Divis

**Divis** is an outcast Druid who rescues Cait following the destruction of her village at the hands of the Roman Empire. Callous and self-serving, Divis teeters on the edge of sanity and is kept at arms length by the tribes. Living off the land, The Outcast is content to remain apart until a vision of the eve of the Roman Empire's arrival that shows him they are the living incarnation of the Earth demon Lokka. Divis believes he is the one person capable of stopping the destruction to come.

## Cait's mentor

He's first seen rescuing Cait from the Romans and taking the same path as her for a while. After they part ways he decides to go to the Roman's castrum to defeat Lokka, but when he learns that Cait herself is the chosen one, information learnt after visiting the afterlife and seeing what Aulus saw, Pwykka takes over him and he goes after Cait in order to kill her. Still possessed by the demon he follows her, until Pwykka leaves him and fakes being Cait's dead sister in order to deceive her. He now becomes mentor to Cait, the last hope for Britannia, and teaches her magic to help her fulfil her destiny as part of the prophecy. Their relationship is quite argumentative which makes life harder, especially when he acts as if he has all the answers to her questions when he doesn't. Veran did not tell Divis how the prophecy ends, so Divis is preparing Cait for *something*, but he doesn't know what.

He has conflicting feelings for Cait and becomes agitated when he dreams of kissing her. Harka adds more confusion into his thoughts for Cait, when he introduces a new handsome figure for her called Love, who could put the prophecy in jeopardy. Still, he continues to help her with magic to her for the destiny chosen for her in the prophecy, despite the presence of Mallin, now under Harka's control. Having guided Cait through the trials of Earth, wind, water, and fire to forge the Golden Bow, he arrives just in time to shoot Harka and stop him from killing Veran.

With hope fading, his ego will grow stronger, and Divis will fight again.

In season three, Divis is no longer the mentor of Cait, as she accepts that she's part of the prophecy. He was present as Phelan was indoctrinated into the Druids by Quane, being renamed Cwunt. Divis was against Phelan joining the Druids. He is instructed by Quane to teach Phelan the ways of the Druids, guiding him through the trials of Earth, wind, water, and fire, much like he did Cait, and much like Quane did for Divis many years before. Divis is reluctant to do this. Divis' first lesson to Cwunt was picking plants in the woods. He was upset later on when Phelan returned without any of the plants, but was surprised to see he had brought Cait back with him.

Divis felt somewhat guilty after learning that Cait was the one who slashed Veran's throat, because he was supposed to be her guide and mentor but all it ever accomplished was Veran almost dying. He questions Veran on whether the prophecy is still true, as it never said that Divis would be the one to kill Harka nor did it say the chosen one would attack the Veran. But he is sure that Cait would not desert them.

Soon after, Divis encounters Cwunt building a totem of bones with Rayne, who explains how he is Guardian to the New Veran, which confuses Divis as he was the Guardian of Veran. Divis then goes to see Quane about this, who says the New Veran will lead them, and that Divis must help prepare the Old Veran for the deep sleep. Later, Quane and Divis play a checkers-like board game, where Divis mentions that the New Veran is "very small", to which Quane tells him that they always are. Divis says how he can't believe that it is over for the Old Veran, but Quane assures him that there will be many more Verans, but he does not know what power they will have. Quane describes how the underworld was borne of Harka's death many years ago, but light came of the underworld, which is however now flickering. When that light goes out, he says the world will end and the Druids will have failed. Divis is seen walking as part of Veran's funeral procession, and falls asleep overnight on his grave. He is woken by knocking coming from within the grave.

Divis continues teaching Cwunt how to be a Druid. He next makes Cwunt act like a squirrel in a tree, and it doesn't take long for Cwunt to fall from the tree. When Ania arrives back and just before Cait and former Regni Queen Antedia enter the Druid's camp, Cwunt is still acting like a squirrel in a tree, with Divis and Cwunt's son Phelan watching. Rayne wants to help with Cwunt's lesson, but Divis forbids it. After Veran assembles the Druids, Divis is selected to go with Cait as part of her band, and she tells him that she has received the great vision. Despite telling her he has trouble with horses, he sets off with the band.

A short time after leaving the Druids, they find the bounty hunter Hella again. They compare their previous experiences with Hella, how she kidnapped Phelan, buried Cait alive, and nearly killed Divis. Hella informs the band that the Romans take their deserters to the Blue Hills in the west, five days' travel from where they were, and that is where Lucius should be. She tells the band that the west is too dangerous for her, so her sister Drella will take them instead.

Guided on their path by Drella, Divis asks her how she smells so bad and questions whether she actually is Hella's sister or if Hella just found her at random to lump with the band. The band is stopped when they come across a fork in the road, and a tree decorated with red ribbon by the Sun Folk. Antedia says how it's a tree of the Sun Folk despite these not being the Sun Folk's lands, but they at least respect Veran, or at least they used to. Ania offers to travel along one path to the Sun Folk, and if she doesn't return, the band should go the other way.

Waiting on Ania to return, Antedia tells Divis how she thinks Cait and Rayne will soon sleep with each other. Divis is sure that Rayne is a virgin and calls him an annoying cocky virgin, but Antedia is not so sure that he is a virgin. She is sure that Divis is a virgin, but Divis passes it off as being irrelevant. After returning from her trip to the Sun Folk, Ania lies and says the highroads are too dangerous so they should take the lowland way. Divis disagrees as his gut says it is the wrong path. Being the leader, Cait decides that they shall do as Ania says and take the lowlands. On the journey, Cwunt continues to ask Rayne about where the spear came from, what it is made from, and what type of spear it is. Rayne replies that the prophecy does not mention these things, only that it was used to slay a powerful Druid, who was a threat to the kings of the land. At this moment, Divis interrupts, stating that the prophecy of Veran is on a need-to-know basis, and Cwunt does not need to know. Cait senses something is wrong and tells the band to stop, and Antedia can hear the trees talking. Members of the Belgae Tribe emerge and surround the band. Cait tells them they were sent by Veran, but they reply that Veran abandoned them so now they'll repay Veran with the band's blood. They threaten Antedia but recognise her as queen of the Regni, and they all bow before her.

The Belgae Tribe toast to Antedia, who they will always view as their queen. Years before the Romans invaded, Antedia and the Regni once helped out the Belgae in a war with another tribe, but the Belgae had since been slaughtered by the Romans. They know of Veran's prophecy and who Cait is, and they believe in Cait. Cait leaves for fresh air, and Rayne joins her, but Divis interrupts their flirting and Rayne shortly leaves. Divis tries to persuade Cait to get rid of the band as he believes he and Cait can find Lucius without them, and he feels that something is wrong. As a response, Cait threatens to remove Divis from the band.

The next morning, the band set off from the Belgae. It isn't long before they come across some Romans attacking a village. Rayne tries to convince Cait to leave, saying they are already lost, but she hears a woman call for help so rides back after her, followed by Rayne and Ania. When Cait returns and they continue on their journey, Divis interrogates her to find out what happened. She replies that she was doing the Gods' bidding, as she always does, and she tells the band to stop and rest. Divis says she needs to be smarter and remember the training he gave her, but she relays the warning she was given by the boy she left after, Cyrus, that one of her allies will betray her. Cait gives Divis the task of finding out which ally will betray her, and he asks how she knows he won't betray her, to which she replies she doesn't know.

After being given his new task, Divis returns to the cart to get his things. He picks up the Golden Bow, which is still in his possession, and Cwunt offers to give him an archery lesson as he was taught archery every day as Cantii prince Phelan since he was 3. On Divis' first shot, the string snaps and the arrow fires at Ania and ricochets onto Rayne, wounding them both. Rayne gets angry and confronts Divis, but he calms him down through Big Pebble. During Big Pebble's trance, Rayne tells Divis that his responsibility to protect Cait is overbearing and sometimes he weeps because of it.

Later that night, Divis begins his task of finding out which ally will betray Cait. He first questions Drella, asking if she can't speak or if she just simply won't. He tries to use Big Pebble on her, but she proves resistant and throws it into a fire. She tells him that it's Ania he should be suspecting, and insults Divis. Cwunt mishears and assumes she's asking for him, but she then walks off. Divis fishes Big Pebble out of the fire and walks over to Antedia, who was amused at Drella insulting him. She offers him a drink and when he refuses she remarks how he doesn't drink, just like Rayne. After this comparison, Divis decides to drink anyway. She asks why he doesn't try Big Pebble on her, but he says that it doesn't work on everybody, and doubts it would work on her. She asks if he's ever used it on himself, but he hasn't. He calls Antedia angry, but she tells him she remembers a time when she wasn't angry, but was actually bursting with happiness; back when her son Gildas was alive. But then Rome invaded and now all she has is anger, and she is only driven by revenge. Antedia believes that Big Pebble might work on Ania, and convinces Divis to try it on her. As he is leaving, Divis says he doesn't believe Antedia is angry because of what happened to Gildas, but because of something else.

Divis interrupts Ania attending to the wound she received when he shot her with the arrow, which he didn't realise he did, thinking he only shot Rayne. Divis tries to use Big Pebble on Ania, but she snatches it from him. Hemple channels herself through Ania and resists the hex. She then uses Big Pebble to hex Divis and force him under Lokka's control. After Big Pebble burns her hand, she throws it in a nearby lake and walks off, leaving Divis frozen in place until sunrise. When he wakes from his trance, he looks for Big Pebble in the lake but fails to find it before Cwunt tells him they're leaving.

The next day, Ania scouts the Roman deserter holding camp, but when she returns to the band she says she couldn't see Lucius as she was too far away. She tells them that if they do have Lucius, they do not know who he is, and she also says how the place is barely even guarded and it shouldn't be difficult to sneak in there. Just then, they see Aulus arriving at the holding camp, complicating things. They watch Aulus leave with Lucius before making their move.

On the road again, the band come across a large Roman viaduct bridge, and are perplexed as to what it is. Divis calls it a monster, and Antedia says how she has seen one before in Gaul. She calls it a road, and the rest of the band are in disbelief as to how a road can be in the sky. Rayne then points out that to cross it, the Romans will have to break formation, making it the prime location to try and rescue Lucius.

While Cait and Rayne scout the base of the viaduct, Divis speaks to Ania. He tells her how the river belongs to Sulis, and it sprang from her womb as a child. He knows that Sulis would be angry about the Romans are doing with the viaduct. Hemple channels herself through Ania again and tells Divis that he should count his lucky stars that he at least still has Big Pebble, before she makes Ania leave.

Later that night, Cait asks Divis if this is the real trial. She believes that she is the one who will betray herself, and Divis tells her that they should give up, as he's lost Big Pebble. Cait tells him it's just a pebble, and he can find another. Divis believes that the Romans have killed their Gods and answers her question by saying this isn't the real trial, and the real trial hasn't even begun yet. She then goes to talk to Rayne, who says they should prepare.

After the band realise that Cait has climbed the viaduct without them, they start climbing themselves. Divis starts having a fit as Lokka tries to break through. Cwunt tries to calm him down and tie him up, and Drella joins Rayne ahead. As Cwunt falls off the viaduct, he grabs a rope to keep himself suspended, and Antedia then joins Rayne and Drella. Lokka breaks free of his bonds and goes up to the top of the bridge to help Rayne and Drella save Cait from the Romans. When Cait climbs the wall of the bridge, she jumps, followed by Divis/Lokka. Whereas Cait lands on the ground and is helped by Ania, Divis lands in a tree where he remains for the rest of the night. The next morning, Divis wakes up to remember being hexed by Ania, and realises that it was Ania who was to betray Cait. He falls from the tree and starts to follow the tracks in the snow.

Following the tracks, he overhears Rayne and Antedia arguing. Rayne accuses Antedia of wasting time pointing his bow at Aulus when she should have been saving Cait, and Antedia argues that she did save Cait, and she storms off. Cwunt is sitting beside them feeling useless, and is told by Rayne that Antedia has no faith. Divis asks where Cait is, and Rayne tells him she's with Ania because he found the breastplate Ania used to cook berries on, but Divis mentions he can't see the signs. Cwunt interjects that he saw Ania's eyes the night before, and thought there was something else behind them, controlling her. Divis gets upset at Cwunt for not mentioning this before and says Ania is the traitor. Cwunt then tells Divis that Drella is dead, falling from the viaduct. Divis, Cwunt, and Rayne leave, but are watched by Antedia. Rayne doesn't believe that Ania was the traitor, but Divis argues that she was because she tried to hex him a few nights before. Cwunt irritates Divis by pointing out that Ania was stronger than both Big Pebble and Divis.

Divis, Rayne, and Cwunt come to the end of a road, where a statue blocks their path. The see Kenrik the Zealot a few paces away, and he asks who they are. Divis tells Kenrik they are Druids, but Kenrik argues that no true Druid would walk the path of the demon. Kenrik states that he has been chosen to be sacrificed to the Horned God, and has such been tied to his chair. He tells them that his sacrifice is supposed to rip up the Roman paths and drive the invaders back into the sea, and as compensation, each of his three wives receive a goat. Cwunt starts to untie Kenrik, but he protests and starts to make noises to alert his nearby tribespeople, who surround Divis, Rayne, and Cwunt.

The tribe does not believe when Divis, Rayne, and Cwunt tell them they are Druids, because they walk the Roman paths. The tribal leader gives them the chance to prove themselves as true Druids by asking Cwunt to identify a plant, but he cannot. Rayne says they are on a sacred mission, and they too hate the Roman road. The tribe asks they prove their hatred of the road, and so strap them to chairs and paint their faces green like Kenrik and are prepared to be sacrificed. Divis hallucinates Cait falling into Aulus' arms, and Kenrik is disembowelled by the tribal leader. Cwunt wants to be sacrificed next, but Drella arrives and slaughters the tribespeople. She interrogates the tribal leader to the location of the Romans, and kills her.

Divis, Rayne, Cwunt, and Drella make their way to the Belgae Tribe, who are attacking the Romans, and are taken to see Antedia who is with them. After going into the prison, Divis picks up a fallen Cait, and he carries her out, supported by the band.

Divis is following the band when he stops, turns around, and takes Cait back to the Romans. He gives Cait to Aulus in the same way he saw Cait falling into Aulus' arms when he was hallucinating. He runs off to a beach and searches himself, where he finds a piece of red string tied around his toe, revealing himself to be the one to betray Cait.