| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | !Racconans in General: |
| 4 | [[quoteright:331:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/racconans_5332.gif]] |
| 5 | |
| 6 | The main sapient inhabitants of Antillia, or the Seven Villages. All are shorter than 1 meter, and are naturally gifted with Lux. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | * LongLived: The maximum lifespans for Racconans can exceed 300 years, but due to [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou their hostile environment]], this age is almost never reached. |
| 9 | * MageSpecies: Effectively 100% of their species has some command of Lux, even if pretty sparkles are all he or she can manage. But, as the Racconans will ''emphatically'' tell you, Lux is a natural force/energy and will become [[BerserkButton very upset]] if you tell them otherwise. As Ennias Longsript noted: |
| 10 | -->to quote, "It's not Occultic, blast it! It's just manipulating energies. No nature gods, no spirits of the dead, no demons or deities or deals with Sheol. It's about as 'occultic' as using charcoal on a campfire, or using willow bark tea for a headache. Just because you can't understand it doesn't mean the ruddy supernatural is involved – you great hairless git!" |
| 11 | * PersecutedIntellectuals: They have a knowledge of science and technology that far exceeds just about anyone else, and 'just about anyone else' usually tries to kill them. |
| 12 | ---- |
| 13 | |
| 14 | !Village of Freeman Downs: |
| 15 | |
| 16 | [[folder:Quentyn Quinn]] [[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/quentyn_quinn_526.png]] |
| 17 | The main protagonist. A kind hearted and bold youth who becomes a Questor to help his village. |
| 18 | ---- |
| 19 | * AnAdventurerIsYou: The whole point of being a Questor. |
| 20 | * AutomaticCrossbow: His elfshot pistol. Though this was initially because the regulator had broken off, the repaired version had this feature built-in. |
| 21 | * BadAssAdorable: Not only is he a cute, 2-foot tall anthropomorphic raccoon, he is shorter than most his age and of somewhat slight build. And he kicks major ass. |
| 22 | * BerserkButton: Don't threaten children or his family. Just ask the Gragum Priest and the Royals leader. |
| 23 | * BeYourself: What the White Stag instructed him to do. |
| 24 | * BowAndSwordInAccord: Wildcard, his Lux-powered sword, and the elfshot pistol |
| 25 | * CantHoldHisLiquor: Subverted. One mug of ale had him puking, though that may have been from the taste. Then, after downing an ''entire'' bottle of blackberry brandy (initially thought to be sherry), Quentyn went on a shopping spree and co-created Wildcard before finally dropping. |
| 26 | * ChickMagnet: Master Rillcreek offhandedly suggests Quentyn is this, but doesn’t elaborate. |
| 27 | * TheChosenOne: Turns out his importance in the bigger picture is bigger than he realized |
| 28 | * DeadGuyJunior: named after Quentyn O'Ridgedale, famous Questor and founder of Freeman Downs, but doesn't believe he's blood-related. |
| 29 | * DidNotThinkThisThrough: His main character flaw is his tendency to jump headfirst into dangerous situations with poor or no planning. [[spoiler: This bites him ''hard'' in the Dragonslayer arc.]] |
| 30 | * EnergyBow: The elfshot pistol, again. Fires bolts of Lux energy, but the crossbow itself is still mechanical. |
| 31 | * TheExile: Quentyn becomes this in all but name. [[spoiler:He's set with the ImpossibleTask of retrieving several priceless artifacts which, in a bout of clerical stupidity, had been lost over a century prior. His predecessor Quentyn O'Ridgedale had tried to retrieve the artifacts himself, but failed. Due to a politically-motivated attack by the [[FictionalPoliticalParty Expansionist Party]], large swaths of Freeman Downs is now under threat of seizure by the Archivist Guild due to a century-old debt left by O'Ridgedale, which was ''only'' reactivated because of Quentyn Quinn's decision to become the new Questor. The only way to save his home is to leave Antillia to find the artifacts, which has a snowball's chance in hell of success. If Quentyn had stayed, or returns empty-handed? Quentyn [[YouCantGoHomeAgain wouldn't have a home to return]] ''to''. But, if he dies trying, then the debt finally ends with him.]] |
| 32 | * GroinAttack: Delivers a brutal one to Guardsman Mulharney to evade capture. |
| 33 | * {{Hunk}}: Not! He’s short and lean even for a Racconan, but that doesn’t stop Nessie from fantasizing him as one. The artist for the Fact & Opinion also thought Quentyn had a ‘brawny farmer’ build. |
| 34 | * LegacyCharacter: takes up Quentyn O'Ridgedale's position as Questor of Freeman Downs. |
| 35 | * LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: Both his journey boots are ''destroyed'' during the TheWildHunt. Fortunately, they get replaced later on. The enchantments are in the belt buckles, which he saved. |
| 36 | * MadeOfIron: Takes hits that send him flying like a rag-doll and gets right back up! |
| 37 | * MysticalWhiteHair: Just his forelock, actually, where the White Stag licked him. |
| 38 | * NiceGuy: One of the nicest characters in the comic. |
| 39 | ** BewareTheNiceOnes: This doesn't mean he isn't capable of kicking your ass if you hit a BerserkButton. |
| 40 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Him becoming a Questor is what reactivated an ancient debt that now threatens his town. To be fair, he had no idea this would have happened and the whole story is him fixing this]]. |
| 41 | * NoodleIncident: Quentyn’s third-year recital was so bad he threw up before, after, and during! When the Mayor wonders how he’s still not over it, Master Rillcreek asks him, “Would ''you'' be over it?” |
| 42 | * NormalFishInATinyPond: In the Seven Villages, his Lux abilities are so meager that he might as well not have them, his scientific knowledge is grade school, and his combat ability is laughable due to his slight stature even for a species of anthropomorphic raccoons. However, the rest of the world is stuck neck-deep in TheDungAges, where he's a tech-savvy MagicKnight of legendary skill. |
| 43 | * OpenMouthInsertFoot: His hilariously failed attempt at complementing something ''other'' than Meribeth’s breasts. [[http://www.rhjunior.com/tales-of-the-questor-0081/ “…Lots of other nice parts”]], indeed! |
| 44 | * PoorMansPorn: His collection of old Questor novels is implied to be this. Kestrel calls them lurid penny-dreadfuls. Fen even grabs one and starts quoting. |
| 45 | -->'''Fen:''' “Slowly he caressed her soft, round…,” Oooo, looks like you were getting to the good part!\ |
| 46 | '''Quentyn:''' IT DOES NOT SAY THAT! |
| 47 | * ReforgedBlade: Wildcard, surprisingly, is this. It was originally just a piece-of-junk broken sword in Max’s shop, but Quentyn was so drunk off his ass he thought it was the perfect Questor’s sword! Then he and his two also-stone-drunk friends created Wildcard with it. ''Somehow.'' |
| 48 | ** Essentially, they single-handedly invented, in circuitry terms, 'gates' that can serve as a switch, allowing you to have a device switch between three, or more, outputs, instead of just being 'on' and 'off'. Unfortunately? The 'output' is random. |
| 49 | * ShellShockedVeteran: Poor Quentin shows signs of this during the days after he took out the Gragum God-King. |
| 50 | * SpannerInTheWorks: ''Definitely'' this. The main plotline starts off with him completely screwing up a scheme to seize Freeman Downs. |
| 51 | * TrickedOutShoes: His journey boots. They give him super speed, the ability to leap great distances, allow him to scale vertical surfaces, and make soft landings. |
| 52 | * VagueAge: Quentyn’s exact age is never specified. He’s old enough for the Choosing Ceremony, which puts him at least at 14. |
| 53 | * WhatDidIDoLastNight: Co-creates his sword Wildcard with Kestrel and Fennel, all the while stone drunk. |
| 54 | * TheWoobie: Quentyn eventually learns that he is seen as this in his hometown, and is inadvertently able to get away with ''anything'' that would have gotten other run out of town for. He does feel guilty about this, but Kestrel reminds that he has never abused this and has nothing to be sorry for. |
| 55 | [[/folder]] |
| 56 | |
| 57 | [[folder:Quentyn's Parents]] [[quoteright:128:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/quentyns_parents_4249.png]] |
| 58 | [[caption-width-right:128:Mom & Dad]] |
| 59 | [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Quentyn's parents]]. They are a HappilyMarried couple who always has Quentyn's back. |
| 60 | ---- |
| 61 | * CoolOldGuy: Quinn, Quentyn’s dad. |
| 62 | * GoodParents: They are both patient and loving parents who help Quentyn get through some tough times. |
| 63 | * NoNameGiven: Quentyn’s mom. |
| 64 | [[/folder]] |
| 65 | |
| 66 | [[folder:Quentyn O'Ridgedale]] [[quoteright:291:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/quentyn_oridgedale_6126.png]] |
| 67 | The original Questor of Freeman Downs. He set off on a grand adventure to retrieve some artifacts to help the town, but failed. What ''exactly'' happened to him is a mystery. |
| 68 | ---- |
| 69 | * DentedIron: Was getting really old when he took on his last quest. |
| 70 | * LegallyDead: Was declared this after he never returned from his last quest. |
| 71 | * OurFounder: Freeman Downs owes its existence to him. |
| 72 | * PosthumousCharacter: Previous Questor, and almost certainly deceased by the start of the story. But, given that Racconans have ''maximum'' lifespans approaching 300 years... who knows? |
| 73 | [[/folder]] |
| 74 | |
| 75 | [[folder:Master Rillcreek]] [[quoteright:159:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/master_rillcreek_7899.png]] |
| 76 | Freeman Downs' resident master wizard. |
| 77 | ---- |
| 78 | * CoolOldGuy: Second only to Quentyn's dad. |
| 79 | * DeadpanSnarker: Always has something to say when someone else does something foolish. |
| 80 | * TheMentor: He's the one who helps Quentyn prepare for his job as Questor the most early on. |
| 81 | * NoodleIncident: Sold Headmaster Irons the blueprints to a PerpetualMotionMachine in his first year as a prank. Decades later, Irons is ''still bitter''. |
| 82 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Easily one of the wisest and most helpful adults in the whole comic. |
| 83 | * WizardClassic: He is basically [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Gandalf]] reborn as a raccoon. |
| 84 | [[/folder]] |
| 85 | |
| 86 | [[folder:Elder Gilder]] [[quoteright:151:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elder_gilder_7212.png]] |
| 87 | A major leader and advisor of Freeman Downs. |
| 88 | ---- |
| 89 | * BaitAndSwitchTyrant: He is introduced as a loud and often snide politician, but is in the end a surprisingly good person who truly does have the town's best interests at heart. |
| 90 | * FatBastard: Seems this way at first, but as mentioned before he drops the ‘bastard’ part later on. Still fat, though. When Gilder challenges Quentyn to scare him out of this whole Questor mess, Master Rillcreek suggests a foot race just to spite him. |
| 91 | * IDontPayYouToThink: Deconstructed. When Gilder grills an agent of the Archivist Guild, the agent gives this trope for playing dumb. Gilder immediately knocks it down. |
| 92 | -->'''Gilder:''' That's the funny thing I've discovered about paying people to think. If they're worth spit, they tend to ''keep'' thinking, even when they're not on the clock. I'd eat my gold braid if you didn't know every angle of their scheme within the hour you took the job. |
| 93 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Though he does seem to stop opposing Quentyn once he proves he's worthy of the title, [[spoiler: he's right about a new Questor causing problems for the village.]] |
| 94 | [[/folder]] |
| 95 | |
| 96 | [[folder:Elder Rose]] [[quoteright:130:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elder_rose_1915.png]] |
| 97 | Gilder's wife and another important figure in the town. |
| 98 | ---- |
| 99 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Much more level-headed than her husband and tends to mediate between him, Quentyn, and the other heads of the town. |
| 100 | [[/folder]] |
| 101 | |
| 102 | [[folder:Adjucator]] [[quoteright:152:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adjudicator_213.png]] |
| 103 | Freeman Downs' judge. |
| 104 | ---- |
| 105 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Much like Rose, though he remains more neutral in the legal troubles due to being a judge. |
| 106 | [[/folder]] |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[folder:Kestrel]] [[quoteright:138:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kestrel_424.png]] |
| 109 | A strong tomboyish girl who is a great inventor and a close friend of Quentyn's. |
| 110 | ---- |
| 111 | * BerserkButton: Being mistaken for a guy. |
| 112 | * MarshmallowHell: Her response to someone mistaking her for a guy. |
| 113 | * OneOfTheBoys: She's a {{Tomboy}} who hates dresses and girly things in general, and she fits right in the mostly-male artificer's guild in Sanctuary. |
| 114 | * SecondLove: One non-Quentyn stories ends with [[spoiler: Emmet confessing to wanting to date her, her grumbling about men with self-confidence issues, and romance]]. |
| 115 | * UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: As some peaks into the future show, she sadly doesn't get Quentyn...]] |
| 116 | * WhatDidIDoLastNight: Co-created Wildcard with Quentyn and Fennel while stone drunk. |
| 117 | * WrenchWench: A very talented inventor who can manipulate machinery with ease. |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:Fennel]] [[quoteright:99:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fennel_8334.png]] |
| 121 | A young bard and another one of Quentyn's best friends. |
| 122 | ---- |
| 123 | * TheBard: A particularly talented one. |
| 124 | * MyGreatestFailure: He heard a complete song in the fairy ring -something that occurs maybe once in a millennium- and was too entranced to copy it down. Unknown to him, the rings ''aren't'' some kind of random inspiration machines, but places where music travels between realms - and the song he composes and sings in solemn memory of the one he forgot passes through the ring to inspire someone else, someplace else. |
| 125 | * WhatDidIDoLastNight: Co-created Wildcard with Quentyn and Kestrel while stone drunk. |
| 126 | [[/folder]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[folder:Rahan]] [[quoteright:85:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rahan_7322.png]] |
| 129 | A young man who likes to cause trouble for Quentyn. |
| 130 | ---- |
| 131 | * TheBully: An arrogant and obnoxious youth. |
| 132 | * FreudianExcuse: He got his hands burned as a child, and everyone said he was "lucky" to have gotten away with that while they felt sorry for Quentyn at the same time. That caused a lot of resentment against the latter. |
| 133 | * FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: While he may be jealous of Quentyn being pitied by everyone, Kestrel shoots back later that Rahan ''chose'' to be a jerk and bully Quentyn all the time rather than just let bygones be bygones. |
| 134 | * HiddenDepths: It does not excuse his behavior, but he admits that while he labors as an apprentice for his wealthy father, he is jealous that Quentyn is a [[TheWoobie Woobie]] who gets away with ''everything'' because everyone feels sorry for him. |
| 135 | * LaserGuidedKarma: If he does something especially mean, you can bet he is going to pay for it. |
| 136 | * NoodleIncident: Something about getting a "run" [[BringMyBrownPants down his hose.]] |
| 137 | [[/folder]] |
| 138 | |
| 139 | [[folder:Merchant Max]] [[quoteright:174:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/merchant_max_4521.png]] |
| 140 | An infamous fast-talking merchant. |
| 141 | ---- |
| 142 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: He's portrayed as an incompetent swindler most of the time, but his advice to Quentyn about trading in human lands is pretty much spot-on. |
| 143 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Despite his reputation, he gives his customers their money's worth with his products, and even he won't sell a dangerous item to a bunch of drunks. |
| 144 | * HonestJohnsDealership: A more benign example, but still plenty shady and tricky. |
| 145 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He rarely appears, but it is thanks to him Quentyn got his powerful sword. |
| 146 | [[/folder]] |
| 147 | |
| 148 | [[folder:Meribeth]] [[quoteright:243:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meribeth_5676.png]] |
| 149 | A beautiful waitress at a local pub that Quentyn develops a huge crush on. |
| 150 | ---- |
| 151 | * BigDamnKiss: On the receiving end of one from Quentyn. Well, he was about to head off beyond their lands and might never come back, so why not seize the day while you can? |
| 152 | * BoobBasedGag: Her ample chest is often the butt of jokes. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Though she does not seem to mind.]] |
| 153 | * BuxomBeautyStandard: Has some nice boobs for a 2-and-a-half-foot-tall raccoon girl, though her serving-girl outfit is what really brings them out. Her knockers are oft commented upon. |
| 154 | * NiceGirl: A very friendly and downright motherly young woman. |
| 155 | * UnsuspectinglySoused: Causes this when she gives Quentyn and his friends the wrong drink (Blackkberry Brandy instead of Sherry). She tells Quentyn he drank enough to knock a troll flat. |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:The Mayor]] [[quoteright:183:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_mayor_2447.png]] |
| 159 | The ruler of Freeman Downs. |
| 160 | ---- |
| 161 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: he's just "the mayor." |
| 162 | * LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: turns the sudden debt crisis against Freeman Downs, which Quentyn has to [[spoiler:go into ''exile'' to solve]], into an opportunity to embarrass high-ranking members of the Archivist Guild. |
| 163 | [[/folder]] |
| 164 | |
| 165 | !The Swamplands |
| 166 | |
| 167 | [[folder:The Gragum Mage-Priest]] [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_gragum_mage-priest_2752.png]] |
| 168 | A monstrous religious leader of the gragums, brutal alligatorfolk who harass the racconans of the swamp. |
| 169 | ---- |
| 170 | * AGodAmI: Claimed to be thus amongst the Gragum. |
| 171 | * WouldHurtAChild: Had no compunctions about drowning a ‘mud rat’ child. |
| 172 | * YourHeadAsplode: Chomping on a cloak full of fish-poppers was a really bad idea… |
| 173 | [[/folder]] |
| 174 | |
| 175 | [[folder:Nessie]] [[quoteright:174:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nessie_3991.png]] |
| 176 | A little girl who has some secret gifts. |
| 177 | ---- |
| 178 | * TheBeastMaster: Eventually learns how to command the creatures of the swamp. |
| 179 | * ColdBloodedTorture: Gets subject to this when the Gragum Mage-Priest dunks her underwater. |
| 180 | * FunetikAksent: Like all the other swamp dwellers. |
| 181 | * MasterOfOneMagic: Has an astounding gift for "kenning", turning what is normally little more than a vague sense for nearby(as in ''maybe'' a dozen feet) lux flows into a power that lets her divine the location and status of anything within dozens of ''miles.'' |
| 182 | * RescueRomance: Falls for Quentyn after he saves her. |
| 183 | [[/folder]] |
| 184 | |
| 185 | [[folder:Smallmage Jasper Fields]] [[quoteright:215:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_frog_mage_8071.png]] |
| 186 | A talented wizard who masters in swamp related magic. |
| 187 | ---- |
| 188 | * BlownAcrossTheRoom: got hit by Adam's telekinetic blast wave, turning him into a furry projectile. He's lucky to have survived. |
| 189 | * MyGreatestFailure: his complete inability to help the human child, Adam, who saw him as no better than the druids who had exploited him. |
| 190 | * PhraseCatcher: was dubbed "the Frog Mage" by the swamplanders |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:Adam]] [[quoteright:144:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adam_8189.png]] |
| 194 | A boy who had an unnatural control over lux, exceeding that of even racconans. |
| 195 | ---- |
| 196 | * PsychicNosebleed: Got one due to channeling far more lux than his body could handle. |
| 197 | * UnskilledButStrong: This human child had a terrifying command of Lux, which lead to his exploitation by druids. He later ''vaporized'' the druid who had captured him, and scattered the Racconans who tried to help him, including Jasper Fields. |
| 198 | [[/folder]] |
| 199 | |
| 200 | [[folder:Linnaeus]] |
| 201 | A racconan priest who wants to bring a gentler religion to the gragums. |
| 202 | ---- |
| 203 | * ChekhovsGunman: It's not confirmed yet, but a lost boy, horrified beyond reason by his own lux power and terrified of anyone skilled with in that practice, seems to be headed into the swamp where Linneaus is working as a missionary. |
| 204 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: Judging by the occasional sight of Gragum clergy in ''Webcomic/QuentynQuinnSpaceRanger'', his mission bore fruit. |
| 205 | * GoodShepherd: Goes unarmed to preach the Gospel to a Gragum tribe which has a dubious relation with the Racconans at best. |
| 206 | * TheUnSorcerer: One of the very few Racconans with no ability to manipulate lux whatsoever. |
| 207 | [[/folder]] |
| 208 | |
| 209 | !Sanctuary City |
| 210 | |
| 211 | [[folder:Emmet]] [[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emmet_9405.png]] |
| 212 | A nervous young man who is a reporter. |
| 213 | ---- |
| 214 | * CannotSpitItOut: His attraction to [[spoiler:Kestrel]] |
| 215 | * IntrepidReporter: For the "Fact & Opinion", one of Sanctuary's unlicensed newspapers. One of Quentyn's first fans, and digger of dirt on the Expansionist Party. |
| 216 | * [[TheShortGuyWithGlasses The Short Guy With]] NerdGlasses: Wears huge, face-covering glasses and is as short as Quentyn. |
| 217 | [[/folder]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | [[folder:Headmaster Irons]] [[quoteright:151:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/master_irons_6044.png]] |
| 220 | A master smithy who is a friend of Rillcreek's. |
| 221 | ---- |
| 222 | * CoolOldGuy: A spright and clever old man who looks after his students as if they were his children. |
| 223 | * TheEngineer: One of the top artificers in Sanctuary. |
| 224 | * GogglesDoNothing: He's never seen using his goggles, even when wearing them would make sense. Fortunately, his students are relatively consistent in using theirs. |
| 225 | * NoodleIncident: Master Rillcreek sold him blueprints for a PerpetualMotionMachine during his first year. He's still bitter about it. When Rillcreek and Quentyn come to him to analyze Wildcard, he thinks it's another elaborate prank at first. |
| 226 | [[/folder]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | [[folder:Guardsman Mulharney]] [[quoteright:243:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/guardsman_mulharney_5827.png]] |
| 229 | A grumpy by-the-book guard who isn't bad, but causes a ton of trouble due to not liking Questors. |
| 230 | ---- |
| 231 | * ButtMonkey: Gets no respect, gets kicked in the nads, and becomes the babysitter for the Junior Questors. [[AssholeVictim Though its hard to say he doesn't deserve it.]] |
| 232 | * TheChessmaster: At least some of the above was an act, however [[spoiler: as he reveals to a would-be conspirator in the epilogue to the Tumbledowns arc.]] |
| 233 | * GroinAttack: Receives one from Quentyn. |
| 234 | * InspectorJavert: During the Tumbledowns arc. |
| 235 | [[/folder]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[folder:Squidge]] [[quoteright:198:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/squidge_2600.png]] |
| 238 | A bogey, a small race of goblin-like critters who can shapeshift. An ineffectual prankster who ends up tagging along with Quentyn. |
| 239 | ---- |
| 240 | * DumbassHasAPoint: He’s not particularly bright, but even he could recognize the ExactWords of a contract about to screw over Freeman Downs. |
| 241 | * HeelFaceTurn: Starts out very selfish and cowardly, but being around Quentyn eventually brings the best out of him. |
| 242 | * NightmareRetardant: Colin Millfolk thought his antics were hilarious rather than frightening, dealing a huge blow to both Squidge’s self-esteem and his reputation as a bogey. |
| 243 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: Is genuinely touched when Quentyn calls him friend for the first time. |
| 244 | * ShapeshifterBaggage: Averted; Squidge can morph into whatever shape he likes, but at large sizes he’s no sturdier than a balloon. |
| 245 | * ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: As a bogey, his sole purpose in life was to scare children and extort food and trinkets out of them. |
| 246 | [[/folder]] |
| 247 | |
| 248 | [[folder:The Rat King]] [[quoteright:326:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_rat_king2_4020.png]] |
| 249 | An immensely dangerous dark spirit who is the first major threat Quentyn confronts. |
| 250 | ---- |
| 251 | * AnimalisticAbomination: It’s multiple rats fused together at their tails. It’s smarter and more powerful than the typical Racconan. It can summon a vast army of shadow-wights at a thought. And it has one purpose: ''to feed''. |
| 252 | * AntiMagic: The shadow-wights it summons can suck all the Lux out of a room and appear as dark cutouts in the BackgroundMagicField. |
| 253 | * CastingAShadow: Its major power. |
| 254 | * EldritchAbomination: If the pictures weren't enough to tip you off. It is created by fusing several rats together by their tails through unknown (most likely unpleasant) means. |
| 255 | * HorrorHunger: The shadow-wights eat Lux. The Rat King eats Lux and flesh. That makes you SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious. If it had gotten out, it could have consumed every living thing in the world. |
| 256 | * MadeOfPlasticine: For all its power, a sword will kill it just the same as a normal rat. |
| 257 | * MookMaker / MotherOfAThousandYoung: It can produce an endless supply of its shadow minions. |
| 258 | * MyInstinctsAreShowing: Its wights may be shadowy AntiMagic undead, but they're still rats, and still scared of cats. |
| 259 | * ZergRush: Its minions |
| 260 | [[/folder]] |
| 261 | |
| 262 | !Duchy of Fenwyck: |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:Sam]] [[quoteright:95:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sam-totq_9317.png]] |
| 265 | An elven thief and Quentyn's first friend in the outside world. |
| 266 | ---- |
| 267 | * {{Elfeminate}}: Inverted. Sam's a girl, but is mistaken for a ''boy'' more than once. |
| 268 | * HalfHumanHybrid: Half-elf |
| 269 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Not so much early on, but she does develop into this. |
| 270 | * LongLived: Tragically averted. [[spoiler:She has 30 years to live, and she's already 15.]] |
| 271 | * StickyFingers: Stole to survive and still habitually nabs things after traveling with Quentyn. |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:The Farmer's Family]] [[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_farmers_family_4126.png]] |
| 275 | [[caption-width-right:240:Eric, Todd, Greta, & Marsha]] |
| 276 | The first humans Quentyn encounters. |
| 277 | ---- |
| 278 | * CurbStompBattle: In the one corner, Black Tom, jailer of the Unseelie Fae. In the other, a human boy armed with a pendant that makes him invisible to fairy sight, a monocle that can pierce any glamour, and a toy knife carved of rowan wood. And who proved to be a crackshot at throwing cobblestones. |
| 279 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: Marsha pulls on Quentyn's whiskers and painfully twists his tail, but Quentyn doesn't hold it against her because of her young age. |
| 280 | * {{Fainting}}: Poor Greta collapses after her daughter Marsha runs up to Quentyn and [[TheGlomp glomps]] him, likely believing the 'evil, vengeful Racconan' was going to curse them all. She gets better. |
| 281 | [[/folder]] |
| 282 | |
| 283 | [[folder: Duke Sturmhold]] [[quoteright:75:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/duke_sturmhold_9667.png]] |
| 284 | A benevolent duke who is having some unique problems. |
| 285 | ---- |
| 286 | * BaitAndSwitchTyrant: He initially appears to be a tyrant who steals from his own people, but he was forced into this by the [[spoiler:Fae Princeling.]] |
| 287 | * TheGoodKing: VERY unlike his [[JerkAss counterpart in Grymalkin]]. |
| 288 | * HumansAreWarriors: Quentyn mentions that when he saw the Duke after slaying the banshee, he finally understood why his ancestors had been afraid of humans. |
| 289 | * ModestRoyalty: Lives little better than his subjects, thanks to the Fae princeling's extortion. |
| 290 | * PlagueOfGoodFortune: Quentyn's misphrased second boon results in Duke Fenwyck getting everything the Fae Princeling had stolen from ''anyone''. Upon seeing his castle hall filled half full with gold, gems, and other valuables, Duke Fenwyck immediately realizes that he is going to be up to his eyebrows in gold-fueled trouble. |
| 291 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Other characters note how lucky Quentyn was to show up in his Duchy first rather than someone like Grymalkin's. |
| 292 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Immediately uses Quentyn's knowledge on how to fight the Fae to great effect. |
| 293 | * ShipTease: |
| 294 | -->'''[[http://www.rhjunior.com/tales-of-the-questor-0559/ Quentyn:]]''' The Duke didn't call Maid Ellen his ''chambermaid''. [[http://www.rhjunior.com/tales-of-the-questor-0556/ He called her ]] '''[[http://www.rhjunior.com/tales-of-the-questor-0556/ "My Lady."]]''' |
| 295 | [[/folder]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | [[folder: Ellen]] |
| 298 | Duke Sturmhold's chambermaid. |
| 299 | ---- |
| 300 | * ATeamFiring: Apparently, the Duke's chambermaid is a better shot than his guards. |
| 301 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: She and the Duke were playmates as children, mostly because they were the only children of their age in the castle, and the old Duke was too happy that somebody was getting his son out in the sun to care that it was a servant girl. |
| 302 | * ShipTease: |
| 303 | -->'''[[http://www.rhjunior.com/tales-of-the-questor-0559/ Quentyn:]]''' The Duke didn't call Maid Ellen his ''chambermaid''. [[http://www.rhjunior.com/tales-of-the-questor-0556/ He called her ]] '''[[http://www.rhjunior.com/tales-of-the-questor-0556/ "My Lady."]]''' |
| 304 | * SupernaturalSensitivity: Has "lux-sight", enabling her to see lux directly as well as pierce glamours and invisibility spells. |
| 305 | [[/folder]] |
| 306 | |
| 307 | [[folder: Dolan, [[spoiler:Princeling of the Unseleighe Fae]]]] [[quoteright:197:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fae_prince_dolan_6149.png]] |
| 308 | A powerful and wicked fairy. |
| 309 | ---- |
| 310 | * AxCrazy: Hunting humans is a big game to him. |
| 311 | * ChewingTheScenery: When he loses. |
| 312 | -->[[spoiler:'''Dolan:''' AYE, OH CURSE YOU, RACCONAN! GRANTED, CURSE YOU! GRANTED, AND DONE!!!]] |
| 313 | * CrossMeltingAura: The ColdIron trinkets that Quentyn cooked up are a complete NoSell on this guy, and just make him mad. |
| 314 | * ExactWords: will bend, twist, and torture any word or phrase into a way to screw you to hell. |
| 315 | * FailedASpotCheck: So, Dolan, how did you not put 2 & 2 together that the two-foot-tall hairy mortal who challenged you ''might'' be a Racconan? Oh, right: {{pride}}. |
| 316 | * TheFairFolk |
| 317 | * HumiliationConga: Dolan's {{pride}} seriously bit him in the butt. [[spoiler:First, he called TheWildHunt on Quentyn, both a Racconan and one marked by the White Stag: both forbidden. He gets all debts and favors owed to him canceled, leaving him a pauper. Then, everything he ever took from the mortal realms is given to Duke Sturmhold, including all his amassed treasure and the children he kidnapped. Lastly, he is forbidden from ever returning to the mortal realms ever again and cannot take any form of revenge as he leaves. ''Damn.'']] |
| 318 | * ItAmusedMe: His main motivation for anything. |
| 319 | * JackassGenie: Again, he's an Unseleighe, so it's in his nature. [[spoiler: Quentyn is GenreSavvy enough to mostly subvert it though.]] |
| 320 | * KickTheDog: As an Unseleighe, his entire existence basically revolves around finding creative ways of doing this. |
| 321 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Quentyn's choice of three boons leaves him poorer than dirt in the eyes of the Fae at the end of his arc.]] |
| 322 | * PrideBeforeAFall |
| 323 | * RealityWarper: His powers go way beyond mere Luxcraft. |
| 324 | * SmallNameBigEgo: a low-ranking courtier trying to move up. |
| 325 | * TheEvilsOfFreeWill: A living deconstruction, like all Fae. |
| 326 | [[/folder]] |
| 327 | |
| 328 | [[folder:Azure & Absinthe [[spoiler:of the Seleighe Fae]]]] [[quoteright:227:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/azure__absinthe_3880.png]] |
| 329 | Two fairies who are forced to serve Dolan. |
| 330 | ---- |
| 331 | * TheFairFolk: Seleighe Fae |
| 332 | * ForcedTransformation: Azure was turned into a magic mirror by Dolan, but when Quentyn canceled all debts and favors owed him she was changed back. |
| 333 | * GoodCounterpart: All Fae are screwy, but the Seleighe are "not evil" whereas the Unseleighe are "very definitely evil". |
| 334 | * MadeASlave: Dolan tricked both of them into becoming his property. |
| 335 | * MeaningfulName: Azure is blue, Absinthe is green. |
| 336 | * NakedOnRevival: Azure |
| 337 | * ThePromise: Both Azure & Absinthe promise Quenteyn a proper reward for freeing them. |
| 338 | * ThreeWishes: Dolan promised Quentyn ''one'' boon if he survived TheWildHunt until [[ExactWords the rooster crowed at dawn]]. But because of how badly Dolan completely and utterly screwed himself, Absinthe ''tripled'' that debt. |
| 339 | [[/folder]] |
| 340 | |
| 341 | !Duchy of Grymalkin: |
| 342 | |
| 343 | [[folder:Duke Grymalkin]] [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/duke_grymalkin_5537.png]] |
| 344 | A cruel and pompous ruler. |
| 345 | ---- |
| 346 | * {{Jerkass}}: Hoo boy. He's about as unlike Sturmhold as humanly possible. |
| 347 | * PretextForWar: His demands for Fenwyck to get rid of the dragon plaguing his lands seem to be an attempt at this. In Sturmhold's words, if he doesn't do anything, Grymalkin will invade, claiming Fenwyck's Fae troubles caused the dragon to appear. If Sturmhold hires more soldiers to deal with the dragon, he will claim it is a sign of aggression and [[MortonsFork invade anyway]]. |
| 348 | [[/folder]] |
| 349 | |
| 350 | [[folder:Artimaeus]] [[quoteright:118:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/artimaeus_5602.png]] |
| 351 | Grymalkin's wise man. Overall more reasonable than his master. |
| 352 | ---- |
| 353 | * ScienceIsBad: Is much more understanding of Quentyn due to being on the receiving end of this. He once tried to explain gravity to Duke Grymalkin and found himself on the verge of a witchcraft accusation. |
| 354 | * ServileSnarker: Does not hold back even against his liege-lord. |
| 355 | -->'''Artimaeus:''' Stay up all night researching the Rac Cona Daimh? Why, yes. It's not like I'm an old man who needs his sleep. |
| 356 | [[/folder]] |
| 357 | |
| 358 | [[folder:Pelinor]] [[quoteright:110:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pelinor_5588.png]] |
| 359 | A very helpful knight who owns some unique armor. |
| 360 | ---- |
| 361 | * AnimatedArmor: The armor he inherited from his master has some lux-powered machinery inside that not only allows it to act as fantasy PoweredArmor, but it's capable of independent locomotion and speaks with his master's voice. |
| 362 | * TheBigGuy: Becomes this for Quentyn's group, thanks to the armor. |
| 363 | * DarkIsNotEvil: His master's old armor is quite intimidating, to say the least. However, both Pelinor and [[spoiler: his master's spirit (or whatever it is) inside the armor]] are far from evil and have already saved Quentyn twice. |
| 364 | * DoesNotLikeMagic: He knows what Lux is, and he is of the opinion that it's more trouble than it is worth. |
| 365 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Subverted. See DarkIsNotEvil above. |
| 366 | [[/folder]] |
| 367 | |
| 368 | [[folder:Cardinal Richeilu]] [[quoteright:162:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cardinal_richeilu_3245.png]] |
| 369 | A corrupt priest of the Universal Church. |
| 370 | ---- |
| 371 | * FantasticRacism: Against Racoonans, like much of the Universal Church. |
| 372 | * KnightTemplar: Shaping up to be one. He was sent out to hunt Quentyn just for being a [[FantasticSlur "Witch-Rat"]], and is clearly furious that he was granted sanctuary at the Monastery. |
| 373 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Richelieu Cardinal Richelieu]], commonly considered to be the father of the modern nation-state, modern centralized power, and the modern intelligence service. |
| 374 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: Sees through Quentyn's [[spoiler: attempt to hide the Monastery's secret and out-gambits him by playing along.]] |
| 375 | * VillainBall: He may have [[spoiler: seen through Quentyn's ploy and the fact that the sanctuary was run by Sojourner "heretics,"]] and been ready to throw the lot of them before the Inquisition, but the Cardinal completely missed one rather important detail: [[spoiler: the fact that the Sojourners are ''werewolves.'']] |
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