Kaecilius

"You'll die protecting this world!"

- Kaecilius

Kaecilius was a sorcerer and a former member of the Masters of the Mystic Arts who became disillusioned with the Ancient One when he felt his mentor was not allowing other dimensions to come to Earth, which he believed could reunite him with his deceased wife and son. He formed the Zealots with the intention of defeating the Ancient One and bringing the inter-dimensional being known as Dormammu to Earth, but was eventually challenged by his former brothers-in-arms as well as a new Master of the Mystic Arts, Doctor Strange. He was defeated and became part of the Dark Dimension for all eternity, gaining him the immortality he had desired.

Losing His Wife
"Time is unmerciful... I knew before the doctor even set foot in that room that you were lost to me, just as our son was lost to us, and you were going to be joined together in a place I could not follow. I failed you both..."

- Kaecilius to Adria

Kaecilius and his wife Adria lived an happy life in Copenhagen, despite having to deal with the death of their son. One day, while they were ambling near the Nyhavn Canal, Adria was struck with a terrible illness which took ahold of her. Despite Kaecilius's best efforts, he could not save her and lost his wife, a loss which broke his heart and led him to desperately seek out some kind of understanding of why. This eventually led Karl Mordo to introduce him to the Ancient One, who promised to help him find answer when he joined the Masters of the Mystic Arts and trained under her leadership.

Retrieving the Dark Scepter
"That relic you hold has far too much power to be containedby someone who doesn't fully comprehend the mystic arts."

- Kaecilius to the Witch

Through years of training with the Ancient One, Kaecilius became a trusted member of the Masters. When the Dark Scepter was stolen by a Witch in London, Kaecilius joined Wong, Daniel Drumm and Tina Minoru in tracking it down. Engaging in a brief battle with the witch, Kaecilius and his allies were soon able to defeat her and retook the Scepter from the thief before returning to Kamar-Taj to continue their training in the Mystic Arts again.

Disillusion with the Ancient One
"Do you feel the Ancient One to be a great teacher? Do you feel that you have found the truths which you had sought out when you came here?" "I haven't." "And if there were more that I could teach you...?" "Then we'd be eager to learn."

- Kaecilius and the Zealots

Despite everything however, Kaecilius began feeling that the Ancient One had failed in her promise to help him find meaning to his wife and son's tragic deaths or found a way to bring them back together. Becoming angrier by this, Kaecilius rebelled against his allies and formed the Zealots, aiming to find their own meaning in the Mystic Arts that the Ancient One was hiding from them.

Theft of the Book of Cagliostro
Kaecilius had heard of the Dark Dimension as a place without time where he and the Zealots would be immortal. He knew that the Ancient One herself drew power from the Dimension and believed her to be a hypocrite as she forbade others from doing the same. One night, Kaecilius and the Zealots went to the Kamar-Taj library with the intent of stealing a spell to bring Dormammu to Earth. The Zealots strung up the librarian and Kaecilius beheaded him before ripping a spell from the Book of Cagliostro. Before they could leave, the Ancient One herself appeared. Instead of fighting, Kaecilius fled but she dragged them into the Mirror Dimension to fight.

After watching the Ancient One kill several of his followers, Kaecilius used his Sling Ring to escape with the rest.

Empowering the Zealots
Eventually, Kaecilius deciphered the spell and used it to empower himself and the Zealots. The process turned the skin around their eyes dark purple and outlined silver and cracked. He began to use the new power to defeat the Masters of the Mystic Arts and destroy the Sanctums to allow Dormammu to come to Earth.

Battle at the Sanctum Sanctorum
"I don't seek to rule this world. No, I seek to end it."

- Kaecilius

Kaecilius and the Zealots attacked the London Sanctum, battling and eventually killing it's protector, Sol Rama before they destroyed the Sanctum which ripped a massive explosion through the Kamar-Taj. They next went to the New York Sanctum where they battled and soon killed Daniel Drumm, the Protector of the Sanctum before being confronted by Doctor Strange. Kaecilius and the Zealots attacked and used their new abilities to prevent Strange from running away. After Strange trapped two of his followers in different locations, Kaecilius attacked himself and threw him through several glass cabinets. He was about to kill Strange when the sentient Cloak of Levitation intervened and fought back.

Strange was able to get the upper hand by locking Kaecilius in the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak. Kaecilius was unable to move but explained his beliefs to Strange. He noted that the doctor did not have his Sling Ring before one of his Zealots arrived and stabbed Strange.

Chase Through the Mirror Dimension
After being freed, he tried to attack the Sanctum again. This time, Doctor Strange stole his Sling Ring and brought them into the Mirror Dimension where they could not harm the real world. The Dimension enhanced Kaecilius' abilities and he used them to change the gravity and shape of the Dimension, though both of them were able to counter the changing landscape and distorted physics, Strange with the Cloak of Levitation and Mordo with his Vaulting Boots of Valtorr. He almost killed Strange and Mordo in a battle before the Ancient One intervened. She said she had been trying to save Kaecilius from himself and that the immortality Dormammu promised was not what he claimed it was. Kaecilius let his Zealots attack her before stabbing her and using his recovered Sling Ring to push her hundreds of stories to the ground below.

Hong Kong Battle
Kaecilius and his followers initially destroyed the Hong Kong Sanctum and succeeded in bringing the Dark Dimension to Earth. They killed Wong and many other civilians in the battle. However, Doctor Strange began to reverse time to stop them using the Eye of Agamotto. Kaecilius and his followers attacked, with Kaecilius becoming trapped in a tiled wall. He eventually broke free and stopped Strange from completing the spell, freezing time around them and ensuring that the Dark Dimension would come back.

Death
When Strange flew into the Dimension, Kaecilius initially believed that he had joined their side; however on Strange's return, he discovered that Strange had bargained for Earth's survival. Kaecilius and the Zealots were then fused with the Dark Dimension, effectively killing them but granting them the eternal life they had wanted as particles in the Dimension.

Personality
Kaecilius was a proud and darkly driven man. Eerily similar to Stephen Strange, he displayed arrogance and an inflated sense of self-worth, but like Strange, Kaecilius had successfully mastered the mystical arts and suffered great loss in his life. The death of his child and wife fueled him with anger and hate, but he initially sought to heal himself of grief upon their deaths, seeking the Ancient One and Kamar-Taj to achieve this.

However, Kaecilius was enraged by how the Ancient One did not permit access to other dimensions, but siphoned energy from the Dark Dimension to power herself anyway. Feeling cheated out of reconciling with his dead family by his hypocritical mentor, Kaecilius eventually went down a malevolent path - cold and nihilistic, he came to believe that time and death were the true enemies rather than Dormammu, which he was led to believe all along. In fact, Kaecilius came to worship Dormammu as a benevolent figure, leading his own founded cult to worship him and eventually give Earth to the Dark Dimension, so there would be no more death which he truly believed would be good. Kaecilius did make it a point that his intentions were not to rule or destroy the world, but to save it. Even so, Kaecilius is ultimately still a delusional psychopath, as he remorselessly commits murder, despite his desire to cleanse the world of death, justifying it to himself by claiming that his ends justified the means.

Perhaps due to spending so much time in Kamar-Taj and mastering his mystical abilities, Kaecilius seems to have somewhat lost track with the modern world, as notably, when he confronted Stephen Strange at the London Sanctum Sanctorum, he refers the latter as "mister doctor", due to a confusion beforehand, and also confused his name as Strange for claiming that being called "mister doctor" was strange.

Powers
To be added

Abilities

 * Master Martial Artist: Kaecilius is highly skilled in martial arts and both armed and unarmed combatant. he maintained the upper hand duel with Stephen Strange but was defeated after strange trapped him. he also win in the fight with The Ancient One in their second fight. in the final fight, kaecilius uses his martial arts skill to battle Strange again.

Equipment

 * Sling Ring:A mystical object which enables the wearer to open a fiery portal to another location.

Weapons

 * Scythe Daggers: Kaecilius' personal weapon, a pair of curved daggers that he used to attack his enemies.

Family

 * Adria † - Wife
 * Son †

Allies

 * Zealots - Subordinates
 * Lucian †
 * Dormammu - Master turned Killer

Enemies

 * Masters of the Mystic Arts
 * Ancient One † - Former Mentor turned Victim
 * Karl Mordo
 * Daniel Drumm † - Former Fellow Master turned Victim
 * Tina Minoru
 * Wong - Attempted Victim
 * Stephen Strange
 * Witch
 * Kamar-Taj Librarian - Victim

Trivia

 * In the comics, Kaecilius is one of the disciples of Baron Mordo, who supports him in his fight against the Ancient One and Doctor Strange.