Full Name: Kalvin Luther Merron
Species: Human, Cursed- Androgyne (strongly bifurcated; alter ego [[[characters:jessica | Jessica Merron)
Allegiance: None
Religion: Agnostic
Social Status: 4 (average income M200,000/yr.)
Age: 28 as of 4/01/1999
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Reddish brown, short and spiky (à la David Boreanaz in Angel)
Height: 185 cm (6'1")
Physical Notes: Tall, fit, very attractive, with finely chiseled features and high cheekbones
Behavioral Notes: Charming, charismatic, competitive, and a bit of a joker
Supernatural Abilities: Standard shapeshifting abilities for androgynes
Kal is one of the four personalities of the Merron twins, a pair of strongly bifurcated androgynes (see The Curse of Metamor for more info on bifurcation). He shares a body and a set of memories with his "sister" and alter-ego, Jessica; the other twin's body houses his brother Joss and his sister Amber.
Personality
Kal is a joker, and more of a "man's man" than Joss — true, he is a fashion model and photographer, but he has that sort of masculine charisma that many women love and most men envy. He enjoys sports, swoops, a night at the sports bar with his buddies, and charming the socks off of beautiful women. While he likes being "one of the guys", though, he is also able to connect with the women who model for him on a level that many of them find surprising. Jessica's memories help him to remember a woman's perspective, and when he's on the job he is unfailingly honorable and professional with them. Of course, after the photo shoot, he tries to get to know them in a bit "friendlier" sense.
Romantically, Kal is somewhat bisexual but with a marked preference for women; he has dated other androgynes before, but not uncursed men. When the main story arc begins, he is utterly captivated by Morgan, whom he met at a photo shoot he was conducting that she had volunteered for. He knows she's a vampire, and maybe that mystique has something to do with the attraction, but he is legitimately and truly crazy about her as a person. He's not thinking in terms of marriage at this point in his life, and Morgan doesn't ask that of him, but he really, really enjoys their time together and hopes that it lasts a good long time. He's not ready to become a vampire in order to keep her, though; fortunately, she hasn't asked him to make the choice, and doesn't plan to.
Religion
Unlike Joss and Amber, who are still practicing Meraists, Kal has wandered away from his family's faith. From their perspective, he is losing himself in the ways of the world and the sexual allure that runs as a constant undercurrent through the modeling industry. Kal isn't sure what he believes, if anything; while it's blatantly obvious that there is — or was — a Creator, he doesn't know if he really believes that He still exists, or that He cares about the world or any of the people living on it. It's not that it would upset him to encounter some proof that the Creator is still around; it's just that he doesn't see the relevance of showing obeisance to Him when He seems so uninvolved with what's going on in the real world. He likes the Universalist idea that everyone is a piece of the Creator/the Universe that is trying to figure itself out, but he doesn't have any particular faith in that direction; it just sounds like it would be cool if it were true.
Career Path
Kal is a fashion photographer and very happy staying in that profession. Jessica has suggested that there might be more money to be made if he would bring his talents to the realm of pornography, but Kal is having none of it; he finds the whole porn industry tasteless and predatory, seeing it as a corruption of his art. While he has shot nude pictorials for men's magazines on many occasions, he puts artistry first in his work and focuses on showing off the beauty of his subjects in unusual, almost elegant ways. It's not about showing specific body parts or a maximum amount of skin, it's about showing off the various aspects of a woman's beauty in ways that are beyond the blatantly obvious, and doing so within a background that adds to the composition rather than distracting from it. The hard-core porn business, by contrast, cares nothing for art or even beauty, in his opinion — it's all about displaying sex in the most graphic, prurient way possible. It's naked and tasteless and, in his opinion, bland, and he wants no part of it.
Known Allies
- unknown
Known Enemies
- unknown
Story Appearances
none stated to date
Sources
Original MK2K Bible entry- Merron Twins
Author's Notes
See the article on the Merron twins for more info.
Voice Actor
none set
