History Characters / Kage

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* BadassNormal: She's a gracefully agile woman soldier who fares against the Razor Khan better than most of the other rebels at Cavigor.

* TheUnfettered: [[spoiler:To achieve her revenge, she will attempt to commit genocide on a whole race, renounce her loyalty to Elyon and desert her army when they won't siege Snowpoint anymore, deceive her closest friends, throw them under the bus once she considers them to be a hindrance or is unable to make them obey her anymore, or push herself forward without caring if it'll cost her her own life.]]

The commander-in-chief of the army besieging Snowpoint.

* ClosestThingWeGot: Though 35 years old, he's relatively young to command an army the size of the northern army. Though he likes to think his militaristic dedication and aptitude for warfare enabled that, he knows the major reason to be the rebels' lack of people properly qualified (in other words, having a formal military training and serving in Phobos' army before defecting to Elyon's side) for the task.

** Though he's not considered a strategist like Raythor, he proves himself capable of engaging in cunning warfare when he's put in charge of assaulting Cavigor in the sequel. Not only he's wise enough not to immediately take over the subterranean prison that's harder to defend than besiege, but he deals such a devastating surprise attack on Vathek's relief force that he forces them inside the prison themselves.

* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: Played with. He fights with an ax, but he tries to act professionally despite his anger at the rebels' disrespectful attitude, smells a rat about the story of Jade being Phobos' creation when he fights the Shadowkhan, and tries to prevent Caleb from impulsively focusing all the effort in protecting Elyon by stating that she can defend herself with her powers and the castle's defenses must not be abandoned.

* ClosestThingWeGot: Though 35 years old, he's relatively young to command an army the size of the northern army. Though he likes to think his militaristic dedication and aptitude for warfare enabled that, he knows the major reason to be the rebels' lack of people properly qualified for the task.

* DarkMagicalGirl: She's a fundamentally heroic preteen girl who's been banished by a spiteful enemy away from her friends and family into a foreign universe where most of the heroes, including a team of {{Magical Girl Warrior}}s, want to either capture or kill her due to the dark powers she gained in the bargain. An egomaniacal sorceress, who wants to make use of her powers, has her [[HeroWithBadPublicity publicly labeled as a monster]] in order to [[ForcedIntoEvil force her to take refuge in a villainous band]] as their TokenGoodTeammate. As she tries to stay alive and find her way home, she attempts to resist the temptations of [[EnemyWithin her conscious dark side]] who's trying to [[SplitPersonalityTakeover take control over her mind and body]]. Though being away from home weights down on her, she keeps up her adventurous and perky nature, which helps her villainous teammates take a liking to her. Though she finally [[SplitPersonalityMerge accepts her darker side]] and [[ThenLetMeBeEvil decides to act like the villain everyone treats her as]] by ruining her main antagonizers' lives and helping her team's original EvilOverlord master back to power, she makes it clear that [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe she's doing the latter only to repay back to the one person who has treated her with more kindness than anyone else from the start]] and only for as long as that's what he wants. When the heroes finally realize [[CreateYourOwnVillain how their unjust treatment of her made her their enemy]], they attempt to find a way to reason and make amends with her. Though terrifying when furious, she's capable of showing mercy to enemies who [[KnowWhenToFoldEm understand when it's better to surrender]] or admit their wrongdoings, though she has to invoke PragmaticVillainy to explain some of her merciful acts.

* HiddenDepths: Frost is a DumbMuscle, but he makes in the tenth chapter of ''Kage'' several observations about [[FullCircleRevolution the Rebels]] and voices the possibility of them eventually hiring bounty hunters if they can't catch the Knights themselves. [[DumbassHasAPoint Raythor cannot help but agree with those points.]] Yan Lin also notes in worry how resourceful Frost was to arrive on Earth unnoticed.

* GoodIsNotNice: In ''Shadows over Meridian, she [[WhatTheHellHero harshly calls Will and Elyon out of making Jade an enemy]] and bluntly tells Elyon that if not for Nerissa's machinations, they wouldn't have interfered with Phobos and Meridian in the first place.

A blue Galhot, a captain in the Royal Guard and a .

* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: Played with. He fights with an ax, but he tries to act professional despite his anger at the rebels' disrespectful attitude, smells a rat about the story of Jade being Phobos' creation when he fights the Shadowkhan, and tries to prevent Caleb from impulsively focusing all the effort in protecting Elyon by stating that she can defend herself with her powers and the castle's defenses must not be abandoned.

* LastStand: When Caleb and the rest of the rebels prioritize Elyon's safety by abandoning Granik and the rest of the Guard to repel the Shadowkhan alone, he rightly anticipates he won't see sunrise again and leads his men to protect the castle as best as they can, losing his life in the process.

!!Warden of Cavigor
The warden of Cavigor's prison.

* DarkMagicalGirl: She's a fundamentally heroic preteen girl who's been banished by a spiteful enemy away from her friends and family into a foreign universe where most of the heroes, including a team of MagicalGirlWarriors, want to either capture or kill her due to the dark powers she gained in the bargain. An egomaniacal sorceress, who wants to make use of her powers, has her [[HeroWithBadPublicity publicly labeled as a monster]] in order to [[ForcedIntoEvil force her to take refuge in a villainous band]] as their TokenGoodTeammate. As she tries to stay alive and find her way home, she attempts to resist the temptations of [[EnemyWithin her conscious dark side]] who's trying to [[SplitPersonalityTakeover take control over her mind and body]]. Though being away from home weights down on her, she keeps up her adventurous and perky nature, which helps her villainous teammates take a liking to her. Though she finally [[SplitPersonalityMerge accepts her darker side]] and [[ThenLetMeBeEvil decides to act like the villain everyone treats her as]] by ruining her main antagonizers' lives and helping her team's original EvilOverlord master back to power, she makes it clear that [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe she's doing the latter only to repay back to the one person who has treated her with more kindness than anyone else from the start]] and only for as long as that's what he wants. When the heroes finally realize [[CreateYourOwnVillain how their unjust treatment of her made her their enemy]], they attempt to find a way to reason and make amends with her. Though terrifying when furious, she's capable of showing mercy to enemies who [[KnowWhenToFoldEm understand when it's better to surrender]] or admit their wrongdoings, though she has to invoke PragmaticVillainy to explain some of her merciful acts.

!!Warden of Cavigor
The warden of Cavigor's prison.

* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: He fights with an axe and is a ruthless KnightTemplar.

* DarkMagicalGirl: She's a fundamentally heroic preteen girl who's been banished by a spiteful enemy away from her friends and family into a foreign universe where most of the heroes, including a team of MagicalGirlWarriors, want to either capture or kill her due to the dark powers she gained in the bargain. An egomaniacal sorceress, who wants to make use of her powers, has her [[HeroWithBadPublicity publicly labeled as a monster]] in order to [[ForcedIntoEvil force her to take refuge in a villainous band]] as their TokenGoodTeammate. As she tries to stay alive and find her way home, she attempts to resist the temptations of [[EnemyWithin her conscious dark side]] who's trying to [[SplitPersonalityTakeover take control over her mind and body]]. Though being away from home weights down on her, she keeps up her adventurous and perky nature, which helps her villainous teammates take a liking to her. Though she finally [[SplitPersonalityMerge accepts her darker side]] and [[ThenLetMeBeEvil decides to act like the villain everyone treats her as]] by ruining her main antagonizers' lives and helping her team's original EvilOverlord master back to power, she makes it clear that [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe she's doing the latter only to repay back to the one person who has treated her with more kindness than anyone else from the start]] and only for as long as that's what he wants. When the heroes finally realize [[CreateYourOwnVillain how their unjust treatment of her made her their enemy]], they attempt to find a way to reason and make amends with her. Though terrifying when furious in combat, she's capable of showing mercy to enemies who understand when it's better to surrender or admit their wrongdoings, though she has to invoke PragmaticVillainy to explain some of her merciful acts.


When the heroes finally realize [[CreateYourOwnVillain how their unjust treatment of her made her their enemy]], they attempt to find a way to reason and make amends with her.

* DarkMagicalGirl: She's a fundamentally heroic preteen girl who's been banished by a spiteful enemy away from her friends and family into a foreign universe where most of the heroes, including a team of MagicalGirlWarriors, want to either capture or kill her due to the dark powers she gained in the bargain. An egomaniacal sorceress, who wants to make use of her powers, has her [[HeroWithBadPublicity publicly labeled as a monster]] in order to [[ForcedIntoEvil force her to take refuge in a villainous band]]. As she tries to stay alive and find her way home, she attempts to resist the temptations of [[EnemyWithin her conscious dark side]] who's trying to [[SplitPersonalityTakeover take control over her mind and body]]. Though being away from home weights down on her, she keeps up her adventurous and perky nature, which helps her villainous teammates take a liking to her. Though she finally [[SplitPersonalityMerge accepts her darker side]] and [[ThenLetMeBeEvil decides to act like the villain everyone treats her as]] by seeking retribution and

* DarkMagicalGirl: She's a fundamentally heroic preteen girl who's been banished by a spiteful enemy away from her friends and family into a foreign universe where most of the heroes want to either capture or kill her due to the dark powers she gained in the bargain. An egomaniacal sorceress, who wants to make use of her powers, has her publicly labeled as a monster in order to force her to take refuge in a villainous band. and she's haunted by her conscious dark side who's trying to take control over her mind and body.

* JackOfAllStats: While her Oni physique technically makes her a LightningBruiser, she's not the strongest, fastest or most durable being around. She initially doesn't have as much of raw magical power like the Guardians or Elyon, but neither is she as dependent on it as they are thanks to her previous experience with martial arts and {{Guile Hero}}ism. Though she quickly becomes adept at using her katana and shurikens in combat, she's not a MasterSwordsman, and a regular soldier with more experience in swordsmanship can put her on defensive.

* HeroesPreferSwords: She fights with a black sword because she considers the art of swordsmanship more noble and less barbaric than archery. While she's an arrogant elitist, she has her code of honor and loyalty.

* MasterSwordswoman: She chose to dedicate herself to learning swordsmanship which she considers more noble and less barbaric than archery.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's arrogant even to her friends and very critical of Vera ([[JerkassHasAPoint not without good reason, though]]), but she's also logical, has a soft spot for Caroline and tries to ensure Vera won't end up getting everyone killed for nothing.

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* LoyalToThePosition: He follows the established chain of command in the northern army and respects Vera's leader position over the Sky Hunters even though he agrees with Amelia that Vera isn't the best candidate for the job.

* LoyalToThePosition: As a

Though he doesn't consider Vera to be professional enough to lead

respects Vera's

* VitriolicBestBuds: For all her arguing with Alan, she's willing to fight for him as much as she's ready to fight for the rest of her friends.

* TheMedic: Sofia is Snowpoint's head healer, and Maya is following in her footsteps. Before being forced to take refuge in Snowpoint, they used to run a clinic in Endfield and were able to enjoy a tolerable life since Sofia was probably the only one with true medical training in the north until Phobos was overthrown.

* SilkHidingSteel: Lampshaded with Sofia; after she proves herself to be willing to assert herself to soldiers to ensure her patients' well-being, Caroline asks if healers aren't supposed to be patient and gentle, Sofia answers that while it is so, tough love is sometimes required when dealing with more hardheaded patients.

* RevengeBeforeReason: After years of preparing to have a chance to get her revenge, she gives her more sensible comrades a hard time by needing coercion to abandon the fight against the Mogriffs and their powerful Shadowkhan allies. [[spoiler:She ends up defying her superiors' direct orders and deceives her friends into embarking on a suicide mission to find and kill Metalbeak. She ultimately abandons them when they all decide to [[KnowWhenToFoldEm throw in the towel]] and runs off to get her revenge without caring for her own life.]]

* YouKilledMyFather: Her beloved grandfather's death at Metalbeak's hands is driving her desire to kill him and the rest of the Mogriffs.

* TranslatorBuddy: He serves to translate his Lurden commander's speech to those who don't understand.

* CoolOldLady: Sofia is a kind old healer who's willing to advice and enlist the aid of her fellow healer Caroline despite the girl being from the enemy camp, but she's also willing to threaten her side's soldiers with her changeling powers to ensure the well-being of her patients.
* FantasticRacism: Sofia appears to have her own strong opinions about serpentine shapeshifters like Cedric and doesn't like them to be mixed up with spider changelings. Maya speculates her mother's attitude is rooted in the fact that she had a bad relationship with one of them before meeting Maya's father.

* TheMedic: Sofia is Snowpoint's head healer, and Maya is following in her footsteps. Before being forced to take refuge in Snowpoint, Sofia used to own a clinic in Endfield.

!!Sofia and Maya
A mother and daughter who're both spider changelings and serve as healers in Snowpoint.

* LightIsGood: Both of them have white hair in their human forms and white fur in their spider forms, and they're much nicer when compared to the more embittered Miranda whose human hair and spider fur are black.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Like Miranda, she's capable of alternating between a human form and a spider form.

!!Sofia
A spider changeling, Maya's mother and Snowpoint's head healer.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting:

!!Maya
A spider changeling and Sofia's daughter who helps her mother as a healer in Snowpoint.
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting:

* GiantSpider: Her alternate form is a giant spider-like creature, though she has four grown human limbs instead of eight legs, and four blue eyes. She can also shoot web from her mouth.

* VoluntaryShapeshifter: She can transform into a spider creature at will.

* TheHighQueen: She's learning to be one. She's dismayed for losing the more fun part of being a royal. Learning of how she's messed up leads to her deciding she seriously needs to grow up as a ruler in ''Shadows over Meridian''.

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[[folder:Elyon loyalists]]
!!Warden of Cavigor
The warden of Cavigor's prison.

* KnightTemplar: Like the Warden, he believes that by murdering all their defenseless prisoners, he's doing what's necessary to protect Meridian from Phobos. He also accuses the more heroic rebels of being too gutless by keeping Phobos and his minions alive, and claims Elyon and the past queens would see the wisdom of finishing off the enemy so that they can't be a threat anymore.

* WardensAreEvil: He's the Warden's lieutenant in Cavigor and wholehearted agrees with his plan to murder all their prisoners rather than risk them being released and recruited by Frost.

* KnightTemplar: She [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist considers herself a righteous crusader who'll finally put an end to the Mogriffs' threat over innocent people, but even her closest friends can see that she's really driven by revenge more than anything]]. Anyone failing to see things her way and enable her obsessive quest, like [[spoiler:Elyon, her military superiors and fellow nobles in the Sky Hunters]], is a weakling too spineless to do what's needed by her book, and she refuses to listen to the Mogriffs' justifications that Metalbeak killed her grandfather because he killed numerous Mogriffs with glee and that the past queens' attempts to take their ancestral lands has led to them attacking people.
* TheLeader: She's the unofficial leader of the Sky Hunters and is of the Headstrong variety.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: A short child with SuperStrength.

* TheUnfettered: [[spoiler:To achieve her revenge, she will sacrifice her faithfulness to Elyon, desert the army, deceive her closest friends, throw them under the bus once she considers

* BadassNormal:

%%* BadassNormal:

* KnightTemplar: She considers herself a righteous crusader who'll finally put an end to the Mogriffs' threat over innocent people, but even her closest friends can see that she's really driven by revenge more than anything. Anyone failing to see things her way and enable her obsessive quest, like [[spoiler:Elyon, her military superiors and fellow nobles in the Sky Hunters]], is a weakling too spineless to do what's needed by her book, and she refuses to listen to the Mogriffs' justifications that Metalbeak killed her grandfather because he killed numerous Mogriffs with glee and that the past queens' attempts to take their ancestral lands has led to them attacking people.

%%* TokenEvilTeammate:

* KnightTemplar: She considers herself a righteous crusader who'll finally put an end to the Mogriffs' threat over innocent people, but even her closest allies can see that she's really driven by revenge more than anything.

just wants to wipe out all the Mogriffs because some of them killed her grandfather.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Though she detests the Mogriffs, she shares Tinsley's opinion that harming defenseless hatchlings and eggs feels like an overstep.