Name: Kieran St. Clair

Nickname(s): K, Little Bird

Age: 25

Story: Nightingale by Hans Christian Anderson

Character: The Nightingale

Status: Title

Length of Time on This Side: Literally just arrived

Heirloom(s): A small silver Nightingale pendant that she wears on a matching silver chain around her neck. It reminds her of her time as a captive of the Emperor, but also allows her to take her Nightingale form on This Side of The Rift.

Physical Description: Kieran is a petite girl standing at 5' 4" and weighing 115 lb. She has dark brown hair and large pale green eyes. Her body is thin and toned, making hers years of training evident. Most often she dresses in dark colors and tight fitting clothing.

Distinguishing Marks: One left left wrist she has an ouroboros tattoo in black ink. She often keeps this covered by a thick leather bracelet so only a select few people know that its there.

Personality: Kieran's true personality is quite an enigma that most people don't know, those that do are typically the same ones that know about her tattoo. Hiding her true self and putting on a false persona is a defense mechanism that she mastered after years of trying to keep people from getting too close.

Too most people, Kieran appears to be slightly aloof and admittedly a bit scary. She's skilled in knowing how to get exactly what she wants from people and you really don't want to get on her bad side.

Why Did You Come Through The Rift?:Wouldn't you like to know

History: Kieran comes from a Tale that isn't as well known as some of the others, but its that lack of recognition that helped her get to where she is today. The quick version however is that she lived in a kingdom where tales of her beautiful signing voice spread through the land and the Emperor sent out patrols to search for her and take her back to his court. When they found her she took the form of a Nightingale bird in hopes of being able to escape but to no avail. She was caught and caged, cursed to be stuck in the form of a bird and forced to sing for the Emperor when ever he wanted to hear her voice. She was allowed to fly three times each day, but for years she was his prisoner.

Eventually he received a gift of a mechanical nightingale that sang almost as well as she did and was essentially replaced by the little metal bird, but still she wasn't released.

One day however, Kieran had enough and on her daily flight she managed to escape her bonds and fly away. The Emperor's men searched for her, but she was able to evade them.

The original story has her coming back to the Emperor on his death bed to save him and be his advisor, blah blah blah. But on her most recent cycle through the story Kieran made connections during her escape. She received training of both the body and mind and when she returned to the man that had kidnapped her on his death bed, instead of curing him of his illness, she took the little mechanical Nightingale and killed him without hesitation. She took the bird with her and had it made into the necklace that she wears today.

After that point her life was a bit of a mystery until she was sent through the Rift by the one that had trained her.

Ever After: To be determined