Charlie Everett

* Season 3
* Season 2
* Season 1
* Masked S3

"*I CAN speak. I just **can't**,*"
—Through writing, Charlie explains to Jodie his muteness despite being able to sing[src]

**Charlie Everett** is a main character and a survivor of the pandemic in *The Langdom Experiment*. He is the only child of Max and Susan Everett. Charlie has high-functioning autism and mutism but possesses remarkable intelligence. He is one of the five known survivors of the Langdom Experiment and is the last surviving member of his family, having escaped the zone with Lloyd Smith. Eighteen months following their escape, Charlie and Lloyd joined the CRF as soldiers at Station Alpha, where Charlie learned that he was more talented at certain things than he thought, including singing and fighting. Following Philip's death, Charlie inherited his metal mask and twin blades.

## Biography

### Early Life and Background

Charlie was born in 2005 to well-off Langdom residents Max and Susan Everett, who resided at 117 Kansas Street, beside the neighbouring Ericsons. Charlie was born with high-functioning autism that has led to selective mutism that has persisted into his teens; his last spoken word was in 2015 when he was ten years of age. Charlie was marked out from his peers from his exceptional intelligence, memory and learning speed, and was generally considered to possess a photographic memory. He was also noted for being sociable and adept at making friends at school and in the neighbourhood.

## Overview

### Physical Appearance

At the start of the series, Charlie is already skinny, lightly built, and athletic. He has messy, curly blonde hair. Eighteen months after escaping Langdom, Charlie has become stronger but even skinnier, and his hair has become straight and cut shorter thanks to Lloyd. He has also lost his glasses and now wears contacts, having to rely more on his hearing and other senses to make up for his weaker eyesight.

### Personality

Even though he does not speak to anyone, not even his parents, Charlie's personality always shines through: he is kind, patient, understanding and bright, exhibiting an effortlessly friendly exterior that allows him to make friends easily. Due to his autism and possible Aspergers, he does exhibit a few non-verbal social quirks, such as struggling to look people in the eye and repetitive fidgeting behaviour. He enjoys puzzles and stacking objects in order of size or alphabetical order, as shown when he organised the group's bullets in order of calibre. Even when society begins to collapse, Charlie remains calm and collected in comparison to the disorganised adults around him.

## Killed Victims

* Philip *(Infected)*
* Numerous counts of Turned

## Relationships

### Lloyd Smith

Charlie and Lloyd have a strong, almost brotherly relationship. They are shown to be friendly when surviving in Langdom, and Lloyd cared enough for Charlie to save him during the battle against the Ericsons. The two of them escaped the Langdom containment zone together, marking them both out as two of the six known survivors of the experiment.

In the eighteen months since escaping Langdom, Charlie and Lloyd have become good friends, with Lloyd taking on the responsibility as Charlie's guardian and therefore willing to protect him no matter what. Together, they make up their own version of sign language in order to communicate privately, even in front of others. After joining CRF it becomes more clear that they have built up an almost brother-like bond.

### Cassie Levitt

Charlie and Cassie were close friends growing up, always sticking up for each other. When they were children, Cassie taught herself sign language in order to communicate with the mute Charlie. He was devastated when the group got separated, but is confident that Cassie survived Langdom.

### Philip

"*Cool mask,*"
—Charlie greets Philip in ESSL[src]

Charlie and Philip built up a friendly relationship.

### Jodie

Charlie and Jodie become friends despite their stark personality differences.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* 'Deadly Hypothesis'
* 'The Turned'
* 'No Way Out'
* 'Jaw Breaker'
* 'Cul De Sac'
* 'Containment Breach'

### Season 2

* 'Mad World'
* 'Searchlight'
* 'Killer Within'
* 'What Lies Ahead'
* 'Wrong Path'
* 'Secrets'
* 'Dying Fire'

## Trivia

* It is confirmed that Charlie is not entirely mute and is capable of speech, but only when he sings, which is revealed in "*Wrong Path*". In the same episode it is revealed that he apparently possesses perfect pitch.
	+ Charlie did not speak out loud from the age of ten until he sings in "*Wrong Path*".
	+ Charlie has shown intermediate ability at playing both the keyboard and the guitar.
* Alongside Lloyd, Charlie invents a form of sign language, known as ESSL, in order to communicate; although Charlie already knew ASL due to his muteness, he somewhat modifies it to communicate privately with Lloyd even in front of others, with the two of them eventually inventing their own.
* Charlie, together with Lloyd, is the first main character to survive an encounter with an adult Botched.
* Charlie is the current wielder of Philip's twin blades and his metal mask.
* In "*Day 825*", Charlie is shown to have some knowledge and talent in metalworking as he works on a homemade bullet-proof vest made out of steel, as well as working on a mechanism that allows him to join his two blades together at the hilts to use as a double-bladed weapon.
* According to Schrader, Charlie is one of the CRF's youngest soldiers, although there are farmers and other workers who are younger.