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* DragonInChief: [[spoiler:To Hrathen. He pretends to be his overly zealous BeleagueredAssistant who serves as his young apprentice of sorts; but in actuality, Dilaf is a deep-cover operative of many ''decades'' who is for older and more powerful than he looks, and Hrathen is his UnwittingPawn who is meant to distract from Dilaf's true mission of genocide.]]
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* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: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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* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler: While he's at least partially motived by irrational hatred and RevengeByProxy, he ''does'' have a cold-blooded logic to his genocidal mission- there was always the remote possibility that Elantris would return to power and be a massive threat to Fjordell ambitions, and given the way Shaod works on Sel, ethnic cleansing probably was the only practical way to prevent that from happening. Hrathen, by contrast, never considered the return of Elantris to be a possibility in the first place, and never saw them as a threat at all.]]
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* RoyalRapier: Justified, as in Teod the rapier became a WeaponOfChoice for much of the noblewomen - as Sarene explains, the men of her country have historically considered it unmanly, but the women in turn picked it up as a result and became good at using it for its lightness and swiftness in combat. Thus, fencing became a popular sport with Teoish women.
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* RoyalRapier: Justified, as in Teod the rapier became a WeaponOfChoice weapon for much of the noblewomen - as Sarene explains, the men of her country have historically considered it unmanly, but the women in turn picked it up as a result and became good at using it for its lightness and swiftness in combat. Thus, fencing became a popular sport with Teoish women.
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* 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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* BaldOfAwesome: After a long time as an Elantrian.
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* BaldOfAwesome: Both as an Elantrian and not.
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* ChurchMilitant: Although in his case he tries to tone down the militant part as much as possible, not wanting to shed unnecessary blood if possible.
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* ChurchMilitant: Although in his case he tries to tone down the militant part as much as possible, not wanting to shed unnecessary blood if possible. [[spoiler:He really does not want a repeat of what happened in Duladen.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Spends five days [[[spoiler:in Elantris after taking the concoction that]] with only a little bit of food and no water. Granted, he spends most of that time doing nothing but praying aside from [[spoiler:beating the crap out of Shaor's men when they attempt to attack him]], but he knows it's a risk and he's borderline delirious by the time the ordeal is over.
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* TwentyFourHourArmor: Of a sort. His vestments include armor, since he's a priest in a ChurchMilitant, but he can take them off to sleep. Most Derethi priests use it for show. [[spoiler:He does not.]]
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* StupidEvil: While most of the time he's not a complete idiot, he has his moments, one of which has severe consequences - specifically, [[spoiler:ordering Roial's execution rather than jailing him as Ahan requested.]] This particular decision is particularly poor considering the political consequences of [[spoiler:going back on his word and executing a well-respected nobleman (whereas sparing the rebels would've seemed magnanimous), the execution was of minor benefit to him, it causes a more legitimate claimant to the throne (Raoden) to expose himself, and it gets him killed by a vengeful Eondel (pissing off the man ''with his own personal army'' and arguably ''the best fighting force in the country'' was in itself an incredibly bad idea) who would have otherwise accepted imprisonment if all the rebels lived.]] In short, it was a spiteful decision that resulted in him screwing himself over
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* StupidEvil: While most of the time he's not a complete idiot, he has his moments, one of which has severe consequences - specifically, [[spoiler:ordering Roial's execution on the spot rather than jailing him as Ahan requested.]] This particular decision is particularly poor considering the political consequences of [[spoiler:going back on his word and executing a well-respected nobleman (whereas sparing the rebels a public trial would've seemed magnanimous), been much more paletable to the citizenry and the nobility), the execution was of minor benefit to him, it causes a more legitimate claimant to the throne (Raoden) to expose himself, and it gets him killed by a vengeful Eondel (pissing off the man ''with his own personal army'' and arguably ''the best fighting force in the country'' was in itself an incredibly bad idea) who would could have otherwise accepted imprisonment if all the rebels lived.lived. Hrathen in particular notes in reaction to the news that such a spontaneous execution had likely scared the already apprehensive nobility.]] In short, it was a spiteful decision that resulted in him screwing himself over
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* StupidEvil: While most of the time he's not a complete idiot, he has his moments, one of which has severe consequences - specifically, [[spoiler:ordering Roial's execution rather than jailing him as Ahan requested.]] This particular decision is particularly poor considering the political consequences of [[spoiler:going back on his word and executing a well-respected nobleman (whereas sparing the rebels would've seemed magnamimous since their rebellion had been largely against Iadon's method of ruling rather than the government as a whole), magnanimous), the execution was of minor benefit to him, it causes a more legitimate claimant to the throne (Raoden) to expose himself, and it gets him killed by a vengeful Eondel (pissing off the man ''with his own personal army'' and arguably ''the best fighting force in the country'' was in itself an incredibly bad idea) who would have otherwise accepted imprisonment if all the rebels lived.]] In short, it was a spiteful decision that resulted in him screwing himself over
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Who made his entire country's royalty operate in the same way.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Who made his entire country's royalty operate in the same way. [[spoiler:He actually was planning long-term to change the system either after a certain amount of time or upon his own demise, by establishing titles at that point via his last will to the current crop of nobility, he was hoping that nobility granted stable titles would be strong enough as a collective to keep the country stable.]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: Sarene pretty much destroys him emotionally with aTheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
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* BaldWomen: [[spoiler:Temporarily as a fake Elantrian.]]
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* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:The narration notes that Raoden's followers never found her corpse despite searching for some time. As she never appeared again it's safe to assume her men killed her before defecting to Raoden.]]
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* {{Seer}}: [[spoiler: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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* {{Seer}}: {{Seers}}: [[spoiler: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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* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler:His AntiMagic abilities apparently took fifty deaths to produce. Not to mention the fact that his TeleportersAndTransporters skill costs a life and spirit for each use.]]
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* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler:His AntiMagic abilities apparently apparently]] took fifty deaths to produce. Not [[spoiler:Not to mention the fact that his TeleportersAndTransporters skill TeleportationWithDrawbacks has the Drawback be this]]. It costs a life and spirit for [[spoiler:for each use.]]use]].
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A Hoed who leads Raoden to the Pool of Elantris.
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!!Shaor ([[spoiler:Soine]])
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!!Shaor ([[spoiler:Soine]])
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!!Shaor ([[spoiler:Soine]])
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!!Shaor ([[spoiler:Soine]])
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!!Shaor ([[spoiler:Soine]])
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A Hoed who leads Raoden to the Pool of Elantris.
!!Riino
A Hoed who leads Raoden to the Pool of Elantris.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: He’s the essential head of the Shu-Dereth church as well as TheEmperor, and Hrathen and Dilaf are both subservient to him.
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* ShoeSizeAngst: Not surprisingly given her height. When she's given socks and shoes in men's size [[spoiler: while in New Elantris]], she blushes from shame.
