Aryn Keller

**Aryn Keller** is an archon-human hybrid created by Magnus to serve as an assassin and henchman to replace Alfred Trent. Their primary intended target was Thomas Angelus, but they ended up developing a friendship with him instead. After Magnus' defeat, the two would continue to be friends, carrying on into their second incarnations, and finally progressing to romance in their thirds. They lack magical ability and utilize various weapons and gadgets across their lives, with their preferences changing in each incarnation. They maintain a career as a mercenary, though maintaining a moral compass with regards to the jobs they take.

## Biographical Summary

After the death of Alfred Trent, Magnus retreated from Thomas' Earth to find a new pawn who could serve as the perfect assassin to kill his new adversary. Desiring his new tool to be poetic, he ultimately kidnapped a baby girl from Vernia and spliced her DNA with his own archon genes, giving her the superior physical abilities and regenerative powers of archons, though not the magical abilities. He had the girl's aging halted when she appeared to be roughly the same age as Thomas, and trained her in assassination, weapons and combat. Finally, after nearly a century from his perspective, he returned to Thomas' Earth and unleashed his creation on his adversary.

Initially entirely devoted to her master, Aryn followed his plan to get close to Thomas perfectly. But this plan critically involved living with him as a bodyguard, and over the course of her stay, Thomas' caring and protective personality slowly wore away at her brainwashing. When she ultimately betrayed him, she ended up conflicted and by the end of the conflict with Magnus, she had realized she genuinely enjoyed Thomas' company and sided with him again, helping to defeat Magnus and causing him to retreat. Afterwards she returned to working as a bodyguard-for-hire, but frequently visited Thomas and Cyril. She was absent for Thomas' regeneration, but he was present for hers, as she was rushed to the hospital after a failed job left her critically wounded.

Upon completing her regeneration, with Thomas helping her through it, she decided that she wanted to travel with him, though was unsure of the idea of travelling with him all the time. Thomas and Aryn's new incarnations, as it turned out, got along very well, and they grew closer over their lifetimes. At one point they even considered a romantic relationship, but decided they weren't yet ready. Their adventures frequently overlapped with those of Thomas' other companions. When not travelling with Thomas, she continued her existing work as contracted security, usually working closely with Cyril and Arcano Technologies, and sometimes going on adventures of her own across the multiverse. When she learned of Thomas' regeneration into his third incarnation, she rushed to meet up with him, but ended up stranded for several years when her portal ring and multiverse phone broke down, leaving her on a world with technology equivalent to Stuart period England.

By the time she was able to repair her phone enough to make a call to Thomas, the land was embroiled in conflict with the dagroya of Tathamutia. Thomas arrived in time to see Aryn killed by one of their commanders, after holding her ground defending her town for hours. In a rare show of fury, Thomas coldly destroyed the dragon and then attended to Aryn as she regenerated for the second time, this time into a male body.

At the end of this adventure, which involved stopping the conflict, Aryn this time proposed a romantic relationship, which Thomas agreed to. After getting him home, Thomas fixed Aryn's devices, and then from there on they would meet up frequently for dates and adventures.

## Aryn's Incarnations

Each incarnation would be read as 'Aryn the <number>'. Though maintaining a subconscious influence towards younger-looking incarnations, like Thomas, they lack his focus on remaining male. As such Aryn changes sex throughout their lives. They have so far had three.

* **Aryn I**: A female incarnation, and Aryn's first, she was initially completely dedicated to Magnus and knew little else. After making friends with Thomas and breaking free of Magnus' conditioning, she became a curious, though shy girl, and still possessed difficulty expressing her emotions. Introverted and socially awkward, Aryn had difficulty opening up to anyone besides Thomas, though took his morals to heart in her continued work as a mercenary.
* **Aryn II**: Once again female, though younger in appearance, this incarnation opened up considerably compared to her predecessor, becoming just as extroverted as Thomas II. A mischievous, somewhat cocky girl who enjoyed a fight, with an eccentric sense of her own elegance, she proved extremely compatible with Thomas II and their friendship became considerably stronger across their lives. She also showed a more adventurous side, as she more willingly travelled alone.
* **Aryn III**: Aryn's first male incarnation, a bubbly and cutesy boy with a taste for fashion, and personal care, this incarnation, after being unable to see Thomas for nearly a decade in his previous life, eagerly began a romantic relationship with the archon. A flirty and romantic person, his enthusiasm for his relationship often leads to frustration with Thomas III's more oblivious and celibate personality. Aryn also remains an assassin and mercenary at heart, and when those he cares about are threatened, especially Thomas, his bubbly cheer drops away to reveal a ruthless fighter who won't hesitate to eliminate his opponent.