Everlee Melendez

## Relationships

### Family

Evreux Melendez (father), Gwyneth Melendez (mother), Emelaigne Melendez-Xalvador (aunt), Kent Xalvador (uncle), Kellan Xalvador (older cousin)

### Friend(s)

Xylon Lozano, Sapphire Chauvera, Izaiah Alnazar, Indirah Alnazar, Lucio Damaris

## Arcana Information

### Keywords

Hope, inspiration, positivity, faith, renewal, healing, rejuvenation (upright), hopelessness, despair, negativity, lack of faith, and despondent (reversed)

## Production Information

### Chapter Debut

The Arcana, I: The Magician (supporting), XXI: The World (protagonist)

### Inspiration(s)

Luci Sakuragi

**Everlee Melendez** is one of the supporting characters in The Arcana, although this was changed to her being the protagonist in the epilogue. She's the daughter of Gwyneth and Evreux Melendez, making Everlee Kellan Xalvador's cousin from the mother's side. After Kellan and the others move up to fourth year, Everlee receives an invitation to attend Belvoire Academia of the Arcane, being invited by Kellan and Indirah Alnazar- she'd later be sorted into House Ventus as an Aquarian. Everlee's patron arcana is **the Star**.

Everlee's main inspiration is revealed to be **Luci Sakuragi**.

## THE ST**Λ**R **Λ**RC

#### **EARLY LIFE**

Everlee was born to Gwyneth and Evreux Melendez on the 14th of February, making her an Aquarius. Unlike her older cousin Kellan Xalvador, Everlee has been living on Earth with her parents, where she was born and raised. She isn't close with aunts and uncles, as her mother forbode her to even speak to Emelaigne Xalvador, her mother's sister, as her mother envies her. Even so, Everlee has a good relationship with both her parents and they want the best for her.

#### **THE CRIMSON PLAGUE**

Since she's living on Earth, Everlee has no knowledge of Astraea or the plague that broke out of the planet. She only catches wind that Emelaigne and Kent, her aunt and uncle, are now dead because of an "accident", and because of this, she meets her cousin Kellan for the first time. Everlee's the one who teaches him everything after his amnesia, and explaining to him the ways of how the world works. Despite her parents' hatred for their own nephew for taking him in, Everlee doesn't mind; she's stoked that she's finally found her cousin and best friend at the same time.

## PERSON**Λ**LITY

Everlee is described many times by Kellan that she's very intelligent- she's not afraid to ask for help when she knows she couldn't handle problems and situations alone- she's innovative, and naturally kind-hearted, the exact opposite of her parents. She loves them, although Everlee dislikes the fact that they tend to be close-minded when it comes to other people. Everlee is friendly and is known to enjoy making friends, especially since she's an only child- which is why she's more than happy to meet her own cousin and considers Kellan as her best friend.

Everlee does care about her own privacy a lot; she has her own secrets that she keeps to herself. She's very rational and doesn't care at all what people think- she pursues freedom because she's raised by strict parents, and don’t want to be controlled.

## PHYSIC**Λ**L **Λ**PPE**Λ**R**Λ**NCE

Everlee has dark brown hair that stops just above her shoulders, which has been parted to the left side of her head, along with her bangs. The right side of her bangs are kept out of her face using a gold-colored hairclip. Since she isn't a mage and is a non-blood, her eyes are of natural color- chocolate brown, and she has a light-tan complexion. She's about 4'9" (152 centimeters).

Her combat outfit consists of a yellow tube top dress that reaches her thighs. The torso has a subtle blue Aquarius symbol as a design, and it has ruffles of the same color on top of the tube top. She wears a light blue mesh undershirt with the left sleeve cut off. Everlee also has a brown belt with a blue buckle to accentuate her waist; attached to it is her black-colored whip as a weapon. For the accessories, Everlee has a purple choker around her neck with a star pendant dangling from it, a gold bracelet around her right wrist, and a gold chain arm cuff on the left.

## TRIVI**Λ**S

* Everlee's the only one out of the main character:
	+ Whose name isn't relevant to her birthstone, role, or Arcana. Her name means "the boar meadow", which don't connect to any of the things mentioned.
	+ Who's not in their grade range; Lucio is the oldest as he's nearing 18 by the time the story is set, and Izaiah is the youngest- his age being 16. In *Chapter I: The Magician*, Kellan is seen teaching Everlee the Pythagorean Theorem, which means Everlee is in 8th grade at most, making her at least around 14.
		- All the others are in high school, and Everlee's the only one to still be in middle school.
	+ Whose combat outfit depicts her zodiac sign: Aquarius.
	+ Whose eyes aren't the same color as her birthstone: this is due to the fact that Non-Blood mages' eyes don't match their birthstones' colors. The only reason why Xylon, Indirah, and Izaiah match theirs is because Xylon's melanin count is on the lower end, Indirah is a Half-Blood due to her being a familiar, and Izaiah's eye color is green, which is a coincidence since his birthstone is peridot.
		- If Indirah hasn't been a familiar, her eye color would probably be green like Izaiah. Indirah and Everlee would then be the characters to not match their eyes to their birthstones.
	+ Who doesn't have a concept art of a casual and combat outfit, since she's included in the line-up at the last minute.
		- Everlee wasn't supposed to be a main while the writers are planning the storyline: she's only meant to be a supporting character. Her status was only bumped up because someone was meant to fill the role of the next protagonist in the epilogue.
	+ Who actually came from Earth- the others are born and raised in Astraea (Kellan was born and raised in Astraea; he only lived in Earth for a brief time after the plague).
	+ Whose parents are both present all the time; Kellan and Lucio's parents were dead due to the plague as well as Sapphire and Xylon's mothers, and Indirah and Izaiah's were kidnapped).
	+ Whose portrait includes her main weapon of choice attached to her clothes, which is a whip (Indirah is depicted holding a tarot card, although this is considered as hers and Kellan's).