* CompleteMonster:
** Sinistrad
* GeniusBonus The discussion in one of the appendices of how magic works (by manipulating the "wave" that governs the probability of events) seems a fairly clear reference to/inspiration from quantum mechanics.
* MagnificentBastard: Sang-drax is one in ''Hand of Chaos'' when he first appears; he unfortunately comes off as more of a (literal) SmugSnake in the last two books. Kleitus is also one to a lesser extent, at least before he gets turned into an AxCrazy undead.
* MoralEventHorizon: It's impossible to have any sympathy for Sinistrad after learning how he used and abused his teenaged wife Iridal and son Bane [[spoiler: though Bane didn't exactly take it lying down...]]
* NightmareFuel: In rough descending order of freakiness, the Lazar, the serpents, and the tytans.
* {{Squick}}: The Haplo/Alake subplot in ''Serpent Mage.'' Not for the squeamish.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The lazar are ''made'' of this trope. They can never escape their own suffering, but have apparently taken the saying "misery loves company" to heart. Possibly the tytans as well. All they want to do is go home. When no one can tell them how to get there, they [[AxCrazy don't respond well]].