Okay, this is odd, but because I’m about to post a ‘name a cupcake’ poll in the reader-run Facebook fan group (give me a couple of minutes, please) I needed a link to the list of Cake in a Cup cupcakes. But, apparently, I hadn’t posted a Cake in a Cup menu yet? Strange. Anyway, here it is alphabetically for ease of searching.
The cupcakes marked with asterisks* have recipes in the Adept Universe cookbook [download here]. The linked cupcakes have individual (though likely older and not as well-formatted) recipes on my blog.
Allure in a Cup – lemon yellow cake with chocolate buttercream
Bliss in a Cup* – fudge cake with peanut butter icing
Paisley: Demon Dog. Usually seen in her large blue-nose pit bull aspect but can also shapeshift into various sizes with or without ‘extra’ attributes, such as a mane of tentacles, red eyes, double row of teeth, and a pinkish-blue forked tongue. Rescued by Emma and the Five from the Collective as a puppy. Genetically constructed, and magically enhanced. Tied to the Five via DNA. Approximately 8 years old in Amplifier 1. Can walk through shadows and cross through the demon dimension (to be verified). Maintains a ‘stash’ of various stolen items in a pocket dimension (to be verified) that she somehow accesses via her tentacles. Eats magic, and can also regurgitate spells. Intelligent. Moody. Fiercely loyal. Personal Objects of Power: a bovine bone from a sacred cow, uses unknown to her humans but perfectly clear to Paisley. Purloined spellbooks. Lives with Emma, Christopher, Aiden, and Opal at White Owl Farm in Cowichan Lake, BC, Canada.
Paisley first appeared in The Amplifier Protocol (Amplifier 0) and is a supporting character in all the Amplifier series books.
Paisley. Demon Dog. From the Amplifier Series. LIKES: Eating in general. Hunting and eating cows. Eating magic. Stealing ginger snaps. Being paid homage in the form of food. DISLIKES: Being ignored. Salad. Illustration by Memo
Paisley. Demon Dog. From the Amplifier Series. Pictured above in full demon dog mode. Can consume magic, can regurgitate spells. Can walk through shadows and possibly dimensions (to be verified). Can shape shift. Prefers video games over card games. Illustration by Memo
The Amplifier Series is set within the larger Adept Universe but can be read separately. The main series starts with Demons and DNA (Amplifier 1) but there are two prequels (bundled together) as well. Click here for the full/recommended reading order of the Adept Universe.
Opal Sherwood: Witch. Dream walker. Sky blue eyes with brown flecks. Brown skin. Dark brown kinky curls. Hair streaked with gold and silver in Amplifier 4. Crooked eye teeth. Small. Age:13. Sign: Aquarius. DOB: January 27, 2006. Birth mother, Tandy Sherwood, is deceased. Opal last saw her three years before Amplifier 2. Birth father, unknown. Spent some time living on the streets of San Francisco, before being fostered by Capri Pine prior to coming under Emma’s guardianship, adoption pending (as of Amplifier 4). Abilities: can see and manipulate (basic) magic, including some more advanced runes (such as an eavesdropping spell). Can walk through the dreams of people she is connected to or pull them into her own dreamscapes. Attending the Academy, North American Campus, but living on White Owl Farm in Lake Cowichan during her breaks from school. Fan of video games and action films. Friends with Jack Fairchild (witch) and Emily Hawes (necromancer). Treasured personal item: a steel chain necklace with an opalescent stone ring that belonged to her mother.
Opal first appeared in Bonds and Broken Dreams (Amplifier 2) and is a primary character in every novel that follows in the Amplifier Series. She also narrates The Music Box (Amplifier 4.5) (bundled with A4).
Opal. Dream Walker. From the Amplifier series. At thirteen years old, Opal has already had to fight for almost every aspect of her life, including her chosen family. She is intelligent and fiercely focused, but still playful and loving with a seemingly endless capacity to adapt and forgive. She appears to be actively putting together a gang of powerful magic users at the Academy. Reasons unknown but certain to be explosive. Illustration by Memo
Opal. Dream Walker. From the Amplifier series. Skilled at quickly picking up magic, the little witch has an advanced understanding of the construction and execution of witch magic, including some rune-based spells. Doesn’t dwell on the trauma she’s endured, but also doesn’t deny that darkness or run away from a challenge. Vigorously relishes the tiny bits of joy to be found in a snowball fight, a chocolate chip cookie, or playing a video game with a demon dog. Competitive, but kind. Illustration by Memo
The Amplifier Series is set within the larger Adept Universe but can be read separately. The main series starts with Demons and DNA (Amplifier 1) but there are two prequels (bundled together) as well. Click here for the full/recommended reading order of the Adept Universe.
Aiden Azar Myers: [Dark?] Sorcerer. Aka ‘Last son of Azar’. Bright blue eyes. Dark brown hair. 6’1. Tanned skin. Sharp cheekbones. Clean-shaven when wearing a magically-fortified suit and ready to cause some damage (say whenever his family is in town). But when relaxed at the farm with Emma, he prefers to be scruffy and in jeans. DOB: June 23, 1987. Sign: Cancer. Birthstone: Carnelian. Father is Kader Azar aka the sorcerer Azar aka one of the architects of the Collective. Younger half-brother to Isa (10 years older)(sorcerer) and Khalid (magically sensitive, combat-trained sorcerer). Cousin to Grosvenor (curse breaker). His mother’s family are Myers coven witches. Mother is Cerise Myers (witch). Elder brother to two half-sisters witches, Sky and Ocean. Holds a French passport (with a Paris address). In Amplifier 1, he has three healing wounds on his torso from Silver Pine’s Greater demon (matching scars to Emma’s). Addicted to the accumulation of magic. Magical items: various rings, including multiple platinum bands etched with runes (which he no longer wears), and ten runed bands that he made from old copper piping. Baseball bat with runes (lost in A2 and carved again in A3). Spelled knife that he uses for blood magic. Various spellbooks and notebooks. He creates complicated runes in the pages of the notebooks, and when needed he tears the page out and casts the spell by crumpling the rune/paper. Copper-inlaid pentagram, anchored in obsidian (which he blows out in A4), then carnelian. Abilities: Can see and feel magic. He can cast minor witch magic and is exceptionally strong when casting rune-based sorcerer magic. Lives at White Owl Farm with Emma, Christopher, Opal (when on school breaks), and Paisley. Officially engaged to Emma in Amplifier 4. Drives a dark burgundy Mercedes G550 SUV.
Aiden first appeared in Demons and DNA (Amplifier 0) and he is a principal character in all the Amplifier Series novels.
Aiden. Aka Emma’s Dark Sorcerer. From the Amplifier Series. Sorcerers generally have a way with words, it is after all how they access their magic, but Aiden takes charm (and cunning) to a masterful level. Until he met Emma and threw away that facade along with the magically-fortified suits (which occasionally make a reappearance wherever his family is in town). Likes: collecting illegal dark magic spellbooks, hiding protection runes on the people he loves, and ignoring his father’s magical dynasty-building plans. Illustration by Memo
Aiden. Aka Emma’s Dark Sorcerer. From the Amplifier Series. Often seen flashing a genuine smile right before releasing a deadly curse, Aiden’s comfort level is directly tied to the length of his scruff (yes, in Amplifier 5 it’s verging on a beard!) and the amount of (and type) of clothing he’s wearing. But he’s found that Emma’s magic beckons oh, so sweetly (well, their version of ‘sweet’) whenever she sees him barechested or in a tightfitting henley so he is happy to oblige. At least once a day, behind warded doors, of course. 😉 Dislikes: unannounced visitors, and anyone disrespecting Emma. Illustration by Memo
The Amplifier Series is set within the larger Adept Universe but can be read separately. The main series starts with Demons and DNA (Amplifier 1) but there are two prequels (bundled together) as well. Click here for the full/recommended reading order of the Adept Universe.
Also (funny?) side note: I told Memo that Aiden might be the only time (unless we also give Beau a beefcake moment) that she will get to sketch ‘man chest’ for the Adept Universe. Aiden does spend a lot of time out of his shirt, but I SWEAR the unbuttoned jeans were Memo’s idea … ahem, outside of all the scenes in all the Amplifier books, I mean. 😂
Emma “Socks” Johnson: Amplifier. De facto leader of the Five, genetically constructed magic-wielding super soldiers. She can amplify the power of another Adept, and/or drain magic she can keep for herself, wielding basic spells with it, and/or funnel that stolen power into another magic user. Also known as Amp5 and Fox in Socks. Emerald eyes. Deep red hair, straight to the middle of her back. 5’10. Pale skin, freckles lightly in the summer. Three faded scars on her stomach/torso from a run-in with a Greater demon. Blood tattoos etched into her upper spine bind her (for life) to the other four that make them the Five: T1-Nul5, T2-Tel5, T3-Cla5, and T4-Tek5. Wields twin blades: 18 inches of steel with black coating with three raw diamonds in the hilt of each that are primed to hold magical spells, such as sharpening or recall. DOB: October 29, 1989, 21 in Amplifier 0, 28 in Amplifier 1. Sign: Scorpio. Born in captivity, she inadvertently stole empathy powers from her birth mother, who died during childbirth. Parentage otherwise unknown, though the base mix of her DNA, and the DNA of all the Five, was harvested from the main members of the Collective. Through the course of her harsh childhood and mercenary training by the Collective, Emma was forced to absorb power from dozens of other Adepts, eventually heightening her own genetically-gifted abilities. She is faster and stronger than a ‘normal’ amplifier, has a heightened healing ability, and is partially immune to most magic. Has a demon dog named Paisley. Lives on a large property known as the White Owl Farm (formerly McGuire Farm) in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada: 2 hectares/5 acres with a three-storey white house, red metal roof. Caretaker suite in the matching barn. Drives a 1967 Clearwater Aqua Mustang convertible, aqua seats. Drinks her tea with sugar. Can not become pregnant. Guardian of Opal. Engaged to Aiden Azar Myers in Amplifier 4, August wedding planned.
Emma first appeared in The Amplifier Protocol (Amplifier 0). She narrates the main novels of the Amplifier series.
Emma. Aka Fox in Socks. Aka Amp5. From the Amplifier Series. Bred to be a killer, trained to be a sociopath. Despite the striking red hair, emerald green eyes, and pristinely pale skin (due to her stolen healing abilities) there is nothing ‘pretty’ about Emma Johnson, except maybe the thrifted sundresses that she wears rather obsessively (after being forced to only wear gray sweats or tactical gear for the first twenty-one years of her life). Pictured here with her dual blade blades. Illustration by MemoEmma. Aka Fox in Socks. Aka Amp5. From the Amplifier Series. And the blood tattoos bind her power to four others, possibly for life. Yes, the death of Emma might be the death of the other four. In contrast to being bred and born in captivity and her brutal and bloody martial and magical training, Emma does love to indulge in just a few, simple pretty things, such as lacy underwear, black rose fine china, and a daily afternoon tea ritual that usually includes ginger snaps. Illustration by Memo
MCD note: The Amplifier Series is set within the larger Adept Universe but can be read separately. The main series starts with Demons and DNA (Amplifier 1) but there are two prequels (bundled together) as well. Click here for the full/recommended reading order of the Adept Universe.
Also – a gentle reminder – the sketches are Memo’s interpretation of the characters (based on the books and my descriptions/guidance). If you see a character differently, or say, disagree with the interpretation, such as the above rendering of Emma’s blood tattoos (which are actually never fully described in the books)(because Emma herself doesn’t waste her time dwelling on such things and the books are from her POV), it is totally okay to do so. There is however no need to point out such things in any way that might come across as exceedingly negative (or snarky). Thank you.
Reminder! The illustrations are simply meant to be fun extras! Like a giveaway, but one that everyone can win. 😊
Christopher “Knox” Johnson – Clairvoyant. One of the Five aka uber-powerful, genetically-constructed, magic-wielding super soldiers. Designation: Cla5. Can see the future (but not his own), most accurately within a forty-eight-hour period. Uses a set of twenty-two oracle cards based on herbology and a basic tarot deck designed/inked by a witch to focus his sight. Can also cast simple witch spells. Magically inked blood tattoos tie him to the other four of the Five. Light gray eyes (which glow bright white when his sight is triggered). 5’11. White blond hair. Golden skin. Slim, but well-muscled. Often described as a ‘Greek god.’ Prefers to be barefoot and can be most often found in his extensive garden, or cooking comfort foods in his kitchen. Wields a short sword with gems embedded into the hilt that can hold magic such as sharpening or recall spells. DOB: August 27 (Virgo). Age 28 in Amplifier 1. Bisexual.
Lives with Emma aka Fox in Socks aka Amp5 and Paisley aka the demon dog on a 5-acre property in Cowichan Lake, BC, Canada. The farm was dubbed White Owl Farm by the locals (presumably because of Christopher’s hair colour).
Knox’s blood tattoos: T1 tied to Amp5/Socks, T2 tied to Tel5/Bee, T3 tied to Nul5/Fish, and T4 tied to Tek5/Zans.
Christopher first appeared in The Amplifier Protocol (Amplifier 0) and is a main character in every other Amplifier book.
Christopher. Aka Knox. Aka Cla 5. Clairvoyant. From the Amplifier Series. With his white-blond hair, golden skin, and easy smile, Christopher comes across as charming, even friendly (despite actually being an uber-powerful, magic-wielding, genetically constructed super soldier). Unfortunately, his sight is easily overwhelmed and very triggered by proximity to others (even nonmagicals), so he most often confines himself to his garden or kitchen. Illustrated here by Memo using his oracle cards to sharpen his sight. Side note: the cards pictured in this sketch depict the reading that heralded Aiden’s arrival in Amplifier 1.Christopher. Aka Knox. Aka Cla 5. Clairvoyant. From the Amplifier Series. At his happiest with his sight clear and barefoot in his garden. Illustration by Memo.
MCD note: The Amplifier Series is set within the larger Adept Universe but can be read separately. The main series starts with Demons and DNA (Amplifier 1) but there are two prequels (bundled together) as well. Click here for the full/recommended reading order of the Adept Universe.
Memo, the illustrator who has been drawing all the character sketches for the Adept Universe bible (find the others at the bottom on the Extras page), made some wallpapers of Emma and Paisley from the Amplifier Series! The Amplifier Series officially starts with Demons and DNA (Amplifier 1), but there is also a prequel novel and novelette, both are found in The Amplifier Protocol. Memo formatted both wallpapers for Android, iPhone X, older Phone, and tablet/desktop. Clicking on the corresponding link below each sketch should take you to the full-sized image, and there you can download it to your computer/phone/tablet.
Michael already has Paisley on his phone (he demanded that I airdrop it to him immediately upon seeing it). It looks seriously cool.
Emma, always primed to kick some ass! Illustration by Memo.
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Oh! Watch this space for the preorder notice for the next book in the Amplifier Series, Instincts and Impostors (Amplifier 5) coming VERY SOON!!
Lillie of Lillie’s Literary Services maintains an ever-evolving bible for my Adept Universe books, from which I occasionally pull info and flesh out the bios that I’ve already shared (paired with Memo’s character sketches). As part of the bible, Lillie maintains (continually tweaking) the timeline of the Adept Universe. She just finished adding in all the new shorts from Moments of the Adept Universe 1, and I thought you all might think it fun to see all the story beats arrayed in proper order before I start messing with it all again.
Note: I have/know actual dates of birth, etc, but only events in canon are noted below.
The novels of the Adept Universe by Meghan Ciana Doidge
IF YOU HAVE NOT READ EVERY STORY IN THE ADEPT UNIVERSE THIS POST IS RIFE WITH SPOILERS. DO NOT PROCEED!! OR SKIP THE BOOKS YOU HAVEN’T READ!!
Timeline of theAdept Universe
(including all books/stories published as of Jan 27, 2022)
*Book titles in bold. Purchase links/more information can be found under Novels (and Reading Order). Character bios and sketches can be found under Extras and Freebies (scroll to the bottom).
1988
Kandy is born (August 8)
1989
Wisteria is born (September 9)
Emma is born (October)
1990
Jade is born (late February)
1995
Rochelle is born (January 27)
1996
Dusk is born
1998
Mory is born (February)
2000
Sienna moves in with Jade and Pearl
Drake is born (January 25)
2004
Wisteria leaves the coven (autumn equinox)
2007
IN BUT A MOMENT (January)
Kandy has sex with Dedra
2008
IN LESS THAN A MOMENT (March)
Justin is murdered and Kandy injured
Kandy leaves the pack
2011
JUST THE RIGHT MOMENT (February)
Gabby and crew escape Charlotte
Henry helps find their families/new families
THE AMPLIFIER PROTOCOL (spring)
Emma and team fight a greater demon (March)
(67 days later)
The Five escape
FROM ONE MOMENT TO THE NEXT (May)
Desmond talks to Kandy and Hudson about his Portland plan
Kandy refuses Hudson
2013
CUPCAKES, TRINKETS, AND OTHER DEADLY MAGIC (mid-April, 4 days)
Jade sees the vampire outside her store
They go dancing and meet the werewolves
Hudson is killed
Zombie werewolf
Rusty is killed
Sienna goes into the portal
Kandy moves in next door
ANCHORED IN THE MOMENT (June)
Audrey joins Desmond’s pack
TRINKETS, TREASURES AND OTHER BLOODY MAGIC (end of July, 5 days)
They meet the skin walkers
She takes Mory to Rusty’s ghost
They travel to Portland
Jade battles Sienna after music festival
Mory and Jeremy are kidnapped
Jade meets the dragons
TREASURES, DEMONS, AND OTHER BLACK MAGIC (November 8-11)
Jade goes to Blackwell’s castle
Jade fights Sienna, Kett dies temporarily
Desmond kills Sienna
2014
I SEE ME (January-late)
Rochelle turns 19
She meets Beau
She is introduced to Jade and the pack
Rochelle makes a deal with Blackwell
SHADOWS, MAPS, AND OTHER ANCIENT MAGIC (Sept 19-)
They celebrate Kandy’s birthday
Warner shows up
They retrieve the ribbon bracelet (one of the instruments of assassination)
Jade leaves Kandy with her pack
2015
MAPS, ARTIFACTS, AND OTHER ARCANE MAGIC (Jan)
Shailaja attacks the bakery
Jade hires a brownie
They travel to Peru
Warner vanishes
Yazi takes Shailaja
Warner returns
Jade takes the centipedes (aka the second instrument of assassination) to the nexus
Jade sees the oracle drawings that Chi Wen has collected from Rochelle.
I SEE YOU (mid July)
Rochelle, Beau, and Kandy go to Mississippi
Rochelle texts Blackwell for help
Kandy bites Calhoun
Cy and Ettie are killed
2016
ARTIFACTS, DRAGONS, AND OTHER LETHAL MAGIC (Jan-Feb)
Warner gives Jade the betrothal rings (01/21)
Shailaja hurts Pulou and Yazi, then escapes with Chi Wen (01/22)
Jade and crew visits Rochelle
Warner and Jade are engaged (01/25)
Jade kills Shailaja
I SEE US (June, 5 days)
Ember arrives at the farm
Win arrives
Rochelle binds the demon to her
Rochelle defeats her grandmother
Rochelle and Beau are engaged
Tess and Gary adopt them
THE GRAVEYARD KISS (Oct)
Luci stakes Colby
CATCHING ECHOES (early Oct)
Wisteria reconstructs Colby’s death
She agrees to work with Kett
Jade magics her bracelet
Jasmine arrives
They fight zombies
Ben is fully turned
2 weeks later
Kett gives Wisteria the contract about becoming a vampire
DAWN BYTES (Dec)
Jasmine tells Kett the bunny story in NY
2017
TANGLED ECHOES (Jan 11-13)
Declan calls Wisteria
They confront the elders of their family
They rescue Jasmine
Wisteria binds them to the land
Jasper walks
(weeks later…)
AN UNCUT KEY
Copper tries to give Declan a house
UNLEASHING ECHOES (May, 4 weeks)
Jasper takes back the land
Wisteria and Jasmine investigate a kidnapping in Chicago
Copper arrives while they investigate in LA
In NY, Yale admits to working with Jasper
Copper and Declan break up
The three confront and kill Jasper
Dying, Jasmine signs the contract with Kett
Wisteria becomes coven leader
Three weeks later
They find out Jasmine has survived
Rochelle is pregnant, off page (June)
CHAMPAGNE, MISFITS, AND OTHER SHADY MAGIC (Sept 19-21)
Jade anchors the grid
The charges against Jade are dropped
Jade meets most of the Talbot family
Jade and Warner’s engagement party
Burgundy re-anchors the grid
Jade kills the elf and finds the prison
Emma’s job goes wrong in SF (Oct)
Emma and Christopher move to Lake Cowichan (Nov)
MISFITS, GEMSTONES, AND OTHER SHATTERED MAGIC (Dec 16-17)
Grand opening of Cake in a Cap Too (Dec 16)
Jade sees Mira
Bachelorette party (Dec 17)
Mira is killed
The warriors fall
GRAVEYARDS, VISIONS, AND OTHER THINGS THAT BYTE (Dec 18-21)
Rochelle asks Mory to find her mom (Dec 18)
Mory finds Jane and she releases the visions (Dec 19)
Rochelle summons her demon (Dec 20)
Fight at Pearl’s house
Jasmine sacrifices the elf
They plan (Dec 21)
GEMSTONES, ELVES, AND OTHER INSIDIOUS MAGIC (Dec 21-Feb)
Jade removes the gemstone (Dec 21)
Jade wakes up in Yazi’s room in the nexus (Dec 29)
They fight the elves (Dec 30)
2018
Pearl tells Jade what day it is (Jan 30)
Alivia visits the bakery (Jan 31)
Jade and Warner marry (Feb?)
Mory leaves for the Academy
CLOSE TO HOME (Feb-April)
Emma and Christopher find Hannah (Feb)
Emma pays a visit to Tyler (April)
DEMONS AND DNA (mid Sept, 8 days)
Aiden shows up at the diner
They fight the demons
Daniel returns
Emma meets with “Magenta”
They fight Silver
Aiden leaves
2019
BONDS AND BROKEN DREAMS (Feb, 4 days)
Isa and Ruwa come to town
Aiden returns
They all meet at the diner
Opal finds them at the farm
Emma, Opal, and Jenni are kidnapped
Ruwa is killed
Amplifier Protocol happens
Lani is amplified
Aiden is rescued
Emma asks Aiden to stay
3 days later…
MYSTICS AND MENTAL BLOCKS(Feb, 4+ days)
Ember and Capri arrive
Zans arrives
Chenda follows Zans
Christopher betrays them all
Emma sends Opal away
Emma fights Chenda
3 days later
Emma wakes up
The guardianship papers are signed
IDOLS AND ENEMIES (May)
The Azars arrive
The Myers arrive
Opal and friends open the box
Aiden proposes to Emma
They fight the Hallowed
THE MUSIC BOX (May)
The kids meet Mory
MISPLACED SOULS (Oct-Nov)
Mory returns to Vancouver (Oct 28)
She discovers the blank spots in the cemetery
Liam hires her
Mory and Ben defeat the succubus (Oct 31)
3 days later
Mory wakes up
3 more days later
Mory meets with Liam
2020
A MOMENTARY MISUNDERSTANDING (early Sept)
Burgandy and Kandy encounter Athelians
Jade and Warner arrive
Burgandy heals Feo
2021
AWAKENING INFINTY (Oct)
Dusk connects Infinity to the internet
She is promoted by the guardians (2 weeks in the nexus)
One week later
Dusk and Sisu move to Dublin (Oct. 21)
INVOKING INFINITY (early Nov, 6 days)
Dusk starts her new job
The imp is murdered
Dusk meets Kellan
Rook is possessed by the book
Dusk discovers the missing artifact
They fight the celestial wolves
The children are taken
Kellan kills Ayre
Dusk negotiates with Morgan
A MOMENTARY RETRIEVAL (November)
Dusk and Brady retrieve Corrie Byrne’s belongings
COMPELLING INFINTY (Dec 20-24)
Gala, Dusk meets Prince
Drake arrives for training
Ravine makes a copy of the crown piece
Winter Solstice party, giant octopus
Dusk frees the brownie
Dusk goes to Evenfall and kills Prince
Kellan and Sisu go after her, the wyvern hatches
Dusk seals the door
Dusk and Sisu’s party
Two books to follow in the Amplifier Series (will take place in the summer of 2019). Multiple books to follow in the Misfits series (including Kandy’s POV set in Dec 2019). Mulitple books to follow in the Archivist Series (2021 onwards) – MCD
Baxia – Guardian dragon. Aka one of the nine. Territory: Southern Africa. Child of a guardian. Ebony skin. Powerful and beautiful. Golden toe rings and ankle bracelets inlaid with various gems. Wears the mantle of the Rain Bringer and can control anything to do with water and aspects of the weather, such as dispelling tidal waves and hurricanes. “A guardian who was preceded by a hurricane was definitely someone to bow before” (Dowser 5). Second oldest guardian. According to Jade, Baxia’s magic tastes like “an intoxicating blend of too-dark-to-ever-be-sweet chocolate, well-ripened papaya, and a hint of tobacco that lingered long on my palate.”
She spends most of her time in her territory. According to Drake, Baxia “prefer[s] to walk the soil of her territory rather than the hard marble of the nexus.” (Dowser 5).
Pronunciation: BACKS_SEE_AH or click to listen to the audio.
Baxia. Dragon. The Guardian of Southern Africa. Rain bringer. Epically powerful, but territorial and disinclined to participate in guardian politics. Sketch by Memo.
Baxia. Dragon. The Guardian of Southern Africa. Commands hurricanes and tsunamis. Doesn’t particularly like anyone, especially Pulou. Sketch by Memo.
Chi-Wen – guardian dragon. Aka one of the nine. Territory: Asia. Asian accent. Elder. White hair. 5’5. Usually wears a white, gold-trimmed robe and sandals. Aura is white gold. He inherited the mantle of the far seer from his mother and can see so far into the future that he often doesn’t have a great sense of actual time. He is also an uber-powerful telepath, and known to divine the occasional prophecy. Or, as the case may be (see Dowser 4-6), screw around with the destiny of others. He is the eldest guardian, over 900+ years old. Drake is his apprentice, destined to become the next far seer. According to Jade, his magic tastes of spiced bitter cocoa.
The far seer resides in a small, austere room the nexus. Nexus door: red, carved with a Chinese dragon, inlaid with red jade and gold.
T-shirts (spotted in the wild): fuchsia pink Cake in a Cup (Oracle 2). Oversized green tee with 3 bananas and the phrase “Eating Out?” (Dowser 6) (courtesy of Kandy).
Pronunciation: CHOWWHEN or click to listen to the audio, Note: I pronounce it CHEE-WHEN.
Chi Wen. Dragon. The Guardian of Asia. Supremely jovial unless forcing someone to fulfill their destiny years ahead of schedule. Huge fan of oreos and bequeathing powerful magical objects to unsuspecting werewolves, who then occasionally thwart fate as a result. Sketch by Memo.
Chi Wen. Dragon. Territory: Asia. Mentor of Drake (and Rochelle). Oracle, diviner, prophet, and telepath rolled into one tiny uber-powerful package. The eldest of the nine guardians. Has a bad habit of randomly projecting the future into unsuspecting minds and really ruining their day. Sketch by Memo.
