Addison Darnell

**Addison Hecate Darnell** (born 1973) is the granddaughter of the notorious Jacob Hockings and used to be Annabelle Regaby's best friend.

## Backstory

### Prime Timeline

Addison Darnell used to be best friends with Annabelle Regaby when they were kids. Unlike Annabelle, however, Addison's homelife was awful as her parents Rodney and Carla were constantly fighting and her grandfather, Jacob Hockings, was cruel and abusive. When Diesel spread lies about Duck, Addison started to develop a deep hatred for diesels and electric engines, in contrast to Annabelle who believes that there are good diesels and electric engines. This started to cause their friendship to break apart. When Jacob Hockings launched an invasion on Sodor, he forced Addison to help out. Arry and Bert even forced her to give Duck a Final Firing, but she deliberately gave Duck Green Water instead, whilst keeping it a secret and gave Diesel who had come looking for Duck a lucky break. After Hockings' gang was defeated, Addison gave Bowler a forced Final Firing and revealed her true feelings about diesels to Diesel 10.

Addison also had romantic feelings for Annabelle but the latter had fallen in love with Paul Percival. Addison was furious when she found out and ended their friendship. Afterwards, she met Evelyn Broke and invited her to help set up her own heritage railway, which had a secret agenda of scrapping diesels and electric engines so steam can rise again. Addison and Evelyn eventually fell in love and adopted three children.

Years later, Addison, her family and her engines launched an invasion of Sodor while Sir Charles and Amanda Hatt were on holiday, leaving Annabelle in charge. Addison and her gang kidnapped the diesels of Sodor with the aim of scrapping them, but some of her engines (Ellie, Silver and Henney) revealed the truth and soon her plan was foiled (although Arry was killed in the resulting fire). Afterwards, Addison was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment, with Evelyn and her parents also being found guilty for helping her. Addison's children were placed into foster care. The ADELR engines who wanted to be involved ran away to avoid the Final Firing, whilst those defected found new homes.

### Midis Management AU

In this timeline, Addison kills the Midi controller and forges a note to Sir Topham Hatt, saying he can keep the Midi quintet, free of charge. No one finds out until Addison kills Arry instead of knocking Duck out. Bert is brought to the Ironworks shortly after Ali is. Bert is heavily untrusted by the other engines, but therapy and a good word from Ali did slowly turn him around.

### Good Addison AU

In this timeline, Addison was born to Rodney and Alice Darnell instead. The couple were happily married, and Addison has an unknown number of siblings. She doesn't meet the engines of Peel Godred, and meets Annabelle at an earlier age due to them being cousins. The two are best friends and remain as such; Addison doesn't have romantic feelings for Annabelle this time. In fact, she actively encourages romance between Annabelle and Paul. Addison is distrustful of diesels at first, but Annabelle and the diesels of Sodor manage to sway her otherwise. Both Addison and Annabelle become guards for the railway. When Arry and Bert try to capture Duck, Addison was Duck's guard that day. She and Duck bump Arry and Bert off the rails. By the time Diesel and Lily arrive, Duck was completely unharmed. In her adult years, Addison also becomes a director for the North Western Railway, and she and Annabelle have a blast co-running the railway while Charles Hatt and Amanda Hatt are away. She is also married to Sylvia Starkey with kids.

## Family

### Jacob Hockings

Addison despises her grandfather, Jacob Hockings, for being a cruel and abusive bully to everyone around him, and especially because he killed both Bertram and Freddie during his reign of terror at the Peel Godred Aluminum Works. Before Diesel arrived on Sodor, she also despised the fact he killed Stevie just for trying to stand up for Sir Handel and Peter Sam. But now, it seems she doesn't care too much about that.

In the Good Addison AU, Addison isn't related to Jacob Hockings at all. She instead finds out about him through Barbara Regaby's police case and is horrified by the way he treated his engines. Things don't help when he invades Sodor while Annabelle is away, and she works with the Sudrians to undermine him.

### Rodney Darnell and Carla Darnell/Alice Darnell (Good Addison AU)

According to Jacob Hockings, her parents are oblivious to where Addison is. And judging by the fact they don't react to the antics of what Addison does, that may well be correct. Addison's relationship with her parents is extremely shaky; her mother was the victim of childhood abuse, and her father mourned the loss of his first love, Alice Regaby I (Annabelle's aunt), along with both parents disagreeing on whether or not they should have a child together. This has resulted in an unhappy marriage and a difficult childhood for Addison. Only time will tell if the two realize what their neglectful actions may cause. (To be updated)

In the Good Addison AU, Addison's parents are very attentive to their daughter and her siblings. Addison and her siblings get a lot of gifts from Carla, who is their honouree aunt. When Addison gets a job with the railway, Rodney and Alice are overjoyed.

### Victoria Drew

Addison's grandmother, while kind and loving, is oblivious to her granddaughter's harsh deeds. Nevertheless, she tries her best to help raise Addison right, unaware that her horrid ex-husband has already begun corrupting the child into a clone of himself.

In the Good Addison AU, Victoria isn't her grandmother, but she may as well have been. Like Carla, Victoria also travels the world and brings back gifts for her honouree grandchildren.

## Other relationships

### Annabelle Regaby

Once best friends as kids, their paths diverged big time. Annabelle wanted to help engines no matter their traction, but Addison saw diesels and electric engines as vermin. What further tore them apart was that Addison had developed a crush on Annabelle before learning that she was in love with Paul Percival. In a cruel twist of fate, Annabelle's aunt Alice Regaby I was engaged to Rodney Darnell prior to the former's death, implying that in another universe, Annabelle and Addison would have become cousins. Despite everything, Addison still doesn't take advantage of Annabelle being autistic after her decent into villainy. Annabelle held onto hope beyond hope that Addison would change for the better... but with her Anti Diesel-Electric League Revolution, she found her a lost cause.

In the Good Addison AU, Addison and Annabelle remain as close as ever. They are cousins in this AU, due to Alice Regaby surviving her crash to marry Rodney Darnell. Addison and Annabelle both took up jobs on Sodor and rose to being directors of the railway board. They had a blast while co-running the railway together in Charles and Amanda Hatt's absence. Addison was also the biggest supporter of Annabelle's relationship with Paul, and eagerly accepted the offer of being Annabelle's maid of honour at the wedding.

### The Percival siblings

Addison got along with Paul, Patrick, Peter, Pansy and Penny extremely well as a kid. Her heart turned dark when they welcomed Rusty with open arms.

In the Good Addison AU, Addison's relationship with the Percival quintet is very strong. She even tries to help nudge Paul and Annabelle together as a couple. She was chosen as Maid of Honour at their wedding.

### Stephen and Bridget Hatt

As kids, Addison loved playing dress up with Bridget and tricking Stephen into those games. However, when she turned cold, things were never the same.

In the good Addison AU, Addison maintains a very close relationship with both of them. She often keeps Stephen in the loop of the engines' day-to-day lives on Sodor, and she often hangs out with Bridget on girls days.

### Helen Dreswick and Marcus Bailey

Marcus was friends with Addison in school, and Helen came to Sodor to play with her friends. Things hadn't been the same since Addison's heart turned cold.

Addison still remains in touch with Helen and Marcus in the Good Addison AU, but they aren't super close.

### Albert Regaby

Addison doesn't have any relationship with Albert Regaby; only hearing about his horrid behaviour from Annabelle.

In the Good Addison AU, Addison is Albert Regaby's granddaughter. Though he is kinder to the engines in this universe, Addison hates Albert for a different reason: wanting Annabelle to be institutionalised for being Autistic.

### Henry Regaby

When Addison was a kid, she'd often go to Annabelle's house. Henry Regaby became like the father figure Rodney should have been, and he often took the girls on outings together. He was very disappointed to see Addison go off the deep end.

In the Good Addison AU, Addison is Henry's niece, and though she wouldn't admit it outloud, Henry Regaby is her favourite uncle.

### Barbara Regaby

When Addison was a kid, she'd often go to Annabelle's house. Barbara Regaby became like the mother figure Carla should have been, and she often took the girls on outings together. She was very disappointed to see Addison go off the deep end.

In the Good Addison AU, Addison is Barbara's niece, and though she wouldn't admit it outloud, Barbara Regaby is her favourite aunt.

### Goldie Blackhart

Not much is known, but Addison got into a fight with Goldie when she was mocking Annabelle. As Goldie still hates autistic people, Addison doesn't want anything to do with her unless she has to get involved.

In the Good Addison AU, not much has changed, except the fact that she was with Annabelle on the day that Sir Handel had eggs thrown at him, and she attacked Sylvia while Annabelle attacked Goldie. She also hates the way that Goldie encourages Chantal to bully Julian.

### Duck

Duck knew Addison when she was a child. At first, he felt sorry for her when he noticed how skittish she was. However, when Addison tried to kill him alongside Arry and Bert, he became terrified of her. She tried to lure him to her side as an adult, but Duck was firm in his word that killing Arry and Bert would make him just as bad as them.

In the Good Addison AU, Duck came to really appreciate Addison, especially after she helped him escape from Arry and Bert.

### Diesel

Addison hated Diesel when she found out Duck and Henry were victims of his lies. It was because of Diesel that Addison turned her back on diesels and electric engines, claiming them to be nothing but heartless monsters. She also had doubts that Diesel had been trying to save Duck from Arry and Bert, but concluded that Sir Topham Hatt only had him and other diesels on Sodor to be "guard dogs" for any outsider diesels.

In the Good Addison AU, Addison still hated Diesel for a time and was distrustful of him for a while. But after seeing how hard Diesel worked in the yards and slowly befriending the rest of the Sudrians, Addison was won over too. This only increased more as Diesel tried to save Duck from Arry and Bert... not realizing Addison and Duck had everything under control.

### Arry and Bert

Addison wanted to destroy Arry and Bert right then and there after they captured Duck. However, she didn't want to blow her cover, and just used green water to knock Duck out instead. When the duo found out the truth, they were outraged by Addison's betrayal... never mind the fact Duck could have had a worse death.

In the Good Addison AU, Addison and Duck managed to stop Arry and Bert from harming the latter. They ran away from Sodor after that, not wanting to face Addison's wrath.

### Sir Handel and Peter Sam

Addison met Sir Handel and Peter Sam at a tender age, back when they had their names revoked at Peel Godred. She was disheartened to find them, along with Bertram, Freddie and Colin, in such a horrible state when her grandfather was keeping them in a prison. Addison cheered them up a bit by drawing pictures of them, but unfortunately, Jacob hated seeing Addison with 'his engines'.

In the Good Addison AU, as Addison was a lot more obedient to better parents, she didn't get to slip out to see the duo. And she didn't even meet them until they joined the Skarloey line. Unfortunately, she couldn't meet Bertram, Freddie and Colin as they were all deceased.

### Rusty

Addison distrusted Rusty on sight, and was very upset that Mr. Percival was also investing in diesels.

In the Good Addison AU, Addison was still hesitant to get on Rusty's good side, but after he helped rescue Peter Sam from the incline, she really warmed to him.

### Flyer and Fred

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(Details regarding the Good Addison AU to be added)

### Other engines

When Addison was a kid, the engines felt sorry for Addison for having a scary grandfather, and enjoyed her constant visits. However, after the whole incident with Duck, they all felt terrified of her. Things got worse when they discovered that Addison knocked Duck out to fool Arry, Bert and even Diesel that Duck was dead and he could have been scrapped unconscious.

In the Good Addison AU, Addison was more on the bold side than Annabelle and the engines really appreciated the contrast. She also became the railway girl, and she and Annabelle both rose to become directors of railway board. Like Annabelle, Addison insists the engines call her as thus rather than "ma'am" or "Ms. Darnell". Henney and Sonny were accepted into the North Western Railway's roster, and Addison warmly welcomes them. The same went with Silver and Ellie when they were accepted into the Skarloey and Arlesdale Railways. (To be updated with Carl)

### Diesel engines

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(Details regarding the Good Addison AU to be added)

### Her engines

Despite her villianous tendencies, Addison does in fact care deeply for her engines. She insists they call her "Addison" rather than "ma'am" or "Ms. Darnell". She was enraged when some of her engines turned her back on her, but she figures she still has enough to continue her plans.

In the Good Addison AU, the Anti Diesel-Electric League Revolution is being run by Evelyn Broke, Baz and Bernie, under a different name and purpose. She hates this, and works together with Annabelle to take it down. Heather and Fiona were victims of circumstances, so they were sent to the Earl's Railway Museum. However, Nathan and Roxanne, put into the Rolling Hills, were treated with deep suspicion since their turnaround.

## Romance

### Evelyn Broke

Evelyn and Addison met at a pub bar after the former broke up with Paul Percival. Addison paid for Evelyn's drink, which surprised her, and she opened up to Addison about her history. The two hit it off very well and formed an alliance to build a heritage railway, which turned out to double as a secret organization to scrap diesel and electric engines. Evelyn doesn't understand railways as much as Addison, but she knows they make her happy. The two eventually fell in love and became a couple. They adopted two sons and a daughter. The two were thrown into prison after their attempted first takeover on the NWR, Skarloey and Arlesdale Railways failed. Despite their failure, Addison doesn't blame any of it on Evelyn or Vice versa. However, they are desperate to get their kids back...

In the Good Addison AU, Addison met Evelyn when she was on a girls day out at the library with Annabelle and their friends. Addison realized something was fishy with Evelyn, and investigated the matter. It was because of Addison that Paul broke things off with Evelyn sooner than he did in the main timeline. Unfortunately, this made Evelyn hate Addison as well, and vowed revenge on both her and Paul.

### Sylvia Starkey (Good Addison AU)

Addison hates Sylvia for mocking Annabelle, and her fight with Goldie caused Sylvia to bolt out of the altercation. To this day, Sylvia and Addison don't see eye to eye, as Sylvia sees Addison of what she would have eventually become had she not changed.

In the Good Addison AU, Addison was still distrustful towards Sylvia for a very long time, and kept her at arm's length as they continued to grow up. Eventually, however, the walls slowly came down on both sides as they were able to become closer. So close in fact, the duo had fallen in love. They then adopted three kids together: Nigel, Viola and Kyle.

## Personality

Addison used to be a sweet girl who loved railways and help Annabelle draw pictures of them. However, due to Jacob Hockings' abuse, a toxic home life in which her parents constantly argued, and Arry and Bert's actions, her heart was hardened and she became cruel. She is a ruthless scrapper of diesels and electric engines, and hopes to "restore the roots of the steam engines". She also has no issue with harming people as well, as evident when she hit Boris's driver with a shovel. Despite her villainous turn, she still has respect for autistic people.

In the Good Addison AU, Addison may be more hot tempered than Annabelle, but she treats all engines with dignity and respect. She is also very quick-witted and is better at speaking to people than Annabelle is - something which Annabelle is very grateful for.

## Attire

As a teenager, Addison wore a white shirt, a red waistcoat, a blue skirt, white socks with red stripes, a red hairbow and black Mary Janes.

As an adult, Addison wears a red boiler suit with the ADELR logo and black boots. This is to emphasize her evil intentions and the fact that horror movie villains wear boiler suits.

In the Good Addison AU, Addison wears a buisness suit when at work. In her causual attire, she wears simailer attire to what she wore as a teenager.

## Trivia

* Addison's middle name, Hecate, was based on the Greek Goddess of witchcraft. This particular goddess was capable of both evil and good deeds, which refers to Addison once being a good person before changing to an evil one.
	+ This also works in tandem with her Good Addison AU counterpart. She can be hot-tempered and say things without thinking. But at the end of the day, she will do the right thing.
* The preferred voice actress for Addison is Sunni Westbrook, who was the voice of Cozy Glow in *My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic*.
	+ In the Good Addison AU, the preferred voice actress for Addison is Grey Griffin, who voices Emily Elizabeth Howard from *Clifford the Big Red Dog*.
* Addison is the second human character confirmed to be bisexual after Nancy. However, other engine characters like Oliver, Peter Sam, Rosie and James are also bi (Rosie leaning more toward hetro).