Emily Hayes

Emily Hayes is the main protagonist from the Amulet graphic novels.

Emily is a stonekeeper and the heir of her great-grandfather, Silas Charnon, as well as a leading member of the Resistance and the remaining Guardian Council. She is the daughter of Karen and David, great granddaughter of Silas Charnon, and the older sister of Navin.

She has demonstrated herself to be an adequately skilled fighter and Stonekeeper, even though she has much to learn about the true nature of her stone. Her goal upon entering Alledia was to find a cure for the illness her mother, Karen, had after being stung by an arachnopod. However, she remained in Alledia after her mother was cured in order to lend support in the fight against the Elf King and later the Voice (as well as fulfilling her true selfish ambition to bring back her father). Her main skill as a Stonekeeper is attacking.

Appearance
Emily has a shoulder-length, brownish-red hair and has brown eyes. She wears a yellow cape over a blue buttoned tunic with white long-sleeves, blue pants, brown boots and brown fingerless arm gloves.

Personality
After the car accident that kills her father, Emily becomes more serious and determined. She does what she can to keep her family from falling apart, even going to extreme lengths to help her loved ones, such as accepting the stone's power in order to save her mother. She is also described as a leader, doing what she can to make the right decisions in order to help and save those that follow her. She is very stubborn, not willing to change her mind easily when she has to make a decision. She is also somewhat reclusive, rarely sharing her troubles with others. She does have a selfish side when she has a goal in mind, not relenting until she has completed what she sets out to do and unintentionally causing harm. Under all her stubbornness and determination, Emily harbors deep anger and sadness about her father's death and wants to reverse what happened more than anything. As a Hayes, she is obviously reckless and impulsive, and, at times, can be wrongfully headstrong. However, underneath that hardened exterior is a damaged and sympathetic person.

Abilities
As a stonekeeper, Emily utilizes her amulet mainly as offense. She is mentored by Leon Redbeard and Vigo Light, both of whom pared to most stonekeepers, Emily is acceptably skilled at utilizing her power, learning its basics. She often wields a wooden staff to aid in battle and infuses the energy of her stone for improved damage. Her amulet responds to her thoughts, granting her numerous abilities, including energy attacks (ranging from singular blasts to powerful shock waves), telekinesis (lifting, sometimes throwing objects), and even levitating herself considerable distances. Most of the time, however, her powers react to her negative emotions, causing rather destructive damage to her enemies or environment.

As with most stonekeepers, however, Emily does not always have complete jurisdiction over her actions, due to the stone's Voice having a will of its own and occasionally overpowering Emily, such as during the battle against Luger at Demon's Head Mountain. Fortunately, Emily manages to overcome the urge to let the entity possess her completely. For this, the Voice can act as a necessary guide on Emily's journey, but just as equally a malevolent and pervasive threat to her being.

Unfortunately, her resistance ebbed away by Book 7 when the Voice used her grief and rage over her father's death against her, causing to lose control and transform into a colossal beast, a phoenix.

Trivia

 * Emily's physical appearance has changed MEAGERLY throughout the course of the series. In particular, her hair seems to have grown out a bit and her facial structure and height have matured considerably.
 * Throughout the books, Emily has gained a new confidence and become visibly more brave.
 * It is unknown where she was at the end of Book 7, it's possible that Emily was in The Void.
 * After Firelight, Emily was transformed into a firebird or phoenix, but has reverted back to her human state


 * Her last name, Hayes originates in Ireland. This may confirm that Emily has Irish ancestry through her father's side.
 * In Supernova, it is revealed Emily will have a son named Moze.