Name:

Rupert Edmund Giles

Nickname:

Ripper

Species:

Human

Home:

England

Grandparents:

Edna Giles (Grandmother)

Parents:

Unknown

Friendship:

- Buffy Summers
- The "Scooby Gang"

Adversary:

Ethan Rayne

Romances:

- Jenny Calendar
- Olivia Williams

Children:

None

Year of Birth:

1954

Highlights:

- Rebelled as a teenager, practiced dark magic, summoned the demon Eyghon
- 1997: Became Buffy Summers' Watcher, worked as Librarian at Sunnydale HS
- 1999: Fired from the watcher Council for defying them to save Buffy
- 200: Bought the Magic Box
- 2001: Reinstated as a Watcher, when Buffy blackmailed the Watchers Council
- 2003: Helped create the Slayer Organization after all Potentials where activated

Death:

- Killed by a Twilight-possessed Angel, resurrected the following year;
- Accidentally brought back as a twelve-year-old body, eventually restored

Abilities:

Immense knowledge of demonology and Slayer combat