1 | !Sham |
2 | Shamus Yes ap Soorap, an utterly incompetent apprentice doctor on the ''Medes'' who inadvertently gets involved with the Shroakes. |
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4 | %%* ActionSurvivor |
5 | * DistressedDude: During his time with Robalson & later on the Island. |
6 | * TheDitz: At first, sort of. Not so much as of the introduction of the Shroakes. |
7 | %%* EarnYourHappyEnding |
8 | * MiseryBuildsCharacter: Played pretty straight; after everything that happens, he becomes outspoken & willing to stand up for hismelf & others. |
9 | * ResignedToTheCall: During the last third or so of the book. |
10 | |
11 | !Captain Naphi |
12 | Abacat Naphi, an elegant & taciturn moletrain captain who just wants to kill Mocker-Jack. |
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14 | * AnimalNemesis: Mocker-Jack. This gets unsettling & disturbing once she becomes convinced it reciprocates. |
15 | --> "''I'm his philosophy...''" |
16 | * BerserkButton: Call Mocker-Jack yellow ''one more time.'' |
17 | * BrokenAce: She's supposedly one of the best molers alive, but the more screentime she gets, the more obvious it becomes that she is far from psychologically healthy. |
18 | %%* TheCaptain |
19 | * TheDeterminator: She's based on ''Captain Ahab.'' |
20 | * FreakOut: After the [[spoiler: mutiny]] |
21 | %%* GentlemanSnarker |
22 | * MaskOfSanity: It's implied she's been crazy the whole time, & her "sudden" breakdown at the end was just dropping the act. |
23 | * NotSoStoic: She quickly stops even trying to seem like [[TheStoic The Stoic]] after the [[spoiler: mutiny]]. |
24 | %%* TheQuietOne |
25 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Gender-inverted with Mr. Mbenday; she is somber and stoic, while he is very energetic. |
26 | * TerseTalker: Usually, unless she's [[PurpleProse making a speech]]. |
27 | * TwoGuysAndAGirl: With Mbenday & Brownall. |
28 | |
29 | !Caldera |
30 | Caldera Shroake, the elder of the two Shroake siblings, as well as the de facto leader. |
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32 | %%* ActionGirl |
33 | %%* BadassPacifist |
34 | * BrotherSisterTeam: With Dero. |
35 | * DoomMagnet: Justified, because the villains pursuing her do so because they believe her & Dero can lead them to riches or information. |
36 | * GoalInLife: Hers & Dero's is to finish their parents' quest. They will go to any lengths necessary to do this. |
37 | |
38 | !Dero |
39 | Caldero "Dero" Shroake, the younger of the two Shroake siblings. |
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41 | * BrotherSisterTeam: With Caldera. |
42 | * DoomMagnet: Justified, because the villains pursuing him do so because they believe him & Caldera can lead them to riches or information. |
43 | * GoalInLife: His & Caldera's is to finish their parents' quest. They will go to any lengths necessary to do this. |
44 | %%* MouthyKid |
45 | |
46 | !Mbenday |
47 | Boyza go Mbenday, the first mate of the ''Medes'' [[spoiler: and the one to start the mutiny against Naphi]]. |
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49 | * GoodIsNotNice: Despite being easily the kindest out of the ''Medes'' officers, it was Mbenday who [[spoiler: started the mutiny]]. |
50 | * MacheteMayhem: He chops up an alien monster with machete. One of the most badass scenes in the book. |
51 | * MinoredInAsskicking: He is primarily a navigator, and for a lot of the book, doesn't seem to have any combat-related skills, ''especially'' compared to the short-tempered [[BloodKnight Brownall]] and the reknowned [[TheAce ace]] [[TheCaptain Naphi]]. However, come the battle with the Siller, he ''chops off several of its limbs with a machete.'' |
52 | * TheNavigator: And he's better at it than ''Naphi.'' |
53 | * RebelLeader: Averted. [[spoiler: He starts the mutiny, but it's Vurinam who really gets everyone into it]]. |
54 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Gender-inverted with the other officers of the ''Medes.'' He is energetic and enthusiastic, while Naphi and Brownall are glum and somber. |
55 | * SeriouslyScruffy: Implied, and also justified, as he is the second-in-command to THE [[TheAce ace]] in this book's setting. |
56 | * SlidingScaleOfLeadershipResponsibility: Generally fairly responsible, until he [[spoiler: starts a mutiny]] which winds up throwing the whole train into disarray and unease, and also [[spoiler: technically makes him the captain]], a role for which he is completely unprepared (and that is definitely irresponsible). |
57 | * TwoGuysAndAGirl: With Naphi and Brownall. |
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