The Inkworld Trilogy/Characters

The characters of The Inkworld Trilogy. Additions welcomed.

Mortimer "Mo" Folchart

 * Blessed With Suck: How he views his powers, which robbed him of his wife years ago. He gets over it eventually, but he never reads out loud to Meggie.
 * Casting Gag: Brenden Fraser is stated to be the vocal inspiration for him. Not only does he take up that role in the movie but also did the audio book for Inkspell.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Happily Married: To Resa.
 * The Hero: Eventually, in Book 3.
 * Nice Guy: Compared to some of the other heroes - who can at times be petty and selfish - Mo is the straightest example of this.
 * Papa Wolf

Meggie Folchart

 * Demoted to Extra: Always prominent in the plot, Meggie nonetheless diminishes in significance after the first book, going from The Protagonist to Supporting Protagonist. A common criticism of Book 3 is that her only Arc was "choosing between two suitors".
 * Hair of Gold
 * The Hero: In Book 1, and arguably in Book 2 (which is more of an Ensemble piece).
 * Kid Heroine
 * Plucky Girl

Dustfinger

 * Anti-Hero: Type IV
 * The Big Guy: Somewhat, during the first two books before he ascends to The Lancer.
 * Cynical Mentor: To Farid.
 * Disappeared Dad: He left two daughters (and his wife, Roxanne) behind in the 'Inkworld' when Mo read him out.
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars
 * The Lancer: Becomes this to Mo in Book 3.
 * Lovable Traitor
 * Playing With Fire
 * Redheaded Hero
 * Adaptation Dye Job: Was made a blond in the film.
 * Scars Are Forever:
 * Wild Card
 * Scars Are Forever:
 * Wild Card

Elinor

 * Bookworm
 * Defrosting Ice Queen

Farid

 * Anti-Hero: Type IV
 * The Lancer: To Meggie, especially during Book 2
 * Naive Newcomer
 * Naive Newcomer

Teresa "Resa" Folchart

 * The Chick
 * Cute Mute:
 * Hair of Gold: Though, it had gotten darker over stress while being forced to serve Capricorn during Inkheart.
 * Happily Married: To Mo.
 * Hot Mom
 * Missing Mom: In Book 1, due to having been sucked into "Inkheart" years ago.
 * Plucky Girl
 * Shapeshifting:.
 * Trapped in Another World: Though as it turns out, she was read out by Capricorn's 'reader', Darius, years before the main story began.
 * Wholesome Crossdresser: Her first time in the Inkworld had her in men's clothing.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko

Fenoglio

 * Heroic BSOD: He descends further into one the more out of control his own story's plot goes
 * Jerkass: At times, and always appropriately called out on it.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold
 * My God, What Have I Done?: Unfortunately for Fenoglio, the Stormtrooper Effect does not exist in the Inkworld...
 * The Smart Guy

Capricorn

 * Bald of Evil: In the film, due to having shaved it off. It also shows there that he used to have a Beard of Evil. It's unclear how much of this holds true in the novel itself.
 * Big Bad: Of Inkheart.
 * Complete Monster
 * Expy: Of Adolf Hitler himself, according to Word of God. Holds true in-story, though it's not stated outright.
 * Freudian Excuse: It's not used to excuse his actions though, just to explain them. Fenoglio even points out that while it always existed, he deliberately left it out of the story.
 * Lack of Empathy
 * The Sociopath
 * Lack of Empathy
 * The Sociopath

Basta

 * Animal Motifs: Foxes.
 * Arch Enemy: To Dustfinger.
 * The Dragon: To Capricorn in Book 1, to Mortola onwards.
 * Dragon Ascendant: Subverted, he doesn't actually lead Capricorn's fireraisers after his demise, due to the fact that most of them perished in Inkheart.
 * Even Evil Has Standards: Unlike the other Fireraisers, Basta - despite his capacity for evil and cruelty - isn't really a sadist, nor does he Kick the Dog (certainly not For the Evulz). Even Dustfinger acknowledges this.
 * It may explain why he wasn't, as well.
 * Knife Nut
 * Start of Darkness: According to Fenoglio, he has one of these, which is actually surprisingly sympathetic.
 * Knife Nut
 * Start of Darkness: According to Fenoglio, he has one of these, which is actually surprisingly sympathetic.

The Magpie

 * The Dark Chick
 * Evil Matriarch
 * Evil Old Folks
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge: She wounds Mortimer for killing her son, Capricorn.

Roxanne

 * Hot Mom
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo

=== The Black Prince ===