History Characters / GunnerkriggCourtParentsAndCourtStaff

* OutGambitted: He refuses to make Antimony the new court seer, probably due to a conflict of interest with the forest, though it is unclear as the rest of the court seemed to expect her to be the new seer. Coyote fires back by declaring her the forest seer to replace Ysengrin; something he seemed particularly displeased by. It could be that he deemed that she would be too hard to control or too sympathic with the forest given that she is half fire elemental, but his motives are left intentionally vague.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In-universe example. Before he is properly introduced, his friends, Reynard, and Eglamore all have very different things to say about him, painting him as everything from a JerkWithAHeartOfGold to an egotistical and cold {{Jerkass}}. Reynard and James especially play up his bad sides, but it's not hard to see their takes on his personality might be colored by the fact he won the heart of the woman they all loved.

* {{Jerkass}}: Most people see him as cold and arrogant, though his closest friend swears he has [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a Heart of Gold]] but NoSocialSkills. What is known is that he cut off contact with his school friends for fourteen years after leaving the Court, did not notify them of Surma's death, [[spoiler:does not tell his friends or daughter of his return to the Court, and takes his daughter to task for her appearance and schoolwork rather than engage with her as a father]].

** It's unknown how much of the coldness he has shown his daughter is genuine and how much is an act, but it is clear that he is playing up how much of a {{Jerkass}} he really is to hide something from the people around him. He lets it slip a little around Donald when he shows guilt over Surma's death and especially the impact it had on Antimony.

* UncannyValley: His face is far more detailed than any of the other characters in the comic, which gives him a distinctly off-putting appearance. His face in the [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1488 second-to-last panel]] on this page is borderline NightmareFuel material. This is likely intentional, meant to alienate the reader from his character and distrust him.

* PetTheDog: A small one that only has weight due to [[TheStoic his character.]] Annie feels let down when Donald explains that her father's phone call to her was just to pass a message to Donald. He goes on to tell her that Tony could have gotten the message to him without her ever even knowing and that he involved her because he must have wanted to speak to her, if only for a moment. [[spoiler: This is later revealed to be untrue, as he contacted her via an etheric process that only reached her as a phone call and that he didn't want her involved at all. Because he felt he didn't deserve to see her after failing to save Surma. There's a little symbolic truth in it though as Tony does comment that Annie was the first thing he thought of as he began the process.]]

[[{{Meganekko}} A fine lady in glasses]] working in the Court (security, operating "ether stations"), and her humanoid robot friend. When idle, they amuse themselves by playing amateur theater without viewers.

* {{Meganekko}}: Juliette's a beautiful, intelligent woman in glasses.

* SkunkStripe: His simulator gives everyone these.

* HairColors: Green for Marcia. Because, you know, dryad.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her hair is pink, the same as Antimony's.

[[folder:Bob and Marcia]]
The keepers of Young's Park. Bob is also the one in charge of the Decontamination Habitats.

* ChekhovsGunman: Bob isn't introduced until ''[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=599 Chapter 24: Residential]]'' despite showing up as TheFaceless in ''[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=92 Chapter 6: A Handful Of Dirt]]'' and ''[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=280 Chapter 14: The Fangs of Summertime]]''.
%%* CoolOldGuy: Bob.
* GreenThumb: Marcia can communicate with, see through and control both natural and magically altered plant life.
* OurNymphsAreDifferent: Marcia is a dryad who typically resembles a normal human woman but can turn into a PlantPerson should she choose to, and can extensively control plants.
* PlantPerson: Marcia's true form resembles a human woman with wooden flesh and leaves for hair.
* HairColors: Green for Marcia. Because, you know, dryad.

[[folder: Lindsey & Bud]]
Two married creatures that watch over the Year 9 dormitories (Lindsey watches the girls, Bud the boys).

* OlderThanTheyLook: As revealed in [[Recap/GunnerkriggCourtChapter40TheStone ch. 40]], Jones is old, [[spoiler:'''immensely''' so (see TimeAbyss below)]], but her appearance hasn't changed, only her clothes and hair to keep up with the times... and her name. [[spoiler:She took the name "Jones" during one of the World Wars. Which one isn't clear]].

* GodhoodSeeker: [[spoiler:Looks to be his ultimate goal. He's not there yet, but he's got some unusual etheric powers to show for his efforts so far. When Annie presses Shell for more information on who he is, Shell's description of his past leads Annie to deduce he's a [[UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} Bodhisattva]].]]

!Parents and Court Staff

* GodhoodSeeker: [[spoiler:Looks to be his ultimate goal. He's not there yet, but he's got some unusual etheric powers to show for his efforts so far.]]

* NotSoDifferent:
** To Reynardine. Both did misguided things [[LoveMakesYouStupid out of]] [[LoveMakesYouEvil love for Surma]], with terrible consequences: Rey killed an innocent man to be with her; Anthony [[spoiler: refused to accept that Surma's "condition" couldn't be cured with muggle science, and even after researching the supernatural to look for answers, he was still so ignorant about what actually happened to Surma's spirit that he almost killed Annie by dragging her fire-elemental half (what the aether identified as Surma) out of her]]. They're also both unwilling "captives" of the Court, but are willing to stay out of [[LoveRedeems love for Annie]].
** To his daughter, Annie. A Stoic who nevertheless feels quite strong emotions behind their emotionless face and dislikes relying on others.

* EyesAlwaysShut: At least so far.

* EmotionlessBoy: To all but a few. This doesn't include [[spoiler:his friend the ''Valkyrie'' who had a crush on him and his own daughter]].

[[folder:Bob and Marcia]]
The keepers of Young's Park. Bob is also the one in charge of the Decontamination Habitats.

* ChekhovsGunman: Bob isn't introduced until ''[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=599 Chapter 24: Residential]]'' despite showing up as TheFaceless in ''[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=92 Chapter 6: A Handful Of Dirt]]'' and ''[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=280 Chapter 14: The Fangs of Summertime]]''.
%%* CoolOldGuy: Bob.
* GreenThumb: Marcia can communicate with, see through and control both natural and magically altered plant life.
* OurNymphsAreDifferent: Marcia is a dryad who typically resembles a normal human woman but can turn into a PlantPerson should she choose to, and can extensively control plants.
* PlantPerson: Marcia's true form resembles a human woman with wooden flesh and leaves for hair.
* HairColors: Green for Marcia. Because, you know, dryad.

[[folder: Lindsey & Bud]]
Two married creatures that watch over the Year 9 dormitories (Lindsey watches the girls, Bud the boys).

* AmbiguousDisorder: He legitimately has extreme difficulty understanding people. When he was younger, a potential romantic situation threw him into extreme emotional turmoil for weeks, and even as an adult, he still is by and large stoic. One might compare him to a robot if not for the fact that the Court's resident robots [[InsultToRocks display a fair amount of emotional variety]]. The flashback chapter "Get Lost" shows that when he's in the field and away from the Court's physical presence, his temperament relaxes considerably. He explains that he can't be himself when he's around more than one person.
** When talking to Jones in Chapter 80, he describes it thus:

* RiddleForTheAges: Just ''why'' he can't relax and show his true personality around his daughter despite the two of them having been alone many times together. No one, not even his closest friends, have an answer. It's made even more complicated when Annie [[spoiler: has two versions of herself around. While he remains cold and distant to Court Annie no matter what the girls attempt, he shows his true self for the first time around Forest Annie, much to her utter glee.]]