|Commander Julius Root|
[Note: Thank you, Kelaal and charliegirl2 for correcting me! Basically I was going from my general memory, not really wanting to check the books, so of course I got tons of stuff wrong. –lax face- So, if I continue to mistake a couple of things, do me a favor and correct me, okay?]
Age: Somewhere around 700 years old: in Book One Cudgeon refers to all time spent with the commander wasted; and the commander responds, "That's about six hundred years wasted altogether, eh, friend?" Earlier in Book One, Foaly remarks on Root hadn't exactly been a spring bud five hundred years ago, meaning that Root is definitely older than six hundred, so perhaps along the lines of six hundred fifty, seven hundred, etc.
Appearance: Potbellied, red-faced little man with a gray buzz cut smoking a smelly cigar: Juliet's description in Book One just about sums him up. Think Buddha meets potbellied pig minus the merry smile. Keep the snout, though.
Heritage: Let's not go there.
Personality: Usually bad-tempered, loves to scream and vent, and is usually only happy when someone else isn't, preferably Mulch Diggums. Has a unique sense of justice, however, and was the only one to vouch for Captain Holly Short's case after the Artemis Fowl affair.
Hobbies: Smoking noxious fungus cigars. Being cranky. Hmm, what else do we need?
|Generalistic Summarization|
Julius Root hates being called by his first name, so LEP officers generally refer to him as Beetroot, because of his lovely facial tones. Eoin Colfer describes it as going everywhere from rosé to tomato to purple – charming, no? He is obviously intended to be one of the funniest characters in the series, and his longtime grudge with the convict Mulch Diggums is one of the deepest undercurrents as well.