Ember

Ember is the Fillorian god of Chaos that presides over the world of Fillory with his twin brother Umber. For a time, he lived in exile, trapped in his own home after The Beast supposedly murdered his brother and took over Fillory.

Biography

Though Ember and his brother's exact origins are unknown, they are ancient and powerful twin gods who created the magical world known as Fillory. Umber, creating the more technical and detailed aspects, became known as the Fillorian god of Order, while Ember was responsible for the more whimsical and chaotic aspects of Fillory, becoming known as the Fillorian god of Chaos.

Ember created the rule that only "Children of Earth" could rule Fillory, out of a need to create entertainment and add an element of surprise for his amusement. In the 1930s Ember and Umber began to allow the Chatwin children to travel from Earth to Fillory, exploring the fantastical world as kings and queens, giving their caretaker, Christopher Plover, the material for his fantasy novel series Fillory and Further, which became immensely popular on Earth. As the years went by, Ember became bored with the depressed Martin Chatwin, who had begun to suffer abuse by Plover. Ember would allow Martin's siblings to regularly enter his world, with Martin only sometimes entering sporadically.

Eventually, Martin, whom Ember had exiled, resented the Fillorian gods, and concocted a plan to remain in the world, drinking from the Wellspring, in order to increase his power, so he would never be forced to leave again. After gaining enough power, Martin then attacked Ember and Umber and, to Ember's knowledge, killed Umber. Martin then banished Ember to Loria where he hid inside one of his temples eating mice and waiting for a champion to rise and kill Martin, who now ruled Fillory with an iron fist and became known as The Beast.

When Ember eventually discovered that Umber was alive, he became enraged and killed him. At the same time, Quentin Coldwater used the distraction and the magic from Umber's death to kill Ember. Killing Ember resulted in the removal of magic from Fillory and Earth and the Neitherlands by the Plumber.

Personality

In contrast to his brother, Ember has a chaotic and whimsical personality. Ember, as a god that represents chaos and entropy, is quite easily bored and has a tendency to do something wildly destructive or harmful whenever his boredom reaches his breaking point. He has been described by his brother Umber as a child that would smash a playing board in a tantrum.

Ember also held great love for his twin brother, but hated his brother's stiff and rigid personality. After he discovered that his brother fled and abandoned him, he became enraged and killed him out of spite.