Kian Brooks

Kian was born to Jamie Landgraab after an accidental pregnancy conceived with policeman Landan Brooks. As a baby, he was given over to Landan to live with his paternal family due to Jamie's disinterest in having another baby.
== Growing Up ==
Kian was close with grandmother Ariella and aunt Eileen and was raised in Willow Creek. He had a very similar appearance to Jamie and got visits from her as he grew up. He developed an interest in painting. Ariella insisted Kian was the heir of the Brooks family - her husband Bertie Brooks had started an infamous legacy. Kian was saddened when Ariella died of old age and Eileen moved to StrangerVille to marry Kale Marcus. Landan considered an alliance with the Kennedy family, and Kian eventually married Tia Kennedy, who later gave birth to Tabatha and Audra Brooks.
== Jamie's Passing ==
The girls grew up to be bold characters but Kian was wary of not having an heir. He often neglected Tia by focusing on his painting career and other dodgy deals - she felt he was only using her to bear his children. Kian was saddened to learn Jamie had died unexpectedly of old age, and fell into a temporary depression. He wished he had a better bond with his mother and isolated himself more from Tia and the girls.
== The Affair Reveal ==
Kian was thrilled to learn Tia was pregnant again and hoped that she would bear him a son. Tia expressed her dissatisfaction with Kian and he began to reform slowly, paying more attention to his daughters and wife. He also had to befriend his new step-mother Anna, who was oddly a similar age to him. Kian noticed something was off with Tia but brushed it off as hormones. When she was in her third trimester, Audra revealed she overheard a conversation between Tia and Landan discussing the fact that the baby was biologically Landan's. Kian studied his father and wife and realised they had been having an affair. After some brief sadness, Kian confronted his father, slowly catching him out. In a fit of rage, Kian attacked a heavily pregnant Tia and threw her out onto the street amidst a life-threatening thunderstorm. He also threw Landan out, banishing him and telling him never to return, while Anna moved back in with her mother. This left the girls feeling slightly unsettled but Kian promised to protect them.
== Overthrowing Nestor Marcus ==
After a lonely period remaining in the Brooks house, Kian decided to get his life back on track. He contacted his cousin Nestor and moved in with him in the Willow Creek pub, decided to form a business alliance. Kian later married Madeline Myrick and developed a plan to steal the pub from Nestor. Kian had suspicions Nestor had murdered Ferdinand Espinosa and did some digging. When Nestor's mother Eileen died, Kian found a letter that was meant to send to her from Nestor, confessing his murder of Ferdinand. Nestor then instructed Madeline to get a confession out of Nestor's wife Breda, but they were unsuccessful in gaining this extra piece of evidence. Nonetheless, Kian confronted Nestor and threatened to expose his crime to the police unless he leaves ownership of the pub to Kian. Nestor had no choice but to save his reputation and move away with Breda, while his son Gavin and his mother Traci all moved elsewhere. Kian was frustrated when Denise Whitman had to stay living with them due to her share in the pub but was pleased to begin his reign of the pub with Madeline.
== Kian's Death ==
Kian was moved to hear of his father Landon's passing, but tried to maintain the unfazed act. As Kian reached the end of his life, he pondered who to give the pub to. He worried his daughter Tabatha would destroy his legacy and also worried Audra might not be up to the job. He instructed Madeline to keep running the Pub until a worthy buyer was lined up. Kian then died of old age before he could finalise his line of succession.