A 1604 Fawkes ya shiga tare da wani karamin rukuni na Katolika na Ingilishi, wanda Robert Catesby ya jagoranci, wanda ya shirya ya kashe Protestant King James kuma ya maye gurbinsa da 'yarsa, na uku a layin gadon sarauta, Princess Elizabeth. Fawkes ya bayyana da Jesuit firist da tsohon abokin makaranta Oswald Tesimond a matsayin "mai dadi na kusanci da kuma farin ciki na hali, da adawa da jayayya da rikici... aminci ga abokansa". Tesimond kuma ya yi iƙirarin cewa Fawkes "mutum ne mai ƙwarewa sosai a cikin al'amuran yaƙi", kuma cewa wannan cakuda ne na ibada da ƙwarewa da ya sa ya zama ƙaunataccen abokansa. Marubucin Antonia Fraser ya bayyana Fawkes a matsayin "mutum mai ƙarfi, mai tsayi, mai gashi mai launin ja, mai gashin gashi a cikin al'adun gargajiya na zamanin, kuma mai launin gashi mai launin gashi, kuma ya maye gurbinsa da 'yarsa, Princess Elizabeth".
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