Diether Lozano

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## OFFICI**Λ**L BIO

Diether's concept art by Amree and Austin

## ⚝ Relationships

### Family

Unnamed parents, aunt from father's side (mentioned, deceased), Deanna Lozano (younger sister), Illias Alnazar (adoptive brother)

### Friends

Kellan Xalvador, Sapphire Chauvera, Illias Alnazar, Indirah Alnazar

### Description

After finding out that Kellan is a mage himself, Diether turns from being a hunter to being a supporter, finding his own place in Belvoire

### Keywords

[Upright]: Transformation, endings, change, transition, letting go, and release [Reversed]: Fear of change, repeating negative patterns, resisting change, stagnancy, decay

## ⚝ Production Information

### Inspiration(s)

Lucas Hale

**Diether Torian Lozano** is the deuteragonist of The Arcana, being Kellan Xalvador's love interest. He's a student attending Belvoire University as a junior along with Kellan, Sapphire Chauvera, and Indirah Alnazar. Indirah's brother, Illias, is his adoptive brother- his family took Illias in when he was only 3 and Diether was 6. His patron arcana is **Death**.

Diether is inspired by **Lucas Hale**.

## DE**Λ**TH **Λ**RC

Born on April 22, Diether is set out to be a mage hunter just like his parents- his father's sister, his aunt, was believed to be killed by one of her co-workers who is a mage. Because of this fact, Diether's parents swore revenge and want the mages gone for good in Belvoire. Originally, his family wanted to kill mages and Warlocks, but for the sake of their son's sanity, they only needed to extract their magic from them, leaving them powerless.

While training to be a hunter, A 6-year-old Diether sees a young Illias Alnazar in the streets crying, telling him that his family were killed by Warlocks. He takes Illias in and introduces him to his family, who accepted him and they eventually adopt Illias, making them brothers. Despite not actually knowing whether or not his family had been killed by magic, Illias agreed to train with Diether to be a mage hunter like him.

In the event of the Crimson Plague, Diether is safe in their house with Illias, thankful that no one in their family weren't infected.

## PERSON**Λ**LITY

As his patron arcana is **Death**, his personality is based off the card.

##### **Positives**

He often stands by his thoughts and opinions and holds onto something, but he's open to a discussion if someone tells him the opposite. He'll understand one's own thoughts even if they don't exactly agree- Diether will also usually take a short time of realization that he's in the wrong. The best example of this is when he learned that his friends are mages, and it only took less than a day to convince him. Diether also warmed up fast to Indirah, which he had a "bad feeling" towards when he thought Indirah is dating Kellan.

##### **Negatives**

Contradicting his strengths, Diether is mostly afraid of changes and overtime he shows this more chapter after chapter. Take for instance: Kellan mentioning that Diether is a very judgemental person and would "stare down" at Kellan's new friends, which happened to Sapphire and Indirah when Diether first met them. He also doesn't like it when things and situations are not handled and discussed enough before coming to a decision; it makes him feel like people have rushed their decision making and didn't take everything into account.

## PHYSIC**Λ**L **Λ**PPE**Λ**R**Λ**NCE

Diether has jet black hair that is usually styled upwards, dark blue eyes, and a fair complexion. Due to being a mage hunter, he's slightly more muscular than his friends- even Illias, who's a hunter himself. He's 5'9" tall. Diether's amulet is a diamond bracelet which is around his left wrist.

#### **CASUAL**

Diether has an asymmetrical gold-colored blazer that reaches his calves with brown collar and trimming. He wears a cream-colored button-up underneath his blazer, revealing the collar, a cravat, and its cuffs. The belt and straps along the right side of his body is of the same light-yellow color. Diether's pants are darker brown with a darker shade of yellow for his pair of boots.

#### **DISGUISE**

He wears a gray-colored long-sleeved shirt under an open brown vest with gold trimming and tassels. Diether wears a brown sash tied around his waist, and his pants are of a darker brown in color with a gold line along his right pant leg. His boots are a black.

#### **COMBAT**

Diether's guild outfit consists of a blue vest with gold linings on top of a lighter shade of blue. His pants are navy blue, matched with his midnight blue pair of boots. He wears a necklace with a brown-colored cord and a gold pendant hanging from it; around his waist are two blue overlapping and lopsided belts tied to a brown bag and his dagger.

## G**Λ**LLERY

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## POWERS AND **Λ**BILITIES

* **Athletic Prowess**- Because of all his training as a mage hunter, he possess great athletic abilities:
	+ **Strength-** Diether is mentioned to have great strength because of his "buff guns" as Illias calls them. He could lift himself up in high and unstable structures and places; he can even carry both Kellan and Sapphire via piggyback ride.
	+ **Mastery in Combat**- He's skilled and has a mastery of both hand-to-hand and armed combat, making him one of the strongest characters in the franchise if mages don't exist. He explicitly mentioned that his favorite combat to train is fencing.
	+ **Quick Reaction Time**- In multiple occasions, Diether showed he has fast reflexes by reacting appropriately during a lot of situations, especially when fighting. He can dodge a lot of attacks and attack back at his opponent in record speed. This is the first skill he's shown in his first appearance in *Prologue 0: The Fool*, when he managed to catch the shield Illias threw at him in order to protect Kellan.

## REL**Λ**TIONSHIPS

#### **FAMILY**

* His father-
* Dorothy Lozano-
* Illias Alnazar-

#### **FRIENDS**

* Sapphire Chauvera-
* Indirah Alnazar-
* Lucio Damaris-

## TRIVI**Λ**S

* His name means "warrior of the people", which is relevant to the fact that he's a mage hunter.
	+ "Torian" is originally his name, although in the final version, it was changed to "Diether", and "Torian" is now only his second name. The reason behind this is unknown.

* Diether and Léa Navarro from Beyond Worlds are both known to have monotone and lukewarm personalities prior to meeting their love interests- Kellan Xalvador and Hiro Hamada- respectively.

* He wears a diamond bracelet. Diamond is his birthstone.
* He's the only main character who doesn't have bangs- Sapphire Chauvera may look like she doesn't, but she has curtain bangs swept to either side of her face.
* Diether's outfits were inspired by Aladdin.
* The clothes Illias is wearing is a hand-me-down from Diether; he mentions in the story at one point that Illias is shy to buy new clothes and describes is as "a bother" since he's not an actual member of their family.
* Diether and Illias have some similarities:
	+ Both aren't infected of the plague, although their loved ones did, Kellan and Indirah.
	+ With Illias being adopted, both of them grew up in the same household.
		- Additionally, they known each other the longest (Indirah and Illias don't count since they got separated, and Kellan wouldn't know Indirah's existence (even as Blanca) until the plague.
			* Again, even if Indirah knew Kellan through Khaleesi Rosales' stories about him, Kellan doesn't know Indirah exists.
	+ They're the only mage hunters in the group.
	+ Him and Illias are the tallest of the main characters, with Diether standing at 5'9" and Illias at 5'6".
		- Illias mentions that he and Diether are of the same height when Diether was his age. This means that Diether grew 3 inches in only a span of two years since Illias is 14 and Diether is 16.
* Diether is allergic to peanuts, shellfish, wheat, and soy, making him the only character in the franchise to have allergies to something.
	+ He's also the only character in the entire HM and Chrysalis bibliography to have allergies to more than one category, excluding **Skye Phillips** since he's only lactose intolerant.
* His patron Arcana is supposed to be the Chariot (VII), but this was changed to Death for unknown reasons.
	+ Diether's guild outfit has the same color palette as the horse on the Death card.
* As hinted in *Chapter IV: The Emperor*, Diether's favorite drink might be black coffee, or coffee. It's also worth noting that he's the only one who has coffee when everyone else has tea.
* He's the only one out of the main characters who's shown to wear vests.