Toni Topaz

"We're here representing the dead and the silenced. Pickens Day is a lie. General Pickens slaughtered the Uktena tribe, my grandfather's family. And this land, the land that we're standing on, the land that will soon give way to a new Southside, was stolen from them. And we can't bring them back, but we can and we must honor them."

- Toni at Pickens Day

Antoinette "Toni" Topaz is a recurring character in the second season of Riverdale. She is portrayed by Vanessa Morgan.

Toni is a former student at Southside High. She attended the school until it was shut down by Mayor McCoy, who deemed Southside High as a public health hazard, claiming toxic fumes were coming from the "methamphetamine lab" in the basement. Not long after the school was shut down, she transferred to Riverdale High.

She is also a member of the Southside Serpents, who was suspected to cause trouble for Jughead and Betty's relationship, however, it was revealed by her that she was "more into girls". She also knew that Jughead was still reeling over the breakup between him and Betty. More than just a friend and confidante, Toni acts as Jughead's guide into the world of the serpents. After Jughead transferred to Southside High, he re-opened the school's newspaper, known as "The Red and Black" and recruited Toni as the school photographer. However, that venture ended with the closing of Southside High. She also bartends at the Whyte Wyrm and was up until recently, working on an investigation with Jughead on the Black Hood.

Character Description
Toni is a vivacious member of the Southside Serpents, who is known for her signature pink hair and impressive appetite.

Early Life
Much of Toni's early life remains unknown; however, she grew up in Riverdale and, at some point in her young life, it is presumed she completed the Serpents Initiation in order to join the Southside Serpents, though it remains unknown whether she met fellow Serpent, Sweet Pea, before or after joining.

Season 1
Toni commented under Chuck Clayton's post of him and Veronica Lodge, in which he claimed to have given her a "sticky maple". In response to this post, Toni commented "No gracias". Notably, the spelling of Toni was different, being spelled in its masculine form, Tony.

Southside High's Welcome Wagon
Toni arrived at school that morning to find Jughead Jones, Southside High's newest student passing through security. While taking a quick photo of him, Toni called out to Jughead by his first name, Forsythe Pendleton Jones III, before introducing herself as his mentor. She was supposed to give him the full animatronic tour of the school, however, she joked that with some of the robots going insane and killing people, they would be forced to wing it. Toni made sure to tackle the basics as she guided Jughead throughout the school. The classrooms don't have Wi-Fi. The bathroom stalls don't have doors. And the school paper, The Red and Black, had long since been closed down due to budget cuts. To their right was a rare glimpse of Jingle Jangle (highly addictive gutter drug) being consumed in its natural habitat. On to the cafeteria, where she informed Jughead of the Ghoulies, a rival gang of drug dealers, street racers, and rumored cannibals. As for her and Jughead, they sat on the other side of the cafeteria with the Southside Serpents, which Toni failed to mention earlier, though her affiliation to the Serpents is precisely why she volunteered to be his mentor. However, Jughead would rather sit alone, which baffled Toni considering that he was a Serpent by blood; the son of FP Jones. Toni advised Jughead to stick with the Serpents. Should the Ghoulies discover that he's alone and vulnerable, they'll attack.

The next day in class, Toni warned Jughead against answering Mr. Phillips question in relation to the dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451. However, Jughead failed to heed her warning.

Later that day, she joined Jughead in the Red and Black offices to help him unpack after receiving approval from staff to revive the school paper. She congratulated him on finding his safe space. All he needed now was a photographer with an amazing eye and a hunger for social justice, looking to Toni in hopes that she would agree to join him. However, before Toni got the chance to reply, they were interrupted by Sweet Pea and two fellow Serpent members, who were wondering if Toni and Jughead would be joining them at the quarry. Although Toni was prepared to leave, Jughead declined Sweet Pea's offer, which left him feeling a bit upset considering that Jughead had come to them in the past for assistance. They were good enough for him to ask for help, but not good enough to hang out with, Sweet Pea concluded. While Jughead appreciated what they had done for him and his father, he was through with the Serpents, which angered Sweet Pea, enough to make him attack. Fortunately, Toni was there to keep the two of them apart, telling Sweet Pea that Jughead just wasn't that into him.

That night, Toni accidentally walked in on Jughead kissing his girlfriend, Betty Cooper. Toni apologized for the intrusion, sarcastically remarking that she didn't see the sock on the door. Betty was not at all what Toni had pictured. She imagined someone more resembling of Emily the Strange. Jughead then pulled an old kettle pot out of the box of items that Betty had brought over. Surprisingly, Toni had brought one off her own, commenting that great minds think alike.

Toni joined Betty and Jughead in FP's trailer the next day, following an attack on Jughead, presumably orchestrated by the Ghoulies. However, he lied to Betty, telling her that the cuts and bruises were the results of a motorcycle incident. While cleaning him up, Betty was initially worried that Jughead was going to tell her that he got jumped by the Ghoulies, which according to Toni, the Serpents would never allow because they had Jughead's back. Even though he wasn't an actual member, there was still that connection of family loyalty. Before leaving for school, Betty asked Toni if she could keep an eye on Jughead while she was gone, to which Toni replied that she was all over it. Once Betty was gone, they were able to speak freely. Toni reminded Jughead that she had warned him about the Ghoulies and how they would attack. She was hoping that this would serve as a lesson to take the threat more seriously.

The following day in the cafeteria, Jughead voluntarily joined her and Sweet Pea at the lunch table. It would seem that he had finally realized the severity of the threat, as well as accepted their offer to join them.

Cracking the Cipher
Toni sat alongside Sweet Pea and Fangs Fogarty in the school's cafeteria as the three of them watched Archie Andrews' message to the Black Hood, where he threatened to hunt the killer down. With Fogarty becoming more anxious to earn his Serpent stripes as the day grew on, they could think of no better way for him to earn his way into the gang than for him to bring them the head of the Northsider in the video. Unfortunately, Jughead advised them against such action, claiming that he knew the guy in the video, who he described as being a lame target. If they actually sought to prove something, Jughead suggested that they got after the Black Hood, though as Sweet Pea explained, this wouldn't be in their best interest. The Black Hood was doing their work for them by going solely after Northsiders, essentially making him a hero.

Later that day, Toni found Jughead in the Red and Black offices reading Beware of the Zodiac. She noted that while it was a decent read, she preferred Robert Graysmith's definitive books on the subject. Jughead's phone then began to ring. Calling him, was Betty, though he chose to ignore it. Jones, Jones, Jones, you disappoint me, Toni said. If serial killers were an interest of his, Toni suggested that he check out Ted Bundy, Albert Fish, Aileen Wuornos. However, as Jughead explained, none of them fit the profile. Unlike most serial killers, the Black Hood wore a mask. He's most likely someone consumed with self-loathing. Conversely, he also sent letters and cryptos to the press. Admittedly, Toni was a "true crime junkie". Toni confessed that she didn't stop by for a friendly chat, she was seeking Jughead out, hoping that he would help her crack the Black Hood's cipher that was posted in the latest print from the Register.

The following night, Toni, Jughead, Betty, and Kevin convened in FP's trailer. where the four of them work together in an attempt to decode the cipher. Betty remarked that the codes looked familiar, though she couldn't quite place them. Toni suggested that she loosen her ponytail, which she swore was a joke, though the awkward tension was apparent. Back on the topic of cracking the cipher, Toni explained that she was looking for doubles letters, such as double L and four-letter words like kill. It was then that Jughead began to question why the Black Hood chose now to start killing. From what little they knew of the Black Hood, he was obsessed with cleansing the town of sinners and hypocrites, seemingly attacking anyone with ties to the north side, which Toni referred to as fake news. All the Northsiders ever did was demonize the south side, so it came as no surprise that they would suspect the killer of being from there. Betty's defense was that she was merely stating facts, though Toni made a point of addressing how drugs in town were sold mainly to north side crackheads. She then turned her attention to the Red Circle, or as she preferred to call them the Red Psychos. She was surprised that Betty hadn't already come out to say that she thought the Black Hood was a Serpent, as they all knew how much Betty hated the Serpent, proving this claim to be true as she outed Jughead for hiding from Betty the fact that he sat with the Serpents at lunch. Having said that, she decided to leave.

A War on the Verge
With a war brewing between the Northside and the Southside, Sweet Pea and Fogarty decided to take matters into their own hands after the Register published an article falsely accusing the Southside Serpents of randomly attacking Northside teen, Dilton Doiley, when in actuality, he stabbed himself, with his own knife, during the rumble between Serpents and Bulldogs. Though she was not compliant in their revenge scheme, Toni joined them in the courtyard as they announced their plan of blowing up the Register with a pipe bomb to Jughead, who objected to the bombing due to the fact that blowing up a building would only make matters worse. He asked that they hold off from exacting revenge until he could talk to Archie, but they weren't inclined to listen due to growing tired of Jughead's peaceful means of resolution. Furthermore, they didn't even know which side Jughead stood on. He couldn't be half a Serpent. As Sweet Pea and Fogarty exited the courtyard, Jughead took a seat next to Toni, upset that Archie started World War III. Toni explained to Jughead that the Northside had been dumping on them for years, but FP managed to keep the peace to some degree, and avoid bloodshed. However, now that he's gone, idiots like Sweet Pea, only saw one path to solving the problem; violence.

Toni sat quietly in the Whyte Wyrm, alongside Fogarty, as Jughead entered the bar, wearing the Serpents jacket given to him by Tall Boy. Jughead claimed that he wished to stand with them, just as his father led them. However, if Jughead truly wished to be a member of the Southside Serpents, he would first have to survive the initiation.

The next day, while leaving Southside High with Jughead, Toni asked him how the first trial of his initiation was going with guarding the Beast, otherwise known as Hot Dog. Jughead replied that he stinks, and constantly barked on top of having no boundaries, though it was the tradition that every new recruit takes care of Hot Dog, Toni explained. She then went on to tell Jughead that the Hot Dog under his guardianship was their third Hot Dog, thus making him a third generation, much like Jughead (i.e. Forsythe Pendleton Jones III).

Later, at the Sunnyside Trailer Park, Toni assisted Jughead in his reviewing of the six laws to being a Southside Serpent, which were, "a Serpent never shows cowardice", and "if a Serpent is killed or imprisoned, then their family will be taken care of". Unfortunately, Jughead failed to cite the remaining laws. Toni instructed him to focus and take the trials seriously. Jughead swore that he was taking it all seriously, though, between Hot Dog and the laws, it was a bit overwhelming. Why the sudden change of heart, Toni asked. She couldn't quite figure out why Jughead wanted to go from conscientious objector to full-fledged member. Much to Toni's surprise, Jughead replied that his sudden change in direction was because of her prior statement in regards to his father being responsible for keeping Serpents like Sweet Pea inline. Someone needed to step up, in order to keep an all-out war from erupting. Jughead believed he was the right person for the job. Pleased to hear that he was, in fact, taking the trials seriously, Toni decided to continue with the review.

Back at the Whyte Wyrm, after what was presumably a successful review of the serpent laws, Toni observed from afar, as Jughead cited all six laws of being a Serpent. In closing, the entire bar shouted: "in unity there is strength." Upon completion, it was time to move on to the third trial, which called for Jughead to retrieve a knife from inside the cage of a venomous rattlesnake. Taken by surprise with Tall Boy's request, Jughead looked to Toni for reassurance, who nodded her head, as if to tell him to follow through with the trial. Trusting Toni's judgment, Jughead showed no fear in retrieving the blade, however, he was bitten while doing so. Little did he know, the snake's venom glands had been removed, which Toni neglected to inform him of, as the third trial was a test of courage. As he wrapped his hand with gauze, Toni explained that it would all be worth it in the end, "you're almost a Serpent now, Juggie", she said. Having referred to him by this name for the first time, there was a bit of awkward tension left between the two.

The following night, Toni dropped by the trailer to warn Jughead about the final step in his initiation. She told him that if he was having any second thoughts, now would be the time to back out because of the final trial, the gauntlet, was on a whole other level. He remarked that he would be fine if the gauntlet was anything like the Beast. Though, he didn't appear to be taking her warning seriously. Toni explained if he joined the Serpents, he had to be willing to die for them, because they were willing to die for him. As for his Northside friends, he'd look up one day, and they'd all be gone. That's what happens when you join a gang, the Serpents were no exception. Jughead thanked Toni for stopping by, telling her that she can consider him warned.

One day had passed since Toni warned Jughead to back out the initiation if he had any second thoughts, and it was time for him to complete his final trial. Toni stood on the sideline with Fogarty and Tall Boy as Jughead prepared for the gauntlet, which consisted of a number of Serpents surrounding him on both sides, and forming a path, that would lead him down to Sweet Pea. Disallowed from fighting back, Jughead was forced to walk down the path, as the Serpents landed delivered punch after punch, one after another, attacking him like a pack of wild animals. Despite the ongoing attack, Jughead continued down the path until reaching Sweet Pea. Battered and bruised, Jughead asked if that was all they had to offer. Sweet Pea, while wearing brass knuckles, delivered a massive punch, knocking Jughead to the ground, instantly. After regaining consciousness, Jughead stood to his feet and shook Sweet Pea's hand as a sign of great respect after passing the final trial. Having completed the initiation, Jughead was accepted into the gang and handed his Serpents jacket by Toni.

Afterward, Toni and Jughead returned to the trailer, where she congratulated Jughead on officially becoming a Serpent. As he held an ice pack to his face, Toni pointed out that he was going to have a difficult time hiding his brand new double-headed Serpent tattoo from Betty, though Jughead would come to inform her that he and Betty broke up, thus making his tattoo a non-issue. Toni then gazed into his eyes, as he gazed into hers, just before she went in for a kiss.

Having stayed the night Toni came from the back of the trailer to ask Jughead if he was hungry. He replied that he's always hungry.

At Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe, Toni thanked Jughead for allowing her to stay in his trailer for the night. Unfortunately, with her uncle continuously locking her out the house, she'd have to find another place to stay. "my trailer is your trailer", Jughead responded. The two Serpents went on to discuss what she referred to as a "PG-13 grope session". Cards on the table, Toni knew that Jughead wasn't over Betty. Furthermore, she was more attracted to girls, revealing her bisexuality. Unbeknownst to Toni and Jughead, who were conversing within the diner, Betty arrived just outside with Archie, though they did not enter.

Shortly after arriving at Southside High, Toni and Sweet Pea were arrested by Sheriff Keller and Mayor McCoy, who came kicking in their doors in search of Jingle Jangle, though the Sheriff and the Mayor were unaware that the Ghoulies were responsible for the drug dealing.

A couple days had passed since her arrest, and Toni was released, as was Sweet Pea. So, the two of them attended the street race over Dead Man's curve between Jughead and Malachai, leader of the Ghoulies. Should Jughead win the race, then the Serpents remain autonomous and the Ghoulies refrain from selling Jingle Jangle at Southside High any further. However, should the Ghoulies win, they gain control over Sunnyside Trailer Park and the Whyte Wyrm. Usually, the honors of flag girl go to Toni, but she was replaced with Cheryl Blossom, who referred to her as "Cha Cha", a reference to the "First Lady of Drag Racing", Shirley Muldowney. Fortunately, the race was intercepted by Sheriff Keller and the police department, which resulted in Malachai getting arrested, and Jughead winning the race.

The next day, at school, Toni walked along the hallway with Jughead, to whom she revealed that while some Serpents were giving Jughead props for challenging the Ghoulies to a street race and beating them, others hate that he cut a deal with Sheriff Keller, because it put them in bed with the police. Jughead stated that this was Archie's doing, which they both were aware of. However, others weren't. With the police finally apprehending the Sugarman, who was revealed to be Mr. Phillips, teacher and adviser of the Red and Black, Toni and Jughead watched as they escorted him down the hall and out the building.

FP's Retirement Party
While at the Whyte Wyrm, Toni was pleased to hear from Jughead that FP would be released from prison soon. The Serpents erupted into applause in regards to the announcement. Jughead planned to bring his father up to speed on their plans with Mayor McCoy, which would supposedly "bring the Southside back". With this, Tall Boy derived an issue, as he opposed sitting down with the Mayor. In an attempt to resolve the dispute, Jughead decided to put the decision to a vote. If the Serpents disagreed with Jughead's decision to negotiate and compromise with the Mayor, then he would stand down, however, if they agreed, he would move forward with the plan as scheduled. Toni stood to her feet, asking for a show of hands as she said: "all those who stand with Jughead and think that Tall Boy should shut the hell up". Many of the Serpents within the bar raised their hands in agreement with Jughead's peaceful resolution with the Mayor, Toni and Sweet Pea included.

A couple days later, while tending the bar, Toni received an unexpected visit from Betty, who wished to throw FP a retirement party at the Whyte Wyrm. They had a stage, Betty noted. She asked if Toni would be open to bringing in a karaoke machine. Why not, Toni answered. Beyond the party planning, Betty explained that she had stopped by to talk to Toni about Jughead. Betty had been walking the razor's edge ever since Jughead joined the Serpents. But the entire time, she was thinking that as soon as FP got home, everything would be better because he would be there to protect Jughead. But with FP retiring, that left Jughead unprotected, which concerned both Toni and Betty. With that being said, Betty sough to keep an eye on Jughead herself, to make sure that as deep into the snake-infested waters as he went, that he didn't do something that would put himself in danger. You want to be a Serpent, Toni asked. Serpent adjacent, Betty replied. Byrdie, another member of the Serpents, laughed hysterically until Toni told her to shut up. Byrdie told Betty that the only way to join the gang was to perform the "Serpent dance", which as Toni explained, was an outdated and sexist Serpent tradition of initiation for its female members. Toni attempted to get it outlawed, but she failed. Misogyny dies hard, she remarked. She then told Betty that she didn't want to know what the Serpent dance entailed, but Betty was determined.

The next day, Toni sat at a table with Jughead as they discussed his father and Penny Peabody, otherwise known as the Snake Charmer. Toni asked if Penny had called Jughead for any favors since the last one, where she requested that he deliver a crate of drugs to a warehouse in Greendale. Jughead explained that he only owed her one favor and that he technically repaid his debt.

The following night, Toni worked from behind the bar during FP's retirement party. She offered Jughead a drink as he looked nervous, but he declined. She then silently observed as Betty entered the bar with her mother, Alice Cooper, a former member of the Southside Serpents.

Later on in the night, Archie and his girlfriend, Veronica, performed "Mad World" in front of the entire bar. However, after they abruptly ran off the stage, the crowd began to boo. Though, the booing ceased once Betty took to the stage, during which time she performed the "Serpent dance". Afterward, she and her fellow Serpents celebrated as FP got on stage to announce that he was no longer retiring and that he would continue to reign as king over the Serpents.

Taking out the Snake Charmer
As Toni, Fogarty, and Sweet Pea wrapped presents in the Whyte Wyrm, they were joined by Jughead, who while still new to the Serpents, had not the slightest clue as to what they were doing. Toni explained that it was a Serpent tradition to give back to the young and elderly of Southside every year through Toys for Tots and Meals on Wheels. Jughead remarked that he was always down for charitable works. He was then confronted by FP for not being in school. Though, Jughead informed him that it was a half day due to Christmas break. With that being the case, FP left Jughead in charge of looking over the Whyte Wyrm while he was gone. Notably, he took Sweet Pea and Tall Boy with him.

Toni gathered with Jughead, Sweet Pea, Fogarty and many of the other young Serpents to discuss Penny Peabody, who had roped FP into dealing drugs for her. Jughead explained that he knew this because Penny had him doing it before FP got released from prison. Since then, she had dragged in Tall Boy and Sweet Pea. Jughead didn't want the Serpents to end up like the Ghoulies. Furthermore, he doubted that any of them became Serpents merely to be at the beck and call of a drug Queenpin like Penny. The path that the Serpents were currently headed down only ended in two ways, jail or death. Which is why in the interest of self-preservation, Jughead wanted to take out Penny before she could take out the Serpents. However, Sweet Pea wasn't sure that his plan was wise, especially considering that the Snake Charmer had helped some of them in the past. Though this admittedly came at a price, several favors to be exact. Jughead promised that if they didn't stop Penny that night, she was going to get every single one of them in on the business of drug-running. The only remaining question was whether or not they were willing to risk their lives in order to FP's life. "What is the first law", Toni asked. "No Serpent stands alone", Sweet Pea replied. Having said that, Toni, Sweet Pea, Fogarty, and the others agreed to assist Jughead in stopping the Snake Charmer.

That night, led by Jughead, the young Serpents, hidden behind snake masks, entered Penny's warehouse, placed a black hood over her head, and carried her away. Toni removed the hood from over her head after they drove her out to Greendale, as she had been banned from returning to the Southside. While they didn't care where she set up shop, it wasn't going to be in Riverdale or with the Serpents. If she sought to deal drugs and extort people, that would be done elsewhere. Penny laughed at them, then pulling up the sleeve of her leather jacket to reveal her Serpents tattoo, stating that Serpent law prohibited them from hurting one of their own. With that being said, it was time that she learns that her tattoo didn't make her a Serpent considering that she hadn't been honoring their ways. Toni and Sweet Pea held Penny down as Jughead pulled out a knife, and forcefully removed her tattoo with said knife, which was an excruciatingly painful process.

Transferring to Riverdale High
Toni and Jughead sat on the steps of Southside High as she read over his novel, which she remarked as being "very Lovecraftian". Which is a direct reference to the subgenre of horror fiction that emphasized the cosmic horror of the unknown more than gore or other elements of shock. Toni asked if he had written the script on a typewriter, which he had, claiming that his interest in typewriting was merely a technique to better understand H. P. Lovecraft's headspace. However, Toni surmised that his interest peaked with Betty giving him a typewriter for Christmas. They were then interrupted by the sound of Sweet Pea and Fogarty kicking open the school's doors. They explained to Toni and Jughead that Southside High was closing down due to quarantine and that they were all transferring to Riverdale High.

The next day, Toni, Jughead, Sweet Pea, Fogarty and the other transfers from the Southside arrived at Riverdale High to the sight of a welcoming committee awaiting their arrival. They were greeted by Veronica. To ease their transition to the Northside, she had set up a registration desk in the hallway, where they can get locker assignments, class schedules, and a list of sports and extracurriculars. Cheryl and Reggie interrupted just as Veronica was encouraging each of them to drink deeply from the cup that is "fair Riverdale". With the River Vixens and Riverdale Bulldogs in tow, Cheryl approached the registration desk to hurl insults at the Serpents, referring to them as "Southside scum" and "raggamuffins". Cheryl refused to allow Riverdale High's above average GPA to suffer because of overcrowded classrooms with underachievers such as themselves. Cheryl instructed them to find another school to deface. In doing so, she upset Toni. Just as the two were about to face off, Archie stepped in the middle of them, hoping to put their differences aside so that they could start over. When Reggie declined Archie's offer, Sweet Pea stepped forward to finish what they had started during the rumble, Fortunately, Jughead and Fangs held Sweet Pea back to ensure that no kind of altercation would ensue. The rivaling sides went back and forth until Mr. Weatherbee arrived to send them off to class.

In the student lounge, Toni became acquainted with Veronica Lodge, of the Park Avenue Lodges, Jughead added. Toni introduced herself as well. Veronica was intrigued by her last name, Topaz, like the purple colored gemstone, Veronica commented. After Fogarty, Josie and Kevin introduced themselves to one another, Mr. Weatherbee called them out into the hallway to find out who had defaced the school's seal with a spray-painted Serpent on top. Next to Weatherbee stood Reggie, who they suspected of being the actual vandal. The Serpents were innocent, though Weatherbee believed otherwise, especially with Reggie in his ear, claiming that the Serpents were doing what they do best, tagging their turf. Having fallen victim to Reggie's lies, effective immediately, Weatherbee outlawed gang behavior of any kind. As of that moment, Serpent jackets would no longer be tolerated and tattoos were expected to be covered. Possession of any gang paraphernalia would lead to immediate suspension.

After school, at the Whyte Wyrm, Toni had a drink and Sweet Pea played arcade games as Jughead expressed his frustration with Weatherbee, claiming that they were being profiled. He was already telling them what to wear. Jughead was worried about what might follow, possibly brain implants that can control what they think. Toni advised him to calm down as he sounded like a conspiracy nut. She and Sweet Pea went on to explain that with the closing of Southside High, they were now attending a better school with a computer lab, textbooks, and fully functioning toilets. As far as Toni and Sweet Pea were concerned, getting transferred to Riverdale High was the best thing that could've happened to them. If it meant that they had to take off their Serpent jackets from 8:30 am - 3:00 pm, Monday - Friday, then so be it.

The following day, in the student lounge, Toni, Sweet Pea and Fangs were shocked as they watched Jughead return to school while wearing his Serpent jacket even though such attire had been banned. In the lounge, along with them, was Reggie and the Bulldogs, who demanded that Jughead remove it. Jughead declined, telling Reggie that he couldn't comply and that Reggie wouldn't understand why because he had no sense of honor, history, or loyalty. This angered Reggie to the point where he became physical, forcefully trying to tear Jughead's jacket from his body. To no surprise, Sweet Pea and Fogarty came to Jughead's aid as Toni stood back, helplessly watching on, resulting in a rumble in the center of the lounge between the Serpents and Bulldogs. After Weatherbee managed to separate the feuding sides, they were each given a week's worth of detention. Weatherbee then looked to Jughead, who still wore his jacket proudly. He demanded that Jughead take it off. Should he refuse, he would be suspended. In that case, Jughead took the suspension.

The next day, Toni and Sweet Pea were issued standard uniform (navy blue collar shirts and khaki pants) by Weatherbee, who claimed to understand that not every Southside student had the means to purchase Riverdale High acceptable clothing. The uniform would supposedly help them fit in. When Jughead returned to school without his jacket, he asked about Fogarty, who was suspended after refusing to wear the uniform. Essentially, their choices were to either conform or be cast out.

Later, Toni, Sweet Pea, Fogarty and the other Serpents were welcomed by Jughead to the inaugural meeting of the "Swords and Serpents" club. When Toni asked him to elaborate on the purpose of the club, Jughead explained that officially, they are a gaming group sanctioned by Mr. Weatherbee, where like-minded students can meet to concoct world building, role-playing scenarios, inhabiting fantastical heroes, and dispatching mythological creatures. Unofficially, it's a safe haven-like club for them to be Serpents during school hours and under everyone's noses. Jughead refused to allow them to shed their skin, rather they would simply be lying low in the tall grass.

Honoring the Uktena
Toni agreed to help Jughead with his upcoming oral history report by allowing him to interview her grandfather, the oldest living Serpent and one of its founding members. They conducted the interview in her grandfather's trailer, where Thomas told Jughead that the snake and the laws were all based on Uktena tradition. The Uktena is a horned serpent and/or a water serpent. Before there was a Riverdale, all the land belonged to the Uktena. Jughead asked how did the Uktena evolve into the Serpents. Her grandfather laughed hysterically as the Uktena didn't evolve. They were all slaughtered. When Toni's great-great-grandfather was a baby, there was a raid, and it was led by Riverdale's very own General Pickens. The battle only lasted for 12 minutes, but the slaughter was total and savage. General Pickens, whose statue stood proudly in Pickens Park, was responsible for the massacre of many, including children. To make matters worse, every year the Northside honored him. When Toni's great-great-grandfather died, Thomas and the remaining Uktena formed the Serpents as a way to keep the family together. Jughead wondered how no one knew of this. While few were aware, Toni told Jughead that it was called the whitewashing of history, then referencing to Jason Blossom, as she added that he wasn't the first person to be murdered in Riverdale.

A couple days later, Toni confronted Jughead after he published a Blue and Gold article addressing General Pickens and the massacre of the Uktena tribe. The article read "General Pickens was a murderer and ripples from his gruesome acts continue to be felt today. Descendants of the victims are still being displaced. So I challenge the Northside, instead of honoring men like General Pickens and Hiram Lodge, hold them accountable. Reparations must be paid to men like Thomas Topaz, who are too old and beaten down to fight back for themselves." Riverdale was a deeply disturbing town, and Jughead thought that publishing the article would strong-arm them into owning up to it. Toni exclaimed that her grandfather wasn't a broken down victim nor was he a prop for Jughead's vendetta against the Northside. While she understood that he hated the Northside and that being invited to work the Pickens Day party triggered all the rage about being born on the wrong side of the tracks, the Uktena tribe, as far as Toni was concerned, wasn't Jughead's story to tell.

The next day, Toni took Jughead back to her grandfather's trailer to apologize for what he had done. Jughead explained the reason behind his actions. He was angry because the Southside is their home and he was sick of watching it get dismantled piece by piece in front of their eyes. The Northside took their drive-in. Then they took their school. As Jughead started to get off track, Toni reminded him that he was supposed to be apologizing. Admittedly, he shouldn't have used Thomas' story or what happened to the Uktena against the Northside. Jughead knew that he had no right and he was sorry. However, whatever his reasons were, Jughead had opened an old wound by publishing that article, and something had to be done to heal it. Toni asked her grandfather if he had something in mind.

Later that day, the Serpents, led by Toni, interrupted Veronica and the Pussycats' performance and invaded the Pickens Day celebration. They marched into the park with duct-tape over their mouths while holding signs that read 'honor this land' and 'sacred land'. With Sweet Pea and Fogarty at her side, Toni stood in front of the stage to announce that they represented the dead and the silenced. Pickens Day was a lie. General Pickens slaughtered the Uktena tribe, her grandfather's family. And the land in which they were standing on, would soon give way to a new Southside, which was stolen from them. While the Serpents couldn't bring them back, they could at the very least honor them. Hoping to prevent any further dilemmas, Hiram Lodge got on stage to applaud the Serpents for standing up for justice, as well as the honor and legacy of the Uktena, who contribute to the rich tapestry that is Riverdale, that is the Southside and that will be SoDale.

In the days following of the desecration of General Pickens' statue, Sheriff Keller stopped by the Sunnyside Trailer Park to issue two week eviction notices for all its residents. With the order coming down from the Mayor's office, he was merely the messenger. Apparently, there was a lot of back rent owed at the trailer park though the Serpents knew that the abrupt evictions from their homes had little to do with back rent. At the Whyte Wyrm, Toni, Jughead, Sweet Pea and the Serpents listened to FP as he got on stage to declared that none of them would be going anywhere. The heat had been on them since Pickens Day and the Mayor was using the decapitated statue of General Pickens as an excuse to turn up the heat. But if they were going to solve their dilemma, FP had to ask if anyone in the bar was responsible for cutting off the statue's head. Tall Boy suggested that FP ask Jughead what he had to say since he wrote the article that started it all. And he and his posse (Toni, Sweet Pea and Fogarty) only made it worse by firing the first shot at Pickens Day. Though Toni pointed out that it was a peaceful protest. Nonetheless, Tall Boy suspected that maybe they went back with a ladder and hacksaw to take the head. Enraged by Tall Boy's accusations, Jughead confronted him, though FP managed to remind the two that the last thing they needed is to be fighting amongst each other. The next day, despite sending her away, the Snake Charmer returned to the bar after being brought back in by Tall Boy who requested her legal assistance with the two-week eviction notices at Sunnyside from the Mayor's office. Toni, Sweet Pea, and the Serpents gathered around Penny as she told them how Jughead sliced a chunk out of her arm where her Serpent tattoo used to be and how he left her bleeding in a ditch in Greendale. Regardless, the Snake Charmer was still willing to help the Serpents. While the eviction notices that Tall Boy had shown her were legitimate, she could think of numerous ways to possibly stall the process by years. Her price, however, was blood for blood. An eye for an eye. She not only wanted her membership with the Serpents reinstated, she wanted Jughead to be kicked out in her place. But for her final demand in exchange for her services, she wanted to carve off Jughead's tattoo with a dirty knife.

Forced into making a decision, the Serpents decided that they would put it to a vote. At the Whyte Wyrm a couple days later, as they were determining whether or not Jughead would remain a Serpent, Jughead, FP and Betty entered the bar with General Pickens' head in hand. FP demanded that they stop the vote in light of recent developments. They sat Tall Boy down to ask him what he was doing at the dump last week since they had discovered that it was, in fact, him who cut the head off the Pickens statue and dumped it at the junkyard. Tall Boy revealed that he stole the head because he was tired of seeing the Serpents go soft under FP's rule. Hiram Lodge came by, wanting to stir up trouble. He told Tall Boy that if he took the head, he'd get Mayor McCoy and the cops to swarm all over them, causing chaos in the process. Tall Boy helped Hiram Lodge start a mutiny, and Jughead wanted to know why. Tall Boy did so, hoping to get rid of Jughead and FP, leaving the Serpents under the leadership of him and Penny. In doing this, Tall Boy betrayed his own kind and broke Serpent law. His punishment was being stripped of his jacket and exiled.

Choni: A Brewing Romance
Toni confronted Cheryl in the girls restroom at school after overhearing her tell Jughead that Betty and Archie kissed in front of Thistlehouse just before Christmas. She asked what was Cheryl's reason for suddenly deciding to expose this secret now. Cheryl responded by introducing herself as "Cheryl Bombshell" and stated that she needed no reason to do what she does. However, Toni saw beyond her defenses, suggesting that Cheryl tell her what was actually bothering her as Toni could tell that she was in a lot of pain. Unfortunately, Cheryl was reluctant to do so, instead she resorted to name calling and demanded that Toni get her hands off of her as she stormed out the bathroom.

The following night, Toni's persistence continued as she approached Cheryl once more at the Bijou despite their previous encounter ending terribly. Though Cheryl thought she was being stalked, Toni claimed that she merely came to see the movie with Fangs but he canceled plans at the last moment, leaving her to see the film by herself. Noticing that Cheryl was troubled and seeing the pain within, past her mean girl facade, Toni asked if she was alright. Cheryl replied that she was at the movies alone while also trying to stay away from her mother, who had turned their house into her sexual playpen. So to answer Toni's question, she wasn't alright. Hoping to dull Cheryl's troubles, Toni suggested that they see the movie together considering that neither had a date.

After the movie, Toni and Cheryl headed down to Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe for milkshakes. Toni joked that while Cheryl may have believed that she mastered the art of silent tears, she saw Cheryl crying during the movie. Cheryl revealed that she usually never cries at movies because real life is tragic enough. But when Simon's mother (characters from the film they saw at the Bijou) said that he used to be such a carefree kid, growing up, and then at a certain point he stopped being that happy kid because he was hiding a secret, it brought up a sore subject for Cheryl. She then began to cry as she explained to Toni how everyone in town viewed her, as a loveless monster. But Cheryl insisted that this wasn't true. She loved someone who loved her until her mother destroyed it. Toni assumed that Cheryl was referring to Jason after hearing how close they were, but in actuality, Cheryl was referring to someone from her a past. A girl named Heather who she was best friends with in junior high. She used to sleepover at Cheryl's house every weekend until one night when her mother caught them in bed together. Saddened by Cheryl's story, Toni insisted that she was neither loveless nor a deviant, and that she was sensational and deserving of love.

Toni was invited over to Thistlehouse by Cheryl as her emotional support for her father's upcoming will-reading. Cheryl was even willing to lend Toni an outfit. As they were deciding on wardrobe for the occasion, Cheryl's mother barged into her room without so much as knocking and demanded to know what was going on. Toni introduced herself but Penelope didn't care much for introductions. Before leaving, she told Cheryl to be downstairs before the guest started to arrive as they were to present a united front. She's a nightmare, Toni commented as Penelope exited the room.

The will-reading began once all the guests (Betty, Polly, Hal, aunt Cricket and uncle Bedford, amongst others) had arrived. Clifford's first declaration was that ownership of Thistlehouse remain with his mother and Cheryl's grandmother, Rose Blossom. With Cheryl's mother, Clifford left ownership of Thornhill, which Cheryl had burned to the ground though Toni, along with the rest of the town, was not aware of this. In regards to the other guests who had been contacted per Clifford's request, they were to received half of his remaining assets of his fortune. The first half would be distributed equally to anyone in town who could prove with medical authentication that they were of Blossom blood. The will-reading was unfortunately interrupted by Betty's mother, Alice Cooper. She came to confront Hal over him asking for a divorce for the sole purpose of cutting her out of the will. This led to an argument between Cheryl's mother and Betty's, which Toni thoroughly enjoyed.

The second half of Clifford's fortune would go to Cheryl alone as Jason was dead. And so Cheryl approached the podium. As the one, true Blossom heir, she felt it was her duty to say a few words. However, her speech was interrupted by Clifford's estranged twin brother, Claudius Blossom.

The following night, Toni was invited to dinner with Cheryl and her family. She asked what brought Claudius back to Riverdale after all that time gone. Claudius told them that during his journey as a sailor, he came upon an Island named "Lesbos", in reference to Cheryl and Toni's relationship. He claimed it was the most beautiful and natural place on earth. Claudius then announced that he would be staying in Riverdale to assure that Rose and the house was well cared for. And so Penelope reluctantly invited him to stay in the room over the garage which was freezing in the winter and boiling in the summer.

With integration into Riverdale High going so smoothly and a newly-formed friendship blossoming with Cheryl, Toni tried-out for the River Vixens. Impressed with her routine, Cheryl granted her a spot on the squad. In honor of Toni becoming a Vixen, Cheryl invited Toni, Betty, Veronica and Josie over to Thistlehouse for a mandatory slumber party.

That night, Toni, Veronica, Josie and Betty attended the slumber party at Cheryl's as planned. During which time she revealed her true intentions behind inviting them over. It wasn't to celebrate. In actuality, Cheryl was terrified of being alone at the house with her uncle Claudius, who was crazy and a complete stranger to her. Cheryl had overheard her mother and uncle plotting against her and her Nana. Josie asked if she was simply imagining things. But Cheryl was sure that she wasn't. Later, as Toni laid in bed with Cheryl, Cheryl shared that she didn't want to invite the other girls to the slumber party. Only Toni. But her mother would've never allowed it. As the two of them were about to kiss, a loud thud could be heard outside Cheryl's room. The girls rushed into the hallway to find Nana Rose unconscious at the bottom of the steps. It would seem she had fell or even been pushed.

The girls gathered outside Thistlhouse as the paramedics put Nana Rose into the ambulance. Fortunately, she had survived the fall. As Penelope and Claudius spoke with the paramedics, Cheryl informed Toni that her uncle was wearing her father's pajamas and that she feared that they pushed her nana down the stairs, and that she was next.

During a meeting of the Swords and Serpents, the demolition of Southside High was brought to their attention and addressed by Jughead. While Toni pointed out that they had already said their goodbyes to Southside High, Jughead was convinced that this was the beginning of the end. He imagined that the school was only first to fall and that others would follow, like the Whyte Wyrm. Everything that made the Southside home for them was going to disappear if they continued to do nothing. While the school was just a building to Toni, Southside High was the soul of the Southside to Jughead. The Uktena fought and died trying to protect the land. Their parents fought to keep it safe during the riots. Now, it was their turn to protect it. Jughead was ready to go to war. However, Toni opted out of Jughead's proposed protest.

Later in the week, Toni stopped by Thistlehouse to see Cheryl. However, Penelope told her that Cheryl was gone at an all girls boarding school in Switzerland. She claimed that Cheryl had left the night before though Toni wasn't buying it. Nonetheless, Penelope requested that she never come by again before shutting the door in her face.

Toni approached Veronica and Josie during River Vixens practice to inform them that Cheryl was missing and she was certain that Cheryl's mother was somehow involved as Toni recalled Cheryl mentioning to them how she was worried that her mother and uncle Claudius were out to get her. Cheryl's mother claimed that they sent her off to an all-girls boarding school in Switzerland, but Toni wasn't convinced considering that Cheryl would be posting social media selfies every hour if this was true. But she hadn't. In fact, her social media had been dead for days. Hearing this, Veronica and Josie were certain that this was a sure sign of foul-play. So they agreed to help Toni find her even if it meant storming Thistlehouse.

The following day, Toni, Josie and Veronica barged into Thistlehouse and demanded that Penelope tell them of Cheryl's whereabouts. When Penelope refused to answer, Josie threatened to have her mom tell the Sheriff. Wanting to avoid any unwanted attention, Penelope complied. She revealed that Cheryl had begun to exhibit strange, deviant behavior. So, she was sent abroad to a private wellness institute where they were trying to help her. In case they didn't believe her, Penelope gave them a drawing of Cheryl's that depicted Josie and Cheryl together, which strongly resembled the drawing that Chuck had supposedly drawn of Josie. This meant that it wasn't Chuck who threatened Josie and sent her a pig's heart. It was actually Cheryl, who had grown obsessed with Josie. Penelope supposedly feared that Cheryl would either hurt Josie, herself or both of them. The three of them then left Thistlehouse to regroup though in light of recent events, Josie wanted no parts of Cheryl's search and rescue mission.

Toni was called out of class and to the principal's office the following day. When she arrived in the office, Ms. Bell told her that Nana Rose was on the line for her. From Nana Rose, Toni learned that Cheryl was nearby, at the "Sisters", she claimed. However, that's all Toni could get out of her before the line disconnected. With this, Toni and Veronica continued their investigation. The only Sisters Veronica knew of was the "Sisters of Quiet Mercy". But they were more so an orphanage than a gay conversion center. However, Veronica checked with Kevin just to be certain. Kevin told them that the Sisters of Quiet Mercy was one of the few places in the country that still did conversion therapy off the books. During prohibition, the Sisters ran a distillery in the basement. They used to smuggle alcohol out to Sweetwater River via a tunnel that still exists today. Gay boys in the program used to use the tunnels to hookup in Fox Forest. A tunnel that they could potentially use to get to Cheryl. Kevin agreed to lead them to the tunnel but suggested that they go after dark.

That night, Toni, Veronica and Kevin reconvened in Fox Forest. According to Kevin's intel, the tunnel that led from the main residence came out right where they were standing. Veronica told Kevin to wait for them on the outside while she and Toni went in to save Cheryl. If they weren't back in 15 minutes, Kevin was told to call his dad. Toni and Veronica made their way through the tunnels and into the main building. They searched every room. Toni eventually found her in the room where patients watch movies. The two of them shared a passionate kiss before regrouping with Veronica. Together, the three of them went back down through the tunnels where they reconvened with Kevin on the other side and made their escape.

The next day at school, Toni asked Cheryl what her next move was going to be. Cheryl explained that if revenge is a dish best served cold, then her mother and uncle better brace themselves for a polar vortex. But more importantly, Cheryl was back just in time for "Carrie: The Musical". Which Kevin was directing. She approached him in the student lounge and told hi to cancel auditions for the lead role because she was so clearly Riverdale High's Carrie White.

Physical Appearance
Toni is a beautiful teenage girl, with dark brown hair with stand-out light pink highlights. Additionally, she has a small frame, light brown skin, and almond-shaped, brown eyes. Toni also appears to love wearing jewelry, as she is seen to be wearings rings, earrings, and occasionally seen with different types of necklaces. She also has a bellybutton piercing. Like Jughead, she is also seen to be wearing a hat sometimes, while at other times, she is seen to be wearing her iconic bandana.

Personality
Toni shares similar traits with Jughead, such as seeking out justice and the truth in journalism. For those reasons, Jughead offered her a chance to join Southside High's newspaper, the Red and Black, as the photographer.

Toni is both loyal and accepting to those whom she makes an instant connection with, as seen with Jughead. With him, she has shown a near instantaneous loyalty. Despite Jughead not being an official member of the Southside Serpents gang, Toni and the rest of the Serpents have demonstrated that they are willing to protect him at all costs, as they consider him one of their own, identifying Jughead as a "Serpent by Blood". Though, Toni has exhibited more than just loyalty towards Jughead. Proven by a kiss they shared in the trailer, Toni has been shown to have romantic feelings for Jughead.

She and Jughead also share a sense of humor, a particularly sarcastic one, as seen when she suggested that Betty loosen up her Ponytail to help her think better. Above all else, Toni is very outspoken about her feelings towards the negativity in which they are viewed by Northsiders, while she, on the other hand, sees them as the privileged, that's constantly looking down upon them and demonizing them for their actions.

Toni is also very open about herself as seen with Jughead, she admitted to him that she also took an interest in women like she did with men. Admitting to Jughead that she is a bisexual, and isn't ashamed to admit that she is.

Jughead Jones
The friendship between Jughead and Toni began when Jughead transferred to Southside High after being forced to leave Riverdale High School. They quickly became good friends. Knowing that Jughead was a Southside Serpent, bonded by blood, the son of FP Jones, Toni volunteered to be his tour guide of both Southside High and the Serpents. Since then, Toni has consistently had his back along with the rest of the Serpents, as they consider Jughead family. She's shown a great amount of loyalty towards Jughead while also giving him advice when needed, especially when it comes to surviving Southside High and the Ghoulies.

Sweet Pea
Toni and Sweet Pea are good friends within the Southside Serpents, who are often seen together, and due to their gang ties, the two are expected to be willing to die for one another. It is currently unclear how they met or how long the two have known each other since. Despite their friendship, Sweet Pea and Toni appear to be polar opposites, with the former being hot-headed and often irrational, while the latter is far more even-tempered and collected. Toni has displayed a capacity to calm Sweet Pea, under occasion. She stepped in the middle of an altercation between him and Jughead, that unfolded in the Red and Black offices, which ended with Toni escorting Sweet Pea out after Jughead refused to join them.

Betty Cooper
The relationship between Toni and Betty is rather quite complicated at the moment. When the two first met face to face with each other at Southside High inside of The Red and Black office, they appeared to be on good terms with each other. However, the two girls had an argument, when they were by Sunnyside Trailer Park, with Kevin and Jughead, trying to decipher the cipher that was from the Black Hood. The argument first began when Toni called out Betty for thinking that the idea of the Black Hood was a Serpent, looking down on Southsiders as criminals, due to their status. Ever since that day, the two ladies weren't seen to cross paths with each other, until recently, at the Whyte Wyrm, when Betty came to Toni seeking out advice from her on how to become a Serpent to keep an eye on Jughead.

Cheryl Blossom
"Cheryl, I am so sorry. But you have to know your mother's wrong. You're not loveless. You're not deviant. Okay? You're sensational."

- Toni to Cheryl

The current status of Toni and Cheryl's relationship is undefined. They first met at the Riverdale Drag Race, when Cheryl took Toni's place as flag girl. They later met again in the bathroom, after Toni confronted Cheryl about telling Jughead that Betty and Archie had kissed. Toni recognized the pain Cheryl was holding in and called her on it though Cheryl stormed off. Later that week, Toni found herself in Cheryl's presence once more. Both left without a date, Toni invited Cheryl to the movies and afterward, they went to Pop's, where Cheryl opened up about how everyone hated her and a friend named Heather in Junior high that she had lost touch with. In this moment of vulnerability, Toni comforted Cheryl and told her that she was sensational. Since then, their relationship has only continued to grow, with Cheryl inviting Toni to her father's Will-Reading and Toni joining the River Vixens. Cheryl also invited her "inner circle Vixens" to stay at her house for a sleepover. That night, Cheryl confessed that she only wanted to invite Toni, but she knew her mother wouldn't approve. They almost kissed, but were interrupted by Nana Rose's fall. Cheryl is later taken to the Sisters of Quiet Mercy, where her mother forces her to begin conversion therapy due to her relationship with Toni. Toni then teamed up with Veronica and went on a rescue mission of Sisters of Quiet Mercy to save Cheryl. Toni found Cheryl, they shared a kiss, and then escaped.

Trivia

 * She is Riverdale's first (openly) bisexual character.
 * According to showrunner, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Toni is Jughead's guide into the Serpent world. She has a lot of the same interests as Jughead – it's almost as if she's a female Jughead, which means she is trouble.
 * As well as her 'siren-like' call for Jughead, deeper into a Serpent lineage, this could mean trouble for Betty and Jughead's relationship.

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