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* AttractiveZombieAttractiveZombie: Shurq Elalle really loves to seduce living males. She wholeheartedly cherishes her undead state, mainly because it keeps her from aging and losing her good looks, and repeatedly refuses the possibility of resurrection.
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* SmarterThanYouLook: InUniverse. After listening to Udinaas for a while, Fear Sengar has to reevaluate his opinion of the former slave as just capable of menial work. When he tells Udinaas he should've been a king and not a slave based on his intelligence and vision, Udinaas just curses him for his trouble.
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* TooCleverByHalf: Even Udinaas discusses the downsides of being too smart in ''Literature/ReapersGale''. When Fear Sengar [[SmarterThanYouLook notices eventually]] and points it out. out that the former slave, by the measure of his intelligence and vision, should have been a king and not a slave, Udinaas just curses acidly counters that he's too smart and driven and would be unable to stop once he'd started to openly question the system. Too many people like him on the loose and any governmental system would eventually collapse in bloody rebellion. Thus he deems it safer for society at large and himself in particular to spend his trouble.
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!!Seerdomin / Segda Travos
->'Redeemer, I have looked in the eyes of my enemy, and they are hard, cold, emptied of everything but hate. I have, yes, seen my own reflection – it haunts me still.'
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A remnant officer of the Pannion Domin army that stays in Coral after the Seer's defeat and tries to better his life. He befriends the Tiste Andii Spinnock Durav in a tavern, where the both of them spend their evenings playing board games and pondering their daily lives. Aside from that, Seerdomin garners a little cult following within the camp of the ''Redeemer's'' worshippers as the ''Benighted'', because he visits [[spoiler: Itkovian's]] barrow daily and so keeps undesirables from the camp.
* TheAtoner: Wishes to atone for his crimes in the service of the cannibalistic army of the Pannion Domin. He keeps the title 'Seerdomin' so that he won't be able to hide his legacy.
* FromNobodyToNightmare:
** Once the son of a fisherman, became a high ranking fanatic in the Seer's army, admitting to have fully comitted to the tyranny.
** Does it again in ''Literature/TollTheHounds'', when he goes from gloomy but generally decent citizen to stalking and murdering people at night because they were planning to get rid of their new Andii Lord.
* HeelFaceTurn: While you couldn't exactly call him evil at any point, he is still conflicted about his past and tries his best to live with himself and his decisions. While his road is rocky indeed, by the end of ''Literature/TollTheHounds'' he [[spoiler: dies for the ideals]] of a god he isn't even sure he really believes in ''or'' trusts.
* TheHunter: Goes after a bunch of cutthroats trying to depose Anomander Rake as the Lord of Black Coral, so the Andii Lord would not have to deal with the rabble himself. Seerdomin thinks these people are proof that HumansAreBastards and that their benign Lord is the best thing that could have happened to Coral.
* LonelyTogether: Spinnock and him meet every evening in Scour Tavern to play Kef Tanar, get drunk and be miserable together.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: By the time of ''Literature/TollTheHounds'' he is a gruff loner, not even trying to hide his legacy and his only friend is a Tiste Andii he considers better than most humans.
-->''This is my penance, Spinnock Durav. My singular apology for the madness of humanity. Forgive them, please, because I cannot.'
* MessiahCreep: In Universe! Seerdomin slowly realizes that he's becoming a figure of salvation to the Redeemer's followers and deeply conflicted about it, because while his deeds may seem heroic to outsiders, he is mainly in it for personal reasons.
* MookLieutenant: The Septarch calls him his most trusted servant.
* TheNameless: Goes by his former military rank of 'Seerdomin' to show that he won't hide from his crimes under the Pannion Domin. It is later revealed that his real name was Segda Travos.
* NominalHero: The Redeemer's followers see him as their hero, because his daily presence at the barrow discourages bandits from entering the camp, but his reasons for visiting are personal and he is even surprised that people would look up to him.
* NotAlwaysEvil: Despite not being a named character yet, in ''Literature/MemoriesOfIce'' he is an all around decent human being towards [[spoiler: Toc during his imprisonment with the Matron]]: conversing with him to alleviate the torture the latter has to endure, taking him outside to view the sea and carrying him when he grows too weak to walk himself. All this despite holding the highest military rank of his army and being a ''very'' minor character in that book.
* ReligiousBruiser:
** Deconstructed in ''Literature/MemoriesOfIce'' when he is part of the fanatical army of the Pannion Domin and already a broken man because of the things he had to do. Then...
** Reconstructed in ''Literature/TollTheHounds'' when he finds himself bafflingly in the service of [[spoiler: the Redeemer]], once again fighting for a faith, but this time the implication is, that he's doing the right thing.
* OnlySaneEmployee: He is smart enough not to directly oppose his less than sane Seer's commands, but does go out of his way to call attention to the state of their prisoner and tries to reason with his higher-ups. It also helps that he is not one of the hunger-crazed foot soldiers that make up the bulk of the army.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Seerdomin has been thoroughly broken by the things he witnessed and did under the Seer's tyranny. While capable of great kindness towards [[spoiler: Toc]] and later Spinnock, his outlook on the world and humanity as a whole is far from positive.
* TheStoic: He delivers the news of the starvation of an entire people in a detached tone, though [[spoiler: Toc]] sees a NotSoStoic undercurrent in him.
* YouShallNotPass: Defends the [[spoiler:Redeemer]] from a dying god-possessed [[spoiler:Salind]].
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* FromNobodyToNightmare:
** Once the son of a fisherman, became a high ranking fanatic in the Seer's army, admitting to have fully comitted to the tyranny.
** Does it again in ''Literature/TollTheHounds'', when he goes from gloomy but generally decent citizen to stalking and murdering people at night because they were planning to get rid of their new Andii Lord.
* HeelFaceTurn: While you couldn't exactly call him evil at any point, he is still conflicted about his past and tries his best to live with himself and his decisions. While his road is rocky indeed, by the end of ''Literature/TollTheHounds'' he [[spoiler: dies for the ideals]] of a god he isn't even sure he really believes in ''or'' trusts.
* TheHunter: Goes after a bunch of cutthroats trying to depose Anomander Rake as the Lord of Black Coral, so the Andii Lord would not have to deal with the rabble himself. Seerdomin thinks these people are proof that HumansAreBastards and that their benign Lord is the best thing that could have happened to Coral.
* LonelyTogether: Spinnock and him meet every evening in Scour Tavern to play Kef Tanar, get drunk and be miserable together.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: By the time of ''Literature/TollTheHounds'' he is a gruff loner, not even trying to hide his legacy and his only friend is a Tiste Andii he considers better than most humans.
-->''This is my penance, Spinnock Durav. My singular apology for the madness of humanity. Forgive them, please, because I cannot.'
* MessiahCreep: In Universe! Seerdomin slowly realizes that he's becoming a figure of salvation to the Redeemer's followers and deeply conflicted about it, because while his deeds may seem heroic to outsiders, he is mainly in it for personal reasons.
* MookLieutenant: The Septarch calls him his most trusted servant.
* TheNameless: Goes by his former military rank of 'Seerdomin' to show that he won't hide from his crimes under the Pannion Domin. It is later revealed that his real name was Segda Travos.
* NominalHero: The Redeemer's followers see him as their hero, because his daily presence at the barrow discourages bandits from entering the camp, but his reasons for visiting are personal and he is even surprised that people would look up to him.
* NotAlwaysEvil: Despite not being a named character yet, in ''Literature/MemoriesOfIce'' he is an all around decent human being towards [[spoiler: Toc during his imprisonment with the Matron]]: conversing with him to alleviate the torture the latter has to endure, taking him outside to view the sea and carrying him when he grows too weak to walk himself. All this despite holding the highest military rank of his army and being a ''very'' minor character in that book.
* ReligiousBruiser:
** Deconstructed in ''Literature/MemoriesOfIce'' when he is part of the fanatical army of the Pannion Domin and already a broken man because of the things he had to do. Then...
** Reconstructed in ''Literature/TollTheHounds'' when he finds himself bafflingly in the service of [[spoiler: the Redeemer]], once again fighting for a faith, but this time the implication is, that he's doing the right thing.
* OnlySaneEmployee: He is smart enough not to directly oppose his less than sane Seer's commands, but does go out of his way to call attention to the state of their prisoner and tries to reason with his higher-ups. It also helps that he is not one of the hunger-crazed foot soldiers that make up the bulk of the army.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Seerdomin has been thoroughly broken by the things he witnessed and did under the Seer's tyranny. While capable of great kindness towards [[spoiler: Toc]] and later Spinnock, his outlook on the world and humanity as a whole is far from positive.
* TheStoic: He delivers the news of the starvation of an entire people in a detached tone, though [[spoiler: Toc]] sees a NotSoStoic undercurrent in him.
* YouShallNotPass: Defends the [[spoiler:Redeemer]] from a dying god-possessed [[spoiler:Salind]].
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!!Scillara
A camp follower with the Army of the Apocalypse who has been subjected to horrific abuse.
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Averted. She ends up pregnant as a result of her forced prostitution, views the pregnancy as an ordeal, and wants nothing to do with the child when born. To be fair, it is effectively a ChildByRape.
* BiTheWay: She certainly enjoyed her encounter with [[spoiler:Blend]], though she does seem to prefer men.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:ends up HappilyMarried to Barathol, but she had to go through seven different kinds of hell to get there.]]
* GoodBadGirl: A fundamentally good person who will happily use sex to cheer people up if she thinks it worthwhile. However, this hasn't stopped her from getting emotionally hurt from doing so.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Starts out as this, but it wasn't exactly by choice.
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: She tries to tell herself that it's just sex with [[spoiler:Cutter]], but ends up getting hurt anyway. [[spoiler:She believes Barathol will abandon her too, but ultimately he doesn't.]]
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:was subjected to the same rape and circumcision that Felisin Younger was, and then made a prostitute without apparently being given a say in the matter. She was also kept in a haze of [[FantasticDrug durhang]] throughout this time which may have resulted in somewhat less trauma than she might have otherwise experienced.]]
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* HeroesWantRedHeads: She is a red head, and hooks up with Ganoes Paran, who at that point is the closest thing ''Literature/GardensOfTheMoon'' has to a protagonist and hero.
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* BrainsAndBrawn: The brawns to Quick Ben's brains. Quick Ben is the one who comes up with plans and [[SwordAndSorcerer prepares the appropriate spells]] to provide Kalam with, while Kalam is the one to go in and do the job, which usually involves stabbing something or someone.
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* BrainsAndBrawn: The brawns brawn to Quick Ben's brains. Quick Ben is the one who comes up with plans and [[SwordAndSorcerer prepares the appropriate spells]] to provide Kalam with, while Kalam is the one to go in and do the job, which usually involves stabbing something or someone.
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TheSociopath: Even ''the Crippled God'' wants nothing to do with him.
* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler:While not actually stated outright, this is hinted to be a significant problem with her marriage. It's not clear whether Gorlas is gay or asexual, but her inner monologue notes that "Gorlas only ever used his fingers in this place", and that sex was much better. It's also noted that he won't be giving her an heir because of his proclivities.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:She has an affair with Cutter, and it's implied this isn't the first one she's had. It's never made entirely clear whether this bothers her husband, who appears to be aware of them; even she herself isn't sure.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:She has an affair with Cutter, and it's implied this it isn't the first one she's had. It's never made entirely clear whether this bothers her husband, who appears to be aware of them; even she herself isn't sure. It's hinted that he actually wanted her to have affairs because he thought it would increase his power over the people she slept with. However, this leads to his KarmicDeath when one of those people ends up killing him, though more out of revenge for an unrelated matter than because of his wife.]]
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The High Priestess of Mother Dark, who is a fairly important character in ''Toll the Hounds''. Despite this, her name is never actually specified. It is possible that "High Priestess" actually ''is'' her name. She should not be confused with Salind, the High Priestess of the Redeemer.
* DeusSexMachina: She is implied to use sex as a ritual to open the gate to Kurald Galain. It's not explained exactly how this works, but it's referred to as a religious ritual.
* ReallyGetsAround: We see a sexual relationship between her and Spinnock, and she's implied to have sexual relationships with dozens of other characters. This is actually stated to be the [[PlanetOfHats hat]] of Tiste Andii priestesses in general. While there are religious or magical reasons for it, it's also hinted that there is an element of SexForSolace involved as well.
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* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:His backstory. His mother was killed by the T'Lan Imass and he was shoved through a rent and into the arms of the K'Chain Che'Malle Matron. This has had a rather negative impact on his sanity]].
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* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:His backstory. His mother was killed by the T'Lan T'lan Imass and he was shoved through a rent and into the arms of the K'Chain Che'Malle Matron. This has had a rather negative impact on his sanity]].
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* GoodBadGirl: one of the most promiscuous characters in the series (which is saying a lot), and also (despite being a thief and later a pirate) one of the least ethically flawed.
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I brought this up in the 'Is this an example?' thread and there's consensus about there being a fine line between allowing people to underestimate you and tricking them into it. Basically, not an example.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Or naivete, at least. She is quite likely the most brilliant military strategist in the entire setting, and everyone who underestimates her ends up regretting it, if they even live to do so. She is apparently happy for people to continue to underestimate her, as it makes her life easier. However, we never actually see her internal monologue to confirm whether this is the case.
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No. Neither Menandore nor seren try anything of the sort. Without the wyval blood he had in MT, he is absolutely useless to her, and she says so several times. And Udinaas is angry at Seren afterwards because she slipped into his dream and spied on him, which he *likens* to rape, not because she actually tried anything.
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* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler:After his initial rape by Menandore in ''Literature/MidnightTides'', there is another sequence in ''Literature/ReapersGale'' which Menandore (again), Feather Witch and Seren all apparently attempt to rape him in short succession. The latter, at least, has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction immediately afterwards, while Feather Witch's actions just serve to indicate how insane she has become.]]
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* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler:After In ''Literature/ReapersGale'', [[spoiler:Feather Witch apparently decides that throwing herself naked at Udinaas is a good way to win his initial rape by alliance. This uncomfortably harkens back to when Menandore raped him in ''Literature/MidnightTides'', there is another sequence in ''Literature/ReapersGale'' which especially since Menandore (again), herself has just left the scene. Udinaas tells Feather Witch and Seren all apparently attempt to rape him in short succession. The latter, at least, has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction immediately afterwards, while Feather Witch's actions just serve to indicate how insane no uncertain terms where she has become.can stick her attempts at seduction.]]
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MayflyDecemberRomance: See above.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Well, Kef Tanar.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Well, Kef Tanar.
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* CreepyChild: [[spoiler:Although she is probably not actually a child, she has the appearance of one. Unlike many examples of this trope, though, she's also a genuinely nice person, despite also being a killer.]]
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* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:She carries the seed of an Azath House within her. This means that her death was required to allow a new Azath House to grow, holding the soul of Scabandari Bloodeye and saving the Refugium and the now-mortal Imass who inhabit it.]]
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* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:She carries the seed of an Azath House within her. This means that her death was required to allow a new Azath House to grow, holding the soul of Scabandari Bloodeye and saving the Refugium and the now-mortal Imass who inhabit it. Udinaas, who has developed a strong friendship with her, is not at all happy about this, but appears to recognise that allowing the soul of Bloodeye to fall into the wrong hands, or for the mortal Imass to die, would be even worse.]]
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:While she has the appearance of a nine-year-old human child, she is actually a daughter of the goddess the Eres'al and apparently has the soul of a Forkrul Assail, and it's implied that she has been guarding the Azath House for a long, long time.]]
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:While she has the appearance of a nine-year-old human child, she is actually a daughter of the goddess the Eres'al and apparently has the soul of a Forkrul Assail, and it's implied that she has been guarding the Azath House for a long, long time. She still behaves like a child in many ways, but is quite a lot more perceptive and resilient than a child would realistically be expected to be.]]
* TheStoic: Despite the long string of horrible things that happen to her, she remains surprisingly resilient. [[spoiler:It may become slightly less surprising when one considers how old she likely really is, or the fact that she is the daughter of a goddess.]]
* TheStoic: Despite the long string of horrible things that happen to her, she remains surprisingly resilient. [[spoiler:It may become slightly less surprising when one considers how old she likely really is, or the fact that she is the daughter of a goddess.]]
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ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:At Y'ghatan. Corabb Bhilan Thenu'alas, his erstwhile second in command, does not forgive him for this and ultimately allies with the Malazans, whom he had previously regarded as his hated enemies.]]
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!!Felisin Younger
The adopted daughter of Felisin, [[spoiler:who after being subjected to horrific abuses is ultimately kidnapped by renegade T'lan Imass and installed as a new Sha'ik Reborn.]]
* BigBeautifulWoman: [[spoiler:Due to her indulgence in as many sensual pleasures as she can manage, she puts on a lot of weight. This doesn't stop her from having as much sex as she wants, although to be fair, the fact that she's effectively worshipped probably helps here.]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Raped and circumcised by Bidithal. Although Heboric appears to have healed her of the latter, she bears severe psychological scars from the abuse and they only get worse after she sees the friends who have been guarding her apparently cut down by T'lan Imass. While most of them survive and Heboric [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascends to a Higher Plane of Existence]], she does not know this and has clearly been broken by her string of traumatic experiences.]]
* GenerationXerox: Not a biological example, [[spoiler:but she follows the trajectory of her adoptive mother's life pretty closely, including being subjected to a huge TraumaCongaLine, [[ReallyGetsAround Really Getting Around]], and being installed as Sha'ik Reborn.]]
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Is raped by Bidithal, which is only the start of her TraumaCongaLine.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: [[spoiler:After being installed as Sha'ik Reborn it doesn't take her long to start indulging as heavily in pleasures of the flesh as she can, which includes sex. Constantly. With, apparently, anyone who is willing.]]
* SexForSolace: [[spoiler:This is implied to be the reason she indulges in sex so much, though it's also suggested that the Crippled God is messing with her mind.]]
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* BrilliantButLazy: He may be the smartest person in the entire setting, but he really prefers not to do anything unless it's strictly necessary. [[spoiler:Part of the reason he keeps up the appearance of living in poverty is to escape attention and keep his life simpler, and when he becomes emperor he comments that he will probably never get around to enacting many of the the reforms he wants to.]]
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The Chief Investigator of the Rat Catchers' Guild, which, despite its name, does a lot more than catch rats, including assassinations, thievery, and smuggling out refugees. She appears to have significant magical powers, although what they are is not specified.
* BigBeautifulWoman: Although she isn't one, she takes on the appearance of one as a disguise. Tehol appears to be smitten.
* {{Glamour}}: It's implied that nearly all the supposed Rat Catchers are actually visions conjured up by either her or by Bubyrd. She, Ormly, and Bubyrd are the only members we ever meet who are suggested to be real. It's not actually clear how they perform all their functions with just three members. She's also capable of changing her appearance.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Bugg and Tehol seem to, at any rate.
!!Janath Anar
A political prisoner of the Patriotists, the Letherii secret police. Prior to her imprisonment she was a highly perceptive academic.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:In ''Literature/DustOfDreams'', she is pregnant with Tehol's child and Bugg assures her the child will be healthy.]]
* BadassBookworm: The bookworm part is presumably self-evident. [[spoiler:She earns the badass part with how she kills Tanal.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: A particularly extreme case. [[spoiler:She ends up empress]] after two lengthy imprisonments in each of which she was subjected to repeated sexual assault, [[spoiler:the latter of which she put an end to by killing his assaulter. After her first imprisonment, Bugg did something to ease her psychological trauma, and it's likely that he did so the second time as well. She also writes a history of Tehol's reign as emperor.]]
* ObfuscatingInsanity: [[spoiler:She kills Tanal Yathvanar after convincing him she's developed StockholmSyndrome for him, which she uses to lower his defences and strike at a particularly opportune moment. Her interior monologue indicates that she may actually have been driven mad at some point, but she was certainly faking the StockholmSyndrome.]]
* RapeAndRevenge: Subjected repeatedly to rape by Tanal Yathvanar. [[spoiler:She eventually gets her revenge by convincing him she has StockholmSyndrome and, having learnt his behaviour patterns, killing him when his defences are furthest down. To add further to the nature of his KarmicDeath, she kills him while he is in the midst of sexually assaulting her.]]
!!Karos Invictad
The leader of the Patriotists, the Letherii secret police.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: An extreme case. He is shocked when the populace rebels in ''Literature/ReapersGale'', because he is convinced his techniques of terror will infallibly subdue a populace. In all likelihood, these techniques actually made the rebellion worse.
* SmugSnake: In the midst of the events of ''Literature/ReapersGale'', he thinks he is both the smartest and the richest person in Letheras. [[spoiler:He is outclassed in both regards by Tehol, which ultimately leads to his demise.]]
* WickedCultured: A truly despicable man with a fondness for fine clothing and puzzles.
!!Tanal Yathvanar
Personal assistant to Karos Invictad.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Despite his repeated sexual assault of Janath, he also genuinely believes himself to be in love with her, [[spoiler:and she is very easily able to convince him that she is in love with him. This almost immediately leads to his death at her hands.]]
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: While this trope isn't always played straight in this series (in particular, see Rhulad, who is too insane to qualify as truly evil), in Tanal's case it's one of the earliest signs we have of how truly despicable he is.
* SmugSnake: Like his boss, he's an extreme one, not least due to his underestimation of Janath.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Quite literally, as a direct consequence of his underestimation of one of the most intelligent academics in the city.]]
* TortureTechnician: A truly disturbing one, since his tortures frequently include sexual assaults of prisoners.
The Chief Investigator of the Rat Catchers' Guild, which, despite its name, does a lot more than catch rats, including assassinations, thievery, and smuggling out refugees. She appears to have significant magical powers, although what they are is not specified.
* BigBeautifulWoman: Although she isn't one, she takes on the appearance of one as a disguise. Tehol appears to be smitten.
* {{Glamour}}: It's implied that nearly all the supposed Rat Catchers are actually visions conjured up by either her or by Bubyrd. She, Ormly, and Bubyrd are the only members we ever meet who are suggested to be real. It's not actually clear how they perform all their functions with just three members. She's also capable of changing her appearance.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Bugg and Tehol seem to, at any rate.
!!Janath Anar
A political prisoner of the Patriotists, the Letherii secret police. Prior to her imprisonment she was a highly perceptive academic.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:In ''Literature/DustOfDreams'', she is pregnant with Tehol's child and Bugg assures her the child will be healthy.]]
* BadassBookworm: The bookworm part is presumably self-evident. [[spoiler:She earns the badass part with how she kills Tanal.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: A particularly extreme case. [[spoiler:She ends up empress]] after two lengthy imprisonments in each of which she was subjected to repeated sexual assault, [[spoiler:the latter of which she put an end to by killing his assaulter. After her first imprisonment, Bugg did something to ease her psychological trauma, and it's likely that he did so the second time as well. She also writes a history of Tehol's reign as emperor.]]
* ObfuscatingInsanity: [[spoiler:She kills Tanal Yathvanar after convincing him she's developed StockholmSyndrome for him, which she uses to lower his defences and strike at a particularly opportune moment. Her interior monologue indicates that she may actually have been driven mad at some point, but she was certainly faking the StockholmSyndrome.]]
* RapeAndRevenge: Subjected repeatedly to rape by Tanal Yathvanar. [[spoiler:She eventually gets her revenge by convincing him she has StockholmSyndrome and, having learnt his behaviour patterns, killing him when his defences are furthest down. To add further to the nature of his KarmicDeath, she kills him while he is in the midst of sexually assaulting her.]]
!!Karos Invictad
The leader of the Patriotists, the Letherii secret police.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: An extreme case. He is shocked when the populace rebels in ''Literature/ReapersGale'', because he is convinced his techniques of terror will infallibly subdue a populace. In all likelihood, these techniques actually made the rebellion worse.
* SmugSnake: In the midst of the events of ''Literature/ReapersGale'', he thinks he is both the smartest and the richest person in Letheras. [[spoiler:He is outclassed in both regards by Tehol, which ultimately leads to his demise.]]
* WickedCultured: A truly despicable man with a fondness for fine clothing and puzzles.
!!Tanal Yathvanar
Personal assistant to Karos Invictad.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Despite his repeated sexual assault of Janath, he also genuinely believes himself to be in love with her, [[spoiler:and she is very easily able to convince him that she is in love with him. This almost immediately leads to his death at her hands.]]
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: While this trope isn't always played straight in this series (in particular, see Rhulad, who is too insane to qualify as truly evil), in Tanal's case it's one of the earliest signs we have of how truly despicable he is.
* SmugSnake: Like his boss, he's an extreme one, not least due to his underestimation of Janath.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Quite literally, as a direct consequence of his underestimation of one of the most intelligent academics in the city.]]
* TortureTechnician: A truly disturbing one, since his tortures frequently include sexual assaults of prisoners.
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* BrilliantButLazy: He may be the smartest person in the entire setting, but he really prefers not to do anything unless it's strictly necessary. [[spoiler:Part of the reason he keeps up the appearance of living in poverty is to escape attention and keep his life simpler, and when he becomes king he comments that he will probably never get around to enacting the reforms he wants to.]]
* TheChessmaster: He is quite possibly the single most intelligent character of the series, which is saying something. [[spoiler:He's capable of single-handedly manipulating the entire Letherii economy if it suits his purposes. Which it eventually does. The general populace eventually thanks him for this, as it ends a brutally oppressive economic system, and he ends up ruling the entire kingdom at the end of ''Literature/ReapersGale'' by popular demand, making him perhaps the setting's first democratically elected leader.]]
* ChivalrousPervert: He hits on almost every woman he meets, and several of them do climb into bed with him, including [[spoiler:Shurq, Rucket, and Janath, the last of whom eventually marries him.]]
* TheChessmaster: He is quite possibly the single most intelligent character of the series, which is saying something. [[spoiler:He's capable of single-handedly manipulating the entire Letherii economy if it suits his purposes. Which it eventually does. The general populace eventually thanks him for this, as it ends a brutally oppressive economic system, and he ends up ruling the entire kingdom at the end of ''Literature/ReapersGale'' by popular demand, making him perhaps the setting's first democratically elected leader.]]
* ChivalrousPervert: He hits on almost every woman he meets, and several of them do climb into bed with him, including [[spoiler:Shurq, Rucket, and Janath, the last of whom eventually marries him.]]
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* AuthorAvatar: It is quite likely that Tehol's [[CapitalismIsBad thoughts on the Letherii economic system]] mirror Erikson's own.
* BrilliantButLazy: He may be the smartest person in the entire setting, but he really prefers not to do anything unless it's strictly necessary. [[spoiler:Part of the reason he keeps up the appearance of living in poverty is to escape attention and keep his life simpler, and when he becomesking emperor he comments that he will probably never get around to enacting many of the the reforms he wants to.]]
* CharacterFilibuster: Is prone to these. It is rare for him to be interrupted, though because a lot of these are directed at Bugg, [[spoiler:who only hangs around Tehol because he finds him interesting]], there's likely a reason for this.
* TheChessmaster: He is quite possibly the single most intelligent character of the series, which is saying something. [[spoiler:He's capable of single-handedly manipulating the entire Letherii economy if it suits his purposes. Which it eventually does. The general populace eventually thanks him for this, as it ends a brutally oppressive economic system, and he ends up ruling the entirekingdom empire at the end of ''Literature/ReapersGale'' by popular demand, making him perhaps the setting's first democratically elected leader.]]
* ChivalrousPervert: He hits on almost every woman he meets, and several of them do climb into bed with him, including [[spoiler:Shurq, Rucket, and Janath, the last of whom eventually marries him. However, he remains every bit as flirtatious as ever, which Janath simply finds amusing.]]
* BrilliantButLazy: He may be the smartest person in the entire setting, but he really prefers not to do anything unless it's strictly necessary. [[spoiler:Part of the reason he keeps up the appearance of living in poverty is to escape attention and keep his life simpler, and when he becomes
* CharacterFilibuster: Is prone to these. It is rare for him to be interrupted, though because a lot of these are directed at Bugg, [[spoiler:who only hangs around Tehol because he finds him interesting]], there's likely a reason for this.
* TheChessmaster: He is quite possibly the single most intelligent character of the series, which is saying something. [[spoiler:He's capable of single-handedly manipulating the entire Letherii economy if it suits his purposes. Which it eventually does. The general populace eventually thanks him for this, as it ends a brutally oppressive economic system, and he ends up ruling the entire
* ChivalrousPervert: He hits on almost every woman he meets, and several of them do climb into bed with him, including [[spoiler:Shurq, Rucket, and Janath, the last of whom eventually marries him. However, he remains every bit as flirtatious as ever, which Janath simply finds amusing.]]
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:In ''Literature/ReapersGale''.]]
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Or naivete, at least. She is quite likely the most brilliant military strategist in the entire setting, and everyone who underestimates her ends up regretting it, if they even live to do so. She is apparently happy for people to continue to underestimate her, as it makes her life easier. However, we never actually see her internal monologue to confirm whether this is the case.
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* TheChessmaster: He is quite possibly the single most intelligent character of the series, which is saying something. [[spoiler:He's capable of single-handedly manipulating the entire Letherii economy if it suits his purposes.]]
* ChivalrousPervert
* DefectorFromDecadence: He is very, very good at playing Lether's economic game. And he hates it so much he nearly brought the whole thing down. In ''Literature/MidnightTides'', he gets asked to do this a second time.
* ChivalrousPervert
* DefectorFromDecadence: He is very, very good at playing Lether's economic game. And he hates it so much he nearly brought the whole thing down. In ''Literature/MidnightTides'', he gets asked to do this a second time.
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* BrilliantButLazy: He may be the smartest person in the entire setting, but he really prefers not to do anything unless it's strictly necessary. [[spoiler:Part of the reason he keeps up the appearance of living in poverty is to escape attention and keep his life simpler, and when he becomes king he comments that he will probably never get around to enacting the reforms he wants to.]]
* TheChessmaster: He is quite possibly the single most intelligent character of the series, which is saying something. [[spoiler:He's capable of single-handedly manipulating the entire Letherii economy if it suits his purposes. Which it eventually does. The general populace eventually thanks him for this, as it ends a brutally oppressive economic system, and he ends up ruling the entire kingdom at the end of ''Literature/ReapersGale'' by popular demand, making him perhaps the setting's first democratically elected leader.]]
*ChivalrousPervert
ChivalrousPervert: He hits on almost every woman he meets, and several of them do climb into bed with him, including [[spoiler:Shurq, Rucket, and Janath, the last of whom eventually marries him.]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: He is very, very good at playing Lether's economic game. And he hates it so much he nearly brought the whole thing down. In ''Literature/MidnightTides'', he gets asked to do this a second time. [[spoiler:In ''Literature/ReapersGale'', he does so.]]
* TheChessmaster: He is quite possibly the single most intelligent character of the series, which is saying something. [[spoiler:He's capable of single-handedly manipulating the entire Letherii economy if it suits his purposes. Which it eventually does. The general populace eventually thanks him for this, as it ends a brutally oppressive economic system, and he ends up ruling the entire kingdom at the end of ''Literature/ReapersGale'' by popular demand, making him perhaps the setting's first democratically elected leader.]]
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* DefectorFromDecadence: He is very, very good at playing Lether's economic game. And he hates it so much he nearly brought the whole thing down. In ''Literature/MidnightTides'', he gets asked to do this a second time. [[spoiler:In ''Literature/ReapersGale'', he does so.]]
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* MateOrDie: Maybe. After she's given an ootooloo (a strange aquatic life form that enhances sexual pleasure), she can once again enjoy sex despite being undead. The byproduct is that she also has an extremely strong sex drive as a result, and it's stated that if she doesn't satiate it on a daily basis, ''something'' will happen to her, and it's implied not to be pleasant. It's not made clear what this is, and in any case, "death" isn't likely to be the outcome, since she's already undead. Strangely, this doesn't seem to bother her at all, because ''not'' being able to enjoy sex had made her utterly apathetic about everything, and she seems to regard her new state as an improvement.
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* MateOrDie: Maybe. After she's given an ootooloo (a strange aquatic life form that enhances sexual pleasure), she can once again enjoy sex despite being undead. The byproduct is that she also has an extremely strong sex drive as a result, and it's stated that if she doesn't satiate it on a daily basis, ''something'' will happen to her, and it's implied not to be pleasant. It's not made clear what this is, and in any case, "death" isn't likely to be the outcome, since she's already undead. Strangely, this doesn't seem to bother her at all, because ''not'' being able to enjoy sex had made her utterly apathetic about everything, and she seems to regard her new state as an improvement. Eventually she does seem to get more control over this.
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* EnfanteTerrible: Played with. She's a creepy, UndeadChild with a penchant towards murder, but she's also one of the few things standing between a dying Azath's denizens and the rest of Lether.
* EnfanteTerrible: Played with. She's a creepy, UndeadChild with a penchant towards murder, but she's also one of the few things standing between a dying Azath's denizens and the rest of Lether.
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* CreepyChild
CreepyChild: [[spoiler:Although she is probably not actually a child, she has the appearance of one. Unlike many examples of this trope, though, she's also a genuinely nice person, despite also being a killer.]]
* EnfanteTerrible: Played with. She's a creepy, UndeadChild with a penchant towards murder, but she's also one of the few things standing between a dying Azath's denizens and the rest of Lether. She's also a genuinely nice person and only kills to prevent several [[SealedEvilInACan Sealed Evils in a Can]] from escaping a dying Azath House.
* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:She carries the seed of an Azath House within her. This means that her death was required to allow a new Azath House to grow, holding the soul of Scabandari Bloodeye and saving the Refugium and the now-mortal Imass who inhabit it.]]
* EnfanteTerrible: Played with. She's a creepy, UndeadChild with a penchant towards murder, but she's also one of the few things standing between a dying Azath's denizens and the rest of Lether. She's also a genuinely nice person and only kills to prevent several [[SealedEvilInACan Sealed Evils in a Can]] from escaping a dying Azath House.
* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:She carries the seed of an Azath House within her. This means that her death was required to allow a new Azath House to grow, holding the soul of Scabandari Bloodeye and saving the Refugium and the now-mortal Imass who inhabit it.]]
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* UndeadChildRapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Due to the CrapsackWorld nature of the setting, this happens to her at the start of ''Literature/ReapersGale''. She is surprisingly stoic about it, but then again, it's also implied that she is ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, so despite appearing to be a child, she most likely is not one.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:While she has the appearance of a nine-year-old human child, she is actually a daughter of the goddess the Eres'al and apparently has the soul of a Forkrul Assail, and it's implied that she has been guarding the Azath House for a long, long time.]]
* UndeadChild: [[spoiler:At first. Towards the end of ''Literature/MidnightTides'', she is returned to the living when the Azath House plants its seed in her. Also, she's probably not actually a child, but has the appearance of one.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:While she has the appearance of a nine-year-old human child, she is actually a daughter of the goddess the Eres'al and apparently has the soul of a Forkrul Assail, and it's implied that she has been guarding the Azath House for a long, long time.]]
* UndeadChild: [[spoiler:At first. Towards the end of ''Literature/MidnightTides'', she is returned to the living when the Azath House plants its seed in her. Also, she's probably not actually a child, but has the appearance of one.]]
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A Letherii slave among the Tiste Edur. He is Indebted, and the debt is owned, by extention, by [[spoiler:Tehol Beddict]]. Udinaas is extremely intelligent and GenreSavvy.
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A Letherii slave among the Tiste Edur. He is Indebted, and the debt is owned, by extention, extension, by [[spoiler:Tehol Beddict]]. Udinaas is extremely intelligent and GenreSavvy.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Is hopelessly in love with Feather Witch, who doesn't have the time of day for him.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Is hopelessly in love with Feather Witch, who initially doesn't have the time of day for him.him. [[spoiler:When she finally realises she is in love with him, he has already moved on and wants nothing to do with her.]]
* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler:After his initial rape by Menandore in ''Literature/MidnightTides'', there is another sequence in ''Literature/ReapersGale'' which Menandore (again), Feather Witch and Seren all apparently attempt to rape him in short succession. The latter, at least, has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction immediately afterwards, while Feather Witch's actions just serve to indicate how insane she has become.]]
* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler:After his initial rape by Menandore in ''Literature/MidnightTides'', there is another sequence in ''Literature/ReapersGale'' which Menandore (again), Feather Witch and Seren all apparently attempt to rape him in short succession. The latter, at least, has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction immediately afterwards, while Feather Witch's actions just serve to indicate how insane she has become.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: To an extent, her treatment of Udinaas qualifies her for this, although she does eventually have some PetTheDog moments towards him. It's subtly hinted towards the end of ''Literature/MidnightTides'' that she may actually return his feelings for her, but is afraid to acknowledge them and behaves horribly to him as a result. However, her internal monologue in ''Literature/ReapersGale'' is still quite dismissive of him, so if this is the case, even she isn't aware of it. It's also implied that part of the reason she treats him horribly is as her way of coping with the abuse she herself is suffering at the hands of Mayen, which would make her a JerkassWoobie. (For that matter, so is Mayen herself.)
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: She doesn't have the day for Udinaas, who is initially hopelessly in love with her. [[spoiler:By the time she realises she has feelings for him, he has moved on and wants nothing to do with her.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: To an extent, her treatment of Udinaas qualifies her for this, although she does eventually have some PetTheDog moments towards him. It's subtly hinted towards the end of ''Literature/MidnightTides'' that she may actually return his feelings for her, but is afraid to acknowledge them and behaves horribly to him as a result. However, her internal monologue in ''Literature/ReapersGale'' is initially still quite dismissive of him, so if this is the case, even she isn't aware of it. It's also implied that part of the reason she treats him horribly is as her way of coping with the abuse she herself is suffering at the hands of Mayen, which would make her a JerkassWoobie. (For that matter, so is Mayen herself.)
* SanitySlippage: Her internal monologue and actions eventually reveal that she has essentially gone insane, quite possibly as a result of all the horrible things that happened to her when she was a slave. Her thoughts may also qualify her for BlueAndOrangeMorality.
* {{Jerkass}}: To an extent, her treatment of Udinaas qualifies her for this, although she does eventually have some PetTheDog moments towards him. It's subtly hinted towards the end of ''Literature/MidnightTides'' that she may actually return his feelings for her, but is afraid to acknowledge them and behaves horribly to him as a result. However, her internal monologue in ''Literature/ReapersGale'' is initially still quite dismissive of him, so if this is the case, even she isn't aware of it. It's also implied that part of the reason she treats him horribly is as her way of coping with the abuse she herself is suffering at the hands of Mayen, which would make her a JerkassWoobie. (For that matter, so is Mayen herself.)
* SanitySlippage: Her internal monologue and actions eventually reveal that she has essentially gone insane, quite possibly as a result of all the horrible things that happened to her when she was a slave. Her thoughts may also qualify her for BlueAndOrangeMorality.
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* BullyingADragon: In ''Literature/DeadhouseGates'', with Icarium as the dragon and Iskaral Pust as the one who cannot keep his mouth shut, baiting Icarium with supposed knowdledge he posses that Icarium lacks and calling Icarium a fool. He gets chocked pretty throughly for his trouble.
* TheDreaded: Everyone who's ever heard of Icarium is shitting their metaphorical pants at the mere throught that Icarium might lose his temper and level the next couple of cities.
* TheDreaded: Everyone who's ever heard of Icarium is shitting their metaphorical pants at the mere throught that Icarium might lose his temper and level the next couple of cities.
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* BullyingADragon: In ''Literature/DeadhouseGates'', with Icarium as the dragon and Iskaral Pust as the one who cannot keep his mouth shut, baiting Icarium with supposed knowdledge knowledge he posses that Icarium lacks and calling Icarium a fool. He gets chocked choked pretty throughly thoroughly for his trouble.
* TheDreaded: Everyone who's ever heard of Icarium is shitting their metaphorical pants at the merethrought thought that Icarium might lose his temper and level the next couple of cities.
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* MadGod: There are cults on the island of Cabal which worship Icarium as the One God, the Stealer of Life, essentially claiming he is a mad puppet with unimaginable power, turning any power of creation he may posses into random destruction. One sect calls itself that of the Mockers, asserting that a god who never left his worshippers any doctrine to live by but allows them to make and interpret their own, cannot be anything but insane.
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* MadGod: There are cults on the island of Cabal which worship Icarium as the One God, the Stealer of Life, essentially claiming he is a mad puppet with unimaginable power, turning any power of creation he may posses possess into random destruction. One sect calls itself that of the Mockers, asserting that a god who never left his worshippers any doctrine to live by but allows them to make and interpret their own, cannot be anything but insane.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: To those who have heard of Icarium's reputation or have been witness to its cause, his byname Lifestealer is soemthing to run away from really fast indeed. Other variations on the name exist, such as Slayer of the Ten Thousand.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: To those who have heard of Icarium's reputation or have been witness to its cause, his byname Lifestealer is soemthing something to run away from really fast indeed. Other variations on the name exist, such as Slayer of the Ten Thousand.
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* QuestForIdentity: His eternal serach for his own memories, without which he feels he cannot assert a proper sense of his own self. [[spoiler:And later, more literally, when he wakes up in the Waste Lands, his mind splintered and his core having become a ghost with no recollection of even its own name.]]
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* QuestForIdentity: His eternal serach search for his own memories, without which he feels he cannot assert a proper sense of his own self. [[spoiler:And later, more literally, when he wakes up in the Waste Lands, his mind splintered and his core having become a ghost with no recollection of even its own name.]]
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* TraumaInducedAmnesia: It is implied in ''Literature/HouseOfChains'' that Icarium once tried to destroy an Azath House to free his father -- who didn't want to be 'freed' -- , but only managed to mortally wound it, receiving enough trauma in return that he not only forgot that incident alltogether, but has been suffering bouts of UnstoppableRage and subsequent MissingTime ever since.
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* TraumaInducedAmnesia: It is implied in ''Literature/HouseOfChains'' that Icarium once tried to destroy an Azath House to free his father -- who didn't want to be 'freed' -- , but only managed to mortally wound it, receiving enough trauma in return that he not only forgot that incident alltogether, altogether, but has been suffering bouts of UnstoppableRage and subsequent MissingTime ever since.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes:
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* Jerkass: To an extent, her treatment of Udinaas qualifies her for this, although she does eventually have some PetTheDog moments towards him. It's subtly hinted towards the end of ''Literature/MidnightTides'' that she may actually return his feelings for her, but is afraid to acknowledge them and behaves horribly to him as a result. However, her internal monologue in ''Literature/ReapersGale'' is still quite dismissive of him, so if this is the case, even she isn't aware of it. It's also implied that part of the reason she treats him horribly is as her way of coping with the abuse she herself is suffering at the hands of Mayen, which would arguably make her a JerkassWoobie. (For that matter, so is Mayen herself.)
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* Jerkass: {{Jerkass}}: To an extent, her treatment of Udinaas qualifies her for this, although she does eventually have some PetTheDog moments towards him. It's subtly hinted towards the end of ''Literature/MidnightTides'' that she may actually return his feelings for her, but is afraid to acknowledge them and behaves horribly to him as a result. However, her internal monologue in ''Literature/ReapersGale'' is still quite dismissive of him, so if this is the case, even she isn't aware of it. It's also implied that part of the reason she treats him horribly is as her way of coping with the abuse she herself is suffering at the hands of Mayen, which would arguably make her a JerkassWoobie. (For that matter, so is Mayen herself.)
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Olar Ethil claims to be Burn, but it's not clear if she was telling the truth.]]
* DamselInDistress / IllGirl: A rather bizarre example. Spends most of the series being slowly poisoned, and although she never actually shows up in person, other characters comment constantly on her deteriorating condition. Mostly because it's making the CrapsackWorld [[DeathWorld even worse]].
* MotherEarth
!!Icarium Lifestealer
Icarium is an incredibly old being, forever wandering with a sole companion in tow. He is present in the mythology of many cultures, and is feared by most of them. While his companion varies - being often replaced due to the death of the previous one - they are always devoutly loyal, and act as friends, protectors and, above all, minders. Icarium is one of the most powerful beings to walk the planet, and he must always have someone nearby to check his temper. While an incredibly gentle person, should he ever grow angry the consequences for the world would be catastrophic, something he is only vaguely aware of. Fortunately, he suffers from frequent bouts of amnesia, especially when seriously injured, and his natural meekness makes him easy to to keep under control.
* DamselInDistress / IllGirl: A rather bizarre example. Spends most of the series being slowly poisoned, and although she never actually shows up in person, other characters comment constantly on her deteriorating condition. Mostly because it's making the CrapsackWorld [[DeathWorld even worse]].
* MotherEarth
!!Icarium Lifestealer
Icarium is an incredibly old being, forever wandering with a sole companion in tow. He is present in the mythology of many cultures, and is feared by most of them. While his companion varies - being often replaced due to the death of the previous one - they are always devoutly loyal, and act as friends, protectors and, above all, minders. Icarium is one of the most powerful beings to walk the planet, and he must always have someone nearby to check his temper. While an incredibly gentle person, should he ever grow angry the consequences for the world would be catastrophic, something he is only vaguely aware of. Fortunately, he suffers from frequent bouts of amnesia, especially when seriously injured, and his natural meekness makes him easy to to keep under control.
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* DamselInDistress / IllGirl: A rather bizarre example. Spends most
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* MotherEarth
!!Icarium Lifestealer
Icarium is an incredibly old being, forever wandering with a sole companion in tow. He is present in the mythology
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* {{Badass}}
* TheBerserker
* GeniusBruiser: He's a mapmaker, inventor, scholar... and one of the most lethal fighters ever born.
* HalfHumanHybrid: He's a Jhag: half man, half Jaghut.
** Actually, his mother is implied to be [[spoiler: a Theloman Toblakai]]. His father is confirmed to be Gothos.
* ImplacableMan
* MadeOfIron: It's unclear if he can be truly killed. Serious wounds only knock him out and trigger his amnesia. He seems to grow even tougher when angry.
* MasterSwordsman
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
!!Hood
The god of death, and (an undead) Jaghut. [[spoiler: Succeeded as King of High House Death by Whiskeyjack and his Bridgeburners]]
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* TheBerserker
* GeniusBruiser: He's a mapmaker, inventor, scholar... and one of the most lethal fighters ever born.
* HalfHumanHybrid: He's a Jhag: half man, half Jaghut.
** Actually, his mother is implied to be [[spoiler: a Theloman Toblakai]]. His father is confirmed to be Gothos.
* ImplacableMan
* MadeOfIron: It's unclear if he can be truly killed. Serious wounds only knock him out and trigger his amnesia. He seems to grow even tougher when angry.
* MasterSwordsman
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
!!Hood
The god of death, and (an undead) Jaghut. [[spoiler: Succeeded as King of High House Death by Whiskeyjack and his Bridgeburners]]
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-> 'I am my own curse, Mappo. I have lived centuries, yet what do I know of my own past? Where are my memories? How can I judge my own life without such knowledge?'
--> ''Literature/DeadhouseGates''
Icarium, a Jaghut halfblood, is an incredibly old being, forever wandering the world with a sole companion in tow. He is present in the mythology of many cultures, and is feared by most of them. He is known for his obsession with time -- having gained sobriquets such as Lord of the Sand Grains -- and as an inventor and maker of monumental machines, particularly those that measure time, by the building of which he tries to counteract his frequent bouts of memory loss. While an incredibly smart and gentle person, he is also one of the most powerful beings alive without being aware of it.
* AmnesiacDissonance: After discovering what happens during [[MissingTime his black-outs]], Icarium is horrified and comes to the conclusion that [[RedemptionEqualsDeath only death or eternal imprisonment can redeem him]].
* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: His amnesia shields Icarium from what he has done in the past, allowing him to retain his generous and sometimes downright innocent nature. Fiddler wonders how Icarium never questions his partnership with Mappo despite having only Mappo's word about their long friendship to rely on, but Icarium later points out that while frustrated, he has become simply used to the feeling.
--> '''Mappo:''' ''In your ignorance you are so pure, so noble.''
* TheBerserker: Once his UnstoppableRage kicks in, he becomes utterly uncontrollable in a fight, unable to distinguish friend from foe and indifferent to his own life. Comes complete with a [[ScreamingWarrior frightening, keening scream]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
* BowAndSwordInAccord: He carries both a longbow, which seems to be his first choice of weapon, and a sword, and can be deadly with either, but wears little -- if any -- armour.
* BullyingADragon: In ''Literature/DeadhouseGates'', with Icarium as the dragon and Iskaral Pust as the one who cannot keep his mouth shut, baiting Icarium with supposed knowdledge he posses that Icarium lacks and calling Icarium a fool. He gets chocked pretty throughly for his trouble.
* TheDreaded: Everyone who's ever heard of Icarium is shitting their metaphorical pants at the mere throught that Icarium might lose his temper and level the next couple of cities.
* GeniusBruiser: Icarium is a seven foot tall, tusked, weathered and travel-worn looking warrior sporting a sword and a bow, one of the most lethal fighters ever born and infamous for his UnstoppableRage. He is also a mapmaker, inventor and scholar.
* GlowingEyes: While in an UnstoppableRage, Icarium's eyes blaze silver as a sign of the enormous power that surrounds him like a maelstrom.
* HereWeGoAgain: Though Icarium cannot remember it, it's implied that it's happened countless times before that he would have a companion, this companion would either die or be killed by Icarium in an unfortunate moment, and he would then wake up with a new companion who would claim that they'd been travelling together for ages. At the end of ''Literature/TheCrippledGod'', [[spoiler:he wakes up to find Ublala Pung at his side, and just accepts him as the feeling is already so familiar, and the cycle starts anew, while Mappo's corpse lies mere metres away]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With his travelling companion Mappo Runt. They spend their entire time together and obviously mean a lot to each other, although Icarium sometimes has trouble reconciling the depth of their friendship with his lack of memories. For him, there has simply always been someone at his side, and in whatever memories he does possess, it's always been Mappo.
* HumanWeapon: The Nameless Ones treat Icarium as one. Although, technically, he was not ''made'' by them, they claim authority over how and when he gets to be used. Naturally, Icarium gets no say in the matter, not does he even know about the Nameless Ones.
* IAmNotAGun: When, in ''Literature/TheBonehunters'', Taralack Veed urges him to kill the defenders of the Throne of Shadow, Icarium retorts that he's had enough of this. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he goes berserk anyway, as too much fighting is going on around him.]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Averted. However, the unusual shape of his sword -- a thin, long, single-edged, curved blade -- is remarked upon several times, although it is not treated any differently in combat than other words.
* LightningBruiser: Especially once he [[TheBerserker loses control]], Icarium can both dish out and receive potentially catastrophic amounts of damage without even blinking, all while doing it too fast for some to register. But even without the rage mode, he is frighteningly fast. Fast enough to startle Karsa Orlong.
* MadeOfIron: It's unclear if he can be truly killed. Serious wounds only knock him out and trigger his amnesia, and he seems to grow even tougher when angry.
* MadGod: There are cults on the island of Cabal which worship Icarium as the One God, the Stealer of Life, essentially claiming he is a mad puppet with unimaginable power, turning any power of creation he may posses into random destruction. One sect calls itself that of the Mockers, asserting that a god who never left his worshippers any doctrine to live by but allows them to make and interpret their own, cannot be anything but insane.
* MartialPacifist: He demonstrates on several occasions that he'd prefer not to get into a fight, but he also doesn't have the greatest patience, so annoy him long enough and you are dead meat. And Icarium will not even remember having mopped the floor with you afterwards.
* MasterSwordsman: He's had thousands of years to hone his sword fighting skills, coupled with his incredible speed.
* MindHive: After the end of ''Literature/ReapersGale'', [[spoiler:where his previously built memory machine turns out to be broken and sucks not only his own mind in but also that of several random bystanders, Icarium ends up with a fractured mind and the ghosts/personalities of eight other people stuck in one -- his -- body. While that body wanders the Waste Lands aimlessly, the caught ghosts perceive themselves as separate entities undertaking that same trip, constantly arguing among each other, with the original Icarium -- reduced to a ghost not even the others can perceive -- floating around them in hopeless confusion. Ultimately, however, they do act as one, simply because they -- unknowingly -- share one body.]]
* MissingTime: Whenever he goes into UnstoppableRage, effectively transforming into a monster capable of destroying entire civilizations, Icarium afterwards forgets all that he's done. He then usually shows concern about the MissingTime, but whatever companion he is currently travelling with makes sure to make the right noises to help Icarium with rationalizing the memory loss away.
* MookHorrorShow: At the end of ''Literature/TheBonehunters'', [[spoiler:Icarium loses control after witnessing children die and almost annihilates the Tiste Edur contingent sent to the Throne of Shadow. They practically ''melt'' several at a time; that is, those that don't get thrown around like toys]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: To those who have heard of Icarium's reputation or have been witness to its cause, his byname Lifestealer is soemthing to run away from really fast indeed. Other variations on the name exist, such as Slayer of the Ten Thousand.
* NonhumanHumanoidHybrid: Icarium is half Jaghut (from his father's side) and -- presumably, as it's never fully disclosed -- Thelomen Toblakai (from his mother's side). Both races are roughly humanoid, so in consequence, Icarium is as well, although he visibly leans more towards Jaghut than Toblakai.
* NoSocialSkills: As he spends most of his time wandering the deserts of Seven Cities with Mappo as his sole companion, and due to his memory problems, Icarium is not very good with social interactions beyond the basics. May also be because he's half Jaghut, and Jaghut are notorious loners prefering their own company above all else.
--> '''Mappo:''' 'He entertains your companions. Feebly, I admit. For all his years, Icarium has never mastered the social grace necessary to put others at ease.'
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Icarium may be one of the nicest and most caring people one can come upon in the books. Piss him off, though, and you may say goodbye to your city/country/civilization. And it's not even intentional, as afterwards he will not remember how he just levelled the city in the ruins of which he's now standing and will even be shocked at how someone could possibly bring so much destruction and death. In trying to use him as a weapon the Nameless Ones might have bitten off more than they could chew and characters who encounter Icarium have a hard time reconciling the person they've met with the stories trailing in his wake.
* QuestForIdentity: His eternal serach for his own memories, without which he feels he cannot assert a proper sense of his own self. [[spoiler:And later, more literally, when he wakes up in the Waste Lands, his mind splintered and his core having become a ghost with no recollection of even its own name.]]
* ScreamingWarrior: Whenever his UnstoppableRage is triggered, it is both prefaced and accompanied by a high-pitched, haunting keening sound coming from his throat.
* TalkingToThemself: [[spoiler:During his wandering around the Waste Lands with a split mind and a host of other minds populating his body, everything that the other ghosts/personalities say to each other, is actually also said out loud by Icarium's body, creating the image of a lone wanderer ceaseless talking to himself.]]
* TragicBromance: He and Mappo have been HeterosexualLifePartners for centuries, wandering the world together, and are close enough to openly speak about their deep feelings of friendship. Even though Mappo was originally meant as a guardian and minder for Icarium, Icarium's generous and noble nature makes Mappo cherish him, and despite having severe problems with [[TraumaInducedAmnesia memories]], Icarium can by the feeling of familiarity alone tell that Mappo is indeed who he claims to be. [[spoiler:When they are attacked and separated, Mappo crosses half the world to find Icarium again, only to die mere metres away from his friend. However, it is heavily implied that this is the turning point for Icarium and the latter finally regains at least some of his memories, enabling him to take his life back into his own hands.]]
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: It is implied in ''Literature/HouseOfChains'' that Icarium once tried to destroy an Azath House to free his father -- who didn't want to be 'freed' -- , but only managed to mortally wound it, receiving enough trauma in return that he not only forgot that incident alltogether, but has been suffering bouts of UnstoppableRage and subsequent MissingTime ever since.
* UnstoppableRage: Icarium suffers bouts of UnstoppableRage in which he utterly loses control and attacks everything and everyone (with the sole exception of machines he has built himself). They are rooted in a traumatic incident with an Azath House, and make him one of the or possibly most feared entity in the entire realm, as they're almost impossible to predict or stop, and he has gone so far as to destroy entire civilizations in the past. When enraged, Icarium becomes surrounded by a magical maelstrom that basically ''melts'' anything in his way. Afterwards, he never remembers what he's done.
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!!Mappo Runt
-> '''Fiddler:''' ''Mappo, a name ever chained to another's. And enough rumours to fill a tome. If any were true...''
--> ''Literature/DeadhouseGates''
Mappo Runt is a Trell whose name is eternally associated with being the companion of Icarium Lifestealer. He is Icarium's close friend and -- unbeknownst to Icarium -- also his guardian and minder, tasked by the Nameless Ones with keeping Icarium out of trouble and ignorant of his own past. However, due to Icarium's gentle nature, Mappo is eternally conflicted about whether ending a potential threat is worth losing the friend he loves so much.
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* BagOfHolding: He was given a bag with an entire warren inside of it by the shoulderwomen of his tribe. Some irritating people have also found their way into it on occasion.
* CarryABigStick: Mappo carries a mace around for fighting purposes. It is made of a big long-bone with a ring of iron spikes at the business end and is invested with sorcery to make it as [[UnbreakableWeapons durable]] as possible.
* DoomedHometown: Mappo's hometown was destroyed, allegedly by Icarium, and Mappo, as the only survivor, was recruited by the Nameless Ones as Icarium's new guardian. [[spoiler:''Deadhouse Gates'' reveals that actually, the town was destroyed by the Nameless Ones themselves, as they urgently needed a new guardian for Icarium and wanted to make sure Mappo would hate Icarium and take the threat seriously enough to fit the job.]]
* GentleGiant: Although shorter than Icarium (who is seven feet tall, mind you), as a [[OurOgresAreHungrier Trell]] Mappo is rather wide and thus even more imposing. But while he can dish out serious damage with his mace, he prefers to stay out of the way of trouble, find peaceful solutions and generally be on friedly terms with people.
* GuiltComplex: After [[spoiler:losing Icarium]], Mappo develops one, until he eventually feels guilty for anything and everything. He feels guilty for [[spoiler:not being good enough anymore in the eyes of the Nameless Ones to remain Icarium's guardian, for having believed the Nameless Ones, for lying to Icarium for centuries, for having spurned the opportunity to free the world of Icarium by handing him over to Tremorlor just because he didn't want to give up his friend, for outwardly looking like a noble friend even though he had selfish motives, and eventually for turning away from people -- children -- in need just so he could keep looking for Icarium]].
* HeartbrokenBadass: Not a love interest, but when Mappo [[spoiler:loses Icarium]], whom he loves [[HeterosexualLifePartners as a friend]], he becomes utterly heartbroken, even going so far as [[spoiler:crossing the entire world to get him back, all the while fighting his guilt]].
* HeroicBSOD: Mappo experiences one in ''Literature/DeadhouseGates'' when Icarium finally understands what he is and Mappo is flooded with conflicting thoughts about saving the world from the threat that Icarium represents but at the same time losing the only friend he's ever cared this much for. He doesn't even notice how he falls to his knees, and has to be brought back to reality by Icarium.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Icarium, with whom he has travelled for hundreds of years. Initially only meant as a guardian for Icarium, they have developed a deep friendship and trust each other unconditionally, although Mappo has to live with -- and is tortured by -- the knowledge that he is eternally lying to his friend. [[spoiler:When Icarium is taken from him by the Nameless Ones, Mappo becomes heartbroken and crosses half the world to find him again, all the while thinking, in tears, of how much he wants Icarium back.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: Mappo considers his blunder in [[spoiler:keeping Icarium safe and the world safe from Icarium by almost dying when attacked by Dejim Nebrahl]] to be his greates failure and incentive to set things right again.
* PowerOfTrust: Icarium reminding Mappo of his unconditional trust for the latter is what snaps Mappo out of his HeroicBSOD in ''Literatur/DeadhouseGates''.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Mappo used to be one in his youth, when he left his hometown, which specialized in trade, and joined one of the outlying tribes that were following the traditional Trell way of war and wandering. He spent a couple hundred years there, before snapping out of it by find his [[DoomedHometown burned to the ground]].
* {{Sidekick}}: Mappo ist best known in-universe as Icarium's companion and sidekick. While Icarium is tall, lean, [[GeniusBruiser skilled with a sword and widely-read]], Mappo is shorter, wider, hairier, fights using a mace and purports to know little, even though he is actually quite knowledgeable in everyday survival matters. Subverted in that it's Mappo who's in charge of keeping Icarium out of trouble, even though Icarium is unaware of that.
* TragicBromance: He and Icarium have been HeterosexualLifePartners for centuries, wandering the world together, and are close enough to openly speak about their deep feelings of friendship. Even though Mappo was originally meant as a guardian and minder for Icarium, Icarium's generous and noble nature makes Mappo cherish him, and despite having severe problems with [[TraumaInducedAmnesia memories]], Icarium can by the feeling of familiarity alone tell that Mappo is indeed who he claims to be. [[spoiler:When they are attacked and separated, Mappo crosses half the world to find Icarium again, only to die mere metres away from his friend. However, it is heavily implied that this is the turning point for Icarium and the latter finally regains at least some of his memories, enabling him to take his life back into his own hands.]]
* UnbreakableWeapons: Mappo's mace was invested by his tribe's shoulderwomen to make it practically unbreakable. At least, it's never shown any sign of the spell failing within hundreds of years.
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* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: His amnesia shields Icarium from what he has done in the past, allowing him to retain his generous and sometimes downright innocent nature. Fiddler wonders how Icarium never questions his partnership with Mappo despite having only Mappo's word about their long friendship to rely on, but Icarium later points out that while frustrated, he has become simply used to the feeling.
--> '''Mappo:''' ''In your ignorance you are so pure, so noble.''
* TheBerserker: Once his UnstoppableRage kicks in, he becomes utterly uncontrollable in a fight, unable to distinguish friend from foe and indifferent to his own life. Comes complete with a [[ScreamingWarrior frightening, keening scream]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
* BowAndSwordInAccord: He carries both a longbow, which seems to be his first choice of weapon, and a sword, and can be deadly with either, but wears little -- if any -- armour.
* BullyingADragon: In ''Literature/DeadhouseGates'', with Icarium as the dragon and Iskaral Pust as the one who cannot keep his mouth shut, baiting Icarium with supposed knowdledge he posses that Icarium lacks and calling Icarium a fool. He gets chocked pretty throughly for his trouble.
* TheDreaded: Everyone who's ever heard of Icarium is shitting their metaphorical pants at the mere throught that Icarium might lose his temper and level the next couple of cities.
* GeniusBruiser: Icarium is a seven foot tall, tusked, weathered and travel-worn looking warrior sporting a sword and a bow, one of the most lethal fighters ever born and infamous for his UnstoppableRage. He is also a mapmaker, inventor and scholar.
* GlowingEyes: While in an UnstoppableRage, Icarium's eyes blaze silver as a sign of the enormous power that surrounds him like a maelstrom.
* HereWeGoAgain: Though Icarium cannot remember it, it's implied that it's happened countless times before that he would have a companion, this companion would either die or be killed by Icarium in an unfortunate moment, and he would then wake up with a new companion who would claim that they'd been travelling together for ages. At the end of ''Literature/TheCrippledGod'', [[spoiler:he wakes up to find Ublala Pung at his side, and just accepts him as the feeling is already so familiar, and the cycle starts anew, while Mappo's corpse lies mere metres away]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With his travelling companion Mappo Runt. They spend their entire time together and obviously mean a lot to each other, although Icarium sometimes has trouble reconciling the depth of their friendship with his lack of memories. For him, there has simply always been someone at his side, and in whatever memories he does possess, it's always been Mappo.
* HumanWeapon: The Nameless Ones treat Icarium as one. Although, technically, he was not ''made'' by them, they claim authority over how and when he gets to be used. Naturally, Icarium gets no say in the matter, not does he even know about the Nameless Ones.
* IAmNotAGun: When, in ''Literature/TheBonehunters'', Taralack Veed urges him to kill the defenders of the Throne of Shadow, Icarium retorts that he's had enough of this. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he goes berserk anyway, as too much fighting is going on around him.]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Averted. However, the unusual shape of his sword -- a thin, long, single-edged, curved blade -- is remarked upon several times, although it is not treated any differently in combat than other words.
* LightningBruiser: Especially once he [[TheBerserker loses control]], Icarium can both dish out and receive potentially catastrophic amounts of damage without even blinking, all while doing it too fast for some to register. But even without the rage mode, he is frighteningly fast. Fast enough to startle Karsa Orlong.
* MadeOfIron: It's unclear if he can be truly killed. Serious wounds only knock him out and trigger his amnesia, and he seems to grow even tougher when angry.
* MadGod: There are cults on the island of Cabal which worship Icarium as the One God, the Stealer of Life, essentially claiming he is a mad puppet with unimaginable power, turning any power of creation he may posses into random destruction. One sect calls itself that of the Mockers, asserting that a god who never left his worshippers any doctrine to live by but allows them to make and interpret their own, cannot be anything but insane.
* MartialPacifist: He demonstrates on several occasions that he'd prefer not to get into a fight, but he also doesn't have the greatest patience, so annoy him long enough and you are dead meat. And Icarium will not even remember having mopped the floor with you afterwards.
* MasterSwordsman: He's had thousands of years to hone his sword fighting skills, coupled with his incredible speed.
* MindHive: After the end of ''Literature/ReapersGale'', [[spoiler:where his previously built memory machine turns out to be broken and sucks not only his own mind in but also that of several random bystanders, Icarium ends up with a fractured mind and the ghosts/personalities of eight other people stuck in one -- his -- body. While that body wanders the Waste Lands aimlessly, the caught ghosts perceive themselves as separate entities undertaking that same trip, constantly arguing among each other, with the original Icarium -- reduced to a ghost not even the others can perceive -- floating around them in hopeless confusion. Ultimately, however, they do act as one, simply because they -- unknowingly -- share one body.]]
* MissingTime: Whenever he goes into UnstoppableRage, effectively transforming into a monster capable of destroying entire civilizations, Icarium afterwards forgets all that he's done. He then usually shows concern about the MissingTime, but whatever companion he is currently travelling with makes sure to make the right noises to help Icarium with rationalizing the memory loss away.
* MookHorrorShow: At the end of ''Literature/TheBonehunters'', [[spoiler:Icarium loses control after witnessing children die and almost annihilates the Tiste Edur contingent sent to the Throne of Shadow. They practically ''melt'' several at a time; that is, those that don't get thrown around like toys]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: To those who have heard of Icarium's reputation or have been witness to its cause, his byname Lifestealer is soemthing to run away from really fast indeed. Other variations on the name exist, such as Slayer of the Ten Thousand.
* NonhumanHumanoidHybrid: Icarium is half Jaghut (from his father's side) and -- presumably, as it's never fully disclosed -- Thelomen Toblakai (from his mother's side). Both races are roughly humanoid, so in consequence, Icarium is as well, although he visibly leans more towards Jaghut than Toblakai.
* NoSocialSkills: As he spends most of his time wandering the deserts of Seven Cities with Mappo as his sole companion, and due to his memory problems, Icarium is not very good with social interactions beyond the basics. May also be because he's half Jaghut, and Jaghut are notorious loners prefering their own company above all else.
--> '''Mappo:''' 'He entertains your companions. Feebly, I admit. For all his years, Icarium has never mastered the social grace necessary to put others at ease.'
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Icarium may be one of the nicest and most caring people one can come upon in the books. Piss him off, though, and you may say goodbye to your city/country/civilization. And it's not even intentional, as afterwards he will not remember how he just levelled the city in the ruins of which he's now standing and will even be shocked at how someone could possibly bring so much destruction and death. In trying to use him as a weapon the Nameless Ones might have bitten off more than they could chew and characters who encounter Icarium have a hard time reconciling the person they've met with the stories trailing in his wake.
* QuestForIdentity: His eternal serach for his own memories, without which he feels he cannot assert a proper sense of his own self. [[spoiler:And later, more literally, when he wakes up in the Waste Lands, his mind splintered and his core having become a ghost with no recollection of even its own name.]]
* ScreamingWarrior: Whenever his UnstoppableRage is triggered, it is both prefaced and accompanied by a high-pitched, haunting keening sound coming from his throat.
* TalkingToThemself: [[spoiler:During his wandering around the Waste Lands with a split mind and a host of other minds populating his body, everything that the other ghosts/personalities say to each other, is actually also said out loud by Icarium's body, creating the image of a lone wanderer ceaseless talking to himself.]]
* TragicBromance: He and Mappo have been HeterosexualLifePartners for centuries, wandering the world together, and are close enough to openly speak about their deep feelings of friendship. Even though Mappo was originally meant as a guardian and minder for Icarium, Icarium's generous and noble nature makes Mappo cherish him, and despite having severe problems with [[TraumaInducedAmnesia memories]], Icarium can by the feeling of familiarity alone tell that Mappo is indeed who he claims to be. [[spoiler:When they are attacked and separated, Mappo crosses half the world to find Icarium again, only to die mere metres away from his friend. However, it is heavily implied that this is the turning point for Icarium and the latter finally regains at least some of his memories, enabling him to take his life back into his own hands.]]
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: It is implied in ''Literature/HouseOfChains'' that Icarium once tried to destroy an Azath House to free his father -- who didn't want to be 'freed' -- , but only managed to mortally wound it, receiving enough trauma in return that he not only forgot that incident alltogether, but has been suffering bouts of UnstoppableRage and subsequent MissingTime ever since.
* UnstoppableRage: Icarium suffers bouts of UnstoppableRage in which he utterly loses control and attacks everything and everyone (with the sole exception of machines he has built himself). They are rooted in a traumatic incident with an Azath House, and make him one of the or possibly most feared entity in the entire realm, as they're almost impossible to predict or stop, and he has gone so far as to destroy entire civilizations in the past. When enraged, Icarium becomes surrounded by a magical maelstrom that basically ''melts'' anything in his way. Afterwards, he never remembers what he's done.
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!!Mappo Runt
-> '''Fiddler:''' ''Mappo, a name ever chained to another's. And enough rumours to fill a tome. If any were true...''
--> ''Literature/DeadhouseGates''
Mappo Runt is a Trell whose name is eternally associated with being the companion of Icarium Lifestealer. He is Icarium's close friend and -- unbeknownst to Icarium -- also his guardian and minder, tasked by the Nameless Ones with keeping Icarium out of trouble and ignorant of his own past. However, due to Icarium's gentle nature, Mappo is eternally conflicted about whether ending a potential threat is worth losing the friend he loves so much.
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* BagOfHolding: He was given a bag with an entire warren inside of it by the shoulderwomen of his tribe. Some irritating people have also found their way into it on occasion.
* CarryABigStick: Mappo carries a mace around for fighting purposes. It is made of a big long-bone with a ring of iron spikes at the business end and is invested with sorcery to make it as [[UnbreakableWeapons durable]] as possible.
* DoomedHometown: Mappo's hometown was destroyed, allegedly by Icarium, and Mappo, as the only survivor, was recruited by the Nameless Ones as Icarium's new guardian. [[spoiler:''Deadhouse Gates'' reveals that actually, the town was destroyed by the Nameless Ones themselves, as they urgently needed a new guardian for Icarium and wanted to make sure Mappo would hate Icarium and take the threat seriously enough to fit the job.]]
* GentleGiant: Although shorter than Icarium (who is seven feet tall, mind you), as a [[OurOgresAreHungrier Trell]] Mappo is rather wide and thus even more imposing. But while he can dish out serious damage with his mace, he prefers to stay out of the way of trouble, find peaceful solutions and generally be on friedly terms with people.
* GuiltComplex: After [[spoiler:losing Icarium]], Mappo develops one, until he eventually feels guilty for anything and everything. He feels guilty for [[spoiler:not being good enough anymore in the eyes of the Nameless Ones to remain Icarium's guardian, for having believed the Nameless Ones, for lying to Icarium for centuries, for having spurned the opportunity to free the world of Icarium by handing him over to Tremorlor just because he didn't want to give up his friend, for outwardly looking like a noble friend even though he had selfish motives, and eventually for turning away from people -- children -- in need just so he could keep looking for Icarium]].
* HeartbrokenBadass: Not a love interest, but when Mappo [[spoiler:loses Icarium]], whom he loves [[HeterosexualLifePartners as a friend]], he becomes utterly heartbroken, even going so far as [[spoiler:crossing the entire world to get him back, all the while fighting his guilt]].
* HeroicBSOD: Mappo experiences one in ''Literature/DeadhouseGates'' when Icarium finally understands what he is and Mappo is flooded with conflicting thoughts about saving the world from the threat that Icarium represents but at the same time losing the only friend he's ever cared this much for. He doesn't even notice how he falls to his knees, and has to be brought back to reality by Icarium.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Icarium, with whom he has travelled for hundreds of years. Initially only meant as a guardian for Icarium, they have developed a deep friendship and trust each other unconditionally, although Mappo has to live with -- and is tortured by -- the knowledge that he is eternally lying to his friend. [[spoiler:When Icarium is taken from him by the Nameless Ones, Mappo becomes heartbroken and crosses half the world to find him again, all the while thinking, in tears, of how much he wants Icarium back.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: Mappo considers his blunder in [[spoiler:keeping Icarium safe and the world safe from Icarium by almost dying when attacked by Dejim Nebrahl]] to be his greates failure and incentive to set things right again.
* PowerOfTrust: Icarium reminding Mappo of his unconditional trust for the latter is what snaps Mappo out of his HeroicBSOD in ''Literatur/DeadhouseGates''.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Mappo used to be one in his youth, when he left his hometown, which specialized in trade, and joined one of the outlying tribes that were following the traditional Trell way of war and wandering. He spent a couple hundred years there, before snapping out of it by find his [[DoomedHometown burned to the ground]].
* {{Sidekick}}: Mappo ist best known in-universe as Icarium's companion and sidekick. While Icarium is tall, lean, [[GeniusBruiser skilled with a sword and widely-read]], Mappo is shorter, wider, hairier, fights using a mace and purports to know little, even though he is actually quite knowledgeable in everyday survival matters. Subverted in that it's Mappo who's in charge of keeping Icarium out of trouble, even though Icarium is unaware of that.
* TragicBromance: He and Icarium have been HeterosexualLifePartners for centuries, wandering the world together, and are close enough to openly speak about their deep feelings of friendship. Even though Mappo was originally meant as a guardian and minder for Icarium, Icarium's generous and noble nature makes Mappo cherish him, and despite having severe problems with [[TraumaInducedAmnesia memories]], Icarium can by the feeling of familiarity alone tell that Mappo is indeed who he claims to be. [[spoiler:When they are attacked and separated, Mappo crosses half the world to find Icarium again, only to die mere metres away from his friend. However, it is heavily implied that this is the turning point for Icarium and the latter finally regains at least some of his memories, enabling him to take his life back into his own hands.]]
* UnbreakableWeapons: Mappo's mace was invested by his tribe's shoulderwomen to make it practically unbreakable. At least, it's never shown any sign of the spell failing within hundreds of years.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Olar Ethil claims to be Burn, but it's not clear if she was telling the truth.]]
* DamselInDistress / IllGirl: A rather bizarre example. Spends most of the series being slowly poisoned, and although she never actually shows up in person, other characters comment constantly on her deteriorating condition. Mostly because it's making the CrapsackWorld [[DeathWorld even worse]].
* MotherEarth
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* Jerkass: To an extent, her treatment of Udinaas qualifies her for this, although she does eventually have some PetTheDog moments towards him. It's subtly hinted towards the end of ''Literature/MidnightTides'' that she may actually return his feelings for her, but is afraid to acknowledge them and behaves horribly to him as a result. However, her internal monologue in ''Literature/ReapersGale'' is still quite dismissive of him, so if this is the case, even she isn't aware of it. It's also implied that part of the reason she treats him horribly is as her way of coping with the abuse she herself is suffering at the hands of Mayen, which would arguably make her a JerkassWoobie. (For that matter, so is Mayen herself.)
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: He may have started out believing that [[DeliberateValuesDissonance there is nothing wrong with rape]], but he is nonetheless completely appalled when he finds out about [[spoiler:Bidithal]]'s paedophilia, and ultimately kills him. This effectively solidifies his transition from a VillainProtagonist to an AntiVillain (he ultimately ends up an AntiHero).
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: He may have started out believing that [[DeliberateValuesDissonance there is nothing wrong with rape]], but he is nonetheless completely appalled when he finds out about [[spoiler:Bidithal]]'s paedophilia, and ultimately kills him. This effectively solidifies his transition from a VillainProtagonist to an AntiVillain (he ultimately ends up an AntiHero). In ''Literature/TheBonehunters'', he mentions that he hasn't raped anyone in years, so it's quite possible that seeing the effects of sexual abuse on [[spoiler:Felisin Younger]] cured him of these tendencies.
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* BadassNative: The Barghast consider themselves native to certain parts of Genabackis and have a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy proud warrior culture]]. Trotts himself is the only Barghast among the Bridgeburners and thus stands out, especially with his BarbarianLonghair, filed teeth and fetishes, as well as his willingsness to kick ass. Also, thanks to him looking native and badass, and thus being a curiosity, the Bridgeburners manage to get hired as guards at Lady Simtal's fête.
* BarbarianLonghair: Trotts sports long black hair knotted in fetishes and is a Barghast, this setting's equivalent to barbarians.
* TheBigGuy: Being a Barghast, Trotts is even bigger than Kalam, and still sports the [[BraidsOfBarbarism barbarian look of his people]], what with being covered in tattoes, scars and fetishes all over. While not dumb at all, he prefers to keep to the background and pretend otherwise, and only exercise authority when necessary, for example when he shows his loyalty to the Bridgeburners by fighting his own people in ''Literature/MemoriesOfIce'' and then taking charge as the Barghast would only accept another Barghast.
* CoveredWithScars: As befits a Barghast warrior, Trotts' body is covered with tattoes which are only broken up by various faded scars.
* DuelToTheDeath: To win the support of the Barghast against the Pannion Domin, Trotts agrees to fight against Humbrall Taur's youngest son. [[spoiler:He wins by using the StoneWall tactic and just letting the boy tire himself out while he hides behind his shield, then kills his opponent with one well-timed attack.]]
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Despite his barbaric looks, Trotts has forsaken the wild {{Berserker}} fighting style of the Barghast and has instead adopted the Malazan heavy infantry style of hiding behind a shield until an opportunity to end the fight quickly presents itself.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: As is par for the course with the Bridgeburners, Trotts is only known by the name he gained when he joined up. Although he does use the name Niganga during his squad's mission in Darujhistan, it is never mentioned again.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Subverted. Trotts is a Barghast and displays all the visual signs associated with their BloodKnight and {{Berserker}} tendencies, but actually he takes no joy in combat, and when it comes to actual fighting he uses the strinctly disciplined combat style of the Malazan army.
* PunnyName: As Hedge puts it, he's not named Trotts because he likes jogging...
* TheQuietOne: Trotts rarely ever talks, unless it's to punctuate the moment. Or to deliver a moment of SophisticatedAsHell.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Trotts has a peculiar, surprisingly articulate way to curse:
--> 'You, sapper, are the scum beneath a pebble in a stream running through a field of sickly pigs.'
* StoneWall: This is the way Trotts wins the Barghast's support for the Malazan forces in ''Literature/MemoriesOfIce''. [[spoiler: He just hides behind his shield, military-style, until his tribal opponent has tired himself out by jumping around, then delivers a quick punch which kills the other Barghast.]]
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* BarbarianLonghair: Trotts sports long black hair knotted in fetishes and is a Barghast, this setting's equivalent to barbarians.
* TheBigGuy: Being a Barghast, Trotts is even bigger than Kalam, and still sports the [[BraidsOfBarbarism barbarian look of his people]], what with being covered in tattoes, scars and fetishes all over. While not dumb at all, he prefers to keep to the background and pretend otherwise, and only exercise authority when necessary, for example when he shows his loyalty to the Bridgeburners by fighting his own people in ''Literature/MemoriesOfIce'' and then taking charge as the Barghast would only accept another Barghast.
* CoveredWithScars: As befits a Barghast warrior, Trotts' body is covered with tattoes which are only broken up by various faded scars.
* DuelToTheDeath: To win the support of the Barghast against the Pannion Domin, Trotts agrees to fight against Humbrall Taur's youngest son. [[spoiler:He wins by using the StoneWall tactic and just letting the boy tire himself out while he hides behind his shield, then kills his opponent with one well-timed attack.]]
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Despite his barbaric looks, Trotts has forsaken the wild {{Berserker}} fighting style of the Barghast and has instead adopted the Malazan heavy infantry style of hiding behind a shield until an opportunity to end the fight quickly presents itself.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: As is par for the course with the Bridgeburners, Trotts is only known by the name he gained when he joined up. Although he does use the name Niganga during his squad's mission in Darujhistan, it is never mentioned again.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Subverted. Trotts is a Barghast and displays all the visual signs associated with their BloodKnight and {{Berserker}} tendencies, but actually he takes no joy in combat, and when it comes to actual fighting he uses the strinctly disciplined combat style of the Malazan army.
* PunnyName: As Hedge puts it, he's not named Trotts because he likes jogging...
* TheQuietOne: Trotts rarely ever talks, unless it's to punctuate the moment. Or to deliver a moment of SophisticatedAsHell.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Trotts has a peculiar, surprisingly articulate way to curse:
--> 'You, sapper, are the scum beneath a pebble in a stream running through a field of sickly pigs.'
* StoneWall: This is the way Trotts wins the Barghast's support for the Malazan forces in ''Literature/MemoriesOfIce''. [[spoiler: He just hides behind his shield, military-style, until his tribal opponent has tired himself out by jumping around, then delivers a quick punch which kills the other Barghast.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Like many of the Binehunters, Fiddler goes through more than should be humanly possible, but in the end -- in a case of BookEnds harking back to ''Literature/GardensOfTheMoon'' -- he is seen fishing in the harbour of Malaz Island.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Like many of the Binehunters, Bonehunters, Fiddler goes through more than should be humanly possible, but in the end -- in a case of BookEnds harking back to ''Literature/GardensOfTheMoon'' -- he is seen fishing in the harbour of Malaz Island.
* FeelingTheirAge: Towards theende end of the series, Fiddler starts complaying complayning that he's too old for all this soldiering.
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* ReallyGetsAround: She spends quite a bit of time in a brothel at one point due to her newly awakened carnal appetites, which require daily satiation. We don't see first-hand what she's been up to, but since the madam mentions that the brothel's other occupants resent her for stealing ''[[UpToEleven all their clients]]'', we can assume this trope was involved. She does eventually get involved in multiple monogamous relationships though.though (or at least as monogamous as one can be when one needs to have sex every day - see MateOrDie above).
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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Deconstructed. She initially comes across as a somewhat downplayed example of this trope and inspires Crokus to try to pass himself off as a gentleman in order to win her affections, but this ultimately ends up not happening when the plot takes him away from Darujhistan and she ends up in a loveless marriage. [[spoiler:When they do have an affair upon his return to Darujhistan, both of them once again begin speculating about wild plans that both of them realise in their interior monologues are highly unlikely ever to happen. Furthermore, her cheery exterior masks a very lonely, desperate, and fearful woman who feels trapped by the constricts of her society and sees no realistic way of escaping, which ultimately leads to her suicide when she becomes convinced that none of her plans will ever happen.]]
