History Characters / SeptimusHeap

** She later tried to ''personally'' kill Jenna multiple times, initially because she'd mistaken Jenna for Esmeralda and then later simply because Jenna is a thorn in her side.

* OffingTheOffspring: She personally ordered the drowning of ''five'' of her own children, because she was paranoid about them overthrowing her. Their ghosts haunted the castle for years afterward.

[[folder:Etheldredda]]
Queen of the Castle 500 years ago. Mother to Marcellus and Esmeralda. BigBad of ''Physik''.

* TheDreaded: Her nickname is literally "Etheldreadful".
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Pretty much nobody was unhappy when she died.
* SealedEvilInACan: Etheldredda has spent 500 years trapped in a [[PhantomZonePicture painting]] before being released.

[[folder:Tertius Fume]]
First Chief Hermetic Scribe, and the EvilMastermind behind the Queste.

* RhymesOnADime: Tertius Fume does this to the point of being called out for this by Merrin Meredith.

* PeekABangs: After [[spoiler:he's blinded in one eye]], most of the illustrations show him with this.

* YouAreNumberSix: Known as [[spoiler:Boy 412]] until the end of the first book.

* YouAreNumberSix: Known as Boy 409 in the Young Army. Of course, "Septimus" literally means "seventh," so in a way it still applies.

* YouAreNumberSix: Known as Boy 409 in the Young Army.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: He simply, suprprisingly and unceremoniously disappears after [[spoiler:his bones were consumed by Spit Fyre]] in ''Queste''.

* CoolOldGuy: Though he doesn't appear old, since [[NarniaTime time doesn't pass inside the HouseOfForyx]].

* MysticalWhiteHair: Though she doesn't have any '''Magykal'' powers. She's just a foreigner with unusual hair.

* AssholeVictim: No one feels particularly sad when she dies. [[spoiler:She was very nasty to Beetle and largely to blame for Merrin's actions through her employing of him in the Manuscriptorium.]]

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Her father doesn't exactly ''hate'' the Heaps, and he later becomes a Counter-Feet buddy with Silas, but both families are shocked when Lucy and Simon elope.

* IdenticalGrandson: When she travels back in time, she looks so much like her ancestor Princess Esmeralda that everyone assumes she is.

* DoNotCallMePaul: Hates his name, and gives the alias Daniel Hunter[[note]]from the two scariest people he can think of, [=DomDaniel] and the Hunter[[/note]] when he applies to work at the Manuscriptorium.

!Ghosts
[[folder:Alther Mella]]
Marcia's mentor, and before her Silas's. Killed in the first chapter of Magyk.

* KlingonPromotion: A rare heroic example. Alther became [=ExtraOrdinary=] Wizard by wresting the Akhu Amulet away from his EvilMentor [=DomDaniel=], who then fell off the roof of the Wizard Tower in a DisneyVillainDeath. Unfortunately, [=DomDaniel=] was immortal because of the Two-faced Ring, and returned for his revenge.

[[folder:Etheldredda]]
Queen of the Castle 500 years ago. Mother to Marcellus and Esmeralda.

* TheDreaded: Her nickname is literally "Etheldreadful".
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Pretty much nobody was unhappy when she died.
* SealedEvilInACan: Etheldredda, the BigBad of ''Physik'' has spent 500 years trapped in a [[PhantomZonePicture painting]] before being released.

[[folder:Hotep-Ra]]
The first [=ExtraOrdinary=] Wizard. Built the Wizard Tower, the Dragon Boat, and the House of Foryx.
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[[folder:Hotep-Ra]]
The first [=ExtraOrdinary=] Wizard. Built the Wizard Tower, the Dragon Boat, and the House of Foryx.
[[/folder]]

* TheDreaded: Her nickname is literally "Etheldreadful"

[[folder:Snorri Snorrelsen]]
A merchant from the Northern Countries. She has some ShipTease with Nicko.

* GenderBlenderName: Her mother decided she'd name her child Snorri, no matter what gender.

!Septimus Heap

* SwitchedAtBirth: With Jenna.

!Wizards
[[folder:Marcia]]
!! Marcia Overstrand
The bossy [=ExtraOrdinary=] Wizard, she became EOW after her tutor Alther Mella was shot along with the Queen, and rescued Jenna in the same moment.

* TheArchmage: The [=ExtraOrdinary=] Wizard of the setting has high authority over other Wizards.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Usually, she is very bossy and can be a huge annoyance to everyone, but when trouble abounds, she can be very caring and helpful. Also, her abrasiveness is often directed at those who deserve it; oftentimes she is depicted as gracious and polite, especially towards those that she takes a liking to. Her biggest fault is probably her tendency to leap to wrong conclusions about people, but she is at least capable of admitting her mistakes, such as happens with both Silas and Marcellus.
* ParentalSubstitute: She is this to Septimus, according to WordOfGod.
* PurpleIsPowerful: She is dressed head to toe in the purple robes of the [=ExtraOrdinary=] Wizard. She orders her shoes to be handmade out of special purple snakeskin, much to her shoemaker's dismay.
* {{Tsundere}}: Marcia is a non-romantic variant -- she's self-centered and abrasive as all get-out, but she very clearly cares deeply for Septimus (when she slips enough to let it show).

[[folder:Merrin]]
!Merrin Meredith
The former student of Dom Daniel, and a bratty, nasty boy with a bad attitude and worse morals. A general pain to everyone he meets, and mostly just a pile of poor choices wrapped up in stupidity and a hatred for the world.

* AssholeVictim: Merrin has been through some horrible things, including a childhood where leaving his crying, toddler self in a ''closet'' was normal. He still manages to be an ass on every level, and isn't particularly one to sympathize too much for.
* BadPowersBadPeople: He's a Darke mage and undoubtedly a disgusting person.
* DirtyCoward: A major one, willing to do nearly anything to ensure his own safety.
* {{Fingore}}: Loses a thumb when the Two Faced Ring has to be removed.
* FreudianExcuse: He was raised by a major BigBad, abused constantly, and lived in terror for most of his life, and is an absolutely awful person because of it all. He frequently whines about his past, too, and ''tries'' to use all the bad things that have happened to him as excuses for why he deserves a happy life (read: whatever he wants) now.
%%* {{Jerkass}}: The very definition of this.
* NewAbilityAddiction: Once Merrin gets actual power, he uses it almost constantly (and mostly just to show off).
* NonActionGuy: Can't fight or protect himself for anything, and has to resort to magic, dirty tricks, and intimidation to get his way. Considering that he's also something of a coward, this might just be his personality.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He was harmless and mostly useless, right up until Darke, when he actually achieved threat status and a kill count.
* RingOfPower: Gets a hold of a very evil one after braving the corpse of his old master. [[spoiler: It doesn't end well for him.]]
* UngratefulBastard: No matter how nice anyone is to him, he remains entirely awful. Even ''saving his life'' earns nothing but attempted murder.

* MeaningfulAppearance: He gets green eyes after being recovered from the Young Army in ''Magyk'', as do all Wizard children when exposed to Magykal learning.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Literally, as she uses her Queen authority, e.g in ''Flyte'' to force Stanley to lead them to Aunt Zelda's cottage and in ''Darke'' to get Septimus to explain what the Darke Week is.

* ActionGirl: An on-and-off example.

* {{Jerkass}}: The very definition of this.

* GreenEyes: He gets them after being recovered from the Young Army in ''Magyk'', as do all Wizard children when exposed to Magykal learning.

* GreenEyes: She's the main Wizard of the setting after all.

[[folder:The Heap Family]]

!Jenna Heap

[[folder: Wizards]]
!Marcia Overstrand

* {{Tsundere}}: Marcia is a non-romantic variant — she's self-centered and abrasive as all get-out, but she very clearly cares deeply for Septimus (when she slips enough to let it show).