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Gigi "Harpy" Geranium
Voiced by: Kamali Minter (Nickelodeon Short)
The heroine of the story. An elf who wandered into the kingdom of Podunkello to get her sword replaced and found herself offered a job and housing by the village's local witch doctor, Opal. Now Harpy finds herself dealing with the town's oddball denizens, but she herself seems to have some skeletons in her closet.
- Action Girl: Prone to throwing herself into danger, having been well trained in swordplay and dealing with monsters. Unfortunately this also leads to dangerous impulsiveness that has led to people having to bail her out and get chewed out for it, leading to Harpy having to figure out how to balance her sense of heroics against her own recklessness.
- All of the Other Reindeer: As a child, she wasn't good at making friends due to her bratty nature. This only got worse after her magic was taken as most kids labelled her a freak. If the plant monster she meets during the excursion for more Happy Honey is any indication, the whole green haired elves species seem to suffer from this as well.
- Alliterative Name: Gigi Geranium is her actual name.
- Anti-Magic: Her magic was eaten by Pumpkin in the past, and as a consequence she can't use it but can't be affected by it either. This leads to a misunderstanding where she accidentally gives Humphrey magical "Happy Honey" for his tea, as she eats some without be affected by the magical properties. This later causes trouble for her when she's injured in a fight as Opal can't use magic potions to heal the wound and has to resort to non-magical medicines instead.
- Badass Adorable: Harpy is a strong Action Girl capable of fighting powerful monsters, but she is also so cute.
- Blessed with Suck: Her immunity to magic does have some drawbacks, since even humans who have less magic then elves still rely on it for medicine and healing.
- Heroic BSoD: Has a mini one after getting yelled at by Humphrey about her being a danger to everyone around her at the end of Chapter 3. Chapter 4 leads to her getting over it (and also Humphrey trying to find a way to apologize.)
- Bratty Half-Pint: As a child. In some cases she still is at her current age.
- Brought Down to Badass: As a child she was a magical prodigy, something she openly flaunted, but when she first meets Pumpkin, the goblin cat devours all of her magic. It is supposed that her magic keeps Pumpkin alive as he didn't disappear like the other goblin cats, and should he die Harpy will get her magic back. Humphrey later learns this is exactly the case when he meets the sentient personification of Harpy's magic inside of Pumpkin and she explains she can't leave without Pumpkin dying. Needless to say, Harpy is fine without having magic and is a more than capable swordswoman. If anything, it gives her more of an advantage, as she immune to most magical attacks.
- Calling the Old Man Out: Does this to Wolf when she finds out he goes to Humphrey's parties in previous years while she's just stuck at home doing all his chores and not allowed any fun of any kind.
- Cursed with Awesome: While she can't wield magic anymore due to Pumpkin eating all of it, this likewise makes her immune to magic herself as shown in a flashback when Lily (during her bratty days) tried to hit her with a bubble spell only for it to pass through her.
- Cute Little Fangs: For some reason, elves in this story sport them.
- Embarrassing Middle Name: Inverted, Harpy is her middle name. Her first name Gigi and her last name Geranium, however, are a bit less badass.
- Eye Color Change: Her eye color changes from a dark pink to gold after Pumpkin sucks up her magic.
- Geta Hold Of Yourself Man: To Humphrey after he gets his present form Argema and freaks out over the implications.
- Green Thumb: Used to have these powers before losing her magic. According to Lily, this is common magic in green haired elves.
- Hollywood Tone-Deaf: She is a terrible singer, as more and more characters learn. In addition, she has a guitar but also has no musical skills whatsoever.
- Innocently Insensitive: Due to being around elves most of her life, she can sometime say the wrong things when around humans without realizing it like calling kids "baby humans" or mocking someone over naming their sword before being told it was a gift from a relative.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Can be rude most of the time, but she's a good person at heart.
- Kindhearted Cat Lover: Has a very strong bond with her pet goblin-cat Pumpkin.
- Meaningful Name: When frightened as a little girl, she screams "like a harpy" in the words of the elf queen. It was loud enough to startle the giant Goblin Cat. After Wolf takes her on as his apprentice, he begins to affectionately call her "Harpy" and the name sticks.
- Mood-Swinger: Notice how her expressions seems to shift back and forth from anxiousness to seriousness in certain situations.
- No One Could Survive That!: Normally the loss of their magic is fatal to Elves.
- Older Than They Look: Not too old but she looks about 17. She's actually 23.
- Only Known By His Nickname: Or her middle name anyway, she really doesn't like being called Gigi. Wolf so far is the only one to call her by that name.
- Resistant to Magic: Due to an incident in the past involving her pet Goblin Cat, Pumpkin, who ate up all her magical power, Harpy ended up losing her ability to cast plant magic. But a trade off is that magical attacks have no effect on her either.
- The Fair Folk: Somewhat, she's an elf but it's more she doesn't fully understand humans rather then looking down on them due to Wolf keeping her holed up at his dwelling. Opal, Ash and Humphrey are actually the first humans she's completely interacted with. She also has no magic due to Pumpkin stealing it.
- The Runaway: Her mentor, Wolf, had promised to take her on his next adventure. When he didn't uphold it, she took off on her own.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Harpy is shown to have an intense fear of heights, which only gets worse after she falls off the dragon after the party and nearly plummets to her death. She gets closer to the "comedic" version of this trope when realizing Humprey lives at the top of a ridiculously tall tower and she has to climb all the way up. She is actively training to get over it by the opening of Chapter 5 after a Time Skip.
Pumpkin
Voiced by: Ashley Spillers (Nickelodeon short)
Harpy's feline companion, a goblin cat.- All Animals Are Dogs: In the Nickelodeon short, he expresses affection to Harpy by licking her face.
- Bag of Holding: A living version of this, seems to carry all of Harpy's supplies within himself.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: A young Harpy found him lost in the woods and shared her pie with him. He later tried to defend her from his siblings and mother.
- Cute Kitten: With added wings and horns.
- Cute Monster: The "just a baby" version. Turns out adult Goblin Cats are ginormous and eat magic. His mother nearly destroyed the Elf kingdom centuries ago.
- Evil-Detecting Dog: Or cat, as the case may be. Harpy mentions he gets moody when a dragon is nearby. This is revealed to be because dragons were used to keep his mother out of the Elf kingdom.
- Nonhuman Sidekick: For Harpy
- Perpetual Frowner: A good majority of the time.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Pie.
Opal Lilygibble
Voiced by: Ashley Spillers (Nickelodeon short)
The local witch doctor of Podunkello who owns an item shop. She quickly took an interest in Harpy upon meeting her, even offering her a job and housing right from the get go. As her title suggest she's pretty proficient in spell making given the right ingredients.
- Berserk Button: Nearly breaking her shovel. While it was needed for a plan against a giant snail, she commented Harpy was lucky it wasn't damaged in the scuffle. This later revealed to be because it was a present from her family.
- Bespectacled Cutie: She wears some bottle coke glasses over her face and certainly fits the cutie criteria.
- Big Damn Heroes: During the fight with the plant monster, Opal manages to free herself and ram into it's face with her shovel just as it was on the verge of eating Harpy. This likewise cracks the monster's armor in the process, giving Harpy a weak point to target.
- Curtains Match the Window: Pink hair with pink eyes.
- Cute Witch: Oh yes.
- Fangirl: She's a big fan of Halesia.
- Failed a Spot Check: When Harpy and she go out to collect more magical honey, she dismisses Harpy's concern that the hive they're raiding is dangerous and is so focused on collecting that she doesn't notice a plant monster about to attack them until Harpy is practically yelling her name.
- Farmer's Daughter: Mentions she was raised on a farm with a large number of siblings before striking out on her own with the help of her family.
- Flying Broomstick: Or shovel in this case. Considering she comes from a rural family, it make sense.
- Horrible Judge of Character: She actually defends Halesia when she comes to Podunkello and wishes to stay at the castle against Humphery, claiming he wasn't any better when he show up. Thing is, he was just rude but otherwise never tried to harm people. Halesia actually sent a dragon during his birthday party that got Dude Bro killed and laughed about it and she was there when it all happened!. Likely it's the fangirl in her clouding her judgement, but seriously... Even Ash calls her out on that.
- Magic Wand: The fourth chapter reveals she has one, that looks suspiciously like a typical shoujo magical girl's wand.
- Massive Numbered Siblings: Oldest of seven from a farming family. They all saved up so she could get the item shop, and now she saves her profits to finance their dreams in return.
- Motor Mouth: Rather...excitable upon meeting Harpy.
- Witch Doctor: Or in this case, a witch who just happens to be a doctor.
Ash Chimnee
Voiced by: John Omohundro (Nickelodeon short)
A local knight who works for Prince Humphrey, a job he utterly detests. Likewise has a room within Opal's item shop and helps out part-time now and then.
- Awful Truth: He's not supposed to be working for the Duke as a guard. In fact, his mother sent him there to be a gardener.
- Characterization Marches On: Started off as a very sarcastic, mopey person, but slowly changed to be one of the most happy-go-lucky, trusting characters in the series.
- Comically Missing the Point: When it's pointed out that Humphrey cannot order his uncle to let Harpy go free because he lost his authority upon running away from the capital, Ash is more focused on the fact that he might not have needed to follow Humphrey's orders in the past.
- Diving Save: Manages one with Opal
in midair to save Harpy and Humphrey after they fall off a dragon. - Gender-Blender Name: We see in one flashback his mother calling him "Ashley".
- Hidden Depths: In his spare time, he likes to make toys.
- Hurricane of Puns: He is prone to breaking into these when in the right mood. Literally becomes friends with Humphrey because Humphrey is the only one that started laughing at these.
- I Call It "Vera"/It Was a Gift: Wields a very worn out sword called Rusty which he mentions was given to him by his father, whom he claims slew a dragon with it. He's lying about it being given to him. In fact his mother specifically told him not to take it.
- Knight in Sour Armor: Considering whom his employer is, it hard for him not to be. He gets better though.
- Punny Name: Ash Chimnee —> Chimney. And what collects in a chimney after a fire is put out in it? Must run in the family because his mother is named Cinder.
- Rage Breaking Point: Got fed up with Humphrey's constant complaining and tried to punt him off a bridge into a river.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: A brief Imagine Spot saw his mother berating him for getting fired when he thought he killed Humphrey. Seems he has parental issues. Ultimately confirmed when he confesses to Humphrey that he wants to prove he's a good warrior to his mother.
Prince Humphrey Albermarle of Coilstone
Voiced by: Jason Spisak (Nickelodeon short)
A prince sent to live in Podunkello with his uncle. A rather grumpy and bratty fellow who doesn't seem to care much for anything.- Ambiguously Human: He looks human but that might not be the case since he's got moth wings, gets a monstrous appearance when he's angry or panicked, breathes fire, and can shapeshift into a pixie and an ogre. Oh and Queen Argema sends him a birthday present with a note that he's turning into a monster and he's to use the book to track the symptoms.
- Awful Truth: Argema theorizes in a letter he might be turning into a monster.
- Berserk Button: Obviously has to stand out a lot for someone as temperamental as him, but do not put Harpy's life in danger. He violently threatens Trigger, in bee form no less, so ferociously that the kid runs away crying.
- Cannot Spit It Out: As he starts developing feelings for Harpy, he often tries to compliment her but doesn't have the nerve to do more than whisper it out of earshot. By Chapter 5, even Ash has caught on and just asks why he hasn't told her anything yet - meaning just under a year has passed and Humphrey is still trying to maintain the status quo. He finally makes a move to invite Harpy on a dinner date but Harpy completely misunderstands the request and assumes its a dinner for everyone and before Humphrey can correct her his sister shows up and the conversation ends.
- Cain and Abel: The Abel in this case with his sister. Yeah, he's not the nicest guy around but he's a saint compared to Halesia who engineered a dragon attack as a joke towards him.
- Defector from Decadence: Humphrey but it's complicated as to why. He woke up one day with wings, passed out, and found out he'd flown all the way to Podunkello. Then he learns he's turning into a monster and figures he may as well just stay there since he's pretty sure his family would just put him down.
- Forced Transformation: Due to anxiety about what happened at the end of the third chapter. His unstable power transforms him into a bee like creature at the start of the fourth one, leaving him stuck in that state for the majority of the chapter.
- Formerly Fit: After the time skip between Chapter 4 and 5, he's gained a deal of weight and muscle mass. So far the only hints of characters acknowledging it are Harpy wearing his old shirts that don't fit and eventually Halesia mocking him for being her "BIG" brother.
- Gagging on Your Words: Humphrey is so physically incapable of making a plea for Argema to let Harpy stay that the words finally roll out out of his mouth after the queen's already agreed to it and he's even mocked for it.
- Green Around the Gills: Gets motion sick very easily. Especially from flight. He tries to save Harpy by flying after her but between already being nauseous from being carried by the dragons and the stress of trying to hold her, he just ends up passing out. The flashback in Chapter 2 shows that he passed out after discovering his wings, then somehow flew to Podunkello while unconcious... and he's so nauseated from it that he promptly throws up. This even continues with his bee form - though he seems to handle small amounts of normal flight better, he still throws up when he's dragged around by Pumpkin.
- Hidden Depths:
- Is a surprisingly good baker. So much so that the Duke assigns him a job in the kitchen.
- Turns out, he's actually very multi-talented with other fields such as music and some amount of swordplay. This was due to promising Halesia that he would continue learning these skills so he could teach her later when she was busy training her magic. A promise she either apparently forgot or was too busy to bother with over time.
- I Am a Monster: Basically his main character conflict and also what drives a lot of his Jerkass behaviour since he doesn't think he can trust anyone with it. However, Harpy being extremely kind and understanding when he actually goes into an I Am a Monster-worthy rant after learning that he is turning in a monster and his symptoms are going to get worse also instigates his eventual resolve to start becoming a better person.
- It's All My Fault: After berating Harpy for putting herself in danger to the point of making her cry, he immediately realizes he messed up and then can't even see her because he can't cope with how to fix it. This basically drives the plot of Chapter 4. A literal cry of this as he hits an emotional rock-bottom triggers a transformation into a bee-like pixie form that he can't change back from and due to his worries about having relied too much on Harpy before, he refuses to go to her for help.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He comes off as an unsociable Jerkass in his first appearance... except when it seems like Harpy is about to die for having tried to rescue him he dives off a dragon and tries to catch her despite hating his wings, not wanting anyone to know about them, and also not actually being able to fly without vomiting or passing out. This leads directly into the revelation that much of his uber-jerk behaviour now is a reaction to discovering just a few days ago that he had wings and that he's turning into a monster. He does not want anyone to know lest someone kill him for it. He's still extremely bad with people but does start making strides to get better. By the Time Skip in Chapter 5 he's actually got friends and his grumpiness has toned down now that his life is more stable.
- Let's Get Dangerous!: When confronted by an angry Captain Giblet (who's still miffed at Humphrey for accidentally burning his feathers off when his fire ability started to develop) while in his bee form. Humphrey grabs a (plastic) sword and does battle against him.
- Missing Mom: His mother apparently died when he was little.
- Must Make Amends: His goal in the fourth chapter after causing Harpy to cry in the third one.
- Nightmare Face: Does these whenever he gets angry or panicked. While most people don't seem to comment on it, after Harpy learns he's turning into a monster, she actually points it out to him and he becomes a little more cognizant of it. It still doesn't really stop him. Upgrades later on to include spitting fire.
- Perpetual Frowner: Almost always has this expression on his face. The only time he didn't is when Harpy accidentally gave him magic honey that changed his mood.
- Playing with Fire: In Chapter 3 he spontaneously starts breathing fire, the first time when he drinks spicy rum and starts laughing at one of Ash's jokes. Harpy helps him calm down enough to control it... just in time because Urtica comes back and she ends up needing his dragon fire to burn her up. By the end of Chapter 4, he can control it enough that he uses it for cooking stew.
- Power Gives You Wings: Just before his birthday! He has them full time and it's still not been explained why. Just that he might be turning into a monster and the wings are one of the symptoms.
- Royal Brat: Mentioned by Ash to be one. It's more a Hidden Heart of Gold-hiding facade though, Humphrey at his core is actually a fairly kind guy. Just circumstances and lack of interaction with others haven't made him very social. So his demeanor makes him come off very rude.
- Shut Up, Hannibal!: After the whole ordeal with the dragon and its revealed his sister, Halesia, was behind it who continues mocking him. He eventually has enough and tricks Creepy Lizard Guy into thinking he'll give him the crystal ball she's communicating from. He feigns throwing it and instead just drops it on the floor, breaking it and cutting off her transmission.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives ones to Harpy after they defeat Urtica, telling her that she causes danger to everyone around her just by being there. However he soon realizes his comments were hurtful and he later goes on to try and apologize.
- The Unfavorite: According to him, his father keeps forgetting that he and his sister are twins and downright forgot that that is his birthday too.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: At the end of Chapter 4 he seems to have finally gained this ability as he's able to switch in and out of the pixie form at will. During the side chapter, "Dough See Dough", he's depicted easily turning into an ogre and then later directly going from ogre to pixie and back to human at will.
- Wall Crawl: After Ash tried to punt him off a bridge after tiring from his complaining, we see he managed to cling onto the underside of it. Later in Chapter 4, Humphrey, stuck in a round, chubby bee form, secretly helps Harpy win a rigged Shell Game by switching out the ball with himself. Humphrey clings to the inside of the cup to prevent the Duke from removing the "ball" before Harpy can see the result.
- Wham Shot: A brief flashback Humphrey has reveals that both he and Halesia had brown hair as kids before their current white haired look. Considering an earlier flashback showed they had the latter look while still young means that the change had happened quite recent after that time.
Podunkello Residents
Truffles
Opal's pet piglet who acts as her assistant and ingredient sniffer.
- Hyper-Competent Sidekick: Able to take memos for Opal.
- Non-Human Sidekick: To Opal.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter
- The Nose Knows: Has a powerful sense of smells which allow him to find near anything Opal asks for.
Cid the Creepy Lizard Guy
A rather messy looking individual always on the look out for treasure, even in places he obviously shouldn't.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Before his name was revealed everyone just calls him Creepy Lizard Guy.
- Greed: Doesn't care at all about the trouble he causes for everyone at Humphrey's party long as he can get what he wants.
- Heel–Face Turn: After the events of the party, the Duke hired him to replace Dude Bro.
- The Pig-Pen: Said to be rather stinky.
- Treasure Hunter: Main profession.
- Unwitting Pawn: Halesia uses him to lead the dragons to crash Peeper's party just to mess with Humphrey.
Peepers
The Duke's cute little doggy.
- Cuteness Proximity: Girls pretty much go googly-eyed when they see him.
- Dogs Are Dumb: Officially described as "a cute and stupid dog" in the bios. His near perpetually happy, oblivious disposition seems to support that this pup is not the brightest bulb.
- Humanlike Animal Aging: A portrait of the Merry Party in their glory days shows Peepers next to the Duke, looking the same as ever.
- Mister Muffykins: Played with. While he's definitely a ridiculously pampered little dog, he's not particularly "yappy."
- Overly-Long Tongue: His tongue is ALWAYS hanging out of his mouth, whether he's using it or not.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: Look at him in the image and say he isn't. We dare you.
Duke Hollandaise
Humphrey's uncle and local duke of Podunkello.
- Beware the Nice Ones: A very cordial fellow who enjoy socializing and can be very friendly. But, if Wolf's words are anything to go by, he has some skeletons in his closet. Considering the way he was also able to break up the scuffle between Ash and Humphrey, he likewise has some skills in him. And then we find out later he was part of the Merry Party, a popular fairy tale that's based off his exploits along with a group of others (two of whom included Wolf, Harpy's mentor and Cinder, Ash's mother) in the past. Humphrey continues to distrust him due to warnings from his father as well, and learning that the Duke was part of the Merry Party only deepens that mistrust as he suspects it has something to do with why his mother (the Duke's sister) died, why Harpy survived losing her powers, and why he himself has been developing monster abilities.
- Berserk Button: Apparently, "your mom" jokes. Not jokes about his mom, mind you, just that style of joke in general.
- Don't insult his muffins.
- Blackmail:
- Forces Harpy to go save Humphrey from some dragons under the threat of telling someone named Wolf that she was in the town. Harpy reacts with fear upon hearing Wolf's name and abides to his wishes. He still calls Wolf regardless as he owes him a life debt.
- Likewise holds this over Humphrey. He's the only thing that's allowing the prince to stay within Podunkello. When the Duke orders him to go out and mingle during Peeper's party, he threatens to send him back to his family if he doesn't.
- Fighter, Mage, Thief: The Thief to Wolf's Fighter and his late sister's Mage, being The Trickster.
- Foreshadowing: In the seventh panel of this page when he notices Harpy and Humphrey dancing.
- I Was Quite a Looker: Not that he isn't easy on the eyes now, but looked much more handsome back in the day.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Supposedly, he does seems like a genuine nice guy who does wish for Humphrey to socialize more. And even spoke on Harpy's behalf when Wolf tried to take her back home and is quite friendly with the Elf Queen. However his first interaction with Harpy is rather rude on his part due to the blackmail and threatening to throw Harpy and her friends in the dungeon if they fail in saving Humphrey, regardless of the debt he owes to Wolf. And Wolf seems to imply the Duke has some dirty secrets that he doesn't want Harpy to get mixed up in. He continues to remain a very secretive and complex character who was apparently involved in major events before most of the cast was even born.
- Lethal Chef: He's horrendously bad at cooking, making a stew that nearly kills Opal and making muffins like rocks. He's very sensitive about this.
- Miniature Senior Citizens: A flashback he goes into shows he was a lot taller when he was younger. However a portrait of the Merry Party in their heyday does put him and his twin sister at over a head shorter than Wolf, so he was never tall to start with.
- Pet the Dog: Hired Ash despite knowing that Ash had forged the note for him to be a "guard" instead of a "gardener". Given his letting Humphrey stay on such short notice without knowing the real reason, hiring Cid after the party-crashing, and his seeming faith in Harpy's ability to rescue Humphrey, it seems he's one for giving people real chances to prove themselves.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: He can be a bit of a trickster and apparently has a murky past, but he is an alright person all around and, as stated in Pet The Dog, willing to give people a chance to prove themselves.
- Reassigned to Antarctica: Mentions that the King of Coilstone "appointed" him to Podunkello after the queen died, implying that the two didn't really get along. Though the Duke doesn't mind watching over the town in the slightest.
- Serious Business: Parties, he threw a party for Peppers because Humphrey didn't want a birthday party. "Oh we'll have a party, if you like it or not."
- Strong Family Resemblance: When he was younger, he looked a lot like Humphrey back then.
Zipper, Hotdog and Trigger Happy
Three young local trouble makers.
- Bratty Half-Pint: Even the intermission page pegs them as such. Though to be fair, Harpy did call them "baby humans" when she first met them.
- Didn't Think This Through: In the last event of the festival which was a race, Trigger tries to use a stampede of cow creatures in order to give him a leg up. It ends up backfiring when he finds he can't control the beasts and has to be rescued before he gets hurt.
- Punny Name: Trigger's full name is Trigger Happy.
- Shout-Out: Trigger is very clearly a visual and name call out to another JRPG franchise with a very distinct lead character.
- Sore Loser: After Harpy wins a blue ribbon for wisdom, Trigger responds by stealing her basket and kicking it around with Hotdog and Zipper.
- Ungrateful Bastard: When an ogre suddenly appears (really Humphrey suddenly changed into one) and catches Harpy and him after the former uses her bow to sling herself to grab him off the stampeding cows. He suddenly yells out in terror which causes Harpy to kick the ogre on instinct.
Baird
One of the knights who works for the Duke.
- Disappointed in You: Shoots Humphrey a disdainful look after he witnesses him unintentionally hurting Harpy's feelings near the end of Chapter 3.
- Silent Bob: Rarely speaks for the most part. He mentions he doesn't like to talk much.
- Suddenly Voiced: After two chapters of silence, he suddenly talks near the end of the third chapter.
Dude Bro
One of the knights that works for the Duke.
- Eaten Alive: Tries to take on the Dragon by himself and gets eaten quickly. To drive the point home, the dragon spits out his bones.
- Forgotten Fallen Friend: Turns out to be averted by the sixth chapter—his death due to Halesia's "prank" of sending a dragon is cited by Ash as a reason he sees the princess as evil
- Jerkass: As flashbacks show, he's not the most pleasant person in the Duke's employ.
- Too Dumb to Live: Confronting a dragon head on.
- Verbal Tic: Ends every sentence with "bro".
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Mostly a background character, one time he gets to do any action he's killed off quickly.
- Shows up in Humphrey's flashback to his arrival in Podunkello and is seen to have been a bit of a jerk, making fun of Humphrey for "hurling" despite Humphrey's obviously poor physical state.
- According to a guest comic he's like this for Ash too, who'd only met him at work that day.
Tater Mc Spuds
The local mailman around the town.
- Cannot Spit It Out: Has a not so secret crush on Opal.
- Nonhuman Sidekick: Has an dinosaur/donkey-looking pet name Burro.
- Only Sane Man: What he sees himself as anyway, thinking Opal's friends as "weirdos".
- Punny Name: Seriously? Tater McSpuds?
Penny Pint
The dwarf owner of the local tavern, the Save Pint, along with her husband.
- Brawn Hilda: Despite her size, she's very tough looking.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: Incredibly bushy eyebrows on her.
- Cutesy Dwarf: Muscles aside, she's rather cute looking as well.
Captain Giblet
An old and apparently, seafaring, turkey.
- Berserk Button: Turkey jokes apparently, he didn't take kindly to hearing Ash and Humphrey making a few around him.
- The Dreaded: Well respected around the town. Penny mentions that he's still walking for a reason and jokes he's always on the lookout for a ''replacement" leg. When Zipper, Hotdog and Trigger hear him approaching them at one point, they quickly bail.
- Death Glare: Gives one to Humphrey when he recognizes him in his bee form.
- Eyepatch of Power: One over his left eye.
- It's Personal: Toward Humphrey for accidentally burning his feathers off when Humphrey's fire ability started to develop. When Giblet recognizes him in his bee form, he quickly starts a fight.
- Pirate Pegleg: One on his left leg.
- The Unintelligible: Only speaks in gobbles.
Coilstone Kingdom
A human kingdom run by an unnamed king. Prince Humphry's original hometown.
Princess Halesia of Coilstone
Humphry's twin sister (though by her admittance, the younger of the two) who rules Faircosan, the capital of Coilstone.
- Ambiguously Human: Given that she has stark white skin, strange eyes, and enormous magical powers calls in to question whether she's actually human in the first place (though it could just as easily be makeup). In fact, the original concept art makes her look downright robotic◊.
- Aristocrats Are Evil: So far it's just being a jerk with a Lack of Empathy. Ash notably sees her as villainous due to her "prank" with the dragon getting Dude Bro killed.
- Born Lucky: Humphrey seems to consider her this, in that she gets to be a "perfect magical sorceress" while he at first doesn't think he has any powers and then he starts turning into a monster. However the comic seems to imply otherwise as since she does have so much power, she has to put it to use helping her kingdom which leaves her very little free time. Likely the main reason she was mad at Humphrey leaving was because their father promised he would help her with her duties.
- Cain and Abel: The Cain to Humphrey's Abel. It's played with a little though, in that she is mean to Humphrey because he refused to come to their birthday party and ran away from home right when he was to begin sharing her duties.
- Exotic Eye Designs: She has yellow sclera with square pupils.
- It Runs in the Family: A flashback showed that her mother could use magic, so likely she inherited it from her.
- Jerkass: Engineers the dragon that crashes Peeper's (and by extension Humphry's) birthday party just to pull a "joke" on Humphrey then goes on to mock him and his guests through a crystal ball.
- Lack of Empathy: When told one of the guards was eaten by the dragon sent by her. She just quips the Duke needs better security.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Due to not knowing if they can trust her, Opal makes sure not to let on that Harpy can't use magic. Similarly, Humphrey is in no hurry to share his transformation with her, which means she simply thinks he ran off.
- Magic Mirror: How she communicates through the crystal ball.
- Missing Mom: Same with Humphrey.
- Noblewoman's Laugh: As fitting of her character.
- Parental Favoritism: Her father refers to her and her twin's birthday as her party and needed to be corrected by Humprey to recall that it would be his party too. However judging from Humphrey's flashback, it seems he was interested more in her magical abilities.
- Royal Brat: Even more so then Humphrey. Really says something when she goes out of her way just to torment her brother who just wants to be left alone all so she can flaunt her superiority. According to Humphrey's flashback, this was due to being spoiled by their father.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: Spends all her time fixing problems around the kingdom with her magic. To the point where Opal refers to her as a ruler in her own right, despite her father being on the throne. Though from what we see in Humphrey's flashback it leaves her little time to do much of anything else.
- Sailor Senshi Send-Up: A Magical Girl with an outfit resembling a Sailor Fuku.
- Shout-Out: To Sailor Moon as you can see with her style of dress in the image. Bonus points for being a Magical Girl too.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: According to Humphrey, she was a lot less bratty when they were little.
- Wham Shot: A brief flashback Humphrey has reveals that both she and him had brown hair as kids before their current white haired look. Considering an earlier flashback showed they had the latter look while still young means that the change had happen quite recent after that time.
- White Hair, Black Heart: A indication so far.
King of Coilstone
The current ruler of Coilstone and father of Humphrey and Halesia.
- Abusive Parents: Of the emotional variety, he never really seems to bother interacting with his kids for purely familial reasons.
- No Name Given: Hasn't been named yet.
- Face Framed in Shadow: His full face has yet to be revealed. It's either always cut off from the top or shown from behind.
- Parental Favoritism: Shows a blatant favoritisim to Halesia. When the twins' birthday was coming up, he keeps citing it as her birthday rather than both and had to be corrected of this by Humphrey, showing a rather dismissive tone in response. However a later flashback reveals he only does so because Halesia can use magic. Having kept her apart from Humphrey as they were growing up to strengthen it. Why hasn't been revealed yet.
Queen of Coilstone
Humphrey and Halesia's mother and the sister of the Duke.
- Fighter, Mage, Thief: Was the mage to her brother's Thief and Wolf's Fighter in the Merry Party, of which she was a member. Notably, she was powerful enough to break the barrier separating the Elves from the human kingdoms to ask for help for her people.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: The brief flashback we see of her shows she was a blonde and a very caring mother.
- Missing Mom: No where around in the present time of the story
- No Name Given: Has yet to be named.
- Posthumous Character: Has passed on by the main timeline of the comic as confirmed by the Duke.
Welferingrum Kingdom
The kingdom of elves. Naturally, this is Harpy's hometown.
Wolf
Harpy's mentor, likewise an elf and heir to the throne of Welferingrum. He's not fond of humans.
- The Atoner: It's implied he is the reason the Mama Goblin Cat escaped her prison, which resulted in Harpy losing her magic, which is why she is now his apprentice.
- Badass Cape: Wears one in all his present-day appearences, with fur trim and a moon-shaped clasp (as seen in the image). It can somtimes become an All-Encompassing Mantle.
- Color-Coded Eyes: His green eyes may be glowing with green magic.
- The Dreaded:
- Harpy reacts with fear upon hearing his name and when Ash asks for a reaction from Pumpkin upon naming him. He just gives Ash a blank look, suddenly purrs against Ash's leg then bites it.
- While Duke claims he doesn't want to lock Harpy up right after she saved his nephew, but he owes Wolf and therefore must, implying he's worried about what Wolf will do otherwise.
- Ear Notch: His left ear which has the tip of it torn off.
- Fantastic Racism: Doesn't hold humans in high regard and goes out of his way to let everyone know it. He even lies to Lily and Lila claiming Humans "eat rocks".
- Freudian Excuse: Apparently used to have human friends himself until a bad experience changed him and made him lose trust in humans. He warns Harpy the same will happen to her.
- First-Name Basis: Calls Harpy by her first name, Gigi.
- The Fair Folk: Really plays it to the hilt when we first see him.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Very rude and unpleasant in the current present of the story. To wit, he apparently promised Harpy she could go adventuring with him after she asked so many time before only to leave her behind again when it came time to fulfill it. When she goes off on her own, he order the Duke to keep an eye out for her and have her locked up till he picks her up. However, he is very protective of Harpy and most of his jerkishness towards her seems to stem from worry. Flashbacks likewise show he was a bit more outgoing, though likely this was before whatever event turned him cynical.
- Humans Are Bastards: In his own words: "Humans are worse than monster puke."
- The Mentor: Felt responsible for Harpy's loss of magic, so he took her in and trained her in swordplay and combat.
- Never My Fault: Very quick to blame others for their faults (even things that they weren't even responsible for), such as Harpy making a hole in the castle or the Duke for letting a dragon in (both which were caused by Halensia sending a dragon after them) yet never seems to recognize his own, such as not keeping his word to take her along on his next outing.
- Old Friend: Of the Duke, though he doesn't seem to consider them friends anymore.
- Papa Wolf: Despite his demeanor, he does respect the queen's wishes to let Harpy stay in the town, gives Harpy a spare sword, promises to fix her previous one and return it, and makes the Duke promise not to send her out on any quests on his behalf or else.
Queen Argema
The Elf Queen of Welferingrum.
- Affectionate Nickname: Harpy calls her 'Gema.
- Batman Gambit: Going by her present to Humphrey, Harpy ending up in town was her plan all along.
- Big Creepy-Crawlies / Giant Flyer: Her mount is a giant moth.
- Never Mess with Granny: Centuries ago, she banished the great Goblin Cat to the moon with her husband, though he died in the process. Much more recently she banishes a stunned one back all on her own.
- Really 700 Years Old: Mentions in conversation with the Duke that she wishes she was "nine centuries younger" to court him.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Unlike Wolf, she wants Harpy to a least have a functional life instead of being cooped up at Wolf's dwelling forever. So when Harpy is looking after her, she becomes "distracted" to allow Harpy to head off on her own. She likewise allows Harpy to stay in Podunkello after seeing that her friends want her to stay, overriding Wolf's decision to take her back home. In the past, she likewise let Harpy keep Pumpkin after Harpy protested it wasn't a threat.
- After informing Humphrey that his transformation may possibly lead to him turning into a monster, she states that he can trust Harpy to help him and to not fear the future, prseumably to head off any freakouts.
- Silver Vixen: Very cute looking for a centuries old being.
Lily and Lila
Two elf sisters introduced in Harpy's past whose father is Wolf's brother.
- Alliterative Family: They're sisters whose names start with "Lil".
- Appropriated Appellation: Harpy called Lily "cow horns" as an insult when she was a child because she called Harpy useless. In the present, Lily introduces herself as "the great Cowhorns" to Harpy in her bubble message to her.
- Asshole Victim: Harpy was being courteous by just sticking with insults towards her. But when Lily stated "she might as well have died" after her attack goes through Harpy. You can't really blame Harpy for socking her one.
- Big Brother Instinct: Lily has always been extremely protective of Lila, and this has eventually spilled over to Harpy as well.
- Bratty Half-Pint: Child Lily, who makes child Harpy look like a saint in comparison.
- Fantastic Racism: Lily mentions that all "green haired elves" are good for is growing tomatoes. She also later mentions that having no magic means Harpy is better off dead.
- Bubble Gun: Lily's main power, she can conjure up bubbles to do a variety of things like trap something within it to even sending recorded messages.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The two seem to have this dynamic though exactly whose the "foolish" and whose the "responsible" is hard to say. Lily is trying to be the former but she has a bad habit of not exactly acting like how royalty should leading her to look foolish. Lila on the other hand is more friendly and a tad ditzy like a "foolish" sibling but she tries to keep her sister in check and tends to be more reasonable, leading her to be the responsible.
- Genki Girl: Lila in the present day of the story.
- Irony: The whole conflict in the past between Harpy and Lily started when Pumpkin ate Lila's doll. In the present timeline, Lila and Pumpkin seem to have got over that and are now good friends. While Harpy and Lily aren't friends, per se, they are a whole lot nicer to each other than they were in the past.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Lily's accusation of Pumpkin eating Lila's doll was true.
- Jerkass with a Heart of Gold: After taking a few levels in kindness Lily has settled into this role. She still loves throwing her weight around though.
- Took a Level in Kindness: Seems since the punching incident, Lily eased up a bit on Harpy and at least tried to be cordial to her. They still sling insults and whatnot at each other, but she's not as much of a jerk to Harpy as she was in the past. Harpy likewise returns the courtesy, likely seeing Lila and Lily as sisters.
Others
Cinder
Ash's mother and an apparently famed being around the Podunkello area.
- Charles Atlas Superpower: She punches a warthog looking for revenge on Harpy and Opal right in the snout. This is enough to make the beast turn tail much to the shock of the protaganists.
- Fantasy-Forbidding Mother: Doesn't see any real prospect in Ash making toys and calls it playing "make believe".
- Face Framed in Shadow: Her first few appearances have her face covered in shadow. We finally see her face in full Courage and Fear (pt. 15).
- Fantastic Racism: When she sends Ash to the Duke, she makes it very clear for him not to talk to strangers. Especially elves.
- Hidden in Plain Sight: She was in a suit of armor during the "Podunkello Promenade" arc (pt. 14) and again later in "Royal Delivery" (Pt 13), acting as one of Halesia's guards. Both times reacting to the Ash's conversations with his friends.
- The Blacksmith: Apparently her main profession. She was training Ash in this before figuring he wasn't cut out for it.
- The Dreaded: Considering Ash's reaction in flashbacks, the barkeep at the Save Pint knowing about her and her threat to the Duke in her letter if he doesn't hire her son for anything other then a gardener. It's safe to say she has a bit of a reputation.
- The Reveal: She's actually Halesia's bodyguard, having hidden her identiy in a big bulky suit of armor. Harpy finds out when Cinder wishes to test her skill and manages to knock her helmet off in their duel.
Tibia Bonebreaker
A friendly ogre whom Ash has known since childhood.
- Hahaha No: Responds to Ash like this when he asks if she'll give him the sword he was trying to win in a festival after seeing her give Harpy the bow she likewise won. She does give him the shield though.
- Mundane Utility: Declares she'll use the sword she won at the festival...as a bread cutter.
- Spirited Competitor: Was certainly one during the Pot Smashing game, though likewise showed good sportsmanship after Harpy manages to win. She continues to display as such during the festival.
- Statuesque Stunner: Quite a tall yet cute being.
- Super-Strength: Comes naturally with her species, she was able to effortlessly lift Ash up even as a child and later smashes the ringer in a Test Your Might game.
- Tomboy: Very much so, both Ash and she used to roughhouse a lot when they were younger.
Fermurus Bonebreaker
Tibia's father and breadmaker.
- Contrived Coincidence: We find out in the past that Wolf was collecting ogre horn and Fermurus was a victim of such which sent Maxilar after him. In the present time, one of Fermurus' horns is still broken. However when Harpy apologizes for what Wolf seemingly did. Fermurus laughs it off because 1) Ogre horns grow back over time 2) Wolf and he are friends and he willingly gave Wolf his horn with no fuss and 3) Fermurus' current broken horn was due to him bumping into a doorway before heading to the festival.
- Nice Guy: Despite the fact that Wolf, an elf, took his horn in the past, he isn't mean to Harpy despite her likewise being one. He later reveals Wolf and he are actually friends and tells Harpy not to worry about what happened in the past.
Spoiler Character
"Gigi"
Harpy's "magic" that was eaten by Pumpkin. It's surprisingly still living in his stomach having taken the form of Harpy's younger self (as that was when she lost the magic).
- Green Thumb: Naturally this is her power as is the case with all green haired elves in the series.
- Nice Girl: Oddly very cheerful despite the fact that Harpy was less than friendly as a kid.
- No Ontological Inertia: She confirms she can't leave Pumpkin's stomach as her magic is the only thing keeping Pumpkin tethered to the main plane. If she does, he'll disappear.
- Wham Shot: Humphrey finding her in Pumpkin's stomach certainly qualifies as this.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Tells Humphrey this in regard to his self-loathing. She also mentions the fact that his changes weren't a curse. While she doesn't recognize what kind of magic it is, she notes it isn't malicious and it's a form of "love".
Antagonists
Urtica
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A plant monster that Harpy and Opal run into while out scouring for more Happy Honey.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Comes off as sweet and friendly but quickly shows her true colors.
- Break Them by Talking: Seems to be a specialty of hers. She loves to talk down to her opponents and try to demoralize them.
- Green Thumb: Has power over plants.
- Plant People: Apparently, it hasn't been revealed exactly what she is.
- I'm a Humanitarian: Reveals she loves the taste of elves, Green Haired ones in particular. Likewise, doesn't have any problem with eating humans.
- Kill It with Fire: How she supposedly meets her end in the second encounter, when Harpy uses Humphrey's newfound fire breath ability to roast what remains of her after hacking her down to size.
- Mind Control: Reveals she has this power via pollen then controlling the infected through music melody. It seems to only work on animals however as some of the Grumble Bees and Pumpkin were affected by her magic. She notices Humphrey isn't human and is able to take control of him for a bit before Harpy snaps him out of it.
- Not Quite Dead:
- Harpy and Opal manage to defeat it in their first encounter, but only succeed in taking out it's bigger form. Her smaller form survives.
- After the second encounter, Harpy manage to reduce her to seed form. She's still alive but in something of a stasis at the moment and in Harpy's custody.
- One-Winged Angel:
- When she introduces itself to Harpy, she starts out as a small fairy-like being. But is able to use plants to make herself into a bigger monstrosity.
- Gets another one when she eats Happy Honey. Unlike her last form which is a conglomeration of plants covering her smaller form, this one actually seems to morph her body into a bigger form.
- Red Baron: Queen of the Forest, or she claims anyway.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: When Humphrey is eaten by Pumpkin and explores his stomach, he's finds that Urtica's seed is being held in a jar next to a magic tree.
- Starter Villain: The first central threat faced in the series.
- Slasher Smile: When she really show's her sadistic side, in both her small and larger forms.
- Soft-Spoken Sadist: Really comes off this way during it's attack on the two girls.
- Underestimating Badassery: Claims Green-Haired elves are weak and won't fight back. Harpy quickly proves her wrong.
Maxilar Bonebreaker
A brutish ogre that Harpy and Wolf encountered in the past. He's also the brother of Femurus and thus, Tibia's Uncle.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Wolf was the one he was really after, but he went after elf villages first that likely had nothing to do with the conflict.
- Jerkass: Goes around smashing elf villages just to lure Wolf out. He likewise isn't quite fond of elves in general claiming they leave messes the others of the forest have to clean up.
- Made of Iron: Harpy mentions that he was quite tough in the past. It was only due to Wolf's Howler sword they managed to defeat him.
- Nonhuman Sidekick: His pet dragon, Pepper.
- The Tooth Hurts: Harpy kicked him in his face twice and managed to break off one of his fangs, not that it deterred him much.
- Villain Has a Point: He was more or less just trying to get payment back for his brother's horn and Harpy mentions later that Wolf was the one that started that fight by collecting ogre horns in the first place. Until Fermurus reveals to Harpy he willingly gave Wolf his horn and that the two are actually friends. In fact Fermurus reveals ogre horn's grow back. Subverting this trope entirely.
Saline
A mermaid Harpy meets when she falls into a lake while looking for mushrooms with Opal.
- Aristocrats Are Evil: The queen of her kind, though she does look after her subjects, telling them to share when they go after Harpy.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Like Urtica, she seems to want help Harpy after she falls into the water, then quickly reveals that she wants to eat her.
- Black Eyes of Evil: Her eyes are pitch black.
- I'm a Humanitarian: Another creature that eats humans and elves (specifically their hearts). Harpy thought that, being a freshwater mermaid, her kind would only eat plants but Saline claims that some are likewise omnivores.
- Our Mermaids Are Different: Definetly not the playful type but more the "drag you into the water and eat you" one. Likewise her upperhalf doesn't look human. Wolf claims their half elf, half fish in this universe though that could be due to his limited knowledge of the world.
- Third Eye: Has a third eye on her forhead.
- Wham Line: When Harpy meets her.Saline: We will help pretty little elf. We will... help ourselves to a delicious elf heart!
