Tyndall Midas

- Queen Malina Colier (Spouse)

- Unborn Illegitimate Child

- Sixth Kingdom

- Rissa (saddle-formerly)

-Polly (saddle-formerly)

-Mist (saddle-formerly)

- Rosh (saddle-formerly)

- Isis (saddle-formerly)

- Gleam

- Glow (mention only)

### E**arly life**

The early life of Tyndall midas is only mentioned a few times in flashbacks. In those flashbacks it is revealed that he is a bastard son of a flighty woman, and is the son of an abusive drunk. It is also revealed that when Midas was declared a legeal adult of Orea he set his house on fire, with his father inside.

### **Gild (Book 1)**

Introduced as King Midas. He keeps Auren, his gold touched, in a gilded cage. He is cruel, manipulative, clever. He trades a night with his gold touched favorite to Fifth King for the fifth kingdoms army to meet his and attack the fourth kingdom, breaking the peace treaty between the 6 kingdoms. They get word they were victorious and the fifth King takes Auren to his tent. On the way he is met by one of his soldiers, who tells him that Midas’s army never met his, and his army was decimated. Midas confirms and kills the fifth King and his guards. Midas uses his “gold tongue” to convince Auren that he did this for her. That Midas found out the Fifth king was a flesh dealer, selling his own people. Then again uses his “gold tongue” to spin a story to the people that depicted the fourth kingdom as heinous and talkative they killed the fifth king. That he would take the fifth kingdom in and take care of them until their heir came of age.

We find out that while he has the gold touch. Most of his kingdom lives in extreme poverty, starving, desperate. At the end of *Gild* we discover that Midas is lying about his gold-touch abilities and that Auren in fact has the power when she kills Captain Fane to save herself and Rissa.

### **Glint (Book 2)**

Midas is mentioned often in Glint but does not appear.

### **Gleam (Book 3)**

As Auren runs to Midas after reuniting, he refuses to hug her. He asks if she is OK and then takes her to his private chambers where he shows her the new cage he had built. Auren becomes distraught and refuses to get in the cage so Midas tries to force her. As he is forcing her inside Auren's gold painted body double is told to lock the cage but is turned solid gold when Auren touches her as Auren shoves Midas out of the cage with her ribbons. Midas then makes Auren feel guilty about accidentally killing the woman and leaves to meet with King Ravinger. The kings meet where they come to an alliance stating that Midas will give Fourth Kingdom Deadwall in exchange for Ravinger pulling his army from Fifth Kingdom. After the meeting Midas walks in on Ravinger, Auren, and the previously rotted guards. Auren tells him that if he places her back in a cage that she will no longer turn things gold for him. This prompts him to give her a room, without a cage, and the two settle into bed together.

The next day Midas gets a message that Malina is wearing white in public, giving away gold to the poor, and is meeting with nobles while he is in Fifth Kingdom.

### **Personality**

Midas is described as charming and likable. He is very able to charm others easily in order to get what he wants. Throughout the series we see him change his tone and sometimes personailty in order to charm those around him.