Sixteen-year-old Dev is the only son of the Norvagen King Olsef. When Dev was born, his people had already been at war for a thousand years with their bitter enemies, the Draigar. As the years passed Dev matured into one of the foremost Norvagen warriors, and remains a warrior at heart even now that peace has been established.

Dev is a brazen risk-taker who has little regard for rules, manners or protocol. Fast with the quips, Dev is also quick to anger, which can be his Achilles heel. Headstrong and filled with bravado, Dev sometimes leaps before he looks. But he's brave and loyal, and has a powerful sense of honor. Dev knows how to throw a punch, and is an expert with sword and axe.

Mysteriously, Dev has a connection with the wind. It seems to reflect his moods, howling along the Norvagen battlements when Dev himself is angry. As Dev matures, his wind-powers have grown more formidable. But this is cause for unease, because Dev does not have full control of these powers … and nor does he have full control over his own turbulent emotions. Dev's temperament is like his grandfather's, a berserker whose battle-fury carried him to victory after victory, until in the end it destroyed him.