Ardsley Wooster
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| Name | Ardsley Wooster |
| Age | probably 20-something |
| Occupation | spy/manservant |
| Residence | formerly Castle Wulfenbach by way of Paris and England, currently itinerant |
| First Appearance | Looking for Agatha to fetch her to the lab |
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Ardsley Wooster is a British secret agent, undercover until "recently" as the manservant of Gilgamesh Wulfenbach.
[edit] History
Wooster first met Gil while Gil was living incognito as a student in Paris. On leaving Paris, Gil brought Wooster to Castle Wulfenbach with the promise of a job, only later revealing that he was the Wulfenbach heir. (Unbeknownst to Wooster, Gil was also keeping the known spy close to hand.) Wooster worked as Gil's manservant for quite some time, and the two seem to have developed a genuine affection for each other.[1][2][3]
On learning that Agatha Heterodyne is not dead, Gil secretly sends Wooster to protect her. In a transformative display of Spark charisma, Gil ensures Wooster's obedience, though he must reveal his knowledge of Wooster's occupation and orders to do so. A thoroughly cowed Wooster takes Gil's flyer to Sturmhalten, where he hooks up with Master Payne's Circus of Adventure, fights against[4] Gil's father in the Battle of Sturmhalten, and narrowly avoids being killed by Bangladesh DuPree. Wooster invites Agatha to safety in England as Gil had commanded, but Agatha insists on going to Mechanicsburg instead. Only the Circus accepts Wooster's invitation.
Wooster is last seen in the company of Carson von Mekkhan and Agatha, just before she enters Castle Heterodyne alone. Whether he will report to England, to Gil, or to some combination thereof remains unknown. He cannot relish either prospect.
[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.
