The Pendragon Adventure/Characters

Main Characters
Bobby Pendragon

The main character of the series and the Traveler from Second Earth.


 * Action Survivor: Starts out as this.
 * Big Man on Campus
 * Catch Phrase: "And so we go."
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * First-Person Smartass
 * The Hero
 * Last-Name Basis: To anyone he meets on his adventures, he's known as Pendragon.
 * Lovable Jock
 * Magnetic Hero: To some extent.
 * Ordinary High School Student
 * Took a Level in Badass
 * Why Did It Have To Be Snakes/Clowns?

Mark Dimond

Bobby's best friend since childhood. Despite being a nerd while Bobby was a jock, the two got along very well and had many common interests.


 * Adorkable
 * Lovable Nerd
 * Took a Level in Badass:
 * Took a Level in Badass:

Courtney Chetwynde

Bobby's girlfriend. After years of UST, they finally hooked up right before Bobby got sent away in the beginning of the series.


 * Alliterative Name: Sort of.
 * Gray Eyes
 * Heroic BSOD:
 * Lovable Jock
 * Mouthy Kid: She seems to grow out of it later on.
 * Plucky Girl

The Travelers
Press Tilton

Bobby's cool uncle and the one responsible for whisking him away to save the territories.


 * Badass Longcoat
 * Cool Uncle
 * The Obi-Wan
 * Travel Cool: Whether it's by expensive motorcycle or by fancy sports car, Press likes to travel in style.
 * Travel Cool: Whether it's by expensive motorcycle or by fancy sports car, Press likes to travel in style.

Saint Dane

The main antagonist of the series.


 * Badass in a Nice Suit: Is described as wearing a black Asian suit.
 * Bald of Evil: After Black Water.
 * Big Bad
 * The Chessmaster: His plans reach across all of Halla.
 * The End Of Halla As We Know It: Part of his final plan, see Omnicidal Maniac.
 * Faux Affably Evil: Despite what he is, he can be VERY charming...
 * A God Am I
 * Humans Are the Real Monsters: Believing and advocating this is what got him here.
 * Icy Blue Eyes
 * In Their Own Image: His end goal.
 * Kick the Dog: Does this through the entire series, and even in his first appearance.
 * Kill and Replace: Either the people he poses as suffered this, or they never existed at all, just being Saint Dane in disguise the entire time.
 * Manipulative Bastard: This is the part of his Magnificent Bastardry that
 * Omnicidal Maniac:
 * Physical God: Wants to become this, and is already damn close to one.
 * Red Right Hand: His eyes.
 * Take Over Halla
 * Time Abyss:
 * Villainous Crossdresser: Indulges in this a few times in the series.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting: The reason for his high supply of Paranoia Fuel.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: He apparently started out this way.
 * We Can Rule Together: Tries this on Bobby a few times.
 * Xanatos Roulette: His plan that stretches across the entire series is either this, or one very long case of Xanatos Speed Chess.

Loor

The Traveler from Zadaa.


 * Achilles' Heel: She can't swim. Makes sense, seeing as she grew up in a desert.
 * Action Girl
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Hot Amazon
 * Proud Warrior Race Girl
 * She Cleans Up Nicely
 * The Stoic

Osa

Loor's mother. She's from the previous generation of Travelers.


 * Martial Pacifist

Alder

The Traveler from Denduron. A young Bedoowan knight.


 * Adorkable
 * Cool Sword: According to his prequel story, it's called Falling Light.
 * Parental Abandonment: His prequel story reveals that he's an orphan.
 * Took a Level in Badass

Vo Spader

The Traveler from Cloral. Works as an aquaneer.


 * Australian Accent
 * Catch Phrase: "Hobey-ho!"
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Last-Name Basis

Vincent "Gunny" Van Dyke

The Traveler from First Earth. Works as a bell captain at the Manhattan Tower Hotel.


 * Alliterative Name
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Only Known by Their Nickname

Aja Killian

The Traveler from Veelox. Works as a phader for Lifelight.


 * Break the Haughty
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Hollywood Nerd/Hot Scientist
 * Inferiority Superiority Complex: Her initial hostility towards Bobby was covering up a fear of losing her purpose as a Traveler.
 * Insufferable Genius: Toned down considerably with her Character Development.
 * Parental Abandonment: She's an orphan who grew up in a home for gifted kids.
 * Teen Genius
 * Tsundere: Type A

Kasha

The Traveler from Eelong. Works as a forager.


 * Achilles' Heel: Like all klees, she is unable to swim.
 * Action Girl
 * Catfolk
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Missing Mom: A forager who was killed by tangs, inspiring Kasha's hatred of them and leading her to become a forager herself.
 * Refusal of the Call: At first, because she didn't believe any of it was real.

Nevva Winter

The Traveler from Quillan.


 * Brainy Brunette
 * Child Prodigy: As a child, obviously.
 * Freudian Excuse: Discussed in-series.
 * Meaningful Name: She is the girl who never should have been. Both because her role as the Traveler of Quillan was originally meant to go to Elli, and because
 * Parental Abandonment: Her father died and her mother disappeared.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist
 * Meaningful Name: She is the girl who never should have been. Both because her role as the Traveler of Quillan was originally meant to go to Elli, and because
 * Parental Abandonment: Her father died and her mother disappeared.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist
 * Parental Abandonment: Her father died and her mother disappeared.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist

Elli Winter

Nevva's mother. She was supposed to be the Traveler from Quillan, but declined, so the job was passed to Nevva.


 * The Atoner
 * Never Mess with Granny: What she eventually becomes.
 * Refusal of the Call

Siry Remudi

The Traveler from Ibara. Appearing at first to be little more than a thieving delinquent, he revealed himself to Bobby as the leader of the Jakills, a gang of kids devoted to knowing the world beyond their island.


 * Rebel Leader: Subverted; the Jakills may have had a noble cause in mind, but they really didn't know what they were getting into.
 * Rebellious Spirit: By the time Bobby meets him, he has a complete distrust of authority and is flagrantly disregarding the laws.
 * Seeker Archetype: For much of his life, he sought out the truth about the island he lived on and the world beyond it.

Patrick Mac

The Traveler from Third Earth. Works as a teacher/librarian.


 * Badass Bookworm: In his prequel story, where he uses both his knowledge and his hiking experience to protect his class on an outdoors field trip gone wrong.

Other Characters
Andy Mitchell

A school bully who occasionally tormented Mark.


 * The Bully

Boon

Kasha's acolyte and childhood friend.


 * Ace Pilot
 * Achilles' Heel: Like all klees, he is unable to swim.
 * Catfolk
 * Nice Guy

Veego and LaBerge

A brother-and-sister duo who are in charge of the Quillan Games. LaBerge handles the creative side, while Veego runs the technical side.


 * Excited Kids' Show Host: LaBerge
 * Iron Lady: Veego
 * Sibling Yin-Yang

Wu Yenza

Spader's boss. She later becomes his acolyte.


 * Iron Lady

Saangi

Loor's younger adoptive sister and later acolyte.


 * Action Girl

Alexander Naymeer


 * Chekhov's Gunman
 * Ill Boy: As a child.
 * Ill Boy: As a child.