Sawyer

Sawyer is Cait and Islene's father. During the Roman raid on his village, Locerly Cross, he is taken as a slave and is left being unaware as to whether his daughters are alive or dead. After laughing at a Roman soldier and refusing to say why, he attacks the soldier and makes a scene. As punishment for his defiance, Lucius burns out his eyes and blinds him. In his last moments where he is able to see, he spots Cait hiding on the outskirts of a forest, watching him. Later, Cait seeks the help of Divis to rescue Sawyer, which he is able to do by entrancing Philo and Decimus. They escape and head to Locerly Cross, which has since been abandoned, and arrive there around the same time as Philo, Brutus, Phelan, and Ania. After Cait reveals that Islene died in the raid on their village, Sawyer becomes distraught and attempts to bring her back by praying to Sulis, unsuccessfully. Cait and Sawyer part ways with Divis, and head to Crugdunon.

Sawyer was safe at Crugdunon, bonding with Cait and some of the other children. But Divis, possessed by the demon Pwykka returns and chases after Cait and Sawyer, and only through the help of Kerra are they able to escape, much to the dismay of General Aulus. After returning to normal, Divis meets again with Cait and Sawyer, and convinces Sawyer that he and Cait must journey alone. Cait initially refuses this, but understands that she has to if Rome is to be stopped. She and Divis part from Sawyer, who goes off alone after warning that if Divis harms Cait, he will hunt him down.

Two years after leaving Cait, Sawyer stumbles upon Lucius, who has since deserted the Roman army. Recognising him from his voice, Sawyer accepts that if he was never blinded, Cait never would have been the small daughter of a blind father and would not be the chosen one, and so Sawyer forgives and thanks Lucius for blinding him.

Three years after the Roman invasion, with the help of Lucius, Sawyer manages to find Cait again, who has started working with former Regni Queen Antedia. He says he's been searching for Cait for a while now and has been travelling with Lucius. When Lucius saw the explosion of the Roman bar caused by Antedia, they both instinctively knew that Cait was also involved in it also. He said that when Cait's mother died, the only thing that kept him going was Cait and Islene. Sawyer told Cait that Lucius has mentioned the spear and she should know about it, and then Cait tells him that she killed Veran. Some nearby Roman prisoners recognise their former Prefectus talking with Antedia and tell their commanding Legionary, who with the aid of his comrades surrounds Lucius and kidnaps him. Antedia starts to fight off the Romans but is dragged away by Cait for being outnumbered. As they make their escape on a horsecart, they witness a Roman cart run down Sawyer, killing him.

After Antedia tries to console Cait over Sawyer's death and Cait runs away, she meets with the spirit of Islene. Cait tells Islene that their father has been killed, but Islene already knows this and says he is at peace now, knowing he played his part.