Tedd Verres

Tedd Drew Verres is one of the main protagonists of El Goonish Shive and Elliot's best friend. Although (usually) of male sex, Tedd is androgynous in appearance. On account of this, Tedd started wearing special glasses obtained from Mr. Verres (Tedd's dad) so the bullies (e.g. Tony) would be powerless. It didn't work. Tedd met Elliot on the playground, with Elliot defending Tedd against said bullies (Elliot initially identified Tedd as a girl). After his parent's divorce, Tedd withdrew into himself so much that Nanase thought Tedd was mute. Elliot also commented that Tedd used to mumble a lot...