Sylas Langley

"'You are mean, destructive, and evil. Curse you, demon.' -Sylas to Aestas in The Vangilders Paradox."Sylas Alastor Langley, also known as The First Emissary, and The Sun God, is a recurring character in The Vangilder Chronicles. Being first mentioned in Book Two, he is the namesake of the reoccurring destructive event, The Summer of Sylas. Sylas is the youngest of Ezra Langley's sons and daughters and an Emissary of Aestas.

Due to being an Emissary, he is older than he looks. Being over 300 years old, he still retains the physical appearance of a 21-year-old man. He is the titular antagonist of Book Three and later becomes a recurring protagonist starting in Book Five.

Appearance
Sylas is a tall, well built young man with a chiseled jaw, blue eyes, and dark brown hair. In flashbacks of when he was alive, he seems to have faint facial hair after living for a century. But when he is resurrected, he is cleanly shaven. He stands at about 6 feet.

Personality
Sylas is very kind, doing whatever he can to help others. He is usually very aware of when he makes a mistake and is quick to apologize for it and correct himself. He can lose his temper at times when angered but otherwise he is relatively calm. Sylas believes in justice in terms of compassion, not morality, meaning that he is more likely to steer away from the "eye for an eye" proverb and take what he believes is owed to him or others. He has a profound side though, as he enjoys being in Julius's subconscious mind due to his overactive imagination, stating that he liked how his mind was full of flowers and paintings.

Early Life
Sylas was born on Hamal, a star in the Aries constellation to an unnamed mother and father. He was abandoned on a church step in infancy, and Ezra who was visiting Hamal to teach school children saw Sylas and adopted him into his family. He grew up with 6 other siblings and they would regularly get into fights with him due to his mercurial, irresponsible, and reckless behavior. Sylas, Stella, Sygnus, and Sylvia were taught magic by their father, Ezra while the other two siblings: Sirius and Serah, were born Lightless. Sylas quickly noticed his affinity for fire, but he could never draw out his power the way his siblings could. This caused him to read about Emissaries, and he became hellbent on becoming one solely to be able to protect his family. Ezra found out however, and scolded him, telling him to never become an Emissary because of a past incident with his uncle.

Adulthood
At 20 years old, Sylas was still unable to conjure magic like his siblings and was the only one still studying under his father. After a fight with Ezra, he went on a journey to find Anemos, the land of the Gods so he could become an Emissary. After unknowingly meeting Aestas in the Dionian Forests, she was impressed with his determination and made him one of her Emissaries. Her previous Emissary, Vesta had died 700 years prior and in turn she was his progenitor. Excited that he could finally help others, he reveled in the glory and fame of emissaryship, believing it to be a blessing. He wandered Via Lactea's Outer Uranian region to help others in need and to establish a name for himself as a paragon of justice and goodwill.

His streak of good deeds was short-lived however, as he started receiving vocations from Aestas to do things such as steal from travelers or set villages on fire in an act of worship to her. He always refused, and he made it almost a century without completing any of her destructive objectives. In an attempt to expose the realities of being an Emissary, Sylas stood at the center of a village in Diphda to announce to everybody what types of visions Aestas was giving him. But before he could, Aestas possessed him and cast a spell towards the sky, bringing the stars and planets closer to the sun. This had an immediate effect on the entire population of Via Lactea, killing billions in the first week. This event called The Summer of Sylas would continue to persist every 7th month.

Still reeling from the guilt of causing The Summer of Sylas, Sylas fell into a large depression. At the time, e didn't realize it was his birthday until Vesta reminded him. After getting a burst of energy, he sent messages to his siblings to convene with them at the Langley House for a party to celebrate his father's birthday as well since they were born on the same day. During this time he was suffering from bloodlust, but never did anything about it. When the time came for his father's birthday, he ended up succumbing to bloodlust and he subsequently burned down the Langley House with his siblings and father in it after landing on Iapetus. Realizing the consequences of his actions, he burned himself along with them as an act of repentance.

Before The Summer of Sylas
After death, Sylas was born into the Spirit Realm as a vengeful spirit who longed for the death of Aestas. When a new Emissary arose later that century, he and Vesta became her progenitors. He planned to take over her body to enact his plan of revenge against Aestas, but June's memories revealed that Aestas was her sister. This angered him and caused him to attempt to kill June instead to use her as an example for Aestas. This failed however, as Vesta stopped him immediately and shut him out of June's subconscious mind into her unconscious mind, trapping him there for years.

The Summer of Sylas
With Julius becoming an Emissary, he took this as a chance to kill June and Aestas. He invaded Julius's dreams since Julius was unable to access his subconscious mind.

Abilities
Sylas is very well versed in Fire, Solar, Heat, and Summer Magic.


 * Fire Manipulation
 * Pyretic Punisher
 * Antipyretic Punisher
 * Infinite Punisher