Gareth

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## Biographical information

### Aliases

Freak (by Jason Carver)
Gareth The Great (by Eddie Munson)

### Other relations

Eddie Munson † (friend/fellow club member)
Jeff (friend/fellow club member)
Doug Teague (friend/fellow club member)
Dustin Henderson (friend/fellow club member)
Mike Wheeler (friend/fellow club member)
Lucas Sinclair (friend/fellow club member)
Jason Carver † (enemy)

### Affiliation

Hellfire Club
Corroded Coffin (Drummer)

## Portrayal

### Episodes

26 | 27\* | 28 | 30\*\* = photograph

**Gareth**, portrayed by Gwydion Lashlee-Walton, is a recurring character introduced in the fourth season of *Stranger Things*. He is a member of the Hellfire Club at Hawkins High School and a member of Eddie Munson's band, Corroded Coffin. He plays drums.

## History

### 1986

On Friday, March 21st, of 1986, Gareth was eating lunch with his friends from the Hellfire Club, including Jeff, Eddie Munson, and Doug Teague when fellow club members Mike Wheeler and Dustin Henderson informed Eddie that Lucas Sinclair would not be able to make it to the final game in their *Dungeons & Dragons* campaign. Mike and Dustin asked to postpone, to which everyone else refused. That night, Mike and Dustin had managed to find a sub; Lucas' sister, Erica Sinclair. During the game, the players declared "to the death!". Once Gareth, Jeff, Mike, and Doug were dead, they began to get scared. Vecna, a significant villain in the game, had 15 hit points left. Dustin and Erica both decided to take the chances even though they were both low, despite Eddie, the Dungeon Master, warning them to not be heroes. Dustin missed but Erica ended up rolling a 20, and the Hellfire Club ended up winning the end of the campaign. Gareth and his friends celebrated.

Two days later, on March 23rd, Gareth, Jeff, and Doug were playing music in Gareth’s garage as part of their band "Corroded Coffin". They were approached by basketball players Jason, Andy, Patrick, and Lucas, who demanded to know Eddie's location. Gareth asked what Lucas was doing with "these douchebags". Gareth stated that Eddie is not there and asked if Jason had eyes, to which Jason got annoyed at the sarcastic remark. Jason slammed him on the ground and pressed his foot on Gareth's hand for information. Gareth gave in to the interrogation, telling them that Dustin Henderson might know where Eddie is.

## Personality

Gareth is a person of both courage and cowardice. He stood up to the basketball players who were mocking them and interrogating them, but eventually gave in when Jason Carver almost broke his fingers by pressing a shoe down on them. He also was advising Erica Sinclair and Dustin Henderson not to commit to the end of the game, saying he was "not delusional" enough to think they could win. He said this despite having previously committed to fighting to the death in the game.

## Appearances

\*Gareth appears in a photograph in "Vecna's Curse" and "The Nina Project".

## Memorable Quotes

— Gareth during the final stretch of "The Cult of Vecna"

— Gareth in response to Erica Sinclair

— Gareth to Jason Carver after the Tigers interrupt band practice.

— Gareth in response to Jason's questioning

## Trivia

* Despite Gareth's surname never being mentioned on-screen, he is frequently called "Gareth Emerson" within fan circles.
	+ The surname was made-up by TikTok user lavenderjams, but was falsely assumed by many to come from an official source.
* Gareth's flannel is adorned with Motörhead, Anthrax, Quiet Riot and Van Halen lapel pins.
* Practice for Corroded Coffin was likely exclusively held at Gareth’s house, due to the difficulty of transporting Gareth's drum set.
* Eddie mentions that Gareth has a year and a half left of school remaining.
	+ As Jeff was apparently set to graduate in 1986, this suggests Gareth was either younger than Jeff, or was held back by one academic year.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1  In "The Hellfire Club", Eddie Munson mentions that Gareth has "a year and half" left of school, meaning he is a high school junior. This places his date of birth somewhere between 1967-1969, and his age between 16-18 years old (accounting for the possibility he was held back by one academic year).
2. ↑ lavenderjams on TikTok