Theo

**Theo** is a blacksmith's assistant, the son of Aurora and Dimas, and the brother of Isadora. He joins Isadora and Terrance on their mission to defeat the eternal rulers.

## Background

Theo grew up at Petrocious' farmlands and worked there with his parents and younger sister, Isadora. From a young age, Theo was naturally skilled in kickboxing, metalwork, archery, and hunting, making him popular with his peers. He was often surrounded by his friends, and got along well with everyone. By the time he turned eighteen, Theo was hired as the blacksmith's striker, a job that granted him his own house downtown.

One day, while at the marketplace, Theo saved a child from a group of assailants. This act caught the attention of a mysterious grey wolf, which Theo mistook for a fluffy dog. The wolf followed Theo home, finally leaving when Theo fell asleep. However, Theo woke again in the middle of the night to find a young woman holding him at knife point: his future wife, Chandra. She told him about the Phantom Wolves, explained that they had lost one of their members, and offered him a place in their organization. Theo agreed, taking on the position as the ninth member, Lykos.

A year later, Theo married Chandra and they moved in together. Theo worked at the blacksmith's during the day and with the phantom wolves during the night, taking up gardening to develop special poisons for his assignments.

## Personality

Theo is laid-back. Although he is very talented, he is humble, never intentionally drawing attention to himself or bragging about his abilities.

## Appearance

Theo is a tall young man with a muscular build and tan skin. He has messy brown hair and dark, upturned eyes. As a civilian, Theo wears a loose-fitting shirt, belted pants, a leather blacksmith's apron, and laced-up boots. As Lykos, Theo wears a white wolf-skull mask with a swirling black circle painted on the forehead and a fur-lined hooded cape.

## Abilities

Theo is a talented metalworker, especially with iron and steel. Because he works for the blacksmith, Theo learned how to make a variety of objects: nails, bolts, and screws; farm tools like sickles and axes; chains and cables for heavy lifting; metal parts for wagons and horseshoes; and weapons like swords, shield and armour. He can also repair tools and sharpen them enough to cut through metal, as seen with his handling of Terrance's scythe.

Theo's main weapon is his bamboo blowgun, which he uses to shoot poison-studded darts at his targets with incredible accuracy. His secondary weapon is his hand-cannon, which shoots both darts and explosives, depending on what Theo loads it with. Theo is also proficient at hand-to-hand combat, as seen from his awards and his attempts to teach Isadora kickboxing, although he seldom uses it, preferring long-range weapons instead.

Theo has an extensive knowledge of plants. He can identify both poisonous and healing plants, and grows a variety of different plants in his house, extracting their toxins to use as weapons. Like the other phantom wolves, his skull mask is able to filter out hazardous air chemicals, making him immune to any gas-based poisons.

Theo's fighting style is quick, precise, and efficient. He is fairly strong, being able to lift/carry people effortlessly. By the end of the novel, Theo is able to harness materia (in his case, nuclear energy), enabling him to shoot gunpowder from his hand cannon without having to actually set fire to it first.

## Trivia

* Theo's main hobbies are sleeping and gardening.
* He dislikes being called by his full name, Theodoros, and prefers to go by Theo instead. He doesn't let anyone call him by his full name--Chandra is the only exception.
* Like most characters in *The Mystic Menace,* Theo is illiterate.