Hazel Callinan

Seamus Callinan (father)(deceased)

Sandra Delgado (maternal aunt)

Sofia Delgado (cousin)

Lilliana Vargaz (maternal grandmother)

Oscar Callinan (paternal grandfather)(deceased)

Farah Abadžić (paternal grandmother)

Lydia Callinan (paternal aunt)

Ella Wilson (best friend)

Marcus Anderson (best friend)

Daniel Caringal (friend)

Clara Davis (ex best friend)

Merjem Bešić (friend)

Alexandrina Malee (friend)

Margo Beranger (friend)

Lei Ming (friend)

Eun (friend)(deceased)

Mara Volkov (friend)

Lola Maes (friend)

Lorain Dumas (former enemy)

## History

### Early life

Hazel Callinan was born in New York City on July 9th 2003 to Rosa Vargaz and Seamus Callinan. She grew up with a Peruvian mother, and a half Irish and half Bosnian father.

During her entire life, Hazel grew up as an only daughter. She was loved by both her parents, but their marriage was toxic, kept in place by Hazel's birth, of which was always reminded of. Her father died three months before the beginning of the first book, and she remembers him as being angry and ignorant, often yelling at both her and her mother, fighting them, and getting angry over the smallest of things. That had made Rosa sensitive, and Hazel had always felt as if she was the only one who should keep the family sane. After her father's death, she made sure no one would see her be sad over it, comforting her mother instead of herself. She grew up being compared by her mother to her friends and classmates, making her jealous and resentful, envious of every relationship around her, and created a feeling of failure for whatever she did. Her former best friend, Clara, kept telling her she was too emotional over everything. Because of all the influence (explained more in the series), Hazel has learned to hide her emotions and pain, putting her own life in danger multiple times because of it. She has learned too, to prioritize other's opinions and emotions, often focusing on other people's pain and ignoring her own. Throughout the series, she is shown her own importance and learns that she deserves attention when needed.

### Her Development Throughout The Books

She starts off as a stoic, untrustworthy person. She hides her fear upon enetring the prison, even though, after a few weeks, she was shown more aggression than she was used to. She finds out she has powers, and discovers them later, but can't use them properly. When she sacrifices herself for Noah when they go to the wall, her neck is flayed, leaving her bloody on the outside of the prison. Her bandage gets pulled by Gabe, who bullied her before, and he explodes then, hitting him across the head with her chair. She feels as if she showed too much emotion, angry at herself for it. Noah, on the other side, supports her emotional otbursts, and inspires her again to try and open the wall. The two manage, but bring his sister, Alex, with them too. Hazel feels guilty for leaving everyone else behind, and bounds herself to the month long series of tasks, along with Alex and Noah. Throughout the four books, spanning over four years, she is constantly being put down, embarrased, tortured, frustrated, ignored etc. But, the more she fights and uses her powers, the more she sees her own importance, both shown by her usefulness in missions, and her friends. She learns to open up, to cry, learns that showing emotions and wants is a part of being human, lets herself loose more and more throughout the books. By the end, she is happier than at the beginning, despite the tasks and years getting worse and worse. She learns to cope with her own feelings and admits she likes Noah in the fourth book, learning to show that type of love freely and comfortably.