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* [[Conveniently an Orphan]]: His mother came to the Hayholt in a rainstorm and died giving birth to him. His father is unknown. Morgenes is the only one who knows the secret of his heritage.

* [[The Hero]]

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: After the aforementioned [[Berserker Tears]].

* [[Hitchhiker Heroes]]

* [[Locked Into Strangeness]]: Due to being splashed by a dragon's blood.

* [[Orphan's Plot Trinket]]: The ring given to him by Morgenes.

* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: He suffers a crisis of faith after seeing his friends die on the quest for Thorn.

 

== '''Princess Miriamele''' ==

* [[Runaway Fiancee]]

* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: She initially introduces herself as "Malachias," and Simon doesn't figure it out for quite some time.

* [[Sweet Polly Oliver]] / [[King Incognito|Princess Incognito]]

 

Inheritor of the throne of Erkynland after Prester John's death, Elias distinguishes himself with his violent temper and his love of carouse. The tale takes a blacker turn as his reliance on the dark priest Pryrates grows deeper, until he is coerced into making a bargain with the Storm King. Once he takes possession of the evil blade Sorrow, he begins a descent into madness and damnation.

 

* [[Cain and Abel]]: With Josua.

* [[Necromantic]]: Played for tragedy.

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: To Pryrates, who's the real force driving the war.

 

== '''Prince Josua "Lackhand"''' ==

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: In his confrontation with Pryrates.

* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: He [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrifices his life]] holding back Pryrates to allow Simon to make an escape from the Hayholt.

 

 

* [[Apron Matron]]

 

== '''Earl Guthwulf''' ==

 

* [[Jerkass]], later becoming a [[Jerkass Woobie]].

 

== '''Earl Fengbald''' ==

Founder of the League of the Scroll and the last in the line of the kings of Erkynland before Prester John took up the throne. "Saint" Ealhstan, as he was known, was a famously beloved leader who saw portents of the return of the Storm King and did everything in his power to prepare Osten Ard for this eventuality. He died fighting a dragon beneath the Hayholt.

 

* [[Genius Bruiser]]

* [[The Greatest Story Never Told]]: He killed the red dragon Shurakai [[Mutual Kill|but died in the process]]. He's the real hero to Prester John's [[Fake Ultimate Hero]].

* [[The Eeyore]]

* [[Old Soldier]]

* [[Real Men Love Jesus]]: He is seriously upset during Simon's [[Rage Against the Heavens]].

 

* [[Badass Beard]]

* [[Blood Knight]]: Big time.

"I have tasted [[The Fair Folk|faerie]]-blood tonight. I would not mind more." }}

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: He is mortally wounded while distracting the Norns so Josua's party can flee further into Aldheorte.

* [[Real Men Love Jesus]]: For all his bloodthirstiness, he is surprisingly pious.

* [[Dirty Coward]]

* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: He sacrifices himself to {{spoiler|allow Miriamele to escape from the Storm King's [[Collapsing Lair]]}} at the end of ''To Green Angel Tower''.

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: See [[Heroic Sacrifice]], above.

* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]

* [[Despair Event Horizon]]

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]

* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: To Eolair, driving her into despair.

* [[The Chains of Commanding]]

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

* [[Death Seeker]]

* [[Driven to Suicide]]

* [[Heroic BSOD]]

* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]

* [[Reluctant Warrior]]

* [[Shrouded in Myth]]

== '''Count Aspitis''' ==

 

 

* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]

 

* [[Magical Native American]]

* [[The Smart Guy]]

 

== '''Binabik''' ==

 

 

* [[The Beast Master]]

* [[The Power of Trust]]

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]

 

== '''Aditu''' ==

* [[Moment Killer]]: To Simon's would-be tryst atop the Stone of Farewell.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]

 

== '''Amerasu "Ship-Born"''' ==

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: His mere existence is such a ''wrongness'' that simple exposure to it can drive mortal minds insane.

* [[Evil Is Deathly Cold]]: Paralyzing cold is how he freezes Simon's will and forces him to obey the call of Bright-Nail.

* [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]: His backstory is a quintessential example of what happens when you go too far in pursuit of an idealistic vision of the world.

* [[Knight Templar]]: With respect to mortals. He has no sympathy for them and wishes them all utterly destroyed.

* [[The Messiah]]: He started out as this and could well have remained it had tragedy not interfered.

* [[The Undead]]

 

== '''Pryrates''' ==

 

* [[Bald of Evil]]: He shaves his head.

* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]: He learns these right from the source -- Utuk'ku and Ineluki themselves. Specifically, the Words of Changing and the Words of Unmaking.

* [[The Dragon]]: The heroes believe that he is Elias' henchman. They are wrong; Elias is Pryrates' pawn. It then appears that he will be this for the Storm King, but he ends up being more of a [[The Starscream|Starscream]], and the heroes are not the ones who kill him.

* [[Evil Is Not a Toy]]: Yup, trying to backstab the ancient, angry undead sorcerer you just resurrected is a ''great'' idea.

* [[Evil Sorcerer]]

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Literally, in his [[Establishing Character Moment]].

* [[Karmic Death]]

* [[Evil Is Deathly Cold]]

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]

* [[Winter Royal Lady]]

 

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