Hom - WIP

Originally known as Viceroy Jasavax Kolbari, Hom once ruled an ancient colonial outpost with an iron fist. Hom’s subjects eventually revolted and toppled his regime. Instead of simply killing him, the rebels decided to repay Hom for the tortures he inflicted upon them by imprisoning him within an inescapable crystal labyrinth of perpetual torment. For 300,000 years Hom wandered the hopeless maze and experienced pain and suffering greater than any in the universe. Richard Lemming, who was looking for objects to shoot with his new slingshot, inadvertently released Hom by shattering his prison.

The Viceroy was free at last and prepared to seek vengeance on his enemies; however, before he could act, Richard fired a steel ball-bearing directly at his head, fracturing his skull and resulting in severe bleeding in his frontal lobe. The man began to sputter and convulse, uttering the word “hom” over and over again. The swelling in his brain did not destroy the man that Hom once was, though it did result in a number of severe neurological conditions which prevent his original megalomaniacal personality from surfacing. Jasavax Kolbari is trapped within a shell of a man, begging for freedom but unable to do more than follow Richard around and repeat the word “hom,” which Richard has taken to calling him.

When Kolbari ruled he was known for inventing methods of torture so sinister and excruciating that his name was feared throughout his galaxy. When The King in the Hole required information from the unwilling, they were brought before the Viceroy for interrogation.