The Darkling, under the name Leonid, was one of the first Grisha to offer his services to the King Yevgeni Lantsov, helping him to defeat Shu Han in a tough battle. Over the course of his life he also searches for his many other half-siblings as Baghra had many children. He invites her to leave with him to return to their mother, saying that the Sildroher will never show Ulla the love and devotion she craves. He also reveals to Ulla that they are brother and sister, that he remembers her being born and has visited Sondermane over the years in the hopes that she might one day return to the surface.
When she eventually visits him to receive the knowledge he reveals it requires the breath, or life, of a human (blood magic). He later teases her with knowledge of how to sustain fire under water. Making the comment that they could be related with how similar they look. He meets the Sildroher Ulla as she climbs The Seer's tower and shows her the trick mirror created that mimics the person watching.
Whilst studying as an apprentice to The Seer (an advisor to the Fjerdan King of Sondermane). It was at this moment that he swore to make a safe place for Grisha. His mother, at the time going by the name Lena, told him she didn't blame their kind for the desperation to protect themselves. He used the Cut for the first time and framed the nearby otkazat'sya village. He was a sweet but lonely boy, and despite his powers, he was afraid of the dark, loved sunlight, and initially struggled with mastering his powers.Īt 13, at the time under the name Eryk while stationed at a Grisha camp near the Fjerdan border, two other children at the camp attempted to drown him in a freezing lake after finding out he was an amplifier, one of whom he had befriended and trusted. His mother warned against showing off his powers or allowing anyone to touch him for fear they would discover he was an amplifier.
He was raised by Baghra and never knew his father.ĭue to his and his mother's unique powers during a time of heavy persecution against Grisha, he had a nomadic childhood and lived in secrecy, rarely staying in one location under one identity for more than a month at a time for safety. The Darkling was born many centuries ago to Baghra and an unknown Heartrender.
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