Harry "Captain Awesome" Hopkins

An Inlay in King Arthur's service. Appears as a pink rabbit in Arthur's Happyland simulation. Despite being very technically proficient, has a child-like maturity level.
Harry discovers Tessa when she first appears in Happyland, on Zuse Lane. Rather than questioning her presence, he immediately wakes her, insisting she has to come to the party.
Along the way, they pass the Tower,which Tessa questions. Harry only states that HE lives there, but does not refer to him by name.
They also encounter Tristan, who "declares" that she cannot attend the party. Harry objects, saying that's up to Arthur to decide. Tessa stands up to Tristan with a powerful ZOT, which impresses Harry and sends Tristan on his disgruntled way.
Harry explains to Tessa that Tristan was born... flawed,so in his guilt Arthur lets Tristan get away with everything and spoils him rotten.
At the party, they meet Trisha and befriend her. When Arthur appears, asking who wants to be in his band, Harry is eager to participate, despite not knowing how to play anything. However, when he does get chosen, he glances at his new friends Tessa and Trisha and decides he would rather stay with them, despite the fact no one has turned down the offer before.
Arthur takes him anyway, over Tessa's angry objections. When Arthur threatens to punish Tessa, Harry protests that he was the one who turned down the offer, so he deserved the punishment. Rather than punishment, however, Arthur knights Harry. Harry thanks him and asks why, to which Arthur responds that all of his knights to date have been his own sons, and he had been looking for another to promote to counteract the nepotism. Tessa comes to the stage to rescue Harry, but he assures her that he feels better than he has ever felt in his entire life. As the party starts, Harry then asks her to dance, which they do until Tessa "logs off."
The next night, Tessa reappears in Happy Land and finds Harry, who asks where she had vanished so suddenly. She says she woke up, and he is confused by what that means. Tessa explains that she went back to the real world, and Harry informs her "This is the real world." Then he realises she must mean the Slowpoke world, the Grey World. He explains that Slowpokes move much more slowly than they do, although some Slowpokes have equipment that lets them look at their world... or at least an inferior version of it, which they like to fill with fake Slowpokes not wearing clothes.
Tessa notices that Harry has a bat now, and Harry proudly shows off his Knight's sword. Tessa criticises it as a very blunt sword, and he tells her not to insult Mr. Bashy. He goes on to proclaim that as a Knight, he must always be ready to protect his friends, so he is always ready and alert. Meanwhile, Merlin easily sneaks up on him and sarcastically bemoans the lack of a class being taught RIGHT NOW about the very awareness techniques Harry should be learning. Harry protests that he has already read the books and knows everything, but Merlin chides him that practical experience is better than all of the reading in the world and orders him to get back to class.
In class, Harry complains about the "easy, baby maths" to Merlin, who counters in that case he wants to see what practical skills the two of them have learned. Harry laughs at Tessa when she tries on Tristan's P.E. kit (lacking her own), saying it looks like a bad Halloween costume and telling her not to let Tristan see her wearing it. Tessa is surprised that Tristan could ever have fit in it, given that he has clearly gained weight, and Harry notes it's mostly in his fat head.
Merlin then tells them it's time to fool around with explosives. which Harry bats toward a stationary target. When Tessa hits her target as well, part of it lands on her head, which Harry also laughs at. Tessa replies in kind by shoving the bucket on his head. As Harry cannot easily pull it back off, he instead tears the bucket in half.
Finally, Merlin says enough horseplay, but before he can tell them the next activity, he instead instructs them to run back to the castle. Harry protests that they've barely done anything, but Merlin tells him they are being watched by one of the Old Man's puppets. Harry again protests, that it's just one puppet, to which Merlin replies, "there is NEVER just ONE puppet!" On the way back to the castle, they encounter two puppets, and Merlin orders them to fight the one on the left while he takes the one on the right. Harry and Tessa launch Merlin's explosives into their puppet, destroying it, while Merlin cloaks himself and strikes down the other puppet. Harry and Tessa are excited about their victory and pose accordingly. Merlin orders them to keep moving, but Harry doesn't see the rush, as the two puppets were easy. Merlin points out the two puppets were a distraction to allow the other fourteen to catch up.
They race back into the castle, where Kay secures the door behind them. Kay informs Arthur that they have arrived but is tripped up when he fails to recognise Tessa. Harry reminds him that Tessa was there when he was Knighted, and Kay notes that he still has teeth marks in his arm from it.
Arthur launches a wave of Pawns to attack the invading CAS forces, but one overhears the forces talking about how truly smart Pawns shouldn't want to blow themselves up and has an existential crisis over this. He decides not to blow up but panics when Arthur finds him. Arthur removes his grenade and takes him to Harry, making a request and only ordering him to reply truthfully whether he will accept the request. Harry gladly cares for the Pawn, nicknaming him Tick-Tock.
Later, he gains a squire by the name of Honey to keep him out of trouble. Harry introduces Honey and Tessa when Tessa appears on the train.via Trisha's search engine after explaining that Arthur instructed them not to tell anyone they were going, especially not Tessa, as she works for people who want to hurt them. Tessa denies this and pinky-promises she will never hurt them and will beat up anyone else who tries.
* What does Christmas mean to you? Harry 2
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