Overview
Thea, also called Theia and Titania, is Ozaith's daughter from Ulzathir, Anshar's sister, and a scout in Thalion's Order of Thalion Zenith. She leaves Ulzathir after Zain takes power, is displaced through the Stella Aeterna timerift, and makes her home with Thalion, Ignatius, and Rhys. In Skarnheim she works as a high-speed air mage, battlefield scout, and fleet coordinator.
Personality
Thea is quiet and guarded at first, often staying behind Anshar and speaking sparingly. She becomes more assertive after joining Thalion's group: she volunteers for covert work, tracks enemy movement, coordinates air mages, and takes command when the fleet needs direction. Thalion's group becomes her chosen home, and Skarnheim later becomes her home.
Abilities and Magic
Thea uses air and cosmic magic. She flies quickly enough to scout with Rhys, keeps pace with Virel, leads air mages, maintains surveillance, and carries messages across battlefields. Her cosmic magic forms barriers, layered shields, signs, and battlefield protection. She uses air magic to control sandstorms around Luminaris, send subtle air cues, clear air, form protective domes, and maintain breathing bubbles at high altitude.
Thea's essence is dangerously unstable because she has carried too much essence for her body since childhood. Aether mages in Ulzathir kept her stable, and Isandriel later uses balance magic to stabilize her essence.
History
Thea returns from the Thalassai invasion with Zain after Ozaith's death. She follows Zain and Anshar into the council chamber, where Zain kills Alistair Koss and seizes power. Afterward, Anshar and Thea leave Zain's command, taking an aethership under cover of diplomacy and traveling to Thalassai.
At Stella Aeterna, the timerift takes Thea from the present with Xarion, Aelius, Zayren, Dorian, Rowenna, and others. In Varnhallow, her Malverine lets the group enter Luminaris, where she controls sandstorms with air magic and cosmic barriers. She joins Xarion, Aelius, and Rhys in covert work during the group's early Order-building period.
When the Varnhallow collapse separates the displaced groups, Thea remains with Thalion. In Rimvold and Skarnheim, she scouts Astralynne, tracks armies and skyships, carries intelligence for the Order's deception against Uriandel, warns allies before the Ashenford and Qarezh battles, and coordinates air mages for Thalion's moves against Uriandel, Raphael, Eremion, and Jeremiah. She serves under the names Theia and Titania during the Fall of Malverand.
Mia's death at Jazarel devastates Thea. She keeps serving the Order. She later tracks Eremion and Raphael's movements from Ashenford, pulls Kallion out of a void-blast clash, protects him with cosmic barriers and air domes, and commands fleet actions during Eremion's attack near Ashenford. After the Order survives Raphael and Eremion during the Fall of Malverand, Titania stays in Skarnheim with Rhys and wants Anshar to know she will be happy there if he ever reaches her.
Relationships
- Ozaith: Father.
- Anshar: Brother and early protector; he brings her away from Ulzathir for safety.
- Zain: Brother; Thea follows him into the council chamber before he seizes power, then leaves his command.
- Maia / Mia: Sister and Order ally; Mia's death deeply affects Thea.
- Thalion: Leader, friend, and the person whose group becomes Thea's chosen home.
- Aelius / Ignatius and Rhys: Close Order companions; Rhys scouts beside her and remains with her in Skarnheim.
- Isandriel: Stabilizes her dangerous essence condition with balance magic.