History Characters / ElfQuest

* ArcherArchetype: An archer who's stoic and quiet.

* ArcherArchetype: Is capable of using bows and arrows, much like his Wolfrider father Strongbow.

* ThirdPersonPerson: She never uses "I" or "Me" when she can use "Trinket" instead.

* AnythingThatMoves: If you're an elf and physically capable of sex, Mender will seduce you eventually. He's even willing to have sex with humans[[note]]Other elves view this more or less like bestiality[[/note]] ForScience.

* BladeOnAStick: She tries her best to learn to handle a sword, like her father, but the spear turns out to be a better fit.

* BladeOnAStick: Pike's main weapon.

%%* AnAxeToGrind

* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Being half-Sun Folk through Leetah gave her the dark skin color.

* DarkskinnedRedhead: Ember got her looks from her.

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: He has blond hair in contrast to his dark skin.

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Much like Suntop/Sunstream, Mender has blond hair and dark skin due to growing up in the desert Sun Village, though he's wholly Wolfrider by blood.

* IllGirl: How she starts out. She got better thanks to [[HealingHands Leetah]].

* AnArmAndALeg: One of his arms is missing (along with [[{{Fingore}} one of the fingers]] on his remaining hand) thanks to the trolls torturing him since he was a child.

* RapunzelHair: She wears her hair in a very long braid [[spoiler:until One-Eye is killed]]. She later grows it back out. It's hilariously lampshaded in [[http://www.elfquest.com/images/fun/images/vacuum.jpg this drawing]].

* RapunzelHair: Her hair is very, very long.

* IncestIsRelative: She Recognizes her distant descendant Skywise.

%%* CoolSword: New Moon.

%%* LovableRogue

* BetterAsFriends: She and Cutter grew up together.

* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: She and Redlance first got together partly because she felt protective of him and turned into adoration when he turned out to be a wild lover.

%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
%%* CowardlyLion

* ProperLady:
** In one story, a besotted elf tries to mold her into one. She eventually puts on a PimpedOutDress to make him understand this just ain't her.

%%* EyepatchOfPower: Subverted.

* HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs: Dreamberries unlock tribal memories to weave stories, but he'd laugh if you called him an EruditeStoner.

%%* CombatMedic
%%* HealingHands

%%* CheerfulChild
%%* RapunzelHair

Son of Woodlock and Rainsong, Lifemate to Bethia.

%%* BoisterousBruiser

%%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold

%%* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Bearclaw's Red.

%%* HealingHands

%%* TheseHandsHaveKilled

%%* ActionGirl: Most of the female Wolfriders are this, but she's the most prominent example.
%%* BetterAsFriends: Her and Cutter.
[[IOweYouMyLife I Owe You My Lifemate]]: Nightfall was the first Wolfrider to offer friendship to Leetah in gratitude for healing Redlance.
%%* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Her and Redlance.
* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: She and Redlance first got together partly because she felt protective of him.

%%* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: With Nightfall.

%%* RedheadInGreen
%%* WifeHusbandry: To Nightfall.

* CursedWithAwesome: Tyldak was transformed at his own request into a flying creature that retains only a few elfin features. This isn't a particularly sane request by human standards, but the elves [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight seem to take it in stride.]]

* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:In the final issue of “Final Quest”, Cutter is bitten by a venomous spider and slowly feels his life ebb away.]]

* BladeOnAStick: Pike’s main weapon.

* BaldOfAwesome: There isn't a single hair on that head of his.

* LoveTriangle: With Leetah and Cutter. She chose Cutter, leading to Rayek's leaving Sorrow's End.

%%* BadassBeard