Belisarius Series/Characters: Difference between revisions

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* [[The Empire]]

* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]

* [[Punch Clock Hero]]: It is ~~no where~~ mentioned that the recruitment terms of the Roman Empire include, "help save the world from a demon robot from the future". It is specifically mentioned that "Belisarius captures a lot of [[Plunder]]."

* [[Punch Clock Hero]]: It is nowhere mentioned that the recruitment terms of the Roman Empire include, "help save the world from a demon robot from the future". It is specifically mentioned that "Belisarius captures a lot of [[Plunder]]."

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: When Belisarius' Cataphracts(heavy cavalry) are in the neighborhood, it is best for the enemy to be elsewhere.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: When Belisarius' Cataphracts (heavy cavalry) are in the neighborhood, it is best for the enemy to be elsewhere.

=== Abbu ===

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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] : to Antonina

* [[Lady of War]]: Especially toward the end when she is actually commanding troops when Kungas is away at war.

* [[Overt Operative]]: Her first cover was as [[The Mistress]] to a Roman ~~courtier~~ whom everyone knew preferred [[Proper Lady|kind and gentle ladies]] as girlfriends.

* [[Overt Operative]]: Her first cover was as [[The Mistress]] to a Roman aristocrat and general whom everyone knew preferred [[Proper Lady|kind and gentle ladies]] as girlfriends.

* [[Ruling Couple]] : With Kungas

* [[Spirited Young Lady]]: Indeed she once confides to Antonina that she was likely to remain unmarried because too many men dislike being [[Overshadowed by Awesome]].

* [[The Spymaster]]: She is more amiable than the typical example of this trope, many of whom are a dour sort.

=== Sittas ===

Long-time friend of Belisarius, and an accomplished cataphract general in his own right. He introduced Irene to Belisarius and Antonina; she was '''his''' so-called mistress.

* [[Animal Motifs]]: When, in the first book, he demands that Belisarius tell him the details of a battle:

{{Quote|Most people, upon meeting Sittas, were struck by his resemblance to a hog. The same girth, the same heavy limbs, the same pinkish hide—unusually fair for a Greek—the same jowls, blunt snoutish nose, beady little eyes. Belisarius, gazing back at his best friend, thought the resemblance wasn't inappropriate. So long as you remembered that there are hogs, and then there are hogs. There is the slothful domestic hog in his wallow, a figure of fun and feast. And then, there is the great wild boar of the forest, whose gaze makes bowels turn to water. Whose tusks make widows and orphans.

"The battle," commanded the boar.}}

* [[Attack! Attack! Attack!]]: Described as "the most aggressive commander in the Roman army ... prone to recklessness." He '''likes''' headlong cavalry charges. But he's not stupid, and can recognize — reluctantly — if it isn't a good time for one.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: And drunkenness; he often likes to pretend he's drunk.

=== John of Rhodes ===