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Aldwyn is the main protagonist in the Familiars. He grew up as an ordinary Alley cat. While hiding in a "strange" pet shop from the famed bounty hunter, Grimslade, he got mistaken as a familiar by a young wizard boy, Jack. Jack becomes Aldwyn's loyal. In order to fit in with the other familiars, Skylar and Gilbert, Aldwyn pretended he possessed the power of telekinesis and telepathy. After a terrible tragedy, resulting in the wise wizard Kalstaff's death as well as the kidnapping of the loyals of these three, he ended up going on a dangerous adventure with Skylar and Gilbert to save Jack, Mariane, and Dalton. In a result of events, Aldwyn later discovered he did, in fact, possess the power of telekinesis. In later events, within Circle of Heroes, he discovered himself to even have the power of telepathy, inherited from his Mother, Corliss.

History

Early Life

Not much is known about Aldwyn’s past. Even Aldwyn himself had thought of himself as an orphan, living in Bridgetower his entire life and not remembering any signs of his kithood, except for a specific dream that made him feel as if he was being carried away as a kitten, then falling down a river.

It is eventually revealed that he was born to Baxley of the Mooncatcher clan and Corliss of the Wind Chanter tribe, along with his sister, Yeardley. Due to one of Gilbert's puddle visions making its way down the Time Stream to the stream along Maidenmere, Baxley discovered that Aldwyn was in danger and that his life depended on finding the Crown of the Snow Leopard and so set off on a quest to find it.

Corliss meanwhile followed Malvern and overheard him conspiring with Paksahara. He eventually found out, and Corliss took her kittens, Aldwyn and Yeardley, to the stream to keep the kits away from the malicious uncle, though was confronted by Malvern. Though Malvern attempted to explain himself, his thoughts betrayed him as Corliss was telepathic, being able to see his true intentions in his brain. In the end, Malvern pushed poor Corliss into the stream where she drowned, while Aldwyn and Yeardley were sent adrift down the stream on a raft made of twigs and somehow separated.

Aldwyn would wind up in Bridgetower where he grew up, living as an alley cat, with no knowledge of his abilities until much later.

The Familiars

The Crown of the Snow Leopard

Circle of Heroes

Palace of Dreams

Personality and Traits

Aldwyn is outgoing and extremely loyal. He is very clever, and can be very mischievous at times. Also, he would do anything for his Loyal or the other familiars. Aldwyn is a black cat with a white muzzle, green eyes and a white paw on the right. He has a tear in one of his left ear given when he was still a kitten. He becomes a familiar later and possess the talent of telekinesis and, as found out in the third book of the series, telepathy.

Likes

  • fish
  • milk
  • adventure
  • Tammy

Dislikes

  • being outsmarted
  • Paksahara
  • Malvern

Magical Abilities

Aldwyn is a telekinetic cat, which means he can move items with his mind as well as telepathy, which means he can hear and read people's thoughts. He is also extremely clever and tricked the other familiars into thinking he was magical, when Aldwyn didn't know he was actually telekinetic. He inherited his power of Telepathy from his mother, Corliss. He only found this out when hearing Grimslade, Paksahara, Simeon and undead Malvern's thoughts. He was surprised at this discovery. Aldwyn finds out he had telekinesis through blocking an attack against Paksahara in the original The Familiars (Book).

Relationships:

Jack

Aldwyn became Jack's Familiar after Aldwyn jumped into the shop to hide from Grimslade. They relate to each other in terms of not knowing their parents and have a special bond. They one day hope to be Beyonders and explore the unknown lands of the beyond together. They also have an extremely strong loyal and familiar bond.

Skylar

Skylar is one of the three main familiars in the books. Aldwyn trusts her, but when Gilbert has a puddle-vision of her murdering himself, he becomes suspicious. He worries that she will figure out what he is hiding but it ends up she does not murder him but is actually Paksahara in the form of Gilbert trying to impersonate him. Skylar and Aldwyn are in a good friendship, although Aldwyn's flaw with Skylar is that she may be quite of a know-it-all.

Gilbert

They are good friends. Aldwyn pretends to hate his poems, but deep down he finds them comforting. He does not like hiding this from his friend. Gilbert and Aldwyn get along very well over all.

Malvern

Malvern was the brother of Aldwyn's father, Baxley, therefore making him his uncle. When Aldwyn went to Maidenmere the second time Malvern told him his father did not care about him and left him as a baby because he only cared about treasure. While Aldwyn, Skylar, and Gilbert were getting to the Crown of the Snow Leopard, it is revealed that Malvern had been following them throughout their journey. When Aldwyn finds out that his uncle is allied with Paksahara, he tricks Malvern. When they arrive at the stones, Paksahara appears, encountering them as a bird and attacks them, helped by Malvern, who admits to Aldwyn that he'd lied about Baxley. In the end, Malvern is killed untimely by one of Paksahara's own spells. In the third book, Malvern returns as one of the undead, brought back by Paksahara. He nearly drowns Aldwyn, however, Aldwyn saves himself by using his telekinesis to move the water in which he is drowning in and then he kills Malvern again by impaling him in the forehead using the sword fragment or spike impaled in Malvern's ear.  Aldwyn resents Malvern ever since discovering his traitorous lies about his family.

Maidenmere Cats

At first, Aldwyn and his companions were thrown out of Maidenmere. Once they return much later, they learn he is one of them and welcome him. He is a Mooncatcher, like his father was. He is welcomed and helped.

Grimslade

Aldwyn almost gets exterminated by Grimslade throughout his alley cat years. In the third book, they team up for the greater good, however, Grimslade did in fact perish from an undead crocodile. It is noted that Aldwyn feels grief for Grimslade, surprising himself greatly. He disliked Grimslade lots before.

Marianne and Dalton

Marianne is Gilbert's loyal and Dalton is Skylar's loyal. He is also friends with them although they can not understand him.

Kalstaff

Jack,  Marianne, and Dalton's magic teacher - and one of the original Prophesized Three along with Queen Loranella and The Mountain Alchemist. Aldwyn had not known Kalstaff for long before his demise, but was deeply saddened by his death.

Loranella

She is the queen of Vastia and formerly Paksahara's loyal before her familiar turned evil. In the first book, Paksahara shapeshifted into Loranella and killed Kalstaff but the true Loranella was always the familiars' friend. Aldwyn shares a great respect for Queen Loranella, and vice versa.

Paksahara

Bitter enemies with the animal Prophesied Three, Paksahara continuously wants Aldwyn, Skylar, and Gilbert to join her but they always refuse. Paksahara was later defeated by Skylar when she shape-shifted into Gilbert so Skylar and Aldwyn wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the two, but Aldwyn identified her by reading her thoughts via telepathy.

Tammy

Tammy is a female orange and white plains cat, with hazel eyes and a curly tail. In the first book, Aldwyn, Skylar, and Gilbert take shelter in an inn. The innkeeper introduces Tammy to the familiars as "new playmates".

Tammy is a friendly young cat, and she proves this by taking care of the familiars, and later helps them escape when the Paksahara, disguised as Loranella, put up wanted posters of the familiars. She seems to be Aldwyn's love interest.

Appearances

As the main character, Aldwyn has appeared in all four books. The books are written in first person from the perspective of Aldwyn himself.

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