Kallen O'Reilly - SRA

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Joining out of a urge to remember the good old days - when I joined my first club here on DA and all that. Also, because I'm apparently masochistic enough to give myself more work when I can't keep up with what I already got. OH WELL.

NOTE : I added the color palette for Kellan in this picture for reference purposes, but you may also find more references in this extra I doodled, here --> [link]

Kellan O'Reilly (c) Sohym (me)
Air Gear (c) Kodansha, Ito "Oh Great" Ōgure

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Character Name : Kellan O'Reilly
Age : 19 years old
Height : About 4'10" (if you ask, he'll say 5')
Eyes : Black
Hair : Orange (ginger)
Personality : Cocky and generally angry at everything and everyone, Kellan has a short temper and little patience for, well... anything. He will end up yelling and shouting and using his fists at pretty much any occasions, as well - though he is gentleman enough not to punch a woman... as long as she doesn't punch him first. He swears a lot and has a very strong Irish accent. He can drink anyone under the table and he generally likes bars - especially bar fights. He can be surprisingly friendly (in a rough, manly way) once he respects someone. (Note : Just don't call him "shorty" or "leprechaun", if you prefer your teeth in your mouth.)

Team : Black Spectra
Rider Type : Power

Road : Spark Road. Inherited from Kris Frey (retired). This road creates then charges static electricity until it is released and shocks people. It may simply cause some pain... or even end up dizzying or paralyzing to different degrees/for different periods of times.

F Ranks : Caused by road itself, the shock will simply inflict some pain on the person. Caused by Kellan (as he charges his Treks), it will inflict some pain and make them dizzy for a few seconds.

Treks : Kellan's Treks are modified so as to charge up with static electricity, either naturally made or faster, when he is in his road. The metal used to protect the Treks (and act as a weapon if he kicks at people) is lightweight so as to keep from slowing him down. There is anti-electricity protection padding that also make sure he won't be hurt by his own attacks/road.

History : One of the many children of a family of Irish immigrants, he lived in relative poverty with his parents, brothers and sisters, until his father (an angry, bitter man who would get drunk and smack his kids and wife around too hard) lost his job at a factory, driving the whole family deeper into poverty. Eventually the children were taken into custody by a Child Protection Agency, when little Kellan went to school looking like he had fallen down the stairs a few too many times. They were separated into different orphanages for a while.

Going from foster family to foster family but never staying too long thanks to some anger/violence issues, Kellan ended up hanging with a group of punks ; mugging people, tagging walls, beating up other groups, stealing from stores, etc. He eventually ran away from one of the many foster families, never quite finishing High School - though he was pretty good if he put his mind into it.

He had decided to live his life as a thug, seeing the group as a sort of new family. But things turned badly when a bigger group got tired of the punks hanging out on their territory and raided them, bringing real weapons to the fight. Kellan was badly wounded as he escaped, hiding in the alley behind a small noodle restaurant at the edge of Chinatown.

This is where he was found by a strange green-haired woman. Ready to bolt, thinking she would call the police, she instead allowed him into the back of the kitchen and fed him until he was ready to talk.

A few months later, the boy had settled into a "temporary", comfortable life. He helped out with the Noodle shop, doing deliveries and cleaning around a bit, and was fed and allowed to crash on a couch at the woman's flat... despite the glares he was getting from her unofficial boyfriend.

Then one day he heard of something about Storm Riders and Treks, and as he brought the subject up, discovered the woman was a retired Rider herself. It took a few weeks to convince her to show him how it worked...... and eventually he was being given a harsh training, and inherited the woman's road.