Characters

==The Haven Family==
===Hunter Haven===
A sixteen year-old boy from a the colony of Enkidu. He's an average sized boy but is decently muscular and athletic. He has lightly tanned skin and short dark brown hair. He has emerald green eyes. He earns the #3 rank of the Enkidu recruits.
===Melissa "Lissa" Haven===
A fifteen year-old girl and sister of Hunter. She has pale skin and blonde hair with emerald green eyes. She begs Hunter not to join the Colony Army after the loss of their brother Stephen but he doesn't listen.
===Mr. Haven===
Hunter and Lissa's father, he is against his son's desire to join the army but is unable to talk him out of it. He has light blonde hair and green eyes like his daughter.
===Mrs. Haven===
Hunter and Lissa's mother, she is against her son's desire to join the army but is unable to talk him out of it. She has wavy brown hair.
==New America ==
===Director Rourke===
The Director of the Council that forms the rules that regulate the Colonies. He is not seen much and rarely leaves the Council Center.
===Commander Stryker===
The commander of the Council armies, he is disciplined and hard on his subordinates. He has short buzzed black hair, a long jagged scar mars his well-defined face. He is large and muscular and carries an imposing presence. His son, Roman, participants in the final exam and is in command of the Zu recruits. 
===Lieutenant Cervantes===
The second-in-command of the Council Forces that protect the Council. He is a cheerful man who dislikes physical labor. He is quite rotund, with a long thick moustache and a red face. He is bald.
===Corporal Corbin===
One of the commanding Officers of the Council forces. He is originally from the colony Enkidu. 
===Councillor Bertinelli===
One of the five Council members that run the colonies. He has thick black hair and is the Councillor from Marduk. 
===Councillor Melendez===
One of the five Council members that run the colonies. She is the only woman on the council and is the Councillor from Ishtar.
===Councillor TBA===
One of the five Council members that run the colonies. He is the Councillor from Zu. 
===Councillor Matthews===
One of the five Council members that run the colonies. He is the Councillor from Enkidu. He is the father of Paige, an Enkidu recruit.
==Enkidu Recruits==
===Peter Slocum #1===
A boy from the Colony Enkidu, he finishes with the highest score and becomes the Commander of the recruits during the Final Exam. He is a tall boy with short light brown hair and hazel eyes. Hunter thinks that he's a good leader and that the right decision was made.
===Riley Roberts #2===
A boy from the Colony Enkidu, he finishes with the second highest score and becomes the second-in-command of the recruits during the Final Exam. He is tall, taller then Peter, and is muscular, if a bit lanky. He has short black hair and bright green eyes. 
===Paige Matthews #4===
A girl from the Colony Enkidu, she finishes with the third highest score and is the highest ranked female Enkidu recruit. She has long blonde hair and striking blue eyes. She is best friends with Vanessa.
===Ryan Tanner #5===
A boy from the Colony Enkidu, he finishes with the fifth highest score. He has dark brown hair and eyes. He's considered to be a jerk by most of the other recruits and quickly earns the ire of Hunter with his selfish attitude and rude remarks. 
===Isaac Clawson #6===
A boy from the Colony Enkidu, he finishes with the sixth highest score. He has dark skin and buzzed black hair. He has wide shoulders and is quite muscular, being one of the more athletic recruits. He quickly befriends Hunter.
===Garret #7===
A boy from the Colony Enkidu, he finishes with the seventh highest score. He is a gruff boy who doesn't like to bring attention to himself. He is friends with Ryan and doesn't dislike him like most of the other recruits.
===Jordan Blake #8===
A boy from the Colony Enkidu, he finishes with the eighth highest score. His twin sister, Morgan, also makes the cut for the Final Exam. He is tall and has short red hair. He is overprotective of his sister.
===Morgan Blake #9===
A girl from the Colony Enkidu, she finishes with the ninth highest score. Her twin brother, Jordan, also makes the cut for the Final Exam. She is short and has bright red shoulder length hair that resembles flames. She detests Jordan's overprotective behaviour.
===Terrick #10===
A boy from the Colony Enkidu, he finishes with the tenth highest score. He is always seen wearing a leather black mask engraved with a skull pattern. He rarely speaks and keeps to himself. He is the group's sniper.
===Vanessa Roan #11===
A girl from the Colony Enkidu, she finishes with the eleventh highest score. She has long curly chocolate brown hair and caramel eyes. She is very giggly and is best friends with Paige.
===Danny Brown #12===
A boy from the Colony Enkidu, he finishes with the twelfth highest score. He is small and wiry, being physically weak. He is often the target of Ryan and Garret's bullying. He gravitates towards Hunter and admires him.
===Luke "Lucky" Luger #13===
A boy from the Colony Enkidu, he finishes with the thirteenth highest score. He receives the lowest score of all recruits who made it to the Final Exam. He receives the nickname "Lucky" due to earning the thirteenth position. 
==Zu Recruits==
===Roman Stryker #1===
A boy from the Colony Zu, he finishes with the highest score, earning himself the right to command the Zu recruits in the Final Exam. He is arrogant and easy to anger. He has short black hair and ice blue eyes. He is broad shouldered and muscular, physically resembling his father, Commander Stryker. He has an ingrained hatred of the Colony Enkidu.
===Tarelia Anderson #2===
A girl from the Colony Zu, she finishes with the second highest score and becomes the second-in-command of the Zu recruits. She is sadistic and brutal, willing to do whatever it takes to win the Exam and bring the glory to Zu, even take out the other colonies. She has long black hair and cold blue eyes.
===Lyon Scrapes #3===
A boy from the Colony Zu, he finishes with the third highest score. He has blonde hair and green eyes. He is athletic and muscular, being described as extremely handsome by most girls.
===Brooke Scrapes #4===
A girl from the Colony Zu, she finishes with the fourth highest score. She is the younger sister of Lyon. She has long flowing blonde hair and green eyes. She is described by Isaac as being the hottest girl in the Colonies.
===Falco #5===
A boy from the Colony Zu, he finishes with the fifth highest score. 
===Snake #6===
A boy from the Colony Zu, he finishes with the sixth highest score. He often wears a black bandanna. 
===Diego #7===
A boy from the Colony Zu, he finishes with the seventh highest score. He dislikes the rigid training required of Zu recruits but admires the tenacity instilled in them.
===Devon #8===
A boy from the Colony Zu, he finishes with the eighth highest score.
===Ryker #9 ===
A boy from the Colony Zu, he finishes with the ninth highest score. He is one of the more brutish of the Zu recruits.
===Talon #10===
A boy from the Colony Zu, he finishes with the tenth highest score. He is one of the more brutish of the Zu recruits.
===Caspian #11===
A boy from the Colony Zu, he finishes with the eleventh highest score. 
===Ziggy #12===
A boy from the Colony Zu, he finishes with the twelfth highest score. He is always seen with Skarn.
===Skarn #13===
A boy from the Colony Zu, he finishes with the thirteenth highest score, receiving the lowest score of all Zu recruits. He is always seen with Ziggy.
==Marduk Recruits==
===Hawk Loomis #1===
A boy from the Colony Marduk, he finishes with the highest score, earning himself the right to command the Marduk recruits in the Final Exam. He has dark brown hair and deep hazel eyes. He has a faint scar that stretches from his temple to chin. He is a stickler for proper protocol.
===Nigel #2===
A boy from the Colony Marduk, he finishes with the second highest score and becomes the second-in-command of the Marduk recruits. He is an average sized boy with wheat colored hair. He has an accent that Hunter describes as "funny".
===Holly Rhodes #3===
A girl from the Colony Marduk, she finishes with the third highest score. She is tall, for a girl, and has long blonde hair and inquisitive blue eyes. She is a close friend of Hawk's. 
===Harrison #4===
A boy from the Colony Marduk, he finishes with the fourth highest score. He is a large and muscular boy.
===Todd #5===
A boy from the Colony Marduk, he finishes with the fifth highest score. 
===Wendell #6===
A boy from the Colony Marduk, he finishes with the sixth highest score. He is tall and dark skinned.
===Lorcan #7===
A boy from the Colony Marduk, he finishes with the seventh highest score.
===Sarah #8===
A girl from the Colony Marduk, she finishes with the eighth highest score. 
===John #9===
A boy from the Colony Marduk, he finishes with the ninth highest score. 
===Billy #10===
A boy from the Colony Marduk, he finishes with the tenth highest score. During the Outset Ceremony he excitedly pumped his fists in the air. 
===Scarlett #11===
A girl from the Colony Marduk, she finishes with the eleventh highest score. 
===Grace #12===
A girl from the Colony Marduk, she finishes with the twelfth highest score. 
===Joachim #13===
A boy from the Colony Marduk, he finishes with the thirteenth highest score, being the lowest ranking Marduk recruit to make the Final Exam.
==Ishtar Recruits==
===Cassandra Korus #1===
A girl from the Colony Ishtar, she finishes with the highest score, earning herself the right to command the Ishtar recruits in the Final Exam. She is the only girl to become a commander of a Colony recruits. She is short yet deceptively strong, her serious gray eyes always examining her surroundings. She has sandy hair that she always keeps tied behind her head.
===Carver #2===
A boy from the Colony Ishtar, he finishes with the second highest score and becomes the second-in-command of the Ishtar recruits. He has short brown hair and a serious frown is almost always on his face. He is very loyal to Cassandra. 
===Elijah #3===
A boy from the Colony Ishtar, he finishes with the third highest score. He is a friendly boy with a bright smile. 
===Sierra #4===
A girl from the Colony Ishtar, she finishes with the fourth highest score. 
===Noah #5===
A boy from the Colony Ishtar, he finishes with the fifth highest score.
===Susan #6===
A girl from the Colony Ishtar, she finishes with the sixth highest score.
===Rhys #7===
A boy from the Colony Ishtar, he finishes with the seventh highest score.
===Mark #8===
A boy from the Colony Ishtar, he finishes with the eighth highest score. He is always cracking jokes with his friend Wade.
===Wade #9===
A boy from the Colony Ishtar, he finishes with the seventh highest score. He is always cracking jokes with his friend Mark. 
===Alexis #10===
A girl from the Colony Ishtar, she finishes with the tenth highest score. 
===Isabelle #11===
A girl from the Colony Ishtar, she finishes with the eleventh highest score.
===Shady Mills #12===
A boy from the Colony Ishtar, he finishes with the twelfth highest score. He is exceptionally intelligent and observing, being one of, if not the most, intelligent recruit. He is not very large and is quite small and slender. He has droopy brown eyes and pale, almost albino, skin. 
===Cynthia #13===
A girl from the Colony Ishtar, she finishes with the thirteenth highest score, being the lowest ranking Ishtar recruit to make the Final Exam.
==Transcendents==
===Hunter Haven #12===
Hunter is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. He is an average sized seventeen year-old, but is decently muscular and athletic. He has lightly tanned skin and short dark brown hair. He has emerald green eyes. His ability is Terra, which allows him to control and influence rocks and earth. He is also what is known as a "Double" and possesses the ability ArcLight, which uses his own body energy.
===Roman Tigris #1===
Roman, is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. He is arrogant and easy to anger. He has short black hair and ice blue eyes. He is broad shouldered and muscular. He is an Elemental. His ability is Terra, which allows him to control and influence rocks and earth.
===Tarelia Anderson #2===
Tarelia is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. She is sadistic and brutal, willing to do whatever it takes to win the Exam and bring glory to herself, even take out the other Transcendents. She has long black hair and cold blue eyes. She is an Elemental. Her Ability is Cryokinesis, which gives her control over ice, allowing her to freeze or produce ice at will.
===Lyon Scrapes #3===
Lyon is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. He has blonde hair and green eyes. He is athletic and muscular, being described as extremely handsome by most girls. He is the older brother of Brooke. He is a Elemental. His ability is Pyrokinesis, which allows her to create and manipulate flames.
===Brooke Scrapes #4===
Brooke is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. She is the younger sister of Lyon. She has long flowing blonde hair and green eyes. She is considered by Isaac as being the hottest girl in the Exam. Her Ability is Externa, which allows her to create a barrier of exerted strength or impetus to be used as protection.
===Paige Matthews #5===
Paige, is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. Despite currently living in one of the richest communities in New Amerika, she used to reside in a poor neighbourhood prior to her brother passing the Final Exam. She's slender, athletic, with shoulder-length, fair, curly hair and cornflower-blue eyes. She usually holds a wry, crooked smile that is slightly at odds with the rest of her delicate features. She is a Psychic. Her ability is Healing, which allows her to heal the wounds of herself and others.
===Frasier Daniels #7===
Frasier is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. His ability is Shelling, which renders his skin impervious or immune to wounds, though only to a certain extent.
===Markus #9===
Markus is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. He is insane and highly unhinged, often talking to himself or babbling incoherently. He has a sadistic streak and will often attempt to slowly kill anyone who gets in his way. He has frizzy black hair and a skinny body. His ability is Electricity Manipulation, which allows him to manipulate the electromagnetic atoms in the air.
===Araceli Tatum #11===
Araceli is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. She has long brown hair and a very freckled face. Her ability is Aeris, which allows her to manipulate the air.
===Luke "Lucky" Luger #13===
Luke is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. He receives the nickname "Lucky" due to earning the thirteenth position and for his ability. His ability is Luck Manipulation.
===Kasumi Harada #15===
Kasumi is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. She is a slender, physically-fit and petite teenage girl. She has copper hair, often tied in two braids, brown eyes and tanned skin. She is an honorable and kind spirit, and although a highly skilled Transcendent with deadly abilities, she does not enjoy or wish to fight. Although she is kind and a little meek, she is not afraid to speak her mind and is quite intelligent. Her ability is Telekinesis, which is power of mental force and allows the user to physically move objects. It gives the user an advantage in battle as it can be used in uncountable ways as a means to fight, to protect or disarm amongst other uses. The stronger/larger the object is being moved, the more force and mind power is required to move the object.
===Cassandra Korus #22===
Cassandra is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. She is short yet deceptively strong, her serious gray eyes always examining her surroundings. She has sandy hair that she always keeps tied behind her head. Her ability is Superstrength.
===Morgan Blake #23===
Morgan, is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. She is short and has bright red shoulder length hair that resembles flames. Her twin brother, Jordan, also makes the cut for the Final Exam. She is an Elemental. Her ability is Pyrokinesis, which allows her to create and manipulate flames.
===Ryan Tanner #25===
Ryan is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. He has dark brown hair and eyes. He is often very sarcastic and can be overly critical of the others. His ability is Teleportation, which allows the user to transport his body from one spot to another without physically moving there. However, it can only be used accurately in short distances and the further the distance the more sporadic and uncontrollable the teleport.
===Isaac Clawson #37===
Isaac is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. He has dark skin and buzzed black hair. He has wide shoulders and is quite muscular, being among one of the more athletic Transcedents. He has been friends with Hunter since his arrival at the Academy. He is a Elemental. His ability is Pyrokinesis, which allows her to create and manipulate flames.
===Vanessa Roan #38===
Vanessa is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. She has long curly chocolate brown hair and caramel eyes. She is very giggly and is best friends with Paige. Her ability is Sound Manipulation, which allows her to control, intensify, hush, distort, warp, strengthen, echo, speed up, and slow down sound waves. It can also be used as a powerful physical force.
===Billy #39===
Billy is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. He has oily black hair and mischievous bright green eyes. He likes to pump his fists in excitement. He is paired with and killed by Hunter during the start of the Exam. His ability is Anti-gravity. 
===Danny Brown #48===
Danny is among the group of Transcendents who are forced to take the Final Exam by New Amerika. He is small and wiry, being physically weak. He is often the target of bullying. He gravitates towards Hunter and admires him. His ability is Invisibility, which allows him to conceal his presence by effectively disappearing visually. It can also be used to make people and objects disappear too, as long as it is in contact with his hands.