History Characters / BlackLeopardRedWolf

%%* HitmanWithAHeart:

%%!!The Aesi

%%* WouldHurtAChild:

%%* Really700YearsOld

%%* AbusiveParents:

%%* ProfessionalButtKisser

* WrongfulHeirToTheThrone: Lissisolo would be a far better ruler than her brother--but unfortunately, that ''her'' is a crucial sticking point, superior qualifications be damned. [[spoiler: She plans to rule through her son, who per the original succession rules is the true king. However, being raised by the Ipundulu utterly warped him, and there's a prophecy that he will be a horrible and cruel king (at least if you believe Tracker)--and, at the very least, it's unlikely that he would be as obedient as Lissisolo would need.]]

* EyeScream: [[spoiler: In one of the most infamous and graphic scenes in the book, Tracker gets gang-raped by a pack of werehyenas, and then one of them ''sucks his friggin' eyeball out'' for good measure.]]

%%* AmbiguouslyBi:

%%* EyeScream:

%%* RoaringRampageOfRevenge:

%%* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Leopard snark at and insult each other often, but it's clear that it's in good fun and the two are good friends despite their differences. [[spoiler: Tracker takes it particularly hard when Leopard dies, made worse that he died in his arms.]]

%%* TheBigGuy:

%%* TookALevelInKindness: With the good influence of Mossi, Tracker [[spoiler: reconciles with his long lost mother]] and becomes much happier after they get together and [[spoiler: start a family with the mingi children. But sadly, this doesn't last.]]

* TheNoseKnows: Tracker's main power. He can sniff people from miles away, this makes him an extremely effective tracker.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tracker can be a prick, and a misogynist. But he's not a bad guy at heart, his immense amount of trauma keeps him from trusting people. [[CharacterDevelopment He gets better though.]]

%%* TookALevelInKindness:

* WrongfulHeirToTheThrone: Lissisolo would be a far better ruler than her brother—but unfortunately, that ''her'' is a crucial sticking point, superior qualifications be damned. She plans to rule through her son, who per the original succession rules is the true king. [[spoiler: However, being raised by the Ipundulu utterly warped him, and there's a prophecy that he will be a horrible and cruel king (at least if you believe Tracker)—and, at the very least, it's unlikely that he would be as obedient as Lissisolo would need.]]

%%* VitriolicBestBuds:

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Sogolon kills him, and he dies in Tracker's arms.]]

* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Tracker snark and insult each other often, but it's clear that it's in good fun and the two are good friends despite their differences. [[spoiler: Tracker takes it particularly hard when Leopard dies, made worse that he died in his arms.]]

%%* TheAtoner:

* StockholmSyndrome: Tracker thinks that a kid whose been gone for three years will be so bonded to his captors that rescuing him will be pointless, and he proves right. [[spoiler: Even after he's rescued, he is taken by Sasabonsam again, though Tracker thinks he went willingly.]]

The main protagonist, and narrator of the story.

* UnresolvedSexualTension:

* JustFriends: Despite both being gay, Tracker and Leopard are nothing more than close friends.
%%* GoOutWithASmile:

* {{Jerkass}: He's a rude little shit, and he gets on Tracker's nerves quickly. Though considering Tracker's [[UnreliableNarrator bias]] and his relationship with Leopard, this is thrown into question.

* EnfantTerrible:

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%%* DiedInYourArmsTonight:

%%* VitriolicBestBuds:

%%* MysteriousPast:

* AssholeVictim: Even Tracker admits he had it coming, and shows no sympathy for Nyka's fate.

%%* EvilFormerFriend:

%%* OurVampiresAreDifferent:

!!Tracker's Group

* WalkingTheEarth: After [[killing Sasabonsam, losing Leopard, and watching Nyka kill the boy]], Tracker wanders the world alone for some time before being captured by the Inquisitors.

* AbusiveParents:
* AmbiguouslyBi:
* AntiHero:
* TheCynic:
* DarkAndTroubledPast:

* DesperatelyCravesAffection:
* EnemyMine:
* EyeScream:

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tracker's a prick, and a misogynist. But he's not a bad guy at heart, his immense amount of trauma keeps him from trusting people. [[CharacterDevelopment He gets better though.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge:

* SourOutsideSadInside:
* StraightGay:
* TookALevelInKindness:

* VitriolicBestBuds:

* DeadpanSnarker:
* DiedInYourArmsTonight:
* FaceDeathWithDignity:

* GoOutWithASmile:

* StraightGay:
* VitriolicBestBuds:

* TheBigGuy:
* DarkAndTroubledPast:
* GentleGiant:
* HeroicSacrifice:
* InsistentTerminology:
* HitmanWithAHeart:
* NiceGuy:
* OurGiantsAreBigger:

* DeadpanSnarker:
* ManicPixieDreamGirl:
* NiceGuy:
* WhatTheHellHero:

* DeadpanSnarker:
* MasterArcher:

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder:

* MysteriousPast:
* Really700YearsOld:

* AssholeVictim:
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder:
* EnemyMine:
* EvilFormerFriend:
* FateWorseThanDeath:
* {{Jerkass}}:
* NominalHero:
* OurVampiresAreDifferent:

* StraightGay:

* VengeanceFeelsEmpty:

* WalkingTheEarth: Most of the plot is Tracker relating his quest for the missing child to an interrogator after the fact. However Tracker's tangents and somewhat obvious bias puts a significant amount of the story into question.

%%!!Bunshi

* UnreliableNarrator:

!!Nyka

A former companion and lover of Tracker who has a dark history with our main character.

* AssholeVictim:
* {{Jerkass}}:
* OurVampiresAreDifferent:

* HeroOfAnotherStory: She's the main character of the sequel to his novel, Moon Witch, Spider King.

* ManicPixieDreamBoy:

* HeroOfADifferentStory: She's the main character of the sequel to his novel, Moon Witch, Spider King.

* TheNoseKnows: Tracker's main power. He can sniff
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:

An old friend of Tracker's who asks him for help on this journey.

* NiceGuy: