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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: He's able to force a homeless man to commit PsychicAssistedSuicide in the first book. This ability is never brought up again as something Saint Dane can do, even when it would be useful for him (such as when he tries to manipulate Courtney into murdering Mark after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he stopped being useful]]).
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* DarkIsEvil: He wears all black and is the BigBad of the series.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: He's able to force a homeless man to commit PsychicAssistedSuicide in the first book. This ability is never brought up again as something Saint Dane can do, even when it would be useful for him (such as when he tries to manipulate Courtney into murdering Mark after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he stopped beinguseful]]).useful]] instead of just forcing Mark to jump off the boat himself).
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: He's able to force a homeless man to commit PsychicAssistedSuicide in the first book. This ability is never brought up again as something Saint Dane can do, even when it would be useful for him (such as when he tries to manipulate Courtney into murdering Mark after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he stopped being
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* ManOfWealthAndTaste: His default form wears an expensive-looking black suit and he openly enjoys taking on the role of one of the Blok trustees as it lets him live in luxury.
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* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: Inverted after ''The Reality Bug'', when Saint Dane's hair burns off after he wins on Veelox. Played straight in the ''Soldiers of Halla'', when he regrows long black hair after his seeming victory.
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* AdrenalineMakeover: Due to both his circumstances and due to [[SheIsAllGrownUp being a few years older,]] Mark is described as becoming much more muscular and attractive in ''The Soldiers of Halla'' as compared to his pasty nerdy appearance previously.
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* AfraidOfClowns: Bobby hates clowns. When he has to stay in a room full of clown dolls for the Quillan Games, he outright refuses, and only relents at first because there are no other rooms available.
-->In my opinion {{there are two kinds of people|InTheWorld}}: those who fear and hate clowns... and clowns.
-->In my opinion {{there are two kinds of people|InTheWorld}}: those who fear and hate clowns... and clowns.
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* GreenAndMean: He's Challenger Green's true identity in ''The Quillan Games''.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: He's the true identity of Challenger Green in ''The Quillan Games'', [[RedGreenContrast contrasting with Bobby's Challenger Red.]]
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* BlueIsHeroic: Subverted. She initially appears to be on the side of the Travelers and wears a blue suit at all times, but in reality she's TheMole. She goes for an EvilCostumeSwitch when she abandons any pretense of working for the Travelers.
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* BlueIsHeroic: Subverted. She initially appears to be on the side of the Travelers and wears a blue suit at all times, but in reality she's TheMole. She goes for an EvilCostumeSwitch to all black when she abandons any pretense of working for the Travelers.
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* BeneathSuspicion: Saint Dane often takes the place of a nameless {{Mook}} or otherwise inconspicuous person to be BeneathSuspicion of the Travelers. Often his ruse is not exposed until the very end of the story.
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* MasterActor: Saint Dane can impersonate anyone flawlessly. Never over the course of any of the novels does anyone notice anyone Saint Dane takes the appearance of acting differently than usual or suspect him of being someone else.
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* ObviouslyEvil: In his base form, Saint Dane wears [[DarkIsEvil all black]], has IcyBlueEyes, has [[WhiteHairBlackHeart creepy white hair]], and is [[EvilFeelsIcyCold ice cold to the touch]] and [[EvilSmellsBad smells bad]]. This is in contrast to his shapeshifted forms, [[ParanoiaFuel which look just like anyone else.]]
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The Traveler from Quillan. Works as an assistant to the heads of [[MegaCorp Blok]].
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The Traveler from Quillan. Works She works as an assistant to the heads of [[MegaCorp Blok]].
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* BeleagueredAssistant: To the Blok trustees. Her job involves constant work and verbal abuse from the ungrateful [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt corporate executives]] of Blok. Even worse, they were responsible for her mother's disappearance.
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* BeleagueredAssistant: To the Blok trustees. Her job involves constant work and verbal abuse from the ungrateful [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt corporate executives]] of Blok. Even worse, they were seemingly responsible for her mother's disappearance.
* CoDragons: Shared the position with Naymeer for a while, until Naymeer is killed.
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* DisappearedDad: After he gets ReassignedToAntarctica following a bad gamble. Nevva [[spoiler:and Elli]] assume he's dead.
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* DisappearedDad: After he gets ReassignedToAntarctica following a bad gamble. Nevva [[spoiler:and Elli]] and Elli assume he's dead.
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* CoDragons: Shared the position with Naymeer for a while, until Naymeer is killed.
* FaceHeelTurn: She's the only Traveler to have taken up Saint Dane's offer and joined him.
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* HalfHumanHybrid: She is a Traveler's child, which shouldn't have been possible.
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* HalfHumanHybrid: She is a Traveler's biological child, which shouldn't have been possible.
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* OfficeGirl: While in theory her position as the trustees' assistant is a high honor, in practice it's a punishing and thankless job with little chance of any upper mobility in Blok. Nevva compares it to slavery.
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Accepts the role of Traveler because Nevva betrays the group.]]
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Accepts the role of Traveler because after Nevva betrays the group.betrayed them.]]
* HeroicBSOD: She fell into a heavily depressive episode after her husband died, which contributed to her choosing to abandon Nevva.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He dies trying to get information to Bobby on how to prevent Ravinia's rise.]]
* VillainousHarlequin: [=Laberge=] has a clown motif and is a DepravedKidsShowHost working for Blok.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite her ice cold exterior, she's quite reasonable of a person and is accommodating of Spader needing to take time to go be a Traveler.
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* VoodooShark: Naymeer's presence is meant to be explained by TheReveal that he was meant to be the Traveler of Second Earth who would mentor Bobby rather than Press, but this raises a great deal more questions than it answers. How exactly he was meant to be a Traveler is confusing given that in the original timeline he seemingly died of tuberculosis long before Bobby was born or Second Earth became a territory. Press never referred to another Traveler of Second Earth and Naymeer seemingly has none of a Traveler's powers, being limited to things that any acolyte can do with their ring. He creates a flume, but this is implied to be because Saint Dane gave him the power to do so, and in ''The Soldiers of Halla'' it takes all 10 of the Travelers to perform a similar feat. He doesn't come BackFromTheDead like any of the others do either, implying he was subject to CessationOfExistence once Saint Dane was done with him. There's also the question of why Nevva needed Mark's ring to give to him at all, given the later reveal that Saint Dane created the flumes to begin with. Was he not capable of making a singular ring?
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* VoodooShark: Naymeer's presence is meant to be explained by TheReveal that he was meant to be the Traveler of Second Earth who would mentor Bobby rather than Press, but this raises a great deal more questions than it answers. How exactly he was meant to be a Traveler is confusing given that before Nevva interfered in the original timeline he seemingly died of tuberculosis long before Bobby was born or Second Earth became a territory. Press never referred to another Traveler of Second Earth and Naymeer seemingly has none of a Traveler's powers, being limited to things that any acolyte can do with their ring. He creates a flume, but this is implied to be because Saint Dane gave him the power to do so, and in ''The Soldiers of Halla'' it takes all 10 of the Travelers to perform a similar feat. He doesn't come BackFromTheDead like any of the others do either, implying he was subject to CessationOfExistence once Saint Dane was done with him. There's also the question of why Nevva needed Mark's ring to give to him at all, given the later reveal that Saint Dane created the flumes to begin with. Was he not capable of making a singular ring?
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* NonIndicativeName: This guy is ''no'' saint. He also has nothing to do with either Saint Bernards or Great Danes, something that is joked about later in the series. However, [[ArchangelLucifer say it three times real fast.]]
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* MysticalWhiteHair: From books 1-4 his default form has long white hair. He loses it after winning on Veelox.
* NonIndicativeName: This guy is ''no'' saint. He also has nothing to do with either Saint Bernards or Great Danes, [[LampshadeHanging something that is joked about later in theseries. series.]] However, [[ArchangelLucifer say it three times real fast.]]
* NonIndicativeName: This guy is ''no'' saint. He also has nothing to do with either Saint Bernards or Great Danes, [[LampshadeHanging something that is joked about later in the
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* WhatMeasureIsANonBadass: In-universe, Loor has no patience for anyone who cannot stand up to her in combat, causing her to dismiss Bobby as TheLoad when she first meets him. She softens as she realizes he is more resourceful than she gave him credit for.
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** He ''has'' an evil plan in ''The Rivers of Zadaa'', but when Bobby sees the mass grave he appears to say (with a smile and a dismissal) that the virus wasn't ''his'' doing.
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* TheUnreveal: In ''The Quillan Games'' Saint Dane promises Bobby information about the nature of the Travelers should Bobby win in the Games. When Bobby does, Saint Dane makes good on his promise... In such a MindScrew of a way that Bobby dismisses him as lying. While it turns out Saint Dane was telling the truth, the way he put it was so devoid of context it gave neither Bobby nor the audience any meaningful information at all.
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* BlindedByRage: After Bobby and Loor foil his attempt at tipping Zadaa over the edge, Saint Dane has a rare moment of completely losing his cool. He kills Loor, referring to a mysterious promise he made, and attempts to kill Bobby. He's so enraged Bobby manages to ''kill'' him. Disturbingly, once Bobby does kill him his anger [[MoodSwinger evaporates almost instantly]] and he returns to his usually smug self.
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* UnstoppableRage: After Bobby and Loor foil his attempt at tipping Zadaa over the edge, Saint Dane has a rare moment of completely losing his cool, flying into a rage, killing Loor, and attempting to kill Bobby. Disturbingly, once Bobby kills him his anger [[MoodSwinger evaporates almost instantly]] and he returns to his smug self.
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* BigBad: Every time there's a new territory in trouble, he's the one causing its problems. Even if it looks like someone else, it's really him in disguise.
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* BigBad: Every time there's a new territory in trouble, he's the one causing its problems. problems, save for one exception. Even if it looks like someone else, it's usually really him in disguise. disguise.
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* VillainBall: In most books, he takes so much time to toy with the Travelers that it often leads to his failure. Though not always. [[spoiler:It turns out even his failures were just part of the long con of getting so far under Bobby's skin that Bobby would snap and directly kill someone.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: In book 6 he becomes infuriated after losing another battle and kills Loor, while also trying to kill Bobby and swearing to keep a mysterious promise.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: In book 6 he becomes infuriated after losing another battle and kills Loor, while also trying to kill Bobby and swearing to keep a mysterious promise.]]
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* UnstoppableRage: After Bobby and Loor foil his attempt at tipping Zadaa over the edge, Saint Dane has a rare moment of completely losing his cool, flying into a rage, killing Loor, and attempting to kill Bobby. Disturbingly, once Bobby kills him his anger [[MoodSwinger evaporates almost instantly]] and he returns to his smug self.
* VillainBall: In most books, he takes so much time to toy with the Travelers that it often leads to his failure. Though not always.[[spoiler:It It turns out even his failures were just part of the long con of getting so far under Bobby's skin that Bobby would snap and directly kill someone.]]
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* VillainousBreakdown:[[spoiler: In book 6 he becomes infuriated after losing another battle and kills Loor, while also trying to kill Bobby and swearing to keep a mysterious promise.]]
* VillainBall: In most books, he takes so much time to toy with the Travelers that it often leads to his failure. Though not always.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He vows revenge on Saint Dane for Press's death, which causes him to behave irrationally throughout book 3. Bobby has enough of his attitude and orders he go back to Cloral to cool his head.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He vows revenge on Saint Dane for Press's death, death and his parents' disappearance, which causes him to behave irrationally throughout book 3. Bobby has enough of his attitude and orders he go back to Cloral to cool his head.
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* TheBeastmaster: Saint Dane controls the quigs, pitch black monstrous creatures that attack anyone who approaches or comes out of the Flumes.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He's on the receiving end of this from Saint Dane, who makes no moves to protect him from Bobby's wrath.
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* NotMeThisTime: He ''has'' an evil plan in ''The Rivers of Zadaa'', but when Bobby sees the mass grave he appears to say (with a smile and a dismissal) that the virus wasn't ''his'' doing.
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* NotMeThisTime: NotMeThisTime:
** He ''has'' an evil plan in ''The Rivers of Zadaa'', but when Bobby sees the mass grave he appears to say (with a smile and a dismissal) that the virus wasn't ''his''doing.doing.
** Similarly, he claims he had nothing to do with the Blok having taken over Quillan, claiming he [[KillAndReplace replaced one of the Trustees rather than having been one all along.]]
** He ''has'' an evil plan in ''The Rivers of Zadaa'', but when Bobby sees the mass grave he appears to say (with a smile and a dismissal) that the virus wasn't ''his''
** Similarly, he claims he had nothing to do with the Blok having taken over Quillan, claiming he [[KillAndReplace replaced one of the Trustees rather than having been one all along.]]
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Saint Dane attempted to manipulate Courtney into killing Mark after Mark served his purpose. Fortunately, she can't go through with it and tosses the gun away. He later kills his second-in-command Nevva Winter after finding out she saved some of the dissidents to Ravinia in a moment of doubt about his plans.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Saint Dane attempted to manipulate Courtney into killing Mark after Mark served his purpose. Fortunately, she can't go through with it and tosses the gun away. He makes no attempt to stop Bobby from killing Naymeer, and he later kills his second-in-command Nevva Winter after finding out she saved some of the dissidents to Ravinia in a moment of doubt about his plans.
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* AnchoredShip: [[spoiler: With Bobby. She won't date him while they're still fighting to save the world, though she doesn't say whether she'd date him afterwards.]]
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* AnchoredShip: [[spoiler: With [[spoiler:With Bobby. She Though she says she loves him, she won't date him while they're still fighting to save the world, though she doesn't say whether she'd date him afterwards.]]
* BigSisterInstinct: She is highly protective of her younger sister Saangi.
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* SecondLove: Bobby falls for her after Courtney and [[spoiler:intended to date her after his journey if she would have him, reflecting to himself that though he once loved Courtney, he doesn't think he'd be able to live with her peacefully after everything he's been through.]]
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* SecondLove: Bobby falls for her after Courtney and [[spoiler:intended to date her after his journey if she would have him, reflecting to himself in his journals that though he once loved Courtney, he doesn't think he'd be able to live with her peacefully after everything he's been through.]]
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Female example. She is a StatuesqueStunner with very dark skin and hair and she is extremely attractive.
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* GentleGiant: In contrast with Loor, Alder is a big friendly person who prefers not to seek out violence. However, as a knight, he will resort to violence if necessary.
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* GentleGiant: In contrast with Loor, Alder is a big friendly person who prefers not to seek out violence. However, as a knight, [[MartialPacifist he will resort to violence if necessary.]]
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* CorruptTheCutie: [[spoiler: At the hands of Nevva Winter and Andy Mitchell. While Andy Mitchell (Saint Dane in disguise) became Mark's PoisonousFriend, he also crashed a plane with Mark's parents on it. Which is when Nevva Winter shows up, conveniently giving Mark a way and reason to change the past...]] Subverted, in that [[spoiler: he was simply another UnwittingPawn, and wasn't doing anything with malicious intent. He didn't even know Nevva was working for Saint Dane.]]
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* CorruptTheCutie: [[spoiler: At the hands of Nevva Winter and Andy Mitchell. While Andy Mitchell (Saint Dane in disguise) became Mark's PoisonousFriend, ToxicFriendInfluence, he also crashed a plane with Mark's parents on it. Which is when Nevva Winter shows up, conveniently giving Mark a way and reason to change the past...]] Subverted, in that [[spoiler: he was simply another UnwittingPawn, and wasn't doing anything with malicious intent. He didn't even know Nevva was working for Saint Dane.]]
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* PoisonousFriend: He becomes one to Mark under the guise of Andy Mitchell.
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* VoodooShark: Naymeer's presence is meant to be explained by TheReveal that he was meant to be the Traveler of Second Earth who would mentor Bobby rather than Press, but this raises a great deal more questions than it answers. How exactly he was meant to be a Traveler is confusing given that in the original timeline he seemingly died of tuberculosis long before Bobby was born or Second Earth became a territory. Press never referred to another Traveler of Second Earth and Naymeer seemingly has none of a Traveler's powers, being limited to things that any acolyte can do with their ring. He creates a flume, but this is implied to be because Saint Dane gave him the power to do so, and in ''The Soldiers of Halla'' it takes all 10 of the Travelers to perform a similar feat. He doesn't come BackFromTheDead like any of the others do either, implying he was subject to CessationOfExistence once Saint Dane was done with him.
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* VoodooShark: Naymeer's presence is meant to be explained by TheReveal that he was meant to be the Traveler of Second Earth who would mentor Bobby rather than Press, but this raises a great deal more questions than it answers. How exactly he was meant to be a Traveler is confusing given that in the original timeline he seemingly died of tuberculosis long before Bobby was born or Second Earth became a territory. Press never referred to another Traveler of Second Earth and Naymeer seemingly has none of a Traveler's powers, being limited to things that any acolyte can do with their ring. He creates a flume, but this is implied to be because Saint Dane gave him the power to do so, and in ''The Soldiers of Halla'' it takes all 10 of the Travelers to perform a similar feat. He doesn't come BackFromTheDead like any of the others do either, implying he was subject to CessationOfExistence once Saint Dane was done with him. There's also the question of why Nevva needed Mark's ring to give to him at all, given the later reveal that Saint Dane created the flumes to begin with. Was he not capable of making a singular ring?
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Supposedly the Traveler of Second Earth in Bobby's absence. Saint Dane has him set up the cult of Ravinia on Earth. [[spoiler:He was supposed to be Bobby's mentor, but Saint Dane gave him Mark's ring and Nevva's tutelage to prevent that.]]
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Supposedly the Traveler of Second Earth in Bobby's absence. Saint Dane has him set up the cult of Ravinia on Earth. [[spoiler:He He was supposed to be Bobby's mentor, but Saint Dane gave him Mark's ring and Nevva's tutelage to prevent that.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: How exactly he was meant to be a Traveler is confusing given that in the original timeline he seemingly died of tuberculosis long before Bobby was born or Second Earth became a territory. Press never referred to another Traveler of Second Earth and Naymeer seemingly has none of a Traveler's powers, being limited to things that any acolyte can do with their ring. He doesn't even come BackFromTheDead like any of the others do, implying he was subject to CessationOfExistence once Saint Dane was done with him.
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* IllBoy: As a child he was suffering from a SoapOperaDisease slowly killing him. Nevva saved his life and gave him the acolyte ring, starting his descent into evil.
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* IllBoy: [[IllGirl Ill Boy:]] As a child he was suffering from a SoapOperaDisease slowly killing him. Nevva saved his life and gave him the acolyte ring, starting his descent into evil.
* ObviouslyEvil: He's so clearly evil Bobby at first believes he's Saint Dane in disguise. Naymeer is extremely pleased with this case of MistakenIdentity.
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* TheSocialDarwinist: Ravinia is a cult based around excellence.
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* TheSocialDarwinist: Ravinia is a cult based around excellence. The more successful one is, the higher they can be on Ravinia's totem pole. This naturally results in the cult gaining a great deal of funding.
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* BaldOfEvil: After ''Black Water'', when his hair burns off [[spoiler: as a sign of him gaining more power]].
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* BlueIsHeroic: [[spoiler:Subverted. She initially appears to be on the side of the Travelers and wears a blue suit at all times, but in reality she's TheMole. She goes for an EvilCostumeSwitch when she abandons any pretense of working for the Travelers.]]
* BrainyBrunette: She's smart enough to [[spoiler:outgambit both Mark and Saint Dane, at least for a small while.]]
* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler:When she reveals Saint Dane's plans to the Travelers, he cuts her off from dark Solara and then kills her. She just fades away as a result.]]
* BrainyBrunette: She's smart enough to [[spoiler:outgambit both Mark and Saint Dane, at least for a small while.]]
* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler:When she reveals Saint Dane's plans to the Travelers, he cuts her off from dark Solara and then kills her. She just fades away as a result.]]
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* BlueIsHeroic: [[spoiler:Subverted.Subverted. She initially appears to be on the side of the Travelers and wears a blue suit at all times, but in reality she's TheMole. She goes for an EvilCostumeSwitch when she abandons any pretense of working for the Travelers.]]
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* BrainyBrunette: She's smart enough to[[spoiler:outgambit outgambit both Mark and Saint Dane, at least for a small while.]]
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* CessationOfExistence:[[spoiler:When When she reveals Saint Dane's plans to the Travelers, he cuts her off from dark Solara and then kills her. She just fades away as a result.]]
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* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Saint Dane's.]]
* CoDragons: [[spoiler: Shared the position with Naymeer for a while, until Naymeer is killed.]]
* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler: In ''Soldiers of Halla'', she wears a similar suit to Saint Dane's rather than her blue Blok suit. Bobby lampshades it to her.]]
* EvilMentor: [[spoiler: To Naymeer, raising him like a son.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Discussed in-series, what with ParentalAbandonment and being a HalfHumanHybrid.]]
* GoSeduceMyArchnemesis: [[spoiler: Saint Dane gives her this as her job at the conclusion of ''The Pilgrims of Rayne'' under VoluntaryShapeshifting to prevent Bobby leaving Ibara before his plan was underway. It doesn't work in ''Raven Rise'', mostly due to Bobby being squicked out due to them having previously been LikeBrotherAndSister at most.]]
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: The product of a Traveler having a child, which shouldn't have been possible.]]
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler: Seen in her dealings with Mark, where she pretends to need his desperate help on First Earth. Since Mark is cut off from Bobby's journals at the time, he has no idea she's evil.]] Even when he finds out what she's been doing, [[spoiler:she manipulates him into giving up his Traveler ring by threatening to kill his parents.]]
* MeaningfulName: Lampshaded by Saint Dane. She is the girl who ''never'' should have been. Both because her role as the Traveler of Quillan was originally meant to go to Elli, and because [[spoiler:her very existence -- as a Traveler born, rather than created -- was something completely unanticipated.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Saint Dane's mole and the only Traveler to agree to serve him instead.]]
* CoDragons: [[spoiler: Shared the position with Naymeer for a while, until Naymeer is killed.]]
* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler: In ''Soldiers of Halla'', she wears a similar suit to Saint Dane's rather than her blue Blok suit. Bobby lampshades it to her.]]
* EvilMentor: [[spoiler: To Naymeer, raising him like a son.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Discussed in-series, what with ParentalAbandonment and being a HalfHumanHybrid.]]
* GoSeduceMyArchnemesis: [[spoiler: Saint Dane gives her this as her job at the conclusion of ''The Pilgrims of Rayne'' under VoluntaryShapeshifting to prevent Bobby leaving Ibara before his plan was underway. It doesn't work in ''Raven Rise'', mostly due to Bobby being squicked out due to them having previously been LikeBrotherAndSister at most.]]
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: The product of a Traveler having a child, which shouldn't have been possible.]]
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler: Seen in her dealings with Mark, where she pretends to need his desperate help on First Earth. Since Mark is cut off from Bobby's journals at the time, he has no idea she's evil.]] Even when he finds out what she's been doing, [[spoiler:she manipulates him into giving up his Traveler ring by threatening to kill his parents.]]
* MeaningfulName: Lampshaded by Saint Dane. She is the girl who ''never'' should have been. Both because her role as the Traveler of Quillan was originally meant to go to Elli, and because [[spoiler:her very existence -- as a Traveler born, rather than created -- was something completely unanticipated.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Saint Dane's mole and the only Traveler to agree to serve him instead.]]
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* TheDragon: [[spoiler: She becomes Saint Dane's.]]
Dane's.
* CoDragons:[[spoiler: Shared the position with Naymeer for a while, until Naymeer is killed.]]
killed.
* EvilCostumeSwitch:[[spoiler: In ''Soldiers of Halla'', she wears a similar suit to Saint Dane's rather than her blue Blok suit. Bobby lampshades it to her.]]
her.
* EvilMentor:[[spoiler: To She was one to Naymeer, raising him like a son.]]
son.
* FreudianExcuse:[[spoiler: Discussed in-series, what with ParentalAbandonment and being a HalfHumanHybrid.]]
HalfHumanHybrid.
* GoSeduceMyArchnemesis:[[spoiler: Saint Dane gives her this as her job at the conclusion of ''The Pilgrims of Rayne'' under VoluntaryShapeshifting to prevent Bobby leaving Ibara before his plan was underway. It doesn't work in ''Raven Rise'', mostly due to Bobby being squicked out due to them having previously been LikeBrotherAndSister at most.]]
most.
* HalfHumanHybrid:[[spoiler: The product of She is a Traveler having a Traveler's child, which shouldn't have been possible.]]
possible.
* ManipulativeBitch:[[spoiler: Seen in her dealings with Mark, where she pretends to need his desperate help on First Earth. Since Mark is cut off from Bobby's journals at the time, he has no idea she's evil.]] evil and blindly goes along with her plans. Even when he finds out what she's been doing, [[spoiler:she she manipulates him into giving up his Traveler ring by threatening to kill his parents.]]
parents.
* MeaningfulName: Lampshaded by Saint Dane. She is the girl who ''never'' should have been. Both because her role as the Traveler of Quillan was originally meant to go to Elli, and because[[spoiler:her her very existence -- as a Traveler born, rather than created -- was something completely unanticipated.]]
unanticipated.
* TheMole:[[spoiler:Saint Saint Dane's mole and the only Traveler to agree to serve him instead.]]
* CoDragons:
* EvilCostumeSwitch:
* EvilMentor:
* FreudianExcuse:
* GoSeduceMyArchnemesis:
* HalfHumanHybrid:
* ManipulativeBitch:
* MeaningfulName: Lampshaded by Saint Dane. She is the girl who ''never'' should have been. Both because her role as the Traveler of Quillan was originally meant to go to Elli, and because
* TheMole:
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* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler: For Naymeer. It's implied his death affected her strongly, as she tried to talk Bobby out of killing him.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Saint Dane kills her after she saves Mark from execution. Prior to that, he found out she saved a bunch of dissidents by hiding them on Eelong.]]
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:The only thing she gets out of becoming Saint Dane's ally is CessationOfExistence after doubting him one too many times.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Saint Dane kills her after she saves Mark from execution. Prior to that, he found out she saved a bunch of dissidents by hiding them on Eelong.]]
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:The only thing she gets out of becoming Saint Dane's ally is CessationOfExistence after doubting him one too many times.]]
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* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler: For Naymeer. It's implied his death affected her strongly, as she tried to talk Bobby out of killing him.]]
him.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath:[[spoiler: Saint Dane kills her after she saves Mark from execution. Prior to that, he found out she saved a bunch of dissidents by hiding them on Eelong.]]
Eelong.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves:[[spoiler:The The only thing she gets out of becoming Saint Dane's ally is CessationOfExistence after doubting him one too many times.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath:
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves:
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: [[spoiler: She learns it from Saint Dane.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: After book 7, she's one.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: She believed Saint Dane had a larger purpose in mind than simply becoming a god and desperately needed a purpose herself.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: After book 7, she's one.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: She believed Saint Dane had a larger purpose in mind than simply becoming a god and desperately needed a purpose herself.]]
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: [[spoiler: She learns it from Saint Dane.]]
Dane.
* WalkingSpoiler: After book 7, she'sone.
one, hence the spoiler warning on her folder.
* WellIntentionedExtremist:[[spoiler: She believed Saint Dane had a larger purpose in mind than simply becoming a god and desperately needed a purpose herself.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: After book 7, she's
* WellIntentionedExtremist:
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A brother-and-sister duo who are in charge of the Quillan Games. [=LaBerge=] handles the creative side, while Veego runs the technical side.
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A brother-and-sister duo who are in charge of the Quillan Games. [=LaBerge=] handles the creative side, while Veego runs the technical business side.
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* ConMan: [[spoiler:Veego and [=LaBerge=] are far from the creative geniuses they are lauded as; the Games mostly come from the pair having watched games from other Territories. While Veego at least can run a business, this makes [=LaBerge=] all but useless.]]
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* ConMan: [[spoiler:Veego and [=LaBerge=] are far from the creative geniuses they are lauded as; the Games mostly come from the pair having watched games from other Territories. While Veego can at least can run a profitable business, this makes [=LaBerge=] all but useless.]]
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* ExcitedKidsShowHost: [=LaBerge=] is quite enthusiastic about the Quillan games. Bobby compares him to a nutty TV personality and thinks he looks like he's auditioning for a kids' show.
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* ExcitedKidsShowHost: [=LaBerge=] is quite enthusiastic about the Quillan games. Bobby compares him to a nutty TV personality and thinks he looks like he's auditioning for a kids' show. Doubles as DepravedKidsShowHost given the subject matter of the Quillan games almost always involves enslaved participants fighting one another at best and murdering one another at worst.
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* NeverMyFault: Veego blames [[spoiler:Bobby]] for [[spoiler:Veelox]] falling apart, ignoring that the people of [[spoiler:Veelox, including her, chose their fates by turning to extreme escapism far before Bobby showed up there.]]
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* NeverMyFault: Veego blames [[spoiler:Bobby]] for [[spoiler:Veelox]] falling apart, ignoring that the people of [[spoiler:Veelox, including her, chose their fates by [[spoiler:Veelox were already turning to extreme escapism far before Bobby showed up there.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Veego and [=LaBerge=] [[spoiler:were brought to Quillan by Saint Dane, the man responsible for destroying their world. Given Veego's hatred for Bobby due to her assumption that he was responsible for Veelox's destruction, it's unlikely she'd be as helpful if she knew the truth of who she was working for.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: She adopted Aja and [[HappilyAdopted the pair are quite happy with said adoption.]]
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[[folder:Alexander Naymeer]]
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* ApocalypseCult: He's at the head of one called Ravinia that are attempting to impose social darwinism on all the territories and merge them into one.
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* CoDragons: [[spoiler: Saint Dane's, with Nevva.]]
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* CoDragons: [[spoiler: Saint Dane's, with Nevva.]]
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* IllBoy: As a child he was suffering from a SoapOperaDisease slowly killing him. Nevva saved his life and gave him the acolyte ring, starting his descent into evil.
* IOweYouMyLife: His devotion to Nevva began when she cured his deadly illness as a boy and gave him an acolyte ring.
* ManipulativeBastard: He uses visions of other territories conjured through the acolyte ring to convince others that Ravinia's beliefs are sound.
* PathOfInspiration: Ravinia, his cult, is in reality designed to overthrow the entire Earth's political order and eventually merge the Territories together into a single entity for Saint Dane to rule over.
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* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Saint Dane was really just setting him up to be killed by Bobby as part of ThePlan.]]
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* SoftSpokenSadist: He takes on the appearance of a kindly old man with [[WellIntentionedExtremist extremely flawed views but a desire to improve humanity]]. But the execution of thousands of people in the Yankee Stadium proves he very much enjoys to see the suffering of others.
* UnwittingPawn:[[spoiler: While he thought he was Saint Dane's [[CoDragons Co Dragon with Nevva]], Saint Dane was really just setting him up to be killed by Bobby as part of ThePlan.]]
* UnwittingPawn:
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* ReplacementFlatCharacter: Not flat per se, but fills the role in the second book that Bobby had in the first. Like Bobby, he gets CharacterDevelopment that improves his attitude.
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* ReplacementFlatCharacter: Not flat per se, but fills the role of NaiveNewcomer in the second book that Bobby had in the first. Like Bobby, he gets CharacterDevelopment that improves his attitude.
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* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: His rage towards Saint Dane makes him a very good UnwittingPawn, and he almost gets First Earth lost. Bobby orders him back to Cloral to get him to cool his head.]]
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* SurferDude: He's the alien equivalent of one, using TotallyRadical slang and being involved in various water activities. It helps he comes from a flooded planet.
* UnstoppableRage: He is in continuous rage mode during ''The Never War'' due to wanting revenge on Saint Dane. This nearly gets First Earth doomed and [[PutOnABus Bobby makes him go back to Cloral.]]
* WhatTheHellHero:[[spoiler: His [[spoiler:His rage towards Saint Dane makes him a very good UnwittingPawn, and he almost gets First Earth lost. Bobby orders him back to Cloral to get him to cool his head.]]
* UnstoppableRage: He is in continuous rage mode during ''The Never War'' due to wanting revenge on Saint Dane. This nearly gets First Earth doomed and [[PutOnABus Bobby makes him go back to Cloral.]]
* WhatTheHellHero:
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* PutOnABus: He is [[spoiler:trapped on Eelong with Spader for the second half of the series.]]
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* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler: After he loses a hand on Eelong to a tang.]]
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* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After he loses a hand on Eelong to a tang.]]
* PutOnABus: He is [[spoiler:trapped on Eelong with Spader for the second half of the series.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: As a result of getting stuck on Eelong and losing a hand.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: As While he was never a slouch in the badass department, he takes another level in it [[spoiler:as a result of getting stuck on Eelong and losing a hand.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: She is responsible for maintaining Lifelight and created a virus meant to make it just a bit worse to encourage people to leave it. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Saint Dane had been manipulating even her for a long while.]]
* HappilyAdopted: By her "aunt" Evangeline, who in turn became her acolyte.
* HappilyAdopted: By her "aunt" Evangeline, who in turn became her acolyte.
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* JerkAss: She starts as a huge racist with a chip on her shoulder. She calms down as a result of character development over the course of book 5.
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* JerkAss: She starts as a huge racist with a chip on her shoulder. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold She calms down as a result of character development development]] over the course of book 5.
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* BrainyBrunette: She's smart enough to [[spoiler: outgambit Saint Dane, at least for a small while.]]
* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler: When she reveals Saint Dane's plans, he cuts her off from dark Solara and then kills her. She just fades away as a result.]]
* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler: When she reveals Saint Dane's plans, he cuts her off from dark Solara and then kills her. She just fades away as a result.]]
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* BrainyBrunette: She's smart enough to [[spoiler: outgambit Saint Dane, at least BeleagueredAssistant: To the Blok trustees. Her job involves constant work and verbal abuse from the ungrateful [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt corporate executives]] of Blok. Even worse, they were responsible for her mother's disappearance.
* BlueIsHeroic: [[spoiler:Subverted. She initially appears to be on the side of the Travelers and wears asmall while.blue suit at all times, but in reality she's TheMole. She goes for an EvilCostumeSwitch when she abandons any pretense of working for the Travelers.]]
* BrainyBrunette: She's smart enough to [[spoiler:outgambit both Mark and Saint Dane, at least for a small while.]]
* CessationOfExistence:[[spoiler: When [[spoiler:When she reveals Saint Dane's plans, plans to the Travelers, he cuts her off from dark Solara and then kills her. She just fades away as a result.]]
* BlueIsHeroic: [[spoiler:Subverted. She initially appears to be on the side of the Travelers and wears a
* BrainyBrunette: She's smart enough to [[spoiler:outgambit both Mark and Saint Dane, at least for a small while.]]
* CessationOfExistence:
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%%*ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler: Seen in her dealings with Mark.]]
* MeaningfulName: Lampshaded by Saint Dane. She is the girl who ''never'' should have been. Both because her role as the Traveler of Quillan was originally meant to go to Elli, and because [[spoiler: her very existence -- as a Traveler born, rather than created -- was something completely unanticipated.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Saint Dane's mole and the only Traveler to agree to serve him instead.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Her father died and her mother disappeared.
* MeaningfulName: Lampshaded by Saint Dane. She is the girl who ''never'' should have been. Both because her role as the Traveler of Quillan was originally meant to go to Elli, and because [[spoiler: her very existence -- as a Traveler born, rather than created -- was something completely unanticipated.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Saint Dane's mole and the only Traveler to agree to serve him instead.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Her father died and her mother disappeared.
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* MeaningfulName: Lampshaded by Saint Dane. She is the girl who ''never'' should have been. Both because her role as the Traveler of Quillan was originally meant to go to Elli, and because
* TheMole:
* OfficeGirl: While in theory her position as the trustees' assistant is a high honor, in practice it's a punishing and thankless job with little chance of any upper mobility in Blok. Nevva compares it to slavery.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her father died and [[MissingMom her mother
* SecretaryOfEvil: Her role in Blok is to be the trustees' BeleagueredAssistant.
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* DirtyCoward: She initially refused to become a Traveler out of fear. This bites everyone in the ass when [[spoiler:her replacement, Nevva, turns to evil.]] Elli atones for this by deciding to become a Traveler and [[spoiler:convincing Nevva back to the side of good for a brief while.]]
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* DirtyCoward: She initially refused to become a Traveler out of fear. This bites everyone in the ass when [[spoiler:her replacement, Nevva, turns to evil.]] She also [[spoiler:failed to speak to her daughter when Nevva was finally allowed to meet Mr. Pop, which could have prevented a great deal of tragedy.]] Elli atones for this by deciding to become a Traveler and [[spoiler:convincing Nevva back to the side of good for a brief while.]]]]
* MissingMom: She's one to Nevva, having disappeared after an attack on the trustees that she was blamed for.
* MissingMom: She's one to Nevva, having disappeared after an attack on the trustees that she was blamed for.
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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Gender swapped; he is the Gentle Boy to Courtney's Brooding Girl in ''The Rivers of Zadaa'' after Courtney's HeroidBSOD kicks in.
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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Gender swapped; he is the Gentle Boy to Courtney's Brooding Girl in ''The Rivers of Zadaa'' after Courtney's HeroidBSOD HeroicBSOD kicks in.
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* BlindWithoutEm: He really needs his glasses.
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* BlindWithoutEm: He really needs his glasses.
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* BlindWithoutEm: He really needs his glasses.BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Gender swapped; he is the Gentle Boy to Courtney's Brooding Girl in ''The Rivers of Zadaa'' after Courtney's HeroidBSOD kicks in.
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* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: During the time skip he becomes an ace pilot.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: During the time skip between ''Raven Rise'' and ''The Soldiers of Halla'' he becomes an ace pilot.]]
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: He chooses to save Courtney when her condition takes a sudden turn for the worse in ''The Rivers of Zadaa''. However, it's far from a PetTheDog moment; he just still needs her alive to continue to manipulate Mark.
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* TheChessmaster: His plans reach across all of Halla.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Part of his EvilPlan, see Omnicidal Maniac.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Part of his EvilPlan, see Omnicidal Maniac.
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* TheChessmaster: His plans reach across all of Halla.
Halla and can span for several decades, such as getting Mark and Bobby to befriend each other by posing as Andy Mitchell, Mark's childhood bully, and later pretending to have HiddenDepths as that same bully in order to get Mark to inadvertently change the timeline.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Part of his EvilPlan, seeOmnicidal Maniac.OmnicidalManiac.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Part of his EvilPlan, see
* FailedASpotCheck: Press correctly reveals Saint Dane's first disguise because Saint Dane was wearing a khaki uniform rather than a blue one, mistaking the military on Earth for the police force. It's implied he was doing it on purpose, however, and he never again fails at disguising himself except when he wants to show off.
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* GambitRoulette: His plan that stretches across the entire series is either this, or one very long case of XanatosSpeedChess.
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* GambitRoulette: His plan that stretches across the entire series is either this, or one very long case of XanatosSpeedChess. The books often hint he's just very good at XanatosSpeedChess.
* IronicName: This man is ''far'' from a Saint.
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* KillAndReplace: [[FridgeHorror Either the people he poses as suffered this,]] or [[ParanoiaFuel they never existed at all, just being Saint Dane in disguise the entire time.]]
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* KillAndReplace: [[FridgeHorror Either the people he poses as suffered this,]] or [[ParanoiaFuel they never existed at all, just being Saint Dane in disguise the entire time.]] He uses both depending on the circumstances on whichever Territory he visits.
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* VillainBall: In most books, he takes so much time to toy with the Travelers that it often leads to his failure. Though not always.
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* VillainBall: In most books, he takes so much time to toy with the Travelers that it often leads to his failure. Though not always. [[spoiler:It turns out even his failures were just part of the long con of getting so far under Bobby's skin that Bobby would snap and directly kill someone.]]
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* CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority: He gained a following and friend group simply due to his rebellious nature. When Bobby meets him, he finds Siry obnoxious.
* HeroicBSOD: He enters one [[spoiler:after discovering the truth about Veelox and after his friends die to Flighters,]] becoming much quieter and obedient to Bobby afterwards.
* HeroicBSOD: He enters one [[spoiler:after discovering the truth about Veelox and after his friends die to Flighters,]] becoming much quieter and obedient to Bobby afterwards.
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* JerkAss: He's an arrogant, self-centered kid. He improves somewhat after witnessing how utterly awful the world beyond Ibara truly is [[spoiler:and getting all his friends killed through his own stupidity]], but he doesn't have enough screentime to fully transition into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
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* AmazonChaser: He crushes on Courtney who scares the other boys with her strength of will and merciless competitive streak. He's also attracted to Loor, a ProudWarriorRaceGirl with a staff.
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* AmazonChaser: He crushes on Courtney Courtney, who scares the other boys with her strength of will and merciless competitive streak. He's also attracted to Loor, a ProudWarriorRaceGirl with a staff.
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[[folder:Nevva Winter {SPOILERS)]]
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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Bobby learns he and all the Travelers are spirits from Solara just like Saint Dane is.]]
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* DistractedByTheSexy: In the first two books, before he gets used to Courtney, Mark is stunned and gets tongue-tied in her presence. This calms down as he gets to know her.
* AlphaBitch: [[LovableAlphaBitch Subverted.]] While Mark was at first terrified of her, assuming her to be such, and Courtney was sharp-tongued with him at the start of the series, Mark's impression of her changed as he got to know her and she gradually lost any bitch tendencies [[FallenPrincess as she took a fall from grace.]]
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* BrokenAce: Starting in book 5, Courtney loses her popularity in school due to being outclassed by older and stronger girls in sports. After [[spoiler:being manipulated into destroying Eelong's flume]] she enters a flat out HeroicBSOD and becomes a shut in.
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* BrokenAce: Starting in book 5, Courtney loses her popularity in school due to being outclassed by older and stronger girls in sports. After [[spoiler:being manipulated into destroying Eelong's flume]] she enters a flat out HeroicBSOD and [[{{Hikikomori}} becomes a shut in.shut-in.]]
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* FallenPrincess: She goes from most popular girl in school in junior high to a nobody in high school, which greatly impacts her self-esteem.
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* {{Hikikomori}}: [[spoiler:She enters a severe depressive episode due to the events of Black Water and becomes a shut-in for half the duration of book 6.]] Fortunately, she recovers.
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The main antagonist of the series.
The main antagonist of the series.
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Dane '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]
The main antagonist of theseries.series, a shapeshifter with nebulous goals. His ModusOperandi is to turn worlds towards disaster by affecting a point in time that will be pivotal to that world's history.
The main antagonist of the
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: He's the one responsible for offing Nevva Winter rather than any of the protagonists.
* TheBully: Andy Mitchell, Mark's childhood bully, turns out to have been him all along, making his presence instrumental to Bobby and Mark becoming friends at all.
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* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:He had no need to bully Mark as a child as Andy Mitchell, and even had to reverse course on it later in his life, suggesting he just harassed Mark for fun.]]
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* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:He He had no need to bully Mark as a child as Andy Mitchell, and even had to reverse course on it later in his life, suggesting he just harassed Mark for fun.]]fun. Of course, Bobby and Mark became close due to Andy's bullying, so perhaps there was a goal to it all along.
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* EvilOverlord: [[spoiler: The overlord of Ravinia and all its holdings (essentially, all the known universe at that point) during ''The Soldiers of Halla.'']]
* EvilPlan: His end goal is killing [[spoiler: the seventy thousand survivors of the ninth book's climax]] and destroying all the free will in Halla, as well as Halla itself. This would allow him to become the [[GodOfEvil new god of the Dark Solara]] and new Halla.
* EvilPlan: His end goal is killing [[spoiler: the seventy thousand survivors of the ninth book's climax]] and destroying all the free will in Halla, as well as Halla itself. This would allow him to become the [[GodOfEvil new god of the Dark Solara]] and new Halla.
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* EvilOverlord: [[spoiler: The overlord of Ravinia and all its holdings (essentially, all the known universe at that point) during ''The Soldiers of Halla.'']]
''
* EvilPlan: Hisend goal is killing [[spoiler: to recreate Solara into a dark version of itself, [[RealityWarper letting him recreate the seventy thousand survivors of the ninth book's climax]] and destroying all the free will in Halla, as well as Halla itself. This would allow him to become the [[GodOfEvil new god of the Dark Solara]] and new Halla.universe at will.]]
* EvilPlan: His
* FreudianExcuse: Andy Mitchell claimed he bullied Mark because he had no one in life and resented how intelligent Mark was. Saint Dane later shrugs this off as a lie.
* GeniusDitz: As Andy Mitchell, he appeared to be little more than a generic bully who revealed HiddenDepths to Mark as they both aged, though never so many that he didn't seem at least a little BookDumb.
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* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: He's essentially an evil spirit [[TimeAbyss as old as sentient life itself]] wearing a material body over which he has [[VoluntaryShapeshifting absolute control]].]]
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* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: He's essentially an evil spirit [[TimeAbyss as old as sentient life itself]] wearing a material body over which he has [[VoluntaryShapeshifting absolute control]].]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: This is one of his tools as a shapeshifter; pretending he doesn't know the consequences of his actions and the actions that everyone around him takes. He played the role of a GeniusDitz, for example, as Andy Mitchell.
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* PoisonousFriend: [[spoiler: Mark's, under the guise of Andy Mitchell.]]
* RedRightHand: His icy blue eyes. Subverted, as he can [[spoiler: hide them at will, he just likes showing off to mess with Bobby.]]
* RiddleForTheAges: [[spoiler:We never learn what Saint Dane's mysterious promise entailed.]]
* RedRightHand: His icy blue eyes. Subverted, as he can [[spoiler: hide them at will, he just likes showing off to mess with Bobby.]]
* RiddleForTheAges: [[spoiler:We never learn what Saint Dane's mysterious promise entailed.]]
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* PoisonousFriend: [[spoiler: Mark's, He becomes one to Mark under the guise of Andy Mitchell.]]
Mitchell.
* RedRightHand: His icy blue eyes. Subverted, as he can[[spoiler: hide them at will, he just likes showing off to mess with Bobby.]]
Bobby.
* RiddleForTheAges:[[spoiler:We We never learn what Saint Dane's mysterious promise entailed.]]
* RedRightHand: His icy blue eyes. Subverted, as he can
* RiddleForTheAges:
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* TimeAbyss: [[spoiler: Is as old as sentient life itself.]]
* VillainBall: [[spoiler: In most books, he is far too keen to toy with the Travelers that it often leads to failure, though not always.]]
* VillainBall: [[spoiler: In most books, he is far too keen to toy with the Travelers that it often leads to failure, though not always.]]
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* TimeAbyss: [[spoiler: Is He is as old as sentient life itself.]]
itself.
* VillainBall:[[spoiler: In most books, he is far too keen takes so much time to toy with the Travelers that it often leads to failure, though his failure. Though not always.]]
* VillainBall:
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* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler: He saves Courtney's life after nearly killing her by running her over. It's all part of ThePlan.]]
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* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler: He saves Courtney's life after nearly killing her by running her over. It's all part of ThePlan.]]
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* VillainousVow: In book 6, he admitted he made one in a high tension scene. [[spoiler:This plot point is left completely unresolved.]]
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* VillainousVow: In book 6, he admitted he made one in a high tension scene. [[spoiler:This This plot point is left completely unresolved.]]
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* WeCanRuleTogether: Tries this on Bobby a few times. Bobby always says no. [[spoiler: He didn't mean it in the first place, he just wanted to mess with Bobby.]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: He [[spoiler:uses Courtney]] in one, [[spoiler:hitting her with a car then making sure he was the only person who could help Mark save her, thus causing Mark to think he was trustworthy.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Saint Dane [[spoiler:attempted to manipulate Courtney into killing Mark after Mark served his purpose. Fortunately, she can't go through with it and tosses the gun away.]] He later [[spoiler:kills his second-in-command Nevva Winter after finding out she saved some of the dissidents to Ravinia in a moment of doubt about his plans.]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: He [[spoiler:uses Courtney]] in one, [[spoiler:hitting her with a car then making sure he was the only person who could help Mark save her, thus causing Mark to think he was trustworthy.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Saint Dane [[spoiler:attempted to manipulate Courtney into killing Mark after Mark served his purpose. Fortunately, she can't go through with it and tosses the gun away.]] He later [[spoiler:kills his second-in-command Nevva Winter after finding out she saved some of the dissidents to Ravinia in a moment of doubt about his plans.]]
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* WeCanRuleTogether: Tries this on Bobby a few times. Bobby always says no. [[spoiler: He didn't mean it later gets a useful acolyte in the first place, he just wanted to mess with Bobby.]]
form of Nevva Winter.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: He[[spoiler:uses Courtney]] uses Courtney in one, [[spoiler:hitting hitting her with a car then making sure he was the only person who could help Mark save her, thus causing Mark to think he was trustworthy.]]
trustworthy.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Saint Dane[[spoiler:attempted attempted to manipulate Courtney into killing Mark after Mark served his purpose. Fortunately, she can't go through with it and tosses the gun away.]] He later [[spoiler:kills kills his second-in-command Nevva Winter after finding out she saved some of the dissidents to Ravinia in a moment of doubt about his plans.]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: He
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Saint Dane
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[[folder:Nevva Winter]]
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[[folder:Nevva Winter]]
Winter {SPOILERS)]]
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:The only thing she gets out of becoming Saint Dane's ally is CessationOfExistence after doubting him one too many times.]]
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[[folder:Andy Mitchell]]
A school bully who occasionally tormented Mark.
A school bully who occasionally tormented Mark.
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[[folder:Andy Mitchell]]
Mitchell '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]
A school bully whooccasionally tormented Mark.Mark as a child. He has a change of heart in his teenage years, revealing HiddenDepths and becoming Mark's close friend. For information on him see Saint Dane.
A school bully who
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* TheBully: A school bully who occasionally tormented Mark.
* FreudianExcuse: He originally bullied Mark because he had no one in life and resented how intelligent Mark was. [[spoiler: It's all a lie.]]
* GeniusDitz: He appears to be little more than a generic bully, but soon reveals HiddenDepths. [[spoiler: Subverted, it's really ObfuscatingStupidity.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Implied, as he only ever mentions his uncle raising him. [[spoiler: He really has no parents ''or'' uncle, as he's a front for Saint Dane.]]
* PoisonousFriend: [[spoiler: He becomes one to Mark after revealing HiddenDepths.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: He's really Saint Dane.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: [[spoiler: He's really [[BigBad Saint Dane]].]]
* FreudianExcuse: He originally bullied Mark because he had no one in life and resented how intelligent Mark was. [[spoiler: It's all a lie.]]
* GeniusDitz: He appears to be little more than a generic bully, but soon reveals HiddenDepths. [[spoiler: Subverted, it's really ObfuscatingStupidity.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Implied, as he only ever mentions his uncle raising him. [[spoiler: He really has no parents ''or'' uncle, as he's a front for Saint Dane.]]
* PoisonousFriend: [[spoiler: He becomes one to Mark after revealing HiddenDepths.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: He's really Saint Dane.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: [[spoiler: He's really [[BigBad Saint Dane]].]]
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* IronLady: Veego. She runs the business of the games, reports to the executives in control of Blok, and [[spoiler: masterminds the new games based on games played on other territories.]]
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* IronLady: Veego. She runs the business of the games, reports to the executives in control of Blok, and [[spoiler: masterminds the new games based on games played on other territories.]]
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* IllBoy: As a child. [[spoiler: He nearly died before Nevva gave him Mark's ring and healed him.]]
