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Gertrude

Gertrude (I Hate Fairyland)
Real Name
Gertrude
Alignment
Affiliation
Fairyland (queen, formerly)
Universe
Base Of Operations

Characteristics
Gender
Eyes
Hair
Status
Marital Status
Occupation
Guest of Fairyland

Serial killer
Adventurer
Queen or Fairyland (all formerly)

TV station clerk
Education
Partial Grade School
Origin
Creators
Quote1 Alright, boys, who wants to eat some of this? Quote2
-- Gertrude

HistoryEdit

Gertrude was a young girl when she wished to be whisked away to a land of fairytales and magic. Her wish came true and she found herself stuck in Fairyland. She was appointed Larry as a guide to leave within the next few days. However, they became horribly lost and spent the next twenty-seven years stuck in Fairyland.

Gertrude became a tyrant of the land with a short temper and diplomatic immunity where Queen Cloudia was required by law to not harm her.[1] Gertrude took the lack of supervision to her advantage and terrorized the land looking for her key, killing anyone who crossed her.

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Gertrude is blasted with a rainbow blast.

However, Queen Cloudia soon sent assassins in her place. Including Horribella, a witch who turned thousands of faun into zombies to attack Gertrude.[2] After killing them, she soon found herself face-to-face with a new child arriving in Fairyland. She introduced herself as Happy. When Gertrude tried to kill her, Happy shot her with a rainbow blast.[3]

Gertrude recovered and approached Queen Cloudia. Uncharacteristically, the Queen snapped at her but was unable to harm Gertrude due to the rules of Fairyland. As the Queen left, she warned Gertrude about Happy. When Larry checked the rule book, he realized Gertrude would become vulnerable as a permanent citizen if Happy found the key first. They agreed to set out to find one of the Evil Seven Dooms for help. They met with Darketh Deaddeath who agreed to give her his powers if she is able to survive his dungeon and prove herself worthy. Gertrude and Larry were suddenly plummeted into the bottom of his dungeon and faced with gigantic evil monsters.[4]

Gertrude vanquished all the bad guys in the dungeon and insulted Deaddeath. He was so impressed by her brazen attitude he gave her the powers she requested.[5]

Elsewhere, Happy found the key and was about to leave Fairyland, to the delight of all the inhabitants. However, Gertrude arrived at the last second and used her powers to kill Happy. She was about to put the key in the door when the Queen made a quip about there not being more death insinuating she wished that Gertrude had died. Gertrude turned and used her new powers to kill Queen Cloudia. However, the key suddenly disappeared. Larry informed her that whomever killed the queen, would become the new ruler of Fairyland and be stuck there forever.[5]

Personality

Once a cheerful, sweet and enthusiastic girl, many years spent in Fairyland have molded Gertrude into a malicious, murderous, bloodthirsty, insane, extremely jaded, psycho-sociopathic misanthrope and twisted, wrathful shell of a child with barely any sympathy, conscience or regard for anyone or anything's life except hers and Larry's. She is absolutely fed up with her over-longing stay in Fairyland and is obsessed with leaving it by any means necessary - that including murder, torture, mutilation or even genocide (albeit unintentional).

Due to decades of enslavement in the magical realm, Gert possesses an extremely fractured mind and most likely countless mental illnesses, that including: sociopathy, psychopathy and depression, her actions often exhibiting them. She is very sarcastic, grumpy, cynical and short-tempered and frequently lashes out on anyone who gives her the slightest of irritation. Frustration is the definition of Gert, and she takes it wherever she goes, often getting in conflicts with others and being extremely disliked by the rest of Fairyland because of all the damage she causes and blood she sheds in her many antics.

However, despite her villainy, Gert is still very insecure, deeply damaged and desperate for love she lost decades ago. She also is viewed as a failure by nearly anyone she meets, including her only friend and companion Larry, which only adds up to her frustration and further deteriorates her sanity, presumably pushing her towards deep self-loathing. She is also capable of showing affection towards certain characters (usually short-lasting). Although she often banters with Larry and seems to mutually despise him, she actually secretly realises all the care he's treated her with over the years and at the end of their adventures finally thanks him for all he's done for her, bringing him to tears.

Character Powers and Equipment


Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

Nigh-immortality
Superhuman strength, speed, durability and stamina
Hand-to-hand combat
Swordsmanship
Marksmanship
Dark magical powers
(all formerly)


Weaknesses

Extreme insanity and sociopathy
Extremely short temper, patience and tolerance
Emotional instability and insecurity
Immaturity
Opprobrium
Diabetes Type 19


Appearances, Images, and Quotes Edit


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