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!! Senor Alvaro
A music teacher at the Academy, teacher trumpet to Charlie in the later part of the series. [[spoiler: It turns out that he is a descendant of the Red King and helps Lyell out when he is the Red Knight by making sure Charlie does not find out who the Red Knight really is in case he is captured by the Bloors]].
* BadassTeacher: Becomes this during the battle on the heath.
%%* CoolTeacher
* FriendToAllChildren: Genuinely likes and looks out for the endowed children in Bloor's Academy, particularly Charlie.
* MasterSwordsman: He proves to be very gifted with a sword during the final battle for the city.
* TheReliableOne: He can always be relied on to help the endowed children of the Red King.
[[folder: Senor Alvaro]]
!! Senor Alvaro
A music teacher at the Academy, teacher trumpet to Charlie in the later part of the series. [[spoiler: It turns out that he is a descendant of the Red King and helps Lyell out when he is the Red Knight by making sure Charlie does not find out who the Red Knight really is in case he is captured by the Bloors]].
* BadassTeacher: Becomes this during the battle on the heath.
%%* CoolTeacher
* FriendToAllChildren: Genuinely likes and looks out for the endowed children in Bloor's Academy, particularly Charlie.
* MasterSwordsman: He proves to be very gifted with a sword during the final battle for the city.
* TheReliableOne: He can always be relied on to help the endowed children of the Red King.
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* AdultFear: When she realises that the Bloors have done something to Olivia. She returns to the city and tries to see Olivia, but Olivia refuses to see her and she is sent away quite abruptly. She is visibly upset when Charlie and Paton find her standing outside Number 9.
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* TheBusCameBack: She left the city, never to return. In the final book she returns, after realizing that Olivia is in trouble. She then proceeds to stay for the final battle and by the end is settled in the city permanently again.
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* TheBusCameBack: She left the city, city at the end of Book 4, intending to never to return. In the final book she returns, after realizing that Olivia is in trouble. She then proceeds to stay for the final battle and by the end is settled in the city permanently again.
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!! Ocean View
[[folder: James Yewbeam]]
!! James Yewbeam
Paton Yewbeam's father and brother to Henry. He is over ninety years old and lives with his housekeeper Pearl in a cottage near the sea.
* AdultFear: Was only six years old when his brother disappeared and was presumed dead. Then after returning home he found out that his sister was gone too, dead from diphtheria, effectively making him into an only child.
** His wife 'fell' down the stairs and broke her neck during a visit to Yewbeam Castle in 1964. Straight after, James was forced to flee for his life with Paton, who was only seven years old at the time. His elder daughters refused to leave with him, having already been brainwashed by Yolanda.
%%** In ''Time Twister'' he finally gets a surprise chance to reunite with his brother, but
* AffectionateNickname: Henry always called him 'Jamie' before his disappearance from 1912.
* AngerBornOfWorry: When Henry recounts the story of how he found Enkidu, he says that James felt this when he climbed down the face of a cliff to get to the kitten.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Four of his children turned against him completely, siding with their evil Great-Aunt Yolanda. James was forced to flee Yewbeam Castle for his life with Paton, who was only seven years old at the time. Decades later, James is still estranged from his daughters who all want nothing to do with him.
%%* BigScrewedUpFamily: Is a part of the Yewbeam family.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast:
* HappilyMarried: To Solange Sourzac, before she was murdered by Yolanda Yewbeam in Yewbeam Castle.
* KilledOffForReal: He dies of old age a year before the events of ''Henry and the Guardians of the Lost''.
* NiceGuy: He is a nice man with a gentle and kind personality.
* PromotionToParent: Takes on a semi-parental role toward Henry after Henry returns to live at Ocean View after the events of ''Time Twister''.
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!! James Yewbeam
Paton Yewbeam's father and brother to Henry. He is over ninety years old and lives with his housekeeper Pearl in a cottage near the sea.
* AdultFear: Was only six years old when his brother disappeared and was presumed dead. Then after returning home he found out that his sister was gone too, dead from diphtheria, effectively making him into an only child.
** His wife 'fell' down the stairs and broke her neck during a visit to Yewbeam Castle in 1964. Straight after, James was forced to flee for his life with Paton, who was only seven years old at the time. His elder daughters refused to leave with him, having already been brainwashed by Yolanda.
%%** In ''Time Twister'' he finally gets a surprise chance to reunite with his brother, but
* AffectionateNickname: Henry always called him 'Jamie' before his disappearance from 1912.
* AngerBornOfWorry: When Henry recounts the story of how he found Enkidu, he says that James felt this when he climbed down the face of a cliff to get to the kitten.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Four of his children turned against him completely, siding with their evil Great-Aunt Yolanda. James was forced to flee Yewbeam Castle for his life with Paton, who was only seven years old at the time. Decades later, James is still estranged from his daughters who all want nothing to do with him.
%%* BigScrewedUpFamily: Is a part of the Yewbeam family.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast:
* HappilyMarried: To Solange Sourzac, before she was murdered by Yolanda Yewbeam in Yewbeam Castle.
* KilledOffForReal: He dies of old age a year before the events of ''Henry and the Guardians of the Lost''.
* NiceGuy: He is a nice man with a gentle and kind personality.
* PromotionToParent: Takes on a semi-parental role toward Henry after Henry returns to live at Ocean View after the events of ''Time Twister''.
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!! Ocean View
Sparkling Castle
[[folder:James Yewbeam]]
Samuel Sparks]]
!!James Yewbeam
Paton Yewbeam's father and brother to Henry.Samuel Sparks / Mr. Boldova
A young art teacher at the Academy. He isover ninety years old friendly and lives with often helps the good children of the Red King.[[spoiler: In the third book, it's discovered that he is searching for his housekeeper Pearl in a cottage near brother, Ollie Sparks, who was abducted and turned invisible by the sea.Bloors. He is hypnotized by Yolanda Yewbeam, but recovers his memories at the end of the book when Yolanda dies]].
*AdultFear: Was only six years old BadassTeacher: He's an art teacher at Bloor's Academy who can also make stones glow dangerously hot and sparkle. He uses this talent to attack Yolanda when he comes face-to-face with her in the Great Hall in the Academy.
* {{Brainwashed}}: By Yolanda, as punishment for attempting to rescue his brotherdisappeared who is trapped in Bloor's Academy. [[spoiler: He gets better.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Despite the dangers andwas presumed dead. Then after returning home he found out that his sister was gone too, dead from diphtheria, effectively making him into an only child.
** His wife 'fell' down the stairs and broke her neck during a visit to Yewbeam Castle in 1964. Straight after, James was forced to fleeopposition, Samuel searches for his life with Paton, who was only seven years old missing brother Ollie (the eponymous invisible boy), even taking a job at Bloor's in the time. His elder daughters refused hopes of learning his whereabouts. Before coming to leave with him, having already been brainwashed by Yolanda.Bloor's, he went to five castles that the Bloors owned, thinking that Ollie could be held in one of those.
%%** In ''Time Twister'' he finally gets a surprise chance to reunite with his brother, but
* AffectionateNickname: Henry FriendToAllChildren: Mr. Boldova is always called him 'Jamie' before his disappearance from 1912.
* AngerBornOfWorry: When Henry recountsready to help the story of how he found Enkidu, he says that James felt this when he climbed down students at the face Academy, no matter what.
* HiddenDepths: At first, he appears to be an ordinary art teacher employed at Bloor's Academy. However, he's really an endowed descendant ofa cliff to get to the kitten.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Four of his children turned against him completely, siding with their evil Great-Aunt Yolanda. James was forced to flee Yewbeam CastleRed King who is searching for his life with Paton, who was only seven years old at the time. Decades later, James is still estranged from his daughters who all want nothing to do with him.missing brother.
%%* BigScrewedUpFamily: Is a part of * IdentityAmnesia: Samuel is hypnotized by Yolanda into forgetting who he is. Luckily, after her death the Yewbeam family.spell over him is broken and he is reunited with his younger brother.
* NiceGuy: He's generally a nice guy.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast:
* HappilyMarried: To Solange Sourzac, before she was murdered by Yolanda Yewbeam in Yewbeam Castle.
* KilledOffForReal: He dies of old age a year before the events of ''Henry and the Guardians of the Lost''.
* NiceGuy: He is a nice man with a gentle and kind personality.
* PromotionToParent: Takes on a semi-parental role toward Henry after Henry returns to live at Ocean View after the events of ''Time Twister''.
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!!
Paton Yewbeam's father and brother to Henry.
A young art teacher at the Academy. He is
*
* {{Brainwashed}}: By Yolanda, as punishment for attempting to rescue his brother
* {{Determinator}}: Despite the dangers and
** His wife 'fell' down the stairs and broke her neck during a visit to Yewbeam Castle in 1964. Straight after, James was forced to flee
* AngerBornOfWorry: When Henry recounts
* HiddenDepths: At first, he appears to be an ordinary art teacher employed at Bloor's Academy. However, he's really an endowed descendant of
* AntagonisticOffspring: Four of his children turned against him completely, siding with their evil Great-Aunt Yolanda. James was forced to flee Yewbeam Castle
* NiceGuy: He's generally a nice guy.
* HappilyMarried: To Solange Sourzac, before she was murdered by Yolanda Yewbeam in Yewbeam Castle.
* KilledOffForReal: He dies of old age a year before the events of ''Henry and the Guardians of the Lost''.
* NiceGuy: He is a nice man with a gentle and kind personality.
* PromotionToParent: Takes on a semi-parental role toward Henry after Henry returns to live at Ocean View after the events of ''Time Twister''.
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!! Henry Yewbeam
A relative of Charlie who found himself in the 21st century through accidental use of the Time Twister.
%%* ActionHero
%%* AdultFear
%%* AllLovingHero
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He is normally very polite and friendly. However, if anyone tries to hurt his cat, he becomes much less so.
* BigDamnHeroes: He, Bramble and Enkidu travel through the forest to rescue Mark from the Reeds' house in Timeless.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Is a part of the Yewbeam family, who Skarpo the Sorcerer called a family of scoundrels, and on a much larger scale the many descendants of the Red King, who are in an ongoing battle with each other.
* CheerfulChild: He is usually very optimistic and cheerful.
%%* ColdBloodedTorture
* ConstantlyCurious: He is very curious about most things. The Princess points out that if he wasn't so curious, he wouldn't have looked into the Time Twister and been transported through time in the first place.
%%* {{Determinator}}: He is initially determined to get back to his own time in any way he can, and goes as far as
* FamilyOfChoice: His is with his brother James (before James' death), his Auntie Pearl, Charlie and Enkidu.
* HappilyAdopted: In a strange way, by his own brother James Yewbeam, who is now elderly, and his housekeeper Pearl, in the present time.
%%* HeartwarmingOrphan
%%* HeroesWantRedheads
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Henry starts off on a bad foot with the Shaidi when he brings a cat into the Littles' House. Because they are the last of their kind, and one of their own was killed by a cat only a few years earlier, they are frightened and angry, and play mean tricks on Henry during his early days in the House.
%%* IGaveMyWord
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Pearl, his adoptive aunt. Also Treasure, who looked after him while he was hiding in Bloor's Academy.
* KindheartedCatLover: Henry is inseparable from his cat, Enkidu, who he rescued as a kitten and formed a strong bond with.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His first (and only) attempt to go back through the Time Twister results in him almost dying of hypothermia in a locked freezer.
%%* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished
* ParentalAbandonment: His biological parents are long dead. His brother, who'd been acting as a ParentalSubstitute, died a year before the events of ''Guardians of the Lost'', of old age.
* ParentalSubstitute: His brother and Pearl become this for him after he is transported through time.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives his speech to Twig, calling her a bad mother because she failed to make sure Bramble knew how to tie her shoelaces.
* StartingANewLife: After finding himself in the 21st century he goes to live in his old home, Ocean View, with his now-elderly brother and his housekeeper.
** After discovering that a nameless group of people are hunting him, he's forced to go to the Littles' house to live, where he can start growing again. He has to get used to the very different life the people in the house lead.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He is extremely similar to Charlie in physical appearance. Paton comments on it in surprise when he first sees the family photo of Henry's family which Charlie shows to him in ''Time Twister'', and later on Ezekiel Bloor also points it out, musing that Charlie's similarity to Henry may be why Ezekiel can't stand him.
!! Henry Yewbeam
A relative of Charlie who found himself in the 21st century through accidental use of the Time Twister.
%%* ActionHero
%%* AdultFear
%%* AllLovingHero
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He is normally very polite and friendly. However, if anyone tries to hurt his cat, he becomes much less so.
* BigDamnHeroes: He, Bramble and Enkidu travel through the forest to rescue Mark from the Reeds' house in Timeless.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Is a part of the Yewbeam family, who Skarpo the Sorcerer called a family of scoundrels, and on a much larger scale the many descendants of the Red King, who are in an ongoing battle with each other.
* CheerfulChild: He is usually very optimistic and cheerful.
%%* ColdBloodedTorture
* ConstantlyCurious: He is very curious about most things. The Princess points out that if he wasn't so curious, he wouldn't have looked into the Time Twister and been transported through time in the first place.
%%* {{Determinator}}: He is initially determined to get back to his own time in any way he can, and goes as far as
* FamilyOfChoice: His is with his brother James (before James' death), his Auntie Pearl, Charlie and Enkidu.
* HappilyAdopted: In a strange way, by his own brother James Yewbeam, who is now elderly, and his housekeeper Pearl, in the present time.
%%* HeartwarmingOrphan
%%* HeroesWantRedheads
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Henry starts off on a bad foot with the Shaidi when he brings a cat into the Littles' House. Because they are the last of their kind, and one of their own was killed by a cat only a few years earlier, they are frightened and angry, and play mean tricks on Henry during his early days in the House.
%%* IGaveMyWord
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Pearl, his adoptive aunt. Also Treasure, who looked after him while he was hiding in Bloor's Academy.
* KindheartedCatLover: Henry is inseparable from his cat, Enkidu, who he rescued as a kitten and formed a strong bond with.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His first (and only) attempt to go back through the Time Twister results in him almost dying of hypothermia in a locked freezer.
%%* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished
* ParentalAbandonment: His biological parents are long dead. His brother, who'd been acting as a ParentalSubstitute, died a year before the events of ''Guardians of the Lost'', of old age.
* ParentalSubstitute: His brother and Pearl become this for him after he is transported through time.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives his speech to Twig, calling her a bad mother because she failed to make sure Bramble knew how to tie her shoelaces.
* StartingANewLife: After finding himself in the 21st century he goes to live in his old home, Ocean View, with his now-elderly brother and his housekeeper.
** After discovering that a nameless group of people are hunting him, he's forced to go to the Littles' house to live, where he can start growing again. He has to get used to the very different life the people in the house lead.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He is extremely similar to Charlie in physical appearance. Paton comments on it in surprise when he first sees the family photo of Henry's family which Charlie shows to him in ''Time Twister'', and later on Ezekiel Bloor also points it out, musing that Charlie's similarity to Henry may be why Ezekiel can't stand him.
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!! Piminy Street
[[folder:Henry Yewbeam]]
Katya Kettle]]
!!Henry Yewbeam
A relative of Charlie who found himselfKatya Kettle
Introduced in the21st century through accidental use of sixth book, she is the Time Twister.
%%* ActionHero
%%* AdultFear
%%* AllLovingHero
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Heowner of a kettle shop in Piminy Street. She is normally very polite also secretly a blacksmith and friendly. However, if anyone tries to hurt his cat, he becomes much less so.
* BigDamnHeroes: He, Bramble and Enkidu travel through the forest to rescue Markis descended from the Reeds' house in Timeless.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Isa part of the Yewbeam family, who Skarpo the Sorcerer blacksmith-mage called a family of scoundrels, and on a much larger scale the many descendants of the Red King, who are in an ongoing battle with each other.
* CheerfulChild: He is usually very optimistic and cheerful.
%%* ColdBloodedTorture
* ConstantlyCurious: He is very curious about most things. The Princess points out that if he wasn't so curious, he wouldn't have looked into the Time Twister and been transported through time in the first place.
%%* {{Determinator}}: He is initially determined to get back to his own time in any way he can, and goes as far as
* FamilyOfChoice: His is with his brother James (before James' death), his Auntie Pearl, Charlie and Enkidu.
* HappilyAdopted: In a strange way, by his own brother James Yewbeam, who is now elderly, and his housekeeper Pearl, in the present time.
%%* HeartwarmingOrphan
%%* HeroesWantRedheads
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Henry starts off on a bad foot with the Shaidi when he brings a cat into the Littles' House. Because they are the last of their kind, and one of their own was killed by a cat only a few years earlier, they are frightened and angry, and play mean tricks on Henry during his early days in the House.
%%* IGaveMyWord
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Pearl, his adoptive aunt. Also Treasure, who looked after him while he was hiding in Bloor's Academy.
* KindheartedCatLover: Henry is inseparable from his cat, Enkidu, who he rescued as a kitten and formed a strong bond with.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His first (and only) attempt to go back through the Time Twister results in him almost dying of hypothermia in a locked freezer.
%%* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished
* ParentalAbandonment: His biological parents are long dead. His brother, who'd been acting as a ParentalSubstitute, died a year before the events of ''Guardians of the Lost'', of old age.
* ParentalSubstitute: His brother and Pearl become this for him after he is transported through time.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives his speech to Twig, calling her a bad mother because she failed to make sure Bramble knew how to tie her shoelaces.
* StartingANewLife: After finding himself in the 21st century he goes to live in his old home, Ocean View, with his now-elderly brother and his housekeeper.
** After discovering that a nameless group of people are hunting him, he's forced to go to the Littles' house to live, where he can start growing again. He has to get used to the very different life the people in the house lead.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He is extremely similar to Charlie in physical appearance. Paton comments on it in surprise when he first sees the family photo of Henry's family which Charlie shows to him in ''Time Twister'', and later on Ezekiel Bloor also points it out, musing that Charlie's similarity to Henry may be why Ezekiel can't stand him.Feromal.
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!!
A relative of Charlie who found himself
Introduced in the
%%* ActionHero
%%* AdultFear
%%* AllLovingHero
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He
* BigDamnHeroes: He, Bramble and Enkidu travel through the forest to rescue Mark
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Is
* CheerfulChild: He is usually very optimistic and cheerful.
%%* ColdBloodedTorture
* ConstantlyCurious: He is very curious about most things. The Princess points out that if he wasn't so curious, he wouldn't have looked into the Time Twister and been transported through time in the first place.
%%* {{Determinator}}: He is initially determined to get back to his own time in any way he can, and goes as far as
* FamilyOfChoice: His is with his brother James (before James' death), his Auntie Pearl, Charlie and Enkidu.
* HappilyAdopted: In a strange way, by his own brother James Yewbeam, who is now elderly, and his housekeeper Pearl, in the present time.
%%* HeartwarmingOrphan
%%* HeroesWantRedheads
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Henry starts off on a bad foot with the Shaidi when he brings a cat into the Littles' House. Because they are the last of their kind, and one of their own was killed by a cat only a few years earlier, they are frightened and angry, and play mean tricks on Henry during his early days in the House.
%%* IGaveMyWord
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Pearl, his adoptive aunt. Also Treasure, who looked after him while he was hiding in Bloor's Academy.
* KindheartedCatLover: Henry is inseparable from his cat, Enkidu, who he rescued as a kitten and formed a strong bond with.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His first (and only) attempt to go back through the Time Twister results in him almost dying of hypothermia in a locked freezer.
%%* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished
* ParentalAbandonment: His biological parents are long dead. His brother, who'd been acting as a ParentalSubstitute, died a year before the events of ''Guardians of the Lost'', of old age.
* ParentalSubstitute: His brother and Pearl become this for him after he is transported through time.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives his speech to Twig, calling her a bad mother because she failed to make sure Bramble knew how to tie her shoelaces.
* StartingANewLife: After finding himself in the 21st century he goes to live in his old home, Ocean View, with his now-elderly brother and his housekeeper.
** After discovering that a nameless group of people are hunting him, he's forced to go to the Littles' house to live, where he can start growing again. He has to get used to the very different life the people in the house lead.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He is extremely similar to Charlie in physical appearance. Paton comments on it in surprise when he first sees the family photo of Henry's family which Charlie shows to him in ''Time Twister'', and later on Ezekiel Bloor also points it out, musing that Charlie's similarity to Henry may be why Ezekiel can't stand him.
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[[folder: Samuel Sparks]]
!! Samuel Sparks / Mr. Boldova
A young art teacher at the Academy. He is friendly and often helps the good children of the Red King.[[spoiler: In the third book, it's discovered that he is searching for his brother, Ollie Sparks, who was abducted and turned invisible by the Bloors. He is hypnotized by Yolanda Yewbeam, but recovers his memories at the end of the book when Yolanda dies]].
* BadassTeacher: He's an art teacher at Bloor's Academy who can also make stones glow dangerously hot and sparkle. He uses this talent to attack Yolanda when he comes face-to-face with her in the Great Hall in the Academy.
* {{Brainwashed}}: By Yolanda, as punishment for attempting to rescue his brother who is trapped in Bloor's Academy. [[spoiler: He gets better.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Despite the dangers and opposition, Samuel searches for his missing brother Ollie (the eponymous invisible boy), even taking a job at Bloor's in the hopes of learning his whereabouts. Before coming to Bloor's, he went to five castles that the Bloors owned, thinking that Ollie could be held in one of those.
* FriendToAllChildren: Mr. Boldova is always ready to help the students at the Academy, no matter what.
* HiddenDepths: At first, he appears to be an ordinary art teacher employed at Bloor's Academy. However, he's really an endowed descendant of the Red King who is searching for his missing brother.
* IdentityAmnesia: Samuel is hypnotized by Yolanda into forgetting who he is. Luckily, after her death the spell over him is broken and he is reunited with his younger brother.
* NiceGuy: He's generally a nice guy.
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!! Piminy Street
[[folder: Katya Kettle]]
!! Katya Kettle
Introduced in the sixth book, she is the owner of a kettle shop in Piminy Street. She is also secretly a blacksmith and is descended from a blacksmith-mage called Feromal.
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!! Samuel Sparks / Mr. Boldova
A young art teacher at the Academy. He is friendly and often helps the good children of the Red King.[[spoiler: In the third book, it's discovered that he is searching for his brother, Ollie Sparks, who was abducted and turned invisible by the Bloors. He is hypnotized by Yolanda Yewbeam, but recovers his memories at the end of the book when Yolanda dies]].
* BadassTeacher: He's an art teacher at Bloor's Academy who can also make stones glow dangerously hot and sparkle. He uses this talent to attack Yolanda when he comes face-to-face with her in the Great Hall in the Academy.
* {{Brainwashed}}: By Yolanda, as punishment for attempting to rescue his brother who is trapped in Bloor's Academy. [[spoiler: He gets better.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Despite the dangers and opposition, Samuel searches for his missing brother Ollie (the eponymous invisible boy), even taking a job at Bloor's in the hopes of learning his whereabouts. Before coming to Bloor's, he went to five castles that the Bloors owned, thinking that Ollie could be held in one of those.
* FriendToAllChildren: Mr. Boldova is always ready to help the students at the Academy, no matter what.
* HiddenDepths: At first, he appears to be an ordinary art teacher employed at Bloor's Academy. However, he's really an endowed descendant of the Red King who is searching for his missing brother.
* IdentityAmnesia: Samuel is hypnotized by Yolanda into forgetting who he is. Luckily, after her death the spell over him is broken and he is reunited with his younger brother.
* NiceGuy: He's generally a nice guy.
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!! Piminy Street
[[folder: Katya Kettle]]
!! Katya Kettle
Introduced in the sixth book, she is the owner of a kettle shop in Piminy Street. She is also secretly a blacksmith and is descended from a blacksmith-mage called Feromal.
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[[folder: Senor Alvaro]]
!! Senor Alvaro
A music teacher at the Academy, teacher trumpet to Charlie in the later part of the series. [[spoiler: It turns out that he is a descendant of the Red King and helps Lyell out when he is the Red Knight by making sure Charlie does not find out who the Red Knight really is in case he is captured by the Bloors]].
* BadassTeacher: Becomes this during the battle on the heath.
%%* CoolTeacher
* FriendToAllChildren: Genuinely likes and looks out for the endowed children in Bloor's Academy, particularly Charlie.
* MasterSwordsman: He proves to be very gifted with a sword during the final battle for the city.
* TheReliableOne: He can always be relied on to help the endowed children of the Red King.
[[folder: Senor Alvaro]]
!! Senor Alvaro
A music teacher at the Academy, teacher trumpet to Charlie in the later part of the series. [[spoiler: It turns out that he is a descendant of the Red King and helps Lyell out when he is the Red Knight by making sure Charlie does not find out who the Red Knight really is in case he is captured by the Bloors]].
* BadassTeacher: Becomes this during the battle on the heath.
%%* CoolTeacher
* FriendToAllChildren: Genuinely likes and looks out for the endowed children in Bloor's Academy, particularly Charlie.
* MasterSwordsman: He proves to be very gifted with a sword during the final battle for the city.
* TheReliableOne: He can always be relied on to help the endowed children of the Red King.
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[[folder: Dr Saltweather]]
!! Dr. Arthur Saltweather
Head of the Music Department, and a descendant of the Red King. Has an endowment which is not fully specified (basically, he’s incapable of drowning and doesn’t consider himself entirely endowed). Later in the series, he helps fight against the Bloors, and displays an attraction to Treasure, aka Cook.
%%* BadassMustache
%%* BadassTeacher
* SternTeacher: It’s said that the only thing that makes him angry is bad music.
%%* TheReliableOne
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[[folder: Mr Pilgrim]]
A strange, absent-minded piano teacher. Resides in the Music Tower.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Very odd, to the extent that only Gabriel seems to consistently go to him for lessons, but brilliant at the piano.
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[[folder: Senor Alvaro]]
!! Senor Alvaro
A music teacher at the Academy, teacher trumpet to Charlie in the later part of the series. [[spoiler: It turns out that he is a descendant of the Red King and helps Lyell out when he is the Red Knight by making sure Charlie does not find out who the Red Knight really is in case he is captured by the Bloors]].
* BadassTeacher: Becomes this during the battle on the heath.
%%* CoolTeacher
* FriendToAllChildren: Genuinely likes and looks out for the endowed children in Bloor's Academy, particularly Charlie.
* MasterSwordsman: He proves to be very gifted with a sword during the final battle for the city.
* TheReliableOne: He can always be relied on to help the endowed children of the Red King.
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[[folder: Treasure]]
!! Cook / Treasure
The Bloor Academy official head cook. She is dedicated to keeping the balance between the good and bad endowed children.
* BalanceOfGoodAndEvil: She and her younger sister, Pearl, are endowed with “luck and tranquility”. This actually is almost her downfall in the fourth book when the good children start getting systematically picked off by the bad ones.
* CoolOldLady: Is always willing to help Charlie and his friends in their attempts to unravel the Bloors' evil plans.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her home, parents and sweetheart were drowned by Lord Grimwald long ago, out of revenge for her and her sister refusing to marry him.
* FriendToAllChildren: She is always there for the children in Bloor's Academy (both endowed and unendowed) and will always help them if they need her help with anything.
* HiddenDepths: At first she seems like an ordinary cook living in the Academy. Then it's revealed that she's endowed with the ability to give other people good luck, and that she came to Bloor's Academy to watch out for the good endowed children of the Red King. The Bloors don't know any of this about her. In ''Henry and the Guardians of the Lost'' she's revealed to be part of an organisation that tracks down children who were taken forward in time via the Time Twister and sends them to a place where they can be safe and grow again.
* NiceGirl: Is very warm and kind to others. However, if you cross or anger her, ''watch out''.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: In the main Charlie Bone series. To all the children at Bloor's Academy she's just 'Cook'. However, Dr. Saltweather calls her by her real name, Treasure, and so does Henry Yewbeam.
* TheReliableOne: She can always be relied on to help the good endowed children foil the Bloors' plans.
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[[folder: Dorothy Bloor]]
!! Dorothy Bloor
Dr. Bloor's wife, and a talented violinist. Dr. Bloor married her for her fortune, and was very upset when she refused to fork it all over to him. Soon after, a terrible accident left her a shadow of her former self, though she remains kind and goodhearted despite her sorrow.
* DespairEventHorizon: Having her hand crushed and cursed broke Dorothy, making her into a shadow of her former self. However, she still wouldn't give the Bloors the fortune they coveted from her, suggesting that she wasn't entirely broken.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Dorothy is described as being dark-haired with pale skin. She looks so mysterious and ghost-like that the children call her 'the dark lady'.
* HeroicBSOD: After her hand is crushed by [[spoiler: Manfred, her own son]], and cursed by Ezekiel to never work again.
%%* HiddenDepths
* PerpetualFrowner: After her hand is broken, Dorothy hardly ever smiles.
* PutOnABus: She escapes Bloor's Academy at the end of the second book and is never seen again.
* WhenSheSmiles: In the second book, Charlie notes that when Dorothy smiles, she looks like a different, younger, and happier person.
[[folder: Dr Saltweather]]
!! Dr. Arthur Saltweather
Head of the Music Department, and a descendant of the Red King. Has an endowment which is not fully specified (basically, he’s incapable of drowning and doesn’t consider himself entirely endowed). Later in the series, he helps fight against the Bloors, and displays an attraction to Treasure, aka Cook.
%%* BadassMustache
%%* BadassTeacher
* SternTeacher: It’s said that the only thing that makes him angry is bad music.
%%* TheReliableOne
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[[folder: Mr Pilgrim]]
A strange, absent-minded piano teacher. Resides in the Music Tower.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Very odd, to the extent that only Gabriel seems to consistently go to him for lessons, but brilliant at the piano.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Senor Alvaro]]
!! Senor Alvaro
A music teacher at the Academy, teacher trumpet to Charlie in the later part of the series. [[spoiler: It turns out that he is a descendant of the Red King and helps Lyell out when he is the Red Knight by making sure Charlie does not find out who the Red Knight really is in case he is captured by the Bloors]].
* BadassTeacher: Becomes this during the battle on the heath.
%%* CoolTeacher
* FriendToAllChildren: Genuinely likes and looks out for the endowed children in Bloor's Academy, particularly Charlie.
* MasterSwordsman: He proves to be very gifted with a sword during the final battle for the city.
* TheReliableOne: He can always be relied on to help the endowed children of the Red King.
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[[folder: Treasure]]
!! Cook / Treasure
The Bloor Academy official head cook. She is dedicated to keeping the balance between the good and bad endowed children.
* BalanceOfGoodAndEvil: She and her younger sister, Pearl, are endowed with “luck and tranquility”. This actually is almost her downfall in the fourth book when the good children start getting systematically picked off by the bad ones.
* CoolOldLady: Is always willing to help Charlie and his friends in their attempts to unravel the Bloors' evil plans.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her home, parents and sweetheart were drowned by Lord Grimwald long ago, out of revenge for her and her sister refusing to marry him.
* FriendToAllChildren: She is always there for the children in Bloor's Academy (both endowed and unendowed) and will always help them if they need her help with anything.
* HiddenDepths: At first she seems like an ordinary cook living in the Academy. Then it's revealed that she's endowed with the ability to give other people good luck, and that she came to Bloor's Academy to watch out for the good endowed children of the Red King. The Bloors don't know any of this about her. In ''Henry and the Guardians of the Lost'' she's revealed to be part of an organisation that tracks down children who were taken forward in time via the Time Twister and sends them to a place where they can be safe and grow again.
* NiceGirl: Is very warm and kind to others. However, if you cross or anger her, ''watch out''.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: In the main Charlie Bone series. To all the children at Bloor's Academy she's just 'Cook'. However, Dr. Saltweather calls her by her real name, Treasure, and so does Henry Yewbeam.
* TheReliableOne: She can always be relied on to help the good endowed children foil the Bloors' plans.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Dorothy Bloor]]
!! Dorothy Bloor
Dr. Bloor's wife, and a talented violinist. Dr. Bloor married her for her fortune, and was very upset when she refused to fork it all over to him. Soon after, a terrible accident left her a shadow of her former self, though she remains kind and goodhearted despite her sorrow.
* DespairEventHorizon: Having her hand crushed and cursed broke Dorothy, making her into a shadow of her former self. However, she still wouldn't give the Bloors the fortune they coveted from her, suggesting that she wasn't entirely broken.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Dorothy is described as being dark-haired with pale skin. She looks so mysterious and ghost-like that the children call her 'the dark lady'.
* HeroicBSOD: After her hand is crushed by [[spoiler: Manfred, her own son]], and cursed by Ezekiel to never work again.
%%* HiddenDepths
* PerpetualFrowner: After her hand is broken, Dorothy hardly ever smiles.
* PutOnABus: She escapes Bloor's Academy at the end of the second book and is never seen again.
* WhenSheSmiles: In the second book, Charlie notes that when Dorothy smiles, she looks like a different, younger, and happier person.
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!! Piminy Street
[[folder: Katya Kettle]]
!! Katya Kettle
Introduced in the sixth book, she is the owner of a kettle shop in Piminy Street. She is also secretly a blacksmith and is descended from a blacksmith-mage called Feromal.
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!! Ingledew's Bookshop
[[folder: Julia Ingledew]]
!! Julia Ingledew
A bookshop owner and Emma Tolly's aunt. Paton Yewbeam is in a relationship with her.
* BrainyBrunette: Is quite intelligent, and has long chestnut-colored hair.
%%* TheCutie
* CuteBookworm: She's described to be very attractive and interested in books and history. Paton is instantly smitten with her.
* EncyclopaedicKnowledge: She’s read most of the rare and old books in her shop, and is stated by Paton to be an absolute treasure for his pursuit of history.
* HappilyMarried: To Paton Yewbeam at the end of the eighth book.
* NiceGirl: She is one of the kindest characters in the series.
* TheReliableOne: She can always be relied on to help the children of the Red King.
%%* SilkHidingSteel
* WhenSheSmiles: Miss Ingledew is said to have a dazzling smile.
!! Piminy Street
[[folder: Katya Kettle]]
!! Katya Kettle
Introduced in the sixth book, she is the owner of a kettle shop in Piminy Street. She is also secretly a blacksmith and is descended from a blacksmith-mage called Feromal.
[[/folder]]
!! Ingledew's Bookshop
[[folder: Julia Ingledew]]
!! Julia Ingledew
A bookshop owner and Emma Tolly's aunt. Paton Yewbeam is in a relationship with her.
* BrainyBrunette: Is quite intelligent, and has long chestnut-colored hair.
%%* TheCutie
* CuteBookworm: She's described to be very attractive and interested in books and history. Paton is instantly smitten with her.
* EncyclopaedicKnowledge: She’s read most of the rare and old books in her shop, and is stated by Paton to be an absolute treasure for his pursuit of history.
* HappilyMarried: To Paton Yewbeam at the end of the eighth book.
* NiceGirl: She is one of the kindest characters in the series.
* TheReliableOne: She can always be relied on to help the children of the Red King.
%%* SilkHidingSteel
* WhenSheSmiles: Miss Ingledew is said to have a dazzling smile.
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[[folder: Samuel Sparks]]
!! Samuel Sparks / Mr. Boldova
A young art teacher at the Academy. He is friendly and often helps the good children of the Red King.[[spoiler: In the third book, it's discovered that he is searching for his brother, Ollie Sparks, who was abducted and turned invisible by the Bloors. He is hypnotized by Yolanda Yewbeam, but recovers his memories at the end of the book when Yolanda dies]].
* BadassTeacher: He's an art teacher at Bloor's Academy who can also make stones glow dangerously hot and sparkle. He uses this talent to attack Yolanda when he comes face-to-face with her in the Great Hall in the Academy.
* {{Brainwashed}}: By Yolanda, as punishment for attempting to rescue his brother who is trapped in Bloor's Academy. [[spoiler: He gets better.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Despite the dangers and opposition, Samuel searches for his missing brother Ollie (the eponymous invisible boy), even taking a job at Bloor's in the hopes of learning his whereabouts. Before coming to Bloor's, he went to five castles that the Bloors owned, thinking that Ollie could be held in one of those.
* FriendToAllChildren: Mr. Boldova is always ready to help the students at the Academy, no matter what.
* HiddenDepths: At first, he appears to be an ordinary art teacher employed at Bloor's Academy. However, he's really an endowed descendant of the Red King who is searching for his missing brother.
* IdentityAmnesia: Samuel is hypnotized by Yolanda into forgetting who he is. Luckily, after her death the spell over him is broken and he is reunited with his younger brother.
* NiceGuy: He's generally a nice guy.
[[folder: Samuel Sparks]]
!! Samuel Sparks / Mr. Boldova
A young art teacher at the Academy. He is friendly and often helps the good children of the Red King.[[spoiler: In the third book, it's discovered that he is searching for his brother, Ollie Sparks, who was abducted and turned invisible by the Bloors. He is hypnotized by Yolanda Yewbeam, but recovers his memories at the end of the book when Yolanda dies]].
* BadassTeacher: He's an art teacher at Bloor's Academy who can also make stones glow dangerously hot and sparkle. He uses this talent to attack Yolanda when he comes face-to-face with her in the Great Hall in the Academy.
* {{Brainwashed}}: By Yolanda, as punishment for attempting to rescue his brother who is trapped in Bloor's Academy. [[spoiler: He gets better.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Despite the dangers and opposition, Samuel searches for his missing brother Ollie (the eponymous invisible boy), even taking a job at Bloor's in the hopes of learning his whereabouts. Before coming to Bloor's, he went to five castles that the Bloors owned, thinking that Ollie could be held in one of those.
* FriendToAllChildren: Mr. Boldova is always ready to help the students at the Academy, no matter what.
* HiddenDepths: At first, he appears to be an ordinary art teacher employed at Bloor's Academy. However, he's really an endowed descendant of the Red King who is searching for his missing brother.
* IdentityAmnesia: Samuel is hypnotized by Yolanda into forgetting who he is. Luckily, after her death the spell over him is broken and he is reunited with his younger brother.
* NiceGuy: He's generally a nice guy.
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!! The Cottage in the Wilderness
[[folder: Bartholomew Bloor]]
!! Bartholomew Bloor
Dr Bloor's father and Ezekiel's son. He is the WhiteSheep of the Bloor family.
* AngerBornOfWorry: Bartholomew is furious with Naren when she goes into the city against his wishes and brings Charlie back with her, because she could have been captured by the Bloors and he was afraid for her well-being.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Bartholomew's son Harold chooses to side with Ezekiel and the Yewbeam sisters.
* AntiHero: He can be very rude and unfriendly, but has a good heart. He is always willing to help the good children of the Red King in the fight against Harken and the Bloors.
%%* AssholeVictim
* BoldExplorer: After his wife died and his family turned his back on him, Bartholomew became an explorer. It is said that he visited almost every country in the world. He wrote diaries of his adventures which he later gives to Charlie Bone to help him defeat Count Harken Badlock.
%%* CallingTheOldManOut
* CharacterDevelopment: He's extremely unfriendly and rude when Charlie first meets him, especially in regards to Paton Yewbeam, who he personally blames for Lyell's plight. He has no qualms about showing his hostility toward Paton, even in front of other people, and still is bitterly angry toward Paton even though the man has clearly changed for the better since they last met. It takes Charlie snapping at Bartholomew for him to take a good look at himself and realise how badly he'd been acting.
* CoolOldGuy: He helps Charlie defeat Harken and rescue Lyell Bone from his hypnosis.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
%%* DistressedDude
* FamilyOfChoice: Meng and Naren are this for him.
* GoodIsNotNice: He may help Charlie and his friends, but he is still gruff and rude at times, and not a very likable person.
%%* GrumpyOldMan
%%%* HappilyMarried: First, with Mary Chance, and later with Meng.
* HiddenDepths: At first appears to be rude and unfriendly.
* IHaveNoSon: This is how he generally views Dr Bloor.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Though Bartholomew seems rude and callous on the outside, he cares deeply for his family and friends and would do anything for them.
* LikeASonToMe: Bartholomew tells Charlie that he thinks of Lyell as the son he never had.
%%* NoSocialSkills
%%* ParentalSubstitute: Is this for Naren.
%%* ScrewPolitenessImASenior
%%* SecondLove: With Meng.
* SourOutsideSadInside: Bartholomew looks very grumpy and cynical on the outside, but on the inside he's bitter and sad over his wife's suicide and his family's rejection of him.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Mary Chance, who danced herself to death believing that he'd been killed while mountain-climbing in the Himalayas.
%%* TookALevelInKindness
* WhiteSheep: He lampshades this himself, at first calling himself the black sheep then saying that perhaps he is actually the white.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Meng Bloor]]
!! Meng Bloor
Bartholomew Bloor's second wife, and Naren's adopted mother.
%%* CoolOldLady
%%* NiceGirl
* ParentalSubstitute: For Naren.
* SecondLove: Is this for Bartholomew.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Naren Bloor]]
!! Naren Bloor
A Chinese girl who was adopted by Bartholomew Bloor long ago after her parents died in a flood. Can send shadow messages to others, provided they have their curtains drawn back. She is descended from Amadis.
* CheerfulChild: Naren is described as being very merry.
* HappilyAdopted: By Bartholomew Bloor and his second wife Meng.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: Her parents died when Naren was four years old; Naren herself is said to be merry and kind.
* ParentalAbandonment: Naren's parents died in a flood when she was just four years old.
* ParentalSubstitute: Meng and Bartholomew Bloor are this for her, as her own parents were killed in a flood when she was very young.
* PutOnABus: She only appears in the fifth book, and [[spoiler: afterwards goes whale-watching with her family as a favor to Lyell Bone]].
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!! Ocean View
[[folder: James Yewbeam]]
!! James Yewbeam
Paton Yewbeam's father and brother to Henry. He is over ninety years old and lives with his housekeeper Pearl in a cottage near the sea.
* AdultFear: Was only six years old when his brother disappeared and was presumed dead. Then after returning home he found out that his sister was gone too, dead from diphtheria, effectively making him into an only child.
** His wife 'fell' down the stairs and broke her neck during a visit to Yewbeam Castle in 1964. Straight after, James was forced to flee for his life with Paton, who was only seven years old at the time. His elder daughters refused to leave with him, having already been brainwashed by Yolanda.
%%** In ''Time Twister'' he finally gets a surprise chance to reunite with his brother, but
* AffectionateNickname: Henry always called him 'Jamie' before his disappearance from 1912.
* AngerBornOfWorry: When Henry recounts the story of how he found Enkidu, he says that James felt this when he climbed down the face of a cliff to get to the kitten.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Four of his children turned against him completely, siding with their evil Great-Aunt Yolanda. James was forced to flee Yewbeam Castle for his life with Paton, who was only seven years old at the time. Decades later, James is still estranged from his daughters who all want nothing to do with him.
%%* BigScrewedUpFamily: Is a part of the Yewbeam family.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast:
* HappilyMarried: To Solange Sourzac, before she was murdered by Yolanda Yewbeam in Yewbeam Castle.
* KilledOffForReal: He dies of old age a year before the events of ''Henry and the Guardians of the Lost''.
* NiceGuy: He is a nice man with a gentle and kind personality.
* PromotionToParent: Takes on a semi-parental role toward Henry after Henry returns to live at Ocean View after the events of ''Time Twister''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Henry Yewbeam]]
!! Henry Yewbeam
A relative of Charlie who found himself in the 21st century through accidental use of the Time Twister.
%%* ActionHero
%%* AdultFear
%%* AllLovingHero
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He is normally very polite and friendly. However, if anyone tries to hurt his cat, he becomes much less so.
* BigDamnHeroes: He, Bramble and Enkidu travel through the forest to rescue Mark from the Reeds' house in Timeless.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Is a part of the Yewbeam family, who Skarpo the Sorcerer called a family of scoundrels, and on a much larger scale the many descendants of the Red King, who are in an ongoing battle with each other.
* CheerfulChild: He is usually very optimistic and cheerful.
%%* ColdBloodedTorture
* ConstantlyCurious: He is very curious about most things. The Princess points out that if he wasn't so curious, he wouldn't have looked into the Time Twister and been transported through time in the first place.
%%* {{Determinator}}: He is initially determined to get back to his own time in any way he can, and goes as far as
* FamilyOfChoice: His is with his brother James (before James' death), his Auntie Pearl, Charlie and Enkidu.
* HappilyAdopted: In a strange way, by his own brother James Yewbeam, who is now elderly, and his housekeeper Pearl, in the present time.
%%* HeartwarmingOrphan
%%* HeroesWantRedheads
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Henry starts off on a bad foot with the Shaidi when he brings a cat into the Littles' House. Because they are the last of their kind, and one of their own was killed by a cat only a few years earlier, they are frightened and angry, and play mean tricks on Henry during his early days in the House.
%%* IGaveMyWord
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Pearl, his adoptive aunt. Also Treasure, who looked after him while he was hiding in Bloor's Academy.
* KindheartedCatLover: Henry is inseparable from his cat, Enkidu, who he rescued as a kitten and formed a strong bond with.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His first (and only) attempt to go back through the Time Twister results in him almost dying of hypothermia in a locked freezer.
%%* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished
* ParentalAbandonment: His biological parents are long dead. His brother, who'd been acting as a ParentalSubstitute, died a year before the events of ''Guardians of the Lost'', of old age.
* ParentalSubstitute: His brother and Pearl become this for him after he is transported through time.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives his speech to Twig, calling her a bad mother because she failed to make sure Bramble knew how to tie her shoelaces.
* StartingANewLife: After finding himself in the 21st century he goes to live in his old home, Ocean View, with his now-elderly brother and his housekeeper.
** After discovering that a nameless group of people are hunting him, he's forced to go to the Littles' house to live, where he can start growing again. He has to get used to the very different life the people in the house lead.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He is extremely similar to Charlie in physical appearance. Paton comments on it in surprise when he first sees the family photo of Henry's family which Charlie shows to him in ''Time Twister'', and later on Ezekiel Bloor also points it out, musing that Charlie's similarity to Henry may be why Ezekiel can't stand him.
!! The Cottage in the Wilderness
[[folder: Bartholomew Bloor]]
!! Bartholomew Bloor
Dr Bloor's father and Ezekiel's son. He is the WhiteSheep of the Bloor family.
* AngerBornOfWorry: Bartholomew is furious with Naren when she goes into the city against his wishes and brings Charlie back with her, because she could have been captured by the Bloors and he was afraid for her well-being.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Bartholomew's son Harold chooses to side with Ezekiel and the Yewbeam sisters.
* AntiHero: He can be very rude and unfriendly, but has a good heart. He is always willing to help the good children of the Red King in the fight against Harken and the Bloors.
%%* AssholeVictim
* BoldExplorer: After his wife died and his family turned his back on him, Bartholomew became an explorer. It is said that he visited almost every country in the world. He wrote diaries of his adventures which he later gives to Charlie Bone to help him defeat Count Harken Badlock.
%%* CallingTheOldManOut
* CharacterDevelopment: He's extremely unfriendly and rude when Charlie first meets him, especially in regards to Paton Yewbeam, who he personally blames for Lyell's plight. He has no qualms about showing his hostility toward Paton, even in front of other people, and still is bitterly angry toward Paton even though the man has clearly changed for the better since they last met. It takes Charlie snapping at Bartholomew for him to take a good look at himself and realise how badly he'd been acting.
* CoolOldGuy: He helps Charlie defeat Harken and rescue Lyell Bone from his hypnosis.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
%%* DistressedDude
* FamilyOfChoice: Meng and Naren are this for him.
* GoodIsNotNice: He may help Charlie and his friends, but he is still gruff and rude at times, and not a very likable person.
%%* GrumpyOldMan
%%%* HappilyMarried: First, with Mary Chance, and later with Meng.
* HiddenDepths: At first appears to be rude and unfriendly.
* IHaveNoSon: This is how he generally views Dr Bloor.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Though Bartholomew seems rude and callous on the outside, he cares deeply for his family and friends and would do anything for them.
* LikeASonToMe: Bartholomew tells Charlie that he thinks of Lyell as the son he never had.
%%* NoSocialSkills
%%* ParentalSubstitute: Is this for Naren.
%%* ScrewPolitenessImASenior
%%* SecondLove: With Meng.
* SourOutsideSadInside: Bartholomew looks very grumpy and cynical on the outside, but on the inside he's bitter and sad over his wife's suicide and his family's rejection of him.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Mary Chance, who danced herself to death believing that he'd been killed while mountain-climbing in the Himalayas.
%%* TookALevelInKindness
* WhiteSheep: He lampshades this himself, at first calling himself the black sheep then saying that perhaps he is actually the white.
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[[folder: Meng Bloor]]
!! Meng Bloor
Bartholomew Bloor's second wife, and Naren's adopted mother.
%%* CoolOldLady
%%* NiceGirl
* ParentalSubstitute: For Naren.
* SecondLove: Is this for Bartholomew.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Naren Bloor]]
!! Naren Bloor
A Chinese girl who was adopted by Bartholomew Bloor long ago after her parents died in a flood. Can send shadow messages to others, provided they have their curtains drawn back. She is descended from Amadis.
* CheerfulChild: Naren is described as being very merry.
* HappilyAdopted: By Bartholomew Bloor and his second wife Meng.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: Her parents died when Naren was four years old; Naren herself is said to be merry and kind.
* ParentalAbandonment: Naren's parents died in a flood when she was just four years old.
* ParentalSubstitute: Meng and Bartholomew Bloor are this for her, as her own parents were killed in a flood when she was very young.
* PutOnABus: She only appears in the fifth book, and [[spoiler: afterwards goes whale-watching with her family as a favor to Lyell Bone]].
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!! Ocean View
[[folder: James Yewbeam]]
!! James Yewbeam
Paton Yewbeam's father and brother to Henry. He is over ninety years old and lives with his housekeeper Pearl in a cottage near the sea.
* AdultFear: Was only six years old when his brother disappeared and was presumed dead. Then after returning home he found out that his sister was gone too, dead from diphtheria, effectively making him into an only child.
** His wife 'fell' down the stairs and broke her neck during a visit to Yewbeam Castle in 1964. Straight after, James was forced to flee for his life with Paton, who was only seven years old at the time. His elder daughters refused to leave with him, having already been brainwashed by Yolanda.
%%** In ''Time Twister'' he finally gets a surprise chance to reunite with his brother, but
* AffectionateNickname: Henry always called him 'Jamie' before his disappearance from 1912.
* AngerBornOfWorry: When Henry recounts the story of how he found Enkidu, he says that James felt this when he climbed down the face of a cliff to get to the kitten.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Four of his children turned against him completely, siding with their evil Great-Aunt Yolanda. James was forced to flee Yewbeam Castle for his life with Paton, who was only seven years old at the time. Decades later, James is still estranged from his daughters who all want nothing to do with him.
%%* BigScrewedUpFamily: Is a part of the Yewbeam family.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast:
* HappilyMarried: To Solange Sourzac, before she was murdered by Yolanda Yewbeam in Yewbeam Castle.
* KilledOffForReal: He dies of old age a year before the events of ''Henry and the Guardians of the Lost''.
* NiceGuy: He is a nice man with a gentle and kind personality.
* PromotionToParent: Takes on a semi-parental role toward Henry after Henry returns to live at Ocean View after the events of ''Time Twister''.
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[[folder: Henry Yewbeam]]
!! Henry Yewbeam
A relative of Charlie who found himself in the 21st century through accidental use of the Time Twister.
%%* ActionHero
%%* AdultFear
%%* AllLovingHero
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He is normally very polite and friendly. However, if anyone tries to hurt his cat, he becomes much less so.
* BigDamnHeroes: He, Bramble and Enkidu travel through the forest to rescue Mark from the Reeds' house in Timeless.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Is a part of the Yewbeam family, who Skarpo the Sorcerer called a family of scoundrels, and on a much larger scale the many descendants of the Red King, who are in an ongoing battle with each other.
* CheerfulChild: He is usually very optimistic and cheerful.
%%* ColdBloodedTorture
* ConstantlyCurious: He is very curious about most things. The Princess points out that if he wasn't so curious, he wouldn't have looked into the Time Twister and been transported through time in the first place.
%%* {{Determinator}}: He is initially determined to get back to his own time in any way he can, and goes as far as
* FamilyOfChoice: His is with his brother James (before James' death), his Auntie Pearl, Charlie and Enkidu.
* HappilyAdopted: In a strange way, by his own brother James Yewbeam, who is now elderly, and his housekeeper Pearl, in the present time.
%%* HeartwarmingOrphan
%%* HeroesWantRedheads
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Henry starts off on a bad foot with the Shaidi when he brings a cat into the Littles' House. Because they are the last of their kind, and one of their own was killed by a cat only a few years earlier, they are frightened and angry, and play mean tricks on Henry during his early days in the House.
%%* IGaveMyWord
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Pearl, his adoptive aunt. Also Treasure, who looked after him while he was hiding in Bloor's Academy.
* KindheartedCatLover: Henry is inseparable from his cat, Enkidu, who he rescued as a kitten and formed a strong bond with.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His first (and only) attempt to go back through the Time Twister results in him almost dying of hypothermia in a locked freezer.
%%* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished
* ParentalAbandonment: His biological parents are long dead. His brother, who'd been acting as a ParentalSubstitute, died a year before the events of ''Guardians of the Lost'', of old age.
* ParentalSubstitute: His brother and Pearl become this for him after he is transported through time.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives his speech to Twig, calling her a bad mother because she failed to make sure Bramble knew how to tie her shoelaces.
* StartingANewLife: After finding himself in the 21st century he goes to live in his old home, Ocean View, with his now-elderly brother and his housekeeper.
** After discovering that a nameless group of people are hunting him, he's forced to go to the Littles' house to live, where he can start growing again. He has to get used to the very different life the people in the house lead.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He is extremely similar to Charlie in physical appearance. Paton comments on it in surprise when he first sees the family photo of Henry's family which Charlie shows to him in ''Time Twister'', and later on Ezekiel Bloor also points it out, musing that Charlie's similarity to Henry may be why Ezekiel can't stand him.
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!! Dragon Street/Park Avenue
[[folder: Alice Angel]]
!! Alice Angel
Olivia Vertigo's godmother, and a white witch.
* AdultFear: When she realises that the Bloors have done something to Olivia. She returns to the city and tries to see Olivia, but Olivia refuses to see her and she is sent away quite abruptly. She is visibly upset when Charlie and Paton find her standing outside Number 9.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Alice is very beautiful, and a white witch. In contrast, Mrs. Tilpin becomes quite ugly when she is outed as an evil witch.
* TheBusCameBack: She left the city, never to return. In the final book she returns, after realizing that Olivia is in trouble. She then proceeds to stay for the final battle and by the end is settled in the city permanently again.
* FriendToAllChildren: She is well-liked by the good endowed children (and in turn likes them) and always seeks to help them if she can.
* GuardianAngel: To Olivia.
* HeroicBSOD: She sinks into despair after Christopher Crowquill's death, and ends up leaving the city. She intends to never come back, but Olivia's trouble in ''Red Knight'' convinces her to return.
%% * HotWitch: Alice is frequently described as being beautiful.
* MysticalWhiteHair: Alice has extraordinary white hair framing her face.
* NiceGirl: Is one of the kindest characters in the series.
* PutOnABus: At the end of ''Castle of Mirrors'', after hearing of [[spoiler: Christopher Crowquill's death]], Alice leaves the city, intending never to return.
* TheReliableOne: She can always be counted on to help the good endowed, especially Olivia.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Christopher Crowquill]]
!! Christopher Crowquill
The rightful guardian of Billy Raven. He was sent to prison for eight years for supposedly robbing a bank. He concerns himself with the safety of Billy, but ultimately [[spoiler: he sacrifices his life to save Paton Yewbeam's]].
* FrameUp: He was framed as a bank robber and sent to prison for seven years. He's just been released by the time Paton, Julia and Charlie visit him in Alice Angel's house.
* HeroicSacrifice: He throws himself and [[spoiler: Yorath Yewbeam]] from a cliff to save the life of Paton Yewbeam.
* IllGuy: He is gravely ill after coming out of prison. This is one of his reasons for sacrificing his life--he knows that he would be an easy target for the Bloors and wouldn't be able to protect Billy as fully as Paton could.
%%* NonActionGuy: Is decidedly not an ActionGuy. As he puts it:
%%---> ''
[[/folder]]
!! Branko's Shop
!! The Pets' Cafe
[[folder: Orvil Onimous]]
!! Orvil Onimous
A small man who has a way with animals, Mr. Onimous is a friend to the good endowed and aids them repeatedly in their fight against the Bloors. He looks after the three Flame cats, Leo, Sagittarius, and Aries. His wife runs the Pets' Cafe, where he can be found helping out. He is apparently endowed, but his endowment is never quite stated or shown.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: He himself is tiny, but he is married to an incredibly tall woman.
* TheReliableOne: He can always be counted on to help the endowed children, and allows them to meet at the Pets' Cafe and plan.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Onoria Onimous]]
!! Onoria Onimous
The owner of the Pets' Cafe. She is a kind, very tall woman who loves all animals and children. She is married to Orvil Onimous.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Like her husband, she adores animals, and even adopts Rembrandt the rat and Solomon the blue boa when they have nowhere else to go.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: She is very tall, but is married to a very short man.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Norton Cross]]
!! Norton Cross
The bouncer who works at the Pets' Cafe.
* FaceHeelTurn: Starts out as Orvil and Onoria’s goodhearted bouncer, but winds up helping the Bloors out. May or may not have been the result of brainwashing.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Una Onimous]]
!! Una Onimous
Mr Onimous' niece. She has the power to turn invisible at will. The Bloors have no idea of her endowment.
* CheerfulChild: She is very cheerful.
* PutOnABus: She's never seen again after the fifth book.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Alice Angel]]
!! Alice Angel
Olivia Vertigo's godmother, and a white witch.
* AdultFear: When she realises that the Bloors have done something to Olivia. She returns to the city and tries to see Olivia, but Olivia refuses to see her and she is sent away quite abruptly. She is visibly upset when Charlie and Paton find her standing outside Number 9.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Alice is very beautiful, and a white witch. In contrast, Mrs. Tilpin becomes quite ugly when she is outed as an evil witch.
* TheBusCameBack: She left the city, never to return. In the final book she returns, after realizing that Olivia is in trouble. She then proceeds to stay for the final battle and by the end is settled in the city permanently again.
* FriendToAllChildren: She is well-liked by the good endowed children (and in turn likes them) and always seeks to help them if she can.
* GuardianAngel: To Olivia.
* HeroicBSOD: She sinks into despair after Christopher Crowquill's death, and ends up leaving the city. She intends to never come back, but Olivia's trouble in ''Red Knight'' convinces her to return.
%% * HotWitch: Alice is frequently described as being beautiful.
* MysticalWhiteHair: Alice has extraordinary white hair framing her face.
* NiceGirl: Is one of the kindest characters in the series.
* PutOnABus: At the end of ''Castle of Mirrors'', after hearing of [[spoiler: Christopher Crowquill's death]], Alice leaves the city, intending never to return.
* TheReliableOne: She can always be counted on to help the good endowed, especially Olivia.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Christopher Crowquill]]
!! Christopher Crowquill
The rightful guardian of Billy Raven. He was sent to prison for eight years for supposedly robbing a bank. He concerns himself with the safety of Billy, but ultimately [[spoiler: he sacrifices his life to save Paton Yewbeam's]].
* FrameUp: He was framed as a bank robber and sent to prison for seven years. He's just been released by the time Paton, Julia and Charlie visit him in Alice Angel's house.
* HeroicSacrifice: He throws himself and [[spoiler: Yorath Yewbeam]] from a cliff to save the life of Paton Yewbeam.
* IllGuy: He is gravely ill after coming out of prison. This is one of his reasons for sacrificing his life--he knows that he would be an easy target for the Bloors and wouldn't be able to protect Billy as fully as Paton could.
%%* NonActionGuy: Is decidedly not an ActionGuy. As he puts it:
%%---> ''
[[/folder]]
!! Branko's Shop
!! The Pets' Cafe
[[folder: Orvil Onimous]]
!! Orvil Onimous
A small man who has a way with animals, Mr. Onimous is a friend to the good endowed and aids them repeatedly in their fight against the Bloors. He looks after the three Flame cats, Leo, Sagittarius, and Aries. His wife runs the Pets' Cafe, where he can be found helping out. He is apparently endowed, but his endowment is never quite stated or shown.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: He himself is tiny, but he is married to an incredibly tall woman.
* TheReliableOne: He can always be counted on to help the endowed children, and allows them to meet at the Pets' Cafe and plan.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Onoria Onimous]]
!! Onoria Onimous
The owner of the Pets' Cafe. She is a kind, very tall woman who loves all animals and children. She is married to Orvil Onimous.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Like her husband, she adores animals, and even adopts Rembrandt the rat and Solomon the blue boa when they have nowhere else to go.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: She is very tall, but is married to a very short man.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Norton Cross]]
!! Norton Cross
The bouncer who works at the Pets' Cafe.
* FaceHeelTurn: Starts out as Orvil and Onoria’s goodhearted bouncer, but winds up helping the Bloors out. May or may not have been the result of brainwashing.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Una Onimous]]
!! Una Onimous
Mr Onimous' niece. She has the power to turn invisible at will. The Bloors have no idea of her endowment.
* CheerfulChild: She is very cheerful.
* PutOnABus: She's never seen again after the fifth book.
[[/folder]]
