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^ Born | 1841 | | ^ Born | 1841 | | ||
^ Died | 1939 | | ^ Died | 1939 | | ||
- | ^ First Appearance | [[Good News About Hell]] (likeness), [[In Perpetuity]] | + | ^ First Appearance | [[Good News About Hell]] (likeness) | |
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==== Life and Career ==== | ==== Life and Career ==== | ||
- | Little is known about Kier's family and early life. According to Kier, his skin was susceptible to bruising as a result, in part, of his parents' | + | Little is known about Kier's family and early life. According to Kier, his skin was susceptible to bruising as a child due, in part, to his parents' |
- | Before age 12, Kier battled | + | Despite his health vulnerabilities, Kier exhibited |
- | Despite his health vulnerabilities, | + | While working as a stewman in an ether factory, Kier met a swab girl named [[imogene_eagan]] whom he later married.((Season 1, Episode 5, "[[The Grim Barbarity |
- | While working | + | Kier served |
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- | Kier served as a military doctor | + | |
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- | In 1865, Kier founded Lumon Industries and thus began his preternatural 74-year tenure as CEO. Lumon flourished under Kier, evolving from a pharmaceutical company | + | |
==== Methodology ==== | ==== Methodology ==== | ||
- | Kier dedicated large amounts of his work to his philosophy that a life of service equated to the highest form of love. He embedded this belief | + | Kier dedicated large amounts of his work to his philosophy that a life of service equated to the highest form of love. He embedded this idea in the formation of Lumon' |
- | One of Kier's most influential works was his theory on taming [[the four tempers]] of the human soul. According to Kier: | + | One of Kier's most influential works was his theory on taming [[the four tempers|the four tempers]] of the human soul. According to Kier: |
<WRAP script inset> | <WRAP script inset> | ||
- | In my life, I have identified four components, which I call tempers, from which are derived every human soul. Woe. Frolic. Dread. Malice. Each man's character is defined by the precise ratio that resides in him. I walked into the cave of my own mind, and there I tamed them. Should you tame the tempers as I did mine, then the world shall become but your appendage. It is this great and consecrated power that I hope to pass on to all of you, my children.((" | + | In my life, I have identified four components, which I call tempers, from which are derived every human soul. Woe. Frolic. Dread. Malice. Each man's character is defined by the precise ratio that resides in him. I walked into the cave of my own mind, and there I tamed them. Should you tame the tempers as I did mine, then the world shall become but your appendage. It is this great and consecrated power that I hope to pass on to all of you, my children.((Season 1, Episode 3, "[[In Perpetuity]]" |
- | Kier believed evenly tamed tempers were the key to achieving the " | + | Kier believed evenly-tamed tempers were the key to achieving the " |
- | Kier developed nine core principles to guide and unite the work of Lumon: | ||
- | - Vision | ||
- | - Verve | ||
- | - Wit | ||
- | - Cheer | ||
- | - Humility | ||
- | - Benevolence | ||
- | - Nimbleness | ||
- | - Probity | ||
- | - Wiles | ||
==== Legacy ==== | ==== Legacy ==== | ||
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On paper, the town of [[Kier, PE]] seems to have been developed into a living legacy to Kier's name and likeness, honoring the Lumon founder and the extended Eagan family in local business names and public statues. Even still, the full reach of Kier's legacy and impact beyond the walls of Lumon remains somewhat of a mystery. | On paper, the town of [[Kier, PE]] seems to have been developed into a living legacy to Kier's name and likeness, honoring the Lumon founder and the extended Eagan family in local business names and public statues. Even still, the full reach of Kier's legacy and impact beyond the walls of Lumon remains somewhat of a mystery. | ||
- | Kier's writings continue to be a prominent and guiding pillar inside present-day Lumon, but it is unclear how much of Kier's work (if any) has been published or made accessible for broader public consumption. Lumon has memorialized Kier's writings and words within the office through excerpts in internal publications, | + | Kier's writings continue to be a prominent and guiding pillar inside present-day Lumon, but it is unclear how much of Kier's work (if any) has been published or made accessible for broader public consumption. Lumon has memorialized Kier's writings and words within the office through excerpts in internal publications, |
===== Trivia ===== | ===== Trivia ===== | ||
- | Kier's favorite breakfast was three raw eggs in milk every morning. | + | |
- | This factoid is part of the orientation questionnaire given to newly awakened Severed employees. | + | * Kier's favorite breakfast was three raw eggs in milk every morning. This factoid is part of the orientation questionnaire given to newly awakened Severed employees. |
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===== Quotes & Dialogue ===== | ===== Quotes & Dialogue ===== | ||
- | >The light of discovery | + | >The light of discovery |
>Be ever merry. | >Be ever merry. | ||
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>The surest way to tame a person is to let him believe he’s free. | >The surest way to tame a person is to let him believe he’s free. | ||
- | > Tame thy tempers. | + | >Tame thy tempers. |
>Let not weakness live in your veins. | >Let not weakness live in your veins. | ||
- | >You must be cut to heal. | + | >We must be cut to heal. |
>The remembered man does not decay. | >The remembered man does not decay. | ||
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+ | >Tame in me the tempers four that I may serve thee evermore. Place in me the values nine that I may feel thy touch divine. | ||
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+ | >Render not my creation in miniature. | ||
>Be content in my words and dally not in the scholastic pursuits of lesser men. | >Be content in my words and dally not in the scholastic pursuits of lesser men. | ||
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>And I shall whisper to ye dutiful through the ages, in your noblest thoughts and epiphanies shall be my voice. You are my mouth, and through ye, I will whisper on when I am 10 centuries demised. | >And I shall whisper to ye dutiful through the ages, in your noblest thoughts and epiphanies shall be my voice. You are my mouth, and through ye, I will whisper on when I am 10 centuries demised. | ||
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- | >In my life, I have identified four components, which I call // | ||
>I dug inside of soldiers and within them, found the war. | >I dug inside of soldiers and within them, found the war. | ||
- | >I know that death is near upon me, because people have begun to ask what I see as my life’s great achievement. They wish r\to know how they should remember me as I rot. In my life, I have identified four components, which I call tempers, from which are derived every human soul. Woe. Frolic. Dread. Malice. Each man’s character is defined by the precise ratio that resides in him. I walked into the cave of my own mind, and there I tamed them. Should you tame the tempers as I did mine, then the world shall become but your appendage. It is this great and consecrated power that I hope to pass on to all of you, my children. | + | >I know that death is near upon me, because people have begun to ask what I see as my life’s great achievement. They wish to know how they should remember me as I rot. In my life, I have identified four components, which I call tempers, from which are derived every human soul. Woe. Frolic. Dread. Malice. Each man’s character is defined by the precise ratio that resides in him. I walked into the cave of my own mind, and there I tamed them. Should you tame the tempers as I did mine, then the world shall become but your appendage. It is this great and consecrated power that I hope to pass on to all of you, my children. |
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+ | >Come now, children of my industry, and know the children of my blood. <WRAP attribution> | ||
===== Appearances ===== | ===== Appearances ===== | ||