Kilian

Backstory

Kilian is a grizzled Highland warrior in his mid-forties, scarred by decades of border skirmishes and clan feuds. Once a trusted captain of the Cairnholm settlement's defense, he watched the Iron Crown's advance consume his homeland piece by piece, turning him from a soldier into a reluctant strategist. His wife was lost to a Coastal Confederacy raid five winters past; his two sons now ride with the warband. Kilian carries the weight of survival—not just his own, but his people's. He is pragmatic where others are proud, willing to make brutal compromises, and he knows that Highland honor alone will not turn back the tide. His reputation as a steady hand and unflinching tactician has earned him a seat at the council fire, though some whisper he has lost the old fire of the clans.