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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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Bond Creatures: His bondbird
• Magical Native American
• May-December Romance: He's twice Moondance's age.
• Mindlink Mates: With Moondance

Moondance k'Treva

• Bond Creatures: His bondbird
• May-December Romance: With Starwind
• Mindlink Mates: With Starwind

Lord Withen Ashkevron

• "Well Done, Son" Guy

Medren

• Magic Music

Jervis

• 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

• Mindlink Mates: With Shavri

Shavri

• The Empath
• Healing Hands
• Mindlink Mates: With Randale

Stefen

• 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