Kieran Anville

Kieran Anville is a player character in [game], played by Jonah. He was formerly a first year medical student at FSU, and was at one time employed at the Phoenix Jackson Museum as an intern. Currently, he is a freelancer under the apprenticeship of Cephus Mamiodes.

Kieran's main interests are: medicine, blades, war history, and his current obsession, magic. As a Pilgrim, his goal is to gain a complete scientific understanding of magic. He considers himself a skeptic and though he tries to keep an open mind, he approaches magic from that perspective; he disdains religion, particularly Christianity and its signifiers.

Kieran's many dumdum shithead crimes include: being a white knight, being a misogynist, threatening to kill someone, saying gamer words, being overbearing and needy, and being rude to so many service workers.

## Background

Relatively little is known thus far about Kieran's personal life prior to the Ponticus Incident. His family lives in Utah, where he lived until moving to Florida for grad school; however, he does not seem to be on speaking terms with any of them. Stalking him on Facebook revealed that his family are Mormon, and his little sister, Eden, is attending Brigham Young with her fiance.

As a teen, Kieran developed an interest in fencing and competed with a club. Despite his general lack of athletic talent, he seems to have been somewhat skilled at it. He has a scar on his mouth which he has defensively cited as being from "an accident." He has had a lifelong love of fantasy and Arthurian tales.

## Personality

Kieran's is highly sensitive, with a hair-trigger temper and a habit of acting impulsively and occasionally violently with little provocation. He is very sensitive to rejection, causing him to shut down or lash out when faced with real or imagined rejection; he forms bonds very quickly with anyone who does not outright push him away, though as with The Chronicler, these often seem to be one-sided. Particularly after his meltdown following the Madison King Memorial Website incident, he shows bursts of inappropriate emotion that he struggles to control, usually leading to crying or acts of destruction.

Kieran's social skills are not very good. He is awkward and weird, especially around women. He values authority very highly, but is selective about what authority he chooses to respect; he can be bossy and leader-like, but he is also quick to follow orders as long as he likes his boss or thinks he can get something out of it. He previously had the lowest Soul stat of all the player characters, although as he has grown as a person and within his path as a Pilgrim, he has gotten more socially canny. While he shows a fair amount of insight into people on a theoretical level, he seems to have difficulty actually interacting with others.

Kieran has a genuine streak of nobility. While under the influence of Universal Perceptual Solvent, it was revealed that a green patch in his aura centered on his chest signifies a nurturing heart. Throughout the finale of season 1, he threw himself repeatedly between Lucius Zann and The Chronicler even to the point of being shot at and attacked. His determination to help and protect others sits at the heart of his Pilgrim path. He is protective and caring, even if this usually manifests in dumdum shithead crimes.

## Relationships

### Lucius

Kieran is notably attached to Lucius and considers him to be his best friend. He expresses extreme jealousy when other people take Lucius's time, especially the few moments of friendliness between Lucius and Ellison, whom Kieran loathes.

### The Chronicler

Kieran is determined to be in love with The Chronicler in spite of everything she has done to them; when he wants to feel needed, he can rest assured The Chronicler will find something she needs him for.

### Cephus

Cephus is Kieran's master, and sometimes his idol. Kieran looks up to Cephus more than anyone, but is also consistently let down by Cephus's emotional distance and unwillingness to stand up to the Sleepers.

### Robin

No, it's fine, Robin's cool now. Like-- I mean, she's a huge bitch, obviously, she's crazy, but she's cool. You don't need to worry about her.