I was just sitting there, watching powerpoint project after powerpoint project, when I saw the name "Axel." And it hit me. Axel Shadow. Axel Shadow, that's the perfect name for the guy in the contest! Sorry guys but that is the right name for him. Your suggestions were good too... come to think of it, Axel is pretty close to Sarah's suggestion I think?
So I was just sitting there again... and I notice that the same guy, Sir Humphry Davy, keeps showing up over and over again. It seems he was some famous chemist who discovered A BUNCH of stuff. And so chemist... chemist plus al... alchemist. The leader of the alchemists. I've been searching for a name for the leader of the alchemists forever and now I know it! It's gonna be that guy! I'm trying to work real history into the book a little bit, so it's legit. :D Too legit to quit!
Anyway I was so inspired and I just wanted to do a happy dance but I didn't. I just wrote! Ha ha.