History Characters / LittleBrother

* WouldHurtAChild: Is perfectly fine waterboarding Marcus in the climax of ''Little Brother''.

* [[spoiler: HeroicBSOD: After he is tortured by the DHS in ''Little Brother''.]]
* [[spoiler: IJustWantToBeSpecial: ''Homeland'' reveals that he really wants to be actively involved in Marcus's efforts to fight the DHS, and he wants to be the protagonist for once.]]
* [[spoiler: LastMinuteHookup: With Van at the end of ''Little Brother''.]]
* [[spoiler: MadnessMantra: "I'm Sorry."]]

* [[spoiler: WalkingSpoiler: His appearance in ''Homeland'' spoils the majority of ''Little Brother'', just knowing that he is actually alive is a huge twist for the first book.]]

* [[spoiler: ForcefulKiss: To Marcus]] in ''Little Brother''.

* [[spoiler: DirtyOldMan: See ThePeepingTom.]]

* [[spoiler: ThePeepingTom: Spies on his students through abusing a program called [=LaptopLock=], which allows him to, among other things, access the students' ''webcams''.]]
* [[spoiler: WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His fate is never revealed, although presumably it wasn't pretty, considering the docs relating to his usage of [=LaptopLock=] were leaked onto Reddit.]]

* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: When he learns that the DHS aren't the good guys, and the Xnetters aren't the bad guys.]]
* [[spoiler: MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He is shocked to learn that the DHS are every bit as evil as the Xnetters have said they are, and that he has been backing them instead of his own son this whole time.]]
* [[spoiler: RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After Marcus explains what the DHS did to them to him.]]

* [[spoiler: DeusExMachina: Shows up to save Marcus and arrest the staff of Gitmo-By-The-Bay prison at the very last minute]] in ''Little Brother''.

* [[spoiler: DistressedDude]]: In ''Homeland''.

* [[spoiler: DamselInDistress]]: In ''Homeland''.

* [[spoiler: WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We don't actually know exactly what happened to her after the events of ''Homeland'', just that Marcus and his friends never heard from her again, meaning that the d0x probably hit her hard.]]

* [[spoiler: CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Gets several, one after another following his HeelFaceTurn.]]

Marcus' best friend. Is harbouring a long-term crush on Vanessa. During the frenzy following a terrorist attack, he is stabbed in the chest. Marcus and his other comrades try to get help, but are mistaken for terrorists and captured by the DHS. For almost the entirety of ''Little Brother'', it is unknown not only where Darryl is, but if he's even still alive. [[spoiler: He is, and Marcus and Barbra find and rescue him near the end of ''Little Brother''. He returns in ''Homeland'', developing his relationship with Van, and convinces Marcus to release the Darknet Docs.]]

Marcus' father. Although he supported free rights, Marcus' sudden disappearance led to him thinking the worst, and he began blindly supporting the DHS. [[spoiler: He eventually comes round to Marcus' side after he explains to him what really happened on the day of the terrorist attack. He kicks off the rest of the book by sending Marcus to Barbra Stratford.]]

A homeless man Marcus runs into on the streets, Zeb shared a cell with Darryl after the DHS took them both away under false pretences. He slips Marcus a note that lets him know what happened to his best friend and it is later used to back up Barbra Stratford's story. Marcus ends up living with him (during which time he finds out that Zeb is a freegan – he only eats food that has been thrown away by somebody else) until he is kidnapped again by the DHS. He returns in ''Homeland'' [[spoiler: as Masha's love interest, although they are revealed to be having relationship issues in the book's final chapter. He is thought to have been kidnapped (by Zyz) throughout the book.]]

The true BigBad of the story, Carrie Johnstone (known for most of ''Little Brother'' as "Severe Haircut Woman") is a war criminal working for the DHS. She is present at both of Marcus's kidnappings, and constantly interrogates and tortures him, going as far as waterboarding him in the climax of ''Little Brother''. She is trialled for her crimes after being caught by Barbra Stratford, but gets off free. She returns in ''Homeland'', where [[spoiler: she kidnaps Masha and Zeb at Burning Man, and is now working as the head of security for Zyz. Marcus eventually releases the d0x on her prepared for him by members of Anonymous, which is implied to be the start of her downfall. Her fate is unconfirmed though.]]

* BlindObedience: To the DHS throughout ''Little Brother''. [[spoiler: Averted after his HeelFaceTurn.]]

'''Note''': All spoilers for ''Little Brother'' will remain unmarked in this section. All spoilers for ''Homeland'', however, will be marked.

!!Introduced in ''Little Brother''

* Revenge: His main motive for taking down the DHS in ''Little Brother'' is getting revenge for Darryl's disappearance, probable torture and possible death.
* Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Basically the entirety of ''Little Brother''.

* WouldHurtAChild: Is perfectly fine waterboarding Marcus in the climax of ''Little Brother''. '

!!Marcus Yallow

Marcus' best friend. During the frenzy following a terrorist attack, he is stabbed in the chest. Marcus and his other comrades try to get help, but are mistaken for terrorists and captured by the DHS. For most of the story, it is unknown not only where Darryl is, but if he's even still alive.

One of Marcus' original three friends. Although he never took a major role in the group before the terrorism attack, his programming skills and access to the technology at a company called Pigspleen are vital when Marcus is first establishing his plans.

One of Marcus' friends before the bombing of the Bay Bridge, who gets caught and imprisoned alongside Marcus and Jolu. She decides not to follow Marcus' anti-DHS movement, for fear that it'll only make things worse in the long run.

[[folder:People from Chavez High]]

One of the three vice-principals of Cesar Chavez High School. Dislikes Marcus due to his history of finding ways to get around the school rules, and supports the security measures the DHS enforce after the terrorist attack.

Marcus' original Social Studies teacher. Marcus likes her because she allows her students to have discussions about current events in her class.

!!Mrs. Anderson
Marcus' second Social Studies teacher. She appears after a heated in-class discussion about the DHS leads to Ms. Galvez's early dismissal. She supports the belief that one's happiness and freedoms should be supressed if it means liberty can be enforced.

[[folder:Other Characters]]

Marcus' father. Although he supported free rights, Marcus' sudden disappearance led to him thinking the worst, and he began blindly supporting the DHS.

!!Lillian Yallow
Marcus' mother. She views the DHS's methods of terrorist locating and preventing to be extreme and against the rights of civillans, but does not go as far as Marcus does to protest against their actions.

The commanding officer for Northern California DHS operations. After Marcus' first attempts to sabotage the DHS, he announces that they will increase its staffing and analyst levels. When he later calls Trudy Doo's illegal concert to a show of support for terrorism, it is revealed that he had a hand in capturing and imprisioning Marcus' friends after the terrorist attack.

The singer/front-woman of the anarcho-feminist band 'Speedwhores'. She is also the founder of Pigspleen, a company that creates programs for use on the internet. She employs Jolu and Marcus while they are establishing the Xnet, which is a government-interference-free method of online communication accessed through Microsoft Xboxes. Later on, her band holds an illegal concert that supports M1k3y's beliefs.

!!Zeb
A man Marcus meets, whom shared a cell with Darryl after the DHS took them away under false pretenses. A note from him to Marcus lets him know what happened to his best friend.

!!Ron Glover
Darryl's father. A retired Navy radio operator, he enters a period of despair after Darryl fails to return home.

An investigative reporter working for the "Bay Guardian" newsletter. She is also a friend of Marcus' mother, who decides to report his story once he reveals how he was detained by the DHS.