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!!Zuri
-->''"Everyone looks better on their knees. It was my favorite thing about attending temple."''
A Gurkish refugee who acts as the peerless lady's companion to Savine dan Glokta.
!!Zuri
-->''"Everyone looks better on their knees. It was my favorite thing about attending temple."''
A Gurkish refugee who acts as the peerless lady's companion to Savine dan Glokta.
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!!Zuri
-->''"Everyone looks better on their knees. It was my favorite thing about attending temple."''
!!Spillion Sworbreck
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* ChekhovsGunman: He just appears to be Cosca's put-upon biographer throughout ''Literature/RedCountry'', but in the climax of the book, he's the one who defuses the conflict between the heroes and Cosca by killing the latter with his own sword.
* TheDogBitesBack: After being dragged through hell on account of Cosca's actions, witnessing horrific crimes and being arrested by the Inquisition just for being associated with him, Sworbreck finally breaks when Cosca takes a family hostage and runs Cosca through with his own sword.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He grows increasingly disgusted by the unnecessarily violent actions committed by the Company of the Gracious Hand, even as he accompanies them as Cosca's biographer.
* FakeUltimateHero: In his writings, he cultivates the image of a GentlemanAdventurer of the Far Country. In actuality, he doesn't go further than the Rostod harbor and instead pays a scout to wear his clothes and ride across the plains so they look like an adventurer's clothes upon his return.
* GuiltByAssociation: After Inquisitor Lorsen turns Cosca's men against him, Lorsen has Sworbreck arrested alongside Cosca and Friendly. When Sworbreck asks why one of the mercenaries replies with, "Why not?"
* InnocentlyInsensitive: While going on about Savine's experiences in Valbeck during the uprising, Sworbreck obliviously triggers her traumatic memories of the event with his prattle.
* PropagandaMachine: Savine hires him to be one to bolster her public image among the working-class. Sworbreck begins writing puff pieces of Savine doing secret (and fake) charity work for the common folk, who have named her "The Darling of the Slums." The target audience have mixed reactions.
* SecretKeeper: He knows exactly what Orso and Savine use his office for when he's out of town, but he keeps his mouth shut about it.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Sworbreck fancies himself the best writer in the world, but when he rattles off some of his most famous literary accomplishments, he's met with stone silence from his listeners.
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!!Zuri
-->''"Everyone looks better on their knees. It was my favorite thing about attending temple."''
A Gurkish refugee who acts as the peerless lady's companion to Savine dan Glokta.
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* TheDogBitesBack: After being dragged through hell on account of Cosca's actions, witnessing horrific crimes and being arrested by the Inquisition just for being associated with him, Sworbreck finally breaks when Cosca takes a family hostage and runs Cosca through with his own sword.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He grows increasingly disgusted by the unnecessarily violent actions committed by the Company of the Gracious Hand, even as he accompanies them as Cosca's biographer.
* FakeUltimateHero: In his writings, he cultivates the image of a GentlemanAdventurer of the Far Country. In actuality, he doesn't go further than the Rostod harbor and instead pays a scout to wear his clothes and ride across the plains so they look like an adventurer's clothes upon his return.
* GuiltByAssociation: After Inquisitor Lorsen turns Cosca's men against him, Lorsen has Sworbreck arrested alongside Cosca and Friendly. When Sworbreck asks why one of the mercenaries replies with, "Why not?"
* InnocentlyInsensitive: While going on about Savine's experiences in Valbeck during the uprising, Sworbreck obliviously triggers her traumatic memories of the event with his prattle.
* PropagandaMachine: Savine hires him to be one to bolster her public image among the working-class. Sworbreck begins writing puff pieces of Savine doing secret (and fake) charity work for the common folk, who have named her "The Darling of the Slums." The target audience have mixed reactions.
* SecretKeeper: He knows exactly what Orso and Savine use his office for when he's out of town, but he keeps his mouth shut about it.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Sworbreck fancies himself the best writer in the world, but when he rattles off some of his most famous literary accomplishments, he's met with stone silence from his listeners.
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!!Zuri
-->''"Everyone looks better on their knees. It was my favorite thing about attending temple."''
A Gurkish refugee who acts as the peerless lady's companion to Savine dan Glokta.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Averted. Finree is ambitious but overall she's a good person and she doesn't stoop low to get ahead.
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* SurroundedByIdiots: Having been raised by a talented military officer, she's quick to notice all the failings of the officers around her.
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* SpoiledSweet: Finree grew up in a rich household but is one of the few kind nobles to display consistent kindness, loyalty to her allies, and compassion to the innocents hurt by the Union's actions.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Having been raised by a talented military officer, she's quick to notice all the failings of the officers around her. In the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy, it grows worse as her son Leo constantly disregards her sound military advice.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Having been raised by a talented military officer, she's quick to notice all the failings of the officers around her. In the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy, it grows worse as her son Leo constantly disregards her sound military advice.
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* VisionaryVillain: The Weaver's ultimate goal is to stop the rapid industrialization that has been exploiting and destroying the lives and livelihoods of the underprivileged. He formed the Breakers to ''break'' the Union, ridding it of its corruption, and stopping the merciless system that facilitates the rich becoming richer and the poor becoming poorer.
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* HangingJudge: In addition to being named "Judge," during the uprising at Valbeck, she takes over the courthouse and runs mock trials against her wealthy prisoners, having the jury box filled with prostitutes who declare the defendants guilty before Judge is done stating their name and an imprisoned, naked defense attorney who's only purpose is to agree their client is guilty and offer no defense at all. Judge ends up hanging her prisoners by the dozen.
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* HangingJudge: In addition to being named "Judge," during the uprising at Valbeck, she takes over the courthouse and runs mock trials against her wealthy prisoners, having the jury box filled with prostitutes who declare the defendants guilty before Judge is done stating their name and an imprisoned, naked defense attorney who's only purpose is to agree their client is guilty and offer no defense at all. Judge ends up hanging dozens of her prisoners by before Vick can negotiate the dozen.release of the rest.
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* NotSoDifferent: When she sees Broad fight she says she recognizes the "devil in him," mostly because it takes one to know one. It's partly why she's so keen to have him by her side.
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* {{Pyromaniac}}: If being part of a group called the Burners wasn't obvious enough, Judge really loves starting fires.
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!!Sarlby
A former comrade-in-arms of Gunnar's who persuades him to join the Breakers.
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* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Sarlby always wanted to upend the Union as a Breaker, but after [[spoiler:two hundred people were hanged]] following the Valbeck uprising, Sarlby stopped being a Breaker and joined the more extremist Burners.
* ReturningWarVet: Like Gunnar Broad, Sarlby has returned from the failed Union war with Styria.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: When Sarlby is first seen, he's an old war buddy of Broad's and vouches for him so Broad can get a job at a local tavern. After the fiasco that was Valbeck, and Broad starting to work for Lady Savine, the next time they meet Sarlby is disillusioned with his friend "joining the enemy." He agrees to take Broad to the Breakers but makes it clear he won't stop them if they decide to kill him.
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!!Sarlby
A former comrade-in-arms of Gunnar's who persuades him to join the Breakers.
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* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Sarlby always wanted to upend the Union as a Breaker, but after [[spoiler:two hundred people were hanged]] following the Valbeck uprising, Sarlby stopped being a Breaker and joined the more extremist Burners.
* ReturningWarVet: Like Gunnar Broad, Sarlby has returned from the failed Union war with Styria.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: When Sarlby is first seen, he's an old war buddy of Broad's and vouches for him so Broad can get a job at a local tavern. After the fiasco that was Valbeck, and Broad starting to work for Lady Savine, the next time they meet Sarlby is disillusioned with his friend "joining the enemy." He agrees to take Broad to the Breakers but makes it clear he won't stop them if they decide to kill him.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: She and Orso aren't related, but they have a playful pretend dynamic like this, with Hildi being brutally honest towards Orso, more than a bit snarky and trying to get out of assignments by claiming he owes her money. In reality, Orso is fiercely protective of her, and Hildi admits to herself that she loves him like an older brother. Admittedly, a clueless older brother who needs all the help he can get but still.
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* AffectionateNickname: Despite his father's crimes, Harod is very likable and most everyone calls him "Hal" instead of Harod.
* GoodParents: His son Leo distinctly views him as such after his death.
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Despite his belief that just doing good and working twice as hard as anyone else will be enough to restore his status, it's really his wife's political maneuvering that ensures his promotion to Governor of Angland.
* GoodParents: His son Leo distinctly views him as such after his death.
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Despite his belief that just doing good and working twice as hard as anyone else will be enough to restore his status, it's really his wife's political maneuvering that ensures his promotion to Governor of Angland.
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* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:He dies He died offscreen three years prior to the events of the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy.trilogy.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Unbeknownst to Hal, Finree's childhood acquaintance Bremer dan Gorst is very much in love with her. Upon finding Hal wounded, unconscious and very much alone in Osrung, Gorst attempts to strangle Hal to death so that can have Finree for himself. Gorst stops as he hears Finree approaches and neither her nor Hal have any idea what Gorst had attempted.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Unbeknownst to Hal, Finree's childhood acquaintance Bremer dan Gorst is very much in love with her. Upon finding Hal wounded, unconscious and very much alone in Osrung, Gorst attempts to strangle Hal to death so that can have Finree for himself. Gorst stops as he hears Finree approaches and neither her nor Hal have any idea what Gorst had attempted.
* AdultFear: She's understandably horrified by the idea of her only son dying, particularly when he's decided to duel Stour Nightfall in the Circle. The fear comes back tenfold when she finds out [[spoiler:Leo is launching a coup against the Crown, knowing full well that he's not just making an enemy of the king, but of Bayaz as well]].
* IgnoredExpert: Finree has been dealing with wars in the North since before Leo was born and has one of the keenest military minds in the setting. Yet despite all of her advice, her son Leo can't help but leap into action without thinking, often making her job to protect the Northern Protectorate and Angland much more difficult.
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* LadyMacBeth: Averted. She's ambitious and scheming to make her husband Governor of Angland, to the point where she ponders eliminating the current governor, Meed, but she's not evil at all.
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* LadyMacBeth: Averted. She's ambitious and scheming to make her husband Governor of Angland, to the point where she ponders eliminating the current governor, Meed, but she's not evil at all. all, and after achieving power she becomes the ultimate ReasonableAuthorityFigure in Angland.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:She had no idea Leo and Savine were going to instigate a civil war against the crown, and when she finds out, she's reduced to tears begging them to stop, horrified of what will happen to them.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:She had no idea Leo and Savine were going to instigate a civil war against the crown, and when she finds out, she's reduced to tears begging them to stop, horrified of what will happen to them.]]
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As Lady Governor of Angland, Finree takes her responsibilities to the state of Angland and the Dogman's Protectorate very seriously. She doesn't take unnecessary risks with the lives of her men, doesn't care about being perceived as weak by her enemies, and even though it would've been easy to abandon the Dogman's people, she won't cut them loose because it's the right thing to do.
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!! Finree dan Brock
!!!POV: ''Literature/TheHeroes''
A Union noblewoman with ambitious plans. She married Harod dan Brock despite his reputation as the son of a traitor and worked to ensure he became Governor of Angland. As of the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy, her husband has died, leaving her as the acting Lady Governor.
!! Finree dan Brock
!!!POV: ''Literature/TheHeroes''
A Union noblewoman with ambitious plans. She married Harod dan Brock despite his reputation as the son of a traitor and worked to ensure he became Governor of Angland. As of the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy, her husband has died, leaving her as the acting Lady Governor.
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!!Harod "Hal" dan Brock
The son of the disgraced Lord Brock, Hal is a good man dedicated to redeeming his family name and proving his worth by working twice as hard to escape his treasonous father's shadow. He is happily married to Finree dan
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* HappilyMarried: He and Finree may be opposites in many ways regarding their personalities and personal ideologies, but their love for each other burns bright. Finree, despite her ambitious nature and the stigma associated with his family name, married him anyway, even if that made it an uphill battle to achieve her own goals.
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:He dies offscreen three years prior to the events of the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy.
* PitbullDatesPuppy: He's the "puppy" in the scenario when compared to his wife's "pitbull." Hal is a naive optimist who believes he can redeem his family's name is by proving himself through hard-work and sacrifice. Finree, meanwhile, is cynical and ambitious and believes the best way to get power is through political maneuvering and scheming.
* WideEyedIdealist: Hal believes being a good person, doing his duty, being trustworthy, and working harder than anyone else is the best way for him to redeem his family's name and restore his status. His wife disagrees, and it's ultimately her political wheeling and dealing behind his back that results in Hal becoming Lord Governor of Angland.
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!! Finree dan Brock
!!!POV: ''Literature/TheHeroes''
A Union noblewoman with ambitious plans. She married Harod dan Brock despite his reputation as the son of a traitor and worked to ensure he became Governor of Angland. As of the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy, her husband has died, leaving her as the acting Lady Governor.
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* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:He dies offscreen three years prior to the events of the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy.
* PitbullDatesPuppy: He's the "puppy" in the scenario when compared to his wife's "pitbull." Hal is a naive optimist who believes he can redeem his family's name is by proving himself through hard-work and sacrifice. Finree, meanwhile, is cynical and ambitious and believes the best way to get power is through political maneuvering and scheming.
* WideEyedIdealist: Hal believes being a good person, doing his duty, being trustworthy, and working harder than anyone else is the best way for him to redeem his family's name and restore his status. His wife disagrees, and it's ultimately her political wheeling and dealing behind his back that results in Hal becoming Lord Governor of Angland.
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!! Finree dan Brock
!!!POV: ''Literature/TheHeroes''
A Union noblewoman with ambitious plans. She married Harod dan Brock despite his reputation as the son of a traitor and worked to ensure he became Governor of Angland. As of the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy, her husband has died, leaving her as the acting Lady Governor.
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!! Finree dan Brock
!!!POV: ''Literature/TheHeroes''
A Union noblewoman with ambitious plans. She married Harod dan Brock despite his reputation as the son of a traitor and worked to ensure he became Governor of Angland. As of the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy, her husband has died, leaving her as the acting Lady Governor.
!! Finree dan Brock
!!!POV: ''Literature/TheHeroes''
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!! Finree dan Brock
!!!POV: ''Literature/TheHeroes''
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!!Lord Brock
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* AristocratsAreEvil: A power-hungry nobleman who sells out his country so he can become king and abandons his children to the Inquisition when his plans are foiled so he can make his own escape.
* DirtyCoward: In addition to fleeing once his Gurkish allies have been defeated to avoid repercussions, he also abandons his children--a daughter and two sons--who are arrested by the Inquisition. Fortunately they're granted the king's mercy.
* ElectiveMonarchy: After the deaths of King Guslav's heirs, Prince Ladisla and Prince Raynault, Lord Brock is posed as the prime candidate to be voted in as the next King of the Union by the Open Council. He doesn't take it well when Bayaz arranges for Jezal to become king instead.
* ParentalAbandonment: He abandons his children so he can make his own escape, leading to their capture by the Inquisition. Fortunately they're not punished by the king for their father's treason.
* TheQuisling: Instead of just accepting that he lost the kingship, Brock allies with Emperor Uthman-ul-Dosht of Gurkhul. In exchange for Brock being made King of the Union, he agrees to allow the Union itself to be absorbed into the Gurkish Empire.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Once the Gurkish are defeated at the Battle of Adua, Brock flees to Gurkhul.
* SinsOfTheFather: Thanks to him, the surname "Brock" carries a stigma to it and his children and grandchildren have to work twice as hard to be recognized as good people in their own right instead of just the brood of a traitor. Both Jezal and Orso have to argue against their advisors wanting to punish the dan Brock family for Lord Brock's deeds.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Lord Brock doesn't appear that much, but his failed bid for the throne and subsequent treason in the original trilogy have far reaching consequences for the rest of the series. His son Harod, daughter-in-law Finree, and grandson Leo, are all forced to deal with the stigma of his treachery, and the descendants of his former allies work behind the scenes to destabilize the Union in the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy.
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!! Finree dan Brock
!!!POV: ''Literature/TheHeroes''
A Union noblewoman with ambitious plans. She married Harod dan Brock despite his reputation as the son of a traitor and worked to ensure he became Governor of Angland. As of the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy, her husband has died, leaving her as the acting Lady Governor.
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* DirtyCoward: In addition to fleeing once his Gurkish allies have been defeated to avoid repercussions, he also abandons his children--a daughter and two sons--who are arrested by the Inquisition. Fortunately they're granted the king's mercy.
* ElectiveMonarchy: After the deaths of King Guslav's heirs, Prince Ladisla and Prince Raynault, Lord Brock is posed as the prime candidate to be voted in as the next King of the Union by the Open Council. He doesn't take it well when Bayaz arranges for Jezal to become king instead.
* ParentalAbandonment: He abandons his children so he can make his own escape, leading to their capture by the Inquisition. Fortunately they're not punished by the king for their father's treason.
* TheQuisling: Instead of just accepting that he lost the kingship, Brock allies with Emperor Uthman-ul-Dosht of Gurkhul. In exchange for Brock being made King of the Union, he agrees to allow the Union itself to be absorbed into the Gurkish Empire.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Once the Gurkish are defeated at the Battle of Adua, Brock flees to Gurkhul.
* SinsOfTheFather: Thanks to him, the surname "Brock" carries a stigma to it and his children and grandchildren have to work twice as hard to be recognized as good people in their own right instead of just the brood of a traitor. Both Jezal and Orso have to argue against their advisors wanting to punish the dan Brock family for Lord Brock's deeds.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Lord Brock doesn't appear that much, but his failed bid for the throne and subsequent treason in the original trilogy have far reaching consequences for the rest of the series. His son Harod, daughter-in-law Finree, and grandson Leo, are all forced to deal with the stigma of his treachery, and the descendants of his former allies work behind the scenes to destabilize the Union in the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy.
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!! Finree dan Brock
!!!POV: ''Literature/TheHeroes''
A Union noblewoman with ambitious plans. She married Harod dan Brock despite his reputation as the son of a traitor and worked to ensure he became Governor of Angland. As of the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy, her husband has died, leaving her as the acting Lady Governor.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: His fellow rebel leaders use him to start the uprising in Valbeck, then leave him to be executed for the ordeal while they run. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that the man who executed him was his boss, the Weaver.]]
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!!Hildi
The thirteen-year-old valet of Prince Orso.
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* BaldWomen: She naturally has golden curls but she begins selling it to Savine as a wig to make a few bucks.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason she's so fiercely loyal to Orso is because he's the only person in her life who ever treated her with any decency or like she actually mattered.
* HiddenDisdainReveal: Hildi runs messages between Orso and Savine without complaint, even selling her hair to the latter for some quick cash, but it's eventually revealed that she's always despised Savine for how fake she is.
* LittleMissSnarker: She cheerfully participates in the snark-laden banter between herself, Orso and Tunny.
* NiceHat: Hildi is almost always seen wearing a battered old soldier's cap.
* NoHeroToHisValet: Hildi works as Orso's valet but doesn't treat him with much respect even if he is Crown Prince of the Union. This is mostly just playful banter as privately she does show a lot of respect and loyalty for Orso.
* StreetUrchin: She's a thirteen-year-old girl who, prior to working as Orso's valet, was a laundress for a brothel.
* TagAlongKid: She accompanies Orso practically everywhere, no matter how dangerous. She planned on accompanying him to the Northern war, until the uprising in Valbeck sent them there instead. [[spoiler:She eventually accompanies him to Stoffenbeck, where a civil war is about to take place.]]
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!!Hildi
The thirteen-year-old valet of Prince Orso.
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* BaldWomen: She naturally has golden curls but she begins selling it to Savine as a wig to make a few bucks.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason she's so fiercely loyal to Orso is because he's the only person in her life who ever treated her with any decency or like she actually mattered.
* HiddenDisdainReveal: Hildi runs messages between Orso and Savine without complaint, even selling her hair to the latter for some quick cash, but it's eventually revealed that she's always despised Savine for how fake she is.
* LittleMissSnarker: She cheerfully participates in the snark-laden banter between herself, Orso and Tunny.
* NiceHat: Hildi is almost always seen wearing a battered old soldier's cap.
* NoHeroToHisValet: Hildi works as Orso's valet but doesn't treat him with much respect even if he is Crown Prince of the Union. This is mostly just playful banter as privately she does show a lot of respect and loyalty for Orso.
* StreetUrchin: She's a thirteen-year-old girl who, prior to working as Orso's valet, was a laundress for a brothel.
* TagAlongKid: She accompanies Orso practically everywhere, no matter how dangerous. She planned on accompanying him to the Northern war, until the uprising in Valbeck sent them there instead. [[spoiler:She eventually accompanies him to Stoffenbeck, where a civil war is about to take place.]]
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* HappilyMarried: Even though Gunnar's violent tendencies only make things more difficult for their family, the two of them still love each other.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: She and her daughter have no idea that Gunnar is working as a leg breaker for their boss, assuming he's just another servant.
* MoralityChain: The welfare of her and her daughter Liddy are about the only things keeping Gunnar from giving in completely to his psychopathic tendencies.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: She and her daughter have no idea that Gunnar is working as a leg breaker for their boss, assuming he's just another servant.
* MoralityChain: The welfare of her and her daughter Liddy are about the only things keeping Gunnar from giving in completely to his psychopathic tendencies.
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!!May Broad
The daughter of Gunnar and Liddy Broad.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Just as her father is about to act on his violent impulses after they've already landed the family into trouble, May snaps at him not to mess up their lives again after she just went through all the hard-work to earn them safety and comfort.
* DaddysGirl: Gunnar is fiercely protective of her and May greatly admires her father for fighting in the war with Styria, even if Gunnar doesn't think he did anything to be proud of.
* IOweYouMyLife: She invokes this by sheltering Savine dan Glokta during the Breaker uprising in Valbeck, telling Savine that she wants protection and employment for herself and her parents as payment.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: She and her mother have no idea that Gunnar is working as a leg breaker for their boss, assuming he's just another servant.
* MoralityChain: Her welfare and her mother's, are the main things keeping her father from giving in completely to his psychopathic tendencies.
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!!May Broad
The daughter of Gunnar and Liddy Broad.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Just as her father is about to act on his violent impulses after they've already landed the family into trouble, May snaps at him not to mess up their lives again after she just went through all the hard-work to earn them safety and comfort.
* DaddysGirl: Gunnar is fiercely protective of her and May greatly admires her father for fighting in the war with Styria, even if Gunnar doesn't think he did anything to be proud of.
* IOweYouMyLife: She invokes this by sheltering Savine dan Glokta during the Breaker uprising in Valbeck, telling Savine that she wants protection and employment for herself and her parents as payment.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: She and her mother have no idea that Gunnar is working as a leg breaker for their boss, assuming he's just another servant.
* MoralityChain: Her welfare and her mother's, are the main things keeping her father from giving in completely to his psychopathic tendencies.
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!!Mauthis
A senior representative of the mysterious banking house of Valint & Balk. Introduced in Literature/TheFirstLaw, he offers a "non-traditional" loan to Glokta to help the Union's defenses against the Gurkish invasion in return for unspecified vapors in the future.
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!!Mauthis
A senior representative of the mysterious banking house of Valint & Balk. Introduced in Literature/TheFirstLaw, he offers a "non-traditional" loan to Glokta to help the Union's defenses against the Gurkish invasion in return for unspecified vapors in the future.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He's the only Breaker leader who stays behind to protect his followers when the king's forces surround Valbeck. [[spoiler:His compassion ends up getting him tortured and executed by Superior Pike.]]
* OnlySaneMan: When compared to his fellow rebel leaders, Risinau and Judge. The former is a dreamer more concerned with the romantic ideals of the Great Change than he is with the practical details of it, like providing food and safety for their people. The latter is a psychopathic fanatic willing to let her own allies be caught in the crossfire if it means burning down the Union. Of the three, Malmer is the most grounded, the one who actually looks out for his people's best interests, and the only one who doesn't abandon the city before the king's forces arrive.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Malmer is the most moral of the Breaker leaders in Valbeck. All he wants is for common citizens to get fair wages for fair work and safe environments. He frequently tries to get his fellows to show mercy and he's the only leader who stays with Valbeck when the king's forces come to reclaim the city, even if it will probably result in his death.
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[[folder:Mauthis]]
!!Mauthis
A senior representative of the mysterious banking house of Valint & Balk. Introduced in Literature/TheFirstLaw, he offers a "non-traditional" loan to Glokta to help the Union's defenses against the Gurkish invasion in return for unspecified vapors in the future.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He's the only Breaker leader who stays behind to protect his followers when the king's forces surround Valbeck. [[spoiler:His compassion ends up getting him tortured and executed by Superior Pike.]]
* OnlySaneMan: When compared to his fellow rebel leaders, Risinau and Judge. The former is a dreamer more concerned with the romantic ideals of the Great Change than he is with the practical details of it, like providing food and safety for their people. The latter is a psychopathic fanatic willing to let her own allies be caught in the crossfire if it means burning down the Union. Of the three, Malmer is the most grounded, the one who actually looks out for his people's best interests, and the only one who doesn't abandon the city before the king's forces arrive.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Malmer is the most moral of the Breaker leaders in Valbeck. All he wants is for common citizens to get fair wages for fair work and safe environments. He frequently tries to get his fellows to show mercy and he's the only leader who stays with Valbeck when the king's forces come to reclaim the city, even if it will probably result in his death.
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[[folder:Mauthis]]
!!Mauthis
A senior representative of the mysterious banking house of Valint & Balk. Introduced in Literature/TheFirstLaw, he offers a "non-traditional" loan to Glokta to help the Union's defenses against the Gurkish invasion in return for unspecified vapors in the future.
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!!!Broad Family
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!!Gunnar Broad
!!!POV: ''Literature/ALittleHatred'', ''Literature/TheTroubleWithPeace''
-->'''Liddy''': ''"It's a fine line, Gunnar, between helping people and hurting 'em. You're prone to wander all over it."''
A Union veteran returning home from the failed wars in Styria. He and his family are forced off their land after Gunnar's temper gets the better of him during an altercation with Lord Isher's hired thugs. Gunnar struggles to provide for his family while also battling his violent nature.
!!!Broad Family
[[folder:Gunnar*]]
!!Gunnar Broad
!!!POV: ''Literature/ALittleHatred'', ''Literature/TheTroubleWithPeace''
-->'''Liddy''': ''"It's a fine line, Gunnar, between helping people and hurting 'em. You're prone to wander all over it."''
A Union veteran returning home from the failed wars in Styria. He and his family are forced off their land after Gunnar's temper gets the better of him during an altercation with Lord Isher's hired thugs. Gunnar struggles to provide for his family while also battling his violent nature.
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!!!Broad Family
[[folder:Gunnar*]]
!!Gunnar Broad
!!!POV: ''Literature/ALittleHatred'', ''Literature/TheTroubleWithPeace''
-->'''Liddy''': ''"It's a fine line, Gunnar, between helping people and hurting 'em. You're prone to wander all over it."''
!!Lord Fedor dan Isher
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Isher has been seizing his land back from Union citizens by sending out thugs to either intimidate people into selling or kill them if they won't budge. Eventually he plots treason against the crown and [[spoiler:instigates a civil war to gain more power.]]
* BigBadWannabe: He may be the initial brains of the conspiracy against Orso and the Closed Council, but all Isher really brings to the table is two blowhard noblemen. [[spoiler:Isher is completely dependent upon Leo's soldiers to be a military threat, and, after Savine joins the conspiracy, she supplants him as the brains of the operation, turning it into a much more dangerous threat.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Isher plays both Orso and Leo like a fiddle during the Wetterlant Trial to get more power on the Open Council. [[spoiler:While Orso catches on, Leo doesn't, and Isher uses Leo's dissatisfaction with the Crown to get him to join a conspiracy against Orso.]]
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: His stated reasons for wanting to depose and replace the Closed Council is to weed out the corruption in the government and make the Union great again. In reality, Isher is just a power-hungry man who wants a spot on the Closed Council and a more malleable PuppetKing.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: [[spoiler:Isher manages to escape when his side loses the Battle of Stoffenbeck, leaving his coconspirators behind to face the King's justice.]]
* SmugSnake: Isher is clever enough to manipulate others into helping him, and careful enough that even Savine doesn't have any dirt on him, but he's still nowhere near the powerful threat he thinks he is.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: He ingratiates himself as a friend to Leo but only to manipulate him into causing a scandal at the Wetterlant Trial. [[spoiler:His masterplan is to use Leo to launch a coup against Orso and the Closed Council, and, once that fails, Isher leaves all of his allies behind to die while he makes his escape.]]
* VillainRespect: [[spoiler:Despite having a low opinion on women, he expresses respect towards Savine when her superior planning gives his conspiracy against the Crown a much better chance of success.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He's still a young man but his hair is already white, and his heart is already devoid of compassion.
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!!Citizens
!!!Broad Family
[[folder:Gunnar*]]
!!Gunnar Broad
!!!POV: ''Literature/ALittleHatred'', ''Literature/TheTroubleWithPeace''
-->'''Liddy''': ''"It's a fine line, Gunnar, between helping people and hurting 'em. You're prone to wander all over it."''
A Union veteran returning home from the failed wars in Styria. He and his family are forced off their land after Gunnar's temper gets the better of him during an altercation with Lord Isher's hired thugs. Gunnar struggles to provide for his family while also battling his violent nature.
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* BigBadWannabe: He may be the initial brains of the conspiracy against Orso and the Closed Council, but all Isher really brings to the table is two blowhard noblemen. [[spoiler:Isher is completely dependent upon Leo's soldiers to be a military threat, and, after Savine joins the conspiracy, she supplants him as the brains of the operation, turning it into a much more dangerous threat.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Isher plays both Orso and Leo like a fiddle during the Wetterlant Trial to get more power on the Open Council. [[spoiler:While Orso catches on, Leo doesn't, and Isher uses Leo's dissatisfaction with the Crown to get him to join a conspiracy against Orso.]]
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: His stated reasons for wanting to depose and replace the Closed Council is to weed out the corruption in the government and make the Union great again. In reality, Isher is just a power-hungry man who wants a spot on the Closed Council and a more malleable PuppetKing.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: [[spoiler:Isher manages to escape when his side loses the Battle of Stoffenbeck, leaving his coconspirators behind to face the King's justice.]]
* SmugSnake: Isher is clever enough to manipulate others into helping him, and careful enough that even Savine doesn't have any dirt on him, but he's still nowhere near the powerful threat he thinks he is.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: He ingratiates himself as a friend to Leo but only to manipulate him into causing a scandal at the Wetterlant Trial. [[spoiler:His masterplan is to use Leo to launch a coup against Orso and the Closed Council, and, once that fails, Isher leaves all of his allies behind to die while he makes his escape.]]
* VillainRespect: [[spoiler:Despite having a low opinion on women, he expresses respect towards Savine when her superior planning gives his conspiracy against the Crown a much better chance of success.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He's still a young man but his hair is already white, and his heart is already devoid of compassion.
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!!!Broad Family
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!!Gunnar Broad
!!!POV: ''Literature/ALittleHatred'', ''Literature/TheTroubleWithPeace''
-->'''Liddy''': ''"It's a fine line, Gunnar, between helping people and hurting 'em. You're prone to wander all over it."''
A Union veteran returning home from the failed wars in Styria. He and his family are forced off their land after Gunnar's temper gets the better of him during an altercation with Lord Isher's hired thugs. Gunnar struggles to provide for his family while also battling his violent nature.
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* TheTeetotaler: Gunnar has stayed sober since coming back home from Styria, knowing that drinking would just make his judgement even worse.
* UnknownRival: He becomes one to Lord Isher after his men force Gunnar and his family off their land.
* UnknownRival: He becomes one to Lord Isher after his men force Gunnar and his family off their land.
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!!Liddy Broad
The wife of Gunnar and mother of May. She's been keeping the family farm afloat while Gunnar was fighting in Styria.
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* DeterminedHomesteader: Due to increased industrialization, common land is being cordoned off for businesses and the local lord, Isher, is forcing people out to seize their property. Liddy has managed to keep the farm going despite the hardships and the threats of Isher's men, but her and her daughter's efforts end up being for naught when Gunnar immediately murders Isher's men for threatening his family, forcing them to flee as fugitives.
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!!Liddy Broad
The wife of Gunnar and mother of May. She's been keeping the family farm afloat while Gunnar was fighting in Styria.
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* DeterminedHomesteader: Due to increased industrialization, common land is being cordoned off for businesses and the local lord, Isher, is forcing people out to seize their property. Liddy has managed to keep the farm going despite the hardships and the threats of Isher's men, but her and her daughter's efforts end up being for naught when Gunnar immediately murders Isher's men for threatening his family, forcing them to flee as fugitives.
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* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Abused by her father since childhood - when she gets pregnant he beats her so badly she has a miscarriage - and then ignored by polite society, except for her brother, who's embarrassed by her.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Her father was an abusive alcoholic who beat his children so badly that West ran away, leaving Ardee alone to bare the full brunt of his abuse. When she got pregnant, her father beat her so badly that she miscarried, and when he died, not only was Ardee relieved, she celebrated by pissing on his grave.
* BrokenBird:[[spoiler:Abused Abused by her father since childhood - when she gets pregnant he beats her so badly she has a miscarriage - and then ignored by polite society, except for her brother, who's embarrassed by her.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After a steady diet of misery and abuse, ends up married to Glokta, ensuring no one will be able to harm her or her illegitimate child, or ever mock or ignore her again.]]
* LadyDrunk: Her male associates note how she spends most of her free time getting drunk.
* LadyDrunk: Her male associates note how she spends most of her free time getting drunk.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After After a steady diet of misery and abuse, ends up married to Glokta, ensuring no one will be able to harm her or her illegitimate child, or ever mock or ignore her again.]]
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* HappilyMarried: Glokta married her to prevent attempts on her life for baring King Jezal's bastard. Despite the strangeness of the circumstances leading up to it, Ardee seems more-or-less happy with the arrangement.
* LadyDrunk:Her male associates note how she Ardee spends most the vast majority of her free time getting drunk.
* HappilyMarried: Glokta married her to prevent attempts on her life for baring King Jezal's bastard. Despite the strangeness of the circumstances leading up to it, Ardee seems more-or-less happy with the arrangement.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:After Savine informs her that she plans on marrying Orso, Ardee is horrified that her lies resulted in Savine having incest with her half-brother, prompting her to reveal the whole truth.]]
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* DaddysGirl: Finree dearly loves her father, General Kroy, who raised her alone after her mother's death. [[spoiler:She even chews out ''Bayaz'' when she finds out her father's resigning because he went against Bayaz's wishes when he sued for peace.]]
* DamselOutOfDistress: She [[spoiler:negotiates her own release and that of a number of other prisoners from [[AxeCrazy Black Dow.]]]]
* DamselOutOfDistress: She [[spoiler:negotiates her own release and that of a number of other prisoners from [[AxeCrazy Black Dow.]]]]
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* DaddysGirl: Finree dearly loves her father, General Kroy, who raised her alone after her mother's death. [[spoiler:She She even chews out ''Bayaz'' when she finds out her father's resigning because he went against Bayaz's wishes when he sued for peace.]]
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* DamselOutOfDistress: She[[spoiler:negotiates negotiates her own release and that of a number of other prisoners from [[AxeCrazy Black Dow.]]]]]]
* DamselOutOfDistress: She
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* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: She ends up captured by Stranger-Come-Knocking who plainly states his intention to have her father "civilized" children for him. Luckily, she's saved at the last minute. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, her friend isn't so luckily.]]
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* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: She ends up captured by Stranger-Come-Knocking who plainly states his intention to have her father "civilized" children for him. Luckily, she's saved at the last minute. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Unfortunately, her friend isn't so luckily.]]
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* ObliviousToLove: She had no idea that Bremer dan Gorst was in love with her [[spoiler:until he told her to her face.]]
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* ObliviousToLove: She had no idea that Bremer dan Gorst was in love with her [[spoiler:until until he told her to her face.]]
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* SurvivorsGuilt: While she ends up escaping from Stranger-Come-Knocking's lecherous clutches, [[spoiler:Aliz dan Brint, remains his captive, and her ultimate fate is never revealed.]] When she gets back to camp, she suffers from a great deal of guilt for not being able to save her friend.
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* SurvivorsGuilt: While she ends up escaping from Stranger-Come-Knocking's lecherous clutches, [[spoiler:Aliz Aliz dan Brint, Brint remains his captive, and her ultimate fate is never revealed.]] revealed. When she Finree gets back to camp, she suffers from a great deal of guilt for not being able to save her friend.
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* TheChewToy: The universe apparently ''hates'' poor Carlot. She's constantly batted around by powerful figures, which ends repeatedly in her losing everything, and she deserves it far, far less than people who get away free with bigger crimes. [[spoiler: She's finally content and happy as of ''Red Country.'']]
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* TheChewToy: The universe apparently ''hates'' poor Carlot. She's constantly batted around by powerful figures, which ends repeatedly in her losing everything, and she deserves it far, far less than people who get away free with bigger crimes. [[spoiler: She's finally content and happy as of ''Red Country.'']]''
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* MissKitty: [[spoiler: In ''Red Country'', true to the book's Western theme.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:She ignores Glokta's earlier warning to flee the Union to return and warn him about the Gurkish making their way to Midderland with a secret fleet. As a result, Glokta ends up seizing her assets at the end of the story and forcing her to act as his spy in Styria.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:She ignores Glokta's earlier warning to flee the Union to return and warn him about the Gurkish making their way to Midderland with a secret fleet. As a result, Glokta ends up seizing her assets at the end of the story and forcing her to act as his spy in Styria.]]
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* MissKitty: [[spoiler: In ''Red Country'', true to the book's Western theme.]]
theme.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished:[[spoiler:She She ignores Glokta's earlier warning to flee the Union to return and warn him about the Gurkish making their way to Midderland with a secret fleet. As a result, Glokta ends up seizing her assets at the end of the story and forcing her to act as his spy in Styria.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished:
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Her role in the ruling council of Dagoska [[spoiler: and as the Mayor in ''Red Country''.]]
* TheRival: In ''Red Country'', [[spoiler:she's in a bitter fight with the crime boss, Papa Ring, for control of the town of Crease.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By the end of ''Best Served Cold'', she flees Styria after Shivers [[spoiler:fails to kill Monza to avoid Glokta's wrath. It's revealed in ''Red Country'' that she's made her way all the way to the town of Crease in Far Country.]]
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler: When she first appears, she tries to use her resources and wiles to save the population of Dagoska. With every appearance after that she compromises her principles further. In ''Red Country'', she breaks her word to let a duel decide which of them rules Crease, and instead launches a preemptive strike against Papa Ring's forces and businesses while the fight's still going on, causing a bloodbath in Crease.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending most of her screen time suffering undeservedly, [[spoiler:the end of ''Red Country'' has her as the unopposed Mayor of Crease which is starting to evolve thanks to industry. She's also gotten the Union out of her hair by convincing them she's aligned with the Old Empire.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Glokta exposes her as a traitor and later forces her to work for him as a spy in Styria, where she becomes [[TheEvilPrince Ario's]] mistress. In ''Best Seved Cold'', she's tortured and blackmailed into assisting Monza in Ario's assassination, forcing her to seek protection in the League of Eight in order to escape the wrath of both Glokta and Grand Duke Orso. Fortunately, things start to look a little brighter for her by the time of ''Red Country''.]]
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler: Though her name is never mentioned, it's pretty obvious that she's the Mayor of Crease in ''Red Country''.]]
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: [[spoiler:In ''Red Country'' she's become the Mayor of Crease and the power in town is split evenly between her and her rival, Papa Ring, until she bests him. Her authority is justified in this case since it's a plot point that Far Country is far away from most global powers, and Carlot's plan is to align with the Old Empire over the Union.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Before They Are Hanged'', [[spoiler:she turned traitor to the Union and made a deal to hand Dagoska over to the invading Gurkish Empire because she knew the city was doomed anyway and at least by cooperating she could ensure there wasn't any bloodshed.]]
* TheRival: In ''Red Country'', [[spoiler:she's in a bitter fight with the crime boss, Papa Ring, for control of the town of Crease.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By the end of ''Best Served Cold'', she flees Styria after Shivers [[spoiler:fails to kill Monza to avoid Glokta's wrath. It's revealed in ''Red Country'' that she's made her way all the way to the town of Crease in Far Country.]]
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler: When she first appears, she tries to use her resources and wiles to save the population of Dagoska. With every appearance after that she compromises her principles further. In ''Red Country'', she breaks her word to let a duel decide which of them rules Crease, and instead launches a preemptive strike against Papa Ring's forces and businesses while the fight's still going on, causing a bloodbath in Crease.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending most of her screen time suffering undeservedly, [[spoiler:the end of ''Red Country'' has her as the unopposed Mayor of Crease which is starting to evolve thanks to industry. She's also gotten the Union out of her hair by convincing them she's aligned with the Old Empire.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Glokta exposes her as a traitor and later forces her to work for him as a spy in Styria, where she becomes [[TheEvilPrince Ario's]] mistress. In ''Best Seved Cold'', she's tortured and blackmailed into assisting Monza in Ario's assassination, forcing her to seek protection in the League of Eight in order to escape the wrath of both Glokta and Grand Duke Orso. Fortunately, things start to look a little brighter for her by the time of ''Red Country''.]]
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler: Though her name is never mentioned, it's pretty obvious that she's the Mayor of Crease in ''Red Country''.]]
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: [[spoiler:In ''Red Country'' she's become the Mayor of Crease and the power in town is split evenly between her and her rival, Papa Ring, until she bests him. Her authority is justified in this case since it's a plot point that Far Country is far away from most global powers, and Carlot's plan is to align with the Old Empire over the Union.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Before They Are Hanged'', [[spoiler:she turned traitor to the Union and made a deal to hand Dagoska over to the invading Gurkish Empire because she knew the city was doomed anyway and at least by cooperating she could ensure there wasn't any bloodshed.]]
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Her role in the ruling council of Dagoska [[spoiler: and as the Mayor in ''Red Country''.]]
Country''.
* TheRival: In ''Red Country'',[[spoiler:she's she's in a bitter fight with the crime boss, Papa Ring, for control of the town of Crease.]]
Crease.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By the end of ''Best Served Cold'', she flees Styriaafter Shivers [[spoiler:fails to kill Monza to avoid Glokta's wrath. wrath after Shivers fails to kill Monza. It's revealed in ''Red Country'' that she's made her way all the way to the town of Crease in Far Country.]]
Country.
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil:[[spoiler: When she first appears, she tries to use her resources and wiles to save the population of Dagoska. With every appearance after that she compromises her principles further. In ''Red Country'', she breaks her word to let a duel decide which of them rules Crease, and instead launches a preemptive strike against Papa Ring's forces and businesses while the fight's still going on, causing a bloodbath in Crease.]]
Crease.
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending most of her screen time suffering undeservedly,[[spoiler:the the end of ''Red Country'' has her as the unopposed Mayor of Crease which is starting to evolve thanks to industry. She's also gotten the Union out of her hair by convincing them she's aligned with the Old Empire.]]
Empire.
* TraumaCongaLine:[[spoiler:Glokta Glokta exposes her as a traitor and later forces her to work for him as a spy in Styria, where she becomes [[TheEvilPrince Ario's]] mistress. In ''Best Seved Cold'', she's tortured and blackmailed into assisting Monza in Ario's assassination, forcing her to seek protection in the League of Eight in order to escape the wrath of both Glokta and Grand Duke Orso. Fortunately, things start to look a little brighter for her by the time of ''Red Country''.]]
Country''.
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter:[[spoiler: Though her name is never mentioned, it's pretty obvious that she's the Mayor of Crease in ''Red Country''.]]
Country''.
* UltimateAuthorityMayor:[[spoiler:In In ''Red Country'' she's become the Mayor of Crease and the power in town is split evenly between her and her rival, Papa Ring, until she bests him. Her authority is justified in this case since it's a plot point that Far Country is far away from most global powers, and Carlot's plan is to align with the Old Empire over the Union.]]
Union.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Before They Are Hanged'',[[spoiler:she she turned traitor to the Union and made a deal to hand Dagoska over to the invading Gurkish Empire because she knew the city was doomed anyway and at least by cooperating she could ensure there wasn't any bloodshed.]]
bloodshed.
* TheRival: In ''Red Country'',
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By the end of ''Best Served Cold'', she flees Styria
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil:
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending most of her screen time suffering undeservedly,
* TraumaCongaLine:
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter:
* UltimateAuthorityMayor:
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Before They Are Hanged'',
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* CharacterTics: He licks his thumb before turning pages in his ledger. [[spoiler:Moveer Moveer takes advantage of this to poison ''all'' the ledgers in Valint & Balk, killing Mauthis along with dozens more.]]
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* MorallyBankruptBanker: He's not above threatening Glokta when the latter starts asking uncomfortable questions. [[spoiler: It later turns out that Valint & Balk was created by Bayaz to control the Union and keep the war against the Gurkish going.]]
* MysteriousBacker: Lends Glokta a substantial amount of money during the siege of Dagoska, for initially unknown reasons. [[spoiler: He's ultimately revealed to work for Bayaz.]]
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* MorallyBankruptBanker: He's not above threatening Glokta when the latter starts asking uncomfortable questions. [[spoiler: It later turns out that Valint & Balk was created by Bayaz to control the Union and keep the war against the Gurkish going.]]
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* MysteriousBacker: Lends Glokta a substantial amount of money during the siege of Dagoska, for initially unknown reasons.[[spoiler: He's ultimately revealed to work for Bayaz.]]
* MysteriousBacker: Lends Glokta a substantial amount of money during the siege of Dagoska, for initially unknown reasons.
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler: Is He's killed along with dozens of other people after Morveer poisons every single ledger in the bank.]]
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!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
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* CharacterTics: He licks his thumb before turning pages in his ledger. [[spoiler:Moveer takes advantage of this to poison ''all'' the ledgers in Valint & Balk, killing Mauthis along with dozens more.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's calm and polite even when he makes veiled threats to Glokta.
* GuiltByAssociation: Monza's reasoning for targeting him is essentially "he was in the room when Benna was killed." Mauthis had no idea about Orso's plan to kill them, and while he didn't object it, he did seem confused by Orso's decision-making.
* LeanAndMean: Described as tall, gaunt and hollow-eyed.
* MorallyBankruptBanker: He's not above threatening Glokta when the latter starts asking uncomfortable questions. [[spoiler: It later turns out that Valint & Balk was created by Bayaz to control the Union and keep the war against the Gurkish going.]]
* MysteriousBacker: Lends Glokta a substantial amount of money during the siege of Dagoska, for initially unknown reasons. [[spoiler: He's ultimately revealed to work for Bayaz.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He's usually a very composed and stoic man, but when Mauthis warns Glokta about the type of people he's gotten involved with by accepting Valint & Balk's money, Glokta becomes afraid because the composed Mauthis is terrified.
* TheStoic: He's completely unfazed by Benna being murdered right in front of him.
* StraightEdgeEvil: Drinks no alcohol, in order to keep his mind on the job.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler: Is killed along with dozens of other people after Morveer poisons every single ledger in the bank.]]
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!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: He's calm and polite even when he makes veiled threats to Glokta.
* GuiltByAssociation: Monza's reasoning for targeting him is essentially "he was in the room when Benna was killed." Mauthis had no idea about Orso's plan to kill them, and while he didn't object it, he did seem confused by Orso's decision-making.
* LeanAndMean: Described as tall, gaunt and hollow-eyed.
* MorallyBankruptBanker: He's not above threatening Glokta when the latter starts asking uncomfortable questions. [[spoiler: It later turns out that Valint & Balk was created by Bayaz to control the Union and keep the war against the Gurkish going.]]
* MysteriousBacker: Lends Glokta a substantial amount of money during the siege of Dagoska, for initially unknown reasons. [[spoiler: He's ultimately revealed to work for Bayaz.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He's usually a very composed and stoic man, but when Mauthis warns Glokta about the type of people he's gotten involved with by accepting Valint & Balk's money, Glokta becomes afraid because the composed Mauthis is terrified.
* TheStoic: He's completely unfazed by Benna being murdered right in front of him.
* StraightEdgeEvil: Drinks no alcohol, in order to keep his mind on the job.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler: Is killed along with dozens of other people after Morveer poisons every single ledger in the bank.]]
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!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
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!!Zuri
-->''"Everyone looks better on their knees. It was my favorite thing about attending temple."''
A Gurkish refugee who acts as the peerless lady's companion to Savine dan Glokta.
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* AgentScully: When Savine's other maids express fear at the possibility of Zuri encountering Eaters while traveling South, Zuri dismisses them as fictional. This in spite of the fact that Eaters attacked Adua only thirty years ago and people are still alive who remember fighting against them.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: Zuri frequently cites priestly sayings in conversation, usually dryly acknowledging the hypocrisy involved each time.
* BigSisterInstinct: She travels alone to the chaotic war-torn South to save her brothers and bring them back to Adua.
* GirlFriday: Zuri is always by Savine's side as her peerless lady's companion, writing down everything that could benefit Savine's businesses and damage her rivals in the little book she keeps on her.
* OnlyFriend: She's the closest thing to a friend that Savine has, with Savine noting how sad it is that the one person she can say that about is the person who's companionship she pays for. Though Zuri herself acknowledges the power imbalance in their relationship yet genuinely views Savine as her friend anyway.
* TheReliableOne: Savine thinks of Zuri as her rock, and when Zuri departs for the South to help her brothers, Savine is worried what she'll do without Zuri by her side.
* SatelliteCharacter: Most of Zuri's characterization revolves around her relationship to Savine, with little else known about her or her past.
* ServileSnarker: While she's always impeccably polite about it, she's still willing to trade sarcasm with Savine.
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:When Savine decides to turn herself in following her failed coup, Zuri decides to go with her, in spite of the risk to her life posed by being labeled an accomplice to treason.]]
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!!Zuri
-->''"Everyone looks better on their knees. It was my favorite thing about attending temple."''
A Gurkish refugee who acts as the peerless lady's companion to Savine dan Glokta.
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* AgentScully: When Savine's other maids express fear at the possibility of Zuri encountering Eaters while traveling South, Zuri dismisses them as fictional. This in spite of the fact that Eaters attacked Adua only thirty years ago and people are still alive who remember fighting against them.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: Zuri frequently cites priestly sayings in conversation, usually dryly acknowledging the hypocrisy involved each time.
* BigSisterInstinct: She travels alone to the chaotic war-torn South to save her brothers and bring them back to Adua.
* GirlFriday: Zuri is always by Savine's side as her peerless lady's companion, writing down everything that could benefit Savine's businesses and damage her rivals in the little book she keeps on her.
* OnlyFriend: She's the closest thing to a friend that Savine has, with Savine noting how sad it is that the one person she can say that about is the person who's companionship she pays for. Though Zuri herself acknowledges the power imbalance in their relationship yet genuinely views Savine as her friend anyway.
* TheReliableOne: Savine thinks of Zuri as her rock, and when Zuri departs for the South to help her brothers, Savine is worried what she'll do without Zuri by her side.
* SatelliteCharacter: Most of Zuri's characterization revolves around her relationship to Savine, with little else known about her or her past.
* ServileSnarker: While she's always impeccably polite about it, she's still willing to trade sarcasm with Savine.
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:When Savine decides to turn herself in following her failed coup, Zuri decides to go with her, in spite of the risk to her life posed by being labeled an accomplice to treason.]]
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* ReturningVeteran: His first chapter in the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy has Gunnar finally returning home to his family after being off fighting in the Union's war with Styria.
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* ReturningVeteran: ReturningWarVet: His first chapter in the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy has Gunnar finally returning home to his family after being off fighting in the Union's war with Styria.
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* BattleButler: After entering Savine's employ, his cover is that of her coachman, but in actuality he works as a hired goon who dirties his hands so Savine's businesses run smoothly.
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* BattleButler: After entering Savine's employ, his cover is that of her coachman, but in actuality he works as a hired goon who dirties his hands so Savine's businesses continue to run smoothly.
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* BlindWithoutEm: Lord Marshall Mitterick gifted Gunner with lenses for saving his life, without which, Gunnar can't see more than a handspan in front of him before the world becomes a smudge.
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* BlindWithoutEm: Lord Marshall Mitterick gifted Gunner with gave Gunnar a pair lenses as a reward for saving his life, without which, life. Without them, Gunnar can't see more than a handspan in front of him before the world becomes a smudge.
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* FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow: Gunnar keeps making a promise to his family to stay out of trouble, yet frequently finds himself--whether through happenstance or deliberate action--facing situations where violence is his only option. His wife even lampshades it by telling him to not make promises he can't keep.
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* FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow: Gunnar keeps making a promise to promising his family to that he'll stay out of trouble, yet frequently finds himself--whether himself--sometimes through happenstance or deliberate action--facing and sometimes deliberately--facing situations where violence is his only option. His wife even lampshades it by telling him to not make promises he can't keep.
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* ReluctantPsycho: Gunnar knows that his temper and love of violence are genuinely wrong, and he works hard to put a stopper on them for the good of his family and out of a genuine sense of shame, but, more often than not, he's fighting a losing battle against his own nature.
* ReturningVet: His first chapter in the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy has Gunnar finally returning home to his family after being off fighting in the Union's war with Styria.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Gunnar was a Ladderman in Styria, meaning he was in one of the most dangerous positions, first up the ladders, over the walls, and into the fighting where it's thickest. The horrible things he did during the war have damaged him greatly, to the point where he isn't sure he'll ever be able to escape his violent tendencies.
* ReturningVet: His first chapter in the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy has Gunnar finally returning home to his family after being off fighting in the Union's war with Styria.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Gunnar was a Ladderman in Styria, meaning he was in one of the most dangerous positions, first up the ladders, over the walls, and into the fighting where it's thickest. The horrible things he did during the war have damaged him greatly, to the point where he isn't sure he'll ever be able to escape his violent tendencies.
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* ReluctantPsycho: Gunnar knows that his temper and love of violence are genuinely wrong, and he works hard to put a stopper on repress them for the good of his family and out of a genuine sense of shame, but, shame. Unfortunately, more often than not, he's fighting a losing battle against his own nature.
*ReturningVet: ReturningVeteran: His first chapter in the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy has Gunnar finally returning home to his family after being off fighting in the Union's war with Styria.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Gunnar was a Ladderman in Styria, meaning he was in one of the most dangerouspositions, positions as the first man up the ladders, over the walls, and into the fighting where it's thickest.thickest. He did it five times. The horrible things he did during the war have damaged him greatly, to the point where he isn't sure he'll ever be able to escape his violent tendencies.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Gunnar was a Ladderman in Styria, meaning he was in one of the most dangerous
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* TheBrute: Savine hires him to serve as her main muscle, and, despite his shame over it, he does love violence.
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* BlindWithoutEm: Lord Marshall Mitterick gifted Gunner with lenses for saving his life, without which, Gunnar can't see more than a handspan in front of him before the world becomes a smudge.
* TheBrute: Savine hires him to serve as her main muscle, and, despite his shame over it, he does loveviolence. violence.
* CallToAgriculture: Coming home from the failed war against Styria, Gunnar intended to live a peaceful life with his wife and daughter on the family farm. One violent altercation with a local lord's hired goons quickly forces the family to move out of fear of reprisal.
* FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow: Gunnar keeps making a promise to his family to stay out of trouble, yet frequently finds himself--whether through happenstance or deliberate action--facing situations where violence is his only option. His wife even lampshades it by telling him to not make promises he can't keep.
* HappilyMarried: Despite all the hardships they face, Gunnar and his wife, Liddy, genuinely love each other.
* PapaWolf: The first time Gunnar goes into a murderous blood-rage onscreen is when a man tries to intimidate him into selling his land by threatening to kill Gunnar's wife and daughter. Not only does Broad brutally kill him, he does the same thing to the man's two accomplices.
* PunchClockVillain: He's a loving husband and father who just wants to provide for his family. Unfortunately, after Valbeck, the best way for him to do so is by working as a hired goon for Savine dan Glokta.
* ReluctantPsycho: Gunnar knows that his temper and love of violence are genuinely wrong, and he works hard to put a stopper on them for the good of his family and out of a genuine sense of shame, but, more often than not, he's fighting a losing battle against his own nature.
* ReturningVet: His first chapter in the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy has Gunnar finally returning home to his family after being off fighting in the Union's war with Styria.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Gunnar was a Ladderman in Styria, meaning he was in one of the most dangerous positions, first up the ladders, over the walls, and into the fighting where it's thickest. The horrible things he did during the war have damaged him greatly, to the point where he isn't sure he'll ever be able to escape his violent tendencies.
* WouldHurtAChild: His first chapter in ''Literature/TheTroubleWithPeace'' has him threatening a worker's son to get him to call off a strike he planned. The man gives in before Gunnar gets to work, but Gunnar had every intention of following through on his threats.
* TheBrute: Savine hires him to serve as her main muscle, and, despite his shame over it, he does love
* CallToAgriculture: Coming home from the failed war against Styria, Gunnar intended to live a peaceful life with his wife and daughter on the family farm. One violent altercation with a local lord's hired goons quickly forces the family to move out of fear of reprisal.
* FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow: Gunnar keeps making a promise to his family to stay out of trouble, yet frequently finds himself--whether through happenstance or deliberate action--facing situations where violence is his only option. His wife even lampshades it by telling him to not make promises he can't keep.
* HappilyMarried: Despite all the hardships they face, Gunnar and his wife, Liddy, genuinely love each other.
* PapaWolf: The first time Gunnar goes into a murderous blood-rage onscreen is when a man tries to intimidate him into selling his land by threatening to kill Gunnar's wife and daughter. Not only does Broad brutally kill him, he does the same thing to the man's two accomplices.
* PunchClockVillain: He's a loving husband and father who just wants to provide for his family. Unfortunately, after Valbeck, the best way for him to do so is by working as a hired goon for Savine dan Glokta.
* ReluctantPsycho: Gunnar knows that his temper and love of violence are genuinely wrong, and he works hard to put a stopper on them for the good of his family and out of a genuine sense of shame, but, more often than not, he's fighting a losing battle against his own nature.
* ReturningVet: His first chapter in the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy has Gunnar finally returning home to his family after being off fighting in the Union's war with Styria.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Gunnar was a Ladderman in Styria, meaning he was in one of the most dangerous positions, first up the ladders, over the walls, and into the fighting where it's thickest. The horrible things he did during the war have damaged him greatly, to the point where he isn't sure he'll ever be able to escape his violent tendencies.
* WouldHurtAChild: His first chapter in ''Literature/TheTroubleWithPeace'' has him threatening a worker's son to get him to call off a strike he planned. The man gives in before Gunnar gets to work, but Gunnar had every intention of following through on his threats.
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[[folder:Gunnar*]]
!!Gunnar Broad
!!!POV: ''Literature/ALittleHatred'', ''Literature/TheTroubleWithPeace''
-->'''Liddy''': ''"It's a fine line, Gunnar, between helping people and hurting 'em. You're prone to wander all over it."''
A Union veteran returning home from the failed wars in Styria. He and his family are forced off their land after Gunnar's temper gets the better of him during an altercation with Lord Isher's hired thugs. Gunnar struggles to provide for his family while also battling his violent nature.
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* BattleButler: After entering Savine's employ, his cover is that of her coachman, but in actuality he works as a hired goon who dirties his hands so Savine's businesses run smoothly.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Gunnar comes across as a pretty nice guy under most circumstances, but he has a monstrous appetite for violence that he's willing to indulge in at a moment's notice.
* TheBrute: Savine hires him to serve as her main muscle, and, despite his shame over it, he does love violence.
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[[folder:Gunnar*]]
!!Gunnar Broad
!!!POV: ''Literature/ALittleHatred'', ''Literature/TheTroubleWithPeace''
-->'''Liddy''': ''"It's a fine line, Gunnar, between helping people and hurting 'em. You're prone to wander all over it."''
A Union veteran returning home from the failed wars in Styria. He and his family are forced off their land after Gunnar's temper gets the better of him during an altercation with Lord Isher's hired thugs. Gunnar struggles to provide for his family while also battling his violent nature.
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* BattleButler: After entering Savine's employ, his cover is that of her coachman, but in actuality he works as a hired goon who dirties his hands so Savine's businesses run smoothly.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Gunnar comes across as a pretty nice guy under most circumstances, but he has a monstrous appetite for violence that he's willing to indulge in at a moment's notice.
* TheBrute: Savine hires him to serve as her main muscle, and, despite his shame over it, he does love violence.
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* WalkingSpoiler: The Weaver's identity is a massive spoiler for the ''Age of Madness'' trilogy.
* MightMakesRight: When one of the prisoners she's put on trial demands what right she has to judge him, her response is that she has the authority of the fist, sharpened metal, and force, which she claims is the only real authority there is.
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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The Burners are so named because they're even more extreme than the already extreme Breakers, and Judge is their leader. She's more than happy to bring about the Great Change by burning their oppressors alive then digging through their ashes to grab her freedom.
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* PsychoSupporter: Judge is a total psychopath and she supports the Weaver mostly because he's willing to resort to insanely ruthless measures to bring about the Great Change.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The Burners are so named because they're even more extreme than the already extreme Breakers, and Judge is their leader. She's more than happy to bring about the Great Change by burning their oppressors alive then digging through their ashes to grab herfreedom.freedom, regardless if "collaborators" or innocents get caught in the blaze.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: She and the Burners hightail it out of Valbeck before Prince Orso's soldiers and the Inquisition arrive to take back the city. But not before starting a few more fires on her way out.
* SirSwearsALot: Practically every sentence out of her mouth is laden with curses.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The Burners are so named because they're even more extreme than the already extreme Breakers, and Judge is their leader. She's more than happy to bring about the Great Change by burning their oppressors alive then digging through their ashes to grab her
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: She and the Burners hightail it out of Valbeck before Prince Orso's soldiers and the Inquisition arrive to take back the city. But not before starting a few more fires on her way out.
* SirSwearsALot: Practically every sentence out of her mouth is laden with curses.
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!!!Other Citizens
[[folder:Longfoot]]
!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
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!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
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[[folder:Longfoot]]
!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
!!Judge
-->"Nothing ''was ever got with talk... That couldn't be got with fire."''
The psychotic leader of the Burners, the more fanatical offshoot of the Breakers.
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* AxeCrazy: Even her own allies know Judge is dangerously insane, with a love of violence and a desire to see the Union burn.
* BombThrowingAnarchists: The Burners, as their name implies, don't want to break the Union to bring about the Great Change, they want to bring it by burning the Union to the ground. She and her forces end up burning down vast swathes of Valbeck, heedless of the danger towards their Breaker allies.
* CoDragons: She and Superior Risinau serve as the Weaver's right and left hands.
* TheCorrupter: Judge isn't only mad herself, but she has a way of turning other people mad as well.
* EvilIsHammy: She's more than a touch theatrical while riling her followers up in her speeches.
* FieryRedhead: Judge is passionate and a total psychopath with a mass of flame-red hair.
* HangingJudge: In addition to being named "Judge," during the uprising at Valbeck, she takes over the courthouse and runs mock trials against her wealthy prisoners, having the jury box filled with prostitutes who declare the defendants guilty before Judge is done stating their name and an imprisoned, naked defense attorney who's only purpose is to agree their client is guilty and offer no defense at all. Judge ends up hanging her prisoners by the dozen.
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: She immediately takes a shine to Gunnar Broad after he knocks one of her bailiffs through the witness box. She continues to show tangible appreciation for the violence he's capable of while flirting with him and offering him a spot by her side.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her real name is unknown. She gained the name "Judge" because it was her job to settle disputes among the whores down by Keln's docks, judging who had the right of it. She claims that she can judge someone's character with one look, better than they can judge themselves.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The Burners are so named because they're even more extreme than the already extreme Breakers, and Judge is their leader. She's more than happy to bring about the Great Change by burning their oppressors alive then digging through their ashes to grab her freedom.
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[[folder:Longfoot]]
!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
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* BombThrowingAnarchists: The Burners, as their name implies, don't want to break the Union to bring about the Great Change, they want to bring it by burning the Union to the ground. She and her forces end up burning down vast swathes of Valbeck, heedless of the danger towards their Breaker allies.
* CoDragons: She and Superior Risinau serve as the Weaver's right and left hands.
* TheCorrupter: Judge isn't only mad herself, but she has a way of turning other people mad as well.
* EvilIsHammy: She's more than a touch theatrical while riling her followers up in her speeches.
* FieryRedhead: Judge is passionate and a total psychopath with a mass of flame-red hair.
* HangingJudge: In addition to being named "Judge," during the uprising at Valbeck, she takes over the courthouse and runs mock trials against her wealthy prisoners, having the jury box filled with prostitutes who declare the defendants guilty before Judge is done stating their name and an imprisoned, naked defense attorney who's only purpose is to agree their client is guilty and offer no defense at all. Judge ends up hanging her prisoners by the dozen.
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: She immediately takes a shine to Gunnar Broad after he knocks one of her bailiffs through the witness box. She continues to show tangible appreciation for the violence he's capable of while flirting with him and offering him a spot by her side.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her real name is unknown. She gained the name "Judge" because it was her job to settle disputes among the whores down by Keln's docks, judging who had the right of it. She claims that she can judge someone's character with one look, better than they can judge themselves.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The Burners are so named because they're even more extreme than the already extreme Breakers, and Judge is their leader. She's more than happy to bring about the Great Change by burning their oppressors alive then digging through their ashes to grab her freedom.
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[[folder:Longfoot]]
!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
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* BigBadEnsemble: "Bad" in this series is always debatable, but he's the main threat of the Breakers and Burners storyline, while competing with Stour Nightfall in the Northern storylines, and Bayaz as the GreaterScopeVillain of the series. [[spoiler:By the end of ''Literature/TheTroubleWithPeace'', Stour has become Rikke's prisoner while the Weaver's forces are more of a threat than ever.]]
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:In his civilian identity of Superior Pike, he organizes a revolution against the Union while working as the right-hand of the Inquisition, one of the Union's most powerful institutions. Throughout the ''Age of Madness'', he instigates the uprising in Valbeck, then hangs two hundred of his own supporters knowing Prince Orso will be blamed and further turn the Union's citizens against the Crown, then uses the chaos of Orso's war against Leo and Savine as a distraction to stage his own massive uprising across the Union while simultaneously depleting his enemies' numbers.]]
* CommonalityConnection: [[spoiler:Both he and Vick were prisoners in Angland's brutal penal colonies yet willingly joined the very Inquisition that sent them there, if nothing else but for the chance to finally be the ones with their boots on someone else's necks. It's one of the reasons he ends up offering her a job.]]
* HazyFeelTurn: The morality in ''The First Law'' series has always been sketchy, with there being less "good" and "evil" than moral grayness. [[spoiler:The Weaver goes from the second-in-command of the Union's Inquisition to the head of a rebel organization willing to go to any extremes to bring the Union down.]]
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:In his civilian identity of Superior Pike, he organizes a revolution against the Union while working as the right-hand of the Inquisition, one of the Union's most powerful institutions. Throughout the ''Age of Madness'', he instigates the uprising in Valbeck, then hangs two hundred of his own supporters knowing Prince Orso will be blamed and further turn the Union's citizens against the Crown, then uses the chaos of Orso's war against Leo and Savine as a distraction to stage his own massive uprising across the Union while simultaneously depleting his enemies' numbers.]]
* CommonalityConnection: [[spoiler:Both he and Vick were prisoners in Angland's brutal penal colonies yet willingly joined the very Inquisition that sent them there, if nothing else but for the chance to finally be the ones with their boots on someone else's necks. It's one of the reasons he ends up offering her a job.]]
* HazyFeelTurn: The morality in ''The First Law'' series has always been sketchy, with there being less "good" and "evil" than moral grayness. [[spoiler:The Weaver goes from the second-in-command of the Union's Inquisition to the head of a rebel organization willing to go to any extremes to bring the Union down.]]
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* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:He's able to play ''everyone'' against each other in his civilian identity, tricking fellow [[TheChessmaster Chessmasters]] while keeping his real loyalties and motives hidden. He even successfully plays MasterActor and ConsummateLiar, Vick dan Teufel.]]
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* RebelLeader: He's the leader of both the Breakers and their more extreme offshoot, the Burners, with his goal being to tear down the corrupt leaders of the Union.
* TheUnfettered: Despite his affability and well-intentions, the Weaver is utterly ruthless in bringing about his Great Change, to the point where [[spoiler:he's willing to hang two hundred of his own supporters to further the cause]].
* TheUnfettered: Despite his affability and well-intentions, the Weaver is utterly ruthless in bringing about his Great Change, to the point where [[spoiler:he's willing to hang two hundred of his own supporters to further the cause]].
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Weavers means may be horrifying but his goals are well-intentioned. He knows exactly how corrupt the Union is and he wants to overthrow its government so that the poor and downtrodden will no longer be oppressed.
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!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
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[[folder:The Weaver]]
!!The Weaver
The mysterious leader of the Breakers and the Burners. His goal is to bring about the "Great Change," which will "break" the rotten core of the Union, and bring in a new era where the poor and downtrodden are no longer crushed under the boots of the rich and powerful.
For more information see: [[spoiler:[[Characters/TheFirstLawUnionInquisition Superior Pike]]]]
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* AffablyEvil: He wants to bring about a Great Change to improve the lives of the Union's oppressed citizens and, once his identity is revealed, he shows himself to be well-mannered, calling his followers "his children," and even offers [[spoiler:Vick]] a job despite their skepticism. [[spoiler:It's a stark contrast to the emotionless and terrifying torturer he acted like as Superior Pike.]]
* BadBoss: [[spoiler:He hangs two hundred of his own followers who rose up in Valbeck to bring about his Great Change. Vick, who was already unnerved by what Superior Pike is willing to do to his enemies, is even more terrified of what he's willing to do to his own allies.]]
* LegacyCharacter: He allows others such as Superior Risinau to use the name "the Weaver" to spread his ideals.
* MoleInCharge: [[spoiler:After Glokta retires as Arch Lector, he appoints Pike his successor, meaning the revolutionary who wants to tear down the Union is now in command of the Inquisition, one of its most powerful institutions.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: He offers [[spoiler:Victarine dan Teufel in the final chapter of ''Literature/TheTroubleWithPeace'' the chance to join him, partly due to their similar backgrounds, partly because he wants a skeptic to balance out his more fanatical followers. She accepts, if only because she's in the midst of an army of his followers at the moment]].
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!!!Other Citizens
[[folder:Longfoot]]
!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
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* BadBoss: [[spoiler:He hangs two hundred of his own followers who rose up in Valbeck to bring about his Great Change. Vick, who was already unnerved by what Superior Pike is willing to do to his enemies, is even more terrified of what he's willing to do to his own allies.]]
* LegacyCharacter: He allows others such as Superior Risinau to use the name "the Weaver" to spread his ideals.
* MoleInCharge: [[spoiler:After Glokta retires as Arch Lector, he appoints Pike his successor, meaning the revolutionary who wants to tear down the Union is now in command of the Inquisition, one of its most powerful institutions.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: He offers [[spoiler:Victarine dan Teufel in the final chapter of ''Literature/TheTroubleWithPeace'' the chance to join him, partly due to their similar backgrounds, partly because he wants a skeptic to balance out his more fanatical followers. She accepts, if only because she's in the midst of an army of his followers at the moment]].
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[[folder:Longfoot]]
!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
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* BreakTheHaughty: She starts off as a very haughty and powerful noblewoman used to playing every person to her advantage, but once she's caught in the uprising at Valbeck, she develops PTSD and her once ironclad social status becomes shaky, along with her decision making. [[spoiler:Her desire to never be hurt again spurs her to help engineer a civil war so she can become queen, an experience which only serves to break her again when her side loses and she's forced to be for mercy from Orso just to survive.]]
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* BreakTheHaughty: She starts off as a very haughty and powerful noblewoman used to playing every person to her advantage, but once she's caught in the uprising at Valbeck, she develops PTSD and her once ironclad social status becomes shaky, along with her decision making. [[spoiler:Her desire to never be hurt again spurs her to help engineer a civil war so she can become queen, an experience which only serves to break her again when her side loses and she's forced to be beg for mercy from Orso just to survive.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The full weight of her actions really comes to hit her after [[spoiler:her war against Orso fails, causing her to realize she caused, all the death and suffering for so many, only served to make her lose everything.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The full weight of her actions really comes to hit her after [[spoiler:her war against Orso fails, causing her to realize she caused, all the death and suffering she caused for so many, only served to make her lose everything.]]
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!!Sand dan Glokta
-->See [[Characters/TheFirstLawUnionInquisition Union Inquisition]]
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!!Sand dan Glokta
-->See [[Characters/TheFirstLawUnionInquisition Union Inquisition]]
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!!Ardee dan Glokta née West
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!!Ardee dan Glokta née West
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!!!Other Nobles
[[folder:Carlot dan Eider]]
!!Carlot dan Eider
A merchant, head of the Guild of Spicers.
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!!Carlot dan Eider
A merchant, head of the Guild of Spicers.
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[[folder:Carlot
!!Leonault "Leo" dan
!!Carlot
-->''"Wars may be won by the clever, but battles have to be fought by the brave."''
Leo dan
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* AFatherToHisMen: One of Leo's virtues is how much he cares about the men under his command, even surrounding himself with a group of them who act as his TrueCompanions.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Despite reacting with disgust to even ''jokes'' about homosexuality, there are many hints that Leo isn't as straight as he thinks. Despite having two female love interests, his POV reveals that it's usually hard for women to excite him like they do his friends. Meanwhile, he waxes eloquent about the physical attractiveness of the men he surrounds himself with and has a few romantically charged moments with his best friend, Jurand, which leaves Leo always reacting with puzzlement towards what he's feeling.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:During the Battle of Stoffenbeck, Leo falls into Orso's trap and is fired upon by canons. He survives, but his left leg is so ruined it has to be amputated.]]
* ArmouredClosetGay: It's strongly implied that Leo's extreme anger and disgust at the mere mention of homosexuality is due to him being confused about his own sexuality. At the same time that he outwardly decries gays as perverts, his internal reactions show him feeling flustered about the thought of men romantically involved and unable to understand why.
*BloodKnight: Leo feels most alive while fighting on the battlefield, much preferring settling matters through force of arms than through long-term strategy. It's a little disturbing to see somehow usually so good-natured capable of inflicting such brutality during a fight and having no conflicted feelings about it whatsoever.
*BoomerangBigot: Leo acts virulently homophobic while simultaneously showing multiple signs of attraction to men.
*CareerEndingInjury: He sustains a wound on his right leg from his duel with Stour Nightfall. While the rest of his injuries heal, his leg doesn't. It causes him constant pain to the point where stairs become a challenge for him, let alone dueling at the level he could before. A physician tells him it may never heal. [[spoiler:And then, the Battle of Stoffenbeck results in him completely losing his left leg, meaning his bad leg is now his only leg.]]
*CasualKink: He discovers he enjoys being verbally and physically smacked around by his lovers and neither he nor [[spoiler:his wife Savine]] see it as anything but fun.
*ChildhoodFriendRomance: He becomes romantically involved with Rikke who was his childhood friend while he fostered with her father in Uffrith. There is also a lot of romantic subtext between Leo and his best friend Jurand, who grew up together.
*DefeatMeansFriendship: After hearing stories of people like Logen Ninefingers befriending those they bested in combat, [[spoiler:Leo spares Stour Nightfall's life in the Circle and offers a hand of friendship to end the war between the North and the Protectorate. Unfortunately, RealityEnsues. While Stour ceases active warfare, he only does so to play for time since Leo's position is stronger now. Stour still plans on seizing the Protectorate eventually, and when Leo approaches him for an alliance in another war, Stour has no intention of helping him without getting anything in return.]]
*FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:When he's about to be hanged for treason, Leo opts to go out with as much dignity as he can. It's only after Orso pardons him at the last minute that Leo breaks down crying.]]
*FishOutOfWater: Leo is most at home fighting on the frontlines, not engaging in politics. He's hopelessly out of his element dealing with his fellow noblemen in Adua, and much prefers the directness and customs of the North.
*FrontlineGeneral: Leo prefers to be where the action is thickest during battle, in particular acting as the point of the spear during a charge.
*GlorySeeker: Leo has gained tremendous renown as the Young Lion but always seeks to expand his legend in battle. Frequently it means he doesn't put thought into the consequences of his actions until after the fact.
*HotBlooded: One of the signs of Leo's immaturity is that he lets himself be swayed by whatever intense emotion possesses him at the moment. While his passion inspires his soldiers, others use it to manipulate him for their own ends, knowing that Leo won't actually stop and think about the consequences of his actions.
*IgnoredEpiphany: More than once Leo will recognize the wisdom of his mother's advice or realize that his acting without thinking resulted in disaster, but each time it looks like the revelation will inspire him to turn over a new leaf, he falls back into the same old glory-seeking, battle-loving habits that caused him trouble in the first place.
*LastMinuteReprieve: [[spoiler:A second before Leo is to be hanged for treason, Orso stops the execution and commutes his sentence to life imprisonment instead.]]
*LeeroyJenkins: Due to his battle-loving and glory-seeking tendencies, Leo has a habit of acting in the heat of the moment, not thinking through the practical or strategic benefits of his actions. In his first chapter alone an unnecessary battle he instigates costs the life of one of his TrueCompanions.
*MommyIssues: He has a complicated relationship with his mother, Finree. They butt heads multiple times over Leo's direct approach instead of Finree's strategic planning, but at the same time Leo desperately wants her approval.
*ObliviousToLove: It's strongly implied that his best friend Jurand has romantic feelings for him, but all of the hints go straight over Leo's head. At the same time, Leo also doesn't seem self-aware enough to realize his own feelings towards Jurand could be considered romantic.
*PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Despite being one of the more "heroic"--or, at least, well-intentioned--protagonists, Leo's incredibly homophobic, to the point of [[spoiler:sending away two of his TrueCompanions, including his best friend, after discovering they're gay]]. He's also racist towards non-whites and openly voices his displeasure at seeing so many dark skinned people in Adua, which Orso and Savine are quick to call him on.
*TheRedBaron: His exploits on the battlefield earned him the name "the Young Lion" among his troops, a name which becomes beloved among the citizens of the Union.
*SoldierVsWarrior: Leo falls firmly on the warrior side of the equation, always preferring to fight rather than wait or plan... or pay attention to important details. Having grown up on the Dogman's stories of famous Northmen who earned glory in battle, Leo seeks to emulate his boyhood heroes.
*UnwittingPawn: Leo is popular among Union citizens and brave, but also short-sighted, hot-blooded, naïve, vain and gullible. In short, the perfect puppet. [[spoiler:Leo becomes the figurehead for the planned coup against Orso, which is first organized by Lord Isher then co-opted by Savine who wants to seize the opportunity to become queen and make Leo their PuppetKing.]]
*WellDoneSonGuy: Leo may disagree with his mother, but he also desperately yearns for her approval.
*WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Leo genuinely believes his rebellion will save the Union by expunging the corrupt Closed Council and replacing them with good, honest patriots. He didn't intend to cause a civil war or even kill Orso, only "liberate him" from his advisors, and he had no idea his coconspirators plotted to kill him to put Leo in his place.]]
*WrongGenreSavvy: He thinks he's the hero of a storybook. Instead he's an IdiotHero in a CrapsackWorld whose attempts to fix things only makes things worse.
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!!!Other Nobles
[[folder:Carlot dan Eider]]
!!Carlot dan Eider
A merchant, head of the Guild of Spicers.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Despite reacting with disgust to even ''jokes'' about homosexuality, there are many hints that Leo isn't as straight as he thinks. Despite having two female love interests, his POV reveals that it's usually hard for women to excite him like they do his friends. Meanwhile, he waxes eloquent about the physical attractiveness of the men he surrounds himself with and has a few romantically charged moments with his best friend, Jurand, which leaves Leo always reacting with puzzlement towards what he's feeling.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:During the Battle of Stoffenbeck, Leo falls into Orso's trap and is fired upon by canons. He survives, but his left leg is so ruined it has to be amputated.]]
* ArmouredClosetGay: It's strongly implied that Leo's extreme anger and disgust at the mere mention of homosexuality is due to him being confused about his own sexuality. At the same time that he outwardly decries gays as perverts, his internal reactions show him feeling flustered about the thought of men romantically involved and unable to understand why.
*BloodKnight: Leo feels most alive while fighting on the battlefield, much preferring settling matters through force of arms than through long-term strategy. It's a little disturbing to see somehow usually so good-natured capable of inflicting such brutality during a fight and having no conflicted feelings about it whatsoever.
*BoomerangBigot: Leo acts virulently homophobic while simultaneously showing multiple signs of attraction to men.
*CareerEndingInjury: He sustains a wound on his right leg from his duel with Stour Nightfall. While the rest of his injuries heal, his leg doesn't. It causes him constant pain to the point where stairs become a challenge for him, let alone dueling at the level he could before. A physician tells him it may never heal. [[spoiler:And then, the Battle of Stoffenbeck results in him completely losing his left leg, meaning his bad leg is now his only leg.]]
*CasualKink: He discovers he enjoys being verbally and physically smacked around by his lovers and neither he nor [[spoiler:his wife Savine]] see it as anything but fun.
*ChildhoodFriendRomance: He becomes romantically involved with Rikke who was his childhood friend while he fostered with her father in Uffrith. There is also a lot of romantic subtext between Leo and his best friend Jurand, who grew up together.
*DefeatMeansFriendship: After hearing stories of people like Logen Ninefingers befriending those they bested in combat, [[spoiler:Leo spares Stour Nightfall's life in the Circle and offers a hand of friendship to end the war between the North and the Protectorate. Unfortunately, RealityEnsues. While Stour ceases active warfare, he only does so to play for time since Leo's position is stronger now. Stour still plans on seizing the Protectorate eventually, and when Leo approaches him for an alliance in another war, Stour has no intention of helping him without getting anything in return.]]
*FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:When he's about to be hanged for treason, Leo opts to go out with as much dignity as he can. It's only after Orso pardons him at the last minute that Leo breaks down crying.]]
*FishOutOfWater: Leo is most at home fighting on the frontlines, not engaging in politics. He's hopelessly out of his element dealing with his fellow noblemen in Adua, and much prefers the directness and customs of the North.
*FrontlineGeneral: Leo prefers to be where the action is thickest during battle, in particular acting as the point of the spear during a charge.
*GlorySeeker: Leo has gained tremendous renown as the Young Lion but always seeks to expand his legend in battle. Frequently it means he doesn't put thought into the consequences of his actions until after the fact.
*HotBlooded: One of the signs of Leo's immaturity is that he lets himself be swayed by whatever intense emotion possesses him at the moment. While his passion inspires his soldiers, others use it to manipulate him for their own ends, knowing that Leo won't actually stop and think about the consequences of his actions.
*IgnoredEpiphany: More than once Leo will recognize the wisdom of his mother's advice or realize that his acting without thinking resulted in disaster, but each time it looks like the revelation will inspire him to turn over a new leaf, he falls back into the same old glory-seeking, battle-loving habits that caused him trouble in the first place.
*LastMinuteReprieve: [[spoiler:A second before Leo is to be hanged for treason, Orso stops the execution and commutes his sentence to life imprisonment instead.]]
*LeeroyJenkins: Due to his battle-loving and glory-seeking tendencies, Leo has a habit of acting in the heat of the moment, not thinking through the practical or strategic benefits of his actions. In his first chapter alone an unnecessary battle he instigates costs the life of one of his TrueCompanions.
*MommyIssues: He has a complicated relationship with his mother, Finree. They butt heads multiple times over Leo's direct approach instead of Finree's strategic planning, but at the same time Leo desperately wants her approval.
*ObliviousToLove: It's strongly implied that his best friend Jurand has romantic feelings for him, but all of the hints go straight over Leo's head. At the same time, Leo also doesn't seem self-aware enough to realize his own feelings towards Jurand could be considered romantic.
*PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Despite being one of the more "heroic"--or, at least, well-intentioned--protagonists, Leo's incredibly homophobic, to the point of [[spoiler:sending away two of his TrueCompanions, including his best friend, after discovering they're gay]]. He's also racist towards non-whites and openly voices his displeasure at seeing so many dark skinned people in Adua, which Orso and Savine are quick to call him on.
*TheRedBaron: His exploits on the battlefield earned him the name "the Young Lion" among his troops, a name which becomes beloved among the citizens of the Union.
*SoldierVsWarrior: Leo falls firmly on the warrior side of the equation, always preferring to fight rather than wait or plan... or pay attention to important details. Having grown up on the Dogman's stories of famous Northmen who earned glory in battle, Leo seeks to emulate his boyhood heroes.
*UnwittingPawn: Leo is popular among Union citizens and brave, but also short-sighted, hot-blooded, naïve, vain and gullible. In short, the perfect puppet. [[spoiler:Leo becomes the figurehead for the planned coup against Orso, which is first organized by Lord Isher then co-opted by Savine who wants to seize the opportunity to become queen and make Leo their PuppetKing.]]
*WellDoneSonGuy: Leo may disagree with his mother, but he also desperately yearns for her approval.
*WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Leo genuinely believes his rebellion will save the Union by expunging the corrupt Closed Council and replacing them with good, honest patriots. He didn't intend to cause a civil war or even kill Orso, only "liberate him" from his advisors, and he had no idea his coconspirators plotted to kill him to put Leo in his place.]]
*WrongGenreSavvy: He thinks he's the hero of a storybook. Instead he's an IdiotHero in a CrapsackWorld whose attempts to fix things only makes things worse.
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[[folder:Carlot dan Eider]]
!!Carlot dan Eider
A merchant, head of the Guild of Spicers.
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[[folder:Carlot dan Eider]]
!!Carlot dan Eider
A merchant, head of the Guild of Spicers.
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!!Carlot dan Eider
A merchant, head of the Guild of Spicers.
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[[folder:Finree]]
!! Finree dan
!!Carlot
A Union noblewoman with ambitious plans. She married Harod dan
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* TheCharmer: Dipping into FemmeFatale when necessary.
* TheChewToy: The universe apparently ''hates'' poor Carlot. She's constantly batted around by powerful figures, which ends repeatedly in her losing everything, and she deserves it far, far less than people who get away free with bigger crimes. [[spoiler: She's finally content and happy as of ''Red Country.'']]
* DeterminedWidow: Married a far older man to pay off her father's debt, and gradually took over his responsibilities in the Guild of Spicers as his health declined. After his death, she effectively inherited his title as a Magister.
* ManipulativeBitch: Although for pretty altruistic reasons.
* MayDecemberRomance: When she was twenty-two, she was compelled to marry a sixty-year-old man to repay her father's debt.
* MissKitty: [[spoiler: In ''Red Country'', true to the book's Western theme.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:She ignores Glokta's earlier warning to flee the Union to return and warn him about the Gurkish making their way to Midderland with a secret fleet. As a result, Glokta ends up seizing her assets at the end of the story and forcing her to act as his spy in Styria.]]
* NonIdleRich: Does everything in her power to support Glokta in his defense of Dagoska.
* PetTheDog: As part of the ruling council of Dagoska she tries to restrain the Union's worst abuses towards the natives.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Her role in the ruling council of Dagoska [[spoiler: and as the Mayor in ''Red Country''.]]
* TheRival: In ''Red Country'', [[spoiler:she's in a bitter fight with the crime boss, Papa Ring, for control of the town of Crease.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By the end of ''Best Served Cold'', she flees Styria after Shivers [[spoiler:fails to kill Monza to avoid Glokta's wrath. It's revealed in ''Red Country'' that she's made her way all the way to the town of Crease in Far Country.]]
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler: When she first appears, she tries to use her resources and wiles to save the population of Dagoska. With every appearance after that she compromises her principles further. In ''Red Country'', she breaks her word to let a duel decide which of them rules Crease, and instead launches a preemptive strike against Papa Ring's forces and businesses while the fight's still going on, causing a bloodbath in Crease.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending most of her screen time suffering undeservedly, [[spoiler:the end of ''Red Country'' has her as the unopposed Mayor of Crease which is starting to evolve thanks to industry. She's also gotten the Union out of her hair by convincing them she's aligned with the Old Empire.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Glokta exposes her as a traitor and later forces her to work for him as a spy in Styria, where she becomes [[TheEvilPrince Ario's]] mistress. In ''Best Seved Cold'', she's tortured and blackmailed into assisting Monza in Ario's assassination, forcing her to seek protection in the League of Eight in order to escape the wrath of both Glokta and Grand Duke Orso. Fortunately, things start to look a little brighter for her by the time of ''Red Country''.]]
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler: Though her name is never mentioned, it's pretty obvious that she's the Mayor of Crease in ''Red Country''.]]
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: [[spoiler:In ''Red Country'' she's become the Mayor of Crease and the power in town is split evenly between her and her rival, Papa Ring, until she bests him. Her authority is justified in this case since it's a plot point that Far Country is far away from most global powers, and Carlot's plan is to align with the Old Empire over the Union.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Before They Are Hanged'', [[spoiler:she turned traitor to the Union and made a deal to hand Dagoska over to the invading Gurkish Empire because she knew the city was doomed anyway and at least by cooperating she could ensure there wasn't any bloodshed.]]
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[[folder:Finree dan Brock]]
!! Finree dan Brock
A Union noblewoman with ambitious plans.
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* TheChewToy: The universe apparently ''hates'' poor Carlot. She's constantly batted around by powerful figures, which ends repeatedly in her losing everything, and she deserves it far, far less than people who get away free with bigger crimes. [[spoiler: She's finally content and happy as of ''Red Country.'']]
* DeterminedWidow: Married a far older man to pay off her father's debt, and gradually took over his responsibilities in the Guild of Spicers as his health declined. After his death, she effectively inherited his title as a Magister.
* ManipulativeBitch: Although for pretty altruistic reasons.
* MayDecemberRomance: When she was twenty-two, she was compelled to marry a sixty-year-old man to repay her father's debt.
* MissKitty: [[spoiler: In ''Red Country'', true to the book's Western theme.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:She ignores Glokta's earlier warning to flee the Union to return and warn him about the Gurkish making their way to Midderland with a secret fleet. As a result, Glokta ends up seizing her assets at the end of the story and forcing her to act as his spy in Styria.]]
* NonIdleRich: Does everything in her power to support Glokta in his defense of Dagoska.
* PetTheDog: As part of the ruling council of Dagoska she tries to restrain the Union's worst abuses towards the natives.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Her role in the ruling council of Dagoska [[spoiler: and as the Mayor in ''Red Country''.]]
* TheRival: In ''Red Country'', [[spoiler:she's in a bitter fight with the crime boss, Papa Ring, for control of the town of Crease.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By the end of ''Best Served Cold'', she flees Styria after Shivers [[spoiler:fails to kill Monza to avoid Glokta's wrath. It's revealed in ''Red Country'' that she's made her way all the way to the town of Crease in Far Country.]]
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler: When she first appears, she tries to use her resources and wiles to save the population of Dagoska. With every appearance after that she compromises her principles further. In ''Red Country'', she breaks her word to let a duel decide which of them rules Crease, and instead launches a preemptive strike against Papa Ring's forces and businesses while the fight's still going on, causing a bloodbath in Crease.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending most of her screen time suffering undeservedly, [[spoiler:the end of ''Red Country'' has her as the unopposed Mayor of Crease which is starting to evolve thanks to industry. She's also gotten the Union out of her hair by convincing them she's aligned with the Old Empire.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Glokta exposes her as a traitor and later forces her to work for him as a spy in Styria, where she becomes [[TheEvilPrince Ario's]] mistress. In ''Best Seved Cold'', she's tortured and blackmailed into assisting Monza in Ario's assassination, forcing her to seek protection in the League of Eight in order to escape the wrath of both Glokta and Grand Duke Orso. Fortunately, things start to look a little brighter for her by the time of ''Red Country''.]]
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler: Though her name is never mentioned, it's pretty obvious that she's the Mayor of Crease in ''Red Country''.]]
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: [[spoiler:In ''Red Country'' she's become the Mayor of Crease and the power in town is split evenly between her and her rival, Papa Ring, until she bests him. Her authority is justified in this case since it's a plot point that Far Country is far away from most global powers, and Carlot's plan is to align with the Old Empire over the Union.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Before They Are Hanged'', [[spoiler:she turned traitor to the Union and made a deal to hand Dagoska over to the invading Gurkish Empire because she knew the city was doomed anyway and at least by cooperating she could ensure there wasn't any bloodshed.]]
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!! Finree dan Brock
A Union noblewoman with ambitious plans.
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[[folder:Longfoot]]
!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
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!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
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!!Brother Longfoot
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!!Carlot dan Eider
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* TheCharmer: Dipping into FemmeFatale when necessary.
* TheChewToy: The universe apparently ''hates'' poor Carlot. She's constantly batted around by powerful figures, which ends repeatedly in her losing everything, and she deserves it far, far less than people who get away free with bigger crimes. [[spoiler: She's finally content and happy as of ''Red Country.'']]
* DeterminedWidow: Married a far older man to pay off her father's debt, and gradually took over his responsibilities in the Guild of Spicers as his health declined. After his death, she effectively inherited his title as a Magister.
* ManipulativeBitch: Although for pretty altruistic reasons.
* MayDecemberRomance: When she was twenty-two, she was compelled to marry a sixty-year-old man to repay her father's debt.
* MissKitty: [[spoiler: In ''Red Country'', true to the book's Western theme.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:She ignores Glokta's earlier warning to flee the Union to return and warn him about the Gurkish making their way to Midderland with a secret fleet. As a result, Glokta ends up seizing her assets at the end of the story and forcing her to act as his spy in Styria.]]
* NonIdleRich: Does everything in her power to support Glokta in his defense of Dagoska.
* PetTheDog: As part of the ruling council of Dagoska she tries to restrain the Union's worst abuses towards the natives.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Her role in the ruling council of Dagoska [[spoiler: and as the Mayor in ''Red Country''.]]
* TheRival: In ''Red Country'', [[spoiler:she's in a bitter fight with the crime boss, Papa Ring, for control of the town of Crease.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By the end of ''Best Served Cold'', she flees Styria after Shivers [[spoiler:fails to kill Monza to avoid Glokta's wrath. It's revealed in ''Red Country'' that she's made her way all the way to the town of Crease in Far Country.]]
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler: When she first appears, she tries to use her resources and wiles to save the population of Dagoska. With every appearance after that she compromises her principles further. In ''Red Country'', she breaks her word to let a duel decide which of them rules Crease, and instead launches a preemptive strike against Papa Ring's forces and businesses while the fight's still going on, causing a bloodbath in Crease.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending most of her screen time suffering undeservedly, [[spoiler:the end of ''Red Country'' has her as the unopposed Mayor of Crease which is starting to evolve thanks to industry. She's also gotten the Union out of her hair by convincing them she's aligned with the Old Empire.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Glokta exposes her as a traitor and later forces her to work for him as a spy in Styria, where she becomes [[TheEvilPrince Ario's]] mistress. In ''Best Seved Cold'', she's tortured and blackmailed into assisting Monza in Ario's assassination, forcing her to seek protection in the League of Eight in order to escape the wrath of both Glokta and Grand Duke Orso. Fortunately, things start to look a little brighter for her by the time of ''Red Country''.]]
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler: Though her name is never mentioned, it's pretty obvious that she's the Mayor of Crease in ''Red Country''.]]
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: [[spoiler:In ''Red Country'' she's become the Mayor of Crease and the power in town is split evenly between her and her rival, Papa Ring, until she bests him. Her authority is justified in this case since it's a plot point that Far Country is far away from most global powers, and Carlot's plan is to align with the Old Empire over the Union.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Before They Are Hanged'', [[spoiler:she turned traitor to the Union and made a deal to hand Dagoska over to the invading Gurkish Empire because she knew the city was doomed anyway and at least by cooperating she could ensure there wasn't any bloodshed.]]
[[/folder]]
!!Citizens
[[folder:Longfoot]]
!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
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* TheChewToy: The universe apparently ''hates'' poor Carlot. She's constantly batted around by powerful figures, which ends repeatedly in her losing everything, and she deserves it far, far less than people who get away free with bigger crimes. [[spoiler: She's finally content and happy as of ''Red Country.'']]
* DeterminedWidow: Married a far older man to pay off her father's debt, and gradually took over his responsibilities in the Guild of Spicers as his health declined. After his death, she effectively inherited his title as a Magister.
* ManipulativeBitch: Although for pretty altruistic reasons.
* MayDecemberRomance: When she was twenty-two, she was compelled to marry a sixty-year-old man to repay her father's debt.
* MissKitty: [[spoiler: In ''Red Country'', true to the book's Western theme.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:She ignores Glokta's earlier warning to flee the Union to return and warn him about the Gurkish making their way to Midderland with a secret fleet. As a result, Glokta ends up seizing her assets at the end of the story and forcing her to act as his spy in Styria.]]
* NonIdleRich: Does everything in her power to support Glokta in his defense of Dagoska.
* PetTheDog: As part of the ruling council of Dagoska she tries to restrain the Union's worst abuses towards the natives.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Her role in the ruling council of Dagoska [[spoiler: and as the Mayor in ''Red Country''.]]
* TheRival: In ''Red Country'', [[spoiler:she's in a bitter fight with the crime boss, Papa Ring, for control of the town of Crease.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By the end of ''Best Served Cold'', she flees Styria after Shivers [[spoiler:fails to kill Monza to avoid Glokta's wrath. It's revealed in ''Red Country'' that she's made her way all the way to the town of Crease in Far Country.]]
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler: When she first appears, she tries to use her resources and wiles to save the population of Dagoska. With every appearance after that she compromises her principles further. In ''Red Country'', she breaks her word to let a duel decide which of them rules Crease, and instead launches a preemptive strike against Papa Ring's forces and businesses while the fight's still going on, causing a bloodbath in Crease.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending most of her screen time suffering undeservedly, [[spoiler:the end of ''Red Country'' has her as the unopposed Mayor of Crease which is starting to evolve thanks to industry. She's also gotten the Union out of her hair by convincing them she's aligned with the Old Empire.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Glokta exposes her as a traitor and later forces her to work for him as a spy in Styria, where she becomes [[TheEvilPrince Ario's]] mistress. In ''Best Seved Cold'', she's tortured and blackmailed into assisting Monza in Ario's assassination, forcing her to seek protection in the League of Eight in order to escape the wrath of both Glokta and Grand Duke Orso. Fortunately, things start to look a little brighter for her by the time of ''Red Country''.]]
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler: Though her name is never mentioned, it's pretty obvious that she's the Mayor of Crease in ''Red Country''.]]
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: [[spoiler:In ''Red Country'' she's become the Mayor of Crease and the power in town is split evenly between her and her rival, Papa Ring, until she bests him. Her authority is justified in this case since it's a plot point that Far Country is far away from most global powers, and Carlot's plan is to align with the Old Empire over the Union.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Before They Are Hanged'', [[spoiler:she turned traitor to the Union and made a deal to hand Dagoska over to the invading Gurkish Empire because she knew the city was doomed anyway and at least by cooperating she could ensure there wasn't any bloodshed.]]
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!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
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* NiceToTheWaiter: When compared to other members of the aristocracy, Savine is impeccably polite and well-mannered to those of a lower status than she is. This is less due to any inherit generosity on her part as it is an acknowledgement of the value on goodwill when compared with some kind words and a few coins here and there. At point she makes plans to improve her reputation through charity work, while simultaneously planning to do it as cheaply as possible.
* ObliviousAdoption: She has no idea that Sand dan Glokta isn’t her real father [[spoiler:until her mother tells her near the end of ‘’A Little Hatred’’]].
* OnlyFriend: Zuri, her right-hand woman and steadfast companion. She’s well aware how sad it is that the closest person she has to a friend is the woman she pays for companionship, but Zuri does display further loyalty to Savine than one would expect from her position, such as sticking by her in a life-or-death situation.
* PragmaticVillainy: Savine may be ruthless but she’s not sadistic or stupid. Everything she does, she does for her own benefit. She knows small kindnesses every now and then don’t cost her much and can only earn her goodwill, but at the same time she’s willing to cross many moral lines
* RichBitch: Savine has tremendous wealth and power from being a noble and an investor, but is pretty cutthroat about how she maintains said wealth and power.
* SecretRelationship: She and Orso have secretly been lovers for a long time because their parents disapprove of them being together.
* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler:Once she’s told the real identity of her father, she’s rightfully enraged that her parents’ lie resulted in her unknowingly “sucking her brother’s cock.”]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: She tries to invoke it despite her unethical business practices, having Sworbreck print out puff pieces on her as the “Darling of the Slums”, fabricating charitable work she does for the poor in secret. It’s all done to build up her support with the working class, [[spoiler:so they’ll accept her as queen once she deposes Orso]]. The results are mixed.
* WouldHurtAChild: She’s not proud of it, but she does employ child laborers in her factories, knowing full well how dangerous they are. Later, she personally oversees her henchman threaten the son of a strike organizer to get him to call off the protest.
* ObliviousAdoption: She has no idea that Sand dan Glokta isn’t her real father [[spoiler:until her mother tells her near the end of ‘’A Little Hatred’’]].
* OnlyFriend: Zuri, her right-hand woman and steadfast companion. She’s well aware how sad it is that the closest person she has to a friend is the woman she pays for companionship, but Zuri does display further loyalty to Savine than one would expect from her position, such as sticking by her in a life-or-death situation.
* PragmaticVillainy: Savine may be ruthless but she’s not sadistic or stupid. Everything she does, she does for her own benefit. She knows small kindnesses every now and then don’t cost her much and can only earn her goodwill, but at the same time she’s willing to cross many moral lines
* RichBitch: Savine has tremendous wealth and power from being a noble and an investor, but is pretty cutthroat about how she maintains said wealth and power.
* SecretRelationship: She and Orso have secretly been lovers for a long time because their parents disapprove of them being together.
* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler:Once she’s told the real identity of her father, she’s rightfully enraged that her parents’ lie resulted in her unknowingly “sucking her brother’s cock.”]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: She tries to invoke it despite her unethical business practices, having Sworbreck print out puff pieces on her as the “Darling of the Slums”, fabricating charitable work she does for the poor in secret. It’s all done to build up her support with the working class, [[spoiler:so they’ll accept her as queen once she deposes Orso]]. The results are mixed.
* WouldHurtAChild: She’s not proud of it, but she does employ child laborers in her factories, knowing full well how dangerous they are. Later, she personally oversees her henchman threaten the son of a strike organizer to get him to call off the protest.
to:
* NiceToTheWaiter: When compared to other members of the aristocracy, Savine is impeccably polite and well-mannered to those of a lower status than she is. This is less due to any inherit generosity on her part as it is an acknowledgement of the value on goodwill when compared with goodwill. She knows some kind words and a few coins here and there. there doesn't hurt her bottomline. At point she makes plans to improve her reputation through charity work, while simultaneously planning to do it so as cheaply as possible.
* ObliviousAdoption: She has no idea that Sand dan Gloktaisn’t isn't her real father [[spoiler:until her mother tells her near the end of ‘’A Little Hatred’’]].
''Literature/ALittleHatred'']].
* OnlyFriend: Zuri, her right-hand woman and steadfast companion.She’s She's well aware how sad it is that the closest person she has to a friend is the woman she pays for companionship, but Zuri does display further loyalty to Savine than one would expect from her position, such as sticking by her in a life-or-death situation.
* PragmaticVillainy: Savine may be ruthless butshe’s she's not sadistic or stupid. Everything she does, she does for her own benefit. She knows small kindnesses every now and then don’t don't cost her much and can only earn her goodwill, but at the same time she’s she's willing to cross many moral lines
lines to get what she wants.
* RichBitch: Savine has tremendous wealth and power from being a noble and an investor,but and is pretty very cutthroat about how she maintains said wealth and power.
* SecretRelationship: She and Orso have secretly been lovers for a long time because their parents disapprove of them beingtogether.
together. Neither of them know it's because they're half-siblings.
* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler:Onceshe’s she's told the real identity of her father, she’s she's rightfully enraged that her parents’ parents' lie resulted in her unknowingly “sucking "sucking her brother’s brother's cock.”]]
"]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: She tries to invoke it despite her unethical business practices, having Sworbreck print out puff pieces on her as the“Darling "Darling of the Slums”, Slums", fabricating charitable work she does for the poor in secret. It’s It's all done to build up her support with the working class, [[spoiler:so they’ll they'll accept her as queen once she deposes Orso]]. The results among her target audience are mixed.
* WouldHurtAChild:She’s She's not proud of it, but she does employ child laborers in her factories, knowing full well how dangerous they are. Later, she personally oversees her henchman threaten the son of a strike organizer to get him to call off the protest.
* ObliviousAdoption: She has no idea that Sand dan Glokta
* OnlyFriend: Zuri, her right-hand woman and steadfast companion.
* PragmaticVillainy: Savine may be ruthless but
* RichBitch: Savine has tremendous wealth and power from being a noble and an investor,
* SecretRelationship: She and Orso have secretly been lovers for a long time because their parents disapprove of them being
* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler:Once
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: She tries to invoke it despite her unethical business practices, having Sworbreck print out puff pieces on her as the
* WouldHurtAChild:
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[[folder:Carlot dan Eider]]
!!Carlot dan Eider
A merchant, head of the Guild of Spicers.
!!Carlot dan Eider
A merchant, head of the Guild of Spicers.
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[[folder:Ardee]]
!!Ardee dan
!!Carlot dan Eider
A merchant, head
-->''"No one gets what they deserve."''
Sister of
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* TheCharmer: Dipping into FemmeFatale when necessary.
* TheChewToy: The universe apparently ''hates'' poor Carlot. She's constantly batted around by powerful figures, which ends repeatedly in her losing everything, and she deserves it far, far less than people who get away free with bigger crimes. [[spoiler: She's finally content and happy as of ''Red Country.'']]
* DeterminedWidow: Married a far older man to pay off her father's debt, and gradually took over his responsibilities in the Guild of Spicers as his health declined. After his death, she effectively inherited his title as a Magister.
* ManipulativeBitch: Although for pretty altruistic reasons.
* MayDecemberRomance: When she was twenty-two, she was compelled to marry a sixty-year-old man to repay her father's debt.
* MissKitty: [[spoiler: In ''Red Country'', true to the book's Western theme.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:She ignores Glokta's earlier warning to flee the Union to return and warn him about the Gurkish making their way to Midderland with a secret fleet. As a result, Glokta ends up seizing her assets at the end of the story and forcing her to act as his spy in Styria.]]
* NonIdleRich: Does everything in her power to support Glokta in his defense of Dagoska.
* PetTheDog: As part of the ruling council of Dagoska she tries to restrain the Union's worst abuses towards the natives.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Her role in the ruling council of Dagoska [[spoiler: and as the Mayor in ''Red Country''.]]
* TheRival: In ''Red Country'', [[spoiler:she's in a bitter fight with the crime boss, Papa Ring, for control of the town of Crease.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By the end of ''Best Served Cold'', she flees Styria after Shivers [[spoiler:fails to kill Monza to avoid Glokta's wrath. It's revealed in ''Red Country'' that she's made her way all the way to the town of Crease in Far Country.]]
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler: When she first appears, she tries to use her resources and wiles to save the population of Dagoska. With every appearance after that she compromises her principles further. In ''Red Country'', she breaks her word to let a duel decide which of them rules Crease, and instead launches a preemptive strike against Papa Ring's forces and businesses while the fight's still going on, causing a bloodbath in Crease.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending most of her screen time suffering undeservedly, [[spoiler:the end of ''Red Country'' has her as the unopposed Mayor of Crease which is starting to evolve thanks to industry. She's also gotten the Union out of her hair by convincing them she's aligned with the Old Empire.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Glokta exposes her as a traitor and later forces her to work for him as a spy in Styria, where she becomes [[TheEvilPrince Ario's]] mistress. In ''Best Seved Cold'', she's tortured and blackmailed into assisting Monza in Ario's assassination, forcing her to seek protection in the League of Eight in order to escape the wrath of both Glokta and Grand Duke Orso. Fortunately, things start to look a little brighter for her by the time of ''Red Country''.]]
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler: Though her name is never mentioned, it's pretty obvious that she's the Mayor of Crease in ''Red Country''.]]
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: [[spoiler:In ''Red Country'' she's become the Mayor of Crease and the power in town is split evenly between her and her rival, Papa Ring, until she bests him. Her authority is justified in this case since it's a plot point that Far Country is far away from most global powers, and Carlot's plan is to align with the Old Empire over the Union.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Before They Are Hanged'', [[spoiler:she turned traitor to the Union and made a deal to hand Dagoska over to the invading Gurkish Empire because she knew the city was doomed anyway and at least by cooperating she could ensure there wasn't any bloodshed.]]
* TheChewToy: The universe apparently ''hates'' poor Carlot. She's constantly batted around by powerful figures, which ends repeatedly in her losing everything, and she deserves it far, far less than people who get away free with bigger crimes. [[spoiler: She's finally content and happy as of ''Red Country.'']]
* DeterminedWidow: Married a far older man to pay off her father's debt, and gradually took over his responsibilities in the Guild of Spicers as his health declined. After his death, she effectively inherited his title as a Magister.
* ManipulativeBitch: Although for pretty altruistic reasons.
* MayDecemberRomance: When she was twenty-two, she was compelled to marry a sixty-year-old man to repay her father's debt.
* MissKitty: [[spoiler: In ''Red Country'', true to the book's Western theme.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:She ignores Glokta's earlier warning to flee the Union to return and warn him about the Gurkish making their way to Midderland with a secret fleet. As a result, Glokta ends up seizing her assets at the end of the story and forcing her to act as his spy in Styria.]]
* NonIdleRich: Does everything in her power to support Glokta in his defense of Dagoska.
* PetTheDog: As part of the ruling council of Dagoska she tries to restrain the Union's worst abuses towards the natives.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Her role in the ruling council of Dagoska [[spoiler: and as the Mayor in ''Red Country''.]]
* TheRival: In ''Red Country'', [[spoiler:she's in a bitter fight with the crime boss, Papa Ring, for control of the town of Crease.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By the end of ''Best Served Cold'', she flees Styria after Shivers [[spoiler:fails to kill Monza to avoid Glokta's wrath. It's revealed in ''Red Country'' that she's made her way all the way to the town of Crease in Far Country.]]
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler: When she first appears, she tries to use her resources and wiles to save the population of Dagoska. With every appearance after that she compromises her principles further. In ''Red Country'', she breaks her word to let a duel decide which of them rules Crease, and instead launches a preemptive strike against Papa Ring's forces and businesses while the fight's still going on, causing a bloodbath in Crease.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending most of her screen time suffering undeservedly, [[spoiler:the end of ''Red Country'' has her as the unopposed Mayor of Crease which is starting to evolve thanks to industry. She's also gotten the Union out of her hair by convincing them she's aligned with the Old Empire.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Glokta exposes her as a traitor and later forces her to work for him as a spy in Styria, where she becomes [[TheEvilPrince Ario's]] mistress. In ''Best Seved Cold'', she's tortured and blackmailed into assisting Monza in Ario's assassination, forcing her to seek protection in the League of Eight in order to escape the wrath of both Glokta and Grand Duke Orso. Fortunately, things start to look a little brighter for her by the time of ''Red Country''.]]
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler: Though her name is never mentioned, it's pretty obvious that she's the Mayor of Crease in ''Red Country''.]]
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: [[spoiler:In ''Red Country'' she's become the Mayor of Crease and the power in town is split evenly between her and her rival, Papa Ring, until she bests him. Her authority is justified in this case since it's a plot point that Far Country is far away from most global powers, and Carlot's plan is to align with the Old Empire over the Union.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Before They Are Hanged'', [[spoiler:she turned traitor to the Union and made a deal to hand Dagoska over to the invading Gurkish Empire because she knew the city was doomed anyway and at least by cooperating she could ensure there wasn't any bloodshed.]]
to:
* TheCharmer: Dipping into FemmeFatale BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Abused by her father since childhood - when necessary.
* TheChewToy: The universe apparently ''hates'' poor Carlot. She's constantly batted around by powerful figures, which ends repeatedly inshe gets pregnant he beats her losing everything, so badly she has a miscarriage - and she deserves it far, far less than people who get away free with bigger crimes. [[spoiler: She's finally content and happy as of ''Red Country.'']]
* DeterminedWidow: Married a far older man to pay offthen ignored by polite society, except for her father's debt, and gradually took over his responsibilities in the Guild of Spicers as his health declined. After his death, she effectively inherited his title as a Magister.
* ManipulativeBitch: Although for pretty altruistic reasons.
* MayDecemberRomance: When she was twenty-two, she was compelled to marry a sixty-year-old man to repay her father's debt.
* MissKitty: [[spoiler: In ''Red Country'', true to the book's Western theme.brother, who's embarrassed by her.]]
*NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:She ignores Glokta's earlier warning DeadpanSnarker: Her barbed tongue marks her in strong contrast to flee the Union to return noble ladies that Jezal usually meets.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After a steady diet of misery andwarn him about the Gurkish making their way to Midderland with a secret fleet. As a result, Glokta abuse, ends up seizing married to Glokta, ensuring no one will be able to harm her assets at the end of the story and forcing or her to act as his spy in Styria.illegitimate child, or ever mock or ignore her again.]]
*NonIdleRich: Does everything in her power to support Glokta in his defense of Dagoska.
* PetTheDog: As part of the ruling council of DagoskaLadyDrunk: Her male associates note how she tries to restrain the Union's worst abuses towards the natives.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Her role in the ruling council of Dagoska [[spoiler: and as the Mayor in ''Red Country''.]]
* TheRival: In ''Red Country'', [[spoiler:she's in a bitter fight with the crime boss, Papa Ring, for control of the town of Crease.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By the end of ''Best Served Cold'', she flees Styria after Shivers [[spoiler:fails to kill Monza to avoid Glokta's wrath. It's revealed in ''Red Country'' that she's made her way all the way to the town of Crease in Far Country.]]
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler: When she first appears, she tries to use her resources and wiles to save the population of Dagoska. With every appearance after that she compromises her principles further. In ''Red Country'', she breaks her word to let a duel decide which of them rules Crease, and instead launches a preemptive strike against Papa Ring's forces and businesses while the fight's still going on, causing a bloodbath in Crease.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spendingspends most of her screen free time suffering undeservedly, [[spoiler:the end of ''Red Country'' has her as the unopposed Mayor of Crease which is starting getting drunk.
* MoralityPet: To Glokta; Collem asks him toevolve thanks to industry. She's also gotten the Union out of her hair by convincing them she's aligned with the Old Empire.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Glokta exposeskeep an eye on her as a traitor and later forces her to work for him as a spy in Styria, where she becomes [[TheEvilPrince Ario's]] mistress. In ''Best Seved Cold'', she's tortured and blackmailed into assisting Monza in Ario's assassination, forcing her to seek protection in the League of Eight in order to escape the wrath of both Glokta and Grand Duke Orso. Fortunately, things start to look a little brighter for her by the time of ''Red Country''.]]
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler: Though her name is never mentioned, it's pretty obvious that she's the Mayor of Crease in ''Red Country''.]]
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: [[spoiler:In ''Red Country'' she's become the Mayor of Crease and the power in town is split evenlyfavor between her and her rival, Papa Ring, until she bests him. Her authority is justified in this case since it's a plot point that Far Country is far away from most global powers, and Carlot's plan is to align with the Old Empire over the Union.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Before They Are Hanged'', [[spoiler:she turned traitor to the Union and made a deal to hand Dagoska over to the invading Gurkish Empire because she knew the city was doomed anyway and at least by cooperating she could ensure there wasn't any bloodshed.]]
old friends, but Glokta grows genuinely fond of her.
* TheChewToy: The universe apparently ''hates'' poor Carlot. She's constantly batted around by powerful figures, which ends repeatedly in
* DeterminedWidow: Married a far older man to pay off
* ManipulativeBitch: Although for pretty altruistic reasons.
* MayDecemberRomance: When she was twenty-two, she was compelled to marry a sixty-year-old man to repay her father's debt.
* MissKitty: [[spoiler: In ''Red Country'', true to the book's Western theme.
*
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After a steady diet of misery and
*
* PetTheDog: As part of the ruling council of Dagoska
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Her role in the ruling council of Dagoska [[spoiler: and as the Mayor in ''Red Country''.]]
* TheRival: In ''Red Country'', [[spoiler:she's in a bitter fight with the crime boss, Papa Ring, for control of the town of Crease.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By the end of ''Best Served Cold'', she flees Styria after Shivers [[spoiler:fails to kill Monza to avoid Glokta's wrath. It's revealed in ''Red Country'' that she's made her way all the way to the town of Crease in Far Country.]]
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler: When she first appears, she tries to use her resources and wiles to save the population of Dagoska. With every appearance after that she compromises her principles further. In ''Red Country'', she breaks her word to let a duel decide which of them rules Crease, and instead launches a preemptive strike against Papa Ring's forces and businesses while the fight's still going on, causing a bloodbath in Crease.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending
* MoralityPet: To Glokta; Collem asks him to
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Glokta exposes
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler: Though her name is never mentioned, it's pretty obvious that she's the Mayor of Crease in ''Red Country''.]]
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: [[spoiler:In ''Red Country'' she's become the Mayor of Crease and the power in town is split evenly
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Before They Are Hanged'', [[spoiler:she turned traitor to the Union and made a deal to hand Dagoska over to the invading Gurkish Empire because she knew the city was doomed anyway and at least by cooperating she could ensure there wasn't any bloodshed.]]
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!! Finree dan Brock
A Union noblewoman with ambitious plans.
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A Union noblewoman with ambitious plans.
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!! Finree dan Brock
A Union noblewoman with
-->''If she was to be cast as the villain, so be it. They were always the most interesting characters anyway.''
An incredibly ambitious
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* AffectionateNickname: 'Fin,' to her martinet father Kroy, who nevertheless clearly adores his only child.
* AllGirlsWantBadboys: Downplayed. She briefly gains some minor respect for Gorst after finding out about his violent exploits in the war, but she remains happily married to her kind husband.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Averted. Finree is ambitious but overall she's a good person and she doesn't stoop low to get ahead.
* DaddysGirl: Finree dearly loves her father, General Kroy, who raised her alone after her mother's death. [[spoiler:She even chews out ''Bayaz'' when she finds out her father's resigning because he went against Bayaz's wishes when he sued for peace.]]
* DamselOutOfDistress: She [[spoiler:negotiates her own release and that of a number of other prisoners from [[AxeCrazy Black Dow.]]]]
* DeadpanSnarker: She has a very quick wit, which doesn't do her any favors sometimes.
* HappilyMarried: Though her and Harod have their differences, their marriage is a happy and loving one overall.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: She ends up captured by Stranger-Come-Knocking who plainly states his intention to have her father "civilized" children for him. Luckily, she's saved at the last minute. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, her friend isn't so luckily.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's opinionated and has a sharp tongue, but she's a good, charitable person at heart.
* LadyMacBeth: Averted. She's ambitious and scheming to make her husband Governor of Angland, to the point where she ponders eliminating the current governor, Meed, but she's not evil at all.
* ManipulativeBitch: A much nicer example than most. She tries to manipulate others to advance in politics but she's a good person overall.
* MilitaryBrat: Since she grew up around army personnel, she knows more about good strategy than some of her father's generals.
* MsViceGirl: She's ambitious and scheming but ultimately a very good person.
* ObliviousToLove: She had no idea that Bremer dan Gorst was in love with her [[spoiler:until he told her to her face.]]
* PitbullDatesPuppy: Finree is ambitious, abrasive, and willing to play dirty to get ahead, while her husband believes in getting ahead by working hard and being a good person.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Her husband, Harod, is brave, loyal, innocent, and optimistic while Finree is a devious cynic. She loves him anyway and married him even though his family had fallen from grace after his father's failed bid at becoming king.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Finree and her father play a game implied to be the Union equivalent of chess, and they're smart enough to keep all the pieces in their mind so they can plan their moves even when separated by large distances.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Having been raised by a talented military officer, she's quick to notice all the failings of the officers around her.
* SurvivorsGuilt: While she ends up escaping from Stranger-Come-Knocking's lecherous clutches, [[spoiler:Aliz dan Brint, remains his captive, and her ultimate fate is never revealed.]] When she gets back to camp, she suffers from a great deal of guilt for not being able to save her friend.
* TooCleverByHalf: As Black Dow notes after she tries to press her luck in their negotiation, she's sharp, but she doesn't want to be so sharp that she cuts her own throat.
* YouJustHadToSayIt: Despite her intelligence and charm, Finree can't stop herself from sassing some people when it's not socially appropriate.
* WealthyPhilanthropist: Coming from a wealthy and noble background, Finree is a good person who's compassionate enough to want to give refugees aid for purely altruistic reasons.
* AllGirlsWantBadboys: Downplayed. She briefly gains some minor respect for Gorst after finding out about his violent exploits in the war, but she remains happily married to her kind husband.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Averted. Finree is ambitious but overall she's a good person and she doesn't stoop low to get ahead.
* DaddysGirl: Finree dearly loves her father, General Kroy, who raised her alone after her mother's death. [[spoiler:She even chews out ''Bayaz'' when she finds out her father's resigning because he went against Bayaz's wishes when he sued for peace.]]
* DamselOutOfDistress: She [[spoiler:negotiates her own release and that of a number of other prisoners from [[AxeCrazy Black Dow.]]]]
* DeadpanSnarker: She has a very quick wit, which doesn't do her any favors sometimes.
* HappilyMarried: Though her and Harod have their differences, their marriage is a happy and loving one overall.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: She ends up captured by Stranger-Come-Knocking who plainly states his intention to have her father "civilized" children for him. Luckily, she's saved at the last minute. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, her friend isn't so luckily.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's opinionated and has a sharp tongue, but she's a good, charitable person at heart.
* LadyMacBeth: Averted. She's ambitious and scheming to make her husband Governor of Angland, to the point where she ponders eliminating the current governor, Meed, but she's not evil at all.
* ManipulativeBitch: A much nicer example than most. She tries to manipulate others to advance in politics but she's a good person overall.
* MilitaryBrat: Since she grew up around army personnel, she knows more about good strategy than some of her father's generals.
* MsViceGirl: She's ambitious and scheming but ultimately a very good person.
* ObliviousToLove: She had no idea that Bremer dan Gorst was in love with her [[spoiler:until he told her to her face.]]
* PitbullDatesPuppy: Finree is ambitious, abrasive, and willing to play dirty to get ahead, while her husband believes in getting ahead by working hard and being a good person.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Her husband, Harod, is brave, loyal, innocent, and optimistic while Finree is a devious cynic. She loves him anyway and married him even though his family had fallen from grace after his father's failed bid at becoming king.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Finree and her father play a game implied to be the Union equivalent of chess, and they're smart enough to keep all the pieces in their mind so they can plan their moves even when separated by large distances.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Having been raised by a talented military officer, she's quick to notice all the failings of the officers around her.
* SurvivorsGuilt: While she ends up escaping from Stranger-Come-Knocking's lecherous clutches, [[spoiler:Aliz dan Brint, remains his captive, and her ultimate fate is never revealed.]] When she gets back to camp, she suffers from a great deal of guilt for not being able to save her friend.
* TooCleverByHalf: As Black Dow notes after she tries to press her luck in their negotiation, she's sharp, but she doesn't want to be so sharp that she cuts her own throat.
* YouJustHadToSayIt: Despite her intelligence and charm, Finree can't stop herself from sassing some people when it's not socially appropriate.
* WealthyPhilanthropist: Coming from a wealthy and noble background, Finree is a good person who's compassionate enough to want to give refugees aid for purely altruistic reasons.
to:
* AffectionateNickname: 'Fin,' to her martinet father Kroy, who nevertheless clearly adores his only child.
* AllGirlsWantBadboys: Downplayed. She briefly gains some minor respect for Gorst after finding out about his violent exploits in the war, but she remains happily married to her kind husband.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Averted. Finree is ambitious but overallActionSurvivor: While she's a trained in fencing, her skills don't do her much good person and she doesn't stoop low during the uprising in Valbeck due to get ahead.
* DaddysGirl: Finree dearly loves her father, General Kroy, who raised her alone after her mother's death. [[spoiler:She even chews out ''Bayaz'' when she finds out her father's resigning because he wentthe entire city rising up against Bayaz's wishes when he sued the nobility. She does manage to kill two men, but spends most of her ordeal running, hiding, and depending on help from others.
* AddledAddict: She becomes addicted to pearl dust following her near death experiences in Valbeck and frequently uses it to "calm her nerves."
* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:After trying to usurp the throne from Orso and losing everything in the process, Savine turns herself in and begs forpeace.Orso's mercy, recognizing it as her best chance for survival. Upon revealing their familial relation, Orso decides to spare her and, at the last second, her husband.]]
*DamselOutOfDistress: She [[spoiler:negotiates her own release AmbitionIsEvil: Despite all the wealth and power that she's attained through her savvy business investments and status as the Arch Lector's daughter, Savine always desires more and will do anything to make sure she gets what she wants. [[spoiler:In particular she wants to be queen, and while first she was thrilled to marry Orso to get it, once she finds out the truth of her lineage, she finds herself joining a number of other prisoners from [[AxeCrazy Black Dow.]]]]
coup instead.]]
*DeadpanSnarker: She has a very quick wit, which AntagonisticOffspring: [[spoiler:While Glokta isn't her biological father, he still raised her and loves her as his own child. This doesn't do stop Savine from joining the coup against him when she realizes she could be queen. When Glokta finds out, he seems somewhat proud at her any favors sometimes.
* HappilyMarried: Though her and Harod have their differences, their marriage is a happy and loving one overall.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: She ends up captured by Stranger-Come-Knocking who plainly states his intention to have her father "civilized" children for him. Luckily, she's saved at the last minute. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, her friend isn't so luckily.audacity.]]
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's opinionated AristocratsAreEvil: She starts off the trilogy as a noblewoman and has a sharp tongue, but businesswoman willing to resort to some pretty despicable actions to maintain her wealth and status, and only grows worse from there.
* BaldWoman: In keeping with the fashion of aristocratic women in Adua, Savine shaves her head and wears a variety of wigs instead.
* BastardBastard: Though she'sa good, charitable person at heart.
* LadyMacBeth: Averted. She's ambitious and scheming to make her husband Governorunaware of Angland, to the point where she ponders eliminating the current governor, Meed, but it, she's not evil at all.
* ManipulativeBitch: A much nicer example than most. She triesthe secret lovechild of Jezal dan Luthar and Ardee West, and her business practices alone make her pretty immoral. [[spoiler:She comes to manipulate others to advance in politics but she's a good person overall.
* MilitaryBrat: Sincefully embody the trope when she grew up around army personnel, she knows more finds out the truth about good strategy than some of her father's generals.
* MsViceGirl: She's ambitiousparentage and scheming but ultimately willingly joins a very good person.
* ObliviousToLove: She had no idea that Bremer dan Gorst was in love with her [[spoiler:until he told hercoup to her face.overthrow Orso so she can become queen.]]
*PitbullDatesPuppy: Finree BitchInSheepsClothing: In public, Savine is ambitious, abrasive, composed, polite and willing to play dirty to get ahead, graceful in every interaction. In private she reveals just how ruthless, selfish, and treacherous she can be, all while keeping up that same composed, polite, and graceful affect.
* BreakTheHaughty: She starts off as a very haughty and powerful noblewoman used to playing every person to herhusband believes advantage, but once she's caught in getting ahead by working hard and being a good person.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Her husband, Harod, is brave, loyal, innocent, and optimistic while Finree is a devious cynic. She loves him anyway and married him even though his family had fallen from grace after his father's failed bidthe uprising at becoming king.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: FinreeValbeck, she develops PTSD and her father play once ironclad social status becomes shaky, along with her decision making. [[spoiler:Her desire to never be hurt again spurs her to help engineer a game implied civil war so she can become queen, an experience which only serves to break her again when her side loses and she's forced to be the Union equivalent of chess, for mercy from Orso just to survive.]]
* BrotherSisterIncest: She and Orso are in a secret relationship, both unaware that they'resmart enough half-siblings. [[spoiler:He eventually proposes to keep all her and the pieces in their mind so they can plan their moves even when separated by large distances.
only reason she says no is because her mother reveals the truth to her after Orso pops the question.]]
*SurroundedByIdiots: Having been raised by a talented military officer, CallingTheOldManOut: She's rightfully furious at both her mother and father for hiding from her that she's quick to notice all King Jezal's bastard daughter.
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Sister variant. She eventually wages war against her half-brother Orso so that she can become queen. The two were lovers previously and Savine had actually planned on marrying him until she was told thefailings truth of her lineage. Despite admitting to herself that she still loves him, she still goes along with the officers around her.
* SurvivorsGuilt: Whilecoup, knowing full well she ends up escaping from Stranger-Come-Knocking's lecherous clutches, [[spoiler:Aliz dan Brint, remains his captive, and can only succeed if her ultimate fate is never revealed.]] brother dies.]]
* TheChessmaster: When it comes to business and politics, at least, Savine is an incredibly savvy schemer who's always a few steps ahead. [[spoiler:Her planning is what turns the entire conspiracy against Orso into an actual threat, and even then shegets back to camp, only loses because she suffers from a great deal was outmaneuvered by two other chessmasters.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Savine gained much ofguilt for not being able to save her friend.
* TooCleverByHalf: As Black Dow notes after she tries to press her luck in their negotiation,fortune through smart investing and she's sharp, but willing to do some pretty horrible things to ensure she makes a profit. Things like employing child laborers to work in hellish conditions or sending her hired thugs to threaten workers organizing strikes for better treatment.
* DaddysLittleVillain: She's the only daughter of Sand dan Glokta, Arch Lector of the Union's Inquisition, and one of the few people in the world he genuinely loves. For her part, Savine is a ruthless businesswoman who only grows more ruthless as time goes on, and respects her father immensely. [[spoiler:Her opinion of him sours immensely upon learning her true parentage, to the point where she's okay with waging war against him for ambition.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Downplayed. When she finds out her mill in Valbeck has started turning a profit by essentially enslaving orphaned children in hellish working conditions, she's appalled. But she doesn'twant to be so sharp that she cuts her own throat.
* YouJustHadToSayIt: Despite her intelligence and charm, Finree can'tstop herself from sassing some people when the practice since it's still making her money. The only thing her guilt motivates her to do is suggest basic improvements to their quality of life--such as not socially appropriate.
sleeping ''right next to the machinery''--and justifying it by saying it'll improve morale.
*WealthyPhilanthropist: Coming ItsAllAboutMe: Savine is one of the most blatantly self-interested [=POV=] characters, not even having a pretense of good intentions. However, her selfishness reaches new heights when [[spoiler:she wages war against the crown, at which point she's fine with destroying Rikke, Orso, and her adoptive father so she can become queen, even thinking if the entire world has to lose so she can win, then so be it.]]
* LadyMacBeth: [[spoiler:Her husband Leo joined the conspiracy against Orso believing that they'll merely be replacing his corrupt Closed Council with people who have the Unions best interests at heart. Savine, meanwhile, is well aware that the conspiracy's success will mean Orso's death, and that the men replacing the Closed Council will be just as corrupt as their predecessors. This doesn't stop her froma wealthy making deals behind Leo's back to ensure that they become King and noble background, Finree Queen of the Union afterwards, even backstabbing his childhood friend Rikke without Leo's knowledge.]]
* LonelyRichKid: She realizes that the only friend she's ever had in her life is Zuri, the one her father paid.
* LoveEpiphany: Savine offers to back the cost of Orso's military campaign in the North with absolutely no strings attached, then stops and wonders why she just did that. Thinking about him makes her realize she did it because she's in love with him.
* LoveIsAWeakness: She comes to regard it as such after she finds out the truth of her lineage, to the point where [[spoiler:she wages war on Orso, who is both her half brother and the only man she's ever loved, in order to get the throne.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: She's unaware that she's the bastard daughter of King Jezal dan Luthar, [[spoiler:until after she tells her mother she plans on accepting agood marriage proposal from her half-brother]].
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Savine is far cleverer, more ruthless and more dangerous than any of her male business partners, rivals or lovers. [[spoiler:It's only through Savine's scheming that her husband's coup against Orso has any chance of success, and when someone floats by the nickname "The Young Lioness" for her, Orso thinks it fitting, since he heard the females of the species were the ones who actually did all the killing.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The full weight of her actions really comes to hit her after [[spoiler:her war against Orso fails, causing her to realize she caused, all the death and suffering for so many, only served to make her lose everything.]]
* NeverBeHurtAgain: She nearly dies several times during the uprising in Valbeck, and the ordeal was so traumatizing that she comes down with PTSD from it and develops a pearl dust addiction. The fear of ever being that weak again contributes to making some pretty questionable decisions with the goal of becoming more powerful. [[spoiler:Such as waging war to become the Union's queen so that no one can ever hurt her again.]]
* NiceToTheWaiter: When compared to other members of the aristocracy, Savine is impeccably polite and well-mannered to those of a lower status than she is. This is less due to any inherit generosity on her part as it is an acknowledgement of the value on goodwill when compared with some kind words and a few coins here and there. At point she makes plans to improve her reputation through charity work, while simultaneously planning to do it as cheaply as possible.
*ObliviousAdoption: She has no idea that Sand dan Glokta isn’t her real father [[spoiler:until her mother tells her near the end of ‘’A Little Hatred’’]].
*OnlyFriend: Zuri, her right-hand woman and steadfast companion. She’s well aware how sad it is that the closest personwho's compassionate enough she has to want to give refugees aid a friend is the woman she pays for purely altruistic reasons.
companionship, but Zuri does display further loyalty to Savine than one would expect from her position, such as sticking by her in a life-or-death situation.
*PragmaticVillainy: Savine may be ruthless but she’s not sadistic or stupid. Everything she does, she does for her own benefit. She knows small kindnesses every now and then don’t cost her much and can only earn her goodwill, but at the same time she’s willing to cross many moral lines
*RichBitch: Savine has tremendous wealth and power from being a noble and an investor, but is pretty cutthroat about how she maintains said wealth and power.
*SecretRelationship: She and Orso have secretly been lovers for a long time because their parents disapprove of them being together.
*SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler:Once she’s told the real identity of her father, she’s rightfully enraged that her parents’ lie resulted in her unknowingly “sucking her brother’s cock.”]]
*VillainWithGoodPublicity: She tries to invoke it despite her unethical business practices, having Sworbreck print out puff pieces on her as the “Darling of the Slums”, fabricating charitable work she does for the poor in secret. It’s all done to build up her support with the working class, [[spoiler:so they’ll accept her as queen once she deposes Orso]]. The results are mixed.
*WouldHurtAChild: She’s not proud of it, but she does employ child laborers in her factories, knowing full well how dangerous they are. Later, she personally oversees her henchman threaten the son of a strike organizer to get him to call off the protest.
* AllGirlsWantBadboys: Downplayed. She briefly gains some minor respect for Gorst after finding out about his violent exploits in the war, but she remains happily married to her kind husband.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Averted. Finree is ambitious but overall
* DaddysGirl: Finree dearly loves her father, General Kroy, who raised her alone after her mother's death. [[spoiler:She even chews out ''Bayaz'' when she finds out her father's resigning because he went
* AddledAddict: She becomes addicted to pearl dust following her near death experiences in Valbeck and frequently uses it to "calm her nerves."
* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:After trying to usurp the throne from Orso and losing everything in the process, Savine turns herself in and begs for
*
*
* HappilyMarried: Though her and Harod have their differences, their marriage is a happy and loving one overall.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: She ends up captured by Stranger-Come-Knocking who plainly states his intention to have her father "civilized" children for him. Luckily, she's saved at the last minute. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, her friend isn't so luckily.
*
* BaldWoman: In keeping with the fashion of aristocratic women in Adua, Savine shaves her head and wears a variety of wigs instead.
* BastardBastard: Though she's
* LadyMacBeth: Averted. She's ambitious and scheming to make her husband Governor
* ManipulativeBitch: A much nicer example than most. She tries
* MilitaryBrat: Since
* MsViceGirl: She's ambitious
* ObliviousToLove: She had no idea that Bremer dan Gorst was in love with her [[spoiler:until he told her
*
* BreakTheHaughty: She starts off as a very haughty and powerful noblewoman used to playing every person to her
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Her husband, Harod, is brave, loyal, innocent, and optimistic while Finree is a devious cynic. She loves him anyway and married him even though his family had fallen from grace after his father's failed bid
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Finree
* BrotherSisterIncest: She and Orso are in a secret relationship, both unaware that they're
*
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Sister variant. She eventually wages war against her half-brother Orso so that she can become queen. The two were lovers previously and Savine had actually planned on marrying him until she was told the
* SurvivorsGuilt: While
* TheChessmaster: When it comes to business and politics, at least, Savine is an incredibly savvy schemer who's always a few steps ahead. [[spoiler:Her planning is what turns the entire conspiracy against Orso into an actual threat, and even then she
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Savine gained much of
* TooCleverByHalf: As Black Dow notes after she tries to press her luck in their negotiation,
* DaddysLittleVillain: She's the only daughter of Sand dan Glokta, Arch Lector of the Union's Inquisition, and one of the few people in the world he genuinely loves. For her part, Savine is a ruthless businesswoman who only grows more ruthless as time goes on, and respects her father immensely. [[spoiler:Her opinion of him sours immensely upon learning her true parentage, to the point where she's okay with waging war against him for ambition.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Downplayed. When she finds out her mill in Valbeck has started turning a profit by essentially enslaving orphaned children in hellish working conditions, she's appalled. But she doesn't
* YouJustHadToSayIt: Despite her intelligence and charm, Finree can't
*
* LadyMacBeth: [[spoiler:Her husband Leo joined the conspiracy against Orso believing that they'll merely be replacing his corrupt Closed Council with people who have the Unions best interests at heart. Savine, meanwhile, is well aware that the conspiracy's success will mean Orso's death, and that the men replacing the Closed Council will be just as corrupt as their predecessors. This doesn't stop her from
* LonelyRichKid: She realizes that the only friend she's ever had in her life is Zuri, the one her father paid.
* LoveEpiphany: Savine offers to back the cost of Orso's military campaign in the North with absolutely no strings attached, then stops and wonders why she just did that. Thinking about him makes her realize she did it because she's in love with him.
* LoveIsAWeakness: She comes to regard it as such after she finds out the truth of her lineage, to the point where [[spoiler:she wages war on Orso, who is both her half brother and the only man she's ever loved, in order to get the throne.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: She's unaware that she's the bastard daughter of King Jezal dan Luthar, [[spoiler:until after she tells her mother she plans on accepting a
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Savine is far cleverer, more ruthless and more dangerous than any of her male business partners, rivals or lovers. [[spoiler:It's only through Savine's scheming that her husband's coup against Orso has any chance of success, and when someone floats by the nickname "The Young Lioness" for her, Orso thinks it fitting, since he heard the females of the species were the ones who actually did all the killing.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The full weight of her actions really comes to hit her after [[spoiler:her war against Orso fails, causing her to realize she caused, all the death and suffering for so many, only served to make her lose everything.]]
* NeverBeHurtAgain: She nearly dies several times during the uprising in Valbeck, and the ordeal was so traumatizing that she comes down with PTSD from it and develops a pearl dust addiction. The fear of ever being that weak again contributes to making some pretty questionable decisions with the goal of becoming more powerful. [[spoiler:Such as waging war to become the Union's queen so that no one can ever hurt her again.]]
* NiceToTheWaiter: When compared to other members of the aristocracy, Savine is impeccably polite and well-mannered to those of a lower status than she is. This is less due to any inherit generosity on her part as it is an acknowledgement of the value on goodwill when compared with some kind words and a few coins here and there. At point she makes plans to improve her reputation through charity work, while simultaneously planning to do it as cheaply as possible.
*ObliviousAdoption: She has no idea that Sand dan Glokta isn’t her real father [[spoiler:until her mother tells her near the end of ‘’A Little Hatred’’]].
*OnlyFriend: Zuri, her right-hand woman and steadfast companion. She’s well aware how sad it is that the closest person
*PragmaticVillainy: Savine may be ruthless but she’s not sadistic or stupid. Everything she does, she does for her own benefit. She knows small kindnesses every now and then don’t cost her much and can only earn her goodwill, but at the same time she’s willing to cross many moral lines
*RichBitch: Savine has tremendous wealth and power from being a noble and an investor, but is pretty cutthroat about how she maintains said wealth and power.
*SecretRelationship: She and Orso have secretly been lovers for a long time because their parents disapprove of them being together.
*SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler:Once she’s told the real identity of her father, she’s rightfully enraged that her parents’ lie resulted in her unknowingly “sucking her brother’s cock.”]]
*VillainWithGoodPublicity: She tries to invoke it despite her unethical business practices, having Sworbreck print out puff pieces on her as the “Darling of the Slums”, fabricating charitable work she does for the poor in secret. It’s all done to build up her support with the working class, [[spoiler:so they’ll accept her as queen once she deposes Orso]]. The results are mixed.
*WouldHurtAChild: She’s not proud of it, but she does employ child laborers in her factories, knowing full well how dangerous they are. Later, she personally oversees her henchman threaten the son of a strike organizer to get him to call off the protest.
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* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Abused by her father since childhood - when she gets pregnant he beats her so badly she has a miscarriage - and then ignored by polite society, except for her brother, who's embarrassed by her.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Her barbed tongue marks her in strong contrast to the noble ladies that Jezal usually meets.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After a steady diet of misery and abuse, ends up married to Glokta, ensuring no one will be able to harm her or her illegitimate child, or ever mock or ignore her again.]]
* LadyDrunk: Her male associates note how she spends most of her free time getting drunk.
* MoralityPet: To Glokta; Collem asks him to keep an eye on her as a favor between old friends, but Glokta grows genuinely fond of her.
* DeadpanSnarker: Her barbed tongue marks her in strong contrast to the noble ladies that Jezal usually meets.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After a steady diet of misery and abuse, ends up married to Glokta, ensuring no one will be able to harm her or her illegitimate child, or ever mock or ignore her again.]]
* LadyDrunk: Her male associates note how she spends most of her free time getting drunk.
* MoralityPet: To Glokta; Collem asks him to keep an eye on her as a favor between old friends, but Glokta grows genuinely fond of her.
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* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Abused by her father since childhood - TheCharmer: Dipping into FemmeFatale when necessary.
* TheChewToy: The universe apparently ''hates'' poor Carlot. She's constantly batted around by powerful figures, which ends repeatedly in her losing everything, and shegets pregnant he beats deserves it far, far less than people who get away free with bigger crimes. [[spoiler: She's finally content and happy as of ''Red Country.'']]
* DeterminedWidow: Married a far older man to pay off herso badly father's debt, and gradually took over his responsibilities in the Guild of Spicers as his health declined. After his death, she has effectively inherited his title as a miscarriage - and then ignored by polite society, except Magister.
* ManipulativeBitch: Although for pretty altruistic reasons.
* MayDecemberRomance: When she was twenty-two, she was compelled to marry a sixty-year-old man to repay herbrother, who's embarrassed by her.father's debt.
* MissKitty: [[spoiler: In ''Red Country'', true to the book's Western theme.]]
*DeadpanSnarker: Her barbed tongue marks her in strong contrast NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:She ignores Glokta's earlier warning to flee the noble ladies that Jezal usually meets.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After a steady diet of miseryUnion to return and abuse, warn him about the Gurkish making their way to Midderland with a secret fleet. As a result, Glokta ends up married to Glokta, ensuring no one will be able to harm seizing her or assets at the end of the story and forcing her illegitimate child, or ever mock or ignore her again.to act as his spy in Styria.]]
*LadyDrunk: NonIdleRich: Does everything in her power to support Glokta in his defense of Dagoska.
* PetTheDog: As part of the ruling council of Dagoska she tries to restrain the Union's worst abuses towards the natives.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Hermale associates note how role in the ruling council of Dagoska [[spoiler: and as the Mayor in ''Red Country''.]]
* TheRival: In ''Red Country'', [[spoiler:she's in a bitter fight with the crime boss, Papa Ring, for control of the town of Crease.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By the end of ''Best Served Cold'', shespends flees Styria after Shivers [[spoiler:fails to kill Monza to avoid Glokta's wrath. It's revealed in ''Red Country'' that she's made her way all the way to the town of Crease in Far Country.]]
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler: When she first appears, she tries to use her resources and wiles to save the population of Dagoska. With every appearance after that she compromises her principles further. In ''Red Country'', she breaks her word to let a duel decide which of them rules Crease, and instead launches a preemptive strike against Papa Ring's forces and businesses while the fight's still going on, causing a bloodbath in Crease.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending most of herfree screen time getting drunk.
* MoralityPet: To Glokta; Collem asks himsuffering undeservedly, [[spoiler:the end of ''Red Country'' has her as the unopposed Mayor of Crease which is starting to keep an eye on evolve thanks to industry. She's also gotten the Union out of her hair by convincing them she's aligned with the Old Empire.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Glokta exposes her as afavor traitor and later forces her to work for him as a spy in Styria, where she becomes [[TheEvilPrince Ario's]] mistress. In ''Best Seved Cold'', she's tortured and blackmailed into assisting Monza in Ario's assassination, forcing her to seek protection in the League of Eight in order to escape the wrath of both Glokta and Grand Duke Orso. Fortunately, things start to look a little brighter for her by the time of ''Red Country''.]]
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler: Though her name is never mentioned, it's pretty obvious that she's the Mayor of Crease in ''Red Country''.]]
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: [[spoiler:In ''Red Country'' she's become the Mayor of Crease and the power in town is split evenly betweenold friends, but Glokta grows genuinely fond of her.
her and her rival, Papa Ring, until she bests him. Her authority is justified in this case since it's a plot point that Far Country is far away from most global powers, and Carlot's plan is to align with the Old Empire over the Union.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Before They Are Hanged'', [[spoiler:she turned traitor to the Union and made a deal to hand Dagoska over to the invading Gurkish Empire because she knew the city was doomed anyway and at least by cooperating she could ensure there wasn't any bloodshed.]]
* TheChewToy: The universe apparently ''hates'' poor Carlot. She's constantly batted around by powerful figures, which ends repeatedly in her losing everything, and she
* DeterminedWidow: Married a far older man to pay off her
* ManipulativeBitch: Although for pretty altruistic reasons.
* MayDecemberRomance: When she was twenty-two, she was compelled to marry a sixty-year-old man to repay her
* MissKitty: [[spoiler: In ''Red Country'', true to the book's Western theme.]]
*
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After a steady diet of misery
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* PetTheDog: As part of the ruling council of Dagoska she tries to restrain the Union's worst abuses towards the natives.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Her
* TheRival: In ''Red Country'', [[spoiler:she's in a bitter fight with the crime boss, Papa Ring, for control of the town of Crease.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By the end of ''Best Served Cold'', she
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler: When she first appears, she tries to use her resources and wiles to save the population of Dagoska. With every appearance after that she compromises her principles further. In ''Red Country'', she breaks her word to let a duel decide which of them rules Crease, and instead launches a preemptive strike against Papa Ring's forces and businesses while the fight's still going on, causing a bloodbath in Crease.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending most of her
* MoralityPet: To Glokta; Collem asks him
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Glokta exposes her as a
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler: Though her name is never mentioned, it's pretty obvious that she's the Mayor of Crease in ''Red Country''.]]
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: [[spoiler:In ''Red Country'' she's become the Mayor of Crease and the power in town is split evenly between
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Before They Are Hanged'', [[spoiler:she turned traitor to the Union and made a deal to hand Dagoska over to the invading Gurkish Empire because she knew the city was doomed anyway and at least by cooperating she could ensure there wasn't any bloodshed.]]
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* AffectionateNickname: 'Fin,' to her martinet father Kroy, who nevertheless clearly adores his only child.
* AllGirlsWantBadboys: Downplayed. She briefly gains some minor respect for Gorst after finding out about his violent exploits in the war, but she remains happily married to her kind husband.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Averted. Finree is ambitious but overall she's a good person and she doesn't stoop low to get ahead.
* DaddysGirl: Finree dearly loves her father, General Kroy, who raised her alone after her mother's death. [[spoiler:She even chews out ''Bayaz'' when she finds out her father's resigning because he went against Bayaz's wishes when he sued for peace.]]
* DamselOutOfDistress: She [[spoiler:negotiates her own release and that of a number of other prisoners from [[AxeCrazy Black Dow.]]]]
* DeadpanSnarker: She has a very quick wit, which doesn't do her any favors sometimes.
* HappilyMarried: Though her and Harod have their differences, their marriage is a happy and loving one overall.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: She ends up captured by Stranger-Come-Knocking who plainly states his intention to have her father "civilized" children for him. Luckily, she's saved at the last minute. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, her friend isn't so luckily.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's opinionated and has a sharp tongue, but she's a good, charitable person at heart.
* LadyMacBeth: Averted. She's ambitious and scheming to make her husband Governor of Angland, to the point where she ponders eliminating the current governor, Meed, but she's not evil at all.
* ManipulativeBitch: A much nicer example than most. She tries to manipulate others to advance in politics but she's a good person overall.
* MilitaryBrat: Since she grew up around army personnel, she knows more about good strategy than some of her father's generals.
* MsViceGirl: She's ambitious and scheming but ultimately a very good person.
* ObliviousToLove: She had no idea that Bremer dan Gorst was in love with her [[spoiler:until he told her to her face.]]
* PitbullDatesPuppy: Finree is ambitious, abrasive, and willing to play dirty to get ahead, while her husband believes in getting ahead by working hard and being a good person.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Her husband, Harod, is brave, loyal, innocent, and optimistic while Finree is a devious cynic. She loves him anyway and married him even though his family had fallen from grace after his father's failed bid at becoming king.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Finree and her father play a game implied to be the Union equivalent of chess, and they're smart enough to keep all the pieces in their mind so they can plan their moves even when separated by large distances.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Having been raised by a talented military officer, she's quick to notice all the failings of the officers around her.
* SurvivorsGuilt: While she ends up escaping from Stranger-Come-Knocking's lecherous clutches, [[spoiler:Aliz dan Brint, remains his captive, and her ultimate fate is never revealed.]] When she gets back to camp, she suffers from a great deal of guilt for not being able to save her friend.
* TooCleverByHalf: As Black Dow notes after she tries to press her luck in their negotiation, she's sharp, but she doesn't want to be so sharp that she cuts her own throat.
* YouJustHadToSayIt: Despite her intelligence and charm, Finree can't stop herself from sassing some people when it's not socially appropriate.
* WealthyPhilanthropist: Coming from a wealthy and noble background, Finree is a good person who's compassionate enough to want to give refugees aid for purely altruistic reasons.
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[[folder:Longfoot]]
!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
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* AllGirlsWantBadboys: Downplayed. She briefly gains some minor respect for Gorst after finding out about his violent exploits in the war, but she remains happily married to her kind husband.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Averted. Finree is ambitious but overall she's a good person and she doesn't stoop low to get ahead.
* DaddysGirl: Finree dearly loves her father, General Kroy, who raised her alone after her mother's death. [[spoiler:She even chews out ''Bayaz'' when she finds out her father's resigning because he went against Bayaz's wishes when he sued for peace.]]
* DamselOutOfDistress: She [[spoiler:negotiates her own release and that of a number of other prisoners from [[AxeCrazy Black Dow.]]]]
* DeadpanSnarker: She has a very quick wit, which doesn't do her any favors sometimes.
* HappilyMarried: Though her and Harod have their differences, their marriage is a happy and loving one overall.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: She ends up captured by Stranger-Come-Knocking who plainly states his intention to have her father "civilized" children for him. Luckily, she's saved at the last minute. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, her friend isn't so luckily.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's opinionated and has a sharp tongue, but she's a good, charitable person at heart.
* LadyMacBeth: Averted. She's ambitious and scheming to make her husband Governor of Angland, to the point where she ponders eliminating the current governor, Meed, but she's not evil at all.
* ManipulativeBitch: A much nicer example than most. She tries to manipulate others to advance in politics but she's a good person overall.
* MilitaryBrat: Since she grew up around army personnel, she knows more about good strategy than some of her father's generals.
* MsViceGirl: She's ambitious and scheming but ultimately a very good person.
* ObliviousToLove: She had no idea that Bremer dan Gorst was in love with her [[spoiler:until he told her to her face.]]
* PitbullDatesPuppy: Finree is ambitious, abrasive, and willing to play dirty to get ahead, while her husband believes in getting ahead by working hard and being a good person.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Her husband, Harod, is brave, loyal, innocent, and optimistic while Finree is a devious cynic. She loves him anyway and married him even though his family had fallen from grace after his father's failed bid at becoming king.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Finree and her father play a game implied to be the Union equivalent of chess, and they're smart enough to keep all the pieces in their mind so they can plan their moves even when separated by large distances.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Having been raised by a talented military officer, she's quick to notice all the failings of the officers around her.
* SurvivorsGuilt: While she ends up escaping from Stranger-Come-Knocking's lecherous clutches, [[spoiler:Aliz dan Brint, remains his captive, and her ultimate fate is never revealed.]] When she gets back to camp, she suffers from a great deal of guilt for not being able to save her friend.
* TooCleverByHalf: As Black Dow notes after she tries to press her luck in their negotiation, she's sharp, but she doesn't want to be so sharp that she cuts her own throat.
* YouJustHadToSayIt: Despite her intelligence and charm, Finree can't stop herself from sassing some people when it's not socially appropriate.
* WealthyPhilanthropist: Coming from a wealthy and noble background, Finree is a good person who's compassionate enough to want to give refugees aid for purely altruistic reasons.
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!!Carlot dan Eider
A merchant, head of the Guild of Spicers.
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* TheCharmer: Dipping into FemmeFatale when necessary.
* TheChewToy: The universe apparently ''hates'' poor Carlot. She's constantly batted around by powerful figures, which ends repeatedly in her losing everything, and she deserves it far, far less than people who get away free with bigger crimes. [[spoiler: She's finally content and happy as of ''Red Country.'']]
* DeterminedWidow: Married a far older man to pay off her father's debt, and gradually took over his responsibilities in the Guild of Spicers as his health declined. After his death, she effectively inherited his title as a Magister.
* ManipulativeBitch: Although for pretty altruistic reasons.
* MayDecemberRomance: When she was twenty-two, she was compelled to marry a sixty-year-old man to repay her father's debt.
* MissKitty: [[spoiler: In ''Red Country'', true to the book's Western theme.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:She ignores Glokta's earlier warning to flee the Union to return and warn him about the Gurkish making their way to Midderland with a secret fleet. As a result, Glokta ends up seizing her assets at the end of the story and forcing her to act as his spy in Styria.]]
* NonIdleRich: Does everything in her power to support Glokta in his defense of Dagoska.
* PetTheDog: As part of the ruling council of Dagoska she tries to restrain the Union's worst abuses towards the natives.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Her role in the ruling council of Dagoska [[spoiler: and as the Mayor in ''Red Country''.]]
* TheRival: In ''Red Country'', [[spoiler:she's in a bitter fight with the crime boss, Papa Ring, for control of the town of Crease.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By the end of ''Best Served Cold'', she flees Styria after Shivers [[spoiler:fails to kill Monza to avoid Glokta's wrath. It's revealed in ''Red Country'' that she's made her way all the way to the town of Crease in Far Country.]]
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler: When she first appears, she tries to use her resources and wiles to save the population of Dagoska. With every appearance after that she compromises her principles further. In ''Red Country'', she breaks her word to let a duel decide which of them rules Crease, and instead launches a preemptive strike against Papa Ring's forces and businesses while the fight's still going on, causing a bloodbath in Crease.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending most of her screen time suffering undeservedly, [[spoiler:the end of ''Red Country'' has her as the unopposed Mayor of Crease which is starting to evolve thanks to industry. She's also gotten the Union out of her hair by convincing them she's aligned with the Old Empire.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Glokta exposes her as a traitor and later forces her to work for him as a spy in Styria, where she becomes [[TheEvilPrince Ario's]] mistress. In ''Best Seved Cold'', she's tortured and blackmailed into assisting Monza in Ario's assassination, forcing her to seek protection in the League of Eight in order to escape the wrath of both Glokta and Grand Duke Orso. Fortunately, things start to look a little brighter for her by the time of ''Red Country''.]]
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler: Though her name is never mentioned, it's pretty obvious that she's the Mayor of Crease in ''Red Country''.]]
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: [[spoiler:In ''Red Country'' she's become the Mayor of Crease and the power in town is split evenly between her and her rival, Papa Ring, until she bests him. Her authority is justified in this case since it's a plot point that Far Country is far away from most global powers, and Carlot's plan is to align with the Old Empire over the Union.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Before They Are Hanged'', [[spoiler:she turned traitor to the Union and made a deal to hand Dagoska over to the invading Gurkish Empire because she knew the city was doomed anyway and at least by cooperating she could ensure there wasn't any bloodshed.]]
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[[folder:Finree dan Brock]]
!! Finree dan Brock
A Union noblewoman with ambitious plans.
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* AllGirlsWantBadboys: Downplayed. She briefly gains some minor respect for Gorst after finding out about his violent exploits in the war, but she remains happily married to her kind husband.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Averted. Finree is ambitious but overall she's a good person and she doesn't stoop low to get ahead.
* DaddysGirl: Finree dearly loves her father, General Kroy, who raised her alone after her mother's death. [[spoiler:She even chews out ''Bayaz'' when she finds out her father's resigning because he went against Bayaz's wishes when he sued for peace.]]
* DamselOutOfDistress: She [[spoiler:negotiates her own release and that of a number of other prisoners from [[AxeCrazy Black Dow.]]]]
* DeadpanSnarker: She has a very quick wit, which doesn't do her any favors sometimes.
* HappilyMarried: Though her and Harod have their differences, their marriage is a happy and loving one overall.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: She ends up captured by Stranger-Come-Knocking who plainly states his intention to have her father "civilized" children for him. Luckily, she's saved at the last minute. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, her friend isn't so luckily.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's opinionated and has a sharp tongue, but she's a good, charitable person at heart.
* LadyMacBeth: Averted. She's ambitious and scheming to make her husband Governor of Angland, to the point where she ponders eliminating the current governor, Meed, but she's not evil at all.
* ManipulativeBitch: A much nicer example than most. She tries to manipulate others to advance in politics but she's a good person overall.
* MilitaryBrat: Since she grew up around army personnel, she knows more about good strategy than some of her father's generals.
* MsViceGirl: She's ambitious and scheming but ultimately a very good person.
* ObliviousToLove: She had no idea that Bremer dan Gorst was in love with her [[spoiler:until he told her to her face.]]
* PitbullDatesPuppy: Finree is ambitious, abrasive, and willing to play dirty to get ahead, while her husband believes in getting ahead by working hard and being a good person.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Her husband, Harod, is brave, loyal, innocent, and optimistic while Finree is a devious cynic. She loves him anyway and married him even though his family had fallen from grace after his father's failed bid at becoming king.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Finree and her father play a game implied to be the Union equivalent of chess, and they're smart enough to keep all the pieces in their mind so they can plan their moves even when separated by large distances.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Having been raised by a talented military officer, she's quick to notice all the failings of the officers around her.
* SurvivorsGuilt: While she ends up escaping from Stranger-Come-Knocking's lecherous clutches, [[spoiler:Aliz dan Brint, remains his captive, and her ultimate fate is never revealed.]] When she gets back to camp, she suffers from a great deal of guilt for not being able to save her friend.
* TooCleverByHalf: As Black Dow notes after she tries to press her luck in their negotiation, she's sharp, but she doesn't want to be so sharp that she cuts her own throat.
* YouJustHadToSayIt: Despite her intelligence and charm, Finree can't stop herself from sassing some people when it's not socially appropriate.
* WealthyPhilanthropist: Coming from a wealthy and noble background, Finree is a good person who's compassionate enough to want to give refugees aid for purely altruistic reasons.
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!!Citizens
[[folder:Ardee]]
!!Ardee West
-->''"No one gets what they deserve."''
Sister of Collem West, bored with her station in life and what is expected of her gender.
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* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Abused by her father since childhood - when she gets pregnant he beats her so badly she has a miscarriage - and then ignored by polite society, except for her brother, who's embarrassed by her.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Her barbed tongue marks her in strong contrast to the noble ladies that Jezal usually meets.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After a steady diet of misery and abuse, ends up married to Glokta, ensuring no one will be able to harm her or her illegitimate child, or ever mock or ignore her again.]]
* LadyDrunk: Her male associates note how she spends most of her free time getting drunk.
* MoralityPet: To Glokta; Collem asks him to keep an eye on her as a favor between old friends, but Glokta grows genuinely fond of her.
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!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
----
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Absolutely none of his companions much care for him, since he never shuts the hell up. Still, much as they dislike him, they do tolerate him.
* LovableCoward: He admits to running from fights, but it's hard to hold that against him.
* MilesGloriosus: Spares no opportunity to boast about his talents and accomplishments.
* MotorMouth: He will not. Stop. *Talking*.
* NonActionGuy: Combat is not among his many skills.
* PluckyComicRelief: He doesn't have much depth beyond providing humor to that plotline.
* RunningGag: His constant tendency to brag about his "many skills".
* ShooOutTheClowns: Following the journey, he is captured by the Inquisition and barely escapes (mostly) intact, before exiting the story. Things get worse after that.
* SmallNameBigEgo: One of his signature traits is constantly boasting about his skills and knowledge, and having a very high opinion of himself despite his relative unhelpfulness to the group.
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[[folder:Carlot dan Eider]]
!!Carlot dan Eider
A merchant, head of the Guild of Spicers.
----
* TheCharmer: Dipping into FemmeFatale when necessary.
* TheChewToy: The universe apparently ''hates'' poor Carlot. She's constantly batted around by powerful figures, which ends repeatedly in her losing everything, and she deserves it far, far less than people who get away free with bigger crimes. [[spoiler: She's finally content and happy as of ''Red Country.'']]
* DeterminedWidow: Married a far older man to pay off her father's debt, and gradually took over his responsibilities in the Guild of Spicers as his health declined. After his death, she effectively inherited his title as a Magister.
* ManipulativeBitch: Although for pretty altruistic reasons.
* MayDecemberRomance: When she was twenty-two, she was compelled to marry a sixty-year-old man to repay her father's debt.
* MissKitty: [[spoiler: In ''Red Country'', true to the book's Western theme.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:She ignores Glokta's earlier warning to flee the Union to return and warn him about the Gurkish making their way to Midderland with a secret fleet. As a result, Glokta ends up seizing her assets at the end of the story and forcing her to act as his spy in Styria.]]
* NonIdleRich: Does everything in her power to support Glokta in his defense of Dagoska.
* PetTheDog: As part of the ruling council of Dagoska she tries to restrain the Union's worst abuses towards the natives.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Her role in the ruling council of Dagoska [[spoiler: and as the Mayor in ''Red Country''.]]
* TheRival: In ''Red Country'', [[spoiler:she's in a bitter fight with the crime boss, Papa Ring, for control of the town of Crease.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By the end of ''Best Served Cold'', she flees Styria after Shivers [[spoiler:fails to kill Monza to avoid Glokta's wrath. It's revealed in ''Red Country'' that she's made her way all the way to the town of Crease in Far Country.]]
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler: When she first appears, she tries to use her resources and wiles to save the population of Dagoska. With every appearance after that she compromises her principles further. In ''Red Country'', she breaks her word to let a duel decide which of them rules Crease, and instead launches a preemptive strike against Papa Ring's forces and businesses while the fight's still going on, causing a bloodbath in Crease.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending most of her screen time suffering undeservedly, [[spoiler:the end of ''Red Country'' has her as the unopposed Mayor of Crease which is starting to evolve thanks to industry. She's also gotten the Union out of her hair by convincing them she's aligned with the Old Empire.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Glokta exposes her as a traitor and later forces her to work for him as a spy in Styria, where she becomes [[TheEvilPrince Ario's]] mistress. In ''Best Seved Cold'', she's tortured and blackmailed into assisting Monza in Ario's assassination, forcing her to seek protection in the League of Eight in order to escape the wrath of both Glokta and Grand Duke Orso. Fortunately, things start to look a little brighter for her by the time of ''Red Country''.]]
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler: Though her name is never mentioned, it's pretty obvious that she's the Mayor of Crease in ''Red Country''.]]
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: [[spoiler:In ''Red Country'' she's become the Mayor of Crease and the power in town is split evenly between her and her rival, Papa Ring, until she bests him. Her authority is justified in this case since it's a plot point that Far Country is far away from most global powers, and Carlot's plan is to align with the Old Empire over the Union.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Before They Are Hanged'', [[spoiler:she turned traitor to the Union and made a deal to hand Dagoska over to the invading Gurkish Empire because she knew the city was doomed anyway and at least by cooperating she could ensure there wasn't any bloodshed.]]
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[[folder:Finree dan Brock]]
!! Finree dan Brock
A Union noblewoman with ambitious plans.
----
* AllGirlsWantBadboys: Downplayed. She briefly gains some minor respect for Gorst after finding out about his violent exploits in the war, but she remains happily married to her kind husband.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Averted. Finree is ambitious but overall she's a good person and she doesn't stoop low to get ahead.
* DaddysGirl: Finree dearly loves her father, General Kroy, who raised her alone after her mother's death. [[spoiler:She even chews out ''Bayaz'' when she finds out her father's resigning because he went against Bayaz's wishes when he sued for peace.]]
* DamselOutOfDistress: She [[spoiler:negotiates her own release and that of a number of other prisoners from [[AxeCrazy Black Dow.]]]]
* DeadpanSnarker: She has a very quick wit, which doesn't do her any favors sometimes.
* HappilyMarried: Though her and Harod have their differences, their marriage is a happy and loving one overall.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: She ends up captured by Stranger-Come-Knocking who plainly states his intention to have her father "civilized" children for him. Luckily, she's saved at the last minute. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, her friend isn't so luckily.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's opinionated and has a sharp tongue, but she's a good, charitable person at heart.
* LadyMacBeth: Averted. She's ambitious and scheming to make her husband Governor of Angland, to the point where she ponders eliminating the current governor, Meed, but she's not evil at all.
* ManipulativeBitch: A much nicer example than most. She tries to manipulate others to advance in politics but she's a good person overall.
* MilitaryBrat: Since she grew up around army personnel, she knows more about good strategy than some of her father's generals.
* MsViceGirl: She's ambitious and scheming but ultimately a very good person.
* ObliviousToLove: She had no idea that Bremer dan Gorst was in love with her [[spoiler:until he told her to her face.]]
* PitbullDatesPuppy: Finree is ambitious, abrasive, and willing to play dirty to get ahead, while her husband believes in getting ahead by working hard and being a good person.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Her husband, Harod, is brave, loyal, innocent, and optimistic while Finree is a devious cynic. She loves him anyway and married him even though his family had fallen from grace after his father's failed bid at becoming king.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Finree and her father play a game implied to be the Union equivalent of chess, and they're smart enough to keep all the pieces in their mind so they can plan their moves even when separated by large distances.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Having been raised by a talented military officer, she's quick to notice all the failings of the officers around her.
* SurvivorsGuilt: While she ends up escaping from Stranger-Come-Knocking's lecherous clutches, [[spoiler:Aliz dan Brint, remains his captive, and her ultimate fate is never revealed.]] When she gets back to camp, she suffers from a great deal of guilt for not being able to save her friend.
* TooCleverByHalf: As Black Dow notes after she tries to press her luck in their negotiation, she's sharp, but she doesn't want to be so sharp that she cuts her own throat.
* YouJustHadToSayIt: Despite her intelligence and charm, Finree can't stop herself from sassing some people when it's not socially appropriate.
* WealthyPhilanthropist: Coming from a wealthy and noble background, Finree is a good person who's compassionate enough to want to give refugees aid for purely altruistic reasons.
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!!Citizens
[[folder:Ardee]]
!!Ardee West
-->''"No one gets what they deserve."''
Sister of Collem West, bored with her station in life and what is expected of her gender.
----
* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Abused by her father since childhood - when she gets pregnant he beats her so badly she has a miscarriage - and then ignored by polite society, except for her brother, who's embarrassed by her.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Her barbed tongue marks her in strong contrast to the noble ladies that Jezal usually meets.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After a steady diet of misery and abuse, ends up married to Glokta, ensuring no one will be able to harm her or her illegitimate child, or ever mock or ignore her again.]]
* LadyDrunk: Her male associates note how she spends most of her free time getting drunk.
* MoralityPet: To Glokta; Collem asks him to keep an eye on her as a favor between old friends, but Glokta grows genuinely fond of her.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Longfoot]]
!!Brother Longfoot
A talented Navigator whose constant chatting and boasting get on his companions' nerves.
----
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Absolutely none of his companions much care for him, since he never shuts the hell up. Still, much as they dislike him, they do tolerate him.
* LovableCoward: He admits to running from fights, but it's hard to hold that against him.
* MilesGloriosus: Spares no opportunity to boast about his talents and accomplishments.
* MotorMouth: He will not. Stop. *Talking*.
* NonActionGuy: Combat is not among his many skills.
* PluckyComicRelief: He doesn't have much depth beyond providing humor to that plotline.
* RunningGag: His constant tendency to brag about his "many skills".
* ShooOutTheClowns: Following the journey, he is captured by the Inquisition and barely escapes (mostly) intact, before exiting the story. Things get worse after that.
* SmallNameBigEgo: One of his signature traits is constantly boasting about his skills and knowledge, and having a very high opinion of himself despite his relative unhelpfulness to the group.
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