Marella Adene Redek

Marella Redek
Foxfire Level	Four
Biographical Information
Gender	Female
Age	15
Special Ability	Pyrokinetic (Triggered by Mr. Forkle when she asked to be an Empath)
Physical Description
Eye Color	Ice-blue
Hair Color	Blonde
Other Information
Important Information	She wanted to manifest as an Empath so she can better understand her mother, Caprise, who was mysteriously mentally hurt prior to the Keepers series.

Spoiler warning! This article contains plot details from the latest book.

"My name's Marella. Not Mare, not Ella. No nicknames." -Marella Redek

Marella Redek is an elf attending Foxfire. She is a Level Four, like Sophie, and was one of Sophie's first friends alongside Jensi and Dex. Sophie and Marella become friends because of their mutual hatred for Stina. Like many other girls, she has a crush on Fitz Vacker but later seems to be considering Tam Song. In the first book, she also describes Dex as cute despite his family being unconventional or a ‘bad match’. She loves collecting Prattles Pins and is always on top of the latest gossip. She hates Stina until Book 3 when Sophie starts neglecting her. She becomes friends with Stina and shows that she dislikes Sophie, but in Lodestar, their friendship begins to heal, as she realizes how crazy absurd Sophie's life is. Her special ability was also triggered by Mr. Forkle in Lodestar, but it remains unknown by the end of the book. The name "Marella" means, "shining sea" which have many fans believing that she will manifest as a Hydrokinetic. It is revealed in Nightfall that Marella is a Pyrokinetic. Some people believe this was on purpose, because Marella is not an evil Pyrokinetic. She uses this ability to assist the main Keeper crew at various points of the book. She has kept this ability secret from everyone, except Mr. Forkle, the Keeper crew, and, of course, her parents. However, said parents seem to be accepting of the ability. 

Abilities

In Nightfall it was revealed that Marella is a Pyrokinetic, which is a rare and misunderstood ability to control and create fire, and comes with a strong desire for the flames. It also attracts heat, as shown when the chosen group, for storming the first Nightfall, was marching up a snowy slope, Marella was the only one not shivering, and pointed out that that was the reason. Her new found Pyrokinesis was triggered by Mr. Forkle, when she begged him to make her an Empath, and instead made her a Pyrokinetic. A few nights later, she thought she had a fever, and woke up that night covered in flames. Her mother stepped up and took the blame for setting the fire; everyone believed that story, as Marella's mother was seemingly "eccentric", due to a vaguely described accident and incurable head trauma that resulted in her emotional instability.

Physical Appearance

Marella is described as a short, pixie-like elf with shoulder length blonde hair that "twists in and out of tiny braids". She is also said to have had large icy-blue eyes, very much like Keefe's described to have had at one point. 

Relationships

• Sophie Foster (friend)

Marella sat with Sophie at lunch in Sophie’s first year. They sat with the Drooly Boys. Sophie started hanging out with Biana and Marella felt unwanted. She and Sophie made up and now Marella is in the Black Swan.

• Dexter Dizznee (friend/possible love interest)

When introducing herself to Sophie she had mentioned that she thought Dex was cute although many people believed he wouldn't manifest.

• Jensi Babblos (friend/possible love interest)

Sophie sat with Jensi and his friends, of whom Marella calls the Drooly Boys, and Marella took it upon herself to save her from "commuting social suicide". Later on in the book, however, Jensi, Marella and Dex all sit with Sophie, Keefe and the Vackers. 

• Fitz (friend/crush)

Marella admits she has a crush on Fitz in book 1 to Sophie

• Keefe Sencen (friend)
• Caprise Redek (mother)

Caprise Redek gets a head injury that even Elwin can’t fix while Marella hopes to be an empath so she can help her mother.

• Tam Song (friend/possible love interest)

In Lodestar, Marella is caught staring at Tam. In addition, they seem to be teasing each other in Nightfall. Marella also shoot Tam "her flirtiest smile."