Sean Killian is a major character in the American Crime Tales series and serves as the main protagonist of Tales from Queen City: The Ballad of Sean Killian . He is voiced by Irish actor, Brian O'Neil.
Background[]
Sean Michael Killian was born in 1973 inIreland to a catholic, peasant family. As a child he was exposed to hardships at a young age as his father was an abusive alcoholic and killed his mother when Sean was 16 and his brother was 14. When Killian was 17 he joined the Provisional IRA along with his brother. When Killian was 18, he murdered his father with a shotgun in the family barn and buried him in an unmarked grave. Through the 1990's, Killian fought with his brother as well as his best friend, John Callahan and an American man named Quinn O'Leary . In 1995, Killian's brother was killed in a carbomb explosion along with his cousin. By 1998, Killian had managed to escape from being arrested by the British Government and lived peacefully in Ireland until 2007.
Events of The Ballad of Sean Killian[]
In 2007, Killian recieves an E-Mail that his friend, Quinn has been killed. Killian then travels to America and meets with Quinn's cousins, John , Neil , Frank , Sean , Patrick , and Jane as well as his friend, John Callahan who has since come to America as well. Shortly after arriving, Killian is informed by Neil that they believe Quinn was killed by the Russian mafia. Killian agrees to work with the O'Leary Clan to help solve the mystery of Quinn's death and eventually the men discover it in fact was the Russian mafia who killed him and the men devise a plan to cripple the Russian mafia by destroying their operations and organizations. They commit several small scale robberies, bombings, and shootings and even rob a illegal casino owned by the Russians. Killian and his men eventually come into contact with the Italian, Gambinuchi Crime Family and recieve help from members of the family as well asFrank O'Leary , the third oldest O'Leary brother and a detective in the QCPD and Killian during this time also works seperately with businessman David Henderson and is blackmailed by BFI agent, David Green into working for the government and is able to stop a large scale terrorist attack on Queen City. Killian eventually meetsDimitri Shelnov , the nephew of Russian mob boss and main antagonist, Yuri Shelnov and the two work together with their other allies to bring the Russian mob to its knees. Killian and Dimitri engage in large chase through Queen City before Killian is able to kill them. After this he agrees to stay in America to help with running the O'Leary Clan and also begins dating Jane O'Leary.
Trivia[]
- Sean Killian is the second youngest protagnist in the American Crime Tales series, the youngest being Patrick McCreary
- Sean was originally supposed to be one of the O'Leary brothers but his name was changed to Killian, with the character of Sean O'Leary becoming a side character.
- Killian was originally supposed to be much younger and from America rather than Ireland