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A list of characters appearing in the Jackie Chan Adventures/W.I.T.C.H. fanfic Kage and its Recursive Fanfiction Shadows over Meridian.

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Characters first appearing in Kage

Jade Chan / Kage / Hisuikage no Oni

"I am Jade Chan, the girl that defies all odds, either on Earth or Meridian. Look out Meridian, for Jade Chan is here."

Jackie Chan's 12-year-old niece who, after being the victim of Drago's spell, ended up in the W.I.T.C.H. universe and Meridian, partially transformed into her Queen of the Shadowkhan persona. Circumstances (and Nerissa's manipulations) forced her to join Nerissa's Knights of Vengeance.

Affably Evil: While Jade has taken back the title of the Queen of the Shadowkhan and decided to get retribution by helping Phobos take back Meridian's throne and ruining the heroes' daily lives in Shadows Over Meridian, she remains amiable with her comrades in the Knights of Vengeance, especially Raythor, allows them to continue addressing her simply as Kage, bargains Miranda and Cedric out of Phobos' service to give them a fresh start out of sympathy, is a Benevolent Boss to the Phobos loyalists under her command, shows leniency to enemies who understand to surrender before angering her too much, and convinces Phobos to take the throne back by winning his people's support through Pragmatic Villainy instead of going on a wanton rampage.
The Ageless: Jade wonders if she's immortal this way like Tarakudo and his Generals.
The Antichrist: Two ancient prophecies – one provided by the last vision of the first Oracle N'Ghala, and the other told to Yua by her friend Kage – paint Jade as the one who'll end Kandrakar's influence over the W.I.T.C.H. universe. Shadows over Meridian also reveals that the long-banned cult Tyrian belongs to worships a goddess from the Shadow Realm who'll engulf the universe in an eternal era of darkness. Jade is displeased by the implications that she's this goddess since she doesn't want to be worshipped as the bringer of an apocalypse.
Anti-Villain: A Villain in Name Only in Kage where she's been forced to take the villain role to survive. By the time of Shadows over Meridian, she has become a Noble Anti-Villain Protagonist.
Arch-Enemy: Drago feels that she is his. The thought's probably not mutual, though she does hate him for banishing her from her home world.
Benevolent Boss: In Shadows over Meridian, she cares about the well-being of the Phobos loyalists under her command.
Berserk Button: She does not take being dismissed as Just a Kid very well.
Blood Knight: Jade discovers in Shadows over Meridian that now being a full Shadowkhan gives her an Oni's bloodlust in battle, as during the battle at Snowpoint she gets so caught up in it that she starts going after the rebel soldiers in a vicious fury that only fades once the fighting is over.
Blow You Away: After becoming a fully embraced Shadowkhan in Shadows over Meridian, Jade (who the authors of said story interpret to have a wind element motif based on canon incidents) gains the ability to summon and attack with intense storm winds which are also filled with paralyzing shadow energy.
Casting a Shadow: She can do a lot of things with shadow magic.
Combat Hand Fan: When Jade changes her outfit in Shadows over Meridian, she starts carrying a pair of metal fans to serve both as shields and a focus for magical attacks.
Combat Tentacles: The Queen eventually shows her how to create these out of shadows.
Costume Evolution:
- Jade initially wears her wannabe spy outfit from the Grand Finale of Jackie Chan Adventures in Kage, but after arriving on Meridian, some shadows (possibly controlled by the Queen) replace them with shinobi robes that are identical to the ones Ninja Khan wear, save for a mask. After the Knights have been formed, Nerissa creates for Jade a belt with the sorceress' emblem on it. Later Jade makes a point of negating somewhat this Evil Costume Switch by creating a makeshift bandana out of some orange cloth in order to at least partially replicate her iconic orange hoody.
- After Jade has claimed for herself the title of the Shadowkhan Queen in Shadows over Meridian, she ditches her ninja robes for a black battle kimono with purple flame patterns, a black and purple sash, black biker shorts, lace up sandals and an amethyst-made tiara shaped like a pair of dragon/demon horns.
Dark Is Not Evil: She tries to remain a good person as much as she can despite being (at least partially) a Shadowkhan. Unfortunately for her, many of the heroes assume that Dark Is Evil. Even after her Split-Personality Merge with the Queen, she remains an Anti-Villain.
Dark Magical Girl: She's a fundamentally heroic preteen girl who's been banished by a spiteful enemy away from her friends and family into a foreign universe where most of the heroes, including a team of Magical Girl Warriors, want to either capture or kill her due to the dark powers she gained in the bargain. An egomaniacal sorceress, who wants to make use of her powers, has her publicly labeled as a monster in order to force her to take refuge in a villainous band as their Token Good Teammate. As she tries to stay alive and find her way home, she attempts to resist the temptations of her conscious dark side who's trying to take control over her mind and body. Though being away from her loved ones weights down on her, she keeps up her adventurous and perky nature, which helps her villainous teammates take a liking to her. Though she finally accepts her darker side and decides to act like the villain everyone treats her as by ruining her main antagonizers' lives and helping her team's original Evil Overlord master back to power, she makes it clear that she's doing the latter only to repay back to the one person who has treated her with more kindness than anyone else from the start and only for as long as that's what he wants. When the heroes finally realize how their unjust treatment of her made her their enemy, they attempt to find a way to reason and make amends with her. Though terrifying when furious, she's capable of showing mercy to enemies who understand when it's better to surrender or admit their wrongdoings, though she has to invoke Pragmatic Villainy to explain some of her merciful acts.
Deadpan Snarker: Like in canon, she's very sassy.
Domain Holder: Jade discovers in Shadows over Meridian that now that she's the Shadow Realm's queen, she can reshape its contents to her will and crafts part of the void into a Floating Continent with a palace on it.
Emotion Eater: It seems that the Queen (and thus Jade) can gain power from the negative emotions they sense.
Empowered Badass Normal: Canon Jade was a cunning Guile Heroine and Badass Adorable with martial arts and even some chi magic at her disposal. Now she has shadow magic and enhanced abilities included.
The Empath: Jade can feel people's "Darkness Within" (their negative emotions).
Everyone Has Standards: Despite being a Combat Pragmatist and Guile Heroine, she feels the Guardians went way too far with the Frame-Up of Raythor and gives Will a scathing "The Reason You Suck" Speech over it.
Evil Sounds Raspy: Her voice is noted to have become raspy in the sequel where's she's now a Fallen Hero.
Forced Transformation: Drago's curse turned her back into her Shadowkhan form (at least partially), though whether or not that was his intention is currently unknown.
Game Face: Whenever the Queen takes over Jade's body, her eyes become completely red, and she grows fangs.
Gratuitous Japanese: One side-effect of her transformation is the occasional use of Japanese words, which likely comes from her time of sharing her mind with the Crab Khan General. She seems to have dropped this by the time of the sequel, though.
Hammerspace: Where she pulls her weapons from.
Hero with Bad Publicity: She quickly becomes one due to Nerissa, prejudiced heroes, and some bad luck.
How Do I Shot Web?: She had some initial trouble figuring out her powers, but seems to have mostly gotten the hang of them.
- While she figures out how to glide pretty quickly (maybe due to past Rooster Talisman use), figuring out how to land is an entirely different story.
- The Queen eventually gives her some tips on creating and controlling shadow-made Combat Tentacles.
Impossibly Cool Clothes: Her ninja outfit, which seems to be made of solid shadow, as it dissolved when she took it off and reattached itself to her when she thought of dressing again. It even includes the tissue that's useful for gliding.
In a Single Bound: Jade's already high agility has increased to the point that she can jump over a wall of flame at least twice her size.
Innate Night Vision: One of the advantages of her transformation is the ability to see well in the dark.
Jack of All Stats: While her Oni physique technically makes her a Lightning Bruiser, she's not the strongest, fastest or most durable being around. She initially doesn't have as much of raw magical power like the Guardians or Elyon, but neither is she as dependent on it as they are thanks to her previous experience with martial arts and Guile Heroism. Though she quickly becomes adept at using her katana and shurikens in combat, she's not a Master Swordsman, and a regular soldier with more experience in swordsmanship can put her on the defensive.
Katanas Are Just Better: In Chapter 8 of Kage, Jade gains the use of a katana, courtesy of the Queen.
Kung-Fu Wizard: She makes use of her martial art skills along with her enhanced physical abilities and shadow magic.
Legacy Character: Yua seems to view her as this to the original Kage.
Loss of Identity: Jade tries to avert this trope by wearing an orange bandana in order to partially replicate her orange hoodie, since it was her most iconic piece of clothes.
No-Sell: Elyon's "teleport them to the jail" trick doesn't work on Jade. It's later explained that the spell works only on beings native to Meridian.
Not in This for Your Revolution: Though Jade ends up helping Phobos in Shadows over Meridian, it's only to repay Raythor for his kindness to her by aiding the man he's sworn his loyalty to, as indicated by her conditions to Phobos for her aid. Her ultimate goal is still finding a way home to her family.
Pint-Sized Powerhouse: A short child with Super-Strength. She astonishes everyone in the sequel by effortlessly beating into submission Metalbeak, the Mogriff alpha thrice her size.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Normally only her irises are red, but when the Queen takes over, they become completely red. Even when Jade merely becomes very angry, her irises glow red. Following her Split-Personality Merge, her eyes have turned completely red.
Secret Identity: She goes by the alias Kage and later Hisuikage no Oni in the W.I.T.C.H. universe.
Shadow Walker: Her most used power is the ability to enter shadows.
Super-Speed: She has gained the Ninja Khan's speed.
Super-Strength: She's strong enough to punch a hole or cause a crack with a kick on a cave's wall.
Super-Toughness: Jade compares her new endurance to having a watered-down version of the strength, healing, and immortality Talismans.
Then Let Me Be Evil: ZigZagged a bit by the time of Shadows over Meridian. After having been unjustly treated as a monstrous underling of Phobos by the heroes, forced to join the Knights of Vengeance for survival, and failing in her attempts to return home, Jade has finally snapped, accepted her Superpowered Evil Side through a Split-Personality Merge, taken up the mantle of the Queen of the Shadowkhan and officially allied herself with Phobos to get some payback for all the mistreatment she has suffered. However, she makes it clear that Raythor is the only reason she's helping Phobos at all, and she intends to make the prince a Villain with Good Publicity through Pragmatic Villainy instead of simply crushing all resistance with her Shadowkhan armies. Returning to her home universe remains as her main goal, and she's willing to show she's not heartless when it comes to enemies or bystanders who haven't incited her wrath.
Tomboyish Ponytail: As part of her change of looks in the sequel, she starts having her Boyish Short Hair picked up in a small tail.
Token Good Teammate: Jade is the most moral Knight, and is with them only because of circumstances and her personal grudge against Elyon and the Guardians. Raythor lampshades this at one point.
Tomboy: Raythor finds it curious to meet a girl whose desire for adventures and eagerness to prove herself are greater than with the majority of her peers, as they aren't as common on Meridian compared to Earth.
Took a Level in Badass: Her initial transformation already makes her an Empowered Badass Normal, but following her Split-Personality Merge with the Queen, she gains control over all the nine Shadowkhan tribes since none of the Oni are free to take charge.
Weak, but Skilled: She initially has far less magical power then the Elemental Powers using Guardians or Elyon, but she uses her shadow powers, enhanced physical abilities, and apparently limitless supply of kunai and shuriken to great effect. In fact, during her second encounter with the Guardians, she manages to keep Hay Lin and Irma too busy dodging her attacks to be able to actually fight back.

The Queen of the Shadowkhan

"We will see who this world will fear more. You or me, the Queen of all Shadowkhan."

Jade's alter-ego that was created by Tarakudo's mark and Jade's darker traits. Reawakened by Drago's spell, she has taken it upon herself to be free to do as she wishes.

Ambition Is Evil: She's excited about the powers she and Jade have gained. Some of her methods to tempt Jade include appealing to what they could achieve over time if they never turned back to normal.
Casting a Shadow: She states that she can perform shadow magic just as much as Jade, though she's more aware of their full potential because she gained and retains memories of the Crab Khan Oni General when half of his mask was stuck on Jade's face. Jade doesn't remember because she repressed it after the mask was removed.
Combat Tentacles: She uses tentacles made from shadows to fight the Guardians and Caleb. She eventually teaches Jade to create them.
Deadpan Snarker: She has inherited the trait from Jade, but snarks more than her.
Demonic Possession: She has taken control of Jade's body for a brief period.
Emotion Eater: It seems that the Queen (in addition to Jade) can gain power from the negative emotions they sense.
The Empath: She can feel people's "Darkness Within" (their negative emotions).
Enemy Within: She exists inside Jade.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She grudgingly admits to Jade that she cares about their family, even if she thinks they can be a little ungrateful sometimes.
Fangs Are Evil: Jade grows fangs when the Queen is in control of their body.
Gratuitous Japanese: Like Jade, she occasionally uses Japanese words, a trait they likely gained from their exposure to the Crab Khan General's mind.
Living Shadow: After some days with the Knights, she can manifest in the physical realm as a shadow. Eventually, she can take a physical form while still being bound to Jade's shadow.
The Man in the Mirror Talks Back: She can communicate this way with Jade.
No Cure for Evil: Averted. After Jade receives serious burns from Elyon's rays, some shadows that are possibly controlled by the Queen cover Jade and heal her wounds without leaving so much as a scar.
Not Me This Time: When Jade is unable to contact her family over the phone while in Heatherfield, she accuses the Queen of doing something, only for her to truthfully deny it.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Jade's eyes become glowing red and lose pupils when the Queen's in control.
Split-Personality Takeover: This seems to be her ultimate goal. She basically wants to switch positions with Jade so that the Queen would be in control of their body, while Jade would be reduced to a voice in the back of the Queen's mind. By the time of Shadows over Meridian, they have performed a Split-Personality Merge instead.
Superpowered Evil Side: She is a manifestation of Jade's darker psyche, given thought by a curse. Despite her getting merged with Jade, she still somewhat exists in Shadows over Meridian — when Jade enters the bloodlust that comes with her new Oni biology, signified by her eyes glowing brighter and fangs sprouting in her mouth, she slips into a mindset much more like purely the Queen.
The Queen: [to Jade] I am your anger and bitterness, directed at those who don't want to comprehend us, like our school peers and our parents. I am your independence and rebellious temperament, which allows us to question and go against the authority of others, from Jackie to our teachers. I am also your curiosity and desire for more, either adventures or simply to prove ourselves to the world. In short, I am your shadow, your inner darkness, which existed long before the tattoo, and I will always exist no matter what.
Villain Has a Point: For all of her snarkiness and ulterior motives, the Queen occasionally acts as the voice of uncomfortable truths for Jade. For example, the Queen says that it's not safe to try to defect to the good guys (with the "Wanted!" Poster that's already been made of Jade proving this), reminds Jade that she did try to kill Shendu, and argues for the logicality of them being stuck in an alternate universe.
Villains Never Lie: So far the Queen hasn't told Jade any outright lies, merely left some things untold.

Nerissa

"If all goes well, Kage's power will be mine to command along with the Heart of Meridian."

An old sorceress who used to be a Guardian and the Keeper of the Heart of Kandrakar. Now she's a rogue plotter who wishes to conquer the W.I.T.C.H. universe to satiate her deluded fantasies.

Ambition Is Evil: Jade has so far been unable to feel any dark emotions in Nerissa, other than restrained ambition and desire. The main reason she arranged for Jade to become her minion was so that she could steal or copy her shadow magic, which legends say can rival the Heart of Kandrakar.
Asshole Victim: Shadows over Meridian begins with Jade rendering Nerissa comatose by having a Leech Khan eat her shadow before the manipulative sorceress can begin in earnest her canon plans with Elyon's stolen power.
Big Bad: She's this in Kage in accordance to canon. No longer in Shadows over Meridian due to Jade taking her out in the first chapter.
Broken Ace: Yan Lin voices in Shadows over Meridian her belief that before Nerissa fell out of grace, she had potential to be one of the greatest Guardians Kandrakar has seen in eons.
The Chessmaster: Like in canon, she's for years been Playing Both Sides for a chance to claim the Heart of Meridian for herself.
Disc-One Final Boss: Yua senses that Jade will ensure Nerissa's canon plans won't bear any fruit. This indeed comes to pass in Shadows over Meridian when Jade renders Nerissa comatose before the latter can take Elyon's power for herself.
Evil Former Friend: To her former teammates Yan Lin, Halinor and Kadma.
Evil Old Folks: A manipulative old hag.
Evil Sorceress: A vile master of the element of Quintessence.
Fallen Heroine: Yan Lin laments on how Nerissa used to be someone her team could trust with their lives before she killed Cassidy.
Glamour Failure: Jade was able to see that the "Mage's" shadow and physical appearance did not match up. That also happened in canon.
Manipulative Bitch: Jade's situation was already bad with Elyon and the Guardians, but it was Nerissa who sunk any possibility of Jade joining the good guys, ensuring that she'll become her minion. She also manages to deflect Yan Lin's concerns about Jade, but she knows that Yan Lin will keep getting suspicious.
The Mole: Among the rebels she has two identities under a magic disguise. One is known as "the Mage", a counselor and authority figure regarding magical threats. The other is known as "Trill", a kindly and helpful palace worker.
My Significance Sense Is Tingling: She senses on the Veil a disturbance which occurs due to Jade entering Meridian through shadows.
Shock and Awe: Her element is Quintessence.
Villain Has a Point: Nerissa has a point on how Himerish could have stopped the whole mess in Meridian easily in the first place, but didn't.
Voluntary Shapeshifter: She can disguise herself by using her magic.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: She believes herself to be this, but seems to honestly think that the only way the universe can be saved from conflict and evil is via undying loyalty to her and her alone. Jade expresses surprise at this in Shadows over Meridian by remarking that she hasn't encountered a villain with hero complex before.
Xanatos Speed Chess: Like in canon, she quickly restructures her plans when new factors appear, like telling the rebels that Jade is an evil shapeshifter to force her into joining the Knights, or planning to take Jade's powers as well as Elyon's. She's unable to adapt in time when Jade distracts her by talking and prevents her from stopping her shadow from being consumed by a Leech Khan.
You Have Failed Me: Averted. She is quite calm after the Knights are first defeated by the Guardians, which sets off alarm bells in Jade's head, since in her experience, villains tend to react less rationally towards defeats while often blaming everyone around them.
Younger Than They Look: She's probably somewhere in her fifties or sixties, but she looks so old with her long silver hair and dry wrinkles that Jade thinks she'd make Daolon Wong look young.

The Knights of Vengeance

A group of warriors and monstrous creatures that formed the Elite of Phobos during his rule. After they were defeated, banished or imprisoned along with their master, Nerissa gathers them up and convinces them to have vengeance. Jade is forced by circumstances to join them.

Avenging the Villain: Their main goal is to restore Prince Phobos to power and get some payback for personal grievances.
Badass Crew: Most of them may be evil, but they are all formidable opponents, each in their own way.
The Remnant: Although they're not the only remaining supporters of Phobos, they're the strongest faction of them.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: It's been stated that without Raythor's leadership, all the Knights would be at each others' throats.
Two Girls to a Team: Jade and Miranda are the only females of the team.

Miranda

"Friendship is a mere illusion Kage, especially in this world."

A young shapeshifter who has two forms: a 14-year-old human girl and a giant spider-like beast. Freed from the Infinite City by Nerissa, she's the first Knight Jade meets.

Adaptational Nice Guy: Her canon counterpart wasn't given any explanation for her evilness, but this Miranda has a traumatic Freudian Excuse to give her a deep-routed hatred towards Elyon, the Rebellion and Phobos. The thing about Passlings being her favorite food also turns out to be mere scaremongering.
Animal Motifs: Jade invokes this in Shadows over Meridian by having Miranda wear a spider choker after recruiting her.
Blatant Lies: The talk about her eating Passlings turns out to be false.
The Cynic: As she tells Jade, she thinks life is cruel rather than right or wrong and there's no good or evil. She also says that those who have the power say what's right or wrong.
Dark and Troubled Past: When she was five years old, her parents were killed by Kur's shapeshifter purge, and worse, she was Forced to Watch.
Deadpan Snarker: She has her sarcastic moments, especially when she's interacting with Jade.
Don't You Dare Pity Me!: She rejects any offers to be consoled by Jade.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Genuinely loves Cedric, and bemoans that she had to leave him behind when she escaped.
Even Evil Has Standards: She considers Tracker to be an even bigger monster than she is.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good:
- When Miranda sees in Kage the Pet the Dog moment between Jade, Sniffer and Tracker, she's baffled because she can't believe that Tracker (whom she readily admits to be worse than herself) would be civil around Jade simply because Sniffer likes her and assumes it has to be some kind of a spell. She still believes that when she sees Jade playing with Sniffer in the next chapter.
- In Shadows over Meridian, she questions Jade on why the latter would bargain her and Cedric out of Phobos' service. When Jade insists that she just wanted to help, Miranda doesn't believe it and glares back.
Flashback Nightmare: At the beginning of Chapter 10 of Kage, we see in her dreams how Kur murdered her parents.
Freudian Excuse: If you were Forced to Watch your parents being burned alive at the stake because they wouldn't give you up to a Knight Templar with nothing but hatred towards your race, you'd be a bitter young girl too.
Giant Spider: Her alternate form is a giant spider-like creature, though she has four grown human limbs instead of eight legs, and four blue eyes. She can also shoot web from her mouth.
Healing Factor: It takes for her only one night to fully recover from her fall of nearly one hundred feet.
Hidden Heart of Gold: While she's still not very nice, at least some of her behavior seems to be a result of her playing her jerky moments up on purpose. For example, her talk about eating Passlings turns out to be a lie.
Innate Night Vision: Her keen eyesight enables her to see in darkness.
Jerkass: Her jadedness, persistent distrustfulness and refusal to accept basic kindness get on Jade's nerves.
May–December Romance: Her relationship with Cedric, since she's 14 and his age is unknown, but definitely older. It's debatable whether or not the fact that (since they're shapeshifters) Immortality Begins at Twenty applies to both of them eliminates or increases any possible squick.
Super-Senses: Her senses are quite sharp.
Super-Toughness: She survives from falling almost one hundred feet.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: The dynamic between her and Jade, though during their mission in Heatherfield, they seem to be starting to move past it.
Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Her five-year-old self wasn't bad at all and tried in vain to sacrifice herself to rescue her parents. She also used to believe that the Light of Meridian will show up to end Phobos' tyranny, but Elyon's failure to rescue her parents shattered her faith.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: She can transform into a spider creature at will.
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: She's retrospectively revealed to be this in her Flashback Nightmare, which goes into depth about her Freudian Excuse.

Raythor

A former commander of the Royal Guard who was framed by the Guardians of treason and banished to the Abyss of Shadows. After his months-lasting ascend from it, the honorable Escandor soldier is made the Knights' field leader.

Anti-Villain: Of the Noble Anti-Villain variety.
Badass Normal: He was one of the best soldiers of Phobos' army, and as Jade notes, he's (by Meridianite standards) normal when compared to the other Knights.
The Consigliere: When Jade allies with Phobos, she makes it clear that she doesn't fully trust him and is helping him only for Raythor's sake. Wanting to avoid being double-crossed by the prince, she requests that Raythor will have the final word in everything they decide.
The Dragon: He leads the Knights for Nerissa. After Phobos allies himself with Jade in Shadows over Meridian, he officially makes Raythor his second-in-command to honor one of the terms Jade issued in exchange for their alliance.
Even Evil Has Standards:
- He initially doesn't want to involve a child (Jade) in their war and is disgusted at the self-proclaimed defenders of the innocent doing exactly that. He concedes only after Jade herself insists on fighting.
- Though he regards Phobos as the rightful ruler and Elyon as the usurper, he's furious to learn in Shadows over Meridian that the rebels have been throwing their weight around behind Elyon's back despite having sworn to serve her.
A Father to His Men: Though he doesn't always show it, he cares dearly for those under his command, and if he hadn't been thrown into the Abyss of Shadows, the Royal Guard might not have defected.
Genius Bruiser: He's a strong warrior (though not as strong as the other Knights) and an intelligent strategist.
Handicapped Badass: He lost some of his muscle mass after he was sent into the Abyss, but is still capable of easily tiring out Frost without the brute laying a hand on him.
Honor Before Reason: His sense of honor is one of his strongest traits.
Tynar:…Phobos doesn't deserve your loyalty. Please see reason.
Raythor: Reason? My reason is dictated by my word, you know that, and I gave my word of honor to serve Phobos as the true ruler of our world. You gave your word too, and yet you not only broke yours but also led many Guards to do the same, so please excuse me for not being able to see the reason of an honorless man.
Jade: [in her thoughts] Guess honor really means everything to him.
Intergenerational Friendship: He and Jade seem to be forming one. He's about 100 years old (still middle-aged for a Galhot) and she's a 12-year-old child.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: When he comforts Jade after her realization of having killed before, the Queen's plot to overtake Jade's mind is hindered for a while.
Noble Demon: Jade lampshades it when he refuses to allow her to be forced to join the Knights.
Jade: Wow, a bad guy with honor? Now I have seen everything.
Older Than They Look: According to Miranda, he's about 100 years old, which is considered middle-aged for his race, much to Jade's surprise.
Pet the Dog: He shows more concern and respect towards Jade than anyone else since her arrival to Meridian. This leads to her deciding to repay him by helping his master back to power.
Undying Loyalty: He has sworn an oath to serve Prince Phobos.

Frost

A brutish and half-witted Escandor hunter who rides a rhino-like beast.

Adaptational Jerkass: Downplayed. He's given a sexist attitude which wasn't apparent in canon, but it ends up as a minor trait.
Blood Knight: Frost is bloodthirsty and loves the thrill of battle, as is evident when he's tasked with conquering Cavigor in Shadows over Meridian. In fact, Jade has to order him to use the Razor Khan she gifts him with prior to the battle only if absolutely necessary, as she recognizes this about him and doesn't want him to go too far.
The Brute: It's lampshaded, and he's even called that many times.
Dumb Muscle: He's a muscular warrior but not very intelligent.
Hidden Depths:
- Frost is a Dumb Muscle, but he makes in the tenth chapter of Kage several observations about the Rebels and voices the possibility of them eventually hiring bounty hunters if they can't catch the Knights themselves. Raythor cannot help but agree with those points. Yan Lin also notes in worry how resourceful Frost was to arrive on Earth unnoticed.
- Though he's not considered a strategist like Raythor, he proves himself capable of engaging in cunning warfare when he's put in charge of assaulting Cavigor in the sequel. Not only he's wise enough not to immediately take over the subterranean prison that's harder to defend than besiege, but he deals such a devastating surprise attack on Vathek's greater relief force that he forces them to be trapped in the prison themselves. He soon successfully takes over the prison by having the Razor Khan open the gates for the main army while a reserve force enters through a Secret Underground Tunnel at the same time.
Jerkass: He's a rough individual overall.
Older Than They Look: According to Miranda, he's about 70.
Pet the Dog: Frost admits to himself in Shadows over Meridian that while he initially assumed Jade to be The Load, she grew on him a little as she proved his assumptions wrong even before revealing herself to be the Shadow Realm's ruler.
Politically Incorrect Villain: He has a low view of Miranda and Jade, leading them both to lampshade this by calling him a sexist jerk. He seems to have dropped this attitude by the time of Shadows over Meridian.
Rhino Rampage: He rides a rhinoceros-like beast called Crimson.
The Rival: He tries to be one to Raythor, but their fight for the Knights' leadership is a Curb-Stomp Battle in Raythor's favor.
Took a Level in Kindness: By the time of the sequel, he's on more friendly terms with Jade than he was in the beginning.
Who Would Be Stupid Enough?: Unlike Raythor, Nerissa didn't think that Frost would be stupid enough to try and fight the Guardians on his own. However, she changes her mind after using a locator spell and through it seeing him doing exactly that.

The Tracker

The feared zombie-like hunter.

Adaptational Nice Guy: Tracker is considered pure evil in canon, but here he shows some civility towards Jade due to Sniffer, who was portrayed merely as a ferocious hound in canon, taking a liking to her.
The Ageless: Possibly. There has been tales of him — or a being much like him — going back several centuries throughout Meridian's history.
The Beastmaster: In addition to Sniffer, he has at his disposal a swarm of demonic bats he can use for combat and scouting.
Blood Knight: He enjoys the thrill of a good hunt.
Eviler than Thou: Miranda considers him to be an even bigger monster than she is.
Hell Hound: Sniffer, his pet.
Humanoid Abomination: Jade calls him a "Halloween reject monster" when she first meets him.
Not So Above It All: In Shadows over Meridian, this feared and taciturn hunter takes a liking to sweet rolls and fights with Frost over them following their escape from the Infinite City. When Frost accuses Tracker of hogging all the sweet rolls, Tracker says they're not all for him while giving Sniffer one, which Frost calls cheating.
Pet the Dog: He unexpectedly allows Jade to become friendly with Sniffer with no apparent ulterior motives.
The Quiet One: He rarely speaks, and his voice is shady.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: His eyes are fully red and remorseless. Jade compares them to the eyes of a predator.

Gargoyle

A member of a race of rock giants who lost his arm to the Guardians.

Artificial Limbs: The Guardians cut off his left arm during their first encounter, and Nerissa created a metal club to replace it.
Cyclops: He is a one-eyed rock giant. According to Nerissa, his race inspired the legend of the cyclops as some members of the species wandered on Earth.
Last of His Kind: Appears to be this in Kage; according to Caleb, Phobos ordered the others to be destroyed to keep Elyon blind of the fact that they worked for him. The sequel subverts this by revealing that there are others still alive; they've simply retreated deep in the Swamplands.
Mighty Glacier: He's the biggest, strongest and slowest Knight.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: His only eye is red.
The Speechless: He can only growl or roar.
Swamp Monster: The sequel establishes him to be native to the Swamplands, which is why Phobos takes him along to serve as a Native Guide if needed.

Sandpit

Originally a bloodthirsty pile of sand which was frozen in glass by the Guardians. Freed and powered up by Nerissa, he's now sentient and mobile.

The Ageless: Miranda speculates that Sandpit might be this.
Blob Monster: He's basically a pile of sand. He usually takes a humanoid form, but can shape his sand body to other forms.
Character Development: Noted In-Universe by Raythor. Sandpit was originally just a non-sentient beast, but after getting a taste of Nerissa's power of Quintessense, he has become much more intelligent and unlike before, follows on his own accord the orders given to him. He also seems to have lost most of his previous bloodthirsty impulses.
Elemental Embodiment: Of sand, obviously. He is an originally failed result of Phobos trying to create an unstoppable sand warrior.
Shifting Sand Land: He was originally a non-sentient pit of sand that simply wanted to drown anyone who stepped on him. After being freed by Nerissa's magic, it no longer seems to be the case.
The Speechless: He can't make any vocal sounds.
Tornado Move: He can turn into a giant sand tornado. In this form he can blind enemies or carry allies over great distances. Jade is impressed when she first sees this in action.

The Guardians of Kandrakar

Five teenage girls from Heatherfield who were bestowed upon Heart of Kandrakar and given the duty of protecting their universe from evil.

Amazon Brigade: By five members.
Barrier Maidens: Their energy is what is keeping the Veil around Meridian up until it's lifted.
Designated Heroes: Jade comes to view them this way In-Universe, especially after she finds out what they did to Raythor. She even says to Will that they aren't true heroes. invoked
Good Is Not Nice: Because they believe Jade to be evil, they treat her as saucily as they treat the genuine bad guys. They come to regret this when they learn the truth about her, though.
Heel Realization: In Shadows over Meridian when they learn that Jade was innocent of serving Phobos and is now borrowing him her Shadowkhan armies because of their treatment of her.
Hero Antagonists: To Jade. They mistake her for another one of Phobos' monsters and believe they're only preventing her from hurting innocent people. When they realize they were wrong in Shadows over Meridian, they attempt to find a way to make amends to Jade.
Magical Girl Warriors: Like in canon.
Nice Job Breaking It Heroes: Their eagerness to declare Jade an enemy and refusal to listen to her pleas made it much easier for Nerissa to recruit her, and in the long run, caused her to ally with Phobos.
Older Alter Egos: When they are empowered by the Heart, they get older by a couple of years. Jade is surprised when she learns about this. (When they get old enough, this will be inverted, since the age they are in Guardian mode is constant despite their age out of it.)
The Worf Effect: The Queen manages to use her shadow powers to trap them with Combat Tentacles, and it's only Jade regaining control that saves them and Caleb.

Will Vandom

The Quintessence Guardian and the Keeper of the Heart of Kandrakar.

The Leader: As the Keeper of the Heart of Kandrakar, she's this to her group.
My God, What Have I Done?: The next day following Jade's What the Hell, Hero? speech to her, Will is conceding her point that framing Raythor was dishonorable, but she's talked out of her concerns by the others. Learning the truth about Jade in Shadows over Meridian makes her regrets resurface.
Shock and Awe: By the start of the story, she's unaware of her element of Quintessence due to the Veil drawing her powers, but after the Veil is lifted, she slowly becomes aware of this.
Technopath: Like in canon. Only she and the other Guardians can hear machines speaking to her. When this begins manifesting, Jade and Miranda (both being unaware of this) question Will's sanity when they see her talking to gadgets.

Irma Lair

The Water Guardian.

Deadpan Snarker: She's the most sarcastic Guardian.
Making a Splash: A Guardian of Water.
Tempting Fate: When Jade first shows up on Meridian, Irma claims nearly arrogantly that some blue girl appearing out of some shadows can't possibly beat Caleb, let alone the Guardians. The chase ends with all of them being rendered helpless and fearful by Combat Tentacles made of shadows, Jade's murderous look, and her proclamations of eating their brains.

Taranee Cook

The Fire Guardian.

Dreadlock Rasta: Her hairstyle in her Guardian form, which Jade thinks to be ridiculous.
Playing with Fire: A Guardian of Fire.
The Smart Girl: She's the most rational of the Guardians.

Cornelia Hale

The Earth Guardian.

Dishing Out Dirt: She can control soil.
Green Thumb: She can control plantlife.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: A Jerk with a Heart of Gold variety. Like in canon, she can be vain and rude, but she genuinely cares for her friends. In fact, it was she who stopped Elyon from killing Jade in a fit of rage.
Power Incontinence: She suffers from this after her full powers are unlocked.

Hay Lin

The Air Guardian.

Blow You Away: An Air Guardian.
Genki Girl: She's cheerful and imaginative.

Queen Elyon the Third

A friend of the Guardians and Meridian's legal, recently ascended ruler, and its Heart.

Arch-Enemy: It seems that she is being set up as Jade's, since one of Jade's primary motivations for staying with the Knights is to get back at the young queen for almost killing her.
Benevolent Mage Ruler: She may be naïve and inexperienced both in rulership and handling her magic powers, but she's generally well-meaning.
Berserk Button: She doesn't like having information concealed from her, and things relating to her brother easily rile her up. Learning the truth about the "Mage" and her lies about Jade as well as realizing how much she's been kept Locked Out of the Loop doesn't help improve the former button in Shadows over Meridian.
Beware the Nice Ones: She may be one of the good guys, but she can have a bit of a temper which leads to dire consequences when unchecked.
Big Good: Of Meridian.
Cain and Abel: She's the Abel to Phobos' Cain.
Freudian Excuse: Her recent betrayal by Miranda is part of the reason she's unwilling to trust Jade in their first encounter.
Good Is Not Soft: She decides in Shadows over Meridian that she needs to not only stop her brother, but also assert herself with her infighting subjects if she wants to make things right with Jade and be the ruler Meridian needs.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Though after their first encounter, Jade repeatedly calls her "crazy blonde" or "blonde chick/psycho".
Heroic Self-Deprecation: Following her Heel Realization in Shadows over Meridian, she takes complete responsibility over driving Jade to ally herself with Phobos and failing to be a proper ruler, and is determined to do better.
The High Queen: She's learning to be one, and she's dismayed for losing the more fun part of being a royal. Learning of how badly she's messed up leads to her deciding she seriously needs to grow up as a ruler in Shadows over Meridian.
Light 'em Up: She's called the Light of Meridian, and her powers are heavily light-themed.
Locked Out of the Loop: Like in canon, her (albeit well-meaning) friends and allies in Meridian are keeping certain details from her, like that Miranda and "Kage" escaped from prison, and they're trying to feed the details of some things to her slowly so that she won't be overwhelmed. This backfires heavily in Shadows over Meridian; the rebels who've turned to Knight Templarhood are purposefully keeping Elyon in the dark about problems (some of which they're themselves causing) occurring in various parts of Meridian. Jade quickly takes advantage of this in her plan to destabilize Elyon's reign.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The fact that she almost killed Jade is a prime factor that the Queen of the Shadowkhan is using to keep Jade from trying to defect.
Physical God: As the Heart of Meridian, she's this.
Psychoactive Powers: Himerish states that her emotional state can affect her powers, and that anger makes them stronger and harder to control.
Rightful King Returns: This gets deconstructed in Shadows over Meridian; as Jade assesses, Elyon doesn't have much knowledge of her birth world or any of her brother's experience in rulership, which has allowed the rebels to cause trouble in her name. Realizing this herself, Elyon plans to reconstruct this and become the kind of a ruler Meridian needs.
Stop Worshipping Me: She's uncomfortable with the way she receives reverence from her people whenever she comes into contact with them.
Unskilled, but Strong: She has a lot of magical power, but she has a hard time controlling it at the story's beginning because of her brother only covering how to access the energy, not how to properly utilize it. However, she's taking steps to avert this after nearly killing Jade makes her realize she needs more control.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Cedric and Miranda's betrayal has left her fearful of shapeshifters, and her adoptive parents know it must not be allowed to fester into hatred for Kur to take advantage of.

Members of the Rebellion

The faction that fought against Phobos's tyranny. After his downfall, they became a part of Queen Elyon's army and court.

Everyone Has Standards: As extreme as the Rebellion is becoming in getting rid of Phobos's remaining influence on Meridian, Caleb and most of the other Rebellion leaders refuse to allow Kur to enact a new purge on shapeshifters.
Full-Circle Revolution: They show sights of this trope with the somewhat extreme methods they're utilizing to capture the Knights of Vengeance and any other still remaining followers of Phobos.
Pride: Most of them seem to have grown their ego following the defeat of Phobos.
The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized: It turns out that they've had their own share of distasteful acts during the civil war, like the events that led to the village of Sonder Hill being destroyed by Phobos' army.
We ARE Struggling Together: Many of them still distrust the Guard which served as Phobos' main forces, and among themselves there is a lot of disagreement and arguing.

Caleb

The head of the Rebellion, a close friend of the Guardians, Cornelia's boyfriend, and Queen Elyon's (unofficial) right hand.

Adaptational Jerkass: His canon version wasn't shown resorting to questionable methods to root out the remains of Phobos's tyranny, like persecuting "unpatriotic" civilians to the point of being compared to Cedric.
Black-and-White Insanity: His views can border on this, like when he says that he'll have everyone in villages that supported Phobos punished regardless of their reasoning.
Black-and-White Morality: His viewpoint, which Jade picks up on by looking at him:
"This guy was really pushing Jade's buttons. Either he was a hero of this… place or thought himself to be one; either way, she never had encountered someone so shortsighted. Maybe Jackie followed a very strict code of morals and tried to drill that into her, but at least he was not that intolerant to others that didn't follow his beliefs. Even with Viper, he was at most annoyed by her lifestyle than truly condemning her, not to mention he and Uncle gave Tohru a chance when others, even Jade herself at the time, were not that forgiving. And of course, there was Jackie's infinite patience when dealing with her misdeeds.
But this guy resembled one of those comic book heroes with a much too narrowed view that only saw black and white, with no grey in the middle. And to think, she thought that was cool once."
Child Soldier: He has spent most of his short life fighting against Phobos' tyranny.
Freudian Excuse: He's determined to have Phobos and his minions punished after the prince's thirteen years of tyranny, and he thinks that everything relating to Phobos has to be disposed of. Shadows over Meridian further elaborates that he mistakenly thinks his Missing Mom was a victim of Phobos' regiment, which adds to his Irrational Hatred of anything he even suspects of being connected to the prince.
Good Is Not Nice: He refuses to believe right from the start, even more adamantly than the Guardians or Elyon, that Jade could be anything but a minion of Phobos or a threat anyway.
He Who Fights Monsters: His dedication to hunting down Phobos' remaining loyalists is reaching a point where the Knights are finding him to be not that different from Cedric.
I Just Want to Be Normal: Shadows over Meridian establishes that Caleb has gotten so tired of fighting in the Rebellion's name that he wished Phobos' downfall would finally allow him to have a normal life and settle down with Cornelia. He doesn't take it well when those hopes end up being shattered by the actions of the Knights of Vengeance and Jade's alliance with Phobos.
I Reject Your Reality: He vehemently refuses to believe in Shadows over Meridian that Jade was never a minion of Phobos and "the Mage" was Nerissa all along, even when everyone else accept the evidence and point out the holes in the theories he tries to defend his beliefs with.
Irrational Hatred: He holds this towards Jade to the point that he refuses to admit he was wrong about her the whole time and caused her to join the enemy in the first place.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Had he not countermanded his Queen's orders and had Jade tossed into the dungeon, she would have had no reason to join the Knights.
Rebel Leader: One of them actually, but he still seems to be their head.
Took a Level in Jerkass: By the time of Shadows over Meridian, Caleb's frustration over having to continue fighting Phobos and his minions has turned him borderline Knight Templar who's aggressive and mistrustful of the Royal Guard as well as being filled with Irrational Hatred towards Jade.
The Worf Effect: The Queen nearly defeats him and the Guardians before Jade regains control.

Aldarn

A young green half-Galhot and Caleb's second-in-command.

Adaptational Jerkass: A straight hero in canon, but here he shares Caleb's anger and aggression towards anyone who might have served Phobos.
Black-and-White Morality: He seems to share most of Caleb's views about anyone who served Phobos.
Child Soldier: Like Caleb, he has spent most of his short life fighting against Phobos' tyranny and become harsh towards anyone he believes to serve the prince.
Freudian Excuse: His experiences under Phobos' tyranny have made him prejudiced against anyone who served Phobos.
Half-Human Hybrid: He's a Galhot from his father's side and a human from his mother's side.
He Who Fights Monsters: By the time of the sequel, he's working with Kur to clear the Swamplands out of shapeshifters and other possible Phobos loyalists while keeping the rest of Elyon's inner circle ignorant about it under the belief it's necessary. Conspiring like this makes him feel too similar to Cedric, though, and he doesn't fully agree with Kur's methods, especially if they endanger innocent people.
Good Is Not Nice: In his first meeting with Jade, he swings the chained girl hard to the ground for refusing to respect the rebels and Elyon. When a Guard protests to this, he retorts that he knows how to treat Phobos' minions as they deserve. In the sequel, convinced that Elyon is too inexperienced and compassionate to know what's best for the kingdom, he's collaborating with Kur to deal with the "monsters" of the Swamplands. However, it's made clear he feels guilty about conspiring without his queen's knowledge like this and doesn't fully trust Kur or approve of the old man's methods to root out shapeshifters if they include hurting innocent people.
Number Two: To Caleb.
Took a Level in Jerkass: In Shadows over Meridian, he has become openly disdainful of the Royal Guard to the point of approving Caleb's act of abandoning them to fight the Shadowkhan by themselves. He's even conspiring with Kur behind Elyon's back under a misguided belief that for the good of the kingdom, they must take a more forceful approach to root out Phobos' influence from the Swamplands.

Vathek

A blue Galhot who acted as a spy against Phobos. Now he's the head warden of the Infinite City's dungeons.

Adaptational Jerkass: He has a cruel side directed towards Phobos' followers which isn't visible in canon. He's also more antagonistic towards Raythor to the point of lacking any remorse he canonically showed for getting the Noble Demon sent to the Abyss of Shadows.
The Atoner: After he has his Heel Realization about driving Jade to Phobos' side in Shadows over Meridian, he resolves to redeem himself by ensuring the kind of behavior he displayed or the other rebels' misconduct won't end up turning Elyon's government into a continuation of Phobos' tyranny.
Fantastic Racism: Not nearly to the same extent as Kur, but he sounds repulsed when "the "Mage" claims that Jade is a shapeshifter like Cedric and Miranda.
Good Is Not Nice: He's devoted to his friends and Queen Elyon, but as he believes Jade to be evil, he is a Jerkass towards her as much as towards the other Knights and Phobos. Following his Heel Realization in Shadows over Meridian, he starts becoming more along the lines of Good Is Not Soft.
The Mole: He acted as a spy against Phobos.
Wardens Are Evil: Averted because Vathek is a hero keeping villains imprisoned, but his downright awful treatment of Jade has earned him her ire, a fact he acknowledges following his Heel Realization. His development shows when he tries to prevent Cavigor's prisoners from being massacred by his Evil Counterpart Warden and his Knight Templar soldiers.
Would Hurt a Child: He strikes Jade with his flail from behind. According to her, her skull should have shattered if not for her Super-Toughness.

Drake

A white-haired young man and one of Caleb's closest lieutenants.

Only Sane Man: He's one of the more reasonable rebel leaders and isn't letting himself be blinded by pride.

Julian

Caleb's father.

Only Sane Man: Alongside Drake, he seems to be one of the more levelheaded rebel leaders.

Kur

The elder of the destroyed village of Grughar and one of the Rebellion's leaders. Scarily racist towards shapeshifters, he is a dangerous fanatic.

Aristocrats Are Evil: The sequel establishes that he's a survivor of the nobility Phobos massacred, with Phobos acknowledging that he could rival or even surpass Cedric in cunningness and ruthlessness. After somehow claiming the Swamplands under his control, he's reclaimed his title of a Lord.
Bald of Evil: He is a bald and racist Knight Templar.
Beard of Evil: He has a black mind and a white beard which he strokes while pondering in the sequel.
The Bus Came Back: He's not so much as mentioned in the sequel until the start of the Swamp arc in Chapter 33, with him returning in person in Chapter 36.
Evil Old Folks: A ruthless geezer with genocidal intentions.
Evil Versus Evil: Though he wants to exterminate all the shapeshifters, he firmly opposes Phobos.
Fan Art: There's a commission of him in DeviantArt.
Fantastic Racism: He has a scarily extreme loathing of shapeshifters and isn't afraid to let others know it. Drake lampshades this and feels that Kur's attitude is not something that should be endorsed. In fact, he led a purge of shapeshifters during Phobos's reign, and is directly responsible for the death of Miranda's (human) parents. With Nerissa's lie that Jade is a shapeshifting experiment of Phobos, he is apparently planning a larger one…
Hate Sink: With him being an extremely racist Knight Templar, he's easily one of the most dislikable characters of the story.
Hypocrite: Kur insists that shapeshifters aren't a natural part of Meridian because they were created by a tyrant. He refuses to consider the fact that humans like him aren't Meridian's original natives themselves.
Jerkass: He's a rude and racist Knight Templar. His fellow Rebellion leaders aren't fond of him either.
Jerkass Has a Point: While Kur's not liked for his disrespectful attitude and too racist opinions, he does point out how the others are accepting anything "the Mage" says without question.
Kick the Dog: He lured Miranda to reveal herself by saying that he would let her parents live if she does that. However, he vetoed his promise by asking the like-minded crowd's opinion. Poor Miranda…
Knight of Cerebus: After we learn of what Kur did to Miranda, her parents and many other innocent shapeshifters, his presence brings a darker tone to the story in the reader's mind.
Knight Templar: His hatred of shapeshifters extends to otherwise ordinary people who had shapeshifter children, and he killed Miranda's parents as part of his purge during Phobos' reign. When he did that, he expressed a belief that the Light of Meridian would approve of him continuing the shapeshifter purge her grandmother Lysanna started two centuries ago. He also believes that both Phobos and the shapeshifter race must perish so that Meridian can become a perfect kingdom.
Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!: Kur is not afraid to speak up his mind.
Token Evil Teammate: He is the most outright evil member of the new Meridian government, especially with his Fantastic Racism of shapeshifters, his purge of them during Phobos's rule, and the new purge he's planning.
Would Hit a Girl: He slapped Miranda's mother in the face for saying that humans are a plague to Meridian as much as the shapeshifters.
Would Hurt a Child: Even if a shapeshifter, such as Miranda, is a child, it won't prevent him from trying to burn them at the stake.

The Council of Kandrakar and Others Associated

Kandrakar is a realm with the duty to oversee the safety of all worlds in the W.I.T.C.H. universe.

Himerish

"Unfortunately greatness is neutral in itself. It can serve the greater good or bring a great evil instead. It all depends of the person in question."

The current Oracle of Kandrakar who was originally a farmer's son from Basilíade.

Bald Mystic: The wise and aloof Oracle is a fair-skinned man whose baldness emphasizes the tattoos on his head. The white robes he wears and his bare feet add to the wise mystic look. He guides and instructs the protagonists and has an array of magical powers that help him be the Big Good of the series.
Big Good: Of the W.I.T.C.H. universe.
My Greatest Failure: He admits that perhaps he's partially responsible for the tragedy of Cassidy and Nerissa. It's part of the reason he's not willing to assume the worst about Jade without further evidence.
My Significance Sense Is Tingling:
- He gets a warning of Jade's entrance to their universe in the form of a headache. When she arrives in Meridian, he falls into a brief coma and sees at least a part of N'Ghala's unfulfilled vision.
- In Shadows over Meridian, he's hit with a sudden pain in his head in response to Jade beginning to reshape the Shadow Realm, right before Kandrakar is hit with an earthquake seemingly caused by those same actions.
Really 700 Years Old: He has been the Oracle for centuries. The Guardians are surprised how young he looks.
Reasonable Authority Figure: He's willing to give Jade the benefit of the doubt before judging her. This continues in Shadows over Meridian; though he's not happy with the Guardians and Elyon about making Jade their enemy, he doesn't hound them for their mistakes. He still believes that the prophecy about Jade destroying Kandrakar can be averted, tries to calm everyone down and listen to potential solutions brought up to fix the situation, and is open to diplomatic solutions with Jade rather than resorting to fighting her.
Seers: As the Oracle, he can have visions of the future.

Yan Lin

A member of the previous generation of the Guardians and Hay Lin's grandmother.

The Mentor: She first introduced the current generation of the Guardians to their role.
My Significance Sense Is Tingling: She senses on the Veil a disturbance which occurs due to Jade entering Meridian through shadows.
Only Sane Man:
- She has yet to meet Jade in Kage, but she's not as eager as the Guardians or Caleb to make assumptions about her. Even after "the Mage" convinces pretty much everyone that "Kage" is a monstrous servant of Phobos, Yan Lin retains some of her doubts. Nerissa is aware her former friend will keep asking questions.
- This is averted in Shadows over Meridian. When she learns from Hay Lin the truth of what they've learned about Jade, she's convinced nothing good can be expected from the ruler of the Shadow Realm and states that she must be banished back there by whatever means necessary.
Retired Badass: She is a former Air Guardian.

Tibor

A sage of Kandrakar and the Oracle's right hand.

Number Two: He's described as Himerish's close friend and the most loyal supporter.
Really 700 Years Old: He has served as a Sage for at least five centuries, though he wishes that he had become The Ageless as a job perk and not just slowed aging.
Undying Loyalty: Towards Himerish.

Luba

A sage of Kandrakar and the protector of the Aurameres.

Cat Folk: She has a feline appearance.
Good Is Not Nice: In Shadows over Meridian, she harshly calls Will and Elyon out of making Jade an enemy and bluntly tells Elyon that if not for Nerissa's machinations, they wouldn't have interfered with Phobos and Meridian in the first place.
Undying Loyalty: Towards Himerish.

Halinor

A sage of Kandrakar and a member of the previous generation of the Guardians.

Kadma

The queen of Zamballa and member of the previous generation of the Guardians.

Other Heroes

Blunk

A Passling who has helped the Guardians and Caleb quite a bit in the past.

Flat Scare: Jade does this to him when they first meet.
Hulk Speak: His grammar is not of the best of quality.
Lovable Coward: While he's a loyal friend, he is also easy to scare.
The Nose Knows: Aside from a few exceptions, a Passling's sense of smell is unrivaled on Meridian. Blunk's nose tells him that while the other Knights of Vengeance smell bad, Jade smells half good and half bad, much to his confusion.
The Pig-Pen: Passlings tend to smell a lot.
Our Goblins Are Different: Passlings like him have inspired on Earth the tales of dwarves and goblins.
Third-Person Person: He speaks this way.

Tynar

A Guard who was convinced by the Guardians to turn against Phobos.

The Atoner: For the things he did when serving Phobos, like the massacre of Sonder Hill.
Broken Pedestal: In Shadows over Meridian, he loses his fellow Guards' respect when they start blaming him for their precarious position the hostility of the rebels has placed them in since he was the one who convinced them all to turn on Phobos in the first place.
Heel–Face Turn: After the Guardians rescued him when Cedric left him for dead, he changed sides and managed to get a lot of other Guards to do so as well.
Heroic BSoD: He is unhappy to find out that it was the Guardians (the very girls who saved his life) who caused Raythor to be banished to the Abyss of Shadows. It leaves him with doubts regarding them for a little while.
Ignorant Minion: Before his Heel–Face Turn, Phobos told him and his fellow soldiers lies about Earth and the Guardians to retain their loyalty.

Prince Phobos

Elyon's older brother and the recently usurped tyrannical ruler of Meridian.

Accidental Hero: Shadows over Meridian reveals that the Lurdens and Mogriffs are loyal to Phobos because the actions he took to get them on his side allowed them to reinhabit their ancestral lands his ancestors drove them away from. He's honestly surprised to learn of this because he was mainly motivated to spite the cultural traditions that denied him the throne.
Cain and Abel: He's the Cain to Elyon's Abel.
Equal-Opportunity Evil: Jade lampshades in Shadows over Meridian that Phobos was able to work out a fragile peace between Meridian's various races, which is one of the things that would make him preferable to Elyon as Meridian's ruler.
Evil Is Petty: He spends the few appearances he has in Kage by taunting the former rebels from his cell. One of the examples is him laughing at their apparent fear of Jade.
Eviler than Thou: Jade feels this way about Phobos in Kage when she mentally compares him to Shendu, noting that while they both oppressed their subjects, Shendu was a draconic Demon Sorcerer, unlike Phobos, whose subjects (at least some of them) were the same species, meaning he didn't even have Fantastic Racism as an excuse for his cruelty.
Evil Overlord: He is a powerful sorcerer, and he ruled Meridian for thirteen years.
The Evil Prince: He stole the throne after Elyon was born because he wouldn't have gained it otherwise due to females being preferred as royal successors on Meridian.
A Fête Worse than Death: Shortly after seizing the throne, Phobos had the rest of Meridian's nobility murdered at a ball to make sure there would be no rival claimants to the throne.
Generation Xerox: He's much like his ancestor Prince Kronos who also stole Meridian's throne before his sister Princess Rhea could take over and ruled Meridian with an iron fist.
Hidden Depths: Shadows over Meridian reveals that Phobos tried to find a way to shorten the distance between east and west to improve the transport of goods and enhance the trading routes, showing that he had an interest in actually ruling his kingdom and was more than just a tyrant.
Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Jade admits upon first seeing him that he'd be considered handsome by many girls in her school, and his long hair is called pretty by Lily and girly by Flora. He explains to Lily that he's chosen to grow his hair long to serve as a symbol of his royalty and also because he doesn't trust anyone having a blade near his head or neck.
Pragmatic Villainy: When Jade shows up in the Infinite City as the Queen of the Shadowkhan in the beginning of Shadows over Meridian, Phobos acts with unexpected civility towards her to forge an alliance with her and accepts the terms she places in exchange for her help.
Sealed Evil in a Can: He's imprisoned in the Infinite City until Jade releases him in the beginning of Shadows over Meridian.
Self-Made Orphan: He apparently killed his own parents (with a bit of help from Nerissa).
Then Let Me Be Evil: He tells Jade in Shadows over Meridian that he's been treated as a bad omen to the point of being given a name that means fear, so he decided to live up to that name with pride. It's also revealed that he actually once planned to become a good king and prove wrong the bad whispers circling around him, but Elyon's birth crushed those ambitions and convinced him that even his parents were against him.
Wouldn't Hurt a Child: The rebels admit in the sequel that harming children is one of the few lines Phobos wouldn't cross. In fact, he once executed a child-murdering Serial Killer by having him flayed alive.

Lord Cedric

A serpentine shapeshifter and the right hand of Phobos.

Animal Motifs: Jade invokes this in Shadows over Meridian by having Cedric wear a snake wristband after recruiting him.
Bad Boss: He often attacked any Guards and servants who crossed his path while he was furious over his defeats against the Guardians.
The Dragon: To Phobos until Jade takes him and Miranda for herself.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His relationship with Miranda.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: In Shadows over Meridian, he questions Jade on why the latter would bargain him and Miranda out of Phobos' service. When Jade insists that she just wanted to help, Cedric gives her a blank look, unable to believe she doesn't have ulterior motives.
Forced Transformation: In Kage, he's still in the form of a small and weak version of his beast-form Phobos turned him into for failing him one too many times. Phobos returns him to his proper state in Shadows over Meridian while relinquishing him into Jade's service.
May–December Romance: His relationship with Miranda, since she's 14 and his age is unknown, but definitely older. It's debatable whether or not the fact that (since they're shapeshifters) Immortality Begins at Twenty applies to both of them eliminates or increases any possible squick.
One-Man Army: Kur explicitly states that Cedric is without doubt the strongest shapeshifter to have lived on Meridian and could beat a whole company of Guards on his own. The Guardians' elemental powers were the main reason they were able to prevail against him as many times as they did.
Put on a Bus: He's imprisoned with Phobos and the Lurdens in the Infinite City during Kage. In Shadows over Meridian, he's returned to his true form by Phobos and becomes Jade's agent on Earth along with Miranda.
Snake People: Cedric is a Viperinin, a sentient serpentine beast, with his human form being his alternate one.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: Like Miranda, he's a shapeshifter, only with a serpentine alternate form. Though it's actually the other way around.

Others

Yua, Ari and Maqi

Residents of Arkhanta. Yua is the most powerful banshee living there and also the Heart of Arkhanta. Ari is a former farmer and now the Lord of Arkhanta. Maqi is his mute six-year-old son.

Adaptation Distillation: They show up in the comics, but not in the show, which the story is based on.
Crystal Ball: Yua can conjure these to show things to others.
Cute Mute: Maqi is an innocent mute boy.
Enemy Mine: Yua and Ari made an alliance due to their mutual hatred of Kandrakar, and wish to bring it down.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones:
- Yua deeply cares about her banshee sisters, and that love was the only thing keeping her from immediately seeking revenge on Kandrakar after the death of the original Kage, as she was afraid they'd be caught in the crossfire. She's also quite affectionate towards Maqi.
- Whatever his other flaws, Ari is a Good Parent to his son.
Greater Scope Villains: Ari and Yua are currently staying out of the conflict in Meridian and instead choose to keep an eye on Jade and wait for the right moment they can help her topple Kandrakar.
Physical Goddess: As the Heart of her world, Yua has power equivalent to the combined strength of the Guardians/Elyon's full power.
Really 700 Years Old: Yua was alive when N'Ghala was leading Kandrakar, and that was centuries (if not millennia) ago.
Sinister Surveillance: Yua is spying on Jade.
Villainous Friendship: Yua was apparently a very close friend of the original Kage, and only the thought of her banshee sisters being caught in the crossfire prevented her from retaliating against Kandrakar after the original Kage died.

Drago

Son of Shendu. He started the plot by banishing Jade from their universe.

All Your Powers Combined: Has all the powers of his Demon Sorcerer aunts and uncles in addition to the Playing with Fire powers he inherited from his dad.
Arch-Enemy: It's revealed that he views Jade as his. The feeling is probably not mutual, though she does hate him for banishing her and wants to pay him back.
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: He betrayed his dad while Shendu was trying to help him (ironic, since it was likely inherited from Shendu).
Dragons Are Demonic: He's a teenage humanoid dragon and the son of the Demon Sorcerer of Fire.
Elemental Powers: He has the elemental powers of his aunts and uncles.
Evil Is Petty: Since he was about to be defeated, he used his last moment on Earth to banish Jade to the Shadow Realm.
Put on a Bus: He's being sealed in the Demon Netherworld as the story opens.
Sore Loser: The first chapter title even lampshades this.
Villainous Breakdown: He appears to be in the middle of one when he's banishing Jade, Laughing Madly even as he and Shendu are banished themselves.

Posthumous Characters

The original Kage

A member of the Shadowkhan/Oni race that existed in the W.I.T.C.H. universe before Kandrakar rose to power.

Legacy Character: Yua seems to view Jade as this to the original Kage.
Prophecies Rhyme All the Time: She apparently shared with Yua a rhyming prophecy regarding Jade or the Queen of the Shadowkhan.
"From another realm, another place; comes a dark child of a long forgotten race; from thrive to trial she will reach her throne; the light of the sky will be darkened by her will alone."
Villainous Friendship: She was apparently a very close friend of Yua.

N'Ghala

The first Oracle of Kandrakar.

Adaptation Distillation: She's mentioned in the comics, but not in the show, which the story is based on.
The Prophecy: Her last vision of the future involved Jade (or the Queen of the Shadowkhan) defeating the Guardians and spreading darkness across the Known Worlds with an army of Shadowkhan.

Althair

A past sage of Kandrakar whose actions concerning N'Ghala's last prophecy had profound consequences that led to him being known as the Mad Sage.

All for Nothing: His extreme attempts to thwart the prophecy turned out to be for naught because "The Shadow"/Jade was born in a different universe long after his death.
Go Mad from the Revelation: He's the only person who read the scrolls detailing N'Ghala's unfulfilled vision. Whatever information they contained caused him to burn them along with half of Kandrakar's library in order to destroy any notes about shadow magic. He then went on to commit the Great Purge. Tibor thinks that the reason he went so crazy was that he just couldn't accept any power could equal or overthrow Kandrakar.
The Purge: After burning half of Kandrakar's library, he and his fanatical followers committed a genocide on several worlds in an effort to find and eliminate the blue girl depicted in N'Ghala's unfulfilled vision.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: He justified his genocide and book burning as means to save Kandrakar and their universe from the "Incoming Darkness".
Would Hurt a Child: His Great Purge focused mostly on children since N'Ghala's vision clearly depicted The Antichrist as a young girl.

Othis and Zanna

Miranda's parents who were killed nine years earlier by Kur's shapeshifter purge.

Defiant to the End: Even as they were about to get burned at the stake, they refused to give in for Kur. Before flames got them, they swore that the Light of Meridian will punish him.
Good Parents: Though they were ordinary humans themselves, they loved their shapeshifter daughter and tried to save her from being captured by Kur and his followers.
Mama Bear: Zanna.
Papa Wolf: Othis.
Senseless Sacrifice: When Kur's men came to their cottage to capture Miranda, they gave themselves in so that she could escape, but then Kur had to play his mind games, leading Miranda to be captured anyway.

Queen Weira the Second

Elyon and Phobos' mother who ruled Meridian before her son usurped her.

All for Nothing: Miriadel thinks that Weira came close to achieving her dream of ending all the prejudices and racism on Meridian before Phobos ruined it all.
Decomposite Character: In the cartoon episode "The Stone of Threbe", Weira is shown to be tied to the creation of the Star of Threbe, which her son Phobos claims to have been lost for a thousand years. This fic establishes that the Weira shown in that episode is actually Weira the First, the great-grandmother of Weira the Second who in turn is Elyon and Phobos' mother.
Good Is Not Soft: She absolutely detested Kur's anti-shapeshifter views to the point that the one time he received an audience with her, she told him to never come back with his genocidal plans if he didn't want to be executed. Had he not claimed loyalty to the crown, she would have neutralized him long ago.
The High Queen: She's remembered overall as a fair and benevolent ruler who preferred dining with any of her friends regardless of race or position.
Like Mother, Unlike Daughter: Her mother Queen Lysanna was responsible for a great purge of shapeshifters, but Weira's ambition was to unite all of Meridian's races in peace.

Prince Kronos

A historic member of Meridian's royal family from one millennium ago who usurped the throne and is responsible for the creation of Meridian's shapeshifters.

Cain and Abel: He prevented the rightful heir, his sister Princess Rhea, from becoming the Heart of Meridian and forced her to hide until her daughter, Weira the First, became the Heart herself.
Evil Overlord: He was one much like Phobos, though unlike the latter, he wasn't a Sorcerous Overlord and needed help from actual sorcerers in order to create his Henchmen Race.
The Evil Prince: His story is very similar to that of Phobos.
Self-Made Orphan: He murdered his mother Queen Gaia during the ritual where she was supposed to pass the Heart of Meridian to her heir, Princess Rhea.
Villainous Legacy: Though long-dead, his act of creating the shapeshifters as his Henchmen Race is influencing the Fantastic Racism directed towards them.

Characters first appearing in Shadows over Meridian

Phobos loyalists

Windblade

One of the leaders of the Mogriffs loyal to Phobos and Metalbeak's mate.

Action Mom: She's an Action Girl, and she's revealed to have a hatchling son in the Stone Nest.
Ascended Extra: She's one of the five Mogriffs who only appeared in the W.I.T.C.H. episode "The Mogriffs".
Battle Couple: With her mate Metalbeak.
Named After Somebody Famous: She's named after a great Mogriff hero who led the defense of the Stone Nest centuries ago when the queens of Meridian ordered them to be forced out and was one of those who sacrificed their lives to give their children time to escape.
Named by the Adaptation: She was only called a Mogriff in the cartoon.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: Like the rest of her species, she's capable of shapeshifting into someone else. In her case, she turns into Will when she needs to communicate with non-Mogriffs.

Metalbeak

The leader of the Mogriff clan in the Stone Nest and Windblade's mate.

Action Dad: He and Windblade are revealed to have a hatchling son in the Stone Nest.
Battle Couple: With his mate Windblade.
Berserk Button: Learning that there's a descendant of the Nest Butcher continuing his legacy as a hunter of Mogriffs infuriates Metalbeak so much that he nearly embarks on a reckless hunt for said descendant and Jade has to violently force him to think things through.
Determinator: After he first witnessed as a hatchling Vera's grandfather massacring his people, he dedicated the following decades to making himself a strong leader and avenging all the suffering the "Nest Butcher" inflicted on his people, which he achieved when Phobos took over and told him where to find the retired "Nest Butcher". Jade compares his resolution to that Raythor demonstrated by climbing out of the Abyss of Shadows.
Large and in Charge: He leads his clan and is twice the size of the regular Mogriffs.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: Like the rest of his species, he's capable of shapeshifting into someone else. He's chosen to take Jesekiel Bexley's appearance, a decision originally done to prevent himself from forgetting his goal to kill the Nest Butcher.
Wouldn't Hurt a Child: When he killed Vera's grandfather, he ordered the little Vera to be left be since he didn't want to be a killer of children like the Nest Butcher.

Ymir

A captain in Phobos' army, who is tasked with supporting Snowpoint against Elyon's northern armies.

Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: Being Tyrian's military superior, he regularly has to keep a close watch on the mad soldier so that he won't stir up trouble, a job he'd gladly retire from.
Even Evil Has Standards: Though a Phobos loyalist, he's also a principled soldier not unlike Raythor. When Vera Bexley is holding a hatchling Mogriff hostage and makes it clear that she won't back down even to save her captured comrades who chose to surrender, Ymir remarks that surrendering in the face of impossible odds is not dishonorable, but threatening an innocent child to get revenge on his people is.
Mook Lieutenant: A commanding officer who is subordinate to Phobos and Jade.
Straight Man: To Jade's casual otherworldliness and Tyrian's bizarre nature.

Tyrian

A very odd soldier who takes part in the march to the Stone Nest. He's a member of a long-banned religious sect that worships the Shadow Realm and prophesies that a goddess will emerge from it to engulf the Infinite Realms in darkness — a goddess he's convinced Jade to be.

Affably Evil: Though Tyrian is insane and bloodthirsty, he's also very amusing, sincere in his worship of Jade, reciprocating of Rosetta's interest in him, and can be friendly, if mischievously and exasperatingly so, most of the time.
Ax-Crazy: He's a crazy and bloodthirsty Blood Knight and fundamentalist who relishes in unleashing his shadow serpent mount upon his enemies and can just barely be restrained from killing his comrades for not sharing his worship of Jade.
Badass Normal: He's an apparently normal human who, despite his insanity, is a dangerous fighter unafraid of getting almost eaten alive by his shadow serpent on a regular basis and can beat a Shadowkhan in a dance duel by sword swallowing a dagger thrown at him.
Berserk Button: Insulting Jade is a sure-fire way to make him seriously murderous instead of just toying with the idea of killing you.
Beware the Silly Ones: He may be a Cloudcuckoolander, but he's also an Ax-Crazy soldier skilled with knives. Jade ends up admitting that he's quite useful when he's not annoying her with his looniness and unwanted worship.
Blood Knight: He likes it when his opponents can give him a challenge.
Cloudcuckoolander: In his introductory scene alone, he obsesses over naming the shadow serpent mount he's given, to the point of not caring when it starts carrying him in its mouth. And that's just the tip of his unusual antics, which drive Ymir, Jade, and everyone else around him nuts.
Covered with Scars: He has a scar across his face, and his upper body is scarred as well.
Dance Battler: He's a highly acrobatic soldier who can match a Ninja Khan in a Dance-Off.
Everyone Has Standards: When Rosetta remarks to Vera that the latter's team surrendered for knowing it would have been madness to continue their hopeless quest, Tyrian agrees by adding that it wouldn't have been a fun kind of madness, showing that even he can recognize when some ventures of madness aren't worth it.
Expy: He's based on a similarly insane and religious character with the same name from RWBY.
The Fundamentalist: He wholeheartedly views Jade as the goddess prophesied by his religion, and fervently worships her, to the point of threatening other Phobos soldiers who disagree with him.
The Hyena: He's constantly laughing madly.
Large Ham: He's prone to dramatic words and gestures.
Military Maverick: Though a skilled fighter, he's so frustrating with his military superiors and fellow soldiers that he was thrice reassigned to three different squadrons before Elyon's ascension. In fact, his insanity is said to be the only reason he hasn't gained a promotion or place among the Elite of Phobos.
Nightmare Fetishist: Not only he lacks any of his comrades' reserves regarding Jade, but he's absolutely delighted to serve her people and learning about her world that is a place of damnation to everyone outside his cult. He even insists that almost getting eaten by the Shadow Striker is just the snake's idea of playing.
No Social Skills: Being a Cloudcuckoolander following the teachings of a cult worshipping The Antichrist, he has very little clue on normal social interaction. He even pauses in the middle of his fight against Vera's team to ask them advice on how to court Rosetta.
Psycho Knife Nut: This unstable soldier fights with two knives.
Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: He has yellow eyes, though they convey his insanity more than sneakiness.

Rosetta

A soldier who's a native of the southern plains.

All Girls Want Bad Boys: Her romantic interest in Tyrian baffles Quinn and the other soldiers. One lampshades it by guessing that dangerous men draw women to themselves.
Nice Girl: She's such a friendly person it's hard to believe she's a member of Phobos' loyalist army.

Quinn

Rosetta's friend and squadmate.

Half-Human Hybrid: She's basically a human with Escandor skin color as a sign of hybrid heritage.

Grimjaws

A beast Lurden who commands the fortress of Snowpoint.

The Unintelligible: Like the other Lurdens, he can let out only growls and roars, so he needs Telonio as a translator.

Telonio

A soldier at Snowpoint.

Number Two: The second-in-command of Grimjaws.
Translator Buddy: He serves to translate his Lurden commander's speech to those who don't understand it.

Sofia and Maya

A mother and daughter who're both spider changelings and serve as healers in Snowpoint.

Berserk Button: Though Sofia is able to take it with Tranquil Fury, don't compare her to Cedric or any other snake shapeshifter.
Beware the Nice Ones: Don't confuse their friendliness for pushoverness; they will use their powers if you threaten them or their friends.
Combat Medic: Though they're not warriors, the spider forms of these healers give them an advantage in combat.
Cool Old Lady: Sofia is a kind old healer who's willing to advise and enlist the aid of her fellow healer Caroline despite the girl being from the enemy camp, but she's also willing to threaten her side's soldiers with her changeling powers to ensure her patients' well-being.
Fantastic Racism: Sofia appears to have her own strong opinions about serpentine shapeshifters like Cedric and doesn't like them to be mixed up with spider changelings. Cedric's reputation not helping the general view on changelings may have something to do with it, but Maya suspects her mother may have had a bad relationship with another snake shapeshifter.
Friendly Neighborhood Spider: When compared to their fellow spider changeling Miranda, Sofia and Maya are friendly people who've simply been driven to Phobos' side by racist people and would just want to live in peace.
Icy Blue Eyes: They both have this eye color and can be threatening with their spider forms when they want to.
Light Is Good: Both of them have white hair in their human forms and white fur in their spider forms, and they're much nicer when compared to the more embittered Miranda whose human hair and spider fur are both black.
The Medic: Sofia is Snowpoint's head healer, and Maya is following in her footsteps. Before being forced to take refuge in Snowpoint, they used to run a clinic in Endfield and were able to enjoy a tolerable life due to Sofia being likely the only one with true medical training in the north until Phobos was overthrown.
Projectile Webbing: They are capable of shooting webbing out of their mouths like Miranda, and they've devised a way to use it to cast broken limps.
Silk Hiding Steel: Lampshaded with Sofia; after she proves herself to be willing to assert herself to soldiers in order to ensure her patients' well-being, Caroline asks if healers aren't supposed to be patient and gentle. Sofia answers that while it is so, tough love is sometimes required when dealing with more hardheaded patients.
Taking the Bullet: Maya takes a sword strike from a crazed Vera to protect Caroline.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: Like Miranda, they're capable of alternating between a human form and a spider form.

Elyon loyalists

Granik

A blue Galhot, a captain in the Royal Guard and a former Phobos loyalist.

Brutish Character, Brutish Weapon: Played with. He fights with an ax, but he tries to act professionally despite his anger at the rebels' disrespectful attitude, smells a rat about the story of Jade being Phobos' creation when he fights the Shadowkhan, and tries to prevent Caleb from impulsively focusing all the defenders' efforts in protecting Elyon by reasoning that she can defend herself with her powers and the castle's defenses must not be abandoned.
A Father to His Men: He's understanding of his men's frustrations with the rebels' open disrespect, and they follow him to likely death without hesitation. Erec and the others desiring retribution over his death and giving him his final rites show how much he was respected by his men.
Last Stand: When Caleb and the rest of the rebels prioritize Elyon's safety by abandoning the Guard to repel the Shadowkhan alone, Granik rightly anticipates he won't see sunrise again and leads his men to protect the castle as best as they can, losing his life in the process.
Sacrificial Lamb: He's briefly introduced in the first chapter before he gets killed in the fourth chapter to show how much more grim and violent the sequel is.

Erec, son of Eret

A Royal Guard under Granik.

Following in Relative's Footsteps: He states that his father Eret was the first of his family to join the Guard during Phobos' reign, and he himself was accepted last year following his father's death.
Jerkass Has a Point: He's openly hostile towards the heroes – including his Queen – he blames for his comrades and captain's deaths, but Elyon admits he has every right to be angry over Caleb abandoning them and disillusioned with her record as a queen. His Armor-Piercing Question about her ignorance regarding Meridian also motivates her to do her homework about her kingdom so that she can live up to her promises of doing better.

Warden of Cavigor

The warden of Cavigor's prison.

Asshole Victim: He's impaled by a Razor Khan's bladed claws soon after he remorselessly orders all the prisoners to be slaughtered.
Brutish Character, Brutish Weapon: He fights with an ax and is a ruthless Knight Templar.
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": He's only referred to as the Warden.
Evil Counterpart: He's a more Knight Templarish version of the Wardens Are Evil behavior Vathek has started moving past following his recent Heel Realization.
Knight Templar: He's even in his final breath convinced he's doing Elyon's will by massacring his defenseless prisoners, all of whom he believes to be Phobos' sympathizers.
Shadow Archetype: The Warden of Cavigor is a dark reflection of Vathek had the head jailer of the Infinite City not given up his Black-and-White Morality viewpoint and realized the dangers of treating any of Phobos' supporters (real and alleged) the same as him. Vathek's development shows when he refuses to let the Warden slaughter all of Cavigor's prisoners under the assumption they'll all inevitably take Phobos' side.
Wardens Are Evil: He's a Knight Templar who's perfectly willing to summarily murder all his prisoners rather than let them be released by Frost's army.

Jax

One of the lieutenants in Cavigor.

Asshole Victim: After he shamelessly follows the Warden's order to slaughter all the defenseless prisoners and attempts to kill Vathek and Drake for trying to stop him, he's killed by a spear Frost throws at him.
Ascended Extra: He turns out to be one of the regular Guards who took Jade to the Infinite City in Kage on the orders of Caleb when he went against Elyon's orders regarding the girl.
Knight Templar: Like the Warden, he believes that by murdering all their defenseless prisoners, he's doing what's necessary to protect Meridian from Phobos. He also accuses the more heroic rebels of being too gutless for keeping Phobos and his minions alive, and claims Elyon and the past queens would see the wisdom of finishing off the enemy so that they can't be a threat anymore.
Taking You with Me: When Frost's army has broken in Cavigor with the help of the Razor Khan and Jax faces opposition from Vathek and Drake as they try to stop him from executing the prisoners, witnessing the enemy using a Secret Underground Passage to enter the prison's lowest levels results in him having a Villainous Breakdown and deciding that if he must go down, he'll kill Vathek and Drake before that. Frost kills him before he can kill either of them.
Wardens Are Evil: He's the Warden's lieutenant in Cavigor and wholeheartedly agrees with his plan to murder all their prisoners rather than risk them being released and recruited by Frost.

Yoruichi of the White sands

A rebel soldier under Vathek and Drake during the siege of Cavigor.

Action Girl: She's a soldier with enough agility to fare against the Razor Khan.
Badass Normal: She's a gracefully agile soldier who fares against the Razor Khan better than most of the other rebels at Cavigor.
Dual Wielding: She fights with two serrated daggers.
Expy: She has the name of another purple-haired Action Girl from Bleach.

Vera Bexley

The daughter of the governor of Castwell's Peak and leader of the Sky Hunters who's obsessed with wiping out the Mogriffs as revenge for her grandfather's death.

Action Girl: She's trained herself from an early age to become a Master Archer.
Badass Normal: She's a young human whose master archery, resourcefulness and sheer stubbornness make her able to give some remarkable trouble for Jade.
Broken Ace: As Bastian Bromwood notes after learning that Vera has gone rogue, Vera is intelligent, talented and a good warrior, but also stubborn, hotheaded and seriously capable of holding on to an obsession.
Daddy's Girl: Granddad's Girl, in this case; she was much closer to her grandfather than to her own father and learned from him practically everything she knows today. Unfortunately, her adoration renders her unwilling to accept he wasn't a hero of a Guilt-Free Extermination War.
Defiant Captive: After becoming a prisoner, she tries the patience of Jade, Phobos loyalists and even her fellow captives by refusing to accept defeat and throwing around threats and insults at everyone. She stops only so that she can pull a Sick Captive Scam, and it takes subjecting her to a downplayed Fate Worse than Death sentence to finally break her.
Determinator: Her pigheadedness is her greatest strength and weakness.
Devious Daggers: In addition to her bow, she wields two daggers and proves herself to be a maverick type of warrior.
Fantastic Racism: She utterly sees the Mogriffs as monsters that deserve total extinction and refuses to consider any evidence to the contrary. She also has similar opinions about Lurdens and changelings.
Fatal Flaw: She just can't admit defeat in her hotheadedness and stubbornness, and it's her Detrimental Determination that ends up costing her her fellow nobles' friendship and the mobility of one of her arms.
Her Own Worst Enemy: Her Detrimental Determination in regards to her desire for revenge for her grandfather causes her to trick her supposed friends into deserting and going on a virtual suicide mission to try and kill Metalbeak rather than retreat, which ends up getting herself and her companions captured and giving Phobos's side valuable political leverage, and ruining her friendships with them once the truth comes out.
He Who Fights Monsters: She vehemently views the Mogriffs as monsters and insists her quest for revenge is justice in her grandfather's name, but to achieve that, she's willing to lie to her closest friends, risk their well-being and ultimately abandon them for refusing to follow her in her madness anymore, all the while losing any guilt she had to begin with. What's more, she's called out of her ruthlessness by Jade who, despite having turned into an Oni and being called an abomination by Vera, has retained her capability for mercy, with her sparing the rest of Vera's team when they surrender being one example. Her Moral Myopia is criticized also by Ymir, Metalbeak and Windblade when she's holding the son of the latter two hostage and refuses to consider the Mogriffs' side of things.
Jerkass: She's not the most pleasant of people even to her friends due to her short temper and singleminded focus on her revenge, and her Sanity Slippage makes it even worse.
Knight Templar: She considers herself a righteous crusader who'll finally put an end to the Mogriffs' threat over innocent people, but even her closest friends can see that she's really driven by revenge more than anything. Anyone failing to see things her way and enable her obsessive quest, like Elyon, her military superiors and fellow nobles in the Sky Hunters, is a weakling too spineless to do what's needed by her book, and she refuses to listen to the Mogriffs' justifications that Metalbeak killed her grandfather for being a brutal Mogriff killer and that the attempts to take their ancestral lands by force have contributed to their hostility.
The Leader: She's a mix of the headstrong and charismatic varieties as the unofficial leader of the Sky Hunters. She's good at inspiring others with her passion, but she's also a deconstruction of the headstrong leader whose Detrimental Determination leads to her becoming a Broken Pedestal to her friends and using the ignorance of her fellow prisoners to lead them on an ultimately doomed Prison Riot against the warnings of her more sensible ex-friends.
Leeroy Jenkins: Amelia and Philip have an issue with Vera's tendency to include full charges in her battle plans.
Master Archer: She leads a squad of archers who rarely miss their shot. During the battle at Snowpoint, she takes aim at Jade from the other side of a chasm, and her arrow would have hit her mark if not for it being intercepted by a Ninja Khan's kunai at the last second. She also has a low opinion on crossbows because she thinks a true archer's talent outmatches a machine.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: She's the hardheaded and vindictive Red Oni to Amelia's calculating and dignified Blue Oni.
Revenge Before Reason: After a decade of preparing for a chance to get her revenge, she gives her more sensible comrades a hard time by needing coercion to abandon the fight against the Mogriffs and their powerful Shadowkhan allies. She ends up defying her superiors' direct orders and deceives her friends into embarking on a suicide mission to find and kill Metalbeak. She ultimately abandons them when they all decide to throw in the towel and runs off to get her revenge without caring for her own life.
Sanity Slippage: Much of the Snowpoint arc is basically a prolonged Villainous Breakdown for her, as setbacks and the stress of lying to her friends about the true renegade nature of her mission wears down at her sanity until she's eventually reduced to a raving maniac. Several characters end up wondering though if she was actually hiding the true extend of her irrationality so that she'd be considered stable enough to be allowed to partake in the battles against the Mogriffs.
Shadow Archetype: After seeing how ready Vera is to ruin her own life to have her revenge, Jade starts wondering if she could end up the same if she allowed her own quest for revenge dictate her every action.
Symbolic Mutilation: A Leech Khan eats the shadow of her left arm to render it paralyzed, which Jade considers fitting since now the extremely stubborn Action Girl can't possibly keep fighting back as a political prisoner. The pain of this ordeal is what finally gets through Vera's madness enough so that she admits for once that she rather than someone else messed up.
Token Evil Teammate: She's the most extreme and vindictive member of her circle of friends. She's also a deconstructed example of this type of character who's in charge of a team; she takes her friends on a mission which she tells them to be an important assignment from their superiors, but it's just a cover for fulfilling her own selfish vendetta. The moment the rest of the team has had enough of her obstinate willingness to press forward at their expense and decide to give up, she deems them worthless and throws them under the bus.
Tomboyish Ponytail: She has a small ponytail and is a hardened Action Girl who doesn't act like a noble lady.
Took a Level in Jerkass: She becomes increasingly unreasonable with her friends until the failure of her renegade mission (of which she blames them) turns her utterly contemptuous of them to the point that she tries to kill Caroline for trying to stop her from killing Maya.
Tragic Keepsake: The black ribbon she wears in her hair turns out to have been a part of the dress her grandfather was planning to gift her with on the day he was killed before it was ripped in half by a Mogriff as a warning not to mess with them.
The Unfettered: Deconstructed. To achieve her revenge, she will attempt to commit genocide on a whole race, renounce her loyalty to Elyon and desert her army when they won't besiege Snowpoint anymore, drag even her closest friends into danger through deception, throw them under the bus once she considers them to be a hindrance or is unable to make them obey her anymore, throw her enemies' mercy in their faces, risk even her own mother to a war with another world, or push herself forward without caring if it'll cost her her own life. All her sacrifices only lead to her being imprisoned, paralyzed from an arm, and emotionally broken.
Would Hurt a Child: She nearly manages to shoot Jade when first seeing her on the enemy's side. She also makes it clear she's all for smashing any Mogriff eggs coming her way. She indeed tries to kill the three hatchlings who're considering trying to help her and ends up using one of them as a meat shield against the adults.
You Killed My Father: Her beloved grandfather's death at Metalbeak's claws is driving her desire to kill him and the rest of the Mogriffs.

Albel

A woodsman's son and Vera's best friend.

Best Friend Manual: Alan wishes at one point that Albel would be with the team since he knows how to calm Vera down.
Interclass Friendship: He's a commoner who's best friends with a noble girl.
Undying Loyalty: His main concern is to ensure Vera won't end up getting herself hurt in her vendetta and will be able to find happiness.

Amelia Emmony

A noble from the House of Emmony and the heir of the merchant guild.

Action Girl: Her skill with a sword is unquestioned.
Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She's a haughty and tall noble lady with a long dark hair.
Commander Contrarian: She's Vera's most vocal rival and the first to question her decisions.
Deadpan Snarker: She's constantly snarking at others, especially Vera.
Everyone Has Standards: Though she detests the Mogriffs, she agrees with Tinsley that harming defenseless hatchlings and eggs feels dishonorable.
Fantastic Racism: Not only she considers the Mogriffs to be disgusting creatures, but she's also repulsed by Passlings and cannot understand why Caleb and the Guardians would so much as tolerate Blunk's presence.
Heroes Prefer Swords: She fights with a black sword because she believes the art of swordsmanship to be more fitting of a noble than the more "barbaric" archery. While she's an arrogant elitist, she has her code of honor and loyalty.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's arrogant even to her friends, bigoted towards Passlings and Mogriffs, and very critical of Vera (not without good reason, though), but she's also rational and loyal, has a soft spot for Caroline and tries to ensure Vera won't end up getting everyone killed for nothing.
Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: She wears more fancy clothes than the other noble heirs and is capable of fighting in them.
Lady of War: She's an elegant noble and a Master Swordswoman.
Master Swordswoman: In contrast to the rest of the Sky Hunters, she chose to dedicate herself to learning swordsmanship which she considers more noble and less barbaric than archery.
The Proud Elite: She's a beautiful and intelligent noble with a lofty demeanor, but she's nonetheless loyal to her family honor and friends.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: She's the calculating and dignified Blue Oni to Vera's hardheaded and vindictive Red Oni.
Vitriolic Best Buds:
- For all her arguing with Alan, she's willing to fight for him as much as she's ready to fight for the rest of her friends.
- The ending of her friendship with Vera is made tragic by Amelia's confession that for all their disagreements, she believed she could trust her hardheaded rival to have her back before Vera proved herself a traitor.

Philip Wildstorm

A noble whose family leads the guarding force of Castwell's Peak.

Loyal to the Position: He follows the established chain of command in the northern army and respects Vera's leadership position over the Sky Hunters even though he agrees with Amelia that Vera's personal enmity towards the Mogriffs makes her too volatile to be an effective leader.
Military Brat: He's a born soldier from a line of military career starting from his great-grandfather.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: He's the disciplined and thoughtful Blue Oni to the carefree and thrill-loving Red Oni of his best friend Alan.

Caroline Hart

A noble from Castwell's Peak and the healer of the Sky Hunters.

Beware the Nice Ones: This gentle girl doesn't consider herself a fighter like her friends, but when Vera finally angers her by trying to kill Maya, she attempts to choke her former friend while giving her a piece of her mind.
Cowardly Lion: A Shrinking Violet who still takes part in the Sky Hunters' dangerous assignments and is ultimately willing to fight Vera to protect Maya.
Heroic Self-Deprecation: This kind girl has serious self-esteem issues and considers her skills at potion-making and first aid to be her only worthy quality.
The Medic: She's skilled at brewing Healing Potions.
Morality Pet: Amelia of all people regards Caroline as a close friend and softens her lofty demeanor mostly with her.
Nice Girl: She's willing to heal even enemy soldiers simply because it's the right thing to do.
Shrinking Violet: She's quiet and shy.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: When she's replacing the bandage on her bleeding hand, she throws the old bandage to the wind, and it ends up crossing the path of a Frostbiter and giving it a scent to follow her team's trail even beyond its territory.
"Well Done, Son" Guy: Caroline's mother's known as the best seamstress and cloth producer of the north, but she herself has never been naturally into it despite her best efforts and feels she's failed her family.

Tinsley Gendi

A daughter of the north's most influential farmers and one of Vera's closest friends.

Friend to All Living Things: She's shown to be an animal-lover to the point that she doesn't want Alan to hunt for food the elk mother and fawn she spots or any Snowpuffs. Her father remarks that she has a knack for getting attached to animals as he tries to think on how he's going to tell her that he was forced to put down her favorite tundra goat.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She's a blonde Nice Girl.
The Heart: She takes it upon herself to try to keep her team's spirits up and stop their infighting. She's also the first one to realize that the Mogriffs' hostility towards the rest of Meridian might be justified when she learns that their mountain was conquered from them out of greed for the light crystals within it.
The Pollyanna: Described as a ray of sunshine, she's always trying to keep smiling and uphold everyone's spirits. Her friends realize how much their ordeals have been pushing her to her limits when she tearfully surrenders to Jade in the hope of getting for Alan the medical treatment he needs.
Shipper on Deck: When Tyrian asks romantic advice from her team in the middle of a fight, Tinsley is the only one giving the madman sincere suggestions. She afterwards wishes his affair with Rosetta will work out and remarks how romantic it is that even war can't stop people from finding love.
Wouldn't Hurt a Child: Though she's been told since birth that the Mogriffs are monsters, she's appalled by Vera's willingness to smash their eggs.

Alan Ascelot

A Sky Hunter and son of renowned explorers of the north.

Annoying Patient: Downplayed. When he's being treated at Snowpoint, Sofia scolds him for risking re-opening his wounds and he quickly obeys her orders to settle down and admits his stubborness has made him a hard patient in the past.
Oblivious to Love: He appears to be the only one oblivious of Tinsley's blatant crush on him.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: He's the carefree and thrill-loving Red Oni to the disciplined and thoughtful Blue Oni of his best friend Philip.
Scarily Competent Tracker: He knows the animals of the mountains from tracks alone.
Vitriolic Best Buds: He has a tense relationship with Amelia and is constantly taunting her. This is because his grandfather was caught trying to traffic rebel soldiers and was arrested by one of Phobos' patrols. Since that same patrol granted a pass for a caravan of Amelia's family, Alan alludes that the Emmonys sold his grandfather out, but Amelia denies her family having any responsibility. Despite this, Alan is ready to rush to her aid as much as with his other friends.

Bastian Bromwood

The commander-in-chief of the army besieging Snowpoint. He served as a captain in Phobos' army before defecting to Elyon's side.

Berserk Button: He considers himself a reasonable man, but he won't tolerate insubordination committed against his or Elyon's orders for egotistical reasons.
Closest Thing We Got: Though 35 years old, he's relatively young to command an army the size of the northern army. Though he likes to think his militaristic dedication and aptitude for warfare enabled that, he knows the major reason to be the rebels' lack of people properly qualified (in other words, having both experience and a formal military training) for the task.

Rotha Vathib

A captain in the northern army and Bastian's old friend.

Action Girl: She's stated to be one of the best spear users of Meridian.

Sult

A former Phobos loyalist and one of the captains in the northern army.

Reassigned to Antarctica: Bastian suspects Sult was sent to the northern army halfly to test the loyalties of the former Phobos loyalist and halfly to get him out of the capital.

Oskar Marsh

A old veteran soldier of the rebellion.

Old Soldier: He served in the rebellion from the start, and is always ready to advise his younger comrades.

Idina Bexley

Vera's mother and the governor of Castwell's Peak.

Beware the Nice Ones: She's a gentle woman, but those who know her are aware she can be intimidating when angry.
Determinator: Idina is noted to be a person of great willpower not that different from her daughter.
Mama Bear: Philip states that Idina would rally the entire north against Jade and Phobos to rescue or avenge her daughter.

Aspen Emmony

Amelia's mother and the head of the merchant guild.

Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Like her daughter, Aspen is an attractive and snooty noble lady with long dark hair.
Animal Motifs: She's known as "the Viper of the North", and her cold and calculating gaze is described to be like that of a snake ready to strike.
Cleavage Window: She wears a black dress with a diamond-shaped chest window.
Femme Fatale: She's a proud, ambitious and gorgeous lady in black with a reputation of being able to convince almost anyone to see things her way.
Good Is Not Nice: She's prideful and willing to employ underhanded tactics to ensure the survival of Castwell's Peak and her daughter, like pretending to be loyal to Phobos or using mind games to convince Elyon to help them.
Mama Bear: She's utterly displeased to learn Vera has put Amelia in danger and promises dire consequences if she dies.

Jasper Wildstorm

Philip's father and the head of the garrison of Castwell's Peak.

Old Soldier: He's fifty years old with three decades worth of military experience.

Donoban Ascelot

Alan's father who leads the hunters of Castwell's Peak.

Boisterous Bruiser: He's a large man and one of the best warriors of Castwell's Peak. He's also rather carefree and loud, though he can act serious when the situation calls for it.

Abigor and Ilitia

A pair of soldiers in a troop following Kur's orders in the Swamplands.

Token Good Teammate: To their troop. They're aware they're surrounded by overzealous fanatics who're giving the rebels a bad name, and they don't trust one bit in Kur. They still hope to try to mitigate the damages until Elyon can put the corrupt rebels in line.
Wouldn't Hurt a Child: They're quite upset that Lily is among their prisoners and try to find a way to prevent her from being sent to Cavigor.
You Killed My Father: Ilitia's grandfather, who was a Phobos loyalist, was killed when Cedric ordered her village to be burned to the ground because several rebels stayed at the inn, making her bitter both at Cedric and Phobos.

Zekiel

One of Kur's captains in the Swamplands who oversees sending captured swamp inhabitants to Cavigor from End Frontier.

Even Evil Has Standards: He diligently follows Kur's orders and is willing to kill children if they're shapeshifters, but he's outraged to learn that a human kid was imprisoned simply for associating with Whisperers (though he's also afraid of the repercussions should Elyon's inner circle learn about the unlawful arrests). When one of his men suggests killing Lily to cover their tracks, he's just as angry as Abigor and Ilitia.
Fantastic Racism: It's made clear that he'd kill any shapeshifters he encountered as soon as possible.
Worthy Opponent: When Raythor kills him at the end of their duel, he acknowledges that Zekiel fought with honor and hopes his enemy will find peace.
Would Hurt a Child: He'd kill on sight any changeling child, but he's utterly displeased to learn that there's a human girl among his captives and doesn't approve of the idea of killing her.

Others

Jesekiel Bexley

Vera Bexley's late maternal grandfather who served under two queens before Weira as a soldier hunting down Mogriffs. After he retired and Phobos took over, he was killed by the Mogriff alpha Metalbeak as retribution for all the Mogriffs he had killed. His death set Vera on her path of revenge against the Mogriffs and Metalbeak in particular — a revenge she's determined to achieve after ten years of waiting.

Arch-Enemy: To the Mogriffs, especially Metalbeak who, since first seeing the Nest Butcher in action as a hatchling, dedicated himself to becoming a strong leader in preparation of making the man pay for all the Mogriffs he killed to the point of choosing to shapeshift into him in order to not let himself forget this goal. Though he finally killed Jesekiel after three decades of waiting, the Butcher still haunts his people in the form of his granddaughter whom Metalbeak left filled with vengeance, with Metalbeak eventually admitting his responsibility over it.
The Butcher: His brutality towards the Mogriffs led to them calling him the Nest Butcher.
Dad the Veteran: He was a retired soldier with a daughter and a granddaughter.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Whatever his faults, he greatly loved his granddaughter to the point that he threw away his dignity, begged Metalbeak to kill him in exchange for sparing her and used his last words to try to reassure and apologize to her.
Fantastic Racism: Like his granddaughter, he firmly believed the Mogriffs to be monsters from which innocents must be protected by whatever means.
Hypocrite: He killed innocent Mogriff hatchlings and eggs without mercy, yet he asked Vera to be spared by saying she's just a child who hasn't done anything to the Mogriffs. The hypocrisy didn't go unnoticed by them.
Karmic Death: His death at Metalbeak's claws is considered overdue justice In-Universe by Jade when she hears of the Nest Butcher's brutality.
Knight Templar: Like grandfather, like granddaughter. He claimed he was protecting all of Meridian from the Mogriffs by slaughtering them, but he took his convictions to needlessly brutal levels by killing hatchlings and eggs in front of their mothers before killing them as well.
Papa Wolf: Metalbeak's implied threat on his family angered Jesekiel and made him curse the Mogriff who was holding him by the throat.
Posthumous Character: One serving in a living character's You Killed My Father motive.
Retired Monster: He retired from military service and became a farmer with no shred of guilt for hunting down Mogriffs. Too bad for him Metalbeak wouldn't let him get away without punishment.
Villainous Valour: Even when Metalbeak held him by the throat, the old man remained firm on the righteousness of his past deeds. It was only when Vera showed up that he threw away his pride and begged Metalbeak to let her live.
Would Hurt a Child: He happily killed even hatchlings and smashed eggs. When Metalbeak confronted him about it, he justified himself by saying that he wouldn't let them grow into adults that could harm innocents.

Roderick Asta

The mayor of Riverdeen.

Nice Guy: He's a good man with the best interests of his citizens at heart.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Unable to notify Elyon about the corrupt rebels' actions, he's willing to cooperate with Phobos when the prince offers aid for his citizens.

Lily

A eight-year-old girl from Riverdeen.

Children Are Innocent: She's so innocent that she befriends a field of Whisperers and starts hero-worshiping Phobos after he rescues her.
Missing Child: She's introduced to have gone missing, with Kur's soldiers having captured her for spending time with Whisperers and trying to make it look like she was killed by Lurdens. Phobos rescuing her and the other captives from the End Frontier fortress serves as his first step to securing the Swamplands' loyalty.
Spanner in the Works: With Kur's men intercepting all of Mayor Asta's pleas for aid to Elyon, Lily's effort to deliver the mayor's latest message with the help of her Whisperer friends leads to the Shadowkhan bringing the still intact letter to Jade, giving her and Phobos a general idea on the Swamplands' situation and making them decide to put a stop to Kur's plans as one of their first orders in business.

Flora

A young girl who knows the Swamplands like the back of her hand.

Action Girl: She's a strong girl capable of throwing men around and fighting off dangerous swamp animals. She learned fighting from her mother who was a retired soldier.
Berserk Button: She won't like having her meal interrupted.
Freudian Excuse: After her parents were murdered and the culprit escaped justice, she developed trust issues in people in general.
Jungle Princess: She has signs of this; she can easily make her way in the Swamplands and loves exploring them to the point of secluding herself and being difficult to get along with due to her bluntness and irreverent attitude.

Characters / Kage

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Characters first appearing in Kage

Miranda

Raythor

Frost

The Tracker

Gargoyle

Sandpit

Will Vandom

Irma Lair

Taranee Cook

Cornelia Hale

Hay Lin

Caleb

Aldarn

Vathek

Drake

Julian

Kur

Himerish

Yan Lin

Tibor

Luba

Halinor

Kadma

Blunk

Tynar

Yua, Ari and Maqi

Drago

The original Kage

N'Ghala

Althair

Othis and Zanna

Queen Weira the Second

Prince Kronos

Characters first appearing in Shadows over Meridian

Windblade

Metalbeak

Ymir

Tyrian

Rosetta

Quinn

Grimjaws

Telonio

Sofia and Maya

Granik

Erec, son of Eret

Warden of Cavigor

Jax

Yoruichi of the White sands

Vera Bexley

Albel

Amelia Emmony

Philip Wildstorm

Caroline Hart

Tinsley Gendi

Alan Ascelot

Bastian Bromwood

Rotha Vathib

Sult

Oskar Marsh

Idina Bexley

Aspen Emmony

Jasper Wildstorm

Donoban Ascelot

Abigor and Ilitia

Zekiel

Jesekiel Bexley

Roderick Asta

Lily

Flora

Alternative Title(s): Shadows Over Meridian

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