The Storyteller

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**"Bless my mother's heart, she was terrible with names."**

*~ Storyteller*

**Storyteller** is a main character in *A Man Called Scrooge.* The character serves as a foil to the dull, reclusive Scrooge. Since this is an entirely new character, not based on anyone from the original *Christmas Carol* (Charles Dickens), Storyteller is designed to be portrayed by any actor, so the character's physical appearance, voice, and gender are purposely left open to interpretation.

## The Character

### Official Character Bio

The narrator of our story. Often serves as comic relief, and enjoys messing around with Ebenezer Scrooge.

### Personality

Storyteller is childish, goofy, and appears to be lacking intelligence. They have many small habits that get under Scrooge's skin, such as attempting to read over his shoulder and often narrating what's going on. Storyteller cares for children as well, shown when they pause the entire production to warn families that the following scene would be more dark in comparison to the rest of the show. Storyteller also enjoys singing, as they performed an entire number with the rest of the town about Scrooge, which was even implied to have been behind his back.

Storyteller is either oblivious to other's emotions, or simply enjoys fooling around with people. During the opening number, "His Name", they purposely startle Tiny Tim; there are also the numerous instances throughout the show where Storyteller appears to take joy in irritating Scrooge; after warning the families with children that the next scene would be grim, Storyteller cheerfully placed Scrooge's gravestone into their chair and skipped away humming. Despite this, Storyteller would never intentionally do anything harmful. They genuinely do care for the people around them, even if those people don't show the same love in return, especially seen when Storyteller rejoices in the show's happy ending.

## Appearance

In the character's original depiction, Storyteller was 5'5" with pale skin, and white hair. Their hair was somewhat frizzy, and pulled back into a bun with a green band. Storyteller had grey eyes, and large, round glasses with black frames.

The character's costume is less fluid; Storyteller wears a green top with a black jacket over it, the jacket having red pinstripes and a holly pin on the right lapel. Storyteller wears plain red pants, and black snow boots.

In art of the character, their design retains their original appearance (as performed by Tech), however their glasses are much smaller, sometimes appear gold, and they have teal eyes with freckles. They also don a dark blue scarf, unlike the stage performance.

## Relationships

### Ebenezer Scrooge

Initially, Storyteller and Scrooge's "friendship" was one-sided, with Storyteller putting in all the work. However, by the end of the show, Scrooge has warmed up to Storyteller and even refers to them as "my friend," causing them to tear up a bit at the title. It can be assumed the two had a lasting friendship even after the events of the show have concluded.

## Trivia

* Storyteller is just one of many characters in the show designed to be performed as any gender.
	+ These include Storyteller, Marley, The Present, The Future, and The The Headmaster.
	+ Coincidentally, most of these (barring Marley) are also all characters named after their role in the story, and do not have a "real" name revealed in the show.
* Storyteller's full name is Storyteller Churchill. This is never said during the show, but it's confirmed on the show's website.
* Tech stated once that Storyteller is canonically genderfluid.
	+ The reason for this is so any performer can feel comfortable with the role, regardless of their own gender identity (or, in Tech's case, a lack thereof). However, it's never explicitly mentioned in any of the show's material, since the topic wasn't as well known in medieval London.