Everett Merkseyer

Everett, a character in The Elementalists series, is an upperclassman at Penderghast College of Elemental Magicks and the varsity captain of Penderghast's Thief team. He is first seen in Book 1, Chapter 6.

Appearance
He has light brown spiky hair, brown eyes, and fair skin with a scruffy beard. He normally wears a yellow thief jersey, which has some white & black lines, along with his fire attunement symbol on one of the short-sleeves.

Personality
He seems to be short-tempered with some of the the students that come out to try out for Thief in Chapter 6. Everett also appears to be quite competitive.

Your Character
Everett is impressed by Your Character at tryouts and places You on the varsity Thief team. He reveals that he's heard a lot about you and that you are the first Sun-Att at Penderghast in a hundred years or so. He also tells you in Chapter 6 that the Thief team has never had a Sun-Att before. He goes onto say that he hopes you do well, and not just because it'll look good for him to have you on the field. When You tell him you are sick and have to miss the first Thief game of the season, he is very understanding. He prioritizes Your health and that of the team, and tells you to take care of yourself.

Griffin Langley
Griffin is on the Thief team with him. He seemed short-tempered with Griffin in the first interaction they are shown together.

Trivia

 * He shares the same forename as Everett Rourke, the main antagonist of the Endless Summer series.
 * He bears a resemblance to American actor Taylor Lautner and Canadian actor Robbie Amell.
 * The fire symbol on his jersey implies that he's a Fire-Att.