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* IllBoy: Has a stroke in the second book and is left unable to play music again.
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* InTheBlood: Like her father, she's a cruel, malicious xenophobe who likes hurting people with ice.
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* PurpleEyes: Her eyes turn purple when she finally lets her power loose.
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* HateAtFirstSight: Utterly loathes Elloren and does her best to make her life miserable. While Elloren comes to be fond of her, Ariel says she'll always hate Elloren — thought she tolerates her presence.
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* TooDumbToLive: Tries to cut Diana's hair while she's asleep. Diana attacks her in self-defense and throws Fallon's wand into the fireplace.
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The daughter of the Alpha of the Southern Lupines, and twin sister of Jarod.
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* NoNudityTaboo: Tends to be common among fictional shapeshifters anyway, but with Diana, it goes hand-in-hand with her disdain for non-Lupine social conventions.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Tends to be common among fictional shapeshifters anyway, but with Diana, it goes hand-in-hand with her disdain for non-Lupine social conventions.
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* DifferentAsNightAndDay: He's much more quiet and reserved than his sister.
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* HateAtFirstSight: Utterly loathes Elloren and does her best to make her life miserable. While Elloren comes to be fond of her, Ariel says she'll always hate Elloren — though thought she tolerates her presence.
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* HeroicSacrifice: In the second book, assassins are sent to kill Wynter. Ariel dresses as Wynter while Wynter escapes, and when the assassins realise she's not Wynter, they take her to Gardneria and throw her into prison to be executed. Elloren and Yvan break her out, but Ariel overdosed on nilantyr and will die of it.
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* HeroicSacrifice: In the second book, assassins are sent to kill Wynter. Ariel dresses as Wynter while Wynter escapes, and when the assassins realise realize she's not Wynter, they take her to Gardneria and throw her into prison to be executed. Elloren and Yvan break her out, but Ariel overdosed on nilantyr and will die of it.
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* TooDumbToLive: Tries to cut Diana's hair while she's asleep. Diana attacks her in self-defence and throws Fallon's wand into the fireplace.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Demands that all Gardnerians over eighteen be compulsorily fasted, yet as a priest, he doesn't have to fast.
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* SinsOfTheFather: She gets a hard time from many people because she's part of the Gardner family, many of whom, most recently her grandmother and aunt, were nasty people.
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* SinsOfTheFather: SinsOfOurFathers: She gets a hard time from many people because she's part of the Gardner family, many of whom, most recently her grandmother and aunt, were nasty people.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Her immense magical power was hidden from her by her uncle after he wandtested her, and she doesn't find out she's not powerless until near the end of ''The Iron Flower'', by accident.
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* SinsOfTheFather: She gets a hard time from many people because she's part of the Gardner family, many of whom, most recently her grandmother, grandmother and aunt, were nasty people.
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* SecretKeeper: Finds out that Yvan is an Icaral while translating for Naga long before Yvan is forced to reveal the secret to others.
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!!Naga
A dragon rescued by Elloren and her friends from a Gardnerian military base before they could break her.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She destroys Ariel's stash of nilantyr to force her to detox. This leads to Ariel's death later on when she's captured and forced to overdose on it.
* SecretKeeper: She can tell that Yvan is an Icaral despite his efforts to hide it.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: She's actually a wyvern-shifter who was locked in dragon form courtesy of geomancy used on her by the Gardnerian military.
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!!Naga
A dragon rescued by Elloren and her friends from a Gardnerian military base before they could break her.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She destroys Ariel's stash of nilantyr to force her to detox. This leads to Ariel's death later on when she's captured and forced to overdose on it.
* SecretKeeper: She can tell that Yvan is an Icaral despite his efforts to hide it.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: She's actually a wyvern-shifter who was locked in dragon form courtesy of geomancy used on her by the Gardnerian military.
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* HateAtFirstSight: Utterly loathes Elloren and does her best to make her life miserable. While Elloren comes to be fond of her, Ariel says she'll always hate Elloren- though she tolerates her presence.
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* HateAtFirstSight: Utterly loathes Elloren and does her best to make her life miserable. While Elloren comes to be fond of her, Ariel says she'll always hate Elloren- Elloren — though she tolerates her presence.
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* SecretSecretKeeper: Becomes aware of Elloren's immense power after her sabotaged wandtesting in book 1, but tells no one.
* SecretSecretKeeper: Becomes aware of Elloren's immense power after her sabotaged wandtesting in book 1, but tells no one.
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* AnIcePerson: The primary vector of her power.
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* PlayingWithFire: On an absolutely colossal scale. She killed thousands and razed various places with her fire.
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* PlayingWithFire: On an absolutely colossal scale. She killed thousands and razed various places with her fire.
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* OpenSecret: She's carrying on a relationship with Clive Soren, a Kelt. This is against Amaz culture, but while everyone knows about it, they tolerate it as long as Freyja never admits that her 'hunting trips' are actually her trips to see him. Were she to admit it, she would be exiled.
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* OpenSecret: She's carrying on a relationship with Clive Soren, a Kelt. This is against Amaz culture, but while everyone knows about it, they tolerate it as long as Freyja never admits that her 'hunting trips' "hunting trips" are actually her trips to see him. Were she to admit it, she would be exiled.
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!!Professor Fron Hawkkyn
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!!Professor Fron Fyon Hawkkyn
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* KnightInSourArmor: Didn't agree with his mother's xenophobia, but couldn't fight her.
* MistakenForGay: Tessla initially thought he was sleeping with Fain. They weren't, and Vale wasn't gay.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Wound up in one of these with Tessla.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Only showed the sugar side to people he liked, everyone else (including Tessla, initially) got the ice side.
* KnightInSourArmor: Didn't agree with his mother's xenophobia, but couldn't fight her.
* MistakenForGay: Tessla initially thought he was sleeping with Fain. They weren't, and Vale wasn't gay.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Wound up in one of these with Tessla.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Only showed the sugar side to people he liked, everyone else (including Tessla, initially) got the ice side.
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* TheAce: She was beautiful, exceptionally intelligent, had a level of power uncommon in Gardnerian women, and also had an ability (reading affinity lines) that usually only Level Five Mages had.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Was despised by many for being close to Jules Kristian, a Kelt, and was accused of sleeping with him, a serious crime in Gardneria.
* BrokenPedestal: Idolised her country and countrymen at first, but then realised that they were no different from the Kelts and would horribly kill and hurt anyone who isn't like them. Her nearly getting accused of treason for a crime she didn't commit didn't help.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: She stole a wand and used it to save many of her countrymen from certain death, but once they were rescued, rumours were spread (some by the people she saved) that she'd only done so to save herself and Jules.
* PlayingWithFire: Had strong fire affinities.
* RagsToRiches: Started out having to steal to get enough to eat, and her brother was dying because she couldn't afford medicine to cure him. Once she married Vale, his wealth ensured that her brother would be cured and her family would always have enough to eat.
* TheSmartGuy: Was a genuine genius with potions, even when she was using substandard ingredients.
* TheAce: She was beautiful, exceptionally intelligent, had a level of power uncommon in Gardnerian women, and also had an ability (reading affinity lines) that usually only Level Five Mages had.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Was despised by many for being close to Jules Kristian, a Kelt, and was accused of sleeping with him, a serious crime in Gardneria.
* BrokenPedestal: Idolised her country and countrymen at first, but then realised that they were no different from the Kelts and would horribly kill and hurt anyone who isn't like them. Her nearly getting accused of treason for a crime she didn't commit didn't help.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: She stole a wand and used it to save many of her countrymen from certain death, but once they were rescued, rumours were spread (some by the people she saved) that she'd only done so to save herself and Jules.
* PlayingWithFire: Had strong fire affinities.
* RagsToRiches: Started out having to steal to get enough to eat, and her brother was dying because she couldn't afford medicine to cure him. Once she married Vale, his wealth ensured that her brother would be cured and her family would always have enough to eat.
* TheSmartGuy: Was a genuine genius with potions, even when she was using substandard ingredients.
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* LadyLand: They usually execute any men who trespass within their borders. Any male Amaz babies are left in the Lupine forests to die (though the Lupines generally take them in).
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A simple Amaz goatherder... and also one of their rune-sorceresses and the commander of the Queen's Guard.
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A simple Amaz goatherder... goat-herder... and also one of their rune-sorceresses and the commander of the Queen's Guard.Guard.
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* ExactWords: Told Elloren she was a goat-herder, which was true. She just left out her ability as a rune-sorceress and position as the commander of the Queen's Guard.
* OddFriendship: Becomes good friends with Elloren. They even get drunk together and talk about their relationships.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Ni Vin. They want to be together, but neither will abandon her responsibilities to her people.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Black with blue highlights.
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* ExactWords: Told Elloren she was a goat-herder, which was true. She just left out her ability as a rune-sorceress and position as the commander of the Queen's Guard.
* OddFriendship: Becomes good friends with Elloren. They even get drunk together and talk about their relationships.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Ni Vin. They want to be together, but neither will abandon her responsibilities to her people.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Black with blue highlights.
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* OpenSecret: She's carrying on a relationship with Clive Soren, a Kelt. This is against Amaz culture, but while everyone knows about it, they tolerate it as long as Freyja never admits that her 'hunting trips' are actually her trips to see him. Were she to admit it, she would be exiled.
* OpenSecret: She's carrying on a relationship with Clive Soren, a Kelt. This is against Amaz culture, but while everyone knows about it, they tolerate it as long as Freyja never admits that her 'hunting trips' are actually her trips to see him. Were she to admit it, she would be exiled.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: After becoming a warrior, she killed her abusive father personally.
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* HateAtFirstSight: Despises Elloren for her heritage and never warms up to her, even after seeing firsthand that Elloren is nothing like her grandmother.
* MyGreatestFailure: She single-handedly rescued her mother and brought her to Amaz lands. While Alcippe became a warrior, she always wanted her mother to become one too. But her mother refused, and remained meek and traumatised. Alcippe is still upset over it.
* SelfMadeOrphan: After becoming a warrior, she killed her abusive fatherpersonally.personally for what he did to her mother.
* MyGreatestFailure: She single-handedly rescued her mother and brought her to Amaz lands. While Alcippe became a warrior, she always wanted her mother to become one too. But her mother refused, and remained meek and traumatised. Alcippe is still upset over it.
* SelfMadeOrphan: After becoming a warrior, she killed her abusive father
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* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: He ''should'' be, as a Smaragdalfar, but he's actually purple thanks to Sage's Light magic.
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* {{Gonk}}: Elloren describes her as one of the ugliest girls she's ever seen. Turns out her glamour was deliberately made to look this way so nobody would want to fast from her. (Unfortunately, Vogel making fasting mandatory screwed up that plan.)
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* {{Gonk}}: Elloren describes her as one of the ugliest girls she's ever seen. Turns out her glamour was deliberately made to look this way so nobody would want to fast from to her. (Unfortunately, Vogel making fasting mandatory screwed up that plan.)
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Is forced to flee to the East in late book two before all the paths are cut off.
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* InternalisedCategorism: She hates herself for being an Icaral.
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* BloodKnight: Loves a fight and is damn good at it, even taking on dragons by herself.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: In the second book, when the twins are arrested, their captors treat Jarod as the real threat when he was too shocked to react and Diana would have happily killed all of them.
* HiddenDepths: As opposed to the Gardnerian view of male Lupines as dangerous, sex-mad predators, he's a kind, smart man who loves reading and would never harm a woman.
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* AddledAddict: To nilantyr, a powerful drug that keeps her calm. She's been on it since she was a child, until Naga forces her to detox in the second book.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: To Wynter in the second book.
* BerserkButton: Harming or talking about harming her pet chickens.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: At least, all living things with wings, since as an Icaral, she can talk to them.
* HateAtFirstSight: Utterly loathes Elloren and does her best to make her life miserable. While Elloren comes to be fond of her, Ariel says she'll always hate Elloren- though she tolerates her presence.
* HatesEveryoneEqually: Despises everyone in existence except Wynter.
* HeroicSacrifice: In the second book, assassins are sent to kill Wynter. Ariel dresses as Wynter while Wynter escapes, and when the assassins realise she's not Wynter, they take her to Gardneria and throw her into prison to be executed. Elloren and Yvan break her out, but Ariel overdosed on nilantyr and will die of it.
* KilledOffscreen: Naga takes her to the mountains where the wyvern-shifters live, so she can die among her people.
* PetTheDog: After Elloren is so horrified by the Selkies' mistreatment that she tells Ariel that Gardnerians are inherently evil and Ariel was right to try to drive her away, Ariel sends her pet chicken to sit with Elloren to help her feel better.
* PlayingWithFire: At least in theory. Her addiction to nilantyr steadily reduces her powers.
* WingsDoNothing: Hers are intact, but she can't fly with them.
* AddledAddict: To nilantyr, a powerful drug that keeps her calm. She's been on it since she was a child, until Naga forces her to detox in the second book.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: To Wynter in the second book.
* BerserkButton: Harming or talking about harming her pet chickens.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: At least, all living things with wings, since as an Icaral, she can talk to them.
* HateAtFirstSight: Utterly loathes Elloren and does her best to make her life miserable. While Elloren comes to be fond of her, Ariel says she'll always hate Elloren- though she tolerates her presence.
* HatesEveryoneEqually: Despises everyone in existence except Wynter.
* HeroicSacrifice: In the second book, assassins are sent to kill Wynter. Ariel dresses as Wynter while Wynter escapes, and when the assassins realise she's not Wynter, they take her to Gardneria and throw her into prison to be executed. Elloren and Yvan break her out, but Ariel overdosed on nilantyr and will die of it.
* KilledOffscreen: Naga takes her to the mountains where the wyvern-shifters live, so she can die among her people.
* PetTheDog: After Elloren is so horrified by the Selkies' mistreatment that she tells Ariel that Gardnerians are inherently evil and Ariel was right to try to drive her away, Ariel sends her pet chicken to sit with Elloren to help her feel better.
* PlayingWithFire: At least in theory. Her addiction to nilantyr steadily reduces her powers.
* WingsDoNothing: Hers are intact, but she can't fly with them.
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!!Wynter
!!Wynter Eirllyn
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: By her entire species, for being an Icaral. This is despite the fact that she's possibly the best artist of her generation. Cael thinks that if she wasn't an Icaral, her people would worship her and her art.
* InternalisedCategorism: She hates herself for being an Icaral.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: She's the light to Ariel's dark.
* LikeASonToMe: Calls Ariel her sister. (Ariel does not return the sentiment, being in love with Wynter.)
* PlayingWithFire: Theoretically, but she doesn't use her powers.
* ShrinkingViolet: Quiet, meek, and wouldn't hurt a fly.
* WingsDoNothing: Like Ariel, she has intact wings and can't fly with them.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: By her entire species, for being an Icaral. This is despite the fact that she's possibly the best artist of her generation. Cael thinks that if she wasn't an Icaral, her people would worship her and her art.
* InternalisedCategorism: She hates herself for being an Icaral.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: She's the light to Ariel's dark.
* LikeASonToMe: Calls Ariel her sister. (Ariel does not return the sentiment, being in love with Wynter.)
* PlayingWithFire: Theoretically, but she doesn't use her powers.
* ShrinkingViolet: Quiet, meek, and wouldn't hurt a fly.
* WingsDoNothing: Like Ariel, she has intact wings and can't fly with them.
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* MakingASplash: She's a powerful Water Mage, but was never taught to use her powers.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Flees after the University is shut down and reopened under Gardnerian leadership.
* MakingASplash: She's a powerful Water Mage, but was never taught to use her powers.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Flees after the University is shut down and reopened under Gardnerian leadership.
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* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: Grew up with Tessla and attended university with Vale and Fain.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Flees with Quillen after the University is shut down.
* SecondLove: Implied to have found this with Lucretia.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Flees with Quillen after the University is shut down.
* SecondLove: Implied to have found this with Lucretia.
* DrivenToSuicide: Seriously contemplates throwing herself off a bridge after both her parents and her fastmate's parents decide that he did not abuse her, and if there was abuse it was her fault. Ra'Ven stopped her, though.
* {{Glamour}}: She can do a variant of this, by changing people's skin colours. In her case, she turns Rivyr and a group of Smaragdalfar refugees grey, to look Elfhollen.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: She ''used'' to have green skin, but her light magic turned it purple.
* {{Glamour}}: She can do a variant of this, by changing people's skin colours. In her case, she turns Rivyr and a group of Smaragdalfar refugees grey, to look Elfhollen.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: She ''used'' to have green skin, but her light magic turned it purple.
* MamaBear: Won't let ''anyone'' hurt her son.
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* SuperpowerLottery: Gardnerian Light Mages can use the runes of all magic systems, and are extremely rare, especially at Sage's power.
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* SuperpowerLottery: Gardnerian Light Mages can use the runes of all magic systems, and are extremely rare, especially at Sage's power.level.
* TheBlacksmith: A very competent one, at that.
* HeroicBSOD: After a group of Smaragdalfar refugees run screaming from him because he's an Alfsigr, even though he just wanted to greet them and offer the children sweets, he's so devastated that he devotes his life to the resistance.
* TheSnarkKnight: Very snarky and refuses to take things seriously.
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* TheAce: A Level Five Mage, and (ostensibly) the only child with any power in his family.
* DarkSecret: He's gay, which in Gardneria gets you thrown in jail.
* TheDutifulSon: Pretends to be this to his aunt, when in reality he's anything but.
* TheAce: A Level Five Mage, and (ostensibly) the only child with any power in his family.
* DarkSecret: He's gay, which in Gardneria gets you thrown in jail.
* TheDutifulSon: Pretends to be this to his aunt, when in reality he's anything but.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: They despise everyone who isn't Gardnerian, especially Kelts and the Fae. However, Gardnerians are the descendants of Kelt-Dryad Fae hybrids.
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* EvilAuntBlackAndWhiteMorality: You're either with her faction of Gardnerians or against them, and if you're against them, she'll rain Hell down on you, even if you're her family.
* DeadlyEuphemism: Says she's against the Selkie trade and that there are better ways to treat them than by keeping them in cages. In reality, she wants them all wiped out.
* EvilAunt: Treats Elloren terribly.
* TheFashionista: Loves her outfits and is always well-dressed. She also sends Elloren outfits that are stunning, but daring.
* FreudianExcuse: Her nursemaid as a child was a Urisk woman who abused her.
* HateAtFirstSight: Loathed Tessla, believing that she wanted to run off with a Kelt (Jules Kristian). She refused to believe that Tessla and Vale genuinely loved each other, and calls her trash.
* DeadlyEuphemism: Says she's against the Selkie trade and that there are better ways to treat them than by keeping them in cages. In reality, she wants them all wiped out.
* EvilAunt: Treats Elloren terribly.
* TheFashionista: Loves her outfits and is always well-dressed. She also sends Elloren outfits that are stunning, but daring.
* FreudianExcuse: Her nursemaid as a child was a Urisk woman who abused her.
* HateAtFirstSight: Loathed Tessla, believing that she wanted to run off with a Kelt (Jules Kristian). She refused to believe that Tessla and Vale genuinely loved each other, and calls her trash.
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* ActualPacifist: Hated weapons and wouldn't have wands in the house, even for Trystan.
* CharacterDeath: Is killed (indirectly) by his sister in the second book.
* IllBoy: Has a stroke in the second book and is left unable to play music again.
* WhiteSheep: In contrast to his vindictive, hateful sister, his brother, who was a powerful Mage, and his mother, the Black Witch, Edwin was a musician and violin maker with almost no magic who lived simply, brought his nieces and nephews up humbly and never harmed anyone.
* ActualPacifist: Hated weapons and wouldn't have wands in the house, even for Trystan.
* CharacterDeath: Is killed (indirectly) by his sister in the second book.
* IllBoy: Has a stroke in the second book and is left unable to play music again.
* WhiteSheep: In contrast to his vindictive, hateful sister, his brother, who was a powerful Mage, and his mother, the Black Witch, Edwin was a musician and violin maker with almost no magic who lived simply, brought his nieces and nephews up humbly and never harmed anyone.
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* BigBadAbsoluteXenophobe: Would happily murder all the non-Gardnerians. The Alfsigr are ''maybe'' the exceptions, since they're allied with the Gardnerians, but even that's not absolute.
* BigBad: Of the series.
* DarkMessiah: Wants to bring about the Reaping Times and kill all the non-Gardnerians.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Demands that all Gardnerians over eighteen be compulsorily fasted, yet as a priest, he doesn't have to fast.
* KlingonPromotion: It's implied that he killed the previous High Mage because while Vogel was a shoo-in for the position, he didn't want to wait to be elected.
* BigBad: Of the series.
* DarkMessiah: Wants to bring about the Reaping Times and kill all the non-Gardnerians.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Demands that all Gardnerians over eighteen be compulsorily fasted, yet as a priest, he doesn't have to fast.
* KlingonPromotion: It's implied that he killed the previous High Mage because while Vogel was a shoo-in for the position, he didn't want to wait to be elected.
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A powerful mage in the Gardnerian military, who Vyvian Damon has set her sights on as a fastmate for Elloren.
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A powerful mage Mage in the Gardnerian military, who Vyvian Damon has set her sights on as a fastmate for Elloren.
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Fallon Bane is his, but he never actually tells her that he's not interested.
* CannotTellALie: He and Elloren both have strong Dryad lineage, and Dryads can't lie to each other.
* CannotTellALie: He and Elloren both have strong Dryad lineage, and Dryads can't lie to each other.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: She's obsessed about fasting to Lukas. He's not interested due to her cruelty.
* AlphaBitch
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: She's obsessed about with fasting to Lukas. He's not interested due to her cruelty.
*AlphaBitchTheAce: She's an incredibly powerful Mage, so much so that she's assumed to be the next Black Witch (admittedly, there being no other known female Mage with that level of power is part of it).
* AlphaBitch: Will go after anyone who isn't one of her toadies.
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* AlphaBitch: Will go after anyone who isn't one of her toadies.
* ArchEnemy: Elloren is hers because Lukas is actually interested in her.
* AssassinationAttempt: She's repeatedly targeted because she's thought to be the Black Witch.
* InTheBlood: Like her father, she's a cruel, malicious xenophobe who likes hurting people with ice.
* OutOfFocus: She's badly injured in an assassination attempt in the first book and removed from the university for her own safety. As a result, she only appears in a couple of scenes in the second book.
* TooDumbToLive: Tries to cut Diana's hair while she's asleep. Diana attacks her in self-defence and throws Fallon's wand into the fireplace.
* AssassinationAttempt: She's repeatedly targeted because she's thought to be the Black Witch.
* InTheBlood: Like her father, she's a cruel, malicious xenophobe who likes hurting people with ice.
* OutOfFocus: She's badly injured in an assassination attempt in the first book and removed from the university for her own safety. As a result, she only appears in a couple of scenes in the second book.
* TooDumbToLive: Tries to cut Diana's hair while she's asleep. Diana attacks her in self-defence and throws Fallon's wand into the fireplace.
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* {{Sadist}}: He takes great pleasure in murdering Keltanian civilians.
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* AnIcePerson: How his power works.
* {{Sadist}}: He takes great pleasure in murdering Keltaniancivilians.civilians, and targets Tessla because he thinks she slept with a Kelt.
* {{Sadist}}: He takes great pleasure in murdering Keltanian
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* AbusiveParents: She gave up on actually parenting her children as her powers grew stronger and turned them over to nursemaids without checking to see if they were being treated well.
* MutualKill: With the Keltic Icaral who rose to stop her.
* PlayingWithFire: On an absolutely colossal scale. She killed thousands and razed various places with her fire.
* AbusiveParents: She gave up on actually parenting her children as her powers grew stronger and turned them over to nursemaids without checking to see if they were being treated well.
* MutualKill: With the Keltic Icaral who rose to stop her.
* PlayingWithFire: On an absolutely colossal scale. She killed thousands and razed various places with her fire.
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* BreakTheCutie: Starts out as a kind, well-meaning girl, who is broken and fixes herself into a stronger, more determined young woman by the end of the second book.
* FishOutOfWater: She grew up sheltered by her kindly uncle in an all-Gardnerian community, and then was thrown into the melting pot that is Verpax University.
* HeroicBSOD: Goes through two in ''The Iron Flower'', the first after seeing how horribly the Selkies were treated by the Gardnerians, and the second after her uncle dies and she's forcibly fasted to Lukas Grey.
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* SinsOfTheFather: She gets a hard time from many people because of her ancestors of the Gardner family, many of whom, most recently her grandmother, were nasty people.
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* SinsOfTheFather: She gets a hard time from many people because of her ancestors she's part of the Gardner family, many of whom, most recently her grandmother, were nasty people.
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* LivingMacGuffin: As the Icaral of Prophecy, everyone is after him.
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* LivingMacGuffin: As the Icaral of Prophecy, everyone is after him. Luckily for him, however, everyone thinks that Sage's baby is the Icaral.
* CoolHorse: She can summon kelpies.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: She has blue skin and hair.
* ForbiddenLove: She's desperately in love with her father's apprentice. It's not known if he reciprocates, but even if he did, Tierney couldn't fast to him without being revealed as Fae, and he winds up fasting to someone else.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: She has blue skin and hair.
* ForbiddenLove: She's desperately in love with her father's apprentice. It's not known if he reciprocates, but even if he did, Tierney couldn't fast to him without being revealed as Fae, and he winds up fasting to someone else.
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* MakingASplash: She's a full Water Fae, so it comes with the territory.
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* {{Gonk}}: Elloren describes her as one of the ugliest girls she's ever seen. Turns out her glamour was deliberately made to look this way so nobody would want to fast from her. (Unfortunately, Vogel making fasting mandatory screwed up that plan.)
* HappilyAdopted: By her Gardnerian family, who were close to her Fae parents and took in their children after they were murdered.
* MakingASplash: She's a full Water Fae, so it comes with the territory. Unfortunately, she has trouble restraining herself sometimes.
* HappilyAdopted: By her Gardnerian family, who were close to her Fae parents and took in their children after they were murdered.
* MakingASplash: She's a full Water Fae, so it comes with the territory. Unfortunately, she has trouble restraining herself sometimes.
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Has to be repeatedly told that she can't just kill or maim people as revenge for their evil deeds, even if they deserve it.
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* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Believes that Lupines are inherently superior to other races, though she doesn't kill people over it, unlike the Gardnerians.
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* DifferentAsNightAndDay: He's much more quiet and reserved than his sister.
* StarCrossedLovers: Deeply in love with Aislinn, but has no real chance of being with her.
* DifferentAsNightAndDay: He's much more quiet and reserved than his sister.
* StarCrossedLovers: Deeply in love with Aislinn, but has no real chance of being with her.
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* UnskilledButStrong: As the current Black Witch, she has the power of a Great Mage, but almost no training. At the end of ''The Iron Flower'', she leaves for Noi lands in order to get that training.
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* UnskilledButStrong: His father died before he could give Yvan any sort of training in his powers, so he doesn't know much about his full abilities.
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An Alfsigr Icaral who is despised by her people despite her royal heritage and artistic talents.
The Vice Chancellor of Verpax University. She's Gardnerian.
Smaragdalfar professor at Verpax University.
Leader of the Vu Trin military stationed in Verpax City.
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!!Other Resistance allies
* InterspeciesRomance: With Ra'Ven.
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* PlayingWithFire: Gains fire affinity lines while pregnant with her Icaral son, Fyn'ir.
* PurpleEyes: Her eyes turn purple when she finally lets her power loose.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her light magic favours the purple end of the spectrum, turning her eyes and Gardnerian skin-glow purple from their original green. She knows just how ironic this is given Gardnerian views on the colour.
* SuperpowerLottery: Gardnerian Light Mages can use the runes of all magic systems, and are extremely rare, especially at Sage's power.
* PurpleEyes: Her eyes turn purple when she finally lets her power loose.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her light magic favours the purple end of the spectrum, turning her eyes and Gardnerian skin-glow purple from their original green. She knows just how ironic this is given Gardnerian views on the colour.
* SuperpowerLottery: Gardnerian Light Mages can use the runes of all magic systems, and are extremely rare, especially at Sage's power.
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Ruler of the Smaragdalfar, as the last member of their royal family.
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Ruler of the Smaragdalfar, as the last member of their royal family. He's also a powerful rune-sorcerer.
* DrivenToSuicide: Nearly jumped off a bridge in Verpax City after losing his parents, but Zeymir stopped him.
* {{Glamour}}: Owns a set of glamour-chains, originally intended for his father, which make him look Keltanian.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Sage.
* LoveAtFirstSight: He and Sage are drawn together pretty much from the first time they see each other, in part due to their power.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Sage.
* LoveAtFirstSight: He and Sage are drawn together pretty much from the first time they see each other, in part due to their power.
[[folder:Rivyr'el Talonir]]
!!Rivyr'el Talonir
A sarcastic and flippant Alfsigr rune-sorcerer who was banished from his country after refusing to wear the {{brainwashing}} pendant all High Elves are given at the age of 12.
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* CulturalRebel: Just by refusing to wear the ''Zalyn'or'', he is this. As a result, he acts much differently than most other Alfsigr, who are having their emotions dampened by the pendants.
* TheExile: He refuses to wear the ''Zalyn'or'' necklace, so he can't go back to Alfsigroth, not that he particularly wants to.
* ImportantHaircut: Cuts his hair very short after realizing that Za'ya was telling the truth about what his people have done, and deciding to officially join the resistance.
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!!Rivyr'el Talonir
A sarcastic and flippant Alfsigr rune-sorcerer who was banished from his country after refusing to wear the {{brainwashing}} pendant all High Elves are given at the age of 12.
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* CulturalRebel: Just by refusing to wear the ''Zalyn'or'', he is this. As a result, he acts much differently than most other Alfsigr, who are having their emotions dampened by the pendants.
* TheExile: He refuses to wear the ''Zalyn'or'' necklace, so he can't go back to Alfsigroth, not that he particularly wants to.
* ImportantHaircut: Cuts his hair very short after realizing that Za'ya was telling the truth about what his people have done, and deciding to officially join the resistance.
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* ColourMotif: They all have green eyes, and their skin glows green, courtesy of their Dryad ancestry.
Elloren Gardner's uncle.
A Priest Mage who is elected the new High Mage partway through ''The Black Witch''. He's also a fanatic who wants to wipe out all non-Gardnerians, and wields the [[ArtifactOfDoom Shadow Wand]].
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* MyCountryRightOrWrong: He knows that Vogel is a fanatic, and doesn't agree with a lot of his plans, but still willingly carries them out as a servant of Gardneria rather than rebelling.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: He knows that Vogel is a fanatic, and doesn't agree with a lot of his plans, but still willingly carries them out as a servant of Gardneria rather than rebelling.
Father of Fallon Bane.
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* {{Sadist}}: He takes great pleasure in murdering Keltanian civilians.
Elloren Gardner's father.
Elloren Gardner's mother.
[[folder:Freyja]]
!!Freyja
A high-ranking Amaz warrior.
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!!Freyja
A high-ranking Amaz warrior.
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!!Kelts
[[folder:Clive Soren]]
!!Clive Soren
A Keltanian doctor.
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[[folder:Clive Soren]]
!!Clive Soren
A Keltanian doctor.
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[[folder:Ni Vin]]
!!Ni Vin
Kam Vin's younger sister.
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* ScarsAreForever: Has heavy scarring on her head and body due to an attack by the first Black Witch.
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!!Ni Vin
Kam Vin's younger sister.
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* ScarsAreForever: Has heavy scarring on her head and body due to an attack by the first Black Witch.
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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: The Urisk race's various skin colours denote castes.
* {{Gendercide}}: Urisk males are now a rarity due to the Gardnerians slaughtering as many as they could.
* GenderRestrictedAbility: The males are all geomancers. The females get nothing.
* {{Gendercide}}: Urisk males are now a rarity due to the Gardnerians slaughtering as many as they could.
* GenderRestrictedAbility: The males are all geomancers. The females get nothing.
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* HeelRealization: After coming to Verpax University, she's faced with the realization of the things her people have done to get and maintain power, and is horrified by it.
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A Kelt who studies at the University of Verpacia. His reaction to Ren is instant dislike, but he slowly warms up to her after he finds her stealing a chicken.
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A Kelt who studies at the University of Verpacia. His reaction to Ren is instant dislike, but he slowly warms up to her after he finds her stealing a chicken. But there's more to him than it initially seems.
* LivingMacGuffin: As the Icaral of Prophecy, everyone is after him.
The daughter of the Alpha of the Southern Lupines, and twin sister of Jarod.
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* HotBlooded: ''Very'' hot-tempered.
* NoNudityTaboo: Tends to be common among fictional shapeshifters anyway, but with Diana, it goes hand-in-hand with her disdain for non-Lupine social conventions.
* NoSocialSkills: If she possesses any tact at all, it's never once made an appearance.
The son of the Alpha of the Southern Lupines, and twin brother of Diana.
A Gardnerian Icaral, who's rather mentally unstable as a result of her upbringing in a nightmarish "sanatorium".
Only non-Gardnerian history professor at Verpax University. Grew up in the same town as Tessla Harrow, and was in love with her before her departure.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He fell in love with Tessla, but she saw him as a brother.
* UnbalancedByRivalsKid: His reaction to Elloren.
A former neighbour of Ren Gardner in Halfix, who ran away after being assaulted by her unpleasant fastmate. The former holder of the White Wand.
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* LightEmUp: As a Level Four Light Mage.
* SuperpowerLottery:
Ruler of the Smaragdalfar, as the last member of their royal family.
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* DragonAncestry: He has silver eyes with slit-pupils because of his family's strong ties to the wyvern-shifters.
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!!Rafe Gardner
Older brother of Elloren Gardner.
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!!Vyvian Damon
!!Trystan Gardner
Younger brother of Elloren Gardner.
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!!Edwin Gardner
!!Edwin Gardner
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!!Edwin Gardner
[[folder:In General]]
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[[folder:Marcus Vogel]]
!!Marcus Vogel
!!Marcus Vogel
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!!Marcus Vogel
!!Vyvian Damon
Daughter of Carnissa Gardner, and Ren's aunt.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She initially seems nice, but her cruelty and bigotry become more and more obvious over the course of the story, especially as her position of power becomes threatened by her niece and nephews' flouting of Gardnerian laws and traditions.
* EvilAunt
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[[folder:In General]]
!!Edwin Gardner
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!!Alcippe
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!!Alcippe
!!Marcus Vogel
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!!Lukas Grey
A powerful mage in the Gardnerian military, who Vyvian Damon has set her sights on as a fastmate for Elloren.
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!!Fallon Bane
The young woman assumed by the Gardnerian government and military to be the next Black Witch.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: She's obsessed about fasting to Lukas. He's not interested due to her cruelty.
* AlphaBitch
* AnIcePerson: The primary vector of her power.
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[[folder:Malkyn Bane]]
!!Malkyn Bane
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Carnissa Gardner]]
!!Carnissa Gardner
The first Black Witch.
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[[folder:Vale Gardner]]
!!Vale Gardner
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[[folder:Tessla Harrow]]
!!Tessla Harrow
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!!Amaz
[[folder:In General]]
* LadyLand: They usually execute any men who trespass within their borders.
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[[folder:Valasca]]
!!Valasca
A simple Amaz goatherder... and also one of their rune-sorceresses and the commander of the Queen's Guard.
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[[folder:Alcippe]]
!!Alcippe
A high-ranking Amaz warrior, and an Urisk.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: After becoming a warrior, she killed her abusive father personally.
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!!Vu Trin
[[folder:In General]]
* GenderRestrictedAbility: The women are all rune sorceresses. The men get nothing.
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!!Other Characters
[[folder:Fyn'ir Za'Nor]]
!!Fyn'ir Za'Nor
The son of Sage and Ra'Ven, and an Icaral.
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* DraconicHumanoid: As an Icaral. This is notable because of the Za'Nor family's historic ties to wyvern-shifters.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Half-Gardnerian, half-Smaragdalfar, and an Icaral due to his wyvern-shifter ancestry.
* LivingMacGuffin: He's believed to be the Icaral of Prophecy by every race in the Western Realms, so he's being hunted despite being only a baby. However, he's not actually the Icaral they're looking for.
* MeaningfulName: "Fyn'ir" means "freedom" in the Smaragdalfar language.
* WingedHumanoid: As an Icaral.
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!!Other Races
[[folder:Urisk]]
[[/folder]]
!!Fallon Bane
The young woman assumed by the Gardnerian government and military to be the next Black Witch.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: She's obsessed about fasting to Lukas. He's not interested due to her cruelty.
* AlphaBitch
* AnIcePerson: The primary vector of her power.
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[[folder:Malkyn Bane]]
!!Malkyn Bane
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Carnissa Gardner]]
!!Carnissa Gardner
The first Black Witch.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Vale Gardner]]
!!Vale Gardner
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tessla Harrow]]
!!Tessla Harrow
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!!Amaz
[[folder:In General]]
* LadyLand: They usually execute any men who trespass within their borders.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Valasca]]
!!Valasca
A simple Amaz goatherder... and also one of their rune-sorceresses and the commander of the Queen's Guard.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Alcippe]]
!!Alcippe
A high-ranking Amaz warrior, and an Urisk.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: After becoming a warrior, she killed her abusive father personally.
[[/folder]]
!!Vu Trin
[[folder:In General]]
* GenderRestrictedAbility: The women are all rune sorceresses. The men get nothing.
[[/folder]]
!!Other Characters
[[folder:Fyn'ir Za'Nor]]
!!Fyn'ir Za'Nor
The son of Sage and Ra'Ven, and an Icaral.
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* DraconicHumanoid: As an Icaral. This is notable because of the Za'Nor family's historic ties to wyvern-shifters.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Half-Gardnerian, half-Smaragdalfar, and an Icaral due to his wyvern-shifter ancestry.
* LivingMacGuffin: He's believed to be the Icaral of Prophecy by every race in the Western Realms, so he's being hunted despite being only a baby. However, he's not actually the Icaral they're looking for.
* MeaningfulName: "Fyn'ir" means "freedom" in the Smaragdalfar language.
* WingedHumanoid: As an Icaral.
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!!Other Races
[[folder:Urisk]]
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!!Main characters
[[folder:Elloren Gardner]]
!!Elloren "Ren" Gardner
The identical granddaughter of Carnissa Gardner, the first Black Witch. Only in looks, however, as she didn't inherit her grandmother's cruel, zealous personality.
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* CannotTellALie: She and Lukas can't lie to each other because they both have strong Dryad ancestry.
* DramaticIrony: The readers are told of her immense power in the first book's prologue. She doesn't find out until near the end of book 2.
* IdenticalGranddaughter: The fact that she looks just like her grandmother causes her considerable trouble, particularly as they are very different people personality-wise and Elloren (ostensibly) has no magic.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: She's just as powerful as her grandmother, who devastated an entire country with her fire.
* PlayingWithFire: Her primary elemental affinities are towards fire.
* SinsOfTheFather: She gets a hard time from many people because of her ancestors of the Gardner family, many of whom, most recently her grandmother, were nasty people.
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[[folder:Yvan Guriel]]
!!Yvan Guriel
A Kelt who studies at the University of Verpacia. His reaction to Ren is instant dislike, but he slowly warms up to her after he finds her stealing a chicken.
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* DraconicHumanoid: Comes with being an Icaral, as the descendant of wyvern-shifters.
* FieryRedhead: In his true form. Quite literal, due to his fire powers.
* {{Glamour}}: Being part-Lasair Fae, he can take his on and off at will.
* HateAtFirstSight: His initial reaction to Elloren, which given who his father was is not surprising. He only begins to warm up to her after he catches her stealing a [[ReplacementGoldfish new chicken]] for Ariel.
* PlayingWithFire: He's an Icaral and part-Lasair Fae, so ''yes''.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's revealed late in ''The Iron Flower'' that he's the Icaral of Prophecy and the son of the Icaral who fought Carnissa Gardner, changing a great deal about his character.
* WingedHumanoid: Comes with being an Icaral, and although his glamour hides them as a tattoo, why he tries to avoid removing his shirt.
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[[folder:Tierney Calix]]
!!Tierney Calix
A Water Fae who was hidden by a glamour and raised in a Gardnerian family. She meets Ren at University, and is worried because the Guilds are beginning to introduce mandatory iron-testing, meaning she'll be caught if she tries to join one.
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* ColdIron: As a full Fae, she possesses this weakness, which concerns her greatly.
* {{Glamour}}: Is introduced wearing one, until it is removed in ''The Iron Flower''.
* MakingASplash: She's a full Water Fae, so it comes with the territory.
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!!Other University students
[[folder:Diana Ulrich]]
!!Diana Ulrich
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[[folder:Jarod Ulrich]]
!!Jarod Ulrich
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[[folder:Ariel Haven]]
!!Ariel Haven
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[[folder:Wynter]]
!!Wynter
[[/folder]]
!!Verpacian Resistance
[[folder:Vice Chancellor Quillen]]
!!Vice Chancellor Lucretia Quillen
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Professor Kristian]]
!!Professor Jules Kristian
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[[folder:Professor Hawkkyn]]
!!Professor Fron Hawkkyn
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[[folder:Commander Vin]]
!!Commander Kam Vin
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!!Other Resistance allies
[[folder:Sage Gaffney]]
!!Sagellyn "Sage" Gaffney
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[[folder:Ra'Ven Za'Nor]]
!!Ra'Ven Za'Nor, aka "Ciaran"
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!!Gardnerians
[[folder:In General]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Vyvian Damon]]
!!Vyvian Damon
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[[folder:Edwin Gardner]]
!!Edwin Gardner
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[[folder:Marcus Vogel]]
!!Marcus Vogel
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!!Amaz
[[folder:In General]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Alcippe]]
!!Alcippe
[[/folder]]
!!Vu Trin
[[folder:In General]]
[[/folder]]
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!!Main characters
[[folder:Elloren Gardner]]
!!Elloren "Ren" Gardner
The identical granddaughter of Carnissa Gardner, the first Black Witch. Only in looks, however, as she didn't inherit her grandmother's cruel, zealous personality.
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* CannotTellALie: She and Lukas can't lie to each other because they both have strong Dryad ancestry.
* DramaticIrony: The readers are told of her immense power in the first book's prologue. She doesn't find out until near the end of book 2.
* IdenticalGranddaughter: The fact that she looks just like her grandmother causes her considerable trouble, particularly as they are very different people personality-wise and Elloren (ostensibly) has no magic.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: She's just as powerful as her grandmother, who devastated an entire country with her fire.
* PlayingWithFire: Her primary elemental affinities are towards fire.
* SinsOfTheFather: She gets a hard time from many people because of her ancestors of the Gardner family, many of whom, most recently her grandmother, were nasty people.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Yvan Guriel]]
!!Yvan Guriel
A Kelt who studies at the University of Verpacia. His reaction to Ren is instant dislike, but he slowly warms up to her after he finds her stealing a chicken.
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* DraconicHumanoid: Comes with being an Icaral, as the descendant of wyvern-shifters.
* FieryRedhead: In his true form. Quite literal, due to his fire powers.
* {{Glamour}}: Being part-Lasair Fae, he can take his on and off at will.
* HateAtFirstSight: His initial reaction to Elloren, which given who his father was is not surprising. He only begins to warm up to her after he catches her stealing a [[ReplacementGoldfish new chicken]] for Ariel.
* PlayingWithFire: He's an Icaral and part-Lasair Fae, so ''yes''.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's revealed late in ''The Iron Flower'' that he's the Icaral of Prophecy and the son of the Icaral who fought Carnissa Gardner, changing a great deal about his character.
* WingedHumanoid: Comes with being an Icaral, and although his glamour hides them as a tattoo, why he tries to avoid removing his shirt.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tierney Calix]]
!!Tierney Calix
A Water Fae who was hidden by a glamour and raised in a Gardnerian family. She meets Ren at University, and is worried because the Guilds are beginning to introduce mandatory iron-testing, meaning she'll be caught if she tries to join one.
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* ColdIron: As a full Fae, she possesses this weakness, which concerns her greatly.
* {{Glamour}}: Is introduced wearing one, until it is removed in ''The Iron Flower''.
* MakingASplash: She's a full Water Fae, so it comes with the territory.
[[/folder]]
!!Other University students
[[folder:Diana Ulrich]]
!!Diana Ulrich
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jarod Ulrich]]
!!Jarod Ulrich
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ariel Haven]]
!!Ariel Haven
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Wynter]]
!!Wynter
[[/folder]]
!!Verpacian Resistance
[[folder:Vice Chancellor Quillen]]
!!Vice Chancellor Lucretia Quillen
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Professor Kristian]]
!!Professor Jules Kristian
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Professor Hawkkyn]]
!!Professor Fron Hawkkyn
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Commander Vin]]
!!Commander Kam Vin
[[/folder]]
!!Other Resistance allies
[[folder:Sage Gaffney]]
!!Sagellyn "Sage" Gaffney
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ra'Ven Za'Nor]]
!!Ra'Ven Za'Nor, aka "Ciaran"
[[/folder]]
!!Gardnerians
[[folder:In General]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Vyvian Damon]]
!!Vyvian Damon
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Edwin Gardner]]
!!Edwin Gardner
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Marcus Vogel]]
!!Marcus Vogel
[[/folder]]
!!Amaz
[[folder:In General]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Alcippe]]
!!Alcippe
[[/folder]]
!!Vu Trin
[[folder:In General]]
[[/folder]]
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