Jonah Duckworth

**Jonah Duckworth** is the King of the Forest, a Fishing Scout of Scoutpost Two, and Hector Mendoza's Lover.

## Personality

Jonah is a helpful man, often assisting his stepmother Zelda when it's needed. Zelda describes Jonah as the type of person who "wouldn't just run off without saying goodbye to his mama".

Jonah finds comfort in the stars and planets at sea, whereas he hates the land due to the star positions being "simply impossible."

## Description

Jonah is described as grey-bearded, with crinkled eyes and a round belly. He wears yellow boots, as well as a yellow, wide-brimmed hat which he loses but eventually finds again.

Since exiting the cabinet, Jonah's eyes sometimes shine with a green light.

## History

### Early History

Jonah is a fisherman by trade and has therefore spent a lot of time at sea.

### Season 1

He was visiting Zelda when he accidentally fell into his father's cabinet and became locked inside, an experience that somehow granted him the ability to come back to life. He found himself on a muddy shore of a pond and intended to return home when he was attacked and killed by a Fisher.

Sometime later he returned to that same shore, unscathed despite the vicious attack. However, Jonah was then captured by a band of Froglins. They intended to sacrifice him to Lolgmololg, but luckily Hector intervened. Unfortunately Jonah drowned before Hector could save him, but again he returned to life (in a different body from the one Hector was attempting CPR on) and the two escaped into the forest.

## Known Abilities

* **Lie Detection:** Jonah is able to tell when people believe they are telling the truth.
* **Self-Resurrection:** After dying, instead of passing onto some sort of afterlife or becoming a ghost, Jonah is sent to the Workshop, and is able to eventually return to the land of the living unscathed, but not unchanged.
* **Forest Manipulation:** As its king, Jonah is able to call upon the hallowed forest and mend it to his will. This, however, does not apply to the Northernmost Woods.

## Relationships

### Hector Mendoza

Hector is Jonah's lover. Initially Zelda's friend, Hector is sent to find Jonah after he went missing, but quickly after he does and they spend a few nights together, Jonah develops intimate feelings for Hector. Their relationship faces its obstacles with Jonah's changes, and his insecurities towards them, and Hector's fear of commitment, but as their love grows, so does their trust, and they find even footing.

### Zelda Duckworth

Zelda, who he refers to as "Ma," is Jonah's stepmother, and has been noted to have been since his childhood. Despite that, Jonah loves her as much as he had loved his biological mother, which Zelda returns in equal measure. Jonah is always eager to help care for Zelda, as is when she is looking to move homes, eventually convincing her to move to the Scoutpost in hopes of providing her safety and adequate company, but instead finds himself helplessly trying to keep her out of more trouble than usual there.

### Dexter Duckworth

Dexter is Jonah's father and an ex-librarian of Downing Hill Public Library. Dexter had become heavily engrossed in his work early in Jonah's childhood, often cooped up in his study and lecturing Jonah to the point of tears whenever he entered Dexter's study. Even so, Jonah seems to at least remember their after-dinner conversations on the porch fondly.

## Episode Appearances

### Main Episodes

* Episode 4 - Bodies
* Episode 6 - Frogs
* Episode 10 - Songs
* Episode 13 - Stars
* Episode 18 - Bones
* Episode 27 - Spirits
* Episode 30 - Stones
* Episode 33 - Temples
* Episode 34 - Towers
* Episode 36 - Swords
* Episode 40 - Graves
* Episode 42 - Walls
* Episode 45 - Tombs

## Trivia

* Jonah "had always envisioned the afterlife as a tranquil pond by which he could sit and fish in the afternoon sun, and possibly hold hands with a soulmate he pictures as a hairy man".
* Jonah's favorite food is Zelda's picnic sandwiches with watercress.
* Jonah is hard of hearing due to a career of sitting next to an outboard motor.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Episode 2 - Dogs
2. ↑ Episode 13 - Stars
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Episode 4 - Bodies
4. ↑ Episode 33 - Temples
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Episode 1 - Keys
All references taken from the official Hello from the Hallowoods website