Akos Kereseth

illustration by Gabriel Picolo

17 (by the end of The Fates Divide)

Lazmet (biological father) †
Ylira (biological mother) †
Ryzek (biological older brother) †

\*SPOILER WARNING\*

**Akos Kereseth** (born Akos Noavek) is one of the main protagonists in the *Carve the Mark* duology by Veronica Roth. Both he and his adopted brother Eijeh were kidnapped by the Shotet, and his one hope in life is to escape with his brother. His currentgift is to interrupt the current. He sometimes uses it to ease Cyra's pain.

## Personality

Akos is very loyal to his family and has a strong sense of justice. He does not enjoy killing or hurting others, though he grows quite adept at fighting throughout the course of the book. He speaks the Shotet language fluently, though he was never taught how (Shotet language is learned by Shotet blood ancestry). He also seems to be such a calm person in his daily life, even if sometimes he acts recklessly. While reading the book, the reader finds out that he is really sensitive, a person that grew up faster than he was supposed to , under a lot of pressure with a lot of gaps in his childhood and in love of all kinds. He is a loving person though, that would die to protect everyone he loves.

Akos, the second son of Lazmet and Ylira, was switched with Cyra- the girl he fell in love with, they have no kind of kinship-, the third child of the Kereseth family when they were newborns.

Akos was the name of a religious leader who killed himself rather than dishonor the current by holding a currentblade. Cyra wonders if Akos was given a Shotet name intentionally early in the first book.

## Appearance

He has thick brown hair, pale white skin (presque translucide), gray eyes, and a light sprinkling of freckles over fair skin. He has one freckle under his jaw near his ear. Akos also has a long noticeable scar running along his cheek one, given by Ryzek Noavek. He is very tall, as noted by multiple characters throughout the novel, and is inferred to be quite handsome. His voice is deep. It is noted that he bears little physical resemblance to his siblings, and in fact ,looks (to Cyra) quite Shotet. He also bears four kill marks on his arm.

## Fate

*"The third child of the family Kereseth will die in service to the family Noavek."*

Originally, Akos (and the rest of the world) believed that his fate was that of the third child of the family Kereseth. However, his true fate is that of the second child of the family Noavek.

*"The second child of the family Noavek will cross the Divide."*

When his true identity has been revealed, Akos feels that he has met his fate, as he has travelled across the divide several times throughout his life.

## Currentgift

Akos' currentgift is to interrupt the current, wherever it is. This originally manifests on his initial kidnapping from his home to Voa, where he interrupts the current-powered lock on his handcuffs. He is unaffected by anything current-related, whether it is other people's currentgifts, traveling through the current itself, or seeing shadows of people in the feathergrass. However, if he is sufficiently weakened he loses some of his immunity and is susceptible to others currentgift. He is able to relieve Cyra's currentgift and her pain, and is made her personal servant for this purpose.

## Marks

By the end of *Carve the Mark*, Akos has four marks, but is responsible for five deaths. He earns his first mark even before they get to Shotet by killing Kalmev Radix. He was one of the men responsible for kidnapping him and his brother, also killing their father. His second mark is from when he earned his Shotet armour by killing an Armored One, it is considered strange to mark the deaths of the Armoured ones, but Akos felt that he needed to honor the beast. He does however put a diagonal cut through it as Cyra suggested. He gets his third mark from killing Suzao Kuzar in a challenge at the request of his son, Jorek Kuzar. Akos is extremely distraught and disgusted by himself after taking his life, despite how grateful Jorek and his family are. He earns his fourth mark from a nameless Shotet solider while on his way out of escaping a Shissa hospital. Akos felt it was necessary to mark him because he was someone's family or friend, and they were expecting him to be marked (further exemplifying how much of a compassionate person Akos is). Akos is also responsible for the deaths of Vas Kuzar (at the end of *Carve the Mark*) and Lazmet Noavek (in *The Fates Divide*), but it is unclear whether he marks their passings or not.