Editing Blake Thorburn (section)

==Personality==

Blake seeks to leave the world a better place than he finds it, so he tends to take on responsibilities that aren't his own and at cost. He prefers to avoid conflict, but if pressed tends to lash out rather than remain passive.

While his time on the streets has encouraged a deep sense of empathy, Blake has also developed an aversion to being touched due to an incident. Although he notes that this gives him a keener set of instincts, he considers it a weakness of character. This is later revealed to have been a safe measure as, due to him actually being a vestige, every time he came into contact with something it damaged him.

He has a tendency to seek revenge on those he believes have slighted him, even when unnecessary. This may have caused premature escalation of the conflict between him and Laird, as well as leading up to the risk of being [[Forsworn]] after promising not to kill Laird if he could help it but doing so when he was forced to confront his own Ghosts. After Rose had taken his place he felt immense anger for her endangering his friends.

He is distant with all his family with the exception of [[Paige Thorburn]] and [[Molly Walker]], who he had close ties with before running away. He and Rose have a strained relationship as, because he's fated to die and she would become the next heir, they instinctively distrust one another. Despite that, he does consider her a sister and friend worth risking his life over until later revelations reveal that they are destined to fight and only one can survive. While he tries to mitigate this, both are suspicious of each other.

He also has an interest in art stemming from his original, but while he had the desire, Rose got the talent, adding to the conflict between them.

As a result of becoming an [[Other]] he no longer feels fear in the same way and easily becomes angered, at some point acknowledging that he's afraid he may not be able to stop.