History EnsembleDarkhorse / Literature

* ''LesMiserables'' has several. The most ubiquitous is probably Gavroche, who has become the novel's unofficial mascot of sorts. Eponine and every single member of LaResistance also have huge followings, as does QuirkyMinibossSquad member Montaparnasse.

* Gaeadrelle Goldring from ''[[{{Spelljammer}} The Cloakmaster Cycle]]''. She's a [[HalfHumanHybrid half]]-''[[{{Dragonlance}} kender]]'' martial artist, with a crush on the protagonist, as CrazyAwesome as only half-kender could, later [[spoiler:PutOnABus toward high-end [[PsychicPowers psionic training]]]] on top of this, no less. The potential to make "MarySue Litmus Test" [[OverclockingAttack explode in colored flames]] is obvious, yet she's fine -- and many readers [[http://sjml.spelljammer.org/archive/oracle/200609/06-204721.html liked]] her [[http://sjml.spelljammer.org/archive/oracle/200812/23-041708.html a lot]].

* ''TheRiftwarCycle'' spans over thirty books. ''One'' of them - a novelisation of a video game set in the world, no less - features Gorath, a dark elf chieftain, who defects to the side of the humans to prevent another war his people are trying to start that he knows would be too costly for them. Gorath is easily one of the most complex and intriguing characters in the entire cycle, not even counting being cool as hell. Even though he appears alongside such fan favourites and scene-stealing characters as Pug and Jimmy the Hand, fans and critics alike praise him and wish they could have seen more of him.

* ''TheRiftwarCycle'' spans over thirty books. ''One'' of them - a novelisation of a video game set in the world, no less - features Gorath, a dark elf chieftain, who defects to the side of the humans to prevent another Great Uprising that he knows would be too costly for his people. Gorath is easily one of the most complex and intriguing characters in the entire cycle, not even counting being cool as hell. Even though he appears alongside such fan favourites and scene-stealing characters as Pug and Jimmy the Hand, fans and critics alike praise him and wish they could have seen more of him.

* Pictured: Luna Lovegood from ''HarryPotter''. Originally only to have importance in Order of the Phoneix, by the ends of the series she is essencially the "6th" member of the HarryPotter Nakama, and the only non-griffindor to be in it.

* Irial and Niall from {{Wicked Lovely}} are hands down the most popular, beloved and lusted over characters in the series.

* Irial and Niall from {{Wicked Lovely}} are hands down the most popular characters in the series.

* SherlockHolmes has Irene Adler and [[TheMoriartyEffect Moriarty]]. Irene Adler is in only one story and barely seen in person throughout, but she's the only person ever really seen to beat Holmes and is one of very few female characters in the canon, so she gets saddled with 'love interest' a lot. Moriarty appears in one story and gets mentioned in three, but him being anything but ''the'' enemy of Holmes has become unthinkable.

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*** And Detritus, who started as a "splatter" and became Sergeant and head of the Watch's training academy, married to Ruby and "adopted" Brick.

* Satan, of [[TheBible biblical]] fame. He even spawned several spinoff religions, more varied than the different kinds of Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
** I think you're seriously underestimating the number of different Christian sects.

** Oh Stannis, you loveable grouch. Don't ever change
** Averted with Darkstar, an admitted attempt by Martin to write a new ensemble darkhorse to replace Oberyn. Most fans [[TheScrappy didn't bite]].
*** Lesson to writers: when your character [[spoiler:tries to hack open ''a young girl's head'']] in his only chapter appearance, he's not going to be an EnsembleDarkhorse, [[BlackAndGrayMorality even in this series]].
**** Especially not if he ''fails at it''.

* Kuudere werewolf Dominil was a supporting character whose character arc was completed when she [[spoiler: knifed BigBad Sarapen in the guts]] in the first ''LonelyWerewolfGirl'' book, by the time the second came around she was promoted to main cast member with a new character arc.

** No love for Javert?