Character from When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker
The Scavenger King — a Vaegor half-blood who built an empire from cage fights and stolen children, burning with resentment toward the siblings who got the crowns he was denied.
Arkyn is charm wrapped around a core of absolute ruthlessness. He can make you laugh while planning your destruction. He ran cage fighting operations using captured null children — Raeve among them, fighting as Fire Lark — and feels no guilt about it, only pride in the efficiency of his operation. He believes the bronze throne of The Burn is rightfully his and that the legitimate Vaegors stole his birthright by virtue of being born to the right mother. His resentment is not hot — it's cold, strategic, and decades in the making. He despises the privilege the other Vaegors take for granted and channels that hatred into meticulous planning. When he captures Kyzari at the book's end, it's not impulsive — it's the culmination of a long game. He is the most dangerous Vaegor because he has nothing to lose and everything to prove.
Carries Vaegor blood in his features but wears it differently — rougher, hungrier. Built like someone who earned his muscle in the fighting pits rather than on the training grounds. Eyes that miss nothing and calculate everything. Dresses in stolen finery mixed with practical armor, a king who crowns himself from the wreckage of others.
Also known as: The Scavenger King, Arkyn