History Characters / ACourtOfThornsAndRoses

The High Lord of the Night Court, known for being cold, callous and hedonistic. He's Amarantha's [[TheDragon dragon]].

* AmbiguouslyBrown: He’s described by Feyre as golden-skinned on more than one occasion, and most fan art depicts him with light brown skin.

* RagsToRoyalty: Cinderella-style. She starts out living in poverty and struggling to feed herself and her family, then becomes the wife-to-be of Tamlin, High Lord of the Spring Court. [[spoiler: She ends up being with Rhysand, High Lord of the Night Court, and does one better by being named High Lady, putting her on equal footing with Rhys

* ElementalHair: His hair is midnight black, and his powers are based on shadows.

* {{Adorkable}}: Lucien notes he's ''terrible'' at flirting with women, and it certainly shows with his early attempts at wooing Feyre. It is downplayed at first considering that Feyre doesn't find it sweet at all, but PlayedStraight later after Feyre opens up to him about her passion for painting.

* TheCharmer: To further contrast [[{{Adorkable}} Tamlin]], Rhys is very smooth-talking.

* SuddenlySexuality: While ''A Court of Mist and Fury'' implies that Mor and Azriel will get together, it is later revealed in ''A Court of Wings and Ruin'' that Mor is bisexual, but with a stronger preference for women. This {{retcon}} was likely an attempt by the author to add more diversity, but the way it was handled has since received a lot of criticism since until that point Mor ''had'' expressed an interest in only men.

* FalseSoulmate: [[spoiler: He's revealed to be this to Feyre. Much of the first book is dedicated to developing their romance and by the next book they're getting married, but it soon becomes clear this isn't going to have a fairytale ending. Both of them are traumatized by their experiences Under the Mountain, with Tamlin acting like nothing happened but becoming protective of Feyre to the point of possessiveness, leaving her feeling suffocated and emotionally unsupported. The fact that as his wife she'd clearly do little but [[BabyFactory give him heirs]] and [[TrophyWife stand around looking pretty]] also gives her serious doubts about marrying Tamlin, right up to the moment she walks down the aisle. Then there's the part where Tamlin [[spoiler: locks Feyre in their house even though he knows it's a TraumaButton for her, causing her to have a severe panic attack]]. It's eventually revealed that Feyre's true love is [[spoiler: Rhysand]], whom she has a mating bond with and who comparatively treats her better. When Tamlin finds out, [[NotGoodWithRejection he doesn't take it well]]. ''At. All.'']]

* FalseSoulmate: [[spoiler: He's revealed to be this to Feyre. Much of the first book is dedicated to developing their romance and it's Feyre's love for him that would break his curse; things don't quite work out in this regard due to Feyre's BelatedLoveEpiphany, but she then goes to great and harrowing lengths to save him. In the next book they're getting married, but it soon becomes clear this isn't going to have a fairytale ending. Both of them are traumatized by their experiences Under the Mountain, but deal with it differently; Tamlin acts like nothing happened, but becomes protective of Feyre to the point of possessiveness, while Feyre feels suffocated and emotionally unsupported. She also has serious doubts about marrying Tamlin right up to the moment she walks down the aisle, as it's made clear that as his wife she'd do little but [[BabyFactory give him heirs]] and [[TrophyWife stand around looking pretty]]. Then there's the part where Tamlin locks Feyre in their house even though he knows it's a TraumaButton for her, causing her to have a severe panic attack. It's eventually revealed that Feyre's true love is Rhysand, whom she has a mating bond with and who comparatively treats her better. When Tamlin finds out, [[NotGoodWithRejection he doesn't take it well]]. ''At. All'']].

Characters from A Court of Thorns And Roses. Spoilers from the first book will be unmarked. Work in progress.

* DestructiveRomance: Her relationship with [[spoiler: Tamlin]] turns out this way.

!! King of Hybern

!! Amarantha

* PurpleEyes: He's got blue/violet eyes that are noted for being beautiful and very unique. It reflects his status as the strongest High Lord in ''history'' and the first who is not of pure High Fae blood.

* InformedAttractiveness: Is often described as a devastating beauty and has caught the eye of many notable characters.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Rhys's secretive nature and plotting make him mysterious at best and outright cruel at worst; no one knows what he's thinking, and he'll do anything to get the results he wants, including mock, drug, or torture. [[spoiler:The cruelty is just a JerkassFacade, however. His secrecy ''is'' genuine and does cause him to make mistakes or hurt others, but Rhys is actually quite kind, giving positions to those the rest of Pyrithian considers undeserving, pushing for social reform to help the oppressed women and lesser Fae, and helping Feyre through her abuse and trauma in the second book.]]
* JerkassFacade: [[spoiler:He's only pretending to be an evil jerk to hide that there's any good in his Court--and in himself. After all, no one can truly reject him if they don't really know him.]]
* LeaningOnTheFurniture: He makes a habit of doing this.

* MindlinkMates: With [[spoiler: Feyre.]]

-->'''Azriel:''' ''(being asked about [[EldritchAbomination Byraxis]])'' [[I haven't heard]] a word. Or a scream, for that matter.

* NiceGuy: Beneath the roughness, Cassian is probably one of the genuinely nicest people in the series.

* ShipperOnDeck: Initially comes off as one for Mor/Azriel until [[spoiler:the former came out to her.]]