History Characters / Medallion

* OverprotectiveDad - To Saela

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask - She was never trained to deal with grief brought on by the deaths of her loved ones, so she refuses to trust anyone. [[spoiler: She grows out of it.]]

* TheChick

* GirlInABox - Or a tiny cell, to be more accurate.

%%* NeverLiveItDown -- ZCE

* NeverLiveItDown

* ChasteHero - she's asexual.

* MiniDressOfPower - It reaches to her knees, but in a culture where long skirts are the norm for royalty it's as mini as you can get.
* RealWomenNeverWearDresses - Averted since the majority of the book has her in a dress.

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask. She was never trained to deal with grief brought on by the deaths of her loved ones, so she refuses to trust anyone. [[spoiler: She grows out of it]].

* ThePollyAnna - Compared to the others, he's a bastion of sunshine.
* {{Magitek}} - his unique abilities are a result of magically-enhanced genetic engineering.

* ActionGirl.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished - Averted. [[spoiler: She LOST A FREAKING ARM]].

* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Dreya's red, even limiting her killing sprees when she's injured
* SamusIsAGirl - A short story details her rescue of the Xarn, and to many she's the first elf they've ever seen. So when she singlehandedly takes out five Myrl and they only see her from the back, it's a shock when her true gender is revealed.

* The PluckyGirl - [[spoiler: After her recovery]].

* CulturedBadass: He keeps the most argumentative court in the country in line. And he will kill you if you strike first.
* HeroicNeutral: All he really wants is to rule his people in peace. It takes Dreya's involvement to convince him to fight.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "Freedom? I don't call this freedom. I call it practical emancipation." Cue his [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome one-handed fight out of a ring of]] [[{{Mooks}} Myrl]].
* ReluctantWarrior: He genuinely wants to avoid bloodshed, especially seeing as how his people are already facing extinction.

* YMMV/DamselScrappy - In one of the short stories, she falls down a well and stops an entire party of refugees

* TheCharmer, at least in his own mind.

* OverprotectiveDad - To Saela

* AmbitionIsEvil: How she got to be the villain of the piece.

* CombatStilettos: Subverted. She wears high heels... at home, to announce her arrival to her servants. She's got a pair of combat boots for practical use.

* FlawExploitation: She uses Dreya's obsession with revenge against all wrongs to distract her.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Usurped the throne of Norigoth and titled herself Queen of the Realm

%%* LadyInRed: Her favorite color.
* LipstickLesbian: She loves corsets and feminine dresses.
* NighInvulnerability: Granted by the (almost) all-powerful Medallion
* PsychoLesbian: she and Krysty were lovers.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Justified, as Ilverin civilization hasn't yet developed psychotherapy. Though many characters would benefit from it...
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: with Krysty [[spoiler: or Aora]] as the tomboy

* AxeCrazy
* DarkActionGirl: Compared to Dreya's heroine. [[spoiler: Too bad she doesn't stick around long.]]

* LesbianJock: Doesn't play sports, but she is a soldier.
* MysteriousWoman: Though that changes quickly.

* LonersAreFreaks, at least according to the population of Tralnrt..
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl - with girly girl Valeria
* YMMV/NeverLiveItDown

* YMMV/AngstWhatAngst - She lost her best friend Mayara to Kespa. The loss is never mentioned, probably because she's busy caring for said friend's daughter.

* [[GirlInTheTower Girl In The Mirror]]

* [[{{Seers}} Seer]]

* HotConsort to his wife Mayara

** [[spoiler: And then when she dies, he almost has a [[HeroicBSOD breakdown...]]]]

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl - the girly one to Aora's tomboy

* BloodSpatteredInnocents

* BeAllMySinsRemembered

* TheChainsOfCommanding

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: her first conversation with Melane, when she refuses to take her advisor's advice and says she'll ignore what her subjects think and do what she wants.

* FatalFlaw: Dreya's very, very bad at ignoring insults and taunts.
* HumblePie

* MixAndMatchCritters

* [[spoiler: MataHari]]

* LadyInRed: Her favorite color.

* BeAllMySinsRemembered
* TheChainsOfCommanding
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: her first conversation with Melane, when she refuses to take her advisor's advice and says she'll ignore what her subjects think and do what she wants.
* FatalFlaw: Dreya's very, very bad at ignoring insults and taunts.
* HumblePie
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Anshi's blue. She's the one who's always off to save someone.

* HumbleHero

* {{Badass}}

* MixAndMatchCritters
* MysticalWaif - As close as you can get while being a winged squirrel cat.

* TheCharmer, at least in his own mind.
* PrinceCharmingWannabe


!!Kespa, also known as Cesla Kahn
* ActionGirl

* BigBad of the whole story

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Usurped the throne of Norigoth and self-titled herself Queen of the Realm

* FlawExploitation: She uses Dreya's obsession with revenge against all wrongs to distract her.

* EmotionlessGirl: Until her backstory is revealed.
* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: She forged it ''herself''.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: with girly girl Valeria
* LonersAreFreaks, at least according to the population of Tralnrt.

* [[GirlInTheTower Girl In The Mirror]]

* MissingMom
* ParentsInDistress
* MamaBear: The woman will do ''anything'' required of her to save her daughter.
** Or her husband, for that matter.
* AlmightyMom
* FaintingSeer
* TheFatalist
* DreamingOfThingsToCome
* YouCantFightFate
* [[{{Seers}} Seer]]

* ManlyMenCanHunt - According to WordOfGod, before he became king he hunted wildcats. Elf-eating wildcats.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker

!!Saela Kahn

!!Sirold

!!Kieral

!!Keplan

!!Kespa

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Usurped the throne.

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The person Dreya meets while above ground. To tell you more would spoil the story.
* BadassTransplant - His abilities come from [[spoiler: Magitek genetics]]

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass - In a literal sense. Meaning he doesn't know when he'll be the moron and when he'll be the... you know.

* DamselScrappy - In one of the short stories, she falls down a well and stops an entire party of refugees

* NeverLiveItDown

* AngstWhatAngst - She lost her best friend Mayara to Kespa. The loss is never mentioned, probably because she's busy caring for said friend's daughter.

* StrangeGirl - Her position in the group.

* {{Kuudere}}

* ChasteHero - Not by her own decision, but because all the guys are scared of her strength.