History Characters / ABrothersPrice

* JerkAss: She gets better later, but her personality remains on the rougher side.

* {{Keet}}: Cullen is rather excitable.

* TheClan: They "split" a generation ago, so there's a a Whole other group of Southern Whistlers that get called on during the climax.

-->'''Eldest Whistler''': After looking at my family records, I suspect my family started when a group of women banded together and called themsleves sisters.

* EasilyForgiven: Constantly, a standout among his crimes was hitting the thirteen year old Trini over the head, chaining her to his bed, beating her bloody, and [[MaritalRapeLicense servicing]] her. It was only Trini's eldest sister who forgave him, though, Trini never forgot it.

* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: He raped and tortured Trini but he was still able to get away with it thanks to his hold over her elder sisters.

* [[AloofOlderBrother Aloof Eldest Sister]] ({{Zigzagg|ingTrope}}ed): Both played straight and subverted--it comes with being Eldest, but she has softer moments at well, and is intensely loyal to her family.
* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]

* BigBrotherBully: Corelle is nasty toward Jerin in the first chapter--but then she's suffering from teenage hormones for the [[GirlNextDoor Boy Next Door]]. She gets better.
* BlackSheep: Corelle, of the Whistlers. Handled unusually, because instead of side-line her or throw her out, the elders recognize a strong character under her {{Jerkass}}ery, decide it's vital for the family's interests, and straighten her up.
* IdiotBall: Corelle starts the story grabbing this and running. "My mothers and elder sisters are away, and told me to not leave the farm, not even to mend the fence ... guess what, I'll go and visit the neighbour boy, and take the other middle sisters with me ... after all, what could ''possibly'' go wrong?" Yeah. What could happen is that some bandits who have no qualms about killing men pass by, and Corelle's innocent virgin brother has to go out, only guarded by a preteen sister, and carry a strange woman who was wounded by the bandits to safety.

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%%* GibberishOfLove: Poor Jerin.

* CoveredWithScars: Cira only has one on her face, but they're all over her back.

* NeverBeHurtAgain: Trini's reluctance to marry again.

--->--'''Ren'''

* LoveAtFirstSight: Odelia sees Jerin's face for some seconds when (after she was unconscious for a time) she opens her eyes, and he murmurs something comforting. That's enough to make her decide that she must, if not more, at least get a kiss from him. {{Justified}} by the lack of men, and Jerin ''is'' rather pretty. It's left unclear how strong her feelings are, exactly (not that she'd be able to judge it, she can't have much experience with love), but she's willing to pretend unconsciousness, which must be quite boring, in the hopes that [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect he will spend more time with her.]]

* IdiotBall: Corelle starts the story grabbing this and running. "My mothers and elder sisters are away, and told me to not leave the farm, not even to mend the fence ... guess what, I'll go and visit the neighbour boy, and take the other middle sisters with me ... after all, what could ''possibly'' go wrong?" Yeah. What could happen is that some bandits who have no qualms about [[MoralEventHorizon killing men]] pass by, and Corelle's innocent virgin brother has to go out, only guarded by a preteen sister, and carry a strange woman who was wounded by the bandits to safety.

* TheDutifulSon: Jerin in spades; he cooks, he cleans, he takes care of his little sisters and he worries about making a good marriage that will benefit his family.

* DistinguishingMark[=/=]SharedUnusualTrait: Many of the Porters have 11 toes. Having a different father from her siblings, Kij doesn’t [[spoiler: Her daughter does]].

* [[AloofOlderBrother Aloof Eldest Sister]] ({{Zigzagg|ingTrope}}ed): Both played straight and subverted--it comes with being Eldest, but she has softer moments at well, and is intensely loyalty to her family.

* BiTheWay: Very much in love with Jerin, but also recalls a female lover she once had.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: All the adult sisters have offices where they seem to spend a good deal of time.

* GuileHero

* PosthumousCharacter: Keifer Porter, a right bastard even several years after his death.

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* BiTheWay: Cira mentions that she had a lover once, a beautiful young officer who was a whore's daughter, but after Cira was scarred she couldn't bear to touch her or look at her.
-->'''Cira''': I had a lover, a beautiful young officer, whose mother had been a whore. She should have been a whore herself. She was well suited for it; ambitious, heartless, and very talented. She could make you feel like you were about to turn inside out.\\
'''Jerin''': What happened to her?\\
'''Cira''': This happened to me. After I was scared she couldn't bear to touch me, look me in the face.

-->'''Ren''': I'm frightened for your life and you're ogling farmers' husbands?
* PlotArmor: In-universe, Ren remarks that Odelia seems to have this. She gets beat over the head with an iron rod, very nearly killed and left for dead, then rescued by the grandchildren of knights and their beautiful brother, and Ren says that's about typical of Odelia's luck.

!the Whistlers

!the Princesses

!the Moorlands

!the Porters

-->'''Kij''': Keifer, dearly as I loved him, was a idiot.

* LongHairedPrettyboy: His long hair dangles between his feet when he braids it, and he dresses well. Almost all women who are not related to him make at least one comment on how pretty he is. Paying lots of attention to his appearance is part of his culture, but the beautiful face is genetic.

* SilkHidingSteel: Prince Allanon passed it down to him.

* GenreSavvy: Instructs her sister to [[spoiler:search and disarm Jerin, even though he’s a boy, taking in account his family’s heritage, they’d arm anyone, she’s right unfortunately.]]
* [[NeverMyFault Never Our Fault]]: When confronted by Jerin and Cira at the end of the book, [[spoiler:Kij]] claims that all of her own and her family's misdeeds--which at latest count include treason, murder and attempted murder (including members of ''her own family''), piracy, kidnapping, and smuggling--are actually the fault of the royal family, because the [[spoiler:Porters]] lost money and property in the War of the False Eldest.

* ReluctantRuler

* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: None of her siblings can understand what she sees in Balin Brinkley, who is fat and ugly like the rest of his family and implied to be sleeping with his mothers, she claims he has beautiful eyes. Her mothers hope that she’ll see there are more worthwhile men than him. [[spoiler: Considering her oldest brother is married to the princesses and her older sisters are married to the princesses’ full cousin, she probably will]].