Kenneth Colen

Kenneth Colen at Kashmir Military Base, 2076

The Black Doors

Kenneth Colen is a Lieutenant in the 6387th Division and keyboardist of the rock band The Black Doors.He is an avid gun enthusiast and also collects weapons.He is also unable to age anymore as a result of drinking from the Holy Grail.

## Early life

Kenneth Colen was born in Kliennaker Society, to Richard Colen (1927-1959) and Mary Colen (nee Wright) (1930-1959).His parents were not that rich, so his father was always working and almost never was at home with young Kenneth.His mother raised him for 12 years.As a child he showed great interest in music, specifically rock and roll artists like Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and also showed interest in classical musicians such as Mozart, Bach, and others.At the age of 10 his parents bought him his first piano, an old Grand Piano dating all the way back to 1879.5 days after his 12th birthday he was walking back to his house when he heard gunshots and ran back home.He entered to find his mother dead, and her murderer, who was a Nazi supporter.He stood there in shock as the man left.Kenneth then decided to kill him so he grabbed a kitchen knife and followed the man out of the building and into an alleyway.He then stabbed the man in the neck and killed him.He returned home to see his father had arrived and was weeping over his wife's corpse.2 days later Kenneth found his father dead in his bedroom.He had hanged himself.With nowhere to go, Kenneth left the house and lived on the streets from that day on.When he turned 17 he was tired of living in the streets and so travelled to the airport.He managed to activate a realm portal and snuck through it undetected.He ended up somewhere in England.He lived on the streets of London but heard of the legend of The Holy Grail.He decided to find it, since he could sell it for a ridiculous amount of money and never be poor ever again.He set out and looked around the country for 3 years.He was starting to lose faith when he accidentally stumbled upon The Grail inside an old abandoned castle.He retrieved it and poured water into it.He then drank it and waited 5 minutes to see if he would disintegrate or be granted eternal youth.He didn't disintegrate so he stowed it and made his way back to London.He was about to sell it when he decided against it and instead donated it to The British Museum.He then found a job in a factory.When he had enough money he travelled to a pawn shop and bought an electric organ.He decided to become a musician.He played with several small bands until one day in 1967 he met Jack Guy and Lloyd Garmadon at a bar.They sat down next to him and the 3 started talking about their musical interests.Arthur, who was also at the bar, approached the group and asked if he could play bass for them.The group accepted and soon after they headed to an apartment Lloyd had rented while staying in London.The 4 of them started jamming and realized that they had great potential as a band.They just needed a drummer,so they looked around and eventually travelled to Japan and met Cole Watanabe and recruited him.

## Middle years

He started noticing that the grail had made him immortal around 1980, when he realized he still looked and felt like he did 10 years before.

Jack also asked Arthur, Cole and Kenneth if they wanted to join the military and they accepted.They travelled to Comod and would soon be fighting in Vietnam.When the 6387th Division was created he joined and continued to fight in Vietnam until the end of the war.Kenneth and all of the other Black Doors members would also become tank operators in 1969, when a custom made tank was delivered to the Devils and Jack decided to make his fellow bandmates all members of the tank crew.They headed back to Comod and soon the Comodian War would start, and he would participate in it along with his buddies.

## Meeting Mac

During a intermission on a concert performance in 1985, he was sitting in the back stage, when a man with a black leather jacket came up to him. Kenneth asked who he was, and the man said nothing, instead summoning two bottles of beer. He then introduced himself as Mac Kliennaker, the creator of the holy grail and celestial god. Kenneth asked why Mac visited him, Mac replied by the exact quote:

"I don't really know why I visit people. I like your music though."

With that he bestowed him a gift, a gift that was Kenneth to this day kept, a solid Kliennakium cross. He also bestowed him a unique pistol that he claimed was for "a child of the Clan of Johnsons, who lost his parents at a very young age" and warned Colen not to lose it, and to give it back to him when the time came.

Mac disappeared after that, leaving a small box of pizza and a note with a year written on it.