[Anthony Cistaro is Kenneth Irons]

An eccentric billionaire entrepreneur rumored to have made his fortune through illegal arms dealings, Irons' connection to the Witchblade runs deep. A collector of art and ancient weapons, the Witchblade was in his collection -- on loan to a Midtown museum -- when it was first "found" by Sara. He still bears the scars from his failed attempt to wield the weapon and is in many ways still possessed by its power. Irons continues to monitor Sara's use of the Witchblade as he runs his diverse corporate empire, Vorschlag Industries, which includes media holdin

gs, real estate and biotech development.*

1.11 Transcendence:
Ian asks Irons to take his life instead of choosing between him and Sara. Irons tells him that he's not a merciful man and tells Ian to leave. Irons knows Ian died before Dante even tells him. Irons tells Dante to bring Ian's body back to him with his head kept chilled. The effects are wearing off, and Irons needs another infusion. They've run out of Sara's blood. He replaces Ian with Ian2, a more aggressive and lethal Ian, and orders him to bring Sara to him. Dante brings Ian's body back. Irons is sitting on a couch looking at some of Ian's belongings, including a torn picture of him and Ian. Maybe he's not as merciless as he thinks. Although he denies having Sara's father, lover and partner killed, he likely did. Irons seems to be affected by the death of Gabriel. After Ian2 snaps Gabriel's neck, Irons grabs his chest in pain. After Sara defeats Ian2, Irons asks for Sara's help and offers to help her. When Sara turns around, Irons stabs her in the back with a dagger. He tries to grab the bloody dagger from Sara's back, but Sara gets to it first. Sara refuses to help him and reverses time.

1.10 Convergence:
Irons has aged even more and is confined to a wheel chair. His birth certificate says he's 96 years old (born 1905?). Irons uses the preserved remains of Elizabeth Bronte to prolong his life, but may be developing a tolerance or immunity to it. Ian cuts Sara's palm and brings back the blood soaked handkerchief to Irons. Sara's blood works. Irons age reverses. Irons tells Ian that he knows what he tried to do. If the experiment failed, they could have saved Sara, but since it succeeded, Ian knows what he needs to to.

1.09 Apprehension:
Irons knows that Sara can't be controlled. She can only be contained. Irons had envisioned a scenario in which Sara would become a member of their family and Ian would serve them both, but appears to have given up on it. Irons is aware of Ian's infatuation with Sara. Irons knows Sara's blood is invaluable and wants it. Irons and Ian go to the precinct, where an aged Irons apologizes to Sara for rejecting her when she went to him for help and asks for her forgiveness. Ian knows Irons' apology is hollow and shakes his head to let Sara know. Irons and Sara are linked. He knew Sara was going to his office and already had his car warmed and waiting downstairs. He takes Sara to the VCN newsroom so she can tell her White Bulls story. Irons claims that the VCN newsroom is completely autonomous, but he probably controls it. The news reporter refuses to air Sara's story. Irons and Dante had a deal. Irons wants Sara alive. Dante wants her killed. Irons warns Dante that Dante will die.

1.08 Thanatopsis:
Sara finds a CD containing a profile of Irons:

Subject's residence: occupies 12-bedroom mansion. He never sleeps in the same room two consecutive nights.
Subject's relations: Kenneth Irons has no confirmed family or progeny
Owns 11 personal vehicles. Switches everyday.
Subject's interpersonal activity: subject highly active sexually.
Known partners include: (pictures of men and women, including Sara)

Irons knows Sylvester Marcus, who attended design school on an annual scholarship he awards annually. Irons felt that Sly's art was imitating life a bit too closely (Sly's latest comic involves two men who look like Ian and Irons). Irons probably ordered Ian to kill Sly.

1.07 Periculum:
Irons experiences the same motions and feelings as Sara during the Periculum. Irons killed Elizabeth Bronte. Irons made Ian and gave him the capacity to evolve. After Sara passes the Periculum, Irons looks at screensavers of a DNA strand and tells Ian that Ian will be the first to know whether it's possible to take (kill?, control?) Sara.

1.06 Maelstrom:
Irons is aware of Sara's involvements with Conchobar. He rejects Sara when she goes to him for two million dollars to save Conchobar, telling her that he wants to reject her as she once did him. After Sara leaves, he orders Ian to go and bring the Witchblade back to him. When Ian comes back without the Witchblade, he hits him in the head.

1.05 Legion:
Irons has Father Bellamy's missing journals dated during WWII

1.04 Sacrifice:
Irons owns an old book written in a language dead a thousand years about the legend of Cathain. Sara accuses him of tearing out the last page of the chapter that could've helped her solve her case. He also mentions that the next chapter pertains to the death of Conchobar.

1.03 Diplopia:
Irons is involved in genetic research and funded Dr. Peter D'Angelo's research that created the Isaac Sullivans. Dominique tells Sara that Irons "always had an eye for a fine brood mare." Given Irons' interest in genetic research, evolution and reproduction, he may want to use or extract genetic material from Sara for cloning and reproductive purposes.
Irons doesn't want Sara to learn more about the blade from other sources. Ian threatens Gabriel and tells him to refrain from talking to Sara about the blade. The order likely came from Irons. Gabriel talks to Sara anyway.

1.02 Conundrum:
Irons was involved with Dominique Boucher when he first acquired the blade, but dumped her when he found out that she was a pretender. He put the blade on in one instance only ("At the dark of the first new moon of the second half of the last century"). He seems to have stopped aging. He looks the same as he did in a photograph dated in '59.

1.01 Parallax:
Irons tries to court Sara to get to the Witchblade.
He is very knowledgeable about the blade, but doesn't give straight answers to Sara. He tries to give Sara clues that will lead her to conclusion that he wants her to end up with.
He backed the Black Dragons experiment. When it went awry, he ordered Ian to eliminate the rest of unit.

Season 1: Kenneth Irons is obsessed with the Witchblade. He owns the world, but not the blade. Since he can't own the blade, he tries to control the Witchblade through the woman chosen to wield it. His birth certificate says he's ninety-six years old (in 2001). Irons is also involved in projects that involve DNA and reproduction and has a deal with Dante and the Bulls, a corrupt police organization. His brief attempt to wear the blade has prolonged his life. When the effects begin to wear off, he uses Elizabeth Bronte's remains to extend his life. His contact with the Witchblade has also bonded him forever to the blade and connects him to Sara. Irons tries to hide certain facts about the blade from Sara. He killed Elizabeth Bronte (a former bladewielder) and preserved her body and poses her on a couch with mist rising from the ground. He develops an immunity to Elizabeth Bronte's cells. Sara's blood is the only source that can prevent him from rapidly aging and dying. With Sara turning back time in the season finale, how much he will remember is unknown at this time.