Kushiel's Legacy/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]

* [[The Fashionista]]: She does care quite a bit about clothing, and eventually becomes a fashion trendsetter.

* [[Yuri Genre|Girls Love]]: Most notably with Melisande and Nicola.

* [[Good Thing You Can Heal]]: She heals quickly, an added bonus of being an ''anguisette.''

* [[High Class Call Girl]]: She's one of the top courtesans in all of Terre d'Ange.

* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Phedre goes through a stage in ''Avatar'' when she wishes she were no longer Kushiel's Chosen. There are also other times in the books when she hates the fact that she's an ''anguisette.''

* [[Made a Slave]]

* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: {{spoiler|His biggest one comes in ''Chosen'' when he fights and kills David de Rocaille, the traitor Cassiline, in a duel.}}

** Also, when he {{spoiler|challenges Waldemar Selig to a duel as a distraction so he can perform a [[Mercy Kill]] on himself and Phedre.}}

* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]

* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: In-universe inversion: the Skaldi men think he's a pretty boy and not a real man because he doesn't have a beard, but the Skaldi women certainly find him attractive.

* [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]]: Her engagement to Drustan started out as a political match, but they happened to fall in love.

* [[Purple Eyes]]

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]

* [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask]]

=== Nicola L'Envers y Aragon ===

 

 

* [[Bound and Gagged]]: She likes tying people up.

* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]

* [[A Friend in Need]]: In ''Chosen,'' {{spoiler|Nicola gives Phedre the secret password of House L'Envers which compels any member of the house to give aid if it is spoken to them. She does this even though Phedre does not trust her.}}

* [[Girls Love]]

* [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]]: It doesn't seem this way at first, but she and her husband do love each other.

* {{spoiler|[[Defeating the Undefeatable]]: Selig was believed to be immune to weapons, but Isidore killed him anyway.}}

* [[The Dog Bites Back]]

* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: See [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] above.}}

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

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: The Camaelines count as a proud warrior race.

* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]

 

* [[Barbarian Hero]]

* [[Braids of Barbarism]]

* [[Famed in Story]]: The Skaldi have many songs about him.

* [[Genghis Gambit]]: Uses one to unite the Skaldi.

* [[Love Potion]]: It's not an actual potion, but the Carthaginians put a spell on Sidonie to make her fall in love with General Astegal.

* [[Missing Time]]: While under the spell the Carthaginians put on her, she has no memories of anything related to Imriel.

* [[Parental Marriage Veto]]

* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: Wears one during the Midwinter Masque in ''Justice.''

 

* [[Bastard Bastard]]: Starts off as this due to his resentment/jealousy of Imriel.

* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]

* {{spoiler|[[Fire-Forged Friends]]: He & Imriel become friends during their time together in Vralia.}}

* [[Grumpy Bear]]

* {{spoiler|[[Hot Dad]]}}: Becomes this at the end of Blessing.

* [[Mouthy Kid]]

* [[The Quiet One]]: Hardly says a word in Kiss. He [[Character Development|begins]] to talk more from Curse onwards.

King Daniel's considerably younger second wife and step mother to Prince Thierry. She was once a famed courtesan in Cereus House before giving up her profession to become queen. At first at odds with Moirin due to a shared rivalry over Raphael de Mereliot, she later becomes a friend and trusted confidante as well as lover to Moirin.

 

* [[Everyone Loves Blondes]]

* [[High Class Call Girl]]: She was an adept of Cereus House before marrying Daniel and becoming queen.

* [[The High Queen]]

* [[Gold Digger]]: Averted. Some of the citizens in the City of Elua think this of her but she and Daniel truly love each other.

* [[Les Yay]]

* [[Love You and Everybody]]: She even states that she follows the Elua's precept to the letter, in that she loves as she wilt but cannot continue to do so after getting pregnant for Daniel, as per their arrangement.

* [[Jerkass]]

* {{spoiler|[[Hive Mind]]}} {{spoiler|Gains the power to control ants in the final book of the trilogy. Seemed like a lame power at first, but then he gets creative...}}

* [[I Just Want to Be Special]]: Implied by Moirin to be the reason behind his actions. Always second best to his sister who would become the next Lady of Marsilikos and not being especially important in Marsilikos due to being male, his {{spoiler|plan to summon fallen angels was so he could give himself power and be able to take over the kingdom}}

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Falls short of being a true [[Magnificent Bastard]] so he's here.

The king of Terre d'Ange at the beginning of the trilogy and a descendant of both Imriel and Sidonie de la Courcel from the previous trilogy.

 

* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]}} {{spoiler|He was devastated by Jehanne's death and hearing a (false) rumour that his son had died drove him to commit suicide.}}

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Supports his wife's extra-marital affairs by way of an agreement made before they married; that she could keep her lovers for the first few years of marriage until they both agree to have a child. He even comments that her relationship with Moirin made her a better ruler.

=== Fainche ===

 

 

* [[Open-Minded Parent]]