Claydon Torcreek

Claydon Torcreek is one of the main POV characters in the Draconis Memoria.

Personality
Clay's temper runs hot. This causes him to act or speak first and think later. As the books progress and he grows as a person, he becomes more thoughtful.

He is a natural protector. This instinct stems from an abusive father who murdered Clay's mother. After he killed his father and was living on the streets, Clay adopted the orphaned Derk and Joya. This instinct was seen again when his cousin Loriabeth was about to be attacked by Greens. Clay jumped from the wall and ran to her aid before anyone could stop him.

Clay has a relationship with a girl from his uncles contractor group. The girls name is silverpin and later on in the book we find she is a blood blessed and a vessel for the whites biding she corrupts the group forcing them to countine on the quest to find the white though clay has a resistance to this he dose not wish to harm silverpin due to his love with her and doesit seem to think she might be "evil". Later on he has to kill sliverpin when they encounter the white this leaves clay scared and will later on be haunted you the ghost of silverpin in near blue trance like ways.

Early Life
Clay was present for the Carvenport disaster. The Black's escape allowed him to leave without being registered as a Blood-blessed.

His father was an abusive alcoholic. Clay's mother was a kind woman who did her best to raise him, but after she died, all that was left was Clay's father. At some point Clay killed his father, Braddon's brother, and when he tried to take refuge with Braddon, he was turned away for patricide.

Abilities and Powers
Clay is an unregistered blood-blessed. Like all blood-blessed, he gains power from consuming the blood of drakes. He is most proficient with Black.

Relationships

 * Lizanne Lethridge
 * Braddon Torcreek
 * Silverpin