Brendan Foster

**Brendan Alexander "Alex" Foster** (born June 15, 2005) is the main character of the *South City* series.

He is a current resident of South City and a former resident of the Benoist Hotel. The adopted child of the Foster family, Brendan is the best friend/adopted older brother of Nick Foster and Tracy Foster, the adoptive younger brother of Patrick Foster, the adopted son of Jonathan and Naomi Foster, and the husband of Allison Forrester. He is also a former active duty service member of the United States Navy.

Within the series, he often finds himself in either awkward or bizarre situations with Nick and their close-knit group of friends: Mason Bridges, Jasper Chase, Allison Forrester, and Dylan Dawes. At his school, South City High, Brendan often gets into conflict with people such as Spencer Smythe and Eddie Thane, and is also the target of Allison and Lexi Thompson's affection.

Upon graduating from high school, Brendan joined the Navy and eventually married Allison, fathering the twins Devon Foster and Destiny Foster.

## Appearance

### First Design

Originally, Brendan (named "Luke" at the time) sported short, blonde hair combed into a quiff as his signature hairstyle. The character was of fair complexion and small, blue eyes; his recognizable facial scar was also present in this design.

During this phase, he wore a blue sweatshirt, with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, along with a white t-shirt underneath. He wore black skinny jeans with blue shoes that appear to be of the Adidas brand.

### Final Design

Brendan is canonically established as an attractive and fair-skinned man of average height. His extravagant dark brown hair darkens to black as it lengthens to the nape of his neck; his hair features two long, crooked, pointy locks and short, shaggy hair slightly covering his eyes. He bears a small scar over his right eye and a mole on his right cheek. Various characters have described Brendan to be stone-faced. According to Alex Guy, his piercing red eyes were deliberately drawn to look more menacing and serious than everyone else.

The superficial theme of Brendan's attire experiences minor changes in his later appearances. His normal outfit consists of an unbuttoned long, white jacket featuring a raised collar, with a black t-shirt underneath. Later on, Brendan replaces this jacket with a similar one, with the collar resembling one of a school blazer instead of a raised collar, and a navy blue t-shirt underneath. Occasionally, he wears a white long-sleeved shirt with black markings on both sleeves, a black box with "OFF" written inside, and crossed anchors on the back. His main attire, while primarily based on a jacket Alex Guy currently owns, also drew influence from *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure*'s Jotaro Kujo, and Seto Kaiba's outfit from the Battle City arc in the original *Yu-Gi-Oh!* series.

As a child, Brendan had a much more innocent appearance befitting his age, and, depending on the time period, did not have his facial scar. In addition, his hair was also drastically different, having short and shaggy hair instead of his characteristic long, spiky hair he sports in his high school years. During his time as a sailor, to conform with the military's regulations, Brendan sported short, trimmed hair.

In the years between the original series and *South City - Endings*, Brendan went through noticeable development. He is taller and is very toned and muscular. During this time, the entirety of Brendan's present-day face is not directly shown, but his scar was noted to have disappeared. His hairstyle returned to his original short, shaggy hair covering his forehead, and due to unknown reasons, Brendan's hair is now silver-white which, according to Lexi, makes his eyes "pop-out" more.

## Personality

Brendan has a calm and good-hearted personality, however, can be prone to short bursts of anger. He also claims to not be very bright, but this is proven to be incorrect; while Brendan's academic performance is sometimes not up to par with his parent's expectations at times, he can be brilliant when it comes to creating all sorts of mischievous schemes.

This may also suggest he is smarter than he lets on, as hinted by his vocabulary, cooking skills, and strategic video game skills as well. Very early on in the series, Brendan had a very pessimistic and cynical view on society, often distrusting others, and as the series progressed he began to become more optimistic and trusting.

In general, Brendan is protective of his loved ones. On a few occasions, he's quick to become over-protective over his friends and family. However he still has a sarcastic nature, able to diffuse all sorts of quips towards others, often being either harmless or plain rude.

As a mature adult, Brendan has a more calm and peaceful personality, speaking with an even tone and seems much more intelligent. Now a married man, he is bold and shows much more confidence than before and has a very optimistic and positive view of society, compared to his younger self. When hanging out with his old friends, however, Brendan briefly returns to his old immature nature.

## Trivia

* The character is based on Alex Guy, with his design being based on male anime protagonists.
* In the original one-shot chapters, Brendan was known as **Luke Bennett**, who later became a character in the form of "Luke Benson." Early during the production of the final series, his name was changed from **Nick Waters** to **Keiichi Alexander**, before being finalized to "Brendan Foster."
* He can play the guitar and piano and sing well, as seen in "The Elevator." Despite this, he is shown to be failing music class in "The Band."
* Brendan has appeared in every single chapter except for "The Volt."
* His time while at Thunder Island are rarely shown at all.
* A weakness he possesses is music, whereupon listening to certain music, Brendan ceases to function until the said song is stopped.
* He appears to be a fan of Michael Jackson, as stated by Mason in "The Return."
* He has been shown to be a horrible liar on numerous occasions.
* Brendan appears to have arachnophobia, as seen in "The Halloween Thing," where he impulsively blasted bug spray at the fake Halloween props. As of *South City - Endings*, it seems like he has gotten over this fear.
* He can grow a mustache through sheer force of will as revealed in "The Voice."
* He can speak Spanish as revealed in "The Impostor," and knows a small amount of Japanese and French as seen in "The Trip".
* It is revealed that Brendan received his scar when he saved Allison from an incoming car, with the scar being much bigger and noticeable early on. Because of this, he developed a small grudge against Allison, but later forgot due to his head injury.
* During the series, his voice noticeably matures according to other characters, but apparently can still scream at an extremely high-pitched volume.
* Brendan's one-shot design is on a picture in his house.
* Although Brendan has a mole on his right cheek, its location constantly switches in various chapters. This serves as a running gag throughout the series.