History Characters / ChildOfTheStormOtherHeroesAndAllies

* NervesOfSteel: After everything he's been through, it takes a lot to faze him. Even an angry demigod with an ultimatum doesn't make him blink. Gravemoss armed with the Darkhold and using ''veidrdraugr'' to destroy [=MI6=] manages, though.
* NotSoStoic: Shows up to the Avenger's Christmas party in a festive sweater, to the vocal surprise of Tony and Dresden.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: He was a much more cheerful and relaxed guy until Godric's Hollow. Since he cut ties with the Order pretty shortly afterwards, his current demeanour comes as a very nasty shock to his former compatriots.

* UndyingLoyalty: As he explains to Jean in the folder quote, it's not so much to SHIELD as to what it represents - protecting the vulnerable and innocent from the monsters who would prey on them. In fact, should SHIELD itself veer from those goals, he would help to bring it down. He reiterates this to the Kent family in chapter 34.

Mentioned every now and then as Carol's cousin and Jack O'Neill's daughter, before finally appearing in chapter 70 undercover as the British Prime Minister's personal secretary and secret bodyguard.

* UnkemptBeauty: In chapter 80, after the battle of London.

* DotingGrandparent: Cares deeply for and mentors her grandchildren, consoles Peter Parker when it looks like [[spoiler: he might be turned into a Grey Court vampire]], coos over a picture of baby [[spoiler: Kal-El]] and treats the teenage [[spoiler: Kal-El/Clark]] like one of her own grandchildren.

* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: As she puts it in chapter 20 of ''Ghosts'', with on hand holding the subject of her wrath's wrist in a firm arm-lock and the other holding a mug of tea...

* LineageComesFromTheFather: Looks a ''lot'' like Steve, and her SuperSoldier abilities come from there too, but her mannerisms are entirely Peggy.
* MamaBear: See the folder quote. She personally led the raid to free her son when he was captured in the Gulf, played a key part in the raid on the Red Room in chapter 11 of ''Ghosts'', and in chapter 20 [[spoiler: finds out about what Mr Danvers tried to get Harry to do to Carol and then during her breakfast the next morning, arranges for him to be KickedUpstairs, with a job that keeps him out of state and away from his family save for supervised social occasions while still able to support them, and]] coolly informs him that he will go along with what she is doing or she will make him suffer.
* ManipulativeBitch: She spent most of her professional life as a high level SHIELD Agent, and a self-described "callous bitch" when required to be. And as chapter 34 of ''Ghosts'' reveals, she's far better than most...

** Her own mother vanished when she was 17, with what happened to her being an ongoing mystery - and while it is implied that Alison is one of the few people who knows exactly what happened, it is clear that trying to fill the gap her mother left had a strong and not entirely positive effect on her psyche.

** Additionally, she can silence both Jack O'Neill and Tony Stark (her son and godson, respectively), as well as '''Deadpool,''' verbally break Alexander Pierce in the space of five minutes (admittedly, she had a trump card in [[TheDreaded the Red Son]] being loose) and in chapter 20 in the space of a morning she arranges for he son-in-law to be KickedUpstairs, out of state, and informs him of what's going to happen: he's going to take the job, stay away from the family save for supervised holidays, unless they decide they don't want him there, support them and stay faithful to his wife unless they divorce. If he doesn't, she'll make him ''wish'' she'd killed him. When he tries to bluster, she effortlessly takes his wrist in one hand and twists his arm to breaking point, while seated, drinking tea, and not missing a beat.
* NoodleIncident: Apparently, she found out the truth about her heritage after she was kidnapped by 'the Red Room and their alien allies' for the serum in her blood as a child. She later reveals that Mar-Vell, Piotr Rasputin a.k.a. Colossus, Howard Stark, a teenage Charles Xavier, and a young Jor-El were all involved.

* OldMaster: Despite being retired for several years, she can still pick out a watching [[spoiler: Steve]] (himself no slouch when it comes to hiding) at a glance and still has her finger on the pulse. She's also still lethal in combat, and can out-gambit Alexander Pierce, even reveals he knows her secret and effortlessly susses out why she's present. She also successfully manipulated Coulson and Fury into [[spoiler:being the first two SHIELD Agents to encounter a young Clark Kent, accurately judging them to be most inclined to take the more humane approach]]. The crowning part, though, is that she did this ''without them even knowing she was involved.''

** A throwaway comment in ''Ghosts'' mentions that she was known as 'the White Widow' during the Cold War.

* VillainRespect: Pierce notes that he met Peggy once as a young Agent and found her to be a very formidable and impressive woman, later needling Alison, her 'sister', about not matching up to her.

Agent of SHIELD, chief opponent of Magneto, and the first wielder of the Green Lantern Ring in the modern era. Retired in the late 1990's, before being killed in the Battle of New York. [[PosthumousCharacter Several years dead]] by the time of the story, he nevertheless makes an appearance courtesy of Death to teach Carol the basics of ring slinging. Has at least one child, Jade, who's currently attending Hogwarts.

* TheCameo: At the end of chapter 75.
* TheChosenOne: The Green Lantern Ring chose him, literally: according to Strange, it has a mind of its own.
* ComboPlatterPowers: With the Lantern. In addition to flight, energy blasts, and hard light constructs, he was able to use it to teleport, heal, change his size, and more.

** How did his fight with Magneto in Madripoor go? What happened in the mission around it, designed explicitly to lure Magneto out? We don't know, but we ''do'' know that he put Magneto, of all people, in the ICU for ''months''.

* OffScreenMomentOfAwesome: Inevitable, since he's dead, but he's mentioned with respect by Magneto as having been his chief sparring partner and a WorthyOpponent, whose ring he often saw up close, usually because it was coming at his face along with the rest of Scott's fist. Once, Scott actually put him in the ICU. Considering what Magneto has been demonstrated to be capable of even when holding back, this is crazy impressive.

* PosthumousCharacter: Dead for several years by the time of the story, though he appears as a ghost in chapter 75.

%% Doesnt explain the reaction* BerserkButton: Assuming that he'll put himself ahead of his country. T'Challa presses it at the end of ''Child of the Storm'' by accident, and Thor nearly presses it in ''Ghosts'', before neatly changing tack.

* CombatPragmatist: He's a no-nonsense fighter, always willing to attack from behind or the shadows, though he doesn't lack courage in a straight up fight (he went one on one with the Winter Soldier and survived). Out of direct combat, he will always go for whatever option (he believes) is best for Britain. No matter what.
* CompositeCharacter: Of Marvel's Peter Wisdom and Regulus Black. WordOfGod also vaguely wonders in chapter 80 if he's starting to gain a few character traits from [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Sam Vimes]].

* HeelFaceTurn: He used to be a Death Eater before he realised what they were really like. Of course, it's up for debate how much of a 'Face' he really is.

** He also sets up Warren - if Hogwarts was attacked, he'd be forced to use his wings and start killing or risk the lives of all the children in the castle, leaving him ready to be moulded into a soldier. Cassidy's reaction is one of fury and utter disgust.

* NotSoAboveItAll: In one of his earlier appearances, he sends his accent wandering all over Britain just to annoy Fury. He also enjoys psychologically torturing Fudge, which is described as the closest thing he has to a hobby.

* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives a vicious one, combined with a BadassBoast, to the Ministry in chapter 2 of ''Ghosts of the Past.''

* TokenEvilTeammate: Even including Loki and Fury, he's by far the most ruthless and at times, downright amoral, of the good guys. Wanda compares him to a pre HeelFaceTurn Magneto, and he makes it abundantly clear (to Harry's father and godfather, the latter being ''his brother'') that if he thought that putting a bullet through Harry's head would be the best option for Britain, he'd do it without blinking twice, guilt and divine wrath notwithstanding.

* WouldHurtAChild: He makes it very clear in ''Ghosts'' that if he thought putting a bullet through Harry's skull would better protect Britain, he'd do it. He wouldn't want to, but he'd do it in a heartbeat and take the guilt and vicious divine vengeance as it came. As he notes, he doesn't plan to, though, as he knows very well that a) it wouldn't work, b) it would have the exact opposite of the intended effect.

** The events of chapter 70 seem to have pushed it further - though his internal monologue in chapter 76, in which he decides IAmWhatIAm, could just as easily indicate a StartOfDarkness.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: He's much more cheerful prior to turning up at Hogwarts, though a lot of that might be adrenaline and HeroWorship for Rhodey.

* HeroicBSOD: In chapter 72, after brutally killing HYDRA's aerial attack force in chapter 70.

* IAmWhatIAm: He seems to have decided this by chapter 76. Whether this is [[EpiphanyComeBack for good]] or [[StartOfDarkness ill]] is yet to be revealed - though ''Ghosts'' suggests that thanks to a relationship with Betsy, he's just quieter and a bit more cynical.

* MaleGaze: Has noticed Betsy, like just about everyone and everything else that's even considered being interested in women. As of chapter 68, he's started taking topless flights when she's around, much to her appreciation.

* TheSociopath: Comes off as worryingly cold and ruthless in chapter 76 following his offscreen revelation of IAmWhatIAm.

* ProperLady: She ''can'' be this if she wants to - she just generally doesn't. She's therefore able to advise Harry on [[FlowerMotifs floriography]] [[spoiler: when asking Carol to the Yule Ball. On her advice, he settles on Viscaria, which means 'will you dance with me?']]

* PsychicNosebleed: Is on the receiving end from [[spoiler: Voldemort]] in chapter 2 of ''Ghosts of the Past.''

* SarcasticDevotee: She's not afraid to snark at her boss, Peter Wisdom, who puts up with it because she's highly competent and easily his most powerful asset.

* SexyMentor: She's about ten years older than Harry and very attractive, leading to [[HormoneAddledTeenager a crush]]. Since she's his psychic teacher, she's entirely aware of it. He is mortified, she finds it adorable and teases him about it. However, in ''Ghosts'', she firmly steps back on the teasing, on the grounds that he's old enough that even though both of them know better, it might be interpreted as a nascent TeacherStudentRomance (especially by Rita Skeeter), which she is very firmly against.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: She has nothing to be ashamed of and she [[ProudBeauty knows it]]. She walks around her [[HomeNudist home in the buff]] and drops her ModestyTowel in front of Peter Wisdom in order to gauge his reaction [[HiddenDepths (and thereby get some idea of what he's like, since she can't read his mind).]] And does it ''again'' later, [[TheGadfly just to annoy him]].

* GagPenis: Alluded to, when Betsy remarks - on seeing his naked second body - that either he was, ahem, naturally gifted, or there are worrying things to be said about the mad science department.

* BabyOfTheBunch: To Excalibur, being the youngest member (he's only a matter of months younger than Warren, but the latter is Xavier-trained and has more experience than Dane).

The President of the United States, a ReasonableAuthorityFigure and as chapter 70 proves, possessed of balls of solid titanium.

The British Prime Minister, heavily implied to be the one from the Harry Potter series, intentionally left fairly faceless - though some of the dialogue and the time frame implies that he's a mix of John Major and Tony Blair. He's a bit beleaguered by all the superhuman antics, and thus eager to rely on Peter Wisdom, but is broadly a good man. In chapter 70, he turns out to be a target for HYDRA.

* CompositeCharacter: Of RealLife British Prime Minister UsefulNotes/JohnMajor and his successor, UsefulNotes/TonyBlair, having the former's well-meaning but slightly beleaguered attitude, and the latter's personable nature and [[TheStarscream ambitious Chancellor,]] who in turn is hinted to be a partial {{Expy}} of Tony Blair's Chancellor and later successor, Gordon Brown.

* DueToTheDead: Once it becomes apparent that his two [=MI13=] bodyguards who stayed behind to buy Agent 13 time to get him out are going to die and die horribly, as well as possibly being enslaved by Gravemoss, he asks Agent 13, formerly undercover as his secretary to get him the details of the bodyguards so he can tell their families what they died doing and to ensure that they are honoured, remarking that if what they did isn't going above and beyond the call of duty he doesn't know what is.

* NiceGuy: He seems pretty nice, mild and totally understandable resentfulness towards being condescended to by Fudge aside, and totally out of his depth in all this superhuman chaos.
** Notably, he demands to know the identities of his bodyguards in order to honor them for going above and beyond.

* [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent Our Prime Ministers Are Different]]: Prime Minister Personable and Prime Minister Target (in chapter 70) - he comes off as a NiceGuy in a completely insane situation, doing his best. That said, his internal dialogue about having noticed how [[TheStarscream the Chancellor]] checks out an undercover Agent 13 and filing it away for blackmail material shows that he isn't soft. His reliance on Wisdom also shows hints of Prime Minister Focus Group.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Chapter 75 subtly implies that he lost his son roughly the same way as his canon counterpart. Chapter 80 all but states it. He was also captured during Desert Storm, during which his sister states that he was [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]].

* HotBlooded: Like his niece, though he can control his temper better than she can.

* NotSoAboveItAll: He tries to present himself as a relatively level-headed OnlySaneMan with a proclivity for [[DeadpanSnarker snark]]. He also grudgingly admits that yes, he is enjoying being Han Solo (ItMakesSenseInContext) and ends up resolving a dispute with Deadpool by a dance-off adjudicated by a group including the Hulk (though, granted, it is implied that he's pretty drunk at that point). Really, it's not hard to see where Carol got her silly streak from.

* PuppyDogEyes: Carol implies that he's susceptible to this. O'Neill, for his part, [[BlatantLies maintains]] that her puppy-dog eyes, effective as they are, [[NoodleIncident never stopped him telling her that she couldn't have more]] [[TrademarkFavouriteFood ice cream.]]

** In ''Ghosts'' chapter 46, some of his negotiations with Wisdom over [[spoiler: vibranium]] are shown, and it's clear that he's evolved into an expert statesman and skilled political negotiator, even if he doesn't enjoy it.

* GoodIsNotSoft: On his first appearance in Book 1, he tries to politely get [[DirtyOldMan a Roxxon Executive]] to back off (from Harry and Carol). When said executive calls him a 'self-righteous NWordPrivileges son of a bitch', he flattens him in a matter of moments. He also calmly explains in chapter 79 of ''Child of the Storm'' and chapter 46 of ''Ghosts'' the advantages of befriending Harry - he tends to be the nexus of major events, and is thus 'someone to watch' in every sense of the word.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: His sheer power and the fact that he's still in his physical prime at around eighty (thanks to [[NoodleIncident 'the Krakoa Incident']]) has led more than a few factions to believe he's not human, with Luccio noting that within the White Council alone, 'there are several competing schools of thought on what he actually is'. However, he is human. Mostly.

* BadassBookworm: He's a badass in Thor's weight class for raw power who can take the likes of the Red Son while holding back. He's got multiple degrees in hard sciences, including from Oxford, and has a ''very'' [[TheDreaded well-earned reputation]] amongst the supernatural and supernaturally-informed community.

* CurbStompBattle: Xavier describes him as having absolutely crushed three successive circles of the Hellfire Club, and he goes through the Winter Guard (sans the Red Son) in under two minutes. When he attacks Cassius, the latter doesn't even get the chance to throw a spell - and even Voldemort, a much more powerful and dangerous mage than Cassius, was at his mercy in a split-second.

* DarkMessiah: He's mostly reformed, but in chapter 10 of ''Ghosts'' he's namechecked as 'mutantkind's DarkMessiah'.

* TheGhost: Prior to his full bow in chapter 77, there's only a teeny tiny indirect hint of his on-screen presence in chapter 72, and a fair bit of talking.

* GoodIsNotSoft: He may have pulled a sincere HeelFaceTurn, but holy hell, you do ''not'' want to cross him, as he demonstrates in chapter 13 of ''Ghosts'', crushing the Winter Guard. [[CruelMercy The only reason]] he didn't kill all of them save [[spoiler: Red Son!Harry]] was because he thought that a few others might like a piece of them too (and he might have recognised Omega Sentinel as a victim).

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Wanda accused him of being just like the bigots who tormented both him and her. He didn't take it well. Wanda herself, despite her attempts to distance herself from him, is much more like him than she wants to admit, to the point where both [[AmicableExes Clint]] and [[spoiler: Sinister]] take note of it in ''Ghosts'', and she tacitly admits it.

** In chapter 13 of ''Ghosts'' he goes through the Winter Guard like a hot knife through an overused cliche, without any discernible effort.

** He even extends this to Harry Dresden, coldly incapicating and murdering [[spoiler: Cassius]] for the crime of harming his daughter's beloved.
* PetTheDog: Remarks that Carol seems a worthy successor to Alan Scott, temporary though it was.

* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Gives a sufficiently [[TranquilFury cold and murderous sounding one]] to the Winter Guard of chapter 13 of ''Ghosts'' after they've walked straight into what is basically the lion's den.
--> Good evening. [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya My name is Magneto.]] You kidnapped [[spoiler: my daughter.]] You kidnapped [[spoiler: my daughter's godson]]. I would like to discuss this. And once we are done, if you are ''very'' lucky... [[CruelMercy I might actually allow some of you to live.]]

** Goes on another one in chapter 13 of ''Ghosts of the Past'' against the Red Room for what they did to [[spoiler: Lorna and Harry.]]

* ShadowArchetype: Of Xavier. While both are dedicated to mentoring and protecting mutant-kind, Xavier is known for his kind and gentle nature, never fighting unless there's great need. Magneto, on the other hand, makes even hardened veteran Wardens turn pale at the mention of his name, and for ''very'' good reason.

* TwerpSweating: Looks as if he's about to have an IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer chat with Dresden in chapter 78, who ineffectually tries to hide behind Wanda, who cuts him off with a glare and a single sentence: "Father, don't you dare." Magneto, amused, acquiesces and remarks that since he's not John Constantine, that's already a point in his favour. He even shows a certain amount of respect to Dresden, and is willing to protect him from Cassius.

* CasualDangerDialogue: Has a friendly, if serious, chat with Magneto in chapter 78 whilst in the midst of an incredibly violent pitched battle.

* SuperStrength: Short of the strongest Asgardians and the Hulk, he's probably currently the physically strongest character in the setting. He lowers a listing helicarrier into the ocean with one hand and Logan notes that he can rip a battleship in half.

* TwentiesBobHaircut: Has one in line with her general 20s aesthetic. As she notes, while it was far from without flaws, she ''did'' like the styles of that particular decade.

* ActionGirl: Quite possibly the greatest sword-fighter in history, trainer of a ''significant'' number of downright legendary [[MasterSwordsman Master Swordsmen (and Swordswomen)]], and competed with gods and godlike beings despite being physically human. Yup, she qualifies.
* TheAgeless: What with the time-travelling, no one's entirely sure how old she is other than the fact that she doesn't look it and Harry's suspicion that she's lived far longer than normal humans simply because humans don't live long enough to get as good with a sword as she is (which she doesn't deny), and she's explicitly described as having this sort of appearance.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Casually rearranges her club to move Harry and Hal out the way, transforms her mike/stand into a sword with a semi-sonic screwdriver hilt, her clothes into a suit of light battle armour, while declaring that she doesn't like trouble in her club unless she's starting it, before casually beating the crap out of a Beetle and giving it a message for its master and then crippling it.

* GeniusBruiser: She's best known for her incredible swordsmanship, but she's also demonstrated to be a technological genius with a vast command of nanotechnology and the ability to casually disable the advanced weapons on a Beetle's armour. Oh, and she turned her clutch purse into [[spoiler: a TARDIS]].

* ImmortalityBisexuality: Implied by her past life as Julie D'Aubigny, and confirmed by WordOfGod. Apparently she has a very extensive little black book, one that does not discriminate based on sex or gender.

* KnowledgeBroker: This is one of the main attributes of her reputation on Sakaar, apparently.

** As a master of the sword and a teacher of masters, she's got a good claim to be ''the'' greatest example of this in the setting. [[WarGod Sif]] and [[LivingLegend Fandral]]'s sheer skill is explicitly put down to the fact that ''she'' trained them. And Harry states after watching her fight that even as good as those two have become, she's ''still'' better than they were. Separately, she was stated to be the best of Arthur's court.

* PalmOnCheekPose: Rests a hand on the cheek of a very tired Hal Jordan, when gently commiserating with him/admiring him over how hard he's fought without hope of reward.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Has this dynamic with [[spoiler: Buri]], who explains to Harry that no, they've never been more than friends - he's not interested in that sort of thing any more, and even if he was, it would make no difference, as both are too old to go calf-eyed over a simple roll in the hay.

* RavenHairIvorySkin: Her implied baseline form, described as dropdead gorgeous, with a black bob haircut and alabaster pale skin, qualifies, since she's got a limited degree of VoluntaryShapeshifting - though Harry implies that it could be far more than just 'limited' if she ever felt like it.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: It's not entirely clear how old she is, given the intermittent time travel, but she was long in the game by the time she raised Atalanta and knew a young Hercules, and Buri implies they're of similar ages, while Harry flat out states that humans don't live long enough to get as good at swordsmanship as she is.

* WroteTheBook: Not her, but several of her students would go on to write some of the greatest treatises of western swordsmanship.

* ByTheBookCop: Does not approve of people taking the law into their own hands. This has formerly caused some tension with Dresden.

** Doctor Strange also genuinely respects her and her values, enough that Dresden explicitly states that if not for her principles, he would have killed [[spoiler:Rudolph]] without a second thought.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Very kind, and usually very gentle. If he's not being gentle, it's probably because you're a monster that's hurt/is about to hurt innocents. This is a Very Bad Idea--he's known as "Fist of God" for a ''reason''.

* HiddenDepths: While Michael suspects his better nature, he figures out its extent at the end of ''Ghosts''. He's also much, ''much'' smarter than he pretends to be - this is someone who figured out how to successfully inoculate a nascent White Court vampire against their hunger demon, something that could ''destroy'' the White Court.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: He pretends to be a fairly louche, slobbish, and childish [[TheGadfly gadfly]], and he's good enough at it that even people who know he's more than he seems tend to underestimate him. For one thing, he's quite possibly the only person to have worked out how to kill a White Court Hunger demon before it manifests.

* OutOfFocus: He's only shown up in person during ''Chaos Reigns'', and doesn't appear in the main story outside a couple of cameos until late in the second book. His lack of appearances during the ''Bloody Hell'' arc is an InvokedTrope, though - Thomas and Harry have to stay away from each other while the Wardens are around, because their relationship is a necessary secret.

* HeroesRUs: They train and equip the Excalibur squad, here depicted as a government superhuman strike team composed of [[PsychicPowers Betsy Braddock,]] [[MakeMeWannaShout Banshee,]] [[RazorWings Archangel,]] [[MasterSwordsman Black Knight,]] [[MagnificentBastard John Constantine]] (because he owed Wisdom a favour), [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Jessica Drew]] (also Deputy Director of [=MI13=]), and Wanda Maximoff (once, and only because Wisdom blackmailed her).

* MakeMeWannaShout: The most basic application of his powers.

* EthicalSlut: As demonstrated in her life as Phryne Fisher, she ReallyGetsAround, but she also seems to genuinely care for her exes. Despite shagging over a third of the Round Table, Merlin, and Morgana, she implies that her connection with Arthur (who was married) was strictly platonic, and refers sympathetically to Lancelot's unrequited love for Gwen. And when telling Hal about her adventures in a version of [[spoiler: Star Wars]] universe (which included [[spoiler: sleeping with Han Solo and Princess Leia]]), she states she is does not get between married couples - at least, not without invitation.