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Pax

Pax au Andromedus · Pax au Augustus

Darrow and Mustang's brilliant ten-year-old son, grown cold and distant in his father's long absence.

Story so far

Pax, named for the joyful Gold giant who died shielding his father, is the golden-haired son of Darrow and Mustang, raised at Silene in a mixed-Color 'pack' of nine children in the new way—bonds without the Institute's murder. Ten years old, he laughs like his mother and broods like his father. He duels the older, fiercer Electra in the grotto, losing on points but showing a cool tactician's patience.

When his father returns after a year away, Pax does not run to him as the other children do; he bows only as manners require and greets him coldly, wounded by the absences. His best friend is a quiet, gap-toothed Obsidian boy, Baldur, already nearly as tall as Sevro.

Appearance

A lean, proud boy of ten with straw-colored hair, a round face flushed with youth, and burning rose-gold eyes under long lashes; taller than his father remembers.

Role

Darrow and Mustang's heir; a coldly brilliant child straining under his father's absence.

Relationships

Darrow — His father, whom he greets coldly, hurt by the long separations of war.
Mustang — His mother the Sovereign, whose laughter he shares.
Electra — Sevro's fierce daughter and his sparring rival, who bests him in the grotto.

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