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''”On your end step, I take my entire turn, then untap, upkeep, draw, and pass”''
 
''”On your end step, I take my entire turn, then untap, upkeep, draw, and pass”''
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==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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Kieran is a cross-gamer who began playing Amtgard in early 2016.  
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Kieran began playing Amtgard in early 2016. He discovered the game via a series facebook posts made by [[Devry]] on other LARP pages.
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He wanted to think up a cool persona name, but didn't do it quick enough. Now he's stuck using his real first-name. In 2019, he took the surname "The Lucky" after winning ''five different things'' in a big Kingdom blanket-drive raffle. ''<small>Others called it luck, but Kieran insists it was merely optimization of mathematical probability with proper ticket placement.</small>''
  
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He wanted to think up a cool persona name, but didn't do it quick enough. Now he's stuck using his real first-name. In 2019, he took the surname "The Lucky" after winning ''five different things'' in a big Kingdom fundraiser raffle. ''<small>Others called it luck, but Kieran insists it was merely optimization of mathematical probability with proper ticket placement.</small>''
 
  
 
==Persona==
 
==Persona==
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Kieran's character is a [[Mimic_(monster)|Shapeshifter]] from '''Vesuva'''. ''([https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Vesuva Vesuva] is an island in '''Magic: The Gathering''' lore, inhabited entirely by a race of shape-stealing Mimics able to take the forms of living creatures)'' Kieran is a gleeful impostor, who delights in eating his prey before stealing its identity. He loves [[Kieran the Lucky#That Big Monster Quest|exploring all the shapes]] and modalities of life, sometimes stealing several identities in a single day, rarely wearing the same skin twice.
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Kieran's character is a [[Mimic_(monster)|Shapeshifter]] from the island of '''[https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Vesuva Vesuva]'''. ''(from '''Magic: The Gathering''' lore)'' Kieran is a audacious impostor who delights in eating/absorbing his prey before stealing its identity. He loves [[Kieran the Lucky#That Big Monster Quest|exploring all the shapes]] and modalities of life, sometimes stealing several identities in a single day, rarely wearing the same skin twice.
  
 
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Volrath is a small, highly intelligent [[Mimic_(monster)|Mimic]] who accompanies Lord Kieran on his adventures. Volrath usually takes the form of a golden [[Crown#Examples_of_Crowns|lord's coronet]] covered in eyeballs, and rides atop Kieran's head, whispering crazy ideas in Kieran's ear.
 
Volrath is a small, highly intelligent [[Mimic_(monster)|Mimic]] who accompanies Lord Kieran on his adventures. Volrath usually takes the form of a golden [[Crown#Examples_of_Crowns|lord's coronet]] covered in eyeballs, and rides atop Kieran's head, whispering crazy ideas in Kieran's ear.
  
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==Belted Family==
 
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{{Kieran belted line}}
 
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==Affiliated Groups==
 
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* Member of [[Adeptus Anthrobovinius]] ''(a [[Minotaur]] household)''.
 
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* Member of '''The Devourers''' ''(a monster-player household)''.
 
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* CEO of [[Gaily Forward Alchemy]] ''(a fictional corporation, known for brewing high-potency [[Trinkets|potions]] using morally-questionable methodologies)''.
 
  
 
==Notable Accomplishments==
 
==Notable Accomplishments==
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=====<u>Outside of Amtgard</u>=====
 
=====<u>Outside of Amtgard</u>=====
 
* Co-founder of the PaNNC ([https://www.pannc.org/our-team.html Pacific Northwest Nerf Club]), which organizes massive nerf gun battles in WA and OR. '''Notably:''' Kieran is responsible for the PaNNC adopting a policy wherein '''Amtgard boffers and shields''' are usable at PaNNC nerf-gun-fight events.
 
* Co-founder of the PaNNC ([https://www.pannc.org/our-team.html Pacific Northwest Nerf Club]), which organizes massive nerf gun battles in WA and OR. '''Notably:''' Kieran is responsible for the PaNNC adopting a policy wherein '''Amtgard boffers and shields''' are usable at PaNNC nerf-gun-fight events.
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==Belted Family==
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{{Kieran belted line}}
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==Positions Served==
 
==Positions Served==
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* Served a term as [[Monarch]] of [[Flooded Mountains]] in 2022.
 
* Served a term as [[Monarch]] of [[Flooded Mountains]] in 2022.
 
* Served a term as [[Regent]] of [[Flooded Mountains]] in 2021.
 
* Served a term as [[Regent]] of [[Flooded Mountains]] in 2021.
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==Past Relics Held==
 
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* 2020: [[Amulet of Tracking]] - Won in a fundraiser-raffle for [[Flooded Mountains | FM]].
 
* 2020: [[Amulet of Tracking]] - Won in a fundraiser-raffle for [[Flooded Mountains | FM]].
 
* 2019: [[Wand of Release]] - Awarded by [[Shrouding Mist | SM]]'s monarch [[Q (NL, no relation) | Q]], for excellent reeving while not-in-office.
 
* 2019: [[Wand of Release]] - Awarded by [[Shrouding Mist | SM]]'s monarch [[Q (NL, no relation) | Q]], for excellent reeving while not-in-office.
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==Affiliated Groups==
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* Member of [[Adeptus Anthrobovinius]] ''(a [[Minotaur]] household)''.
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* Member of '''The Devourers''' ''(a monster-player household)''.
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* CEO of [[Gaily Forward Alchemy]] ''(a fictional corporation, known for brewing high-potency [[Trinkets|potions]] using morally-questionable methodologies)''.
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==Additional Images==
 
==Additional Images==
 
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==Links==
 
==Links==

Revision as of 21:27, 3 April 2023


Lord Kieran the Lucky is a player from the Barony of Greenwood Keep, in the Kingdom of Northern Lights.


Quote

”On your end step, I take my entire turn, then untap, upkeep, draw, and pass”


Biography

Kieran began playing Amtgard in early 2016. He discovered the game via a series facebook posts made by Devry on other LARP pages.

He wanted to think up a cool persona name, but didn't do it quick enough. Now he's stuck using his real first-name. In 2019, he took the surname "The Lucky" after winning five different things in a big Kingdom blanket-drive raffle. Others called it luck, but Kieran insists it was merely optimization of mathematical probability with proper ticket placement.


Persona

Kieran's character is a Shapeshifter from the island of Vesuva. (from Magic: The Gathering lore) Kieran is a audacious impostor who delights in eating/absorbing his prey before stealing its identity. He loves exploring all the shapes and modalities of life, sometimes stealing several identities in a single day, rarely wearing the same skin twice.

Volrath.jpg
Volrath, a sentient hat.

Volrath

Volrath is a small, highly intelligent Mimic who accompanies Lord Kieran on his adventures. Volrath usually takes the form of a golden lord's coronet covered in eyeballs, and rides atop Kieran's head, whispering crazy ideas in Kieran's ear.


Notable Accomplishments

That Big Monster Quest

In 2018, Kieran embarked on a quest to play every battle-game monster in the Dor Un Avathar. This took more than four years. On October 1st 2022 at NLCC: Kieran finally completed this quest. To date, Kieran is the only player from any kingdom, known to have played every v8 battlegame monster.

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Flooded Mountains flag.
In Amtgard
Outside of Amtgard
  • Co-founder of the PaNNC (Pacific Northwest Nerf Club), which organizes massive nerf gun battles in WA and OR. Notably: Kieran is responsible for the PaNNC adopting a policy wherein Amtgard boffers and shields are usable at PaNNC nerf-gun-fight events.


Belted Family



Positions Served

Kingdom
Land


Past Relics Held

Kingdom
Land


Affiliated Groups

  • Member of The Devourers (a monster-player household).


Additional Images

none


Links

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