Anthem

Anthem is the main protagonist of Coda, the first book of the Coda series by Emma Trevayne. He is the younger brother of Alpha and Omega, and the primary caretaker of his father.

Physical Description
Anthem is described as being underweight with blond hair that he has added blue streaks to. He also has a neck jack that is used to drain power from him while working as a conduit.

He commonly wears makeup and blue fiber optic tubes in his hair while at the club. He also wears these things when he plays with his band, and later in interviews for the corp.

Despite not liking chrome for himself he eventually gets a coda symbol placed on his hand.

Before Coda
Anthem was born unto Anthem's Mother, and Anthem's Father. When he was around three years old he underwent an operation that implanted a chip in his brain that stored his memories, and maximized his receptiveness to the Corp's music. Later his mother began to become effected by the sickness. When he was eleven the Alpha and Omega were born unexpectedly. At first he wasn't thrilled about them, but he eventually learns to love them as their brother. When he turned twelve he choose the handle "Anthem", and he was exposed that year as well. During his exposure he overdosed, and was in an OD station for a week. A few years later his mother died. Later his father began to be to experience the full effects of the sickness, and Anthem became the primary caretaker of his father, and the twins.

He took a job as a conduit, and became friends with Scope. Then Johnny, a fellow conduit approached him and enticed him into joining a band. He dated Scope for a little while, but he eventually ended it. He later met Haven in Scope's chrome studio, and they became good friends.

Coda
At the beginning of Coda Anthem is shown at the height of his addiction. He works daily as a conduit, and visits the club nightly. However, every Wednesday he slips away to an abandoned basement for two hours. Here he meets with his band, and sings until his throat hurts. All is well until Scope brings Yellow Guy to watch them play. A few days later Anthem visits Johnny, and when Johnny decides to track he dies immediately in front of Anthem.