Kelbris

Kelbris

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Real name	Unknown
Aliases	Kelbris The Father
Gender	Male
Status	Deceased (Ascended)
Born	Unknown
Died	1998
Age	Unknown
Affiliation	Moon Children
Relations	Unknown

First appearance

Last appearance

First Cycle (File 30)
THE FATHER.wmv (actual)

"GET OUT."

—Kelbris, Wayward Horizon

Kelbris was a member of the Moon Children, and a prophet to the modern members as he claimed to have been contacted by Luna, the deity that embodies the moon and the subject of the Moon Children's worship. His interpretation of the end of the world and subsequent mysterious death made him a legendary figure within the cult. During the Moon Children Arc, he was discovered to have possibly ascended, as he was present on youshouldnthavedonethat.net.

It is revealed through video titles and image file names released during the Awakening Arc that he is also the enigmatic figure The Father.

History

1998

Kelbris founded the Moon Children cult as a front for the so-called "Eternity Project". According to an explanatory passage attached to the of Moon Children's end-times prophecies on Youshouldnthavedonethat.net, Kelbris was the first Moonchild who received whispers from the cult's deity, Luna. Kelbris related to the cult that the whispers detailed Luna's future consumption of the Earth. Her messages were distorted and sometimes contained the number 3 said between words, and sometimes between letters. Some time afterward, Kelbris was found electrocuted, and whether intending to or not, had successfully ascended. Eventually, he was deified as The Father. However, Kelbris became sadistic and torturous, attributed by some to the rudimentary way he was ascended, and others by the prolonged isolation he had to face before another cultist could be successfully ascended to join him.

The cult's later history was built on the foundations of Kelbris' prophecies.

Moon Children Arc

Kelbris' presence on youshouldnthavedonethat.net was first detected on the contact page for DROWNED, which contained Kelbris.jpg and the text, "Dead End. Go back," as well as a cipher in the title that translated to, "MY EYES... THEY TOOK... MY EYES..." The Search page also contained a possible message from Kelbris, "Do you honestly think you can escape me?"

During the Second Cycle, the Song of Healing was played, which triggered a message from Kelbris on the main page. The username read, "WHO DO YOU THINK THIS IS," and the post read, "I AM KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR NEXT. LET ME IN. I WANT TO SPEAK." The post was made at 6:66pm (realistically, 7:06pm). Rosa's disappearance soon afterward is attributed to this action, and Kelbris is believed to be responsible for Ifrit's as well.

An account belonging to Kelbris was found in the Tenor group on Within Hubris. When Wayward Horizon was unlocked by users, a topic from him titled "..." was found. It consisted only of "GET OUT."

Awakening Arc

Nearly a decade later, THE FATHER.wmv was uploaded to Jadusable's YouTube channel, marking the titular entity's first physical appearance. During the upload process, the title of the video changed numerous times, apparently detailing a back-and-forth struggle between the channel's proprietor and BEN, before settling on the current name — originally, the video was being uploaded as KELBRIS.wmv.

Subsequently, a number of images of The Father were found under new URLs to the Methods of Revolution website which identified the subject not as The Father, but as Kelbris himself. This was taken to indicate that Kelbris and The Father were the same "person".

However, other images eventually posted to the site told a different story. THE FATHER.wmv itself contained a brief image of a creature's eyes superimposed by the text "TOOK". This was later shown to be a cropped version of a larger image, as the full version of said file was later uploaded to the website, revealing a completely different humanoid figure that the file names also identified as Kelbris. Combined with the motif of eyes being taken, it would seem to imply that this entity is Kelbris, not The Father. It's possible the distinction meant to be made is that one file portrays Kelbris prior to becoming The Father whereas the other portrays Kelbris having already become The Father — however this raises the question of why Kelbris, a human being, would possibly have looked like such a monstrosity before dying and apparently ascending.

Personality

Not much is known about Kelbris, but he is shown to be aggressive and murderous, as he is believed to be responsible for both Ifrit's and Rosa's disappearances.

Appearances

• Moon Children Arc
  • First Cycle
  • Second Cycle
  • Within Hubris
  • Wayward Horizon

Notes

• His avatar comes from Elephant Man, a digital painting by Michael Kutsche and based on David Lynch's film The Elephant Man.