Henry "Monty" Montague

### Age

18 (As of *A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virture*)20 (As of *A Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy*)

## Family Members

### Family

Henry Montague Sr. (Father)
Mrs. Montague (Mother)
Felicity Montague (Sister)
Adrian Montague (Brother)

## Appearance

### Hair Colour

"Dark" but often depicted in fanart as dirty blonde

### Skin Colour

White

Henry "Monty" Montague is the protagonist and narrator of *The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue,* and a traveling companion of Felicity and Percy.

## Appearance

In addition to being much shorter than Percy, Monty is shorter than some women and most men. His younger sister Felicity is almost as tall as him.

Monty describes his own hair as being thick, dark, and handsomely ruffled, which is why he refuses to cover it with wigs. He prefers his hair to look "handsome in the *it looked like this when I woke* sort of way".

His smile is "equal parts rapscallion and boyish dimples so deep you could pour tea into them".

## Personality

From all outward appearances, Monty is self-confident. However, he frequently questions his own decisions and worth, and occasionally displays suicidal tendencies. He refers to himself as being incredibly good-looking on numerous occasions, and believes that to be his only redeeming trait. He is charming, careless, and flirtatious.

## Relationships

### Percy Newton

Even before running off together, Percy and Monty shared a very close and intimate friendship. Early on, Monty says that not having Percy would be "a fate worse than death".

Monty tried to hide his feelings for Percy, or at least not let himself believe that Percy could ever think of him in the same way, but failed miserably.

### Felicity Montague

At the beginning of the novel, Monty and Felicity did not get along well. He initially describes her as sour and unattractive, though they eventually obtain mutual respect and understanding for one another.

### Henri Montague Sr.

Monty and his father do not have a good relationship. When they are in a room together, Monty attempts to make himself smaller and avoids looking at him directly, thus indicating fear of his father. His father has been abusive toward him before, causing Monty to often flinch at sudden movements both coming from his father or anyone else. According to Henry Sr., Monty is an embarrassment; he finds Monty's relations with boys extremely distasteful.

Monty says that he would "rather have [his] eyes gouged out" than work with his father.

### Mrs. Montague

Like most other authority figures, Monty does not have the most respect for his mother, Though she shows concern over Percy and Monty leaving for a year. Most likely he harbors some resentment of her failure to do anything about his father.

### Adrian Montague

When Adrian is first born Monty refers to him as “the Goblin” and despises him. The baby Adrian does not realize his siblings existed so as he grows he believes he is an only child. When he finds Monty and Percy’s home by accident, in “The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks,” they are reunited and go on another quest to find the other half of their mother’s mysterious spyglass and search for Felicity.