Callum/Relationships

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## Love Interest

### Rayla

Callum first met Rayla during a planned assassination of both King Harrow and his son Ezran, where she was quick to attack the princes upon stepping into the castle of Katolis. Once they discovered the egg of the Dragon Prince, both of them set aside the hatred of their heritages to join forces. At first, Callum did not trust Rayla, due to her secrecy and refusal to open up, leading him to believe that she could betray them. But as time went by, the relationship between the two quickly blossomed. Once they had known each other a little longer, Callum showed his care for Rayla through small things, such as comforting her when getting seasick in a boat, as well as when she was overwhelmed by sadness for her parents, by trying to make her comfortable on their journey and expressing gratitude at her willingness to open up when she finally began to trust him. Because of her, his opinion on elves took a complete turn. He described her as "fast, kind, brave and strong" in a letter to his stepfather.

When he learned that Rayla knew his stepfather had been dead for a week, he reacted with anger, but could later relate to the feeling of hesitation when it came to telling his brother. While Rayla decided to help out a dragon that had been shot down by Soren, Callum tried to vent his frustration at his powerlessness by drawing her in his sketchbook before throwing it to the ground in anger. When he made up his mind to follow her, Callum was willing to perform a dark magic spell to free the dragon and save Rayla, but the act also left Callum in a coma-like state.

As he fell seriously ill, Rayla watched over him and provided constant support while his situation worsened. Her concern steadily increased to a point where, when he finally woke up, she held him in tears mumbling: "Callum I-...I" while holding him close, hinting that she might have developed feelings for him.

As they continued their journey to return Zym to his mother, Zubeia, the pair grew closer through several events, such as surviving the attacks of Sol Regem, Callum comforting Rayla when her home shunned her, her teaching him about the magical key to get into her world as they danced together, and a brave rescue mission to free Azymondias from Nyx. When Rayla beat herself up for letting down Runaan, and for her parents running away, she believed she was a failure and had nowhere to belong. Callum complimented her in a heartfelt speech about how she is the most amazing person he has ever met, telling her she was too good to feel that badly about herself. Unfortunately, Rayla misinterpreted these compliments as a confession and placed a kiss on his lips, confusing him as to why she would do that. Ashamed and embarrassed, Rayla threatened him to never speak of the incident ever again. After successfully rescuing Nyx, Callum repeated his heartfelt statements, only this time initiating a kiss with Rayla instead. The two officially began a romantic relationship thereafter.

Callum shows great care and loyalty to Rayla, both defending and guiding her through her emotional turmoil. After they admitted their feelings to one another, Callum became very protective of her. When Callum cast "Ventus Spiralis" to keep the group from suffocating on the Storm Spire, he immediately rushed over to an unconscious Rayla to make sure she was alright. After she regained consciousness, they kissed, much to Ezran's and Bait's surprise. Only after said kiss, they explained their ongoing relationship to the two.

Upon learning that Viren was heading for the Storm Spire, Rayla wanted to stay to protect the Dragon Queen, but Callum tried to convince her to let go of the past. Initially, this led to an argument, which motivated Callum to use a moon opal to learn what had truly happened to Rayla's parents. By seeing the past, he found out that Rayla's parents were the only ones who did not abandon their duties, which he quickly informed her of. This initially left Rayla rudderless, unsure as to what she should do and Callum gently reminded her that, regardless of what she would choose, that choice would be hers and hers alone. She suggests they decide together, and after some deliberation, they choose to remain and fight. The following day, Callum attempted to confess his love to Rayla but was interrupted by Soren before he had a chance.

During the battle of the Storm Spire, Callum situated himself between Viren's army and Rayla, who was guarding Zym at the top of the spire, ensuring that no one can get to them without first going through him. After the battle was over, Callum's concern immediately turned to Rayla's safety. When he raced to the top, he was too late to stop Rayla from throwing both herself and Viren off the spire. Distraught, Callum jumped after her, determined to save her life or die trying. On his way down, Callum became so determined to protect her, that he transcended his human limitations. As he admitted his love for her, he conjured magical wings to swoop down and save Rayla from falling to her death. After this moment, they affirmed their love for one another, sharing a kiss as Callum flew them back to safety.

Following the events of the battle at the Storm Spire, Rayla returned to Katolis with her friends. At some point, they departed with Soren for the Moon Nexus in order to resurrect Phoe-Phoe. During this trip, Rayla grew more agitated and haunted by not knowing the fates of Viren, Runaan, and her parents. Callum tried to help her by reconstructing a ritual to open a portal in the Moon Nexus to the world between life and death. While not finding any answers, Rayla learned that Viren was indeed alive. Wanting to protect Rayla, Callum insisted on going with her to find him. Fearing for Callum's life, Rayla deceived him by pretending to agree that they should go together. Instead, she left in the middle of the night for Xadia, leaving him behind.

It is likely Callum wanted to go with Rayla not only out of his desire to protect her but out of fear losing her to not have her end up like Harrow and Viren going on quest of vegence and fear just to die in the end with him powerless to do anything.

Two years since that day, Callum was upset and miserable that Rayla left but upon her return at first he did not know what to feel about it which he described as being happy and mad at the same time. During their quest to stop Aaravos's release, he normally kept his distance from Rayla but still had his affection for her and knowing the real side of Aaravos, Callum asked her if Aaravos takes control of him again using him to hurt those cared about he wanted Rayla to kill him to ensure his loved one's safety. However, he was reminded by Rayla that he was the "destiny is something you make yourself" person and that he does not have to follow the Startouch Elf's influence like mages before him. During Rex Igneous's rampage in Umber Tor, Callum saw that Rayla was right about Viren and after hearing her express her desire to go after him, he allowed it but seeing that only her blade made it out of the mountain, he clutched it close in tears at first believing Rayla was gone. But when he heard her voice underneath the rubble, Callum and the team dug her out. Relieved and happy that she was alive, they shared an embrace.

Despite moving onto the next clue of Aaravos's prison, they were slowly rebuilding their relationship. Such as when she was arrested for exiting Viren's study with her mentor's bow despite the animosity he held for the object he gave Rayla a chance and ordered her released, later returning her mentor's bowblade to her and letting her know that he trusted her to tell him her reasons when she's ready.

Later on their way to the Great Bookery in Lux Aurea, they shared a tender moment stargazing and upon reaching the place his intuition was proven right, as Rayla revealed to him the reason for her actions at the castle were because she was looking for clues about her family after discovering they were trapped in cursed coins, fortunately during his research Callum had found a way to free them. But that would have to wait as corrupted banthers soon overwhelmed the group, after a pitched battle, believing this to be the end, he apologized to Rayla for his behavior and held her hand prepared to go down fighting only to be saved by the Dragon Queen. After gaining Akiyu's knowledge, they headed to the Sea of the Castout, but needing a ship first to get there so Rayla led the group to Scumport where they reunited with Captain Villads who was willing to escort them but they soon became hunted by the Pirate Lord of Scumport, Finnegrin.

Despite their efforts to escape him they were eventually taken as prisoners aboard his ship and Callum was separated from the others to be interrogated for information on the dark spell that slew Avizandum but he refused. When reunited, he continued to refuse Finnegrin's terms and when the Tidebound Elf attempted to coerce him into casting dark magic; Rayla made a noble attempt to rescue them but it was stopped when Finnegrin began to freeze her blood. Horrified and enraged by her pain, Callum struck Finnegrin. Re-chained, Finnegrin told the prince of how he was going to feed Rayla to a leviathan so Callum desperately told him the ingredients for the spell in hopes of sparing her but was denied as the offer was "off the table". Left with no choice, he freed himself with dark magic, rescued her and mastered the arcanum of the Ocean as well, after Finnegrin was swallowed by the leviathan, the battered couple shared an embrace.

Finally at the Sea of the Castout, and realizing that Aaravos's prison was underwater; Callum provided them all with spell that allowed them to breathe in water, however once beneath the waves, Rayla's aquaphobia prevented her from following Callum and his brother despite his attempts to guide her through it, though he attempted to stay with her Rayla insisted he focus on the mission. When he and Ezran were backed into a corner by an enraged Claudia, he saw Rayla brave the water and rescue them, together the three defeated Claudia and retrieved Aaravos's prison.

Once back on the boat Callum and Rayla sat next to each other, his hand over hers, both smiling at the one another as they did so.

## Relatives

### Ezran

Despite being half-brothers, Callum loves his little brother very much. On the day Ezran was born, Callum promised him he would be the best big brother in the world. Throughout their time together, he and Ezran always enjoyed attending father-sons bonding trips with Harrow. Due to Ezran's young age, Callum does not always take him seriously, like when he doubted his ability to communicate with animals until standing corrected. While Callum was exploring Xadia and marveling at its magic, he believed that Ezran would love the place as much as he did.

Callum is generally passionate about doing what is best for his younger brother. When Rayla informed him that she must find and kill Ezran to complete her mission, Callum did not hesitate to pretend to be Ezran so his brother's life may be spared. When Ezran fell into a frozen lake and looked as if he would not resurface, Callum was devastated when he thought he lost his brother. Throughout their journey to Xadia, he protected him as best he could and yet could not bring himself to tell him that King Harrow had been killed. When Ezran finally found out about their father's demise, the two embraced, and Callum respected his brother's choice to return home and ascend the throne, agreeing to come back to help him after returning Zym to Xadia. Despite once having had a hard time imagining Ezran as a king someday, he grew to believe that his little brother deserves the throne after witnessing his bravery and wisdom.

During their mission in the Drakewood, Callum and Ezran had their moment together talking his feelings towards Rayla rejoining the group in her absence describing it as more complicated and rushed to his brother's defense in Rex Igneous's rampage. After Ezran and his group returned from their meeting with Domina Profundis, Callum found it playful that his brother was getting personal with the archdragons giving them nicknames, and agreed with him in freeing Hat, Sneezles and Jellybug from Finnegrin. When he couldn't choose any of friends to pay Finnegrin's demands for thievery, Callum heard that Ezran was willing to pay for it and when at the Sea of the Castout, he followed Ezran to Aaravos's prison as well as was protective of him during their underwater fight with Claudia.

### Harrow

Despite caring for one another, Callum initially struggled to treat Harrow as his father, unable to bring himself to refer to him as "Dad". As the king's stepson, he felt it to be disrespectful to address his king as his father. Harrow quickly saw a talent in his new stepson's artistic talent, gifting him a sketchbook so he could explore his new hobby further when still a young child. Furthermore, the two did enjoy spending time together, as they would relax at the river during the summer, went sledding in the winter at the Banther Lodge, and attended father-and-son-bonding trips over the years.

Like everyone else he heard of his stepfather and Viren's actions towards the Dragon King even though it was unknown how he felt about it.

During their last conversation before leaving the castle, it became clear that Harrow cared about Callum and was not fond of formalities between them, though he did not force the boy to acknowledge him as his father. But upon hearing from him that Moonshadow Elf assassins were coming to kill him, at first Callum wanted Harrow to make peace with the elves knowing both sides wanted the same thing and yet was reminded by the king that mistakes were done on both sides of the war. Callum was sad that this was going to be the last night that his stepfather was going to be alive so much that he wished that he could have his dad switch places and when night fell he discovered that the former deceased dragon prince was actually alive he saw this as a chance to save his father.

However, realizing that his father had been deceived by Viren, Callum raced to his chambers to tell him the truth only to be stopped by the dark mage. Callum finally called Harrow "Dad" right as the Moonshadow Elf Assassins tried to enter the king's room, although the door was shut at the time, and it is left ambiguous if King Harrow heard him. During the comotion he fled the scene in tears knowing it was too late to save him.

In a letter he left for Callum, Harrow expressed how much he regretted not showing parental love to him and roping him and Ezran into the war because of his blind hatred of Avizandum, advising Callum to change the course of history for the better by making peace with Xadia and break the cycle of hatred and revenge. Reading this letter, Callum started to wonder why his father wanted him to have the Key of Aaravos and if he sensed his stepson's potential as a mage, making Callum beam with pride, wishing to make his dad proud.

It was not until Callum made it to Thunderfall that he was able to pour his feelings about his father's actions. How his stepfather died did leave somewhat of an imprint on Callum as he refused to tell someone else he cared about die in hatred.

Two years later, a memorial has been erected for Harrow in the Valley of Graves, which Callum honored by lighting a candle during the visit of Zubeia and Azymondias in their kingdom, while Corvus performed a song of loss and love.

Callum also knew that his stepfather's and Viren's actions towards the Dragon King was heard throughout Xadia too, so much that he was interrogated for information about it by Finnegrin. Knowing the devastation the spell caused he refused still wanting to keep true to the promise he made to Harrow wanting to strive for peace instead of hatred.

### Sarai

Callum had a loving relationship with his mother. When he was suffering from a dark magic-induced fever, a thought of her managed to get him to understand the arcanum of the Sky. During his younger years, Callum asked his mother why they could never go to Xadia and heard her explanation through a story. Through his spellbook, Callum continues his mother's story. He can always visit his mother's sight at the Valley of Graves, remembering that her actions saved their kingdom, believing that she deserved it. And yet, he always wondered about two things: How she would feel about such a tribute and how different the future would have been if she managed to talk Harrow out of his plans.

### Amaya

Amaya is an incredibly loving and attentive aunt to both Callum and his brother, who cares deeply for the boys' well being. He does not take it too hard that Amaya was not always around as the boys were growing up, seeing that her job of guarding the Border had been important, but he did take in the pleasure of the times she did come to visit them. Even though she's family, Callum did not trust her enough to inform her of their quest to return the Dragon Prince to Xadia, given her disdain for elves. Even when Amaya assumed Rayla was kidnapping him and Ezran, instead of telling his aunt the truth, Callum tried to bluff her with lies about Rayla, but Amaya refused to back down. Before the battle with Viren he was happy to reunite with her and found out that she made an elf friend as well.

Sometime after the battle, he told Amaya of Rayla's departure and was aware that she was helping Queen Janai and the Sunfire Elves rebuild after the fall of Lux Aurea. At their camp outside of the city, Callum saw that humans and elves were getting along and to more joyous news upon reuniting with his aunt he was incredibly happy that she and Janai were engaged. But knowing that this was not a social visit Callum explained that they need to go to the Great Bookery to learn everything about Aaravos before he's freed and yet, Callum was told of Viren's and Aaravos's actions about the city's sad state. Regardless, Callum still risked going but not getting too far ahead of his aunt knowing that he had her sister's spirit she ventured with him. Despite making it to the Bookery and gaining the knowledge they sought their deadline was up and the place was crawling with corrupted banthers despite the group's best effort to fend them off they were outnumbered until they were saved by Zubeia but had to leave Amaya and Corvus behind however before they did remembering what Kazi said, Callum was relieved they made it to the book-drop and were going to hideout till morning. Knowing that his aunt was safe, Callum and the gang continued on their journey.

According to Janai, Callum also shared his aunt's spirit when he put his mind into something.

## Allies

### Bait

As his brother's pet, Callum and Bait are often traveling together by default. When Bait felt left out when Ezran was spending more time with Zym, Callum sympathized with him and kept him by his side while reading King Harrow's letter, in which he Callum found out that Bait loves belly rubs. Eventually, Callum and Bait were forced to go on separate ways when Ezran decided to take his rightful place as king of Katolis and was reunited with him before their climb onto the Storm Spire.

Two years later, Bait and Callum have grown close and spend a lot of time together in the High Mage's study, where Bait assisted Callum in deciphering the runes of the magic mirror. When Team Zym departed to return to Xadia so they could investigate the threat Aaravos posed, Callum took Bait along on the back of Pyrrah, and Bait made sure to take along Callum's scarf in return. During their trek through the mountain of Umber Tor to reach Rex Igneous's lair, Callum was so used to the Glow Toad's grumpy face that he laughed when Bait showed an excited and gleeful face.

Continuing on their adventures Callum sees the Glow Toad as a valuable team member, he refused to leave Bait left behind and was sad to see him, Stella and Zym in cages as Finnegrin's prisoners after Callum was done being shocked by Elmer, Bait croaked in concern with the prince answering, "he's fine". He showed great concern for Bait when he was used as bait for a leviathan for Rayla to get swallowed.

### Ellis and Ava

Ellis and Ava helped Callum, Rayla, and Ezran climb the Cursed Caldera to meet the miracle healer that could potentially heal the frozen dragon egg and to prove that Claudia and Soren would betray them.

### Azymondias

Due to Azymondias's recent birth, not much of a relationship has yet been established between the two, however, from his egg stage, at first he too thought Azymondias's egg was destroyed but upon finding him in Viren's chambers alive, Callum saw the former prince's egg as a beacon of hope of saving his father and ending the war. However seeing that returning the egg was not enough to save Harrow, he knew that Zym had to be returned to his mother and like the rest of the team, Callum was willing to risk his life to protect the dragon. When Zym was dying, Callum realized that the only way to save him was for Zym to hatch in the eye of the storm. In doing so, he destroyed the Sky Primal Stone, thus saving the young dragon's life and restored the hope they had for ending the war.

In an attempt to connect with the Sky arcanum, he failed to connect to the power of a storm. He regretted that he had risked Zym's life to do it, but was happy that the young dragon prince was alive and well. He was even willing to die by the flames of Sol Regem, just to get the young dragon home. Upon seeing Zym terrified at the sight of his father's remains, Callum comforted him, feeling sympathetic; that because of this war, they had both lost their fathers, despite his own hatred for Avizandum for killing Sarai. He fought alongside, humans, dragons, and elves to protect him, and felt joy when Zym was reunited with his mother. Callum assumed a father and protector role in the absence of Ezran for Zym, with both of them furthering their connection to the power of the Sky arcanum together, thus increasing their respective powers. Despite assuming a temporary protector role, Callum understood that Zym needed his mother and started feeling that the young dragon was a part of their family. Like Ezran, aware that the young dragon's father was an Archdragon, Callum could not believe that Zym could grow to be that big someday.

Like the rest of Team Zym, Callum was happy to be reunited with the Dragon Prince two years later when he and his mother visited Katolis. As Zym had been ordered to stay home out of fear from his mother that she could lose him again, Callum was surprised to find that he had actually followed them while they made their journey through the Drakewood. Acknowledging his wish to help them, Callum allowed Zym to assist them in finding Soren and the Pit of Despair inside the Drakewood's village. When this ended with the Dragon Prince being captured by the Drakeriders, Callum showed great concern for Zym, using a fog spell to cover him so he could safely escape.

When journeying to the Sea of the Castout, and held as prisoners on Finnegrin's ship, Callum was saddened to see Zym, Stella and Bait put in cages.

### Zubeia

Callum does not know Zubeia too well, except for understanding her pain when she lost her family. Even though their family was short-lived, he could easily imagine her happiness when her son's egg was laid. He was unsure if she was as powerful as her mate or stronger, and if she was going to stop the war if her son returned, but knew he had to try, hoping they would get to her in time. Upon making it to the Storm Spire, Team Zym discovered that she was in a deep slumber due to a broken heart. Team Zym reunited her with her long-lost son and saved her and her kingdom from Viren. In one of his drawings, Callum officially meets the Dragon Queen.

As peace was restored, Callum was good terms with Zubeia and upon hearing her and Zym's arrival to Katolis, despite his gift for them going off with a hitch he was happy the queen found it enjoyable. When hearing of the "Fallen Star's" return Team Zym joined forces with her again to stop Aaravos, along the way they were told of the Startouch Elf's history then she led them to Rex Igneous's lair to receive the next clue about Aaravos's prison but when it ended in failure. Callum trusted Zubeia to watch over Ezran when they left to visit Domina Profundis who had the last clue to Aaravos's prison. After finding the information they needed in Lux Aurea, he and his team were rescued by Zubeia unknown to him that she was infected by a corrupted banther in the process regardless was led to Akiyu who also knew the prison's location not allowing them to meet afterwards.

### Soren

Before the death of Harrow, Soren is seen teaching Callum in combat, and they are shown to have a decent relationship as close friends, with Soren as Callum's swordsmanship master. After meeting again at the Cursed Caldera, Callum was happy to him and appreciated his help in assisting in their quest. However, like with Claudia, Callum became saddened that Soren betrayed them. After Soren betrayed Viren, Callum was hesitant about trusting him, but Soren switched his loyalty to Callum as Viren will never love him for who he is, having realized how psychopathic his father is and how far will Viren go to harvest Zym at any cost. Through this sincere admission of his culpability and guilt, he convinced the others that they could trust him, especially after Soren sweetened the offer with his knowledge of Viren's strategy. After helping him win the battle and proven to be willing to protect Ezran, Soren was forgiven and welcomed back into the Crownguard.

Two years after the battle at the Storm Spire, Callum and Soren remained close friends. When Callum revealed his fascination with the magic mirror, Soren warned the prince about how his father was also obsessed with the artifact and that he could fall down the same path. Soren was concerned when Aaravos temporarily possessed Callum, but was relieved when the Startouch Elf released his hold on his friend. Callum was concerned for Soren after realizing that the latter was truly separated from the rest of the group. However, he had faith that Soren would eventually find his way back to his friends.

Callum was right when they met up again in Rex Igneous's lair in Umber Tor relieved that he was alright and continued on their quest to stop Aaravos while they were heading to the Sea of the Castout, they end up as prisoners on Finnegrin's ship and as Callum couldn't choose who to pay for the Tidebound Elf's price of thievery he heard Soren was willing to make the choice for him. Then, Soren rushed to his defense when Callum was being beaten by Elmer taking the hits instead.

### Lujanne

Callum turned to Lujanne for advice, believing that with her help he could learn magic and become a real mage. However, Lujanne rejected him because humans cannot use magic due to them being born without a connection to a primal source. At first discouraged, Callum did not let his plans to become a mage dissuade him. Although Lujanne was a little condescending, she still trusted him and Ezran enough to lend them Phoe-Phoe for their further journey. Upon making another trip to the Moon Nexus to revive Phoe-Phoe at a later point, Callum reunited with Lujanne and surprised her by showing off his connection to the Sky arcanum.

## Neutral

### Avizandum

A certain animosity rose in Callum when seeing the dragon's petrified body before him. Despite having never met, Callum resents Avizandum for killing his mother. However, he can not bring himself to hate him, seeing as Zym had lost a father and many people had lost their lives in return for his death, having empathy and sorrow that maybe he did not deserve to die in the way he did and or to be separated from his family and his kingdom. However, even though their time as a family was short-lived, he could easily see his happiness when his son's egg was born.

With the threat of Aaravos's return, Callum learned that Avizandum and the archdragons together held a secret: knowing the location of where and what Aaravos's prison was. And that the Dragon King personalized himself with the task of watching the "Fallen Star" through the enchanted looking glass but that was put to an end the night he was killed and Viren stole the mirror.

When Callum was interrogated for information on the dark spell that killed him by Finnegrin, he did not give it refusing to let Domina or any other creature end up the same way as Avizandum did until he was desperate to save Rayla but the offer was "off the table", seemingly despite how much Callums hates and pities Avizandum, he doesn't wish the same fate as him on anyone else.

### Nyx

At first, Callum was amiable towards Nyx due to his first meeting with a Skywing Elf, and because she offered him and Rayla a ride to get to the Storm Spire faster. He felt slightly awkward that she kept teasing him and Rayla by assuming them to be a couple. After she tried to kidnap Zym for ransom, he was undoubtedly mad at her, though refused to let her get attacked by a group of Soulfang Serpents. After saving Nyx and getting across the desert, Nyx agreed to make the trip free of charge in exchange for Rayla and Callum not telling Zubeia that she had tried to kidnap Zym.

Callum and the gang met up with Nyx while in Scumport where they also reunited with Captain Villads asking if they could escort them to the Sea of the Castout. To the team's surprise that she was the captain of *The Ruthless*. While getting reacquainted Callum tried to tell her that he was a primal mage but being aware of the magic humans do she was not convinced until while trying to escape Finnegrin she witnessed his claims were true. But ending up as prisoners on Finnegrin's ship, Callum heard that Nyx flew away, and yet after Finnegrin's demise, Nyx returned revealing it was all apart of her plan to get them where they needed to go.

## Enemies

### Viren

Due to being King Harrow's closest friend, Viren used to be almost like an uncle to Callum, seeing him much like his own stepfather as kind and loving towards his kids. Together with his childhood friends Soren and Claudia, Callum originally considered Viren as part of his family. Aware that Viren was a dark mage, Callum viewed the use of dark magic as not ideal at first, similar to his stepfather. After his mother died, he believed that Viren was using it to benefit the kingdom, but as time went on, Callum began to see the mage's true ambitions and now thinks the use of the dark arts made everything worse, believing that it has poisoned his soul.

However, they displayed no close relationship when Callum confronted Viren, demanding to see Harrow and accusing the dark mage of stealing the Dragon Prince egg. Viren sneered Callum, calling him a half-breed and bluffed that Harrow was in on the egg's theft before using a spell to temporarily silence him so that he could not bring this revelation to Harrow. It is unbeknownst to him that he has sent Soren and Claudia to hunt him and eliminate the princes so he can be king.

Due to many negative incidents, including betraying Callum's family, trying to order his assassination, declaring war on Xadia and causing collateral damage in the process, as well as attempting to slay both Zym and Zubeia, he changed his mind about Viren and now considers him the enemy that he became. Like everyone else, Callum is unaware that Viren was revived.

Through Zubeia's story, Callum learned that Viren's actions were not only coerced by just the dark mage himself, but also the Startouch Elf Aaravos, and that he became another link in the chain of innocent mages that the elven Archmage manipulated.

The impact in Viren's evil made Rayla become paranoid he'd return to kill everyone, Callum didn't believed her at first, until they both found his soul imprint in the moon nexus, now he would help her kill him to put Rayla at ease. But Rayla abandoned Callum and went to kill him herself to keep Callum safe, but that would put a strain in their relationship as Callum was mortified for her not knowing if she was alive, and he was partially ignoring her after she returned. It was not until that Team Zym was in the lair of the Archdragon Rex Igneous, Callum discovered that Rayla was right about Viren being alive, which apparently rekindled their relationship.

But like Rayla, Callum didn't know that Viren's resurrection was temporary and sought Aaravos to make it permanent.

### Claudia

From early childhood on, Callum had a crush on Claudia. He frequently attempted to impress her, though he became flustered whenever he talked to her. He also once had a vivid dream about kissing her and was delighted to go on a date with her after years of pining, where he came close to sharing a kiss with her. However, his feelings about her changed after he learned about the true nature of dark magic, her willingness to capture and use magical creatures like Zym for her spells, and when she betrayed him and his friends after he had trusted her. Callum pities her for being blindly loyal to her father and willing to follow in his footsteps, showing how he is unwilling to compromise his morality despite their friendship.

And yet, due to Claudia following her father's footsteps Callum begins to fear that he does not know her anymore but still believes there is good in her and will do the right thing someday. At one point he wrote a love letter for her but did not dare to give it but upon seeing her change for the worse Callum was glad he did not deliver it.

Two years later, Callum was aware that Claudia disappeared since the battle at the Storm Spire, unknown to him that she was guided by Aaravos to resurrect her father through dark magic and was seeking to release the Startouch Elf Archmage from his prison. They didn't met again until Rex Igneous's lair where she commented him on his cleverness.

It was not until at the Sea of the Castout that they met again, with Claudia trying to convince him that she sought Aaravos out to save her father and hasn't changed but knowing of Aaravos's history and what he'll do when he gets out. It's likely Callum felt sadness for Claudia as her naivety and blind loyalty brought her to the point of no return and with a battle between them for the Startouch's prison ending with her fleeing in defeat.

### Runaan

When Runaan saw Callum for the first time, he immediately tried to kill him with a bow and arrow, for no other reason than being human. When Callum and Rayla were inside the Silvergrove later on and met Ethari, he was asked by Rayla whether he remembered Runaan or not, and sarcastically replied that he still recalls Runaan trying to kill him.

Not long after Rayla's departure, Callum inherited Viren's study, while exploring he saw all the horrible stuff that the dark mage kept until he came across Runaan's bow which he still harbored horrible feelings of the night the assassins came to kill King Harrow so he left the weapon there and saw it best to have Viren's study locked.

He didn't see the bow again until Rayla was found arrested with it despite the animosity he held towards it, Callum knew she could be trusted with it. While in Lux Aurea, Callum discovered that like Rayla's parents, Runaan had his soul imprisoned in a cursed coin and knew of a spell to free him but it had to wait.

### Sol Regem

Callum fears Sol Regem for his totalitarian and vengeful personality, which was only strengthened after the dragon attempted to kill Callum for his involvement with dark magic upon Team Zym's first crossing into Xadia.

### Finnegrin

Callum was taken prisoner by Finnegrin for helping Ezran in stealing his Glow Toads. When Finnegrin asked Callum to help him in killing Domina Profundis to gain control over the entire ocean, Callum refused to go along with the plot. Upon seeing Finnegrin torturing Rayla, rage drove Callum in punching the Tidebound Elf in the face. Outraged, Finnegrin decided to make an example by feeding Rayla to a leviathan despite Callum begging him not to. As Callum forged a connection with the Ocean arcanum, he called the surprised and angered Finnegrin out for his flaws and inability to gain total control.

### Aaravos

Callum's knowledge about the Startouch Elf was initially limited to knowing him to be an archmage, as well as him having owned the Key of Aaravos at an unknown point of history. Both of these things were told to him by Harrow through a letter after Callum had retrieved the cube from the Banther Lodge. At one point, he came across a picture of Aaravos in an old book. However, like with Viren, the pages became unreadable, but not before Callum was able to capture his image. During his adventures in Xadia, he asked some of the elves about Aaravos, but most of them were not familiar with him or wanted to talk about him, which Callum found strange. He remains curious about why so many people hated and feared him so much despite having so much magical knowledge.

Two years later, Callum discovers that the reasons behind Aaravos's fall from grace was due to the latter having orchestrated several crises. When Team Zym and Zubeia attempt to confront Aaravos through the looking glass, Aaravos possesses Callum and has him taunt his teammates on the former's behalf before revealing his Aaravos's intention to exploit Callum sometime in the future. Although Callum regains his free will soon after, he fears being exploited by Aaravos a second time now that he knows that Aaravos had selected him to become another one of his pawns.

Callum's fear of Aaravos is so great that he even begged Rayla to kill him if Aaravos possessed him again.

While looking for weaknesses to kill Aaravos in case if he was freed Callum and his friends ventured to the Great Bookery in Lux Aurea to search for answers and excitedly found the Nova Blade and seeks to obtain it before the Startouch Elf could control him again.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Book One, Chapter 1: "Echoes of Thunder"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Book One, Chapter 4: "Bloodthirsty"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Book Two, Chapter 3: "Smoke and Mirrors"
4. ↑ Book Two, Chapter 7: "Fire and Fury"
5. ↑ Book Two, Chapter 8: "The Book of Destiny"
6. ↑ Book Two, Chapter 9: "Breathe"
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Book Three, Chapter 1: "Sol Regem"
8. ↑ Book Three, Chapter 3: "Ghost"
9. ↑ Book Three, Chapter 4: "The Midnight Desert"
10. ↑ Book Three, Chapter 5: "Heroes and Masterminds"
11. ↑ Book Three, Chapter 9: "The Final Battle"
12. ↑ The Art of The Dragon Prince
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Book One: Moon (Novel)
14. ↑ Book One, Chapter 2: "What is Done"
15. ↑ Book One, Chapter 6: "Through the Ice"
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 16.9 Callum's Spellbook
17. ↑ Book One, Chapter 3: "Moonrise"
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Book Four, Chapter 3: "Breathtaking"
19. ↑ Book Five, Chapter 3: "Nightmares & Revelations"
20. ↑ Book Four, Chapter 2: "Fallen Stars"
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Book Four, Chapter 4: "Through the Looking Glass"
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Book Four, Chapter 7: "Beneath the Surface"
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Book Four, Chapter 6: "The Drakewood"
24. ↑ Book Four, Chapter 4: "Rebirthday"
25. ↑ Through the Moon
26. ↑ Book Three, Chapter 6: "Thunderfall"
27. ↑ Book Two, Chapter 2: "Half Moon Lies"
28. ↑ Book Four, Chapter 5: "The Great Gates"