History Characters / AlexandraQuick

%% * CoolBigSis

%% * SpoiledSweet

%% * AffablyEvil

%% * NewAgeRetroHippie
%% * NiceGuy

%% * ParentsAsPeople

* AlphaBitch/LovableAlphaBitch: Straddles the line in book 1.

* [[spoiler: ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney/ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections]]

%% * ActionGirl
%% ** ActionSurvivor: In the first book and a half before she [[TookALevelInBadass takes her first level in badass.]]

%% * [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant Duelist Girl]]
%% * {{Badass}}
%% ** LittleMissBadass
%% ** BadassInDistress: Usually at least once a book.
%% ** HeartbrokenBadass: For the entirety of Book 3.
%% ** BadassBookworm

%% * ByronicHero
%% * CombatPragmatist
%% * DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Exactly how good of a reason is up for debate.
%% * DarkIsNotEvil
%% * {{Determinator}}

%% * HeroicBastard

%% * HurtingHero

%% * InferioritySuperiorityComplex

%% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold
%% * LegacyCharacter: As Troublesome.

%% * NiceJobBreakingItHero: All the time.

%% * ParentalAbandonment

%% * RhymesOnADime
%% * RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Anna.

%% * SkilledButNaive

%% * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Julia and Anna's Girly-Girl.
%% * TragicBromance: With Maximillian.

%% * BondCreature

%% * EmpathyPet

%% * AsianAndNerdy
%% * BewareTheNiceOnes: Her feud with Tomo in Book 2.
%% * DeadpanSnarker: Increasingly as time goes on.

%% * BlackAndNerdy

%% * FunetikAksent
%% * HairOfGold

%% * AdorablyPrecociousChild: Borderline deconstruction.
%% * BrattyHalfPint
%% * CulturalRebel

%% * InnocentlyInsensitive

%% * [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant Duelist Guy]]
%% * {{Badass}}

%% * SitcomArchNemesis

%% * ArrangedMarriage

%% * CorruptHick
%% * DirtyCoward
%% * HeManWomanHater

%% * AlphaBitch/ LovableAlphaBitch: Straddles the line in book 1.
%% * AnyoneCanDie
%% * BigBad: In Book 3.
%% * ByronicHero

%% * DarkActionGirl
%% * {{Determinator}}

%% * FromNobodyToNightmare

%% * NotSoHarmlessVillain

%% * SanitySlippage
%% * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney/ ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections

%% * TookALevelInBadass
%% * TookALevelInJerkass
%% * WalkingSpoiler

* %% NotSoHarmlessVillain

* ActionGirl
** ActionSurvivor: In the first book and a half before she [[TookALevelInBadass takes her first level in badass.]]

* [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant Duelist Girl]]
* {{Badass}}
** LittleMissBadass
** BadassInDistress: Usually at least once a book.
** HeartbrokenBadass: For the entirety of Book 3.
** BadassBookworm
** BadassBoast:

* ByronicHero
* CombatPragmatist
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Exactly how good of a reason is up for debate.
* DarkIsNotEvil
* {{Determinator}}

* HeroicBastard

* HurtingHero

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* LegacyCharacter: As Troublesome.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: All the time.

* ParentalAbandonment

* RhymesOnADime
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Anna.

* SkilledButNaive

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Julia and Anna's Girly-Girl.
* TragicBromance: With Maximillian.

* BondCreature

* EmpathyPet

* AsianAndNerdy
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Her feud with Tomo in Book 2.
* DeadpanSnarker: Increasingly as time goes on.

* BlackAndNerdy

* FunetikAksent
* HairOfGold

* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Borderline deconstruction.
* BrattyHalfPint
* CulturalRebel

* InnocentlyInsensitive

* FishOutOfWater
* NiceGuy
* TookALevelInBadass: By the end of book 4.

* [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant Duelist Guy]]
* {{Badass}}

* SitcomArchNemesis

* ArrangedMarriage

* CorruptHick
* DirtyCoward
* HeManWomanHater

* AlphaBitch/ LovableAlphaBitch: Straddles the line in book 1.
* AnyoneCanDie
* BigBad: In Book 3.
* ByronicHero

* DarkActionGirl
* {{Determinator}}

* FromNobodyToNightmare

* NotSoHarmlessVillain

* SanitySlippage
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney/ ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections

* TookALevelInBadass
* TookALevelInJerkass
* WalkingSpoiler

* PoisonousFriend: Darla was hers.

* NiceGirl
* NoRespectGuy

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* NobleBigot
* SlapSlapKiss

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* StraightGay
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Torvald.

* AvengingTheVillain

* DefusingTheTykebomb: What Alex does to her.
* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Sister]]: Believes this of Alexandra.

* BadPowersBadPeople
* BigBad: Of Book 4 and the Charmbridge part of Book 2.
* CatchPhrase: "Whatever works."

* KnifeNut

* SerialKiller

* SkinWalker
* SmugSnake: Although an extremely dangerous one.
* TheSociopath
* WalkingShirtlessScene

* AwesomeMcCoolName
* BadassFamily
* BrainyBrunette

* BadassTeacher
** BadassInANiceSuit: Always wears Muggle suits unless the occasion absolutely demands wizard robes.
** BadassBookworm

* BrainyBrunette
* CoolCar

* CynicalMentor
* DeadpanSnarker

* GoodIsNotNice
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkassHasAPoint: Alexandra really is a horrible troublemaker.

* SadistTeacher

* {{Badass}}

* ByronicHero

* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkassHasAPoint

* MyCountryRightOrWrong
* NobleTopEnforcer

* {{Animorphism}}

* FateWorseThanDeath

* WalkingSpoiler

* AwesomeMcCoolName

* DisappearedDad

* SilverFox

* ParentsAsPeople
* TraumaCongaLine
* WalkingSpoiler

* DefectorFromDecadence
* TheMedic

* CoolBigSis

* TheAce
* AwesomeMcCoolName
* {{Badass}}
* BigBrotherMentor
* ByronicHero

* GoodIsNotNice
** Subverted. WordOfGod is that he's actually LawfulNeutral.
* HeroicSacrifice
* HotBlooded
* ManlyGay

* NobleBigot

* CoolBigSis
* SouthernBelle: Downplayed
* SpoiledSweet

* BigBeautifulWoman

* ParentalSubstitute: For Alexandra.

* SouthernBelle

* {{Badass}}
** BadassTeacher
** ColonelBadass

* DrillSergeantNasty

* AffablyEvil
* ApologeticAttacker
* TheAtoner: As a ghost.
* BackFromTheDead
* BatmanGrabsAGun
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* BigBad: Of Book One.
* HeelFaceTurn

* NewAgeRetroHippie
* NiceGuy

* WalkingSpoiler

* {{Jerkass}}

* SadistTeacher

* ArchEnemy: To Abraham Thorn

* FatBastard

* PermanentElectedOfficial
* PresidentEvil

* BlueBlood

* NobleBigot

* {{Badass}}
* FairCop

* ExtremeDoormat

* HeroAntagonist

* BlueAndOrangeMorality
* TheFairFolk

* DarkAndTroubledPast
* SourSupporter: To Alexandra.

* DirtyCoward

* KilledOffForReal

* ImplacableMan
* ItCanThink
* TheJuggernaut
* NighInvulnerable
* PintSizedPowerhouse

* SternChase

* ParentsAsPeople

* BigBrotherInstinct
* ChildhoodFriend
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Seems to be going this way in Book 4.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Brian.

* DeadpanSnarker
* HumanoidAbomination

* PhysicalGod

* RuleOfThree
* TimeAbyss

Constance and Forbearance's WildChild younger sister. Tends to think without speaking, which aggravates the more subdued InnocentBigot tendencies of her older sisters. Hero worships Alexandra, both for her ferocity and backbone and for saving her life from Darla at the end of book 3. Her familiar is a toad named Misery.

[[folder: Powers]]

* MeaningfulName / NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Lilith is the name of a demon from Hebrew Mythology who was allegedly Adam's first wife, she was made into a demon because she would not submit to her husband's authority (generally thought to refer to authority in sexual matters), and is actually among the oldest explicitly Demonic things in this worlds history, originating in the form of Lilitu in ancient Mesopotamian, and Akkadian texts. Tisiphone is the name of two individuals from Greek Mythology, the first and more important to this issue being the name of one of the Furies and sister of Alecto and Magaera. Add to her the Grimm moniker made famous by the Brothers Grimm, [[spoiler: whose stories had such delightful treats as feeding a little girl and her grandmother to what amounts to a Lycanthrope]], and this woman is downright frightening because of her name alone. At least her two sisters get a pass by having more or less reasonable first names...

A figure from the Ozark mythos. Troublesome is a rebellious, spirited girl who constantly stirs up... well, [[CaptainObvious trouble]], both for herself and for everyone else. Ozark women used to name their daughters after her, but this practice has fallen out of use. According to the Grannies, a group of powerful matriarchs, this is a case of DamnedIfIDoDamnedIfIDont: the practice has fallen out of favour because people think it'd be bad luck for the community and the child in question to name a daughter Troublesome, but there's just as much bad luck involved in ''not'' naming a daughter Troublesome for so long. As of ''Stars Above'', a new Troublesome has been Named- Alexandra Quick.

--> '''Alexandra''': I've done impossible things before Ms. Grimm, and I'm going to do a lot more.

* PoisonousFriend: To Darla, Angelique and pretty much everyone else she was ever friends with.

Tropes The Grimm Sisters have in Common and as a whole:

* SadistTeacher: Borderline.

* BrattyHalfPint: She views Alex as this, especially when Alex refers to Hecate as her mother, despite the fact that Hecate is an amnesiac who lives as a cat and had no part in raising Alexandra at all, and seems to believe that Alex and Claudia have a loving, supportive relationship (they don't). Alex makes her a deal: she will say nothing about how she thinks Diana should feel about Hecate if Diana will likewise say nothing about Alex and Claudia.

* {{Badass}}: Lilith says that Hecate was cleverer than her and twice as talented.

Tropes Applying to the Thorn Family as a whole:

* AwesomeMcCoolName: For those who choose to actually use their fathers name which, at present, is none of them.

* NomDeMom: Abraham's reputation and ParentalAbandonment issues ensure that none of his children are presently willing to be known by his name.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: The author's response to the alignment poll stated that although Abraham is definitely chaotic, his moral alignment depends on the viewers view of what his actual motives are and whether his methods are justified.
** In other words he is ChaoticNeutral pending the readers discretion.

* LawOfInverseFertility: She didn't want a kid but was given Alexandra to raise.

** Subverted. Word of god is that he's actually LawfulNeutral.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The climax of ''Thorn Circle'' has him abducting, disarming and tying up Alexandra, who has a broken ankle and willingly traded herself for Anna. Journey intends to kill her, but when it comes down to it, he can't bring himself to kill an innocent, unarmed girl. Dean Grimm's mockery forces him to try, but that just gets him killed.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Pretty much their whole schtick, their "generosity" is a ploy to trap you as their slave.

* EvilCounterpart: To Alexandra. They're both purebloods who are members of powerful families and work hard on the goals they really want to achieve. They're both willing to do anything for a friend or relative. The only thing that makes them different is that while Alex has done some very questionable things in order to achieve her goals, she hasn't actually done anything as bad as what Darla did- and Alexandra has done some very good things as well, which Darla never did.

* MeaningfulName / NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Lilith is the name of a demon from Hebrew Mythology who was allegedly Adam's first wife, she was made into a demon because she would not submit to her husband's authority (generally thought to refer to authority in sexual matters), and is actually among the oldest explicitly Demonic things in this worlds history, originating in the form of Lilitu in ancient Mesopotamian, and Akkadian texts. Tisiphone is the name of two individuals from Greek Mythology, the first and more important to this issue being the name of one of the Furies and sister of Alecto and Magaera. Add to her the Grimm moniker made famous by the Brothers Grimm, whose stories had such delightful treats as feeding a little girl and her grandmother to what amounts to a Lycanthrope, and this woman is downright frightening because of her name alone. At least her two sisters get a pass by having more or less reasonable first names...

* MeaningfulName / NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Lilith is the name of a demon from Hebrew Mythology who was allegedly Adam's first wife, she was made into a demon because she would not submit to her husband's authority (generally thought to refer to authority in sexual matters), and is actually among the oldest explicitly Demonic things in this worlds history, originating in the form of Lilitu in ancient Mesopotamian, and Akkadian texts. Tisiphone is the name of two individuals from Greek Mythology, the first and more important to this issue being the name of one of the Furies and sister of Alecto and Magaera. Add to her the Grimm moniker made famous by the Brothers Grimm, whose stories had such delightful treats as feeding a little girl and her grandmother to what amounts to a Lycanthrope, and this woman is downright frightening because of her name alone.

* MeaningfulName / NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Lilith is the name of a demon from Hebrew Mythology who was allegedly Adam's first wife, she was made into a demon because she would not submit to her husband's authority (generally thought to refer to authority in sexual matters), and is actually among the oldest explicitly Demonic things in this worlds history, originating in the form of Lilitu in ancient Mesopotamian, and Akkadian texts. Tisiphone is the name of two individuals from Greek Mythology, the first and more important to this issue being the name of one of the Furies and sister of Alecto and Magaera. Add to her the Grimm moniker, and this woman is downright frightening because of her name alone.

* MeaningfulName / NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Lilith is the name of a demon from Hebrew Mythology who was allegedly Adam's first wife, she was made into a demon because she would not submit to her husband's authority (generally thought to refer to authority in sexual matters), and is actually one of the very oldest Demons in this worlds history, originating in the form of Lilitu in ancient Mesopotamian Texts that pre-date the Bible and most of the rest of the ancient world. Tisiphone is the name of two individuals from Greek Mythology, the first and more important to this issue being the name of one of the Furies and sister of Alecto and Magaera. Add to her the Grimm moniker, and this woman is downright frightening because of her name alone.

* MeaningfulName / NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Lilith is the name of a demon from Hebrew Mythology who was allegedly Adam's first wife, she was made into a demon because she would not submit to her husband's authority (generally thought to refer to authority in sexual matters). Tisiphone is the name of two individuals from Greek Mythology, the first and more important to this issue being the name of one of the Furies and sister of Alecto and Magaera.

* HotBlooded

* BitchGirlfriend: To Torvald.

* {{Expy}}: Has more than a few similarities to JuliusCaesar. Each:

* RavensAndCrows

* AmbiuouslyEvil: Lilith in the first book. Though she's now more or less settled on neutrality, this still applies to Hecate and Diana.

* SiblingThemeNaming: Each one's middle name is one of the furies, a trio of demons of vengeance from Greek mythology.

[[folder: Charmbridge Teachers and Staff]]

The Dean of Charmbridge Academy and one of the most magically and politically powerful witches in the confederation. She is extremely cold, strict, and intimidating with students, including use of both corporal punishment and [[BalefulPolymorph transfiguration]] as punishments. She is the one sent to recruit Alexandra for Charmbridge but Alexandra's generally uncontrollable behaviour and smartass attitude and Dean Grimm's coldness and secrecy ensures that they have an antagonistic relationship. She has a sister named Diana, a Special Inquisitor in charge of the hunt for Abraham Thorn, though their relationship borders on outright estrangement. Her familiar is a cat named Galen, though it's later revealed that Galen is her triplet sister Hecate, who has been permanently transformed. It is eventually revealed that the Dean is Alexandra's aunt, with Alexandra being the daughter of Hecate, and has been shielding Alexandra from expulsion since she came to the school. This, however, has done nothing to improve their relationship.

! Mary Shirtliffe

The magical defense instructor at Charmbridge and head of the Junior Regimental Officer Corps. The only teacher that Alexandra really respects or trusts, though still indisputably a hardass.

** BadassTeacher
** ColonelBadass
* CoolTeacher: The closest Charmbridge seems capable of producing. She's a hardass and a stickler for the rules, but she's the only teacher who ever praises or encourages Alexandra while the other teachers usually mock and belittle her even when she succeeds or excels.
* DrillSergeantNasty
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: She's loyal to Dean Grimm, basically because she's the only half-way competent good guy in the CrapsackWorld that is Magical America.

! Benedict Journey

The Charmbridge Groundskeeper. A member of the hippy "Radicalist" movement, he is generally the nicest member of the Charmbridge staff. Alexandra's constant detentions result in her seeing a lot of him in her first year.

Near the end of book 1 it is revealed that he is a former member of the Thorn Circle, a group of Abraham Thorn's closest allies. Fearing that Alexandra will be used to expose him to the authorities, but unable to attack her directly due to the protective spell Thorn placed on her, he attempts to arrange fatal accidents several times during Alexandra's first year. He is ultimately revealed and abducts and attempts to murder Alex, only to be killed by the Circle of Protection that he thought he'd broken.

Returns as a ghost in book 3, acting as a spirit guide in Alexandra's journey to the Lands Beyond, before returning to Charmbridge permanently at the end of that year. As a ghost he serves as an advisor to Alexandra, as well as a source of information on the Thorn Circle and the Dark Convention.

* AffablyEvil
* ApologeticAttacker
* TheAtoner: As a ghost.
* BackFromTheDead
* BatmanGrabsAGun
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* BigBad: Of Book One.
* HeelFaceTurn
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He tries to fatally shoot Alexandra, but the bullet hits him instead due to the protection spell on her.
* NewAgeRetroHippie
* NiceGuy
* TheNicknamer: He calls all female students either 'Starshine' or 'Blossom', even if they ask him not to.
* WalkingSpoiler
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The climax of ''Thorn Circle'' has him abducting, disarming and tying up Alexandra, who has a broken ankle and willingly traded herself for Anna. Journey intends to kill her, but when it comes down to it, he can't bring himself to kill an innocent, unarmed girl. Dean Grimm's mockery forces him to try, but that just gets him killed.

! Glaucus Grue

The biggest {{Jerkass}} on the Charmbridge teaching staff (which is saying a lot), Mr. Grue is the alchemy instructor. Though he's a dick to pretty much everyone, Alexandra's smartass attitude ensures that he has a special loathing for her. He begins to develop a grudging respect for her in the second half of book 4 as Alexandra finally begins to apply herself to his class.

* {{Expy}}: A pretty clear one of Snape: the JerkAss SadistTeacher potion master who is secretly a {{Badass}}, though Snape's counterpart in terms of narrative role is mostly Dean Grimm.
* HiddenDepths: Used to be an Auror, and trained Diana Grimm.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He lets Alexandra take his class in ''Stars Above'' once she tells him that she wants to learn a way to restore her mother's memories. He also admits that while he was specifically called to try healing her when she was first afflicted, he didn't stop trying to cure her even after she was taken to Charmbridge as a lost cause.
* MeaningfulName: Glaucus was a sea-god who found a herb that could bring dead animals back to life.
* SadistTeacher

[[folder: Alexandra's relatives (warning: major spoilers)]]

! Archibald Reuben "Archie" Green
A Muggle police officer, married to Claudia and stepfather of Alexandra. Unaware of the wizarding world, a bit of a grouch and a stickler for rules, he is even more distant with Alexandra than his wife is. Still, he ''does'' genuinely care for his step-daughter, he just has problems expressing it (not that Alexandra is any better at this).

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gruff, grouchy and emotionally distant, but not a bad person.
* ParentsAsPeople

! Hecate Megaera Grimm

The third Grimm triplet and Alexandra's biological mother. The most rebellious of the Grimm sisters, Hecate fell in love with Abraham Thorn and followed him into exile while pregnant with Alexandra. Just after the Fidelius Charm was cast, the couple was attacked by Aurors and Hecate was struck by a powerful curse while trying to shield Alexandra. The curse permanently destroyed both her memories and her ability to create new ones, effectively killing the person she was. Rather than leave her as an invalid her sister Lilith decided to permanently transform her into her cat Animagus form, and she now lives on as the Dean's cat, Galenthias.

* {{Animorphism}}
* {{Badass}}: Lilith says that Hecate was cleverer than her and twice as talented.
* DeliverUsFromEvil: While not necessarily evil, most accounts of her describe her as ruthless, ambitious, and manipulative, much like Alexandra on a bad day. Thorn claims that her personality seemed to change after Alexandra was born, acting maternal and selfless in a way he never expected.
* FateWorseThanDeath
* KilledOffForReal: For all intents and purposes, Hecate is dead, there's just a shell left behind that happens to look like her. That is, unless Alexandra can restore her memories.
* MeaningfulName: Hecate was the goddess of witchcraft and sorcery, while Megaera was the Fury who punished people who commit crimes and caused emotions like jealousy and envy.
* WalkingSpoiler

[[folder: Government Officials and Law Enforcement]]

! Special Inquisitor Diana Alecto Grimm

The triplet sister of Dean Lilith Grimm and secretly Alexandra's maternal aunt, Diana Alecto Grimm is the special inquisitor in charge of the hunt for Abraham Thorn. Like her sister, Diana is prickly and hostile to Alexandra while still being oddly protective. She several times demonstrates that she is [[MyCountryRightOrWrong utterly loyal to the Confederation]] and that she is driven by a fiery personal hatred for Abraham Thorn.

* AnimalMotifs: She's really into owls. She has a version of the Murder of Crows spell that summons a swarm of owls and her Animagus form is an owl.
* {{Animorphism}}: She is an Animagus, her animal form is a large owl.
* AntiHero/ AntiVillain: Like Thorn, which one she is depends on your opinion of the confederation.
* ArchEnemy: Alexandra invokes this trope by name, saying that Diana is this to Abraham Thorn, Diana does not object.

* BrattyHalfPint: She views Alex as this, especially when Alex refers to Hecate as her mother, despite the fact that Hecate is an amnesiac who lives as a cat and had no part in raising Alexandra at all, and seems to believe that Alex and Claudia have a loving, supportive relationship (they don't). Alex makes her a deal: she will say nothing about how she thinks Diana should feel about Hecate if Diana will likewise say nothing about Alex and Claudia.
* ByronicHero
* FlashStep: How she fights Thorn.
* InspectorJavert: Possibly, if you take Thorn's word for it that he didn't obliviate Hecate.

** JerkassHasAPoint
* MeaningfulName/ NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Her first name is the Roman goddess of archery and hunting, and her middle name is that of a Greek demon of vengeance and punishment, who punishes crimes of morality.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong
* NobleTopEnforcer
* RealWomenNeverWearDresses: Like her sister and niece. Prefers to wear Muggle casual wear, usually jeans and a blouse or t-shirt.
* [[YouKilledMyFather You Obliviated My Sister]]: The reason for her personal hatred for Thorn.