History Characters / RoommatesMagicalCommunity

All the characters in ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' who can be considered TheMiddleFolk and don't fit in earlier categories. (So magic but not {{Heaven}} and {{Hell}} or living / working in town as much as we can tell. Basically TheFairFolk & The WitchSpecies). Presumably [[TangledFamilyTree all related]] to each other and Jareth somehow. Also their assorted magical creatures and minions will added here too.

The people attending the Conclave about Jareth's accident in ''Kings War''. , [[Myth/NorseMythology Odin]] (under ''[[TheWildHunt The Erlkönig's Magical Men's Club]]''), [[KingArthur Morgan]] and [[Literature/TheLastUnicorn Schmendrick]] (both under ''Freelancers / Unsorted'').

-->Canon: [[KingArthur Arthurian lore]]

* TheFairFolk

-->Canon: [[KingArthur Arthurian lore]]

* CoolCrown

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* CoolHorse: Still has Slepnir.
* EyepatchOfPower

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-->Canon: Comicbook/TheSandman

'''[[Comicbook/TheSandman Despair]]'''

'''[[Comicbook/TheSandman Desire]]'''

* CuddleBug: (S)he reeeeeealy likes Erik.

'''[[Comicbook/TheSandman Dream]]'''

'''[[Comicbook/TheSandman Delirium]]'''

'''[[Comicbook/TheSandman Destiny]]'''

* MagicWand: She has one
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* FlashStep: Did this at times.

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[[folder:And the Rest]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roommates-conclave_8842.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[-A small part of the gathering. Aren't you feeling safe already?-] ]]

'''Isis'''

-->Canon: Myth/EgyptianMythology

'''Sophie Hatter'''

-->Canon: Literature/HowlsMovingCastle

'''Prospero'''

-->Canon: Theatre/TheTempest

'''Titania and Oberon'''

-->Canon: Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream

'''Literature/BabaYaga'''

-->Canon: Russian fairy tales

'''Mephistopheles'''

-->Canon: Myth/{{Faust}}

Technically he would fall under the jurisdiction of {{Heaven}} and {{Hell}}, but their representatives weren't invited and what they don't know...

[[/folder]]

* HumanoidAbomination

* StringyHairedGhostGirl

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* FemmeFatale

* FairySexy
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* OriginalCharacter: One of the few (unless we take the [[Theater/PhantomOfTheOpera "Angel of Music"]] part more literally from the song).

[[folder:Sarah's Labyrinth Friends]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roommates-sarahsfriends_8516.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[-[[AFriendInNeed Friends are there for you.]]-] ]]

-->Canon: Film/{{Labyrinth}}

(Sarah's {{Nonhuman Sidekick}}s and Jareth's minion)

'''Sir Didymus'''

* LordErrorProne

'''Ludo'''

* GentleGiant

'''Hoggle'''
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* KrakenAndLeviathan: Obviously.

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* AnimeHair: Maybe even ElementalHair given that she looks ''kinda'' [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Mist-and-Madness-217138534 mist themed]], but it's not yet established.

* {{Adorkable}}: Well yeah. Mostly when he is worried (which is almost always with all {{The Trickster}}s around).

* FlowerInHerHair: A whole lot of them.

* ManInWhite: He doesn't look old enough for this trope, but he still got it as he is definitely older than he looks and otherwise fits not only in clothing but also in mannerisms (and being either [[AffablyEvil evil]] or at least very alien).

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Her hair matches her eyes and [[ExaggeratedTrope so do her clothes and make-up]].
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: What. She is the Erlkönig's daughter and what is a king's daughter?

* {{Monochromatic|Eyes}} PurpleEyes

All the characters in ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' who can be considered TheMiddleFolk and don't fit in earlier categories. (So magic but not HeavenAndHell or living / working in town as much as we can tell. Basically TheFairFolk & The WitchSpecies). Presumably [[TangledFamilyTree all related]] to each other and Jareth somehow. Also their assorted magical creatures and minions will added here too.

Technically he would fall under the jurisdiction of HeavenAndHell, but their representatives weren't invited and what they don't know...

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: [[CaptainObvious Her hair matches her eyes]] and [[ExaggeratedTrope so do her clothes and make-up]].

* ProperlyParanoid: He went to the Conclave of a {{Trickster}}... but expects the {{unexpected|Successor}}, lampshades the "don't trust the trickster" rule, and then subverts it with IKnowYouKnowIKnow.

[[caption-width-right:250:[-Yes. We really needed more {{Trickster}}s.-] ]]

-->Canon: {{Faust}}

'''The Notebook'', ''Tony the Talking Clock''

* AffablyEvil/BitchInSheepsClothing: Though Jareth knows enough about them to ward them off instantly.

* BadassPrincess: She can legitimately intimidate a magical mercenary with a ''[[PrecisionFStrike freaking]]'' [[ImprovisedWeapon hair pin]]! (And putting on her GameFace.)
* CombatHaircomb: As the BadassPrincess example shows she has this in the form of a hair pin as part of his human disguse at least.

* CardCarryingVillain: She is evil, knows she is evil and [[EvilCannotComprehendGood doesn't see any use in love or anything like it]]... she sees his ex's attempts to give their son more normal motivations as [[LoveIsAWeakness weakness]]. If there is Evil [[WithACapitalT with a capital E]] around here she is it.

All the characters in ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' who can be considered TheMiddleFolk and don't fit in earlier categories. (So magic but not HeavenAndHell or living / working in town as much as we can tell. Basically TheFairFolk & The WitchSpecies). Presumably [[TangledFamilyTree all related]] to each other and Jareth somehow. Also their assorted magical creatures and minions will added here too. [[{{Characters/Roommates}} Back to main index]].

Other character pages:
* [[Characters/RoommatesBuilding42 The Building #42]]
* [[Characters/RoommatesTownsfolk Townsfolk of the unnnamed university town]]
* [[Characters/RoommatesVisitors Visitors or people not living in the town]]
* [[Characters/RoommatesTheManyFacesOf The Many Faces of... various characters]] (As thanks to the ensuing shenanigans there are several versions of some.)

-->Canon: TheSlenderManMythos

-->Canon: MoulinRouge at least mostly

-->Canon: He is mostly MarvelComics' Loki but maybe even Myth/NorseMythology

* WomanInBlack: She likes to dress in black (or at least so it seems).

-->Canon: TheChroniclesOfNarnia

* FourthWallObserver: He seems to be almost as aware as the GO guys and is also DangerouslyGenreSavvy. He won't underestimate ThePowerOfLove but build on it!

* AnthropomorphicPersonification:

-->Canon: He is mostly MarvelComics' SelfDemonstrating/{{Loki}} but maybe even Myth/NorseMythology

-->Canon: NorseMythology

* PublicDomainCharacter: Well. He is from NorseMythology.

The people attending the Conclave about Jareth's accident in ''Kings War''. , [[NorseMythology Odin]] (under ''[[TheWildHunt The Erlkönig's Magical Men's Club]]''), [[KingArthur Morgan]] and [[Literature/TheLastUnicorn Schmendrick]] (both under ''Freelancers / Unsorted'').

-->Canon: He is mostly MarvelComics' SelfDemonstrating/{{Loki}} but maybe even NorseMythology

* OriginalCharacter: One of the few (unless we take the [[Theater/PhantomOfTheOpera "Angel of Music" part more literally from the song).

[[folder:The Shadow Child aka [[spoiler:Disbelief]]]]
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roommates-disbelief2_9861.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[-The one thing every character ever written, played, sung about, or dreamed about has to fear.[[labelnote:Not creepy enough? Click here]][[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roommates-disbelief1_1926.jpg]][[caption-width-right:300:And this is how it looks like when he is trying to ''help''.]][[/labelnote]]-] ]]

-->Canon: ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' and beyond...

* AdorableAbomination: Adorable? Yep. Eldritch? The kid has shadow [[CombatTentacles tendrils]] [[NinjaProp defying the conventions of the medium]] and MindRape powers!
* AffablyEvil: When he doesn't attack at sight he comes off as genuinely nice and even empathetic to the suffering his very existence causes, but then turns around and [[EvilGloating gives long detailed descriptions of how he intends to destroy his enemies]], making it clear that he enjoys this part of being a personified negative emotion way too much.
* AllYourPowersCombined: He first formed in the comic by [[TheWildHunt the hunters]]' and the main cast's [[spoiler:Shadow Beasts]] devouring eachother.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: of [[spoiler:[[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve Disbelief]]]]
* AsLongAsThereIsEvil:
-->'''The Shadow Child [[spoiler:crying]]''': "Once known, I'm never truly gone - Every grievance invites me back to broken hearts."
* CatchPhrase: [[ImNotAfraidOfYou I don't believe in you.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: He is introduced in the ''Wild Hunt'' arc... Returns in [[spoiler:''Kings War'']] for a more complex role.
* CombatTentacles: He can use his shadows, shadow vines like this... not that he normally needs to.
* CreepyChild: Let's just say that he is on the [[NightmareFuel/{{Roommates}} Nightmare Fuel]] page for a reason.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: He appeared fully clothed but barefoot. Maybe to signify that he is "down to earth" but don't read this as EarthyBarefootCharacter because he isn't more on the side of FlatEarthAtheist.
* EmotionEater: From calling the mourning of the characters (especially the doubt/denial phase of the mourning process) "banquette" this is very likely.
* FlowerMotifs: Well, plant motifs. The kid has literal shadow tentacles that don't have a set shape (from [[LivingShadow shapeless shadow streaks]] to [[GoodWingsEvilWings black wings]]) but for some reason appear most commonly in the form of creeping thorny vines... and yes, blooming and [[CherryBlossoms falling petals]] happen too.
* IKnowWhatYouFear: He is the biggest thing any fictional being has to fear so obviously has this power.
* ImNotAfraidOfYou / TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: His main weapons. And from what he personifies you can bet those are [[MindRape weapons grade]].
** The effectiveness actually seems to be directly proportional to how much the target requires his [[IncrediblyLamePun suspension]]. [[spoiler:WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief.]] An "[[ImNotAfraidOfYou I don't believe in you.]]" was enough to knock out mythical and fairy tale beings, "based on a true story" types lasted a longer but given the series' tendencies to {{Transfictionality}} [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou he probably even has effect on real people]].
* KidsAreCruel: He takes the form of a little boy. Guess why.
* ManInWhite: He doesn't look old enough for this trope, but he still got it as he is definitely older than he looks and otherwise fits not only in clothing but also in mannerisms (and being either [[AffablyEvil evil]] or at least very alien).
* NinjaProp: His shadow vine tentacles are all around the comic, sometimes just decorating the panels, sometimes [[FrameBreak breaking them]], occasionally even reaching [[MetafictionalDevice in and doing stuff]]. Kid is a prop ninja!
* OriginalCharacter: One of the very few. But considering what he is we could say only his design is from this comic.
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[[folder:The Scribble Person aka The Living Words aka [[spoiler:Story]]]]
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roommates-story_7453.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[-[[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter This guy seems legit]].[[note]]Its body reads here: You have potential A story yet (to be told)[[/note]]-] ]]

* AmbiguousGender: At least. [[PronounTrouble (S)he]] ([[WordOfGod according to Ashe]]: it) could be perfectly [[NoBiologicalSex genderless]] as far as we know.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification
* BeCarefulWhatYouSay: ...it might be listening. Direct example: [[spoiler:On page 310 James said: "...scorn to change my place with kings." cue ''Kings War'' half a year later. Let's test that scorning, shall we?]] The Living Words is a {{jerkass}}.
* CheshireCatGrin: You know what is even less trustworthy than a smile like this? One that reads "Sacrifice" or "Tragedy".
* TheChooserOfTheOne: '''The''' chooser. It says who can be a hero and who can't no matter how much they may try, period.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: At least [[WordOfDante the Hungarian translator claims]] that the Living Words is deliberatelly messing with her work, and she also blames it for comment posting errors (especially if the comment in question contained any argument against the Living Words').
* InvisibleToNormals: It seems to be only seen if he wants to be seen.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: It apparently operates like [[Characters/DoctorWhoAliensAndMonsters The Silence]]. Which means you forget it, or at least it fades in the background of your memory, when you look away.
* ManipulativeBastard: Use a child's curiosity, or a goblin's innocence to invoke the RuleOfDrama? Sure thing.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: It is one.
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: This is a comic in fairly lifelike {{animesque}}. Now the Living Words looks like a collection of scribbles in a vaguely humanoid shape (if you can make out words, those are probably plot important to boot), which is a jarring change. It is also constantly changing, almost like a person made out of MatrixRainingCode.
* OriginalCharacter: One of the very few. But considering what it is we could say only its design is from this comic.
* WaxingLyrical: There are pages where it consists of nothing else than the lyrics of various songs. Or of [[StockQuotes classic quotes]]. Or of {{ironic nursery rhyme}}s.
* WildCard: The "ItAmusedMe" [[spoiler: and/or the [[YouBastard audience]]]] type to boot. It can help or hinder anybody for basically any imaginable "[[RuleOfIndex Rule Of...]]" trope especially the RuleOfDrama.
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[[folder:The Spirit of the Sea]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roommates-thesea_3220.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[-That's one way to make a wave...-] ]]

-->Canon: ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' and beyond...

!'''Minions and retainers'''

[[folder:Sarah's Labyrinth Friends]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roommates-sarahsfriends_8516.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[-[[AFriendInNeed Friends are there for you.]]-] ]]

-->Canon: Film/{{Labyrinth}}

(Sarah's {{Nonhuman Sidekick}}s and Jareth's minion)

'''Sir Didymus'''

* LordErrorProne

'''Ludo'''

* GentleGiant

'''Hoggle'''
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[[folder: Goblins]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roommates-goblins_2193.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[-Awww! They help!-] ]]

-->Canon: {{Film/Labyrinth}} mostly.

* AdorableEvilMinions: Of Jareth. Even if their adorableness is [[UglyCute a question of taste]].
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: They are the ''Unwanted''. [[ChangelingTale Wished away children]] and all the creatures not taken by any other supernatural court.
* [[CastOfSnowflakes Species Of Snowflakes]]: There is no two identical goblin, even the most insignificant background one has a distinct appearance.
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[[folder:Socks]]
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Roommates-Socks_2453.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[-Awwwwwwwwwwwww!!!-] ]]

-->Canon: {{Webcomic/Roommates}}

(Random goblin. Jareth's (and Sarah's but she wouldn't admit) minion. Also check the "Many faces of..." page)

* AdorableEvilMinion: Even if his adorableness is [[UglyCute a question of taste]]. He kinda looks like a [[Literature/HarryPotter House Elf]].
* ChekhovsGunman: He appears as early as the ''Dark!Jareth arc'' as background goblin, but ''Kings War'' is his story.
* FanOfUnderdog: James is a [[IdealHero True Hero]] (and [[ParentalSubstitute replacement father]]) for him and he will tell this even to the Story itself! Unfortunately while the guy has the qualities for a hero but not the [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality narrative]] (he is TheLancer at best)... If you really want to know check the ''Many Faces Of...'' subpage what it took for poor goblin to transform ''his'' hero into a ''real'' one.
* TheNicknamer: He never used anybody's real name. He isn't too creative though, so he calls people {{Something Person}}s.
* OriginalCharacter: Third most popular one according to a poll.
* ParentalAbandonment: This is how he became a goblin. Jareth ''[[ChangelingTale babysitted]]'' the poor kid but [[ParentalNeglect nobody came to bring him home]].
* PutOnABus: If you are really interested look on the ''Many Faces...'' page
* StylisticSuck / WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma: His speech pattern. See [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-165-Rise-211945667 for]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-169-Face-to-Face-215220751 yourself]]!

[[folder:The Shadow Beasts]]
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Roommates-Shadow_3114.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[-The three with most panel time and the Erlkönig.-] ]]

-->Canon: ???. ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' possibly.

(Minions of the Erlkönig? Or maybe depends on who [[CastingAShadow casted the shadows]].)

* AnimalMotifs / MythicalMotifs: As they manifest as animals or mythical beings [[ShadowArchetype connected to the characters]]. To date we saw:
** CanisMajor: Odin (his is literally a shadow Fenrir).
** DragonsUpTheYinYang: [[spoiler:Mr. Saito]].
** NobleBirdOfPrey: James' is a hawk.
** NobleWolf: Javert
** OurDragonsAreDifferent: Arthur Pen'''dragon'''.
** OminousOwl: Jareth.
** PantheraAwesome: Erik.
** AnimalStereotypes: And the rest. Sarah's is a swan. And shock of all shocks... [[spoiler:The Erkönig's]] shadow is human.
* BondCreatures: They can act like this. [[spoiler:The Erlkönig lent their power to the cast in ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On''.]] They share their motifs and can turn their ''partners'' into an {{Animal Themed Superbeing}}s.
* LivingShadow: Can appear as these if they aren't granted full autonomy (or are bound to people if you wish) so overlaps with TheShadowKnows.
* MonochromaticEyes: [[spoiler:Can also happen to their partners if they channel their knowledge or power.]]
* PureMagicBeing: They are literally made of [[HardLight tangible]] [[CastingAShadow shadows]].
* ShadowArchetype: Seems like (if the beginning of ''TheWildHunt arc'' is any indication, [[spoiler:where Jareth summons them as to be EnemyWithout prey]]) they are literally this, summoned by CastingAShadow from people's shadows in a form that represents their inner darkness.

[[folder:The Wolves]]
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roommates-wolves_4998.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[-They are here to "help".-] ]]

-->Canon: Everything listed on SavageWolves really.

(Jadis' minions.)

* SavageWolves: The bloodthistiest and savagest in all fiction. They were the Wargs in the works of Tolkien now serving the White Queen.
* TalkingAnimal: Well, yes, they can talk.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Their notion towards the Goblins. And yes. Thanks to CanonWelding in this crossover world they indeed were.

[[folder:Leviathan]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roommates-leviathan_48.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[-[[SummonBiggerFish The Biggest Fish!]]-] ]]

--> Canon: Literature/TheBible and beyond...

* KrakenAndLeviathan: Obviously.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Giant sea snake dragon thing old testament style!
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