History Characters / Blindsprings

* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: He has GrayEyes to match his white/grey hair.

* CelibateHeroine: The biggest reason why she wants to be High Priestess again is because then she wouldn't have to get married.

* IgnorantOfTheCall: though it turns our he isn't ignorant so much as deliberately ignoring it; his workaholic and busybody tendencies stem from his efforts to drown out the call he doesn't want the hear because...

* TragicallyMisguidedFavor: Harris just had to "save" Tammy from the spirits who were keeping her safe, forcing her to make a much harsher contract while ejecting her into a harsh world where the powers that be wants her dead or worse.

* WeirdnessMagnet: [[spoiler:Since awakening as an Orphic, he has been attracting even more spirits.]]

* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Variation. Imogen is an Orphic girl but has been sealed since the day she was born. Though she's studing Academic magic, she wishes she could be able to use her innate magic and she says she has lost a part of herself before she could even know it. Her bio reveals that the possibility of not having any unique power terrified her.

* PolarOppositeTwins: One just has to compare their character bio's images to realize how different she is from Ember. Ariel has her bamboo field cut down and the swords are broken, showing her recklessness and disregard for consecuences. Ariel's Wayfarer mask is on the ground and far from her but she has an active Lodestone right behind her to demostrate her alliance with her Spirit and that being part of the Wayfarers is mostly for the satisfaccion of getting back at the Academists.
* SheWhoFightsMonsters: Ariel has a strong sense of justice, but justice to her is the Wayfarers causing mayhem to get back at the Academists; her habit of seeing only the little picture doesn't let her consider consecuences like innocent people getting caught in the crossfire of her actions, like when she detonated the magical bomb in the middle of a street.
* SiblingRivalry: needles Ember constantly, trying to get the Wayfarers to take a more active role.

* TomboyishPonytail: Ariel's ponytail emphasies her reckless attitue.

* OrphanageOfLove: She appears to run one for Orphic children. PlayedForDrama though, as she riskes her name and reputation in doing so and has to be careful of not being seen as "too sympathetic" and keep it as just an philantropic act, despite how much she actually cares for the children under her wing.

* TheGardener: She likes gardening and she takes care of the greenhouse at the top of the Torstenn manor like her mother used to. She's not particularly ''good'' at it, but it's mentioned that outside of the Wickwold forest, '''nothing''' grows in the city so she has a reason to be proud for keeping even a few plants alive.

* [[RasputinTheMadMonk The Rasputin]]: He fills the role, if not necessarily the archetype, in keeping with the Llyn parallels with the Romanovs. He got the Empress' good grace promising to find a way to help her family's crisis and his first tries on Academic magic were considered tricks meant to entertain the royals; all this was a curtain for his coup plans.

* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Compared to her brother.

[[folder: Layla]]
!!Layla
Former Orphic High Priestess of Khala [[spoiler: and Harris's mother]].

* BadassPrincess: She seems to be well trained in swordsmanship, considering that her official power involves swords.

* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents left her behind while she was in school in order to flee the country on their own.

* AntiVillain: He did start the events that led to Orphics being persecuted, but it's mentioned that he did it so that everyone else could improve their lives rather than [[TheMagocracy only Orphics]], and he didn't order the execution of Tamaura's family, the guards did that. Book 2's prologue increases the ambiguity by showing he was the only one in the royal castle who was nice to Tammy.

* {{Trigger}}: He had a breakdown when the earthquake happened, thinking that Khala was dropping bombs again, until Harris gave him a CoolDownHug.

* FantasticRacism: Really, ''really'' hates orphics. [[spoiler:To the extent he's working with Master Lumens.]]

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The youngest daughter and official priestess of the royal Llyn family, Tammy was kept hidden by the spirits of the Wickwold for centuries, kept young in both body and mind by the power of the Blindsprings there. However, due to Harris's meddling, she was forced to enter a much-changed (to her eyes) Kirkwall.

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[[folder: Rhiannon Peters]]

* ParentalAbandonment: Even before she displayed Orphic powers she was ignored by her family. Once she did, they turned her over to Lumens to become a Graver.

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[[folder: Tristan Peters]]

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[[folder: Rhiannon]]
!! Rhiannon

[[folder: Tristan]]
!! Tristan

* BodyHorror: He has seals engraved over her body.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible sibling to Rhiannon. It's implied that he's basically her minder.

* TroubledButCute: Tristan is obviously miserable with his lot in life, and unlike his sister who has passed the point where she finds glee in her situation as long as she can destroy, Tristan reluctantly complies because he has no options.

* MoralityAdjustment: When he first tries to court Street's cooperation, he's a standard manipulative spirit. When he next meets Street, she basically tells him "Do what you want with as long as you save Tammy." He seems to undergo an epiphany and insists on putting her safety ahead of his goals. He appears to be growing a genuine conscience.

* CharacterGrowth: When he first tries to court Street's cooperation, he's a standard manipulative spirit. When he next meets Street, she basically tells him "Do what you want with as long as you save Tammy." He seems to undergo an epiphany and insists on putting her safety ahead of his needs. He appears to be growing a genuine conscience.

* FantasticRacism: Really, ''really'' hates orphics.

* NothingIsScarier: She's the only main character without a representative bird, flower or item in her official bio. The AltText implies it's intentional to give her a more ominous feeling, and the comments [[WildMassGuessing suggest]] it's signs of a case of LossOfIdentity caused by her [[spoiler:Graver]] status.

* ComesGreatInsanity: As a Graver, her natural Orphic magic has a boost thanks to the Academic seals on her, but it's obvious that she's quite mentally unstable.