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* ItsAllAboutMe (the "Syphile's Great Deed" story shows that even before she got tainted she had some of this attitude, and talks to herself about she's the only legitimate Val'Sarghress left since everyone else is either disgraced, adopated, disgraced (Mel'arnach), adopted (Koil'dorath), a male (Kel'noz) or a golem, technically dead/a golem (Laele'aell), which just makes the end result of that story all the more ironic since she single-handedly removes herself from the running.)
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* ItsAllAboutMe (the "Syphile's Great Deed" story shows that even before she got tainted she had some of this attitude, and talks to herself about she's the only legitimate Val'Sarghress left since everyone else is either disgraced, adopated, a male or a golem, which just makes the end result of that story all the more ironic since she single-handedly removes herself from the running.)
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* JerkassHasAPoint (her reaction to Mel in chapter 32, where she says she doesn't trust her due to Mel [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4948 having threatened to kill her]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7831 not two months ago]], made doubly so by the fact that the audience ''knows'' that [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7086 put Mel up to it]] and that the whole thing is a lie. Even so, she lost a lot of sympathy when she proceeded to restrain Mel and ''break her arms with a hammer''.)
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* JerkassHasAPoint (her (has several moment of this)
** Most of her criticisms of the Sharen are shown to be pretty spot-on, especially when it comes to how the Sharen underestimate the people they rule over.
** Pulling Ariel out of Orthorbbae when her true gender is discovered by Snadhya'rune is this, especially since we find out that Snadhya explicitly planned to bring Ariel in to control her.
** Her reaction to Mel in chapter 32, where she says she doesn't trust her due to Mel [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4948 having threatened to kill her]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7831 not two months ago]], made doubly so by the fact that the audience ''knows'' that [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7086 put Mel up to it]] and that the whole thing is a lie. Even so, she lost a lot of sympathy when she proceeded to restrain Mel and ''break her arms with a hammer''.)
** Most of her criticisms of the Sharen are shown to be pretty spot-on, especially when it comes to how the Sharen underestimate the people they rule over.
** Pulling Ariel out of Orthorbbae when her true gender is discovered by Snadhya'rune is this, especially since we find out that Snadhya explicitly planned to bring Ariel in to control her.
** Her reaction to Mel in chapter 32, where she says she doesn't trust her due to Mel [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4948 having threatened to kill her]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7831 not two months ago]], made doubly so by the fact that the audience ''knows'' that [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7086 put Mel up to it]] and that the whole thing is a lie. Even so, she lost a lot of sympathy when she proceeded to restrain Mel and ''break her arms with a hammer''.
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A clan of mercenaries united around Quain'tana as a figurehead. They came to Val status with the help of the Sullisin'rune and replaced the Val'Chaitoc clan [[hottip:*: this info is taken from a Daydream story so may not be entirely canon]]
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A clan of mercenaries united around Quain'tana as a figurehead. They came to Val status with the help of the Sullisin'rune and replaced the Val'Chaitoc clan [[hottip:*: this info is taken from a Daydream story so may not be entirely canon]]
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* SweetPollyOliver (while at Orthorbbae. It takes Snadhya'rune about five years to catch on, but her classmates figure it out within the first week, and are only prevented from spreading the news by not being able to leave. Kel'noz also clues in the other headmasters early on.)
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl (with Faen, and it helps that she spent about five years disguised as a boy in Orthorbbae. Her tomboyishness, along with [[CampGay Sorane]] being in the same class helped disguise her true gender.)
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl (with Faen, and it helps that she spent about five years disguised as a boy in Orthorbbae. Her tomboyishness, along with [[CampGay Sorane]] being in the same class helped disguise her true gender.)
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* NobleFugitive (after the Kyorl declared her a heretic she ran away to the Sarghress, and thus thinks little of the Kyorl and their ideals)
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* GambitPileUp (there are hints that the multiple interests making up the Sarghress are a weakness that could cause the clan to implode. Lulianne, a former Dutan'vir clearly has her own plans to bring back her old clan [[spoiler:and now thanks to Khaless' possession is also a spy for Snadhya'rune]]; as do Sker, Minka and [[spoiler: Mikilu]] as seen in a pre-timeskip cameo. Sil'lice is also hiding within the Sarghress, and while its not known what her exact plans are, she still doesn't exactly follow the Sarghress party line. Then there's the fact that [[spoiler: sleeper Nidraa'chal agents]] are in the clan as they are in apparently every major clan and even Kel'noz, Quain'tana's own son has his own agenda. The only thing holding these people together is their mutual dislike of the Vel'Sharen, and it's uncertain if that'll be enough.)
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* GambitPileUp (there are hints that the multiple interests making up the Sarghress are a weakness that could cause the clan to implode. Lulianne, a former Dutan'vir clearly has her own plans to bring back her old clan [[spoiler:and now thanks to Khaless' possession is also a spy for Snadhya'rune]]; as do Sker, Minka and [[spoiler: Mikilu]] as seen in a pre-timeskip cameo. Sil'lice is also hiding within the Sarghress, and while its not known what her exact plans are, she still doesn't exactly follow the Sarghress party line. Then there's the fact that [[spoiler: sleeper Nidraa'chal agents]] are in the clan as they are in apparently every major clan and even Kel'noz, Quain'tana's own son has his own agenda. The only thing holding these people together is their mutual dislike of the Vel'Sharen.Vel'Sharen, and it's uncertain if that'll be enough.)
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!!The Clan as a whole
* AnimalMotifs (The [[BigBadAssWolf wolf]])
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority (Pretty much how individuals move up in rank)
* TheClan (Due to them recruiting from all over Drow society the Sarghress clan is one of the largest in Chel.)
* CycleOfRevenge (the main cause of DysfunctionJunction in the Val house. Kel'noz even directly says that [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1660 Ariel shouldn't be burdened with the grudges they've carried for centuries]])
* GambitPileUp (there are hints that the multiple interests making up the Sarghress are a weakness that could cause the clan to implode. Lulianne, a former Dutan'vir clearly has her own plans to bring back her old clan; as do Sker, Minka and [[spoiler: Mikilu]] as seen in a pre-timeskip cameo. Sil'lice is also hiding within the Sarghress and while its not known what her exact plans are, she still doesn't exactly follow the Sarghress party line. Then there's the fact that [[spoiler: sleeper Nidraa'chal agents]] are in the clan as they are in apparently every major clan and even Kel'noz, Quain'tana's own son has his own agenda. The only thing holding these people together is their mutual dislike of the Vel'Sharen.)
* GenerationXerox (both [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]] and [[InvokedTrope invoked]], since the fact that the same patterns are repeated across generations is ''not a good thing'', and Quain'tana's specific desire to have an heir who's a GenerationXerox of her has caused ''many'' more problems than it has solved)
* TheHecateSisters (the female members of the family can be seen as variations on this, and the trope is also [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] in regards to their roles, which may not be as clear cut as they appear at first. The cover of the first chapter even [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=60 poses them like this]])
** Ariel: Child (in the first arc) / Maiden (in the second)
** Mel'arnach: Witch ([[spoiler:in appearance]]) [[spoiler:Mother]] (in reality, especially after the timeskip)
** Syphile: Maiden (when younger) Crone / Witch (in her role as Ariel's guardian)
** Quain'tana: Mother (officially to Ariel) Crone / Matriarch (as the official leader of the clan)
* PrivateMilitaryContractors ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1796 This was what they used to do]], and even after becoming a Val clan they kept it up until they gained a lot of territory in the Nidraa'chal War aftermath)
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy (Their clan philosophy)
* RagTagBunchOfMisfits (The entire clan is mostly made up of commoners and exiles with no real ties between one another except for uniting around Quain'tana as a figurehead leader.)
* RoyallyScrewedUp (the main Val house. ''Holy crap'' the main Val house. Any family where the mother feels justified in breaking the arms of her child is this and then some.)
* TheThreeFacesOfAdam (as a SpearCounterpart to TheHecateSisters, the main male members also fall into this trope, especially since Kel'noz and Rosof both have a mutual descendant in Sarnel.)
** Sarnel: The Hunter
** Kel'noz: The Lord
** Rosof: The Prophet / Mentor, which is emphasized even more by him actually looking old.
* [[TigerVersusDragon Wolf Versus Dragon]] (The Sarghress are currently seen as the bitterest rivals to the Sharen for power.)
* ZergRush (one tactic of the "War Meat" squadron, which is made up of non-fae, is to charge in and take out demons and nether summoners because they have no auras to be possessed by, allowing the regular troops to come in later and avoid being tainted)
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!!Ariel Val'Sarghress
The main character, daughter of Quain'tana ([[spoiler:or so she thinks]]) and heir of the Sarghress clan.
* AmazonianBeauty (after the timeskip. Just check out [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1816 her bicep]] in a shower scene.)
* AntiHero (swings back and forth, but seems to have settled into a Type IV, or possibly even a Type III after the timeskip)
* BadassAdorable (as the story goes on she increasingly becomes this)
* BerserkButton ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=373 Monster!]])
** Also, if you're Mel, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5052 don't]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1835 badmouth Quain]] in front of her.
* BlackMage
* BlowYouAway (besides her shapeshifting, she also has an affinity for air sorcery)
* BookDumb (shows signs of this, including [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1796 not knowing her clan's history outside of the romanticized versions she read]] though this [[FridgeBrilliance makes sense]] considering Syphile's lackluster teaching and the fact that she only spent about 5 years at Orthorbbae, and much of the time she did spend there was spent [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=236 trying to avoid being attacked again]], and she's explicitly said to have not gotten very good grades as a result)
* BreakTheCutie (pretty much since day 1)
* BrokenBird (showed signs of it, but seems to have mostly avoided becoming this trope after the timeskip)
* CharacterDevelopment (much of the story has focused on her developing from a little kid with no clue how the outside world works into a LittleMissBadass with her own crew of badasses at her back. [[FridgeBrilliance Which is exactly what Quain'tana wanted to happen]].)
* CheerfulChild (originally, though she's not completely broken yet)
* ChronicPetKiller (has been [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] into this by fans even though she's only had three, but she is still 1-2 on their survival since Melodia the feral isn't dead yet and survived the timeskip)
* CreepyChild ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=91 has her moments]], and one forumgoer's response to this page was to post a picture of Samara from ''TheRing'')
* DramaticIrony (for most of the story the audience and several other characters have known that [[spoiler:her mother is really Mel'arnach, not Quain'tana]], but she doesn't [[spoiler: yet]] know. This makes a lot of her interactions with both [[spoiler:Mel and Quain]] that much more interesting.)
** As of chapter 32, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7844 the cat's out of the bag]]. [[spoiler: Not that she believes it, at least at first.]]
* FacePalm (after the timeskip she seems to have [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1790 picked up some habits]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1658 from Kel'noz]])
* FreakOut (did ''not'' react well to Faen's disappearance at all)
* HolyChild (Chirinide and the rest of the Kyorl'solenurn seem to think she's this and call her the "Daughter of the Holy Eye" (read: [[spoiler:Zhor, an aware]]), but Ariel is skeptical, to say the least)
* IWillFindYou (to Faen, and succeeded)
* KidHero (by Drow standards, since she's physically only around 7 before the timeskip)
* LittleMissBadass (not at all surprising given who her mother is. [[spoiler:This statement could apply to both Mel'arnach and Quain'tana]])
* LockedOutOfTheLoop (until chapter 32, she was the only member of her immediate family that didn't know [[spoiler:that her mother is really Mel'arnach, not Quain'tana]])
* MulticoloredHair (can do it herself using magic)
* NaiveNewcomer (for the first arc of the story, but this seems to have largely disappeared after the timeskip)
* OneHeadTaller (after the timeskip, with Faen, which is an inversion of when they were younger)
* ParentalAbandonment (she does not have a good track record with parental figures, who are either abusive, distant or imprisoned, with the exception of Vaelia [[spoiler:who's now been PutOnABus, albeit by Ariel herself]] and now we can add [[spoiler:Diva'ratrika]] as a possible mother figure, leading to jokes that [[spoiler:Ariel has a 3/5 chance of stabbing Diva in the back at some point]])
* PluckyGirl (and how)
* RapunzelHair (even more so after the timeskip)
* SheIsAllGrownUp (after the 15 year timeskip Ariel is now 30, or 15 physically, and shot up like a weed. Unsurprising, given her family.)
* ShesGotLegs (much of her height seems to be because of her very long legs)
* StatuesqueStunner (after the timeskip, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1807 she's head and shoulders above her entire peer group]] which is entirely unsurprising given her family and the fact that she is [[spoiler:a second generation drow on her father's side]])
* StrongFamilyResemblance (after the timeskip, her resemblance to her female relatives becomes really apparent, especially to Mel'arnach and [[spoiler:Kalki]])
* VitriolicBestBuds (with [[spoiler:Diva]] after the timeskip, [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=3724 confirmed]] by WordOfGod)
* VoluntaryShapeshifting (her signature ability, though she's warned that if she's not careful she could accidentally put a vital organ in the wrong place)
* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Girl]] (even though her relationship with Quain'tana can be rocky, she desperately wants her approval, and in Chapter 30 [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1556 finally seems to get it]])
* YankTheDogsChain (right after she finally gets acknowledged as Quain'tana's heir Faen disappears, sending her into a deep depression)
!!Syphile Val'Sarghress
Ariel's adopted older sister, who herself was abused by Quain'tana and inflicts the same treatment on Ariel. There is little love lost between the two.
* AbusiveParents (foster parent, but still)
* BabysitterFromHell (when the girl you've raised says that her greatest wish is to kill you, you're this)
* BlueEyes (concept art from an unused sidestory that eventually became the "Syphile's Great Deed" contest story shows that she originally had these before becoming tainted. There's also [[http://www.drowtales.com/fan-gallery/index.php?/category/239 a piece]] done by the official artist that shows her with purple eyes, but that probably isn't canon at this point.)
* CallingTheOldManOut (possibly her only CrowningMomentOfAwesome)
* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome]] (Opinion varies, but at the very least [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1552 her words had a lasting impact on Quain'tana]]]])
* EpicFail (her ''entire life'' [[spoiler:possibly excluding her death, see above]])
* FailOSuckyname (WordOfGod is that the origin of her name, back when the story was an RP, is the word syphilis.)
* MaternallyChallenged (much like Quain'tana, but not played for laughs ''at all''. She thinks leaving Ariel with a dictionary to study constitutes "teaching" her.)
* MoralEventHorizon ({{In-universe}}, the brutal and completely unnecessary way she killed Fuzzy in front of Ariel after locking them in her room for a week without the means for Fuzzy to even to the bathroom properly seems to be the moment when Ariel [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=89 decided she needed to die]], and for the audience it made a lot of people lose sympathy for her)
* SecretKeeper (Subverted. Syphile knew that [[spoiler:Ariel's parents were really Mel'arnach and Zhor, not Quain'tana]] and she was expected to keep this secret. Once she helped Chrys'tel escape, however, practically the first thing she did was spill the secret to her, and by extension to Zala'ess, and Zala has more than taken advantage of this knowledge to try and shame Quain'tana)
* TheUnreveal (Readers never learn who her biological parents were. All we know is that her parents were two of Quain'tana's strongest followers which is partly why she is viewed as a disappointment; because she did not live up to the standards met by her biological parents.)
* UsedToBeASweetKid (subverted, since she appears to have always been something of a brat according to one side story, where she alienates one of her friends, who was trying to convince her that tainting herself is a dumb idea, with a low blow about her fallen clan and pretty much turns her only ally against her)
!!Mel'arnach Val'Sarghress
Ariel's older sister ([[spoiler:or not]]) who was disowned and imprisoned within the Sarghress fortress and is seen as a dangerous psychopath.
* AintTooProudToBeg (she's twice prostrated herself before Quain'tana, but in both cases Quain has seen through it and can tell it's an act. The second one ends particularly brutally.)
* BrokenBird (With good reason. According to Kel'noz she "lost her mind a long time ago" [[spoiler:which is only half-right]])
* DarkMistress (she may wind up playing this role to [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune]] as indicated [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1359 here]])
* DidYouJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu (Ariel and Mel's first interactions are this, since Ariel has been [[spoiler:falsely]] told by Syphile that Mel is a monster)
* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu ([[spoiler:she had a child with Zhor, who was originally a dark elf but is now a giant spider]])
** This could also apply to her relationship with [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune]], who's the closest thing the comic has to a BigBad. The other Sarghress certainly feel this way about their relationship.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=106 this entire scene]])
* FacePalm ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1835 yet more evidence that this runs in the Sarghress family]])
* FallenPrincess (she explains to Lulianne that at one point she had her own servants, slaves and even people who call themselves her knights, and was mostly left on her own, but later on an incident (implied to be Sarv'swati's attack on Quain) made Quain take this all away and imprison her for refusing to follow Quain's plan)
* [[spoiler:HomosexualReproduction]] ([[spoiler:she's Kalki's "father" and Snadhya'rune is the "mother", not that Mel knew it]])
* HammerspaceHair (while not ''in'' her hair per se, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=107 in chapter 1]] she uses [[RapunzelHair her extremely long hair, which falls almost to the floor]], to hide a knife that she has hidden on her clothing.)
* [[spoiler:HotMom]] (even more so after the timeskip, [[spoiler:where she has two sons and another daughter on the way]])
* {{Hypocrite}} (Some of her criticisms of Quain'tana, especially [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1835 here]] ring a little hollow when you remember that [[spoiler:she's sleeping with the leader of the '''Nidraa'chal''', and Snadhya'rune has pretty much done all that ''and worse'', especially the "obedient drones" comment [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7124 considering that Snadhya has pretty much literally made obedient drones]].]])
** Relatedly, the fact that she's disappointed in Ariel for still idolizing Quain also has an aspect of this considering that there are some subtle indicators that Mel on some level understands exactly how bad [[spoiler:Snadhya]] actually is, but is choosing to ignore it.
** And she claims that she wants [[spoiler:Ariel]] to be able to choose how to live her life, something Mel was denied, and yet [[spoiler:when Ariel does make the choice for herself, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7853 Mel doesn't like it]] and tries to stop her. Kel'noz is also well aware of this and [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1660 explains this to her]].]]
* LoveMakesYouDumb ([[spoiler: towards Snadhya'rune]]. Less on the "dumb" aspect and more on the "naive" aspect however. The fanbase feels that Mel'arnach is so in love that she is blinded towards [[spoiler: Snadhya'rune]]'s faults and have begun to think the less of her for it.)
* LoveMartyr (see above, for [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune]])
* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Ariel I Am Your Mother]]]] ([[spoiler:though Ariel didn't know until Chapter 32]])
** And from [[spoiler:Kalki]], [[spoiler:[[LukeYouAreMyFather Mel'arnach, You Are My Father]]]] which is even ''harder'' to explain.
* IronicEcho (her first reaction to [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6846 being told she was Kalki's father]]]] was to ask if it was a joke. Later, the first words out of [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7851 Ariel's mouth]] when told that Mel is her mother]] is to ask effectively the same thing.)
* ItGotWorse (largely the course her life has taken. She didn't get along with Quain'tana practically from the beginning, but when Laele'aell was born it seems some of the heat was taken off Mel, but when Laele died things only got worse again, and to top it off [[spoiler:the child she was waiting for for years was taken away before she could even name her, and she wasn't even allowed to see said child for 10 years, and when she did said child was terrified of her, and didn't believe her when told of her true heritage]])
** It seems to have gotten slightly better for her after the timeskip, [[spoiler:since she seems to have more freedom in the Sullisin'rune dome, apparently sees Ariel on a somewhat regular basis and has had two more children with a third on the way. While not ideal, especially since it's implied the children are being raised elsewhere, she seems much happier, though her relationship with Ariel is clearly still somewhat rocky]].
* [[spoiler:MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold]]
* MsFanservice
* MysteriousParent (WordOfGod has refused to answer any questions about who her and Kel'noz's father was, which has led fans to speculate that he's important, and also [[spoiler:Mel herself qualifies for both Kalki and Ariel]])
* NotDistractedByTheSexy (despite spending most of her time in what's essentially lingerie hardly anyone seems to notice. This can be chalked up due to drow culture and the fact that most characters are probably just used to her)
* ObfuscatingStupidity (possibly in regards to [[spoiler:exactly what Snadhya'rune admitting to be a Nidraa'chal founder actually means]] since Mel's [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7060 body language]] when asked if she'd ever heard of [[spoiler:the Nidraa'chal]] is defensive, and when directly asked if she wants to join [[spoiler:Snadhya in her "business"]] her response is to [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1369 evade the question]].)
* [[spoiler:ObfuscatingInsanity]] (and it's heavily implied that [[spoiler:she either made up the story about her killing men and being a rapist [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=500 to make people leave her alone]], or [[SureLetsGoWithThat adopted some slander about her for the same purposes]].]] Notably, Lulianne sees right through it from the get-go)
* PsychoLesbian ([[spoiler:it's an act]])
* RapeAndSwitch (A debatable example. While it is heavily implied that Quain'tana allowed her to be sexually abused by her male soldiers, and Mel says that the abuse she suffered made her hate men, she also says that Quain was never able to accept that [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=520 she preferred women]], implying that she was always more attracted to them, and drow have an EveryoneIsBi society anyway)
* ShipperOnDeck (after the timeskip, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1834 ships Ariel/Faen]])
* StatuesqueStunner (along with her mother she's one of the tallest characters in the comic, and is even taller than [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune]], best seen [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1372 here]]. WordOfGod [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=3116 is]] that she and Quain'tana are as tall as their Dark Elf ancestors would have been.)
* YouHaveToBelieveMe (Needless to say, [[spoiler: Ariel has problems believing Mel is her mother]])
** Possibly averted after the timeskip, where [[spoiler:the fact that Mel refers to Ariel as "my daughter" when talking to Faen implies that Ariel has acknowledged Mel, at least in private, though when Mel (again) starts insulting Quain'tana Ariel storms out, indicating that they're not 100% on good terms yet]].
!!Kel'noz Val'Sarghress
Ariel's older brother ([[spoiler:really her uncle]]), Mel'arnach's twin brother, Quain'tana's only son and headmaster of the Davya tower at Orthorbbae.
* BigBrotherMentor
* ConflictingLoyalty (several types, between Quain'tana and Mel, Quain'tana and Ariel, and his duties at Orthorbbae versus his clan)
* FacePalm (he's done this several times, and given how his family acts, who can blame him? When he did this in reaction to [[spoiler:Ariel rejecting Mel as being her mother]] it was generally agreed that he spoke for the fans)
* IDidWhatIHadToDo (what he says about his more questionable actions, but who knows if it's true)
* ManipulativeBastard
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught (his policy, and that of Orthorbbae)
* OnlySaneMan (compared to the rest of his family he definitely comes across as this)
* ParentalSubstitute (to Ariel, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1835 to the point that when Mel starts insulting him]] (again) Ariel explicitly says that he raised her)
* TrueNeutral (as a Headmaster at Orthorbbae he's supposed to be this, but who knows what he really is [[invoked]])
* TwinDesynch (there's a heavy implication that he and Mel went through this after [[spoiler:he chose Quain'tana over her]])
!!Laele'aell Val'Sarghress
The former heir of the Sarghress and leader of the Fallen Legion, sometime before Ariel's birth Laelle'aell was possessed by a demon, and though technically still alive (with the addition of some golem parts) is mainly used as a weapon now. She has had very little screen time, and some information about her is taken from a Daydream story about the early Sarghress/Sullisin'rune alliance, so its canocity is uncertainly.
* TheAce (she was [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=354 everything Quain'tana wanted]] in an heir, which made her fall that much more devastating)
* EmptyShell (one early character description called her a "container of souls")
* FollowInMyFootsteps (she built up the Fallen Legion on her own, just as Quain built up her first army)
* HasTwoMommies (Ash'waren is implied to have had a significant role in her upbringing)
* MismatchedEyes (if the Daydream story is canon, she originally had one green eye and one purple eye reflecting her Sullisin'rune heritage)
* MysteriousProtector (of Ariel after the Fallen Legion become her bodyguards)
* {{Ninja}}
* NoodleIncident (it's unknown exactly what happened to her besides a few basic facts, like a demon being involved and a failed exorcism)
* PetTheDog / MoralityPet (a subtle one for Quaintana. Its pretty clear that Laele'aell was always [[ParentalFavoritism the favourite daughter]] but in this [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=346 scene]], Quain'tana explicitly gives Ariel Syphile's lands instead of Laele'aell's, despite the latter's condition and despite the fact that Syphile had not been formally disinherited yet. Quain'tana even expresses hope that Laele'aell may eventually recover from her tainting as an explanation for her decision.)
* PersonOfMassDestruction (see [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=388 here]])
* ProphetEyes
* TheSpartanWay (she had to climb her way up to the top, just like Quain'tana, and essentially build her own army from the ground up)
* TheVoiceless (it's unknown if she's even capable of speaking anymore)
!!Quain'tana Val'Sarghress
Originally a street rat, Quain'tana turned the Sarghress clan from a ragtag bunch of mercenaries into one of the most powerful militaries in the world setting. Not a very good parent.
* AbusiveParents (Offenses listed on the main trope page)
* AmazonianBeauty / BrawnHilda (In the past she was definitely more of the former, but is now more of the latter.)
* {{Badass}}
* {{Bifauxnen}} (a RunningGag in the comic and fandom is how she can easily be mistaken for male given her body-builder like physique, such as [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=509 here]], and the creator specified in one side comic how she was to be drawn, but depending on the artist this is or isn't followed)
* BraidsOfBarbarism (starts wearing her hair this way in [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7588 chapter 31]])
* BrokenPedestal (Ariel found out [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=100 the hard way]] that Quain'tana is not the kind mother she imagined)
* CharacterDevelopment (it's still early, but there are indications that she might be starting to soften, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1556 especially this]])
* DesignatedHero (in universe and out)
* DrowningMySorrows (Did this after [[spoiler: being rendered barren]])
* FacePalm (as seen above, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4112 her family seems to have gotten this from her]])
* HeirClubForMen (Quain is willing do anything -- and we do mean ''anything'' -- to make sure she has an heir)
* HeroicBSOD (For a given definition of "heroism" anyway. As seen in a flashback, she did ''not'' take [[spoiler: being rendered barren thanks to a battle wound inflicted by Sarv'swati]] very well. It's one of the reasons she leans so hard -- to put it ''lightly'' -- on Mel to bear an heir)
* {{Hypocrite}} (see also NotSoDifferent, and a big theme in the comic is that despite publicly being against the Sharen Quain is willing to do many of the same things in order to gain power, especially when it comes to her ControlFreak tendencies over her family, which Mel lampshades)
* IWantGrandkids (To Mel, [[spoiler:in the most horrific way possible]])
* JerkassHasAPoint (her reaction to Mel in chapter 32, where she says she doesn't trust her due to Mel [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4948 having threatened to kill her]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7831 not two months ago]], made doubly so by the fact that the audience ''knows'' that [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7086 put Mel up to it]] and that the whole thing is a lie. Even so, she lost a lot of sympathy when she proceeded to restrain Mel and ''break her arms with a hammer''.)
* KarmaHoudini (Not unlike much of the cast.)
* LargeHam ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7606 if there was ever any doubt...]] And earlier, her [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=449 verbal spar with Zala]] left [[ChewingTheScenery toothmarks all over the set]])
* [[spoiler:LawOfInverseFertility]] (got hit by this ''hard'')
* MaternallyChallenged (one interpretation of her bad relationships with her children is that she's not so much intentionally cruel as much as having ''no idea'' how to properly treat them, and among her children Laele'aell seems to have been treated best)
* MemeticBadass ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1133 In-universe anyways.]])
* NotSoDifferent (with Diva'ratrika. Both are obsessed with continuing their bloodlines and pressure their daughters to have children, both are {{Control Freak}}s, both of their children wind up hating them, [[spoiler:and they both share a descendant in Kalki]])
* ParentalAbandonment (cause and victim)
* PetTheDog (her relationship with Ash'waren, and the fact that when one of her dev'esses, Sang, was tortured by the Sharen and lost all of her limbs Quain'tana got her all new golem limbs and had her re-trained. One golem limb, much less four, are ''expensive'' in the DT world. The case can also be made for MoralMyopia in terms of her relationships with her children. She gets another one in chapter 30 where she finally tells Ariel [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1557 that she makes her proud]], with the slight pause suggesting that she's not really sure how to even say it.)
* ReluctantRuler (she really doesn't want to be a figurehead ruler, and even says that if she manages to defeat the Sharen [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1560 she'd leave the role of Empress to Ash'waren and go adventuring again]])
* SatisfiedStreetRat (deconstructed, since we see exactly how messed up a person raised like she was can become)
* TheSpartanWay (how she seems to view most things, especially child rearing. As for the results, well, see above.)
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl (tomboy to Ash'waren's girly girl)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Servants and Slaves]]
!!Vaelia
Originally a human slave that Ariel fought with in a series of GladiatorGames, Vaelia joined Ariel as her bodyguard even after being freed. Later she [[spoiler:joined the Highland Raiders, and appears periodically in short stories at the end of chapters chronicling her adventures]].
* AndroclesLion ([[spoiler:befriends and saves a fairy she dubs "Chu", who helps her with mana related things]])
* TheAtoner (due to [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=858 selling out her home village to slavers]], due to her fellow male warriors MovingTheGoalposts on her]])
* BadassNormal (especially apparent after [[spoiler:she joins the Highland Raiders]])
* BladeOnAStick
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue (despite the difficulty she has with the drow language, her inner monologues show her to be quite thoughtful)
* GoodScarsEvilScars (has several on her face, but in a few people's opinions they make her hotter)
* ImportantHaircut (Inverted in a sense. After being freed, she had hair extensions put in to signify she was no longer a slave.)
* IOweYouMyLife (to Ariel)
* LadyOfWar
* MamaBear (to Ariel, and she's arguably the best mother figure Ariel has, despite not even being the same species!)
* MatronChaperone (she assigns herself to this role after seeing [[AttemptedRape what Rik tries to do to Ariel]], since Ariel doesn't understand the full implications of what he's trying to do)
* NoPeriodsPeriod (averted [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1124 quite comically]])
* [[spoiler:PutOnABus]] ([[spoiler:Ariel arranges for her to join the Highland Raiders on the surface, though a side story of her adventures on the surface focuses on her]])
* [[OffHandBackhand Offhand]] GroinAttack ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7159 don't piss Vaelia off]])
* ValuesDissonance (an in story example, since while the drow see fairies as pests, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1240 she sees them as spirits of the Earth]]) [[invoked]]
* YouNoTakeCandle (justified, since drow is not her native language, and she gradually improves through the story)
!!Liriel
A perpetually drunk, flighty slave that Ariel acquired with Faen after the latter's powers resulted in the death of Liriel's master. [[spoiler:She is also the incomplete fusing of Diva'ratrika and her servant, Ragini, and as of Chapter 23 Diva has taken full control, and for tropes pertaining to her, see below]].
* TheAlcoholic (she has her reasons, mainly [[spoiler:suppressing Diva, and being deprived of alcohol allows Diva to fully take control]])
* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGunman]] ([[spoiler:hello Diva'ratrika]])
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} (viewed as this by most people, [[spoiler:but as Diva takes control more and more of what she says is actually true]])
* [[spoiler:FusionDance]] ([[spoiler:the result of this with Diva and Ragini]])
* HiddenDepths (even if you haven't read the spoilered text, the sheer numbers of spoilers about her had probably tipped you off that she's not what she appears)
* NailedToTheWagon (on account of losing her booze in a dwarf attack, Liriel spends much of the overworld arc in withdrawal [[spoiler:and eventually Diva'ratrika breaks through]])
* ServileSnarker (even before [[spoiler:Diva'ratrika awakens]] she gets away with saying some pretty daring things around Ariel)
* [[spoiler:SplitPersonalityTakeover]]
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight (the fact that she looks like a Dark Elf is mostly glossed over, though Kyo'nne does wonder about it, granted, while asking if she can buy Liriel. Her [[spoiler:hair and skin color change]] also elicits this reaction from Ariel at first, until FridgeBrilliance kicks in when you realize that [[spoiler:as a shapeshifter herself, it really ''isn't'' an unusual sight, and Ariel may in fact wonder why [[IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat everyone can't do that]]]])
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt (pretty much how she ended up with Ariel, who was there when Faen's powers resulted in the death of her former master)
** CrowningMomentOfFunny in the original version. She looks at her old master, looks at Ariel. "Hi New Master!"
!![[spoiler:Diva]]
The final result of [[spoiler:the fusion of Ragini and Diva'ratrika]]. For tropes pertaining to [[spoiler:Val'Sharess Diva'ratrika]], see her entry under [[spoiler:Vel'Sharen]]. After the timeskip, she tutors Kau and Shala and advises Ariel.
* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother (even with the usual parts of this trope pertaining to fae, she takes it one step further by looking the same age as [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7775 her pre-pubescent granddaughter]], to the point of being able to fit into her clothes]])
* {{Bookworm}} ([[InsistentTerminology preserves]] books, much to Ariel's chagrin)
* BroughtDownToNormal (in a few senses. [[spoiler:In Ragini's body she was initially a slave, and while no longer a slave is still essentially a nobody. And her powers, which at one time were capable of bringing down an entire building [[http://www.drowtales.com/longestwait.php?order=date&id=24 in one hit]], are now [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1191 very weak]] compared to before]].)
* InTheHood
* ImportantHaircut ([[spoiler:after she regains control]])
* [[spoiler:KingIncognito]] (justified, since shortly after [[spoiler:she "awakens" it's shown that her daughters are using a BodyDouble, and Diva doesn't really even look like herself anymore since she's significantly younger, and tragically means that she can't tell Sil'lice, the one daughter still loyal to her, that she's still alive]])
* ParentalSubstitute (seems to be shaping up to be this for Ariel)
* [[spoiler:SpannerInTheWorks]]
* VitriolicBestBuds (with Ariel after the timeskip)
* WalkingSpoiler (this character's very existence spoils two major plot points: one, that [[spoiler:Diva'ratrika is dead]] and two, that [[spoiler:she cheated death using Ragini as a conduit]]. Considered a separate character from [[spoiler:Liriel]] and [[spoiler:Diva'ratrika]] for ease of browsing.)
* WhatDidIDoLastNight ([[spoiler:one fan pointed out that after regaining consciousness, she's more or less going through the equivalent of a ''15 year'' hangover, since she remembers very little from the time she separated her aura until she finally took full control]])
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tions House]]
!!Rosof Tions Sarghress
One of the few male leaders in the worldsetting and Dev'ess of the Tions subhouse, Rosof is the closest thing Quain'tana has to a right hand man and is the leader of the elite Wolfriders. As a result of spending so much time on the surface he is also suffering from mana deprivation and slowly dying.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited (to Quain'tana, via WordOfGod)
* BadassGrandpa (though he may not be especially old by drow standards, he stands out as this trope because he's one of the few that actually ''looks'' old)
* CoolOldGuy (though most drow men are substantially old, he stands out by actually ''looking'' old)
* DefeatMeansFriendship (after Quain'tana beat him at Machike)
* EyeScream (lost his eye in his duel with Quain'tana)
* IWasQuiteALooker (before the mana deprivation set in he was [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=125 quite handsome]], and his descendants aren't bad either)
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure (compared to the bull-headed and rash Quain'tana)
* TinyGuyHugeGirl (he doesn't even come up to [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4498 Quain'tana's shoulder]] in the present day and wasn't much taller before mana deprivation set in)
* TokenMinority (He's pretty much the only male dev'ess in the entire drow world, but considering that he not only took on Quain'tana and survived, but also managed to make her ''stop and think'' even after she'd beaten him and might have just killed him he's one tough S.O.B. Not to mention that he got the Sarghress wolf mounts at the cost of mana deprivation and has been Quain'tana's right hand man for centuries, playing a large part in earning them Val status, so the man has ''fucking earned it'')
* TurnCoat (albeit Rosof is a more positive take on this trope, but as seen in [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive/20091129c01MachikeConquest01.jpg the Machike takeover side-story]], he was originally a member of a female Dark Elf's army, until she was killed by Quain'tana and the latter later defeated him in combat.)
* YourDaysAreNumbered (due to the mana deprivation he doesn't have much longer to live, and knows it)
!! Nei'kalsa Tions Sarghress
Rosof's granddaughter and the heir to the Tions. She's also Sarnel's caretaker.
* BlueEyes (of the pale blue variety, shared by Rosof)
* TheCaretaker (is this to Sarnel)
* GoodParents (just compare [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6205 her interactions with Sarnel]] with Syphile's interactions with Ariel, it's night and day)
* LongestPregnancyEver (WordOfGod is that she is pregnant in [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4498 this scene]], which was published in December of 2007, and while only a few months passed in-story until the end of chapter 32 and the timeskip, she was pregnant for nearly four years of real time. The reason WordOfGod was needed to show that she's pregnant is because it isn't immediately apparent, and only certain pages are at the right angle to show the baby bump. Fans were actually first clued in that she was pregnant due to the fact that she puts her hand over her stomach several times during the scene.)
* SkirtOverSlacks (seems to be her default outfit)
!! Sarnel Tions Sarghress
* BlueEyes
* DistaffCounterpart (in many ways, to Ariel)
* HonorBeforeReason (was taught that the clan is above all else)
* JackieRobinsonStory (the fact that he got promoted to squad leader, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1813 and it seems not everyone's happy about it]] since he's a male)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Niz'zre House]]
!! Sang Niz'zre Sarghress
First appears in Chapter 8, she's Kor'maril's mother and devess of the Niz'zre House. Most of the information on her and the other Dev'esses can be found in the [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=821 Sarghress Dev'ess podcast]].
* ArtificialLimbs (all four of her limbs were cut off by the Sharen, so she got replacements)
* GrayEyes
* DramaticIrony (it hasn't been addressed in story, but fans have speculated about whether she knows that [[spoiler:Kor'maril fathered Sil'lice's twins]] since it's very likely that Sil'lice herself or one of her descendants was in charge of Sang's torture when she was captured)
* MeaningfulName (''Sang'' means "blood" in French)
* OneSteveLimit (there's also a Sang'oro in the Kyorl)
* PintsizedPowerhouse (WordOfGod calls her "small and mean")
!! Kor'maril Niz'zre Val'Sarghress
Sang's son, he was adopted by Quain'tana in recognition of his deeds.
* {{Badass}}
* {{Bishonen}}
* TheCavalry ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4434 shows up to save Ariel from Jer'kol]])
* EstrogenBrigadeBait (both {{in-universe}} and out, since he's had at least one mate and has fathered [[spoiler:Sil'lice's twins]])
* BladeBelowTheShoulder
* GrayEyes
* LightningBruiser (as Jer'kol [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4441 found out the hard way]])
* PintsizedPowerhouse (like his mother, don't let his size fool you, which is what [[spoiler:Sil'lice]] found attractive about him. Additionally, it's actually possible to see that [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4442 Vaelia]] is taller than he is, which likely puts him around five foot)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nori'fu House]]
!! Suu'be Nori'fu Sarghress
The Dev'ess of the Nori'fu House and Koil'dorath's mother. She's vocally displeased with the way Quain'tana has been leading the clan.
* BerserkButton (she manages to [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7589 hit Quain's]] by saying Ariel isn't ready yet)
* BraidsOfBarbarism
* BrawnHilda (even more so than Quain'tana since she has more lines on her face)
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow (though her hair is likely dyed)
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident (Quain'tana [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=101 implies]] and Rosof outright [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=346 states]] that Suu'be and Mandroga would either use Ariel for her own purposes or make her have an "accident" to get her out of the way if she was ever given to the Nori'fu to train, this may have also been part of the BerserkButton mentioned above)
* TheResenter (to Quain'tana, and to Ariel because she believes she stole Koil'dorath's right as the heir, and because she thinks Quain'tana has gotten soft as a Val. This is visually demonstrated by how scuffed [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5040 Suu'be's armor]] is when compared to Quain's.)
* SarcasmMode ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5038 it's hard not to read this into her words here]])
* TheStarscream (implied, and WordOfGod is she'd try to take over if she thought she could get away with it, and Quain'tana knows this but also realizes that it's too dangerous to get rid of Suu'be)
!! Mandroga Nori'fu Sarghress
Suu'be's mate and Koil'dorath's father. First appears (chronologically) in the Machike Conquest storyline, and then [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4498 in Chapter 5]].
* TheBeastmaster (during the conquest of Machike he was [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=124 quite proud]] of one of his beasts)
* TheBigGuy
* BraidsOfBarbarism
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow (formerly had both orange hair and eyes, but now has mainly white hair with some red streaks)
* FacialMarkings
* ServileSnarker (he must be on pretty good terms to get away with calling Quain'tana [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4503 ruthless]] to her face, but when he [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4663 crosses the line]] she [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4664 puts him in his place]] very firmly)
!! Koil'dorath Nori'fu Val'Sarghress
Suu'be and Mandroga's daughter, Koil'dorath leads the Sarghress Heavy Infantry and was, until Ariel was officially recognized, Quain'tana's heir after Laele'aell's death.
* {{Badass}} ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=441 "a very scary woman, no one messes with her"]])
* TheBigGuy
* BraidsOfBarbarism
* BrawnHilda
* ConflictingLoyalty (subverted, when she finds out that Ariel's the new heir [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5041 she doesn't care]])
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow (like her mother she has orange hair and eyes, but her hair also has [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5040 some red streaks in it]], perhaps to show that despite who her mother is [[FridgeBrilliance she's still loyal to Quain'tana at heart]])
* InadequateInheritor (not because of anything she did herself, but she came with [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7673 too much Suu'be attached]])
* PlayingWithFire ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=138 seen here]])
* ReplacementSibling (Quain'tana made her the heir after Laele's death to ensure someone would be there if she fell in battle)
* TheStoic
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Yurunhiir House]]
!! Quill'yate Yurunhiir Sarghress
Leader of the Highland Raiders and head of the Yurunhiir House. She's usually out of the fortress and on the surface or hunting for relics.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* {{Badass}} (fights Koil'dorath to a draw, and according to one observer they were going [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=139 easy]] on each other, and later fights off a band of dwarves)
* [[BloodBrothers Blood Sisters]] ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=141 with Quain'tana]])
* BreadEggsMilkSquick (in the podcast about the dev'esses, the author describes her house like this)
-->She is the Commander of the Highland Raiders, and her house is composed of her own family but also a lot of other troops that come within her groups to visit strange lands and meet strange people and kill them.
* FashionableAsymmetry (half of her hair is dyed black while the other is white, additionally, one of her eyes is glass and pure green)
* GreenEyes (both of her eyes, though one is artificial)
* [[HonoraryUncle Honorary Aunt]]
* NumberTwo (in one of his podcasts, the creator of the comic states that the Yurunhiir house has a special function within the clan; namely that should something happen to the main Sarghress branch, the Yurunhiir would be the ones to rally the survivors into a new clan)
* TheObiWan (to Ariel, best seen [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=143 here]] where she tries to convince Ariel that [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=144 Quain'tana's not so bad]])
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure (she even agrees to let [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6689 Vaelia join the Highland Raiders]]]])
!! Valo
Quill'yate's grandson and a Highland Raider.
* TheBigGuy (even for a drow he stands [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5066 head and shoulders above almost everyone]])
* BladeOnAStick
* CanonImmigrant (from the Relic Hunters game, along with several other Highland Raiders)
* PlayerCharacter (originally, though he's now part of the main story)
* ShinyMidnightBlack (his hair is actually black, but in some pages it's colored as a very dark blue)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mae'yukir House]]
!! Itan'sha Mae'yukir Sarghress
A former Kyorl'solenurn, she is now the Dev'ess of the Maeyukir House in the Sarghress Clan. She was a former Kyorl who was branded a heretic, tortured and banished. She makes her first appearance in Chapter 8 but has had little screentime since.
* EyeScream (the reason her eyes look the way they do is because the Kyorl said she didn't need them since she'd lost her way from the Goddess)
* FacialMarkings (on her forehead there's a mark that looks like [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5037 a line with other, smaller horizontal lines through it]] representing how the Kyorl thought that her third eye had been closed to the Goddess, and if Abyte is any indication than it was probably [[{{Squick}} carved in with a knife]]. While Kyo'nne was with the Kyorl she had a [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=372 similar mark]], but hers was with paint)
* TheHeretic (at some point she came into conflict with the mainline Kyorls, and as a result was tortured and exiled)
* KnightTemplar (Possibly, judging by how quick she is to jump to conclusions about Quain'tana's new heir, but it is too early to tell.)
* MilkyWhiteEyes (WordOfGod is she can still sort of see, but not well, and mainly sees blurs of color)
* NobleFugitive (after the Kyorl declared her a heretic she ran away to the Sarghress, and thus thinks little of the Kyorl and their ideals)
* [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]] (shown to be rather tall for a drowussu female ([[hottip:*: drowussu females tend to be shorter than the males, an inversion of the norm with drowolath]]) at least in comparison with Lulianne. [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive//20080802c08p031.jpg Best seen in this panel]] where she seems to stand at level with Suu'be.)
* TheSkeptic (Taking [[TheResenter Suu'be's]] comments at face value Itan'sha appears to be this in comparison. When Ariel is declared as the new heir, she immediately supposes the Jaal'darya must have had something to do with it; knowing that Quain'tana is barren.)
* TokenMinority (She's the only drowussu dev'ess seen thus far)
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl
!!Lulianne Mae'yukir Sarghress
One of Mel'arnach's guards, Lulianne is a former Dutan'vir.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe (Mel says this to her [[spoiler:as she's escaping]])
* CompressedHair (her series of braids actually [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1375 hides very long hair]])
* DoubleAgent (in true drow fashion, Lulianne is spying on Mel and reporting to Quain'tana, but at the same time has her own agenda when it comes to bringing back her old clan [[spoiler:and now, thanks to being possessed by Khaless, is also a spy for Snadhya'rune too, meaning that in reality she's more like a DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent]])
* EarlyBirdCameo (her first appearance is in [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=110 the new chapter 1]], but her first chronological appearance happens in chapter 8)
* [[spoiler:EvilCostumeSwitch]] (her [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver wardrobe]] after the timeskip, [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6855 due to Khaless' influence]]]], especially in the pants and CleavageWindow)
* [[spoiler:GrandTheftMe]] ([[spoiler:WordOfGod confirmed that [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=3760 Khaless' takeover was complete.]]]])
* HairColorDissonance (her original hair color ([[hottip:*:see RetCon further down this entry]]) has been separately described as both pink and brown by different people, while it's much more obviously a pink in her later design.)
* HalfBreed (by her own words, fourth generation half blood)
* InfoDump (exists pretty much to give characters someone to give these to, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=504 which is even lampshaded in story]])
* LesYay (not in the main story, but the chibi pages [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5923 love]] to put her in these situations and have her play TheComicallySerious to Mel[[invoked]])
* LettingHerHairDown (fan consensus is that it makes her even hotter)
* MadeOfIron (at least if [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6905 this page]] is anything to go by, or [[spoiler: though it seems that was because Khaless had possessed her]].)
* MyGreatestFailure (was present when the Dutan'vir Ill'haress was killed [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5932 by her own guardian, who was somehow tainted and set on her]]]])
** It's also implied that [[spoiler:leaving the Dutan'vir children behind at their urging to look for information on what happened to their warriors, since the children they liked [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5950 were either taken by the Kyorl'solenurn or sold to slavers]]. The fact that Khaless uses Sael's face to throw Lu off also suggests this]].)
* NobleFugitive (from the Dutan'vir, and after the timeskip [[spoiler:was thrown out of the Sarghress, allegedly for letting Mel escape, though this may just be a cover]])
* [[spoiler:ThePlotReaper]] ([[spoiler:after hearing the truth from Sha'sana, there was pretty much no way that she'd survive, and indeed Khaless' takeover ensures that she won't be telling anyone about what she found out. WordOfGod even [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=3760 states]] that "Lulianne is gone but served her purposes"]])
* PurpleEyes ([[spoiler:formerly]])
* RoseHairedGirl (more a faded pink than is usual of this trope)
* RetCon (a minor one, mainly [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=445 her hair was originally a much darker pink]], while her appearance in the new chapter 1 has her with the much lighter hair seen in subsequent chapters)
* [[spoiler:SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains]] (provides a one-woman version of this trope in her wardrobe before and after the timeskip, [[spoiler:thanks to Khaless]])
* [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe]] (says this to [[spoiler:Khaless]], but [[spoiler:Lu survives, albeit possessed by Khaless]].)
!! Abyte Mae'yukir Sarghress
A former Kyorl'solenurn Warden in-training. First appears [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7738 in Chapter 31]], on patrol with [[spoiler:Tir'ade]].
* AssShove (she humorously refers to having "a stick up my ass the length of Chel" before she went to the Mae'yukir)
* {{Bifauxnen}} (her armor, short hair and general build led to a lot of ViewerGenderConfusion before it was clarified in her first appearance where she [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7739 refers to]] formerly being a Kyorl Warden, an all female rank, but some were still confused)
* BladeOnAStick (her weapon)
* BreakTheCutie (during the Nidraa'chal War, where she was tainted, and the Warden who was responsible [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7790 didn't even apologize]] and carved the heretic mark into her forehead)
* TheEmpath (though in her own words [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7783 her empathy is pretty weak]] and not strong enough for her to have gotten training as an Inquisitor)
* FacialMarkings (like Itan'sha, her forehead bears a heretic mark, which was forcibly [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7790 carved into her forehead]] by the very same warden who was responsible for her getting tainted in the first place)
* MythologyGag (the little cartoon wolf holding a letter in its mouth on her satchel was previously on the site's front page as the donation button until it was redesigned)
* PluckyGirl (and how! Just read BreakTheCutie above and marvel at how she's managed to keep a positive attitude)
* SexyMentor (to [[spoiler:Tir'ade]] given how blatantly she flirts with him)
* TraumaticHaircut (after she was imprisoned for becoming tainted she was shaved bald, and she's kept her hair short in the Sarghress)
!! Rek'mar Mae'yukir Sarghress
A half-blood Mae'yukir, he first appears [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5559 at the beginning of Chapter 16]], has a crush on Lulianne.
* {{Adorkable}} (just check out the [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5801 adorably silly]] way he asks Lulianne out [[spoiler:but all things considered, he'd have been better off if he'd been stood up]])
* BrickJoke ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7748 he finally gets to have]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5803 that dance with Lulianne]])
* HalfBreed (he looks much more drowolath than drowussu)
* [[StrongFamilyResemblance Uncanny Resemblance]] (looks a lot like Phani'nath Vel'Sharen)
[[/folder]]
* AnimalMotifs (The [[BigBadAssWolf wolf]])
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority (Pretty much how individuals move up in rank)
* TheClan (Due to them recruiting from all over Drow society the Sarghress clan is one of the largest in Chel.)
* CycleOfRevenge (the main cause of DysfunctionJunction in the Val house. Kel'noz even directly says that [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1660 Ariel shouldn't be burdened with the grudges they've carried for centuries]])
* GambitPileUp (there are hints that the multiple interests making up the Sarghress are a weakness that could cause the clan to implode. Lulianne, a former Dutan'vir clearly has her own plans to bring back her old clan; as do Sker, Minka and [[spoiler: Mikilu]] as seen in a pre-timeskip cameo. Sil'lice is also hiding within the Sarghress and while its not known what her exact plans are, she still doesn't exactly follow the Sarghress party line. Then there's the fact that [[spoiler: sleeper Nidraa'chal agents]] are in the clan as they are in apparently every major clan and even Kel'noz, Quain'tana's own son has his own agenda. The only thing holding these people together is their mutual dislike of the Vel'Sharen.)
* GenerationXerox (both [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]] and [[InvokedTrope invoked]], since the fact that the same patterns are repeated across generations is ''not a good thing'', and Quain'tana's specific desire to have an heir who's a GenerationXerox of her has caused ''many'' more problems than it has solved)
* TheHecateSisters (the female members of the family can be seen as variations on this, and the trope is also [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] in regards to their roles, which may not be as clear cut as they appear at first. The cover of the first chapter even [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=60 poses them like this]])
** Ariel: Child (in the first arc) / Maiden (in the second)
** Mel'arnach: Witch ([[spoiler:in appearance]]) [[spoiler:Mother]] (in reality, especially after the timeskip)
** Syphile: Maiden (when younger) Crone / Witch (in her role as Ariel's guardian)
** Quain'tana: Mother (officially to Ariel) Crone / Matriarch (as the official leader of the clan)
* PrivateMilitaryContractors ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1796 This was what they used to do]], and even after becoming a Val clan they kept it up until they gained a lot of territory in the Nidraa'chal War aftermath)
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy (Their clan philosophy)
* RagTagBunchOfMisfits (The entire clan is mostly made up of commoners and exiles with no real ties between one another except for uniting around Quain'tana as a figurehead leader.)
* RoyallyScrewedUp (the main Val house. ''Holy crap'' the main Val house. Any family where the mother feels justified in breaking the arms of her child is this and then some.)
* TheThreeFacesOfAdam (as a SpearCounterpart to TheHecateSisters, the main male members also fall into this trope, especially since Kel'noz and Rosof both have a mutual descendant in Sarnel.)
** Sarnel: The Hunter
** Kel'noz: The Lord
** Rosof: The Prophet / Mentor, which is emphasized even more by him actually looking old.
* [[TigerVersusDragon Wolf Versus Dragon]] (The Sarghress are currently seen as the bitterest rivals to the Sharen for power.)
* ZergRush (one tactic of the "War Meat" squadron, which is made up of non-fae, is to charge in and take out demons and nether summoners because they have no auras to be possessed by, allowing the regular troops to come in later and avoid being tainted)
[[foler:The Main Val House]]
!!Ariel Val'Sarghress
The main character, daughter of Quain'tana ([[spoiler:or so she thinks]]) and heir of the Sarghress clan.
* AmazonianBeauty (after the timeskip. Just check out [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1816 her bicep]] in a shower scene.)
* AntiHero (swings back and forth, but seems to have settled into a Type IV, or possibly even a Type III after the timeskip)
* BadassAdorable (as the story goes on she increasingly becomes this)
* BerserkButton ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=373 Monster!]])
** Also, if you're Mel, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5052 don't]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1835 badmouth Quain]] in front of her.
* BlackMage
* BlowYouAway (besides her shapeshifting, she also has an affinity for air sorcery)
* BookDumb (shows signs of this, including [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1796 not knowing her clan's history outside of the romanticized versions she read]] though this [[FridgeBrilliance makes sense]] considering Syphile's lackluster teaching and the fact that she only spent about 5 years at Orthorbbae, and much of the time she did spend there was spent [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=236 trying to avoid being attacked again]], and she's explicitly said to have not gotten very good grades as a result)
* BreakTheCutie (pretty much since day 1)
* BrokenBird (showed signs of it, but seems to have mostly avoided becoming this trope after the timeskip)
* CharacterDevelopment (much of the story has focused on her developing from a little kid with no clue how the outside world works into a LittleMissBadass with her own crew of badasses at her back. [[FridgeBrilliance Which is exactly what Quain'tana wanted to happen]].)
* CheerfulChild (originally, though she's not completely broken yet)
* ChronicPetKiller (has been [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] into this by fans even though she's only had three, but she is still 1-2 on their survival since Melodia the feral isn't dead yet and survived the timeskip)
* CreepyChild ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=91 has her moments]], and one forumgoer's response to this page was to post a picture of Samara from ''TheRing'')
* DramaticIrony (for most of the story the audience and several other characters have known that [[spoiler:her mother is really Mel'arnach, not Quain'tana]], but she doesn't [[spoiler: yet]] know. This makes a lot of her interactions with both [[spoiler:Mel and Quain]] that much more interesting.)
** As of chapter 32, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7844 the cat's out of the bag]]. [[spoiler: Not that she believes it, at least at first.]]
* FacePalm (after the timeskip she seems to have [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1790 picked up some habits]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1658 from Kel'noz]])
* FreakOut (did ''not'' react well to Faen's disappearance at all)
* HolyChild (Chirinide and the rest of the Kyorl'solenurn seem to think she's this and call her the "Daughter of the Holy Eye" (read: [[spoiler:Zhor, an aware]]), but Ariel is skeptical, to say the least)
* IWillFindYou (to Faen, and succeeded)
* KidHero (by Drow standards, since she's physically only around 7 before the timeskip)
* LittleMissBadass (not at all surprising given who her mother is. [[spoiler:This statement could apply to both Mel'arnach and Quain'tana]])
* LockedOutOfTheLoop (until chapter 32, she was the only member of her immediate family that didn't know [[spoiler:that her mother is really Mel'arnach, not Quain'tana]])
* MulticoloredHair (can do it herself using magic)
* NaiveNewcomer (for the first arc of the story, but this seems to have largely disappeared after the timeskip)
* OneHeadTaller (after the timeskip, with Faen, which is an inversion of when they were younger)
* ParentalAbandonment (she does not have a good track record with parental figures, who are either abusive, distant or imprisoned, with the exception of Vaelia [[spoiler:who's now been PutOnABus, albeit by Ariel herself]] and now we can add [[spoiler:Diva'ratrika]] as a possible mother figure, leading to jokes that [[spoiler:Ariel has a 3/5 chance of stabbing Diva in the back at some point]])
* PluckyGirl (and how)
* RapunzelHair (even more so after the timeskip)
* SheIsAllGrownUp (after the 15 year timeskip Ariel is now 30, or 15 physically, and shot up like a weed. Unsurprising, given her family.)
* ShesGotLegs (much of her height seems to be because of her very long legs)
* StatuesqueStunner (after the timeskip, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1807 she's head and shoulders above her entire peer group]] which is entirely unsurprising given her family and the fact that she is [[spoiler:a second generation drow on her father's side]])
* StrongFamilyResemblance (after the timeskip, her resemblance to her female relatives becomes really apparent, especially to Mel'arnach and [[spoiler:Kalki]])
* VitriolicBestBuds (with [[spoiler:Diva]] after the timeskip, [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=3724 confirmed]] by WordOfGod)
* VoluntaryShapeshifting (her signature ability, though she's warned that if she's not careful she could accidentally put a vital organ in the wrong place)
* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Girl]] (even though her relationship with Quain'tana can be rocky, she desperately wants her approval, and in Chapter 30 [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1556 finally seems to get it]])
* YankTheDogsChain (right after she finally gets acknowledged as Quain'tana's heir Faen disappears, sending her into a deep depression)
!!Syphile Val'Sarghress
Ariel's adopted older sister, who herself was abused by Quain'tana and inflicts the same treatment on Ariel. There is little love lost between the two.
* AbusiveParents (foster parent, but still)
* BabysitterFromHell (when the girl you've raised says that her greatest wish is to kill you, you're this)
* BlueEyes (concept art from an unused sidestory that eventually became the "Syphile's Great Deed" contest story shows that she originally had these before becoming tainted. There's also [[http://www.drowtales.com/fan-gallery/index.php?/category/239 a piece]] done by the official artist that shows her with purple eyes, but that probably isn't canon at this point.)
* CallingTheOldManOut (possibly her only CrowningMomentOfAwesome)
* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome]] (Opinion varies, but at the very least [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1552 her words had a lasting impact on Quain'tana]]]])
* EpicFail (her ''entire life'' [[spoiler:possibly excluding her death, see above]])
* FailOSuckyname (WordOfGod is that the origin of her name, back when the story was an RP, is the word syphilis.)
* MaternallyChallenged (much like Quain'tana, but not played for laughs ''at all''. She thinks leaving Ariel with a dictionary to study constitutes "teaching" her.)
* MoralEventHorizon ({{In-universe}}, the brutal and completely unnecessary way she killed Fuzzy in front of Ariel after locking them in her room for a week without the means for Fuzzy to even to the bathroom properly seems to be the moment when Ariel [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=89 decided she needed to die]], and for the audience it made a lot of people lose sympathy for her)
* SecretKeeper (Subverted. Syphile knew that [[spoiler:Ariel's parents were really Mel'arnach and Zhor, not Quain'tana]] and she was expected to keep this secret. Once she helped Chrys'tel escape, however, practically the first thing she did was spill the secret to her, and by extension to Zala'ess, and Zala has more than taken advantage of this knowledge to try and shame Quain'tana)
* TheUnreveal (Readers never learn who her biological parents were. All we know is that her parents were two of Quain'tana's strongest followers which is partly why she is viewed as a disappointment; because she did not live up to the standards met by her biological parents.)
* UsedToBeASweetKid (subverted, since she appears to have always been something of a brat according to one side story, where she alienates one of her friends, who was trying to convince her that tainting herself is a dumb idea, with a low blow about her fallen clan and pretty much turns her only ally against her)
!!Mel'arnach Val'Sarghress
Ariel's older sister ([[spoiler:or not]]) who was disowned and imprisoned within the Sarghress fortress and is seen as a dangerous psychopath.
* AintTooProudToBeg (she's twice prostrated herself before Quain'tana, but in both cases Quain has seen through it and can tell it's an act. The second one ends particularly brutally.)
* BrokenBird (With good reason. According to Kel'noz she "lost her mind a long time ago" [[spoiler:which is only half-right]])
* DarkMistress (she may wind up playing this role to [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune]] as indicated [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1359 here]])
* DidYouJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu (Ariel and Mel's first interactions are this, since Ariel has been [[spoiler:falsely]] told by Syphile that Mel is a monster)
* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu ([[spoiler:she had a child with Zhor, who was originally a dark elf but is now a giant spider]])
** This could also apply to her relationship with [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune]], who's the closest thing the comic has to a BigBad. The other Sarghress certainly feel this way about their relationship.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=106 this entire scene]])
* FacePalm ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1835 yet more evidence that this runs in the Sarghress family]])
* FallenPrincess (she explains to Lulianne that at one point she had her own servants, slaves and even people who call themselves her knights, and was mostly left on her own, but later on an incident (implied to be Sarv'swati's attack on Quain) made Quain take this all away and imprison her for refusing to follow Quain's plan)
* [[spoiler:HomosexualReproduction]] ([[spoiler:she's Kalki's "father" and Snadhya'rune is the "mother", not that Mel knew it]])
* HammerspaceHair (while not ''in'' her hair per se, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=107 in chapter 1]] she uses [[RapunzelHair her extremely long hair, which falls almost to the floor]], to hide a knife that she has hidden on her clothing.)
* [[spoiler:HotMom]] (even more so after the timeskip, [[spoiler:where she has two sons and another daughter on the way]])
* {{Hypocrite}} (Some of her criticisms of Quain'tana, especially [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1835 here]] ring a little hollow when you remember that [[spoiler:she's sleeping with the leader of the '''Nidraa'chal''', and Snadhya'rune has pretty much done all that ''and worse'', especially the "obedient drones" comment [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7124 considering that Snadhya has pretty much literally made obedient drones]].]])
** Relatedly, the fact that she's disappointed in Ariel for still idolizing Quain also has an aspect of this considering that there are some subtle indicators that Mel on some level understands exactly how bad [[spoiler:Snadhya]] actually is, but is choosing to ignore it.
** And she claims that she wants [[spoiler:Ariel]] to be able to choose how to live her life, something Mel was denied, and yet [[spoiler:when Ariel does make the choice for herself, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7853 Mel doesn't like it]] and tries to stop her. Kel'noz is also well aware of this and [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1660 explains this to her]].]]
* LoveMakesYouDumb ([[spoiler: towards Snadhya'rune]]. Less on the "dumb" aspect and more on the "naive" aspect however. The fanbase feels that Mel'arnach is so in love that she is blinded towards [[spoiler: Snadhya'rune]]'s faults and have begun to think the less of her for it.)
* LoveMartyr (see above, for [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune]])
* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Ariel I Am Your Mother]]]] ([[spoiler:though Ariel didn't know until Chapter 32]])
** And from [[spoiler:Kalki]], [[spoiler:[[LukeYouAreMyFather Mel'arnach, You Are My Father]]]] which is even ''harder'' to explain.
* IronicEcho (her first reaction to [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6846 being told she was Kalki's father]]]] was to ask if it was a joke. Later, the first words out of [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7851 Ariel's mouth]] when told that Mel is her mother]] is to ask effectively the same thing.)
* ItGotWorse (largely the course her life has taken. She didn't get along with Quain'tana practically from the beginning, but when Laele'aell was born it seems some of the heat was taken off Mel, but when Laele died things only got worse again, and to top it off [[spoiler:the child she was waiting for for years was taken away before she could even name her, and she wasn't even allowed to see said child for 10 years, and when she did said child was terrified of her, and didn't believe her when told of her true heritage]])
** It seems to have gotten slightly better for her after the timeskip, [[spoiler:since she seems to have more freedom in the Sullisin'rune dome, apparently sees Ariel on a somewhat regular basis and has had two more children with a third on the way. While not ideal, especially since it's implied the children are being raised elsewhere, she seems much happier, though her relationship with Ariel is clearly still somewhat rocky]].
* [[spoiler:MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold]]
* MsFanservice
* MysteriousParent (WordOfGod has refused to answer any questions about who her and Kel'noz's father was, which has led fans to speculate that he's important, and also [[spoiler:Mel herself qualifies for both Kalki and Ariel]])
* NotDistractedByTheSexy (despite spending most of her time in what's essentially lingerie hardly anyone seems to notice. This can be chalked up due to drow culture and the fact that most characters are probably just used to her)
* ObfuscatingStupidity (possibly in regards to [[spoiler:exactly what Snadhya'rune admitting to be a Nidraa'chal founder actually means]] since Mel's [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7060 body language]] when asked if she'd ever heard of [[spoiler:the Nidraa'chal]] is defensive, and when directly asked if she wants to join [[spoiler:Snadhya in her "business"]] her response is to [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1369 evade the question]].)
* [[spoiler:ObfuscatingInsanity]] (and it's heavily implied that [[spoiler:she either made up the story about her killing men and being a rapist [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=500 to make people leave her alone]], or [[SureLetsGoWithThat adopted some slander about her for the same purposes]].]] Notably, Lulianne sees right through it from the get-go)
* PsychoLesbian ([[spoiler:it's an act]])
* RapeAndSwitch (A debatable example. While it is heavily implied that Quain'tana allowed her to be sexually abused by her male soldiers, and Mel says that the abuse she suffered made her hate men, she also says that Quain was never able to accept that [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=520 she preferred women]], implying that she was always more attracted to them, and drow have an EveryoneIsBi society anyway)
* ShipperOnDeck (after the timeskip, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1834 ships Ariel/Faen]])
* StatuesqueStunner (along with her mother she's one of the tallest characters in the comic, and is even taller than [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune]], best seen [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1372 here]]. WordOfGod [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=3116 is]] that she and Quain'tana are as tall as their Dark Elf ancestors would have been.)
* YouHaveToBelieveMe (Needless to say, [[spoiler: Ariel has problems believing Mel is her mother]])
** Possibly averted after the timeskip, where [[spoiler:the fact that Mel refers to Ariel as "my daughter" when talking to Faen implies that Ariel has acknowledged Mel, at least in private, though when Mel (again) starts insulting Quain'tana Ariel storms out, indicating that they're not 100% on good terms yet]].
!!Kel'noz Val'Sarghress
Ariel's older brother ([[spoiler:really her uncle]]), Mel'arnach's twin brother, Quain'tana's only son and headmaster of the Davya tower at Orthorbbae.
* BigBrotherMentor
* ConflictingLoyalty (several types, between Quain'tana and Mel, Quain'tana and Ariel, and his duties at Orthorbbae versus his clan)
* FacePalm (he's done this several times, and given how his family acts, who can blame him? When he did this in reaction to [[spoiler:Ariel rejecting Mel as being her mother]] it was generally agreed that he spoke for the fans)
* IDidWhatIHadToDo (what he says about his more questionable actions, but who knows if it's true)
* ManipulativeBastard
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught (his policy, and that of Orthorbbae)
* OnlySaneMan (compared to the rest of his family he definitely comes across as this)
* ParentalSubstitute (to Ariel, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1835 to the point that when Mel starts insulting him]] (again) Ariel explicitly says that he raised her)
* TrueNeutral (as a Headmaster at Orthorbbae he's supposed to be this, but who knows what he really is [[invoked]])
* TwinDesynch (there's a heavy implication that he and Mel went through this after [[spoiler:he chose Quain'tana over her]])
!!Laele'aell Val'Sarghress
The former heir of the Sarghress and leader of the Fallen Legion, sometime before Ariel's birth Laelle'aell was possessed by a demon, and though technically still alive (with the addition of some golem parts) is mainly used as a weapon now. She has had very little screen time, and some information about her is taken from a Daydream story about the early Sarghress/Sullisin'rune alliance, so its canocity is uncertainly.
* TheAce (she was [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=354 everything Quain'tana wanted]] in an heir, which made her fall that much more devastating)
* EmptyShell (one early character description called her a "container of souls")
* FollowInMyFootsteps (she built up the Fallen Legion on her own, just as Quain built up her first army)
* HasTwoMommies (Ash'waren is implied to have had a significant role in her upbringing)
* MismatchedEyes (if the Daydream story is canon, she originally had one green eye and one purple eye reflecting her Sullisin'rune heritage)
* MysteriousProtector (of Ariel after the Fallen Legion become her bodyguards)
* {{Ninja}}
* NoodleIncident (it's unknown exactly what happened to her besides a few basic facts, like a demon being involved and a failed exorcism)
* PetTheDog / MoralityPet (a subtle one for Quaintana. Its pretty clear that Laele'aell was always [[ParentalFavoritism the favourite daughter]] but in this [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=346 scene]], Quain'tana explicitly gives Ariel Syphile's lands instead of Laele'aell's, despite the latter's condition and despite the fact that Syphile had not been formally disinherited yet. Quain'tana even expresses hope that Laele'aell may eventually recover from her tainting as an explanation for her decision.)
* PersonOfMassDestruction (see [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=388 here]])
* ProphetEyes
* TheSpartanWay (she had to climb her way up to the top, just like Quain'tana, and essentially build her own army from the ground up)
* TheVoiceless (it's unknown if she's even capable of speaking anymore)
!!Quain'tana Val'Sarghress
Originally a street rat, Quain'tana turned the Sarghress clan from a ragtag bunch of mercenaries into one of the most powerful militaries in the world setting. Not a very good parent.
* AbusiveParents (Offenses listed on the main trope page)
* AmazonianBeauty / BrawnHilda (In the past she was definitely more of the former, but is now more of the latter.)
* {{Badass}}
* {{Bifauxnen}} (a RunningGag in the comic and fandom is how she can easily be mistaken for male given her body-builder like physique, such as [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=509 here]], and the creator specified in one side comic how she was to be drawn, but depending on the artist this is or isn't followed)
* BraidsOfBarbarism (starts wearing her hair this way in [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7588 chapter 31]])
* BrokenPedestal (Ariel found out [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=100 the hard way]] that Quain'tana is not the kind mother she imagined)
* CharacterDevelopment (it's still early, but there are indications that she might be starting to soften, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1556 especially this]])
* DesignatedHero (in universe and out)
* DrowningMySorrows (Did this after [[spoiler: being rendered barren]])
* FacePalm (as seen above, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4112 her family seems to have gotten this from her]])
* HeirClubForMen (Quain is willing do anything -- and we do mean ''anything'' -- to make sure she has an heir)
* HeroicBSOD (For a given definition of "heroism" anyway. As seen in a flashback, she did ''not'' take [[spoiler: being rendered barren thanks to a battle wound inflicted by Sarv'swati]] very well. It's one of the reasons she leans so hard -- to put it ''lightly'' -- on Mel to bear an heir)
* {{Hypocrite}} (see also NotSoDifferent, and a big theme in the comic is that despite publicly being against the Sharen Quain is willing to do many of the same things in order to gain power, especially when it comes to her ControlFreak tendencies over her family, which Mel lampshades)
* IWantGrandkids (To Mel, [[spoiler:in the most horrific way possible]])
* JerkassHasAPoint (her reaction to Mel in chapter 32, where she says she doesn't trust her due to Mel [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4948 having threatened to kill her]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7831 not two months ago]], made doubly so by the fact that the audience ''knows'' that [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7086 put Mel up to it]] and that the whole thing is a lie. Even so, she lost a lot of sympathy when she proceeded to restrain Mel and ''break her arms with a hammer''.)
* KarmaHoudini (Not unlike much of the cast.)
* LargeHam ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7606 if there was ever any doubt...]] And earlier, her [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=449 verbal spar with Zala]] left [[ChewingTheScenery toothmarks all over the set]])
* [[spoiler:LawOfInverseFertility]] (got hit by this ''hard'')
* MaternallyChallenged (one interpretation of her bad relationships with her children is that she's not so much intentionally cruel as much as having ''no idea'' how to properly treat them, and among her children Laele'aell seems to have been treated best)
* MemeticBadass ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1133 In-universe anyways.]])
* NotSoDifferent (with Diva'ratrika. Both are obsessed with continuing their bloodlines and pressure their daughters to have children, both are {{Control Freak}}s, both of their children wind up hating them, [[spoiler:and they both share a descendant in Kalki]])
* ParentalAbandonment (cause and victim)
* PetTheDog (her relationship with Ash'waren, and the fact that when one of her dev'esses, Sang, was tortured by the Sharen and lost all of her limbs Quain'tana got her all new golem limbs and had her re-trained. One golem limb, much less four, are ''expensive'' in the DT world. The case can also be made for MoralMyopia in terms of her relationships with her children. She gets another one in chapter 30 where she finally tells Ariel [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1557 that she makes her proud]], with the slight pause suggesting that she's not really sure how to even say it.)
* ReluctantRuler (she really doesn't want to be a figurehead ruler, and even says that if she manages to defeat the Sharen [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1560 she'd leave the role of Empress to Ash'waren and go adventuring again]])
* SatisfiedStreetRat (deconstructed, since we see exactly how messed up a person raised like she was can become)
* TheSpartanWay (how she seems to view most things, especially child rearing. As for the results, well, see above.)
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl (tomboy to Ash'waren's girly girl)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Servants and Slaves]]
!!Vaelia
Originally a human slave that Ariel fought with in a series of GladiatorGames, Vaelia joined Ariel as her bodyguard even after being freed. Later she [[spoiler:joined the Highland Raiders, and appears periodically in short stories at the end of chapters chronicling her adventures]].
* AndroclesLion ([[spoiler:befriends and saves a fairy she dubs "Chu", who helps her with mana related things]])
* TheAtoner (due to [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=858 selling out her home village to slavers]], due to her fellow male warriors MovingTheGoalposts on her]])
* BadassNormal (especially apparent after [[spoiler:she joins the Highland Raiders]])
* BladeOnAStick
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue (despite the difficulty she has with the drow language, her inner monologues show her to be quite thoughtful)
* GoodScarsEvilScars (has several on her face, but in a few people's opinions they make her hotter)
* ImportantHaircut (Inverted in a sense. After being freed, she had hair extensions put in to signify she was no longer a slave.)
* IOweYouMyLife (to Ariel)
* LadyOfWar
* MamaBear (to Ariel, and she's arguably the best mother figure Ariel has, despite not even being the same species!)
* MatronChaperone (she assigns herself to this role after seeing [[AttemptedRape what Rik tries to do to Ariel]], since Ariel doesn't understand the full implications of what he's trying to do)
* NoPeriodsPeriod (averted [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1124 quite comically]])
* [[spoiler:PutOnABus]] ([[spoiler:Ariel arranges for her to join the Highland Raiders on the surface, though a side story of her adventures on the surface focuses on her]])
* [[OffHandBackhand Offhand]] GroinAttack ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7159 don't piss Vaelia off]])
* ValuesDissonance (an in story example, since while the drow see fairies as pests, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1240 she sees them as spirits of the Earth]]) [[invoked]]
* YouNoTakeCandle (justified, since drow is not her native language, and she gradually improves through the story)
!!Liriel
A perpetually drunk, flighty slave that Ariel acquired with Faen after the latter's powers resulted in the death of Liriel's master. [[spoiler:She is also the incomplete fusing of Diva'ratrika and her servant, Ragini, and as of Chapter 23 Diva has taken full control, and for tropes pertaining to her, see below]].
* TheAlcoholic (she has her reasons, mainly [[spoiler:suppressing Diva, and being deprived of alcohol allows Diva to fully take control]])
* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGunman]] ([[spoiler:hello Diva'ratrika]])
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} (viewed as this by most people, [[spoiler:but as Diva takes control more and more of what she says is actually true]])
* [[spoiler:FusionDance]] ([[spoiler:the result of this with Diva and Ragini]])
* HiddenDepths (even if you haven't read the spoilered text, the sheer numbers of spoilers about her had probably tipped you off that she's not what she appears)
* NailedToTheWagon (on account of losing her booze in a dwarf attack, Liriel spends much of the overworld arc in withdrawal [[spoiler:and eventually Diva'ratrika breaks through]])
* ServileSnarker (even before [[spoiler:Diva'ratrika awakens]] she gets away with saying some pretty daring things around Ariel)
* [[spoiler:SplitPersonalityTakeover]]
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight (the fact that she looks like a Dark Elf is mostly glossed over, though Kyo'nne does wonder about it, granted, while asking if she can buy Liriel. Her [[spoiler:hair and skin color change]] also elicits this reaction from Ariel at first, until FridgeBrilliance kicks in when you realize that [[spoiler:as a shapeshifter herself, it really ''isn't'' an unusual sight, and Ariel may in fact wonder why [[IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat everyone can't do that]]]])
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt (pretty much how she ended up with Ariel, who was there when Faen's powers resulted in the death of her former master)
** CrowningMomentOfFunny in the original version. She looks at her old master, looks at Ariel. "Hi New Master!"
!![[spoiler:Diva]]
The final result of [[spoiler:the fusion of Ragini and Diva'ratrika]]. For tropes pertaining to [[spoiler:Val'Sharess Diva'ratrika]], see her entry under [[spoiler:Vel'Sharen]]. After the timeskip, she tutors Kau and Shala and advises Ariel.
* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother (even with the usual parts of this trope pertaining to fae, she takes it one step further by looking the same age as [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7775 her pre-pubescent granddaughter]], to the point of being able to fit into her clothes]])
* {{Bookworm}} ([[InsistentTerminology preserves]] books, much to Ariel's chagrin)
* BroughtDownToNormal (in a few senses. [[spoiler:In Ragini's body she was initially a slave, and while no longer a slave is still essentially a nobody. And her powers, which at one time were capable of bringing down an entire building [[http://www.drowtales.com/longestwait.php?order=date&id=24 in one hit]], are now [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1191 very weak]] compared to before]].)
* InTheHood
* ImportantHaircut ([[spoiler:after she regains control]])
* [[spoiler:KingIncognito]] (justified, since shortly after [[spoiler:she "awakens" it's shown that her daughters are using a BodyDouble, and Diva doesn't really even look like herself anymore since she's significantly younger, and tragically means that she can't tell Sil'lice, the one daughter still loyal to her, that she's still alive]])
* ParentalSubstitute (seems to be shaping up to be this for Ariel)
* [[spoiler:SpannerInTheWorks]]
* VitriolicBestBuds (with Ariel after the timeskip)
* WalkingSpoiler (this character's very existence spoils two major plot points: one, that [[spoiler:Diva'ratrika is dead]] and two, that [[spoiler:she cheated death using Ragini as a conduit]]. Considered a separate character from [[spoiler:Liriel]] and [[spoiler:Diva'ratrika]] for ease of browsing.)
* WhatDidIDoLastNight ([[spoiler:one fan pointed out that after regaining consciousness, she's more or less going through the equivalent of a ''15 year'' hangover, since she remembers very little from the time she separated her aura until she finally took full control]])
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tions House]]
!!Rosof Tions Sarghress
One of the few male leaders in the worldsetting and Dev'ess of the Tions subhouse, Rosof is the closest thing Quain'tana has to a right hand man and is the leader of the elite Wolfriders. As a result of spending so much time on the surface he is also suffering from mana deprivation and slowly dying.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited (to Quain'tana, via WordOfGod)
* BadassGrandpa (though he may not be especially old by drow standards, he stands out as this trope because he's one of the few that actually ''looks'' old)
* CoolOldGuy (though most drow men are substantially old, he stands out by actually ''looking'' old)
* DefeatMeansFriendship (after Quain'tana beat him at Machike)
* EyeScream (lost his eye in his duel with Quain'tana)
* IWasQuiteALooker (before the mana deprivation set in he was [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=125 quite handsome]], and his descendants aren't bad either)
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure (compared to the bull-headed and rash Quain'tana)
* TinyGuyHugeGirl (he doesn't even come up to [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4498 Quain'tana's shoulder]] in the present day and wasn't much taller before mana deprivation set in)
* TokenMinority (He's pretty much the only male dev'ess in the entire drow world, but considering that he not only took on Quain'tana and survived, but also managed to make her ''stop and think'' even after she'd beaten him and might have just killed him he's one tough S.O.B. Not to mention that he got the Sarghress wolf mounts at the cost of mana deprivation and has been Quain'tana's right hand man for centuries, playing a large part in earning them Val status, so the man has ''fucking earned it'')
* TurnCoat (albeit Rosof is a more positive take on this trope, but as seen in [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive/20091129c01MachikeConquest01.jpg the Machike takeover side-story]], he was originally a member of a female Dark Elf's army, until she was killed by Quain'tana and the latter later defeated him in combat.)
* YourDaysAreNumbered (due to the mana deprivation he doesn't have much longer to live, and knows it)
!! Nei'kalsa Tions Sarghress
Rosof's granddaughter and the heir to the Tions. She's also Sarnel's caretaker.
* BlueEyes (of the pale blue variety, shared by Rosof)
* TheCaretaker (is this to Sarnel)
* GoodParents (just compare [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6205 her interactions with Sarnel]] with Syphile's interactions with Ariel, it's night and day)
* LongestPregnancyEver (WordOfGod is that she is pregnant in [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4498 this scene]], which was published in December of 2007, and while only a few months passed in-story until the end of chapter 32 and the timeskip, she was pregnant for nearly four years of real time. The reason WordOfGod was needed to show that she's pregnant is because it isn't immediately apparent, and only certain pages are at the right angle to show the baby bump. Fans were actually first clued in that she was pregnant due to the fact that she puts her hand over her stomach several times during the scene.)
* SkirtOverSlacks (seems to be her default outfit)
!! Sarnel Tions Sarghress
* BlueEyes
* DistaffCounterpart (in many ways, to Ariel)
* HonorBeforeReason (was taught that the clan is above all else)
* JackieRobinsonStory (the fact that he got promoted to squad leader, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1813 and it seems not everyone's happy about it]] since he's a male)
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[[folder:Niz'zre House]]
!! Sang Niz'zre Sarghress
First appears in Chapter 8, she's Kor'maril's mother and devess of the Niz'zre House. Most of the information on her and the other Dev'esses can be found in the [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=821 Sarghress Dev'ess podcast]].
* ArtificialLimbs (all four of her limbs were cut off by the Sharen, so she got replacements)
* GrayEyes
* DramaticIrony (it hasn't been addressed in story, but fans have speculated about whether she knows that [[spoiler:Kor'maril fathered Sil'lice's twins]] since it's very likely that Sil'lice herself or one of her descendants was in charge of Sang's torture when she was captured)
* MeaningfulName (''Sang'' means "blood" in French)
* OneSteveLimit (there's also a Sang'oro in the Kyorl)
* PintsizedPowerhouse (WordOfGod calls her "small and mean")
!! Kor'maril Niz'zre Val'Sarghress
Sang's son, he was adopted by Quain'tana in recognition of his deeds.
* {{Badass}}
* {{Bishonen}}
* TheCavalry ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4434 shows up to save Ariel from Jer'kol]])
* EstrogenBrigadeBait (both {{in-universe}} and out, since he's had at least one mate and has fathered [[spoiler:Sil'lice's twins]])
* BladeBelowTheShoulder
* GrayEyes
* LightningBruiser (as Jer'kol [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4441 found out the hard way]])
* PintsizedPowerhouse (like his mother, don't let his size fool you, which is what [[spoiler:Sil'lice]] found attractive about him. Additionally, it's actually possible to see that [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4442 Vaelia]] is taller than he is, which likely puts him around five foot)
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[[folder:Nori'fu House]]
!! Suu'be Nori'fu Sarghress
The Dev'ess of the Nori'fu House and Koil'dorath's mother. She's vocally displeased with the way Quain'tana has been leading the clan.
* BerserkButton (she manages to [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7589 hit Quain's]] by saying Ariel isn't ready yet)
* BraidsOfBarbarism
* BrawnHilda (even more so than Quain'tana since she has more lines on her face)
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow (though her hair is likely dyed)
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident (Quain'tana [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=101 implies]] and Rosof outright [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=346 states]] that Suu'be and Mandroga would either use Ariel for her own purposes or make her have an "accident" to get her out of the way if she was ever given to the Nori'fu to train, this may have also been part of the BerserkButton mentioned above)
* TheResenter (to Quain'tana, and to Ariel because she believes she stole Koil'dorath's right as the heir, and because she thinks Quain'tana has gotten soft as a Val. This is visually demonstrated by how scuffed [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5040 Suu'be's armor]] is when compared to Quain's.)
* SarcasmMode ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5038 it's hard not to read this into her words here]])
* TheStarscream (implied, and WordOfGod is she'd try to take over if she thought she could get away with it, and Quain'tana knows this but also realizes that it's too dangerous to get rid of Suu'be)
!! Mandroga Nori'fu Sarghress
Suu'be's mate and Koil'dorath's father. First appears (chronologically) in the Machike Conquest storyline, and then [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4498 in Chapter 5]].
* TheBeastmaster (during the conquest of Machike he was [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=124 quite proud]] of one of his beasts)
* TheBigGuy
* BraidsOfBarbarism
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow (formerly had both orange hair and eyes, but now has mainly white hair with some red streaks)
* FacialMarkings
* ServileSnarker (he must be on pretty good terms to get away with calling Quain'tana [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4503 ruthless]] to her face, but when he [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4663 crosses the line]] she [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4664 puts him in his place]] very firmly)
!! Koil'dorath Nori'fu Val'Sarghress
Suu'be and Mandroga's daughter, Koil'dorath leads the Sarghress Heavy Infantry and was, until Ariel was officially recognized, Quain'tana's heir after Laele'aell's death.
* {{Badass}} ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=441 "a very scary woman, no one messes with her"]])
* TheBigGuy
* BraidsOfBarbarism
* BrawnHilda
* ConflictingLoyalty (subverted, when she finds out that Ariel's the new heir [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5041 she doesn't care]])
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow (like her mother she has orange hair and eyes, but her hair also has [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5040 some red streaks in it]], perhaps to show that despite who her mother is [[FridgeBrilliance she's still loyal to Quain'tana at heart]])
* InadequateInheritor (not because of anything she did herself, but she came with [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7673 too much Suu'be attached]])
* PlayingWithFire ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=138 seen here]])
* ReplacementSibling (Quain'tana made her the heir after Laele's death to ensure someone would be there if she fell in battle)
* TheStoic
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[[folder:Yurunhiir House]]
!! Quill'yate Yurunhiir Sarghress
Leader of the Highland Raiders and head of the Yurunhiir House. She's usually out of the fortress and on the surface or hunting for relics.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* {{Badass}} (fights Koil'dorath to a draw, and according to one observer they were going [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=139 easy]] on each other, and later fights off a band of dwarves)
* [[BloodBrothers Blood Sisters]] ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=141 with Quain'tana]])
* BreadEggsMilkSquick (in the podcast about the dev'esses, the author describes her house like this)
-->She is the Commander of the Highland Raiders, and her house is composed of her own family but also a lot of other troops that come within her groups to visit strange lands and meet strange people and kill them.
* FashionableAsymmetry (half of her hair is dyed black while the other is white, additionally, one of her eyes is glass and pure green)
* GreenEyes (both of her eyes, though one is artificial)
* [[HonoraryUncle Honorary Aunt]]
* NumberTwo (in one of his podcasts, the creator of the comic states that the Yurunhiir house has a special function within the clan; namely that should something happen to the main Sarghress branch, the Yurunhiir would be the ones to rally the survivors into a new clan)
* TheObiWan (to Ariel, best seen [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=143 here]] where she tries to convince Ariel that [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=144 Quain'tana's not so bad]])
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure (she even agrees to let [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6689 Vaelia join the Highland Raiders]]]])
!! Valo
Quill'yate's grandson and a Highland Raider.
* TheBigGuy (even for a drow he stands [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5066 head and shoulders above almost everyone]])
* BladeOnAStick
* CanonImmigrant (from the Relic Hunters game, along with several other Highland Raiders)
* PlayerCharacter (originally, though he's now part of the main story)
* ShinyMidnightBlack (his hair is actually black, but in some pages it's colored as a very dark blue)
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[[folder:Mae'yukir House]]
!! Itan'sha Mae'yukir Sarghress
A former Kyorl'solenurn, she is now the Dev'ess of the Maeyukir House in the Sarghress Clan. She was a former Kyorl who was branded a heretic, tortured and banished. She makes her first appearance in Chapter 8 but has had little screentime since.
* EyeScream (the reason her eyes look the way they do is because the Kyorl said she didn't need them since she'd lost her way from the Goddess)
* FacialMarkings (on her forehead there's a mark that looks like [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5037 a line with other, smaller horizontal lines through it]] representing how the Kyorl thought that her third eye had been closed to the Goddess, and if Abyte is any indication than it was probably [[{{Squick}} carved in with a knife]]. While Kyo'nne was with the Kyorl she had a [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=372 similar mark]], but hers was with paint)
* TheHeretic (at some point she came into conflict with the mainline Kyorls, and as a result was tortured and exiled)
* KnightTemplar (Possibly, judging by how quick she is to jump to conclusions about Quain'tana's new heir, but it is too early to tell.)
* MilkyWhiteEyes (WordOfGod is she can still sort of see, but not well, and mainly sees blurs of color)
* NobleFugitive (after the Kyorl declared her a heretic she ran away to the Sarghress, and thus thinks little of the Kyorl and their ideals)
* [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]] (shown to be rather tall for a drowussu female ([[hottip:*: drowussu females tend to be shorter than the males, an inversion of the norm with drowolath]]) at least in comparison with Lulianne. [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive//20080802c08p031.jpg Best seen in this panel]] where she seems to stand at level with Suu'be.)
* TheSkeptic (Taking [[TheResenter Suu'be's]] comments at face value Itan'sha appears to be this in comparison. When Ariel is declared as the new heir, she immediately supposes the Jaal'darya must have had something to do with it; knowing that Quain'tana is barren.)
* TokenMinority (She's the only drowussu dev'ess seen thus far)
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl
!!Lulianne Mae'yukir Sarghress
One of Mel'arnach's guards, Lulianne is a former Dutan'vir.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe (Mel says this to her [[spoiler:as she's escaping]])
* CompressedHair (her series of braids actually [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1375 hides very long hair]])
* DoubleAgent (in true drow fashion, Lulianne is spying on Mel and reporting to Quain'tana, but at the same time has her own agenda when it comes to bringing back her old clan [[spoiler:and now, thanks to being possessed by Khaless, is also a spy for Snadhya'rune too, meaning that in reality she's more like a DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent]])
* EarlyBirdCameo (her first appearance is in [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=110 the new chapter 1]], but her first chronological appearance happens in chapter 8)
* [[spoiler:EvilCostumeSwitch]] (her [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver wardrobe]] after the timeskip, [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6855 due to Khaless' influence]]]], especially in the pants and CleavageWindow)
* [[spoiler:GrandTheftMe]] ([[spoiler:WordOfGod confirmed that [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=3760 Khaless' takeover was complete.]]]])
* HairColorDissonance (her original hair color ([[hottip:*:see RetCon further down this entry]]) has been separately described as both pink and brown by different people, while it's much more obviously a pink in her later design.)
* HalfBreed (by her own words, fourth generation half blood)
* InfoDump (exists pretty much to give characters someone to give these to, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=504 which is even lampshaded in story]])
* LesYay (not in the main story, but the chibi pages [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5923 love]] to put her in these situations and have her play TheComicallySerious to Mel[[invoked]])
* LettingHerHairDown (fan consensus is that it makes her even hotter)
* MadeOfIron (at least if [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6905 this page]] is anything to go by, or [[spoiler: though it seems that was because Khaless had possessed her]].)
* MyGreatestFailure (was present when the Dutan'vir Ill'haress was killed [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5932 by her own guardian, who was somehow tainted and set on her]]]])
** It's also implied that [[spoiler:leaving the Dutan'vir children behind at their urging to look for information on what happened to their warriors, since the children they liked [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5950 were either taken by the Kyorl'solenurn or sold to slavers]]. The fact that Khaless uses Sael's face to throw Lu off also suggests this]].)
* NobleFugitive (from the Dutan'vir, and after the timeskip [[spoiler:was thrown out of the Sarghress, allegedly for letting Mel escape, though this may just be a cover]])
* [[spoiler:ThePlotReaper]] ([[spoiler:after hearing the truth from Sha'sana, there was pretty much no way that she'd survive, and indeed Khaless' takeover ensures that she won't be telling anyone about what she found out. WordOfGod even [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=3760 states]] that "Lulianne is gone but served her purposes"]])
* PurpleEyes ([[spoiler:formerly]])
* RoseHairedGirl (more a faded pink than is usual of this trope)
* RetCon (a minor one, mainly [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=445 her hair was originally a much darker pink]], while her appearance in the new chapter 1 has her with the much lighter hair seen in subsequent chapters)
* [[spoiler:SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains]] (provides a one-woman version of this trope in her wardrobe before and after the timeskip, [[spoiler:thanks to Khaless]])
* [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe]] (says this to [[spoiler:Khaless]], but [[spoiler:Lu survives, albeit possessed by Khaless]].)
!! Abyte Mae'yukir Sarghress
A former Kyorl'solenurn Warden in-training. First appears [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7738 in Chapter 31]], on patrol with [[spoiler:Tir'ade]].
* AssShove (she humorously refers to having "a stick up my ass the length of Chel" before she went to the Mae'yukir)
* {{Bifauxnen}} (her armor, short hair and general build led to a lot of ViewerGenderConfusion before it was clarified in her first appearance where she [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7739 refers to]] formerly being a Kyorl Warden, an all female rank, but some were still confused)
* BladeOnAStick (her weapon)
* BreakTheCutie (during the Nidraa'chal War, where she was tainted, and the Warden who was responsible [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7790 didn't even apologize]] and carved the heretic mark into her forehead)
* TheEmpath (though in her own words [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7783 her empathy is pretty weak]] and not strong enough for her to have gotten training as an Inquisitor)
* FacialMarkings (like Itan'sha, her forehead bears a heretic mark, which was forcibly [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7790 carved into her forehead]] by the very same warden who was responsible for her getting tainted in the first place)
* MythologyGag (the little cartoon wolf holding a letter in its mouth on her satchel was previously on the site's front page as the donation button until it was redesigned)
* PluckyGirl (and how! Just read BreakTheCutie above and marvel at how she's managed to keep a positive attitude)
* SexyMentor (to [[spoiler:Tir'ade]] given how blatantly she flirts with him)
* TraumaticHaircut (after she was imprisoned for becoming tainted she was shaved bald, and she's kept her hair short in the Sarghress)
!! Rek'mar Mae'yukir Sarghress
A half-blood Mae'yukir, he first appears [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5559 at the beginning of Chapter 16]], has a crush on Lulianne.
* {{Adorkable}} (just check out the [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5801 adorably silly]] way he asks Lulianne out [[spoiler:but all things considered, he'd have been better off if he'd been stood up]])
* BrickJoke ([[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7748 he finally gets to have]] [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5803 that dance with Lulianne]])
* HalfBreed (he looks much more drowolath than drowussu)
* [[StrongFamilyResemblance Uncanny Resemblance]] (looks a lot like Phani'nath Vel'Sharen)
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