Elantris/Characters

Prince Raoden

 * Defeat Means Friendship: He manages to convert both Karata and Aanden to his side by proving his philosophy about life in Elantris is superior to theirs..
 * Guile Hero
 * Love Before First Sight: With Sarene
 * Meaningful Name: "Rao" means "Spirit" or "Soul" in Aonic.
 * The Messiah
 * Not Using the Zed Word: He's an Elantrian, which is basically the same as a zombie, but is never called that.
 * Rebellious Prince: He and his father... didn't get along.
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something
 * The Wise Prince
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something
 * The Wise Prince
 * The Wise Prince

Princess Sarene

 * Action Girl
 * Guile Heroine
 * Hair of Gold
 * Love Before First Sight: With Raoden.
 * Meaningful Name: "Ene" means "Wit" or "Cleverness" in Aonic.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity
 * Politically-Active Princess: By age twenty-five, she's been serving for a long while as an (apparently highly-ranked) member of her father's diplomatic corps, and both she and others note her appreciation for (and skill at) political games.
 * Real Women Never Wear Dresses: Played with. Sarene tries to be traditionally feminine sometimes- she's just not very good at it.
 * Rebellious Princess: Subverted. She's got the personality, but her father approves of it.
 * Worthy Opponent: To Hrathen.
 * Worthy Opponent: To Hrathen.

Hrathen

 * Anti-Villain
 * Badass Preacher
 * Blue Oni: He contrasts his logical support of Jheddath with Dilaf's fanaticism several times.
 * Destructive Savior: Sees himself as a saviour..
 * Magnificent Bastard
 * Noble Demon
 * 24-Hour Armor: His vestments include armor, since he's a priest in a Church Militant. It's supposed to just be for show..
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist
 * Worthy Opponent: To Sarene
 * 24-Hour Armor: His vestments include armor, since he's a priest in a Church Militant. It's supposed to just be for show..
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist
 * Worthy Opponent: To Sarene

King Iadon

 * Broken Pedestal: Raoden idolized him as a child. This view shattered after Iadon became king and power corrupted him.
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive
 * Moral Event Horizon:
 * Non-Indicative Name: "Iad" means "Trust" or "Reliable" in Aonic. Iadon is really paranoid (and was before becoming king)...and um.....see above Moral Event Horizon entry.
 * Offing the Offspring: Sarene is convinced he killed Raoden. Actually subverted, since while Iadon might have wanted to kill Radoen, Raoden was turned into an Elantrian, not killed.
 * Smug Snake
 * Smug Snake

Dilaf

 * A Nazi By Any Other Name: He's a hardcore racist and his manner of public speaking is very reminiscent of Hitler's. ]
 * The names "Dilaf" and "Adolf" even use many of the same sounds.
 * Ax Crazy
 * Complete Monster
 * The Dragon: to Hrathen
 * Dragon With an Agenda: Subverted. He spends most of the novel acting as though he rode Hrathen's coattails to power so he could then use said power to incite people against Elantris.
 * The Fundamentalist
 * Knight Templar: To better contrast Hrathens Well-Intentioned Extremist. Hrathen genuinely wants to save lives and souls, even if he resorts to ruthless and underhanded methods to do it; Dilaf just subscribes to the "murder the unbelievers and let Jaddeth sort them out" school of Shu-Dereth.
 * Moral Event Horizon: What he planned for Elantris
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: It becomes obvious early on he's quite a bit smarter than he looks and acts.
 * Red Oni: Hrathen's the blue.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: It becomes obvious early on he's quite a bit smarter than he looks and acts.
 * Red Oni: Hrathen's the blue.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: It becomes obvious early on he's quite a bit smarter than he looks and acts.
 * Red Oni: Hrathen's the blue.
 * Red Oni: Hrathen's the blue.
 * Red Oni: Hrathen's the blue.