Meet the Cast
Pressia Belze
The Reluctant RomanticWe're going play a little "there's some bad news, and there's some good news." Of course, when it comes down to Pressia, the fiercest heroine in dystopic lit (move aside, Katn...
Ripkard "Partridge" Willux
The Leader from Within His fate: lead. His thoughts on leading: "Does he have it in him to lead? Where would he even begin?" (14.76). Okay, so Partridge isn't exactly the most confident dude out th...
El Capitan
The Dark HaloFor many readers, El Capitan is the true hero of this story. He's an evil dude turned good, and he's a hardened man with a soft interior. Oh yeah: and he acts as sort of a warped Chris...
Bradwell
The Truth SeekerBradwell wants the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. And he's not afraid to admit it:I'm not like El Capitan. He wants to bring the Dome down. And Partridge, he wan...
Lyda Mertz
The Warrior Holy evolution, Batman. In Pure, Lyda is mainly just a pretty girl who takes Partridge to the dance… although she starts getting fierce towards the end. But right from the inception o...
Helmud
The AngelIn a novel full of compelling, three-dimensional, dynamic characters, only one gets the gold medal for Most Consistently Surprising. Yep: our boy Helmud. He's the guy fused to El Capitan's...
Iralene Willux
A Sane Psychopath?We hate her. We pity her. We're totally scared of her… until she turns out to be an ally. Sometimes she seems like a knife-wielding Stepford Wife, and sometimes she seems like a...
Arvin Weed
The Boy Genius Arvin has what is possibly the most unfortunate name in the history of unfortunate names—but luckily he's more than talented enough to compensate for it. He's a science whiz, a med...
Durand Glassings
Beautiful BarbarismOld man Glassings is Partridge's one-time world history teacher, and he's pretty much the closest thing Partridge has to a father.We'll give you a refresher course on Glassings:...
Ellery Willux
100% EvilPapa Ellery hasn't gotten any nicer in Fuse. In fact, he's gotten much worse. Not only is this guy still plotting to make the wretches into slaves for a New Eden, but he's also planning on...
Fignan
Possibly one of the strangest characters in the book is Fignan: a mobile, robotic Black Box. Fignan has the same kind of information as a computer, and holds all of Ellery Willux's secrets. But he'...