History Characters / NoughtsAndCrosses

[[folder:Callum [=McGregor=] ]

!! Sephy Hadley

* CharacterDevelopment / TookALevelInCynic: Goes from a WideEyedIdealist to having a more realistic view of the world. Especially when it comes to Nought Rights. She also becomes more emotionally distance with people.

* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: One of the nicest characters in the series who wants to make the world a better place for everyone.

* SiblingYinYang: Sephy and Minvera are very different people

[[folder:Jude McGregor]]

* [[spoiler: AntagonisticOffspring: Meggie sees Jude this way once she realises that Jude is irredeemable]]

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: A downplayed example. Jude was the foolish sibling to Callum’s responsible sibling in their teenage years. While Callum attended a private cross school, Jude was in the L.M. Justified as Jude wasn’t allowed to attend further education and forced to quit school at 14.

* GoldDigger: A subversion [[spoiler: Jude originally planned to use Cara for money but found himself having geniue feelings for her. He tried to brush them off but this led to him beating her to death]]

* [[spoiler: HoistByHisOwnPetard / KarmicDeath: Is killed by the suicide bomb he spent years grooming Callie Rose to make]]
* HypocriticalHeartwarming / KnightTemplarBigBrother: A not so heartwarming example. Despite being a BigBrotherBully, his primary goal in life is to get revenge on all crosses because of what happened to his father and siblings. Jude once described his relationship with Callum as hating him and loving him at the same time.
* [[spoiler:TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: He is killed by Jasmine by his suicide bomb]]

* ([[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Not so)]] WellIntentionedExtremist: Jude started out as this, even believing that there would be a warning to get the innocent people out of the Dundale Shopping Centre Bombing, but later became a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist, seeking revenge on all crosses.

[[folder:Meggie McGregor]]

* KindlyHousekeeper: She is a very nice woman who works as a housekeeper/nanny for Jasmine and the Hadleys, and retains her kindness even when she gets unfairly fired.

* AntagonisticOffspring: Meggie sees Jude this way once she realises that Jude is irredeemable

* ForbiddenFriendship: With Callum that gets RelationshipUpgrade upgraded to StarCrossedLovers.

* JacobAndEsau: Sephy takes after Jasmine in personality while Minerva takes after Kamal. It seems like Jasmine prefers Sephy and Minerva is the only family member not disowned by Callum.

* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from a WideEyedIdealist to having a more realistic view of the world. Especially when it comes to Nought Rights. She also becomes more emotionally distance with people.

* ForbiddenFriendship: With Callum that gets [[RelationshipUpgrade upgraded to StarCrossedLovers.

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Most of his enemies no what he’s been through but don’t believe that excuses his crimes.

* HetrosexualLifePartners: Zigzagged with Jasmine. The two women were inseparable until Jasmine fires her believing that she purposely didn't provide an alibi for [[YourCheatingHeart her affair]]. [[spoiler: However when Sephy suffers for postnatal depression Meggie believes Jasmine is the only person she could turn to for support and they pick up their friendship were they left off. Late Meggie is the only person Jasmine allows to stop her HeroicSacrifice.]]

* MamaBear: She was this with her children but it's taken up to 11 with her granddaughter Callie Rose [[spoiler: that it eventually destroys their friendship]]

Jude, Callum, and Lynette's mother.

** [[spoiler:They both become neglectful parents due to a mental illness, before reconnecting with their daughter.

* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler: Sephy to Jude. She provides a false abili for Cara's murder so she can help his mother, Meggie not lose her only living child.]]

* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from a WideEyedIdealist to having a more realistic view of the world. Especially when it comes to Nought Rights.

* ForbiddenFriendship: With Callum that gets [[RelationshipUpgraded upgraded to StarCrossedLovers.

* TheAlcoholic: This is how she copes with [[spoiler: Callum's death]] and all her associated damage.
* DamselInDistress: Several times, especially when Callum helps the Liberation Militia to [[spoiler:kidnap her.]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: She wants nothing to do with her extremely privileged family, especially after she gets pregnant.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: With her AloofBigSister, Minnie.

* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler: Sephy to Jude, so she can help his mother, Meggie.]]

* WideEyedIdealist: Especially in the first book, but she never fully loses it altogether.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: he hates all crosses and refers to them with the slur daggers. So much so that [[spoiler he can’t stand it when he falls in love with a cross.]]

* BigBrotherBully: Bullied both his siblings before he joined the L,M, Callum for his best friend being a cross and Lynny for being mentally ill.

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Most of his enemies no what he’s been through but don’t believe that excuses his crimes

* MonsterBrotherCuteSister: The monster brother to Lynny’s cute sister

* KindlyHousekeeper: She is a very nice woman who works as a housekeeper for Jasmine and the Hadleys, and retains her kindness even when she gets unfairly fired.

Jude is [[CainAndAbel Callum's older brother and the main antagonist of the series]]. While a teenager he joined the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Liberation Militia, a terrorist organisation]][[WellIntentionedExtremist that fights for equality between Noughts and Crosss]],[[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist or so it claims]]. While starting life as a [[BigBrotherBully Big Brother Bully]] but [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a good person deep down]][[DarkAndTroubledPast The suffering of his family]] lead him to become a bitter person full of hate [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain who seeked revenge on all Crosses]].

* BersekButton: Anything to do with Crosses [[spoiler: and later Cara]]

* [[ spoiler: BigotWithACrush: He finds himself falling in love with Cara, a Cross. ]]

* EvilCounterpart: to Callum [[spoiler:and Callie Rose.]] All three of them join the Liberation Militia, have violent tendencies and face discrimination in education.
The main different between Callum [[spoiler:and Callie Rose]] and Jude is that Callum and [[spoiler: Callie Rose]] fall in love and allow themselves to be loved. Although Jude had the opportunity to chose love over hate, he chose hate.
* EvilMentor: [[spoiler:to Callie Rose who he manipulates into becoming a suicide bomber

* [[spoiler: HoistByHisOwnPetard/KarmicDeath: Is killed by the suicide bomb he spent years grooming Callie Rose to make]]
* HypocriticalHeartwarming/KnightTemplarBigBrother: A not so heartwarming example. Despite being a BigBrotherBully, his primary goal in life is to get revenge on all crosses because of what happened to his father and siblings. Jude once described his relationship with Callum as hating him and loving him at the same time.
* [[spoiler TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: He is killed by Jasmine by his suicide bomb]]

* [[ Spoiler:BigotWithACrush: He finds himself falling in love with Cara, a Cross. ]]

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The main different between Callum [[spoier:and Callie Rose]] and Jude is that Callum and [[spoiler: Callie Rose]] fall in love and allow themselves to be loved. Although Jude had the opportunity to chose love over hate, he chose hate.

* EvilUncle: [[spoiler:Again to Callie Rose]]
* EvilVsEvil – Jude McGregor and Kamal Hardly are nemeses

Jude is [[CainAndAbel Callum's older brother and the main antagonist of the series]]. While a teenager he joined the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Liberation Militia, a terrorist organisation]][[WellIntentionedExtremist that fights for equality between Noughts and Crosss]],[[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist or so it claims.]] While starting life as a [[BigBrotherBully Big Brother Bully]] but [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a good person deep down]][[DarkAndTroubledPast The suffering of his family]] lead him to become a bitter person full of hate [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain who seeked revenge on all Crosses.]]

* AntagonisticOffspring – Meggie sees Jude this way once she realises that Jude is irredeemable
* AntiVillain – [[DarkAndTroubledPast Considering everything him and his family went through]], it’s not hard to sympathise with him.
* Bersek Button – Anything to do with Crosses [[spoiler: and later Cara]]
* BeingEvilSucks – Jude released this when he was on the run from the police. He wasn’t available to see his mum whenever he wanted, was broke and had to use aliases.
* BigBad – [[spoiler: he becomes the general of the Liberation Militia]]
* BigBrotherBully – Bullied both his siblings before he joined the L,M, Callum for his best friend being a cross and Lynny for being mentally ill.
* [[Spoiler:BigotWithACrush – He finds himself falling in love with Cara, a Cross.]]
* CainAndAbel – Played with with Callum, Jude is the Cain to Callum’s Abel. Although instead of wanting to kill Callum, he wants to kill his niece and the love of his life. Callum says that although Jude is his brother he “trusts him far less than an elephant can jump”
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou – When he broke in to Sephy’s apartment to kill her and her unborn child, he decides that a better way to get revenge on her would be through her child.
* CharacterDevelopment – goes from a sweet kid who just wanted to pursue an education to the general of the L.M who seeks revenge on all crosses.
* ColourMeBlack – He rightly believes that every bad that happened to his family is caused by racism which is why he seeks revenge on all Crosses.
* TheCommandments - Jude has rules that he tries to live his life by. He calls them “Jude’s law”
* EstablishingCharacterMoment – The first time we see Jude he teases Callum about having a “dagger” friend.

* UptownGirl: Sephy, the daughter of a wealthy politician to Callum whose mother used to work for her parents. It's just one of the many obstacles they face.

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[[folder:JudeMcGregor]]
!!JudeMcGregor

-->''"Jude, my seventeen-year old brother, grinned knowingly at me. He’s a really irritating toad. I looked away from him as well. ‘He was with his dagger friend.’ Jude smirked"''

* EstablishingCharacterMovement – The first time we see Jude he teases Callum about having a “dagger” friend.

* AntagonistOffspring – Meggie sees Jude this way once she realises that Jude is irredeemable

* CainAndAbel – Played with with Callum, Jude is the Cain to Callum’s Abel. Although instead of wanting to kill Callum, he wants to kill his niece and the love of his life. Callum says that although Jude is his brother he “trusts him far less than an elephant can jump”

This is the list of characters from the Malorie Blackman series, Noughts and Crosses.Due to having LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters the character list has been split into subpages by CastHerd. Spoliers for book 1 are unmarked.

Jude is [[CainAndAbel Callum's older brother and the main antagonist of the series]]. While a teenager he joined the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Liberation Militia, a terrorist organisation]][[WellIntentionedExtremist that fights for equality between Noughts and Crosss]],[[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist or so it claims.]] While starting life as a [[BigBrotherBully Big Brother Bully]] but [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a good person deep down]][[DarkAndTroubledPast The suffering of his family]] lead him to become a bitter person full of hate [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain who seeked revenge on all Crosses.]]

[[folder:Jude McGregor]]

Jude is [[CainAndAbel Callum's older brother and the main antagonist of the series]]. While a teenager he joined the [[YourTerriostsAreOurFreedomFighters Liberation Militia, a terrorist organisation]][[WellWellIntentionedExtremist that fights for equality between Noughts and Crosss]],[[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist or so it claims.]] While starting life as a [[BigBrotherBully]] but [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a good person deep down]] the suffering of his family lead him to become a bitter person full of hate [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain who seeked revenge on all Crosses.]]

This is the list of characters from the Malorie Blackman series, Noughts and Crosses.Due to having LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters the character list has been split into subpages by CastHerd.

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This is the list of characters from the Malorie Blackman series, Noughts and Crosses.Due to having LoadsAndLadsOfCharacters the character list has been split into subpages by CastHerd.

Due to having loads and loads of characters the character list has been split into subpages.