

Lila is a skilled thief who does not easily trust people and dreams to possess her own ship and be a pirate someday. Emira is the wife of Maxim and the mother of Rhy and Kell. Maxim is the husband of Emira and the father of Rhy and Kell. While his adoptive brother is an Antari, Rhy barely possesses any magic.

Rhy is the only biological son of King Maxim and Queen Emira, and the younger brother of Kell. Rhy Maresh - The Crown Prince of Arnes.He crosses paths with Lila Bard when he receives a mysterious stone from Black London. As an Antari, Kell functions as an ambassador between the other Londons he regularly uses these official travels for his smuggling affairs. Kell Maresh - The adopted Antari Prince of Arnes.Part I: The Traveler Part II: Red Royal Part III: Grey Thief Part IV: White Throne Part V: Black Stone Part VI: Thieves Meet Part VII: The Follower Part VIII: An Arrangement Part IX: Festival & Fire Part X: One White Rook Part XI: Masquerade Part XII: Sanctuary & Sacrifice Part XIII: The Waiting King Part XIV: The Final Door Characters Red London

For too much, and we become something else entirely. For too little power, and we become weak. Such is the quandary when it comes to magic, that it is not an issue of strength but of balance. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive. Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.Īfter an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations.

Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. Kell was raised in Arnes-Red London-and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see. Kell is one of the last Antari- magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black.
