Lewis Hole

Lewis Hole (Ruisu Hōru (ルイス ホール) in Japanese) is a character inspired by the Mad Hatter from Lewis Carol's *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland*. He is one of the main characters of *The Hidden Darkness*. Like his brother, Howard Hole, Lewis is a rabbit from the Victorian era, but he was not in a coma as much as his bother. He escaped the arms of the Society of Complete Darkness after being woken up by an accident and was laster found by Dealla, whom is the self-proclaimed guardian of Darklywood Forest.

## Personality

Much like the Mad Hatter from *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* and its many adaptations, Lewis is "quite the odd fellow" as Dealla put it in Chapter 4. This oddness partly originates from negative effects caused by mercury nitrate exposure from hats he used to wear (now he wears hats without mercury in them--yay). His oddness is also caused by his naturally eccentric personality. He is also an outgoing, friendly, and compassionate buck who looks past differences and has tolerance for many different groups of people. He also has a passion for entertainment and has acted in many operas and plays (which are his favorite forms of entertainment) in the World of the Darklings.

## His Life Before the Story

Lewis was born into an aristocratic family in Victorian England. Unlike many other aristocratic families, his family taught their children how to be humble and made their children work in their clothing factories for a short amount of time a few times. Later on, Lewis and his brother Howard worked as dealmakers for their family's company. On one of these business trips they went to South Carolina to have a word with an owner of a factory to discuss about transporting their products, but Lewis spotted someone dressed in all black and followed the dark figure into the woods. Howard tried to stop Lewis from getting into trouble, but he couldn't. Lewis and his brother were captured and brought into the World of the Darklings and put into comas. As stated earlier, Lewis was only able to get out by being woken up by an accident and somehow escaped afterwards.

He was found by Dealla later on, but he said to her that he couldn't remember how he escaped and where he was held at. That also meant he could not remember where his brother was being held at. Feeling regret, he struggled with himself, even to the point where he considered committing suicide, until he was introduced to Darklywood's entertainment industry (back when Darklywood did not have a dark underbelly). Due to his passion for entertainment, he immediately moved out of Dealla's home and auditioned for a role in play. He became a popular figure shortly there after and has played in countless plays and operas since then. Many years later he took noticed of Darklywood's worrying sense of morality (or the lack there of) and teamed up with Gorm to fight against the Society of Complete Darkness itself and its influence on Darklywood. Years after that, he befriended a Catawba bison named Enola. He also befriended her friends, Molly (a blue horse form the countryside) and Annis (a ginger highland cow from Scotland) and her cousin, Alo (whom is also Catawba).

## Trivia

* When it comes to lovers, he has a thing for dominate girls.
* Right now, his best friend is Enola Chee, of whom he grew a close bond with and hangs out with her and her friends often.
	+ He also respects the fact that Enola is aroace and does not romantically pursue her.
* He hosts tea parties sometimes.
* His excuse for wanting to celebrate everyday is that it is someone's unbirthday.
* He can act irrational sometimes and can have emotional episodes out of the blue.
* He has been nicknamed "the Mad Hatter" by many people, and he fully embraces that nickname.
* Lewis and Alice are related.