There are quite a number of important characters in the Skylessia RP
. Naturally, this page is a work in progress.These include:
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Generation I
Alacia
Harmony Duval
- Axe-Crazy: No conscience, nasty temper at times. Do the math.
- Long-Lost Relative: To Serenity, although Serenity is technically the long lost one.
- Rags to Royalty: Or at least to nobility. King Thrushbeard style, somewhat subverted by Harmony not having learned anything but how to lie better.
- Straw Misogynist: For lack of a better trope. She dislikes other women in a general sense.
- Theme Twin Naming: Harmony and Serenity.
Maximillion Zwingley
The Duke of Fidona and one of the biggest idealists on the Sliding Scaleof Idealism Versus Cynicism. Probably also one of the most clearly heroic characters. Despite being 3rd Tier, he is constantly made fun of.
He's The Juggernaut, bitch!
- Attack! Attack! Attack!: There is no other battle strategy!
- Beware the Nice Ones: Zwingley TEARS GAZ'S ARMS OUT OF THEIR SOCKETS. "Nobody kills my king and lives", indeed.
- The Big Guy: His 3rd Tier class is Juggernaut for a reason.
- Farm Boy: Started out as a ranch hand.
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Ho Yay: The fact that his highest support level was with Feldspar and he showed no interest in women meant that this was inevitable.
- Knight in Shining Armor: His armor is shiny and he fights evil and doesn't afraid of anything.
- Large and in Charge: He's big and commands a small army.
- Misery Builds Character: His whole family has been killed and he's gone to jail for things he didn't do more times than one can count. And he's still such a nice guy.
- Older and Wiser: After he gets married and has a kid.
- Power Fist: His Megaton Punch, Smite.
- Rags to Royalty: The Sleeping Beauty type. Originally thought he was a rancher's son, but turns out he's the son of one of the wealthiest men on the planet, and his mother was sister to a Duke.
- Think Nothing of It: Pretty much the way he treats every situation in which he's saved someone.
Richter Vastor
A sage from Alacia specializing in Wind Magic, he wanders in search of knowledge. Loyal, honest and kind, to a fault, his Achilles' Heel is his embarrassment around women.
- Oblivious to Love: If he makes a woman blush, he wouldn't realize it.
Syntyche Trevayne
A member of the Knights Celestia and one of the strongest people in the world. Former duchess of Goshen.
- No Guy Wants an Amazon: The strong-willed Syn has had a notoriously difficult time acquiring suitors.
- Shout-Out: "My name is Syntyche Trevayne. You have killed my ex-boyfriend. Prepare to die."
Arad'uun
Ellis Nineveh
A young man of the Nineveh, a tribe of forest Vikings that are more or less stuck in Dark Age Europe. Brash, eager, and impossible to get along with, no matter how powerful he becomes he remains one of Skylessia's premier Butt Monkeys.
- Awesome, but Impractical: Ellis's weapon of choice, Revolution, is a 3 foot long, glorified magically spinning pizza cutter. It doesn't stop him from using it a lot.
- Can't Bathe Without a Weapon: He even brought his axes to a wedding.
- Child Soldier: Despite his insistence that he is a full-grown man, Ellis tends to border on this. Contributes greatly to Values Dissonance.
- Deconstruction / Lampshade Hanging: Of kid heroes and shonen protagonists, depending on where on the Mood Whiplash a given post is.
- Kick the Dog: Inflicted on his son in a Bad Future, culminating in hitting him in the face and telling him that he should have died instead of his sister.
- Funetik Aksent: "What, y'got a problem with that?!"
- Glacier Waif: Due to being weighed down by all his armor and axes, he is usually more of a Stone Wall than his build would have you believe. The few times he fought without his armor he became a Glass Cannon.
- Horny Vikings: He and his entire tribe have the helmets to show it.
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Lawful Neutral: Which translates as Chaotic Neutral, due to what constitutes Nineveh 'law'.
- Mr. Imagination: There is no other way to explain this.◊
- Named Weapons: Banditcleaver, Banditbutcher, Pirateslayer, Woodcleaver, Deerbutcher, Starforged, and Revolution, to name a few. Out of these only Starforged and Revolution are particularly special axes.
- Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: What happens when he tries to speak with an Alacian noble accent.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red Oni to Erevor, Leon, Niode, and almost everyone else. Blue Oni to Kid Stan.
- Troubling Unchildlike Behaviour: At 15, the youth age limit for a Skylessia PC, Ellis killed many, many people with barely a second thought, much to the consternation of those who saw him as no more than a child.
- 24-Hour Armor: Utterly played straight, and deconstructed. Non-Nineveh think it's completely bizarre that he wears his armor everywhere he goes.
Mairenn Trenor
A young woman from the Trenor clan, a small tribe in northern Arad'uun. She's generally calm and easy-going. One of the many women involved with Vadim Itzal.
Mairenn and her prized bow, Soulsinger
- Anti-Magic/Power Nullifier: Her main bow dampens the effects of magic both ways - mages hit with an arrow from it become weaker, while she also gets a boost in resistance. While it doesn't completely nullify magic, it's still enough for the trope to apply. Impressive for simply finding it lying around in a storeroom.
Vague BlackLightning
Ride The Lightning!
- Artificial Human: A half-homunculus, or morph.
- Not So Stoic: In his interactions with Annie and Al.
- Shock and Awe: He isn't called BlackLightning for nothing.
Devlan
Aria Schezobraska
A beautiful, but strong-willed Devlani soldier from the Devlan Supreme Army who rebels and joins James Sromvoski in the historic Devlan Great War. She becomes James's queen after they fall in love during the war.
Aria during her Devlan Army days. Striking.
- Cool Sword: After she obtains Exaccus, the shape-shifting, lightning sword of true purple.
- Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: She's several inches taller than her significant other.
- Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Unfailingly devoted to the forces of justice and all that is good and right
- Jeanne d'Archétype: Female, Young, Action Girl, Devotion to Greater Cause, Farmgirl, Joined the military
- Lethal Chef: Concocts near deadly creations, despite her enthusiasm.
- Relationship Sue: Aria x James, perfect destiny soul mates.
- Stripperific: Wears sexy, but impractical armor
- The Strategist: Clever army tactician.
- Combat Pragmatist: Killed the steed before the rider, but only because she had no choice.
Ian Cole
- The Alcoholic: Used to be this after being betrayed by his country, but he got better and vowed to stop drinking again. He's had one drink since, and that was when he thought he was going to freeze to death in a blizzard.
- The Captain: Was this in the Devlani military, before he was blacklisted as an insurrectionist.
- Deadpan Snarker: Doesn't say much, but when he does it sometimes falls into this category.
- Defector from Decadence: Starts speaking out against the oppressive government after a member of his batallion kills an innocent woman. It doesn't go very well.
- Heroic BSoD: Experiences one while living in Valhassa after getting thrown overboard of a ship and left for dead. He gets better.
- The Stoic: Mostly, but lately that's been changing as he's been dealing with Devlan directly.
Veika Steinhart
- Officer and a Gentleman: turned Of the People, which caused a My Country, Right or Wrong
Marcellus
Esperina Escalanza
- The Captain: Captain of the Crimson Butterfly.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Tragic backstory, empowers character to seek revenge.
- Revenge: Seeks Janorek of the Gorge's death.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Wants to kill every pirate without question.
- Talking Weapon: Esperina's ravenous live sword Skyrremizu.
Nagaräth
Freya Lafayette
- Boisterous Bruiser: Can't read, very lighthearted almost bordering on obnoxious, but not quite The Idiot from Osaka.
- Just Like Robin Hood: Does what she needs to get by; more specifically a Classy Cat-Burglar who displays Honor Among Thieves
- The Tramp: whose various jobs include being a Hooker with a Heart of Gold, Private Military Contractors, or a Kleptomaniac Hero
Olivan
Renoir Fasutoia
- Bag of Holding (Hammerspace): Her pockets contain many useful items...
- Curtains Match the Window: Blue hair & blue Eyes
- Disappeared Dad: Renoir's father is nowhere to be found...?
- Funetik Aksent: "Hey, I dun think ye bein' fair, y'ken!"
- Just Like Robin Hood: Steals from the rich, gives to the poor
- Manchild: Adult with childish qualities
- Scarf of Asskicking: Headband, waist sash flowing in the wind
Sithmaith Brady
- Obfuscating Stupidity: She uses this to help accomplish the previous trope
- Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: She will eventually say this. Her creator knows it.
Valhassa
Lark McGee
Maybe not THE Ms. Fanservice, but a contender nevertheless.
- Fiery Redhead: Completely subverted. Lark is more liable to set off others.
- Hammerspace: Her pants of infinite holding.
- Squishy Wizard: Emphasis on squishy. One hit and she'd basically be crushed.
- Unlimited Wardrobe: Has a new outfit for every single RP.
- Weak, but Skilled: Her spells are very weak compared to those of other mages (her Fire spell is the size of a lit match), but she has absurdly long range to compensate. She also has a ton of various gadgets in her Pants of Holding.
Roc Skymir
- The Alcoholic: Always carries a flask on his person. No exceptions.
- Funetik Aksent: "Wat teh feck are ya tryin' ta pull, boi?"
- Perilous Old Fool: He thinks he is a mighty old man, but he's only definitely correct on the second two terms.
- Smoking Is Cool: He smokes as much as he drinks.
- Unexplained Accent: Where the hell is Ireland in Skylessia?
Cherise Lanford
The Masked Mistress
- Classy Cat-Burglar: Her alter ego, the Masked Mistress
- Rings of Death: Her primary weapon until she obtained (stole) Oathkeeper.
- Blackmail: Forced to do the Stage Society's bidding for a while due to this
- Living a Double Life: An ordinary girl by day, the Masked Mistress by night.
- The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life: Ended up the other way around. Her romantic interest Feldspar convinced her to end her life of crime.
- Faking the Dead: Done on her One Last Job to throw off Stage Society avengers and bountyhunters from seeking her out.
- Street Performer: Joined a traveling acting troupe after giving up crime.
Val Mae
Alzabez Kerchaj
A major in the Val Mae military and a former arena fighter. Calm, collected, good-humored, and sociable, she is an overall Nice Gal and befriends people easily.
- Deadpan Snarker: Brought in full force towards Cera, who completely misses the point.
- Genius Bruiser: A Mighty Glacier who enjoys reading and talking in great detail about magical theory, world politics, and alternative systems of government.
- Handicapped Badass: Has an old battle wound full of poison that cripples her dominant, left arm.
- Heroic BSoD: A very minor one upon Cera's death, causing her to kill enemies she would normally take pains to spare.
- One-Note Cook: The only thing she can cook is cafeteria food.
- Technical Pacifist: Averse to killing enemies when they could hold useful information, or be working under coercion.
- The Men First / What Measure Is a Mook?: Sometimes manifesting in Honor Before Reason.
- 24-Hour Armor: Averted. Al tends to wear normal clothes a good majority of the time.
Bearach Victore
A Val Maean merchant who looks far more like some sort of barbarian, he is actually a rather wealthy and genteel man. Of course, he does take up mercenary work on the side...- Fiery Redhead: Subversion. He's actually rather cool and collected...until he starts being a Papa Wolf.
- Papa Wolf: Do NOT mess with his wife or kids. You've been warned.
Kallis Macgregor
- Bavarian Fire Drill: has used this tactic on numerous occasions to create distractions and apprehend targets
- Government Agency of Fiction: The Val Maean Intelligence Department (VMID)
Sarha Selne
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Completely subverted with regards to Ellis, as they both really do hate each other. Happens to some extent with Leikr.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Rarely, which is why it's so fun!
- Genki Girl: Come on, this is like, a staple!
- Naïve Newcomer: Starts at level 1 by -design-.
Xun Alartia
Yllspyre
Zelena Zvanhildur
Skylessia's own resident princess.
- Rags to Royalty: The most obvious case, as she went from a simple mercenary to Princess of both Yllspyre and Alacia. Now that the king has met his untimely demise, it looks as though she may become Queen.
- Sleepyhead: As well as a sleep-fighter.
Other
Kraid Kaflar
- Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work: What he did on the prison island fits.
- Contract on the Hitman: He started World War Kraid because of one.
- Spikes of Villainy: Not technically a bad guy, but still.
