Kean Tefreos

**Kean Tefreos** is the founder of the Kanarae and a former member of the Merfolk Triumvirate, immortal merfolk who united their people under the seas of Keyvaile. He is the foster brother of Valarma. He was the main reason the Triumvirate lasted so long. He is the aspect of ice and cold and never takes any side. He was forced to fight his own sister to stop her rage and in sorrow fled to the far north. He later aided Arana Nelnie in finding shelter and a home.

## Kean Tefreos

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### Aliases

“The Neutral Ice”"The Mystic"

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Tribune of Kanarae

High Sage of the Merfolk

Sage of the North

### Affiliation

Merfolk TriumvirateKanarae

Merfolk Empire (loosely)

## Biography:

### Creation:

Kean was among the first merfolk to awaken in the Seahearth deep under the oceans of Keyvaile. Soon after his awakening, he met the young and fiery Valarma and the two became like siblings in those chaotic early days of the merfolk race.

### Triumvirate:

The two would meet with the spirit Anatapers and were given powers similar to that of the Arch-fay, mainly immortality and incredible magical gifts. Along with his sister and the siren Ariel Serana, they formed the Merfolk Triumvirate.

The three united the merfolk people under them and each took a third of the merfolk under their direct power. Those who followed Kean were the Kanarae, who dwelled in the kelp forests and colder waters of the new merfolk realm.

The merfolk would flourish under these leaders until Ariel’s ambitions and the fiery temper of Valarma would clash, starting a great war between them and their followers.

Kean stayed neutral in most of the war as he didn’t want to fight either his sister or friend. It was not until he heard of what happened in the city of Nalata which was reduced to the ashen wastes of Null by Valarma that he took actions to end the war.

The final battle was fought in the Valley of Blood, named for the dead sent into the sea by Nertovec’s wave upon the surface. He used his magic of frost to weaken Valarma's forces and separated her from her bodyguards, allowing her to be imprisoned in the Shell of Valarma. When the war ended, he fell into a great depression and fled to the far north, leaving the merfolk firmly under the control of Ariel.

### Later years:

Kean became a hermit and a great sage in the northern seas of Keyvaile, healing the sick and helping the weary. Among them was the exiled noblewoman Arana Nelnie who had fled the betrayal of her sister. He sympathized with her situation and led her to the leaders of his people and helped her give birth to her twins Mishra and Dido, who went on to be great leaders of the Merfolk. He remains in the north to this day.

## Personality:

He is described as constantly logical and somewhat slow in his movements, and having great patience.

## Titles:

 Scattered tribal chieftains
(as part of the Triumvirate)

## Relationships:

He was very close to his foster sister Valarma and was devastated by her madness.

## Trivia:

* He is the first named male Merfolk.
* Things are not always what they seem in this story... much is lost like in actual history.