History Characters / TheGuardiansOfChildhood

* SpacePirates: During his youth Pitch was the Captain of the Nigthmare Galleon and sort to extinguish any and all shooting stars, including one Sanderman Mansnoozie.

%%* AboveGoodAndEvil

%%* DaddysGirl: Once.

* MoralityChain MoralityPet: [[spoiler:During one time, she was this to Pitch. It ended when Mother nature told him she would stay neutral and doesn't care for him anymore.]]

%%* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: When you’re a bandit, that’s how it goes.

* BigGood
* FriendToAllChildren
* HumanAlien
* IncorruptiblePurePureness
* ParentalAbandonment: A heroic variant as it's not a case of true abandonment so much as it is that it's genrally believed that his parents are presumed to have died protecting him from Pitch.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: When you’re a bandit, that’s how it goes.

* TheBigGuy
* BoisterousBruiser
* CoolSword

* GeniusBruiser
* MagicKnight
* {{Magitek}}: His iron djinn and Golden Age sword.

* PapaWolf: Towards Katherine.

* RedOniBlueOni: The Red To Bunnymund's Blue.
* StreetUrchin: When he was very young, before being adopted by the Cossacks.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* LastOfHisKind
* LightningBruiser
* MinoredInAssKicking: Majored in chocolate making and egg motifs.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to North's Red.
* TimePolice

* AcePilot
* BadassAdorable
* BewareTheQuietOnes
* CuteMute: ''Very'' much so.
* DishingOutDirt: Sandy's signature elemental power.
* DreamWeaver

* SilentBob
* TheSmartGuy
* TheVoiceless

* ActionGirl
* {{Broken Hero}}ine
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DualWielding: Swords.
* FairySexy: Not in the traditional sense, but fans agree that her design is very beautiful.
* HalfHumanHybrid: One part Sister of Flight.
* LadyOfWar
* LastOfHerKind
* LightningBruiser

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She's queen of the fairies after all.

* TheStoic: Unlike her movie counterpart.

* ActionSurvivor

* AudienceSurrogate
* ChildrenAreInnocent
* DoorstopBaby

** In book three it emerges that she has some angst about it.

* OfficialCouple: Implied to be this with Nightlight at the end of Book 4.

* TheStoryteller: A particular talent of hers, and possibly her future specialty as a Guardian.

* BadassAdorable

* BigBrotherInstinct
* ChildrenAreInnocent: A firm belief of his and part of the basis of his anxiety at the prospect of Katherine growing up.

* FriendToAllChildren
* HumanAlien

* LightEmUp

* SizeShifter
* SilentBob
** Subverted in that when he does speak (in the second novel, but only one line) it is treated as a big deal. His voice is described by a moonbeam as "like faraway memories and echoes of long ago."
* SpeaksFluentAnimal

* VoluntaryShapeshifting

* CoolOldGuy

* FriendToAllChildren
* LastOfHisKind
* TheMentor
* SpeaksFluentAnimal

* {{BFS}}: Big Frigging Harpoon.
* BigBad

* DarkIsEvil

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette

* FaceMonsterTurn
* FallenHero

* HumanAlien: As General Pitchiner.
* ManipulativeBastard

* SizeShifter

* TinTyrant: He wears suits of armor to counter his WeaksauceWeakness to sunlight.
* WasOnceAMan

* EvilMinions
* TheHeartless
* LivingShadow
* {{Mooks}}
** HeavilyArmoredMook: In the second book, they acquire lead armor that protects them from the usual light-based weapons.

* WeaksauceWeakness: Light.

* BalefulPolymorph: Pitch never did improve his situation.

* ManiacMonkeys:
* WasOnceAMan

* AboveGoodAndEvil
* AStormIsComing

* DaddysGirl: Once.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Only to The Sandman.

* GravityMaster

* GentleGiant

* NoIndoorVoice: Averted. Typhan's voice can fill an entire universe, but he normally whispers unless angered.

* ChildrenAreInnocent
* ChildProdigy: It's the norm.

* BookWorm: A Book Glowworm to be exact

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: How humans with impure hearts react when in her presence.
* GemEncrusted
* TakenForGranite: If you take one of her gems.

* JustAMachine
* RobotBuddy

* CoolHorse

* HiveMind

* MesACrowd: Her fairies are extensions of herself allowing her to do her job, with the count of fairies being proportional to the demand of teeth needing collection.

* [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice King]]

* MoralityPet: To Emily Jane. Unfortunately Emily Jane turned it into a KickTheMoralityPet later after her "YouAreNotMyFather" moment.

* SpacePirate: During his youth Pitch was the Captain of the Nigthmare Galleon and sort to extinguish any and all shooting stars, including one Sanderman Mansnoozie.

* DarthVaderClone: He is the BigBad of the books, a FallenHero who used to be the commander of the Lunanoffs' military and was corrupted by TheDarkSide while trying to save his loved one. He is a would-be conqueror of the universe who destroyed planets and stars and brought the Golden Age to a violent end. He is unnaturally pale-skinned and wears a black BadassLongcoat or [[TinTyrant suits of armor]] to counter his WeaksauceWeakness to sunlight. [[MagicKnight He's]] handy with both magic and his [[BigFreakingSword Big Freaking Harpoon]]. Even as a bad guy, he still harbors some twisted love for his offspring.

* EnthrallingSiren: a non singing example. While the Spirit of the Forest is described as extraordinarily beautiful, it is the various jewels decorating her form that captures the hearts of men. Those who seek out the village are normally after a vast treasure Ombric supposedly possesses and bandits believe she is the treasure the stories refer to.

** As [[spoiler: Jack Frost]], he drifts through high society, befriends people like Winston Churchill, J.M. Barrie and Rudyard Kipling, and has inspired many fictional characters in his wake such as Peter Pan, Jekyll and Hyde, and Dorian Gray.

* ParentalAbandonment: His parents are presumed to have died protecting him from Pitch.

* AllLovingHero: She never meant harm to anyone, to the point that she prevents others Guardians to kill Pitch because she thinks he can be redeemed. [[spoiler: Unfortunately he doesn't.]]

[[folder: Nightlight/[[spoiler:Jack Frost]]]]

A enigmatic immortal boy that was once the Man in the Moon's bodyguard until he helped seal Pitch away the first time. Since his and Pitch's reawakening, he's mostly enjoyed wandering the earth in addition to bringing his own abilities to the fight. Becomes Katherine's closest friend [[spoiler:and eventually Jack Frost]].

* [[spoiler: EmptyNest: ]] In every book so far he has attempted or expressed the desire to turn a child into DaddysLittleVillain

[[folder: Mother Nature/[[spoiler:Emily Jane Pitchiner]]]]

With the power to control storms and gravity itself, Mother Nature is a force nearly as ancient as Pitch. She is a neutral party in the Guardian's war against The Nightmare King, and only chooses to act when it it is for her own selfish purposes. [[spoiler: She is also Pitch Black's daughter]].

* [[spoiler:DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Indeed he thought that his daughter had been killed by Dreams Pirates]]. Unfortunately Mother Nature never knew this.
* [[spoiler: DaddysGirl]]: Once.

* [[spoiler: LikeFatherLikeSon: She has her father's temper.]]

A glowworm that dresses like a scholar with a long beard and glasses perched on the end of his nose. Mr. Qwerty resides in Big Root where he is in charge of the expansive Santoff Clausen library and able to speak human language, a rare feat for an insect. He is a brilliant scholar and trusted comrade, also starved for knowledge, normally seen taking care and cleaning the books. [[spoiler: When Pitch attacks Santoff Clausen to gain access to Ombric's library, Mr Qwerty eats every book and tome to protect the knowledge and spells from Pitch's grasp. Mr Qwerty then wraps himself in a cocoon, eventually emerging as a hybrid between a butterfly and a book. Having absorbed all the knowledge from the library, Mr Qwerty can call upon any information and display them on his wings to be read from. He only lets Katherine write in him though.]]

* [[spoiler:IngestingKnowledge: Ombric always knew Mr Qwerty hungered for knowledge, but he didn't think it was quite so ''literal''.]]

* DarthVaderClone: He is the BigBad of the books, a FallenHero who used to be the commander of the Lunanoffs' military and was corrupted by TheDarkSide while trying to save his loved one. He is a would-be conqueror of the universe who destroyed planets and stars and brought the Golden Age to a violent end. He is unnaturally pale-skinned and wears a black BadassCape or [[TinTyrant suits of armor]] to counter his WeaksauceWeakness to sunlight. [[MagicKnight He's]] handy with both magic and his [[BigFreakingSword Big Freaking Harpoon]]. Even as a bad guy, he still harbors some twisted love for his offspring.

* {{BFS}}: More like Big Frigging Harpoon

* DemonicPossession: He has the ability to possess others, and could be considered a victim of it himself given his origins.

* DreamStealer: Converts innocuous dreams into nightmares as a means of spreading fear. Dreams are implied to have been a powerful source of magical energy and inspiration in the Golden Age, so this is a more dire threat than it sounds like.

* SealedEvilInACan: Before the start of the books.

* WouldHurtAChild: The fear of children is more potent and pleasing to him than that of adults, and they are his preferred targets for Fearling transformation.

Ruler of the Fearlings and would-be conqueror of the universe. Pitch brought the Golden Age to a violent end centuries ago, but was trapped and and forced into dormancy on Earth during his final battle with the Lunanoffs. He was accidentally freed at the beginning of the first book and schemes to plunge Earth into fear and darkness before spreading his influence throughout the rest of the universe.

* WeaksauceWeakness: His battle with the ''Moon Clipper'' and subsequent imprisonment weakened him to the point that he cannot withstand Earth’s sunlight. He gets around this with various types of magical armor.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Nightlight usually appears as a young teen [[spoiler:and, as Jack Frost, can age himself up or down at will]], but he predates the Moon Clipper and its inhabitant, which actually makes him one of the most ancient members of the present cast. It's also unknown just ''how'' much older he is than the Moon, as he is stated to be the only one of his kind and was already serving as the Lunanoff family's protector by the time the future Man in the Moon was born.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld

* PettingZooPeople

A young girl from Santoff Claussen and Ombric’s foster daughter. Implied to grow up to be Mother Goose and possibly the "Guardian of Stories."

The founder of the village of Santoff Clausen, Ombric is the last remaining citizen of Atlantis. A talented sorcerer, he eventually serves as a mentor to North.

[[folder: The Monkey King]]

Toothiana's nemesis, the Monkey King was once a vain and prideful maharajah and hunter. When he had his slave Haroom help him track the rarest of prey: A Flying Elephant in the jungles surrounding the home of the Sisters of Flight, Haroom refused to let him harm one of the flying women that came to save the elephant. They forced the Maharajah to leave what he brought in behind, which ended up including his humanity, transforming him. He vowed revenge and when Toothiana came of age, lead a group of hunters seeking to capture and exploit her as a freak show and killed her parents in the process. He now works for Pitch, hoping he will restore his human form.

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Katherine is so sweet and innocent that Pitch decides to try and turn her into his Darkling Princess. [[spoiler: He fails.]] But Katherine never meant harm to anyone, to the point that she prevents others Guardians to kill Pitch because she thinks he can be redeemed. [[spoiler: Unfortunately he doesn't.]]