Jaden

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**Jaden** is a dragon disguised as a human boy in both drafts of Lydia Brown and the Quests for Olympus. He tries to kill Lydia and her friends because they are demigods, and in the first draft, Kyle and Lydia chase him away for good.

## Description

In his human form, Jaden is "tall, muscular, and skinny, with unusually bright amber eyes and a scar running from his left eye to his jaw." He has rippling shoulders, and his eyes occasionally flash red. Jaden has black hair and oddly sharpened teeth.

As a dragon, he is enormous with blood-red scales and eyes, a spiked tail, and scarred gums.

## History

### First draft of Lydia Brown and the Quests for Olympus

Sometime before Lydia comes into the cafeteria to eat, Jaden throws a fork at a girl named Reagan and "literally [pokes] her eye out." When Lydia, Kyle, and Kyla are gathered at a table eating breakfast, he walks over to them and demands Kyla's eggs. She stands up to him, telling him he can't do that to other kids. Jaden transforms into a dragon, roars, and chases the three outside. He uses his giant tail to surround the three kids, allowing rain to pool up. He curls his tail tighter to shrink the area Lydia and her friends had. Lydia pops a scale off him and scratches the exposed skin, causing him to roar and look at Lydia, foaming at the mouth with his tongue flickering. She slaps Jaden, and he bellows again and blows fire at her, sending her flying out of the water. His head slithers towards her in the air. Jaden then unravels his tail, sending the water in all directions. While Lydia steals a car to escape from it, Jaden snatches Kyla out of the water and flies away with her.

Jaden finds Lydia and Kyle trekking down a mountain. He loses sight of them and sniffs them out. Then, he hears Kyle whispering; he roars and lunges at them, hiting Lydia in the chest and throwing her at a rock. Kyla then appears and uses a giant sword to slice Jaden's skin. He bellows and lunges, throwing his tail over his shoulder and whacking Kyla off the mountain's edge. Lydia and Kyle work together to injure Jaden and chase him off.

### Second draft of Lydia Brown and the Quests for Olympus

Jaden is in the school cafeteria for breakfast, and Owen tells Lydia to look at him. Jaden catches her glance, and his eyes flash red though he walks nearby. Despite not bothering the group yet, he still unnerves Lydia. Jaden stares at Lydia, and when she turns around to look at him, his eyes flash again. Then, he goes back to eating his breakfast. After a few seconds, he gets up and slowly walks over to Lydia's table. He puts his elbow on their table and flashes the group a crooked grin. He tells Hannah her scrambled eggs are his, and she says no. He then replies that he doesn't care how much her breakfast costs, and he turns into a dragon. Jaden roars and his enormous size causes the cafeteria to "explode."

Jaden chases the threesome through the hallways, and one of his wing tips catches in a slot in a locker. He yanks his wing free, causing the lockers to tumble over like dominos, and eventually, one locker falls on Hannah's toe. Jaden leans in to devour Hannah, but Owen throws a fork into his eye. Jaden screams, swinging his head back and forth, and gets hit in the head with a textbook that Lydia throws at him. He falls over, and his head crashes into a locker. At first, he has no luck shaking it off, but then he melts it off his head by melting it with his fiery breath. Jaden roars and strikes Hannah with his tail. Lydia picks up the fork Owen threw at him, and while Jaden is momentarily scared, his expression turns into cold hunger. He bites Lydia's finger and crunches the fork in between his teeth, and spits out the remains. Owen jumps at him, and Jaden roars, causing him to lose his focus. Jaden swats the boy out of the air. He tells the fallen teenagers they cannot take on him and that their attempts are amusing. Lydia asks what his purpose of being here is, and he tells them they were prophesied to cause destruction to many and that it's his responsibility to rid the world of them.

## Personality

Jaden is a violent person. He has some unusual quirks, such as sniffing the air, although that comes from being a dragon. Jaden appears creepy or weird to the other kids. He is a typical bully and will do anything to get his way, including killing Lydia and her friends.

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## References and citations

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Lydia Brown and the Quests for Olympus*, second draft, page 3
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Lydia Brown and the Quests for Olympus*, first draft, chapter 1, page 2
3. ↑ *Lydia Brown and the Quests for Olympus*, second draft, page 5
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Lydia Brown and the Quests for Olympus*, second draft, page 6
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Lydia Brown and the Quests for Olympus*, second draft, page 7
6. ↑ *Lydia Brown and the Quests for Olympus*, second draft, page 8
7. ↑ *Lydia Brown and the Quests for Olympus*, second draft, page 4

## See also

* Tanner (ML)
* Keith
* Minor Characters in Lydia Brown
* Characters in Rise of Olympus