The Evolved

""My entire family and I are known to the world as part of The Evolved, or Elites, which are both really supercilious terms, but it's to be expected from people like me. To be frank, we're better, more advanced, really. The next step in human evolution. And we've all got powers.""

- Sirena in Path to Innocence

The Evolved, or Elites as they're more commonly called, are a new race of human beings, each member of which possesses a dominion. Only 0.0004% of the world's population are Elites, with the rest being just regular humans. Elites are considered to be the next phase of human evolution, and one day, they're theorized to populate the entire world, ending the race of Homo sapiens.

Description
An Elite is scientifically known as a Homo electi, meaning "superior human." The origin of Homo electis is unknown, but the numbers have only been slowly increasing. Some people find being an Elite as a curse rather than a blessing, and they choose to procreate with regular humans in an attempt to snuff out the gene.

It is currently unknown how dominions are determined, but two Elites who choose to procreate will always have an Elite offspring. As of right now, it's assumed that dominions are determined by chance.

Appearance
Most Elites are indistinguishable from normal humans in a passive state, but it's not very rare for an Elite to appear differently because of their dominion. Luisa Holt, for example, has pale skin, full black eyes, pin-straight black hair, and slightly longer canine teeth. Because of her dominion, she seems to appear more spider-like, often creeping out others, including Elites.

Sometimes, when an Elite uses their dominion, they'll display a change in physical appearance, usually in their eyes, such as Roman's gold eyes when using Fortune, Nadia's pink eyes when using Love Charm, and Laurel's red eyes when using Full Passion.

Some dominions, upon activation, cause a bodily change in the Elite, such as when Thalia's body turns to liquid when using Melt, or when Ian grows claws to use Venom.

Sometimes, there's one single constant in dominions causing a bodily transformation. For example, Leo's eyes remain his unique heterochromatic pattern when he morphs into animals. Similarly, while his dominion is being activated, Lucas' eyes become a very pale silver and begin to glow. No matter what creature he morphs into, his eyes will remain that glowing pale silver.

In rare cases, a dominion causes an activated appearance change when the dominion is not in use. For example, thanks to Psion, Sirena's eyes will glow a furious purple when she experiences intense emotions, the most often one being anger.

In even rarer cases, the Elite's appearance will change each time a new stage of the dominion is used. So far, Isaac is the only person to display this unique change, demonstrated by his eyes normally being yellow when he activates Shock, but when he pushes himself to his limit, his eyes (along with his lightning) turn blue.

Before Awakening
Enhanced Durability: The only ability that an Elite possesses prior to their awakening is a natural bodily resistance to harmful things. Their durability is substantially higher than that of humans, allowing them to withstand more pain and damage than possible by a regular person. For example, Lucas, before his awakening and therefore while unaware that he's an Elite, was able to withstand a direct hit from Isaac's Shock, which equates to one billion volts. Following this, he was only stunned, but he showed none of the common after-effects of being struck by lightning. Even if an Elite passes their 18th birthday without their awakening, they will keep this ability for their entire life, simply because of their genetic nature.

After Awakening
Enhanced Strength: Elites have displayed strength that is approximately four times greater than that of an average human. Elites naturally have an easier time increasing strength, and their strength potential is far higher than that of humans, even when their levels are equated. For example, the doors that lead to ECA's classrooms are all about 250 pounds, but because the student body is entirely made of Elites, this is equal to a bit more than 60 pounds to a regular person. Below are the known casual weights that prominent characters can lift, sorted by strongest to weakest, at the start of the Strength of the Elite series. If not applicable, it's from when they awaken or when they appear for the first time.


 * Jasper Hilton: 24,930 lbs/11,308 kg
 * Sirena Evans: 3862 lbs/?? kg
 * Elias Evans: 3326 lbs/?? kg
 * Mallory Evans: 3093 lbs/?? kg
 * Kai: 2764 lbs/1254 kg
 * Ren Mendoza: 2506 lbs/1137 kg
 * Roman Deckal: 1340 lbs/608 kg
 * Isaac Elite: 992 lbs/450 kg
 * Lucas Elite: 640 lbs/290 kg
 * Ryan Elite: 620 lbs/281 kg
 * Layla Elite: 615 lbs/279 kg

Enhanced Speed, Reflexes, and Agility: Elites are estimated to be three times as fast as humans. Because of their unique genetic makeup, Elite's have a much higher potential than regular humans, even if their levels were reduced to a third of the reality. An untrained female Elite runs at an average of 36 mph/58 kph, and an untrained male Elite runs at an average of 45 mph/72 kph. An athletic female Elite runs an average of 48 mph/77 kph, and an athletic male Elite runs an average of 54 mph/87 kph. Below are the known average speeds of prominent characters, sorted by fastest to slowest, at the start of the Strength of the Elite series. If not applicable, it's from when they awaken or when they appear for the first time.


 * Isaiah Jimenez: 26,000 mph/41,843 kph
 * Cara Humphrey: 2300 mph/3701 kph
 * Ren Mendoza: 240 mph/386 kph
 * Mallory Evans: 195 mph/ 314 kph
 * Sirena Evans: 167 mph/269 kph
 * Kai: 152 mph/245 kph
 * Elias Evans: 150 mph/241 kph
 * Roman Deckal: 76 mph/122 kph
 * Isaac Elite: 63 mph/101 kph
 * Lucas Elite: 48 mph/77 kph
 * Layla Elite: 47 mph/76 kph
 * Ryan Elite: 43 mph/69 kph

Enhanced Stamina: Elite's possess copious amounts physical and mental energy, making their exertion level far higher than that of humans. Depending on how much energy is consumed while using one's dominion, their stamina level could easily be substantially higher than their fellow Elites'. For example, Isaac and Sirena have exceptionally high stamina levels because he transmutes his own energy into lightning, and her dominion causes a great strain on her body.

Enhanced Healing Factor: Because an Elite's cells are supercharged, they have a rapid healing rate, being able to mend wounds five times faster than a human. They're able to, at minimum, mend broken bones in eight days, heal cuts in 10 hours, and heal burns in two days. Their exceptional healing factor also reduces scarring to a certain extent, but a severe enough injury will still scar as normal, like a Zyrian mark.

Dominions: Each Elite possesses a dominion unique to them, which allows for them to achieve superhuman feats. There is no restriction to what a dominion can be, seeing as they can grant a variety of abilities ranging from depriving someone of their senses, controlling an element, altering one's own body, manipulating a variety of things, creating specific entities/items, and many more feats. For more on dominions, click here.

Discrimination Among Themselves
It's a widespread opinion that the earlier dominion class you are, the more skilled you are because it's assumed that they have more control over their dominion. Some Elites don't care about this like Isaac and Lucas, some find it to be idiotic like the Evans children, and others think it makes sense like Wes and Easton.

A much more common opinion is that Pure-Bloods, or Elites whose parents are both actively part of The Evolved (Elias, Sirena, Mallory), are of higher worth than Half-Bloods, or those who only have one active Elite parent (Wes, Easton, Jasmine). And then there are Prodigies, Elites whose parents are both normal humans, or dregs (Isaac, Lucas, Kai). Prodigies aren't measured as better or worse than Half-Bloods; they're seen more as a miracle than anything, very special. However, Pure-Bloods still outrank Prodigies on the hierarchy.

List of Elites

 * *Aaliyah York, Bubble
 * *Adam Fowler, Gravitational Force
 * AJ Hilton, Natural Disaster
 * *Alex Geiler, Clone
 * Amelia Rocha, ??
 * *Annika Darvis, Origami
 * April Hilton, ??
 * Atropos, Reality Warp
 * Aysha Kaufman, Chlorogrow
 * *Callum Middleton, Objectify
 * Calvin Cochran, Madness Aura
 * Cara Humphrey, Flash
 * Carmen Collier, Necromancy
 * Carter Jimenez, Lock On
 * Catalina Mendoza, Warp
 * Charlie Hilton, Counterfeit Companion
 * Claude Pinkham, Beehive
 * Cleo Rocha, ??
 * Clotho, Sonic Voice
 * Darius Lowe, Invisibility
 * Easton Hyde, Hemosplode
 * Elias Evans, Conjure
 * *Eric Haynes, Air Vacuum
 * *Evie Taylor, Energy Shield
 * Ian Noble, Venom
 * Isaac Elite, Shock
 * Isaiah Jimenez, Blink
 * Jackson Jimenez, ??
 * Jasmine McLure, Vibrate
 * Jasper Hilton, ??
 * Jeanette Sinagra, ??
 * Jodi Ortiz, Hellflame
 * *Jordan Bentley, Phasing
 * Kai, Spark
 * Kenneth Sinagra, ??
 * Kieran Rocha, ??
 * Lachesis, Puppeteer
 * Laurel Evans, Full Passion
 * Layla Elite, Vapor
 * Leo McLure, Shapeshift
 * Lucas Elite, Myth Morph
 * Luisa Holt, Spider Silk
 * *Madi Burke, Thunder Clap
 * Mallory Evans, Deprivation
 * *Marcel Graves, Blizzard
 * Milly Hilton, Memory Jack
 * Nadia Jimenez, Love Charm
 * *Nick Barnett, Negate
 * Phoebe Rocha, ??
 * Ren Mendoza, Cognizance
 * River Norland, Flow
 * Roman Deckal, Fortune
 * Rosalie Deckal, Nova
 * Ryan Elite, Heal
 * Savannah Fischer, Flight
 * *Sebastian Neil, Magnetism
 * Sirena Evans, Psion
 * Spencer Evans, Stretch
 * *Thalia Cardenas, Melt
 * *Vic Trevino, Energy Drain
 * Wes Hyde, Realism

List of Former Elites

 * Arclight, Bolt
 * Christopher Elite, Unknown (never awakened)
 * Jenny Elite, Unknown (never awakened)