The character page for The Pendragon Adventure. Spoilers abound.

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Main Characters

Robert "Bobby" Pendragon

The main character of the series and the Traveler from Second Earth.

Action Survivor: Starts out as this because he has no idea what's going on and is trying to survive.
Afraid of Clowns: Bobby hates clowns. When he has to stay in a room full of clown dolls for the Quillan Games, he outright refuses, and only relents at first because there are no other rooms available.
In my opinion there are two kinds of people: those who fear and hate clowns... and clowns.
Amazon Chaser: He crushes on Courtney, who scares the other boys with her strength of will and merciless competitive streak. He's also attracted to Loor, a Proud Warrior Race Girl with a staff.
Anchored Ship: With Loor. She won't date him while they're still fighting to save the universe, though they are mutually attracted to each other and she doesn't specify whether she'd consider doing so after the war.
Big Man on Campus: "School came easy, I kicked ass at sports" etc.
Character Catchphrase: "And so we go."
Coming of Age Story: He specifically muses about whether the journey is one for him.
Deadpan Snarker: Both in his journals and outside of them, he's never short of sarcasm.
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Bobby manages to kill Saint Dane when Saint Dane attacks him in a blind rage in The Rivers of Zadaa. Unfortunately, it doesn't stick.
Dirty Coward: Starts out as this because a Traveler's duty sounds "noble and all" but far too dangerous.
Failed a Spot Check: He somehow fails to realize dados look exactly like his best friend Mark Dimond.
First-Person Smartass: His journals have a lot of snark.
Has a Type: He tries to reassure a jealous Courtney by saying that Loor isn't his type but she disagrees. "We can both kick your ass."
Healing Hands: He possesses the subconscious ability to heal people by touching them, bringing Loor back from the dead at the end of Rivers of Zadaa with this power.
The Leader: He is expected to replace Press as a Charismatic Type in Denduron and lead the revolution. This freaks him out. He later turns out to be the lead traveler.
Last-Name Basis: To anyone he meets on his adventures, he's known as Pendragon.
Lovable Jock: He's a great friend to Mark, and a good basketball player before starting his adventures as a Traveler.
Magnetic Hero: He ends up making friends on all the territories, even if the Travelers aren't initially friendly to him.
Non-Action Guy: In books 1-5 he can only barely defend himself against similarly non-action opponents. After Saint Dane nearly kills him in a fight at the beginning of The Rivers of Zadaa he Took a Level in Badass and trained with Loor to learn how to defend himself.
Not Distracted by the Sexy: Telleo attempts to seduce him a few times in books 8 and 9, but Bobby is disinterested.
Ordinary High-School Student: Before Uncle Press dragged him to a Flume, he was just a kid going to school.
The Protagonist: He narrates the journals and the other half revolves around him.
Tomato in the Mirror: Bobby learns he and all the Travelers are spirits from Solara just like Saint Dane is.
Took a Level in Badass: In book six; after Saint Dane beats the everloving shit out of him, he decides to take fighting lessons from Loor and Alder.
Ship Sinking: In book 6, Bobby apologizes to Courtney through his letters, but admits he loves Loor and can't see himself being able to settle down with Courtney after everything he'd been through. However, after a time reset in book 10 Bobby forgets his past and settles with Courtney in the rebooted universe.
Ship Tease: With Loor, of the UST type. The teasing flat out leads him to confess to loving Loor in book 6.
White Male Lead: In a cast of travelers full of female and non-white travelers, plus one non-human. Also the only one to come from present day Earth.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: He's scared of snakes and clowns.

Mark Dimond

Bobby's best friend since childhood. Despite being a nerd while Bobby was a jock, the two got along very well and had many common interests.

Ace Pilot: After the time skip. It's foreshadowed by the driving skills he displays in the previous book.
Action Survivor: After he's transported to the Saint Dane-controlled Third Earth, he became much more badass as a result of trying to survive in a ruined desert After the End.
Actually a Doombot: The dados look exactly like him thanks to Mark inventing them. That comes in handy when he almost gets executed, since Nevva just switches him with a dado.
Adrenaline Makeover: Due to both his circumstances and due to being a few years older, Mark is described as becoming much more muscular and attractive in The Soldiers of Halla as compared to his pasty nerdy appearance previously.
Anguished Declaration of Love: Mark admits he loves Courtney as she's holding a gun to his chest and she confesses her love for him. She believes he's turned to Saint Dane's side, while he has no idea what's going on.
Aesop Amnesia: The events of Black Water destroy the flume he and Courtney traveled in, teaching both of them they can't blend the Territories. When Nevva Winter pretends she needs his technology back in First Earth to avert a catastrophe, he blindly believes her and goes along with her plan until Courtney stops him.
Badass Bookworm: Starting in Black Water, after he takes his first level in badass, he becomes the skinny and nerdy boy who is nonetheless handy to have in a fight.
Blind Without 'Em: He really needs his glasses.
Break the Cutie: Saint Dane kills his parents to do this.
Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: Gender swapped; he is the Gentle Boy to Courtney's Brooding Girl in The Rivers of Zadaa after Courtney's Heroic BSoD kicks in.
Cool Kid-and-Loser Friendship: He was Bobby's best friend and becomes friends with Courtney. When the pair enter high school, his and Courtney's dynamics shift so he is the popular Only Friend to Courtney's The Shut-In.
Corrupt the Cutie: At the hands of Nevva Winter and Andy Mitchell. While Andy Mitchell (Saint Dane in disguise) became Mark's Toxic Friend Influence, he also crashed a plane with Mark's parents on it. Which is when Nevva Winter shows up, conveniently giving Mark a way and reason to change the past... Subverted, in that he was simply another Unwitting Pawn, and wasn't doing anything with malicious intent. He didn't even know Nevva was working for Saint Dane.
Covert Pervert: One early edition of the first book mentions he has "cutesy hentai posters" hanging in his room. Presumably this is due to research failure on MacHale's part, as that line is altered in later editions.
Demoted to Extra: In the rebooted timeline, Mark moves away and very little is heard of him until he dies of cancer.
Distracted by the Sexy: In the first two books, before he gets used to Courtney, Mark is stunned and gets tongue-tied in her presence. This calms down as he gets to know her.
Dramatic Irony: Mark is unaware Nevva Winter is working for Saint Dane until it's too late. Courtney is aware Nevva Winter is evil but doesn't know Mark is being manipulated.
Dropped a Bridge on Him: He is given a briefly described and horrible death by cancer after the time reset.
Emotionally Tongue-Tied: He can barely talk to Courtney without stuttering and fumbling over his words before he gets used to her presence, and freaks out when Courtney leads him into the girls' bathroom to read a journal in private.
Heroic BSoD: He goes through one after he finds out he can't reverse his changes to the past. Courtney helps him get through it.
Horrible Judge of Character: Because he always wants to see the good in people, he befriends former bully Andy Mitchell. Andy Mitchell is really Saint Dane in disguise.
Lovable Nerd: He's probably the kindest character in all the books, and always wants to see the good in people. Unfortunately, it makes him a little naive...
Out of Focus: In book 10, despite him taking a level in badass, he appears for brief moments but is absent for a big chunk of the book. After the time reset he is flat out Put on a Bus and then the bus suffers a Bus Crash.
Stutter Stop: Inverted. Mark had a habit of stuttering in the early books, especially around attractive people like Courtney. He loses this habit over the course of the novels, but it will still return when he is under a great deal of stress. This is played straight when he manages to return Courtney's Anguished Declaration of Love towards him without a stutter despite her holding a gun to his chest.
Teen Genius: He is so good at science that he manages to alter history with his invention.
Took a Level in Badass: During the time skip between Raven Rise and The Soldiers of Halla he becomes an ace pilot.
Trademark Favourite Food: Carrots, at least in the first few books. He eats them to help his eyesight.
Unwitting Pawn: Saint Dane's, under the guise of Andy Mitchell.

Courtney Chetwynde

Bobby's girlfriend. After years of UST, they finally hooked up right before Bobby got sent away in the beginning of the series.

Alpha Bitch: Subverted. While Mark was at first terrified of her, assuming her to be such, and Courtney was sharp-tongued with him at the start of the series, Mark's impression of her changed as he got to know her and she gradually lost any bitch tendencies as she took a fall from grace.
Alliterative Name: Courtney Chetwynde.
Anguished Declaration of Love: She confesses her love for Mark in book 8 while she's pointing a gun at his chest, believing he was going along with Saint Dane's plans on purpose.
Break the Cutie: Courtney goes through the wringer after book 5, losing her popularity and goals in life and believing she and Mark only made things worse for Bobby. She breaks so thoroughly she becomes The Shut-In for a while. And then things get worse when Saint Dane flat out runs her over with a car.
Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: Gender swapped; she is the Brooding Girl to Mark's Gentle Boy in The Rivers of Zadaa after her Heroic BSoD kicks in.
Broken Ace: Starting in book 5, Courtney loses her popularity in school due to being outclassed by older and stronger girls in sports. After being manipulated into destroying Eelong's flume she enters a flat out Heroic BSoD and becomes a shut-in.
Dramatic Irony: Mark is unaware Nevva Winter is working for Saint Dane until it's too late. Courtney is aware Nevva Winter is evil but doesn't know Mark is being manipulated.
Fallen Princess: She goes from most popular girl in school in junior high to a nobody in high school, which greatly impacts her self-esteem.
Heroic BSoD: Following the events of Black Water and the shifts in her life upon entering high school, as well as manipulation from Saint Dane and nearly getting killed by him. Fortunately, she finds it in herself to climb out of her funk and take her life into her own hands. Hey, she isn't a Plucky Girl for nothing.
Hikikomori: She enters a severe depressive episode due to the events of Black Water and becomes a shut-in for half the duration of book 6. Fortunately, she recovers.
Lovable Alpha Bitch: Merciless at volleyball and is all business off the court, but she's still a Nice Girl towards people she knows.
Mouthy Kid: She mouths off to everyone up to and including a police officer.
Plucky Girl: Her determination is often described as "a girl on a mission."
Properly Paranoid: She was right about Andy Mitchell not being what he seemed.
Right for the Wrong Reasons: Mark thinks she's just being paranoid and wants to see the bad in Andy Mitchell after he becomes friends with the former bully. She's right about something being wrong, but she didn't guess Andy Mitchell was Saint Dane.
Ship Tease: With Spader in Black Water. Following this, she has a great deal of it with Mark and book 8 even ends her and Mark's plotline with an Anguished Declaration of Love. However, nothing comes of either of these developments as time is reset at the end of Book 10 and Bobby and Courtney get married in the rebooted timeline.
Unwitting Pawn: Saint Dane's, twice. Once when he seduces her and hits her with a car, secondly when he uses her extensive injuries as an in to get close to Mark. Saint Dane also intended for her to off Mark after he'd outlived his usefulness, but she doesn't go through with it.
Victorious Childhood Friend: Ultimately marries and grows old with Bobby.
Worthy Opponent: Played for laughs. Loor and Courtney size each other up and find each other worthy romantic rivals for Bobby.
Wrong Guy First: The first guy she agrees to date ends up being Saint Dane in disguise.
Yank the Dog's Chain: She thinks of helping to save Eelong as a chance to finally prove herself after the shock of suddenly going from The Ace to an ordinary student who fails at everything. Then her being there and bringing the antidote ends up getting a traveler killed and two trapped.. And then just when she is starting to recover from her resulting depression she gets run over by her boyfriend who's really Saint Dane.

The Travelers

Press Tilton

Bobby's cool uncle and the one responsible for whisking him away to save the territories.

Badass Longcoat: He wears one whenever he's on Earth. It contributes to Bobby's image of him as "my cool uncle".
Back from the Dead: He revives at the end of Raven Rise.
Badass in Distress: Shortly after a firefight with Saint Dane and harpooning a quip, he's snared by some mooks.
Cool Uncle: Described as such in the first journal entry: an uncle who breathes in with exciting stories and does cool things with his nephew, like riding in a jet.
Distressed Dude: He's captured early on by Denduron's royalty in book 1.
Heroic Sacrifice: Takes an attack meant for Bobby and Spader, and subsequently dies.
Mentor Occupational Hazard: According to Uncle Press, this is destined to happen to all of the mentor travelers. He himself dies at the end of book 2.
The Mentor: Bobby's wise old mentor-figure.
Poor Communication Kills: Much of the conflict of the later books comes about because Press told Bobby to keep the Territories separate, but not why or the consequences of merging them, leading to Bobby breaking the rules more and more out of desperation and playing into Saint Dane's plans.
Time Abyss: He rivals Saint Dane in age.
Travel Cool: Whether it's by expensive motorcycle or by fancy sports car, Press likes to travel in style.

Saint Dane (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

The main antagonist of the series, a shapeshifter with nebulous goals. His modus operandi is to turn worlds towards disaster by affecting a point in time that will be pivotal to that world's history.

Due to Saint Dane's nature as a shapeshifting Chessmaster, all spoilers are unmarked.

Badass in a Nice Suit: Is described as wearing a black Asian suit.
Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work: He's the one responsible for offing Nevva Winter rather than any of the protagonists.
Bald of Evil: After Black Water, when his hair burns off as a sign of him gaining more power.
The Beastmaster: Saint Dane controls the quigs, pitch black monstrous creatures that attack anyone who approaches or comes out of the Flumes.
Beneath Suspicion: Saint Dane often takes the place of a nameless Mook or otherwise inconspicuous person to be Beneath Suspicion of the Travelers. Often his ruse is not exposed until the very end of the story.
Big Bad: Every time there's a new territory in trouble, he's the one causing its problems, save for one exception. Even if it looks like someone else, it's usually really him in disguise.
Blinded by Rage: After Bobby and Loor foil his attempt at tipping Zadaa over the edge, Saint Dane has a rare moment of completely losing his cool. He kills Loor, referring to a mysterious promise he made, and attempts to kill Bobby. He's so enraged Bobby manages to kill him. Disturbingly, once Bobby does kill him his anger evaporates almost instantly and he returns to his usually smug self.
Breaking Speech: Whenever he has a conversation with Bobby, he lectures him on how hopeless Bobby's situation is and how Halla will be better under his control.
The Bully: Andy Mitchell, Mark's childhood bully, turns out to have been him all along, making his presence instrumental to Bobby and Mark becoming friends at all.
Can't Kill You, Still Need You: He chooses to save Courtney when her condition takes a sudden turn for the worse in The Rivers of Zadaa. However, it's far from a Pet the Dog moment; he just still needs her alive to continue to manipulate Mark.
Character Catchphrase: "Welcome to [the Territory], Pendragon."
The Chessmaster: His plans reach across all of Halla and can span for several decades, such as getting Mark and Bobby to befriend each other by posing as Andy Mitchell, Mark's childhood bully, and later pretending to have Hidden Depths as that same bully in order to get Mark to inadvertently change the timeline.
Dark Is Evil: He wears all black and is the Big Bad of the series.
Early-Installment Weirdness: He's able to force a homeless man to commit Psychic-Assisted Suicide in the first book. This ability is never brought up again as something Saint Dane can do, even when it would be useful for him (such as when he tries to manipulate Courtney into murdering Mark after he stopped being useful instead of just forcing Mark to jump off the boat himself).
The End of the World as We Know It: Part of his Evil Plan, see Omnicidal Maniac.
Evil Is Deathly Cold: In The Reality Bug, Bobby tackles Saint Dane to try and keep him from escaping and describes it as being like hugging a block of ice.
Evil Is Petty: He had no need to bully Mark as a child as Andy Mitchell, and even had to reverse course on it later in his life, suggesting he just harassed Mark for fun. Of course, Bobby and Mark became close due to Andy's bullying, so perhaps there was a goal to it all along.
Evil Smells Bad: In The Reality Bug, he speaks to Bobby from up close; according to Bobby's narration, "his breath smelled like something had crawled in there and died."
The Evils of Free Will: His belief in this is why he's taking over Halla.
Evil Overlord: The overlord of Ravinia and all its holdings (essentially, all the known universe at that point) during The Soldiers of Halla.
Evil Plan: His goal is to recreate Solara into a dark version of itself, letting him recreate the universe at will.
Failed a Spot Check: Press correctly reveals Saint Dane's first disguise because Saint Dane was wearing a khaki uniform rather than a blue one, mistaking the military on Earth for the police force. It's implied he was doing it on purpose, however, and he never again fails at disguising himself except when he wants to show off.
Faux Affably Evil: Despite what he is, he can be VERY charming.
Forgot About His Powers: See Early-Installment Weirdness. Saint Dane possesses the ability to force people to commit Psychic-Assisted Suicide, yet he tries to manipulate Courtney into getting rid of Mark rather than just making Mark off himself after he was no longer useful.
Freudian Excuse: Andy Mitchell claimed he bullied Mark because he had no one in life and resented how intelligent Mark was. Saint Dane later shrugs this off as a lie.
Gambit Roulette: His plan that stretches across the entire series is either this, or one very long case of Xanatos Speed Chess. The books often hint he's just very good at Xanatos Speed Chess.
Genius Ditz: As Andy Mitchell, he appeared to be little more than a generic bully who revealed Hidden Depths to Mark as they both aged, though never so many that he didn't seem at least a little Book Dumb.
God-Emperor: At the start of The Soldiers of Halla he rules over Third Earth's Ravinian compounds as their king and god.
Godhood Seeker: He wants to be a god and thinks he is close already.
Good Scars, Evil Scars: After his hair is burned off as mentioned above, his scalp is covered in several lightning bolt shaped scars.
Green and Mean: He's Challenger Green's true identity in The Quillan Games.
Humanoid Abomination: He's essentially an evil spirit as old as sentient life itself wearing a material body over which he has absolute control.
Humans Are Bastards: Believing and advocating this is what got him here.
Icy Blue Eyes: Coldhearted and ruthless, and his eyes are always noted. Whenever a character turns out to be Saint Dane and transforms, that's the first clue.
Ironic Name: This man is far from a Saint.
In Their Own Image: His Evil Plan to make his own Halla.
Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: Bobby theorizes that he really did intend to create a better Halla but became a pure villain somewhere along the way.
Kick the Dog: Does this through the entire series, and even in his first appearance where he hypnotizes a random homeless guy into jumping in front of a subway train.
Kill and Replace: Either the people he poses as suffered this, or they never existed at all, just being Saint Dane in disguise the entire time. He uses both depending on the circumstances on whichever Territory he visits.
Manipulative Bastard: Saint Dane is all about manipulating two sides of a conflict and convincing them to turn on each other, leading to a world's ruin.
Man of Wealth and Taste: His default form wears an expensive-looking black suit and he openly enjoys taking on the role of one of the Blok trustees as it lets him live in luxury.
Master Actor: Saint Dane can impersonate anyone flawlessly. Never over the course of any of the novels does anyone notice anyone Saint Dane takes the appearance of acting differently than usual or suspect him of being someone else.
Mystical White Hair: From books 1-4 his default form has long white hair. He loses it after winning on Veelox.
Non-Indicative Name: This guy is no saint. He also has nothing to do with either Saint Bernards or Great Danes, something that is joked about later in the series. However, say it three times real fast.
Not Me This Time:
- He has an evil plan in The Rivers of Zadaa, but when Bobby sees the mass grave he says (with a smile and a dismissal) that the virus wasn't his doing.
- Similarly, he claims he had nothing to do with the Blok having taken over Quillan, claiming he replaced one of the Trustees rather than having been one all along.
- Bobby incorrectly assumes he replaced Telleo. In that specific case, he was incorrect.
Obfuscating Stupidity: This is one of his tools as a shapeshifter; pretending he doesn't know the consequences of his actions and the actions that everyone around him takes. He played the role of a Genius Ditz, for example, as Andy Mitchell.
Obviously Evil: In his base form, Saint Dane wears all black, has Icy Blue Eyes, has creepy white hair, and is ice cold to the touch and smells bad. This is in contrast to his shapeshifted forms, which look just like anyone else.
Omnicidal Maniac: He's fine with killing everyone in Halla.
Physical God: Wants to become this, and is already damn close to one.
Playing Both Sides: Saint Dane's favorite MO is to become someone on both ends of the Territory's current conflict. One disguise he'll reveal to Bobby right away, the other he keeps secret until he thinks it has served its purpose.
Power Makes Your Hair Grow: Inverted after The Reality Bug, when Saint Dane's hair burns off after he wins on Veelox. Played straight in the Soldiers of Halla, when he regrows long black hair after his seeming victory.
Red Right Hand: His icy blue eyes. Subverted, as he can hide them at will, he just likes showing off to mess with Bobby.
Riddle for the Ages: We never learn what Saint Dane's mysterious promise entailed or who it was made to.
Satanic Archetype: An ancient spirit that was once part of an order-keeping celestial organization, that betrayed said organization and became their greatest enemy. He operates through manipulations, lies, and deceit, always Playing Both Sides to further his own agenda. He corrupts others to his side and makes crooked Deal with the Devil type bargains to make his plan come to fruition. Also, if you say his name three times real fast it sounds like Satan.
Secondary Color Nemesis: He's the true identity of Challenger Green in The Quillan Games, contrasting with Bobby's Challenger Red.
Take Over the World: All of Halla, more like.
Time Abyss: He is as old as sentient life itself.
The Unreveal: In The Quillan Games Saint Dane promises Bobby information about the nature of the Travelers should Bobby win in the Games. When Bobby does, Saint Dane makes good on his promise... In such a Mind Screw of a way that Bobby dismisses him as lying. While it turns out Saint Dane was telling the truth, the way he put it was so devoid of context it gave neither Bobby nor the audience any meaningful information at all.
Villain Ball: In most books, he takes so much time to toy with the Travelers that it often leads to his failure. Though not always. It turns out even his failures were just part of the long con of getting so far under Bobby's skin that Bobby would snap and directly kill someone.
Villainous Breakdown: In book 6 he becomes infuriated after losing another battle and kills Loor, while also trying to kill Bobby and swearing to keep a mysterious promise.
Villainous Crossdresser: Indulges in this a few times in the series, to the point where Bobby once falsely assumes Saint Dane is a woman he knows in disguise. In that specific case, he is incorrect.
Villainous Rescue: He saves Courtney's life after nearly killing her by running her over. It's all part of The Plan.
Villain with Good Publicity: While not true in every novel, quite a few of his forms are popular among higher echelons of society, and other forms are popular among subset groups. Whenever Saint Dane appears as himself, he has at least a small cult-like following on the Territory he shows up on.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: The reason for his high supply of Paranoia Fuel is his transformation ability.
Villainous Vow: In book 6, he admitted he made one in a high tension scene. This plot point is left completely unresolved.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: According to Press, he apparently started out this way but fell down the slippery slope.
We Can Rule Together: Tries this on Bobby a few times. Bobby always says no. He later gets a useful acolyte in the form of Nevva Winter.
Wounded Gazelle Gambit: He uses Courtney in one, hitting her with a car then making sure he was the only person who could help Mark save her, causing Mark to think he was trustworthy.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Saint Dane attempted to manipulate Courtney into killing Mark after Mark served his purpose. Fortunately, she can't go through with it and tosses the gun away. He makes no attempt to stop Bobby from killing Naymeer, and he later kills his second-in-command Nevva Winter after finding out she saved some of the dissidents to Ravinia in a moment of doubt about his plans.

Loor

The Traveler from Zadaa, a desert Territory.

Achilles' Heel: She can't swim. It makes sense, seeing as she grew up in a desert.
Action Girl: Fighting is her thing.
Amazonian Beauty: Bobby finds her athletic body attractive.
Anchored Ship: With Bobby. Though she says she loves him, she won't date him while they're still fighting to save the world, though she doesn't say whether she'd date him afterwards.
Back from the Dead: Loor dies in book 6... For about 10 minutes, after which she is revived suddenly and without explanation, frightening both her and Bobby.
Big Sister Instinct: She is highly protective of her younger sister Saangi.
Commuting on a Bus: She comes in and out of the story and is the most likely Traveler for Bobby to go to when he needs help.
Defrosting Ice Queen: Type 1. She is downright hostile to Bobby initially but later warms up to him.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Saint Dane flat out kills her at the end of book 6. She is revived under mysterious circumstances, shocking both her and Bobby.
Proud Warrior Race Girl: Like everyone of her tribe, she has long been training in combat.
The Quiet One: Never talks unless necessary.
Second Love: Bobby falls for her after Courtney and intended to date her after his journey if she would have him, reflecting in his journals that though he once loved Courtney, he doesn't think he'd be able to live with her peacefully after everything he's been through.
She Cleans Up Nicely: When in a festival, she finally takes off her armour and wears dress clothes, and Bobby is even more stunned by her.
Ship Tease: With Bobby. They finally confess their feelings in book 6, but Loor won't date him while they still have a mission to accomplish.
Statuesque Stunner: She was always taller than Bobby until Raven Rise, when he finally caught up with her.
Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Female example. She is a Statuesque Stunner with very dark skin and hair and she is extremely attractive.
The Stoic: She's not one for big displays of emotion.
When She Smiles: As Bobby puts it, "Loor wasn't the smiley type. But when she did, it made my heart melt."
Worthy Opponent: Played for laughs. Loor and Courtney size each other up and find each other worthy romantic rivals for Bobby.

Osa

Loor's mother. She's from the previous generation of Travelers.

Action Mom: Traveling with her daughter and teaching her how to fight.
Martial Pacifist: She was a Proud Warrior Race Girl, but still didn't fight unless it was absolutely necessary.
Heroic Sacrifice: Sacrifices herself so Bobby and Loor can escape.

Alder

The Traveler from Denduron. A young Bedoowan knight.

The Big Guy: He's a strong and unflappable but friendly Bedoowan knight.
Cool Sword: According to his prequel story, it's called Falling Light.
Gentle Giant: In contrast with Loor, Alder is a big friendly person who prefers not to seek out violence. However, as a knight, he will resort to violence if necessary.
Parental Abandonment: His prequel story reveals that he's an orphan.
Took a Level in Badass: Though he was always a knight, he becomes a better one after winning the fight on Denduron so he can be of better use to Bobby.
Ugly Cute: Stated as such in-universe. Bobby specifically says he's ugly, but Courtney doesn't see him as a Gonk. He is stated to have improved in attractiveness as he aged.

Vo Spader

The Traveler from Cloral. Works as an aquaneer.

The Ace: Spader is an excellent swimmer, a smart aquaneer, and beloved by most everyone who meets him. He becomes a Broken Ace as a result of his family's disappearance and Press's death, but he recovers after some time away from the fight.
Catchphrase: "Hobey-ho, let's go!"
Hot-Blooded: He's easygoing, but has a temper.
In Harm's Way: He's essentially an adrenaline junkie, and often takes risks just because it's fun.
Last-Name Basis: His first name is Vo, but everyone calls him Spader. It's a Cloral thing.
Put on a Bus: Bobby orders him back to Cloral after the third book.
- And then again, after the bus comes back in Black Water and he gets trapped on Eelong.
Replacement Flat Character: Not flat per se, but fills the role of Naïve Newcomer in the second book that Bobby had in the first. Like Bobby, he gets Character Development that improves his attitude.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: He vows revenge on Saint Dane for Press's death and his parents' disappearance, which causes him to behave irrationally throughout book 3. Bobby has enough of his attitude and orders he go back to Cloral to cool his head.
Ship Tease: With Courtney.
Surfer Dude: He's the alien equivalent of one, using Totally Radical slang and being involved in various water activities. It helps he comes from a flooded planet.
Unstoppable Rage: He is in continuous rage mode during The Never War due to wanting revenge on Saint Dane. This nearly gets First Earth doomed and Bobby makes him go back to Cloral.
What the Hell, Hero?: His rage towards Saint Dane makes him a very good Unwitting Pawn, and he almost gets First Earth lost. Bobby orders him back to Cloral to get him to cool his head.
You Killed My Father: He really, really badly wants Saint Dane dead because of this.

Vincent "Gunny" Van Dyke

The Traveler from First Earth. Works as a bell captain at the Manhattan Tower Hotel.

Alliterative Name: Vincent Van.
Cool Old Guy: So cool, everyone in the hotel loves him regardless of racial prejudice.
Handicapped Badass: After he loses a hand on Eelong to a tang.
Only Known by Their Nickname: Nobody calls him "Vincent", only "Gunny".
Put on a Bus: He is trapped on Eelong with Spader for the second half of the series.
Rebel Leader: Becomes one of the gars' leaders on Eelong.
Shoot the Dog: He ends up blowing up the Hindenburg when Bobby refuses to do so despite knowing what will happen of he doesn't.
Southern Gentleman: He grew up in Virginia.
Took a Level in Badass: While he was never a slouch in the badass department, he takes another level in it as a result of getting stuck on Eelong and losing a hand.

Aja Killian

The Traveler from Veelox. Works as a phader for Lifelight.

Back for the Dead: She specifically requests Bobby come back to get her when she can contribute to the fight. When she comes back, it's only for a brief scene before she's doomed to be killed.
Back from the Dead: As of the end of Raven Rise.
Break the Haughty: She dismisses Bobby as useless and thinks she can outgambit Saint Dane alone. She's proven very wrong very fast.
Bus Crash: She gets killed offscreen by Flighters before she can relocate to the island of Ibara.
Defrosting Ice Queen: She warms to Bobby significantly after her Break the Haughty moment.
Doomed by Canon: Bobby and Siry learn she's going to die to a Flighter raid before she can leave for Ibara. Bobby tries to take her back to Ibara with them to avert her fate, but she refuses to change the timeline in this way.
Fling A Light Of Hope Into The Future: Despite dying before she got to see it, she created the plans for the few sane citizens of Veelox to colonize Ibara and restart civilization there. She also planned for the Pilgrims of Rayne to return to mainland Veelox one day to educate the Flighters.
Founder of the Kingdom: When the efforts to persuade all of Veelox to detach themselves from Lifelight fails, she gathers her remaining companions and escort them to the island Ibara as the last refuge of free humans.
Gadgeteer Genius: She is responsible for maintaining Lifelight and created a virus meant to make it just a bit worse to encourage people to leave it. Unfortunately, Saint Dane had been manipulating even her for a long while.
Happily Adopted: By her "aunt" Evangeline, who in turn became her acolyte.
Heroic Sacrifice: She chooses to stay behind on Veelox despite knowing she will be killed because doing otherwise might change the future so Ibara is never formed.
Inferiority Superiority Complex: Her initial hostility towards Bobby was covering up a fear of losing her purpose as a Traveler to him.
With Aja, I got the feeling that beneath it all, she wasn't totally sure of herself, which is why she was always trying to demonstrate her brilliance.
Insufferable Genius: Brilliant but obnoxious, she never passes up an opportunity to scorn Bobby for not knowing basic facts of her world. She mostly grows out of this through Character Development.
Mission Control: Her role in The Reality Bug, monitoring Bobby and Loor while they're in Lifelight and giving them critical information.
Out-Gambitted: Saint Dane runs circles around her, turning her win condition into a deadly virus that will kill everyone in Lifelight. On the other hand, her involvement in the timeline creates another turning point for her world.
Parental Abandonment: Since infancy, she grew up in a group home for gifted kids. She never knew her parents, or even whether they voluntarily gave her up or she was taken from them.
Put on a Bus: She's one of the few Travelers who doesn't leave her territory, instead staying behind to try to save as many people as possible.
Small Name, Big Ego: She arrogantly believed she could outsmart Saint Dane with the Reality Bug. Saint Dane immediately turned the Bug against her efforts to help Veelox, mocking her along the way and causing her to break.
Teen Genius: She's only a bit older than Bobby, but works as a master programmer for a virtual reality program.
Tsundere: Type A, tsun tsun for the most part though she warms up to Bobby significantly.
Yank the Dog's Chain: She spent her whole childhood in an environment just training her to be a genius with no love, then gets told that she can save her territory. But then it turns out Bobby is the lead traveler and he's going to save the territory as lead traveler. She tries to save the territory on her own, but she ends up losing. And even worse, she dies before she gets to rejoin the fight against Saint Dane despite desperately wanting to give him payback.

Kasha

The Traveler from Eelong. Works as a forager.

Ace Pilot: Her skill at driving a gig allows her to significantly stall the poison being dropped on Black Water by crashing a gig, without killing any of the gars in the way.
Achilles' Heel: Like all klees, she is unable to swim.
Action Girl: She racks up quite a body count during the course of Black Water.
Cat Folk: More like panther folk, though the trope still applies.
Defrosting Ice Queen: She has Fantastic Racism towards gars/humans and as a result dislikes Bobby at first, but she comes around in the end. It doesn't help that she feels like the Traveler business took the once-heroic Seegen away from them, and how saving Bobby's life leads to her being sentenced to death.
Fantastic Racism: She's prejudiced against gars, thinking they're all stupid and useful only as slaves.
Heroic Sacrifice: Pushes Bobby out of the way of a collapsing flume shaft, saving him but getting crushed in the process.
Jerkass: She starts as a huge racist with a chip on her shoulder. She calms down as a result of character development over the course of book 5.
Missing Mom: A forager who was killed by tangs, inspiring Kasha's hatred of them and leading her to become a forager herself.
Nay-Theist: She starts out as one, not believing in the Travelers or other worlds despite her father having been one and having living proof of other Territories existing in the form of Bobby Pendragon. She gets over it.
Panthera Awesome: She resembles a large black panther.
Refusal of the Call: At first, because she didn't believe any of it was real.
The Snark Knight: She is a cat, after all. A dry sense of humor is to be expected.
Stab the Scorpion: When she is in an argument with Bobby, she suddenly is about to throw her weapon... as it turns out, at a tang.
You Can't Go Home Again: By the time that she sets out for Black Water, she can't go back to Leeandra because saving a gar over a klee one too many times and attacking one of them with her weapon.
You Killed My Father: Finding out that Yorn, aka Saint Dane killed Seegen makes her motivated for once to be a traveler.

Nevva Winter (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

The Traveler from Quillan. She works as an assistant to the heads of Blok.

Beleaguered Assistant: To the Blok trustees. Her job involves constant work and verbal abuse from the ungrateful corrupt corporate executives of Blok. Even worse, they were seemingly responsible for her mother's disappearance.
Blaming the Victim: She blames Mark for everything that happens to Second Earth because he gave her his Acolyte's ring, ignoring that he only did it because she threatened to murder his parents.
Blue Is Heroic: Subverted. She initially appears to be on the side of the Travelers and wears a blue suit at all times, but in reality she's The Mole. She goes for an Evil Costume Switch to all black when she abandons any pretense of working for the Travelers.
Brainy Brunette: She's smart enough to outgambit both Mark and Saint Dane, at least for a small while.
Cessation of Existence: When she reveals Saint Dane's plans to the Travelers, he cuts her off from dark Solara and then kills her. She just fades away as a result.
Child Prodigy: Her parents recognized her talents and worked hard to get her into school.
Co-Dragons: Shared the position with Naymeer for a while, until Naymeer is killed.
Cruel Mercy: After her father was Reassigned to Antarctica and her mother disappeared in an assassination attempt against the Board, the same Board decide to take "pity" on Nevva and give her a job as their assistant. Nevva describes it as cruel mercy since the workload is monstrous and she must endure the Board's constant abuse while knowing they are the reason her parents are dead.
Disappeared Dad: After he gets Reassigned to Antarctica following a bad gamble. Nevva and Elli assume he's dead.
The Dragon: She becomes Saint Dane's.
Evil Costume Switch: In Soldiers of Halla, she wears a similar suit to Saint Dane's rather than her blue Blok suit. Bobby lampshades it to her.
Evil Mentor: She was one to Naymeer, raising him like a son.
Face–Heel Turn: She's the only Traveler to have taken up Saint Dane's offer and joined him.
Freudian Excuse: Discussed in-series, what with Parental Abandonment and being a Half-Human Hybrid.
Go Seduce My Archnemesis: Saint Dane gives her this as her job at the conclusion of The Pilgrims of Rayne under Voluntary Shapeshifting to prevent Bobby leaving Ibara before his plan was underway. It doesn't work in Raven Rise, mostly due to Bobby being squicked out due to them having previously been Like Brother and Sister at most.
Half-Human Hybrid: She is a Traveler's biological child, which shouldn't have been possible.
Manipulative Bitch: Seen in her dealings with Mark, where she pretends to need his desperate help on First Earth. Since Mark is cut off from Bobby's journals at the time, he has no idea she's evil and blindly goes along with her plans. Even when he finds out what she's been doing, she manipulates him into giving up his Traveler ring by threatening to kill his parents.
Meaningful Name: Lampshaded by Saint Dane. She is the girl who never should have been. Both because her role as the Traveler of Quillan was originally meant to go to Elli, and because her very existence — as a Traveler born, rather than created — was something completely unanticipated.
The Mole: Saint Dane's mole and the only Traveler to agree to serve him instead.
Office Lady: While in theory her position as the trustees' assistant is a high honor, in practice it's a punishing and thankless job with little chance of any upper mobility in Blok. Nevva compares it to slavery.
Parental Abandonment: Her father died and her mother disappeared, presumed dead.
Parental Substitute: For Naymeer. It's implied his death affected her strongly, as she tried to talk Bobby out of killing him.
Redemption Equals Death: Saint Dane kills her after she saves Mark from execution. Prior to that, he found out she saved a bunch of dissidents by hiding them on Eelong.
Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: The only thing she gets out of becoming Saint Dane's ally is Cessation of Existence after doubting him one too many times.
Secretary of Evil: Her role in Blok is to be the trustees' Beleaguered Assistant.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: She learns it from Saint Dane.
Walking Spoiler: After book 7, she's one, hence the spoiler warning on her folder.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: She believed Saint Dane had a larger purpose in mind than simply becoming a god and desperately needed a purpose herself.

Elli Winter

Nevva's mother. She was supposed to be the Traveler from Quillan, but declined, so the job was passed to Nevva. After Nevva's betrayal, she took up the job in her absence.

The Atoner: Accepts the role of Traveler after Nevva betrayed them.
Dirty Coward: She initially refused to become a Traveler out of fear. This bites everyone in the ass when her replacement, Nevva, turns to evil. She also failed to speak to her daughter when Nevva was finally allowed to meet Mr. Pop, which could have prevented a great deal of tragedy. Elli atones for this by deciding to become a Traveler and convincing Nevva back to the side of good for a brief while.
Heroic BSoD: She fell into a heavily depressive episode after her husband died, which contributed to her choosing to abandon Nevva.
Misblamed: The prequel series reveals she wasn't responsible for the assassination attempt on the Blok trustees and was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Missing Mom: She's one to Nevva, having disappeared after an attack on the trustees that she was blamed for.
Never Mess with Granny: In book 10, she joins Bobby on a mission and does some fighting with a rifle.
Parental Abandonment: She abandoned Nevva after her husband died. Nevva did not take this well.
Refusal of the Call: She didn't want to be a Traveler.

Siry Remudi

The Traveler from Ibara. Appearing at first to be little more than a thieving delinquent, he revealed himself to Bobby as the leader of the Jakills, a gang of kids devoted to knowing the world beyond their island.

Cool People Rebel Against Authority: He gained a following and friend group simply due to his rebellious nature. When Bobby meets him, he finds Siry obnoxious.
Heroic BSoD: He enters one after discovering the truth about Veelox and after his friends die to Flighters, becoming much quieter and obedient to Bobby afterwards.
Hero Worship: He worships Aja Killian and named his rebel group after her.
Jerkass: He's an arrogant, self-centered kid. He improves somewhat after witnessing how utterly awful the world beyond Ibara truly is and getting all his friends killed through his own stupidity, but he doesn't have enough screentime to fully transition into a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
The Knights Who Say "Squee!": Just because he's a Traveler himself doesn't mean he doesn't admire Aja Killian, who he named his group after.
Rebel Leader: He's the leader of the Jakills.
Rebellious Spirit: By the time Bobby meets him, he has a complete distrust of authority and is flagrantly disregarding the laws.
Seeker Archetype: For much of his life, he sought out the truth about the island he lived on and the world beyond it.

Patrick Mac

The Traveler from Third Earth. Works as a teacher/librarian.

Badass Bookworm: In his prequel story, he uses both his knowledge and his hiking experience to protect his class on an outdoors field trip gone wrong.
Fan of the Past: As a history teacher from Third Earth, he's very competent in his knowledge of his own territory from the past.
Heroic Sacrifice: He dies trying to get information to Bobby on how to prevent Ravinia's rise.
Out of Focus: He is the least-seen Traveler throughout the tale. When he finally gets some screentime in book 9, he soon dies.
Ripple-Proof Memory: As a Traveler, he's unable to be affected by changes in a Territory's timeline, causing him to get a great shock when the Third Earth he lived in suddenly becomes a Wretched Hive one morning.

Other Characters

Andy Mitchell (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

A school bully who tormented Mark as a child. He has a change of heart in his teenage years, revealing Hidden Depths and becoming Mark's close friend. For information on him see Saint Dane.

Boon

Kasha's acolyte and childhood friend.

Ace Pilot: He works as a pilot and is very good at working the Eelong equivalent of a helicopter.
Achilles' Heel: Like all klees, he is unable to swim.
Cat Folk: Like all klees.
Nice Guy: He's the exception to the Fantastic Racism against gars, and is equally nice to everyone regardless of species.

Veego and LaBerge

A brother-and-sister duo who are in charge of the Quillan Games. LaBerge handles the creative side, while Veego runs the business side.

Con Man: Veego and LaBerge are far from the creative geniuses they are lauded as; the Games mostly come from the pair having watched games from other Territories. While Veego can at least run a profitable business, this makes LaBerge all but useless.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Veego can't stand LaBerge, but he's still her brother so she resists the urge to have him killed off.
Les Collaborateurs: The pair couldn't care less about Quillan's morality as long as they live in luxury.
Excited Kids' Show Host: LaBerge is quite enthusiastic about the Quillan games. Bobby compares him to a nutty TV personality and thinks he looks like he's auditioning for a kids' show. Doubles as Depraved Kids' Show Host given the subject matter of the Quillan games almost always involves enslaved participants fighting one another at best and murdering one another at worst.
Iron Lady: Veego. She runs the business of the games, reports to the executives in control of Blok, and masterminds new games based on games played on other territories.
Never My Fault: Veego blames Bobby for Veelox falling apart, ignoring that the people of Veelox were already turning to extreme escapism far before Bobby showed up there.
Psychopathic Manchild: LaBerge. Behind his fun-loving persona he's barely functional and relies heavily on Veego.
The Quisling: They're both collaborators used to give the people a bloody distraction and give Blok even more control over their lives.
Sibling Yinyang: LaBerge is a Psychopathic Manchild, while Veego is an icy Iron Lady.
Unknown Rival: Veego is one to Bobby of all people. Veego remembered his presence on Veelox and blames him for the death of her world. Bobby has to be flat out told she was from Veelox, and even then he doesn't recognize her.
Unwitting Pawn: Veego and LaBerge were brought to Quillan by Saint Dane, the man responsible for destroying their world. Given Veego's hatred for Bobby due to her assumption that he was responsible for Veelox's destruction, it's unlikely she'd be as helpful if she knew the truth of who she was working for.
Villainous Harlequin: Laberge has a clown motif and is a Depraved Kids' Show Host working for Blok.

Wu Yenza

Spader's boss. She later becomes his acolyte.

Iron Lady: She rules over her aquaneers with an iron fist, and rarely ever smiles.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Despite her ice cold exterior, she's quite reasonable of a person and is accommodating of Spader needing to take time to go be a Traveler.

Evangeline

Aja's adoptive aunt and acolyte.

Cool Old Lady: Bobby's first impression of her is of "a way-cool grandmother." She's friendly with a sense of humor and a firm handshake.
Only Friend: She was Aja's only friend growing up.
Parental Substitute: She adopted Aja and the pair are quite happy with said adoption.

Saangi

Loor's younger adoptive sister and later acolyte.

Action Girl: Though less badass than Loor, she's still a Proud Warrior Race Girl and helps train up Bobby.

Alexander Naymeer (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

Supposedly the Traveler of Second Earth in Bobby's absence. Saint Dane has him set up the cult of Ravinia on Earth. He was supposed to be Bobby's mentor, but Saint Dane gave him Mark's ring and Nevva's tutelage to prevent that.

Apocalypse Cult: He's at the head of one called Ravinia that are attempting to impose social darwinism on all the territories and merge them into one.
The Antichrist: Not initially, but Saint Dane shapes him into one.
Co-Dragons: Saint Dane's, with Nevva.
Evil Is Petty: He had no need to sacrifice the many dissidents of Ravinia in the Yankee Stadium, doing it mostly because he was irritated that they refused to follow him.
Faux Affably Evil: He takes on the persona of a calm and friendly old man, but he advocates social darwinism and the invasion of other worlds.
Human Sacrifice: He seemingly murders thousands of people in Yankee Stadium, ostensibly to bring about a great change in the world but in reality because they didn't believe in Ravinia.
Ill Boy: As a child he was suffering from a Soap Opera Disease slowly killing him. Nevva saved his life and gave him the acolyte ring, starting his descent into evil.
I Owe You My Life: His devotion to Nevva began when she cured his deadly illness as a boy and gave him an acolyte ring.
Manipulative Bastard: He uses visions of other territories conjured through the acolyte ring to convince others that Ravinia's beliefs are sound.
Obviously Evil: He's so clearly evil Bobby at first believes he's Saint Dane in disguise. Naymeer is extremely pleased with this case of Mistaken Identity.
Path of Inspiration: Ravinia, his cult, is in reality designed to overthrow the entire Earth's political order and eventually merge the Territories together into a single entity for Saint Dane to rule over.
Sinister Minister: Though Ravinia isn't technically a religion (at least, not initially) he might as well be one otherwise.
Smug Snake: He's an arrogant bastard underneath that old man persona, as shown when he doesn't get what he wants.
The Social Darwinist: Ravinia is a cult based around excellence. The more successful one is, the higher they can be on Ravinia's totem pole. This naturally results in the cult gaining a great deal of funding.
Soft-Spoken Sadist: He takes on the appearance of a kindly old man with extremely flawed views but a desire to improve humanity. But the execution of thousands of people in the Yankee Stadium proves he very much enjoys to see the suffering of others.
Unwitting Pawn: While he thought he was Saint Dane's Co Dragon with Nevva, Saint Dane was really just setting him up to be killed by Bobby as part of The Plan.
Voodoo Shark: Naymeer's presence is meant to be explained by The Reveal that he was meant to be the Traveler of Second Earth who would mentor Bobby rather than Press, but this raises a great deal more questions than it answers. How exactly he was meant to be a Traveler is confusing given that before Nevva interfered in the timeline he seemingly died of tuberculosis long before Bobby was born or Second Earth became a territory. Press never referred to another Traveler of Second Earth and Naymeer seemingly has none of a Traveler's powers, being limited to things that any acolyte can do with their ring. He creates a flume, but this is implied to be because Saint Dane gave him the power to do so, and in The Soldiers of Halla it takes all 11 of the Travelers working together to perform a similar feat. He doesn't come Back from the Dead like any of the others do either, implying he was subject to Cessation of Existence once Saint Dane was done with him. There's also the question of why Nevva needed Mark's ring to give to him at all, given the later reveal that Saint Dane created the flumes to begin with. Was he not capable of making a singular ring?
Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: Inverted. He's so evil Bobby flat out asks him if he's Saint Dane in disguise. Naymeer is complimented by this case of mistaken identity.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: He's on the receiving end of this from Saint Dane, who makes no moves to protect him from Bobby's wrath.

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