The Pagemaster

**The Pagemaster** is a minor character in The Heart Commandos. He is an old man who works as a teacher in the realm of Solaria. He originates from the apply-named movie from 1994.

## Story

The Pagemaster (real name Emmett Dewey) is described by many Earthlings as the mythical keeper of Librarium, someone who collects historical books, poems and other sortment of writing for archivial reasons and share knowledge to many people around, but in Solaria, he is the nineteenth Guardian of the Written World and Stella's historian teacher, who teaches her about the realm's history and its geography when she was 8 years old. He has three living books, the pirate Adventure, who is obssesed with finding treasure and become the richest pirate of the realm (which made him likable), the fairy Fantasy, a sassy but caring woman who acts as the guide to the students, and Horror, a cowardly "hunchbook" with a heart of gold, who works with keeping maintenance to the teaching room.

In November of 1994, he helped an American timid boy named Richard Tyler reach the exit, while secretly told the characters from his books to face the boy's fears. He also secretly sends him Adventure, then Fantasy, and then Horror on his quest.

Before he earned this title and joining on the behalf of the king and queen though, Mr. Dewey was a childhood friend of Nestarus (aka Nests), as he was born in the same realm as him, Yuleeska, though he hasn't seen him in years since his transfering to Solaria, and was unaware about his friend's fate until the criminal syndicate NESTS hosted The King of Fighters 2001 tournament. He was both suprised and shocked to see his friend alive, but was changed for the worse, oblivious to the fact that his son manipulated his corpse for his god complex plan. Despite this, he continues to push forward with his teachings, giving his students warnings about the dangers of a person going mad with power.

While knocked unconcious during a fight against Neo Gamma at the base of NESTS of America, Talia wakes up in another realm, where she meets the Pagemaster for the first time, who introduces himself to her. As Talia suffers from depression, the Pagemaster helps her overcome the obstacle with riddles and vague advices as he dissapears, but before telling her that this is not the first time that he helped a person with similar issues before.

## Personality

Mr. Dewey is a benevolent and wise old man who helps his students deal with their personal issues. He rarely display his anger and fear due to his calming demeanor. When seeing Nests for the first time in years during 2001, he was shocked to see what his friend has become, but he remains hopeful despite all of this.

## Abilities

As he is a Yuleeskanian, Dewey uses Ergokinesis, which he was born with it naturally, channeling white energy from his hands. Being the Guardian of the Written World, he can manipulate a book or a page as a way to teach his students, and create his own fantastical realm via a person's mind to deal with their issue, such as Tyler and his lack of courage. He is also able to create life to his own books, with Adventure, Fantasy and Horror being notable examples.

## Gallery

The Pagemaster, as he originally appears in the movie of the same name

## Trivia

* The name Emmett and his surname Dewey are a reference to Doc Brown from Back to the Future and The Pagemaster's alternate form, both portrayed by actor Christopher Lloyd.