Kiya Profile draft 1

Name: Kiya Keru

All concept art done by Matthew Hope

Age: 18

Kiya Keru is a young Wyrm Hunter who is Nero's partner. She was born in Dragu, the same small hidden town of Nero's. Kind, timid, naïve, and agile, she is the exact opposite of Nero. Her expertise with the long sword rivals many throughout Draconus, her elegant sword play surprises many, since it is both swift and powerful. As the daughter of Terk Keru, she grew up training alongside Nero, which created this long lasting relationship between the two. This relationship somewhat resembles sibling rivalry, since they were both raised by Terk; taught to be competitive and to always strive to do their best. Despite Nero and Kiya having this type of childhood, Kiya has feelings for him, and she tends to conceal them as best as she can. Although, they come out quite evidently at times.

Nero profile draft 1

Name: Nero Kirbus

Age: 19 years old

Thanks to Matt Hope for the Illustration

Nero Kirbus was born in Dragu, the small town well known as the birthplace of Ninko Kirbus, and Terk Keru. Nero is a quick witted, strong, wise, and dextrous young man. He inherited his father's mission in killing the Dragons that inhabit Draconus, to relieve the people of the pain and suffering that the dragons have inflicted. His weapon expertise is primarily utilized with a dagger made of Dragon bone, leather, teeth and claws; but he is also skilled with pistols, rifles, and utilizing his surroundings to create traps. His father died when he was very young; thus his father's partner raised and trained Nero and Kiya to become their successors. As Nero and Kiya completed more and more jobs, their fame skyrocketed and were requested across seas. Their own notoriety quickly surpassed their fathers. As Nero realized what has happened to them, he knew that their inherited mission will quickly come to an end once they returned to their distraught little town...

Prologue

Kiya Keru is a young wyrm hunter known as Nero Kirbus' partner. She is a very kind young woman, at a very vulnerable age of 18. She cares for Nero greatly, but attempts to hide her feelings towards him. They have a very weird relationship, that resembles much of sibling rivalry. She trained with Nero under her father, Terk Keru, who was a very well known wyrm hunter decades ago. He was the partner of Ninko Kirbus, and has slain many of the dragons that once existed on Draconus. Kiya grew up with Nero in Dragu, a small town which lies south of Aislu in a secluded forest. There they honed their skills at a very young age and quickly took on jobs with Terk. Their skills soon surpassed even his and became guardian hunters of Dragu.

In their early years of becoming professional wyrm hunters they stayed on their home continent. After those few short years, they quickly started taking international jobs and traveled to every large continent, slaying monster after monster. Eventually they started slaying the lesser dragons around Draconus. During this time, they have not been back to Dragu for 3 years. Around Kiya's 18th year, they finally returned to Dragu. The night they returned should have been a nightmare for them, for the Land Dragon trampled through their small town without much hindrance whatsoever.

With anger and despair on their sleeves, Kiya and Nero vowed to slay the Land Dragon, along with the remaining ones. They tire of the same destruction that lies throughout the planet, and want complete peace to reign over...