History Characters / TheGreatLibrary

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* DiplomaticImmunity: Supposed to be given to agents of the Library at all times, including during open war. Unfortunately, some countries only provide the bare minimum.

* DwindlingParty: They start out as a group of 32, and slowly get whittled down as Wolfe tests their knowledge, resourcefulness, and luck. Then they go into a warzone, and no one is safe. Only six of them remain.

* MultinationalTeam: Jess and Morgan are English, Glain is Welsh, Thomas is German, Khalila is Saudi Arabian, Dario is Spanish, Izumi is Japanese, Danton is American with French routes, and Portero is Portugese.

* LeroyJenkins: His efforts to help Thomas keep failing due to his lack of experience in being subtle and discreet.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Uses her Obscurist powers to extinguish the flames of the Great Archives' failsafe and stop the Archivist's plan to destroy the library if he cannot have Alexandria at the cost of her own life]].

* HellFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler: First she's a loyal soldier for the library in Book 2, then she helps Santi, Wolfe, and the postulants in their rebellion in Books 3 and 4, then she sides with the Archivist, then she betrays the Archivist in Book 5]].

* FriendOnTheForce: After some initial heistation in the second book, by her next appearance she and the rest of Santi's company are willing to look the other way when the main cast escapes Philadelphia in ''Ash and Quill''.
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: Realizes she chose the wrong side when the Archivist Magister would rather destroy ever book in the library rather than let the institution continue on without him]].

* ReallyGetsAround: Almost everyone her age in the Iron Tower appears to have slept with her at some point.

* ManOnFire: [[spoiler: Burned alive when the Library destroys Philadelphia with Greek Fire midway through ''Ash and Quill.''

* HellFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler: First she's a loyal soldier for the library in Book 2, then she helps Santi, Wolfe, and the postulants in their rebellion in Books 3 and 4, then she sides with the Archivist, then she betrays the Archivist in Book 5.

* NamesTheSame: There are two Obscurists named Gregory living in the Iron Tower. An relation between the two has yet to be revealed.

** Taken UpToEleven in the fifth book, where he is willing [[spoiler: to burn the library's entire collection of books rather than allow the institution to survive without him]].

[[folder: The Library]]

[[folder: Postulants]]

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler: Uses her Obscurist powers to extinguish the flames of the Great Archives' failsafe and stop the Archivist's plan to destroy the library if he cannot have Alexandria at the cost of her own life]].
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: she dies at the end of ''Sword and Pen'']].

[[folder: Scholars]]

* [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]: [[spoiler: Killed for helping the Postulants investigate the Black Archives.]]

* [[spoiler: [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]]]: [[spoiler: Killed by the Archivist in ''Smoke & Iron'' when her prior relationship with Brendan causes him to question her loyalty]].
* [[spoiler: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: [[spoiler: Killed when an Automaton drives its spear through her back]].

[[folder: High Garda]]

* [[MyMasterRightOrWrong My Lover, Right or Wrong]]: he thinks [[spoiler: Wolfe's]] attempts to get involved with helping his students rescue Thomas are suicidal and will most likely only get one or both of them killed, but he stands with his lover regardless.

* [[spoiler: HellFaceRevolvingDoor]]: [[spoiler: First she's a loyal soldier for the library in Book 2, then she helps Santi, Wolfe, and the postulants in their rebellion in Books 3 and 4, then she sides with the Archivist, then she betrays the Archivist in Book 5.
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn]]: [[spoiler: Defects from the rebel faction at the climax of Book 4 because she fears that Santi's UndyingLoyalty to Wolfe will get them all killed]].

[[folder: Obscurists]]

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: Killed by Morgan at the end of ''Smoke and Iron'']].

* [[spoiler: HeKnowsTooMuch]]: [[spoiler: She stumbles into a secret meeting of the Archivist's spies in the Iron Tower, and they promptly kill her to maintain their secrecy]].

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: Killed by the Archivist's spies in ''Sword and Pen'']].

[[folder: Curia]]

[[folder: Brightwell Clan]]

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: Murdered by Zara in the climax of Book 4]].

* [[spoiler: TogetherInDeath]]: [[spoiler: With Neska at the end of ''Smoke and Iron'']].

[[folder: Ibrahim Family]]

* [[spoiler: BoomHeadshot]]: [[spoiler: Anit kills him with a shot to the head]].
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: Killed by his own daughter for trying to sell Jess out to the Archivist]].

* [[spoiler: SelfMadeOrphan]]: [[spoiler: Kills her own father in the fourth book to save Jess and Brendan]].

[[folder: The Burner Movement]]

[[folder: Willinger Beck]]

[[folder: Kate Hannigan]]

[[folder: Danton Sr.]]

* NotSoDifferent: he and his twin brother Brendan. Both see each other as AlwaysSomeoneBetter and consider themselves TheUnfavorite of the family.

* NotSoDifferent: from his twin brother Jess. Both see each other as AlwaysSomeoneBetter and consider themselves the Unfavorite of the family.

* MultinationalTeam: Jess and Morgan are English, Glain is Welsh, Thomas is German, Khalila is Middle-Eastern, Dario is Spanish, Izumi is Japanese, Danton is American with French routes, and Portero is Portugese.

A brilliant girl from the middle east studying to become a Scholar. She's braniac of the group, but never hesitates to get her hands dirty when the situation calls for it. Becomes a research Scholar at the end of the first book and uses her position to help her fellow postulates uncover the secrets of Thomas' incarceration.

* BadassGay: Automatically qualifies as a High Garda captain.

* BadassGay: Not as badass as [[spoiler: Santi]], but he still knows how to handle himself in a fight.

* BetaCouple: [[spoiler: With High Garda captain Niccolo Santi.]]

* BiTheWay: Has slept with both men and women.

* BadassAndChildDuoe: Implied with his adopting an orphan baby at the end of the first book.

* OfficialCouple: With Morgan.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he can still be a snarky, cycnical JerkAss at times, he does care about his friends.

* NobleFugitive: She's being hunted because of the fact that children borne with the power to be an Obscurist are rare and critical to the library's continued existence.
* OfficialCouple: With Jess.

* TheGhost: Mentioned repeatedly in the second and third books. He finally appears in person in Book 4.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: His real name has not been revealed, and has only been referred to as "Archivist Magister," or simply "Archivist."

Jess and Brendan;s oldest brother. He was captured and executed before the start of the series.

One of Callum Brightwell's closest allies.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoilers: Leads the Obscurists out of the Iron Tower to save the heroes at the climax of ''Smoke and Iron'']].

* GadgeteerGenius: In a steampunk world where all technological progress is held in check by the library, Thomas single-handedly invents a clockwork chess-playing ''ArtificialIngellence''.

! Izumi
A student from Japan and one of the final nine students to make it to the end of the training course. She is dismissed from the course before the mission to Oxford when she ducks out of travelling by translation.

* DamselOutOfDistress: [[spoiler: Breaks herself out twice in the second, however.]]

* ChildByRape: The Breeding Program the library uses to breed more obscurists basically amounts to RapeByProxy, and he states in Book 2 that his mother despises his father.

* UndyingLoyalty: To his students, and to his lover, Santi.

* UndyingLoyalty: To Scholar Wolfe, [[spoiler: his lover.]]

! Eskander Palis

* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: The Artifex Magnus recommends him for the position of Obscurist Magnus [[spoiler: following his predecessor's death, because the only other alternative is Wolfe's [[PapaWolf other parent]].]]

! Rosa

* ComaGirl: As a result of her attempted suicide when Morgan left without her.

! Dominic

* EthicalSlut
* ReallyGetsAround

* BigBad: Seems to be set up as this.

* LegacyCharacter: The Archivist Magister is a position that is passed on from person to person each generation. The current Archivist is just the most recent owner of the title.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's unclear whether she's on Jess's side or his father's.
* ProperlyParanoid: Much like her father, she has to be when selling Originals in the heart of Alexandria.

* TheGhost: Mentioned repeatedly in the second and third books.

* CulturedWarrior: All of them have recieved the same training as a scholar.

* DwindlingParty: They start out as a group of 32, and slowly get whittled down as Wolfe tests their knowledge, resourcefulness, and luck. Then they go into a warzone, and no one is safe.

* BatmanGambit: Her plan in Book 2.