Adrien Sylvaranth

Adrien Sylvaranth is a prince of Arcadia and a warlock of the treant Grandfather Birch.

## Appearance

Adrien has fair skin, golden blonde hair, and light green eyes. As a half elf, his ears are slightly pointed.

## Personality

Adrien is soft-spoken, gentle, and kind, shies away from attention, but is rather naive due to his sheltered upbringing and therefore susceptible to manipulation. He is friendly to almost everyone he meets. He is sensitive and cries easily.

Adrien struggles with loneliness and depression due to his isolation. When he was under Poison Yew's influence, he had trouble eating and sleeping, making his depression worse. He also tends to minimize his own pain to prevent people from worrying about him. He is full of self-doubt concerning his abilities, but he learns to grow past it.

## Biography

Adrien is the younger son of the Arcadian monarchs, Escadus and Cosette. Cosette ran away with her Crown Guard, Dayereth Liadon, when Adrien was young.

As a child, he was close friends with Amelia Aranore, the princess of the neighboring kingdom of Lycia, until Arcadia went to war with Lycia. Soon, his controlling father kept him locked in the palace to isolate him.

Despite growing up in a kingdom filled to the brim with magic, Adrien never had the chance to learn magic until a shady patron, who he would later learn was Poison Yew, appeared to him in his dreams and coerced him into forming a pact, then clouded his memory of the exchange.

A year before the story starts, Adrien is befriended by Lindsay Piper, one of Archmage Lim's apprentices. Though he was reluctant to proceed, he relented and eventually befriended the rest of her friends: Jenet Canosa, Clay Bloom, and Mac Cobbletwist. He also began to befriend his Crown Guards, Riley Danask and Sameiros Thistlecraft, until Sam's mysterious death. Poison Yew secretly tricked Adrien into thinking he killed his own friend, but the truth was Poison Yew himself caused Sam's death.

## Relationships

### Family

* Escadus Sylvaranth: Adrien has a poor relationship with his father, who kept him isolated from others and was physically and emotionally abusive. Adrien is very closed off about him and prefers to avoid him. Though he resents his father, he also seems to be afraid of him.

### Friends

* Plagg
* Sameiros Thistlecraft: Sameiros was one of Adrien's Crown Guards, and the two became close friends almost as soon as Sam was promoted to his post. They were noted to be closer than regular friends and Adrien is implied to have questioned whether his feelings for Sam were just platonic. Sam's death hit Adrien hard, especially since Poison Yew had tricked him into thinking he killed him.
* Riley Danask: Adrien was friends with Riley, but not very close with her, after she became his Crown Guard. He considered himself closer to Sam. After Sam's death, they became slightly closer friends and Adrien comes to trust her more, especially after the events of the war.
* Lindsay Piper: Adrien was perplexed as to why Lindsay would befriend him and was a bit wary of her, but Riley convinced him to give her a chance and accept her friendship.

## Abilities

### General Abilities

* Pact Magic: His pact magic allows him to use nature spells and healing spells.

## Trivia

* Adrien and Jenet Canosa are distantly related. His great-uncle Luxidor is her great-grandfather.