Dameon
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[edit] Description and Importance
A character from Isobelle Carmody's series, "Obernewtyn Chronicles." Dameon is an older misfit. He is tall, blind, has an "angular" body, light to white eyes, a slightly large nose, and many, many freckles. Dameon is a very talented empath, and is the Guild Master of the Empath Guild. Due to this, he is often seen as a gentle character. Dameon first appears in the first "Obernewtyn Chronicles" book, "Obernewtyn" and since then has been regarded as one of Elspeth Gordie's, the main character's, most loyal friend. Dameon was introduced to Elspeth Gordie by another character, Matthew, easily his best friend before being taken away as a slave.
[edit] Background
The character Dameon, was the son of a councilman. As it goes, he was to inheret all the vast properties of his father after his death, however, when his father does die, instead of obtaining the property, his cousin pronounces him misfit, and he is sent to Obernewtyn, where he will meet Matthew, and later, Elspeth.
[edit] Special Events
In, "Obernewtyn," when he, Matthew, and Elspeth begin planning an escape, they decide it best to elect a leader. What happens is, Dameon, is the one they choose on being their leader. He however, finds this plan all but brilliant, stating it is a bad choice because of his blindness.
In the fourth and currently last installement of the Obernewtyn Chronicles, Dameon is in Sador, where he was left at the end of the third book, "Ashling." He was expected to arrive after winter, at the begining of the story. However, it is not he who appears, but a tribes woman from Sador bearing a letter from him, stating why his arrival will be delayed. As it is, his was to be given a high standing in the tribe which would alow him to learn more of the Sadorians' background, a possibly helpful tool fopr misfits. There is another reason too. It seems the temple gaurdian has taken a great liking to the Empath, and when he becomes sick and on his death bed, he asks Dameon to stay untill his death. While this occurs through out the book, until re-appearing towards the end of the story, he keeps in contact with Elspeth, the main character, and other misfits through letters of "prickings."
Also in the fourth "Obernewtyn Chronicles" book, he keeps mentions-along with many other misfits-of having dreams of his lost friend Matthew. At first he says that he feels, smells, and hears things in his dreams wich tell him they are of Matthew, however, later on, he has one particular dream in which he states that he 'sees' his friend standing on a block, being sold, and with whip marks. This is an odd part to the story, because the character is blind.
Finally, when the red-headed beauty, Dragon, arrives to the series, it is he who is said to "take her under his wing." This explain's the young girl's interest with the boy in the end of the fourth installment of the series, The Keeping Place after awakening from a long state of comatose.
[edit] Theories
Rumor has it that Dameon is secretly in love with Elspeth, and there for from the third Obernewtyn book, Ashling he creates a block so as that Elspeth may not read his thoughts, and he not read her feelings.
This has been rumored to be proven by the author in an interview.
