Teren Santoro

Teren Santoro
Leader of The Inquisition Axis
Age	19
Gender	Male
Species	Human (Malfetto)
Hair	Wheat Blond
Eyes	Pale Blue Blue (former)
Family	Unnamed father †
Allies	The Inquisition Axis Giulietta Valenciano
Enemies	The Dagger Society
Status	Deceased

Teren Santoro is one of the major supporting characters and one of the three narrators in The Young Elites trilogy.

Biography

Teren is the Leader of the Inquisition Axis and works for the king, seeking out Young Elites and destroy them before they destroy the nation. Although he believes the Young Elites are dangerous, Teren may have the darkest secret of all. He himself is a Young Elite, any wound on his body instantly healing. At the young age of 11, both he and his father, the Lead Inquisitor at the time, contracted the blood fever, only for his father to die in two mere days while Teren survived and agonized over his death. The only known mark left by the blood fever is his eyes becoming a very pale, almost translucent, blue. However, because he was now a malfetto, he was kicked out of the Inquisition Axis. By the time Teren was sixteen, he was marking the homes of malfettos and reported suspicious looking townsfolk, that of which included Daphne, who was loved by Enzo. Upon turning her in, he was summoned by Giulietta and and the late king of Kenettra, and was henceforth reinstated in the Inquisition and the public was told that he did not have a marking. It was at this moment where he finally saw himself as an abomination the gods sent to rid the world of other abominations and to stop them from corrupting Kenettra. It is later known that Teren killed the King, and was having an affair with the Queen for an indefinite amount of time.

Personality

Teren is cruel, sadistic, and harsh, completely dedicating himself to annihilating the Young Elites and ridding the world of abominations, though he himself is a Young Elite. He drowns himself in self-loathing because of his powers, believing that killing off malfettos means "saving their souls" and sees it as a way of helping and redeeming them. He felt Teren devotes himself completely to the queen, even at the cost of his childhood friend Enzo. Although he is seemingly cruel, he loves the queen dearly and strives to please her.

Physical Description

Teren has wheat-colored hair and his mark from the blood fever is his very pale blue eyes, almost colorless. His hair is cut in a very specific fashion; shorter hair on the sides, longer on top, and a small tail at the back.

Powers and Abilities

Teren has the unique ability to heal any wound inflicted upon him, including even the deepest of cuts and bruises. This power, however, weakened considerably and his wounds started to stitch up slower and slower due to an imbalance in the mortal world.