| Vo Spader | |
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| First appearance | The Lost City of Faar |
| Last appearance | The Soldiers of Halla |
| Created by | D. J. MacHale |
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| Nickname(s) | Spader, Flash Gordon |
| Species | Traveler (Cloral) |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Traveler, Aquaneer |
| Family | Benn Spader, Ginja Spader (adopted father) |
| Spouse(s) | none |
| Children | none |
| Relatives | (above) |
Vo Spader is a fictional character in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale. He is the traveler for Cloral, and is one of the last generation of travelers.
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In the books, Spader is described as a tall young man with tan skin and Asian features. He has long black hair and is always wearing an aquaneer suit, which is black and yellow, and normally has the sleeves cut off, however in one scene he is wearing a uniform with the sleeves in respect for his father. There has been one photo drawn of Spader by actual artists for the Pendragon books.
When his father is poisoned by Saint Dane, Spader vows revenge, and becomes obsessed with killing Saint Dane. Spader appears in The Lost City of Faar, The Never War, Black Water, Raven Rise ,and before the war book one. As of the end of Black Water, Spader and Gunny are trapped on due to a rockslide which destroys the flume on Eelong. In The Pilgrims of Rayne, Spader sends a note attached to one written by Gunny and sent to Dodger to give to Courtney. It is his only contact between books 6 and 8.
Spader didn't know it, but his father was the Traveler from Cloral, and he was supposed to take his place after his father's death. Bobby Pendragon and Uncle Press Tilton were supposed to reveal his true identity to him. He rescued Bobby from a quig at the beginning of Book II, and help Bobby and Press become acclimated to life on Cloral. He became a close friend of Bobby's, and was eventually able to believe him when Bobby told him of his Traveler status. At the end of the book Saint Dane takes the form of his father and distracts Spader. Uncle Press rats out Saint Dane and tells Spader. Saint Dane then flumes to Veelox and then sends gunshots to warn Spader of what he's capable of. However, Spader stands in front of the flume because of his uncontrollable hate for Saint Dane for killing his father. Press steps pushes Spader out of the way, taking the bullets instead of Spader.
Bobby and Spader flume to Veelox, where Aja Killian convinces them, by showing them a video, that Saint Dane flumed to First Earth. Once there, Spader and Bobby meet Vincent "Gunny" Van Dyke, another Traveler, who is in charge of first Earth. Spader is still confused about his feelings towards Saint Dane, to the degree that he refuses to obey Bobby and Gunny and nearly alters the future of three territories forever. At the end of the book, Bobby tells Spader he needs to return to Cloral and take a break from "Traveler business", because Spader wanted revenge on Saint Dane for killing his father.
Spader is recruited by Courtney Chetwynde and Mark Dimond to bring an antidote to the same poison that killed his father to Eelong. Saint Dane has taken the poison and used it on vital crops in Eelong. Spader shows some interest in Courtney romantically, but it's not very serious. Spader, Mark, and Courtney flume to Eelong and find Bobby at the flume. Each of the three takes a case of antidote and brings it to Black Water so it can be used when the poison is dropped onto the city. As Bobby, Boon, Kasha, Spader, Gunny, Courtney, and Mark return to the flume to leave Eelong, disaster occurs. Courtney and Mark's attempt to return home cracks the flume, destroying it. They manage to return to Second Earth, and Bobby manages to get to Zadaa, but Kasha is fatally wounded, and Spader and Gunny are trapped on Eelong. They have remained there ever since.
Courtney receives a note from Dodger after learning that he is Gunny's acolyte. At the bottom of the note is a note from Spader that says he's in the battle for Halla one-hundred percent and that he believes everything Bobby had said before.
Spader appears at the end of Raven Rise with the other 9 travelers as well as Press. It is unknown as of how they contacted each other as he, Gunny, Loor, Aja (in her time, not Ibara's), Elli, Bobby(even though he thinks it), and Siry are have not been noted to have died.
Spader plays a role in the Soldiers of Halla, when he helps Bobby and Yenza catch a fleeing dado (robot) with information and, later, when he fought in the final battle in securing the conclave on Third Earth. He saw his father again early on, learned his true origins from Solara, and joined the place in the end. His final words were, in a reply to Bobby's remark that there might be sniggers on Solara, "I never thought of that. Last one there buys."
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