Kieran the Lucky

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 is a cross-gamer who began playing Amtgard in early 2016. His other interests include costuming, Magic: The Gathering, NERF wars, SCA heavy-combat, Photoshopping, and game-design.

Persona

Kieran's character is a Shapeshifter from 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 exploring all the shapes and modalities of life, sometimes stealing several identities in a single day, rarely wearing the same skin twice.

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.

Belted Family

• Man-at-Arms Anwbis Darkhelm
• Page Krawo
• Page Orc Elfsplitter

Affiliated Groups

• Member of Adeptus Anthrobovinius (a Minotaur household).

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

• CEO of Gaily Forward Alchemy (a fictional corporation, known for brewing high-potency potions using morally-questionable methodologies).

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 monster.

In Amtgard

• Paragon Monster
• Lord
• Runs a long series of "How To Play Monster" workshops, which have thus far been held at the lands of BE, SM, DFV, FM, and GWK.
• Runs a twice-annual "Voltron" MTG Commander tournament held at various coronation campouts.
• Created and ran the Flooded Mountains Minecraft Server, a modded Amtgard-themed server which was active during the covid lockdowns.
• Creator of the heraldry and flag for the land of Flooded Mountains.

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.

Positions Served

Kingdom

• Currently serving his second term as Northern Lights Kingdom Guild Master of Monsters.
• Currently serving as the Northern Lights Kingdom Guild Master of Wizards.
• Served once as Northern Lights Kingdom Guild Master of Bards.

Land

• Served a term as Monarch of Flooded Mountains in 2022.
• Served a term as Regent of Flooded Mountains during COVID lockdowns, wherein he was the most active land-level Regent in the Kingdom of NL (organizing many online group-gaming events).

Relics Held

Kingdom

• 2022: NL Sword of Storms - Awarded for excellent portrayal of a Deadly Slime in the Kingdom's relic quest.
• 2018: NL Shard of Azrael - Awarded for excellent portrayal of a Brute Zombie in the Kingdom's relic quest, which granted Iron Will(T).
• 2017: NL Sword of Storms - which Kieran re-gifted to the champion of his fighting company.
• 2017: NL Prayer Beads of the Fallen Monk, which granted Enlightened Soul (T)

Land

• 2020: Amulet of Tracking - Won in a fundraiser-raffle for FM.
• 2019: Wand of Release - Awarded by SM's monarch Q, for excellent reeving while not-in-office.

Additional Images

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Links

• Facebook Page
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