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== Humans ==

 

=== Eragon ===

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Largely a [[Good Is Not Nice|Type III]], but has moments of [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV]] by ''Brisingr'', and becomes moreso in ''Inheritance''.

* {{spoiler|[[Anti-Magic]]: In ''Inheritance''. One of only three practitioners. After using it extensively to break curses, he's probably the most [[Taught By Experience|prolific]] user by the end of the book.}}

* [[BFS]]: In earlier publications.

* [[A Boy and His X|A Boy And His Dragon]]

* [[Butt Monkey]]

* [[Cool Sword]]: Zar'roc. Later {{spoiler|he forges his own blue sword, Brisingr (see below for details).}}

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: It doesn't show up very often, but he has a seven-year-old's [[Bile Fascination|fascination]] with [[Squick]] which slowly morphs into a rather dark [[Nightmare Fetishist|Nightmare Fetishism]]

* [[Constantly Curious]]

* [[Dragon Rider]]

* [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]]: {{spoiler|In the final battle, he turns the tide against Galbatorix when he makes the king feel the agony of everyone he's ever caused pain.}}

** Nonverbal magic is so ridiculously dangerous that even the most powerful magicians only use it for the smallest of spells, since those are low risk. It's a party trick, for those who know it. {{spoiler|Galbatorix doesn't know that it exists, so Eragon is able to incapacitate him with it. He then uses it to instantaneously shield himself and his friends from Galbatorix's atomic [[Rage Quit]], where normal spellwork would have been far too slow.}}

* [[Idiot Hero]]: He gets better about it, but traits remain all through the series, as he's struggling to learn everything he needs to know to be a Dragon Rider. Their training usually takes DECADES.

* [[Instant Expert]]: In less than a year, he masters sword-fighting, learns how to read, and becomes fluent in the Ancient Language. [[Reality Is Unrealistic|While it's not as difficult as some may claim]] he ''is'' explicitly noted to be an abnormally fast learner.

* [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]: In a moment of [[Properly Paranoid]], Eragon decides that this would be way, way too easy for him to do. So he automatically shuts down any offers of Kingship or long term authority.

* [[Magic Knight]]

* [[Necessarily Evil]]: In his mind, all of his lapses and killings are justified because he's fighting an immortal [[Evil Overlord]], and no amount of slaughter or mayhem that he causes could be worse than what Galbatorix would cause. He still angsts quite a bit over this though. {{spoiler|This becomes a major plot point early on in Brisingr.}}

* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]: At one point fantasizes without much irony about having an apple tree planted over his grave, so that his family would partake of his corpse every time they ate from it. Yum. Similar examples abound throughout the books.

* [[Simple Staff]]: Uses one in ''Brisingr'' for awhile, but soon becomes frustrated with it.

* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: In the first book, he goes out of his way to avoid killing humans, limiting his violence to [[Our Orcs Are Different|urgals]]. In ''Eldest'', however, he drops the policy and starts killing any human associated with the Empire without mercy.

** {{spoiler|He takes quite a few after he discovers the hidden Eldunari cache under Vroengard, gaining enormous magical power. What's more important is that he's learned ''how to use it.''.}}

* [[Walking the Earth]]: {{spoiler|He leaves Alagaesia at the end of Inheritance, due to needing a more suitable place to raise the cache of dragon eggs found on Vroengard and to remove the temptation for him (now the most powerful being alive on the continent) to become another Galbatorix. He has no plans to return and doesn't expect to be able to see his loved ones in person.}}

=== Roran ===

Eragon's cousin, initially a farmboy. Later, after his betrothed, Katrina, is kidnapped by the Empire and his village condemned, he becomes determined to lead his people to safety and fight Galbatorix.

* [[And This Is For]]: When he {{spoiler|kills the Ra'zac.}}

* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: A combination of asskicking and charisma turns him into the unofficial leader of Carvahall, and later gains him a position in the Varden. {{spoiler|He commands an entire battalion by the story's end, and gets to be earl of Palancar Valley}}.

* [[Simple Staff]]: Has one, which he eventually gives to Eragon.

* [[Supporting Leader]]

* [[The Unfettered]]: He'll do anything to save Katrina, and, to a lesser extent, defeat Galbatorix.

* [[Wartime Wedding]]: To Katrina, although they were already engaged beforehand.

=== Brom ===

An old storyteller in Carvahall and a friend of Eragon's, who finds out about Saphira and asks to accompany them on their journeys. Later revealed to be {{spoiler|a Dragon Rider whose dragon was killed during the Fall. He founded the Varden in the years following Galbatorix's rise to power and is determined to bring Galbatorix down.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Came Back Wrong]]:}} Averted. Eragon wants to {{spoiler|use the Eldunari to resurrect him at the end of ''Inheritance'' but they warn him that they will probably never be able to restore his mind. He decides that it's not meant to be and just carves a new epitaph for him.}}

** {{spoiler|They also make the very good point that they aren't neurologists and would probably fry his brain in the process.}}

* [[Prequel]]: Paolini has expressed interest in writing a fifth book which would tell his and Jeod's backstory, as well as detailing the Fall of the Riders.

* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]: After Book 1.}}

* [[The Storyteller]]: While living in Carvahall.

* [[Tragic Hero]]: Destiny made sure that he failed in nearly everything important in his life, except for {{spoiler|killing Morzan}}.

=== Murtagh ===

A solitary, traveling young man that does not give his loyalty to either the Empire or the Varden, disdaining both. He meets Eragon on the road and becomes a traveling companion. Later revealed to be {{spoiler|the son of Morzan, first and last of the Forsworn, and the destined partner of the red dragon egg still in Galbatorix's possession.}}

* [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Father]]: He had one, as the scar on his back will attest to.

* [[Ancestral Weapon]]: {{spoiler|In the second book, he takes Zar'roc from Eragon, claiming that it's his inheritance. Technically he's right, it belonged to his father.}}

** [[Badass Normal]]: He's Eragon's equal in swordfighting (and later becomes his superior), an excellent archer, and he even manages to temporarily destroy Durza. {{spoiler|He turns into a [[Badass Abnormal]] later on, though.}}

** [[Badass Abnormal]]

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]

* [[Determinator]]: During their final sword fight, Eragon tries to figure him out, and realizes that he ''can't'' possibly defeat Murtagh in a fair fight, because Murtagh not only outclasses him in swordsmanship, but is so driven and determined that winning the fight could never mean as much to Eragon as to Murtagh, even if his life is on the line.

* {{spoiler|[[The Dragon]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Dragon Rider]]}}

** {{spoiler|It never took.}}

* [[Fatal Flaw]]: An unwillingness to face his problems.

* [[Missing Mom]]: She died when he was a child.

* [[Parental Substitute]]: Tornac played this role to him.

* {{spoiler|[[Punch Clock Villain]]}}: {{spoiler|Even after having clashed with Eragon, resented Eragon for having things easier, and at times genuinely wanted to kill Eragon, when free of his bonds one of the first things he does is to teach Eragon the very valuable and dangerous Name Of Magic and take his leave as a brother.}}

* [[Psychic Block Defense]]: It's very hard to get into his mind. {{spoiler|Only Galbatorix ever succeeded.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]}}: At the end of ''Inheritance'', he effectively says this {{spoiler|to the Empire, the Varden, and the whole continent. Considering what he's been through, the loner probably deserves the time to himself.}}

* [[Shoot the Dog]]: He will not hesitate to.

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: {{spoiler|With Nasuada, but unfortunately Murtagh must leave. As a technically-war-criminal. }}

* {{spoiler|[[Stronger Sibling]]}}: Even at the end of the story, {{spoiler|Eragon believes him to be a better fighter.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Tragic Villain]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Walking the Earth]]: His ultimate fate. He and Thorn leave for an unknown destination, resolving that they might return when the world is a less hateful place.}}

=== King Galbatorix ===

A former Dragon Rider who rose up against the others and overthrew them, now the King of the former Broddring Kingdom, and the Empire he formed from it.

* [[Beard of Evil]]: This is one of his few distinguishing physical characteristics.

* [[Big Bad]]

* [[The Emperor]]

* [[Evil Overlord]]

** [[Rage Quit]]

* [[Genre Savvy]]: We learn in ''Inheritance'' that he took loyalty oaths in the Ancient Language not just from his officials and soldiers but from a random swath of peasants as well, making any occupation of Imperial territory a very problematic affair tying up a large number of troops.

* [[The Ghost]]: Despite being the [[Big Bad]], he doesn't appear in person until ''Inheritance''.

* [[Groin Attack]]: How he killed Vrael, the last leader of the Dragon Riders.

* [[Large Ham]]: In the movie.

* [[Light Is Not Good]]: {{spoiler|He uses Vrael's Rider sword, and Umaroth, Vrael's dragon, was white. The sword's original name fits [[Light Is Good]], but Galbatorix gives it a new, more sinister name. Eragon thinks the new name fits it better.}}

* {{spoiler|[[My God, What Have I Done?]]}}: {{spoiler|Ultimately defeated when Eragon and the Eldunari backing him force him to feel the agony of all his victims. "What have you done? ''What have you done?'' }}

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: According to him, he was spending most of his time trying to enchant currency to defeat counterfeiting. Apparently, the counterfeiters were really damn tenacious. He claims that administrative issues like that took up way more time than being evil ever could.

* [[Sorcerous Overlord]]

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: He can be argued as such. {{spoiler|He believes that magicians need to be restricted by law, as otherwise they have any normal person at their mercy. A good intention to start from, but...}}

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: {{spoiler|Had no idea that non-verbal magic was possible. Eragon just so happens to be competent at it.}} To his credit, however, the sheer amount of power and wards he had set up were making it really difficult to exploit.

 

=== Ajihad ===

The leader of the Varden.

* [[Badass Beard]]

* [[Bald Black Leader Guy]]

* [[Bald of Awesome]]

* {{spoiler|[[Black Dude Dies First]]: Not the first death in the series, but the first death in the second book.}}

* [[Rebel Leader]]

* {{spoiler|[[Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome]]}}

=== Nasuada ===

Ajihad's daughter, heir, and eventual successor.

* [[Badass Normal]]

* [[Lady of War]]

* [[Rebel Leader]]

* [[Ship Tease]]: With both Eragon and Murtagh. {{spoiler|The latter is very overt later in the series, while the former more subtle. Notably, she's ''very'' protective of her friendship with Eragon, nominating him as her [[Number Two]]. When he tells her he's leaving Alagaesia she attempts to bribe him with just about everything under the sun to stay, finally breaking down when she realizes there's nothing she can do.}}

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: {{spoiler|With Murtagh. Unfortunately, she's a queen (by the end), and Murtagh has way too many people hating him for it to ever work.}}

 

=== Angela ===

A herbalist, fortune teller, and witch who always seems to know what is happening, and where things are going to be happening.

* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: In Inheritance, Angela's sword {{spoiler|Tinkledeath, a blade which embodies the essence of sharpness, literally allowing it to cut through anything non-magical without even creating friction or resistance, it just slides through.}} It is never specified whether it's simply a blade made from [[Unobtainium]] or enchanted. Angela isn't talking though.

* [[Alchemy]]: Her type of magic relies mostly on herbs and potions.

* [[Badass Bookworm]]

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: She's fairly polite, if [[Brutal Honesty|brutally honest]], but perfectly willing to poison the Empire's soldiers.

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: About as eccentric as they come, but still highly valued by the Varden for her skills and power.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]

=== Elva ===

An orphaned baby girl who Eragon blessed in Tronjheim. However, due to a mistake in ''grammar'', she ended up being cursed to feel all the pain around her and try to protect others.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type 3]].

* [[A Wizard Did It]]: Eragon did it. That's how she got her powers.

* [[Character Development]]: After Eragon gets the courage to stand up to her, she becomes less self-obsessed.

* [[Creepy Child]]

* [[Creepy Good]]: She is an infant with violet eyes and an adult's voice in a child's body, which scares the hell out of many adults. She is (ostensibly) on the good side, but she isn't above using her power of knowing what someone's future pain is, someone's fears, or hopes for manipulation of powerful people for her own benefit.

* [[Dark Magical Girl]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That]]: She's aware of Eragon's feelings for Arya and how much he hates it that she rejects him, thanks to her powers.

* [["No. Just... No" Reaction]]: Her reaction when Nasuada {{spoiler|tries to convince her to keep her curse for the good of the Varden.}}

* [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up]]: The only real explanation given is "So I grew bigger."

* [[Purple Eyes]]

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: When she meets Eragon, she makes very clear that she isn't too pleased with his actions in turning her into what she is. Does it again to Eragon when {{spoiler|he tries to forcibly remove her powers.}}

* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]

* [[Younger Than They Look]]

 

=== Jeod ===

A scholar and friend of Brom.

* [[Badass Bookworm]]

* [[Retired Badass]]: He's had quite his share of adventures with Brom.

=== King Orrin ===

King of Surda, a supporter of the Varden.

* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: In ''Inheritance'', he starts drinking more under the stress of the war, including during important meetings.

* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Asks this of the Varden in ''Inheritance''.

 

=== Sloan ===

Carvahall's butcher, and father of Katrina.

* [[Anti-Villain]]

* {{spoiler|[[And I Must Scream]]: Eragon's punishment of Sloan is... pretty harsh.}}

* [[Overprotective Dad]]: Where matters of dating are concerned. Also isn't thrilled about her traveling into the Spine, but that's [[Justified]] since her mother died there.

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Does NOT want anything to hurt his daughter.

 

=== The Twins ===

Two bald and rather nasty magicians who have served the Varden for many years. {{spoiler|They are actually spies for the Empire, and later turn on their former comrades.}}

* [[Bald of Evil]]

* [[Black Magic]]

* {{spoiler|[[Evil Genius|Evil Genii]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}

* [[Mind Probe]]

* [[Mind Rape]]

* [[No Name Given]]: They're just "the Twins".

* [[Power Levels]]: Stronger than most magicians in the Varden and the Empire, but still not as strong as Eragon, Arya, Murtagh, or one of the other major players in the setting.

* [[Smug Snake]]

* [[Synchronization]]

* [[Twin Telepathy]]

 

=== Lord Barst ===

He was an Imperial general known for his cunning and prowess in battle.

* [[Amulet of Concentrated Awesome]]: His {{spoiler|Eldunarí.}}

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: ''Lord'' Barst. Justified because Galbatorix magically increased his asskicking powers due to his authority.

* [[The Brute]]

* [[Hero-Killer]]

* [[The Juggernaut]]

=== Tenga ===

A reclusive hermit who lives and studies magic at a deserted elven outpost. Angela remembers him as her mentor.

* [[Badass]]: He wields magic that Eragon considers extremely dangerous, such as casting magic without the Ancient Language, casually.

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: He owns several compendiums of the Ancient Language, which are considered to be rare and a great treasure.

 

 

 

=== Saphira ===

Eragon's dragon. After being held in Galbatorix's treasury for many years, she was stolen by the Varden and eventually ended up in Eragon's hands.

* [[The Ace]]: Is considered naturally talented for a Dragon.

* [[Blasphemous Boast]]: When flying, she occasionally dares "whatever gods there might be" to challenge her, because she sees herself as just that awesome. Eragon notes that dragons are susceptible to flattery, {{spoiler|even wise, ancient ones like Glaedr.}}

=== Thorn ===

A red dragon bonded to {{spoiler|Murtagh.}}

* [[Anti-Villain]]: In the same way as {{spoiler|Murtagh}}.

* [[The Chew Toy]]: A non-humourous example, as Eragon notes. Of the major characters, Thorn is likely more [[The Woobie]] than anyone else.

* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Compared to Saphira, however, he's slower and less graceful, but has thicker, stronger limbs.

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Saphira in ''Inheritance'' {{spoiler|He survives, but it doesn't happen.}}

=== Glaedr ===

An ancient gold dragon bonded to {{spoiler|Oromis.}}

* [[Eyes of Gold]]

* [[Handicapped Badass]]: He is missing a leg.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Spends much of ''Inheritance'' in the grips of depression, unwilling to talk.

* [[Soul Jar]]: {{spoiler|Resides in one by the end of ''Brisingr''}}.

 

=== Shruikan ===

Galbatorix's black dragon, stolen from the Riders.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: As a result of a hundred years of abuse, he's gone completely insane. His eyeballs are literally ''shuddering'' with insanity.

* [[Breath Weapon]]: During his debut in ''Inheritance'', he breathes a jet of flames as wide as a river and several kilometers long.

=== {{spoiler|Firnen}} ===

The third dragon egg in Galbatorix's possession, {{spoiler|he becomes Arya's dragon and Saphira's mate for the short time she and Eragon remain in Alagaesia.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Fourth Date Marriage]]}}: {{spoiler|With Saphira.}} Though not for life and actually only a few months unless something amazing happens.

* {{spoiler|[[There Is Another]]}}

=== Arya ===

The elf [[Ambadassador|ambassador]] and the guardian of Saphira's egg for fifteen years. Also secretly {{spoiler|the daughter of the elven queen, and thus a princess.}}

* [[Action Girl]]: She's held up as this incredibly powerful warrior, is shown to take on urgals, and with some help from Eragon and Saphira, kills a shade at the end ''Brisingr''. She's also Eragon's technical superior in swordsmanship.

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Her movie incarnation had reddish gold hair, while the Arya in the books is dark haired.

* {{spoiler|[[Badass Princess]]}}

* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: She is heavily bruised and injured after her torture in Gil'ead, but is still beautiful, and Eragon heals her shortly after.

* [[Determinator]]: More of a female version of this than a [[Plucky Girl]], given her utter grimness in personality and complete lack of emotional warmth, at least initially.

* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Spends much of ''Eragon'' as one. She seems to resent the label.

* {{spoiler|[[Dragon Rider]]: The last of the three dragon eggs, the green one, does in fact hatch for her. His name is Firnen.}}

* [[Elves vs. Dwarves]]: She has a lot of disputes with the dwarves, especially since her position means she has to travel among them quite often.

* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Of the repressed variety. To be fair, even when she does open up, she seems to be naturally restrained.

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: She definitely isn't.

* [[Green Eyes]]

* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]: Black leather

* [[Heroic Resolve]]

* [[Lady of War]]

* [[Letting Her Hair Down]]: When she arrives in Ellesmera, she takes the leather band out of her hair, starts wearing dresses, relaxes, and becomes quite a bit less tense and cold. (But still is.) This trend inches along a bit as the series continues.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]

* [[Love Interest]]: for Eragon

** {{spoiler|Very interestingly subverted. It's eventually clear that she is in fact interested in Eragon. ''But she still considers him a child'', and seems to be disgusted (or mildly disturbed) at herself. As such...}}

** {{spoiler|[[Jail Bait Wait]]: What she imposes on both of them. 10-20 years or so. Unfortunately Eragon doesn't plan on being able to see her then.}}

=== Oromis ===

Also known as the Mourning Sage and the Cripple-Who-Is-Whole, Oromis is a mysterious and powerful individual who reaches out to Eragon and encourages him to go to the elves for further training. {{spoiler|Oromis is the last of the old riders, still alive, but severely crippled and no longer the rider that he once was.}}

* [[Dragon Rider]]

* [[Gray Eyes]]

=== Rhunön ===

The greatest elven smith, who forged the swords that were presented to the Riders. Rhunön is one of the very oldest of all elves, still remembering the time before the Dragon Riders, before elves were even immortal.

* [[Awesome Yet Impractical]]: She strongly advises against such designs, as a weapon that looks awesome but doesn't fulfill it's purpose is ugly to her eyes.

* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: She specializes in making things of this description.

* [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much]]: She does not fit the mold of the traditional elf. She is one of the few who lived before the elves gained their immortality, however.

* [[The Napoleon]]: Shorter and ruder than other elves.

* [[People Puppets]]: {{spoiler|How she forges Eragon's new sword; she possesses him and makes ''his'' body do the forging.}}

* [[Polyglot]]: She can speak the Ancient Language, the human language, and the dwarvish language.

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Really over 2700 years old.

* [[Restraining Bolt]]: She can no longer forge weapons because of her oath. {{spoiler|This does not extend to controlling someone else to let them make their own with her expertise and methods}}.

* [[The Stoic]]: Defied by her. She criticizes the rest of the elves for acting like they have "no more emotion than a marble statue!"

* [[Ultimate Blacksmith]]

=== Queen Islanzadi ===

Queen of the Elves, and {{spoiler|Arya's mother.}}

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: She holds her own against Lord Barst for longer than anyone else.

* [[The High Queen]]

=== Blödhgarm ===

The leader of a group of twelve spellcasters who were sent to help Eragon.

* [[Beast Man]]

* [[Eyes of Gold]]

=== Orik ===

The dwarf prince, nephew of King Hrothgar, and a friend to Eragon.

* [[An Axe to Grind]] / [[Drop the Hammer]]: His weapon is an axe, while he later {{spoiler|inherits Volund, the hammer of the dwarven kings}}.

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]

=== King Hrothgar ===

The king of the dwarves and an ally of the Varden.

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: For the movie, where his white hair and beard become brown.

* [[Badass Beard]]

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: He's old even by the standards of dwarves, who live longer than humans, but can still kick ass on the battlefield.

* [[Drop the Hammer]]: He wields Volund, the hammer passed down through the dwarven kings for thousands of years.

* [[Parental Substitute]]: To Orik.

=== Durza ===

A Shade, once a nomadic orphan who learned sorcery, now a powerful ally of Galbatorix.

* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: His heart.

* {{spoiler|[[Climax Boss]]}}: In the first book.

* {{spoiler|[[Disc One Final Boss|Disc One Final Dragon]]}}

* [[Evil Redhead]]

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]

=== The Ra'zac ===

The last of a nearly extinct species who preyed on humans for food, now serving as the king's personal dragon hunters.

* [[Black Cloak]]

* [[Cassandra Truth]]: {{spoiler|The last adult Ra'zac to die tries to tell Eragon that Galbatorix has nearly found the name of the Ancient Language.}}

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]

* {{spoiler|[[Monster Is a Mommy]]}} The Lethrblaka are the parents of the humanoid Ra'zac {{spoiler|and the Ra'zac themselves are the parents of a clutch of eggs in Galbatorix's possession.}}

* [[Poisoned Weapons]]: They coat their arrows and blades in Seithr Oil, which dissolves living flesh.

* [[Precursor Killers]]: Oromis states that it may have been the Ra'zac and Lethrblaka that destroyed so much of the humans' ancient homelands that they decided to flee across the sea from war and plague.

=== Solembum ===

A werecat, and companion to Angela.

* [[Creepy Child]]: As a human.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]

* [[Our Werebeasts Are Different]]: The books describes werecats not as shapeshifting humans, but as a separate magical species. He has [[Cute Little Fangs]] in human form.

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]

 

=== Nar Garzhvog ===

An Urgal chieftain who joins the Varden with much of his race.

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Among Urgals, it really does.

* [[Genius Bruiser]]

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Surprisingly, he is among the most reasonable of the rebel army's leaders.