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* AbusiveParents: His father conspired to have him killed largely because he was boring and not useful for a marriage alliance due to being in love with a peasant. His mother seems to like him more, but isn't able to stop her husband from sending him to his possible death.
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* AbusiveParents: His father conspired conspires to have him killed largely because he was he's boring and not useful for a marriage alliance due to being in love with a peasant. His mother seems to like him more, but isn't able to stop her husband from sending him to his possible death.
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* LethalChef: He's in charge of the mess hall, but is a ''terrible'' cook. [[spoiler:When he admits that the job fell to him after the last cook's death, Tress starts teaching him and moves him to tears of joy.]]
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* LethalChef: He's in charge of the mess hall, but is a ''terrible'' cook. [[spoiler:When he admits that the job fell to him after the last cook's death, Tress starts teaching him and moves to cook, moving him to tears of joy.]]
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* BlobMonster: His true form as [[Franchise/{{Mistborn}} a kandra]].
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* TongueTied: [[spoiler:Like all of the Sorceress's victims, his {{Curse}} prevents him from talking about the details to anyone who doesn't already know.]]
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* ImmortalsFearDeath: Despite all her power and resources, she abandons the planet entirely rather than get into a fight she ''might'' lose.
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: As Hoid informs us, Laggart grew up never experiencing any real kindness whatsoever, and so believes that all people are secretly as ruthless and selfish as him and Crow. He geuinley can't wrap his head around the idea that Tress' kindness is genuine and not an act. [[spoiler: When he does, he's so freaked out by the realization that he flees in terror]].
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: As Hoid informs us, Laggart grew up never experiencing any real kindness whatsoever, and so believes that all people are secretly as ruthless and selfish as him and Crow. He geuinley genuinely can't wrap his head around the idea that Tress' kindness is genuine and not an act. [[spoiler: When he does, he's so freaked out by the realization that he flees in terror]].
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* MinionMaster: Begins to learn this in a small way, experimenting with Midnight Essence and even learning to seize control of the constructs from others. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for her, Riina is much better.]]
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* MinionMaster: TheMinionMaster: Begins to learn this in a small way, experimenting with Midnight Essence and even learning to seize control of the constructs from others. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for her, Riina is much better.]]
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: As Hoid informs us, Laggart grew up never experiencing any real kindness whatsoever, and so believes that all people are secretly as ruthless and selfish as him and Crow. He geuinley can't wrap his head around the idea that Tress' kindness is genuine and not an act. [[spoiler: When he does, he's so freaked out by the realization that he flees in terror]].
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* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:Huck the talking rat is actually Charlie himself after being cursed by the sorceress.]]
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* TalkingAnimal: He's a talking rat. [[spoiler:[[BalefulPolymorph But not really]].]]
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* ForcedTransformation: [[spoiler:Huck the talking rat is actually Charlie himself after being cursed by the sorceress.]]
* TalkingAnimal: He's a talking rat.[[spoiler:[[BalefulPolymorph [[spoiler:[[ForcedTransformation But not really]].]]
* TalkingAnimal: He's a talking rat.
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* ActionSurvivor: Tress is not an ActionGirl by any measure -- she gets in exactly one close-quarters fight over the course of the book, which ends almost immediately with her as the loser -- but she is clever, brave, quick on her feet, and [[{{Determinator}} completely determined]] in her quest to rescue Charlie, magic and monsters be damned.
* GreenThumb: [[spoiler: After discovering that sprouting verdant spores react to their grower's mental intent, she becomes able to manipulate the resulting vines to a degree, culminating in growing a ''massive'' tree beneath the ''Crow's Song'' to lift it out of the path of a lethal crimson spore growth.]]
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* MinionMaster: begins to learn this in a small way, experimenting with Midnight Essence and even learning to seize control of the constructs from others. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for her, Riina is much better.]]
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* MinionMaster: begins Begins to learn this in a small way, experimenting with Midnight Essence and even learning to seize control of the constructs from others. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for her, Riina is much better.]]
* RedIsHeroic: Steals the harbor inspector's distinctive red overcoat as part of her plan to escape the Rock, and continues to wear it throughout the novel.
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* AchillesHeel: [[spoiler: The verdant spores that infest her body will react instantly to any attempt to harm her, even while Crow is sleeping, but she can still be restrained as the spores don't register this is an "attack". Tress designs her spore flare-gun to take advantage of this, and when that plan falls through Xisis is able to achieve the same result by binding her with [[Literature/{{Warbreaker}} awakened]] strips of cloth.]]
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* AchillesHeel: [[spoiler: The verdant spores that infest her body will react instantly to any attempt to harm her, even while Crow is sleeping, unconscious, but she can still be restrained as the spores don't register this is an "attack". Tress designs her spore flare-gun to take advantage of this, and when that plan falls through Xisis is able to achieve the same result by binding her with [[Literature/{{Warbreaker}} awakened]] strips of cloth.]]
* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: While she is the primary cause for much of Tress' misfortune during their voyage, she's a tiny fish in a huge pond compared to both Xisis and the Sorceress. The former easily overpowers Crow and captures her in his domain, and the latter goes on to be the FinalBoss of the novel.]]
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* ExplosiveLeash: Xisis claims that his cure for the aether parasite is only temporary, and that if she runs away Crow will eventually relapse. Tress notes internally that she isn't certain she believes that, but she's hardly going to voice her scepticism.
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* ExplosiveLeash: [[spoiler: Xisis claims that his cure for the aether parasite is only temporary, and that if she runs away Crow will eventually relapse. Tress notes internally that she isn't certain she believes that, but she's hardly going to voice her scepticism.skepticism.]]
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: She can snipe people off a distant ship with an unreliable old-fashioned musket, a feat that leaves even Hoid grudgingly impressed.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: She can snipe people off a distant ship with an unreliable old-fashioned musket, a feat that leaves even Hoid grudgingly impressed. It bears mention that this is ''not'' a part of her true supernatural powers, at least not explicitly.
* BadassDriver: Badass ''Helmswoman''. She doesn't get to show off her true skill often, but consistently displays ImprobablePilotingSkills whenever the ship hits an especially rough patch, first by narrowly avoiding a lethal raintrail on the Crimson Sea and later on [[spoiler: guiding the ship around the Sorceress' island's rocky defenses like they aren't even there.]]
* BlindWithoutEm: [[spoiler: Her terrible aim turns out to not be the result of some magical curse, but a simple case of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropsia micropsia]]. A pair of prescription goggles from Xisis goes a ways towards improving her ability to actually hit things.]]
* TriggerHappy: Very eager when it comes to cannons and firearms, much to the terror of the rest of the crew. During [[spoiler: the final confrontation with the Sorceress]] she somehow manages to pull out ''three'' guns with only two hands.
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An Elantrian who has set up shop on Tress' world, she is known for cursing anyone who dares get close, and setting monsters on the rest.
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* LightIsNotGood: She glows brightly, lives in a shining tower and casts spells through glowing runes in the air.
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* AnimateInanimateObject: Is capable of [[Literature/{{Warbreaker}} awakening]], and makes use of said skill to restrain and overpower Crow with mobile wraps of cloth during their confrontation.
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* AchillesHeel: [[spoiler: The verdant spores that infest her body will react instantly to any attempt to harm her, even while Crow is sleeping, but she can still be restrained as the spores don't register this is an "attack". Tress designs her spore flare-gun to take advantage of this, and when that plan falls through Xisis is able to achieve the same result by binding her with [[Literature/{{Warbreaker}} awakened]] strips of cloth.]]
* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: She spends nearly the entire book endeavoring to track down Xisis and trade the dragon a slave so that he'll cure her of her spore-eater disease. After she reaches him, Xisis casually reveals that while he ''can'' heal the disease, it will return in full within a few years and leave Crow right where she began. In a way, [[LaserGuidedKarma becoming a slave in Xisis' domain]] was the only path she had to surviving long-term in the first place.]]
* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: She spends nearly the entire book endeavoring to track down Xisis and trade the dragon a slave so that he'll cure her of her spore-eater disease. After she reaches him, Xisis casually reveals that while he ''can'' heal the disease, it will return in full within a few years and leave Crow right where she began. In a way, [[LaserGuidedKarma becoming a slave in Xisis' domain]] was the only path she had to surviving long-term in the first place.]]
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* DarkActionGirl: She's an extremely skilled marksman and brawler even before you take into account [[spoiler: the spore-infection that makes her NighInvulnerable]], and a vicious pirate captain who offs one of her own men before pressing Tress into service in his place.
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Characters that appear in ''Literature/TressOfTheEmeraldSea''.
For tropes about Hoid, see [[Characters/TheCosmere the main Cosmere character page]].
For tropes about Hoid, see [[Characters/TheCosmere the main Cosmere character page]].
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* SupportYourParents: A portion of Tress' meager earnings from washing windows goes towards supporting her parents and her younger brother, as her father was injured in a mining accident and her mother is barely able to turn a profit with her knitting business.
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* TheParanoiac: She specifically set up shop here because there was no one there with the might to challenge her, and even knowing there was a dragon ''on the same planet'' had her on edge.
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* SpellBook: An obscure one HiddenInPlainSight. The [[TheBigBoard elaborate map of Lumar on the floor of her chamber]] isn't decoration, it's reference material for adapting the Dor to this planet.
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* LikeAFishToWater: She's a very good scientist in general, and when she begins applying herself to spores she makes extraordinary progress as a Sprouter and engineer with very little to work on. It causes Hoid to muse on all the talented musicians who died without knowing it because they never could afford to touch an instrument.
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* LikeAFishToWater: LikeADuckTakesToWater: She's a very good scientist in general, and when she begins applying herself to spores she makes extraordinary progress as a Sprouter and engineer with very little to work on. It causes Hoid to muse on all the talented musicians who died without knowing it because they never could afford to touch an instrument.
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* LikeAFishToWater: She's a very good scientist in general, and when she begins applying herself to spores she makes extraordinary progress as a Sprouter and engineer with very little to work on. It causes Hoid to muse on all the talented musicians who died without knowing it because they never could afford to touch an instrument.
* MinionMaster: begins to learn this in a small way, experimenting with Midnight Essence and even learning to seize control of the constructs from others. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for her, Riina is much better.]]
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* SupremeChef: She's a ''very'' good cook, and more importantly is used to making do with low quality ingredients because of her family's poverty.
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* MagicFromTechnology / {{Magitek}}: Her wizard's tower is actually a spaceship, and her metal minions are literally robots, but she uses Awakening for AI and generally blurs together magic and technology to the point they are indistinguishable.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: The secret to her survival. She probably could win against the heroes, but if you keep taking fights you can probably win you won't live forever.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: The secret to her survival. She probably ''probably'' could win against the heroes, but if you keep taking fights you can only probably win you won't live forever.
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* MadDoctor: A kind and effective one. But what else do you call constantly trying to buy people's organs (posthumously) and adding random ears to things?
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* UndeathlyPallor: He has ashy skin and vivid red eyes out of personal preference. Some people on the ship call him undead, albeit either in error or as an InsultOfEndearment.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Like all kandra he can take almost any shape if he has the right set of bones. However, he doesn't use this ability in the story.
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* UndeathlyPallor: He has ashy skin because he [[BizarreAlienBiology avoids needing a heart]] and vivid red eyes out of personal preference. Some people on the ship call him undead, albeit either in error or as an InsultOfEndearment.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Like all kandra he can take almost any shape if he has the right set of bones.However, However he doesn't use this ability in the story.
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* LivingOnBorrowedTime: [[spoiler: She is going to die within weeks, at the outside, from her spore parasite. She's putting it off by drinking water almost constantly.]]
* QuickNip: Played with. She's constantly drinking from a flask, but it turns out to be water.
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* HealingFactor: [[spoiler:Her condition--being a living host for spores--makes her impossible to kill until she will die in a few weeks]].
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* PartingWordsRegret: Played with. Their last words before Charlie leaves is a sweet exchange about [[ItMakesSenseInContext gloves]] and a promise that he would drive off all his royal suitors for her. But she still greatly regrets never actually saying 'I love you' in plain words.
* PartingWordsRegret: Played with. Their last words before Charlie leaves is a sweet exchange about [[ItMakesSenseInContext gloves]] and a promise that he would drive off all his royal suitors for her. But she still greatly regrets never actually saying 'I love you' in plain words.
* ImplausibleDeniability: To the point of being a running gag between him and Tress. The Duke's son could, of course, never spend time with a lowly window washer, let alone be close friends with them. Fortunately he's a gardener.
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: He comes up with the same metaphor about love that Tress does.
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: He comes up with the same glove metaphor about love that Tress does.
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* PluckyGirl: Tress may not have any combat skills or particular experience with the outside world, but she is kind, resourceful, and absolutely determined to get Charlie back.
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