History Characters / BattlebornEldrid

* ArcherArchetype: Primarily uses a bow like typical fantasy elf in a sci-fi setting. [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] by how she's not a cold and analytical sort - her title was earned by her short temper, many of her taunts have her yell growling war cries.

* OurElvesAreDifferent: Thorn resembles the Wood Elf archetype and she uses magic along with a longbow to encompass two common fantasy elf stereotypes, but her short temper and thick Slavic accent keeps her from completely resembling the classic elven ArcherArchetype.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: More like "Does Not Like ''Shoe''", since she only has one bare foot. The Clawshorn Sandal gear and its variants explain that this is typical Aelfrin footwear.
-->Aelfrin footwear used for boosted traction. Typically worn only on one foot.
--->Flavor text from Clawshorn Sandal gear
** WordOfGod [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Battleborn/comments/51qxim/daily_thread_lore_thursday/d7fb64v further explains]] this more in detail:
-->The aelfrin (Thorn's race) as well as many of the Eldrid faction find a high degree of empathy with nature. Good catch with the "Clawshorn Sandals". This is traditional wear of the aelfrin. Aelfrin are lightweight and strong boned, and on their home planet of Eshteni, they enjoyed slightly lower than "average" gravity, in a heavily wooded environment. The claw on one foot is a practical device for better traction when jumping from tree to tree, and the bare foot allows them to maintain contact with raw nature. Aelfrin legend is that this aids in how they draw "magic" from the world around them.

* BladeOnAStick: Guardian Vyn is capable of summoning a spear which he can throw and summon a Swarmer with. The Old Sentinel is capable of doing likewise but his spear is even more powerful as it can split into multiple smaller spears after thrown to summon even more Swarmers.

* BareYourMidriff: She wears an outfit that bares her midriff as well as her secondary gills.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Mellka's ancestral name Hyenyota is kinda hard to pronounce. There's actually a phonetic key in one of her lore challenges though that somewhat helps. In the same entry also, Ghalt left a note advising not to mispronounce Mellka's ancestral name in front of her. If it has to be said, practicing a few times using the phonetic key has to be done first otherwise just stick to "Mellka". He ends the note saying to "Trust me on this one".

* WeaponOfChoice: Kreshek, an Ekkuni longbow.

* AnAxeToGrind: Boldur deals slow, powerful melee strikes with his Runic Axe.

* NiceHat: Its mushroom cap resembles a typical Japanese ''kasa'' and can even be thrown.

* RapunzelHair: She has really long hair.

* RapunzelHair: Has long waist-length hair.

* SkunkStripe: Has a white streak in the foremost part of her mohawk.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has dark green hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: He has blue hair.

* MismatchedEyes: One eye is green and the other one is brown.

* {{Asexuality}}: Sorta per some lore from [[https://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/story-time-with-jythri/1552310 a visit by Randy Varnell]] at [[AllThereInTheManual the Battleborn Discord Server]]. During the visit Randy confirmed WordOfGay for some characters. When asked, "are any of the gendered/biological characters asexual?" Randy answered, "Hmm. Kelvin sorta?" Reasonable as Kelvin is a giant skeletal ice golem that's actually made up of an entire microorganism civilization.

* StandardStatusEffects: Venom, doing damage over time for a short duration, which has the extra benefit of delaying enemies' ability to recharge their shields even if they break contact with Mellka. A variety of her helixes increase her ability to inflict venom or receive additional benefits from inflicting it on enemies.

* StandardStatusEffects: A number of its attacks are capable of inflicting silence.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Her Ultimate, Emergence, summons a water dragon that damages enemies in an [=AoE=].

* ElementalHair: He has tree-like hair which is best shown by his beard and the stump at the back of his head. The stump on his back though is later revealed to a Cedar Bear transplant in the lore of [[https://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/battleplan-36-1-26-17/1555050 Battleplan 26]].

* {{Adorkable}}: Alani in general is this with her most notable adorkable instance being her attempts to befriend Galilea. She's ''trying'' to make friends with Galilea, but every message she leaves is adorably awkward.

* FlowerInHerHair: She wears flowers in her hair, one in each side.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Played with. Thorn resembles the Wood Elf archetype and she uses magic along with a longbow to encompass two common fantasy elf stereotypes, but her short temper and thick Slavic accent keeps her from completely resembling the classic elven ArcherArchetype.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Uses a machine pistol and futuristic clothing whereas the rest of the Eldrid dress more like stock fantasy characters.