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Par and Coll's oldest friend, Morgan has spent most of his life up until now, harrassing the Federation officials who occupy his homeland. He tries to protect Par and Coll, using contacts in the Dwarf Resistance and the Freeborn, as well as the battered Sword of Leah to aid them. Then, bad things start happening, and he goes on to become a character in his own right, and a major player in the series, all without really wanting to.
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Par and Coll's oldest friend, Morgan has spent most of his life up until now, harrassing harassing the Federation officials who occupy his homeland. He tries to protect Par and Coll, using contacts in the Dwarf Resistance and the Freeborn, as well as the battered Sword of Leah to aid them. Then, bad things start happening, and he goes on to become a character in his own right, and a major player in the series, all without really wanting to.
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The leader of the free-born resistance, and a descendent of Panamon Creel, Padishar saves Par and Coll from Rimmer Dall early on. He is delighted to hear about the Ohmsfords' missions, and does everything in his power to aid both them and Morgan, in the hopes that by destroying the Shadowen, they will cripple the Federation. Probably the most implacable, if [[BunnyEarsLawyer odd]] enemy that The Federation has.
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The leader of the free-born resistance, and a descendent descendant of Panamon Creel, Padishar saves Par and Coll from Rimmer Dall early on. He is delighted to hear about the Ohmsfords' missions, and does everything in his power to aid both them and Morgan, in the hopes that by destroying the Shadowen, they will cripple the Federation. Probably the most implacable, if [[BunnyEarsLawyer odd]] enemy that The Federation has.
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** WreckedWeapon-->ReforgedBlade: The Sword of Leah is shattered during Morgan's escape from The Jut at the end of ''Scions''. His arc in ''Druid'' is based around trying to have it fixed, which he succeeds in doing by the end.
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** WreckedWeapon-->ReforgedBlade: The Sword of Leah is shattered during Morgan's escape from The Jut at Pit in the end latter third of ''Scions''. His arc in ''Druid'' is based around trying to have it fixed, which he succeeds in doing by the end.
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* GracefulLoser: Pauses and allows [[spoiler:Quickening's magic to erase it instead of attacking. It almost seems to welcome it, perhaps in what is almost certainly a moment of ICannotSelfTerminate.ICannotSelfTerminate based on her earlier statement that there was a small part of it which knew what it had become, was horrified by it, and wanted its existence to end but was too weak to do it.]]
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* {{Badass}}: One of the biggest ones in the series. Walker has fought faerie beings, Shadowen, and robotic hunter-killer drones. He's been poisoned, lost an arm, dodged laser fire, and fought Rimmer Dall mano-a-mano. It takes [[spoiler:Antrax, a being from another time to bring him down, and even then, Walker out lives Antrax by half a book, even with a fatal injury]].
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* PetTheDog: The moment when Par is on watch at the camp, and she comes to him asking him to show her how the magic works. Possibly subverted in retrospect, as a clever {{Foreshadowing}} of [[spoiler:her being a Shadowen, since this was an example of her being drawn to Par's magic as all the others were]]. But since it isn't clear when exactly [[spoiler:she became a Shadowen--she may not have been TheMole to start with but got attacked and possessed sometime after this scene during the journey]], it still could count. Even if she was [[spoiler:a Shadowen]] at the time, that doesn't preclude her still having a humanizing side to her. Regardless, the moment certainly acted as a nice deflection [[spoiler:from her true loyalties]], making her a RedHerring for a while.
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* PetTheDog: The moment when Par is on watch at the camp, and she comes to him asking him to show her how the magic works.works--specifically, to see what Culhaven was like before the Federation ruined it. Possibly subverted in retrospect, as a clever {{Foreshadowing}} of [[spoiler:her being a Shadowen, since this was an example of her being drawn to Par's magic as all the others were]]. But since it isn't clear when exactly [[spoiler:she became a Shadowen--she may not have been TheMole to start with but got attacked and possessed sometime after this scene during the journey]], it still could count. Even if she was [[spoiler:a Shadowen]] at the time, that doesn't preclude her still having a humanizing side to her. Regardless, the moment certainly acted as a nice deflection [[spoiler:from her true loyalties]], making her a RedHerring for a while.
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* PantheraAwesome: Like Whisper, Rumour can, and will, take on beings spawned from dark magic using just his natuarl weapons.
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* PantheraAwesome: Like Whisper, Rumour can, and will, take on beings spawned from dark magic using just his natuarl natural weapons.
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* JumpedAtTheCall: He absolutely belives that they need to fullfill Allanon's charges, and leaps at the opportunity.
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* JumpedAtTheCall: He absolutely belives believes that they need to fullfill Allanon's charges, and leaps at the opportunity.
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* [[spoiler:AlasPoorVillain: By the time the Koden reaches him, he's aware of how thoroughly he was used, angry with himself and the world, and uncaring about whether he lives or dies. It's possible to feel a degree of empathy for him, terrible person that he may be.]]
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Par and Coll's cousin, and the [[spoiler:bearer of the Elfstones]], who lived with them in Shady Vale for a while when she was younger. Raised by the Rovers in the Westland, Wren is charged by Allanon with bringing the Elves back to the Westland. [[spoiler:Unbeknownst to her, she is secretly their queen, being the offspring of an Ohmsford and an Elessedil.]]
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Par and Coll's cousin, and the [[spoiler:bearer of the Elfstones]], who lived with them in Shady Vale for a while when she was younger. Raised by the Rovers in the Westland, Wren is charged by Allanon with bringing the Elves back to the Westland. [[spoiler:Unbeknownst to her, she is secretly the heir to their queen, throne, being the granddaughter of Queen Ellenroh, who was the offspring of an Ohmsford and an Elessedil.]]
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A creature of fairie, Uhl Belk is brother to the King of the Silver River, and Lord of Eldwist. Fearing change, he seeks to turn all the world to stone. Prior to the events of the series, he stole the Black Elfstone from the Druids; Walker, Quickening, Morgan, Pe Ell, and Horner Dees seek to retrieve it.
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A creature of fairie, Faerie, Uhl Belk is brother to the King of the Silver River, and Lord of Eldwist. Fearing change, he seeks to turn all the world to stone. Prior to the events of the series, he stole the Black Elfstone from the Druids; Walker, Quickening, Morgan, Pe Ell, and Horner Dees seek to retrieve it.
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* FaceOfTheBand: The only member of the Federation's Coalition Council to actually appear in the story.
* FatalFlaw: Dall's need to possess Par is what does him in by the end. Instead of killing Par when he had the chance, thus dooming Allanon's prophecy, he focuses on trying to subvert the boy so that he can steal his body. This allows Walker and Morgan to launch a rescue effort, which eventually sees Dall dead.
* FatalFlaw: Dall's need to possess Par is what does him in by the end. Instead of killing Par when he had the chance, thus dooming Allanon's prophecy, he focuses on trying to subvert the boy so that he can steal his body. This allows Walker and Morgan to launch a rescue effort, which eventually sees Dall dead.
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* KlingonPromotion: Murdered his way onto the Council in the backstory.
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* SocialDarwinist: Has some of this in him, believing that those who do not have use of the magic, and who do not embrace it as fully as he has, are not worthy of survival and should be swept aside.
* SocialDarwinist: Has some of this in him, believing that those who do not have use of the magic, and who do not embrace it as fully as he has, are not worthy of survival and should be swept aside.
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* SoftSpokenSadist: Dall's voice never rises above a smoky whisper.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: The first person to wield The Stiehl which can cut through anything, including armour, magic, and solid stone as though it weren't there.
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* ConsummateLiar: Nothing short of the Sword Of Shannara can pierce Rimmer Dall's carefully crafted falsehoods. And since he's aware that Par can't use the Sword, Rimmer Dall's more than willing to hand it over to him, using the Sword's lack of reaction to his stories lies in order to further Par's confusion.
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!!Par Ohmsford
A descendant of Jair Ohmsford, and TheHero of the trilogy, he has inherited Jair's MasterOfIllusion powers. Initially a travelling storyteller, he and his brother Coll are summonded, along with Walker Boh and Wren to the Hadeshorn, and given a charge by Allanon. Par's is to retrieve The Sword of Shannara. Desperate to be a hero, he is the first Ohmsford to embrace his charge, involving himself not only in the quest for The Sword, but in the free-born effort to throw off the Federation.
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* BlessedWithSuck: The Wishsong is an incredibly powerful, evolving weapon. It's also addictive, unpredictable, and prone to overriding Par's mind, and meddling with his psyche. Not to mention that it attracts Shadowen in the dozens.
* BreakTheCutie/ CorruptTheCutie: Rimmer Dall tries this on him, through a long series of MindScrew manipulations that nearly cause Par to snap.
* TheChosenOne: One of [[strike: three]] four.
* DistressedDude: Spends most of ''Talismans'' as Rimmer Dall's prisoner.
* DoomMagnet: Justified. Shadowen are drawn to magic, and few people have magic to match Par's.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: [[spoiler:His embracing the Wishsong's power in ''Talismans'' leads to this.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Shea. For maybe half the first book. Then...crap happens.
* GlassCannon[=/=]SquishyWizard: Paar for the course with Wishsong users. Par is a not-particularly tough kid, with a tremendous amount of power at his disposal.
* GrandTheftMe: From the [[EvilOldFolks woodswoman]] to [[EnfanteTerrible the child on Toffer Ridge]] to [[BigBad Rimmer Dall]], one Shadowen after another tries this on him.
* TheHero: He's definitely the main character, though not by much, and the plot revolves around keeping him out of Rimmer Dall's hands.
* HeroicWannabe: Downplayed. Par is easily the most enthusiastic of the three Ohmsford heirs, but the least capable. Unlike Wren, who is a capable ActionGirl, and Walker who has been living by himself in the Eastland for years, Par has never been more than a storyteller. His MasterOfIllusion powers come in useful, but he needs a lot more help than he thinks he does, and frequently rushes into danger without thinking, something that Coll ends up pointing out to him near the end of ''Scions''.
* InTheBlood: Inherited his use of the Wishsong from Jair, though it eventually takes on a shape more akin to that used by Brin.
* JumpedAtTheCall: He absolutely belives that they need to fullfill Allanon's charges, and leaps at the opportunity.
* MasterOfIllusion: Like his ancestor, Jair, Par can use the Wishsong to create lifelike illusions. Initially this is all he can do with it.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: When out of control the Wishsong transforms him into this.
* PlayingWithFire: The Wishsong's preferred method of attack.
* TheProtagonist: In ''Scions''. After that the viewpoint shifts to Walker, then Wren, and ends in an even split in ''Talismans''.
* RealityWarper: His Wishsong eventually spins completely out of control, reaching levels of reality warping that even Brin never did.
* SiblingYinYang: With Coll.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: The Wishsong comes very, very close to this. All it's lacking is a personality.
* TomatoInTheMirror: The Shadowen attempt to convince him that he is one of them. [[spoiler:In a way, it's even true.]]
* UnstoppableRage: Under the Wishsong's influence.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The Wishsong can, and does, override Par's mind, driving him into paranoia, and gleeful, UnstoppableRage. Rimmer Dall's attempts at breaking him don't help of course.
!!Coll Ohmsford
Par's brother, and the only Ohmsford with no magic. He accompanies Par, having been given no charge himself. [[spoiler:Or so we are led to believe. In reality, he's the one destined to wield the Sword of Shannara after Par finds it.]]
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Courtesy of the Mirrorshroud.
* [[spoiler:TheChosenOne: Chosen to bring Par back to normal. Hidden from himself and all others by Allanon.]]
* CoolSword: As it turns out Coll and not Par is the one who [[spoiler:has to use The Sword Of Shannara first.]]
** AncestralWeapon: [[spoiler:The Sword]] has been part of the family's legacy for centuries at this point.
* DeathFakedForYou: By Rimmer Dall, who fakes Coll's death to screw with Par, then lets Par discover him alive in order to mess with him even more.
* DistressedDude: Coll has no combat skills, and consequently gets into trouble a lot, regularly having to be rescued.
* {{Expy}}: Of Flick, initially.
* ThePowerOfLove: Uses it to save Par from Rimmer Dall.
* SiblingYinYang: With Par.
* TheTeamNormal: The only Shannara descendent with no magic whatsoever and no charge from Allanon. [[spoiler:Subverted in the end by his use of the Sword of Shannara]].
* UnwittingPawn: Of Rimmer Dall who uses him as part of his campaign to torment Par.
!!Walker Boh
A distant relative of Par and Coll's, who briefly lived with them in Shady Vale, where he was nicknamed "The Dark Uncle" due to his eerie nature and relationship with Par. Descended from Brin Ohmsford, Walker is tall, pale, and withdrawn, with limited innate magic, including the power to converse with nature and summon a version of the Druid fire. Charged by Allanon with reviving the Druids and Paranor, he is the most reluctant to accept his charge, and initially refuses outright. [[spoiler:He returns in ''Voyage of the Jerle Shannara'', where he undertakes the voyage in order to win support for a new Druid council]]
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* {{Badass}}: One of the biggest ones in the series. Walker has fought faerie beings, Shadowen, and robotic hunter-killer drones. He's been poisoned, lost an arm, dodged laser fire, and fought Rimmer Dall mano-a-mano. It takes [[spoiler:Antrax, a being from another time to bring him down, and even then, Walker out lives Antrax by half a book, even with a fatal injury]].
** BadassBeard
** HandicappedBadass: Down an arm, but still a BadAss.
* BigGood: Assumes this role near the end of the ''Heritage'' tetralogy, and continues it into the ''Voyage'' trilogy, stepping into the space vacated by Allanon.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: Subverted as part of his DarkIsNotEvil motif.
* TheChosenOne: Selected to fullfill Brin's pledge to Allanon. And he [[ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne hates]] it.
* CoolUncle: To Par and Coll, though he's gruffer about it than most.
* DarkIsNotEvil: A [[LeanAndMean thin]], ghostly looking man, with black hair and eyes and a sinister countenance, Walker is nevertheless one of the heroes.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Following the loss of his arm and his magic.
* {{Determinator}}: He made it home after losing his arm, he crawls out of his home after Rimmer Dall's attack despite being near dying, he [[spoiler:survives half a book with a fatal injury in the sequel]]; there's not much you can hit Walker with that he hasn't been hit with.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Walker can't actually tan. The sun just seems to be reflected away from him.
* TheEmpath: Can usually read the emotions of others, allowing him to avoid conflict and serve as a mediator when he cares to.
* EvilUncle: Invoked and subverted. The people of Shady Vale see him as one, but he's actually trying to be a mentor to Par.
* {{Expy}}: In-universe. After absorbing the memories of all the other Druids, Walker ends up channeling Allanon in particular for all he's worth.
* FriendlessBackground: There were no other children at Hearthstone or Darklin Reach where Walker grew up, and by the time he moved to Shady Vale, his chance to learn how to make friends was long gone.
* FullContactMagic: Walker Boh will mess you up with or without his magic.
* [[spoiler:GhostlyAdvisor: To Grianne during ''High Druid'']].
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile: In ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheJerleShannara'']].
* GuileHero: Though backed by physical and magical power when necessary.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: In ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheJerleShannara''. He electrocutes himself overloading [[DiscOneFinalBoss Antrax]]]]
* HonoraryUncle: Walker is actually Par and Coll's distant cousin. His relationship with Par, however, is much more uncle/nephew, and Par, Coll, and Wren usually refer to him as their Uncle Walker.
* IAmLegion: Possibly. He has bits and pieces of all the other Druids inside him after his use of the Black Elfstone on Paranor. It's never made clear how much of Walker is left.
* IneffectualLoner: In ''Scions'', when he's doing his best to convince himself that he doesn't want to be a part of society.
* {{Irony}}: The man who hates the Druids more than anybody else ends up becoming the first of their new order.
* TheLeader: Eventually assumes this position in any group he is a part of. Combination Type I and IV.
* LifeOrLimbDecision: Why he lost his right arm.
* LonersAreFreaks: How many viewed him.
* MadeOfIron: The amount of physical punishment Walker shrugs off is frankly astonishing.
* MasterOfIllusion: He got the idea from Jair, and uses it to defeat the Horsemen.
* TheMentor: To Par in the backstory; to Bek in ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheJerleShannara''.
* MoralityPet: Par is one for him in ''Scions''; only Par being in trouble can persuade Walker to leave Hearthstone and meet with the shade of Allanon.
* ParentalAbandonment: His mother died when he was a child, his father when he was in his late teens, leaving Walker to spend seven miserable years in Shady Vale.
* PlayingWithFire: He can of course summon Druid fire.
* TheProtagonist: In ''Druid''. Morgan Leah and Pe Ell are also viewpoint characters, but this is Walker's quest and storyline that they are a part of. He shares the role of protagonist in ''Talismans'' with Wren and Par, acting as BigGood and mentor figure to the rest of the cast.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: By the sequel he's pushing one hundred and fifty.
* RedBaron: Dark Uncle
* RefusalOfTheCall: Initially. Eventually he decides he has to do something about the Federation and takes up Allanon's charge.
* ReluctantHero: Walker does not want to help the Druids, and deeply resents his own magic. Yet in the end he can't turn away from what the Federation and the Shadowen are doing.
* TheSmartGuy: In most groups Walker will be the idea man.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Can talk to moor cats and other animals.
* SquishyWizard: Look at this trope list. To say that Walker averts this would be putting it lightly.
* TookALevelInBadass: After becoming the first of the new Druids.
!!Wren Ohmsford/[[spoiler:Elessedil]]
Par and Coll's cousin, and the [[spoiler:bearer of the Elfstones]], who lived with them in Shady Vale for a while when she was younger. Raised by the Rovers in the Westland, Wren is charged by Allanon with bringing the Elves back to the Westland. [[spoiler:Unbeknownst to her, she is secretly their queen, being the offspring of an Ohmsford and an Elessedil.]]
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* ActionGirl: A very competent fighter, and a match for any of the men in series (and a fair sight more capable than Par or Coll).
* ActionSurvivor: Of the trek through Morrowindl.
* [[spoiler:BadassPrincess: Although she's totally unaware of it]].
* BlessedWithSuck: How she views the [[spoiler:use of the Elfstones.]]
* BoomStick: Averted. Wren could use the power of the Loden Staff to annihilate most of the Shadowen of Morrowindl. Unfortunately, doing so would rob it of the magic needed to restore Arborlon once they reach the Westland so she is forced to refrain.
* BoyishShortHair: Always pictured with short hair; it's helpful in combat.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Feels them profoundly after she finds herself taking Ellenroh's place in the command roster.
* ChangelingFantasy: She's really [[spoiler:Wren Elessedil, granddaughter of Ellenroh Elessedil, Queen of the Elves]]. This leads to a serious identity crisis.
* TheChosenOne: Twice over. Allanon charges her to return the Elves to the Four Lands; at her birth [[spoiler:Eowen Cerise prophesied that she would be the one to save the Elves]].
* DoomMagnet: Not to quite the degree of Par, but the [[spoiler:magic of the Elfstones]] attracts Shadowen like nothing else. Luckily it also makes for an effective protection.
* FireForgedFriends: How she describes her friendship with [[PraetorianGuard Triss]] in ''Talismans''.
* GRatedDrug: Fears becoming addicted the Elfstones, a fact that frequently handicaps her in ''Elf Queen''.
* HeroicBSOD: In ''Elf Queen'' after one revelation too many causes her to shut down. She gets over it.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Has a very low opinion of herself during the latter part of ''Elf Queen''.
* [[spoiler:TheHighQueen]]: Eventually.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: To some extent with [[spoiler:Gavilan]] but especially [[spoiler:Tib Arne]]. The latter was lampshaded and justified somewhat in-story by her being emotionally vulnerable thanks to losing [[spoiler:Garth]], but still...
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Has a lot of this in ''Elf Queen'', as one revelation after another shocks her to the core.
* KnifeNut: Like many of Brooks' characters, she seems to prefer long knives and short swords to larger weapons.
* MagneticHero: Wren attracts UndyingLoyalty like magnets attract paper clips.
* TheProtagonist: In ''Elf Queen'' where she is the only viewpoint character for the main storyline. She shares the role with Walker and Par in ''Talismans'', acting the SupportingLeader to Walker's BigGood and Par's [[TheHero Hero]].
* SupportingLeader: Takes on this role in ''Talismans'', joining forces with Padishar Creel's free-born and Axhind's Rock Trolls to confront the Federation military in the Westland while her cousins and uncle break into Southwatch to take down Rimmer Dall.
* [[spoiler:TomboyPrincess: Given that she was a Rover long before she knew she was a Princess this is to be expected]].
* TookALevelInBadass: Over the course of ''Elf Queen'' she shifts from competent ActionGirl to one of the most effective destroyers of Shadowen in the series.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask:[[spoiler:Has shades of this in ''Talismans'']].
* YouAreInCommandNow: When Ellenroh Elessedil is killed during the trip through Morrowindle, Wren ends up in charge of the rapidly DwindlingParty [[spoiler:and then the entire Elven nation.]]
!!Morgan Leah
Par and Coll's oldest friend, Morgan has spent most of his life up until now, harrassing the Federation officials who occupy his homeland. He tries to protect Par and Coll, using contacts in the Dwarf Resistance and the Freeborn, as well as the battered Sword of Leah to aid them. Then, bad things start happening, and he goes on to become a character in his own right, and a major player in the series, all without really wanting to.
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* BadAss: Goes through Shadowen as though they aren't even there, and is probably the most competent fighter in the main cast.
* BreakTheCutie: The torture Morgan goes through comes very close to this. He goes from comic relief to bitter adult very quickly.
* CoolSword: The Sword of Leah of course.
** AmuletOfDependency: Morgan, like Rone before him, swiftly becomes addicted to the Sword's magic, and nearly BSOD's upon losing it.
** AncestralWeapon: Still the Sword of his House.
** {{Antimagic}}: Making it deadly to Shadowen
** BlackSwordsAreBetter
** WreckedWeapon-->ReforgedBlade: The Sword of Leah is shattered during Morgan's escape from The Jut at the end of ''Scions''. His arc in ''Druid'' is based around trying to have it fixed, which he succeeds in doing by the end.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Initially.
* {{Expy}}: Starts out as one of Menion...then goes through Hell and comes out very, very diffrent.
* HeartbrokenBadass: Followings [[spoiler:the death of Quickening.]]
* HeroicBSOD: After losing the Sword Of Leah in ''Scions'', Morgan finds himself paralysed by fear and indecision. This will return to haunt him on several occasions.
* HotBlooded: Walker, Horner Dees, and Pe Ell all see him as such. It isn't really true as of partway through ''Druid''.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:His take on being unable to save Quickening]].
* TheKirk: When partnered with Damson and Matty in ''Talismans''.
* MyGreatestFailure: Either letting Freeborn headquarters fall, or [[spoiler:failing to prevent Quickening's death]]. Both haunt him intensely.
* ReluctantWarrior: Morgan will kill Shadowen without batting an eye, but has serious issues with killing people. It makes for some tension with [[BrokenBird Matty Roh]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Transitions from a loafer who focuses on making life difficult for the Federation occupiers, to a resistance leader, strategist, and fighter.
* SecondLove: [[spoiler:With Matty.]]
* TheSmartGuy: Morgan is the go-to guy when the Free-born need a planner. He gets them in and out of Federation cities and prisons with seeming ease, figured out [[spoiler:Teel was TheMole]], and is second only to Padishar and Walker when it comes to going unnoticed.
* TookALevelInBadass: From practical joker to Shadowen-slayer par excellence.
* WarriorPrince: His family may not run Leah anymore, but he's close enough for farm use.
!!Padishar Creel
The leader of the free-born resistance, and a descendent of Panamon Creel, Padishar saves Par and Coll from Rimmer Dall early on. He is delighted to hear about the Ohmsfords' missions, and does everything in his power to aid both them and Morgan, in the hopes that by destroying the Shadowen, they will cripple the Federation. Probably the most implacable, if [[BunnyEarsLawyer odd]] enemy that The Federation has.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Although given the medieval style setting, it makes a certain amount of sense.
* BadassBeard
* BadassNormal
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Padishar is really, really weird. And equally effective.
* ConsummateLiar: A heroic example, Padishar puts his manipulative abilities to work for the Free-born, convincing people from all walks of life to follow him out of the belief that his [[MultipleChoicePast past]] mirrors their own.
* {{Expy}}: In-universe. He deliberately modelled himself on Panamon Creel.
* LaResistance: He's not the founder of the free-born, but he is the man responsible for uniting them into a competent fighting force.
* TheLeader: Of the free-born, having disposed of all the other contenders and gained control over The Movement. He's a Type IV, leading through his charismatic personality, and ruthless will.
* MultipleChoicePast: Tells many different stories about who he was before joining LaResistance, and why he hates the Federation.
* PapaWolf: Don't touch [[spoiler:Damson]]. Just don't.
* SupportingLeader: As the leader of the free-born, Padishar is responsible for battling the Federation military while the Ohmsfords try to deal with the Shadowen. In ''Scions'' he and his men hold the Federation at The Jut while Par descends into the Pit; in ''Talismans'' he and Wren split the role, taking on the Federation's army in the Westland, while Walker, Coll, Par, Morgan, Damson, and Matty break into Southwatch to free Par and confront Rimmer Dall.
!!Damson Rhee
A member of the Freeborn, street magician, and Par's LoveInterest. [[spoiler:She's also Padishar's daughter.]]
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* AchillesHeel: Could be said to be this to [[spoiler:Padishar]] because [[spoiler:she's his daughter]], so he will do anything to save her, including staying behind to be captured and executed.
* ActionGirl: Maybe. It is clear she can fight, though, and there's no questioning her bravery in helping Par, particularly in the last book when she's the only BadassNormal in the group to go into Southwatch (aside from Matty Roh), and without any major weapons with her. Walker gave everyone "a bit of magic" to protect them, something she had no way of knowing how effective it would be or what form it would take, yet she went anyway.
* ChekhovsGun: The Skree. Just a bit of harmless street magic she gives to Par to help them reunite when he goes chasing after the BrainwashedAndCrazy Coll...but later it helps her and Matty [[spoiler:find and save Coll from slavers]], ''and'' still leads her and the others to Par at Southwatch for the FinalBattle, thanks to [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands his magic]] having "imprinted" a reflection of it [[ThePowerOfLove on himself]].
* CoolDownHug: Performs one on Par.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Much of her relationship with Par comes about due to nursing him back to health while hiding out from the Federation in the Tyrsis sewers.
* HeroesWantRedHeads: She and Par are more or less joined at the hip after ''Scions''.
* LaResistance: Is a prominent member, or at least associate, of the free-born.
* TheMcCoy: Takes this role when partnered up with Morgan and Matty.
* WeNeedADistraction: No, not for the [[ShowSomeLeg obvious reason]]--her street magic serves this purpose quite often, but she also forms one in the mundane sense when she [[RefugeInAudacity poses as Padishar's wife]] to get them into the People's Park, and again during their escape from the Pit the second time.
!!Garth
Wren's protector and guide, Garth has raised her since her early childhood. A Rover, he does his best to teach Wren how to survive in a very cruel world.
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* BadassBeard
* BadassNormal: Garth has no magic, which doesn't slow him down much.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Wren.
* TheBigGuy
* HandicappedBadass: He's deaf.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:Forces Wren to MercyKill him after being poisoned by the Wisteron]].
* MightyGlacier: Compared to other people, he's probably a LightningBruiser, but when forced to face the Wisteron and other various Shadowen monsters, he's much closer to this.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Averted. Garth's size and physical power are his primary assets in a fight.
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:For Wren's mother.]]
!!Rumor
Cogline's current moor cat, Rumor has a close relationship with Walker Boh, eventually transferring loyalties to him. Huge, silent, and unstoppable, Rumor faces down Shadowen with a ferocity that few humans can equal.
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* AnimalCompanion: To Cogline and then Walker Boh.
* BadassNormal: Fights Shadowen without any magical aid.
* TheBigGuy: Plays this role in the group that storms Southwatch.
* {{Expy}}: Of Whisper before him.
* MeaningfulName: "It is said that wherever I go, Rumor often precedes me."
* PantheraAwesome: Like Whisper, Rumour can, and will, take on beings spawned from dark magic using just his natuarl weapons.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Is still around by the time of ''Isle Witch'', putting him somewhere around one hundred fifty years old.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Cogline and Walker
* TheVoiceless
!!Rimmer Dall
Head of the Seekers, the Federation SecretPolice, Rimmer Dall is also the leader of the Shadowen, TheBigBad of the series, and an all around bastard. He pursues and harasses the Ohmsfords at every turn, playing with their minds, in an attempt to break them all. He seems to be particularly obsessed with Par and the Wishsong.
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* AnimalMotifs: All the Seekers where a silver wolf's head on their necklace of office. In Dall's case the metaphor is more pronounced then with most.
* BeardOfEvil
* BigBad: He's the leader of the Shadowen, the mastermind behind the Federation, and the [[FinalBoss most powerful opponent]] the protagonists face to boot.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He can fake AffablyEvil with the best of them, but at the core of it he's a monster through and through.
* BodySnatcher[=/=]BodySurf
* TheChessmaster: A fairly competent one, though he's more dependant on [[ManipulativeBastard emotional manipulation]] than careful planning.
* ConsummateLiar: Nothing short of the Sword Of Shannara can pierce Rimmer Dall's carefully crafted falsehoods. And since he's aware that Par can't use the Sword, Rimmer Dall's more than willing to hand it over to him, using the Sword's lack of reaction to his stories in order to further Par's confusion.
** Even better, the reason Par couldn't use the Sword? [[spoiler:[[ManipulativeBastard Just prior to giving him the Sword Dall managed to talk Par into subconsciously believing he couldn't use it]].]]
* DarkIsEvil: Though he spends most of his page-time trying to convince Par that DarkIsNotEvil.
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He's already transformed TheFederation into a brutal PoliceState. His next objective is reducing the Four Lands to nothing more than a magical buffet for the Shadowen. The land will sicken and die, most species will go extinct, the Races will be left as slaves to his hunger, and he's pretty comfortable with all of that.
* EvilRedhead: Flaming red hair and beard.
* EvilSorceror
* FullContactMagic: His brawl with Walker in ''Talismans'' is both a physical and a magical one.
* FullNameBasis: He's always "Rimmer Dall" to the rest of the cast.
* GrandTheftMe: This is his final plan for Par.
* TheHeartless: Like all the Shadowen.
* HorrorHunger: The Shadowen are driven by the need to feed on magic. Rimmer Dall, as one of the most powerful, has a worse case of it than most.
* ImmortalityImmorality: Will live forever as long as he can keep on finding bodies to jack.
* {{Irony}}: The Seekers are supposed to hunt down practitioners of magic. He, and all the other members of the group, are Shadowen.
* LackOfEmpathy: Dall's desire to feed has overridden his capacity to feel for anyone.
* LargeAndInCharge: Big enough to make chairs creak when he seats himself.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To the entire Federation, though the Council is largely unaware of it.
* ManipulativeBastard: By the time he's done with Par and Coll, they can't tell reality from fiction. More than any other villain in series, Rimmer Dall relies on manipulating his victims' emotions for his plans to work.
* MindScrew: Loves it.
* NotSoDifferent: His forte. Used on Par, Pe Ell, Coll, and everyone else he wants to manipulate.
* PuppeteerParasite: The real Rimmer Dall isn't the man described here. He's the smokey wraith inside of him.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes turn into "pinpricks of blood" when he's angered or anticipatory.
* RedRightHand: Red Left Hand. It's the one he uses to project his power and is normally kept gloved to conceal the fact that it's both red, and more importantly ''made of fire''.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: The Seekers are Federation trackers, and being Shadowen, are better than most. Rimmer Dall, as the leader of the Shadowen, is the best of all.
* SecretPolice[=/=]StateSec: It's hard to tell just which the Seekers are sometimes. Either way, he's in charge and proud of it.
* ShadowDictator: The Federation Council is under Dall's control.
* TomatoInTheMirror: Tries to pull this on Par.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Dall, like most of the Shadowen, has become badly detatched from what other people would consider objective reality due to his need to feed, which he sees as paramount over all else.
!!Teel
A member of the Dwarf Resistance. Girlfriend of Steff, Morgan's contact. Tortured by the Federation, she has no face, and speaks very little. [[spoiler:Eventually outed as Shadowen, she betrays the group, murders Steff, and is slain by Morgan]].
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* CoolMask
* [[spoiler:DarkActionGirl]]: [[spoiler:She doesn't really show her ActionGirl tendencies until taking on Morgan and Steff after her betrayal, so she definitely counts.]]
* EmotionlessGirl
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]: [[spoiler:A Shadowen spy.]]
* PetTheDog: The moment when Par is on watch at the camp, and she comes to him asking him to show her how the magic works. Possibly subverted in retrospect, as a clever {{Foreshadowing}} of [[spoiler:her being a Shadowen, since this was an example of her being drawn to Par's magic as all the others were]]. But since it isn't clear when exactly [[spoiler:she became a Shadowen--she may not have been TheMole to start with but got attacked and possessed sometime after this scene during the journey]], it still could count. Even if she was [[spoiler:a Shadowen]] at the time, that doesn't preclude her still having a humanizing side to her. Regardless, the moment certainly acted as a nice deflection [[spoiler:from her true loyalties]], making her a RedHerring for a while.
* TheQuietOne
* WaifFu: Far, far stronger than she looks, and every bit as fast.
!!Quickening
The daughter of The King of the Silver River, she leads Morgan, Walker, Pe Ell, and Horner Dees on a trek north to defeat the Stone King, and recover the Black Elfstone in ''Druid of Shannara''. She has the power to heal the land, and undo the poisons inflicted upon it.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings
* GreenThumb
* [[spoiler:TheGwenStacy]]: [[spoiler:Morgan's.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Has a moment of this when she considers living a happy life with Morgan instead of [[spoiler:sacrificing herself to stop Uhl Belk]].
* TheIngenue: Or is she...?
* TheMessiah
* [[spoiler:ThanatosGambit: Her death unleashes her magic, defeating Uhl Belk and The Maw Grint]].
* WideEyedIdealist: Appears at first to be one of these, but it turns out she was far more GenreSavvy than she let on, knowing from the very beginning what Pe Ell was and what he wanted but bringing him anyway, because she needed the Stiehl [[spoiler:to pierce her body's magical defenses, so she could become one with the land and undo the Stone King's poison]]. Very much an IDidWhatIHadToDo decision from one who seemed naive and far too trusting until TheReveal.
!!Pe Ell
An assassin for hire, and a favourite of Rimmer Dall's. He possesses the Stiehl, a knife that can cut through anything, including magical defences. He is sent on the journey with Quickening, with instructions from Rimmer Dall to kill her at the first opportunity, but like Walker, Morgan, and Horner Dees, falls under her spell--a fact which only serves to make him more unstable and dangerous. Calling him a sociopath is putting it mildly.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: The first person to wield The Stiehl which can cut through anything, including armour, magic, and solid stone as though it weren't there.
* [[spoiler:AlasPoorVillain: By the time the Koden reaches him, he's aware of how thoroughly he was used, angry with himself and the world, and uncaring about whether he lives or dies. It's possible to feel a degree of empathy for him, terrible person that he may be.]]
* BreakTheHaughty: The book as a whole is a devestating one for him.
* TheDragon: "Rimmer Dall's favourite boy" as Horner Dees puts it.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Believes in killing quickly and cleanly, and consequently, hates The Rake, which kills slowly and suffocatingly.
* [[spoiler:ExitPursuedByABear: Killed by the Koden as he tries to escape]].
* FreudianExcuse: His uncle beat him regularly when he was a child, until Pe Ell found the Stiehl and took him out.
* FullNameBasis: He's always Pe Ell, never "Pe" or "Ell".
* KnifeNut: With a magic knife (The Stiehl) to boot.
* ItsPersonal: When The Rake comes within milimetres of killing him, Pe Ell becomes determined to hunt the big insect down and kill it.
* LackOfEmpathy: The only way that he can do what he does.
* TheMole: In Quickening's group.
* NotSoDifferent: From the Shadowen, and particularly from Rimmer Dall.
* ProfessionalKiller
* PsychoForHire: Lives to look into his victim's eyes as they die; he views this as a way to glimpse the afterlife, and it is an act with a borderline religious significance for him.
* SanitySlippage: As ''Druid'' progresses he loses more and more of his calm, collected demeanor, finally resulting in [[spoiler:his VillainousBreakdown.]]
* TheSociopath
* StepfordSmiler: A deliberate one.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Even before they know he's a hitman, Quickening's party views him as this.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Of Quickening and The King of the Silver River, who need his magic for her ThanatosGambit to work]].
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]: [[spoiler:As he murders Quickening. It continues afterwards.]]
* {{Yandere}}: Becomes one to Quickening, seeing her as his possession. He's insanely jealous of anyone--Morgan, Walker--who gets too close to her.
!!Horner Dees
A retired Tracker, hunter, and woodsman, Horner Dees is the only man to have survived entering Eldwist, the city of the Stone King, and is recruited by Quickening to guide her company to Uhl Belk's home. A bearish old man who loves the mountains, Dees is eventually revealed to be a [[spoiler:former Federation Tracker]] with a history with Pe Ell.
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* TheAlcoholic: Dees has a serious drinking problem. To his credit, it doesn't interfere with his job.
* AnimalMotifs: Counting the number of times he is compared to a bear would make a good drinking game.
* {{Badass Grandpa}}
* DefectorFromDecadence: In the backstory. Dees wanted no part of being a Seeker.
* FunctionalAddict
* GeniusBruiser: Dees is big, hulking, and quite bright. Even Pe Ell treats him with respect.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Morgan Leah, who he becomes quite close to.
* NatureHero: Has some definite aspects of this.
* RetiredBadass: Dees was once a Federation Tracker, and was among their best. He left once he realised that Rimmer Dall wanted to make him a Seeker.
* TheSmartGuy: To Quickening's company.
!!Uhl Belk, The Stone King
A creature of fairie, Uhl Belk is brother to the King of the Silver River, and Lord of Eldwist. Fearing change, he seeks to turn all the world to stone. Prior to the events of the series, he stole the Black Elfstone from the Druids; Walker, Quickening, Morgan, Pe Ell, and Horner Dees seek to retrieve it.
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* AbusiveParents: To the Maw Grint. His repeated demands on it, and fusions of magic, have driven it insane.
* ArchnemesisDad: To his "son", the Maw Grint.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: In his role as BigBad for ''Druid''. He has powers that rival or exceed that of the combined Shadowen armies, but is defeated halfway through the series.
* EnemyCivilWar: With his son, the Maw Grint.
* EvilCounterpart: To The King of the Silver River.
* FaceHeelTurn: Somewhere in the BackStory.
* GracefulLoser: He takes his defeat and imprisonment at [[spoiler:Quickening]]'s hands rather well.
* ImmortalityImmorality: Everyone just seems temporary and insignificant to him.
* {{Irony}}: He's terrified by change and chaos, but his plan to convert the entire world to stone is more or less the definition of ChaoticEvil.
* NotSoDifferent: How he sees himself and the King of the Silver River.
* OmnicidalManiac: Though he doesn't necessarily see it that way. He wants to turn the world to stone, in order to keep it from changing. He believes that in doing so, he is fullfilling his pledge to the Word.
* PhysicalGod: Would be, were it not for his immobility, and dependence on the Black Elfstone.
* TakenForGranite: Resembles an immense, semi-mobile statue, and has the power to turn things to stone with a touch.
!!The Maw Grint
Uhl Belk's child, it is a formerly humanoid elemental with the appearance of a monstrous, fanged worm.
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* TheDragon: Formerly to Uhl Belk.
** TheStarscream: Currently seeks to usurp its father's position quite openly.
* ElementalPowers: Over stone.
* EnemyCivilWar: With its father.
* EvilCounterpart: To Quickening. Like her, it had the power to carry its father's magic wherever it went, changing the land, and it was even described as Uhl Belk's son, i.e. the opposite gender.
* GracefulLoser: Pauses and allows [[spoiler:Quickening's magic to erase it instead of attacking. It almost seems to welcome it, perhaps in a moment of ICannotSelfTerminate.]]
* PoisonousPerson: Its very touch is deadly poison.
* SandWorm
* SelfMadeOrphan: Its life's goal.
* StoryBreakerPower: Forget the Shadowen. The Maw Grint's size alone makes it literally unkillable. It's so vast that it fills all of Eldwist during its rampage at the end, making it immune to anything the heroes might throw at it. And that's without getting into the fact that both its touch, and its magic, are deadly poison. In short there is no actual way to stop it, or even fight it. [[spoiler:Quickening's HeroicSacrifice]] is the only thing that prevents it from taking over the world; a direct confrontation would have resulted in everybody but it dying.
* TakenForGranite: Whatever it touches turns to stone.
* WasOnceAMan: Or at least a humanoid elemental.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: It's completely and utterly mad, with no sense of self left, beyond a desire to feed.
!!The Wisteron
The strongest and most dangerous of Morrowindl's "demons", it has the appearance of a nightmarish spider/monkey hybrid. It lays claim to the entire swamp of the In Ju, and dogs Wren Ohmsford's steps for much of ''Elf Queen of Shannara''.
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* BigCreepyCrawlies: Meets ManiacMonkeys
** GiantSpider
* DarkIsEvil
* DiscOneFinalBoss: The final opponent confronted by Wren in ''Elf Queen'', the Wisteron tests the limits of her abilities more fully than anyone she faces afterwards. It's not connected to the series' BigBad, and yet it's still a near perfect match for this trope.
* TheHeartless: Like all of Morrowindl's Shadowen.
* LightningBruiser
* ManiacMonkeys
* NighInvulnerability: Shrugs off sword blows and hits from the Elfstones. They finally have to drown it in mud.
** And even then it's not clear if even THAT killed it, or just trapped it.
* SuperPersistentPredator: It doesn't give up, no matter what you do. The spidery equivalent of an ImplacableMan.
!!Tiger Ty & Spirit
A Wing Rider and his Roc whom Wren befriend on her journey to Morrowindl. Tiger Ty later becomes one of her staunchest supporters.
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* ABoyAndHisX: An old man and his Roc.
* AlliterativeName
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Both of them.
* BeastOfBattle: Spirit.
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: Spirit is incredibly badass, fighting Shadowen and Creepers on an even footing.
* CoolOldGuy: Tiger Ty's age is never established but he's clearly much older than most of the main characters.
* TheCynic: Tiger Ty has a deeply pessimistic outlook on life, the universe, and everything.
* GrumpyBear
* HighAltitudeBattle: Against [[spoiler:Tib Arne & Gloon]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Tiger Ty and Wren
* UndyingLoyalty: Tiger Ty to Wren and Spirit to Tiger Ty.
!!Stresa
A Splinterscat whom Wren and Garth save on their way to Arborlon. He accompanies them back to the Four Lands and serves as a wilderness guide and scout for the Elven Army.
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* GrumpyBear
* IntellectualAnimal
* IOweYouMyLife
* MixAndMatchCritters: A mix of porcupine and cat, grown to giant size.
* SpikeShooter
* TalkingAnimal
* UndyingLoyalty: To Wren
!!Triss
Captain of the [[PraetorianGuard Elven Home Guard]], and one of Wren's closest friends following the events of ''Elf Queen''. He is [[spoiler:one of the only Elves to survive the trek from Arborlon to the beach]].
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* ActionSurvivor: One of the few Elves to [[spoiler:survive the whole trip across Morrowindl]].
* {{Badass}}: Pretty much a requirement for the Home Guard, but Triss is especially {{badass}}, surviving Morrowindl with nothing worse than a broken arm.
* FireForgedFriends: With Wren. As she puts it, "after what they had shared on Morrowindl, Triss could tell her anything."
* HeroSecretService
* TheQuietOne: Triss doesn't talk much, but when he does, he's usually worth listening to.
* PraetorianGuard
* UndyingLoyalty: To Ellenroh and ''especially'' Wren. Noticing a trend here?
!!Gavilan Elessedil
Prince of the Elves and [[spoiler:Wren's cousin]]. Handsome, and with a reputation among the ladies.
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* [[spoiler:DirtyCoward]]
* [[spoiler:TheEvilPrince: Though not initially, and with a FaceHeelTurn that's driven more by cowardice than anything else]].
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: By the Wisteron]]
* KissingCousins: He kisses [[spoiler:Wren]] despite being her cousin.
* PrinceCharming:[[spoiler:Subverted. At first he seems like the real thing, but is revealed to be a coward by the end]].
!!Matty Roh
One of Padishar Creel's top agents, Matty is a very self-possessed and capable young woman. She runs a bar and safehouse for Padishar, and later accompanies Morgan Leah on his trek south in ''Talismans of Shannara''.
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* ActionGirl
* [[ActuallyIAmHim Actually I Am Her]]: Morgan asked her (while she was disguised as a boy) where he could find Matty Roh. Several rounds of question dodging later, this gets said.
* BadassNormal: Has no magic, no special talismans, and no experience with fighting the Shadowen. Not only survives the raid on Southwatch, but more then pulls her own weight, taking out numerous soldiers and Shadowen alike.
* BattleCouple: [[spoiler:Forms one with Morgan. He handles the Shadowen, she handles the normal people]].
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Matty is repeatedly described as looking like an especially {{Bishonen}} male teenager, instead of the adult woman she is. This is an obvious help with her boy disguise.
* BoyishShortHair
* BrokenBird[=/=]{{Kuudere}}: Courtesy of a traumatic backstory that's both believable and very sad.
* FragileSpeedster
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Convinced a Federation officer to give her some information she wanted, then cut his throat before he could...ahem...try and make a move on her. She's convinced that what she did was justified. Morgan's not so sure.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Her broom. She uses a rapier in later fights.
* LaResistance: A very high-ranking member, somewhere just behind Padishar Creel and [[NumberTwo Chandos]].
* RoyalRapier: Brooks doesn't name the weapon she's carrying but it's a slim, light fencing weapon, used with one hand, meaning it's either this or a duelling sabre.
* SecondLove: [[spoiler:To Morgan]] They're definitely falling for one another by the time the book ends.
* SweetPollyOliver: When Morgan first meets her.
* SurvivorsGuilt: Her [[spoiler: entire family]] died of a disease that [[spoiler:she herself brought into the house. Somehow she got better. They didn't.]]
* WaifFu: Very slim, armed with a rapier, and dependent on trying to avoid getting hit. She's quite tall however, and capable of taking a reasonable amount of punishment against normal people. Against the Shadowen, she's absolutely dependent on this style.
!!The Four Horsemen
Four Shadowen, given the appearance of the legends, and sent to harass Walker Boh.
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* AmbiguousGender: Famine is completely naked, yet genderless.
* CoolSword: Famine has one made of bone.
* DemBones: Famine is essentially a skeleton, albeit with a little bit of flesh attached.
* TheEvilGenius: The main reason that Death is the last one standing is because he was bright enough to hang back from the fight, realised what Walker was doing with the illusions, and traced the Druid's attack on War back to its source.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: Death. His touch is freezing and saps his victims' strength while his scythe leaves frosty trails in the wounds it inflicts.
* TheFourHorsemenOfTheApocalypse: Or more accurately, four Shadowen who've taken on their form.
* HealingFactor: To the point where they're nearly unkillable.
* TheHeartless: Par for the course with the Shadowen.
* HellishHorse: They ride lizard-like creatures with fangs and claws but a distinctly equestrian gait.
* FourIsDeath: "Names and methods aside, they were all death in one form or another."
* TheGrimReaper: Death.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Or more accurately, by one another's. Unable to overcome their HealingFactor, Walker uses his MasterOfIllusion abilities to trick them into killing one another.
* PoisonousPerson: Famine and Pestilence both spread their respective namesakes through touch, weakening or even killing their targets.
** {{Plaguemaster}}: Pestilence.
** WalkingWasteland: Famine.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: But extremely dangerous nevertheless.
* SinisterScythe: Death carries one as his WeaponOfChoice.
* SpikesOfVillainy: War
* WalkingArmoury: War is armed to the teeth with every concievable weapon.
** AnAxeToGrind: Seems to a personal favourite.
** CarryABigStick: Another favourite.
* TheWormThatWalks: Pestilence's body is made up of thousands of plague flies trapped within an amorphous yellow body.
!!Tib Arne and Gloon
A very young free-born agent, sent to bring Wren information about Padishar's movements. He later befriends Wren, who he seems to view with a certain amount of reverence. Gloon is his War Shrike and protector. [[spoiler:Both are eventually revealed to be Shadowen spies. They kill one of Wren's companions and abduct her, before being slain by the Elf Queen herself.]]
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* ABoyAndHisX: A boy and his War Shrike.
* [[spoiler:AxeCrazy: Tib, even by Shadowen standards.]]
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: Gloon is a War Shrike. See Cool Pet below, for all the details.
* [[spoiler:BlondGuysAreEvil: Tib]]
* CoolPet: Gloon is a War Shrike, a creature that can best be described as an airborne wolverine, complete with the attitude, badassery, and lack of regard for its own personal safety. About as cool a pet as you can get.
* [[spoiler:FeatheredFiend: Gloon. Jesus!]]
* [[spoiler:TheHeartless: Both of them.]]
* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Gloon follows Tib everywhere, and protects him as best he can. Tib says he's raised the Shrike since infancy, and Gloon seems to believe he owes him.
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]
* [[spoiler:PsychopathicManchild: Tib the Shadowen is still incredibly childish. It's as though his disguise has begun to effect his personality]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: Wren sees him as one for Garth.
* [[spoiler:{{Sizeshifter}}]]: [[spoiler:Gloon can grow from normal size to as big as a Roc]].
* [[spoiler:TeensAreMonsters]]: [[spoiler:At least when bodyjacked by Shadowen they are]].
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A descendant of Jair Ohmsford, and TheHero of the trilogy, he has inherited Jair's MasterOfIllusion powers. Initially a travelling storyteller, he and his brother Coll are summonded, along with Walker Boh and Wren to the Hadeshorn, and given a charge by Allanon. Par's is to retrieve The Sword of Shannara. Desperate to be a hero, he is the first Ohmsford to embrace his charge, involving himself not only in the quest for The Sword, but in the free-born effort to throw off the Federation.
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* BlessedWithSuck: The Wishsong is an incredibly powerful, evolving weapon. It's also addictive, unpredictable, and prone to overriding Par's mind, and meddling with his psyche. Not to mention that it attracts Shadowen in the dozens.
* BreakTheCutie/ CorruptTheCutie: Rimmer Dall tries this on him, through a long series of MindScrew manipulations that nearly cause Par to snap.
* TheChosenOne: One of [[strike: three]] four.
* DistressedDude: Spends most of ''Talismans'' as Rimmer Dall's prisoner.
* DoomMagnet: Justified. Shadowen are drawn to magic, and few people have magic to match Par's.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: [[spoiler:His embracing the Wishsong's power in ''Talismans'' leads to this.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Shea. For maybe half the first book. Then...crap happens.
* GlassCannon[=/=]SquishyWizard: Paar for the course with Wishsong users. Par is a not-particularly tough kid, with a tremendous amount of power at his disposal.
* GrandTheftMe: From the [[EvilOldFolks woodswoman]] to [[EnfanteTerrible the child on Toffer Ridge]] to [[BigBad Rimmer Dall]], one Shadowen after another tries this on him.
* TheHero: He's definitely the main character, though not by much, and the plot revolves around keeping him out of Rimmer Dall's hands.
* HeroicWannabe: Downplayed. Par is easily the most enthusiastic of the three Ohmsford heirs, but the least capable. Unlike Wren, who is a capable ActionGirl, and Walker who has been living by himself in the Eastland for years, Par has never been more than a storyteller. His MasterOfIllusion powers come in useful, but he needs a lot more help than he thinks he does, and frequently rushes into danger without thinking, something that Coll ends up pointing out to him near the end of ''Scions''.
* InTheBlood: Inherited his use of the Wishsong from Jair, though it eventually takes on a shape more akin to that used by Brin.
* JumpedAtTheCall: He absolutely belives that they need to fullfill Allanon's charges, and leaps at the opportunity.
* MasterOfIllusion: Like his ancestor, Jair, Par can use the Wishsong to create lifelike illusions. Initially this is all he can do with it.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: When out of control the Wishsong transforms him into this.
* PlayingWithFire: The Wishsong's preferred method of attack.
* TheProtagonist: In ''Scions''. After that the viewpoint shifts to Walker, then Wren, and ends in an even split in ''Talismans''.
* RealityWarper: His Wishsong eventually spins completely out of control, reaching levels of reality warping that even Brin never did.
* SiblingYinYang: With Coll.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: The Wishsong comes very, very close to this. All it's lacking is a personality.
* TomatoInTheMirror: The Shadowen attempt to convince him that he is one of them. [[spoiler:In a way, it's even true.]]
* UnstoppableRage: Under the Wishsong's influence.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The Wishsong can, and does, override Par's mind, driving him into paranoia, and gleeful, UnstoppableRage. Rimmer Dall's attempts at breaking him don't help of course.
!!Coll Ohmsford
Par's brother, and the only Ohmsford with no magic. He accompanies Par, having been given no charge himself. [[spoiler:Or so we are led to believe. In reality, he's the one destined to wield the Sword of Shannara after Par finds it.]]
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Courtesy of the Mirrorshroud.
* [[spoiler:TheChosenOne: Chosen to bring Par back to normal. Hidden from himself and all others by Allanon.]]
* CoolSword: As it turns out Coll and not Par is the one who [[spoiler:has to use The Sword Of Shannara first.]]
** AncestralWeapon: [[spoiler:The Sword]] has been part of the family's legacy for centuries at this point.
* DeathFakedForYou: By Rimmer Dall, who fakes Coll's death to screw with Par, then lets Par discover him alive in order to mess with him even more.
* DistressedDude: Coll has no combat skills, and consequently gets into trouble a lot, regularly having to be rescued.
* {{Expy}}: Of Flick, initially.
* ThePowerOfLove: Uses it to save Par from Rimmer Dall.
* SiblingYinYang: With Par.
* TheTeamNormal: The only Shannara descendent with no magic whatsoever and no charge from Allanon. [[spoiler:Subverted in the end by his use of the Sword of Shannara]].
* UnwittingPawn: Of Rimmer Dall who uses him as part of his campaign to torment Par.
!!Walker Boh
A distant relative of Par and Coll's, who briefly lived with them in Shady Vale, where he was nicknamed "The Dark Uncle" due to his eerie nature and relationship with Par. Descended from Brin Ohmsford, Walker is tall, pale, and withdrawn, with limited innate magic, including the power to converse with nature and summon a version of the Druid fire. Charged by Allanon with reviving the Druids and Paranor, he is the most reluctant to accept his charge, and initially refuses outright. [[spoiler:He returns in ''Voyage of the Jerle Shannara'', where he undertakes the voyage in order to win support for a new Druid council]]
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* {{Badass}}: One of the biggest ones in the series. Walker has fought faerie beings, Shadowen, and robotic hunter-killer drones. He's been poisoned, lost an arm, dodged laser fire, and fought Rimmer Dall mano-a-mano. It takes [[spoiler:Antrax, a being from another time to bring him down, and even then, Walker out lives Antrax by half a book, even with a fatal injury]].
** BadassBeard
** HandicappedBadass: Down an arm, but still a BadAss.
* BigGood: Assumes this role near the end of the ''Heritage'' tetralogy, and continues it into the ''Voyage'' trilogy, stepping into the space vacated by Allanon.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: Subverted as part of his DarkIsNotEvil motif.
* TheChosenOne: Selected to fullfill Brin's pledge to Allanon. And he [[ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne hates]] it.
* CoolUncle: To Par and Coll, though he's gruffer about it than most.
* DarkIsNotEvil: A [[LeanAndMean thin]], ghostly looking man, with black hair and eyes and a sinister countenance, Walker is nevertheless one of the heroes.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Following the loss of his arm and his magic.
* {{Determinator}}: He made it home after losing his arm, he crawls out of his home after Rimmer Dall's attack despite being near dying, he [[spoiler:survives half a book with a fatal injury in the sequel]]; there's not much you can hit Walker with that he hasn't been hit with.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Walker can't actually tan. The sun just seems to be reflected away from him.
* TheEmpath: Can usually read the emotions of others, allowing him to avoid conflict and serve as a mediator when he cares to.
* EvilUncle: Invoked and subverted. The people of Shady Vale see him as one, but he's actually trying to be a mentor to Par.
* {{Expy}}: In-universe. After absorbing the memories of all the other Druids, Walker ends up channeling Allanon in particular for all he's worth.
* FriendlessBackground: There were no other children at Hearthstone or Darklin Reach where Walker grew up, and by the time he moved to Shady Vale, his chance to learn how to make friends was long gone.
* FullContactMagic: Walker Boh will mess you up with or without his magic.
* [[spoiler:GhostlyAdvisor: To Grianne during ''High Druid'']].
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile: In ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheJerleShannara'']].
* GuileHero: Though backed by physical and magical power when necessary.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: In ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheJerleShannara''. He electrocutes himself overloading [[DiscOneFinalBoss Antrax]]]]
* HonoraryUncle: Walker is actually Par and Coll's distant cousin. His relationship with Par, however, is much more uncle/nephew, and Par, Coll, and Wren usually refer to him as their Uncle Walker.
* IAmLegion: Possibly. He has bits and pieces of all the other Druids inside him after his use of the Black Elfstone on Paranor. It's never made clear how much of Walker is left.
* IneffectualLoner: In ''Scions'', when he's doing his best to convince himself that he doesn't want to be a part of society.
* {{Irony}}: The man who hates the Druids more than anybody else ends up becoming the first of their new order.
* TheLeader: Eventually assumes this position in any group he is a part of. Combination Type I and IV.
* LifeOrLimbDecision: Why he lost his right arm.
* LonersAreFreaks: How many viewed him.
* MadeOfIron: The amount of physical punishment Walker shrugs off is frankly astonishing.
* MasterOfIllusion: He got the idea from Jair, and uses it to defeat the Horsemen.
* TheMentor: To Par in the backstory; to Bek in ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheJerleShannara''.
* MoralityPet: Par is one for him in ''Scions''; only Par being in trouble can persuade Walker to leave Hearthstone and meet with the shade of Allanon.
* ParentalAbandonment: His mother died when he was a child, his father when he was in his late teens, leaving Walker to spend seven miserable years in Shady Vale.
* PlayingWithFire: He can of course summon Druid fire.
* TheProtagonist: In ''Druid''. Morgan Leah and Pe Ell are also viewpoint characters, but this is Walker's quest and storyline that they are a part of. He shares the role of protagonist in ''Talismans'' with Wren and Par, acting as BigGood and mentor figure to the rest of the cast.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: By the sequel he's pushing one hundred and fifty.
* RedBaron: Dark Uncle
* RefusalOfTheCall: Initially. Eventually he decides he has to do something about the Federation and takes up Allanon's charge.
* ReluctantHero: Walker does not want to help the Druids, and deeply resents his own magic. Yet in the end he can't turn away from what the Federation and the Shadowen are doing.
* TheSmartGuy: In most groups Walker will be the idea man.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Can talk to moor cats and other animals.
* SquishyWizard: Look at this trope list. To say that Walker averts this would be putting it lightly.
* TookALevelInBadass: After becoming the first of the new Druids.
!!Wren Ohmsford/[[spoiler:Elessedil]]
Par and Coll's cousin, and the [[spoiler:bearer of the Elfstones]], who lived with them in Shady Vale for a while when she was younger. Raised by the Rovers in the Westland, Wren is charged by Allanon with bringing the Elves back to the Westland. [[spoiler:Unbeknownst to her, she is secretly their queen, being the offspring of an Ohmsford and an Elessedil.]]
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* ActionGirl: A very competent fighter, and a match for any of the men in series (and a fair sight more capable than Par or Coll).
* ActionSurvivor: Of the trek through Morrowindl.
* [[spoiler:BadassPrincess: Although she's totally unaware of it]].
* BlessedWithSuck: How she views the [[spoiler:use of the Elfstones.]]
* BoomStick: Averted. Wren could use the power of the Loden Staff to annihilate most of the Shadowen of Morrowindl. Unfortunately, doing so would rob it of the magic needed to restore Arborlon once they reach the Westland so she is forced to refrain.
* BoyishShortHair: Always pictured with short hair; it's helpful in combat.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Feels them profoundly after she finds herself taking Ellenroh's place in the command roster.
* ChangelingFantasy: She's really [[spoiler:Wren Elessedil, granddaughter of Ellenroh Elessedil, Queen of the Elves]]. This leads to a serious identity crisis.
* TheChosenOne: Twice over. Allanon charges her to return the Elves to the Four Lands; at her birth [[spoiler:Eowen Cerise prophesied that she would be the one to save the Elves]].
* DoomMagnet: Not to quite the degree of Par, but the [[spoiler:magic of the Elfstones]] attracts Shadowen like nothing else. Luckily it also makes for an effective protection.
* FireForgedFriends: How she describes her friendship with [[PraetorianGuard Triss]] in ''Talismans''.
* GRatedDrug: Fears becoming addicted the Elfstones, a fact that frequently handicaps her in ''Elf Queen''.
* HeroicBSOD: In ''Elf Queen'' after one revelation too many causes her to shut down. She gets over it.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Has a very low opinion of herself during the latter part of ''Elf Queen''.
* [[spoiler:TheHighQueen]]: Eventually.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: To some extent with [[spoiler:Gavilan]] but especially [[spoiler:Tib Arne]]. The latter was lampshaded and justified somewhat in-story by her being emotionally vulnerable thanks to losing [[spoiler:Garth]], but still...
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Has a lot of this in ''Elf Queen'', as one revelation after another shocks her to the core.
* KnifeNut: Like many of Brooks' characters, she seems to prefer long knives and short swords to larger weapons.
* MagneticHero: Wren attracts UndyingLoyalty like magnets attract paper clips.
* TheProtagonist: In ''Elf Queen'' where she is the only viewpoint character for the main storyline. She shares the role with Walker and Par in ''Talismans'', acting the SupportingLeader to Walker's BigGood and Par's [[TheHero Hero]].
* SupportingLeader: Takes on this role in ''Talismans'', joining forces with Padishar Creel's free-born and Axhind's Rock Trolls to confront the Federation military in the Westland while her cousins and uncle break into Southwatch to take down Rimmer Dall.
* [[spoiler:TomboyPrincess: Given that she was a Rover long before she knew she was a Princess this is to be expected]].
* TookALevelInBadass: Over the course of ''Elf Queen'' she shifts from competent ActionGirl to one of the most effective destroyers of Shadowen in the series.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask:[[spoiler:Has shades of this in ''Talismans'']].
* YouAreInCommandNow: When Ellenroh Elessedil is killed during the trip through Morrowindle, Wren ends up in charge of the rapidly DwindlingParty [[spoiler:and then the entire Elven nation.]]
!!Morgan Leah
Par and Coll's oldest friend, Morgan has spent most of his life up until now, harrassing the Federation officials who occupy his homeland. He tries to protect Par and Coll, using contacts in the Dwarf Resistance and the Freeborn, as well as the battered Sword of Leah to aid them. Then, bad things start happening, and he goes on to become a character in his own right, and a major player in the series, all without really wanting to.
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* BadAss: Goes through Shadowen as though they aren't even there, and is probably the most competent fighter in the main cast.
* BreakTheCutie: The torture Morgan goes through comes very close to this. He goes from comic relief to bitter adult very quickly.
* CoolSword: The Sword of Leah of course.
** AmuletOfDependency: Morgan, like Rone before him, swiftly becomes addicted to the Sword's magic, and nearly BSOD's upon losing it.
** AncestralWeapon: Still the Sword of his House.
** {{Antimagic}}: Making it deadly to Shadowen
** BlackSwordsAreBetter
** WreckedWeapon-->ReforgedBlade: The Sword of Leah is shattered during Morgan's escape from The Jut at the end of ''Scions''. His arc in ''Druid'' is based around trying to have it fixed, which he succeeds in doing by the end.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Initially.
* {{Expy}}: Starts out as one of Menion...then goes through Hell and comes out very, very diffrent.
* HeartbrokenBadass: Followings [[spoiler:the death of Quickening.]]
* HeroicBSOD: After losing the Sword Of Leah in ''Scions'', Morgan finds himself paralysed by fear and indecision. This will return to haunt him on several occasions.
* HotBlooded: Walker, Horner Dees, and Pe Ell all see him as such. It isn't really true as of partway through ''Druid''.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:His take on being unable to save Quickening]].
* TheKirk: When partnered with Damson and Matty in ''Talismans''.
* MyGreatestFailure: Either letting Freeborn headquarters fall, or [[spoiler:failing to prevent Quickening's death]]. Both haunt him intensely.
* ReluctantWarrior: Morgan will kill Shadowen without batting an eye, but has serious issues with killing people. It makes for some tension with [[BrokenBird Matty Roh]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Transitions from a loafer who focuses on making life difficult for the Federation occupiers, to a resistance leader, strategist, and fighter.
* SecondLove: [[spoiler:With Matty.]]
* TheSmartGuy: Morgan is the go-to guy when the Free-born need a planner. He gets them in and out of Federation cities and prisons with seeming ease, figured out [[spoiler:Teel was TheMole]], and is second only to Padishar and Walker when it comes to going unnoticed.
* TookALevelInBadass: From practical joker to Shadowen-slayer par excellence.
* WarriorPrince: His family may not run Leah anymore, but he's close enough for farm use.
!!Padishar Creel
The leader of the free-born resistance, and a descendent of Panamon Creel, Padishar saves Par and Coll from Rimmer Dall early on. He is delighted to hear about the Ohmsfords' missions, and does everything in his power to aid both them and Morgan, in the hopes that by destroying the Shadowen, they will cripple the Federation. Probably the most implacable, if [[BunnyEarsLawyer odd]] enemy that The Federation has.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Although given the medieval style setting, it makes a certain amount of sense.
* BadassBeard
* BadassNormal
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Padishar is really, really weird. And equally effective.
* ConsummateLiar: A heroic example, Padishar puts his manipulative abilities to work for the Free-born, convincing people from all walks of life to follow him out of the belief that his [[MultipleChoicePast past]] mirrors their own.
* {{Expy}}: In-universe. He deliberately modelled himself on Panamon Creel.
* LaResistance: He's not the founder of the free-born, but he is the man responsible for uniting them into a competent fighting force.
* TheLeader: Of the free-born, having disposed of all the other contenders and gained control over The Movement. He's a Type IV, leading through his charismatic personality, and ruthless will.
* MultipleChoicePast: Tells many different stories about who he was before joining LaResistance, and why he hates the Federation.
* PapaWolf: Don't touch [[spoiler:Damson]]. Just don't.
* SupportingLeader: As the leader of the free-born, Padishar is responsible for battling the Federation military while the Ohmsfords try to deal with the Shadowen. In ''Scions'' he and his men hold the Federation at The Jut while Par descends into the Pit; in ''Talismans'' he and Wren split the role, taking on the Federation's army in the Westland, while Walker, Coll, Par, Morgan, Damson, and Matty break into Southwatch to free Par and confront Rimmer Dall.
!!Damson Rhee
A member of the Freeborn, street magician, and Par's LoveInterest. [[spoiler:She's also Padishar's daughter.]]
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* AchillesHeel: Could be said to be this to [[spoiler:Padishar]] because [[spoiler:she's his daughter]], so he will do anything to save her, including staying behind to be captured and executed.
* ActionGirl: Maybe. It is clear she can fight, though, and there's no questioning her bravery in helping Par, particularly in the last book when she's the only BadassNormal in the group to go into Southwatch (aside from Matty Roh), and without any major weapons with her. Walker gave everyone "a bit of magic" to protect them, something she had no way of knowing how effective it would be or what form it would take, yet she went anyway.
* ChekhovsGun: The Skree. Just a bit of harmless street magic she gives to Par to help them reunite when he goes chasing after the BrainwashedAndCrazy Coll...but later it helps her and Matty [[spoiler:find and save Coll from slavers]], ''and'' still leads her and the others to Par at Southwatch for the FinalBattle, thanks to [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands his magic]] having "imprinted" a reflection of it [[ThePowerOfLove on himself]].
* CoolDownHug: Performs one on Par.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Much of her relationship with Par comes about due to nursing him back to health while hiding out from the Federation in the Tyrsis sewers.
* HeroesWantRedHeads: She and Par are more or less joined at the hip after ''Scions''.
* LaResistance: Is a prominent member, or at least associate, of the free-born.
* TheMcCoy: Takes this role when partnered up with Morgan and Matty.
* WeNeedADistraction: No, not for the [[ShowSomeLeg obvious reason]]--her street magic serves this purpose quite often, but she also forms one in the mundane sense when she [[RefugeInAudacity poses as Padishar's wife]] to get them into the People's Park, and again during their escape from the Pit the second time.
!!Garth
Wren's protector and guide, Garth has raised her since her early childhood. A Rover, he does his best to teach Wren how to survive in a very cruel world.
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* BadassBeard
* BadassNormal: Garth has no magic, which doesn't slow him down much.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Wren.
* TheBigGuy
* HandicappedBadass: He's deaf.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:Forces Wren to MercyKill him after being poisoned by the Wisteron]].
* MightyGlacier: Compared to other people, he's probably a LightningBruiser, but when forced to face the Wisteron and other various Shadowen monsters, he's much closer to this.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Averted. Garth's size and physical power are his primary assets in a fight.
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:For Wren's mother.]]
!!Rumor
Cogline's current moor cat, Rumor has a close relationship with Walker Boh, eventually transferring loyalties to him. Huge, silent, and unstoppable, Rumor faces down Shadowen with a ferocity that few humans can equal.
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* AnimalCompanion: To Cogline and then Walker Boh.
* BadassNormal: Fights Shadowen without any magical aid.
* TheBigGuy: Plays this role in the group that storms Southwatch.
* {{Expy}}: Of Whisper before him.
* MeaningfulName: "It is said that wherever I go, Rumor often precedes me."
* PantheraAwesome: Like Whisper, Rumour can, and will, take on beings spawned from dark magic using just his natuarl weapons.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Is still around by the time of ''Isle Witch'', putting him somewhere around one hundred fifty years old.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Cogline and Walker
* TheVoiceless
!!Rimmer Dall
Head of the Seekers, the Federation SecretPolice, Rimmer Dall is also the leader of the Shadowen, TheBigBad of the series, and an all around bastard. He pursues and harasses the Ohmsfords at every turn, playing with their minds, in an attempt to break them all. He seems to be particularly obsessed with Par and the Wishsong.
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* AnimalMotifs: All the Seekers where a silver wolf's head on their necklace of office. In Dall's case the metaphor is more pronounced then with most.
* BeardOfEvil
* BigBad: He's the leader of the Shadowen, the mastermind behind the Federation, and the [[FinalBoss most powerful opponent]] the protagonists face to boot.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He can fake AffablyEvil with the best of them, but at the core of it he's a monster through and through.
* BodySnatcher[=/=]BodySurf
* TheChessmaster: A fairly competent one, though he's more dependant on [[ManipulativeBastard emotional manipulation]] than careful planning.
* ConsummateLiar: Nothing short of the Sword Of Shannara can pierce Rimmer Dall's carefully crafted falsehoods. And since he's aware that Par can't use the Sword, Rimmer Dall's more than willing to hand it over to him, using the Sword's lack of reaction to his stories in order to further Par's confusion.
** Even better, the reason Par couldn't use the Sword? [[spoiler:[[ManipulativeBastard Just prior to giving him the Sword Dall managed to talk Par into subconsciously believing he couldn't use it]].]]
* DarkIsEvil: Though he spends most of his page-time trying to convince Par that DarkIsNotEvil.
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He's already transformed TheFederation into a brutal PoliceState. His next objective is reducing the Four Lands to nothing more than a magical buffet for the Shadowen. The land will sicken and die, most species will go extinct, the Races will be left as slaves to his hunger, and he's pretty comfortable with all of that.
* EvilRedhead: Flaming red hair and beard.
* EvilSorceror
* FullContactMagic: His brawl with Walker in ''Talismans'' is both a physical and a magical one.
* FullNameBasis: He's always "Rimmer Dall" to the rest of the cast.
* GrandTheftMe: This is his final plan for Par.
* TheHeartless: Like all the Shadowen.
* HorrorHunger: The Shadowen are driven by the need to feed on magic. Rimmer Dall, as one of the most powerful, has a worse case of it than most.
* ImmortalityImmorality: Will live forever as long as he can keep on finding bodies to jack.
* {{Irony}}: The Seekers are supposed to hunt down practitioners of magic. He, and all the other members of the group, are Shadowen.
* LackOfEmpathy: Dall's desire to feed has overridden his capacity to feel for anyone.
* LargeAndInCharge: Big enough to make chairs creak when he seats himself.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To the entire Federation, though the Council is largely unaware of it.
* ManipulativeBastard: By the time he's done with Par and Coll, they can't tell reality from fiction. More than any other villain in series, Rimmer Dall relies on manipulating his victims' emotions for his plans to work.
* MindScrew: Loves it.
* NotSoDifferent: His forte. Used on Par, Pe Ell, Coll, and everyone else he wants to manipulate.
* PuppeteerParasite: The real Rimmer Dall isn't the man described here. He's the smokey wraith inside of him.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes turn into "pinpricks of blood" when he's angered or anticipatory.
* RedRightHand: Red Left Hand. It's the one he uses to project his power and is normally kept gloved to conceal the fact that it's both red, and more importantly ''made of fire''.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: The Seekers are Federation trackers, and being Shadowen, are better than most. Rimmer Dall, as the leader of the Shadowen, is the best of all.
* SecretPolice[=/=]StateSec: It's hard to tell just which the Seekers are sometimes. Either way, he's in charge and proud of it.
* ShadowDictator: The Federation Council is under Dall's control.
* TomatoInTheMirror: Tries to pull this on Par.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Dall, like most of the Shadowen, has become badly detatched from what other people would consider objective reality due to his need to feed, which he sees as paramount over all else.
!!Teel
A member of the Dwarf Resistance. Girlfriend of Steff, Morgan's contact. Tortured by the Federation, she has no face, and speaks very little. [[spoiler:Eventually outed as Shadowen, she betrays the group, murders Steff, and is slain by Morgan]].
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* CoolMask
* [[spoiler:DarkActionGirl]]: [[spoiler:She doesn't really show her ActionGirl tendencies until taking on Morgan and Steff after her betrayal, so she definitely counts.]]
* EmotionlessGirl
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]: [[spoiler:A Shadowen spy.]]
* PetTheDog: The moment when Par is on watch at the camp, and she comes to him asking him to show her how the magic works. Possibly subverted in retrospect, as a clever {{Foreshadowing}} of [[spoiler:her being a Shadowen, since this was an example of her being drawn to Par's magic as all the others were]]. But since it isn't clear when exactly [[spoiler:she became a Shadowen--she may not have been TheMole to start with but got attacked and possessed sometime after this scene during the journey]], it still could count. Even if she was [[spoiler:a Shadowen]] at the time, that doesn't preclude her still having a humanizing side to her. Regardless, the moment certainly acted as a nice deflection [[spoiler:from her true loyalties]], making her a RedHerring for a while.
* TheQuietOne
* WaifFu: Far, far stronger than she looks, and every bit as fast.
!!Quickening
The daughter of The King of the Silver River, she leads Morgan, Walker, Pe Ell, and Horner Dees on a trek north to defeat the Stone King, and recover the Black Elfstone in ''Druid of Shannara''. She has the power to heal the land, and undo the poisons inflicted upon it.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings
* GreenThumb
* [[spoiler:TheGwenStacy]]: [[spoiler:Morgan's.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Has a moment of this when she considers living a happy life with Morgan instead of [[spoiler:sacrificing herself to stop Uhl Belk]].
* TheIngenue: Or is she...?
* TheMessiah
* [[spoiler:ThanatosGambit: Her death unleashes her magic, defeating Uhl Belk and The Maw Grint]].
* WideEyedIdealist: Appears at first to be one of these, but it turns out she was far more GenreSavvy than she let on, knowing from the very beginning what Pe Ell was and what he wanted but bringing him anyway, because she needed the Stiehl [[spoiler:to pierce her body's magical defenses, so she could become one with the land and undo the Stone King's poison]]. Very much an IDidWhatIHadToDo decision from one who seemed naive and far too trusting until TheReveal.
!!Pe Ell
An assassin for hire, and a favourite of Rimmer Dall's. He possesses the Stiehl, a knife that can cut through anything, including magical defences. He is sent on the journey with Quickening, with instructions from Rimmer Dall to kill her at the first opportunity, but like Walker, Morgan, and Horner Dees, falls under her spell--a fact which only serves to make him more unstable and dangerous. Calling him a sociopath is putting it mildly.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: The first person to wield The Stiehl which can cut through anything, including armour, magic, and solid stone as though it weren't there.
* [[spoiler:AlasPoorVillain: By the time the Koden reaches him, he's aware of how thoroughly he was used, angry with himself and the world, and uncaring about whether he lives or dies. It's possible to feel a degree of empathy for him, terrible person that he may be.]]
* BreakTheHaughty: The book as a whole is a devestating one for him.
* TheDragon: "Rimmer Dall's favourite boy" as Horner Dees puts it.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Believes in killing quickly and cleanly, and consequently, hates The Rake, which kills slowly and suffocatingly.
* [[spoiler:ExitPursuedByABear: Killed by the Koden as he tries to escape]].
* FreudianExcuse: His uncle beat him regularly when he was a child, until Pe Ell found the Stiehl and took him out.
* FullNameBasis: He's always Pe Ell, never "Pe" or "Ell".
* KnifeNut: With a magic knife (The Stiehl) to boot.
* ItsPersonal: When The Rake comes within milimetres of killing him, Pe Ell becomes determined to hunt the big insect down and kill it.
* LackOfEmpathy: The only way that he can do what he does.
* TheMole: In Quickening's group.
* NotSoDifferent: From the Shadowen, and particularly from Rimmer Dall.
* ProfessionalKiller
* PsychoForHire: Lives to look into his victim's eyes as they die; he views this as a way to glimpse the afterlife, and it is an act with a borderline religious significance for him.
* SanitySlippage: As ''Druid'' progresses he loses more and more of his calm, collected demeanor, finally resulting in [[spoiler:his VillainousBreakdown.]]
* TheSociopath
* StepfordSmiler: A deliberate one.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Even before they know he's a hitman, Quickening's party views him as this.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Of Quickening and The King of the Silver River, who need his magic for her ThanatosGambit to work]].
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]: [[spoiler:As he murders Quickening. It continues afterwards.]]
* {{Yandere}}: Becomes one to Quickening, seeing her as his possession. He's insanely jealous of anyone--Morgan, Walker--who gets too close to her.
!!Horner Dees
A retired Tracker, hunter, and woodsman, Horner Dees is the only man to have survived entering Eldwist, the city of the Stone King, and is recruited by Quickening to guide her company to Uhl Belk's home. A bearish old man who loves the mountains, Dees is eventually revealed to be a [[spoiler:former Federation Tracker]] with a history with Pe Ell.
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* TheAlcoholic: Dees has a serious drinking problem. To his credit, it doesn't interfere with his job.
* AnimalMotifs: Counting the number of times he is compared to a bear would make a good drinking game.
* {{Badass Grandpa}}
* DefectorFromDecadence: In the backstory. Dees wanted no part of being a Seeker.
* FunctionalAddict
* GeniusBruiser: Dees is big, hulking, and quite bright. Even Pe Ell treats him with respect.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Morgan Leah, who he becomes quite close to.
* NatureHero: Has some definite aspects of this.
* RetiredBadass: Dees was once a Federation Tracker, and was among their best. He left once he realised that Rimmer Dall wanted to make him a Seeker.
* TheSmartGuy: To Quickening's company.
!!Uhl Belk, The Stone King
A creature of fairie, Uhl Belk is brother to the King of the Silver River, and Lord of Eldwist. Fearing change, he seeks to turn all the world to stone. Prior to the events of the series, he stole the Black Elfstone from the Druids; Walker, Quickening, Morgan, Pe Ell, and Horner Dees seek to retrieve it.
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* AbusiveParents: To the Maw Grint. His repeated demands on it, and fusions of magic, have driven it insane.
* ArchnemesisDad: To his "son", the Maw Grint.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: In his role as BigBad for ''Druid''. He has powers that rival or exceed that of the combined Shadowen armies, but is defeated halfway through the series.
* EnemyCivilWar: With his son, the Maw Grint.
* EvilCounterpart: To The King of the Silver River.
* FaceHeelTurn: Somewhere in the BackStory.
* GracefulLoser: He takes his defeat and imprisonment at [[spoiler:Quickening]]'s hands rather well.
* ImmortalityImmorality: Everyone just seems temporary and insignificant to him.
* {{Irony}}: He's terrified by change and chaos, but his plan to convert the entire world to stone is more or less the definition of ChaoticEvil.
* NotSoDifferent: How he sees himself and the King of the Silver River.
* OmnicidalManiac: Though he doesn't necessarily see it that way. He wants to turn the world to stone, in order to keep it from changing. He believes that in doing so, he is fullfilling his pledge to the Word.
* PhysicalGod: Would be, were it not for his immobility, and dependence on the Black Elfstone.
* TakenForGranite: Resembles an immense, semi-mobile statue, and has the power to turn things to stone with a touch.
!!The Maw Grint
Uhl Belk's child, it is a formerly humanoid elemental with the appearance of a monstrous, fanged worm.
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* TheDragon: Formerly to Uhl Belk.
** TheStarscream: Currently seeks to usurp its father's position quite openly.
* ElementalPowers: Over stone.
* EnemyCivilWar: With its father.
* EvilCounterpart: To Quickening. Like her, it had the power to carry its father's magic wherever it went, changing the land, and it was even described as Uhl Belk's son, i.e. the opposite gender.
* GracefulLoser: Pauses and allows [[spoiler:Quickening's magic to erase it instead of attacking. It almost seems to welcome it, perhaps in a moment of ICannotSelfTerminate.]]
* PoisonousPerson: Its very touch is deadly poison.
* SandWorm
* SelfMadeOrphan: Its life's goal.
* StoryBreakerPower: Forget the Shadowen. The Maw Grint's size alone makes it literally unkillable. It's so vast that it fills all of Eldwist during its rampage at the end, making it immune to anything the heroes might throw at it. And that's without getting into the fact that both its touch, and its magic, are deadly poison. In short there is no actual way to stop it, or even fight it. [[spoiler:Quickening's HeroicSacrifice]] is the only thing that prevents it from taking over the world; a direct confrontation would have resulted in everybody but it dying.
* TakenForGranite: Whatever it touches turns to stone.
* WasOnceAMan: Or at least a humanoid elemental.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: It's completely and utterly mad, with no sense of self left, beyond a desire to feed.
!!The Wisteron
The strongest and most dangerous of Morrowindl's "demons", it has the appearance of a nightmarish spider/monkey hybrid. It lays claim to the entire swamp of the In Ju, and dogs Wren Ohmsford's steps for much of ''Elf Queen of Shannara''.
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* BigCreepyCrawlies: Meets ManiacMonkeys
** GiantSpider
* DarkIsEvil
* DiscOneFinalBoss: The final opponent confronted by Wren in ''Elf Queen'', the Wisteron tests the limits of her abilities more fully than anyone she faces afterwards. It's not connected to the series' BigBad, and yet it's still a near perfect match for this trope.
* TheHeartless: Like all of Morrowindl's Shadowen.
* LightningBruiser
* ManiacMonkeys
* NighInvulnerability: Shrugs off sword blows and hits from the Elfstones. They finally have to drown it in mud.
** And even then it's not clear if even THAT killed it, or just trapped it.
* SuperPersistentPredator: It doesn't give up, no matter what you do. The spidery equivalent of an ImplacableMan.
!!Tiger Ty & Spirit
A Wing Rider and his Roc whom Wren befriend on her journey to Morrowindl. Tiger Ty later becomes one of her staunchest supporters.
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* ABoyAndHisX: An old man and his Roc.
* AlliterativeName
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Both of them.
* BeastOfBattle: Spirit.
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: Spirit is incredibly badass, fighting Shadowen and Creepers on an even footing.
* CoolOldGuy: Tiger Ty's age is never established but he's clearly much older than most of the main characters.
* TheCynic: Tiger Ty has a deeply pessimistic outlook on life, the universe, and everything.
* GrumpyBear
* HighAltitudeBattle: Against [[spoiler:Tib Arne & Gloon]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Tiger Ty and Wren
* UndyingLoyalty: Tiger Ty to Wren and Spirit to Tiger Ty.
!!Stresa
A Splinterscat whom Wren and Garth save on their way to Arborlon. He accompanies them back to the Four Lands and serves as a wilderness guide and scout for the Elven Army.
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* GrumpyBear
* IntellectualAnimal
* IOweYouMyLife
* MixAndMatchCritters: A mix of porcupine and cat, grown to giant size.
* SpikeShooter
* TalkingAnimal
* UndyingLoyalty: To Wren
!!Triss
Captain of the [[PraetorianGuard Elven Home Guard]], and one of Wren's closest friends following the events of ''Elf Queen''. He is [[spoiler:one of the only Elves to survive the trek from Arborlon to the beach]].
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* ActionSurvivor: One of the few Elves to [[spoiler:survive the whole trip across Morrowindl]].
* {{Badass}}: Pretty much a requirement for the Home Guard, but Triss is especially {{badass}}, surviving Morrowindl with nothing worse than a broken arm.
* FireForgedFriends: With Wren. As she puts it, "after what they had shared on Morrowindl, Triss could tell her anything."
* HeroSecretService
* TheQuietOne: Triss doesn't talk much, but when he does, he's usually worth listening to.
* PraetorianGuard
* UndyingLoyalty: To Ellenroh and ''especially'' Wren. Noticing a trend here?
!!Gavilan Elessedil
Prince of the Elves and [[spoiler:Wren's cousin]]. Handsome, and with a reputation among the ladies.
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* [[spoiler:DirtyCoward]]
* [[spoiler:TheEvilPrince: Though not initially, and with a FaceHeelTurn that's driven more by cowardice than anything else]].
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: By the Wisteron]]
* KissingCousins: He kisses [[spoiler:Wren]] despite being her cousin.
* PrinceCharming:[[spoiler:Subverted. At first he seems like the real thing, but is revealed to be a coward by the end]].
!!Matty Roh
One of Padishar Creel's top agents, Matty is a very self-possessed and capable young woman. She runs a bar and safehouse for Padishar, and later accompanies Morgan Leah on his trek south in ''Talismans of Shannara''.
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* ActionGirl
* [[ActuallyIAmHim Actually I Am Her]]: Morgan asked her (while she was disguised as a boy) where he could find Matty Roh. Several rounds of question dodging later, this gets said.
* BadassNormal: Has no magic, no special talismans, and no experience with fighting the Shadowen. Not only survives the raid on Southwatch, but more then pulls her own weight, taking out numerous soldiers and Shadowen alike.
* BattleCouple: [[spoiler:Forms one with Morgan. He handles the Shadowen, she handles the normal people]].
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Matty is repeatedly described as looking like an especially {{Bishonen}} male teenager, instead of the adult woman she is. This is an obvious help with her boy disguise.
* BoyishShortHair
* BrokenBird[=/=]{{Kuudere}}: Courtesy of a traumatic backstory that's both believable and very sad.
* FragileSpeedster
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Convinced a Federation officer to give her some information she wanted, then cut his throat before he could...ahem...try and make a move on her. She's convinced that what she did was justified. Morgan's not so sure.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Her broom. She uses a rapier in later fights.
* LaResistance: A very high-ranking member, somewhere just behind Padishar Creel and [[NumberTwo Chandos]].
* RoyalRapier: Brooks doesn't name the weapon she's carrying but it's a slim, light fencing weapon, used with one hand, meaning it's either this or a duelling sabre.
* SecondLove: [[spoiler:To Morgan]] They're definitely falling for one another by the time the book ends.
* SweetPollyOliver: When Morgan first meets her.
* SurvivorsGuilt: Her [[spoiler: entire family]] died of a disease that [[spoiler:she herself brought into the house. Somehow she got better. They didn't.]]
* WaifFu: Very slim, armed with a rapier, and dependent on trying to avoid getting hit. She's quite tall however, and capable of taking a reasonable amount of punishment against normal people. Against the Shadowen, she's absolutely dependent on this style.
!!The Four Horsemen
Four Shadowen, given the appearance of the legends, and sent to harass Walker Boh.
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* AmbiguousGender: Famine is completely naked, yet genderless.
* CoolSword: Famine has one made of bone.
* DemBones: Famine is essentially a skeleton, albeit with a little bit of flesh attached.
* TheEvilGenius: The main reason that Death is the last one standing is because he was bright enough to hang back from the fight, realised what Walker was doing with the illusions, and traced the Druid's attack on War back to its source.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: Death. His touch is freezing and saps his victims' strength while his scythe leaves frosty trails in the wounds it inflicts.
* TheFourHorsemenOfTheApocalypse: Or more accurately, four Shadowen who've taken on their form.
* HealingFactor: To the point where they're nearly unkillable.
* TheHeartless: Par for the course with the Shadowen.
* HellishHorse: They ride lizard-like creatures with fangs and claws but a distinctly equestrian gait.
* FourIsDeath: "Names and methods aside, they were all death in one form or another."
* TheGrimReaper: Death.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Or more accurately, by one another's. Unable to overcome their HealingFactor, Walker uses his MasterOfIllusion abilities to trick them into killing one another.
* PoisonousPerson: Famine and Pestilence both spread their respective namesakes through touch, weakening or even killing their targets.
** {{Plaguemaster}}: Pestilence.
** WalkingWasteland: Famine.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: But extremely dangerous nevertheless.
* SinisterScythe: Death carries one as his WeaponOfChoice.
* SpikesOfVillainy: War
* WalkingArmoury: War is armed to the teeth with every concievable weapon.
** AnAxeToGrind: Seems to a personal favourite.
** CarryABigStick: Another favourite.
* TheWormThatWalks: Pestilence's body is made up of thousands of plague flies trapped within an amorphous yellow body.
!!Tib Arne and Gloon
A very young free-born agent, sent to bring Wren information about Padishar's movements. He later befriends Wren, who he seems to view with a certain amount of reverence. Gloon is his War Shrike and protector. [[spoiler:Both are eventually revealed to be Shadowen spies. They kill one of Wren's companions and abduct her, before being slain by the Elf Queen herself.]]
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* ABoyAndHisX: A boy and his War Shrike.
* [[spoiler:AxeCrazy: Tib, even by Shadowen standards.]]
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: Gloon is a War Shrike. See Cool Pet below, for all the details.
* [[spoiler:BlondGuysAreEvil: Tib]]
* CoolPet: Gloon is a War Shrike, a creature that can best be described as an airborne wolverine, complete with the attitude, badassery, and lack of regard for its own personal safety. About as cool a pet as you can get.
* [[spoiler:FeatheredFiend: Gloon. Jesus!]]
* [[spoiler:TheHeartless: Both of them.]]
* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Gloon follows Tib everywhere, and protects him as best he can. Tib says he's raised the Shrike since infancy, and Gloon seems to believe he owes him.
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]
* [[spoiler:PsychopathicManchild: Tib the Shadowen is still incredibly childish. It's as though his disguise has begun to effect his personality]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: Wren sees him as one for Garth.
* [[spoiler:{{Sizeshifter}}]]: [[spoiler:Gloon can grow from normal size to as big as a Roc]].
* [[spoiler:TeensAreMonsters]]: [[spoiler:At least when bodyjacked by Shadowen they are]].
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