History Characters / Fablehaven

* Irony: Does not expect to enjoy the Scandinavian cruise provided by her deceased parents, but comes back happy at having "made a lot of memories."

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[[folder: Sorenson Family]]
!!Kendra Sorenson

* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from a shy, and rather withdrawn teenage girl to a heroic, demon slayer with unlimited power potential.

!!Seth Sorenson

* AlliterativeName

--> If you're reading this, you can read.

* ItsAllMyFault: His actions in the fifth book lead up to this, since he was the one that [[spoiler:cured Graulus.]]
** Gets it worse in the sequel series. [[spoiler: After losing his memories and getting kidnapped by Ronodin, he releases the undead from the Blackwell, resulting in the fall of Wyrmroost, nearly getting his entire family killed, and forcing Agad to make a HeroicSacrifice to save them. He is already feeling guilty through the end of the third and the beginning of the fourth books, but when he regains his memories and realizes the full implications of what he did he goes into a full-on HeroicBSOD]].

* SiblingYinYang: With Kendra.
* TookALevelInBadass: His bite starts leveling up to his bark around book 3, and keeps going after that, especially after he's made a shadow charmer.
** [[spoiler: Takes another serious leap in book 3 of ''Dragonwatch'' when he gets trained in shadow charming by Ronodin.]]

!! Stan Sorenson

!! Ruth Sorenson

!! Scott Sorenson

* AlliterativeName

!! Marla Sorenson

[[folder: Main Allies]]
!! Lena Burgess

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!! Dale Burgess

* TakenForGranite: In the first book. He gets better.

!! Vanessa Santoro

* FantasticRacism: She implies that [[spoiler: blixes]] have faced prejudice for who they are, though, as Bracken points out, it’s not unwarranted.
%%%* HeelFaceTurn
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Is a few year older than Kendra, who she becomes friends with, [[spoiler: before she betrays her.]] [[spoiler: It’s implied in later books that she wants to reconcile.]]
%%%*TheMole
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[spoiler: She is a narcoblix, which means she has the power to control people in their sleep after shes bitten them.]]

%%%%* ReasonYouSuckSpeech:
* WalkingSpoiler: Yeah, don’t click on any of the covered parts of this page unless you’ve read Rise of the Evening Star.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Had absolutely no qualms or regrets about sending Seth off to be eaten by Olloch.]] [[spoiler: Later, she coldly considers forcing Kendra, whom she had previously become friends with, to attempt a mission that had resulted in a FateWorseThanDeath for anyone who had tried it.]]

!! Tanugota Dufu

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: In books 2 and 3. He gets better both times.]]

* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Kendra and Seth.

%%%* TrueCompanions

!! Coulter Dixon

!! Warren Burgess

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Is one of the nicest, friendliest characters in the whole series. Will hurt you if you threaten his family.

%%%* TrueCompanions: With Kendra and Seth, especially.

!! Patton Burgess

%%%* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: With Lena.

!!Raxtus

* WeaponOfChoice: She favors a hand crossbow.

* BalefulPolymorph: Twice in the first book. The first time it was some weird sort of walrus-like creature. The second time it was a tiny old man that could fit in a jar.

* BalefulPolymorph: She spends the better part of the first book [[spoiler:as a chicken]].

!! Scott Sorenson

Kendra and Seth's father, and the son of Stan and Ruth.

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* AlliterativeName
* Irony: Sarcastically implies he's not looking forward to the "incredible" food on the cruise. [[spoiler: When he and Marla pick up the kids, he's gained considerable weight.]]
* SweetTooth: Implied in book 1. [[spoiler: Kendra reveals he made a Christmas resolution to keep his favorite candy on hand all year, and six months later he's still holding it. Also, when he and Marla pick up the kids at the end of the book, he's twenty pounds heavier because "Nobody warned me about all the desserts."]]

!! Marla Sorenson

Scott's wife, and the mother of Kendra and Seth.

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* Irony: Does not expect to enjoy the Scandinavian cruise provided by her deceased parents, but comes back happy at having "made a lot of memories."

* SweetTooth: Implied in book 1. Kendra reveals he made a Christmas resolution to keep his favorite candy on hand all year, and six months later he's still holding it. Also, when he and Marla pick up the kids at the end of the book, he's twenty pounds heavier because "Nobody warned me about all the desserts."

* Irony: Does not expect to enjoy the Scandinavian provided by her deceased parents, but comes back happy at having "made a lot of memories."

Irony: Does not expect to enjoy the Scandinavian provided by her deceased parents, but comes back happy at having "made a lot of memories."

* Sweet Tooth: Implied in book 1. Kendra reveals he made a Christmas resolution to keep his favorite candy on hand all year, and six months later he's still holding it. Also, when he and Marla pick up the kids at the end of the book, he's twenty pounds heavier because "Nobody warned me about all the desserts."

One of the MainCharacters of the series. In the first book she is 13 and is 15 by the end of Keys to the Demon Prison.

The second of the two main protagonists. Is 11 at the beginning of the series and about 13 as of Keys to the Demon Prison.

The caretaker of the Fablehaven preserve and the Grandfather of Kendra and Seth.

* AlliterativeName

Wife of Stan and Grandmother of Kendra and Seth.

* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler: Spends the better part of the first book as a chicken.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Is a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Will kill you if you threaten them.
* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler: spends most of the first book as a chicken, only returning towards the end]]. This disappears in later installments, as she is there from the start.

* WeaponOfChoice: Favors a hand crossbow.

* CategoryTraitor: The other magical creatures see her as one for giving up her magic, getting angry when she sings a naiad song. This culminates in them forcibly turning her back into one and the Naiads more or less imprisoning her to try and make her back into a Naiad mentally.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: If her story to Kendra is anything to go by, her marriage with Patton was only half of it!
* InterspeciesRomance: She is a former Naiad and was married to Patton Burgess.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: She notes that as a Naiad she didn't realize the passage of time, but now that she's human her long life occasionally weighs on her, especially since she ultimately outlived the husband she left the water for.

* OutOfFocus: Dale is not a Knight like the other characters, so he doesn’t go on any adventures. This is very prominent in the 5th book where he is completely absent from the climax with no real reason as to his absence.

* AndIMustScream: Is sealed in the Quiet Box at the end of Rise of the Evening Star.
* EasilyForgiven: Completely averted. [[spoiler: Her former friends and allies have no problem locking her up after she betrays them.]]

* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:She's the only dissenting vote on making the Sphinx an Eternal, claiming that he's too dangerous to be kept alive. Sure enough, by book two of Dragonwatch we learn that he made Mendigo a ManchurianAgent and is working with Ronodin.]]

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* PostMortemCharacter: Has been dead for several decades by the time the series starts, but still manages to affect the plot due to his past exploits and the Chronometer.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: ''DO NOT'' hurt her family or friends.

%%%* DeadpanSnarker:

%%* NiceGirl
%%%* SiblingYinYang: With Seth.

%%%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Kendra.

%%%* Determinator

%%%%* ItsAllMyFault: His actions in the fifth book lead up to this.

%%%* TookALevelInBadass

* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler: spends most of the first book as a chicken, only returning towards the end]]. [[spoiler: This disappears in later installments, as she is there from the start]].

%%%* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: With Patton

%%%* TakenForGranite: In the first book. He gets better.
%%%* UndyingLoyalty: To his brother, Warren.

* DeadpanSnarker

%%%%* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: In books 2 and 3. He gets better both times.]]

%%%* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Kendra and Seth
%%%* NiceGuy

%%* CoolOldGuy

%%%* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Kendra and Seth.

%%%* Determinator
* EleventhHourRanger: Spends all of Book 2 in a canonic state, until he recovers right in time for the climax.

* %%% CrazyPrepared

%%%* HeroOfAnotherStory:
%%%* InterspeciesRomance: With Lena, a Naiad.

%%%* PostMortemCharacter: Has been dead for several decades by the time the series starts.
* WalkingSpoiler: His arrival is a huge spoiler for Book 3

* OurVampiresOurDifferen: [[spoiler: She is a narcoblix, which means she has the power to control people in their sleep after shes bitten them.]]

One of the two main Protagonists of the series. In the first book she is 13 and is 15 by the end of Keys to the Demon Prison.

* DeadpanSnarker: She has her moments.
* EarnYourHappyEnding

* SiblingYinYang: With Seth.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Kendra.

* Determinator

* ItsAllMyFault\WhatHaveIDone: His actions in the fifth book lead up to this.

* TookALevelInBadass
* TooDumbToLive: In the first book.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** About five minutes after learning the the woods are stocked with dangerous creatures that CAN and WILL kill him, he decides to go off exploring the woods without any sort of backup other than a mirror and some small fireworks (which he truly believes he will be able to use to convince powerful magical creatures he is a wizard). If Kendra hadn't stopped him, he would almost certainly have died. But wait, it gets worse! After having an up close and personal experience with magic and gaining a personal knowledge of ''what it can do'' and after having been warned several times by experienced elders of what the dangers are of not being protected and of what to expect during Midsummer's Night, he [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong still decides to go look out the window and open it]].
** Seth, the plaque said "DO NOT FEED THE FROG". There wasn't really room for interpretation. It was even in all caps. You know magic exists. [[GenreBlind Did you really think nothing bad was going to happen?]]

* BadassGrandpa: He can certainly hold his own.

* KilledOffForReal
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: With Patton

* TakenForGranite: In the first book. He gets better.
* UndyingLoyalty: To his brother, Warren.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation

* EnsembleDarkHorse

* DracoInLeatherPants
* FantasticRacism: She implies that [[spoiler: blixes]] have faced this, though, as Bracken points out, it’s not unwarranted.
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]]

* [[spoiler: TheMole]]
* [[spoiler: OurVampiresOurDifferent]]: [[spoiler: She is a narcoblix, which means she has the power to control people in their sleep after shes bitten them.]]

* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gets these HARD, from multiple characters. It’s well deserved.

* [[spoiler: WouldHurtAChild]]: [[spoiler: Had absolutely no qualms or regrets about sending Seth off to be eaten by Olloch.]] [[spoiler: Later, she coldly considers forcing Kendra, whom she had previously become friends with, to attempt a mission that had resulted in a FateWorseThanDeath for anyone who had tried it.]]

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: In books 2 and 3. He gets better both times.]]

* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Kendra and Seth
* NiceGuy
* TrueCompanions

* CoolOldGuy
* CrazyPrepared
* DeadpanSnarker
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Kendra and Seth.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
* TrueCompanions

* AngstWhatAngst: Spends the better part of two years in a completely canonic state, recovers, seems to be completely okay. Averted with his family, who were clearly distraught by his condition.

* DeadpanSnarker
* Determinator

* EnsembleDarkhorse: One of the most popular characters in the whole series.
* TrueCompanions: With Kendra and Seth, especially.

* CrazyPrepared

* HeroOfAnotherStory: And how...
* InterspeciesRomance: With Lena, a Naiad.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: With Lena.
* PostMortemCharacter: Has been dead for several decades by the time the series starts.
* RuleOfCool: If there’s a mention of something amazing or dangerous that was done in the past, there’s a 90% chance Patton did it.

* WibblyWobblyTimeyWimey

* BaefulPolymorph: [[spoiler: Spends the better part of the first book as a chicken.]]

* NeverMesswithGranny: Arguably more badass than her husband, a retired Knight of the Dawn.
* WeaponofChoice: Favors a hand crossbow.

* AndIMustScream: Is sealed in the Quiet Box at the end of Rise of the Evening Star.