History Characters / DrowtalesValBeldrobbaen

* BlueBlood (they have a very long aristocratic bloodline, but their attempts to keep it this way is largely responsible for their current state)

* DyingRace (in the sense that the clan is like a race unto itself within Chel, their numbers took a big hit during the Orthorbbae massacre and entire houses have died out)

* DarkIsNotEvil (they dress in all black and revere the darkness... but they are no worse than the other Val clans)

* DarkIsNotEvil (they dress in all black and revere the darkness... but their members make up some of the nicest ([[hottip:*: by human standards]]) members of the cast)

* SlobsVersusSnobs (Somewhat on the snobbish side of the scale as they pointedly refuse to mate with non-Vals and do not adopt commoners. Despite this the clan seemed to be on the side of [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure reasonable authority]] compared to other Val clans, at least prior to the {{Timeskip}}. After the timeskip however, [[spoiler:they have been working with the Sharen and Black Sun to enslave much of Chel's populace in a desperate bid to retain control over the empire]].)

[[caption-width-right:174:The Clan Symbol]]

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[[caption-width-right:174:The Clan Symbol]]

* SlobsVersusSnobs (somewhat on the snobbish side of the scale as they pointedly refuse to mate with non-Vals and do not adopt commoners. Despite this the clan seems to be on the side of [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure reasonable authority]] compared to other Val clans and when readers are shown the clan fortress it appears to be scrupulously clean- despite the lack of non-golem servants)

* AmbiguousDisorder (there's just enough about the guy that's ''off'' that makes people wonder. While he's clearly a very good golem engineer and perhaps a bit of a savant, his bizarre reactions to events around him [[spoiler:including focusing on losing Bob the Chicken after his sister's seed horrifically takes him over]] makes one wonder. And he was like this even before Naal got tainted.)

* {{Necromantic}} (not yet, but he tells Naal that he'll bring her back as a golem when she dies, she tells him not to bother. [[spoiler:He does make a "Naal 2" to try and cheer up his mom, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7907 with predictable results]].]])

* [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead]] ([[spoiler:at least ''something'' of Naal's original consciousness still exists, judging by the fact that she didn't eat Kiel]])

** WhyAmITicking (when her seed overpowers her, it will result in a rampaging demon that could pose a serious threat to anyone in the vicinity of her at the time)

* [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead]] (it's heavily implied that [[spoiler:at least ''something'' of Naal's original consciousness still exists, judging by the fact that she didn't eat Kiel]])

* AmbiguousDisorder (there's just enough about the guy that's ''off'' that makes people wonder. While he's clearly a very good golem engineer and perhaps a bit of a savant, his bizarre reactions to events around him [[spoiler:including focusing on losing Bob the Chicken after his sister's seed horrifically takes him over]] makes one wonder.)

* PersonOfMassDestruction (according to WordOfGod, Waes'soloth is old enough and powerful enough that, if she went all out and had nothing to lose, she could take out an entire ''army'')

* IdiotBall ({{In-universe}}, according to the clan podcast, her decision to kill every slave in the Beldrobbaen fortress was this trope, as it led to an over reliance on golems and some of the nobles having to do their servants' former duties themselves. It is within Waes'soloth's character to do this however, whenever children (hers or others) are threatened as seen in her MamaBear entry below)

* IdiotBall (according to the clan podcast, her decision to kill every slave in the Beldrobbaen fortress was this trope, as it led to an over reliance on golems and some of the nobles having to do their servants' former duties themselves. It is within Waes'soloth's character to do this however, whenever children (hers or others) are threatened as seen in her MamaBear entry below)

* InsuffrableGenius (already had some of this as a child, but it fully manifests after the timeskip, culminating in Ariel and Kyo'nne [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8540 simultaneously telling him to shut up]])

* SkunkStripe (has several black stripes across his white hair)

* AllDrummersAreAnimals (as part of Kyo'nne's band)

A son of Waes'soloth and Naal'suul's younger brother. Unusually for members of his clan he has a rather upbeat personality. Is very interested in re-animating corpses and is rarely seen without ''Bob'', his ''[[TheMagnificent undead chicken of doom]]''.

Waes'soloth's daughter and heir who was the only person to survive the massacre at Orthobbae-albeit heavily tainted. She is [[spoiler: was]] a member of Chry'stel's GirlPosse at Orthobbae and Kiel'ndia's best friend. Naal'suul is often the [[OnlySaneMan voice of reason]] amongst her friends.

One of the Nine Great Clans, the Beldrobbaen have a very traditional view, unfortunately, this is part of what's killing them, as their refusal to adopt new members or mate with anyone who is not of Val status (combined with the loss of an entire generation of girls in a demon attack) has meant that their numbers are severely diminished.

!The Clan as a whole