Kylo Ren

> Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to.
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**Kylo Ren** is an asshole.

## Background

A full and overly complicated page of canon backstory can be found here, while if you hate yourself a little less there's an official summary with snazzy pictures here.

### Early Life

Named **Ben Solo** by his parents, who expected him to grow up to be a Jedi. Shipped off to study under his uncle.

### Becoming Kylo Ren

Woke up one night, accidentally interrupting his uncle who was in the process of executing him. Renounced the Jedi and swanned off to join the Knights of Ren, who are actually disappointingly lame.

### Supreme Leader

Discovered and was rejected by the other half of his soul, but hey! At least he managed to kill his former master and ascend to the throne in the process.

## Life in Abraxas

#### Arrival

Kylo was brought to the world of Abraxas during the first wave of summoning rituals performed by Ambrose Rhett on behalf of the Kingdom of Thorne. Welcomed as a success, he was assigned to one of Castle Thorne's dormitories, which he shared with Nadine Cross, Lloyd Henreid and Ronan Lynch, who decided to introduce himself by challenging Kylo to a fight. Though Kylo was able overpower him without much effort, he was fascinated by Ronan's unusually irreverent, tenacious approach and agreed to assist him.

Having been summoned without his lightsaber, Kylo quickly acquired a longsword by challenging a native Thornean swordsmith to a friendly duel and claiming one as his prize. Witnessing this, Sam Wilson expressed an interest in swordfighting techniques. Kylo invited Sam to train with him, and began teaching him during his daily sparring routine in the castle's courtyard. During this first week, Kylo also made the acquaintance of Jaskier and failed to notice the master bard had basically taken him on a dinner date.

#### Frostwurm Expedition

Interested in exploring beyond the castle walls and keen to demonstrate his usefulness, Kylo volunteered to supervise one of the teams of prisoners tasked with mining rare, hallucinogenic crystal from the burrows of the Frostwurm. The expedition was eventful. Over the course of a week, Kylo foiled Randall Flagg's attempt to escape, returned all members of his group safely back to base camp after a tunnel collapse, and rescued an unconscious Kirigan after he wandered off and got thoroughly beaned with a shovel by Malyen Oretsev.

On his return, Kylo discovered that Ronan's powers had been restored in his absence, and that without Kylo's assistance his dreams had indeed become a nightmare that manifested in the waking world as thousands of swords speared through every available surface of their shared dorm room.[1]

#### Memory Sharing Experiments

Kylo offered to try sharing his experiences in the Horizon with Ambrose after sensing his extreme FOMO. These experiments were successful, which earned Kylo some brownie points and gained him some insight into the tension between different schools of thought in Thorne.

#### Defending Thorne

Alongside Ronan Lynch, Sasarai, Kirigan, Yennefer (and others?? help), Kylo was successful in thwarting Estinien Wyrmblood's attempt to murder Ambrose Rhett (and subsequently, Ambrose's defenders) during the attack on Castle Thorne perpetrated by Oliver Abbot and Elizabeth Francis.

#### Task Force

Having proven himself a useful point of contact, Kylo was given command of a small group of native Thornean mages by Ambrose through his highest ranking apprentice, Jolene Sybell. Charged with assisting Kylo in his efforts to protect the kingdom of Thorne, the members of the taskforce are capable and obedient mages of middling ability, representing a range of specialties and interests. Based primarily in Castle Thorne itself, the taskforce is nevertheless capable of travel throughout the Kingdom via magical portal.

##### Felaine

Sign of the Tower. Picked for having a Sign matching Kylo's, Felaine was the first Thornean mage given access to Kylo's memories of the Horizon during his original experiments bridging Abraxan magic with his own telepathic abilities. Outwardly unassuming, she is soft-spoken but shrewd and quick-thinking, with an unexpected specialty in **combat magic**. During the course of their work together, she has learned how to communicate with Kylo telepathically.

##### Ursine

Sign of the Hanged Man. Ursine was considered suitable for the taskforce for all the reasons no-one else particularly wanted to take her on. Abrasive with an abrupt, blunt style of spoken communication that hasn't made her many friends, Ursine's specialty lies in **telepathic communication**, with a particular ability for perceiving the thoughts and feelings of others.

##### Callis

Sign of the Devil. Callis volunteered to join the task force out of interest in working with the Summoned, as well as the opportunity to learn about the nature of the Singularity and discover its potential uses. Cool, calculating and intelligent, he is especially interested in the development of **new, innovative forms of magic**, but intensely disdainful of individuals aiming to replace magic with technology.

##### Kerrick

Sign of the High Priestess. Curious, dedicated and fascinated with the Singularity since childhood, Kerrick volunteered to work with Kylo when he first offered to share his experiences of the Horizon with Thornean mages who would otherwise never have the opportunity. While all members of the task force have a genuine desire to work with the Summoned as partners, Kerrick was originally tapped by Ambrose to use his specialty in **wards and protective magic** to shut Kylo down if it became necessary during the original memory sharing experiments.