Kieran

**Keiran** was an Awakened Mage Assassin part of a group of Awakened youths who tried to perform a Forbidden Magic ritual on the City of Zantia under the guise of the Church of the Six. He was Lesalia's disciple.

## Appearance

The Awakened youth wore what seemed like a black assassin garb, covering him from head to toe and leaving only his eyes exposed.

## Abilities

Keiran wielded two poisonous daggers called the Reaver. He was not only inhumanly fast and precise, but also well trained. He also wore an enchanted armor that had a defensive barrier, a cloaking aura, and something resembling Full Guard, arranged so that the cloaking function covered them all.

## Background

Kieran's master Lesalia and Deraniel's father and master Tasaar Quinus were good friends, hoping that their disciples would be able to become friends as well but to no avail.

The six Awakened youths met each other during Council meetings, bonding thanks to their mutual age and problems. Together, they had managed to alter Third Eye with Forbidden Magic, so that they would split his effects, both good and bad, equally between the six of them. They would still lose a consistent amount of their life force, but the ritual had brought them to the top. They lure Lith to Zantia to use him as the seventh member for the Forbidden Magic ritual and to further reduce the strain on their life force, especially since as a rogue Awakened Lith had no connection with the Council, so he couldn't report them even if he managed to escape.

They infected specific citizens with darkness magic to serve as the focal points of the grounding array, disguising it as the Griever "plague." By posing as the Sovereigns they drew the victims to the Church to "heal" them but in reality to ensure they aren't cured. To beat their competition, they would lose a total of two hundred years of life each, a small price to pay to inherit their masters' legacy and territory. The Forbidden Magic allowed them to slightly mitigate the cost of the ritual each time they performed it.

Ever since Lith destroyed the Black Star, Lesalia used him as a benchmark to push her disciple to and beyond his limits. With his life on the line, Kieran soon started to hate Lith's guts, fearing that his feats would be the death of him. Kieran wanted to get rid of him and prove to be the best fighter in the three Great Countries.

However, while Lith is investigating the Church of the Six's temple, Keiran acts on his own and tries to kill Lith, poisoning him with his Reaver daggers. Lith uses Solus in her gauntlet form to cripple the assassin with Balkor's venom, stealing one of the daggers in the process. Deraniel intervenes, forcing Solus to Warp Lith back to his room. Deraniel heals Keiran from the venom and reprimands him for potentially compromising their plan, though Keiran expresses discontent with being treated like a child and seeks to prove himself.

Lith lures Keiran with the Reaver dagger to the warehouse district under the guise of the Church of the Six's All-Father using his Hybrid Form. He stalls Deraniel long enough to kill Keiran, when two other Awakened youths Pelion and Ailia arrive. Ailia grabs Deraniel and Pelion and escapes after recognizing Lith's omnipocket.

## Quotes

* *"I spy with my little eye someone who's going to die."* (Keiran to Lith, Chapter 560)
* *"I'm sick of hiding like a thief. Tired of my master always reminding me of being careful of fake mages, undead, Guardians, and all of that crap. Damn, we trained for over fifteen years, spitting blood every single day, and yet they always treat us like kids. I want to prove to that old fossil that there's nothing we Awakened cannot face."* (Keiran to Deraniel, Chapter 561)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 559: Man in Black (Part 1)
2. ↑ Chapter 560: Man in Black (Part 2)
3. ↑ Chapter 564: Round Two (Part 2)
4. ↑ Chapter 567: Master and Apprentice (Part 1)
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chapter 575: Desperate Moves (Part 1)
6. ↑ Chapter 561: A New Enemy (Part 1)
7. ↑ Chapter 566: Round Two (Part 4)