History Characters / ChildrenOfTheRedKingOutsideTheCity

* AdultFear:

* AdultFear: He disappears through time while visiting his ill mother in a hospital. When he finally emerges from the Twister he discovers that three months have passed and that his mother isn't 'with [them]' anymore. Markendaya assumes that his mother is dead because of this, and sinks into a HeroicBSOD.

* AdultFear: She disappeared from her time while playing hide-and-seek with her brother.

* AdultFear: Her entire family was killed in a bombing raid during World War II; she was sent forward in time immediately afterward and had to deal with being ridiculed and bullied by the people in the orphanage she was made to live in. It became so bad that she was in deep despair when she was finally found by Pearl and sent to the Littles' House.

%%* BrokenBird

!! The Cottage in the Wilderness
[[folder: Bartholomew Bloor]]
!! Bartholomew Bloor
Dr Bloor's father and Ezekiel's son. He is the WhiteSheep of the Bloor family.
* 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.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Bartholomew's son Harold chooses to side with Ezekiel and the Yewbeam sisters.
* 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.
%%* AssholeVictim
* 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.
%%* CallingTheOldManOut
* 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.
* CoolOldGuy: He helps Charlie defeat Harken and rescue Lyell Bone from his hypnosis.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
%%* DistressedDude
* FamilyOfChoice: Meng and Naren are this for him.
* GoodIsNotNice: He may help Charlie and his friends, but he is still gruff and rude at times, and not a very likable person.
%%* GrumpyOldMan
%%%* HappilyMarried: First, with Mary Chance, and later with Meng.
* HiddenDepths: At first appears to be rude and unfriendly.
* IHaveNoSon: This is how he generally views Dr Bloor.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Though Bartholomew seems rude and callous on the outside, he cares deeply for his family and friends and would do anything for them.
* LikeASonToMe: Bartholomew tells Charlie that he thinks of Lyell as the son he never had.
%%* NoSocialSkills
%%* ParentalSubstitute: Is this for Naren.
%%* ScrewPolitenessImASenior
%%* SecondLove: With Meng.
* 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.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Mary Chance, who danced herself to death believing that he'd been killed while mountain-climbing in the Himalayas.
%%* TookALevelInKindness
* WhiteSheep: He lampshades this himself, at first calling himself the black sheep then saying that perhaps he is actually the white.

[[folder: Meng Bloor]]
!! Meng Bloor
Bartholomew Bloor's second wife, and Naren's adopted mother.
%%* CoolOldLady
%%* NiceGirl
* ParentalSubstitute: For Naren.
* SecondLove: Is this for Bartholomew.

[[folder: Naren Bloor]]
!! Naren Bloor
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.
* CheerfulChild: Naren is described as being very merry.
* HappilyAdopted: By Bartholomew Bloor and his second wife Meng.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: Her parents died when Naren was four years old; Naren herself is said to be merry and kind.
* ParentalAbandonment: Naren's parents died in a flood when she was just four years old.
* ParentalSubstitute: Meng and Bartholomew Bloor are this for her, as her own parents were killed in a flood when she was very young.
* PutOnABus: She only appears in the fifth book, and [[spoiler: afterwards goes whale-watching with her family as a favor to Lyell Bone]].

!! Ocean View
[[folder: James Yewbeam]]
!! James Yewbeam
Paton Yewbeam's father and brother to Henry. He is over ninety years old and lives with his housekeeper Pearl in a cottage near the sea.
* AdultFear: Was only six years old when his brother disappeared and was presumed dead. Then after returning home he found out that his sister was gone too, dead from diphtheria, effectively making him into an only child.
** His wife 'fell' down the stairs and broke her neck during a visit to Yewbeam Castle in 1964. Straight after, James was forced to flee for his life with Paton, who was only seven years old at the time. His elder daughters refused to leave with him, having already been brainwashed by Yolanda.
%%** In ''Time Twister'' he finally gets a surprise chance to reunite with his brother, but
* AffectionateNickname: Henry always called him 'Jamie' before his disappearance from 1912.
* AngerBornOfWorry: When Henry recounts the story of how he found Enkidu, he says that James felt this when he climbed down the face of a cliff to get to the kitten.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Four of his children turned against him completely, siding with their evil Great-Aunt Yolanda. James was forced to flee Yewbeam Castle for his life with Paton, who was only seven years old at the time. Decades later, James is still estranged from his daughters who all want nothing to do with him.
%%* BigScrewedUpFamily: Is a part of the Yewbeam family.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast:
* HappilyMarried: To Solange Sourzac, before she was murdered by Yolanda Yewbeam in Yewbeam Castle.
* KilledOffForReal: He dies of old age a year before the events of ''Henry and the Guardians of the Lost''.
* NiceGuy: He is a nice man with a gentle and kind personality.
* PromotionToParent: Takes on a semi-parental role toward Henry after Henry returns to live at Ocean View after the events of ''Time Twister''.

[[folder: Henry Yewbeam]]
!! Henry Yewbeam
A relative of Charlie who found himself in the 21st century through accidental use of the Time Twister.
%%* ActionHero
%%* AdultFear
%%* AllLovingHero
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He is normally very polite and friendly. However, if anyone tries to hurt his cat, he becomes much less so.
* BigDamnHeroes: He, Bramble and Enkidu travel through the forest to rescue Mark from the Reeds' house in Timeless.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Is a part of the Yewbeam family, who Skarpo the Sorcerer called a family of scoundrels, and on a much larger scale the many descendants of the Red King, who are in an ongoing battle with each other.
* CheerfulChild: He is usually very optimistic and cheerful.
%%* ColdBloodedTorture
* ConstantlyCurious: He is very curious about most things. The Princess points out that if he wasn't so curious, he wouldn't have looked into the Time Twister and been transported through time in the first place.
%%* {{Determinator}}: He is initially determined to get back to his own time in any way he can, and goes as far as
* FamilyOfChoice: His is with his brother James (before James' death), his Auntie Pearl, Charlie and Enkidu.
* HappilyAdopted: In a strange way, by his own brother James Yewbeam, who is now elderly, and his housekeeper Pearl, in the present time.
%%* HeartwarmingOrphan
%%* HeroesWantRedheads
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Henry starts off on a bad foot with the Shaidi when he brings a cat into the Littles' House. Because they are the last of their kind, and one of their own was killed by a cat only a few years earlier, they are frightened and angry, and play mean tricks on Henry during his early days in the House.
%%* IGaveMyWord
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Pearl, his adoptive aunt. Also Treasure, who looked after him while he was hiding in Bloor's Academy.
* KindheartedCatLover: Henry is inseparable from his cat, Enkidu, who he rescued as a kitten and formed a strong bond with.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His first (and only) attempt to go back through the Time Twister results in him almost dying of hypothermia in a locked freezer.
%%* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished
* ParentalAbandonment: His biological parents are long dead. His brother, who'd been acting as a ParentalSubstitute, died a year before the events of ''Guardians of the Lost'', of old age.
* ParentalSubstitute: His brother and Pearl become this for him after he is transported through time.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives his speech to Twig, calling her a bad mother because she failed to make sure Bramble knew how to tie her shoelaces.
* StartingANewLife: After finding himself in the 21st century he goes to live in his old home, Ocean View, with his now-elderly brother and his housekeeper.
** After discovering that a nameless group of people are hunting him, he's forced to go to the Littles' house to live, where he can start growing again. He has to get used to the very different life the people in the house lead.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He is extremely similar to Charlie in physical appearance. Paton comments on it in surprise when he first sees the family photo of Henry's family which Charlie shows to him in ''Time Twister'', and later on Ezekiel Bloor also points it out, musing that Charlie's similarity to Henry may be why Ezekiel can't stand him.

[[folder: Pearl]]
!! Pearl
Cook's sister. She lives with James Yewbeam, and is his housekeeper and caretaker. She is also a Guardian of the Lost, and one of the group's best Finders.
%%* AdultFear
%%* AngerBornOfWorry
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her parents, home and sweetheart were drowned by Lord Grimwald decades before the start of the main series, all because she refused to marry him. She and her sister were forced to go into hiding because of this.
* HiddenDepths: Looks like an ordinary housekeeper, but is really a descendant of the Red King endowed with the gift of tranquility. She's also revealed to be a member of the Guardians of the Lost and one of their best Finders.

!! Yewbeam Castle
[[folder: Yolanda Yewbeam]]
!! Yolanda Yewbeam / Belle
A hundred year old shapeshifter, she is a major antagonist in the third book. She is heartless and evil, and lives in Yewbeam Castle.
* DaddysGirl: Through and through. Yolanda is the apple of her father’s eye.
%%* TheDreaded
* HypnoticEyes: Yolanda has the power to hypnotize.
* KilledOffForReal: Yolanda is electrocuted by Paton Yewbeam after he realizes that she had a role in the attempted murder of Miss Ingledew through use of an enchanted belt.
* LackOfEmpathy: She has no empathy for anyone or anything.
* ShapeShifter: Yolanda can shapeshift into anything or anyone. Even though she is now over a hundred years old, she can still take the form of a twelve-year-old girl.
* TheCorrupter: Yolanda seems to be both fond of and very good at corrupting people. First, before the series begins, she corrupts Paton's four sisters into what they are now, and in the third book, she turns Dorcas Loom to the evil side.
* TheHeartless: Yolanda doesn't seem to care about anything or anyone.

[[folder: Yorath Yewbeam]]
!! Yorath Yewbeam
A sadistic shapeshifter, Yorath is the father of Manley and Yolanda. He is so old he can no longer retain his own shape and must borrow from other beings in order to survive.
* TheAssimilator: Yorath is able to assimilate multiple bodies and personalities into one. He uses this talent when he goes to Bloor's Academy and poses as a teacher there.
%%* TheDreaded
* EvilTeacher: In ''Castle of Mirrors''. Charlie and Gabriel both sense that something is not quite right about him.
* TheHeartless: Yorath doesn't seem to care about anything or anyone except his daughter Yolanda.
* KilledOffForReal: He's killed by [[spoiler: Christopher Crowquill, who sacrifices his own life by pushing him off the edge of a cliff]].
* LackOfEmpathy: He has no empathy for anyone or anything.
* PapaWolf: Hurt Yolanda and he'll make you pay.
** He swears vengeance on Paton Yewbeam after learning of his daughter's death at his hands, and will stop at nothing to see Paton dead.
%%* RevengeOverReason:
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After Yolanda is killed by Paton, Yorath is determined to have his revenge on him.
%%* SadisticTeacher
* ShapeShifter: Yorath is a shapeshifter who feeds on and takes the shapes and personalities of his victims.

!! Sparkling Castle
[[folder: Samuel Sparks]]
!! Samuel Sparks / Mr. Boldova
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]].
* 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.
* {{Brainwashed}}: By Yolanda, as punishment for attempting to rescue his brother who is trapped in Bloor's Academy. [[spoiler: He gets better.]]
* {{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.
* FriendToAllChildren: Mr. Boldova is always ready to help the students at the Academy, no matter what.
* 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.
* 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.
* NiceGuy: He's generally a nice guy.

[[folder: Ollie Sparks]]
!! Ollie Sparks
A very curious boy who once attended Bloor's Academy in the music department. He disappeared before the beginning of the series and is revealed to have been [[spoiler: held captive in Bloor's Academy by the Bloors, who were using him to experiment with invisibility. He is eventually rescued and made invisible again by the good endowed]].
* ConstantlyCurious: Ollie is described as being very inquisitive, almost too much so. This gets him in trouble quite often.
* NiceGuy: He's a generally nice boy.

!! Timeless
[[folder: The Mayor]]

[[folder: The Reeds]]

!! The Littles' House
[[AC: Permanent Residents]]
[[folder: The Princess]]
!! The Princess
The leader of the Guardians living in the Littles' House. She is the mother of Lazlo.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her entire kingdom was destroyed by the careless actions of magic-users.
%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She is in charge of the Guardians who dwell in the Littles' house.

[[folder: Lazlo]]
!! Lazlo
The Princess' son, and a powerful wizard. He is a Guardian of the Lost.
* AdultFear:
%%* ActionGuy
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was rendered homeless when his and his mother's kingdom was destroyed by careless magic-users.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He is a Guardian of the Lost and a wizard. He leads the other magic-users in the rescue Henry from the Mayor at the end of ''Guardians of the Lost'', and also has his own BigDamnHeroes moment earlier on when he saves Henry, Bramble and Mark from the terrors of the forest when they are returning from rescuing Mark from the Reeds' house.

[[folder: Herbert]]
!! Herbert
A wizard who resides in the Littles' House. He is a member of the Guardians of the Lost.

[[folder: Professor Pintail]]
A wizard who resides in the Littles' House. He is a member of the Guardians of the Lost.
* {{Shapeshifter}}: He can shapeshift into the form of a duck.

[[folder: Miss Nottamoth]]
A wizard who resides in the Littles' House. She is a member of the Guardians of the Lost.
* {{Shapeshifter}}: She can shapeshift into the form of a moth.

[[folder: Miss Hardear]]
A witch who resides in the Littles' House. She is a member of the Guardians of the Lost.

[[folder: Christian Ottershaw]]
!! Christian Ottershaw
A permanent resident of the Littles' House. He was originally a choirboy who was sent forward in time after looking into the Time Twister.

[[folder: Lucy Little]]
!! Lucy Little
A permanent resident of the Littles' House.

[[folder: The Cockatoo]]
!! Cockatoo
A cockatoo who was once a girl named Flora.

[[AC: Shaidi]]
[[folder: Twig]]
!! Twig
One of the Shaidi who serves in the Littles' House. Her husband was killed by the Mayor's Cat, making her afraid of and prejudiced against all cats.
* FantasticRacism: She is very prejudiced against cats, because her husband Moss was killed by one. This is the reason behind her dislike of Henry.
* LastOfHerKind: She and her family are the last of the Shaidi.

[[folder: Thistle]]
Twig's father.
* FantasticRacism: He is very prejudiced against cats, because her husband Moss was killed by one. This is the reason behind her dislike of Henry.
* LastOfHerKind: He and his family are the last of the Shaidi.

[[folder: Nettle and Nut]]
Eldest children of Twig. They are twins and like getting up to mischief.
* FantasticRacism: They are very prejudiced against cats, because their father was killed by one.
* LastOfHerKind: They and their family are the last of the Shaidi.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Mint]]
One of Twig's youngest children.
* FantasticRacism: He is very prejudiced against cats, like the rest of his family.
* LastOfHerKind: He and his family are the last of the Shaidi.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: He poisons Henry's food with magic dust during Henry's first night in the House, resulting in Henry collapsing into unconsciousness.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Bramble]]
One of Twig's youngest children. She is very kind and gentle. She befriends Henry when he is at the Littles' House.
%%* Adorkable
* BigDamnHeroes: She accompanies Henry and Enkidu on their mission to rescue Markendaya from the Reed's house in Timeless, and proves to be an invaluable asset. It is only because of her that their group manages to travel through the forest safely.
%%* TheCutie
* FantasticRacism: She is prejudiced against cats until hearing the story of how Henry adopted Enkidu.
* LastOfHerKind: She and her family are the last of the Shaidi.
* NiceGirl: She is very sweet and kind, especially in comparison to the rest of her family.
[[/folder]]


[[AC: Guests]]
[[folder: Markendaya]]
!! Markendaya
A boy of Indian descent who accidentally went forward in time through the Time Twister. He is staying at the Littles' House so that he can start growing again after being frozen in time.
* AdultFear: He disappears through time while visiting his ill mother in a hospital. When he finally emerges from the Twister he discovers that three months have passed and that his mother isn't 'with [them]' anymore. Markendaya assumes that his mother is dead because of this, and sinks into a HeroicBSOD.
* HeroicBSOD: Is in one at the start of the story, as he believes that his mother died of illness. He refuses to take his growing-potion and leave the House because of it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Marigold]]
!! Marigold
A girl originally from the early 19th century. She is a guest at the Littles' House.
* AdultFear: She disappeared from her time while playing hide-and-seek with her brother.
* CheerfulChild: She is always very cheerful, and nothing seems to get her down for long.
%%* ConstantlyCurious
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Has blonde hair and a good heart.
%%* HeartwarmingOrphan
%%* NiceGirl
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Ankaret]]
!! Ankaret
A red-headed girl who was originally from the World War II era. She is a talented pianist.
* AdultFear: Her entire family was killed in a bombing raid during World War II; she was sent forward in time immediately afterward and had to deal with being ridiculed and bullied by the people in the orphanage she was made to live in. It became so bad that she was in deep despair when she was finally found by Pearl and sent to the Littles' House.
* BreakTheCutie: She had passed the DespairEventHorizon by the time she was found by Pearl and taken from the orphanage to the Littles' House.
%%* BrokenBird
* CharacterTic: She is constantly drumming her fingers as if trying to play the keys on a piano.
%%* ConstantlyCurious
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Had to see her mother, father and baby sister killed during a bombing raid in World War II. Straight afterward she was sent forward in time, she was taken to live in a home for difficult children, where she was ridiculed and bullied until she was driven to despair.
* DefrostingIceQueen: At first is very suspicious and cold toward Henry, but thaws toward him as the story goes along.
* DespairEventHorizon: Her family's death was this for her.
%%* FieryRedhead
* HeroicBSOD: Is in one when she meets Henry in the Littles' House.
* HiddenDepths: At first Ankaret seems grumpy and impatient and not very likable. Then Henry learns about her troubled past and is surprised to find out that she's a very gifted pianist.
* OrphanageOfFear: Before coming to the Littles' House she lived a very unhappy life in an orphanage.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents and little sister died during World War II, victims of a bombing raid.
* StartingANewLife: Chooses to go back to Ocean View with Henry to start a new and happier second life.
%%* TheStoic
%%* YouthfulFreckles
[[/folder]]

!! Meldon
[[folder: Jack Silk]]
!! Jack Silk
A gifted carpenter who is confined to his house because of a curse. He is the father of Sadie and uncle to Gabriel Silk.

[[/folder]]


[[folder: Sadie Silk]]
Daughter of Jack Silk and cousin to Gabriel. She is a bright girl and helps Gabriel retrieve the lost cloak.


[[/folder]]


[[folder: Fred Bean]]
Father of Hetty Bean. He is friends with Jack Silk and briefly helps Gabriel on his quest to regain the Red King's cloak.

[[/folder]]


[[folder: Cecily Fork]]
!! Cecily Fork
An evil sorceress who is after the Red King's cloak.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Septimus Fork]]
!! Septimus Fork
Cecily's younger son.

[[/folder]]

* GreenEyes: Has green eyes.

%%* BadassGrandpa

* HappilyMarried: First, with Mary Chance, and later with Meng.

* ParentalSubstitute: Is this for Naren.

* SecondLove: With Meng.

* ABoyAndHisX: Henry is inseparable from his cat, Enkidu, who he rescued as a kitten and formed a strong bond with.

* ThePianist: She is an extremely gifted pianist.

* ParentalSubstitute: Is this for Naren.

%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething

%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He is a Guardian of the Lost, and in charge of

%%* AdultFear: As a small child of six he lost both of his older siblings, one of whom he idolized.

%%* BigScrewedUpFamily

* KilledOffForReal: He dies in early 2004, of old age, before the events of ''Henry and the Guardians of the Lost''.

%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
%%* BigScrewedUpFamily

* ConstantlyCurious: He is very curious, about most things. The Princess points out that if he wasn't so curious, he wouldn't have looked into the Time Twister and been transported through time in the first place.
%%* {{Determinator}}

%%* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
* ParentalAbandonment: His biological parents are long dead.

* CharacterDeath: Yolanda is electrocuted by Paton Yewbeam after he realizes that she had a role in the attempted murder of Miss Ingledew through use of an enchanted belt.

%%* LackOfEmpathy

* CharacterDeath: He's killed by [[spoiler: Christopher Crowquill, who sacrifices his own life by pushing him off the edge of a cliff]].

%%* LackOfEmpathy
* PapaWolf: Hurt Yolanda and he'll make you pay.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After Yolanda is killed by Paton, Yorath is determined to have his revenge on him.
%%* SadisticTeacher
* ShapeShifter: Yorath is a shapeshifter who feeds on and takes the shapes and personalities of his victims.
* TheAssimilator: Yorath is able to assimilate multiple bodies and personalities into one. He uses this talent when he goes to Bloor's Academy and poses as a teacher there.

%%* BadassTeacher
* {{Brainwashed}}: By Yolanda.

* TheDeterminator: 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.

[[folder: Christian]]

[[folder: Lucy]]

Dr Bloor's father and Ezekiel's son. Is the WhiteSheep of the Bloor family.

%%* AntiHero
* BoldExplorer: After his wife dies and his family turns his back on him, Bartholomew becomes an explorer. It is said that he visited almost every country in the world. He writes diaries of his adventures which he later gives to Charlie Bone to help him defeat Count Harken Badlock.
%%* CoolOldGuy

* LikeASonToMe: Bartholomew tells Charlie that he thinks of Lyell as a son.
%%* SecondLove: With Meng.
%%* SourOutsideSadInside
* StarCrossedLovers: With Mary Chance.
%%* StoicWoobie
%%** JerkassWoobie

%%* HeroWithBadPublicity

* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Pearl, his adoptive aunt.
%%* NiceJobBreakingItHero

%%* ReasonYouSuckSpeech
%%* StartingANewLife

* FantasticRacism: She is very prejudiced against cats, because her husband Moss was killed by one. This is the reason behind her dislike of Henry.
* LastOfHerKind: She and her family are the last of the Shaidi.

* FantasticRacism: She is very prejudiced against cats, because her husband Moss was killed by one. This is the reason behind her dislike of Henry.
* LastOfHerKind: She and her family are the last of the Shaidi.

* FantasticRacism: She is very prejudiced against cats, because her husband Moss was killed by one. This is the reason behind her dislike of Henry.
* LastOfHerKind: She and her family are the last of the Shaidi.

%%* FantasticRacism

* NiceGirl: She is very sweet and kind.

%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething

%%* AdultFear

%%* CheerfulChild
%%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold

%%* AdultFear: Her entire family was killed in a bombing raid during World War II; she was sent forward in time immediately afterward and had to deal with
%%* BreakTheCutie
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast:

%%* DespairEventHorizon

%%* GreenEyes
%%* HeroicBSOD
%%* HiddenDepths

%%* ParentalAbandonment
* ThePianist: She is an extremely gifted pianist.

Paton Yewbeam's father and brother to Henry.
%%* AdultFear

%%* ConstantlyCurious
* HappilyAdopted: In a strange way, by his own brother James Yewbeam, who is now elderly, and his housekeeper, in the present time.

%%* ParentalAbandonment

Cook's sister. She lives with James Yewbeam, and is his housekeeper and caretaker.

!! The Littles' House