History Characters / DeltoraQuestPeopleOfDeltora

For the other characters inhabiting Deltora, see Characters/OtherTribesAndPeopleOfDeltora.

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[[folder: Deltoran Royal Family]]

Descendants of Deltora's first king, Adin.

!!Lief

-->Voiced by: Ryosuke Sakamaki (Japanese), Cole Howard (English)

Lief was raised as a blacksmith's son in the run-down city of Del after the invasion. Hot-headed and impatient at the start of the series, all he wanted to do was go out and explore the city. On the night of his sixteenth birthday, he leaves on his father's quest to restore the Belt of Deltora, the only thing that can save their land and the heir from the tyranny of the Shadow Lord.

* {{Adorkable}}: Lief is extremely inept when dealing with women as seen from his encounter with Neridah.
* AngerBornOfWorry: When Prin is almost killed by a Dread Gnome's poisoned arrow while attempting to fly to Dread Mountain, Lief fears for her and yells at her for putting herself in danger like that. It is something Lief had sworn never to do after having experienced it from Barda himself in the Shifting Sands, and he is apologizes to Prin afterward for it.
** Whenever Lief returned home to the forge in Del after dark and took risks, both Endon and Sharn would be furious as they were so frightened for him. Lief recalls this in ''Dread Mountain'' when he has his own AngerBornOfWorry moment.
* BadassAdorable: The youngest and second shortest of the three heroes, but don't think that means he's weaker.
* BadassBookworm: Is very educated for his social standing and often outsmarts his enemies rather than out-muscling them.
* BadassInDistress: In ''Cavern of the Fear'' he is held captive by Granous in the Os-Mine Hills alongside Barda, and is forced to take part in a sadistic game.
* BadassNormal: Can hold his own in a fight, while using a sword.
* TheBlacksmith: He was his father's apprentice. [[spoiler: In the second series, he is skilled enough as a smith to make a replica of the Belt of Deltora.]]
* BodyHorror: After having Bede's special mask ripped off his face, Lief obtains some very horrific-looking scars.
* CannotSpitItOut: In regards to Jasmine. This is a result of his awkwardness with women.
* {{Determinator}}: And how! He's survived against Ols, Grey Guards, Vraals, and countless other monsters. He's been cut, bruised, burned, and nearly eaten by a carnivorous plant. How he and Barda and Jasmine managed to survive in Deltora day-to-day is anyone's guess.
* DangerousSixteenthBirthday: He found out that his father had lived in the palace, that the beggar by the gate was actually a competent fighter, and that he had to set off on a quest to find the one true king all on his birthday.
* FarmBoy: He started out as a blacksmith's apprentice.
* FireForgedFriends: With Barda and Jasmine.
* FisherKing: The bloodline of [[spoiler: Adin wielding the Belt of Deltora keeps the land safe from invasion]]. To a lesser extent, Lief's dedication to the country results in him cleaning up a lot of its problems.
* GreenEyedMonster: Not really noticeable in the anime (Which appears to favor Dain and Jasmine), but many interactions Dain had with Jasmine led him to silently fume. He got over it eventually, but by then, [[spoiler:Dain had shown his true colours as a Grade 3 Ol]].
* GuileHero: A little zigzagged, he can think on his feet to trick enemies but he gets played for a fool himself just as much.
* TheGoodKing: After the Shadow Lord's defeat Lief goes on to rule Deltora long and wisely. He plays a large part in helping the kingdom recover from the longs years of tyranny.
* HappilyMarried: To Jasmine after the end of the third series.
* HeroicBSOD: In ''Dread Mountain'' he discovers that his parents have been imprisoned by the Shadow Lord who suspects them of helping the heroes who are restoring the Belt of Deltora. He immediately wants to return to Del, but soon realises with Barda's help that the quest must go on, for it is the only thing that would free Deltora of the Shadow Lord.
** In ''The Sister of the South'' Lief has a major BSOD when he believes that he's made a mistake and that the 'Toran Plague' is real. He is heartbroken at the thought that he has doomed his friends and family. He even tries to take of the Belt in his misery but is unable to.
* HeroicLineage: Is a descendant of [[spoiler: Adin.]]
* HeroesPreferSwords: Lief was given a lethal sword for his birthday which was forged by his father. It becomes the weapon of his choice for the entire series.
* HotBlooded: Extremely so at the beginning of the first series, but slowly comes out of it as the quest goes on. After he becomes King he is more level-headed, and with good reason.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Barda, Doom and most of the people he meets on his travels around Deltora.
* InvisibilityCloak: His mother [[spoiler: Sharn]] sews a cloak for him that conceals the wearer, as a birthday gift.
* ItsAllMyFault: Lief blames himself strongly for [[spoiler: Josef's death in the third series, thinking that if only he had realised Paff's treachery and looked out for Josef more instead of dismissing him as senile and leaving Del to destroy the Sisters, then it would not have happened the way it did.]]
* HealingHands: Lief can use different gems can relieve various ailments, including venom, poison, disease, and blindness.
* TheHero: He's the protagonist of the story, and sent by his parents to restore the Belt of Deltora and rid the kingdom of the Shadow Lord.
* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum: Lief fears the power of the great opal and uses it a total of ''three times'' throughout the entire story, and only once with the intention of seeing the future.
* JustAKid: Averted, for the most part.
* KingIncognito: In later books.
* MarryForLove: What Lief resolves to do (and eventually does do) with [[spoiler: Jasmine.]]
* MeaningfulName: 'Lief' means 'heir' and 'loved', and he is both.
* ModestRoyalty: Prefers to live and dress as a blacksmith as opposed to a king.
* NearDeathExperience: In ''City Of the Rats'', while distracting the guardian monster Reeah from Jasmine and Barda as they try to take the opal from it, Lief is nearly eaten by Reeah when the serpent gets tired of him. Jasmine slits Reeah's throat, which causes Lief to fall several stories to the ground and break all the bones in his body. He is thankfully saved by the healing nectar from the Lilies of Life and is back on his feet in no time.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: In ''The Sister of the South'' Lief manages to defeat the fourth Sister with the help of the topaz dragon Fidelis. Everyone rejoices. And then Lief finds out that it was all for nothing, for the destruction of the last Sister was primed to release the Grey Tide, which would sweep over all of Deltora, destroying everything that remained. He then has to tell this to everyone else, who look on in horror.]]
* PragmaticHero: Though very impulsive and hot-headed in the beginning, during the quest for the gems Lief learns to think pragmatically and plan carefully. It's important in a world where even plants can kill you. He gets even more so after he becomes King.
* RagsToRoyalty: He is the [[spoiler: heir to Deltora]].
* RightfulKingReturns: At the end of [[spoiler: ''Return to Del''.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He along with Barda and Jasmine defeat all of the Shadow Lord's plans and save Deltora three times.
* SecretLegacy: He had no clue that he was [[spoiler: Adin's heir]].
* TrueCompanions: With Barda and Jasmine.
** In the later series, with Manus, Gla-Thon, Marilen, Zeean, Lindal, Ranesh, Doom, the Kin (most notably Prin), Gers and Steven.
* TheSmartGuy: Lief uses his brains over his brawn wherever possible.
* UnwittingPawn: During the second and third series, everyone is at risk of being a pawn. By listening to the recording in the crystal and finding the first part of the map of the Four Sisters, Lief was playing into the Shadow Lord's hands as the Shadow Lord knew that if he destroyed the crystal he would find out about the Four Sisters and set out to destroy them, thereby releasing the Grey Tide as a result. Lief is ''horrified'' when he realises this.
* WeakButSkilled: Lief's general fighting style. Since he's smaller than most of his opponents he tends to use speed and cunning to defeat them, rather than strength.
* WeaponOfChoice: A sword, namely the one his father made for him for his birthday.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: As he was a street kid for most of his childhood, Lief is wise in the ways of his people and the dangers that lurk in Del at night.

!!Endon
Lief's father, and the King of Deltora before Lief. He was close friends with Jarred as a child.
* AngerBornOfWorry: Whenever Lief came home after dark and took risks, both Endon and Sharn would be furious as they were so frightened for him.
* BabiesEverAfter: Between the prologue and Part II of ''The Forests of Silence'' Endon and Sharn have Lief.
* BaitAndSwitch: Endon, Sharn, Jarred and Anna switched identities to protect the royal family. Lief and Barda have no knowledge of this, for obvious reasons.
* TheBlacksmith: Trains as one as the prince of Deltora, [[spoiler: which he later puts into practice after assuming Jarred's identity.]]
* CharacterDeath: Endon is killed by [[spoiler: Fallow near the end of Return to Del.]]
* ChildhoodFriends: With Jarred. They were like brothers to each other.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Endon's parents are both dead at the beginning of the series; the death of his father King Alton results in him becoming King at a young age.
* {{Determinator}}: He never gives up in his mission to right the wrongs he has done and free Deltora from the Shadow Lord's rule.
* TheDutifulSon: He was described by Jarred to be very dutiful.
* HappilyMarried: To Sharn.
* ItsAllMyFault: Endon blames himself for the Shadow Lord's invasion of Deltora and his people's suffering, thinking that if he had been a stronger king and had listened to Jarred, it wouldn't have happened.
* KingIncognito: For the sixteen years of the Shadow Lord's rule, Endon is disguised as a blacksmith, which is ironic, since the first King of Deltora was also a blacksmith.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Endon's basic reaction to the loss of the Belt and the Shadow Lord's invasion.
* MyGreatestFailure: Endon's greatest failure is not realising in time that Deltora is in danger of being invaded by the Shadow Lord and reclaiming the Belt of Deltora to prevent this.
* NearDeathExperience: Had a run-in with a falling tree which left him with a stiff leg and a limp.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: To Sharn.
* PuppetKing: During his seven year reign, due to the Rule rendering him reliant on the evil Chief Advisor Prandine, who is a servant of the Shadow Lord.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: While in hiding plans out the quest for the gems with Sharn and prepares Lief for it.
* StartingANewLife: After the Shadow Lord's invasion, Endon and his family settle into a new life in the forge, taking on the identities of Jarred and Anna.
* TheOnlyOneITrust: No matter what, Jarred is always there for Endon and is always willing to help him. On the night of the Shadow Lord's invasion Endon sends for Jarred because he finally realises this and has no one else to turn to. Endon even tells this to Jarred word for word:
---> '''"For the sake of our old friendship, I beg you to forgive the past. You are the only one I can trust. Please help us!"'''
* SecretIdentity: During the dark years he is forced to hide his true identity so that he and is family won't get killed, and [[spoiler: pretends to be his close friend Jarred.]]



!!Sharn
Endon's wife and Lief's mother. She known for her quick wit and gift for sewing.
* AFriendInNeed: Doesn't hesitate to give her old friend Amarantz of the Pottery a job as a palace cook when the older woman comes asking for help.
* AngerBornOfWorry: Whenever Lief came home after dark and took risks, both Endon and Sharn would be furious as they were so frightened for him.
* BabiesEverAfter: Between parts one and two of The Forests of Silence, Sharn gives birth to Lief.
* ColdBloodedTorture: It is implied that this happened to Sharn after she and Endon were arrested and imprisoned in the Del Palace dungeons.
* {{Determinator}}: Sharn nevers gives up hope that the Shadow Lord will be defeated one day and her family will come out of hiding. She is described as a very brave and determined woman, and Jarred comes to admire her because of this.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Amarantz dies in Sharn's arms after [[spoiler: swallowing one of her poisoned cakes.]]
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Sharn has the appearance of a Toran, who all have pale skin and dark hair.
* HappilyMarried: To Endon.
* HiddenDepths: At first she seems to be a clueless painted doll, but she's really smart, brave and quick-witted.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Amarantz of the Pottery, who is described as almost elderly, some members of the Resistance and Jasmine, [[spoiler: Doom's daughter.]]
* ModestRoyalty: Even after returning to the palace and being known as the King's mother Sharn still chooses to dress as a blacksmith's wife. The only jewelry she chooses to wear is the locket her husband gave her long ago.
* NearDeathExperience: Almost dies of the 'Toran Plague' in the final book. She only recovers once is it ascertained that the so-called plague is actually poison and emeralds are sent to her to help her recover.
* NiceGirl: She is kind and warm to anyone who speak to her.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: To Endon. It's amazing how perfect they are for each other.
* PregnantBadass: During the first book's prologue, she manages to kill Prandine, the Chief Advisor, by tipping him out the window of the tower in which the Belt of Deltora was kept. She also manages to convince Endon to listen to Jarred, something which Jarred was never able to do. And all this while she is heavily pregnant.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She and Endon plan the quest for the gems and prepare Lief for it. After the Shadow Lord's defeat Sharn helps Deltorans recover from the Shadow Lord's rule, and becomes well-loved and respected by the people because of it. In Dragons of Deltora she travels to Tora to support relations between the two great cities, and when she returns serves soup to the poor and needy, which unfortunately results in the creation of the Toran Plague myth as [[spoiler: Sharn was poisoned soon after.]]
* SilkHidingSteel: She may look weak, but really she is quick-witted and strong, and as capable as the men at foiling an enemy.
* StartingANewLife: Sharn and Endon begin a new life in the forge after the Shadow Lord's invasion. After the return of the monarchy Sharn returns to live in the palace with Lief, Jasmine, Doom and Barda, and takes on the title 'Lady Sharn'.
* TeamMom: By the second series she has befriended many of Lief's friends, including members of the resistance and the Torans.
* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Sharn is said to be a gifted seamstress, and well able to sew magical garments [[spoiler: such as the cloak she sews for Lief.]] It is something she inherited from her Toran ancestors, as Torans are well known for their talent in sewing.

!!Anna (II)
The daughter of Lief and Jasmine. She is named after Jasmine's mother Anna.
* DeadGuyJunior: She is named after Jasmine's deceased mother Anna.

!!Endon (II)
Lief and Jasmine's son, and twin to Jarred. He is named after Lief's father Endon.
* DeadGuyJunior: He is named after Lief's father Endon.


!!Jarred (II)
Lief and Jasmine's son, and twin to Endon. He is named after Jasmine's father Jarred.
* DeadGuyJunior: He is named after Jasmine's father Jarred, [[spoiler: who is in fact still alive but no longer uses his birth name]].



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[[folder: Del Tribe Members]]

People of Deltora's southeast. Famously the native tribe of the royal family, the city of Del serves as Deltora's capital.

!!Barda

-->Voiced by: Yuusaku Yara (Japanese), Tom Edwards (English)

The former [[KnightInShiningArmor palace guard of Del]]. Before the Shadow Lord took control of Deltora, Barda's mother Min overheard the Shadow Lord's plot to take control of Deltora. Scared, she told the news to King Endon, who believed she was mistaken and had merely been dreaming. Several hours later she was murdered for what she knew. Afraid for his life, Barda fled the palace and found shelter in the forge, and fell asleep there.

When he awoke, Barda stumbled upon Jarred and Anna hurrying the king and queen away. When he approached them, Jarred knocked Barda out because he was afraid that he was an enemy.

For the next sixteen years, Barda disguised himself as a beggar to discover information vital to the quest. Upon Lief's sixteenth birthday, Barda reveals himself to Lief, and the quest for the gems begins.

* AdultFear: Barda is told by his mother about something evil which Prandine is planning; an hour later Min is dead and Barda realises that he will be next. He ends up fleeing from the palace to save his life.
* AngerBornOfWorry: When Lief is separated from his companions in the Shifting Sands, and is later rescued by Barda and Jasmine from a sand-beast, Barda blows it at Lief as he was so afraid for him.
* BabiesEverAfter: After the third series Barda and Lindal have six children, all identical and taller than their parents.
* BadassCape: Has one as a palace guard.
* BadassInDistress: In ''Return to Del'', he, Jasmine and Doom are being held captive and are about to be executed by Fallow on the Place of Punishment. Luckily Lief swoops in (almost literally) and saves the day.
* BadassNormal: Barda has no supernatural powers at all, but he is a palace guard, who are the most powerful fighters in Deltora.
* BearsAreBadNews: His nickname is Barda the Bear.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Between Barda and Lindal in the third series. It gets resoved eventually.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Though he technically isn't a brother, Barda has this in regards to Lief and Jasmine.
* TheBigGuy: One of the strongest characters in the series who isn't a [[BloodKnight Jalis]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Very much so.
* {{Determinator}}: Never gives up during the quest for the gems. In ''The Maze of the Beast'', when Lief and Jasmine believe the quest lost because the pirates are thought to have both the amethyst and the Belt, Barda tells them otherwise, saying that he'd rather get the gem from the pirates than the Glus in the Maze, and that they can't be sure that they can trust a map which an Ol showed them.
* {{Flashback}}: One episode of the anime tells his story in the form of flashbacks.
%%* TheFettered
* HappilyMarried: To Lindal after the end of the final series.
* HatesBeingTouched: Barda is very uncomfortable at being hugged by Lief and Jasmine in ''The Maze of the Beast'', though he doesn't pull away from them.
* HumbleHero: He is not too proud to beg for food and money if he has to.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Lief and Jasmine.
* ItsAllMyFault: Barda feels guilt at not being there to help his fellow guards when the Shadow Lord invaded.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Barda was one before the start of the series.
* [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Long Haired Pretty Man]]: In the anime at least, Barda is depicted with long hair and can be very attractive.
* MissingMom: Barda's mother, Min, was killed just before the Shadow Lord's invasion by Prandine.
* NearDeathExperience: Several. In the first book, Barda is stabbed in the chest by Gorl and definitely would have died if not for the nectar from the Lilies of Life. In the sixth book he falls into the River Tor (which is infested with killer worms) while battling pirates on the River Queen, and he himself says later that it is a miracle he didn't get bitten. And in ''Return to Del'' he falls into a gripper field while the trio are escaping into the woods to hide from the Grey Guards, and is severely wounded. Then in Withick Mire Dain attempts to murder him through poison (as he has realised that Barda is a major threat to his plans). Thankfully, Lief realises in the nick of time what is happening and uses the Belt to heal Barda.
* NervesOfSteel: Barda is usually a tower of strength, and never gives up on anything. [[spoiler: This provides a clue for recognising that the Barda Lief and Jasmine meet after the pirate attack is an Ol, as the real Barda would never have given up or lost hope.]]
* OfficialCouple: With [[spoiler: Lindal]] by the end of the third series.
* PragmaticHero: Barda is always seen trying to come up with a plan before taking action.
%%* SculptedPhysique
* TeamDad: He assumes this role for Lief and Jasmine early on in the series.
* TeethClenchedTeamWork: Barda with Lindal in ''Dragon's Nest''.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Lief's parents, and later to Lief.
* WeaponOfChoice: A sword. Unsurprising since Barda was once a palace guard and had been taught to wield one when he began training.

!!Jasmine

-->Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki (Japanese), Laura Rushfeldt (English)

A wild girl with emerald-green eyes who grew up alone in the Forests of Silence. Her parents were captured by Grey Guards when she was seven, and she was raised by the forest from then on. She can understand the language of the trees and many animals, and possesses great agility and sharp senses, including photographic memory. Fending for herself alone since childhood, she has trouble understanding some social customs.

* ActionGirl: And how. She's small but strong and agile, and wields a dagger with precision. [[spoiler: Doom finds that put painfully when he attacks the trio in the dark in the Rithmere Champion Inn. Jasmine cuts him.]]
* AdaptationDyeJob: Jasmine has green hair in the anime, but she has black hair in the books.
* AdultFear: Her parents were taken from her when she was only seven years old, causing her to fend for herself and grow up alone in a forest which most in Del are afraid of.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She has dark hair, and is very stoic and distant, much like Doom.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Most noticeably in the anime. Justified considering she'd have barely spent any time indoors, living in the Forests of Silence. It seems to be a partially inherited trait, since [[spoiler: her father has tanned skin as well.]]
* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Lief and Jasmine. Jasmine and Doom have these moments, as well, but [[spoiler: in a father-daughter way.]]
* BabiesEverAfter: At the end of the third series Jasmine marries Lief and has three children named Anna, Jarred and Endon.
* BadassInDistress: She, Barda and Doom are captured by Fallow and about to be executed on the Place of Punishment. Lief has to come to rescue them.
* BadassNormal: She is small but strong and agile, and wields a dagger with precision.
* BaitAndSwitch: In ''The Maze of the Beast'' Jasmine acts as a decoy to draw any potential Shadow Lord spies away from their group. She travels separately from Lief and Barda for a time, only meeting up with them again on board the River Queen.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Jasmine only agreed to go on the quest with Lief and Barda because her mother's ghost appeared to her and told her to.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Between Lief and Jasmine, for the most part. Jasmine and Glock have some in the beginning of the second series.
* BerserkButton: Do not mock Jasmine or her family, or she'll cut you.
* BrokenBird: Displays this at times. Justified, since she had a pretty hard childhood, she lost her parents at an early age and had to fend for herself for nine years, and then Lief and Barda came with their quest, disturbed the life Jasmine had built up for herself in the Forests.
* CaptainObvious: Has a habit of stating the obvious, especially in the anime.
* CharacterDevelopment: Over the course of the series Jasmine learns to be a bit more trusting and a bit less wild.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Her skills and strength is incredible in the air, swinging from tree to tree. Powerful, brave and good at close range. But when it comes to fighting against magic users, she is hopelessly out matched. She also [[SuperDrowningSkills never learned how to swim]], which becomes more than a little frustrating for her in the [[GetOnTheBoat second series]].
%%* CuteBruiser
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Where to start? She grew up in a forest alone, having to fend for herself after her parents were taken away by Grey Guards when she was seven. When she was sixteen she was convinced by her dead mother to join two strangers on their quest to free Deltora from the Shadow Lord, and along the way she befriended a guy called Dain who she kind of had a crush on who happened to be [[spoiler: a spy for the Shadow Lord]]. And it turned out that [[spoiler: her lost father was really a guy she hated and was suspicious of, and he was totally changed by his experience in the Shadowlands.]]
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Of ''Deltora Shadowlands''.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has her moments.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Though she never fully defrosts, Jasmine is considerable less of an IceQueen than she was in the beginning of the series.
* DependingOnTheArtist: The color of her hair in the books is black, but in the anime it became green.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: She. Lief and Barda have to defeat the Shadow Lord and his plans three times before they and their kingdom can finally be safe and have a proper life.
* FamilyOfChoice: After her parents are gone Jasmine chooses Filli and Kree as her new family, and later when Barda and Lief appear in her life she begins to think of them like family too.
* FireForgedFriends: With Barda and Lief. Glock as well, seeing as it was only when they were in trouble in Plume that their enmity finally faded.
%%* GenkiGirl
* GreenEyes: Jasmine has brilliant green eyes that are described as being emerald-like in colour. She gets them from her mother. [[spoiler: She has to have, as her father has dark eyes.]]
* HappilyMarried: To Lief at the end of the third series.
* HeroicBSOD: Jasmine gets this in the second series, when she realises that Faith isn't real and that she was just a pawn used by the Shadow Lord to lure Lief into the Shadowlands.
* HoldingHands: Lief and Jasmine do this often in the third series.
* HotBlooded: Matched only by Lief. Barda repeatedly calls them out on it in jest or frustration. [[spoiler: She most likely gets it from her father, who was also known for being hot-blooded in his younger days.]]
* IAmWho: [[spoiler: Jasmine is Doom's daughter.]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Barda, Sharn and others she met during travels around Deltora.
* JunglePrincess: Though not exactly a princess (though it was falsely implied in ''Return to Del''), Jasmine did grow up wild in a forest.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Doom is Jasmine's father.]]
* NatureHero: Due to her up-bringing, Jasmine has a great respect for nature, and treats them as she would people.
* NearDeathExperience: In ''Dread Mountain'', Jasmine receives a blow from a Vraal which knocks her unconscious; in the same book she walks into a Dread Gnome trap and nearly falls to her death (Lief manages to catch her hand in time and pulls her up again with Barda's help). Then when the trio are escaping their tunnel-prison she is hit by one of the Gnomes' poisoned arrows which are said to kill a person in seconds, and only lives because Lief helps her by giving her the ruby in the Belt to draw strength from.
* ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler:Played with in the second series. She's obviously not that socially clueless that she doesn't know how Lief feels about her, rather, she ignores it due to her anger at the time and becomes convinced that she's being overlooked in favor of Marilyn. She's left feeling more than a little shocked when it eventuates that Pirran pipe or no Pirran pipe, Lief would have thrown away his duties as king and relentlessly chased her in order to bring her back to him.]]
* OfficialCouple: With Lief.
* OnlySaneMan: She is this in episode 22 of the anime, as only she knows something is up about Francoise.
* OnlyOneName: She's only ever known as Jasmine; no surname is given.
* ParentalAbandonment: Both her parents were captured by Grey Guards and taken to the Shadowlands when she was seven, leaving her to fend for herself.
* PickyEater: Jasmine refuses to drink Queen Bee Cider, as she does not like the overly sweet taste of it.
* PragmaticHero: She has a very practical personality due to her upbringing in the Forests, and often prepares for possible dangers during their quests.
* ProperlyParanoid: She had to be to survive. This ends up saving everyone's lives more than once.[[spoiler: She gets it from her dad.]]
* RaisedByWolves: She was raised by trees.
* RebelliousSpirit: She has a hard time following orders, and is used to fending for herself with everything. [[spoiler: She gets it from her father.]]
* RulingCouple: At the end of the series, with Lief.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: She can put her ear to the ground and tell you if anyone is approaching. And, if so, how many. And how big they are. She can also talk to trees.
* SheCleansUpNicely: At one point in the first series, Jasmine has gone incognito and traveled away from Lief and Barda because, as a wild girl accompanied by animal friends, she's the most recognizable member of their party. She washes, puts on a dress, covers her Wild Hair with a scarf, and puts on make up. When she later (accidentally) meets up with Lief and Barda, it takes them a long time to recognize her.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Mostly with Kree and Filli, although she has demonstrated the ability to understand most animal languages.
* TheStoic: Like her father, Jasmine tends to keep her emotions to herself, causing her to seem indifferent and callous at times. However, she ''does'' care.
** NotSoStoic: First when she sees Manus reuniting with his people, and later in Return to Del when she realises that Doom is her father. She breaks down into tears.
* TalkingToPlants: She understands the trees.
* {{Tomboy}}: Has shades of this.
* TragicKeepsake: Some of the things Lief sees in Jasmine's nest in the Forest of Silence are keepsakes of the parents she had lost. Special mention goes to Jasmine's dagger, which used to be her father's, which she treasures deeply and is distraught when she loses it in the Shifting Sands, and the 'wake the bear, do not fear' drawing which her father had given to her long ago and which Jasmine still kept for all those years.
%%* {{Tsundere}}
* UnwittingPawn: In the second series. The Shadow Lord uses her to lure Lief into the Shadowlands, by making Jasmine believe that she had a sister trapped there. Jasmine breaks down when she realises this and the fact that [[spoiler: Faith wasn't real after all.]]
* WeakButSkilled: Jasmine's general fighting style, due to her small stature, especially in the fourth book of the first series, The Shifting Sands, where she's classified as 'agility'.
* WeaponOfChoice: A dagger with a hilt inlaid with crystal. It used to be her father's.
* WildHair: Her hair is constantly described as tangled.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Justified, as she grew up in a forest fending for herself. Though she is still very young in other ways.

!!Doom

Leader of the Resistance, during a visit to Tom's Shop, he encounters Lief, Barda, and Jasmine. Jasmine is suspicious of him. Doom later competes in the Rithmere Games with the aim of exposing the Games as a means of scouting out great fighters and taking them to the Shadowlands. While Lief and his friends see him as aloof, he actually is more concerned about his allies than what he seems.

* AdultFear: Was forced to leave his seven-year-old daughter to grow up alone in the Forests of Silence, with a slim chance of survival. He later endured his wife's death in the Shadowlands.
* AFriendInNeed: Jarred immediately goes to Endon's aid when Endon finally asks for his help, and sacrifices his home and identity to keep the royal family safe.
* AloofAlly: How he comes off to the heroes. He may seem aloof, but he is a genuine ally, though the trio doesn't think so at first.
** To him, this trope applies to the heroes, who refuse to join the resistance in the name of some quest that they will not share the details of.
* BadassInDistress: Barda, Jasmine and Doom are captured by Fallow and about to be executed on the Place of Punishment. Lief has to come to rescue them.
%%* BadassNormal
* BaitAndSwitch: Doom is fond of this trope, it seems. He uses it in his plan [[spoiler: to hide the royal family from the Shadow Lord.]]
** He uses it again in ''Return to Del'', when the trio and their allies are debating the best way to get to Withick Mire without being noticed by Shadow Lord spies. Much like his original plan to hide the royal family, he places decoys of Lief, Barda and Jasmine in the west near the River Tor to make the Shadow Lord turn his attention there.
* TheBlacksmith: When he was [[spoiler: Jarred of the Forge]]. In the second series, he helps Lief craft a perfect replica of the [[spoiler: Belt of Deltora]]. He also later heats up the forge to the right temperature to destroy the [[spoiler: Shadow Lord's crystal.]]
* BoldExplorer: What Doom resolves to be at the end of the third series.
* BrutalHonesty: Doom never lies. Never. Except when he's protecting someone he cares about.
* CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem: Jasmine certainly feels this way when they are first forced to team-up.
* TheConfidant: To Endon during his childhood in the palace of Del.
* CrazyPrepared: It comes with being ProperlyParanoid. You really can't blame him, all things considered...
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: After he and his wife fled Del in place of the royal family, they settled in the Forests of Silence as Tora refused them sanctuary. When Jasmine was seven both he and Anna were captured by Grey Guards and marched to the Shadowlands. In the Shadowlands Anna died (which broke Jarred), and soon after he lost his memories during his own fight in the Shadow Arena. Jarred survived and returned to Deltora but became an empty shell of a man due to the trauma and his own bitterness toward the royal family, who he mistakenly believed abandoned Deltora to its fate.]]
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DeathFakedForYou: After he is found by Crian the old blacksmith throws his clothes into the sea to make the palace guards believe he is drowned.
* DefrostingIceKing: Though he never completely defrosts, he is less of a JerkAss in the later two series than he is in the first.
* {{Determinator}}: Never gives up in anything.
* DysfunctionalFamily: Doom and Jasmine are father and daughter, but they hardly ever show it. It isn't because they don't love each other, but because their family is strange. They had just reunited after being apart for nine years, and during those nine years Jarred became a completely different person to the father Jasmine would have remembered from long ago. They chose to start afresh as 'Doom and Jasmine' rather than 'Jarred and his daughter'. A scene near the end of "The Sister of the South" shows just how dysfunctional their relationship is.
* FireForgedFriends: With Lief, Barda and Jasmine.
* FirstGirlWins: Anna is the first (and only) girl Jarred meets in prologue of the first book, and he later marries her.
* FrameUp: Jarred is accused of attempting to murder Endon, and is forced to flee the palace because of it. [[spoiler: He eventually gets cleared of it, however, years later when Endon comes to realise the truth of it.]]
** In The Maze of the Beast the Shadow Lord's Ols try to make the trio believe that Doom is secretly working for the Shadow Lord by making it seem as if he had sold out the location of the Amethyst to the Pirates. [[spoiler: It ends up being a lie.]]
** In the third series [[spoiler: Paff does her best to make Josef believe that Doom is a Shadow Lord servant and the Guardian of the Sister of the South. In actuality, he is neither. It is Paff who is the real traitor.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: Or at least, [[JerkassFacade he doesn't like people to think he's nice]].
** Doom is pretty hard on Josef in the third series, so much so that Josef ends up distrusting him because of it. He doesn't really have anything against Josef, though; it's just the way he is. [[spoiler: Paff uses it to her full advantage, however, to conceal the fact that she is the Guardian of the Sister of the South.]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Doom has a grizzled face and a scar on the side of his head, but he's basically a good guy.
* HappilyMarried: To Anna before her death.
* HeroicSacrifice: Gives up his identity and home to protect the royal family.
* HotBlooded: As a child. After he becomes Doom, not so much. It's something Jasmine seems to have inherited, along with the foot-stamping.
* IdentityAmnesia: He was once [[spoiler: Endon's best friend Jarred]], and he is [[spoiler: Jasmine's]] father. He forgot all this after sustaining a serious head injury in the Shadowlands while fighting a Vraal.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Lief, Crian and people in the Resistance. And also the old Doom of the Hills.
* ItsAllMyFault: He blames himself for Josef's death in the third series, as he had been hard on Josef, so much so that Josef distrusted him because of it.
* IWorkAlone: Admittedly he actually has some valid reasons for it. When the Enemy has shapeshifting Ols, you never know who you can trust, so working alone can be lifesaving.
%%* ImplausibleFencingPowers
* LivingLieDetector: he can generally tell when he's being lied to, and detect most Ols just by looking at them. [[spoiler: Supposedly anyway. Grade Three Ols, however, are a different story.]]
* Jerkass: But only in the first series. It's really just a facade to cover up the fact that he's bitter and empty inside. He actually does act nice or simply cordial at times, such as when he invites the trio to stay in the Resistance stronghold despite the fact that it would bring the Grey Guards to their door, and also after the short time he spends inside Tora which saps his willpower. Unfortunately the JerkAss side of his overshadows the nice part of him and he's continuously mistrusted by the trio for most of the first series.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the second and third series, when the other characters have finally noticed that he does have a nice side after all.
* LikeASonToMe: Though he never says it aloud, he seems to have thought of Dain like a son, as Dain told the trio that Doom was like a father to him.
* LukeIAmYourFather: He's [[spoiler: Jasmine's]] father.
* MadeASlave: He and his wife get taken to the Shadowlands as slaves when Jasmine is seven years old.
* MysteriousPast: In the first series, no one knows anything about Doom's past, least of all Doom himself.
* NearDeathExperience: He almost dies in the Shadow Arena while fighting a Vraal. He only just manages to escape after he hits his head and loses all his memories.
* NervesOfSteel: Is able to think quickly in a dangerous and difficult situation and not panic.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Even his own daughter calls him Doom. It's justified given that after being Doom of the Hills for so long it would be impossible to go back to being Jarred because he just isn't that person anymore,
* PowerOfTrust: In the very beginning, Jarred is trusted by Endon, who he gives up his identity for so that the royal family can be safe from the Shadow Lord. Then he goes into the Shadow Arena... and becomes a hard, cold man who rarely trusts. However, he chooses to trust Lief, Barda and Jasmine after he rescues them from Grey Guards, by inviting them into the Resistance stronghold and admitting what his motives had been for attending the Games in the first place. However, the three companions refuse to trust him in turn, and he is left wondering if he was wrong to trust them as they would not trust him. He is greatly mistrusted by the trio in the first series, but in the end turns out to be a steadfast ally.
** In ''The Isle of Illusion", when Sharn and Marilen are speculating on who could have tried to poison Marilen Sharn says that it couldn't be Doom as he is 'above suspicion'. They are right of course, and it goes to show how trusted Doom is by the trio and royal family by that point in the series that they would not even think of suspecting him of treachery.
** In "The Sister of the South" Doom goes white when he believes for a moment that Lief accuses him of treachery, showing just how much he values Lief's trust in him.
* PragmaticHero: Is fond of taking a pragmatic approach to planning a venture.
* ProperlyParanoid: He leads a rebel organization when the Enemy has shapeshifting spies. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Dain is one of the most advanced shapeshifters, the undetectable kind.]]
* RebelLeader: Leads the rebellion against the Shadow Lord.
* RebelliousSpirit: In his own, silent way.
** In part one of The Forests of Silence Jarred is said to long to break the Rule and climb over the wall and see the city. The only reason he doesn't do it is because it would mean being taken away from the palace and Endon.
* SecretIdentity: [[spoiler: He's actually Jarred.]]
* StartingANewLife: A result of his death being faked and being hunted by the palace, Jarred settles into life at the forge with Anna and Crian and becomes Crian's apprentice.
** This also comes into play when he and Anna flee Del on the night of the Shadow Lord's invasion. As the Torans refuse to provide shelter for them they are forced to settle in the Forests of Silence. And there's also when Jarred escapes from the Shadow Arena and becomes Doom, with no recollection of who he truly is.
* TheStoic: He rarely changes expression.
** NotSoStoic: When he hits his head and begins to recover all his memories in Return to Del, Doom breaks down when he begins conversing with Past!Anna and Past!Jasmine.
* UndyingLoyalty: In The Forests of Silence prologue, to Endon. And later to Lief.

!! Anna
Crian's granddaughter and Jarred's wife. She is pregnant during the prologue in ''The Forests of Silence'' and is due to give birth in early autumn.

* AdultFear: Anna has to leave behind her seven-year-old daughter to fend for herself in the Forests of Silence when she and Jarred are captured by Grey Guards and taken to the Shadowlands. She doesn't even know if Jasmine is alive or dead.
* BabiesEverAfter: Between the Prologue and Part Two of The Forests of Silence, Anna gives birth to Jasmine.
* BodyHorror: See below.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: A popular fan theory is that Anna is [[spoiler: ripped apart by a Vraal in the Shadow Arena]]. Given what slaves had to endure in the Shadowlands, it's all too likely that however it happened Anna's death was brutal and cruel.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Anna's mother died in childbirth; her father died three years before the series begins.
* GreenEyes: Since Jarred/Doom has dark eyes and Jasmine has green eyes, it's likely that Anna had green eyes as well.
* HappilyMarried: To Jarred before her death.
* HeroicSacrifice: Willingly gives up her home and identity to protect the royal family.
* MadeASlave: Was taken to the Shadowlands with Jarred, possibly to fight in the Shadow Arena.
* TheMedic: Anna was said to be a healer, wise in the knowledge of herbs and growing things. She cures Jarred after he is paralysed by the Wenn in First Wood.
* PregnantBadass: Though not as badass as Sharn in the Forests of Silence prologue, Anna gets points for being willing to give up her identity and home so that Endon, Sharn and their child would be safe.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Implied and very likely, as Anna's parents died when she was fairly young and she seemed to be close to her grandfather.
* SoProudOfYou: Anna says this to Jasmine when her spirit is momentarily drawn back by the topaz.

!! Crian
Anna's grandfather and a blacksmith. Stubborn and fearless, Crian is the only one brave enough to give shelter to Jarred after his flight from the Palace of Del, and has a large influence on Jarred. He agrees to take Jarred on as an apprentice, and after his death Jarred takes over as blacksmith.
* TheBlacksmith: Of Del before the Shadow Lord's invasion.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Jarred.

!!Jinks
A former palace acrobat from before the invasion as well as a former acquaintance of Barda. He later joined the resistance. Is well known in all his circles for causing mischief.
* CharacterDeath: He eats a [[spoiler: poisoned cake intended for Marilen.]]
* JerkAss: Stirs up trouble for gain and amusement.
* TheTrickster: Likes to deceive others for his own gain.

!!Josef
The palace librarian during the time of King Alton and King Lief, and the guardian of the Deltora Annals.
* AFriendInNeed: Josef gives away the knowledge of Marilen's presence in the palace to comfort Amarantz, who is distraught at the thought of Lief not being in the palace as she has come so close to speaking with him to convince him to take an army into the Shadowlands to free the slaves trapped there. He is guilt-ridden afterward, as he realises the possible ramifications of his action which put Marilen in danger.
* CharacterDeath: Josef is killed by [[spoiler: Paff, who had been putting poison into his food and drink to make him seem crazy and distrust those around him, particularly Doom.]]
* Cloudcuckoolander: Comes off as this [[InUniverseExanple in universe]]. A lot of his ideas, including his opinions on Dragons, lead people to assume he is crazy. The fact that he tends to babble does not help.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Fakes his own death to save the Deltora Annals, and lives the next years as a homeless person on the streets of Del.
* DeathByFire: What everyone thinks happened to Josef, before he shows himself to be alive in ''Cavern of the Fear''.
* FakingTheDead: After being ordered by Prandine to destroy the Deltora Annals, Josef TookAThirdOption and faked his own death by making out that he burned himself along with the Annals. He even wrote a convincing suicide note to go with it.
* FamilyOfChoice: During the Shadow Lord's rule he informally adopts Ranesh into his family, and comes to view the couple who sheltered them in the Pottery as very close friends.
* HiddenDepths: At first he seems like a Cloudcuckoolander, and is not taken very seriously as a result. However, he turns out to be brave, smart and extremely loyal to Deltora.
* LikeASonToMe: Josef tells this to Ranesh [[spoiler: just before he dies.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: For Ranesh.
%%* PowerOfTrust

!! Amarantz
An elderly woman who once ran the largest pottery in Del and is friends with Sharn. She and her husband were taken to the Shadowlands after a failed attempt at rebellion.
* FacialHorror: Has ugly scars that mark her cheeks and brow.
* CharacterDeath: Eats [[spoiler: one of her own poisoned cakes.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was taken to the Shadowlands as a slave after a failed rebellion.
* {{Determinator}}: Upon gaining entry into the palace, Amarantz is quick in trying to gain an audience with Lief to convince him to bring an army to the Shadowlands to save the trapped Deltorans. She doesn't give up hope that she'll be able to speak to him eventually about it-- in fact, the only time she appears to be in despair is when she realises that Lief is in Tora and not Del.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Amarantz dies in [[spoiler: Sharn]]'s arms after [[spoiler: swallowing one of her poisoned cakes.]]
* HappilyMarried: To an unnamed man, before they are separated after being taken to the Shadowlands as slaves.
* MadeASlave: Was taken to the Shadowlands as a slave after a failed rebellion.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Amarantz attempts to poison Marilen in ''Isle of Illusion'', after hearing from Josef that Marilen is Lief's Toran bride. Fortunately, Marilen realises this [[spoiler: with the help of the amethyst in the Belt of Deltora]] and does not touch her lunch. She later also tries to dispose of Doom, Lindal and Steven in the same way.
* TheMole: She is under control of a [[spoiler: Conversion Project worm.]]
* PuppeteerParasite: Part of the [[spoiler: Shadow Lord's Conversion Project.]]

!! Mikal
A former potter of Del. He is captured and taken to the Shadowlands, where his hands are turned into talons, earning him the nickname 'Claw'.
* BadassNormal: Sort of. He fights fearlessly against plenty of enemies in the Shadowlands with no problems at all, but the fact that he has talons for hands which he uses to his advantage during fights may subvert this trope slightly.
* BodyHorror: Used as an experiment while in the Shadowlands. He now sports talons in place of hands.
* CursedWithAwesome: By his own admission, his talons come in handy when it's a struggle to survive.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He was taken to the Shadowlands, and sent to the Factory, where he was brutally experimented on by Shadow Lord servants. This caused him to have talons in place of hands.
* DeadpanSnarker: Is known for it.
* {{Determinator}}: Never gives up, though he is very thoughtful and wary when planning his approach to a fight.
* FireForgedFriends: With Brianne and Gers, and the second Shadowlands resistance group. Later with Lief, Barda and Jasmine.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Known as Claw while in the Shadowlands Resistance.
* PragmaticHero: Is very much so. In ''The Shadowlands'' he orders the others to be careful entering the Resistance hideout in case it had been invaded by Shadow Lord servants. He is right, too, as [[spoiler: Hellena's group had been discovered and captured by the Shadow Lord.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: Upon meeting Lief, Barda and Jasmine, Claw is wary of them, thinking that they might be Shadow Lord spies. It is justified, since no one had been known to have escaped from the Shadowlands or even entered it of their own free will. And since Claw is a RebelLeader in the land of their Enemy, with their Enemy's servants surrounding them, he has a valid reason to be ProperlyParanoid.
* RebelLeader: Leads the Shadowlands resistance.
* MadeASlave: Taken to the Shadowlands as a slave long ago to be experimented on.
* NervesOfSteel: Never seems to panic or flinch during a battle.
* RebelliousSpirit: Leads a Resistance band in the Shadowlands.
* StartingANewLife: After his return from the Shadowlands.
* TheStoic: He rarely shows his true feelings. Justified, since he the leader of a rebel group within enemy territory.
* TrueCompanions: With Brianne and Gers.

!!Britta
A young woman of Del who longs to be a trader and the protagonist of the ''Star of Deltora'' series. Against great opposition, she enters the Rosalyn Trust competition in the hopes of becoming the new Trader Rosalyn apprentice.
* AdultFear: There is an attempt on her life in ''The Towers of Illica''. If Sky and Jewel hadn't been close by when it happened, Britta would likely have fallen to her death and drowned in the stormy sea.
* BrokenPedestal: Her view of her father was forever altered when he betrayed his own family and people to claim the Staff of Tier.
* CastingAShadow: Not her, per se, but the Wraiths that follow her. Most people, including herself, see only creeping shadows.
* DaddysGirl: Before Dare's betrayal she had an extremely close relationship with him, to the point where she wanted to be a trader like him. This relationship (on Britta's side) turned bitter after Dare's betrayal.
* DamselOutOfDistress: In the swamplands of Two Moons Britta finds herself in a sticky situation but still manages to get herself out of it by bargaining with Thurl. She is the one who saves Sky from being thrown into the mud to drown, and bargains for a safe way out of there for both of them. Earlier in ''Shadows of the Master'' she is knocked unconscious and trapped in a cellar and she immediately sets her mind to escaping her predicament.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her father was the infamous Dare Larsett, who betrayed his crew and the captain of his ship to find the Staff of Tier and become its new master. After news of Dare's betrayal reached Del Britta and her family were forced into hiding because of the scandal.
* {{Determinator}}: Is determined to win the competition and get back the ''Star of Deltora'' from the Rosalyn Fleet.
* DisappearedDad: Her father, Dare Larsett, never came home after finding the Island of Tier.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: After leaving Two Moons she creates a fringe of her hair to hide the permanent gold mark left there by Thurl in the Swamplands.
* FireForgedFriends: She and Sky graduadually develop something of a comradery after their run-in in the Two Moons swamp.
* GuileHero: Unlike Lief or Rye, who had weapons and/or magic on their side, Britta must defend herself and succeed in her quest with only her wits.
* HotBlooded: Very much so, though she is also very level-headed and polite as well.
* InTheBlood: Like her father, she has an intense love of trade and seafaring, though she is not supposed to indulge in either.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Captain Gripp.
* IntrepidMerchant: Since she was young, she has always wanted to be a trader and go to strange lands. Now she finds that she is in the running to become apprentice to the Trader Rosalyn.
* InSeriesNickname: Is called 'Britt' by Captain Gripp.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Once it sank in that she had a real chance in the Rosalyn Trust competition, she seized the opportunity with both hands and fought tooth and nail to make it count.
* MagnificentBastard: Her first act in the story is talking a customer into buying an entire wheel of cheese.
* NiceGirl: Is generally a kind and generous person.
* NonActionGirl: Unlike previous protagonists, she is decidedly a NonActionGirl, her main talent being in trading. She has no skills at all in combat.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: In Olla-Scollbow's Tower, Britta tries to comfort a despairing and lovesick Collin by telling him that "there is more to the world than the Towers of Illica". The very next morning Collin's disappeared, having taken enough heart in Britta's words to choose to elope with his lover, and Britta is accidentally implicated in the scandal in a letter of his to his parents. And to top it all off, Britta is accused of stealing a sunrise pearl from the Collection which was actually taken by Collin. All of this results in a very dangerous situation, at the end of which Britta is forced to hand over her own sunrise pearl to the Scollbows and confined to her cabin until further notice.
* ObliviousToLove: Britta seems entirely unaware that Jantsy harbors romantic feelings for her.
** She's also entirely oblivious to Sky's obvious affection for her, dismissing his trade of an odi-hairclip usually given as a love-token (its pattern meaning '''forever''') to her to help her win the contest as a favor from a friend and payment of a debt.
* OddFriendship: Despite the many differences between her and Jewel, the two quickly hit it off and begin looking out for each other. [[spoiler: This extends to Sky once they begin to trust each other.]]
* {{Pride}}: Has a good deal of pride, though it's not a FatalFlaw of hers.
* PrimAndProperBun: Initially wears her hair in a bun at the nape of her neck, as is befitting a 'proper' lady of Del. In ''Two Moons'' she lets her hair down to give her some relief from the heat of the sun.
* RebelliousSpirit: She longs to escape her dreary life in the little shop in Del and be free to follow her dream of becoming a trader and winning back the ''Star of Deltora''.
* SecretIdentity: Only close friends know who her father is.
* SilkHidingSteel: Britta is much stronger than she appears to be.
* SirSwearsALot: She seems to curse a lot more than would be expected for a woman of Del.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: It's stated that Britta bears a strong resemblance to her father.
* TookALevelInBadass: Goes through this after she finds herself trapped in the swamplands on Two Moons. She tries to rescue a boy from drowning in the mud (and almost drowns herself), bargains with Thurl for her way out and later manages to save Sky from being thrown into the mud by the turtle-people by trading her purse for his life. And then it's revealed that she's now the owner of a goozli doll, which is what Thurl had given her as thanks for saving Stassi's life.
* [[TurnOutLikeHisFather Turn Out Like Her Father]]: Everybody who knows her father is Larsett can see that she takes after him and, with the exception of Captain Gripp, they all fear it.
* WildHair: Her hair is a downplayed example. Though it's described as messy and tangled, it's nowhere near as bad as Jasmine's.

!!Margareth
The older sister of Britta.
* NiceGirl: She has a very gentle and kind personality.

!!Maarie
Mother of Britta and Margareth, and wife to Dare Larsett.

!!Dare Larsett
Britta's father and famous trader. He was second only to Mab in the Rosalyn fleet before he decided to strike out on his own, with his own ship, the Star of Deltora. [[spoiler: He is the current King of Tier.]]
* BrokenPedestal: He was once the second most famous trader in all of Deltora. Now he is hated by everyone, including his own family.
* TheExile: Spent the sixteen years of Shadow Lord rule in exile with the Rosalyn Fleet.
* IntrepidMerchant: As a member of the Rosalyn fleet, this is a given.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: He apparently sacrificed his entire crew to get to the Staff of Tier, which in turn awoke the dreaded Island of Tier.]]
* StartingANewLife: He accompanied the Rosalyn Fleet into exile on the day of the Shadow Lord invasion and made a name for himself as a trader.
* StreetUrchin: He spent most of his childhood on the streets of Del.
* TragicMonster: It's implied that he was bewitched by the Staff into killing his crew and retreating to the Isle of Tier, and that he regrets what he has become.

!!Jantsy
A close friend of Britta's who works at a bakery. He is the only person she has trusted [[spoiler:with the secret of her father.]]
* DoggedNiceGuy: Type II to Britta. It's implied that he is her only friend outside of family and Captain Gripp, and that the main reason she's friends with him at all is because he took interest in her.
* JustFriends: Jantsy clearly has some unresolved feelings for Britta. Britta seems completely oblivious to this and merely views Jantsy as a good, dependable friend.
* NiceGuy: Is good-hearted and nice.

!!Captain Gripp
A retired ship's captain, and a close friend and ally of Britta.
* CoolOldGuy: Britta thinks so at least. Jantsy, on the other hand, seems content to wait outside his house rather than go in with Britta.
* TheExile: Spent the sixteen years of Shadow Lord rule in exile with the Rosalyn Fleet.
* HiddenDepths: He used to make intricate models of the ships in the Rosalyn Fleet, including the ''Star of Deltora''. He stopped when his hands developed arthritis.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Britta, as well as Larsett back in the day.

!!Mab
The current Trader Rosalyn and the commander of the Rosalyn Fleet. She is currently looking for an apprentice to inherit her title.
* TheExile: Spent the sixteen years of Shadow Lord rule in exile with the Rosalyn Fleet.
* FieryRedhead: She's a redhead who is proud, stubborn and fiery.
* IntrepidMerchant: She is effectively the queen of Intrepid Merchants.
* LikeASonToMe: Felt this way towards Larsett. It is implied that, had the terms of the Rosalyn Trust been more lenient, he would have been her preferred successor.
* {{Pride}}: One of her defining traits. It's implied to be the reason she waited so long to get and apprentice, seeing it as admitting that she is getting old and weak.
* WhatTheHellHero: Gives a very short one to Britta after she discovers that the latter had a role in the mess surrounding the elopement of Collin and Vorn.

!!Zoolah
Mikah's sister and an employee of the Rosalyn Fleet.
* BerserkButton: She doesn't like it when people challenge her authority, or worse, disregard it altogether.
* CharacterDeath: Is killed by [[spoiler: the shadows in ''Shadows of the Master'']], when she is harassing [[spoiler: Britta]] and threatening to reveal her true identity.
* ControlFreak: She has little power within the Rosalyn Fleet, but she excercises it whenever she gets the chance.
* ItsPersonal: Her Feud with Britta gets more and more heated as she tries to exact her retribution and gets repeatedly shot down. [[spoiler: But nothing compares to when she finds out that Britta's father is Larsett, the man who killed her brother.]]
* ThisMeansWar: She will instantly hold a grudge against anybody who offends her and will never let it go until she gets her way.

!!Sorrel
An experienced trader who works for the Rosalyn Fleet.
* CoolOldGuy: He seems to sense that Britta is nervous and becomes her main supporter among the Rosalyn Trust judges.
* TheExile: Spent the sixteen years of Shadow Lord rule in exile with the Rosalyn Fleet.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: It's mostly thanks to him that Zoolah never succeeded in having Britta removed from the competition.

!!Mikah
The first captain of the Star of Deltora. [[spoiler: He died after setting the Star on course to Del, with only a note written by him to explain what happened.]]
* TheExile: Spent the sixteen years of Shadow Lord rule in exile with the Rosalyn Fleet.
* NiceGuy: He was known to be a generally nice guy.

!!Vashti
A snobbish, disdainful trader's daughter. She is a candidate for the Rosalyn apprenticeship.
* TheAce: She is the best of the prim and proper trader's daughters and nobody doubted for a second that she would become a finalist.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Britta likens her appearance to that of a kitten that has never failed to get all the cream she wanted.
* InsufferableGenius: She is the single most prepared of the Rosalyn Trust candidates and is not afraid to flaunt her knowledge.
* OutOfFocus: She barely appears in ''Towers of Illica''.
* SpoiledBrat: She was apparently set to ride home in a carriage.

!!Lean Alice
A seer of Del, who prophesied the Shadow Lord invasion and the sixteen years of tyranny.
* AuraVision: While most people can 'see' the Wraiths in the form of creeping shadows, Lean Alice seems to be able to clearly identify them, to the point where her can tell who they are following.

!!Master Sheevers
A former master potter of Del whose mind has been broken by suffering and captivity in the Shadowlands.
* {{Determinator}}: He won't stop collecting his lamps until he has all of those which were meant to be given to the rebels in the pottery.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He is a master potter who was taken to the Shadowlands as a slave long ago for participating in a rebellion against the Shadow Lord.
* DespairEventHorizon: Like everybody else who was enslaved in the Shadowlands, life was not great for him. He had clung to the hope that his life would return to normal if he ever got home, but soon found that his mind and body were still not sound.
* FacialHorror: He has a horrifying scar over his eye.
* RebelliousSpirit: Implied, since he decided to join the ill-fated Shadow Lord rebellion which took place in Del.

!!Healer Kay
Mab's healer.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Ralads]]

Ancient people of Deltora's northeast. They prefer to live in the dense wilderness of their territory. Ralads are renowned builders and were the architects of the palace in Del.

!! Manus
A Ralad man sent by his people to search for help. He is captured by Jin and Jod along the way.
* AFriendInNeed: Goes to Withick Mire to represent the Ralads in the ceremony to restore the Belt of Deltora and find its heir.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Spends years living as a pet to Jin and Jod.
* HeroicSacrifice: Almost. He is completely willing to become Soldeen's 'pet' so that Lief, Barda and Jasmine can retrieve the ruby for the Belt of Deltora, because they saved his life twice and he is in their debt. Thankfully, this doesn't become necessary.
* IOweYouMyLife: Says this to Lief, Barda and Jasmine after they rescue him from Grey Guards and again after they save him from Jin and Jod.
* MadeASlave: Was forced to be a slave for Jin and Jod for five years, and had to watch them trap hapless victims and stew them.
* SuddenlyVoiced: In-universe example.
* TheSpeechless: He, and all the people of Raladin, are voiceless due to a spell cast by the sorceress Thaegan which took away the voices of the Ralads who spoke up against the enchantment of D'Or into the Lake of Tears, and also their descendants.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: People of D'Or and Eastern Settlers]]

Peoples from all over Deltora as well as from across the sea who have settled in the northeast. Notable villages include D'Or and the village of Broome.

!! Nanion
Leader of the people of D'Or. [[spoiler:He became Soldeen when D'Or was transformed into the Lake of Tears]].
* NiceGuy: After he is freed from his curse, he's a generally nice guy.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Spent one hundred years as a monster called Soldeen, with no recollection of his human life.
* IdentityAmnesia: Had no memory of his past life when he was Soldeen.
* TragicMonster: At first, when the companions encounter him in the Lake of Tears they find him evil and frightening, but with the help of the topaz Lief realises that Soldeen is as much a victim of Thaegan as the people of Raladin are and feels sorry for him.

!! Ethena
Nanion's wife. [[spoiler: She became the Weeping Rock when D'Or was transformed into the Lake of Tears]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was enchanted by Thaegan (along with the entire city of D'Or) a hundred years before, and lived a cursed, miserable half-life as a weeping rock.
* IdentityAmnesia: Had no memory of her life before the curse while she was enchanted.

!!Lindal
A woman from the City of Broome.
* ActionGirl: Can keep up with Barda in a fight.
* BabiesEverAfter: After the third series, Lindal and Barda have six children, all of them identical and taller than their parents.
* BaldWoman: A traditional custom for women in Broome, as dragons like to line their nests with hair.
* HappilyMarried: To Barda at the end of the third series.
* TheNoseKnows: She is able to follow people ''by scent''.
* NearDeathExperience: Almost dies of the 'Toran Plague' in the final book. She only recovers once is it ascertained that the so-called plague is actually poison and emeralds are sent to her to help her recover.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: She is able to persue Lief, Barda and Jasmine with ease.

!!Jewel
A young woman of Broome. She is a candidate in the Rosalyn Trust competition.
* BaldWoman: A traditional custom for women in Broome, as dragons like to line their nests with hair.
* [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: She is a typically tall Broome woman and seems rather easy going.
* BladeOnAStick: She carries a spear in a leather pouch. She has yet to need it during the Rosalyn Trust competition.
* TheNoseKnows: While her sense of smell is not as keen as it would be if she had dedicated herself to it, she is able to tell if somebody has been nearby recently.
* OddFriendship: With Britta, [[spoiler:and eventually Sky]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Plains Tribe]]

People from the plains in Deltora's centre. Some are residents of the roofed city of Noradz. Traditionally at odds with the Mere tribe.

!! Steven
A pedlar who the three companions meet during their quest for the gems, Steven is the son of Queen Bee herself. He sells Queen Bee honey to the Resistance.
* HiddenDepths: At first he seems like an unusual pedlar, and a bit mad. Later the trio find out the he is Queen's Bee's son, and that he carries his brother Nevets within himself.
* IntrepidMerchant: Travels across the dangerous Deltoran countryside to villages which may or may not still be there.

!! Nevets
Steven's twin who lives inside him.
* GuardianEntity: When he comes out, Steven is officially the only one who's safe.
* MeaningfulName: Like his name, he is Steven opposite in every way.
* SdrawkcabAlias: His name is 'Steven' reversed.

!! Queen Bee
Famed producer of both Queen Bee Cider and Queen Bee Honey.
* CoolOldLady: Can be seen as this, as she has a swarm of bees that are loyal only to her and would kill if she commanded them to.
* BeeAfraid: Her bees are very protective of their master.

!! Tira
A serving girl of Noradz. She quickly becomes the heroes' single ally in Noradz and aids in their escape.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: She is taken to the Shadowlands with her people, and is brainwashed into serving the Shadow Lord against her own people.
* FaceHeelTurn: Tira is made into a Shadow Lord servant by the Conversion Project. She gets better though.
* FireForgedFriends: With Lief, Barda and Jasmine in ''City of the Rats''. She helps them escape their imprisonment in Noradz, and puts herself at great risk in doing so.
* MadeASlave: She and the rest of Roradz are taken to the Shadowlands just before the Shadow Lord is driven out of Deltora.
* PuppeteerParasite: One of the final test subjects of the [[spoiler: Conversion Project.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: She has been taught to be quiet while doing her job.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Rats]]: She, like all the people of Noradz, is trained to compulsively fear rats and anything that might attract them.

!!The Nine Ra-Kacharz
The fanatical leaders of Noradz. They uphold and enforce the cruel and bizarre laws of the city.
* FormFittingWardrobe: Their traditional red garments.
* JerkAss: Reece especially.
* WhipItGood: Each has a long leather whip that they use liberally on any who they see braking the laws of Noradz.

!!Tom
A shrewd and peculiar shopkeeper set up on the eastern border of the Plains. Known for his fantastic yet pricey goods.
* DoubleAgent: He does special dealings with both the Shadow Lord and the Resistance. In his own words, he is the same Tom to all.
* HiddenDepths: At first he seems a typical SnakeOilSalesman, turns out he hates the Shadow Lord as much as the heroes.
** In addition to that he seems to try and take responsibility for [[spoiler: the actions of his brother.]]
* SnakeOilSalesman: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that a lot of his goods tend to work as advertised.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Tom loves his own name. Tom may as well be reading out the entries on Tom.

!!Ava
A seer living in the southwest coast of Deltora. [[spoiler: She is Tom and Laughing Jack's sister]].
* BlindSeer: Ava is most definitely this. She is a true seer, and Lief is surprised when he first meets her to see that she is completely blind. [[spoiler: This unfortunately makes her vulnerable to Laughing Jack when he comes to her and forcibly abducts her, taking her place so that he can ambush the three heroes upon their own arrival at Ava's shop.]]
* HiddenDepths: She is a BlindSeer, and it is later discovered that she is the sister of both Tom and Laughing Jack.

!!Laughing Jack
A notorious con artist who usually poses as a moneylender [[spoiler: and Tom and Ava's brother]].
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Once he accidentally breaks his vow, he is dragged below the decks of the Lady Luck to join his crew at the oars, for the rest of his life and after.]]
* JerkAss: Torments his own horses [[ForTheEvulz for the hell of it]].
* LoanShark: Lends large sums of money under contracts that most cannot even read, usually saying something along the lines of paying back ten or twenty times what was lent. When people can't pay him back, he takes possession of everything they own.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Mere Tribe]]

People from Deltora's midwest. A great part of their culture is gambling and superstition concerning luck. Traditionally at odds with the Plains tribe.

!! Mother Brightly
The manager of the Rithmere Games and Inn. She is a very cheerful person at first sight. [[spoiler: It is revealed that she is a Shadow Lord servant helping enslave finalists and champions of the Rithmere Games.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She merely pretends to be a kindly inn keeper to gain the trust of competitors.

!!Neridah
A finalist of the Rithmere Games. She is known as 'Neridah the Swift' and is very spoilt and selfish.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She at first seems gentle and innocent, but really she is selfish and greedy. She uses her innocent appearance to her advantage during bouts in the Rithmere Arena, and also when she is trying to get her own way with something.
* CharacterDeath: She is cursed by [[spoiler: the great diamond]] when she steals it from the Guardian as it brings bad luck to anyone who attempts to obtain it through force or trickery. She [[spoiler: falls into a stream, hits her head and drowns, [[SparedByTheAdaptation though she learns her lesson and gets to live in the anime]].]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: The diamond's curse on thieves is not very subtle.
* TheTrickster: She likes to fool people into thinking she's fragile and gentle so that she will get her own way.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: How she prefers to start off a battle. Lief falls for it twice in the same fight.

!!Joanna
Another finalist of the Rithmere Games.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her and Orwen's fate are left rather ambiguous after the Rithmere games, though [[UnreliableNarrator Mother Brightly]] claims they simply left Rithmere. Whatever happened, they survived to the end of the series.

!!Orwen
Yet Another finalist of the Rithmere Games.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His and Joanna's fate are left rather ambiguous after the Rithmere games, though [[UnreliableNarrator Mother Brightly]] claims they simply left Rithmere. Whatever happened, they survived to the end of the series.

!! Fardeep
Former manager of the Rithmere Games and Inn. [[spoiler: He flees to the Valley of the Lost after his livelihood and family is destroyed by vagabonds in Rithmere and becomes the Guardian. He later has a HeelFaceTurn and helps the heroes defeat the Shadow Lord and find the heir to Deltora in ''Return to Del''. During the reign of King Lief Fardeep returns to Rithmere and resumes management of the Champion Inn and a much safer, well-intentioned Rithmere Games.]]
* BodyHorror: His four pet monsters [[spoiler: are actually growths representing his own flaws: pride, greed, hatred and envy.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His family is killed by bandits and his home and business are taken from him.
* HeelFaceTurn: At the end of ''The Valley of the Lost'' he becomes good again, having finally repented his old ways. The heroes are wary at first around him because of his old nature but soon come to trust him completely.
%%* HiddenDepths
* IGaveMyWord: Fardeep/ The Guardian is always fair when challenging travellers to solve his riddles. He never breaks or goes back on his promises, and is insulted when the trio accuse him of doing so when they are deciding whether to attempt the Guardian's challenge.
* ScavengerHunt: The nature of the challenge the Guardian sets the trio. They are forced to find the letters of the Guardian's true name before time runs out, or they will be trapped in the Valley forever.
* TragicVillain: He is a broken man when [[spoiler: the Shadow Lord's voice comes to him]]. The trio feels pity for him when they hear the story of how he came to be the Guardian, and see that he was just a man looking for new purpose and hope in his life.

!!Brianne of Lees
A Champion of the Rithmere Games. [[spoiler:She is taken to the shadowlands immediately after to fight in the Shadow Arena]].
* ActionGirl: She is a good warrior, having been a Rithmere Games champion and later escaped from the Shadow Arena while fighting as a slave. She then met Claw and chose to join his Shadowlands resistance group.
* BadassNormal: She is a very good fighter, and not afraid to show it. She was the Champion of the Rithmere Games at one point, and after she is sent to fight in the Shadow Arena she manages to escape, becoming the third person to ever do so. In The Shadowlands, after finding Hellena's resistance group captured and their cell deserted, Brianne says that she hopes the Guards are hidden and waiting for them, and caresses her dagger, making it clear just what she intends to do to the Guards if some are there.
* BrokenBird: Brianne may seem tough and badass, but it's clear that she's very bitter and sad inside at her slavery and the thought that her people hate her because they believe she abandoned them.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her stay in the the [[spoiler: Shadowlands is as bad as anyone after fighting in the Shadow Arena.]]
* FacialHorror: Brianne has the Shadow Lord's sign cruelly branded onto her forehead.
* FamedInStory: Her victory in a previous Rithmere Games.
* FireForgedFriends: With Claw and Gers, and members of the second Shadowlands Resistance group who were captured by the Shadow Lord in ''Deltora Shadowlands''. Later also with Lief, Barda and Jasmine.
* IceQueen: Brianne is very cold and disdainful to those around her, especially those she mistrusts. The only exceptions are Claw and Gers, and even Claw states that she is a thorn in his side at times.
* MadeASlave: Taken to the Shadowlands after her victory in the Rithmere Games.
* NervesOfSteel: She never panics during a fight, and doesn't seem to have any fear at all.
* PragmaticHero: Like Doom, Claw and other heroes, she prefers to take a cautious, pragmatic approach when planning anything, and prepare for any possible danger.
* ProperlyParanoid: She is reluctant to trust Lief, Barda and Jasmine in ''The Shadowlands'', as she is afraid that they may be Shadow Lord spies.
* RebelliousSpirit: Is a member of the Shadowlands resistance.
* TrueCompanions: With Claw and Gers.

!!Zerry
An orphan from Rithmere taken in by the Masked Ones.
%%* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest
%%* HeartwarmingOrphan

!!Sky
A young Mere woman. She is a candidate in the Rosalyn Trust competition. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that she is, in fact, male.]]
* BadassInDistress: Is captured and sentenced to death by the turtle-people for trespassing into their territory. It is only thanks to Britta that Sky is not thrown into the mud to die.
* BigDamnHeroes: Sky and Jewel rescue Britta after they see her thrown overboard.
* {{Crossdresser}}: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. [[spoiler: He wore his usual clothes whilst in the Rosalyn Trust competition and nobody questioned it, assuming that was just how poor Mere women dressed.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Is the snarkiest character in the ''Star of Deltora'' series.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied. Sky is revealed to have had a hard life in Rithmere and is used to the sight of a dead body.
* FireForgedFriends: After their adventure in the Two Moons swamp, Sky begins doing favours for Britta. Over the course of their stay at Illica, they both start helping out the other.
* {{Foil}}: To Dare Larsett. Both of them had a hard life growing up and depended on their wits to survive. They also both dreamed of escaping their harsh lives and making a name and fortune for themselves.
* GenderReveal: [[spoiler:Sky turns out to be a young man as opposed to a young woman.]]
* GlorySeeker: [[spoiler: Sky's single reason for joining the Rosalyn Trust competition, knowing full well that, as a man, he could never be named Trader Rosalyn. He used the competition as a means to get to a foreign port and make a name for himself.]]
* GuileHero: Has some shades of this. His strategy in trying to enter the Rosalyn competition was to trick the other competitors and the traders into believing that he was female by HidingInPlainSight.
* HiddenDepths: Though at first appearing to be insolent and arrogant, there's more to him than meets the eyes. As Britta puts it:
---> "Sky was hard to understand. He was prickly and reckless, and thought nothing of being dishonest when it suited him. Yet he could be brave and gentle, and had his own sense of honour."
* HiddenInPlainSight: [[spoiler: He does very little to actually disguise that he is male, relying on his grown-out hair and the simple fact that nobody would suspect it.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: While Jewel is rough looking yet kind, Sky is unkempt, insolent and spiteful.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sky seems to gain more respect for Britta and Jewel once they are all cemented as in the running for finalists, but is still rather hostile towards [[SpoiledBrat Vashti]].
* OddFriendship: [[spoiler:Develops one with Britta and, by extension, Jewel.]]
* PragmaticHero: He won't hesitate to commit dishonest or unsavory acts in order to achieve his goals. As he puts it: "I grew up on the banks of the River Broad, living by my wits. It was a hard school, and it taught me to take my chances where I saw them."
* SympathyForTheDevil: Sky admits to Britta to actually feel sorry for Dare Larsett, unlike most of Del who think of the man as a wicked traitor.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Dread Gnomes]]

Stout people of Deltora's northwest. Generally keep to Dread Mountain in the far north and leave most of their territory alone.

!! Fa-Glin
Elder of the Dread Gnomes.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was a slave of the toad Gellick for over sixteen years.
* {{Pride}}: All the Dread Gnomes are known for this.
* ProperlyParanoid: Even two years after the end of the Shadow Lord's reign, Fa-Glin still uses code to disguise his letters to Lief, Barda and Jasmine in Del. It's mainly because it's a part of his personality (all Dread Gnomes are naturally suspicious) and also because of his DarkAndTroubledPast.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Is respected and known as a fair leader.

!! Gla-Thon
Greatest archer of the Dread Gnomes.
* AFriendInNeed: Goes to Withick Mire to represent the Dread Gnomes in the ceremony to restore the Belt of Deltora and find its heir.
* BadassInDistress: Was captured by Grey Guards at the end of ''Return to Del'' and almost executed.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was a slave of the toad Gellick for over sixteen years.
* {{Pride}}: All the Dread Gnomes are known for this.

!! Ri-Nan
A scheming Dread Gnome who seeks Gellick's favour.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was a slave of the toad Gellick for over sixteen years.
* DirtyCoward: Willing to sell out anybody and foil his people's only chance for freedom to stay on Gellick's good side.
* {{Pride}}: All the Dread Gnomes are known for this.

!! Sha-Ban
A Dread Gnome who tells Josef of Gellick and Ols.
* CharacterDeath: She is killed by [[spoiler: an Ol after telling Josef about [[spoiler: Ols and the Dread Gnomes' slavery to Gellick.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was a slave of the toad Gellick.
* DeathByOriginStory: Her role in Josef's.
* {{Pride}}: All the Dread Gnomes are known for this.

!!Pi-Ban
A Dread Gnome taken to the Shadowlands as a slave.
* BadassInDistress: Was captured by the Shadow Lord along with the rest of his resistance cell, and was meant to be subjected to the conversion project. Fortunately the intervention of Lief, Barda and Jasmine meant that this did not happen (though it almost did).
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was a slave of the toad Gellick; later he was taken to the Shadowlands.
* MadeASlave: In the Shadowlands.
* {{Pride}}: All the Dread Gnomes are known for this.
* RebelliousSpirit: Part of the Shadowlands resistance.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Kin]]

Large flying mammals of the northeast. Over-hunting by the Dread Gnomes drove them away from Dread Mountain.

!! Crenn
!! Prin
Youngest of the Kin and the only to be born since they abandoned Dread Mountain
* GenkiGirl: Has the energy of anybody her age and no friends to exert it with.

!! Merin
!! Ailsa
!! Bruna
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Torans]]

Magically gifted people of the west. Mostly stay within their magical city of Tora and leave to people in their territory to themselves.

!! Zeean
A Toran elder.
* AFriendInNeed: She helps Lief, Barda, Jasmine and the Resistance to find the heir to the Belt and drive the Shadow Lord from Deltora. She also later comes to Sharn's bedside to nurse her when Sharn falls ill, despite her clearly not being welcome in Del (so much so that someone throws a ''rock'' at her).
* BlueBlood: Comes from one of the high born families of Tora.
* DamselInDistress: Is captured by Grey Guards and sentenced to execution in Return to Del, and is only rescued at the last minute by Lief.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: She was banished from her city along with all her people when they broke their sacred oath to Adin, and spent sixteen years living a half-life in the Valley of the Lost.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Like any Toran.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Sharn, Lief, Barda and Jasmine.
* MyGreatestFailure: Feels immense guilt for not helping the royal family in their hour of need.
* NearDeathExperience: Almost dies of the 'Toran Plague' in the final book. She only recovers once is it ascertained that the so-called plague is actually poison and emeralds are sent to her to help her recover.

!! Marilen
A Toran girl of high birth. [[spoiler:She is Lief's distant cousin and the next in line to the throne should he die without an heir.]]
* BabiesEverAfter: In the third series she is pregnant with her first child and later gives birth. [[spoiler: They name the baby Josef, after Ranesh's adoptive father.]]
* BlueBlood: She is from one of the high born families of Tora.
* CharacterDevelopment: Gets significantly bolder during her stay in the palace.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Like any Toran.
* HappilyMarried: To Ranesh in the third series.
* HiddenDepths: On the outside she is delicate and gentle, but on the inside she is stubborn, intelligent, humorous and much more strong-minded than she lets on. She manages to stand up to ''Doom'', of all people, in ''Isle of Illusion''.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Zeean, Sharn, and a few others.
* MissingMom: Marilen's mother is not seen at all in the series; by how Marilen's father speaks of her, she is presumed to be dead.
* PregnantBadass: Marches across the country with food to a place where she probably isn't welcome while heavily pregnant.
* PuppetQueen: What Paff makes her out to be in ''The Sister of the South'', to weaken trust between Tora and Del and thus weaken the kingdom's security. It's not true, of course, but many people end up believing it.
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler: She is the next in line to the throne after Lief.]]
* ResignedToTheCall: Marilen was not happy when she was revealed as [[spoiler: Lief's heir to the Belt]] as she never wanted to be Queen of Deltora. She goes to Del anyway out of a sense of duty, and spends her time there hoping that Lief would return from his quest alive so that the Belt would not have to shine for her.
* SecretIdentity: Rumours abuzz in the palace of her betrothal to Lief. [[spoiler: They turn out to be no more than rumours. She is actually next in line to the throne.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: When she is first taken to the palace. She gets better over time. By the time of the events in ''Isle of Illusion'', Sharn seems to be amazed at how confident and strong Marilen has become in a matter of days.

!! Peel
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Like any Toran.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Western Settlers]]

Peoples from all over Deltora as well as from across the sea who have settled in the west and sparsely in the northwest. Villages along the River Tor are common prey for Pirates.

!!Ranesh
Josef's loyal assistant. Originally from Where Waters Meet.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: There's not much he doesn't pick up on simply by hanging back and observing.
* BabiesEverAfter: At the end of the third series he has an infant son, Josef.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Determinator}}: In ''Cavern of the Fear'' Ranesh waits in line to speak to Lady Sharn to tell her about the Deltora Annals, when he sees Jasmine, and immediately approaches her, but she brushes him off. He then follows her secretly to the forge where he at the last convinces the girl to come with him and meet Josef, who is desperate to return the Annals to the palace.
* FamilyOfChoice: Ranesh views Josef as a father to him, and loves him deeply.
* HappilyMarried: To Marilen in the third series.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: As a child was orphaned during a pirate attack on Where Waters Meet.
* LovableRogue: Never quite shakes his tendencies from his days as a young thief. He's even still willing to steal, if it means feeding Josef and himself.
* MadeASlave: After the attack on Where Waters Meet Ranesh was taken by the pirates to be used as a slave on board the ship. He managed to escape some time later and make his way to Del.

!!Mariette
A young woman from Shadowgate who falls in love with Bede.
* DamselInDistress: Is trapped for seven years in a locket and at the mercy of the guardian to the Sister of the North, until Lief, Barda and Jasmine defeat Kirsten and the Sister (and as a result break the spell over her).
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her own sister kept her hostage for seven years in an enchanted locket, as leverage against Bede, who she forced into slaving away for her.
* NiceGirl: She doesn't have a mean bone in her body.

!!Red Han
Keeper of the Bone Point Light.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Was trapped for eighteen years as one of Laughing Jack's horses, tortured and brow-beaten.
* HappilyMarried: Supposedly, before the death of his wife long ago, who was also the mother of Verity.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Verity is killed by Laughing Jack on the day of the Shadow Lord's invasion; she is only a young girl at the time. Red Han survives his enchantment at the hands of Jack and finds himself freed sixteen years later.

!!Verity
A young girl who is abducted and eventually killed by Laughing Jack, in a bid to make Red Han turn off the Bone Point Light. She is Red Han's daughter.
* CharacterDeath: Was stabbed to death by Laughing Jack (then James Gant) in a fit of rage on board the ''Lady Luck''.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Lingered as a cursed figurehead on board the Lady Luck for eighteen years after her death, and was only freed when Jack was tricked into breaking the oath he had sworn to his crew and thus dragged to man the oars himself.
* HeroicSacrifice: Was willing to die (and did die) to prevent the Bone Point Light from going out.
* RedIsHeroic: Verity had long red hair, and she played a role in trying to keep the Bone Point Light from being extinguished, although in the end she didn't succeed.
* {{Seer}}

[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Masked Ones]]
A Cult-like Troupe of entertainers who all wear extremely convincing animal masks. [[spoiler:They have an old hatred for the royal family and all it stands for.]]

!!Bess
Leader of the Masked Ones. Performs fortune tellings. She wears an owl mask.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Her son Bede chose to elope with Mariette rather than become a full adult member of the Masked Ones.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Bess forbade Bede to marry Mariette. [[spoiler: He ignored her and married her anyway.]]
* PoisonIsEvil: Bess wears ring that has a compartment filled with a deadly poison.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: In an attempt to prevent Lewin (Lief) from leaving the troupe she slips poison into Barda's drink, believing him to be an obstacle to her 'great plans' for Lewin. It all goes horribly wrong, however, as Kree realises what she has done and uses the secret switch underneath her table to switch the place of the two goblets, thus forcing Bess to drink her own poison.

!!Otto
Strong man of the Masked Ones and a member of the inner circle. He wears a pig mask.
* CharacterDeath: Is killed by the Masked One.

!!Quill
A member of the inner circle who seems to be in charge of coaching some of the performances. He wears an eagle mask.

!!Rust
A member of the inner circle who seems to be in charge of organisation. She wears a fox mask.

!!Plug
A member of the inner circle and teacher to the orphans taken in by the Masked Ones. She wears a frog mask.

!!Bede
Bess' son and singer of the Masked Ones. He decided to leave the Masked Ones after falling in love with Mariette. Wore a blue bird mask.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was enslaved by Kirsten for seven years.
* MadeASlave: Was a slave to Kirsten for seven years.
* NiceGuy: Despite what Lief initially thinks of him before they meet, Bede actually turns out to be a nice person.
* OfficialCouple: With Marriette.
* SecondLove: With Marriette.

[[/folder]]



[[folder: Jalis]]

People of Deltora's southwest. Known for their warrior culture. Local folk tales, called the Tenna Birdsong Tales, are sacred to the Jalis.

!! Glock
The last Jalis remaining in Deltora. The heroes first meet him in the Rithmere Games, in which he becomes a finalist. He later joins the resistance for protection from the Grey Guards hunting him.
* BadassInDistress: Was captured by Grey Guards at the end of ''Return to Del'' and almost executed. In ''The Shifting Sands'' he, along with Neridah, was captured by Grey Guards and almost taken to the Shadowlands as a fighting slave. They both had to be rescued by Doom.
* BerserkButton: A lot of things make him angry, including insults to his pride. Basically anything that insults his pride makes him lose his cool.
* BoisterousBruiser: He's huge, and he loves getting into fights.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: An extremely skilled warrior. He also knows how to heal bites from grippers.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The only Jalis left in Deltora. Lived through the ill-fated battle against the Shadow Lord and had to watch his entire race get slaughtered or enslaved.
* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take much to send him over the edge.
* JerkAss: He's extremely unpleasant to even his allies.
* LastOfHisKind: The last of the Jalis in Deltora.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Seen to shed a tear when representing his tribe.

!! Gers
Glock's younger brother. He was taken as a solve to the Shadowlands.
* AdultFear: Gers is captured by Grey Guards after the failed Jalis battle and taken to the Shadowlands. The last sight he has of his brother is of Glock seemingly dying in battle.
* BerserkButton: Anything that insults his pride.
* BoisterousBruiser: Is very muscled and tall, and likes to get into fights.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He was taken to the Shadowlands and forced to fight in the Shadow Arena, from which he escaped eventually. Prior to that he fought in the battle against the Shadow Lord and had to watch his brother fall in battle and seemingly die.
* HotBlooded: Like Glock, he is very hot-headed and easily angered.
* MadeASlave: Like all the Jalis but Glock, he is captured and taken to the Shadowlands.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Comes with being a Jalis.
* RebelliousSpirit: A member of the Shadowlands Resistance.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Glock.
[[/folder]]

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* {{Badass}}: Fearlessly fights against some of the series most dangerous villians.

* PregnantBadass: Though not as BadAss as Sharn in the Forests of Silence prologue, Anna gets points for being willing to give up her identity and home so that Endon, Sharn and their child would be safe.

* BrokenBird: Brianne may seem tough and BadAss, but it's clear that she's very bitter and sad inside at her slavery and the thought that her people hate her because they believe she abandoned them.

%%* {{Badass}}

* RedheadedHero: Verity had long red hair, and she played a role in trying to keep the Bone Point Light from being extinguished, although in the end she didn't succeed.

* RedheadedHero: Manus has bright red hair, like all Ralads, and though he is not the main hero of the series he plays a major role in helping Lief, Barda and Jasmine defeat Thaegan and find the great ruby.

* CharacterDeath: She is cursed by [[spoiler: the great diamond]] when she steals it from the Guardian as it brings bad luck to anyone who attempts to obtain it through force or trickery. She [[spoiler: falls into a stream, hits her head and drowns, though she learns her lesson and gets to live in the anime]].
%%* HeelFaceTurn

%%* SparedByTheAdaptation

!!!Nevets

* CharacterDeath: She is cursed by [[spoiler: the great diamond]] when she steals it from the Guardian as it brings bad luck to anyone who attempts to obtain it through force or trickery. She [[spoiler: falls into a stream, hits her head and drowns]].

* TheObiwan: To Lief and Jasmine.

!!Paff
Josef's second assistant and a former prisoner in the Shadowlands. [[spoiler: she serves as the guardian of the Sister of the South.]]
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Feels as if she can never live up to Ranesh as Josef's assistant.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems nervous and flustered all the time, but [[spoiler: hides an evil will]]. Although everyone seems to find her very annoying.
* BlondesAreEvil: Paff is described as having blonde hair, and she is most certainly evil.
* CharacterDeath: Paff is killed by [[spoiler: the power of the Belt of Deltora when she touches it.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: She is one of the Deltorans who were rescued from the Shadowlands in the second series. She is friendless and without any family to support her, and [[spoiler: it is this in part which makes her a target for the Shadow Lord and his false promises.]]
* DarkMagicalGirl: Can summon a two-faced creature made from poisonous sludge.
* DeathByDespair: Paff [[spoiler: commits suicide by grabbing holding of the Belt of Deltora (which is lethal to those of evil will), because she realises that the Shadow Lord has abandoned her and has lost all hope and will to live.]]
* MadeASlave: Paff was a slave in the Shadowlands before being rescued by King Lief along with the rest of the slaves in the Shadow Arena.
* TheMole: As the [[spoiler: Guardian of the Sister of the South.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: She makes no secrets of her ability to read and write. It's her [[spoiler: cunning]] that she hides.
* PoisonIsEvil: Poison seems to be Paff's primary weapon in a fight.
* ShrinkingViolet: Tends to act flustered around people of authority, whom she gets a lot of exposure to.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: To create a semblance of a 'Toran Plague', Paff [[spoiler: poisons Sharn's lip balm and then proceeds to poison the food and drink of every person Sharn comes into contact with.]] Since most food is eaten communally, it's not hard to do.
* XanatosSpeedChess: Quickly capitalises on any development to further hatred of the Torans.

!!Kirsten
Mariette's sister and Bede's former girlfriend. [[spoiler: She later becomes the Masked One in order to force Bede to be with her]].
* [[spoiler: BaitAndSwitch: When we first see her, she seems to be Bede's slave. It turns out to be the other way around.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: At first, she appears to the trio to be brow-beaten and helpless, and completely at the mercy of Bede. [[spoiler: Actually she is cold, heartless and vindictive, and the true guardian to the Sister of the North.]]
* %%DarkAndTroubledPast
* DarkMagicalGirl: Transforms into [[spoiler: the Masked One.]]
* ProudBeauty: Seems to be very proud of her looks.
* WomanScorned: She traps Mariette and enslaves Bede all because Bede rejected her for Mariette.
* {{Yandere}}: Downright obsessed with Bede.

* NiceGirl: Is generally a nice person.

%%* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished

* OddFriendship: Despite the many differences between her and Jewel, the two quickly hit it off and begin looking out for each other. [[spoiler:This extends to Sky once they begin to trust each other.]]
%%* {{Pride}}

%%* SirSwearsALot

%%* WildHair

* TheBlacksmith: Trains as one as the prince of Deltora, [[spoiler:which he later puts into practice after assuming Jarred's identity]]

* FireForgedFriends: After Sky and Britta's adventure in the Two Moons swamp, Sky begins doing favours for Britta. Over the course of their stay at Illica, the arrangement becomes mutual.

OddFriendship: [[spoiler:Develops one with Britta and, by extension, Jewel.]]

* . FireForgedFriends: She and Sky graduadually develop something of a comradery after their run-in in the Two Moons swamp.

* OddFriendship: Despite the many differences between her and Jewel, the two quickly hit it off and begin looking out for each other.

A close friend of Briita's who works at a bakery. He is the only person she has trusted [[spoiler:with the secret of her father.]]

* Pride: One of her defining traits. It's implied to be the reason she waited so long to get and apprentice, seeing it as admitting that she is getting old and weak.

* BadassInDistress: Is captured and sentenced to death by the turtle-people for trespassing into their territory. It is only thanks to Britta that [[spoiler: he]] is not thrown into the mud to die.

* {{Crossdresser}}: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. [[spoiler: He]] wore his usual clothes whilst in the Rosalyn Trust competition and nobody questioned it, assuming that was [[spoiler: just how poor Mere women dressed.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied, as he is revealed to have had a hard life in Rithmere and is used to the sight of a dead body.

* GenderReveal: Sky turns out to be a [[spoiler: young man as opposed to a young woman.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler: He]] seems to gain more respect for Britta and Jewel [[spoiler: once they are all cemented as in the running for finalists]]. She is still rather hostile towards [[SpoiledBrat Vashti]], though.
* SympathyForTheDevil: He admits to Britta that he feels sorry for Dare Larsett, unlike most of Del who think of the man as a wicked traitor.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She seems to gain more respect for Britta and Jewel [[spoiler: once they are all cemented as in the running for finalists]]. She is still rather hostile towards [[SpoiledBrat Vashti]], though.

* AdultFear: Was forced to leave his seven-year-old daughter to grow up alone in the Forests of Silence, with a slim chance of survival. He later had to watch helplessly as his wife died horribly in the Shadowlands at the hands of A Vraal.

* BadassCape: As a palace guard.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Between Barda and Lindal in the third series.
%%* BigBrotherInstinct

%%* [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Long Haired Pretty Man]]

* TeamDad: He assumes this role for Lief and Jasmine early on.

The first captain of the Star of Deltora. [[spoiler:He died after setting the Star on course to Del, with only a note written by him to explain what happened.]]

* : RebelliousSpirit: Is a member of the Shadowlands resistance.

* BadassInDistress: Is captured and sentenced to death by the turtle-people for trespassing into their territory. It is only thanks to Britta that he is not thrown into the mud to die.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Anna is [[spoiler: ripped apart by a Vraal in the Shadow Arena]].

* MadeASlave: Was taken to the Shadowlands with Jarred to fight in the Shadow Arena.