Dark-Skinned Blond: Difference between revisions

** Has the added bonus of further isolating [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]] Lirael from everyone else she knows. {{spoiler|She may be half-Clayr, but it's the Abhorsen look that shows up.}}

* In the ''Warworld'' anthology book series, there's an entire ''race'' of Dark Skinned Blondes, the Frystaaters, whose ancestors were mainly white Afrikaners who moved to a planet with such intense sunlight that they had to darken or die. Since their high-gravity planet also bred super-strength, most people don't tease them about it.

* Cadence Drake in Holly Lisle's ''Hunting the Corrigan's Blood'', due to her mother's gene splicing as political statement.

* Telemakos, main character of Elizabeth E. Wein's Mark of Solomon books, because his father's British and his mother African. Genetically speaking, this shouldn't be possible (especially as his hair is almost silver- it's that light), but there's no mention of this.

* Liquid Snake of ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' isn't noticeably dark-skinned in the game itself, but official artwork shows both him and Fortune (of ''Metal Gear Solid 2'') looking like this. Liquid's colouring is enhanced by spending about ten years in the Middle East being bleached and tanned by the sun (his brother is paler due to living in Alaska, and it's implied he dyes his hair dark); Fortune is your everyday [[But Not Too Black|naturally-blonde-and-blue-eyed black woman]].

** Don't forget Drebin from the 4th game.

* Vanessa Lewis from ''[[Virtua Fighter]]''

* The Kirschwasser realians in ''[[Xenosaga]]'', who also possesses [[Eyes of Gold|gold eyes]], as does every single realian in the game.

* Nao Nao, partner of the equally dark-skinned Sota, in ''[[The World Ends With You]]''. Of course, they're ganguro, and it makes sense, considering Shibuya is full of quirky fashions. The game's dialogue plays up her [[The Ditz|ditziness]].

* Vaan from ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''.

** Most of the Vieras in Ivalice, the world of ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''.

* This is the default skin tone/hair color combination in ''[[Battlefield Heroes]]''.