Elliot Schafer

Elliot Schafer is the protagonist of In Other Lands. He was born in England, but at the start of the novel discovered he had the ability to cross over the wall into the Borderlands. After crossing the wall, he starts attending the council course at the Border Camp, where he befriends Serene-Heart-in-the-Chaos-of-Battleand Luke Sunborn.

## Elliot Schafer

From left to right: Serene, Elliot, Luke. All age 13.

### Relatives

Elka Pathwind (Mother)
Elliot's Father (Father)

## Appearance

Elliot is described as having a short stature and extremely curly red hair. As he gets older, he goes through a growth spurt, making him taller than both Serene and Luke.

## Personality

Elliot can be rather obnoxious at times, causing him to clash with others. He has had "does not interact well with other peers" on all of his report cards. Elliot has an over-the-top sense of humour and personality and enjoys taunting and making fun of his peers.

## Relationships

### Serene-Heart-in-the-Chaos-of-Battle

When Elliot meets Serene, he is immediately enamored by her. They become friends when Elliot starts helping her in juggling both the council and war courses, with assistance from Luke Sunborn. Eventually, the two begin dating. This is strange for Serene, as dating isn't a concept in elven culture, where they tend to go straight from courting to marriage. However, Serene misinterpreted what it meant to date, instead thinking that it would never lead to marriage and wasn't serious like how courting was. This hurt Elliot's feelings, as he was very serious about him and Serene's relationship. Serene didn't feel the same way about Elliot that he felt about her. Because of this, they break up. Their relationship becomes strained, but eventually they become friends again.

### Luke Sunborn

Elliot's first encounter with Luke is generally hostile and leads to ongoing animosity between the two boys during their first year of schooling. Their relationship is defined by Elliot constantly teasing Luke, and calling him the nickname "Loser". Elliot, though he would never admit it, is jealous of Luke at first, because he believed there was romance between him and Serene. However, Luke is gay so this turns out not to be true. Luke, however, harbours his own secret romantic feelings towards Elliot. Luke kisses Elliot for the first time before battle when they're both seventeen years old. Though Elliot isn't sure at first if he has romantic feelings for Luke, he eventually comes to the conclusion that he does. The two start a romantic relationship, and even then Elliot continues to call Luke "Loser". They end up together.

### Dale Wavechaser

Elliot mostly finds Dale boring and unintelligent, at one point even stabbing himself with a butter knife in order to get out of talking to Dale. Initially, Elliot believes that Luke and Dale both have crushes on each other (Elliot is constantly trying to pair them together), when it turns out that Dale actually had romantic feelings towards Elliot. Despite not being fond of Dale, when Elliot and Luke get into a large argument, Elliot sleeps with Dale as a way of hurting Luke.

### Elka Pathwind

Elka Pathwind is Elliot's estranged mother. She left Elliot when he was very small. Elliot befriends Elka Pathwind at the Border Camp, where she works as a medic. However, they stop speaking when Elliot figures out that Elka is his mother. It turned out that Elka moved to the Border Lands as a way to abandon her family. Elka does not want a son in her life, and Elliot can not forgive her.

## Gallery

Elliot (age 13) in the middle, with Serene to the left and Luke to the rightElliot (age 14) on the right, with Serene in the middle and Luke on the leftElliot (age 15) to the left, with Serene in the middle and Luke to the rightElliot (age 16) on the right, with Luke in the middle and Serene on the leftElliot (age 17) on the right, with Serene to the left and Luke in the middle