Harrison Provost

Harrison Warrick Provost is one of the two main characters in. He started off as an 11 year old boy nearing his teenage years.

Early in the story, Harrison was recruited by the fallen devil Lord Xothan, joining his demon army, and becoming a criminal warrior.

However, he had a change of heart later on, and became good at the end of the first half of the story.

Early life
Harrison was born in Lykon, the largest city of a country called Brystall, in the planet Erais, on the 26th July 2005 to Laura and William Provost. He was the second of two children, after the couple's oldest son Piercy who had been born one year and 8 months earlier.

When Harrison was 5 years old, he attended primary school with his older brother Piercy. Though he and his older brother had a fairly strong sibling bond, Piercy was often quick to intimidate Harrison, as he was envious of his younger brother's superior marks in school. He was also envious of Harrison's charisma and his big personality.

Their mother knew about Piercy's intimidating behaviour and was usually the one that put a stop to the bullying each time. After 6 years of primary school, Harrison joined Piercy at Birch Quay High, the local secondary school, but his superior marks didn't stop there. Harrison was relieved however to find that his results in computer and mechanical technology were generally poorer than Piercy's had been.

On the 26th May 2017, on Harrison's first day of school since his introduction in the story, Piercy attempted to beat him to the fridge to pack some cake for his school lunch, despite being perfectly aware that he'd already eaten all of his share. Piercy grabbed Harrison to stop him from taking the cake from the fridge, only for their mother to catch them and tell Piercy to let Harrison go, as the remaining bit of cake was indeed Harrison's.

At breakfast time, Harrison's father brought in the morning post which carried the news on the front headline that an evil devil and his demon army had fallen from the sky, murdered the King of Lykon and most of his servants, and forced the Queen and her infant daughter to evacuate. The headlines also persuaded the residents of Lykon to attend their everyday activities with caution, and not to go anywhere near the castle where the devil and his servants now resided.

After a seemingly normal day of school, on his way to catch the bus home, Harrison noticed what appeared to be a broken piece off of a funny shaped sparkling grey diamond, and decided to take it home. But when Harrison showed it to his classmates on the bus, none of his other classmates could see it. It was then that Harrison noticed that the fragment didn't really feel much like a diamond at all. In-fact, it felt kinda squishy.

Back at their house, when Harrison presented the mysterious fragment to his parents and brother, his mother was unable to see it, but his father and brother could. Piercy suggested that Harrison should dispose of it, as he feared that it could be dangerous. But Harrison decided to bury it in the front yard instead, as he didn't want it to end up some place where he wouldn't be able to find it.

However Lord Xothan's highest ranking lieutenant witnessed Harrison picking up what appeared to be an invisible object through his crystal ball, and informed the Devil about it. Xothan decided that he would take the necessary actions on the 30th, and ordered Lieutenant to do his part in the plan exactly as instructed. He also told him to keep a close watch on the members of the Provost household until the 30th came.

Lord Xothan's Army
Harrison and Piercy arrived home after school on the 30th May 2017 to find the unmoving bodies of their parents, and all the doors leading to their house in pieces. Xothan had broken into their house while the two brothers were at school, murdering their mother, and knocking out their father. Xothan had set their parents up for their fate by sending them scam messages in the handwriting of their respective bosses, telling them that their offices were under threat, and they had to spend the day off for their own safety.

The fact that the doors leading to their house and several possessions smashed may have looked bad enough for Harrison and Piercy, but when they found the bodies of both their parents on the floor - their mother had a deep slash across her throat - it was all too much for them. As Harrison and Piercy felt as if they would never be cheerful again - Harrison felt as though his heart was going to burst as he looked at the wound that had claimed his mother's life - they realised that they had an unexpected visitor.

A small round-faced demon with wide cheekbones, hot-pink hair that was whitening, and a beard that grew in spikes forming the shape of a lens flare. The demon who was about Harrison's height introduced himself as Lieutenant, and told the brothers that he was sorry about their losses and that it might be possible to resurrect their parents if they agreed to join him and be their minions. Harrison and Piercy weren't entirely sure if Lieutenant was being truthful, but both brothers were feeling as if they had nothing to lose and everything to gain. Their opportunistic sides got the better of them, and they agreed.

Harrison was shocked when Lieutenant led him and Piercy to the Devil's castle. Though neither of them had seen the castle in person before, they had both heard that the King of Brystall had been murdered, and that his castle had been taken over by demons. Lieutenant retorted saying that they couldn't always trust what the news said, and that the news was often known to make blunders or to stretch the truth. Lieutenant also remarked that people must do the right things, even if they are not always good.

Lieutenant introduced the brothers to General Nicholas who would train the brothers as recruits and give them archery lessons. Lieutenant stated that if they trained hard, they would have free time where they could do whatever they wanted. True to Lieutenant's word, the General gave his recruits free time if they trained hard, and give them more training and less free time if they didn't perform to his standards.

Harrison and Piercy managed to avoid getting on the General's bad side, regardless of how rough their training was. They found their archery lessons more pleasant, because they could at least take a break from jumping over and avoiding obstacles, and doing chin-ups, pull-ups, push-ups, and sit-ups.

Harrison and Piercy were given their own bows and arrows. Harrison was particularly fascinated when he noticed that the minority of the arrows had especially sharp and deadly looking points. The General chuckled weakly and said not to use those arrows as they were only to be used when the person using them really wanted to cause fatal harm, and that they should just stick to the standard arrows when training. Harrison would spend most of his free time practicing archery, and studying two other interests which he'd just picked up - alchemy and mixology.

Harrison still had occasional periods where he experienced grief over the loss of his parents. But as a member of the Devil's army and a resident of the Devil's castle, he felt that he had almost everything he ever wanted. Within nearly 3 years and 5 months, Harrison and Piercy had been trained and developed into strong recruits. Harrison who'd already had a lean build for as long as he could remember, had developed bigger abs, broader shoulders, and stronger muscles. Lieutenant who'd been overseeing their recruit training decided it was now time for them to put their tougher bodies to the test.

It was through his crystal ball that Lieutenant had found a mermaid residing in a cave under the sea. The mermaid had a quantity of valuable objects which she kept locked in a treasure chest, and Lieutenant ordered Harrison and Piercy to steal them at dusk. When dusk came, Harrison and Piercy put on their scuba gear, raced off to the seashore, and swam towards the rocks where they were told the mermaid's cave was located. Piercy took the back seat to "keep watch" while Harrison swam to the bottom of the rocks.

He came across what appeared to a small cave carved into the rocks to resemble an ancient sauna, only it had a bed with a mermaid sleeping in it, as well as various other things, including a treasure chest. Harrison was attracted to the mermaid's beauty for several seconds before remembering what he was there for. He tried to lift the treasure chest, but found that it was too heavy for him to lift underwater on his own, so he went outside the cave and beckoned Piercy to help him.

Like Harrison, Piercy showed signs of attraction towards the mermaid, forcing Harrison to snap him out of it. But as the two brothers had finally reached the surface, some sea creatures noticed them and recognised the treasure chest as the one owned by the mermaid. The sea creatures shook the mermaid awake, and she emerged from the cave. It wasn't until her head hit the surface that the Provost brothers realised she was on to them.

She grabbed Harrison and tried to pull the treasure chest from his grasp, but Harrison swiped her with his hand. When the brothers were near enough to the shore, Piercy momentarily let go of the treasure chest and swiped the mermaid with his feet, giving Harrison enough time to swim to the shore, and make a run for it carrying the treasure chest. Piercy then wrested himself from the mermaid's grasp, swam to the shore as fast as he could, and ran off. Even in her human form, the mermaid knew that it would be no use trying to go after them, as it was too dark to see very clearly. She came to a rest on the shore, put her head against her folded arms and started sobbing.

Chuckling at their success, Harrison and Piercy entered the Devil's castle where Lieutenant congratulates them for their efforts and tells them that it is about time they met the Devil face to face. As they approached the devil in his suite, they became aware of how badly he reeked of rotten Sarsaparilla. The Devil angrily snapped at them and asked them if they didn't appreciate being in his presence, to which Harrison and Piercy quickly hid their disgust and denied feeling at all displeasured.

Though the Devil did not look at all convinced, he nonetheless chose to act as if he did. The Devil gave Harrison and Piercy a set of classy and expensive looking gadgets each, which he claimed was a reward for getting his treasure to him. The Devil then took the treasure chest from the two brothers, and with a final unconvincing attempt at a kind smile, he dismissed Harrison and Piercy. As the two brothers left carrying their gadgets, they broke into a quarrel about how they each thought they should have gotten a bigger reward than the other.

The Anti-Devil Alliance
A few days later, Harrison and Piercy travelled through a local pine forest searching for safe places for them to test out their gadgets to help them find places to steal stuff from. The two brothers each had a telescope, some binoculars, a map of Lykon, a torch, and a device similar to a capsule that could make the brother's respective gadgets transportable so they wouldn't have to carry them in their hands.

They were still laughing at the way they'd stolen the treasure from the mermaid which led to a quarrel over how Harrison felt that Piercy should have helped more, and that he bet that Piercy wouldn't have done anything aside from "keeping watch" had Harrison been able to take the treasure chest to the surface on his own. They forgot that they were in a public location where they were risking being overheard. Harrison was a bit startled when they turned the corner and found a boy in his late teens coming the other way.

Harrison asked the boy who he was, to which the boy told them that he was Anthony Goethals, the founding member of the A.D.A. When Harrison asked Anthony what A.D.A. stood for, he explained that it stood for "Anti-Devil Alliance". Harrison then awkwardly admitted that he and Piercy were recruits of the Devil's demon army, trusting that Anthony was not sufficiently powerful enough to stand a chance against the Devil. Harrison asked Anthony what he was doing in the forest. Anthony explained that he was trying to find the Devil's castle which he knew to be near the other side of the forest.

He also asked the boys whether they'd be willing to show him the way, to which Piercy quickly refused. But Harrison said that he could tell Anthony the correct way, and deliberately gave him the wrong directions. Anthony thanked the boys before walking off. Harrison and Piercy quickly raced into a nearby clearing to where a hill stood. They raced up the hill so that they could witness Anthony falling for their trick. However when they were high enough to see the forest grounds, they saw that Anthony had started going back the way he'd come. Apparently he must have realised on his own that they'd tried to play a trick on him.

Harrison suggested to Piercy that they pretend to help him by showing him the way to the end of the forest that was nearest to the Devil's castle. Piercy wasn't sure he wanted to pretend to make peace with an enemy, but he reluctantly agreed when he noticed the persuasive and devious glint in Harrison's eyes. The brothers raced off, but just as they were about to go around the corner and up the short path leading out of the left fork in a junction, they saw Anthony standing at the junction, talking to a young woman who looked like she was only a couple of years out of secondary school, and a very tall man who looked like he was in his mid-twenties.

Harrison and Piercy tiptoed back around the corner and hid behind one of the trees off the path. A moment later Anthony and the woman walked down the left fork, and past the place the Provost brothers were hiding. They waited a few seconds for the tall man to approach before jumping to the conclusion that he must have taken the right fork. So they stepped out from their hiding place and quietly followed. When they started to go on a slight downhill with a couple of tight 180 degree turns, Harrison felt that it was the perfect opportunity to show himself.

Pretending to lose his footing, Harrison leaned forwards until his left leg had left the ground and jumped onto the path below, right in-front of Anthony and the woman. Anthony did not seem annoyed with Harrison for sending him in the wrong direction. All he did was tell Harrison that he'd sent him in the wrong direction. To Anthony's surprise, Harrison introduced himself and his brother – Piercy scowled momentarily at the mention of his name – and said that they'd reconsidered showing them the way to the Devil's castle. The woman introduced herself as Daphne Marinos, a member of the A.D.A. and a close friend of Anthony's.

Daphne wasn't as successful at hiding her suspicions as Anthony had been when he told her who the brothers had been recruited by. But she silently agreed to give the brothers a chance to see if they'd actually take them the right way to the Devil's castle. One moment everything seemed to be going according to plan for the brothers. Then suddenly without warning, a large bear-like creature with ears, horns, nostrils, and a muzzle like a bull emerged into the forest and ran towards the Provost brothers, Anthony, and Daphne. Harrison quickly ran towards one of the pine trees and pulled himself up onto the lowest branch, but his glasses fall off.

Piercy tried to pull himself onto the lowest branch of another pine tree, but being heavier and less agile than Harrison, he strained as he tried to pull his weight onto the lowest branch, and within seconds he ended up on the verge of letting go and passing out. Piercy yelled at Harrison to use his bows and his arrow, but Harrison refused as he felt it wouldn't be safe to do anything without his glasses. Anthony and Daphne were each on a branch as well and were screaming for help. The creature snarled and tried to snap its jaws at Piercy but kept narrowly missing.

Just as the creature was about to take a ferocious swipe at Piercy, the tall man sprinted around the corner carrying a spiked club. He whacked the creature with the club, the creature yelped, then he made a low demonic growling noise and the creature raced off. The man looked at Anthony and Daphne with a relieved but also very stern face and told them that he tried to warn them to take their weapons with them to be on the safe side, and they should have known better. Harrison climbed down from the branch that he'd used to take refuge with difficulty, because without his glasses he was legally blind.

Piercy retracted his legs from the branch he'd been trying to lift himself onto, let go of the branch, and landed on his feet. It took Harrison a few seconds to find his glasses, and when he finally found them, he discovered that they were broken. Nonetheless he felt grateful to the man had saved him. He turned to the tall man and thanked him, but his tongue froze when he realised that he didn't know the man's name, to which the man said that the name was Gryphon Fotopoulos. Harrison introduced himself and Piercy who still didn't seem willing to reveal his own name.

Gryphon seemed rather shocked to learn that he and Piercy were recruits of the Devil, but Harrison said not to worry as he was thinking of defecting from the Devil. Piercy gasped and asked Harrison to repeat himself, and when Harrison did, he asked Anthony, Daphne, and Gryphon if they'd be willing to excuse the two of them for a second. Once the other three were just out of earshot, Harrison asked Piercy whether he really thought that being allied with the Devil was the best thing for them. Piercy told Harrison that they deserved better than those A.D.A. jerks, and that they didn't show the Devil proper respect.

The two brothers came back and Harrison said that they would help the other three find their way out of the forest to where they'd be able to find their way to the Devil's castle, except that it would be difficult without his glasses. Anthony told Harrison that he would get Harrison a brand new pair of glasses once he'd helped them find the way to the Devil's castle. Harrison immediately blurted out that he didn't have to do that, but Anthony said that he came from a wealthy family and had a lot of money, but didn't usually spend more than an average amount of money on his own needs because he didn't want to appear anything fancy, as he found a lot of those sorts of wealthy people to be snobbish.

The five of them were a few turns away from the exit when they came across what looked like a wooden bothy. Though Harrison and Piercy were familiar with this small hut, they were not familiar with the teenage girl standing outside of it. The girl took one look at the five of them, gave a small scream, ran inside the hut and locked the door. They peered into the hut and saw the girl staring back at them, apparently terrified. Harrison noticed that there was what appeared to be a broken piece off of a funny shaped sparkling grey diamond on the other end of the bench that she was sitting on.

Gryphon said that while she was mostly human, she was definitely a Nephilim, as he recognised the feathery markings on the backs of her shoulders, though she did not appear to have wings. He said that he ought to know because he himself had angel ancestry, though he was mostly human as well. Gryphon also revealed that he had some demon ancestry, making him a Nephalem. Harrison suddenly realised that Piercy wasn't with them anymore. Realising that he must have reported Harrison to Lieutenant for considering leaving them for the A.D.A., the four of them raced off to rescue him.

Harrison and Gryphon were the only ones that currently had weapons, so they armed themselves with arrows and a spiked club, respectively, as they approached the Devil's castle. It was nearly dusk when they got there. They were half expecting to bump into a guard or two at every corner, but the coast was clear. Apparently the Devil never considered that anyone would dare to invade his castle. They found Piercy in Lieutenant's lair. As they approached Piercy, Lieutenant suddenly appeared. He saw Harrison, Anthony, Daphne, and Gryphon, and reached for his assault rifle. But as Lieutenant was about to lift his gun up, Gryphon smacked him as hard as he could with his spiked club.

Lieutenant took a step backwards in shock, tripped over his crystal ball which was right behind him, and landed against the stone floor with a thud. The crystal ball shattered against the floor with a tuneful tinkle. Harrison and Daphne left, followed by Anthony and Gryphon who had to escort Piercy out because Lieutenant had injected his body, making it so numb and weak that he could barely move. But it was through this experience that Harrison and Piercy had fully defected from the Devil, and the A.D.A. had finally earned Piercy's respect. From then on Harrison and Piercy were official A.D.A. members. As the five A.D.A. members walked back through the forest, Daphne helped to guide Harrison as he could hardly see without his glasses or sunlight, even while carrying his torch.

With nocturnal and crepuscular animals such as badgers, bats, foxes, hedgehogs, and owls, the forest was surprisingly unquiet. When they'd finally gotten out the other end of the forest, Harrison and Daphne helped put Harrison and Piercy's bows and arrows into the boot of Anthony's car - which wasn't particularly flash or expensive but still reasonable, and Gryphon put in his spiked club. Harrison got into the seat behind the driver's where he was joined by Daphne. Anthony and Gryphon helped Piercy into the seat on Daphne's left, and then got into the driver's and passenger's seats, respectively.

When they got to the Anti-Devil Alliance Safe House, Harrison could just make out a single-storey house on a completely flat surface, though it had roughly the same number of rooms as a typical 2-storey house. When they got out, everyone was feeling very hungry, but Piercy still couldn't move. So Anthony and Gryphon helped Piercy out of the car and into an armchair in the living room. Daphne brought a bucket of warm water, took off Piercy's shoes and socks, then folded up the trouser legs of his jeans before placing his legs in the bucket. Once Piercy felt some of the feeling come back into his legs, he carefully lifted his legs out, stood up and put his hands in.

After some hamburgers and chips, everyone went to bed. Harrison was amazed at how comfortable his bed was, and he soon fell fast asleep within seconds. The next day during breakfast time which consisted of eggs and ham, Gryphon asked Harrison and Piercy how they came to be in the Devil's custody. After they explained, the other A.D.A. members jumped to the conclusion that it was the Devil that had murdered their parents the entire time. Even Harrison and Piercy weren't able to think of reason to disagree.

Though the brothers had met the Devil face to face only once so far, Harrison said that he hoped he'd never have to smell the Devil's rotting sarsaparilla smell again, with Piercy agreeing. Piercy then said that he could faintly smell it as they talked, and Harrison said he could faintly smell it as well. The two of them realised the smell was coming from Anthony's direction. Anthony put his hand in one of his coat pockets and pulled out what looked like a broken piece off of a funny shaped sparkling grey diamond. Anthony said that he'd found it lying on the floor of the forest not long before he met Harrison and Piercy.

Thinking that they may have a connection to the Devil, they make a plan to round them up in-case they turned out to be something that would make the Devil even more powerful if he got them before they did. Piercy then remembered that he'd seen another fragment on the beach while he and Harrison were robbing treasure from the mermaid. Remembering how upset they had made the mermaid when they stole her treasure, Harrison made a mental note to visit her in her cave so he could apologise and vow that he and Piercy will help her get her treasure back for her.

They also remembered that one of the fragments was in the Nephilim's possession, but were unsure how they were going to persuade her to give it to them, only that they felt it would be cruel to take it from her by force. After breakfast, Anthony took Harrison glasses shopping. Harrison found a new pair of glasses identical to his old ones, only much shinier. Harrison was also stunned by how well he could see while wearing them. The cashier explained that the makers had recently improved the performance of the glass to ensure the wearers never experienced a moment where their eyesight was less than spot on.

When they arrived back at the safe house, Daphne asked the Provost brothers if there was anything they wanted to do that day. Harrison and Piercy said that they wanted to visit the cemetery to see if they could catch a glimpse of their parent's graves. They find their mother's grave, but they found an empty space that had been claimed by their father's body, but their father's body was missing. It was also during this visit to the cemetery that Gryphon found another of the mysterious broken grey fragments.

Physical appearance
Harrison is 15 years old, 1.68 metres tall, and weighs 51 kilograms. He was 11 years old at the beginning of the story, but he becomes 15 later on. He has dark brown hair that is sculptured into a helmet cut and isn't usually untidy, hazel eyes, and a pair of round, gold-framed glasses.

Harrison wears black robes with a black collar, purple trim, and burgundy lining. The latter can be seen when the inside is exposed or when glimpsing the inside of the collar. He also wears a grey shirt underneath the robes, grey pants, and black leather boots with burgundy lining.

Personality
At the beginning of the story, Harrison came across as quite devious and cunning. He initially despised happy families, as a result of losing his parents at a young age. However, near the end of the first half of the story, he has a change of heart, as the good side of him reawakens. However, he does not properly reform until the end of the first half of the story.

After he reformed, Harrison was shown to be quite a brave, loyal, and selfless person. He has always been considered to have a quirky sense of humour, as well as quite a big personality. He is also known for being charismatic.

Harrison is shown to be thoughtful, flexible, and cautious, being the first of the two brothers to discover the greater amount of benefits to being good than being evil. Because of these traits, Harrison is or at least appears to be the more intelligent of the brothers. However he is also the more hot-headed of the two brothers.

Harrison's interests include archery, alchemy, and mixology. He developed an interest in archery at a young age, which probably explains why he uses a bow as his main weapon during battles. Harrison is interested in studying alchemy elixirs, though it appears to be more of a personal interest as opposed to something he is particularly skilled at. He also likes to mix different liquids together, hence his interest in mixology.

While neither of them are particularly lazy, Harrison often did the dirty work during their time working for the Devil, while Piercy took the back seat. Because of this, Harrison felt that he should be rewarded more, which tended to irritate Piercy.

Piercy Provost
Harrison and Piercy Provost are undoubtedly closer to each other than they are to anyone else, and have been that way since Harrison was born. While they do tend to bicker from time to time, which is not uncommon in a sibling relationship, they have quite a strong bond as brothers and care a lot about each other. Even when they were both followers of the Devil, it was clear that Harrison was more concerned about his brother's safety than their allegiance with the Devil, and vice-versa.

Before Harrison and Piercy switched to the good side, Piercy had a tendency to be slightly manipulative towards Harrison, which is evident when Harrison started to show signs of wanting to leave the Devil and join the good side. Piercy pushed him into remaining on the Devil's side.

Abilities
Both he and Piercy often use bows as weapons during battles. It is known that they both use two different kinds of arrows. The type of arrows that they use more frequently do deal damage but are very rarely fatal. These arrows are used to threaten enemies but not to kill them. The other kind of arrows that they use have very sharp and deadly points, but they rarely use these arrows unless they are explicitly intending to cause fatal damage.

Trivia

 * Harrison's favourite colour is purple.
 * His favourite food is fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
 * His favourite music genre is classical.
 * He has the deeper voice of the two brothers, despite being the youngest. His voice is also softer and younger sounding than Piercy's.
 * He is left-handed.