Mathias

"We were driven to near extinction. Almost fifty thousand witches killed…"

- Mathias on the Salem Witch Trials

Mathias is someone who knows Mary from her future. He is responsible for her being sent to the present day as he is a time mage, a rare and largely unknown magical type.

ASFS
Mathias, Fred, and Charles Dickens send Mary to the future, with the knowledge that she has a role to play in what's to come.

Post-ASFS
Not much is known about Mathias' story before the beginning of the novel other than at some point in the future, a younger Mathias will travel to the 1800s in order to bring Mary to the present day.

Mary
Mathias appears to have a good relationship with the future Mary, as he is seen to admire her present counterpart and states himself to be "faithful" to her.

Fred
It is apparent that Fred and Mathias' relationship is a strained one, mostly due to the former's distrust of the latter. The reason for this is not known.

Appearances

 * Prologue

Trivia

 * The younger Mathias' location is unknown in the present day for now.
 * It is not known exactly how long Mathias spent in the 1800s before the events of the Prologue.