Oswald (The Other Kingdom)

Oswald is a supporting character of the short-lived Nickelodeon fantasy sitcom The Other Kingdom. He's a fierce warrior from the fairy world who became a knight of Athenia and a loyal protector and ally King Oberon and Princess Astral.
He was portrayed by Jeff Douglas.
==Biography==
Not a whole lot is known of Oswald's past, although it had definitely stated that he had been on numerous adventures and quests in the past, and completed just about any task he was assigned, including battling and slaying monsters and going on long journeys. 
He has been to the "other world" numerous times, and had his own personal experiences in that world. He's at least 200 years old, as he had fought in the Napoleonic Wars, in which the 2nd kingdom had certain contributions to event, with Oswald in particular poking Napoleon Bonaparte in his hand with his rapier and giving him gangrene. He apparently didn't have very pleasant experiences in the "other world", as he stated to have encountered bad food and little shops with cheesy T-shirts.
At some unknown point, he'd prove to be loyal to the kingdom of Athenia and was hired by King Oberon to be one of its protectors, especially looking after Astral.
He first appears when Astral returned to Athenia after flying away to the other world in anger after getting into an argument with her mother. Upon finding her, he stated he was about to send out a search party, and tells Astral her obsession over the "others" wasn't healthy, asking what was wrong with Athenia and trying to convince her to stay. But despite Oswald's objections, Astral still remained curious about the "others" and their world. 
After negotiating with her parents, Astral's allowed to go on her "other walk". Oberon made Astral promise to keep her fairy identity and powers a secret, as they'd lead to great danger if she got discovered. and she'd have to make a choice over whether she'd stay in the human world forever, or return home to be Athenia's new queen at the end of the walk. Oswald wishes Astral safe travels on her journey to the "other world", only for Oberon to have him accompany Astral so she'd be settled in safely. Oswald's responsibly nervous about being seen at a high school, but Oberon ensured him he had "arranged a way".
Astral arrives at the Quince house in normal human clothing instead of her fairy princess outfit, supposedly as Devon's British exchange student. Devon would initially get confused, and his father would call who he thought was the Student Exchange Program lady to clear up the mix-up. It's shortly revealed that Oswald's secretly accompanying Astral, but he was shrunken down to miniature size to avoid being detected by the others. He sent tiny fireflies to the king and queen to inform them Astral was safe.
While accompanying Astral nearby and secretly being at school with her (usually in her locker) and trying to protect Astral and keep her safe, he'd occasionally give some advice and pointers relating to the "other world", while still being uncertain whether Astral dating Tristan was a good idea.
A few days later, Oswald (once again hiding in Astral's locker) gets hungry after Astral gave away his oatmeal, and so he'd secretly escape her locker, trying to hunt some food, only a get sidetracked in trying to rescue some frogs from dissection and stuck in the glass crate due to his miniscule size, and being dozed with a sleeping gas. When Astral returns to her locker later to realize Oswald was missing, she'd create a magic founder orb to track him down, but Morgan would catch Astral doing so, leading her realize Astral was hiding something. Astral would manage to track Oswald down when he was trapped in the glass crate, and he'd inform Astral how the frogs were going to be dissected for the science class, leading Astral to release the frogs and let the outside, but not without Morgan catching the two of them and forcing Astral to explain how she was a fairy.
The next day Astral wanted to go a café known as "Snugs" with Morgan but Mr. Quince would make her stay home to brush up on her geography with Devon tutoring her, since her grades in geography were slipping and she was at risk of failing the class. Astral would secretly charm Devon into thinking Oswald was Astral, leaving Oswald to fill in for Astral and get tutored for geography while Astral snuck out to the café with Morgan. But things quickly went awry when Oswald proves to be uncooperative towards Devon and his charm eventually wears off.
A few days later, Astral would gets a cold and lose control over her fairy powers while at school -- despite Morgan and Oswald's warnings to stay home until she got better. It leads to Astral's Oswald returning to normal size and getting mistaken by Principal Williams for a substitute history teacher, where he quickly wins over most of the class as well as Maddie herself, with his eccentricity, enthusiasm, and the fact he had shaped pieces of history. But when Astral's sneezing began to get out of hand -- including Tristan turning into mouse and nearly getting killed -- Versitude turns up and freezes time and everyone around her but Astral, and scolds Astral for nearly exposing herself and placing Athenia at risk, and for not staying home as recommended to prevent the chaos from get out of hand in the first place. She stated that one day her feelings would cause her great pain, but still reverses Astral's magic and semi-restores order. Principal Williams offers Oswald an opportunity to be a regular teacher in the school due to his enthusiasm, but Versitude freezes time again and fires Oswald from being Astral's protector, assigning him a new task of "aligning the kingdoms" back in Athenia, stating that she'd be watching her Astral herself as her new guardian. That night, Oswald explained to Astral how Versitude had let him go and he had to go away, but he still wishes Astral the best and hopes she'd become a great ruler.
Some time later, Oswald would return from his long quest that Versitude had sent him on, and informed her that he found out a dark secret about Tristan, much to Versitude's pleasure. The next day, Versitude continues to discuss Tristan's secret about Spartania to Oswald, but she doesn't tell King Oberon and Queen Titania about the truth despite Oswald insisting she did so. That night, Winston catches Versitude having a conversation with the Spartania King Reed, and warns King Oberon and Queen Titania about King Reed's return to Athenia, right before Oswald could say anything to him.
It's currently unclear just what's happened to Oswald afterwards.
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