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|rowspan="1" width="35%"|<b>Birth Name</b>||Khan Al-Harbi | |rowspan="1" width="35%"|<b>Birth Name</b>||Khan Al-Harbi | ||
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|rowspan="1" width="35%"|<b>Aliases</b>||grimoire | |rowspan="1" width="35%"|<b>Aliases</b>||grimoire | ||
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|rowspan="1"|<b>Born</b>||August 9th, 1995 | |rowspan="1"|<b>Born</b>||August 9th, 1995 (31 in 2027) | ||
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|rowspan="1"|<b>Nationality</b>||Saudi Arabian | |rowspan="1"|<b>Nationality</b>||Saudi Arabian | ||
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|rowspan="1"|<b>Occupation</b>||Cybersecurity Analyst | |rowspan="1"|<b>Occupation</b>||Cybersecurity Analyst (2025–2028) | ||
<div><small><i>—Sarif Industries, IT Department</i></small></div> | |||
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|rowspan="1"|<b>Height</b>||177cm | |rowspan="1"|<b>Height</b>||177cm / 5'9" | ||
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|rowspan="1"|<b>Eye Color</b>||Green | |rowspan="1"|<b>Eye Color</b>||Green | ||
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Mechanical</div> | <div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Mechanical</div> | ||
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<b><i>Cranial</i></b> | |||
*[https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/Augmentations_(DXHR)#Infolink InfoLink] | |||
*[https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/Hacking:_Analyze Hacking Analyze] | |||
*[https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/Hacking:_Fortify_(DXHR) Hacking Fortify] | |||
*[https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/Hacking:_Capture_(DXHR) Hacking Capture] | |||
*[https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/Hacking:_Stealth_(DXHR) Hacking Stealth] | |||
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;"> | |rowspan="1"|<b>Relatives</b>||Unknown | ||
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|rowspan="1"|<b>Relationships</b>||<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" overflow:auto;"> | |||
<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Allies</div> | |||
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*[[Jacynthia Levert]] (best friend) | |||
*[https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/Francis_Pritchard Francis Pritchard] (mentor) | |||
*[https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/Adam_Jensen Adam Jensen] (colleague, crush) | |||
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;"> | <div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Enemies</div> | ||
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*[[Trent Cohen]]</div></div> | |||
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|rowspan="1"|<b> | |rowspan="1"|<b>Affiliation</b>||[https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/Sarif_Industries Sarif Industries]<br>[[RIPPER.NET]] | ||
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|rowspan="1"|<b> | |rowspan="1"|<b>Opposition</b>||[https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/FEMA FEMA] | ||
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!colspan="2" class="credits-hrmd" id="character-credits"|Credits | |||
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|rowspan="1"|<b>Creator||[[CriminalElements]] | |||
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|rowspan="1"|<b> | |rowspan="1"|<b>Year||2016 | ||
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!colspan="2" | !colspan="2" class="credits-hrmd" id="character-credits"|Appearances | ||
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|colspan="2"| | |colspan="2" align="center"|[[HARDWIR3D]] | ||
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==Overview== | |||
{{#seo:|description=Cybersecurity analyst and red-hat hacker that worked in the Sarif Industries IT department between 2025 and 2028.}} | |||
Keane Grimford is a cybersecurity analyst and red-hat hacker that worked in the [https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/Sarif_Industries Sarif Industries] IT department between 2025 and 2028. | |||
Hand chosen by [https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/Athene_Margoulis Athene Margoulis] on behalf of [https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/David_Sarif David Sarif]'s unusual hiring requirements, he acted as [https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/Francis_Pritchard Frank Pritchard]'s main assistant and protégé during the time of his employment, often covering the office nightshift. | |||
==Appearance== | |||
Keane's deep-set eyes and prominent nose gave him an appearance people often read as Middle Eastern; his long, wavy hair and thick body hair only reinforces the impression. | |||
However his fashion sense diverges greatly from what would be expected; he enjoys natural colours, floral motifs (especially cherry blossoms), and wearing jewellery with organic materials such as shells, leather, and resin. | |||
His facial expressions are usually gentle or neutral; he carries a relaxed demeanour and a calm aura. | |||
After joining Sarif Industries, he underwent a life-changing procedure to install every commercially available hacking augmentation the company offered, including an infolink. The choice carried deep personal significance as he had been taught for most of his life that any form of bodily modification was haram. The implants remain visible on his forehead as three pentagonal nodes arranged in a triangular pattern. | |||
==Personality== | |||
Keane is intellectually inclined with a specific interest in the intersection between politics and technology, which inspired him to become a vigilante hacker. He hates authoritarianism with a passion due to his first-hand experiences with it and values freedom and social justice against corruption. | |||
Despite this, he doesn't come off as a screaming emotionally-inflamed warrior, but more of a peace-keeper, valuing harmony and cooperation. He is notoriously difficult to rile up as he can remain cool, coming up with the perfectly calculated counter arguments against any would-be aggressor. | |||
He also has many traditionally geeky interests such as fantasy fictional settings and roleplaying games. | |||
==History== | |||
Keane was born as Khan Al-Harbi, into an affluent Saudi Arabian family. Their wealth came from owning land with petroleum reserves, with ties to oil exporting industries. Owing to his family's status, Keane spent most of his life in the west, having lived in the UK and USA for multiple years. Being rather isolated as a teenager, he found it difficult to make friends. It was during those adolescent years that he realised that some of his opinions and desires conflicted greatly with his Muslim heritage, which started to cause a strain in the relationship with his large family. In turn, his parents started to put more pressure on him than usual, forcing him to go back to Saudi to live with his grandparents for months at a time. | |||
After keeping up his "good behaviour" for a while and avoiding stepping out of line too much, he managed to gain some freedom to choose what to study at university. His parents wanted him to study to either be a doctor or a lawyer, in a western country, however he decided to go against their antiquated desires and study computing instead. His parents may have disapproved at first, but he managed to convince them to allow him to study in the UK and live in student accommodation. He really wanted to break out of the feeling that he was being constantly monitored and watched, as it was starting to make him extremely paranoid. | |||
While studying, Keane met [[Jacynthia Levert]] during a retro games night at the university campus Gaming Society, and they very quickly became friends. In the short span of just under 2 years, Keane and Jacy built a strong foundation of trust and concern for one another, and Keane finally was able to come out to Jacy. A secret he was holding to himself for what felt like forever. | |||
Being honest about it cracked open a whole new way of seeing the world. He was tired of his oppressive family, he was tired of feeling like his life was driven by someone else. Pulling some funds together so as to no longer rely on his parents’ wealth, he decides to move to the US to finish his studies in Computer Science and hopefully land a silicone valley job. | |||
With Jacy following in step, both Keane and Jacy became an unstoppable team, working to make a better life for themselves. | |||
==Timeline== | |||
===2020's=== | |||
===2030's=== | |||
==Trivia== | |||
*The hacking community knows Keane by the handle "grimoire", referencing his love for fantasy and the arcane. | |||
*Keane's favourite colours are olive green, brown and dark grey. | |||
*He is attracted exclusively to men, notably harbouring a secret crush for Adam Jensen. | |||
*Keane's "faceclaim" is Rafi Silver. | |||
==Fanart Gallery== | |||
===By Original Creator=== | |||
<gallery widths=175 heights=175 mode="nolines"> | |||
File:Criminalelements_keane_1.png|Updated design from 2025 | |||
File:Criminalelements_keane_2.png|Forehead implants pentagonal design | |||
</gallery> | |||
===By Other Artists=== | |||
<gallery widths=175 heights=175 mode="nolines"> | |||
File:Heartspowl_keane_1.png|by [[Heartspowl]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category: Original Characters]] [[Category: Prequel Era Characters]] | |||
Latest revision as of 15:09, 3 February 2026
Keane Grimford | |
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| Birth Name | Khan Al-Harbi |
| Aliases | grimoire |
| Born | August 9th, 1995 (31 in 2027) |
| Nationality | Saudi Arabian |
| Occupation | Cybersecurity Analyst (2025–2028)
—Sarif Industries, IT Department
|
| Height | 177cm / 5'9" |
| Eye Color | Green |
| Hair Color | Brown |
| Augmentations | Mechanical
|
| Relatives | Unknown |
| Relationships | Allies
Enemies
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| Affiliation | Sarif Industries RIPPER.NET |
| Opposition | FEMA |
| Credits | |
| Creator | CriminalElements |
| Year | 2016 |
| Appearances | |
| HARDWIR3D | |
Overview
Keane Grimford is a cybersecurity analyst and red-hat hacker that worked in the Sarif Industries IT department between 2025 and 2028.
Hand chosen by Athene Margoulis on behalf of David Sarif's unusual hiring requirements, he acted as Frank Pritchard's main assistant and protégé during the time of his employment, often covering the office nightshift.
Appearance
Keane's deep-set eyes and prominent nose gave him an appearance people often read as Middle Eastern; his long, wavy hair and thick body hair only reinforces the impression.
However his fashion sense diverges greatly from what would be expected; he enjoys natural colours, floral motifs (especially cherry blossoms), and wearing jewellery with organic materials such as shells, leather, and resin.
His facial expressions are usually gentle or neutral; he carries a relaxed demeanour and a calm aura.
After joining Sarif Industries, he underwent a life-changing procedure to install every commercially available hacking augmentation the company offered, including an infolink. The choice carried deep personal significance as he had been taught for most of his life that any form of bodily modification was haram. The implants remain visible on his forehead as three pentagonal nodes arranged in a triangular pattern.
Personality
Keane is intellectually inclined with a specific interest in the intersection between politics and technology, which inspired him to become a vigilante hacker. He hates authoritarianism with a passion due to his first-hand experiences with it and values freedom and social justice against corruption.
Despite this, he doesn't come off as a screaming emotionally-inflamed warrior, but more of a peace-keeper, valuing harmony and cooperation. He is notoriously difficult to rile up as he can remain cool, coming up with the perfectly calculated counter arguments against any would-be aggressor.
He also has many traditionally geeky interests such as fantasy fictional settings and roleplaying games.
History
Keane was born as Khan Al-Harbi, into an affluent Saudi Arabian family. Their wealth came from owning land with petroleum reserves, with ties to oil exporting industries. Owing to his family's status, Keane spent most of his life in the west, having lived in the UK and USA for multiple years. Being rather isolated as a teenager, he found it difficult to make friends. It was during those adolescent years that he realised that some of his opinions and desires conflicted greatly with his Muslim heritage, which started to cause a strain in the relationship with his large family. In turn, his parents started to put more pressure on him than usual, forcing him to go back to Saudi to live with his grandparents for months at a time.
After keeping up his "good behaviour" for a while and avoiding stepping out of line too much, he managed to gain some freedom to choose what to study at university. His parents wanted him to study to either be a doctor or a lawyer, in a western country, however he decided to go against their antiquated desires and study computing instead. His parents may have disapproved at first, but he managed to convince them to allow him to study in the UK and live in student accommodation. He really wanted to break out of the feeling that he was being constantly monitored and watched, as it was starting to make him extremely paranoid.
While studying, Keane met Jacynthia Levert during a retro games night at the university campus Gaming Society, and they very quickly became friends. In the short span of just under 2 years, Keane and Jacy built a strong foundation of trust and concern for one another, and Keane finally was able to come out to Jacy. A secret he was holding to himself for what felt like forever.
Being honest about it cracked open a whole new way of seeing the world. He was tired of his oppressive family, he was tired of feeling like his life was driven by someone else. Pulling some funds together so as to no longer rely on his parents’ wealth, he decides to move to the US to finish his studies in Computer Science and hopefully land a silicone valley job.
With Jacy following in step, both Keane and Jacy became an unstoppable team, working to make a better life for themselves.
Timeline
2020's
2030's
Trivia
- The hacking community knows Keane by the handle "grimoire", referencing his love for fantasy and the arcane.
- Keane's favourite colours are olive green, brown and dark grey.
- He is attracted exclusively to men, notably harbouring a secret crush for Adam Jensen.
- Keane's "faceclaim" is Rafi Silver.
Fanart Gallery
By Original Creator
-
Updated design from 2025 -
Forehead implants pentagonal design
By Other Artists
-
by Heartspowl
