====== Tad Adelbertsmiter ======
=====AKA=====
[[Frost Burned]]
  * Thaddeus<sup>185</sup>
  * One of the Halfies<sup>187</sup> 
  * Mein Sohn<sup>221</sup>
=====Physical Description=====
[[Frost Burned]]
  * Wasn't good looking, his ears were too big and they stuck out and his nose was flattened as if he'd gone three rounds with George Foreman<sup>187</sup>

[[Night Broken]]
  * Ears sticking out a little, his face just this side of homely-by his choice<sup>37</sup>
====Injuries====
^  Tad Adelbertsmiter Injury Types/Scar  ^^
^  [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #11: [[Storm Cursed]]  ^^
^  Injury Type/Scar  ^  Notes  ^
|  Blistering and Cracking Fingers<sup>193</sup>  |  Hardesty Witches  |
=====Appearances & Mentions=====
^           Appearances                   ^                            
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #3: [[Iron Kissed]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #5: [[Silver Borne]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #7: [[Frost Burned]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #9: [[Fire Touched]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #11: [[Storm Cursed]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #12: [[Smoke Bitten]]|                         
^           Mentions                    ^                              
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #10: [[Silence Fallen]]|
|[[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Hollow]]|
=====Classification=====
[[fae_types#Metallzauberer|Metallzauberer (Fae)]]

====Description====
[[Iron Kissed]]
  * Tad was half-human. His human blood hadn't, as far as Mercy could see, lessened the affinity for metals he shared with his father. Mercy didn't know if he'd inherited his father's immortality: he was nineteen and looked it<sup>23</sup>

[[Frost Burned]]
  * Tad wasn't one of the half fae who were as powerless as most humans<sup>69</sup>
  * Control of the big guns (his power) isn’t what it should be<sup>195</sup>

[[Night Broken]]
  * He looked a little odd. The stick-out ears that had always given him an almost-comical appearance were now pointed, the bones of his face subtly rearranged to beauty as real and as human as Adam's. His eyes were not human at all: polished silver with a cat's-eye pupil of purple. He was a little taller than usual, a little buffer, a little more graceful, and a lot scarier<sup>169</sup>
  * Unaffected by foul smoke<sup>169</sup>
  * Found it easier to magically manipulate aluminum over steel<sup>171</sup>
  * Changes like Mercy- between one breath and the next. He was a little taller than usual and a lot handsomer. He looked clean-cut and real<sup>174</sup>
  * Tad was incredibly powerful<sup>174</sup>

[[Fire Touched]]
  * Can mold pipes into a weapon<sup>59</sup>
====Affiliation====

=====Residence=====
[[mercyverse_residences#Zee_adelbertsmiter_house|Zee Adelbertsmiter House]]
=====Family & Significant Other=====
**Father - [[Zee Adelbertsmiter]]**
=====Occupation=====
[[mercyverse_businesses#Mercy's_Garage|Mercy's Garage]]
=====Character Traits & Facts=====

[[Frost Burned]]
  * Doesn't have a car<sup>136</sup>

[[Smoke Bitten]]
  * Had a VW bus. Mechanically it was sound and the interior was completely redone, but he hadn't decided on a paint job yet so it was still primer gray<sup>54</sup>
====Education, Work Experience & Languages====

**Education**

[[Moon Called]]
  * With Zee being outed by the Gray Lords and being moved to the reservation he'd gotten the scholarship that allowed him to head to the Ivy League college of his choice<sup>12</sup>
  * Studying at Harvard<sup>280</sup>

[[Silver Borne]]
  * Fae were considered a minority, so his official status as half-fae and his grades had gotten him in—hard work was keeping him there<sup>4</sup>

[[Smoke Bitten]]
  * Left for an Ivy League education but returned without his degree<sup>2</sup>

**Work Experience**

[[Moon Called]]
  * The never-ending paperwork for the garage had fallen to Tad<sup>12</sup>

[[Night Broken]]
  * Was fine writing the garage appointments on paper rather than using the appointment schedule that Gabriel had set up<sup>145</sup>

**Languages**

[[Frost Burned]]
  * Speaks Old German<sup>223</sup>
====Spirituality & Personality====
[[Moon Called]]
  * Nothing scares him, nothing bothers him, and he's frighteningly competent at whatever he chooses to do<sup>298</sup>

[[Iron Kissed]]
  * Has a certain disregard and distaste for authority<sup>169</sup>

[[Frost Burned]]
  * Wouldn't be able to sit around while someone was in danger<sup>70</sup>
  * Always careful with the truth; it is a powerful thing and deserves respect<sup>200</sup>
  * No longer acting like a hermit<sup>336</sup>

[[Night Broken]]
  * Someone had rubbed off the bright and shiny cheer that had been his gift to the world<sup>74</sup>
====Talents & Skills====
[[Frost Burned]]
  * His father had taught him to fight with swords<sup>176</sup>
  * Look-At-Me mode he used to distract people; look-at-me-not-at-what-I’m-hiding<sup>186</sup>
  * Can play solitaire; spider solitaire; no cheating for him<sup>208</sup>
  * Can discern lies but not with vampires<sup>269</sup>

[[Night Broken]]
  * At least as good of a mechanic as Mercy<sup>37</sup>
====Health & Fitness====
[[Frost Burned]]
  * Took two years of aikido<sup>187</sup>
====Quirks====

[[Blood Bound]]
  * had a very rocky love life<sup>261</sup>

[[Frost Burned]]
  * Thinks haunted houses are nifty<sup>227</sup>

[[Night Broken]]
  * Likes his brownies with lots of frosting but no nuts<sup>37</sup>
  * Likes the blueberry muffins that Christy made<sup>73</sup>
  * Has never visited anyone in prison<sup>80</sup>
  * Doesn't usually lie, though since he is only half-fae, he can, and he is a fair hand at misdirection<sup>113</sup>
  * Swears in German<sup>173</sup>

[[Fire Touched]]
  * Acted a little like a clown to cover up just how competent he was<sup>123</sup>
=====Relationships=====

**Mercy and Tad**

[[Moon Called]]
  * Mercy emails Tad every week<sup>298</sup>

[[Iron Kissed]]
  * Tad had hired Mercy when he was nine. He had to hire her three more times in the next month<sup>169</sup>
  * Thinks Mercy can be too innocent<sup>172</sup>

[[Frost Burned]]
  * Tad and Mercy emailed once a week since he left, and she called him once a month to keep up. Tad was the little brother Mercy had never had, and in some ways, they were closer than she was to her half sisters. Tad and Mercy had more in common: neither of them quite fitting in to either the world of the humans or the world of the supernatural<sup>68</sup>
  * Got Mercy a Big Word of the Day calendar for Christmas<sup>227</sup>
  * Used his magic to help burn Mercy's Rabbit to ash<sup>334</sup>

[[Night Broken]]
  * Medea, Mercy's cat, likes him<sup>24</sup>
  * If Mercy ever finds out who hurt Tad she might sic a werewolf pack on them<sup>74</sup>
  *  Mercy wished that they'd had Tad come over and stay with them instead of going to Fairyland; but it didn't like Tad didn’t have much of a choice<sup>238</sup> 
  * Without Tad’s help, Guayota would have defeated Mercy<sup>325</sup>

[[Smoke Bitten]]
  * Mercy had worked on cars with Tad for more than a decade, nearly half Tad's life<sup>2</sup>
  * One of the people Mercy most trusted in the world<sup>2</sup>

**Jesse and Tad**

[[Frost Burned]]
  * He'd flirted lightly with Jesse when he'd been home last<sup>70</sup>

[[Smoke Bitten]]
  * Tad could keep Jesse safe, and he was a good shoulder to cry on<sup>54</sup>

**Tad and the Pack**

[[Iron Kissed]]
  * Tad really respected Adam<sup>172</sup>

[[Frost Burned]]
  * Tad belonged to Mercy and thus to Adam<sup>193</sup>
  * Warren taught Tad to play gin rummy when he was a kid<sup>207</sup> 
  * Impressed with Asil's swordmanship; a bit of hero worship coming off Tad<sup>213</sup>
  * Tad drew the silver out of the wolves who needed it—including Ben. Kelly got the worst of it, as Tad’s skill improved with practice<sup>244</sup>


[[Night Broken]]
  *  Enjoyed exchanging juvenile remarks with Joel<sup>77</sup>

[[Fire Touched]]
  * The pack had Tad's back. Tad could keep Aiden safe, and the pack safe- and the pack would keep him safe<sup>126</sup>

**Tad and the Fae**

[[Iron Kissed]]
  * Had visited Connora often; she was kind to him<sup>23</sup>
  * Under the Gray Lords’ edict to stay away when Zee was arrested for murder<sup>169</sup> 
  * Uncle Mike set a geas on him to not talk about the fae to Mercy<sup>171</sup>

[[Silver Borne]]
  * Was worried for Phin's safety<sup>5</sup>

[[Frost Burned]]
  * Something happened to him when he was at college; it may had something to do with why he wasn't on the reservation with the rest of the fae<sup>69</sup>
  * Because even though they don’t care a fig for the half-bloods, the pure-blooded fae send us lists of fae who did not answer the Gray Lords’ call. We, the rejected, are to watch out for these fae and turn in any purebloods we see<sup>189</sup>

[[Night Broken]]
  * It sounded like someone noticed him using magic, and he has to go talk to them<sup>223</sup>
  * Tad is unhappy and those who hold him are not listening. He is being held against his will<sup>292</sup>

[[Fire Touched]]
  * Tad hadn't been required (or asked) to retreat to the reservations, at least not until he had demonstrated that his magic was powerful and rare. Then they'd wanted him<sup>3</sup>
