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The captain of Squad One.
*TheAlcoholic: A regular at "The Full Mug" and inevitably becomes rowdy after drinking herself into a stupor. At that point, her lieutenant takes her home.
*AsskickingEqualsAuthority: She is the leader of the Dragon's Lair fighters because she is the best out of the fighters.
*MultiArmedAndDangerous: Giji Mesh has four arms and is a squad captain in the Dragon's Lair Mercenary company. She uses them to juggle swords.
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*{{Fetish}}: His novices wring a lot of amusement over the fact that "pink hair makes you hot".
*{{Fetish}}: His novices wring a lot of amusement over the fact that "pink hair makes you hot".
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[[folder: Sathel Aranid]]
A squad four senior and Tiza's apprentice mentor in addition to her legal guardian.
*CrazyPrepared:
**She hides her intelligent field medic spiders on Nolien, without telling him, because a situation where Tiza is injuried and needs their help is likely to be an occasion that incapicates the spiders she hide on ''her'' as well.
**She makes sure that Tiza has everything she could possibly need when going on a mission to Ceiha and then checks to make sure she has everything four times on the way to the guild lobby.
*SpidersAreScary: Team Four has to fight an knee jerk reaction when Sathel's spiders crawl over them. They're [[UpliftedAnimal intelligent field medic spiders]] but they still give the kids the creeps.
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*OccultBlueEyes: [[Literature/AMagesPower In the first book of the series]], Tasio the Trickster expresses interest in changing Eric's eyes from the Innocent variety to one of these. Sure enough, Eric has developed [[MagicEye the "Evil Eye" technique]] and made great strides in learning magecraft.
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* TheConfidant: Eric is the only person with whom Kasile feels comfortable venting about The Chains Of Command. Part of this is because she can't hide anything from him anyway (due to being Mind Link Mates) and part is because he has absolutely no interest in her queenly title or her court and is thus impartial, and except for their friendship, unconnected
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*WorldOfCardboardSpeech: For all of A Mage's Power, Eric lacked confidence in his own abilities and leaned heavily on the spirit of Dengel as a HeroicHost. When they have a falling out, Eric musters the courage to confront him, and once he is victorius, he announces that he doesn't need Dengel anymore. He will face the future on his own strength alone.
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*WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Tiza has suffered amensia for years before the series began. It causes her confusion about her past and identity. Then she meets Haburt, who she's subconsciously terrified of but she refuses to admit to it. When he makes his move and recreates a crucial momment from her past, she admits to this fear and steps forward confidently to overcome it. [[spoiler: Then he sheds light on her past and tells her the identity of her parents.]]
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*TheConfidant: Eric is the only person with whom Kasile feels comfortable venting about The Chains Of Command. Part of this is because she can't hide anything from him anyway (due to being Mind Link Mates) and part is because he has absolutely no interest in her queenly title or her court and is thus impartial, and except for their friendship, unconnected
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*DopeSlap: A quick smack to the back of the head is how Basilard Bladi shows his disaproval of whatever his novice mercenaries have just done
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* BadassNormal: In ''A Mage's Power'' she is the only non-mage on Team Four and she's still kicking monster ass as a valuable member of that team.
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* EmpoweredBadassNormal: By the start of ''Looming Shadow'' she's learned the Third Eye technique, which is a form of AuraVision. She's also learned to invoke [[SuperMode Invidelic Mens]] at will.
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*EmpoweredBadassNormal: By the start of ''Looming Shadow'' she's learned the Third Eye technique, which is a form of AuraVision. She's also learned to invoke [[SuperMode Invidelic Mens]] at will.
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* GlorySeeker: She's working towards a reputation and lifestyle focused around on the fame she will receive for defeating dreaded monsters and escorting V.I.P.s. Thus, she can't stand the grunt work novices typically get.
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*GlorySeeker: She's working towards a reputation and lifestyle focused around on the fame she will receive for defeating dreaded monsters and escorting V.I.P.s. Thus, she can't stand the grunt work novices typically get.
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* TheNicknamer: She gives ''everyone'' nicknames. Eric is "Dimwit", Nolien is "Tenderfoot", Basilard is "Bloody Daylra", Sathel is "Spider Daylra", Retina is "Daylra's Dear", Kasile is "Queen Tent Burner", Annala is "Big Mouth", Anuzat is "Cranky Client", Haburt is "Professor Pathetic", Neuro is "Ivory", Dengel is "Old Fossil", Zettai is "Fangirl Damsel", Renograde is "Rent-A-Spade", and Dosh is "Brat Brother".
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* TheNicknamer: She gives ''everyone'' nicknames. Eric is "Dimwit", Nolien is "Tenderfoot", Basilard is "Bloody Daylra", Sathel is "Spider Daylra", Retina is "Daylra's Dear", Kasile is "Queen Tent Burner", Annala is "Big Mouth", Anuzat is "Cranky Client", Motsuc is "Stuff Maker", Haburt is "Professor Pathetic", Neuro is "Ivory", Dengel is "Old Fossil", Zettai is "Fangirl Damsel", Renograde is "Rent-A-Spade", and Dosh is "Brat Brother".Brother".
*SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Tiza and Nolien contrast each other in this way. Tiza is a high energy GlorySeeker that loves jumping into danger, and the more the better! Nolien is cautious and more rational and gets metaphorically or literally dragged into Tiza's danger while snarking at her.
*SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Tiza and Nolien contrast each other in this way. Tiza is a high energy GlorySeeker that loves jumping into danger, and the more the better! Nolien is cautious and more rational and gets metaphorically or literally dragged into Tiza's danger while snarking at her.
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*TheBigGirl: As the team's fighter, her role is to tank the enemies. She wears the heaviest armor to absorb damage in place of the mages and fights up front with sword and shield. Her teammates support her with healing, buffs, and coverfire.
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*TheSmartGuy: He is the brains of the Team Four novices because he is TheMedic in a verse where HealingMagicIsTheHardest and also their tactian when Basilard isn't around.
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*DontMakeMeDestroyYou: When royal guards came to arrest her on false charge of sedition, she warned them not to make her leave the guild lobby. [[spoiler: Her hammerspace ate them.]]
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*PowerIncontinence: [[spoiler: The magic involved with her hammer space is too great for her to control and so she needs the guild lobby to serve as her power limiter.]]
*PowerLimiter: [[spoiler: The entire guild lobby was outfitted with runes that suppress her hammerspace ability so she can control it.]]
*PowerLimiter: [[spoiler: The entire guild lobby was outfitted with runes that suppress her hammerspace ability so she can control it.]]
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*InspirationallyDisadvantaged: One of the reasons Dengel is looked upon so favorably by humans is that he became a powerful mage despite possessing a magical disorder called Low Mana Inhibition, which makes controlling mana substantially harder. Eric, who knows him to be an arrogant jerkass, is not at all inspired.
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*BaseBreaker: [[invoked]] Elves think of him as a despicable villain because he backstapped everyone he worked with, revealed the location of elven villages, stole elven technology to give to humans and practiced chaotic hersey. Humans think of him as an admirable hero because of his contributions to the study of mana, codified magic as a practical and scientific craft, played a leading role in classical human society and did all of this with a disability known as "Low Mana Inhibition".
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*SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: Before him, magic was thought to be a mystical art. After him, it was known to be a rational science.
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*EnlightenmentSuperpower: A vision quest inside Dengel's Cehian Lair grants him great wisdom and understanding about the immediate underlayer of reality and the true nature of magic.
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*TheNicknamer: She gives ''everyone'' nicknames. Eric is "Dimwit", Nolien is "Tenderfoot", Basilard is "Bloody Daylra", Sathel is "Spider Daylra", Retina is "Daylra's Dear", Kasile is "Queen Tent Burner", Annala is "Big Mouth", Anuzat is "Cranky Client", Haburt is "Professor Pathetic", Neuro is "Ivory", Dengel is "Old Fossil", Zettai is "Fangirl Damsel", Renograde is "Rent-A-Spade", and Dosh is "Brat Brother".
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*InsultOfEndearment: Tiza gives nicknames to everyone but she's unfriendly to everyone the first time they met. For example, she calls her teammates Eric and Nolien "Dimwit" and "Tenderfoot" respectively because she considers them stupid and squemish. After they become FireForgedFriends, the nicknames become endearing.
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* SheCleansUpNicely: When she bothers to look after her appearance, she makes a pretty girl. The first instance was in A Mage's Power where she had to wear special clothes for a formal duel and the second was when she found a dress in Dengel's Cehian Lair. Nolien would remark on her beauty on these occasions but knows she doesn't appreciate such compliments.
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* SheCleansUpNicely: When she bothers to look after her appearance, she makes a pretty girl. The first instance was in A ''A Mage's Power Power'' where she had to wear special clothes for a formal duel and the second was when she found a dress in Dengel's Cehian Lair. Nolien would remark on her beauty on these occasions but knows she doesn't appreciate such compliments.
*{{Tsundere}}: Tiza has become this by the time of ''Looming Shadow''. While generally a prickly sourpuss she's softer around her love interest, Nolien. She also calls him "Tenderfoot" as an InsultOfEndearment and punches his arm [[AngerBornOfWorry when he makes her worry]].
*{{Tsundere}}: Tiza has become this by the time of ''Looming Shadow''. While generally a prickly sourpuss she's softer around her love interest, Nolien. She also calls him "Tenderfoot" as an InsultOfEndearment and punches his arm [[AngerBornOfWorry when he makes her worry]].
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*NiceGuy: Eric acts nice to everyone because he doesn't want to provoke conflict. In the first book it's because he's a doormat, and afterward because it's a hassle.
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*NiceGirl: Ax Arsenal calls Tiza a "Nice girl whose a little rough around the edges". Then his son chimes up and says "and everywhere else".
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*BlueBlood: As the heir to the Noble Heleti family, one of the Four Pillars of Ataidar, his blood is ''very'' blue indeed. He turns up his nose at the bad table manners in the guild mess hall and is the only one following a chivalric code instead of one more grungy and mercenary.
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*OldSchoolChivalry: His manners and value system are classic gentleman and because of this he fits in better with traditional nobles than the modern mercenaries he works with. Tiza, the usual target of his courtesy, finds it stiffling.
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* The Leader: Both the sergenant and mentor for Dragon's Lair Team Four. He stays calm even when a pack of Xethras are attacking.
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*MercyKill: He is willing to ShooTheDog if it has rapis.
**When [[spoiler: Zettai]] was dying from Bladi Poisoning, he was going to cure her and then let her die. [[spoiler: Tasio twists his arm into truly saving her.]]
**When [[spoiler: Eric]] mana mutated, he was explictly going to "put him down". [[spoiler: Kallen intervened and said she could reverse his mutation.]]
*MyGreatestFailure: The death of his first three students has haunted him for years and defined him as a person ever since.
*MyGreatestSecondChance: His second team of novices are a chance for him to move past his first team. He is extremely protective of them.
**When [[spoiler: Zettai]] was dying from Bladi Poisoning, he was going to cure her and then let her die. [[spoiler: Tasio twists his arm into truly saving her.]]
**When [[spoiler: Eric]] mana mutated, he was explictly going to "put him down". [[spoiler: Kallen intervened and said she could reverse his mutation.]]
*MyGreatestFailure: The death of his first three students has haunted him for years and defined him as a person ever since.
*MyGreatestSecondChance: His second team of novices are a chance for him to move past his first team. He is extremely protective of them.
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*ScarsAreForever:
**His hands are covered in tiny beak scars from a typical novice mission; scoop poop out of a bird monster's nest.
**His right palm has a long scar from grabbing Blood Drinker by the blade, before it was his own sword.
*ThatThingIsNotMyChild: He's technically [[spoiler: Zettai's]] biological father because a blood transfusion was the only way to save her from Mr.15's experiment; his Bladi blood replaced her human blood. Despite this, he insists that he is her "legal guardian", not her "father" and refers to her as an abomination because Bladi Conversion is a forbidden art.
*TheKidWithTheLeash: The adult in this case and the leash is on [=BloodDrinker=]. The only thing stopping this EvilWeapon from eating everyone in sight is Basilard's will.
**His hands are covered in tiny beak scars from a typical novice mission; scoop poop out of a bird monster's nest.
**His right palm has a long scar from grabbing Blood Drinker by the blade, before it was his own sword.
*ThatThingIsNotMyChild: He's technically [[spoiler: Zettai's]] biological father because a blood transfusion was the only way to save her from Mr.15's experiment; his Bladi blood replaced her human blood. Despite this, he insists that he is her "legal guardian", not her "father" and refers to her as an abomination because Bladi Conversion is a forbidden art.
*TheKidWithTheLeash: The adult in this case and the leash is on [=BloodDrinker=]. The only thing stopping this EvilWeapon from eating everyone in sight is Basilard's will.
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Aio is one of many guises worn by Tasio. ]] He pretended to die made this big show about fatal injury and Famous Last Words when it came time for his "death". It was necessary in order to galvanize Eric into active.]]action.
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[[folder: Dengel Tymh]]
An elf scholar and mage who is legendary for codifying magic into "magecraft". He was also a founding member of the Dragon's Lair as the first Squad Three Captain. By the start of the series he is a disembodied spirit that joins with Eric and mentors him.
*BadassBookworm: Most of his time was spent in study and research and this is why he is a fantastic mage.
* BrokenPedestal: Eric idolized Dengel ever since he read the ancient mage's book, "The Spirit and It's Power". After he becomes a HeroicHost for Dengel, he exclaims that he keeps that book on his bed side table. [[spoiler: Then he pulls a GrandTheftMe and Eric realizes that he's a treacherous and power hungry opportunist.]]
*OurFounder: He has a statue in the courtyard of the Dragon's Lair.
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[[folder: Dengel Tymh]]
An elf scholar and mage who is legendary for codifying magic into "magecraft". He was also a founding member of the Dragon's Lair as the first Squad Three Captain. By the start of the series he is a disembodied spirit that joins with Eric and mentors him.
*BadassBookworm: Most of his time was spent in study and research and this is why he is a fantastic mage.
* BrokenPedestal: Eric idolized Dengel ever since he read the ancient mage's book, "The Spirit and It's Power". After he becomes a HeroicHost for Dengel, he exclaims that he keeps that book on his bed side table. [[spoiler: Then he pulls a GrandTheftMe and Eric realizes that he's a treacherous and power hungry opportunist.]]
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[[folder: Aio Ricse]]
A boy who joins the Dragon's Lair at the same time as Eric.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: He dies in the Yacian Caverns due to injuries. While he's technically Tasio the whole time, Eric considers the Aio he knew to be dead.]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Aio is one of many guises worn by Tasio. He pretended to die to galvanize Eric into active.]]
*GenkiGuy: He acts like he's on a perpetual sugar high. Pudding is his favorite food.
*ScrewySquirrel: A high energy boy that loves messing with people, especially Eric. One time, he snuck up behind Eric while he was reading and shut the book on his head.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: [[spoiler: Aio is apparently Tasio's go-to identity when he needs to have someone die. In Looming Shadow, Eric wonders just how many times Aio has "died".]]
[[folder: Aio Ricse]]
A boy who joins the Dragon's Lair at the same time as Eric.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: He dies in the Yacian Caverns due to injuries. While he's technically Tasio the whole time, Eric considers the Aio he knew to be dead.]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Aio is one of many guises worn by Tasio. He pretended to die to galvanize Eric into active.]]
*GenkiGuy: He acts like he's on a perpetual sugar high. Pudding is his favorite food.
*ScrewySquirrel: A high energy boy that loves messing with people, especially Eric. One time, he snuck up behind Eric while he was reading and shut the book on his head.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: [[spoiler: Aio is apparently Tasio's go-to identity when he needs to have someone die. In Looming Shadow, Eric wonders just how many times Aio has "died".]]
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*PragmaticAntihero: By the start of ''Looming Shadow'' he is fully willing to use any means at his disposal to win a battle. He'd also rather avoid battles unless there's profit involved or ItsPersonal.
*SecularHero: His only interest in the many religions of the world he inhabits is academic.
*SecularHero: His only interest in the many religions of the world he inhabits is academic.
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* TheApprentice: His studies as a mercenary mage were under Tsilaer but his original healer skills were learned...somewhere he refuses to name. [[note]] His noble
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* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: It's implied he uses them to disable and disarm his opponents; when Eric first met him, his sparing partner's sword went flying in towards the exit and almost impaled Eric. The one on his right arm is enchanted to not only defend him against magic but to [[AttackReflector return them to their castor.]]
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* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: It's implied he uses them to disable and disarm his opponents; when Eric first met him, his sparing partner's sword went flying in towards the exit and almost impaled Eric. The one on his right arm is enchanted to not only defend him against magic but to [[AttackReflector return them to their castor.]]]]
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Basilard Bladi
Squad Five senior who is both Eric's mentor and immediate superior.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He is TheLeader of Team Four and as such he is more powerful in every aspect than all of his novices put together.
* BloodMagic: Members of the Bladi clan have a unique branch of magic that uses their blood as its catalyst.
* The Leader: Both the sergenant and mentor for Dragon's Lair Team Four. He stays calm even when a pack of Xethras are attacking.
* MasterOfIllusion: Downplayed because of his speciality. Despite being a top-tier mage and knowing several illusion spells his skill with them is poor because they're not his speciality. This is why he usually forgoes them in favor of straight up combat.
* MentorArchetype: His job is to teach Eric, Tiza, and Nolien how to be proper mercenaries and develop their respective skills.
* PalsWithJesus: Basilard is a drinking buddy to Death, as in, the AnthropomorphicPersonification thereof.
* RedMage: He is skilled in many forms of magic from standard BlackMagic to WhiteMagic to his clan's unique BloodMagic, but his illusion magic is as bad as a novice mage. He's about twenty years older than his students, so he's had time to study, and it's all basically Rule Magic anyways.
Eric Watley
* TheApprentice: Eric is Basilard's apprentice until he proves that he can handle himself in a fight. He's technically a ''novice'' for the rest of the book but he's still learning magic from Basilard (and Dengel).
* BadassBookworm: He was selected for the Mage Squad because he was scrawny but had the capacity to learn magic.
* {{Bookworm}}: After arriving in Roalt, Eric spent nine days in the public library. Because of its cafe, he didn't have to leave once in that time.
* CastingAShadow: While Eric can use all the elements for spells, he finds in himself an affinity for darkness. [[spoiler: This is because he's favored by Dakol, the Avatar of Darkness.]]
* ClassicalAntihero: He freezes whether confronting monsters or his crush. When things go wrong, he blames himself. Tasio thinks it's tons of fun to guide him into a mercenary guild.
* CombatPragmatist: He will take every advantage given to him, no matter how sneaky or underhanded. If you call him a "cheater" he will respond with "mercenary".
* HeroicHost: Around midway through ''A Mage's Power'', Eric is given the spirit of Dengel, a legendary mage. He has access to all of Dengel's knowledge which then gives him a leg up on older mages. However, he does not have Dengel's spiritual might and so he has to make up the difference with guile.
* MagicEye: His Evil Eye technique manifests as intense fear and hatred. Starting with ''Looming Shadow'', it has a darkness side effect.
* MagicStaff: His first hand-held weapon is a bo staff enchanted to boost and focus his magical abilities. Starting with ''Looming Shadow'', it becomes a Magic ''Spear''.
* NaiveNewcomer:
** In ''A Mage's Power'', Eric is new to the world of the Tariatla and to the Dragon's Lair Mercenary Company. The first couple chapters are about him learning about both of them, training for his new position as a battle mage, and [[{{Bookworm}} spending nine days in a library.]] Then it's out into the wilderness to fight monsters....
** In ''Looming Shadow'' he rejoices over the fact that he is no longer the "new kid".
* PalsWithJesus: In this case, "bestest friends with Tasio", a chaotic deity.
* ShrinkingViolet: Eric is a quiet and timid soul. He moves through an office without anyone noticing him and has difficulty making friends even when they share interests.
* SummonEverymanHero: [[AvertedTrope Eric was not summoned to the magical world of Tariatla to be a hero.]] Tasio regularly pulls people from other worlds and drops them there because [[ItAmusedMe it amuses him.]] Eric becomes a novice battle mage for a mercenary company during peace time.
* TookALevelInBadass: Compare Eric at the start the series, where he freezes in front of monsters, to Eric at the middle of ''A Mage's Power'', where he kills one by himself. This is all before he's tutored by [[TheArchmage Dengel]], which accelerates his magical education.
* TheWatson: Eric starts off as this trope, asking questions to inform the reader because he's new to the world of Tariatla. Then he spends nine days in a library and doesn't have to after that. At that point, he will recall stuff he'd learned at times where he would otherwise ask.
* WouldntHitAGirl: Despite working with (and for) {{Action Girl}}s Eric has trouble attacking one during the New Scepter Competition's tournament. [[WouldHitAGirl He overcomes this inhibition when she throws a lightning spell at him.]]
Tiza Sprial
* ActionGirl: She is a mercenary, and moreover, she is the tank of Team Four.
* AllWomenLoveShoes: Tiza owns many more pairs of shoes than she truly needs. She insists they all have practical, mercenary, purposes. Kasile turns her from hostile to friendly by complimenting her shoes.
* TheApprentice: She studied under Sathel Aranid to be a fighter and continues to do so even after Basilard becomes her sergeant.
* BloodKnight: She looks forward to fighting monsters on missions.
-->''A mercenary's life for me!''
* HotBlooded: Tiza runs gunho towards monsters. The greater the danger, the more excited she is.
* LeeroyJenkins: Tiza would have been this if [[DefiedTrope Sathel hadn't drilled it out of her]]. She loves rushing into danger and sometimes forgets that she's part of a team. Thanks to her apprentice mentor, she always has some rudimentary plan and will drag at least one of her teammates by the hair into trouble.
* {{Tomboy}}: Tiza has crude manners, loves fighting, and detests domestic jobs. She can't stand being called a lady. Eric believes she's invoking this trope because it's so exaggerated.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Despite her tomboy nature, she likes wearing jewelry, so long as it was made from a monster that she killed herself.
* YouGoGirl: Tiza thinks she has something to prove because she's in a mercenary guild. To this end she makes everything into a competition and doesn't like Nolien taking a leadership role among the three novices. This confuses her teammates because they don't think she has to prove anything. Two of the five guild captains are female, the other three captains have female lieutenants and the overall guildhead is female as well.
Nolien Heleti
* TheApprentice: His studies as a mercenary mage were under Tsilaer but his original healer skills were learned...somewhere he refuses to name. [[note]] His noble parent healers [[/note]]
* BadassBookworm: He is a mercenary mage who spends most of his time studying and playing chess.
* ButtMonkey: A bird will poop on him in every chapter he appears in, and this is only one of the humorous indignities that he suffers.
* TheIdealist: Nolien states that he joined the Dragon's Lair to help people, and Basilard calls him this in response.
* TheMedic: His job description is basically "keep everyone alive". To accomplish this, he has WhiteMagic.
* WouldntHitAGirl: He was raised in a chivarlic fashion that demands he treat every girl he meets as if she were a noble lady. Both Tsilaer and Basilard struggle to remove this tendency.
Mia Bladi
* AlmightyJanitor: Mia's position within the Dragon's Lair is "Receptionist" and all the guild's requests are made to her personally. Thus, she's the one who gives the mercenaries their missions. Not only can she make their lives unpleasant but she also effectively has a lock on their income.
* BloodMagic: Members of the Bladi clan have a unique branch of magic that uses their blood as its catalyst.
* CuddleBug: If Mia thinks you need a hug, she will jump over her desk and hug you.
* TheCutie: A pretty and sunny girl who likes giving hugs. She's chiper first thing in the morning, when Eric and Nolien are groggy.
* GirlishPigtails: Mia wears her hair in two long tails for the cuteness.
* MinoredInAsskicking: Unlike others in the guild, her job is purely clerical but she can still subdue thugs with ease.
* ValleyGirl: Parodied by Mia when Tiza calls her a "smiling pink haired ditz". She affects the accent while threatening to give Tiza a mission that she knows Tiza will hate. Tiza immediately recants.
Raki Bladi
* FieryRedHead: A rude and aggressive dual wielder with hair the color of blood.
* DualWielding: Raki dual wields short swords. She regularly duels with Aegis who dual wields buckler shields.
Old Man Aaloon
* BadassGrandpa: He is over three thousand years old and he "beat manners" into the NumberTwo mercenary of the Dragon's Lair.
Culmus Stratos:
* {{BFS}}: Culmus carries around a metal sword that's as tall as he is, and just as wide. It was designed to kill orcs, who have infamously tough skin and thick muscles. He also insists that carrying it is weight training and that its great length allows him to add more magic enchancement runes than a smaller sword would allow.
* CompensatingForSomething: Because he carries around a {{BFS}}, he is subject to many of these jokes.
Laharg and Malize
* BaldOfAwesome: Orcs don't grow facial hair, and as a ProudWarriorRace, all of them are this by default.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Laharg the orc is taller and broader than any human. His mercenary partner, Malize, is a fairy and so she's small enough to ride on his head.
Ginger Hasina
* ForScience: She wants to cut Eric open, because he's an otherworlder and she wants to study him. She finds comparing otherworlder humans and local humans to be a fascinating area of study. Her other experiments are more about solving a puzzle (i.e. curing a disease) and giving the solution to everyone.
* MadScientist: Perpetually experimenting on people to test homemade cures, and when she learns Eric is an otherworlder, she becomes obbessed with cutting him open For Science! Because these cures have innocuous side effects, and her MoralityChain prevents her from dissecting Eric, she's played for ComedicSociopathy.
Aegis
* DualWielding: Aegis who dual wields buckler shields and regularly duels with Raki who dual wields short swords.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: It's implied he uses them to disable and disarm his opponents; when Eric first met him, his sparing partner's sword went flying in towards the exit and almost impaled Eric. The one on his right arm is enchanted to not only defend him against magic but to [[AttackReflector return them to their castor.]]
Squad Five senior who is both Eric's mentor and immediate superior.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He is TheLeader of Team Four and as such he is more powerful in every aspect than all of his novices put together.
* BloodMagic: Members of the Bladi clan have a unique branch of magic that uses their blood as its catalyst.
* The Leader: Both the sergenant and mentor for Dragon's Lair Team Four. He stays calm even when a pack of Xethras are attacking.
* MasterOfIllusion: Downplayed because of his speciality. Despite being a top-tier mage and knowing several illusion spells his skill with them is poor because they're not his speciality. This is why he usually forgoes them in favor of straight up combat.
* MentorArchetype: His job is to teach Eric, Tiza, and Nolien how to be proper mercenaries and develop their respective skills.
* PalsWithJesus: Basilard is a drinking buddy to Death, as in, the AnthropomorphicPersonification thereof.
* RedMage: He is skilled in many forms of magic from standard BlackMagic to WhiteMagic to his clan's unique BloodMagic, but his illusion magic is as bad as a novice mage. He's about twenty years older than his students, so he's had time to study, and it's all basically Rule Magic anyways.
Eric Watley
* TheApprentice: Eric is Basilard's apprentice until he proves that he can handle himself in a fight. He's technically a ''novice'' for the rest of the book but he's still learning magic from Basilard (and Dengel).
* BadassBookworm: He was selected for the Mage Squad because he was scrawny but had the capacity to learn magic.
* {{Bookworm}}: After arriving in Roalt, Eric spent nine days in the public library. Because of its cafe, he didn't have to leave once in that time.
* CastingAShadow: While Eric can use all the elements for spells, he finds in himself an affinity for darkness. [[spoiler: This is because he's favored by Dakol, the Avatar of Darkness.]]
* ClassicalAntihero: He freezes whether confronting monsters or his crush. When things go wrong, he blames himself. Tasio thinks it's tons of fun to guide him into a mercenary guild.
* CombatPragmatist: He will take every advantage given to him, no matter how sneaky or underhanded. If you call him a "cheater" he will respond with "mercenary".
* HeroicHost: Around midway through ''A Mage's Power'', Eric is given the spirit of Dengel, a legendary mage. He has access to all of Dengel's knowledge which then gives him a leg up on older mages. However, he does not have Dengel's spiritual might and so he has to make up the difference with guile.
* MagicEye: His Evil Eye technique manifests as intense fear and hatred. Starting with ''Looming Shadow'', it has a darkness side effect.
* MagicStaff: His first hand-held weapon is a bo staff enchanted to boost and focus his magical abilities. Starting with ''Looming Shadow'', it becomes a Magic ''Spear''.
* NaiveNewcomer:
** In ''A Mage's Power'', Eric is new to the world of the Tariatla and to the Dragon's Lair Mercenary Company. The first couple chapters are about him learning about both of them, training for his new position as a battle mage, and [[{{Bookworm}} spending nine days in a library.]] Then it's out into the wilderness to fight monsters....
** In ''Looming Shadow'' he rejoices over the fact that he is no longer the "new kid".
* PalsWithJesus: In this case, "bestest friends with Tasio", a chaotic deity.
* ShrinkingViolet: Eric is a quiet and timid soul. He moves through an office without anyone noticing him and has difficulty making friends even when they share interests.
* SummonEverymanHero: [[AvertedTrope Eric was not summoned to the magical world of Tariatla to be a hero.]] Tasio regularly pulls people from other worlds and drops them there because [[ItAmusedMe it amuses him.]] Eric becomes a novice battle mage for a mercenary company during peace time.
* TookALevelInBadass: Compare Eric at the start the series, where he freezes in front of monsters, to Eric at the middle of ''A Mage's Power'', where he kills one by himself. This is all before he's tutored by [[TheArchmage Dengel]], which accelerates his magical education.
* TheWatson: Eric starts off as this trope, asking questions to inform the reader because he's new to the world of Tariatla. Then he spends nine days in a library and doesn't have to after that. At that point, he will recall stuff he'd learned at times where he would otherwise ask.
* WouldntHitAGirl: Despite working with (and for) {{Action Girl}}s Eric has trouble attacking one during the New Scepter Competition's tournament. [[WouldHitAGirl He overcomes this inhibition when she throws a lightning spell at him.]]
Tiza Sprial
* ActionGirl: She is a mercenary, and moreover, she is the tank of Team Four.
* AllWomenLoveShoes: Tiza owns many more pairs of shoes than she truly needs. She insists they all have practical, mercenary, purposes. Kasile turns her from hostile to friendly by complimenting her shoes.
* TheApprentice: She studied under Sathel Aranid to be a fighter and continues to do so even after Basilard becomes her sergeant.
* BloodKnight: She looks forward to fighting monsters on missions.
-->''A mercenary's life for me!''
* HotBlooded: Tiza runs gunho towards monsters. The greater the danger, the more excited she is.
* LeeroyJenkins: Tiza would have been this if [[DefiedTrope Sathel hadn't drilled it out of her]]. She loves rushing into danger and sometimes forgets that she's part of a team. Thanks to her apprentice mentor, she always has some rudimentary plan and will drag at least one of her teammates by the hair into trouble.
* {{Tomboy}}: Tiza has crude manners, loves fighting, and detests domestic jobs. She can't stand being called a lady. Eric believes she's invoking this trope because it's so exaggerated.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Despite her tomboy nature, she likes wearing jewelry, so long as it was made from a monster that she killed herself.
* YouGoGirl: Tiza thinks she has something to prove because she's in a mercenary guild. To this end she makes everything into a competition and doesn't like Nolien taking a leadership role among the three novices. This confuses her teammates because they don't think she has to prove anything. Two of the five guild captains are female, the other three captains have female lieutenants and the overall guildhead is female as well.
Nolien Heleti
* TheApprentice: His studies as a mercenary mage were under Tsilaer but his original healer skills were learned...somewhere he refuses to name. [[note]] His noble parent healers [[/note]]
* BadassBookworm: He is a mercenary mage who spends most of his time studying and playing chess.
* ButtMonkey: A bird will poop on him in every chapter he appears in, and this is only one of the humorous indignities that he suffers.
* TheIdealist: Nolien states that he joined the Dragon's Lair to help people, and Basilard calls him this in response.
* TheMedic: His job description is basically "keep everyone alive". To accomplish this, he has WhiteMagic.
* WouldntHitAGirl: He was raised in a chivarlic fashion that demands he treat every girl he meets as if she were a noble lady. Both Tsilaer and Basilard struggle to remove this tendency.
Mia Bladi
* AlmightyJanitor: Mia's position within the Dragon's Lair is "Receptionist" and all the guild's requests are made to her personally. Thus, she's the one who gives the mercenaries their missions. Not only can she make their lives unpleasant but she also effectively has a lock on their income.
* BloodMagic: Members of the Bladi clan have a unique branch of magic that uses their blood as its catalyst.
* CuddleBug: If Mia thinks you need a hug, she will jump over her desk and hug you.
* TheCutie: A pretty and sunny girl who likes giving hugs. She's chiper first thing in the morning, when Eric and Nolien are groggy.
* GirlishPigtails: Mia wears her hair in two long tails for the cuteness.
* MinoredInAsskicking: Unlike others in the guild, her job is purely clerical but she can still subdue thugs with ease.
* ValleyGirl: Parodied by Mia when Tiza calls her a "smiling pink haired ditz". She affects the accent while threatening to give Tiza a mission that she knows Tiza will hate. Tiza immediately recants.
Raki Bladi
* FieryRedHead: A rude and aggressive dual wielder with hair the color of blood.
* DualWielding: Raki dual wields short swords. She regularly duels with Aegis who dual wields buckler shields.
Old Man Aaloon
* BadassGrandpa: He is over three thousand years old and he "beat manners" into the NumberTwo mercenary of the Dragon's Lair.
Culmus Stratos:
* {{BFS}}: Culmus carries around a metal sword that's as tall as he is, and just as wide. It was designed to kill orcs, who have infamously tough skin and thick muscles. He also insists that carrying it is weight training and that its great length allows him to add more magic enchancement runes than a smaller sword would allow.
* CompensatingForSomething: Because he carries around a {{BFS}}, he is subject to many of these jokes.
Laharg and Malize
* BaldOfAwesome: Orcs don't grow facial hair, and as a ProudWarriorRace, all of them are this by default.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Laharg the orc is taller and broader than any human. His mercenary partner, Malize, is a fairy and so she's small enough to ride on his head.
Ginger Hasina
* ForScience: She wants to cut Eric open, because he's an otherworlder and she wants to study him. She finds comparing otherworlder humans and local humans to be a fascinating area of study. Her other experiments are more about solving a puzzle (i.e. curing a disease) and giving the solution to everyone.
* MadScientist: Perpetually experimenting on people to test homemade cures, and when she learns Eric is an otherworlder, she becomes obbessed with cutting him open For Science! Because these cures have innocuous side effects, and her MoralityChain prevents her from dissecting Eric, she's played for ComedicSociopathy.
Aegis
* DualWielding: Aegis who dual wields buckler shields and regularly duels with Raki who dual wields short swords.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: It's implied he uses them to disable and disarm his opponents; when Eric first met him, his sparing partner's sword went flying in towards the exit and almost impaled Eric. The one on his right arm is enchanted to not only defend him against magic but to [[AttackReflector return them to their castor.]]
