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* GuileHero: Has some shades of this. His strategy in trying to enter the Rosalyn competition was to trick the other competitors and the traders into believing that he was female by HidingInPlainSight.
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* WhipItGood: Each has a long leather whip that they use liberally on any who they see braking the laws of Noradz.
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* WhipItGood: Each WhipOfDominance They're the cruel and tyrannical rulers and enforcers of Noradz and each has a long leather whip that they use liberally on any who they see braking the laws of Noradz.
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* MadeASlave: She and the rest of Roradz are taken to the Shadowlands just before the Shadow Lord is driven out of Deltora.
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The manager of the Rithmere Games and Inn. She is a very cheerful person at first sight. [[spoiler: It is revealed that she is a Shadow Lord servant helping enslave finalists and champions of the Rithmere Games.]]
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* ManipulativeBitch: Runs a gladiator tournament that is a front for scouting out potential recruits for the Shadow Lord, but she keeps both the competitors and the audience completely in the dark to her true nature. Upon the champions being announced, she tricks them into thinking they are likely of being robbed, and allowing to leave via a secret exit... straight into the arms of waiting Grey Guards. She then fabricates a story to the Mere civilians that the Champion(s) ran off with the prize money to live in secrecy.
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* ManipulativeBitch: Runs a gladiator tournament that is a front for scouting out potential recruits for the Shadow Lord, but she keeps both the competitors and the audience completely in the dark to her true nature. Upon the champions being announced, she tricks them into thinking they are likely of being robbed, and allowing to leave via a secret exit... straight into the arms of waiting Grey Guards. She then fabricates a story to the Mere civilians that the Champion(s) ran off with the prize money to live in secrecy.
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Leader of the people of D'Or. [[spoiler:He became Soldeen when D'Or was transformed into the Lake of Tears]].
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Nanion's wife. [[spoiler: She became the Weeping Rock when D'Or was transformed into the Lake of Tears]].
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A pedlar who the three companions meet during their quest for the gems, Steven is the son of Queen Bee herself. He sells Queen Bee honey to the Resistance.
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!! Fardeep
Former manager of the Rithmere Games and Inn. [[spoiler: He flees to the Valley of the Lost after his livelihood and family is destroyed by vagabonds in Rithmere and becomes the Guardian. He later has a HeelFaceTurn and helps the heroes defeat the Shadow Lord and find the heir to Deltora in ''Return to Del''. During the reign of King Lief Fardeep returns to Rithmere and resumes management of the Champion Inn and a much safer, well-intentioned Rithmere Games.]]
* BodyHorror: His four pet monsters [[spoiler: are actually growths representing his own flaws: pride, greed, hatred and envy.]]
Former manager of the Rithmere Games and Inn. [[spoiler: He flees to the Valley of the Lost after his livelihood and family is destroyed by vagabonds in Rithmere and becomes the Guardian. He later has a HeelFaceTurn and helps the heroes defeat the Shadow Lord and find the heir to Deltora in ''Return to Del''. During the reign of King Lief Fardeep returns to Rithmere and resumes management of the Champion Inn and a much safer, well-intentioned Rithmere Games.]]
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FormerFardeep/The Guardian
The former manager of the Rithmere Games andInn. [[spoiler: He flees Inn, who fled to the Valley of the Lost after his livelihood and family is destroyed by vagabonds in Rithmere and becomes became the Guardian. He later has a HeelFaceTurn and helps the heroes defeat the Shadow Lord and find the heir to Deltora in ''Return to Del''. During the reign of King Lief Fardeep returns to Rithmere and resumes management of the Champion Inn and a much safer, well-intentioned Rithmere Games.]]
Guardian.
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* IGaveMyWord: Fardeep/The Fardeep/the Guardian is always fair when challenging travellers to solve his riddles. He never breaks or goes back on his promises, and is insulted when the trio accuse him of doing so when they are deciding whether to attempt the Guardian's challenge.
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* TragicVillain: He is a broken man when [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the Shadow Lord's voice comes to him]]. The trio feels pity for him when they hear the story of how he came to be the Guardian, and see that he was just a man looking for new purpose and hope in his life.
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A Champion of the Rithmere Games. [[spoiler:She is taken to the Shadowlands immediately after to fight in the Shadow Arena]].
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Magically gifted people of the west. Mostly stay within their magical city of Tora and leave to people in their territory to themselves.
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A Toran girl of high birth. [[spoiler:She is Lief's distant cousin and the next in line to the throne should he die without an heir.]]
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A Cult-like Troupe of entertainers who all wear extremely convincing animal masks. [[spoiler:They have an old hatred for the royal family and all it stands for.]]
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* LastOfHisKind: The last of the Jalis in Deltora.
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* IdentityAmnesia: Had no memory of his past life when he was Soldeen.
* TragicMonster: At first, when the companions encounter him in the Lake of Tears they find him evil and frightening, but with the help of the topaz Lief realises that Soldeen is as much a victim of Thaegan as the people of Raladin are and feels sorry for him.
* IdentityAmnesia: Had no memory of his past life when he was Soldeen.
* TragicMonster: At first, when the companions encounter him in the Lake of Tears they find him evil and frightening, but with the help of the topaz Lief realises that Soldeen is as much a victim of Thaegan as the people of Raladin are and feels sorry for him.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Spent one hundred years as a [[spoiler:a monster called Soldeen, Soldeen]], with no recollection of his human life.
* IdentityAmnesia: Had no memory of his past life when he wasSoldeen.[[spoiler:Soldeen]].
* TragicMonster: At first, when the companions encounter him in the Lake of Tears they find him evil and frightening, but with the help of the topaz Lief realises thatSoldeen [[spoiler:Soldeen]] is as much a victim of Thaegan as the people of Raladin are and feels sorry for him.
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Large flying mammals of the northeast. Over-hunting by the Dread Gnomes drove them away from Dread Mountain.
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Large flying mammals of the northeast.northwest. Over-hunting by the Dread Gnomes drove them away from Dread Mountain.
* GenocideSurvivor: The Dread Gnomes, armed with Gellick's venom, attempted to kill them all.
* MixAndMatchCritters: They seem vaguely dragon-shaped, but have some kangaroo aspects like a pouch.
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* HateSink: Let's see. He's scammed hundreds of people on his gambling ship into debt and slavery. He kidnaps and Verity and holds her hostage before later killing her. He turns Red Han into a horse and abuses him and his other horses. [[WouldHurtAChild He is happy to kill children]], which he nearly does with Zerry. He scams countless people while posing as a LoanShark and ends up taking of all their money and sometimes their lives. He captures his own sister, physically abuses her, and intends to kill her. Then he holds Jasmine hostage and uses her as a bargaining chip. Safe to say everyone hates this bastard.
* {{JerkAss}}: Torments his own horses [[ForTheEvulz for the hell of it]].
* KarmicDeath: He ends up accidentally breaking his vow to his cursed crew by taking a piece of gold he promised he wouldn't touch, where they proceed to drag him into their cursed boat and it sinks along with him.
* {{JerkAss}}: Torments his own horses [[ForTheEvulz for the hell of it]].
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* HateSink: Let's see. He's scammed hundreds of people on his gambling ship into debt and slavery. He kidnaps and Verity and holds her hostage before later killing her. He turns Red Han into a horse and abuses him and his other horses. [[WouldHurtAChild He is happy to kill children]], which he nearly does with Zerry. He scams countless people while posing as a LoanShark and ends up taking of all their money and sometimes their lives. He captures his own sister, physically abuses her, and intends to kill her. Then he holds Jasmine hostage and uses her as a bargaining chip. Safe to say everyone hates this bastard.
* {{JerkAss}}: [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals Torments his ownhorses horses]] [[ForTheEvulz for the hell of it]].
* KarmicDeath: He ends upaccidentally [[spoiler:accidentally breaking his vow to his cursed crew by taking a piece of gold he promised he wouldn't touch, where they proceed to drag him into their cursed boat and it sinks along with him.him]].
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* IGaveMyWord: Fardeep/ The Fardeep/The Guardian is always fair when challenging travellers to solve his riddles. He never breaks or goes back on his promises, and is insulted when the trio accuse him of doing so when they are deciding whether to attempt the Guardian's challenge.
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!!In General
* ThemeNaming: All of them have two-syllable hyphenated names.
* ThemeNaming: All of them have two-syllable hyphenated names.
!!Az-Zure
The leader of the Dread Gnomes in Adin's time.
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* BabiesEverAfter: In the third series she is pregnant with her first child and later gives birth. [[spoiler: They name the baby Josef, [[DeadGuyJunior after Ranesh's adoptive father.father]].]]
* FalseRomanticLead: Many people, especially Jasmine, think that she's brought to Del to be Lief's bride.
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* ResignedToTheCall: Marilen was not happy when she was revealed as [[spoiler: Lief's heir to the Belt]] as she never wanted to be Queen of Deltora. She goes to Del anyway out of a sense of duty, and spends her time there hoping that Lief would return from his quest alive so that the Belt would not have to shine for her.
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* ResignedToTheCall: Marilen was not happy when she was revealed as [[spoiler: Lief's heir to the Belt]] as she never wanted to be Queen of Deltora. She goes to Del anyway out of a sense of duty, and spends her time there hoping that Lief would return from his quest alive so that the [[spoiler:the Belt would not have to shine for her. her]].
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Was trapped for eighteen years as one of Laughing Jack's horses, tortured and brow-beaten.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Lingered as a cursed figurehead on board the Lady Luck for eighteen years after her death, and was only freed when Jack was tricked into breaking [[spoiler:breaking the oath he had sworn to his crew and thus dragged to man the oars himself.himself]].
* IdenticalStranger: Looks very much like Lief, to the point that the Masked Ones mistake Lief for him. Makes sense, since [[spoiler:they were founded by King Elstred's younger brother, making Bede his distant cousin]].
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People of Deltora's southwest. Known for their warrior culture. Local folk tales, called the Tenna Birdsong Tales, are sacred to the Jalis.
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People of Deltora's southwest. Known for their warrior culture. Local folk tales, called the [[OralTradition Tenna Birdsong Tales, Tales]], are sacred to the Jalis.
!!In General
* BlingOfWar: From the illustrations, their traditional armor is elaborate ''and'' functional.
* ProudWarriorRace: Their [[CultureOfHats Tribal Hat]].
!!In General
* BlingOfWar: From the illustrations, their traditional armor is elaborate ''and'' functional.
* ProudWarriorRace: Their [[CultureOfHats Tribal Hat]].
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Glock's younger brother. He was taken as a solve to the Shadowlands.
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Glock's younger brother. He was taken as a solve slave to the Shadowlands.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Might be the most despicable character in the series, barring the Shadow Lord. Everyone hates him with a burning passion and nobody misses him once he's gone.
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A Champion of the Rithmere Games. [[spoiler:She is taken to the shadowlands immediately after to fight in the Shadow Arena]].
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* CharacterDeath: She is killed by [[spoiler: an Ol after telling Josef about [[spoiler: Ols and the Dread Gnomes' slavery to Gellick.]]
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Bess' son and singer of the Masked Ones. He decided to leave the Masked Ones after falling in love with Mariette. Wore a blue bird mask.
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* MissingMom: Marilen's mother is not seen at all in the series; by how Marilen's father speaks of her, she is presumed to be dead.
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* MissingMom: Marilen's mother is not seen at all in the series; by how Marilen's father speaks of her, she is presumed to be dead. Obviously Marilen is descended from Adin on her mother's side, and her mother must be deceased or she would be next in line instead of Marilen.
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* HiddenDepths: At first he seems a typical SnakeOilSalesman, turns out he hates the Shadow Lord as much as the heroes.
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** At first he seems a typical SnakeOilSalesman, turns out he hates the Shadow Lord as much as the heroes.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being a neutral party, he provides the heroes with valuable intel and assistance during ''Isle of the Dead'' including information about Ava.
* {{Magitech}}: Many of his products look like modern day items but with a magical basis supplementing the science side.
* {{Magitech}}: Many of his products look like modern day items but with a magical basis supplementing the science side.
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Once he accidentally breaks his vow, he is dragged below the decks of the Lady Luck to join his crew at the oars, for the rest of his life and after.]]
* JerkAss: Torments his own horses [[ForTheEvulz for the hell of it]].
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Might be the most despicable character in the series, barring the Shadow Lord. Everyone hates him with a burning passion and nobody misses him once he's gone.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Once he accidentally breaks his vow, he is dragged below the decks of the Lady Luck to join his crew at the oars,for the rest of finally meeting his life and after.KarmicDeath.]]
*JerkAss: HateSink: Let's see. He's scammed hundreds of people on his gambling ship into debt and slavery. He kidnaps and Verity and holds her hostage before later killing her. He turns Red Han into a horse and abuses him and his other horses. [[WouldHurtAChild He is happy to kill children]], which he nearly does with Zerry. He scams countless people while posing as a LoanShark and ends up taking of all their money and sometimes their lives. He captures his own sister, physically abuses her, and intends to kill her. Then he holds Jasmine hostage and uses her as a bargaining chip. Safe to say everyone hates this bastard.
* {{JerkAss}}: Torments his own horses [[ForTheEvulz for the hell ofit]].it]].
* KarmicDeath: He ends up accidentally breaking his vow to his cursed crew by taking a piece of gold he promised he wouldn't touch, where they proceed to drag him into their cursed boat and it sinks along with him.
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[[folder: Ralads]]
Ancient people of Deltora's northeast. They prefer to live in the dense wilderness of their territory. Ralads are renowned builders and were the architects of the palace in Del.
!! Manus
A Ralad man sent by his people to search for help. He is captured by Jin and Jod along the way.
* AFriendInNeed: Goes to Withick Mire to represent the Ralads in the ceremony to restore the Belt of Deltora and find its heir.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Spends years living as a pet to Jin and Jod.
* HeroicSacrifice: Almost. He is completely willing to become Soldeen's 'pet' so that Lief, Barda and Jasmine can retrieve the ruby for the Belt of Deltora, because they saved his life twice and he is in their debt. Thankfully, this doesn't become necessary.
* IOweYouMyLife: Says this to Lief, Barda and Jasmine after they rescue him from Grey Guards and again after they save him from Jin and Jod.
* MadeASlave: Was forced to be a slave for Jin and Jod for five years, and had to watch them trap hapless victims and stew them.
* SuddenlyVoiced: In-universe example.
* TheSpeechless: He, and all the people of Raladin, are voiceless due to a spell cast by the sorceress Thaegan which took away the voices of the Ralads who spoke up against the enchantment of D'Or into the Lake of Tears, and also their descendants.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: People of D'Or and Eastern Settlers]]
Peoples from all over Deltora as well as from across the sea who have settled in the northeast. Notable villages include D'Or and the village of Broome.
!! Nanion
Leader of the people of D'Or. [[spoiler:He became Soldeen when D'Or was transformed into the Lake of Tears]].
* NiceGuy: After he is freed from his curse, he's a generally nice guy.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Spent one hundred years as a monster called Soldeen, with no recollection of his human life.
* IdentityAmnesia: Had no memory of his past life when he was Soldeen.
* TragicMonster: At first, when the companions encounter him in the Lake of Tears they find him evil and frightening, but with the help of the topaz Lief realises that Soldeen is as much a victim of Thaegan as the people of Raladin are and feels sorry for him.
!! Ethena
Nanion's wife. [[spoiler: She became the Weeping Rock when D'Or was transformed into the Lake of Tears]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was enchanted by Thaegan (along with the entire city of D'Or) a hundred years before, and lived a cursed, miserable half-life as a weeping rock.
* IdentityAmnesia: Had no memory of her life before the curse while she was enchanted.
!!Lindal
A woman from the City of Broome.
* ActionGirl: Can keep up with Barda in a fight.
* BabiesEverAfter: After the third series, Lindal and Barda have six children, all of them identical and taller than their parents.
* BaldWoman: A traditional custom for women in Broome, as dragons like to line their nests with hair.
* HappilyMarried: To Barda at the end of the third series.
* TheNoseKnows: She is able to follow people ''by scent''.
* NearDeathExperience: Almost dies of the 'Toran Plague' in the final book. She only recovers once is it ascertained that the so-called plague is actually poison and emeralds are sent to her to help her recover.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: She is able to persue Lief, Barda and Jasmine with ease.
!!Jewel
A young woman of Broome. She is a candidate in the Rosalyn Trust competition.
* BaldWoman: A traditional custom for women in Broome, as dragons like to line their nests with hair.
* [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: She is a typically tall Broome woman and seems rather easy going.
* BladeOnAStick: She carries a spear in a leather pouch. She has yet to need it during the Rosalyn Trust competition.
* TheNoseKnows: While her sense of smell is not as keen as it would be if she had dedicated herself to it, she is able to tell if somebody has been nearby recently.
* OddFriendship: With Britta, [[spoiler:and eventually Sky]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Plains Tribe]]
People from the plains in Deltora's centre. Some are residents of the roofed city of Noradz. Traditionally at odds with the Mere tribe.
!! Steven
A pedlar who the three companions meet during their quest for the gems, Steven is the son of Queen Bee herself. He sells Queen Bee honey to the Resistance.
* HiddenDepths: At first he seems like an unusual pedlar, and a bit mad. Later the trio find out the he is Queen's Bee's son, and that he carries his brother Nevets within himself.
* IntrepidMerchant: Travels across the dangerous Deltoran countryside to villages which may or may not still be there.
!! Nevets
Steven's twin who lives inside him.
* GuardianEntity: When he comes out, Steven is officially the only one who's safe.
* MeaningfulName: Like his name, he is Steven opposite in every way.
* SdrawkcabAlias: His name is 'Steven' reversed.
!! Queen Bee
Famed producer of both Queen Bee Cider and Queen Bee Honey.
* CoolOldLady: Can be seen as this, as she has a swarm of bees that are loyal only to her and would kill if she commanded them to.
* BeeAfraid: Her bees are very protective of their master.
!! Tira
A serving girl of Noradz. She quickly becomes the heroes' single ally in Noradz and aids in their escape.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: She is taken to the Shadowlands with her people, and is brainwashed into serving the Shadow Lord against her own people.
* FaceHeelTurn: Tira is made into a Shadow Lord servant by the Conversion Project. She gets better though.
* FireForgedFriends: With Lief, Barda and Jasmine in ''City of the Rats''. She helps them escape their imprisonment in Noradz, and puts herself at great risk in doing so.
* MadeASlave: She and the rest of Roradz are taken to the Shadowlands just before the Shadow Lord is driven out of Deltora.
* PuppeteerParasite: One of the final test subjects of the [[spoiler: Conversion Project.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: She has been taught to be quiet while doing her job.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Rats]]: She, like all the people of Noradz, is trained to compulsively fear rats and anything that might attract them.
!!The Nine Ra-Kacharz
The fanatical leaders of Noradz. They uphold and enforce the cruel and bizarre laws of the city.
* FormFittingWardrobe: Their traditional red garments.
* JerkAss: Reece especially.
* WhipItGood: Each has a long leather whip that they use liberally on any who they see braking the laws of Noradz.
!!Tom
A shrewd and peculiar shopkeeper set up on the eastern border of the Plains. Known for his fantastic yet pricey goods.
* DoubleAgent: He does special dealings with both the Shadow Lord and the Resistance. In his own words, he is the same Tom to all.
* HiddenDepths: At first he seems a typical SnakeOilSalesman, turns out he hates the Shadow Lord as much as the heroes.
** In addition to that he seems to try and take responsibility for [[spoiler: the actions of his brother.]]
* SnakeOilSalesman: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that a lot of his goods tend to work as advertised.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Tom loves his own name. Tom may as well be reading out the entries on Tom.
!!Ava
A seer living in the southwest coast of Deltora. [[spoiler: She is Tom and Laughing Jack's sister]].
* BlindSeer: Ava is most definitely this. She is a true seer, and Lief is surprised when he first meets her to see that she is completely blind. [[spoiler: This unfortunately makes her vulnerable to Laughing Jack when he comes to her and forcibly abducts her, taking her place so that he can ambush the three heroes upon their own arrival at Ava's shop.]]
* HiddenDepths: She is a BlindSeer, and it is later discovered that she is the sister of both Tom and Laughing Jack.
!!Laughing Jack
A notorious con artist who usually poses as a moneylender [[spoiler: and Tom and Ava's brother]].
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Once he accidentally breaks his vow, he is dragged below the decks of the Lady Luck to join his crew at the oars, for the rest of his life and after.]]
* JerkAss: Torments his own horses [[ForTheEvulz for the hell of it]].
* LoanShark: Lends large sums of money under contracts that most cannot even read, usually saying something along the lines of paying back ten or twenty times what was lent. When people can't pay him back, he takes possession of everything they own.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Mere Tribe]]
People from Deltora's midwest. A great part of their culture is gambling and superstition concerning luck. Traditionally at odds with the Plains tribe.
!! Mother Brightly
The manager of the Rithmere Games and Inn. She is a very cheerful person at first sight. [[spoiler: It is revealed that she is a Shadow Lord servant helping enslave finalists and champions of the Rithmere Games.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She merely pretends to be a kindly inn keeper to gain the trust of competitors.
!!Neridah
A finalist of the Rithmere Games. She is known as 'Neridah the Swift' and is very spoilt and selfish.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She at first seems gentle and innocent, but really she is selfish and greedy. She uses her innocent appearance to her advantage during bouts in the Rithmere Arena, and also when she is trying to get her own way with something.
* CharacterDeath: She is cursed by [[spoiler: the great diamond]] when she steals it from the Guardian as it brings bad luck to anyone who attempts to obtain it through force or trickery. She [[spoiler: falls into a stream, hits her head and drowns, [[SparedByTheAdaptation though she learns her lesson and gets to live in the anime]].]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: The diamond's curse on thieves is not very subtle.
* TheTrickster: She likes to fool people into thinking she's fragile and gentle so that she will get her own way.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: How she prefers to start off a battle. Lief falls for it twice in the same fight.
!!Joanna
Another finalist of the Rithmere Games.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her and Orwen's fate are left rather ambiguous after the Rithmere games, though [[UnreliableNarrator Mother Brightly]] claims they simply left Rithmere. Whatever happened, they survived to the end of the series.
!!Orwen
Yet Another finalist of the Rithmere Games.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His and Joanna's fate are left rather ambiguous after the Rithmere games, though [[UnreliableNarrator Mother Brightly]] claims they simply left Rithmere. Whatever happened, they survived to the end of the series.
!! Fardeep
Former manager of the Rithmere Games and Inn. [[spoiler: He flees to the Valley of the Lost after his livelihood and family is destroyed by vagabonds in Rithmere and becomes the Guardian. He later has a HeelFaceTurn and helps the heroes defeat the Shadow Lord and find the heir to Deltora in ''Return to Del''. During the reign of King Lief Fardeep returns to Rithmere and resumes management of the Champion Inn and a much safer, well-intentioned Rithmere Games.]]
* BodyHorror: His four pet monsters [[spoiler: are actually growths representing his own flaws: pride, greed, hatred and envy.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His family is killed by bandits and his home and business are taken from him.
* HeelFaceTurn: At the end of ''The Valley of the Lost'' he becomes good again, having finally repented his old ways. The heroes are wary at first around him because of his old nature but soon come to trust him completely.
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* IGaveMyWord: Fardeep/ The Guardian is always fair when challenging travellers to solve his riddles. He never breaks or goes back on his promises, and is insulted when the trio accuse him of doing so when they are deciding whether to attempt the Guardian's challenge.
* ScavengerHunt: The nature of the challenge the Guardian sets the trio. They are forced to find the letters of the Guardian's true name before time runs out, or they will be trapped in the Valley forever.
* TragicVillain: He is a broken man when [[spoiler: the Shadow Lord's voice comes to him]]. The trio feels pity for him when they hear the story of how he came to be the Guardian, and see that he was just a man looking for new purpose and hope in his life.
!!Brianne of Lees
A Champion of the Rithmere Games. [[spoiler:She is taken to the shadowlands immediately after to fight in the Shadow Arena]].
* ActionGirl: She is a good warrior, having been a Rithmere Games champion and later escaped from the Shadow Arena while fighting as a slave. She then met Claw and chose to join his Shadowlands resistance group.
* BadassNormal: She is a very good fighter, and not afraid to show it. She was the Champion of the Rithmere Games at one point, and after she is sent to fight in the Shadow Arena she manages to escape, becoming the third person to ever do so. In The Shadowlands, after finding Hellena's resistance group captured and their cell deserted, Brianne says that she hopes the Guards are hidden and waiting for them, and caresses her dagger, making it clear just what she intends to do to the Guards if some are there.
* BrokenBird: Brianne may seem tough and badass, but it's clear that she's very bitter and sad inside at her slavery and the thought that her people hate her because they believe she abandoned them.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her stay in the the [[spoiler: Shadowlands is as bad as anyone after fighting in the Shadow Arena.]]
* FacialHorror: Brianne has the Shadow Lord's sign cruelly branded onto her forehead.
* FamedInStory: Her victory in a previous Rithmere Games.
* FireForgedFriends: With Claw and Gers, and members of the second Shadowlands Resistance group who were captured by the Shadow Lord in ''Deltora Shadowlands''. Later also with Lief, Barda and Jasmine.
* IceQueen: Brianne is very cold and disdainful to those around her, especially those she mistrusts. The only exceptions are Claw and Gers, and even Claw states that she is a thorn in his side at times.
* MadeASlave: Taken to the Shadowlands after her victory in the Rithmere Games.
* NervesOfSteel: She never panics during a fight, and doesn't seem to have any fear at all.
* PragmaticHero: Like Doom, Claw and other heroes, she prefers to take a cautious, pragmatic approach when planning anything, and prepare for any possible danger.
* ProperlyParanoid: She is reluctant to trust Lief, Barda and Jasmine in ''The Shadowlands'', as she is afraid that they may be Shadow Lord spies.
* RebelliousSpirit: Is a member of the Shadowlands resistance.
* TrueCompanions: With Claw and Gers.
!!Zerry
An orphan from Rithmere taken in by the Masked Ones.
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!!Sky
A young Mere woman. She is a candidate in the Rosalyn Trust competition. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that she is, in fact, male.]]
* BadassInDistress: Is captured and sentenced to death by the turtle-people for trespassing into their territory. It is only thanks to Britta that Sky is not thrown into the mud to die.
* BigDamnHeroes: Sky and Jewel rescue Britta after they see her thrown overboard.
* {{Crossdresser}}: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. [[spoiler: He wore his usual clothes whilst in the Rosalyn Trust competition and nobody questioned it, assuming that was just how poor Mere women dressed.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Is the snarkiest character in the ''Star of Deltora'' series.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied. Sky is revealed to have had a hard life in Rithmere and is used to the sight of a dead body.
* FireForgedFriends: After their adventure in the Two Moons swamp, Sky begins doing favours for Britta. Over the course of their stay at Illica, they both start helping out the other.
* {{Foil}}: To Dare Larsett. Both of them had a hard life growing up and depended on their wits to survive. They also both dreamed of escaping their harsh lives and making a name and fortune for themselves.
* GenderReveal: [[spoiler:Sky turns out to be a young man as opposed to a young woman.]]
* GlorySeeker: [[spoiler: Sky's single reason for joining the Rosalyn Trust competition, knowing full well that, as a man, he could never be named Trader Rosalyn. He used the competition as a means to get to a foreign port and make a name for himself.]]
* GuileHero: Has some shades of this. His strategy in trying to enter the Rosalyn competition was to trick the other competitors and the traders into believing that he was female by HidingInPlainSight.
* HiddenDepths: Though at first appearing to be insolent and arrogant, there's more to him than meets the eyes. As Britta puts it:
---> "Sky was hard to understand. He was prickly and reckless, and thought nothing of being dishonest when it suited him. Yet he could be brave and gentle, and had his own sense of honour."
* HiddenInPlainSight: [[spoiler: He does very little to actually disguise that he is male, relying on his grown-out hair and the simple fact that nobody would suspect it.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: While Jewel is rough looking yet kind, Sky is unkempt, insolent and spiteful.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sky seems to gain more respect for Britta and Jewel once they are all cemented as in the running for finalists, but is still rather hostile towards [[SpoiledBrat Vashti]].
* OddFriendship: [[spoiler:Develops one with Britta and, by extension, Jewel.]]
* PragmaticHero: He won't hesitate to commit dishonest or unsavory acts in order to achieve his goals. As he puts it: "I grew up on the banks of the River Broad, living by my wits. It was a hard school, and it taught me to take my chances where I saw them."
* SympathyForTheDevil: Sky admits to Britta to actually feel sorry for Dare Larsett, unlike most of Del who think of the man as a wicked traitor.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Dread Gnomes]]
Stout people of Deltora's northwest. Generally keep to Dread Mountain in the far north and leave most of their territory alone.
!! Fa-Glin
Elder of the Dread Gnomes.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was a slave of the toad Gellick for over sixteen years.
* {{Pride}}: All the Dread Gnomes are known for this.
* ProperlyParanoid: Even two years after the end of the Shadow Lord's reign, Fa-Glin still uses code to disguise his letters to Lief, Barda and Jasmine in Del. It's mainly because it's a part of his personality (all Dread Gnomes are naturally suspicious) and also because of his DarkAndTroubledPast.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Is respected and known as a fair leader.
!! Gla-Thon
Greatest archer of the Dread Gnomes.
* AFriendInNeed: Goes to Withick Mire to represent the Dread Gnomes in the ceremony to restore the Belt of Deltora and find its heir.
* BadassInDistress: Was captured by Grey Guards at the end of ''Return to Del'' and almost executed.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was a slave of the toad Gellick for over sixteen years.
* {{Pride}}: All the Dread Gnomes are known for this.
!! Ri-Nan
A scheming Dread Gnome who seeks Gellick's favour.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was a slave of the toad Gellick for over sixteen years.
* DirtyCoward: Willing to sell out anybody and foil his people's only chance for freedom to stay on Gellick's good side.
* {{Pride}}: All the Dread Gnomes are known for this.
!! Sha-Ban
A Dread Gnome who tells Josef of Gellick and Ols.
* CharacterDeath: She is killed by [[spoiler: an Ol after telling Josef about [[spoiler: Ols and the Dread Gnomes' slavery to Gellick.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was a slave of the toad Gellick.
* DeathByOriginStory: Her role in Josef's.
* {{Pride}}: All the Dread Gnomes are known for this.
!!Pi-Ban
A Dread Gnome taken to the Shadowlands as a slave.
* BadassInDistress: Was captured by the Shadow Lord along with the rest of his resistance cell, and was meant to be subjected to the conversion project. Fortunately the intervention of Lief, Barda and Jasmine meant that this did not happen (though it almost did).
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was a slave of the toad Gellick; later he was taken to the Shadowlands.
* MadeASlave: In the Shadowlands.
* {{Pride}}: All the Dread Gnomes are known for this.
* RebelliousSpirit: Part of the Shadowlands resistance.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kin]]
Large flying mammals of the northeast. Over-hunting by the Dread Gnomes drove them away from Dread Mountain.
!! Crenn
!! Prin
Youngest of the Kin and the only to be born since they abandoned Dread Mountain
* GenkiGirl: Has the energy of anybody her age and no friends to exert it with.
!! Merin
!! Ailsa
!! Bruna
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Torans]]
Magically gifted people of the west. Mostly stay within their magical city of Tora and leave to people in their territory to themselves.
!! Zeean
A Toran elder.
* AFriendInNeed: She helps Lief, Barda, Jasmine and the Resistance to find the heir to the Belt and drive the Shadow Lord from Deltora. She also later comes to Sharn's bedside to nurse her when Sharn falls ill, despite her clearly not being welcome in Del (so much so that someone throws a ''rock'' at her).
* BlueBlood: Comes from one of the high born families of Tora.
* DamselInDistress: Is captured by Grey Guards and sentenced to execution in Return to Del, and is only rescued at the last minute by Lief.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: She was banished from her city along with all her people when they broke their sacred oath to Adin, and spent sixteen years living a half-life in the Valley of the Lost.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Like any Toran.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Sharn, Lief, Barda and Jasmine.
* MyGreatestFailure: Feels immense guilt for not helping the royal family in their hour of need.
* NearDeathExperience: Almost dies of the 'Toran Plague' in the final book. She only recovers once is it ascertained that the so-called plague is actually poison and emeralds are sent to her to help her recover.
!! Marilen
A Toran girl of high birth. [[spoiler:She is Lief's distant cousin and the next in line to the throne should he die without an heir.]]
* BabiesEverAfter: In the third series she is pregnant with her first child and later gives birth. [[spoiler: They name the baby Josef, after Ranesh's adoptive father.]]
* BlueBlood: She is from one of the high born families of Tora.
* CharacterDevelopment: Gets significantly bolder during her stay in the palace.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Like any Toran.
* HappilyMarried: To Ranesh in the third series.
* HiddenDepths: On the outside she is delicate and gentle, but on the inside she is stubborn, intelligent, humorous and much more strong-minded than she lets on. She manages to stand up to ''Doom'', of all people, in ''Isle of Illusion''.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Zeean, Sharn, and a few others.
* MissingMom: Marilen's mother is not seen at all in the series; by how Marilen's father speaks of her, she is presumed to be dead.
* PregnantBadass: Marches across the country with food to a place where she probably isn't welcome while heavily pregnant.
* PuppetQueen: What Paff makes her out to be in ''The Sister of the South'', to weaken trust between Tora and Del and thus weaken the kingdom's security. It's not true, of course, but many people end up believing it.
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler: She is the next in line to the throne after Lief.]]
* ResignedToTheCall: Marilen was not happy when she was revealed as [[spoiler: Lief's heir to the Belt]] as she never wanted to be Queen of Deltora. She goes to Del anyway out of a sense of duty, and spends her time there hoping that Lief would return from his quest alive so that the Belt would not have to shine for her.
* SecretIdentity: Rumours abuzz in the palace of her betrothal to Lief. [[spoiler: They turn out to be no more than rumours. She is actually next in line to the throne.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: When she is first taken to the palace. She gets better over time. By the time of the events in ''Isle of Illusion'', Sharn seems to be amazed at how confident and strong Marilen has become in a matter of days.
!! Peel
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Like any Toran.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Western Settlers]]
Peoples from all over Deltora as well as from across the sea who have settled in the west and sparsely in the northwest. Villages along the River Tor are common prey for Pirates.
!!Ranesh
Josef's loyal assistant. Originally from Where Waters Meet.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: There's not much he doesn't pick up on simply by hanging back and observing.
* BabiesEverAfter: At the end of the third series he has an infant son, Josef.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Determinator}}: In ''Cavern of the Fear'' Ranesh waits in line to speak to Lady Sharn to tell her about the Deltora Annals, when he sees Jasmine, and immediately approaches her, but she brushes him off. He then follows her secretly to the forge where he at the last convinces the girl to come with him and meet Josef, who is desperate to return the Annals to the palace.
* FamilyOfChoice: Ranesh views Josef as a father to him, and loves him deeply.
* HappilyMarried: To Marilen in the third series.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: As a child was orphaned during a pirate attack on Where Waters Meet.
* LovableRogue: Never quite shakes his tendencies from his days as a young thief. He's even still willing to steal, if it means feeding Josef and himself.
* MadeASlave: After the attack on Where Waters Meet Ranesh was taken by the pirates to be used as a slave on board the ship. He managed to escape some time later and make his way to Del.
!!Mariette
A young woman from Shadowgate who falls in love with Bede.
* DamselInDistress: Is trapped for seven years in a locket and at the mercy of the guardian to the Sister of the North, until Lief, Barda and Jasmine defeat Kirsten and the Sister (and as a result break the spell over her).
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her own sister kept her hostage for seven years in an enchanted locket, as leverage against Bede, who she forced into slaving away for her.
* NiceGirl: She doesn't have a mean bone in her body.
!!Red Han
Keeper of the Bone Point Light.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Was trapped for eighteen years as one of Laughing Jack's horses, tortured and brow-beaten.
* HappilyMarried: Supposedly, before the death of his wife long ago, who was also the mother of Verity.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Verity is killed by Laughing Jack on the day of the Shadow Lord's invasion; she is only a young girl at the time. Red Han survives his enchantment at the hands of Jack and finds himself freed sixteen years later.
!!Verity
A young girl who is abducted and eventually killed by Laughing Jack, in a bid to make Red Han turn off the Bone Point Light. She is Red Han's daughter.
* CharacterDeath: Was stabbed to death by Laughing Jack (then James Gant) in a fit of rage on board the ''Lady Luck''.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Lingered as a cursed figurehead on board the Lady Luck for eighteen years after her death, and was only freed when Jack was tricked into breaking the oath he had sworn to his crew and thus dragged to man the oars himself.
* HeroicSacrifice: Was willing to die (and did die) to prevent the Bone Point Light from going out.
* RedIsHeroic: Verity had long red hair, and she played a role in trying to keep the Bone Point Light from being extinguished, although in the end she didn't succeed.
* {{Seer}}
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Masked Ones]]
A Cult-like Troupe of entertainers who all wear extremely convincing animal masks. [[spoiler:They have an old hatred for the royal family and all it stands for.]]
!!Bess
Leader of the Masked Ones. Performs fortune tellings. She wears an owl mask.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Her son Bede chose to elope with Mariette rather than become a full adult member of the Masked Ones.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Bess forbade Bede to marry Mariette. [[spoiler: He ignored her and married her anyway.]]
* PoisonIsEvil: Bess wears ring that has a compartment filled with a deadly poison.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: In an attempt to prevent Lewin (Lief) from leaving the troupe she slips poison into Barda's drink, believing him to be an obstacle to her 'great plans' for Lewin. It all goes horribly wrong, however, as Kree realises what she has done and uses the secret switch underneath her table to switch the place of the two goblets, thus forcing Bess to drink her own poison.
!!Otto
Strong man of the Masked Ones and a member of the inner circle. He wears a pig mask.
* CharacterDeath: Is killed by the Masked One.
!!Quill
A member of the inner circle who seems to be in charge of coaching some of the performances. He wears an eagle mask.
!!Rust
A member of the inner circle who seems to be in charge of organisation. She wears a fox mask.
!!Plug
A member of the inner circle and teacher to the orphans taken in by the Masked Ones. She wears a frog mask.
!!Bede
Bess' son and singer of the Masked Ones. He decided to leave the Masked Ones after falling in love with Mariette. Wore a blue bird mask.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was enslaved by Kirsten for seven years.
* MadeASlave: Was a slave to Kirsten for seven years.
* NiceGuy: Despite what Lief initially thinks of him before they meet, Bede actually turns out to be a nice person.
* OfficialCouple: With Marriette.
* SecondLove: With Marriette.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Jalis]]
People of Deltora's southwest. Known for their warrior culture. Local folk tales, called the Tenna Birdsong Tales, are sacred to the Jalis.
!! Glock
The last Jalis remaining in Deltora. The heroes first meet him in the Rithmere Games, in which he becomes a finalist. He later joins the resistance for protection from the Grey Guards hunting him.
* BadassInDistress: Was captured by Grey Guards at the end of ''Return to Del'' and almost executed. In ''The Shifting Sands'' he, along with Neridah, was captured by Grey Guards and almost taken to the Shadowlands as a fighting slave. They both had to be rescued by Doom.
* BerserkButton: A lot of things make him angry, including insults to his pride. Basically anything that insults his pride makes him lose his cool.
* BoisterousBruiser: He's huge, and he loves getting into fights.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: An extremely skilled warrior. He also knows how to heal bites from grippers.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The only Jalis left in Deltora. Lived through the ill-fated battle against the Shadow Lord and had to watch his entire race get slaughtered or enslaved.
* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take much to send him over the edge.
* JerkAss: He's extremely unpleasant to even his allies.
* LastOfHisKind: The last of the Jalis in Deltora.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Seen to shed a tear when representing his tribe.
!! Gers
Glock's younger brother. He was taken as a solve to the Shadowlands.
* AdultFear: Gers is captured by Grey Guards after the failed Jalis battle and taken to the Shadowlands. The last sight he has of his brother is of Glock seemingly dying in battle.
* BerserkButton: Anything that insults his pride.
* BoisterousBruiser: Is very muscled and tall, and likes to get into fights.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He was taken to the Shadowlands and forced to fight in the Shadow Arena, from which he escaped eventually. Prior to that he fought in the battle against the Shadow Lord and had to watch his brother fall in battle and seemingly die.
* HotBlooded: Like Glock, he is very hot-headed and easily angered.
* MadeASlave: Like all the Jalis but Glock, he is captured and taken to the Shadowlands.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Comes with being a Jalis.
* RebelliousSpirit: A member of the Shadowlands Resistance.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Glock.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Ralads]]
Ancient people of Deltora's northeast. They prefer to live in the dense wilderness of their territory. Ralads are renowned builders and were the architects of the palace in Del.
!! Manus
A Ralad man sent by his people to search for help. He is captured by Jin and Jod along the way.
* AFriendInNeed: Goes to Withick Mire to represent the Ralads in the ceremony to restore the Belt of Deltora and find its heir.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Spends years living as a pet to Jin and Jod.
* HeroicSacrifice: Almost. He is completely willing to become Soldeen's 'pet' so that Lief, Barda and Jasmine can retrieve the ruby for the Belt of Deltora, because they saved his life twice and he is in their debt. Thankfully, this doesn't become necessary.
* IOweYouMyLife: Says this to Lief, Barda and Jasmine after they rescue him from Grey Guards and again after they save him from Jin and Jod.
* MadeASlave: Was forced to be a slave for Jin and Jod for five years, and had to watch them trap hapless victims and stew them.
* SuddenlyVoiced: In-universe example.
* TheSpeechless: He, and all the people of Raladin, are voiceless due to a spell cast by the sorceress Thaegan which took away the voices of the Ralads who spoke up against the enchantment of D'Or into the Lake of Tears, and also their descendants.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: People of D'Or and Eastern Settlers]]
Peoples from all over Deltora as well as from across the sea who have settled in the northeast. Notable villages include D'Or and the village of Broome.
!! Nanion
Leader of the people of D'Or. [[spoiler:He became Soldeen when D'Or was transformed into the Lake of Tears]].
* NiceGuy: After he is freed from his curse, he's a generally nice guy.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Spent one hundred years as a monster called Soldeen, with no recollection of his human life.
* IdentityAmnesia: Had no memory of his past life when he was Soldeen.
* TragicMonster: At first, when the companions encounter him in the Lake of Tears they find him evil and frightening, but with the help of the topaz Lief realises that Soldeen is as much a victim of Thaegan as the people of Raladin are and feels sorry for him.
!! Ethena
Nanion's wife. [[spoiler: She became the Weeping Rock when D'Or was transformed into the Lake of Tears]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was enchanted by Thaegan (along with the entire city of D'Or) a hundred years before, and lived a cursed, miserable half-life as a weeping rock.
* IdentityAmnesia: Had no memory of her life before the curse while she was enchanted.
!!Lindal
A woman from the City of Broome.
* ActionGirl: Can keep up with Barda in a fight.
* BabiesEverAfter: After the third series, Lindal and Barda have six children, all of them identical and taller than their parents.
* BaldWoman: A traditional custom for women in Broome, as dragons like to line their nests with hair.
* HappilyMarried: To Barda at the end of the third series.
* TheNoseKnows: She is able to follow people ''by scent''.
* NearDeathExperience: Almost dies of the 'Toran Plague' in the final book. She only recovers once is it ascertained that the so-called plague is actually poison and emeralds are sent to her to help her recover.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: She is able to persue Lief, Barda and Jasmine with ease.
!!Jewel
A young woman of Broome. She is a candidate in the Rosalyn Trust competition.
* BaldWoman: A traditional custom for women in Broome, as dragons like to line their nests with hair.
* [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: She is a typically tall Broome woman and seems rather easy going.
* BladeOnAStick: She carries a spear in a leather pouch. She has yet to need it during the Rosalyn Trust competition.
* TheNoseKnows: While her sense of smell is not as keen as it would be if she had dedicated herself to it, she is able to tell if somebody has been nearby recently.
* OddFriendship: With Britta, [[spoiler:and eventually Sky]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Plains Tribe]]
People from the plains in Deltora's centre. Some are residents of the roofed city of Noradz. Traditionally at odds with the Mere tribe.
!! Steven
A pedlar who the three companions meet during their quest for the gems, Steven is the son of Queen Bee herself. He sells Queen Bee honey to the Resistance.
* HiddenDepths: At first he seems like an unusual pedlar, and a bit mad. Later the trio find out the he is Queen's Bee's son, and that he carries his brother Nevets within himself.
* IntrepidMerchant: Travels across the dangerous Deltoran countryside to villages which may or may not still be there.
!! Nevets
Steven's twin who lives inside him.
* GuardianEntity: When he comes out, Steven is officially the only one who's safe.
* MeaningfulName: Like his name, he is Steven opposite in every way.
* SdrawkcabAlias: His name is 'Steven' reversed.
!! Queen Bee
Famed producer of both Queen Bee Cider and Queen Bee Honey.
* CoolOldLady: Can be seen as this, as she has a swarm of bees that are loyal only to her and would kill if she commanded them to.
* BeeAfraid: Her bees are very protective of their master.
!! Tira
A serving girl of Noradz. She quickly becomes the heroes' single ally in Noradz and aids in their escape.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: She is taken to the Shadowlands with her people, and is brainwashed into serving the Shadow Lord against her own people.
* FaceHeelTurn: Tira is made into a Shadow Lord servant by the Conversion Project. She gets better though.
* FireForgedFriends: With Lief, Barda and Jasmine in ''City of the Rats''. She helps them escape their imprisonment in Noradz, and puts herself at great risk in doing so.
* MadeASlave: She and the rest of Roradz are taken to the Shadowlands just before the Shadow Lord is driven out of Deltora.
* PuppeteerParasite: One of the final test subjects of the [[spoiler: Conversion Project.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: She has been taught to be quiet while doing her job.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Rats]]: She, like all the people of Noradz, is trained to compulsively fear rats and anything that might attract them.
!!The Nine Ra-Kacharz
The fanatical leaders of Noradz. They uphold and enforce the cruel and bizarre laws of the city.
* FormFittingWardrobe: Their traditional red garments.
* JerkAss: Reece especially.
* WhipItGood: Each has a long leather whip that they use liberally on any who they see braking the laws of Noradz.
!!Tom
A shrewd and peculiar shopkeeper set up on the eastern border of the Plains. Known for his fantastic yet pricey goods.
* DoubleAgent: He does special dealings with both the Shadow Lord and the Resistance. In his own words, he is the same Tom to all.
* HiddenDepths: At first he seems a typical SnakeOilSalesman, turns out he hates the Shadow Lord as much as the heroes.
** In addition to that he seems to try and take responsibility for [[spoiler: the actions of his brother.]]
* SnakeOilSalesman: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that a lot of his goods tend to work as advertised.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Tom loves his own name. Tom may as well be reading out the entries on Tom.
!!Ava
A seer living in the southwest coast of Deltora. [[spoiler: She is Tom and Laughing Jack's sister]].
* BlindSeer: Ava is most definitely this. She is a true seer, and Lief is surprised when he first meets her to see that she is completely blind. [[spoiler: This unfortunately makes her vulnerable to Laughing Jack when he comes to her and forcibly abducts her, taking her place so that he can ambush the three heroes upon their own arrival at Ava's shop.]]
* HiddenDepths: She is a BlindSeer, and it is later discovered that she is the sister of both Tom and Laughing Jack.
!!Laughing Jack
A notorious con artist who usually poses as a moneylender [[spoiler: and Tom and Ava's brother]].
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Once he accidentally breaks his vow, he is dragged below the decks of the Lady Luck to join his crew at the oars, for the rest of his life and after.]]
* JerkAss: Torments his own horses [[ForTheEvulz for the hell of it]].
* LoanShark: Lends large sums of money under contracts that most cannot even read, usually saying something along the lines of paying back ten or twenty times what was lent. When people can't pay him back, he takes possession of everything they own.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Mere Tribe]]
People from Deltora's midwest. A great part of their culture is gambling and superstition concerning luck. Traditionally at odds with the Plains tribe.
!! Mother Brightly
The manager of the Rithmere Games and Inn. She is a very cheerful person at first sight. [[spoiler: It is revealed that she is a Shadow Lord servant helping enslave finalists and champions of the Rithmere Games.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She merely pretends to be a kindly inn keeper to gain the trust of competitors.
!!Neridah
A finalist of the Rithmere Games. She is known as 'Neridah the Swift' and is very spoilt and selfish.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She at first seems gentle and innocent, but really she is selfish and greedy. She uses her innocent appearance to her advantage during bouts in the Rithmere Arena, and also when she is trying to get her own way with something.
* CharacterDeath: She is cursed by [[spoiler: the great diamond]] when she steals it from the Guardian as it brings bad luck to anyone who attempts to obtain it through force or trickery. She [[spoiler: falls into a stream, hits her head and drowns, [[SparedByTheAdaptation though she learns her lesson and gets to live in the anime]].]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: The diamond's curse on thieves is not very subtle.
* TheTrickster: She likes to fool people into thinking she's fragile and gentle so that she will get her own way.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: How she prefers to start off a battle. Lief falls for it twice in the same fight.
!!Joanna
Another finalist of the Rithmere Games.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her and Orwen's fate are left rather ambiguous after the Rithmere games, though [[UnreliableNarrator Mother Brightly]] claims they simply left Rithmere. Whatever happened, they survived to the end of the series.
!!Orwen
Yet Another finalist of the Rithmere Games.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His and Joanna's fate are left rather ambiguous after the Rithmere games, though [[UnreliableNarrator Mother Brightly]] claims they simply left Rithmere. Whatever happened, they survived to the end of the series.
!! Fardeep
Former manager of the Rithmere Games and Inn. [[spoiler: He flees to the Valley of the Lost after his livelihood and family is destroyed by vagabonds in Rithmere and becomes the Guardian. He later has a HeelFaceTurn and helps the heroes defeat the Shadow Lord and find the heir to Deltora in ''Return to Del''. During the reign of King Lief Fardeep returns to Rithmere and resumes management of the Champion Inn and a much safer, well-intentioned Rithmere Games.]]
* BodyHorror: His four pet monsters [[spoiler: are actually growths representing his own flaws: pride, greed, hatred and envy.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His family is killed by bandits and his home and business are taken from him.
* HeelFaceTurn: At the end of ''The Valley of the Lost'' he becomes good again, having finally repented his old ways. The heroes are wary at first around him because of his old nature but soon come to trust him completely.
%%* HiddenDepths
* IGaveMyWord: Fardeep/ The Guardian is always fair when challenging travellers to solve his riddles. He never breaks or goes back on his promises, and is insulted when the trio accuse him of doing so when they are deciding whether to attempt the Guardian's challenge.
* ScavengerHunt: The nature of the challenge the Guardian sets the trio. They are forced to find the letters of the Guardian's true name before time runs out, or they will be trapped in the Valley forever.
* TragicVillain: He is a broken man when [[spoiler: the Shadow Lord's voice comes to him]]. The trio feels pity for him when they hear the story of how he came to be the Guardian, and see that he was just a man looking for new purpose and hope in his life.
!!Brianne of Lees
A Champion of the Rithmere Games. [[spoiler:She is taken to the shadowlands immediately after to fight in the Shadow Arena]].
* ActionGirl: She is a good warrior, having been a Rithmere Games champion and later escaped from the Shadow Arena while fighting as a slave. She then met Claw and chose to join his Shadowlands resistance group.
* BadassNormal: She is a very good fighter, and not afraid to show it. She was the Champion of the Rithmere Games at one point, and after she is sent to fight in the Shadow Arena she manages to escape, becoming the third person to ever do so. In The Shadowlands, after finding Hellena's resistance group captured and their cell deserted, Brianne says that she hopes the Guards are hidden and waiting for them, and caresses her dagger, making it clear just what she intends to do to the Guards if some are there.
* BrokenBird: Brianne may seem tough and badass, but it's clear that she's very bitter and sad inside at her slavery and the thought that her people hate her because they believe she abandoned them.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her stay in the the [[spoiler: Shadowlands is as bad as anyone after fighting in the Shadow Arena.]]
* FacialHorror: Brianne has the Shadow Lord's sign cruelly branded onto her forehead.
* FamedInStory: Her victory in a previous Rithmere Games.
* FireForgedFriends: With Claw and Gers, and members of the second Shadowlands Resistance group who were captured by the Shadow Lord in ''Deltora Shadowlands''. Later also with Lief, Barda and Jasmine.
* IceQueen: Brianne is very cold and disdainful to those around her, especially those she mistrusts. The only exceptions are Claw and Gers, and even Claw states that she is a thorn in his side at times.
* MadeASlave: Taken to the Shadowlands after her victory in the Rithmere Games.
* NervesOfSteel: She never panics during a fight, and doesn't seem to have any fear at all.
* PragmaticHero: Like Doom, Claw and other heroes, she prefers to take a cautious, pragmatic approach when planning anything, and prepare for any possible danger.
* ProperlyParanoid: She is reluctant to trust Lief, Barda and Jasmine in ''The Shadowlands'', as she is afraid that they may be Shadow Lord spies.
* RebelliousSpirit: Is a member of the Shadowlands resistance.
* TrueCompanions: With Claw and Gers.
!!Zerry
An orphan from Rithmere taken in by the Masked Ones.
%%* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest
%%* HeartwarmingOrphan
!!Sky
A young Mere woman. She is a candidate in the Rosalyn Trust competition. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that she is, in fact, male.]]
* BadassInDistress: Is captured and sentenced to death by the turtle-people for trespassing into their territory. It is only thanks to Britta that Sky is not thrown into the mud to die.
* BigDamnHeroes: Sky and Jewel rescue Britta after they see her thrown overboard.
* {{Crossdresser}}: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. [[spoiler: He wore his usual clothes whilst in the Rosalyn Trust competition and nobody questioned it, assuming that was just how poor Mere women dressed.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Is the snarkiest character in the ''Star of Deltora'' series.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied. Sky is revealed to have had a hard life in Rithmere and is used to the sight of a dead body.
* FireForgedFriends: After their adventure in the Two Moons swamp, Sky begins doing favours for Britta. Over the course of their stay at Illica, they both start helping out the other.
* {{Foil}}: To Dare Larsett. Both of them had a hard life growing up and depended on their wits to survive. They also both dreamed of escaping their harsh lives and making a name and fortune for themselves.
* GenderReveal: [[spoiler:Sky turns out to be a young man as opposed to a young woman.]]
* GlorySeeker: [[spoiler: Sky's single reason for joining the Rosalyn Trust competition, knowing full well that, as a man, he could never be named Trader Rosalyn. He used the competition as a means to get to a foreign port and make a name for himself.]]
* GuileHero: Has some shades of this. His strategy in trying to enter the Rosalyn competition was to trick the other competitors and the traders into believing that he was female by HidingInPlainSight.
* HiddenDepths: Though at first appearing to be insolent and arrogant, there's more to him than meets the eyes. As Britta puts it:
---> "Sky was hard to understand. He was prickly and reckless, and thought nothing of being dishonest when it suited him. Yet he could be brave and gentle, and had his own sense of honour."
* HiddenInPlainSight: [[spoiler: He does very little to actually disguise that he is male, relying on his grown-out hair and the simple fact that nobody would suspect it.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: While Jewel is rough looking yet kind, Sky is unkempt, insolent and spiteful.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sky seems to gain more respect for Britta and Jewel once they are all cemented as in the running for finalists, but is still rather hostile towards [[SpoiledBrat Vashti]].
* OddFriendship: [[spoiler:Develops one with Britta and, by extension, Jewel.]]
* PragmaticHero: He won't hesitate to commit dishonest or unsavory acts in order to achieve his goals. As he puts it: "I grew up on the banks of the River Broad, living by my wits. It was a hard school, and it taught me to take my chances where I saw them."
* SympathyForTheDevil: Sky admits to Britta to actually feel sorry for Dare Larsett, unlike most of Del who think of the man as a wicked traitor.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Dread Gnomes]]
Stout people of Deltora's northwest. Generally keep to Dread Mountain in the far north and leave most of their territory alone.
!! Fa-Glin
Elder of the Dread Gnomes.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was a slave of the toad Gellick for over sixteen years.
* {{Pride}}: All the Dread Gnomes are known for this.
* ProperlyParanoid: Even two years after the end of the Shadow Lord's reign, Fa-Glin still uses code to disguise his letters to Lief, Barda and Jasmine in Del. It's mainly because it's a part of his personality (all Dread Gnomes are naturally suspicious) and also because of his DarkAndTroubledPast.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Is respected and known as a fair leader.
!! Gla-Thon
Greatest archer of the Dread Gnomes.
* AFriendInNeed: Goes to Withick Mire to represent the Dread Gnomes in the ceremony to restore the Belt of Deltora and find its heir.
* BadassInDistress: Was captured by Grey Guards at the end of ''Return to Del'' and almost executed.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was a slave of the toad Gellick for over sixteen years.
* {{Pride}}: All the Dread Gnomes are known for this.
!! Ri-Nan
A scheming Dread Gnome who seeks Gellick's favour.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was a slave of the toad Gellick for over sixteen years.
* DirtyCoward: Willing to sell out anybody and foil his people's only chance for freedom to stay on Gellick's good side.
* {{Pride}}: All the Dread Gnomes are known for this.
!! Sha-Ban
A Dread Gnome who tells Josef of Gellick and Ols.
* CharacterDeath: She is killed by [[spoiler: an Ol after telling Josef about [[spoiler: Ols and the Dread Gnomes' slavery to Gellick.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was a slave of the toad Gellick.
* DeathByOriginStory: Her role in Josef's.
* {{Pride}}: All the Dread Gnomes are known for this.
!!Pi-Ban
A Dread Gnome taken to the Shadowlands as a slave.
* BadassInDistress: Was captured by the Shadow Lord along with the rest of his resistance cell, and was meant to be subjected to the conversion project. Fortunately the intervention of Lief, Barda and Jasmine meant that this did not happen (though it almost did).
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was a slave of the toad Gellick; later he was taken to the Shadowlands.
* MadeASlave: In the Shadowlands.
* {{Pride}}: All the Dread Gnomes are known for this.
* RebelliousSpirit: Part of the Shadowlands resistance.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kin]]
Large flying mammals of the northeast. Over-hunting by the Dread Gnomes drove them away from Dread Mountain.
!! Crenn
!! Prin
Youngest of the Kin and the only to be born since they abandoned Dread Mountain
* GenkiGirl: Has the energy of anybody her age and no friends to exert it with.
!! Merin
!! Ailsa
!! Bruna
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Torans]]
Magically gifted people of the west. Mostly stay within their magical city of Tora and leave to people in their territory to themselves.
!! Zeean
A Toran elder.
* AFriendInNeed: She helps Lief, Barda, Jasmine and the Resistance to find the heir to the Belt and drive the Shadow Lord from Deltora. She also later comes to Sharn's bedside to nurse her when Sharn falls ill, despite her clearly not being welcome in Del (so much so that someone throws a ''rock'' at her).
* BlueBlood: Comes from one of the high born families of Tora.
* DamselInDistress: Is captured by Grey Guards and sentenced to execution in Return to Del, and is only rescued at the last minute by Lief.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: She was banished from her city along with all her people when they broke their sacred oath to Adin, and spent sixteen years living a half-life in the Valley of the Lost.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Like any Toran.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Sharn, Lief, Barda and Jasmine.
* MyGreatestFailure: Feels immense guilt for not helping the royal family in their hour of need.
* NearDeathExperience: Almost dies of the 'Toran Plague' in the final book. She only recovers once is it ascertained that the so-called plague is actually poison and emeralds are sent to her to help her recover.
!! Marilen
A Toran girl of high birth. [[spoiler:She is Lief's distant cousin and the next in line to the throne should he die without an heir.]]
* BabiesEverAfter: In the third series she is pregnant with her first child and later gives birth. [[spoiler: They name the baby Josef, after Ranesh's adoptive father.]]
* BlueBlood: She is from one of the high born families of Tora.
* CharacterDevelopment: Gets significantly bolder during her stay in the palace.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Like any Toran.
* HappilyMarried: To Ranesh in the third series.
* HiddenDepths: On the outside she is delicate and gentle, but on the inside she is stubborn, intelligent, humorous and much more strong-minded than she lets on. She manages to stand up to ''Doom'', of all people, in ''Isle of Illusion''.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Zeean, Sharn, and a few others.
* MissingMom: Marilen's mother is not seen at all in the series; by how Marilen's father speaks of her, she is presumed to be dead.
* PregnantBadass: Marches across the country with food to a place where she probably isn't welcome while heavily pregnant.
* PuppetQueen: What Paff makes her out to be in ''The Sister of the South'', to weaken trust between Tora and Del and thus weaken the kingdom's security. It's not true, of course, but many people end up believing it.
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler: She is the next in line to the throne after Lief.]]
* ResignedToTheCall: Marilen was not happy when she was revealed as [[spoiler: Lief's heir to the Belt]] as she never wanted to be Queen of Deltora. She goes to Del anyway out of a sense of duty, and spends her time there hoping that Lief would return from his quest alive so that the Belt would not have to shine for her.
* SecretIdentity: Rumours abuzz in the palace of her betrothal to Lief. [[spoiler: They turn out to be no more than rumours. She is actually next in line to the throne.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: When she is first taken to the palace. She gets better over time. By the time of the events in ''Isle of Illusion'', Sharn seems to be amazed at how confident and strong Marilen has become in a matter of days.
!! Peel
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Like any Toran.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Western Settlers]]
Peoples from all over Deltora as well as from across the sea who have settled in the west and sparsely in the northwest. Villages along the River Tor are common prey for Pirates.
!!Ranesh
Josef's loyal assistant. Originally from Where Waters Meet.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: There's not much he doesn't pick up on simply by hanging back and observing.
* BabiesEverAfter: At the end of the third series he has an infant son, Josef.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Determinator}}: In ''Cavern of the Fear'' Ranesh waits in line to speak to Lady Sharn to tell her about the Deltora Annals, when he sees Jasmine, and immediately approaches her, but she brushes him off. He then follows her secretly to the forge where he at the last convinces the girl to come with him and meet Josef, who is desperate to return the Annals to the palace.
* FamilyOfChoice: Ranesh views Josef as a father to him, and loves him deeply.
* HappilyMarried: To Marilen in the third series.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: As a child was orphaned during a pirate attack on Where Waters Meet.
* LovableRogue: Never quite shakes his tendencies from his days as a young thief. He's even still willing to steal, if it means feeding Josef and himself.
* MadeASlave: After the attack on Where Waters Meet Ranesh was taken by the pirates to be used as a slave on board the ship. He managed to escape some time later and make his way to Del.
!!Mariette
A young woman from Shadowgate who falls in love with Bede.
* DamselInDistress: Is trapped for seven years in a locket and at the mercy of the guardian to the Sister of the North, until Lief, Barda and Jasmine defeat Kirsten and the Sister (and as a result break the spell over her).
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her own sister kept her hostage for seven years in an enchanted locket, as leverage against Bede, who she forced into slaving away for her.
* NiceGirl: She doesn't have a mean bone in her body.
!!Red Han
Keeper of the Bone Point Light.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Was trapped for eighteen years as one of Laughing Jack's horses, tortured and brow-beaten.
* HappilyMarried: Supposedly, before the death of his wife long ago, who was also the mother of Verity.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Verity is killed by Laughing Jack on the day of the Shadow Lord's invasion; she is only a young girl at the time. Red Han survives his enchantment at the hands of Jack and finds himself freed sixteen years later.
!!Verity
A young girl who is abducted and eventually killed by Laughing Jack, in a bid to make Red Han turn off the Bone Point Light. She is Red Han's daughter.
* CharacterDeath: Was stabbed to death by Laughing Jack (then James Gant) in a fit of rage on board the ''Lady Luck''.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Lingered as a cursed figurehead on board the Lady Luck for eighteen years after her death, and was only freed when Jack was tricked into breaking the oath he had sworn to his crew and thus dragged to man the oars himself.
* HeroicSacrifice: Was willing to die (and did die) to prevent the Bone Point Light from going out.
* RedIsHeroic: Verity had long red hair, and she played a role in trying to keep the Bone Point Light from being extinguished, although in the end she didn't succeed.
* {{Seer}}
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Masked Ones]]
A Cult-like Troupe of entertainers who all wear extremely convincing animal masks. [[spoiler:They have an old hatred for the royal family and all it stands for.]]
!!Bess
Leader of the Masked Ones. Performs fortune tellings. She wears an owl mask.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Her son Bede chose to elope with Mariette rather than become a full adult member of the Masked Ones.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Bess forbade Bede to marry Mariette. [[spoiler: He ignored her and married her anyway.]]
* PoisonIsEvil: Bess wears ring that has a compartment filled with a deadly poison.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: In an attempt to prevent Lewin (Lief) from leaving the troupe she slips poison into Barda's drink, believing him to be an obstacle to her 'great plans' for Lewin. It all goes horribly wrong, however, as Kree realises what she has done and uses the secret switch underneath her table to switch the place of the two goblets, thus forcing Bess to drink her own poison.
!!Otto
Strong man of the Masked Ones and a member of the inner circle. He wears a pig mask.
* CharacterDeath: Is killed by the Masked One.
!!Quill
A member of the inner circle who seems to be in charge of coaching some of the performances. He wears an eagle mask.
!!Rust
A member of the inner circle who seems to be in charge of organisation. She wears a fox mask.
!!Plug
A member of the inner circle and teacher to the orphans taken in by the Masked Ones. She wears a frog mask.
!!Bede
Bess' son and singer of the Masked Ones. He decided to leave the Masked Ones after falling in love with Mariette. Wore a blue bird mask.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was enslaved by Kirsten for seven years.
* MadeASlave: Was a slave to Kirsten for seven years.
* NiceGuy: Despite what Lief initially thinks of him before they meet, Bede actually turns out to be a nice person.
* OfficialCouple: With Marriette.
* SecondLove: With Marriette.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Jalis]]
People of Deltora's southwest. Known for their warrior culture. Local folk tales, called the Tenna Birdsong Tales, are sacred to the Jalis.
!! Glock
The last Jalis remaining in Deltora. The heroes first meet him in the Rithmere Games, in which he becomes a finalist. He later joins the resistance for protection from the Grey Guards hunting him.
* BadassInDistress: Was captured by Grey Guards at the end of ''Return to Del'' and almost executed. In ''The Shifting Sands'' he, along with Neridah, was captured by Grey Guards and almost taken to the Shadowlands as a fighting slave. They both had to be rescued by Doom.
* BerserkButton: A lot of things make him angry, including insults to his pride. Basically anything that insults his pride makes him lose his cool.
* BoisterousBruiser: He's huge, and he loves getting into fights.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: An extremely skilled warrior. He also knows how to heal bites from grippers.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The only Jalis left in Deltora. Lived through the ill-fated battle against the Shadow Lord and had to watch his entire race get slaughtered or enslaved.
* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take much to send him over the edge.
* JerkAss: He's extremely unpleasant to even his allies.
* LastOfHisKind: The last of the Jalis in Deltora.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Seen to shed a tear when representing his tribe.
!! Gers
Glock's younger brother. He was taken as a solve to the Shadowlands.
* AdultFear: Gers is captured by Grey Guards after the failed Jalis battle and taken to the Shadowlands. The last sight he has of his brother is of Glock seemingly dying in battle.
* BerserkButton: Anything that insults his pride.
* BoisterousBruiser: Is very muscled and tall, and likes to get into fights.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He was taken to the Shadowlands and forced to fight in the Shadow Arena, from which he escaped eventually. Prior to that he fought in the battle against the Shadow Lord and had to watch his brother fall in battle and seemingly die.
* HotBlooded: Like Glock, he is very hot-headed and easily angered.
* MadeASlave: Like all the Jalis but Glock, he is captured and taken to the Shadowlands.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Comes with being a Jalis.
* RebelliousSpirit: A member of the Shadowlands Resistance.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Glock.
[[/folder]]
