Kenan Thomas

* The Secret in the Forest
* The Secret in the Forest - Part 1

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**Kenan Thomas** was an experienced agent of Ordo Realitas, being part of Team Kelvin, along with his friends, Miguel Cariad and Mariana Larona. The three agents were investigating the Project HC, in Carpazinha, a city in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul.

Kenan was seen in a photo delivered by Mr. Verity and was also mentioned by him, but he only really appeared in the 15th episode of The Secret in the Forest, being found by Team H after they opened one of the rooms that were in the Cave in the center of Holy Cradle. Kenan ended up going crazy during the battle against The God of Death, and when trying to blow himself up along with the creature, he ended up being killed by Cesar who shot his head.

## Appearance

Kenan was a man, being 7.2 feet tall, with an athletic and strong build, he had fair skin, short black hair, a goatee and dark eyes. He wore a black overcoat, with a black shirt underneath, black pants, and black shoes. He also had a tattoo that covered his right arm, matching his teammates who also had similar tattoos.

When found by Team H, Kenan, now 65 years old, was seen with long gray hair, a long gray beard and with a smaller physical size than before, he had a tired look and several wrinkles on his face. He wore a black t-shirt along with pants of the same color, and went barefoot.

## Personality

Despite acting coldly towards strangers, Kenan was very relaxed with his friends. Kenan acted wisely, thinking several times before taking any action, making him the brain of the team.

After spending 40 years imprisoned in a cell completely white with only the Holy Cradle's Symbol, Kenan acted ironically and with clear aspects of madness, taking risky situations not very seriously and not having much awareness of things, giving explosives and molotovs to anyone who asked for them. He also acted funny by making jokes with all the Team H members.

## Biography

### Past

Little is known about Kenan's past, but, at some point in his life, before joining the Order, he ended up meeting Mariana and Miguel, who eventually became friends.

### Ordo Realitas

As the team progressed, Kenan, along with his friends, joined the Ordo Realitas, and formed a group called "Team Kelvin", being trained by Arnaldo Fritz. The group began hunting occultists and solving various paranormal cases, becoming one of the Order's most experienced and professional teams.

### Case of Carpazinha

Team Kelvin is recruited to solve Carpazinha's case, taking as a starting point the body of Rafael Montes, who had an occultist symbol marked on the forehead. The symbol in question was related to the Project HC, familiar to both Kenan and the other members of the team. After traveling to a small town in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul, the team talks to Victor Rott about the case, which leads him to go with his friends to the bar Ape Hangers, and meet a woman called Laura, who takes the three investigators, in the middle of the night, to Holy Cradle, and in the middle of the investigation, with the two of them, Kenan gets to know a little about the place and books a room in the hotel there.

In the middle of the night, the group ends up having to face the Guilt Parasite, who embodies the image of their former mentor, Arnaldo Fritz. The group defeats the parasite and the next day, everyone wakes up, with the decision to visit the Infinite Labyrinth, where they speculate to be the center of everything. However, none of them get anywhere, even though they travel for a long time, and in the end, they decide to split up to send a report, leaving Miguel in the city.

Kenan and Mariana leave Holy Cradle with difficulties due to the temptation of the paranormal city. Returning to the biker bar, the two realize that it is still night there, and question the temporal relationship between the two places. The duo then writes the report and sends it to Order using the Ape Hangers's wi-fi, and then returns to the village. Arriving there, Kenan and Mariana end up meeting Cariad and he explains and tells them everything about the place, who were confused about the team, which didn't match Carpazinha's. Miguel explains that the hours and days pass faster inside the village. The group then begins to discuss, and based on Cariad's explanations, they come to the conclusion that if they mark the Spiral Symbol, they can guide themselves through the maze. Mariana draws the Symbol on Miguel with a survival knife, which manages to guide them through the mist-filled paths.

The trio arrives in a dark cave and decides to explore the place in search of answers. However, they end up being cornered by the Blacksmith and the Helper, who attack them, suspecting the team's intentions regarding Holy Cradle. The group manages to defeat the two in a fight, and Cariad pulls a firearm against the Blacksmith's head. Kenan and Mariana ask Miguel to kill the Blacksmith so the three of them can destroy the place, and finally advance the investigation. Moments before the decision, the group sees Miguel slowly transforming into a Lusidius, and he makes his decision: betray his friends, killing Mariana.

With his expectations shattered, Kenan sees Mariana being killed with a bullet to the head, caused by his best friend, Miguel. In desperation, Kenan runs into the cave, towards a dead end route. In a last attempt at hope, he hides a backpack full of explosives near a hole in the wall. Until he ends up cornered by the three, who capture him, lock him in a cell and turn him into a Wellspring.

### Meeting with Team H

After being locked for decades inside a cell in the caves of the Infinite Labyrinth, suddenly, someone opens the containment door. Kenan first sees Joui Jouki and Elizabeth Webber entering his cell, confused, asking who he was. Kenan is happy with the whole situation, even questioning the veracity of the scene, telling them the true identity of The Blacksmith and what happened to Team Kelvin. After that, he helps the team find the explosives and tries to place them in the Dimensions Parasite, but fails. Blacksmith arrives where they were, and after talking to them for a while, he goes into battle against them. The team kills the Blacksmith, and then Kenan prepares to set off the explosives and kill the Dimensions Parasite. However, when he was about to press the button, he had a strange feeling, and then he saw the body of his friend, Miguel, being slowly possessed by the local slime and becoming a monstrous creature, The God of Death. After witnessing this entire scene, Kenan goes crazy, and as his last action before dying, he runs and grabs his backpack with explosives and starts jumping and humming as he slowly approaches the God of Death with the detonator in his hand, ready to explode. Himself, his best friend, and the entire Team H. Moments before arriving, he is stopped by Cesar Cohen, taking a bullet in the eye and dying instantly. Kenan drops the detonator next to his body, burning along with the creature and Thiago Fritz, who triggered the explosives after everyone moved away.

## Quirks and Phobias

**Claustrophobia:** Morbid fear of staying in closed spaces. Kenan developed this phobia after spending 36 years in a white room and post-traumatic stress, probably after everything that happened with Team Kelvin, shown in the 15th episode.

## Trivia

* Cellbit revealed in the extra episode that Kenan was predicted to burn to death if he had survived the God of Death, as he was closely linked to Holy Cradle.
* He and Miguel Cariad always intended to complete "loyalty cards" from the snack bars they passed by.
* The only one from Team H that he called Mr. Verity was Thiago because he had similarities with the former leader of his team, Arnaldo Fritz.
* Cellbit and Leo Santi confirmed in Episode 7 of Transcending that Kenan was a Marked.

## Gallery

Kenan unconscious/deadKenan in a photo with Team KelvinKenan's backpack found in Holy Cradle CavernArt of Kenan and Team Kelvin in the Paranormal Order RPG Playbook
## References

1. ↑ The Secret in the Forest - Episode 15 (*watch on YouTube* at 15m3s)
2. ↑ Clip "notice for RPG wiki ".
3. ↑ Twitch. Stream "Transcending with Leo Santi - Episode 7 with Cellbit and Luis" of Cellbit in October 28, 2021 (watch on Twitch at 54m06s)