Giles Biography
Rupert Giles was born in England into a family of Watchers. The young Giles was disappointed to find out that he was destined to be a Watcher; he had wanted to be a fighter pilot or a grocer. He attended Oxford University, but attempted to reject his destiny and instead rebelled and dabbled in the occult with his friends, at one point summoning the demon Eyghon to Earth. Giles eventually straightened out and gave in to his destiny, working as a museum curator in England until the Watcher's Council assigned him to Buffy in Sunnydale. Giles, while also working as the Sunnydale High librarian, developed a close father-daughter-like relationship with Buffy, despite the fact that she is an untraditional, somewhat incorrigible Slayer. Giles doesn't seem to have many friends, though he dated computer science teacher Jenny Calendar, until she was killed by Angelus, had a one night stand with Joyce while both were under the influence of poisoned candy, and a few passing liaisons with a British woman named Olivia. Giles is well read and intelligent, can play the guitar, fence, and read five languages. Giles has always been straight-laced and stereotypically British, but he has loosened up a bit since he was fired from his post as Watcher. After the gang graduated from high school, Giles was unemployed for a while, except for guitar performances at the Espresso Pump, but he eventually took over a magic shop, The Magic Box, after the previous owner was killed by Harmony's vampire gang, and turned it into a successful business. Buffy also managed to bully the Watcher's Council into rehiring him as her official watcher, complete with retroactive pay. Now, Giles felt that he was standing in Buffy’s way, and she needed to live life without his help. He returned to England, and handed over the Magic Box to Anya. He later returned, bringing borrowed magic with him to try and help defeat the newly turned bad Willow. In fact the magic he possessed was 'Emotional', so when Willow drained his power, she was infected. This later helped save the world. After this incident, Willow went to stay with him for a few months, to learn how to control the magic now within her. After helping Willow recover, Giles returned to Sunnydale when things in Sunnydale and all over the world got pretty bad. He returned to Sunnydale to help Buffy and the rest of the gang.