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I think there could be one Jaron quote with a moral or inspiration that could be used at the end of every book. There are many quotes made by Jaron in the books but I chose one for each book.

1. The False Prince

You should always choose on the side of hope.

2. The Runaway King

I became who I was meant to be and you should do the same. You can be so much more than this.

3. The Shadow Throne

Be loyal to the thing you know is right. Never bend to weakness, never yield to a false crown. Right will always triumph in the end, and you will want to be on that side when it does.

4. The Captive Kingdom

Failure isn't the end of a plan. Just keep pushing back until all that's left is to win.

5. The Shattered Castle

book 4 headcanons ( don't have much to say about him here as book 4 made everyone ooc but i tried to make a little sense of his actions using my headcanons)

Considering the number of times Jaron got captured in book 3 during the war, I think it had something to do about his insecurities about being the captain. Also Roden and Jaron both nearly got executed during the war so Roden might have thought he didn't do his job well. ( he did say he had been trying to protect since he became captain but Jaron never made it easy at one point in book 4.)

Okay we agree Jaron himself was ooc in book 4 too, so I think during the time skip he didn't give much importance to his friends which could have made Roden say Jaron treats them as servant. (I mean in the introduction and the first chapter Jaron didn't even much talk of most of his friends and barely said what they did in the timeskip.)

Roden definitely has anger issues. I see that along with it being an impulsive self defense during his fight with Jaron on shadow tide as the only reasons why he would stab Jaron’s leg. I am sure he was really really sorry and hurt about what he did in the heat of the moment. ( He apologised to Jaron about it more than once in the books in different scenes I remember.)

I love to think the reason Roden hid about strick having Darius's crown and sword and that he could be alive was because it was a sensitive topic for Jaron ( as Darius is his brother). It's more like why Jaron hid Darius’s death from Amarinda in book 1.

Happy Birthday to the best king and my book crush Jaron!! 👑

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Here's a fanart I made of him.

I have been posting my Jaron headcanons and posted the final part of Jaron headcanons (for now probably) today. You can find all of my jaron headcanons under #jaron hcs tag .

Also I posted the first chapter of his birthday fic. Click here for the link. Fic name: Happy Birthday Jaron!!

( I have completed writing the fic. But it became a 2 chapters fic. Chapter 2 is my favorite and I plan to post it tomorrow.)

Prequel and books 1-2 headcanons

Tobias’s father did live for a few years after the death of his mother at birth. Tobias had a good life then but he didn't remember it much as his father died when he was still very young.

Tobias had a hard time when he first went to the orphanage in Gelvins after the death of his grandmother.

Even after he was given extra privileges for his education in the orphanage he had a difficult time and wished more than once to have his old life back.

He did dream to get out of the orphanage, use his education to get a job and make a better life for himself.

During his first few days in the orphanage he missed his grandmother. In fact he still misses his grandmother.

He didn't have a very good life before he went to the orphanage but he had a happy life and loved each and every book his grandmother used to bring from the library for him to read.

(mostly post series and character headcanons)

When Darius visits Carthya Jaron spend a lot of time with him to make up for the lost time they had because of how they were separated after the pirate attack and series incidents.

Jaron sometimes visits Mrs. Turbeldy orphanage to make sure that the orphanage is in good condition ( besides the short story where he gives supplies to the orphanage). But whenever he goes to Carchar he often go to the church he visited every month as Sage to meet his father. He sits there and think about the last time he saw his father there and we know that the fact still haunts him that he never tried to talk and reconcile with him then. (according to the author)

Sometimes he even imagines an IF scenario in his head about all that he could have talked with his father the last time he saw him if he knew he wouldn't see him again.

I told it before once that Jaron doesn't want to invite the pirates all the time but he also invites the pirates sometimes and most people doesn't like it especially Darius which is mostly because Jaron can't explain to his brother yet why having the pirates who attacked his ship at ten is a good thing.

When Jaron goes out on the streets in Drylliad ( actually he doesn't like going out as king so he often prefers going out alone or with Mott probably if he needs guards or maybe sometimes Roden ) he sometimes meets those he helped as a kid ( like those in the short stories or past stories) as they thank him for his help then. ( We know some of his pranks actually helped people especially in that Missing Prince short story)

Jaron hates being awakened early in the morning especially if he had some king's work or meeting in the morning. He stays up all night roaming around the castle or enjoying his own time so he always ends up being in a bad mood if you wake him up early. Errol knows it definitely and had probably added this in his list of instructions to servants. (Errol can probably write a whole book about how to manage the king.😅)

Jaron as king don't like to attend regents meeting and wish he could skip them but most often he can't (because of Mott and kerwyn) No one wants to interact with Jaron post-meeting as he always end up in a bad mood then.

We know one of the reasons Jaron change cooks is that he hates overcooked meat. But another reason is that Jaron doesn't like castle food. He got too used to simple food as Sage. He never complains when he is eating at some simple place in Carthya.

Since Jaron is rarely alone as king, if Jaron has free time he would firstly use it to give some time to himself and be alone doing what he wants.

In the gardens Jaron might just remain lost in thoughts for hours staring at nothing and he won't even mind if it rains as rain has a sense of freedom in it that in turn makes him feel happy sometimes. He is one of those people who feel the rain instead of just getting wet. ( But yes if he gets wet in the rain he would be lectured by Mott later.)

Jaron often drives the servants away whenever they hover except Errol as he is also his friend. Besides Errol is too used to Jaron’s complaints.

Jaron visits his mother's room sometimes as he can still feel her there even now. (This is angsty I know).

When Humfrey first proposed a betrothal of Jaron’s future child to one of his grandchildren Jaron choked on his cider and asked Humfrey how old did Humfrey think he was, being shocked. (Jaron in my own headcanons is unmarried so this is a lot funnier there but I think it works for canon Jaron too when Humfrey made this proposal. Lol.)

Jaron’s first meeting with kippenger post war happened after a long time. (They actually talked through letters before but real meeting happened later) And Kippenger did kind of triggered his war trauma or flashbacks which made this meeting a little difficult. ( you cannot convince me he doesn’t have ptsd from the war.)

Actually Harlowe and Mott might be the only one who really knows about Jaron’s ptsd. Harlowe is the best person who can soothe Jaron like a father when Jaron has nightmares.

It took some time but Jaron did eventually tell Darius all that happened while he was Sage or about the everything he faced before tck. It's a little easier to share the war with Darius who wasn't there as Jaron doesn't want to give the war flashbacks to his friends who all suffered in the war in book 3.

Also Jaron can easily share how much he miss his parents with Darius as Darius miss them too and can understand and also share the pain with him.

Jaron doesn't like celebrating his birthday because of book 1 events which happened near his birthday and he can't help but always remember and miss his parents more than he usually does on his birthdays. His friends try to make him happy or have a small celebration or surprises for him on his birthday though. Which is good as Jaron hated the formal birthday celebrations Eckbert used to do anyway.

Jaron do plan a birthday celebration for all of his friends and brothers every year. ( Jaron doesn't know Fink’s real birthday but Fink had one made by Erick so Jaron celebrates that day for Fink. He definitely gifted Fink a sword on his first birthday on the castle.)

( basically Jaron headcanons part 3 but during his time as Sage.)

The first few days he spent in Mrs. Turbeldy's orphanage were very hard for him till he got used to his life there in the orphanage.

When he woke up in the middle of the first night in the orphanage it was difficult for him to believe that living as a orphan was his new reality and that he might have to live like this for the rest of his life.

The last conversation he had with his Eckbert had replayed itself in his mind over and over again. The part where Jaron asked him to stay in that church in dichell a little longer but Eckbert couldn't do so for it might raise suspicion, hurt sage the most.

Sage wasn't really friendly with the orphanage kids who were his age or near his age but the younger boys loved Sage as he used to often save them from being bullied by the older ones.

The orphanage kids sometimes wondered why Sage act like he deserve better treatment in the orphanage. (The sad tragedy was that he was a prince so he was initially acting like he should be treated better.)

A few days later after Turbeldy has found out that Sage was no son of a dead duke, a kid of the orphanage caught sage on the ledge outside the orphanage at night and asked him what he was doing there. Sage said it was none of his business. The kid said since he was no son of a duke Sage shouldn't find it hard to get used to the orphanage life. Sage told him to leave as he wanted to be alone.

Jaron was no early riser but while Sage lived in the orphanage he ended up making a habit of rising early considering how scarce food was in the orphanages. (You would miss breakfast if you didn't rise early.) Also it is easier to wake up early here considering the condition of the orphanage and the life he was living right now.

One thing Sage liked about the orphanage life is that no one around him treated him as a prince anymore. Also if someone didn't like Sage they were honest about it to him. It's something that didn't happen when Sage was prince Jaron. People bowed whenever he entered the room even when they didn't like him or respected him.

Also most of the boys he used to play with as prince Jaron always used to let him and Darius win the games because they were royalties. That wasn't the case in the orphanage. Though most games in the orphanage could hardly be called games as they always ended up becoming a fight between the boys that needed Turbeldy’s intervention.

Though he was angry with his father and blamed him for the present situation he was in and as hard as he tried not to think of his family, often Sage wondered how his mother and brother were doing without him. Especially his mother.

Sage did see his mother whenever the royal carriage passed the orphanage and more than once he wished he could go to her and tell her son is alive and not dead as she believed.

One of the reasons Sage didn't bow whenever the royal family rode through the streets was because he wanted to them to recognize him despite his disguise.

Sometimes some of the orphanage kids used to join Sage when he played pranks on Mrs. Turbeldy as they had fun doing it but many didn't join him as most of the kids feared Turbeldy's anger.

They definitely pulled a prank once on Mrs. Turbeldy using the weed Ayagall.

Though if any of the kids who helped Sage in his pranks got caught by Turbeldy then Sage would take the blame to protect them as he didn't want the kids to be punished for a prank that was his idea.

The real tragedy was that just as Sage saw Eckbert every month in the church near the orphanage, Eckbert saw him too but they never tried to talk with each other. Never going to talk to him is something Jaron still now regrets.

After Sage left the orphanage some of the younger boys missed him and even some of the boys near his age missed him too despite the fights they had.

As difficult and painful as the orphanage life was Jaron still miss that life and always would because back then he had freedom that he could never have again as king.

Mrs. Turbeldy still thinks Sage isn't Jaron even when he visit the orphanage with his friends post series and this shocks every one of his friends but honestly Jaron had given up trying to explain her. So when his friends look at Jaron if Turbeldy treats and address him as Sage even now then Jaron just tells them don't ask.

Actually it makes Jaron happy to think that to Turbeldy he might forever remain Sage.

These are mostly headcanons I used in my fics but I think they can be canon-compliant too. (We already have a lot of Jaron related stuff in books which I don't think I would mention as we already know that but I can't help but make more of them. These are mostly prequel, some series and post series canons and includes his family.)

As a kid Jaron didn't have close friends. He did have friends like that castle page he made a bet with or with whom he was pranks for fun but not a friend with whom he could share his thoughts or feelings. The only person near his age whom he could talk to was his brother Darius. Which is one of the reasons why Jaron was so desperate to have him back as his brother in book 4!

Jaron in his childhood wanted to lead the armies of Carthya into battle someday. Not as king though as that was something Jaron thought Darius was good at and never him.

Darius had to grow up fast being crown prince but when Jaron was a baby he did look at Jaron and felt he was cute. (He mentioned it to Erin once. 🥺) And back then Jaron didn't do anything except climbing over balconies occasionally which caused nursemaids to complain about him as book 4 said but Darius couldn't understand when he saw sleeping baby Jaron how could he be causing trouble to those nursemaids.

As children, Darius once asked Jaron why wasn't he friends with the noble kids as Jaron could talk to them and Jaron said they either didn't like him or treated him as a prince which he didn't like so Darius is the only one he could talk to. Darius asked him what would Jaron do without him and Jaron as a kid back then believed he would always have Darius. ( Which wasn't true. I know it's angsty.)

As Sage, Jaron sometimes think about that conversation with Darius sometimes. It hurt him then to see how wrong he was to think things would be the same and that he would always have Darius.

We know Darius was said to be the only one who caught Jaron climbing the castle walls that was mostly because they shared the same room so Darius sometimes caught Jaron sneaking out but he kept quiet about him climbing the walls. Jaron didn't know why he kept quiet about it. (Tfp says that Darius kept quiet about his mischief and Jaron didn't know it was because he loved Jaron and wanted to have a life Darius himself couldn't have.)

Jaron hates servants dressing him up and he always did. (We see how he is with Errol in tfp.) So sometimes as a kid when Jaron couldn't dress properly Darius or Erin fixed his clothes and helped him.

So remember the spice cake dream Jaron talked about? That happened to him as a kid once after eating spice cakes and he did get scared back then (he was very young then). He awoke Darius back then when they were sharing room. Darius only knows about this but he did end up revealing it to Jaron’s friends later post series. Lol.

It wasn't too difficult for Darius to find Jaron as a kid whenever Jaron disappeared sometimes. So Jaron used to ask him did he have a map of all his hiding places as a joke. Actually Jaron even now sometimes disappears because of king's work and how much he said in books he wants to to away from being around people. He hates people following him or be around him 24 hrs because he is king.

Darius(when he visits the castle) is one of those people who still finds Jaron in his hiding places as he still remembers where Jaron used to go as a kid.

Jaron wouldn't have survived many of his falls from the walls or trees in his childhood if Darius wasn't there to save him. (I totally think that okay. ) Rest of the falls he survived was because of luck probably.

This one is angsty too. As people often used to tell kid Jaron that he belonged to the devils ( like through their Saints' Day gifts or by just saying it) after Jaron became Sage, he thought being an orphan and living this life was probably because of the devils and he believed for the first time then that those people were probably right. This is also when he started to believe in devils more than the saints.

Actually as a kid Jaron used to talk all night and keep Darius awake being like Fink sometimes and so whenever Darius, Jaron and Fink have sleepovers and Fink talks (probably when Darius visits Carthya sometimes they do) then Darius mentions that Jaron was like Fink as kids whenever Jaron tells Fink to be quiet. Actually Darius says this to Jaron for a lot of stuff Fink does.

In his childhood Eckbert used to often tell Jaron to be like Darius as Darius was obedient and much more like a prince. Once Jaron took this literally and did everything Darius did in a dinner event. More like he copied everything Darius did like his movements or even repeated what he said or like when Darius leaned back, Jaron did it too or when he yawned, Jaron did too. Darius got annoyed and excused himself and left the hall and Jaron followed him too. Jaron explained why he was copying Darius and Darius couldn't help but smile at that though he was still annoyed.

When Jaron was very young he did try to be the kind of prince Darius was and Eckbert wanted him to be but he eventually realised he could only be himself and stopped trying.

Darius was also Jaron’s motivator as a kid whenever Jaron got sad because he failed to live up to Eckbert's expectations and got scolded by him. (Erin was too sometimes!)