Isobel Macaslan

Isobel Macaslan (artbreeder)

Anita Macaslan (cousin) Peter Macaslan (cousin) Greg Macaslan (cousin)

Several unnamed other uncles, aunts and cousins

Isobel Macaslan is a main character in Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman's *All of Us Villains.* She was the first Champion to be named, with it having been written in the papers months before the Blood Moon appeared.

## Appearance

Isobel has violently red hair that falls in curls. Alistair Lowe describes her as having a pretty face, the kind that doesn't give the impression that she'd have to fight for attention. Her eyes are sharp blue and her skin has a warm glint

## Personality

Isobel is strong-willed and sharp witted. She doesn't back away from fights, she she's smart enough to look ahead, and she's excellent at faking confidence. Like most of the characters in *All of Us Villains,* she's distinctly morally grey, making questionable decisions to further herself and her chances in the tournament. Isobel is the media-darling of the competitors, though she's not a big fan of the spotlight and hates how she's perceived because of it. She at least a little selfless, having once fought with her mother over her identity as Champion, unwilling to step back and run because she didn't want to subject someone else to the tournament when she was the one with the best chance of survival.

## Biography

### Early Life

Isobel is the only child of Cormac Macaslan and Honora Jackson. She lives with her mother, as her parents split up when she was a child. Her mother is a respected spellmaker. The Macaslan name is her fathers, and thus it's his family that competes in the tournament each time it comes around. Her mother believed one of Isobel's older cousins would have been picked, and not her, as she would only be sixteen. Isobel, with the best abilities in magick in the Macaslan family, was the most logical choice. She never wanted to be a Champion, but her father guilt-tripped her into taking on the role, accusing her of abandoning her flesh and blood and being ashamed.

Before, Isobel only saw her father once a month for visits. According to her mother, her aunts and uncles on her father's side hadn't even known her name until the tournament was announced. Isobel was just glad to have finally been welcomed into that side of her family at all.

She is top of her class at Ilvernath Prepatory Academy, and has been the president of the Young Spellcasters' Honor Society for two years. She also works part-time at her mother's spellshop in Ilvernath.

Before the papers began announcing Champions, Isobel was best friends with Briony Thorburn. The two had a falling out quickly afterwards. She had never wanted to be champion. The papers made the decision for her family, printing her name before anyone had come to any specific census, and the Macaslan's simply jumped on the train. She is mostly doing it because of a deep sense of duty, and wanting to fit in with her father's side of her family.

### All Of Us Villains

Isobel runs into Alistair and his brother at the magpie bar, casting a curse on him to know his current thoughts at the same time he casts on on her to make her ill. The next day, she and her family attend a funeral in town to collect raw magick from the burial. Her and her father then go to the spellmaker Reid MacTavish's shop, contracting him to make a curse for them while also hoping he'll sponsor her in the tournament. He declines, and Isobel steals a curse from a book in his shop.

## Skills and Abilities

Isobel is considered to be the most powerful champion her family has seen in generations. She is top of her class in school, and believes herself to be a better spellcaster and spellmaker than any of her competition.

## Trivia

* In the first chapter, Alistair keeps a crossword puzzle in his pocket. When Isobel uses the *divining kiss* spell on him, she learns that there is one word he can't quite figure out, but she guesses it instantly: *elixir.*