Archie Blackthorn

**Archibald "Archie" Blackthorn** is a recurring character on **The Midnight Rose.**

## Physical Appearance

In his wolf form, Archie possesses black fur and has the typical glowing yellow eyes that comes with lycanthropy.

## Powers and Abilities

Archie possesses all the standard powers and abilities of a non-evolved werewolf. He has shown to be a capable fighter despite the newness of his triggering, as he was able to challenge and defeat Jed for the title of alpha, hold his own against Maddie in a sparring match, and overpower Kurutta whilst under the possession of an oni.

## Weaknesses

Archie has the typical weaknesses of a Witch.

## Relationships

### Sebastian Hale

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Sebastian stood by Archie's side when he first turned into a Witch. Despite Sebastian going against his new school by taking a supernatural knife, Archie still trusted, ran away with, and ran from the Alfea with Sebastian. They were on the run together and "lived off the land" as they described it jokingly. However, they returned to the school when their idea to scam money using Archie's Witch abilities attracted unwanted attention and Jeremy Gilbert ended up saving them. They are both currently living at the school and helping their new classmates with supernatural problems surrounding the supernatural knife Sebastian took when he first arrived at the boarding school. Archie, however, is currently trapped within his Witch form, and with Hope erased from the collective consciousness, and cannot return to his human form.

### Maddie Mikaelson

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Maddie is Archie's close friend. Archie first met Maddie after she rescued him and Sebastian from a church, where he turns into a Witch for the first time. They later bond when he goes with her to find Sebastian. Once they reach Sebastian's location, Archie requests Maddie to give him some time to talk to Sebastian, to which she agrees. While Maddie is fighting the dragon, Sebastian and Archie escape. Maddie would later teach Archie how to dance. Archie comes to realize that he is romantically attracted towards Maddie when he dreams about kissing her. When Maddie kisses Sebastian, he looks away out of jealousy. In his nightmare orchestrated by the Dream Demon, Maddie appears again, and the Dream Demon reveals that Archie wants to be with Maddie, and says that that makes him the biggest monster as he knows about Sebastian's feelings for Maddie. At the end of the episode, Archie tries to repress his feelings for Maddie for Sebastian's sake and tells her that they couldn't be friends anymore. Despite his desire to stay away from Maddie, Archie helps her in the class when she needs an assistant. Maddie hugs Archie, thanking him for being the true friend she can count on. Archie looks somewhat confused, but still hugs her back. Influenced by the slugs, he publicly acknowledges his feelings for Maddie. Archie is noticeably jealous of Maddie every time he sees her with Sebastian, but he keeps his promise to himself and continues to try to suppress his feelings for her, which seems to progress with time. Sebastian notices it and makes Archie confess. Archie is not happy with what he had to tell, he swears to Sebastian that even if he has feelings for Maddie, he will never act on their behalf because of respect for Sebastian. Maddie shows great anxiety when she finds Archie all alone and without his memories about his trip. Together they try to restore it, to understand what happened to Sebastian and MG. When they find out that MG accidentally killed Sebastian, they are both heartbroken. Being angry, Archie is eager to take revenge on MG, but Maddie stops him. He hugs her tightly, restraining his fervor. In an unsuccessful attempt to suppress his feelings for Maddie, Raf even tries to avoid her for a while, but, having learned that she is going on a mission to save the missing Sebastian, he confronts her. Maddie won't him to go with them because he is still very weak because of the potion they used on him. She asks why he did not tell her about his state of health before. Archie confusedly replies that she knows why. He explains that he does not know how to act around her and that he does not want to have feelings for her, but because of problems with his mind, everything is only aggravated. Then Maddie gives him a ring that will help him turn into a wolf at any time, but in order to become a human again, he will need to find her. They smile at each other when Archie says that he is really glad that he knows her. Archie uses the ring when Triad attacks the school, but remains unable to return to human form given that Maddie sacrificed herself by jumping into Malivore.

### Lauren

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Lauren was Archie's girlfriend and the love of his life. Archie has stated multiple times that he still is in love with Lauren even though she is deceased. Archie and Lauren's relationship ended when he crashed their car and accidentally killed Lauren, which triggered his Witch curse. the Necromancer resurrects Lauren and she shares a heartfelt reunion with Archie. Archie and Nicholas both help Lauren figure out what was going on and Archie helps Lauren discover the supernatural world while she is still alive. Nicholas suggests Archie to find closure with Lauren being she could disappear into peace again at any moment. Although they get into an argument about her death Lauren later forgives Archie, which helps him on his journey to find closure with her death, before she finds peace once again.

### Kayleigh  Blackwell

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As soon as Archie met Kayleigh, she and her twin sister, Grace, took an immediate liking to him. Archie hesitantly let Kayleigh  and her sister give him a tour of the Alfea Boarding School. Kayleigh  soon acknowledges that Grace can go for a romantic relationship with Archie, but this still disappoints Kayleigh  being she took a liking to Archie too. Archie later met up with Kayleigh  at a school party (that wasn't allowed by staff) and they bond for a bit, which causes Kayleigh  to ponder for a bit after their conversation. Kayleigh  rescues Archie from a brutal Witch fight in which he emotional excuses himself away from her afterwards. Soon after, Kayleigh  goes to look for Archie, finds him in the nearly-burnt down house, and he yells at her in tears and in physical pain to leave him alone, but she doesn't. Kayleigh  then helps Archie to calm down, in which he's grateful for afterwards and this bonds them even more. Shortly after this, they discover the unconscious body of a teen girl who was abducted by a life-sized spider-monster and they too become captured. Archie tells Kayleigh  to magically rescue them, but she explains that she can't without a magical source. Impulsively, Kayleigh  kisses Archie to siphon his Witch magic, which he admits that he was completely fine with it. Their kiss enables Kayleigh  to receive the magic she needs to rescue them both. After their fight with the giant spider, Kayleigh  helps Archie establish himself amongst the Witch clique of the school.

While Kayleigh  is helping Grace in campaigning for the student council, Archie feels awkward with Kayleigh  in the room when Grace asks Archie to be her date to a party. Archie glances at Kayleigh , hesitating, before accepting Grace's date request. However, Archie and Kayleigh  are later elected into the student council; Archie is surprised about Kayleigh  being elected along with the rest of the voters. Later while voting to keep Sebastian at the school, Archie desperately watches Kayleigh  when she finds the decision hard to make about whether or not she should vote to keep Sebastian at their school. Archie begs Kayleigh  to vote 'yes,' but she gives her reasons to the council that Sebastian has put her family in danger and she voted 'no.' This angers and upsets Archie and he claims that he is done with her and the rest of the members of the council before storming out of the meeting.

### Grace Blackwell

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Archie first meets Grace along with her twin sister, Willa, when he first arrives at the Alfea. Grace enthusiastically gives him a tour of the school, with Willa. Grace almost immediately admits she has a crush on Archie. She attempts to flirt and bond with him at a school sports game, but he immediately turns her down, which shocks and angers Grace. Despite Archie wanting little to nothing to do with Grace, she still makes it clear that she wants him and even calls "dibs" on him when Willa asks about Archie. Grace tells Willa that she slept with Archie in the episode prior and Archie and Grace are each other's dates to Grace's birthday party. However, Archie is late to the party and admits to Grace, while dancing, that sleeping with her was a mistake, which he knows upset her.

### Other Relationships

* Rafael and Alaric (Teacher/Student/Allies)
* Rafael and Jed (Alpha-Subordinate/Ex-Friends/Classmates/Former Enemies)
* Rafael and Jeremy (Former Allies)

## Trivia

* Archie triggered his Witch side in chapter Three.