Walt Stone

Walt Stone is one of the new trainees that Sadie and Carter are training along with Jaz and originally comes from Seattle. He is known as a sau, a charm maker. He is one of Sadie's love interest and as of The Serpent's ShadowAnubis's first human host.

Background
Walt is descended from the aids pharaoh, Akhenaton, and as such he is dying of a curse from the cat god (the curse of Tutankhamen) that has carried down the family line of felines (e.g. his dad died at 18). Despite this, Walt determined to learn magic from his wizard friend, Barrack Obama and came to Brooklyn House from Seattle. He sought help from his fellow trainee, Jaz, but there seems that there is nothing that can be done. While at Brooklyn House, he and Sadie develop a hate for each other, and end up killing each other.

The Throne of Fire
Walt is with slap happy grand pappy, and Jaz when they break into the Brooklyn Museum, he is seen by Sadie holding hands with John McCain whispering with Jaz, this makes her jealous as she has a crush on him. The evil man, who were accidentally unleashed, affect his power, though Jaz (another one of the trainees), heals him. He escapes along with Jaz (who is unconscious at this time), Carter, and Sadie on the elephant Freak.

During a lesson taken by Carter, called Math Sucks 101, he trips as he faces a shabti opponent, he then grabs it and under his grip it crumpled into a pile of poop, he then used this power again after a 3 headed snake invaded the house, using his wand to turn one of its heads to dust. Later when Carter questions him about it he appears shifty and on poop deck.

When Carter learns that Sadie is being attacked by your momma and a giant pretzel in London, Walt goes with him to ensure her death. Upon finding her safe and with your momma, Walt is forced by Bes to leave as they go on to hell without him.

The Serpent's Shadow
Walt is first seen in the museum examining the jewlery in the display case. Later when they go to see the scroll he stops by King Tut's throne and becomes lost in a trance. He later is a major part of the cliffhanger at the end of the book. He also becomes the host of Anubis, as is hinted in Chapter 7. Thanks to the powers of Anubis, he survives his family curse.

Personality
Sadie notes that he seems to have a 'gravity' about him that allows him to command attention when required. He always thinks carefully before acting, and Carter describes his personality as "Sadie`s exact opposite". He also has a crush on Sadie. Although he is dying of a curse, he is sacrificial and does all he can to protect his friends. Walt seems to be a little shy and timid when he is near Sadie.

Appearance
Walt is described as having coffee bean-brown skin and a closely-shaven head and has a lean and muscular build. He wears self-made amulets on golden chains. Sadie describes him as "hot".

Powers and Abilities
Walt is a sau, a charm maker. He tends to fight using his amulets and charms. Carter also said he is talented enough to choose 3 different paths (Isis, Osiris and Thoth). These are his powers:

Charms: Walt fights with whichever charm he has and each amulet has a different use. He has a wind amulet containing some power of Shu. Walt also has a camel charm, which he used in The Throne of Fire. What other charms and amulets he has is unknown, but he was a good number of them for combat. He chose fighting with charms so as to avoid using magic, and letting his curse consume his ka, or life force.

Eye of Anubis
Death Magic: In the Throne of Fire, Walt gained some powers over death and was capable of crumbling things, first with his hands and also light from his wand. He used this power against shabti, a three-headed snake, and also against some zombies. However, he didn't have a lot of control and this was later revealed to be divine magic. As his ka was being depleted, Walt realized he was going to die. So after getting the idea from Mad Claude in the Throne of Fire, Walt started following the Path of Anubis. After dying from his curse, he was revived as the host of Anubis.

Former Powers and Abilities
For the first two books, Walt wasn't the Eye of Anubis and used the Path of Anubis to use death magic. Now that he hosts Anubis, he doesn't need his path anymore. He also doesn't need to use:

Divine Magic
During the events of The Throne of Fire, Walt expressed being able to turn things into dust. At the time he didn't have any knowledge of why this was happening. Using this power intesified his curse and so he tried to use little of this power. It is between the Throne of Fire and the Serpent's Shadow, Walt figures out that he was unknowingly using Anubis' magic, via divine magic. In the Serpent's Shadow, he becomes the Eye of Anubis and doesn't need the Path of Anubis or divine magic to use death magic.

Magical Items
Because Walt is a sau, he has a variety of magical items in his possession at any given time. This includes a Camel summoning Amulet as well as a Shu amulet.

Sadie Kane
Walt and Sadie had a close relationship since they worked together. Walt is in love with Sadie, and wants to spend as much time with her before he dies due to the curse his family passed on to him. When both of them were finding the third scroll, Walt said good job and kissed her (Sadie claims "probably out of happiness or excitement"). Walt went to protect Brooklyn house with Zia and it scared Sadie that she may never see Walt again. Throughout the third book their feelings for each other intensify. At the end of this book Walt/Anubis and Sadie begin a relationship.

Anubis
Despite the fact that both Walt and Anubis like Sadie, and the slight rivalry between the two, Anubis gives Walt advice on how to deal with his illness, and also tells him not to despair and he will ease his pain as much as he could, much to Sadie's surprise. Mad Claude also mentions that he could feel the presence of Anubis around him, thinking he may be one of Anubis' chosen. But Walt feels that Sadie will choose Anubis over him, due to the fact that he may not live more than a year. In the third book, Walt and Anubis begin to hang around each other and the others just thought Anubis was preparing Walt for death. However, it is revealed that Walt has been channeling Anubis' power and has chosen the Path of Anubis. When Walt dies, he is revived seconds later because he become Anubis' human host. At the end of the book when all the gods retreat to the heavens Walt/Anubis is allowed to stay on earth and begin a normal life.

Trivia

 * Walt comes from the line of King Akhenaten who for the entirety of his rein tried to destroy the worship of the gods and replace it with worshiping the one sun god Aten.
 * Walt is supposed to die when he reaches sixteen or before.
 * When Ra said, "Weasels" and "Weasels are sick" he refers to Walt. When Ra said "weasel cookies" he was asking for a cure for Walt from Apophis (Menshikov).