History Characters / Erfworld

* BeardOfEvil[=/=]BadassBeard

* MasterOfIllusion: As a master-class Foolamancer, it's his specialty.

* MundaneUtility: He's used his powers for things like lighting up a room.

* NotSoDifferent:
** She is just as much an unpredictable backstabber as Jillian is, in her way -- the difference is that Jillian wrecks alliances through impulsiveness and selfishness, whilst Wanda will casually turn on anyone if she believes that Fate wills her to do so.
** Like Jillian, she will fight everything in her way, even Fate, for the sake of having the woman she loves -- even if this puts her own greater goals in danger.

* NotSoDifferent: Both Parson and Stanley hate the idea of ordering people into a fight while they're safe in the capital (although in Stanley's case it's more that he's a BloodKnight than anything else.) And both of them take serious risks because of this.

* {{Expy}}: Of Charlie from ''Series/CharliesAngels'', the Wizard from ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', Charles Xavier from The ''ComicBook/XMen'', and, ultimately, surprisingly enough, [[spoiler:Charlie Brown from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'']].

* {{Seer}}: Part of the job description for a Predictamancer.

* UnfortunateName: Dickie, although it does seem to be a reference to Dik Browne, original creator of ''ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible''. Also, "Dickies" and "Haggar" are brands of pants; the crown of Häggar is ornamented with pants-shaped extensions. He's also [[spoiler:basically Richard Nixon aka. "Tricky Dicky".]]

** Book 3 reveals that thanks to all of this [[RealityEnsues most sides refuse to even talk to his side, considering him completely untrustworthy]].

* TheJester: It's described that during the events of Inner Peace (Through Superior Firepower) he, in the court of Faq, said things only a jester could get away with saying.

* TheTrickster: Charlie is described as bizarre and following his own set of rules. He is very reluctant to release information without payment. And while friendly, he is very obviously not someone you can trust. [[spoiler:The revelation that he is a Carnymancer causes this to make a whole lot more sense]].

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:A quasi-villainous version. He faces death smiling because he believes that Parson's death has been guaranteed after trapping him in the capital (which was in the process of being razed), thereby getting revenge for turning Ansom and Ossomer. In a slightly less villainous context, he's also managed to buy time for Jetstone forces to evacuate, as well as acquire enough funds to designate Tramennis as his heir.]]

* GoLookAtTheDistraction: Pulled on Wanda when they first met, and a large part of his discipline besides.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Averted quite strictly. [[spoiler:When the real Slately croaks and his Dittomancy clone inherits the throne, everyone treats the clone as if he's the real Slately, all the way up to his sons treating him as their father]].

* UnlimitedWardrobe: Rarely is Wanda ever seen in the same outfit twice; in fact, her raiments change more often than those of the rest of the cast combined. In Book 1 alone, she goes through more than half a dozen outfits. This is actually accountable for via in-universe lore; her signamancy is of a fashion plate therefore it may be that her "uniform" is a series of stunning outfits that automagically reconfigure to appropriately match the mood of the occasion (see automagically and instantly changing livery of characters that have change sides). The alternative would be the dedicated expenditure of a dollamancer's casting capability, which would be an unthinkable waste of capacity which should be directed at the war effort.

* UnlimitedWardrobe: Rarely is Wanda ever seen in the same outfit twice; in fact, her raiments change more often than those of the rest of the cast combined. In Book 1 alone, she goes through more than half a dozen outfits.

* BiTheWay: She loves Ansom and Wanda, which is about as complicated as you would expect. And prior to them, she was involved with Marika and Bart.

* MeaningfulName: She is named after UsefulNotes/{{Lilith}}, a mythological demon. Unlike even the other decrypted Archons, she holds no lingering love for Charlie and she comes to pose a serious threat to him.

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* TheDreaded: Charlie is one of the greatest casters alive and by far one of the most deadliest opponents in the game. And he is ''scared out of his mind of Parson'', to the point of be willing to [[{{Greed}} give]] [[TricksterArchetype information]] for [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness free]].

* {{Ambadassador}}:
** King Slately sent him off believing him to be weak, and was surprised when Tramennis came back with a favorable alliance plus peace offerings.
** [[http://archives.erfworld.com/Book%203/46 In pages 45-46 of book 3,]] he stood up to [[MagnificentBastard Charlie]] (or at least his Archons) in negotiations concerning their captive Archon, [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu attempting to get the captive to turn to Jetstone.]]

* TheStoic: Parson can only barely see through her poker face at times- this is an InUniverse thing, too, since mastery over facial expression is one of the common abilities among all Eyemancy disciplines.

* VoodooDoll: [[spoiler:A creepy Transylvito Dollamancer named Bill binds her to one of his dolls, causing it to take her appearance and causing her to feel anything he does to the doll]].

* MysteriousEmployer: To Jillian

* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:The Great Minds' {{Geas}} rips her mind apart so thoroughly that there is nothing left to save, and Huehue states that she died so hard that she was put beyond even decryption's power to repair. Just to be absolutely sure, Charlie makes Transylvito sign a contract that gets her corpse eaten by bats.]]

* RightMakesMight: Maggie decides that she doesn't want winning battles to be based on cold Mathamancy anymore and make them based on decency instead.