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* PlotTriggeringDeath: For Glotka, as Feekt's death unbalances the Closed Coucil, resulting in Arch Lector Sult making power plays, using Glotka as one of his primary agents.
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: For Glotka, Glokta, as Feekt's death unbalances the Closed Coucil, resulting in Arch Lector Sult making power plays, using Glotka Glokta as one of his primary agents.
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!!Reign of King Jezal the First
[[folder:Hildi]]
!!Hildi
The thirteen-year-old valet of Prince Orso.
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!!Hildi
The thirteen-year-old valet of Prince Orso.
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!!Reign of King Jezal Guslav the First
[[folder:Hildi]]
!!Hildi
The thirteen-year-old valetFourth
[[folder:Smund]]
!!Smund
A rather intolerable member of PrinceOrso.Ladisla's retinue
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The thirteen-year-old valet
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* TheAlcoholic: Spends his nights drinking, and is still hung over at a strategy meeting the next morning.
* HateSink: Obnoxious with a far worse understandng of strategy than he thinks he does. Ladisla at least listens during the strategy mettings, albeit to furfill his fantasies of being a great general. Smund can't stop himself from yawning.
* LeeroyJenkins:Seems to be the only strategy he knows, and is very intent with using it on the Northmen. Unfortunately for him, that's exactly what they wanted.
* OffWithHisHead: Northern calvary disguised as Union calvary fools him, resulting in a sword cleaving his head in two.
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!!Reign of King Jezal the First
[[folder:Hildi]]
!!Hildi
The thirteen-year-old valet of Prince Orso.
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* HateSink: Obnoxious with a far worse understandng of strategy than he thinks he does. Ladisla at least listens during the strategy mettings, albeit to furfill his fantasies of being a great general. Smund can't stop himself from yawning.
* LeeroyJenkins:Seems to be the only strategy he knows, and is very intent with using it on the Northmen. Unfortunately for him, that's exactly what they wanted.
* OffWithHisHead: Northern calvary disguised as Union calvary fools him, resulting in a sword cleaving his head in two.
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!!Reign of King Jezal the First
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!!Hildi
The thirteen-year-old valet of Prince Orso.
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!!Lord Chancellor Feekt
Known as the 'golden Chancellor' he was Lord Chancellor on the closed council before the start of the series, managing its factions and keeping the Union running. His death at the age of ninety kcks off the power struggles amougst the closed council throught the orginal trilogy.
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* ChekhovsGunman: His death is mentioned near the start of the trilogy, and is brought up again at the end of it [[spoiler:for TheReveal that he was actually an agent of Bayaz.]]
* PlotTriggeringDeath: For Glotka, as Feekt's death unbalances the Closed Coucil, resulting in Arch Lector Sult making power plays, using Glotka as one of his primary agents.
* PosthumousCharacter: Dies before we ever get to see him.
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!!Lord Chancellor Feekt
Known as the 'golden Chancellor' he was Lord Chancellor on the closed council before the start of the series, managing its factions and keeping the Union running. His death at the age of ninety kcks off the power struggles amougst the closed council throught the orginal trilogy.
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* ChekhovsGunman: His death is mentioned near the start of the trilogy, and is brought up again at the end of it [[spoiler:for TheReveal that he was actually an agent of Bayaz.]]
* PlotTriggeringDeath: For Glotka, as Feekt's death unbalances the Closed Coucil, resulting in Arch Lector Sult making power plays, using Glotka as one of his primary agents.
* PosthumousCharacter: Dies before we ever get to see him.
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!!Knights of the Body
[[folder:In General]]
!!Knights of the Body
The elite bodyguards of the Royal Family
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!!Knights of the Body
The elite bodyguards of the Royal Family
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!!Knights of the Body
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!!Hildi
The
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* PraetorianGuard: They accompany 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 king help he can get but still.
* 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.
* BigBrotherWorship: Orso loves her like a little sister and she in return loves him like a big brother, to the point of undying loyalty. [[spoiler:Even after he tells her he'd rather she live a good life than try to get revenge for his death, she plans on avenging him under Bayaz's tutelage.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:The final chapter of ''Wisdom of Crowds'' features a vision where Hildi has grown to a woman, who has mastered finance and smothers all the North in a cage. It doesn't help that the person who's taken her in after Orso's execution is [[BigBad Bayaz]].]]
* 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.
* 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.
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Leo hanged Orso at the end of ''Wisdom of Crowds'' and despite Orso's wish for Hildi not to seek vengeance, she ain't listening. She's studying at the feet of ''Bayaz'' for it.]]
* SignatureHeadgear: Hildi is almost always seen wearing a battered old soldier's cap. When the Great Change starts, the Breakers and Burners force her to abandon it, [[spoiler:only for her to snag a new one the second the Burners arehis primary defense defeated.]] Later, [[spoiler:Rikke has a cryptic vision of an adult Hildi wearing a tophat that turns into a smokestack. Much like the one Rikke wore the night before she betrayed 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.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Her loyalty to Orso is unbreakable even when the odds are againstany threat that might appear.
him. [[spoiler:During his imprisonment throughout the Great Change, she refuses to abandon her position as his valet no matter how much danger it puts her in and his repeated instructions for her to disappear to save herself. After Orso is executed because Rikke betrays him to Leo, her tutelage under Bayaz and Rikke's vision implies Hildi fully intends to follow through on her promises of vengeance.]]
* 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.
* BigBrotherWorship: Orso loves her like a little sister and she in return loves him like a big brother, to the point of undying loyalty. [[spoiler:Even after he tells her he'd rather she live a good life than try to get revenge for his death, she plans on avenging him under Bayaz's tutelage.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:The final chapter of ''Wisdom of Crowds'' features a vision where Hildi has grown to a woman, who has mastered finance and smothers all the North in a cage. It doesn't help that the person who's taken her in after Orso's execution is [[BigBad Bayaz]].]]
* 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.
* 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.
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Leo hanged Orso at the end of ''Wisdom of Crowds'' and despite Orso's wish for Hildi not to seek vengeance, she ain't listening. She's studying at the feet of ''Bayaz'' for it.]]
* SignatureHeadgear: Hildi is almost always seen wearing a battered old soldier's cap. When the Great Change starts, the Breakers and Burners force her to abandon it, [[spoiler:only for her to snag a new one the second the Burners are
* 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.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Her loyalty to Orso is unbreakable even when the odds are against
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!!Bremer dan Gorst
!!!POV: ''Literature/TheHeroes''
-->''"It's an upside-down sham of a world in which men like these, if they can be called men at all, can look down on a man like me. I am worth twice the lot of you. And this is the best the Union has to offer? We deserve to lose."''
A former member of the Knights of the Body, disgraced for his failure to adeqautely protect King Jezal in Styria, now a special observer on the war from the Closed Council of the Union. Introduced in ''Literature/TheFirstLaw'', he becomes a POV character in ''Literature/TheHeroes''. By the time of ''Literature/TheAgeOfMadness'' he is once again a memeber of the Knights of the Body.
!!Bremer dan Gorst
!!!POV: ''Literature/TheHeroes''
-->''"It's an upside-down sham of a world in which men like these, if they can be called men at all, can look down on a man like me. I am worth twice the lot of you. And this is the best the Union has to offer? We deserve to lose."''
A former member of the Knights of the Body, disgraced for his failure to adeqautely protect King Jezal in Styria, now a special observer on the war from the Closed Council of the Union. Introduced in ''Literature/TheFirstLaw'', he becomes a POV character in ''Literature/TheHeroes''. By the time of ''Literature/TheAgeOfMadness'' he is once again a memeber of the Knights of the Body.
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!!Bremer dan Gorst
!!!POV: ''Literature/TheHeroes''
-->''"It's an upside-down sham of a world in which men like these, if they can be called men at all, can look down on a man like me. I am worth twice the lot of you. And this is the best the Union has to offer? We deserve to lose."''
A former member of the Knights of the Body, disgraced for his failure to adeqautely protect King Jezal in Styria, now a special observer on the war from the Closed Council of the Union. Introduced in ''Literature/TheFirstLaw'', he becomes a POV character in ''Literature/TheHeroes''. By the time of ''Literature/TheAgeOfMadness'' he is once again a memeber of the Knights of the Body.
!!Corporal Tunny
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!!Yolk
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-->See [[Characters/TheFirstLawUnionMilitary Union Military]]
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!!Knights of the Body
[[folder:In General]]
!!Knights of the Body
The elite bodyguards of the Royal Family
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* PraetorianGuard: They accompany the king and are his primary defense against any threat that might appear.
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[[folder:Gorst*]]
!!Bremer dan Gorst
!!!POV: ''Literature/TheHeroes''
-->''"It's an upside-down sham of a world in which men like these, if they can be called men at all, can look down on a man like me. I am worth twice the lot of you. And this is the best the Union has to offer? We deserve to lose."''
A former member of the Knights of the Body, disgraced for his failure to adeqautely protect King Jezal in Styria, now a special observer on the war from the Closed Council of the Union. Introduced in ''Literature/TheFirstLaw'', he becomes a POV character in ''Literature/TheHeroes''. By the time of ''Literature/TheAgeOfMadness'' he is once again a memeber of the Knights of the Body.
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!!Reign of King Guslav the Fifth
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!!Lord Chamberlain Fortis dan Hoff
A loud and impatient man who conducts the duties of the otherwise incapable king.
!!Reign of King Guslav the Fifth
[[folder:Hoff]]
!!Lord Chamberlain Fortis dan Hoff
A loud and impatient man who conducts the duties of the otherwise incapable king.
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!!Reign of King Guslav the Fifth
[[folder:Hoff]]
!!Lord Chamberlain Fortis dan Hoff
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* TheAlcoholic: Hoff is almost never seen without a drink in his hand.
* FatBastard: He's an overweight jackass who treats all supplicants seeking an audience with the High King with equal disdain.
* {{Jerkass}}: Hoff is described as rude, unpleasant and quick to anger. All on top of being a drunkard.
* LackOfEmpathy: He really could care less about why someone is petitioning the king, there's a 99% chance he'll refuse their request.
* NoIndoorVoice: He's described as being a very loud man.
* RetiredBadass: Surprisingly enough, in his youth, Hoff was once the champion of the national fencing Contest. You'd never be able to tell it from looking at him now.
* WouldHurtAChild: After finding out that Jezal fathered a bastard with Ardee, he subtly suggests that Sand dan Glokta, the new Arch Lector of the Inquisition, murder Ardee and her unborn child. Luckily, Glokta doesn't go through with it. Instead he marries Ardee to pass her child off as his own and threatens Hoff should anything befall ''his'' wife and child.
* FatBastard: He's an overweight jackass who treats all supplicants seeking an audience with the High King with equal disdain.
* {{Jerkass}}: Hoff is described as rude, unpleasant and quick to anger. All on top of being a drunkard.
* LackOfEmpathy: He really could care less about why someone is petitioning the king, there's a 99% chance he'll refuse their request.
* NoIndoorVoice: He's described as being a very loud man.
* RetiredBadass: Surprisingly enough, in his youth, Hoff was once the champion of the national fencing Contest. You'd never be able to tell it from looking at him now.
* WouldHurtAChild: After finding out that Jezal fathered a bastard with Ardee, he subtly suggests that Sand dan Glokta, the new Arch Lector of the Inquisition, murder Ardee and her unborn child. Luckily, Glokta doesn't go through with it. Instead he marries Ardee to pass her child off as his own and threatens Hoff should anything befall ''his'' wife and child.
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* TheAlcoholic: Hoff is almost never seen without a drink in PraetorianGuard: They accompany the king and are his hand.
* FatBastard: He's an overweight jackass who treats all supplicants seeking an audience with the High King with equal disdain.
* {{Jerkass}}: Hoff is described as rude, unpleasant and quick to anger. All on top of being a drunkard.
* LackOfEmpathy: He really could care less about why someone is petitioning the king, there's a 99% chance he'll refuse their request.
* NoIndoorVoice: He's described as being a very loud man.
* RetiredBadass: Surprisingly enough, in his youth, Hoff was once the champion of the national fencing Contest. You'd never be able to tell it from looking at him now.
* WouldHurtAChild: After finding outprimary defense against any threat that Jezal fathered a bastard with Ardee, he subtly suggests that Sand dan Glokta, the new Arch Lector of the Inquisition, murder Ardee and her unborn child. Luckily, Glokta doesn't go through with it. Instead he marries Ardee to pass her child off as his own and threatens Hoff should anything befall ''his'' wife and child.might appear.
* FatBastard: He's an overweight jackass who treats all supplicants seeking an audience with the High King with equal disdain.
* {{Jerkass}}: Hoff is described as rude, unpleasant and quick to anger. All on top of being a drunkard.
* LackOfEmpathy: He really could care less about why someone is petitioning the king, there's a 99% chance he'll refuse their request.
* NoIndoorVoice: He's described as being a very loud man.
* RetiredBadass: Surprisingly enough, in his youth, Hoff was once the champion of the national fencing Contest. You'd never be able to tell it from looking at him now.
* WouldHurtAChild: After finding out
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!!High Justice Marovia
Leader of the King's Justice, an elderly man and Sult's bitter rival.
!!High Justice Marovia
Leader of the King's Justice, an elderly man and Sult's bitter rival.
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!!High Justice Marovia
Leader
!!Bremer dan Gorst
!!!POV: ''Literature/TheHeroes''
-->''"It's an upside-down sham of a world in which men like these, if they can be called men at all, can look down on a man like me. I am worth twice the lot of you. And this is the best the Union has to offer? We deserve to lose."''
A former member of the
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* EnemyMine: In ''Last Argument of Kings'', he teams up with Glokta to bring down Sult, provided the former can obtain evidence of the latter's treason.
* InternalReformist: He wants to reform the way commoners are treated in the Union from within. Secretly, he wants to bring down the monarchy and replace it with a democracy.
* KillAndReplace: He's murdered by Yoru Sulfur who takes on his appearance to guard King Jezal during the Gurkish attack on the capital.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's one of the few members of the Closed Council who actually cares about commoners in the Union, and he's even willing to work with Glokta to remove Sult providing Glokta can bring evidence of Sult's treason.
* TheRival: He despises Arch Lector Sult, as the two of them have diametrically opposed ideas of what's best for the Union. They head two different factions in the Closed Council and end up disagreeing about every subject in the Closed Council no matter how small.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He's one of the only members of the Closed Council who gives a damn about the commoners in the Union and believes people in power should use their status to help those less fortunate. Naturally in this series, he ends up murdered.
* InternalReformist: He wants to reform the way commoners are treated in the Union from within. Secretly, he wants to bring down the monarchy and replace it with a democracy.
* KillAndReplace: He's murdered by Yoru Sulfur who takes on his appearance to guard King Jezal during the Gurkish attack on the capital.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's one of the few members of the Closed Council who actually cares about commoners in the Union, and he's even willing to work with Glokta to remove Sult providing Glokta can bring evidence of Sult's treason.
* TheRival: He despises Arch Lector Sult, as the two of them have diametrically opposed ideas of what's best for the Union. They head two different factions in the Closed Council and end up disagreeing about every subject in the Closed Council no matter how small.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He's one of the only members of the Closed Council who gives a damn about the commoners in the Union and believes people in power should use their status to help those less fortunate. Naturally in this series, he ends up murdered.
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* EnemyMine: In ''Last Argument AGoodWayToDie: [[spoiler:He falls in ''Wisdom of Kings'', Crowds'' buying time for Orso to flee. He could have escaped, but opted to sell his life and redeem himself for his failure years earlier.]]
* AscendedExtra: Had a minor role in the original trilogy before being promoted to a main character in ''The Heroes''.
* TheAtoner: Tries to redeem himself in battle after failing to protect his king in ''Best Served Cold''.
* BenevolentBoss: He cares about his two servants, genuinely viewing them as two of his only friends. After one of them is scarred by a colonel, Gorst heads to his tent to demand satisfaction. Unfortunately, when the man turns out to be in awe of Gorst's display in an earlier battle, Gorst's need for recognition makes it so heteams up with Glokta to can't bring down Sult, provided himself to avenge his friend's honor.
* TheBerserker: When he fights in battle, Gorst practically falls into trance as he gets in theformer can obtain evidence rhythm of killing.
* BloodKnight: After his fall from grace, fighting is the only thing that makes him feel alive. He goes so far as to say that he loves war as it makes him feel like a God.
* TheBigGuy: His role in the Union's army. He's quite possibly the best fighter in the series, with the exception of Logen Ninefingers.
* CannotSpitItOut: Has been in love with Finree for years. When he finally does tell her, it goes disastrously.
* DeathSeeker: One of thelatter's treason.
* InternalReformist: He wants to reform the way commoners are treated in the Union from within. Secretly,reasons why he throws himself so recklessly into war is because he wants to bring down die. [[spoiler:In ''The Wisdom of Crowds'' he's positively thrilled when the monarchy time comes for him to sacrifice himself in a blaze of glory.]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:He views his death as this. Having failed to save one king, he sacrifices himself by holding off Leo's forces for as long as possible to buy Orso time to escape. As he's dying he asks Leo if he believes in redemption. When Leo acts dismissive, Gorst's final words are, "You're young. Give it time."]]
* DesperatelyCravesAffection: Gorst is starved for affection, whether romantic--like he wishes from Finree--or platonic--where he wants respect andreplace recognition from his peers.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Bremer is a bit of a laughing stock due to his piping voice and his disgraceful exit from the King's service, but he's very intelligent and the best warrior the Union has. He silently rages about the lack of respect and appreciation he gets.
* TheEeyore: While his sour attitude initially seems like a natural reaction to the miserable state of both his life and the war, near the end he receives the royal forgiveness and reinstating into his previous position as royal bodyguard that he's spent the whole novel yearning for and working towards, and is happy for all of five minutes - after which he promptly finds new reasons to pity himself. His short story in ''Sharp Ends'' reveals he suffers from depression.
* FailureKnight: His failure to protect Jezal in ''Best Served Cold'' haunts him, as itwith a democracy.
caused his fall from grace. During, ''The Heroes'', he seeks to prove himself in the Second Northern War in the hopes of regaining his position, which he does. [[spoiler:He views sacrificing his life to save Orso's own as redemption for his failure.]]
*KillAndReplace: He's murdered by Yoru Sulfur FasterThanTheyLook: It's remarked upon multiple times that for all of Gorst's massive size, he's much faster than he has any right to be.
* FirstPersonSmartass: Bremer doesn't talk often because he's ashamed of his high-pitched voice, but his inner monologue is full of biting commentary on the people who surround him.
* GracefulLoser: When he loses his duel against Jezal in ''The Blade Itself'', he takes it in impressive stride, congratulating Jezal and presenting him to the cheering crowd.
* GreenEyedMonster: His unrequited love for Finree has turned him into this, to the point where he attempts to murder the already wounded Harod dan Brock.
* HeroKiller: Gorst is this for his Northern opponents in ''The Heroes'', even with the book's GrayAndGrayMorality. He pulls Glama Golden from his horse and bashes his face in with ease, maims Scale and swats aside Curnden Craw, successfully kills Drofd, and is the only swordsman who can duel Whirrun of Bligh on even terms.
* HopelessSuitor: Gorst is hopelessly in love with Finree, who, in addition to barely knowing him, is already married to Harod dan Brock. When Gorst reveals his feelings for her, it goes horribly wrong.
* LightningBruiser: Bremer is a hulk of a man and able to fight with amazing speed as well.
* LovingAShadow: Though he believes himself to be in love with Finree, throughout ''The Heroes'' it becomes clear that he barely knows her and is just projecting his own desires onto her.
* MasterSwordsman: Bremer is the best fighter the Union has, not that he gets much respect for it.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: While helping Finree search through the rubble of Osrung to find her husband, Gorst finds him first, unconscious but still alive. He attempts to strangle him to death so he can have Finree to himself, but stops when she arrives.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Subverted, he's got nothing but contempt for Jezal. Ironically, Jezal is deeply loyal to Bremer.
* MoodSwinger: While its harder to pin down just where Gorst sits in the moral spectrum, how acts in any situation largely depends on hisappearance to guard King Jezal during the Gurkish attack on the capital.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He'smood. He can be one of the few members of the Closed Council who actually cares about commoners nicest characters in the Union, army in one moment, to suddenly violent, and even murderous. Even he seems aware of his own flaw, rescuing a man shortly after his attempt to murder Finree's husband is interrupted and Gorst passes the incident off as simply discovering him. The man calls him a hero, while Gorst guiltily thinks "if only you knew".
* MovingTheGoalposts: A sad, self-inflicted variant. At the end of ''The Heroes,'' he finally receives almost everything he had wanted throughout the entire story, and briefly finds himself happy with his life, and yet he still ends up feeling miserable. He ends up bitterly concluding that that's simply the way that he is.
* NeverMyFault: Insists that he was wrongfully blamed for the disaster at Cardotti's House of Leisure in ''Best Served Cold''. In fact, he was drunk out of his mind and whoring around when Jezal needed him, and Finree's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to him reveals that it wasn't the first time. However, in the short story ''Wrong Place, Wrong Time'' from the collection ''Sharp Ends'', it's revealed that, rather than being passed out drunk and whoring, Gorst was sobbing on a prostitute's lap as she soothed him, showing that Gorst had been dealing with depression for quite some time before ''The Heroes''. Once he heard the chaos break out, he immediately rushed to find the king, barreling into Shivers who promptly headbutts him, sending Gorst sprawling down the stairs.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: His notes to Jezal, reporting on the war, are filled with empty flattery and blatant lies about how well things are progressing. At one point he writes a letter expressing his real, contemptuous feelings towards Jezal, only for it to be revealed that he writes an honest letter every night then burns it.
* TheQuietOne: Gorst usually keeps his thoughts to himself because he'seven willing to work with Glokta to remove Sult providing Glokta can bring evidence ashamed of Sult's treason.
his child-like voice.
*TheRival: He despises Arch Lector Sult, as ReassignedToAntarctica: Following the two fiasco at Cardotti's House of them have diametrically opposed ideas of what's best Leisure, he's dismissed from the King's First Guard and is made Royal Observer for the Union. They head two different factions in Second Northern War. By the Closed end of ''The Heroes'', he's granted an opportunity to regain his old position due to his perceived heroics.
* TheScapegoat: Gorst claims this is why he was dismissed after failing Jezal at Sipani. In reality, it's because the Council believed he was drunk out of his mind andend up disagreeing about every subject whoring when he should've been protecting his king. The truth is a little more complicated as he was actually sobbing in the Closed Council no matter how small.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He's onea prostitute's lap because of the only members his depression.
* UndyingLoyalty: As a result ofthe Closed Council who his failures with Jezal, Gorst is painfully loyal to his son Orso. [[spoiler:He gives a damn about his life for him, while Orso can only wonder how he inspired such loyalty.]]
* VocalDissonance: His high, child-like voice notably clashes with his brutish appearance, to his eternal shame.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When no one else is around, he attempts to murder his romantic rival, only stopping because Finree came across him before he could finish thecommoners in the Union job.
* WorthyOpponent: He andbelieves people in power should use Whirrun of Bligh consider each other to be this during their status duel in ''The Heroes''. Gorst is disappointed when a random spear kills Whirrun before they could finish their fight.
* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:Gorst engages Leo's entire force tohelp those less fortunate. Naturally in this series, he ends up murdered.
buy Orso time to escape. Bremer dan Gorst is one man, kills over eight soldiers, nearly gets to Leo himself and ''holds the fucking line.'']]
* AscendedExtra: Had a minor role in the original trilogy before being promoted to a main character in ''The Heroes''.
* TheAtoner: Tries to redeem himself in battle after failing to protect his king in ''Best Served Cold''.
* BenevolentBoss: He cares about his two servants, genuinely viewing them as two of his only friends. After one of them is scarred by a colonel, Gorst heads to his tent to demand satisfaction. Unfortunately, when the man turns out to be in awe of Gorst's display in an earlier battle, Gorst's need for recognition makes it so he
* TheBerserker: When he fights in battle, Gorst practically falls into trance as he gets in the
* BloodKnight: After his fall from grace, fighting is the only thing that makes him feel alive. He goes so far as to say that he loves war as it makes him feel like a God.
* TheBigGuy: His role in the Union's army. He's quite possibly the best fighter in the series, with the exception of Logen Ninefingers.
* CannotSpitItOut: Has been in love with Finree for years. When he finally does tell her, it goes disastrously.
* DeathSeeker: One of the
* InternalReformist: He wants to reform the way commoners are treated in the Union from within. Secretly,
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:He views his death as this. Having failed to save one king, he sacrifices himself by holding off Leo's forces for as long as possible to buy Orso time to escape. As he's dying he asks Leo if he believes in redemption. When Leo acts dismissive, Gorst's final words are, "You're young. Give it time."]]
* DesperatelyCravesAffection: Gorst is starved for affection, whether romantic--like he wishes from Finree--or platonic--where he wants respect and
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Bremer is a bit of a laughing stock due to his piping voice and his disgraceful exit from the King's service, but he's very intelligent and the best warrior the Union has. He silently rages about the lack of respect and appreciation he gets.
* TheEeyore: While his sour attitude initially seems like a natural reaction to the miserable state of both his life and the war, near the end he receives the royal forgiveness and reinstating into his previous position as royal bodyguard that he's spent the whole novel yearning for and working towards, and is happy for all of five minutes - after which he promptly finds new reasons to pity himself. His short story in ''Sharp Ends'' reveals he suffers from depression.
* FailureKnight: His failure to protect Jezal in ''Best Served Cold'' haunts him, as it
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* FirstPersonSmartass: Bremer doesn't talk often because he's ashamed of his high-pitched voice, but his inner monologue is full of biting commentary on the people who surround him.
* GracefulLoser: When he loses his duel against Jezal in ''The Blade Itself'', he takes it in impressive stride, congratulating Jezal and presenting him to the cheering crowd.
* GreenEyedMonster: His unrequited love for Finree has turned him into this, to the point where he attempts to murder the already wounded Harod dan Brock.
* HeroKiller: Gorst is this for his Northern opponents in ''The Heroes'', even with the book's GrayAndGrayMorality. He pulls Glama Golden from his horse and bashes his face in with ease, maims Scale and swats aside Curnden Craw, successfully kills Drofd, and is the only swordsman who can duel Whirrun of Bligh on even terms.
* HopelessSuitor: Gorst is hopelessly in love with Finree, who, in addition to barely knowing him, is already married to Harod dan Brock. When Gorst reveals his feelings for her, it goes horribly wrong.
* LightningBruiser: Bremer is a hulk of a man and able to fight with amazing speed as well.
* LovingAShadow: Though he believes himself to be in love with Finree, throughout ''The Heroes'' it becomes clear that he barely knows her and is just projecting his own desires onto her.
* MasterSwordsman: Bremer is the best fighter the Union has, not that he gets much respect for it.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: While helping Finree search through the rubble of Osrung to find her husband, Gorst finds him first, unconscious but still alive. He attempts to strangle him to death so he can have Finree to himself, but stops when she arrives.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Subverted, he's got nothing but contempt for Jezal. Ironically, Jezal is deeply loyal to Bremer.
* MoodSwinger: While its harder to pin down just where Gorst sits in the moral spectrum, how acts in any situation largely depends on his
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's
* MovingTheGoalposts: A sad, self-inflicted variant. At the end of ''The Heroes,'' he finally receives almost everything he had wanted throughout the entire story, and briefly finds himself happy with his life, and yet he still ends up feeling miserable. He ends up bitterly concluding that that's simply the way that he is.
* NeverMyFault: Insists that he was wrongfully blamed for the disaster at Cardotti's House of Leisure in ''Best Served Cold''. In fact, he was drunk out of his mind and whoring around when Jezal needed him, and Finree's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to him reveals that it wasn't the first time. However, in the short story ''Wrong Place, Wrong Time'' from the collection ''Sharp Ends'', it's revealed that, rather than being passed out drunk and whoring, Gorst was sobbing on a prostitute's lap as she soothed him, showing that Gorst had been dealing with depression for quite some time before ''The Heroes''. Once he heard the chaos break out, he immediately rushed to find the king, barreling into Shivers who promptly headbutts him, sending Gorst sprawling down the stairs.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: His notes to Jezal, reporting on the war, are filled with empty flattery and blatant lies about how well things are progressing. At one point he writes a letter expressing his real, contemptuous feelings towards Jezal, only for it to be revealed that he writes an honest letter every night then burns it.
* TheQuietOne: Gorst usually keeps his thoughts to himself because he's
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* TheScapegoat: Gorst claims this is why he was dismissed after failing Jezal at Sipani. In reality, it's because the Council believed he was drunk out of his mind and
* TokenGoodTeammate: He's one
* UndyingLoyalty: As a result of
* VocalDissonance: His high, child-like voice notably clashes with his brutish appearance, to his eternal shame.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When no one else is around, he attempts to murder his romantic rival, only stopping because Finree came across him before he could finish the
* WorthyOpponent: He and
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--> ''"Your Grace, I am Lord Chamberlain Hoff, son of Lord Chamberlain Hoff."''
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The self-important son of the previous Lord Chamberlain Hoff.
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--> ''"Your Grace, I am Lord Chamberlain Hoff, son of Lord Chamberlain Hoff."''
The self-important sonFortis dan Hoff
A loud and impatient man who conducts the duties of theprevious Lord Chamberlain Hoff.otherwise incapable king.
--> ''"Your Grace, I am Lord Chamberlain Hoff, son of Lord Chamberlain Hoff."''
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:He attempts to do this only for Judge to signal his execution before he can say his last words.]]
* GenerationXerox: Just like his father, Hoff serves as the Lord Chamberlain of the Closed Council and is a self-important, overweight, obstructive bureaucrat.
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Judge orders his execution while he's in the middle of asking to say some last words.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: It's the prerogative of Hoff and the Closed Council in general to prevent the King from ever actually accomplishing anything that could meaningfully improve the lives of the common folk.
* PublicExecution: [[spoiler:He's executed along with the rest of the Closed Council by the Breakers and Burners after they take control of Adua. Curnsbick was even forced to make a special device to hang them instead of relying on the conventional method.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Despite his obstructive nature, he is truly loyal to the monarchy. [[spoiler:Minutes before his execution by the Breakers and Burners, he sees the captured Orso and begs, not for his help, but for his forgiveness that this is happening.]]
* GenerationXerox: Just like his father, Hoff serves as the Lord Chamberlain of the Closed Council and is a self-important, overweight, obstructive bureaucrat.
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Judge orders his execution while he's in the middle of asking to say some last words.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: It's the prerogative of Hoff and the Closed Council in general to prevent the King from ever actually accomplishing anything that could meaningfully improve the lives of the common folk.
* PublicExecution: [[spoiler:He's executed along with the rest of the Closed Council by the Breakers and Burners after they take control of Adua. Curnsbick was even forced to make a special device to hang them instead of relying on the conventional method.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Despite his obstructive nature, he is truly loyal to the monarchy. [[spoiler:Minutes before his execution by the Breakers and Burners, he sees the captured Orso and begs, not for his help, but for his forgiveness that this is happening.]]
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:He attempts to do this only for Judge to signal his execution before he can say his last words.]]
* GenerationXerox: Just like his father,TheAlcoholic: Hoff serves as is almost never seen without a drink in his hand.
* FatBastard: He's an overweight jackass who treats all supplicants seeking an audience with theLord Chamberlain High King with equal disdain.
* {{Jerkass}}: Hoff is described as rude, unpleasant and quick to anger. All on top of being a drunkard.
* LackOfEmpathy: He really could care less about why someone is petitioning the king, there's a 99% chance he'll refuse their request.
* NoIndoorVoice: He's described as being a very loud man.
* RetiredBadass: Surprisingly enough, in his youth, Hoff was once the champion of theClosed Council national fencing Contest. You'd never be able to tell it from looking at him now.
* WouldHurtAChild: After finding out that Jezal fathered a bastard with Ardee, he subtly suggests that Sand dan Glokta, the new Arch Lector of the Inquisition, murder Ardee andis a self-important, overweight, obstructive bureaucrat.
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Judge ordersher unborn child. Luckily, Glokta doesn't go through with it. Instead he marries Ardee to pass her child off as his execution while he's in the middle of asking to say some last words.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: It's the prerogative ofown and threatens Hoff and the Closed Council in general to prevent the King from ever actually accomplishing should anything that could meaningfully improve the lives of the common folk.
* PublicExecution: [[spoiler:He's executed along with the rest of the Closed Council by the Breakersbefall ''his'' wife and Burners after they take control of Adua. Curnsbick was even forced to make a special device to hang them instead of relying on the conventional method.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Despite his obstructive nature, he is truly loyal to the monarchy. [[spoiler:Minutes before his execution by the Breakers and Burners, he sees the captured Orso and begs, not for his help, but for his forgiveness that this is happening.]]
child.
* GenerationXerox: Just like his father,
* FatBastard: He's an overweight jackass who treats all supplicants seeking an audience with the
* {{Jerkass}}: Hoff is described as rude, unpleasant and quick to anger. All on top of being a drunkard.
* LackOfEmpathy: He really could care less about why someone is petitioning the king, there's a 99% chance he'll refuse their request.
* NoIndoorVoice: He's described as being a very loud man.
* RetiredBadass: Surprisingly enough, in his youth, Hoff was once the champion of the
* WouldHurtAChild: After finding out that Jezal fathered a bastard with Ardee, he subtly suggests that Sand dan Glokta, the new Arch Lector of the Inquisition, murder Ardee and
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Judge orders
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: It's the prerogative of
* PublicExecution: [[spoiler:He's executed along with the rest of the Closed Council by the Breakers
* UndyingLoyalty: Despite his obstructive nature, he is truly loyal to the monarchy. [[spoiler:Minutes before his execution by the Breakers and Burners, he sees the captured Orso and begs, not for his help, but for his forgiveness that this is happening.]]
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-->''"At this level. Your Majesty. Such concepts become... fluid. Justice cannot be stiff like iron, but... more of a jelly."''
The woodpecker-like High Justice of the Union.
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-->''"At this level. Your Majesty. Such concepts become... fluid. Justice cannot be stiff like iron, but... more of a jelly."''
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* EnemyMine: In ''Last Argument of Kings'', he teams up with Glokta to bring down Sult, provided the former can obtain evidence of the latter's treason.
* InternalReformist: He wants to reform the way commoners are treated in the Union from within. Secretly, he wants to bring down the monarchy and replace it with a democracy.
* KillAndReplace: He's murdered by Yoru Sulfur who takes on his appearance to guard King Jezal during the Gurkish attack on the capital.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's one of the few members of the Closed Council who actually cares about commoners in the Union, and he's even willing to work with Glokta to remove Sult providing Glokta can bring evidence of Sult's treason.
* TheRival: He despises Arch Lector Sult, as the two of them have diametrically opposed ideas of what's best for the Union. They head two different factions in the Closed Council and end up disagreeing about every subject in the Closed Council no matter how small.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He's one of the only members of the Closed Council who gives a damn about the commoners in the Union and believes people in power should use their status to help those less fortunate. Naturally in this series, he ends up murdered.
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!!Lord Chamberlain Hoff
--> ''"Your Grace, I am Lord Chamberlain Hoff, son of Lord Chamberlain Hoff."''
The self-important son of the previous Lord Chamberlain Hoff.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:He attempts to do this only for Judge to signal his execution before he can say his last words.]]
* GenerationXerox: Just like his father, Hoff serves as the Lord Chamberlain of the Closed Council and is a self-important, overweight, obstructive bureaucrat.
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Judge orders his execution while he's in the middle of asking to say some last words.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: It's the prerogative of Hoff and the Closed Council in general to prevent the King from ever actually accomplishing anything that could meaningfully improve the lives of the common folk.
* PublicExecution: [[spoiler:He's executed along with the rest of the Closed Council by the Breakers and Burners after they take control of Adua. Curnsbick was even forced to make a special device to hang them instead of relying on the conventional method.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Despite his obstructive nature, he is truly loyal to the monarchy. [[spoiler:Minutes before his execution by the Breakers and Burners, he sees the captured Orso and begs, not for his help, but for his forgiveness that this is happening.]]
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!!High Justice Bruckel
-->''"At this level. Your Majesty. Such concepts become... fluid. Justice cannot be stiff like iron, but... more of a jelly."''
The woodpecker-like High Justice of the Union.
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* InternalReformist: He wants to reform the way commoners are treated in the Union from within. Secretly, he wants to bring down the monarchy and replace it with a democracy.
* KillAndReplace: He's murdered by Yoru Sulfur who takes on his appearance to guard King Jezal during the Gurkish attack on the capital.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's one of the few members of the Closed Council who actually cares about commoners in the Union, and he's even willing to work with Glokta to remove Sult providing Glokta can bring evidence of Sult's treason.
* TheRival: He despises Arch Lector Sult, as the two of them have diametrically opposed ideas of what's best for the Union. They head two different factions in the Closed Council and end up disagreeing about every subject in the Closed Council no matter how small.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He's one of the only members of the Closed Council who gives a damn about the commoners in the Union and believes people in power should use their status to help those less fortunate. Naturally in this series, he ends up murdered.
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!!Lord Chamberlain Hoff
--> ''"Your Grace, I am Lord Chamberlain Hoff, son of Lord Chamberlain Hoff."''
The self-important son of the previous Lord Chamberlain Hoff.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:He attempts to do this only for Judge to signal his execution before he can say his last words.]]
* GenerationXerox: Just like his father, Hoff serves as the Lord Chamberlain of the Closed Council and is a self-important, overweight, obstructive bureaucrat.
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Judge orders his execution while he's in the middle of asking to say some last words.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: It's the prerogative of Hoff and the Closed Council in general to prevent the King from ever actually accomplishing anything that could meaningfully improve the lives of the common folk.
* PublicExecution: [[spoiler:He's executed along with the rest of the Closed Council by the Breakers and Burners after they take control of Adua. Curnsbick was even forced to make a special device to hang them instead of relying on the conventional method.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Despite his obstructive nature, he is truly loyal to the monarchy. [[spoiler:Minutes before his execution by the Breakers and Burners, he sees the captured Orso and begs, not for his help, but for his forgiveness that this is happening.]]
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!!High Justice Bruckel
-->''"At this level. Your Majesty. Such concepts become... fluid. Justice cannot be stiff like iron, but... more of a jelly."''
The woodpecker-like High Justice of the Union.
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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of TheChosenOne and HiddenBackUpPrince tropes. By the end of Before They Are Hanged, Jezal is content to retire from his life in the military and have a simple life with Ardee. But then, [[spoiler: Bayaz claims that Jezal is the bastard son of King Gustav and he is crowned king.]] This confuses Jezal, who hadn't done anything on the trip except bitch, complain, and almost get himself killed. But he tries to do the best he can under the circumstances he has. Then, [[spoiler: Bayaz cruelly reveals that Jezal is a son of a common whore, and he only used him so he could be Bayaz's PuppetKing, which ultimately leaves Jezal a hollow shell by the end of the series.]]
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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of TheChosenOne and HiddenBackUpPrince tropes. By the end of Before They Are Hanged, Jezal is content to retire from his life in the military and have a simple life with Ardee. But then, [[spoiler: Bayaz claims that Jezal showed great valor on their trip and is the bastard son of King Gustav and he is crowned king.]] This confuses Jezal, who hadn't done anything on the trip except bitch, complain, and almost get himself killed. But he reluctantly accepts this new challenge and tries to do the best he can under the circumstances he has. Then, [[spoiler: Bayaz cruelly reveals that Jezal is a son of a common whore, and he only used him so he could be Bayaz's PuppetKing, which ultimately leaves Jezal a hollow shell by the end of the series.]]
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* UndyingLoyalty: Orso has an uncanny knack to inspire this on most people who get to know him well enough, particular examples include Hildi, Tunny, Gorst, Forest and [[spoiler:Vick]]. At one point he himself muses what he has ever done to deserve such intense loyalty.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Orso has an uncanny knack to inspire this profound loyalty and devotion on most people who get to know him well enough, particular even on very jaded and/or cynical individuals. Noteworthy examples include Hildi, Tunny, Gorst, Forest and [[spoiler:Vick]]. At one point he himself muses what he has ever done to deserve such intense loyalty.
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* PsychopathicManchild: He proves to be this. He has naive and downright childish ideas on winning the war, but he's also vain, foolish, and entitled to such a degree that he attempts to [[spoiler: rape Cathil for 'hitting him']]. West has enough of him and [[spoiler: murders him on the spot.]]
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* BrilliantButLazy: {{Downplayed}} but Jezal is a genuinely talented swordsman, but he'd rather goof off and play cards with his friends. He [[CharacterDevelopment grows out of that though.]]
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* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Unlike most royalty and aristocracy, he values and respects people based on their merits, not their station, and can quickly discern people of quality from sycophants and fools. He is possibly the ''only'' person to ever see beyond King Jappo's hedonistic facade, and does so within seconds of meeting him.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Orso has an uncanny knack to inspire this on most people who get to know him well enough, particular examples include Hildi, Tunny, Gorst and Forest.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Orso has an uncanny knack to inspire this on most people who get to know him well enough, particular examples include Hildi, Tunny, Gorst Gorst, Forest and Forest.[[spoiler:Vick]]. At one point he himself muses what he has ever done to deserve such intense loyalty.
—->'''Hildi''': Maybe you are a better man than you think you are.
—->'''Hildi''': Maybe you are a better man than you think you are.
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* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:As part of his final speech, Orso speaks directly to Savine, telling her she's the only woman he's ever loved.]]
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* ContrastingSequelProtagonist: To his own father. Jezal was a condescending noble with a profoundly inflated ego and colossal levels of self-importance and self-pity who is unexpectedly thrust into the throne. Orso was born a prince, and while he's a drunkard and a rake, he has an extremely low opinion of himself and openly admires other people who he feels deserve more credit or power than he. He also has genuine care for his people in his heart, making his position quite painful at times.
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:He's found dead at the end of ''A Little Hatred'' under mysterious circumstances. His councillors claimed he seemed perfectly healthy when they saw him hours before and Bayaz is barely concealing a smile when he ominously tells Orso, "Long live the king," however, despite how suspicious his death is, by the end of ''The Age of Madness'' it's never made clear if Jezal was murdered or if he simply died of natural causes.]]
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:He's found dead at the end of ''A Little Hatred''. Despite the suspicious circumstances surrounding his death, it's never made clear if he was murdered or died of natural causes.]]
* PapaWolf: Despite not being able to raise her as his own child, Jezal is still protective of his bastard daughter Savine. It's clear the real reason he orders Orso to take his army to liberate Valbeck from the Breakers is because Savine was there when the rebellion broke out.
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* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:Though his actual death isn't seen, he's found dead naked in his bed.]]
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* ClassicalAntiHero: He's introduced as such, a crown prince who would rather drink and whore because his laziness and dithering nature leave him without a sense of purpose. Halfway through the first book he becomes more conventionally heroic when he decides to finally start trying to improve the Union.
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* TragicHero: He wants to be a good prince [[spoiler:and a good king after his father's death]] but all his efforts to do good end up failing due to the ruthlessness of those around him and his fatal flaw, which turns out to be [[spoiler:mercy, as him giving Leo two chances to redeem himself directly result in Leo usurping and executing him]].
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* YankTheDogsChain: A trend throughout his story in the ''Age of Madness' trilogy. Every time it looks like something will go his way, it ends in disaster. In ''A Little Hatred'' after managing to peacefully end the uprising in Valbeck, Superior Pike goes behind his back to murder two hundred people he promised clemency, leaving him with all the blame. In ''The Trouble With Peace'' [[spoiler:he defeats Leo and Savine's rebellion at the Battle of Stoffenbeck only for the Breakers and Burners to launch their rebellion]]. In ''The Wisdom of Crowds'' [[spoiler:after he and Leo team up to retake Adua from the Burners, Leo betrays him and his plot for the final act of the novel is Orso hopping from one lifeline to the next, seemingly finding a way to ensure his survival only to have his hope repeatedly dashed, ending in his execution.]]
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* YankTheDogsChain: A trend throughout his story in the ''Age of Madness' Madness'' trilogy. Every time it looks like something will go his way, it ends in disaster. In ''A Little Hatred'' after managing to peacefully end the uprising in Valbeck, Superior Pike goes behind his back to murder two hundred people he promised clemency, leaving him with all the blame. In ''The Trouble With Peace'' [[spoiler:he defeats Leo and Savine's rebellion at the Battle of Stoffenbeck only for the Breakers and Burners to launch their rebellion]]. In ''The Wisdom of Crowds'' [[spoiler:after he and Leo team up to retake Adua from the Burners, Leo betrays him and his plot for the final act of the novel is Orso hopping from one lifeline to the next, seemingly finding a way to ensure his survival only to have his hope repeatedly dashed, ending in his execution.]]
