Elliot Daniel Dunkel

Elliot Daniel Dunkel is Tedd's best friend and has been one of the main characters of El Goonish Shive since its inception.

Elliot is one of the more "normal" and reserved of the main characters, but is nevertheless one of the strongest of the human characters, owing to his membership in the Anime Style Martial Arts Dojo (ASMA Dojo). Because of this and the incident with the Dewitchery Diamond, which caused the creation of Elliot's female duplicate Ellen, Elliot has "awakened" and is thus developing more advanced magic abilities, though they are currently related mostly to his having been in a Female variant #5 form when he touched the diamond, rather than being related to his own personality.

For a long time Elliot was Sarah's boyfriend, until he realized that he loved her 'like a sister'. He is Justin's crush. He has realized he has feelings for Susan, but doesn't want to lose her friendship, so he has not acted on them. Recently, he and Ashley went on a date.

Personality
Elliot started off as an everyman and foil to Tedd's devious antics. Since then he developed into a well-meaning, if somewhat inhibited, sufferer of chronic hero syndrome who would do anything for his friends and loved ones.