Anthony Longdi

"" "" The 50th Dragon Emperor Longdi, birth name Anthony of the Huo-Long Dynasty, and adoptive name Anthony Brown is the Elemental Master of Amber, born as a prince in the Zion Imperial Family, who started his reign as Dragon Emperor in 738 AMI. One of the main characters and protagonists, Anthony was the leader of the new Elemental Alliance after the Elements were passed to the new generation. He is recognizable by his distinctive amber eyes and his scar on his eyebrow, which was given to him by his evil uncle, disguised as his father, Emperor Dragases.

With support from his paternal father and former Elemental master of Amber, General Constantine, Anthony and the new Elemental Alliance made of his friends defeated Emperor Dragases and his sister, Princess Azalea. Being crowned Dragon Emperor soon after, he promised an era of peace and love to the World.

At the beginning of his reign, Anthony had to overcome great difficulties and solve several crises, especially those caused by the rising power of the Maracan Empire and its following attack on Zion. Nevertheless, he succeeded in maintaining peace and order in the Empire of Zion. At age 16 during his coronation, Anthony remained one of the youngest known Dragon Emperors in history, although numerous unknown child emperors have ruled.

Early life
Born in 722 AMI, Anthony was the firstborn child of Prince Constantine and Princess Mina. When he was two, his uncle Dragases was involved in a coup that placed Dragases on the Dragon Throne after the death of Dragon Emperor Andrew. Taking the throne, his wife, and his children, Dragases banished his brother and married his wife, taking his children and claiming them as his own. Although he repealed Constantine's banishment after three years, he made both Anthony and Azalea believe he was their uncle.

From a young age, he was disdained by his "father", an animosity that began shortly after the prince's birth. As the infant seemed to lack the "spark in his eyes" that is typical for the Solarian species the Royal family originates from, the royal family was unsure if Anthony was a Solarian at all. Dragases, viewing a regular terranoid as firstborn as "shame", planned to cast his son over the palace walls. Only when Mina and the Sages intervened did the Dragon Emperor give his newborn son a chance. Later on, it turned out that Anthony was a Solarian, and peace returned to the family.

As they got older, Anthony and Azalea eventually grew apart, and he became the object of his sister Azalea's manipulation, ridicule, and deception. Their mother, however, loved both but favored him over his sister, especially when Azalea let her brother feel her increasing animosity, as apparent when Mina, Anthony, and Azalea would walk in the royal garden. Anthony happily talked with his mother until the prince saw his sister burning a flower in the garden. He told on her to their mother, as he thought that Azalea's action was wrong. When Mina scolded the princess due to this, Azalea burned Anthony's bottom in retaliation. After sending Azalea to her room, Anthony was consoled by his mother. Anthony tearfully lamented that he did not understand why Azalea had "to be so mean", as he had just done what he thought was the right thing to do.

A few months later, Anthony and his family were eating together at the palace dining hall, when Azalea soon began to brag about opposing their math teacher, calling his techniques about math "the dumb way" to calculate math terms. After hearing this, Dragases agreed with Azalea that the teacher seemed to be incapable and declared to banish him to the Islands as punishment. When the princess expressed her satisfaction at his dismissal, Anthony objected, stating that their math teacher was not "a dummy" and merely believed that good math began with proper forms. However, he was promptly silenced by his father, who was outraged by his son's behavior and scolded Anthony for daring to lecture his sister on math. When his father angrily asked Anthony how many more math equations his sister had already mastered than him, the intimidated prince meekly answered that his sister had mastered fourteen more forms. Dragases continued to recount how he would have almost killed Anthony because he thought that he was a regular terranoid when the prince was born. Finally, Dragases told Anthony that Azalea had been born lucky, while he had been lucky to be born, leaving his son completely devastated.

Disownment
When Anthony was seven years old, the Sages of Zion created a hologram showcasing Anthony's eventual rebellion against Dragases. Advised by the Sages to murder the prince quietly, Emperor Dragases planned to kill Anthony quietly to reverse the eventual rebellion, but what he did next only sealed it. Both Anthony and Azalea was on the nearby courtyard when they overheard the conversation. The only words they made out were "he will suffer!", which was enough to make Anthony run away, frightened.

Later, he was in his room trying to sleep when Azalea came in and mockingly told him that the Sages told Dragases that he must kill Anthony, as they wanted the eventual rebellion to be obsolete. Mina, hearing the commotion, came in and took Azalea away, declaring it was time that they talked. Anthony, left behind, chanted quietly to himself, "Azalea always lies." Later, he was awakened again, but this time by his mother. She told her sleepy son that everything she had done, she had done to protect him, and instructed him not to forget who he was no matter how much things may change. The next morning, two guards woke the weary prince and dragged him to the Throne Room, where he was promptly disowned and was banished from the palace. As the two guards escorted a shocked Anthony out of the Throne room, a smiling Azalea stood behind a large curtain, smiling wickedly.

After being disowned and banished from the palace, a Sage escorted Anthony out of the palace with only a sack of possessions. The Sage dropped him off at the doorstep of the Brown family residence with a sack of his possessions and told her that what was happening was for his own good, as well as for the nation, before leaving the disowned prince behind. Anthony was greeted warmly by Hannah, the mother of Percy, who promised the young boy that he would be safe with the Brown Family, though the fact that his "parents" had cast him aside so easily would haunt Anthony for the rest of his life.

One day, Anthony burst into Percy's room, telling him to get out, and that it was his turn to play with the Lego blocks. Percy refused, telling Anthony to get out instead. Anthony decided that if he couldn't play with them, neither could Percy, and using one punch, he cracked Percy's Lego house into pieces. Percy called for his mother, and when Hannah asked why Anthony destroyed the Lego house, he replied that he didn't know. Hannah told her that if he could not control his violent impulses, he would hurt someone in the family, and asked if he understood. Anthony stormed out of the room, and Percy asked if Hannah was going to punish him. Hannah told Percy to cut his brother some slack, as he had been through a lot. Percy angrily retorted that Anthony was not his brother, instead remarking that he was "a stray dog that nobody had ever wanted, not even his real parents".

Over the following years between 729 and 737, Hannah came to regard Anthony as her own son, and Percy eventually warmed up to the prince, starting a brotherly relationship. Only two people in the entire Brown family knew about Anthony's life in the palace, Hannah and her husband, who had passed away from a Car Crash. This made Hannah very paranoid about mentioning the Royal family or anything related to the government. On Anthony's 11th birthday, she sent both Percy and himself to Lakeview Middle School and eventually to Lakeview High School. During his entire time as a regular citizen, Anthony was fully aware of his former position as Crown Prince, although he chose not to mention it.

Discovering Amber and Deposing Dragases
During his time as a regular citizen, he befriended the sons and daughters of Hannah's friends, a secret society known as the Order of the White Phoenix. As they all went to Lakeview High School, they spent a lot of time together.

After a major Demon siege finally subdued Zion, Dragases revealed himself not as the emperor, but as the leader of the Demons himself. He publicly broadcasted, stating that "the Banished Prince and his friends the Elemental Masters will meet their doom." Realizing that they were the elemental masters, Anthony and his friends fled the Realm of Creation and escaped in exile to the Realm of the Desert, otherwise known as Samyarkand.

Living in exile in the Samyarkand Realm, the Elemental Masters struggled to live off the land. During the first few days, they lived at an abandoned shack, where they made it their home. During these few days, they traveled nearby the boom town the shack was in, and found wanted posters all across the city. Persuaded by Percy, the group bought a wagon and journeyed across the Valley of 10,000 Skulls, a 2,000 mile-long desert valley. It was during this time that Anthony finally recalled his backstory as a prince of Zion and his disownment. Following this, the Elemental Masters tried to locate Constantine, Anthony's biological brother that was banished to Samyarkand years prior. Together, they journeyed to the Leona Mountains to learn their elements to the full potential, being able to defeat Emperor Dragases.

After Anthony had learned how to control Amber properly, the Elemental Masters and Constantine traveled back to Zion using the Realm Crystal. Finally exposing Dragases' dark power, the Elemental Masters dueled the dark Emperor and subsequently defeated him. After this event, Constantine told Anthony that he must take the throne in his place, as Constantine usurping power would make it seem like a brother fighting a brother for power. Constantine subsequently gave his blessing to Anthony and declared he would live out the rest of his days "drinking tea every day".

After officially deposing Dragases, Anthony was crowned Dragon Emperor. During the coronation, a secret agent attempted to kill the new Emperor by exploding a bomb while everyone was still in their seats. This became the first of the any following attempts on his life, though ultimately these all failed. During his official announcement of the plan to the people of Zion about the "Revamp Program", Anthony and his friends took a ride on Sargan, his dragon to watch the celebratory fireworks.

Furthermore, Anthony began to actively change the government of Zion; he removed all of Dragases' loyalists from their offices. Because of this and his policy of reconciliation, some in the Empire developed a deep hatred for him. Underground rebel organizations were formed in attempts to restore Dragases back to power, and several attempts on his life took place, though ultimately, all these attempts failed.

Reign
As Dragon Emperor, Anthony was devoted for Zion to pay it's crimes under the leadership of Dragases, dismantling the concentration camps and ending the social caste system. However, ruling the large empire proved to be difficult, as he was only a minor and no one had been helping his, with the exception of his bodyguard, Hutchins. Hutchins advised Anthony to go out on a mission to reunite the states that had broken off from the rule of Zion following Dragases' deposition. Anthony subsequently summoned his friends to come on the mission with him, and they all agreed.

After almost reuniting the empire using pressure, starvation, and even bribing, Anthony came to the city of Xi Yiing, a small border town along the border of Eden and Zion. Since Dragases' reign, Eden had claimed the city as their own, but Dragases had used his powerful military to hold the city for over 40 years. Due to the new regime being placed in power, the solders were recalled by Anthony, and Edenite forces took advantage of the

Life as a premature father
After gaining evidence that Mayor Gun had been secretly plotting to take over Zion, Anthony adopted three orphans, Katherine, Finn, and Zuri. Under the guise of a regular citizen "Darius Haxicommpoliticavoskiopolis", he adopted the kids and used them as cookie sellers to get information from the Mayor's house. After Olivia, Anthony's girlfriend agreed to raise them as the children's "guardians", the three kids became apart of the Imperial Family, with Katherine becoming first-in-line to the throne.

Personality
As a child, Anthony was a good-natured kid who always wanted what was best for anyone. However growing up with Azalea cast him into Dragases' shadow, as the latter preferred Azalea over him. Being mistreated by Dragases and treated well with his mother, Anthony preferred his mother over his father, and whenever he would stand up to Azalea, Dragases would often yell and insult the young boy.

After being disowned and cast out from the palace, as well as losing his mother, he became a self-sufficient and quiet boy who lacked the love he needed as a kid. Due to this and the fact that he never accepted the Brown family as his real family, his personality turned a drastic turn. Only when Percy opened up to him as a brother unlike how he had mistreated his adoptive brother years ago, did Anthony reveal his true personality. Even after this, he remained somewhat of an melancholy boy.

At the start of his reign as Dragon Emperor, Anthony was assertive to deal with the pressures and crimes that the Empire of Zion committed during the reign of Dragases. During this time, Anthony developed night-terrors, chronic insomnia, and a somewhat paranoid attitude. This would have increased further when he discovered that some of the assassins attempting to take his life were his own unhappy people, as he cared so much for his country. Anthony eventually became so desperate and conflicted over the duties and pressures of being Dragon Emperor that he turned to his imprisoned uncle Dragases for advice on how to deal with the pressures of the throne.

After being proven wrong that trusting Dragases was turning into the tyrant his uncle was, he fainted and went into cryostasis for a week before waking up as a more calm person, mirroring his attitude before his disownment. However, his attitude remained stern and he usually spoke like a natural leader. Most of the time he was stubborn towards many people, including his friends.

Appearance
Anthony is about 5 feet 7 inches tall in the beginning of the Book Series and about 5 feet 11 tall at the end. Anthony has an oval head with amber eyes, a slender nose, and a medium-sized mouth. There is a distinctive red scar on his left eyebrow.

He wears an ornate robe as a sign of his power and rank. The shape of his robes is quite distinctive, with spiked shoulders similar to Thai theatrical costumes, which aids in making him look powerful and imposing. The robe is made of yellow and golden hues, black interior parts, as well as red sashes all across the robe. His shoes match his pants as they have the same color of back and yellow running across them.

Anthony often wears his long brown hair down in the back of his head. He wears the hair on his scalp into a top-knot and hangs his bangs down by the side of his face, making two small ponytails in front of his face, although he is rarely seen with these. Anthony usually attaches his headpiece, a three-pronged golden-red artifact that is attached to the hair with a stick, onto the top-knot. He wears two button-like pieces on his small ponytails that are in the shape of the Emblem of Zion. When Anthony is in disguise, he wears his hair into one long Japanese-styled ponytail with one hair ornament, usually associated with the nation he is in.