Kasta

Personality
Kasta, the eldest heir to Orkena, can be best described as a paranoid, broken prince who has endured a rough childhood. Constantly compared to his half-brother Jet, he yearns for the approval and love of The Mestrah, his father. He does not trust anyone due to his past, and chooses to keep to himself. Due to his desire to prove his worth through a show of power, he resorts to any means necessary to win The Crossing and claim the throne of Orkena. He is what you would call a 'morally-grey character,' who is portrayed as a villain overrun with shadows, but contains some light within him that makes you question whether he is inherently 'evil' or not.

Born forsaken, Kasta grew up knowing that if he did not show signs of magic soon, he would be thrown out to live with the Forsaken, doomed to poverty. He spent a large amount of time searching for a cure, at one point he considered killing a Shifter to gain it's powers. But his childhood friend Maia killed it instead, to save him from the horrible treatment that Shifters are subject to. He soon resolved to fake being a Deathbringer by using the venom of scorpions. However, in the events of The Kinder Poison, Maia forces Kasta to kill her with the sacrificial dagger. Not only giving him her Shifter powers, but also Numet's Mark, making him picked by the gods to be the next Mestrah.

Appearance
Kasta is described as tall and lean, with a muscled torso. He has black hair that curls at the ears and his eyes are a beautiful blue, sometimes turning 'silver-blue'. He has sharp features and generally appears cold and eerily-calm.