Heralds of Valdemar/Characters/Last Herald-Mage Trilogy

This subsection of the Heralds of Valdemar Character Sheet involves characters from the Last Herald-Mage trilogy.

Vanyel Ashkevron and Companion Yfandes

 * All Gays Are Promiscuous: Subverted; Vanyel could possibly count his number of lifetime lovers on one hand (no more than two hands) and is basically celibate by the time he reaches his thirties.
 * All Gays Are Pedophiles: Is definitely NOT one, but that doesn't stop people from assuming he is in Magic's Promise
 * Calling the Old Man Out: Delivers a well-deserved one to his father in Magic's Pawn
 * Defrosting Ice Queen: Thanks to Tylendel.
 * Doomed By Canon
 * Driven to Suicide: Fortunately interrupted both times.
 * Gayngst
 * Heroic BSOD: In Magic's Pawn, after Tylendel's death, and in Magic's Price
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * Ice Queen: During a large chunk of the first part of Magic's Pawn, with the appropriate metaphors and everything.
 * Jerkass Facade: Adopts one after  in order to keep their relationship secret from Vanyel's father.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: Much of the point of Magic's Pawn is to coax the gold out of the Jerkass Facade that he constructed to protect himself from being hurt.
 * Lover and Beloved: He's twice Stefen's age, and for this reason among others tries very hard to stick strictly to a mentorship role for quite a while, only Stefen isn't having it. Van himself was a Beloved to Tylendel, which meant he depended on his lover for everything. Their closest associates quickly pointed out how unhealthy it was.
 * Magic Knight
 * May-December Romance: With Stefen.
 * Mindlink Mates: With Tylendel and Stefen.
 * Person of Mass Destruction: Has enough power that he could potentially level Haven (Valdemar's capital).
 * Phrase Catcher: At the beginning of Magic's Promise, he is repeatedly told "You look like hell". Justified in that he does, having just gotten back from a year on the front lines filling in for five other Herald-Mages at once.
 * Red Baron: Demon's Bane, Shadow Stalker, The Hero of Stony Tor...
 * Reincarnation Romance:
 * Secret Legacy: He is the ancestor of the Valdemaran royal line and a line of mages in Clan k'Treva.
 * Shrouded in Myth: To the later generations.
 * Superpower Lottery: He won it
 * Troubled but Cute
 * With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
 * What Beautiful Eyes!: Silver ones, which he gets from his mother, along with the rest of his good looks.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy: Or at least Prematurely Greying Pretty Boy - a side effect of heavy magic use.

Tylendel Frelennye and Companion Gala

 * Closet Key: For Vanyel
 * Diabolus Ex Machina: Like whoa.
 * Dirty Mind Reading/Sex By Proxy: An ill-planned attempt unlocks all his psychic gifts too early.
 * Apparently he tried to do this with his Companion in a moment of loneliness. She never let him forget it.
 * Driven to Suicide
 * Heroic Sacrifice: Gala.
 * Mindlink Mates: With Vanyel
 * My Greatest Failure: The Heralds themselves seem to consider him this, especially Savil, his trainer.
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge
 * Twin Telepathy: With his brother Stavan.

Savil Ashkevron

 * Blood Brothers: Is a Wingsister to clan K'Treva, and is especially close to Starwind.
 * Cassandra Truth: Realizes that . Vanyel refuses to believe her until its too late.
 * Cool Old Lady
 * Mentor

Starwind k'Treva

 * Bond Creatures: His bondbird
 * Magical Native American
 * May-December Romance: He's twice Moondance's age.
 * Mindlink Mates: With Moondance

Moondance k'Treva

 * Bond Creatures: His bondbird
 * May-December Romance: With Starwind
 * Mindlink Mates: With Starwind

Lord Withen Ashkevron

 * "Well Done, Son" Guy

Medren

 * Magic Music

Jervis

 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: He terrorizes Vanyel in the early parts of the first book, but proves to be a surprisingly decent guy in the subsequent novels.
 * My Master, Right or Wrong: He terrorized Vanyel on the orders of his father who felt it would "make a man of him".

King Randale

 * Mindlink Mates: With Shavri

Shavri

 * The Empath
 * Healing Hands
 * Mindlink Mates: With Randale

Stefen

 * Driven to Suicide: Nearly, until he is stopped by Vanyel's ghost.
 * Earn Your Happy Ending: Literally - in order to earn his happy ending with Vanyel after death, he's asked to spend his life working to overcome the perception of Heralds as inferior to Herald-Mages.
 * The Hedonist: At first.
 * Heroes Want Redheads: His hair is described as bright auburn.
 * Lover and Beloved: With Vanyel.
 * Magic Music
 * May-December Romance: With Vanyel
 * Mindlink Mates: With Vanyel
 * Morality Chain: He plays a major role in keeping Vanyel sane.
 * Really Gets Around: Before meeting Vanyel he had quite the reputation.
 * Street Urchin