Charles White/Relationships

Alyss/Anna Ledell
White's most significant relationship is by far his relationship with Anna Ledell.

They originally met when Anna visited Wonderland as a child, which she did often. They met during the period of time after White had lost his mother, causing him to become distant form his family and feel quite lonely and depressed. Though his newfound friendship with Cheshire helped him become happier, it was Anna who erased his loneliness and helped him overcome his sorrow. Because of Anna's clairvoyance and White's telepathy, Anna was able to see White's memories of his mother, and understand that she was a loving, kind woman, which nobody but White and his father understood. Because Anna was able to see this, she understood White and was able to comfort him. Since he felt Anna was the only person who really knew his grief, he clung to her rather tightly emotionally, and she became the dearest person in his life.

White was completely devastated after he thought Anna had died. After finding her alive, his relief was sostrong that he decided to protect her with his life and to never leave her side. He vowed to become her loyal servant and closest friend, as well as to do anything for her sake and happiness. Anna and him became quite close due to this, as they could share memories with one another if needed, and understood each other completely as they had gone through similar things (such as losing their parents, feeling lonely, and both were close with their mothers). They spent a lot of time together playing and talking, and fell in love with each other since they were children (despite not knowing what their feelings meant at that age).

Anna is the only person White feels he can open up to completely, and he relies on her whenever he feels emotionally weak, as she gives him strength because of her strong, unwavering belief and love for him. He sees her as the string that constantly keeps him together, and deeply treasures Anna, more than anyone else, including himself. He would do absolutely anything for her, even go against his own kind and gentle nature and do evil things for her sake, though she never requests for him to do anything dangerous or evil. In fact she treats him more as a close friend than a servant, despite him declaring himself her servant, and the few requests she does make of him are simple, such as to spend a day with her or help her prepare tea.

In Beyond Wonderland, it is seen that Anna died before White, who went into mourning and refused to marry or see anyone else. He is later seen to be relieved and delighted by his own death, and is last seen holding on to a spirit (presumanly, Anna's) hand as he is taken to the Death Realm.

White keeps a picture of her in his necklace locket, and Anna has a matching necklace with White on it.

Cheshire Cat
White's second most important relationship would be his friendship with the Cheshire Cat, Leo.

White met Cheshire in the middle of the night, when his parents and a few servants burst into White's room and threw Cheshire in there, asking White to keep him safe. Screams and loud shootings could be heard, and Leo was scared to death. White asked who he was, and Leo replied, "I'm Leo Deviere, the...the Prince of Diamonds." White understood the situation then, and when he heard the shootings and thuds getting closer, he took Leo into a secret passage through the castle walls. He soothed Leo while the attackers tore the room apart, and the two survived. The next day White was told that Cheshire would be mascarading as his new servant, though in reality he was being kept as a refugee at the Castle while matters with the Kingdom of Green were dealt with.

Because of this, White and Leo spent a great deal of time together. Though their personalities seemed rather incompatible (White was gentle, happy, soft spoken and well loved and accepted, while Leo was wild, mischiveous,stigmized and rejected), they were both immensely kind people at heart and very intelligent. White understood why Leo acted the way he did, becoming the first person Leo felt truly understood him and drawing a close bond between them. Leo was the only person White told of his adventures with Anna Ledell when they were kids, and knew White so well he recognized that White was in love with Anna from the very first day he met her.

It was Leo who found Anna in Overland, and who went to White for help for her straight away, as White was the person Leo trusted and relied upon most. Because Leo brought Anna and White back together, White feels eternally grateful and in debt towaeds Leo. They are best friends, but White states that they are practically brothers.

Their relationship is so strong that despite White's feelings towards Alice Liddell, he supported Cheshire's love for Alice and helped him with his issues regarding Alice as much as he could, despite the fact that White never fully trusted, accepted, or liked Alice (until after Anna forgave her). The only time the two are seen not getting along is when Cheshire flirts with Anna (despite it being a joke). White loves Cheshire purely and wholeheartedly, like a younger brother, and always seems to be taking great care of him.



When Cheshire was younger, he began to fall in love with Anna. Cheshire cared so much for Anna that he blindly followed her orders and never questioned her, even after her drastic change in personalities. While White always understood Anna's motives and reasons for acting the way she did, Cheshire was never given that explanation, showing his love for Anna was strong enough for him to do what Anna ordered with no questions asked. Though Cheshire denied it, and acted rather tsundere about it, White could see that he was harboring romantic feelings for Anna and selflessly backed off from pursuing her, showing he cared strongly for Cheshire, enough to give up his romantic feelings for Anna (though he still stayed by her side to watch over and protect her). Though after Anna noticed that White had withdrawn from her, and asked him if he didn't like her anymore, he wasn't able to hold back his feelings (nearly kissing Anna) and apologized to Cheshire, saying that he knew how he felt for her but wasn't able to push his own feelings aside. Cheshire was shocked that White had discovered his feelings, and agreed they should simply see who she chose. This started a playful rivalry within them, but never but a rift in their relationship, especially after Cheshire fell in love with Alice. Likewise, Cheshire is selfless when it comes to White. When he saw how strongly White felt for Anna, and saw she returned the feelings, he gave up trying to win her over, saying his friend's (White and Anna's) happiness was worth more than his own.

Alice Ledell
 White's initial relationship with Alice was not very good, as they got off to an extremely rocky start. White's first time seeing Alice was when Anna was about to be killed and brought down to Overland. White was at first relieved to see Alice, thinking she'd surely save her sister, but after seeing her abandon Anna and run away, leaving Anna to die, he became extremely angry and was shocked someone could be so cruel and cowardly. As he got older, he understood that Alice was just a child and scared, but still could never quite forgive her (especially after he found out her actions had caused Anna's destiny to be changed into a miserable and cruel one). He resented her for taking away his "happy ending" with Anna, but due to his overwhelmingly compassionate and gentle personality, when they met he was unable to act rude or cruel to her. However, he was rather polite and detached from her, and though he was still kind, he was subsantially less kind towards her than with others. Eventually as he got to know Alice better, he began to like her more, but was never able to truly trust and forgive her. However, he was able to act much more kindly towards her, and the two eventually became friends. After Alice proves her bravery and it's revealed it was Hatter's spell that caused her to run away, White is able to fully forgive Alice and grow close to her. He is emotionally attached to her due to their soulmate bond.

Alice developed a one-sided crush on White, but he gently rejected her because of his deep love for Anna. He also saw Alice as a sort of sister figure, and felt rather protective of her, though not to the extent that he felt for Anna.

At the same time, despite White's reservations of Alice, he is her current soulmate and had an inexplicable bond with her that he did not understand. He felt drawn to her naturally and couldn't harbor negative feelings towards her, as much as he tried, though he never did fall in love with her like his destiny said he would. Instead he saw her as more than friend but less than a lover. He said the thing that described how he felt towards her best was him seeing her as a sort of close younger sister. Though Alice initially disliked this, she eventually grew to see him similarly, as a brother figure. After Anna and Alice reunited, White was able to accept Alice and the two became quite close. He cares about her as if she were his own family, and they get along very well because of their similar personalities.

Mad Hatter
White and Hatter had a very good relationship initially. Because Hatter offered to help Anna get back her rightful throne to Wonderland and to free her from the chains of the Overland, White was very grateful towards Hatter. He was very polite and kind towards him, but a part of him suspected Hatter had more power than he was hiding. He asked Anna to be wary of him, but decided he was being paranoid after Hatter helped Anna avoid murdering a mother, a task the Chains of Overland had forced her into doing. White thought of Hatter as a precious friend and had a very good image of him to start with.

Because of White's good judgement, though, a part of him was still not quite ready to trust Hatter fully. After Hatter started flirting with Anna and attempted to win over her heart, White's relationship with Hatter soured drastically. After White discovered that Anna had been drugged with a love spell by Hatter, White became extremely angry and his trust of Hatter was completely shattered as he attempted to figure out his motives for placing a love spell on Anna (though it backfired in the end). It was his distrusts that saved Anna from descending into the Underworld forever, and which helped unmask the Hatter for his real self and unleashed his insideous plans, saving Alice and the Twins as well.

After this reveal, Hatter and White have an extremely terrible relationship, as White declares Hatter his sole enemy (besides eventually the King and Queen of Clubs). Even worse is the fact that not only did Hatter attempt to make Anna fall in love with him, but he had won over the heart of Alice Ledell and broke it. Due to White's brotherly feelings towards Alice, and his love for Anna, both of these things brought Hatter lower and lower in White's books, and White's dangerous side comes out often when around Hatter. He becomes extremely protective of Alice and especially Anna whenever Hatter is around.

Queen of Hearts
White was extremely close to his mother, and was one of the few people who truly understood her and saw her true colors. He was very protective of his mom, because she was so hated and sought after by the citizens of the Kingdom of Hearts (and Wonderland) due to her seemingly cruel, cold, ruthless antics. However, White knew the true her, and she was sweet, kind and easy to get along with. He loved her deeply and promised to protect her from the citizens who wished to overthrow her. However, one night, the castle was overrun by rebels and mafia members, who came and killed the Queen. They were immideately slaughtered by the King of Hearts, but it was too late. White witnessed his mothers death, having heard the commotion, and attempted to save her only to be mortally wounded by a rebel in order to get him out of the way. He was deeply hurt by his mother's death, and regretted the fact that nobody was able to see what a loving, kind and fun person she had been. It is seen that part of what drives his protective streak was his mother's death, and one of his motivator's for protecting Anna and staying by her side was that she reminds him of his mother- misunderstood on the outside, and good at heart on the inside. White also got his strong judgement, honesty, and loyalty from his mother, and her eyes.

King of Hearts
White was also close to his father, though not as close as to his mother. He deeply admired his father's intelligence and leadership skills, and liked him even more because, like him, his father understood his mother's true colors and loved her. He and his father spent a lot of time together, training White so he could become the next King of Hearts. White always wished as a child to live up to his father's greatness as king, and he was heartbroken and confused when his father dissappeared out of the blue one day.

Lewis White
Because Lewis held resentment towards White for being heir to the throne, White and Lewis had a difficult relationship. At the same time, White was very kind towards Lewis and always invited him to train and ride horses, showing they had a good relationship despite's Lewis's resentment. White cared for Lewis as any older siblings cares for a younger one, and believed strongly in Lewis's ability to become a king greater than their father. White gave the throne to Lewis eventually, renouncing his title as heir to the throne of hearts.