Holland then slaughtered his brother in an act of self-defense. His brother Alox attempted to murder him when he was nine years old. At a young age, Holland learned to fight and became very powerful. Holland lived a difficult childhood, growing up in the slums of White London. When he was younger, Holland could feel and express emotions like everyone else however, he lost the capacity of showing emotions when he was under the Danes' command. However, he is not completely able to hide his feelings and frequently shows that he feels very strongly about his London and world. Holland is normally very calm and collected, revealing very little as to how he felt in certain situations. He is also tall, equal in height to Kell Maresh. After trapping Osaron within the Inheritor and losing his magic, his hair becomes a stark white and both his eyes a normal green. He has very deep and visible scars along his forearms and wrists, due to the torture that Athos put him through when he was bound to him. His left eye holds the mark of an Antari while his right is a dull green.

Meanwhile, the disgraced Captain Alucard Emery and the Night Spire crew are attempting a race against time to acquire the impossible, as an ancient enemy returns to claim a crown and a fallen hero is desperate to save a decaying world.Holland has charcoal black hair and very pale skin. But now she must learn to control the magic, before it bleeds her dry. Lila Bard, once a commonplace-but never common-thief, has survived and flourished through a series of magical trials. Kell-once assumed to be the last surviving Antari-begins to waver under the pressure of competing loyalties. Once brimming with the red vivacity of magic, darkness casts a shadow over the Maresh Empire, leaving a space for another London to rise. The precarious equilibrium among the four London's has reached its breaking point. Black London has risen again - and so to keep magic's balance, another London must fall. But another London is coming back to life, a shadow that was gone in the night reappears in the morning. As Red London prepares for the Element Games - an extravagant international competition of magic - a certain pirate ship draws closer. Restless, and having given up smuggling, he is visited by dreams of ominous magical events, waking only to think of Lila. But once upon a time, there was Black London. Then, White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne.

There is Red London, where life and magic are revered. There is Grey London, dirty and crowded and without magic, home to the mad king George III. Most people only know one London but what if there were several? Kell is one of the last Travelers magicians with a rare ability to travel between parallel London's.

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