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“ME. WANT. MALLOWMELT.”
Fitz Vacker (Fits Vack-er), known as "UGLYBOY" to many, is the primary antagonist of the series
Physical Appearance
Fitz is described as very ugly, having a miniature version of himself growing out of his puke colored eyes, having a huge stomach and creepily pale skin
Personality and Traits
DUMB
Fitz is an idiot
EVIL
He tries to kill Sophie
HUNGRY
See biography for more info
Biography
Fitz was born from Evil Smoochypoo, a witch who is not seen in the books. He was adopted by the Vacker family by accident. They tried to murder him because he ate the entire world’s stock of mallowmelt. Then they shipped him off to FoodFire, a school for hungry brats who are elves. He manifested as a Barfopath, people who can manipulate puke. It was there that he met Sophie Foster, who he had a crush on. His miniature eye socket twin (Horatio) told him to kill her. He first killed Keefe, who Sophie was in love with. He then tried to kill Sophie, but she inflicted on him. She then had Livvy bring Keefe back to life and then had the most amazing quadruple wedding ever, where she married Keefe, Tam married Marella, Dex married Biana and Linh married Wylie. Fitz and Horatio are currently in prison.
Photo 1: Fitz in Everblaze by Jason Chan
Photo 2: Fitz in Neverseen by Courtney Godbey
Photo 3: Fitz in Neverseen by Shannon Messenger
Photo 4: Fitz in Lodestar by Jason Chan
Photo 5: Fitz in Lodestar by Laura Hollingsworth
Photo 6: Fitz in Nightfall by Laura Hollingsworth
Photo 7: Fitz in Nightfall by Shannon Messenger
Photo 8: Fitz after Exile by Laura Hollingsworth
Photo 9: Fitz in Flashback by Laura Hollingsworth
Photo 10: Fitz in Legacy by Jason Chan
Abilities and skills
BARFOPATH
Fitz can manipulate all barf, mucus and spit, sometimes creating large tsunamis and waves
Relationships
- SOPHIE (friend/cognate/ Former Girlfriend )
Fitz first meets Sophie at a museum in the Forbidden Cities when he was on the mission to look for her. Sophie immediately takes notice of his attractiveness and begins to develop a crush on him. The two become friends and frequently play Base Quest with friends. When Sophie is kidnapped, she transmits to Fitz, who eventually helps rescue her at the Four Seasons Tree. It has also been said that Fitz cried at Sophie's funeral/Wanderling planting.
Sophie Foster
In Exile, Fitz constantly helps Sophie, even saving her when she teleports and ends up dangling from a tree. Later in the book, however, their friendship is fractured due to Alden's mind break, which Fitz gets mad and takes it out on her, resulting in Sophie blaming herself. He eventually apologized and she realized that he was mad at himself and not at her.
In Everblaze, it is shown that the two have an extremely unique telepathic connection, and they started training to be cognates in Neverseen, which was when Fitz realized he had developed feelings for Sophie. In order to complete their training, the two share almost all their secrets with each other.
In Flashback, Fitz and Sophie admit that they like each other and Sophie decides to register for matchmaking. Fitz tells Sophie that she is the only one he trusts. Fitz admits his feelings for her when he said that she was the only one he wanted on his matchmaking lists. They also almost kiss once again, but Silveny interrupts calling for help. Later in the book, Fitz kisses Sophie's cheek, under Calla's Panakes. Although they admit their feelings for each other and act in a more romantic way than before, they make the decision not to date yet, much to Grady's relief.
In Legacy, Sophie is nervous about her 'unmatchable' state and avoids Fitz. When Fitz finally does find out, he seems intent on discovering Sophie's biological parents, so they could be matched. He also calls Sophie his girlfriend, and the two began dating. Later, they fought and broke up, and then decided to just be friends.
MR. SNUGGLES (sparkly friend/comforting stuffed animal)
- Mr. Snuggles is Fitz's sparkly red stuffed dragon he sleeps with. Mr. Snuggles was given to Fitz by Elwin after his father suffered from a mind broken by guilt over Prentice's memory break. Needing the comfort then, Fitz began to rely on his stuffed pal which he can no longer sleep without. He tells no one about Mr. Snuggles except for Sophie, though Keefe finds out about it in Neverseen.
- ALDEN (father)
Alden Vacker
Alden is Fitz's father. They both have a very strong accent and look alike. When Alden's mind is broken in Exile, Fitz gets furious. It seems Fitz is very close to his father and respects him, and cares about him a lot. Fitz becomes aggressive toward everyone except immediate family when Alden's mind breaks and blames everyone for it. Eventually, Alden's mind is healed by Sophie, and Fitz stops acting aggressively. Alden cuts off Sophie, Dex, Keefe, Biana, and Fitz's registry pendants in Neverseen, and allows them to join the Black Swan. Alden seems to have an understanding of Fitz's need to help Sophie on her missions and allows him to go with her willingly.
- DELLA (mother)
Della Vacker
Della is Fitz's mother. When Sophie and Fitz fall from a tree while playing Base Quest, she helps them treat their scrapes and bruises. She cares deeply about Fitz as well as her other two children. After Sophie brings Fitz back from being lost, Della goes and hugs him tightly. Della also goes with Sophie, Fitz, Dex, Keefe, and Biana to join the Black Swan, however, only Biana knows before they go underwater. She becomes a powerful asset to the Black Swan in Neverseen.
- ALVAR (villainous brother)
Alvar Vacker
Alvar is Fitz's older brother. He stays and helps out a lot after Alden's mind is broken. When Fitz apologizes to Sophie, Alvar shows up to tell them that the Council is ready for Sophie to heal Alden's mind. Alvar was also Fitz's former role model. When Alvar is helping the Black Swan destroy Ravagog, he proves to be a traitor, who was working with the Neverseen the entire time. When the Vackers find out, they are distraught that their son/brother was lying for so long, and the family goes through a time of anger as well as grief.
In Nightfall, Alvar's memory was completely wiped away. Fitz never forgave Alvar for his treachery, despite how much Alvar insisted in Flashback he had changed.
Biana Vacker
When Alvar gets his memories back, he immediately rejoins the Neverseen. When he is recaptured by Sophie, she lets him escape, which Fitz does not support.
- BIANA (sister)
Biana is Fitz's little sister. She cheers him on when he is splotching against. She is usually seen playing Base Quest with Sophie, Fitz, and Keefe. In Exile, they're talking to each other in the kitchen and Fitz volunteers to tell Biana the news about Alden's broken mind. The siblings tease each other and have a close relationship. Fitz is shown to be very protective of her. In Nightfall, when Biana goes missing after attacking two Neverseen leaders, he yells out in distress and begs Sophie to track her. Biana is found later, but with injuries, making Fitz snap at her sister to be more careful. This shows how much Fitz cares for Biana.
- KEEFE (best friend)
Keefe Sencen
Keefe is Fitz's best friend. They often play Base Quest with Biana and Sophie and they play Bramble against each other. During the period of Alden's mind break, Keefe tells Fitz about how his harsh words and actions towards Sophie had affected her, and he humbly apologizes. Keefe often teases Fitz about Mr. Snuggles. During cognate training with Sophie, Keefe probably does something that makes Fitz jealous, and that day does not end well for them. Fitz was obviously angry at Keefe, especially when they met with Sophie, where he teased them. Fitz also starts to dislike Keefe a bit more after interrupting a moment when he and Sophie were about to kiss. Near the end of Book 5: Lodestar, they both go to the Forbidden Cities, but they both did it just for Sophie. Also in Lodestar, Tam says that Sophie and Keefe are close and Fitz disagrees. When Sophie communicates with Keefe several times in Lodestar, Fitz shows jealousy and disappointment. After Keefe gets back their relationship is strained for many reasons, one being Fitz feeling that Keefe might betray them again, but it might also hint that Fitz was also jealous of the relationship Keefe has with Sophie. And slowly, in Book 5: Lodestar and Book 6: Nightfall, it seems that their relationship might be falling apart. In Legacy, Fitz shows jealousy of Keefe multiple times.
- DEX (friend/former frenemy)
Dex Dizznee
Dex used to not like the Vackers because of them being one of the noblest families in the Lost Cities, while Dex is a child of a “bad match”. Evidently, also because Dex is well aware that Sophie could possibly have feelings for Fitz, and most likely does. When they are first in a situation together, although they seem to have met before, Dex says he knows Fitz, but Fitz says he doesn't know Dex, making the conversation extremely awkward. He calls Dex "Deck", by mistake. Dex repeatedly calls Fitz "Wonderboy" in a jealous way. When Fitz and Sophie are splotching he cheers for Sophie. He is shown to be happy when Fitz got slammed into the wall much harder than Sophie. Dex also got upset when he found out she would be having telepathy training with Fitz because he feels that Fitz is hogging Sophie. Finally, though, in Book 4, Dex is the one who leaps Fitz back to Physic, blaming himself for Fitz's injury. They have a conversation, get over their prejudices, and become friends.
- LINH (friend/possible love interest)
Linh Song
Fitz meets Linh after being banished to Exillium. When Linh uses her Hydrokinesis he usually says "Wow", either in awe of her powers or her appearance. After she falls while they are escaping Ravagog, Fitz holds her and carries her because Linh's twin, Tam, couldn't hold her at that moment, and was fairly tired himself. In Lodestar, he says "Wow" every time she does something with her amazing and rare ability. It is also implied many times throughout the book that Sophie is jealous of Fitz's interest for Linh, although it is unknown if Fitz actually likes her or is just impressed with her Hydrokinetic abilities. In Nightfall, Linh impresses Fitz many times with her water powers. When Linh suggested that they could work together Fitz seemed happy and Linh blushed. Linh possibly has a crush on Fitz, maybe because he was good-looking, or because of other reasons. In the book, it also reveals that Linh was shy, so possibly it was her personality.
- Tam (friend)
Tam and Fitz are mutual friends. Fitz was a little hesitant to be Tam's friend in Book 4: Neverseen but warmed up to him. Fitz is sometimes freaked out because of his abilities to control shadows. They didn’t have a lot of trust for each other, but they were trying to work it out.
- MARELLA ( friend/possible love interest) Marella and Fitz are friends. We don't see them converse too much in the books, but they are still friends. It is known that Marella used to have a crush on Fitz back in book 1, but it faded and now Marella is all for Fitzphie, as of Book 6: Nightfall.
- OREM (Great x18 uncle)
Orem Vacker is a talented Flasher and performs light shows called the Celestial Festival during a total eclipse.
- FALLON (Great x19 grandfather)
Fallon Vacker is Fitz's ancestor. He is one of the oldest elves alive and was one of the three founding members of the Council.
- LUZIA (Great x20 aunt)
Luzia is Fallon's half-sister. She appears in Book 7: Flashback. She knew Vespera and was involved in a troll project on her former property Everglen before she moved to Dawnheath.
Trivia
- Fitz is the second-youngest elf to get his nexus off; his sister Biana beat him by five weeks.
- Councillor Terik took a potential reading and decided that Fitz would be one of the strongest Telepaths, even stronger than his father. Councillor Bronte was surprised when Sophie passed Fitz's telepathic blocking.
- His name rhymes with Ritz Cracker.
- He starts wearing a strong-scented cologne in Nightfall that Sophie likes, but Sandor and Biana don't.
- He searched for Sophie for six years before finding her. Alvar searched six years before him, but Fitz took over when Alvar moved out to take the Elite Levels at Foxfire.
- Fitz takes a morning run every day.
- He was the first character created by Shannon Messenger.
- The series was originally supposed to be about Fitz, but Shannon Messenger changed her mind and made Sophie the main character.
- Fitz is the first character that Sophie knew was an elf. The actual first elves Sophie met were Alvar, or ‘The Boy Who Disappeared,’ when she was five and Mr. Forkle, posing as her next door neighbor, doctor, etc.
- In Flashback, there is an exclusive short story from Fitz's point of view, answering a question fans have been asking about, including what he says to get past Sophie's mental blocking, which is "It's me".
- Fitz has sustained many chest injuries.
Quotes
- "We could all use a little more weird in our lives." -Fitz Vacker, Exile
- “You’ve almost died enough times, it‘s my turn now” - Fitz Vacker
- “Yeah but Sophitz is going to be unstoppable”- Fitz Vacker
- “I’m still figuring out how to make it up to you”- Fitz Vacker
- "Dude, she is seriously going to stab you" - Fitz Vacker
Character Bio by Shannon Messenger
Fitz is the golden boy from the famously important family who spent years secretly helping his dad search for Sophie in the human world. He’s a talented Telepath—though not *quite* as powerful as Sophie is. He’s a loyal brother, a model prodigy, and tends to earn his nickname, “Wonderboy” (despite the fact that Dex meant the name sarcastically). And even though he’s two grade levels ahead of Sophie, Fitz cares about her more than she knows (more than he knows, honestly). Maybe it’s because he saw how hard it was for Sophie to leave her human life behind, or because she’s close in age to his younger sister, but he feels a special connection with Sophie, and does everything he can to keep her happy and safe.[5]
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