Kenna Rys

Kenna Rys is one of the main characters in "The Crown and the Flame" series along with Dominic Hunter, and is the current and rightful queen of Stormholt. She is first seen in book 1, chapter 1. She is the daughter of King Marcellus and Queen Adriana Rys of Stormholt.

Appearance
Kenna has mid-length, brown hair, olive skin and brown eyes. Usually, she wears silver armor and a blue cape.

Personality
Kenna is a warrior and thinks that peace cannot be achieved by just words. She can sometimes be a bit sassy but she is generally a nice person. In nook 3, based on your choices, Azura mentions that Kenna is known worldwide for being stubborn.

Despite this, she is very smart and believes in justice and in doing the right thing.

Chapter 1: The Broken Alliance
Kenna is first seen sparring with her friend (or lover, depending on the users choices) Dominic Hunter, outside Stormholt Castle but they are both interrupted by Gabriel Amarne, Kenna's bodyguard, who bring Kenna to her mother, Quenn Adriana Rys, who is preparing for the arrival of the nobles of the Five Kingdoms in order to secure an alliance against The Iron Empire.

Kenna finds her mother in the Stormholt Great Hall talking with Leon Stirling, the Captain of the Royal Guard, When the Queen notices Kenna, she tells her that she made a black and silver gown for her, it's up to the player to wear it or not. Shortly after, the nobles of The Five Kingdoms start to arrive, the first ones are King Amanth Drammir and his son and heir Prince Tevan Drammir, the second ones are King Luther Nevrakis and his son Prince Marco Nevrakis, Marco gets mad and hits Trystan because he didn't bow when he announced his presence to the Queen, Kenna can berate, apologise, or slap Marco if her prestige is high enough.

Later on, Queen Adriana asks the nobles to have a toast in order to officially seal the alliance, every noble happily drinks with the Queen, except King Luther and Marco. King Luther tells the royals a story about his father and how he died, before being burned alive by the Iron Empire, he told his son that in order to defeat The Empire, the Five Kingdom had to unite into one Kingdom, one King.

Afterwards, a group of Nevrakis soldiers enter inside the Hall and start shooting all the nobles with crossbows.Kenna and Gabriel take cover, but Queen Adriana gets shot in the heart with a crossbow bolt. Kenna crawls beside her and takes her hand before she dies, Dominic then appeared and tried to get Kenna out of the hall, she initially refused and stayed by her mother side, but then she noticed a soldier with an axe guarding the door to the outside hallway, King Amanth tried to flee but the soldier instantly beheaded him, he then tried to attack Kenna, but she spilled wine into his eyes in order to distract him, before she left the room she spotted a soldier with a golden trim stealing her mother signet ring, but because she was surrounded by enemy soldiers, she took Dominic's hand and ran away.

As she fled through the corridor, she spotted Prince Tevan fighting a Nevrakis soldier with a torch, the player can now swear to avenge his death, escape or save his life (At the cost of 12 diamonds) Gabriel then leads the group to the Stormholt dungeon where three Nevrakis soldiers are stationed there.

Kenna takes a crossbow from a fallen guard and spots the soldier that stole her mother's ring, in order to reclaim Kenna's mother ring the player has to shoot the right soldier. (The one with the gold trim). Shortly after, the dungeon began filling with Nevarkis soldiers, and Kenna and her party flee from a secret passage in the castle, but the Nevrakis soldiers are right behind them, and Dominic decides to stay behind in order to buy Kenna some time, the two say goodbye to each other and flee.

Later, Kenna and Gabriel (And Prince Tevan, if he was saved) ride away from Stormholt in the night. Before leaving Tevan will also give Kenna an orb that they can use to communicate while they are far away from each other.

Chapter 2: The Ruins of Rajkur
Two years after Luther conquered Stormholt, Kenna and Gabriel took shelter in an hidden monastery in the mountains.

One morning, Kenna carries two bucket of water to Gabriel and her Monk-Master, shortly after, Kenna begins training with the monk, and if she has high prestige, she has the chance to defeat him in combat. If the player saved Prince Tevan in the previous chapter, The orb he gave to Kenna will grow warm, when she spins it, his image will appear in it.

He flirts with Kenna a bit, but he also tells her not to forget that he will support her against Luther when the time comes.

Kenna and Gabriel then talk about Dominic, but they are interrupted by Nevrakis scouts, Gabriel stabs one of them, but the other two escape outside, In order to fight one of them, she can bring her short sword or the Kor-Kitar (For 17 diamonds)

Dominic Hunter
Kenna and Dominic have been friends since they were kids. They first met at the Beltane Festival. Kenna and Dominic can be best friends or lovers depending on the player's choices. When Kenna retreated to the Ruins of Rajkur, he became a spy for her.

Adriana Rys
Queen Adriana Rys is Kenna's mother. Even though Kenna isn't happy about the fact that her mother intends to choose her future husband for her, Adriana loves "her little butterfly" a lot and their relationship is very affectionate. In book 1, chapter 1, Adriana is killed by Nevrakis soldiers and Kenna swears to avenge her. Kenna becomes very angry when someone insults her mother or if they call her "The Fool Queen". She is suprised when she finds out that her mother was in love with Leon.

Garbriel Amarne
Gabriel is Kenna's bodyguard and mentor. She also considers him as a father figure and is grief-stricken when Helene kills him during the battle for Stormholt.

Raydan Lykel
Raydan is Kenna's friend who she met in Aurelia. A talented spy, he helps her escape from Prince Marco and helps defeat Marco and the Nevrakis soldiers that occupy the city. He is a potential love interest for Kenna based on the user's choices.

Val Greaves
Valentina is a talented mercenary Kenna and Gabriel meet at the mercenary camp in Book 1. She initially refers to Kenna's mother, the late Adriana Rys as "the Fool Queen", but Kenna can earn her respect. Within the camp, she seems to be a leader among the mercenaries, alongside Leon, who leads the former Stormholt soldiers. Despite her rough exterior, Val does have a caring side, and is a potential love interest for Kenna.

Annelyse Adair
Annelyse is the Queen of Aurelia and a close friend of Kenna. Early in her reign, she virtually eliminated poverty in Aurelia, and despite her initial characterization as a ditzy person, she is shown to be a smart, fair, and generous ruler, as shown when she agreed to give every soldier in Kenna's army golden mountain fangs. She is one of Kenna's potential love interests.

Whitlock
Whitlock is a young inventor and the leader of the Technocrats, a faction of engineers and inventors that live in the Foundry. When he was young, his right hand and left arm were cut off by a Nevrakis knight, and when he joined the Technocrats, Hex helped him make new prosthetics. He helps Kenna through the Labyrinth that leads to the Foundry, where he is revealed to be the leader of the Technocrats. He does not have much of a stomach for war or violence, but agrees to help Kenna take back Stormholt. He eventually becomes one of her close allies.

Marcellus Rys
Marcellus Rys is Kenna's father and was the King of Stormholt until he died. Since Kenna was a little girl when he died, his wife, Queen Adriana, became Stormholt's ruler. Not much is known about him, and it is only mentioned that he and his wife were very in love when he died and that he was well respected. Because she was so young when he died, it is likely Kenna doesn't remember much about him.

Family

 * Adriana Rys (mother)
 * Marcellus Rys (father)

Trivia

 * Kenna is shown on the cover of "The Crown and the Flame, Book 1", "The Crown and the Flame, Book 2" and "The Crown and the Flame, Book 3".
 * In chapter book 1, chapter 5, Kenna states that her name is Kenna Rhys, this was probably a writing error.
 * In The Freshman series, the Crown and the Flame is a TV series that the MC and her friends watch. In The Freshman, Book 3, Your Character gets to be an extra during filming, and "meets" Kenna and Dom.