Number four



Number Four, or John Smith, is 16-years old (as of mentioned in The Power of Six). He is the protagonist and narrator of the first novel, I Am Number Four, half of The Power of Six and The Rise of Nine. John is Number Four in the sequence protecting the ten Lorien children living and hiding on Earth.

He is described as being a fit, very attractive young man with dark blonde hair. He has Three circular scars on his right ankle, symbolizing the Three dead Lorien children, and a scar similar to the pendant all the Lorien children wear, signifying the charm that protects them.

John falls in love with high school junior Sarah Hart in the first book. In The Power of Six he develops feelings for number Six as well, although these subside in the third book, and his feelings for Sarah take over, even though Sarah reported him to the police as a terrorist in the second book. Four also has a friend named Sam Goode who travels with him and Six in a search for his father who he believes to be a prisoner of the Mogadorians. His Cêpan was named Henri, who dies at the end of the first book.

At the end of the second book, Four and Nine go North in an attempt to find Six (and Seven and Ten and Crayton, although they don't know that Ten, Seven and Crayton are with Six at the time, as she went to save them from a few hundred Mogs). It is also revealed in the third book that he may be the Garde who inherits all of Pittacus Lore's powers, with Nine and Eight as the other Two possibilities since they all have visions about Setrákus Ra, the Mog leader.

His Legacies include:

Lumen - his first legacy: The ability to produce fire, heat, and light from the user’s hands, and a resistance to heat, fire, and burns throughout the entire body. Four's grandfather had this power.

  Animal Telepathy - his third legacy: The ability to communicate with animals. Although technically his first legacy, he discovered this Legacy later, near the end of the book One.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Andalus,serif;font-size:10pt;">Precognition - Ability to see the future (Four has shown this ability a couple of times, though it is unconfirmed whether or not this is One of his Legacies).

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Andalus,serif;font-size:10pt;">Healing - He develops this legacy during the fight in The Rise of Nine. When Sarah and Ella were shot and dying, he concentrates on how badly he does not want Sarah or Ella to die and heals them.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Andalus,serif;font-size:10pt;">Telekinesis - Like all Garde, Four can move objects with his mind.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Andalus","serif"">Enhancement - All Garde possess enhanced physical strength, speed, reflexes, endurance and durability