Her family moved to Engelsfors, her father's hometown, when she was young, and Minoo has consistently struggled to fit in.
A studious girl and a teacher's pet, she is shy and a bit of a loner and is very self-conscious about her body.
In The Circle she has a crush on one of her teachers, Max, but in later on in the trilogy she falls in love with Gustaf and loses her virginity to him.
After her soul is freed from Max's body by Minoo, Rebecka lingers in the Borderlands until the end of The Key, when she helps the other Chosen Ones to close the final portal.
Element: FirePowers and Abilities: Telekinesis Anna-Karin lives at a farm with her mother and grandfather, who has Finnish ancestry.
This power gets overwhelming for her and she use it to make herself the new popular girl in school, along with trying to tear her mother out of the depressed, almost apathetic state she has long since been in.
Element: EarthPowers and abilities: Mind control/manipulation, super strength Vanessa is described as conventionally attractive with bleached blonde hair and skin that tans well.
Vanessa has a bit of tumultuous home life and often clashes with her mother's boyfriend, Nicke, a police officer.
Vanessa's boyfriend throughout most of the trilogy is an older boy named Wille, who is friends with Jonte, a local drug dealer.
Element: AirPowers and abilities: Invisibility, flight Linnéa has an implied interest in manga, j-pop and goth fashion.
Her mother is dead and her father Björn is an alcoholic, leading to her spending years at foster homes and with substitute parents.
She sews a lot of her own clothes and also draw pictures which have at multiple instances been praised by other characters.
She and Elias are the only two of the chosen ones who had any kind of relationship before their powers were revealed and their friendship has been described as a "siblings in everything but blood".
She is the first to communicate with the protectors through the book and also makes a deal with it to play along with the group in exchange for her powers to be taken away and a relationship with the love of her life, Gustaf.
Elias parents ignored his problems for very long, not wanting to risk their position as a leading family in the city.
Elias spent time at a mental hospital as he had been dealing with self-harm and substance abuse, presumably to ease his anxiety.
It is hinted at that Elias was bisexual as Linnéa remembers that he admitted being attracted to fictional people like Misa Amane and Edward Scissorhands.
He had the element of wood and could presumably have developed the ability to change his appearance at will if given the chance, the film version makes this quite clear.
Element: Wood Powers and abilities: Shapeshifting The previous Chosen One who was burned to death 400 years ago during the time of the Swedish Witch Trials.
A star soccer player, he is very popular, with many girls at school having a crush on him; this includes Ida, who has been in love with him for many years.
Aggressively violent, he attacks Linnéa in Fire in an attempt to kill her; he is later arrested and put on trial in The Key.
The chain-smoking, moody owner of a magic shop in Engelsfors called "The Crystal Cave", which sells mostly useless artifacts.
A natural metal witch herself, Mona has the ability of precognition; she often dispenses vague and sometimes unhelpful advice to the Chosen Ones via her glimpses into the future.
During a battle with the Chosen Ones, Minoo removes the demons' blessing from Max, which causes him to fall into a coma.
A slacker who lives at home with his mother, he is good friends with Jonte, a local drug dealer.
In Fire he joins "Positive Engelsfors" and approaches Linnéa and says he doesn't really deserve her forgiveness but that he wants to change.
He became the first to fall under her control and figured out the truth about the Chosen Ones on his own and questions Minoo about it during his and Gustaf's graduation party.
The Council is an ancient organization which keeps a watchful eye over magic activity across the world and does its best to control it.
A devoted member of The Council, he is ruthless and power-hungry and is willing to go to extreme lengths to prove his loyalty.
When he realises it was a lie he is blessed by the Demons and kills several members of his circle, including Viktor.