The Prism Pentad/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Badass]]

* [[Bald of Awesome]]: As a Mul, he's totally hairless.

* [[Demonic Possession]]/[[Mind Screw]]: Often in the second book when he's attacked by psionics, and also {{spoiler|When he's possessed by Tamar.}}

* [[General Failure]]: As his campaign against the Urik proceed he starts to lose men and charisma as he fights.

* [[The Rival]]: To Tithian and Rikus.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]

 

=== Tithian of Mericles ===

* [[The Mole]]: Rikus believs that he was actually helping the uriks. {{spoiler|Subverted.}}

* {{spoiler|[[No Body Left Behind]]: Borys' mind strike hit him ''hard''.}}

 

=== Magnus ===

* [[Blow You Away]]: With his voice!

* [[Carry a Big Stick]]: Armed with a club, in case his muscles weren't enough.

* [[Gentle Giant]]: Despite his fearsome look he's one of the nicest guys around.

* [[The Grotesque]]

* [[Magic Knight]]: During his days as Champion.

* [[Lean and Mean]]: He's very slim-built.

* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: No wings, very slim body, spits sand and is a master of sorcery and psionics.

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: {{spoiler|His stomach is full of obsidian orbs, required for his spellcasting.}}

* [[Big Bad]]: Of the first book.

* [[Evil Old Folks]]

* {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]: What he's going to do. Thankfully he's attacked while still in larval phase, making that a [[Clipped-Wing Angel]].}}

* [[Really 700 Years Old]]: At least more than 1500 years old.

* [[For the Lulz]]: He's been shown to be quite sadistic with his own men. Like forcing one of them to fight a sword-wielding Rikus "unarmed".

* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: Sort of.}}

* [[Made of Iron]]: He took {{spoiler|a steel dagger}} in the ''heart'' and survived without much annoyance.

* [[Magic Knight]]: He's one of the physically strongest Sorcerer Kings.

* [[Covert Pervert]]: His templars are all women and their uniform is a simple golden skirt, and nothing else.

* [[Evil Sorcerer]]

* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: He looks like a miniaturized version of the Dragon.

* [[Shrouded in Myth]]: He calls himself the "Shadow King" and likes to stay unseen.

An exotic beast captured by Tithian in order to use it in the gladiatorial games. Looks like a huge bug who can devour minds and comunicate with telepathy.

 

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Apparently just a big ugly beast, it turns out to be really important to the plot.

* [[Killer Rabbit]]: At first it doesn't look impressive (compared to the other monsters faced by Rikus at least)... then it touches you with its tentacles....

* [[Telepathy]]: Can communicate with people.

A great and powerful Halfling sorcerer, who forged the Staff of Ktandeo and the Heartwood spear. He really cares about the forest and is a little hostile towards humans, but will do anything to stop Kalak. {{spoiler|Killed by Sadira in the third book when he tries to kill her and retrieve the Staff.}}

 

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

* [[Green Thumb]]: Can manipulate wood and vegetation.

* [[Implacable Man]]: He pursues {{spoiler|Sadira}} from his native jungle across the desert.

* [[Knight Templar]]

 

== Others: The Crinsom Legion ==

A thri-keen soldier who was brainwashed by the Uriks. He fight alongside Rikus and trusts him.

 

* {{spoiler|[[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: Hamanu laughs off his poison, rip off his armor and proceed to crush his flesh.}}

* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]

* [[Animate Dead]]: Sha has this power.

* [[Double Weapon]]

* [[Knight Templar]]

* [[Manipulative Bitch]]

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]

* [[Noble Demon]]: Has his own limits.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Chews Sadira out for {{spoiler|defiling the Gardens of Nibenay.}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Worf Effect]]: New Sadira destroys him without much pain.}}

* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: The first on Athas.

* {{spoiler|[[Making a Splash]]: Creates rain and floods.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Weaksauce Weakness]]: His shadow.}}

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Wanted to revert the world to the Blue Era, but the price (the death of millions of people) is too high.