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Beldrobbaen Clan Symbol
One of the Nine Great Clans (and the fourth to come to power after the Sharen, Sullisin'rune and Illhar'dro), the Beldrobbaen have a very traditional view. Unfortunately, this is part of what's killing them, as their refusal to adopt new members or mate with anyone who is not of Val status (combined with the loss of an entire generation of girls in a demon attack) has meant that their numbers are severely diminished. They make up one of the four "Great Clans" of the Council of Nine.
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General
- Animal Motifs: Spiders, symbolizing their habit of waiting patiently.
- Blue Blood: They have a very old aristocratic bloodline that dates back to the Moons Age, but their attempts to keep it this way is largely responsible for their current state. This trope is also the reason why all members, even subhouse members, are automatically Vals.
- Cornered Rattlesnake: As of the Timeskip, they are fighting alongside the Sharen against the rebel clans. While they are clearly losing at this point and nearing their demise, they still manage to cause the rebel clans a significant amount of trouble by taking very desperate measures. In fact, the Beldrobbaen were the main reason the Sarghress were stuck in a bloody deadlock for so long, in spite of their increasing numerical advantage. It isn't until the Beldrobbaen pull out and the Sarghress launch a major sneak attack that the Sarghress finally start making significant progress in the war.
- Dark Is Not Evil: They dress in all black and revere the darkness... but they are no better or worse on average than the other Val clans.
- Despair Event Horizon:
- The massacre of a generation of girls at Orthorbbae caused many members to cross it.
- When all of Chel, including the Beldrobbaen, are briefly subjected to Mass Hypnosis, the Beldrobbaen take it particularly badly, with most of the clan falling ill and making excuses to remain in their rooms. And then it's revealed that at least one devess, and probably a lot more, have been infected with the Jaal'darya's parasitic flower...
- Hair Color Dissonance: Most Beldrobbaen members canonically have black hair, but chapter 48, which focuses on them, renders it a very dark navy blue instead on some members, apparently to give some visual variation since just about everything in the Beldrobbaen fortress is a shade of pure black and doing the same with their hair would render entire pages virtually monotone.
- Kick the Dog: After the timeskip, they're one of the clans behind the Penal Colony of Dari'yako, a place described as being hellish.
- Lawful Neutral: Their general strategy and clan philosophy is to wait, like a spider, and not involve themselves in outside disputes unless necessary .
- No OSHA Compliance: Their fortress is actually on the ceiling of Chel's main cavern, does not have glass in many of the windows, and has multiple golem elevators without handrails. Predictably, during Chapter 41 several characters either get close to or actually fall off to their deaths.
- And then quite a few more in chapter 48, due to the citywide People Puppets event depicted in the previous chapter- a number of the helpless, puppeted Beldrobbaen fell while mindless and controlled by a powerful demon and its host, a hard blow to an already small clan.
- Pride: The Beldrobbaen are a Blue Blood clan and look down on the commoners. While they have long served as de facto vassals to the Sharen clan, Diva'ratrika and Sarv'swati had the sense to treat them as if they were equal allies. When Snadhya'rune threatens the world with a Poison and Cure Gambit, the Beldrobbaen refuse to kneel to her out of principle.
- Proud Scholar Race: They have an entire house of males devoted to scholarly pursuits.
- The Purge: During the Nidraa'chal War, after a tainted slave attempted to kill a Val Waes'soloth personally killed every last slave and servant
. - The Remnant: They're one of the oldest clans in Chel, and home to at least one Dark Elf, the ancient ex-Imperial Guard Thalestris.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: They willingly allied with the Sharen in the District War in order to eliminate the Sarghress and maintain their traditional power. But their numbers had already been dwindling, and the war gradually turned in the Sarghress clan's favor, causing Wae'soloth to desire an excuse to pull out. In chapter 41, after the assassination of Diva's body double by Kiel, Waes pulls back the Beld troops from the warzone, and rumors start that their alliance with the Sharen is on its last legs.
- Slobs Versus Snobs: Somewhat on the snobbish side of the scale as they pointedly refuse to mate with non-Vals and do not adopt commoners. Despite this the clan seemed to be on the side of reasonable authority compared to other Val clans, at least prior to the Timeskip. After the timeskip, however, they have been working with the Sharen and Black Sun to enslave much of Chel's populace in a desperate bid to retain control over the empire, and are one of the clans behind the Penal Colony of Dariya'ko.
- Vestigial Empire: The Beldrobbaen are descendants from what was once a powerful Dark Elven sub-race from the continent of Phariasta, which is also where the Balvhakara clan originated. For several centuries the Beldrobbaen were second only to the Sharen in terms of power within Chel. Unfortunately, their numbers took a big hit during the Orthorbbae massacre and entire houses have died out. Add to this the fact that it's traditional to turn the father of a child into a Drider in order to serve as their protector, in the process making that male unable to sire more children, and you have a recipe for disaster even after the Belds have largely curtailed this practice.
Waes'soloth
Waes'soloth Val'Beldrobbaen
The powerful and mysterious Ill'haress of the Beldrobbaen, Waes'soloth is described as being the only thing holding the declining Beldrobbaen clan together.
- Berserk Button: A mild example, but she expresses an extreme dislike for the Jaal'darya on several occasions, even in a context where they wouldn't otherwise come up. Then there's what she did to their ambassador... In chapter 48 she puts it aside enough to ask them for help to combat the parasitic flower.
- Casting a Shadow: While the exact details have not been explained, she appears to specialize in a form of shadow sorcery that allows her to manifest Combat Tentacles and vanish.
- Curtains Match the Window: Probably natural, since Waes is most likely a second generation drow.
- Despair Event Horizon: Thalestris believes Waes crossed it a long time ago."Our leader is good at brooding, wallowing in self-pity and inaction. Leaving the hard decisions for others to make."
- Face Palm: Her response to a Shipper on Deck's attempts to get her and the Beldrobbaen headmaster to have babies.
- Goth: As per family values.
- I Never Said It Was Poison: In chapter 48 while interrogating a possible traitor, said traitor states that her family locked themselves away due to the poison. Which draws Waes's suspicion, since she had not yet had the chance to officially report to said family that the Belds may have been poisoned.
- Kick Them While They Are Down: Nin'dil's sanity has been in long decline due to the deaths of family members. After the entire clan experiences a traumatic incident, she completely loses it and blames their deaths on Waes. She proceeds to attack Waes with a decorative sword and gets stabbed by Waes's shadows. While Nin'dil starts sobbing in denial over a Beldrobbaen corpse, Waes finishes her off.
- Knight Templar Parent: See below.
- Mama Bear: Single-handedly killed every slave in the fortress after a tainted slave went after one of the children.
- Married to the Job: When Ischa plays the role of Shipper on Deck, urging Waes to add to the clan's list of births, Waes responds that she has had too many losses and the clan is her child.
- Mind Rape: Whatever she did to Laan's sixth-born. Waes described it as the poor girl's mind "[failing] the challenge of her own guilt and collapsing under the weight of her regrets."
- Modest Royalty: Considering her status and compared to the other Ill'haresses Waes dresses pretty plainly, though her lack of ornamentation may be as much a statement as their inclusion on others' clothes. Another explanation could be that she dresses modestly because it's rude to stand out or wear bright colors in Beldrobbaen culture, as Naal'suul explained to Kiel'ndia.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Apparently her spider "legs" are actually shadows.
- Murder Is the Best Solution: One tainted slave tried to kill a Val, so her response was to kill all of them, regardless of whether they were tainted or not. According to the clan podcast this was an unpopular decision among the other clan members as it led to an over-reliance on golems and some of the nobles having to do their servants' former duties themselves, leading several of them to believe that Waes has snapped. In chapter 48 she noticeably averts this, first by simply throwing out the servants instead of killing them all like last time, then prevents Verthandi from being murdered by her clanmates and finally does not kill Laan's sixth-born even though the girl fully expects it.
- No Indoor Voice: As can be inferred from her speech bubbles, she speaks in a loud, echoing voice.
- Person of Mass Destruction: According to
Word of God, Waes'soloth is old enough and powerful enough that, if she went all out and had nothing to lose, she could take out an entire army, not to mention that she has canonically killed hundreds of slaves by herself. - Rich Bitch: Despite her Modest Royalty status, Waes clearly has some class issues demonstrated by her callous disregard for the lives of her servants (up to and including murdering all of them after a tainted one tried to kill a Val) to the point that everyone is genuinely shocked when she prevents another Beldrobbaen from striking a servant.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: As tension boil over in the clan she simply leaves, unable to deal with it anymore and escapes to the roof outside.
- Shout-Out: What she does to the unnamed sixth born of Laan's house is eerily similar to what Yami Yugi does to various antagonists in the animated series.
- Spanner in the Works: After the timeskip, she orders that the death of Diva'ratrika's double be announced very publicly, implying that she intends to bust the deception wide open on Sarv'swati, and begins to pull back their troops from the war zone. There's also a heavy implication that she was waiting for an opportunity like this in order to do it, since an earlier conversation with Naal indicated that she had her suspicions about whether Diva was still alive.
- The Stoic: When Kharla'ggen's Phlebotinum Overload results in all of her fellow Beldrobbaen being made into mind controlled puppets trying to kill her, she seals herself into her room and enters a daily routine in solemn indifference.
Naal'suul
Naal'suul Val'Beldrobbaen
Waes'soloth's daughter and heir who was the only person to survive the massacre at Orthobbae-albeit heavily tainted. She is a former member of Chry'stel's Girl Posse at Orthorbbae and Kiel'ndia's best friend. Naal'suul is often the voice of reason among her friends.
- Ambiguous Situation: Just how much of Naal is left after her possession? It's really not clear. And in chapter 47 the "Kiel" that Kiel hears right before Naal falls away with Kharla might be from Naal or it might not be. Even Word of God is ambiguous on it.
- The variable approach to How Do I Demon? doesn't help. Some things (like possess and take over) she does on auto, others... she draws a massive blank. Like some of the basics of demon physiology. If that's the right word.
- And Then John Was a Zombie: And, suddenly, her seed does what seeds generally do.
- Barbie Doll Anatomy: Inconsistently. After the Time Skip, her clothes have long worn away, leaving her chest quite exposed. Sometimes the art shows nipples, other times, it does not. Mostly seems to be related to how far away she is from the "camera" at the time, as close ups tend to feature them while further shots do not, mostly because her areola seem to be the same shade as her skin
- Body of Bodies: After succumbing to Demonic Possession, she starts to build herself a bigger body by assimilating the corpses in the room, only getting bigger as Kiel feeds her more dead bodies.
- Big Damn Heroes: In chapter 47 she starts devouring Kharla'ggen just as Kharla'ggen's Phlebotinum Overload was starting to People Puppet Kiel. She does it again when Sha'sana is going after Kiel who is busy trying to keep Nau from falling.
- Body Horror: what the glutton demon turned her body into.
- Break the Cutie: pre-broken, though we do see flashbacks of before.
- Catchphrase: To Kiel: "You're weird." Eventually turned into something of a compliment.
- Cuteness Proximity: Has this effect on Kharla of all people.
- Deadpan Snarker: She makes the same sort of comments she did before her tainting, but due being an Emotionless Girl now she does it with a deadpan expression.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Dyes her hair black, dresses in all black, specializes in shadow sorcery, comes from a Clan that reveres darkness, and is the closest to what humans would consider good or moral.
- Demonic Possession: Was accidentally tainted when a teacher's seed at Orthorbbae, and is at risk for this due to being tainted to the core. It does take her over eventually. After the death of her original body and a Split-Personality Merge, she herself considers stealing the body of a dying man. She manages to resist, but when she comes upon Iliva'fay, a dying Sullisin'rune spy, she has a moment of weakness, gives in to her demonic impulse to feed, and possesses her.
- Determinator: The fact that she's kept her seed at bay for as long as she has is seen as evidence of this in universe, as is the fact that even once it takes her over she retains at least some control after the 15 year timeskip, and Word of God and what happens to Sabbror later confirm that those who manage to resist have a higher chance of retaining some of their personality once their seed takes over. And when she possesses a dying woman and is brought to the brink of dying with her host, her determination to see her friends and family and remember who she is gives her the drive to survive.
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: She eats Kharla.
- Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: At terrible cost to herself, as the Demon God/Kharla starts attacking her, and ends up making both of them fall to their deaths.
- Elegant Gothic Lolita: Many of her clothes, especially when she was younger, and one sketch◊ of a young Naal describes her as "doll-like".
- Emotionless Girl: Somewhat, since she does show emotion, just comparatively little of it.
- Fan Disservice: After the Time Skip, the part of her body that remains elvish is attractive and unclothed, but the rest of it is Body Horror. And after she takes over the body of Iliva'fay she keeps the Cleavage Window the latter had on her dress, but with a second mouth over a vicious belly wound that sprouts teeth and has a mind of its own.
- Identity Amnesia: After her physical body is destroyed, her demonic spirit recovers sapience, but unsurprisingly has trouble remembering who it was.
- Kill the Cutie: It wasn't exactly unexpected, but the manner and timing were still a surprise.
- Happens again in chapter 47, though her demonic spirit survives.
- Loss of Identity: Demon Naal gets depressed upon realizing that she is basically the glutton demon with Naal's memories and questions whether she does in fact count as Naal.
- Mind Hive: Her demon form becomes part of Kiel'ndia, causing her to manifest as one of Kiel'ndia's demon princesses.
- Man Bites Man: In the midst of possessing Iliva'fay's body, a couple of looters try to salvage what they can from the corpse, only for her to take a chunk out of the wrist of one who got too close.
- Mind Rape: What being tainted did to her.
- Monster Modesty: Despite being topless around Kiel with no apparent discomfort, when Nau'kheol sees her covers her chest.
- Mugging the Monster: Iliva'fay, a Sullisin'rune spy, gets stabbed and left to die. Two men attempt to loot her, only for Naal to possess her dying body and attack.
- Not So Stoic:
One of the most powerful moments in the series thus far and unquestionably a Tear Jerker. - Not Quite Dead: at least something of Naal's original consciousness still exists, judging by the fact that she didn't eat Kiel, and Khaless confirms this in Chapter 39. And when even when her physical body is destroyed, her demonic spirit revives.
- Odd Friendship: With Kiel, and while her mother doesn't exactly seem to disapprove, she doesn't exactly seem to approve either.
- Perky Goth: Originally.
- Split-Personality Merge: She is ultimately consumed by the demon, but it retains some traces of her identity. And after her physical body is destroyed, the demon assimilates Naal's sapience and memories.
- They Killed Kenny Again: She's the most killed character in Drowtales, yet she keeps coming back.. sorta.
- Too Many Belts: They help her feel secure. And yes, the fandom ran with this.
- Transformation of the Possessed:
- After Naal loses to her demon seed, the glutton demon's form manifests below her torso, replacing her legs.
- When Naal, as an ethereal demon, possesses Iliva'fay's dying body, Iliva'fay's white hair become's Naal's black, and the mortal wound in her belly that doomed Iliva'fay to die becomes the glutton demon's mouth.
- Your Days Are Numbered: Knows that her seed could overpower her any day now and now it has.
- Why Am I Ticking?: When her seed overpowers her, it will result in a rampaging demon that could pose a serious threat to anyone in the vicinity of her at the time as Sate'ja found out the hard way.
Khal'harror
Khal'harror Val'Beldrobbaen
A son of Waes'soloth and Naal'suul's younger brother. Unusually for members of his clan he has a rather upbeat personality. Is very interested in re-animating corpses and is rarely seen without Bob, his undead chicken of doom. After the timeskip, he's the drummer for Kyo'nne's band.
- All Drummers Are Animals: As part of Kyo'nne's band. While not too much on the "animal" side he's definitely on the odd side, especially for his clan.
- Dragged into Drag: Along with Nau'kheol.
- Easily Forgiven: After the timeskip Ariel gets along well enough with him, which is odd since he was in on the attempt to kill her at Orthorbbae when she was younger. Possibly because by then it's been the better part of 20 years.
- Girlish Pigtails: Gets these when he gets Dragged into Drag.
- Insufferable Genius: Already had some of this as a child, but it fully manifests after the timeskip, culminating in Ariel and Kyo'nne simultaneously telling him to shut up.
- Necromantic: He tells Naal that he'll bring her back as a golem when she dies, she tells him not to bother. He does make a "Naal 2" to try and cheer up his mom, with predictable results.
- Nightmare Fetishist: Likes bones and bodies just a bit too much... this leads to a Funny Background Event where he can be seen inspecting a dead body to see if it's suitable for golem making.
- Perky Goth: Compared to the rest of his clan, though Naal was very similar to him pre-tainting.
- Punny Name: His name is based on the French exclamation "Quel Horreur!" which means "The Horror!"
Hile'wen
Hile'wen Val'Beldrobbaen
- Number Two: Evidently serves this role to Waes'soloth, as she sits with her during the Council Meeting and reports to her after Kharla's Mass Hypnosis event.
Nin'diil*
Nin'diil Val'Beldrobbaennote
An emotionally unstable Beldorbbaen first appearing in chapter 48. Her concept art can be found here
◊.- Ax-Crazy: While it's suggested she was never the most stable person, the whole People Puppets incident clearly sent her over the edge to the point of going after Waes with a (blunt) sword.
- Five Stages of Grief: Appears to be solidly fixed on the "Denial" stage.
- Limp and Livid: During her attempt on Waes'soloth's life, her posture is very loose and her off-hand arm just hangs eerily off to her side.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Apparently her tainting was willing, something that's bound not to have gone over well with Waes.
- Saved from Development Hell: Her first "official" appearance was back in 2002 as an entry on the Beldrobbaen clan page, but she was never used in the story proper.
Tlu'rath
Tlu'rath Beldrobbaen
A member of Diva'ratrika's Imperial Guard and one of the few members left who knew of the three Sharen sisters' coup and was present when Sil'lice was framed for an attempt on Diva'ratrika's life and sent into exile. He is also a drider.
- Honorary Aunt: Specifically, an Honorary Grey. During the "Dutan'vir Path" side-story, Mikilu seems to think of him as this as evidenced by her statement belownote :Tlu'rath: "Sometimes I'd see so many grey faces in these halls, I'd think that I was a grey myself!"
Mikilu: " You are a grey, old friend." - Horrible Judge of Character: Completely averted. Unlike Diva'ratrika who thought her two eldest daughters were the most capable of ruling the Sharen when she was gone, Tlu'rath believed that Sil'lice was the best candidate of all five daughters, with Zala'ess as a second option. The story seems to agree with him.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: Tells Sarv'swati to surrender to save those that yet live and later watches somberly as the Sarghress wolves pass him by.
- Old Soldier: Despite being old and looking it, he has kept his position within the Imperial Guards for the last thirty years without change.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Delivers one to Sarvs'wati in Chapter 44 during her Last Stand. The effect is that she tries (but fails) to kill him.
Naika*
Naika Val'Beldrobbaen*note
A Beldrobbaen sniper serving in the homefront during Chapter 41. Her concept art can be found here
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- Braids of Action: Tied into a figure-eight pattern.
- Rhymes on a Dime: She likes to sing and rhyme.
Nemea*
Nemea'tari Delbara Beldrobbaen*note
A Beldrobbaen sealer serving in the Imperial Guard during the events of Chapter 41. Her concept art can be found here
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- The Dark Arts: All sealers have at least a basic grasp of nether summoning.
- Heart Warming Orphan: Despite her stoic personality, she has a soft-spot for orphans.
Odelia*
Odelia'sigismondo Shessembrae Val'Beldrobbaen*note
The warmaster and chief military officer of the Beldrobbaen clan. She commands the forces attempting to stop Kiel from escaping after her assassination, during Chapter 41. Her concept art can be found here
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- Colonel Badass: Takes out a golem single-handily after it had already rampaged through several lines of defense.
- Eyepatch of Power: She wears an eye patch during patrol and a Glass Eye more formal occasions.
- Neat Freak: Her concept art describes her as being obsessed with cleanliness.
- Overly Long Name: The legacy of a complex series of adoptions, it's the reason why most people just call her Odelia for short.
- Psychotic Smirk: She gives a textbook example when she stops Kiel's golem.
- You Shall Not Pass!: Attempted. Kiel still gets away, but she does manage to stop the golem.
Sarai*
Sarai Shessembrae Val'Beldrobbaen*note
A Beldrobbaen serving as an Overseer in the Imperial Guard during the events of Chapter 41. Reappears at Snadhya's gathering in Felde during Chapter 44. Her concept art can be found here
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- Closet Geek: She's a secret Fangirl of Kyo'nne.
- Dwindling Party: She solemnly notes Rann's death as yet another fellow guard gone.
- Summon Magic: She's trained as a traditional summoner.
Verthandi*
Verthandi Val'Beldrobbaen*note
An ambassador of the Beldrobbaen clan who assists Kiel in assassinating the false empress. More information can be found here and here.
- Bad with the Bone: Her elemental affinity is a bone based high art. She later uses it to patch Waes's arm after it gets damaged by a maddened Beldrobbaen.
- Conflicting Loyalty: She works for Snadhya'rune and the Nidraa'chal, but unlike most of them still has the best interests of her clan in mind. In the final chapter of Moonless Age, she betrays the Nidraa'chal agents defending the Imperial Dome to the clans attacking Snadhya'rune.
- In the Hood: Like all Belds, she wears a head veil.
- The Mole: She is an agent of the Nidraa'chal. Nevertheless, she still has her clan's best interests at heart, and doesn't entirely trust Snadhya'rune.
- Not Me This Time: While she was in fact responsible for letting Kiel'ndia into the fortress to murder Fake!Diva and attended the Felde conference, she's not behind the spreading of the parasitic flower. Unfortunately her kinsmen don't believe her and nearly cut out her tongue before Waes intervenes.
- The Resenter: Angrily mutters to herself that no one would tell her mother Thalestris to stay out of trouble the way she was just told by a guard. It's likely Snadhya'rune played off this to get Verthandi on her side.
- Shoulders of Doom: She has some impressive shoulders on her outfit.
- Spanner in the Works: Towards the Sharen, or at least the ones who aren't Snadhya'rune.
- Traumatic Haircut: In Chapter 48, when some of her kin decide she's responsible for the parasitic flower infection in the fortress and forcibly cut off her hair to shame her.
- Treacherous Advisor: Well, ambassador technically, but close enough. And yet in Chapter 48 she tells Waes the truth about the parasitic flower and tries to convince Waes to pledge loyalty to Snadhya to save the clan. Waes finally relents, but gets around this by sending some of the infected to Snadhya as a metaphorical middle-finger, knowing that Snadhya doesn't have a cure for her own plague on hand or the means to create it fast enough.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Combined with Deal with the Devil, since she says her main concern is the continued survival of the Beldrobbaen under Snadhya's rule if she wins. The Beldrobbaen clan has been in long decline, especially since they have allied with the Sharen in a losing war against the Sarghress. As such, even though she does not trust Snadhya'rune at all, she believes that allying with the Nidraa'chal is the best hope for her clan's survival.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: According to concept art, she hates tiktikkis, seeing them as filthy animals that eat garbage.
Vierraena*
Vierraena Beldrobbaen*note
A tainted resident of the Beldrobbaen fortress during the events of Chapter 41. She is tasked by Verthandi with informing Waes'soloth of the assassination. Her concept art can be found here
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- Fluffy the Terrible: Her seed's actual name is Mr. Fluffy.
- Irrational Hatred: She utterly despises Kyo'nne and anything else that is too happy.
Yaz'hazelaar*
Yaz'hazelaar Shessembrae Val'Beldrobbaen*note
A stern Beldrobbaen soldier serving on the homefront during Chapter 41.- Curtains Match the Window
- Friend or Foe?: Challenges Kiel upon her entry, and never trusts her. For good reason.
- In the Hood
- Knight in Sour Armor
- You Need to Get Laid: Kiel suggests it might swipe the "grumpy look" off his face.
Thalestris*
Thalestris Azaeloth Val'Beldrobbaen*note
An incredibly ancient Dark Elf and former Imperial Guard, she's also Verthandi's mother. She is the Dev'ess of the Azaeloth House. First appearing Chapter 48, her concept art can be found here
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- Elderly Immortal: Looks noticeably aged even compared to Diva'ratrika, and is at least as old as Diva if not older.
- The Fundamentalist: Very old, and very set in her ways.
- Eyes Always Shut: Her eyes are usually closed. Even when they are open, she has a pronounced squint, and her pupils appear whited over, suggesting cataracts.
- Kill It with Fire: Her suggestions on how to deal with the parasitic flower all involve this.
- Older Is Better: Her entire philosophy, to her daughter's chagrin.
- Unusual Ears: They're absolutely massive compared to the other fae around her, matched only by Lioshi. At one point the artists had to go back into a page and edit them to be bigger.
Naubol'oth
Naubol'oth Val'Beldrobbaen
The Beldrobbaen Headmaster in the "legs" or Orthorbbae (male section). He's also the father of Suna'madhuri, Zala'ess' youngest daughter. Her returns to the Beldrobbaen fortress in chapter 48.
- Badass Bookworm: As an academic at Orthorbbae, but proves pretty competent when he scales the wall of the Beldrobbaen fortress to check on a family that has not answered their summons.
- Chosen Conception Partner: For Zala'ess, who likely selected him for his ancient bloodline and shadow sorcery to father her daughter Suna'madhuri.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: When Kel'noz informs the other headmasters of Ariel's true sex he expresses concern about it but ultimately stays neutral, but warns Kel'noz Ariel will likely die early (which does indeed almost happen). Also displayed when he returns in chapter 48 and tries to reason with Waes over her throwing out of the servants.
- Wall Crawl: Does with with the aid of mana gauntlets.
Laan's Sixth Born
Laan's Sixth Born
An as yet unnamed child of a Beldrobbaen devess.- Boomerang Bigot: She absolutely loathes her clan for its Goth culture and deeply wishes she had been born Sharen like her father. And yet her Motive Rant oozes teen angst.
- Chekhov's Gunman: She makes a very obscure cameo all the way back in chapter 5, but doesn't become relevant until chapter 48.
- Fate Worse than Death: After losing to Waes in battle, she asked if Waes was going to kill her, and was utterly terrified when Waes said "no" then proceeds to do something that leaves her a broken, empty shell, unable to move or speak on her own. Fans dub this "the mind crush."
- Genocide from the Inside: Attempts this in chapter 48 by infecting her clan with a madness-inducing poison.
- Hoist by Her Own Petard: While attempting to poison Waes, she accidentally spills some of the poison upon herself.
- Making a Splash: She has access to water sorcery, which she later uses in combination with an extremely deadly poison to combat Waes.
- Mask of Sanity: She has been withholding her baggage for a long time. While she acts rather suspicious, it isn't until Waes finally catches her as a traitor that she lets it all out, Broken Smile and all.
- The Mole: Implied to be one for Snadhya'rune.
- Saying Too Much: She states that her mother closed the subhouse's gates to keep out the poison, despite the fact Waes had only just learned about it from Verthandi and had not yet sent that subhouse an official warning that the clan may have been poisoned.
- Tampering with Food and Drink: She enters the kitchens and poisons her clan's food supply with the pollen of a madness inducing flower.
- You're Insane!: When she starts indulging in her Motive Rant, one Beld says she's sick.
Ischa*
Ischa Beldrobbaen*note
A devoted female attendant and guardian of Waes'soloth. Appears in Chapters 48 and 50. Her concept art can be found here
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- Curtains Match the Window: Though the Curtains are dyed as she is a Third-Generation.
- Extra-ore-dinary: Possesses a metal affinity.
- Dual Wielding
- Fashionable Asymmetry: Her outfit has a flap on one shoulder
- Perky Goth: So, so much... To the point of having sparkles around her.
- Running Gag: Really, really wants Waes to get hooked up, see below.
- Shipper on Deck: Ships Waes'soloth furiously, to the point where the venerable Ill'haress can only Face Palm at it all.
- Textile Work Is Feminine
- This Is No Time for Knitting: Loves to knit, to the point of occasionally going overboard with it.
- Tragic Keepsake: She made a suit of leather armor out of her dead pet spider, Floofy.
San'dellora*
San'dellora Dizen'ralith Val'Beldrobbaen*note
A female ambassador for the clan. First appears in Chapter 48.
- Beleaguered Assistant: Rather exasperated when informing Waes that the various House heads have refused the summons for increasingly inane reasons... such as being too busy cooking potatoes.
- Induced Hypochondria: A result of the clan's poisoning with a plague. It's eventually revealed she was never truly infected.
- Long Hair Is Feminine
- Savage Piercings: Sports a number of them in her lips.
Sol'iania*
Sol'iania Azaeloth Val'Beldrobbaen*note
A female guardian of Waes'soloth and Manoj's mate. First appears in Chapter 48.
- Braids of Action
- My God, What Have I Done?: Seems to have taken her loss of control during the Puppeteer incident very hard.
- Super Window Jump: When all other options fail, she uses this to break into Waes'soloth's room and notify her the danger has passed.
- Sympathy for the Devil: When Nid'diil lies mortally wounded at her feet after a crazed and ineffective assassination attempt against Waes'soloth, she simply expresses pity for what has become of her.
Manoj*
Manoj Beldrobbaen*note
A Beldrobbaen guard and Sol'iania's mate. First appears in Chapter 48.
- Blue Blood
- Dude, Not Funny!: Invokes this response from Ischa when he makes a derisive joke regarding the lower castes.
- The Jeeves: Seems to serve as an aide to Waes'soloth and acts as an intermediary to the various houses in the clan. In that capacity, he's rather level-headed and quite polite. However...
- Slobs Versus Snobs: He also shows a rather callous disdain for the common caste, comparing them to fish waiting to be fed crumbs.
Banja'pyrex*
Banja'pyrex Beldrobbaen*note
A female Beldrobbaen Drider that remains in service to the Sharen Alliance, as of Chapter 50. Her concept art can be found here
◊.- Battle Trophy: As noted in her concept art, she's fond of collecting helmets.
- Casting a Shadow: Her affinity, as is common among the Beldrobbaen.
- Friend to All Children
- Motherly Side Plait
- Spider People
