The characters of The Stoneheart Trilogy:
George Chapman
- I just want this all to be over. I just want to go home.
George is a twelve year old boy whose small act of breaking the head of a stone dragon causes the statues of London to begin to awaken once more.
- Fish out of Water : To the "un-London."
- I Choose to Stay: In the end of Stoneheart, George chooses to not return the dragon head and instead stay in the un-London where living statues can be seen so that Edie won't be alone.
- I Just Want to Have Friends: All George wants in the beginning of the story is to just belong and fit in.
- Parental Abandonment: His father had passed away prior to the story, and his mother is an actress and is often gone on long periods of time working.
- The Protagonist: This is his story and his perspective.
- Refusal of the Call: George doesn't want an adventure. He wants to go home
- She Is Not My Girlfriend:Sphinx: Then you won't get an answer; and you can go away and take your glint with you.George: She's not my glint.Sphinx: You can take her anyway.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Edie.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Edie delivers one to George when she reveals how the Gunner sacrificed his life to save George from the dragon, while George decided to go home and leave the Gunner and Edie behind.
Edie Laemmel
- Don't be sorry for me. Don't treat me like I'm soft. And don't like me.
A stubborn girl who is George's age and also sees the statues, Edie is a glint — a being that often brings bad luck and can witness the past.
- Broken Bird: It is implied that a man with a knife — possibly her father — had chased her out through the beach trying to harm her, and she — again possibly — ended up killing the man in order to escape.
- The Chew Toy: Treated like she's a nuisance because she's a glint, and they are considered to often bring bad luck.
- Damsel in Distress: When Edie gets captured by the Minotaur.
- Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Enough to slap George when he tries to apologize to her.
- Dynamic Entry: Hastily leaving the double-decker bus by biting the conductor between the thumb and forefinger of his hand.
- Exact Eavesdropping: She definitely gets good at this, often following George and the Gunner around and appearing behind them.
- Heroic BSoD: Three times — seeing a girl getting drowned while glinting in the Thames, when she gets attacked by the Grid Man, and when she gets captured by the Minotaur. All events leave her shaken, silent, and visibly pale.
- Hot-Blooded: Has quite the temper, and she's very aware of it.
- Insult Backfire:Sphinx: You have a very suspicious mind, little girl.Edie: Thank you.
- The Load: This is what the Gunner initially sees Edie as because she is a glint.
- Monochromatic Eyes: According to George, Edie's eyes are "as deep brown can get before it becomes black." This is unsettling for him because it's difficult to distinguish where her irises are. It even makes him wonder if Edie's irises are filled with hate.
- Mineral Macguffin: Her sea-glass is first provided as a warning for when danger is nearby, but is later revealed to be Edie's own heart stone as a glint and is essential to who she is.
- The Runaway: Possibly Type 2 and 3.
Jagger (The Gunner)
- I'm not paid to miss. I'm the Gunner.
The Gunner is a statue of a bronze soldier and a spit. He takes George under his wing and attempts to help him stop the taints that are trying to murder him.
- Always Save the Girl: The Gunner risks breaking his oath to the Walker in order to rescue Edie from the Minotaur by saving one last bullet in spite of promising to fight the Minotaur weaponless.
- Cheshire Cat Grin: Quite a bit when George and the Gunner first meet Edie and is confronted by her, which got on Edie's nerves.
- Dynamic Entry: Rescuing George from the stone pterodactyl and salamanders.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: He is a statue of a soldier with a gun.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Sacrificed himself to protect both George and Edie from the dragon statue.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: The Gunner is quick to insult and push away Edie because of her status as a glint, but when push comes to shove, he ends up rescuing her during the fight with the dragon statue.
- Mr. Exposition: Pretty much is around to explain everything to George and to help him stay alive along the way.
- Pet the Dog: When the Gunner starts calling Edie by her name instead of calling her "that glint" or "her."
The Walker
- No, it's not. Not for you. Nothing is ever going to be okay.
The antagonist of the story who desires the Heart Stone.
