Epic (2013) RP

//JINN CHARACTERS//

BUFO Description: Bufo's species is a that of a Bufo Toad , hence his name. He has a strange accent. He qears a blue iridescent suit with a white undershirt. Personality: Bufo is a mean toad who takes pleasure into not letting Nod win the race. Bufo made an offensive comment about Mandrake's late son causing Mandrake to be angered. Bufo is a charismatic guy who'll let you know there are no hard feelings, and that he's really sorry he has to do this.

GRUB Description: Grub is a lean tall snail, and a Pod caretaker. He has a strange accent. Personality: Grub is grumpy, smart snail who dreams of becoming a Leafman in the future. He is proper but funny. He has morals, unlike his buddy slug, Mub. Grub is very clever with outwitting his enemies using various tactics. He is comical and serious. Relationships: Grub is good friends with Mub, and also friends with Queen Tara. He eventually becomes friends of Nod, Ronin, and MK.

MARIGOLD CHILD Description: a pre-bloom marigold flower Jinn. Queen Tara is her childhood hero, and she wishes to be queen one day, once even asking her mother "Can I be Queen when I grow up?". Queen Tara saves her from Boggans. In the end she gets her wish as The Pod, that Queen Tara had earlier chosen, blooms and selects her to be recipient of "The Life of the Forest", making her the next queen. The last of Queen Tara's essence tells her to "take care of" Ronin, kissing her on the forehead and completing the transfer of The Life of the Forest. Apperance: she is a marigold jinn, all green with an orange marigold bud growing on the top of her head, her hair being shaped like a bun behind her face and wearing a long sleeved, turtleneck, knee-long dress woth oranfe petals on the bottom. Personality: The Marigold Child has an excitable and innocent personality. She also gets excited/hyper when she sees the Leafmen and she showed a side of bravery, when she helped her hero get away from the Boggans that were after her. As she grows older, becore becoming queen, her flower turns white and her dress becomes long with a akirt of white petals.

DAISY JINN Description: She is Marigold Child's Mother. Sbe is a bloomed ehite daisy flower Jinn. She keeps her daughter by her side and explaining the Queen to her child. She was proud and amazed at her daughter, when The Pod chose her to be the new Queen of the Forest; and later became speechless when her child used her new powers to send MK home and back to her true size. Apperance: She is a daisy jinn, all green and having a bloomed white daisy flower on top of her head and a long, long sleeved turtleneck dress made of green petals. Personality: The Marigold Child's Mother is kind, wise and calm, and loves her child very much. When her daughter ran off to help Queen Tara, she asked one of the Leafmen help her find and bring her back to safety on the back of one of their Hummingbirds', in which they succeeded.

MUB Description: He is a fat slug jinn, and a pod caretaker. Personality: Mub is a silly slug, but he is deep, and has a lot of pride which is always leading him into trouble. He is smitten with Mary Katherine. Mub is a wise-crack, and throughout the events was trying to chat Mary Katherine up from being massively overconfident. He thinks MK liked him, even though he is a slug, and she is human. Grub is uptight and in general, not a wise-cracker, although he sometimes acts just as silly as his friend. His desperation to be a Leafman makes him go across the lengths to impress those (rather awkwardly) even remotely close to the Leafmen, especially those in the particular guard. He doesn't like Mandrake's boring and torturous stories and is a good rapper Relationships: Mub and Grub have a close relationship and are best friends. Grub desperately dreams of becoming a Leafman, so he trails Ronin around and respects him greatly. Mub is impressed by MK's looks, and despite him being a slug, is overconfident in his looks and believes she likes him. He often calls her, "baby girl", and tells Nod that he "saw her first". Mub has a tense relationship with Nod, because he feels Nod is in the way, and is preventing MK and him from getting together. He frequently tries to insult Nod, calling him, "flat-faced," but usually just comes off as annoying.

NIM GALUU Desctiption: Nim Galuu is a wise Glowworm. He is yellow with a green tint and wears a silk brown open robe and has three pairs of harm. Personality: Nim Galuu is high knowledgable. He knows everything that happens in the past or future because of his scrolls. It would seem he is not massively bright; he requires the scrolls for knowledge. He has an easy going personality. He keeps every intel on what the creatures of the forest do, through his scrolls. Biography: Ronin, Nod, Mug, Grub and Mary Katherine came to see him through Queen Tara's instructions as to what to do with the pod. Nim Galuu kept very detailed records on what to do with it; but part of the document was missing (taken by Mandrake). Nim also found Mary Katherine a document on what to do to restore her to her normal self. He later made a small appearance at the Battle of Moonhaven and officially introduced the new queen.

//LEAFMEN CHARACTERS//

FINN Description: the second-in-command to Ronin in the Leafmen army. Appearance: He is wbite, ginger with ligjt green eyes and has a medium long goatee beard. He has freckles on his cheeks. He wears armour mde of sewn leaves. Finn is the most distinctive Leafman in the army. Personality: He is serious like Ronin, but not quite to his level, and is a little sassy, considering his wide smile at Nod resigning, and his former remark about the boy. Finn also shows great sympathy to Ronin after Tara's death, and expressing genuine concern for the general about how he's handling the tragedy. Abilities: Hand-to-Hand Combat,Enhanced Agility. Finn has impressive agility, dodging a boggan arrow effortlessly Biography: He is first shown shooting down a boggan, jumping out of a rotting arrow range, before Ronin chastises Nod. He spots Nod flying in clumsily, making a comment to Ronin. After Nod resigns, Finn is seen with a wide grin on his face, implying that he had watched the whole thing. Although he quickly loses the smile when Ronin confronts him, and returns to his post. He briefly appears when Ronin is checking on the Leafmen as Queen Tara chooses a pod. After Tara is shot down and MK is shrunken down to Jinn size, he is told by the general to fortify Moonhaven, before Finn shows concern and sympathy for him about the queen's death. Later, he sees the code sent by Nim Galuu's fireflies, learning that the pod is safe. Finn is witnessing the pod about to bloom, and the choose of a new heir, only for the moonlight to be blocked by Mandrake's bats. Shortly after, he is taking off in the aerial battle after Nod rejoins the army.

NOD Age: 18 Deacription: Nod is a rookie Leafman and an excellent pilot when it comes to flying birds. He becomes Mary Katherine's boyfriend. He is very rebellious, which often leads him into trouble, having Ronin coming to his rescue. Appearance: Nod has an athletic build, and yet he is lithe and slim. He is white, has messy brown hair, parted at the middle, and hazel-brown eyes. He has a light spray of freckles across his nose. He initially wore the standard armor for Leafmen, but after quitting switched to a simple white short sleeved scruffy tunic, black pants, black fingerless gloves, and boots made of leaves. Personality: Nod took risks and has been convinced he does not need anyone else's help. He has an independent mind and preferred to work alone, and not be bossed around by others. He is not really rebellious, but rather free spirited, which conflicted with authority figures such as Ronin. He is independent, daring, fun-loving, defiant, free-spirited, easygoing, athletic, selfless, protective, brave, outgoing, carefree, energetic, cheerful, gentle, romantic, adventurous, charming, handsome, charitable, generous, benevolent, helpful, charismatic, sympathetic, big-hearted, attractive, witty, headstrong, strong-willed, stubborn, good-hearted, friendly, responsible, playful, loyal, considerate, outdoorsy, determined, laidback, respectful, cpcky, impulsive, reckless, troublemaker, selfish, lonely, careless, irresponsible. Relationship with Ronin: Ronin became Nod's guardian after the death of his father, who had been his friend. The two had many differences between Nod's free-spirit ways and Ronin's no-nonsense views on duty. Nod found Ronin's constant attention and attempts to mentor him as suffocating, believing he was still treating him like a kid. Similarly, Ronin disapproved of Nod's soloist tendencies, repeatedly trying to teach him about teamwork and sticking together, which Nod struggled with. Despite everything, though, the two did admire and care for one another. Ronin came to Nod's rescue when he was being attacked by boggans, beaten by Bufo's thugs, and ambushed by a mouse. Likewise, Nod's first reaction to hearing of Queen Tara's death was to worry about Ronin's feelings, knowing of their relationship. He also hesitated to leave Ronin behind in Wrathwood until it was clear there was nothing he could do to help him. After the events of the movie, the two reconciled their differences. Relationship with MK: Nod first met M.K. when Ronin picked him up from Bufo's races. At first they were a bit odd to one another due to the fact that M.K. was not a small person. Nod however was unaware of her background. Later Nod takes M.K. on a deer ride and they begin to fall in love and share something in common, they both lost a parent whom they were very close too, Nod lost his father at young age and M.K. lost her mother. One time when Nod mocked M.K.'s father she got angry and punched him which left Nod confused. Later he learned M.K.'s background. After the new queen is chosen, M.K. is being whisked away to be returned to her normal size. M.K. didn't want to leave though and so they embraced each other. After their embrace they kissed each other on the lips for the first time and later when they are chatting through one of Bomba's video cameras revealing they are still continuing their relationship. Their special saying to each other was "Put your arms around me." Relationship with Mud: Nod and Mub see eye to eye with each other because Mub sees Nod as a rival for M.K.'s affection. Despite this they are sometimes on good terms.

QUEEN TARA Description: She was queen of the forest until she was murdered in an ambush; she is the one who shrunk Mary Katherine and gives her the pod that blooms for the next heir. She had sacrificed herself to save the forest. Appearance: she is black wirh brown wavy hair tied on a ponytale, brown eyes and a green long-sleeved dress eith open back with a long skirt made of white petals Personality: Queen Tara is a kind and gentle queen. She is frequently seen smiling and she cheers up her subjects like Ronin. Tara is very determined to serve her people well and she will do anything to protect the forest and its inhabitants, even if it meant risking her life. Tara is also very graceful, even in the midst of battle. Tara has a great fondness for Ronin, the commander of the troops. Ronin, though more hesitant to show any true feelings, is clearly interested in Tara as well. Tara is loving and caring when it came to people in need. Abilities: As Queen, she has the power to control parts of trees, such as roots and branches, with her actions and mind. When she walked on water, it is shown that leaves and the small lily pads have a tendency to move towards her feet. She can also regrow plants killed by Mandrake's potion. Biography: Time in the forest flows like sap—sweet, slow, and not always measured by mortal clocks. Tara was born by the forest's breath under the Bloom Moon over a hundred years ago. Tara was childhood friends with Ronin until she was chosen as the new queen of the forest. Since then, she has used her powers for the good of the forest and her people, regrowing plants over any place that Mandrake has rotted. Ronin, as general of the Leafmen and her guard, would uphold her safety over anything though she insisted that she could defend herself and was more concerned for his overly-serious demeanor. During the rare occurrence of the summer solstice and the full moon, Tara was in preparation to transfer her title and power as queen of the forest to a successor. This required her to pick a lotus pod as her vessel. Upon arrival to the pond, she greeted the keepers, Mub and Grub, then chose her pod. Right as she did this, the boggans launched their ambush to try and destroy her before she could pick her heir. She became separated from Ronin and her ship was destroyed, leaving her without escape. With the leafmen protecting the crowds, Tara fled through the forest with her pod, able to defend herself from the boggan army and heal minor spots of rot that she came across. Once reunited with Ronin on his hummingbird, they were chased by Mandrake and Dagda. Ronin shot Dagda with an arrow, sending him falling to his death, but Mandrake managed to do similar to Tara. As she fell to the forest floor, she attracted the attention of Mary Katherine and entrusted to her the Pod while shrinking her down to the size of leafmen. She gave the confused girl instructions to stay with the pod and take it to Nim Galuu. Ronin and the other leafmen eventually found them but by then, it was too late for Tara. Ronin took her into his arms and held her as she died. Relationship with Ronin: Tara and Ronin have known each other since their childhood, at which point she claimed he had a beautiful smile. In their adulthood with her as Queen and him as general, they are still able to work side by side even if it seemed that there is an emotional distance between them due to Ronin's refusal to explore their shared romantic interest. Even so, Tara remained determined to see his smile and worried for his safety when she can't find him during the boggan ambush. In her final moments of life when Ronin is holding her, she made a remark to his serious face, her final words to him before passing away. Her death haunted Ronin. At the end, her magical spirit is brought forth form the royal pod and touching the people that she cared about in life, lingering particularly long on Ronin, before ultimately picking the Marigold Child to be the next queen. In this temporary form, she is able to speak one last time and seeing Ronin finally smiling for her, she is happy. Relationship with M.K.: Despite not knowing her, Tara trusted the human girl to carry the royal pod and watch over it to blooming. She might have chosen her in desperation, as she was about to perish, but she seemed to see a strength in the girl that would help the forest survive. She made sure to leave a message for her to view later, explaining that there would be a way for her to get back her human form if she would perform this favor for her until the end. Relationship with Mub and Grub: She doesn't dislike their playful nature and asks that they not treat her formerly, hinting that they have a friendship. She greeted them warmly when she comes to them to choose her pod, asking for their recommendations though gently declining their selection based on just size. They will look up to her a lot, especially Grub, as he aspired to be a leafmen, who would stand guard over a queen such as her

RONIN Description: Ronin is a Leafman general. He can be a very strict person. Ronin is friends with Nod's father, and promised him that he would look after Nod. He loved and cared deeply for Queen Tara. Appearance: Ronin is a muscular man with white skin, grey hair, and blue eyes.He wears a Leafman armor under a white vest with golden patterns and his Leafman insignia His armour is made of green leaves and he also wears brown pants. During battle, he wears a helmet with which he stands out as general. His plate armor appears to be quite hardy, being able to take damage from arrows and Mandrake's ranged rotting attacks without Ronin himself being rotted or aged. Personality: Ronin is a fierce, disciplined warrior who has difficulty showing his emotions. However, he also has a rare humorous side. After Nod's father died, Ronin become Nod's mentor and looked out for the young lad as well as he could--which Nod only truly realized when it was nearly too late. Ronin has a long history with Queen Tara and exhibited strong romantic feelings toward her. Ronin is incredibly brave and self sacrificing, and there is no doubt to his devotion to his people, to Nod and ultimately, to his Queen. Abilities: He is extremely skilled in close combat and swordsmanship. He was easily able to defend himself against dozens of Boggans. He was also able to hold his own against Mandrake. Being a Leafman, he is proportionately more agile than most other Humans, capable of jumping incredible distances to take down foes. Biography: Ronin and Tara grew up together as childhood friends and developed romantic feelings for one another. As a leafmen, Ronin has a reputation among the forest as a "do-gooder" and "defender of the weak". Sometime after Tara had become Queen of the forest, Ronin was made her general and commander of the leafmen troops. This put him against Mandrake several times, becoming sworn enemies to each other in his determination to protect his queen. Ronin had been on a mission to Wrathwood with Nod's father but only Ronin returned, leaving Ronin to raise Nod in his place. He mentored the boy in the ways of the leafmen which eventually brought him to joining the army. Relationship with Tara: Ronin and Queen Tara shared a long past. Tara constantly tried to get Ronin to lighten up as he took his role of protecting her "so seriously." Ronin rescues Tara during Mandrake's attack, however, is unable to prevent her from being shot by an arrow. Tara dies in his arms and he becomes grief-stricken and traumatized. After Ronin got the pod to Nim Galuu, Nim tells him that there was nothing he could have done to save her. Ronin takes the mission personally, as if it was the last thing he could do for Tara. He cannot admit his love for Tara out loud due to his tough-seeming personality. After the pod has safely bloomed, Tara again appears and Ronin smiles when he sees her again. She then tells him, "there's that smile." Ronin does not care that she was teasing, he is just overjoyed to see her. Relationship with Nod: Ronin acts as an overprotective father to young Nod. Nod's father was Ronin's best friend before he was killed on a mission they went on together. He had promised to look after him. Originally, Nod resents Ronin's tailing and fatherly advice. However, they finally come to understand one another. Relationship with MK: Ronin immediately takes the role of a father figure to MK, as he helps guide her along the journey.

//BOGGAN CHARACTERS//

DAGDA Descriptipn: Dadga is Mandrake's son, and also is the general of the Boggans. Apperance: Dagda is incredibly muscular. He has a human-like build, no eyebrows, slightly larger human-like golden eyes, a cat-like nose and a fairly large human-like mouth, but with velociraptor-like teeth. He has four digits on his hands and his feet. His hands are human-like, his feet are reptile-like. His skin is blue-red and scaly. He wears a rat skull on his head, a rat skin pelt around his shoulders and his waist that came from a rat he killed single-handedly. He also wears a dark brown wristband around his left wrist, a dark black rotting moss over his chest and a green/dark grey belt around his waist. Personality: Dagda is fearless, confident, sadistic, but also passionate and loyal. He idolized his father, Mandrake, since a young age, but was careful not to anger him. Dagda had always obeyed his father's orders without question or disagreement and had always tried to meet his expectations. However, the determination to not want to disappoint him eventually cost him his life. Abilities: Dagda is strong, and able in hand-to-hand combat with a club. He also uses a bow and arrow. His bow is made if animal bones amd his arrows are hard branches, roughly cut. Biography: Dagda was born on a wild festive night as the son of Mandrake, the leader of the Boggans, and came to idolize him at a young age. Dagda was raised by his father to become a strong warrior and a proud prince. Despite growing up surrounded by darkness and death, he had a felicitous childhood. When he grew older, he became the General and commanded the Boggans under his father's orders during the time when the century-long war between the Boggans and the Leafmen was just beginning. Dagda was sent out of Wrathwood to discover the location of the Pod Ceremony where Queen Tara, the queen of the forest, chose an heir to her throne, which she could only choose every hundred years. After discovering the location, Dagda returned to Wrathwood and reported to his father. They discussed their plans to kill Tara before she had an heir therefore the Leafmen would be powerless to stop the Boggans from destroying the forest. Once Tara chose a pod as the heir, the Boggans immediately attacked, but were surprisingly mowed down by the Leafmen despite their superior numbers and the element of surprise. Just as Tara and Ronin were attempting to escape with the pod on the back of Ronin's hummingbird mount, Dagda aiding his father took to the skies and attacked the pair. Dagda was fatally wounded when he was shot with his own arrow by Ronin and fell off his crow mount into the forest below. A devastated Mandrake shot an arrow which struck Tara, eventually killing her, before diving after the injured Dagda in an attempt to try and save him, but his efforts were in vain.

MANDRAKE Discription: Mandrake is the leader of the Boggans. He seems to enjoy destroying the forest. He has a pet raven. Appearance: Unlike the rest of the Boggans, Mandrake has a close human-like build, towering over a leafman. He has thick black eyebrows above large human-like yellow eyes with a golden gaze as bright as the sun. He has a flat cat-like/human-like nose and a large human-like mouth with velociraptor-like teeth. He has a broad chest and only four digits on his hands and his feet. Although his hands are human-like, his feet are more reptile-like. He has small black scales like freckles around his eyes and a set of moles on the back of his arms. He also has a bald head. His skin is blue-grey. He wears a bat skin cape around his neck and his shoulders that possibly came from a bat that he killed single-handedly. He also wears a rotting leaf over his chest and a rotting moss loincloth around his waist. Personality: Mandrake is snide, cunning and hell-bent on retribution against the forest as well as possessing a sadistic sense of humor. However, he is also passionate, loyal and fiercely protective of his loved ones. This is proven by his deep love for his son, Dagda. Mandrake has a personal hatred for forests, and is determined to destroy ot. He is menacing, cunning, and threatening. Mandrake showed extreme anger when Bufo made an offensive comment about Dagda. After his son's death, Mandrake becomes more bitter, aggressive and driven by his desire for revenge, but his determination changes to hoping that the destruction of the forest would, in a way, revive his son. Though he is a caring father, Mandrake never shows his emotions except hate to anyone else, and treated Dagda coldly when he was still alive, which makes others believe that he is nothing but pure evil. However, he is motivated by love for his son as well as his greedy drive for the forest. Abilities: Mandrake is a powerful and fearsome Boggan warlord, possessing incredible agility and invincible strength despite his non-muscular build. He wields a magical staff that can bring destruction to any living thing that it touches and is fueled by the wielder's rage, which Mandrake demonstrates by bringing down an entire tree while interrogating Bufo and turning Nod's bat mount into a skeleton with a simple wave of the staff while the latter was pursuing him. He is also a master of the bow and is an excellent rider. Mandrake also has the ability to control the creatures of the dark including crows, bats and moles to do his bidding. Despite that he possesses human emotions and can speak human language, he is still a Boggan and especially when angered, can behave more like a ferocious beast. Weapons: Mandrake wields a cudgel that rots whatever it touches. At its peak, the staff can bring down a whole tree. He also uses a bow and arrow similar to the other Boggans. Relarionship with Dadga: Mandrake shares a very close and highly affectionate relationship with his son, Dagda, and loves him a great deal. Even though he treated him coldly at first, when Dagda is killed by Ronin, Mandrake goes through a time of great emotional pain and distress, mourning the loss of his son. After his death, Mandrake continues with his plot to destroy the forest, but is now hoping that the vendetta will end with the replacement of his son by corrupting the pod containing the life of the forest into his own Dark Prince. Despite his son's passing, Mandrake still loves him and feels a great empty void in his life from then on. Relationship with Ronin: Mandrake shares a bitter rivalry of pure hate with Ronin which started when the century-long battle between the Boggans and the Leafmen first begun. Their rivalry only grows even more after Dagda and Tara are both killed by the other, as well as the fact that Mandrake had killed Ronin's best friend and Nod's father in the past. In the final battle, Mandrake tries to kill Ronin to avenge the death of his son, but is ultimately defeated by Nod and the Leafmen. Relationship with Bufo: Bufo acts as a source of information for Mandrake as well as a spy. After failing to retrieve the pod during the Assassination Attempt on Queen Tara, Mandrake orders the Boggans to bring Bufo to him. However, when Bufo dares to make an offensive comment about his recent deceased son, Mandrake silenced him and frightens Bufo so much that he reveals the location of the pod to him. Like most others, Bufo is greatly afraid of Mandrake. Relationship with Mud and Grub: Mub and Grub often see Mandrake as someone to be toyed with, but even they are careful not to go too far. He only captured them along with the pod as he needed them to care for it. Relationship with Boggans: The Boggans are part of Mandrake's army, and always follow his orders.

//HUMAN CHARACTERS//

BOMBA Name: Randy Bomba Full name: Professor Radcliffe Fitzgerald Bomba Description: He is M.K.'s father and a scientist which is obsessed with finding the Leafmen to the point where it ruined his career and marriage. He lives in 54 Saw Mill Road, Danbury, Connecticut. He has a daughter, Mary-Katherine Bomba with his diseased ex-wife Susan Kennedy and a pet pug dog called Ozzi. Professor Bomba has created many things for finding the Leafmen. He has made a slow motion helmet, and has frames of clothing and armor of the Leafmen. He is also an excellent artist, as he sketched realistic drawings of the Leafmen. Apperance: Bomba's appearance seems rather thin and wimpy. Like M.K, he has reddish hair, small green eyes, a long nose and somewhat ridged teeth. He dresses in a long sleeved beige shirt along with brown trousers and brown shoes. He wears typical round glasses and a small brown watch. On his expeditions throughout the forest he wears the slow - motion helmet with various devices clinging to it. He also wears a green vest in which he uses to keep different items he needs with him. Furthermore, he is rather clumsy and so it happens that he trips and falls down a few times. Personality: A very energetic person and tends to talk to himself. He does not notice many things if he is focused hard on something. Usually, he is almost always all over the place almost to the point where it is slightly eccentric.

MARY KATHERINE Full Name: Margaret Katherine Bomba Alias: MK, M.K. Description: she is the daughter of Susan and Randy Bomba. Her love interest is Nod. Mary Katherine, who prefers to be called M.K., had issues dealing with her father due to the fact that he was obsessed with his work. Additionally her mother, recently died, placing her under a lot of emotional stress. She moved in with her father because she promised her mother she'd try to repair their relationship, which fell apart because of his obsession with the leafmen. After their adventure in the forest she became more open having found what he had discovered about the Leafmen was true. She plans her sense of adventurous and bravery over the course of the adventure. Appearance: Mary Katherine shares her father's red hair and dark green eyes and freckles. She also possessed several characteristics from her mother. She styles her straight hair in a ponytail, with framed bangs, and grey earrings. Also she wore a fuchsia cordovan hoodie, paired with a grey striped t−shirt, a black miniskirt, black capri leggings, and brown combat boots. Later wore a pink t-shirt. Personality: Brave, determined, spunky, protective, loyal, daring, adventurous, fun-loving, free-spirited, friendly, quick-witted, tender-hearted, considerate, fun, loving, empathetic, charismatic, energetic, naturalist, smart, independent, witty, reasonable, sensible, benevolent, selfless, helpful, defensive, thoughtful, resourceful, cautious, rational, reserved, fierce, sweet, vibrant, playful, spontaneous, adaptable, fast learner, skeptical, pessimistic. Biography: Mary Katherine lived together with her father and mother for the first years of her life. Eventually, her mother became tired of her father's obsession with miniature people that she didn't believe existed and left him, taking Mary Katherine with her. They lived estranged from her father for several years until her mother passed away. Before her death, Mary Katherine promised her to move back in with her father and try to live together with him. Relationship with Professor Bomba: M.K. hasn't seen her father since she was a child and initially, feels like he is a complete stranger to her. He reacts joyously to their reunion, but she is stiff as she finds his erratic behaviors and various monitors disconcerting. When he continues to be distracted despite that she wants to talk with him, she outright tells him she wants him to stop his research, only for him to go running off all over again. Things change once M.K. finds the Leafmen and realizes all of fayher's ideas were true. She stands up for him against Nod and Ronin's teasing, having more empathy for his life's work and his suffering. When Bomba faints at the sight of her, she kisses his forehead and leaves him a clue on where Moonhaven really is. To her, he deserves to know all his hard work was not in vain. By the end, after M.K. is returned to normal size, she and Bomba have a much better relationship as she shares her knowledge of the Leafmen with him and he respects her relationship with Nod. They share a love of going into the forest and exploring with the leafmen. Relationship with Queen Tara: They didn't know one another well as they first met when Tara was gravely injured. Still, M.K. worried for the woman and even tried to protect her when they were suddenly surrounded by strangers until realizing they were harmless. She witnessed Tara's death and was empathic to Ronin as she passed away. At Nim Galuu's tree, she sees the message Tara left for her and begs the image no to include her in this fight, but it is pointless. Perhaps the only clue to M.K.'s respect for Tara is in how she cares for the Pod, following the queen's instructions to take care of it even if it should not be her responsibility. Relationship with Ronin: In this strange new world, she sees him as the most competent person around. Since being gifted with the royal pod, Ronin has taken charge as her guide and protector. He opens up a little about his relationship to Nod and When M.K. admits she feels apart, he insists to her no one is alone. Relationship with Mub: She isn't particularly flattered by his crush on her, finding his sluggy antics a bit gross. Relationship with Nod: M.K. and Nod don't meet under the best of circumstances as he had just been beaten up by his racing bookie and she has fallen off Ronin's sparrow in a show of how she can't be trusted to fly it. She initially rides behind him on his bird but his crazy flying leads them into trouble. She admits to Ronin she doesn't see the use of having Nod along but when he insists the boy will be useful to them, she is willing to give him a chance. At Nim Galuu's tree, they get a moment to hang out together and share a romantic ride on a deer. The distraction ends up losing them the pod, so they head to her house to get disguises so they can get them back. Once the battle with Mandrake is over, M.K. fears she's lost her chance to go home and Nod admits he isn't too sorry as he wants her to stay with the leafmen and with him. When the new queen reveals she can send MK home, she and Nod end their final moments of the same size by kissing as she is pulled away. They keep in touch using Bomba's monitors.

SUSAN Full name: Susan Bomba Description: Susan Bomba is M.K.'s mother and Radcliffe's late wife, who left him and took their daughter with her. After her death, their daughter went back to their old house, as she went back to live with her father. Appearance: short straight sark brown hair and green eyes, that M.K. had inherited from her. Personality: Susan was a loving, caring mother. She didn't believe in "fairy tales" or the possibility that such a world of little people could exist, and that they live right next to her old house.

Larry is a cab driver who sensible and was surprised to hear that Mary Katherine is going to her father's when she told him that she "doesn't" know her father.

//ANIMAL CHARACTERS// Lily: Nod's Racing Bird (Lily) is a sparrow that Nod came across and used to get around the forest, after he lost his Hummingbird when he was attacked by Boggans. In the Bird Race - when Bufo "paid" Nod to lose - one of the racers tried to make sure that he losses by tossing an insect that made his racing bird steer away from the track, until Nod managed to get back on track and win. Bufo had planned to keep the bird after he "got rid" of its rider, but Ronin stepped in and they took the bird with them. MK's time riding it with Nod had helped her develop the skills to ride one of the Leafmen's Hummingbirds. Ozzi: MK's and Professor Bomba's pet pug. His full name is Ozzy Osbourne. MK was surprised to see he was still alive, as he is pretty old. Ozzi is an aging excitable and loving pug dog with dirty white & black fur. He only has three legs (missing his front right leg) and is missing his right eye. He is oddly energetic and quick for his age and disabilities and loves running fast in the woods. He  will run away from home if he gets the chance. Ozzi can smell and see jinns. Bats: They are usually controlled by Boggans Chipmunks: generally aggressive to jinns. Crows: black crows are usually used as mounts foe the Boggans. Deer: Seen grazing across thw forest. Nod and hia father would climb on their antlers and sir down for a ride. Dragonflies: often seen near ponds and still waters. Foxes: predator animals. Dangerous to all jinns. Hummingbirds: green with red underneck. The Leafmen ride trained and saddled Hummingbirds as steeds to get around the forest. The birds are fitted with armor which is similar to their rider's, and saddles and reins to make it easier for them to sit, stand and to stay on their backs in battle or when they are flying fast. Their size, speed, and maneuverability make them the right kind of birds for the Leafmen to ride on. However they can only carry at most two people on their backs. Mice: usually hiding in holes on the ground or rall grasslands. Very likely to attack jinns Moles: They are rarely used by Mandrake as mounts. Squirrels: although less aggressive than chipmunks, it's best for jinns to stay away from them. Woodpeckers: though they are small birds, they are not duitable for mounts. They are jumpy and frightened easily, flying away fast.