Evelyn Swan

I'm a firm believer that one's academic journey is never done. I learn more from the students here than I teach them!

— Professor Swan to MC^[1]

Evelyn Swan, a character in The Elementalists series, is a former professor and, as of Book 1, Chapter 19, the Dean of Penderghast College of Elemental Magicks. She makes her first appearance in Book 1, Chapter 4, but Your Character doesn't find out who she is until Book 1, Chapter 5.

Appearance

Professor Swan has brown eyes, tan skin and graying curly black hair. She wears a navy blue sweater with flowers on it, and a red shawl.

Personality

It is mentioned that she only teaches a special class for Sun-atts and Moon-atts, but there hadn't been any at Penderghast for several years. She is protective of her office and it is rumored that she keeps illegal magickal contraband and potions in there. When taken by surprise, she stutters somewhat as she collects her thoughts and attempts to verbalize them, but she usually leaves abruptly without explaining (to Your Character's confusion).

Chapters

The Elementalists

Book 1

Chapter 3: Spellbound (Mentioned; Determinant)
Chapter 4: Judgement Day
Chapter 6: Ill Omens
Chapter 7: Office Hours
Chapter 8: Night Magick
Chapter 10: Smoke and Mirrors
Chapter 11: Double Double
Chapter 13: In the Dark (Determinant)
Chapter 16: That's Amorelia
Chapter 18: Blood Moon
Chapter 19: Daybreak

Book 2

Chapter 1: New Dawn
Chapter 4: Danger and Discovery
Chapter 5: The Source
Chapter 8: Shaky Ground
Chapter 9: Face To Face
Chapter 11: Family Business (Mentioned; Determinant)
Chapter 12: Ultimatum
Chapter 14: Know No Bounds
Chapter 15: Squad Up
Chapter 17: Ray of Light

The Elementalists: Winters Past

Chapter 4: Solstice Bells (Mentioned; Determinant)

Relationships

Your Character

She is seen following you in Book 1, Chapter 4. It is rumored that she vouched for you to stay at Penderghast and you believe that she intentionally led you to half of the photo of you as a baby. She later saves you from a shadow monster in Book 1, Chapter 6. In a premium choice of Book 1, Chapter 7, you are able to learn a defense spell from her. In Book 1, Chapter 8, she tells you that you are the first Sun-Att she has ever trained. If you impressed her during your freshman year, she apologizes for not being honest with you at first and allows you to call her either "Swan" or "Evelyn" instead of her new title as Dean Swan.

Atlas

She is revealed to know Atlas and calls him/her by name when Your Character saves them from the Shade that attacks them in Book 1, Chapter 10. She subsequently reveals to Your Character that she had no idea Atlas had been stuck in the Mirror Dimension this whole time.

Theia

In Book 2, Swan tells you and Atlas that your mother, Theia, was one of her best friends. In Book, 2, Chapter 15, Evelyn reveals that Theia and her were roomates their freshman year.

Gallery

Other Looks

Miscellaneous

Trivia

It took her 3 years to develop prescience.
According to Zeph in Book 1, Chapter 5, Professor Swan advises Sun-Atts and Moon-Atts in a one-to-one class. With the exception of Your Character, there hasn't been a Sun or Moon-Att in years.
According to the Sentry in Book 1, Chapter 11, Professor Swan and Dean Goeffe are the only people who have personal portals to the Mirror Dimension in their private quarters.
If you decide to study more with Professor Swan in Book 1, Chapter 13, she tells you that she has no siblings. She also says she had a reputation for spacing out in class when she was a student.
- In the same scene, she'll tell you her favorite spell is the "Rose Vision" spell, which gives the world a pleasant tint. She also wishes there was a spell that would instantly bake her an apple turnover.
In Book 1, Chapter 18, it is revealed that she is a Blood-Att. She also has her leg severed by The Dread.
- In Book 2, Chapter 5, it is revealed that since she is a Blood-Att, her magick comes from Alma.
In Book 1, Chapter 19, she becomes the new Dean of Penderghast. It is also revealed that her first name is Evelyn.
The name Evelyn is of English origin and means: Desired, light, hazelnut, give life, companionship, peace and harmony. It's a common variant of the French name Aveline.
In Book 2, Chapter 12, you find her graduate thesis, 'A spell for the summoning of shades, using Blood magick to mortalize the life-giving particles of the universe.' There she writes that 'recent rumored attempts to create a shade used the corrupted essences of two dead creatures. An uncorrupted essence can only be harvested using Blood magick, which kills the creature it belongs to. Neither option is ethical. But I've developed a method that uses the matter of life in the world all around us, rather than essences.'
In Queen B, Book 1, Chapter 5, Professor Kingsley buys the most recent book in D.E. Swanne's The Alchemicalists series. This may be a nod or a pun towards Dean Evelyn Swan and The Elementalists.
A patient with the same first name and character model as Evelyn Swan appears in Open Heart: Second Year, Chapter 4.
She shares the same name as Evelyn Kassis from Foreign Affairs.

Memorable Quotes

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Professor Swan [to MC]: The smell of the morning sun is so invigorating, don't you think?

References

↑ The Elementalists, Book 1, Chapter 13

[1] The Elementalists, Book 1, Chapter 13

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