Al the Killer

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## Al the Killer

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

## Appearances

### Appears in

*The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*

### Debut

*The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3* (2010)

**Al the Killer** is a figure that frequents a bar called the "Feint of Hearts" in Godder Damm on Shylos X. He owns the ship called the *Velourium Camper* which used to be a slave ship, purportedly, and took Claudio Kilgannon and Ambellina to Apity Prime after Narrows invaded Shylos X. He was killed on the battlefield there that resulted in the second destruction of House Atlantic.

## Appearance

Al is relatively tall and quite muscular. He has white hair cut into three, 1-in lines on the top of his head and brown eyes with dark skin. He has three piercings including: a wide hoop in his left ear and two narrow gauges in both of his nostrils. He has white tattoos coming from the two hair lines above his eyes and going down through his eyelids into points just above his cheeks. The middle hair line also has a tattoo but stops just before his most notable feature: a so-called "brain window" in between the other two lines of tattoo. A four tattoo is a simple white diamond on the bridge of his nose. His tongue was split in half so he also sports some stiches on his tongue.

## History

### Prior to Shylos X

Very little is known about Al prior to his residence on Shylos X. What he did and where he lived is still a mystery, but he was involved with a pilot named Luci. She was chosen to join the crew of the *Connecticut* which prompted Al to *tell* her she was going to give up piloting and stay planetside with him. To this, she kicked him in the testicles and called the police on him.

### Godder Damm

Perhaps as a result of being arrested, or maybe just on the run from being arrested, Al ended up on Shylos X in the city of Godder Damm. He seemed, like most of the seedy city's residents, Al seemed to earn a living by stealing, murdering, and the like. He also picked up many women, all of whom he'd incorrectly address as "Luci" even when they corrected him, but he persisted. He may have also been trying to acquire money by completing bounties, but it was unclear.

He frequented a bar called the "Feint of Hearts" where he came across a seemingly crazy man who went by "Grover." At some point, the two had a card game where the only stakes were if Grover won, Al would take him off-world. He lost, but Al was intrigued. Later, he found an old wanted notice for Claudio Kilgannon by Wilhelm Ryan and recognized the face as that of Grover's and .  It was also revealed around this time, that Al killed and mutilated all the women he picked up in an area of his ship. He had begun stalking Kilgannon, witnessing his abilities from afar, verifying he was in fact the bounty Ryan sought.

### House Atlantic

Shortly after Ryan had been captured, killed, and then resurrected, he ordered worlds that had "not believed in him" be "punished." Seemly immediately thereafter Narrows descended onto the planet and began killing and eating people. Al reveled in the chaos and continued to hunt for Kilgannon. Inadvertently, he saved Ambellina from being killed by a Narrow, claiming she "was for him." Shortly after this, Kilgannon and another being named Sizer caught up with her and thus him, and offered to get them off world with his ship. They successfully made it up in the skies, but didn't go far since Kilgannon had requested they stop nearby camp Si-Revody to rescue his friend, Cecil. Al stayed in the ship while the others dropped down to perform the rescue. Unfortunately, Cecil was inadvertently knocked into Keywork beam and passed away. Kilgannon followed after him, which caused an explosion of energy to burst from the beam due to his Crowing powers.

Back onboard and headed to House Atlantic for personal revenge, Ambellina stumbled upon Al's meat locker where he kept the aforementioned women he detained and killed, mutilating them little by little. Al suspected she might find his "stash" and was right behind her when she found it so he used a trick ring to administer a paralytic to the fallen Prise. It didn't work as well on her as it did on humans. Kilgannon, hearing the commotion was able to come rather quickly and a fight between the two ensued. During this fight, Kilgannon dodged a knife attack from Al with the blade going into the control console of the ship instead. This caused the ship to begin flying erratically. Luckily it was quite close to House Atlantic by that time. Before it crashed, Kilgannon used his powers to phase the both of them through the ship's hull and hurl them down to their deaths. Kilgannon quickly used a shield around himself to land safely, but Al fell on some rocky terrain and didn't look good.

### Death

Al had not actually died, though many of his limbs had been broken or dislocated. He fixed these up as best he could and while Kilgannon was looking at House Atlantic having been transformed into a kind of giant robot, he snuck up on him and stabbed him through the chest, just shy of his heart. Kilgannon phased through the knife to avoid any further damage and landed on the ground at Al's feet. Kilgannon's cousin, Chase was also present, and as an indignant little girl, Al was immediately interested in killing her, picking her up by the collar of her shirt and raising his knife. But Kilgannon used his psychic abilities to halt this action, and took over his mind ordering him to kill for the rebellion, or die trying. He did just that, until a line of soldiers fired upon him, killing him. It was also revealed that his ship did crash and burn.

## Powers & Abilities

Al does not have any special powers, but he does seem to have quick reflects, a heighten sense of perception, and over all a high level of dexterity, especially with knives.

## Trivia

* Al's official shirt (called "Dead Face") was available for sale by the band during their 2013 tour.
* Al is based off of an uncle Sanchez had who worked as a "collector" for the mafia. He said that if the family ever needed or wanted something, this uncle was always able to acquire it, somehow. This uncle has since passed. He also said that his likeness was inspired by graffiti he saw at a club.
* In 2021, on the S.S. Neverender I, Al was officially portrayed by cosplayer Glitch Wilder in the "Faint of Hearts" Bar.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 9. Evil Ink, 2012.
2. ↑ Burnham, Chris. Issue 1 Cover, Variant D. 2010. Pencil & paper. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3* by Claudio Sanchez and Peter David.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 2. Evil Ink, 2012.
4. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 1. Evil Ink, 2012.
5. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 6. Evil Ink, 2012.
6. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 3. Evil Ink, 2012.
7. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 4. Evil Ink, 2012.
8. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 6. Evil Ink, 2012.
9. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 7. Evil Ink, 2012.
10. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 8. Evil Ink, 2012.
11. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 10. Evil Ink, 2012.
12. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 11. Evil Ink, 2012.
13. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 12. Evil Ink, 2012.
14. ↑ https://twitter.com/coheed/status/390916268922273792?lang=fa
15. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. “Q&A with Claudio Sanchez.” 26 October 2021. S.S. Neverender I, Norwegian Gem Pool Deck, Deck 12.