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Lysander

Lysander au Lune

Spared over Sevro's objections, Octavia's orphaned heir leaves with Cassius to be raised far from the war that ended his House.

Story so far

Lysander au Lune, having surrendered the Dawn Scepter and legitimized Mustang, is spared in the new age—Darrow reasoning that the boy carries Lorn au Arcos's blood as much as Octavia's, in a world where blood no longer decides fate. Over Sevro's insistence that sparing him is like leaving a pitviper egg to hatch, Cassius takes the orphaned heir into his protection and departs Luna with him, carrying a satchel of his belongings up the ship's ramp to a quieter life away from politics and war. Cassius, who sees in him the goodness of his lost brother Julian, promises to raise him right.

The last living Lune of the old Society leaves the wreckage of his grandmother's empire behind—for now a spared child, his future unwritten.

Appearance

A ten-year-old Gold boy, tall for his age, crystalline gold eyes, quieter and more composed now; carrying a satchel of belongings as he boards Cassius's ship.

Role

Octavia's spared heir at book's end; the orphaned Lune boy departing with Cassius to be raised away from the war.

Relationships

Cassius au Bellona — His protector, who takes him away from Luna to raise him right, far from the war.
Sevro — The Goblin who wanted him dead, warning he will one day become a threat.
Octavia au Lune — His grandmother, whose fallen empire and scepter he leaves behind him.

Earlier in this series

Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:

Sources — 3 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 60
  • Octavia's ten-year-old heir, who studies the captured Reaper with wary, brilliant curiosity from the safety of the Sovereign's bunker.
Chapter 64
  • Octavia's orphaned heir chooses to legitimize Mustang—handing her the Dawn Scepter and naming her conqueror—and is spared under Cassius's protection.
Chapter 65
  • Spared over Sevro's objections, Octavia's orphaned heir leaves with Cassius to be raised far from the war that ended his House.
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