Callum

Prince Callum is the Prince and High Mage of Katolis and one of the three main protagonists of The Dragon Prince series. He is a young prince who was adopted into royalty after his mother married his stepfather, King Harrow. He is also the maternal half-brother of King Ezran, the boyfriend of Rayla, the nephew of Amaya, close friends with Bait, Soren, Azymondias and formerly Claudia and the temporary vessel and arch-enemy of Aaravos. 
Callum learns he has magic and becomes a mage unlike Claudia and Viren, forming a connection to the Sky and Ocean Arcanums. In Book Three, he begins a relationship with Rayla. However, by the time of Book 4, he has grown distant from Rayla after she we've on a quest of her own to hunting down Viren. Two years later, he regrouped with his friends to embark on a new quest of preventing the liberation of Aaravos.
He is voiced by Jack DeSena, who also voiced Sokka in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
 
== Biography==
 
===Early Life ===
Callum was born to Queen Sarai and her unnamed husband on July 15, around fourteen years before Zym's birth. When he was young, his father died of unknown causes, and is mother remarried King Harrow. Despite not being the King's biological son, Harrow always treated him as such. However, they each kept their distance from each other but for separate reasons. Even when they were in private, Callum always addressed him as the King, who was noticeably uncomfortable with it. When Ezran was born, Callum swore to be the best big brother ever. They often spent winter together at the Banther Lodge with their family and often played with his brother. Ezran and Callum also grew closer to their aunt, Amaya.
 
Callum grew up with Soren and Claudia; he was sometimes bullied by the former due to Soren's jealousy that Callum and Harrow had a warm father and son relationship that Soren lacked with his own. He eventually gained a crush on Claudia, but never realized his crush on her. At a young age, Harrow realized his stepson's talent for art so he gave Callum a sketchbook that Callum often used. When he was six years old, Valium and Ezran lost their mother to Avizandum, the king of all dragons during the quest to retrieve the lava Titan's heart. Callum was deeply affected by her passing and even grew to hate Avizandum for killing her.
 
===Book 1: Moon===
During a nighttime, Callum and Ezran were sleeping in their bedrooms when the boys were frightened by the thunderstorm. The next day, Callum struggled in his sword-fighting lessons with Soren when Claudia walked by. Soren realized that Callum was crushing on Claudia and helped him impress her. One day, Harrow sent him to the lodge they would go on the winter because Moon Shadow assassins were coming to kill Harrow. Callum, understanding this, tried to help Soren and his troop in stopping the assassins, although he failed because Soren ridiculed him. Callum and Ezran get into a huge argument that ends with Callum shouting at him that the Moonshadow Elves are coming to kill their father.
 
Callum tries to apologize to Ezran but is completely unaware that his brother is gone. He goes to the library to find books for the long journey. However, he encounters Claudia, who teaches him about the "Aspiro" spell. Callum hides his jealousy and wishes he could switch places with Claudia, who gets an idea to save, King Harrow. After showing his displeasure in his misunderstanding in girls, Callum goes back to his and Ezran's room, where he finds his brother is gone. Later, Harrow summons Callum to the throne room, where he gives Callum a letter, he hopes his stepson will open in the event the assassination attempt is successful. Callum also asks why they cannot make peace with Xadia, but Harrow knows that it is too late for him. They both give a final goodbye before Callum goes back to his chambers.
 
On his way to his chambers, Callum turns around and sees that one of the assassins, Rayla, came to kill Ezran and Harrow, Callum tried to lie to Rayla that he was Ezran to protect him however, the ruse failed when Ezran interrupted them and referred to his brother as "Callum." Ezran distracts Rayla by having Bait blind her with his good. The boys ran to Viren's chambers and his in his secret lair. Rayla followed them into Viren's dungeons and was about to kill them. Ezran revealed that the egg was still intact. The boys and Rayla decided that they can end the war if they can return the egg to its mother and call off the assassination.
 
However, the group suddenly is confronted by Claudia who reveals that her father stole the egg so elves and dragons couldn't use it against them. The boys and Rayla run from Claudia when she sends shadow wolves after the trio. However, Callum steals Claudia's Primal Stone and performs the "Aspiro" spell that Claudia had shown him earlier. Unfortunately, when Rayla, Callum, and Ezran try to show the egg to Runaan, the leader of the assassins, he refuses to call it off. Callum was forced to flee with his brother and hide him and Bait in the haystack. After failing to get by Viren, Callum is forced to flee, where he is reunited with his brother and Rayla. Callum hesitated got a second, with Rayla saying she would go with him back to the tower. However, Callum decided not to and said it was up to them and Bait to get the egg back to its mother and stop the war.
 
The next day, Callum convinced Rayla to make a detour to the Banther Lodge to steal a rare artifact hidden in the game room. However, Callum and Ezran are reunited with their aunt General Amaya. While successfully retrieving the Key of Aaravos, Rayla was caught and captured. Ezran tried convincing his brother they should tell their aunt about the worst but Callum refused. They can free Rayla but find themselves cornered. They escape on a rowboat when Rayla pretends to kidnap the princes. She scolded Callum for risking their lives for a stupid cube, telling him she hoped it was worth it. When the cube was near the Sky Primal stone, he noticed that the Sky rune glowed.
 
A few days later, Callum tried to perform Claudia's lightning Spell but it spun out of control. He throws it to Rayla who gets electrocuted from the spell. Team Zym travels on the river and Callum notices Rayla's discomfort. During this time, the two bonded as Callum asked questions about Xadia to help Rayla keep her mind off her fear of water. When Callum asked about her parents, Rayla told him they were dead. Suddenly the group came across a waterfall, but we were able to safely make it. However, the ocean side of the Key suddenly glows and they are attacked by a giant ocean monster that jumps out of the lake. Rayla finds herself on land but notices Callum and Ezran are still in the water. After failing to warn when that the sea creature was after Bait. After a successful rescue due to Callum's lightning spell, Callum and Ezran learn from Rayla that her parents are still alive but she wishes they were dead. Callum sees Rayla's distress about their boat coming back. He decides they'll continue the journey on foot. Tell him asks Rayla about the bindings on her hands and she explains that it's just decorative.
 
The following morning, Callum, Ezran, and Bait wake up, and Callum starts to grow suspicious of Rayla and he voices his concerns to Ezran. Rayla suddenly comes and forces the boys to pack up but Callum accidentally leaves their food behind. The group travels up a mountain, where Bait sets off an avalanche that causes Callum, Ezran, Rayla, and Bait to land on a frozen lake, where the egg landed. Ez grabbed onto the egg but suddenly the ice cracked below him. However, Callum came to Ezran's aid and took the egg from him until he found himself in the same predicament. The boys rely on Rayla, whom Callum apologized to for not trusting her earlier. Rayla confessed that her binding will only come off unless Ezran dies and she will lose her hand if she doesn't succeed in her attempt. As Callum told her there was no time to argue, Rayla nearly confessed to the boys their father was dead. However, Callum hands her the dragon egg. Unfortunately, Rayla drops the egg and Ezran dives in after it; Callum tries driving after him but Rayla stops him. Suddenly, Ezran knocks on the ice and Rayla and Callum help them break through. Callum grows relieved when Ezran wakes up. However, Callum's relief is short-lived when he grows equally concerned when he sees that something is wrong with the egg.
 
The group settles for the evening; however, they notice that the egg is growing weaker with every passing hour. Callum, Bait, Ezran, and Rayla wander into town, where Callum tells Rayla that she has to disguise herself because the human village is filled with xenophobic people. As Rayla goes to ask a man about a Sunfire elf knife that she hopes will cut through her bindings, Callum and Ezran take the egg to the nearby veterinarian. They reluctantly show the vet a dragon's egg. The veterinarian is unsure what to do with the egg and advises them to seek out Ellis and her pet wolf, Ava. They tell their story of how a mysterious healer helped save Ava's life by restoring her leg. The boys quickly meet up with Rayla but are suddenly driven out of town by an angry mob and they run up the Cursed Caldera, where they find Ellis’s riding Ava.
 
Callum introduces Ava and Ellis to Rayla, who is immensely skeptical about a magical healer living up in the Cursed Caldera. Ellis warns them that at night, their greatest fears can come alive. The group comes across a leech-like creature, and Callum comes up with a plan that they are all unsure of. The group fails to subdue the leach at first and Ellis, Ava, and Callum hide on one rock platform while Ez, Rayla, and Bait hide on the other. There, Ellis boasts Callum's confidence, which helps Team Zym defeat the leach monster together. As they make their way up to the tree where the mysterious healer is found, Ezran says there is no miracle healer, as Ava has warned them.
 
Irritated, Callum snaps at Ezran, because he doesn't believe his brother's abilities to communicate with animals. They continue their journey up the mountain, where Callum looks down at the Key of Aaravos and notices the higher they go up, the more radiant the moon rune glows. They suddenly come across a gigantic spider guarding its web. Ezran runs up to prove that the spider is fake and Callum follows. He finally sees that his brother is telling the truth about his animal empathy. They make it to the tree, where they meet Lujanne and her pet Moon Phoenix, Phoe-Phoe.
 
She revealed to them that she only can create illusions, as seen when she did with Ava's leg, which was also an illusion. They show the Moonshadow elf the dragon egg and Lujanne tells them the only way the baby can be saved is if it is hatched. However, this is impossible because sky dragons can only be born in the eye of the storm but the night was clear as day. Callum refuses to let the baby dragon die, so Callum selflessly sacrifices Claudia's Primal Stone and creates a storm so the dragon can hatch. The egg hatched and baby Azymondias emerged before biting off Rayla's binding. However, unknown to the group, the purple wisps were part of Claudia's tracking spell and darker forces were pursuing the group.
 
===Book 2: Sky===
 
===Book 3: Sun===
As Callum, Rayla and Zym with how they can get past Sol Regem, they two sneaking past him and reasoning with him. Sol Regem allows Rayla and The Dragon Prince to go through, but he refuses to let Callum in because Sol Regem can sense he has already used dark magic to save Rayla and Pyrrah. However, the two refuse to leave Callum behind, so Sol Regem goes after them. Callum tells Rayla that he'll face death if it will get her and Zym to safety. She tells him to calm down, that Sol Regem can only use his fire breath every few minutes. Callum tells her that they cannot hide from Sol Regem's senses, but they could trick him by creating a false appearance. They put together a scheme, distracting Sol Regem with scent and magic. The distraction is successful, forcing Sol Regem to waste his fire breath on a missed shot that is way off the mark of any of them. Callum has Rayla throw her smelly scarf as a distraction and he uses the Aspiro spell to blow it to lead Sol Regem off, trapping his head inside an arch. They continue their journey while Sol Regem struggles to free himself from the arch.
===Time Jump===
During the time jump, he grew distant from Rayla due to her quest to hunt Viren on her own.
 
===Book 4: Earth===
 
=== Book 5: Ocean===
 
===Book 6: Stars===
To be added
=== Book 7: Dark ===
==Personality==
For as long as he could remember, Callum had little confidence in everything a prince was supposed to be good at like sword fighting and horseback riding. However, he did begin feeling his worth when he performed magic for the first time during his, Ezran and Rayla's escape from the castle. Callum's affinity for magic was so strong, that he became the first human to ever connect to one of the Primal Sources despite not being born with one.
 
However, Callum's obsession with magic can be strong, up to a point where he keeps trying to find information about the Looking Glass and is tempted to destroy the Key of Aaravos but ultimately chooses not to. People like Soren warn Callum that he may love magic but he must be careful because he could go down a dark path like Claudia and Viren. Even two years since he used dark magic to save Rayla and Pyrrah, Callum is still disgusted by dark magic's nature and capabilities. Unfortunately, his small exposure to dark magic makes him an easy target for the Startouched elf Aaravos, who often targeted Mages like Callum. After Aaravos' was able to possess and control Callum's actions, the young were, in his terms, traumatized by this encounter. He felt dangerous and out of control, fearing that Aaravos would try and possess him again. This fear is so strong he even asks Rayla to kill him Aaravos controlled him again. However, Callum's greatest fear is that Aaravos won't hurt him but the people he cares about. After he resorted to dark magic during his and his friends' captivity aboard the Sea Legs, Callum was disgusted with what he had done so much that he kept it a secret from Rayla and his friends. Unfortunately, the exposure to dark magic still makes Callum more susceptible to falling under Aaravos' control.
 
==Physical appearance==
Callum is a young teenage boy with brown hair, green eyes, and fair skin.
 
At the start of the series, Callum is only fourteen before turning fifteen in Book 2; in the time jump, he is seventeen years old.
 
==Powers and Abilities==
===Powers===
Magic: Like Viren and Claudia, Callum was born with an affinity for magic and arguably could become one of the most powerful mages in the entire series, with the potential to even become the first human Archmage. By Book 4, he was promoted from "Prince" to "High Mage".
*Primal Magic: Callum learned he could access primal magic, having first learned this by looking through her Sky Primal Stone. Although he initially lost the ability to perform magic after destroying the Primal Stone, he later formed a connection to the Sky arcanum. This makes him also the first human being who can control magic that doesn't require a special conduit or totem. He has connected to the Sky, Moon, and Ocean arcanum. 
**Sky Magic 
***Fulminus
***Aspiro
***Ventus Spiralus; By chanting the words "Ventus Spiralis," Calum's spell  allows him those around him to breathe in areas with thin air. When cast, the recipient is briefly surrounded by spiraling gust of wind. When he first cast it, Callum chanted it to save himself, Rayla and Ezran as they made their way to the storm spire. He later used the same spell on Soren so he could breathe in the thin air when he came to warn Team Zym about Viren coming for the young dragon prince.  
***Wing Growth: By chanting the spell "Manus. Pluma. Volantus.".
***Angustiae Lautus
***"Eritque Arcus Ignus"
***"Sepultura Caelo"
***"Stratum Caligo"
***"Ventum Circulo"
***"Aspiro Frigis"
***"Ventum Angulus"
***"Ventus Validus"
***"Lapis Caeli"
***"Ferrum Venti"
***"Levare Ventum"
**Moon Magic
***Historia Viventem
***Mors Aperta
**Ocean magic
***Underwater Breathing
***Anti-Blood Freezing Spell
**Star Magic
***Releasing a soul from a coin and creating Runaan a new body. 
*Dark Magic: Callum refused to use this kind of magic by drawing power from other magical creatures.
**Snake Morphing Spell: He used the snake spell twice; first, to save Rayla and the down dragon and to free himself from his chains aboard the Sea Legs and save Rayla again.
 
===Abilities===
*Love: 
*Art
*Photographic memory
*Languages
*Physical Strength
*Tactician
*Adaptability
*Dancing
*Mediation
*Riding
*Swimming
 
==Weaknesses ==
*Dark Magic Usage: When Callum learned dark magic for the first time, the energy took a toll on his body, thus weakening him. He suffered from nightmarish dreams, hallucinations, and terrible visions. However, a vision of his late mother comforting him and Rayla crying his name causes him to snap out of it. Callum fears dark magic so much that he fears he will go down a dark path similar to Viren.
=== Former Weaknesses ===
**Dark Possession: Becoming exposed to dark magic also allowed Aaravos to take control of Callum, using him as a conduit so he can mock his enemies, Team Zym. Callum fears that it could get worse if he continues using dark magic and that Aaravos will make him hurt his loved ones to get to him.
==Quotes ==
 
==Relationships==
===Family===
*Ezran - Maternal Half-brother and King
*Amaya - Maternal Aunt
*Sarai † - Mother and Queen
*Damian - Biological Father †
*The Orphan Queen † - Distant Step-Ancestor
*King Harrow † - Adoptive Father and King
* Rayla - Girlfriend
*King Atticus - Step-Grandfather
*Janai - Aunt by marriage
*Khessa † - Aunt-in-Law
*Karim - Uncle in Law
===Allies===
*Ellis - Friend
*Ava - Friend
*Team Zym - Close Friends and Teammates
**Rayla - Girlfriend, True Love, and Former Best Friend
** Azymondias - Close Friend
**Bait - Friend and teammate
**Soren - Rival, Former Attempted Killer and Brotherly Figure
*Lujanne - Friend and Brief Mentor
*Ibis † - Friend
* Aanya - Friend and Savior
*Phoe-Phoe - Friend
*Villads - Associate and Ally
*Janai - Friend
*Ethari - Friend
* Pyrrah - Temporary Enemy and Friend
*Zubeia - Friend
*Kingdom of Katolis
**Crownguard 
***Corvus - Friend
***Associate Crow Lord - Friend
***Gren - Friend
**High Council
***Opeli - Friend
***Barius - Friend
**Allen - Friend
*Kazi - Friend
*Stella - Friend and Girlfriend's Companion
*N'than - Friend
*Akiyu - Temporary Enemy
*Elmer
===Enemies===
*Lord Viren - Predecessor
*Aaravos - Enthraller
*Claudia - Ex-Crush, Former Childhood Friend, and Enemy
*Sol Regem - Attempted Killer
* Runaan
*Kasef † - Attempted Killer
*Warlon
*Rex Igneous - Temporary Ally turned Enemy
*Finnegrin †
*Terry
* Nyx - Situational Ally
==Gallery==
==Trivia ==
*Some sources state that Callum is Harrow's adopted son while the characters in the series call him his stepson instead.
*His darker counterparts include Claudia and Lord Viren. 
**He and Claudia are mages and quite talented with magic.
*** However, Claudia revels in dark magic but Callum hates it.
***"They both lost their mothers, are heavily devoted to their families, and will do anything to save them.
****Claudia becomes desperate to keep her father alive and Callum resorts to dark magic to save Rayla twice).
****Unfortunately, while Claudia starts falling apart and loses her family and friends, Callum's friends and family keep him together.
*** They also fall in love with two elves, Rayla and Terry.
***They both have brothers but their dynamics are reversed.
****Claudia is Soren's younger sister and Callum is Ezran's older brother.
****Additionally, Callum remains loyal to his brother while Claudia, on the other hand, ends up betraying and denouncing Soren.
**He and Aaravos could be considered opposites as well.
*Both Callum and his adopted father, Harrow harbored a deep resentment for Avizandum due to his role in killing Callum's biological mother, Queen Sarai. Unlike his stepfather, however, Callum never gives in to it. This is, in part, due to Harrow acknowledging the lessons of love and forgiveness in his final letter to Callum. Instead, he expresses deep remorse that due to his friendship with Azymondias, his father was taken away from him.
* Callum used dark magic for the first time when he was saving Rayla and a downed dragon from Claudia and Soren. He later resorted to dark magic again so he could save Rayla and the rest of his friends.
*So far, Callum has connected to two of the seven arcaniums, the Sky and the ocean. He also did two spells in Moon magic.
*it is quite ironic how Callum is a talented drawer and artist. This is the opposite of Jack DeSena's character, Sokka, who was a terrible artist.
*Callum is, by far, the first human mage to ever connect with one of the Primal Sources of Magic in a long time. 
*One of Callum's fears is using dark magic and becoming a monster like Viren or Aaravos. Even though he is cleaned of dark magic, Kosmo warns Callum if he uses dark magic again the he will overwhelm himself.
*In the teaser trailer, Callum tries flying up towards the stars with his spell created wings but ends up falling. This is similar to the Greek myth, Icarus who used his artificial wings and flew too close to the Sun. In a way, Callum's falling scene does mirror Icarus's story since the Sun is a yellow star.
*So far, Callum has dabbled in 4 of the Primal Sources: Sky, Moon, Star and Ocean
*As of Season 6, Callum has the most appearances more than the other members of Team Zym, having appeared in all 54 episodes. 
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