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9	![[center:[-[[Characters/GunnerkriggCourt Main Index]]-]]]
10	!![[center:[-[[Characters/GunnerkriggCourtPrimaryCharacters Annie & Kat]] \| '''Annie's Inner Circle''' \| [[Characters/GunnerkriggCourtParentsAndCourtStaff Parents & Court Staff]] \| [[Characters/GunnerkriggCourtOtherStudents Other Students]] \| [[Characters/GunnerkriggCourtGillitieForest Gillitie Forest]] \| [[Characters/GunnerkriggCourtTheFoundersOfTheCourt The Founders of the Court]] \| [[Characters/GunnerkriggCourtOtherCharacters Other Characters]]-]]]
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12
13	[[folder:Shadow2]]
14	[[quoteright:214:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s_Shadow_2_7179.jpg]]
15
16	A very young Glass-Eyed Man -- a LivingShadow -- from Gillitie Wood, and the first person at the Court to make Annie's acquaintance. He kicks off the plot of the comic by asking for Annie's help returning to his home, as the only way between the Court and the Woods is brightly lit to prevent Shadow-Men like himself from crossing. After a few months in the Woods, he meets Annie again, and jumps at the chance to go back to the Court with her.
17
18	It's explained in ''Chapter 35: Parley And Smitty Are In This One'' that he refused to hate the humans in the Court, which estranged him from his fellows in the forest and led to his family forcing him out.
19
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21	!!Associated tropes:
22
23	* AmbiguousGender: Mentioned early on. Because he learned how to speak by copying Annie, he sounded like her for some time, but eventually developed his own male identity [[spoiler: that he continues when he becomes three dimensional]]
24	* BizarreAlienBiology: The Glass-Eyed Men were originally human shaped, but since they've become living shadows, they don't seem to need food or other necessities. [[spoiler: Since becoming three-dimensional, Shadow has developed human needs, including eating without a mouth.]]
25	* BlackBeadEyes: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]], owing to being a shadow. His are white instead.
26	* CuddleBug: As part of being a living shadow, he hangs on people a lot. [[spoiler: Even after becoming three dimensional, he's shown clinging to Robot a lot.]]
27	* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being made of living shadow, he's one of the nicest members of the cast.
28	* DefectorFromDecadence: Shadow apparently did not share the envy and hatred that the rest of his species had for humans, which is why he was forced out of his home after returning.
29	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: "Shadow 2"; there are many Glass Eyed Men who resemble him, but it's not known if he even has a name.
30	* LivingShadow: Although Kat figures out that he's actually made of a very thin layer of matter. [[spoiler:Thanks to Coyote's Tooth, he has become....detached from his two-dimensional form and turned three dimensional]].
31	* OfficialCouple: After Chapter 35 when [[spoiler:Shadow becomes three dimensional]], Robot realizes he loves Shadow and begins to act more intimate with and protective of him. Chapter 41 even begins with [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1129 them cuddling]]. As of Chapter 56, it appears Robot's crush on Shadow is reciprocated.
32	* TheQuietOne: The only moment he talks after he learns how to is in company of Robot, and even then, he doesn't speak much. Even when he does talk to other characters, it's mostly about Robot.
33	* SatelliteCharacter: He's mostly around to be one of Annie's friends and Robot's best friend / boyfriend, unlike how Robot is tied into the central plot about Jeanne as well as being a major player in Kat's story. Even since [[spoiler: becoming three dimensional and attending classes]], he hasn't been super involved in the story.
34	* TagalongKid: Despite presumably being older than Annie or Kat, he still ends up acting like this to them.
35	* ThoseTwoGuys: With Robot.
36	* TokenHeroicOrc: Most Glass-Eyed Men hate humans because Coyote loves them more. However, Shadow 2 was trapped in the Court for several decades and grew up not hating them. When he finally returned home in an early chapter, he was ostracized because he didn't hate humans.
37	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He displayed the ability to change shape while stuck to a flat surface like a regular shadowman; he evidently retained that power [[spoiler:after being cut off the floor by [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Coyote's Tooth]]]], only with far more utility.
38	[[/folder]]
39
40	[[folder:S13 / "Robot"]]
41	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s_Robot_3406.jpg]]
42
43	A Robot that Annie built from spare parts to escort [=Shadow2=] into Gillitie. [[TheChewToy Life has not been kind to him since]]: His attempt to find [[ArtificialLimbs a replacement for his missing arm]] leads to him being [[DemonicPossession possessed by a Shadow]] and eventually losing ''everything'' except his CPU. He maintains [[{{Pollyanna}} a very bright outlook on life]] in spite of this, while waiting for Kat to build him a new body.
44
45	He [[ThankTheMaker regards Annie as his "mommy"]], and the thought of her coming to harm is the only thing that distresses him. He also greatly appreciates that Annie was the first person to offer him a free choice, even though the consequences of his choice were so disastrous.
46
47	At one point, his HeartDrive was placed in the body of the prototype robot S1, and [[NotHimself he acted very strangely]]; what came over him is not precisely explained, but it seems to have been out of his control.
48
49	Kat built a new body for him, so he can do some mad LeParkour.
50
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52	!!Associated tropes:
53
54	* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: [[spoiler:S13 goes by male pronouns, but his appearance in the mental interface is feminine]].
55	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: His true name is S13 (the "S" standing for "Seraph"). But everyone usually just calls him "Robot". Antimony manages to attract a stare when she mentions him by this name while talking to another robot.
56	* GossipyHens: [[spoiler:This is what his fellow seraph models dismantled him for. He has a bad tendency to spread misinformation and rumours. This is also how the seraphs manage to find him again when he is installed in a new body; he has been spreading rumours that Kat is an angel and been forming a RobotReligion]].
57	* InterfaceScrew: When he starts [[ContemplateOurNavels contemplating his broken finger]] and the new sensation he dubs "pain" the panels get bright red edges. [[spoiler: Just as he's wondering how living beings can live with the suffering and distraction caused by pain he sees his beloved Shadow and the red edges suddenly disappear.]]
58	* LeParkour: In his temporary body. [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=634 Pretty impressive]].
59	* LimbSensationFascination: Robot is given a new arm by Kat in Chapter 56, which is supposed to simulate human musculature, and how it can self-heal and grow stronger with use. The new experience is so overwhelming that mere moments after the new arm is activated, Robot forces himself into a reboot. His subsequent attempt to explain the new sensations to Kat immediately afterward is summarized in a two-page spread... [[spoiler:depicting a giant, eldritch abomination connected to his left side where the arm should be]].
60	* LuminescentBlush: When Robot gets a limb with a brand-new sense of touch, Shadow's first response is to [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1611 pet it]]. Robot is... unprepared.
61	* MeaningfulName: The "S" in his name stands for Seraph. Both the body Annie built for him and his original body (which Kat found in Chapter 18) had the shape of an angel.
62	* MeatSackRobot: GadgeteerGenius Kat vat-grows organic components for Robot that can grow and adapt to his needs, which he describes as a [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1599 really weird]] sensory experience. They also have the disadvantages of [[spoiler:having [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1606 concerning implications]] for the Court's RobotReligion, and of [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1850 being high]] on the Court's ScaleOfScientificSins]].
63	* MessianicArchetype: The story actually chronicles his path from rejection by the other robots to eventual widespread acceptance. By the end of Chapter 41, even the extremely dogmatic Seraphs have been persuaded by him.
64	* TheMissionary:
65	** He saw an angel, guys...and is going to make this fact known to everything more advanced than a toaster in the whole Court, and remind them about Jeanne, of course.
66	** It's getting [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=898 kinda creepy]] (see Shadow 2's expression).
67	** Apparently he's been doing this before he met Annie, which is what got him dismantled in the first place.
68	** It's getting ''really'' creepy now. ''"[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1294 And the Angel looked down upon the corpse, a life taken by her own hand, and she said...it was worth it.]]"''
69	** It's gotten [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1450 even]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1451 creepier]].
70	* NoPlaceForMeThere: [[spoiler:He believes that his actions to hasten Kat's work and create the New People make him deserving of death, and he anticipates that Kat will destroy him rather than give him an organic body like all the rest of the robots.]]
71	* OfficialCouple: After Chapter 35 when [[spoiler:Shadow becomes three dimensional]], Robot realizes he loves Shadow and begins to act more intimate with and protective of him. Chapter 41 even begins with [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1129 them cuddling]]. As of Chapter 56, it appears Robot's crush on Shadow is reciprocated.
72	* OrganicTechnology: As of Chapter 59 his chest and both arms have become "biological" [[spoiler: revealed when Jeanne sliced him up]].
73	* ParentalSubstitute: He calls Annie "Mommy" for a long time, since she put him back together in Chapter 1. She eventually gets him to stop, but he clearly still sees her that way.
74	* ThePollyanna: His old body is a bag of paperclips now? "Well, it's good to be useful!"
75	* PsychoSupporter: He has become willing to [[spoiler: endanger the lives of others in order to speed along Kat's work.]] By Chapter 93 he has a self-pitying HeelRealization about this.
76	* PurpleIsPowerful: Inverted, his new biological purple limb is less powerful than his robotic body and much more fragile. Three chapters later he's strong enough to fence Jeanne [[spoiler: as long as she thinks she's a human and not a super-powered phantom]].
77	* RedEyesTakeWarning: In his more advanced humanoid body, [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=889 the normally-green lights turn red]] when he is attacking a threat with apparent intent to damage (as opposed to when he is [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=890 attacking with intent to restrain]], where his lights remain green).
78	* RobotReligion: Seems to have formed one around Kat.
79	--> "[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=898 Let it be known: in this tomb of ancients, the angel called forth the spirit of the dead. You see how easily she gave life, and how easily she took it away]]."
80	* SatanicArchetype: In Chapter 93, [[spoiler: Robot self-identifies as this, saying he is an evil being because of his manipulative actions to bring the robots true life. We then get to see an etheric vision of him as a red, horned humanoid.]]
81	* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Other robots say that he tends to cause a lot of trouble and they have condemned him to serve as scrap at least twice. His name is fittingly S13.
82	* ThoseTwoGuys: With Shadow 2.
83	* WrestlerInAllOfUs: It seems that even a robot can pull out [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=890 a single leg Boston crab]].
84	[[/folder]]
85
86	[[folder:Mort]]
87	[[quoteright:199:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MORT_832.png]]
88
89	A young ghost haunting Gunnerkrigg. In spite of being a ShapeShifting MasterOfIllusion, Mort is rather poor at his job of scaring people. His choosing to appear as a BedsheetGhost doesn't help. After Annie gives him a few pointers (#1: Be subtle, #2: No one likes [[MonsterClown clowns]]), he gets better.
90
91	He's infatuated with Annie, and he doesn't do a very good job of hiding it.
92
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94	!!Associated tropes:
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96	* ADeathInTheLimelight: He gets a lot of screentime in chapter 47 which finally reveals the circumstances surrounding his death. [[spoiler:It's the same chapter where his spirit willingly "dies" by departing into the ether.]]
97	* BedsheetGhost: His default form. Makes sense when you realize [[spoiler:he was a child when he died and that's how he thought ghosts looked]].
98	* BlitzEvacuees: Part of his backstory, when he was alive.
99	* CrushBlush: When Antimony thanks him for his gift, and later [[spoiler: when he reverts to his human form before going into the ether.]]
100	* GhostAmnesia / VictoryGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Mort starts to lose his memories as he goes into the ether; this apparently happens to everyone.]]
101	-->[[spoiler:'''Annie:''' We will never forget you.]]\
102	[[spoiler:'''Mort:''' Thank you... [[{{Irony}} miss]].]]
103	* GoIntoTheLight: "The Realm of the Dead" chapter ends with him [[spoiler:being willing to go into the ether to make up for Annie not giving her mother a "final record" (basically one's last words after death).]]
104	* GoryDiscretionShot: During the flashback to his death. [[spoiler:First we see a cutaway diagram of the German bomb. The next page, Jones is staring at a bloody helmet.]]
105	* HeroicSacrifice / SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler: He died trying to save [[CompleteImmortality Jones]] from a bombing raid.]]
106	* MasterOfIllusion: Though he isn't very good at it until Annie gives him some tips.
107	* MeaningfulName: "Mortis" meaning "death", and "Mort" itself also meaning "death", in French. His full name is Mortimer.
108	* MetaphoricMetamorphosis: Mort transforms into a tombstone featuring a [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=158 pictogram of a foot getting put into a mouth]] after he embarrasses himself while talking with his crush. It has the added bonus of Mort being a MasterOfIllusion, therefore capable of [[InvokedTrope pulling]] this InUniverse.
109	* MonsterClown: How he was able to scare Paz in Chapter 4.
110	* MysteriousPast: Until Chapter 47, the only hint to his demise was the appearance of the quote "Dulce et decorum [est pro patria mori]" [[note]]Sweet and fitting [it is to die for one's country][[/note]] in the background when he was present, leading to widespread speculation that he was a soldier. [[spoiler:In truth, he was a young boy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. While heading for shelter during an air raid, he comes across Jones, who is intentionally subjecting herself to the bombs. He dies trying to convince her to seek shelter as well. When he is about to be taken in the ether by Ankou, Jones intervenes, blaming herself for his death. Submitting to Jones' seniority, the ROTD allows him to stay on Earth as a ghost.]]
111	* ThatCameOutWrong: He notes that Annie is attractive, then quickly takes it back to clarify that it's in the sense of an etheric magnet rather than looks, ''then''... a tombstone, with OpenMouthInsertFoot depicted on it. Annie finds it funny rather than insulting.
112	* ThinkNothingOfIt: When he gives Annie the blinker stone.
113	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Of the illusionary variety.
114	[[/folder]]
115
116	[[folder:Reynardine / Renard]]
117	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reynardinerage.jpg]]
118
119	A [[CunningLikeAFox fox]]-[[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] under Antimony's thrall. He's capable of [[DemonicPossession possessing]] [[MagicAIsMagicA anything with]] [[BodyMotifs eyes]], and can BodySurf from host to host. He's also a killer: [[BlessedWithSuck every time he takes a new body, his old host dies]].
120
121	Formerly, he was the CunningLikeAFox Renard. Though hailing from Gillitie wood, he was a friend of humans. He changed his name to Reynardine because of his love towards a human, and Coyote gave him his body-snatching powers. Though unhappy with the cost of his body-snatching, he proceeded with his plan anyway -- killing a young man from the Court, and subsequently getting imprisoned there.
122
123	When Annie first meets Rey, he's in the body of a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Rogat Orjak]] named Sivo, attempting to escape his imprisonment in the Court. He mistakes Annie for her mother, and is naturally grieved to learn of Surma's death. Despite this, he shows no remorse when, on the next day, he attempts to possess Annie in a bid to escape. This fails, due to [[BigDamnHeroes Eglamore's timely intervention]], and Rey instead possesses Annie's wolf doll.
124
125	Once in the doll, Rey discovers he has new powers and new limitations. He has limited ShapeShifting (particularly the ability to assume the form of a full-sized wolf), and a built-in set of lockpicks (which Annie had hidden in the toy at the time he took possession). But, as the body is Annie's toy, Reynardine himself is now Annie's possession, as indicated by the alchemical antimony symbol that is sometimes visible on his forehead. He's [[RestrainingBolt unable to take a new body without her permission]] and [[KidWithTheLeash unable to disobey her commands]]. Thus prevented from doing any real harm, Rey settles for being [[JerkAss surly and antisocial]] toward the girl who could make his life miserable if she wanted.
126
127	Though initially presented as a sympathetic figure, and then as a deceitful antagonist, it's become increasingly unclear whose side (if any) Reynardine is on. He's become more helpful to Annie over time (going so far as to [[TakingTheBullet put himself between Annie and Ysengrin's blades]]), and seems to have taken a fatherly interest in her. In fact, according to Coyote, Rey's love for Annie is the only reason he remains in the Court.
128
129	Reynardine's names derive two sources. Renard is a reference to Reynard the Fox, trickster hero of a cycle of medieval French folktales opposite one Isengrim (see Ysengrin, on the [[Characters/GunnerkriggCourtGillitieForest Gillitie Forest]] page). Reynardine is from the folk-song of the same name, about a highwayman (and in some versions of the song, a were-fox) who seduces a maiden -- much as Rey attempted when he first met Annie.
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132	!!Associated tropes:
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134	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[RomanticRunnerUp He and Surma]].
135	* TheAtoner: Reynard deeply regrets having attempted to kill Annie when he first met her. By the time of the ''Quicksilver'' arc, he considers his current body his penance for what he attempted to do, and admits that whenever Annie smiles at him, it fills him with shame over what he nearly did to her... and that he wears Annie's symbol of ownership ''with pride''. Renard also regrets killing a man in the past while attempting to woo Surma, and has taken to regularly visiting his grave.
136	* BadassAdorable: While his stuffed toy form is pretty adorable in itself (and he's perfectly capable of kicking ass in it), [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1533 Puppy Renard]] takes it to a new level.
137	* BodySurf: Courtesy of Coyote, he has the ability to possess people. He even provides the picture for the trope page.
138	%%* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes
139	* CharacterDevelopment:
140	** The impish anthro-wolf doll slowly fades into a good-natured but troubled fox spirit.
141	** He and Annie eventually become dear friends. [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=848 Look]].
142	** Although he does retain a bit of [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=585 impishness]]. He ''is'' CunningLikeAFox after all.
143	* ChivalrousPervert: He's obviously become quite fond of Annie's friends, and helps Kat through a really difficult moment in her life [[spoiler: when she discovers she's not quite straight]], but he can't resist teasing her a bit over [[spoiler: choosing Paz as her first girlfriend]]
144	* CunningLikeAFox: His status as a trickster was what drew Coyote's attention to him and Ysengrin in the first place.
145	* CuttingTheKnot: Antimony's lock picks were stowed away into the toy body Reynardine came to occupy. When she first tells him to use them to open something, Reynardine uses them to smash through it instead of picking it properly since he doesn't know how to pick locks.
146	* ADayInTheLimelight: Chapter 43: Quicksilver focuses on on him, his reflections and regrets on his past decisions and actions, and his interactions with Hetty.
147	* DeadpanSnarker: Very much so in his wolf form. In the doll form, however, he snarks with a ''huge'' grin on his face.
148	* DemonicPossession: For a given value of "demonic". Originally possessed [[spoiler:a human male because he was attracted to a human female]]; has [[BodySurf body surfed]] his way into a small stuffed toy owned by Annie.
149	* DirtyOldMan: As old as Coyote, or damn close to it, and a ChivalrousPervert. Though Annie doesn't let him get away with it.
150	-->'''Annie:''' How do you feel, Reynardine?\
151	'''Reynardine:''' A little... better. If Jones could just... clutch me to her chest!
152	* FantasticFoxes: Prior to [[spoiler:possessing Daniel's body]].
153	%%* GlowingEyesOfDoom
154	* HappinessInSlavery: He stays with Annie of his own accord, as she has offered to allow him to return to the Forest before. In ''Quicksilver'' he explicitly states that he wears Annie's symbol, which indicates who has control over him, with pride.
155	* HiddenDepths: Turns out, [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1170 he's the best at drawing of the main characters!]]
156	* InSeriesNickname: Reynardine is not actually his name, it's a nickname given to him by Surma.
157	* JerkAss / JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's [[ZigZaggingTrope a little hard to pin down]]. He was moody and quite obnoxious when he found out his escape from the prison only brought him slavery. Later, he adapted and mostly became Annie's self-appointed guardian and ParentalSubstitute, though just as eager to embarrass (or frighten) people. Also, it looks like [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=474 everything linked with Surma]] is still almost sacred for him.
158	* LoveMakesYouEvil: His crimes were a combination of a misunderstanding of his new powers and a desire to woo Surma.
159	* LoveMartyr: He was in love with Surma, and she manipulated his feelings and used them to allow the Court to capture him.
160	* MagicAIsMagicA:
161	** Rey's DemonicPossession follows specific rules, and he's able to occupy a toy simply because it has eyes; it's implied that the same is true of all magic. For example, in order to take a new body, [[http://gunnerkrigg.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=gotopost&board=general&thread=361&post=11980 his/her/its eyes have to be open]].
162	** The symbol shown on the face of his body indicates who has ownership of his body and thus who he has to obey. While in Annie's doll, it's the symbol for antimony. [[spoiler: When Kat takes possession of the doll, it changes to the symbol for bismuth]].
163	* MindControlEyes: His attempted possession.
164	* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Invoked and inverted. Reynardine actually describes his situation as "Well, the mind is nothing but a plaything of the body, correct?" He's actually being sarcastic. It's actually Reynardine's mood and mental state that affects which form he takes. Thus, when he's in a crude or ashamed mindset, he's likely to be a plushy, but when he's feeling protective or otherwise more noble he's more likely to be a wolf.
165	* MonochromaticEyes: Of the solid white variety.
166	* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: Sees his attempted possession / murder of Annie as this.]]
167	** In the same vein, his original possession/murder of a friend, which got him hated and branded as a demon, and whose grave he seems to visit regularly.
168	* MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat: Lightens the mood a bit with Kat by sniffing her and commenting:
169	--> '''Reynard''': Ohh, [[spoiler: Paz]]? Good choice!
170	** He also smells that Parley and Smitty have been making out/sleeping together, and is highly amused.
171	* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: He explains to Hetty how he's come to feel about Antimony, how he deeply regrets trying to kill her, and how every time she smiles at him, he feels deep shame for trying to take her body. Then he adds that when he wears his alchemical symbol in full-sized wolf form, he wears it with ''pride'', right as he [[spoiler: sets Hetty on fire and tears her krill form from her host body]].
172	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Jones [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=741 calls him out]] on constantly referring to Zimmy as a "demon", stating that it is merely a label for something that is feared and misunderstood, and one which has been applied to himself as well.
173	* OutOfFocus: Has gone from being as important as Annie and Kat to being relatively minor in Year 3.
174	* ParentalSubstitute: Sometimes he's like this, though not always. And sometimes it looked like he had the same [[UnbalancedByRivalsKid problem]] as James Eglamore, but solved it much quicker.
175	--> '''Kat:''' [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=413 Are you like her dad in disguise now?]]
176	* PerverseSexualLust: In-universe, there has been a hint he feels this way towards Moro no Kimi from ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' when he whispers her name while wistfully watching the sunset.
177	* ProgressivelyPrettier: Somewhat. As he becomes a more serious character, he seems to stay more time in his wolf form.
178	* RestrainingBolt: It seems that he is not pleased by this, though he springs to Annie's defense on his own initiative.
179	* SealedEvilInATeddyBear: Due to possessing an object that someone (Annie) owned, he has to obey the owner's orders and can't take a new body without her express permission. [[spoiler: Anthony]] tries to take control of him by forcing Annie to give him up, but [[spoiler: she gives the doll to Kat instead]].
180	* ServileSnarker: Unable to go against Annie, but that doesn't stop him from complaining and being sarcastic and getting in some truly nasty digs on one occasion.
181	* SubordinateExcuse: An unusual form. He always was fascinated with humans and became Annie's ParentalSubstitute, so he prefers to remain as a shapeshifting doll on a leash, but in the Court and refuses a straightforward proposal to return him into the original body.
182	* TrappedInTheHost: After possessing Annie's stuffed animal, he discovered that possessing an object that was someone's property meant he had to obey the owner and could not leave it without their permission. So much for that {{Body Surf}}ing ability...
183	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Renard can control the form his body takes, but only in non-living bodies such as Annie's toy, according to [[http://gunnerkrigg.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=gotopost&board=general&thread=361&post=11243 Tom]].
184	* WhatYouAreInTheDark: In Chapter 43, after a discussion of his attempted possession of Annie with [[AxCrazy Hetty]], he makes [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1228 making his feelings on the matter absolutely clear.]]
185	[[/folder]]
186	[[folder:Andrew Smith]]
187	[[quoteright:160:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Smitty_8150.png]]
188
189	A student from two years above Annie. He's quite mellow and laid-back, and easily takes ribbing in stride. It's [[PersonalityPowers fitting]] that his extra-normal talent is [[OrderMagic the ability to create order from chaos (He can throw a pack of cards into the air, and they fall into a perfectly squared ''unshuffled'' deck)]]. Due to this power, Jones considers him a promising candidate to be the Court's next Medium -- he's training under her to prepare for the job.
190
191	Speaking of being laid-back, Smith is the object of much teasing from fellow Medium-in-training Parley. He bears it (mostly) silently because he thinks she's "hotter than hell" -- but [[ObliviousToLove he's the last person in his class to figure out]] that she's flirting, not mocking him.
192
193	And those [[BigOlEyebrows eyebrows]]: ''damn''.
194
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196	!!Associated tropes:
197
198	* AmazonChaser: Towards Parley, who is much more physical and action-focused than he. [[spoiler: Especially after her training as Court Protector gives her a suite of {{Charles Atlas Superpower}}s and a ''[[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1683 lot]]'' of muscle.]]
199	* AndHereHeComesNow: [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=949 Here]], Andrew demonstrates that he's the only person who [[ImprobablyPredictable can predict]] when Parley is going to arrive via teleportation. (Smitty is actually just guessing, but because of his order-causing powers, his guesses just happen to be right.)
200	** Gets an interesting deconstruction later when he mentions that while he can predict ''when'', he never knows ''why'' she's coming. Hence why he holds off on doing this too much: for all he knows, she might teleport in because something bad has happened, and she needs his help.
201	* AscendedExtra: Has gone from being one of many characters in the school to [[spoiler: the Court's Medium]], and is very central to the main plot arc.
202	* BigOlEyebrows:
203	** So big that it takes a second to realize [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=783 those big floating blocks above his head in panel 3]] ''are'' his eyebrows.
204	--->'''Tom:''' This chapter is going to take twice as long to draw because I have to fill in Smith's eyebrows.
205	** In Chapter 41 even Coyote comments on them, calling Smitty "Mighty Eyebrows Boy".
206	* ChronicHeroSyndrome: A light case but still very much there. Andrew loves to help people, [[spoiler:and it's his talent at doing so that made his first trip to Gillitie Wood a resounding success with the natives.]]
207	* DarkhorseVictory: [[spoiler:He's become the new medium between the Court and the Woods as of Chapter 41. This falls under the judge with veto power category, as the Headmaster seems to have come to this decision by himself since both Jones and the rest of the Court members in attendance are shocked that Annie wasn't the one chosen. Even Andrew himself thought Annie would get the position and doesn't think his being chosen is a good idea]].
208	* DungeonBypass and/or CuttingTheKnot: He can do this unconsciously. The mechanics of his powers are still loosely defined, but this is the most straightforward manifestation of them.
209	* FaceDeathWithDignity: Tells Parley he's fine [[spoiler: with being stabbed by Jeanne]] because it meant Parley wasn't hurt [[spoiler: Jeanne was actually aiming for him]]. A few chapters earlier he mentioned that he had to be careful about wanting to see Parley least she appear before him because someone had been severely injured.
210	* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Once he starts exploring what his powers are capable of, he discovers ways to make near-impossible throws, help Parley in combat, and deploy a pseudo-prediction ability.
211	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Andrew's much more calm and laid back than Parley. He's not "girly" as in being effeminate, but as in being the more shy and laid-back personality of the two.
212	* NiceGuy: VERY polite and friendly with everyone he meets.
213	* ObliviousToLove: In no small part due to her {{Tsundere}}-like treatment of him, Andrew refused to believe that Parley liked him until she confessed in Chapter 30.
214	* OfficialCouple: With Parley, after a RelationshipUpgrade.
215	* OneHeadTaller: The usual gender roles are inverted as it's Parley who's much taller than he is.
216	* OppositesAttract: He and Parley could not be more dissimilar, but they have great chemistry and share a mutual attraction.
217	* OrderMagic: Andrew "Smitty" Smith's powers are, essentially, a manipulation of probability and coincidence that causes things to become orderly. He first demonstrates this by throwing a deck of cards over his shoulder, and having the deck land in order by both suit and value without any outside intervention. [[spoiler:It later becomes an important part of his girlfriend [[GenderBlenderName George]] Parley's powerset, as her psychic teleportation is out of control unless she's in Smitty's proximity-- early on, she actually kept randomly teleporting ''to his location'' because she had such a massive crush on him.]]
218	* PowerIncontinence: A more harmless variety than most; see CuttingTheKnot. He seems to be able to predict ''what'' using his power will do, but not how it will ''happen''.
219	** In Chapter 58 he tells Annie how he has to be careful when "summoning" Parley in case the reason she wants to see him is because of an emergency. Basically his power could cause someone to get hurt just because he wanted to see his girlfriend.
220	* RedStringOfFate: Literal and non-romantic (except where Parley is concerned): Chapter 58 reveals there's multicolored aetherical threads wrapped around his right hand, implying that's how he "controls" fate. Interestingly Bugsy, an ex-fairy, claims she can't see them even inside the aether.
221	** [[spoiler: Jeanne can see them and tries cutting them off but they keep reappearing so she decides to cut ''him'' instead.]]
222	* RealityWarper: It's started to be applied for more things than just making order out of chaos, and working with Parley it becomes ''very'' potent.
223	* RelationshipUpgrade: In Chapter 30, after Parley is shaken from her encounter with Jeane. After his initial shock, Andrew takes it quite well.
224	* ShootTheMedicFirst: [[spoiler: Jeanne can see Smitty's "strings" and is aware Parley doesn't want her near him so she stabs him in the chest with a ''main gauche'' (a kind of dagger)]]
225	* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Subverted. His abilities look pretty lackluster when he's using them to sort cards and assemble puzzles, but once he starts exploring what they're capable of, they turn out to be extremely useful and powerful.
226	* WindsOfDestinyChange: He basically has the power to subconsciously create order by manipulating chance.
227	[[/folder]]
228
229	[[folder:Parley]]
230	[[quoteright:166:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/George_Parley_2624.png]]
231
232	A student from three years above Annie. She's also a Medium candidate, and undergoing training. This is less because of any extra-normal talents she possesses (for her first few years, all she showed was "promise") than because her father -- an acclaimed psychic -- predicted that she would inherit his power. However, Parley Sr. also predicted that she'd be a ''boy'' -- that's why her first name is [[GenderBlenderName George]].
233
234	Personality-wise, Miss Parley is loud and always trying to take charge of conversations. She harbors strong feelings for Smith, which she [[{{tsundere}} expresses]] by constantly in getting in Smith's hair, while simultaneously [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace attaching herself to him]] at every possible opportunity. When Jones prods Smith into giving Parley a flower, Parley is so overcome with emotion that she spontaneously manifests her latent Etheric power of space manipulation... by teleporting the lot of them straight onto her bed. (It should be stated that her power mixed with Smith's organization ability and teleported them there. For those trying to keep up with the math, here's a tip: [[AppliedMathematics High Emotion + Order + Teleportation = Her Bed]].)
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239	* ActionGirl: Apparently an excellent fencer, and possibly good with a gun. Even Jeanne, despite being a spirit composed only of hate and rage, [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=779 compliments her on her skills]].
240	* ActionGirlfriend: Since Andrew's a NonActionGuy, she's the physical side of their duo.
241	* AffectionateNickname: "Georgie", from Andrew after they get together.
242	* AllWomenAreLustful: As mentioned above, her emotionally controlled powers first manifested by teleporting to her ''bed'' while being given a flower by her crush. It's later implied that their relationship has become physical.
243	* AmazonianBeauty: Only tall at first, but soon after beginning her training, she bulks up noticably.
244	* AscendedExtra: Has gone from being one of many characters in the school to [[spoiler: the next in line for the Court's Dragonslayer]], and is very central to the main plot arc.
245	* BigNo: When Smith accidentally uses his ability to [[DungeonBypass automatically beat a sim before it even starts]].
246	* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: After getting buff, she accidentally [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1681 crushes Smitty in a hug]] and [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1687 breaks a glass]]; she says that sort of thing keeps happening.
247	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Everything about her teleporting in general mirrors sexual awakening during puberty. Surprise manifestation, complications flaring up when around the guy she likes, starts to get it under control when she finally admits her romantic desires, and it comes more under her full control as she grows confident and up front about herself.
248	* EmbarrassingFirstName: [[GenderBlenderName George]]. Not hard to figure out why ''she'' goes by her last name.
249	* EveryoneCanSeeIt:
250	** Annie figures it out about a day after meeting them.
251	--->'''Antimony:''' Andrew, she's all over you '''all the time'''.\
252	'''Reynardine:''' Ah, has a creature ever perfected the art of denial as finely as a human?
253	** Later also her classmates, just by looking at her and then Smitty trying to pretend he's not there:
254	--->'''Cookie Monster:''' Ooh, saaay, Parley!\
255	'''Jan:''' Not bad, not bad.
256	* FlashyTeleportation: Her first ability is teleporting, which as seen on comic [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=949 949]], is not silent. It makes a "bip" sound.
257	* FirstNameBasis: Calls Smith by his first name when she admits she's in love with him, which he lampshades by mentioning that it feels weird having her call him "Andrew."
258	* GratuitousGerman: Her apparent training in the German school of fencing has led to her peppering her speech with one or two German terms.
259	* HimeCut: This is in AvertedTrope. Like Annie and Kat, she changes her hairstyle regularly so while the hime cut may look accurate it is not indicative of her personality, status etc.
260	* HotBlooded: Parley is very easily excited and boisterous - the idea of going through one of Dr. Disaster's scenarios had her react in the above image, she gets incredibly excited when Robot proves himself capable of defeating her in fencing nigh-immediately, and she's never one to act in half-measures
261	* LargeHam: [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=388 When she talks to Mort]]. Parley tend to go over the top in ''everything''--her idea of "officially" admitting her relationship is to [[spoiler:grab her boyfriend, teleport on her friends' path and start kissing... ''long enough to get concerned looks from observers'']].
262	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Parley only shows a hint of a feminine side after her RelationshipUpgrade with Smith, and she's still much more action-oriented than he. [[spoiler:Exaggerated after her training as Court Protector.]]
263	* MeaningfulName:
264	** "Parley" meaning a conference between opposing sides and Parley being a medium, whose job it is to... mediate.
265	** [[spoiler:Also, her name is George. She's to be the next Dragonslayer... that's right, she's ''(Saint) George the Dragonslayer.'' ]]
266	* MuscleAngst: She's a bit worried that [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1683 her training with Eglamore may have given her too much muscle for Smitty's liking]]. He does ''not'' seem to mind.
267	* TheNoseKnows: Rey and Coyote immediately realize they're together just by sniffing them. Parley and Smitty are mortified. Three guesses what Rey and Coyote were smelling on them...
268	* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Mostly while embracing/tormenting Smithy. It finally led to "interesting" consequences when she [[spoiler:[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=768 grabbed by a shoulder]] Annie who used a magical artifact at this time]].
269	* OfficialCouple: With Andrew after a RelationshipUpgrade; Her experience with the ghost of Jeanne leads her to [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=783 admitting her feelings for Andrew]].
270	* OneHeadTaller: Gender-flipped -- Parley has to stand a few steps below Smith on the stairs to get him at eye level.
271	* OppositesAttract: She and Smitty could not be more dissimilar, but they have great chemistry and share a mutual attraction.
272	* ThePigPen: From what we see of her room, she isn't exactly the tidiest person.
273	* PowerIncontinence: On [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=767 this page]] she teleports against her will -- the third time that week. The next page implies that it may be activated whenever she thinks about Smith.
274	* ProphecyTwist: Her father was a renowned psychic with a reputation for infallible predictions, so it came as quite a surprise when he incorrectly guessed that she would be a boy when his wife became pregnant, resulting in her embarrassing first name George. Although, considering what she looks like after a full season of dragonslayer training, it's entirely possible her father's vision was accurate and he simply mistook her muscular physique for that of a male.
275	* RequiredSecondaryPowers: {{Invoked\|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Her training as Court Protector comes with plenty of GeometricMagic to keep her enhanced abilities from damaging her body.]]
276	* StatuesqueStunner: She's exceptionally tall and bulks up [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1683 quite a lot]] during her training.
277	* SuperStrength: Thanks to some wards that enhance her natural abilities, which thankfully also give her the RequiredSecondaryPower of SuperToughness.
278	* TeleportSpam: Has been teaching herself to incorporate this with her already formidable fencing skills.
279	* TookALevelInBadass: Comes back from her training retreat able to jump like a cricket and break walls with her hands. [[spoiler: And though the fight was ultimately a draw, she did briefly beat the ''crap'' out of Jeanne with her teleportation technique.]]
280	* {{Tsundere}}: When she crushes on Smitty, but then again, she has a pretty abrasive attitude in general. Smitty "[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=952 doesn't mind too much]]". Sometimes it [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=973 works out pretty well for him]] in fact.
281	** This attitude is {{Deconstructed}} as well. At one point Annie gets completely fed up with Parley's antagonism towards Smitty, basically saying it's stupid to act like you hate the person you love. [[spoiler:Shortly after that, Jeanne gets ''really'' frustrated]]. The latter incident spurred Parley to finally stop hiding her feelings.
282	* WorthyOpponent: To [[spoiler:Jeanne]], whose defeat is one of Parley's biggest drives to improve her swordsmanship.
283	** When Robot stopped going easy on her in their sparring match [[CurbstompBattle he beat her instantly]]. Considering Parley's ultimate goal is to fight [[spoiler: Jeanne]] she was thrilled to have such a partner.
284	[[/folder]]
285
286	[[folder:Cvet]]
287	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cvet_5.png]]
288
289	The Dragon Slayer of Gunnerkrigg Court is expected to have a partnership with a Rogat Orjak. As part of her training, Parley recruited Cvet, a young Orjak who is throwing herself into life at the Court.
290
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292	!!Associated tropes:
293
294	* BoisterousBruiser: Similar to Parley in this regard.
295	* GossipyHens: Annie is taken aback that Cvet knows more about the lives of Court residents than she herself does - and annoyed that Cvet won't ''shut up'' about it.
296	[[/folder]]
297

Context Characters / GunnerkriggCourtAnniesInnerCircle