Briar Moss

Briar Moss is one of the four children in the Circle of Magic books. He was originally a street rat, before being found by Niklaren Goldeye. He was taken to live at Discipline, in Winding Circle. He has plant magic.

After the four qualified as mages and got their medallions, he and Rosethorn, his teacher, went travelling, and found Evvy, a stone mage. Then they travelled some more before ending up in Namorn in The Will of the Empress.