Character from Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
A merchant's son with a secret — he can't read, he can build bombs, and he fell in love with a sharpshooter who makes him blush so hard it's practically a medical condition.
Wylan was disowned by his father Jan Van Eck for being unable to read — a shameful secret in a merchant family where contracts are everything. He ended up in the Dregs because Kaz saw his other talents: chemistry, demolitions, and a Fabrikator ability Wylan didn't know he had. He is the crew's moral compass in a different way than Inej — where Inej holds the line through faith, Wylan holds it through decency. He doesn't want to hurt people. He flinches at violence. He builds explosives and flash-bombs because that's what the crew needs, not because he enjoys destruction. His romance with Jesper is the gentle counterpoint to Kaz and Inej's painful push-pull — Jesper flirts shamelessly, Wylan turns crimson, and somehow they find each other in the middle of a heist. After the events of Crooked Kingdom, Wylan reclaims his father's fortune and estate.
Curly reddish-brown hair, blue eyes, the kind of soft features that look out of place in the Barrel. Still carries the clean look of a merchant's son despite his best efforts to fit in with the Dregs. Blushes constantly.
Also known as: Wylan, Wylan Hendriks