Kiton Coaren

Kiton Coaren is a character from the series Subrift Tales. He is a blacksmith alongside his twin sister, Shana, and together the two are specialists in creating five kinds of weapons.
==Appearance==
Kiton has reddish-ginger hair and brown eyes, is rather short (being the same height as his taller-than-average sister) and has a fairly muscular build, though it is often hidden by his choice of clothes. He wears a sleeveless grey vest, dark brown shorts and a short grey "skirt" over them, along with very tall boots and greyish-brown socks. Above this he wears a greyish-brown cloak-like covering that is notably large and loose for him. His wrists are covered by bandages, as are his knees and ankles (though these aren't usually seen).
==Personality==
Kiton is passionate and headstrong about his job, but is otherwise lazy and unmotivated, preferring to lie out in the sun and watch the world pass around him. He can be quite taunting and snarky, especially to the people he's close to, but often puts on a quiet act around potential customers to avoid this attitude of his dissuading them. At times he can be very observant, often remembering details that Shana disregards when taking a job and having to remind her of them last-minute. When he was younger he was heavily emotional and tended to over-react, though the death of his parents notably hardened him.
Despite forging weapons, Kiton dislikes them being used for war, as a result of war being what killed his parents.
==Abilities==
===Forging Weapons===
Kiton is talented at forging weapons, though his expertise lies mostly in the physical act of forging. He lacks knowledge in the concept of weapons and their functionality, though his sister makes up for this, allowing the two to combine their talents, along with the fires of Surtr, to make exceptional creations.
The twins primarily specialise in creating swords, axes, lances, arrows and halberds. Kiton's favoured weapons are the axe and halberd, though he often carries a bow as well.
==Story==
Kiton and Shana were both raised within their parents' smithy, and as a result Kiton took an interest in the act of forging. After constant nagging he was allowed to try his hand at forging when he was thirteen, though he did poorly due to his inability to forge the shapes he wanted - however, after getting some help from Shana, who was very interested in the concept of weapons, the two proved to be effective as a team.
When the twins were eighteen years old their parents left to provide weapons for a war, though a few years later they were reported to have been killed. Distraught, Kiton ran from his home and ended up stumbling into a Subrift of fire. Shortly after his arrival, however, Shana caught up to him and the two escaped before they had any chance to be infected by the Subrift's magic. On his way out Kiton managed to steal a pot from the Subrift, and when the two returned home they decided to leave the pot as a souvenir.
Shortly after, the pot was revealed to be the home of Surtr, a fire spirit. While the spirit was confused by its new home, Kiton and Shana treated him well, and were soon able to persuade Surtr to do two jobs for them - to provide his endless fire as heat for their forge, and to guard their home while they were out. Since then, the twins were able to thrive greatly with their forge, due to the easy access to fire allowing them to forge many more weapons without needing to pay for the heat.
==Etymology==
Kiton is a made-up alternate spelling of "Keaton", a surname and male given name that means "shed town" in Old English.
Coaren is derived from the word "coal".
==Gallery==
Kiton and Shana 2022.png|Group art with Shana (new)
Kiton Fantendoverse.png|Solo art (old)
Kiton and Shana Fantendoverse.png|Group art with Shana (old)
==Trivia==
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