History Characters / ForumOfThronesOldtown

* TheAtoner: Harpy is clearly shaken by what she did to the fake Butterfly in a moment of weakness. She spends a majority of the next two chapters trying to atone for her actions, as much as Butterfly [[KickTheSonOfABitch deserved]] them. This culminates in her willingness to die to take out the real Butterfly, Maron Mullendore.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Her killing of Butterfly, especially with how brutal it has been, would have been a massive KickTheDog moment or even a MoralEventHorizon if she would have killed any other character. However, Butterfly himself is not only responsible for a lot of emotional trauma she had to suffer, but also one of the most vile people in Oldtown, responsible for countless deaths or [[FateWorseThanDeath worse]]. While many, herself included, still consider her having gone too far, absolutely no one misses the man that actually suffered this death.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: His refusal to stop Harpy from killing Butterfly might have been quite harsh, but there's no arguing that the man used to be a terrible racist and sexist, who fully earned the hatred people had for him. This makes Jaron's actions an example of this trope instead of being a KickTheDog-moment.

* {{Bishonen}}/{{Bifauxnen}}: One of these two tropes is the case. Hishi is either a man who looks very feminine, or a woman who is just androgynous enough to pass as a man on occasion.

* EvilRedhead: His physically most distinctive feature is a head full with bright red hair.]

* AnAxeToGrind: His weapon of choice is a bearded axe and it can only be assumed he is quite capable with it.

* RealityEnsues: Jaron has to learn the hard way that life is not like one of the stories he dreamt about. His attempts at being a noble hero in a vile and rotten city end just as well as you'd expect.

* InfantImmortality: Horribly averted. Not only does he gets tortured (off-screen thankfully), he also gets killed during the events of the Chapter 6 finale, making him the first child to be killed on-screen.

* CatchPhrase: "All will be well" is his. It used to be said by his father and he has made it his mantra. [[spoiler: The fact that some of the Solvers say this phrase as well is a clue that he is secretly their leader.]]
* [[spoiler: TheChessmaster: He is behind most of the major schemes in Oldtown, playing both, the city guard and the Solvers against each other, while convincing his enemies that he and Butterfly are two completely different persons. He does all of this with such a subtlety that no one even suspects him up until it is too late.]]
* [[spoiler: ConsummateLiar: As seen above, he is such a skilled liar that absolutely no one even suspects him. Safe for the more paranoid characters, he can win anyone's trust and even those that don't trust him only do so as a matter of principle and have no suspicions against him being the crimelord Butterfly.]]
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: His entire identity as Butterfly is one big dark secret.]]

* [[spoiler: EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite his own brutal actions, he absolutely despises organized crime, or evil acts that are just commited for the sake of evil, without any higher goal in mind.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilAllAlong: The Chapter 4 finale reveals that he is the crimelord Butterfly, who has opposed the protagonists from the beginning of the story.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilCannotComprehendGood: At several points in the story, Maron has shown himself to be incapable of understanding selfless or outright self-sacrificing acts. This always comes back to bite him, as he fails to protect himself against Harpy's attack, leaving him crippled. Later again, he fails to understand that Richard is trying to stall him, inevitably resulting in the escape of Leonard and Kersea.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilGloating: One of his flaws is his fondness of this trope. Once he has won, he just can't ''not'' rub it in the faces of those he has beaten. He usually shows enough restraint to only do it when he has the upper hand though.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilRedhead: His physically most distinctive feature is a head full with bright red hair.]]
* [[spoiler: EyeScream: As a result of him underestimating Harpy's willingness to kill him, he receives a knife to the eye. It would have killed him if he wouldn't have moved his head in the right moment.]]
* [[spoiler: FalseFlagOperation: It eventually turns out that he has run one of these for years, constantly luring members of his own city guard into ambushes if they refuse his offer of joining the Solvers. This resulted in the death of dozens of guardsmen and helped with maintaining the illusion that he is at war with Butterfly.]]
* [[spoiler: FalseFriend:]]
** [[spoiler: He is rather friendly in his interaction with Lucas in Chapter 4, to the point where the knight is fully willing to trust him. It only makes his inevitable betrayal all the worse.]]
** [[spoiler: His interaction with Jaron is also jovial and he even gives him relationship advice with Harpy, which Jaron highly appreciates.]]

* [[spoiler: FauxAffablyEvil: Maron is introduced as a friendly, if somewhat crude-mannered man and some of his actions even after TheReveal come off as jovial and cheerful. However, he is TheUnfettered and all of his friendliness is gone the moment someone stands in his way. In such a situation, he shows the real Maron Mullendore, a brutal, unrepentant murderer.]]
* [[spoiler: ForTheEvulz: While he tries to justify it as a case of NecessarilyEvil, some of his actions are so cruel that they cross the line to this trope. They always advance his goals in some way, but are still not necessary. Torturing and raping Lunett is only the most serious example of this.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His FatalFlaw comes to bite him in the back in the Chapter 6 finale. [[spoiler: Not only does he underestimate Harpy, he also decides to [[IShallTauntYou taunt]] her, which enrages her to the point where she willingly risks her life to take him out.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Hypocrite}}: For all his talk about moral superiority, he is actually this and a serious example of it. He wishes to stop the criminals in Oldtown, but employs methods that are worse than anything they have ever done. Many of the innocent citizens he seeks to protect have suffered from his men on top of all that.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Even before TheReveal, Maron is hardly a pleasant person. Perhaps a bit jovial, but still with no manners and a very crude sense of humour. [[spoiler: The reveal that he is Butterfly puts him way beyond Jerkass status and makes him a clear villain, on top of all his already unlikable qualities.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: A jerk he might be, but he is vry much justified with his belief that the city of Oldtown won't have a future with the rival crimelords warring against each other. [[spoiler: He also gave Lucas a lot of chances to work with him before making his move.]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Not counting his usual villainous moments, which generally kick the dog quite seriously on their own, his murder of Lunett deserves special mention. He mutilates her and rapes her more than once before Lucas even arrives, which only serves to break her. Afterwards, he brutally blinds her on one eye and after Lucas gives in, cuts out her other one before killing her. Even in a story in which he does something horrible in every chapter, this act stands out.]]
* [[spoiler: KnightTemplar: In his mind, Maron is a good guy, a hero and the only one who genuinely cares for the future of the city. In reality, he is a brutal murderer who doesn't have any moral qualms when it comes to achieving his goals.]]
* [[spoiler: LightIsNotGood: The colours of House Mullendore are white and orange, though Maron is among the most villainous characters in the entire story.]]
* MoralityPet: Surprisingly, even he has one. [[spoiler: It is Briar Catelins, Kersea's little sister, whom he treats with genuine care, up to the point where the girl is genuinely fond of him.]]
* [[spoiler: NecessarilyEvil: He sees his own actions as this, though it is very much a case of YMMV how correct he actually is with this assumption.]]

* [[spoiler: OffingTheOffspring: His orders to bring Dairon to him explicitly included to bring him alive and unharmed. However, during the fight, one of his men accidentally wounded the boy mortally, which makes Maron indirectly responsible for his death. [[ParentalNeglect Not that he cares though]].]]

** [[spoiler: His treatmnt of Briar Catelins plays this straight. He is genuinely nice to the girl, unlike anything he has displayed before and she is genuinely fond of him.]]
** [[spoiler: In an odd variation, he goes out of his way to give Lucas chances to work with him and only makes his move after it became clear that he is never going to get the answers he hopes for otherwise.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: His situation at the end of Chapter 6 is a classical example of this. [[spoiler: He has succeeded in defeating his last and greatest enemy, but in the process, said enemies adopted daughter crippled him and exposed his secret to the general public. While she had no evidence for her claims, she knew perfectly well that a rumour will suffice to ruin his reputation, effectively making his victory moot.]]

* [[spoiler: TheUnfettered: There is absolutely no line he is not willing to cross to achieve his goals. There might be some things he is hesitating to do, but he's never stepping back on his goals, even if it means [[KickTheDog to kick the dog]].]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Almost every trope of his gives away the big spoiler that [[spoiler: he is the crimelord Butterfly and the main villain of the story.]]
* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist: Emphasis on the extreme part, but Maron's goals as Butterfly are genuinely good. He wishes to end the street war in Oldtown and organized crime in general, so that the city could gain a chance at peace, where no one has to fear for their lives anymore as long as they obey the law. Until then however, he is drowning the streets with blood.]]
* [[spoiler: WouldHurtAChild: Would kill a child, to be precise. He has no problems with torturing and murdering Himani Sand to get the answers he wants and it has been outright stated that the other Solvers follow the same creed.]]
* XanatosGambit: Maron is a master of this. Special mention goes to his master plan. [[spoiler: He sends one of his men to impersonate him during a meeting with Harpy, the Burned Man's adopted daughter. If this decoy succeeds in capturing her, he has someone to force the Burned Man out of hiding, where he would be killed in a heartbeat. If the decoy fails, he can fake the death of Butterfly, therefore making his enemies careless. One way or the other, he would be in a situation where victory is the only option.]]

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler: It has been confirmed by Mullendore himself that Ryder has no idea about his boss actually being the crimelord Butterfly.]]

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler: There have been no indications that he knows anything about his boss actually being the crimelord Butterfly.]]

* YouAreInCommandNow: At the end of Book 1, there is no other way but for him to become the [[spoiler: new commander of the city guard]], since every other candidate is either dead or has left the city.

* [[spoiler: AnArmAndALeg: When he is captured, his left hand is severed to send a message towards Harpy. It was the burned one, so he barely felt it, but it nonetheless brought Maron's point across.]]

* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Realizing how dangerous Oldtown would become in the near future, he devises such a plan, in which he would send Harpy away from his side, a move that would obviously break her heart. With Jaron by her side, he was confident that she would never return, therefore being spared the worst Oldtown has to offer for her. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, he comes up with this plan a little too late.]]

* [[spoiler: MercyKill: After getting captured by the Solvers, he is tortured to such a severe degree that moving him out of their dungeon is impossible. When Jaron and Harpy finally find him, they realize that they can't do anything for him anymore, aside from granting him a quick death, to spare him further torture.]]

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Harpy is clearly shaken by what she did to the fake Butterfly in a moment of weakness. She spends a majority of the next two chapters trying to atone for her actions, as much as Butterfly [[KickTheSonOfABitch deserved]] them. This culminates in her willingness to die to take out the real Butterfly, Maron Mullendore.]]

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: She crosses it one big time after the Burned Man's death.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: Her killing of Butterfly, especially with how brutal it has been, would have been a massive KickTheDog moment or even a MoralEventHorizon if she would have killed any other character. However, Butterfly himself is not only responsible for a lot of emotional trauma she had to suffer, but also one of the most vile people in Oldtown, responsible for countless deaths or [[FateWorseThanDeath worse]]. While many, herself included, still consider her having gone too far, absolutely no one misses the man that actually suffered this death.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: After realizing how horrifyngly brutal her murder of Butterfly was, she has such a reaction. While not feeling guilty for killing him, she feels nonetheless horrible for doing it in such an unnecessarily brutal way. It leads to her becoming TheAtoner in the following chapter.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Eventually, Harpy gets a chance to kill Butterfly and she gives in to it, delivering one of the stories most prominent examples of a CruelAndUnusualDeath. In doing so, she deprives the Burned Man of a chance to interrogate the crimelord, which would have resulted in a chance to learn that he is not the real Butterfly, but a FallGuy, installed by Maron Mullendore for exactly this situation. It gives him the opportunity to finish his plans, by luring the criminals of Oldtown out into the open and it results in the deaths of her adoptive father and most of her friends.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: His refusal to stop Harpy from killing Butterfly might have been quite harsh, but there's no arguing that the man used to be a terrible racist and sexist, who fully earned the hatred people had for him. This makes Jaron's actions an example of this trope instead of being a KickTheDog-moment.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: He allows Harpy to kill Butterfly, in the attempt to grant her closure after years of suffering. This turns out to be a terrible mistake, when the man that seemed to be Butterfly ends up being revealed as a decoy. By killing him, Jaron lost a chance to gain valuable information. It also meant that the Burned Man and his associates walked right into a trap the real Butterfly lay for them, which ends in an ambush that results in half of the organization and the Burned Man himself being slaughtered by Butterfly's Solvers.]]

* SadisticChoice: The story in general features plenty of these, but Jaron seems to have an extraordinary amount of them in his storyline. Two examples would be his choice to [[spoiler: allow Harpy to kill Butterfly or stop her]] and his later choice to [[spoiler: MercyKill the Burned Man or let Harpy or [[TakeAThirdOption Samuel]] do it]].

* [[spoiler: DefiantToTheEnd: Knowing that he has no chance to escape with his life, Martin decides to go down fighting, with the hopes that he will at least be able to cover his friends' escape.]]

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: He hits it after Keira's death.]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: He decides to buy a wounded Jaron time to escape. To do this, he fights the Tom, even though he himself is already mortally wounded.]]

* [[spoiler: MauveShirt: For all the characterization he gets, Martin ends up as one, when he dies only four chapters after he gets first introuced. During this time, he has been quite important to the plot in Oldtown though.]]

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: After Keira's death, Martin basically loses it. He goes onto a rampage to take down the Tom, not taking his personal health into account. It ultimately gets him killed.]]

* [[spoiler: ColdBloodedTorture: He suffers such a fate when he gets captured by the Alley Cats, who bring him to [[TortureTechnician the Sphynx]].]]

* [[spoiler: InfantImmortality: Horribly averted. Not only does he gets tortured (off-screen thankfully), he also gets killed during the events of the Chapter 6 finale, making him the first child to be killed on-screen.]]

* AmbiguouslyEvil: During his time in the story, it remains a source of debate among the characters whom Robb is loyal to. Nominally a member of the ([[ALighterShadeOfGrey somewhat]]) heroic group of the Burned Man, he has also cultivated contacts with Butterfly's Solvers. [[spoiler: Even his HeroicSacrifice opens the question if he ever genuinely intended to betray Jaron and Harpy and only got doubts about this during the act, or if he truly never considered betraying them.]]

* ButtMonkey: Robb is one of the biggest examples of this trope in the entire story. Two years ago, he used to be a handsome and charismatic sellsword. His unrequited feelings for Harpy turned him to alcoholism, which led to him losing control of his life. He gets zero respect from the other members of the Burned Man's group, up to the point where he is physically beaten and the girl he loves grows to downright hate him. Despite his claims of being loyal to them, nobody trusts him and [[spoiler: the moment he gets a chance to prove himself, he is killed by Butterfly, becoming one of the characters with the shortest lifespan in the entire story.]]

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: One thing about Robb is that no one is exactly sure on whose side he is on. He is introduced when Jaron overhears a talk between him and the Tom, Butterfly's [[TheDragon dragon]], but later claims that it is part of [[FakeDefector a ruse]]. Later, he organizes a meeting between Butterfly, Jaron, himself and Harpy, during which he seemingly switches sides to Butterfly for good. [[spoiler: He dies as a Face though, when pulling a HeroicSacrifice while turning against Butterfly.]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Surprisingly for being such a massive {{Jerkass}}, Robb goes out as a hero. After deciding to turn against Butterfly for good, he takes on the man himself, in order to buy Jaron time to save Harpy, the girl they both love. This act of selflessness actually switches the way both, Jaron and Harpy, see him from there on.]]

* [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe: He only appears in a single chapter, [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor during which he switches between being an uneasy ally or an ambiguous enemy]], until he is killed by Butterfly during the events of the Chapter 4 finale.]]

* [[spoiler: AnArmAndALeg: Before his death, he loses his sword hand in his duel against Samantha.]]

* [[spoiler: CruelAndUnusualDeath: First he loses a hand and an eye, then he is slowly and viciously castrated by Harpy, before violently getting stabbed to death, a process that also claims his remaining eye. Finally, Harpy cuts his throat, killing him for good.]]
* [[spoiler: DecoyLeader: As it turns out the man posing as Butterfly is in no way the true leader of the Solvers. This (questionable) honour goes to none other than Maron Mullendore.]]

* [[spoiler: FallGuy: The man that seems to be Butterfly is merely this to Maron Mullendore. His death gives Maron a chance to fake the death of Butterfly, to lure out his enemies, to kill them off and to put the Butterfly persona to rest at the same time.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: While Butterfly's real identity is not know, it can be agreed upon that absolutely no one heard of him before he and his movement came to Oldtown. [[spoiler: Except not really. The real Butterfly is Maron Mullendore, who has been an important figure in the city for decades before taking on the role of Butterfly.]]
* HateSink: WordOfGod has been outright stated that nothing about this man was meant to be seen as likable in any way. [[spoiler: The reason behind this was to make sure that the choice to kill him or spare him would be made harder than it otherwise would have been.]]

* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: Butterfly suffers one of the most horrible and painful deaths in the story, quite similar to the way he himself has killed countless of people. On top of that, he is killed by Harpy, whom he has constantly insulted and belittled for her heritage and allegiance.]]
* MinorMajorCharacter: He only appears in a single chapter, in three parts, even though he is among the most influential people in the city, whose offscreen actions drive a majority of the plot. [[spoiler: Only that he isn't the real Butterfly, just one of his underlings, who poses as him to play the role of a FallGuy.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: It's Butterfly. We never learn about his real name and he goes to great lengths to keep his identity a secret. [[spoiler: He also hides the fact that even his nickname is not his own. He's not Butterfly at all, just one of his underlings.]]

* WalkingSpoiler: Many of the tropes here give away [[spoiler: the twist that this man is not the real Butterfly, but merely a high-ranking member of the Solvers who willingly poses as the leader himself to avoid attention for the true Butterfly.]]

* AntiVillain: Of the NobleDemon variety. [[spoiler: He eventually becomes an AntiHero after his HeelFaceTurn.]]

* [[spoiler: GoodIsNotNice: Even after his HeelFaceTurn, he remains a [[PragmaticHero pragmatist]], who is not afraid to do morally questionable things. The main difference is that he is doing them for better reasons now, such as harming his former employer.]]

* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: It doesn't come as much of a surprise when he decides to turn on Butterfly for good. Realizing that he has been tricked by his former employer makes him not only angry enough to turn on him, it also makes him so vengeful that he decides to cut ties with the Solvers and to help Jaron and Harpy with one final strike against Butterfly.]]

* PetTheDog: His apology towards Ellena after nearly killing her comes off as genuine, so genuine that she even accepts it. He genuinely feels bad for momentarily losing his cool and even reveals a bit of his DarkAndTroubledPast towards her. [[spoiler: The fact that she actually accepts his apology moves him deeply and convinces him further to undergo a HeelFaceTurn.]]

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Averted. It seems that his motivation is solely to gain the generous paycheck Butterfly gives him. As it turns out, he actually wishes to gain information on the whereabouts of his brother, which Butterfly, as one of the most well-connected men in the city, can surely provide him with. [[spoiler: Little does he know that Butterfly is secretly employing his brother as well, playing them both against each other, for the sake of having two [[MastwerSwordsman master swordsmen]] at his disposal.]]

* [[spoiler: SixthRanger: For a brief amount of time in Chapter 7, he joins Jaron and Harpy for their mission to free the Burned Man. However, he makes it clear that he [[YouOweMe expects them to help him in return once their mission is over]].]]

* YouOweMe: [[spoiler: His reason for helping Jaron and Harpy is only partially the wish to get revenge on Butterfly and to deny him one final triumph. Most of it all, he wishes some competent help for a future favour.]]

* [[spoiler: AlasPoorVillain: After spending much of the previous chapter in a road to redemption, during which a far more likable side of him gets revealed, the torture Jaylon has to suffer at the hands of Mullendore himself finally breaks him to the point where he becomes fiercely loyal to his boss once more. Then, he gets killed by Jaron in a completely unrelated situation, dying a highly undignified and unceremonious death. It is likely that the ones who got to see his more likable side, Samantha and her group, as never even going to hear of his death.]]

* [[spoiler: BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Jaylon actually pulls a HeelFaceTurn in Chapter 5. However in the time between Chapter 5 and 6, he is captured and severely tortured. This results in him becoming once more a loyal member of the Solvers.]]

* ConflictingLoyalty: Chapter 5 sees him having to choose between loyalty to Samantha, who treated him with kindness, or Butterfly, whom he swore loyalty to. [[spoiler: He chooses Samantha, briefly, before going back to Butterfly's side after being on the receiving end of ColdBloodedTorture.]]

* DudeWheresMyRespect: [[spoiler: One of the reasons for his temporary HeelFaceTurn in Chapter 5 is the fact that he is a source of mockery from everyone he is supposed to work with, something he finds insufferable.]]

* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler: [[HeroicSacrifice After remaining behind to distract the Alley Cats]], he is not killed, but captured. We don't get to see the full extent of what Mullendore does to him afterwards, but he loses at the very least every finger on his left hand. The pain is also enough to cause him to undergo a FaceHeelTurn again.]]
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceDoorSlam: He arguably undegoes a full-fledged HeelFaceTurn in Chapter 5, where he turns against Butterfly's men and remains behind to distract them. However, instantly afterwards, he is captured, tortured into submission and reprogrammed into a loyal Solver drone. His fate comes shortly afterwards, when he joins Mullendore during the ambush against Harpy and Jaron. He himself gets into a duel with Jaron and is eventually killed unceremoniously.]]

* KickTheDog: Many of his most jerkish moments result in one of these. [[spoiler: Mocking and beating Lucas directly after Lunett's death arguably qualifies as his worst deed though.]]

* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: His temporary betrayal of Butterfly is partially motivated by the wish to get back at those who mocked and belittled him for all these years. He even ends up killing some of the guardsmen who mock him.]]

!!The Tom

* CoDragons: Together with Samuel Harrington, he serves as TheDragon to Butterfly. [[spoiler: After Samuel's HeelFaceTurn, he becomes the sole dragon, with a brief phase of DragonTheirFeet.]]

* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler: After Butterfly's supposed death, the Tom seemingly took over the entire organization. As it turns out, it has been part of a ruse and in reality, Maron Mullendore still pulled the strings, but for a while, all of the Solvers and his enemies fully believed in this trope.]]

* HeroKiller: The Tom directly kills [[spoiler: Martin Wilshere and Keira.]] He later kills [[spoiler:Lucas at the TrialByCombat.]]

* MysteriousPast: As of now, the only thing that has been revealed about him is his first name, which is Erik. Anything beyond that is quite the mystery, even if the author has stated that he has a rather rich backstory. [[spoiler:The end of chapter 9 reveals his full name is Erik Mogfield, therefore related to House Frostborn through the marriage of Elizabeth Mogfield and Lionel Frostborn.]]
* PragmaticVillain: The Tom's actions are motivated by pragmatism above all other things. He is a CombatPragmatist, but beyond that, this trope is the source of his loyalty for Butterfly. [[spoiler: When Maron is wounded in a fight, the Tom remains loyal to him even though his advisors urge him to take the position as crimelord of Oldtown for himself. He refuses, since he knows that being a crimelord means being targeted by people whose full attention he prefers to avoid.]]

!!The Sphynx/[[spoiler:Rodrik Grimthorn]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Sphynx surprisingly turns out to be [[spoiler: Rodrik Grimthorn]], the uncle of [[spoiler: Ryler and Lucia]] and he claims to be highly protective of his nephew and niece.

* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:His original name is Rodrik Grimthorn, uncle of Ryler Grimthorn.]]

* MysteriousPast: So far, the only thing known about his backstory is that his first name is Rodrik. Anything beyond that is a complete mystery. [[spoiler:The second chapter of Book 2 reveals he's a survivor of House Grimthorn.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The only time he has shown more than smug amusement is when [[spoiler: Maron Mullendore is about to kill Lucas before receiving an answer. He goes from being a SoftSpokenSadist to SuddenlyShouting, trying to prevent his boss from killing a valuable prisoner already and he is dead serious about it.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:He's a member of House Grimthorn, specifically uncle of Ryler and Lucia Grimthorn.]]

* HeroKiller: The Moggy is personally responsible for the deaths of [[spoiler: Dairon and Jarek. He accidentally kills Dairon when the boy attacks him and he crushes Jarek's head after getting wounded by him.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Stealing the Burned Man's letter from Ellena and Himani triggers a chain of events that leads to Himani's capture and the subsequent destruction of the Burned Man's group. It's obvious that he never planned for anything like this to happen.

* EarAche: [[spoiler:Thorrin Bannister cuts off his right ear and feeds it to his dogs to remind him they have more than his scent.]]

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After [[spoiler: Keira's]] death, Hishi is enraged. They take a page from their right-hand man Lanford's book and vow to hunt down the remaining Solvers, who are left leaderless, showing no mercy to them.

* MoralityPet: Keira is this for him. By extension, he cares for everyone working for Hishi. [[spoiler: It's the death of Keira that drives him to give up on Hishi's principle of remaining neutral at all costs.]]
* NeutralNoLonger: [[spoiler: After Keira's death, he decides to join Harpy and what is left of the Burned Man's group in order to oppose Butterfly.]]

* SixthRanger: He briefly joins Jaron and Harpy in Chapter 7, on their quest to [[spoiler: free the Burned Man from Butterfly's torture chambers. He does this mainly to deny Butterfly his ultimate victory, having grown to ahte the man due to the death of Keira.]]
* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler: Keira's death is this for him. He outright refuses [[TheDreaded Samuel Harrington's]] offer to continue their neutrality because of how fond he was of her and his actions make it clear that he will never forgive Butterfly's men.]]

* [[spoiler: TakingTheBullet: She accidentally steps into the path of a throwing knife that was meant for Harpy. It hits her in the head and kills her almost immediately.]]
* [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe: Is killed only a chapter after her introduction. Over her time in the story, she barely contributed to the plot as well and arguably, her death brought up the first important thing about her, as it causes Hishi to rethink his/her neutrality in the war.]]

* AlmightyJanitor: For all his power, Maron is technically barely a nobleman himself. He comes from the cadet branch of a lesser noble house, his father was merely a cavalry officer among the Hightower forces. Therefore, his social standing is far lower than that of most other noblemen in the Reach. However, as the commander of the city guard of Oldtown, he is a highly powerful man regardless. [[spoiler: His status as the crimelord Butterfly also means that he is perhaps one of the most powerful men in the Reach.]]
* [[spoiler: AmbiguousSituation: For a short while after being wounded by Harpy, his status was unclear and he was moved to the 'Unknown' section of the character list. A talk between the Sphynx and the Tom have since revealed that he survived.]]
* [[spoiler: AmbitionIsEvil: His ambitions are what drive him to such extreme measures and acts of villainy. As a result, they are portrayed entirely in a negative light.]]
* [[spoiler: AntiVillain: Of the WellIntentionedExtremist category. Maron doesn't have much speaking in his favour, but he isn't a clear villain, mostly because of his goals and his standards.]]
* ArchEnemy: He tends to be this to anyone that gets into a fight with him. His most serious arch-enemies are the crimelords of Oldtown. [[spoiler: Or, only the Burned Man, since he himself is Butterfly.]]
* [[spoiler: BadBoss: Since he is both, the crimelord Butterfly and the commander of the city guard, he regularly sacrifices men on both sides to make it seem as if Butterfly is at war with him.]]
* BeneathTheMask: Behind his crude facade, Maron is actually a highly intelligent man with big ambitions. [[spoiler: He is also the crimelord Butterfly adding yet another layer behind his mask.]]
* [[spoiler: BigBad: As the crimelord Butterfly, Maron is this to the Oldtown arc. All in all, his actions are the cause of a lot of bad things in the main storylines, which makes him the stories primary example of this trope.]]

* [[spoiler: ButForMeItWasTuesday: As it turns out he honestly doesn't remember how many he killed and whom. This strongly contrasts him with Harpy, who remembers all she lost by his hands and it only serves to make her more angry.]]

* [[spoiler: MauveShirt: He only appeared in two chapters, where little of his backstory is revealed, before being killed off by the Moggy during the ambush at the end of Chapter 6.]]

* [[spoiler: YourHeadAsplode: After the Moggy gets ahold of him, their fight quickly ends with this trope.]]

* SixthRanger: For Jaron and Harpy, as he joins them only temporarily in Chapter 7, during their mission to [[spoiler: free the Burned Man from Butterfly's dungeons]].

* [[spoiler: SomeoneToRememberHimBy: After Ayden gets missing during the ambush in Tanner's Alley, Taria believes their child to be this. Fortunately for her, it turns out that her beloved is not dead and they are eventually reunited.]]

* BigBad: Butterfly is the leader of the

* ScrewThisIAmOuttaHere: After his climactic confrontation with Samuel, Ryder decides that the situation in Oldtown has grown too heated even for him and he leaves for Essos. It likely saves his life when Hishi returns and starts to purge Oldtown from the Solvers and anyone closely associated with Maron Mullendore.

* AffablyEvil: [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Well-mannered, friendly, helpful, multiple kinslayer]].

* RetiredMonster: It seems like this at least. Though a multiple kinslayer and the source of Samuel's hatred for the past twenty years, he has settled down as a captain of the city guard and now lives a normal life as a well-respected citizen of Oldtown.

* [[spoiler: BigBad: As the crimelord Butterfly, Maron is this to the Oldtown arc. His ambitions for Raylansfair also make him at least the BiggerBad to that storyline. All in all, his actions are the cause of a lot of bad things in the main storylines, which makes him the stories primary example of this trope.]]

* EvilAlbino: Aside from his size, the Moggy's most obvious physical trait is that he is an albino. He is also firmly on the side of evil, being the Tom's chief muscle.

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: It goes with being an EvilAlbino.

* BadassGrandpa: Though not a strong fighter by any means, his knowledge about alchemy allows him to quickly build the Westerosi equivalent of a handgrenade, which he uses to heavily wound [[TheJuggernaut the Moggy]]. He is also way past his prime when it comes to his age.