Dragonlance/Characters: Difference between revisions

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* [[Badass Princess]]

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Betty

* [[Brainless Beauty]]: Subverted. When she first appears Laurana comes across as simply an airhead princess Tanis has outgrown; but she proves that she is a lot braver, smarter, and tougher than everyone thinks (and this is even ''before'' she [[Took a Level In Badass]]).

* [[Brainless Beauty]]: Subverted. When she first appears Laurana comes across as simply an airhead princess Tanis has outgrown; but she proves that she is a lot braver, smarter, and tougher than everyone thinks (and this is even ''before'' she [[Took a Level in Badass]]).

* [[Character Development]]

* [[Distress Ball]]: {{spoiler|When she falls into Kitiara's [[Obvious Trap]].}}

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* [[Red Baron]]: "The Golden General".

* [[Spoiled Sweet]]

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Flaky princess to world saving hero and brilliant military commander.

* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Flaky princess to world saving hero and brilliant military commander.

* {{spoiler|[[Victorious Childhood Friend]]}}

* [[World's Most Beautiful Woman]]

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* [[Bodyguard Crush]]

* [[Bow and Sword In Accord]]

* [[Bow and Sword in Accord]]

* [[Noble Savage]]

* [[Out of Focus]]: The same as Goldmoon above.

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* [[The Archer]]

* [[Bow and Sword In Accord]]

* [[Bow and Sword in Accord]]

* [[Child by Rape]]

* [[Cool Sword]]: Wyrmslayer, a sword which once belonged Kith-Kanan.

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* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]

* [[Dark Action Girl]]

* [[Ditzy Genius]]: In [[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons|game terms]] she has a canon Intelligence score of 13 and Wisdom score of 7 (the human average for both is 10). In other words she's very cunning but not very wise and prone to impulsive decisions.

* [[Ditzy Genius]]: In [[Dungeons & Dragons|game terms]] she has a canon Intelligence score of 13 and Wisdom score of 7 (the human average for both is 10). In other words she's very cunning but not very wise and prone to impulsive decisions.

* [[The Dragon]]

* [[Dragon Rider]]: With her blue dragon mount, Khellendros, aka Skie.

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'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Evil]] }}

* [[Back ~~From~~ the Dead]]: Possibly. Zeboim recovers his trapped soul in ''Amber and Iron'' so it seems unlikely he'll be staying dead.

* [[Back from the Dead]]: Possibly. Zeboim recovers his trapped soul in ''Amber and Iron'' so it seems unlikely he'll be staying dead.

* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: He's the son of human warlord Ariakas and the goddess Zeboim.

* [[Noble Demon]]: In complete contrast to his father Ariakan is presented as a much more sympathetic and, yes noble figure. He's still fully dedicated to conquering the world mind you.

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* [[Deal with the Devil]]: He tries to lure souls that are passing on through the Gate of Souls to him by promising them that he will give them the power to take care of any unfinished business they had on Krynn. Any soul who accepts usually finds themselves turned into an undead creature in his service, or trapped in his domain in the Abyss.

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Majere, who preaches faith in High God's plans for cosmic order. In contrast, Chemosh preaches that existence is chaotic and meaningless.

* [[Expy]]: He is similar to Orcus, the Demon Prince of the Undead in other ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]]'' settings.

* [[Expy]]: He is similar to Orcus, the Demon Prince of the Undead in other ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' settings.

* [[Flat Earth Atheist]]: He encourages his followers to preach that there is no afterlife, and that the only way to survive death is to become an undead creature.

* [[Idiot Ball]]: He was holding it for a while during the Dark Disciple Trilogy when {{spoiler|he was grieving over the "death" of Mina when he sees her "spirit", but he does not even bother to check and see if the "spirit" is real or not. It takes his [[The Brute|brute]] Death Knight subordinate to point out to him that since he is the God of Death, he should be able to tell if Mina's spirit is real or not, once he realizes that Mina's spirit is just an illusion made by two Wizards, he is not amused. Even so in the end he ends up becoming stubborn and pushing her away. Nuitari even lampshades this.}}

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* [[Dirty Coward]]: He is a coward at heart.

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Shinare.

* [[Expy]]: Of the archdevil Mephistopheles from ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]]'' (one of Hiddukel's alternate names is M'Fisto), though the latter is [[Lawful Evil]].

* [[Expy]]: Of the archdevil Mephistopheles from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' (one of Hiddukel's alternate names is M'Fisto), though the latter is [[Lawful Evil]].

* [[Greed]]

* [[Satan]]: He is not the head evil deity, but his motif of corrupting mortals through [[Faustian Pacts]] and he can manifest as the stereotypical appearance of Satan (red guy with horns and a tail) as one of his Aspects.

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* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Mishakal.

* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]: His Bronze Tower.

* [[Expy]]: Of Anthraxus the Oinoloth from ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]]'' (Morgion is also known as Anthrax Goatlord).

* [[Expy]]: Of Anthraxus the Oinoloth from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' (Morgion is also known as Anthrax Goatlord).

* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Envy is his domain.

* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: He is by far the least social evil deity. He mostly keeps to himself and is said to suffer from a madness only deities can have.

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* [[Evil Matriarch]]

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Paladine.

* [[Expy]]: Of Tiamat, the dragon-goddess of other ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]]'' settings.

* [[Expy]]: Of Tiamat, the dragon-goddess of other ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' settings.

* [[Gender Bender]]: Her Dark Warrior form is sometimes described as male, but is female in ''Dragons of Summer Flame''. Of course, since she's a deity she probably doesn't really ''have'' a gender as mortals understand it and just looks like whatever she wants.

* [[God of Evil]]

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=== Civilized Humans ===

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: They are often prejudiced toward non-humans.

* [[Humans Are Average]]: As per ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]]'' standard.

* [[Humans Are Average]]: As per ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' standard.

* [[Humans Are Flawed]]

* [[Humans Are White]]: Averted; most of the northern ethnic groups have dark skin. Most of the main characters of the novels ''are'' white, though.

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* [[Elves Versus Dwarves]]

* [[Evil Counterpart Race]]: The dark dwarves.

* [[Expy]]: The dark dwarves of Clans Daergar and Theiwar are stand-ins for the gray dwarves and derro, respectively, from mainstream ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]]''.

* [[Expy]]: The dark dwarves of Clans Daergar and Theiwar are stand-ins for the gray dwarves and derro, respectively, from mainstream ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''.

* [[Mighty Glacier]]

* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: Hill and mountain dwarves play this trope straight. Dark dwarves, on the other hand, take the dwarven stereotypes and twist them to evil.

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* [[Enslaved Elves]]: The green dragon Cyan Bloodbane tries to enslave the Silvanesti, but the Companions drive him off. But then the Silvanesti and Qualinesti basically enslave their own kin, the Kagonesti.

* [[Evil Counterpart Race]]: The Mahkwahb are the evil counterparts to the Dargonesti sea elves.

* [[Expy]]: Most of the elf cultures are based on one of the common ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]]'' subraces: Qualinesti are based on high elves, Silvanesti on gray elves, Kagonesti on wood elves, and Dargonesti and Dimernesti on aquatic elves.

* [[Expy]]: Most of the elf cultures are based on one of the common ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' subraces: Qualinesti are based on high elves, Silvanesti on gray elves, Kagonesti on wood elves, and Dargonesti and Dimernesti on aquatic elves.

* [[Fragile Speedster]]

* [[Hidden Elf Village]]: All of the elf races are reclusive to some degree, but the Silvanesti are the worst.