History Characters / Erfworld

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:After Bunny broke down and told him about what Bill had done to her, Ponzie spent nights beating and abusing Bill. But it's made clear that it was less about revenge and more about him getting his kicks off of hitting someone who wouldn't fight back- Bunny was just an excuse.]]

* TheArcher: Her specialty.

* DropTheHammer: His weapon is an artifact called the Arkenhammer.

* HeadInTheSandManagement: Refuses to allow Jillian to engage the encroaching forces of Haffaton even when they are literally at Faq's doorstep, until they are so cornered that migrating the Court is the only way for the side to survive. [[spoiler: When they arrive in Haffaton's capital airspace, he forbids Jillian (who is standing in chains on the tower and has been obviously abused) from speaking so that her 'bias' won't [[JustForPun poison]] the parley, then delays action long enough for Olive to cast her spell, forbidding combat. And he still refuses to address Olive as a threat when she is actively subverting his trial by negotiating openly with her father [[ManipulativeBastard Charlie.]]]]

* GeniusBruiser: He's a towering brute of a guy who rarely speaks and mostly enjoys beating his problems up. [[spoiler:But he's also smart enough to deduce the rules to Sudoku puzzles and solve them for fun or to evaluate complicated military strategy at a glance.]]

* CoolLoser: Parson is smart, [[DeadpanSnarker hilarious]], and even charismatic. That he hasn't made anything of his life on earth is due almost solely to lack of motivation.

* TheWisePrince: He makes the mistake of 'calling'' himself wise and he often fails to recognize faults in others and in himself, but he tries. His ideas were very forward thinking for the setting, but he didn't quite live up to them. It fits with the theme that no one in the setting is truly good or truly evil... [[spoiler:[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg except Olive.]]]]

* CharacterDevelopment: Parson has had a bit of a HeelRealization regarding all the lines he has crossed in pursuit of victory, not to mention come to realize that the bigger enemy is the [[ForeverWar horrible]] [[UnwinnableByDesign nature]] [[InherentInTheSystem of Erfworld]] itself. Maggie encourages this when they discuss it.

* 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]] [[KnowledgeBroker information]] for [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness free]].

* ComboPlatterPowers: On top of being a powerful melee weapon, the Arkenhammer allows him to [[{{Flight}} fly]], [[TheBeastmaster tame Dwagons]], [[ShockAndAwe generate and control lightning]], [[FlightStrengthHeart and]] [[ThePowerOfRock rock out]].

* ATasteOfTheLash: Wanda [[TortureAlwaysWorks uses a whip]] on Jillian, nominally [[TortureAlwaysWorks for information]], but with clear [[CasualKink kinky]] [[LesYay overtones]].

* TheWisePrince: [[Creator/{{Socrates}} He makes the mistake of]] [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare CALLING himself wise]] and he often fails to recognize faults in others and in himself, but he tries. His ideas were very forward thinking for the setting, but he didn't quite live up to them. It fits with the theme that no one in the setting is truly good or truly evil... [[spoiler:[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg except]] [[TheSociopath Olive.]]]]

* ItRunsInTheFamily: As Don pointed out, Jillian wanted someone similar to herself. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor She]] [[ChaoticStupid got such]] [[RevengeBeforeReason a person.]]

* TheStarScream: [[spoiler:[[KlingonPromotion The only reason she doesn't croak her ruler personally]] is because Duty prevents it. But it apparently isn't enough to stop her from turning her ruler into a [[FantasticDrug flower addicted]] [[PuppetKing puppet]] and leaving someone else who might close by.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: It's made pretty clear in his appearances that he's not exactly all there- and is a pretty twisted guy besides.

* {{Mayincatec}}: His entire theme, much as Jed's is Hawaiian; specifically Aztec. His architecture resembles theirs and he uses a lot of Central American words in his speech and thought, such as Tlaotani (Caesar) and Tzitzimitl (Skyy).

* TheUnfettered: [[spoiler:After realising the enormity of his mistake in making the deal with Shirley without Caesar's consent, Huehue decides that his crime has put him BeyondRedemption and is willing to commit any sin, break any law, and violate any taboo to make it right again. So he simply reaches down into the Source and outright steals the power necessary to promote Skyy Appletini to the new Queen of Transylvito on the spot, then seizes the contract he'd made with Shirley back from her and simply tears it up.]]

-->'''Jed:''' [[AC:No!]]

-->'''Jed:''' [[AC:I am not your unit, Kanakanui! Go give an order to a cloud. If the cloud obeys you, then I will.]]

-->'''Jed:''' [[AC:Oh. Sure thing.]]

* KnowsWhenToFoldThem: He very quickly gives up Parson's bracer when prodded to ask it if keeping it puts his life into danger. [[spoiler:Though he has an excellent poker face, how long he stares at it and how easily he gives it up indicates that he ''really'' didn't like the answer it gave him.]]

* SixthSense: Like Caesar, he has a natural and visceral distrust of Jillian. [[spoiler:Given her mental conditioning, she's essentially an agent of Charlie who Benjamin also doesn't trust worth a spit.]]

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He rose from piker, to Warlord, to Chief Warlord, to Overlord on the strength of his combat prowess. The Arkenhammer didn't hurt, either.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: She uses a gun to fight off an invasion, allowing her to level much faster than normal and quickly making her the most powerful warlord in the city. That also makes her the highest ranking unit in the city, short of the Ruler.

** Discussed. The main reason they want Charlie taken out is to help protect their secrets. To do this their agent (Parson) needs to be pretty smart in his own right or else he'd simply fail. But a highly intelligent person with plenty of access to high level Thinkamancers will eventually start to discover those secrets on his own. [[spoiler:They eventually decide that they've given him too much and betray Gobwin Knob.]]

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Like all the disciplines, but even more so, the Great Minds are deeply obsessed with keeping the true power of their discipline a secret. They directly reference the trope when they hold a simulated trial to determine whether they consider Parson guilty of knowing too much. They attempt to contain or eliminate anyone that risks exposing too many of their secrets, and this is their entire motive for waging war against Charlescomm.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The one caster of Faq that Jack seems to have actually respected. When Jillian, Wanda and Jack went to her to explain what a danger Olive was, she actually listens and tries to help convince her Ruler not to be so hasty in believing everything Olive has to say.

* GeniusBruiser: He's a towering brute of a guy who rarely speaks and mostly enjoys beating his problems up. [[spoiler:But he's also smart enough to deduce the rules to sukudo puzzles and solve them for fun or to evaluate complicated military strategy at a glance.]]
* HiddenDepths: He gives off the presence of a silent, taciturn guy more suited to violence than actually being an heir. [[spoiler:And he is. He's just also smart enough to work out a suduko puzzle and the hidden plan inside it.]]

* SummonEverymanHero: [[spoiler:She's an {{Expy}} of Dorothy in more way than one. She knows words foreign to Erfworld like "kill" and "years," and in the end, she uses the Arkenshoes to wish herself back to Kansas. She was in fact summoned by the same Summon Perfect Warlord spell that brought Parson to Erf.]]

* SerialRapist: [[spoiler:He raped Bunny through the VoodooDoll he made of her, and did the same to Maggie.]]
* VoodooDoll: [[spoiler:He can make these with a combination of Dollamancy and Thinkamancy. He made at least two of Bunny and one of Maggie.]]