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List of Travelers
Denduron: Alder (was Alder's brother originally. Alder died on Second Earth after being shot multiple times in the torso)
Cloral: Vo Spader (was Spader, Sr. before his death)
First Earth: Vincent "Gunny" Van Dyke
Second Earth: Bobby Pendragon (Press Tilton before his death (gunshot wound), and Alexander Naymeer during Bobby's absence. Naymeer died after being thrown out of a flying helicopter by Bobby)
Third Earth: Patrick Mac (who dies after being in a car collision after trying to help Pendragon)
Veelox: Aja Killian (but on Ibara's history after being assassinated on Veelox)
Eelong: Kasha (who dies due to flume collapse on Eelong. The previous Travler was Seegen, Kasha's father, who was killed by the poison on Cloral)
Zadaa: Loor (formerly Osa, who died after taking four arrows to the chest on Denduron)
Quillan: Elli Winter (Nevva Winter until the latter's alliance with Saint Dane)
Ibara: Siry Remudi (formerly Jen Remudi, who died after falling off the Tato Platform on Quillan)
Pendragon Adventure (Traveler)
A Traveler is an individual originating from one of ten territories who is chosen to try to save his or her territory when something goes wrong. They are the only ones who know of the existence of flumes other than their aides, who are called "acolytes". It is unknown how Travelers are chosen, and so far it has only been determined that they are born and raised for the purpose thereof. Each Traveler trains and introduces their successor to his or her new life. When a person is told that they are a Traveler, all traces of that person's existence disappear, including families, except in the memories of those who knew that family or person. It is unknown as of yet where the families of travelers go, but the Travelers are reassured by their trainers that they remain alive.
There is one Traveler from each territory; at the time when there are two Travelers, the previous Traveler will soon die. The previous Traveler, however, is allowed a certain amount of time in which to train the new Traveler in ways of judgment and responsibility.
Every Traveler has special abilities. Many of the Travelers have demonstrated some of the following abilities at some time in the novels:
- Power of persuasion;
- Hear all speech (and see all writing) as their own tongue, although words that describe things individual to one territory do not change (Omnilinguality);
- Recover from injuries that would kill any normal person;
- Heal another Traveler or bring them back to life through sheer force of will.
- Read the minds of those around them (although only Press Tilton, Osa, and Saint Dane has exercised this ability so far).
Travelers are also able to shapeshift into animals or other humans, though only Saint Dane and Nevva Winter are shown to do so. In Raven Rise, Alexander Naymeer has the ability to activate the flume at any place and allow ordinary people to travel between territories. He can also project images of Halla from his ring.
In The Quillan Games, Saint Dane claims that all travelers are illusions, using this to explain their abilities as a lack of the limitations extant upon other people.
In Raven Rise, all the travelers appeared in the same unknown area and they all chose to change what had happened.
Pendragon Adventure
The Pendragon Adventure is a young adult series of fantasy novels by D. J. MacHale. They follow the chronicles of Bobby Pendragon, a teenager who discovers that he, as well as his two best friends, Mark Dimond and Courtney Chetwynde, must try to save the universe. Each book switches between the first-person perspective of Bobby's journals and third-person narratives of other prominent characters.
The first book, The Merchant of Death, was originally published in 2002 by Aladdin Paperbacks. The series has nine books thus far: The Merchant of Death, The Lost City of Faar, The Never War, The Reality Bug , Black Water, The Rivers of Zadaa, The Quillan Games, The Pilgrims of Rayne, and Raven Rise. The title of the tenth and final book, The Soldiers of Halla, was announced on December 9th on the official Pendragon website.[1]
On his official site, MacHale stated that he had finished the first draft of the last book, and said it would be a "killer finale." He plans for it to come out May 12, 2009. He also announced that the first graphic novel based on the Pendragon series would be released around the time of the ninth book, and that a short series of books meant to be companions to the series will be released, with the release of the first companion book scheduled for before the release of book ten
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