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The characters of The Inkworld Trilogy. Additions welcomed.

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Mortimer "Mo" Folchart

• Blessed With Suck: How he views his powers, which robbed him of his wife years ago. He gets over it eventually, but he never reads out loud to Meggie.
• Casting Gag: Brenden Fraser is stated to be the vocal inspiration for him. Not only does he take up that role in the movie but also did the audio book for Inkspell.
• Curtains Match the Window
• Happily Married: To Resa.
• The Hero: Eventually, in Book 3.
• Nice Guy: Compared to some of the other heroes - who can at times be petty and selfish - Mo is the straightest example of this.
• Papa Wolf

Meggie Folchart

• Demoted to Extra: Always prominent in the plot, Meggie nonetheless diminishes in significance after the first book, going from The Protagonist to Supporting Protagonist. A common criticism of Book 3 is that her only Arc was "choosing between two suitors".
• Hair of Gold
• The Hero: In Book 1, and arguably in Book 2 (which is more of an Ensemble piece).
• Kid Heroine
• Plucky Girl

Dustfinger

• Anti-Hero: Type IV
• Back From the Dead
• The Big Guy: Somewhat, during the first two books before he ascends to The Lancer.
• Cynical Mentor: To Farid.
• Disappeared Dad: He left two daughters (and his wife, Roxanne) behind in the 'Inkworld' when Mo read him out. One has since died of illness.
• Good Scars, Evil Scars
• Heroic Sacrifice
• The Lancer: Becomes this to Mo in Book 3.
• Lovable Traitor
• Playing With Fire
• Redheaded Hero
  • Adaptation Dye Job: Was made a blond in the film.
• Scars Are Forever: Til Inkdeath, where they're erased
• Wild Card

Elinor

• Bookworm
• Defrosting Ice Queen

Farid

• Anti-Hero: Type IV
• Back From the Dead
• The Lancer: To Meggie, especially during Book 2
• Naive Newcomer
• Romantic False Lead

Teresa "Resa" Folchart

• The Chick
• Cute Mute: Until Inkspell.
• Hair of Gold: Though, it had gotten darker over stress while being forced to serve Capricorn during Inkheart.
• Happily Married: To Mo.
• Hot Mom
• Missing Mom: In Book 1, due to having been sucked into "Inkheart" years ago.
• Plucky Girl
• Shapeshifting: Inkdeath. Transformation type, she turns into a swift.
• Trapped in Another World: Though as it turns out, she was read out by Capricorn's 'reader', Darius, years before the main story began.
• Wholesome Crossdresser: Her first time in the Inkworld had her in men's clothing.
• Yamato Nadeshiko

Fenoglio

• Heroic BSOD: He descends further into one the more out of control his own story's plot goes
• Jerkass: At times, and always appropriately called out on it.
  • Jerk With a Heart of Gold
• My God, What Have I Done?: Unfortunately for Fenoglio, the Stormtrooper Effect does not exist in the Inkworld...
• The Smart Guy

Capricorn

• Bald of Evil: In the film, due to having shaved it off. It also shows there that he used to have a Beard of Evil. It's unclear how much of this holds true in the novel itself.
• Big Bad: Of Inkheart.
• Book One Final Boss
• Complete Monster
• Expy: Of Adolf Hitler himself, according to Word of God. Holds true in-story, though it's not stated outright.
• Freudian Excuse: It's not used to excuse his actions though, just to explain them. Fenoglio even points out that while it always existed, he deliberately left it out of the story.
• Karmic Death
• Lack of Empathy
• The Sociopath

Basta

• Animal Motifs: Foxes.
• Arch Enemy: To Dustfinger.
• Came Back Wrong: Deliberately, thanks to Orpheus.
• The Dragon: To Capricorn in Book 1, to Mortola onwards.
  • Dragon Ascendant: Subverted, he doesn't actually lead Capricorn's fireraisers after his demise, due to the fact that most of them perished in Inkheart.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Unlike the other Fireraisers, Basta - despite his capacity for evil and cruelty - isn't really a sadist, nor does he Kick the Dog (certainly not For the Evulz). Even Dustfinger acknowledges this.
  • It may explain why he wasn't Retconned in the first book's climax, as well.
• Killed Off for Real
• Knife Nut
• Start of Darkness: According to Fenoglio, he has one of these, which is actually surprisingly sympathetic.

The Magpie

• The Dark Chick
• Evil Matriarch
• Evil Old Folks
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: She wounds Mortimer for killing her son, Capricorn.

Roxanne

• Hot Mom
• Tall, Dark and Bishoujo

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