History Characters / Exiern

* TheWisePrince: Is considered this in Barbarian culture. He's a surprisingly progressive barbarian chieftain.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Played with. [[DependingOnTheArtist Especially in the strips done by Shipeng Lee]], Tiffany has a truly magnificient golden mane... but her character is complex, to say the least. She is shown to be a good person at heart as she cares for Peonie and especially Denver, repents his/her past misdeeds and [[HeelRealization comes to realize]] that she mistreated Teresa for little reason but basic jealousy and spite. But she is still moody, volatile and at times violent, has a tongue like a dagger, and it's definitely not a good idea to end up as her target in battle, as she is shown to kill an enemy witch -- a human woman -- with little hesitation, earning her a reprimand from King Urtica for this (though it might have been partially down to the matter of leaving no captives to question later).

Shown in the earlier parts of the story as an AlwaysChaoticEvil character who just lives to make things as awkward for others as possible. Unusually for such characters, Faden is drawn as a youngish man of about 30 as opposed to the stereotypical aged wizard, however he is effectively immortal and just wont stay dead. [[Spoiler:However, later on the flashback strips show, among other things, his backstory, which turns out quite a bit more complicated. It appears that his slide into blatant evilness and insanity was a result of an error in a spell he has cast upon himself, as he was noble -- and a friend to King Urtica -- originally.]]

* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: This comes into play greatly as a side effect of his curse. When he finally accepts that he's been turned into a woman, the curse causes him to better fit his view on what a woman is supposed to be. Due to his sexist nature, this has some impressive physical and mental side effects, causing him to lose height, muscle mass, exaggerate his figure, grow his hair, and make his much more prone to crying. Thankfully, he's back to normal after some EpiphanyTherapy.
** However there's some hints that Tiffany's current mental or emotional state may still have some effect on his appearance; He becomes notably more ripped when preparing to fight [[spoiler: his brother]], while a few strips later his features and figure soften after [[spoiler: his borother's partner]] enters in an (unnecessary) effort to break up the fight.

An AlwaysChaoticEvil character who just lives to make things as awkward for others as possible. Unusually for such characters, Faden is drawn as a youngish man of about 30 as opposed to the stereotypical aged wizard, however he is effectively immortal and just wont stay dead.

* ClosetKey: [[spoiler: Retroactive, set up on [[http://www.exiern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Exiern-2013-09-05-06.jpg this]] page and confirmed by the author [[http://www.exiern.com/2013/11/28/on-sexuality-and-cop-outs/ here]]. Played with in that Denver is certainly straight, while Tiffany didn't meet him until ''after'' being affected by the GenderBender curse.]]

* ArmoredClosetGay: Hinted at in [[http://www.exiern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Exiern-2013-09-05-06.jpg this]] two-page spread, and confirmed by the author [[http://www.exiern.com/2013/11/28/on-sexuality-and-cop-outs/ here]]. Also confirmed by an attempt to flirt with a male cook.

* CantHoldHerLiquor: After her [[GenderBender transformation to a woman]], Tiff discovers it now [[http://www.exiern.com/?p=48 only takes two drinks]] to get her really drunk. She doesn't see this as a bad thing though since [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl she likes being drunk]] and this means she can do it more quickly.

* DoNotCallMePaul: Has started to insist people pronounce his name as [[http://www.exiern.com/2015/01/20/words/comment-page-1/#comment-125613 Typhan-Knee and not Tiffany]].

* MoneyFetish: When Typh saw a huge pile of gold promised her as future payment for being Peonie's bodyguard for a year, he claims to have felt an orgasm, and is later seen rolling in it in pure orgasmic ecstasy.

** OhCrap: This comes back to bite him hard when [[spoiler: Theresa is silenced by her order, then when trying to communicate with Typhan-Knee through finger-writing, instead gets mistaken for making runes in the air because Tyhpan-Knee NeverLearnedToRead. Once Typh realizes Theresa badly needed his help instead, he feels guilty about not realizing this sooner--which is when afterwards, Theresa needed the King to do ''her'' a favor.]]

Peonie knows that she's supposed to be the love interest in the story, and teases Tifanny about it once in a while. A frequent holder of the DistressBall.

* TookALevelInBadass: [[http://www.exiern.com/2016/11/22/darkest-before-the-dawn/ The Peonie we meet at the beginning is not the battle-hardened warrior princess we see unflappably staring down a dragon-woman in this panel.]]

* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Though not identical twins, it was difficult to tell the two apart initially. Neils, who got some characterization during the northern homecoming arc, [[http://www.exiern.com/2013/04/23/you-shouldnt-have-done-that/ took a cut to the chest plate]] by a hanzalo, which now remains to tell the two apart (Bohr's chest plate is unspoiled)
* MyGreatestFailure: Neils is really ashamed of letting a spellsinger get the drop on him and enthralling him.

* DistressedDamsel: Due to trying to be a PluckyGirl, but failing.

* GagBoobs: Peonie is the most frequent MsFanservice. Her reader-given nickname is "Princess P-Cups."

* TransTribulation: It varied depending on the writer:

* AntiHero: Type II.

* CainAndAbel: Revealed to have a brother who sent an assassin after him.
** [[spoiler: Typhan-Knee is actually the Cain in the relationship, having abandoned his brother to die in the past for slowing him down. His brother, Wyll-line, is revealed to be TheWisePrince by Barbarian standards and was framed. Now Wyll's wife believes Tiffany will murder his brother (just like Cain murdered Abel). Fortunately, Typh figured out the true culprit behind the assassin.]]

* {{Chickification}}: Justified in-universe -- Typhan-Knee is convinced that women are weak and useless, and as soon as he finally accepts his gender change, she becomes... weak and useless. (Much to King Urtica's annoyance, as he does not particularly like weak and useless women. He gets better though.)
** This is because the curse, when accepted, would mold the subject in question into their own perception of femininity. When Typhan-Knee realizes he can be strong even as a woman, he reverts to normal.

* TheHero

* DistressedDamsel: Due to trying to be a PluckyGirl, but failing
* TheDitz[=/=]GeniusDitz: In a turnabout from normal, the brunette rather than the blonde tends to have less common sense much of the time. Still, she can have some profound insight at other times.

* GagBoobs: Peonie is the most frequent MsFanservice
** Her reader-given nickname is "Princess P-Cups."

* RebelliousPrincess

* EvilRedhead
* OlderThanTheyLook: Indicated

* RedEyesTakeWarning

* BadassBookworm
* BewareTheNiceOnes

* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength

* TheSmartGuy

* TomatoSurprise

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: As he lampshades at one point.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Although being raised by a society that values RapePillageAndBurn, and having a father [[StrawMisogynist who really looks down on women]], Typhan-Knee has a mortal loathing of child molesters, and has a well-justified deep-seated hatred of the clergy from the religion of Rem, [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide considering what the latter did to his people]]. It took incredible self-control when he met Coriander, who happens to be both, and wants to bring back [[KillEmAll "the old ways!"]]

The fantasy world of ''Webcomic/{{Exiern}}'' is a full and rich place, with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters. Here are some of the important ones.

* ActionHero -> ActionGirl