Adam Parrish

Adam Parrish

age 18 Hair color: dusty brown. Eye color: blue. The face is slightly covered with freckles.

Biography of Adam

Adam relies primarily on his bike, and sometimes on help from Gansey or Ronan, until he gets a car in a dream. He prefers to hide the fact that he relies on his parents, who disapprove of Adam's attendance at the Academy and try to cut it out of their son's life. He receives a partial scholarship, and pays $18,423 a year for his education from his part-time job. He is the poorest of all his friends and does not like to talk about his financial situation. Living at home in a trailer, he usually skipped school to avoid questions about the clear evidence of physical abuse from his father. Gansey and Ronan often covered for him. Due to the events between Ronan and Adam's father. Adam then lives in a room he rents in the Church of St. Agnes.

Adam's Personality

Adam is highly intelligent and is at the top of the Aglionby class. He is a pragmatic man who tries to base his decisions on logic rather than emotion, but he is also thoughtful and insightful. He is stubbornly self-reliant and is willing to argue at length about it with his closest friends, especially Gansey. He always refuses anything he considers a handout, and disdains pity or mercy of any kind. He feels that his friends' favors have an invisible price, even if they mean well, and he will go to great lengths to avoid debt. Constantly comparing himself to his peers, Adam is conflicted: his disdain for the arrogance and extravagance of his fellow Aglionby students is always at odds with his intense desire to share their world and blend in as one of them. His impoverished home life drives his ambition to break free from Henrietta and head for a future where he is free to pursue whatever he wants, without the constraints of money or fear. He assiduously separates his school life from his home life; he does not talk about Aglionby or his wealthy friends to his parents, who resent Adam's desire for personal betterment and also refuse to talk about his father's abuses to his friends, believing that they would not understand his situation. While Adam cares more about his found family than his biological one, he struggles for some time with the belief that he owes something to his parents, despite their abuse of him. Although Adam is generally confident in his intellect, he is shy and often doubts his ability to interact with others without betraying what he sees as his shameful and pathetic upbringing. He is overly concerned with making a good first impression, often suppressing his Henrietta accent and refusing to give any other clues about his origins. He studies the behavior of others to learn how to be more at ease with people.

Adam is described as tall and slim, with unevenly cut, dusty brown hair - someone said he looked like he came from a sepia photograph. He is unusually attractive, with a tanned, slim face, a thin mouth and light eyebrows. He has blue eyes "pretty enough even for a girl". He has the typical Henrietta high cheekbones and deep-set eyes, but they appear quite delicate. He is also said to have beautiful hands, with "a boyish thumb, prominent veins and large knuckles with long fingers". He is taller than Gansey but shorter than Ronan. At school, he wears a second-hand sweater with the Academy logo. Adam is noted to have once worn a T-shirt with the Coca-Cola logo, which later became the name of a woman living in the 300 block of Fox Way. He has Henrietta's accent, which he constantly tries to hide. He becomes deaf in his left ear after his father slams his head into a railing.

Richard Gansey

Nicknames: Gansey, Dick, King, Congress, Dick Three. Family: Richard Gansey II (father) Miss Gansey (mother) Helen Gansey (sister). Hair color: chestnut. Eye color: brown.

Biography of Gansi

As a child, Gansey—who is deathly allergic to wasps—stumbled upon a nest of them in the woods outside a family friend's home. He was attacked by the hornets, but as he died, he heard the words, "You will live because of Glendower. He who dies on the ley line will live." Gansey miraculously survived, and after this incident, he began searching for the ancient Welsh king Glendower. As a teenager, Gansey changed schools frequently. He hopped from place to place, following the ley lines, continuing his research into Glendower. These travels took him to various places around the world, including Britain, where he met Professor Mallory, a supernatural enthusiast with energy sensitivity. He remained in Britain for quite some time; however, while traveling the line with Mallory, he sometimes suffered from panic attacks caused by memories of his near-death experience. This event haunted Gansey, and he later had a terrible fight with Mallory and left without saying a word. Eventually, Gansey attended Aglionby Academy in Henrietta, Virginia. He purchased the abandoned Monmouth Mill building, turning it into his home. There, he met fellow student Ronan Lynch, the son of a wealthy Irishman named Niall Lynch; the two became close friends despite their incredible differences in personality. Later, when Niall Lynch was killed by the Gray Man, Gansey helped Ronan cope with the loss (which changed Ronan greatly) by allowing Ronan to move into the Monmouth Factory with him when he was forbidden to return home. When Gansey left for the weekend, Ronan was unsure how he would cope and felt greatly hurt. They parted ways, with Gansey telling Ronan, "When I'm gone, show me dreams. Something new every night." They consider each other siblings.

Later, Ganci met Adam Parrish, a local boy who had received a place at the academy. They first saw each other when Adam passed Ganci by the side of the road with his broken-down Camaro. Adam, who works as a mechanic, helped Ganci fix the car. The two became good friends despite their backgrounds, although this remains a point of contention between them. Adam and Ganci bicker regularly, mostly over Ganci "trying to buy Adam" or "unwanted pity", likely a result of Adam's mental and physical upbringing. However, they consider each other best friends, sharing a deep platonic love. At some point, Gansey met Noah Czerny, who he assumed was a student, and befriended him; eventually, Noah moved to Monmouth Factory with Gansey and Ronan, though no one can remember exactly when this happened. Additionally, Noah was killed on the ley line at the same time that Gansey was killed by the hornets. He was 10 years old at the time, and Noah was 17. It is later revealed that the line "When I'm gone, show me dreams. Something new every night." was said to him by Noah. This makes Noah responsible not only for Gansey's second chance, but also for him starting to look for Glendower. Gansey is haunted by the fact that the reason he survived his encounter with the hornets is because of Noah's brutal murder, and this partly leads to his determination to make his life meaningful.

Gansey's Personality

Gansey is an intelligent man. In terms of personality, there are "two Ganseys." One is a fragile, slightly eccentric, passionate young man who has dedicated himself to a relentless search for an ancient Welsh king, suffers from insomnia, chews mint leaves, drives a noisy orange Camaro, and has a miniature model of Henrietta in his apartment. The other is a charismatic man who can easily communicate and manipulate others, ruling as the king of Aglionby Academy. This difference is evident in his facial expression. Nevertheless, Gansey has shown himself to be a caring, loving friend. He did not abandon Ronan when he became reckless and violent after his father's death, and often covered for him and corrected his mistakes. He supports Adam even when they have heated arguments about Gansey's money and Adam's abusive home life. He gives his own room to Noah, although he is rarely there.

Description of Gansi

Gansey is described as a handsome young man. He is tall, has a square frame, short, tousled brown hair, brown eyes, and a straight nose. He is said to have a "presidential" and "all-American" appearance. At the Academy, he wears a sweater with a raven embroidery, a white shirt and tie, paired with khaki pants. Outside of school, he often wears cargo pants, colorful collared shirts, and boat shoes. Along with boots that the others don't like. He has poor eyesight and wears contact lenses or wire-frame glasses most of the time.

Ronan Lynch

Studies at Aglionby Academy. He is the son of Neil Lynch and Aurora Lynch. Eye color: blue. Hair: cut short. Ronan and his older brother Declan, with whom he already had a difficult relationship. His mother falls into a catatonic state, leaving the Lynch boys to fend for themselves. Ronan and his brothers are forbidden from visiting the Barnes by their father's will, and they are all forced to leave the farm. Ronan and Gansey move to Monmouth Mill.

Ronan's Biography

Ronan is "dangerous", rarely attempting to filter his words. He does not seem to care much about hurting others' feelings with harsh remarks. He is secretive and prone to hostility, even among his friends. Despite appearing apathetic and irritable, he demonstrates a compassionate and loving side throughout the series through his devotion to his friends and family. He does not believe that his education will help him in the future, and routinely skips classes except for Latin, in which he excels, and has no plans to go to college after graduating. He joined the search for Glendower when he met Gansey, effortlessly dedicating himself to the search as a result of his impossible existence as a Greywaren. Before his father's death, Gansey says, he was a completely different person. He was a loving man, suffering from his abilities, the circumstances of his father's death, and his relationships with his brothers. When Adam is beaten by his father, Robert Parrish, Ronan returns to protect him, fighting his friend's abuser. When the police arrive, Adam decides to press charges against his father, realizing that Ronan was protecting him. This helps improve the relationship between the two boys; after the incident, Ronan goes to the library to study for an exam out of respect for Adam, knowing that he sacrificed his family and everything he knew to keep Ronan out of jail. Adam respects Ronan for standing up for him. When the cost of tuition at the Academy goes up, he convinces Adam's landlady to accept money to cover the extra costs and tell Adam that his rent has been reduced due to a tax reassessment. He knows that Adam is already struggling to make ends meet and that the extra costs would be too much for Adam to handle. He mentions that Adam has appeared in his dreams, touching his back.

Later, during the first trip to the Barns after Ronan's father's death, Adam tries to look at the real mask on the wall, and Ronan grabs his arm in an attempt to stop him. By the end of the episode, Adam realizes who covered his rent, unnerving Ronan, and it is suggested that this is when Adam discovers Ronan's feelings for him. Ronan reveals that Adam is "his second secret", in other words, his crush. Ronan visits Adam at work to give him the cream he brought from Cabeswater, noting the cracked skin on his hands. Adam realizes that Ronan is in love with him, finding it flattering to the point that he doubts it can be true, for how could Ronan love him when he could love someone else? Ronan takes Adam to the Barns to show him all the things he has been creating to combat his mother's lifeless state; he carries out these experiments with such fervor that Adam realizes Ronan is also trying to prevent his brother Matthew's death after his own, revealing that Matthew is one of the things Ronan dreamed.

Noah Cherney

Type:ghost Family: Mr. Cherny (father) Miss Cerny (mother) Adele Cerny (sister). Hair color: light.

Biography of Noah

In his youth, Noah attended Aglionby Academy, where he befriended fellow student Barrington Welk. When the latter lost his fortune, he became convinced that he could regain it by awakening a ley line; Noah offered to help him. However, as they began performing the ritual to awaken the line, Welk turned on Noah and hit him over the head with a skateboard, killing him, knowing that sacrificing a life was required in the ritual. However, Welk ultimately fails, at the cost of Noah's life. After spending seven years as a ghost in Henrietta, Noah eventually met Richard Gansey III, Ronan Lynch, and Adam Parrish, who became close friends. He remains in Monmouth Mill with Gansey and Ronan.

Noah's Personality

Noah is very quiet and withdrawn. He is often timid and nervous around people. He is cowardly when faced with danger. However, this does not mean that he is unwilling to keep secrets from or for others, or to risk himself to protect those important to him. Underneath all this, Noah is fragile; he is sensitive to his own mortality. He once remarked that he was "bigger when he was alive", hinting that he was energetic, cheerful, and lively before his death. When he came across his old car near Cabeswater, abandoned after his death, he began to vomit. And when the ley line began to be affected by the actions of the Greywarens, Ronan, and Kavinsky, Noah began to replay his death over and over. Despite his cowardly nature, Noah proves to be a loyal, caring friend. He loves hugs and kisses, which he misses. He tried to help Welk awaken the ley line, which ultimately cost him his life. He is close to Gansey, Ronan, and Adam. With them, his more extroverted personality emerges. Noah shows that he has a sense of humor and enjoys more reckless, fun activities (such as street racing). However, he often worries about them; when Adam nearly lost his life during a fortune telling, Noah became distraught.

Description of Noah

As a ghost, Noah is described as being slightly dark-skinned, with slicked-back blond hair. He has a dark spot on his cheekbone, under his eye, which is revealed to be the result of part of his skull "cambering inward" when he was killed by Barrington Welk.