OTHER Other Characters
Eric Quartment
Layla’s beloved, dearly departed Father. Eric was a stand up guy, to the extent that a shameless con artist and thief could be. If nothing else, he adored his wife and daughter and tried his best to do right by them. Layla, for one, worshiped the ground he walked on, and even now idolizes the guy. His tragic death in a freak cotton candy accident pretty much scarred her for life.
Oh, and it turns out that Ichabod knew him well before he and Layla met. Not that Ichabod has ever TOLD her this, of course.
Patti Olivia Lomax-Quartment
Layla’s Mother, whom she loves substantially less than her Father. Patti’s a very… curt individual. She doesn’t like to show emotion, and generally tolerates no crap from other people. Also, she and Layla are biologically incapable of getting along. Those two can get into a fight over ANYTHING. Which Is sad, because deep down they really admire each other. Alas, the fallout of Eric’s death and Ichabod’s intervention means that they won’t been on speaking terms for a while
(IMPORTANT: Patti’s first appearances in the comic have been significantly retconed. What “really” happened is explained in these pages)
Ram Quatzi
Ram is a seller of hard to find technology and a dealer of goods whose legal standing is contentious. In other words, he’s a junk dealer and scam artist. That’s bad enough on its own, but Ram also has a habit of selling very dangerous things without bothering to find out just they actually do. Let buyer beware.
Astrid Kowine
Astrid is a spoiled rich girl who likes going to spoiled rich people parties and flirting with spoiled rich guys. She likes expensive trinkets and fancy clothes, the latter of which invariably show of her… generous proportions. Oh, and she’s also an undercover cop infiltrating the lives of the rich and famous, and can totally shoot your face off in a firefight if she has to. At least SOME of her “spoiled rich ditz” persona is an act, but not much. Just the “ditz” part, really. (Yes, she really IS as rich as she acts. The best cover is one that’s not an act)
Disonar de Kantner
Famous “philanthropist”, which usually means “professional thrower of parties for rich people”. Disonar likes to live large, generally well beyond what he can actually afford. As such, his party throwing skills often end up being employed by whatever shady individuals can afford to pay his bills. He’s not really much of a crook himself, though. The poor shmuck doesn’t have the stomach for it.
Dr. Sutter Zampano Caligari
Dr. Caligari the modern universe’s foremost proponent of alchemy, striving to advance the forgotten “true” science in a future where the shortsighted have abandoned it… except none of his “alchemy” actually works. Caligari is, in fact, a Mad Scientist who’s gone a little more “mad” than most. He has delusions of performing alchemy, but actually just does his old mad science tricks out of habit, and with far less precision than he used to. As a result, the poor nutcase has become a bit of a laughing stock. He and his daughter Tabitha were extremely close when she was younger, and he was saner, but the recent dementia has put a real strain of their relationship.
Mrs. Caligari
Tabitha’s Mom is… um… a bit of a mystery. We know she exists, we’ve heard her talk, but… nobody ever seems to actually SEE her. What does she look like? What’s her actual name? Why is she only a disembodied voice? Who knows?
Master Frank Forrester Hech’rosh’tih
According to an interplanetary cult known as the Hoch’ren Honnee, Frank is the 3rd Most Important Person in the universe. You see, they’ve got this messiah-type figure spoken of in prophesy and allegedly destined to save the universe as we know it… but just in case, they’ve also got an understudy for the guy. FRANK here is the understudy’s understudy, meaning it’ll be up to him to save the universe if the other two guys aren’t available; hence the whole “THIRD most important” thing. Between being totally spoiled and being ticked off that he’s always going to be third banana, Frank’s not a very pleasant fellow to be around.
Dr. Isaiah Hector
Megaweapon’s Father, and Jenna & Kevin’s step-dad. Some would suggest that Dr. Hector only married their Mother so that the family wealth could fund his mad science projects. These people would be wrong. Dr. Hector absolutely worships Augusta, and has actually scaled down his mad sciencing quite a bit to avoid causing her any trouble. That said, he’s kind of a lousy parent, without much patience for difficult stuff like discipline. That probably explains how Megaweapon turned out the way he did. Still, as far as Mad Scientists go, Dr. Hector is a reasonably nice fellow.
Augusta Marie-Thérèse Antoinette Hector
Possibly the only person in existence to rival Jenna in the field of niceness, Augusta is a RELENTLESSLY cheerful person. Constantly smiling, always on the verge of a giggling fit, and endlessly positive about everything, Augusta is… well, he’s a bit of a ditz. Not DUMB, by any means, but she’s hopelessly naive from living a life of absolute luxury. Still, she really tries her best to help others, and runs a massive number of charities to that effect (well, Jenna’s more the one who RUNS them, but…)
About the only wrinkle in Augusta’s happy existence is Megaweapon. She just can’t wrap her head around the thought that her beloved baby boy could possibly turn out to be such a monster, so she doesn’t try. Of course, Megaweapon deliberately doesn’t act up around her, so the denial is easy to keep up.
Dr. Delia Jarre
Mad Scientists latching onto crackpot theories is nothing new, but Dr. Jarre has one that hits the main Far Out There cast closer than most. She’s convinced that Avatar is actually the long-lost Princess Rheiko of Jehtkyo, and won’t shut up about it. She’s wrong, it’s chronologically impossible for Avatar to be Rheiko, but Dr. Jarre is determined, enthusiastic, and nuts, so that doesn’t stop her. Also, Dr. Jarre has a totally adorable army of little top hat robots to do her bidding at all times.
Mooney Paceman
A rich, sociopathic gun collector who crossed paths with Ichabod some time in the past. She seems to prefer robots over people, and got violently angry when Ichabod didn’t share that opinion. And as far as we know, they never exactly settled their differences after that. She’s still out there…
Madam Bianca Savoy Ventricle
One of the higher-ups in the Forum of Unconventional Scientific Endeavors (a Mad Scientist Convention). Madam Ventricle is a grumpy, sarcastic lady who has very little patience for other people, probably as a result of trying to keep Mad Scientists in line for years. She also wears an eye patch, which… is kind of odd. You’d think someone constantly surrounded by mad science would be able to get a bad eye fixed, right?
Kiki Kritz
Kiki is Madam Ventricle’s best friend and right-hand woman. As cheerful as Ventricle is cranky, Kiki tends to be Ventricle’s goodwill ambassador, or at least she’s the one that resolves any arguments. And yet, Kiki also manages to have a much longer list of disasters to her name than Madam Ventricle, suggesting it might be the latter to keep HER reigned in.
Reverend Bonfire
The leader of Skye’s band of wandering hippy street preachers. He’s pretty much everything that combination of words would lead you to expect. Boisterous and kind of goofy, but well-meaning enough. There’s no telling what, if any, religious organization ordained the good Reverend. According to one of his many origin stories, Ichabod knew the guy while growing up.
Dr. Cruse Vanderslice
A handsome young Mad Scientist who briefly grabbed Layla’s attention. Unfortunately, like many mad scientists, Dr. Vanderslice is quite willing to do lots of horrifyingly gross things to very cute little animals, so their association was short lived. He never really understood what her problem was.
Sophia Suspiria Terracciano
Ichabod’s superior at the Galactic Nitpicker’s Guild. Sophia is a tough, no nonsense boss, who constantly has to ride herd on Ichabod to get him to turn in reports on time. She’s also the one Ichabod comes running to whenever he gets into too much trouble for him to get out of on his own. Also, she appears to be a cute little girl with a serious candy habit. There’s no telling if she’s just super smart or doesn’t age or what.
Claire Black
Sophia’s assistant/body guard. Claire is the one who does the actual saving whenever Ichabod needs Sophia to save him. Claire doesn’t talk much, but she’s very good with guns and even better with her fists. She’s also deeply cynical and smokes a lot.
Vance Spenton-Holmes
Con artists and swindler with extensive brain implants that allow him to access computer databases with his mind (a handy trick for fast-talking crooks). At one point, Vance was a nice, charming fellow, enough for Eric to work on a job with him. Unfortunately, that job left Vance stranded on a derelict space station, driven to homicidal misanthropy and delusions of being a robot (thanks largely to Ichabod, of course). There’s no sign that he actually died on that station, meaning he could come looking for Ichabod again at any moment…
Aram Dolpheintz Hech’anch’tih, Xeen Hech’orch’tih, & Jamilla Jaai Hech’ruch’tih
The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Most Important Persons of the Universe according to the Hoch’ren Honnee. That is, they’re the people waiting to take over if Frank is rendered unable to fulfill his duties. Thus, they have even less to do than he does. Any yet, any one of them is WAY more responsible than Frank is, especially Jamilla. She may be ranked sixth, but she’s ABSOLUTELY the brains of this operation. (And if you’re confused, Jamilla has the spots, Xeen has the shades, Aram has triangles on his face)
Philip Freeman
Groundbreaking botanist and creator of numerous new strains of trees. In fact, it’s rumored he prefers to live in trees rather than a house. He’s a very popular guy around Christmastime.
Aunt Domino
An especially eccentric Nitpicker, like, even by usual Nitpicking standards. She’s rarely allowed out into the field, and even while kept at Nitpicker HQ she has to have multiple Nitpickers babysitting her at all times.
Wilkins Gibb
A doughy little Nitpicker who had the misfortune of training under Aunt Domino, and hasn’t gone out in the field since. These days he sticks around Nitpicker HQ, running the accounting division. He also happens to be married to Claire, making them possibly the most physically opposite couple in the entire Nitpickers Guild.
Hanes & Xeselgrox
A Nitpicking couple who just might be the most lazy man and woman in the entire Guild. This makes them totally useless in the field, yet the only Nitpickers laid-back enough to babysit Aunt Domino. Oh, and Xeselgrox is the redhead. What, you assume that just because a guy has a tentacle face and bowl on his head that HE’S the one with the funky-sounding name? That’s really presumptuous of you.
Heumut Von Hammer
One of the most… boisterous people in the entire Nitpicker’s Guild. Loud and sweaty and deceptively agile for such a short and pudgy guy.
Maziham & Mahizam Xafri
Twin sister Nitpickers who always work as a pair. And by “work” we mean “constantly bicker over everything.” They do have each other’s back when united against a common foe, though. Oh, and since they can be hard to tell apart: Mazi has the straight hair, Mahi has the curly mane.
531 Maunu
A particularly gloomy Nitpicker, despite her deceptively bright appearance. Maunu takes her job as a Nitpicker VERY seriously, and want to make sure everybody else knows how much of her personal life she’s sacrificed for it. Nobody really likes Maunu.
Chelsea-Lambda & Whitby
A strange Nitpicking duo, even by Nitpicker standards. Chelsea-Lambda is a mostly reserved woman who rarely speaks and is never sighted outside of the Nitpicker HQ library unless in the company of Whitby. Whitby is a… mysterious little imp, never seen without his distinctive mask and somehow able to be understood by Chelsea without ever speaking. Whitby like pulling pranks to amuse Chelsea, and she unleashes a rarely-seen sadistic streak anytime he’s hurt.
The Kid
Probably the most mysterious individual associated with The Nitpickers Guild, nobody really knows who The Kid actually is, where she comes from, or how she even became a Nitpicker in the first place. She seems to have just… “appeared” on the registry, and somehow manages to show up for jobs without anyone ever contacting her. And then there’s her powers, which nobody is allowed to talk about.