The protagonist, a young girl who was traumatized by the death of her father in a horrific car accident two years prior to the story. Since then, Emily is a serious, determined, and sometimes headstrong girl who ends up inheriting her great-grandfather Silas' Stone, an object of immense power which she uses to protect her family as they go through the world of Alledia. Over time, as she and her family move through this alternate world, she realizes she has inherited much more than that.