A pegasus with tan fur and a grayscale mane who is the heroine of the series. She is the head of the Equinology Department of Canterlot University, and stops at nothing to grab treasures from dungeons and temples all over the world.
Dude Magnet: Downplayed, but on at least two instances she gets a fair amount of stallions insisting that they get to "show her around". This annoys her greatly.
Luke, I Am Your Father: Sort of. during Temple of Nightmare Moon, it's implied that she might be a descendant of Nightmare Moon. but then again, it was Ahuizotl the one who said it, so he maybe was lying.
Seriously, how did the censors let this scene through? Especially Derring's comment when she walks in on the scene: I see you're using your pay as wisely as ever, sister dear.
Parental Abandonment: Daring is hinted to have essentially been raised by her big sister after their parents went missing while hunting down the Platinum Crown. Her father is revealed to be alive in The Griffon's Goblet
"Well Done, Daughter" Pony: In Griffon's Goblet, Daring discovers her dad is alive. In the following volume, her dad is an actual character whom she feels she had to live up to his standards growing up, and the volume puts a good deal of focus on their struggling to get along.
Daring's older sister and rival archaeologist. Near-identical to Daring, though with a darker coat and a much lighter grey mane. She takes her work extremely seriously, and harbours a multitude of bad feelings towards her siblings. She's dedicated to proving that she's the best, and actually lives up to her claims on more than a few occasions. She acted as Daring and Darrin's De facto guardian after their parents went missing.
Always Someone Better: Derring Do has repeatedly proven that she's a better explorer than Daring is. Interestingly Ahuizotl can't stand her and when she gets involved in one of his schemes instead of Daring he doesn't with the usual Death Trap and instead curbstomps her and takes the artifact that Daring must then retrieve along with rescuing her sister. He states he could do the same to Daring as well but chooses not to since it's more fun to struggle with her.
Heroic BSOD: In Alicorn's Shadow. Mareton pulls apart her boastfullness and the Daddy Issues all the way to the breaking point.
Insufferable Genius: She thinks very highly of herself in her abilities as an archaeologist, straining her relationship with her siblings.
Jerkass: Starts out as this. Her arrogance, bitterness, and unrepentent smugness towards her siblings makes her thouroughly hard to like. However, she eventually evolves into:
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Especially in Trials Of Unity onwards when her more loving side takes the fore.
The Lancer: Likes to think of herself as The Hero, but ends up as this mostly.
Promotion to Parent: A responsibility that Derring did NOT enjoy accepting. She felt that her role as their carer had robbed her of her livelihood. She wasn't able to become the explorer that she wanted to be. As soon as her siblings were old enough to care for themselves, she left. Never to be seen again by either of them for several years
Darrin Do
Daring and Derring's younger brother. He handles the logistics of Daring's adventures (procuring transportation and equipment, information and the like) and he's not afraid to bend the law slightly to help his sisters. As the two helped raise him, taking time from their own lives to care for him, he has a near-obsessive fear of being considered a further burden on them, so he tries to help the two in as many ways as possible "behind the scenes".Daring adores him and openly accepts any aid he can offer her, but Derring's relationship with her younger brother is, at best, strained. She finds Darrin's belief that she, as his older sister would ever require help from him as some sort of insult to her abilities as an adventurer. Darrin still feels obligated to help her, even if this help is spurned, so when such a situation arises, he ensures Derring receives this aid without it appearing he had anything to do with it.
Big Little Brother: Darrin is the youngest of the Do siblings, but is quite muscular and is often mistakenly believed to be the oldest. Despite the fact that he doesn't take part in Daring or Derring's adventures, he's quite capable of fending for both himself and his sisters should the need arise.
Disappeared Dad. Both is one, and there are a few hints that he had the same thing happen with him.
Calypso
Daring's pet purple macaw. He/She is usually kept at the university and cared for by Herpy, Dr. Tabula Rasa and other university faculty members while Daring is out adventuring. She has given some clues that helped Daring solve some mysteries. Purple macaws are closely related to the Hyacinth and Glaucous macaws.
Ambiguous Gender: Some books refer to him/her as male, others as female. Daring herself has no idea which he/she is.
Fridge Brilliance: Most macaws lack a visual difference between genders.
He/She did start up a short romance with a Canterlot macaw at one point, although we never learned its gender either.
Big Friendly Parrot: Unlike most wild parrots, Calypso takes to Daring almost immediately. This doesn't mean that she doesn't bite if sufficiently angered, however.
Endangered Species: While not the Last of His Kind, purple macaws are second only to the Spix's in rarity, with an estimated 500 left in Equestrian rainforests.
Herpy: Is she [Daring] trying to make me look like an idiot?
Calypso: AWWK! Too late! AWWK!
Big Eater/ Extreme Omnivore: One of the reasons she's usually kept at the university; her curious appetite may land her in trouble in locales inhabited by cacao beans and avocado trees.
Trademark Favorite Food: Like most other members of the Anodorhynchus genus, it's Brayzil nuts.
Trickster Archetype / Troll: He/she is quite mischievous, particularly towards Herpy. Someponies theorize that he/she was inspired by Princess Celestia's own Cool Pet bird, Philomena.
Verbal Tic: Squawking at the beginning and end of every sentence.
We Named The Parrot Calypso: Some sources claim that Calypso was named after Daring's missing mother, but this is debated in the fandom.
Daring's friends
Herpy
A University Page with a knack for screwups, but a surprising level of competence at his job. He went on to become Daring's personal assistant and later her grad student after switching his Major from Equestrian Economy to Equinology. His special talent is researching, which makes his power Boring, but Practical. He is always good-natured and high spirited, ready to raise Daring's spirits when she is depressed, calm her down when she is angry, and stand there when she's in the mood to give exposition.
Breakout Character: He appeared one in Griffon's Goblet as a throwaway character, and was so popular that he got a cameo in Curse of the Yeti. In Wooden Mask he becomes Daring Do's assistant and actually has plot relevance.
Hoof Wave: Despite being a research expert, he's usually the one to have the exposition delivered to. This is usually excused by him being more into cultures in general than the specific artifacts themselves or him wanting to cross-reference his sources with Daring.
The Nicknamer: Not all the time, but sometimes Herpy calls Daring "Dare" or "Boss", and Derring "E" so he won't be as confused by their similar names.
Non-Action Guy: In Ring of the Marengeti he starts to get over it.
Omniglot: While not good at speaking numerous languages, his research has made him quite good at reading a huge variety of languages.
Rule of Funny: the victim or observer of many running gags in the series,
The trouble he has emptying a simple coffee pot being one of the more notable examples.
Trademark Favorite Food: Coffee, Daring claims she has had drinks of all kinds from all over the world, but none of them come close to Herpy's cup of joe.
Awesome Andalusian: Though we don't get to see most of his adventures, his descriptions of them certainly paint himself as one of these. He gets to show that he truly is one in The Staff of Star Swirl the Bearded.
Badass Normal: In contrast to the Do siblings and Herpy, Bravado is an Earth Pony, meaning he gets through all his adventures without flying or magic.
Noodle Incident: Since we rarely see his adventures, he has more of these than all the Do's put together. One of them apparently involved he and Daring accidentally getting married.
Omniglot: It's kind of a requirement for a treasure hunter.
The Other Bravado: Trope Namer, thanks to his initial actor John Barrowmane departing the film series (for a role in the Professor Whoof serials) and being replaced. Lampshading the change has become a Running Gag in subsequent films ("You look different. Did you cut your mane?"), along with plenty of Actor Allusions — but it's hard to escape those when you're being played by Bruce Campfire.
Rule Of Cool: many of his most amazing exploits are known to the Do family, and mentioned in conversation with and about him. Often the audience is expected to accept they happened due to the over-the-top descriptions.
It's odd to see a griffon in mainland Equestria unless they're part of the diplomatic corps, and it's an odder sight for them to hold any sort of permanent position. Professor Storm Talon bucks this trend, serving as a Professor in the Royal Canterlot University Department of International Studies. He hobbles around with a prosthetic hind leg and tail, lost in the many navy battles he had fought in. He used to be Daring's father's friend but some misunderstanding led him to spitefully sever ties when they were younger; despite this, he's never anything less than civil in his interactions with Daring and her siblings. First introduced in Griffon's Goblet.
Artificial Limbs: His left-hind paw and tail were lost during his services in the Griffon military. His prosthetics were specially crafted by a mechanic in Trottingham, with actual Griffon bone and muscle structure referenced to allow for more realistic movements.
The description for the process of attachment is similar to the Griffon Animane series Full Metal Falconist.
Bothering by the Book: Teams up with Doctor Tabula Rasa to undermine Nagridge's efforts to hamper Daring and the rest of the university.
Dark and Troubled Past: In his youth he was a moonraiser (he did all sorts of mean things before his father made him join the navy, including the one time he trashed an experimental flying machine because the pilot, whose description was strangely similar to Coco Pie, annoyed him. He used to be friends with Daring's father but got angry over some stupid misunderstanding and severed ties), and his wife and children were killed in the Third Griffon-Diamond Dog War.
Foreign Cuss Word: Anypony who can understand and transliterate griffon will quickly realize he swears like a sailor.
Grievous Harm with a Body: He avoids capture in Temple of Nightmare Moon by beating off his assailants using his prosthetic leg as a club.
Major Injury Underreaction: Upon being stabbed by Sweeney Trot's assistant on the way to confront Sweeney Trot himself, he disarms her and mutters "I've had worse", noting his prosthetic limbs.
Mr. Exposition: He steals this role from Daring Do in Griffon's Goblet. Also whenever there is any kind of obscure naval terminology that needs explaining.
Omniglot: Made it a point to learn the languages of the people he fought. Given that he was a pirate hunter for most of his career, this put him into conflict with quite the selection of nationalities.
Retired Badass: A decorated former navy-gryph who now just wants a quiet life teaching abroad. That doesn't stop him from taking on a squad of griffon ninja nor Nagridge's goons.
Sir Swears-a-Lot: As befitting a former sailor, though you'd need to understand Griffon to get what he's saying.
Speak Ill of the Dead: He never forgives Nagridge for what she did. He has enough tact not to talk about it in front of her nephew, but he tells Okpono he thinks her dying words were going to be "I'm better than him" rather than "I'm sorry". This becomes a sore point between the two. Also, his grudge against her is treated to a Hypocrisy Nod given his reconciliation speech to Daren.
Trademark Favorite Food: Like most griffons, horse meat (specifically his mother's horse brisket). It's usually played for squicky laughs, but becomes a plot point in Staff of Star Swirl the Bearded.
Short Stuff
A scrappy little peach pegasus filly from the streets of Shanghay and a big fan of Daring Do. Although she's only a foal, she's surprisingly street savvy and a fiery fighter. Tries desperately to become Daring Do's official sidekick, much to her chagrin. She was first introduced in Cove of Candles but fan outcry has kept her from returning.
Big Damn Heroes: Crashes her scooter through the window of the Jade Dragon just as the resident crime boss was about to brand Daring Do with a hot iron.
Does Not Like Horseshoes: There's a small scene in Cove of Candles where there's a conversation between Short Stuff and Miss Starlight about dressing for adventures. Short Stuff makes a passing remark about how "[she's] never worn shoes before and never will". For some reason, fans often exaggerate this trait and now nearly every fanfic she makes an appearance in has to have at least a mention of this.
A powder blue unicorn with dreams of stardom that couldn't quite get into Fillywood, so she opted to perform at the Jade Dragon. She finds herself traveling with Daring Do after getting caught up in her shenanigans in The Cove of Candles and serves as her foil throughout that adventure.
Cool Airship: The Noblesse Oblige, a sleek and massive vehicle that looks like a swordfish and a humpback whale got intimate. Its name even implies that it once belonged to royalty. Sadly, its first two appearances see it act as little more than backdrop until it comes into use at the climax of The Temple of Nightmare Moon. Which makes it a Meaningful Name in a way.
Cool Pet: Archimedes, a huge snowy owl that probably weighs more than Starlight herself. Looking like the sort of exotic animal that the upperclass would only rear as a status symbol, "Archie" is actually treated well and very loyal indeed to Starlight, able to airlift her out of danger if need be. Also a Scarily Competent Tracker for being able to follow Daring and Starlight throughout The Cove of Candles, building up to his Big Damn Heroes moment in the end.
Distressed Damsel: Initially played straight, but then becomes surprisingly resourceful later on.
Ms. Fanservice: As useless as she initially came off, she was rather popular with many of the young colts. Further enforced with her wet dress and wet mane scenes.
Rule of Drama: Constantly, much to the consternation of the other characters.
Skewed Priorities: Sometimes is more concerned about her looks than imminent death.
Screaming Mare: DEAR CELESTIA is she ever! Daring Do even believes her whining could be used as a lethal weapon.
Silk Hiding Steel: Displays a razor sharp wit and is willing to fight back when necessary.
Outback Jack
A friendly puce earth pony from Brumbiland and another explorer friend of Daring Do's. Unlike with Bravado, Daring's Friendly Rivalry with Outback Jack is more like a game and the two are practically best buds. When she is not out adventuring, Outback Jack heads the bar at The Watering Hole with Daring Do as a regular customer. She first appears in The Wooden Mask, and makes a small cameo in Gardens Of Equestria. She is one of the adventurers Herpy gathers to help save Daring in The Temple Of Nightmare Moon
Knife Nut: She keeps a kukri tucked away for any occassion. Just ask the poor thief who tried to rob her with only a pocket knife.
Nice Hat: Is never seen without her slouch hat, which is also decorated with the teeth of crocs that she bucked during her adventures.
Vitriolic Best Buds: With Daring Do. There are moments where they can get ridiculously competitive with each other, but at the end of the day they're still the best of friends.
Doctor Tabula Rasa
A studious heliotrope unicorn and fellow professor at Canterlot University, Tabula Rasa is the head of Arcane Magic and Astrology. She first met Daring Do by literally running into her in the school hallways, and have been friends with her ever since. She is Daring's voice of reason and typically objects to Daring's reckless method of Equinology in the field. She appeared first in Griffon's Goblet, where she already knew Daring, it wasn't until Spear Of The Widingos that friendship's beginning was explored.
Cool Big Sis: Acts as one to Daring Do within the university.
Cool Pet: Esmeralda, a Shiny Midnight Black cat with bright green eyes and a penchant for locating books that Tabula Rasa might need... usually because she hid them in the first place. Doubles as an Evil Detecting Cat (not an easy job for the pet of the Agent Scully).
The Spock: Takes a logical, almost scientific approach to studying magic.
Wise Beyond Her Years: Despite being the same age as Daring Do, she has an intelligence that not even the most veteran professors could fathom.
Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: After a potent display of magic that she'd rather keep quiet about, Deborus Nagridge says in front of everypony, "Doctor Rasa, that was a fine display. It's unicorns like you that prove our kind's superiority."
Desert Rose
A chestnut pegasus pony who resides in the Saddle Arabian Desert with a tribe of other Arab ponies. She has a sweet disposition and had rescued Daring Do a while back. Her medical knowledge and her familiarity with the desert fauna made her an invaluable ally during one of Daring Do's adventure. Like Outback Jack she first appeared in The Wooden Mask, where she helped cure Daring of it's madness. She is one of the ponies gathered to rescue Daring in Temple Of Nightmare Moon, and also appears in Shrine Of The Silver Monkey and Ring Of The Marengeti. The expanded universe implies she has ties to the Colt Of Smooze.
Beware the Nice Ones: She can get very protective of her friends when she has to.
Death Glare: Called the Eyes of Fatima amongst her tribe, it is capable of submitting even the most stubborn mule into compliance. Though Desert Rose rarely uses it.
An incredibly eccentric mint green earth pony who is Daring Do's go-to mare for anything from rare items to street gossip and even the occasional airplane. She is a traveling Sales Pony and is often seen at the bazaars and markets hawking whatever strange and interesting items come across her way, and she's also known for making killer sugary desserts. Her unlimited energy and kooky asides are things that Daring Do eventually got used to. She first appears in Sapphire Stone and has shown up in every book since in some fashion, making her the only character besides Daring to appear in every book.
Big Eater: She'll eat pretty much anything, much to Daring Do's shock.
Cool Pet: She has a tortoise named Coinbox that has a gold and gem-encrusted shell. It serves as her mascot and as her piggybank.
Crazy-Prepared: She always has the right item or map that Daring Do needs.
Expressive Mane: As Coco, her mane is bouncy and fluffy. As Chocolat', her mane becomes flat and straight. There's even an implied color shift, from a rich brown to something approaching Shiny Midnight Black.
Split Personality: Her dramatic mood swings imply this about her. As Coco, she's a bubbly, happy go lucky filly. As Chocolat', she is a very shrewd businesspony and incredibly ruthless. This allows her to not only make tons of friends, but also deal with more dangerous clients.
Rayback
First encountered in The Curse of the Yeti, Rayback is a baby winged red dragon that was cruelly chained to an anvil like some animal. Daring Do saved him and he managed to help out in the adventure. Later on, he appears at the university as an assistant to Dr. Tabula Rasa.
Science Marches On: Rayback's initial appearances were written before the dragon egg from Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns was hatched. As a result, the author was working mostly off of myths and legends, supplemented with only a tiny amount of concrete information. The largest problem came from being unaware that even baby dragons can bite through diamonds with ease. This results in plotholes throughout The Curse of the Yeti, since he could have just bitten through his own chains, and most of the locks that they encountered.
Trademark Favorite Food: Originally dog meat, which were given to him as a treat before he was freed. After more was learned about dragons, he developed a taste for diamonds. As a running gag, he's since started trying to talk Daring into letting him eat a Diamond Dog. Usually played for laughs.
Anaongea
A zebra ambassador from the Marengeti, his only major role was in Ring of the Marengeti, though he is sometimes a background character in other stories.
Name That Unfolds Like Lotus Blossom: His full name - or title; it's uncertain which - is "Anaongea na wageni" which translates into Equestrian as "Speaks with strangers."
Rhymes on a Dime: As with most citizens of the Marengei, Anaogea speak in rhyme when addressing others who do not speak his own language. This appears to be a constant with all zebras.
Lightning Kicker
A pegasus grad student who admires Daring, introduced in Alicorn's Shadow. Killed Off for Real in Staff of Star Swirl the Bearded when Sweeney Trot lures him into a bakery and bakes him into cupcakes.
Adorkable: Especially in Legacy of Nightmare Moon.
An earth pony Commander of the Fifth Equestrian Protection Brigade, introduced in Alicorn's Shadow. Accompanies Daring to the battlefield where Nightmare Moon was defeated, although personally doesn't believe in the ancient stories.
The mayor of the seapony village Daring and company find in Trident of the Seaponies. Sacrifices herself to save the village from the sea serpent Ahuizotl brings in.
Badass: Sometimes easy to forget due to his penchant for hamming it up and trapping Daring in elaborate death traps, but Ahuizotl is one tough customer. While he generally prefers to have his cats or assorted minions do the heavy lifting, he occasionally decides to remind everypony exactly why he's the Big Bad. Notable examples are his curbstomping of Derring, and pretty much every single Enemy Mine situation with Daring that lasted more then five minutes.
Dangerously Genre Savvy: When he returns, he decides to try and cut down on the mistakes, getting smarter to the point he gives Inti a run for his money. He lampshades this.
Ahuizotl (to Daring): I figured, after my little run-in with death, I decided to make better decisions in life. Better decisions being making sure that you don't leave the traps alive.
Freudian Excuse: Ahuizotl gives one of these in Unity, about how he was neglected by his parents and abused by his many siblings. Ultimately subverted when it turns out he was just using the tale to distract the Do siblings.
Hijacked by Ganon: Daring Do and the Cove of Candles was originally played up as featuring a completely new antagonist, the ghost of Blackmane. Guess who shows up two thirds of the way through as the real villian?
Really, this ends up happening in pretty much every book except Alicorn's Shadow, Legacy of Nightmare Moon and Spear of the Windigos.
By the time Ring of the Marengeti came out, they didn't even bother pretending anymore. Ahuizotl's minions show up in the very first chapter, and even on the cover.
Joker Immunity: The writer(s) attempted to kill him off in Temple of Nightmare Moon, two books later, he was back from fan demand.
Pragmatic Villainy: His team-ups with Daring in the Expanded Universe usually involve self-preservation as his goal. Even his schemes to destroy the world involve him acquiring godlike power first so that he might survive the resultant destruction.
Worthy Opponent: Ahuizotl comes to consider Daring Do one of these. The feeling is not mutual.
Would Hurt a Child: In addition to engaging in schemes that if successful, would result in countless deaths in populated areas, he steals a dragon egg as part of his schemes in Silver Monkey and uses it as a hostage, forcing the dragon's cooperation.
You Have Failed Me: If a subordinate doesn't accomplish their mission or duty they won't do it again.
Ambassador Hawkwings
Daring's quest to recover the Griffon's Goblet required her to deal with the griffon embassy, something that put her in contact with this guy. He constantly insults Daring and other ponies, and his incompetence hinders her investigations in the griffon territories.
Bullying a Dragon: He insults Daring Do even though she is a tough and famous adventurer while he's a fat, lazy incompetent. It got worse when he confronted all three siblings and still refused to relent.
Nepotism: His assignment to Equestria was done by his cousin.
Reassigned to Antarctica: Relations between griffons and ponies weren't particularly good at the time (due to some serious postwar screw-ups), so the position was considered a joke. It's implied he was sent so that he could have a cushy job and unless he tried to kill somepony, his obnoxiousness wouldn't be enough to damage the few standing treaties there were.
Pet the Dog: After Platinius saves him from Mareton:
*Weakly after being choked* "Remind me to give you a pay raise."
Smug Snake: The guy's only real defense against retribution for his behavior is the threat of firing and blacklisting for his own employees, or diplomatic fallout against Equestrians. Storm Talon fell under neither of these categories and proceeded to give him a much deserved smacking.
The Night Wings
A vicious group of griffon ninja seeking to overthrow the Sieyrie Lione government. They were aiding Ahuizotl in retrieving the Griffon's Goblet and would have served as the arm through which Ahuizotl would have controlled the griffon lands.
Nothing Is Scarier: There are hints in the book making it appear that the Mask is actually very self-aware, but this fact is never elaborated upon in full detail. Also interesting in that both sides of Coco Pie are terrified of the mask.
Blackmane
A Legendary Pirate Pony with a treasure hoard that is said to be worth tens of millions of bits.
Antiquated Linguistics: When you're trapped for hundreds of years, it's hard to keep up with changes in language.
Anti-Villain: Type I and II. His diary revealed that he's rather tired of being stuck on the mortal plane for hundreds of years, wanting to rest in peace.
Bored With Insanity: His diary shows Sanity Slippage, at first showing his anger and misery at being trapped on the mortal plane, before degenerating into incomprehensible scribbles... Then it goes right back to his normal handwriting, implying this is the case.
Flying Dutchmane As the legend goes, Blackmane was cursed to languish among his ill-gotten gains for all eternity. It's True.
The new President at the Royal Canterlot University, introduced in Cove of Candles. While seemingly capable at her job, she is noted as being a Unicorn Supremacist (though she can at least tolerate Pegasi not named Daring or some variant thereof). She sets out to reorganize the University and has a vendetta of principle against Daring. She spends a inordinate amount of time obstructing and working against Daring. She is revealed to have been a pawn of Ahuizotl in The Temple Of Nightmare Moon, and had long since given him the keys to the University's security system, as well as sponsored the exhibit that was a recreation of the eponymous temple Ahuizotl needed for his "eternal night" ritual. She is promptly killed off when Ahuizotl has no more need of her.
Critical Research Failure: In-Universe. Justifies her racism against Earth Ponies by claiming that Princess Celestia rejects the inferior Earth Pony form (and by extension all non-ponies). Some plays go so far as to include a cut to Princess Celestia face-hoofing after Nagridge makes this claim. Princess Celestia has gone on record numerous times stating that she embodies all three kinds of ponies (though admits the Earth Pony connection is harder to visually recognize).
Evil Is Petty: While undermining Daring is part of her overall goals, she also cuts funding to "useless" Earth Pony studies and wastes a lot of time trying to get Professor Storm Talon fired because to her, he is a filthy chimera.
Politically Incorrect Villain: She has made more than a few disparaging statements about Earth Ponies and those with Earth Pony blood in them (she apparently authored a propaganda booklet called "Earth Pony Magic: Real or Delusions?" under a pseudonym), and calls Professor Storm Talon a filthy chimera to his face. Other fun statements she's made include calling Zebras "Dirt Ponies", Abada "Wannabe Unicorns", Minotaurs "Bipedal Monstrosities", and other sentients like mules, cows and sheep "lesser races".
Tyrant Takes The Helm: Her attempts to reorganize the University were forceful and ham-hoofed.
Villain Team Up: In Temple of Nightmare Moon, one of her subordinates suggests that she consider working with Ambassador Hawkwings to get rid of Professor Storm Talon. Nagridge rejects the idea for all the obvious reasons (they are both racist against each other, Hawkwings is an idiot, has a competent subordinate who would be working against them, and if all goes wrong, Hawkwings could hide behind his Diplomatic Immunity while leaving her out to dry).
0% Approval Rating: From both fans and all but a select few of her subordinates at the University.
Inti
The main villain in Legacy Of Nightmare Moon and one of the few times Ahuizotl wasn't the villain. He is a dragon who sought to capture the power of Nightmare Moon and use it to Take Over the World, starting with Equestria.
An Alicorn Am I: Briefly gains control of Nightmare Moon's Power.
Dangerously Genre Savvy: A lot of his traps have been specifically designed to be Daring-proof, due to hearing about her escapades, and on the off-chance she got involved, he'd have the perfect defense. The only thing he failed to take into account were Daring's friends.
Evil Is Not a Toy: That power rightfully belongs to Nightmare Moon. She does not like others using it...
Fate Worse than Death In the end of the story, Inti is made an example of: rendered immortal wrapped in burning chains made from stars and bound to the sky as a living constellation. Forever.
The dragon cowered, terrified, as the demon advanced upon him. Nightmare Moon smirked. "So, you wish for the power of the evening's heaven, my reptilian friend?" she asked Inti as she trotted over to him. The dragon began shivering as she slowly approached. Nightmare Moon stopped in front of him. She lowered her head to his ear and whispered to him in a voice that only they two could hear, a voice dripping with pure malice and colder than the depths of space itself, "Then you shall have it."
One-Winged Angel: His brief stint with Nightmare Moon's power, when added to his own, gave him gold and silver patterns across his scales, a second pair of wings, and two additional heads.
Power Parasite: Inti tries to take Nightmare Moon's power for himself while she is imprisoned in the Moon. He did not seem to realize that she was still far from helpless, much to his regret.
Rule of Scary: Once the facade of civility comes off, the scenes leading up to the end ride heavily on this.
The Power of the Sun: Has powers of light and can shoot fireballs (moreso than normal dragons).
Commandant Rex
Commandant Rex is the Alpha of the Diamond Dogs in Shrine of the Silver Monkey. Cool and collected, he was working with Ahuizotl to recover the Silver Monkey's treasure as tribute to a dragon warlord. He doesn't like Ahuizotl at all, especially due to his cat minions.
A Father To His Pack: For all Rex's horrible characteristics (cruelty, kidnapping, slaving, smuggling), he does care for his pack, which is why he deals with Ahuizotl directly instead of sending his minions after him.
Badass: Possibly the only evil partner that Ahuizotl couldn't keep in check through fear.
Badass Boast: While Neck Lifting Ahuizotl: "My mistress has ordered me to work with you to find the treasure. Try that again and you'll doing so in a body cast."
Charles Atlas Superpower: He's implied to be as strong as he is because he trains with his dragon overlord.
Combat Pragmatist: The first time Ahuizotl dropped his ham routine and tried to assert dominance over him, Commandant Rex had his elite guards chuck diamond knives at Ahuizotl to throw him off balance for a split-second, which was long enough for Rex to grab him by the throat.
Expy: The way he comports himself, he comes across like some warped combination of Saladin from Princess' Quest VI and MegaBit.
Genius Bruiser: He can dig through the ground like he was swimming through water while giving a lecture on the intricacies of crystal formation.
My Master, Right or Wrong: He was only working with Ahuizotl because his dragon overlord commanded it. Turns out Ahuizotl stole a dragon egg and was using it as a hostage, though Rex was unaware of this.
Neck Lift: He actually pulls this off on Ahuizotl of all creatures. It did ultimately help lead to his ignominious defeat (by forcing Ahuizotl to realize he couldn't underestimate him in the slightest), but it says something about the dude.
Rule of Creepy: The live chicken dinner, complete with a chilled beverage and a table laid out with fresh linen and polished silverware. All while holding up his end of a conversation without missing a beat.
Digg is something of an outcast even among the Diamond Dogs. While ostensibly a different breed (he's at least twice the size of any Diamond Dog that's not Rex), Digg is the most loyal of Rex's minions - problem is, he's like that around anybody.
Made of Iron: Apart from his fair share of Amusing Injuries, there's also the fact that he lacks the Diamond Dogs' major weaknesses, such as chocolate.
Science Marches On: Digg is based on the lesser-known Diamond Dog subgroup of Dig Dogs, a bruiser caste rather than the singular oddity Digg was made out to be. The writers were spot on about the biological differences, though.
Sweet Tooth: Easily bribed by Coco Pie's chocolates, while foreshadowing Rex's eventual downfall.
Inferno
Commandant Rex's dragon overlord in Shrine of the Silver Monkey, she only makes a few brief appearances including a flashback where she burns down a town of innocent ponies in retaliation to their government joining the war effort.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She dispatches Rex to work with Ahuizotl because her egg was kidnapped.
Pride: She doesn't tell Rex about the egg partially because of her fear that Ahuizotl will smash it, but mostly because she was ashamed that even she, a mighty dragon, couldn't keep her egg safe.
You Have Failed Me: The Diamond Dog guards she had guarding her egg were eaten quite messily.
Koloktos
A huge golden statue of a odd bipedal figure found deep within the shrine of the silver monkey. Ahuizotl brought it to life to dispatch Daring Do, but she managed to finish it off.
A Load of Bull: In, "Daring Do and the Redhorn Cult", Koloktos appears once again, but the insane cult rebuilt it with the head of a minotaur. This has caused a stir in the fanbase.
BFS: At one point, it's armed with various giant sharp blades
Easily Detachable Robot Parts: With the use of her whip, Daring managed to take apart the mechanized monstrosity, but not too easily...
Mook Maker: It's able to somehow magically produce winged monkeys.
Blue and Orange Morality: In spite of the fact he's one of the more violent of Daring's enemies, he is not without his own code of morality. The problem is, there isn't a single pony in the series that could understand his code of morality. He does respect bravery, commitment and has an utter hatred for ponies that look down on other races. You can tell he utterly enjoyed offing Nagridge.
A zebra mercenary that Alhuizotl occasionally employs. She appears in The Staff of Starswirl the Bearded, Trials of Unity, and several expanded universe stories.
Princess Celestia has long existed as a character in Equestrian literature, due to her openness about being depicted in fiction. She has long since declared herself a public domain character so permission is not required for anypony to include her in their published works ( Caveat:This is true in Equestrian Law, but other lands and nations may or may not respect this custom — if you reside elsewhere, please double-check your regulations and treaties! ). This has led to a number of unsavorydepictions, but she has stated that she doesn't mind.In the Daring Do series, Princess Celestia has appeared several times, usually rewarding Daring Do and other characters for their heroics, though she has also supplied important pieces of information, usually involving Nightmare Moon. To address why Princess Celestia doesn't solve these world-shattering problems herself, the author states that Celestia is generally very busy with keeping Equestria in order, as well as keeping track of both the Sun and the Moon, so she couldn't very well leave it to help Daring in her adventures. Besides, in Temple of Nightmare Moon, Celestia says that she feels safer knowing Daring is on the job.
Deus Exit Machina: During Legacy of Nightmare Moon, she is forced to use her power to keep the stars aligned to prevent Nightmare Moon's escape.
Princess Exposition: She explains the nature of the ritual to bring about Eternal Night in the Nightmare Moon series.
Royal "We": Used in-story when addressing the populace at large, but the real Celestia had long fallen out of use of this.
Rule of Glamorous: Although in modern literature most authors prefer to write her with casual mannerisms and voice, at the time the series was apparently written it was much more common to overplay the Royal Appearance to make it clear the Princess is above most ponies.
Platinius
Platinius (full title: Deputy Ambassador Platinius) appears in Griffon's Goblet, he is a more rational subordinate to Ambassador Hawkwings.
Ambadassador: In addition to his diplomatic prowess, he also takes on Copperbeak and his ninja minions in claw-to-claw combat and saves Hawkwings' fat ass from Mareton.
Dude, Where's My Respect?: Averts a war between the griffons and ponies but Hawkwings gets the whole thing swept under the rug.
No Name Given: She is referred to as "Beloved" by Zibrahim and "Medicine Mare" by everypony else.
Rule of Romantic: The throne room scene where she is discussing with Chieftan Zibrahim just what they should tell Herpy has been noted as an example of this.
The Medic: Her knowledge of toxins and counter-toxins is extensive. She and Desert Rose have had extensive correspondence, though Desert Rose also doesn't know her name.
Nightmare Moon
While she doesn't physically appear, the Mare in the Moon still plays an important part in driving the plot of a few of the books, particularly the two books in the Nightmare Moon series. She plays a bigger role in Daring Do and the Moon Ponies.
An Alicorn Am I: Her personality in "Daring Do and the Moon Ponies".
Sealed Evil in a Can: Nightmare Moon remains imprisoned in the Moon throughout the series, reflecting the real world situation at the time of the publication of the books.
The Gardener
An earth pony that lives in a lush valley in the Himineighen Mountains. He is very protective of his garden and doesn't allow any other animals in it. When Daring arrives, his garden becomes messed up so he lashes out at her. Ahuizotl was the one who was messing it up, trying to blame Daring.
Amplifier Artifact: Wears a necklace that makes plant life abound and allows him to control its growing beyond the methods posessed by most earth ponies.
Green Thumb: Mostly uses it to grow the plants, but can also use it to stop intruders, as Daring found out.
Really 700 Years Old: Not outright stated, but considering that he remembers planting some trees that are depicted as twenty feet wide and over a thousand years old, one has to wonder...
Super OCD: He likes his garden just so, and can't stand it when others mess with it.
An alicorn with a quill-in-an-inkwell cutie mark who helps Daring out of a tight corner involving Diamond Dogs on Ahuizotl's unicorn serum in Temple of Nightmare Moon.
Action Mare: Holy clopping horseapples, is she ever.
An ancient unicorn sorcerer, Star Swirl makes one appearance in the series proper at the end of Staff of Star Swirl the Bearded to get Daring and Bravado out of a tight spot.
One-Scene Wonder: His sole appearance is as essentially a ghost, hiding within the reassembled Staff, waiting to reward or punish the one to put the blasted thing back together. Having served his one last purpose, he fades away not long after, though not before congratulating Daring and Bravado on a job-well-done.
First introduced in Wooden Mask, Grouchy is Daring's Cool PetTyrannosaurus rex. Okay, maybe not a pet per se, but he and Daring are the best of friends. Their relationship wasn't like this in the beginning - the first time they met involved lots and lots of running - but they eventually grew to like each other after Daring dislodged a bone stuck in his throat. As of the most recent installment, Grouchy happily resides in the dinosaur exhibit of the Royal Canterlot Zoo, but he has been known to escape regularly to help Daring and her friends/family.
Androcles Tyrannosaur: Near the end of The Valley of Grouchy, he swallows Daring whole before he is subdued by the royal guards. Daring discovers a bone stuck in his throat and dislodges it, for which Grouchy is extremely grateful.
Berserk Button: Do NOT insult his intelligence, EVER. The worst mistake you can make in this regard is saying that his brain is the size of a walnut (a T-rex's brain is actually as large as a pony's brain).
Big Damn Heroes: Pretty much guaranteed whenever he's around.
Super Persistent Predator: Played with. During their first meeting in The Valley of Grouchy, Grouchy WAS about to give up on chasing Daring after deciding she wasn't worth the trouble... until she called him a "walnut-brain", causing him to develop a personal grudge against her until the Androcles Tyrannosaur incident discussed above.
Zapapple Tock
Daring's foalhood friend, she is mentioned in Sapphire Stone as having died in college. In Curse of the Yeti, we learn that Daring feels responsible. She is a major character in Valley of the Grouchy and is killed in Ballad Of The Chickerufus.
A pegasus pony who plans to sell not only the use of the Fountain of Youth, but many of Cloudyon's more dangerous artifacts. Daring Do's only antagonist in The Cloud-Held Eternity.
THE primordial Trickster Archetype, this ancient spirit becomes an entity of guidance to Daring (though a bit hard to get used to) in The Mark of the Trickster. According to Buffalo legend, he was the one who stole wisdom from the gods to give to the Buffalo, and is the reason that they can coexist with ponies today. When researching about him while traveling through Buffalo country, Daring learns that he is celebrated in stories dating from before Equestria was built. And as it turns out, all of these stories contain important clues that allow Daring to gain an understanding about Anasazi's true nature, and that he is only one of a whole series of spirit guides that have yet to be discovered...
Buffalo Mythology: This is where most of his aspects are derived from. Daring even learns of them through word of mouth from the buffalo themselves.
Canis Major: Anasazi's true form is a giant, talking, animated Buffalo painting of a coyote.
The Fool: He even refers to himself as such at one point.
A superhero team met by Daring during her attempted Neighponese vacation over spring break, the Ponirangers fight to keep their island homeland safe from the machinations of the Shi-Yajuujin monster horde.
Beware the Nice Ones: Flittersweet doesn't necessarily like to fight, but boy howdy, watch out when she decides she should!
Breakout Character: The sheer popularity of their one appearance in the Young Daring Do series led to Polo House recently announcing that the Ponirangers would be getting their own spinoff comic book series, starting with an Origins Issue.
By the Power of Grayskull!: "Harmony Change!" Often accompanied by a stomp, diagonal across from the right shoulder.
Daring gets the rather simple "Kamen Runner!", though it's more of an invocation here, as the harness is activated by pressing the buckle on her chest.
Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Averted hard; none of the Ponirangers' coat, mane, or even eye colors matches that of their battlesuit. Instead the colors are determined by the Harmony Stones.
Expy: While many fans have noted the similarities between the Ponirangers and many of Daring's pre-established friends, the volume's author/illustrator Ink-n-Paint insists they are based on five of the six real-life Bearers of the Elements of Harmony (hence their being Harmony Sentai), with Daring herself included and written as the sixth. Note
Ink-n-Paint justifies this by pointing out that, as a Young Daring Do book, Daring wouldn't have yet met Tabula Rasa, Outback Jack, or Miss Starlight (who are paralleled with Daybreak, Fuji, and Kimono respectively), so the characters don't yet exist in-story for expies to be made of them.
Farm Boy: Fuji worked on his family's apple orchard before being chosen.
Love Dodecahedron: Daybreak and Kimono both pine after Fuji, who only finds interest in Flittersweet, who finds herself attracted to Daring. This becomes a problem when they go up against an emotion-manipulator on Daring's third day.
Only Works Once: Played with, as Daring's Kamen Runner harness worked whenever she wore it for training, but never survived its first real monster-fight (fought on her last day in Neighpon). Justified, as it was explicitly the prototype and wasn't intended for genuine battle.
Take Up My Sword: Daring asks the team early on about what they did before they came together. Daybreak revealed that she was on the path to becoming a Doctor of Arcane Studies, but had to quit and take up the mantle of PoniRed when her brother was grievously injured in battle. While she understands the responsibility, she had to grow into the role.
The One Guy: Fuji is the only stallion on the team
Token Minority: With unicorns Daybreak and Kimono, and Earth Ponies Fuji and Crumble, Flittersweet is the only pegasus on the team proper, though this is balanced out by Daring joining them while she's on spring break.
Transformation Trinket: The Harmony Bracers, worn on the left front hoof by the main team. Daring's Kamen Runner powers are summoned and controlled by a breastcollar harness-style belt instead.
King Mayhem
The Changeling ruler that appears in "Daring Do and The Return of the Fire of Friendship." He is trying to control the power of the fire, but ultimately fails. He spends much of the story in the form of Lady Dove.
Anti-Villain: Wants the Fire of Friendship to help prevent a famine. Unfortunately, this also means that more changelings will be around to feed parasitically off of the love of other creatures.
A student at the university, Mahavir/Mahiavar (his name changes spelling with different editions) is an eager young Earth stallion with a tendency to land himself in trouble. Only mentioned once in the books, he's given a much greater role in the Expanded Universe.
"Let me guess." Daring groaned. "Mahavir/Mahiavar's in the hospital again, isn't he? He never learns..."
The Smooze
The Smooze is a monster supposedly from a previous iteration of the world who came perilously close to destroying it. Although it was destroyed instead, a piece of it survived in stasis, known as the Amber of the Smooze.
Mind Control: Those not cleansed of the Smooze are taken over by it.
Colt Of Smooze.
A cult of nihilists who seek to end the world by releasing the Smooze.
Beware the Quiet Ones: The Colt Leader was a quiet, unassuming pegasus who also happened to be the greatest demon-binder of the era (and she enforced control not by ritual but by killing other demons and politely insinuating the survivors might be next) and hoof-slew over a dozen dragons.
Freudian Excuse: The Colt of Smooze all include ponies who have suffered greatly. The Colt Leader was abused by a dragon who thought of more and more sadistic tortures for her, and one of her most fanatical followers was traumatized in The Third Griffon-Diamond Dog War.
Never Found the Body: The Colt Leader was unaccounted for during this event, with many readers led to believe she did not suffer in the fate that the rest of the followers did.
Count Vryko Lakas
An earth pony who's an on-again, off-again enemy and on-again, off-again ally of Daring Do. He only appears in the Expanded Universe. His motivations are a mystery to both Daring Do and the readers, and his side changes each Expanded Universe book that he's in. It's heavily implied that he's a vampony. He's also proven himself capable in a fight, holding his own against 3 villains at once.
A demon introduced in the Expanded Universe book The Coronet of Chaos. A demon that existed long before the founding of Equestria, he is a being that is literally Made of Evil, and therefore gains power from misery and chaos. It took all the power of the Alicorn race to stop him, and seal him away inside the eponymous coronet, before he was released from it in his introductory book. He goes out of his way to be as evil as possible, not just because it gives him power, but for the sick thrill it gives him.He is a shapeshifter whose preferred forms are a kind of nightmarish bear creature and a mythological creature known as a "human", a freakish type of mostly hairless half-minotaur half-ape.Kratos' origins were finally revealed in his third appearance. The crown he was sealed in, the eponymous Coronet of Chaos from his first story, was procured by an innocent professor of antiquities, who'd tried it on in jest for his fiance'e. He was subsequently, if subconciously at first, posessed by Krastos. The demon tormented the professor for months on end, alienating and isolating him as he slowly took over his mind and transformed his body, until finally, only Krastos remained.
Averted when he uses the Jade Glue of Xiao Ma to transform into a Minotaur-looking creature. After his transformation, his power multiplies by ten and he razes the entire country of Chineigh to the ground with his newfound powers just because he plain felt like it. The joy of destroying Chineigh gives him just enough power to almost gain the upper hand during his final battle with Daring Do.
Eye Patch Of Power: His bear form sports an eyepatch. No one knows why he has it.
Kick the Dog: His brutal and violent beating of Short Stuff.
Manipulative Bastard: Plays all the characters in his book like a fiddle-and at the end of the book, it's implied that his supposed defeat somehow factored into his plans as well.
That last part is confirmed in his second appearance-he may have been extremely powerful, but the coronet that had sealed him away was actually also keeping him from feeding on misery and chaos, which gives him more power. On top of that, the coronet was protected so that Krastos couldn't even touch it, so he had no way of destroying it. He tricked Daring into thinking the coronet was a Soul Jar as well as the thing he was sealed in, prompting Daring to throw the Coronet into a volcano. Krastos faked his death when the coronet was destroyed, and actually started gaining more power. He makes a point of thanking Daring for giving him his power-gaining abilities back.
Mundane Utility: When he starts to regain power, the first thing he does is make theme music play any time he enters a room.
No Nonsense Nemesis: Does not utilize death traps, but instead tries to kill any opposition as fast as possible.
Sanity Slippage: While still evil, he was much more composed in the past, and didn't go out of his way to be evil. However, he spent so much time sealed in the coronet that when he's released, he's been driven to insanity, which is why he is now so over-the-top with his evil. And his sanity just keeps slipping with every appearance he makes. Notable for still being a very capable manipulator while still being utterly insane.
Xanatos Gambit: It's implied that the events of the two books he's appeared in have all been part of one by him-even Tirac being defeated after Krastos freed him doesn't seem to bother him much, implying that it also somehow factors into his plans.
A angry stallion earth pony that was first introduced in The Coronet of Chaos. He's awfully petty, vowing revenge on whoever wrongs him no matter how minuscule. Daring accidentally eats his muffin in the beginning and he tracks her down throughout the entirety of the book. Towards the climax, he of all ponies pulls a Big Damn Heroes moment towards Krastos distracting him long enough for Daring to complete the ritual to defeat him.
Introduced in the Expanded UniverseStar Quest trilogy, Lieutenant Commander Woof is a Diamond Dog orphan raised by ponies. His warrior's instincts and combat sense saw his rise through the ranks up to a bridge officer on the Equestrian flagship. Unfortunately, he's the butt of numerous jokes in the fandom, due to him being the first in line whenever the bad guys need to establish themselves as a threat.
The Big Guy: Can look Princess Celestia eye-to-eye.
Proud Warrior Race Guy: He was raised with romantic notions of the old Diamond Dog ways, as honorable guardians of the wealth of the underworld and the helpers of Cerberus, before rampant cultural degeneration made them the stereotype they became known for (it should be noted that actual Diamond Dog history isn't well enough known and the Expanded Universe author who wrote him admits he made this characterization up wholesale).
The Woof Effect: For a guy made out to be as powerful as he is, he gets punked a disproportionate number of times.
The Stoic: Daring tries many times trying to get him to lighten up.
Lord Bullrush
Appeared in "Daring Do and the Redhorn Cult". He is the insane and sinister leader of the Redhorn Cult that sacrifices foals to their god. He and the other cult members resurrect and modify Koloktos to make it their weapon of destruction.
Evil Sounds Deep: In the story, he is described as "...having a voice that sounded like the bellowing of ten buffalo".
Large Ham: Is known for shouting long speeches to his cult members. This gives Daring Do a perfect distraction to sneak around their hideout.
Lightning Bruiser: He has proven to be fairly swift and strong in his tussle with Daring Do.
A pony Sky Pirate and ally of Daring Do. While she is on the side of good, she sees nothing wrong with stealing. She leads a group of mostly pegasus fliers called the "Bonny Bombers"
Badass Normal: She's an earth pony rather than a pegasus, but she is still one of the best fliers around
Cool Plane: The Falcon is one of the fastest, most agile planes around
Cut Hex Hoofor A Check: She doesn't just patent her technology and use the money to start charities and employ the poor because she's a wanted criminal the world over. Piracy on the high skies carries stiff penalties, so the best she could hope for is being thrown in jail for the rest of her life and the worst is that she'd be thrown off her skyship... for the rest of her life. Besides, where's the fun in running a business?
A mysterious individual who appeared in Daring Do and the Skull of Ages, who wants the titular skull so that he can use it to enhance his Death Ray. For quite some time, he's seen only on monitors, and then in silhouette and extreme close-ups, meaning descriptions are rather vague until late on. He turns out to be a unicorn whose special talent is the manipulation of light and darkness. With his death ray, he can magnify his power, usurping control of the sun and moon and ruling the world
An Alicorn am I: He thinks that control of the sun and moon will essentially make him divine-level
Yin Yang Bomb: Hinted at by his name. It's kind of true, he can manipulate light and shadow, but not for use in combat except momentarily depriving people of their senses
Marshal Goldstar
A more evolved horse who appeared in Daring Do and the Skull of Ages. He is the second in command of the mysterious Darkling Brighteye. He is one of the people tasked with retrieving the titular skull.
My Species Doth Protest Too Much: Most horses, while smart for the standards of beasts, have no more intelligence than cave ponies. However, some pockets have evolved sapience, and become akin to ponies. Goldstar is one of them.
Even then, he's not very much like most sapient horses, being much more comfortable alone
Politically Incorrect Villain: A variation. As a sapient horse, he considers ponies weak, but does not hate them. Rather, he pities them. This leads to his downfall when he underestimates Bonfire's physical strength
High Priest Whitefrock
The Qilin high priest of Korblion, who is worshipped by the inhabitants of the lost city of Carklio. He and his followers worship an idol which is actually the titular skull in disguise.
Berserk Button: Do not damage any of his books or badmouth his religion
A unicorn from Umbra's Glen that appears in Daring Do and the Obsidian Sentinel. She is the proprietor of the ruins of Midnight Castle and is in mourning over her lover's death when Daring Do and her group encounter her.
Broken Bird: She became very stern and distant after Earth Song's death.
Dark Is Not Evil: Both the ownership of Midnight Castle and the ability to control darkness have been passed down through her family.
Daring Don't/Multron
Appearing in the Mareval Comics Run, Daring Don't was an evilrobotic clone of Daring Do. Created by Alan Moooore because of licensing issues preventing Mareval from using Ahuiztol, Daring Don't's master plan was to take over the world by adding the intellectual capacities of the world's smartest people to its own, allowing it to control the Ark of Infinity, which would grant it unlimited cosmic power.The last time it appears in the series, it is attempting to retrieve a copy of Star Swirl the Bearded's mind, held safe by the Bison Monks of Timbuck Two.After the comic's cancellation, it proceeded to appear several other times in other Mareval works, dropping its Daring Do appearance in favor of a chrome, blockier body and taking the name Multron, and becoming a semi-regular antagonist for Iron Mane.
Beard of Evil: For some unknown reason, this robot has one, even when it stopped using Daring-shaped bodies.
Humongous Mecha: When it summoned the Red Roanin machine to fight Iron Mane.
Opposite-Sex Clone: More like opposite gender robot duplicate, as it identifies itself as male, but as a robot it doesn't technically have a biological sex.
Organ Theft: During the Daring Do run, this was its primary goal, focusing on brains.
Daring Do and the Bauble of Mystery Exclusive Characters
Dr. Egghead
The main villain of The Bauble of Mystery, he steals the item in question to power his death machine and it's up to you to get it back! He tends to control his minions by sealing them in magical armor suits and possesses a particular hatred of hedgehogs.
Dark Do
An evil shadow version of Daring Do. It was created by the real villain and final boss, Ahuizotl!
, Daring Don't was an evil robotic clone of Daring Do. Created by Alan Moooore because of licensing issues preventing Mareval from using Ahuiztol, Daring Don't's master plan was to take over the world by adding the intellectual capacities of the world's smartest people to its own, allowing it to control the Ark of Infinity, which would grant it unlimited cosmic power.The last time it appears in the series, it is attempting to retrieve a copy of Star Swirl the Bearded's mind, held safe by the Bison Monks of Timbuck Two.After the comic's cancellation, it proceeded to appear several other times in other Mareval works, dropping its Daring Do appearance in favor of a chrome, blockier body and taking the name Multron, and becoming a semi-regular antagonist for Iron Mane.