History Characters / ArchipelagoExodusDrakengrad

%%* SwornBrothers: With Sly.

%%* BloodBrothers: With Sly.

%%* SweaterGirl

* BadassBaritone:
-->''It was then that the liege addressed her, his voice powerful, deep, and inexorable, like it rose from the earth itself. That was the voice of a man who could speak, and have dragons bow in subservience.''

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]]. He seems to be extremely well-liked among the common citizens on a personal level, yet resented by many of the nobles, who in turn emphasize his flaws as a ruler.

* OverlyLongName: Justified in that he is royalty, and ''Davra Surhamgiak'' is merely a title.

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Violet hair.

* BiTheWay: There's a passing mention in her internal narrative that she's fooled around with people of both sexes in the past.

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!Drakengrad & Allies

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'''Valon Dorai Lorsha''' (''DL'')

* BadassBaritone
--> ''It was then that the liege addressed her, his voice powerful, deep, and inexorable, like it rose from the earth itself. That was the voice of a man who could speak, and have dragons bow in subservience.''
* BadassBoast: Frequently. The opening of Triannual is loaded with these.
* BlingOfWar
* BloodBrothers: With Sly.
* CallingYourAttacks
* CoolMask
* DarkIsNotEvil: Dude wears a lot of black.
* DragonRider

* KamehameHadoken: Grandeur Wave.
* NervesOfSteel

* SmugSuper
* SuperSenses
* TallDarkAndHandsome

* WarriorPrince
* WhatsUpKingDude: Courtesy of the Whelkshorers.
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'''Marius Solidad''' (''DL'')

* BlingOfWar

* ForeignCussWord

* NumberTwo
* StraightGay
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'''Opilia Lorsha, née Maëltios''' (''Lugiasian/DL'')
* TheHighQueen
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'''Sabriel Lorsha''' (''DL/Lugiasian'')
* PrincessClassic: On the young end.
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'''Nadeshi V (Davra Surhamgiak Nadeshi Maëltios)''' (''Lugiasian'')

* TheGoodKing

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Violet Hair]]
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'''Theren Vanlith''' (''DL'')

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'''Yhel Daxos''' (''DL'')

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'''General Edos''' (''DL'')

--> ''"This is not how my king behaves and I refuse to listen to you throw a wine-fueled tantrum. Is this going to solve anything? You're better than this Valon. That's something that I would expect from you as a child. You're a man now, a father, a king. Take responsibility for your choices! Quit your whining and act like the man that I know you are!" Edos roared straight into Valon's mask of fury.''

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'''Kallista Leral''' (''DL'')

* MyBelovedSmother

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'''Isara Leral''' (''Pohatu'')

* ProperLady: She certainly plays this part for new acquaintances, regardless of her internal reactions. However, she shows other colors toward Gladdig (brusque and impatient), Magden (relaxed and amiable), and Kairon (stern but affectionate).
** Naturally, in her role of the ProperLady she's apt to [[EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy curtsy]].

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'''Kairon Leral''' (''DL'')

* ThePrankster

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'''Urhur Lenn''' (''DL'')

* LargeAndInCharge
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'''Balasar Avrae''' (''DL'')

* TheSocialDarwinist
--> ''How else are we to gain what we want in this world if we are not willing to reach out and take it?"''
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'''Magden Mitroch''' (''Pohatu'')
* TheCaptain

* TheStoryteller

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'''Vec''' (''Moose'')
* EnemyMine

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'''Bebeodan Thistledown''' (''Lee'')

* [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Our Faeries Are Different]]: Not as outright dark as TheFairFolk, but extremely serious and sophisticated.

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'''Esther Damrosch''' (''Pohatu'')
* BadassBookworm

* FormulaicMagic: Logomachy combines this and WordsCanBreakMyBones, below.
* InformedJudaism

* MessyHair

--> The girl's next rapid-fire question, without the merest smirk or arched eyebrow, was: "Is she here with you?"
-->Terrian blinked. Then he laughed. "What? Oh -- No! No no. She's in America. The States, I mean. She's not -- here. No. I don't think so, anyway. Maybe she is! I'm not sure. Haha."
* ShipTease: [[spoiler: When she departs into the parade in Crystal 2, one flower is left on the ground behind her. She either dropped it carelessly or as a gesture toward Terrian. Of course, he doesn't show any signs of interest in her and indeed, more than once in their two conversations, registers how untoward it would be to make any advance on a girl not far from a decade his junior -- but as Pohatu considered on Formspring long bfore Esther's debut, there's no reason why she couldn't develop a passing unrequited thing for him...]]
* SweaterGirl
* WordsCanBreakMyBones: Logomachy combines this and FormulaicMagic, above.

'''Opilia Lorsha, formerly Maëltios''' (''Lugiasian/DL'')

* Cloak&Dagger: House Avrae's modus operandi, to the extent that their sigil is a pair of crossed daggers intertwined by a chain.

* OverlyLongName: But he's royalty, so it makes sense.

'''Magden Mitroch''' (''Pohatu'')
* TheCaptain
* SeadogPegLeg: Downplayed - no peg leg, but she does walk with a bit of a limp.
* TheStoryteller
--> ''Isara smiled at this, and nodded. "You'll find there's no captain worth his weight in herring-heads can't spin you five fabulous tales before you've finished your soup," she said. "And as captains go, good Mag is worth her weight in pearls. It follows her tales are all the more fabulous."''

'''Bebeodan Thistledown''' (''Lee'')
* AnimalAthleteLoophole: A comically straight-faced variant. Bebeodan takes pains to point out that humanity is ''not'' a required quality for certification to practice law in the Archipelago.
* IndenturedServitude: To House Lorsha, before being released by Valon's grandfather Akamai. We can assume a MagicallyBindingContract must have been involved.
* OccultLawFirm: Thistledown and Associates, stationed in Greffant Village, is ''literally'' an occult law firm, being headed by a faerie. She has, if nothing else, also worked for the magical Lorsha family of Drakengrad for two hundred years, so the more conventional interpretation of this trope (dealing in cases with a supernatural twist) is also in effect.
* [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Our Faeries Are Different]]: Not as outright dark as TheFairFolk, but extremely serious and sophisticated.
* TimeDissonance: She evidently measures her life in centuries. Her term under House Lorsha lasted some two hundred years.

* ProperLady: She certainly plays this part for new acquaintances, regardless of her internal reactions. However, she shows other colors toward Gladdig (brusque and impatient) and Magden (relaxed and amiable).

'''Valon Lorsha''' (''DL'')

[[Characters/ArchipelagoExodusWhelkshore#Sly Sly]] and his son Rick Yardic [[Characters/ArchipelagoExodusWhelkshore#Rick Rick]] ([[Characters/ArchipelagoExodusWhelkshore Whelkshore Alliance]]) are lifelong friends of Valon and the kingdom.

Denizens of the realm of Drakengrad, once a floating kingdom in the sky, before an anomaly called "The Descent" stationed it on an African coast. With technology and culture reminiscent of the High Middle Ages, Drakengrad remains an outlier in the modern world, but welcomes visitors. In addition to humans, two races found nowhere else are native to Drakengrad: the Aldra-Sa, human-looking manifestation of light with powerful magic at their command, and the Drakens themselves, sentient bipedal draconoids with a shamanistic culture. Also listed here are allies to the kingdom, such as the citizens of Kalar, another monarchy tied to Drakengrad by marriage.