Eithan Arelius

Eithan Arelius first appears as an eccentric, impeccably groomed Underlord of House Arelius in the Blackflame Empire — a grinning, fashion-obsessed dandy who seems more interested in tailoring and gossip than in danger. Beneath the foppish act, however, he is a master strategist and one of the most formidable beings on Cradle, concealing his true nature and power behind a carefully maintained veil.

Possessing the Arelius bloodline gift of extraordinary spiritual perception, Eithan hand-picks a small group of talented young sacred artists to mentor, teaching them arcane secrets of the sacred arts and pushing them ever higher. He adopts the teenagers Lindon and Yerin into his family, forms bonds with Orthos, the injured Archlord Ziel and young Akura Mercy, and quietly steers their group through escalating dangers.

Cheerful, theatrical and maddeningly cryptic, Eithan hides deep cunning and long-laid plans behind his jokes. He serves the Blackflame emperor Naru Huan and is entangled in the politics of Monarchs and Sages across the continents, yet his real loyalties — and the full scope of who he is — remain his own closely guarded secret.