1/2 POV Protagonists

12-year-old male

At age 7, Theo was apprenticed to The Dark Mage, Maeve Aeron, and all his memories of life before were erased. For the past five years, Theo has lived and trained in the Dark Caverns, with no knowledge of who he was, where he came from before, or even his last name. He has nowhere else to go, so he stays, even though he disagrees with Maeve’s methods at times–never out loud, of course.

Until one fateful night, when the assignment to help kill the heads of the mage council pushes him to his breaking point…

Theo is quiet, calculating, clever, and cautious. He has a natural tendency towards kindness, but that quality is not encouraged by his mentor. He’s very intelligent and is considered a casting prodigy: most children cannot learn to cast spells until age ten at least, but Theo began doing magic at age seven, and without a teacher. He tends to see the world in a very rational, logical way, but he is also is exceptionally good at reading emotions and deducing what people are thinking. He can also lie very convincingly.

Throughout the book, he faces hardships, growth, and the whole range of emotions–but he’s very careful to keep those emotions masked under a steady tone and impassive expression, lest someone try and use them against him.