Line #188 Characters/ChildrenOfTheRedKingCharliesAllies


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2	!! Dragon Street/Park Avenue
3	[[folder: Alice Angel]]
4	!! Alice Angel
5	Olivia Vertigo's godmother, and a white witch.
6	* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Alice is very beautiful, and a white witch. In contrast, Mrs. Tilpin becomes quite ugly when she is outed as an evil witch.
7	* TheBusCameBack: She left the city at the end of Book 4, intending to never 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.
8	* FriendToAllChildren: She is well-liked by the good endowed children (and in turn likes them) and always seeks to help them if she can.
9	* GuardianAngel: To Olivia.
10	* 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.
11	%% * HotWitch: Alice is frequently described as being beautiful.
12	* MysticalWhiteHair: Alice has extraordinary white hair framing her face.
13	* NiceGirl: Is one of the kindest characters in the series.
14	* PutOnABus: At the end of ''Castle of Mirrors'', after hearing of [[spoiler: Christopher Crowquill's death]], Alice leaves the city, intending never to return.
15	* TheReliableOne: She can always be counted on to help the good endowed, especially Olivia.
16	[[/folder]]
17
18	[[folder: Christopher Crowquill]]
19	!! Christopher Crowquill
20	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]].
21	* 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.
22	* HeroicSacrifice: He throws himself and [[spoiler: Yorath Yewbeam]] from a cliff to save the life of Paton Yewbeam.
23	* 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.
24	%%* NonActionGuy: Is decidedly not an ActionGuy. As he puts it:
25	%%---> ''
26	[[/folder]]
27
28
29	!! The Pets' Cafe
30	[[folder: Orvil Onimous]]
31	!! Orvil Onimous
32	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.
33	* TinyGuyHugeGirl: He himself is tiny, but he is married to an incredibly tall woman.
34	* TheReliableOne: He can always be counted on to help the endowed children, and allows them to meet at the Pets' Cafe and plan.
35	[[/folder]]
36
37	[[folder: Onoria Onimous]]
38	!! Onoria Onimous
39	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.
40	* 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.
41	* TinyGuyHugeGirl: She is very tall, but is married to a very short man.
42	[[/folder]]
43
44	[[folder: Norton Cross]]
45	!! Norton Cross
46	The bouncer who works at the Pets' Cafe.
47	* 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.
48	[[/folder]]
49
50	[[folder: Una Onimous]]
51	!! Una Onimous
52	Mr Onimous' niece. She has the power to turn invisible at will. The Bloors have no idea of her endowment.
53	* CheerfulChild: She is very cheerful.
54	* PutOnABus: She's never seen again after the fifth book.
55	[[/folder]]
56
57	!! The Cottage in the Wilderness
58	[[folder: Bartholomew Bloor]]
59	!! Bartholomew Bloor
60	Dr Bloor's father and Ezekiel's son. He is the WhiteSheep of the Bloor family.
61	* 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.
62	* AntagonisticOffspring: Bartholomew's son Harold chooses to side with Ezekiel and the Yewbeam sisters.
63	* 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.
64	%%* AssholeVictim
65	* 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.
66	%%* CallingTheOldManOut
67	* 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.
68	* CoolOldGuy: He helps Charlie defeat Harken and rescue Lyell Bone from his hypnosis.
69	%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
70	%%* DistressedDude
71	* FamilyOfChoice: Meng and Naren are this for him.
72	* GoodIsNotNice: He may help Charlie and his friends, but he is still gruff and rude at times, and not a very likable person.
73	%%* GrumpyOldMan
74	%%%* HappilyMarried: First, with Mary Chance, and later with Meng.
75	* HiddenDepths: At first appears to be rude and unfriendly.
76	* IHaveNoSon: This is how he generally views Dr Bloor.
77	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Though Bartholomew seems rude and callous on the outside, he cares deeply for his family and friends and would do anything for them.
78	* LikeASonToMe: Bartholomew tells Charlie that he thinks of Lyell as the son he never had.
79	%%* NoSocialSkills
80	%%* ParentalSubstitute: Is this for Naren.
81	%%* ScrewPolitenessImASenior
82	%%* SecondLove: With Meng.
83	* 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.
84	* StarCrossedLovers: With Mary Chance, who danced herself to death believing that he'd been killed while mountain-climbing in the Himalayas.
85	%%* TookALevelInKindness
86	* WhiteSheep: He lampshades this himself, at first calling himself the black sheep then saying that perhaps he is actually the white.
87	[[/folder]]
88
89	[[folder: Meng Bloor]]
90	!! Meng Bloor
91	Bartholomew Bloor's second wife, and Naren's adopted mother.
92	%%* CoolOldLady
93	%%* NiceGirl
94	* ParentalSubstitute: For Naren.
95	* SecondLove: Is this for Bartholomew.
96	[[/folder]]
97
98	[[folder: Naren Bloor]]
99	!! Naren Bloor
100	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.
101	* CheerfulChild: Naren is described as being very merry.
102	* HappilyAdopted: By Bartholomew Bloor and his second wife Meng.
103	* HeartwarmingOrphan: Her parents died when Naren was four years old; Naren herself is said to be merry and kind.
104	* ParentalAbandonment: Naren's parents died in a flood when she was just four years old.
105	* ParentalSubstitute: Meng and Bartholomew Bloor are this for her, as her own parents were killed in a flood when she was very young.
106	* PutOnABus: She only appears in the fifth book, and [[spoiler: afterwards goes whale-watching with her family as a favor to Lyell Bone]].
107	[[/folder]]
108
109	!! Sparkling Castle
110	[[folder: Samuel Sparks]]
111	!! Samuel Sparks / Mr. Boldova
112	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]].
113	* 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.
114	* {{Brainwashed}}: By Yolanda, as punishment for attempting to rescue his brother who is trapped in Bloor's Academy. [[spoiler: He gets better.]]
115	* {{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.
116	* FriendToAllChildren: Mr. Boldova is always ready to help the students at the Academy, no matter what.
117	* 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.
118	* 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.
119	* NiceGuy: He's generally a nice guy.
120
121	[[/folder]]
122
123	!! Piminy Street
124	[[folder: Katya Kettle]]
125	!! Katya Kettle
126	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.
127	[[/folder]]
128
129	!! Ingledew's Bookshop
130	[[folder: Julia Ingledew]]
131	!! Julia Ingledew
132	A bookshop owner and Emma Tolly's aunt. Paton Yewbeam is in a relationship with her.
133	* BrainyBrunette: Is quite intelligent, and has long chestnut-colored hair.
134	%%* TheCutie
135	* CuteBookworm: She's described to be very attractive and interested in books and history. Paton is instantly smitten with her.
136	* 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.
137	* HappilyMarried: To Paton Yewbeam at the end of the eighth book.
138	* NiceGirl: She is one of the kindest characters in the series.
139	* TheReliableOne: She can always be relied on to help the children of the Red King.
140	%%* SilkHidingSteel
141	* WhenSheSmiles: Miss Ingledew is said to have a dazzling smile.
142	[[/folder]]
143
144	!! Bloor's Academy
145	[[folder: Dr Saltweather]]
146	!! Dr. Arthur Saltweather
147	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.
148	%%* BadassTeacher
149	* SternTeacher: It’s said that the only thing that makes him angry is bad music.
150	%%* TheReliableOne
151	[[/folder]]
152	[[folder: Mr Pilgrim]]
153	A strange, absent-minded piano teacher. Resides in the Music Tower.
154	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Very odd, to the extent that only Gabriel seems to consistently go to him for lessons, but brilliant at the piano.
155	[[/folder]]
156	[[folder: Senor Alvaro]]
157	!! Senor Alvaro
158	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]].
159	* BadassTeacher: Becomes this during the battle on the heath.
160	%%* CoolTeacher
161	* FriendToAllChildren: Genuinely likes and looks out for the endowed children in Bloor's Academy, particularly Charlie.
162	* MasterSwordsman: He proves to be very gifted with a sword during the final battle for the city.
163	* TheReliableOne: He can always be relied on to help the endowed children of the Red King.
164	[[/folder]]
165	[[folder: Treasure]]
166	!! Cook / Treasure
167	The Bloor Academy official head cook. She is dedicated to keeping the balance between the good and bad endowed children.
168	* 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.
169	* CoolOldLady: Is always willing to help Charlie and his friends in their attempts to unravel the Bloors' evil plans.
170	* 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.
171	* 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.
172	* 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.
173	* NiceGirl: Is very warm and kind to others. However, if you cross or anger her, ''watch out''.
174	* 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.
175	* TheReliableOne: She can always be relied on to help the good endowed children foil the Bloors' plans.
176	[[/folder]]
177
178	[[folder: Dorothy Bloor]]
179	!! Dorothy Bloor
180	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.
181	* 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.
182	* 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'.
183	* HeroicBSOD: After her hand is crushed by [[spoiler: Manfred, her own son]], and cursed by Ezekiel to never work again.
184	%%* HiddenDepths
185	* PerpetualFrowner: After her hand is broken, Dorothy hardly ever smiles.
186	* PutOnABus: She escapes Bloor's Academy at the end of the second book and is never seen again.
187	* WhenSheSmiles: In the second book, Charlie notes that when Dorothy smiles, she looks like a different, younger, and happier person.

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