Atlas Ernhardt

Atlas, a character in The Elementalists series, is Your Character's identical twin sibling. He/She is first seen in Book 1, Chapter 1, but referred to as reflection.

It isn't until Book 1, Chapter 10, that it is revealed that his/her name is Atlas. He/She is a student at Penderghast College of Elemental Magicks as of The Elementalists, Book 2.

Appearance
Atlas' gender and appearance changes according to the player's preferences for Your Character. He/she will always have the same gender and the same skin tone as you do, but their hair color will always be a silver of sorts. They wear a black leather jacket and white t-shirt.

Personality
Atlas seems to be a confident person who is a powerful attuned user. Much like the mythological character they're named after... It seems like they feel the world is on their shoulders and thus is jaded and doesn't trust easily. This is confirmed when they tell Your Character to not trust any of the Pend Pals.

As a Moon-Att, Atlas tells you he/she has the ability to sense moods and emotions, but he/she is not looking forward to more heart-to-heart conversations with you. As Professor Swan tells you, Atlas has a lot of hard edges. Atlas appears to have no qualms about knocking people out (if Your Character isn't skilled enough to hide her/him or improvise). Atlas also is frustrated that your caregivers did not train/teach/prepare you for the fight to come.

When asked what you guy's parents were like, Atlas tells you in Book 1, Chapter 11, that he/she got his/her mom's magickal aptitude and problem solving. He/she goes onto joke that this must have missed you. He/She implies that between the two of you, he/she is not the best at sports.

When Atlas meets your friends, Griffin tells him/her that you both are kind of total opposites. You say Atlas took the fighting skills, the deadpan stares and the extreme nihilism, leaving you with the social skills.

Your Character
Atlas tells Your Character that he/she is your twin sibling and this is confirmed 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 tells you both that you were born a minute before midnight and Atlas was born a minute after midnight.

Professor Swan
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.

Unnamed Mother
Atlas' caretakers told him/her that your mom never lost hope that you'd all get through this and be a family again. In Book 1, Chapter 13, Atlas tells you that Mom proposed to Dad and he burst into tears on the spot.

Pend Pals
Before Book 1, Chapter 14, Atlas' only interactions with your friends were by pretending to be you or by eavesdropping when hiding from their sight. Atlas believed their secrecy to be suspicious and that they shouldn't be trusted. In Chapter 14, they finally meet and clear the air. At your surprise birthday party, you have the option to help Atlas break the ice with your friends over a game of 'Never Have, I Ever'. Shreya tells Atlas that she will make a Pend Pals bracelet with special enchantment for her/him in three to five business days. Atlas tells the group, "You are all... decent. I... appreciate your... kindness." and Griffin is touched although he mentions that Atlas looked like he/she was dying when he/she said those words.

Trivia

 * The name Atlas comes from the titan who was condemned to hold up the celestial heavens for eternity after the Titanomachy.
 * According to Robert Graves's The Greek Myths, the Pelasgians believed the creator goddess Eurynome assigned Atlas to govern the moon, fitting with Atlas’ Moon Attunement.
 * It is also the ship name that the Main Character in Across the Void is captain to.
 * In psychology, “Atlas” is used metaphorically to describe the personality of someone whose childhood was characterized by excessive responsibilities. Atlas was trained to protect Your Character and him/herself against Raife from a young age, with little chance for a proper childhood, so this metaphor seems to fit.
 * 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.
 * Atlas is a playable character in Book 1, Chapter 11, in a premium choice, where it is revealed that Atlas is the younger twin.
 * As of Book 1, Chapter 11, it seems like he/she is sharing a room with Your Character unbeknownst to the rest of the faculty and students.
 * In the same chapter, Atlas tells you that he/she has been trapped in the Mirror Dimension for months.
 * As a Moon-Att who has been practising longer than Your Character (he/she started studying advanced magick at age 5), Atlas is familiar with these Moon spells:
 * Moon Spell - by touching shoulder, makes person willing to tell the truth.
 * (Unnamed) Spell - by touching cheek or forehead, allows person to share memories.
 * Yueguang Trabem - light blast.
 * (Unnamed) Spell - lets you see magick that's been used recently.
 * (Unnamed) Spell - makes individual temporarily forget what happened over the last 2 minutes.
 * (Unnamed) Spell - subdues enemy by making them go to sleep.
 * In Book 1, Chapter 13, Atlas reveals that he/she has thalassophobia, the fear of large bodies of water. This was due to Sofia, one of Raife's lackies, nearly drowning them.
 * In the same chapter, it is mentioned that their foster parents were murdered by The Dread when they were in High School.
 * During the course of Book 1, Chapter 14, Your Character and Atlas celebrate you guy's birthday; which is presumably January 18 according to Chelsa.
 * When Atlas was a child, he/she had an imaginary troll friend named Humberton. During his/her seventh birthday party, Atlas ate the entire cake in one sitting and somehow managed to magick the roof of the house into a replica of the Milky Way galaxy. From then on, birthday parties involved lightly-sweetened granola bars, which incidentally were eaten by a wereraven on the night of Atlas' eighth birthday party.
 * On February 15, 2018 Chelsa one of the writers for The Elementalists told our own Fearless Diva via twitter that Atlas is a Moon, Metal and Water att.
 * Atlas never have been to school before, he/she mentioned that being around many people is overwhelming and makes him/her itchy.
 * In Book 1, Chapter 19, it is revealed that Atlas was born a minute after Midnight, the darkest time of night, which is what caused their attunement to the Moon. It also makes Atlas two minutes younger than their twin, who was born a minute before Midnight.