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* AndroclesLion: Fone Bone and Smiley Bone befriend him in the fourth volume, and he shows up again in the seventh as part of the Rat Creature army--he defects immediately.
* FriendlessBackground: He tells Smiley he'd never had a friend like him before, and had trouble fitting in because of his less monstrous nature.
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* PhraseCatcher: "Stupid, stupid rat creatures!"
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: The most blatant example the series has.has; no matter how much he suffers for his greed and scheming, he never learns and will always get right back up and continue with his ridiculous plots. One reviewer named him as the funniest character in the comic because "he's lazy, greedy, and totally self-centered in a way that only a truly great cartoon character can be."
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* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally. He's quick with snark if he's annoyed.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally. He's quick with snark if he's annoyed.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Okay, he's more a {{Jerkass}} than outright evil, but even for all his jerkassery and appearance that he doesn't care about anyone but himself... he does display a surprising protecive streak of Fone Bone and Smiley Bone when he sees them in serious trouble, or someone threatens them.
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: The most blatant example the series has. One reviewer named him as the funniest character in the comic because "he's lazy, greedy, and totally self-centered in a way that only a truly great cartoon character can be."
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* CatsAreSnarkers: An an ''extremely''' [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] style of snark at that.
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* CatsAreSnarkers: An an ''extremely''' [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] style of snark at that.
* CatsAreSuperior: With a heavy dosage of CatsAreMean. He views himself as ruler of the eastern mountains and has little but contempt for anyone else.
* CatsAreSnarkers: An an ''extremely''' [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] style of snark at that.
* CatsAreSuperior: With a heavy dosage of CatsAreMean. He views himself as ruler of the eastern mountains and has little but contempt for anyone else.
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: "''R-R-Roque Ja! R-R-Roque!'' You're not rolling the R!"
* MegaNeko: He's absolutely huge, far bigger than a regular mountain lion, and could easily swallow Fone Bone or Smiley Bone in one gulp.
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* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: He claims that his scalp tingles whenever he's about to profit, or whenever he's near treasure. Nobody really believes it -- though he does turn out to be quite good at deducing where treasure is hidden.
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Rat Creatures are the resident monsters of the valley; they're strong and bloodthirsty predators but also incredibly stupid. Encountered in ones or twos they're more comical than scary, but in large numbers they're ''terrifying''. There are thousands of Rat Creatures, but two of them -- a duo of foot soldiers -- play fairly large roles in the story as IneffectualSymatheticVillains {{Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain}}s who in ''QuestForTheSpark'' ''Quest For The Spark'' end up having a HeelFaceTurn (as well as getting their own names, "Smelly" and "Stinky.")
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** He's also a terrible storyteller, at least when he tries to read from or even talk about his favorite book, Literature/MobyDick. People literally fall asleep from the boredom within seconds whenever he tries, and it's assumed that Moby Dick is just ''that'' boring a book... but when Smiley at one point tries to make the Rat Creatures fall asleep by reading Moby Dick to them, it doesn't work until Fone takes over the reading.
-->'''Smiley:''' Maybe it's not Moby Dick at all -- maybe it's ''you!''\\
'''Fone Bone:''' Oh, shut up!
-->'''Smiley:''' Maybe it's not Moby Dick at all -- maybe it's ''you!''\\
'''Fone Bone:''' Oh, shut up!
* EyesAlwaysShut: The most prominent example in the comic; she never opens her eyes. This is {{Lampshaded}} and played for laughs at one point, when Fone Bone tells her about Literature/MobyDick and thinks she's paying close attention... and then she turns out to have been asleep the entire time.
* [[spoiler:RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: It seems to have been standard for the kingdom of Atheia, and Queen Rose was no different. She fought in the war, and she raised the protective walls around the capital. As retired Queen she's active in the defence against the Rat Reatures.]]
* DemotedToExtra: A major character in the first two-thirds of the story; a fairly minor one in the last part of the story [[spoiler:until his HeroicSacrifice.]]
* EyesAlwaysShut: Much like Gran'ma Ben. If he opens his eyes, it's a sign that he's ''really'' ticked off.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Much like Gran'ma Ben. If he opens his eyes, it's a sign that he's ''really'' ticked off.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: Much less monstrous than the other Rat Creatures, he sides with the Bones because Fone and Smiley were nice to him.
* ExtremeOmnivore: He'll eat just about anything, and is especially fond of food that's stinky and gross.
* SuperStrength: Rat Creatures are naturally strong, and even if he's not fully grown yet, Bartleby is still strong enough to carry Smiley and Thorn while running at top speed, and he can stamp in a mark on a gold coin with one single hit.
* ExtremeOmnivore: He'll eat just about anything, and is especially fond of food that's stinky and gross.
* SuperStrength: Rat Creatures are naturally strong, and even if he's not fully grown yet, Bartleby is still strong enough to carry Smiley and Thorn while running at top speed, and he can stamp in a mark on a gold coin with one single hit.
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A family of possums that Fone Bone meets during his first winter in the valley, and who show up sporadically to help him out.
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A family of possums -- Miz Possum and her three kids -- that Fone Bone meets during his first winter in the valley, and who show up sporadically to help him out.
* TheDividual: The three Baby Possums are identical in every way, they're always together and seem to have the same personality.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Just 'look'' at them.
* ShoutOut: The fact that they're possums is basically a tribute to ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}},'' one of Jeff Smith's greatest inspiration sources.
* TeamMom: Miz Possum, though she is a very minor character, likes to take care of others and see to it that they're all right.
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* TheDividual: The three Baby Possums are identical in every way, they're always together and seem to have the same personality.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Just 'look'' at them.
* ShoutOut: The fact that they're possums is basically a tribute to ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}},'' one of Jeff Smith's greatest inspiration sources.
* TeamMom: Miz Possum, though she is a very minor character, likes to take care of others and see to it that they're all right.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Uniquely for this comic, and even more noticeable because they were pretty popular with the readers, the Possums vanish from the story after the ''Rock Jaw'' arc, and are never seen, or even referred to, again.
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* AscendedExtra: While he's the main "orphan animal" character, he's still a minor character in ''Bone'' and only shows up in the "Rock Jaw" story arc. In ''Quest For The Spark'' an older Roderick, now living with a human family as the "adopted brother" of Tom Elm, is one of the main protagonists.
* BigEater: In ''QuestForTheSpark.''
* CheerfulChild: Surprisingly cheerful, given that his parents were eaten.
* BigEater: In ''QuestForTheSpark.''
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* GrumpyBear: The beaver, who is always complaining about something.
* RagtagBandOfMisfits: A number of animal cubs of various species and dispositions who have banded together for protection.
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* DumbIsGood: He's probably the stupidest of the villagers, but he's also the friendliest, even if he's a little too easily swayed by popular opinion.
* TheFool: He rarely has a clue what's going on.
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* TheFool: He rarely has a clue what's going on.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Euclid doesn't have very many redeeming qualities.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: They break out these when they discover that Phoney Bone has swindled them.
* UnwittingPawn: Collectively they tend to end up as this, though they wise up towards the end of the story.
* {{Jerkass}}: Euclid doesn't have very many redeeming qualities.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: They break out these when they discover that Phoney Bone has swindled them.
* UnwittingPawn: Collectively they tend to end up as this, though they wise up towards the end of the story.
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* TheFaceless: For most of their appearances, all of them wear hoods which cover their faces.
* WarriorMonk: They ''were'' the elite warriors of the old kingdom.
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a slightly freakish, yet adorable, look.
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* CordonBleughChef: He's a little too fond of really stinky food for the Bones' tastes.
* {{Doomsayer}}: Introduced as one. He spends his first appearance swinging between foretelling everyone's doom, delivering exposition, and trying to get the others to eat his disgusting cooking.
* CordonBleughChef: He's a little too fond of really stinky food for the Bones' tastes.
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* SternTeacher: Much moreso than the Teacher.
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* DemonicPossession: His only means of entering the living world.
* GreaterScopeVillain: To the Hooded One's Big Bad.
* SatanicArchetype: Said to be the cause of all evil, corrupts and bargains with mortals when not outright possessing them.
* SealedEvilInACan: Is imprisoned in stone, and his goal for the entire series is to free himself, working through agents like the Hooded One.
* GreaterScopeVillain: To the Hooded One's Big Bad.
* SatanicArchetype: Said to be the cause of all evil, corrupts and bargains with mortals when not outright possessing them.
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* BigBad: Though not the ultimate evil (that honor goes to the Lord of the Locusts), is the most dangerous and immediate threat in the series, is the commander of the evil armies, and is constantly trying to attack, kill or corrupt Thorn -- through her dreams or physically.
* BadBoss: Starting to get a little concerned that destroying the world might not be such a good idea? The Hooded One will kill you on the spot and then tell your newly-appointed successor to learn from your mistake.
* EvilFeelsGood: "Ever since I was a little [[spoiler:girl]], I could hear the Lord of the Locusts whispering inside my head. Do you know what that's like? It's like being the smartest person in the whole world. Mmmmm..."
* EvilIsHammy: For the most part, averted; the Hooded One is usually very low-key and subdued... as long as the hood is on. When the hood comes off, our resident BigBad suddenly Takes A Level In Ham and reveals an unexpected talent for ChewingTheScenery.
* TheFaceless: We don't see the Hooded One's face until about two-thirds into the story. Before that, we've had a few "fake" reveals, as the hood has on separate occasions been pulled back to reveal the face of Fone Bone or a younger Gran'ma Ben. [[spoiler: The first time she reveals her true identity, she looks like she did in life, as a pretty young woman who resembles Gran'ma a lot. Not much later we see that her real appearance is far less pretty, more ghoulish with gray skin and huge staring eyes.]]
* [[spoiler:SamusIsAGirl: After having been deliberately referred to with male pronouns for two-thirds of the series, is revealed to be Briar, Gran'ma Ben's sister.]]
* BadBoss: Starting to get a little concerned that destroying the world might not be such a good idea? The Hooded One will kill you on the spot and then tell your newly-appointed successor to learn from your mistake.
* EvilFeelsGood: "Ever since I was a little [[spoiler:girl]], I could hear the Lord of the Locusts whispering inside my head. Do you know what that's like? It's like being the smartest person in the whole world. Mmmmm..."
* EvilIsHammy: For the most part, averted; the Hooded One is usually very low-key and subdued... as long as the hood is on. When the hood comes off, our resident BigBad suddenly Takes A Level In Ham and reveals an unexpected talent for ChewingTheScenery.
* TheFaceless: We don't see the Hooded One's face until about two-thirds into the story. Before that, we've had a few "fake" reveals, as the hood has on separate occasions been pulled back to reveal the face of Fone Bone or a younger Gran'ma Ben. [[spoiler: The first time she reveals her true identity, she looks like she did in life, as a pretty young woman who resembles Gran'ma a lot. Not much later we see that her real appearance is far less pretty, more ghoulish with gray skin and huge staring eyes.]]
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* AnArmAndALeg: He gets mutilated, twice, [[spoiler:before he gets Thorn to kill him and end his misery.]] You can't say he didn't deserve it, though.
* ButtMonkey: Of the non-comedic variety. He's defeated, humiliated and downright mutilated on ''several'' occasions, which causes a SanitySlippage and a gradual change in personality from an arrogant [[TheBrute Brute]] to a half-crazed, cynical DeathSeeker.
* BodyHorror: Kingdok changes visually more than any other character in the series; in the beginning he looks like a normal Rat Creature, just much bigger, bipedal, and with a constant toothy grin or sneer on his face. Towards the end he hardly resembles a Rat Creature so much as a walking mouth with legs. This change is actually due to ArtEvolution, but it's implied that in-story this gradual de-evolution is brought on by the corruption of the Lord of the Locusts.
* {{Cephalothorax}}: His final character design, where his eyes and (gigantic) mouth seem to grow out of his torso.
* DeathSeeker: He gradually develops into this.
* PetTheDog: One hilarious instance with Smelly and Stinky, after they've messed up with the cow race and he decides he likes the results. They think he's about to kill them, and instead he gives them a nice hot meal and tells them "good job, boys."
* ButtMonkey: Of the non-comedic variety. He's defeated, humiliated and downright mutilated on ''several'' occasions, which causes a SanitySlippage and a gradual change in personality from an arrogant [[TheBrute Brute]] to a half-crazed, cynical DeathSeeker.
* BodyHorror: Kingdok changes visually more than any other character in the series; in the beginning he looks like a normal Rat Creature, just much bigger, bipedal, and with a constant toothy grin or sneer on his face. Towards the end he hardly resembles a Rat Creature so much as a walking mouth with legs. This change is actually due to ArtEvolution, but it's implied that in-story this gradual de-evolution is brought on by the corruption of the Lord of the Locusts.
* {{Cephalothorax}}: His final character design, where his eyes and (gigantic) mouth seem to grow out of his torso.
* DeathSeeker: He gradually develops into this.
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Rat Creatures are the resident monsters of the valley; they're strong and bloodthirsty predators but also incredibly stupid. Encountered in ones or twos they're more comical than scary, but in large numbers they're ''terrifying''.
''terrifying''. There are thousands of Rat Creatures, but two of them -- a duo of foot soldiers -- play fairly large roles in the story as IneffectualSymatheticVillains who in ''QuestForTheSpark'' end up having a HeelFaceTurn (as well as getting their own names, "Smelly" and "Stinky.")
* AffablyEvil: Seems to be a basic Rat Creature trait. They're monsters, yes, and they will gleefully stalk and eat smaller creatures, but most of them seem to be PunchClockVillains at best. They're at their most dangerous when controlled or manipulated by someone greater and more evil... unfortunately, they're ''very easy'' for great and evil forces to manipulate.
* HeelFaceTurn: Smelly and Stinky in ''Quest for the Spark.''
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Another basic Rat Creature trait, if you run into them in ones or twos. It's when there's a large number of them that they become dangerous.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Smelly and Stinky. In ''Quest for the Spark,'' you can pretty much drop the word "Bad" from that trope.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Smelly is borderline obsessed with quiche, much to Stinky's chagrin.
-->"It's a matter of principle! Monsters ''do not eat quiche!''"
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Completely averted. Female Rat Creatures look exactly the same as male ones. Presumably the Rat Creatures themselves can tell the difference.
* NoNameGiven: Most Rat Creatures don't have names and address each other only as "Comrade." ''Quest For The Spark'' confirms that having a name is a sign of status in Rat Creature Culture; you don't get a name unless you're important, like a king or a queen. Even the two main Rat Creatures remain nameless until ''Quest For The Spark.''
* AffablyEvil: Seems to be a basic Rat Creature trait. They're monsters, yes, and they will gleefully stalk and eat smaller creatures, but most of them seem to be PunchClockVillains at best. They're at their most dangerous when controlled or manipulated by someone greater and more evil... unfortunately, they're ''very easy'' for great and evil forces to manipulate.
* HeelFaceTurn: Smelly and Stinky in ''Quest for the Spark.''
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Another basic Rat Creature trait, if you run into them in ones or twos. It's when there's a large number of them that they become dangerous.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Smelly and Stinky. In ''Quest for the Spark,'' you can pretty much drop the word "Bad" from that trope.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Smelly is borderline obsessed with quiche, much to Stinky's chagrin.
-->"It's a matter of principle! Monsters ''do not eat quiche!''"
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Completely averted. Female Rat Creatures look exactly the same as male ones. Presumably the Rat Creatures themselves can tell the difference.
* NoNameGiven: Most Rat Creatures don't have names and address each other only as "Comrade." ''Quest For The Spark'' confirms that having a name is a sign of status in Rat Creature Culture; you don't get a name unless you're important, like a king or a queen. Even the two main Rat Creatures remain nameless until ''Quest For The Spark.''
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* {{Expy}}: Basically, he's [[Disney/TheJungleBook Shere Khan]] as a gigantic mountain lion.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can be quite charming and polite, and occasionally might even be on the same side as you, but make no mistakes -- he's ''not'' your friend and he's ''not'' to be trusted.
* WildCard: Not wholly on anyone's side except his own. Which is ironic, since he keeps talking about "picking sides" in the war as something everyone must do.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can be quite charming and polite, and occasionally might even be on the same side as you, but make no mistakes -- he's ''not'' your friend and he's ''not'' to be trusted.
* WildCard: Not wholly on anyone's side except his own. Which is ironic, since he keeps talking about "picking sides" in the war as something everyone must do.
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* HandicappedBadass: He's lost an arm and his face is disfigured after he fought the dragons... but he doesn't let that stop him. [[spoiler:Too bad that his strength doesn't help one bit against the Hooded One.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: It's hinted that he started out as this, but his hatred for the dragons have long since overshadowed any good intentions he had.
* [[spoiler:TheWorfEffect: He's talked up as a huge threat and a major obstacle for our heroes in the penultimate story arc... only to be killed with ease by the Hooded One at the beginning of the last story arc. It's a bit of an anticlimax, really.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: It's hinted that he started out as this, but his hatred for the dragons have long since overshadowed any good intentions he had.
* [[spoiler:TheWorfEffect: He's talked up as a huge threat and a major obstacle for our heroes in the penultimate story arc... only to be killed with ease by the Hooded One at the beginning of the last story arc. It's a bit of an anticlimax, really.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: A good collective term for them. The city under attack and lives in danger? Their response is to take over the town armory and refuse to let anyone in unless they get special privileges.
* WouldHurtAChild: At least one of them, who kicks Taneal for making a shrine to the dragons, and pushing Thorn's BerserkButton as a result.
* WouldHurtAChild: At least one of them, who kicks Taneal for making a shrine to the dragons, and pushing Thorn's BerserkButton as a result.
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted; "Euclid" is also the name of a human villager in ''Bone.''
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* AccidentalMisnaming: He never seems to be able to get his pet monkey's name right.
* {{Badass}}: He [[BadassBoast talks big,]] but the thing is that he can back it up. He fights Rat Creatures by swinging three of them at once by their tails, he rides a hurricane, and he killed and skinned a cave bear when he was ''five minutes old.''
* BigEater: His ability to pack it away is ''legendary.''
* {{Determinator}}: Big Johnson Bone never backs down from anything. Not even being eaten by a giant Rat Creature stops him!
* FearlessFool: While he might occasionally make a strategic retreat, he's far more likely to run headfirst into danger.
* HunterTrapper: His chosen profession, and yet he goes out of his way to help a number of cute woodland creatures in trouble. This is {{Lampshaded}}.
* MotorMouth: He'll chatter away and tell tall tales even in the middle of fighting or running for his life.
* TheMunchausen: As if he isn't {{Badass}} enough in real life, he's constantly exaggerating and blowing his adventures and feats out of proportion. At times it's hard to tell just what is true and what's a lie.
* NiceHat: Of course he has a DavyCrockett style coonskin cap.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Big Johnson is pretty much a reconstruction of this. He has an unrealistically high opinion of himself, but he's able to make up for it with the impressive abilities that he actually does have.
* {{Badass}}: He [[BadassBoast talks big,]] but the thing is that he can back it up. He fights Rat Creatures by swinging three of them at once by their tails, he rides a hurricane, and he killed and skinned a cave bear when he was ''five minutes old.''
* BigEater: His ability to pack it away is ''legendary.''
* {{Determinator}}: Big Johnson Bone never backs down from anything. Not even being eaten by a giant Rat Creature stops him!
* FearlessFool: While he might occasionally make a strategic retreat, he's far more likely to run headfirst into danger.
* HunterTrapper: His chosen profession, and yet he goes out of his way to help a number of cute woodland creatures in trouble. This is {{Lampshaded}}.
* MotorMouth: He'll chatter away and tell tall tales even in the middle of fighting or running for his life.
* TheMunchausen: As if he isn't {{Badass}} enough in real life, he's constantly exaggerating and blowing his adventures and feats out of proportion. At times it's hard to tell just what is true and what's a lie.
* NiceHat: Of course he has a DavyCrockett style coonskin cap.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Big Johnson is pretty much a reconstruction of this. He has an unrealistically high opinion of himself, but he's able to make up for it with the impressive abilities that he actually does have.
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* DeadpanSnarker: He never seems to run out of sarcasms, usually about Big Johnson.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Though he himself might have argued that Big Johnson's antics would have been a lot better if Mr. Pip didn't have to suffer through them.
* FormallyNamedPet: It's ''Mr.'' Pip, if you don't mind.
* TheDragAlong: He complains. A ''lot.''
* LovableCoward: And one saddled with a FearlessFool as an owner, at that.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Though he himself might have argued that Big Johnson's antics would have been a lot better if Mr. Pip didn't have to suffer through them.
* FormallyNamedPet: It's ''Mr.'' Pip, if you don't mind.
* TheDragAlong: He complains. A ''lot.''
* LovableCoward: And one saddled with a FearlessFool as an owner, at that.
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* BreathWeapon: Like all dragons, he can breathe fire... that is, he's ''supposed'' to be able to breathe fire. Whenever he tries he ends up being sick instead.
* CowardlyLion: He's not very brave, and yet he tries his best. Ultimately he faces his fears.
* EleventhHourRanger: Makes a surprise return in the last book of the ''Quest For the Spark'' trilogy.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: "Dragon? More like a ''mouse'' -- no -- a teeny tiny bug that's afraid of ''dirt.'' No, no, I'm lower than a bug. What's lower than a bug? Lower than a bug, lower than a bug... a ''germ!'' That's it! I'm lower than a germ!"
* TookALevelInBadass: Starts out as a fairly ineffectual fighter, but gets better over time. It's hinted that his fire-breathing problems were the result of his low self-esteem, and when he gets over that he's much more of a force to be reckoned with.
* CowardlyLion: He's not very brave, and yet he tries his best. Ultimately he faces his fears.
* EleventhHourRanger: Makes a surprise return in the last book of the ''Quest For the Spark'' trilogy.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: "Dragon? More like a ''mouse'' -- no -- a teeny tiny bug that's afraid of ''dirt.'' No, no, I'm lower than a bug. What's lower than a bug? Lower than a bug, lower than a bug... a ''germ!'' That's it! I'm lower than a germ!"
* TookALevelInBadass: Starts out as a fairly ineffectual fighter, but gets better over time. It's hinted that his fire-breathing problems were the result of his low self-esteem, and when he gets over that he's much more of a force to be reckoned with.
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Lily the Bear Cub, Pete the Porcupine, Ramona the Fox, Porter the Turtle and a number of mice are helped out by Big Johnson whn their parents are taken by Rat Creatures.
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Lily the Bear Cub, Pete the Porcupine, Ramona the Fox, Porter the Turtle and a number of mice are helped out by Big Johnson whn when their parents are taken by Rat Creatures.
* CowardlyLion: All of them, to some degree, but Porter is the clearest example. He starts out as too afraid to come out of his shell, but ends up the most gung-ho of all of them.
* EleventhHourRanger: Porter, along with Stillman, makes a surprise return in ''Quest for the Spark'', as an old turtle.
* {{Gasshole}}: Pete claims this makes him special. "I can burp the alphabet!"
* MotorMouth: The mice are a collective one.
* ShoutOut: When Porter finally comes out of his shell, he looks almost exactly like [[ComicStrip/{{Pogo}} Churchy La Femme.]]
* VanityIsFeminine: Ramona is a rather vain little fox cub.
* WideEyedIdealist: Lily, who believes in wishing on a star and that everything will eventually work out.
* CowardlyLion: All of them, to some degree, but Porter is the clearest example. He starts out as too afraid to come out of his shell, but ends up the most gung-ho of all of them.
* EleventhHourRanger: Porter, along with Stillman, makes a surprise return in ''Quest for the Spark'', as an old turtle.
* {{Gasshole}}: Pete claims this makes him special. "I can burp the alphabet!"
* MotorMouth: The mice are a collective one.
* ShoutOut: When Porter finally comes out of his shell, he looks almost exactly like [[ComicStrip/{{Pogo}} Churchy La Femme.]]
* VanityIsFeminine: Ramona is a rather vain little fox cub.
* WideEyedIdealist: Lily, who believes in wishing on a star and that everything will eventually work out.
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* NiceHat: But he loses it sometime during the adventure. He has a new one in ''Tall Tales,'' which he calls The Big Hat." It really is.
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* NiceHat: But he loses it sometime during the adventure. He has a new one in ''Tall Tales,'' which he calls The "The Big Hat." It really is.
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* BerserkButton: Don't tell him he looks like a leaf. He'll take it as an insult and call for his big brother.
* FunetikAksent: The most blatant example in the series; his accent-heavy dialogue could have been taken straight out of ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}''.
* MotorMouth: He talks a ''lot.''
* FunetikAksent: The most blatant example in the series; his accent-heavy dialogue could have been taken straight out of ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}''.
* MotorMouth: He talks a ''lot.''
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* BigDamnHeroes: Sort of his ''modus operandi''; when Fone Bone and Thorn are in trouble he'll show up to save them. He's restricted by the Dragon Council when it comes to how much he's actually allowed to help, though.
* BreathWeapon: As suits a dragon, he can breathe fire.
* MixAndMatchCritter: According to [[WordOfGod Jeff Smith]], he was designed with "the head of a Christmas donkey, the paws of a lion, and the body of a brontosaurus."
* TheStoic: He ''never'' loses his cool. At most he gets slightly annoyed.
* TricksterMentor: He has shades of this, or possibly just of TheGadfly -- occasionally he just seems to be deliberately messing with people.
* BreathWeapon: As suits a dragon, he can breathe fire.
* MixAndMatchCritter: According to [[WordOfGod Jeff Smith]], he was designed with "the head of a Christmas donkey, the paws of a lion, and the body of a brontosaurus."
* TheStoic: He ''never'' loses his cool. At most he gets slightly annoyed.
* TricksterMentor: He has shades of this, or possibly just of TheGadfly -- occasionally he just seems to be deliberately messing with people.
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* FriendToAllChildren: He gets on famously with kids of all ages and species, perhaps because he's somewhat of a big kid himself.
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!!Ringo, Bingo and Todd
Three young Bone scouts who listen to the tall tales of Scout Master Smiley Bone.
Three young Bone scouts who listen to the tall tales of Scout Master Smiley Bone.
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* FullNameBasis: Everyone calles him "Fone Bone," even his cousins. Once in a blue moon Smiley might call him "Fone," but this is rare.
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* OnlySaneMan: Of the Bone cousins. When Phoney schemes and Smiley goofs, Fone Bone tries to keep them both out of trouble -- though with limited success.
* FreudianExcuse: Grew up as a homeless orphan and had to take care of his two younger cousins Phoney and Smiley, having to steal in order to survive. This greatly helped turn him into the stingy, greedy, immoral schemer he is today.
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* AmbigiousInnocence: He's a surprisingly amoral character, who will lie, cheat and swindle without thinking about the consequences, but he never means anything by it and often doesn't quite seem to realize that what he's doing is wrong. This makes him the perfect partner for Phoney.
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* AmbigiousInnocence: AmbiguousInnocence: He's a surprisingly amoral character, who will lie, cheat and swindle without thinking about the consequences, but he never means anything by it and often doesn't quite seem to realize that what he's doing is wrong. This wrong, which makes him the perfect partner for Phoney.Phoney. He does, however, have a sense of fairness and won't leave a friend behind.
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* NiceHat: But he loses it sometime during the adventure.
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* NiceHat: But he loses it sometime during the adventure. He has a new one in ''Tall Tales,'' which he calls The Big Hat." It really is.
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* MsFanservice: A mild version compated to a lot of other examples out there, but she is noticable as the one character in the comic prone to ClothingDamage; she likes short skirts and tight pants, and isn't shy about SkinnyDipping (albeit off-screen) with Fone Bone.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Late in the story she develops a knack for these [[spoiler:thanks to her increasing connection with the Dreaming.]]
* RaisedByGrandparents: Was raised by her grandmother from roughly the age of five.
* ScrewDestiny: Has a tendency to take this view and go against what is expected of her and/or what she is told she's "destined" to do.
* SuperStrength: Demonstrates this on a few rare occasions, which shouldn't surprise anyone -- she is Gran'ma Ben's granddaughter, after all.
* TookALevelInBadass: And ''how.'' She goes from a friendly, if naive farmgirl to a tough-as-nails ActionGirl with NewPowersAsThePlotDemands.
!!Rose
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* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: The Gitchy feeling, which temporarily makes her feel dizzy and weak, and is a powerful sign of bad things to come.
* NeverMessWithGranny: As Phoney Bone finds out when first meeting her.
* [[spoiler:ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Seems to have been this as Queen of the Valley.]]
* SuperStrength: Singlehandedly fights off multiple Rat Creatures and huge mountain lions, and can punch through walls with little effort.
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* GrumpyBear: He's the grouchiest character in the comic, bar none.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Pulls one off to attack the Hooded One and save Gran'ma Ben during the climax. Has shades of TheAtoner and RedemptionEqualsDeath, as he earlier in the comic was too distracted by the Hooded One to stop or warn about the Rat Creature attack on Old Man's Cave, which led to Jonathan's death.]]
* MusclesAreMeaningful: Unlike Gran'ma Ben, who is super-strong but doesn't look it, Lucius is almost as strong and he ''looks'' the part, with thick arms, a broud chest and a bull-neck.
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Phoney Bone, especially in the earlier parts of the comic.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Pulls one off to attack the Hooded One and save Gran'ma Ben during the climax. Has shades of TheAtoner and RedemptionEqualsDeath, as he earlier in the comic was too distracted by the Hooded One to stop or warn about the Rat Creature attack on Old Man's Cave, which led to Jonathan's death.]]
* MusclesAreMeaningful: Unlike Gran'ma Ben, who is super-strong but doesn't look it, Lucius is almost as strong and he ''looks'' the part, with thick arms, a broud chest and a bull-neck.
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Phoney Bone, especially in the earlier parts of the comic.
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The most happy-go-lucky of the cousins. Smiley is a friendly and loyal guy, but rather short on brains and not the most adept at telling right from wrong, which is why he so often lets himself get involved in Phoney's schemes.
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The most happy-go-lucky of the cousins. Smiley is a friendly and loyal guy, but rather short on brains and not the most adept at telling right from wrong, which is why he so often lets himself get involved in Phoney's schemes. He pretty much adopts Bartleby the Rat Creature cub.
* AmbigiousInnocence: He's a surprisingly amoral character, who will lie, cheat and swindle without thinking about the consequences, but he never means anything by it and often doesn't quite seem to realize that what he's doing is wrong. This makes him the perfect partner for Phoney.
* AmbigiousInnocence: He's a surprisingly amoral character, who will lie, cheat and swindle without thinking about the consequences, but he never means anything by it and often doesn't quite seem to realize that what he's doing is wrong. This makes him the perfect partner for Phoney.
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* GeniusDitz: At first he seems like a clear-cut [[TheDitz Ditz.]] But as the story goes on it becomes clear that he is a Bone of ''many'' talents, and actually has a brain... he's just too much of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} to use it in the most effective way. Some readers have suspected that he's merely a [[TheGadfly Gadfly]] who is ObfuscatingStupidity just for the hell of it.
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* GeniusDitz: At first he seems like a clear-cut [[TheDitz Ditz.]] But as the story goes on it becomes clear that he is a Bone of ''many'' talents, and
* NiceHat: But he loses it sometime during the adventure.
* TheStoryteller: Proves to have a knack for it in ''Tall Tales.''
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* CoolOldLady: One of the coolest.
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The main protagonist. Fone Bone is the smartest, most resourceful and most moral of the Bone cousins, and dends to be viewed as the "good" Bone since he's never involved in any of Phoney's monemaking schemes. He's polite and friendly, and pretty good at thinking on his feet in a crisis.
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The main protagonist. Fone Bone is the smartest, most resourceful and most moral of the Bone cousins, and dends to be viewed as the "good" Bone since he's never involved in any of Phoney's monemaking moneymaking schemes. He's polite and friendly, and pretty good at thinking on his feet in a crisis. \n He has a huge crush on Thorn, but has problems telling her about it.
* BerserkButton: Don't make fun of his nose. And ''really'' don't threaten Thorn.
* CannotSpitItOut: He can't ever seem to work up the courage to tell Thorn how he feels about her.
* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally. He's quick with snark if he's annoyed.
* GiftedlyBad: At poetry. His love poems tend to end up in SoBadItsGood territory, but he tends to think they're pretty good. The only reason he hasn't actually shown them to Thorn is that he's too shy.
* NiceGuy: You couldn't ask for anyone nicer. He'll give everyone a chance, even if they're monsters who have tried to eat him.
* BerserkButton: Don't make fun of his nose. And ''really'' don't threaten Thorn.
* CannotSpitItOut: He can't ever seem to work up the courage to tell Thorn how he feels about her.
* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally. He's quick with snark if he's annoyed.
* GiftedlyBad: At poetry. His love poems tend to end up in SoBadItsGood territory, but he tends to think they're pretty good. The only reason he hasn't actually shown them to Thorn is that he's too shy.
* NiceGuy: You couldn't ask for anyone nicer. He'll give everyone a chance, even if they're monsters who have tried to eat him.
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* BigOlUnibrow: The main thing, apart from his trademark star shirt, that visually distinguishes him from Fone Bone.
* GetRichQuickScheme: Always has one or two up his sleeve, even if none of them work in the long run.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Totally self-centered and very good at making a bad situation about him.
* {{Jerkass}}: Though if you dig very deep you'll find him a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. At least Fone Bone thinks so.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: "You can't do anything to a rich person that he doesn't want!"
* SupremeChef: Doesn't come up very often, but he's actually a very good cook, when he can be bothered to actually do some cooking.
* GetRichQuickScheme: Always has one or two up his sleeve, even if none of them work in the long run.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Totally self-centered and very good at making a bad situation about him.
* {{Jerkass}}: Though if you dig very deep you'll find him a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. At least Fone Bone thinks so.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: "You can't do anything to a rich person that he doesn't want!"
* SupremeChef: Doesn't come up very often, but he's actually a very good cook, when he can be bothered to actually do some cooking.
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* BigEater: If he's not first at the table at dinnertime, something's seriously wrong. (Or there's a shortage of food and he decides Bartleby needs it more.)
* GeniusDitz: At first he seems like a clear-cut [[TheDitz Ditz.]] But as the story goes on it becomes clear that he is a Bone of ''many'' talents, and actually has a brain... he's just too much of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} to use it in the most effective way. Some readers have suspected that he's merely a [[TheGadfly Gadfly]] who is ObfuscatingStupidity just for the hell of it.
* GeniusDitz: At first he seems like a clear-cut [[TheDitz Ditz.]] But as the story goes on it becomes clear that he is a Bone of ''many'' talents, and actually has a brain... he's just too much of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} to use it in the most effective way. Some readers have suspected that he's merely a [[TheGadfly Gadfly]] who is ObfuscatingStupidity just for the hell of it.
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!!Fone Bone
The main protagonist. Fone Bone is the smartest, most resourceful and most moral of the Bone cousins, and dends to be viewed as the "good" Bone since he's never involved in any of Phoney's monemaking schemes. He's polite and friendly, and pretty good at thinking on his feet in a crisis.
!!Phoney Bone
Previously the "richest Bone in Boneville"; Phoney is a greedy, temperamental schemer who always has a new plan for making money. The problem with his plans is that they tend to backfire and end with him being chased off by an angry mob.
!!Smiley Bone
The most happy-go-lucky of the cousins. Smiley is a friendly and loyal guy, but rather short on brains and not the most adept at telling right from wrong, which is why he so often lets himself get involved in Phoney's schemes.
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!!Thorn Harvestar
Thorn was the titular character of the comic's earliest incarnation, and even now can be said to be the real protagonist of the series. She is a young girl on the verge of adulthood, who can talk to animals and who befirends the Bone cousins when they are lost in the valley. [[spoiler: Unbeknownst to her, she is not only a princess and the heir to the throne of the kingdom of Atheia, but she is also a Veni-Yan-Cari, an "awakened one," who is very closely connected to the Dreaming.]]
!!Rose "Gran'ma" Ben
Gran'ma Ben has the strength of ten elephants and can outrun any cow in the valley. She has lived peacefully with her granddaughter Thorn on a small farm for fifteen years, after the "big war." [[spoiler: She is, in fact, the old Queen of Atheia, in a self-imposed exile to keep her granddaughter safe.]]
!!Lucius Down
The owner of the Barrelhaven Tavern, he's a gruff and temperamental but ultimately kind old man, whom everyone knows has been "sweet on" Gran'ma Ben for decades. He's a constant foil to Phoney Bone and has ruined more than one of Phoney's moneymaking schemes. [[spoiler: He used to be the captain of the Royal Guard and was one upon a time involved with Rose's sister Briar, before she turned traitor.]]
!!Ted The Bug
Ted is a tiny little insect with a knack for "gettin' while the gettin's good." Nevertheless, despite his diminuitive size he's helpful and surprisingly resourceful, and somehow he always seems to know everything that's going on.
!!The
The mysterious protector of Thorn and Fone Bone, and a master of last-minute rescues. He's a laid-back and lazy sort who at first glance doesn't seem very formidable, but he has a number of strange powers and is feared by the Rat Creatures.
!!Bartleby
A Rat Creature cub that ran off from the other rats and befriended Fone Bone and Smiley.
!!The Possums
A family of possums that Fone Bone meets during his first winter in the valley, and who show up sporadically to help him out.
!!Roderick
A baby racoon whose parents were eaten by Rat Creatures. Plays a minor part in ''Bone,'' but is one of the main characters in ''Quest for the Spark''.
!!The Orphans
Roderick's friends; a group of young animals in the same situation as him.
!!Jonathan Oaks
Lucius's assistant at Barrelhaven. He's a young and affable guy, though not terribly bright.
!!The Villagers
The human inhabitants of Barrelhaven village. The most commonly seen are Wendell the tinsmith and Euclid the farmer.
!!The Diciples of Venu
Also known as "stick-eaters," they are a group of hooded monks who have dedicated themselves to the study of the Dreaming. They were once the elite warriors of the kingdom of Atheia, but after the war they have the reputation as wandering beggars.
!!Taneal
A little girl who lives in Atheia; she's a young priestess and shrine-builder who's wise beyond her years.
!!Taneal's brother
Never actually named in the comic, but he's Taneal's older brother and has great faith in her.
!!Teacher
Gran'ma Ben's old teacher; he's an old and somewhat cantankerous old man who's... not as good a chef as he thinks he is.
!!Headmaster
The head of the Diciples of Venu and possibly the oldest human character in the comic.
!!Mermie
A seventh-level "dreaming master" and steadfast alley of Gran'ma Ben.
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[[folder: Villains]]
!!The Lord of the Locusts
A nightmare spirit who long ago wanted to escape from dreams and experience the waking world, which he attempted by possessing Mim, the Dragon Queen. He was defeated and imprisoned by the other dragons, but is still able to contact and influence dreamers in the waking world, plotting to be free once more.
!!The Hooded One [[spoiler:(Briar Harvestar)]]
A mysterious hooded figure who's the highest servant of the Lord of the Locust. Spends the first two-thirds of the story preparing for war, and looking for "the one who bears the star," who will aid in freeing the Lord of the Locusts. [[spoiler:Is in reality Gran'ma Ben's sister Briar.]]
!!Kingdok
The King of the Rat Creatures; a brutish and vicious monster who nevertheless is basically only a puppet for the Hooded One and the Lord of the Locusts.
!!Rat Creatures
Rat Creatures are the resident monsters of the valley; they're strong and bloodthirsty predators but also incredibly stupid. Encountered in ones or twos they're more comical than scary, but in large numbers they're ''terrifying''.
!!Roque Ja
The "Master of the Eastern Border." Roque Ja (and not, as he will constantly remind you, "Rock Jaw") is a gigantic mountain lion who initially sides with the Hooded One and the Rat Creatures because he hates them ''slightly'' less than he hates the dragons they oppose.
!!Lord Tarsil
A former Diciple of Venu and ruler of Atheia. He hates dragons with a passion and has outlawed all "worship" of them, including the old religion.
!!The Vedu
The sect that Tarsil formed; an off-shoot of the Diciples of Venu who follows different teachings and act more like bullies than protectors.
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[[folder:Characters from the past]]
!!Mim
The Queen of Dragons. Originally she was the one who ensured a balance between the dreaming and the waking world, but she was possessed by the Lord of the Locust and driven mad, forcing the other dragons to turn her to stone.
!!Cleo and Euclid
Princess Rose's two canine companions.
!!Balsaad the River Dragon
An evil dragon and a servant of the Lord of the Locusts.
!!"Big" Johnson Bone
The founder of Boneville and distant ancestor of Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone. Big Johnson is an adventurer and explorer by nature, and always rushing off to seek adventure.
!!Mr. Pip
Big Johnson's pet monkey, who really does not like being dragged off on adventures.
!!Stillman
A miniscule dragon and forest guardian, who has some problems with his fire-breathing.
!!Animal cubs
Lily the Bear Cub, Pete the Porcupine, Ramona the Fox, Porter the Turtle and a number of mice are helped out by Big Johnson whn their parents are taken by Rat Creatures.
!!Queen Maud
The Queen of the Rat Creatures back in Big Johnson's day.
!!Tyson
Queen Maud's son, and the ''hugest'' Rat Creature ever to have lived.
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[[folder:Quest for the Spark]]
!!Percival F. Bone
An older cousin of Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone; he's an inventor and an explorer whose biggest invention, ''The Queen of the Sky'' is an airship that runs on potatoes. He's the legal guardian of his lost brother's two kids, Abbey and Barclay.
!!Abbey and Barclay Bone
Percival's niece and nephew, they're twins (Abbey is the older, by two minutes and twenty-three seconds) and usually bicker a lot.
!!Tom Elm
The primary protagonist of ''Quest for the Spark,'' Tom Elm is a twelve-year-old boy who lives on a turnip farm but wishes he could become a Veni-Yan warrior. He's best friends with Roderick the Raccoon, who was taken in by his family.
!!Randolf Clearmeadow
A former Veni-Yan warrior who went into exile after his family was killed.
!!Lorimar
Lorimar is the last of the First Folk, creatures of the Dreaming who lived in harmony before Mim went mad. She interacts with the waking world by possessing plants and plant life.
!!Gerta
A young Pawan girl, and daughter of the Chief of the Nurdak Tribe, who declares that she thinks that the "powers that be are horrible and mean."
!!Chieftian Gnod
Gerta's father and Chief of the Nurdak Tribe.
!!The Nacht
A renegade dragon who was loyal to the Lord of the Locust.
!!King Agak
The current King of the Rat Creatures and Kingdok's successor.
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[[folder:Others]]
!!Riblet
The star of the ''Riblet'' back-up strip written by Tom Snegoski and drawn by Stan Sakai. A young boar which the two Stupid Rat Creatures try to eat, and quickly end up wishing they hadn't.
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