Paladin (fanfic)/Characters

Characters appearing in Paladin, a Death Note Fanfic

The main cast

Light Yagami / Kira

"The Hero" of the story. He's a serial killing mass murderer but otherwise a Nice Guy to be around.
 * A God Am I
 * Affably Evil
 * Badass in Distress
 * Bad Dreams
 * Becoming the Mask - "Ryuuzaki's best friend"
 * Big Brother Instinct
 * Break the Haughty
 * Butt Monkey
 * Chekhov's Gun - "the Deal" he made with Ryuk which has seemingly no strings attached...
 * The Corrupter
 * Cosmic Plaything
 * Cute and Psycho
 * Dating Catwoman
 * The Determinator
 * Devil in Plain Sight
 * Doesn't Like Guns
 * Draco in Leather Pants
 * Evil Mentor
 * - the "Deal" though subverted in that
 * Heroic BSOD / Villainous BSOD (whatever BSOD) -
 * And another one
 * Heroic Sociopath
 * Ho Yay/ Foe Yay – L, Mikami, Matsuda, and B has a moment too, and now K finds him fascinating...
 * - the "Deal" again...
 * Knight Templar
 * Jerkass With A Heart of Gold
 * Jerkass Woobie
 * Lima Syndrome
 * Laughing Mad
 * Magnetic Villain
 * Magnificent Bastard
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Motive Decay - Lampshaded when he
 * Murder Is the Best Solution
 * Nineties Anti-Hero
 * Noble Demon
 * The Only One Allowed to Defeat You
 * Playful Hacker
 * Poisonous Friend
 * Possession Sue - I said there was author favoritism, I make no apologies.
 * Protagonist-Centered Morality
 * Psychopathic Manchild
 * Rage Against the Reflection
 * Samaritan Syndrome
 * Serial Killer Killer
 * - "the Deal" again...
 * Slasher Smile
 * Stepford Smiler
 * Tall Light and Snarky
 * Through His Stomach
 * Tsundere – towards L.
 * Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist
 * Unwanted Harem
 * The Vamp
 * Villain with Good Publicity
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy
 * Unwanted Harem
 * The Vamp
 * Villain with Good Publicity
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy

Ryuk

The Shinigami attached to Light and also
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Even Evil Has Standards
 * Friendly Neighborhoood Shinigami
 * Ho Yay - with Zellogi.
 * I Was Just Passing Through
 * No Sense of Personal Space
 * Plucky Comic Relief
 * Shinigami
 * Shipper on Deck
 * Sidekick
 * Slasher Smile
 * Ugly Cute
 * Slasher Smile
 * Ugly Cute

L / Ryuuzaki

The Genius Detective who is hunting Kira...
 * - played with,
 * Badass in Distress
 * Break the Cutie
 * Butt Monkey
 * Crazy Jealous Guy
 * Dating Catwoman
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * The Determinator
 * Distress Ball
 * Great Detective
 * Heroic BSOD
 * Ho Yay / Foe Yay – with Light.
 * Loners Are Freaks -
 * Looks Like Cesare
 * Motive Decay -
 * Stalker with a Crush
 * The Woobie
 * Worthy Opponent
 * Looks Like Cesare
 * Motive Decay -
 * Stalker with a Crush
 * The Woobie
 * Worthy Opponent

Naomi Misora
 * Action Girl
 * Ascended Extra
 * Badass in Distress
 * Bodyguard Crush
 * Break the Cutie
 * Butt Monkey
 * Cartwright Curse
 * Clingy Jealous Girl
 * Cowboy Cop
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Distress Ball
 * Foe Yay
 * Hot Amazon
 * I Owe You My Life
 * Love Martyr
 * OC Stand In
 * Plucky Girl
 * Prophetic Names - her nickname back at the FBI was Massacre Misora!
 * Revenge
 * Revenge Before Reason
 * Samaritan Syndrome
 * Tsundere
 * Undying Loyalty
 * Violently Protective Girlfriend
 * The Woobie
 * Samaritan Syndrome
 * Tsundere
 * Undying Loyalty
 * Violently Protective Girlfriend
 * The Woobie
 * The Woobie

Touta Matsuda
 * Badass Normal
 * Butt Monkey
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Cowboy Cop
 * The Determinator
 * The Ditz
 * Dumbass Has a Point
 * Ho Yay - with Light.
 * Idiot Hero
 * Only Sane Man – at times
 * Plucky Comic Relief
 * Took a Level In Badass

Teru Mikami
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Composite Character – fused with
 * Crazy Jealous Guy
 * The Determinator
 * Draco in Leather Pants
 * Ho Yay - with Light.
 * Insistent Terminology – Light = God, L = Lucifer, Naomi = Magdalene, Rem = angel, the messenger angel sent from God.
 * Jerkass Woobie
 * The Only Righteous Index of Fanatics
 * Poisonous Friend
 * Serial Killer Killer
 * Spanner in the Works -
 * Stalker with a Crush

B / Beyond Birthday / Rue Ryuuzaki
 * Axe Crazy
 * Big Bad
 * Cold-Blooded Torture
 * Complete Monster
 * Cosmic Plaything
 * Crazy Jealous Guy
 * Dead Little Sister - A
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Do Not Adjust Your Set
 * Evilly Affable
 * Faking the Dead - fugu me.
 * The Fatalist
 * Foe Yay
 * Freudian Excuse
 * Jerkass Woobie
 * Knife Nut
 * Mind Rape
 * Moral Event Horizon
 * Omnicidal Maniac
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech
 * Revenge
 * Serial Killer
 * Slasher Smile
 * Waking Up At the Morgue
 * Xanatos Roulette - see above about using fugu fish to fake his own death.
 * Slasher Smile
 * Waking Up At the Morgue
 * Xanatos Roulette - see above about using fugu fish to fake his own death.

K / Dr. Kimiko Kujo
 * Animal Wrongs Group
 * Big Bad
 * Foe Yay - with Light / Kira.
 * In Love with Your Carnage
 * Mad Scientist
 * Man Behind the Man
 * Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate
 * Not So Different
 * Playing with Syringes
 * Utopia Justifies the Means
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist

Daisuke Matoba
 * Bait and Switch Boss
 * Character Alignment - Neutral Evil
 * Greed
 * Hijacked by Ganon
 * Jerkass
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Psycho for Hire
 * Red Right Hand

Supporting Characters:

Zellogi
 * Ascended Extra - he's a minor canon character that expresses interest in the human world and what Ryuk is doing.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Even Evil Has Standards
 * Friendly Neighborhoood Shinigami
 * Ho Yay - with Ryuk.
 * Hook Hand – he apparently lost his hand to annoying Kinddara, an Axe Crazy female Shinigami
 * In-Series Nickname - Chief Linus the Shinigami
 * Meta Guy - "Why did you ever let him near a TV?"
 * Nice Hat – wears an Indian headdress
 * OC Stand In
 * Plucky Comic Relief
 * Security Blanket
 * Shinigami
 * The Slacker
 * Spikes of Villainy
 * Ugly Cute - he's a fugly corpse monster that only wants his blankie...

Rem
 * Conflicting Loyalty
 * Friendly Neighborhoood Shinigami
 * I Gave My Word
 * My Greatest Failure –
 * Only Sane Man
 * Please Spare Him, My Liege
 * Shinigami
 * The Straight Man - setting up the jokes involivng poor crazy Mikami...
 * Token Good Teammate
 * Tsundere

Sayu Yagami
 * Annoying Younger Sibling
 * Damsel in Distress
 * Instant Web Hit - enjoys taking pictures of her brother in compromising positions and posting them on the Internet...
 * Living with the Villain - blames Kira
 * Oblivious Guilt Slinging
 * Plucky Comic Relief
 * Put on a Bus - to Hokkaido, for now...
 * Yaoi Fangirl
 * Yaoi Fangirl

Soichiro Yagami
 * Da Chief
 * Overprotective Dad
 * Papa Wolf
 * Parental Obliviousness
 * Papa Wolf
 * Parental Obliviousness

Miyuki Sanami
 * Fair Cop
 * Faux Action Girl
 * Ms Exposition
 * OC Stand In
 * Only Sane Man
 * Tsundere

Kanzo Mogi
 * The Big Guy

Rin Bukimi A nurse who was killing her patients and a member of the Bukimi family...
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Good Doc Bad Doc
 * Original Character
 * Playing with Syringes
 * Original Character
 * Playing with Syringes

Mukido Bukimi A member of the Bukimi family that attacks Light and Sayu.
 * The Brute
 * Evil Redhead
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Fangs Are Evil
 * Original Character
 * Original Character
 * Original Character
 * Original Character
 * Original Character

Isamu and Katsumi Misora
 * Amazingly Embarrassing Parents
 * I Want Grandkids
 * Insistent Terminology - Light Yagami Future Son-In-Law
 * Original Character - in the manga it is mentioned that Naomi has parents that are worried about her and that's about it...
 * Parental Obliviousness
 * Shipper on Deck

Mello
 * Big Brother Bully
 * Everything's Better with Chocolate
 * Ho Yay / Foe Yay - with Matt and Near.
 * Jerkass With A Heart of Gold
 * The Mafiya
 * Overlord, Jr. - he's the heir to the Russian Mafia.
 * Revenge
 * The Rival
 * Rivals Team Up

Matt
 * The Chick – he's the one that keeps Mello and Near from killing each other.
 * Hollywood Hacking
 * Ho Yay - with Mello and Near.
 * OC Stand In
 * Only Sane Man
 * Playful Hacker
 * Revenge
 * Sidekick

Near
 * The Chew Toy
 * Composite Character – fused with his L: Change the World counterpart
 * Doomed Hometown
 * The Immune
 * Ho Yay / Foe Yay - with Mello and Matt.
 * LEGO
 * Raised by Natives - in Backstory
 * Revenge
 * Rivals Team Up
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Misa Amane

Dr. Nakaido
 * Divided We Fall
 * Poor Communication Kills
 * Poor Communication Kills

Maki Nakaido
 * Ill Girl
 * Revenge Before Reason
 * You Killed My Father

Y426 (Volk) and Y427 (Lisá)

Mello’s henchmen.
 * Badass Longcoat
 * Blonde Guys Are Criminals - Volk
 * Berserk Button - Volk, seeing women get slapped around.
 * Brains and Brawn - Lisá and Volk.
 * Incredibly Obvious Tail
 * The Mafiya
 * Noble Demon
 * Original Character
 * Pet the Dog
 * Theme Naming - Lisá and Volk (Russian for fox and wolf)
 * Those Two Guys

Dr. Kagami
 * Bait and Switch Boss
 * Even Evil Has Standards
 * Knight Templar
 * Nietzsche Wannabe
 * Not So Different
 * Nietzsche Wannabe
 * Not So Different

Mitsuko Yaminaka
 * Axe Crazy
 * Blood Knight
 * Cute and Psycho
 * Dark Action Girl
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Knife Nut
 * Mood Swinger
 * Moral Event Horizon
 * Original Character / OC Stand In - It's "psycho knife girl" from the L: Change The World, but I couldn't find her name listed anywhere. The name is a Shout-Out to the "psycho knife girl" from Battle Royale.
 * Psycho for Hire
 * Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains
 * Yandere (disambiguation)