History Characters / Ravenor

* LikeBrotherAndSister: Described as having such a relationship with Kara, though they were previously in a relationship.

* LikeBrotherAndSister: Described as having such a relationship with Nayl, though they were previously in a relationship.

* OrphansOrdeal: Zael lost his parents to a plague in his early years, leaving him to be raised in near-poverty by his sister and his grandmother. His sister was "decruited" by the munitorum, and eventually got hooked on flects (and it was slightly implied she paid for them in the bedroom), and she died on a trip shortly thereafter. Zael got hooked on flects himself sometime before his grandmother, already long addicted to sniffing glue, drowned in her own vomit and he was so strung out he didn't notice until the coroner showed up to take her body away. By the time ''Ravenor'' starts he's too deep in addiction care too much about being homeless in favor of when he could get his next flect.

* OrphansOrdeal: Zael lost his parents to a plague in his early years, leaving him to be raised in near-poverty by his sister and his grandmother. His sister was "decruited" by the munitorum, and eventually got hooked on flects (and it was slightly implied she paid for them in the bedroom), and she died on a trip shortly thereafter. Zael got hooked on flects himself sometime before his grandmother, already long addicted to sniffing glue, drowned in her own vomit. Averted by the time ''Ravenor'' starts, as he was too strung out to care too much about being homeless in favor of when he could get his next flect.

* BoobsOfSteel: Unlike Patience Kys, Kara is, and looks, very strong due to her former occupation as an acrobat. She is also curvy enough that her speed and agility surprise some people. The fact that she has a heavier build than the average acrobat is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when she infiltrates the Carnivora in the guise of a performer.

%%* TheChick

* RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf: [[spoiler:After Ravenor's adventures in this trilogy, Zael is handed over to the rest of the Inquisition and eventually put on a Black Ship. He goes on to become one of the [[SuperSoldier Grey]] [[MagicKnight Knights]]; specifically Hyperion, the protagonist of ''The Emperor's Gift''.]]

* DrivesLikeCrazy: He is an insanely good pilot capable of driving a jet car at super sonic speeds at roof top level. He is such an insane driver that he terrified Kys! [[UpToEleven This is after]] the cold-blooded torture which included {{Fingore}}!

* ArchNemesis: With Ravenor. The two of them have been trying to kill each other, on and off, for more than seventy years by the time the trilogy takes place.

* CompellingVoice: He can use what he calls 'the tone of command' to control people if he knows their names, or at least make them flinch if he knows part of it.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Ironically, he's forced to team up with Ravenor when Culzean turns against them at the climax of the third book.]]

* TwoFaced: {{Downplayed}}, his face is described as handsomeaj, but completely asymmetrical.
* VillainOpeningScene: The trilogy starts with him at an archaeological dig-site digging up something undoubtedly heretical. Subversion, since it ends with his plane, and him, going down in flames. [[spoiler: Double subversion, when he turns out to have survived, and is behind much of the of the plot until events at the end of ''Ravenor Returned'' forces him out of power.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: He's practically a PosthumousCharacter when the first novel proper starts, but it becomes clear that he has a greater influence over Ravenor and his team as the story progresses.