Vantor (novel)

*This article is about the character of The Altered Adventure novel series. For his Minecraft counterpart, see **Vantor**.*

**Vantor** is a character featured in *The Altered Adventure* novel series. He débuts in the second volume of the series, Luck of the Guardians.

## History

Shortly after Alpha was killed, Vantor and his family visit Elizabeth in Stand Down City. He is happy to see his aunt again, and gives her a hug. This is the last time he ever sees Elizabeth. Voice visits their family house in Widespread to tell them of Elizabeth's passing, and he asks Letvia to be the new Water Guardian. Letvia agrees, and walks out on her family, telling Dr Shamas to look after Vantor and Gail.

Vantor lives with his sister Gail in their cabin in a snowy forest. Vantor provided for them both with food and supplies, while Gail stayed safe in the cabin. He would often stay awake into the night protecting her from the real world, after both of their parents abandoned them. They have a plan, if anyone knocks on the door, Gail would hide under the stairs, and Vantor would arm himself with his makeshift staff. When Letvia came to visit them, they had the same reaction.

Vantor was unhappy to see his mother, angry at her for abandoning them both for power, in the same footsteps as their aunt had. He'd secretly wished that Letvia would refuse the Water element and stay with their family. Letvia tries to explain the situation with Gizzy and the prophecy, although Vantor cuts her off, saying he's not interested. Letvia tells him she took the Water element to honour Elizabeth's memory. He tells Letvia their dad, Dr Shamas had also left them, after he and Vantor had been collecting firewood, and their father had been bitten by a transwolf, and told him to take Gail and to their safehouse, away from him.

He knows of his father's location during his exile, and Letvia pleads Vantor to tell him, so she can visit her husband. Vantor relucantly agrees to show her, Gail also wanting to see her dad. Vantor refuses and says it was safer to remain in the cabin, and reminds her of their standard routine if someone approaches.

Dr Shamas is in bed when they arrive, and he is surprised to see them both. Vantor is thrilled to see his father again. Their sudden arrival caused Stryder to manifest instead. Dr Shamas pleads with them to leave, until the change takes over. Vantor tries to appeal to Stryder, hoping his father was still there. Letvia tries to protect him as Stryder began approaching them. Letvia warns him to stop, and when he doesn't, she throws an ice spear through his heart, killing Dr Shamas/Stryder. Horrified, Vantor rushes towards his father, hugging him. Letvia tries to explain she was protecting him, but Vantor is too angry to listen. Letvia teleports them both away from the Dirt Sphere. Grieving, Vantor yells at her for killing his father and tells her he knew his parents no longer loved one another. Then tells Letvia to stay away from him and Gail. Letvia is summoned to Cloud Temple before she is able to calm Vantor down, leaving his rage to manifest.

Vantor walks through the forest back to the cabin, reflecting on everything negative that's happened to his family. When he reaches the cabin, he finds it destroyed, and there was no sign of Gail. He rushed out into the forest, in the hope of trying to find her.

He finds The Package half way through their ritual to give people powers, although he doesn't know this, and sees Gail's body on the floor. He begs her to wake up, but eventually he realises she was dead, and he runs back to the cabin and throws up after seeing his father and sister dead. He blames his mother for both of their deaths. Vantor grabs his sword and ventures into the forest, looking for Letvia, so they can be avenged.

When Vantor reaches Higher Rank, he watches the fight between Inferno and Tayren from the stands in the colosseum. After the fight, he approaches Tayren and explains he's Letvia's son, and he wants to get revenge. Tayren believes he could be a father figure to Vantor and accepts him into the Rebellion.

He helps Tayren destroy the Earth Kingdom using explosives. They did it during the night, and Vantor was secretly relieved that there was no-one inside the castle when it blew up. Vantor sees tears running down Tayren's face, and asks if they were tears of joy, unaware of Tayren's past. Tayren hits him, and tells Vantor not to speak to him. He begins to doubt whether joining the rebellion was a good idea.

They head to the remains of Stand Down City, surprised to see its poor condition, and they find Voice's body. Unsure what to do, Vantor and other members of the rebellion remember Voice protecting their city under Alpha's rule. They decide to destroy the place completely. He asks Tayren where they are heading next, and he says they are going to the Water Kingdom, and estimates it will take about a day to get there. He tells Vantor he will be the one to kill Letvia. Vantor is reluctant to kill his mother, but agrees to do it to avenge Gail's death.

The rebellion attack a pirate ship on route to the Water Kingdom, firing canonballs. The ship sank, Vantor being unaware that Gail had been on that boat. The rebellion arrives at the Water Kingdom. They wait until the morning, so they wouldn't be at a disadvantage. Vantor laid awake on his bed, full of doubt. In the morning, Tayren gives a speech to them, and tells the rebellion not to kill Letvia, and to leave her for Vantor. He began to feel nervous, having believed he'd never get the opportunity to get revenge. Vantor could see his mother being protected by her water guards, but she hadn't noticed him. Letvia tries to kill Tayren, and notices Vantor next to him. At first, the believes he'd been taken hostage, but then comes to realise he was with the rebellion. He tells her Gail is dead and he found her body, and said Letvia should never have come back into their lives. She apologises, which infuriates Vantor, telling her sorry isn't enough.

Vantor raises his silver sword at Letvia, only to hesitate at the last moment. She hugged him, and accepted her apology. He realised if he had killed Letvia, he'd end up being a killer, and that isn't what he wanted to become. Tayren grabbed Vantor, and held him hostage, telling her about the fates of the Earth Kingdom and Stand Down City, and the two guardians who resided there. This gives enough time for Gail to reach the Water Kingdom. Vantor is amazed to see her, and she reveals she is related to Letvia too. Tayren decides to kill Gail in front of Vantor and the rebellion, much to his horror. He begins to fight Tayren, and loses, trying to stop Tayren from stabbing him. Alpha arrives before he can he killed, and he runs back to Letvia. Gail revives, and Vantor runs to her, relieved to see her again. Inferno arrives, and Alpha reveals he is looking for Brayden. Tayren admits to killing him, and Vantor witnesses Alpha's grief. Letvia covers Vantor and Gail's eyes while Alpha kills Tayren.

Letvia teleports Vantor and Gail to a forest, away from all the death, and they reunite with The Package. Letvia wants her children to go back to the cabin, although they refuse. Pluto offers to keep an eye on them both instead, and agrees not to kill anyone else. Vantor also meets Brandon for the first time. He punches Pluto for kidnapping and killing his sister. Letvia leaves them to it, and goes to Cloud Temple.

Vantor and Gail grow concerned when she doesn't return, and Pluto offers to give Vantor the flying ability so he can go to Cloud Temple and see what's going on. He reluctantly agrees, knowing there is a chance he could die. He doesn't wake, and Gail begins to cry, believing him to be dead. Witch takes her to Cloud Temple, and Vantor wakes shortly afterwards, and heads to Dawn's Opening. He saves Letvia from being crushed by a boulder the demon is holding, and stabs the demon with a spiral sword. Vantor had now grown wings, and the demon began to fly after him. Vantor is knocked out of the sky unconscious. Letvia, Gail and Brandon rush to help him, and carry him back to the others.

As Benji decides to sacrifice himself to blind the demon, Gizzy pleads with Vantor to stop him. He hesitates, but doesn't want Benji to die. He tries to fly after him, but he is unable to fly due to his injuries. Vantor witnesses Gizzy slay the demon.

After the battle, Vantor joined the Package to help protect the towns. They are tasked with defeating an ogre near Widespread, and are being chased. Letvia teleports them back to the Water Kingdom, away from danger. Gail protests, and Pluto offers Letvia a power, but she refuses, wanting to spend time with her family. Vantor is given a teleportation device (made with help from Gizzy), to use on missions. Gizzy stops by to let them know he is going home. Vantor meets Lucky briefly, before they return to fight the ogre.