Old Kingdom/Characters

Sabriel
 * Action Girl
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Bob Haircut
 * First Girl Wins
 * Happily Married: To Touchstone in Lirael and Abhorsen.
 * Heroic Lineage
 * Kid with the Leash: To Mogget.
 * Lady of War
 * Magical Girl
 * Magic Music
 * Official Couple
 * They Do
 * When You Coming Home, Dad?: Not only does she have this problem with her father, but her duties stopping horrific undead monstrosities and radioactive magic constructs from killing everyone tend to cut into her time with her kids later.
 * When You Coming Home, Dad?: Not only does she have this problem with her father, but her duties stopping horrific undead monstrosities and radioactive magic constructs from killing everyone tend to cut into her time with her kids later.

Mogget
 * Brilliant but Lazy
 * Cats Are Mean
 * Cat Scare


 * Deadpan Snarker


 * Feline Abomination
 * Hidden Agenda Villain: Well, sort of.
 * Intellectual Animal
 * Offscreen Teleportation
 * Quit Your Whining: Says this a lot, especially to Sam.
 * Restraining Bolt
 * Sealed Evil in a Teddy Bear
 * Servile Snarker
 * Snarky Non-Human Sidekick: Oh so very much.
 * Sealed Evil in a Teddy Bear
 * Servile Snarker
 * Snarky Non-Human Sidekick: Oh so very much.

Touchstone
 * The Berserker
 * Cain and Abel: With . He's Abel.
 * Dual-Wielding
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * Happily Married: To Sabriel in Lirael and Abhorsen.
 * Heroic Bastard
 * Heroic Self-Deprecation
 * Human Popsicle
 * Late Arrival Spoiler: Yeah, trying describing the second and third books without giving away that.
 * Meaningful Rename
 * Naked on Arrival
 * Official Couple
 * They Do
 * They Do
 * They Do
 * They Do

Kerrigor
 * Backwards Name: His actual name is.
 * Big Bad
 * Cain and Abel: With . He's Cain.


 * Evil Sorcerer
 * Humanoid Abomination: As a Greater Dead.
 * Our Liches Are Different: Or rather, as a Greater Dead Adept, he's the local equivalent.
 * Self-Made Orphan:.
 * The Undead
 * Was Once a Man
 * Was Once a Man

The Mordicant
 * The Dragon: To Kerrigor
 * Golem: A Mordicant is essentially an artificial body of inorganic materials possessed and animated by a Dead spirit, and is therefore equal parts Golem and undead.
 * Implacable Man
 * No Name Given: A Mordicant is what it is, being the name of one of the most powerful types of Dead. Its own personal name is never revealed, if it has one.
 * Scarily Competent Tracker
 * Was Once a Man: Presumably, though we're given no indication of who or what it really was in Life.

Sanar and Ryelle
 * Dark-Skinned Blond
 * Mad Oracle
 * One-Scene Wonder: In Sabriel. They have more to do in Lirael.
 * Prescience Is Predictable
 * Psychic Link
 * Psychic Powers
 * Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
 * Single-Minded Twins: They really come off this way.
 * Twin Banter
 * Unstuck in Time
 * Wonder Twin Powers

Lirael
 * Action Girl
 * Badass Bookworm
 * The Call Put Me on Hold
 * Driven to Suicide: She seriously considering it in her introduction.
 * Heroic Lineage
 * Heroic Self-Deprecation
 * Instant Expert
 * In the Blood
 * Kid with the Leash
 * Magic Mirror
 * Magic Music
 * The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body
 * The Unfavorite
 * Magic Music
 * The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body
 * The Unfavorite

The Disreputable Dog
 * Canine Abomination
 * : For Nick.


 * Gender Equals Breed: Subverted.
 * Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: Lirael has bite scars from the last time she considered suicide.
 * I Lied: She is the Disreputable Dog.
 * Intellectual Animal
 * Offscreen Teleportation
 * Offscreen Teleportation

Sameth
 * Character Development: He starts off in Lirael uncomfortable as his role as Abhorsen-in-waiting, and feels out of place in the Old Kingdom. By the end of his journey with Lirael he's found a path that suits him better and become more responsible.
 * Heroic Self-Deprecation
 * Improvised Weapon User: Shortly after we meet him, he organizes a group of kids in fighting off the Dead with cricket equipment.
 * Kid with the Leash
 * Refusal of the Call
 * Royal Blood
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something

Nicholas Sayre
 * Agent Scully
 * Badass Normal
 * Improvised Weapon User
 * Last Boy Wins
 * Improvised Weapon User
 * Last Boy Wins


 * Took a Level In Badass



Ellimere
 * Royal Blood
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something

Hedge
 * Bald of Evil: Or at least he's on his way, more like Balding of Evil.
 * The Dragon: To Orannis.
 * Enemy to All Living Things: Hence not being able to use a normal horse.
 * Evil Sorcerer
 * Hellish Horse: Ordinary horses can't stand him, so he rides undead ones instead.
 * Humanoid Abomination: An exercise in knowing when to stop using Free Magic. It takes him over and transforms his body and soul. Mostly his soul, though.
 * Necromancer
 * Omnicidal Maniac
 * This Is Your Brain on Evil: Particularly notable in Abhorsen, he becomes increasingly inhuman the more he falls under Orannis's sway. Of course, since this comes with an increase in power, it's not like he minds...
 * This Is Your Brain on Evil: Particularly notable in Abhorsen, he becomes increasingly inhuman the more he falls under Orannis's sway. Of course, since this comes with an increase in power, it's not like he minds...

Chlorr of the Mask
 * Ascended Extra: Getting her own book called  .
 * The Dragon: To Hedge.
 * Evil Is Not a Toy: Tapping into an ancient, powerful, source of Free Magic you know next to nothing about: bad idea.
 * - Once upon a time Chlorr was.
 * Humanoid Abomination: Notice a trend here?

Orannis
 * Apocalypse How
 * The Dreaded: Even the Disreputable Dog,, is afraid of him, and with good reason.
 * Eldritch Abomination
 * Kill It with Fire: His destructive phases can best be described as explosions of flame and heat.
 * The Destroyer
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast
 * Numerological Motif: Ninth Bright Shiner, nine manifestations, nine second countdown before the Destroyer phase activates...
 * Omnicidal Maniac
 * The Scottish Trope: The Disreputable Dog will write his name, but doesn't say it and warns Lirael and Sam not to either.
 * Sealed Evil in a Can
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic: His Numerological Motif is nine. To clarify, the ninth (and highest) rank of Angels are the Seraphim, also known as the fiery ones. And what is Orannis' usual weapon?
 * Sealed Evil in a Can
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic: His Numerological Motif is nine. To clarify, the ninth (and highest) rank of Angels are the Seraphim, also known as the fiery ones. And what is Orannis' usual weapon?