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 Bristol, 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 newborn 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 spy on the members of the Provost household until the 30th came.

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 Bristol 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 three approximate years, 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.

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.