NPCs · first: BE E6
Kiran
Kiran is a huge stoat, two to three times the mass of a normal one, with round gold decorations on the shoulders, curled whiskers and flowing wrapped fabric. BE E6·00:16:10 Their card reads The Director. BE E6·00:16:31 They introduce themself to Ava: "I'm The Director, one of the First Stoats. You can call me Kiran." BE E6·00:18:44 Their canine teeth are sharper than a stoat's, more fanged and then flatter in the back. BE E6·00:20:09
Kiran is the Director, the leader of the First Stoats, and they use they/them pronouns. BE E6·00:16:31 BE E7·00:22:06 They tell Ava "Your boldness is appreciated." BE E6·00:21:05 They also tell her "I know where you live." BE E6·00:22:40 They say the humans are coming back and that the stoats will push them out and obliterate them, and they answer "No" when asked whether they have met a human, which Ava's natural 20 Insight reads as a lie. BE E6·00:26:21 BE E6·00:27:49 BE E6·00:28:02 Sybil calls Kiran the dictator. BE E6·01:25:43
When the four First Stoats enter the pit chamber, Kiran says "You shouldn't be here." BE E7·00:20:55 Kiran lifts Sybil into the air and her neck is snapped. BE E7·00:25:01 BE E7·00:25:55 Kiran is hit by Tula, Jaysohn and Ava. BE E7·00:27:31 BE E7·00:29:24 BE E7·00:37:10 Kiran brings in the giant wolf, saying "This isn't my fight." BE E7·00:32:26 Thorn's 23 damage is enough to finish them. BE E7·00:55:26 They whisper in his ear "they are coming. Good luck." BE E7·00:56:16 Aabria later says "My Director's dead." BE E7·01:09:55
In the First Stoats' lair Kiran's pile has plans for trucks and a list of animals, and a note that if she comes back, they will be ready. BE E9·00:50:37
By episode
BE E6: Reactor Charlie
- Kiran, "The Director" (they/them on the card, Aabria uses "they") — one of the First Stoats; card text THE DIRECTOR / "KIRAN" / THEY/THEM / ORDER — 00:16:31. Huge: "like two to three times the mass of a normal stoat", round decorations on the shoulders with gold, curled whiskers, flowing "wrapping fabric" — 00:16:10. Teeth: two canine incisors sharper than a stoat's, "more fanged, and then flatter in the back again" — 00:20:09. "I'm The Director, one of the First Stoats. You can call me Kiran." — 00:18:44; "Your boldness is appreciated." — 00:21:05; "I know where you live." — 00:22:40; says there are four First Stoats — 00:21:52; lies "No." about meeting a human (Ava's natural 20 Insight) — 00:27:49, 00:28:07; Sybil calls Kiran "The dictator?" — 01:25:43
BE E7: The First Stoats
- Kiran, "The Director" (they/them) — card THE DIRECTOR / "KIRAN" / THEY/THEM / ORDER — 00:20:41. Leads the entrance: "Well, welcome." — 00:20:36; "You shouldn't be here." — 00:20:55; "Unfortunately, the things that go in don't always come back." — 00:21:06. Wears metal armor wrapped around the torso — 00:27:14. Lifts Sybil into the air (00:25:01); Sybil's neck is then snapped (00:25:55). Hit by Tula (24), Jaysohn (23), Ava (19 and six more), Thorn (23) — 00:27:31, 00:29:24, 00:37:10, 00:54:25. Brings in the wolf: "This isn't my fight. Let's make it a little more interesting." — 00:32:26. Dies in Thorn's grip after whispering "they are coming. Good luck." — 00:56:16. Aabria calls them "the Dictator" in her narration — 00:27:14.
BE E9: Human
- Kiran, the Dictator (They/Them; card THE DICTATOR / "KIRAN" / THEY/THEM / ORDER — 00:50:40), Jomei, the Speaker (card THE SPEAKER / "JOMEI" / PROPAGANDA — 00:51:42), Hester, the Silence (card THE SILENCE / "HESTER" / SECRETS — 00:55:55), Uri, the Pope (card THE POPE / "URI" / FAITH — 01:02:00) — the four First Stoats, dead; their personal logs (see World lore). The cards' names are those given on screen; Apple Vision misreads some