Kris Hydrogen

Kris is a character in Misery of Magic, where he serves as a villain.

Story
Kris had, for some time, a close friendship with Ember. It is not known how he came to be in the Domain of Magic, but he was already there when Ember arrived, meaning he has been there for quite some time by the time Misery of Magic takes place in 6721.

At some point, Kris obtained five of the End Tools and made the Energy Centre his base of operations. Using the tools and the technology at his disposal, he attempted to fix Ember's despair by attempting to bring back one of Ember's friends from Earth, creating a whole new cat, Lensar Arxen. He then repeated that process to try to bring back Ember's brother Emerald, resulting in the creation of Max Balewood.

Kris also wanted to heal Ember by removing his Werewolf Eye, but he was not able to, although he believed that the forces of light could accomplish this task. He was also unable to use the End Tools to resurrect Ember's ex-boyfriend Kyan. Eventually, Kris' Soul began to fall to the light side. Eventually, Kris fell under the thrall of the Hero of Light, who corrupted him to his will, and was eventually able to possess him entirely using the Psycho Power.

Under Winsterton's control, Kris turned on Ember, who shut himself in the Energy Centre in response. Kris then went to North Edge where he attempted to use the End Eraser to free Winsterton from the box Tairi trapped him in.

Kris has not been through the Awakening, and thus he only has access to white magic. It is not known what, if any, colour he has an affinity for.

As an NPC
He first appears as an NPC in Underpath, where he reacts poorly to Emerald's presence.

As a Boss in Underpath
Kris is fought up to three times. The first two times are in Underpath; once in each of the control rooms. In these fights, he runs at Emerald and attempts to Slash him. When defeated, he runs out of the room. While he will attack immediately the first time he is encountered, the second fight can be skipped by simply walking up to him. It does not matter whether the normal control room or the deep control room is entered first.

Lightside Kris
The final time Kris is fought, he is encountered in North Edge. Here, he is glowing, has pure white eyes, and hovers in the centre of the arena. This version is sometimes referred to as "Lightside Kris".

Defeating him in this form causes a cutscene to play. Once the cutscene is finished, the player will be back at the beginning of North Edge, playing as Max instead of the existing party.

Endgame
Kris appears once again as an NPC in Bad Space and in several of the Endings, where he appears lucid, reasonable and apologetic for his actions. Ember states that this was his real personality before Winsterton took control.