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Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and producer. He rose to international fame for his portrayal of Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012). Wood made his film debut with a small part in Back to the Future Part II (1989). He went on to achieve recognition as a child actor with multiple roles such as Avalon (1990) and The Good Son (1993). As a teenager, he starred in several films including North (1994), Flipper (1996), and The Ice Storm (1997). Following the success of The Lord of the Rings, Wood has appeared in a wide range of films, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Paris, je t'aime (2006), and I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017). Wood's voice roles include Mumble in the Happy Feet film franchise (2006–2011), the title protagonist in 9 (2009), Spyro the Dragon in the Legend of Spyro video game trilogy (2006–2008), Beck on Disney XD's Tron: Uprising (2012–2013), Sigma in Season 10 of Red vs. Blue, and Wirt in the Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014). He played Ryan Newman on the FX dark comedy series Wilfred (2011–2014), for which he received a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actor, and Todd Brotzman in the BBC America series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017).
An Ember in the Ashes is a fantasy novel by Sabaa Tahir following two mask soldiers and a Scholar slave. The first mask's name is Elias Veturius, he is the son of the evil teacher of Blackcliff, Keris Veturia. Elias wants to escape but finds himself in the trials for the selection of the next Emperor with his best friend Helene Aquilla. Helene is the only female mask other than the Commandant, Keris Veturia. She must decide what is more important, winning the throne or keeping her best friend. Meanwhile after the murder of her grandparents and imprisonment of her brother Darin, Laia must seek out the very people who betrayed her brother, the Resistance. Once Laia finds the Resistance she must cut a deal for her brother's freedom in exchange for spying on the vicious Commandant as a slave. Their paths collide at Blackcliff in a fight for what's more important.
