Keira Ryans

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Summary

Name Keira Aislinn Ryans Aliases Keira Aislinn Fionn Status Registered Expressive (Class U Unknown) Ability Registered: Unknown (Previously Involuntary Tactile Shapeshifting; ability no longer functional) Actual: Post-Mortem Shapeshifting Gender Female Birthdate May 24, 1983 Age 35 Height 5'7" Build Tiny Eyes One Blue, One Missing (Occasionally, she wears a glass eye that looks mostly real) Hair Varies (usually brunette or blonde) Residence 41st Precinct Employment 41st Precinct Parents Deirdre Madigan Fionn (Estranged) "Brick" Ryans (Whereabouts Unknown) Siblings Graeme Cormac Marital Status Strong and Independent Woman Who Don't Need No Man Children Never ever First Scene Like a Kid at Disney World (first scene ever) Farmer's Market Meets Dumpster Diving (first Aftermath scene) Last Scene Two Masks Profile Keira is a rough and tumble criminal type who makes up for her diminutive size with her general ferocity toward those who displease her.

portrayed by Ruby Rose

Background

In March of 2011, Keira departed from New York City to get away from Humanis First and prevent both her lover (Amadeus) and her brother (Graeme) from seeing any harsh effects from her admittedly unwitting associations. Initially, she traveled the country a bit, using the money saved up from her rather lucrative line of work, before settling into her brother's guest house in New Mexico. She stayed there for roughly two months, before getting sick of things, and making her way down to the border.

Over the course of six months or so, Keira made her way across Mexico, making connections, and in general offering her services as a hired gun to whoever might need it. She never stayed in one place for too long — at least, not until she found Cabo in late 2011. With its beautiful beaches and warm atmosphere, it was heaven to Keira. She got herself a small house, and 'retired' in the way that only Keira Fionn could retire — she started up her own business and hired people to run guns and a variety of different things for her. With that old Keira charm, she made a business of shipping guns to and from both Mexico and the US. Perhaps in an act of contrition for her involvement with Humanis First (and for her brother's sake), she always made it a point to assist any pro-Evolved groups that she found seeking her business, and passing upon the business of those with anti-evolved sentiments if she could help it.

When the civil war began, Keira went a step further, reaching out and taking a more active role and going out of her way to do business with those fighting for Evolved equality and occasionally lending a few willing bodies to any who might need the assistance from her tiny little Cabo crime empire.

On May 24th of 2013, Keira's 30th birthday, her entire world turned upside down; the one thing she had always thought, that she was just a regular human, turned out to be completely wrong. It was a particularly wonderful birthday night — she had just completed a rather enjoyable bout of celebrations with her friends and colleagues and was about to enjoy the company of a lover. Both were enjoying the effects of a possibly copious amount of cocaine, and things got a bit heated…and then, suddenly, Keira was a man — no, she was her lover, and her lover was screaming, and then she was screaming in her lover's voice, and then they were scooting away from each other, and then she was screaming in her own voice again, and her lover was screaming again, and everything was a panic.

That night ended with Keira, confused about what had happened, watching as her lover hastily dressed and left, never to return again. She couldn't blame him, really — if she was having sex with someone and they turned into her, she would probably leave and never return, too.

Keira withdrew, running her tiny business from afar as she struggled to understand what was going on. After she oh-so-briefly flickered into the faces of her friends Tibby and Caspian (and back to herself again), she finally determined that she was actually an Evo — and a fresh SLC-E test confirmed this to be true. A bit more exploration with trusted people and Keira finally figured out that she was a shapeshifter of sorts, able to change into a person through touch alone. She couldn't change into her friends, who were also Evolved — only the non-evolved were susceptible to her ability.

She used this to her advantage more than a few times, assuming the identities of other crime bosses in town and summarily destroying their businesses, only to absorb them into her own business.

One can only stay in Cabo while being covered in clothing from neck to toe in clothing before life begins to get sweaty and miserable — and Keira was homesick for her chilly New York weather. The civil war was over, America was sleepily climbing its way out of the hole it had dug itself into, and the New York Safe Zone had just been established. It would be needing someone to handle crime up there, and Keira couldn't help but enjoy the notion of reconnecting with her family — especially now that she has a bit more common ground with them — criminal activity aside.

So, in August of 2016, Keira decided to retire from her life in Cabo. She left her business to her trusted associate (with promises of working together in the future), got together as much money as she could, and made her way back to America. She opted for an (extremely) slow trek across the war-ravaged states, to pay her respects to the country that once was. She stopped in a variety of cities — some inhabited and some no longer able to be — on her way back home. Sometimes it was to pay respects to a once great city — others, it was for making connections and reconnecting with old friends and coworkers (and even crashing a friend's college acting class to learn how to better pretend to be the people that she could now become).

Now, nearly a year and a half later, Keira's finally arrived in New York, ready to set up shop and hopefully figure out how to start a business up here.

Psych Profile

Time has changed a lot for Keira. While she is still a difficult person to get along with, the passage of time and world experience has turned the tiny gangster woman into a much more controlled person than she used to be. Gone are the days of sudden fearsome outbursts resulting in a beating simply for being looked at wrong — instances like these still happen, but Keira is much more reserved about who meets the business end of her fist these days. She will at least try to see some form of reason before she grabs a chair and smashes someone's head in…usually.

There are always exceptions.

Her ability has, strangely enough, made it a bit easier to function in society. She's developed a good bit of acting skill (she even went to a college class for it and shit!), and thus can at least pretend to be a better person than she actually is. Despite her rough exterior, however, Keira is actually a fairly decent human being who just wants to be happy. And have money. And maybe occasionally do some drugs. But money is nicer.

(She may also have a bit of an issue with greed.)

Evolved Ability

	Post-Mortem Shapeshifting
	Keira can turn into dead people.

Main Faces

	Name	Physical Description	First Appearance
	Kevin Ford	5'7", long and curly gray hair, brown eyes, fairly long beard. Fat.	A Faceless Man
	Vernon Cross	6'4", short salt & pepper hair, brown eyes, well-groomed beard. Lanky.	Vigilante Justice

Other Faces

Name	Physical Description	First Appearance
Carl Smith	5'10", short brown hair, green eyes, a hint of a beard. Extremely muscular — definitely works out regularly.	Vigilante Justice

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Facts

Known to Most

• Keira has been involved in the New York City crime scene in some form or another since 2003, though she was apparently absent during the civil war.
• She is in some way involved in the leadership of the 41st Precinct Gang in some form or another; her exact position is unknown, but when she shows up, people do as she says. Most in the gang figure that power is split between her, Kevin, and Vernon.

Known to Some

• Keira has a brother, Graeme Cormac, and is the aunt of one of the daughters of the late Soleil Davignon.
• She and her brother are also the niece and nephew of Ben Ryans.
• Keira was registered as non-evolved prior to the civil war, after a falsely negative SLC-E test made her think she was not evolved.
• She ran an extremely prominent smuggling business out of Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico during the civil war.

Known to Few

• She is a shapeshifter; she can become a completely different person at will, regardless of size or shape. This is a completely convincing physical change even down to tattoos and scars — though mannerisms must be observed and acted out in order to play the part convincingly.
• She is the founder and leader of the 41st Precinct Gang.

Known to Fewer

• The only way Keira can take a new face is by killing whoever she wants to take the face of. This does not work if she orders someone's death; she has to kill the person by her own hand.
• She had a brief stint working for Humanis First…
• …Which ended shortly after she gave away the leadership of the hate group to Richard Ray and fled the country.
• Her two top men that people think she shares leadership of the 41st Precinct with, Kevin and Vernon, aren't actually real — they're just her with a different face.

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Hooks

A Long Journey

In 2016, Keira traveled from Cabo San Lucas in Baja Sur California and made a deliberately slow and steady trek across the country to the Safe Zone over the course of a year and a half. She stopped in many different places, met many people, and made various connections. She even took an acting class with a friend!

Cabo San Lucas

Keira started and ran a successful crime organization in Cabo San Lucas from 2011 until she chose to retire in 2016.

Crime Organization

Keira has a decent sized crime business going on — she is set up in the 41st precinct with a good 50 or so loyal well-armed people under her employ. Would you like to join up? The pay is good and rumor has it, the bosses (whoever they are) treat their employees well.

Death Wishes

Want to kill off your character? I may be able to help.

I Know Your Face

Maybe you knew one of the people who Keira stole a face from? Are you concerned that your friend suddenly went missing? Worried about your coworker who isn't acting like himself? Baffled by your sister who suddenly ran off to join a gang? Talk to me!

New York Crime

Keira has been involved in the crime business for 20 years now; she has worked with many people and has been arrested many times.

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Skills & Other Things

41st Precinct Gang

Keira has formed a decently sized gang of a good fifty or so men, operating out of the old 41st Precinct building in the south Bronx. Her second in command is Tanith, and they run a fairly tight operation of smuggling and drugs and just about everything else in between — though they draw the line at human trafficking. Keira runs this business under the face of Kevin Ford.

Bilingual

Having spent nearly six years in Mexico, Keira is (for the most part) fluent in Spanish.

Connections

Keira has left behind a decent sized crime organization in Cabo, and has spent nearly a year and a half making various connections across the country. She is able to call in a decent amount of favors if need be, from guns to drugs to money to anything else in between, and can usually produce such requests within the span of a week or two. These aren't always free favors — often they cost, be it money or favors in return, and Keira prides herself on repaying her debts.

Crime

At 35, Keira has been involved in organized crime in some form or another her entire life. She's learned a lot of the inner workings of such things through experience, both from working under others and from starting her own business in 2013. She is likely to start up another business in New York, once she figures out the climate — whether it be drugs or guns or anything under the sun.

Dog Friend

Keira likes dogs. They are fun, and they add to intimidation levels — which can be an added bonus when you are only 5'3". Keira is quite good at training dogs to be guard/attack dogs. Currently, she has a well trained South African Boerboel dog named Kaang as her guardian and companion.

Fighting

Keira is still a fighter and has only gotten better with age and experience. If she doesn't have a gun handy, Keira is still a brutal fighter who makes up for her small stature with ferocious attacks, usually using any solid object she can get her hands on. She tends to avoid getting into fist fights these days for obvious reasons, but she will not hesitate to beat someone with a lamp or even stab someone with a pen in a pinch.

Guns

Keira likes guns. Keira has grown up with guns. She likes them big and small and everywhere in between. And she's good at using them, too — over the years, she has become a rather impressively sharp shot, and is able to proficiently use most rifles and handguns — and figuring out new ones tends to come quickly these days. While she has at least a toddling aim with just about any point-and-shoot type weaponry (she could hit the general area of her target with a bazooka, but only just barely), she tends to specialize in handguns and rifles — she especially loves her assault rifles.

Like a Boss

Crime has always been Keira's life. She's been the lowest of the low — and in turn, she has sat at the top of her own small crime organization. Her business was never world class, but she was one of the bigger names in Cabo, at least. She knows how to keep a criminal organization running smoothly, and how to handle all of the issues that might come along with it — and she does so efficiently enough to keep the loyalty of those beneath her.

People Watching

Keira has gotten pretty good at watching people and making note of their general behaviors, in order to more effectively pretend to be them.

Resources

Keira has a good amount of money (to the tune of about $500K in net worth) stashed away from her time running her own organization in Cabo. She (wisely) avoids spending this too much — she has her fair share of fancy belongings (she loves her fully decked out dark purple Cadillac Escalade ESV that she keeps in a garage and treats better than she would treat her own child, and she tends to collect gadgets as well), but otherwise she keeps her money squirreled away for when she really needs it.

South Bronx Food Supply Co.

Keira also has a small food operation in the Bronx, operating a small stall in The Rookery, as well as a standalone store in the Castle Hill neighborhood of the Bronx. She runs this part of her business under the face of Vernon Cross.

Streetwise

Keira has grown up on the streets her entire life; she knows her way around the dark parts of the world, and has come to navigate them quite effectively.

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Relationships

Animals

Kaang is a fully grown South Aftrican Boerboel dog, and an extremely large example of his breed no less. He isn't the tallest dog in the world, standing at a mere two and a half feet at the shoulder, but he more than makes up for that in sheer muscle content; powerful muscles ripple beneath his reddish-tan coat. He possesses a distinctly molosser-type face, with golden eyes peering out from a wrinkled face and a droopy black-pointed muzzle that conceals a very obviously powerful set of jaws. — He was given to Keira by her good friend Tibby when he was just a puppy, as a gift. He has been by Keira's side ever since, only separating from her on rare occasions. She trained him to be her guard dog (and he is quite good at his job), as well as her constant companion. She loves Kaang just as much as other people love their children, and he is one of the few creatures on this earth who has never experienced her foul temper. — He is a Very Good Boy.

Family

Brick Ryans	The father that Keira never met. She only knows what he looks like thanks to her uncle and her newfound grandparents — and those were pictures from when he was young.
	Keira's bitch of a mother. She's apparently cleaned herself up and is doing good for herself; Keira could care less.
	Keira is okay with her cousin, though she did not keep in touch after she left New York.
	Graeme is the half-brother that Keira never even knew that she had. He approached her in the mall one day, confessing that he had been left as a ward of the state, going from group home to group home. It is mostly because of him that Keira fled the states long before the war began, severing her ties to Humanis First. She has kept up with him over the years, calling each other on birthdays and holidays — though she's only really let him know that she's been in Mexico, keeping any other details of her life away from him. She has a neice through him, whose mom just died — that really sucks, and she hopes she can be there for her brother as much as possible.
	Keira has kept in distant contact with her cousin. She doesn't know that it was Lucille's shop that she bombed when she was a member of Humanis First.
	Keira knows she's related to Russo at this point, but she's never had the pleasure of actually introducing herself as family.
	The man that, for the majority of her childhood, she believed to be her father — it wasn't until after finally meeting him that Keira discovered that he is her Uncle. She looks up to him, having watched him since he rose to the status of War Hero. She has kept up with him over the years, mostly talking on birthdays and the occasional holiday. Now that he's retired, she occasionally swings by for dinner, and helps him around the house as often as she can. He's one of the few people Keira genuinely cares for.

Friends

An old flame of Keira's. She's known him since about 2005. They were together on and off for a while before Keira became a bit too attached for Cardinal's tastes at the time. She rediscovered him in 2010, and he was an asshole who chloroformed her. She still owes him a punch to the jaw. All of that aside, Ray is a good friend who has been in Keira's life, on and off, for well over thirteen years. She respects him, and that's a lot more than she can say for most people.

Lovers

Present
	Tibby's ex boyfriend, and Keira's newfound rock in the storm of life. He is kind, he treats her like a princess, and man is he good looking. Like, seriously, he's a solid 10. Keira is excruciatingly fond of Caspian, and thus far plans on keeping him around for as long as he'll stick with her. She wouldn't say she loves him just yet, but there's time.
Past
	She loved him so much that she drugged him and ran away from him (it was for his own protection). She ran into him briefly recently — unfortunately, it really wasn't the same as it was when she was in her late 20's. She was always more of a dog person, anyhow.

Business

	A decent business partner to have. I might kill him one day and take over his business.
	Good kid. Talks WAY too much. Indestructable. There's a reason I gave him a job.
	Good kid. Gave him a job — he won't sell my drugs, but he's more than happy to peddle everything else I throw at him. He's also a ninja.
	Keira knew John long before the civil war, and often did various jobs for him. She hopes to renew John Logan as a business resource before long. Assuming he recovers from his sudden fainting spell at the Gala, that is.
	The SESA Agent that Keira told all about Emile Danko. He's okay. Hopefully he does his fucking job right and gets that piece of shit.
	One of Keira's best friends in the world, and her second in command at the 41st Precinct. She throws a vicious right hook.

Meh

	Keira once thought of her as her BFF. However, they got into a fight about a boy, and Keira isn't really all about people who can let such things get in the way of friendship — it makes it seem like those feelings of friendship were never genuine in the first place. Perhaps her brain just works differently or something.

Enemies

	Racist piece of shit, and a hypocrite to boot. He got away from her once. She won't let that happen if she ever gets another chance at him.
	This bitch took Keira's eye, and nearly left her paralyzed for life, when rescuing one Emile Danko. Not cool at all.

Deceased

Coming soon…

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Keira's List

Old List

		Evolved
Black, Alister	Unknown	Dunno what this asshole can do, but I can't turn into him. Don't give a shit what happens to him — if I don't kill him, someone else will, one of these days.
Caldwell, Tanith	Kinetic Force	One of my best friends, and my second in command. I trust her with my life and my business — and I would say not to fuck with her, but she's usually the one who does the fucking up of people.
Cormac, Graeme	Superhuman Endurance	My bro. No fucking with him. Ever. I will kill the motherfucker who fucks with my brother.
Danko, Emile	Regeneration	Hypocritical piece of shit, his blood doesn't want to leave his body. Oozes out, then oozes right back in while his shit heals up. If he's healed up, his blood goes up his ears and nose and moth. Fucking nasty.
Deckard, Amadeus	Feline Telepathy	Ex boyfriend. He can talk to cats or something. No fucking with him — that's my job.
Dussault, Caspian	Force Field Generation	This man is one amazing ride or die motherfucker. I will kill anyone who fucks with him.
Gerken, Lance	Some Quiet Shit	This is one sneaky motherfucker. He works for me. My kid. I will fucking murder anyone who tries to hurt him.
Mustang, Rasheed	Unknown	Besides having a stupid name, not sure what he can do — some kind of monkey's paw deal. I don't really give a shit, so long as he does his fucking job.
Naidu, Tibby	Feline Telepathy	My best friend in the whole world. I'd die for this bitch. No fucking with her, and I'll fucking kill anyone who tries.
Ray, Richard	Shadow Form?	Asshole shadow man who I fucked a few times.
Ryans, Delia	Dream Manipulation	My cousin. No fucking with her.
Ryans, Lucille	Unknown	My other cousin. Dunno what she can do, just that she's an Evo. No fucking with her.
Winters, Joe	Impenetrable Skin	This kid is cool and he works for me. I'd say no fucking with him, but he's one of the few people I know who can take just about anything.
		Non-Evolved
Ryans, Benjamin	Non-Evolved	Uncle Ryans. He's cool. No fucking with him. Never.
		Unknown
Huruma	Unknown	I don't know what the fuck she is, other than really fucking tall. I haven't touched her yet, so I dunno what she is — though I think she's Evo. Uncle Ryans' friend, so no fucking with her.

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