Mrs. Wicker

Kellyanne Wicker, more commonly referred to as Mrs. Wicker, is a reoccurring antagonist and the current dictator of the ironically named Fort Freedom. She is a devout Christian and is noted as being homophobic and ableist.

## Personality

Mrs. Wicker is strictly Christian and extremely conservative. She has a firm compass of right and wrong, though it would be a stretch to call this a "moral compass", as she routinely does horrible things to other people and sees herself as in the right. Mrs Wicker is a repeated hypocrite, most notably her shaming of Rick Rounds for him committing manslaughter against Big Mikey when he was 16 (see Episode 17 - Bogs), when she's guilt of murdered her husband (see Relationships), and her argument with Violet Keene over her allegedly hurting members of Fort Freedom, when Mrs. Wicker had just attempted an incredibly violent invasion on The Scoutpost.

## Description

Mrs. Wicker is described as being a sallow[1], gaunt older woman with cold eyes[2][3], of which at least one is lazy[4]. She is almost always accompanied[5][6] by one of her 8 children, who range from her oldest son, Jacob Wicker who is a young adult[7], to a small unnamed toddler[8]

## History

Mrs. Wicker is a mother of 8[9], and the widowed wife to Fort Freedoms former pastor[10] Bob Wicker, who recently passed away from Mrs Wicker murdering him for unstated reasons, though it is assumed it had something to do with his treatment of their children. It is assumed that she helped set up Fort Freedom in its early days[11]. Other than that, not much is known about pre plot Mrs. Wicker

### Season 1

Mrs. Wicker first appears in Episode 22 - Mountains, in which her primary role is accusing Rick Rounds of being friends with (or otherwise implied intimate with) Polly, by saying “*The devil also comes to visit his friends*,”.

From there she next appears in Episode 30 - Stones, in which it is revealed that she has taken Ricks place as spokesperson of Fort Freedom (after the events of Episode 23 - Sunsets), and orders Buck to break off all ties with Rick in order to help evict him from Fort Freedom, under threat of retrieving the same treatment and reason that Rick had fallen into obsession with Polly and was thus no longer fit to lead or safe to be around. It is also said that Mrs. Wicker believes Rick to be overreacting or fabricating Polly's demonic status.

### Season 2

Episode 55 - Threats, Mrs. Wickers first POV episode. Mrs Wicker has taken Buck on as a form of protégé. She takes him, as well as her oldest son Jacob Wicker to a meeting with the matriarchs of The Scoutpost, Violet and Bern Keene, in order to discuss a potential alliance between their respective communities. This goes well.

Episode 59 - Friends: Mrs. Wicker is at a Scoutpost dinner, once again accompanied by Buck and Joshua. She discusses the difference in lifestyle between The Scoutpost and Fort Freedom, when Froglins attack The Scoutpost. This commotion comes to an end when Jacob shoots one of the Froglins, notably, The Scoutpost is strictly against guns. Mrs. Wicker assesses the situation and realises that she can take the advantage of this situation.

Episode 61 - Protectors: Mrs. Wicker leaves The Scoutpost after what turned out to be a several days long stay. On the way back to Fort Freedom, she reveals that she intends on storming The Scoutpost, deeming them as Pagans and Homosexuals. She also threatens to kick Buck out of the truck when he attempts to voice his opposition, a punishment that she knows could be fatal. It is also revealed that Mrs. Wicker beats her kids.

Episode 70 - Lines: After letting Buck out of the closet she'd forced him to sit in for an unidentified amount of time for speaking out against her in 61 - Protectors, she receives a heavily wrapped in religious language apology from him before telling him to go back home.

Episode 88 - Broomsticks: Mrs Wicker is praying to the Christian God for Fort Freedoms victory over the Scoutpost and the safety of Jacob while she waits next to the radio for Jacob to call her and tell her how the invasion went, also throwing out a few prayers for Buck to stop being gay and Rick to improve as a person in order to be used as a tool by said Christin God, also casually doping the lore that she murdered her husband, Bob Wicker. Mrs Wicker gets the radio signal from The Scoutpost, and picks it up to find Jacob on the other side, she asks him how it went, assuming victor, but Jacob begins to tell her that the people at the Scoutpost weren't what they were thinking, and that they'd been wrong, but is cut off when Violet takes the microphone off of him to chew out his mother. She tells her that her invasion had been a failure, Mrs. Wicker attempts to lie about her motivations, but is cut off by Violet calling her out she asks them if they'd hurt and of the members of Fort Freedom, and Violet tells her they'd only hurt one or two, but also tells her that the forest had taken alot more than that (without supplying any context for what she means by this) (see Episode 81 - Fears and Episode 85 - Roots). Mrs Wicker assumes that they intended to kill Jacob but is once again cut off by Violet telling her that she was upset, but she wasn't a monster, and that she wanted to arrange a cease fire. Mrs Wicker tries to talk her down from this, saying that The Scoutpost needed Fort Freedom to survive the forest, but Violet laughs and tells her:

"*You have no idea who you’re talking to ... At this point, we are the forest.*"

And instructs her to meet them in the clearing that they first met in in Episode 55 - Threats. Mrs Wicker begins to pray again, saying that they [Fort Freedom] would not beseech the Lord, and request strength for the battle ahead.

Episode 91 - Orders: Mrs Wicker is at the agreed upon meet up spot, a clearing outside of an old, abandoned research facility of which she has armed members of Fort Freedom waiting inside to attack on Mrs. Wicker's orders for when the diplomatic team from the Scoutpost arrive. She kneels praying until Jedediah Wicker approaches her and tells her that they [the Scoutpost] were there. She immediately spots Jacob in the back of a pickup, and calls out to him, noticing when his injured leg when he gets out to join her (see Episode 79 - Kingdoms), which she reacts to by screaming at the others from the Scoutpost. Violet tells her that she couldn't guarantee that Jacob was going to be able to walk again, but it seemed fair. Mrs. Wicker calls her cruel, and tells Jacome to come to her, which Violet intercepts and remind Mrs. Wicker that they were there to make a bargain, being all of the captured members of Fort Freedom returned in exchange for the Scoutpost being left alone. Mrs. Wicker passingly agrees to this, but Violet wants her to swear it properly. Jacob tells her that he just wanted to go back home, and Mrs. Wicker contemplates this for a moment, knowing that she could he Fort Freedom open fire at her signal, but also knowing that Jacob could get caught in the crossfire. She contemplates if her want for the Scoutpost's downfall was really righteous, or just her own pride. She gives in and gives her word to leave the Scoutpost alone and is reunited with her son.

They begin to leave, but she notices that Buck was remaining grouped with the Scoutpost members. She tells him that if he came back, he would be forgiven for his disobedience and be starting fresh in the eyes of everyone at Fort Freedom and in the eyes of God. Buck tells her that he wasn't going back with her, as the Scoutpost was his people now. She tells him that they still loved him, and that he could run from them, but he couldn't hide, but he tells her that he wasn't running, and that he was happy where he was. The Scoutpost turns to leave, and Hector turns back, telling her not to try and attack them again, as "this place" was protected by things that they couldn't even begin to understand, and bids her goodbye.

Episode 96 - Horizons: Mrs. Wicker wakes in the night to find a letter beside her bed. She has never received a letter at Fort Freedom. She opens it to find an invitation from an institution she did not know existed; it is to join the congregation of the Church of the Hallowed Name.

## Relationships

### Rick Rounds

Rick Round is the ex-leader of Fort Freedom, after Mrs. Wicker had him removed as spokesperson and banished. Mrs. Wicker believes Rick to be an actively malicious man, partially because of her own homophobia, although she is aware of his part in the death of Little Mikey. In Episode 88 - Broomsticks, she is seen praying for Ricks improvement as a person, stating that he would be a useful tool to the Christian God if he did so. Naturally she is unaware of what Rick has been doing since he left Fort Freedom (see Rick Rounds)

### Buck

Though Buck is not biologically hers, Mrs. Wicker treated to consider Buck to be he were one of her kids, a truth that is significantly less heart-warming in context of her terrible treatment of her children. Buck is gay, but Mrs. Wicker insists that if he repents to the lord enough, he will be cleansed of his Homosexuality and rebellious tendencies, as well as his attachment to Rick. She has demonstrated this "love" in several ways, most notably in forcing Buck to stand up right without his cane in a closet for what is estimated to have been a minimum of 24 hrs, it is worth mentioning that Buck is a disabled man who experiences chronic leg pain. In Episode 91 - Orders Buck tells Mrs. Wicker that he was leaving Fort Freedom to join the Scoutpost, which she fights against, telling him that Fort Freedom still loved him, that God still loved him, that he'd be forgiven of all his sins and past transgressions if he came back. But he stands firm and leaves with the Scoutpost.

### Bern Keene

Bern Keene is one of the leaders of The Scoutpost. Mrs. Wickers attempt to invade the scout post and subject its population to forced Christianity obviously puts her in a hateful position towards Mrs Wicker. both Bern and her wife Violet have cut off all communication with Fort Freedom and by extension Mrs. Wicker after the events of Episode 91 - Orders.

### Violet Keene

Violet Keene is one of the leaders of The Scoutpost. Mrs. Wickers attempt to invade the scout post and subject its population to forced Christianity obviously puts her in a hateful position towards Mrs Wicker. both Violet and her wife Bern have cut off all communication with Fort Freedom and by extension Mrs. Wicker after the events of Episode 91 - Orders.

### Bob Wicker

Very little is known about Bob Wicker, his name only being revealed in Episode 88 - Broomsticks, but it has been heavily implied that he was physically abusive towards his and Mrs. Wickers children, even more so than Mrs. Wicker is. Mrs. Wicker is guilty of the murder of her husband, happening presumably only months before her first episode appearance judging by the age of her youngest child. It is assumed that this murder took place due to the affirmation abuse, but if there were another element at play, they have not been stated. Despite the implied abuse, Mrs Wicker still for some reason thinks that Bob would have gone to Heaven (had the Biblical after life been a canonical in the lore of Hello from The Hallowoods).

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 30 - Stones
* Episode 59 - Friends
* Episode 61 - Protectors
* Episode 70 - Lines
* Episode 88 - Broomsticks
* Episode 91 - Orders
* Episode 96 - Horizons

## References

All references taken from the official Hello from the Hallowoods website

* [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [9] [10] Episode Transcript: Episode 22 - Mountains
* [6] [8] Episode Transcript: Episode 30 - Stones
* [7]Episode Transcript: Episode 55 - Threats
* Episode Transcript: Episode 59 - Friends
* [11]Episode Transcript: Episode 61 - Protectors