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Alvar Soren Vacker is the first-born child of Alden and Della Vacker and is the elder brother of Fitz and Biana Vacker. Like his mother, Della, and his younger sister, Biana, he is a Vanisher, an ability which allows light to pass through his body, rendering him invisible to his surroundings. Alvar is one of the long-standing members of the Neverseen and is also known as The Boy Who Disappeared. Since revealing himself as a member of the Neverseen, he lives as a fugitive instead of with his family, which has sparked tremendous grief among the Vacker family and a large scandal for the once 'perfect family'.

Vespera Folend had allowed Alvar to redeem himself, in which wiped all of his memories and left him sedated with Soporidine, leaving him unconscious and marked with Shamkniv cuts in Lady Gisela's Nightfall - Part of a larger plan to get him back into his former home, Everglen. He was found and awoken when Sophie Foster discovered him in Nightfall, realizing that he had lost his memories. Despite many thoughts that Alvar would be 'good' as he progressed, he still helped the Neverseen unleash the mutant trolls in the troll hive discovered at Everglen, after he regained his former memories. His brother, Fitz had accidentally locked Alvar in one of the troll hive cells and had stopped pressing buttons as goo started pouring into the cell. Alvar, using his skills of breathing control and temperature regulation kept himself alive, before sneaking out later, using his ability as a Vanisher to escape unnoticed. In Legacy, Sophie, Keefe Sencen, Sandor and Romhilda discover Alvar in Candleshade, finding him slowly dying from the hive goo. Alvar made a trade with Sophie, trading information about Lady Gisela, which in return, allowing him to light leap away. His current status is at the moment unknown, but it is presumed that he is dead.

Appearance

Alvar is described as an attractive man, he is described as one with "each hair... gelled to perfection... built as if he went to the gym twice a day... and his ornate cape... immaculate," "[the] same wavy hair, same square jaw... and pale blue eyes" like his mother, Della. When Sophie met Alvar for the first time, she described him as "ridiculously good-looking, [who] clearly... worked hard to look good", unlike his family who appeared seemingly perfect. However, as of Flashback, Alvar is said to have curved red scars on his neck, face, and arms after being cut by a Shamkniv. After escaping the troll hive goo at Everglen, his appearance became haggard and almost dead-like.

Personality

Alvar is a very smug and aloof person, shown to be a ladies' man, juggling three girlfriends in Keeper of the Lost Cities, much to Della's horror and Keefe's admiration. Alvar is described as exceptional in his academics by his siblings Biana and Fitz, having received the most prestigious award Foxfire could grant a prodigy. In Neverseen, Della tells Sophie of how she had kept Alvar in line for years. He is capable of committing violent acts, as seen through his active participation with the Neverseen. He is also somewhat manipulative, having tricked everyone into not considering him as a possible Neverseen member.

History

Book 1: Keeper of the Lost Cities

Alvar makes his first appearance at a dinner at Everglen after the midterms. He walks in late, apologizing to his mother, Della, of how he was caught up at work. Sophie made a comment on how she was unaware that Fitz and Biana had an older brother, where Alvar remarks sarcastically of how much his family talks about him. His father, Alden, defends them, saying how Alvar was always away at work. Later, Alvar informed Sophie that the sign on Grady's scrolls, in which she had seen earlier, was of the swan, where he stated that the Black Swan was a hoax.

After the dinner, Alvar walks in on a meeting between Alden and Sophie, in which Alden described as 'confidential'. Alvar notes how easy it is to sneak around as a Vanisher. Later, whilst Sophie was in the caves after an incident which occurred at Foxfire, and Dex Dizznee came after her, Alvar was one of the Neverseen members who kidnapped Sophie and Dex, using a sedative to knock them out before ripping off their registry pendants and throwing them into the ocean, to make it seem like they drowned, putting his ability as a Vanisher to use. Afterwards, he attended Sophie and Dex's wanderling funeral, comforting his brother Fitz, pretending to not know what happened.

Book 2: Exile

After Sophie's whisper and Wylie dancing at Foxfire broke Alden's mind, Alvar was the one who told Biana the news. He seemed calm, reaching out to help his family, Della, Fitz and Biana cope with Alden's condition. He explained to Sophie why Fitz was reacting the way he was; encouraging Biana and Fitz to understand that it wasn't Sophie's fault that their father's mind had broken.

Book 4: Neverseen

Towards the end of Neverseen, Alvar is revealed to have been a part of the Neverseen since he was in Foxfire, acting as a spy, and passing along information from his father, Alden. The Neverseen's pyrokinetics tell Alvar that the game is over, where Alvar, who went with Sophie and her friends on their mission as a guide, joins Brant and Fintan, showing that he was with the Neverseen all along. Alvar is revealed to be The Boy Who Disappeared, who was searching for the Moonlark for the Neverseen. Sophie and her friends manage to leap away just in time to tell everyone the news before the Neverseen could take any action. Later on, Alvar is present when Keefe joins the Neverseen.

Book 5: Lodestar

In Lodestar, Alvar is frequently mentioned by Keefe, while the latter was with the Neverseen. Alvar had many crazy theories about the identities of Mr. Forkle. Keefe had described Alvar as the nicest one to him there, acting like a 'big brother' making sure he was alright, particularly after the incident, in which the Neverseen made Keefe prove his loyalty by shattering part of Foxfire. During the confrontation at the Pallidrose hideout, Sophie inflicts Alvar, rendering him unconscious, but Keefe takes Tam's leaping crystal and brings Alvar to Alluveterre.

Book 6: Nightfall

Towards the end of Nightfall, Alvar is found unconscious in Lady Gisela's Nightfall and has been tortured with a shamkniv his face and arms marked with deep cuts. They find out that Alvar is unconscious because he was exposed to soporidine - a natural ogre weapon that renders you in a coma - a long, dreamless sleep. At the end of the book, when given the antidote to soporidine, Alvar wakes up with no memory of the fact that he was a member of the Neverseen and that he helped kidnap Sophie, where the book ends with Alvar questioning, "Who's Alvar?"

Book 7: Flashback

Alvar Tribunal

Alvar's Tribunal

In Flashback, Alvar still has no memory of his past life, which is confirmed by many Telepaths. He is sent by the Council to live at Everglen once again, with a guard, to see if he is telling the truth, providing a peaceful habitation, where Alvar will live in his own apartment at Everglen. Alvar protests that he would never rejoin the Neverseen, but rather protesting that he will do anything in his power to stop them, as he shows the scars on his arms, given by the Neverseen as proof.

At Everglen, on the lunar eclipse, Alvar recieves his memories back, where he rejoins the Neverseen. Fitz attempts to knock him out when he sees that he is moving towards Everglen's gates, but he is unable to do so because of Sophie's null blocking the Warden. When they get back and see that Alvar is standing by the gate, Fitz once again tries to knock him out but is unsuccessful. Gethen, Vespera, Ruy, and Umber eventually traps them, and Alvar groans and slumps to the ground at the sound of Vespera’s voice. He is later seen by the gate holding Fitz’s bandage, having regained his memories. Finally, he lets the Neverseen in, and releasing the trolls in the troll hive, almost killing all of Sophie's friends. Alvar receives multiple chances to leave the Neverseen, but he refuses. Later, he is knocked into one of the hatching pods, where Fitz and Biana frantically press buttons to lock him in but stop when the pod starts to fill with liquid. Afterwards, they thought that he was dead and left, but Alvar had actually used his skills of breathing control and temperature regulation to keep himself alive, before sneaking out later, using his ability as a Vanisher to escape unnoticed.

Book 8: Legacy

Alvar is found hiding at Candleshade by Sophie, Keefe, Sandor and Ro, where he claims that he's dying after being in the troll hive goo. Alvar tells them, he wants to die somewhere peaceful, so they decide to let Alvar light leap away, in exchange for information about Lady Gisela. It is unknown whether Alvar is currently alive.

Book 9.5: Unraveled

Keefe finds Alvar hiding in a library when he visits London. Alvar explains to Keefe about how he survived the troll hive thanks to human medicine. However, it led to him losing both his ability and skills. After hearing him out, Keefe decides to trust Alvar enough to stay in his company for the remainder of his stay in London. The two tour London together and stay in a fancy hotel. Eventually, Keefe manages to bring Alvar's vanishing ability back through pools of energy. Following this, they have a conversation about Keefe's new powers. At the end of the book, the two make plans to travel somewhere else together. However, before they are able to put these plans into motion, Sophie, Tam, and Dex show up leading to Keefe deciding to leave and return to the Lost Cities with them. Keefe says goodbye to Alvar who chooses to stay behind.

Relationships

Alvar

Alvar Vacker

Alden Vacker

  • Father/Enemy

Alden is Alvar's father, who disagrees with Alvar's decisions on many levels. Whilst Alvar was younger, before he had entered the Elite Levels, he had helped his father by searching for Sophie in the Forbidden Cities. As he aged, Alden replaced him with Fitz, as Fitz was closer to Sophie's age, and Alvar was unable to sneak out of the Silver Tower, whilst doing his Elite levels. Their relationship became strained after Alden learned that Alvar was a member of the Neverseen, and again after Alvar betrayed the Vackers a second time by choosing the Neverseen after his memories returned.

Della Vacker

  • Mother/Enemy

Della is Alvar's mother and is also a Vanisher. In Keeper of the Lost Cities, Alvar brags about having three girlfriends, much to Della's distaste. In Neverseen, she mentions to Sophie of how she had kept Alvar "in line for years". Much like her husband, Alden, Della wanted to believe that Alvar had changed after he lost his memories and was equally devastated and enraged when he rejoined the Neverseen in Legacy.

Fitz Vacker

  • Younger brother/Enemy

Fitz is Alvar's younger brother. Alvar has always felt that Fitz was Alden's favorite son, as stated in Neverseen, as the Golden Boy, shown to be a little jealous of Fitz. When Alvar was revealed as a member of Neverseen, Fitz was enraged. Fitz nearly killed Alvar in Flashback, and never forgave him even during his mind-wiped phase. Fitz's defense for trying to kill Alvar was that "he's a murderer", even though he has only been confirmed to have attempted murder, and it has not been specifically stated that he has succeeded. He was, however, responsible for distributing the gnomish plague that was released in Neverseen.

Biana Vacker

  • Younger sister/Enemy

Biana is Alvar's younger sister, and he seems to have a soft spot for her. When she learns that Alvar is part of the Neverseen she asks, "How could you?" Alvar's expression softens as he explains, showing that he cares more for her than he does for Fitz and the rest of the group. For unknown reasons, Alvar also believed that she would understand the Vacker Legacy.

Keefe Sencen

  • Former friend/Enemy

Keefe admired Alvar and saw him as a role model in Keeper of the Lost Cities and later works with him and the Neverseen, during Neverseen when Keefe ran off to be a spy for the Black Swan. Alvar doesn't believe that Keefe needs as much watching as the other members of Neverseen do, because he knows Keefe through Fitz and Lady Gisela.

Brant

  • Former ally

Brant and Alvar worked together in the Neverseen until Brant's death in Lodestar.

Fintan Pyren

  • Leader

Alvar works with Fintan in the Neverseen.

Ruy Tonio Ignis

Ruy and Alvar work together in the Neverseen, sharing the same room. Ruy is one year older than Alvar.

Sophie Foster

  • Former friend/Enemy

Alvar was the first person to look for Sophie before Fitz took over for him when he left for the Elite levels at Foxfire. Sophie saw him when she was five whilst he was watching her, using an addler that so that no one would remember his face. Sophie was frightened and ran, tripped, and fell on her head, causing her to blackout. Alvar thought that Sophie was not the one he was supposed to be looking for because of her brown eyes, and thus never said anything about her. Sophie is also the target of kidnapping, whom Alvar helped abduct and torture, which happened in Keeper of the Lost Cities. When Alden's mind broke, Alvar helped Sophie whilst Fitz was being mean to her. She was acquaintances with Alvar in Neverseen before he was revealed to be a member of the Neverseen. Sophie eventually left him seemingly for dead in Legacy trading information about Lady Gisela for his escape.

Quotes

“You'll understand, someday, when you see the Vacker legacy for what it is.”

—Alvar Vacker, in Book 4: Neverseen

“Who's Alvar?”

—Alvar Vacker, in Book 6: Nightfall

“I made my choices, and I stand by them—I'm not going to pretend otherwise. But don't treat me like I'm still with the Neverseen. I'm not.”

—Alvar Vacker, in Book 8: Legacy

“No. I got to grow up drowning in unrealistic expectations only to have all of that vanish when my parents had another son—as if that was some confirmation that I couldn't and wouldn't ever measure up.”

—Alvar Vacker, in Book 8: Legacy

Trivia

  • Alvar is a heavy sleeper.
  • The name "Alvar" means elf army, and "Soren" means "solemn".
  • Alvar is also an old German name meaning truth-speaker or guardian.
  • Alvar had a pet raptor.


Characters
Main Characters

Teenagers
Sophie Elizabeth FosterFitzroy Avery VackerBiana Amberly VackerDexter Alvin DizzneeMarella Adene RedekKeefe SencenTam Dai SongLinh Hai SongWylie Zoran Endal

Adults
Known Black Swan Members
Mr. ForkleBlurCoiffeDella Adara VackerGraniteJuline Kalea DizzneeLivvyLurMagnate Leto KerlofMityaPrentice EndalSiorSir Tiergan Andrin AlenefarSir AstinSquallTimkin HeksTinkerWraithJolie Lucine Ruewen

Known Neverseen Members
Alvar Soren Vacker/The Boy Who DisappearedBrantFintan PyrenGethenLady Gisela Minette SencenRuy Tonio IgnisTrixUmberVespera Neci Folend

Important Bodyguards
SandorGrizelFloriRomhildaBotrosNubitiTarina

Other
Alden Dedrick VackerElwin HeslegeLady Cadence TalleLord Cassius SencenEdaline Kelia RuewenGrady Howell Ruewen

Secondary Characters

Elves (Category)
Councillors (current and former)
Councillor AlinaCouncillor BronteCouncillor ClaretteCouncillor DarekCouncillor EmeryCouncillor LioraCouncillor NolandCouncillor OralieCouncillor RamiraCouncillor TerikCouncillor VeliaCouncillor ZarinaCouncillor Kenric Elgar FathdonFintan PyrenFallon Vacker

Teenagers
Stina Destry HeksJensi BabblosMaruca ChebotaDempseyValinLexRexBexDamel KafutaShayda AdelTrellaAudricHuxley

Mentors
Sir AstinLady GalvinLady IskraLady BelvaSir ConleyLady AlexineSir DonwellSir RosingsSir HardingLady VedaLady AnwenSir BeckettSir CatonLady DaraLady EveraSir FaxonLady NissaLady ZillahLady SanjaCoach RohanaCoach BoraCoach Wilda

Other
Benesh VackerKesler DizzneeBrisaCaprise RedekCeriCyrah EndalHarlin VackerJujiJurekMarella's DadLuzia VackerMai SongNorene VackerOllie HeksOrem VackerQuan SongQuinlin SondenSilla HeksLady Pemberley

Humans (Category)
Foster (Freeman) Family
Amy Rose FosterEmma Iris FosterWilliam David FosterConnor, Kate, and Natalie Freeman
Other
Mr. SweeneyBethany LopezEleanor WrightEthan Benedict Wright IIGarwin Chang

Goblins (Category)
Queen HyldaBrielleBunheadCadocCouncillors' BodyguardsLefty and RightyLoviseWoltzer

Ogres (Category)
King DimitarQueen GundulaCadfael

Gnomes (Category)
CallaBarth the ReaperBrierLurMityaSiorGoraGerdaYuriAmisi

Dwarves (Category)
King EnkiErmeteIrjaKrikorKunYegor

Trolls (Category)
Empress Pernille

Animal Characters

BullhornIggyMartySprocketWatsonThe VerminionVerdiSilvenyGreyfellLunaWynnGildieLinh's Murcat

Stuffed Animals
Bun-BunElla the ElephantHarry the JackalopeLady SassyfurMr. SnugglesMrs. StinkbottomStinky the Stegosaurus

  1. Sophie starts calling him this because he used to spy on her when she was in the human world.
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