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Devon Reynolds
Devon Reynolds
Personal data
Nicknames Dev
Age 48-49 (Season 1)
Gender Male
Species Human
Deck "Dragon Lord"
Occupation Archaeologist
Egyptologist
Morality Good
Living status Alive
Additional info
Origins
Place of origin Montreal, Canada
Residence Oslo, Norway (currently)
Montreal, Canada (formerly)
Cairo, Egypt (formerly)
London, England (formerly)
Casablanca, Morocco (formerly)
Date of birth December 20, 1958
Star Sign ♐ Sagittarius
Ethnicity English (Canadian)
Nationality English, Norwegian
Appearance
Hair color Pale, blonde-white
Eye color Amber
Skin color Light
Height 195.6 cm (6'5")
Relationships
Relatives Willow Reynolds (mother)
Braden Spencer (estranged father)
Freya Reynolds (wife)
Blake Reynolds (son)
Kylie Reynolds (daughter)
Ryder Reynolds (maternal uncle)
Runa Minamoto (maternal aunt-in-law)
Naomi Reynolds (maternal cousin)
Raynor Reynolds (maternal grandfather)
Carlie Reynolds (maternal ancestor)
Affiliation Reynolds family, Anderson family
Friends Christian Anderson (childhood best friend), Vera Mikaelson
Powers and skills
Powers Spiritual perception, psychometry
Skills Multilingualism, extensive knowledge of ancient history, knowledge in dueling
Production notes
Created by ShadowSpirit020/ElementalDragoness
Appearances Trials of Darkness
Trials of Light
Trials of Dimensions
Trials of Nightmares

Dr. Devon Raylan Reynolds is a Spiritual Medium and an archaeologist that specializes in the history of Ancient Egypt. He is the father of Blake and Kylie Reynolds, the husband of Freya Reynolds, and the son of Willow Reynolds, a Spiritual Medium.

He is the childhood best friend of Christian Anderson, who is one of the few people to know Devon's family's mysterious gift.

Physical description

Devon is a tall middle-aged man, often mistaken for being younger than he actually is. He has pale, blonde-white hair, mistaken for being white, and yellow-golden eyes that sit behind a pair of glasses. He also carries a pair of contacts with him, but most often uses his glasses more. He also has his ears pierced twice, wearing small silver hoop earrings, and black studs.

Most of the time, Devon wears a jacket over a shirt, with jeans, and hiking boots. With how much walking he does while at at ancient ruins and sights, it's easier for him to work with casual clothing. During the times he is at home, Devon opts to wearing a lot of sweats most of the time (which explains where Blake inherited his interested in sweats when relaxing at home).

When he is a visiting Duel Academy as a guest speaker, Devon wears a black jacket over a white dress shirt, a dark pair of pants and sneakers.

Personality

At first glance, Devon comes across as someone most don't want to mess with. With the neutral, yet, slightly annoyed look he often shows, any would think he's not interested or is annoyed. This is really just a cover. He's actually a really kind, and caring person, often putting others before himself.

As a husband and father, Devon is extremely loving, kind and caring. He is also very understanding and supportive with both his wife's careers, and children's dreams and hobbies. He is very supportive of his kids' interest in Duel Monsters to the point he even got his own deck and played against his kids.

He can also be protective over his kids, even through one is over twenty. This most likely stems from his own childhood with his father abandoning him and his mother. Long before he and Freya had kids, Devon was terrified in being a father. Despite his grandfather becoming his father-like figure, Devon still suffered from the effects of his father's abandonment. While he no longer has those feelings of fear (thanks to many years of therapy), like any father, he does worry over his kids. With both inheriting his family's powers, that usually has him worrying even more.

Though it's not often seen, Devon is wary about anyone new he meets. This is due to something in his past, and someone learning about his powers. Since then, he doesn't reveal his powers, and tries to be subtle when using his powers. This trait of his is something both his children inherited as well.

Abilities

Powers

  • Spirit perception: Devon was born with the ability to sense, see, hear, and communicate with ghosts and other spiritual entities, including Duel Monster spirits. This power has been within his family for generations, as his mother, uncle, and grandfather all possess (or possessed, in terms of his grandfather) it. Unfortunately for Devon, due to an incident as a child, he is extremely wary on who knows about his power. It's to the point where he never reveals it; the Anderson family are the only ones outside of the family to know about it. This power has been passed down to both his children.
    • Psychometry: During his time traveling with his uncle Ryder, Devon discovered he had the ability to learn facts about an event or person by touching inanimate objects associated with them.

Skills

  • Extensive knowledge of Ancient History: As an archeologist, Devon is extremely knowledgeable in ancient history. Having an interest since he was young, has helped him gain even more. With his love for Ancient History, he has also gotten a degree in teaching to teach the next generation.
    • Ancient Egyptian history: As an Egyptologist, Devon's knowledge in the history of Ancient Egypt is rather grand as well. He is well versed in the history of Duel Monsters along with knowing about Pharaohs Atem and Seto.
  • Dueling knowledge: With his children into Duel Monsters Devon has taken some time to understand the game so he can understand what his children are talking about.
  • Teaching: Devon later got a teaching degree, which helps during his time as guest speakers at schools. It also turned out to be a good thing he was able, during the time Duel Academy needed someone to take over the missing Lyman Banner's classes.
  • Multilingualism: Through his travels for work, Devon has come to hear various languages, though he prefers to stick with three important ones: Canadian French (his native language), Norwegian, English, and recently Japanese. He can also read and translate Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Background

Pre-series

Devon was born on December 20th to Willow Reynolds and Braden Spencer. Not long afterward, his father walked out on him and mother for reasons unknown. This left Willow as a single mother, the divorce papers came not long afterwards. Knowing she would need the help, Willow sold the house, and moved back home to the outskirts of Montreal Canada, where her father and brother lived until she could get back on her feet. For the first four years of his life, Devon lived with his grandfather and uncle, and spent a lot of time with them.

When he was four-years-old, Devon and Willow moved back into the city where they got their own place. By this point, Devon had become aware of his Spiritual powers, and thanks to his grandfather and mother, got the understanding of his said powers. By the time he was 10, Devon had become known as the Loner in his school. An incident and someone discovering his Spiritual powers had gone wrong and as a result, Devon kept to himself.

Trials of Darkness

In the beginning,

Devon doesn't appear a lot in Trials of Darkness but is mentioned several times. In the first chapter, he is seen when Kylie Skype him and Freya letting them know about her status in passing her Written and Duel Exam.

Relationships

Willow Reynolds

Willow Reynolds

Willow, Devon's mother

Devon is extremely close to his mother, Willow, who raised him alone after his father's abandonment. Willow did everything she could to raise Devon alone, but fortunately had the support form her father and brother. Like any mother, Willow was worried for her son during his time when he withdrawn from his classmates. Even with meetings with his teachers, there wasn't much she could do. It would be thanks to Reanna and Grayson Kenrick would she get her happy, friendly son back.

Despite living in different countries, Devon makes it a point to call his mother weekly to check in on her. Willow also makes sure to visit Devon and his family in Norway every holiday and birthday celebrations.

Christian Anderson

Christian Anderson

Christian, Devon's childhood best friend

After an incident, Devon distanced himself from his classmates, becoming the school loner. As a result, his classmates started spreading rumors about him, which Devon ignored, not caring. One person ignored the rumors and that was Christian Anderson, a new student who had just moved from Norway with his mother. Christian didn't care about the rumors, and found them mean. Despite what his classmates had said and the rumors, along with Devon seemingly ignoring him as well, Christian continued to hang around him. Over time, Devon slowly began to enjoy having Christian around. They eventually became close friends, and later, best friends. Their friendship grew to where their mothers, Willow and Frida, grew close as well.

When they finished high school, they briefly parted ways: Christian went to go spend time with his grandfather back in Norway while Devon went to join his uncle in traveling around the world helping with Spiritual things (the traveling itself would be good for Devon who was going through some things at the time). Despite the distance, Christian made sure to stay in contact with his best friend, always making sure he was alright. After a little over two years of traveling, Devon and Christian reunited in Norway. That would be where Devon would meet his future wife.

As adults, their relationship is still as strong as ever, along with their trust in each other. In the times when both Freya and Devon had to go out of town, Christian and his wife, Vera, would look after Blake and Kylie. Whenever Christian or Vera had to work late, or go out of town as well, Devon and Freya would look after Jesse for them.

Ryder Reynolds

Ryder Reynolds

Ryder, Devon's maternal uncle

Ryder is Devon's maternal uncle, his mother's younger brother.

As a newborn, Devon and his mother, Willow, had moved back home to the Reynolds' family home on the outskirts of Montreal, Canada, following the abandonment and divorce of Willow and Braden. As Willow settled into the role of a single mother, Ryder helped his big sister out as much as he could, when he wasn't attending classes or helping his father. Devon grew up looking to Ryder as a brother of sorts, given the rather big gap between Ryder and Willow, in a way it made sense.

Years later, Devon still maintains a close relationship with his Uncle. Ryder helps Devon out by being an emergency contact for Kylie while she is attending Duel Academy. With Devon's job sometimes taking him out to places that have no signal, he needed someone he could trust to be there for his children. When he's in town, Devon does the same for Naomi and Runa, if Ryder has to go out and do stuff as a Spiritual Medium.

Raynor Reynolds

Raynor is Devon's maternal grandfather, his mother's father. He unfortunately passed away when Blake and Kylie were young, to natural causes.

Devon remembers his grandfather fondly, as well as being one of the father-like figures in his life. After moving back to the Reynolds' family home after his father abandoned him and divorced his mother, Devon spent quite a bit of time with Raynor. During the time Willow was trying to do things, and Ryder was at school, Devon spent time with Raynor.

Name Etymology

The name, Devon, comes from the country of Devon in England, while the name Alexander is the Latinized form of the Greek name Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from the Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning "to defend, help" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man". His family name, Reynolds is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Reynold", where the given name of the father, "Reynold", or "Reginald", was a Germanic name meaning "Powerful Ruler" (possibly an alteration of the Old French name Reinold).

Trivia

  • Devon is allergic to cats, which is one of the reasons he and Freya do not have one as a pet.
    • Between his two children, Kylie, was the one to unfortunately inherit this allergy.
  • Though he is ambidextrous, Devon uses his left-hand for everything.
  • Devon earned his teaching degree when Blake was a toddler.
  • Devon's deck is based on the Rise of the Dragon Lords Structure Deck.

External Links

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