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Characters appearing in the ''[[Belgariad]]''. Needs more work. Spoilers and [[Loads and Loads of Characters|Loads And Loads Of]] [[Deadpan Snarker|Deadpan Snarkers]] abound!!!
 
== The Belgariad ==
 
''===Garion's Companions''===
 
::'''====Garion (Belgarion)'''====
{{quote| ''"Why me?"''}}
 
* [[A Boy and His X]]: As a heir to the line of Riva, Garion is charged with watching over the Orb of Aldur
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* [[Locked Out of the Loop]]: Until late in Book 4.
* [[Magic Knight]]: Garion becomes frighteningly proficient with both weaponry and sorcery.
* [[Moses in Thethe Bulrushes]]
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]
* [[Papa Wolf]]
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* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: has acquired this skill ever since he hit a log on a pond while showing off.
* [[There Was a Door]]: A few times. The most impressive case of this is the disintegration of a city gate. The degree to which the gate ceased to be was caused by the Orb deciding to help.
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Takes a few.
* [[Upbringing Makes the Hero]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] by Polgara; she deliberately raises Garion as a [[Farm Boy]] to give him a solid moral foundation for when he ends up having to save the world.
* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: Especially in the first series, where he lacks finesse and experience, but has enough raw power to terrify the Grolim Hierarchs (though notably, not the likes of Ctuchik). This isn't really rectified either--it's just that by the second series his raw power is so significant that his lack of talent doesn't matter.
* [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]]: His relationship with Ce'Nedra summed up in four words.
 
::'''====Polgara'''====
* [[The Ageless]]
* [[Angsty Surviving Twin]]: Polgara, who was very close to her sister and outlived her thanks to being a sorcerer.
{{quote| "To this very day, if you're impolite enough to ask Polgara how old she is, she'll probably say something like, 'We're about three thousand- or so.' Beldaran's been gone for a long time, but she still looms very large in Polgara's conception of the world."}}
* [[Animal Motifs]]: A snowy owl
* [[Brainy Brunette]]: Their mother sorcerously altered both twins in the womb to prepare them for their roles in life, including making Polgara this as opposed to Beldaran's [[Hair of Gold]].
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* [[Tantrum Throwing]]: Polgara does this at least twice.
 
::'''====Belgarath'''====
* [[The Ageless]]
* [[Animal Motifs]]: A wolf
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* [[Eccentric Mentor]]: Belgarath has several bad habits- the stealing and overimbibing and all that business in Maragor after Poledra's death- and he generally looks like a tramp, but he is still Aldur's first disciple and quite capable of demonstrating why all the Grolims are terrified of him.
* [[Elderly Immortal]]
* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|Grandpa What Massive Hotness You Have]]: He's the oldest person in the world short of the gods and ''looks'' appropriately venerable for an aged sorcerer, yet pulls this off when he strips to his briefs to dive into a lake and shows off his impressive physique in the process.
* [[I Have Many Names]]: ''Garath'', ''Belgarath'', ''Patriarch'', ''Eternal Man'', ''Ancient One'', ''the Ancient and Beloved'', ''The Eternal Man'', ''Mister Wolf''
* [[Large Ham]]: He is a professional story teller and he uses it whenever he can.
* [[The Mentor]]
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* [[Time Abyss]]: Easily the oldest living human at 7,000 years. Only the gods and a certain tree have any time on him.
* [[The Tramp]]: Wanders the world dressed as a vagabond.
* [[Underdressed for Thethe Occasion]]: Greets kings while dressed as a tramp.
* [[Wizard Beard]]
* [[Wizard Classic]]: In appearance if not necessarily attitude.
 
::'''====Durnik'''====
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Often uses his woodsman's axe in the first series.
* {{spoiler|[[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]: At the end of the Belgariad. One of only ''two'' exceptions in ''history'' to [[All Deaths Final]].}}
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Normal]]: Is an ordinary blacksmith with little formal battle training traveling among professional warriors and sorcerers. Still kicks ferocious amounts of ass. Even Silk was chilled when Durnik killed one enemy by maneuvering him into falling into quicksand -- and then waited, watching the fellow sink, long enough to be sure he wouldn't be able to pull free.
*** {{spoiler|[[Badass Abnormal]]: After he comes [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]].}}
* [[The Blacksmith]]
* [[Boring but Practical]]: Durnik's ideas are rarely exciting or terribly complex, but they inevitably work.
** [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: Especially in ''The Malloreon'', where he really gets to shine.
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: As a blacksmith he's quite proficent with one of these. {{spoiler|In ''The Malloreon'' he gains a magic one with similar properties to the Sword of the Rivan King.}}
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Even Polgara was caught off guard in ''The Malloreon'' when it came out that Durnik was for a time apprenticed to a maker of musical instruments -- and as a result is very good, ''stirringly'' good, at playing the harp.
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: With Garion. He's old enough to be the boy's father, yet their relationship is very much that of two good friends.
* [[The Lancer]]: To Garion.
* [[Overshadowed Byby Awesome]]: At the beginning Durnik is just a Sendarian blacksmith in the company of a master thief, a competent warrior and two sorcerers. He become more and more prominent as the story goes along though.
* [[Power Glows]]: {{spoiler|His hammer in the second series.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Sixth Ranger]]: To the Disciples of Aldur.}}
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Repeatedly, including {{spoiler|two assists from the gods.}}
* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: One of the reasons for his success as a fighter in the first series. Durnik may not be a warrior, but he's a big man and as a smith he possesses formidable upper body strength. He gains more talent as the story progresses.
 
::'''====Barak'''====
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Carries a waraxe along with his sword.
* [[Badass]]
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* [[The Berserker]]: Barak's an unwilling heroic example. Apparently this kind of thing is common in Cherek warriors, even the ones who ''don't'' turn into bears.
* [[The Big Guy]]: He fullfills this role in ''Pawn of Prophecy''. In the later books he's [[The Hero]] of [[The Big Guy]] Band, doing his best to keep the likes of Hettar, Mandorallen, and Relg in line.
* [[Cursed Withwith Awesome]]: Barak's "curse" is to turn into a bear when Garion {{spoiler|Heir to the long-empty throne of Riva and Overlord of the West by treaty}} is threatened. A rampaging, unstoppable bear. At first he thinks it's just a progressive ailment and attemptsthreatens suicide, but once he gets filled in on the trigger conditions (i.e., his family is now the hereditary protectors of Garion's family), he contemplates tasteful ways to work it into his coat of arms. Who wouldn't want to advertise that?
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: With a sword in one hand and a battleaxe in the other.
* [[Everything's Worse Withwith Bears]]: Called "The Dreadful Bear" for a reason.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: A male version
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: A very good man in a fight, he's also very politically savvy, good at reading peoples' intentions, and has a philosophical way of looking at things.
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* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Cousin to King Anheg of Cherek, Earl of Trellheim, Clan-Chief, and all around useful badass.
 
::'''====Kheldar (Silk)'''====
{{quote| ''"Trust me."''}}
 
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]
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* [[Gentleman Thief]]
* [[Guile Hero]]
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: If he likes you, he's sarcastic. If he doesn't like you, he's sarcastic. If he's worried, he's sarcastic. If he's feeling fine, he's sarcastic. Only a few things ever break through his shell of smartassery.
* [[Knife Nut]]
* [[Lethal Chef]]
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* [[Unrequited Love]]: For {{spoiler|his aunt-by-marriage, Queen Porenn}}.
 
::'''====Hettar'''====
* [[Badass]]: Quite possibly the best cavalryman in the world, and very dangerous with that sabre of his.
* [[The Big Guy]]: A member of The Big [[Five-Man Band]]; he plays Lancer to Barak.
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* [[Warrior Prince]]: The adopted son of Cho-Hag, King of Algaria.
 
::'''====Ce'Nedra'''====
* [[A -Cup Angst]]: Her related argument with an unsympathetic armorer is ''hilarious.''
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With Garion to a truly hysterical degree.
* [[Bling of War]]: Wears gold armour to impress the troops. It's justified as the armour isn't meant to protect her and she's not going to do any fighting. It's solely for it's appearance.
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]], In ''The Malloreon'', due to Zandramas' sorcery. And Harakan's. She's kind of a magnet for this stuff.
* [[Break the Haughty]]
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* [[Rousing Speech]]: She's damn good at this. In fact it's why she was born in the first place.
* [[Spoiled Brat]]
* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: [[In -Universe]] example. Dryad names always have an X in them, but hers seems to break the rule. In ''The Malloreon'' it's explained that it can also be spelled "Xe'Nedra."
* [[Tantrum Throwing]]: She's thrown some impressive ones.
* [[Tsundere]]: Ce'Nedra makes most anime Tsunderes look ''amateurish''. A good capsule description of her is "[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Asuka]], only having traded in all of her self-esteem issues for even more self-centeredness."
 
::'''====Sir Mandorallen, Baron of Vo Mandor'''====
* [[Armour Is Useless]]: Averted so very hard. Mandorallen's armour is probably the only reason he's still alive.
* '''[[Badass|BADASS]]''': He slays lions with his bare hands. He attacks [[All Trolls Are Different|Algroth]] packs for fun. He threatens Tolnedran legions by himself. He refuses to fight an enraged [[Kill the God|Garion]]--because he doesn't want to hurt him. In a [[World of Badass]], Mandorallen manages to stand head and shoulders above the rest.
** [[Badass Normal]]: All that crazy stuff we just mentioned? He does it with no powers or supernatural aid of any kind.
* [[The Big Guy]]: The most archetypal example. In the Big [[Five-Man Band]] he's Big Squared.
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* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]
 
::'''====Relg'''====
* [[Badass Preacher]] / [[Religious Bruiser]]: He may be [[The Fundamentalist]] and spend all his time [[Wangst|Wangsting]] about sin, but he's also an incredibly strong [[Knife Nut]] who can ''submerge you inside solid rock'' without breaking a sweat.
* [[The Big Guy]]: Big Smart.
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* [[Knife Nut]]
* [[Lethal Harmless Powers]]: Relg can use his ability to move through solid rock for combat purposes, by pushing enemies into the rock and leaving them to suffocate.
* {{Spoiler|[[Sex Is Evil and I Am Horny]]: After he met Taiba.}} Until his god passed the message to him that {{spoiler|it was literally his sacred duty to marry her and father her children.}}
* [[Tunnel King]]
 
::'''====Lelldorin'''====
* [[Altar the Speed]]: Lelldorin smacks a priest around until he agrees to marry he and Arianna. Done to prevent her from being shamed by travelling with a man who is not her husband.
* [[The Archer]]
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* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To Garion and anyone else he considers a friend.
 
::'''====The Orb of Aldur (Cthrag Yaska)'''====
* [[Covert Pervert]]: It blushes when Belgarath notes that it was looking in on Garion and Ce'Nedra on their wedding night
* [[Kill the God]]: One of the few things capable of injuring or killing a God.
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* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: The Orb tries so hard to be helpful. To the point that it has to be told that its help is not required. It thought that rearranging the stars to spell "Belgarion" was a request rather than an example.
 
''===The Kingdoms of the West''===
 
::'''====King Anheg of Cherek'''====
* [[Badass]]
* [[Beard of Barbarism]]/[[Seadog Beard]]: Anheg is still a pirate at heart.
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* [[Horny Vikings]]
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Runs his nation, leads his army, and commands his fleet. He's also very intelligent and does his best to keep abreast of world events and assist Belgarath.
* [[Stay in Thethe Kitchen]]: Subverted. When Ce'Nedra demands the Alorn kings follow her, Anheg sides with the conservative Brand and does all the talking...in order to preemptively sabotage any arguments Brand might raise against her.
 
::'''====Queen Islena of Cherek'''====
* [[Achievements in Ignorance]]: It's illegal to throw a priest into prison without evidence. Islena doesn't know that, and Grodeg knows she doesn't. Anheg finds the entire situation hilarious.
* [[Brainless Beauty]]: When Anheg is asked why he married her, his response is that "It certainly wasn't for her brains!"
* [[Break the Haughty]]
* [[Hot Consort]]: This is why Anheg married her.
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Initially Islena is a pompous wuss who caves in every time Grodeg shouts at her. She finally has enough, threatens to have him muzzled and throne in jail, and ships he and the rest of the Bear-Cult off to join the army. Anheg is impressed.
* [[Weak-Willed]]: Is initially totally under the thumb of Grodeg, Chief Priest of Belar. With some help from Merel and Porenn she eventually overcomes this.
 
::'''====Merel of Trellheim'''====
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: With Barak
* [[Character Development]]: From shallow bitch to [[The Good Chancellor]].
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* [[Happily Married]]: By the end, and after an intervention from the Purpose of the Universe itself.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Merel appears to be a shallow, petty bitch. The "petty" and the "bitch" are right on the money, but there's more to her than meets the eye, and we see it as early as ''Pawn of Prophecy'' when she stands up to Anheg on Barak and Garion's behalf.
* [[Rape Asas Backstory]]: How her marriage with Barak started. She even locked the door and he knocked it down. No wonder she's incredibly spiteful to him at first.
* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: In-story. Barak marries her, then finds out she's an incredibly shallow person.
 
::'''====King Rhodar of Drasnia'''====
* [[Adipose Rex]]
* [[Happily Married]]: To Porenn.
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* [[The Strategist]]
 
::'''====Queen Porenn of Drasnia'''====
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Hot Consort]]: To Rhodar
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* [[The Spymaster]]: Shares this role with her husband.
 
::'''====Cho-Hag, Clan Chief of Clan Chiefs of Algaria'''====
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Cho-Hag can barely stand, but that doesn't stop him from kicking ass. Justified as he, like most Algars, is a cavalryman, and lets his horse do the fighting for him.
* [[Happily Married]]
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* [[Sword Fight]]: Has an epic one with Taur Urgas.
 
::'''====Brand, The Rivan Warder'''====
* [[The Quiet One]]
* [[Regent for Life]]: Brand is part of a long line of Rivan Warders, who vowed to rule the island and protect the Orb until the Rivan King returned. Unlike his predecessors, Brand is actually able to give up this position.
* [[Stay in Thethe Kitchen]]: Brand has very conservative values, particularly as regards women.
 
''===Villains''===
 
::'''====Asharak/Chamdar'''====
* [[The Ageless]]
* [[Compelling Voice]]
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* [[You Killed My Father]]: Killed Garion's parents. Ends up very dead when Garion finds out.
 
::'''====Brill/Kordoch'''====
* [[Beard of Evil]]: A matted, patchy black one.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Appears to be a common footpad. Is actually a ninja.
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* [[Professional Killer]]: The Dagashi are a society of killers hired out by Ctuchik.
 
::'''====Ctuchik'''====
{{quote| ''"Justice? There's no such thing, Polgara. The strong do what they like; the weak submit. My Master taught me that."''}}
 
* [[The Ageless]]
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* [[The Dragon]]: There are other contenders for the title of Torak's right-hand man, but Ctuchik is the most archetypal, running the Grolim priesthood and Cthol Murgos in his master's absence.
** [[Co-Dragons]]: Alongside Zedar and Urvon, though it's fairly obvious that he has primacy amongst the three.
** [[Dragon Withwith an Agenda]]: Has no loyalty to Torak and plans to rule the world himself.
* [[Elderly Immortal]]
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: Ctuchik simply cannot grasp Belgarath's motivations for doing what he does.
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* [[Lack of Empathy]]: To the point where he doesn't even understand it.
* [[Lean and Mean]]: He's described as tall and cadaverous.
* [[Orcus Onon His Throne]]: Never leaves Rak Cthol.
* [[Shadow Dictator]]: The real ruler of Cthol Murgos to hear Belgarath tell it, and yet many people (particularly in the West) aren't sure he even exists.
* [[Sinister Minister]]
* [[Smug Snake]]: He's smart, cunning, and formidable in combat, yet beyond overconfident and makes several very crucial amateur mistakes in his arrogance.
* [[Social Darwinist]]
* [[Soft -Spoken Sadist]]: Ctuchik's voice is soft and dusty, only rising when he loses control of the situation.
* [[Sorcerous Overlord]]: "Cthol Murgos is still ruled from Rak Cthol." He's not officially the king, but he might as well be.
* [[Take Over the World]]: Seeks to do it in his own name, rather than Torak's.
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* [[Wizard Duel]]: With Belgarath
 
::'''====Taur Urgas'''====
{{quote| ''"Make way for the King of Algaria. He's mine!"''}}
 
* [[Abusive Dad]]: Towards all of his sons.
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* [[Sword Fight]]: Against Cho-Hag.
 
::'''====Zedar'''====
* [[The Ageless]]
* [[Badass Grandpa]]
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* [[Wizard Duel]]: Averted. When he and Belgarath finally meet face to face, Belgarath is so enraged and Zedar so panicked that they resort to a fistfight.
 
::'''====Torak'''====
* [[Antagonistic Offspring]]: To his father, UL, to the point where he flatout refuses to admit there is a relationship.
* [[Beauty Is Bad]]: The most beautiful god, and the most flat out evil, complete with being obsessed with his own appearance.
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== The Malloreon ==
 
''===Garion's Companions''===
 
::'''====Liselle (Velvet)'''====
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]
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* [[Professional Killer]]
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: Velvet claims to be this in the Malloreon, but any woman who has graduated from the Drasnian spy academy probably doesn't qualify for Proper Lady status even if she is a Margravine.
* [[She Is's All Grown Up]]
* [[Spy Catsuit]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in the ''Malloreon''. Velvet frequently dresses in tight-fitting leather, but it is described as looking masculine, workman-like, bleak and completely uninteresting.
 
::'''====Emperor Kal'Zakath'''====
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]
* [[Ascended Extra]]: A minor villain in the first series. A major player in the second.
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** [[One-Handed Zweihander]]: 'Zakath may well be the only fencer in the world to use a [[BFS]] instead of say, a rapier.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Zakath is one of the rare ''pre-emptive'' examples of this trope, in that after finally dawning to just how thoroughly the odds are against him he decides to just skip the 'defeat' and go straight to the 'friendship'.
{{quote| "You know something, Garion? I've always believed that someday you and I would go to war with each other. Would you be terribly disappointed if I decided not to show up?"}}
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Defrosting Ice Emperor]]
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: Hit in the backstory, after one of Taur Urgas' plots against him resulted in the death of his girlfriend at his own hands.
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* [[Evil Overlord]]
* [[Karma Houdini]]: 'Zakath did some pretty awful things that he's never punished for.
* [[Licked Byby the Dog|Licked By The Kitten]]: Zakath's pet [[Cute Kitten|Cute Kittens]] peg him as a [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]], an early indication that he's not the [[Complete Monster]] he's rumored to be.
* [[May-December Romance]]: With {{spoiler|Cyradis}}.
* [[Power Fist]]: Belgarath tells them not to kill anybody during the one battle. 'Zakath puts on a cestus and proceeds to smash it into the face of every man he rides past.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: His entire campaign against Cthol Murgos can be seen as this.
** [[Revenge Byby Proxy]]/[[Sins of Our Fathers]]: Plans to exterminate every single member of the Urga family--and possibly all of Cthol Murgos--because of what Taur Urgas made him do.
* [[Royal Rapier]]: Played with. 'Zakath is a trained fencer, and all his sword-fighting experience is with a rapier. Than Garion comes along and makes his [[BFS]] as [[One-Handed Zweihander|light as one]]...
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Sixth Ranger]]
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: More like regained a level in badass. 'Zakath was once a capable fencer, but let those skills go rusty during his time as [[The Emperor]]. He regains them over the course of ''[[The Malloreon]]''.
 
::'''====Sadi'''====
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type IV.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: A minor antagonist in the first series; a major player in the second.
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* [[Street Urchin]]: As a child.
* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: Sadi's alliance with the protagonists is not accompanied by a [[Heel Face Turn]]. While he likes them all by the end, and has certainly become a braver, more well-rounded individual, he has not become a good person by any stretch of the term.
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Sadi starts out as a typically prissy [[Sissy Villain]] and [[Smug Snake]]. By the end he's a lean, mean fighting machine with his own unique style of combat. For a eunuch he has balls.
 
::'''====Beldin'''====
* [[The Ageless]]
* [[Animal Motifs]]: A blue-banded hawk.
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* [[Honorary Uncle]]: To Polgara (and Beldaran)
* [[Hooks and Crooks]]: Favours a hook in close-combat.
* [[Jerkass Facade]]/[[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Acts like a bastard because people expect it.
* [[The Lancer]]: To Belgarath
* [[Magi Babble]]: Beldin is the philosopher in the group, and his explanations tend towards the overly complex.
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* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Belgarath
 
''===Villains''===
 
::'''====Zandramas'''====
* [[The Big Bad]]
* [[Blood Bath]]: Bathes in human blood while performing sacrifices.
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* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: All the time.
 
::'''====Naradas'''====
* [[The Dragon]]
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]
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* [[Unholy Matrimony]]: With Zandramas.
 
::'''====Urvon'''====
* [[A God Am I]]: Has delusions of godhood.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Beldin's
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* [[Sinister Minister]]
 
::'''====Harakan/Mengha'''====
* [[Beard of Evil]]: Grows one when impersonating a Bear-Cultist.
* [[Dark Messiah]]: Sets himself up as a messianic figure to the Karands, even summoning their "[[A God Am I|god]]", Nahaz, to do his bidding.
* [[The Dragon]]: To Urvon
** [[Co-Dragons]]: Alongside Nahaz, who isn't under his dominion for long.
** [[Dragon Withwith an Agenda]]: Intends to use Urvon as a [[Puppet King]] while he really rules Karanda.
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]
* [[Sinister Minister]]: Another Grolim.
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* [[Smug Snake]]
 
::'''====Nahaz'''====
{{quote| ''"I need this [[Puppet King|thing]]..."''}}
 
* [[A God Am I]]: Worshipped as a god by the people of Karanda.
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* [[Casting a Shadow]]: His face is concealed within inky shadows during his first appearance. They go where he does.
* [[Demon Lords and Archdevils]]
* [[Double Standard Rape (Divine Onon Mortal)]]: Averted. Heck, Nahaz having consensual sex is still treated like rape given what happens to his partners.
* [[The Dragon]]: To Urvon
** [[Co-Dragons]]: Alongside Harakan; {{spoiler|One could argue he and Mordja are Co Dragons to the King of Hell}}.
** [[Dragon-in-Chief]]: Urvon is both insane and completely under Nahaz's domination, leaving the Demon Lord as the one who's really running the show.
** [[Dragon Withwith an Agenda]]: To Urvon. He'll take his soul, the Orb, the Sardion, and dominion over the world in the name of his master.
* [[Eviler Than Thou]]: With Mordja
* [[Fangs Are Evil]]
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* [[Really Gets Around]]: Enjoys impregnating women with [[Fetus Terrible|Fetus Terribles]].
* [[Shadow Dictator]]: Controls Urvon while pretending to be his loyal servant.
* [[Soft -Spoken Sadist]]: Barely speaks above a whisper during ''Demon Lord of Karanda''.
* [[We Have Reserves]]: As the heroes inform 'Zakath and General Atesca, Demon Lords pay very little attention to casualties.
* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]
* [[Your Soul Is Mine]]
 
::'''====Mordja'''====
* [[A God Am I]]: Worshipped as one by the Morindim.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Of Nahaz
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* [[The Dragon]]: To Zandramas
** [[Co-Dragons]]: Alongside Naradas. {{spoiler|It could be argued that he and Nahaz are Co Dragons to the King of Hell}}.
** [[Dragon Withwith an Agenda]]: He wants Zandramas' soul, the Sardion, and the Orb for the King of Hell.
* [[Eviler Than Thou]]: With Nahaz
* [[Fangs Are Evil]]
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* [[Your Soul Is Mine]]
 
::'''====The Sardion (Cthrag Sardius)'''====
* [[Artifact of Doom]]: Given it's associations with The Dark Prophecy and what will happen if the Child of Dark touches it, yeah.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: An ugly red, shot through with milky-white. Contrast that to the Orb's pure blue.
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== Gods and Prophecies ==
 
::'''====The Prophecy'''====
* [[All Powerful Bystander]]
* [[Big Good]]: Represents the original purpose of the Universe.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: With millenia of experience.
 
::'''====The Dark Prophecy'''====
* [[All Powerful Bystander]]
* [[Bigger Bad]]: [[The Man Behind the Man]] to Torak and Zandramas.
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* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To the Prophecy.
 
====UL====
::'''UL'''
* [[God]]: As the Father of all the other Gods, UL is the closest thing the series has to the Judeo-Christian God.
* [[Physical God]]
 
::'''====Aldur'''====
* [[Big Good]]: Shares this role with the Prophecy.
* [[Cain and Abel]]: Torak hates all the gods, but his rivalry with Aldur is the fiercest, and it is Aldur's disciples who constantly stand in his way.
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* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]
 
::'''====Eriond'''====
* [[A Boy and His X]]: He has a special bond with the Horse that Garion revived.
* [[Amnesiac God]]
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* [[Verbal Tic Name]]: Is originally called "errand" because it's the only word he seems to know.
 
::'''====Issa'''====
* [[Good Eyes, Evil Eyes]]: Subverted. Issa's eyes are snake-like and lifeless, but he's a pretty good guy.
* [[Physical God]]
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* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]
 
::'''====The King of Hell'''====
* [[Bigger Bad]]: Nahaz, Mordja, and the rest of the Demon Lords all answer to this guy. Despite that, he never even appears in the story.
* [[Dystopia Justifies the Means]]: Seeks to upend both Prophecies and recreate the Universe in his own image with legions of Demons feasting on all mortal souls.
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* [[Made of Evil]]
* [[Satan]]
* [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]: Chained by UL at the moment of Creation.
* [[Take Over the World]]: Universe actually.
 
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