Killian Foy

> "Why not? I thought you liked me because I’m impulsive.”
>
>

Killian Foy was a major NPC in the main Crossworlds campaign. He is also known as the deity Shade from the Porphyra pantheon.

## History

> Shade entered the world a mortal elf and left a God. Since birth, he studied over a hundred years under the tutelage of the greatest assassins and thieves. His teachers were the best killers and burglars of the era before The Calling and neither needed nor wanted divine assistance. Shade learned where to slice foes so their blood ran in torrents, how to run silently bearing jingling bags of loot and other secrets known only by masters. Shade rose quickly in the night-time world of criminals, murdering princes, merchant lords, and criminal kingpins. Often he would leave corpses penniless, leaving the homes cleaned out of loot by morning’s light. The Calling that disrupted the world only created more opportunity. Shade’s nefarious deeds attracted the attention of the goddess Lyvalia. Beleaguered by Nise and her allies, she appeared before Shade and proposed that the assassin slay Cesko, demigod lieutenant of ancient Braal, patron of Luck and advisor to Nise. The Book of Secrets proudly brags that Shade couldn’t refuse the chance to kill a God. Smothering his blades in a poison given by Lyvalia, Shade snuck onto Cesko’s celestial warship and slew him while he while he contemplated a run of bad luck. Shade adopted the newly-open domain, and Lyvalia helped raise the divinely infused Shade to godhood, adding to Nise’s already legendary rage.
>
>

*-The Gods of Porphyra, Purple Duck Games*

During Rajuk's attempted rise to apocalyptic god status, Shade looked around and saw that his and Lyvalia's followings and lives were in danger. Moreover, he realized he had the power and resources to put an end to this. He stole a vial of Zenith from Lyvalia and rushed to make an attempt on Rajuk's life. He was unsuccessful, but heard Rajuk out and made a deal to instead end and rebuild the Crossworlds.

At this point, he took the moniker Killian Foy and left Porphyra behind. He spent years plotting to take the prize from Rajuk at the last moment. During this time, he made two other blood pacts. After a brief fling with Katrina Novikov, he held the deep secret that the secondborn was his. Zia Novikov used this to her advantage, blackmailing him into giving her safe passage to Capua Tor. On his way back to Refersi, he met Matteo Cherith, with whom he began a years-long relationship.

He had been told long beforehand by Lyvalia that members of the party would be important to their plans, but not how. When they appeared, he made a tentative alliance and resolved to not kill them, no matter how obnoxious they ended up being.

After they began their ascension processes, and swayed Mairi away from Rajuk's clergy, he finally admitted to the party that he was Shade and solidified their alliance. He accompanied them on their mission to end Rajuk's life and volunteered his unused vial of Zenith.

Post-campaign, Shade returned to Porphyra, where he remains peacefully today.

## Trivia

* Shade/Killian speaks with an Irish accent.
* He has skill ranks in Tattoo artistry.
* The credit for the "Killian is Luka's dad" plot twist goes to Ben and Alannah.