Character Briefing: Kellen
Character Stats: 6 feet 1 inch tall, green eyes, long red hair. He's Irish and has a lilting accent which gets more pronounced when he's drunk or tired. Not overly muscled, but trim.
Dress: Long duster, black cloth cap that he keeps pulled down to hide his red hair, jeans, and button-up shirts. He dresses plainly, in muted colors. He strives to not draw attention to himself due to the illegal activities that his demonic employment often involves him in.
Favorite Modes of Transportation: His motorcycle or portals.
Character Flaws: Stubbornness, ingrained guilt from failing to resurrect his sister, and a disregard for his own safety when he can help someone else.
Powers: Fireballs, the power to steal the magical abilities of others, portals, summoning and controlling the dead, Felflame (from the demon trapped in him. This is a fail-safe power and is only used in dire circumstances.)
Demonic Service: He is under contract to the demon Vivecka. He collects magic powers and magical objects for her. In return, she grants him virtual immortality by resurrecting him should he die.
Vice: Alcohol, Deathwish
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Kellen is one of the fundamental characters of the Angels and Demons series. Fun fact, Kellen is the character that inspired the whole series. I first came up with the idea of Kellen about ten years ago and I built this lore around the character, layering in other characters as I went.
Kellen's full name is revealed in the ending to the first book, All The Things You Left Behind, to show that he's grown to care for and trust Lauren. It's his form of saying, "I love you." He's trusting her with who he is fully, finally. His name is Kellen Connor Pembrooke.
He is 134 years old in ATTYLB, which places him at 136 when the events begin in The Red Lady.
Kellen is a necromancer, which means he's a magic user who communicates with and can summon the dead. Or as most of the characters say, "He works with dead people."
The story of how he became a necromancer is not as important as why he became one. When he was 8 years old a demon killed his older sister. Kellen never got over that. He began studying necromancy as early as he could begin to find out information on the practice. Once he was proficient enough he began trying to raise his sister from the dead.
He never succeeds but he also never quite gives up. Kellen turns his vengeance toward the demon who killed his sister when he feels that he won't be able to bring her back. That's where he meets Vivecka.
Vivecka is a minor demon, but she agrees to grant Kellen the power to destroy the demon if he becomes part of her demonic ranks of magic collectors. Kellen accepts and faces off with Raslin.
Kellen has more power than a necromancer, and not all of it comes from just picking up the odd magic trick during his service to Vivecka. When he faced off with Raslin, instead of destroying the demon outright, Raslin became trapped within Kellen. Safe from harming anyone else, but screaming inside Kellen's mind.
Vivecka had tricked Kellen but also betrayed her lover, Raslin to gain more power for herself. Kellen can unleash Raslin's felflame that glows purple, but as it becomes apparent later on that power can come with a hefty price tag.
Tormented by nightmares, Kellen goes through decades of systematically trying to destroy himself. When he finally meets Lauren, he is resolute in his wish to not exist. He doesn't know quite what to make of her, and he isn't the most approachable person.
Kellen despises people who look up to him or who depend on him. He doesn't want to be anyone's hero, and actively pushes people toward anyone but him. No matter how hard he tries to just fade away though, he is driven to protect those he cares about... and that's how he lands himself in the position he is in during the war. He stands between the demons and natherials, not fully demon and not fully human.
So, that's Kellen.. a sometimes drunken, often belligerent, yet entirely endearing Irish necromancer with shockingly red hair. Is he perhaps one of my favorite characters to date?
As he would say, "Oh, aye."
Dress: Long duster, black cloth cap that he keeps pulled down to hide his red hair, jeans, and button-up shirts. He dresses plainly, in muted colors. He strives to not draw attention to himself due to the illegal activities that his demonic employment often involves him in.
Favorite Modes of Transportation: His motorcycle or portals.
Character Flaws: Stubbornness, ingrained guilt from failing to resurrect his sister, and a disregard for his own safety when he can help someone else.
Powers: Fireballs, the power to steal the magical abilities of others, portals, summoning and controlling the dead, Felflame (from the demon trapped in him. This is a fail-safe power and is only used in dire circumstances.)
Demonic Service: He is under contract to the demon Vivecka. He collects magic powers and magical objects for her. In return, she grants him virtual immortality by resurrecting him should he die.
Vice: Alcohol, Deathwish
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Kellen is one of the fundamental characters of the Angels and Demons series. Fun fact, Kellen is the character that inspired the whole series. I first came up with the idea of Kellen about ten years ago and I built this lore around the character, layering in other characters as I went.
Kellen's full name is revealed in the ending to the first book, All The Things You Left Behind, to show that he's grown to care for and trust Lauren. It's his form of saying, "I love you." He's trusting her with who he is fully, finally. His name is Kellen Connor Pembrooke.
He is 134 years old in ATTYLB, which places him at 136 when the events begin in The Red Lady.
Kellen is a necromancer, which means he's a magic user who communicates with and can summon the dead. Or as most of the characters say, "He works with dead people."
The story of how he became a necromancer is not as important as why he became one. When he was 8 years old a demon killed his older sister. Kellen never got over that. He began studying necromancy as early as he could begin to find out information on the practice. Once he was proficient enough he began trying to raise his sister from the dead.
He never succeeds but he also never quite gives up. Kellen turns his vengeance toward the demon who killed his sister when he feels that he won't be able to bring her back. That's where he meets Vivecka.
Vivecka is a minor demon, but she agrees to grant Kellen the power to destroy the demon if he becomes part of her demonic ranks of magic collectors. Kellen accepts and faces off with Raslin.
Kellen has more power than a necromancer, and not all of it comes from just picking up the odd magic trick during his service to Vivecka. When he faced off with Raslin, instead of destroying the demon outright, Raslin became trapped within Kellen. Safe from harming anyone else, but screaming inside Kellen's mind.
Vivecka had tricked Kellen but also betrayed her lover, Raslin to gain more power for herself. Kellen can unleash Raslin's felflame that glows purple, but as it becomes apparent later on that power can come with a hefty price tag.
Tormented by nightmares, Kellen goes through decades of systematically trying to destroy himself. When he finally meets Lauren, he is resolute in his wish to not exist. He doesn't know quite what to make of her, and he isn't the most approachable person.
Kellen despises people who look up to him or who depend on him. He doesn't want to be anyone's hero, and actively pushes people toward anyone but him. No matter how hard he tries to just fade away though, he is driven to protect those he cares about... and that's how he lands himself in the position he is in during the war. He stands between the demons and natherials, not fully demon and not fully human.
So, that's Kellen.. a sometimes drunken, often belligerent, yet entirely endearing Irish necromancer with shockingly red hair. Is he perhaps one of my favorite characters to date?
As he would say, "Oh, aye."
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