Your Character (The Elementalists)

Your Character in The Elementalists is the main protagonist of The Elementalists series.

Although his/her default name is "Eli Russell", the player can choose to name him/her as they wish. He/She is a former student at Hartfeld University and a current Sophomore at Penderghast College of Elemental Magicks as of The Elementalists, Book 2.

Appearance
Your appearance is customizable according to the player's preferences. You can choose gender, skin tone, facial features and hairstyle. You have a closet available to change your wardrobe. You have a sun-shaped birthmark on your upper right arm regardless of your appearance.

Personality
Your personality depends on the player's choices but can be generally perceived as a helpful, amiable, and confident person. If Your Character follows Sun-Atts' personalities to a T, you also are very loyal, and are skilled at getting people to work together. Atlas tells you that you have Mom's optimism, although the gene for magickal aptitude and problem solving must have skipped you. Atlas' caretakers told him/her that your mom never lost hope that you'd all get through this and be a family again. According to Atlas, Your Character apparently inherited your birth father's ability to be good at sports.

Book 1

 * Chapter 1: Open Enrollment
 * Chapter 2: The Exam
 * Chapter 3: Spellbound
 * Chapter 4: Judgement Day
 * Chapter 5: Trouble Brewing
 * Chapter 6: Ill Omens
 * Chapter 7: Office Hours
 * Chapter 8: Night Magick
 * Chapter 9: Dark Secrets
 * Chapter 10: Smoke and Mirrors
 * Chapter 11: Double Double
 * Chapter 12: Toil and Trouble
 * Chapter 13: In the Dark
 * Chapter 14: Tower of Terror
 * Chapter 15: End Game
 * Chapter 16: That's Amorelia
 * Chapter 17: The Dread
 * Chapter 18: Blood Moon
 * Chapter 19: Daybreak

Book 2

 * Chapter 1: New Dawn
 * Chapter 2: In Session
 * Chapter 3: Late Lessons
 * Chapter 4: Danger and Discovery
 * Chapter 5: The Source
 * Chapter 6: Crisis Control
 * Chapter 7: Murky Waters
 * Chapter 8: Shaky Ground
 * Chapter 9: Face To Face
 * Chapter 10: Moving Forward
 * Chapter 11: Family Business
 * Chapter 12: Ultimatum
 * Chapter 13: Into the Woods
 * Chapter 14: Know No Bounds
 * Chapter 15: Squad Up
 * Chapter 16: Unleashed
 * Chapter 17: Ray of Light

The Elementalists: Winters Past

 * Chapter 1: Twas The Night Before Solstice
 * Chapter 2: Can't Beat That Holiday Spirit
 * Chapter 3: Silent Night
 * Chapter 4: Solstice Bells

Atlas
Atlas tells Your Character that he/she is your twin sibling and this is confirmed in Book 1, Chapter 10, when Atlas shows Your Character the other half of the photo you found in Book 1, Chapter 4, of yourself as a baby. If you decide to see through Atlas’ memories in Book 1, Chapter 11, Raife Highmore will refer to you as the older twin. In Book 1, Chapter 19, Dean Swan reveals that you were born a minute before midnight and Atlas was born a minute after midnight.

Professor Evelyn Swan
Evelyn Swan is introduced as your Sun-Att instructor, who had in her bag a torn picture with you as a baby. In Chapter 10, she admits to knowing Atlas and calls him/her by name when Your Character saves them from the Shade that attacks them in Book 1, Chapter 10. They subsequently reveal to Your Character that they had no idea Atlas had been stuck in the Mirror Dimension this whole time. Before the two of you go back to your dorm in Book 1, Chapter 11, she tells you how Atlas did a lot to keep you safe and shield you from the evils out there.

Theia
Atlas' caretakers told him/her that your mom never lost hope that you'd all get through this and be a family again. If you ask Raife about your parents, he tells you that your mother was a surprise, that she had a fierceness in her. In the end, she begged him to spare you and Atlas, promising him great things and powers untold if he honored her wishes. In Book 2, Chapter 5, Alma revealed to Atlas that your mother is the Sun Source which makes you both half-mortal and that her name is Theia. After reading her journal in Book 2, Chapter 12, Your Character and Atlas' father's name was confirmed to be Todd.

Caretakers
Your caretakers (surname is dependent on yours; default surname is Russell) were trusted college friends of your parents.

Pend Pals
The Pend Pals are your best friends at Penderghast. Your relationships with each depend on your choices. You can choose to be aro-ace like Zeph, be just friends, or hook up with Shreya, Griffin, Beckett, and/or Aster.

Outfit Choices

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Trivia

 * A version of your character is shown on the covers of The Elementalists, Book 1, The Elementalists, Book 2 and The Elementalists: Winters Past.
 * The default name Eli is of Hebrew origin and means: Ascent, uplifted, high.
 * The default surname Russell is of French origin and means "red-haired" or "red-skinned."
 * The default surname Russell is of French origin and means "red-haired" or "red-skinned."


 * Your Character has two attunements. Your first attunement is to the Sun. Depending on your choices in Chapter 2, your second attunement will be either to Wood, Metal, Fire, Air, Earth or Water. You are the only Sun-Att that Penderghast has had in over one hundred years. This is contradicted in Book 2, when Theia Solaris is revealed to have been a student at Penderghast and was roommates with Evelyn Swan.
 * Your Character's dorm room has posters of The Crown & The Flame locations which are Fydoria, Blackspine Mountain, Stormholt Throne Room, Stormholt Castle, Streets of Lythikos, and Aurelia.
 * In Chapter 3, Professor Kontos reveals that it is possible for Your Character to get a third attunement one day.
 * In Chapter 4, Your Character tells Beckett that he/she was voted Most Tenacious in high school.
 * In Chapter 6, Everett tells you the Thief Team has never had a Sun-Att on the team before.
 * Though Your Character and Atlas are twins, you were born a minute before midnight and Atlas was born a minute after, thus giving you both different birthdays. Atlas confirms this in Book 2, Chapter 3, if you choose to learn a spell from him/her.
 * Atlas and Your Character being identical twin siblings separated at birth and with magickal powers connecting the two of you to the sun and the moon seems to be paying homage to the 2005 Disney Channel original movie Twitches.
 * During the premium choice in Chapter 11, with Atlas as a playable character, it is revealed that Your Character is the older twin.
 * Out of the Freshman classes revealed that MC is taking, you share Natural Studies with Shreya, Potions with Zeph, and Spellwork with Beckett.
 * In a premium scene with Aster that takes place in Book 1, Chapter 13, it is revealed that your character is enamored with maple syrup.
 * During the course of Chapter 14, Your Character and Atlas celebrate your birthday, which is presumably January 18 according to Chelsa.
 * On January 21, 2019, PB confirmed that it is the MC on the cover of The Elementalists.
 * On February 1st, 2019, PB did a poll asking which of the four love interests players chose to take to the Amorelia Day Gala in Chapter 16 and the top 2 were Beckett and Shreya.
 * In Book 1, Chapter 19, it's revealed that you were born a minute before Midnight, the darkest time of night, which is what caused your attunement to the Sun. It also makes you two minutes older than Atlas, who was born a minute after midnight.
 * In Book 2, Chapter 2, it's mentioned you spent your childhood arguing with the neighborhood kids about which Power Ranger was the best.
 * In Book 2, Chapter 5, Alma revealed to you and Atlas  that your mother is the Sun Source which makes you both half-mortal.
 * In Book 2, Chapter 7, it's revealed that you and Atlas are attuned to all of the Elements.
 * In a premium scene in Book 2, Chapter 10, it's revealed that one time, you ate a bunch of candy before riding a roller coaster and then had a photo op, which didn't end up pleasantly.
 * In the holiday special it's mentioned that your MC had once taken ice skating lessons as a child.
 * Since in Book 1 Chapter 2, Shreya states it's 2018 and MC celebrates his/her birthday in Chapter 14, this means that s/he was born in/around the year 2000.