History Characters / AgentPendergast

[[folder: Main Characters]]

[[folder: The Pendergast Family]]

* BigBad: In both ''Literature/DanceOfDeath'' and ''Literature/BookOfTheDead''.

Great-grand uncle to Diogenes and Aloysius. He made his living as a magician, but the family madness caused him to put sinister and deadly twists into his tricks. His legacy figures prominently in ''Literature/BookOfTheDead''.

[[folder: Other characters]]

* ItsPersonal: Agent Coffey's hatred of Pendergast goes far beyond professional rivalry. He's gleeful when he finds out Pendergast [[spoiler:has become a fugitive in ''Literature/DanceOfDeath'' and tries to have him raped and murdered in prison in ''Literature/BookOfTheDead''.]]

* TheGhost: [[spoiler: Due to being a PosthumousCharacter, almost nothing is known of Enoch Leng besides his history and motivations. We get a glimpse of his personality in ''Blue Labyrinth''.]]

->'''Appears In:''' ''The Relic'', ''Reliquary'', ''Brimstone'', ''Dance of Death'', ''Book of the Dead'', ''Cemetery Dance'', ''Fever Dream'', ''Cold Vengeance'', ''Two Graves'', ''Blue Labyrinth''

->'''Appears In:''' ''Verses for the Dead'', ''Crooked River''

%% * PrecisionFStrike

%% * DeterminedWidow: ''Literature/CemeteryDance''.

%% * HotScientist

%% * HotScientist

%%* All APartOfTheJob
%%* Awesomeness ByAnalysis

%% * Cain AndAbel: The Abel; his brother Diogenes is, unusually for this trope, the younger of the pair

%% * Crazy Prepared: Agent Pendergast takes this to Batman-like levels.

%% * FishOutO fWater: Almost anywhere he shows up. And he loves it.
%% * Gentleman Detective: From [[Southern Gentleman Louisiana]].
%% * Guile Hero

%% * MajorInjury Underreaction

%% * NotCheating UnlessYouGetCaught

%% * Obfuscating Stupidity: On occasion.

%%* Omniglot}}
%% * Parental Substitute: To Corrie.
%% * Playing Drunk: Pendergast does this a lot, mostly amongst the homeless.
%% * Pragmatic Hero

%% * Sharp DressedMan: Hell, he even gets manicures.

* WeaponOfChoice: A .45 Les Baer.

%% * The Confidant: To Pendergast.

%% * Friend OnTheForce
%% * Happily Married: [[spoiler: By ''Blue Labyrinth'', he's married to Laura Hayward.]]

%% * Hot Blooded

%% * Precision FStrike

%% * The Watson

* BrokenBird: As a result of [[spoiler: her husband's death.]]
%% * Determined Widow: ''Literature/CemeteryDance''.
%% * Fiery Redhead
%% * Happily Married: To Bill Smithback.
%% * Hot Scientist

%% * Brilliant ButLazy: Occasionally gives off this vibe.

%% * Constantly Curious: And it does come back to bite him.

%% * Going ForTheBigScoop

%% * Intrepid Reporter

%% * Messy Hair

%% * Hot Scientist
%% * Tsundere}}

%%* Cute Bruiser
%%* Fair Cop

%%* Hot Blooded

%% * PintSized Powerhouse
%% * Reasonable AuthorityFigure: After she starts to climb the ranks.

%% * AllGirls WantBadBoys
%% * Antiquated Linguistics
%% Berserk Button: Do ''not'' mess with Pendergast.

%% * Born InTheWrongCentury: Quite literally.
%% * Broken Bird

* CursedWithAwesome: Diogenes describes her immortality this way.

* CorruptTheCutie: [[spoiler: Courtesy of Diogenes.]]

%% * FishOut OfWater
%% * The Ingenue: Before she [[TookALevelInBadass took a level in badass]].

%% * Mysterious Waif

%% * Proper Lady
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She is 120 Years Old.
%% * TheSmart Guy
%% * WhoWantsToLive Forever: Constance's burden.
%% * Woman Scorned: [[spoiler: Diogenes learns this the hard way.]]

%%* Ax Crazy
%%* Beard OfEvil

%% * Cain AndAbel: The Cain.

%% * FauxAffably Evil

%% * Its Personal

%% * Wicked Cultured
%% * Worthy Opponent: To his older brother Aloysius.

%%* Faking TheDead
%%* The LostLenore

%% * Sacrificial Lion: [[spoiler:In ''Two Graves''.]]

%% * HeelFace Turn

%% * RedemptionEqua lsDeath

%% * Trapped InVillainy
%%* Walking Spoiler

%% * Walking Spoiler

%% * CainAnd Abel: [[spoiler: The Abel to Alban's Cain.]]

%% * Walking Spoiler

%% * Cute Bookworm
%% * Delinquents}}

* PerkyGoth: Though she's recently dropped the goth part.

%% * Battle Butler

* NoNameGiven[=/=]LastNameBasis: D'Agosta tries to get Proctor to be less formal with him, but he won't even give him his first name.

%% * The Stoic

%% * LoveAt FirstSight: With Pendergast.

%% * Bookworm}}

* ProfessionalButtKisser: His right hand man, Rabiner.

* JerkAss
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: After [[spoiler: Smithback's death]], at one point he can be seen starting a riot, demanding justice be done in his memory. Then after his comments start a frenzy, he can be shown smirking, revealing that all he was doing was starting things up to create some news.
* SmugSnake

%% * Playful Hacker

%% * AGod AmI
%% * Big Bad: [[spoiler:In ''Reliquary''.]]
%% * Cool OldGuy: [[spoiler: At least in ''The Relic''.]]

%% * Face HeelTurn
%% * Genius Cripple: [[spoiler: Though he's faking in ''Reliquary''.]]
%% * KilledOff ForReal

%% * Walking Spoiler