History Characters / Tasakeru

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!!Zeromaru "Zero" Takaichi

* MeaningfulName: "Zeromaru" means [[MyHeroZero "zero zero"]].

!!Faun Reinaka

!!Ashpaw Longstripe

A badger, twenty-eight years old. The oldest of the group, having been in exile for twelve years. Ashpaw is a GentleGiant, an avid reader whose den houses a small library on all kinds of subjects. [[MartialPacifist He doesn't much like to fight]], but when it's necessary he has a ''[[EpicFlail very large]]'' [[EpicFlail morning star]] to do the job.

Tropes associated with Ashpaw include:

* [[spoiler: TheUndead: He's a sanguivore, the Sankami equivalent of a vampire.]]

!!Naole Takaichi

Zero's little sister who still lives in Shinboku. Sixteen years old. She has mild anemia, but refuses to be treated differently because of it, and often gets seriously annoyed with Zero's overprotectiveness. She works as an apprentice healer for the Silver Order. [[spoiler: Recently she was revealed as a mage.]]

!!Aria [[spoiler: Reinaka [=TrailPack=]]]

A half-wolf, half-fox seer whom Naole and Legion met in Tasakeru. [[FantasticRacism Wolfoxes are treated as second-class citizens at ''best'' in Sankami]], due to social taboos against crossbreeding, so Aria is used to being shunned by most people. Aria has a strange precognitive ability that allows her to see possibilities the future may hold; the key word there is ''may''. Her visions are [[CursedWithAwesome both a blessing]] [[BlessedWithSuck and a curse]], as she seldom is able to predict which of those possibilities will come to pass. [[spoiler: She is revealed as Faun's half-sister in Book V, the result of a tragic, doomed love affair between Morgan Reinaka and a wolf named Ara of the Trailpack. Morgan was completely blacklisted by fox society once this was revealed. Needless to say, Faun didn't take this revelation well.]]

The current leader of the Silver Order, a religious sect and peacekeeping force that is the largest organized group in Sankami. Her family has run the Order since its inception, with the position being passed down from mother to daughter. [[spoiler: Currently going insane from losing her favorite mate, and very nearly losing her daughter. Throughout Book VI, she was possessed by N'Ktane, who used her power and influence to pursue her vendetta against the Outcasts on a grand scale. N'Ktane's spirit was driven out of her by Hanami in her Goddess form.]]

The BigBad of Book I [[spoiler: IV, and VI]], N'Ktane was a sentient GiantSpider, implied to be the last one. She lived in an ancient cavern in Tasakeru and ruled over a HiveMind of animalistic drone spiders, her children. The Outcasts first battled her when investigating her children's attacks on both the forest and Shinboku, and she and her children[[note]]save one, which was badly wounded[[/note]] were killed when the cavern collapsed. [[spoiler: In the end of Book III, Stalker's "soul beacon" pulled her spirit out of [[TheUnderworld the Beneath]], but could only take on solid form inside the [[EvilTowerOfOminousness Black Rose Tower]]; everywhere else she was merely a ghost. She went on to manipulate Hanami and possess her body, eventually leading to Zero's first transformation as the ''keshin''. Upon returning to the Beneath, she was given an assignment by the Death God itself: "make the sentients suffer". To do this, she was allowed to return to the surface and possess Lady Lily, using her power and influence to hunt the Outcasts on a grand scale. Her plan almost succeeded, but Hanami's transformation into Lady Terra proved her downfall. As punishment for her failure, the Death God permanently locked her into her ghostly state, and made her unable to interact with anyone or anything, living or dead.]]

An immortal jackal sorceror, LastOfHisKind. Three thousand years ago, he worked in the court of the jackal's ruler, the Farao, and was assigned to create an immortality potion. After slaving away for a year, he completed the potion and took it for himself, seizing control of all of Sankami. His rule was short-lived, as a team of mages collapsed his throne room around him and buried him in a crypt, with only an enchanted mirror as a window to the outside world. Renubis was trapped there for the next three thousand years, while his entire race died out and was forgotten. It was Faun who broke into the crypt and broke the seal keeping him imprisoned, after which he tried to resume power again, with Faun as his mate. [[spoiler: It didn't go so well, and he ended up making peace with the Outcasts and leaving for parts unknown. He has returned to Sankami as of the end of Book VI.]]

* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: After being on the receiving end of a GroinAttack from Faun, he realized how pointless trying to conquer Sankami again would be.]]

* [[SirSwearsALot Miss Swears A Lot]]: Almost all of the profanity seen in the series thus far comes from Faun.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Due to her friendship with Persephone. She (at least tries) to joke with her, and they call each other by nicknames.

* ImpossibleTheif: The Tumblr page mentions that she once stole a forge.

* NoodleIncident: So far, he's the only one not to have his backstory revealed.

* HeadDesk

* CompositeCharacter: He has elements of [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] (zombie mama's boy), [[Franchise/ANightmareonElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] ([[WolverineClaws huge claws on his fingertips]]), [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Mike Myers]] (off his rocker), and Comicbook/{{Venom}} (malevolent symbiote grants him spider-based superpowers).

* CompositeCharacter: He has elements of [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] (zombie mama's boy), [[Franchise/ANightmareonElmStreet Freddy Kreuger]] ([[WolverineClaws huge claws on his fingertips]]), [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Mike Myers]] (off his rocker), and Comicbook/{{Venom}} (malevolent symbiote grants him spider-based superpowers).

[[FemmeFatale A vixen in both senses of the word]],[[hottip:*: Fox characters are often over-sexed in furry works]] nineteen years old. She's clever, she's beautiful, and she knows it. Faun is an expert thief, [[StickyFingers she doesn't steal so much for survival as for pleasure]] [[spoiler: [[DarkAndTroubledPast ... anymore, at least]]]]. One of her hobbies is making her own [[TrickBomb trick grenades.]] [[spoiler: In Book V she met her [[LongLostSibling lost half-sister]], Aria, and learned the true story of her family, which upset her a great deal.]]

* EmbarrassingNickname: "Freakshow", [[hottip:*:dis]]courtesy of Faun.

The BigBad of Book I [[spoiler: IV, and VI]], N'Ktane was a sentient GiantSpider, implied to be the last one. She lived in an ancient cavern in Tasakeru and ruled over a HiveMind of animalistic drone spiders, her children. The Outcasts first battled her when investigating her children's attacks on both the forest and Shinboku, and she and her children[[hottip:*:save one, which was badly wounded]] were killed when the cavern collapsed. [[spoiler: In the end of Book III, Stalker's "soul beacon" pulled her spirit out of [[TheUnderworld the Beneath]], but could only take on solid form inside the [[EvilTowerOfOminousness Black Rose Tower]]; everywhere else she was merely a ghost. She went on to manipulate Hanami and possess her body, eventually leading to Zero's first transformation as the ''keshin''. Upon returning to the Beneath, she was given an assignment by the Death God itself: "make the sentients suffer". To do this, she was allowed to return to the surface and possess Lady Lily, using her power and influence to hunt the Outcasts on a grand scale. Her plan almost succeeded, but Hanami's transformation into Lady Terra proved her downfall. As punishment for her failure, the Death God permanently locked her into her ghostly state, and made her unable to interact with anyone or anything, living or dead.]]

* [[spoiler: EyeScream: Zero takes out his eye with a ''kunai''[[hottip:*:those throwing knives with the diamond-shaped blades and a ring on the hilt]] when he poisons Naole.]]

* ShoutOut: To {{Hamlet}}, their last names are Krantz and Denstern.

* [[spoiler: [[DealWithTheDevil Deal With The Death God]]: Of the "get-out-of-hell-free -card if you do this job for me" variety]]

* UseYourHead: She gives a GlasgowKiss to an amorous male in Book 1.

* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: After being on the receiving end of a GroinAttack from Faun, he realized how pointless trying to conquer Sankami again would be.]]

* GreenEyedRedhead

* ScaryImpracticalArmor: Invoked. His tail is armored (going for the tail is [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty a big no-no in the first place]], so only the most distrustful warriors bother), which is what tips off a pair of samurai that something's amiss. The next chapter mentions SpikesOfDoom.

* ScaryImpracticalArmor: Invoked. His tail is armored (going for the tail is [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty a big no-no in the first place]], so only the most distrustful warriors bother), which is what tips off a pair of samurai that something's amiss.

* ApologizesALot

* FlowerInHerHair
* FragileFlower
* FriendlessBackground

* HairOfGold
* TheHeart
* TheIngenue
* InnocentBlueEyes

* TheWoobie: Hanami's life has pretty much ''sucked'' ever since she found the Mage Flower.

* BigBrotherInstinct

* [[ChildSoldiers Child Samurai]]

* TheHero

* {{Ronin}}

* TroubledButCute

* ArmedLegs

* TheGadfly

* StuffBlowingUp
* {{Stripperiffic}}
* ThrowDownTheBomblet

* EyesOfGold

* SacredFirstKiss: Hers with Zero was stolen in probably the [[TheWoobie worst and most traumatic way possible]][[spoiler: by N'Ktane.]]

* '''EnsembleDarkhorse''': By far the most popular character in the series.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Noble Paladin or ANaziByAnyOtherName? Half-bloods are expected to live in the worst conditions possible (permanent exile from birth until death) and wear {{Black Cloak}}s. More or less the ''Guildenstern'' (gold star) [[PuttingOnTheReich and all that nonsense.]] The author seems to be acknowledging this, she's [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope on the slippery slope as of book six.]]

* AngstWhatAngst: [[spoiler:After her soul was returned, she refused all counseling for herself, instead focusing her energy on becoming a Healer for the Order.]]