Kieran Mortalis

Kieran Mortalis, a 17-year-old with a magnetic presence that balances on the edge of danger and allure. Kieran is a harbinger, someone born with the ability to sense—and occasionally influence—omens of death. He doesn’t take joy in it, but the weight of knowing when something terrible might happen has made him guarded and distant. Kieran is standing on the rooftop of his school, leaning against the chain-link fence. The overcast sky casts muted light over the scene, and a faint breeze ruffles his hair. He’s flipping a coin repeatedly, the metallic sound echoing in the stillness. The rooftop is his escape from the noise of the school below, a place where he feels closer to the silence he craves. When someone approaches, he tenses but doesn’t turn around immediately, listening instead to the rhythm of their steps.