Hilda

**Hilda** is a supporting character in Ian and Wilhemina's Sodor Adventures, and the main titular character in her Netflix series.

## Appearance

Hilda is a young girl who is 11 years old.

She sports light blue hair, making her stand out from the rest of the human cast. Her typical outfit, which she wears both indoors and outdoors, consists of a black beret; a yellow scarf; a red sweater with yellow cuffs; a blue skirt, which is of the same signature blue as her hair; black leggings and red rain boots. She has a Caucasian complexion, just like other human characters.

She also often has a brown, sling knapsack, in which she carries various items, including her sketch book and a pencil.

## Personality

In all incarnations of the franchise, Hilda is an extremely adventurous and fearless girl. She loves to draw in her sketchbook and is very kind to nature. She is shown not to get scared easily by monsters and can outrun and outsmart them.

Hilda is sometimes rude but is usually a very generous girl. Her rude side is played up more in the graphic novels, where she is known to frequently argue with her mother or to easily get annoyed when things don't go her way. She is also more prone to mischief in the graphic novels (like taking her role of pretending to be injured for first aid practice of the Sparrow Scouts too far, or going on secret adventures without her mother knowing).

In "Chapter 6: The Nightmare Spirit", it is revealed that there is one thing that frightens her; riding a bike, something she never had learned. This was used against her by David's Marra. In the graphic novels, this fear is never brought up, but in the novelization it is turned into a subplot for "Hilda and the Nowhere Space"; early in the book, Hilda comes up with various excuses for not having to use her bike (including that she doesn't want it to get dirty). Then she encounters the Marra, who just like in the animated series, uses this fear against her for a nightmare. After this encounter, she tries her best to overcome her fear and slowly succeeds. By the end of the book, she has mastered to ride a bike, and is thrilled by the thought of all the places she can go to now. As of "Chapter 6: The Old Bells of Trolberg", Hilda can ride a bike just fine, and even remarks that she is getting better at it.

Hilda hates having to disappoint people, especially her friends or her mother and always tries her best to help and support others with their needs, occasionally taking risks in order to fulfill one's request. She is very brave and caring, as described in the official Netflix description. She is usually very happy and generous.

## Trivia

* Luke Pearson has stated that Hilda's father is 'somewhere, just not a part of Hilda’s life at this time'.
* Hilda turns into a troll at the end of Hilda and the Stone Forest and its Netflix adaptation "Chapter 13: The Stone Forest".
* Her last name is unknown.
* In tie-in book "Hilda and The Great Parade", Hilda was taught to swim and learned how to hold her breath as long as possible by Johanna every summer at a pond near their old cabin in the wilderness. This potentially explains why she is confident to swim from the city to Cauldron Island in "Chapter 7: The Lost Clan". It however contradicts the short comic The Wood Man's Head, in which Hilda can't swim.
* It is never stated why she has blue hair.
* In "Chapter 9: The Deerfox", Hilda's voice actress, Bella Ramsey, cried two sets of tears in the recording of Hilda's loss of everything in her old home. The sad tears for when Hilda feels she's losing everything in her true home (the wilderness), and happy tears when Hilda is reunited with Twig (who will be staying with her for good).