Ian Dreadful

Ian Dreadful (born on the 7th of April, 3009) was one of the four members of a Wizard squad consisting of Christopher Spellcrafter, Penny Dreadful, and Megan Fairyhorn. Before the Alliance, he was found as an orphan and taken into the Dreadful manor at a very young age which made him a member of the Dreadful family. He was trained to be an imperial knight by Vedi Der Ritter and once he managed to accomplish basic tasks such as policing and guard duty, he was officially a knight of the Imperial Military. Eventually, however, he realized the corruptive nature of the Empire and left for the Alliance, hoping to clear his name and forget about all the harm he had caused and the people he'd helped kill throughout his time as a knight - including during the invasion of Japan.

Early life
Ian was born April 7th, 3009 and was found near the Dreadful family manor grounds as a toddler by one of the butlers, who took him in. The only thing he had on him was a birth certificate. Chaos felt the best choice was to send him to an orphanage in hopes that someone else would take him in or his parents would find him again, however Madelyn intervened and decided it would be better if they adopted him instead. Chaos agreed and he officially became a member of the Dreadful family.

As a kid, Ian was a rough houser who got himself into trouble often in hopes of becoming strong like his foster siblings. Vedi Der Ridder, an imperial knight who guarded the Dreadful family, took this as an opportunity to take him under his wing. He brought Ian into the knight division of the Imperial Military and began his training. His tasks typically involved basic policing and guard duty, he was even tasked to guard Chaos at one point. By the time he was eleven years old, he officially became a knight and it wasn't long before he was sent to Japan to aid in the destruction of many cities.

Family life
Ian's family life is a mystery, especially his parents. For all he knew, he could have been from another planet. The only family he felt like he had was with the Dreadful family. He felt like he didn't belong there, as if he was the odd one out since he wasn't a part of the royal bloodline and felt weaker when it came to magic. So he would constantly try to impress his foster parents, Chaos Dreadful and Madelyn Dreadful. His relationship with his foster siblings, especially with Penny, were a bit complicated; however, Tori (Victoria Dreadful) was much nicer and accepting of him.

Meeting Chris
Ian had been in Terminus for a little over a year at this point and had known Megan Fairyhorn for that amount of time as well. A day before class was starting back up for all of the magic schools, Megan found Ian and briefly told him about a boy named Christopher Spellcrafter, who was Emily's brother and being trained by Hunter, and that Hunter had gotten out of control, nearly killing him. She mentioned that she didn't have time to go and check on him herself, but told him to go find him and do it for her. Ian agreed to check around the city and look in case he saw anyone with green hair, realizing he didn't exactly have a choice in the matter due to how "bossy" Megan was.

As he walked along the edge of Terminus, he spotted Chris walking by and tried getting his attention. He could tell he looked upset and tried his best to make light of the situation and give him the answers he needed. After introducing himself, the two of them began talking about several things, one of them being that the Dreadful sisters may have been different but didn't deserve to be treated less than anyone else there. This confused Chris which prompted them to talk about the Empire, along with the different factions that existed. Ian could tell Chris had a lot of questions and was really confused so he felt the best person to go for answers on the history between wizards and sorcerers was Autumn. Ian left to get some food while him and Autumn talked, and after a while, they met back up and he took him back to his dorm room.

The Clocktower incident
After Chris had officially been appointed as the squad's new leader, Megan and Ian headed back to their house to relax. It wasn't long before they head a knock on their front door and both answered it only to find it was Shadow Victoria. She had informed them that both Chris and Penny were located at the clocktower, and that Hunter would be there as well. Ian was confused as to why she would be telling them this as if she actually cared, but he shrugged it off. He and Megan took immediate action, letting Autumn and one of the Terminus guards know what was going on before heading in their direction. Ian went after Emily, who they figured would be there as well, while Megan went after Chris and Penny. By the time they reached them, the clocktower was falling apart and burned to a crisp. They both had to act fast, but luckily, they all escaped with their lives, including Hunter who got away.

Trivia

 * Ian did not have a last name as of book one. The author later decided that since he was adopted by the Dreadful family, he should have the Dreadful name as well.
 * Ian was once far more serious. Though he still has his serious moments, Ian prefers to keep his comrades in high spirits.
 * He was once assigned to hunt Megan on Earth
 * Ian's name was once just 'Shadow' and acted as a sort of code name, but this was removed by the third draft of Spellcrafter Delta.
 * Ian suspects that his parents were lower class citizens of Umbra Fani and could not afford to take care of him.