Damon West

Damon West as he appears in 1086AE

The Secondborn

Daria Bay (half-sister)

Valoria Blackthorne (grandmother)

Caradoc Rookwood (grandfather)

Theodor Blackthorne (great-uncle)

**Damon West** is an apprentice sorcerer studying at the Shatterlight Coven in 1086AE, under the tutelage of Theodor Blackthorne and Ambrosia Holdenhome. He is the eldest son, and secondborn child overall, of the "Dark Prince" Edmund Blackthorne, an infamously powerful sorcerer and warrior. However, as he is baseborn with his mother being a peasant woman named Qyra, Damon is not a part of the House of Blackthorne or their Royal Family even in their weakened state post-1077 Revolution, as his father acknowledged his parentage but refused to legitimize the boy. Damon has never met his father, but craves the Prince's approval, and he has skewed his entire personality on following in his father's footsteps.

Damon has a great many half-siblings. but the one he hates most is Daria Bay who is a year his elder and is considered Edmund's firstborn and more likely to be favoured in his affections. His teacher Theodor is also his great-uncle, and he his father's parents Valoria and Caradoc are prevalent figures in Aradian politics. In 108AE, Damon lives with his mother in the Silkwood.

Despite being heir to a powerful sorcerous bloodline, in the present year, the world's magic is weaker than ever and Damon has little raw magical strength to draw from. His feelings of rejection from the family he craves approval from, while having little to merit that approval, is causing him to become more bitter and angry with each passing year.

## Appearance & Character

Damon is considered modestly tall and attractive with a passing resemblance to his father. He has a narrow face with high cheekbones, pale skin, and grey eyes. His hair is dark, and he keeps it cropped short at the back and sides with some length on top that he keeps neatly side-parted. He keeps clean-shaven to disguise naturally patchy facial hair. His physical build is narrow-shouldered and skinny. He dresses in dark colors and fabrics, and hoards jewellery to give an appearance of opulence and importance, even though he does not have any great deal of wealth.

Damon appears to have inherited his grandmother Valoria's self-importance and narcissism. This is exacerbated hy his resentment of others and longing for Blackthorne approval, and worsened by his adolescent surliness. He is deeply insecure and ashamed about his weak sorcery, as it is one of the only things that he feels makes him special. He is easily enraged and can lash out at those around him, tormenting his fellow students, teachers, and especially his own mother with emotional and even physical abuse.

## Skills & Abilities

Damon has a high level of sorcerous potential handed down from his father's family, but it is marred by his poor application & lack of studiousness, along with the increasingly stunted mana pools that all mages have been suffering since the closing of the Void in 1015AE. He can occasionally display flashes of terramancy, manifesting an aura of intimidating lightning when highly angered, but the amount of danger he can pose even in this state is practically null.

## Trivia

-Damon's personality was based on real-life mass murderer Elliot Rodger, and the fictional tyrant of GRRM's Song of ice and Fire Series Joffrey Baratheon.