Etan Northcott

**Etan Northcott** is a supporting character in The Betrothed, he's first mentioned in ***Chapter 7*** by his cousin Silas. And he is a main character in The Betrayed. He's the son to Jovana and Reid Northcott and a descendant of Jedreck The Great.

## Biography

Being an only child, he grew up in Isolte, in the family manor, Pearfield with his two parents and some servants. He was very close to his cousins, especially Saul. Fan of the tournament, he participates in several and won a single trophy, a golden feather.

### ***3 years before The Betrothed***

As part of the Isoltenne army, he became a soldier and fought several times at the Isolte - Coroa border. He quickly made 4 close friends, so close that they are like brothers to him. Tenen, Micha, Vincent and Giles.

Tenen is the first of the group to die, 1 year after it was Micha, Etan thinks he should have died in his place. Then two weeks before, to leave the Isoltenne army to participate in the journey of King Quinten who goes to Coroa, he loses his last two brothers of heart: Vincent and Giles.

When he takes stock of the friends he has lost, he sometimes feels that death has forgotten him.

After returning to Isolte, he returned to the army and continued to fight. But his father, Reid, will take him out of the army to teach him the death of his uncle and his three cousins.

### ***The Betrothed***

He appears in ***Chapter 14*** because he was part of the procession that accompanied Quinten to Coroa.  He shared moments with his cousins. He’s very close to Saul, his cousin.

His last appearance was in ***Chapter 36***, when he came to fetch Whitley and Scarlet to return to Isolte.-++

### ***The Betrayed***

His arrival in Isolte with the Eastoffes, Etan does not hide that he does not trust Hollis and prefers to watch her. In his aunt and father’s plan to overthrow Quinten, he played an essential role, for he succeeded in bribing the guards and nobles with money and rallied his friends to their cause. But sometimes, he manages to confide a little to Hollis, telling him that he is afraid that this plan will make his father kill, she understands him. When Hollis asked him for help one evening for his fireplace, he seemed delighted to help him, but when Hollis asks him for it is so cold with her, he feels frustrated and tells him that she has no place in Isolte. He’ll go as far as ridiculing her on Bread Day. At his father’s birthday party, Hollis remembered the traditions of Coroa and Etan didn’t like it at all, because Isolten soldiers died because of Coroan soldiers, Hollis gives him all his money so he can bribe the guards and advance his family’s plan. But Etan does not back down and the violent argument ends in "I hate you." coming from both.

In the night, he hears Hollis fleeing Pearfield, takes remorse, he embarks on a Rescue Mission. He finds her on the edge of a horse path crying. Begging her to come back to his family, he tries to resonate it and they end up finding an agreement on their different. On returning to Pearfield, he made it clear to the staff of the manor that Hollis was part of the family and that she should be treated as such.

His whole family was invited to Prince Hadrian’s wedding. His father had him escort Hollis throughout the festivities. For him, seeing Quinten again after the massacre of his uncle and his 3 cousins makes him nervous. During the trip to the capital, he travels in the same car as Hollis, they are forced to sit next to each other because they have found a common point, riding upside down makes them sick. Jovana gave him medication even sleeping pills for a long time so that he could better endure travel but none worked. During the journey, the two confide in each other’s fear and reassure and support each other. That’s when he confesses to Hollis why he’s so cold with her, actually, he’s not really mad at Hollis it’s against Silas, because he disapproved of this marriage, he was angry because with the whole family he lost, He realized that in this family everyone they care about dies murdered by the Darkest Knights. Above all, he is afraid of losing his parents and finding himself alone. When Hollis had to present himself to the King, Etan supported her by holding her hand.

Since his arrival at Chetwin Palace, Etan has been close to his family, smiling and showing pride and caring towards Hollis. At court, he finds many acquaintances and friends, including the Dinnsmor, Micha’s parents. He treats Etan as their son. During the clash of Hollis and Quinten, Etan even finds a joke to tell Hollis. He supports her and gives her the courage not to be destabilized by this tyrant. After a few hours at the Palace, Etan and Hollis get closer and become friends, he gives her a lot of compliments and laughs at her jokes. He even goes so far as to bring her bread when he finds that she does not eat enough.

During a tournament, he asks Hollis for his favors and at the end of the tournament, to thank her, he gives her his trophy with pleasure. While the plan of his father and his aunt takes shape it is Hollis who will have to approach Valentina to extract information from him. He told Hollis that he was about to get punched in the face that she managed to talk to the Queen. After winning the Tourois, he regains his popularity. And all the lines that Hollis finds to make him smile makes him laugh.

When Hollis left the room, he was really worried and worried about her so he went to join her. Just looking at Hollis makes him smile. When Hollis asked him if he could give him back the embroidered handkerchief she had given him during the match, he replied that he had lost it, but he simply wanted to keep it with him. Hollis confides in him by telling him that she will soon have to return to Coroa because Jameson has summoned him but she does not want to see him again because she does not want a King. She starts crying and gets mad at Etan. He ends up kissing her, he is happy to have done it but he also feels guilty and confused because she is the wife of his deceased cousin. Since they kissed each other they never leave each other and feelings are born between the two. Being able to love someone makes him smile again, he has not smiled for years. He would fetch the moon for her. At Prince Hadrian’s wedding, he and Hollis danced the waltz and he was happy to dance together. He offers himself near Hollis to take Valentina to Coroa to hide her during the rev. He realizes that if Scarlet refuses the crown, he will be destined to be King and Hollis does not want a King, so he offers him to remain simply friends.

When Scarlet refused the crown, it was a shock for Etan, he did not expect to have the charge of being King, his father refused saying he was too old to give it up too.

Valentina swore her allegiance before he took her to Coroa.

The whole revolution rests on him. If he fails everyone will be executed. His journey lasted 2 days. He has assembled an army to overthrow King Quinten.

And Etan has every right to claim his right to the throne because Prince Hadrian died that morning. When the Isotans ask for the death of Quinten and Philippa, he does not let himself be distracted by the demands of the people and decides to let justice be done, he will be tried by trial and sent Philippa back to his native country.

Before joining the crowd that he cheers her, he confides in Hollis telling him that he is terrified and anxious. He asks Hollis to come to his side but she refuses by telling him that wearing a crown is no longer for her. Disappointed he turned to the people to ask for their blessing to become their new King.

When Etan asks him to confess to the murder of his uncle and his cousins, he nit and designates Hollis as guilty.

Reid crowns Etan who swears to serve and protect Isolte. He is then fast surrounded and cheered by the people. That’s when he realizes Hollis is gone.Without waiting, he starts chasing him, followed by his army, shouting in despair the name of the woman he loves. He found her on the side of the road crying. Now he considers Hollis as a member of the Royal family of Isolte because she was the wife of his cousin, Silas. When Hollis tries to resonate the new king, he confides to her that he is ready to die for her to help him avenge his cousins and his uncle, and besides that he would be even happier to die with her so that Scarlet will have to be Queen.

The Coroa border guards only allow 50 men from his army to pass through the country to follow him with Hollis. And besides, he assures her that if she were of Royal blood, he swore allegiance to her and would cease all war.

Seeing his army, the Coroans were afraid and hiding. Once at the gate of the Palace he and Hollis were alone to return. That’s when they both realize that they love each other and that whatever happens they never want to be separated from each other again. When they enter the Great Hall, all the nobles eat. When he saw it, people started whispering and the musicians stopped playing music. He took Hollis' hand and walked to the podium. During the violent exchange between Jameson and Hollis, he watches over her one step behind her, like a protector. He helps Hollis not to lose his footing and keeps his cool. When Jameson orders Hollis by calling him Hollis Barclay, he ends up intervening by saying that Hollis is now a citizen of Isolte and that in his court she will be protected from anyone like him. It is then that Jameson understood the romance between the two, he then points a sword to Etan ready to kill him but it is then that he falls awkwardly and plants the sword in his heart. Hollis hides his head against Etan’s torso by closing his eyes.

On the death of Jameson, Hollis was proclaimed Queen by a Man of the Church. Immediately he placed a knee on the ground to declare allegiance to him. Hollis in turn asked Etan to stay but refused because he had a kingdom to manage himself. Before leaving, he promised him that they would always be allies and that they would speak to each other later.When he left with his army to join his country the Coroan children held out fresh fruit to the soldiers.

### **Three months later**

A few days after joining Isolte, he discovered that Hollis could not marry her under Coroa’s laws, but he had no time to think that the Royal Council ordered him to marry because he had no descendants and he needed a legacy to keep the crown of Isolte. Several weeks after his engagement with Ayanna Routhand, he scheduled his visit to Coroa on Thursday 17 at 9 am to agree on a new treaty.

To make Coroa honored, he dressed in a red Coroan coat, Etan takes advantage of his visit to help him in his new role and to give advice. But Hollis confides to her that if she knew this law before being crowned she would never have accepted. Aware of their feelings, Etan imposes the fact that this meeting in person does not happen again and that from now on he will send a representative, because it is too much pain for them. Etan is ready to send doctors for a medical advance to Coroa.

For his last evening in Coroa, he and Hollis dance together, and Hollis gave him a gift in Keresken Castle, a stained-glass window with his army in the background. Upon discovery of this, Etan was ready to kiss Hollis but he brutally recalled his status. In pain, he withdraws to his apartments where he finds a letter from Ayanna saying that she cannot marry him because she knows that the only woman he will always love will be Hollis. Then Hollis knocked on his door, caught off guard, opened the door with his hairy hair and his shirt half unbuttoned. He feels that his country will be invaded if he does not have a legacy. It is then that Hollis explains to him that nothing is lost, that they can love each other unconditionally on condition of abolishing the border because no law forbids it.

They decided together to reunite their two forming countries: New Isolte. They will build their castle: New Castle.

Together, they found a way around the laws to live happily. Now, they are married and have two childrens or more .

## Personnality

Etan is on the defensive as soon as he talks to Hollis, he has a lot of contempt for the Coroans, he prefers to isolate himself instead of mixing. He does not like travel and he likes to stay at home or in his country.

He can be obnoxious but he lacks neither courage nor bravery, he enlisted several times in the Isoltian Army to fight at the borders of Isolte and Coroa.

He is of a crude frankness, he says what he thinks without filter even to become isolated and coarse. But with his family, he seems more relaxed and kind. And very attentive with Saul, they seem to be very close. Despite what he shows of himself, he’s a sensitive boy.

He is a very orderly person, he reads a lot and sometimes forgets a few cups in the middle of his books.

## Features

Etan has light skin, with dark blond hair and his eyes are slate blue (gray blue with silver streaks).

In The Betrayed (three months later), Hollis describes it more mature with shorter hair and a beard.

He has three deep scars on his chest that are probably old war wounds.

## In The History

Son of Jovana and Reid Norhcott, he grew up in a small village far from the capital, Etan began military training. He was deployed several times at the borders of his country to fight Coroan soldiers. But following several deaths in his family. His father ordered his repatriation due to the risks weighing on his person because he was at that time fifth in the order of succession to the throne behind, his father, Scarlet his cousin, Prince Hadrian and Quinten Pardus.

He claims his access to the Isolten throne after the death of Prince Hadrian, he succeeds in saving his people from tyranny by deposing Quinten Pardus.

This 20-year-old man overcame his fear and doubts to become the monarch the Kingdom needed.

Alongside his wife, Hollis, they reunite their two countries Coroa and Isolte to create New Isolte

Every day of his reign, he hunted down the Darkest Knights to the last. And to bring Peace to his country.

## Trivia

* According to Silas, Etan is the best dancer in his family.
* He's one of the King’s best soldiers.
* When he’s nervous, he walks.
* He won a golden feather as a trophy, he gave it to Hollis.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 These elements were discovered in The Betrayed.