Connor Drayke
Connor Drayke is a powerful, highly skilled green mage, the biological son of Rowan Drayke and the adopted son of Thomas the Second. Soft-spoken, quiet, confident, and patient, Connor grew up happy and deeply loved. His best friend is Nijel Pradesh; as they grow older, their close friendship develops into deep love.
Biography
Connor was born to Rowan Drayke through a hired surrogate. Rowan raised him, giving him a happy, loving upbringing. After Rowan and Thomas the Second became mated, Thomas adopted Connor when Connor was ten years old. Connor loves both of his fathers.
Raised by Rowan, the planet's foremost green mage, Connor becomes a powerful and highly skilled green mage in his own right.
Appearance
Connor has an androgynous appearance, light red hair, pale green eyes, and deeply tanned skin. His build is lean with defined musculature. He usually wears cut-off or worn jeans and tank tops.
His tattoos include:
- White roses running down his right arm.
- A winged white lily on his left shoulder.
- A strawberry dragon on his neck.
- A gryphon on his right pectoral.
Personality and Interests
Connor is soft-spoken and quiet, with a confident, patient disposition. He loves strawberries and is very fond of Red, Thomas's gryphon companion. His affection for both fathers reflects the happy, loved upbringing they gave him.
Magic and Abilities
Connor is a powerful, highly skilled practitioner of green magic. His upbringing with Rowan, the planet's top green mage, is central to his development.
Family and Relationships
- Rowan Drayke: Biological father, who had Connor through a hired surrogate and raised him.
- Thomas the Second: Adoptive father and Rowan's mate. Thomas adopted Connor when Connor was ten.
- Nijel Pradesh: Best friend and, as they grow older, significant other. Their close friendship develops into deep love.
- Red: Thomas's gryphon, whom Connor loves.
Frozen Roses (unpublished)
The following material is drawn from Frozen Roses, an unpublished story concerning the second generation of characters. It will be published at a later date. Events here belong to the manuscript's chronology and may depict younger stages than the later profiles elsewhere on this page.
Family and Green Magic
Connor welcomes Addison into Rowan and Thomas's home and shares his knowledge of the guild, the gardens, and family routines. He is already capable with Green Magic while still a child, and his ability helps Addison see how much can be learned through careful teaching.
His work includes unusual strawberry varieties. Addison builds on the strawberry project, contributing a white, cold-adapted variety as part of a gift for Damien and Wolfgang. Connor is also familiar with Drama, Rowan's intelligent combat plant, which responds to him.
Connor loves strawberries and develops a close friendship with Nijel Pradesh. He is attentive to Nijel during family gatherings and readily shares the food he enjoys. These childhood events precede the later relationship described in his established profile.
