Strickler

Stricklers memory

He was a Changeling, the former leader of the Janus Order, the former world history teacher (later resigned principal) of Arcadia Oaks High, briefly the co-mentor of Jim Lake Jr. As Jim's high school history teacher, Mr. Strickler is a caring mentor and constant source of guidance. But unbeknownst to Jim, Strickler is a Changeling (one of Gunmar's Troll spies who can take human form). Charming, manipulative, and literally two-faced, Strickler befriends Jim's mom and becomes the threat closest to home for Jim and his loved ones." Like the other Changelings, Stricklander was swapped at birth by his human Familiar, Waltolomew Strickler, becoming one of the spies of the Gumm-Gumms and a member of the Janus Order. A long time ago, when Bodus discovered that the Triumbric Stones could be used to kill Gunmar, Stricklander took care of destroying his work after Bodus was killed. He then seized the third Triumbric Stone, the Eye of Gunmar, from the Krubera to use as potential insurance should Gunmar or the Gumm-Gumms attempt to dispose of him when they have no more use for him. Following Gunmar's exile to the Darklands, Strickler became part of the Janus Order, and organization of Changeling spies dedicated to bringing Gunmar back. He eventually became their leader. At some point after the establishment of the town of Rancho, Arcadia, Stricklander found himself face-to-face with Bular at the location, having been sent by Gunmar with a portal that would allow Gunmar and Bular to finally communicate. At some point, he was sent to infiltrate Arcadia Oaks as a history teacher at Arcadia Oaks High.

stricklers memory

At first, Strickler is introduced as an ordinary school teacher, but in reality he was a Changeling Troll working together with Bular and his fellow Changelings such as Nomura, Gladysgro, and others on a mission to reassemble the Killahead Bridge in order to free Gunmar from the Darklands. Strickler is shown to have a special bond with one of his students, Jim Lake Jr., showing himself supportive of his problems and calling him "Young Atlas" for his way of "carrying everyone's weight on his shoulders". However, after Jim tried to tell him about his encounter with a certain pair of Trolls, Strickler sees the Amulet of Daylight in his backpack, discovering that he is the new Trollhunter. This is confirmed by seeing him with the Trollhunter Armor at school, although Jim is excused by saying that it is a disguise for the school play. Strickler then visits Jim's house to talk to his mother about his activities with theater and chess. As he leaves and discovers Bular spying on the house, Strickler reminds him that he can't just kill Jim without attracting attention, reminding him that he also failed to get the Amulet from Kanjigar. Despite the frictions by their different means of acting, Strickler forces Bular to stay out until find a means to deal with the first human Trollhunter. He may do this because he cares for Jim. Strickler designates the Arcadia museum as a hiding place to rebuild the Killahead Bridge, receiving overseas the pieces provided by the Janus Order. However, he is forced to change its location after Jim and Toby discovered it as well as Nomura. After relocating the bridge, Stricklander and Bular decide to eliminate Nomura for having been exposed to the Trollhunter, however, Nomura manages to convince Bular not to kill her by showing him that she had obtained a Fetch, with which they could increase their Changelings legion, even when Strickler dosen‘t believe it necessary.

Stricklers memory

After fleeing Angor Rot after a chase in his car, Strickler seeks help in Otto. This, however, reveals to him that the Janus Order already understood that he only seeks his own glory instead of Gunmar's return, so he abandons him to be killed. With no one to turn to, Strickler seeks Jim's help. He agrees to keep him safe due to the spell that ties him to his mother. After spending the first night safely, Jim decides to take advantage of the daylight to take Strickler as far away as possible from Angor Rot. Strickler urges him to leave his friends outside so that Angor Rot doesn't end up hurting them. As Barbara is forced to stay in the hospital, Jim, Strickler and Draal decide to wait and ambush Angor Rot in the house. The three prepare several traps and Strickler offers Jim to help him find the location of the third Triumbric Stone since both are against Gunmar. However, their plans are in vain because Angor Rot was spying on them using his eye. Barbara suddenly returned and saw what they had done. Jim and Strickler were then forced to tell her everything. When Angor attacks, Strickler protects Barbara and asks her to flee through the basement tunnel while he helps Jim. Thus, the two manage to catch Angor Rot in their own trap of stasis crystals and try to burn him using an ultraviolet lamp. However, Barbara appears wanting to protect Jim and ends up causing Angor Rot to break free, discovering Stricklander's true appearance at the same time. When trying to retain Angor, Strickler receives a cut in the neck, which causes Barbara to receive the same wound. Knowing that they can't heal it with human medicine, Strickler takes Jim and Barbara in their car to Trollmarket while Draal contains Angor Rot. However, Angor manages to get rid of Draal and goes after the three. After a deadly chase, they get into Trollmarket just before Angor Rot reached them. Vendel then deals with treating Strickler and Barbara's wounds