GILES
Rupert Giles came to
Sunnydale to perform the duties of Watcher. What he found was a slayer
unlike any other. His slayer had a life seperate from that of her slaying
and he soon found that he cared for her as a father, not just a slayer.
Giles had a rebellious youth, which included invoking demons for personal
pleasure with friend Ethan Rayne. Giles left that life behind and became
the "tweed clad defender of the innocent." While Giles has been
an excellent watcher, his personal life had definitely been without.
Giles fell in love with
Computer Science teacher Jenny Calendar, only to have her killed by Angelus and
left in his bed to find. Soon after, he was kidnapped by Angel and
tortured for several hours.
The women in Giles life
after Jenny have been few and far between. During a spell by old friend
Ethan Rayne, Giles and the rest of the adults in Sunnydale experienced a second
childhood. Giles and Joyce (Buffy's Mom!) got to know each other VERY
well! After Joyce, Giles was alone again.
After interfering with the
Council Test on Buffy's 18th birthday, Giles was fired from his post as watcher.
He remained in Sunnydale as Librarian, and watched over Buffy and Faith as the
new watcher, Wesley Wyndham-Price, consistently made mistakes.
Giles found a little love with a friend from England, Olivia, who came to visit
him in Sunnydale during his time 'between jobs'. She was there when the
Gentleman came to Sunnydale, and, having survived that encounter, couldn't say
whether or not she would be back.
After a year spent doing
hardly anything and the increasing feeling that he was no longer needed, Giles
decided to return to England. Then Buffy told him that she needed him to
be her watcher again as she began her quest to understand her slayer powers.
Giles bought the Magic Box shop, and finally had a career again. He turned
the back of the shop into a training area for Buffy, and after he contacted the
Council for help in overcoming Glory, Buffy negotiated his re-instatement as her
Watcher. Once fired for his fatherly love for the Slayer, his paternal
status in her life has been strengthened as Buffy faced family problems and
tragedy.