Antonio Marcel De la Vega

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Antonio
Biographical information
Full name	Antonio Marcel De la Vega
Gender	Male
Alias	Santiago The Fire Keeper
Family	Red Queen ancestor
Residence	Venice Beach
Physical description
Eye	Dark
Hair	Dark
Behind the scenes
Appearances	The Storm Runner The Fire Keeper

“	The Prophecy of Fire was only the beginning. But fire spreads. Until it burns everything in its path.	”
–The Storm Runner

Antonio Marcel De la Vega, also known as Santiago is a tarot-card reader and guitar player. His true identity is the Fire Keeper, the one responsible for watching the eternal flame.

Rick Riordan Presents

The Storm Runner

When Zane Obispo arrives in Venice Beach, he heard Santiago playing a guitar and singing about the Prophecy of Fire, how the prophesied days are coming so find the shadows and hide. He told him that freeing Ah-Puch on the solar eclipse was only the beginning, but fire spreads until it burns everything in its path. Before Zane could ask more, Brooks pulled him away saying he should make his own destiny, but not before he heard Santiago sing There are liars in our midst and the storm is a-comin’. Jazz found it interesting that Zane met Santiago, he's supposed to be invisible to the Mortal eye.

The Fire Keeper

Santiago reappeared at the Arch of Cabo San Lucas, which was actually his pet, Chiquita. His real name was Antonio Marcel De la Vega, Zane Obispo guessed that Jazz called him Santiago because the Fire Keeper wouldn't use his real name. He knew that Zane was coming, but he didn't like that he attacked Chiquita with fire. After Zane apologized, Antonio got the idea of a lyric saying that sorry is a cheap word, he forgot he had a pencil but didn't have paper anyway. Antonio said he should've listed to him instead of thinking he had all the answers. He breathed into his palms and purple fire took them to his jam pad.

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Appearance

Santiago has dark dreadlocks, silver-rimmed shades sunglasses, and twinkling gold front teeth. His accent was thick and strange. His eyebrows over his dark eyes looked like they’d been burned off, leaving behind small scars.

When revealed himself as the Fire Keeper, Antonio Marcel De la Vega still had the long locs, thick accent, and burned off eyebrows as before. His gold teeth glinted in the moonlight, he wore a plain orange T-shirt with a pair of long shorts and had a half-chewed pencil tucked behind his ear. His left leg was inked with a red tattoo: a winged panther breathing fire from its mouth.