REAL NAME: Keary McKenna
Age: Early twenties
OCCUPATION: Student
AFFILIATIONS: The
Morrigan
BACKGROUND: Every generation has a
guardian
to protect the Earth from the another realm, one made up of the essence
of Man's dreams. Creatures inhabited this other realm, creatures
anxious to walk our Earth, and sometimes these creatures would find a
breach
that allowed them to enter our world. These breaches were
especially
common in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, hence a guardian is
especially
needed here. This guardian is known as The Morrigan. Once there
were
dozens of Morrigans, but over the centuries their numbers
dwindled.
Only the seventh offspring of a seventh
offspring
could become one, and with the purges of Cromwell, the potato famine,
and
mass exodus to the 'States many of whom who could have become one had
dwindled.
The last to bear the cloak was Sorcha Regan, who had inherited it from
her grandfather. Over time she sought out a replacement, but it
had
proven difficult. At last she found a girl, Keary McKenna.
Keary was not enthused.
Keary was a simple girl who wished nothing more to attend college, become a novelist and travel the globe. She had big plans and wanted nothing to do with being a hero. but despite Sorcha's abrasive personality the woman could be persuasive, and at heart Keary was a patriot who loved her country. Reluctantly she donned the cloak and began her training.
Then the EDI overtook the world and Keary was forced to become the Morrigan years too soon when the first was captured. She followed Sorcha's emergency plan and summoned the Faerie to aid in driving back the invaders. Sorcha was rescued, and was surprised to find a change in the girl who wanted to be anything but The Morrigan. Keary McKenna saw the beasts who waited to attack her home, and now at last she understood what it meant to be The Morrigan. And while she would ever be a reluctant hero she would bleed and die for her land.
PERSONALITY: Keary is a pleasant, sensible and
intelligent
girl whose new apprenticeship has sobered her greatly. While she
still harbors dreams of writing and travel she knows they must take
second
place to her destiny.
POWERS: The Morrigan is the guardian that stands
between our conscious reality and the dreamstuff that lurks
beneath.
She has inherited various magical powers along with her charge to make
her a worthy guardian. The most common powers she has displayed
have
been flight, physical resilience, super human strength (although
nothing
nearly approaching someone like Lionheart), and the ability to pass
between
shadows. When she dons her tattered black cloak she also dons a
field
that reacts to the unconscious fears all men and women. People
are
nervous around her, they react to her presence in an unconscious and
negative
way that gives her a subtle edge. She is also able to call upon
the
hidden dreams and fears of any person and manifest them, stunning them.
The Morrigan is also able to control flocks of birds, most notably
ravens
and crows, and is able to see and communicate through them.
Keary has grown quite knowledgeable regarding
magic lore both through personal experience and tutoring under both Grimoire and Sorcha.