History Characters / Archipelago

--->'''Steller''': Take my advice: If you ever happen to challenge a seagull chieftain to mortal combat, double check to see if 'eerily delighted widows' are part of your winnings!

* CloudCuckooLander: For good reasons - per WordOfGod, Paollo lives in the waking world and in the world of dreams simultaneously, which makes him absent-minded and easily distracted.

* BlindPeopleWearSunglasses: Blind seranith, apparently, also do. He even has them in his soul form. WordOfGod says that he was born blind.

* LastOfHisKind: Not of his species, but of his bloodline. He's outlived all of his relatives and WordOfGod clarifies that he never had children, so unless there are other descendants of Little Twin Fish kicking around that he doesn't know about, he's the last - meaning he's also the last person to ever possess his heir power. [[spoiler: Thankfully, both the Great Raven and Snow are conclusively defeated before he dies of old age, so this never becomes a problem.]]

** SizeShifter / SuperToughness: Using her powers also causes her to shrink. The smaller she gets, the stronger and tougher she gets.
* SickeninglySweethearts: She and Riley are all over each other whenever possible.

* SerialRomeo: Per WordOfGod, but with no hard feelings afterwards (he and Anansi are very AmicableExes).

** TeleportationSickness: Notably exhausted after mass-teleporting herself and three others to safety.

* FunPersonified: Constantly upbeat (to Raven's annoyance), friendly to everyone, he reacts to being turned into human again this way:
-->'''Uru''': Ha! Haha! Oh, look at you, you sweet, darling digits! It's been too long!
He also wanders the corridors of a besieged castle barefoot, singing a BawdySong (and indeed, got captured by Snow in the first place because of a NoodleIncident ''involving'' a BawdySong). He's a bit more serious in the flashbacks and quite capable of LetsGetDangerous but most of the time, he's just enjoying life as it comes.

--->'''Raven:''' What makes that woman think she can order us around like that?\\

** {{Teleportation}}: He uses it already in his first appearance, and only later do we learn which heir he's stealing it from.

* SurvivorsGuilt: She's the only one of Snow's slaves who survived. [[spoiler: Oficially. Uru slipped through the cracks.]] Even though she had been a little girl at the time, she blames herself for not saving her best friend Uru. When under the effects of hallucinogenic magical smoke:
-->'''Credenza''': You only exist in my head, you can't hurt me.\\

She also blames herself for not saving Dragonfly (who told her to run and get on with the quest several times). [[spoiler: And for not having saved Blitz in the final battle, although he gets saved by someone else]].

-->'''Raven:''' What makes that woman think she can order us around like that?\\

* ManChild: Blitz is mentally on a level of a five-year-old, more or less. Case in point: Laundry Pants Man. He can't read (according to WordOfGod, he learns later), doesn't always know how to [[BuffySpeak express himself clearly]], plays a lot and generally sees the world in a simplified, childish, sometimes plain odd ways. Then again, it's not his fault.

* AscendedExtra: He was originally going to be little more than a recurring {{Mook}} who would possess Blitz, until [[WordOfGod the author pictured him and Credenza talking]] and it just went from there.

** MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Credenza helping Blitz (and him by extension), combined with Snow trying to kill him for becoming independent, is the last straw that makes him switch loyalties.
** MookFaceTurn: Was just another raven spirit before his accident with Blitz and subsequent siding with Credenza. WordOfGod states that Raven ranked ''really'' low compared to his fellow raven spirits - being nothing more than an intelligent mind-probe.

* BizarreTasteInFood: He casually munches on peanut-butter and ''mustard'' sandwiches and offers them to Credenza. WordOfGod says wereshark stomachs are a lot more durable than regular humans'.

He's understandably embarrassed about this. In Quillotia, [[spoiler: Han, shapeshifted into a cute servant girl]] preemptively tries to keep him from entering the fight with a [[UmbrellaDrink fruity punch]] and a sympathetic ear. It almost works. Tuff's also the last of the group to recover from [[MushroomSamba hallucinogenic smoke]] in the underworld.

* IAmAMonster: Tuff has a hard time accepting his shark side, especially that, per WordOfGod, he and Riley are ''used to TorchesAndPitchforks''. [[spoiler:He gets better eventually, in part because, when he involuntarily goes full shark around Cassie, he's the opposite of violent towards her. Turns out, "the shark" is not necessarily bloodthirsty, it's still Tuff, just with no inhibitions. Then again, his Maze of Dreams nightmare is still built around this issue.]]

** [[spoiler: DreamWeaver: Stealing Paollo's power has turned him into one. He uses this to terrorize the heroes in Book 9, and later in the Maze of Dreams.]]
** MookMaker: His most frequently seen power, making {{Golem}}s out of any available material.
** [[spoiler:SuperStrength / SizeShifter: While holding onto Alice's soul.]]
** {{Teleportation}}: He uses it already in his first appearance, and only later do we learn which heir he's stealing it from.
** HealingFactor: One of the heirs is a healer, but Snow's only using this power passively as the arm rebuilds him bit by bit.
** YourSoulIsMine: His other most frequently used ability, the entire point of the arm [[spoiler: also stolen from one of the heirs]]. Its user can detach a soul from the body [[spoiler: not only the Heirs']] and store it inside or leave it out.

** DragonWithAnAgenda: Hard to tell what his agenda actually is (he gives conflicting motives), but Snow will casually defy the Great Raven's "death and destruction right now" orders to have more fun later, or just because. All things considered, Snow's on his own side and nobody else's.

* StealthHiBye: He keeps sneaking up to people behind their backs and announcing his presence by saying something weird. Occasionally he uses VillainTeleportation to do it. For instance, when Steller is threatening to kill [[spoiler: Han, who got lost and walked into the camp]]:
-->'''Snow''': Steller, this is your conscience. Don't kill the midge-wing, it isn't riiiight. Seriously though, he's with me.
With most people, he seems to be doing this as psychological warfare tactic (and for fun). With Steller, he does this mostly because he finds riling him amusing:
-->'''Steller''': I'll never understand how someone as big as you can be so quiet!

* WhiteHairBlackHeart

** To Raven - by joining the Raven Army, [[FridgeBrilliance she lost what he gained by leaving]]. She's also just as knowlegeable as he is, both are second-in-command for Snow and Credenza respectively, and while Raven cares for and comes to genuinely love Credenza, Lucinda doesn't have any particular feelings for Snow.

* TrappedInVillainy: He's definitely unhappy with this place in the order of things, but can't see how to escape his uncle or the Raven. By WordOfGod, his [[DealWithTheDevil deal with the Raven]] is:

* YoungerThanTheyLook: WordOfGod says that he is actually 17, but is aging faster because he spends most of his time in animal form.

** SpotTheImpostor: Puts Tuff and Riley in this situation, but it falls apart when he can't carry Riley's {{BFS}} (and because [[spoiler:the real Riley's pants were unbuttoned]], which Han failed to notice).
** ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: When finally backed into a corner, he makes himself look like the three people he knows his opponent loved or loves, desperately hoping that DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment. ([[ShapeshifterSwanSong Nope.]]) [[spoiler:He ultimately shows Lucinda ([[TheUnreveal but not the reader]]) his true form before dying.]] Long before that, he shapeshifts into [[spoiler: wounded Paollo to trick and stab Tatami]].
** ShapeshiftingSeducer: [[spoiler: Has seduced Lucinda in the backstory.]] Also tries the trick with ''Tuff'' (shapeshifted into a cute girl).

** BattleHarem: All three of them are ravens and more than willing to get their hands dirty.
** UnwantedHarem: They are also [[AxCrazy uncontrollable]], eat anything they can kill regardless of if it's sentient, go nuts about shiny trinkets, one of them [[EyeScream likes to gouge out people's eyes]], and they all [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking refuse to speak English]].
-->'''Steller''': Take my advice: If you ever happen to challenge a seagull chieftain to mortal combat, double check to see if 'eerily delighted widows' are part of your winnings!

* InternalizedCategorism: He's terrified of being a violent wereshark and in a genuine, deep state of shock after his first fight fully transformed. Earlier, he has a GuiltInducedNightmare where ''he'' is the monster stalking Credenza. Tuff, unlike his laid-back brother, really takes the FantasticRacism to heart - whispered insults and dirty looks actually hurt him, while Riley ignores them.

* LossOfIdentity: Normally, being possessed by a lurker raven would've pushed the original mind into a backseat, but not shatter it. Except the original owner of the body, Anthony, [[spoiler: changed his mind in the middle of possession when he understood what he was losing and tugged back]], causing both him and the raven spirit to break. For all practical purposes, [[DeathOfPersonality Anthony is gone]]. People who knew him tend to be confused by Blitz at first, but they're quick to notice how differently he acts, sees the world and holds himself. Incidentally, as we see in a certain {{Flashback}}, Anthony used to be much more like ''Raven'', a self-assured and smart adventurer with a somewhat theatrical personality.

%% he never had a lot of magic to begin with * [[spoiler:BroughtDownToBadass: Eventually, he gains a human body (that only has one arm), but loses his raven magic, aside from the wings. He's still a reliable asset as a fighter.]]

* InsecureLoveInterest: When he realises he's in love with Credenza. Later on, after [[spoiler: Uru is changed back and]] joins the group, Raven is harshly, vividly reminded of his faults and only eases the angsting after the other guy outright tells him he's not perfect, either.

* SenseFreak: Raven's fascinated by tastes and really enjoys eating with Blitz's mouth. He keeps a very detailed journal of everything he's ever eaten and whether he liked it or not (we see him working on it on page once).

* SharingABody: For a while, he's the sub-letter in Blitz's body, which he occasionally takes over. Later [[spoiler: they get separated by Credenza's magic overload and he starts growing his own body]].

* WingedHumanoid: [[spoiler: Once he gains his own body it has one physical wing and one magical wing (that doubles as an arm). He can fly just fine, but rarely does outside of battle.]]

* BlackEyesOfEvil: When his eyes become fully black, it's a strong indicator that his shark instincts are getting out of control. [[spoiler: Especially later, when he's able to turn into a full wereshark.]]

* BigEater: Subtle, but he's eating something in many a panel and hearing sad stories doesn't affect his appetite (he even takes a bite out of the bowl). He's also [[FoodAsBribe bribable with fish pie]], and impresses Alice with how much he can eat in a quillotian restaurant. He's also quite eager to try the dragon tea Cassie cooks and he likes it.

* HeroicWillpower: Their leader, Tatami. He can overcome [[spoiler: Vaniji's [[MindRape mind control]].]]

* CoolOldGuy: Of the friendly, chatty and avuncular sort who doesn't need to do any actual violence to get his way. Complete with a mentor-y pipe. He sincerely compliments Cassie's dragon tea (a special soup for dragons she can cook really well) and pranks [[spoiler: Uru and Anansi when they're drunk at the wedding]].

* OldMaster: Has an air of zen-like effortless cool about him. [[spoiler: Later teaches Blitz how to be a dragon.]]

Vaniji's girlfriend-slash-arm candy. %%wears a flower that resembles an open maw with teeth; pretty much a gangster moll

* GadgeteerGenius: He knows his machines (he used to be one). And software. Fixing and hacking (and sometimes guiling [=AI=] into doing what he wants) are his specialties, and as he grows as a person, he begins to built small whimsical devices, like [[spoiler: Credenza's bird alarm clock or Benjamin's small robot body in the epilogue]].

%% not character trope, delete * HomeSweetHome: [[http://thesilvertophat.deviantart.com/art/Arch-5-pg-119-91619702 Here]], stopped thanks to a ShutUpKiss from [[LoveInterest Credenza]].

-->'''Raven''': That woman likes people and animals and plants and things full of live! She could never be impressed by a cold, incomplete toy like you.

* HeroicWillpower: He can actually resist Raven. It's not easy, but he can. There are also several instances in the story where it seems like he's dead... and he comes back (as BigDamnHeroes, no less) triumphantly.

* MadeofIron: Probably justified by [[spoiler: being a dragon]], but let's see: this is the guy who nearly died at sea and started running around less than ''two hours'' after getting brought to safety. He's unaffected by sleeping powder, a magic explosion, falling from heights... It takes [[spoiler: being skewered through his heart in both waking world and dreaming world]] to stop him.

* HumanityEnsues: Early on, his broken raven heart is mended by Credenza, so he gains a functional soul. [[spoiler: Later, he gets a (one-armed) human body to go with it.]] Psychologically speaking, being forced to interact with people instead of controlling them gradually turns him into a person with emotions, drives and existential fears.
* InsecureLoveInterest: When he realises he's in love with Credenza. Later on, after [[spoiler: Uru is changed back and]] joins the group, Raven is harshly, vividly reminded of his faults and only eases the angsting after the other guy outright tells him he's not perfect, either. %% add that quote about her liking living things and him being unable to give her those

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Gets [[TearApartTugOfWar torn in half]], but only one of the halves seems to retain sentience (unless the one taken by Snow is only playing dead). [[spoiler: In book 7, the heroes get the other half and Listy repairs itself.]]

* MasterOfThreads: Her magic, which is incredibly fortunate, since she can substitute a scarf for the hands she lost.

Werebat captain of a merchant ship that Anthony worked on. Marooned Anthony for a murder [[spoiler: he himself committed]]. A couple of weeks later, he lands his ship on Ruin Island only to be greeted by Blitz. Syn and his crew are astonished by the change that happened to the young man, but the captain seems suspicious of it...

* MindRape: Repeated offender. Out of the named characters, he did this to Mona, Kor, [[spoiler: and all the Paollo's guards except Tatami, who managed to resist]].

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: After her mind gives in to brainwash fatigue [[spoiler: after witnessing Han, disguised as ''her'', murder Vaniji]], and cracks, she's reduced to an EmptyShell recing a MadnessMantra. [[spoiler: In the epilogue, she acts kookier than Blitz.]]

** ShapeshiftingSeducer: [[spoiler: Has seduced Lucinda in the backstory.]] Also tries the trick with ''Tuff'' (shapeshifted into a cute girl) and casually sleeps with Mona disguised as Vaniji (see his character quote).

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Claims to be this, compared to the Raven and his servants. [[ShutUpHannibal Credenza disagrees.]] %%needs quote?

Then again, we never see what she was like before Vaniji got to her...

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: After her mind gives in to brainwash fatigue and cracks, she's reduced to an EmptyShell recing a MadnessMantra. [[spoiler: In the epilogue, she acts kookier than Blitz.]]

* QuestionableConsent: Vaniji is most probably sleeping with her, and he's definitely {{brainwashing}} her so much her noodles are pretty much cooked. He just needs to snap his fingers and tell her what to do, and she does it, giggling. [[spoiler: Han also probably slept with her in Vaniji's guise, which might have been the last straw to break her mind. That, or witnessing Han, disguised as ''her'', murder Vaniji]].

-->'''Tabitha''': Hss, I really stink at this abbess thing. Should have stuck to crime.

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Gets [[TearApartTugOfWar torn in half]], but only one of the halves seems to retain sentience (unless the one taken by Snow is only playing dead). [[spoiler: In book 8, the heroes get the other half and repair Listy.]]

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Claims to be this, compared to the Raven and his servants. [[ShutUpHannibal Credenza disagrees.]]

* QuestionableConsent: Vaniji is most probably sleeping with her, and he's definitely {{brainwashing}} her so much her noodles are pretty much cooked. He just needs to snap his fingers and tell her what to do, and she does it, giggling. [[spoiler: Han also probably slept with her in Vaniji's guise, which might have been the last straw to break her mind.]]

** To Raven - by joining the Raven Army, [[FridgeBrilliance she lost what he gained by leaving]]. She's also just as knowlegeable as he is.
** Also to Tuff. Both are intelligent Readers of the Listing of Names, and she hates him for "stealing" the book from her.

-->'''Paollo''' (falling onto a bad guy's head): BY THE POWER OF MY ANTCESTORS I VANQUISH THEE!!!
* DistressedDude: [[spoiler: Poor guy has been Snow's prisoner for most of the comic.]]

* LongLived: He speculates that his heir magic is what kept him alive longer than every other member of his family. [[spoiler: The magic itself, however, is also subject to the ravages of time and it doesn't prevent his death of old age before the epilogue.]]

%% * NotSoDifferentRemark: The parallels between him and his favorite victim Credenza are strong, and he brings this up more than once in an attempt to throw her off balance. %%move? it's not really a character trope, is it? is it even this trope?
-->'''Snow''': Why, Credenza, you're talking as if ''I'm'' the crazy one.

* [[spoiler: RedemptionRejection: He sneaks away from the good guy camp, even though they welcome him on Credenza's word. In the epilogue she's happy to see him, but Knull says it's too much of old pain. Although he gets a nice job proposal from the Eastern Continent and it's implied that he takes it.]] %% ReformedButRejected is for when the good guys don't accept a HeelFaceTurn, and he rejects himself

-->''Tuff''': Don't you get it? Try and see it from the Book's perspective. To the Book, a reader is like its family! It can't just choose one at random, there has to be a relationship. How would you feel if I had died and you were told you needed to pick a new brother?

-->...a beggar boy with a loud mouth and no friends who was promised the world in exchange for his soul.

--> Take my advice: If you ever happen to challenge a seagull chieftain to mortal combat, double check to see if 'eerily delighted widows' are part of your winnings!

-->''Haask, vi katap'n plaut su froos!'' Can't I leave you alone for five minutes without you devouring someone important?

-->That's it! I'm as loyal a servant as anyone could ask for! But there is a time to say: 'That's [[spoiler:a giant monster]]. Retreat and try again later.'

!! Uru Tan [[spoiler: Phulbirt Fairplay]]

The seranith loyal to Anthony, who left his family home with him to settle in the old castle on Paper Island. Or, to be more precise, those seranith who have stayed through household's financial problems - as we first meet them, the group consists of:

[[folder:Protagonists]]

* ActionSurvivor: No experience as a fighter whatsoever, but quick on her feet, lucky and well-liked (so people help her).
* AmplifierArtifact: Paollo gives her the Soul Key necklace in their first shared vision (back in book 2) and she wears it for the rest of the story (see her portrait). It also detects evil magic. And fixes broken hearts, without the wielder even having to do anything.
* AllLovingHero: Not to the stupid levels, but she genuinely believes in her fellow man. Except captain Snow.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Compassionate and unwilling to let evil stand, Credenza has brought many a wounded wild animal home, which Paolin isn't happy about. Her [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduction to the story]] is dragging a castaway (Blitz) to safety. During the story she refuses to help ''once'' - and then ends up helping anyway. Credenza's determined helpfulness earns her Blitz's UndyingLoyalty and Raven's (initially begrudging) respect. It's also why [[spoiler:Dragonfly entrusts her with both Tin Can Turtle's soul and the plot]]
-->'''Credenza:''' I wasn't trying to be a hero. I just saw they needed help. How could I turn away from that? I can't just look the other way and pretend there isn't evil at work here.

%% * DamselOutOfDistress: Frequently, she's very capable of holding her own. %%examples?
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Her home town was one of many Snow razed. She spent a good portion of her childhood as an abused slave on one of Snow's ships and only managed to escape when Uru threw her overboard.]]
* [[spoiler: DreamWalker: She discovers the power later in the story and it proves instrumental in the finale.]]

* GirlNextDoor: While pretty much uninterested in clothes and romance, she's the emotionally mature advisor to Alice, caretaker to Blitz, does the housework on the sub and admits to Deliza that after travelling with guys for so long, it's nice to have some girl talk once in a while. Credenza is not afraid to get her hands dirty, will whack a bad guy with a stick if they're threatening her friends, and doesn't seem to think in "tomboy/girly" terms, at least not about herself.
* TheHero: She sort of stumbles into saving the world quest by rescuing a random shipwrecked guy. She finishes said quest by [[spoiler: winning a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind while an impressive army of her friends and followers battles the bad guy army in the physical world]].
* MagneticHero: As Snow notes, Credenza effortlessly gains the loyalty and friendship of others.
* OfficialCouple: Becomes one with Raven. The story ends with them dancing at the very beach where they first met.
* PluckyGirl: The optimist between SourSupporter Raven and nervous, insecure Tuff. She stumbles into adventures and pulls herself back out with a little help of her friends.
* SlaveBrand: [[spoiler: On her arm]], left over from when she was on Snow's ship.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She looks a lot like her parents. Some speculate that [[spoiler:Dragonfly and/or Olivia]] counts as well. %%that will need rewording

* TragicKeepsake: Credenza's skull hair tie doesn't seem like something she's buy for herself, so it's a bit odd that she kind of panics when she loses it and is relieved after Blitz finds it. Then Credenza explains the hairtie was a gift from Uru, when they were both slaves on Snow's [[SubmarinePirates sub]] after the captain burned her home town and killed her parents, and explains how much she misses him.
* TrueCompanions: She's the center of a RagTagBunchOfMisfits who would gladly give their lives for her - Credenza, in turn, is a loving TeamMom to all her boys.

A young man with one eye and amnesia ([[DemonicPossession among other problems]]) who washed ashore Ruin Island. Initially untamed and untrusting, he eventually calmed down after Credenza befriended him and gave him a name. She quickly discovers that Blitz's amnesia is the result of a fudged possession attempt by an evil Raven spirit. [[spoiler: His former self stabbed his eye to stop the Raven from taking control of his body, which resulted in his mind getting split in two; childish wild Blitz, and cold calculating Raven. Blitz and Raven would eventually become separated, but the damage done to his mind remained.]]

* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: Blitz doesn't consciously remember being Anthony (his dreaming self and mind readers can access these memories), and, while he's aware of everything Raven does, he's not always able to stop him.
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Blitz's childish demeanor and mood-swinging tendencies apparently do not make for a pleasant mental landscape, or possibly it's all those jagged shards of Anthony's memories left over he doesn't know about. %%quote? ** Raven then Lampshades how dangerous Blitz's mind can be. And he would know, since he's the raven who broke said mind, or rather the raven who got broken by it.
%% not really this trope, delete * AmnesiacDissonance: Spelled out in chapter one - he used to be cold and distant during his time on Sin's sub, in stark contrast to the childish happy-go-lucky idiot Credenza finds. This is caused by the LossOfIdentity problem - Anthony, the original brooding loner, simply isn't there anymore.

* BewareTheNiceOnes / BewareTheSillyOnes: Make no mistake, you hurt one of Blitz's friends, and you will regret it. If you live long enough. [[spoiler: This brain-damaged young man is a {{Weredragon}}, incidentally. But even before he discovers that, he's a force to be reckoned with.]] Also, all the shards of his broken mind are still there, and they're ''[[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead sharp]]''. Vaniji finds that out the hard way.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Quite capable in a fight when things get desperate. At first he would trade places with [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Raven]] when that sort of thing was needed, but he can do very well on his own.

* FlipPersonality: For the first couple of books, while his SharingABody with Raven isn't amicable. Credenza can tell by the shift in demeanour, but sometimes Raven makes the body's tatoos glow magically.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: Sort of; Raven appears as a wisp over Blitz's shoulder when he's not in the driver seat. Likewise, when Raven is using Blitz's body, Blitz starts floating around ''his'' shoulder. [[spoiler: Later they get separated.]]
* HiddenDepths: Blitz may be a [[KindheartedSimpleton brain-damaged idiot, but his innocence lends itself well to looking after others]], and his love for Credenza is more than blind loyalty. He also tends to use quite sophisticated language, left over from Anthony. Of course, he follows it with BuffySpeak like:
-->You're gonna faith him to death!

* LossOfIdentity: Normally, being possessed by a lurker raven would've ensured the original mind taking a backseat, but not being completely shattered. Except the original owner of the body, Anthony, [[spoiler: changed his mind in the middle of possession when he understood what he was losing and he tugged back]], causing both him and the raven spirit to break. For all practical purposes, Anthony is gone. People who knew him tend to be confused by Blitz at first, but they're quick to notice how differently he acts, sees the world and holds himself. Incidentally, Anthony was much, much more like ''Raven'' in personality, [[ByronicHero brooding, self-assured and smart]].
* [[spoiler: TheLostLenore: For Anthony, Chesska, his wife who DiedInChildbirth.]]
* ManChild: Blitz has a body of a grown man, and a mind of a five-year-old-boy. Case in point: Laundry Pants Man. He can't read (according to WordOfGod, he learns later), doesn't always know how to [[BuffySpeak express himself clearly]], plays a lot and generally sees the world in a simplified, childish ways. Then again, it's not his fault.

* [[spoiler: OnlyMostlyDead]]: In book 10, but [[spoiler: saved by '''Snow''' giving up the mechanical arm thing to him]]. %%elaborate?

* ScarsAreForever Blitz's entire torso is covered in scars that date back to the very first page, when he washed up on the beach all cut up. They remain visible for the entire story.
* TalkativeLoon: He doesn't have much of a filter, courtesy of the brain damage. %%quote?
* [[spoiler: {{Weredragon}}]]

A Raven spirit, one of many. Originally his mission was to possess the minds of normal people and use them to the goal of awakening the Great Raven trapped beneath the Archipelago. Unfortunately, his last attempt didn't go so well, and he became one of two personalities inhabiting Blitz's body. Originally bent on causing chaos, he [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal joined Credenza's side after the other Ravens turned on him, seeing him as useless in his current state]].

A perpetually confused individual, since his unique circumstances make him vulnerable to emotions and feelings outside of his programming as a spirit. Raven tends to exert his frustrations by being grumpy. Over the course of the story, he learns to love and becomes very protective of Blitz in a brotherly way, and of Credenza, in a romantic way. [[spoiler: After eventually separating from Blitz, he develops a physical body of his own.]]

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: One of the first signs of his developing emotionality and love for Credenza - he's willing to grind their expedition to the underworld to a complete halt just to make sure she's okay.
-->'''Raven:''' Forget the heirs. Forget the Raven. Until we find Crendenza, nothing else matters.

* BerserkButton: Do NOT hurt Credenza. And it's not wise to hurt Blitz, either.

* [[spoiler:BroughtDownToBadass: Eventually, he gains a human body, but loses his raven magic, aside from the wings. He's still a reliable asset as a fighter.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from remorselessly [[DemonicPossession possessing]] Anthony to becoming a benevolent, if grumpy, hero who desperately wants to overcome his old nature and do something good. As showcased when Raven learns Blitz can communicate with Snow's arm and is concerned.
-->'''Raven''': I don't want you to live with a stranger in your head. Again.
* TheComicallySerious: On occasion. Especially in the first couple of books, when he has no idea how humans work, really, like when he's wearing an adorably childish bib and complaining about Credenza not paying attention to him. Less comical after settling into his personhood, but still has his moments.
-->''How do humans live like this?!''
* TheCynic: Begins as one, a thoroughly miserable, snarky pessimist who hates humans. He [[TookALevelInIdealism gradually grows out of it]].
* CrushBlush: After Raven learns to love, he sometimes blushes when watching Credenza being Credenza.

-->'''Raven''' (after giving Clair a piggy-back ride): Ow. Who needs a spine when you have love?
* {{Deuteragonist}}: He undergoes the most CharacterDevelopment of the main characters, and it has the most impact on the plot. [[spoiler: During the final battle, he leads the attack on Snow's physical form while Credenza wages a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind with Snow.]]

* FakeDefector: During the events of book nine, he willingly turns himself in to the Great Raven's army to ransom for Credenza. He gives a pretty convincing speech about [[spoiler:the futility of his attempts to be human]], and just when it seems like he's ready to give everyone else up so Credenza can live... he changes his mind at the last moment. [[spoiler:Cue dragonfire on the army.]] %%more detail, quote
* GoodIsNotNice: If Snow was an heir, Raven wouldn't mind killing him in the hopes that the next one would be "nicer". Even [[AllLovingHero Credenza]] thinks [[JerkassHasAPoint this is tempting]] (but it's [[TheAntichrist Snow]] we're talking about).
* GoodAngelBadAngel: He appears as a winged ghost-like wisp with MessyHair over Blitz's shoulder when not in control, and Blitz does likewise. [[spoiler: Until they get separated.]]
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Originally a MindProbe for {{brainwashing}} people into {{mook}}s, finishes the story as a proper person and a hero, to boot.
* HeelFaceTurn: When Snow and the other Ravens turn on him in book two, he [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal vows vengeance out of spite]]. He eventually becomes attached to Credenza and the others and develops more selfless reasons for fighting against Snow.

** MookFaceTurn: Was just another raven spirit before his accident with Blitz and subsequent siding with Credenza. Adding to this, WordOfGod stated that Raven ranked ''really'' low compared to his fellow raven spirits - being nothing more than an intelligent mind-probe.
%% not character trope, move * HomeSweetHome: [[http://thesilvertophat.deviantart.com/art/Arch-5-pg-119-91619702 Here]], stopped thanks to a ShutUpKiss from [[LoveInterest Credenza]].
* HumanityEnsues: Early on, his broken raven heart is fixed by Credenza, giving him a functional soul. [[spoiler: Later, he gets a (mostly) human body to go with it.]] %%does he gain the other arm eventually? check
* HumanityIsInfectious: Credenza mending his heart with the Soul Key and being forced to time interact with people instead of controlling them triggers a change in him. He gradually starts behaving like a person, including emotions. Its all but stated that his original host was the template for the new personality. [[spoiler:Cassie points out that the curls his fingers when's he's afraid just like Anthony used to.]]
* HumbleGoal: [[spoiler: Towards the climax of the final encounter with Snow, everyone gets [[LotusEaterMachine trapped in their own dreams]]. Raven's is being a humble engineer in what's implied to be the {{precursor}} civilisation, with Credenza as his wife. He's the only one unaware of this being a dream and indeed thinks their adventures were one.]]
* InsecureLoveInterest: When he realises he's in love with Credenza. Leaving tiny gifts for her all over the sub only causes him more angst. Later on, after [[spoiler: Uru is changed back and]] joins the group, Raven is torn between jealousy and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy trying to remove himself from the picture]]. The other guy then takes him aside and calmly explains there was never anything romantic between him and Credenza. %% add that quote about her liking living things and him unable to give her those
* KnightInSourArmour: Grows into this. He keeps the tendency to complain and snark along the way, but ultimately he'll be doing good.
* TheLancer: Credenza's closest ally and a direct contrast to her. %%explain?
* LuminescentBlush: After growing a body, when Credenza is teasing him or just being herself.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Once he develops a conscience, it's a pretty strong one. He's very remorseful for what he did to Blitz.
* NoSocialSkills: Being created as a [[ArtificialIntelligence spirit]], his original purpose was an auxilliary to the Great Raven. Since the Great Raven had been an antivirus on a spaceship, human emotions and ways of thinking were not the priority here.
%% * IJustWantToHaveFriends: Becomes very wary of being left behind or forsaken because of his nature as a spawn of the Raven. %%find examples or delete

* PerpetualFrowner: He rarely smiles, and his default expression is one of neutral indifference.
--> '''Devera:''' "Not that I havn't tried to make him smile. It's hard to draw him with that expression without it looking... un-Ravenlike."
%% is this a character trope? move out * PropheticFallacy: His gift from Dragonfly was a vague but unpleasant piece of advice: [[spoiler: you will have to choose between the one you love and the one who made you. You will choose the latter.]] And he doesn't [[SadisticChoice exactly]] [[HeroicBSOD like]] [[DeathSeeker it]].** In the end, though, the choice turns out the opposite of sadistic: [[spoiler: it's how Raven is to break out of the LotusEaterMachine, by choosing the real Credenza (who made him the person he is) over the perfect illusion of her (to whom he's married in the dream).]]

* SenseFreak: He's fascinated by tastes and really enjoys eating with Blitz's mouth. [[spoiler: More after getting a physical body.]]
* SelfSacrificeScheme: He wants to avoid realizing Dragonfly's [[PropheticFallacy not so clear]] but [[SadisticChoice clearly unpleasant]] prophecy this way. During chapter nine he becomes a borderline DeathSeeker. Credenza doesn't approve.
* SharingABody: For a while, he's the sub-letter in Blitz's body, which he occasionally takes over. Later [[spoiler: they get separated by the after-effects Credenza's magic overload]].
* SourSupporter: For quite some time, while he's still not understanding these human ideas like loyalty or saving the world and only working with the group to bring down those who wronged him.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: At first, he would take control of Blitz at inopportune times to cause trouble. Once he starts working together with Credenza, the superpowered side stops being evil.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: Having never felt emotion for most of his existence, it takes him quite some frantic figuring out to learn how to handle them. Doubly so when he falls in love.
* WingedHumanoid: [[spoiler: Once he gains his own body it has one physical wing and one magical wing. He can fly short distances, but rarely does.]]

A half were-shark from Quillotia. Despite growing up relatively sheltered from the world (and his home island's FantasticRacism towards sharks), Tuff always had the stigma from his parents' MalignedMixedMarriage looming over him. His parents' disappearances finally spurred him to run away from home. [[spoiler: He also stole Mikel's sub. But Mikel forgives him during the story.]] He intended to go alone, but Riley followed him. The two lived a nomadic lifestyle for eight years before meeting Credenza and getting caught up in the search for the Heirs.

* AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: His moral fears are tied to the [[HulkingOut berserker]] aspects of being a wereshark, but he's also AfraidToHoldTheBaby (Mikel's son).
-->'''Tuff''': I tell you I'm a monster and you hand me your firstborn?

--> Gregor Samsa is a giant potato!
He's understandably embarrassed about this. In Quillotia, [[spoiler: Han, shapeshifted into the guise of a cute girl]] preemptively tries to keep him from entering the fight with a [[UmbrellaDrink fruity punch]] and a sympathetic ear. It almost works.
* DeadpanSnarker: Usually when tired of Riley's antics. %%quote
* EmotionallyTongueTied: He has no problem talking to girls about everyday subjects, but whenever he wants to tell one he likes her, Tuff panics and blurts out something completely unrelated. He was pretty smitten with Credenza during the first couple of books, but this never went anywhere. Once he starts falling for Cassie, the problem re-emerges, to the point that in the epilogue they have a proper TwiceShy situation (she thinks he stopped liking her, because he avoids her). [[spoiler: He finally gets his courage at the reception and Cassie kisses him.]]
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: He claims Riley's antics have given him ulcers. Subverted, though, in that while he's the more repressed, nervous and brooding (and generally thinks before he does things), he comes up with irresponsible ideas like [[spoiler: stealing a sub]] to run away from home.
* GeniusBruiser: The bruiser part only really comes into play once [[spoiler: Dragonfly gifts him with RequiredSecondaryPowers so he's able to transform into a full wereshark]].

* IAmAMonster: Tuff has a hard time accepting his shark side, especially that, per WordOfGod, he and Riley are ''used to TorchesAndPitchforks''. [[spoiler:He gets better eventually.]]
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: He's already attracted to Cassie, but once he sees her tear through the enemy ranks to defend her home, he's ''smitten''. It runs in the family.
** LoveAtFirstPunch: His first interaction with Cassie was a sharp kick in the jaw from her to his wereshark form. His second interaction was being sweet to her and reassuring her she's fine, the weresharks won't go in here.
* TheInsomniac: Often goes without much sleep. He claims it's due to having a lot on his mind.
* InternalizedCategorism: He's terrified of being a violent wereshark and in a genuine, deep state of shock after his first fight fully transformed.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: After having killed some of the ravens the first time he turns into a wereshark, even though they were the bad guys who attacked his home island and threatened to kill his cousin's heavily pregnant wife, not even counting the people they actually killed. Mikel finds him huddled in a corner, and has to be walk Tuff to the improptu hospital, very gently. StressVomit is involved. A well-meaning orderly further twists the knife by yelling at someone, to get rid of a dead traitor (meaning one of the ravens) and make room for people who are still alive.]]

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Rigorously conscientous, bookish, insecure in contrast with his brother's brash, extroverted impulsiveness.
* TheSmartGuy: Particularly after the Listing of Names makes him the Reader, but he's been steering and maintaining a sub for eight years and often thinks for two.

%% not chacter trope, move * [[spoiler:TheyDo: In the epilogue, he finally manages to (awkwardly) tell Cassie exactly how he feels.]]

%% not character trope, move * [[spoiler:TheyDo: In the epilogue, he finally manages to (awkwardly) tell Cassie exactly how he feels.]]

Tuff's twin brother and also a half-wereshark from Quillotia. Impulsive, brash and extroverted, Riley seems to wear his heart on his sleeve, but hides some impressive issues underneath that fun demeanor.

* BloodKnight: Likes a good fight. %%elaborate

* CasanovaWannabe: He gets...''excited'' among pretty young women. Turns out, he's the one who got them kicked out of Hidden Island by showering the girls with rather too much attention. He also got them kicked out of at least one restaurant. And he's all smoochy charm towards Credenza when he first meets her. %%quote
** But this is more of a case of [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan single man seeks good woman]]. Once he meets his TrueLove, flirting with everything in a skirt ends immediately.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: At first sight, the impulsive fool to Tuff's deep thinker, but he's quite a lot better with people matters. He's also on the lookout for his OneTrueLove, until he finds her and turns out to be a really good boyfriend.
* HalfHumanHybrid: He's a half wereshark, like his brother. But he lacks the ability to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting change shape]] properly. [[spoiler: Let's just say his one attempt at going full were-shark is [[BodyHorror pathetic]] enough to make Snow consider a MercyKill.]]

* HiddenDepths: No pun intended. While he enjoys big cities and traveling, he'd actually love to just settle down on a small island and raise a family with a woman he loves. [[spoiler:By the epilogue, he and Alice have been living on Ruin Island and are planning on staying after the wedding.]]
** [[spoiler:As his nightmare reveals, Riley has [[HatesBeingAlone deeply hidden abandonment issues]] caused by his DisappearedDad, MissingMom, and Tuff trying to sneak off without him. Poor guy is terrified of people leaving him behind.]]
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: He sprouts lots of tiny hearts watching [[GirlyBruiser Alice]] mop the floor with the baddies.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Impulsive, fight-happy, chatty, fun guy with (seemingly) no worries in contrast with his brother's insecure, strict melancholic.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Will flirt with Alice on any given occasion, including a battlefield.
%%not character trope, move * ShutUpKiss: His TrueLove gives him one. %%need more details
* {{Protectorate}}: Don't try to hurt people he loves. Just don't. Unless you're deliberately trying to make him BlindedByRage.

[[folder:Antagonists]]

* AndIMustScream: When a host has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived their usefulness]], the raven may Soulseal them, or move them to the backseat in their own mind - forever.

* ManipulativeBastard: The raven spirits are also given to psychological manipulation, although most of the servants seem quite fine with the deal. But whenever [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou someone who's still useful]] is having second thoughts, the raven in their head will play all the insecurities available.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: This is the Great Raven's color scheme. The servants' distinguishing mark is a black left eye with a red pupil and their magical wings are black with red swirls. Raven magic is uniformly red.

* WingedHumanoid: Ravens also grant the host a pair of magical (but functional) wings.

Captain Adrian Snow, former dread pirate turned captain of the Great Raven's army. He lived a life of violent indulgence and terror before finally dying of a brain tumor... that is, until the Great Raven saw him as a worthy vessel, had Snow revived, endowed him with Olivia's Arm, and sent him to find the Heirs.

Sadistic, scheming, prone to violence, and terminally insane (and he knows it), captain Snow may be best described as [[ChaoticEvil unpredictable]]. His days of piracy have already made him a skilled leader and killer, but he is just as deadly with words.

* ArtificialLimbs: He's using a mechanical arm/gauntlet for both everyday and nefarious purposes. [[spoiler:It was made by Dragonfly and Olivia, as a part of the mechanism that keeps the Raven locked up. After hijacking parts of Benjamin's ship, Snow turns into a full-bodied cyborg.]]
** ComboPlatterPowers: [[spoiler:The arm has a connection to Heirs' souls and powers, allowing Snow to use weaker versions of them even when he doesn't have that heir's soul. If he has the soul, he can use their full power.]]
*** [[spoiler: DreamWeaver: Stealing Paollo's power has turned him into one. He uses this to terrorize the heroes in Book 9.]]
*** MookMaker: His most frequently seen power, making {{Golem}}s out of any available material.
*** [[spoiler:SuperStrength / SizeShifter: While holding onto Alice's soul.]]
*** [[spoiler:{{Teleportation}}: Stolen from Clair.]]
*** YourSoulIsMine: His other most frequently used ability, inherent to the arm. Its user can detach any soul from the body [[spoiler: not only the Heirs']] and store it inside or leave it out.
%% no medical motif, delete * DeadlyDoctor:
* DealWithTheDevil: His ticket out of death, though neither he nor Great Raven honour the contract to the letter.

** DragonWithAnAgenda: Implied by the last page of ''Snowflakes'', he's entirely willing to backstab the Raven for [[spoiler:threatening [[PapaWolf his wife and daughter.]]]] All things considered, Snow's on his own side and nobody else's.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He is somewhat protective of his nephew, at least compared to the rest of his crew. [[spoiler:See also his wife/widow and daughter.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: He tries, but those OmnicidalManiac tendencies tend to get in the way.
* GracefulLoser: Snow tends to take defeats and setbacks in his stride (being immortal probably helps). [[spoiler:He even laughs when he's finally killed for good, and his final act is to offer his mechanical arm to save Blitz.]]

* TermsOfEndangerment: Prone to calling Credenza or other victims of his 'dear' and the like.

* LaughingMad: Quite often, but probably the biggest example is [[spoiler: when he gets stabbed through the heart with a toy sword.]]

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: AdmiringTheAbomination? Check. He tends to react to half-sentient killing machines like a twelve-year-old reacts to kittens. [[spoiler: Becoming an abomination? Check and (in chapter 10, when he merges with an ancient crashed ship) double check.]]
* NotSoDifferentRemark: The parallels between him and his favorite victim Credenza are strong, and he brings this up more than once in an attempt to throw her off balance. %%move? it's not really a character trope, is it?
->Why, Credenza, you're talking as if ''I'm'' the crazy one.
%% is he? * PapaWolf: He's willing to do anything to protect his [[spoiler:wife and daughter]] even (supposedly) to backstab the Raven.

** [[spoiler:He doesn't kill Knull despite the later's TheDogBitesBack attempt, even ordering some ravens to take care of him. And remember, this isn't like the past times he's spared Knull because his AntiMagic made him useful, Knull literally tried to kill him, and Snow still spared him.]]

* PsychopathicManchild: [[InvokedTrope Makes himself look as one]] in the final confrontation with Credenza, probably to mess with her head. [[spoiler: She sees through it]].
* SelfMadeOrphan: Killed his entire family except for nephew Knull [[spoiler: wife Naomi and daughter Yula]].
* SharpDressedMan: Takes pride in his wardrobe. When [[spoiler:his leg is crushed and replaced with a robotic limb]], his biggest complaint is that his boots don't fit properly.

* TortureTechnician: Once a doctor of medicine, he now uses the skills he learned to put people back together so he can keep talking them apart.

* BewareTheQuietOnes: Not very talkative, but her weapons are a bit more... articulate.

* {{Foil}}: Somewhat of one to Raven; by joining the Raven Army, [[FridgeBrilliance she lost what he gained by leaving]].
** Also to Tuff. Both are intelligent, [[spoiler: romantic]] people, Readers of the Listing of Names, and she hates him for "stealing" the book from her.
* FaceHeelTurn: The former Reader of the Listing of Names.
* OneWingedAngel: When she learns just ''who'' is really responsible for her [[BrokenBird tragic backstory]], she snaps and becomes... something [[RevengeBeforeReason driven by pure revenge]], with very dark eyes, very large magical wings, and a very creepy way of speaking. %%quote?
* PetTheDog: Lucinda is the only one of the villains who doesn't treat Knull like a ButtMonkey. She actually seems to care about him, somewhat.
* RedemptionRejection: A number of characters try to offer her redemption and help. Sadly, the raven whispering in her head makes sure she [[ShutUpKirk rebuts the attempts]].

** NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: First, she doesn't take well to the Listing of Names refusing to join her side. And second, when she [[VillainousBreakdown finally finds out the truth behind Corveaux]]...]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: She was raised by the [[OrphanageOfLove nuns of the Hidden Island]] and became the Reader of the Listing of Names there. Lydia describes her as a kind girl, a philosopher and a poet. Then, one day [[spoiler: she was seduced (by the shapeshifter Han) who broke her heart]], which drove her to suicide - and the ravens came with a DealWithTheDevil. So she gave up her emotions and became one of the bad guys.

Snow's WhiteSheep nephew who really, really doesn't want to be there, but dear uncle Adrian razed his village, murdered his parents, kidnapped him and forced him to enter a DealWithTheDevil.

* AnimalMotif: Horses. A toy horse represents him in the Maze of Dreams and his soul is horse-shaped. %%more?
* AntiMagic: A (very useful) ability of his, and why Snow keeps him around in the first place. %%he says that outright in book 1, quote?
%% he's not trying to do evil, delete * AntiVillain:
%% not this trope * BunnyEarsLawyer:
* DoggedNiceGuy: For Lucinda, the one person in the villain crew who treats him decently. She actually seems to like being around him, but can't reciprocate, because she's [[EmotionlessGirl given up her emotions]].
%% move to main, not a character trope * EmpathyDollShot: [[spoiler: The dream Credenza visits in book 10 appears to be his - there are broken toys around, but they seem to represent people - people most probably killed by dear uncle Adrian (Credenza herself is represented by a rather mangled doll)]].
* FishOutOfWater: For the last time, he ''makes armor'' for a living. He is not a pirate. He definitely does not want to unseal the Great Raven and destroy the world. Being forced into piracy causes Knull to be stressed out of his wits and nervously bumble all the time. [[spoiler: In the epilogue, as a free, if homeless, man, he's actually fairly calm and composed.]]
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: Lucinda's death is the last straw, and he finally decides to turn against his uncle and the other Ravens.]]
%% not this trope, he's not competing with anyone else * HopelessSuitor: [[spoiler: ]]
%% not this trope * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: He's a actually a sweet guy under a considerable amounts of stress.
%% maybe, check the comic * NotAfraidOfYouAnymore:

%% check? * QuakingWithFear:
* [[spoiler: RedemptionRejection: In the epilogue - Credenza is happy to have him, but Knull believes he doesn't deserve to be with the good guys. Although he gets a nice job proposal from the Eastern Continent and it's implied that he takes it.]] %% ReformedButRejected is for when the good guys don't accept a HeelFaceTurn, and he rejects himself
* [[spoiler: TheSpeechless: In the epilogue, because of a throat injury sustained in the final battle. He uses Archipelagian sign language ([[TranslationConvention rendered as ASL]]) to speak with Credenza and Tusura.]]

TheBrute of Snow's crew.

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Dies fighting Tatami, who gives him a NeckSnap.]]
* [[spoiler:SpeechImpediment: Obtains a thick lisp after his jaw is torn off and replaced.]]

Smug, sleazy shapeshifter who's pirating mostly to RapePillageAndBurn.

%% why? describe? * ArchEnemy: To Tuff arguably, considering how many times they've clashed.

* DeadPersonImpersonation / KillAndReplace: Supposedly deserted from the Raven's army, but continued working for them under the guise of [[spoiler:Vaniji]]. %% check context

* TheHedonist: Seems mostly motivated by fun, although his idea of fun isn't always so funny for the other people involved.

* SmugSnake %%add context
* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Lucinda, in every form we see him take, [[spoiler: including Corveau (the man who broke her heart, resulting in her HeelFaceTurn)]].

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Of the {{Humanshifting}} variety. Also scenery. He accomplishes this with magic cloth.

** ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: When backed into a corner by [[spoiler:Lucinda]]; he makes himself look like [[spoiler:Knull, Tabitha, and Corveau]] in a desperate attempt at this trope. [[spoiler:He ultimately shows Lucinda ([[TheUnreveal but not the reader]]) his true form before dying.]] Long before that, he shapeshifts into [[spoiler: wounded Paollo to trick and stab Tatami]].

->''You didn't think the Raven would leave a job like this to your little band, did you?''
The general of Raven's [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores armies]]. Technically, Snow's superior, but Snow doesn't seem to have gotten the memo.

** UnwantedHarem: They are also [[AxCrazy uncontrollable]], one of them [[EyeScream likes to gouge out people's eyes]], and they all [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking refuse to speak English]]. He even advises Snow to make certain to never get stuck in the same situation.
--> Word of advice: If you ever happen to challenge a seagull chieftain to mortal combat, double check to see if 'eerily delighted widows' are part of your winnings!
* FantasticRacism: Considering he called Kor a [[FantasticSlur dust eater]], Steller doesn't seem to like Dustrunner Avians.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Decides it's time to turn tail and run when the heroes [[spoiler:awaken Benjamin's ship]].

!! Paollo Majestan
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_profile_paollo_6750.png]]
Descendant of Ausalius "of the all-seeing gaze", heir-apparent of the Eastern Continent. His heir power is the ability to wander the world of dreams, a skill important and held in high regard in his home country. He enters the story while travelling for wisdom and experience, or more precisely, when Blitz grabs a shiny thing to show it to Credenza and neglects to notice the shiny thing is attached to Paollo.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Snow had no idea that Paollo could enter the dream-worlds he was crafting using Paollo's stolen power, which allowed the prince to bide his time and eventually seize an opportunity to save Crendenza from Snow's attempt to convince her that everything that happened since she escaped slavery was AllJustADream.]]

-->(falling onto a bad guy's head): BY THE POWER OF MY ANTCESTORS I VANQUISH THEE!!!
* DistressedDude: [[spoiler: Poor guy has been Snow's prisoner for most of the comic.]] %%elaborate
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Often has these. %% does he? elaborate
* DreamWalker: His heir power.
* DreamWeaver: He can do that, too.

-->I am the walrus!

* TheOmniscient: Only in the dream world, and since this would be a StoryBreakerPower otherwise, TalkingInYourDreams with him is difficult. He can only [[CrypticConversation speak in a vague, prophet-like way]].
--> (frustrated by this fact): Darnit, what's the point of being omniscient when no one else is?

* BadassAdorable: His [[spoiler: disembodied soul-form retains the EyeBeams, and is significantly more agile and durable than his deterorated physical body. It's also tiny, bright purple, malleable like rubber, and overall rather cute.]]
* BattleButler: OldRetainer for Willium's family, quite prepared to put down his cooking and kick ass in defense of the household. %%explain
* BlessedWithSuck: Regaining his [[spoiler:old, sick, atrophied]] physical body. Even being cured of sickness by Uru doesn't fully restore his health.
* BlindPeopleWearSunglasses: Blind seranith, apparently, also do.
* CoolOldGuy: The oldest of the current Heirs. Lovingly doting on Simon, [[spoiler: bequeaths his famous cookie recipe to Alice and Riley, because they're going to have kids]], always there with grandfatherly advice.

* HandicappedBadass: Being old, blind, partially-deaf and even [[spoiler:''losing his body'']] won't stop him from being a great asset to the team. Heck, if it hadn't been for Knull's AntiMagic, Tin Can could have probably singlehandedly defeated all of Snow's men. %%verify
* LastOfHisKind: Not of his species, but of his bloodline. He's outlived all of his relatives and WordOfGod clarifies that he never had children, so unless there are other descendants of Little Tin Fish kicking around that he doesn't know about, he's the last - meaning he's also the last person to ever possess his heir power. [[spoiler: Thankfully, both the Great Raven and Snow are conclusively defeated before he dies of old age, so this never becomes a problem.]]
* LongLived: He speculates that his Heir magic is what kept him alive longer than every other member of his family. [[spoiler: The magic itself, however, is also subject to the ravages of time and it doesn't prevent his death of old age before the epilogue.]] %%elaborate?
* LifeWillKillYou: [[spoiler: By the time of the epilogue - a year after the final battle - he has died of old age.]]

Descendant of Grom Pintur, a Quillotian girl who can turn herself into a literally PintSizedPowerhouse at will. Coming from a family of humble fishermen, Alice's fervent wish to see a royal ball up close brings her to sneak in while making a fish delivery for the kitchens. One thing leads to another and Alice is discovered as an heir, so she joins the team.

* ActionGirl: Combines SuperStrength with NighInvulnerable, at least while downsized.
* BattleCouple: With Riley, as {{The Big Guy}}s of the team. %%elaborate

* BigBrotherInstinct: She's got a group of brothers who will threaten a half-wereshark in her defense, not that Alice really needs it. %%but it's not her characteristic, is it?
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Three times champion of the Quillota women's wrestling federation and bookclub, a girl raised around sailors, has no problems whatsoever bashing ravens' heads. Except she dreams of going to the royal ball, and of getting a guy finally (she mentions being sick of IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship), and her romantic storyline is the most pronounced in the comic (Credenza's romance with Raven being much calmer and quieter, not to mention Cassie and Tuff). [[spoiler: She only learns she's marrying into nobility at the wedding.]]
* GreenThumb: [[spoiler: Her disembodied spirit form has roots instead of legs and can attack with giant, spiritual bundles of vines.]]
* RedStringOfFate: Dragonfly's gift to Riley (the scent of the woman he would eventually fall in love with) led him straight to Alice. [[spoiler: They get married in the epilogue.]]

* SickeninglySweethearts: When not arguing with Riley, they're all over each other.

!! Kor Yander [[spoiler: actually, Kor Huitzilopochtli]]

An [[BirdPeople Avian]] actor from Paper Island, illegitimate son of a noble lord, and descendant of Chalchiu. As we meet him, he's starring in a production of "The Cord of Gold", a well-known archipelagian play, produced by Vaniji. Off-stage, Kor is a cordial, slightly bumbling NiceGuy who loves non-sentient birds (he [[SerialRomeo loves sentient ones, too]]).

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Takes care of a large flock of different kinds of birds, along with a jabberwock named Charlie [[spoiler:who's actually Uru under a ForcedTransformation]]. And by "takes care" we mean "loves, dotes on, coos at them". He's reluctant to leave them and only agrees to do so when Anansi promises to look after them.

* HeroicBastard: Illegitimate scion of a noble line. He doesn't use his father's surname because he's, at this point, the only person to know about it except for the Listing of Names and its' Readers, and possibly also because "Yander" is easier to pronounce.

* SoulPower: His power lets him channel the souls of others to achieve all kinds of nifty effects. It first manifests itself when [[spoiler:he summons an army of bird souls to enhance his wings and sword for a fight against captain Snow]]. %%explain?

!! Clair Solair

Descendant of Icarus, and the only daughter of [[spoiler:Anthony/Blitz and Chesska]]. At six years old, she's the youngest heir, with the power to teleport and create ImprovisedGolems. A cheerful, lively, clever little girl.

* ComboPlatterPowers: In a world of primarily OnePersonOnePower, she gets two.

* HappilyAdopted: While her father's unable to be there, Cassie acts as Clair's guardian. After his disappearance gets resolved, she's practically adopted by Cassie [[spoiler: and they settle together on Ruin Island, where the rest of the crew can help raise her]].
* LittleMissBadass: She's a little girl with no fighting skills: her badassitude comes from her presence of mind, quick thinking and bravery.
* MsImagination: A small child in a big, empty castle, she loves playing pretend.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her mother [[DeathByChildbirth died in childbirth]], plunging her father into a deep depression. Four years later, when he started to be able to walk about again, it turned out the household financial problems got so bad in the meantime he needed to go out to the sea and earn money. Not long before the story started, he stopped sending anything. [[spoiler: Clair's father is Anthony Solair, and he's practically dead (also out of a job). Blitz doesn't take up fatherly duties, instead acting more like Clair's brother, while Raven becomes more of an uncle to her, teaching her to read, fixing her toys and giving piggy-back rides.]]
* {{Teleportation}}
** TeleportationSickness: Notably exhausted after mass-teleporting herself and three others to safety. %%power strain?
* UnknownRelative: To [[spoiler: Blitz, being Anthony's daughter]]. We, the audience, learn about it as Tuff reads Clair's lineage from the Listing of Names, but the relative in question either can't hear or doesn't understand.

!! [[spoiler:Uru Tan]]

A were-whale descended from Lady Itaria, with potent healing powers. Met and befriended Credenza, impressed by her PluckyGirl ways, back when they were slaves on Snow's ship, and became sort of a surrogate big brother to her. It's through his HeroicSacrifice that she was able to escape, but Uru stayed behind, which haunts Credenza to this day.

* CastFromHitPoints: Sort of. It's his blood that heals people.
* ChekhovMIA: Near the beginning of the story, Credenza has a FlashbackNightmare about the night she last saw him. He only appears properly as the quest is close to wrapping up.
%% not character trope, move * DramaticIrony: By [[spoiler: changing him into a jabberwock]], Snow unintentionally helped Uru avoid Raven's notice.
* ForcedTransformation: Happened to him because [[PlayingWithSyringes Snow wanted to experiment with transformatory magic]]. With the help of a MadScientist seranith he turned Uru into [[spoiler: a jabberwock, and then gave him to Vaniji, who gave him to Kor, who named him Charlie]]. It's lifted by a cut on his back breaking the transformation spell circle.
* HealingHands: His blood can heal others, but, per WordOfGod, most archipelagian healers get immune to their own powers, Uru included.

* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: [[spoiler:As Charlie]].
* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Credenza. She's been talking about him and missing him for most of the story, making Raven worry he's the third wheel in a ChildhoodFriendRomance, until Uru explains the love is completely platonic.

* StickyFingers: He's a thief and a con man left to his own devices. Credenza, who, while loving him, is under no illusion about this, does what she can to keep him on the straight and narrow. %%explain a bit more
%%doesn't fit archetype * TheMedic

* AngerBornOfWorry: A textbook example when [[spoiler: reunited with Crdenza in book 10]]:

* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards his siblings and Credenza.

%% move to main, not a character trope * SandInMyEyes: Related to the AngerBornOfWorry: -->'''Paolin''': I'm not crying! This is liquid anger leaking out of my eyeballs!

Paolin's brother. He cooks in the inn and doesn't talk.

* TheSilentBob: He never speaks, communicating (sparingly) by gestures and is generally imperturbable.

* TheSociopath: Although he comes off as simply aloof and/or depressed at first. %% better trope?

* BadassCrew: The highly trained bodyguard team of a [=VIP=].

* TokenGirl: Tusura. Also Token [[SpecsOfAwesome Glasses Wearer]].

Professional monster hunter, the Batman to Tin Can Turtle's Alfred, but this is not his story. [[spoiler: He's BackForTheFinale, though.]]

* BelligerentSexualTension: With Nim.
* CardsOfPower: His magic takes form of spell-charged cards with vaguely tarot-like motifs. The cards can turn into weapons, give off light, give him access to {{hammerspace}} and a variety of area-of-effect offensive spells.

%% not character trope. move * GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler: "I'm unleashing the Wildcard of Roses!"]]

* {{Ranger}}: Protector of the Coin Island. %%elaborate?

* BelligerentSexualTension: With Willum. %% elaborate
* BladeOnAStick: See her portrait.
* GlorySeeker: She really wants to be a monster hunter.

Willum's apprentice. Best friends with Tin Can Turtle, who treats him like the son he's never had. %%more tropes?

* TheApprentice
* TheBeastmaster: Give him a little time and he can tame any creature. [[spoiler: Even shadowmandyrs, after they're freed of their queen's evil influence.]]

* [[spoiler: DemonicPossession: By the Shadowmandyr Queen, the main antagonist on the Coin Island. He gets unpossessed by our heroes.]]
* YouthfulFreckles

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!!Vander Whelve
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A member of the city guard on Coin Island along with Walf.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy
* RedShirt

!!Walf Windlestraw
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%%add Shadowmandyr Queen as the villain of book 3 and pretty important character
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!!Abbess Tabitha
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CoolOldLady in charge of the Hidden Island cloister. WordOfGod says she's had quite an interesting past beforehand.
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* BadassPreacher: A rather elderly nun. Do not be fooled by appearances. Do not threaten her abbey's residents. Do NOT tear books in ''her'' library! %%needs more concrete
* CatGirl: She's a werecat.
* CoolOldLady: Never loses her cool.
-->Oh, please. I live with exactly sixty-five young, hormonal, adolescent girls. I can ''smell'' self-doubt.

* CatGirl: She's also a werecat (and [[spoiler: Tabitha's daughter]]).

The book written by Dragonfly who then left in in the Hidden Island cloister for safekeeping. It lists the lineages of all the Heirs and is sentient.

%% * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Gets [[TearApartTugOfWar torn in half]], but only one of the halves seems to retain sentience (unless the one taken by Snow is only playing dead). %%verify and add TearApartTugOfWar to main page

%% wrong trope* PlayingPictionary:

* SensorCharacter: In a way. Listy is the one who knows the heirs' names and locations.

* TheSpeechless: Listy is a book, hence, mute, but communicates by shapeshifting.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Can shape itself into a dog, a bird, anything it wants, really.

* EndearinglyDorky: Funny, easy-going, by all indications a wonderful husband and king.

** Has a hand in the rebuilding of his castle (a magical, telekinetic hand, but still).

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While not panicking over Deliza's pregnancy, he's really people-smart and by all indications a good ruler.

* UnclePennybags: Gives the team a new sub when they need it. %%why do they need it?

Faithful servant of the Quillotian royal family. Is a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]].

* CoolOldGuy: Complete with a mentor-y pipe.
* AnIcePerson: A winter dragon, who breaths ice instead of fire, although he spends most of his time in human form [[spoiler: at least until a younger dragon needs mentoring]].

* OldRetainer %%elaborate?

* AmuletOfDependency: Keeps all of his magic in [[MagicStaff his cane]]. This turns out the usual way.

* HypnoticEyes: Also CompellingVoice - he uses a mantra to brainwash people.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]] %%explain - KillAndReplace ?

%% not a character trope, move to main * OhCrap: Immediately before [[spoiler:his cane is destroyed]].
* SmoothTalkingTalentAgent: A theatre manager. Kor is terrified by the very prospect when he needs to ask for a leave of absence, and there's a reason for that. [[spoiler: Not to mention Paollo's guards, {{brainwashed}} into stagehands.]]

Vaniji's girlfriend-slash-arm candy.

-->''Archipelago'' contains many strong female charactes. Enter Mona, to even things out a bit.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Somewhat of a subversion: the "crazy" part doesn't come into play until after [[spoiler: Vaniji's control is broken. And it's more of an EmptyShell variety anyway.]]
* QuestionableConsent: Vaniji is most probably sleeping with her, and he's definitely {{brainwashing}} her. [[spoiler: Han also probably slept with her in Vaniji's guise, which might have been the last straw to break her mind.]]

Kor's close friend and a fortune teller. She can also control fabrics, which comes in handy a lot.

* FortuneTeller: Her occupation, for which she normally uses an elaborate board, but can also tell the future using simpler setups, like a wine glass.

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Member of Anthony's household - an elderly, kindly seranith scientist.

* AbsentMindedProfessor: PlayedForDrama, as she's very clearly suffering from dementia. It also makes her an easy target for [[ManipulativeBastard Snow]].
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

!!Cassie Matsyendra
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A young former slave and Chesska's best friend. Now a member of Anthony's household and Clair's primary caretaker, a sensible, nice young woman who loves books.

* BadassBookworm: Nice, friendly, likes books and befriends Listing of Names pretty quickly, despite its initial misgivings. [[spoiler: Owns a bookshop along with Tuff in the epilogue.]] But BewareTheNiceOnes, if you're, say, trying to hurt Clair.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Tuff - both are conscientous, shy-ish bookworms, who still can kick much ass if their loved ones are threatened.

* ShockAndAwe: You shouldn't grab her tail. Cassie has, among others, electric eel traits.

Teenager, which makes him mature and smart enough to see the numerous problems of Anthony's household, but unable to do anything about it. Understandably, he's very snarky.

* AloofBigBrother: Plays this role for Clair, though Spindle is more frustrated with life in general than aloof.
%% * Berserker Tears

!!Azalea Trigger
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Another seranith member of Anthony's household. %%add her husband? expand
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* DisneyDeath: Is knocked from a tower, but manages to survive.

%% explain? * HumanityEnsues: With a body custom-built by [[spoiler:Olivia]].
* [[spoiler:ObiWanMoment]] %%elaborate
* SealedGoodInACan: Preserved himself in a tank that kept him alive after the last battle against the Great Raven. [[spoiler: He dies after leaving it to speak with our heroes.]]
* SupernaturalAid: Functions as the giver of it, since in the present day that's all he's really able to do. He gives Credenza [[AmplifierArtifact magic-amplifying necklace]], Raven a prophecy, and Luck brothers the scent of Riley's OneTrueLove and Tuff's full transforming ability. %%verify
-->'''Blitz''': What do you have in your bag for me, Mister Wizard?

** [[spoiler:Except, as it turns out, he ''can't''. The Great Raven has no connection to the world beyond his prison at all; all of the lesser ravens are simply continuing to obey his last orders.]]
%% not really, but his servants are * ManipulativeBastard

* VillainOverride: He, or at least his servant currently residing in Snow's head, breaks his "no possessions" agreement with Snow only once, when he has the chance to [[spoiler:kill Dragonfly]]. %%verify

A lesser spirit. Real name 10-JN - he's the [=AI=] of an old ship [[spoiler: buried underneath Anthony's castle.]] He befriends Clair, but never shows himself to the adults of the household.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The boy form he likes to take is tailored for Clair.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: He befriended Clair because he saw she was lonely, and probably because he also was. Benjamin avoids showing himself to anyone else because they'd ask uncomfortable questions, and to save battery power.
* ProjectedMan: It gets easier once his machinery is repaired. %%explain?
* [[spoiler: RobotBuddy: After the ship is destroyed, he gets a small robot body.]]
%% ? * VirtualSidekick:

!! [[spoiler:Olivia]]
A technician who gave Dragonfly his body. [[spoiler: Also, his OneTrueLove.]] %%expand

* ChekhovsGunman: First mentioned in book 5, doesn't appear until book 9. %%elaborate?
* [[spoiler:DisappearsIntoLight: Her last appearance, after giving support to Credenza.]]
* DreamWalker: And a damn good one, even as [[PosthumousCharacter a spirit]]. %%why?

%%put a quote from Paollo's exposition here

Descendant of Little Twin Fish, and the only non-humanoid heir. He's an elderly, blind seranith employed as Alfred to Willum's Batman - except this isn't Willum's story.

* BattleButler: OldRetainer for Willum's family, quite prepared to put down his cooking and kick ass in defense of the household. %%explain

* LoveAtFirstSight: Falls in love with Alice the instant he sees her, spends the day flirting with her and only later learns that not only she is also [[TrueLove his destined love]], but one of the heirs they're looking for, as well.

* AntiMagic: A (very useful) ability of his, implied to be why Snow keeps him around in the first place.

* CardsOfPower: His magic takes form of spell-charged cards with vaguely tarot-like motifs.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Compassionate and unwilling to let evil stand, Credenza has brought many a wounded wild animal home, which Paolin isn't happy about. Her [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduction to the story]] is dragging a castaway (Blitz) to safety. Credenza's determined helpfulness earns her Blitz's UndyingLoyalty and Raven's (initially begrudging) respect. It's also why [[spoiler:Dragonfly entrusts her with both Tin Can Turtle's soul and the plot]]

* IAmAMonster: Tuff has a hard time accepting his shark side, in particular after the BigGood's gift to him. [[spoiler:He gets better eventually.]]

%% move to main? * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: After having killed some of the ravens the first time he turns into a wereshark, even though they were the bad guys who attacked his home island and threatened to kill his cousin's heavily pregnant wife, not even counting the people they actually killed. Mikel finds him huddled in a corner, and has to be walk Tuff to the improptu hospital, very gently. StressVomit is involved. A well-meaning orderly further twists the knife by yelling at someone, to get rid of a dead traitor (meaning one of the ravens) and make room for people who are still alive.]]

* CasanovaWannabe: He gets...''excited'' among pretty young women. Turns out, he's the one who got them kicked out of Hidden Island by showering the girls with rather too much attention.

* LikeBrotherAndSister: His guards act like [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling responsible siblings to Paollo's sillyness]]. It is implied this is the custom in his family, since he later calls one of his father's guards [[HonoraryUncle uncle]].

%% verify * BlindPeopleWearSunglasses: His soul is wearing them, possibly because he thinks he should, even though he physically isn't.

* HeroicWillpower: Tatami. He's can overcome [[spoiler: Vaniji's [[MindRape mind control]].]]

Paollo does something clumsy\\
'''Another guard''': [[GodHelpUsAll God save us all]].

* CanineCompanion: Constantly accompanied by his dog, June.

* CoolOldGuy: The oldest of the current Heirs. Lovingly doting on Simon, [[spoiler: bequeaths his famous cookie recipe to Alice and Riley, because they're goind to have kids]], always there with grandfatherly advice.

* [[spoiler:TheyDo: In the epilogue, he finally manages to (awkwardly) tell Cassie exactly how he feels.]]

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Zatachi, Tatami, Gozazi, Tusura and Vamuro. Trained as protectors and companions to prince Paollo [[spoiler: they try to rescue him when kidnapped and eventually get {{brainwashed}} by Vaniji. After the heroes rescue them, the guards join the quest, partly because it involves rescuing Paollo.]]

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* EmotionallyTongueTied: He has no problem talking to girls about everyday subjects, but whenever he wants tell one he likes her, Tuff panics and blurts out something completely unrelated. He was pretty smitten with Credenza during the first couple of books, but this never went anywhere. Once he starts falling for Cassie, the problem re-emerges, to the point that in the epilogue they have a proper TwiceShy situation (she thinks he stopped liking her, because he avoids her). [[spoiler: He finally gets his courage at the reception and Cassie kisses him.]]

* AngerBornOfWorry: A [[http://thearchipelago.smackjeeves.com/comics/2265534/book-10-page-292/ textbook example]]
-->''Paolin'': Everyone's grounded!

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He really loves his family and Credenza. This manifests in AngerBornOfWorry and snarking.
* SandInMyEyes: Related to the AngerBornOfWorry:
-->''Paolin'': I'm not crying! This is liquid anger leaking out of my eyeballs!

* GentleGiant

* TheSilentBob

* ShipperOnDeck: For Credenza and Uru.

The witchdoctor of Ruin Island, which makes him an important person, at least on the island.

* FisherKing: It's AllThereInTheManual. Archipelago witchdoctors are magically tied to, and receive their powers, from some bit of geography - a mountain, a forest, or, like in Jan's case, an island. The place shapes them and they shape the place. More practical part of this is a witchdoctor's ability to locate anyone, as long as they're within the witchdoctor's domain (on page, Credenza gets him to find Blitz once, but he can find anybody).
* {{Irony}}: Is afraid of getting MySisterIsOffLimits from Korus and Paolin. Not only are all the Burilia siblings aware of his feelings, Paolin is okay with it, but not until Jan makes the first move.
* TheMedic: Part of his job as the witchdoctor.

Captain of a merchant ship that Anthony worked on.