Newo Ikkin

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## Newo Ikkin

Newo in The Amory Wars: Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV

### Relatives

Samuel Ikkin (Father)
Renée Ikkin (mother)

## Physical description

### Height

5'6"
167 cm

### Weight

115 lb
52 kg

## Appearances

### Appears in

*The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*

### Debut

*The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade* (2007)

**Newo Ikkin** is the ex-girlfriend of Claudio Kilgannon and the owner of Apollo. She dated Kilgannon for 2 years before his family life exploded and he left her a mysterious letter effectively breaking up with her.

## Appearance

Ikkin is a little taller than other young women her age, and a bit thin, perhaps due to her participation in sports. She has blonde hair, blue eyes, and light skin.

## History

### Early Life

Ikkin was probably born in Valley Hills on Hetricus in Sector 11. She is the only child of Samuel and Renée Ikkin. She was often described as being "spoiled." Outgoing and personable, Ikkin was the captain of the air-ball team and a volunteer at a local animal shelter. She was a sophomore at Rye Cooper High when she started dating Claudio Kilgannon, who she spends most of her free time with. She was a junior when Kilgannon suddenly disappeared.

### Breakup

The morning of Kilgannon's disappearance, Kilgannon was drawing something when some bullies attempted to pick a fight with him. Ikkin intervened and scheduled a date with him for after school. They took her car and her dog out to a more remote location, when Kilgannon was suddenly concerned about the time. Ikkin noted it was "half-past one" which was pasted Kilgannon's curfew. He remarked that they needed to leave immediately as his parents would "kill him" when he got home. They got stuck in traffic, and arrived at Kilgannon's house hours after he was supposed to be there. He kissed Ikkin good night, promising to call her the next day, and Ikkin went home.

She immediately changed for bed and passed out. The next day, she found a letter from Kilgannon, but waited for his promised call. When she didn't hear from him, she drove over to his house to find the house covered in caution tape and detectives inside went she entered. Completely caught off guard, she asked if someone had been hurt right before what looked like a little ball of light crashed through the ceiling. The light dispelling, it turned out to be a fallen Prise.

### Brush with the Prise

Ikkin questioned who or what the being was as most people had never seen a Prise in the flesh, much less a fallen one without their signature hair and wings. The Prise told her that she was "The Watcher" who had come for the "Son of Three." Frazzled and confused, Ikkin decided to leave. She went home and finally read the letter Kilgannon had left for her. In it, he told her that he would be dead by the time she read it.

Just after she finished reading it, a horrible monster broke through her window wall and through her dog, Apollo, out of the way and attempted to attack her. The fallen Prise from before followed it through her wall and got its attention and left Ikkin alone. Ikkin tried to help the Prise by attacking it too with a broken vase, which did allow for the fighter to get the upper hand and dispose of the monster.

Crisis averted, the Prise found the letter Kilgannon had left Ikkin, seemed to concentrate over it, but ultimately concluded that Ikkin could not help her. Ikkin pleaded with her to explain and take her with her, but the Prise told her to "Return to your life, Newo Ikkin. [...] The boy you know is dead." Still unsure of whether Kilgannon was alive or dead, especially with that cryptic statement, Ikkin wished all the same he was safe.

### Moving On

After about 10 years of radio silence regarding Kilgannon or even the Prise, Ikkin began to receive empty calls--she picked up, but no one answered before it seemed the line was dropped. An occurrence that happened quite a lot once it started. In the early morning hour, she was suddenly awoken to a loud blast outside. Upon opening the door, Apollo ran in with his tail between his legs, and a sizeable section of her fence was destroyed with no obvious cause.

## Relationships

### Claudio Kilgannon

> Main article: Claudio Kilgannon

Having only dated for about two years, Ikkin really loved Kilgannon. While it is unclear just how Ikkin moved on or what her feelings for Kilgannon might be after all the time that had past between them, Kilgannon seemed to believe that she would be, at the very least, still happy and excited to see him because that was the kind of person she was.

### Apollo

**Apollo** was a male, Dobermann-like dog that was own by Ikkin and beloved by Kilgannon just as much. A very well behaved and trained dog, he often came with Ikkin and Kilgannon on dates. He tried to protect Ikkin when she was attacked, though he was no match for the monster he faced. After this encounter, Apollo did not lose his sense of duty to his owner, staying outside over night to guard the house which is where Kilgannon found him upon his visit to the house 10 years after his initial disappearance. Apollo did not recognize him right away, but after a closer sniff, calmed down and listened to Kilgannon all night into the early morning hours before being spooked by Kilgannon's powers activating, seemingly against his will. Kilgannon left, and Ikkin came to the door, letting him in.

## Trivia

* Apollo was initially depicted as a Dalmatian in the second arc, but was later changed to a Dobermann without explanation in subsequent arcs. This was most likely due to an error in communication since it did not change from the third to fourth arc.
	+ He was named for Nate Kelley's dog, who was a Doberman.
* Ikkin is actually the character with the most nods in the lyrics of the songs. There are 27 unique songs in total that mention or make reference to her.
	+ By name, the songs are: "Junesong Provision", "The Ring in Return", "The Crowing", "Crossing the Frame", and "Feathers".
* Ikkin was named and possibly based after Sanchez's original girlfriend, Nikki Owen, whose name was spelled backwards for the character.
* The Ikkin's address is listed as 124 Ridge Rd, Valley’s Hills, NK 10988.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sanchez, Claudio and Gus Vazquez. *The Amory Wars Sketchbook*. Page 21. Evil Ink, 2006.
2. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 1. Evil Ink, 2010.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 2. Evil Ink, 2010.
4. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 3. Evil Ink, 2010.
5. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 6. Evil Ink, 2010.
6. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 7. Evil Ink, 2010.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 8. Evil Ink, 2010.
8. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 10. Evil Ink, 2010.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 1. Evil Ink, 2012.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Sanchez, Claudio and Chondra Echert. *The Amory Wars: Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV*. Issue 4. Evil Ink, 2019.
11. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Peter David. *The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3*. Issue 12. Evil Ink, 2012.
12. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. “Café Chonnye.” 28 October 2021. S.S. Neverender I, Norwegian Gem Atrium, Deck 7.
13. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Gus Vazquez. *The Amory Wars Sketchbook*. Page 21. Evil Ink, 2006.