History Characters / GentlemanBastard

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Dona Sofia.

* KnifeNut: His WeaponOfChoice, he usually has several of them on his person.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Characters comment on how "Locke Lamora" has a nice ring to it.
** Justified in that [[spoiler: it's an alias that he made up when he was a child.]]

* BadassBeard: His defining physical feature is a thick beard braided into three long strands.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler: The Gray King brutally kills her to draw out Barsavi. ]]

* TheMark

* TheMark: The original target of Locke and Jean's game in ''Red Seas Under Red Skies''.

* TrueCompanions: Father Chains went out of his way to instill true bonds of friendship and camaraderie in his gang, believing this loyalty to one another would be a positive thing. Sabetha also suspects that Chains' kindness and philosophy was partly fueled by his desire to make the Bastards his family. [[spoiler:Even when they're pit against one another, they keep their enmity professional and go out of their way to ensure their mutual safety.]]

* HateSink: He's far from the worst person in ''Red Seas Under Red Skies'' (that's Requin), and doesn't cause the most damage to Locke and Jean (that's Rodanov). He does, however, wind up as a focus of character and narrative hatred in an effort to give the audience a villain whose downfall they'll pull for.
* InformedAttribute: His level of villainy. While a bad man and an antagonist to Locke and Jean, Stragos doesn't really have the onscreen villainy to back up the loathing with which the narrative treats him, especially given the presence of Requin and Rodanov in the story.

* HiddenDepths: You wouldn't expect a pair of *TricksterTwins to also serve as *Theheart of the Gentleman Bastards, but they were the first to comfort Jean when he broke down at the dinner table, continue to defend Sabetha long after her estrangement, and are fiercely protective of Locke. It seems when set against Sabetha and Locke's melodrama, Jean's tragic backstory, and Bug being a lunatic, the Twins somehow manage to be the most level headed in the group. It's notable that Locke's mental stability gradually decreases over the course of the series in their absence.

* HiddenDepths: You wouldn't expect a pair of [[TricksterTwins]] to also serve as [[Theheart]] of the Gentleman Bastards, but they were the first to comfort Jean when he broke down at the dinner table, continue to defend Sabetha long after her estrangement, and are fiercely protective of Locke. It seems when set against Sabetha and Locke's melodrama, Jean's tragic backstory, and Bug being a lunatic, the Twins somehow manage to be the most level headed in the group. It's notable that Locke's mental stability gradually decreases over the course of the series in their absence.

* AntiHero: The Bastards are thieves, but they're [[GreyAndGrayMorality usually up]] [[GrayAndBlackMorality against someone much worse.]]

* TrueCompanions: Father Chains went out of his way to instil true bonds of friendship and camaraderie in his gang, believing this loyalty to one another would be a positive thing. Sabetha also suspects that Chains' kindness and philosophy was partly fuelled by his desire to make the Bastards his family. [[spoiler:Even when they're pit against one another, they keep their enmity professional and go out of their way to ensure their mutual safety.]]

[[folder:Zamira Drakshasa]]

* NumberTwo: To Zamira

* TheDon: Usurps Barsavi's position as Capa of Camorr.

* HateSink: He's far from the worst person in ''Red Seas Under Red Skies'' (that's Requin), and doesn't even cause the most damage to Locke and Jean (that's Rodanov). He does, however, wind up as a focus of character and narrative hatred in an effort to give the audience a villain whose downfall they'll pull for.

* TheNapoleon: Downplayed. She's got a hot temper and many jokes are made about her diminutive height, but it doesn't got a lot further than that.

[[folder: The Gray King / [[spoiler: Capa Raza]]]]

* TheDreaded: Before he reveals himself, he's got most of the city running scared.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Inflicts this on [[spoiler: Capa Barsavi. And tries to do the same to the entire nobility of Camorr.]]

* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Murders Patience at the end of ''Republic of Thieves'', sending a murder of crows to tear her apart.]]

[[folder: Capa Barsavi]]

* TheDreaded: Quite feared for his strangehold on the underworld of Camorr.

* GeniusBruiser: He's a hulking crimelord who is also former professor of rhetoric.

* HeroKiller: Rodanov comes with a serious reputation as a pirate and a fighter, and his ship, ''Dread Sovereign'', is the most feared on the Brass Sea. He's able to bludgeon his way through Zamira's crew with ease, though he never fights a named cast member.

* TheUnfought: Despite being set up as a truly formidable combatant, and bashing his way through much of Zamira's crew during the climactic battle, Rodanov is never fought by a named member of the cast.

* WickedCultured: Learned rhetoric and linguistics at the Therin Collegium, and from Capa Barsavi no less.

* {{BFS}}: In a rarer take on outsized weapons, Rodanov arms himself with an almost comically large club, studded with iron and described by Zamira as clocking in at nearly twenty pounds. When he sets it on the ground, it reaches his waist, which, given Rodanov's seven foot heightand long legged build makes it around four feet long.

* TheChessmaster: At least equal to Locke, maybe better

* CarryABigStick: Carries a twenty pound club studded with iron.

* PowerFist: Wears a pair of black steel gauntlets for close up fighting.

* OneHandedZweihandr: He's able to swing his monstrous club with only one hand.

* ReluctantVillain: Rodanov does not want to fight Zamira, but he's convinced she's going to give Stragos an excuse to sack Port Prodigal.

* TwoHandedZweihandr: He's able to swing his monstrous club with only one hand.

[[WMG: Pirates of the Brass Sea]]

[[folder:Zamira Drakshana]]

[[folder:Ezri del Mastro]]

[[folder:Jaffrim Rodanov]]

* TheCaptain: Of the ''Dread Sovereign''.
* CarryABigStick: Carries a twenty pound club studded with iron.
* CoolShip: ''Dread Sovereign'' is the largest pirate ship afloat and is feared all along the Brass Sea.
* GeniusBruiser: A devious strategist and erudite playgoer as well as a seven foot giant.
* PowerFist: Wears a pair of black steel gauntlets for close up fighting.
* StoutStrength: Rodanov's broad through gut and shoulders alike and is one of the most physically powerful characters in the story.
* UncertainDoom: Was last seen headed for the wheel of the ''Dread Sovereign'' as the ship went up in flames. Zamira assumes he was killed, but his death, if it took place, was entirely offscreen.
* WickedCultured: Learned rhetoric and linguistics at the Therin Collegium, and from Capa Barsavi no less.