Ender Hale

**Ender Hale** is the second headmaster of Ember Moon. Skilled in rune magic, he was once a student himself, but took up the duty of headmaster following his predecessor, Erika Moonfall, after her disappearance. He is often found in his office or visiting the academy's professors. Despite being the headmaster of a magic academy, he is frequently absent from the campus.

## Biographical Information

### Relatives

* Leona Hale-Lycan (wife)
* Owen Lycan (son)
* Esper Hale-Lycan (daughter)
* Aliana Lycan (niece)

## Academy Information

### Abilities

* Psychic Empathy- He can sense the emotions of people he has emotional bonds with, and if they are mentally weaker, he can manipulate their emotions to an extent.
* Telepathy- He can speak through the minds of people he has emotional connections with. However, this only works one way, meaning they cannot communicate back to him unless they also have a telepathic ability.

## Other

### Involved Arcs

* Professors Arc
* Rift Arc

## Personality

Once a pacifist, Headmaster Hale harbors a strong disliking to violence of any kind. If there is a peaceful route, he will take it, however, he does not hesitate to retaliate when harm befalls his friends and loved ones. Now, as he is in charge of an academy and all its students, he is more inclined to fight and instead focuses on ways to prevent conflict in the first place. A father of two, he is supportive and wise, but enforces what he believes is right. He has a soft spot for the professors and can be seen sharing stories and making jokes with them.

## Appearance

Admired for his piercing blue eyes and long hair, the headmaster keeps his black hair styled in a ponytail or braid to keep it out of his way. He is usually seen wearing his headmaster's robes and carrying his moonstone staff. He keeps a chain necklace consisting of three keys and a small crystal on his person at all times. On occasion, he elicits the use of a pair of round reading glasses, though he does not need them to see.

## Early Life

Ender was the eldest of two, born to a wealthy family of mages who, generation after generation, were born with psychic and mental-based abilities. His mother, the matriarch of their faction, doted on him and trained him with the intent that he would one day take her place on the witches council. However, after an incident involving Ender's cousin, Auryn, Ender grew to dislike his mother and swore to only use his abilities to help people. As soon as he was of age, he embarked on a journey to strengthen his powers and reunite with Auryn, fleeing his faction. Along the way, he found himself enrolled in Novatrice Academy, where he found what he was looking for... and then some.

## Novatrice Academy

### Education

Despite his desire to learn, Ender often skipped classes at Novatrice and instead opted to train on academy grounds or hang out with his friends. It was at this academy that Ender enhanced his psychic empathy to be able to marginally alter people's emotions, as well as get a faint hint of where a certain person was physically located through their mind. He would later develop this ability and make it significantly stronger.

### Resignation

Due to his lack of academic progress and the high risk of injury at the academy, Ender came to the conclusion that it would benefit him to transfer academies. After a particularly turbulent event that nearly resulted in his death, he revealed to his peers that he would not be attending Novatrice any longer. Many of his friends were dismayed at the sudden change but respected his decision. Though he did come back to visit a handful of times, Ender fully resigned from being a student at Novatrice and joined the ranks at Ember Moon.

## Ember Moon Academy

### Education

Still adjusting to a life at a new academy, Ender chose to focus on strengthening his abilities instead of building new relationships. He thrived at Ember Moon, taking up rune magic at an extreme pace and surpassing most of his peers. He graduated to a Full Moon rank earlier than anyone in the academy and became a formidable student who was both respected and feared. Recognizing his potential, the headmaster at the time, Erika Moonfall, took Ender under her wing and became his mentor.

### Relationships

#### Kalene Ambrose

Ender met Kalene through a series of incidents resulting in Ender having to save her from danger multiple times. While Ender was initially annoyed by Kalene's clumsy presence, the two eventually became friends. Ender, being a Full Moon, began to help Kalene in her studies. However, because of his ability to detect emotions, Ender was awkwardly aware that Kalene was interested in him. Not wanting to tell her he was already engaged to Leona at the time, he gradually distanced himself from her, indirectly causing her to fail her graduation exam. Kalene was fatally injured in the [REDACTED] and died believing that Ender had abandoned her in her greatest time of need.

#### Nova Corliss

Though Ender loved his younger sister dearly, she did not always feel the same. Being children of societally powerful mages, both Ender and Nova had their work cut out for them from a young age. Alas, Nova did not inherit any of the psychological abilities that her family was known for, and was often compared to Ender due to this. She grew to resent her older brother when their mother began to dote on him and showered him with attention and high expectations. Ender did his best to treat Nova as an equal, but it was difficult for him to carry the burdens of future leadership. As time progressed, he found himself growing apart from his sister.

Shortly after Ender's departure, Nova applied to Ember Moon Academy in an attempt to learn rune magic with the hopes that someday she might usurp Ender's place while he was away. She trained rigorously, becoming well-known throughout the academy for her determination and skill. Only a year later, to her utter disbelief and enragement, she found out that Ender had not only been accepted to the same academy, but he also proceeded to pass her in the ranks with ridiculous ease. It was like a kick to the face, and they both knew it. Abandoning her hopes and her brother, Nova left Ember Moon and returned home. Because of her sudden withdrawal from the academy, Nova was fortunately not involved in the [REDACTED].

## Quotes

* "There's no discrimination here. Whether you're powerless or gifted, everyone goes to the same classes, studies the same curriculum, and learns the same lessons. I have powers too, I know how it feels. But you don't have to worry about being singled out. Not in this academy."
* "I'm sorry, Sapphira. I wish there was a way for you to remember it all. But I think you know, now, don't you?"

## Trivia

* His favorite color is sea-foam green
* Kai named him Ender after her favorite book at the time, *Ender's Game*
* Despite his name, he has canonically never played Minecraft
* His Chinese name is 海天涯 (hăi tiān yá) which roughly translates to "end of the world".
* Back in Novatrice, Kai wanted to kill off one of her ocs and was originally going to kill off Ender, but ended up killing Auryn. If Ender had died then, the Ember Moon server would not exist.