History Characters / DrowtalesValSarghressClan

%%* BareYourMidriff

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: How individuals move up in rank. Unlike most clans which are purely matriarchal, the Sarghress's generally lax stance on traditional gender roles permits male drow to advance into leadership positions, such as what happened to Sarnel.

* TheStoic
* WeaponOfChoice: The crossbow.

* AnAxeToGrind

* DualWielding: Both an [[AnAxeToGrind axe]] and a [[MacheteMayhem machete]].

A perpetually drunk, flighty slave that Ariel acquired with Faen after the latter's powers resulted in the death of Liriel's master. [[spoiler:She is also the incomplete fusing of Diva'ratrika and her servant, Ragini, and as of Chapter 23 Diva has taken full control, renaming herself Diva.]] For tropes pertaining to [[spoiler:Val'Sharess Diva'ratrika]], see her entry under [[spoiler:Vel'Sharen]]. After the timeskip, she tutors Kau and Shala and advises Ariel.

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The clan philosophy.

* RatedMForManly

* ActionGirl

* AmazonianBeauty

* BarbarianLonghair / BraidsOfBarbarism: Her hairstyle is a mix of the two tropes.
* BareYourMidriff
* BattleCouple: With her mate, Tur'geis.
* BloodKnight
* BoisterousBruiser

* LargeHam
* LightningBruiser
* LoveableRogue

* PlayerCharacter: Originally.

* PrimAndProperBun
* ShellShockedVeteran

* BadassCape

* PlayingWithFire: Her affinity.

* BladeOnAStick
* BoobsOfSteel
* CoolShades
* CunningLinguist: Speaks Emberi conversationally.

* CanonImmigrant: From the Path To Power section of the site.

* PlayerCharacter: Originally.
* ThePollyanna

* CanonImmigrant: From the Colonies side-story.

* TheGogglesDoNothing: Averted. They have zooming lenses and he's actually seen using them.
* MakingASplash: Has a water affinity.

* CastingAShadow: Her affinity, though apparently untrained.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Per concept art.
* InnocentBlueEyes

* BigEater

* InnocentBlueEyes
* ThereIsNoTry: Gives a small rousing speech to her fellow sealers that is essentially this.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Spicy Fried Spiders.

* SpikyHair

* CardSharp: Per concept art.

* TheGambler
* HandsomeLech: Chiefly aimed at Rayata.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe

* [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Per concept art.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe
* TomboyishPonytail

* BraidsOfAction
* DropTheHammer

* LightEmUp: Her affinity.
* TheTease: When off-duty.

* TheBlacksmith

* ExtraOreDinary
* HairTriggerTemper

* MusicalChores: Sings to herself while smithing.
* NotAMorningPerson

* DishingOutDirt: Her affinity.
* GenkiGirl
* IdiotHair

* PungeonMaster

* IcyBlueEyes
* MakingASplash: Has a water affinity, though untrained.
* TheShortGuyWithGlasses
* StraightGay
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Very aloof and distant around strangers, he shows a much warmer side with Naran.
* WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter: Shown in his concept art wielding a bokuto.

* HeroWorshipper: Towards the Sarghress in general.

* PeekABangs

* BraidsOfBarbarism / BarbarianLonghair

* CaffeineBulletTime: Giving her sugar or chocolate is not recommended.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Their sex life is very healthy; she and Tur'geis enjoy going off to have sex quite often.

* KnifeNut: Wields a heavy butcher's cleaver as his primary weapon.

* KnifeNut: She carries a dagger as a secondary weapon.

* KnifeNut: Wields a pair of [[StockNinjaWeaponry Kunai]].

* SimpleStaff: Wields a metal staff as is his primary weapon, although he can reshape it with sorcery if needed.

* SimpleStaff: In a mini-sized example, she wields a twig as her weapon. It still has a leaf on it.

* {{Meganekko}}: Wears glasses that are almost as large as her eyes.

* {{Meganekko}}: Wears large, pince-nez glasses.

* AdjustingYourGlasses: Types two and three, depending on his mood.

* {{Messenger}}: Her primary job role for the Sarghress clan is this.

Originally a human slave that Ariel fought with in a series of GladiatorGames, Vaelia joined Ariel as her bodyguard even after being freed. Later she [[spoiler:joins the Highland Raiders, and appears periodically in short stories at the end of chapters chronicling her adventures]]. Eventually, she [[spoiler:retires from the Raiders to serve as the unofficial voice for the human population of the Sarghress colony]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She dyed her hair blue after making a trip to the surface and seeing the sky.

* GogglesDoNothing
* InnocentBlueEyes: Initially.
* KnifeNut: Carries a dagger as a secondary weapon.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* PlayerCharacter: Originally.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: A deep blue.

* TheEngineer
* HiddenWeapons: Conceals a knife in his golem arm.
* ScarsAreForever / EyeScream: He has a prosthetic eye and a scar in the socket. In addition to a missing arm.

* MismatchedEyes: One purple, one green.

* MismatchedEyes: Possibly indicating Sul heritage.

* MixedAncestry

* MixedAncestry: She's mixblood.

* MixedAncestry: Her mother was a Highland Raider but her father was a Sullisin'rune scholar. Her hair color and the yellow ribbon she wears in her hair are reference to this.

* RealityEnsues: In chapter 47 [[spoiler:the logistics of feeding such a large army reach a critical point, especially after their plantations on the surface have gone silent/been attacked by the Nidraa'chal on Snadhya'rune's behalf]].

* InfantImmortality: Vayas is the only one to survive the execution [[spoiler:and escape from Felde altogether]].

* InTheHood

* BiTheWay: Naturally, since bisexuality is the norm in drow society. One of his past lovers was a male Vloz'ress who also gave him a nasty-looking mouth scar during sex.

* HairDecorations : Has two tassels on the lower part of his hair.

* DecapitatedArmy: What Sarv'swati was aiming for when she challenged Quain'tana to a duel. While Sarv'swati ends up dying herself, her plan is completely successful. Without Quain'tana to keep them united, the Sarghress immediately betray and destroy one another, getting reduced to separate factions forming TheRemnant. By the time Ariel is overthrown in a coup and escorted to Chel, they have no other leadership left, and are little more than an angry and extremely dangerous mob.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Per concept art, she dreams of being a princess.

* EyesOfGold

* TheScapegoat: [[spoiler:After Quain'tana dies, the clan falls apart. Ariel and the rest of Quain'tana's bloodline travels to the Sarghress colonies, while Koil'doroth assumes management of the clan's properties in Chel. Communication between Ariel's faction and the rest of the clan mysteriously breaks down, and unspecified unpleasant things happen to the Chelian branch. After Koil'doroth dies, Sang blames everything on Quain'tana's bloodline, leading the Chelian branch to want them dead.]]

* DecapitatedArmy: What Sarv'swati was aiming for when she challenged Quain'tana to a duel. While Sarv'swati ends up dying herself, her plan is completely successful. Without Quain'tana to keep them united, the Sarghress immediately betray and destroy one another, getting reduced to separate factions forming TheRemnant.

* GrayEyes

* PettingZooPeople: Like all ferals, her animalistic traits are more prominent than her humanoid ones.

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