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* [[spoiler:{{Seer}}: According to WordOfGod, [[ChekhovsGunman Fjon]]'s assassination of the then-nearly immediately traitorous Hrathen in Teod was meant to show, among other things, that Wyrn has limited future sight.]]

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* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: Kills Telrii before dying himself.]]




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* [[spoiler:PostVictoryCollapse: Of the dead kind.]]
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** [[spoiler:RivalTurnedEvil: Sides with the throne to have the rebels killed... [[StupidEvil just so that he can one-up Roial for once]].]]

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!!Eondel
* {{Badass}}: A very good swordsman.
** BadassInCharge: Of his legion.
** BadassNormal: He has no access to the Dor.
* MasterSwordsman



* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]

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* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]][[spoiler:DeathEqualsRedemption: The proclamation granting stable titles to the Arelish nobility comes with his death, ultimately giving Raoden his legitimate claim to the throne.]]
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: Hangs himself.]]


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* [[spoiler:OffWithHisHead: Courtesy of Eondel.]]
* [[spoiler:PuppetKing: Subverted in that he tries hard to not be under Hrathen's rule when he rises to the throne.]]

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Galladon.



* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Raoden.



* MysteriousPast: He says he's a farmer. Raoden is less than convinced. [[spoiler: He was actually the son of an Elantrian, who went off to become a farmer due to the issue of being a non-Elantrian living in Elantris.]]

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* [[spoiler:LikeFatherLikeSon: His father was an Elantrian as well.]]
* MysteriousPast: He says he's a farmer. Raoden is less than convinced. [[spoiler: He was actually the son of an Elantrian, who went off to become a farmer due to the issue of being a non-Elantrian living in Elantris. He only went back to Elantris because he got the Shaod anyway.]]



!!Shaor

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!!Shaor!!Shaor ([[spoiler:Soine]])



* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:Subverted, though she eventually comes around.]]

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* [[spoiler:DecapitationPresentation: A variant: Her men show Raoden her golden wig stained with Elantrian blood after defecting.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:Subverted, though she eventually comes around.[[spoiler:Subverted. She always tells her men to kill Raoden and anyone with him, but, after Raoden undermines her authority, her men kill her.]]



* [[spoiler:HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Killed by her own gang.]]



* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: By her own men after Raoden undermines her authority by giving them food.]]



* ObfuscatingStupidity

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* ObfuscatingStupidityObfuscatingStupidity: Initially to Iadon, until she gets tired of it.



!!Kiin
* AnAxeToGrind: There's a big, badass axe hanging over his mantle. [[spoiler: And he knows how to use it pretty damned well.]]

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!!Kiin
!!Kiin ([[spoiler:"Crushedthroat", a.k.a. Dreok Crushthroat]])
* AnAxeToGrind: There's a big, badass axe hanging over his mantle. [[spoiler: And [[spoiler:And he knows how to use it pretty damned well.]]



* ModestRoyalty: Especially because [[spoiler: he was the rightful heir to the Teos throne]].

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* ModestRoyalty: Especially because [[spoiler: he [[spoiler:he was the rightful heir to the Teos Teod throne]].



** UnwantedHarem: He doesn't want this at all.

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** UnwantedHarem: He doesn't want this at all.all... for the most part.



* HeroicBSOD: [[AntiVillain For a given value of "Heroic."]]
* NobleDemon
* [[spoiler:OurZombiesAreDifferent: Shortly before Shaor's attack on the Arelene nobles, he is taken by the Shaod.]]
** [[spoiler:LaserGuidedKarma]]

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* HeroicBSOD: [[AntiVillain For a given value of "Heroic."]]
* NobleDemon
* [[spoiler:OurZombiesAreDifferent: Shortly before Shaor's attack on
"]] His first one is due to the Arelene nobles, he is taken by ArmorPiercingQuestion.
* NobleDemon: Sure, he's out to conquer Arelon for Wyrn. However, he's doing so in order to avoid a war to accomplish
the Shaod.]]
** [[spoiler:LaserGuidedKarma]]
same thing.



* TheSpock
* SympatheticPOV

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* TheSpock
TheSpock: In heavy contrast to [[TheMcCoy Dilaf]].
* SympatheticPOVSympatheticPOV: A third of the chapters are devoted to his point of view.



* TheMcCoy: An evil version. His emotional fanaticism is put in stark contrast to [[TheSpock Hrathen]]'s cold rationalizations.



* ANaziByAnyOtherName: He's a hardcore racist and his manner of public speaking is very reminiscent of Hitler's. [[spoiler:And then you find out what he and Wyrn are [[FinalSolution actually planning]]...]]]
** [[FridgeBrilliance The names "Dilaf" and "Adolf" even use many of the same sounds]].

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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: He's a hardcore racist and his manner of public speaking is very reminiscent of Hitler's.Hitler's, and [[FridgeBrilliance the names "Adolf" and "Dilaf" sound similar besides]]. [[spoiler:And then you find out what he and Wyrn are [[FinalSolution actually planning]]...]]]
** [[FridgeBrilliance The names "Dilaf" and "Adolf" even use many of the same sounds]].
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* TheUnfought

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* TheUnfoughtThePope: Essentially, for Shu-Dereth.
* TheUnfought: Given he's in Fjordell during the book, and the story itself takes place in Kae and Elantris.

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* [[spoiler: DeathByIrony: One of his first actions is to send a priest to Fjordell for training. Said priest is trained as an assassin, and Hrathen is his first kill.]]
* [[spoiler: DefectorFromDecadence: In the end, he still believes in his religion, but ''not'' in its leader.]]

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* [[spoiler: DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:DeathByIrony: One of his first actions is to send a priest to Fjordell for training. Said priest is trained as an assassin, and Hrathen is his first kill.]]
* [[spoiler: DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:DefectorFromDecadence: In the end, he still believes in his religion, but ''not'' in its leader.]]


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** [[spoiler:LaserGuidedKarma]]
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!!Shaor
* AxCrazy: With a gang to supplement that.
* [[spoiler:BaldWomen: Even before the Shaod.]]
* [[spoiler:BlueBlood: In contrast to Aanden, her nobility is real, as she is the daughter of Telrii.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:Subverted, though she eventually comes around.]]
* [[spoiler:HairOfGold: Subverted in-universe. Her gang treats her like a goddess because of her apparent head of blonde hair, but it's a wig she's had for her life due to being unable to grow hair.]]
* [[spoiler:KidsAreCruel]]
* [[spoiler:SpoiledBrat: Even [[TheMessiah Raoden]] thinks so.]]
* [[spoiler:YoungAndInCharge: Of her gang.]]

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** [[spoiler:ActionMom]]



* DefeatMeansFriendship

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* DefeatMeansFriendshipDefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:Sort of. She allies with Raoden, knowing who he really is, once he helps her get to the palace to see her daughter again.]]




!!Aanden ([[spoiler:Taan]])
* AuthorityInNameOnly: Only his gang follows him.
* AxCrazy: Until Raoden defeats him.
* BadassMustache: Invoked, but subverted. His mustache is very obviously fake, according to Raoden's point of view.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:Joins Raoden once he is shown the SceneryPorn that is post-Reod Elantris, reawakening the Taan within him.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Or rather, My God, What Did I Nearly Do?. He breaks down on figuring out the beauty of Elantris after so long.
* RagsToRoyalty: Not quite royalty, and given this is Elantris, not out of rags, either. However, [[spoiler:he was just a sculptor named Taan outside of Elantris, and faked his way into Baron of Elantris]].






!! Kiin

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!! Kiin!!Kiin



* CoolUncle: To Sarene.



* TheRival: To Roial

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* TheRival: To RoialRoial.






* WorthyOpponent: To Sarene


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* WorthyOpponent: To Sarene

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* [[spoiler: BattleCouple: With Sarene At the climax]]

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* [[spoiler: BattleCouple: BaldOfAwesome: After a long time as an Elantrian.
* [[spoiler:BattleCouple:
With Sarene At the climax]]



* NotUsingTheZedWord: He's an Elantrian, which is basically the same as a zombie, but is never called that.
* [[spoiler: PhysicalGod]]

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* NotUsingTheZedWord: He's an Elantrian, which is basically the same as a zombie, but is never called that.
* [[spoiler: PhysicalGod]]PhysicalGod: After he fixes the Aons.]]



* [[spoiler: WhiteHairedPrettyBoy]]

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* [[spoiler: WhiteHairedPrettyBoy]][[spoiler:WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Upon fixing the Aons, though subverted in that he's not antiheroic or villainous.]]



* BaldWomen



* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:She's been rescuing children, and the food her gang steals mostly goes to feed them]].

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* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:She's been rescuing children, and the food her gang steals mostly goes to feed them]].them.]]



* [[spoiler: BattleCouple: With Raoden at the climax]]

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* [[spoiler: BattleCouple: [[spoiler:BattleCouple: With Raoden at the climax]]



* MysteriousPast: He steadfastly refuses to tell Sarene why he and her father aren't speaking to each other anymore. [[spoiler: Being exiled after his younger brother usurped the throne will do that.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: When you're called [[spoiler: ''Crushedthroat'']], there's a reason to run away.
* [[spoiler: {{Pirate}}]]
* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler: He's skilled enough with his axe to kill Dahkor monks with it.]]

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* MysteriousPast: He steadfastly refuses to tell Sarene why he and her father aren't speaking to each other anymore. [[spoiler: Being [[spoiler:Being exiled after his younger brother usurped the throne will do that.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: When you're called [[spoiler: ''Crushedthroat'']], [[spoiler:''Crushedthroat'']], there's a reason to run away.
* [[spoiler: {{Pirate}}]]
[[spoiler:{{Pirate}}]]
* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler: He's [[spoiler:He's skilled enough with his axe to kill Dahkor monks with it.]]



!! Roial

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!! Roial!!Roial



!! Shuden
* {{Badass}}: Takes down [[spoiler: a Dahkor monk]] singlehandedly.
* ChekhovsSkill: The [=ChanShay=] martial dance is [[spoiler: another way to use the Dor]].

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!! Shuden
!!Shuden
* {{Badass}}: Takes down [[spoiler: a [[spoiler:a Dahkor monk]] singlehandedly.
* ChekhovsSkill: The [=ChanShay=] martial dance is [[spoiler: another [[spoiler:another way to use the Dor]].




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** UnwantedHarem: He doesn't want this at all.
* MrFanservice: InUniverse.



* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
* [[spoiler: RedRightHand: His transformed arm.]]

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* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
[[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
* [[spoiler: RedRightHand: [[spoiler:RedRightHand: His transformed arm.]]



* [[spoiler: UnwittingPawn: Dilaf was essentially using him to stall for time so the Dakhor could get into place to massacre the entire country]].

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* [[spoiler: UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn: Dilaf was essentially using him to stall for time so the Dakhor could get into place to massacre the entire country]].



* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]
* NonindicativeName: "Iad" means "Trust" or "Reliable" in Aonic. Iadon is really paranoid (and was before becoming king)...and um.....see above MoralEventHorizon entry.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive
CorruptCorporateExecutive: Who made his entire country's royalty operate in the same way.
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]
[[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]
* NonindicativeName: "Iad" means "Trust" or "Reliable" in Aonic. Iadon is really paranoid (and was before becoming king)...and um.....see above MoralEventHorizon entry.king).



* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillainPoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Extremely sexist.



* [[spoiler: AntiMagic]]

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* [[spoiler: AntiMagic]][[spoiler:AntiMagic]]



* TheDragon: To Hrathen [[spoiler: but he's really TheDragon to Wyrn instead]]

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* TheDragon: To Hrathen [[spoiler: but [[spoiler:but he's really TheDragon to Wyrn instead]]instead]].



* [[spoiler: MagicKnight]]
* [[spoiler: MoralSociopathy]]
** [[spoiler: Back when Hrathen was in his monastery, he sacrificed a monk's life to save a fifteen minute walk. That drove Hrathen to leave the monastery.]]
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: He's a hardcore racist and his manner of public speaking is very reminiscent of Hitler's. [[spoiler: And then you find out what he and Wyrn are [[FinalSolution actually planning]]...]]]

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* [[spoiler: MagicKnight]]
[[spoiler:MagicKnight]]
* [[spoiler: MoralSociopathy]]
** [[spoiler: Back
[[spoiler:MoralSociopathy]]: [[spoiler:For instance, back when Hrathen was in his monastery, he sacrificed a monk's life to save a fifteen minute walk. That drove Hrathen to leave the monastery.]]
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: He's a hardcore racist and his manner of public speaking is very reminiscent of Hitler's. [[spoiler: And [[spoiler:And then you find out what he and Wyrn are [[FinalSolution actually planning]]...]]]



* [[spoiler: OlderThanTheyLook: He looks about twenty. He's actually nearly a hundred]].
* [[spoiler: PoweredByAForsakenChild: His AntiMagic abilities apparently took fifty deaths to produce]].

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* [[spoiler: OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:OlderThanTheyLook: He looks about twenty. He's actually nearly a hundred]].
* [[spoiler: PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler:PoweredByAForsakenChild: His AntiMagic abilities apparently took fifty deaths to produce]].produce.]]



* [[spoiler: WarriorMonk]]
* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He thinks he's one. Subverted in that no one agrees with him]].

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* [[spoiler: WarriorMonk]]
[[spoiler:WarriorMonk]]
* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He thinks he's one. Subverted in that no one agrees with him]].
him.]]
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!!Wyrn

* BigBad
* EvilOverlord
* TheUnfought
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* [[spoiler:AnAxeToGrind]]

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* [[spoiler:AnAxeToGrind]]AnAxeToGrind: There's a big, badass axe hanging over his mantle. [[spoiler: And he knows how to use it pretty damned well.]]



* ModestRoyalty
* MysteriousPast: He steadfastly refuses to tell Sarene why he and her father aren't speaking to each other anymore.
* [[spoiler:NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast]]

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* ModestRoyalty
ICallItVera: His axe bears the Aon for "Vengance" on it.
* ModestRoyalty: Especially because [[spoiler: he was the rightful heir to the Teos throne]].
* MysteriousPast: He steadfastly refuses to tell Sarene why he and her father aren't speaking to each other anymore.
anymore. [[spoiler: Being exiled after his younger brother usurped the throne will do that.]]
* [[spoiler:NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast]]NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: When you're called [[spoiler: ''Crushedthroat'']], there's a reason to run away.
* [[spoiler: {{Pirate}}]]
* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler: He's skilled enough with his axe to kill Dahkor monks with it.]]



* [[spoiler:ChekhovsSkill]]

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* [[spoiler:ChekhovsSkill]]{{Badass}}: Takes down [[spoiler: a Dahkor monk]] singlehandedly.
* ChekhovsSkill: The [=ChanShay=] martial dance is [[spoiler: another way to use the Dor]].



* [[spoiler:FunctionalMagic]]

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* [[spoiler:FunctionalMagic]]



* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Sacrificing his servants as part of a dark ritual designed to kill Sarene]]



* [[spoiler:CompleteMonster]]



* MoralEventHorizon: What he planned for Elantris [[spoiler: and all of Arelon and Teod, eventually]]
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* MysteriousPast: He says he's a farmer. Raoden is less than convinced.

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* MysteriousPast: He says he's a farmer. Raoden is less than convinced.
convinced. [[spoiler: He was actually the son of an Elantrian, who went off to become a farmer due to the issue of being a non-Elantrian living in Elantris.]]

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[[folder:Elantrians]]



* ActionSurvivor



* LoveBeforeFirstSight: With Sarene

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* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler:After hitting the DespairEventHorizon and going comatose, he ''drags himself back awake'']].
* KingIncognito: He goes by "Spirit" in Elantris.
* LoveBeforeFirstSight: With SareneSarene.



* StevenUlyssesPerhero: A literal translation of your name is not a particularly creative alias, Raoden.



* WideEyedIdealist



!!Princess Sarene

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!!Galladon
* ActionSurvivor
* TheConfidant
* TheCynic
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheLancer
* MysteriousPast: He says he's a farmer. Raoden is less than convinced.

!!Karata



* DefeatMeansFriendship
* NobleDemon
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:She's been rescuing children, and the food her gang steals mostly goes to feed them]].
* [[spoiler:VasquezAlwaysDies]]
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!!Princess Sarene

* ActionGirl



* TheChessmaster
* ChristmasCake: She's convinced that because she's unmarried at twenty-five, Raoden is her last chance to find a husband.



* HugeSchoolgirl: Often made fun of for her height.



* WorthyOpponent: To Hrathen.

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* WorthyOpponent: To Hrathen.
Hrathen.

!! Kiin
* [[spoiler:AnAxeToGrind]]
* HappilyMarried
* ModestRoyalty
* MysteriousPast: He steadfastly refuses to tell Sarene why he and her father aren't speaking to each other anymore.
* [[spoiler:NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast]]
* SupremeChef

!! Roial
* TheAtoner: He helped put Iadon on the throne. He's now regretting it immensely.
* CoolOldGuy
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion]]

!! Shuden
* [[spoiler:ChekhovsSkill]]
* ChickMagnet: Every woman at court is swooning over him.
* [[spoiler:FunctionalMagic]]

!!Ahan
* [[spoiler:RebelliousRebel]]
* TheRival: To Roial
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* BadDreams: He still has nightmares from [[spoiler:his time in Dakhor]].



* TheChessmaster
* ChurchMilitant



* DestructiveSavior: Sees himself as a saviour. [[spoiler:Ends up causing a bloody revolution in another country, and is involved in the near-destruction of two others]].
* MagnificentBastard

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* [[spoiler: DefectorFromDecadence: In the end, he still believes in his religion, but ''not'' in its leader.]]
* DestructiveSavior: Sees himself as a saviour. [[spoiler:Ends Ended up causing a bloody revolution in another country, and is despite his efforts to make his next attempt more peaceful, [[spoiler:is involved in the near-destruction of two others]].
* MagnificentBastard EvenEvilHasStandards: He's trying to demonize the Elantrians for political purposes, but he still finds Dilaf's attempt to [[spoiler:publicly burn one to death]] sick.
* HeroicBSOD: [[AntiVillain For a given value of "Heroic."]]



* TheSpock
* SympatheticPOV



* WellIntentionedExtremist

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* WellIntentionedExtremist[[spoiler: UnwittingPawn: Dilaf was essentially using him to stall for time so the Dakhor could get into place to massacre the entire country]].
* VillainProtagonist: He's the most visible antagonist for most of the story, but also the viewpoint character for a third of it.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He believes that since his religion's conquest is inevitable, undermining the Arelene government and converting the populace by force is the best way to save lives.






* OffingTheOffspring: Sarene is convinced he killed Raoden. Actually subverted, since while Iadon might have ''wanted'' to kill Radoen, Raoden was turned into an Elantrian, not killed.

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* OffingTheOffspring: Sarene is convinced he killed Raoden. Actually subverted, since while Iadon might have ''wanted'' to kill Radoen, Raoden, Raoden was turned into an Elantrian, not killed.killed.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain





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!!Telrii
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* FatBastard
* SmugSnake




* ANaziByAnyOtherName: He's a hardcore racist and his manner of public speaking is very reminiscent of Hitler's. [[spoiler: And then you find out what he and Wyrn are [[FinalSolution actually planning]]...]]]
** [[FridgeBrilliance The names "Dilaf" and "Adolf" even use many of the same sounds]].



* CompleteMonster
* TheDragon: to Hrathen [[spoiler: but he's really TheDragon to Wyrn instead]]

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* CompleteMonster
[[spoiler:CompleteMonster]]
* TheDragon: to To Hrathen [[spoiler: but he's really TheDragon to Wyrn instead]]



* ANaziByAnyOtherName: He's a hardcore racist and his manner of public speaking is very reminiscent of Hitler's. [[spoiler: And then you find out what he and Wyrn are [[FinalSolution actually planning]]...]]]
** [[FridgeBrilliance The names "Dilaf" and "Adolf" even use many of the same sounds]].



* [[spoiler: PoweredByAForsakenChild]]

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* [[spoiler: PoweredByAForsakenChild]]PoweredByAForsakenChild: His AntiMagic abilities apparently took fifty deaths to produce]].



* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He thinks he's one. Subverted in that no one agrees with him]].

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* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He thinks he's one. Subverted in that no one agrees with him]].him]].
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* TheAtoner: Increasingly.



* BlueOni: He contrasts his logical support of Jheddath with Dilaf's fanaticism several times.

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* BlueOni: He contrasts his logical support of Jheddath Jaddeth with Dilaf's fanaticism several times.
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* FallingForSomeoneNeverMet: With Sarene



* LoveBeforeFirstSight: With Sarene



* FallingForSomeoneNeverMet: With Raoden



* LoveBeforeFirstSight: With Raoden.
* MeaningfulName: "Ene" means "Wit" or "Cleverness" in Aonic.



* MeaningfulName: "Ene" means "Wit" or "Cleverness" in Aonic.
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* PoliticallyActivePrincess: By age twenty-five, she's been serving for a long while as an (apparently highly-ranked) member of her father's diplomatic corps, and both she and others note her appreciation for (and skill at) political games.
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** DragonWithAnAgenda: Subverted. He spends most of the novel acting as though he rode Hrathen's coattails to power so he could then use said power to incite people against Elantris [[spoiler: but actually, he's acting on orders to do exactly that from his and Hrathen's mutual boss. Not that he didn't enjoy every minute, mind]].
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* KnightTemplar: To better contrast Hrathens WellIntentionedExtremist. Hrathen genuinely wants to save lives and souls, even if he resorts to ruthless and underhanded methods to do it; Dilaf just subscribes to the "murder the unbelievers and let Jaddeth sort them out" school of Shu-Dereth.
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** [[FridgeBrilliance The names "Dilaf" and "Adolf" even use many of the same sounds]].
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* TwentyFourHourArmor: His vestments include armor, since he's a priest in a ChurchMillitant. It's supposed to just be for show. [[spoiler: It's not]].

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* TwentyFourHourArmor: His vestments include armor, since he's a priest in a ChurchMillitant.ChurchMilitant. It's supposed to just be for show. [[spoiler: It's not]].
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* DestructiveSavior: Sees himself as a saviour. [[spoiler:Ends up causing a bloody revolution in another country, and is involved in the near-destruction of two others]].


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* [[spoiler: MoralSociopathy]]
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The first hint of this is that his manner of public speaking is very reminiscent of Hitler's...

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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The first hint of this is that He's a hardcore racist and his manner of public speaking is very reminiscent of Hitler's...Hitler's. [[spoiler: And then you find out what he and Wyrn are [[FinalSolution actually planning]]...]]]
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The first hint of this is that his manner of public speaking is very reminiscent of Hitler's...
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* NonindicativeName: "Iad" means "Trust" or "Reliable" in Aonic. Iadon is really paranoid (and was before becoming king)...and um.....see above MoralEvetHorizon entry.

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* NonindicativeName: "Iad" means "Trust" or "Reliable" in Aonic. Iadon is really paranoid (and was before becoming king)...and um.....see above MoralEvetHorizon MoralEventHorizon entry.
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* NonindicativeName: "Iad" means "Trust" or "Reliable" in Aonic.

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* NonindicativeName: "Iad" means "Trust" or "Reliable" in Aonic. Iadon is really paranoid (and was before becoming king)...and um.....see above MoralEvetHorizon entry.


* ChaoticEvil: He really only believes in Shu-Dereth so he can justify killing non-believers.


* NeutralGood



* ChaoticGood



* LawfulNeutral



* NeutralEvil: though he apparently used to be TrueNeutral
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* MeaningfulName: "Ene" means "Wit" or "Cleverness" in Aonic.


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* BlueOni: He contrasts his logical support of Jheddath with Dilaf's fanaticism several times.
* [[spoiler: DeathByIrony: One of his first actions is to send a priest to Fjordell for training. Said priest is trained as an assassin, and Hrathen is his first kill.]]


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* [[spoiler: RedRightHand: His transformed arm.]]


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* NonindicativeName: "Iad" means "Trust" or "Reliable" in Aonic.


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** [[spoiler: Back when Hrathen was in his monastery, he sacrificed a monk's life to save a fifteen minute walk. That drove Hrathen to leave the monastery.]]


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* RedOni: Hrathen's the blue.

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