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** Somewhat justified as [=WolfStar=] virtually raised him to be very one dimensional.
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* MartyStu: Arguably, Axis comes off as this to some. At the same time, he's a deconstruction of both MartyStu and TheChosenOne, as despite all of his great power in Enchanter and [=StarMan=], he is a very arrogant JerkWithAHeartOfGold who tends to show the jerk more then the heart of gold and causes a lot of unnecessary hardship and grief for himself and some of the people around him because of his selfishness and ego.
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* BoringInvincibleVillain: Gorgrael. [[spoiler: He hardly does anything at all and we never, ever see him until the very last chapters, where he promptly gets his ass handed to him by Axis.]]
** BoringInvincibleHero: Azhure, and to a degree Axis as well, outside of his HeroicSacrifice.
** BoringInvincibleHero: Azhure, and to a degree Axis as well, outside of his HeroicSacrifice.
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* BoringInvincibleVillain: [[InvincibleVillain Boring Invincible Villain]]: Gorgrael. [[spoiler: He hardly does anything at all and we never, ever see him until the very last chapters, where he promptly gets his ass handed to him by Axis.]]
**BoringInvincibleHero: [[InvincibleHero Boring Invincible Hero]]: Azhure, and to a degree Axis as well, outside of his HeroicSacrifice.
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* BoringInvincibleVillain: Gorgrael. [[spoiler: He hardly does anything at all and we never, ever see him until the very last chapters, where he promptly gets his ass handed to him by Axis.]]
** BoringInvincibleHero: Azhure, and to a degree Axis as well, outside of his HeroicSacrifice.
** BoringInvincibleHero: Azhure, and to a degree Axis as well, outside of his HeroicSacrifice.
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* CompleteMonster: Earl Burdel, one could argue that Borneheld is this. Artor as well.
** Of the Timekeepers, [[BigBad Qeteb]] is easily the worst, and not merely because of his power to ''eat souls''. Sheol is probably second-worse - when Faraday tells her she can choose to give up evil, she literally ''laughs in her face'' and [[spoiler:proceeds thereafter to take actions which make her KarmicDeath very satisfying, even as she begs for mercy.]] The one exception ''might'' be [[spoiler:Raspu]], and that depends on whether you think that [[spoiler:he performed a HeelFaceTurn after his defeat or only acted in Dragonstar's favour because he had no choice.]]
** Of the Timekeepers, [[BigBad Qeteb]] is easily the worst, and not merely because of his power to ''eat souls''. Sheol is probably second-worse - when Faraday tells her she can choose to give up evil, she literally ''laughs in her face'' and [[spoiler:proceeds thereafter to take actions which make her KarmicDeath very satisfying, even as she begs for mercy.]] The one exception ''might'' be [[spoiler:Raspu]], and that depends on whether you think that [[spoiler:he performed a HeelFaceTurn after his defeat or only acted in Dragonstar's favour because he had no choice.]]
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* CompleteMonster: Earl Burdel, one could argue that Borneheld is this.Burdel. Artor as well.
** Of the Timekeepers, [[BigBad Qeteb]] is easily the worst, and not merely because of his power to ''eat souls''. Sheol is probably second-worse - when Faraday tells her she can choose to give up evil, sheliterally ''laughs in her face'' and [[spoiler:proceeds thereafter to take actions which make her KarmicDeath very satisfying, even as she begs for mercy.]] The one exception ''might'' be [[spoiler:Raspu]], and that depends on whether you think that [[spoiler:he performed a HeelFaceTurn after his defeat or only acted in Dragonstar's favour because he had no choice.]]
** Of the Timekeepers, [[BigBad Qeteb]] is easily the worst, and not merely because of his power to ''eat souls''. Sheol is probably second-worse - when Faraday tells her she can choose to give up evil, she
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* JerkassWoobie: Borneheld, believe it or not. The sole reason he is such a loathsome asshole is because the world was repeatedly telling him "screw you Borneheld." He was a ButtMonkey on multiple occasions, almost enough to qualify him for the ChewToy trope, and rarely did anything ever go good for him without the help of the Seneschal's team of professional Smug Snakes. He winds up slowly falling out of favor, driven a bit crazy enough to murder his dad, and then he instantly regrets it. He is stuck in a marriage with a woman who would rather be banging, guess who, Axis. His own mother hits him when she sees him again and basically disowns him in favor of...guess who, ''Axis.'' He then loses all his battles against Axis, winds up dueling him, loses to DeusExMachina, and gets his heart ripped out. The author is telling us something very strongly about this character.
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* JerkassWoobie: Borneheld, believe it or not. The sole reason he is such a loathsome asshole is because the world was repeatedly telling him "screw you Borneheld." He was a ButtMonkey on multiple occasions, almost enough to qualify him for the ChewToy trope, and rarely did anything ever go good for him without the help of the Seneschal's team of professional Smug Snakes. He winds up slowly falling out of favor, driven a bit crazy enough to murder his dad, and then he instantly regrets it. He is stuck in a marriage with a woman who would rather be banging, guess who, Axis. His own mother hits him when she sees him again and basically disowns him in favor of...guess who, ''Axis.'' He then loses all his battles against Axis, winds up dueling him, loses to DeusExMachina, and gets his heart ripped out. The author is telling us something very strongly about this character.
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** Dragonstar qualifies at the beginning of ''Sinner''. Sure, he'd been a jerk in the past, but he's basically stuck as a mortal, watching as the whole rest of his family gets to live forever, and most people hate him for a reason he doesn't even ''remember'' because of the way magic affected him.
*** You can basically tell how sympathetic a character tends to be (in general) by how good their treatment of Drago is - which at the beginning accounts for Zenith (his younger sister), Zared, & Leah. That's it... Mind you, there's a bit of MoralDissonance involved, in that he's perfectly willing to plot revenge on everyone who mistreated him when given the chance, and he's not immune to self-pity. It takes being shown [[spoiler:what he did to his brother Caellum ''through the latter's eyes'']] for him to understand this, after which he steadily evolves into TheMessiah.
** To a certain degree, [=StarLaughter=]. For all that she's a ruthless, heartless bitch, she didn't start out that way, and much of her cruelty comes from her treatment at the hands of her husband/cousin [=WolfStar=]. Mind you, towards the end there's emphasis on the "Jerkass" part of this evaluation.
*** You can basically tell how sympathetic a character tends to be (in general) by how good their treatment of Drago is - which at the beginning accounts for Zenith (his younger sister), Zared, & Leah. That's it... Mind you, there's a bit of MoralDissonance involved, in that he's perfectly willing to plot revenge on everyone who mistreated him when given the chance, and he's not immune to self-pity. It takes being shown [[spoiler:what he did to his brother Caellum ''through the latter's eyes'']] for him to understand this, after which he steadily evolves into TheMessiah.
** To a certain degree, [=StarLaughter=]. For all that she's a ruthless, heartless bitch, she didn't start out that way, and much of her cruelty comes from her treatment at the hands of her husband/cousin [=WolfStar=]. Mind you, towards the end there's emphasis on the "Jerkass" part of this evaluation.
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** Dragonstar qualifies at the beginning of ''Sinner''. Sure, he'd been a jerk in the past, but he's basically stuck as a mortal, watching as the whole rest of his family gets to live forever, and most people hate him for a reason he doesn't even ''remember'' because of the way magic affected him.
*** You canbasically tell how sympathetic a character tends to be (in general) by how good their treatment of Drago is - which at the beginning accounts for Zenith (his younger sister), Zared, & Leah. That's it... Mind you, there's There's a bit of MoralDissonance involved, in that he's perfectly willing to plot revenge on everyone who mistreated him when given the chance, and he's not immune to self-pity. It takes being shown [[spoiler:what he did to his brother Caellum ''through the latter's eyes'']] for him to understand this, after which he steadily evolves into TheMessiah.
** To a certain degree, [=StarLaughter=]. For all that she's a ruthless, heartless bitch, she didn't start out that way, and much of her cruelty comes from her treatment at the hands of her husband/cousin [=WolfStar=].Mind you, towards Towards the end there's emphasis on the "Jerkass" part of this evaluation.
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* MagnificentBastard: [=WolfStar=] is an amoral ''asshole'' - who, among other things, tossed many young Icarii into the Star Gate, including his niece and his own heavily-pregnant wife - but you cannot deny he is cunning. Of course, his His plans fall apart
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* BoringInvincibleVillain: Gorgrael. [[spoiler: He hardly does anything at all and we never, ever see him until the very last chapters, where he promptly gets his ass handed to him by Axis.]]
** BoringInvincibleHero: Azhure, and to a degree Axis as well, outside of his HeroicSacrifice.
** BoringInvincibleHero: Azhure, and to a degree Axis as well, outside of his HeroicSacrifice.
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* ClicheStorm: Whether it's a ''good'' one, however, depends on your perspective.
** To be fair, both trilogies were written in the mid 90s, so it wouldn't have been considered as cliche.
* CompleteMonster: Earl Burdel, the Timekeeper Demons, one could argue that Borneheld is this. Artor as well.
** To be fair, both trilogies were written in the mid 90s, so it wouldn't have been considered as cliche.
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* ClicheStorm: Whether it's a ''good'' one, however, depends on your perspective.
**perspective. To be fair, both trilogies were written in the mid 90s, so it wouldn't have been considered as cliche.
* CompleteMonster: Earl Burdel,the Timekeeper Demons, one could argue that Borneheld is this. Artor as well.
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* CompleteMonster: Earl Burdel,
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* ClicheStorm: Whether it's a ''good'' one, however, depends on your perspective.perspective.
** To be fair, both trilogies were written in the mid 90s, so it wouldn't have been considered as cliche.
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*** You can basically tell how sympathetic a character tends to be (in general) by how good their treatment of Drago is - which at the beginning accounts for Zenith (his younger sister), Zared, & Leah. That's it... Mind you, there's a bit of MoralDissonance involved, in that he's perfectly willing to plot revenge on everyone who mistreated him when given the chance, and he's no immune to self-pity. It takes being shown [[spoiler:what he did to his brother Caellum ''through the latter's eyes'']] for him to understand this, after which he steadily evolves into TheMessiah.
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*** You can basically tell how sympathetic a character tends to be (in general) by how good their treatment of Drago is - which at the beginning accounts for Zenith (his younger sister), Zared, & Leah. That's it... Mind you, there's a bit of MoralDissonance involved, in that he's perfectly willing to plot revenge on everyone who mistreated him when given the chance, and he's no not immune to self-pity. It takes being shown [[spoiler:what he did to his brother Caellum ''through the latter's eyes'']] for him to understand this, after which he steadily evolves into TheMessiah.
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* ClicheStorm: Whether it's a ''good'' one, however, depends on your perspective.
* ClicheStorm: Whether it's a ''good'' one, however, depends on your perspective.
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* AlasPoorScrappy: [[spoiler:Isfrael]] wasn't very likeable, but his death and subsequent soul-rape at Qeteb's hands was still more than he deserved.
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** Of the Timekeepers, [[BigBad Qeteb]] is easily the worst, and not merely because of his power to ''eat souls''. Sheol is probably second-worse - when Faraday tells her she can choose to give up evil, she literally ''laughs in her face'' and [[spoiler:proceeds thereafter to take actions which make her KarmicDeath very satisfying, even as she begs for mercy.]] The one exception ''might'' be [[spoiler:Raspu]], and that depends on whether you think that [[spoiler:he performed a HeelFaceTurn after his defeat or only acted in Dragonstar's favour because he had no choice.
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** Of the Timekeepers, [[BigBad Qeteb]] is easily the worst, and not merely because of his power to ''eat souls''. Sheol is probably second-worse - when Faraday tells her she can choose to give up evil, she literally ''laughs in her face'' and [[spoiler:proceeds thereafter to take actions which make her KarmicDeath very satisfying, even as she begs for mercy.]] The one exception ''might'' be [[spoiler:Raspu]], and that depends on whether you think that [[spoiler:he performed a HeelFaceTurn after his defeat or only acted in Dragonstar's favour because he had no choice.]]
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Faraday. Douglass made no gripes about hating the character, wanting to kill her off as early as ''Enchanter''. The only reason she survives as long as she does [[spoiler:and makes it out alive and happy]] was because everybody Douglass knew pressured her to play out her character completely (which makes sense, as even early on Faraday is an important character
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Faraday. Douglass made no gripes about hating the character, wanting to kill her off as early as ''Enchanter''. The only reason she survives as long as she does [[spoiler:and makes it out alive and happy]] was because everybody Douglass knew pressured her to play out her character completely (which makes sense, as even early on Faraday is an important character to the plot).
** [=StarDrifter=], one of few major characters to generally remain on the fandom's positive side. While not immune to self-pity, he nonetheless better recognises his own flaws than most of the "heroes", which makes him a lot less tolerable even when Axis and Azhure (for instance) became self-righteous assholes in the second trilogy.
** Belial and Magariz (in the 1st trilogy) are both quite likeable.
** [=StarDrifter=], one of few major characters to generally remain on the fandom's positive side. While not immune to self-pity, he nonetheless better recognises his own flaws than most of the "heroes", which makes him a lot less tolerable even when Axis and Azhure (for instance) became self-righteous assholes in the second trilogy.
** Belial and Magariz (in the 1st trilogy) are both quite likeable.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Zenith's [[spoiler: method for getting rid of Niah. Holy shit.]]AlasPoorScrappy: [[spoiler:Isfrael]] wasn't very likeable, but his death and subsequent soul-rape at Qeteb's hands was still more than he deserved.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Faraday. Douglass made no gripes about hating the character, wanting to kill her off as early as ''Enchanter''. The only reason she survives as long as she does [[spoiler:and makes it out alive and happy]] was because everybody she Douglass knew pressured herher to play out her character completely (which makes sense, as even early on Faraday is an important character
* WhatAnIdiot: Isfrael's [[spoiler:dealings with Qeteb in ''Crusader''.]] Any reader with a trace of GenreSavvy can tell it's going to blow up in his face, but he's too much of an arrogant imbecile to recognise the signs.
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* StoicWoobie: Despite everything [[spoiler:[[WhatTheHellHero Axis]]]] has put her through, [[spoiler:[[BrokenBird Faraday]]]] remains strong to the end.
** Azhure is a StoicWoobie too, [[spoiler: She watched her mother die and was physically abused by her foster father until she killed him and escaped to the Avar who rejected her because she dared to use violence to survive. It only gets worse for her until StarMan, then it's worse after that, but she handles it as well as she can.]]
** Azhure is a StoicWoobie too, [[spoiler: She watched her mother die and was physically abused by her foster father until she killed him and escaped to the Avar who rejected her because she dared to use violence to survive. It only gets worse for her until StarMan, then it's worse after that, but she handles it as well as she can.]]
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** Of the Timekeepers, [[BigBad Qeteb]] is easily the worst, and not merely because of his power to ''eat souls''. Sheol is probably second-worse - when Faraday tells her she can choose to give up evil, she literally ''laughs in her face'' and [[spoiler:proceeds thereafter to take actions which make her KarmicDeath very satisfying, even as she begs for mercy.]] The one exception ''might'' be [[spoiler:Raspu]], and that depends on whether you think that [[spoiler:he performed a HeelFaceTurn after his defeat or only acted in Dragonstar's favour because he had no choice.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Faraday. Douglass made no gripes about hating the character, wanting to kill her off as early as ''Enchanter''. The only reason she survives as long as she does [[spoiler:and makes it out alive and happy]] was because everybody she knew pressured her
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Faraday. Douglass made no gripes about hating the character, wanting to kill her off as early as ''Enchanter''. The only reason she survives as long as she does [[spoiler:and makes it out alive and happy]] was because everybody she knew pressured her
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** Dragonstar qualifies at the beginning of The Wayfarer Redemption. Sure, he'd been a jerk in the past, but he's basically stuck as a mortal, watching as the whole rest of his family gets to live forever, and hate him for a reason he doesn't even remember because of the way magic affected him.
* MoralEventHorizon: Borneheld crossed this by fatally, and remorselessly, backstabbing Freefall (who was distracted advising Axis not to attack Borneheld). This is heavily lampshaded by the various reactions of Faraday, Axis and Magariz. The entire Seneschal crossed this line when it was revealed that their genocide of the Forbidden was [[spoiler: founded on a complete lie]]. If this alone didn't send Jayme and Moryson over the Moral Event Horizon, the revelation that they had tortured and attempted to ruthlessly murder [[spoiler: Rivkah]] certainly did.
* MoralEventHorizon: Borneheld crossed this by fatally, and remorselessly, backstabbing Freefall (who was distracted advising Axis not to attack Borneheld). This is heavily lampshaded by the various reactions of Faraday, Axis and Magariz. The entire Seneschal crossed this line when it was revealed that their genocide of the Forbidden was [[spoiler: founded on a complete lie]]. If this alone didn't send Jayme and Moryson over the Moral Event Horizon, the revelation that they had tortured and attempted to ruthlessly murder [[spoiler: Rivkah]] certainly did.
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** Dragonstar qualifies at the beginning of The Wayfarer Redemption. ''Sinner''. Sure, he'd been a jerk in the past, but he's basically stuck as a mortal, watching as the whole rest of his family gets to live forever, and most people hate him for a reason he doesn't even remember ''remember'' because of the way magic affected him.
*** You can basically tell how sympathetic a character tends to be (in general) by how good their treatment of Drago is - which at the beginning accounts for Zenith (his younger sister), Zared, & Leah. That's it... Mind you, there's a bit of MoralDissonance involved, in that he's perfectly willing to plot revenge on everyone who mistreated him when given the chance, and he's no immune to self-pity. It takes being shown [[spoiler:what he did to his brother Caellum ''through the latter's eyes'']] for him to understand this, after which he steadily evolves into TheMessiah.
** To a certain degree, [=StarLaughter=]. For all that she's a ruthless, heartless bitch, she didn't start out that way, and much of her cruelty comes from her treatment at the hands of her husband/cousin [=WolfStar=]. Mind you, towards the end there's emphasis on the "Jerkass" part of this evaluation.
* MagnificentBastard: [=WolfStar=] is an amoral ''asshole'' - who, among other things, tossed many young Icarii into the Star Gate, including his niece and his own heavily-pregnant wife - but you cannot deny he is cunning. Of course, his plans fall apart
* MoralEventHorizon: Borneheld crossed this by fatally, and remorselessly, backstabbingFreefall [=FreeFall=] (who was distracted advising Axis not to attack Borneheld). This is heavily lampshaded by the various reactions of Faraday, Axis and Magariz. The entire Seneschal crossed this line when it was revealed that their genocide of the Forbidden was [[spoiler: founded on a complete lie]]. If this alone didn't send Jayme and Moryson over the Moral Event Horizon, the revelation that they had tortured and attempted to ruthlessly murder [[spoiler: Rivkah]] certainly did. did.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: [[spoiler:Caellum]] goes from borderline loathsome in ''Sinner'' to admirable in ''Pilgrim'', and it's handled quite organically.
*** You can basically tell how sympathetic a character tends to be (in general) by how good their treatment of Drago is - which at the beginning accounts for Zenith (his younger sister), Zared, & Leah. That's it... Mind you, there's a bit of MoralDissonance involved, in that he's perfectly willing to plot revenge on everyone who mistreated him when given the chance, and he's no immune to self-pity. It takes being shown [[spoiler:what he did to his brother Caellum ''through the latter's eyes'']] for him to understand this, after which he steadily evolves into TheMessiah.
** To a certain degree, [=StarLaughter=]. For all that she's a ruthless, heartless bitch, she didn't start out that way, and much of her cruelty comes from her treatment at the hands of her husband/cousin [=WolfStar=]. Mind you, towards the end there's emphasis on the "Jerkass" part of this evaluation.
* MagnificentBastard: [=WolfStar=] is an amoral ''asshole'' - who, among other things, tossed many young Icarii into the Star Gate, including his niece and his own heavily-pregnant wife - but you cannot deny he is cunning. Of course, his plans fall apart
* MoralEventHorizon: Borneheld crossed this by fatally, and remorselessly, backstabbing
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: [[spoiler:Caellum]] goes from borderline loathsome in ''Sinner'' to admirable in ''Pilgrim'', and it's handled quite organically.
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** BoringInvincibleHero: Azhure, and to a degree Axis as well.
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* CompleteMonster: EarlBurdel.Burdel, the Timekeeper Demons, one could argue that Borneheld is this. Artor as well.
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* JerkassWoobie: Borneheld, believe it or not. The sole reason he is such a loathsome asshole is because the world was repeatedly telling him "screw you Borneheld." He was a ButtMonkey on multiple occasions, almost enough to qualify him for the ChewToy trope, and rarely did anything ever go good for him without the help of the Seneschal's team of professional Smug Snakes. He winds up slowly falling out of favor, driven a bit crazy enough to murder his dad, and then he instantly regrets it. He is stuck in a marriage with a woman who would rather be banging, guess who, Axis. His own mother hits him when she sees him again and basically disowns him in favor of...guess who, ''Axis.'' He then loses all his battles against Axis, winds up dueling him, loses to DeusExMachina, and gets his heart ripped out. The author is telling us something very strongly about this character.** Timozel. He starts as a kind-hearted boy who just wants recognition. He pledges himself to Faraday out of the goodness of his own heart. Then... He's brutally [[MindRape mind raped]] by [[BigBad Gorgrael]] and to a lesser extent [[ManBehindTheMan WolfStar]], then decides the easiest way to both protect Faraday and gain the respect he wants is to help Faraday's husband, Borneheld, because Faraday won't tell him about her own plans. Then Faraday rejects him and because of the mind rape, he's forced to become Gorgrael's general. And by the time he's found by Axis, he's been twisted and destroyed and Axis doesn't even hesitate once to kill him. Wow.
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* JerkassWoobie: Borneheld, believe it or not. The sole reason he is such a loathsome asshole is because the world was repeatedly telling him "screw you Borneheld." He was a ButtMonkey on multiple occasions, almost enough to qualify him for the ChewToy trope, and rarely did anything ever go good for him without the help of the Seneschal's team of professional Smug Snakes. He winds up slowly falling out of favor, driven a bit crazy enough to murder his dad, and then he instantly regrets it. He is stuck in a marriage with a woman who would rather be banging, guess who, Axis. His own mother hits him when she sees him again and basically disowns him in favor of...guess who, ''Axis.'' He then loses all his battles against Axis, winds up dueling him, loses to DeusExMachina, and gets his heart ripped out. The author is telling us something very strongly about this character.character.
** Timozel. He starts as a kind-hearted boy who just wants recognition. He pledges himself to Faraday out of the goodness of his own heart. Then... He's brutally [[MindRape mind raped]] by [[BigBad Gorgrael]] and to a lesser extent [[ManBehindTheMan WolfStar]], then decides the easiest way to both protect Faraday and gain the respect he wants is to help Faraday's husband, Borneheld, because Faraday won't tell him about her own plans. Then Faraday rejects him and because of the mind rape, he's forced to become Gorgrael's general. And by the time he's found by Axis, he's been twisted and destroyed and Axis doesn't even hesitate once to kill him. Wow.
** Timozel. He starts as a kind-hearted boy who just wants recognition. He pledges himself to Faraday out of the goodness of his own heart. Then... He's brutally [[MindRape mind raped]] by [[BigBad Gorgrael]] and to a lesser extent [[ManBehindTheMan WolfStar]], then decides the easiest way to both protect Faraday and gain the respect he wants is to help Faraday's husband, Borneheld, because Faraday won't tell him about her own plans. Then Faraday rejects him and because of the mind rape, he's forced to become Gorgrael's general. And by the time he's found by Axis, he's been twisted and destroyed and Axis doesn't even hesitate once to kill him. Wow.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Borneheld crossed this by fatally, and remorselessly, backstabbing Freefall (who was distracted advising Axis not to attack Borneheld). This is heavily [[Lampshade Lampshaded]] by the various reactions of Faraday, Axis and Magariz. The entire Seneschal crossed this line when it was revealed that their genocide of the Forbidden was [[spoiler: founded on a complete lie]]. If this alone didn't send Jayme and Moryson over the Moral Event Horizon, the revelation that they had tortured and attempted to ruthlessly murder [[spoiler: Rivkah]] certainly did.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Borneheld crossed this by fatally, and remorselessly, backstabbing Freefall (who was distracted advising Axis not to attack Borneheld). This is heavily [[Lampshade Lampshaded]] lampshaded by the various reactions of Faraday, Axis and Magariz. The entire Seneschal crossed this line when it was revealed that their genocide of the Forbidden was [[spoiler: founded on a complete lie]]. If this alone didn't send Jayme and Moryson over the Moral Event Horizon, the revelation that they had tortured and attempted to ruthlessly murder [[spoiler: Rivkah]] certainly did.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Borneheld crossed this by fatally backstabbing Freefall (who was distracted advising Axis not to attack Borneheld). The entire Seneschal crossed this line when it was revealed that their genocide of the Forbidden was [[spoiler: founded on a complete lie]]. If this alone didn't send Jayme and Moryson beyond the Moral Event Horizon, the revelation that they had [[spoiler: tortured and attempted to ruthlessly murder Rivkah]] certainly did.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Borneheld crossed this by fatally fatally, and remorselessly, backstabbing Freefall (who was distracted advising Axis not to attack Borneheld).Borneheld). This is heavily [[Lampshade Lampshaded]] by the various reactions of Faraday, Axis and Magariz. The entire Seneschal crossed this line when it was revealed that their genocide of the Forbidden was [[spoiler: founded on a complete lie]]. If this alone didn't send Jayme and Moryson beyond over the Moral Event Horizon, the revelation that they had [[spoiler: tortured and attempted to ruthlessly murder [[spoiler: Rivkah]] certainly did.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Borneheld crossed this by fatally backstabbing Freefall (who was distracted advising Axis not to attack Borneheld). The entire Seneschal crossed this line when it was revealed that their genocide of the Forbidden was [[spoiler: founded on a complete lie]]. If this alone didn't send Jayme and Moryson beyond the Moral Event Horizon, the revelation that they had [[spoiler: tortured and attempted to ruthlessly murder Rivkah]] certainly did.
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* JerkassWoobie: Borneheld, believe it or not. The sole reason he is such a loathsome asshole is because the world was repeatedly telling him "screw you Borneheld." He was a ButtMonkey on multiple occasions, almost enough to qualify him for the ChewToy trope, and rarely did anything ever go good for him without the help of the Seneschal's team of professional Smug Snakes. He winds up slowly falling out of favor, driven a bit crazy enough to murder his dad, and then he instantly regrets it. He is stuck in a marriage with a woman who would rather be banging, guess who, Axis. His own mother hits him when she sees him again and basically disowns him in favor of...guess who, ''Axis.'' He then loses all his battles against Axis, winds up dueling him, loses to DeusExMachina, and gets his heart ripped out. The author is telling us something very strongly about this character.
** Timozel. He starts as a kind-hearted boy who just wants recognition. He pledges himself to Faraday out of the goodness of his own heart. Then... He's brutally [[MindRape mind raped]] by [[BigBad Gorgrael]] and to a lesser extent [[ManBehindTheMan WolfStar]], then decides the easiest way to both protect Faraday and gain the respect he wants is to help Faraday's husband, Borneheld, because Faraday won't tell him about her own plans. Then Faraday rejects him and because of the mind rape, he's forced to become Gorgrael's general. And by the time he's found by Axis, he's been twisted and destroyed and Axis doesn't even hesitate once to kill him. Wow.
** Timozel. He starts as a kind-hearted boy who just wants recognition. He pledges himself to Faraday out of the goodness of his own heart. Then... He's brutally [[MindRape mind raped]] by [[BigBad Gorgrael]] and to a lesser extent [[ManBehindTheMan WolfStar]], then decides the easiest way to both protect Faraday and gain the respect he wants is to help Faraday's husband, Borneheld, because Faraday won't tell him about her own plans. Then Faraday rejects him and because of the mind rape, he's forced to become Gorgrael's general. And by the time he's found by Axis, he's been twisted and destroyed and Axis doesn't even hesitate once to kill him. Wow.
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* JerkassWoobie: Borneheld, believe it or not. The sole reason he is such a loathsome asshole is because the world was repeatedly telling him "screw you Borneheld." He was a ButtMonkey on multiple occasions, almost enough to qualify him for the ChewToy trope, and rarely did anything ever go good for him without the help of the Seneschal's team of professional Smug Snakes. He winds up slowly falling out of favor, driven a bit crazy enough to murder his dad, and then he instantly regrets it. He is stuck in a marriage with a woman who would rather be banging, guess who, Axis. His own mother hits him when she sees him again and basically disowns him in favor of...guess who, ''Axis.'' He then loses all his battles against Axis, winds up dueling him, loses to DeusExMachina, and gets his heart ripped out. The author is telling us something very strongly about this character.
character.** Timozel. He starts as a kind-hearted boy who just wants recognition. He pledges himself to Faraday out of the goodness of his own heart. Then... He's brutally [[MindRape mind raped]] by [[BigBad Gorgrael]] and to a lesser extent [[ManBehindTheMan WolfStar]], then decides the easiest way to both protect Faraday and gain the respect he wants is to help Faraday's husband, Borneheld, because Faraday won't tell him about her own plans. Then Faraday rejects him and because of the mind rape, he's forced to become Gorgrael's general. And by the time he's found by Axis, he's been twisted and destroyed and Axis doesn't even hesitate once to kill him. Wow.
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* MarySue: [[spoiler: Azhure]] could be seen as degenerating into this in the second and third books.
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** Azhure is a StoicWoobie too, [[spoiler: She watched her mother die and was physically abused by her foster father until she killed him and escaped to the Avar who rejected her because she dared to use violence to survive. It only gets worse for her until StarMan, then it's worse after that, but she handles it as well as she can.]]
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*TheWoobie: Zenith definitely qualifies.
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** Timozel. He starts as a kind-hearted boy who just wants recognition. He pledges himself to Faraday out of the goodness of his own heart. Then... He's brutally [[MindRape mind raped]] by [[BigBad Gorgrael]] and to a lesser extent [[ManBehindTheMan WolfStar]], then decides the easiest way to both protect Faraday and gain the respect he wants is to help Faraday's husband, Borneheld, because Faraday won't tell him about her own plans. Then Faraday rejects him and because of the mind rape, he's forced to become Gorgrael's general. And by the time he's found by Axis, he's been twisted and destroyed and Axis doesn't even hesitate once to kill him. Wow.
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** Dragonstar qualifies at the beginning of The Wayfarer Redemption. Sure, he'd been a jerk in the past, but he's basically stuck as a mortal, watching as the whole rest of his family gets to live forever, and hate him for a reason he doesn't even remember because of the way magic affected him.
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** Dragonstar qualifies at the beginning of The Wayfarer Redemption. Sure, he'd been a jerk in the past, but he's basically stuck as a mortal, watching as the whole rest of his family gets to live forever, and hate him for a reason he doesn't even remember because of the way magic affected him.him.
* StoicWoobie: Despite everything [[spoiler:[[WhatTheHellHero Axis]]]] has put her through, [[spoiler:[[BrokenBird Faraday]]]] remains strong to the end.
** Azhure is a StoicWoobie too, [[spoiler: She watched her mother die and was physically abused by her foster father until she killed him and escaped to the Avar who rejected her because she dared to use violence to survive. It only gets worse for her until StarMan, then it's worse after that, but she handles it as well as she can.]]
* StoicWoobie: Despite everything [[spoiler:[[WhatTheHellHero Axis]]]] has put her through, [[spoiler:[[BrokenBird Faraday]]]] remains strong to the end.
** Azhure is a StoicWoobie too, [[spoiler: She watched her mother die and was physically abused by her foster father until she killed him and escaped to the Avar who rejected her because she dared to use violence to survive. It only gets worse for her until StarMan, then it's worse after that, but she handles it as well as she can.]]
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** DragonStar qualifies at the beginning of The Wayfarer Redemption. Sure, he'd been a jerk in the past, but he's basically stuck as a mortal, watching as the whole rest of his family gets to live forever, and hate him for a reason he doesn't even remember because of the way magic affected him.
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** DragonStar Dragonstar qualifies at the beginning of The Wayfarer Redemption. Sure, he'd been a jerk in the past, but he's basically stuck as a mortal, watching as the whole rest of his family gets to live forever, and hate him for a reason he doesn't even remember because of the way magic affected him.
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* JerkassWoobie: Borneheld, believe it or not. The sole reason he is such a loathsome asshole is because the world was repeatedly telling him "screw you Borneheld." He was a ButtMonkey on multiple occasions, almost enough to qualify him for the ChewToy trope, and rarely did anything ever go good for him without the help of the Seneschal's team of professional Smug Snakes. He winds up slowly falling out of favor, driven a bit crazy enough to murder his dad, and then he instantly regrets it. He is stuck in a marriage with a woman who would rather be banging, guess who, Axis. His own mother hits him when she sees him again and basically disowns him in favor of...guess who, ''Axis.'' He then loses all his battles against Axis, winds up dueling him, loses to DeusExMachina, and gets his heart ripped out. The author is telling us something very strongly about this character.
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* JerkassWoobie: Borneheld, believe it or not. The sole reason he is such a loathsome asshole is because the world was repeatedly telling him "screw you Borneheld." He was a ButtMonkey on multiple occasions, almost enough to qualify him for the ChewToy trope, and rarely did anything ever go good for him without the help of the Seneschal's team of professional Smug Snakes. He winds up slowly falling out of favor, driven a bit crazy enough to murder his dad, and then he instantly regrets it. He is stuck in a marriage with a woman who would rather be banging, guess who, Axis. His own mother hits him when she sees him again and basically disowns him in favor of...guess who, ''Axis.'' He then loses all his battles against Axis, winds up dueling him, loses to DeusExMachina, and gets his heart ripped out. The author is telling us something very strongly about this character.character.
** DragonStar qualifies at the beginning of The Wayfarer Redemption. Sure, he'd been a jerk in the past, but he's basically stuck as a mortal, watching as the whole rest of his family gets to live forever, and hate him for a reason he doesn't even remember because of the way magic affected him.
** DragonStar qualifies at the beginning of The Wayfarer Redemption. Sure, he'd been a jerk in the past, but he's basically stuck as a mortal, watching as the whole rest of his family gets to live forever, and hate him for a reason he doesn't even remember because of the way magic affected him.
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** BoringInvincibleHero: Azhure, and to a degree Axis as well.
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** BoringInvincibleHero: Azhure, and to a degree Axis as well.well.
* JerkassWoobie: Borneheld, believe it or not. The sole reason he is such a loathsome asshole is because the world was repeatedly telling him "screw you Borneheld." He was a ButtMonkey on multiple occasions, almost enough to qualify him for the ChewToy trope, and rarely did anything ever go good for him without the help of the Seneschal's team of professional Smug Snakes. He winds up slowly falling out of favor, driven a bit crazy enough to murder his dad, and then he instantly regrets it. He is stuck in a marriage with a woman who would rather be banging, guess who, Axis. His own mother hits him when she sees him again and basically disowns him in favor of...guess who, ''Axis.'' He then loses all his battles against Axis, winds up dueling him, loses to DeusExMachina, and gets his heart ripped out. The author is telling us something very strongly about this character.
* JerkassWoobie: Borneheld, believe it or not. The sole reason he is such a loathsome asshole is because the world was repeatedly telling him "screw you Borneheld." He was a ButtMonkey on multiple occasions, almost enough to qualify him for the ChewToy trope, and rarely did anything ever go good for him without the help of the Seneschal's team of professional Smug Snakes. He winds up slowly falling out of favor, driven a bit crazy enough to murder his dad, and then he instantly regrets it. He is stuck in a marriage with a woman who would rather be banging, guess who, Axis. His own mother hits him when she sees him again and basically disowns him in favor of...guess who, ''Axis.'' He then loses all his battles against Axis, winds up dueling him, loses to DeusExMachina, and gets his heart ripped out. The author is telling us something very strongly about this character.
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* BoringInvincibleVillain: Gorgrael. [[spoiler: He hardly does anything at all and we never, ever see him until the very last chapters, where he promptly gets his ass handed to him by Axis.]]
** BoringInvincibleHero: Azhure, and to a degree Axis as well.
** BoringInvincibleHero: Azhure, and to a degree Axis as well.
