Mariah Antillarea

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## Mariah Antillarea

Mariah in The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade

## Appearances

### Appears in

*The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*

### Debut

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

**Mariah Antillarea** is the leader of the rebellion against Wilhelm Ryan and lover of Inferno Kilgannon. She was considered to be God's Messenger and the Messiah of the people before her death at the hands of Mayo Deftinwolf on Paris: Earth.

## History

### Early Life

Antillarea was believed to have been born of Immaculate Conception—free of all sin upon her conception. When she was just an infant, she was found on a riverbank by the monks of the Tra-Nuvis Monastery on Dil-Ariuth IX who subsequently took her in and raised her. Three years later, when she was just four or five, a viral plague broke out, infecting the monks as well. They decided to remove Antillarea before it spread to her, but she broke free from the group and ran to the main monk who had cared for her. Completely confined to bed due to the sickness, Antillarea embraced him, and inadvertently healed him. She was able to heal everyone who was afflicted and doing so strengthened her powers and earning her the title of Messiah. By the time she was 21, she had made up her mind to use her powers for the good of the people of the Fence. Leaving the monastery, she began building up an army of rebels against Wilhelm Ryan's rule, determining him to be the ultimate source of suffering for the people.

### Rebellion

In travelling across the Fence, building support, Antillarea met Inferno Kilgannon, who not only shared the same goal as her, but earned her trust and also became apart of her life; the two developed a relationship. Antillarea eventually returned to the Tra-Nuvis Monastery, making it her home base.

The Prise visited her, originally intending to ask for her help, but also accused Antillarea of interfering in God's work, to which she tried to plea her case that they should *help* rather than stand by as they believed *no one* was to interfere with how events played out. Kilgannon was there, though initially hid out of sight to see how the situation played out. Eventually, he couldn't hold his tongue any longer and revealing himself, accused the Prise of not only failing the Fence during the year of the Black Rainbow, but also of allowing the Keywork to be a spiritual prison for citizens as their souls fueled the phenomenon in their afterlife. He argued that the Prise's pact with God has long since been broken and if they didn't want to reform it, then they would have to respect the fact that man wasn't going to just stand by and wait for them.

Unfortunately, this conversation was overheard by a monk who was loyal to Ryan and conveyed to him all that was said. He was quickly discovered and upon capture, exclaimed that "The End" was coming and that Ryan sent Kilgannon a "gift" drenched in the blood of his brother. Kilgannon immediately took off for Sector X, the Sector the Kilgannon Family was supposed to be residing in, while Antillarea rallied her rebel forces in preparation for an attack that they were sure would follow. The attack was more than they could have ever anticipated, with hundreds of United Red Army forces swarming the area.

Antillarea was devastated, and picking up her gun, she joined the battle. During the thick of it, Kilgannon called her per her request. She explained the dire situation, but Kilgannon countered with an even more pressing issue: Coheed and Cambria were potentially being compromised. He needed her to meet him on Paris: Earth to help him counter the Monstar's transformation, should the pair be exposed to the Cache Serum. Agreeing, she used her powers to disintegrate a bunch of soldiers and get off world.

This was no easy feat. She was able to get off world only due to the sacrifices of her team. She tried to reach Kilgannon again, but when he didn't answer, she feared the worst, resolving to do what he needed anyway. When she was near Paris: Earth, she received contact from him. He informed her he got "messed up" by Crom and that the Kilgannon pair were taken after all. On Paris: Earth, Antillarea landed undetected in an undeveloped part of the planet near a city. Moving through the forest, she found a Red Army outpost with Mayo Deftinwolf and a soldier guarding angry-looking dragonflies. She was able to take out the soldier, but missed Deftinwolf.

### Death

She was able to evade the Red Army forces that came after her upon her failure, and tried to wait it out until Kilgannon could land and assist her. Unfortunately, the Monstar couldn't be stopped, and upon the separation of Sector 12, the planet shook so much that the ship was unable to land. Getting tired, Antillarea decided to use her power to blast the enemies pinning her down, but before she could, Deftinwolf carefully and silently circled around to sneak up on her, and using a broken piece of glass, slit her throat. Deftinwolf then presented her dismembered head to Ryan in victory.

## Relationships

### Tra-Nuvis Monks

The **Tra-Nuvis monks**, located on Dil-Ariuth IX in Sector 12, were parental figures to Antillarea. She loved them as family and they supported her whole-heartedly, allowing her to use their monastery as a home base for her rebellion. Of course, as an actual monastery, they continued to accept new monks to their ranks. One turned out to be a Ryan loyalist who sold them out to the Supreme Tri-Mage, and subsequently were obliviated.

### Inferno Kilgannon

Antillarea's lover. Kilgannon also acted as a confidant, adviser, and a second leader in the rebellion. Upon Antillarea's death, Kilgannon assumes her mantle of leader properly, albeit reluctantly, and continues her cause.

## Trivia

* Though Antillarea is a mage, she seems to use her powers very infrequently. As she is the only mage we know of outside of the governing mages, this could be due to the fact she hasn't undergone the process of elevation, which, in addition to giving mages the typical governing mage look of blue-ish skin, white hair and eyes, and their signature shoulder horns, may also hone their powers, though no evidence is given for this theory.

## References

1. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Gus Vazquez. *The Amory Wars Sketchbook*. Page 25. Evil Ink, 2006.
2. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 2. Evil Ink, 2010.
3. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 3. Evil Ink, 2010.
4. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 4. Evil Ink, 2010.
5. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 5. Evil Ink, 2010.
6. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 6. Evil Ink, 2010.
7. ↑ 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 9. Evil Ink, 2010.
9. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 9. Evil Ink, 2010.
10. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. *The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade*. Issue 10. Evil Ink, 2010.