Tyler Alan

Tyler, a character in The Freshman, The Sophomore, The Junior, and The Senior series, was a student at Hartfeld and a member of the Dungeons and Dragons Club. He graduated in The Senior, Chapter 15. He makes his first appearance in The Freshman, Book 1, Chapter 2.

Appearance
Tyler has short, black hair, light skin and brown eyes. He wears a navy and red checked T-shirt over a gray undershirt. In The Sophomore, he wears The Crown & The Flame baseball tee.

Tyler's formal wear is a blue suit with a red tie and a lighter blue undershirt.

Personality
Tyler acts shy and nerdy. He can be quite oblivious and awkward when it comes to dealing with love and girls, but he doesn't want to hurt anyone and has a good heart.

Zack
Zack Zilberg is Tyler's best friend. They often play video games together.

Tripp & Edgar
Tripp and Edgar guys are Tyler's gaming buddies. They also talk about "special" subjects nobody else is interested in.

Abbie
"'Ask her out? No way. I'd just embarrass myself.' - Tyler about Abbie in Book 1, Chapter 5"

In The Freshman, Book 1, Tyler has instantly developed strong feelings for Abbie. She later begins to return his feelings but both are unsure of how to initiate anything, with a number of misunderstandings and Leila's flirtations complicating the situation. If Your Character supports them, Tyler and Abbie will go to the formal together, otherwise he will go with Leila. In Book 2, they're an official couple and things seem to go pretty well. In Chapter 15, they declare their love for each other.

By The Sophomore they have already moved in with each other. In The Sophomore Book 1, Chapter 6 Abbie starts to appear bored of Tyler when he shows affection towards her. By Chapter 13, their relationship appears strained. As of Chapter 14, they are taking a break from each other. In Book 2, Chapter 7 he goes to your character's house to talk to Abbie and fix their relationship.

In The Senior, they debut their video game, Dragon Jest, at Northcon, an annual indie game convention. If you decide to challenge the rude gamer, you help them gain attention, and they win Best Art Design.

Leila
In The Freshman, Book 1, Leila has a big crush on Tyler, wanting him for herself. In case Your Character doesn't encourage him with Abbie, he and Leila will go to the formal together. After he ditches her between Book 1 & 2, Leila becomes upset with him, no longer wanting to be involved with him. However since Book 3, Leila seems to have moved on, with things between her and Tyler returning to as they previously were.

Sebastian
In The Sophomore, Tyler says that Sebastian is not a bad guy once you get to know him, much to Abbie, Zack, and Kaitlyn's dismay. In The Sophomore Book, 1 Chapter 14, Sebastian is shown comforting Tyler over his rocky relationship with Abbie.

Other Looks

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Trivia

 * Tyler makes a cameo appearance in The Haunting of Braidwood Manor, Chapter 6 with Kaitlyn and Zack.
 * He bears a resemblance to actors Mario Maurer and Harry Shum, Jr.
 * He is a big fan of the series The Crown &amp; The Flame, rooting for Kenna and Dom. He even dressed up as Dom for Halloween.
 * In Helen Twombly's story in The Sophomore: Hartfeld Horror Story, he is renamed "Skylar", and is portrayed as a much more stereotypical social geek.
 * It was revealed in The Junior, Book 1, Chapter 11, that Nathan's car was used to hit Tyler.
 * It was also confirmed in the same chapter that he was the one who leaked James' book.
 * It was confirmed a chapter later, that Tyler had hacked into the school's grading system for Nathan and Kassidy. A week later, Zig's grades plummeted as Kassidy manipulated them.
 * In The Senior, Chapter 15 he receive a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Computer Science.
 * His last name was also revealed to be Alan.
 * Tyler is the only member of the main cast to not be featured in any of the book covers for The Freshman series overall.