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1Characters of the Norwegian fantasy book series ''Literature/{{Phenomena}}''.
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5[[folder:The Twins]]
6
7!!For both of them:
8[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chosenkids_9471.png]]
9[[caption-width-right:350:[[PinkBoyBlueGirl Blue Girl Pink Boy?]]]]
10* AllWorkVsAllPlay: Alk's all work vs. Ilke's all play.
11* AmbiguousGender: they look really alike, if it wasn't for Ilke being a [[AnIcePerson Frost Child]] she and Alk would look just the same.
12* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: According to Sir Thomas.
13%%* BadassFamily
14%%* BadassAdorable
15%%* BadassLongcoat
16* BrotherSisterTeam
17* [[ChildMage Child Mages]]: Even though Ilke has her frost powers included, Alk does know some fire and light magic. Sha-ra also taught them simple levitation spells to make small objects fly.
18* [[TheChosenOne The Chosen Ones]]: Gyldendal translates the 1st book's title(Profetiens Utvalgte) to Prophecy's Chosen Ones.
19** [[spoiler:ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne]]: and how!
20* ChronicHeroSyndrome: both has this, but Ilke has it more.
21* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: the prophecy book tells nothing of them saving their family.
22** [[spoiler: They eventually do it anyway.]]
23** [[spoiler: But even though they save countless people, they still can't save [[TeamDad Sha-ra]]…]]
24* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: they have no idea what to do with their lives when they complete their mission.
25* FacialMarkings: Given to them by their real father, it's the mark of the elf chieftain, elves aren't allowed to have them anymore under the mortok's rule though.
26* FriendToAllLivingThings
27* GuysSmashGirlsShoot
28* HairContrastDuo
29* HarmfulToMinors: [[spoiler:they hear an old man getting eaten...]]
30* HappilyAdopted: by Sha-ra
31* HalfIdenticalTwins: they would if Ilke wasn't a [[AnIcePerson Frost Child]].
32** {{Lampshaded}} by Khiri. "They look really alike when they sleep".
33* HeroWithBadPublicity: Some tribes are more than willing to sell them out to the villains so their towns won't be ruined...
34* JustAKid: it's even really important to the story.
35* IcyBlueEyes / InnocentBlueEyes
36* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: at least in the beginning. While Ilke likes to fight, is Alk withdrawn and spends most of his time reading.
37* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: They look a lot like Creator/KristenStewart and Creator/RobertPattinson on the [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/3423625074/ german cover of book 7]] for some reason.
38* [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness OOC Is Serious Business]]: and how! It's even used for one of their trials..!
39* OurElvesAreDifferent
40* RedOniBlueOni: the blue to Ilke's red.
41* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: sibling version
42* SiblingYinYang
43* SwordAndSorcerer: Alk's sword to Ilke's frost magic.
44* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn: in the very 1st chapter.
45* YoungerThanTheyLook: on the German covers. They look about 16-18 even on the covers when they're ''10'' in the book.
46
47!! Alk
48[[quoteright:187:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alk_3676.gif]][[quoteright:187:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alkger_2239.png]]
49[[caption-width-right:187:German design]]
50[[caption-width-right:173:[[labelnote:Click to see baby Alk]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bbalk_7329.png[[/labelnote]]]]
51 Alk is the main character and the wielder of [[CoolSword Kheiko]]. He's usually calm and responsible.
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53* AntiMagic: Magic doesn't work at him.
54* BadassBookworm
55* BigBrotherInstinct: for Ilke even though she's the older twin.
56* ChildhoodFriends: With Jolsah
57* ChildhoodFriendRomance: with Mjam.
58* ChildMage: knows some spells.
59* DubNameChange: To Alak in the German translations. Is thankfully still called Alk in the TV-series script according to [[https://twitter.com/PhenomenaWriter/status/474508446675783681 PhenomenaWriter]], still called Alke on the Creator/FilmedImagination [[http://filmedimagination.com/projects/phenomena.html page]].
60* HearingVoices: Alk hears Kheiko's voice inside his head, he hates it in the beginning.
61* IdiotHair: He has a small one and some artists love to draw attention to it. Makes that he's TheSmartGuy of the TwoGirlsAndAGuy group even funnier.
62* InterspeciesRomance: Mijam, who is not an elf.
63* LongHairedPrettyBoy: on some of the art.
64* LuminescentBlush: He's mentioned to blush often when he talks to girls. Some of {{fanon}} sees this as SomethingElseAlsoRises.
65* MagicKnight
66* [[spoiler:{{Mangst}}: From the 6th book when Sha-ra dies, it gets [[FromBadToWorse worse]] when Ilke dies.]]
67* OfficialCouple: with Mijam
68** UptightLovesWild
69* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: Mijam's
70* PlayingWithFire: His main element.
71* PrincessClassic: RareMaleExample. Can talk to animals, is nice, feminine while not {{camp}}, [[{{bishonen}} pretty]], is a good fighter when needed to but not the best and is saved by his sword, and reffered to by royal titles, even though he doesn't really have earned them yet.
72* RedOniBlueOni: blue to [[{{Irony}} Ilke]], Mlillian, Arol and Jolsah, red to Sha-ra and Kheiko.
73* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: the sensitive guy to Azur, Arol and Jolsah's manly men personalities.
74* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Can talk to any kind of animal.
75** [[SuddenlyFluentInGibberish Suddenly Fluent In Gibberish]]/[[SuddenlyBilingual Suddenly Bilingual]]: he can understand any kind of language, [[spoiler:even Norwegian, English and even memes, but he wont translate the memes Millian comes with to the others since he thinks it's too hard to explain.]]
76* TookALevelInJerkAss: [[spoiler:In the end of book 7, he takes Ilke's pendant off. While this is jerkish on it's own, is it sorta understandable due to them being in the coldest place mentioned so far in the story. But what makes it's truly jerkish and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness out of character]] is that he takes it on himself (who grew up with long winters and Ilke so he can handle cold better than most), even though his girlfriend Mijam who grew up in a warm ''desert'' is there with him, the usual Alk would have given it to Mijam right away.]]
77* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: the guy.
78* [[spoiler:UnstoppableRage: after Ilke is killed.]]
79* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: has no idea what love is when he falls for Mijam.
80!!! In the comic:
81* BadassCape: AND
82* BadassLongcoat: For whatever reason
83* BareFistedMonk: As Kheiko is nowhere to be seen in the artwork.
84* {{Expy}}: Designvise of [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Zuko]] [[JustForFun/XMeetsY and]] [[Franchise/StarWars Luke]] for whatever reason seemingly.
85* GoodScarsEvilScars
86* HandicappedBadass: Has a burn over his his right eye, most likely making him blind on that eye.
87
88!! Ilke
89[[quoteright:187:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ilke_9168.gif]][[quoteright:187:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ilkeger_3502.png]]
90[[caption-width-right:187:German design]]
91[[caption-width-right:173:[[labelnote:Click to see baby Ilke]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bbilke_3698.png[[/labelnote]]]]
92Ilke is the more curious of the two and easily gets herself in trouble. She often refuses to admit it when she's scared, even when she cries. Being RaisedByDudes without any real mother or big sister figure in her life, is she clearly a {{Tomboy}}. On their journey when they meet women she does pick up a few traits from them. Has a huge love for mothers, almost to the point of LesYay, and really enjoys their scent and tone of voice.
93
94She does not have much control of her powers in the beginning, causing her to hurt Alk badly once. But once she can control them does she mainly use them to help rather than to fight. She is the most fighting for SlaveLiberation, seeing a slave causes her to free them. She can however be shy around strangers and then Alk has to talk for her. Got an [[InvisibleToNormals invincibility cloak]] from the Air Prophets which she's really proud of.
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96* ActionGirl
97* AmbiguouslyBi: Her ShipTease with Jolsah is mostly from his side. Yet does it seem that she LikesOlderWomen by her over-attraction to mothers, and a slightly PseudoRomanticFriendship with Millian that sorta resembles [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Korra and Asami's]] [[spoiler:(before they ended up as the OfficialCouple)]], except in that Millian is in love with [[FishPeople Azur]], [[spoiler:and they (Millian and Azur) become a couple, if it'll last is yet to be seen]]. [[NatureSpirit Hisj]] has shown some interest in a WifeHusbandry way only to be told by her that she doesn't belong to anyone. And with Norwegian sharing words for both girlfriend and boyfriend, kjæreste (word he used for partner), meaning 'dearest', it does stand as ambiguous.
98* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: can be said for both, [[spoiler:and according to Sir Thomas would they be diagnosed with it if they lived on Earth,]] but Ilke has it more clearly.
99* BadassAdorable
100* BareFistedMonk: Combined with frost magic.
101* BrilliantButLazy: Sleeps in class but knows much of the things Alk thought only he caught up.
102* CharacterDevelopment: she grows from being a "fearless" {{Tomboy}} who never admits being scared, to a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak who speaks more openly about her own feelings, including fear.
103* ChildhoodFriends: With Jolsah and Mijam.
104* ConsummateLiar: A very mild example of this in the first book. Gets rid of it after some CharacterDevelopment.
105* [[RavenHairIvorySkin Dark Blue Hair Pale Blue Skin]]: Well, at least according to the [[http://www.amazon.de/dp/3423623977/ref=rdr_ext_tmb German covers]]
106* [[WinterRoyalLady Daugher of the Frost(Frostens Datter)]]
107* [[spoiler:[[DeadGuyOnDisplay Dead Girl On Display]]: type 1]]
108* DefrostingIceQueen: subverted
109* {{Deuteragonist}}
110* FreakinessShame: Implied that she feels this about her being blue and all deep down, but hides it behind a [[StepfordSmiler smile]].
111* [[AnIcePerson Frost Child]]
112* GenkiGirl
113* HatesBeingAlone
114* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: according to WordOfGod this is what she is looking for in an eventual partner. Someone who's as strong as herself. Finding that won't be easy.
115* [[spoiler:JeanneDArchetype: she even dies, if it's final is up to the fans.]]
116* MiddleChildSyndrome: She is [[spoiler: the older twin but Alk acts [[BigBrotherInstinct older]] and he's the main protagonist]], so he gets more attention both from the story and Sha-ra. And then we got Akai, their little brother who off course gets more attention from their biological parents.]]
117* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: [[PlayingWithATrope played with]], as she wasn't born as a frost child.
118* PowerDyesYourHair: changed when Hish took her.
119* RaisedByDudes
120* RedOniBlueOni: the red to Alk's blue.
121* ShipTease: With Jolsah sometimes, but it's mostly one sided from him.
122** InterspeciesRomance: In that case since he's a mortok.
123* ShipperOnDeck: apparently ships Alk/Mijam in the 1st, and also ships Millian/Azur, even though she's hinted to be a YaoiFangirl that ships Alk/Jolsah in the 7th, which is odd considering that Alk is her brother and Jolsah is her ImpliedLoveInterest... but then again YaoiFangirl shipping aren't logical.
124* SlaveLiberation: A
125* TheThreeFacesofEve: The Child.
126* {{Tomboy}}: [[JustifiedTrope just]][[RaisedByDudes ified]]
127** TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She begins becoming a little more feminine when she hangs out with Mijam, and becomes even more feminine when Millian joins them.
128* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth
129* TownGirls: The butch.
130* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: One of the girls.
131* UnresolvedSexualTension: with Jolsah sometimes, mostly from his side.
132* YaoiFangirl: hinted, since she pretty much [[{{Squee}} squees]] when she sees Alk and Jolsah [[ManHug hug]].
133!!! In the comic:
134* AdaptationDyeJob: She has a case of PowerDyesYourHair in the books, but she's in or at least [[YoungerThanTheyLook looks]] like she's in her 20s in the comic, and has blonde hair.
135* BraidsOfAction
136* CleavageWindow: For whatever reason.
137* {{Expy}}: Turn her skin peach and her hair brown and you got [[Franchise/StarWars Leia]] in some designs, the company making the comic are huge ''Franchise/StarWars'' fans and it shows a little too well.
138* HollywoodCostuming: If you look at the artwork on this page you'll see that the characters' clothes fit the 19th century for not being too old yet not too new. Even Alk's comic self fit that theme. Comic!Ilke however… looks like a [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation blue]] HumanAlien from a sci-fi comic or even the foreigners in ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'' rather than an elf from a fantasy comic.
139* HotterAndSexier
140* MsFanservice
141[[/folder]]
142
143
144[[folder:Closest Friends]]
145
146Tropes that fit all of them:
147* DarkAndTroubledPast:
148** Sha-ra [[spoiler:saw his mother die of an illness at a young age. His father then sent him and his brother away to a wizard who was turning crazy. Sha-ra bacame the favorite of the wizard, his brother got jealous and burned the castle to the ground with their teacher inside. He was then HappilyAdopted by the Winter Bears, but it's implied much happened after that, which wasn't necisarily good.]]
149** Arol [[spoiler:was going to visit Sha-ra with his brother and father, but on their way they were killed and skinned by the mortoks, happily Sha-ra saved Arol, but he still has SurvivorGuilt and HatesBeingAlone because of it.]]
150** Azur's is shown in his spin-off. [[spoiler:He meets Ezau when he's swimming around and Ezau convinces him to come to a grotto they have been told is dangerous. When he enters Ezau makes sure he can't leave by normal means. Azur then searches for an exit in the dark being more and more frightned. After a long while he finds a omnious mace which Ezau tells him he wants. When he touches it, he can't let it go. When he leaves the Kraken follows him. When he returns to the village he gets banished until he can get rid of the mace as it's can be dangerous to the village. He goes to the surface and he's captured. The mace is forced from his hand and he's made a slave. The ship is destroyed by the kraken and another slave ship collects him and the others. He's freed by Ilke and escapes, his chains are broken by Ezau who has become a terraquz of his own free will. He only comes to a desert, his body dries up and sanity slips, and he's in a desperate state when Alk and Ilke meets him again]].
151** Millian [[spoiler:and her mother was left by their father who was going to protect them from her EvilUncle. Her father was then killed by him (his own brother). Years later said uncle caught her and her mother. He beat up and abused her mother the same place he boasted about killing her father in. She was found almost dead in her mother's arms, and had King Veha come 1 minute later she probably would've been dead.]] Because of that she has no problem with killing.
152* IntergenerationalFriendship: they're all much older than the twins in some way.
153
154!! Sha-ra
155https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sha-ra_9048.jpg
156Their adoptive father and a great wizard. Carries [[GreatBigBookOfEverything Phenomena]].
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158* AsTheGoodBookSays: often referrers to what Phenomena says about things.
159* [[WorldOfBadass Badass Tropes]]:
160** BadassBookworm
161** BadassLongcoat
162** BadassTeacher: Alk & Ilke's.
163** CoolOldGuy
164* [[spoiler:CainAndAbel]]: [[spoiler:The Abel to Mentor's Cain.]]
165** [[spoiler:They're more like a JacobAndEsau dynamic actually, more so than Azur and [[{{Irony}} Ezau]], with both their father and teacher favoring Sha-ra, and their mother understanding that Mentor isn't that strong so she favors him and takes better care of him.]]
166* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:quite early in the 1st book.]]
167* DubNameChange: To Scha-ra in the German translations.
168* [[spoiler: DragonRider: he was the 1st dragon knight!]]
169* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: becauce the Phenomena says someone close to the children will betray them, he does it so [[ChildhoodFriend Jolsah]] doesn't have to.]]
170* HatesBeingAlone
171* [[spoiler:IncurableCoughOfDeath: Has a severe illness due to a curse in last act of the 5th book. He dies in the end of it. It's hinted to be something similar to toberculosis due to him coughing up lots of blood and a lack of apetite]].
172* IWasQuiteTheLooker: Implied
173* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: in the 6th book.]]
174* [[spoiler:{{Mangst}}: well hidden. So well hidden so when it gets out, he dies...]]
175* MeaningfulRename: Implied as he said that Alk is free tho change his name when he becomes an adult, [[spoiler: not to mention that his name is really different from Mentor's.]]
176* [[spoiler:ParentalAbandonment: his father left him when his mother died.]]
177* PointyEars: he's implied but not outright stated to be an elf, he has pointy ears [[http://bokerpanett.weebly.com/uploads/1/8/9/7/1897930/9566223_orig.jpg on the cover]] of the first book, but not in the board game (pictured) and one can't see them on the 5th cover. [[spoiler: One don't get to see Mentor's ears either so it's hard to tell.]]
178* [[spoiler:RapeAsBackstory: Said in all but with the word itself so [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids kids won't get it]]]].
179* [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really 413 Years Old]]
180* SurvivorGuilt: feels really guilty over outliving his brother, [[spoiler:when it turns out that Mentor [[FaceHeelTurn is Tarkan]] Sha-ra feels really guilty over having it better than him both now and then.]]
181* TeamDad
182* WizardClassic
183* WizardsLiveLonger: possibly.
184* [[spoiler: WhatDidIDoLastNight: Got drunk, slept with/was raped by a woman who later became pregnant.]]
185
186!! Arol
187https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arol_3975.jpg
188Arol is one of the princes of the winter lands, where winter bears trive. He, his brother, and his father, the king, was going to visit Aldra. His father and brother was killed and Arol barely managed to escape. As he escaped from the mortoks was he saved by Sha-ra, and the two has stayed close friends with ever since.
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190* BadassAdorable: well, at least by [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Tear's]] standards.
191* BareFistedMonk: being a bear and all.
192* BearsAreBadNews: {{Averted}}, he is one of the nicest characters, [[BewareOfTheNiceOnes as long you do not hurt]] Alk and Ilke, or insult his dead friends.
193* BigBrotherMentor: For Alk and Ilke
194* [[CallARabbitASmeerp Calling a Polar Bear Winterbear]]
195** Still sometimes called a polar bear.
196* CivilizedAnimal: Is a winter bear, and wears clothes.
197* DubNameChange: To Arul in the German translations.
198* {{Expy}}: of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-Bear-King-Valemon White-Bear-King-Valemon]] to some extent, being a royal polar bear and all. The TV serieswill use this to save money and elaborates this futher by also making Arol a ShapeShifter.
199* HatesBeingAlone
200* HatesBeingTouched: PlayedForLaughs in a chapter in the 1st book, after he has been hugged a lot.
201* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: fights in the liberation force as his whole tribe promised to do, [[spoiler:but doesn't. His uncle who took over when Aroland the others didn't return doesn't even bother to.]]
202* ScaryBlackMan: acts like one to people he doesn't like. FridgeBrilliance when you learn that polar bears have black skin.
203* SurvivorGuilt
204* TalkingAnimal
205* WarriorPrince: The prince of the Winter Bears
206!!! In the TV series:
207* {{Expy}}: The ability bellow makes at least that power one of [[Literature/ShakuganNoShana Margery Daw's]].
208* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Probably to save budget.
209
210!! Azur
211https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/azur_237.png
212Azur used to be a normal, if not bored, sea man. But was eventually captured. While in the slave tent, is he freed by Ilke. Due to being captured is he no longer allowed to return to the sea so he sets for [[SandIsWater the desert]], where he slowly turns into a terraqus. Later he sees the other terraqusses capturing Alk and Ilke. He gives them the ability to breathe under sand and begs for their lives. After all 3 are safe is he given Ilke's sea bracelet, allowing him to once again turn into a sea man. Joins the twins for their adventure after that.
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214* AloofBigBrother: he acts like one, especially towards Alk.
215* AscendedExtra: Got his own spin-off series telling how he got caught and how he became a terraqus.
216* BetaCouple: [[spoiler:With Millian, taking attention away from that one hasn't seen neither Mijam nor Harti and Khiri in a long time.]]
217%%* BattleCouple
218* BigBrotherMentor: For Alk and Ilke
219* BodyHorror: it's described how his body breaks down...
220* [[spoiler:CainAndAbel]]: [[spoiler:The Abel to Ezau's Cain.]]
221* FishPeople: Moreso before he became a terraqus.
222* GlowingEyesOfDoom: when he was an AxCrazy terraqus.
223* InterspeciesRomance: with Millian
224* LoinCloth
225* MadeASlave: at his first aperance he's one and in his spin-of we see how he became one.
226* MagicSkirt: or whatever he's wearing.
227* MissingMom: [[spoiler:she commited suicide when he was kidnapped because she thought he was dead]].
228* NonMammalMammaries: for some reason he has nipples on the cover of 5th book of his spin-off series, but has none in other drawings.
229* SlasherSmile: on cover of the 6th book of his spin-off, having become a terraquz. Resembling a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie]] and a big NightmareFuel for [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids children]].
230* SssssnakeTalk: when he was a terracuz.
231%%* SourOutsideSadInside: at times
232* TallDarkAndHandsome:[[spoiler:well according to Millian anyway]].
233* VagueAge: his age is never mentioned, all we know is that he looks like everything from 17-30. [[spoiler:So one can't know wherever his relationship with Millian is an MayDecemberRomance or a MayflyDecemberRomance]].
234* WalkingShirtlessScene: never said in the books, but is in his spin-off, which is illustrated.
235
236!! Millian
237https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Millian_2195.jpg
238A beautiful girl from our world. She was adopted by Sir Thomas who saved her and lived with him ever since.
239
240Joins the twins in their journey in book 3. She often uses Norwegian and English words that has no equivalent in Aldrian, which annoys Alk who has to translate. Growing up on Earth with fantasy books, games and movies is she GenreSavvy and surprises often the other characters with facts.
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242* AffirmativeActionGirl: happily, she's epic.
243* AllWomenLoveShoes: Seems like the type.
244* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's not very aloof, even though she seems to be in her first appearance.
245* [[spoiler:BetaCouple: As of book 5 with Azur after many [[ShipTease Ship Teases]]]]
246** [[spoiler: BattleCouple]]
247* BreakTheCutie: She's a formidable woman, but one can sometimes see that she's broken.
248* CoolBigSis: For Ilke at times.
249* {{Expy}}: Tends to look a lot like ComicStrip/{{Nemi}} in illustrations.
250* GamerChick: Plays ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''.
251* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: At times
252* [[spoiler:HappilyAdopted: by Sir.Thomas]]
253* HatesBeingAlone: Which is also her FatalFlaw as it almost gets one of her friends killed.
254* HeelFaceTurn: Her people, the araknoq, came along with [[spoiler:[[BigBad Sherpa]]]] to gain control over earth. Millian's parents rebelled and lived with a circus until they where found by her uncle and was [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids tortured and killed]] in front of Millian who he thought was dead.
255* InterspeciesRomance: With Azur
256* TheLadette: At least when she's drunk.
257* [[spoiler:LastOfHerKind: Hinted, at least in Aldra.]]
258* MoreThanMeetsTheEye: Loves clothes and thinks Ilke is weird for not liking them, but in reality she's really strong, has some ComicBook/SpiderMan like powers and has a DarkAndTroubledPast.
259* OlderThanTheyLook: 249 elf years, due to being an araknoq, which lifecycle is different from elves.
260* [[spoiler:ParentalAbandonment: they where killed...]]
261* LeParkour
262* RavenHairIvorySkin
263* TownGirls: The neither.
264* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: One of the girls, together with Alk and Ilke from time to time.
265
266
267
268[[/folder]]
269
270[[folder:Allies]]
271!! King Veha, aka. Sir. Thomas [[spoiler:Malory, the Dark Knight]]
272[[caption-width:200:[[labelnote:Click to see how he's stated to somewhat look.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thomas_malory_2294.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
273The King of Aldra who wrote the Phenomena.
274
275----
276* BigGood
277* BenevolentMageRuler: Loved by his people and allows his kingdom to be feudal.
278* [[spoiler: BlackKnight: he's the one looking at them from afar.]]
279* [[spoiler: TheChessmaster: and how! But still does things happen without him knowing.]]
280* [[TheChooserOfTheOne The Chooser of The Ones]]
281* [[spoiler: [[DealWithTheDevil Deal With Sherpa]]: Sherpa keeps his heart as a deal for not taking Aldra. Although Sherpa uses Tarkan to take Aldra for him while Veha blindly believes that they still got the deal. This is because he is heartless after all, so he's not really good at judging people, even previous enemies...]]
282* [[spoiler: TheHeartless: as a part of his deal with Sherpa.]]
283* [[spoiler:{{Fanboy}}: of modern versions of his books.]]
284* TheGoodKing: according to many, kinda like UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionHeart, reffered to as a good king, loved by all, [[spoiler: but spends most of his time outside the country [[WhatTheHellHero leaving his people alone in suffering]].]]
285* [[spoiler:GoodIsNotNice]]
286* TheGoodKing: Is called this by this subjects.
287* [[spoiler:HistoricalDomainCharacter]]
288** [[spoiler: HistoricalHeroUpgrade: the real Sir. Thomas Malory was far from a hero according to some sources, he wrote Literature/LeMorteDarthur while in prision.]]
289* [[spoiler:ManipulativeBastard: Manipulates everyone around him instead of doing anything himself. He used Ilke's want for a {{Family|OfChoice}} by giving he a family-like title (daughter) because she knows she's different. While Alk doesn't really care, as he doesn't have these problems, and tempts him with royal titles like king and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BCrst prince]] instead]].
290* [[spoiler: OlderThanTheyLook]]
291* PhysicalGod: seemingly[[spoiler:, but not really.]]
292* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: [[spoiler:expect for not really.]]
293* WalkingSpoiler
294
295!! Kheiko
296https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kheiko_4490.png
297Alk's CoolSword
298----
299* AbsurdlySharpBlade: it's hundreds of years old, and still as sharp.
300* BrutalHonesty
301* ElementalWeapon: Light elemental.
302* GoodHurtsEvil
303* GoodIsNotNice
304* InfinityPlusOneSword
305* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Well Alk does not have them much, even Kheiko [[BrutalHonesty says so]], [[spoiler:but when Kheiko takes over [[MookHorrorShow Alk's body...]]]]
306* OnlyTheChosenMayWield
307* SwordOfPlotAdvancement
308* TheSwordThatSpeaks: But only Alk can hear it, in his head.
309** When it first talks and Alk hadn't heard about it so he thinks he's HearingVoices.
310* [[spoiler:UnholyHolySword]]: More or less...
311
312!! Jolsah
313https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Jolsah_copy_9522.jpg
314Alk and Ilke's ChildhoodFriend. They met when they where younger when he and his friends unknowingly stole the raft the twins built the year before. He gains some respect for them when Ilke saves one of his friends with her powers, but quickly loses it when he [[FantasticRacism finds out that they're elves]]. Later after they have set out on their journey does he try to rob Sha-ra's castle, only to be found by Sha-ra himself who came there to get a remedy for Ilke. Sha-ra brought him along to keep him silent, and after a while he befriends the twins even though he acts like a jerk to Ilke. And only wants to go home to his father, the mortok cheftain. Later he realizes that he might have a crush on her, and tries to convince his father to set the elves free due to the friendships that now are dear to him.
315-----
316* AscendedExtra: Got his own spin-off series telling how he decided to [[spoiler:free the elves]].
317* TheBully: Torwards Ilke to seem cool.
318* ChildhoodFriends: with Alk & Ilke.
319* DareToBeBadass
320* DeathByChildbirth: his mother died while giving birth to him.
321* FaceHeelTurn: Subverted. [[spoiler:[[ParentalSubstitute Sha-ra]] does it instead so he doesn't have to]].
322* FriendlyEnemy: with Lookaher
323* HeroOfAnotherStory
324* IdenticalGrandson: [[spoiler:Identical Great-great-grandson]].
325* IAmNotMyFather: spends most of his spin-off saying this.
326* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
327* LoinCloth: atleast in the spin-offs.
328* MissingMom
329* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:How he freed the elves is unknown so far.]]
330* PeltsOfTheBarbarian: Many in his spin-off. Around his calves, waist, a shoulder...
331* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: comes with being a Mortok.
332* {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler:Implied to be the reincarnation of an elf.]]
333* SlaveLiberation: [[B as he's the mortok cheftain's son.]]
334* ShipTease: with Ilke
335* InterspeciesRomance: In that case since she's an elf.
336* SourOutsideSadInside
337* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Ilke pre-{{character development}}.
338* UnresolvedSexualTension: with Ilke
339* WarriorPrince
340* WalkingShirtlessScene: never said in the books, but is in his spin-off, which is illustrated.
341* WellDoneSonGuy: At least in the beginning.
342
343[[/folder]]
344
345[[folder:Minor Allies]]
346
347!! Harti & Khiri
348https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hartikhiri_317.png
349Alk and Ilke's parents. They are slaves of the mortoks. Harti is a strong yet nervous man, while Khiri is braver. [[spoiler:Even though they are important to the story are they not in the battle against Sherpa.]]
350-----
351* ActionMom: just given birth, and then she joins for a long journey so they might survive. Holding both children!
352* BeautifulSlaveGirl: Khiri is beautiful.
353* BornIntoSlavery
354* HappilyMarried
355* LikeFatherLikeSon: they are really similar to their children. Like Ilke is strong and not hiding what she thinks like Khiri, and Alk is more reserved yet strong like Harti.
356* TheThreeFacesofEve: The Wife.
357* PregnantBadass: Khiri
358
359!! The Air Prophets: Zazasar, Naomin & Altaz
360https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/airprophets_776.jpg
361----
362%%zce* {{Expies}}: of the [[Literature/TheBible Three Wise Men]]
363* OddNameOut: Naomin which almost sound korean.
364
365!! [=DranAkhos=]
366https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dragen_9756.png
367Phantelom's child, [[HappilyAdopted adopted]] by Alk and Ilke after they saved Phantelom and she wanted them to raise him.
368-----
369* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Named after the dragon forrest where he hatched.
370* RidiculouslyCuteCritter
371
372
373[[/folder]]
374
375[[folder:Friends]]
376
377!! Mijam
378Alk and Ilke's friend. She's one year older than them. She's never described in much detail other that she's a girl and lives in the desert. According to the board game has her people dark skin but neither the game provides a picture even though it claims she teaches the player a combat tecnique.
379-----
380* [[HerosMuse Alk's Muse]]
381* InterspeciesRomance: Implied.
382* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:After she and her family is taken away, her youngest brother dies, it's implied that some [[RapeAsDrama bad things]] happened, and that things go FromBadToWorse]].
383* ChildhoodFriends: With Ilke
384* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Alk and she meets when he's 10, they fell in love back then but becomes a real couple when he's 17.
385* CoolBigSis: According to Ilke and her younger siblings at least.
386* FauxActionGirl: The board game has a card which she teaches you a combat technique, but is the only thing she teaches Ilke, is how to dance.
387* [[spoiler: HatesBeingTouched: PlayedForDrama. She even dislikes being by Alk and her ''father'' after being captive for a while and looks away when people try to talk to her, she doesn't even want to talk to Ilke or her ''mother'' about it...]]
388* OfficialCouple: With Alk.
389** PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: Alk's.
390* [[spoiler:RapeAsBackstory: Strongly implied when they meet her again, 6 years later]].
391* [[UptightLovesWild Wild Loves Uptight]]
392* ShrinkingViolet: when she meets Alk again. It's scary considdering how outgoing she once was.
393* [[spoiler: SinsOfOurFathers: she and her family was taken as slaves by the terraquses to work at the recently abandoned mines the elves worked at due to her father and using them as slaves. It's not pretty.]]
394* TownGirls: the femme.
395
396!! Akai
397https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/akai_1309.png
398He's introduced in the very first chapter of the 4th book. An adventurous young elf who escapes from the elf village, much to his parents chagrin. He's used to pain and has many scars. In his escape to be free is he badly hurt sereval times, and even caught by mortoks again. [[spoiler:He's actually Harti and Khiri's second son and third child.]]
399-----
400* BornIntoSlavery
401* FacialMarkings: drawn by himself, causing the colour to be dragged out and the not as pretty.
402* [[spoiler:HarmfulToMinors: is whipped again and again in his introduction.]]
403* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: [[JestifiedTrope Justified]] given his orgins. He still is a child at heart though and looks up to his older siblings, [[spoiler:even though he's more mature than them both in some aspects]].
404* WalkingSpoiler
405
406[[/folder]]
407
408[[folder:Antagonists]]
409!! Tarkan[[spoiler: (Mentor)]]
410https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tarkan_6071.png
411The one Phenomena says they are going to defeat on the Gredom Fields. Is matarized negative thoughts. Can transform into a black cloud he use to travel. Can control angry adults, but not [[ChildrenAreInnocent children]].
412
413[[spoiler:The crurrent Tarkan is Mentor, Sha-ra's jalous brother who didn't get anything. He also was the one who sat fire on the castle.]]
414----
415* [[spoiler:BeardOfSorrow]]
416* CardCarryingVillain: Pretty much, he's said to be evil, and does evil.
417* [[spoiler:CainAndAbel]]: [[spoiler:The Cain to Sha-ra's Abel.]]
418** [[spoiler: They're more like a JacobAndEsau dynamic actually, more so than Azur and [[{{Irony}} Ezau]] with both their father and teacher favoring Sha-ra, and their mother understanding that Mentor isn't that strong so she favors him and takes better care of him.]]
419* [[spoiler:DarkAndTroubledPast]]
420* [[spoiler:DarkIsNotEvil:]] Eventually
421* [[spoiler:DrivenByEnvy]]
422* TheEvilPrince: the 1st Tarkan
423* [[spoiler: EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas]]
424* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: When he decided to ruin Sha-ra's life.]]
425** [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: decides to help the chosen children after Sha-ra dies in the 5th book.]]
426* FromNobodyToNightmare
427* [[spoiler:FreudianExcuse: First his mother dies, then his father leaves him and his brother in the hands of a wizard who is slowly getting insane, his brother is told that he is the next to have said wizard's castle and carry Phenomena while Mentor is not going to have anything...]]
428* GlowingEyesOfDoom
429* [[spoiler:GreenEyedMonster]]
430* TheHeavy
431* TheManBehindTheMan: the one causing the mortok chieftain to keep the elves as slaves and staying hateful.
432* ManipulativeBastard
433* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: Like his brother Sha-ra does he look more like he's in his 50s or 60s compared to their real ages of 413.]]
434* [[spoiler:OnlyMostlyDead: Mentor's good side hasn't been active for hundreds of years and hasn't been eating for just as long, but is somewhat still alive.]]
435* [[spoiler:ParentalAbandonment: his father left him when his mother died.]]
436* RedEyesTakeWarning
437* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Sha-ra I Am Your Brother]]]]
438* [[spoiler: TragicVillain]]
439* [[spoiler:TheUnfavorite]]
440* WalkingSpoiler
441
442!! Sherpa
443https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sherpa_559.jpg
444[[caption-width:165:It is [[spoiler:King Veha]]'s [[{{Squick}} heart]] he's holding there...]]
445King of the country in the north.
446----
447* CardCarryingVillain: pretty much, and he's proud of it.
448* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:As book 7 isn't the end as "the Dark Chronicle" begins.]]
449* FisherKing
450* TheEmperor: Fits the trope but is refered to as a King, but he's anything but TheGoodKing.
451* GrimUpNorth: yes really, from a Norwegian series even. His country is is never described in much detail other than it's in the north. He ''might'' have stolen it.
452* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: subverted.
453* NightmareFace
454* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:He's the one controlling Tarkan.]]
455* OlderThanTheyLook: sure he looks old, but not 9653 which is true age is assumed to be.
456* SorcererKing: An evil version.
457* WalkingSpoiler.
458
459!! Father Torquemada
460https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/veha_7649.png
461Millian's uncle.
462----
463* ChurchgoingVillain
464* HistoricalDomainCharacter
465* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: He is made worse than the real life Torquemada was.
466
467!! Ezau
468https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ezau_521.png
469Azur's older brother. Not much can be said about him other that he's a really bad person. He's also more or less responsible for their mother's death by making Azur follow him to Kraken's den. [[spoiler:Is killed by Azur in the end.]]
470----
471* BloodKnight
472* FishPeople
473* ForTheEvulz
474* GlowingEyesOfDoom
475* NightmareFace
476* SmallNameBigEgo
477* SssssnakeTalk
478
479[[/folder]]
480
481[[folder:Others]]
482!! Hisj
483https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hish_9441.jpg
484The winter spirit who gave Ilke her powers. His name is pronounced Hish. Not much is known about him other that he's power hungry and for some reason wants to fulfill the frost child part of the prophecy very much, even trying to make both kids frost children.
485----
486* AnIcePerson
487* BlowYouAway
488* ChaoticNeutral
489* DubNameChange: Hisch in the German translation and Hish in the FanTranslation.
490* ElementalEmbodiment: of frost.
491* ItAmusedMe: Why he made Ilke a frost child.
492* KillItWithIce: his normal way of dealing with things.
493* NatureSpirit
494* SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler:is this to Ilke during one of her tests. Taking the place as a voice in her head to show her Alk's responcibility. Ilke is later told that he hadn't needed to do so, but he did it [[ItAmusedMe just for self-entertaiment.]]]]
495* TheUnfettered: According to Sha-ra.
496* WeatherManipulation: being a winter spirit.
497* WildCard: According to Sha-ra
498
499!! Amyrst
500https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kona_4947.png
501Tarkan's implied previous wife, being called "Tarkan's Woman" for most of the story.
502----
503* CompleteImmortality: [[spoiler:when Tarkan was banished by King Veha he was degraded into a thought, or as some would translate it into, an idea, meanwhile Amyrst was banished to live for all eternity wandering alone and at times taking the shape of an owl.]]
504* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Looks like it in the artwork, she has MysticalWhiteHair in the story though.
505* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Tectum gushes her eyes out.]]
506* {{Expy}}: Of Myth/{{Lilith}} or even Eve.
507* GoSeduceMyArchnemesis: [[spoiler:Took on herself to seduce Sha-ra away from his mission in order to protect Tarkan. She mainly seems to have acted on her own]].
508* [[spoiler:MayflyDecemberRomance: with Sha-ra possibly, even though it was a [[WhatDidIDoLastNight one-night-stand]], the result was Tectum.]]
509* NightmareFace: her eyes are ripped out!
510* [[spoiler: OminousOwl]]
511* PimpedOutDress
512* RomanceEnsues: [[spoiler:Admits she fell in love with Sha-ra after sleeping with him. It might have been a case of LoveRedeems as she isn't seen anymore after Sha-ra's death. Then again, she might have bled out after Tectum ripped her eyes out]].
513* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler:She's the owl who was following them around. Given that she had fallen in love with Sha-ra does she fall into this]].
514* TheThreeFacesofEve: The Seductress. [[spoiler:She's even the one who raped Sha-ra]].
515* WalkingSpoiler
516* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Isn't easy to see due to the artwork, but her hair is white.
517* [[spoiler: WifeHusbandry: gender swapped with Tarkan probably as she bought him to Veha to raise, but [[ParentalNeglect he had almost no time for the boy]], apparently they got together which was also one of Veha's reasons for banishing them implying ParentalIncest.]]
518!!! In the comic:
519* AnimalMotifs: From Owl to Ram for whatever reason.
520* {{Expy}}: A woman who's seemingly her is drawn, and looks a lot like a mix of [[Franchise/StarWars Leia]] and Myth/{{Lilith}}.
521* HotAsHell: Looks like an attractive demon, making her even more of an expy of Myth/{{Lilith}}.
522
523!! Tectum
524https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dattera_8496.png
525A mysterious girl living in the [=DranAkhos=] forest.
526----
527* ChildByRape: Strongly implied, but it was her father who was the victim.
528* CreepyChild
529* GoodScarsEvilScars: the "tears" under her eyes are actually scars.
530* [[spoiler:[[LukeYouAreMyFather Sha-ra You Are My Father]]]]
531* MinorLivingAlone: [[spoiler: Looks like it.]]
532* [[spoiler:NotAllowedToGrowUp]]: Look bellow for more on that.
533* [[spoiler:OlderThanTheyLook: looks 6 or 7, but her eyes are the eyes of an adult. It's unknown how old she is, but it's known that she was "made" so to say when Sha-ra was young.]]
534* [[spoiler:Really700YearsOld: About that age.]]
535* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] considdering she grew up in a forest on her own. [[spoiler:Or it's more like troubling unadultlike behaviour, as she is actually 100s of years old, but acts and looks like a child. Probably due to the curse on Sha-ra]].
536* WalkingSpoiler
537* WildChild
538
539[[/folder]]

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