The Magickers - The Dark Hand

The Dark Hand

The Dark Hand are a group Magickers who come off as evil and that may be what they are now but the original reasons for what they do are understandable. Its there belief that magic is a finite thing once you use it its gone. They want to destroy the Magickers because they believe them to be naively wasting magic and will do what ever they have to too stop them because they do not want them using it up and leaving everyone with nothing. This argument began with the Magickers Brennard and Gregory. Brennard believed that magic was finite and they had to stop all the wasting magic on foolish and stupid things, Gregory believed that like water when you use it then it goes through the cycle to be used again. This argument eventually descended into a catastrophic magical battle which ended with Brennard weakened nearly to death and Gregory in a magical coma. The resulting shock wave of magic killed many Magickers as well as throwing some through time and others in comas like Gregory. The first member of the dark hand seen in the book is Jonnard, Brennard's son. After Jason becomes suspicious of things happening around camp he is attacked by Jonnard who tries to steal his magic Jason fights back and manages to escape however Jonnard also escapes before Jason can return with the older magickers.

Brennard--The Magickers that fought Gregory and disagreed with his theories of magic

Jonnard--Bernard's son, evil and cruel he's the one the younger magickers most often end up fighting