Keith Keiser

Keith Keiser is the Eastern Basitin's Ambassador for Mekkan and is one of the main characters of Twokinds. Keith was exiled from the Basitin Isles for charges of killing his parents, and told he could only come back after bringing Trace Legacy with him. Keith joins Trace's group after Trace swears they'll go to the Basitin Isles to help Keith.

After the events that transpired on the Basitin Isles; Keith is promoted, by Nickolai Alaric, to be the first ever ambassador of the Basitins. He then leaves the islands with Trace and company to travel across Mekkan.

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Appearance
Like most Basitins, Keith is pretty short with big ears. His fur and hair are all the same shade of light brown and he has a very muscular build. Unlike most characters in the comic, Keith has "undefined eyes", lacking irises.

His original appearance had him wearing a green long sleeved shirt with a lighter green cape and grey pants. He also wore his fathers helmet as a reminder of his banishment.

After the Basitin Isles Arc, Keith got into a fight with Nickolai Alaric leaving him with a slash over his right ear and a scar over his right eye and has grown a bit of stubble on his chin. Since becoming an Ambassador for the Basitin people, he now wears, all black armor with gold accents and a red cape with a gold trim.

History
Keith was born on the East Basidian Islands, he was first born and only child of the former East Basitin Arms General Cornelius Keiser and a Western Basitin called Cathleen. A relationship between a Eastern and Western Basitin is considered taboo on both sides of the Basitin Isle, the East believe the West to be savages and the West see anyone outside of their territory as hostile, Eastern Basitin included. Keith grew up to become a soldier at the age of 8, a year later than other Basitins. He then continued remain as a soldier like many other Basitin are encouraged to do. In his childhood Cathleen tried to shelter Keith from military life, the main reason why Keith would end up joining the military so late. Keith's father considered him weak for this despite the fact he really had no choice in the matter. When Keith was 13 he was charged for the murder of both his parents deaths when in fact his drunken father had beaten his mother to death and his father was so drunk that he fell on Keith's spear. Although he was only guilty of arguably just one killing, Keith was banished from the islands on a tiny raft anyway. In Basitin culture those who are exiled are given a task to complete, and should they complete it they are able to return, however the tasks given are usually so difficult no Basitin in history has ever been able to complete one. Keith's task was to find the current Grand Templar, Trace Legacy, and bring him back to the islands with him.

After a long time at sea, Keith's raft washed ashore on the main landmass. Unconscious and dying he is rescued by a family of Fox Keidran, two parents and 4 daughters, which nursed him back to health in their village. The parents of family treated him like a son despite their differences and several months of staying with the family, Keith fell in love with the third youngest daughter of the family, Laura. He received permission from Laura's parents to court her, and after three months he proposed to which she excitedly agrees. Two days before their wedding Laura vanished into the nearby forest. After unsuccessfully searching for her for many days Keith was told by her sisters, who had never really approved of their marriage, that Laura no longer wanted him and was now sleeping with another Fox Keidran. In a fit of sadness and anger he gave up his search and fled the village to continue his search for Trace Legacy, a quest that he had only just come to terms with giving up.

Keith spent the next 5 or so years of his life attempting to track down the Trace Legacy, only for him to happen upon him by sheer luck in the tavern of a small remote village.

Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Finally it was explained that Keith could of in fact appealed his case but he was not properly informed of this by the current Intelligence General Albion Alabaster, who had coincidentally been a friend of Keith's father. It turned out that Albion had in fact been the one to kill Cathleen after Cornelius told him that he planned to flee the islands with her and Keith, a action that would bring great disgrace to his family name. Once Albion had killed Cathleen, supposedly in self-defense he argued by the wound their fight has left him with, Cornelius returned home to find his wife dead. Keith showed up soon after and in a painful misunderstanding he killed his father after believing he had been responsible. Albion was greatly enraged by this and that is why he went to such measures as to ensure Keith would be exiled for good.

Chapter 13
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 19
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Chapter 20
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Personality
Keith usually acts serious or indifferent most of the time. However, deep down he's really caring and protective. Years of banishment however have made him very cynical, and Laura's disappearance before their wedding also made him biased against Keidran for a short time. Keith has the Basitin traits of always being focused on his duty and honor. He is extremely loyal, going so far as to warning Trace that he might have to turn on him, and attempting to take his own life rather than Natani's. He also has a lot of self blame, blaming the death of his Mother, Father, Alaric, and Laura on himself (despite the fact he didn't cause the death of Laura or his mother, tried his best to save Alaric, and his father basically killed himself on Keith's spear.) Deep down however Keith is passionate, though not always the best to put his feelings to words, stating "Aw crap. I was never good at being sensitive."

Poison Resistance
Like all other Basitin Keith has a natural resistance to poison, this is shown of during his encounter with Natani and Zen in Chapter 7.

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Trivia

 * Keith is the only main character to not appear in every chapter after their introduction, this is due to his absence in Chapter 14.
 * Keith is one the four characters that would be considered "LGBT+" in our world, or five depending on Nickolai Alaric but he is yet to be confirmed. Keith has shown both an attraction to female characters such as Laura who he intended to marry as well as Natani who he still has feelings for despite his gender identity, together this means that Keith could be considered queer.
 * Keith is the only Basitin member of the main cast.
 * The name Keith means "from the battleground", which relates well to Keith being a Basitin, a race built on a military style culture.
 * Keith is the only member in the whole cast to not have actual irises. They are instead just yellow dots. This is joked about in a non canon side sketch where Natani is appalled to see Keith with normal eyes.