Essence Rivera

### Personality

Brave, kind, heroic, caring, stubborn, independent, intelligent, joyful, wise, sarcastic, sweet, down-to-earth, daring, loyal

### Occupation

* Member of The Rebellion
* Novice of the Golden Tower

### Home

**Currently*** Otherworld
	+ Sanctum
* Earth
	+ Rivera Residence

## Channeler Information

### Masters

* Taye Pierre
* Kiara Bryant

### Powers & Abilities

* Channeling
	+ Geokinesis
	+ Dreamwalking

## Relationship Information

### Family Members

* Laila Rivera (Mother)
* Alanna Rivera (Paternal Grandmother)

### Friends

* Rome Hawkins
* Lino Cortez
* Kiara Bryant
* Taye Pierre

### Enemies

* Imani Parks
* Jabari Hunter
* Callum Thorne
* Ashran Hunter

**Essence Rivera** is a main character on *Two Worlds, One Boy*. Essence is the estranged daughter of Laila Rivera and the granddaughter of Alanna Rivera, the close friend of Rome Hawkins, Taye Pierre, Kiara Bryant and Lino Cortez and the archenemy of Imani Parks.

Essence is a powerful channeler who is learning to channel the One Power under the mentorship of Taye Pierre and Kiara Bryant, two strong Guardians. After meeting Lino Cortez, she is further pulled into the war against Ashran.

## Biography

### Early Life

Essence was born to Laila Rivera, a drug addict who had fled the Otherworld, in the chaos, after she was born. Her father died before she was born. Essence's roots come from Spain, and she is of Castilian heritage. She was raised by her grandmother, Alanna, a rich Castilian woman living in Virginia, USA. Essence was completely unaware of her powers and her past or those of her grandmother.

## Physical Description

Essence is a beautiful Afro-Latina of Castilian heritage with medium brown skin, long curly black hair with blonde highlights and brown eyes.

## Personality

Essence is wise beyond her years. She is determined, steadfast and driven by logic. Essence's ambition gives her an incredible sense of duty to herself, as well as the world around her. She is often torn between choosing something that would make everyone happy, or serving everyone the best she can. She knows that she is truly destined for great things.

## Powers, Abilities & Weaknesses

### Powers

* **Channeling**: Essence is believed to be one of the strongest channelers in a thousand years, as she has been described as stronger than most and according to Taye, with training, she has the potential to become one of the strongest Guardians in over a hundred years.
	+ **Geokinesis**: Essence has demonstrated to have an exceptional talent in channeling Earth, a rare trait among female channelers, as shown by her ability to control the ground around her to make it collapse in on itself. She demonstrated enough strength to be able to collapse stone structures into the ground.
	+ **Dreamwalking**: Essence is the first Dreamwalker to have been discovered since the Guardian, Elena Norman, who died approximately 483 years prior to Essence's rediscovery of this Talent; she has demonstrated to uncontrollably enter *Oasis*, and subsequently enter Imani's dreams.

## Relationships

### Lino Cortez

Essence and Lino have a good relationship. Though the two haven't known each other for long, they have demonstrated to have a strong bond and Essence has since developed romantic feelings for him.

### Kiara Bryant

Kiara has shown to be a sister-figure to Essence.

## Appearances

* *Season One*
	+ *Face the Shadows*