Drowtales/Characters/Val'Illhar'dro Clan: Difference between revisions
Drowtales/Characters/Val'Illhar'dro Clan (view source)
Revision as of 03:12, 16 February 2023
, 1 year agoRescuing 40 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.3
(Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.2) |
(Rescuing 40 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.3) |
||
Line 4:
== The Clan as a whole ==
== The Clan as a Whole: ==
The third of the ''"Great Clans"'' (<ref> the other ''"Great Clans"'' in the Council of Nine are the Sharen, the Beldrobbaen and the Sullisin'rune</ref>) to come to power. Heavily invested in music, trade and the expansion of their supply routes. They have a mutually beneficial business relationship with the Val'Nal'sarkoth as the latter specialise in surface trade, whereas the Illhar'dro [https://web.archive.org/web/20131008170100/http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=635 specialise in underworld trade]. Unlike most of the other Chelian clans, the Illhar'dro have their homebase in Nuqrah'shareh, with only a fraction of the clan actually living in Chel. Rumoured to have the largest numbers of any clan due to the fact that they are spread out across a very wide portion of the underworld, the Illhar'dro are nonetheless a peaceful clan, preferring the merchant life to that of the warrior.
* [[Animal Motifs]] (birds, which makes sense as the clan is strongly associated with music and they are one of the few clans who have strong ties to the surface)
* [[Boldly Coming]] (their usual approach to diplomacy is to set up their relatives with members of the ruling clan and have children with them. Its noted in a podcast that because of this practice they are probably the only clan to care about the bloodline of their childrens' fathers.)
* [[Compelling Voice]] (one of the Illhar'dro applications of spellsong, which they mainly seem to use for crowd control. It's described as being a mix of [https://web.archive.org/web/20190823171314/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1766 empathy, mana arts and sound])
* [[Deep-Cover Agent]] ({{spoiler|at least one Nidraa'chal, Shodun, is in their clan}})
* [[The Fashionista]] (Potentially rivaling the Sullisin'rune for this trope amongst the nine major clans.)
Line 17:
* [[Merchant City]] (Val'Raveran and various outposts on the surface)
* {{spoiler|[[Royally Screwed-Up]]}} (chapter 33 shows that {{spoiler|all is not well in the royal family, and Balsii at least has a major chip on her shoulder}})
* [[Shining City]] (their home city of Nuqrah'shareh, described as "[https://web.archive.org/web/20170313102206/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7936 the modern, peaceful and beautiful jewel of the west!]" {{spoiler|at least before the 15 year timeskip, since so many refugees have poured into the city that it's now anything ''but'' those}})
* [[Slobs Versus Snobs]] (as chapter 33 shows, they're very much on the snobbish side, and very very rich, with one Illhar'dro telling commoners to "return to your hovels" (<ref>a hovel being "a small, squalid, unpleasant, or simply constructed dwelling", aka not a compliment</ref>) which, naturally, backfires)
Line 26:
The Ill'haress of the Illhar'dro and the Queen of Nuqrah'shareh, despite having been born in the neighboring city of Val'Raveran.
* [[Actual Pacifist]] (which is a rarity amongst Drow females, let alone Ill'haresses, though Sara'hilana Balvhakara believes that her pacifist ways have [https://web.archive.org/web/20190823171314/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1724 hurt her])
* [[Be Careful What You Say]] (During the council Nega'fanae [https://web.archive.org/web/20100106055256/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5579 is] [https://web.archive.org/web/20160826085126/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5778 very] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100106054756/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5781 proud] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100106054418/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5791 of] Nuqrah'shareh to the point that Kharla'ggen effectively tells her to shut up about it, and extols its virtues at every opportunity, but after the 15 year timeskip {{spoiler|she probably regrets that, considering that the city has been destabilized by all the refugees pouring in from other cities, possibly even ''because'' she was so vocal about how great her city was}})
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]
* [[Four Is Death]] (she's referred to as being the fourth queen of Nuqrah'shareh, which explains a lot about her luck and lack thereof)
* [[The High Queen]] (of Nuqrah'shareh, where she's Queen, and also projects this image when in Chel)
* [[Immigrant Patriotism]] (though originally from Val'Raveran and officially Queen in Nuqrah'shareh, Nega is shown to care a lot about Chel, and she implies that the decision to leave Chel and come to Nuqrah was a very hard one for her.)
* [[Know When to Fold'Em]] (during the timeskip the Illhar'dro left their base in Chel and withdrew to Nuqrah'shareh, and Nega had [https://web.archive.org/web/20171008055237/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8025 a long conversation with Zala'ess where she explained why this was necessary])
* [[Multicolored Hair]] (has blue highlights in her teal hair)
* [[100% Adoration Rating]] (it's implied that she has the support of most of the clan leaders in Nuqrah'shareh {{spoiler|despite Balsii's attempt at a coup}}, judging by the lengths the Jie'yen and Balvhakara heads go to ensure she remains queen-despite or perhaps even ''because'' of her pacifistic attitude.)
Line 41:
One of Nega'fanea's younger family members (<ref>podcasts have implied that she's Nega's granddaughter, but there's no definite word on their relation except that its direct</ref>) and a member of Chry'stel Vel'Sharen's [[Girl Posse]] at Orthorbbae.
* [[Ascended Fanon]] (a long-running joke before the timeskip was that Kyo was an [[Expy]] of [[Macross|Lin Minmay]], with her even singing "My Boyfriend Is A Pilot" in the ''Space Age'' Daydream story, and after the timeskip she's essentially become the DT equivalent of Minmay, complete with a reference to how [
* [[The Chick]] (even among her [[Girl Posse]])
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] (the lyrics to her song are... [https://web.archive.org/web/20171008060223/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7709 special])
* [[Cool Big Sis]] (after the timeskip this describes her relationship with Ariel, and presumably Faen as well. Kyo even [
* [[Coy Girlish Flirt Pose]]
* [[Damsel in Distress]] (averted! Even though she's the least combat-savvy of the group, she still manages to keep from falling into [[Damsel in Distress]] territory using her spellsong, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090605165313/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1154 or a frying pan if necessary])
* [[Deal with the Devil]] (after the timeskip, she reveals that the sponsor of her show is none other than Snadhya'rune. Even [https://web.archive.org/web/20131008184013/http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=4202 the author] lampshades this.)
* [[Hair Decorations]]
* [[Genki Girl]] (not too over the top, but she is pretty genki and even owns a tiktikki backpack. Amusingly, during Kiel's [[Imagine Spot]] to what would happen if Kharla were allowed to take over Chel, among the puppets representing her friends [https://web.archive.org/web/20190823171315/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=804 the one representing Kyo'nne has her mouth stitched shut])
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]
* [[Glamorous Wartime Singer]] (after the timeskip, owing to the fact that Chel has been in a perpetual state of civil war)
* [[Hidden Depths]] (it's easy to dismiss Kyo as [[The Ditz]], but just watch her [https://web.archive.org/web/20100116080247/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5287 call out Chiri'nide and Shan'aal on their hypocrisy])
* [[Hypocritical Humor]] (she's [https://web.archive.org/web/20171008060149/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7730 very mad] at Shinae for "throwing her to the Kyorls", and yet look what she did [https://web.archive.org/web/20150601103243/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4885 when the Kyorls showed up])
* [[Immigrant Patriotism]] (sort of. Even though Kyo says she was born in Chel, she's apparently spent a fair bit of time in Nuqrah'shareh and is culturally more similar to a Nuqrah'sharehan than a Chelian, but she ultimately decides to stay behind in Chel even after the rest of the Illhar'dro leave.)
* [[Improvised Weapon User]] (two words: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120717073028/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6610 frying] [[Frying Pan of Doom|pan]])
* [[The Ingenue]] (the fact that her actions towards Shan are mostly non-sexual and pretty innocent put her here rather than [[The Tease]])
* [[In Love with Love]] (implied to be the reason she's so intent on Shan)
* [[Love Triangle]] (sees herself in one with Shan and Chiri. Seems to be a type 7 [[Triang Relations]], as Shan seems to be fond of both girls. It's just that his feelings for Chiri are stronger, and he is oathbound to her anyway.)
* [[Magic Music]] (the Illhar'dro specialty)
* [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]] (her Halme is [
* [[Plucky Girl]] (even after getting hit in the face in the middle of using her spell song on Jer'kol she manages to get back up, restrain Chiri of all people and knock her out, stopping the fight. [[The Chick|Chick]] or not, Kyo'nne has ''massive'' balls.)
** And after the timeskip, she's become the spokeswoman for the colonization effort and an advocate for peace in Chel. Off-stage the strain is starting to show.
* [[Princess Classic]] (fits closest of any of the characters)
* [[Princess in Rags]] (after the timeskip, fits some parts of this trope, since she says that the Illhar'dro leaving Chel means that [
* [[Stepford Smiler]] (after the timeskip, there are hints that her [[Plucky Girl]] persona is a front and that Kyo is actually more bitter about her situation than she lets on)
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] (the young Kyo'nne seems to think of herself as a Disney-style princess. Unfortunately her world is [[Crapsack World|not nearly that kind]], and by the end of the timeskip this seems to have finally sunk in with her, though she [[Unwitting Pawn|falls for Snadhya'rune's plot]] just as hard as everyone else)
Line 76:
* [[Curtains Match the Window]] (may or may not be natural)
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]] (Ariel initially mistook him for a girl, and [[Fanon]] has him as a crossdresser)
** Confirmed as of [
* [[I Have Brothers]] (inversion: he has sisters)
* [[Large Ham]] ([
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]] (to his mother)
Line 127:
* [[Didn't See That Coming]] (she says that the one thing she didn't predict was {{spoiler|that Agneya'mukhi, the Balvhakara Matriarch, would oppose her when she tried her coup}})
* [[Easily Forgiven]] ( {{spoiler|After she surrenders, Nega'fanae forgives her actions for a second time. It remains to be seen whether or not this will come to bite Nega'fanea in the ass later}})
* [[Fantastic Racism]] (She's this towards anyone not native to Nuqrah'shareh and that even includes members of her own clan who just happen to be born outside of said city. Sara'hilana Balvhakara even [https://web.archive.org/web/20120201125615/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1730 says] that while she's a good regional ruler, if given control of the entire clan her xenophobia would turn them into another Chel)
* [[Fashionable Asymmetry]] (her hairstyle, which has small sections of white on one side of her bangs)
* [[Klingon Promotion]] ( {{spoiler|tried this with Nega'fanea, but it seems that it didn't work after all since Nega survived}})
Line 145:
And Illhar'dro noble, Shen'fya is first encountered by Sandaur [[Kick the Dog|executing the palace's suu slaves]] to avoid them turning against them. Things don't get much better for her.
* [[Crazy Survivalist]] (how she [
* [[Heroic RROD]] (experiences this when she attempts to use an ancient summon and it kills her)
* [[Hypocrite]] ([
* [[Nude-Colored Clothes]] (it takes some time to realize that she actually is wearing pants, they're just very close to the same shade as her skin)
* [[Off with His Head]] (how she chooses to execute the ssu slaves)
Line 154:
=== Ishii Val'Illhard'dro ===
A young Illhar'dro girl who is on the beach when the mercenaries landed, she nearly has her tongue cut out and is [https://web.archive.org/web/20171008055309/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8017 later] seen among the refugees.
* [[Break the Cutie]] (when we see her in chapter 34, and [[Word of God]] is she never fully recovers)
Line 175:
* [[Animal Motifs]] (The crab for the Balvhakara, and the dragon for the Jie'yen)
* [[Bald of Awesome]] / [[Bald Women]] (a common style for the Jie'yen. It also makes telling the gender of individual Jie'yen somewhat difficult.)
* [[BFG]] ([[Word of God]] is that the Balvhakara cannons [https://web.archive.org/web/20131008171257/http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=3994 use a mana blast instead of regular ammo], which while making them less powerful than dwarven cannons gives them the advantage of being rechargeable with the user's mana (provided it has a sufficient core), not requiring heavy ammo or having a recoil)
* [[Bob Haircut]] (apparently standard issue for the Balvhakara, which makes sense since they spend a lot of time in helmets, and don't want to have to worry about their hair getting in the way. Even Agneya'mukhi, their leader, keeps most of her hair short with a smaller [[Short Hair with Tail|long tail]] in the back.)
* [[Cheerful Child]] (when Sara'hilana {{spoiler|accompanies Chrys to take out the Whispering Tower}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20171008054502/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8443 she's giddy at the prospect of being able to use her cannon]. [[Word of God]] is that unlike the Chelian characters, most of whom were in at least one serous fight as adolescents, Sara's never actually fought before, so the seriousness of the situation has yet to sink in. This seems to be the norm in Nuqrah, which also explains Kyo'nne's attitude and relative lack of fight experience compared to her Chelian peers.)
* [[Chekhov's Gun]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20190823171315/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1767 the dragon] seen in the Jie'yen clan page [https://web.archive.org/web/20171008062555/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6940 shows up in Vaelia's story] at the end of chapter 25, and it's heavily implied that the island the Highland Raiders are seen exploring is in fact the Jie'yen's old home)
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]] (the Balvhakara have black as one of their primary colors along with yellow, and most Balvhakara have black hair, but they're overall pretty reasonable and don't challenge the Illhar'dro for power [https://web.archive.org/web/20190823171315/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1768 even though they could]. They're also related to the Beldrobbaen, who are similar in that respect.)
* [[Determinator]] (The Jie'yen managed to hold onto their original homeland for 400 years before fleeing underground for Nuqrah'shareh.)
* [[Expy]] (The Duskians, who in-universe are seen as ones for the Kyorl'solenurn, though their clan page reveals that [https://web.archive.org/web/20190823171316/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8099 they prefer to stay neutral in clan conflicts] and are mostly made up of drowolath who were adopted by the drowussu founders)
* [[Eyes of Gold]] (Agneya'mukhi Balvhakara, and several of her descendants as well. Appropriately, their clan colors are black and yellow, mirroring their hair and eye colors.)
* [[Facial Markings]] (Agneya'mukhi's forehead jewel, and Sara'hilana [https://web.archive.org/web/20171008055322/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8009 also has one] that resembles a bindi. Some Jie'yen warriors also sport tattoos on their faces,[https://web.archive.org/web/20171008055028/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive
* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] (the Jie'yen seem to be this for China, and come from the DT world's equivalent of East Asia, while the Balvhakara have an Indian slant to them, since ''Agneya'' is a Sanskrit word, several members wear jewels on their faces reminiscent of a bindi, and their homeland is even shaped kind of like India)
* [[Horse of a Different Color]] (the Duskians are unusual even among drow in that their clan mount [https://web.archive.org/web/20171008055314/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8014 appears to be some type of dinosaur], or possibly a large flightless bird since they seem to have some sort of stunted wings. Oddly enough, they also have [[Toothy Bird|teeth]].)
* [[Humongous Mecha]] (the Balvhakara's crab golems, which are enormous [https://web.archive.org/web/20171008055202/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8047 even by the standards of the setting])
* [[Instant Fanclub]] (the fandom formed one for the Balvhakara when they turned up with a giant crab golem in their army)
* [[In the Hood]] (Agneya'mukhi wears one at the Glass Tower)
* [[Knight Templar]] (the Duskians)
* [[Lady in Red]] (red appears to be the signature color for Jie'yen members)
* [[Lawful Neutral]] (the Duskians have this as their clan philosophy, maintaining order and controlling nether outbreaks but staying neutral in politics, as evidenced by their refusal to {{spoiler|choose either Nega'fanae or Balsii}} but step in when {{spoiler|nether gates start being opened}}. In a later chapter a Jie'yen snarks that the Duskian who {{spoiler|helps hide Chrys'tel's party being snuck into the lower city by showing himself}} is being "[https://web.archive.org/web/20171008054502/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8443 useful for once]")
* [[Martial Pacifist]] (The Jie'yen)
* [[Massive-Numbered Siblings]] (Sara'hilana Balvhakara refers to herself as "The Matriarch's 18th Daughter" and she presumably has as many brothers as well)
Line 200:
* [[Powered Armor]] (worn by the Balvhakara troops)
* [[Short Hair with Tail]] (Agneya'mukhi Balvhakara)
* [[Trouser Space]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150629142449/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8472 joked about] in a chibi page, playing off the fact that pants in Nuqrah'shareh tend to be baggier than in Chel)
* [[Warrior Monk]] (the Jie'yen, and apparently Sandaur learned his stuff from them)
* [[Wild Card]] (Surprisingly for Balsii, {{spoiler|Agneya'mukhi, the Balvhakara Matriarch}}. Despite seeming to have supported Balsii in the past, in the end she chooses to support {{spoiler|Nega'fanae}} even though she was very vocal against the latter's pacifist ways, because as seen above this seems to be the best option for the city's survival)
* [[Wutai]] (the Jie'yen have this aesthetic, which makes sense since [https://web.archive.org/web/20190823171316/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1764 they are originally from the area near Vaelia's homeland], which seems to be an analog for Asia)
----
| |||