Paladin (fanfic)/Characters
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Characters appearing in Paladin, a Death Note Fanfic include:
The main cast
Light Yagami / Kira
"The Hero" of the story. He's a serial killing mass murderer but otherwise a Nice Guy to be around.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- A God Am I
- Affably Evil
- Badass in Distress
- Bad Dreams
- Becoming the Mask - "Ryuuzaki's best friend"
- Big Brother Instinct
- Break the Haughty
- Butt Monkey
- Captured Super Entity
- Chekhov's Gun - "the Deal" he made with Ryuk which has seemingly no strings attached...
- The Corrupter
- Cosmic Plaything
- Cute and Psycho
- Dating Catwoman
- The Determinator
- Devil in Plain Sight
- Doesn't Like Guns
- Draco in Leather Pants
- Evil Mentor
- Good Thing You Can Heal - the "Deal" though subverted in that just because he has this power doesn't mean he should suddenly become the idiot that plays in the wood chipper.
- Half Human Hybrids
- Heroic BSOD / Villainous BSOD (whatever BSOD) - after killing someone with his own hands.
- And another one after his father dies.
- Heroic Sociopath
- Ho Yay/ Foe Yay – L, Mikami, Matsuda, and B has a moment too, and now K finds him fascinating...
- Human Resources - the "Deal" again...
- I Am Spartacus
- In the Blood
- Knight Templar
- Jerkass With A Heart of Gold
- Jerkass Woobie
- Lima Syndrome
- Laughing Mad
- Magnetic Villain
- Magnificent Bastard
- Manipulative Bastard
- Motive Decay - Lampshaded when he decides to save L... for the sake of saving L...
- Murder Is the Best Solution
- Nineties Anti-Hero
- Noble Demon
- The Only One Allowed to Defeat You
- Playful Hacker
- Poisonous Friend
- Possession Sue - I said there was author favoritism, I make no apologies.
- Protagonist-Centered Morality
- Psychopathic Manchild
- Rage Against the Reflection
- Samaritan Syndrome
- Serial Killer Killer
- Shonen Upgrade - "the Deal" again...
- Slasher Smile
- Stepford Smiler
- Tall Light and Snarky
- Through His Stomach
- Tsundere – towards L.
- Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist
- Unwanted Harem
- The Vamp
- Villain with Good Publicity
- "Well Done, Son" Guy
Ryuk
The Shinigami attached to Light and also his ancestor.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Deadpan Snarker
- Even Evil Has Standards
- Friendly Neighborhoood Shinigami
- Ho Yay - with Zellogi.
- Improbable Species Compatibility
- I Was Just Passing Through
- Luke, I Am Your Father - This is not the first time Ryuk decided to have fun in the human world. The last time he was here he had quite a wild time and broke a lot of rules. He was infamous among those ancient humans who called him "Night God."
- No Sense of Personal Space
- Plucky Comic Relief
- Shinigami
- Shipper on Deck
- Sidekick
- Slasher Smile
- Ugly Cute
L / Ryuuzaki
The Genius Detective who is hunting Kira... until he was so badly traumatized at the hands of Beyond that he his mind has gone into a fugue state.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Amnesiac Dissonance - played with, fearing he was a "horrible person" before he lost his memory, he's not too keen on remembering who he was.
- Badass in Distress
- Break the Cutie
- Butt Monkey
- Crazy Jealous Guy
- Dating Catwoman
- Deadpan Snarker
- The Determinator
- Distress Ball
- Easy Amnesia
- Faking the Dead – Though not intentionally. That message should have read "L is dead, has amnesia, or is trapped under something heavy."
- Forgot the Call
- Freak-Out
- Great Detective
- Heroic BSOD
- Ho Yay / Foe Yay – with Light.
- Identity Amnesia
- Loners Are Freaks - he fears this when he learns that he only has one friend.
- Looks Like Cesare
- Motive Decay - L has amnesia. So he's forgotten that he's supposed to be finding Kira, so now instead he is concentrating on finding his way into Light's pants.
- Stalker with a Crush
- The Woobie
- Worthy Opponent
Naomi Misora
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Action Girl
- Ascended Extra
- Badass in Distress
- Bodyguard Crush
- Break the Cutie
- Butt Monkey
- Cartwright Curse
- Clingy Jealous Girl
- Conflicting Loyalty
- Corrupt the Cutie
- Cowboy Cop
- Dark Mistress
- Deadpan Snarker
- Distress Ball
- Double Agent
- Fallen Hero
- Foe Yay
- Hot Amazon
- I Owe You My Life
- Love Martyr
- OC Stand-In
- Plucky Girl
- Prophetic Names - her nickname back at the FBI was Massacre Misora!
- Revenge
- Revenge Before Reason
- Samaritan Syndrome
- Serial Killer Killer
- Tsundere
- Undying Loyalty
- Violently Protective Girlfriend
- The Woobie
Touta Matsuda
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Badass Normal
- Butt Monkey
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Cowboy Cop
- The Determinator
- The Ditz
- Dumbass Has a Point
- Ho Yay - with Light.
- Idiot Hero
- Only Sane Man – at times
- Plucky Comic Relief
- Took a Level in Badass
Teru Mikami
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Composite Character – fused with Taro Kagami of the Death Note Pilot chapter, the character Teru was based on.
- Crazy Jealous Guy
- The Determinator
- Draco in Leather Pants
- Ho Yay - with Light.
- Insistent Terminology – Light = God, L = Lucifer, Naomi = Magdalene, Rem = angel, the messenger angel sent from God.
- Jerkass Woobie
- The Only Righteous Index of Fanatics
- Poisonous Friend
- Serial Killer Killer
- Spanner in the Works - well he made a move on his own that was rather... stupid...
- Stalker with a Crush
B / Beyond Birthday / Rue Ryuuzaki
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Axe Crazy
- Big Bad
- Cold-Blooded Torture
- Complete Monster
- Cosmic Plaything
- Crazy Jealous Guy
- Dead Little Sister - A
- Deadpan Snarker
- Death by Secret Identity
- Do Not Adjust Your Set
- Evilly Affable
- Faking the Dead - fugu me.
- The Fatalist
- Foe Yay
- Freudian Excuse
- Half Human Hybrids
- Jerkass Woobie
- The Killer Becomes the Killed
- Knife Nut
- Mind Rape
- Moral Event Horizon
- Omnicidal Maniac
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech
- Revenge
- Serial Killer
- Slasher Smile
- Waking Up At the Morgue
- Xanatos Roulette - see above about using fugu fish to fake his own death.
K / Dr. Kimiko Kujo
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Animal Wrongs Group
- Big Bad
- Foe Yay - with Light / Kira.
- In Love with Your Carnage
- Mad Scientist
- Man Behind the Man
- Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate
- Not So Different
- Playing with Syringes
- Utopia Justifies the Means
- Well-Intentioned Extremist
Daisuke Matoba
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Bait and Switch Boss
- Character Alignment - Neutral Evil
- Greed
- Hijacked by Ganon
- Jerkass
- Manipulative Bastard
- Psycho for Hire
- Red Right Hand
- The Starscream
Supporting Characters
Zellogi
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Ascended Extra - he's a minor canon character that expresses interest in the human world and what Ryuk is doing.
- Deadpan Snarker
- Even Evil Has Standards
- Friendly Neighborhoood Shinigami
- Ho Yay - with Ryuk.
- Hook Hand – he apparently lost his hand to annoying Kinddara, an Axe Crazy female Shinigami
- In-Series Nickname - Chief Linus the Shinigami
- Meta Guy - "Why did you ever let him near a TV?"
- Nice Hat – wears an Indian headdress
- OC Stand-In
- Plucky Comic Relief
- Security Blanket
- Shinigami
- The Slacker
- Spikes of Villainy
- Ugly Cute - he's a fugly corpse monster that only wants his blankie...
Rem
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Conflicting Loyalty
- Friendly Neighborhoood Shinigami
- I Gave My Word
- My Greatest Failure – failing to save Misa and kill Beyond.
- Only Sane Man
- Please Spare Him, My Liege
- Shinigami
- The Straight Man - setting up the jokes involivng poor crazy Mikami...
- Token Good Teammate
- Tsundere
Sayu Yagami
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Annoying Younger Sibling
- Damsel in Distress
- Half Human Hybrids
- Instant Web Hit - enjoys taking pictures of her brother in compromising positions and posting them on the Internet...
- Living with the Villain - blames Kira for the death of their father...
- Oblivious Guilt Slinging
- Plucky Comic Relief
- Put on a Bus - to Hokkaido, for now...
- Yaoi Fangirl
Soichiro Yagami
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Da Chief
- Dropped a Bridge on Him
- Half Human Hybrids
- Overprotective Dad
- Papa Wolf
- Parental Obliviousness
Miyuki Sanami
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
Kanzo Mogi
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
Rin Bukimi
A nurse who was killing her patients and a member of the Bukimi family...
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Eyes of Gold
- Good Doc Bad Doc
- Half Human Hybrids
- Long-Lost Relative
- Original Character
- Playing with Syringes
Mukido Bukimi
A member of the Bukimi family that attacks Light and Sayu.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Boom! Headshot! - how he goes out. (the first time, anyway).
- The Brute
- Evil Redhead
- Eyes of Gold
- Fangs Are Evil
- Half Human Hybrids
- Long-Lost Relative
- More Dakka - how he goes out the second time.
- Original Character
- The Undead
Isamu and Katsumi Misora
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents
- I Want Grandkids
- Insistent Terminology -
Light YagamiFuture Son-In-Law - Original Character - in the manga it is mentioned that Naomi has parents that are worried about her and that's about it...
- Parental Obliviousness
- Shipper on Deck
Mello
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Big Brother Bully
- Everything's Better with Chocolate
- Ho Yay / Foe Yay - with Matt and Near.
- Jerkass With A Heart of Gold
- The Mafiya
- Overlord, Jr. - he's the heir to the Russian Mafia.
- Revenge
- The Rival
- Rivals Team Up
Matt
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- The Chick – he's the one that keeps Mello and Near from killing each other.
- Hollywood Hacking
- Ho Yay - with Mello and Near.
- OC Stand-In
- Only Sane Man
- Playful Hacker
- Revenge
- Sidekick
Near
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- The Chew Toy
- Composite Character – fused with his L: Change the World counterpart
- Doomed Hometown
- The Immune
- Ho Yay / Foe Yay - with Mello and Matt.
- LEGO
- Raised by Natives - in Backstory
- Revenge
- Rivals Team Up
- White-Haired Pretty Boy
Misa Amane
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Heroic Sacrifice
- More Hero Than Thou - Manages to trick Rem into not killing herself...
- Stuffed Into the Fridge
Dr. Nakaido
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
Maki Nakaido
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
Y426 (Volk) and Y427 (Lisá)
Mello’s henchmen.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Badass Longcoat
- Blonde Guys Are Criminals - Volk
- Berserk Button - Volk, seeing women get slapped around.
- Brains and Brawn - Lisá and Volk.
- Incredibly Obvious Tail
- The Mafiya
- Noble Demon
- Original Character
- Pet the Dog
- Theme Naming - Lisá and Volk (Russian for fox and wolf)
- Those Two Guys
Dr. Kagami
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Animal Wrongs Group
- Bait and Switch Boss
- Even Evil Has Standards
- Knight Templar
- Luke, I Am Your Father
- Nietzsche Wannabe
- Not So Different
Mitsuko Yaminaka
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Axe Crazy
- Blood Knight
- Cute and Psycho
- Dark Action Girl
- Hair-Trigger Temper
- Knife Nut
- Mood Swinger
- Moral Event Horizon
- Original Character / OC Stand-In - It's "psycho knife girl" from the L: Change The World, but I couldn't find her name listed anywhere. The name is a Shout-Out to the "psycho knife girl" from Battle Royale.
- Psycho for Hire
- Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains
- Yandere
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