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 Shadow Anubis's first human host.

Background
Walt is descended from the heretic pharaoh, Akhenaton, and as such he is dying of a curse (the curse of Tutankhamen) that has carried down the family line (e.g. his dad died at 18). Despite this, Walt determined to learn magic 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 crush on eachother.

The Throne of Fire
Walt is with Carter, Sadie, and Jaz when they break into the Brooklyn Museum, he is seen by Sadie holding hands and whispering with Jaz, this makes her jealous as she has a crush on him. The evil bau, 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 griffin, Freak.

During a lesson taken by Carter, called Magic Problem Solving 101, he trips as he faces a shabti opponent, he then grabs it and under his grip it crumpled into a pile of dust, 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 guard.

When Carter learns that Sadie is being attacked by Nekhbet and Babi in London, Walt goes with him to ensure her safety. Upon finding her safe and with Bes, Walt is forced by Bes to leave as they go on to Russia without him.

Later, Sadie summons him to help her find the last scroll of Ra. On the way there, he reveals to Sadie that he suffers the curse of Akhenaten's descendants, which means that they die young, and the more magic they do, the quicker they die. Sadie is horrified, and quotes "I may have kissed him, or possibly slapped him", but Walt says that at Brooklyn House, he feels that his life has a meaning. They knock down a water tower and find unexplored tunnels filled with Roman mummies beneath it. Here they find the 3rd section of the book of Ra. They meet the god, Ptah (who's brief host is the date farmer, coming down to shoot Sadie and Walt for destroying his tower), who helps them escape the mummies (who had come after them as they had turned back on their word to free them) by summoning a hoard of rats. He appears again when Sadie visits him in her Ba form because she was summoned by Jaz and at the end of the book, during the battle and afterwards when he visits Sadie in her room.

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.

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.

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.Cater also said he is talented enough to choose 3 different paths (Isis,Osiris and Thoth).

Death Magic: Walt also appears to have the recent power to turn things to dust, using his hands and later his wand, this power may be shared with the god Anubis.

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 this scared Sadie that she may never see Walt again. Throughout the third book their feelings for eachother 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.

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).