Xylon Lozano

## OFFICI**Λ**L DESCRIPTION

### Occupation

First-year in Belvoire, fourth-year in Belvoire (epilogue), Warlock hunter (formerly), Volley Vortex player

## Relationships

### Family

Torian Lozano II (father), unnamed mother (mentioned), Izaiah Alnazar (adoptive younger brother)

### Friend(s)

Kellan Xalvador, Sapphire Chauvera, Izaiah Alnazar, Indirah Alnazar, Lucio Damaris, Artemus Blackquill, Everlee Melendez

### Enemies

The Warlocks, Artemus Blackquill, and Lucio Damaris (all formerly), The Devil

## Arcana Information

### Keywords

Transformation, endings, change, transition, letting go, and release (upright), fear of change, repeating negative patterns, resisting change, stagnancy, decay (reversed)

## Production Information

### Inspiration(s)

Lucas Hale

The Warlock hunter **Diether Xylon Lozano** is a main character of The Arcana, being Kellan Xalvador's love interest. He's a student attending Belvoire Academia of the Arcane as a first-year along with Kellan, Sapphire Chauvera, and Indirah's brother, Izaiah Alnazar. Izaiah is his adoptive brother- his family took him in when Izaiah was only 5 years old. He considers Lucio Damaris as a fremeny as he's a hunter and Lucio's a Warlock. Xylon is sorted into House Terra, being a Taurus. Born into a long line of Warlock hunters, he and Izaiah are being trained primarily by his father, Torian Lozano II. His patron arcana is **Death**.

Xylon is inspired by **Lucas Hale**.

## DE**Λ**TH **Λ**RC

#### **EARLY LIFE**

Born on April 22, Xylon is set out to be a Warlock hunter just like his father- his mother was killed by a Warlock when he was very young. His family adopts the 5-year-old Izaiah Alnazar who was left alone, telling them that his family is dead because of the Warlocks. Growing up, Xylon and Izaiah were trained by Torian, Xylon's father, so they could defend themselves and become hunters just like him. Because their parents were friends, Kellan Xalvador and Xylon consider each other as best friends growing up, although managing to hide their friendship from Izaiah.

#### **THE CRIMSON PLAGUE**

Kellan wanted to help the people infected and find a cure to the plague, but Xylon wants to run away from it all, causing an argument between the two. After the argument, Xylon and his family leaves the district without the Xalvadors. When the Lozanos returned to the mainland of Astraea and discovered that the Xalvadors died, Xylon was devastated. He makes a deal with the Death Arcana to bring Kellan back to life in exchange for part of his own heart. Since Kellan's original body was cremated at **the Lazarette**, a different kind of vessel was needed to bring him back to life; specifically the body of one of the Major Arcana: the Fool.

## PERSON**Λ**LITY

Xylon is diligent, patient, benevolent, reliable and talented, but he usually looks silent, and even stubborn sometimes. It takes time for him to adapt to a new environment. It’s almost impossible to change his mind once he makes the decision, which can either be called "stubbornness" or "persistence", depending on the situation. Xylon also has the tendency to give up halfway until succeeding. He could be be shy and not confident enough in social occasions, and he usually couldn't absorb opinions from others.

Xylon has a relatively stable personality and he doesn't usually lose temper as much as Izaiah or Sapphire does. He values his family and friends a lot, but no matter in a relationship or in their life, they often regard the sense of stability as the main criterion.

## PHYSIC**Λ**L **Λ**PPE**Λ**R**Λ**NCE

Xylon has jet black hair that is usually styled upwards, dark blue eyes, and a fair complexion. Due to being a hunter, he's slightly more muscular than his friends- even Izaiah, who's a hunter himself. He's 5'9" tall. Xylon has a diamond bracelet which is around his left wrist.

#### **CASUAL**

Xylon has an asymmetrical gold-colored blazer that reaches his calves with brown collar and trimming. He wears a cream-colored button-up underneath his blazer, revealing the collar, a cravat, and its cuffs. The belt and straps along the right side of his body is of the same light-yellow color. His pants are darker brown with a darker shade of yellow for his pair of boots.

#### **COMBAT**

His combat outfit consists of a blue vest with gold linings on top of a lighter shade of blue. His pants are navy blue, matched with his midnight blue pair of boots. He wears a necklace with a brown-colored cord and a gold pendant hanging from it; around his waist are two blue overlapping and lopsided belts tied to a brown bag and his dagger.

#### **WAND**

Xylon's wand is 11 inches long, made of sequoia wood which possesses both diamond and daisy cores as his birthday is in April.

## POWERS & **Λ**BILITIES

* **Spell Casting**- Xylon has a wand that helps him cast spells, since he's a Non-Blood mage.
	+ **Element Manipulating**- He can manipulate the elements, fire ("Pyro"), water ("Aquam"), air ("Aura"), earth ("Tellus"), ice and snow ("Cryo"), and electricity ("Electro"), with only a wave of his wand.
* **Arcana Summoning**- He didn't have any background with tarot or Divination at the time since he wasn't a student in Belvoire yet, but Xylon managed to summon **Death** by himself prior to the events of the story when he needed help reviving Kellan.
* **Athletic Prowess**- Because of all his training as a hunter, he possess great athletic abilities:
	+ **Strength-** Xylon is mentioned to have great strength because of his "buff guns" as Izaiah calls them. He could lift himself up in high and unstable structures and places. In the last fight with the Devil, Xylon has the power to stand right up alongside Kellan to channel his energy to him despite being bonded by chains.
	+ **Mastery in Combat**- He's skilled and has a mastery of both hand-to-hand and armed combat, making him one of the strongest characters in the franchise if mages don't exist.
	+ **Quick Reaction Time**- In multiple occasions, Xylon showed he has fast reflexes by reacting appropriately during a lot of situations, especially when fighting. He can dodge a lot of attacks and attack back at his opponent in record speed.

## RECCURING/RUNNING G**Λ**GS

* **Stop Das Gay**- Kellan teasing **Xylon** about the fact that he revived him, saying that he's in love with him so bad.

## TRIVI**Λ**S

* His first name, "Diether", means "warrior of the people", which is relevant to the fact that he's a mage hunter. "Xylon" means "from the forest", and this checks out since he mentions once that he lives near the **Black Forest** by the south-end part of Belvoire.
	+ "Diether" is originally his name although in the final version, it was changed to "Xylon", and "Diether" is now only his first name. The reason behind this is unknown.

* He wears a diamond bracelet. Diamond is his birthstone.
* He's the only main character who doesn't have bangs- Sapphire Chauvera may look like she doesn't, but she has curtain bangs swept to either side of her face.
* The clothes Izaiah wears are a hand-me-downs from Xylon; he mentions in the story at one point that Izaiah is shy to buy new clothes and describes this as "a bother" since he's not an actual member of their family.
* Xylon and Izaiah have some similarities:
	+ Both aren't infected by the plague, although their loved ones did, Kellan and Indirah.
	+ With Izaiah being adopted, both of them grew up in the same household.
		- Additionally, they known each other the longest (Indirah and Izaiah don't count since they got separated, and Kellan wouldn't know Indirah's existence (even as Blanca) until the plague.
			* Again, even if Indirah knew Kellan through Emelaigne and Kent Xalvador's stories about him, Kellan doesn't know Indirah exists.
	+ They're the only Warlock hunters in the group, and they're the first ones to know who Lucio Damaris is.
	+ Him and Izaiah are the tallest of the main characters, with Xylon standing at 5'9" and Izaiah at 5'6".
		- Izaiah mentions that he and Xylon are of the same height when Xylon was his age. This means that Xylon grew 3 inches in only a span of a year since Izaiah is 16 and Xylon is 17.
* Xylon is allergic to peanuts, shellfish, wheat, and soy, making him the only character in the franchise to have allergies to something.
	+ He's also the only character in the entire HM and **HIRAYA** bibliography to have allergies to more than one category, excluding **Skye Phillips** since he's only lactose intolerant.
* Xylon's eyes are planned to be dark blue, although because of his low melanin count in his eyes, he has light gray- coincidentally matching his birthstone color, diamond, even though he's a Non-Blood and would therefore not actually match.
* His patron Arcana is supposed to be the **Chariot (VII)**, but this was changed to **Death** because of the reason that he revived Kellan. Xylon making a deal with the Chariot wouldn't make sense if that's the case.
* In Chapter VIII: Strength, Kellan says, "What are the things you guys do that you remember enjoying? Maybe I can make you feel that way again" to Xylon. Xylon's reaction, narrating that Kellan's words hit almost every one of his nerves, is considered as foreshadowing. The sentence "Maybe I can make you feel that way again" pertains to Kellan trying to make Xylon feel as if his best friend is with him, although because Kellan has no idea that he was the best friend at the time, the sentence comes out as a reminder to Xylon that Kellan can like him for the second time around.