Ardsley Wooster
From Girl Genius
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| Name | Ardsley Wooster |
| Age | probably 20-something |
| Occupation | spy/manservant |
| Residence | formerly England and Castle Wulfenbach, currently itinerant |
| First Appearance | Volume II, page 14 |
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Ardsley Wooster is a British secret agent, undercover until recently in the employ of Gilgamesh Wulfenbach. They first met when Gil was a student in Paris, and got along very well even though Gil knew who Wooster was and what he was after. He even got a job aboard Castle Wulfenbach, as he asked, though Gil made sure to keep him where he could watch him. He's therefore more of a minion of Gil than of his old man, but he's listed among the Category:Wulfenbach minions anyway,
Wooster seems to have developed a real affection for his young employer, ribbing him gently about his choice of entertainment[1] and worrying when grief over Agatha Heterodyne's supposed death led Gil to neglect minor details like "sleep" and "self-care".[2]
Shortly afterward, however, his life was rather thoroughly disrupted when Gil discovered that Agatha was alive, and found that he was unable to go after her. He revealed the extent of his knowledge to Wooster, including the fact that he'd already received orders to bring Agatha back to England. Then he "sparked out" completely, issuing a number of over-the-top dire threats about what would happen should Wooster fail to keep her safe and not under political control. A thoroughly cowed Wooster took Gil's flyer to Sturmhalten, where he hooked up with Master Payne's Circus of Adventure.
After securing a promise from someone he thought was Agatha to come back to England with him, he narrowly escaped being killed by Bangladesh DuPree in the Battle of Sturmhalten, escaped with the Circus in a stolen airship, and got a nasty surprise when the circus folk agreed to go and Agatha didn't. She has since proved to have far too much of a mind of her own for any of Wooster's attempts to change it.
His current whereabouts are unknown, as Agatha insisted upon entering Castle Heterodyne alone. He does not appear to relish the prospect of explaining all this to Gil.
[edit] Possibly relevant outside information
Bertie Wooster is the name of a character in PG Wodehouse's Jeeves series, about a snarky valet. That Wooster was the employer, however, and far less "with it" than either this Wooster or his boss.
[edit] See also
Secret Blueprints: Ardsley Wooster
