Jonathan Andrews

An orange fox with long brown hair in a ponytail and black marks on his muzzle. Has a CAS tattoo on his right shoulder from his time in the volunteer service.

Jonathan joins the CAS volunteer service with the intent of making a career of it, but the New York incident changed his mind. Instead of helping out, he and his Bishop Inlay "Mo" spend their time moving around dead bodies. It breaks his spirit after he realises at one point he goes for two days without seeing any other living being, without helping any other living being, and he resigns to go into training to be a diplomatic advisor.

Jonathan first meets First Advisor Lara Black when she storms out of a six-hour meeting in a huff, sees him, and demands to know his name. He introduces himself and says he is Advisor Lauritz's assistant. She takes him away to abuse her power before she loses it, both to his shock and delight. As she starts to apologise for blowing off steam with him, he can sense that she is lonely and refuses to leave, offering to talk about whatever is bothering her. She reveals that she never wanted the job, but circumstances made her the best choice for First Advisor. As a result, she cut off all contact with her loved ones, including breaking an engagement, in order to prevent anyone from using them to get to her, such that Jonathan was the first with whom she had any sort of relations since getting the position.

When Lara asks him about his service, based on his tattoo and sexual stamina, Jonathan describes the emptiness he felt on the battlefield aftermath. She then asks why he is Lauritz's assistant when she is the transport advisor and he wants to work in diplomacy. He admits he doesn't know why she hired him, but he figured it was a foot in the door. Lara then realises Lauritz must have picked him for the same reason she did, which gives Jonathan a shudder of revulsion. She then offers to connect him with Advisor Krutz, to get him a REAL foot in the door. Lara feels guilty for becoming attached to him, but she rationalises it by figuring that anyone who can survive Krutz deserves a medal, let alone the job.

Jonathan reads up on Krutz beforehand and introduces himself when they first meet. Krutz is so happy that Jonathan didn't mistake his bodyguard Sam for him that he gladly gives Jonathan the position. Krutz begins by clearly stating that everyone in the Citadel, including Krutz, will just as soon throw him under the bus to get a step higher on the ladder or avoid falling in the line of fire. He also notes that things are shaking up, and all the dead wood will be culled to make room for the go-getters.

Later, Lara asks Jonathan via cryptic anonymous PDA message to meet her for shenanigans at the launch site of the Rapture. However, it's not enough to get Lara's mind off the impending disaster in store. She informs him about the weapon they have been working on, which he figures can only be good if it brings a quick end to the war. However, Lara points out that it won't work to force a surrender without using it, and it has the potential to literally wipe out the Texans. Furthermore, the Gateists would not surrender until THEY are literally wiped out. Jonathan realises that the Core would move against the CAS if the Texans are defeated, and Lara concurs, informing him that the real reason she asked him to meet her was to warn him to go back to the Citadel yesterday if not sooner, as the south of France is going to get some destructive weather incoming.

Krutz sends Jonathan and Sam on an errand just as the Citadel is going into lockdown. Sam floors it to get back into the Citadel, but they are stopped by the gate, which raises from the ground. Sam brakes just before the gate and pulls Jonathan from the car, throwing him over before jumping over himself. They are caught and thrown in a holding cell for their trouble. When Jonathan insists he is with Krutz, Krutz comes down to see them and claims he has never seen them before in his life. Out of earshot, the guard tells Krutz that was mean, as he knows for a fact that Sam is his, but Krutz pays the guard off to keep them there "until they learn not to wreck [his] car."

Jonathan is finally released from the holding cell by Lara's order. She acts as though he is guilty, until she cries into his chest when they are alone. He comforts her as she explains what went wrong with the attack on Texas. She feels so burdened by going along with the other Advisors' plan that she can't even comprehend why she went to Jonathan about it just to make him worry. He replies that she did it because he also loves her. The confession is too much for Lara to bear, because plenty of people, if they knew, would hurt Jonathan to get to Lara.

He stays with Lara while she rests, and when she awakes, he tells her of Texas's unconditional surrender. She confirms this with Woodgrove (sort of), then leaves to speak with the Oracle. Jonathan is surprised that she can't do that from her room, and Lara explains that no one would willingly let him in because they can't control him. Jonathan asks if he should be worried that they put so much faith in an A.I. that no one knows how it works. Lara agrees, adding that they have settled for knowing it DOES work, and assures them they have a number of fail safes in the event the Oracle goes rogue. Jonathan isn't convinced that the Oracle wouldn't have figured out ways around the fail safes, but Lara feels it is in the Oracle's best interests to stay on the Anarchists' side. She assures him the Oracle is her job to worry about, and he should return to his.

Jonathan returns to Krutz and throws the sandwich at him, furious that Krutz is clearly treating him like shit, and resigns from his post. As a reward, Krutz promotes him to Level One Advisor, which is when Jonathan realises it was a test. Krutz explains that being a diplomat is more than kissing ass, and he needs someone who can put up with a finite amount of shit before wasting any more time on a dead-end lead.

After Woodgrove successfully challenges Lara and becomes First Advisor, Lara, Harding, and Mercer hasten to escape the Citadel before Woodgrove realises what happened. The other two want to leave immediately, but Lara waits for Jonathan to join them. Harding is mad about this, but Lara tells him to be nice, because Jonathan technically outranks him at that point. Mercer is similarly annoyed that they delayed leaving so she could keep her boy toy, which she denies, but Mercer points out that their affair was pretty obvious.

In-flight, Jonathan asks Lara why they needed to escape, and she explains that they were some of the first "rulers" to quit while they were ahead. He is confused, given Woodgrove's successful challenge, but Lara points out that that was a trick, as the Advisor system is flawed, and Woodgrove got as far as he did by being someone else's scapegoat; in this case, making Woodgrove First Advisor is like a "hospital pass" in rugby. Plus, with Lara's popularity as high as it is, it can only go down from there.

Jonathan cares for Lara during her house arrest as her only link to the outside world, but this is cut short when Merlin appears in her room. She wakes him up and sends him away to prevent Merlin from needing to kill him. After Merlin kills Lara, he blows up the hotel, which Jonathan witnesses. He tries to get back in to save her, not knowing she is already dead.

Jonathan is later interrogated regarding Lara's death, as he was the last person to see her alive, plus he has the ability to snap her neck as the autopsy reports had happened prior to the explosion. His interrogator doesn't believe he is guilty, but she cannot help him unless he talks, which he doesn't because he is too despondent over her death to do anything but mope or glower.

After getting nowhere, the interrogation is interrupted, and the interrogator announces Jonathan is free to leave, but he may first wish to view the video that was uploaded literally everywhere (most likely by King Arthur or Merlin). The video features a highly incriminating dialogue between Advisor Woodgrove and Merlin, essentially revealing that Woodgrove not only ordered the sinking of the Britannia but also ordered the assassination of Lara Black. Merlin even went so far as to have Woodgrove prove his identity on video to ensure it is not a fake Woodgrove giving the order. Woodgrove is so stupid as to actually comply with this request.

As the video progresses to the point where Merlin enters Lara's hotel room, the interrogator stops Jonathan, asking if he really wants to see what happens next, considering he already knows how it ends. He continues, and he realises that she knew Merlin was there and she sent him away to save him. This only angers Jonathan, as he feels he could have done something had he only known. The interrogator cuts him off and points out that Merlin is an Inlay, which once frightened a room full of armed guards when a clawless one served as an advisor's bodyguard, where Merlin had claws *and* was cloaked. With that, the interrogator kicks him out, as they don't want an Anarchist in their midst if there is no longer a reason to detain him.

## Known Sexual Relations

Lara Black

Julie Waterman