Tremaine Blackbourne

—Tremaine to Roshan

As a member of the Demon Brigade, Tremaine plays as their architect. Behind the scenes, he works as a hacker and bounty hunter for Hideo Tanaka.

## Personality

In Warcross, Tremaine comes off as rude, sarcastic, and intimidating, taunting Emika and calling her Princess Peach, or simply Peach. In *Wildcard*, he is kinder and even opens up about his past to Emika. He can be read as kind of awkward at times, seeing as he is consistently described as being uncomfortable or embarrassed in conversation and during the hospital scene he tried to take back his words to Roshan as soon as he said them out of embarrassment.

## Biography

Tremaine's father was arrested for shooting a cashier for money when Tremaine was young. His mother had tried to sell him while she was high to get one more hit. He lived with said mother until a group had young children train in Warcross that Tremaine joined, showcasing his natural talent. After some time, Tremaine was put into the Wardraft to be taken in by a team. He was chosen by Asher Wing to be in the Phoenix Riders. After becoming a professional player, Tremaine was able to afford to put his mother in rehab. He visits her every once in a while and has stated that he loves her. He was shot by Jax while trying to spy on her, Dana Taylor, and Zero in the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He recovered, and at the end of Wildcard, he plans to go to London with Roshan. He also attended Jax’s trial.

## Relationships

### Roshan Ahmadi

As an ex, Roshan and Tremaine often avoided each other, because of the tension when they broke up. When leaving the Phoenix Riders, Tremaine lies to Roshan saying that he is staying with another person, and so is cheating on him. In reality it was that he overheard a conversation between Roshan and Roshan's father, stating that it would only be some time until Tremaine started to "follow his mother's footsteps" when he overdosed trying to keep up with the rest of the team. Heartbroken, Tremaine leaves the Phoenix Riders behind and joins Demon Brigade.

Though they are seen as distant from each other, the two actually have been secretly been in contact thoughout the series, and care for each other. Noting the message Tremaine sent to Roshan when his files were being searched, and when Roshan asked him to keep an eye on Emika. When Tremaine gets shot, Roshan was the last to leave the hospital, worried for his ex. In Roshan's Memory shown in Zero's mind, they both said that they weren't over each other. They kissed in the same scene.

They plan to go back to London together at the end of Wildcard.

### Emika Chen

At first Emika hates Tremaine because he taunts her and calls her "Princess Peach", but later on he helps Emika by sending her a file that confirms Ren's connection with Zero. In *Wildcard* Tremaine is sitting with all the other members of the Phoenix Riders discussing about some important decisions. Emika and him are significantly friendlier towards each other after Tremaine opened up about his past. He aids Emika into hacking into the Tokyo Innovation Institute of Technology, where he later gets injured in. Furthermore, Emika refers to him as her friend after he was shot by Jax.

## Trivia

* Roshan was the only person in his emergency contacts
* Tremaine didn't know how to read until the sixth grade.
* His hair color was not explicitly mentioned in the series, but it was later confirmed by Marie Lu in a Q&A to be dark dyed blonde.