History Characters / OldKingdom

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Sabriel mentions that she sees him in person only twice a year, at Midsummer and Midwinter, though he also visits her via astral projection during the dark of the moon at other times during the year.

* TheBerserker: When Sabriel is badly wounded in the first book, he completely flips out. [[spoiler: In "Lirael" Sam mentions that some years ago, an assassination attempt result in Touchstone throwing the would-be assassin along a banquet table and attempting to lift and throw a double throne after him before being calmed by Sabriel]]. It is possible that Touchstone inherited his berserkering from his mother's line, as there are hints in "Clariel" that being a berserker runs in the Royal bloodline [[spoiler: Jaciel is a berserker and passed it on to Clariel, and it is suggested that this comes from their Royal blood]]. It is also possible that he is unstable due to trauma, namely [[spoiler:being present at the breaking of a Charter Stone where his mother and half-sisters were killed in front of him]]. Both explanations may be true.

* ThePersonWithTheClothing: Chlorr ''of the Mask''. Her signature bronze mask is her only definining feature, given [[spoiler:she's been {{Body Surf}}ing for 600 years.]]

The main villain of ''Lirael'', Chlorr is a necromancer who has extended her life through unholy means. Though her powers of commanding the Dead and Free Magic are terrible, she willingly submits herself to the power buried beside the Red Lake, when Hedge gives her but a taste of it. Only an Abhorsen can have a prayer of matching Chlorr in combat.

* OurLichesAreDifferent: Sabriel defeats and kills her offscreen early in ''Lirael''. Unfortunately, death is not an inconvenience for a necromancer, especially not this one.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: [[spoiler: As the With With no Face, Chlorr is the closest thing the barbarian tribes to an overlord. However, all the tribes hate her due to her demanding [[HumanSacrifice offerings]] and only follow her out of fear.]]

* AbsoluteXenophobe: It's suggested that it doesn't ''just'' annihilate because annihillation is its nature, but because "crawling life" with all its dripping biology and noise disgusts it, and in the grand finale it boasts that one day "silence will ring [it] in eternal calm across a sea of dust." And it treats Hedge's ultimate failure with [[SurroundedByIdiots quiet, resigned contempt]].

* ArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler:Thankfully avoided.]]
* TheBerserker: It runs in the royal line, and she inherited it.

* BrutalHonesty: Clariel is blunt, always says whats on her mind and has no appetite for smalltalk or platitudes

* DaddysGirl: She used to be one.

* TheHermit: Wants to be one.

* JustFriends: Insists this is so with Bel.
* KissingCousins: Bel has a crush on Clariel, which she tries not to reciprocate.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Avenging her parents' murder. But after the deed is done, she realizes that VengeanceFeelsEmpty.]]

* ThatWomanIsDead: Killed, in her own words, by Clariel herself.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Bel, in the prequel. [[spoiler:It's very one-sided on his part.]]

* KissingCousins: Has a crush on his second cousin Clariel.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Its form is of two bisected silver halves of a sphere. When brought together, they eventually cast an enormous eruption of heat, fire, light and concussive sound that completely vaporizes all life within vicinity, leaving a mushroom cloud...

* BadassAbnormal: Gets Charter and Free Magic in his blood by the end of the series, [[spoiler:serving as a sort of living Charter Stone (which makes him very useful at the climax of ''Goldenhand.'')]]

* TookALevelInBadass: Goes from an ordinary bloke at best to a BadassAbnormal and ActionSurvivor by the end of ''Abhorsen''.

* TookALevelInKindness: Even if it doesn't seem like it. ''Clariel'' shows Mogget actively [[spoiler: plotting the break the Charter despite being bound and corrupting Clariel]]. By ''Sabriel'', despite being snarky and bad tempered, he's occasionally helpful and even seems to care for the Abhorsen, mentoring the incumbent and only trying to kill them when unbound. Ultimately, he takes another in ''Abhorsen'' when [[spoiler: Sam frees him and freely chooses to fight the Destroyer]].

* TheReveal: His true form is always described as an ancient being made of Free Magic, but nobody knows what exactly it is or where it comes from. [[spoiler:He is really Yrael, the Ninth Bright Shiner, imprisoned by the Seven for refusing to help them fight Orannis, the Eighth.]]

* MrFanservice: He's introduced completely naked, with Sabriel paying quite a lot of attention to her first experience of the male anatomy. When he ''does'' get some clothes, he has to gad about in a kilt, specifically because his thighs are ''far'' too muscular to fit into any of Sabriel's spare trousers, and he wears it for the rest of the story.

* HumanPopsicle: He was turned into the figurehead of a ship. Mid-battle. He's understandably disoriented when he wakes up.

* MrFanservice: Well, when you arrive in the story naked you're gonna be this. Especially when you're described... like that. As of ''Goldenhand'', he's singlehandedly trying to bring the kilt back into fashion.
* NakedOnArrival: Sabriel finds it hard not to notice how ''anatomically correct'' the "statue" is.

* IHaveManyNames: Aside from his true identity as [[spoiler:Yrael]], it's implied that he chooses a different name to go along with each different form he can transform into while wearing the collar, though these names aren't revealed. When Sabriel mentions Mogget to her father, he has never heard the name before and has never seen him in his cat form, only knowing him as the dwarven boy mentioned above.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He might have gained a huge amount of power from absorbing [[spoiler:Mogget]], but doing so also gave him [[Mogget]]'s vulnerabilities, allowing Sabriel to bind both of them at the same time.

* AnimalisticAbomination: Looks like a small white cat (normally). Is actually a tremendously ancient and powerful Free Magic elemental [[spoiler: and essentially a god being punished, as it turns out]].

* BrilliantButLazy: After the [[spoiler:bell that binds him changes to Ranna, he is not above playing up its effects]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: While the whole truth of the event is unknown, he was enslaved by [[spoiler: the Seven Bright Shiners]] for apparently nothing more than refusing to [[spoiler: side with them against Orannis (if not [[PrecrimeArrest the possibility that he might]] side against them)]], as described in the poem.

* RestrainingBolt: His ensorcelled red leather collar, which has a miniature Saraneth and then Ranna hanging from it.
* TheReveal: Mogget, that snarky, Free Magic thing disguised as a cat? He's actually [[spoiler:Yrael, the Eighth Bright Shiner. Yeah.]]

* EvilIsHammy: As [[spoiler: Prince Rogir]] he was a flamboyant guy who loved being the center of attention. As Kerrigor, his taste for the theatrical is even more pronounced.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Kerrigor is a Greater Dead spirit, a Free Magic Adept, a necromancer, ''and'' a renegade member of [[spoiler: the royal family]]. In-universe this renders him an entirely unique threat and one of the most powerful beings in existence.
* OurLichesAreDifferent: Or rather, as a Greater Dead and Free Magic Adept, he's the local equivalent.

* TheAce: She's a naturally talented Charter mage. She's even able to create new spells, which is noted to be uncommon, despite being introduced to charter magic only a few months prior.

* ActionGirl: In the finale she helps fight off TheDragon while Terciel is in death sealing away Kerrigor.

* StatuesqueStunner: Sam begrudgingly describes her as "pretty - some even cobsidered her beautiful", and he mentions that she stands a bit taller than his 6 feet 0.5 inches. She is also noted as being quite athletic, particularly enjoying tennis and horse riding.

* ThatWomanIsDead: Killed, in her own words, [[HurtingHero by Clariel herself]].

* CompellingVoice: She can banish the Dead and make people walk with her voice. [[spoiler:Considering the necromancer bell that has the same powers, and her stating that the bells are named after the gods, this is a pretty hefty hint toward her true nature.]]

* IncompletelyTrained: Terciel lacks knowledge and experience during his eponymous book, making crucial mistakes, needing to learn magic on the fly and in general needing his mentor to help and guide him in [[spoiler: chaining Kerrigor]]. It's implied that it's because of Tizaneal's great age - she is both running out of time and less effective as a mentor.