Tomas Endress is one of the main characters in the Testing. He is from Five Lakes Colony. During The Testing, he developed a relationship with the protagonist, Malencia Vale[1].
Early Life[]
Tomas was considered the brightest student in his class. When the testing candidates were chosen he, Zandri Hicks, Malachi Rourke, and Malencia Vale, candidates from the Five Lakes Colony, are selected to participate in The Testing.
Relationships[]
Malencia Vale: Throughout the trilogy, Tomas and Cia date each other. During the fourth test, Tomas tells Cia that he loves her and she replies with "I think I love you too". Tomas is known to be protective of Cia especially from a fellow testing candidate named Will.
Zandri Hicks: At the beginning of the first book Zandri is known for being jealous of the relationship between Cia and Tomas. But as The Testing goes on they resolve their differences and become friends. During the fourth task, Tomas kills Zandri by what he said was "an accident".
The Testing[]
- Main article: The Testing
Tomas, along with the protagonist, Malencia Vale, was chosen for the testing. They developed a relationship, starting out when he goes to see her while she rests outside of a restaurant they and the other Testing Candidates from Five Lakes were taken to on the way to Tosu City. After that, he and Cia became close friends during the first three stages of testing and teamed up during the fourth. Tomas saved Cia's life when she was about to fall off the edge of the bridge, and that's how they found each other. During the testing, while Cia was out hunting, Tomas encountered Zandri. He killed her by accident. Will catches up with Cia and Will again after saving their lives, they travel together until Cia's bike breaks down. Tomas was unable to abandon Cia, as Will is about to take off he shoots Tomas in the stomach. Tomas is only able to survive and cross the finish line thanks to Cia's help.
Independent Study[]
- Main article: Independent Study
In Independent Study, Tomas was selected to go to the university in the field of biological engineering as he had always wanted. He goes through his schoolwork being assigned a class list of seven and survives through the tests to be one of the 8 out of 15 students in that program to be assigned an internship. Cia confronts him with regards to him keeping his testing memories. He admits to remembering everything, which leads to Cia questioning how Zandri died. He admitted that he and Will were in an argument, when they stumbled across Zandri, who was in despair. Tomas had his knife out, and Will had told him to turn, which lead to him accidentally stabbing Zandri. Towards the end of the book Raffe, Cia, and Will travel to the abandon airspace, which leads Cia recognizing her brother as one of the rebels.
Graduation Day[]
- Main article: Graduation Day
Appearence[]
Cia describes Tomas Endress as having grey eyes[1]. He has a dimple on his left cheek and an angular face. Tomas is described as very handsome, even distracting to some of the nurses. In addition, he has "strong, calloused hands".