Keioseth
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"In the struggle against evil, there is no shame in defeat -- only in not fighting." - Steven Hart
Appearance
Kyran Hunt-McIlroy has a fairly slender build and though he is seen with bright red hair his natural hair color is actually a Redish Brown. He stands around 6'0".
Personality
Ky is ever the optimist, he tries to keep the morale of his friends and compatriots high even in the most daunting of scenarios. He's generally good natured but has a quick temper though he rarely loses control of it. He is very protective of friends and family, coming to their assistance no matter what the reason.
He is also very sarcastic and witty.
Background
Tales in Crimson: Origins
Kyran was born on Kirkland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, NM to his mother, an Irish airplane mechanic, and his father, a jet pilot. Shortly after he was born his father was stationed in Western Europe, he and his mother moved in with his grandmother in Dublin. In 1992 (he was almost five), his parents moved back to the US to aid in the rebuilding of Detroit after its destruction. His family then moved back to Albuquerque [Well actually to Cedar Crest, a suburb], where he went to high school.
Kyran excelled in school and had enough school credits that at age 15 he was a senior. In his spare time away from school he practiced the Violin and Tai Chi. One day while playing Tai Chi in the woods behind his parent’s house he shot out a bolt of lightning from his fist. The event startled Kyran but excited him as well. He spent the next few months learning to control his newly found powers.
On the school front, he had graduated early. Before he was going to leave for college he was asked to give a speech to his classmates. He was so nervous that, during the speech, he turned invisible. He panicked and lost control of his powers, the resulting spark storm of electricity injured more than 150 of his classmates. Soon after this he left home to try to learn to control his powers better. A few weeks after having left home he met an old man named Wimmer, who sensed that Kyran had powers. He told Kyran that he would help him learn to control his abilities, Kyran agreed.
The old man was a gifted and powerful sorcerer and he created a pocket dimension where they could get all the training they wanted in a matter of days. While in the pocket dimension, they didn’t age as they would in the real world, so they ended training for 5 years with only 4 actual days passing in real time.
Before leaving his teacher to refine his abilities, Wimmer asked that he go to Little Rock, AR to meet a man he said would have something for him. When he arrived there was a large explosion, and unlike everyone else he ran towards it. He turned a corner and found the cause of the explosion, a 15ft tall Power Armor Mech was tearing through the city. The villain was known as Southern Cross, which made sense, the mech looked like a Transformer had scanned the General Lee from the Dukes of Hazzard. He helped take the villain down with the help of a pair of magical katanas he was given by a couple he had saved from Southern Cross’ mech and two members of UNTIL, Razikel and Alister.
Tales in Crimson: Keioseth, Agent of UNTIL
After a mission gone horribly wrong his commander, Razikel, was injured badly losing both legs and badly scarring the rest of his body. Raz blamed Keio and eventually escaped the mental ward at the UN hospital and began a revenge campaign against Keio.
Keio continued to work with UNTIL while one of his old team members attempted to hunt down Raz. After his probation was up from the failed mission he helped many people that would eventually become great friends of his. It was during this time that Keio got in a lot of trouble and gained a troublemaker status at UNTIL. He thought well on his feet and tended to improvise on missions without getting permission to do so.
Keio happened to be in Spain about to head out on a mission when he spotted Raz. He followed him and was lead to the beginning of a wild adventure. It was on this mission that he met the Hero’s known as The Siege, Nanknight, Snipe, and Nexus Prime. The group managed to stop a virus based on Nanknight’s technology from infecting and killing the vast majority of the world’s population. During the main attack Keio had his final battle with Razikel and killed him.
However unbeknownst to him, he was cloned by a machine in the room he fought Raz in. It only had a little bit of Keio’s DNA so it spliced Raz’s in as well. This created a near exact clone of Keio. The main differences being that the clone, named Chaosiris, had black hair instead of blood red hair like Keio, a different eye color, and a darker skin tone.
When Keio finally returned to UNTIL HQ, he was severely punished for disobeying orders although he was still allowed to stay in UNTIL and not go to the brig because he did indeed aid the saving of the world. It was after this that he began thinking about possibly leaving UNTIL to spread his wings again. He began feeling that UNTIL was holding him down and keeping him from reaching his true potential.
A few months after this he met the Independents, well a few members of the currently defunct group, they joined together with several other heroes to take down a villain named Mr. M, who had was working at Area 51 and performing time travel experiments unknown to the military. After this he formally left UNTIL as an operative and started up his own Private Detective business called K.O. Investigations.
He is currently leading the Independents after Synapse, the leader, vanished and is a prominent member of Siege Force, a group with UNTIL and PRIMUS backing started by his friend Nanknight with his help. He is also typically found hanging out with the members of Meta-S.W.A.T. or at Millennium City University were he is working on a degree in Archaeology.
Tales in Crimson: The Day the World Went Away
With the success of the Independents and his private investigation firm, life was going well for Keio though his thoughts were on his parents often. His relationship with Alenna was growing and one day he called the Indy's to Independence Tower for a supposed "threat," though it was just a ruse and he asked Alenna to marry him.
On what should have been their happiest day, a great tragedy happened. Chaosiris launched an attack on the wedding injuring many of the guests and in an attempt to save Alenna from an attack he lost his left arm via a sword attack made by the villain. Alenna attacked Chaosiris managing to run him through with a knife and leave a huge gash across his right cheek. Before he made his escape he shot Alenna which eventually lead to her falling into a coma then dying.
After this event, Keio's belief that Chaosiris could be rehabilitated into a productive member of society was lost and he began a revenge campaign against the villain. His friend DS brought the campaign to an end when he stopped Keio from murdering Chaosiris when the two met in combat in Nevada. It was after this event that Chaosiris started the terrorist organization RENEGADE.
Tales in Crimson: No Time to Roll Over and Die
After over a year of mourning, Keio was a shell of the man he used to be. He went to visit the grave of Alenna and on his way there he thought he saw her and gave chase. When he arrived at the location he thought he saw her go to a Mega-Destroid rose from the ground and he and many other heroes, including the members of Meta-SWAT, took on the hulking figure and defeated it. Believing that Alenna had lead him to this spot for this reason he realized she hadn't truly left his side and he returned to heroing.
Tales in Crimson: Blood Moon Chronicles
The days before the rise of the Blood Moon, Keio began experiencing prophetic dreams and shared this with a man who had become a good friend. Striker. He confirmed Keio’s worries, Meta-SWAT along with several other groups were preparing for a war. He wanted to make a difference so he asked his friend if he could join up with Meta-SWAT.
The Day before the rise of Tacofanes and the Blood Moon, Keio was accepted into the ranks of Meta-SWAT. During the opening days of “Zombiegeddon,” as he came to call it, Keio rushed blindly into hordes of zombies hoping to prove himself. This caused him and his Meta-SWAT issued A.C.E.S. to get severe injuries.
He managed to break his left leg, fracture 4 ribs on his left side and 2 on his right, and decimate 4 suits within two days of the start of the war with the undead. After being patched up by Mercy and being given some healing nanites by Silver Eagle, he spent the next few days working at the hospital and defending it from the Zombie onslaught with Rezz. He specifically spent time working with the children in the hospital even going as far as to get them costumes so that they could go trick ‘r’ treating within the safety of the hospital.
During this time he and a group of heroes also managed to track down and destroy a RENEGADE Draysha Factory that was run by Chaosiris. He was again injured when the minions of Dr. Destoryer unleashed a Mega-Destroid on the war torn Millennium City, managing to dislocate his shoulder and fracture his wrist after being backhanded by the giant robot.
Keio got a cast put on it and modified his armor to protect that wrist. He was recuperating at his favorite lookout spot high above the Renaissance Center, when he received word from Striker that Tacofanes was making a final push. They had been planning to launch an assault on his forces within a few days but this push had almost all but destroyed their plans.
Striker managed to get a sizable force of heroes together to launch an attack against the Lich. Keio was assigned to infiltrate the Crypt of the Hero known as Vigil with Giga Gal. The duo walked through the legions of undead with the crypt like an army of two. During the battle with the Cryptlord Keio was thrown into a mess of metal and impaled by a piece of metal looking like rebar. Giga managed to finish the fight and get Keio to safety before the energies locked them within the crypt.
Upon getting back to the Garage, Keio was fixed up by Eclipse, Sunbird, Darius Phen, and Silver Eagle.
Tales in Crimson: Life after the Undeath
Keio was house-ridden for a few days after the Blood Moon had set to recover from his injuries. He's been taking it easy, although he was attack by RENEGADE agents at his apartment. Recently his wrist was mysterious healed shortly after Kasha Koeing came by to see him and sign the cast. The following day he lead a strike force comprised himself, Silver Eagle, Brazen Bull, ARGENT Arrow, and Tengoku to rescue the Mayor from an attack by RENEGADE.
Since the Mayor's rescue, Keio has dealt with a few problems here and there but he hasn't had much business at K.O. Investigations due to the Mayor taking a stab at him in the papers. The bad spin on the rescue from several papers, coupled with the Mayors take on event, had lead to a steep decline in faith for the company. Keio has since been concentrating on school rather than work.
Tales in Crimson: Meta-SWAT's Downfall
After the events of the "Zombiegeddon" the leader of the Meta-SWAT team, Striker, went on a much needed vacation. Shortly their after the team splintered over leadership issues and soon only Keio and Flynn were the only ones left. Flynn vanished along with all the others and Keio spent his days working in the Garage, learning everything there was about the ACES, and improving upon the basics of the suits. During this time, Keio ran a lot of missions with the Independents while he tinkered away in the Garage and even managed to put his arch-nemesis Chaosiris behind bars.
Tales in Crimson: Death and Rebirth
While investigating a mass murder in the northern part of Millennium City, Keio was pulled into a massive government conspiracy. While investigating the conspiracy he crosses paths with two of his old friends Mantis and Seraph. He learned the conspiracy is about them and Flynn reappears. The man behind the conspiracy is the same man who tired to have Keio killed many years ago and both Mantis and Seraph were after him. After a heated discussion, Seraph planned on killing a lot of people to draw the man out. Keio wouldn't let her and she began trying to kill him. Flynn forced Keio into protective services and Keio left for a while to visit his Grandmother in Ireland.
Upon Keio's safe return he and Flynn started breathing life back into the Meta-SWAT team and as a team began working on the attacks made by the villain Superior. During what was thought to be the final fight with Superior, the new recruit Sunspot and himself took the helmet of Superior to the metal works and melt it. In the scuffle Keio lost his left arm and the helmet was destroyed with Superior in tow. This was not the case...
Though his body was destroyed his mind was still in Millennium City and it began haunting Keio. Eventually this lead to Superior trying to take over Keio's body, to stop this Keio sacrificed himself to stop this from happening.
With the help of Chaosiris and Dusk Owl, his soul was able to return to his body after being in the afterlife for almost a month.
Tales in Crimson: No Rest for the Wicked
After returning from the dead, Keio spent the following weeks relearning his life. Due to the cloning process, the cloned brain didn't have his memories. As his soul integrated with the body, he regained his memories. Soon he was allowed to return to service and he began work on making the ACES once again.
One day while working in the Garage a car pulled up to the entrance. Out stepped several UNTIL suits, which did not please Keio that much considering the rocky relationship the group and he had. Apparently they were keeping tabs on the recently resurrected SWAT Director and informed him that upon his return top the land of the living a being was stowed away and was wreaking havoc. He was escorted to the UNITY base in Millennium City and met with the people there. While not pleased with the thought of working with UNTIL again he couldn't let innocent people get harmed in the process.
He was tasked with forming a team to take down this creature. He selected two members of SWAT, Sgt. Aeva "Sunspot" Marone and Agent Xan, along with Moonchilde and another hero. The group stepped onto the UNITY teleporter and were about to be sent to where the creature's last known location was when the signal was intercepted and the group ended up in some mysterious dungeon. After the group escaped they went to locate an exit and were met by each of their Nemeses, Sans Chaosiris, and the creature that had escaped where ever Keio's Soul was. Upon defeating the group they found their way out of the dungeon and beamed back to UNITY HQ.
A few weeks passed and upon the return of Lt. Flynn and Aeva from a much needed vacation, the trio rescued several city works at City Hall when VIPER captured the building. After the successful rescue of all hostages and the arrest of all VIPER agents, Keio went to talk with the Mayor. The Mayor and Keio rarely saw eye to eye since Keio took over Meta-S.W.A.T. but the pair worked passed their differences and the Mayor agreed to raise the teams budget. With this Keio made plans to overhaul all of the teams ACES, even the ones not being used.
Soon after this he met up with his good friend Darius Phen, whom he hadn't seen in several months and the two got caught up. Keio welcomed the Blue Wolf back to SWAT and just after that he recieved a message from the Curator at the Downtown Museum. Several Qulaar had ransacked the Museum and were attemping to free a monster that was on display by bringing him back up to full size rather than his miniature form. Aeva, Darius, and Keio reported to the scene and quickly took out all of the Qulaar and Darius managed to Incapacitate the Godzilla-like monster. Keio also met with the members of The Protectorate and the two groups formed an alliance that was mutually beneficial to both parties. It allowed SWAT access to some very capable technicians and gave the Protectorate allies to call upon
Tales in Crimson: All Your Base...
On the night that the ACES were to be taken to get overhauled, the transport chopper was shot down by Chaosiris and a group of RENEGADE soldiers. The chopper crashed into the Garage destroying most of it, catching the rest of it on fire, and trapping Keio inside. Keio managed to successfully transfer the team AI into his goggles before the ceiling collapsed on top of him. Outside the burning building, Aeva, Darius, Agent Cathy Smith, and MCPD Officer Taranis began attempting to find Keio but were soon met with sniper and machine gun fire from Chaosiris and the Renegade Troops.
Aeva was pegged in the gut by a Sniper round, Taranis and Cathy took multiple shots as well while Darius attempted to shield his friends from the machine gun fire but soon he was exhausted and fell unconscious. Several heroes raced to the rescue of the team and soon they were taken to Mercy General where, after several days, the group was healed. Aeva had to get surgery to remove the damaged part of her liver and Keio had to have implants placed along his spine so that he could walk again. Both have recovered along with their friends.
Connections
Tucker AKA "Synapse": Syn was the original leader of the Independents before Keio took over for him. Though he only knew him for a time he was a great influence on Keio.
Aeonscythe: Since his first encounter with The Independents, Aeon has been a great friend to Keio and a kindred spirit.
Devil Squid: Keio and DS are like twin brothers the get along great most of the time, DS is just a bit more amoral than Keio.
Striker: Ever since leaving UNTIL and starting up K.O.! Investigations, Striker has been a constant friend and like an older brother to Keio. He's a person that Keio has immense respect for.
The Independents: A group that Keio took command of as a promise to Synapse.
Meta-S.W.A.T.: Being an Independent hero means that you hang out with all kinds of groups. Keio has recently joined their ranks.
Sunspot: Aeva has become like a sister to Keio and he owes his life to her.
Flynn: Flynn is one of Keio's closest friends, the two of them love to give each other shit.
Darius Phen: Keio's oldest friend in SWAT, the two like to hang out after they get off of work and eat chicken at Keio's place.
Dusk Owl: Keio has had a crush on her since he first met her at his birthday party. Since then the two have become good friends.
Tin Man: Another best bud of Keio's, the two have been through hell and back together and respect each other as warriors and friends. The two often spar whenever they have time.
Hellion: Keio's older brother, Orson.
Thundrax: A recent friend of Keio's, he's always had Keio's respect and the two have recently began sparring with each other.
Overwatch: Adrian is easily Keio's favorite person in MCPD who isn't a member of SWAT.
Abilities
Electricity Manipulation: Keioseth is able to store large amounts of electricity in his body for use in many ways. His most common uses for this ability comes in the form of bolts of lightning he fires at opponents from his fists. He also able to supercharge his muscles temporarily for increased speed, agility, and strength. In his practices with his powers he has recently figured out who to fly as well. 
Martial Arts: He uses a hybrid style mixing elements of Tai Chi Chuan and Tae Kwon Do.
Invisibility: Using his supercharged electrical powers Keio can bend light around him causing him to turn invisible to the naked eye.
Minor Psychic Abilities: Ever since he was a child, Keio has had some precognitive and telepathic abilities. The precognitive abilities usually manifest in dreams or day-dreams. When he was young he just figured it was Deja vu, but after joining UNTIL they quickly attempted to fully awaken the abilities, however the processes never took.
Equipment
- Two "Shellie" UNTIL SMG's he calls "Truth" and "Consequences."
- A pump action Remington 870 Shotgun he calls his "Boomstick."
- An M134 "Minigun" he calls "Bessie."
- Twin Katanas - "Tenshi" and "Konran."
Meta-S.W.A.T. Issued ACES: After managing to decimate four standard issued ACES during the opening days of the Zombie Apocalypse, Silver Eagle designed a slightly heavier version based off of an old suit of his. Keio has yet to severely damage this armor despite a battle with Black Adder and his Nemesis Chaosiris.
After the destruction of the garage, Keio took some designs that fellow SWAT member Silver Eagle had drawn up and made the ACE Mk 2's. Keeping a design Silver had made specifically for him, Keio also made himself a heavier suit titled the E.V.O. (Extremely Violent Operations), essentially his own Riot Armor.
Known Enemies
Chaosiris: A clone of him that runs the terrorist organization RENEGADE.
Rhino Tank:
Southern Cross:
The Master of Puppets:
Mistress Temptest:
La Llorona & La Mala Hora:
Trivia
Facts
- Plays the violin.
- Loves video games [One of his inspirations for heroing].
- Enjoys dancing.
- Enjoys cooking.
- Is good with computers and a decent hacker.
- Enjoys explosives and fire.
Rumor Mill
Rumor has it that...
- ...he may have a crush on the heroine known as Dusk Owl.
- ...he may be entering a relationship with Mercy, who was recently seen wearing his clothes.
- ...he may not actually be human.
- ...he once traveled back in time to stop a supervillain from changing history.
- ...he once was kissed by the hero known as Mr. Grimm
- ...he sings in the shower.
- ...he sings while flying around the city.
- ...he may be addicted to ibuprofen.
- ...he once inadvertently blew up a building on the West Side of Millennium City because a pretty girl asked him for an autograph while he had a grenade armed.
- ...he may be a thief.
- ...he was seen at a club dancing with the host of a Horror Movie Show.
- ...he was accidentally transported to a different dimension because he read a sticky note left in a book at the MCU library. He came back battle worn, with a sack of gold, a bra hanging off his shoulder, and a lipstick kiss mark on his cheek.
Opinions
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- "He's a rock star." - Phalanxer Yellowjacket X
- "No, he's not my brother, but yes he is my family. I look out for him, and he looks out for me. That's what family does. That, and he's a great wingman." - Striker
- "Brash, brash, brash! Every time he steps out in that suit and comes back in tatters, I'm that much closer to figuring out how a heart attack feels. Still, I adore him. Just don't let that get out or he'll go all sorts of swagger." - Mercy
- "Probably the biggest strain on Meta-SWAT's engineering team to have ever been sworn in. That said? You can't fault his enthusiasm." Skylance
- "Awwww jeeez man, not another freaking work-ticket for Keioseth! I'm gonna need another box of Hot Pockets, a size 16 spanner, and a box of tissue for all the crying..." - Phalanxer Yellowjacket X
- "He's certainly optimistic and is quite passionate about what he does. Though it seems like every time I see him, he's got himself hurt in some way. I still remember the day when I saw him needing to be literally ripped out of his own combat armor. That being said though, I really, really hope that what he says about him being lucky holds up. I don't want to see him hurt beyond what can be healed." -- Darius Phen
- "We are one..." -- Superior
- "What can I say? He's my brother, and a good kid. Got a good head on his shoulders. Pity he won't drink with me more often." -- Hellion
Extra
"Currently owes his life to..."
Meta-Data
Characters Favorite Song
Moonlight Sonata:
Theme Song
Personal Soundtrack
Waking Up: The Rocky Road to Dublin - Dropkick Murphys
Going to Work: La Grange - ZZ Top
Running Missions: It's Not My Time - 3 Doors Down
Fight Song: Thunder - The Prodigy
Going for a Drive: - Someday - Flipsyde
Memories: Until it Sleeps - Apocalypitca
Before the Final Fight: Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim
Battle with Nemesis: Battery - Metallica
End of the Day: Aerodynamic (Daft Club Remix) - Daft Punk
Live Action
Actor: Andrew Lee Potts
Inspirations
Reno [From Final Fantasy 7]: For his laid-back attitude and hair.
Spiderman: For his witty reprises and attitude during fights.
Myself: My sarcasm is amplified through Keio.
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