciding to show respect of his data self's decision however, Zahard allows Baam to teleport away safely. He takes the bracelet with him so Baam, if he is truly worthy of it, will appear before him again. Gustang uses the treasure eating stingray to steal the bracelet from Zahard, and Zahard realizes quickly that Gustang stole the bracelet.

After this event, Zahard would order the destruction of FUG, and the extermination of all the Regulars who completed the Hell Train, and finally the destruction of Po Bidau Family, as Gustang had proven to be a traitor, leading to the events of Last Station.