match and caused a ton of problems for him and Jolie.
He tried to recruit Jolie to join the Neverseen, which was how she figured out what he was doing. She tried to get him to stop, and he lost his temper and accidentally sparked the fire that killed her (and left him brutally scarred—and more than a little unstable).
He was the kidnapper who burned me (and Dex) during the interrogations and set the Everblaze in the Forbidden Cities.
He let Grady and Edaline take care of him for the next sixteen years, even though he’d murdered their daughter.
When Grady finally learned the truth and confronted him, Brant tried to kill him. Grady was stronger and made Brant burn off his own hand before I stopped him from doing more, because I didn’t want Grady to damage his sanity.
I had to let Brant escape as part of the deal I made, to find out what the Neverseen were planning for their attack on Mount Everest, so I could warn my friends before it was too late.
He tried to force Keefe to burn me to prove his loyalty when Keefe tried to infiltrate the Neverseen.
He allowed himself to get captured (along with Ruy) when we used the Lodestar symbol to leap to one of their hideouts. He needed to be in Lumenaria’s dungeon (with Gethen) to carry out Fintan’s plan to knock down the castle.
He was killed during the collapse of Lumenaria by Mr. Forkle, somewhat accidentally. (Apparently Mr. Forkle shoved him right as a piece of debris fell, and it crushed him.)
Things I know about Gethen
He’s a Telepath.
He tried to grab me before Fitz brought me to the Lost Cities, but Mr. Forkle scared him away.
He has a curved scar on his hand, from a dog bite he got trying to trick me into leaving the Forbidden Cities with him.
He may have also followed me to my human school to try to grab me from there. (I swore I saw him—but I don’t know if I imagined it.) But Fitz was with me and took me to Everglen.
He helped kidnap me from Havenfield—and tried to read my mind and erase my memories while I was a hostage.
He would’ve killed Dex if I hadn’t been able to inflict and leap us away.
He let himself get arrested during the battle on Mount Everest, hoping he would end up in Lumenaria’s dungeon with enough time to build up his mental energy and use it to knock down the castle with his outward channeling, setting Vespera free.
He might’ve killed Cyrah Endal.
He killed Mr. Forkle—using the sword he broke out of the stone in his Lumenaria cell. I guess he was aiming for Councillor Oralie, and Mr. Forkle took the blow instead.
He led the attack when Umber used shadowflux to torture me (and Fitz).
Sometimes I think he’s the villain we should be focusing on. I bet he’s a Keeper and knows all the Neverseen’s secrets—and I know I could shove past his mental barriers if everyone wasn’t always trying to protect me when I’m around him.
I also wouldn’t be surprised if he’s hoping Lady Gisela and Vespera will take each other out and leave him the new leader of the Neverseen.
Things I know about Alvar
He’s Fitz and Biana’s older brother.
He used to be an Emissary for the Council, assigned to the ogres.
He helped his dad search the Forbidden Cities for me—until Fitz took over.Sometimes he was kind of nice to me. Especially when Alden’s mind was broken.
Keefe used to look up to him.
He’s a Vanisher. And I’m pretty sure he used that ability to spy on his dad (and his brother). Especially when they were trying to find me.
I’m also pretty sure he helped the Neverseen kidnap me.
I know he helped the Neverseen capture Wylie.
He claims he joined the Neverseen because of the Vacker legacy—and I still don’t know exactly what that means. But… I also think he was jealous of his siblings. Especially Fitz.
He had amnesia for a while, after we found him unconscious and injured in Nightfall. And the Council didn’t know how to punish someone who didn’t remember their crimes. So they put him on house arrest to monitor him and see if he’d changed.
I’ll admit, he totally fooled me. I thought that since he couldn’t remember all the reasons he’d joined the Neverseen anymore, he’d finally realized that he’d picked the wrong side and wanted to change. But then his memories came flooding back, and… he chose to go ahead with his awful