Line #8 Characters/Railsea


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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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