Charles Eyler (Heaven's Gate)

Main Series**Heaven's Gate**

* Heaven's Gate
* HG (Kindergarten)
* HG (School)
* HG (Casual)
* HG (Graduation)

**Charles Eyler** is the protagonist of Heaven's Gate.

## Personality

Charles is similar to his other self in the main Hello Charlotte games, except he is notably more stable due to the absence of Scarlett Eyler. Despite this, he still views himself as a burden to those around him and tends to turn the focus towards other's problems instead of his own. Charles started out as a rather stubborn child who did not understand social ladders and the like, but in middle and high school he becomes more passive (though he still dislikes most of his classmates for their immaturity). Although he remains quiet and alienated from most of his peers, he befriends Anri and Vincent just as he did in Hello Charlotte 3. His view of Vincent is less idealized, but Charles cares for him just as deeply, which is easily seen during the exchanges between the two during and after their graduation as well as the fact that they were able to form a closer bond since Vincent did not commit suicide as he had planned to, although the fact that Charles met Vincent much earlier than their mainstream counterparts did contributes to the differences in their relationship.

## Background

Charles' mother is mentally unstable and has been for his whole life. Because of this and his fathers absence, he didn't receive much affection or care as a child, which is likely another reason as to why he thinks of himself as a burden. Charles didn't interact with many of his classmates even when he was young and was anxious when both reading a poem and presenting in front of the school.

## Role in Plot

#### [#1] Vincent Fennell

Charles first appearance has him approaching Vincent Fennell at kindergarten, who's watching a trail of ants. He watches as Vincent rips the wings off one of the ants, and horrified by his actions tells him to stop, and threatens to tell the nurses if he doesn't, causing Vincent to leave. After that, Charles decides he doesn't like him.

#### [#2] Tazos

Later, Charles wonders what so special about Vincent, as he is simply trading stickers and tazos. He trips and drops the box with the classroom turtle, causing the nurses to shout at him and make him stand in the corner of the room for half an hour, which he blames on Vincent.

#### [#3] Mother

When he's five years old, Charles and his mother move into a flat infested with cockroaches and has a large number of pigeons living on the balcony. He asks his mother why the flat is so dirty, and she tells him that the previous owner was messy, and when he tells her he wants to go back to his old home, she tells him that they won't be living there long. Charles later overhears his neighbours talking and learns that the flat's previous owner was a drug addict who died of a overdose.

#### [#4] Concert

During Autumn, the kindergarten throws a concert to celebrate. Charles tries to recite a poem with four lines, but is so nervous that he speaks too quietly, even though he recites the poem perfectly. Charles noticed that Vincent is almost always the last to be picked up by his parents. Sometimes they don't come at all, and Vincent goes home alone. Charles tells his mother, who freaks out, wondering how a child could go home by himself, leaving Charles unable to think of a reply.

#### [#5] Valentine's Day

During Valentine's Day, everyone gets tangerines and Kinder Surprises for lunch. Charles ends up sick and throws up over his festive shirt. He notices that Vincent is also in the nurse's office, because he tripped and scraped his knee. Charles notes that Vincent doesn't look like he's in pain, and wonders if Vincent is actually a robot, but can't ask him because his headache is too intense. Charles's mother soon arrives and takes Charles home, where he stays for a week.

#### [#6] New Stage

Charles finishes Kindergarten and looks forward to going to elementary school. He notices that Vincent is going to a different one, but that doesn't matter to Charles, who didn't like Vincent.

#### [#7] Friends

Charles starts Elementary school, which he finds boring, as he solves all the problems in his math workbook in one night, leaving him bored in lessons. Getting excited about his intellectual abilities, he starts pointing out other peoples mistakes when he notices them. Charles then tries to get friends by buying them food or sharing his, only to realize they don't care about him. Some time and an afterschool beating teaches Charles  not to poke his nose into other people's business. Charles slowly turns into a class ghost, to the point that at the end of the fourth year everyone still calls him by his surname.

#### [#8] Reunion

Charles encounters Vincent again in middle school, and Charles notes that he has replaced his old unchanging blank expression with a mask. He ends up working in a group project with him, and notes that he is nice to work with, unlike most of the other kids, and Charles enjoys the group work. After Vincent shows he's thankful for Charles work, Charles puts Vincent's name first on the project's title slide.

#### [#9] Weakling

After Vincent faints during a P.E. lesson, Charles realizes that Vincent has terrible stamina. Charles later learns that Vincent has a medical condition. After overhearing some of his classmates talking, Charles considers that Vincent could be dying, and wonders if children don't think too deeply about life and death in general.

#### [#10] Henrietta Warhol

One day when Charles volunteers to stay behind on class duty, while Anri gets bullied into doing it, he gives her advice on how to clean, who replies by asking why he's there when it's not his turn to clean, and calls him a weirdo when he tells her that he likes cleaning. He tells her that she can go home as he was planning to stay after lessons anyway, although realizes that since the bullies are waiting outside they might think she is slacking off if she leaves too early. After cleaning in silence for a while Charles gives Anri a piece of candy, who wonders if there is something wrong with it until Charles tells her it's barberry flavour. Anri thanks Charles and leaves the classroom without saying goodbye. Weeks later, they start talking during lunch breaks.

#### [#11] Past

Charles thinks aout the fact that his mother never speaks abut her past or Charles father and Charles never asks. Charles occasionally listens to her crying at night, and not talking about it in the morning. Charles worries that even though she's holding up well, one day she might trip and be unable to get up, which causes his hands to itch, forcing him to wash his hands for ten minuites. Charles decides that he wants to grow up to be someone his mother can depend on.

#### [#13] School trip

During the first year of high school, Charles class go on a school trip. Since Charles didn't have any promises of who to sit next to, Charles chooses to sit next to Vincent, who doesn't mind, although he considers not taking it, as it is the front seat, and someone could get carsick. Vincent tells Charles he can swap with someone if they get carsick. After making a joke, Charles thinks he messed up his second informal conversation with Vincent. By the time he's gathered enough confidence to start another conversation, Vincent has fallen asleep, so Charles brings out his MP3 player, only for everyone else to decide to watch an action movie, so Charles decides to watch the movie, and loses track of time.

Arriving at the hotel past midnight, Charles end up in a room with beds and a shower, along with three classmates who don't mind Charles ditching them during the night. They leave the room after arriving, leaving Charles alone, who spends half of the night sketching ideas for comics he thinks he might draw someday, but feels like he's seen them before. Charles wakes up early in the morning, and heads to the hotel's dining room. Out of his classmates, only a few girls and Vincent are present. Charles decides to sit near Vincent. They start a conversation, about how Charles didn't attend a party the previous night, Charles having trouble imagining Vincent drinking, how Charles woke up to the sound of someone vomiting into a toilet next door, and what happens to Charles when he drinks.

Charles doesn't think much of the trip, as art museums never interested him much. During one of the excursions, Anri gets lost, so Charles volunteers to look for her. He spots her at a statue near the museum, with a dead phone preventing her from contacting the group. Charles leads Anri back to the group, and she clings to his shirt all the way back.

That night at the hotel, Charles ends up sharing a room with a classmate who doesn't mind other people seeing him make out with his girlfriend. Charles does, so he grabs his coat and leaves. He heads to the hotel stairs to sleep, but as he begins to doze off, Vincent wakes him up, telling him he'll catch a cold if he sleeps on the stairs. Charles asks Vincent why he is outside, and after Vincent tells him that he wanted some fresh air and a night walk, he points out that they aren't allowed to leave their rooms at night, causing Vincent to ask why he is outside. Charles stumbles over his words, confusing Vincent at first, but he soon realizes Charles problem with his roommate. Vincent notes how nice it is at the hotel, and how he doesn't have to wake up to shouting, leaving Charles unsure of what to say. They sit in silence for a while, then Vincent asks Charles if he plans on returning to his room, who tells Vincent he'll stay out a little longer. Vincent leaves, and half an hour later Charles decide to do so. After returning to his room, he finds his classmate asleep, much to his annoyance. Charles then decides to get some sleep, thinking it would be nice to go somewhere with his class again sometime before he does so.

#### [#14] Passwords

After the school trip, Charles and Vincent start hanging out more often. One day while having lunch together Charles asks Vincent if he thinks the education system is flawed. Vincent points out that it depends on what is defined as a flaw. Charles then asks Vincent if he understands the concepts on the school test, who replies that he didn't, and that he only learned what he needed to answer the questions. Charles points out the flaw he was talking about, that they aren't learning anything useful, just keywords needed to answer the questions. Vincent then tells Charles that it's not just the education system that uses keywords, but they are littered in people's speech throughout everyday life, causing Charles to note that mass media is simply entirely made out of them.

#### [#15] Puberty

Charles notes that the older people get, the more disturbed and obnoxious they become. As the students at Charles school hit puberty, they try to connect, clumsily and erratically, which Charles understands to an extent, since he always felt fine in his own company, as well as Vincent's, but Charles finds Vincent's habit on going on about subjects that he can't understand, which Charles finds tedious, as he doesn't care about politics. He wonders if he is masochistic for enjoying being badmouthed by her, although he is glad that they both have the same taste in anime.

Charles teases Anri about dating sims, annoying her and her telling Charles not talk so loudly in case the other girls hear. Charles asks he if she wants to start a doujin circle, and when she tells him shes never written a finished story in her life, so he tells her just copy the popular tropes, causing her to tell him to go away.

Charles wonders what's up with the emergence of web cults recently, and messages Vincent to ask him about it. Vincent asks Charles if he's talking about Heaven's Gate, and tells Charles that he helped copywrite content for the website, surprising Charles. Vincent tells Charles that any kind of content has curators, although Heaven's Gate was intended to be a prank. Charles tells Vincent that the content he wrote was very convincing, and asks Vincent why he chose Heaven's Gate as a name, and Vincent tells him that they wanted to make Heaven's Gate seem big, even though it's just a prank. He then tells Charles that it's meaningless, just like how the Heavenly Kingdom doesn't exist. Charles notes that ultimately it's just an empty promise of virtue. He asks Vincent if he thinks that the website is dangerous, as people might think that they are being serious. Vincent tells Charles that he thinks that would be silly.

#### [#17] Trust

Vincent startles Charles as he is writing by asking him if he is writing something. Charles tells Vincent that what he's writing barely counts as writing. Vincent asks him if he is dissatisfied with what he's writing, and Charles replies that he has trouble communicating his thoughts to others, leaving the plot looking too contrived. Vincent asks Charles if he thinks his readers are stupid, and when Charles tells him he doesn't, Vincent asks him if he doesn't trust his readers, causing Charles to tell him he doesn't. Vincent then tells Charles to prove that he can be trusted, by showing that he had done his research, that he is involved as much as his readers are, and to bear his mind and soul. Charles tells Vincent that he would prefer to be anonymous, to which Vincent tells him that his approach wouldn't work for everyone, but he shouldn't underestimate his readers. Charles then asks Vincent if he would read his work, to which Vincent agrees.

During their final high school year, Vincent joins the student council, and invites Charles to do the same, telling Charles that he wanted to influence school life, if possible. Charles tells Vincent that it's not about good ideas, but the ability to convince others, which Vincent has. Vincent replies that he is using it to convince Charles, who decides to join. After the first meeting, Vincent and Charles leave school, being some of the last students to do so. Charles complains that the meeting was so tiring, and wonders how Vincent had the energy to talk throughout the whole meeting, with Vincent replying that he enjoys a good discussion, causing Charles to call it uncivilized discourse, where everyone was trying to shout louder than everyone else. Vincent tells Charles that he doesn't feel like going home yet, so Charles invites him for a walk, and after a hour, the pair part ways.

#### [#18] Social Media

While waiting with Anri for a class to start, Charles surfs social media, saying that he is tired of it because everybody is talking so much, but nobody is talking about things that really matter, and that he feels bad for contributing. Anri gets up and crushes Charles nose, asking him what he thinks people should be talking about, and who is he to decide what matters and what doesn't matter. When Charles tells her he is just saying how he feels, Anri says his opinions are worthless, and it's like wanting a teenage melodrama to have a deeper meaning. She tells him to read a book or to talk to Vincent. When Charles calls Vincent a god, Anri tells Charles that he is biased because Vincent validates him, then asks him what's so good about Vincent. Charles explains why he likes Vincent, and Anri reacts with disgust, causing Charles to note that she is jealous, causing Anri to tell Charles to go fuck himself. Charles tells her that Vincent would say "Would you kindly back off", leaving Anri unable to tell the difference.

#### [#19] Possessions

Vincent comes to Charles house for a research project, and finds that Charles has just finished cleaning. Vincent notes that Charles is exceptionally scrupulous in regards to organization, who replies that he can't focus when something is out of place. Vincent tells Charles that his workplace isn't very organized, but he doesn't have many personal possessions. Charles asks if it's because he doesn't like stuff piling up, to which Vincent agrees. Charles then asks if Vincent remembers when they collected stickers. Vincent remembers how popular it was, and Charles confesses that he still has his collection, which he finds embarrassing. Vincent wonders why, as Charles must have loved them if he kept them, and having things you love doesn't make you infantile. Charles asks Vincent about what he loves, and Vincent admits he only brought popular things regardless of whether he liked them or not, then threw them away when they became useless. Charles notes that Vincent must not have any interest in material possessions, to which Vincent agrees, but Charles notes that his words sound hollow.

#### [#20] Uncertainity

Anri comes round to Charles house on the weekend, bring Henry who she is reluctantly babysitting. Charles notes how good he is at rhythm games, and Anri tells him that's all he's good for. Charles wonders if she is being harsh, and she responds by saying he deserves it because she is so lazy. Charles tells her his mind might work differently from everybody else, and Anri notes it's possible, but Henry mostly wants to play MMORPGs all day, and that she is tired from working part time jobs to pay for his habits, and that the cost of console games, monthly MMO subscriptions, gacha pulls and merchandise equals her monthly salary, leaving none for herself. Charles tells her that her parents don't have to buy Henry that, and Anri tells him if they don't he refused to leave his room. Anri then asks Charles if they are dating. Anri lists off all the things Charles does for her, causing him to think hat those things are what a decent person would do. Anri wonders what they should call their relationship, causing Charles to bring his philosophy into the discussion, annoying Anri. Charles tells her he isn't sure what to call it, and she tells her she feels the same. Anri kisses Charles, who doesn't enjoy the experience. He tells her he isn't comfortable with physical contact, and wonders if there is something wrong with him, and that he feels like a disappointment. Anri tells him to find a downer like himself, or to stop worrying about it. Anri mentioned how Vincent is comfortable in his own company, and Charles tell her that Vincent used to surround himself with people, and only started isolating himself recently. Anri tells Charles that she has only spoken Vincent a few times, and it felt like he wasn't even there, and that he wasn't listening. She concludes that he is full of shit, but he was content with that. Charles jokes that Vincent could have been bored around her, so Anri tells him he is like that around everyone. Anri bets that Vincent would be the kind of person who would populate a planet with clones of himself and be happy, and Charles jokes that if he cloned himself, the result would be mass suicide. Anri concludes that it's pointless to try and mold Charles into something he's not, and that even if he does everything a romantic partner does, it would be important if he wasn't feeling it. Charles apologizes, and Anri tells him that he should be saying thank you, which Charles agrees with, then thanks Anri.