!!The Five

!!!Herewiss

* BlessedWithSuck: The blue Fire, if used, shortens the life. Sorcery just gives backlash -- proportional exhaustion.
* [[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]]: to Freelorn's Red Oni; Herewiss is the calm, planned, organized one who is more introverted and, inside, wound rather tight.

!!!Freelorn

* ErmineCapeEffect: young Freelorn dressed the part and made damn sure everyone knew he was the crown prince of Arlen. Later on, he grows out of this a bit, but he still likes the royal trappings at times.
* FisherKing: by the Royal magics, the rulers of Arlen and Darthen are bound to the lands they rule (as are lesser Lords). In times of famine, rulers have been sacrificed for fertility in the past.
* KingIncognito: at times during his wanderings, and also when stealthily entering Arlen in book 3, looking for his Initiation.
* [[RedOniBlueOni Red Oni]]: The counterpart to Herewiss's Blue Oni, Freelorn is the passionate, fiery, leonine one (he's "the Lion" after all).
* RightfulKingReturns: Freelorn's journey, and the especial focus of Book 3, ''The Door Into Sunset'', which is "Freelorn's Book"
* RoyalBlood: The royal magics which bind the Shadow and secure the land are tied to the ruling blood in both countries.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: being King of Arlen isn't exactly easy, which is why Freelorn runs away from the responsibility for so long.

!!!Sunspark

!!!Segnbora

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Skadhwë, the splinter of Death's door.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Segnbora wishes to be changed, in desperation and despair of ever reaching her potential. She gets a change a whole order of magnitude greater than she could have imagined.
* BlessedWithSuck: Both the blue fire, the use of which shortens the life, and (for a while at least) the dragons.
* HalfHumanHybrid: She becomes this, pretty much.
* MeaningfulName: Segnbora, in old Darthene, means "Standard-Bearer", and she locates Freelorn's Lion standard and carries it into battle in ''Door into Sunset''.
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Segnbora's Underhearing is so sensitive that she constantly hears more than she really wants to.
* RapeAsBackstory: The secret she tells nobody, until Hasai comes along.

!!!Hasai

!!Freelorn's Band

!!!Dritt

!!!Moris

!!!Lang

!!Darthen

!!!Eftgan

* ModestRoyalty: Eftgan is normally working way too hard for that.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: being Queen of Darthen is hard work, and sometimes dirty work.

!!Arlen

!!!Cillmod

!!!Rian