# Gaydon — Facing the Flag character guide

> Gaydon in Facing the Flag by Jules Verne.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Warder Gaydon, Mr. Gaydon

**First appearance:** 0002-iii-kidnapped

## Snapshot

A warder from the Healthful House who becomes a prisoner alongside Simon Hart, Gaydon watches his captors with a sharp, defiant eye.

## Who they are

Gaydon is a warder at the Healthful House who is swept into captivity when Simon Hart is abducted, sharing his cell and his fate aboard the mysterious Ebba. Stripped of any rights by the imperious Captain Spade, he bristles at being silenced and vows that his protests will one day be heard. His stubborn refusal to submit, and his keen observation of the schooner's inexplicable maneuvers, make him a crucial witness to the strange machinery and secretive crew that carry the prisoners toward Back Cup.

## Relationships

### [Thomas Roch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/thomas_roch)

_friendship_

Gaydon, secretly a French agent, feigns friendship and care for Thomas Roch to gain his trust and thwart the pirates.

### [Engineer Serko](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/engineer_serko)

_rivalry_

Engineer Serko is suspicious of Gaydon and views him as a potential threat to their operation.

### [Simon Hart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/simon_hart)

_rivalry_

Gaydon and Simon Hart are antagonistic, as Hart is a loyal pirate who distrusts Gaydon's true motives.

### [Thomas Roch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/thomas_roch)

_friendship_

Gaydon, secretly a French agent, feigns friendship and care for Thomas Roch to gain his trust and thwart the pirates.

### [Engineer Serko](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/engineer_serko)

_rivalry_

Engineer Serko is suspicious of Gaydon and views him as a potential threat to their operation.

### [Thomas Roch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/thomas_roch)

_friendship_

Gaydon, secretly a French agent, feigns friendship and care for Thomas Roch to gain his trust and thwart the pirates.

## In the story

### [Healthful House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/i-healthful-house)

The alias used by Simon Hart as Roch's warder. He is described as fluent in French and has been watching Roch for fifteen months.

### [Count d'Artigas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/ii-count-d-artigas)

Roch's attendant, speaks to him in English, attempts to draw him out about his invention, and warns of the risk of triggering a fit.

### [III: Kidnapped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/iii-kidnapped)

Roch's warder, who is ministering to him and is also kidnapped as planned.

### [The Schooner Ebba](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/iv-the-schooner-ebba)

Thomas Roch's keeper; also missing and not found during the search.

### [V: Where Am I?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/v-where-am-i)

Simon's alias as a warder; he insists on playing this role to avoid suspicion.

## Links

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