Heralds of Valdemar/Characters/Last Herald-Mage Trilogy
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This subsection of the Heralds of Valdemar Character Sheet involves characters from the Last Herald-Mage trilogy.
Vanyel Ashkevron and Companion Yfandes
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- All Gays Are Promiscuous: Subverted; Vanyel could possibly count his number of lifetime lovers on one hand (no more than two hands) and is basically celibate by the time he reaches his thirties.
- All Gays Are Pedophiles: Is definitely NOT one, but that doesn't stop people from assuming he is in Magic's Promise
- Calling the Old Man Out: Delivers a well-deserved one to his father in Magic's Pawn
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Thanks to Tylendel.
- Doomed by Canon
- Driven to Suicide: Fortunately interrupted both times.
- Gayngst
- Heroic BSOD: In Magic's Pawn, after Tylendel's death, and in Magic's Price, after going on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge after being raped by bandits employed by the Big Bad.
- Heroic Sacrifice
- Ice Queen: During a large chunk of the first part of Magic's Pawn, with the appropriate metaphors and everything.
- Jerkass Facade: Adopts one after falling in love with Tylendel in order to keep their relationship secret from Vanyel's father.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Much of the point of Magic's Pawn is to coax the gold out of the Jerkass Facade that he constructed to protect himself from being hurt.
- Lover and Beloved: He's twice Stefen's age, and for this reason among others tries very hard to stick strictly to a mentorship role for quite a while, only Stefen isn't having it. Van himself was a Beloved to Tylendel, which meant he depended on his lover for everything. Their closest associates quickly pointed out how unhealthy it was.
- Magic Knight
- May-December Romance: With Stefen.
- Mindlink Mates: With Tylendel and Stefen.
- Person of Mass Destruction: Has enough power that he could potentially level Haven (Valdemar's capital).
- Phrase Catcher: At the beginning of Magic's Promise, he is repeatedly told "You look like hell". Justified in that he does, having just gotten back from a year on the front lines filling in for five other Herald-Mages at once.
- Red Baron: Demon's Bane, Shadow Stalker, The Hero of Stony Tor...
- Reincarnation Romance: With Tylendel/Stefen
- Secret Legacy: He is the ancestor of the Valdemaran royal line and a line of mages in Clan k'Treva.
- Shrouded in Myth: To the later generations.
- Superpower Lottery: He won it
- Troubled but Cute
- With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
- What Beautiful Eyes!: Silver ones, which he gets from his mother, along with the rest of his good looks.
- White-Haired Pretty Boy: Or at least Prematurely Greying Pretty Boy - a side effect of heavy magic use.
Tylendel Frelennye and Companion Gala
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Closet Key: For Vanyel
- Diabolus Ex Machina: Like whoa.
- Dirty Mind Reading/Sex by Proxy: An ill-planned attempt unlocks all his psychic gifts too early.
- Apparently he tried to do this with his Companion in a moment of loneliness. She never let him forget it.
- Driven to Suicide
- Heroic Sacrifice: Gala.
- Mindlink Mates: With Vanyel
- My Greatest Failure: The Heralds themselves seem to consider him this, especially Savil, his trainer.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge
- Twin Telepathy: With his brother Stavan.
Savil Ashkevron
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Blood Brothers: Is a Wingsister to clan K'Treva, and is especially close to Starwind.
- Cassandra Truth: Realizes that the deaths of the other Herald-Mages are not accidents, but murders. Vanyel refuses to believe her until its too late.
- Cool Old Lady
- Mentor
- Mentor Occupational Hazard: Dies in the third book.
Starwind k'Treva
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Bond Creatures: His bondbird
- Magical Native American
- May-December Romance: He's twice Moondance's age.
- Mindlink Mates: With Moondance
Moondance k'Treva
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Bond Creatures: His bondbird
- May-December Romance: With Starwind
- Mindlink Mates: With Starwind
Lord Withen Ashkevron
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
Lady Treesa Ashkevron
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Medren
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
Jervis
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He terrorizes Vanyel in the early parts of the first book, but proves to be a surprisingly decent guy in the subsequent novels.
- My Master, Right or Wrong: He terrorized Vanyel on the orders of his father who felt it would "make a man of him".
King Randale
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Mindlink Mates: With Shavri
Shavri
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- The Empath
- Healing Hands
- Mindlink Mates: With Randale
Stefen
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Driven to Suicide: Nearly, until he is stopped by Vanyel's ghost.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: Literally - in order to earn his happy ending with Vanyel after death, he's asked to spend his life working to overcome the perception of Heralds as inferior to Herald-Mages.
- The Hedonist: At first.
- Heroes Want Redheads: His hair is described as bright auburn.
- Lover and Beloved: With Vanyel.
- Magic Music
- May-December Romance: With Vanyel
- Mindlink Mates: With Vanyel
- Morality Chain: He plays a major role in keeping Vanyel sane.
- Really Gets Around: Before meeting Vanyel he had quite the reputation.
- Street Urchin
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