Number Three (Hannu)

"'The Legacies live. They will find each other. And when they're ready, they're going to destroy you.'" -Number Three to Andrakkus Sutekh, I Am Number Four

Number Three, also known as Hannu, was the third of the Nine Garde Children sent from Lorien. It is implied that Hannu lived in Africa for most of his time on Earth, in a village a few miles away from Nairobi, Kenya. His death is the catalyst for the series.

He is portrayed by Greg Townley in the film adaptation.

Hannu was first seen in a Kenyan village by Adamus Sutekh, who was posing as a humanitarian aid worker on an operation to locate a child with the Loric Charm. Adam described Hannu as "fit, tall for his age. He is dark skinned, yet a few shades lighter than many of the other villagers, a smattering of sunborn freckles across his cheeks and nose. He looks somehow exotic."

According to Adam, "Everything about Hannu is easygoing, even the leisurely way he walks us over to the basketball court. He looks at home here, comfortable. Too comfortable," and "It seems like Hannu has had such a peaceful time on Earth that he's forgotten there's a war on." Adam's subconscious manifestation of Number One called him "dense." At his hut, however, it was revealed that he and his Keeper had made an obstacle course, proving that "Hannu does more training than just pickup basketball games at the village."

Number Three was briefly seen on television with his Keeper about a year after landing on Earth. They were apparently living in Philadelphia for a while and were planning a flight to Africa. His Keeper refused to allow the Loric Chest to go through the airport scanner.

Hannu was living peacefully in a Bantu village in Kenya, when a humanitarian aid team visited the village to give vaccines to locals. Presumably unbeknownst to Hannu, many of these aid-workers were Mogadorians in disguise. Because he was older than many of the other children, Hannu kindly refused to be vaccinated, claiming he was "strong like an ox." He met Adam Sutton and they played a brief game of basketball.

That night, Hannu and his Keeper awoke to strange sounds in the night. His Keeper got up to check and was impaled by a Mogadorian sword. His last words to Hannu were "Run." Hannu did as he Keeper said and broke through the back wall of his hut, ripping through the jungle at high speed. When he got to the ravine that cut through the jungle, he managed to scale the three-hundred-foot wide and deep gorge, escaping the piken that was pursuing him. However, on the other side was the Mogadorian General Andrakkus Sutekh. He stole Hannu's Loric pendant and, before he struck Hannu down, the boy told the Mog that the Legacies would find each other and destroy him when they were ready. He died with faith that he would somehow make it home.

Three's death meant that a third of the Loric Garde were gone. Like his predecessors, his death influenced different choices amongst both Garde and C锚pans:

As Hannu was only present in the series several times, it is unknown what Legacies, if any, he had developed. These are simply speculation based on information from the books.