Line #162 Characters/WickedLovely


1	Characters in the ''Literature/WickedLovely'' series. Both marked and unmarked spoilers abound.
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3	[[foldercontrol]]
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5	!! Summer Court Fey
6	[[folder: Aislinn Foy]]
7	!! Aislinn Foy
8	The protagonist of ''Wicked Lovely'', Aislinn is a mortal girl turned fey by Keenan. She is the Summer Queen.
9	%%* ActionGirl: Slowly grows into this after becoming the Summer Queen.
10	%%* Adorkable
11	%%* BadassAdorable
12	* BadassBookworm: She may be a faery queen, but she's also very scholarly as well. Even before becoming a faery she'd been a high-achiever at her high school, and plans on going to college, no matter what Keenan thinks of the idea.
13	%%* BettyAndVeronica: She's the Archie torn between Seth (Betty) and Keenan (Veronica). She chooses Seth.
14	%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
15	* BigDamnHeroes: She and Keenan burst into Beira's home after taking the test, just as Beira is torturing Seth. The two of them proceed to kick Beira's ass and [[KilledOffForReal kill her]].
16	%%* BullyingADragon
17	%%* CannotTellALie: As a faerie, she can't lie.
18	%%* CharacterDevelopment
19	%%* TheChosenOne: She is the one meant to become Keenan's queen and end Beira's winter.
20	* TheCutie: She's shown to be very pretty, sweet and kind, especially during her first appearance in ''Wicked Lovely''.
21	* CuteBookworm: She's very sweet and nice when you first meet her as a mortal. She's also a high-achiever at her local school who is determined to go to college and earn a degree.
22	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Somewhat. Her mother died when she was a baby, and causing her to be raised by her grandmother, Elena Foy. Because Aislinn had the ability to see all faeries, her grandmother sought to protect from their notice by creating a number of rules for her to obey, resulting in a rather strict upbringing for Aislinn.
23	* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Most of Aislinn's friends in Huntsdale can tell that Seth is madly in love with Aislinn, and that Aislinn loves him back. It's just Aislinn who can't see it.
24	%%* FantasticRacism
25	%%* ForHappiness
26	%%* GoodIsNotSoft
27	%%* GreenThumb: As the Summer Queen Aislinn can make plants grow by just touching them.
28	* HalfHumanHybrid: Though she's not half-human like Ani, Rabbit and Tish, she probably has some faerie ancestry as she has the power to see faeries. Confirmed in ''Cold Iron Heart''. [[spoiler: She is descended from Thelma, a Sighted mortal, and Irial, the former Dark King.]]
29	%%* HotBlooded
30	%%* IdiotBall
31	* InterspeciesRomance: Is in a relationship with Seth, a human, for the majority of the series.
32	%%* LadyOfWar
33	* LoveAtFirstSight: Played with in an interesting way. While Seth reveals that he's been in love with Aislinn for seven months, Aislinn only just realises it over the course of ''Wicked Lovely'' and feels guilty for leading him on for so long. She'd been in love with him for almost as long as he'd been loving her, but had been too shy to say so, because she didn't want anything to change between them.
34	%%* MagicalGirl
35	%%* NiceGirl: She is one of the nicest characters in the series.
36	%%* NiceJobBreakingItHero
37	* ObliviousToLove: She has no clue that Seth loves her (or that she loves him) until he full-on admits it to her.
38	%%* OneWomanArmy
39	%%* ThePowerOfTheSun
40	%%* RedStringOfFate
41	%%* ResignedToTheCall: At the end of ''Wicked Lovely''.
42	%%* SheCleansUpNicely
43	* ShipTease: Between her and Seth in ''Wicked Lovely'', before they finally confess their feelings for one another and agree to start dating. There's also some teasing between her and Keenan, due to Aislinn being instantly attracted to him because of their bond as Summer King and Queen.
44	%%* SilkHidingSteel
45	%%* SmarterThanYouLook
46	%%* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Darkest Mercy''.
47	%%* UnwantedSpouse: Both Aislinn and Keenan are this for each other.
48	[[/folder]]
49
50	[[folder: Keenan]]
51	!! Keenan
52	The Summer King.
53	* BroughtDownToNormal: He is turned into a mortal at the end of ''Darkest Mercy'', as a result of him giving all of his winter essence to Donia to heal her after she is badly injured by Bananach. [[spoiler: He regains his fey status after performing the rowan-staff ritual Donia had gone through years earlier, and ends up becoming a winter faery and Donia's consort]].
54	%%* CannotTellALie: Like all faeries, he can't lie.
55	%%* ChickMagnet: Girls, both faerie and mortal, are instantly attracted to him.
56	%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
57	%%* {{Deuteragonist}}: Of ''Wicked Lovely''.
58	%%* FatalFlaw
59	* FriendVersusLover: After Aislinn becomes Summer Queen both Keenan and Aislinn's mortal boyfriend, Seth, become rivals for her affection.
60	%%* GreenThumb: As Summer King he can make plants grow by just touching them.
61	* HealingHands: With the power of sunlight, Keenan can heal any wound a summer faery has by just laying hands upon them. He does this to Ailsinn in ''Fragile Eternity'', after she is badly injured by Donia's ice.
62	* HeroicSacrifice: Twice. First, he sacrifices his place as Summer King to make sure the Summer Court is strong enough to fight in the battle against Bananach. Second, he gives up his mortality to save Donia's life after she is mortally wounded by Bananach during the final battle.
63	%%* {{Jerkass}}
64	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
65	* ParentalAbandonment: His father was murdered by his mother; his mother then proceeded to neglect and ignore him. The only parental figure he had in his life was his adviser, Tavish.
66	* Really700YearsOld: He is just over nine-hundred years old.
67	%%* RedStringOfFate
68	* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: Half of Keenan's power as the Summer King, sealed away by Beira and Irial.
69	%%* TookALevelInKindness
70	* UnwantedSpouse: He and Aislinn become this for one another. They are both trapped by their instinctual attraction to one another (something that was caused by the bond created between them due to their shared summer magic) while at the same time in love with other people. Keenan longs to be with Donia, the new Winter Queen, but is unable to because of his duty to his court, which requires him to try and romance Aislinn to make the summer fey stronger.
71	%%* WhatTheHellHero
72
73	[[/folder]]
74
75	[[folder: Tavish]]
76	!! Tavish
77	Summer fey, and advisor to Keenan and later Aislinn.
78	%%* CannotTellALie: Like all faeries.
79	%%* Really700YearsOld: He is centuries old.
80	* TakingTheBullet: Takes the stabbing meant for Siobhan in "Summer-Bound". Fortunately he survives.
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82
83	[[/folder]]
84
85	!! Winter Court Fey
86	[[folder: Beira]]
87	!! Beira
88	The BigBad of ''Wicked Lovely'', and the Winter Queen who precedes Donia. She is the mother of Keenan.
89	* AbusiveParents: There's probably no mother in the series more abusive than Beira. She treats her son Keenan horribly, neglecting him emotionally during his childhood and later
90	* AmbitionIsEvil: Her primary aim in binding Keenan's powers and limiting the Summer Court was to make her own court more powerful.
91	* AntagonisticOffspring: Keenan is this to her after he takes Miach's place as Summer King. Though it was largely Beira's fault-- if she hadn't pushed Keenan away so much he would have become her heir instead of turning to Summer.
92	%%* BigBad: Of ''Wicked Lovely''.
93	* BitchInSheepsClothing: She is very beautiful, but has a cold heart.
94	%%* CannotTellALie: Like all faeries.
95	* CharacterDeath: She is killed by Aislinn and Keenan at the end of ''Wicked Lovely''.
96	%%* ClassicVillain
97	* EvilIsDeathlyCold: Beira's heart is as cold as her natural element, snow and ice.
98	%%* EvilIsPetty
99	* FauxAffablyEvil: She acts friendly and caring to those she approaches (mainly Keenan and Donia) but it's just an act; deep inside she's cold and a jerkass through and through.
100	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Everyone is scared of Beira as Winter Queen and tries to stay out of her way and not anger her. Even her own fey hate and fear her, and are actually relieved when she's gone.
101	* TheHeartless: Beira doesn't seem to care about anything or anyone except herself. It is implied that she did love the previous Summer King, Miach, but was manipulated into murdering him by Bananach, however. It's also possible that she did care for her own son before he chose to become the next Summer King in place of Miach.
102	%%* ItsAllAboutMe
103	%%* {{Jerkass}}
104	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk
105	* KarmicDeath: She is killed the same way she tried to murder Donia-- by breathing into her mouth. In Beira's case, it was sunlight being blown into her lungs that killed her.
106	%%* LightIsNotGood
107	%%* ObviouslyEvil
108	%%* OffingTheOffspring
109	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: As the Winter Queen she is stronger than most other faeries except for other monarchs. Hence the reason none of the fey can defeat her until Keenan has been freed from his curse.
110	* Really700YearsOld: She is hundreds (or maybe even thousands) of years old.
111	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Before killing Miach and cursing Keenan, she was probably this. Unfortunately Bananach's machinations led to her StartOfDarkness...
112	* StartOfDarkness: Her decision to kill Miach (though influenced by Bananach) is what brought her over the edge into full villainy.
113	* UnwittingPawn: She was just a tool used by Bananach to further her goal of war and put the courts off-balance.
114	* WomanScorned: Implied to be the reason for Beira turning all psycho (because of Miach).
115	%%* WinterRoyalLady: As Winter Queen.
116	[[/folder]]
117
118	[[folder: Donia]]
119	!! Donia
120	The Winter Girl in ''Wicked Lovely'', and later Queen of the Winter Fey. She is in love with Keenan.
121	* AFriendInNeed: Agrees to accept Rika's fealty to the Winter Court after Rika tells her of Keenan's machinations in the desert and the trouble he's causing her. She also privately considers what's in it for her, thinking that the desert fey would make good allies for her court.
122	%%* AMotherToHerMen: How she views the Winter Court after becoming their queen.
123	* BadassBoast:
124	---> "I am the Winter Queen. As those before me, I will carry the wind and ice."
125	* BadassInDistress: She is wounded and almost killed by Bananach in the final battle. It takes Keenan's HeroicSacrifice (giving her all of his winter essence) for her to recover from it.
126	%%* BrokenBird: She is a Winter Girl.
127	%%* CannotTellALie: Like all faeries, she can't lie.
128	* CelibateHero: She was celibate the entire time she carried the cold, though she did love Keenan from afar.
129	%%* DarkAndTroubledPast: She is a former Winter Girl.
130	%%* DefrostingIceQueen
131	%%* {{Determinator}}
132	%%* EarnYourHappyEnding
133	* FateWorseThanDeath: Is forced to live with freezing shards of ice in her veins for over fifty years. Fortunately, it ends after Aislinn picks up the staff and becomes the Summer Queen.
134	%%* HeroicBSOD
135	* HeroicSacrifice: Even knowing that she'll die if Aislinn picks up the staff, Donia still encourages Keenan to win the game, knowing that Aislinn's becoming Summer Queen will break the curse and defeat Beira.
136	%%* HiddenDepths
137	%%* IceQueen
138	* InSeriesNickname: 'Don'.
139	%%* LoveTriangle: Is in one between herself, Keenan and Aislinn.
140	* MagicalGirl: Donia is a mortal-turned-faerie who can manipulate ice and snow.
141	%%* NervesOfSteel: Donia never panics in a dangerous situation.
142	* NonHumanSidekick: Her wolf Sasha is this for her.
143	* OfficialCouple: With Keenan.
144	%%* OneWomanArmy
145	* OppositesAttract: Keenan is the impulsive, tempestuous king of the Summer Court. Donia is the reserved and cold Winter Queen. They fell in love when Keenan was wooing her as a mortal and later continue their relationship after Keenan's curse is broken.
146	%%* PragmaticHero
147	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As Winter Queen.
148	* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Keenan's red.
149	%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
150	* RulingCouple: Rules the Winter Court with Keenan as her king-consort after the end of the series.
151	%%* SilkHidingSteel
152	%%* StarCrossedLovers: She and Keenan.
153	* TheStoic: She is usually calm and reserved, as is the way with the winter fey. She rarely shows any emotions when speaking in a formal audience with other monarchs such as Keenan and Aislinn.
154	** NotSoStoic: When she sees Beira kill Agatha and realises that she would meet the same fate if Keenan wins the game. She retreats into her cottage and hugs Sasha silently while crying for hours until Keenan comes to see her.
155	* TookALevelInBadass: After becoming the Winter Queen.
156	%%* TraumaCongaLine
157	* TrueCompanions: With Evan, her friend and advisor, and also with the other Winter Girls, who she states are all sisters to one another.
158	* TheUnChosenOne: She is one of the girls who chose to take Keenan's test, but ended up being frozen instead of becoming Keenan's queen.
159	* WhatTheHellHero: Gets one from Keenan in ''Fragile Eternity'', after she stabs Aislinn with her ice (something which almost kills Aislinn).
160	%%* WinterRoyalLady: Is this after becoming the Winter Queen.
161	%%* WomanScorned: Has some moments because of Keenan.
162	* YoungestChildWins: Donia is the youngest of the girls to become Winter Girl and bear the ice in her veins; in the end, she has the happiest ending out of all of them.
163	[[/folder]]
164
165	[[folder: Evan]]
166	!! Evan
167	Donia's advisor and confidant in the Winter Court.
168	%%* CannotTellALie: Like all faeries.
169	* TheConfidant: Becomes this for Donia over the course of ''Wicked Lovely'', and continues to be so for the rest of the series.
170	%%* KilledOffForReal: He is killed by Bananach in ''Darkest Mercy''.
171	%%* PlantPerson: He is a Rowan faerie originally of the Summer Court.
172	* Really700YearsOld: Like most fey, he is probably centuries, if not thousands, of years old.
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174
175	[[/folder]]
176
177	!! Dark Court Fey
178	[[folder: Irial]]
179	!! Irial
180	The Dark King in ''Wicked Lovely'' and ''Ink Exchange''.
181	%%* AffablyEvil
182	%%* AmbiguouslyEvil
183	%%* AntiVillain
184	* BackFromTheDead: At the end of ''Darkest Mercy'', Irial is returned to life after agreeing to take Bananach's place as Discord.
185	%%* BadassBoast
186	* BelligerentSexualTension: With Niall, before Niall forgives him for what he did to him and Leslie. In ''Old Habits'' it's revealed that there's quite a bit of this between Irial and the High Queen, Sorcha.
187	* BigBad: Of ''Ink Exchange''. Sort of. It's noted in the book that his intentions aren't evil, but that some of his actions are.
188	* BrokenPedestal: Niall's image of him was shattered when Irial gave him to his fey to be raped and abused in place of the mortals Niall wanted to spare. It takes him centuries to accept that, however it looked at the time, Irial never wanted to hurt Niall and was only doing what he thought best for his court.
189	%%* ByronicHero
190	%%* CannotTellALie: Like all faeries.
191	%%* TheChainsOfCommanding:
192	---> '''Irial:'''
193	%%* TheChessmaster
194	%%* ChickMagnet: All girls are attracted to him.
195	%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
196	* DarkIsNotEvil: He's made of the stuff of nightmares. However, he's also kind at times and very protective of those he loves.
197	%%* DepravedBisexual
198	* DotingGrandparent: [[spoiler: Intends to be this when he discovers that Aislinn is his great-granddaughter. To the point where he sends her a lavish gift of two tiger cubs.]]
199	%%* EmotionEater: He can feed off the emotions of faeries.
200	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Irial may be made of the stuff of nightmares, but there's no denying that he truly cares for Niall, Gabriel, Ani, Tish, Rabbit, and Leslie, and would fight to the death to keep them safe.
201	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Niall is attracted to him for centuries, though it takes him a long time to admit it.
202	* HeroicSacrifice: A non-fatal example. At the end of ''Ink Exchange'' Irial gives up his title as Dark King so his court won't be weakened by his love for Leslie. In ''Stopping Time'' Irial goes even further, encouraging Niall to pursue a relationship with Leslie so that they can both be happy together.
203	** He sacrifices his life to save Ani's when Bananach attacks her, by taking the brunt of the poisoned blade meant for her.
204	** A century before the series began, [[spoiler: he gave up his memories of his lover and their child to protect them from the Summer King's curse]].
205	* HorrorHunger: He feeds off the negative emotions of other faeries.
206	* InSeriesNickname: Iri.
207	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He encourages Niall and Leslie to be together at the end of ''Stopping Time'', seeming content to watch the two people he loves be happy together.
208	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
209	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Allows Sorcha to take away his memories of Thelma and Elena to protect them from the Summer King's curse.]]
210	* LegacyCharacter: At the very end of the series, he takes Bananach's place as Discord.
211	%%* ManipulativeBastard
212	%%* {{Polyamory}}: With Niall and Leslie. None of them mind.
213	* Really700YearsOld: He is thousands of years old.
214	%%* TallDarkAndHandsome
215	%%* WhatIsEvil: Tends to do this a lot.
216	[[/folder]]
217
218	[[folder: Niall]]
219	!! Niall
220	A ''gancanagh''. Originally of the Dark Court, but after a traumatic event he left and pledged his loyalty to the Summer Court, becoming an advisor to Miach and later Keenan. He later returns to the Dark Court as its king after being betrayed by Keenan.
221	%%* AmbiguouslyEvil
222	%%* BeYourself
223	* BodyguardCrush: Leslie crushes on Niall after she sees the latter at Bishop OC with Keenan and Aislinn. Unbeknownst to her, Niall actually serves as her guard from a distance, not revealing himself to her as per Aislinn's orders (as she doesn't want her human friends to be dragged into the faery world like she had been). This crush is quickly reciprocated by Niall, who begins to feel attracted to Leslie during the nights he is watching her from afar.
224	* BrokenPedestal: Centuries ago, Niall broke all ties with Irial and the Dark Court after he discovered what cruelty Irial was capable of and revelled in as the Dark King. The pedestal is rebuilt eventually, as Niall realises that everything Irial did to him and the humans he fed on was because he had to.
225	** Niall breaks all ties with Keenan after he realises that Keenan used him and put Leslie in danger just to further his own goals. Unlike the Irial pedestal, this is unlikely to ''ever'' be fully rebuilt.
226	* CannotTellALie: Like all faeries, Niall can't lie.
227	* ChickMagnet: All the girls (both human and faerie) seem find him quite attractive. For humans, this is a bad thing.
228	%%* TheConfidant: Is this for Keenan.
229	* ConflictingLoyalty: Throughout ''Ink Exchange'' Niall feels conflicting loyalty between his king, Keenan, and his old lover, the Dark King, Irial.
230	%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
231	* EmotionEater: He can feed on the emotions of other faeries. After he becomes Dark King he uses this power to keep all of his fey sated.
232	%%* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Do they ever!
233	* FaceHeelTurn: He rejoins the Dark Court at the end of ''Ink Exchange''. Most summer faeries (Aislinn and Keenan in particular) view this as a FaceHeelTurn, since the Summer Court has long been enemies with the Dark Court. However, Donia and the winter fey don't seem to feel that way, as their court had always been on good terms with the Dark Court and so they don't view Niall as having become 'evil'.
234	%%* FreakinessShame
235	* GoodScarsEvilScars: Niall has a long scar running down his face. He's still a good guy (at least, as far as 'good' goes in the Dark Court). Neither does the scar detract from his rather attractive appearance.
236	%%* HotBlooded
237	* HorrorHunger: He feeds off the negative emotions of other faeries. As Dark King, he has the power to feed ''all'' his fey like this.
238	* ImportantHaircut: After leaving the Dark Court Niall cut his hair short because of trauma-related reasons and to make himself less attractive to mortals.
239	* NotHimself: [[spoiler: In ''Darkest Mercy'', the shade of dead Irial persists in Niall's mind, and sometimes takes full possession of the body, causing the already-falling-apart-at-the-seams Niall to black out now and then, only to come to and realize that he's stabbed someone else without being aware of it and other such things. Keenan figures out what's going on after realizing that Niall is not himself and that Niall's behaviour is very similar to the last Dark King, Irial.]]
240	%%* {{Polyamory}}: With Leslie and Irial.
241	* PrettyBoy: He is described as very good-looking, despite having a scar running down his face.
242	* RapeAsBackstory: Was raped by the Dark Court denizens centuries ago, in a horrific manner. It was the main reason he abandoned the Dark Court to serve Miach.
243	* Really700YearsOld: He is almost as old as Irial, and is certainly old enough that he'd lived in Faerie when the Dark Court still held court there thousands of years ago.
244	%%* ReluctantMonster
245	* ResignedToTheCall: At the end of ''Ink Exchange'', Niall is forced by Irial into becoming the Dark King. He is not happy about it, but realises that he can't do anything about it now as he can't just give the kingship to any faerie he meets.
246	* SadisticChoice: After Niall protested against Irial playing with (read: raping) the mortals he'd brought to the Dark Court, Irial gave him a choice: he could give the mortals to the court or he could give himself. Niall chose to give himself.
247	%%* ScarsAreForever
248	* SenselessSacrifice: Views his decision to take the mortals' place as this, as they withered and died anyway, lusting away for his touch.
249	%%* TookALevelInBadass: So much after becoming the Dark King.
250	* TookALevelInJerkass: After becoming the Dark King. Justified, since he ''has'' to be more menacing and jerkass-like when dealing with the sorts of fey that live in his court, Bananach especially. However, Ani notes in ''Radiant Shadows'' that Niall is still not as cruel as he could be, and calls him a 'humane king' who keeps his court on a leash. It's also revealed that Irial deals with the more dirty aspects of being Dark King because Niall can't handle it himself.
251	%%* TroubledButCute: Definitely. He's attractive, but very broody with a horrific past.
252	[[/folder]]
253
254	[[folder: Bananach]]
255	!! Bananach
256	One of the two original faeries, and the embodiment of war and chaos. She is sister to Sorcha, mother-sister to Devlin, and adoptive aunt to Seth.
257	* AxCrazy: Her future-sight and the centuries of playing her role have driven her completely mad.
258	* BloodKnight: She longs for blood, war and chaos. Each of her actions and choices are calculated to bring about war in the faery world. The Ly Ergs support her for this reason, as they are also {{BloodKnight}}s with a longing for the violence war would bring.
259	%%* CannotTellALie: Like all faeries.
260	* FemmeFatalons: Bananach's trademark features are her bird-like talons, which she uses to her advantage in battle.
261	* TheNicknamer: She really seems to like nick-naming other faeries. Some of her nicknames include 'the Ash Queen' (Aislinn), 'Snow' (Donia), and 'Gabriel's Girl' (Ani).
262	* OmnicidalManiac: Bananach solely desires war, blood and chaos, and doesn't care how many fey or mortals die to achieve it. In fact, she seems to relish the deaths of others, or at least it doesn't disturb her at all.
263	* Really700YearsOld: She is the second-oldest faerie on earth.
264	* SanitySlippage: It's implied that she's become insane over the millenia, for whatever reason.
265	* SiblingYinYang: She is the embodiment of war and discord--the complete opposite of her twin Sorcha.
266	* WouldHurtAChild: Bananach murders Tish, a girl just out of adolescence, in cold blood.
267
268	[[/folder]]
269
270	[[folder: Gabriel]]
271	!! Gabriel
272	The Gabriel of the Hounds, and father of Tish, Ani and Rabbit. He is killed by Bananach in ''Darkest Mercy''.
273	* ActionDad: He is the feared leader of the Hounds and rides out with them on the Wild Hunt; he is also the father of Ani, Tish and Rabbit.
274	* AmbiguouslyEvil: Like all dark fey. He appears menacing, especially to those not of his court, but he also has a good heart and is not willfully evil.
275	* BrutalHonesty: All the Gabriels are known for this, and this Gabriel is no exception. It's the main reason he's not suitable to be Dark King-- he is too blunt and honest when a Dark King must be more subtle at times.
276	* CannotTellALie: Like all faeries, he cannot lie.
277	* TheConfidant: Is this for Irial, both before and after Irial's abdication. Once Niall becomes Dark King he acts as confidant to him as well.
278	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Everyone calls him by his title, ''Gabriel''.
279	%%* KilledOffForReal: Is killed by Bananach in ''Darkest Mercy''.
280	* TheLeader: He is the leader of the Hounds for the majority of the series, until his death in ''Darkest Mercy''.
281	* NonHumanSidekick: He has a steed which he rides out on during the Hunt.
282	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's only known as 'Gabriel'. No one even knows his real name.
283	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: But only by some weeks. His daughter Tish is murdered by Bananach not so long before he is.
284	* Really700YearsOld: He is centuries old.
285	%%* UndyingLoyalty: To the Dark King.
286
287	[[/folder]]
288
289	[[folder: Chela]]
290	!! Chela
291	Gabriel's second-in-command of the Hounds, and his casual lover. She becomes Gabriela in his place after his death in ''Darkest Mercy''.
292	* ActionGirl: Is this as a Hound. Gets even more prominent once she becomes the Gabriela.
293	%%* CannotTellALie: Like all faeries, she can't tell a lie.
294	* TheLeader: Of the Hounds after Gabriel's death.
295	* MagicalGirl: She's a faery. Though as a Hound, her main power comes from brute force, rather than magic.
296	* NonHumanSidekick: Her steed is this for her.
297	* PsychicLink: To her steed and the rest of the Hounds.
298	* Really700YearsOld: She is centuries old.
299	* UndyingLoyalty: To Gabriel, the Hounds and the Dark King.
300
301	[[/folder]]
302
303	!! The High Court
304	[[folder: Sorcha]]
305	!! Sorcha
306	The High Queen, ruler of the High Court in Faerie, and also the first faerie to have existed (along with Bananach).
307	* CannotTellALie: Like all faeries.
308	%%* EmotionsVsStoicism
309	* TheFogOfAges: By her own account, she can't remember a lot of what happened when she first created Faerie and began the faery race.
310	* TheHighQueen: Of the High Court, and Faerie as a whole before the Shadow Court is formed.
311	%%* IdiotBall
312	%%* InnocentlyInsensitive
313	%%* ItsPersonal
314	%%* MagicalGirl: She's a faery seer who can remake reality.
315	* MamaBear: When it comes to Seth's safety, she will do ''anything'' to ensure it.
316	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Her worry over Seth and her insistence on watching over him through the magic mirror Rae procures for her in her dream almost causes the destruction of Faerie.
317	%%* TheOphelia: After she uses her own essence to remake Seth into a faery, she becomes increasingly emotionally unstable.
318	* Really700YearsOld: She is the oldest faery on earth, alongside Bananach.
319	* RealityWarper: Sorcha warps the very world around her, and not always voluntarily. This is why she never ventures into the mortal world.
320	%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She is a
321	* SanitySlippage: In ''Radiant Shadows'', after using her own blood to turn Seth into a faerie she becomes increasingly unstable and unbalanced.
322	* {{Seers}}: She can see the threads of possibile futures of those around her, except her own and that of those she loves.
323	* SiblingRivalry: Has one against her twin Bananach, in which Devlin is a pawn. Sorcha is determined to be independent of Bananach, and eventually be able to be rid of her once and for all.
324	* SiblingYinYang: Sorcha is the embodiment of reason and order; Bananach is the embodiment of chaos and war. Unsurprisingly, they don't get along very well.
325	* WouldHurtAChild: She was perfectly willing to send Devlin to murder the four-year-old Ani. Justified, since she is reason-personified and incapable of feeling any emotion or empathy for anything. When ordering Ani's death, she was simply doing what she thought was the most logical solution.
326	[[/folder]]
327
328	[[folder: Seth]]
329	!! Seth
330	Aislinn's boyfriend, and adoptive son of the High Queen Sorcha.
331	* BadassInDistress: Is held prisoner by Niall and later Bananach in ''Darkest Mercy''.
332	%%* CannotSpitItOut
333	%%* CannotTellALie: After he becomes a faery, he is unable to lie.
334	%%* ChickMagnet: Most girls seem to be attracted to him.
335	* {{Determinator}}: He does whatever he can to fulfill his own wish of being together with Aislinn for eternity, going so far as to asking Sorcha to turn him into a faerie. He will not let Keenan take Aislinn's love away from him.
336	** Later, he never gives up in his quest to hunt down Bananach and kill her.
337	* FriendVersusLover: He and Keenan have this sort of relationship after Aislinn becomes the Summer Queen, as they are both competing for her attention.
338	%%* HappilyAdopted: By Sorcha in ''Fragile Eternity''.
339	* InterspeciesRomance: With Aislinn, a faery, while he is still human.
340	* NiceGuy: He is generally a nice person. He is certainly one of the nicest fey (once he becomes one, that is).
341	* ParentalAbandonment: His biological parents left him alone to pursue their own interests travelling around the globe.
342	* RealityWarper: After being made into a faery by Sorcha, in the human world Seth can bend reality to his will.
343	* {{Seers}}: After Sorcha turns him into a faerie, he is able to see the threads of other people's possible futures.
344	* TryNotToDie: Devlin says this to him just before he leaves Faerie to try and hunt down Bananach.
345	* UnderstandingBoyfriend: To an unimaginable degree.
346	* WonderChild: He was made into a faery using some of Sorcha's essence, thus making him Sorcha's son.
347	[[/folder]]
348
349
350	!! The Shadow Court
351	[[folder: Devlin]]
352	!! Devlin
353	The first male faerie, and brother-son to Bananach and Sorcha. Acts as the High Queen's Bloody Hands.
354	%%* TheAce
355	* BadassBoast:
356	---> '''Devlin:''' I’m the High Court Assassin. Trust me when I say that running from me is not in your best interest, Ani.
357	%%* BattleCouple: With Ani.
358	* BeYourself: The majority of Devlin's character development is focused on him accepting his own nature and breaking away from the stoicism the High Court and Sorcha expect of him. Because he wanted so much to belong in Sorcha's court, he chose to deny his own nature and pretend to be High Court. It takes Rae, Ani, and the conflict caused by Bananach and Sorcha in ''Radiant Shadows'' to make him confront and accept who he really is.
359	* BlindObedience: He is very loyal to Sorcha, and generally always obeys her orders (except for a few fateful times), when he is the High Court Assassin. However, while he doesn't fail to obey her he does question her judgement from time to time, such as when she sends him into the mortal world to watch over Seth.
360	* BrainsAndBrawn: The brain to Ani's brawn. Though Ani is just as smart and capable of thinking up plans as he is, she's more likely than he is to willfully leap into action without thinking things through, while he prefers to weigh up his options before choosing the best course of action.
361	* BreakTheHaughty: Irial warns Devlin of the possibility of this happening when Devlin comes to his house for permission to take Ani with him away from Huntsdale to protect her from Bananach. It doesn't actually end up occurring, however.
362	%%* BrokenAce
363	* BruiserWithASoftCenter: He's a skilled assassin and feared by most faeries, but deep down he really has a soft heart. It's most obvious when he's interacting with or thinking about Rae and/or Ani.
364	* CannotTellALie: Like all faeries.
365	* CelibateHero: For all eternity, he's been completely alone, and has never been in any sort of romantic relationship before. When he ends up falling for Ani and thinks about dating her, he's amused at the thought that for all the millenia he's existed, he's more innocent than Ani when it comes to relationships and love.
366	* TheConfidant: Is this, in a way, to Sorcha, though Sorcha doesn't reveal all of her secrets to him.
367	* ConflictingLoyalty: For most of his long existence he has been conflicted between his loyalty to his mother-sister and queen, Sorcha, and his ''other'' mother-sister, Bananach. This is complicated even more when Rae comes into the picture. Out of compassion, love and responsibility Devlin chooses to hide her in Faerie and keep her a secret from his own queen, despite knowing that he is being disloyal to his mother-sister by not reporting all that goes on in her domain. Because of his love for Rae he reluctantly agrees to spare Ani after he is ordered by Sorcha to end her life, and realises as he does so that he's being disloyal to his own mother-sister yet again, and feels extremely guilty about it.
368	%%* CulturedBadass: He is just as fascinated by art as Sorcha and the rest of the High Court.
369	* DeadpanSnarker: Has shades of this.
370	* DeclarationOfProtection: He vows to keep Rae safe when he first finds her in Faerie (as part of the first wish he granted her).
371	** Over a century later he swears to protect Ani with his life, and always put her well-being before his own. This when they are facing Bananach, who is threatening to take Ani's life as Ani did not obey her wishes and kill Niall and Seth.
372	%%* {{Determinator}}: He is determined to keep Ani safe from both Sorcha and Bananach.
373	%%* {{Deuteragonist}}: Of ''Radiant Shadows''.
374	%%* EmotionsVsStoicism
375	* FatalFlaw: His extreme pride could be said to be this for him. It almost ends up killing him, near the end of ''Radiant Shadows'', when he refuses Seth's offer of blood just because he's too proud to admit to Ani that he needs blood as sustenance to survive. It's only thanks to Ani, who gives Devlin her own blood after he passes out, that he doesn't weaken or die because of it.
376	* FriendlessBackground: He had ''no'' friends at all before meeting Rae. His job as the High Court Assassin prevents him from having a social life, as everyone finds him too frightening to approach and befriend him.
377	* {{Foil}}: To Gabriel, leader of the Hounds and Ani's father. Both are {{Honest Advisor}}s and serve as 'thugs' in their courts. The only difference is their personalities: Gabriel is blunt and impulsive, while Devlin is more stoic and pragmatic.
378	** Devlin and Niall are this to each other. Both start their character arcs serving a court opposite to their own natures as an HonestAdvisor, but eventually come to accept their natures and who they are and become kings of another court better suited to their personalities. Differences are that Niall was running away from his own nature out of fear, while Devlin had been hiding his nature out of a need to belong in the High Court.
379	%%* TheGoodKing: Becomes this at the end of ''Radiant Shadows'', after creating the Shadow Court.
380	* GreenEyedMonster: Has a bit of this during his, Ani, Niall and Irial's shared dream, when he sees Ani's closeness to Irial.
381	* HeroWithBadPublicity: As the High Queen's Bloody Hands, he has a rather fearsome reputation both outside and inside of Faerie. Among the other courts he is viewed with a lot of wariness, because of what he does and who he is; in the Dark Court he is feared and hated, as he steals away Dark Court halflings to take back to Faerie on Sorcha's orders. Ani especially despises him, because he murdered her mother long ago, and it takes her a long time after she becomes acquainted with him to actually like and trust him. He has no friends aside from Rae in Faerie as the fey stay away from him because of his reputation, and he admits to himself that he's often very lonely because of it.
382	* HiddenDepths: When Seth (and the reader) first meets him in ''Fragile Eternity'', he appears frightening and menacing, which is how most faeries see him. His first act after being initially introduced to Seth in Faerie is to strangle him into unconsciousness. Come ''Radiant Shadows'', in which Devlin is the {{Deuteragonist}}, it becomes plain that there is much more to him than cold-blooded killing and obedience to Sorcha. He is revealed to have been protecting a spectral girl in Faerie for the past century, and also had disobeyed his queen in the matter of ending Ani's life, instead choosing to spare her as a favour to Rae and because his own heart was crying out against killing her. He also turns out to be quite emotional and attracted to violence and blood by his own nature, but hides this in his attempt to belong in the High Court.
383	* HitmanWithAHeart: Definitely. He spares Ani's life after being ordered to assassinate her (though mainly because Rae asked him to spare her), and even beforehand his heart cried out at the thought of killing Ani.
384	* HonestAdvisor: To Sorcha. He's not afraid to tell her what he really thinks and question her judgement.
385	* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Ani only reaches up to Devlin's shoulder.
386	%%* IDidWhatIHadToDo
387	* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Ani and Rae, given that he's centuries older than either of them.
388	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Has elements of this.
389	* LoveAtFirstSight: Downplayed. He and Ani don't fall in love straight away, but are attracted to one another from the moment they first meet. They only end up loving each other after having been on the run together for over a week.
390	* LoveConfession: Devlin's is possibly one of the most heartwarming confessions in the series.
391	* NiceGuy: Once you get underneath all the arrogance and the HiddenHeartOfGold-hiding facade, he turns out to be a very nice guy.
392	* NoSocialSkills: Played with. Devlin has ''some'' social skills, but his lack of companionship (aside from Rae) and his unfamiliarity with some mortal customs result in some awkward situations for him when he is on the run with Ani. When stopping at a toilet on the side of the road, Devlin follows Ani into the ladies' toilet, wanting to protect her there, and is stopped by a group of angry-looking women. It's only then that he realises that men aren't meant to enter the ladies' toilet and that it's considered impolite to do so. Later, while in Barry, he goes deep into contemplation and stays silent for days, not even touching Ani, thinking about how to protect Ani from both his sisters. After three days of this a very irate Ani finally calls him out on it, and he then realises that what he'd been doing hadn't been especially nice, especially given that he was also depriving Ani of the physical touch she needed to stave off her skin-hunger. After seeing that he apologises, explains that he's not used to being around other people and making conversation with them, and tells her to just start speaking to him if he accidentally starts giving her the silent treatment again.
393	%%* NotSoAboveItAll
394	** Though they are from completely opposite courts, Ani quickly realises that Devlin is more like the dark fey than he cares to admit.
395	%%* OneHeadTaller: Than Ani. And possibly Rae as well.
396	* OppositesAttract: Devlin is the stoic, cool and collected assassin of the High Court. Ani is a hot-blooded, impulsive young Hound who isn't afraid of showing her emotions and being reckless when she feels like it. They end up being attracted to each other and later fall in love. Subverted in that it turns out that Devlin is not so different from Ani than the latter originally thought, for all that he's High Court.
397	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Not technically vampires, but needing others' blood is a result of Devlin being the creation of Sorcha and Bananach, and thus the balance between Reason and War.
398	* ThePawn: He is essentially just a tool in Bananach and Sorcha's conflict against each other.
399	** ''Devlin'' sees himself as this, at least. Sorcha seems to genuinely care for him, and Bananach seems to feel some sort of affection for him as well, given how hurt and enraged she is at his betrayal in ''Radiant Shadows''. Though when it comes to Bananach, you can't take anything she says with a grain of salt.
400	%%* PragmaticHero
401	%%* PrettyBoy
402	* {{Pride}}: He can get ''extremely'' arrogant and proud. It could be said to be a FatalFlaw of his.
403	* TheQuietOne: He's not one for talking much, and is shown to be very introverted. Justified given his FriendlessBackground.
404	* Really700YearsOld: He is the third-oldest faerie on earth (Sorcha and Bananach being the first- and second-oldest respectively).
405	* RealityWarper: Like Sorcha and Bananach, Devlin can remake the world around him. But unlike them, he can do so at his own will, and also walk through the mortal world without accidentally remaking it. It's a skill he keeps secret, out of respect for Sorcha.
406	%%* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Ani's red.
407	* RulingCouple: He and Ani become this after the formation of the Shadow Court, with them being called Shadow King and Shadow Queen.
408	* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Compared to Ani, who's extremely impulsive and energetic, he's very stoic and cool under pressure.
409	* {{Seers}}: Like his mother-sisters, Devlin can see threads of possibility of those around him. However, he cannot see the threads of his own future or the threads of those who are close to him.
410	* TheStoic: Because he is a part of the High Court, he has become skillful at hiding his emotions.
411	** NotSoStoic: Sometimes, if he can't help it, he succumbs to this, particularly when he's in the mortal world or in close proximity to his mother-sister Bananach. He hates this part of himself, though, as it signals that he is not fully High Court.
412	* StartMyOwn: He, Ani and Rae form their own court in Faerie, the Shadow Court, to balance Sorcha and her court.
413	%%* TheStrategist
414	* StrongFamilyResemblance: After being found by Sorcha and forced to serve her, Rae notices the similarities to Devlin that she has, such as her arrogance.
415	* TranquilFury: He is more prone to this than to full-blown anger, given his habit of hiding his emotions.
416	* TroubledButCute: He is very good-looking, as Ani notes, but ''boy'' does he have issues. He's extremely conflicted, caught in the conflict between the twins and feeling like he doesn't truly belong in the High Court.
417	* TrueCompanions: With Ani and Rae.
418	* TryNotToDie: Devlin says this to Seth almost word-for-word, just as Seth is returning to the human world to hunt Bananach.
419	* UndyingLoyalty: To Sorcha and the High Court, at least before the formation of the Shadow Court. After becoming Shadow King his loyalty rests with his court and the whole of Faerie.
420	* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between him and Ani. It gets resolved by the end of ''Radiant Shadows'', with the two of them becoming an OfficialCouple.
421	* WhatTheHellHero: Gets this from Ani, when she calls him out on his giving her the silent treatment for eighteen hours straight when they are on the run together in ''Radiant Shadows''.
422	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Subverted. Other faeries look at him and think that he's something to be avoided and feared, but really deep inside he's not as cold as he appears to be. His hair ''is'' white, however.
423	%%* WouldHitAGirl
424
425
426	[[/folder]]
427
428	[[folder: Ani]]
429	!! Ani
430	Daughter of Gabriel, and sister of Tish and Rabbit. A halfling, after she was discovered to have the ability to feed on the emotions of other faeries (something which should not be possible for halflings) she was sent to live in the Dark Court. There she struggled to be accepted as a true member of Gabriel's Hounds.
431	%%* ActionGirl: She is a Hound-- it's to be expected.
432	* AwfulTruth: As a young child she was targeted by Sorcha, who wanted to eradicate a possible future she didn't want to happen. If Devlin hadn't been a HitmanWithAHeart, she would have been murdered with cold blood. As it was, she had to grow up believing her mother dead at the hands of a faceless man (the High Queen's Bloody Hands), when in actuality Jillian survived and had been living in Faerie without her memories.
433	* AGirlAndHerX: In this case, a girl and her steed.
434	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Ani is attracted to Devlin, the dangerous and dark High Court Assassin, from the moment she first meets him.
435	%%* AntiHero
436	%%* BadassAdorable
437	%%* BadassDriver: While her steed is in car form, at least.
438	%%* BattleCouple: With Devlin.
439	%%* BerserkButton
440	%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
441	%%* BlessedWithSuck
442	* BloodKnight: Ani really loves a good fight, though not to the extent of Bananach and the Ly Ergs, who seem dead-set on starting a war between the courts.
443	%%* BrainsAndBrawn
444	* BreakTheCutie: Tish's death comes very close to doing this to her. She manages to keep on going and recovers from it eventually.
445	%%* BreakTheHaughty
446	* CannotTellALie: Like all faeries, she can't tell a lie.
447	%%* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough
448	%%* CharacterDevelopment
449	* TheChosenOne: She is the one who's meant to bring balance back to Faerie, along with Devlin.
450	* CuteBruiser: She's small (at least compared to Devlin), good-looking, and a capable fighter.
451	* DarkestHour: The news of Tish's death and the confrontation with Bananach in the tattoo shop are this for her.
452	%%* DeadpanSnarker: She doesn't
453	* {{Determinator}}: Ani is determined to keep her family safe from Bananach.
454	* DrivesLikeCrazy: Something which Devlin notices while he's on the run with her in Barry. He puts it down to it being a Hound trait.
455	* EmotionEater: She has the ability to feed off the emotions of faeries and mortals.
456	%%* EmotionsVsStoicism
457	%%* {{Foil}}
458	%%* ForceAndFinesse
459	* GenkiGirl: Compared to Devlin, Ani is very energetic and hot-blooded and gets excited very easily. Even Devlin lampshades this at one point in ''Radiant Shadows'', after he is forced to follow her into the forest when Ani impulsively decides to have a run:
460	---> '''Devlin:''' You're exhausting.
461	---> '''Ani:''' I'm what?
462	---> '''Devlin:''' Exhausting, tiring, capable of wearing on my very last bit of peace.
463	* HalfHumanHybrid: Ani (and Tish's) mother was a human woman named Jillian. Their father is Gabriel, the leader of the Hounds.
464	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Ani and Tish.
465	%%* HiddenDepths
466	* HorrorHunger: Ani is sated by feeding off the negative emotions of those around her (whether they are mortal or faerie).
467	%%* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Ani only reaches up to Devlin's shoulder.
468	%%* HotBlooded: Like her father, it's easy to get her riled.
469	* JumpedAtTheCall: Unlike Aislinn, Niall and Donia, Ani is all for becoming the Gabriela of the Shadow Court and rebalancing Faerie. Given that she didn't fit in the Dark Court or among Gabriel's Hounds, it's quite understandable.
470	%%* TheLadette
471	* TheLeader: As Devlin notices, Ani was made to be an alpha of her own pack. She constantly challenges authority and hates being made to obey rules.
472	* LikeParentLikeChild: She is similar to her mother in looks, but is very like her father when it comes to her personality.
473	%%* LoveAtFirstSight: Downplayed.
474	* MagicalGirl: A result of being a faerie. Though as a Hound, she isn't as magical as other faeries, and mainly uses brute force in battle.
475	%%* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Is this for Devlin.
476	* MissingMom: Her mother was supposedly murdered by Devlin when Ani was a small child. [[spoiler: In actuality, Devlin spared her life and brought her into Faerie to live. She gave up her memories to prevent Sorcha from finding out about her (and through her, Ani).]]
477	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In part, it's Ani's decision to leave Huntsdale and not give Bananach what she wants that causes Bananach to murder Tish.
478	* NonHumanSidekick: Has a steed called ''Barry'', which is short for Barricuda.
479	%%* OppositesAttract: Impulsive, energetic, brazen Ani falls for the stoic, cool-under-pressure, dangerous assassin Devlin. Subverted, though, as Ani later finds out that Devlin isn't as different from her as she initially believed.
480	%%* PluckyGirl
481	%%* {{Pride}}
482	* RealityWarper: Becomes this after she binds herself to Devlin in Faerie.
483	* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Devlin's blue.
484	%%* SmarterThanYouLook
485	* SingleMindedTwins: Acts like this with Tish, though they're not actually twins (Tish is older by three years).
486	* StartMyOwn: She, Devlin and Rae start their own faery court to rebalance Sorcha and Faerie.
487	* TrueCompanions: With Devlin and Rae.
488	%%* {{Tomboy}}
489	* WhoAreYou: Asks this question to Devlin, after discovering how much of a hand he's had in her life.
490
491	[[/folder]]
492
493	[[folder: Rae]]
494	!! Rae
495	A spectral girl who Devlin took in after finding her wandering in Faerie.
496	* AstralProjection: When she was still in her own body, Rae could project her spirit out of her body while she was asleep.
497	%%* TheAtoner
498	* BeYourself: Rae constantly tries to convince Devlin to be this, realising that his denial of his true nature is bad for him in the long run.
499	* TheConfidant: Has become this to Devlin, by the time of ''Radiant Shadows''.
500	%%* TheCutie
501	* CuteGhostGirl: Rae is a spectre girl (she has no body at all), and she is quite cute.
502	* {{Determinator}}: She is determined to bring about the future she saw in Devlin's mind on the day she first met the Eolas.
503	* DreamWeaver: She has the ability to walk through and manipulate another person's dreams. She can also weave two people's separate dreams together.
504	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Her reasoning behind everything she does for Devlin and Ani.
505	* MagicalGirl: Surprisingly so, for a mortal. Though she has no physical form, she can walk into other people's dreams and manipulate them. She can also weave two dreams together and, apparently, create a mirror which can see into the mortal world.
506	%%* NiceGirl: Is one of the nicest characters in the series.
507	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It is Rae's creation of the dream-mirror for Sorcha which results in Sorcha discovering her in Faerie and later almost causing the destruction of Faerie so she can watch Seth in the mirror in her dreams.
508	* OnlyFriend: She is Devlin's only friend for decades before his meeting Ani and falling in love with her.
509	* ThePromise: Rae makes Devlin promise to spare Ani when he is ordered by Sorcha to kill her.
510	* RealityWarper: When in someone's dream Rae can manipulate her surroundings.
511	* SecretKeeper: After accidentally seeing a possible future involving both Devlin and Ani in Devlin's mind, the Eolas swore her to secrecy and threatened to kill her if she ever spoke to Devlin of what she had seen.
512	%%* TrueCompanions: With Ani and Devlin.
513
514
515	[[/folder]]
516
517	!! Solitary Fey
518	[[folder: Rika]]
519	!! Rika
520	A former Winter Girl who now resides in a desert with a pack of solitary desert fey.
521	* ActionGirl: Being the strongest solitary in the desert, Rika certainly can fight when she feels a need to, especially after the remainder of her HeroicBSOD lifts and she finally begins to take part in the leadership of the solitaries alongside Sionnach. Special points go to when she beats down Maili to prove her authority over the solitary desert fey and stages a dramatic assembly to let the fey know what will happen if they cross her or Shy again.
522	* BrokenBird: Rika was extremely traumatized by her time spent as the Winter Girl; it took her entire centuries to finally begin to recover from it.
523	* DarkAndTroubledPast: She is a former Winter Girl who was traumatized by her centuries of carrying the ice inside her body and her role in the game. After being freed from it she escaped to the Mujave Desert, where she hoped to forget her memories of carrying the ice and move on with her life.
524	%%* {{Determinator}}
525	* HeroicSacrifice: Though not fatal. To protect the solitary fey and keep Keenan off her back, Rika swears fealty to Donia and the Winter Court, despite her freedom and independence being the most important thing to her.
526	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Two years after starting her relationship with Jayce, Rika agrees with him to end it, reasoning that it was time and that he would be happier with a normal life with a human girl he could age and start a family with.
527	* MagicalGirl: Like all female faeries, Rika is this. Though she doesn't have any magical powers to speak of, and mainly uses brute force to exert her will.
528	* Really700YearsOld: Despite her girl-like appearance, Rika is really centuries old.
529	* TrueCompanions: Rika is this with Sionnach, who is the only (and closest) friend she has in the desert. She is also TrueCompanions with all the other Winter Girls, for as Donia says, they all consider themselves sisters to each other because they all bore the Winter Queen's ice in their veins.
530	* TheUnChosenOne: She is a former Winter Girl, one of those who chose to pick up the Winter Queen's staff in the hopes of becoming Keenan's queen.
531	[[/folder]]
532
533	[[folder: Sionnach]]
534	!! Sionnach
535	The alpha of the desert solitaries Rika becomes a part of. He is Rika's only friend, and [[spoiler: later becomes her lover]].
536	* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Sionnach is the leader of the solitaries in the desert ''because'' he's the strongest solitary there and the only one capable (well, aside from Rika) of defeating them all in a fight.
537	* BadassInDistress: He is injured by Maili at one point in ''Desert Tales''; Rika finds him and brings him back to her cave, where she tends to him until he is well again.
538	* CannotTellALie: Like all faeries, he can't lie.
539	%%* TheConfidant: Is this for Rika.
540	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: His main reason for practically shoving Jayce into Rika's arms, even though he is in love with Rika himself. That, and the knowledge that any romance between Jayce and Rika would be bound to end eventually anyway, as Jayce has a mortal lifespan.
541	[[/folder]]
542
543	!! Humans
544	[[folder: Elena Foy (Grams)]]
545	!! Elena Foy
546	Aislinn's grandmother, and Moira's mother.
547	%%* BadassNormal
548	%%* ByTheEyesOfTheBlind: She has the ability to see all faeries.
549	* DisappearedDad: Her father wasn't in her life when she was growing up.
550	* HalfHumanHybrid: She is half-fey, half-mortal.
551	%%* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: She is Irial's daughter.]]
552	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: She outlived her daughter Moira, who killed herself when Keenan wooed her as part of his curse.
553
554
555	[[/folder]]
556
557	[[folder: Moira Foy]]
558	!! Moira Foy
559	Aislinn's mother, and daughter of Elena. She was one of the girls chosen by Keenan.
560	* ByTheEyesOfTheBlind: She had the ability to see all faeries.
561	* DrivenToSuicide: She killed herself to prevent herself from becoming a faery.
562	* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: She is part-fey, being descended from Thelma Foy and Irial.]]
563
564
565	[[/folder]]
566
567	[[folder: Leslie]]
568	!! Leslie
569	A friend of Aislinn's who accidentally becomes involved in the world of faeries after she is chosen for an ink exchange within the Dark Court.
570	%%* ActionGirl
571	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Leslie had always wished for safety from her brother Ren. After receiving her ink-exchange tattoo, that's just what she got.
572	* BodyguardCrush: She develops a crush on Niall, who is then a member of the Summer Court and secretly protecting her from afar. Leslie has no clue that he is her bodyguard. The crush is reciprocated by Niall.
573	%%* BrokenBird: Her mother's departure, her father's neglect of her, her brother's descent into addiction and his abuse of her have all lead her to becoming this. Her experience in the Dark Court only exacerbates it, as she can't handle seeing the horrible things the dark fey do to mortals.
574	* BreakTheCutie: Being a part of the Dark Court and seeing the horrors going on there really puts a strain on her, as does the ink-exchange. By the time she decides to cut her link to Irial she's a shadow of herself, exhausted and afraid. Even afterward, it takes her a long time to recover from it.
575	%%* TheCutie
576	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her mother left her when she was younger, leaving her alone with her drug-addicted, unpredictable brother and her neglectful father. Her brother abuses her (even setting her up to be raped just to pay off a debt) and her father is too drunk to even pay the bills, let alone look after her.
577	* {{Polyamory}}: With Niall and Irial.
578	* PutOnABus: Being a pretty smart girl, Leslie puts herself on a bus at the end of ''Ink Exchange''.
579	** TheBusCameBack: She comes back in ''Darkest Mercy''.
580	* RapeAsBackstory: She was raped by one of her brother's friends, who had wanted payment for some drugs Ren had bought from him.
581	%%* WillingChanneler: What the ink exchange made Leslie into.
582
583	[[/folder]]
584
585	[[folder: Ren]]
586	!! Ren
587	Leslie's unpredictable, drug-addicted brother.
588	* BullyingADragon: In ''Stopping Time'' he tries to blackmail Irial and Niall into showing themselves and revealing the faerie world by threatening Leslie's life. Needless to say, it does not end well for him.
589	* CharacterDeath: He is murdered by Niall after threatening to reveal faeries to humans and endangering Leslie, who he held at gun-point. Though horrific (especially seeing ''Niall'' be the one to end him), he definitely had it coming.
590	* {{Jerkass}}: He is mean through and through, and cares little about his own sister and her well-being. In ''Ink Exchange'' it's revealed that he physically abuses her at some points.
591	* TooDumbToLive: He tries to blackmail two powerful faeries who are (or in Irial's case, was once) in charge of the court made of nightmares. And tries to accomplish this by endangering the life of the mortal they both love, the mortal who they'd do anything (even kill) to protect.
592
593	[[/folder]]
594
595	[[folder: Rianne]]
596	!! Rianne
597	Another friend of Aislinn's.
598	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She is never seen or mentioned again after the events of ''Fragile Eternity''.
599	[[/folder]]
600
601	[[folder: Jayce]]
602	!! Jayce
603	A human boy Rika meets and befriends in the desert. [[spoiler: They eventually enter into a relationship together, though it doesn't last]].
604	%%* NiceGuy: Is a generally good person.

Context Characters / WickedLovely