History Characters / TheWizardInTheShadows

** HurtingHero with black clothes, a longcoat and a reputation as TheDreaded? Hello [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]]!

* HurtingHero: Oh, so very, very, ''very'' much.

[[folder: Harry Potter / The Black Wizard / The Wizard in the Shadows / The Lord Moristar Morinhetar (Black Wizard Darkness Slayer), Royal Wizard of Gondor and Arnor]]

* BadassLongcoat: Comes with the Ranger gear. Surprisingly considering the [[AuthorAppeal author's fondness for long coat wearing badasses,]] [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles particularly wizards]] it is never directly mentioned.

* BerserkButton: Hurting [[spoiler: Ginny]] or indeed anyone he cares about is beyond stupid.

* CasualDangerDialogue: With [[spoiler: Ginny]].
* ClippedWingAngel: Harry has a Willow vs Glory moment with the Witch King. Since the Author is a serious [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] fan, the ShoutOut is almost certainly intentional. Especially since the primary attack is ShockAndAwe.

* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome]]
* {{Expy}}: his characterisation owes something to the [[Series/DoctorWho Tenth and Eleventh Doctors]].
** HurtingHero with black clothes, a longcoat and a reputation as TheDreaded? Hello [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden!]]

* HeroicBSOD: When Gandalf dies, and when [[spoiler: Ginny]] is poisoned at the Pelennor Fields.
* HeroicLineage: To a truly ridiculous degree. He is descended from, among others, [[spoiler: Godric Gryffindor, [[Literature/TheSilmarillion Maedhros Fëanorion]], King Arthur Pendragon]], and Ignotus Peverell.

-->'''Harry''': You know what they say. Sometimes you have to laugh or you'll cry.

* ShoutOut: Shares a reputation with Batman. This is lampshaded by [[spoiler: Ron]].

[[folder: Aragorn]]

* TheStraightMan: to Harry, usually.

[[folder: Merlin]]

A half Maia immortal time travelling wizard. Immensely powerful. Very mysterious. By ''From Out of the Shadows'', he's making his presence obvious. [[spoiler: Grandfather to Emrys and Eirian]].

[[folder: Emrys Ap Derfel [[spoiler: Ap Merlin]] / Sir Emrys the Valiant / the Avenger]]

Half Dunlending, Half Rohirric. Saves [[spoiler: Theodred's]] life, because of HonorBeforeReason. [[TookALevelInBadass Takes several truly spectacular levels in badass]].

* [[spoiler: BattleAura]]

* BigBrotherInstinct: He's the little brother, but god help you if you've hurt his big sister. When it turns out that Wormtongue [[spoiler: [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped his sister]]]], he beats the shit out of him, then tries to drown him. When he's about sixteen. He also requests - and gets, until Eirian unleashes her [[FateWorseThanDeath revenge]] - executioner duties for Wormtongue.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Lets see... lost his mother, then his father, to Rohirric raiders, then his sister, the only person left who cared for him as part of the [[DealWithTheDevil pact the Dunlending Chiefs made with Saruman to create his army of Uruk-hai]]. His childhood nicknames were 'son of a bitch' and 'half-breed', and people routinely beat him up, sometimes trying to kill him while he fended for himself. He went looking for his sister by joining Saruman's forces and is implied to have killed his first man somewhere between the ages of 13 and 15, certainly by 15, then nearly died due to poisoning, [[spoiler: then found his sister alive but having spent the last few years being raped by Wormtongue.]] Really, it's a wonder the poor boy's sane.

* [[spoiler: HealingFactor: in line with other superpowers]].
* [[spoiler: HalfHumanHybrid]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicLineage]]
* HeelFaceTurn: wasn't actually evil. Just looking for his sister.
* [[spoiler: HeroicLineage: grandson of Merlin and Nimue]]

* [[ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe I Can't Believe A Girl Like You Would Notice Me]]: to Miriel

* InstantExpert: Harry gives him some swordsmanship lessons on top of what he already knew. Also a JustifiedTrope due to [[spoiler: his Maia heritage]].

* [[spoiler: PersonOfMassDestruction: Implied to be potentially this on a truly vast scale]].

* {{Revenge}}: clearly a fondness for this runs in the family.

* [[spoiler: SpeedBlitz]]: seems to be quite fond of this.

[[folder: Eirian Ap Derfel / The Doom Singer]]

Emrys' sister. It takes a little bit of time, but she's just as badass as her little brother. And like him is [[spoiler: Part Maia]] and eventually a phenomenally powerful witch.

* PromotionToParent: implied after her father's death.
* TookALevelInBadass: big time. When first seen, she's an emotional wreck, for obvious reasons. Then, she grants [[spoiler: Wormtongue]] a FateWorseThanDeath. By ''From Out of the Shadows'', she's a confident young woman with magical powers including limited target telepathy.

[[folder: Maglor Fëanorion]]

* BigBrotherInstinct: [[spoiler: Genuinely loved his little brothers and is utterly furious with Fëanor for what he did to them.]]

* KnifeNut: His first WeaponOfChoice is an elven dagger.

* [[spoiler: StockSuperpowers]]
** [[spoiler: HealingFactor]]
** [[spoiler: Telepathy]]. Quite weak and limited so far.
** [[spoiler: SuperReflexes]]
** [[spoiler: SuperSpeed: Fast enough that he moves in a blur.]]
** [[spoiler: SuperStrength: easily strong enough to tear a full size Uruk in half, complete with armour, without breaking a sweat]].
** [[spoiler: SuperToughness]]
** {{Magic}}

* [[spoiler: StockSuperpowers: The more magical ones are a good deal stronger than Emrys', but in turn, his physical abilities are correspondingly greater]]
** [[spoiler: HealingFactor]]
** [[spoiler: Telepathy. Quite powerful and fairly effortless.]]
** [[spoiler: SuperReflexes]]
** [[spoiler: SuperSpeed]]
** [[spoiler: SuperStrength]]
** [[spoiler: SuperToughness]]
** {{Magic}}

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Emrys notes the dissonance between his FunPersonified CrazyAwesome behaviour and his (well earned) reputation as TheDreaded.

* [[spoiler: InTheBlood]]

* SubmissiveBadass: she also seems to wear the trousers in the relationship.

* {{Troll}}: See ForTheLulz. He's probably behind ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' as well.

* OneOfUs: A massive fan of ''Film/ThePrincessBride''. To the point where he outright quotes the 'To the Pain' speech to the Mouth of Sauron.

Emrys' sister. It takes a little bit of time, but she's just as BadAss as her little brother. And like him is [[spoiler: Part Maia]] and eventually a phenomenally powerful witch.

* BadAss: Just as much as her brother. In some ways, even scarier. All he can do is ''kill'' you. She can make you wish she had.

* ForTheLulz: Apparently created Series/DoctorWho for a laugh.

* {{Troll}}: See ForTheLulz. He's probably behind Series/Merlin as well.

[[folder: Aragorn

!!Harry Potter / The Black Wizard / The Wizard in the Shadows / The Lord Moristar Morinhetar (Black Wizard Darkness Slayer), Royal Wizard of Gondor and Arnor

!!Aragorn

!!Merlin

!!Emrys Ap Derfel [[spoiler: Ap Merlin]] / Sir Emrys the Valiant / the Avenger

* UsedToBeASweetKid: not a textbook example in that he isn't evil, but he had to grow up very fast indeed.

!!Eirian Ap Derfel / The Doom Singer

!!Maglor Fëanorion

* BigBrotherInstinct: [[spoiler: genuinely loved his little brothers and is utterly furious with Fëanor for what he did to them.]]

* CulturedBadass.
* DaddyIssues: Oh so very much.

* WarriorPrince

* {{Badass}}: Oh so much.
** BadassAngster: Until the Grey Company turn up.

** HurtingHero {{Badass}} with black clothes, a longcoat and a reputation as TheDreaded? Hello [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden!]]

* TheObiWan: Has shades of this.

* BadassLongcoat: Comes with the Ranger gear. Surprisingly considering the [[AuthorAppeal author's fondness for long coat wearing badasses,]] [[TheDresdenFiles particularly wizards]] it is never directly mentioned.

** HurtingHero {{Badass}} with black clothes, a longcoat and a reputation as TheDreaded? Hello [[TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden!]]

* HeroicLineage: To a truly ridiculous degree. He is descended from, among others, [[spoiler: Godric Gryffindor, [[TheSilmarillion Maedhros Fëanorion]], King Arthur Pendragon]], and Ignotus Peverell.

* {{Expy}}: his characterisation owes something to the [[DoctorWho Tenth and Eleventh Doctors]].

** And his characterisation has some elements Tenth and Eleventh Doctors. The author is an avowed DoctorWho geek, so it's probably intentional.

* ForTheLulz: Apparently created DoctorWho for a laugh.

* OneOfUs: A massive fan of ThePrincessBride. To the point where [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome he outright quotes the 'To the Pain' speech to the Mouth of Sauron.]]

* HeroicLineage: To a truly ridiculous degree. He is descended from, among others, [[spoiler: Godric Gryffindor, [[TheSilmarillion Maedhros Feanorion]], King Arthur Pendragon]] and Ignotus Peverell.

!!Maglor Feanorion

* BigBrotherInstinct: [[spoiler: genuinely loved his little brothers and is utterly furious with Feanor for what he did to them.]]

** He utterly despises Feanor, to the point of doing mocking impersonations of him and designing the attack lawnmower with him in mind.
** And called up Feanor with the Resurrection Stone for a round of CallingTheOldManOut.

* PopCulturedBadass: Almost all the [[Shout Outs ShoutOut]].

** BadassAbnormal: in one crossover with the Buffyverse, he took on Buffy and Faith. While he got schooled in hand to hand, he kicked their asses with swords. Justified by the fact that most of their fighting style is based on hand to hand and Emrys' powers are basically [[spoiler: those of a Slayer on [[TheDresdenFiles crack and an IV of Red Bull]]]].

* KickingAssAndTakingNames