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* TheRedMage: Keriagon's speciality is healing, but he has a lot of varied magic.
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* TheRedMage: Keriagon's speciality specialty is healing, but he has also displays defensive magic (wards and shields), infiltration magic (getting through someone else's wards), and offensive magic (causing a lot of varied magic.landslide on Ringalay).
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is forever setting up and removing his Wards throughout the story.
gets the least amount of backstory out of the six main heroes.
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* TheHeavy: Ringalay appears in the prologue and is the most consistently seen antagonist.
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* Sadist: She tortures Keriagon in the prologue because she can.
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* Sadist: [[Sadist]]: She tortures Keriagon in the prologue because she can.
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* SkewedPriorities: Ash teasingly, and then more seriously, accuses Amy of having them, especially since she proves willing to [[AFriendInNeed actively disregard her own safety to protect her bodyguards,]] when her death would be a massive diplomatically, and they'll likely be killed if she dies anyway.
* TheReliableOne: Keriagon is given the least amount of focus of the six heroes, as he fills a utilitarian role: setting up safe zones and reading instead of engaging in relationship drama.
is forever setting up and removing his Wards throughout the story.
gets the least amount of backstory out of the six main heroes.
is forever setting up and removing his Wards throughout the story.
gets the least amount of backstory out of the six main heroes.
* AbusiveParents: Cody's father give him a 'bone scar' (broke his arm) at some point, leading to his mother finally divorcing him.
* HarmfulToMinors: In addition to spending the first couple of years in his life in an abusive household; Cody saw Stephan Grimm's body, who died protecting the rest of his family, before they zipped up the body bag.
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* TheConsigliere: Quietly corrects Queen Mabrieen’s terminology in front of her Ambassador and a guard; and suffers no effect from it
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* TheConsigliere: Quietly corrects Queen Mabrieen’s terminology in front of her Ambassador and a guard; and suffers no effect from it it; he's also known for being able to instruct both Princess Capricorn and Prince Echalson.
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* PostInjuryDeskJob: The epilogue notes that he retired from active service due to the stress of the injuries he sustained.
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!!Fairy Elders
[[folder:Perrault]]
*AbsentMindedProfessor: Several characters tease him about it.
*HistoricalDomainCharacter: of Charles Perrault; a French fairytale novelist
*InterGenerationalFriendship: With Prince Echalson, whom he was heartlinked to
*LogicalWeakness: Perrault’s phenomenal hearing means he’s staggered by loud or shrill noises.
*MayflyDecemberRomance: His wife has been long dead by the time the story starts.
*MinoredInAssKicking: When he comes into the final fight, he negates Mistletoe’s MirrorImages, giving Piper an idea of where she is and a way to fight her without having to fight her copies.
*NoSocialSkills: Discussed and Played Straight; to the point that Amy thinks Perrault hates her while he believes they have bonded nicely.
--> "Why are you lamenting at me? I am positive I did not misread anything."
*PointyEars: Perrault and his son, Ashling, both have long pointed ears and excellent hearing.
*StrongFamilyResemblance: Amy compares Ash and Perrault, noting that Perrault looks like a faded-photocopy of Ash. Piper also points out that while Ash looks like Perrault, he is his mother’s son in terms of personality.
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[[folder:Mistletoe]]
*ChekhovsGunman: She’s mentioned in chapter one as the source of a curse on Perrault. Turns out she’s also the shadow harassing the heroes.
*TheHeavy: As the [[LivingShadow shadow]] she has the most interactions with the heroes.
*LeakingCanOfEvil: Due to Sepia slowly freeing her from her prison
*LivingShadow: The heroes continually have to deal with her shade. They don’t know exactly what it wants, but they work under the assumption it’s hostile.
*TomTheDarkLord: Mistletoe is a pretty non-indicative name for someone who so very completely [[MindControl Mind Controlled]] [[MinoredInAssKicking Perrault]].
[[/folder]]
!Humans
!!Amy's Family & Friends
[[folder:Stephan Grimm]]
*InterGenerationalFriendship: With Giselle, who is a century old ghost; may have double as ParentalSubstitute
*PosthumousCharacter: Amy’s father who died when she was a child. He’s spoken of more than once by Ash.
!!Fairy Elders
[[folder:Perrault]]
*AbsentMindedProfessor: Several characters tease him about it.
*HistoricalDomainCharacter: of Charles Perrault; a French fairytale novelist
*InterGenerationalFriendship: With Prince Echalson, whom he was heartlinked to
*LogicalWeakness: Perrault’s phenomenal hearing means he’s staggered by loud or shrill noises.
*MayflyDecemberRomance: His wife has been long dead by the time the story starts.
*MinoredInAssKicking: When he comes into the final fight, he negates Mistletoe’s MirrorImages, giving Piper an idea of where she is and a way to fight her without having to fight her copies.
*NoSocialSkills: Discussed and Played Straight; to the point that Amy thinks Perrault hates her while he believes they have bonded nicely.
--> "Why are you lamenting at me? I am positive I did not misread anything."
*PointyEars: Perrault and his son, Ashling, both have long pointed ears and excellent hearing.
*StrongFamilyResemblance: Amy compares Ash and Perrault, noting that Perrault looks like a faded-photocopy of Ash. Piper also points out that while Ash looks like Perrault, he is his mother’s son in terms of personality.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mistletoe]]
*ChekhovsGunman: She’s mentioned in chapter one as the source of a curse on Perrault. Turns out she’s also the shadow harassing the heroes.
*TheHeavy: As the [[LivingShadow shadow]] she has the most interactions with the heroes.
*LeakingCanOfEvil: Due to Sepia slowly freeing her from her prison
*LivingShadow: The heroes continually have to deal with her shade. They don’t know exactly what it wants, but they work under the assumption it’s hostile.
*TomTheDarkLord: Mistletoe is a pretty non-indicative name for someone who so very completely [[MindControl Mind Controlled]] [[MinoredInAssKicking Perrault]].
[[/folder]]
!Humans
!!Amy's Family & Friends
[[folder:Stephan Grimm]]
*InterGenerationalFriendship: With Giselle, who is a century old ghost; may have double as ParentalSubstitute
*PosthumousCharacter: Amy’s father who died when she was a child. He’s spoken of more than once by Ash.
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* BaritoneOfStrength: Remmington is TheBigGuy of Capricorn's team of guards and a MagicallyIneptFighter with a deep voice
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* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: He's an ambush specialist; with stripes like a tiger; [[AuthoritySoundsDeep a guttural growl]] so deep it has a physical effect; and very sharp, very pointed teeth. One of the humans even referrers to him as a 'cat-man fairy'
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[[folder:Dresnik]]
*AntiVillain: According to Remmington’s dream, Dresnik’s actions were based on his fear that Ashling was a harbinger.
*EpicFlail: Dresnik carried a morning star as his standard weapon.
*EvilFormerFriend: Of Remmington’s, but interestingly not of Keriagon's
*FauxAffablyEvil: Dresnik, despite trying to kill Amy, is consistently described as “polite” or “friendly” in her dreams
*PosthumousCharacter: Killed by Ash before the start of the story, but Amy has several nightmares about him.
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[[folder:Ringalay]]
*BullyBrutality: Ringalay apparently tried to kill Ashling more than once when they were trainees together.
*KilledOffscreen: She may have died when Cody shot her or she may have been killed by Keriagon dropping a hill on her.
*LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: Openly admits that she wants to hear Keriagon scream
*Sadist: She tortures Keriagon in the prologue because she can.
*VillainBall: If Ringalay would have just killed Amy, instead of needing to taunt her, Sepia would have won.
*VillainousCrush: On Keriagon; To the point where she keeps him alive because she wants to torture him more.
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[[folder:Kaynick]]
*BitchInSheepsClothing: Zigzagged, Kaynick tries to play himself off as an ally sent by Princess Sepia, but uses Liar’s Lilt one too many times in front of Amy for it to work.
*TheDragon: To Sepia
*PinocchioNose: Kaynick rolls his hand whenever he uses Liar’s Lilt. It’s explained, at one point, that most teachers of the spell teach their students a tell, so they can tell when it’s being used, meaning the tells can vary.
*SmallNameBigEgo: Kaynick doesn’t like Remmington because he doesn’t believe a MagicallyIneptFighter belongs on Princess Capricorn’s team.
*SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Between Remmington’s YouWillNotEvadeMe and Ash’s [[MadeOfMagic sudden fence]], Kaynick is dead within minutes of his second appearance.
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[[folder:Tomadial]]
*AvengingTheVillain: Tomadial joined the villains because Ash killed his brother, Dresnik.
*SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Cody shoots him in the back of the head right after he stabs Amy, killing him instantly.
[[folder:Dresnik]]
*AntiVillain: According to Remmington’s dream, Dresnik’s actions were based on his fear that Ashling was a harbinger.
*EpicFlail: Dresnik carried a morning star as his standard weapon.
*EvilFormerFriend: Of Remmington’s, but interestingly not of Keriagon's
*FauxAffablyEvil: Dresnik, despite trying to kill Amy, is consistently described as “polite” or “friendly” in her dreams
*PosthumousCharacter: Killed by Ash before the start of the story, but Amy has several nightmares about him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ringalay]]
*BullyBrutality: Ringalay apparently tried to kill Ashling more than once when they were trainees together.
*KilledOffscreen: She may have died when Cody shot her or she may have been killed by Keriagon dropping a hill on her.
*LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: Openly admits that she wants to hear Keriagon scream
*Sadist: She tortures Keriagon in the prologue because she can.
*VillainBall: If Ringalay would have just killed Amy, instead of needing to taunt her, Sepia would have won.
*VillainousCrush: On Keriagon; To the point where she keeps him alive because she wants to torture him more.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kaynick]]
*BitchInSheepsClothing: Zigzagged, Kaynick tries to play himself off as an ally sent by Princess Sepia, but uses Liar’s Lilt one too many times in front of Amy for it to work.
*TheDragon: To Sepia
*PinocchioNose: Kaynick rolls his hand whenever he uses Liar’s Lilt. It’s explained, at one point, that most teachers of the spell teach their students a tell, so they can tell when it’s being used, meaning the tells can vary.
*SmallNameBigEgo: Kaynick doesn’t like Remmington because he doesn’t believe a MagicallyIneptFighter belongs on Princess Capricorn’s team.
*SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Between Remmington’s YouWillNotEvadeMe and Ash’s [[MadeOfMagic sudden fence]], Kaynick is dead within minutes of his second appearance.
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[[folder:Tomadial]]
*AvengingTheVillain: Tomadial joined the villains because Ash killed his brother, Dresnik.
*SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Cody shoots him in the back of the head right after he stabs Amy, killing him instantly.
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!Fairies
!!Fairy Royalty
[[folder:Princess Capricorn]]
*BetterAsFriends: With Ash, as she’s more in love with Remmington and he’s more in love with Amy
*TheChanteuse: She’s eventually found singing in a lounge in Las Vegas.
*DamselInDistress: Kidnapped and held in an iron cage by Kaynick.
*FairySexy: Everyone stops to watch Capricorn’s first song, as she steps up to the mic.
*HairFlip: Capricorn performs one while sitting next to Ash
*HealingHands: Heals Amy twice.
*TomboyAndGirlyGirl: In the Epilogue, she’s the girly girl Illaca’s Tomboy.
*ImmuneToMindControl: Everyone believes Capricorn is immune to compulsion.
*[[KingIncognito Princess Incognito]]: The heroes are trying to track down Capricorn; and part of their difficulty is conversing with people who don’t realize they’ve spoken to the fairy princess.
*MindControlEyes: Amy and Remmington both see her pupils dilate
*PeerlessLoveInterest: Ash has been in love with her since he was a child and her guard, Remmington, [[BodyguardCrush also has feelings for her]].
*PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: She can match her grandmother for magic and while she’s been trained to run from combat; she holds her own in the final fight against Mistletoe.
*Really700YearsOld: Capricorn's current age isn't discussed, but she looked like a preteen when Ash was a toddler, and like a fourteen year old when he looked to be about seven, and he ages at twice her rate.
*RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She took up traveling as a [[KingIncognito Princess Incognito]] because she was [[CharmPerson compelled]] to believe that her inability to [[LoveTriangle choose between Ash and Remmington]] meant she was indecisive and would therefore be an ineffective leader.
*ShipperOnDeck: Her first response to seeing Ashling’s reaction to Amy wearing his shirt is to argue why the two of them should sleep together.
*SpoiledSweet: Once out from under the Compulsion Spell, Capricorn is eager to be helpful and make new friends, but she's not afraid to pull rank.
*TrueBlueFemininity: The first outfit Capricorn wears after her compulsion is broken, one she bought from a store, is blue striped shorts and a matching halter top.
*UnwittingPawn: To Sepia
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[[folder:Captain Piper]]
*AdaptationalHeroism: To the stories where Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin is a villian who drowns or otherwise harms the children of Hamelin. Ash doesn’t go into why he stole them to start with, but acknowledges that they lived to adulthood.
-->“You remember Humanity? That little town half a day’s ride from Père’s, where everyone seems to be at least part human?” “That’s them!?” “It’s their descendants anyway. The original hundred-thirty are all long dead from old age.”
*ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Piper’s official title seems to be ‘Captain’; while both Giselle and Perrault refer to him as ‘Guard Marshall’ with no clear indicator as to why.
*BigGood: Piper serves as both MissionControl for the heroes and as the main deterrent for the BigBad.
*ConfirmedBachelor: Piper masquerades as one; using his infertility to put off potential suitors.
*TheConsigliere: Quietly corrects Queen Mabrieen’s terminology in front of her Ambassador and a guard; and suffers no effect from it
*GoodIsNotSoft: Although Piper presents a consistent jovial personality, other characters' reactions to him indicate that he’s not to be taken lightly.
*HeroesPreferSwords: Piper’s preferred weapon is a sword.
*LadyAndKnight: Piper is Mabrieen’s lifemate, but they’ve kept their relationship [[OpenSecret secret]] so he can serve as her guard marshall instead of a protected consort.
*MissionControl: He serves as this for the heroes, keeping tabs on them and answering questions as he can.
*ParentalSubstitute: He’s Ash’s godfather and took care of him for about fifty years after Ash’s mother’s death.
*PublicDomainCharacter: [[{{Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin}} Piper]] wears colorful clothing, has a story involving rats, and once kidnapped one hundred and thirty human children.
*ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Piper is never too busy to take a call from the heroes and is willing to consider any idea they have.
*RoyalFavorite: He’s Mabrieen’s closest advisor and her Lifemate.
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[[folder:Queen Mabrieen]]
*RapeAsBackstory: Doubles as ChildByRape and RapeByProxy, as Echalson was produced by Sepia [[CharmPerson compelling]] Mabrieen to sleep with an elder who was courting Sepia. May also be considered ImpliedRape, as the word isn't explicitly used, but all of the connotations are there.
*RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Capricorn admires her grandmother; both as a leader and a mage. Mabrieen also helps fight Mistletoe once she’s woken up by Amy performing the Heimlich maneuver on her.
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[[folder:Princess Sepia]]
*BigBad: She compelled Capricorn, set Mistletoe free, and had Kaynick con other guards into taking out Capricorn’s guards.
* DisownedSibling: Sepia gets regularly banished by Mabrieen
*[[EvilUncle Evil Aunt]]: of Capricorn’s.
*TheChessmaster: She wants the throne and is willing to go to lengths to get it.
*NonActionBigBad: Sepia runs when the heroes show up in force.
*OffstageVillainy: Mind controlled Mabireen; leading to Mabireen’s pregnancy. She also deliberately riled up Queen Mabireen, then sent Amy to the throne room in her place.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Echalson]]
*ImmuneToMindControl: Echalson is immune to compulsion thanks to Mabrieen being compelled.
*InterGenerationalFriendship: With Perrault, whom he was heartlinked to
*JustInTime: When Princess Capricorn and Queen Mabireen run out of magic, Prince Echalson rushes in to save Amy from Nercomagic.
*NoSocialSkills: Much like his godfather, Echalson only bothers with things that bother him. This includes sharing information from Giselle.
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!!Fairy Guards
[[folder:Illaca]]
*AmazonianBeauty: Tall, Muscled, and Curvy
*HalfIdenticalTwins: Discussed and subverted; Amy thinks to herself about how the media tries to do this with Illaca and Lyon; due to their similar features, but Illaca is bigger than Lyon all the way around.
*HeroOfAnotherStory: Illaca and Lyon were dispatched to pick up Tyghanire.
*NavelDeepNeckline: Illaca’s dress tunic for the Hallow’s Eve ball has a plunging neckline
*RankUp: Replaces Tyghanire as the leader of Capricorn’s guard in the epilogue.
*TentacleHair: Illaca’s hair is a collection of prehensile, bio-luminsinate tentacles
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[[folder:Lyon]]
*HalfIdenticalTwins: Discussed and subverted; Amy thinks to herself about how the media will try to do this with Illaca and Lyon; due to their similar features, but Illaca is bigger than Lyon all the way around.
*HeroOfAnotherStory: Illaca and Lyon were dispatched to pick up Tyghanaire.
*NavelDeepNeckline: Lyon’s dress tunic for the Hallow’s Eve ball has a plunging neckline by virtue of being a replica of his sister’s.
*TentacleHair: Like his sister, Lyon’s hair is a collection of prehensile tentacles, albeit his are shorter.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tyghanire]]
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: He's an ambush specialist; with stripes like a tiger; and very sharp, very pointed teeth. One of the humans even referrers to him as a 'cat-man fairy'
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Tyghanaire was the first one sent to find Capricorn and dispatched two of the traitors in the guard before he was captured.
!Fairies
!!Fairy Royalty
[[folder:Princess Capricorn]]
*BetterAsFriends: With Ash, as she’s more in love with Remmington and he’s more in love with Amy
*TheChanteuse: She’s eventually found singing in a lounge in Las Vegas.
*DamselInDistress: Kidnapped and held in an iron cage by Kaynick.
*FairySexy: Everyone stops to watch Capricorn’s first song, as she steps up to the mic.
*HairFlip: Capricorn performs one while sitting next to Ash
*HealingHands: Heals Amy twice.
*TomboyAndGirlyGirl: In the Epilogue, she’s the girly girl Illaca’s Tomboy.
*ImmuneToMindControl: Everyone believes Capricorn is immune to compulsion.
*[[KingIncognito Princess Incognito]]: The heroes are trying to track down Capricorn; and part of their difficulty is conversing with people who don’t realize they’ve spoken to the fairy princess.
*MindControlEyes: Amy and Remmington both see her pupils dilate
*PeerlessLoveInterest: Ash has been in love with her since he was a child and her guard, Remmington, [[BodyguardCrush also has feelings for her]].
*PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: She can match her grandmother for magic and while she’s been trained to run from combat; she holds her own in the final fight against Mistletoe.
*Really700YearsOld: Capricorn's current age isn't discussed, but she looked like a preteen when Ash was a toddler, and like a fourteen year old when he looked to be about seven, and he ages at twice her rate.
*RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She took up traveling as a [[KingIncognito Princess Incognito]] because she was [[CharmPerson compelled]] to believe that her inability to [[LoveTriangle choose between Ash and Remmington]] meant she was indecisive and would therefore be an ineffective leader.
*ShipperOnDeck: Her first response to seeing Ashling’s reaction to Amy wearing his shirt is to argue why the two of them should sleep together.
*SpoiledSweet: Once out from under the Compulsion Spell, Capricorn is eager to be helpful and make new friends, but she's not afraid to pull rank.
*TrueBlueFemininity: The first outfit Capricorn wears after her compulsion is broken, one she bought from a store, is blue striped shorts and a matching halter top.
*UnwittingPawn: To Sepia
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Captain Piper]]
*AdaptationalHeroism: To the stories where Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin is a villian who drowns or otherwise harms the children of Hamelin. Ash doesn’t go into why he stole them to start with, but acknowledges that they lived to adulthood.
-->“You remember Humanity? That little town half a day’s ride from Père’s, where everyone seems to be at least part human?” “That’s them!?” “It’s their descendants anyway. The original hundred-thirty are all long dead from old age.”
*ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Piper’s official title seems to be ‘Captain’; while both Giselle and Perrault refer to him as ‘Guard Marshall’ with no clear indicator as to why.
*BigGood: Piper serves as both MissionControl for the heroes and as the main deterrent for the BigBad.
*ConfirmedBachelor: Piper masquerades as one; using his infertility to put off potential suitors.
*TheConsigliere: Quietly corrects Queen Mabrieen’s terminology in front of her Ambassador and a guard; and suffers no effect from it
*GoodIsNotSoft: Although Piper presents a consistent jovial personality, other characters' reactions to him indicate that he’s not to be taken lightly.
*HeroesPreferSwords: Piper’s preferred weapon is a sword.
*LadyAndKnight: Piper is Mabrieen’s lifemate, but they’ve kept their relationship [[OpenSecret secret]] so he can serve as her guard marshall instead of a protected consort.
*MissionControl: He serves as this for the heroes, keeping tabs on them and answering questions as he can.
*ParentalSubstitute: He’s Ash’s godfather and took care of him for about fifty years after Ash’s mother’s death.
*PublicDomainCharacter: [[{{Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin}} Piper]] wears colorful clothing, has a story involving rats, and once kidnapped one hundred and thirty human children.
*ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Piper is never too busy to take a call from the heroes and is willing to consider any idea they have.
*RoyalFavorite: He’s Mabrieen’s closest advisor and her Lifemate.
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[[folder:Queen Mabrieen]]
*RapeAsBackstory: Doubles as ChildByRape and RapeByProxy, as Echalson was produced by Sepia [[CharmPerson compelling]] Mabrieen to sleep with an elder who was courting Sepia. May also be considered ImpliedRape, as the word isn't explicitly used, but all of the connotations are there.
*RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Capricorn admires her grandmother; both as a leader and a mage. Mabrieen also helps fight Mistletoe once she’s woken up by Amy performing the Heimlich maneuver on her.
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[[folder:Princess Sepia]]
*BigBad: She compelled Capricorn, set Mistletoe free, and had Kaynick con other guards into taking out Capricorn’s guards.
* DisownedSibling: Sepia gets regularly banished by Mabrieen
*[[EvilUncle Evil Aunt]]: of Capricorn’s.
*TheChessmaster: She wants the throne and is willing to go to lengths to get it.
*NonActionBigBad: Sepia runs when the heroes show up in force.
*OffstageVillainy: Mind controlled Mabireen; leading to Mabireen’s pregnancy. She also deliberately riled up Queen Mabireen, then sent Amy to the throne room in her place.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Prince Echalson]]
*ImmuneToMindControl: Echalson is immune to compulsion thanks to Mabrieen being compelled.
*InterGenerationalFriendship: With Perrault, whom he was heartlinked to
*JustInTime: When Princess Capricorn and Queen Mabireen run out of magic, Prince Echalson rushes in to save Amy from Nercomagic.
*NoSocialSkills: Much like his godfather, Echalson only bothers with things that bother him. This includes sharing information from Giselle.
[[/folder]]
!!Fairy Guards
[[folder:Illaca]]
*AmazonianBeauty: Tall, Muscled, and Curvy
*HalfIdenticalTwins: Discussed and subverted; Amy thinks to herself about how the media tries to do this with Illaca and Lyon; due to their similar features, but Illaca is bigger than Lyon all the way around.
*HeroOfAnotherStory: Illaca and Lyon were dispatched to pick up Tyghanire.
*NavelDeepNeckline: Illaca’s dress tunic for the Hallow’s Eve ball has a plunging neckline
*RankUp: Replaces Tyghanire as the leader of Capricorn’s guard in the epilogue.
*TentacleHair: Illaca’s hair is a collection of prehensile, bio-luminsinate tentacles
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[[folder:Lyon]]
*HalfIdenticalTwins: Discussed and subverted; Amy thinks to herself about how the media will try to do this with Illaca and Lyon; due to their similar features, but Illaca is bigger than Lyon all the way around.
*HeroOfAnotherStory: Illaca and Lyon were dispatched to pick up Tyghanaire.
*NavelDeepNeckline: Lyon’s dress tunic for the Hallow’s Eve ball has a plunging neckline by virtue of being a replica of his sister’s.
*TentacleHair: Like his sister, Lyon’s hair is a collection of prehensile tentacles, albeit his are shorter.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tyghanire]]
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: He's an ambush specialist; with stripes like a tiger; and very sharp, very pointed teeth. One of the humans even referrers to him as a 'cat-man fairy'
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Tyghanaire was the first one sent to find Capricorn and dispatched two of the traitors in the guard before he was captured.
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[[folder:Giselle]]
*BilingualBonus: Some of Giselle’s pet names for Amy are not traditional English or American ones. Particularly noticeable is ‘my little cabbage.’
*CursedWithAwesome: Not from Giselle herself, but becoming a revenant is supposed to be a curse.
*DreamWalker: One of Giselle’s abilities as a revenant is to enter the dreams of those who summon her.
*FriendlyGhost: Giselle is nothing but helpful throughout the novel, mostly to Amy, but to Cody and Remmington as well.
*LongLostRelative: Revealed to be Ash’s mother, which Stephan knew, but died before he could surprise her.
*TheLostLenore: To Perrault, who went searching for her after her death, only to be told that her book had been destroyed. His absence correlates directly to Ash joining the Guard.
*MonochromeApparition: Giselle is a silvery monochrome
*TheNicknamer: Of the cute variety, as Giselle knows everyone's names, but rotates through an endless supply of pet names for them anyway.
*OurGhostsAreDifferent: Revenant's are cursed, dead humans.
*ParentalSubstitute: To Amy and Cody, who treat her as a beloved aunt, and possibly to Stephan as well.
*SilkHidingSteel: The picturesque young noble woman, with artful curls and a fancy dress full of bows, but turns out she’s responsible for protecting Capricorn from Sepia for a couple of hundred years, and she saves Amy’s life by running to Price Echalson for help.
*SpiritAdvisor: To Amy and Cody, predominantly, but Remmington also receives advice when he summons her.
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[[folder:Keriagon]]
*AffectionateNickname: Keriagon allows Amy to call him “Keri”, because he understands nicknames to be a sign of affection among humans.
*ChildhoodFriends: With Remmington
*DyingAlone: Discussed, had Amy and Remmington not come to his rescue, he would have died in a basement, thinking Remmington betrayed him.
*GentlemanSnarker: Keriagon is the son of a Fairie Lord, and will absolutely cut people to shreds with a word or two.
*GoodIsNotSoft: Amy describes Keri as a sweetheart, but he puts every other character in their place at least once, even Princess Capricorn.
*HealingHands: Keriagon specializes in healing magic; to the point that he can heal without leaving scars. He also figures out that there’s something still wrong with Amy after Capricorn had healed her (twice).
*HeterosexualLifePartners: With Remmington
*PlatonicKissing: Keriagon has a mind-reading ability that utilizes kissing.
*PseudoRomanticFriendship: Remmington grooms Keri while he is unconscious, and takes ahold of his hand when Keri starts to apologize for doubting him. They also share a bed from the time Keri is picked up onward.
*Really700YearsOld: Keriagon is five hundred and seventy-two years old. How old he looks isn't specifically stated but he presumably looked to be in his late teens when Ash looked like a seven year old and Ash ages at twice his rate.
*TheRedMage: Keriagon’s speciality is healing, but he has a lot of varied magic.
*RecruitmentByRescue: Amy and Remmington locate Keriagon and patch him up with Ash’s help before he joins in the party
*SpockSpeak: Keriagon speaks far more formally than the rest of his friends.
*TheStoic: Keriagon is, by far, the calmest of the heroes. He is also said to have a lot of micro-expressions rather than out right ones.
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[[folder:Cody Black]]
*AffectionateNickname: In addition to Cody being short for Dakota, Amy and Tyler occasionally call him ‘Cotes’.
*AngerBornOfWorry: Punches Piper, then tries to start a fist-fight with Ashling when the latter [[DrivenToSuicide asks to be killed]].
*AudienceSurrogate: Even more so than Remmington or Amy
*BigBrotherInstinct: His hatred of the fey stems from this.
*ChronicHeroSyndrome: His need to go help whatever security guard may have been injured by the shadow is what gets him compelled.
*DarkAndTroubledPast: Cody and his mom, Michelle, were both physically abused by his biological father, Michael. After a stint in jail, Michael got paroled and immediately killed Cody’s step-father, Stephan, to “reclaim what was his.”
*GoodScarsEvilScars: Cody has a small scar running through one of his eyebrows.
*FightingFromTheInside: While he’s compelled, Cody tries really hard not to think about the fact that Ash is in the room behind him.
*ForgottenFirstMeeting: He met Ash when he was nine, and while he technically remembered the meeting, he didn’t remember who he had met.
*FriendsAllAlong: When Keriagon realizes they’re being followed by someone; he tries to lead the group away. Once Ash realizes who Keri is steering them away from; he starts to laugh.
*HotBlooded: Cody is the loudest and brashest of the protagonists by a wide margin. It’s probably easier to count scenes in which he doesn’t start some kind of argument.
*INeedAFreakingDrink: When Ash starts to tell him about the blood binding, Cody stops him and sends him back to the mini-bar for alcohol.
*InelegantBlubbering: After [[DrivenToSuicide Ashling asks Piper to be execute him,]] Cody tries to start a fight with both of them, [[{{Angrish}} screams at Ash]], and finally breaks down sobbing when Ash hugs him.
*InformedAttribute: Cody is said to hate the Fey for ‘kidnapping his sister’; but his legendary IrrationalHatred is only shown through some antagonism towards Ash and his habit of going out of his way to learn about and [[CombatPragmatist exploit a couple of their strengths and weaknesses]].
*MagicalAccessory: Cody wears a bracelet that grants him strength when he’s protecting someone else.
*MindControlEyes: Amy notes that his pupils dilated like Capricorn’s when he was compelled.
*MySisterIsOffLimits: Zig-zagged as Cody will actively come between Ash and Amy if Ashling is the implied pursuer, but seems perfectly content to let Amy pursue him, even going so far as to lash out at Ash when he accidently hurts Amy.
*SpannerInTheWorks: Cody manages to save Amy from the shadow with a lucky text message, led the other heroes almost immediately to Capricorn because he understands how credit/debit cards work, almost starts a fight that puts Amy in danger but draws Kaynick out of the shadows, and convinces the party not to give up despite being outmaneuvered and 'out of time'. He also sucker punched Piper to save [[DrivenToSuicide Ash’s]] life.
*SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: Cody fully believes that [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling he’s just Amy’s ‘screw-up’ older brother]], and everyone knows it.
*TechnicallyASmile: Although several characters smile for less than altruistic reasons, Cody is easily the worst offender
*TheFriendNobodyLikes: Cody seems to have shades of this with his human friends, considering that all of them (save [[BestFriend Tyler]]) sided with Big John; the guy who is engaged to Cody’s ex-girlfriend and agreed to become his handler without asking him about it first. Then again [[PoorCommunicationKills Cody hasn’t told his other friends]] that Big John never spoke to him about becoming his handler before accepting the position.
*TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: When Keriagon is checking Cody over for injuries he mentions some “bone scarring” that’s so old it wasn’t healed by magic and says Cody may not even remember the injury. Cody very sharply replies that he does, and once Amy confirms it was from his father, no more is said about it.
*VitriolicBestBuds: Ash and Cody are constantly at each other’s throats verbally, but Cody specifically tries [[FightingFromTheInside not to think about Ash being in the room behind him]] while compelled, which allows Ash to save him.
*WeNeedADistraction: Remmington breaks up a fight between Cody and Ash by suggesting Cody be a distraction.
*WhatTheHellAreYou: Cody gets one from Remmington, when he pulls a knife one Remmington and snarls something about his immunity before Remmington can choke him out
*WhoWantsToLiveForever: Cody isn’t thrilled by his ascension to Elder, as he knows his best friend and mother will grow up without him.
[[folder:Giselle]]
*BilingualBonus: Some of Giselle’s pet names for Amy are not traditional English or American ones. Particularly noticeable is ‘my little cabbage.’
*CursedWithAwesome: Not from Giselle herself, but becoming a revenant is supposed to be a curse.
*DreamWalker: One of Giselle’s abilities as a revenant is to enter the dreams of those who summon her.
*FriendlyGhost: Giselle is nothing but helpful throughout the novel, mostly to Amy, but to Cody and Remmington as well.
*LongLostRelative: Revealed to be Ash’s mother, which Stephan knew, but died before he could surprise her.
*TheLostLenore: To Perrault, who went searching for her after her death, only to be told that her book had been destroyed. His absence correlates directly to Ash joining the Guard.
*MonochromeApparition: Giselle is a silvery monochrome
*TheNicknamer: Of the cute variety, as Giselle knows everyone's names, but rotates through an endless supply of pet names for them anyway.
*OurGhostsAreDifferent: Revenant's are cursed, dead humans.
*ParentalSubstitute: To Amy and Cody, who treat her as a beloved aunt, and possibly to Stephan as well.
*SilkHidingSteel: The picturesque young noble woman, with artful curls and a fancy dress full of bows, but turns out she’s responsible for protecting Capricorn from Sepia for a couple of hundred years, and she saves Amy’s life by running to Price Echalson for help.
*SpiritAdvisor: To Amy and Cody, predominantly, but Remmington also receives advice when he summons her.
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[[folder:Keriagon]]
*AffectionateNickname: Keriagon allows Amy to call him “Keri”, because he understands nicknames to be a sign of affection among humans.
*ChildhoodFriends: With Remmington
*DyingAlone: Discussed, had Amy and Remmington not come to his rescue, he would have died in a basement, thinking Remmington betrayed him.
*GentlemanSnarker: Keriagon is the son of a Fairie Lord, and will absolutely cut people to shreds with a word or two.
*GoodIsNotSoft: Amy describes Keri as a sweetheart, but he puts every other character in their place at least once, even Princess Capricorn.
*HealingHands: Keriagon specializes in healing magic; to the point that he can heal without leaving scars. He also figures out that there’s something still wrong with Amy after Capricorn had healed her (twice).
*HeterosexualLifePartners: With Remmington
*PlatonicKissing: Keriagon has a mind-reading ability that utilizes kissing.
*PseudoRomanticFriendship: Remmington grooms Keri while he is unconscious, and takes ahold of his hand when Keri starts to apologize for doubting him. They also share a bed from the time Keri is picked up onward.
*Really700YearsOld: Keriagon is five hundred and seventy-two years old. How old he looks isn't specifically stated but he presumably looked to be in his late teens when Ash looked like a seven year old and Ash ages at twice his rate.
*TheRedMage: Keriagon’s speciality is healing, but he has a lot of varied magic.
*RecruitmentByRescue: Amy and Remmington locate Keriagon and patch him up with Ash’s help before he joins in the party
*SpockSpeak: Keriagon speaks far more formally than the rest of his friends.
*TheStoic: Keriagon is, by far, the calmest of the heroes. He is also said to have a lot of micro-expressions rather than out right ones.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cody Black]]
*AffectionateNickname: In addition to Cody being short for Dakota, Amy and Tyler occasionally call him ‘Cotes’.
*AngerBornOfWorry: Punches Piper, then tries to start a fist-fight with Ashling when the latter [[DrivenToSuicide asks to be killed]].
*AudienceSurrogate: Even more so than Remmington or Amy
*BigBrotherInstinct: His hatred of the fey stems from this.
*ChronicHeroSyndrome: His need to go help whatever security guard may have been injured by the shadow is what gets him compelled.
*DarkAndTroubledPast: Cody and his mom, Michelle, were both physically abused by his biological father, Michael. After a stint in jail, Michael got paroled and immediately killed Cody’s step-father, Stephan, to “reclaim what was his.”
*GoodScarsEvilScars: Cody has a small scar running through one of his eyebrows.
*FightingFromTheInside: While he’s compelled, Cody tries really hard not to think about the fact that Ash is in the room behind him.
*ForgottenFirstMeeting: He met Ash when he was nine, and while he technically remembered the meeting, he didn’t remember who he had met.
*FriendsAllAlong: When Keriagon realizes they’re being followed by someone; he tries to lead the group away. Once Ash realizes who Keri is steering them away from; he starts to laugh.
*HotBlooded: Cody is the loudest and brashest of the protagonists by a wide margin. It’s probably easier to count scenes in which he doesn’t start some kind of argument.
*INeedAFreakingDrink: When Ash starts to tell him about the blood binding, Cody stops him and sends him back to the mini-bar for alcohol.
*InelegantBlubbering: After [[DrivenToSuicide Ashling asks Piper to be execute him,]] Cody tries to start a fight with both of them, [[{{Angrish}} screams at Ash]], and finally breaks down sobbing when Ash hugs him.
*InformedAttribute: Cody is said to hate the Fey for ‘kidnapping his sister’; but his legendary IrrationalHatred is only shown through some antagonism towards Ash and his habit of going out of his way to learn about and [[CombatPragmatist exploit a couple of their strengths and weaknesses]].
*MagicalAccessory: Cody wears a bracelet that grants him strength when he’s protecting someone else.
*MindControlEyes: Amy notes that his pupils dilated like Capricorn’s when he was compelled.
*MySisterIsOffLimits: Zig-zagged as Cody will actively come between Ash and Amy if Ashling is the implied pursuer, but seems perfectly content to let Amy pursue him, even going so far as to lash out at Ash when he accidently hurts Amy.
*SpannerInTheWorks: Cody manages to save Amy from the shadow with a lucky text message, led the other heroes almost immediately to Capricorn because he understands how credit/debit cards work, almost starts a fight that puts Amy in danger but draws Kaynick out of the shadows, and convinces the party not to give up despite being outmaneuvered and 'out of time'. He also sucker punched Piper to save [[DrivenToSuicide Ash’s]] life.
*SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: Cody fully believes that [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling he’s just Amy’s ‘screw-up’ older brother]], and everyone knows it.
*TechnicallyASmile: Although several characters smile for less than altruistic reasons, Cody is easily the worst offender
*TheFriendNobodyLikes: Cody seems to have shades of this with his human friends, considering that all of them (save [[BestFriend Tyler]]) sided with Big John; the guy who is engaged to Cody’s ex-girlfriend and agreed to become his handler without asking him about it first. Then again [[PoorCommunicationKills Cody hasn’t told his other friends]] that Big John never spoke to him about becoming his handler before accepting the position.
*TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: When Keriagon is checking Cody over for injuries he mentions some “bone scarring” that’s so old it wasn’t healed by magic and says Cody may not even remember the injury. Cody very sharply replies that he does, and once Amy confirms it was from his father, no more is said about it.
*VitriolicBestBuds: Ash and Cody are constantly at each other’s throats verbally, but Cody specifically tries [[FightingFromTheInside not to think about Ash being in the room behind him]] while compelled, which allows Ash to save him.
*WeNeedADistraction: Remmington breaks up a fight between Cody and Ash by suggesting Cody be a distraction.
*WhatTheHellAreYou: Cody gets one from Remmington, when he pulls a knife one Remmington and snarls something about his immunity before Remmington can choke him out
*WhoWantsToLiveForever: Cody isn’t thrilled by his ascension to Elder, as he knows his best friend and mother will grow up without him.
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[[folder:Ash Dresden]]
*AffectionateNickname: Amy started calling Ashling “Ash” within minutes of meeting him. He took it as a sign of their impending friendship, and so didn’t correct her.
*BadassInDistress: Over the course of the story, Ashling eats poisoned flowers, gets hit with a sleep spell, pulls from the Fade, and then gets a spike shoved through his belly.
*BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: A major factor in Ash’s devotion to Amy is that she accepted him when they first met, reasoning that his HalfHumanHybrid status would be a huge asset in guarding a human.
--> “In the seconds everyone else used to convince themselves that, despite my best performances, I would never be enough, you turned me into such an advantage that Michelle started asking about other half-human guards.”
*BetterAsFriends: With Capricorn, as she’s more in love with Remmington and he’s more in love with Amy.
*BilingualBonus: Anyone who speaks French will know that Ash sometimes intentionally mis-translates his own French for Amy to make it sound less romantic.
-->'' (You stun me, my other half.) '' “What?” “I said, 'You're dazzling.'.”
*BloodSplatteredWarrior: In Amy’s FlashbackNightmare, Ashling is soaked in blood from his fight with Dresnik, either Lannies or Connador, and two unknown elves.
*BodyguardCrush: Doubles as InconvenientAttraction; as Ash perceives being attracted to his [[MayflyDecemberRomance much younger charge]] immoral.
*ChildhoodFriends: With Capricorn
*CuddleBug: Invoked and played straight; Ash is one in bed. Amy doesn’t seem to mind, but it’s why Cody won’t sleep in the same bed as him.
*DeviousDaggers: Subverted; Ash uses daggers as his primary weapons but he’s a MagicKnight, not an assassin.
*DrivenToSuicide: When Amy is infected with necromagic, Ash asks Piper to execute him.
*EatingTheEyeCandy: Ash is not only visibly stunned by Amy’s appearance in the Hell’s Vestibule chapter; he [[BilingualBonus tells her so]]. He has an even stronger reaction to her wearing his night shirt in a later chapter, doing a full on DoubleTake.
*EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Conversational; Ash wears a shirt that reads “[[ForeignCussWord Merde]] sounds better in French.”
*FairySexy: Amy consistently refers to Ash as ‘pretty’ and he is an apparent favorite with teenage girls.
*FantasticArousal: When sharing secrets with Amy, Ash reveals that his ears are ‘sensitive’ to the touch, but not in the way she previously thought.
*FireForgedFriends: With Remmington, complete with [[SignificantNameShift Remmington calling him Ash]].
*HalfHumanHybrid: The only one seen in the story, but not the only one of his kind. In fact, fairy hybrids are apparently common enough to warrant their own species title: ‘Fair’
*HeroicRROD: Ash pulls from the fade to teleport Remmington to safety and immediately passes out.
*ImmuneToMindControl: Ash is immune to compulsion thanks to his father being compelled for ‘a significant amount of time’.
*InstantWakingSkills: While both Amy and Remmington can be startled awake remarkably fast, Ash’s assessment and reaction is even quicker. Particularly notably when Amy screams Remmington’s name, [[WakeUpFighting and Ash grabs her to roll them both off the bed.]]
*IntimateOpenShirt: Amy unbuttons Ash’s shirt in her EroticDream and he rolls his shoulder to display his torso without removing said shirt.
*LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Early conversations between Ash and Amy have them light-heartedly arguing with each other.
*LogicalWeakness: Ash’s hearing means he can be staggered by loud or shrill noises.
*LongHairedPrettyBoy: He’s tall, lean, and has blonde hair that reaches his shoulders which he wears back in a ponytail.
*MagicKnight: Ash wields both magic and daggers evenly, versus [[MagicallyIneptFighter Remmington]] who defaults to the sword and [[TheRedMage Keriagon]] who defaults to magic.
*Nepotism: Discussed as being a criticism of Ash by both Remmington and Capricorn at different points.
*OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Cody teases Ash about [[NoodleIncident him not complimenting Amy]] to which Ash asks, “how long before I live that down?”
*ParentalAbandonment: After his mother died, Perrault “disappeared” for about fifty years, leaving Ash with Piper.
*PointyEars: Ash and his father, Perrault, both have long pointed ears and excellent hearing.
*PoirotSpeak: Ash’s habit of putting adjectives after nouns speaks to his french heritage.
*PowerDynamicsKink: In the epilogue, Ash flirts with Amy by telling her that he is hers ‘to command’.
*PrecociousCrush: Ash has had feelings for Capricorn since he was a toddler when they were heartlinked.
*RankUp: In the last chapter, Piper tells everyone that he’s going to promote Ash to his apprentice.
*Really700YearsOld: Ashling hit his 260th Birthday sometime in the last 7 years, but his age is "more commensurate" with Amy’s 22.
*SignificantNameShift: In the second to last chapter, Remmington calls Ashling “Ash” the same way Amy and Cody do, which snaps Ash out of his crying.
*SociallyAwkwardHero: Ash has a harder time talking to three teenage girls than he does blind fighting in the same chapter.
*StrongFamilyResemblance: Amy compares Ash and Perrault, noting that Perrault looks like a faded-photocopy of Ash. Piper also comments that he looks like his father.
*TheLancer: Remmington internally refers to Ashling as his lancer.
*ThoughtTheyKnewAlready: Ash was young enough when his mother died to have forgotten her name. It doesn’t help that his father hates talking about [[LostLenore her]].
*UndyingLoyalty: To Amy and Piper
*VitriolicBestBuds: Ash and Cody are constantly at each other’s throats verbally, but Cody defends Ash while he’s unconscious and is willing to punch Piper to save his life.
*WifeHusbandry: Downplayed; Ashling has been Amy’s guard since she was emancipated at fifteen, so while he didn’t necessarily raise her (considering her more like a sister than a daughter); he still made the distinction of her being a ‘teenage child’ when they first met.
**Made slightly less creepy by the fact that he was infatuated with Capricorn throughout Amy’s teenage years.
*YourFavorite: When Ash is unconscious due to pulling from the fade, Amy says they need to get him ice cream because it’s his favorite.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Remmington]]
*BodyguardCrush: Remmington has one on his charge, Capricorn
*BullyTurnedBuddy: For Ash, although the latter tended to view Remmington more as a rival since Remmington never set out to seriously injure him, unlike some of the other guards.
*CarpetOfVirility: Remmington, in his one shirtless scene, has chest hair complete with a line of abdominal hair.
*ChildhoodFriends: With Keriagon
*FireForgedFriends: With Ash, complete with [[SignificantNameShift Remmington calling him Ash]].
*HeelRealization: Related to BullyTurnedBuddy, Remmington teases Amy about bullying Ash when the latter was a kid, but he is also struck a couple of times by the realization that he was, both intentionally and unintentionally, a jerk. It gets to the point that he has a GuiltInducedNightmare.
*HeroesPreferSwords: Remmington’s preferred weapon is a sword.
*HeterosexualLifePartners: With Keriagon
*LanternJawOfJustice: When teasing Ashling about Remmington, Amy mentions his "strong jawline".
*LegacyOfService: Remmington’s father is Lord Ingry’s favorite servant; and Remmington refers to himself as a ‘servant elf turned trainee’. He also shows deference towards Keriagon.
*MageKiller: Of the magic resistant variety
*MagicallyIneptFighter: Remmington doesn’t have much in the way of castable magic, but he is immune to most things.
*NoSell: When Kaynick swung a fire whip at Amy, Remmington caught it and proceeded to [[YouWillNotEvadeMe yank Kaynick to him,]] causing Kaynick’s death. Also, his immunity to iron lets him rip open Capricorn’s cage.
*PseudoRomanticFriendship: Remmington grooms Keri while he is unconscious, and takes ahold of his hand when Keri starts to apologize for doubting him. They also share a bed from the time Keri is picked up onward.
*RedHerringMole: Remmington is set up in the prologue as a traitor and throughout the narrative, he disappears to call [[MissionControl Captain Piper]] or makes weird facial expressions when Amy talks about magic. Turns out he was just a MagicallyIneptFighter who reports in regularly because the last two guys disappeared.
*Really700YearsOld: Remmington is five hundred and seventy-four years old. How old he looks isn't specifically stated but he presumably looked to be in his late teens when Ash looked like a seven year old and Ash ages at twice his rate.
*RefugeInAudacity: Yes, Remmington would like to fight one spiny lever machine, please.
*StandardHeroReward: Zigzagged; Remmington is given the chance to court Capricorn at the end of the story; but it’s because she wants to marry him and his recent heroism is a convenient excuse for the courtship.
*StoutStrength: Remmington is specifically noted to not have a six-pack, although he does have “defined shoulders and arms”
*TheBigGuy: He’s the biggest guy both on Amy’s team and in Capricorn’s guard.
*UndyingLoyalty: To Princess Capricorn, Keriagon, and the guard
[[folder:Ash Dresden]]
*AffectionateNickname: Amy started calling Ashling “Ash” within minutes of meeting him. He took it as a sign of their impending friendship, and so didn’t correct her.
*BadassInDistress: Over the course of the story, Ashling eats poisoned flowers, gets hit with a sleep spell, pulls from the Fade, and then gets a spike shoved through his belly.
*BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: A major factor in Ash’s devotion to Amy is that she accepted him when they first met, reasoning that his HalfHumanHybrid status would be a huge asset in guarding a human.
--> “In the seconds everyone else used to convince themselves that, despite my best performances, I would never be enough, you turned me into such an advantage that Michelle started asking about other half-human guards.”
*BetterAsFriends: With Capricorn, as she’s more in love with Remmington and he’s more in love with Amy.
*BilingualBonus: Anyone who speaks French will know that Ash sometimes intentionally mis-translates his own French for Amy to make it sound less romantic.
-->'' (You stun me, my other half.) '' “What?” “I said, 'You're dazzling.'.”
*BloodSplatteredWarrior: In Amy’s FlashbackNightmare, Ashling is soaked in blood from his fight with Dresnik, either Lannies or Connador, and two unknown elves.
*BodyguardCrush: Doubles as InconvenientAttraction; as Ash perceives being attracted to his [[MayflyDecemberRomance much younger charge]] immoral.
*ChildhoodFriends: With Capricorn
*CuddleBug: Invoked and played straight; Ash is one in bed. Amy doesn’t seem to mind, but it’s why Cody won’t sleep in the same bed as him.
*DeviousDaggers: Subverted; Ash uses daggers as his primary weapons but he’s a MagicKnight, not an assassin.
*DrivenToSuicide: When Amy is infected with necromagic, Ash asks Piper to execute him.
*EatingTheEyeCandy: Ash is not only visibly stunned by Amy’s appearance in the Hell’s Vestibule chapter; he [[BilingualBonus tells her so]]. He has an even stronger reaction to her wearing his night shirt in a later chapter, doing a full on DoubleTake.
*EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Conversational; Ash wears a shirt that reads “[[ForeignCussWord Merde]] sounds better in French.”
*FairySexy: Amy consistently refers to Ash as ‘pretty’ and he is an apparent favorite with teenage girls.
*FantasticArousal: When sharing secrets with Amy, Ash reveals that his ears are ‘sensitive’ to the touch, but not in the way she previously thought.
*FireForgedFriends: With Remmington, complete with [[SignificantNameShift Remmington calling him Ash]].
*HalfHumanHybrid: The only one seen in the story, but not the only one of his kind. In fact, fairy hybrids are apparently common enough to warrant their own species title: ‘Fair’
*HeroicRROD: Ash pulls from the fade to teleport Remmington to safety and immediately passes out.
*ImmuneToMindControl: Ash is immune to compulsion thanks to his father being compelled for ‘a significant amount of time’.
*InstantWakingSkills: While both Amy and Remmington can be startled awake remarkably fast, Ash’s assessment and reaction is even quicker. Particularly notably when Amy screams Remmington’s name, [[WakeUpFighting and Ash grabs her to roll them both off the bed.]]
*IntimateOpenShirt: Amy unbuttons Ash’s shirt in her EroticDream and he rolls his shoulder to display his torso without removing said shirt.
*LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Early conversations between Ash and Amy have them light-heartedly arguing with each other.
*LogicalWeakness: Ash’s hearing means he can be staggered by loud or shrill noises.
*LongHairedPrettyBoy: He’s tall, lean, and has blonde hair that reaches his shoulders which he wears back in a ponytail.
*MagicKnight: Ash wields both magic and daggers evenly, versus [[MagicallyIneptFighter Remmington]] who defaults to the sword and [[TheRedMage Keriagon]] who defaults to magic.
*Nepotism: Discussed as being a criticism of Ash by both Remmington and Capricorn at different points.
*OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Cody teases Ash about [[NoodleIncident him not complimenting Amy]] to which Ash asks, “how long before I live that down?”
*ParentalAbandonment: After his mother died, Perrault “disappeared” for about fifty years, leaving Ash with Piper.
*PointyEars: Ash and his father, Perrault, both have long pointed ears and excellent hearing.
*PoirotSpeak: Ash’s habit of putting adjectives after nouns speaks to his french heritage.
*PowerDynamicsKink: In the epilogue, Ash flirts with Amy by telling her that he is hers ‘to command’.
*PrecociousCrush: Ash has had feelings for Capricorn since he was a toddler when they were heartlinked.
*RankUp: In the last chapter, Piper tells everyone that he’s going to promote Ash to his apprentice.
*Really700YearsOld: Ashling hit his 260th Birthday sometime in the last 7 years, but his age is "more commensurate" with Amy’s 22.
*SignificantNameShift: In the second to last chapter, Remmington calls Ashling “Ash” the same way Amy and Cody do, which snaps Ash out of his crying.
*SociallyAwkwardHero: Ash has a harder time talking to three teenage girls than he does blind fighting in the same chapter.
*StrongFamilyResemblance: Amy compares Ash and Perrault, noting that Perrault looks like a faded-photocopy of Ash. Piper also comments that he looks like his father.
*TheLancer: Remmington internally refers to Ashling as his lancer.
*ThoughtTheyKnewAlready: Ash was young enough when his mother died to have forgotten her name. It doesn’t help that his father hates talking about [[LostLenore her]].
*UndyingLoyalty: To Amy and Piper
*VitriolicBestBuds: Ash and Cody are constantly at each other’s throats verbally, but Cody defends Ash while he’s unconscious and is willing to punch Piper to save his life.
*WifeHusbandry: Downplayed; Ashling has been Amy’s guard since she was emancipated at fifteen, so while he didn’t necessarily raise her (considering her more like a sister than a daughter); he still made the distinction of her being a ‘teenage child’ when they first met.
**Made slightly less creepy by the fact that he was infatuated with Capricorn throughout Amy’s teenage years.
*YourFavorite: When Ash is unconscious due to pulling from the fade, Amy says they need to get him ice cream because it’s his favorite.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Remmington]]
*BodyguardCrush: Remmington has one on his charge, Capricorn
*BullyTurnedBuddy: For Ash, although the latter tended to view Remmington more as a rival since Remmington never set out to seriously injure him, unlike some of the other guards.
*CarpetOfVirility: Remmington, in his one shirtless scene, has chest hair complete with a line of abdominal hair.
*ChildhoodFriends: With Keriagon
*FireForgedFriends: With Ash, complete with [[SignificantNameShift Remmington calling him Ash]].
*HeelRealization: Related to BullyTurnedBuddy, Remmington teases Amy about bullying Ash when the latter was a kid, but he is also struck a couple of times by the realization that he was, both intentionally and unintentionally, a jerk. It gets to the point that he has a GuiltInducedNightmare.
*HeroesPreferSwords: Remmington’s preferred weapon is a sword.
*HeterosexualLifePartners: With Keriagon
*LanternJawOfJustice: When teasing Ashling about Remmington, Amy mentions his "strong jawline".
*LegacyOfService: Remmington’s father is Lord Ingry’s favorite servant; and Remmington refers to himself as a ‘servant elf turned trainee’. He also shows deference towards Keriagon.
*MageKiller: Of the magic resistant variety
*MagicallyIneptFighter: Remmington doesn’t have much in the way of castable magic, but he is immune to most things.
*NoSell: When Kaynick swung a fire whip at Amy, Remmington caught it and proceeded to [[YouWillNotEvadeMe yank Kaynick to him,]] causing Kaynick’s death. Also, his immunity to iron lets him rip open Capricorn’s cage.
*PseudoRomanticFriendship: Remmington grooms Keri while he is unconscious, and takes ahold of his hand when Keri starts to apologize for doubting him. They also share a bed from the time Keri is picked up onward.
*RedHerringMole: Remmington is set up in the prologue as a traitor and throughout the narrative, he disappears to call [[MissionControl Captain Piper]] or makes weird facial expressions when Amy talks about magic. Turns out he was just a MagicallyIneptFighter who reports in regularly because the last two guys disappeared.
*Really700YearsOld: Remmington is five hundred and seventy-four years old. How old he looks isn't specifically stated but he presumably looked to be in his late teens when Ash looked like a seven year old and Ash ages at twice his rate.
*RefugeInAudacity: Yes, Remmington would like to fight one spiny lever machine, please.
*StandardHeroReward: Zigzagged; Remmington is given the chance to court Capricorn at the end of the story; but it’s because she wants to marry him and his recent heroism is a convenient excuse for the courtship.
*StoutStrength: Remmington is specifically noted to not have a six-pack, although he does have “defined shoulders and arms”
*TheBigGuy: He’s the biggest guy both on Amy’s team and in Capricorn’s guard.
*UndyingLoyalty: To Princess Capricorn, Keriagon, and the guard
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[[folder:Amy Grimm]]
*AffectionateNickname: In addition to Amy being short for Amethyst, her brother and his friends also call her ‘Aimes’.
*AFriendInNeed: When Amy thinks Keri is in a dilapidated house, she can’t bring herself to leave him there, not even for the span of time it would take to go get Remmington.
*AngerBornOfWorry: Amy throws a full-on temper tantrum at Ash because he never told her he would be executed if she died.
*BadLiar: Whenever Amy tries to lie without her spell, Liar’s Lilt, she tends to be immediately caught.
*BestFriendManual: Her suggestion to Remmington that he should stop calling Ash ‘Dresden’ because Ash hates it.
*BloodSplatteredInnocents: In her FlashbackNightmare, Amy is sprayed in either Lainnies’s or Connador’s blood, when Ash hits the guard’s jugular with a throwing knife.
*CrushBlush: Amy cheeks “burned” after she got caught staring at Ash
*ConstantlyCurious: Amy, as usual, has questions.
*DescriptionInTheMirror: Used twice, once when she’s focused on her new hair in the beginning of the book, and then again later on as she notices how tired and worn out she looks.
*EatingTheEyeCandy: Amy has a very brief ImagineSpot of doing a quick ScarSurvey on Ash before going even lower, once she realizes he’s naked and trapped in bed.
*EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The green glittery dress.
*FatalFlaw: Loyalty. Even after Amy learns that Ash will be killed if she dies, she can’t stop herself from [[IdiotBall entering a dilapidated house]] to look for Keri. She also puts herself in danger to rescue her bodyguard.
*GuileHero: Amy’s most-used spell is Liar Lilt, and she’s not afraid to use it on her allies, enemies, or innocent bystanders.
*FirstGirlWins: Ash shares a goodbye kiss with Capricorn, as they’ve both fallen in love with other people, leaving him open to get together with Amy in the epilogue.
*InconvenientAttraction: When Amy stops steadfastly denying her feelings for Ashling, she acknowledges them as immoral due to [[UnequalPairing her being his boss]].
*IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Amy dithers between not wanting to let anyone take Ash away from her and wanting to give him up for his own good. In the final chapter, she lets him go so he can be promoted.
*LapPillow: Amy encourages an exhausted Ash to lay his head in her lap and sleep in the back of the car while Keri drives.
*LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Early conversations between Ash and Amy have them light-heartedly arguing with each other.
*LivingEmotionalCrutch: Ash admits that he can longer handle the idea of living without Amy, as she [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe accepted him when they first met]].
*LoveMakesYouDumb: Anytime Ash is in trouble, expect Amy to behave irrationally; from running toward a dangerous situation to smacking Princess Capricorn.
*MustHaveCaffeine: Amy is thrilled when Remmington gives her a latte. Ash teases her about a caffeine addiction in the same scene, but nothing ever comes from it.
*NonIndicativeName: Discussed. Remmington questions where Amethyst got her name when no part of her is purple.
*ParentalAbandonment: Amy was roughly five when Stephan Grimm was killed and Michelle Grimm agreed to let her be trained as an Ambassador for the Faerie Mound. She moved into the Mound at fifteen; seemingly emancipated, but still on good terms with her mother.
*PinocchioNose: Amy tilts her head whenever she uses Liar’s Lilt.
*RunningAwayToCry: After a fight with Ash, Amy hides in the bathroom to cry
*SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Amy’s red hair is brought up more than once, but when talking about her [[NonIndicativeName name]], Remmington comments that her eyes are ‘a polished jade or maybe peridot’.
*TheSocialExpert: Amy’s diplomacy skills allow her to smooth over Remmington’s blunder with the front desk hotel staff, convince a bartender to rescue a missing guard, redirect several would be arguments between her companions, diffuse the tension in Cody’s compulsion, and figure out that Capricorn is trying to manipulate her.
*TotallyEighteen: The narrative points out several times that Amy moved to the Mound when she was fifteen and has been there for seven years, making her twenty-two.
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Amy Grimm]]
*AffectionateNickname: In addition to Amy being short for Amethyst, her brother and his friends also call her ‘Aimes’.
*AFriendInNeed: When Amy thinks Keri is in a dilapidated house, she can’t bring herself to leave him there, not even for the span of time it would take to go get Remmington.
*AngerBornOfWorry: Amy throws a full-on temper tantrum at Ash because he never told her he would be executed if she died.
*BadLiar: Whenever Amy tries to lie without her spell, Liar’s Lilt, she tends to be immediately caught.
*BestFriendManual: Her suggestion to Remmington that he should stop calling Ash ‘Dresden’ because Ash hates it.
*BloodSplatteredInnocents: In her FlashbackNightmare, Amy is sprayed in either Lainnies’s or Connador’s blood, when Ash hits the guard’s jugular with a throwing knife.
*CrushBlush: Amy cheeks “burned” after she got caught staring at Ash
*ConstantlyCurious: Amy, as usual, has questions.
*DescriptionInTheMirror: Used twice, once when she’s focused on her new hair in the beginning of the book, and then again later on as she notices how tired and worn out she looks.
*EatingTheEyeCandy: Amy has a very brief ImagineSpot of doing a quick ScarSurvey on Ash before going even lower, once she realizes he’s naked and trapped in bed.
*EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The green glittery dress.
*FatalFlaw: Loyalty. Even after Amy learns that Ash will be killed if she dies, she can’t stop herself from [[IdiotBall entering a dilapidated house]] to look for Keri. She also puts herself in danger to rescue her bodyguard.
*GuileHero: Amy’s most-used spell is Liar Lilt, and she’s not afraid to use it on her allies, enemies, or innocent bystanders.
*FirstGirlWins: Ash shares a goodbye kiss with Capricorn, as they’ve both fallen in love with other people, leaving him open to get together with Amy in the epilogue.
*InconvenientAttraction: When Amy stops steadfastly denying her feelings for Ashling, she acknowledges them as immoral due to [[UnequalPairing her being his boss]].
*IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Amy dithers between not wanting to let anyone take Ash away from her and wanting to give him up for his own good. In the final chapter, she lets him go so he can be promoted.
*LapPillow: Amy encourages an exhausted Ash to lay his head in her lap and sleep in the back of the car while Keri drives.
*LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Early conversations between Ash and Amy have them light-heartedly arguing with each other.
*LivingEmotionalCrutch: Ash admits that he can longer handle the idea of living without Amy, as she [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe accepted him when they first met]].
*LoveMakesYouDumb: Anytime Ash is in trouble, expect Amy to behave irrationally; from running toward a dangerous situation to smacking Princess Capricorn.
*MustHaveCaffeine: Amy is thrilled when Remmington gives her a latte. Ash teases her about a caffeine addiction in the same scene, but nothing ever comes from it.
*NonIndicativeName: Discussed. Remmington questions where Amethyst got her name when no part of her is purple.
*ParentalAbandonment: Amy was roughly five when Stephan Grimm was killed and Michelle Grimm agreed to let her be trained as an Ambassador for the Faerie Mound. She moved into the Mound at fifteen; seemingly emancipated, but still on good terms with her mother.
*PinocchioNose: Amy tilts her head whenever she uses Liar’s Lilt.
*RunningAwayToCry: After a fight with Ash, Amy hides in the bathroom to cry
*SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Amy’s red hair is brought up more than once, but when talking about her [[NonIndicativeName name]], Remmington comments that her eyes are ‘a polished jade or maybe peridot’.
*TheSocialExpert: Amy’s diplomacy skills allow her to smooth over Remmington’s blunder with the front desk hotel staff, convince a bartender to rescue a missing guard, redirect several would be arguments between her companions, diffuse the tension in Cody’s compulsion, and figure out that Capricorn is trying to manipulate her.
*TotallyEighteen: The narrative points out several times that Amy moved to the Mound when she was fifteen and has been there for seven years, making her twenty-two.
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