Thorn (The Mirror Visitor)

Thorn is one of the two main protagonists of the literary series The Mirror Pass by the Belgian novelist Christelle Dabos. He is a intendant living on Pole and is engaged, then married to Ophélie. 
==History==
Thorn is Lord Farouk's superintendent. He is a bastard born of an illegitimate affair and saved from disgrace by his aunt Berenilde. This was to the displeasure of his grand-mother, who attempted to kill him as an infant, an event which his family power enables him to remember clearly. His father belonged to the clan known as the Dragons, while his mother belonged to a different clan. Passed on by his parents, Thorn has the power of Psychic Claws (from his father) and a perfect memory (from his mother.) Upon marrying Animist Ophélie, he also gains faint powers of passing through mirrors as well as animism.
He faces many enemies throughout the series, including other members of his own clan the Dragon, the shapeshifter who goes by the name "God," as well as many of "God's" lackeys. Thorn also holds a distinct animosity for Archibald, although they are not enemies per se, which is further complicated by Archibald's alliance with Thorn's Aunt Berenilde in the Missing of Clairdelune.
==Personality==
Thorn is completely austere, uncomfortable everywhere, cold, has no gestures of affection even for his aunt Berenilde and hardly ever raises his voice. Aided by a perfect memory passed on by his mother, he is precise and calculating, and pays sharp attention to details. Growing up in the unforgiving politics of the pole as an illegitimate son of the Dragon clan, he has received little affection or concern from others beyond that displayed by his Aunt Berenilde. This may explain in part his bemusement to the raw, caring concern Ophélie displays to him in the first and second novels, as vulnerability and trust do not come naturally to him. He is still immensely protective of those he loves, as seen in the steadfast reliance his Aunt Berenilde places in him, although his concern is deeply concealed to all but those who know him best. 
He has also displayed obsessive and even perfectionist/germophobic tendencies, particularly at times when he feels most out of his element. Religious use of antibacterials, lack of concern over his own well-being in life threatening situations, compulsive neatness, and a strict demand for precision and order, are but a few examples. It is this obsessiveness that Ophélie observes during her stay at the Pole, and is part of what makes him an infamously strict Treasurer. The contrast between his orderliness and Ophelia's "predisposition to disasters" often compliments their bizarre relationship, with one notable villain labeling them as an oddly matched couple .
== Goals ==
[Serious Spoiler Warning]
At the start of La Passe Miroir, Thorn's end goals are very unclear, but they become more apparent over the course of A Winter's Promise and The Missing of Clairdelune. His purpose in arranging an inter-familial marriage with Animist Ophelie is to gain the power to Read objects, which would enable him to read Farouk's Book. He believes this Book contains information on the history of the family spirit that will fill in the blanks left in the memories passed on by his mother before her memory was wiped. He also hold suspicions that a secret figure, who will later go by the name of "God" is pulling the strings behind the family spirits and the Rupture that caused the world to split into Arks.
Although Thorn seeks to unmask this mastermind and bring to light the secret dealings of the nobles of the Pole, he also has more personal interests as well in protecting his Aunt and her child from the backstairs political affairs of the pole. He also expresses deep interest in protecting the rights of everyone to make their own choices, or as he says in the Missing of Clairdelune "it is high time that humanity got their dice back." This is most obviously seen in his advocacy for the restoration of fallen clans to the Citacaleste and his resistance against "God."
His goals are further changed upon marrying Ophélie, with whom he falls in love, as well as by the discovery of more information on the ever-evasive "God." In The Memory of Babel, Thorn explains to Ophelia that his motivation to drive "God" out from the shadows has shifted from an interest in freeing humanity to protecting her.
== Links: ==
* The Official Mirror Visitor Site: http://www.themirrorvisitor.com/#home
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