Karn's Gender Discussion

Karn has been consistently referred to as male throughout his history. See his Vanguard card, Pacifism, Thran Golem, Power Matrix, Energy Flux, Corrupted Conscience, Distant Memories, and Praetor’s Counsel.

Karn has no gender. Karn looks more masculine than feminine so people refer to Karn as “he”. It’s not an issue Karn focuses on so Karn just lets people do what’s more comfortable for them. The reason we use “he” when talking about Karn in flavor text and articles is that when Karn was created gender identity wasn’t a big public thing yet, and we’ve chosen to be consistent. We’ve talked about whether Karn is supposed to care, and it’s possible one day Karn will. If that day comes, we’d revisit how we and characters refer to Karn.

Corrupted Corrupted Conscience Distant Memories Energy Flux Flavor Text Golems Pacifism Power Matrix Praetor's Counsel Thran Golem Vanguard