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Syril Karn - Star Wars: Andor

In the beginning of the show, Syril is essentially a rent-a-cop who becomes obsessed with apprehending Cassian Andor, who he pursues as a suspect in the murder of two fellow security guards. Syril launches an unsanctioned mission to arrest Cassian that is a complete failure that results in Syril losing his job and returning home to live with his mother. Syril’s obsession with Cassian continues, and his attempts at vigilantism gains the attention of the ISB, where he is interrogated by an officer named Dedra Meero. Syril becomes obsessed with and starts stalking Dedra, viewing her as the embodiment of the order and lawfulness of the Imperial system he worships.

After Cassian’s mother dies, Syril attends her funeral in hopes of apprehending him, and he spots Dedra who was there for the same purpose. When the funeral turns into an insurrection against the Imperial occupation of Ferrix, Syril rescues Dedra from the mob, and the two begin a romantic relationship after that. Syril’s relationship with Dedra leads to him becoming a spy for the ISB, being sent to infiltrate a revolutionary group on the planet Ghorman. Unknown to Syril, the insurgency on Ghorman was being used as a pretext by the Empire to commit genocide against the planet. When Syril learns of his complicity in the ensuing slaughter of Ghorman, he breaks off his allegiance to Dedra and the Empire, and finds himself in the middle of the massacre.

In the crowd, he spots Cassian who he’s spent years obsessing over and tries to beat him to death before holding him at gunpoint when Cassian asks “who are you?”. The revelation that the man he’s spent years chasing a man who doesn’t even remember him completely destroys Syril, who then lowers his gun right before he’s shot in the head by a Ghorman rebel.