Forsythe "Fort" Fitzgerald

> *"I'll catch up, I'll work three times as hard as anyone else if I have to. I'm going to learn magic, no matter what it takes."*
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> --Fort to Rachel, on not being born on Discovery Day
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**Forsythe “Fort” Fitzgerald** is twelve-year-old student of the Oppenheimer School. He is the main character and narrator in the *Revenge of Magic* series.

## Biographical Information

### Alias

New Kid (by Rachel Carter)Cadet Fitzgerald (by Colonel Charles)

### Family

John Fitzgerald (Father)Mrs. Fitzgerald (Mother)

## Behind The Sce

### Appearances

The Revenge of MagicThe Last Dragon The Future King The Timeless OneThe Chosen One

## History

### Pre-Series

Fort's mother died when he was born, so Fort was raised by his father, John Fitzgerald. Not much is said about their life before the series, but they must have traveled often, based on how many places Fort recognized in The Last Dragon*.*

When Fort was a toddler, he loved Abraham Lincoln and would wear a top hat. He demanded to be called "Fort Lincoln".

When Fort was six, he and a girl named Denise planned a dance show for their grandparents. Denise changed her mind at the last minute, leaving Fort to perform by himself. Denise is not mentioned after that.

### The Revenge of Magic

Fort and his dad were on vacation in Washington, DC when a monster's hand broke through the ground and kidnapped his father. John Fitzgerald was then presumed dead, and Fort went to live with his aunt, Cora. He lived with her for six months before he was visited by **Dr. Opps,** the headmaster of a military school.

### *The Last Dragon*

Weeks after the events of *The Revenge of Magic,* Fort and the other students have moved to a new underground school. Fort had a good relationship with his friends, including Sierra, who only appeared as a mental projection, and Gabriel, his new roommate.

### *The Future King*

Fort, along with Rachel, **Jia,** and a time student named Ellora, look for the book of Spirit Magic in the hopes of stopping a terrible future: Damian destroying London, and the following World War III.

### The Timeless One

The dragon egg from *The Last Dragon* finally hatches, revealing Fort's new dragon-daughter, Ember! Except, now a faerie named Xenea is following him around asking for a dragon; the consequences of making a trade with the Faerie Queen.

### The Chosen One

Fort and his friends head to the Oppenheimer School to gain help from the students, Agent Cole, and Colonel Charles to stop Damian from letting the Old Ones back into our world, and Fort begins experiencing strange visions of magic whenever he tries to cast a spell from the Dragon Dictionary.

## Appearance

Fort is only described as having brown hair. He wears the standard green military uniform at Oppenheimer. At home, he is described often wearing his favorite hoodie.

## Personality

Fort begins the series very depressed, prone easily to anger, and argumentative. When coming to Oppenheimer, he was initially cautious and distrusting of new people. For that reason, he has a very difficult time getting along with other people, with the exception of Cyrus, who is the only person he likes almost instantly.

He is also determined to prove himself, and when he discovers what the creatures were that took his father, he becomes pent on revenge. However, after getting a taste of revenge by hurting the creatures, he becomes horrified with himself and realizes that revenge is no longer what he wants. He blossoms after book one, becoming less selfish and more caring, willing to do almost anything to help his family and friends.

Most of his character growth shines through in *The Timeless One*, when he learns real lessons about love and selflessness while raising his dragon daughter, Ember. Fort is also highly insecure, a trait that appears whenever his weak ability to do magic is mentioned.

He is incredibly loyal to his closest friends, and has trouble letting go of people when they (temporarily) leave his life, as shown with Cyrus and Fort's father. Although he still is quite argumentative by the end of the series, he grows into a much more confident person, especially after the last battle against the Old Ones.

## Special Abilities

* Fort knows the first Healing spell (Heal Minor Wounds and Scrapes) and the first Summoning spell (Teleport Within The Same Plane).
* In The Timeless One, Merlin gives Fort a book of the Language of Magic. Most of the words in there are spells. He casts the spell word 'learn' and learns all of the magic language.
* His willpower is strong enough to resist a tired-out Sierra's Telepathy Magic.
* Despite knowing hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of spells after casting "Learn" on the dragon dictionary, he most likely is in danger of dying if he casts very powerful spells, because it takes a lot of energy to use spells such as "Stop Time."
* In The Chosen One, he was chosen by the 7th book, the Dragon Dictionary and momentarily had the power to do anything, also known as Creation. He lost this power when he passed it onto his friends to release the control of the chaos and undo what was done by the Atlantean family now known as the Old Ones.