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6!! Tamaura Bernice Rhodizia Adelaide Llyn, Princess of Aberwelle, Caretaker of the Seals, High Priestess of the Royal Order / "Tammy"
7[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1483598690_tb_anno_17_redux.png]]
8The youngest daughter and official priestess of the royal Llyn family, Tammy was kept hidden by the spirits of the Wickwold for centuries, kept young in both body and mind by the power of the Blindsprings there. However, due to Harris's meddling, she was forced to enter a much-changed (to her eyes) Kirkhall.
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10* AnimalMotifs: Quails.
11* BerserkButton: Tammy hates Academists for what they did to her family; and if the Academic history is true, she was the only royal member who supported them before, so she mostly blames herself for it. Never imply she's working with them.
12* BlackEyesOfEvil: While possessed by a spirit.
13* ChocolateBaby: It's [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-seventy-eight pretty conspicuous]] that Tammy's the only member of her family to have red hair and she's a strong nexus of Orphic power in a line otherwise acknowledged to be dying out. No wonder there were mutters of "Bastards at Court" behind her back. It is even possible that the spirits took a direct hand in Tammy's birth, as her spirit guide says "this is what you were created for" instead of "this is what you were born to do" when Tammy expresses doubts about her role.
14* CompressedHair: Despite its volume, Tammy's hair can be easily tamed and reduced to long braids whenever she needs to leave Torstenn manor. It's also apparently much lighter than it looks. Street lampshades the improbability of all this.
15%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindows
16* CuteWitch: Just look at the picture.
17* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her past is still shrouded in mystery, but her family was killed off by guards after a failed rescue attempt and only she and her sister survived. Even then, her mother had no choice but to enter into a contract with the spirits to save them and Aliana remains in a coma, only kept alive by the contract.
18* DemonicPossession: Tammy is possessed by a spirit in [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-thirty-five Chapter 235]].
19* DoomMagnet: The more cautious Wayfarers are worried she'll bring the full might of the Academists down on them, either by acting as TheMole or just by being the missing Llyn princess. Her dark and troubled past and history of alleged cooperation with the Academists does not help her here. Even Harris associates giant magic explosions with Tammy. * EarthyBarefootCharacter: At least until she gets into the city.
20* FishOutOfTemporalWater: As the official bio says: "Little has changed for Tammy, except the whole world around her".
21-->'''Tamaura:''' (''tries to cross a road'')
22--> '''Imogen:''' (''stops her'') Are you trying to get hit by a car?\
23'''Tamaura:''' ''[[TheFutureIsShocking What is a car?]]''\
24'''Street:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Should have let her cross]].
25* {{Foil}}: She's one for fellow Princess/Priestess, Rajani. Tammy's family was overthrown, the spirits of Aberwelle are shady and in danger of extinction, she never finished her priestess training, and she has to be kept secluded for her own protection.
26* GirlyGirl: Draws a firm line against wearing pants, insisting that they are not ladylike.
27* GreenThumb: Tammy's [[MagicMusic song]] brought Imogen's garden back to life. This is because she's a priestess and not fully sealed, while Imogen cannot use her magic and isn't a priestess. [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-thirty-four And then she made an entire tree appear out of nowhere.]]
28* HeroicBastard: [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-forty-four Page 244]] reveals she was born out of wedlock.
29* [[HiddenBackupPrince Hidden Backup Princess]]: Tammy's place as the RedHeadedStepChild and Aliana's insistence that Tammy stole her role as high priestess imply that Aliana thought she was the youngest daughter and thus destined to be priestess until Tammy showed up at court to replace her.
30* HimeCut: Has her bangs cut straight across by Street and Imogen to maker her hair less noticeable, and fits as she's a literal princess.
31* {{Immortality}}: Tammy while in the Wickwold forest was basically immortal and not bothered by cold, aging, or sickness. Page 119 reveals that she also didn't need to eat, [[EatingOptional though she could eat the flowers if she wanted to]].
32* ImmortalImmaturity: The spirits stopped her aging and thanks to the [[YearOutsideHourInside messed up]] time in blindsprings, she's still mentally and physically 12 years old.
33* KingIncognito: The last member of a lost royal bloodline, passing under the radar by (initially) dressing in rags and later as a commoner.
34* LetsGetDangerous: While she's passive under normal circumstances, when her duty is clear she becomes much more proactive.
35* LivingMacguffin: Many people desire to have a hold on Tammy for her status as the lost Orphic Royal princess, no matter if she's able to use magic or not.
36* LockedAwayInAMonastery: What the AltText of [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-forty-five this page]] describes her life prior to being brought to court to become priestess.
37* LoopholeAbuse: The thorns around Tammy's seal are a loophole provided by the spirits that allow her to use the ambient magic around her even though her own magic is still sealed, which is why she still has TrueSight and can turn sigil magic on Academists.
38* MagicalIncantation: When reviving a dead Blindspring in [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-thirty-three 233]].
39--> '''Tammy:''' "Oh Spirit, hear me. Use my blood as your strength. I pledge my allegiance as High Priestess of this land. For Aberwelle."
40* MagicStaff: [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-thirty-two Yup.]]
41* ModestRoyalty: Prefers to go by Tammy and reserves her mouthful of titles for confronting the spirits. The comic even uses different tags to separate the pages where she is "Tamaura" the priestess from the pages where she is just "Tammy" the little girl. She tells Imogen that no one ever really called her "your highness" in the past.
42* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She has this reaction when she gets Imogen, Street and herself sucked into a blindspring, without knowing how to get out.
43* MysteriousWaif: Little is know about Tamaura's past or her contract with the spirits. As far as the modern Aberwellians are concerned she's a legendary fairytale character come to life. What little we see of her past through flashbacks is also enigmatic, implying that even then her background was murky.
44* MysticalWaif: She's capable of influence magic and be influenced by it even though she's sealed, and she has knowledge lost to others because of her age. She's also implied to be the key to save Aberwelle's dying magic.
45* NatureHero: Tamaura fits the mystical variety more than the savage variety.
46* NiceGal: Tammy seems to be pretty considerate and sweet for a princess. Is neither arrogant or ungrateful. It's revealed that Tammy is a retroactively legitimized bastard child who, was far from spoiled if the hostility and condescension she receives at court are any indication, yet she remains sweet. At one point a guard showing her genuine affection and respect literally gives her pause until she realizes he's sincere.
47 *NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: If Academist history is true, she willingly supported Master Gregoire's efforts to replace Orphic with Academic magic and voluntarily submitted to the Great Seal. In return her family was overthrown, imprisoned and ultimately massacred, leading to 300 years of oppression for the rest of the Orphic community.
48* OverlyLongName: Tamaura Bernice Rhodizia Adelaide Llyn, Princess of Aberwelle, etc, etc. Just call her "Tammy."
49* Really700YearsOld: She's 312 years old, but hasn't aged a day since the spirits of the forest prevented her from doing so because of their contract.
50* RedheadedStepchild: Her servants are condescending, Aliana calls her a usurper, people mutter "bastard" behind her back, and she's literally the only red-haired child in the family.
51* RegalRinglets: Her 'do is entirely composed of these, [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished despite living in the wilderness for 96% of her life without a curling iron in sight.]] [[spoiler: They start to get messed up once she leaves the woods.]]
52* RoyalBlood: She's of the Llyn blood, which gives her some leeway with spirits.
53* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: When it comes to the spirits, she acts as a priestess without hesistation.
54* ShroudedInMyth: Over the years she's become a literal fairytale princess in children's stories, actual folktales and Academist history books. The record has become so confused the Wayfarers aren't quite sure what to do with her.
55* SiblingRivalry: Despite Tammy's apparent desperation to save her sister, she and Aliana did not get along in the past, especially after their mother the empress named Tamaura high priestess in Aliana's stead.
56* TextileWorkIsFeminine: "Needlepoint" is among her likes, and in Chapter 3's cover art she's seen knitting a long scarf.
57* TownGirls: The femme of the trio consisting of herself, Imogen, and Street.
58* TrademarkFavoriteFood: After tasting pancakes ''once'', she loved them enough to be listed in her official "likes" and "eating pancakes" is among the things she wishes to do. Justified as pancakes were the first thing she ate in 300 years.
59* TragicKeepsake: The necklace she wears seems to be a token meant to identify its owner as Aberwelle's High Priest(ess), so to her it's a constant reminder of her duty towards the spirits and her country. But it's also a memento of [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-one-hundred-and-eight her sister Aliana]], who was its former owner before being replaced as high priestess when Tammy was born.
60* TransformationSequence: Undergoes one [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-thirty-two here]].
61* TrueSight: She maintains this ability due to her LoopholeAbuse.
62* UnwantedRescue: Harris refused to listen to Tammy no matter how much she told him she didn't need rescuing. She called him out on this.
63* VirginInAWhiteDress: in the forest Tamaura wore a white toga decorated with flowers, which added to her purity theme along with not wearing shoes (No matter how cold it gets.) It does not survive long in the city. [[note]][[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack School Uniforms are the New White]]: [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-forty-five The most important part of Tammy's makeover]] [[ImportantHaircut (Well, second most important).]] [[/note]]
64* WeUsedToBeFriends: She was close to Harris as a child, but after he joined with the people who killed off her family returned to kidnap her just as she was on the verge of completing her 300 year contract she doesn't like him any more. She also feels guilty because he misguidedly did those things for her sake.
65* YoungestChildWins:
66** She was named High Priestess instead of her older sister Aliana. Later Tammy reveals that the youngest Llyn is always [[PoweredByAForsakenChild a strong spiritual nexus of Orphic power]] making her more fit to be High Pristess, though Aliana disagreed.
67** She's also the only Llyn to be unambiguously alive.
68* YouthfulFreckles: [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-three Not just on her face,]] but Tamaura's got some on her shoulders, knees and elbows, too. They seem to emphasize how much time she spend living in the forest, [[ExposedToTheElements under constant sunlight]], if those portraits of her without freckles are accurate from her time as a princess.
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72[[folder:Harris]]
73!! Frederic Oswald Harris
74[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1484016463_tb_anno_20_redux.png]]
75As a young boy, Harris was caught up in tales of the long-lost Llyn princess, so much so that he searched for her - and found and befriended her. Motivated to free her, he returned as a young man, and broke Tammy's contract. However, things did not go as he planned...
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77* AgentMulder: He tries to prove to the higher circle of Academists that spirits and Tammy are real, with the expected results.
78* AnimalMotifs: A falcon [[{{Symbolism}} over a cage with a quail inside]]. The [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-annotation-twenty-redo remade]] version, however, has the cage empty.
79* TheApprentice: He was one to the Prime Minister, and it's noted he was an excellent student.
80* BeingWatched: Harris knows full-well he's being watched after Tammy's return is made public, but he's following his normal schedule to avoid suspicion.
81* BreakingSpeech: He's on the receiving end of a particularly blunt one by Indra, which ends up forcing him to [[spoiler: accept his Orphic magic and heritage.]]
82* BunnyEarsLawyer: It's been hinted that he and his antics with secret societies and vocality about Orphics would be far less tolerated were he not an otherwise excellent Academist mage and at the top of his class.
83* ChildOfTwoWorlds: [[spoiler:He's the half-orphic son of former Khalan High Priestess Layla and spent a significant part of his childhood playing in the Wickwold Forest Blindsprings. He was also raised in Aberwelle, a decidedly anti-Orphic country, and is thoroughly trained in Academic magic. Rajani calls him "a link between Khalan and Aberwellian magics", as he has both Aberwellian and Khalan bloodlines.]]
84* TheChosenOne: A rather cruel example. [[spoiler:He was the one chosen to find Tammy so she could save Aberwelle and its spirits. It also means that [[BecauseDestinySaysSo he was meant]] [[WeUsedToBeFriends to betray her trust]] by joining up with the people that killed her family in order to [[UnwantedRescue retrieve her from the forest by force]].]] The fact that both Harris and Tammy appear to be the ChosenOne while at cross purposes implies they may represent opposing factions amongst the spirits as well.
85* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Whatever problem Kirkwall is facing, he's trying to tackle it as best he can. [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-one-hundred-and-forty-four Ewan points out that he throws himself into helping others even when he's not wanted.]]
86* ComplexityAddiction: One of Harris' main issues with Orphic magic is that it's based in esoteric knowledge and DontThinkFeel applications, unlike Academic magic that takes years to learn and has scientific backup. [[spoiler:When he finally heals himself, he complains that it seems "too easy" to just imagine himself healed.]] Perhaps slightly justified in his case, as the [[spoiler: very first time he healed himself, Indra only warned him afterwards of the consequences of using Orphic magic so freely, and Harris promptly collapsed against Indra once healed.]]
87* CoverBlowingSuperpower:
88** [[spoiler: It is extremely important to him that he deny his own Orphic heritage, lest he begin to exhibit any signs of magic that would oust him as such. To the point where he will not even allow himself to 'give in' and try to heal himself with magic when in danger of bleeding to death. Slightly justified, in that being revealed as an Orphic at this point would put him in a rather dangerous position, given that he would be an Orphic who has spent so long working and learning Academic magic right under the nose of even the Prime Minister himself.]]
89** [[spoiler: However, despite his self-denial, he does occasionally slip up and admit to seeing things that non-Orphics should not be able to see. Such as when Rajani was sitting atop Indra's head, and everyone assumed that she was floating. Harris remained wondering aloud why no one else could see Indra (the tiger Spirit). Luckily for him, all the other Spiritualists [[FailedaSpotCheck Failed a Spot Check]] and didn't make anything of his comment about Indra.]]
90* CrazyPrepared: Harris apparently had ''several'' backup plans in case his FaustianRebellion of Tamaura's pact went south. [[http://blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-fifty-three He also rigged his apartment with protection magic.]]
91--> '''AltText:''' In his panic, [Ewan] neglected to remember that inscribed the seat of his chair was a protection seal, for moments such as these. It's no use if someone doesn't [[MagicalIncantation ignite the magic,]] though.
92* {{Determinator}}: [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-one-hundred-and-forty-four He never gives up.]] [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-six Not even when bleeding to death.]] Rajani is even impressed of his willpower, to the point of [[spoiler:keeping his powers controlled out of pure stubbornness.]]
93* {{Deuteragonist}}: Harris shares the spotlight after Tammy, and his focus seems to be on [[spoiler: resolving the magic crisis in Kirkwall]] with her help.
94* EmbarrassingFirstName: And he hates it.
95* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Gets at least two within the span of one page [[spoiler: while in the midst of realizing and accepting his Orphic heritage]], meant as a way to show him 'maturing' by accepting the truth [[spoiler: while being confronting by Indra in his own mind.]] Every time he 'ages up' more, it shows what his hairstyle was like at that age in his life. Changes it again later on, after accepting his heritage.
96* FaustianRebellion: Harris thinks he's doing this when he breaks Tamaura's contract without her consent, right at the point when she'd almost completed it. She is ''not'' pleased.
97* HealingHands: He's told to use these abilities by Rajani, then Indra, as a means of [[spoiler: forcing him to use magic for the first time.]]
98* HiddenDepths: Even in his official bio, there's some mysteries about Harris' true skills and power.
99* IAmWho: [[spoiler:He took the reveal that he was Orphic with a healthy dose of shock and denial.]]
100* IgnorantOfTheCall: Though it turns out he isn't ignorant so much as deliberately ignoring it; his workaholic and busybody tendencies stem from his efforts to drown out the call he doesn't want to hear because...
101* IJustWantToBeNormal: [[spoiler: Harris would really rather have nothing to do with the magic from his Orphic side, to the point where he would utterly deny that he has it even to himself. He would much rather continue his life as an Academic mage.]]
102* InternalizedCategorism: Having learned Academic magic for most of his life, and living in a country where Orphics are a very discriminated and hated people, [[spoiler: he has willingly completely denied that he is half-Orphic his whole life, to the point where he will not even consider the idea, even if having such magic would benefit him]].
103* {{Irony}}: Two important people for him (his mother and Ewan) have health issues that were caused by Academic magic. [[spoiler:He's an Orphic with the potential of healing magic, but refuses to give in even to save himself.]]
104* ItsAllMyFault: Harris was in the Grand Square when Ewan was crafting the Great Seal, [[spoiler:and his Orphic magic allowed him to see that it would fail]], so he feels guilty over not being fast enough to save Ewan from the blast until it was too late.
105* LastNameBasis: He hates his first name, so he insists people call him by his last name.
106* MagicalIncantation: The trap spell he used to stop the unicorn required him to call upon his Mystery (his patron deity):
107-->'''Harris:''' O Harpocrates, lord of silence, unleash your thunderous silence. Exordior.
108* MentalWorld: Indra has forced their way into Harris's, taking Harris himself with them. Harris seems to wear his Academist wear in here, and Indra is a tiger kitten. And as time passes, Harris started to shrink back into a child to emphasize his immaturity. However, once he [[spoiler: accepts what Indra is saying and acknowledges his Orphic magic, along with other truths]], he ages up back to normal again.
109* MissingMom: Subverted. [[spoiler:Harris confirmed Layla is alive. Weak and ill, but alive.]]
110* MommasBoy: A more subdued version, but [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-annotation-twenty-nine yeah]].
111* MotorMouth: A flaw of his, he doesn't really know how to stop talking when he should, and its caused him some problems with both Tammy and the Academy Society. For instance, he spent an hour going over how Tammy escaping wasn't his fault, so they won't listen to a word he said. They gave him his patron deity as a sort of ironic joke.
112* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Harris at the end of Chapter one, after Tammy told him how much he hurt her and escaped.
113* NayTheist: He knows that spirits are very real, yet doesn't considers them nothing more than "fake idols".
114* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He only wants to help others, but "rescuing" Tammy put her sister's life on the line by breaking the original contract and inadvertently exacerbates Imogen's bullying by treating her as the TeachersPet.
115* OhCrap: Has this look on his face once he recognizes Rhiannon outside of Wisteria's shop.
116* OlderThanTheyLook: Off-panel variant. [[WordofGod Word of God]] states that, because Harris spent so much time in the Wickwold Forest blindsprings as a child, his growth came to a stagnate at a certain age, so for a good period of his childhood he ended up appearing shorter and younger than the rest of his peers, making him a target for teasing. However, once he left home to study magic in Kirkhall, and left the forest's reach, the magic wore off and he began to age normally again, so at present he looks to be just about his age.
117* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest:[[invoked]] Harris spent a handful of summers with Tamaura, [[RescueRomance promised to "save" her,]] [[SacredFirstKiss shared a kiss,]] [[WizardingSchool went to school to study]] FunctionalMagic, [[HesBack came back ten years later,]] [[BigDamnHeroes and whisked her away.]] [[spoiler: [[DeliberatelyDistressedDamsel It didn't work out for him.]]]] [[FridgeLogic Rationally thinking, it probably]] [[spoiler: [[MayflyDecemberRomance never will.]]]]
118* PetTheDog: did not reveal the Thorne sisters were out of their rooms and then slipped them back before their father could see them so they wouldn't be taken away like their mother.
119* PrettyFreeloader: Harris is freeloading in Ewan's manor; Ewan's family is loaded.
120* PsychologistTeacher: Harris ''tries'' to be this; God bless his kind but oblivious heart. While he tries to encourage Imogen to be more sociable, he's oblivious that [[KidsAreCruel her classmates bully her]] and when he realize it, he thinks it can't be bad enough for someone not to pass her last day's assignments. He's also making things worse for her by marking her out as the TeachersPet.
121* RealMenWearPink: As shown in a trypicht at the beginning of book two, Harris's magic is actually a shade of bright pink, as opposed to the typical shades of green, like with Tammy, or blue, as is often seen in Academic magic. An alt-text by the artist claims that this is because he is a 'beautiful boy'.
122* RefusalOfTheCall: [[spoiler:He has been doing this his entire life. His hate for idleness is revealed to be because in the silence he's able to hear sounds that aren't there, confirming his Orphic blood, [[SelectiveObliviousness so he does anything else in order to ignore them]].]]
123* SecretKeeper: He purposely kept the fact that Tammy could turn his magic back on him away from his fellow Academists (except Ewan) because they wouldn't take her in unharmed if they knew.
124* SecretLegacy: [[spoiler:He's the Orphic son of the High Priestess of Khalan, Layla, but was unaware of his mom being an Orphic it until Rajani told him.]]
125* SelectiveObliviousness: To anything that might indicate that he has [[spoiler: Orphic magic]].
126* SelfMadeMan: He grew up in a small town yet his persistence with his studies gained him a scholarship, and later an apprenticeship with a respected Academist.
127* StickyFingers: He did steal the Thorne sister's heirloom book.
128* StringTheory: [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-one-hundred-and-forty He's got one set-up, along with a disorganized room.]]
129* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks like a male, lighter skin colored version of his mother, [[spoiler:Khalan's High Pristess and Rajani's mentor, Layla.]]
130* TragicallyMisguidedFavor: Harris just had to "save" Tammy from the spirits who were keeping her safe, forcing her to make a much harsher contract while ejecting her into a harsh world where the powers that be wants her dead or worse. [[spoiler:The Spirits may have been coercing him into it all along.]]
131* TrueSight:[[invoked]] [[spoiler:Harris is able to see Indra when the other Spiritualist couldn't. The Alt text hints that he falls into the 5% percent of Kirkhall able to see the magic released during the Earthquake as well, meaning he has this... [[FridgeBrilliance which might explain why he was able to find and enter the Forest Blindsprings, when you think about it]].]]
132* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Indra implies that the Spirits knew or arranged for Harris to meet and betray Tammy to rearrange her contract to save the land.]]
133* WeirdnessMagnet: [[spoiler:Since awakening as an Orphic, he has been attracting even more spirits. The Rain Spirits are especially drawn to him.]]
134* WellIntentionedExtremist: He wanted to save his childhood friend; he ended up doing her untold damage instead.
135* WhatTheHellHero:
136** The spiritualists call him out on what happened with Tammy, rushing into trying to save her without understanding the situation. In his defense, for all he knew he was saving her from being a HumanSacrifice.
137** Later revealed that [[spoiler: the Spirits let him into the Blindsprings in the first place because they expected and WANTED him to do this, in order to get Tammy to leave the Blindsprings to begin fixing the magic crisis.]]
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139
140!!The Nawonan Wayfarers
141
142[[folder:The Wayfarers as a Group]]
143A group of Orphics who operate out of the Nawonan district. They used to be really active until an incident some time ago.
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145* CoolMask: They wear masks that resemble the spirits' but may not know the connection.
146* LaResistance: One of the Orphic groups running around the city, they operate specifically in the Nawonan district.
147* TheScapegoat: It was hinted that some of the more radical branches hurt innocent people, so the Academists targeted this branch in a sting operation since they were the most vocal.
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150
151[[folder:Ember]]
152!!Ember Chu / "Fox"
153[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1484128217_tb_anno_21_redux.png]]
154The current leader of the Wayfarers, Ember has a lot on their plate. Between trying to keep peace between the more militant and more passive groups of the Wayfarers, continuing their work as a photographer, and maintaining their relationship with Irelia...Ember is a busy Duine.
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156* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: [[WordOfGod Kadi]] revealed, in one of [[http://blindsprings.tumblr.com/post/104280948204/hey-i-was-wondering-about-your-terminology-in-the the questions]] in her Tumblr, that Ember is non-binary, in-universe Duine.
157* AnimalMotifs: A red cardinal.
158* NotAMorningPerson: One of their dislikes is "mornings".
159* PolarOppositeTwins: One just has to compare their character bio's images to realize how different they are from Ariel. Ember's field of bamboo is well-treated and the swords are mostly for decoration, demostrating their level-headness and code of honor; Ember's also holding their Wayfarer mask to show their devotion to their position as leader and its cause.
160* OfficialCouple: With Irelia. So much they're engaged.
161* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Ember plays this role as best as they can.
162* RebelLeader: The present leader of the Nawonan Wayfarers.
163* TeamDad: Of The Wayfarers. They try to keep order in the divided group and tries to look out for solution that can please both parties.
164
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166
167[[folder:Irelia]]
168!! Irelia Thorne / "Dollface"
169[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1484356155_tb_anno_22_redux.png]]
170Oldest of the Thorne sisters, Irelia runs a boarding house when she isn't helping the Wayfarers or taking care of her younger sister Imogen.
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172* AloofBigSister: Subverted. Irelia cares for her little sister but because of her reluctance to involve Imogen in anything risky, despite or because of Imogen's desire to continue Deidre's legacy, the sisters have a somewhat tense relationship.
173* AmbiguouslyBi: Her fiancé is Non-binary so it seems gender isn't an issue for Irelia romance-wise.
174* AnimalMotifs: An owl.
175* BigSisterInstinct: Towards her little sister, Imogen.
176* BrokenBird: Watched her mother taken away and [[spoiler:her sister turned into a Graver.]]
177* HelloAttorney: Irelia works as a public defender.
178* {{Irony}}: She dislikes paperwork and meetings; she practically hates everything that an attorney does. But being a public defender is a safe way to fight the system.
179* MustHaveCaffeine: She likes coffee and considering her job and morning routine, coffee can be credited as the key to her InstantWakingSkills.
180* NotAMorningPerson: Averted. She likes mornings (contrasting Ember) and she's the only one in the whole boarding house who goes down for breakfast properly dressed until Tammy arrives.
181* OfficialCouple: With Ember. So much they're engaged.
182* OnlySaneWoman: She's the voice of reason in the Wayfarers and keeps Ember of doing anything rash.
183* PromotedToParent: For Imogen; she's basically taken their mother's place.
184* StrongFamilyResemblance: Irelia took from both her mother and father, looking like a blonde and blue-eyed Ms. Thorne.
185* TeamMom: For [[LaResistance The Wayfarers]]. She even prefers to this role instead of one of leadership despite being the elder sister of the group's former leader, preferring to help [[TeamDad Ember]] keep things in order.
186
187[[/folder]]
188
189[[folder:Deidre]]
190!! Deidre Thorne / "A"
191[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1484898818_tb_anno_24_redux.png]]
192The second oldest of the Thorne sisters and former leader of the Wayfarers.
193----
194* AnimalMotifs: Subverted. Deidre is the only main character without a representative bird.
195* BigSisterInstinct: Towards her little sister, Imogen.
196* {{Bookworm}}: She only likes books and nothing else.
197* BrokenBird: Watched her mother be taken away, had her second-in-command executed, and [[spoiler:she was turned into a Graver.]]
198* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Before she had long hair, now she has a practical bob haircut.
199* ImprobableAge: Became leader at the age of 16 and [[spoiler:a Graver]] around the age of 17.
200* ItsPersonal: Her motives weren't that complicated: hatred for her father, revenge for her mother.
201* MadwomanInTheAttic: [[spoiler:Deidre is kept in an isolated room, filled with books and old family portraits, [[RoomFullOfCrazy some with her father's face removed]]. And, from how she looks, something pretty bad happened to her. It's revealed she was turned into a Graver.]]
202* MarkOfTheSupernatural: Her right eye is an unnatural electric blue. A close up then reveals the blue color is because an ''active sigil'' is located in her ''[[EyeScream eyeball]]''.
203* NothingIsScarier: She's the only main character without a representative bird, flower or item in her official bio. The AltText implies it's intentional to give her a more ominous feeling, and the comments [[WildMassGuessing suggest]] it's signs of a case of LossOfIdentity caused by her [[spoiler:Graver]] status. The updated character bio averts this by placing her around books and destroyed portraits of her father.
204* PerkyGoth: Deidre gave out this vibe when she was younger. She comments that the need for blood to open the Orphic book is "wicked," and is more into Orphic stuff than the suspicious Irelia.
205* StrongFamilyResemblance: Deidre took mostly from her mother, practically being a younger version of her.
206[[/folder]]
207
208[[folder:Imogen]]
209!! Imogen Thorne
210[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1483735189_tb_anno_18_redux.png]]
211The second youngest of the Thorne sisters (and the youngest of Orphic blood among them), Imogen has led a mostly sheltered life. She wants nothing more than to join the Wayfarers and gain access to her full Orphic magic. For now, she settles for going to school and tending the old family garden.
212----
213* AnimalMotifs: A dove.
214* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Sometimes comes across as this, but she means well.
215* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: She decides that after being left out by Street and Tammy that she wants to meet with the Spirits to gain power. [[spoiler:The Cistern Spirits promptly kidnap her.]]
216* BrokenBird: Watched her mother be taken away by her father, gets bullied at school, her stepmother treats her like dirt, and [[spoiler:her older sister was turned into a Graver.]]
217* ChildhoodFriends: With Street.
218* TheCutie: She's sweet and lovable for the most part.
219* GirlishPigtails: Her hair is kept this way, twin-braid front of the shoulders style.
220* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She didn't even know Tammy for a second but still helped her out, and she's kind to most people.
221* IJustWantToBeBadass: She even quote it word-by-word (well, [[CensorshipBySpelling almost]]). She wants to be an official Warefarer and continue where her sister Deidre left off.
222* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Variation. Imogen is an Orphic girl but has been sealed since the day she was born. Though she's studying Academic magic, she wishes she could be able to use her innate magic and she says she has lost a part of herself before she could even know it. Her bio reveals that the possibility of not having any unique power terrified her.
223-->'''Imogen:''' Real magic. That's all I want.
224* TheLoad: Out of all of Asher's daughters, Imogen is the one more at risk of being a liability for the Wayfarers, despite her desire to join the ranks. Irelia is old enough to take care of herself, [[spoiler:Deidre is a Graver under house arrest]], and Lottie is constantly watched by her mother and security as the youngest and most "proper" daughter; Imogen on the other hand is [[JustAKid the youngest of the Orphic Thorne]], [[LeeroyJenkins prone to seek trouble]], and [[PapaWolf Asher's favorite]]. So when [[spoiler:[[HostageMacguffin the Cistern Spirits spirit Imogen away into the Torstenn Blindspring,]] with nobody knowing about it]], in just one day both goverment and Wayfarers are worried ''sick'' about her.
225* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Irelia, Tammy, and Ember haven't told her about the Cistern spirits' request because she'd throw herself at them for a chance to break her seal. She remained in the dark until [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-one-hundred-and-seventy-seven page 177]], when Tammy and Street had no other option.
226* LonelyRichKid: Despite the strain, Asher keeps an eye on his Orphic daughters and provides for their monetary necessities; and Irelia has turned the Torsten manor into a boarding house, so money is no issue. Still, Asher's emotionally distant, her stepmother openly despises her and keeps her from her little half-sister who adores her, Imogen is bullied at school and her only friend was Street before meeting Tammy.
227* ParentalFavoritism: Irelia claims that she's their father's favorite, but she hates the man herself. So far nothing has shown that they're wrong. He comes off as treating her the best, if stern.
228* PokeThePoodle: Imogen's attempt on rebeling against her dad, stepmother and expectations on her in general. Since doing something big would get all her sisters in trouble, she just refuses to wear the frilly "respectable young lady" clothes they bought her. Street lampshades that, no matter what she does or how she behaves, she's the most respectable girl she knows.[[note]]She's rich, her dad is prime minister, she's rich, she goes to a good school and has good grades, [[RuleOfThree she's rich]], her sisters are cool, [[OverlyLongGag she has money...]] [[/note]]
229* SayingTooMuch: A bad habit of hers, which is part of the reason that they don't tell her a lot of things.
230* StrongFamilyResemblance: From all her sisters (including Lottie), she takes after her father the most. Many readers theorize that Asher's favoritism on her is because she's the one that mostly resembles him.
231* TeachersPet: Subverted. Imogen is actually quite the opposite but Harris favors her anyway, giving her classmates one more reason to bully her.
232* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The sheltered yet open hearted and caring girly girl to Street's tomboy.
233* TownGirls: The neither of the trio with Tammy, herself, and Street.
234* YoureNotMyMother: A variant. She makes it very clear to her father that her step-mother is not her mother when he refers to her as such. [[WickedStepmother With good reason.]]
235[[/folder]]
236
237[[folder:Street]]
238!! Elodie Dominae / "Street"
239[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1483777018_tb_anno_19_redux.png]]
240Imogen's best friend, Street/Elodie is an tomboyish Orphic orphan who looks after a number of other such orphans. Part of this includes having them work as spies and messengers for various people, including the Wayfarers.
241----
242* AmbiguouslyBrown:[[invoked]] WordOfGod is that she'd be Egyptian by our equivalent.
243* AnimalMotifs: Sparrows.
244* BakerStreetRegular: Street runs a gang of urchins who inform her of the police and the Academists' moves.
245* BornLucky: One of her skills is listed as "luck" in her bio.
246* ChildhoodFriends: With Imogen.
247* CoolBigSis: To the children in her group, the Sparrows. Or even full out ParentalSubstitute.
248* CuteWitch: Street is an unsealed Orphic witch, so she actually has access to her Orphic powers. Thing is, she doesn't know how to use them, and she doesn't have TrueSight.
249* DeadpanSnarker: She can snark without changing her expression.
250* HearingVoices: [[http://blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-fifty-seven The Fountain Spirit focused]] on her during their trip into the blindspring and ended up drawing her further into its mind.
251* HiddenDepths: She likes math and is a MasterOfUnlocking and well as making them.
252* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Street is pretty mean to Tammy when we first meet her, but she also gives Tammy her scarf and looks after a pack of street urchins.
253* LittleMissSnarker: She'll get snippy with even spirits.
254* LittleMissBadass: She calmly tells ancient sealed spirits off and [[TheStoic isn't easily impressed.]]
255* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname:[[invoked]] [[WordOfGod Kadi]] has confirmed that only her aunt calls her "Elodie". She's called "Street" because she moves around the streets without papers and takes care of street urchins.
256* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents, former diplomats, left her behind while she was in school in order to flee the country on their own.
257* TheQuietOne: Tammy says that she doesn't talk much and Imogen says it's because she has a lot to think about.
258* TheStoic: She doesn't really react or say a lot more than needed.
259* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The street-smart and independent tomboy to Imogen's Girly Girl.
260* TookALevelInBadass: She officially became the priestess of Kieran's fountain in [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-ninety-four page 294]], in exchange of having Kieran teach her more about her Orphic powers.
261** A few pages later, [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-ninety-nine the results]] are shown.
262* TownGirls: The butch of the trio with Tammy, Imogen, and herself.
263* TrashOfTheTitans: She [[https://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-three-hundred-and-ninety-one claims to clean her room]], but it never remains orderly for long.
264* UndyingLoyalty: She's devoted to her children's well-being, and hates disloyalty.
265
266[[/folder]]
267
268
269[[folder:Ariel]]
270!!Ariel Chu
271[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1456815997_tb_anno_027.png]]
272Ember's twin sister, and another member of the Wayfarers. Specifically, one of the ones who wants them to take an aggressive approach.
273----
274* AnimalMotifs: A red cardinal, just like her twin.
275* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Ariel constantly interrupts Ember, does not pay them much respect and sarcastically mocks them.
276* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Sibling example. Ember doesn't do anything foolish out of concern for Ariel turning out like Deidre, and Ariel made a contract with a spirit not just for the power but to keep her twin safe.
277* BloodKnight: She likes to fight.
278* DamselInDistress: In Chapter 6, she detonates a sort of magic bomb in the middle of Kirkhall and was chased and almost captured by the Academists.
279* FaustianBargain: Ariel makes one with the spirit of the tree that Tammy released, becoming her priestess in exchange for keeping Ember safe.
280* HalfIdenticalTwin: to Ember, who is biologically male though androgynous looking and identifies as duine.
281* PolarOppositeTwins: One just has to compare their character bio's images to realize how different she is from Ember. Ariel has her bamboo field cut down and the swords are broken, showing her recklessness and disregard for consequences. Ariel's Wayfarer mask is on the ground and far from her but she has an active Lodestone right behind her to demonstrate her alliance with her Spirit and that being part of the Wayfarers is mostly for the satisfaction of getting back at the Academists.
282* SheWhoFightsMonsters: Ariel has a strong sense of justice, but justice to her is the Wayfarers causing mayhem to get back at the Academists; her habit of seeing only the little picture doesn't let her consider consequences like innocent people getting caught in the crossfire of her actions, like when she detonated the magical bomb in the middle of a street.
283* SiblingRivalry: She needles Ember constantly, trying to get the Wayfarers to take a more active role.
284* ThickerThanWater: One of Ariel's likes is "family", and her wish to keep Ember safe really shows how important it is to her.
285* TomboyishPonytail: Ariel's ponytail emphasizes her reckless attitude.
286
287[[/folder]]
288
289
290!!The Spiritualists
291
292[[folder: The Spiritualists as a Group]]
293
294[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1485177376_tb_anno_25_redux.png]]
295[[caption-width-right:350:Clockwise, from the bottom left: Wisteria, "Howie", George and Dani]]
296-->''"We seek the light in the darkness"''
297A small group of Academists who seek the true nature of magic. They are much more open to the idea of Orphic magic than their counterparts. Harris is one of their members.
298----
299* SecretKeeper: Turns out, they knew that Harris [[spoiler:is an Orphic]] after he commented on Indra before Rajani made him visible for the rest to see.
300* SecretLegacy: According to Indra, all the Spiritualist have either Orphic blood or are Sensitives.
301* YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler:After Chapter 7, they can no longer return to their ordinary lives.]]
302
303[[/folder]]
304
305[[folder:Wisteria]]
306!! Wisteria Eris
307A "wealthy entrepreneur" Academist who acts as the head of the Spiritualists. She runs a high-end boutique selling Academist premade spell cards and fosters orphan or abandoned Orphic children.
308----
309* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Her eyes match her hair, if a shade darker.
310* DeadpanSnarker: Towards her friends.
311* FloralThemeNaming: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisteria Wisteria]] is a type of flowering plant with lavender/purple flowers.
312* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:She had to take money as compensation for one of the children she takes care of being turned into a Graver, otherwise she would have been seen as too sympathetic and powerless to stop the rest from being taken.]]
313* LittleMissBadass: Downplayed. Wisteria is a petite girl but she's no shy in calling out a guy two heads taller than her.
314* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:She had to let one of her children be turned into a Graver.]]
315* OlderThanSheLooks: She looks like she's no older than 16. She's actually ten years older than that.
316* OrphanageOfLove: She appears to run one for Orphic children. PlayedForDrama though, as she risks her name and reputation in doing so and has to be careful of not being seen as "too sympathetic" and keep it as just an philanthropic act, despite how much she actually cares for the children under her wing.
317* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:Either she lets a few of her children be taken to become Gravers every once in a while, or she loses them all at once.]]
318* WhatTheHellHero: She calls Harris out for trying to cover up what was going on with Tammy. As she puts it, he wouldn't constantly attend the meeting and they wouldn't allow him to come if they didn't think they could help each other.
319
320[[/folder]]
321
322[[folder:Howie]]
323!! Howard Smythe / "Howie"
324Another contemporary of Harris and member of the Spiritualists, who has a habit of snooping around in search of a story. He's a reporter with the local newspaper and a close associate of Ember, which probably explains his pro-orphic sympathies.
325----
326* IntrepidReporter: His job, apparently.
327* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He has no problem getting touchy with Harris when they meet, nor going through Wisteria's stuff.
328
329[[/folder]]
330
331[[folder:George]]
332!! George Maloney
333A member of the Spiritualists, he can really talk... a lot. He's also a General.
334----
335* MotorMouth: Dude can talk.
336* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: Gives off some elements of this.
337
338[[/folder]]
339
340[[folder:Dani]]
341!! Danyalla Adino / "Dani"
342An associate of Wisteria and Harris, also one of the Spiritualists, she is also investigating into the incident plaguing the town. She's a detective of the National Intelligence Agency.
343----
344* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has a definite middle eastern Muslim look.
345
346[[/folder]]
347
348!! Academists
349
350[[folder:Ewan]]
351!! Ewan Peters
352[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1484527079_tb_anno_23_redux.png]]
353Regarded as a prodigy among Academists, Ewan is very devoted to their cause. He worked on top secret projects for them before, so secret that he won't even tell Harris, despite their relationship. Even though it probably cost him the use of his legs.
354----
355* TheAce: He's considered the example of an ideal Academist.
356* AnimalMotifs: A crow/raven.
357* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: He has gray eyes to match his white/grey hair.
358* DarkSecret: He refuses to tell anyone, even Harris, about what he was working on the Grand Square.
359* DramaticIrony:
360** [[spoiler:He's unaware that his boyfriend is not only an Orphic, but a '''Khalan''' Orphic, the two kind of people he despises.]]
361** He believes that Khalan Orphics possing as Gravers sabotaged his seal at the Grand Square, and left him in a wheelchair. [[spoiler:In reality, his seal was doomed to fail from the beginning, either by a miscalculation on his part or because of the lack of magic to properly power it. Also, those Gravers are heavily implied to not have been Khalan, but actually been sent by Master Lumens, the one he's working with to refine the Gravers.]]
362* EvilUncle: [[spoiler:To Tristan and Rhiannon.]]
363* FantasticRacism: Really, ''really'' hates orphics. [[spoiler:To the extent he's working with Master Lumens. Not even his own blood family is safe from his hatred, if they show Orphic powers.]]
364* {{Foil}}: He's the perfect contrast to Harris. Ewan is respected and admired by his fellow Academists for his genius in factible theories while Harris is barely tolerated for his high potential but he's focused in "fables" about lost princesses and Orphic magic.
365* GeniusCripple: He has one of the highest Mastery class at 5th rank, is already assured he'll obtain 1st class in a few more years and is already working on top secret projects that are highly classified.
366* InTheBlood: [[spoiler:Turns out he has Orphic blood running in his family, which played a part in his prowess in using seal.]]
367* InnocentlyInsensitive: He's pretty dismissive of Orphics, [[spoiler:but doesn't know that Harris is one. His comments now hit a lot closer to home.]]
368* OddCouple: Harris is a conspiracy theorist who can't keep his mouth shut when he has a new idea in mind; Ewan is more mellow and dislikes conspiracies. [[spoiler:[[OppositesAttract They're in a relationship as well]].]]
369* OlderThanTheyLook: A minor case. His appearance makes him seem fairly young, to the point where people assume that he's Harris' little brother, but he's actually a year older than Harris.
370* OnlyFriend: He appears to be Harris' only friend.
371* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Implied. One of his likes is "winning".
372* TheSpock: He's a genius mind that likes science and research.
373* StraightGay: It was a little ambiguous at first since he's close enough to Harris that when Wisteria asks if his paramour was found, Harris presumes she's talking about Ewan instead of Tammy at first. Not to mention half of their dialogue sounds like a couple bickering. It's later confirmed [[spoiler:they're sleeping together.]]
374* TraumaButton: He had a breakdown when the earthquake happened, thinking that Khala was dropping bombs again, until Harris gave him a CoolDownHug.
375* TragicBigot: He not only grew up indoctrinated by his culture to hate Orphics, but also lost the mobility of his legs to an attack by Orphic Khalans.
376
377[[/folder]]
378
379[[folder:Asher]]
380!!Asher Thorne
381[[quoteright:284:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1456992044_tb_anno_028.png]]
382The father of the Thorne sisters, Asher's work as the Prime Minister of Kirkwall leaves him little time to connect with anyone. The betrayal of his first wife did not help matters.
383----
384* ArchnemesisDad: All of the Thorne sisters, sans Lottie, are Wayfarers, and ''hate'' him. He also allowed his second daughter to be turned into a [[spoiler:Graver.]]
385* BeleagueredBureaucrat: Has this vibe [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-thirty-nine here]]. It's telling that he's being ''reasonable'' and trying not to start an all-out war.
386* TheChainsOfCommanding:
387** While at first it seemed like arresting his first wife was his idea, it's implied that he did out of political pressure in order to prove his loyalty to the Academists and/or that he was not an Orphic sympathizer just for marring one. His lecture to Harris about someday making tough decisions and not letting his feelings get in the way of his responsibilities further imply he did not enjoy his part on the arrest of Mrs. Thorne, especially regarding how it made him look in front of his daughters.
388** In the aftermatch of the giant tree growing in Kirkhall, Asher is obviously being pressured into taking drastic measures and his face gives away the fact that he doesn't want to set the [[spoiler:Gravers]] into action, but has no other option in order to regain stability.
389* DomesticAbuse: Emotional abuse variety, telling his wife that she has no rights and then ordering his men to destroy her when she breaks free.
390* EvilMentor: He was this to Harris several years ago. Considering how they have pretty contrasting views, it's amazing Harris managed to last under his tutelage without being corrupted.
391* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
392** The first time he appears is six years in the past, and he definitely was not a nice guy, but in the present time there have been a few instances that show he does care about his daughters. He refuses to allow his meeting with Imogen to be derailed by some important delegates, telling them that his daughter is more important than anything they might have to say. Lottie mentions that while it doesn't happen often Asher does play with her. Irelia is at least on good enough terms for Asher to speak with her. According to some sources one possibility for Deidre being rather blasé about getting caught as a Wayfarer was because Asher was her father, and while she was [[spoiler:turned into a Graver when]] captured, the wayfarer who was caught with her was ''executed''.
393** Imogen's seal was applied to the middle of her back, presumably the other girls' seals are in similarly inconspicuous places, so they aren't visibly branded as Orphics the way Tammy is. Though whether this was intended as a mercy for them or a PR move for him is debatable.
394** Lumens talking about removing his children as Orphic threats was enough to elicit him warningly asking if that was a threat. Lumens also mentioned it was ''because'' he cared that he held sway over Deidre.
395** When Imogen is missing for a day, he blows up on the school for not taking notice and is worried to the extent his work is being backlogged.
396* FantasticRacism: Towards Orphics. His ex-wife and older daughters fall into this category, for the record.
397* {{Golddigger}}: Hinted to be the reason why he married Mrs. Thorne. She was super rich, in a nutshell. The same is implied with his second wife.
398* HeelRealization: He seemed to have undergone one at some point in the past, based on his conversation with Lotte [[spoiler:after Imogen went missing.]]
399--> '''Asher:''' It took me a long time to understand that truth myself.
400* ItMeantSomethingToMe: His bio reveals that he grew significantly cooler after he had to arrest Mrs. Thorne, and despite Giselle softening him a little, he's still quite distant. It's debatable is he really loved Mrs. Thorne, but there's subtle hints that point that he at least appreciated her; she was, after all, his wife and the mother of his daughters.
401* KickTheDog: Telling his daughters that he didn't need to them to understand why he was taking away their mother, and telling his wife that she has no rights and then trying to kill her using a destruction sigil.
402* MarriageOfConvenience: Giselle points out that they only married in order to avoid a scandal.
403* ParentalBetrayal: He arrested Mrs. Thorne, his first wife and the mother of his first three daughters. It's further compounded when he turned Deidre into a [[spoiler:Graver.]]
404* ParentalFavoritism: Irelia claims Imogen is his favorite. Imogen has trouble seeing it that way.
405* RemarriedToTheMistress: It's implied Giselle was the "other woman" while he was still married to his first wife.
406
407[[/folder]]
408
409[[folder:Gregoire]]
410!! Master Gregoire
411The most renowned Academist and the one responsible for toppling the Llyn family three hundred years ago.
412----
413* AntiVillain: He did start the events that led to Orphics being persecuted, but it's mentioned that he did it so that everyone else could improve their lives rather than [[TheMagocracy only Orphics]], and he didn't order the execution of Tamaura's family, the guards did that. Book 2's prologue increases the ambiguity by showing he was the only one in the royal castle who was nice to Tammy. And when the rebellion did begin, he bargained for her safety.
414* AristocratsAreEvil: Gregoire seems to be of this mindset when it came to the old Orphic class, more of a product of their society. He notably sees Tammy as an exception because she doesn't seem to have come from the same place.
415* BlueIsHeroic: Zigzagged. He wears blue suits and the academic magic he uses is the same color; although his actions caused the Orphic persecution, he wished that everyone could improve their lives and save Tammy.
416* DramaticIrony:
417** He wanted to create a world where Tammy was free but his actions of sealing the Orphic, putting the academics in power and almost extinguishing the spirits only managed to create a hostile world full of people who want to exploit Tammy for their own purposes.
418** A special point is the Academics that he used in the rebellion to free Tammy from the spirits; now one of them wants to transform her into a human weapon and exploit her just like the spirits that he overthrew.
419* FalseFriend: What he was to the Llyn family. The empress trusted him, and it's mentioned according to the books that Tamaura originally approved of his work.
420* FantasticRacism: He has one with the spirits, calls them false gods, kills one in cold blood and tells Tammy that they are the true enemies with whom they are at war.
421* {{Foil}}: For Harris. Both are academics with a close relationship with Tammy that motivated them to "free her from the spirits" only to fail because neither of them ever listened to her or asked her what she really wanted. The difference is that Harris managed to realize his mistakes in time and is willing to help Tammy without forcing her to do anything. As for Gregoire, in everything we have seen so far, he does not seem to have understood that forcing Tammy to be saved is not very different from imposing on her to serve the spirits as High Priestess.
422* EvilCostumeSwitch: In the prologue, while he is still a loyal servant to the royal family, he wears a three-piece suit of light blue and gold but when he betrays them he changes to a much more threatening suit in dark blue and black.
423* PosthumousCharacter: He's been dead for centuries by the time the story begins.
424
425[[/folder]]
426
427!! Engraving Units/Gravers
428
429[[folder: Lumens]]
430!! Master Lumens
431The Academist responsible for the creation and oversight of Gravers.
432----
433* AffablyEvil: He doesn't act overtly evil, but he's the one responsible for the Gravers and has been in charge since its creation despite knowing full-well what their creation ensures.
434* DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: Essentially, he's perfectly willing to ensure that excessive force be used to eliminate all Orphics through the use of his Gravers, even if innocent people get hurt, so long as it removes Orphics from the republic.
435* TheExile: He was exiled before Asher called him back.
436* IHaveYourWife: Threatens to use [[spoiler:Deidre]] unless Asher complied with what he wanted. And he makes it perfectly clear that it's ''because'' Asher cares that he'll do it.
437* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: It's implied that Lumens is the one who came with the way to turn Orphics into Gravers, who're basically mind raped slaves. The fact that most of the Gravers seen so far are preteen children just increases the notion.
438* VilerNewVillain: While Asher peerpetuates the persecution of Orphics, had his own blood sealed and under watch and his first wife arrested, compared to Lumens he's a decent person. Lumens is in charge of the Gravers, who are basically brainwashed slaves who had gone through a traumatizing remaking of a core part of their being, he's willing to use them in public places and risk civilians ''precisely'' because fear would give him more impunity, has Asher (the Prime Minister) under threat and [[spoiler:is plotting on a coup against him, already having attempted at Asher's life once.]]
439* WellIntentionedExtremist: As long as it removes the threat of Orphics from their republic, he's fine with whatever it takes.
440[[/folder]]
441
442[[folder: The Peters Twins]]
443[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1489108590_tb_anno_40.png]]
444[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Tristan and Rhiannon.]]
445Graver twins who came to Kirkhall along with Master Lumens. Rhiannon is the more unstable of the two while Tristan is much saner.
446----
447!! Rhiannon Peters
448A young Graver girl who seems to take everything she does in stride.
449----
450* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Feels that Tammy is this, as she can easily outclass her in magic.
451* BerserkButton:
452** Messing with Tristan. Her reaction to Tammy "attacking" him (really trying to free him from his control seal) is to get ''pissed''.
453---> '''Rhiannon:''' How dare you touch him! Tristan is mine.
454** She gets pissed that Tammy might be stronger than her too, because if Tammy becomes a Graver then she'll lose both her position and her brother.
455* ComesGreatInsanity: As a Graver, her natural Orphic magic has a boost thanks to the Academic seals on her, but it's obvious that she's quite mentally unstable. This has been implied that because of her rage and insanity clouding her reason, she has done pretty horrific things without realizing it or even meaning to, and she still grieves over it, turning her into a TragicMonster.
456* CuteAndPsycho: She's pretty adorable at times...but then she gets the go ahead and proceeds to show why Gravers are terrifying.
457* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish sibling to Tristan.
458* HumanoidAbomination: How she appears to Tammy's TrueSight.
459* ItAmusedMe: Why she does things. She mentions trying to electrocute someone as being fun.
460* KidsAreCruel: She appears to enjoy causing carnage and pain. However, she also seems to be either bipolar, suffering dissociative identity disorder or just BrainwashedAndCrazy from the Graver magic -- when her brother talks her down from a rage, she temporarily turns into a tearful, scared little girl.
461* MagicalEye: She has an active sigil in her right eyeball, just like Deidre.
462* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Compared to her brother. [[spoiler:At least when he's not being controlled.]]
463* MurderTheHypotenuse: Tries to kill Tammy repeatedly as competition for her brother. And when magic doesn't work, she tries ''drowning'' her instead.
464* ParentalAbandonment: Even before she displayed Orphic powers, she was ignored by her family. Once she did, they turned her over to Lumens to become a Graver.
465* RichesToRags: She and Tristan belonged to a prominent family whose ancestors took part in the revolution. A few generations they made a pledge to turn over any children who possessed Orphic powers that entered the bloodline into becoming a Graver, stripping her of whatever position she had.
466* ShockAndAwe: She's capable of using electric magic.
467* WouldHurtAChild: She promptly tried killing Tammy despite not being told to. She also showed no real hesitation at the thought of killing Street.
468
469!! Tristan Peters
470A young Graver boy and brother to Rhiannon.
471----
472* BigBrotherInstinct: He exposed himself up as an Orphic, giving up a life free and a position in the main family line, just to be with his sister after seeing in what she was turned into.
473* EnemyMine: As soon as he sees that Tammy could be capable of helping him, he asks her to remove the seal that bounds him to Lumens so he can help her escape.
474* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible sibling to Rhiannon. It's implied (and later confirmed) that he's basically her minder.
475* HumanoidAbomination: How he appears to Tammy's TrueSight.
476* JustFollowingOrders: He really doesn't like doing what Lumens tells him, but he has to because of the seal on him. Without that, he'd be out of there.
477* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Tristan's presence is the only thing that can calm Rhiannon down, and he's the only one that can [[MoralityChain prevent her rampages]] before they turn unstoppable.
478* MindControlEyes: [[spoiler:His eyes are completely blue when at Wisteria's orphanage and he doesn't seem to have any free will left.]]
479* MoralityChain: To Rhiannon. Even the thought of something happening to him will turn her into a very violent girl.
480* ParentalAbandonment: Same as his sister.
481* RichesToRags: He and Rhiannon belonged to a prominent family whose ancestors took part in the revolution. A few generations they made a pledge to turn over any children who possessed Orphic powers that entered the bloodline into becoming a Graver. Unlike his sister, he hid it well enough that he was about ready to enter the main line of the family. He ultimately threw it away for the sake of looking after her, losing his position.
482* TroubledButCute: Tristan is obviously miserable with his lot in life, and unlike his sister who has passed the point where she finds glee in her situation as long as she can destroy (when not lucid), Tristan reluctantly complies because he has no options.
483* TrueSight: Somehow possesses this ability.
484
485[[/folder]]
486
487[[folder: Becky]]
488!! Becky
489An Orphic orphan turned Engraving Unit.
490----
491* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: A girl named Becky originally appeared on [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-thirty-nine page 239]] with a different hair/skin tone, haircut and Graver markings. The tone could be explained with the differences in lighting, but it's unlikely her hair would have grown out in [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-three-hundred-and-thirty-four about a week]].
492[[/folder]]
493
494!!Other Characters
495
496[[folder:Rajani]]
497!! Rajani Adali
498[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1485844711_tb_anno_26_redux.png]]
499Niece of the Emperor of Khala, she was sent as a diplomat to ease tensions between Aberwelle and her country. This also gives her the freedom to pursue other goals, like seeking out those of Orphic power...
500----
501* AmbiguouslyBrown:[[invoked]] She'd be Indian if she were in our world, according to WordOfGod.
502* AppealToTradition: One of her likes.
503* BigBeautifulWoman: Rajani has a heavy built and curves, and she's a beautiful princess.
504* ColorMotif: Purple. She not only has purple eyes but also is seen dressed in purple clothes more often than not. It's to show off that she's [[PurpleIsPowerful a member of royalty and that she's a powerful Orphic witch]].
505* CultureJustifiesAnything: She comes from an Orphic ruled, spirit-friendly country, so she sees no issue on letting Indra, a huge tiger spirit trail behind her in the spirit-sceptic, Academist governated Aberwelle. After all, Aberwelle was Orphic ruled in older times, and most people can't see Indra anyway.
506* EarlyBirdCameo: She appeared in the [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-fifty-four second chapter]] and as part of an [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-annotation-nine annotation]] before but was introduced in the fourth chapter.
507* {{Foil}}: She's one for fellow Princess/Priestess, Tamaura. Rajani comes from a country that has maintained its relationship with its spirits, is a trained Priestess, she has a friendly partnership with Indra, she has enough power and name to be an ambassador and she often goes around the city of Kirkhall on her own.
508* HotWitch: A trained Orphic priestess and beautiful foreigh princess. Out-universe, readers consider her stunning and in-universe, despite the little racism she faces, people think of her as an "exotic beauty".
509* JunglePrincess: The portrait of her gives off this vibe. It's noted she was ''not'' happy about it, since it was done without her permission.
510* MissExposition: Because [[spoiler:Harris]] doesn't like to do things without knowing the "why", Rajani has to feed him a lot of exposiion.
511* TheNoseKnows: She can smell magic in blood. [[spoiler:This is how she knows Harris is an Orphic.]]
512* PoliticallyActivePrincess: She's acting as the ambassador for her country. Her bio revealed she even volunteered for the job.
513* RedEyesTakeWarning: Yep. [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-one-hundred-and-ninety-seven This is the exact moment you know she does not screw around]].
514* SummonMagic: How she calls for Indra, a Tiger Spirit.
515* WeatherManipulation: Mentions once that she called down a [[GrayRainOfDepression monsoon because she was upset]] as a child.
516* WhatTheHellHero: Although there are plenty of Orphic artifacts that can only be activated by magical Orphic blood, [[spoiler: she chooses to prove Harris's Orphic heritage to him by ''stabbing him in the arm with her earring'', then forcing him to heal himself.]] Made worse because she didn't have a backup plan in case it didn't work, as she is unable to use her magic at the time, and was entirely relying on her plan of revealing [[spoiler: Harris's]] magic working. If he didn't think so fast, there is a high chance that she could have ended up making him bleed to death, and she still can't do anything for the cuts she left behind. [[spoiler:Harris]] calls her out on this, and even the artist claims that most of what drove Rajani to do this was frustration at being unable to use her magic and that she was depending on it working so that her actions would have been either forgotten about or forgiven as necessary once it worked.
517* WildCard: While she's an ambassador from her country towards the Academist government in Aberwelle, she's quick to join the Spiritualists. Her bio also reveals that her intentions are not clear and she has her own agenda.
518* WolverineClaws: Her earrings double as this, [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-one-hundred-and-ninety-seven as poor Harris finds out]].
519[[/folder]]
520
521[[folder:Ms. Thorne]]
522!! Ms. Thorne
523Asher Thorne's first wife, mother of the Orphic Thorne sisters and the last member of the ancient Torstenn family. Six years ago she was arrested by her own husband in her own house, apparently for reading Orphic history to her daughters. Her whereabouts are unknown.
524----
525* BlueBlood: The Torstenn family was a noble house in the times of Orphic reign.
526* CynicismCatalyst: Her arrest was the last straw to the Orphic Thorne sisters, especially for Deidre.
527* DefiantToTheEnd: Even though she was outnumbered and already in handcuffs she did not hesitate to call Asher out for branding his daughters as Orphic even though he didn't want them to know anything about their roots and tell him he'd regret his actions against Orphics one day.
528* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Seen in flashbacks wearing purple or wine dresses.
529* HiddenDepths: It's heavily implied that she was aware of the spirits and the Blindsprings inside her house and that she might have been their former Torstenn priestess, suggested by her knowledge of the same magic song Tammy and Aliana know.
530* LastOfHerKind: The last person to use the Torstenn name.
531* LastStand: She used BloodMagic and some magic crystal as a last attempt to defend herself from arrest. Sadly, Asher's Destruction spell was too much for her in such a close range. Though her expression implies that she could just as easily killed Asher with her crystal attack, she just couldn't bring herself to do it.
532* MealTicket:[[invoked]] WordOfGod declared that the main reason why Asher married her was because she was the sole heiress of the vast Torstenn fortune.
533* MissingMom: She was arrested and has been out of her daughters' life for six years, but there's subtle hints that suggest she's still alive.
534* MotherlySidePlait: Always styled her hair in a long {{Princess Curl|s}} that she wore over her shoulder. See Asher's image above as an example.
535* MumLooksLikeASister: Downplayed, but she looks very good despite being mother of three girls.
536* NoNameGiven: She's only known as Ms. Thorne, but the author has expressed her desire of giving her a name soon.
537* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: She gives one to Asher about not allowing their daughters to know about their Orphic roots; after all, he can't just pretend they're normal girls when he himself branded them with the Great Seal.
538[[/folder]]
539
540[[folder:Giselle]]
541!!Giselle Thorne
542Asher Thorne's second wife and mother to Lottie Thorne.
543----
544* HairColorDissonance: Is her hair red or pink?
545* {{Jerkass}}: She actually manages to beat Asher in the Jerkass department, in fact he looks down right nice comparatively. Mostly because where he comes off as a product of society, she's just trying to rid herself of his ex-wife's child.
546* RichBitch: She's not the most pleasant person to meet.
547* WickedStepMother: She is not a nice person, upon entering the scene she starts berating Asher for not sending Imogen to a reform school. And when she noticed Imogen was carrying Lottie, she takes her child out of her sister's arms. When Imogen is missing for a day, she openly states that she hopes she stays missing.
548
549[[/folder]]
550
551[[folder:Lottie]]
552!!Lottie Thorne
553Only daughter of Asher and Giselle, Lottie is the orphic Thorne sisters' younger half-sister.
554----
555* ChildrenAreInnocent: She seems to not have any ill feelings towards her orphic sister and she's as sweet and innocent as the five years old she is.
556* HairColorDissonance: Same as her mom.
557* NatureVsNurture: Despite having two rather nasty parents she is very sweet and loves Imogen. It might have something to do with her being a preschooler.
558* RoseHairedSweetie: Luckily she is nothing like her parents.
559* StrongFamilyResemblance: Lottie looks like a mini Giselle to emphasize that she's the daughter of a different woman.
560
561[[/folder]]
562
563[[folder:Millie]]
564!!Millie
565An Orphic orphan living at Wisteria's.
566* IdenticalStranger: She's a 12 years old, long haired redhead girl. Looked from afar she's near identical to Tammy, with both Harris and Rhiannon pointing it out.
567* MoralityPet: She's Becky's best friend, and while she was forced into getting any of Wisteria's orphans out of the protection barrier around the orphanage, when she saw that it was Millie the one to answer her call, Becky turned against the Peter twins.
568----
569
570[[/folder]]
571
572[[folder: Layla]]
573!!Layla
574Former Orphic High Priestess of Khala [[spoiler: and Harris's mother]].
575----
576* FamilyEyeResemblance: [[spoiler: Shares eye color with her son, Harris.]]
577* {{Foreshadowing}} The last line of [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-annotation-nine this]] interstitial newspaper clipping states that the ongoing SpaceColdWar between Khala and Aberwelle began "when a Khalan citizen was sealed without permission" implying that Layla was that citizen or something similar may have happened to her.
578%%zce* HighPriestess: Formerly, of Khala.
579* MissingMom: Averted. She's still alive, just very weak and currently bedridden at home. It seems that her son, [[spoiler: Harris]] even comes and visits her still. He certainly writes to her.
580* MotherlySidePlait: Played with. [[spoiler: Kadi jokes in the comment box under page 207 that the reason that she's alive is because she didn't have 'anime mom hair'.]]
581* NotQuiteDead: In spite of what Rajani believes, Layla is still alive, if unwell.
582* SecretLegacy: [[spoiler: Is this to Harris, as she is his mother and is an Orphic, formerly a High Priestess]]
583* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Shares an awful lot of similarities appearance-wise (eyes, hair, nose) with her son, [[spoiler:Harris]]
584
585[[/folder]]
586
587[[folder: Aliana]]
588!!Aliana
589Tammy's older sister who remains in Tammy's blindspring in a deep coma-like sleep. Keeping Aliana safe cost Tammy three hundred years of service.
590----
591
592* AmbiguousSituation: Why she is asleep and what it has to do with the spirits is a mystery.
593* CelibateHero: Well, Heroine: The biggest reason why she wants to be High Priestess again is because then she wouldn't have to get married.
594* BigSisterBully: She was ''very'' unhappy that Tammy took over her role as high priestess and this unhappiness usually showed itself as petty pranks.
595* IHaveYourWife: In order to get Tammy to agree to help them, the spirits agree to take care of Aliana like they had before Harris broke the old pact.
596* TheResenter: Was very unhappy to be replaced as high priestess, and took it out on Tammy.
597* RoyalBrat:: Downplayed. Aliana is just a 15 year old teenager who lashes out in anger over something she considers an injustice.
598[[/folder]]
599
600[[folder: The Empress]]
601The mother of Tammy and her sister Aliana, last empress of Aberwelle.
602
603----
604* AbusiveParents: In all her appearances her motherhood leaves much to be desired: first she forces Aliana (who is just a teenager) into an arranged marriage despite the fact that she repeatedly expresses she dislikes the mere idea, forces Tammy first to be High Priestess and later, while being imprisoned, she makes a contract that basically turns her into a weapon against academics, never caring about the feelings or opinions of any of her daughters and when anyone calls her for her actions, she basically tells both of them that they should do it because it is their duty (and obligation in Tammy's case).
605* MumLooksLikeASister: She looks very good despite being the mother of eight daughters.
606* GreenAndMean: She wears a green dress in the prologue of book 2 and in the story of Mrs. Thorne she wears jewelry with green gems. She already showed little concern for Tammy except if she needs to use her to maintain the power of the Llyn and, if we believe in Gregoire's words, she also does not care that her subjects can improve their lives.
607* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: She almost always wears jewelry, elegant dresses and a crown.
608* PimpedOutDress: She always dresses well but especially her dress in Mrs. Thorne's story.
609[[/folder]]
610
611!!Spirits
612[[folder:Spirits as a whole]]
613Beings that exists as residents of the world, they are now often thought of as fictional beings.
614----
615* AmbiguousGender: Spirits don't have a gender and often appear as they wish.
616* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted to hell and back. All spirits (of any shape and form) are either astonishly beautiful or incredible cute but their goodness is only available for peole who are in a contract with them, and even then they're more of {{Aloof All|y}}ies who only see their humans as tools.
617* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Spirits have a difference sense of morality than others.
618* CastFromLifeSpan: Contracts with spirits have the price of a life of servitute as priestesses, and it's implied that the alternative is paying with life energy, especially over more complicated wishes.
619* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: They draw power from being believed or worshipped. If they aren't they can fade out.
620** Spirits that are bound to holidays, like the Mistletoe Spirit, only have extensive power during that holiday, otherwise they are fairly weak.
621* CannotTellALie: The spirits never lie; so even if they use ExactWords with no mercy, you can be sure those are true, despite they not meaning what you would expect.
622* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Often with SpikesOfVillainy.
623* TheFairFolk: Most of them act like fae you would read about in mythology.
624* InvisibleToNormals: Outside of a Blindspring, most spirits don't seem be seen by ordinary folks. Tammy had to use her TrueSight to see the Rain Spirit, while [[spoiler:Harris]] could see Indra while the other spiritualist couldn't.
625* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Drastically, even in the same webcomic.
626* PeoplePuppets: They can do this to a WillingChanneler, such as [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-thirty-five Tamaura]].
627* SacredHospitality: The spirits are bound to be good host to their guests.
628* YouCannotKillAnIdea: [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-thirty-one Spirits are akin to ideas, thus you cannot truly kill them.]] That being said, see ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve.
629
630[[/folder]]
631
632[[folder:The Wickwold Forest Spirits]]
633!!The Wickwold Forest Spirits & Quail Spirit
634[[quoteright:307:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tb_01_23.jpg]]
635The spirits who watched over Tamaura for three hundred years in the Wickwold Forest in order to uphold the contract. After she was abducted by Harris and was forced to join civilization in Nawonan, the Chief follows her via possesing a quail to "guide" her in her new mission.
636----
637* BrutalHonesty: Thanks to spirits [[CannotTellALie never]] [[WillNotTellALie lying]]. When Tammy said that The Chief Spirit's words made being in a contract look like if they were human sacrifices, the Chief simply said "Aren't you?"
638* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:They purposely manipulated Harris into finding and betraying Tammy, using it to rearrange their contract.]]
639* NoFaceUnderTheMask: There's no face under that mask. Only a mouth fixed into a PsychoticSmirk.
640* OhCrap: The Quail Spirit had [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-one-hundred-and-sixty-six this reaction]] upon sensing Indra being summoned.
641* OurFairiesAreDifferent: They are often referred to as faerie, and many of them are made of LivingShadow and don [[WhiteMaskOfDoom White Masks of Doom,]], though some of these fairies wear [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine white robes with gold trimmings and jewelry]] over their shadowy figures.
642* PsychoticSmirk: [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-five Hi there smiley man!!!]]
643* TalkingAnimal: The Quail Spirit that survived Harris' rescue attempt. But it only speaks when it has something to say, otherwise it just acts as a normal quail.
644* {{Yandere}}:
645** They appeared out of the woodwork after Harris kissed Tamaura [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-sixteen and basically clung to her]] with no intention of letting go. Afterwards they were talking about adding to her contract for even ''thinking'' of leaving them.
646** The Quail Spirit [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-three-hundred-and-eighteen gets upset with her]] for promising to help Tristian, claiming that she was promised to them first.
647
648[[/folder]]
649
650[[folder:Kieran / Faust]]
651!!Kieran, The Fountain Spirit / Faust
652[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tb_02_060.jpg]]
653[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see its real form.]][[quoteright:226:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tb_02_069.jpg]][[/labelnote]]]]
654The spirit within the fountain of the blindspring that Tamura first visited, the Quail Spirit refers to it as Kieran.
655----
656* BigDamnHeroes: It returns in [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-eighty-eight Page 288]] to save Street from touching the electrified fence.
657* EveryoneHasStandards: Unlike Royal Spirits, Kieran felt obligated to warn Street about the consecuences of the very costly contract she intented to do, and even brought upon an alternative that would fulfill Street's desire (getting to protect those she loves).
658* TheFakeCutie: It tried to pull off this on its first encounter with Street, but Street can see a con for what it is.
659* HornedHumanoid: It has a single horn in the middle of its forehead.
660* MassTeleportation: Thanks to the pipeline system spreading the water of his fountain, he's able to teleport to pretty much the entire city, and take a large amount of people to his Blindspring now that he has a priestess.
661* MoralityAdjustment:
662** When he first tries to court Street's cooperation, he's a standard manipulative spirit. When he next meets Street, she basically tells him "Do what you want with me as long as you save Tammy." He seems to undergo an epiphany and insists on putting her well-being ahead of his goals. He appears to be growing a genuine conscience.
663** At first he's unwilling to take any Graver to his Blindspring out of fear that their corrupted magic will damage it further, but when Becky promises not to purposely corrupt it he relents, and even apologizes to her and calls her a good girl.
664* OurDragonsAreDifferent: It appears as a skeletal dragon in a field of ashes, signalling how its dying.
665* OurElvesAreDifferent: The innermost layer of its blindspring, its Loci, reveals it to look like a golden elf.
666* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Unlike most Spirits we have seen so far, Kieran is the only one without a mask and the only who has taken a step further to protect its potential priestess.
667* SacredHospitality: It brought Tamura and her friends into its blindspring (against their will at that) and was thus obliged to see them out safely. It tried to circumvent this in order to get a pact with Street, but she wisely called it out.
668* StalkerWithoutACrush: [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-eighty-nine Page 289]] reveals it (somehow) has regained enough strength to follow Street around in order to find the perfect moment to try making her its priestess again.
669* TricksterArchetype: Now that he isn't in fear of fading away, he's behaving more like a trickster fairy; he brutally honesty with Street, appears at the last second when he's called, and likes to have his priestess ask nicely for his help.
670[[/folder]]
671
672[[folder:The Cistern Spirits]]
673!!The Cistern Spirits
674[[quoteright:307:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tb_03_106.png]]
675The spirits within Torstenn Boarding House blindspring leading from the laundry room.
676----
677* AmbiguousGender: {{Averted}}; Taking on the likeness of the statues, these spirits are distinctly female in appearance.
678* GuardianEntity: They act as guardians of the Cistern, only allowing for those of Torstenn lineage (or Llyn) to pass. Anyone else is fair game for lethal removal.
679* LivingStatue: They act as statues until the lodestones were lit, then they came to life.
680* SnakePeople: They appear like this, matching the appearance of a lamia.
681
682[[/folder]]
683
684[[folder:The Rain Spirit]]
685!!The Rain Spirit
686
687The cute and small house spirit within Torstenn Boarding House, it follows Tammy around.
688----
689* HouseFey: Though its a rain spirit, it acts much like a house spirit, playing pranks and [[spoiler:worring over the darkness in the estate that is Deidre]].
690* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: It should be a crime for it to be so cute.
691* TheSpeechless: So far, unlike every other spirit, it hasn't said a word.
692* TeruTeruBozu: It was based off of these, which is why its a rain spirit.
693* VisualPun: Rain spirits seem to be especially drawn to Harris after [[spoiler:he accepted his Orphic side]]. They're his PersonalRaincloud.
694[[/folder]]
695
696[[folder:Indra]]
697!!Indra
698[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1435845210_tb_04_165.png]]
699A huge tiger-like spirit summoned by Rajani.
700----
701* BishounenLine: Indra normally appears as a huge tiger. He then takes a more normal form (by spirit's standards) in Harris' MentalWorld in order to [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-twenty-three talk with him]] but then reveals he has a third form [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-twenty-seven much more humanoid]] that really take the "bishounen" part for all its worth.
702* BondCreature: He is bound to Rajani.
703* BreakThemByTalking: Delivers a particularly brutal one to Harris in order to [[spoiler: force him to accept his magical abilities.]]
704* BrutalHonesty: He flat-out tells out Harris that he's running from the truth that [[spoiler:he's an Orphic and reveals that the Forest Spirits manipulated him into finding and betraying Tammy, citing they had been orchestrating his life in that aspect.]]
705* CuteKitten: First manifests in Harris' mental world as a tiger cub, and he's adorable. You can't deny [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-twenty-two it]].
706* InvisibleToNormals: Only some people can [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-one-hundred-and-sixty-eight see him]] (such as [[spoiler:Harris]]) as to everyone else Rajani appears to be floating in the air, when she's actually on his head. Rajani can [[SubvertedTrope subvert]] this if she wishes, letting others view him.
707* PantheraAwesome: Easily the most awesome cat seen in the series.
708* PowerGlows: He's shrouded in an orange glow.
709* TheSpeechless: He doesn't say anything in his tiger form, but he has a humanoid form who's able to speak.
710
711[[/folder]]
712
713[[folder:The Tree Spirit]]
714A dying spirit who asked Tammy's help in the middle of Ariel's struggle with the Academists. After Tammy revived its blindsprings, Ariel made a contract with it: she'll be its priestess and the spirit will keep Ember safe.
715----
716* PeoplePuppets: It can possess a WillingChanneler, such as Tammy, and it's shown as the spirit manipulating her via strings.
717* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Subverted. The spirit was in a desperate situation when it got the chance to contact Tammy, the only one able to revive the blindsprings it was bond to. But after being energized anew, it used Tammy's body to taunt the Academists and reveal the return of Aberwelle's High Priestess, bringing the city into instability.
718[[/folder]]

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