Character Lore 2: Kamek
Kamek is a magikoopa that resides in the Koopa Castle. He is also Bowser's adoptive father which makes him, in addition, the grandfather of Bowser's children. He currently works as the royal advisor for the koopa king.
Creation
A long time ago, a dragon named Drakoo, today known as the royal dragon or the Creator, wandered aimlessly in space. He was lonely and sad. He wanted to find some other life forms like him but in vain. One day, he saw a pack of dragons led by one of them. Another dragon was also following them from afar. Drakoo followed them from afar too. The dragons found a planet and created life then slumbered. The one that was already following the pack, a scaleless dragon, was up to no good as he pulled a scale out of his hairs. Drakoo was no stranger of the rules dragons would put to each other. He suspected that the scaleless dragon did something horrible to have lost all his scales. Drakoo spied on the scaleless dragon that roamed around the planet. Since the latter did not have a good sight or hearing, Drakoo had no problem remaining unseen and unheard. The scaleless dragon turned himself into a new life form after centuries or circling around the planet.
Era of Humans
Drakoo, being alone again, looked at the planet. He was fascinated by all the new life forms on the lands but he got worried when ghosts started taking over the Mainland. Those ghosts mostly targeted mankind for a reason unknown to Drakoo but he had to protect it. He studied the other races and worked on something that would protect the livings from the ghosts. When he saw humans being taken to a corner of the Mushroom Kingdom, he used one scale to separate the corner from the Mainland thus saving most of mankind from the ghosts. He then created more life on the new island and altered the humans' physical appearance to make them harder to be recognized. He went back to the Mainland and came up with a plan to free it from the boos. Unlike the other dragons that used one scale per person of their race, Drakoo used many scales to create one individual. He created eight families of one specie: the drakoopas. He inspired himself from the other dragons that created life before him for the drakoopas' physical appearance and from the koopas. He had a few scales remaining but those were not enough to create more life. He used them give up on his godly title and descend into an immortal life form capable of changing appearance at will.
Era of Drakoopas
Drakoo went through many names and appearances. Those appearances had him be as close to the necrean family as possible since they were the strongest drakoopas. He posed as various people that would work for the family whether it was simply being a gardener or becoming a captain of the royal guard. Through the centuries, he experienced many joys and sorrows. He kept the memories of those he loved in secret. Being a shape shifter, he could never reveal himself to anyone. During his spare time, he would spy on King Boo and deliver an anonymous letter to the drakoopa closest to the boo's location to prevent him of doing no good. In the twentieth century, he turned himself into a magikoopa and named himself Kamek. He joined the Koopa Castle as the king's royal advisor. Though, this era of peace had to end one day. The drakoopas started fighting each other for power. Kamek did not understand anything. He created them with the intention they would never fight for power but for peace. In the end, he fled the Mushroom Kingdom with the last necrean king and a newborn.
Until Present
Kamek lost all the love he had for the drakoopas and destroyed all the memories he had of them. Yet, he followed the last necrean king to a mountain in the Mushroom Kingdom where they stayed. The king gave the task to raise his new son, Bowser, to succeed on the throne but insisted to not create a bond between each other. Kamek obeyed his order. He did not care anymore. Many years later, Bowser became old enough and Kamek led him back to the Koopa Castle where a necrean was already ruling over. They unmasked King Boo but could not catch him and any charge of war crime on the boo was rejected since they could not get any evidence. Kamek grew hateful toward his creation. He even went to attempt to murder his own adoptive child during the Smith War. He wanted to end his life once and for all and made everything to anger Bowser. Though, Bowser spared him. Kamek did not understand. After the war, and a few years later, he followed his new king to watch a play. He was surprised to see more drakoopas, one of each family without including the necrean, at the play. Though there seemde to be two acreans, he could see that one of them was in fact a mechean disguised. They were young. Kamek suddenly had a change of heart but could not express it right now. He simply went in the backstage to tell the foster mother that the king wanted to see her. Kamek watched as the drakoopa children played their role during the play. The next day, he followed Bowser to the orphanage where they adopted all the drakoopas. Bowser let Kamek help him raise them since it would have been too much job for him. Kamek regained his love for the drakoopas. He was glad that all the families survived the Dragon War. He even secretly tested some of the children to see how they would react to his odd behaviors. One day, he got worried when Bowser left without him. A few months passed. Bowser returned with an egg. It hatched and gave birth to a new necrean. Kamek saw that as a chance to redeem himself for how he poorly raised Bowser but the king told him not to approach the new child.
Today, Kamek still works as Bowser's royal advisor at the Koopa Castle. Oddly enough, he seems to be able to be around the prince even if Bowser is present. He still watches over his creations and sometimes travels outside Amarioca with Bowser's permission to visit the other drakoopas. Though, Bowser does not know his motives of travelling. No one knows Kamek's true identity.
Appearance
Kamek does not differ much from a regular magikoopa. Just like them, he wears a blue robe with a blue bonnet and dense round glasses. He also wields a golden staff with a red stone at the tip though, despite its more royal design, is not as powerful as any of the seven wands. Those staves are made weak and given to newly graduated magikoopas to emphasis on the wielder's mind rather than the tool.
Personnality
Kamek is mysterious and mostly reclosed to himself. He is afraid to accidentally confess he is Drakoo to anyone. This also explains why he seems so paranoid most of the time. This paranoia appears more intense in presence of athleans since they know how to get information from anyone and, with Larry around him, Kamek fears he might stumble across his past. Kamek can also appear dishonest regarding his true feelings. By example, he may appear indifferent about the koopalings while he in fact loves them. This is due to him feeling regretful on how he raised Bowser in the past and being afraid to express his love. Kamek is highly loyal to Bowser since the Smith War ended and does everything in his mortal capabilities to help him and the kingdom. He tends to cry a lot but will always lied to people since his sadness comes from the previous drakoopas he chose to destroy what memories he had left of them after the Dragon War.