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Dean McKinnon

## Dr. McKinnon

**Dr. McKinnon** is the dean of students at UNC.

## Biography

### Early History

Dean McKinnon's time as an undergraduate at UNC overlapped with Bree Matthews' mother, Faye Matthews.

### *Legendborn*

After getting caught at the party at Eno Quarry, Bree and Alice are summoned to a meeting with him at his office in the Student and Academic Services Building. He tells Bree and Alice their punishment for sneaking off campus at night is that he will be calling their parents and they will both report to a peer mentor the rest of the semester. It will be a second-year Early College student. Before Bree leaves, Dean McKinnon tells her that he knew about her mother and admired her brilliance. He makes it clear that he thinks Bree is only in the EC program because of Affirmative Action.

### *Bloodmarked*

Dean McKinnon had to help convince Edwin Matthews that it was safe and legitimate for Bree to move into the Lodge.

## Physical Description

Dean McKinnon has a former football player look to him. He has broad shoulders that stretch the seams of his suit. He's about five-seven. His hair is shorn close to his temples and is graying prematurely. He has blue eyes. His voice is incredibly stern.

## Appearances

* *Legendborn*
* *Bloodmarked* (mentioned only)
Celeste

**Celeste** is a Page competing to be a Squire.

## Biography

### Legendborn

In the first trial, Celeste and Mina are partnered together. They are assigned to the second group to compete. They are eliminated from the tournament when two of their mannequins get gored by Sel's hellboars. After the trial is completed, Celeste complains to Tucker, blaming Mina.
Mina

**Mina** is a Page competing to be selected as a Squire.

## Biography

### Legendborn

In the first trial, Celeste and Mina are partnered together. They are assigned to the second group to compete. They are eliminated from the tournament when two of their mannequins get gored by Sel's hellboars. After the trial is completed, Celeste complains to Tucker, blaming Mina. Mina cries while Ainsley comforts her.
Gillian Hanover

**Gillian Hanover** is a Liege and a former Scion of the Line of Kay, fifth-ranked.

## Biography

### Early History

Gillian has years of field time under her belt, mostly outdoors. She's been in the field since she was fifteen, deployed by the Regents to fight Shadowborn worldwide like the Merlins. She's known Nick and Sel since they were small children. She helped trained Nick.

### *Legendborn*

Gillian and Owen Roberts arrive at the Lodge to train the Pages for five nights before the third trial, and then referee the trial. At Nick's request, Gillian works with Bree one-on-one to give her the basics in each weapon that will be used in the trial. Gillian and Owen are among the Lieges escorting outsiders out of earshot of the Selection at the gala.

### *Bloodmarked*

Gillian is in the getaway car with Samira Miller, Lyssa Burke, and Alice Chen that rescues Bree and William from the Institute. Alice explains to Bree how William gave her Gillian's number. After speaking with Alice, Gillian tried to get in touch with Bree and William but couldn’t. Then she tried to find Sel, but that also failed because he was imprisoned in a Shadowhold. Gillian and her fellow Lieges did some digging through their networks and figured out that Bree was being held at the Institute. The group then plans their extraction.

## Physical Description

Gillian has black hair cut into a short, severe bob and a sleek black prosthetic left leg. She's in her late thirties. She is taller than Nick, how’s 6.4ft. She has green eyes. She wears a prosthesis in her left leg.

## Personality

Nothing about Gillian is weak or incapable. She's tough and relentless.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Sight:** Due to being a Scion, Gillian has the Sight, which allows her to see magic and Shadowborn.
* **Weapons and Combat Training:** Due to being a Scion, Gillian is trained in various weapons and forms of combat.
* **Longsword Proficiency**: Due to being a Scion, Gillian is trained and proficient with a longsword.

## Trivia

* Since she was never Called, Gillian doesn't face Abatement.

## Appearances

* *Legendborn*
* *Bloodmarked*
Game guide

**Game Guide**

Hello, welcome to Breaworlds, this is the game guide where you can see how to start the game.

**Farming**

\*so firstly, you should start by asking a player for a Wooden Pickaxe & then searching through active worlds to find a bfg world (break for gems), you can keep breaking until you reach 2500 gems which will get you your first World Lock. after that you can lock a world of your choice as long as it isnt taken already. then you should clear that world and sell it for 3-4 world locks or you can make a dirt farm & sell it for 5-6 world locks, with these world locks you can purchase PMP (Pink Metal Panel) / or dpmp (Dark Purple Metal Panel) from players and start to break so on...

**Fishing**

You can buy a Wooden Fishing Rod or Golden Fishing Rod (golden preferably) & fish until you have max fish, you can sell the or put them in a Smokehouse to cook and get fish gems.

**Splicing**

First, you must have the appropriate seeds to splice together. As an example you can take Wooden Block and Stone Block to mix them together and make a Wooden Pickaxe!

**Wearing Clothes**

 "Double Tap" your desired Clothes to see a Menu, Press "Wear" to wear your desired clothing!

**Trading**

 To start "Trading" with someone, you can either type the command /trade <player name> or hold the Wrench and tap the player who you desire to trade with. From there you will see a menu, the press "TRADE" to start trading!
Merlin

**Merlin** is the sorcerer of the Order of the Round Table.

## Biography

### Early Life

Merlin's mother was a human who slept with a powerful goruchel incubus. As a result, Merlin was half-human and half-demon, a creature called a cambion. Aether affinity in demon blood is dominant, so Merlin had an affinity for aether. Due to the type of demon his father was, Merlin was also technically part sex demon. His seductive traits were passive but effective.

Merlin created the Spell of Eternity for Arthur and his knights, and a similar one for himself. His descendants would inherit the unique magical abilities he had honed over time: mesmers, constructs, and an affinity for aether. His descendants can draw on and use aether almost as well as Merlin himself could, even with only a single drop of his demon blood. However, Merlin knew that part-demons would never help the Order, so he added insurance to his version of the Spell of Eternity: the Oaths, which balances a Merlin's demon and human sides and allows them to hold on to their humanity.

## Physical Description

Merlin looked very similar to his descendants. He had a long, narrow face framed by sharp cheekbones. He had dark brows and glowing red-orange eyes that could turn a deep red. As a cambion, Merlin also had fangs. He had long fingers.

## Powers and Abilities

Merlin was an incredibly powerful sorcerer. He could shapeshift into an eagle owl, something that is very rare in his descendants.

* **Aether Affinity:** The ability to control and use aether.
* **Mesmerwork:** The ability to erase, manipulate, and replace someone's memories and to cast illusions.
* **Ward Casting:** The ability to create magical barriers used for protection.
* **Constructs:** The ability to create physical manifestations of aether that take the form of objects or animals.
* **Enhanced abilities:** Super strength, super speed, enhanced endurance, self-healing abilities, and super senses.
* **Attraction:** The ability to make others feel attracted to them.
* **Shapeshifting:** A rare ability only capable by the most powerful Merlins that allows them to change physical forms to an animal.

## Appearances

* *Legendborn* (mentioned only)
* *Bloodmarked* (as a spirit)
Jonathan Davis

**Jonathan Davis** is a pioneer from Great Britain and a founding member of the Southern Chapter of the Order. He is a Scion of Arthur.

## Biography

### *Legendborn*

When Bree Matthews first comes to the Lodge, she sees a portrait of him from 1795 hanging in the Lodge's salon. She realizes he is Nick and Martin Davis' ancestor. Next to his painting is an illustration of the founding of the Southern Chapter. The five men depicted are described as "pioneers from Great Britain" and "the founders of the Order of the Round Table's Carolina Colonial Chapter." The men are Jonathan Davis, Stephen Morgan, Thomas Johnston, Malcolm MacDonald, and Charles Henry circa 1792.

## Physical Description

Jonathan has bushy brows and unyielding blue eyes.
Felicia D. Henderson

**Felicia D. Henderson** is an American award-winning writer, director, producer, and educator. She is the screenwriter for the adaptation of *Legendborn*.

## Biography

With over two decades' experience in the entertainment industry, she strives to create diverse narratives and to pass on her knowledge to others starting their careers.

Henderson was born on April 18, 1961 and grew up in Pasadena, California. She currently still lives there. She is one of eight siblings. She has loved writing and describes herself as a "researchaholic." She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a BA degree in Psycho-Biology. She later obtained an MBA in corporate finance and non-profit management from the University of Georgia. Henderson also holds an MFA from UCLA and is a PhD Candidate in Media Studies at UCLA. She teaches Advanced Screenwriting at UCLA Film School's MFA program.

## Filmography

* *Family Matters:* writer and story editor (1994-1996)
* *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air:* writer (1995)
* *Moesha:* writer and co-producer (1996-1997)
* *Sister, Sister:* writer, co-executive producer, and supervising producer (1997-1999)
* *Movie Stars:* writer and consulting producer (2000)
* *Soul Food:* creator, writer, director and executive producer (2000-2003)
* *Everybody Hates Chris:* writer and consulting producer (2006)
* *Gossip Girl:* writer and co-executive producer (2007-2008)
* *Fringe:* writer and co-executive producer (2008-2009)
* *Reed Between the Lines:* writer and executive producer (2012-2013)
* *The Quad:* co-creator, executive producer (2016-2018)
* *Marvel's The Punisher:* writer, co-executive producer (2017-2019)
* *Empire*: consulting producer, writer (2018-2019)
* *Next*: consulting producer (2020)
* *First Kill:* showrunner, executive producer, writer (2022-)

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia\_D.\_Henderson
Samuel Martin Davis Jr.

**Samuel Martin David Jr.** was believed to have been the Scion of Arthur, but was actually the Scion of Lancelot.

## Biography

### Legendborn

When Bree Matthews is taken on a memory walk by Vera, she learns about Samuel and Lorraine Davis.

In the early 1800's, Samuel Davis owned a plantation about twenty-five miles from Chapel Hill. He and Lorraine fought constantly about their inability to have children. One day, Samuel forces himself on Vera, who was enslaved by him. When Vera becomes pregnant, Lorraine doesn't seem to care. Samuel on the other hand is furious because he knew if Vera had his child, that child would be a Scion. He tried to kill Vera, but she escaped.

At the same time, Lorraine was having an affair with a man who lived near the Davis plantation, Paul Michael Reynolds. When she becomes pregnant with his child, Lorraine passes the baby off as Samuel's. Her husband may have even been in on the cover-up since he never found Vera or her child. The child is named Samuel Martin Davis Jr.

Reynolds was of the Line of Lancelot. After the birth of his child with Lorraine, he had children with his wife, three sons and a daughter. It is a descendant of this bloodline that the Order has believed to be the Line of Lancelot with the Scion. When the truth comes out, Sarah is quick to realize the parallel between this affair and the one between Lancelot and Guinevere. Samuel David Jr.'s is Nick Davis' ancestor eight generations back.
Cabin Fight

**The Cabin Fight** is a battle that takes place at the cabin Anna Rheon left to Nick Davis.

## Context

During Bree Matthews' third blood walk she is able to spiritually connect with Nick. Nick has been in hiding and on the run from the Order with his father Martin Davis and his father's Kingsmage Isaac Sorenson. Bree is able to get Nick to tell her where he is.

### Phase 1

Bree and Selwyn Kane go after Nick. When they arrive at the cabin, it suddenly explodes. Isaac and four Mageguard exit. Sel and Bree see “Erebus” arriving as well, with a contingent of Mageguard. When Martin and Isaac get distracted by “Erebus,” Nick begins making his way to Bree and Sel. Suddenly, Erebus orders Max Zhao to kill Nick, but Martin saves his son by leaping in front of the construct spear Zhao threw at Nick, stabbing him in the chest. Nick and Isaac are both frozen in shock. “Erebus” orders Zhao to kill Nick again, but Nick cuts off his head. Nick gives Bree and Sel a final look before running in the opposite direction using Lancelot's super speed. Isaac fights “Erebus,” with “Erebus” winning (unsure if Isaac died).

### Phase 2

Bree and Sel run off because of “Erebus,” until they're forced to make a stand against him. Bree creates an aether shockwave attracting Valec and Shadowborn. Bree almost dies, but Sel creates constructs giving her live support and manages to hold it for three hours until Valec arrives with William Sitterson.

### After the Battle

Three days after the attack, Bree wakes up from her near-death experience. When Bree contacts Nick during her fourth blood walk, Nick tells Bree and Sel that he killed Zhao for himself, not for his father. He also tells them that he left them because he wants to figure out how to break the Legendborn cycle without Bree having to die.

## Description

The cabin is at Sapphire Valley, near Gorges State Park. They were in hiding there because it’s the only Davis property the Regent wouldn’t know to search. The other seven were raided weeks ago. But technically, it won’t be a Davis property until Nick’s eighteenth birthday. Anna left it to him. The Rheons kept in touch with Nick, occasionally even dou they disowned Anna. The Rheons sided with the Order because it meant remaining in the Regent’s favor. No Rheon would ever harbor a fugitive from the Order, so it wouldn’t seem like a good option, but it is. The house has sat empty since Anna was mesmered.
Jessie

**Jessie** is Bree Matthews' great-grandmother.

## Biography

In the 1950's, Jessie was twenty yearls old, she lived in Lafayette, Louisiana she tried using root. By concentrating on her mother's memories she generated red and orange flames. The next day she was working at the diner and she saw a man with black eyes and red pupils, the Hunter. Another time a women with amber eyes grabbed her. Her mother has warned her about Merlins as a child, and lucky she let's go.

A few years later she was in New York, useing her root. The next day she saw the Hunter again.

Jessie died when Leanne, her daughter, was fifteen years old or younger.

### Legendborn

Jessie spirit comes to Bree to heal her best friend Alice. Jessie uses Bree's power and her immunity, combined with her own healing to return Alice's memories to her. Later, Alice discovers she can resist mesmers now. She thinks it's because of what Jessie did.

### Bloodmarked

Jessie gives warnings to Bree. One about Merlins. Twice about the Hunter.

## Powers and Abilities

Jessie is a Rootcrafter that can heal. She normally uses herbs to channel her root.

## Appearances

* *Legendborn* (as a spirit)
* *Bloodmarked* (as a spirit)
Bonnie Cooper

**Bonnie Cooper** is Evan Cooper’s mother.

## Biography

### *Bloodmarked*

Bonnie and John Cooper attend the memorial service at Prembray Village, for Russ Copeland, James Whitlock, Fitzsimmons Baldwin, and their son Evan. Bonnie is the first to lash out about not knowing how the goruchel killed their son. She demands to know when the last time they talked to the real Evan was, and where his body is. They were also angry that their Viceroy, Kingsmage, and Scion are not in attendance.

## Physical Description

Bonnie is a middle-aged woman with dark red hair.
Bargains

Aether cannot be created or destroyed, only infused into a body or manipulated into an object temporarily. - Law 1

The dead have the most access, and supernatural creatures have the next closest connection. But the living must borrow, bargain for, or steal the ability to access and use this energy. - Law 2

## Bargains

Demons can't resist a bargain and can't break their word once one is made. Humans, however, say a young human being promises something of themselves as their half of a bargain, something big their soul, their future child, a powerful ability only they possess there's a high likelihood that when the time comes to make the exchange, that human will get cold feet, turn tail, and run. The only thing that ties a human down to that demon or prevents them from giving their promised bounty away to another demon with a better offer is a binding magical contract.

### Bloodmarks

In the old days, before brokers and paperwork, there was another way for a demon to claim a human bounty for themselves. Especially if that bounty is something they have to wait for, and they don't want any other being trying to claim it in the meantime, they Bloodmark the human(s). It was previous thought that Bree defy the rules of aether, until it was found out she was bloodmarked.
Olsen

**Olsen** is a Merlin and a member of the Mageguard.

## Biography

### Bloodmarked

Guard Olsen arrives with Erebus for the memorial service and the Rite of Kings Oath ceremony. She escorts William to the Lodge.

Olsen is part of the group of Mageguard that first arrives at the cabin where Nick, Martin, and Isaac are hiding. Olsen is knocked unconscious by Isaac who chokes the life out of her with an aether construct.

## Physical Description

Like all Merlins, she has glowing gold eyes, fangs that just touch her bottom lip, and is unnaturally beautiful.

## Powers and Abilities

Her mage flame is silver.

* **Aether Affinity:** The ability to control and use aether.
* **Mesmerwork:** The ability to erase, manipulate, and replace someone's memories and to cast illusions.
* **Ward Casting:** The ability to create magical barriers used for protection.
* **Constructs:** The ability to create physical manifestations of aether that take the form of objects or animals.
* **Enhanced abilities:** Super strength, super speed, enhanced endurance, self-healing abilities, and super senses.
* **Attraction:** The ability to make others feel attracted to them.
Ava

**Ava** is the leader of the Morgaines.

## Biography

### Bloodmarked

Ava and the Morgaines approach the Legendborn of the Southern Chapter with intel about what the Regents were really doing. They form a temporary alliance.

Ava and three other Morgaines come to the Northern Chapter when Bree, possessed by Arthur, is brought to the Northern Chapter's keep by the Regents. They were disguised as Squires. They attack the Regents and begin fighting them with the Legendborn. Nick and the others arrive just as Ava is about to try and kill Bree/Arthur. Nick and Sel convince Ava to let them try and bring Bree back. When they do, Bree convinces Ava to not kill her because she is going to try and take down the Order.

## Physical Description

Ava has green eyes. She looks very similar to Morgaine.
John Cooper

**John Cooper** is Evan Cooper’s father.

## Biography

### *Bloodmarked*

Bonnie and John Cooper attend the memorial service, at Prembray Village for Russ Copeland, James Whitlock, Fitzsimmons Baldwin, and their son. Bonnie is the first to lash out about not knowing how the goruchel killed their son. She demands to know when the last time they talked to the real Evan was, and where his body is. They were also angry that their Viceroy, Kingsmage, and Scion are not present.
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High Council of Regents

> The High Council of Regents are described as "the spine, directing our eyes and energies to the urgent matters at hand" - Martin Davis.
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**The High Council of Regents** are sovereigns pro tempore when the Scion of Arthur is not Awakened. They are the leading and governing body of the Order.

The High Council is made up of the three Regents and their three Mage Seneschals. Each Regent is selected by their predecessor but must be of a Legendborn bloodline. When they take their title as Regent, they shed allegiance to their bloodline. The Mage Seneschals are the most powerful Merlins, and each reports to their Oathed Regent.

Merlins take the Oath of Service to the High Council of Regents. The Regents assign Merlins to their missions. The High Council holds trials and has the capacity to make people disappear. While the Regents have all the functional control in the Order, if a Legendborn makes a demand, they are Oathbound to comply. The High Council of Regents has not convened in full in a decade.

## Regents of Light

The Regent of Light is currently Regent Gabriel. Mage Seneschal of Mesmer, which is currently Mage Seneschal Tacitus, reports to him.

The Regent of Light is responsible for the Viceroys, the Vassalage, and the Emissaries. They oversee the recruitment and management of thousands of Vassals across the globe and are responsible for upholding the Code of Secrecy. The Merlins that report to him are mesmer specialists tasked with mesmering anyone who sees too much.

The Mage Seneschal of Mesmer is the most powerful Merlin mesmerist. They are responsible for mesmering anyone who has seen too much or has broken Oaths and needs to be excommunicated from the Order.

## Regent of Shadows

The Regent of Shadows is currently Regent Cestra. Mage Seneschal at Arms, which is currently Seneschal Erebus Varelian, reports to her.

The Regent of Shadows is responsible for the Kingsmage, the Mageguard, and the Merlin Forces. They oversee the Order's Merlin military, intelligence networks, and security forces.

The Mage Seneschal at Arms is the General of the Mageguard and Merlin forces.

## Lord Regent

The Lord Regent is currently Lord Regent Aldrich. Mage Seneschal of Constructs, which is currently Seneschal Serren, reports to him.

The Lord Regent is the leader of the High Council and the Order when a King is nor Awakened. They are responsible for the Legendborn, which includes the Scions, Squires, and Lieges. They are also the Keeper of Legendborn records.

The Mage Seneschal of Constructs is the most powerful aethersmith, and can change the shape of his constructs without recasting them.

## Trivia

* There have been hundreds of Regents elected over the years.

## Links

* Category: Hierarchy
* Category: Regent
* Category: Seneschal
Morgaines

> "Exodus 22:18. ‘Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.’ … That's essentially the Regents' take on the Line of Morgaine. After the Shadowborn, they're Order enemy number one." - Nick Davis; *Legendborn*
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**Morgaines**, shorthand for the **Line of Morgaine**, are descendants of Merlin and Morgaine who have gone rogue from the Order.

## History

Sometime in the 1400's, things went downhill with a certain sect of Merlins. They didn't like the Regents' way of doing things and didn't want to wait around for a Scion of Arthur to be Called only to have that Scion rule the Order just as poorly. Some stories say they even started attacking Order members by using mesmers on Lieges to influence the Lines and Vassals. Eventually, this group of Merlins splintered off from the Order and rebranded by calling themselves the Line of Morgaine. A lot of things changed afterwards, such as how the Merlins are trained and Oathed and how the Regents manage their assignments. The Morgaines are the primary reason the Regents have a zero-tolerance policy for anyone using aether outside their purview. All “rogue” aether users are treated the same, as enemies of the Order. After the splinter, the Morgaines went underground. Now on their own, they lost access to the training and ancient texts the Merlins use to develop their abilities. The members of the Order believe them to not be nearly as powerful as Merlins and they became a cautionary tale. The Order knows they have the same abilities as Merlins, but they don’t administer or take Oaths, which is what keeps cambions in control of their humanity.

### Legendborn

Rhaz was the goruchel that pretended to be Evan Cooper in order to infiltrate the Order. During the first trial, a hellsnake attacked trying to get Nick Davis, as he was believed to be the Scion of Arthur. In the second trial, hellfoxes attack Nick’s Kingmage, Selwyn Kane, attacking Bree Matthews in the process. During the night of the Cave of The Dragon, it was revealed by Rhaz that the Shadowborn attacks were done under the orders of his "Lady Morgaine."

### Bloodmarked

The Morgaines approached the Legendborn with intel about what the Regents were really doing behind the scenes. A group of Morgaines led by Ava came to the Northern Chapter when Bree was possessed by Arthur. Ava and three of her Morgaines fought the Regents and Seneschals, supported by those allied with them from the Order. The Regents and Seneschals flee. Nick and Sel arrive and manage to convince Ava to let them rescue Bree from Arthur’s dream.

## Powers and Abilities

The Morgaines have the same abilities as Merlins. Without access to the training and ancient texts of the Order, the Order believes they aren't nearly as powerful before. The Order claims they use dark magic. It turns out that the Morgaines are still quite powerful and formidable.
Abby

**Abby** appeared in Louisa's memory.

## Biography

### Legendborn

Patricia Hartwood takes Bree on a memory walk to teach her about Rootcraft. Patricia has asked her ancestor Louisa to show Bree the world and people who created their craft. The memory Louisa chose is an example of the circumstances that strengthened the alliance of energy between crafters’ living and dead, forming the tradition they call Rootcraft.

It is early June 1865, a couple of months after the Battle of Appomattox, but before Juneteenth, about twenty-five miles from UNC. Abby has been severely whipped by a white boy named Carr. He lied and claimed Abby was "getting uppity with some white woman on the street, talking back to her." He dragged Abby out, whipped her, and then left her on the ground passed out. Carr has a monument on UNC's quad in the present.

Louisa and a girl named Chloe carried Abby back to her cabin. Chloe was then sent to get Mary. Mary arrives at the cabin. She is a Wildcrafter and uses root to heal Abby's back and prevent infection. Because of Mary, Abby will live a long life.

## Physical Description

Abby has wide-set doe eyes framed with long lashes. Her tight curls and thick and full around a heart-shaped bronze face. She can't be more than twenty years old.
Spencer Monroe

**Spencer Monroe** is a Page competing to be chosen as a Squire. He is sponsored by Victoria Morgan of the Line of Tristan, third-ranked.

## Biography

### Legendborn

Spencer and Vaughn are partnered for the first trial. They are assigned to the first group to compete. They have to fight aether hellboars while trying to get three "Onceborn" mannequins across a field. Both boys carry a sword in one hand and a mannequin over a shoulder. They drop their mannequins at the halfway point and Spencer goes back for the last one, leaving Vaughn to face the hellboars. Spencer rushes to put the third mannequin at the finish line before returning to help Vaughn kill the hellboars. Then they bring the last two mannequins to the finish line. It takes them three minutes of ten allowed.

For the second trial, Spencer is paired with Felicity to monitor his progress on the scavenger hunt. Spencer is disqualified and eliminated from the tournament when he is caught by one of Sel's aether construct hellhounds. When it becomes known that Bree and Nick are dating, Sarah tells her that it's okay and adds that Ainsley, Sydney, and Spencer are jealous.

### Bloodmarked

Spencer is friendly towards Bree. He attends the memorial service for Russ, Whitty, Fitz, and Evan.

## Appearances

* *Legendborn*
* *Bloodmarked*
Ainsley Edwards

**Ainsley Edwards** is a second-year Page sponsored by Evan Cooper, of the Line of Bors, eleventh-ranked.

## Biography

### Early History

Ainsley comes from a Vassal family pledged to the Line of Bors. Her mother is a member of the Order of the Roses.

### *Legendborn*

Bree meets Ainsley for the first time at the Pages' dinner the night after the initiation ceremony. She makes it clear from the beginning that she doesn't like Bree and doesn't think she should be in the Order.

In the first trial, Ainsley is paired with Tucker. They are assigned to the second group to compete. They both use swords as their weapon. Their strategy is a failure. Just before they are about to get gored by Sel's hellboars, Sel makes his constructs dissolve. They last less than sixty seconds before they're eliminated. Ainsley gets medical assistance while Tucker complains to Celeste, blaming Ainsley. Ainsley comforts Mina after Mina cries having failed the first trial too.

After it becomes apparent that Bree and Nick are dating, Sarah tells Bree that Ainsley, Sydney, and Spencer are jealous.

### Bloodmarked

A month after the night at the Cave of the Dragon, the Order holds the memorial service for Russ, Whitty, Fitz, and Evan. Ainsley attends the event.

## Appearances

* *Legendborn*
* *Bloodmarked*
Cave of the Dragon

**The Cave of the Dragon**, also known as ***ogof y ddraig***, is where Excalibur, or *Caledfwlch*, is.

## Description

The Cave of the Dragon is located under the Bell Tower in the center of UNC's campus. It's accessible through the underground tunnels built by the Southern Chapter's founders. There is a map that shows the most direct path to the cave, but all the paths in the tunnels eventually lead to it. The cave is made of curved walls of smooth-hewn rock. In the center of the cave is a small island surrounded by a moat of black water. On the island is a boulder where Excalibur sticks out of it at an angle.

The Cave of the Dragon was used at the night of the Selection Gala. It was also used for the Rite of Kings. One of the Gates opened by Martin Davis in 1995 was by the aboveground entrance to the Cave.
Editions & Signed Copies

**Editions & Signed Copies** of the books in the *Legendborn Cycle* series by Tracy Deonn.

## Signed Copies

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Shadow King

**The Shadow King**, also known as "**The Hunter**" and "**The** **Great Devourer**" is a demon and the leader of the Shadow Court and the Shadowborn.

## Biography

### Early History

It is believed that Arthur and the original Round Table defeated the Shadow King and sent the Shadow Court back to their own realm. The Shadow King is ancient and no one has been able to see him coming or stop him. The Shadow King came back waiting for the perfect moment. When Arthur’s ancestors forced him self onto Vera, he sees an opportunity to make a deal. The Shadow King watches over the Scion of Arthur, over eight generations.

### Bloodmarked

The Shadow King wanted to be close, when the Scion of Arthur was called, so he impersonated Erebus. “Erebus” arrives with the rest of Council for the memorial service for those who died on the night at the Cave of the Dragon.

He is present for Bree's second round of interrogations to mesmer her. At the Council's meeting upon the completion of Bree's interrogations, “Erebus” proposes that Bree be kept at the Institute so that he and his team can further study her abilities. Bree knows this is just a nice way of saying "torture."

It's revealed that “Erebus” is actually the **Shadow King.**

## Physical Description

The Shadow King has taken on the identity of Erebus. Thus, he has olive skin and thick black hair slicked back into an undercut. He has glittering gold eyes and long fangs. His voice is low and smooth. His aether signature is harsh and fragrant, like incense lit too close to one's face.

## Personality

The Shadow King wants nothing else but to devour as much power as he can. Even goruchels are scared of him because he's been known to go after them, too.

## Powers and Abilities

The Shadow King can consume aether power from other demons and humans. He particularly hunts Rootcrafters because if he can catch them mid-casting, he is able to consume their power and all the power of their ancestors. The Shadow King can take on the identity and appearance of humans. Valec says that Bree's power is the only power he's seen that rivals the Hunter's from all that he's consumed over the years.

* **Aether Affinity:** The ability to control and use aether.
* **Mesmerwork:** The ability to erase, manipulate, and replace someone's memories and to cast illusions.
* **Ward Casting:** The ability to create magical barriers used for protection.
* **Constructs:** The ability to create physical manifestations of aether that take the form of objects or animals.
* **Sight:** The ability to see magic and Shadowborn.
* **Enhanced abilities:** Super strength, super speed, enhanced endurance, self-healing abilities, and super senses.
* **Attraction:** The ability to make others feel attracted to them.
* **Shapeshift**: The ability to take on the identity of his victims.

## Notable Quotes

* "I have been watching them. Hundreds of years later, and they are factions within factions. No longer riding under the dragon-rampant banner of Arthur, son of Uther." - *Bloodmarked*
Mariah

By @mageofspace

**Mariah** is junior at UNC and a Rootcrafter.

## Biography

### Early History

Mariah is an art history major at UNC. Her parents weren't thrilled at first with her plans. However, when she studied abroad in Paris over the summer and got a curation and archival internship at the Musée d’Orsay, they became more supportive. She is also part of the Black Student Movement at UNC.

### *Legendborn*

Patricia asks Mariah to attend her third meeting with Bree because Mariah's craft might help Bree. They meet at the Arboretum. Mariah is friendly and supportive of Bree right away. Although she does make Bree uncomfortable when they shake hands in greeting and Mariah says, "You're so young to know so much death." Bree confesses her reasons for trying to join the Order. Mariah and Patricia are worried about her placing herself in such a dangerous position. Mariah is unable to help Bree connect with her ancestors, saying that it's like each one is cut off or blocked from the others. Upset and angry, Bree leaves the session early.

Bree later calls Patricia and Mariah to the cemetery and tells them she is ready to try to contact her ancestors again. This time she is successful and meets her grandma, Leanne Charles. Mariah helps Bree get accustomed with being possessed and drives her back to her dorm.

### *Bloodmarked*

Bree is shocked to find Mariah at the Crossroads Lounge. Mariah explains that Lucille is her aunt and she helps her out on the weekends sometimes. She and Valec are cousins seven-times over, but not by blood.

## Physical Description

Mariah is a young, petite Black woman. She has large, dark eyes and wears round glasses. She has red-brown skin and hair that runs slick and tight against her scalp before it blooms into a wide, soft puff at her crown. Her poof adds at least eight inches to her height. She has a full upper lip.

## Powers and Abilities

The branch of Rootcraft Mariah practices is Mediumship. As a Medium, Mariah can communicate with the dead. She can also see auras. If she's lucky, Mariah can help other people talk to their ancestors. She amplifies the connection between family members and then makes the request. If the signal is strong enough, she can help someone speak to their own ancestor. She will set out offerings for her grandma to pass the gift to her on days when she practices the craft. Mariah has never been possessed. She avoids graveyards because if she's not careful, restless spirits follow her home.

## Trivia

* Mariah's mother lives in Fountain, North Carolina.

## Appearances

* *Legendborn*
* *Bloodmarked*
Healing

## Sir Gawain

Line of Gawain, has enhanced healer abilities. Gawain inherits includes the ability to cast healing swyns. His healing abilities also give him a pretty good sense of where aether is. William can only give a limited amount to Onceborn and Legendborn. Legendborn can handle more aether in their bodies than Onceborn, but even Legendborn have their limits.

When someone is injured, they trust trust in him and their will to live helps Will to heal them. Help the aether go where it needs. But if they feel only anger, it is difficult to heal that which only wants to destroy.

### Abilities

* His healing abilities also give him a pretty good sense of where aether is.
* Calming injection of aether, like when Whitty used on Sar, freaky out when Tor was severely injured. (LB Pg.436)

## Root Doctors

Rootcraft is a type of magic practiced. Rootcraft borrow power from their ancestors, temporarily. It is a balanced form of magic. Healers use root to heal others and themselves. Healers use herbs as offerings to their ancestors, and the ancestors may also used the healer’s own power and energy to heal others. They call root doctors, or herbalists, granny women. Rootcrafters is nowhere near as powerful as the magic used by the Legendborn.

* **Practitioners:** Jessie
Mary

**Mary** is Bree Matthews' ancestor and the granddaughter of Vera.

## Biography

### Legendborn

Bree sees Mary for the first time in a memory walk conducted by Patricia Hartwood. They are in Patricia's ancestor Louisa's memory. In the memory, they're about twenty-five miles from the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery. It is early June 1865, a couple of months after the Battle of Appomattox, but before Juneteenth.

Mary's friend Abby has been severely whipped by a young white man named Carr. Louisa has sent for Mary to help heal Abby's wounds. Upon arriving at the cabin, Mary begins chanting quietly until yellow mage flames grow and pulse along her palms and wrists. She is a Wildcrafter. Mary uses her mage flames to heal Abby's back and keep her from getting an infection. Because of Mary, Abby survives and lives a long life.

### Bloodmarked

When Bree is trying to learn more about how her ancestors used root, she contacts Mary. Mary tells her that demons were everywhere in her time. She also tells Bree that she the Hunter one time and ran as far as she could.

## Physical Description

In Louisa's memory, Mary is a young, dark-skinned woman with elegant features.

## Powers and Abilities

Mary's branch of Rootcraft that she practices is Wildcraft, which is the ability to manipulate the energy found in growing things like plants, herbs, and trees. She uses her power to heal. Mary's mage flames are yellow and her aether signature smells like honey.

## Appearances

* *Legendborn* (in a memory walk)
* *Bloodmarked* (as a spirit)
Lewis Dunbar

**Lewis Dunbar** is from a Vassal family to the Line of Owain.

## Biography

### *Legendborn*

Lewis participates in the Trials to become a Squire. He is sponsored to become a Page by Felicity Caldwell. After learning that the Trials will be six weeks long instead of months due to the heightened danger of Camlann, Lewis is one of the three Pages who forfeit their places.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Sight:** As an Oathed member of the Order, Lewis has the Sight, which allows him to see aether and Shadowborns.
* **Weapons and Combat Training:** As a member of the Order, Lewis has been trained in various weapons and forms of combat since he was young.
Evan Cooper

**Evan Cooper** was the Page that Rhaz killed to take his place as Fitz Baldwin's Squire to infiltrate the Order.

## Biography

Evan is the son of John and Bonnie Cooper. He is a student as UNC. He is dating Charlotte Simpson, a Onceborn. The only known information about Evan's death is that it was around April 2020, when Rhaz infiltrated the Order to become Fitz squire. (Because Fits is low rank, Rhaz as to kill Evan before bonding to Fitz.)

Six months later the Order holds a memorial service for Russ, Whitty, Fitz, and Evan.

## Physical Description

Evan is tall with red hair and dark blue eyes.

## Personality

For Rhaz to impersonate Evan he took on his personality. At first, Bree thinks he's just another frat boy. He's a jokester and a bit of a rake. He likes to tease Nick by calling him "my liege." He's chatty.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Agility and Dexterity**: Due to being a bonded Squire of an Awakened Scion, Evan/Rhaz inherited all the abilities of the Line of Bors, which include enhanced agility and dexterity.
* **Weapons and Combat Training:** As a member of the Order, Evan has been trained in various weapons and forms of combat since he was young. He is particularly proficient in the longsword as it is the weapon of the Line of Bors.
* **Sight:** Due to being a member of the Order, Evan has the Sight, which allows him to see aether and Shadowborn.

## Appearances

* *Legendborn* (mentioned only)
* *Bloodmarked* (mentioned only)
Leanne Charles

**Leanne Charles** is Bree Matthews' grandmother and Faye Matthews' mother.

## Biography

### Early History

When Leanne was fifteen, she was walking past a park at sunset with a friend, when she saw a Merlin fighting a Shadowborn. Her mother had warned her about them, so she ran away.

Leanne had no siblings. She raised Faye in Texas, where she did hair in a salon. Leanne raised Faye tough, which affected how Faye raised Bree. She died from cancer when Faye was young, about eighteen years old. Her death weighed heavy on Faye.

### Legendborn

Leanne possesses Bree to help her get connected to their ancestors. She tells Bree she's there to "act as a lighthouse, a signpost for an older mother. She'll pass the request on to the ancestor who can show Bree how to control her power and where it came from." Leanne remains within Bree throughout the night. She lends Bree her strength so she can kick Rhaz in the chest and send him flying into the ravine, killing him.

## Physical Description

Leanne's spirit has white curls, bronze skin with barely any wrinkles, and the same brown eyes as Faye and Bree. She has a wry grin.

## Appearances

* *Legendborn* (as a spirit)
* *Bloodmarked* (in a blood walk)
Carson

**Carson** is a third-year Page sponsored by the Line of Owain.

### Legendborn

Carson is competing to be selected as a Squire. He is friends with Vaughn and dislikes Bree. Bree meets him at the Pages' dinner the night after the initiation ceremony. When Vaughn attempts to attack Bree for standing up to him, Carson catches him and talks him down.

In the first trial, Carson and Greer are partnered together. They are assigned to the first group to compete. Carson uses a long-handled flair as his weapon. They have to fight aether hellboars while trying to get three "Onceborn" mannequins across a field. Carson gets pinned by a hellboar, but Greer saves him. They're able to successfully pass the first trial.

Carson gets eliminated from the tournament after the second trial because he could only find two objects in the scavenger hunt.
Hazel

**Hazel** is a type of Rootcraft called a Reader. She is Lucille's partner of thirty-five years.

## Biography

### Legendborn

In a memory Faye Matthews leaves for Bree Matthews, Bree learns that when she was six years old, her mom brought her to Ms. Hazel to ask if Bree had the craft in her, and Ms. Hazel said no.

### Bloodmarked

Her house is a station used by Rootcrafters who need to avoid the attention of Merlins. Miss Hazel is the conductor for Bree and her friends to get to Volition. Hazel greets Bree with an easy, Southern welcome in a voice edged with age. She immediately serves a massive meal to Bree, Alice, William, and Sel.

## Physical Description

Miss Hazel is a short, rounded Black woman. Her hair has tiny curls. She has glowing, deep brown skin that's smooth and soft. She has surprisingly strong arms. Hazel smells like lavender, mint, and sage.

## Personalisty

She is sweet, full of smiles, and the type to offer you a four-course meal.

## Abilities and Powers

Miss Hazel is a Reader. She can see the light and energy around a person. She is able to determine if someone has Rootcraft in them or not.

## Appearances

* *Legendborn* (mentioned only)
* *Bloodmarked*
Institute

**The Institute** is a secure facility that belongs to the Order.

## Description

The Institute is undeniably, incredibly modern, more this century than any other building of the Order. It is two buildings with an enclosed suspended bridge with a glass ceiling and sides connecting them. The first building looks like a conference center from the outside. Inside it looks institutional. There are white walls that lead to labs, bedrooms, interrogation rooms, and conference rooms. The second building is six stories and looks residential. Room windows are in regular, near-identical shapes along the outer wall. There are no balconies. The bridge is a few stories up, but not so high the grounds below aren't clear. There is a garden maze, a fountain, a courtyard lit by electric lampposts, a kidney-shaped pool sits right beneath the bridge, and a waterfall is audible. The whole place is surrounded by an aether dome. It starts at the edge of the sidewalk that circles the building below, arches up over the glass bridge, and curves all the way down to the other side. The residential building is like a five-star hotel. An elevator leads directly to the top floor. There’s only one room at this level. It’s at the end of a very long hall. This is Bree's room while she is to be imprisoned indefinitely at the Institute. The room is double-locked by technology and aether. The room is designed as a modern studio apartment. There's a kitchen on the right, with two cabinets over a sink. The living room is furnished in gray and gold. The bed is against the far wall and a door leads to the bathroom. The door to the hallway has no knob on the inside. Its solid wood surface sits flush against the doorjamb. Set in the wall to the right of the door is a small opening with a metal frame and plastic flap. Lifting the flap reveals a place for a covered tray of food to sit. The passage is just tall enough to fit a tray, Bree can’t reach through to the other side. There’s a single window near the bed with bars.

## Bloodmarked

Bree and William are imprisoned in the Institute for seven days.