Theo

Theo is an imported character from another work of mine.The only thing relevant from that is that he is connected to other iterations of himself through a sort of recursive telepathic ability. He is utterly obsessed with Gabriel Schmidt (Gabe) who so often tries to thwart (or inadvertently thwarts) his plans that Theo goes out of his way to prevent Gabe from being an obstacle.

## Early life

Theo woke in the Grove in 1304 with his pod twin sister. They strayed a little too far from home and the Inquest found them wandering in the woods. Ophelia was captured and Theo was nearly killed. He was left for dead, considered too weak for their experiments.

Theo began to pursue power above all else. Voices whispered in his mind that sounded suspiciously like his own and those he followed taught him a great deal about the magic of the world he lived in, and how to manipulate both the magic and the people. He began to develop a following in what would later be the Nightmare Court.

## The Nightmare Court

Theo was not content to slowly gain power. He took over faction after faction, controlling them from the shadows with his mental abilities. He was challenged by Elestren for control of her court. The fight was long and arduous for both of them, and only turned when Theo smashed her magic hand mirror.

He took control of the court and used it to look for Gabe. Unfortunately for him Gabe had not yet emerged from his pod. Theo consulted his voices and they feared the worst, that Gabe was either missing or had never been and never would be born. Theo began to search for others he could use to push his plans forward.

He found Diatremis (Mis) and was instantly determined to have him. To that end Theo kidnapped Mis, tortured him, tried several times to turn him to Nightmare, and when that didn't work held him under lock, key, and threat of killing anyone who dared help Mis.

Mis was later rescued by a Whispers operative named Quill who's specialty was infiltrating the Nightmare Court and rescuing prisoners.

## The Death of Zhaitan

Theo was on the trail of Mis, trying to find where he had been taken. He had little to go on, so he put on illusory guises and went among Pact forces as one of their own. He found out through this that Gabe was indeed alive and better yet, he was a young sylvari. Theo set his vengeful quest to get Mis back aside and went looking for Gabe. By the time Theo found Gabe he was already under the protection of the Pact commander Arboriel.

## Heart of Thorns

When Mordremoth awoke Arboriel went missing. Theo was fooled by the dragon in his quest for power. It offered him Gabe for his assistance bringing the rest of the Pact into the jungle. Theo gladly offered up his help for power and Gabe. He convinced Statistically Unlikely to come into the jungle with him as a guide so that they could kill the dragon, free the sylvari, and find Arboriel.

Upon arriving Theo was the first one to find a weakened Arboriel. He murdered Arboriel and returned to camp not far away. He hadn't been expecting Gabe to know or understand what had happened but Gabe had his own abilities and proceeded to rip Theo apart with his bare hands. Theo still considered himself successful since Arboriel was dead and Gabe was Mordrem.

## As a Revenant Spirit

Theo was pulled back from the mists when Arboriel reformed himself as a revenant. At first he was thrilled, thinking he had been given a stronger body and Gabe as well. He was less than impressed when it turned out he was sharing Arboriel's body and that the dragon was dying. The one good thing to come of this came at the end. It was Theo who took up Caladbolg and drove the shattered sword into what was left of Trahearne when Arboriel was unable to.

For some time Arboriel held him as a revenant spirit, summoning Theo to draw on his skills occasionally. Ophelia (also a revenant) found the two and demanded her brother's soul. She reasoned that he was a villain and should be punished for his crimes. Since her specialty was controlling villainous spirits from history she wanted to be the one to contain her brother's soul. Arboriel refused. Ophelia simply waited until he was weakened and distracted and stole Theo for herself.

Currently Theo is trapped in her body which has been taken over by Dealanach. He is impatiently waiting to see if Apex will be able to build him a body of his own.