Josh Peters

Joshua "Josh" Alexander Peters is Jo's older brother and the secondary antagonist in Facing the Elements.

Description
''Jo's older brother and father figure. He was blessed and cursed with his uncle dark elemental powers and struggles to control them. In the end, though, he proves to be a brave young man who would do anything for his family.''

Physical Appearance
Josh is a tall and lean young man with unkempt brown hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. His main attire is ripped jeans, baggy T-shirts, and sneakers.

Personality
Before we meet Josh, his sister, Jo, describes him as kind, loving, fun-loving, and brotherly, taking it upon himself to raise his younger siblings after their mother's death.

When we finally meet him, he is shown have kept all these traits, but to a much weaker degree when he's under Nathan's control.

At the end of the first book, however, he is revealed to be brave, heroic, and self-sacrificing, rebelling against his uncle and dying in order to save his family.

Powers/Abilities
All Elemental Powers: Josh inherited all the powers of his siblings combined from his father. He can supposedly use them all at once, but this has never been shown in the books.

Dark Elemental Powers: inherited his uncle Nathan's dark powers, which allow him to manipulate shadows and lightning.

Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combat/Armed Combat: is able to fight, having vast knowledge and experience in martial arts as well as various types of weaponry. Nathan even pointed this out in Facing the Elements, when he said Josh was an expert swordsman, just like his father.

Telepathy: it's implied that Josh has the ability to communicate with people through their minds, as shown in Facing the Elements when he tried to warn Jo by thought.

Enhanced Strength: it's also to be noted that Josh has above-average strength for a normal young man, as he was able to fight on par with his uncle Nathan, who is twenty years his senior

High Pain Tolerance: when Josh was smashed into walls and down the foyer of a building by Nathan, he is shown to still be standing, hinting that he has an extremely high pain tolerance.

Ghost Powers: as a spirit, Josh has common ghost powers such as levitation, intangibility, and possession.

Trivia

 * Josh is confirmed to have ADHD, just like his younger brother, Sam Jr.
 * He is the first Peters' kid to be seen as a ghost, the second being Sam Jr.
 * His weapon is a red-and-black sword.
 * Josh's middle name is Alexander, as revealed on his tombstone in Facing the Elements.