The Prism Pentad/Characters

The Character Sheet for The Prism Pentad.

Rikus the Mul
One of the main heroes, Rikus is a Mul (Half-Dwarf) gladiator, and probably one of the strongest warriors of Athas. Thanks to his lover Sadira he's hired by the Veiled Alliance and help them against the evil Sorcerer King Kalak. He later fights against the armies of Urik and ends up owning the Scourge of Rkard, the only weapon capable of hurting the Dragon and the Sorcerer Kings.


 * Badass
 * Bald of Awesome: As a Mul, he's totally hairless.
 * Cool Sword: The Scourge of Rkard. Previously he's also used staves, axes, a wooden javelin and a calhuak.
 * Demonic Possession/Mind Screw: Often in the second book when he's attacked by psionics, and also
 * General Failure: As his campaign against the Urik proceed he starts to lose men and charisma as he fights.
 * Halfbreed: Part man part dwarf.
 * I Surrender, Suckers: Use this tactic against Maetan in the second book.
 * My God, What Have I Done?:
 * Lightning Bruiser: In his first appearence he states nonchalantely that he could kill four armed guards in the time he took to scratch himself.
 * Punch Out a God: He
 * Red Right Hand:
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge: In book two, against the noble who owned him in the past.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: Get tons of them in his book, thanks to Idiot Ball.

Neeva
Rikus' partner in both battle and romance for a while, she's a strong warrior and fights alongside Rikus and his friends. She eventually marries Caelum and has a child, Rkard.


 * Action Girl: She's one of the strongest fighters of the series.
 * An Axe to Grind: She usually choose an axe as her weapon of choice. In the first book she uses a "trikal" (which is an axe-like mace).
 * Badass Normal: She's the only one in the main group who relies only on her skills, except in the last book when Sadira enchants her axe.
 * Boobs of Steel
 * Chainmail Bikini: Partially justified, as there's not too much metal on Athas, and is a really hot place anyway.
 * Fiery Redhead: The green-eyed variety.
 * Happily Married: With Caelum.
 * Mama Bear: If you value your limbs, you shouldn't harm her son.
 * No-Holds-Barred Beatdown:

Sadira
A charming half-elf slave who attends Rikus, is quickly revealed to be a sorceress and member of the Veiled Alliance, who plots against Kalak. After his defeat, she actively looks for a way to stop the Dragon, and manages to obtain the power of the Tower of Primords. She's in love with both Agis and Rikus, and eventually marries them both.


 * Action Girl: Not as strong as Neeva, but indeed she can handle hard situations.
 * Dark Is Not Evil: After obtaining the power of the Tower, her skin turn jet black, her eyes and lips cerulean and her breath is black. However, she's still the same Sadira.
 * Ethical Slut
 * Femme Fatale: She often acts like this in some occasions.
 * Hair of Gold: Unchanged even after her transformation.
 * Halfbreed: Half elf.
 * Hot Witch
 * I Hate You, Elf Dad!: She really hates Faenaeyon's guts, not that we can blame her for that.
 * Idiot Ball: Expecially after book one, where some of her selfish actions come back to bite her curvaceous ass.
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * The Power of the Sun: Her newfound powers allow her to drain the energy from the sun, making her extremely powerful during the day.
 * Super Strength: As long as there's sunlight.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: For her cause she ends up
 * What the Hell, Hero?:

Agis of Asticles
A noble senator from Tyr, and a master of the psionic "Way". A really wise and kind noble who joins the fray against Kalak. He has a complicated friendship with Tithian, and eventually ends up chasing him when he escapes from the capital and looks for the Black Lens.


 * Cool Sword: A saber made of steel.
 * Cultured Badass
 * Friend to All Living Things: He highly values nature and animals. Even giant spiders, if they're not hostiles.
 * The Hero: Highly charismatic and capable of holding the group together.
 * Morality Chain: To Tithian.
 * Odd Friendship: With Tithian since childhood, but basically one-sided. Also with the Giant Phylo.
 * Pet the Dog: He's extremely kind to his slaves.
 * Psychic Powers: He's a master of the Way.
 * The Rival: To Tithian and Rikus.
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something
 * Talking the Monster To Death: He prefers diplomacy over battle.
 * Talking the Monster To Death: He prefers diplomacy over battle.

Tithian of Mericles
A power-hungry templar serving Kalak, he's a "friend" of Agis. He agree to help the group against Kalak just for his personal gain. He becomes King of Tyr under the strict control of Agis and the council, but has more ambition. He eventually decide to seek the power of a Sorcerer King, hence decide to ally himself  Eventually, he


 * Big Bad Wannabe: He's really power-hungry.
 * Dirty Coward
 * Evil Redhead
 * Evil Sorcerer: When he finally learns magic.
 * Knife Nut: Fond of backstabbing people.
 * Lean and Mean
 * Manipulative Bastard: Ooooh boy...
 * Psychic Powers: He too is trained in the Way, but not as strong as Agis.
 * Token Evil Teammate
 * Psychic Powers: He too is trained in the Way, but not as strong as Agis.
 * Token Evil Teammate
 * Token Evil Teammate

Caelum
A dwarf from Kemalok and a priest of the Sun. Met by Rikus during the war against Urik, ends up following them and falls in love with Neeva, who eventually marries.


 * Bald of Awesome
 * Combat Medic
 * Genius Bruiser
 * The Load: He start to believe he's getting useless in the last book, but gets better.
 * The Mole: Rikus believs that he was actually helping the uriks.
 * The Power of the Sun/Playing With Fire: He's a priest of the Sun.
 * The Power of the Sun/Playing With Fire: He's a priest of the Sun.
 * The Power of the Sun/Playing With Fire: He's a priest of the Sun.

Magnus
Sadira's cousin, he's an elf who was severely mutated by the magic of the Tower of Primords. Despite his reptilian looks, he's a powerful warrior and a Windsinger, capable of manipulate the wind with his voice.


 * Badass
 * Blow You Away: With his voice!
 * Carry a Big Stick: Armed with a club, in case his muscles weren't enough.
 * Gentle Giant: Despite his fearsome look he's one of the nicest guys around.
 * The Grotesque
 * Reptiles Are Abhorrent: Subverted.
 * Reptiles Are Abhorrent: Subverted.

Rkard
Neeva and Caelum's son, is a young Mul and Priest of the Sun. He's believed to be the one destinated to kill the Dragon,


 * The Chosen One:
 * Distressed Dude: He's
 * The Load
 * The Messiah:
 * The Power of the Sun: Like father, like son.

Borys the Dragon
The legendary Dragon from Athas, at first he was mentioned in the first two books, but became much more relevant later. Every year he gathers and sacrifices a thousand slaves from each city. In the past he was Borys of Ebe, the "Butcher of Dwarves" and Champion of Rajaat.


 * Bald of Evil: As a human.
 * Big Bad
 * Breath Weapon: Hot sand.
 * The Dreaded
 * Hero-Killer:
 * Magic Knight: During his days as Champion.
 * Lean and Mean: He's very slim-built.
 * Orcus On His Throne: Averted hard.
 * Our Dragons Are Different: No wings, very slim body, spits sand and is a master of sorcery and psionics.
 * Weaksauce Weakness:
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: His sacrifices

Kalak
The evil Sorcerer King of Tyr, who's setting up a plan in order to  Rules the city with an iron fist and keeps the zombified heads of Sacha and Wyan (two former Champions) with him. In the past he was a Champion known as "Ogre Doom".


 * Ambition Is Evil:
 * Bald of Evil: And scaly to boot.
 * Big Bad: Of the first book.
 * Evil Old Folks
 * Really 700 Years Old: At least more than 1500 years old.
 * Sorcerous Overlord
 * Really 700 Years Old: At least more than 1500 years old.
 * Sorcerous Overlord

Hamanu
The lion-like ruler of Urik and Big Bad of the second book. He's one of the most powerful Sorcerer Kings. During his Champion days he was known as Manu "Troll Scorcher".


 * Big Bad: Of the second book.
 * Curb Stomp Battle:
 * For the Lulz: He's been shown to be quite sadistic with his own men. Like forcing one of them to fight a sword-wielding Rikus "unarmed".
 * Kill It With Fire: "Troll Scorcher".
 * Made of Iron: He took  in the heart and survived without much annoyance.
 * Magic Knight: He's one of the physically strongest Sorcerer Kings.
 * No Sell:
 * One-Winged Angel:
 * Panthera Awesome: His symbol is a walking lion, he looks like a lion
 * Weaksauce Weakness:
 * Weaksauce Weakness:

Nibenay
The mysterious Sorcerer King of Nibenay, is mentioned in the third book and appears in the last one as a dragon-like humanoid. He was known as Gallard "Gnome Bane".


 * Covert Pervert: His templars are all women and their uniform is a simple golden skirt, and nothing else.
 * Evil Sorcerer
 * Orcus On His Throne
 * Reptiles Are Abhorrent: He looks like a miniaturized version of the Dragon.
 * Shrouded in Myth: He calls himself the "Shadow King" and likes to stay unseen.

Andropinis
The mighty and ruthless king of Balic, appears as a large, muscled humanoid with sharp teeth, large snout-like nose and protunding bones. He lends part of his fleet to Tithian in book 4 and later re-appears along the other ones in the last book. Was known in the past as Albeorn "Elf Killer".


 * Arrogant Kung Fu Guy: Really arrogant and quick to resolve to violence to solve his problems.
 * The Brute: Amongst the Sorcerer Kings.
 * The Caligula: The members of his council have been blinded and had their tongues cut. Why? No reason....
 * Fangs Are Evil: And also Spikes of Villainy.
 * Pig Man: Hinted to look like one.
 * Pig Man: Hinted to look like one.

Abalach Re
Sorceress Queen of Raam, she tries to stop our heroes with her armies. She was known as Uyness of Waverly, "Orc Plague".


 * Combat Pragmatist: Her main tactic revolves around turning herself invisible and teleporting in the battlefield casting spells.
 * Disc One Final Boss: A non-videogame example.
 * Femme Fatalons: Has large claws.
 * Flunky Boss: She brings along her whole army.
 * God Save Us From the Queen
 * Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
 * We Have Reserves: Show little concern for her troops.

Tectuktitlay
Little-known Sorcerer King of Draj, looks like a bird man and seems pretty obnoxious. . In the past he was the "Annihilator of Wemic".


 * A God Am I: Calls himself "Moon God of Draj" according to the manual.
 * Feathered Fiend: Is half bird.
 * Mayincatec: His domain.
 * Overly Long Name: Simply called "King Tec" in book.
 * Pride: Even in the middle of a world-threatening situation he still wants to be called by his full name by the other Sorcerer Kings.
 * We Hardly Knew Ye
 * We Hardly Knew Ye

Lalali-Puy
The "Oba" of Gulg, appears as a beautiful black woman with fangs. She appears in the last book. Was known as Inenek "Aaracockra Scourge''.


 * Cute Little Fangs
 * Deadpan Snarker: Especially against
 * Miss Exposition: Explains the history of old Athas to our heroes.
 * Noble Demon: She's seen in a far better light than her colleagues.
 * Offstage Villainy: She's probably the only good Sorcerer King.

Gaj
An exotic beast captured by Tithian in order to use it in the gladiatorial games. Looks like a huge bug who can devour minds and comunicate with telepathy.


 * Big Creepy Crawlies: Looks like a huge orange roach.
 * Chekhov's Gunman: Apparently just a big ugly beast, it turns out to be really important to the plot.
 * Killer Rabbit: At first it doesn't look impressive (compared to the other monsters faced by Rikus at least)... then it touches you with its tentacles....
 * Telepathy: Can communicate with people.
 * Ungrateful Bastard: Rikus and Neeva were about to free it, and it answers by killing one of their friends. Turns out the Gaj is quite a pragmatic bastard.
 * Ungrateful Bastard: Rikus and Neeva were about to free it, and it answers by killing one of their friends. Turns out the Gaj is quite a pragmatic bastard.

Anezka
A mute halfling gladiator. She's quite hard to comprehend and quite snippy at times. She helps the group in the Halfling Forest,


 * Cute Mute
 * Fragile Speedster
 * Heroic Sociopath: Yes.
 * Jerkass: She comes off like one.

Ktandeo
A sorcerer of the Veiled Alliance and friend of Nok, he's the one who taught the ways of magic to Sadira.


 * Cool Old Guy: Indeed.
 * Friend to All Living Things: Being close to Nok and the Halflings he cares about the nature.
 * Old Master: To Sadira.
 * Sink or Swim Mentor: Acts quite harsh with his pupil.
 * You Shall Not Pass:

Sacha and Wyan
Two zombie heads which are seen with Kalak and later owned by Tithian. It's revealed that they were Champions who fought against the rebels and died. They were the "Kobolds Curse" and "Pixie Blight" respectively.


 * Dirty Coward: Ooooh, sure, it takes balls to move war against Kobolds and Pixies....
 * Fat Bastard: Sacha.
 * I Am a Humanitarian: They both feed on blood and flesh.
 * Kick the Dog:
 * Lean and Mean: Wyan.
 * No Sell: Apparently both are immune to mind attacks, as their minds are "resting" after completing their duty.
 * Smug Snake
 * Sink or Swim Mentor: To Tithian.
 * Ted Baxter: They're all talk.
 * Those Two Bad Guys
 * The Undead: Zombie heads.

Nok
A great and powerful Halfling sorcerer, who forged the Staff of Ktandeo and the Heartwood spear. He really cares about the forest and is a little hostile towards humans, but will do anything to stop Kalak.


 * Blade On a Stick: He's later seen using the Heartwood Spear himself.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Green Thumb: Can manipulate wood and vegetation.
 * Implacable Man: He pursues  from his native jungle across the desert.
 * Knight Templar

Maetan Lubar
A nobleman from Urik, and Rikus' former owner. He leads his troops against the tyrians and comands the Shadow Giant Umbra.


 * Aristocrats Are Evil
 * I Surrender, Suckers: When his army is almost gone, he surrenders to Rikus,
 * Mind Rape: A master of the "Way", does several of this to Rikus.
 * Smug Snake

Umbra
The King of the Shadow People, is a huge shadow giant who's serving the Lubar clan and is fought by Rikus many times.


 * An Ice Person: His touch is deathly cold.
 * Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever
 * Casting a Shadow: He's made of shadows.
 * The Dragon: To Maetan.
 * Weaksauce Weakness:

K'kriq
A thri-keen soldier who was brainwashed by the Uriks. He fight alongside Rikus and trusts him.


 * Big Creepy Crawlies: He's a mantis-man.
 * Multi-Armed and Dangerous
 * Poisonous Person: His bite is poisonous.
 * Multi-Armed and Dangerous
 * Poisonous Person: His bite is poisonous.

Tamar
One of the champions of Borys, is now a wraith. She and her companions wishes to know what happened to Borys, so she follows Rikus  and torment him.


 * Animate Dead: Sha has this power.
 * Double Weapon
 * Knight Templar
 * Manipulative Bitch
 * Mind Rape: She frequently does this to Rikus when he defies her.
 * Sinister Scythe
 * Ungrateful Bitch
 * Ungrateful Bitch

Rhayn
Sadira's half sister, is a power-hungry elf and a mediocre sorceress who wants to take her father's place.


 * Ambition Is Evil: Wants to rule the Sun Smugglers at any cost.
 * Buxom Is Better: Even acknowledged in-universe.
 * Manipulative Bitch: Elf. That's enough of an explanation here.
 * Manipulative Bitch: Elf. That's enough of an explanation here.

Feanaeyon
Sadira's father and leader of the Sun Smugglers. Sadly, his days of glory are over, and now he has gotten old and drunk, and many of his tribe are willing to overthrone him at the first chance.


 * The Alcoholic: Quite fond of alcohol and wine.
 * Jerkass: One of the greatest assholes on Athas, though he had some Pet the Dog or Papa Wolf moments in the past.
 * Manipulative Bastard: Like his daughter, as seen above.
 * Retired Badass: Used to be one of the greatest warriors and adventurers of all Athas... and the keyword here is used to.
 * Retired Badass: Used to be one of the greatest warriors and adventurers of all Athas... and the keyword here is used to.

Prince Dhojakt
The son of Nibenay, appears as a grotesque human-centipede hybrid with a powerful magic. He pursues Sadira from Nibenay in order to stop her from reaching the Tower.


 * Body Horror: As if being half centipede wasn't enough, he has large, bulging eyes, tiny ears and a large bone pone plate instead of his teeth.
 * Creepy Centipedes
 * The Dragon: To Nibenay.
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Genius Bruiser: A powerful sorcerer, and is also Nigh Invulnerable.
 * Implacable Man: During the course of the book Sadira tries several tricks to get rid of him, including her most powerful spell (a destructive cloud of acid capable of wiping out a small army) right in his nostril. It did delayed him, but it only managed to destroy his nose for good.
 * Knight of Cerebus
 * Noble Demon: Has his own limits.
 * Not Distracted By the Sexy: Sadira's charms fail on him.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: Chews Sadira out for

Khirdar
The new leader of the Shadow People, agrees to help Sadira and her friends to fight against Borys after knewing what happened to Umbra.


 * Casting a Shadow
 * The Dragon: To Umbra.
 * Enemy Mine: He decides to help Sadira against the Dragon because they're enemies.
 * Klingon Promotion: With Umbra's demise, he's the new leader.

Fylo
A hybrid giant and a loner, he's tricked by Tithian and later befriended by Agis. Is a huge, simple giant who wants friends and company above anything else.


 * Animal Motifs: Bears, apparently.
 * Dumb Muscle: However he can somehow use psionic powers.
 * Gentle Giant: If he's on your side.
 * The Grotesque
 * Our Giants Are Bigger
 * Our Giants Are Bigger

Kester
A female tarek pirate and owner of the Dark Viper. She's hired by Agis to capture Tithian.


 * Action Girl
 * Good Is Not Nice: She's still a pirate, and a violent one.
 * Multi Boobage: Sports four boobs.
 * Pirate Girl
 * Punch Clock Hero: Hired by Agis to help him in his quest.
 * Reptiles Are Abhorrent

Mag'r
Sachem of the Joorsh Giants, wants to take the Obsidian Oracle from the Saram, and forces Agis and his crew to help him.


 * Authority Equals Asskicking
 * The Brute
 * Cool Sword
 * Our Giants Are Bigger
 * Our Giants Are Bigger

Nal
Wise leader of the Saram, appears as a huge owl-headed giant. He fights to protect the Oracle but gets killed by Mag'r.


 * An Axe to Grind: His main weapon.
 * Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever: Though he's smaller than Mag'r.
 * Owl Be Damned: Has the heas and feathers of an owl.
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech:
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: The ownership of the Oracle allows him to keep the Saram intelligent and protected from the ghosts of their former human parts. (It Makes Sense in Context)

Jo'orsh and Sa'ram
The ancient dwarven Knights who swore to kill Borys, they guards the Black Lens as Undeads, and were the first giants.


 * Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever: Giant undead dwarves.
 * Badass Beard: So badass that even in death is still here and visible, even if Sa'ram has no longer a head.
 * Dem Bones
 * Honor Before Reason
 * MacGuffin Guardian: First the Lens,

The Spiritual Lords
A series of undead monsters serving under Borys as the commanders of his fleet. They attack our heroes but fail to stop them.


 * Elite Mook
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad
 * The Undead: All of them, though each one of them has a distinctive tract.
 * Femme Fatalons: Lady Joy.
 * Horned Humanoid: Lord Warrior.
 * Winged Humanoid

Rajaat
The creator of magic and an extremely powerful sorcerer from the past. He thought that all the "new races" were abominations who needed to be destroyed at all costs. He tried to achieve his goal with the help of his Champions, but they turned on him and sealed him away.


 * Body Horror: His face is awfully deformed and twisted.
 * Evil Sorcerer: The first on Athas.
 * Sealed Evil in A Can
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Wanted to revert the world to the Blue Era, but the price (the death of millions of people) is too high.
 * Evil Sorcerer: The first on Athas.
 * Sealed Evil in A Can
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Wanted to revert the world to the Blue Era, but the price (the death of millions of people) is too high.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Wanted to revert the world to the Blue Era, but the price (the death of millions of people) is too high.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Wanted to revert the world to the Blue Era, but the price (the death of millions of people) is too high.