Kendal

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## Biographical Information

### Alias(es)

* Emissary of Vash
* Vessel of Vash (by Gleicann)
* Right Hand (by Gleicann)
* Godling (by Gleicann)
* Divine Blade (by Tahraim)
* Blondie (by Alinua)

### Race

Unknown (referred to as "Godling" by Gleicann, and "Vash's Demigod" by The Arenamaster

### Date of Birth

The seventh day of the sixth sindahlan, 6182

## Affiliations

### Other Affiliations

* Vash (creator)
* Alinua (ally)
* Erin Ruunaser (ally)
* Falst (ally)
* Tess (ally)

## Appearances

### First appearance

Chapter 1, Page 23

> "The second occupant of Vash’s incarnated form, possessing godlike strength and speed. Vash has tasked him with finding and rescuing him from the Collector."
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Kendal is one of the protagonists of Aurora and the first one we meet. The body Kendal occupies once belonged to the city god Vash; after Vash's soul was removed by the Collector, Kendal woke up in his body. He is now on a quest to free Vash from the Collector. Kendal named himself after Vash's sword, which he now possesses.

## Personality

Vash's memories have influenced Kendal's personality greatly. As he notes to Jolon, "I've known a hundred thousand mortal lifetimes." This intimate experience with humanity manifests itself as a strong sense of empathy, and a desire to protect people from harm. However despite his empathy and his unique perspective, his experiences with only knowing people from the perspective of a god means that he struggles to relate to people he doesn't know on an individual level. Seeing as he only had the perspective of Vash, who knew the entire histories and personalities of the people he interacted with, Kendal does not fully know how to relate to someone he does not know very well and can sometimes lead to him making incorrect assessments of their personality and goals.

His experience in a mortal form has also colored his personality. The traumatic loss of his people, his god, and his purpose has left him with a desire to protect everyone, including those antagonistic towards him. Kendal will never seriously fight a sapient mortal person, saving his strength to fight feral chimeras and gods who will survive his attacks.

Kendal has shown himself to be extremely loyal, protective, and empathetic, and he is particularly sensitive to the well-being of those he cares for. Before Alinua was in control of her powers, he asked her to avoid unnecessarily risking her life by channeling magic, saying that after the destruction of Vash he didn't want to be responsible for another death.

However, Kendal's greatest weakness seems to be his inability to see himself as a person. He only views himself as a tool for Vash, to the point where he even named himself after the sword the god used. Whenever Kendal is put in a dangerous situation his first response is usually to put himself in between his friends and the danger, as well as continuing to fight even when heavily injured. He also seems to be completely willing to throw away his life and die for Vash, eventually culminating in him attempting to bring back the god permanently into his body by stabbing himself with Vash's sword in the same place as he was stabbed during the destruction of his city. This attempt was only partly successful as while the god brought back into his body, it did not last for long and after the god left and he was put into a coma, where he lamented being both too weak to save Vash from the Collector and too strong for Vash to unmake and reclaim as his won.

*more work needed*

## Appearance

Seeing as Vash originally created Kendal's body to serve as a vessel for his incarnation, the two of them are identical in appearance (with the exception of Vash's glowing god eyes) with jewel like blue eyes and blonde hair. Kendal is a tall man with an athletic build. Due to his frequent acrobatics, Kendal's clothing is mainly practical: a plain white shirt with greenish-brown pants, and a scabbard slung around his back to carry Vash's Sword.

## Abilities

### Link with Vash

Due to the unique circumstances of his existence, Kendal's soul is tied to Vash's. Kendal is able to sense Vash's location in the caves by visualizing a connection of their souls. Additionally, Kendal has access to all of Vash's memories. It is apparently easier for him to access when he holds Vash's Sword. While dreaming, Kendal can visit Vash's soul to check on his condition and eavesdrop in his location. Vash is apparently able to prevent Kendal from contacting him this way if he desires.

### Physical Enhancement

As Vash's incarnation, Kendal retains Vash's muscle memory, strength, durability, and healing factor. His body, though appearing to be human, is much different both in capabilities and anatomy. As Alinua notes, his bones are likely infused with "some kind of metal". This metal was later revealed to be the same metal that was used to forge Vash's Sword.

Occasions where these capabilities were demonstrated:

* Digging through solid stone with his sword, and then with his bare hands.
* Jumping straight into the air several feet farther than an average human being.
* Breaking off the arm of a Sentinel with his sword.
* Spin-kicking a tree to break in half
* Going roughly 11 days without sleeping before showing signs of sleep deprivation.

## History

After the destruction of the city of Vash, the eponymous god's soul was stolen by The Collector. In the empty shell his soul left behind, Kendal (as he would later call himself) spontaneously came to be, with access to all of his memories. In his first seconds of life Kendal was confused and disoriented, but heard Vash calling out to him from underground. Kendal attempted to break through the rock with his sword to get to him, but didn't get far before passing out from blood loss. Shortly afterwards he was found by Alinua, who, presuming him to be Vash, healed his wound and brought him back to her treehouse.

After waking up, Kendal explained his origin and situation to Alinua, who in turn confessed to being a carrier of the Chimeric Plague. The two investigated the buried city of Vash, only for Kendal to collapse to his knees, overwhelmed by screaming voices of the unhallowed dead. Kendal once again attempted to dig through The Collector's path into the Singing Caves, this time with Alinua's help, but both are unsuccessful.

On their way back to Alinua's treehouse, the pair are ambushed by a Sentinel, the last living remnant of Vash.

*more work needed*

## Relationships

He has a psychic connection and intense loyalty to Vash. He views himself as Vash's weapon, and thinks saving him is his purpose.

He has a strong platonic relationship with Alinua, both incredibly dedicated to each other's safety. She was his introduction to being a person, and he was her introduction to courage.

Kendal's relationship with Erin Ruunaser begins more practically, both of them needing help from the other on personal quests. However, they begin to develop more of an understanding over chapters 8 to 11 when Erin learns of Kendal's past, and later teaches him how to sleep.

Due to misunderstanding, Kendal and Falst's relationship begins as more of a rivalry. However, after Doctor Jolon's involvement in the situation is revealed they make amends and develop a friendship - Falst joining the journey at Kendal's invitation.

He and Dainix meet in prison, immediately getting along. Leading up to their gladiatorial fight, they are both distressed at the idea of hurting each other. When Dainix is forced to fight him in the arena, Kendal refuses to fight back, and demands Zuurith stop the fight. Later, he asks that Dainix not risk himself to help stop Tynan after seeing what his crucible form could do to the ignan, but Dainix insisted, regretting injuring Kendal before the fight against the storm god.

He has only met Tess recently, his initial introduction of her as Erin's sister and a powerful fighter and lightning mage during the fight against Tynan. After he wakes up from his comatose state in chapter 22, he is met with Tess looking after him. He immediately got up to rescue his friends after finding out they may be in trouble, Tess agrees and goes with him.

## Trivia

* Kendal is asexual. Red talks about this on her twitter, and explains in later updates that she drew on her own experiences as an asexual when writing Kendal's "nonhuman angst" conversation with Falst.
* Before his name was revealed at the end of chapter 3, Kendal was referred to as Floofy boi and Vashn't. Less popularly, he was also called Sword Boi and compared to Fionn MacCumhaill after Alinua tried calling him "Blondie".

## References

1. ↑ )Page 1.14.30 (comicaurora.com)
2. ↑ ...But what are the birthdays of our protagonist + lion... (tumblr.com)
3. ↑ How old are the main characters? (tumblr.com)
4. ↑ Do any of these characters have given orientations? (tumblr.com)
5. ↑ Characters (comicaurora.com)
6. ↑ Page 1.3.36 (comicaurora.com)
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Page 1.10.21
8. ↑ Page 1.1.26 (comicaurora.com)
9. ↑ Page 1.1.29 (comicaurora.com)
10. ↑ Page 1.3.9 (comicaurora.com)
11. ↑ Page 1.3.14 (comicaurora.com)
12. ↑ https://comicaurora.com/aurora/1-10-17/
13. ↑ Page 1.11.2 (comicaurora.com)
14. ↑ Page 1.1.23 (comicaurora.com)
15. ↑ Page 1.1.26 (comicaurora.com)
16. ↑ Page 1.1.30 (comicaurora.com)
17. ↑ Page 1.2.1 (comicaurora.com)
18. ↑ https://comicaurora.com/aurora/1-2-22/
19. ↑ https://comicaurora.com/aurora/1-16-33/
20. ↑ https://comicaurora.com/aurora/1-22-25/
21. ↑ Discord was briefly discussing character orientations... (twitter.com)