History Characters / ChasingDragons

* TheGoodShepherd: Truly cares about his parishioners and works toward their well being.

* OffScreenMomentofAwesome: He defeated a raid lead by none other than Lyn Corbray, sending them retreating before they could do any true damage to Lyseni territory.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: His failed Wildfire Plot againat Braavos radicaized the Commune, further commmitting it to the cause.

* AChildShallLeadThem: Becomes the Targaryean king after Rhaegar's death despite still being a young child.

* RealityEnsues: A middle-aged man unaccustomed to the demanding medieval campaigning life will not be able to keep such a pace for long without his health being impacted.

* RealityEnsues: He is not very attractive from a combination of age, exposure, and several injuries to the face.

* RealityEnsues: Due to their terrible reputation, he and his men can only be employed in limited ways for fear of making a situation worse.

* CrazyEnoughToWork: His plan to take the Bleeding Tower works in part because of its RefugeInAudacity. Its success makes it close to CrazyAwesome.

* WhatTheHellHero: Deliver a subdued and short but potent one to Jaime when asking he return the Star of Valor she had presented him with. Satying his actions showed he was not currentyly worthyy of it.

* DefectorFromDecadence: Has been considering forfeiting his place in Westeros to pursue his knightly exploits in Essos. No one else supports the idea.
** He ends up going through with it anyway.

* UltimateJobSecurity: His position of information to the government has made him invaluable, and stays below what is considered a threat to Myr.

* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: When a magister opens the gates for Drogo, he puts him and his family in front of the horses to be ridden down.

* RewardAsATraitorDeserves: When a magister opens the gates for Drogo, he puts him and his family in front of the horses to be ridden down.

* RewardAsTraitorDeserves: When a magister opens the gates for Drogo, he puts him and his family in front of the horses to be ridden down.

* ArchEnemy: Apparently he and Ser Harry Flash criss paths a number of times, to Flash's regret.
* CrazyPrepared: Had a back up plan in case his Wildfire Plot was foiled.

* TheDragonAscendant: He is raised to the rank of Triarch ofter the Battle of Tyrosh.
** Averted in him later being DemotedToDragon to accomodate Donys Rahtheon. Though he does not seem to mind the demotion so much as who replaced him.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He proposed the Wildfire Plot in part to secure safe passage out of Tyrosh for his people knowing the city was no longer safe.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He hates Donys Rahtheon, seeing him as a major cause of all of Essos' current troubles. But will work with him volunatily to pursue greater goals.

* VillainousValor: the man's motives of protecting and avenging his family, along with skill, courage and cunning in his missions make him a formidable opponent.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Lampshades this himself to Ser Harry in the Flash Parers musing on his losses.

* Determinator: No amount of setbacks or outright defeats have caused him to waver in seeking vengeance against the Abolitionists.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Once just a skilled clerk, he has become TheDragon for the Myrish Remnant as a spy and saboteur.

* Archenemy: Apparently he and Ser Harry Flash criss paths a number of times, to Flash's regret.

* EvenEvilHasLoveOnes: His male relatives died in the Slaver Wars and his sisters were traumatized to various degrees.

* NobodyToNightmare: Once just a skilled clerk, he has become TheDragon for the Myrish Remnant as a spy and saboteur.
* TeethClemchedTeamwork: He hates Donys Rahtheon, seeing him as a major cause of all of Essos' current troubles. But will work with him volunatily to pursue greater goals.

* HardworkHardlyWorks: Averted. Playing by the rules did not see him rise so quickly in Myr, but it has earned him respect and a chance to jump in the ranks.

* AdaptationalNameChange: Gets the name Blacksail rather than Seawoth in this story, but still the same Davos.
* BreakThemByTalking: Gets several privateers in service to Tyrosh to either flee the battlefield or switch sides by making them offers on behak of the Alliance.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Saan. Davos while reluctant at first is riding the wave of upheaval to secure a better future for himsef and his family. Saan on the other hand has aligned himself with those wanting to preserve the status quo as much as possible.

* TheRedBaron: Earns the title "Daario the Defiant" for his limited success and survival facing the abolitionists.

!!Salladhor Saan:

* FatalFlaw: Pride. He wiuld rather fight to keep all he has and his proud indpendence; than give up his slave based wealth in order to gain ap otabtially high and pofitable palce in the new order.
** It being a flaw becomes more apparent when he is offered a second chance to change sides at Trosh, with even many fellow pirates taking it, but still holds to his course.
* GoodOldWays: Sees the changes i Essos as being only for the worse.
* HonorBeforeReason: His pride in living as man in his own right is part of why he will not bend the knee to either Braavos or Myr.
* Hypocrite: After the destruction of Tyrosh he ebds up becoming a privateer anyway.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Palyed with. He had no issue harassing his homeland as a pirate, but he feels obliged to defend it against the total war of the current age.
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Laments the decline of the ae of great pirates liek hinself and the end of the 'gentlemanly' limited war amongst the Free Cities.
* Pirate: Like canon he is one of the Pirate Lords of the Stepstones.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: While he and Davos have no personal animosity they have committed to different sides in the wars and know it.

* RagsToRiches: Goes from a somewhat accomposhed smuggler to a knight and member of the Myrish Royal Navy.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Saan. Davos while reluctant at first is riding the wave of upheveal to secure a better future for himsef and his family. Saan on the other hand has aligned himself with those wanting to preserve the status quo as much as possible.

** Played straight, with Killing Pobo has earned him a reputatyion as a man who will violate parley. mace in his internal thioughts lumps him in with Tywin as men who can't be trusted to negotiate in goood faith.
** Played with, as many of members of the Abolitionist Alliance adore him for the exact same deed. Seeing him as a true hero putting punishing the wicked as a higher priority than observing law and custom.

* CoolSword: He inherits his houses' ancestral sword, Lady Forlorn, from his father. He loves it enough to put it on his new crest.

* BadassInCharge: As head of House Umber he is a high noble of the North and one of its faed warriors.
* TheBigGuy: He earned his name in part to his size and boisterous personality.
* ButNowIMustGo: After Rhaegar's death he can no longer justify staying away from his duties to House Umber and the Last Hearth; and so return to Westeros.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: He seems to fail to realize why talking up how great Eddard Stark is publicly, at a feast Brandon Stark is holding, would be rude.
** Lady Stark feels its not the least bit innocent.

* AmazonianBeauty: Averted, she is never singled out as being attractive.
* TheBusCameBack: After a long absence from Myr and the story she returns with reinforcements from the North.

* TheRedBaron: is called the She-Bear.

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Averted. He rarely brings up his Dothraki ancestry in regard to military matters and is proud of the very diverse Iron Legion as a ahrat military force.

* GoodIsNotSoft: He wants to build a better Westeros, and he becomes increasingly willing to be brutal to achieve that goal.

* OurFounder: He replaces the Kingsguard with the Order of the Storm, with greater numbers in their ranks. He also creates the Order of the Sun to enforce royal rule in Dorne, and the Knights of the Crown to serve as both a standing army for the Crownlands and as marines in the royal fleet.

* RagsToRiches: Goes from a hedge knight/sworn sword living from job to job, to the second highest-ranking member of a powerful knightly order.
** As of the end of Balon's Rebellion he now heads his own knightly Order of the Sea, answering only to Stannis.

* InnocentlyInsenstive: He seems to fail to realize why talking up how great Eddard Stark is publicly, at a feast Brandon Stark is holding, would be rude.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His son Smalljon is slain in Balon's Rebellion.

* AmazonianBeauty: Averted, she is never snigled out as being attracticve.

* MammaBear: Fights on to avenge her daughter Dacey's death. Returns to the wars to further avenge her daughter.
* NumberTwo: Fills tyhis role for Eddard after her return to the kingdom.

* BodyguardingABadass: As a leader of the Brotherhood of the Broken Chin his job is to protect the royal family of Myr, inclding King Robert the Strong.

* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: The very first at the battle of Pentos at that.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His son Smalljon is lsain in Balon's Rebellion.

* CoolSword: He inherits his houses ancestral sword, Lady Forlorn from his father. He loves it enough to put it on his new crest.