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The Heroes
Rikus the Mul
One of the main heroes, Rikus is a Mul (Half-Dwarf) gladiator, and probably one of the strongest warriors of Athas. Thanks to his lover Sadira he's hired by the Veiled Alliance and help them against the evil Sorcerer King Kalak. He later fights against the armies of Urik and ends up owning the Scourge of Rkard, the only weapon capable of hurting the Dragon and the Sorcerer Kings. He eventually slays Borys by breaking the sword in his head.- Badass Boast: In his debut, when the chief of the guards tries to taunt him, Rikus nonechalantely tells him that he could kill him and his henchmen in the times it takes for him to scratch himself. Said bullies are taken aback.
- Cool Sword: The Scourge of Rkard becomes his main weapon over the course of the books, given its awesome powers.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: Despite being with Sadira, he doesn't take well to Neeva being with Caelum at all.
- Demonic Possession: Often in the second book when he's attacked by psionics who try to take over his mind, and also when he's possessed by Tamar the wraith.
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: He speared Kalak, killed the Shadow Leader Umbra, and finished off Borys.
- Dumb Muscle: While no means stupid, Rikus is less educated and practical than the other heroes.
- Famed In Universe: Rikus was the greatest gladiator in Tyr's history by the start of the story.
- General Failure: As his campaign against the Urik proceed he starts to lose men and charisma as he fights.
- Half-Human Hybrid: Part man, part dwarf. He combines the physical prowess and lack of hair of a Dwarf with the slender body of a human.
- I Surrender, Suckers: Uses this tactic against Maetan in the second book. It is almost foiled by Maetan's psychic attack on his person, though Rikus is able to turn it around. Note that Athas has no system to determine fake surrenders as war crimes or even dishonorable.
- Lightning Bruiser: In his first appearance he states nonchalantly that he could kill four armed guards in the time he took to scratch himself.
- My God, What Have I Done?: When he realises that there was no mole in his army, and that his failures were his own doing.
- Multi-Melee Master: As expected from a gladiator, Rikul can handle a massive arsenal of weapons, from swords, to spears, to axes and flails.
- Red Right Hand: When Tamar possesses him there's a ruby embedded in his chest and the skin around it is rotting.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: In book two, he takes the opportunity to exact revenge against Maethan, the nobleman who once enslaved him and was cruel to him. All of this in spite of his position as general of the army.
- What the Hell, Hero?: His mismanagement of the army and (to his men) incomprehensible behavior leads to Neeva and other of his men to frequently give him a piece of their mind.
Neeva
Rikus' partner in both battle and romance for a while, she's a strong warrior and fights alongside Rikus and his friends. She eventually marries Caelum and has a child, Rkard.- Action Girl: She's one of the strongest fighters of the series.
- Amazonian Beauty: She's as beautiful as she's muscular and powerful-looking.
- Badass Normal: She's the only one in the main group who relies only on her skills, except in the last book when Sadira enchants her axe.
- Chainmail Bikini: Partially justified, as there's not too much metal on Athas, and is a really hot place anyway.
- Damsel in Distress: In the climax of the third book, she's giving birth to her son while the Dragon is attacking her village.
- Fiery Redhead: The green-eyed variety. Her red hair goes along fine with her warrior spirit and prowess.
- Happily Married: After a long love story with Rikus, she ultimately ends up with Caelum and bears his child.
- Mama Bear: If you value your limbs, you shouldn't harm her son.
- Ms. Fanservice: That's her on the cover of book 5. This was also her role in the artwork of the original tabletop game.
- Maybe Ever After: Whether Neeva and Rikus end up getting back together at the end.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: In the last book she manages to whale on Tithian despite being half blinded and weakened for the struggle against Borys.
Sadira
A charming half-elf slave who attends Rikus, is quickly revealed to be a sorceress and member of the Veiled Alliance, who plots against Kalak. After his defeat, she actively looks for a way to stop the Dragon, and manages to obtain the power of the Tower of Primords. She's in love with both Agis and Rikus, and eventually marries them both.- Action Girl: Not as strong as Neeva, but indeed she can handle hard situations.
- Dark Is Not Evil: After obtaining the power of the Tower, her skin turns jet black, her eyes and lips cerulean, and her breath is black. However, she's still the same Sadira.
- Ethical Slut: Despite being one of the most virtuous characters, she can't commit herself to one man and even opts to legally take as husbands both Rikus and Agis, a decision that doesn't sit well with the former.
- Femme Fatale: She often acts like a vamp if the situation requires it, as seen when she suddenly flirts with a very flustered mole to divert the attention of the local templars.
- Hot Witch: She's both one of the strongest spellcasters of the series and one of the most attractive women.
- I Hate You, Vampire Dad: She really hates Faenaeyon's guts for abandoning her to her fate, not that we can blame her for that, given how much of a scum Faenaeyon's considered even among his peers.
- Idiot Ball: Especially after book one, where some of her selfish actions come back to bite her curvaceous ass.
- Ms. Fanservice: She's consistently described as one of the most attractive women in Tyr, and book 3's cover shows us what she looks like.
- The Power of the Sun: Her newfound powers allow her to drain the energy from the sun, making her extremely powerful during the day.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: She becomes one of the two head councilmen of Tyr after the end of the story.
- Super-Strength: As long as there's sunlight, she's abnormally powerful.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: For her cause she ends up causing Nok's death and the defilement of the gardens of Nibenay.
Agis of Asticles
A noble senator from Tyr, and a master of the psionic "Way". A really wise and kind noble who joins the fray against Kalak. He has a complicated friendship with Tithian, and eventually ends up chasing him when he escapes from the capital and looks for the Black Lens. Eventually Tithian uses the power of the Obsidian Lens to kill Agis.- Always Someone Better: Tithian sees him as this, which is the source of his envy.
- Cool Sword: A saber made of steel, a truly rare weapon in this setting.
- Cultured Badass: He's a competent swordsman, a master psychic and a wise man who read many books and is an excellent diplomat.
- Friend to All Living Things: He highly values nature and animals. Even giant spiders, if they're not hostile.
- The Hero: Highly charismatic and capable of holding the group together, especially in the first book when they act all together.
- Killed Off for Real: Near the very end of book 4, Tithian overwhelms him with the Black Lens and murders him.
- Morality Chain: To Tithian. Subverted in book 4 when we find out that Tithian always viewed Agis as a disposable man for his plans of ultimate power.
- Nice to the Waiter: Deconstructed in his relationship with his slaves: even if he's genuinely kind to them and will do anything in his power to keep them happy and healthy, he won't give them freedom because he's afraid that they won't get such treatment on their own, making him blind to the fact that all they really wish is freedom indeed.
- Odd Friendship: With Tithian, an ambitious and vile man, since childhood, but basically one-sided. Also with the Giant Phylo, a giant considered an outcast by his own kind and pretty much forced to follow Tithian's orders.
- Pet the Dog: He's extremely kind to his slaves.
- Psychic Powers: He's a master of the Way.
- The Rival: To Tithian, in the ways of politics and psychics, and to Rikus, as both the leader of the party and rival for Sadira's affections.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: One of the most illustrious and politically active nobles of Tyr, and a participant in Kalak's assassination.
- Talking the Monster to Death: He prefers diplomacy over battle, which allows him to befriend Phylo, previously on Tithian's payroll.
Tithian of Mericles
A power-hungry templar serving Kalak, he's a "friend" of Agis. He agrees to help the group against Kalak just for his personal gain. He becomes King of Tyr under the strict control of Agis and the council, but has more ambition. He eventually decides to seek the power of a Sorcerer King, hence, he decides to ally himself with the Dragon and later Rajaat. He manages to reclaim the Obsidian Lens and use it to kill Agis.- And I Must Scream: Thanks to Rkard's spell on the Lens, Tithian is left imprisoned forever in an alternate dimension with no way out, only able to cause downpours in the outer world. Nobody feels the need to let him out.
- Big Bad Wannabe: He's really power-hungry even when he becomes the de-facto ruler of Tyr and tries to reach the next step in hierarchy. He's not got the strength of will or magical potential to be a true threat, though.
- Creepy Crossdresser: It's implied that he used magic/the way to disguise himself as his own mother in order to kill his brother.
- Dirty Coward: On his own, Tithian is vile, cowardly and pathetic, which is why he needs people to manipulate.
- Evil Redhead: He's consistently described with dark red hair and is one of the most despicable villains.
- Evil Sorcerer: He eventually adds sorcery to his arsenal, doing nothing to improve his morals.
- I'm a Humanitarian: In the last book it's implied that he fed on corpses.
- Lean and Mean: He's morally bankrupt and consistently described as very thin. After being on the run for a long time, he becomes downright gaunt.
- Manipulative Bastard: Best seen when he escapes Tyr and there's noone of the good guys watching over him: as far as he's concerned, everyone's fair game, either to do stuff for him or to be exploited.
- Psychic Powers: He too is trained in the Way, but not as strong as Agis. Then he gets the Obsidian Lens and his powers skyrocket.
- Token Evil Teammate: When the party forms at the end of the first book, he's the only one who's in for personal gain and ambition. The rest of the group keeps him under control until he betrays Tyr to side with the Dragon.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: Near the end of the last book, he can turn his body in a more animal-like form to move around with the Lens.
Caelum
A dwarf from Kemalok and a priest of the Sun. Met by Rikus during the war against Urik, ends up following them and falls in love with Neeva, who eventually marries. In the last book he's destroyed by Borys' mind attack.- Combat Medic: He fought wars, can kick ass and can mend wounds after he's done.
- Genius Bruiser: The Dwarf part of his being put in the bruiser, the Cleric side add the genius.
- Killed Off for Real: During the fight against Borys, the latter unleashes a focused psychic attack strong enough to undone the poor dwarf.
- Holy Hand Grenade: He can cast a brilliant field (centered on a miniature sun) which burns any undead coming too close. It does wonders against the Dragon's Spirit Lords.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: A plot point, he starts to believe he's getting useless in the last book, given the presence of Sadira and Rikus, but gets better when he realizes how he can still be of use with his clerical powers.
- The Mole: Rikus believes that he was actually helping the uriks. Subverted.
- No Body Left Behind: Borys' mind strike hits him hard.
- The Power of the Sun/Playing with Fire: He's a priest of the Sun, specialized in fire magic and holy spells taking the form of flames.
Magnus
Sadira's cousin, he's an elf who was severely mutated by the magic of the Tower of Primords. Despite his reptilian looks, he's a powerful warrior and a Windsinger, capable of manipulating the wind with his voice.- Blow You Away: With his voice he can conjure whirlwinds, storms and tornadoes.
- Carry a Big Stick: Armed with a club, in case his muscles weren't enough.
- Curb Stomp Cushion: His unseen battle against a Giant ends with him running away, chased by a giant who's now sporting several slashing wounds and other injuries all over his body.
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: Killed by the Dragon while he's kidnapping Rkard.
- Gentle Giant: Despite his fearsome look he's one of the nicest guys around.
- The Grotesque: As a result of the wild magic, he should be an Elf but looks like a bulky, muscular lizard-man with gray scales.
Rkard
Neeva and Caelum's son, is a young Mul and Priest of the Sun. He's believed to be the one destined to kill the Dragon, but is actually a treachery planned by Tithian. He's however vital to the defeat of Rajaat.- The Chosen One: Cruelly subverted, Tithian claims that he's destined to slay the Dragon and unfortunately both good and bad guys believe it.
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: He's the one who manages to imprison Rajaat with his spell.
- Distressed Dude: He's kidnapped by Borys.
- The Load: Justified, he's essentially a level 1 Cleric pushed in an epic-level adventure where his friends are all around level 20.
- The Power of the Sun: Like father, like son, his spells are centered around the sun, the flames and the cleansing light.
The Sorcerer Kings
See Dark Sun
Others: The Verdant Passage
Gaj
An exotic beast captured by Tithian in order to use it in the gladiatorial games. Looks like a huge bug who can devour minds and communicate with telepathy.- Big Creepy-Crawlies: Looks like a huge orange roach.
- Bullying a Dragon: When fighting in the arena, he threatens to alarm Kalak about his impending assassination plot if Rikul doesn't surrender. It doesn't end well for the bug.
- Chekhov's Gunman: Apparently just a big ugly beast, it turns out to be really important to the plot.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Eventually Rikus kills it with the Heartwood spear.
- Killer Rabbit: At first it doesn't look impressive (compared to the other monsters faced by Rikus at least)... then it touches you with its tentacles....
- Telepathy: Can communicate with people.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Rikus and Neeva were about to free it, and it answers by killing one of their friends. Turns out the Gaj is quite a pragmatic bastard.
Anezka
A mute halfling gladiator. She's quite hard to comprehend and quite snippy at times. She helps the group in the Halfling Forest, but eventually betrays them.- Cute Mute: She loss her vocal cords to torture and is quite attractive. She's also very snippy and hard to read.
- Fragile Speedster: She's incredibly nimble and fast due to her small size and heritage, but she lacks strength.
- Jerkass: She comes off like one, frequently showing hostility at the heroes even when they're trying to help her.
Ktandeo
A sorcerer of the Veiled Alliance and friend of Nok, he's the one who taught the ways of magic to Sadira.- Cast from Hit Points: He can use the obsidian sphere on the end of his staff to draw mana directly from his own life force. Unfortunately, it costs him his life.
- Cool Old Guy: Sadira's teacher and a wise master of magic.
- Friend to All Living Things: Being close to Nok and the Halflings, he cares about the nature and preaches against defilers.
- Old Master: To Sadira, his pupil in sorcery.
- You Shall Not Pass!: Use his spells to delay a massive amount of pursuing templars to let Agis and Sadira flee to safety.
Sacha and Wyan
Two zombie heads which are seen with Kalak and later owned by Tithian. It's revealed that they were Champions who fought against the rebels and died. They were the "Kobolds Curse" and "Pixie Blight" respectively.- Dirty Coward: While the other Champions fought impressive races such as Dwarves, Elves, Ogres and Trolls, they choose Kobolds and Pixies as their opponents. They were also among the little few Champions who didn't rebel.
- Fat and Skinny: Sacha is the fat one, while Wyan is the skinny. They're almost always together, though they don't have much of a choice.
- I'm a Humanitarian: They both feed on blood and flesh.
- Kick the Dog: In book 4 Wyan threatens to rip Phylo's throat off if Agis doesn't give in the bag with the Obsidian Oracle inside.
- No-Sell: Apparently both are immune to mind attacks, as their minds are "resting" after completing their duty.
- Smug Snake: Both are slimy and unpleasant to allies and enemies alike.
- Sink or Swim Mentor: To Tithian, in the ways of pshycic powers and magic. They do their best to be as aggravating and unhelpful as they can.
- Small Name, Big Ego: They're all talk and pride due to being former champions, but are nothing more than glorified talking heads.
- The Undead: Zombie heads, still fully cognizant, hungry for blood and able to float around.
Nok
A great and powerful Halfling sorcerer, who forged the Staff of Ktandeo and the Heartwood spear. He really cares about the forest and is a little hostile towards humans, but will do anything to stop Kalak.- Cool Old Guy: The wise and old leader of the Halflings and the only one who's not a ferocious savage.
- Green Thumb: Can manipulate wood and vegetation.
- Implacable Man: He pursues Sadira from his native jungle across the desert.
- Taking You with Me: Attempts this on Sadira and almost succeeds.
Others: The Crimson Legion
Maetan Lubar
A nobleman from Urik, and Rikus' former owner. He leads his troops against the tyrians and comands the Shadow Giant Umbra.- Aristocrats Are Evil: A cruel and evil nobleman who regularly mistreated his slaves.
- I Surrender, Suckers: When his army is almost gone, he surrenders to Rikus, and tries to kill him.
- Mind Rape: A master of the "Way", this is his favourite trump card to unleash on Rikus.
- Smug Snake: A vile individual who's always sure that things will go his way.
Umbra
The King of the Shadow People, is a huge shadow giant who's serving the Lubar clan and is fought by Rikus many times.- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: He takes the form of a towering black humanoid made of sheer darkness.
- Casting a Shadow: He's made of shadows.
- The Dragon: To Maetan, whou crought his services through magic.
- An Ice Person: His touch is deathly cold.
- Weaksauce Weakness: The lack of light, for shadows cannot exist in sheer darkness.
K'kriq
A thri-kreen soldier who was brainwashed by the Uriks. He fight alongside Rikus and trusts him.- Big Creepy-Crawlies: He's a mantis-man.
- Defiant to the End: He dared to bite King Hamanu as he was crushing him.
- Family-Unfriendly Death: Hamanu laughs off his poison, rip off his armor and proceed to crush his flesh.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: He has four arms and is a mighty warrior even unarmed.
- I Owe You My Life: His reason for loyally following Rikus.
- Poisonous Person: His bite is poisonous.
Tamar
One of the champions of Borys, is now a wraith. She and her companions wishes to know what happened to Borys, so she follows Rikus in the form of a ruby in his chest and torments him.- Animate Dead: She can bring a small valley full of skeletal remains to life with her magic.
- Double Weapon: Back when she was human, her weapon was a double-ended scythe made of bones.
- Fantastic Racism: During one of her visions she appears to Rikus as a seductive woman barely covered in veil. When he asks her if she plans to seduce him, she angrily scoffs that she'd never degrade herself by laying with a hybrid.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: She walks away scott free with all the atrocities and pain she put Rikus through, only to be fought by Sadira in her home turf and ending up being destroyed.
- Mind Rape: She frequently does this to Rikus when he defies her and even when the little training he got he finds himself unprepared to deal with her assaults.
Others: The Amber Enchantress
Rhayn
Sadira's half sister, is a power-hungry elf and a mediocre sorceress who wants to take her father's place.- Ambition Is Evil: Wants to rule the Sun Smugglers at any cost, nothing is too low for her. Not even seducing or killing relatives in the way.
- Buxom Beauty Standard: She undoubtly takes advantage of her beauty and her ample bosom.
- Killed Off for Real: She tries to attack the Shadow People but falls in a weed covered pool and is dragged underwater by the plants.
- Manipulative Bastard: Elf, wanting to improve her position in the clan by removing the current leader. That's enough of an explanation here.
Feanaeyon
Sadira's father and leader of the Sun Smugglers. Sadly, his days of glory are over, and now he has gotten old and drunk, and many of his tribe are willing to overthrow him at the first chance.- The Alcoholic: Quite fond of alcohol and wine, which lead to him becoming the shadow of his former self.
- Jerkass: One of the greatest assholes on Athas, though he had some Pet the Dog or Papa Wolf moments in the past, he's currently one of the most selfish, cruel and apathetic elves in the country.
- Karma Houdini: He gets away with all his actions, and he's never heard of again.
- Manipulative Bastard: Like his daughter, as seen above, he enjoys spending what little mental faculty he has in putting his own men and clan against one another.
- Never My Fault: He refuses to recognize that me may have caused Magnus' mutation as he cut through his mother's belly with a knife when Sadira points out that drinking made his arms unsteady.
- Retired Badass: Used to be one of the greatest warriors and adventurers of all Athas... and the keyword here is used to.
Prince Dhojakt
The son of Nibenay, appears as a grotesque human-centipede hybrid with a powerful magic. He pursues Sadira from Nibenay in order to stop her from reaching the Tower.- Atrocious Arthropods: Has this motif: not only he has the lower body of a giant centipede, but he also employs centipede-like cylops as hounds and his avatar in a psychic conversation takes the form of a giant spider with his head.
- Body Horror: As if being half centipede wasn't enough, he has large, bulging eyes, tiny ears and a large bone pone plate instead of his teeth.
- Creepy Centipedes: From the knees down he's a gigantic, black centipede.
- The Dragon: To Nibenay, his own father. Justified since Nibenay himself never leaves his abode.
- Genius Bruiser: A powerful sorcerer, and is also Nigh Invulnerable to boot, making him a deadly threat for Sadira.
- The Heavy: He becomes the enduring main threat for most of book 3, hounding Sadira across the city and beyond.
- Implacable Man: During the course of the book Sadira tries several tricks to get rid of him, including her most powerful spell (a destructive cloud of acid capable of wiping out a small army) right in his nostril. It did delayed him, but it only managed to destroy his nose for good.
- Knight of Cerebus: Whenever he shows up, Sadira suddenly finds herself outmatched and forced to run.
- Noble Demon: Has standards he won't violate, which makes him outraged when Sadira defiles the gardens to cast magic.
- Not Distracted by the Sexy: Sadira's charms fail on him. Given that he's usually escorted by an Amazon Brigade of bare-breasted women this may be justified.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Chews Sadira out for defiling the Gardens of Nibenay.
- The Worf Effect: New Sadira destroys him without much pain.
Khirdar
The new leader of the Shadow People, agrees to help Sadira and her friends to fight against Borys after knowing what happened to Umbra. He's actually a servant of Rajaat and helps them only to free his master. He eventually meets his end at the hands of Rikus.- The Dragon: To Umbra, whom he served as the second in command. And also to Rajaat all along.
- Enemy Mine: He decides to help Sadira against the Dragon because they're enemies. Revealed that they need Borys dead in order to release Rajaat.
- Klingon Promotion: With Umbra's demise, he's the new leader.
- Manipulative Bastard: Plays our heroes in order to free his master.
Others: The Obsidian Oracle
Fylo
A hybrid giant and a loner, he's tricked by Tithian and later befriended by Agis. Is a huge, simple giant who wants friends and company above anything else.- Animal Motifs: Bears, according to Nal, who advised him to choose a giant cave bear as his animal for the ceremony.
- Dumb Muscle: He's even dumber than standard giants, however he can somehow use psionic powers.
- Gentle Giant: Surprisingly enough, Fylo is a good soul at heart and a loyal friend.
- The Grotesque: Unlike the humanoid Joorsh, Fylo is deformed-looking and uglier than most.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Attacks several Joorsh Giants alone in an attempt to distort their attention from Agis and dies in combat.
- Our Giants Are Bigger: He's large enough to be a Joorsh, but his disfigured, grotesque visage indicates he could be something else.
Kester
A female tarek pirate and owner of the Dark Viper. She's hired by Agis to capture Tithian.- Action Girl: Being the captain of the Dark Viper, she's a force to be reckoned with in combat, especially due to her race, reknowed for physical might.
- Multi Boobage: Sports four boobs. Less appealing example than usual, considering that Tarek look like bulky humanoid bats.
- Pirate Girl: She leads a gang of mercenary pirates and can be quite ruthless.
- Punch-Clock Hero: Hired by Agis to help him in his quest, she's only in for wealth alone.
Mag'r
Sachem of the Joorsh Giants, wants to take the Obsidian Oracle from the Saram, and forces Agis and his crew to help him.- Authority Equals Asskicking: Being the leader of the Giants, he's also the strongest warrior of the lot.
- Cool Sword: Had a massive sword forged for his titanic size.
- Family-Unfriendly Death: He falls in the Saram's sacred pit and is mauled by the ghosts of the deceased animals.
- Our Giants Are Bigger: Joorsh can grow to reach 20 meters of height and he's one of the largest.
Nal
Wise leader of the Saram, appears as a huge owl-headed giant. He fights to protect the Oracle but gets killed by Mag'r.- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Though he's smaller than Mag'r, he's still around 16 meter tall.
- A Father to His Men: During the Joorsh attack, Agis sees him ripping part of his loincloth to form a bandage for another wounded giant.
- The Owl-Knowing One: Has the heas and feathers of an owl and is wise and knowledgeable.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Reveals to Tithian that the Dragon can't turn him into a Sorcerer King.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: The ownership of the Oracle allows him to keep the Saram intelligent and protected from the ghosts of their former human parts. (It Makes Sense in Context)
Jo'orsh and Sa'ram
The ancient dwarven Knights who swore to kill Borys, they guards the Black Lens as Undeads, and were the first giants. They're tricked by Tithian into believing that Rkard is the hero destined to kill Borys, and they eventually are killed in the fifth book.- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Giant undead dwarves, due to the mutation of the Tower.
- Dem Bones: They take the appearence of phantom, deformed giant skeletons.
- MacGuffin Guardian: First the Lens, which they protect against all intruders, then Rkard, after being tricked by Tithian into believing that he was The Chosen One.
- Manly Facial Hair: So iconicly dwarven that even in death their beards are still here and visible, even if Sa'ram has no longer a head.
- Rapid Aging: They use their powers to subject Tithian to this.
Others: The Cerulean Storm
The Spiritual Lords
A series of undead monsters serving under Borys as the commanders of his fleet. They attack our heroes but fail to stop them.- Elite Mook: They obey Borys, but clearly are not as powerful as the wraiths made out of his followers and are easily dispatched by the heroes.
- The Undead: All of them , though each one of them has a distinctive tract.
- Femme Fatalons: Lady Joy, the only woman of the group, has massive claws oozing a yellow substance.
- Horned Humanoid: Lord Warrior, one of the few named, has a massive set of ram horns on his head.
- Winged Humanoid: An unidentified member sports huge bat wings and attacks from above.
Rajaat
The creator of magic and an extremely powerful sorcerer from the past. He thought that all the "new races" were abominations who needed to be destroyed at all costs. He tried to achieve his goal with the help of his Champions, but they turned on him and sealed him away.- Abusive Precursors: He set out to initiate genocide against all the other non-humand and non-halfling races, lending part of his awesome powers to his Champions, the future Sorcerer Kings. However, he did not started like this.
- The Archmage: He was the first great sorcerer of Athas and taught magic to the halflings.
- Bad Boss: Despite the oath of loyalty, he planned to take back all the power bestowed to his Champions once his crusade was done. They turned against him for this.
- Body Horror: His face is awfully deformed and twisted.
- Elemental Embodiment: He turns in a giant whose flesh is made of blue stormclouds and crowned with lightnings.
- Evil Sorcerer: The first on Athas, bent on wiping out all species that he considers unnatural.
- Fantastic Racism: He sent his champions to commit genocide against most of the other races in the world excluding the two original races belonging to the Blue Era, namely the halflings and the thri-kreen.
- It's Personal: Spend some time after his release dealing with his former champions in person.
- Making a Splash: Creates rain and floods as a side effect of his presence.
- Race Lift: The book implies he's an Halfling, but in truth he's a Pyreen.
- Mutant: He's called a mutation among the Halflings due to his grotesque appearence.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: His own champions ganged together to seal him inside the Black, a dimension of shadows and darkness where he's reduced to a titanic skeleton. Rkard, thanks to the Obsidian Lens, is able to seal him back into his prison, while Sadira makes sure he'll never come out a second time.
- Weaksauce Weakness: He's nearly omnipotent, but his shadow can still be targeted by spells and form a link to his prison, the Black.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Wanted to revert the world to the Blue Era, but the price (the death of millions of people) is too high.
- You Will Be Spared: Initially agrees to let the heroes go for releasing him. It doesn't last.
