Line #48 Characters/ElfQuest


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3	!!Wolfriders
4	Descendants of a tribe of elves who sought to survive by emulating and bonding with local packs of wolves, a process aided by one of their members who retained enough transformative power to assume the form of a she-wolf. She gave birth to a half-elf, half-wolf hybrid creature, and the Wolfriders are all at least partially wolf-blooded as a result of this. It grants them superior senses and vitality, but also distinctly limited lifespans, in comparison to the virtual eternities of other elf species.
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6	[[folder:General]]
7	* TheBeastmaster: A defining trait of theirs; Wolfriders get their name from bonding with a chosen wolf.
8	* HowlOfSorrow: Another tradition; if a wolf partner or a Wolfrider dies, the other tribe members will howl as a way of mourning.
9	* {{Irony}}: Despite their general hatred of humans, the Wolfriders are really not so different in appearance and society.
10	* {{Telepathy}}: All Wolfriders have some degree of "mindspeak", thanks to descending from a Firstborn elf.
11	[[/folder]]
12
13	[[folder:Cutter]]
14	Leader of the Wolfriders and main character of ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' as a whole. Son of Bearclaw and Joyleaf. Blood of Ten Chiefs (or eight and two, going by fours). Recognized Lifemate of Leetah, sorta-Recognized Lifemate of Skywise, father to Ember and Suntop.
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16	* CoolSword: New Moon.
17	* HotbloodedSideburns: They get even longer as he gets older.
18	* TheHero: Essentially the main character of the whole story.
19	* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:In the final issue of "Final Quest", Cutter is bitten by a venomous spider and slowly feels his life ebb away.]]
20	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Skywise. Well, according to WordOfGod they also shag, but since EveryoneIsBisexual the trope is in place.
21	* KeepingTheHandicap: At the end of the first series [[http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ20/DisplayOQ20.html?page=33 Kahvi hits Cutter with her gauntleted fist]] in order to [[{{Aesop}} prove a point]]. [[ScarsAreForever Although Leetah could heal the scar, Cutter decides to keep it to remind him of the lesson]].
22	* TheLeader: Of the Wolfriders. [[spoiler:That is, until he dies via poisonous spider bite]].
23	* LoveTriangle: With Leetah and Rayek. Leetah eventually chooses Cutter.
24	* PapaWolf: He loves his children dearly and he's also fiercely protective of them when they're in danger. This also extends to his whole tribe, since one of his biggest priorities is keeping them all safe.
25	%%* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:And he does ''not'' take this well.]]
26	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He's deathly afraid of heights. He gets over it by the time of the Kings of the Broken Wheel arc.
27	[[/folder]]
28
29	[[folder:Skywise]]
30	Cutter's best friend for all of their lives. The stargazer. Yun's father by an unnamed Go-Back.
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32	* BerserkButton: Skywise is usually calmer and more collected than Cutter, but threatening Cutter's life is guaranteed to make him angry.
33	* DeadpanSnarker: If there's a snarky remark to be made, it's usually from Skywise.
34	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Cutter, though the "heterosexual" part is questionable since [[EveryoneIsBisexual all elves are bisexual]] and WordOfGod has confirmed that he and Cutter do have sex.
35	* TheLancer: For Cutter, who is TheHero.
36	* LovableRogue
37	* LovableSexManiac: Probably the straightest of the [[EveryoneIsBisexual Pini Elves]], his best friend Cutter being [[IfItsYouItsOkay the major exception]].
38	* ParentalAbandonment: Both his parents died on the day he was born (his father was killed before his birth, his mother shortly after). As a result, he was raised by the whole tribe.
39	* SexyManInstantHarem: Whenever the Wolfriders meet a new group of elves, he always attracts at least one or two female elves.
40	%%* TheTrickster
41	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Subverted; his identifiable trait is his short white hair, but he's not evil.
42	[[/folder]]
43
44	[[folder:Ember]]
45	Cutter and Leetah's daughter, and Suntop's twin sister. Lovemate to Mender, lifemate to Teir. She later strikes a rather odd friendship with Trinket, a young female troll.
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47	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: She views her father Cutter as this. With some lessons, she learns to be her own person.
48	* TheChiefsDaughter: Daughter of Cutter, and next in line as potential chieftess of the Wolfriders.
49	%%* FieryRedhead
50	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: She shares this dynamic with her magic-inclined brother Suntop, as she's boisterous and bossy.
51	* OddFriendship: Manages to become friends with Trinket, despite the fact Ember is a serious and hardworking girl whilst Trinket is a shameless SpoiledBrat. This is all the odder given Trinket's a troll, given elves and trolls share a mutual disdain for each other.
52	[[/folder]]
53
54	[[folder:Treestump]]
55	Elder, Lifemate to Rillfisher (and later to Clearbrook), father to Dewshine, uncle to Cutter.
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57	* CoolOldGuy: He's the oldest male member of the tribe (and the oldest overall) when the story starts, but he can still kick ass with the rest of them.
58	%%* RomancingTheWidow: To Clearbrook.
59	[[/folder]]
60
61	[[folder:Rillfisher]]
62	Treestump's Lifemate and mother to Dewshine. A fever left her deaf, which led to her death by a falling branch as she didn't hear it.
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64	* TheLostLenore: For Treestump, who still mourns her death.
65	* PosthumousCharacter
66	[[/folder]]
67
68	[[folder:Dewshine]]
69	Daughter to Treestump and Rillfisher. Recognized to Tyldak, neither were happy about it. Lifemate to Scouter and Tyleet. Mother to Windkin. Cutter's cousin.
70	----
71	* FragileSpeedster: Very lithe, very quick, very easily hurt.
72	* LoveTriangle: First with Scouter and Tyldak; later, with Scouter and Tyleet.
73	* MarryThemAll: Becomes lifemates with both Scouter and later Tyleet.
74	%%* PluckyGirl
75	[[/folder]]
76
77	[[folder:Nightfall]]
78	Lovemate to Redlance, later Lifemate when Leetah helps them force Recognition. Mother to Tyleet. Cutter's childhood friend and Leetah's best friend.
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80	* ActionGirl: Most of the female Wolfriders are this, but she's the most prominent example.
81	* BetterAsFriends: She and Cutter grew up together. The elders hoped they'd be lifemates, but she and Redlance turned out to be a match.
82	* [[IOweYouMyLife I Owe You My Lifemate]]: Nightfall was the first Wolfrider to offer friendship to Leetah in gratitude for healing Redlance.
83	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Nightfall and Redlance.
84	* ScrewDestiny: More than once, she offers her secret soul name to Redlance to bring him back from trauma. After he accepts, they ask Leetah to help them conceive, functionally choosing Recognition together.
85	* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: She and Redlance first got together partly because she felt protective of him. She grew to adore him when he turned out to be a wild lover.
86	[[/folder]]
87
88	[[folder:Redlance]]
89	Lovemate to Nightfall, later Lifemate when Leetah helps them force Recognition. Father to Tyleet.
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91	* AngstComa: He sometimes "retreats inside himself."
92	* DistressedDude: The very first book started with the Wolfriders saving him from a human settlement after he was kidnapped during a hunt.
93	* GreenThumb: He's a tree-shaper, which gives him control over plants.
94	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: With Nightfall.
95	* MeaningfulRename: His name was originally Redmark, but it was changed to Redlance after he saved Bearclaw from a sabertooth by impaling it with a spear.
96	* NonActionGuy: He's a good hunter, but not much of a warrior.
97	* PapaWolf: Despite the above, he's typically the one left behind to guard the children, and admirably holds his own against a troll.
98	* RedheadInGreen
99	* WifeHusbandry: Played with. In the novel it's revealed he was three times older than Nightfall when they started dating, but their long lives make that less important over time.
100	[[/folder]]
101
102	[[folder:Tyleet]]
103	Daughter to Redlance and Nightfall, mother to Pool, lifemate of Scouter and Dewshine.
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105	%%* FriendToAllLivingThings
106	%%* KissingCousins: With Scouter.
107	[[/folder]]
108
109	[[folder:Strongbow]]
110	Lifemate to Moonshade. Father to Crescent, Dart and Chitter.
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112	* AloofArcher: An archer who's stoic and quiet.
113	* MasterArcher: His entire tribe are expert marksmen, but they still call him when they absolutely need something dead in one shot.
114	* PapaWolf: Don't threaten his children. He'll kill you, elf or no elf. (But he'll feel guilty about it for a while.)
115	* PerpetualFrowner: Even his heartfelt smiles tend to look sardonic.
116	* TheQuietOne: Rarely speaks aloud, preferring to mindspeak. Amusingly, his daughter Chitter is a MotorMouth who keeps demanding he speak to her instead.
117	* SingleTargetSexuality: He's probably the only truly monogamous elf. Moonshade is slightly less exclusive, but still mostly prefers her lifemate.
118	* TheStoic: When he shows emotion, things are ''bleak''. (Or ''exceptionally'' joyful.)
119	* WellDoneSonGuy: Even though Bearclaw wasn't his father.
120	[[/folder]]
121
122	[[folder:Moonshade]]
123	Lifemate to Strongbow. Mother to Crescent, Dart and Chitter.
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125	* ProperLady: In one story, a besotted elf tries to mold her into one. She eventually puts on a PimpedOutDress to make him understand this just ain't her.
126	** In the Final Quest, she dons a silken gown made from preserver webbing, which she swiftly adapts to.
127	* StatuesqueStunner: Moonshade in the form of a Palace Dweller and high one.
128	* UndyingLoyalty:
129	** She prefers exile or death to being parted from Strongbow, even when he's wrong. She gets quite irritable when she has to go off with Ember's group while her mate engages Djun's citadel.
130	** Her loyalty to Strongbow is hard pressed during the Final Quest arc, when she yields to the "pull of the call" from the Palace, and willingly gives up her mortality. This does not, however, change her love for him.
131	[[/folder]]
132
133	[[folder:Dart]]
134	Strongbow and Moonshade's son. Lifemate to Mender.
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136	* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: When most of the Wolfriders leave Sorrow's End to meet up with Cutter, he stays behind to teach the Sun Folk archery.
137	[[/folder]]
138
139	[[folder:One-Eye]]
140	Lifemate to Clearbrook, brother to Longbranch, father to Scouter.
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142	* CameBackWrong: Leetah tries to heal him ''long'' after his passing. It works, but this traps his soul in his effectively brain-dead body, causing Clearbrook to then give him a MercyKill.
143	* EmptyShell: This is basically the state he's left in after being healed. It restored his body, but his mind/soul wasn't "on".
144	* MeaningfulRename: His name was originally Woodhue, but it was changed after he lost his eye.
145	* NamedAfterTheInjury: He literally only has one eye. On the official Elfquest webpage, the comic's creators [[WordOfGod say]] that "First named Woodhue, One-Eye gained his new soubriquet after his right eye was put out by humans."
146	* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Dies a short time after he's introduced, leaving Clearbrook a widow]].
147	[[/folder]]
148
149	[[folder:Clearbrook]]
150	Lifemate to One-Eye and then Treestump. Mother to Scouter.
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152	* CoolOldLady: She's the oldest female Wolfrider, but she's still friendly, amiable and can still fight alongside the others.
153	* ImportantHaircut: She cuts off her braid [[spoiler:out of grief when One-Eye is killed]].
154	[[/folder]]
155
156	[[folder:Scouter]]
157	Son of One-Eye and Clearbrook. Lovemate to Dewshine, later Lifemate to both Dewshine and Tyleet. Father to Pool.
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159	* LoveTriangle: With Dewshine and Tyldak; later, with Dewshine and Tyleet.
160	* MarryThemAll: Dewshine and Tyleet.
161	[[/folder]]
162
163	[[folder:Pike]]
164	Keeper of the history. Son to Rain, half-brother to Rainsong.
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166	* TheBard: Keeps the stories of the tribe alive through storytelling.
167	%%* BoisterousBruiser
168	* EruditeStoner: Doesn't see himself as one, and he'll laugh at you if you call him one.
169	* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: A male equivalent; Pike loves to drink and party and is never serious.
170	* HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs: Dreamberries unlock tribal memories to weave stories. Pike saved some when his forest home burned down.
171	[[/folder]]
172
173	[[folder:Rain]]
174	Healer. Father of Pike and Rainsong.
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176	* PosthumousCharacter: He became Madcoil's first victim in the attack that decimated the Wolfriders.
177	[[/folder]]
178
179	[[folder:Rainsong]]
180	Half-sister of Pike, lifemate to Woodlock, mother to Newstar, Wing and Mender.
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182	* BabiesEverAfter: She and Woodlock have two children at the first issue and a third later in the series, a huge family even by Wolfrider standards. WordOfGod confirms that at least part of this is a biological overcompensation after Madcoil decimated the tribe by killing Rain, Joyleaf, Bearclaw, Longbranch, and Brownberry.
183	* BabyFactory: From an elf point of view, three children makes her this.
184	[[/folder]]
185
186	[[folder:Woodlock]]
187	Lifemate to Rainsong.
188	----
189	* PapaWolf
190	[[/folder]]
191
192	[[folder:Newstar]]
193	Daughter of Woodlock and Rainsong, sister of Wing and Mender, lifemate of Lutei, mother of Kimo.
194	----
195	* CallToAgriculture: She eventually chooses to live with "the rootless ones", tending to herbs and plants along with her chosen lifemate Ohler, a sun villager who decided to stay behind.
196	[[/folder]]
197
198	[[folder:Wing]]
199	Son of Woodlock and Rainsong, Lifemate to Behtia.
200	----
201	[[/folder]]
202
203	[[folder:Bearclaw]]
204	Lifemate to Joyleaf, father to Cutter.
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206	* TheAlcoholic: Dreamberries aren't technically alcohol, but he fits this trope in every other way. It really screws up his life and his leadership of the tribe, and his swearing off the dreamberry wine comes off ''exactly'' like an alcoholic swearing off the booze.
207	* DisappearedDad: For Cutter, due to being dead before the story starts.
208	* DomesticAbuse: In one prequel arc, Bearclaw is spending all his time below ground, coming back either drunk or hungover from the trolls' dreamberry wine. When Joyleaf tries to prod him into actually doing his job as chief, he turns around and hits her, hard. She promptly dumps him, particularly notable since they're ''life''mates. To try and win her back, he orders her on a bear hunt and then manipulates the hunt to put himself in danger, knowing she'll react with worry and come running. At that point, Recognition apparently figured it had better grab this chance and hits both of them, resulting in Cutter. Notable is the Wolfriders pretty much consider Bearclaw to be in the wrong (hitting other members of the tribe is acceptable, if shockingly extreme, but striking one's romantic partners is Just Not Done), although at least one tries to dismiss it as another of their every-few-decades spats. Joyleaf shuts him down.
209	* DrowningMySorrows: He always loved his dreamberry wine, but he only really became TheAlcoholic after a child of the tribe was killed by humans on his watch, as a result of the conflict he started.
210	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The conflict between the elves and humans that's left several dead? It's pretty much completely his fault.
211	* PosthumousCharacter: He died six years before the story begins, having been killed in a fight with Madcoil.
212	* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Joyleaf's Blue.
213	[[/folder]]
214
215	[[folder:Joyleaf]]
216	Lifemate to Bearclaw, sister to Treestump, mother to Cutter.
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218	* PosthumousCharacter: Like Bearclaw, she died six years before the beginning of the story, being one of the first elves killed by Madcoil.
219	* WomenAreWiser: She helps Bearclaw control his temper.
220	[[/folder]]
221
222	!!Sun Folk
223	Descendants of an elven band that migrated to a harsh desert region. Unthreatened by humans or other dangers, they remained relatively pureblooded, other than developing darker skin and hair colors to cope with the scorching sun, and became gentle farmers.
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225	[[folder:Leetah]]
226	Lifemate to Cutter, mother to the twins Ember and Suntop/Sunstream.
227	----
228	* AbductionIsLove: Well, not really. She didn't trust Cutter at first for trying to kidnap her, but she eventually warmed up to him enough to become his wife.
229	* TheChiefsDaughter: The daughter of the local Chief.
230	* HealingHands: The strongest healer in the series.
231	* LoveTriangle: With Cutter and Rayek. She ends up choosing Cutter.
232	* MoralityChain: Rayek would probably be an out-and-out villain if it weren't for her influence.
233	* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Leetah has a HeroicBSOD after killing a troll with a throwing knife. The fact he was seconds away from slaughtering her little Ember isn't enough to help Leetah forgive herself.
234	%%* {{Tsundere}}: More "dere" than "tsun".
235	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Leetah has a phobia about unusual natural phenomena completely out of her control, such as solar eclipses and being out in the open during violent storms.
236	[[/folder]]
237
238	[[folder:Rayek]]
239	Lovemate of Leetah before Cutter shows up. Lifemate of Winnowill, father of Venka. Chooses the path of evil at first, but later repents.
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241	%%* AmbiguouslyEvil
242	%%* BreakTheHaughty
243	* BroughtDownToNormal: After his plan to save the High Ones fails, he loses his ability to use any power except sending for six years. He spends the time working out.
244	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He repeatedly goes from antagonist to ally and back.
245	%% * {{Jerkass}}
246	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk
247	* InsufferableGenius: He can't seem to explain anything without talking down to you.
248	* ItsAllAboutMe: Most of his other character flaws stem from this.
249	-->'''Savah:''' He must be first... in all things... or he is nothing.
250	* LoveTriangle: With Leetah and Cutter. She chose Cutter, leading to Rayek's leaving Sorrow's End. Note that given the elves' acceptance of {{Polyamory}}, she didn't necessarily have to choose between them ''at all'', except that Rayek's pride couldn't cope with sharing.
251	* MindOverMatter: He's capable of levitation.
252	%%* {{Pride}}
253	* PsychicPowers: Besides the racial telepathy, he can stun a creature or person by looking in their eyes, levitate things, eventually fly, and hold souls within himself. And that's when he doesn't have the Palace or the Gliders' power backing him up.
254	* TheRival: To Cutter, who won the affections of Rayek's lovemate, Leetah.
255	* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:He volunteers to become the "can" for Winnowill's hateful spirit after she is beheaded by a human. So as long as he stays awake, Winnowill will stay trapped forever]].
256	* WellIntentionedExtremist: He actually does mean well for his fellow elves, but only as he defines "well," and hang the elves who disagree, the ingrates.
257	[[/folder]]
258
259	[[folder:Savah]]
260	Founder of the Sun Village, and Mother of the Sun Folk. Firstborn.
261	----
262	* CoolOldLady: A wise mentor and compassionate leader figure for the Sun elves.
263	* LargeAndInCharge: A very tall and immortal Firstborn, and the founder and progenitor of the Sun elves.
264	* PsychicPowers: She can use AstralProjection, much like Suntop.
265	* StatuesqueStunner: Even though she's very old, due to being an immortal Firstborn, she manages to stay very beautiful.
266	[[/folder]]
267
268	[[folder:Suntop/Sunstream]]
269	Son to Cutter and Leetah, twin brother to Ember. Lifemate to [[spoiler: Brill]]. Father to [[spoiler: Korafay]].
270	----
271	* BadassAdorable: He stood up to ''Winnowill'' of all people, and entered her mind to save Savah's soul.
272	* ChildProdigy: He's a very adept psychic unlike any other elf, even as a young boy.
273	%%* NonActionGuy: In contrast to Ember's ActionGirl.
274	%%* PapaWolf
275	* PolarOppositeTwins: Ember is the hotheaded chief's daughter. Suntop is an adept psychic and generally not so active.
276	* PsychicPowers: Among them being {{Telepathy}}, AstralProjection, {{Psychometry}}, and the ability to sense magic (which helps determine if people were manipulated by magic). His powers are so potent that even Winnowill acknowledges his great power.
277	* WellDoneSonGuy: Towards Cutter; he wanted to prove he can be a wolfrider like his father's people, but nearly ends %%what?%%
278	[[/folder]]
279
280	[[folder:Mender]]
281	Third child to Rainsong and Woodlock. Lovemate to Ember, later to Yun. Lifemate to Dart.
282	----
283	%%* CombatMedic
284	* ForScience: He's willing to have sex with humans for research reasons.
285	%%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
286	* HealingHands: He's capable of healing magic. [[MeaningfulName That's what he got his name for]].
287	[[/folder]]
288
289	[[folder:Ahdri]]
290	Savah's handmaiden. Rock-shaper.
291	----
292	* DishingOutDirt: [[spoiler:She's a "rock-shaper"]].
293	* StatuesqueStunner: It is implied that she grows to full height under the Palace influence, but shapes back to "sensible" size when she helps Cutter in the Final Quest.
294	[[/folder]]
295
296	[[folder:Shenshen]]
297	Leetah´s younger sister. Professional Midwife for elves and humans alike.
298	----
299	* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Shenshen is longing for more work, and after some consideration, she decides to use her midwife skills among humans. But to not alienate herself completely, she makes Leetah work some shapeshifter magic on her to make her human in appearance.
300	%%* GenkiGirl: From the beginning as a Sun elf.
301	* TheMedic: Her apprenticeship with Old Maggoty makes her a competent medic, using natural roots and herbs.
302	* SassyBlackWoman: Shenshen in human form, considering her natural skin color, comes out as this sometimes.
303	[[/folder]]
304
305	!!Gliders
306	The most "pureblooded" elves still alive in the World of Two Moons, retaining all of their ancestral magics (as much as that is possible on this world). Forming emotional bonds with giant eagles similar to those between the Wolfriders and their wolves, they have declined into a stagnant, vestigial race.
307	----
308	[[folder:General]]
309	* TheBeastmaster: Much like the Wolfriders, except it's with giant eagles.
310	* RavenHairIvorySkin: Black-haired, pale-skinned, and generally wear black and white clothes.
311	[[/folder]]
312
313	[[folder:Winnowill]]
314	The series' BigBad. Firstborn. Daughter of Haken and Gibra, Lifemate to Rayek, mother of Two-Edge.
315	----
316	* AbusiveParents: Her treatment of her half-troll son Two-Edge was horrendous, to put it mildly.
317	* BigBad: Perhaps the biggest one in the entire series, due to her extreme power, even greater insanity, and personal animosity to main character Cutter and his Wolfriders. Not even [[spoiler:her death changed this, as now she is a malevolent spirit who Rayak can barely contain.]]
318	* {{Biomanipulation}}: She started out as a healer but got into this over time; she became able to shapechange herself and create mutant monstrosities. Her power to heal is comprehensive enough that she can reshape organisms into mutant horrors.
319	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: [[spoiler:Why she became evil, combined with GoMadFromTheIsolation: The Gliders not bearing any more children and losing her healer's purpose, combined with prolonged stay in Blue Mountain and Lord Voll's refusal to search for the elven Palace, gradually drove her completely insane and broke her mind. She would even engineer little "accidents" just so she could continue being the tribe healer she once was]].
320	* EvilWearsBlack: While the other Gliders primarily wear black, [[DarkIsNotEvil they're not evil]]. Winnowill, however, plays it straight.
321	* FantasticRacism: She considers the existence of the Wolf Riders an abomination because they're genetically related to their wolves. Also fairly hypocritical when you consider her own activities, which produced Two-Edge.
322	* FurAndLoathing: She wears white fur on her outfit, and she's a villain.
323	* GoMadFromTheIsolation: [[spoiler:Her race's seclusion in Blue Mountain left her completely stir-crazy]].
324	* GoodPowersBadPeople: The most powerful healer alive; while most with this talent only know one way to apply it (lay on hands, subject gets better), Winnowill takes great pleasure in using her powers to twist and deform organisms, subjecting them to unimaginable tortures.
325	* HealingHands: Subverted as she can use the same power to inflict pain and prefers to do so.
326	* KickTheDog: Many, but one that stands out for pointless cruelty was how she made Tyldak's transformation an [[ColdBloodedTorture agonizing ordeal]] instead of the entirely painless experience she could have made it just as easily. She didn't even have any particular grudge against Tyldak at the time.
327	* PrettyInMink: She absolutely looks gorgeous in those white furs.
328	* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:Her ultimate fate, after she is decapitated and becomes a spirit of hate. Rayek sacrificed himself by using his own body to contain her; so long as he stays awake, Winnowill will remain trapped forever]].
329	[[/folder]]
330
331	[[folder:Lord Voll]]
332	Leader of the Gliders and Winnowill's husband. Firstborn.
333	----
334	* AffectionateNickname: Ember calls him "Old Bird". It's rather appropriate, since he's a very ancient elf.
335	* FriendToAllChildren: He's very fond of elf children, mainly because the Gliders haven't had any children of their own for hundreds of years.
336	[[/folder]]
337
338	[[folder:Aroree]]
339	Glider. Lovemate of Skywise.
340	----
341	* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: She becomes utterly love-sick for Skywise and ventures all over the world searching for him... then finds out he's been snatched thousands of years into the future.
342	* DesperatelyCravesAffection: It's implied that the reason she's so attached to Skywise is that she didn't even have any ''friends'' before meeting him, since she frequently refers to him as her OnlyFriend.
343	%%* ManicPixieDreamGirl: For Skywise... until she goes through round after round of BreakTheCutie.
344	%%* WhatBeautifulEyes: They become DullEyesOfUnhappiness when [[spoiler:Lord Voll is murdered and most of the Gliders die. She eventually recovers while living with the Wolfriders]].
345	[[/folder]]
346
347	[[folder:Tyldak]]
348	Glider who volunteered to be transformed into a pterodactyl-like flying creature by Winnowill. Recognized to Dewshine. Father of Windkin, Lovemate of Khavi.
349	----
350	* CursedWithAwesome: Tyldak was transformed at his own request into a flying creature that retains only a few elfin features. Leetah is shocked to make the connection between healing and other types of elfin "shaping" powers.
351	%%* DealWithTheDevil
352	* LoveTriangle: With Dewshine and Scouter. Dewshine wasn't happy when they Recognized.
353	%%* RedOniBlueOni: With Kahvi.
354	[[/folder]]
355
356	!!Go-Backs
357	A tribe of elves who sought to track down the lost Castle of the High Ones, which brought them into conflict with a band of trolls that claimed the Castle's territory as their own. Taming giant deer as combat mounts, although the Go-Backs never interbred with animals the way the Wolfriders did, they turned their backs on magic entirely, even losing the ability to Recognize, which granted them a level of feral vitality and fecundity beyond that of even the Wolfriders.
358	----
359	[[folder:General]]
360	* MeaningfulName: They originally sought to "go back" to their ancestral origins by searching for the Castle of the High Ones.
361	[[/folder]]
362
363	[[folder:Kahvi]]
364	Leader of the Go-Backs. Daughter of Two-Spear, but her Wolfrider side was removed by a cache of ancient magic. Lovemate to Tyldak, mother to Vaya, Venka and [[spoiler:Teir]].
365	----
366	%%* BoisterousBruiser
367	%%* TheLadette
368	* ParentalIncest: She came disturbingly close. After Tyldak died, she had sex with his son so she could have a baby with at least some of the father's genes. Thus was [[spoiler:Teir]] born.
369	%%* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Gal]]
370	[[/folder]]
371
372	[[folder:Vaya]]
373	Go-Back. Daughter of Khavi, briefly Lovemate to Pike.
374	----
375	%%* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome]]
376	%%* WellDoneDaughterGirl
377	[[/folder]]
378
379	[[folder:Venka]]
380	Daughter of Rayek and Khavi. Raised as a Wolfrider. BarrierMaiden who possesses anti-magic. Lovemate of Zhantee and Mirff. Mother of Satreeka.
381	----
382	* MoralityPet: For Two-Edge. He really betters himself for her sake.
383	* TheStoic: She's not big on showing emotion. Even when Two-Edge declared his (rather confused) affection for her, she barely blinked. But her conversations with others shows she ''feels''; she just doesn't show much on the surface.
384	* SupernaturalGoldEyes: She is one of the most powerful magic users in the setting, and had gorgeous amber-golden eyes, just like her very magical father.
385	[[/folder]]
386
387	[[folder:Yun]]
388	Daughter of Skywise and an unnamed Go-Back. Lovemate of Mender.
389	----
390	%%* MysticalWhiteHair
391	[[/folder]]
392
393	[[folder:Skot]]
394	Lifemate to Pike and Krim. Father to Sust and possible father to Cheipar.
395	----
396	%%* BoisterousBruiser
397	%%* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome]]
398	%%* HardDrinkingPartyGirl
399	[[/folder]]
400
401	[[folder:Krim]]
402	Lifemate to Pike and Skot. Mother to Sust and Cheipar.
403	----
404	%%* BoisterousBruiser
405	%%* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome]]
406	%%* HardDrinkingPartyGirl
407	[[/folder]]
408
409	[[folder:Chot]]
410	Friend to Yun. Comes to live in Sorrow's End.
411	----
412	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At least after CharacterDevelopment.
413	[[/folder]]
414
415	!!Humans
416	[[folder:Adar]]
417	Friendly human who takes care of Cutter. Married to Nonna.
418	----
419	* AuthorAvatar: Of Richard Pini, co-creator of ''Elf Quest'' and Wendy's husband.
420	[[/folder]]
421
422	[[folder:Nonna]]
423	Friendly human who takes care of Cutter. Married to Adar.
424	----
425	* AuthorAvatar: Of Wendy Pini, co-creator of ''Elf Quest'' and Richard's wife.
426	[[/folder]]
427
428	[[folder:Shuna]]
429	A medieval human girl who first encounters Leetah on the brink of death, and becomes somewhat of zealous a freedom fighter due to her experience. She ends up leading an army against the Djun, and subsequently gets adopted by Cutter and Leetah. Married to Nunkah (though [[DomesticAbuse it didn't go well]]), later married to Bee, mother to Shukopek.
430	----
431	%%* ActionGirl
432	* HappilyAdopted: By her Wolfrider parents, Cutter and Leetah.
433	%%* NaiveEverygirl
434	[[/folder]]
435
436	!!Trolls
437	Another race introduced to Abode by the High Ones. The trolls evolved from small burrowing mammals that the High Ones rescued from their dying world; it's unclear if these "burrowers" were kept as pets or treated as slaves by the High Ones. However, the proto-trolls attacked the slumbering elves when they began to descend to Abode, causing the castle to crash and be stranded, then fleeing the wrath of the primal humans. Taking refuge underground, they evolved into their present state.
438	----
439	[[folder:General]]
440	* FantasticRacism: Trolls and elves don't get on. After finding out their shared origins, this really becomes a source of contention between the races.
441	* GadgeteerGenius: Trolls are skilled with the use of metal-work and have ironworks and primitive labor-saving devices despite their neighbors being stuck firmly in the Stone Age.
442	* GoldDigger: In troll society, all of their women are expected to act like this, and courting rituals involve getting as much gold as a male troll can in order to woo a potential mate.
443	* {{Jerkass}}: This seems to be a racial characteristic of all ''Elfquest'' Trolls.
444	* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Whether the High Ones didn't really notice their pets were becoming people, treated the proto-trolls like servants who are better seen and not heard, or flat out enslaved them, the proto-trolls did not like it, and screwed with the Palace's guidance system at a crucial juncture of space and time, landing the High Ones in Abode's distant past, thousands of years before the intended landing point.
445	[[/folder]]
446
447	[[folder:Picknose]]
448	A troll from the Wolfriders' original forest home. After a long series of misadventures, he becomes the king of his own tribe of trolls.
449	----
450	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He may be pushed around a lot, but he's a survivor. When Guttlekraw's northern trolls attacked Greymung's kingdom, he rescued Oddbit and Maggoty and fought his way to the surface, keeping them alive until eventually they fell into Guttlekraw's hands as well. He survived as a slave, escaped with the help of the Wolfriders, and then took command of Greymung's former clans to fight beside the elves to defeat Guttlekraw, after which he became king of the now-united trolls.
451	* EveryoneHasStandards: He's clearly horrified by the cannibalistic traits of the northern trolls, to the point he can't even bear to admit outright what they did to the dead after conquering Greymung's kingdom.
452	* TheGamblingAddict: Most trolls love to gamble, often for high stakes, but even by that standard, losing his ''throne'' in a game of toss-stone might just indicate he has a problem.
453	* HiddenDepths: Despite how trolls hate sunlight, he did pretty well at surviving on the surface. He's actually a very loving spouse and father. He gambles, but it's known he refuses to cheat when he does it. He even seems to have a very small, hidden respect for Cutter and Bearclaw.
454	* NoRespectGuy: He's pushed around by the elves, his wife, his grandmother-in-law and his daughter.
455	* SmallNameBigEgo: Despite how little respect he gets, he still has a huge sense of pride and tries to assert his authority, even if only self-perceived, whenever he can.
456	* UnfortunateName: According to WordOfGod, his name is a very respectable one in trollish, as it refers to the size and shape of his pronounced nose. [[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike Unfortunately]], humans tend to read it as a reference to a nasty personal habit.
457	[[/folder]]
458
459	[[folder:Oddbit]]
460	A highly desirable female troll from the Wolfriders' original forest home, she eventually becomes Picknose's wife.
461	----
462	* BigBeautifulWoman: She's built like a Stone Age fertility goddess statue; wide hipped, big butted, round-bellied and with large, saggy breasts. By troll standards, she's the height of loveliness.
463	* DeliberateValuesDissonance: As mentioned below, by Troll standards, she's the ideal woman, with her ample curves, large nose, thick lips and her "feminine charms" (read: being greedy, deceitful, opportunistic, manipulative, coy, vain and fickle). Elves and most human readers find her appearance and/or her attitude disgusting.
464	* GoldDigger: Is one, although to Trolls, this is just how their women should behave, since male trolls have to prove their worth to female trolls by giving them all the gold they desire.
465	* {{Gonk}}: By elf or human standards, anyway. To Trolls she's apparently MsFanservice incarnate.
466	[[/folder]]
467
468	[[folder:Maggotty]]
469	Oddbit's grandmother, the local troll mystic in the Wolfrider's forest. She used to trade her tonics and medicinal skills with the Wolfriders before the forest was burned down and Rayek took off, as they had no healers of their own.
470	----
471	* AlchemyIsMagic: She brews magical potions in an alchemical fashion. Her chemistry skills are high-level enough to pull [[spoiler:Strongbow and his wolf]] intact through foaming sickness, a disease much like ''rabies''.
472	* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Acts like this, although it's not like this makes her much different from your average troll.
473	[[/folder]]
474
475	[[folder:Trinket]]
476	First-born daughter of Picknose and Oddbit. Becomes friends with Ember.
477	----
478	* DaddysGirl: Picknose absolutely dotes on her.
479	* InterspeciesRomance: She once considered the elf Mender as a potential lifemate, though that eventually ended.
480	* OddFriendship: Elves and trolls generally hate each other, but she's formed a surprising friendship with Ember, despite the fact that Ember will have no truck with her spoiled attitude -- or perhaps ''because'' Ember is strong-willed enough to stand up to her.
481	* SpoiledBrat: Both her parents have evidently spoiled her rotten. Ember is one of the few to befriend her because of her ability to criticize her for it.
482	* ThirdPersonPerson: She never uses "I" or "Me" when she can use "Trinket" instead.She grows out of it as gets older.
483	[[/folder]]
484
485	[[folder:Greymung]]
486	The King of the Trolls at the beginning of the series. Hostile and suspicious towards the Elves, Cutter led his people to safety in Greymung's caverns. Greymung tricked Cutter into leading the Wolfriders into the desert, thus helping to set off the entire series.
487	----
488	* AdiposeRex: King of the Trolls, and as fat as they come.
489	* BadassDecay: An in-universe example-in his youth, Greymung was an ambitious firebrand who personally led his supporters into rebellion against Guttlekraw, removing his monarch from power and becoming king himself. By the present time, centuries of kingly living have taken their toll, leaving Greymung fat, lazy and cowardly. By the time Guttlekraw and his forces invade, he is described by Picknose as not being fit to lead his warriors into battle.
490	* DirtyCoward: He talks tough and likes to throw his weight around, but the moment he comes face to face with actual danger he trembles like a leaf.
491	* FatBastard: Probably the poster child for this trope in the entire series. In retaliation for Cutter humiliating him, he attempted to have both Cutter and the entire Wolf Rider tribe killed via exposure by tricking them into the desert and then trapping them there. Before that, he was responsible for the loss of Ekuar's leg, a punishment for when Ekuar overheard him scheming against Guttlekraw, to say nothing of the abuses he continued to heap upon the old elf after he became king.
492	* {{Jerkass}}: Aptly described by Picknose as being a spiteful old toad, being demonstrably vindictive and mean-spirited even when compared to the other trolls.
493	* KarmicDeath: He ousted Guttlekraw and usurped his kingdom. Centuries later, he would die at the hands of Guttlekraw.
494	* SmallRoleBigImpact: Greymung appeared all of one times in the original quest, where his most notable action was to deceive the Wolf Riders and strand them in the desert. With this one action, Greymung indirectly set in motion virtually all the events of the series.
495	[[/folder]]
496
497	[[folder:Guttlekraw]]
498	Leader of the mountain trolls living near the Go-Backs. Extraordinarily evil.
499	----
500	* BadBoss: He believes in the principle of ruling through fear. He enslaved the southern trolls after ''eating their king alive''.
501	* EvilOverlord: We're talking "mutilate your slaves repeatedly". Even his subjects don't shed so much as a tear when he's overthrown.
502	* ImAHumanitarian: He eats the flesh of both elves and trolls.
503	* WouldHurtAChild: Enslaves and mutilates Ekuar and his young rock shaper companions.
504	[[/folder]]
505
506	!!Others
507
508	[[folder:Timmain]]
509	The tribal mother of the wolfriders, after mating with a real wolf. She is an epitome of wisdom and ancient lore. After she is "found" at the end of the first story arc, she is given the role of mother to all elves on Abode.
510
511	----
512
513	* TheAgeless: Timmain has lived from before the high ones left ther original homeworld.
514	* GodivaHair: She is clothed only in her own hair, which is comparable to her height. It always covers her more - intimate - parts.
515	* ProperLady: On par with Savah. The two of them team up after the Sun Folk settle in the Palace (Savah sees her as some kind of "honorary aunt", if not a right out parental replacement). In diminutive wolfrider form, she seems less proper, but no less revered.
516	* TheStoic: She very seldom cracks a smile, and even when she does, she is hard to fathom. She is actually less stoic in her wolf form.
517	* TeamMom: She becomes one for the entire elven race.
518	* VoluntaryShapeshifter: She goes through a number of shifts through the arc. Mostly from elf to wolf and back again. She also diminishes herself for a time to fit in with the regular wolfrider size, mostly to please Skywise.
519	[[/folder]]
520
521	[[folder:Two-Edge]]
522	Hybrid son of Winnowill and a troll. Mad as a hatter for much of his life, and very upset about his life in general.
523	----
524	%%* TheChessmaster
525	* FreudianExcuse: Oh gods yes! He's essentially a ChildByRape born of DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale. His mother tortured his father, the troll Smelt, to death apparently for kicks after he tried to kidnap the male Door, and then locked Two-Edge up and tortured him both physically and with her PsychicPowers until he escaped from the prison cell she locked him in. He knew he would not be accepted by either species, so he began to play tricks on both in return, ultimately leading to his attempt to ignite a full-blown racial war between the two, so he could decide which race he should identify with.
526	* GadgeteerGenius: He has a knack for forging metal that surpasses any other trollish smith. He ''invented'' the concept of full-plate armor.
527	* MeaningfulName: His name describes how he is the hybrid son of an elven woman and a male troll.
528	* MoralityPet: He becomes smitten with Venka, and she attempts to utilize this to make him cooperative. Though it's a little hit-or-miss.
529	* NonhumanHumanoidHybrid: Half elf, half troll.
530	* PsychopathicManchild: Two-Edge is absolutely insane, and often acts in a very child-like manner.
531	* RhymesOnADime: A symptom of his mental illness. It stops after Leeta's partial cure.
532	%%* TheTrickster
533	* UltimateBlacksmith: The trolls are pretty wary of him due to his half-elf nature, but they at least respect him for his skills in forging.
534	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: As dangerous and deadly as he can be, it's hard not to pity him. InUniverse, even Leetah feels sorry for him once she touches his mind and learns of the horrors he suffered at Winnowill's hands.
535	[[/folder]]
536
537	[[folder:Petalwing]]
538	Preserver from the dawn of elven time.
539	----
540	* AmbiguousGender: Petalwing is never referred to with gendered pronouns, only as "it." It's likely that Petalwing and the other Preservers [[NoBiologicalSex don't actually have genders or sexes]].
541	* OurFairiesAreDifferent: They resemble fairies, but they're called Preservers since they can make a sticky web-like substance that puts anyone they wrap it in into a sort of suspended animation.
542	* SidekickCreatureNuisance: Cutter definitely views Petalwing as such, specially when it's singing. Petalwing constantly says, "Petalwing help!", gets captured by Tyldak in Blue Mountain and squished during the last battle of the first Palace War.
543	%% * TeamPet: Arguably.
544	* YouNoTakeCandle: It talks like this, along with all the other preservers.
545	[[/folder]]
546
547	[[folder:Ekuar]]
548	Ancient rock-shaper. Rayek's mentor.
549	----
550	* AnArmAndALeg: One of his arms and half of one leg is missing (along with [[{{Fingore}} one of the fingers]] on his remaining hand) thanks to the trolls torturing him since he was a child.
551	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Generally a very kindly, eccentric old man who wouldn't hurt a fly. When it comes down to it though, he can use his powers to DEADLY effect if he so chooses, and he won't hesitate when the chips are down.
552	* DishingOutDirt: He's a rock-shaper, giving him the ability to manipulate rock.
553	* FriendToAllLivingThings: A kindly optimist, Ekuar is amiable to everyone and everything regardless of species, even the trolls who butchered him and stole his life. He is even willing to extend this kindness to Winnowill, not that she is appreciative of it.
554	* HonoraryUncle: An unwilling variation-Tinker has declared Ekuar to be a secondary papa, much to Ekuar's bemusement and Picknose's fury.
555	* MadeASlave: When he was young, he was captured by the trolls and forced to use his powers to serve them by digging tunnels. In order to keep him in his place, he was repeatedly tortured and mutilated.
556	* TheMentor: He served as this for Rayek, helping him to hone his powers.
557	%%%%* MoralityPet: for Rayek.
558	* OldPeopleAreNonsexual: Averted, he's depicted enjoying lovemaking a time or two. During the "Kings of the Broken Wheel" arc, when they visit the Sun Village, several ladies invite Rayek and Ekuar for some group sex. When Rayek bows out, ''Ekuar'' gives a disappointed "awwww."
559	* OldMaster: Ekuar is an old, old elf and his rock-shaper abilities and willpower make him a force to be reckoned with if provoked.
560	* TraumaCongaLine: His entire life was just one horrible disaster after the other. First, after locating the palace of the High Ones with his friends, he was captured and enslaved by Guttlekraw and his trolls. Then, he would spend untold centuries laboring under the earth with little food or water, treated somewhere between a pack mule and a tool by his overseers. All of his escape attempts failed, and Guttlekraw responded by relieving him of body parts, one after the other. Then, for overhearing Greymung plotting against Guttlekraw, he lost his leg. He would be separated from his friends, and left to labor alone in the darkness of Greymung's kingdom. By the time Rayek found him, he was practically a torn up, breathing corpse. It's a miracle he has sanity at all after everything he has been through.

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