Line #129 Characters/Medallion


1	All the things you ever wanted to know about characters from Medallion. Spoilers ahead.
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4	!!Andreya Orifax
5	The heroine. Ruler of her people, but horribly scarred by the loss of her innocence at a young age.
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7	* AgeAppropriateAngst - When she was younger, she lost everyone in her immediate family. She still feels terrified of being abandoned.
8	* BeAllMySinsRemembered - After Kespa's defeat, the Ilvir and the Xarn rally around her as the hero who won the war for them. But due to [[spoiler: Anshi taking on her wounds and dying in her stead after ''really'' defeating Kespa]], she doesn't feel she deserves the praise and adulation.
9	** In leaked chapters of the untitled sequel, she actively fights against anyone praising her for what happened to end the war.
10	* BerserkButton - Calling her "Andreya", "Your Majesty", or any other honorific. Also, insulting her family or (God help you) Anshi.
11	* TheChainsOfCommanding - She feels trapped by the responsibilities of royalty, which isn't helped by the fact that her people hang all their hopes for a return to the surface and a prosperous life on her very young, very untested shoulders.
12	* ChasteHero - She's asexual.
13	* TheChosenOne - Her people consider her this, as she's descended directly from their greatest leader who established the matriarchal monarchy.
14	** Dreya, on the other hand, considers herself TheUnchosenOne.
15	* EstablishingCharacterMoment - her first conversation with Melane, when she refuses to take her advisor's advice and says she'll ignore what her subjects think and do what she wants.
16	* FatalFlaw - Dreya's very, very bad at ignoring insults and taunts.
17	* HumblePie - her ill-fated attempt to fight her way out of Kespa's fortress, which led to her imprisonment and her poisoning.
18	* MinidressOfPower - It reaches to her knees, but in a culture where long skirts are the norm for royalty it's as mini as you can get.
19	* RealWomenDontWearDresses - Averted since the majority of the book has her in a dress.
20	* [[RebelliousPrincess Rebellious Queen]] - At least until the midpoint of the story. Thankfully she has Melane to help her out.
21	* RedOniBlueOni - Red to Anshi's blue. She's the one who's always off to save someone.
22	* RoyalBlood - Well, she's a queen.
23	* SiblingTeam - With Anshi.
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25	!!Tamox
26	A refugee experiment-gone-wrong who literally runs into Dreya.
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28	* ButtMonkey - Everything happens to him, and half the time it's not his fault.
29	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass - In a literal sense. He's a good fighter but none of it is intentional - he can't control how good he is, it's literally bred into him.
30	* DeclarationOfProtection - Said to Keplan about his daughter Saela
31	* TheFool - He always gets in trouble
32	* HumbleHero
33	* LoserProtagonist
34	* {{Magitek}} - His unique abilities are a result of magically-enhanced genetic engineering.
35	* PhlebotinumRebel - Against Kespa, his creator. He was supposed to be the perfect soldier.
36	* ThePollyanna - Compared to the others, he's a bastion of sunshine.
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38	!!Cassy
39	A Quirlwing juvenile who originally acts as a guide but sticks around for the adventure.
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41	* ApologeticAttacker - [[spoiler: In the final battle]]
42	* BewareTheNiceOnes - She's the least likely to attempt to kill you. But she can wipe your mind clean of all brain activity.
43	* MixAndMatchCritters - take a squirrel, a cat, and a bird and combine them and you get something close to her species.
44	* MysticalWaif - As close as you can get while being a winged squirrel cat.
45	* Telepath - Capable of MindManipulation, taking a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, and MindProbe.
46	** Conversely able to get MindRaped by anyone powerful enough to sense her.
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48	!!Anshi Hitaro
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50	* ActionGirl
51	* BeautyIsNeverTarnished - Averted. [[spoiler: She LOST A FREAKING ARM.]]
52	** Nearly becomes a BrokenBird as a result
53	* {{BFS}} - Her broadsword's pretty fantastic.
54	* CulturedWarrior - Due to her service in the Guard
55	* TheGeneralsDaughter - Her father's the CO of Dreya's army.
56	* LamarckWasRight - If her father's any evidence.
57	* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Dreya's red, even limiting her killing sprees when she's injured
58	* SamusIsAGirl - A short story details her rescue of the Xarn, and to many she's the first elf they've ever seen. So when she singlehandedly takes out five Myrl and they only see her from the back, it's a shock when her true gender is revealed.
59	* ShellShockedVeteran - though she keeps it under control well.
60	* SiblingTeam - With Dreya.
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62	!!Saela Jano
63	A friend to Tamox, and the first Xarn Dreya ever meets.
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65	* ActualPacifist - Until she [[spoiler: TookALevelInBadass at the final battle]].
66	* BreakTheCutie - After the [[spoiler: capture of her mother]].
67	* FauxActionGirl
68	* PluckyGirl - [[spoiler: After her recovery.]]
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70	!!Sirold Treln
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72	* CulturedBadass - He keeps the most argumentative court in the country in line. And he will kill you if you strike first.
73	* HeroicNeutral - All he really wants is to rule his people in peace. It takes Dreya's involvement to convince him to fight.
74	* PreAsskickingOneLiner - "Freedom? I don't call this freedom. I call it practical emancipation." Cue his [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome one-handed fight out of a ring of]] {{M\|ooks}}yrl.
75	* ReluctantWarrior - He genuinely wants to avoid bloodshed, especially seeing as how his people are already facing extinction.
76	* SugarAndIcePersonality
77	* SupportingLeader - He's basically responsible for the organization of his army and keeps Kespa from overrunning the forest while Dreya's dealing with her TrueCompanions.
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79	!!Kieral Treln
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81	* BloodSplatteredInnocents
82	* DaddysGirl
83	* DamselScrappy - In one of the short stories, she falls down a well and stops an entire party of refugees
84	* HiddenDepths - She loves to dance.
85	* LadyOfAdventure - Becomes one at the end passing the throne on to a relative and sets out to seek her fortunes.
86	* PrincessClassic
87	* TookALevelInBadass - Then quickly suffered BadassDecay after an inconvenient injury.
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89	!!Keplan Jano
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91	* TheCharmer - At least in his own mind.
92	* NonActionGuy - Pretty much paralyzed by his family troubles.
93	* PrinceCharmingWannabe
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96	!!Kespa [[spoiler: (also known as Cesla Kahn)]]
97	* AmbitionIsEvil - How she got to be the villain of the piece.
98	* BigBad
99	* CombatStilettos - Subverted. She wears high heels... at home, to announce her arrival to her servants. She's got a pair of combat boots for practical use.
100	* EvilRedhead
101	* FlawExploitation - She uses Dreya's obsession with revenge against all wrongs to distract her.
102	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen - Usurped the throne of Norigoth and titled herself Queen of the Realm
103	** Subverted somewhat in that she's not technically ruler of anything - ''yet''.
104	%%* LadyInRed - Her favorite color.
105	* LipstickLesbian - She loves corsets and feminine dresses.
106	* NighInvulnerability - Granted by the (almost) all-powerful Medallion
107	* PsychoLesbian - She and Krysty were lovers.
108	* ThereAreNoTherapists - Justified, as Ilverin civilization hasn't yet developed psychotherapy. Though many characters would benefit from it...
109	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl - With Krysty [[spoiler: or Aora]] as the tomboy
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111	!!Krysty Anaril
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113	* AxCrazy
114	* DarkActionGirl - Compared to Dreya's heroine. [[spoiler: Too bad she doesn't stick around long.]]
115	* [[spoiler: FemmeFataleSpy]]
116	* LesbianJock - Doesn't play sports, but she is a soldier.
117	* MysteriousWoman - Though that changes quickly.
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119	!!Aora Kahn
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121	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer
122	* EmotionlessGirl - Until her backstory is revealed.
123	* GirlWithPsychoWeapon - She forged it ''herself''
124	* LonersAreFreaks - At least according to the population of Tralnrt..
125	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl - With girly girl Valeria
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127	!!Melane Elantur
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129	* AngstWhatAngst - She lost her best friend Mayara to Kespa. The loss is never mentioned, probably because she's busy caring for said friend's daughter.
130	* BadassBookworm - She was caretaker of the elven library, making her the most educated of any of the cast. She declines to join in the final battle, but she has scars from the Myrl War
131	* GirlFriday - To Dreya's Crusoe.
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133	!!Mayara Orifax
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135	* ActionMom - She fought in the Myrl War on the front lines with a baby daughter at home.
136	* AlmightyMom
137	* DreamingOfThingsToCome
138	* FaintingSeer
139	* TheFatalist
140	* [[GirlInTheTower Girl in the Mirror]]
141	* TheHighQueen - Until her [[spoiler: not quite]] death.
142	* MamaBear - The woman will do ''anything'' required of her to save her daughter.
143	** Or her husband, for that matter.
144	* MissingMom
145	* NeverGotToSayGoodbye
146	* ParentsInDistress
147	* PropheciesAreAlwaysRight - the short story "Let Us Burn" reveals that Mayara has tried time and again to change the futures revealed to her by her visions, but nothing she does can alter it, so she's come to accept this trope as fact.
148	* RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf - In ''Becoming Emerald'', Mayara is portrayed as a clumsy, forgetful, somewhat out-there girl who struggles with her undeveloped psychic powers. Fast forward two centuries, and she's queen.
149	* {{Seer\|s}}
150	* UnwillingSuspension
151	* YouCantFightFate - Everything Mayara did to try and prevent the events she foresaw from happening ended up ultimately allowing said events to come into existence.
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153	!!Darys Orifax
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155	* TheCharmer
156	* HotConsort - To his wife Mayara
157	* ManlyMenCanHunt - According to WordOfGod, before he became king he hunted wildcats. Ilverin-eating wildcats.
158	* ScarilyCompetentTracker
159	* ScrewDestiny - compared to Mayara, he firmly believes he's in control of his fate.
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161	!!Treyn Hitaro
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163	* HystericalWoman - Occurs when she realizes [[spoiler: her daughter wasn't really dead.]]
164	* TheOphelia - Partially. She was mentally fragile, but wasn't truly ill.
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166	!!Aril Hitaro
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168	* BackToBackBadasses - With his daughter, Anshi.
169	* BadassCape - He wears one. And he's awesome.
170	* FourStarBadass - He's the Captain of the Guard, which in the Medallion universe puts him in complete control of every soldier in the Guard and makes him subordinate only to Dreya herself.
171	* PapaWolf - Do. NOT. Touch. His. Daughter.
172	** [[spoiler: And then when she dies, he almost has a [[HeroicBSOD breakdown]]...]]
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174	!!Valeria
175	* AlphaBitch - To Dreya
176	* BrattyTeenageDaughter - Of the Orifax family (though not related to Dreya).
177	* TheFashionista
178	* {{Socialite}} - She's actually the only one shown with a large circle of friends.

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