Ky'ten Aganaran

**Ky'ten Aganaran** is a drow NPC and an ally to The Sovereign Syndicate. He is an ambassador from Tara Meste and a member of the Aganaran family. Ky'ten is played by Robbie Harris.

## Description

### Appearance

Ky'ten is a young, elven man with purple-gray skin and pointed ears. His hair is shaggy with loose waves, and he often dresses in hues of black, purples, and gold. He has pale red eyes and a big smile.

### Personality

Ky'ten is friendly and outgoing, and someone who is willing to go along with the flow. He struggles asking questions, and if someone tells him something with enough confidence, he will genuinely believe them. Despite being patient and kind, he is shown to have his boundaries, as seen when Lorelei snapped at him. Because of his drow heritage, he is nocturnal, offering on a starkly different sleep schedule than the rest of the party.

## Background

Not much is known about Ky'ten's background. He is a young noble and a member of the Aganaran family, a family of Necromantic mages from Tara Meste. He seems to have a tense relationship with them, as shown in his reticence to contact his father when the party needed help, but regardless, he was, before the start of the campaign, selected to be their ambassador to the Empire.

He is proficient in Necromancy magic, and in his family, they see not using the dead as a waste.

## Relationships

### Theo Broditi

Due to his ancestry and his use of forbidden magic, Ky'ten is ostracized by most of his peers. He found comradely in Theo, who for similar reasons was looked down upon by much of King Seneca's court. He trusts Theo deeply, and while he works to help The Sovereign Syndicate in general, it is clear that his allegiance is with Theo.

### The Aganaran Family

Not much is known about Ky'ten's family, but his relationship with his family is tense, as seen when he is reticent to contact them to help the party. That said, he still talks about them in high regards, praising their skill and power.

### Dacian Polidor

Not much is known about their history, but it appears that Ky'ten holds animosity against Dacian. He refers to Dacian as a traitor, stating that Dacian revealed information about Tara Meste that put him and his family in danger.

## Character Information

### Known Spells

* Mage Hand
* Raise Dead
* Dispel Evil and Good

## Quotations

* On Theo being robbed in The Lamentation District:
	+ **Theo**: I was ROBBED, Kor'y! It was an incredibly traumatic experience!
	+ **Ky'ten**: Yes, he is, how you say... off his rocker today?
* While discussing the Remy situation with the party:
	+ **Ky'ten**: And let me be clear, I will do all I can to take care of Remy. Er, I'm not sure that translated well. By "take care of," I mean, "Put his face into the ground and stomp on it over and over and over until he is dead again."

## Trivia

* Ky'ten was created with the idea of having someone similar to Theo in mind:
	+ Both are of ancestries not commonly seen in The Empire
	+ Both are young ambassadors in the Court
	+ Both have been targeted by Lord Baldwin's ire for one reason or another
* The choice to have Ky'ten as a cheery and upbeat character was deliberate to contrast the archetypical necromancer. I was very intentional to make sure he wasn't gloomy, creepy, or off-putting, but rather warm and approachable.
* The idea of having a culture who is centered around Necromancy was the first I designed when creating Tara Meste. I wanted to do something unique with some of the spellcasters, so rather than having a place where Necromancy was forbidden, like in the Empire, I wanted to explore what it would be like to swing in the opposite direction.

Ky'ten's initial portrait