Lorn Killian

### Relatives

Sheev Palpatine (Adopted Father), Defense Attorney (Adopted Father), Rauye Stayr-Waiures (Half Sister), Jace Killian (Mother), May Killian (Father), Finn Killian (Sister), Starsha Killian (Sister), Eliisa Palpatine (Half Brother), Anakin Skywalker (Half Brother)

### Occupation

Intern for Syla Stayr (Formerly), Personal Assistant/Bodyguard for Rauye Stayr-Waiures

## Physical Appearance

### Height

5'3"

Lorn Killian is a character that appears in Defamation and Dismemberment.

### Personality

Lorn's personality is very muted, and she has shown herself to be a pushover. She does not tend to stick up for herself, and this results in her constantly being overworked. She does not sleep or go home very often, her main job is acting as a bodyguard to Rauye Stayr-Waiures.

### Appearance

Lorn has yellow skin covered in small diamond tattoos on her face, hands, shoulders and neck. These tattoos are apart of Mirialan culture and represent her mastering a skill. She wears a red patterned skirt and a yellow beaded scarf. She is always described as looking exhausted and fragile, to the point where some have remarked that she looks as if just sitting down would cause her to collapse.

### Death

Lorn was killed while protecting her coworker Veda Eckleburg from Emperor Palpatine. This action is seen as one of her first defiant acts, and she even stands her ground when Palpatine tries to get her to move aside. She is stabbed twice in the chest by Palpatine, and her last words are "There's no other choice."

## Relationships

### Judge Palpatine

Emperor Sheev Palpatine is one of Lorn's Fathers, having adopted her when she was 5 years old. The adoption of Lorn Killian was a drunken mistake, and Palpatine is not very present in her life past childhood. Though he cares for her deeply, from the ages of 8 to 18, he only took care of her on weekends. From 19 BTD onwards they only see each other every few weeks. At the time of her death, it had been 19 years since they last saw each other. The day after her adoption, she and Palpatine share a sweet moment when he asks for her name. She refuses to say anything, and so he instead helps her play with a small Munyip toy that she had gotten from her SpHappy meal the night before. This earns her the nickname 'Munyip' that he then refers to her by even after learning her name. When Lorn was 12 she began to be bullied at school, and he taught her how to use a sword in case she ever had to defend herself, and even made a retractable one for her to carry for protection. When Lorn turned 13, she went through her first tattoo ceremony, and Palpatine had promised her that he would be there. When he ends up not showing up, Lorn is extremely upset. She still sends him a picture of the tattoo after it's done, and a while later sees him driving away from the house, having shown up but not getting out of his car. After this, she receives birthday cards from him every year up until her death. For her 18th birthday, he helps her build her own lightsaber. When she dies, his last words to her are "I'm sorry, Munyip. Keep soaring." Even while he was killing her, she never felt anger or hatred towards him, simply feeling sorry that her existence in his life was a mistake.

### Defense Attorney

Defense Attorney is the second adopted Father of Lorn Killian, and was her primary caretaker from ages 8 to 18. When he and Palpatine first adopted Lorn, Defense was adamant that they should give her back or find someone else to take care of her since it was a mistake. He even stated on multiple occasions "That's not our kid". But because of Palpatine's constantly changing marriage status, he was the one who ended up taking care of Lorn the most. Lorn was only 7 years old when he began killing Lawyers and Law Students, which lead to her not being well liked and even bullied at school.

### Secretary/Daska Tarmin

Secretary works for Lorn's Father, Defense Attorney. She and Lorn meet when Lorn is 12 years old, because Defense leaves Lorn at the office and asks Secretary to mind her. She and Lorn have a very close relationship from then onwards, with Secretary teaching Lorn how to fight and use a blade. When Lorn is young, Defense would give Secretary large amounts of money to take Lorn to SpaceDonalds with, which then becomes a frequent activity for the two of them. When Lorn is 14, Secretary gets her a knife with diamonds carved into the handle to match her tattoos. Lorn stays at Secretary's house as a teenager a lot because Defense Attorney leaves her home alone. Lorn is one of the only people to learn Secretary's real name, and they stay in contact up until Lorn's death. Secretary is the one who returned to the Communications Tower the next day to bury Lorn's body.

### Gem Sexton

Gem Sexton is Lorn's godfather, as allocated by Palpatine and Defense when she was adopted. Gem was not told of this information until Lorn came to him when she was 18, showing him the adoption papers and trying to get him to claim her as his own since neither of her real Fathers were as involved in her life as they should be. Gem declines but takes her aside to talk. She ends up joining his band as the drummer, and continues to perform alongside the band up until her death. Gem and Lorn have matching diamond tattoos on their wrists from when they won their first big award with Lorn in the band. She sees Gem as her older brother, despite not having met him until she was already an adult. Gem makes an album of songs based on each of the Journalists that died along with Lorn, and this album becomes another sparking point of rebellion.

### Rauye Stayr-Waiures

When Rauye Stayr-Waiures is born, Lorn is working as her Mother Syla's intern. Because Lorn is around her so frequently, Rauye believes that 'Intern' is a family role, and continues to call Lorn 'Intern' even after Lorn stops working for Syla. When Rauye is 12 years old, Syla 'divorces' her husband Nick Waiures (Defense Attorney in disguise) and becomes fairly detached from Rauye's life. Lorn ends up taking on the role of Rauye's parental figure, showing up to her middle school graduation and similar events as Syla either cannot make it or shows up late. When Rauye starts her own company, Lorn starts working as her personal assistant under the name 'Intern'. Lorn also gives Rauye her own diamond tattoo when the company opens because of how big an achievement it is for Rauye. Lorn ends up doing most of the work at the company for Rauye because she doesn't know how to do any of it. Lorn is extremely jealous of Rauye, because Defense Attorney makes multiple attempts to let Rauye know that he's her Father through writing her letters. Rauye cannot read so she will make Lorn read them for her. Lorn does not tell Rauye what the letters contain as a small act of selfishness. When Rauye dies, Lorn is not present because she is upstairs attempting to help upload the article. But Lorn assumes that Defense would be taking care of Rauye in her place, and is able to die without knowing that Defense left Rauye's body behind immediately after she died.

### Veda Eckleburg

Veda Eckleburg is one of the journalists at That's So Stayr-Waiures', so she and Lorn worked together for a few years. Veda saw Lorn as a 'threat' to her career since she did so much of the company's work. This lead to Veda developing a one-sided rivalry with Lorn, going out of her way to make Lorn's job harder and making multiple snide comments. Lorn is too tired to care about this, and simply puts up with it because of how young Veda is. During the last few round of the oneshot, Veda decided to edit the article they were uploading so that it was credited to Lorn. Lorn and Veda end up being the last two people alive, holding hands as they defend the article's upload station. Lorn makes the decision to step in front of Veda when Palpatine walks in to protect her from him, showing bravery for the first time in her life. The last thing Lorn says to Veda is "I'll be okay", before Palpatine kills her. The two of them both die, but they manage to reconcile and become friends right before the end.

### Syla Stayr

Syla Stayr is Lorn's stepmother, but Syla doesn't know this fact because Defense Attorney never reveals to her that Lorn is his daughter until after Lorn's death. Lorn works as Syla's intern from age 20 to age 38, after which she starts to work as Rauye Stayr-Waiures' bodyguard after requesting to not work with Syla any longer.