Disclaimer: I do not own Di-gata Defenders Greg Collinson and NELVANA do.
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Adam
Good
Adam wouldn't lie – well, actually he would– but, if he is being completely honest, it is odd being one of the Defenders.
Adam has spent so long, and still does now, deceiving his way through life. It is not to say he isn't skilled in the art of spells (he could cast with both hands, thank you) but his real talent lays in the manipulation of others.
So, he feels it to be understandable when it just doesn't seem right to be fighting alongside those who put their lives on the line to save people they do not know. They are heroes by all respects, and more, ready to give up everything for a world most take for granted.
Him though? He is no hero – a villain would be a better fitting role for him.
If the defenders are a light that shines upon RaDos, Adam is the shadow – close, but never good enough.
Kara
Ghost
At first, Kara is ecstatic. No, she's not alive but this is close enough, almost like she's been given another chance and all is good again.
Until she runs in the barrier that keeps the souls that inhabit this accursed mountain prisoner in its field.
Kara has never been so disappointed before – so ready to just give up and let go. Of course, those feelings soon leak away to burning rage, because it's not fair! She wants to be with her brother, not to be stuck in some stupid mountain!
Eventually, Kara's able to compose herself, and assures herself that Erik will come for her – he always comes.
He will save her.
It's only later, when her brother is right there that Kara realizes that for Erik to be with her he would have to remain here, trapped forever like she is, because Erik would never leave her behind when she isn't able to escape with him.
Transparent, green eyes look away from her brother as what would have been her heart seems to shatter (why was it that she can never be free of grief?) into pieces.
She will not be the reason he has to sacrifice.
She could not be.
Erik
Genius
Yes, the Dojo had protected them and he did understand the reasons for them being separated from the rest of the world.
However, as his face was met once again with a rough fist, Erik becomes increasingly aware of the disadvantages to isolation from society for a long time – like not knowing any of the social laws that are considered common knowledge.
Erik hadn't known that being smart was a bad thing – hadn't known that speaking what the others described as 'techno lingo' was frowned upon.
He hadn't known that it would cause physical pain either.
That was why Erik is currently pushed against a dusty, cold wall as a tall, burly man beats him. Leering voices swam from every direction, and in the dark of the night in this abandoned alley (not to mention the vertigo making the world spin) Erik knew he couldn't depend on help and nor could he identify his tormentors for later justice.
So all he can do is bite his lip to try and stop the tears that came anyway as his possessions were ripped away (his stones and gauntlet were the first things they took).
Next time Erik feels the urge to explain a scientific phenomenon, Erik waits until he was safe with the other defenders, who may tease him now and then but would never hurt him.
He hopes.
Rion
Gatekeeper
They try not to think how wrong this is, how this whole situation should be so much more different from what it is as they fight over the control of the opening to the Dark Realm. They came to retrieve Kara who had been drawn in, only to find the guardian of the Ethos standing at the portal, waiting.
They cast their spells towards the blond boy clad in black ("He's Kara's age," as if Erik isn't feeling bad enough), disturbed by the fact that he has no choice but to protect these monsters.
He is a mistake made by the Wizards after the spell to create the Ethos Slayer went wrong (they can see the hatred in those eyes burning towards Mel in those few moments where his will breaks through. "Your kind did this to me!") And he hates her for it because every day he loses control and kills innocents. He can't help it and he fights the rising darkness every time, but is always unable to stop it from transforming him into the creature that stabs fear into all RaDosians.
So, the Defenders fight and try to ignore the request to help him since he can't stop on his own and he doesn't want to do this and they are the Di-gata Defenders, so surely they can cure him, right?
None of them want this fight so the Defenders aim to make the kill as quick and painless as possible, knowing they cannot risk a fellow Defender and civilians to save one enemy. That doesn't make the action any easier.
This 'Rion' never intended to be a slave to the Ethos.
He never intended to be the worst threat to this Realm that should have been his home.
He ended up being one anyway.
Melosa
Guess
Mel loves to read, to learn and to depend on logic. She would spend endless hours in the library, filling her mind with as much information as she could.
Similarly, when she makes decisions, Mel wants to know the situation first and base her opinion of what is known and what is unknown. From there she can narrow down the wide range of possibilities. More research would focus her probable solutions further and further until she is able to isolate a single, perfect option that resolves the problem completely.
However, the main flaw in her way of thinking and decision making is the element of time. It takes much too long for the whole process of searching, learning and assessing and so it is impractical in real life and death situations that depend on a moment's choice.
This is the reason Mel knows she will never make a great leader. While she has the patience, strive to learn and knows much, she simply cannot make the proper split-second judgments that Seth can. Whenever put on the spot, she attempts to rush the ordeal, drawing up as many facts as she can, weighting the advantages against the consequences …
Under the pressure of a dire situation, with others depending on her (and becoming more doubtful as their impatience grows) interferes with more of her thinking to a point where there are just jumbled thoughts in her head that will never be useful if she can't organize them.
So, her only choice is to blindly leap out unprepared and hope that she doesn't speak falsely.
Because if there was anyone who knows, it is Mel who is well aware that chance is not scientifically correct with the appropriate proof and various supporting evidences.
Particularly not with her.
Seth
Great
Their parents are good people, sacrificing themselves for the betterment of RaDos. They are no monsters, no destroyers that these people label them as. These civilians have no idea what they are talking of, no concept of all the Defenders had given up for this land and its people. None of the scornful faces would be here if it hadn't been for the current Defender's parents. Yet, the group of men continues to try and convince him of the supposed evils all his and his friend's parents committed.
The leader of the new Defenders comes to the older Defender's defense, because none of what the locals say is true. It stings when he can only respond with silence to the rebuttal "Did you even know them?" because he did not, his father died far too early for Seth to anything more than what Alnar has let slip. Still, it matters little to Seth since he is completely certain that the previous generation of Di-gata Defenders did nothing but good deeds for this Realm. These people are just ungrateful and forgetful of their saviors.
The villagers taunt him with lies about the destruction of Arboth and constant threat of the Megalith being the fault of the Defenders and Seth's annoyance continues to rise until he starts to argue back.
The response is unexpected.
"Poor kid, they've brainwashed him."
"Naive."
"Hope he's nothing like his father."
He angrily leaves the people who continue to spit out insults and personal opinions of their parents' selfless act.
Their parents are good people who died from a noble cause.
Their parents would not have abandoned them for anything less.
~Denvana~