Lino Cortez

### Personality

Fierce, intelligent, quick-witted, powerful, heroic, brave, protective, responsible, kind, understanding, mature, selfless, determined, patient, adventurous

### Occupation

* Student (formerly)
* Member of The Rebellion

### Home

**Currently*** Otherworld
	+ Sanctum

**Formerly**

* Earth
	+ Brooklyn, Earth, USA

### Items

* Lino's Ring
* Lino's Baby Blanket

## Channeler Information

### Masters

* Taye Pierre (channeling)
* Kiara Bryant (weapons; combat)

### Powers & Abilities

* Channeling
	+ Pyrokinesis
	+ Healing
	+ Divination
	+ Spellcasting
* Dragon Flame Manipulation

## Relationship Information

### Family Members

* Unnamed Biological Parents
* Olivia Jackson (Adoptive Mother) †
* Cameron Jackson (Adoptive Father) †

### Love Interests

* Essence Rivera (One-Sided Crush; On Her Side)
* Jabari Hunter (One-Sided Obsession; On Jabari Side)

### Friends

* Rome Hawkins
* Essence Rivera
* Kiara Bryant
* Taye Pierre

### Enemies

* Shadow Army
	+ Ashran Hunter
	+ Jabari Hunter
	+ Callum Thorne
	+ Imani Parks

### Archenemy

Jabari Hunter

**Angelino "Lino" Cortez** is the main protagonist and narrator of the *Two Worlds, One Boy*. Lino is the adoptive son of the late Olivia Jackson and Cameron Jackson, the close friend of Rome Hawkins, Essence Rivera, Kiara Bryant and Taye Pierre, the archenemy of Jabari Hunter, the enemy of Imani Parks and Ashran Hunter.

Lino discovers he is a channeler, a human with the ability to wield the One Power, who's adoptive parents are killed, magically frozen to death by the assassin, Jabari Hunter. He is rescued by the Rebellion and taken to the Otherworld to learn to master his newfound powers in order to help defeat the Shadow Army. He was born with the Dragon Flame, an ancient power thought to be extinct, which Ashran is after.

## History

### Early Life

Angelino was born in October 2006, to unknown parents. He was found in a basket in a fire by Cameron Jackson, a firefighter on patrol. He and his wife, Olivia subsequently adopted him when he was no one claimed him. The only thing in the basket along with him was a blanket with his name "*Angelino Cortez*" and a ring with the inscription, "*What you seek is seeking you*".

When Lino was seven, he accidentally burned down his elementary school, which is a memory that he suppressed.

### Throughout the Series

In *Face the Shadows*, Lino is first seen walking home from school through a cloud of mist. As he arrived home, he'd seen his door was ajar and slowly opens it. As he enters, he can feel how cold it is and sees his own breath. Heading toward the kitchen, he steps over broken glass, to see his father laying on the ground. After feeling his father's face, seeing his skin frozen and a burn wound in his chest, he automatically can tell that his father isn't breathing. Lino screams in terror and calls out for his mother telling her to call 911. Standing up, he walks back towards the living room, calling his mother again, seeing someone walk down the stairs. The figure being a mysterious man in a long cloak, who states his name is Callum. Callum raises his hands and conjures an orb of energy and releases it towards Lino, knocking him over.

Afterwards, Lino sees another person ominously coming down the stairs, a teenage boy around his age, with a sword around his shoulder, who states his name was Jabari. The boy tells Lino that his mother fought to her very last breath, which sent Lino into a rage, trying to fight and kill Jabari and Callum. Though, as he charges at Jabari, Jabari ducked and manages to block his punches. Though, a frustrated and enraged Lino began to throw objects at them, which Jabari finally began to catch telekinetically and he stated he'd had enough. As Jabari approaches Lino, he manipulates and freezes the air around them and encases Lino in ice, dropping him to his knees. Jabari inquires what's so special about Lino and hopes to find out, and tells him that his parents were weak too.

Lino goes into a rage, as his eyes glow a bright red, as heat burns through the ice. Lino manages to stand up, as the two assassins step backwards in fear. When suddenly, a funnel of flames appear around Lino and Jabari states maybe he was wrong, as Lino roars and the flames project forcefully towards the two, slightly burning their clothes, though leaving them unharmed. (Lino seemed to blackout the event.) After the assassins get to their feet, Jabari unsheathes his sword, preparing to strike Lino. Just seconds before, a woman jumps in-between the two clashing her blade with his, yelling to Lino to run. Though as he tried to run to the door, Jabari shoots a beam of ice at the door, freezing it completely. In an attempt to run out the back door, Callum fashions a lasso made of energy, grabbing Lino by the ankle, dropping Lino to the ground and drags him back. Telling him they've been looking for him for a long time, the back door flies opens as a man in a green shawl conjures a fireball and throws it at Callum, he flies back into the living room. The man creates a shield between the kitchen and living room. Being pulled up, he tells Lino to run. Running out of the house and into the backyard, he crouches behind the bushes, as he sees bright lights and windows smashing, the door opens, as the man and woman come out of the house introducing themselves as Taye and Kiara and assuring him he's safe. From the stress, Lino faints.

## Physical Appearance

Lino is a young teenager with clear light brown caramel skin, shoulder-length, naturally curly black hair in the form large loose curls dyed blonde and vibrant hazel-green eyes. He prefers relaxed clothing, that is stylish, yet comfortable. This includes graphic t-shirts, red and black flannels with jeans or sweatshirts that are slightly baggy around him. He wears near-expensive sneakers and boots for the majority of the time. He is always seen wearing his silver ring on his right-hand ring finger or his right-hand middle finger, which is inscribed with the message on the inner band, stating "*What you seek is seeking you*".

## Personality

Lino is a fierce and assertive teenager with an extremely bold and confident disposition with a strong desire to act perfectly out of fear of being rejected by those around him. Having been abandoned by his biological parents, Lino has an independent nature and knows how to take care of himself. He longs for a connection to his biological family, including learning to master his new powers, he feels a brighter connection to himself, finding out more about his own bloodline and himself.

## Powers, Abilities & Weaknesses

### Powers

* **Channeling**: Lino is an extremely strong and powerful channeler, considered the most powerful the Guardians has seen in a thousand years. His first act of conscious channeling was an incredible supernova of One Power that was able to heal everyone in the cave. His aptitude in the One Power is so intuitive that he has demonstrated to be able to sense the amount of one's strength in the One Power, as he showed to be able to sense Queen Estelle's low-level of One Power potential as a channeler, describing it as a barely "lit flame" inside of her.
	+ **Pyrokinesis**: It is largely implied that Lino is particularly strong in and may specialize in Fire, as he can cast powerful spells related to fire, without any trouble whatsoever. He demonstrated to be able to burn through Jabari's ice and create a blazing funnel of fire with a scream.
	+ **Healing**: Lino developed a style of Healing unknown to any living Guardian, which he isn't in control of, though is able to unleash in large amounts. He demonstrated the ability to heal all of the injured and near-dead in the cave. It was revealed that he rediscovered the technique of healing using all of the Five elements, a technique long forgotten.
	+ **Divination**: Lino has shown to sense the amount of one's strength in the One Power, describing it as a fire. He sensed Queen Estelle's low-level of strength as a channeler, when first meeting her, stating it was a barely "lit flame" inside of her.
	+ **Spellcasting**: As a channeler, Lino is able to channel the One Power in order to cast spells. He demonstrated the skill to channel a lunar eclipse in order to re-cloak the Sanctum's chateau.
* **Dragon Flame Manipulation**: Lino has demonstrated to generate and manipulate an ancient magical power thought to be extinct, granting him the power to grant life or capable of great destruction.

## Appearances

* *Season One*
	+ *Face the Shadows*