Kiren Fareed

Physical Appearance
Kiren Fareed is a 14 year old Siren child, born in Parsea and raised within the walls of the Thaibi palace. He presents as an electric eel taking after his mother, Mariam Fareed. Like his mother, Mariam, his hair is a brilliant and prismatic white. White hair is the marking passed down through the Fareed family line, and symbolizes their ability to control/harness electrical current. His skin is a dark grey, and lights up with little white freckles right before and during thunderstorms. His eyes are also a brilliant sky blue. His ears are fin-like, with the top spine reaching nearly a foot long. His teeth, though being pointed, are duller then they lead you to be. Kiren is the rather tall for his age, and still growing.

Kids in school refer to him as a pretty boy, with a more androgynous and alluring appearance.

Personality
Kiren's personality differs greatly from when he's at home compared to while he's at school.

While at school, Kiren doesn't talk with other kids much, if at all, outside of working on group projects or responding to questions in class. This earned him a reputation for being the mysterious, pretty boy transfer student; and is the subject of a good portion of gossip throughout the other students. Since the only people he can be seen interacting with at school are Pavani and Nisha, they're often targeted for information on the older boy.

While at home, Kiren openly expresses himself with the other kids in the Stock Pot Complex. He jokes with the others, and can be described as rather intuitive and kindhearted. He's very attached to his roommate and best friend, Piere, and it's often joked about that the two boys are dating, which they aren't. He's very tactile, and growing up was very touch starved, so he always seeks out physical affection from anyone who's willing to give it out. He's also pretty in tune with others current emotions, and will try and ease others struggles by giving out small, kind gestures; like hanging around them, reading books to the younger kids, and trying to help take their mind off what's bothering them until Mateo returns home.

Appearances
Kiren first appears in the series at the beginning of the first book  'Asylum Seeking', where it's shown that him and Piere are in a heavily wooded area. It's implied that they are traveling to Eswood, a country currently welcoming in refugees from the war between Thaibi and Parsea. Kiren is depicted in a pastel green insulated jacket, pink insulated winter pants, and pastel green snow boots.

Relationships
Piere Lefort: Kiren's best friend and partner in crime. The two escaped Thaibi together to seek refuge in Eswood in search of a better life. Kiren often credits Piere with saving his life, as when the two met, the young prince was heavily depressed and excluded within the castle of Thaibi, under the watch of the Military Police and King, Ludvig Van Hughes who was very distant. Kiren is very in tune with Piere's physical and mental health, despite the boys ability to hide his pain from others. He cares for Piere very deeply, and when he gets like this it's upsetting for Kiren because all he wants to do is help. It's apparent to a lot of the other children that Kiren has a crush on Piere, even if he doesn't quite know it himself.

Ludvig Van Hughes: Though Ludvig was a partial caregiver for Kiren, he was often very distant as he had his duties as King to attend to. What interactions he did have with the king was relatively pleasant, if not awkward. Kiren's pretty resentful of the king, and blames him for his mother Mariam's Death.

Calibur: Calibur was another caregiver of Kiren, and also equally distant. He was the one to keep track of his education, meals and health; and would send other palace staff out to get him small things to help keep him occupied, like books and toys. Even going so far as to higher a piano tutter for the young siren when he showed interest in the instrument. Despite the attention to detail in Kiren's upbringing; Kiren had little to no contact with the older Kitsune male.

Pavani Chidion: They're a good friend of Kiren's, and in their spare time between classes and during lunch at school can be found hanging out together and chatting. They don't share any classes together since Pavani is one year younger. While Piere is at work, the two will hang out, do homework together and even go visit Piere at work. She was the first to pick up on Kiren's crush.

Nisha Chidion: Nisha, despite being one year younger than Kiren, will often treat him as a younger brother. She's very much into fashion, and loves to play with his hair. That is, when Piere himself isn't. Despite her love for playing with his long, prismatic white hair, she's very jealous of his relationship with Piere; and feels the need to compete with the older boy for the Harpy's attention.

Bella Tigre: From the start, Bella's crush on him was very apparent. From the way she would worm her way between Piere and him if they were sitting next to each other on the couch, and even feeling the need to barge into their conversations to try and derail them and pull Kiren away. She was also one of the first ones to notice Kirens crush on his best friend. Where at first, he found this very annoying, he's grown a soft spot for the younger kid. He refuses to humor her crush, as she's five years younger than him and he's not interested. He sees her as a little sister.

Isa Tigre: Sometimes he reads stories to Isa at bedtime when Mateo and Piere are working the nightshift. She's the one who started to get Kiren to draw, something he ends up getting pretty good at.

Atlas Maio: The youngest moth child is very attached to Piere; and though he's generally ok around Kiren, he can tell that the younger boy has a mild dislike for the Siren because he doesn't like when Piere's attention is taken off of him.

Mateo Actius: One of Kiren's caregivers in Eswood, and one of the most in tune with his emotions. He can always tell when something's wrong, and though he won't push him to talk about what's bothering him, goes out of his way to express that he can always come to him for help. If Kiren doesn't want to talk about it, Mateo still has ways of making the younger boy feel better with little distractions and thoughtful gestures.

Darwin Zoro Chilote: Darwin is another one of Kiren's caregivers in Eswood, and especially more involved when Mateo is at work. He often accompanies Pavani and Kiren on the trip to the gas station Mateo and Piere work; however he should never be trusted behind the wheel of a car, as his driving skills are atrocious, and is the paragon example of "Gays can't drive." so their trips are usually on foot. That is unless Sabara is available to drive them herself.

Sabara Mokoena: Sabara is also another caregiver of Kiren in Eswood. She loves putting together little arts and crafts projects for the makeshift family they have going on during the weekends as well as after school activities. If Mateo is at work, she's the one to pick the kids up from school in her minivan she has for packing up things for craft fairs she tables at. She is example that "Gays can't drive." is a false statement, and that Darwin is an outlier that should not be counted for.

Mariam Fareed: Though Kiren never had a proper relationship with his mother, Mariam, as he was taken away from Eswood when he was only a few weeks old, he still misses her dearly; and often wonders what kind of woman she was. She died trying to protect him, and despite that being something complexly out of his control, he still carries guilt that it was his fault she's dead. It is not.