HanselQuest

HanselQuest is a special event in North park canon, following Hansel's quest to reunite with his long lost sister, Gretel.

## Synopsis

well, would you look at that, Ratboy found himself a family and this time they're not filthy rodents. Now all he has to do is find them, can't be too hard right?

## Characters

#### Hansel

The main character, Hansel the local homeless boy and friendly public menace is heading out of town on a quest to potentially find his long lost family.

#### Timothy Dull

Hansel's good friend, Dull doesn't say much, but is glad to lend a hand to his friends wherever his shovel may come in handy. He's also used to roaming the woods so has good experience where they are headed.

#### Bobland

The bear who found Hansel in the woods and brought him into town, feels somewhat guilty for not adopting Hansel himself after finding out he grew up to be a homeless criminal.

#### Cindy

Bobland's daughter, considers the fact that her and Hansel where very close to being step siblings. Feels a responsibility to help him reunite with his blood sister.

#### Mandy

Bored and along for the ride, Mandy offers a grounded everyman perspective for the adventure

#### Teeny Steeve

Exiled from the magic woods, Teeny Steeve is convinced to sneak back into the woods in order to help Hansel find his way through. May be more trouble than he's worth.

#### Ashley

"Everyone's little sister", Ashley assumed when she heard Hansel was looking for his sister that they were talking about her. She decided to join them on their trip as she thought it was gonna be some fun game.

#### Rosalind

Rosalind wants to learn more about Hansel's "backstory" as she puts it, because she likes cute boys like him and wants to take inspiration from his adventure to help with her artist's block.

#### Nancy

Nancy follows after Hansel and friends because she wants to report on exactly what the local oddity is up to.

#### Max

Inserts himself into the adventure, ends up sort of falling in love with Hansel's sister when he meets her but is violently rejected.

#### Frog People

During their journey they run into a clan of Frog People, who are outraged at Hansel's presence and wish to destroy him.

#### Miner Character

As a frog person who left the clan to live with humans, he and his school bus come in to save Hansel and friends from the Frog People and then helps drive them during their journey.

#### Gretel

Hansel's long lost sister. Living in a fancy mansion in the woods, she seems to have the complete opposite life to her brother. Despite their different upbringings, Gretel immediately becomes attached to her brother after meeting him claiming to have always felt that she has a brother somewhere out there. She doesn't want him to leave after being reunited with him. While Gretel is very kind and affectionate to her brother, she is openly cold and cruel to his other companions out of a mix of possessive jealousy and fear they plan to take him away from her.

Gretel ends up being revealed to have been trained as a deadly assassin, as the mansion was actually a secret ninja guild.

#### The Old Woman

The woman who took Gretel is revealed not to be Hansel or Gretel's biological mother, she's actually an evil assassin who doesn't intend for Hansel or any of his friends to escape alive.

## Plot

#### Beginning

When questioned as to the nature of Hansel's family, where he came from and if he has any relatives Hansel is unable to recall any. He decides to start looking around town and questioning various townsfolk as to when exactly he first appeared in town. Eventually, all leads point to him being dropped off in town by a "wild grizzly bear". With this information, Hansel decides to visit Bobland the bear who lives in the forest just outside of town to see if he has any information. It turns out, Bobland was the very bear who brought him into town all those years back. He explains how back when he was only first getting adjusted to domestic life after meeting his wife he stumbled upon two children lost in the woods. He saw a strange woman take away one of the children while the other was hidden in a bush, so Bobland decided to rescue the abandoned child himself. He considered raising it himself, but his wife had just given birth to their daughter Cindy, and he didn't have enough income as a wild animal to support two children. So he decided to take the child into town so it could be adopted by a human family.

Bobland had no idea that child grew up to be the troublesome homeless thief, and if he had known he'd probably have intervened and taken him in as anything would have been better than growing up on the streets. Hansel however isn't too bothered by this, and is far more interested in the fact he apparently has a sister who was taken away by a mysterious woman into the magic forest. Hansel begins preparations to go on a journey into the forest to potentially find his lost family. His good friend Timothy Dull decides to join him, as does Cindy as she feels she has a responsibility since it was her dad who found Hansel in the first place. Hansel and the companions he's collected head off into the woods, being guided by the untrustworthy Teeny Steeve.

#### The Journey

Hansel and friends travel through the forest, running into various obstacles such as giants angry at Teeny Steeve's presence, as well as Frog People who want revenge on Hansel for foiling their previous plans of world domination. They are saved by Miner Character who uses his school bus to give them a lift part of the way and speed up their travels.

Eventually they discover the mysterious mansion hidden in the forest where Gretel lives.