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1Characters from ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' fanfic ''World War Etheria'' by [[Tropers/{{MHD}} Keel]]. Be warned, this page contains unmarked spoilers for ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower''.
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3[[foldercontrol]]
4!Main Characters/[[spoiler:Starlight Brigade]]
5[[folder:In General]]
6While on opposite sides for most of the fic they receive the same amount of focus as they did in the source material.
7----
8* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: They're an extended family unit at the end.
9* {{Determinator}}s: All of them, with Etheria caught in the middle.
10* ObliviousToLove: All of them to an extent, Hordak realizing that Entrapta's love is enough, Catra and Adora feelings for each other until about Book 5, Bow and Glimmer even.
11[[/folder]]
12
13[[folder:Adora]]
14The leader of the brigade
15----
16* TheAce: Like canon, she is regarded as one of the best fighters and strategists in the series.
17* AdaptationalIntelligence: This version of Adora is far more knowledgeable about maintenance and tactics than her canon-self. She also decides to arm herself before going back to the Whispering Woods, [[TakeThat declaring only an idiot would go into unfamiliar territory unprepared]].
18* BadassTeacher: Single-handedly updates the Bright Moon army and later the entire alliance despite just being a non-com in the Horde, mind you she did go to military school before enlisting.
19* BigBeautifulWoman: Not usually, but she can alter her She-Ra form to be so if she wants.
20* ClingyMacGuffin: When she finds the sword, it transforms into a bracelet around Adora's wrist and she can't take it off. The idea of just cutting it off is immediately shot down.
21* DisabledInTheAdaptation: Has a hard time reading non-first one script due to dyslexia.
22* SemiDivine: She-Ra's status as this is made abundantly clear, called this in-story from the beginning with later examples of her powers including resurrecting blasted corpses and fighting entire Astrys of spaceships without tiring.
23* ItsAllMyFault: When you have healing powers wouldn't you consider it a failure if you didn't do everything you could about preventable deaths?
24* MartyrWithoutACause: Has high standards which can grind even herself down trying to meet them, driving herself ragged in training, going on a mission without full supplies, and healing a cholera outbreak to the point of exhaustion.
25* NeverLearnedToRead: Adora's training in the Horde didn't include teaching her to read. Her dyslexia doesn't help.
26* PoweredArmor: One of many forms the Aegis can take.
27* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Part of what gets Adora to defect is seeing the flagrant violation of the very ethos she was taught the horde subscribed to. This opens the door for Bow and Glimmer to recruit her to the Alliance.
28* TheirFirstTime: With Glimmer during chapter 11.
29[[/folder]]
30
31[[folder:Bow]]
32Ranger and academic.
33----
34* AcePilot: The main driver of the swift wind when it gets unearthed, unlike in canon he can navigate planetary ring systems without colliding with them.
35* AdaptationalSexuality: Unlike canon, he is confirmed to be bi.
36* HereditaryHomosexuality: Discussed. Bow, at one point, admits that he though since he had two dads, he himself was gay. He's at least bi, so he wasn't too far off the mark.
37* ReallyGetsAround: A lot, had a few boyfriends, a genuine crush on Seahawk, dated Perfuma and ends up with Glimmer.
38* RenaissanceMan: Slots easily into this definition, on top of having an academic family background Adora mentally notes that his natural woodcraft would have seen him rapidly promoted to a specialist in a modern army like the Horde.
39* TheSocialExpert: Highlighted in this version, Bow is the diplomat of the group and keeps things copacetic. He's the one that gets Entrapta to help the group.
40[[/folder]]
41
42[[folder:Catra]]
43Strategist and officer material and scared girl.
44----
45* AdaptationalBadass: While canon Catra was a decent leader and very intelligent, part of the reason she got to be Force Captain was due to Adora leaving. Here, she obtained the rank of Sargent all on her own before Adora defects and is even called by Prime the real conqueror of Etheria.
46* AlwaysSecondBest: Like canon, she was raised as this to Adora. The first chapter notes notes how Catra is always a step behind Adora in terms of performance.
47* AmazonChaser: She quickly starts a relationship with the very muscular Scorpia and is clearly attracted to Adora in part due to her badassery.
48* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:She lost an arm after Glimmer accidentally cut it off.]]
49* CatGirl: She's a humanoid cat woman.
50* CatsHateWater: Like canon, she hates getting wet.
51* CompositeCharacter: While she is mostly based off of the 2018 version, she also shares her 1998 self's [[TheVamp promiscuity]], flirting with people if she thinks it will help her get what she wants.
52* CovertPervert: Admitted to reading a lot of books about sex after hearing about people hype it up so much.
53* CrushBlush: She blushed a lot when she was aroused by Scorpia.
54* {{Cyborg}}: She becomes one as a result of being experimented on by Entrapta to remain able-bodied after being injured in combat.
55* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Justified as she is a lesbian. She has knocked boots with Scorpia and Glimmer [[spoiler:and ends up with Adora.]]
56* ExpressiveEars: Mentioned to be cute and an obvious tell of her emotional state. Entrapta recognizes them as part of her emoting which is why they're included on the helmet.
57* EyeScream: [[spoiler:She loses her eye in a bungled suicide attempt.]]
58* FriendsWithBenefits: Enters this relationship with Scorpia.
59* FurryReminder: It happens, like purring when she's happy.
60* NaturalWeapon: Her weapons are her claws and teeth. Even after becoming a cyborg, these are her main weapons.
61* PragmaticPansexuality: Catra may be strictly gay, but her attempt to preform sexual favors with Tongue Lashor shows she isn't above sleeping with men if she thinks it will benefit her.
62* SexForSolace: Enters a relationship with Scorpia to relieve the stress of her job and Adora leaving.
63* SexyCatPerson: She acts like a typical FemmeFatale and Scorpia, Glimmer and Adora have all shown to be attracted to her.
64* TheStrategist: Made clear here, Catra may have mental health issues but she is amazingly clear-eyed on larger strategy and doctrine.
65* TheUnchosenOne: She bucks all the magical destiny stuff solely meant for Adora to stand on an even footing with her throughout the series regularly coming up with strategies to counter the princesses' magic. It also nets her the ability to become Melog as she just happened to be at the right time and place.
66!!!Unmarked Spoilers for book 5
67* CelestialBody: All melogs can manifest a version of this, Catra's black hair becomes a window into a starfield.
68* SemiDivine: Melog's status as this is equally clear, able to interfere with all magics at an unprecedented scale. Fix damage to the ''soul'' and imprison divine entities older than planets.
69* FloatingLimbs: Uses her own severed limbs as this, first making them invisible first, it plays like telekinesis though the hand can still get destroyed.
70* TheSacredDarkness: Melog's powers derive in part from this, while other magic users can use darkness as well Melog has supremacy. Even when if they're more powerful than her Melog will be largely immune to any effects as long as they're shadow-based.
71* ShadowWalker: Has powerful command of darkness that lets her use it to teleport virtually any distance on top of it serving as Hammerspace for various items. Glimmer can still outmatch her accuracy wise.
72* SuperStrength: She eventually becomes strong enough to deadlift 2 tons.
73[[/folder]]
74
75[[folder:Entrapta]]
76Tech savant and stateswoman.
77----
78* BetterOffWithTheBadGuys: Starts the fic with them in fact and is living her best life, once condemned to beast island her entire mission is essentially to get back to them.
79* DisabledInTheAdaptation: Downplayed. Has a legitimate neurodivergence as in canon but it's front and center here, it gets in the way of her enjoying life and socializing which is also explored.
80* FeelingTheirAge: Instead of being in her late twenties she's in her late thirties near forties and she has not been taking care of herself at all, long nights, poor nutrition and no exercise regime will do that.
81* HappilyMarried: Entrapta has an excellent lab partner in Hordak and completely overhauled the technological base of the horde. They’re nonsexually intimate but they're still affectionate.
82* PiningAfterProtagonistsParent: Hits it off with Damara which causes Entrapta guilt as she's striving to make sure she isn't a widow.
83* PrematurelyGreyHaired: Showcases how hard she's working despite being the first lady of an advanced nation she is still heading several important R&D departments.
84* {{Robosexual}}: A major aspect of her character, Catra takes note of the literal flirting Entrapta does with the replicator she brings her in book 2. Another reason she likes Damara given she's a personified ancient spaceship.
85[[/folder]]
86
87[[folder:Glimmer]]
88Princess and commander, magician and heart of the rebellion.
89----
90* BigBeautifulWoman: She a bit plump like canon, and is considered attractive.
91* BlindedByTheLight: Her sparkles have this effect.
92* FlashyTeleportation: Every time she teleports herself or others she leaves behind a sparkly silhouette.
93* GoodIsNotSoft: Glimmer is not above using her powers to deliver lethal attacks and threatens to teleport the blood out of Sweet Bee's body at one point.
94* GrowingWings: Her wings grow much larger after she is healed by She-Ra.
95* IdealIllnessImmunity: Her mother's side of the family grants her this.
96* InTheBlood: She's a genius when it comes to magic, like her father before her, she even outpaces him when she gets back from a trip to space where she reconstructed the theory of magic from first principles.
97* InverseLawOfUtilityAndLethality: Comments by the author point to Glimmer being a sniper rifle as opposed to a cluster bomb. While unable to transport a massive amount of stuff like people or goods or ships she is incredibly precise, fast and controlled in what she can do. This is on top of making use of LethalHarmlessPowers where she can thanks to her own creativity.
98* LethalHarmlessPowers: Oh yes she can kill people easily with teleportation powers, soil in the lung or air into the brain, people don't need all their limbs right?
99* MagiBabble: The main spouter of this in her collaborations with Entrapta and when discussing larger theory, she goes out of her way to describe how they're making a platform for an airshaft that goes through a planet's core.
100* MundaneUtility: Used a few times to transport various objects she needs, from guns to keys to important documents. Her magic staff too of course.
101* PortalCut: She does this to Catra's arm after losing control of her powers.
102* ReallyGetsAround: Gets together with Adora, Bow and Catra over the course of the series and talks about her attraction to them in quiet moments.
103* RebelliousPrincess: Downplayed but she's still the fiercely independent Glimmer we know, her capturing of Adora was explicitly outside her mission brief and she regularly goes off-mission to do what she thinks is right.
104* TheRedMage: Combines eutherian and runestone magic and can diagnose other magic almost on the spot. She even learns how to use her sparkles to create AntiMagic glyphs capable of disabling capital starships!
105* SoLongSuckers: Fitting with her mischievous personality, Glimmer isn't above taunting opponents as she teleports away.
106* TeleportersVisualizationClause: Discussed but she's superlative at visualization, part of what makes her excellent at magic, so she's not hampered by it. She's called one of the most powerful moonstone wielder in generations.
107* TheirFirstTime: With Bow of course, turns out it happened when they were teenagers.
108* WeightWoe: Inverted. Unlike most examples, it's '''losing''' weight that's the problem. She dislikes that the weight that she's losing from stress is making her muscles more prominent, thinking she looks too manly.
109* WingedHumanoid: She has pink feathered wings. Yet unlike her mother's wings, they're so tiny that it would be easy to mistake them for tattoos. They do grow after Adora restores her powers though.
110[[/folder]]
111
112[[folder:Hordak]]
113The de jure advisor but defacto ruler of the hoarde.
114----
115* AdaptationalIntelligence: You can believe this is the man who led a society through an industrial revolution socially technologically and culturally. He's published several well-received books on politics which everyone seems to have read even if they're long-winded.
116* BirdsOfAFeather: Entrapta and he have complementary approaches in science and built the horde together, the fight against prime gets a huge boost once these lab partners are together because they collaborate easily
117* HappilyMarried: Hordak has someone who can keep up with him in Entrapta and owes his health to her invention and discoveries.
118* JustTheFirstCitizen: Officially he's just chancellor Hordak at the beginning. It changes when he has to deal with coups and-anti coups by various cabals.
119* SharpDressedMan: Hordak is a stand-out example in a work that focuses on the fashion of an alternate world, pretty much every outfit character designer Rae Geiger made for him is included, from dresses to tuxedos and more.
120* TrappedInAnotherWorld: The author outright calls him an Isekai protagonist and he hits many of the benchmarks; found love reshaped a society around himself where he holds a privileged position, has powerful outside knowledge and goals he works towards. Check, check and check.
121[[/folder]]
122
123!Etherian Factions
124!!Alliance
125
126[[folder:In General]]
127* AmazonBrigade: Unsurprisingly, the princess alliance is mostly made up of women.
128* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Everyone has a color scheme to set them apart.
129* ElementalPowers: Each of the princesses connected to a Runestone has some form of elemental magic that they wield in battle: Glimmer has her [[LightEmUp sparkles]], Perfuma [[GreenThumb controls the earth and plants]], Mermista [[MakingASplash can move water]], Frosta [[AnIcePerson can conjure ice]] [[spoiler:Huntara [[DishingOutDirt can move rocks]] and Scorpia [[ShockAndAwe can shoot lightning]]]]. Spinnerella can also [[BlowYouAway manipulate the air.]]
130* PowerCrystal: Nearly all the princesses draw power from their kingdom's central Runestone.
131[[/folder]]
132
133[[folder:Perfuma]]
134Princess of Plumeria and ally of She-Ra.
135----
136* AdaptationalGenderIdentity: She is confirmed trans here.
137* BotanicalAbomination:
138** Perfuma makes multiple examples of these during the war, compared to the show it showcases how terrifying an opponent she is.
139** They first début in the RescueArc for Bow and Glimmer, comparable to Megafauna in [[ManEatingPlant size, form, and appetite]]. She starts making more and more as the war heats up.
140** After showcasing her ability to create explosive gases Adora gives her the idea to go for quantity over quality and makes thousands of little critters that [[ActionBomb run-up to armored vehicles and detonate]].
141** In the war against Prime she makes an out and out War form, which is called a dragon several times, it makes her an equal to any moonstone princess.
142* FungiArePlants: The Heartblossom lets its wielder (Perfuma) influence plants and some fungi as well.
143* GardenGarment: She often wears such clothes during events. She also uses them to get into places that are to dangerous to enter without special gear, like sewers.
144* GreenThumb: The powers her gemstone gives her is plant manipulation once again.
145* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: She has shown the ability to make weapons and suits out of plants.
146* IncompatibleOrrientation: Admits the reason she broke up with Bow is because she prefers women.
147* MakeOutKids: Enters this relationship with Scorpia.
148* PinkMeansFeminine: A flower-loving pacifist with Green Thumb powers who primarily wears pink.
149* PlantPeople: She's half-dryad.
150* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Seneschal is her elder half-brother here.
151* TokenMinority: She's the only confirmed trans-princess among the rebellion members.
152* TokenReligiousTeammate: She is portrayed as a religious priestess here and holds religious meetups and Plumera.
153[[/folder]]
154
155[[folder:Sea Hawk]]
156Prince Consort of the Thalassocracy of Salenis.
157----
158* AdaptationalSkill: The major difference between Sea Hawk here and his canon counterpart is his ability to ''back up'' his claims. He has a legitimate claim to being PirateKing when an emergency rears its head he takes command smoothly and efficiently.
159* PirateKing: Is literally this having been able to marry Empress Mermista as a near equal, his armada was a major asset in rebuilding the Salenis military following their war with Candilla while the marriage legitimized his navy.
160* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Averted he's had a lot of work to do.
161[[/folder]]
162
163[[folder:Mermista]]
164Empress of Salineas.
165----
166* ActionMom: Became a mother to a child she named Adora and a water mage.
167* MakingASplash: Her Runestone grants her water manipulation abilities.
168* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Sunk Octavia's ship when she attacked Salineas.
169* WaterIsWomanly: She has water manipulation abilities and is female.
170[[/folder]]
171
172[[folder:Castaspella]]
173Sister of Micah and sorcerous of Mystacor.
174----
175* AdaptationalSexuality: Here she's explicitly gay and has a relationship Juliet.
176* AmazonChaser: Her hook-ups are Shadow Weaver, a powerful sorcerous and Juliet, a general in the rebellion.
177* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: She's Micah's ''older'' sister here.
178[[/folder]]
179
180[[folder:Juliet]]
181Captain of the royal guard.
182----
183* AdaptationExpansion: She is far more important than her canon-self.
184* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Ends up dating Castaspella.
185* BodyguardingABadass: Assigned as Glimmer's bodyguard to keep an eye on her.
186* NumberTwo: Effectively becomes one to Glimmer over time.
187[[/folder]]
188
189[[folder:Peekablue]]
190* AdaptationalJobChange: In the original series, he's a hermit. Here, he's a king.
191[[/folder]]
192
193[[folder:Sweet Bee]]
194* BeePeople: She's a bee humanoid.
195[[/folder]]
196
197[[folder:Huntara]]
198A former member of the Horde [[spoiler:and the wielder of the earth runestone.]]
199----
200* AmazonianBeauty: Every bit as muscular and attractive as canon.
201* ButchLesbian: She's incredibly jacked and married to Melissa.
202* DishingOutDirt: Gains this power upon connecting to her Runestone.
203* HappilyMarried: To Melissa.
204[[/folder]]
205
206!!Horde
207[[folder:Shadow Weaver]]
208Evil sorcerous and child abuser.
209----
210* AbusiveMom: Played straight and Discussed. She manipulated Adora and Catra and really messed them up but she also protected them and thought them things they needed to know. The emotional pain of having someone who's such a formative figure in your life being abusive is acknowledged.
211* AdaptationalSexuality: Tumbled Castaspella for the hell of it decades ago and hits on various bartenders when she gets very drunk.
212* AmbitionIsEvil: Well more sociopathy but she went to the horde because she wanted her independence and more which was a major part of why she sought out the horde and then Adora. She wants to live.
213* TheDragon: Like canon, she was this to Hordak before Catra overthrew her.
214* EvilVersusEvil: She’s largely Amoral more than anything else so she’s copacetic with fighting Prime alongside her former Alliance enemies.
215* EyeScream: [[spoiler:She sacrificed her eye to save Angella from the void.]]
216* LesserOfTwoEvils: Like canon, even after all she's done, she is still less evil than Prime.
217* MentorArchetype: Like canon, she is one to Micah, Adora, Catra and later Glimmer.
218* PowerAtAPrice: In serious matters, she can actually sacrifice parts of her body to get the needed knowledge and power.
219* TheSociopath: The author describes Shadow Weaver as a cut and dry sociopath even if in story its acknowledged she had a very hard life previously.
220* SquishyWizard: She's a long range fighter and goes down pretty quickly when she's hit.
221* TimeStop: One of the abilities she can pull out when needed, and an example of CastFromLifespan though so she uses it sparingly.
222* TokenEvilTeammate: Just like canon, after joining the rebellion.
223* TrackingSpell: She preformed one to find Adora after she is first separated from the Horde.
224* WickedWitch: She was a powerful, evil Horde witch that uses her powers to harm others.
225* WillfullyWeak: Actually this past the book 3 healing Adora gives her, SW talks up how powerful Micah is she's able to match him even after he gets a DeadlyUpgrade. She's definitely powerful but is equally good at manipulation and started to lean on that when magic use threatened her life post-obtainer. Later she fights Prime to a standstill when he has the power of the Heart of Etheria behind him.
226[[/folder]]
227
228[[folder:Scorpia]]
229The Horde princess.
230----
231* AmazonChaser: Scorpia admits her attraction to Catra is due to how badass she is.
232--> “Have I ever told you just how cool it is when you’re like that? Just all ''whu-pow''! Ass-kicking! Taking names!”
233* BirdsOfAFeather: Naturally bonds with Perfuma due to how friendly and peaceful they are.
234* CuddleBug: She is, as ever, a hugger.
235* GardenGarment: Wears a dress made of this after Perfuma made her one.
236* MakeOutKids: Ends up in this relationship with Perfuma in book 5.
237* NominalVillain: Like canon, she isn't really a villain, just following her family legacy.
238* TheParalyzer: Her tail injects paralyzing venom.
239* RelationshipUpgrade: Hooks up with Catra quickly by chapter 11. [[spoiler:She hooks up with Perfuma after being freed from Horde Prime's control.]]
240* SuperStrength: She is the strongest princess in terms of physical strength.
241[[/folder]]
242
243[[folder:The other trio]]
244Lonnie, Kyle and Rogelio
245----
246* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Unlike their originals who were implicitly orphans collected from previous wars and conquests and trained to fight in later ones. Here they had actual parents here and were placed in the war college with Adora and Catra with funding from Shadow Weaver.
247* AdaptationExpansion: They join the battle against Horde Prime in this version. Special mention goes to Lonnie stepping up as the leader for the combined resistance.
248* AntiquatedLinguistics: Rogelio uses a bit of odd word choice that's even older than most alliance members. At least he's understandable here.
249* ClosestThingWeGot: Part of the reason Lonnie became the leader of the alliance is that she's one of the only members of the alliance with actual military training.
250* {{Polyamory}}: The three are all dating each other.
251* TakeUpMySword: Lonnie steps up as the leader of the alliance in Adora's absence.
252[[/folder]]
253
254!Others
255[[folder:Nebularian Roost]]
256* HeroOfAnotherStory: Have been fighting Prime on and off for years and what's more doing so successfully without a way to reverse sanitation.
257[[/folder]]
258
259[[folder:The Mimic]]
260Double Trouble, who brings nations to their knees, an immortal.
261----
262* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Very much so given their own centuries of experience, it shows that they're not helped by any special powers only that of their vast experience and observational skills.
263* BreakThemByTalking: Has a talent for this which they showcase against Catra but also the princess alliance when disguised as Flutterina. It's why they hits it off so well with Peekablue, whose runestone lets him do the same thing.
264* DeathlessAndDebauched: Readily admits to being a hedonist and works for the Horde to supply themselves with the comforts they enjoy. They even give away some hints to their fellow immortals on how to deal with eternity.
265* LoveRedeems: A major part of their character arc is the fact DT falls in love with their intellectual peers.
266* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: This is Double Trouble's main issue with Catra's infiltration mission. They are an excellent saboteur that could well bring nations to their knees, and it's implied they have for Hordak.
267* SexFaceTurn: Downplayed but part of the reason Double Trouble officially joins the rebellion, they were challenged by Peekablue and Sweet Bee. So it was explicitly intellectual intercourse that turned them not the implicit sexual intercourse.
268* ShapeshiftingHealsWounds: Can do this unlike their canon counterpart, they're not invulnerable but they can shrug off non-lethal bullet wounds easily.
269[[/folder]]
270
271[[folder:The Armada's Crown]]
272!!Horde Prime
273----
274* BigBad: Of the series finale.
275* DiabolusExNihilo: Justified as he is billennia old at this point has been doing his work for at least a few million years. He deliberately forgot his own origins to protect himself and cover any weaknesses, his home planet is destroyed even.
276* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the series as a whole.
277* MoralSociopathy: Genuinely sees himself as the only path to peace in a galaxy torn with strife and chaos he even tries diplomacy with Adora, only really stopping after he kills his host body for the third time.
278* MoreThanMindControl: Subverted as its actual mind control but any sanitized individual bends all their mental faculties to working for Prime. The "control" part is the substitution of core values for Primes own. A major reason they're so much deadlier here than in canon is they have all their ability to independently plan here versus just being functional automatons.
279* TheMothership: Prime has two, the canon Velvet Glove which gets a facelift to be a pair of even more elaborate space stations, and the Iron Fist a massive warship that characters think could ram a moon and win.
280* TransformationOfThePossessed: It seems that taking in Prime’s spirit isn’t enough to mutate a given clone but when he exerts his influence that’s when they start sprouting extra eyes and muscle.
281* VillainousVow: Prime intends to bring peace to the galaxy no matter what and he has unswervingly been carrying this out in all manner of intelligent permutations for eons.
282[[/folder]]

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