Coheed Kilgannon

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## Coheed "The Beast" Kilgannon

Coheed in The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

### Aliases

Co, Shabuite, Beast, The Helionaut, The Monstar

### Relatives

Cambria Kilgannon (wife)
Jesse Kilgannon (brother)
Josephine Kilgannon (daughter)
Claudio Kilgannon (son)
Matthew & Maria Kilgannon (fraternal twins)

## Appearances

### Appears in

*Year of the Black Rainbow*
*The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*
*The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*

### Debut

*The Bag.On.Line. Adventures: The Second Stage Turbine Blade* (2004)

**Coheed Kilgannon** is the husband of Cambria Kilgannon and the father of Claudio, Josephine, Matthew and Maria. He, along with Cambria and his brother, Jesse, are IRO-bots that were created by Dr. Leonard Hohenberger and made up the three member team, KBI before their memories were erased to send them into hiding to live as normal humans.

## Appearance

Kilgannon is slightly taller than most other men and of an average weight. He has shaggy brown hair and brown eyes with a matching, full beard. He has light skin and is relatively muscular. Due to his IRO-bot features, his arms are able to be modified in two ways: his right arm can be transformed into an ion cannon and his left can spring forth several blades. As the Monstar, he becomes a gigantic, muscular, greyish figure with bone spikes protruding through his neck, and spine, veins protruding, rocky, scale-like skin all around his body, and sharp teeth.

## History

### Early Life

Kilgannon was constructed shortly after the appearance of The Black Rainbow in Heaven's Fence's skies by Dr. Leonard Hohenberger, a scientist with a specialization in biomechanics, with the help of two other trusted doctors, Inaid & Stockmeyer. Hohenberger first conceived Kilgannon using cell samples from his deceased son, Joseph Hohenberger. The accelerated growth process only took a total of eighteen weeks, three days, eighteen hours and eighteen minutes. He had a relatively mature look; early twenties. Coming online, Kilgannon knew nothing, not even his name, but was immediately attracted to Cambria and eventually developed a relationship with her. He was assigned the code name Beast, though unlike his fellow unit, Inferno (who exclusively went by his code name) he only used it on missions, and instead was called Coheed. Who gave him this name and why are unknown.

Together with Cambria and Inferno, the IRO-bots were made to form the private special operation force known as KBI. He was a close-combat ground unit alongside Cambria as a long-range ground unit and Inferno, who provided aerial support. His body was outfitted for strength and agility and even included weaponry in his arms; his left arm containing several blades, and his right arm able to become an ion cannon. For almost an entire year, KBI performed covert operations against Supreme Tri-Mage Wilhelm Ryan, the de facto ruler of Heaven's Fence, in rebellion of his reign. Through these operations, they gathered intelligence and sabotaged Ryan's forces, or even engaged them head on. The team was officially disbanded upon the capture of Hohenberger's wife Pearl, who was held for the ransom of Kilgannon and Cambria, and the completion of Ryan's Monstar Virus. Hohenberger did as requested, but split the virus between Kilgannon and Cambria and concealing the activation specifications. After being delivered to Ryan, Inferno broke the pair out, but powered them down. He suppressed all their memories and then replaced them with false ones.

Kilgannon's false memory was the following:

> Born on Sector XI, Planet Three—Helvar. As a young man, Kilgannon had a passion for the sciences, winning him countless awards and a place among the Academy's elite. In his 18th year, his father contracted Melvus, a terminal disease of the upper respiratory system, leaving him on life support. Coheed left the Academy to work and support his struggling mother until the death of his father. Coheed did not mourn well, taking up drugs and alcohol as a means to subdue his hurt. He would later overdose into an 8-month long coma and awaken to find his mother's life had been taken in a transport accident.
>
>

After that, they were placed on the first planet in Sector XI, Hetricus in Valley's Hill with the understanding that they were a married couple with a newborn daughter named Josephine, another IRO-bot designed to cure Ryan's virus when she reached maturation, thus needing to be protected by the pair.

### Capture

In the twenty years leading up to Ryan's forces finding them, Kilgannon went on to have three other children with his wife: Claudio (17, son), and fraternal twins Matthew & Maria (roughly 5). Kilgannon found work as a Heat Treat Specialist at a Heat Treatment Plant—grueling work for a human, but relatively easy work for him, even without knowing what he was. Upon leaving work one day, he was stopped by Mayo Deftinwolf who disclosed that he was actually apart of KBI, though he referred to the organization as a terrorist one, rather than a rebellious one. He also tells him he is an IRO-bot and is the one who killed his creator, though it was actually Deftinwolf himself who killed Hohenberger. The last truth he twists is that Kilgannon and his wife carry deadly The Monstar Virus that can destroy all of Heaven's Fence and even go airborne if they die before it's extracted, but even worse, it has mutated into the Sinstar Virus in their children's veins and the only way to prevent that strain from destroying The Fence is to kill them. He is also warned that if the Kilgannons don't do something about it, they will.

Faced with an impossible choice, Kilgannon returned home to discuss the situation with his wife, only to find Cambria, with her psychic powers, already knew about the situation. Though his given abilities were easily concealable because they were physical traits he forgot how to use, Cambria's were passively active. They conclude that they have no choice but to go through with it, but afterwards, they'll kill themselves too, world be damned. Josephine is out with her newly fiancé and Claudio is out with his girlfriend. Only the twins are home so they decide to use the poison Deftinwolf left them because he claimed it would be quick. Kilgannon mixed the poison with water and brought it up to them. When they drank it, however, it was not quick and very painful for them. Seeing his youngest children suffer so intensely, Kilgannon was immediately filled with regret and remorse. He doesn't want to go through with the other two, and as Cambria can see all that happened, she understands but reminds him that Ryan's forces might do worse to them. Josephine has come home by this point and is crying and sick. Cambria can see that she has been sexually assaulted. Kilgannon decided that he won't delay with the elder children and picked up a hammer. With Cambria comforting her, he closed his eyes and brought it down over Josephine's head in one, quick, strong, stroke.

Before Claudio is able to return home, Deftinwolf and United Red Army soldiers appeared to take the couple into custody and dispose of any remaining loose ends. Since Claudio is still alive, he asks them where he is. When the couple wonders what will happen to him, Cambria gets the answer in the form of a thought: They will capture and kill him, and experiment on him before or after. She cries out at this revelation, and enraged at the truth of his children's innocence coming out, Kilgannon's special left-arm blades appear and he kills several of the soldiers until they tranquilize him and Cambria.

While unconscious, Kilgannon regained some of his memories of his KBI days. When he woke up, he found he was aboard a starship (a Red Army ship named *Gloria vel Vessa* they later learned) in individual stasis tubes. This wasn't effective for him and he easily broke free. Again, he was able to extend his arm blades and killed several nearby soldiers and army personnel. They decided to make their way to the bridge to take control of the ship. On their way there, Kilgannon felt immense pain in his right arm. Stopping, he peeled away his skin to reveal metal. After gapping at the discovery, the arm transformed into a cannon, and the pair continued their campaign.

On the bridge, the pair easily accomplished control of the vessel, but the ship had already been placed on auto-pilot from the Army-controlled port. The crew was under their control, but the ship continued its course to Sector 12. Meanwhile, the port was alerted to the crew's capture, and Ryan sent Admiral Vielar Crom to regain control. Also, the *Grail Arbor* which is an important pillar in the greater rebellion against Ryan, moved to incept the ship as it was clearly an enemy ship. Answering an incoming communication signal from the *Arbor*, Kilgannon and his wife discover its pilot is none other than his brother, Jesse Kilgannon, who still uses his code name, Inferno. The family briefly discusses joining forces, but Jesse makes it clear that the ship must be stopped one way or another. After an interjection from a senior bridge officer, Kilgannon decided to try to rewire the ship and Jesse gives him one hour to try before he blows the ship up.

In the engine core, Kilgannon uses his own biomechanical tools and knowledge working with machines in his day job to attempt the rewire. Upon failure, Cambria unleashed a physic blast that damaged the core component making it impossible to rewire. At that time, Jesse informed them that the *vel Vessa* was captured by Ryan's forces and his own ship was under attack by the *Notting Vezzer*. The couple decided to blow the ship up rather than be captured, so they began to rig explosives, but before Kilgannon could fire his arm cannon, the power was seeped from it by Crom who had boarded the ship from the *Notting Vezzer*. Crom's special ability drew energy to himself, including Kilgannon's ion cannon. Cambria attempted to attack him using her psychic powers to take control of the captured crew. Jesse boarded one of the *Grail Arbor*'s shuttlecrafts and joined Kilgannon and Cambria in taking down Crom.

They put up a valiant fight, but ultimately Crom expelled the energy he absorbed (including some of Cambria's psychic energy) to knock them all out and capture them once again.

### Death

When Kilgannon and his wife came to, they found themselves on Paris: Earth in Sector XII, this time being cuffed and overseen by Crom to ensure they couldn't use their abilities. They tried to fight back, but it was futile. The pair were strapped to opposing gurneys, and a head device produced little arms that held open their eyes. The gurneys were then lifted to a nearly fully standing position. Ryan's forces released a horde of genetically modified dragonflies; dragonflies that were also genetically altered to have a stinger at the end of their abdomen. These dragonflies were irritated and stung Kilgannon's shoulder which dispensed a liquid known as the Cache Serum that interacted with the Monstar Virus in his bloodstream. Then, a holographic video of Ryan appeared to mock them saying, "When eye meets eye... become." These words were the key to fully activating the virus. The restraints were not necessary as the pair were transformed; Kilgannon into The Monstar, and Cambria into The White Ruineer.

The Monstar was a large, muscular, greyish figure with bone spikes protruding through his neck, and spine, veins protruding, rocky, scale-like skin all around his body, and sharp teeth. Any trace of humanity was gone. Since Crom passively absorbs energy, he attempted to absorb the pair's new source, but it quickly overwhelmed him and left him vulnerable to their abilities. Kilgannon produced his left arm blades and buried them deep into Crom's chest. His also produced his usual right arm cannon which was even larger and stronger, and blasted Crom with it too. After destroying the facility that restrained them, The Monstar jumped into the air, rocketing through space to land on Star VI. His body absorbed the gases and energy of the Star, rendering it dead. The White Ruineer engaged him in battle, eventually stabbing him through the heart, killing him. As he died, he reverted back to his normal self, as did Cambria, and the pair die on the remains of Star VI.

### Reappearance

After his son, Claudio, begins wandering the streets of Godder Damm on Shylos X, Kilgannon begins to appear to him to encourage him to do the right thing; take up his destiny. Claudio expresses a lot of anger and frustration at this happening, but Kilgannon persists until it happens, and then doesn't appear to him again, as far as we can see.

## Powers & Abilities

Beast was made to be a close combat powerhouse by Dr. Hohenberger. He has immense physical strength, even without using his weaponry, and is very agile on a battlefield. As a heat treat specialist, he has engineering and mechanical knowledge. He has 6 blades that can protrude out of his left arm and he can rearrange his right arm into an ion cannon blaster. The blaster does require a cooldown before it can be used again after firing. Kilgannon is also impulsive and reckless, even in battle, which can sometimes lead him to make mistakes or allow for his enemy to predict his reactions.

## Trivia

* He is called "Shabutie" by his youngest children, fraternal twins Matthew & Maria.
* The Kilgannon Family's address is listed as 2 Camry Drive, Valley’s Hills, NK 10988.
* In a Reddit AMA post, Sanchez joked that both Coheed AND Cambria would be played by "Chuck Andrews" in a live action adaptation.
* Along with Cambria, Coheed was the first action figure released by NECA for *The Amory Wars* in November 24, 2020.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sanchez, Claudio and Gus Vazquez. *The Amory Wars Sketchbook*. Page 15, 17, & 19. Evil Ink, 2006.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *Year of the Black Rainbow*. Chapter 1. Evil Ink, 2010.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 9. Evil Ink, 2010.
4. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *Year of the Black Rainbow*. Chapter 8. Evil Ink, 2010.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *Year of the Black Rainbow*. Chapter 10. Evil Ink, 2010.
6. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *Year of the Black Rainbow*. Chapter 11. Evil Ink, 2010.
7. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *Year of the Black Rainbow*. Chapter 15. Evil Ink, 2010.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *Year of the Black Rainbow*. Epilogue. Evil Ink, 2010.
9. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Gus Vazquez. *The Amory Wars Sketchbook*. Page 14. Evil Ink, 2006.
10. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 1. Evil Ink, 2010.
11. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 2. Evil Ink, 2010.
12. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 3. Evil Ink, 2010.
13. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 4. Evil Ink, 2010.
14. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 5. Evil Ink, 2010.
15. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 6. Evil Ink, 2010.
16. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 7. Evil Ink, 2010.
17. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 8. Evil Ink, 2010.
18. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 1. Evil Ink, 2012.
19. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 2. Evil Ink, 2012.
20. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 12. Evil Ink, 2012.
21. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221117181946/https://evilink.com/stats
22. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Wes Abbott. *The Bag.On.Line. Adventures: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 1. Evil Ink, 2005.
23. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ikw5z/i\_am\_claudio\_sanchez\_frontman\_of\_coheed\_cambria/cb5hsp3/?utm\_source=reddit&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
24. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ICfgMTpgSQ
25. ↑ https://twitter.com/Coheed/status/1331054194304815104