1 | Characters introduced or appearing prominently in Joe Abercrombie's ''The Heroes'', a standalone sequel to Literature/TheFirstLaw trilogy. |
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6 | !Curnden Craw |
7 | Leader of a crew of Named Men, known to all as a real straight edge. |
8 | * CatchPhrase: "Those are the times." |
9 | * AFatherToHisMen |
10 | * SadisticChoice: Faced with one when [[spoiler:his old friend and former chief's son Calder attempts to turn him against his new chief]]. |
11 | ** NotQuiteTheRightThing: How he views his choice. |
12 | * UndyingLoyalty: Famed for it. |
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14 | !Prince Calder |
15 | Bethod's ''younger'' son, a charmer and schemer among the straightforward warriors of the North. |
16 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With his wife Sef, and occasionally comes through in interactions with his older brother [[TheBrute Scale]]. In the end, [[spoiler:played straight as he gives Scale rulership of the North.]] |
17 | * TheCasanova: His love for his wife is enough to make him swear off other women. Well, almost enough. |
18 | * DirtyCoward: By his own admission. |
19 | * HotGuyUglyWife: Not ''ugly'' per se, but Sef's most mentioned physical trait is her pig nose. |
20 | * [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan: Ends up as this to Scale.]] |
21 | * ManipulativeBastard: Dead set on reclaiming his father's throne from Black Dow. |
22 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Doesn't start with one, since he's never earned it. [[spoiler:Then after he defeats Black Dow in the circle (with a little help), people start calling him Black Calder.]] |
23 | * RageBreakingPoint: After [[spoiler:Scale's apparent death]], Calder's response is uncharacteristically hot-headed. |
24 | * RedOniBlueOni: With Scale. Calder's blue. |
25 | * ShutUpHannibal / ShutUpKirk: Depending on your perspective, delivers a pretty awesome one to [[spoiler:Black Dow, so much so that many of the people there to watch Dow butcher him start laughing]]. |
26 | * SmugSmiler: Wears his smirk like armor. |
27 | * SmugSnake: Actually somewhat averted. Calder has many of the traits, but he's aware of his own overconfidence and tries to curb it. He's also pretty likable when he tries. |
28 | ** Zig-zagged throughout ''The Heroes''. He repeatedly schemes himself into a corner and wriggles out in unexpected ways, until [[spoiler:Bayaz finally traps him. And then he escapes ''that'' through brotherly love]]. |
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30 | !Bremer dan Gorst |
31 | King Jezal's disgraced former bodyguard, now a special observer on the war from the Closed Council of the Union. |
32 | * TheBrute |
33 | * CannotSpitItOut: In love with Finree for years. [[spoiler:When he finally does tell her, it goes disastrously.]] |
34 | * MasterSwordsman: Screwed out of a championship by [[spoiler:Bayaz]], and now possibly the best fighter on either side. |
35 | * StoicWoobie: Tremendously depressed over his disgrace, but mostly just stands around silently until it's time to put on his armor and kill dozens of people. [[spoiler: Subverted; almost everything wrong in his life is his own fault.]] |
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37 | !Finree dan Brock |
38 | A Union noblewoman with ambitious plans. |
39 | * DamselOutOfDistress: Doesn't do any actual fighting, but [[spoiler:negotiates her own release and that of a number of other prisoners. From [[AxCrazy Black Dow]]]]. |
40 | * GoldDigger: Averted. She married her husband ''after'' his father's disgrace, and seeks success for both of them. |
41 | * {{Manipulative B|astard}}itch |
42 | * SurroundedByIdiots |
43 | * YouJustHadToSayIt: Despite her intelligence and charm, Finree can't stop herself from sassing some people when it's not socially appropriate. |
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45 | !Corporal Tunny |
46 | Standard-bearer of the First, a veteran Union soldier. |
47 | * DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Subverted. He's suicidally brave when his adrenaline's going, and spends the battle trying to repress it.]] |
48 | * GlorySeeker: Averted. All Tunny wants to do is live through the next battle and make a profit reselling loot. [[spoiler:Even after he gets his blood up and does crazy things, he doesn't like hearing about them.]] |
49 | * GoodLookingPrivates: averted to hell and back. |
50 | * OldSoldier: Not that old, but definitely has this attitude. |
51 | * RedShirtArmy: He's in one. |
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53 | !Beck |
54 | A Northern lad of seventeen, whose father was a famous champion. |
55 | * Jerkass: Well, he is seventeen. |
56 | * [[spoiler:ScrewThisImOuttaHere: At the end of the battle, having seen enough of his father's lifestyle.]] |
57 | * SmallNameBigEgo: His ''father'' was Shama Heartless |
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61 | [[folder: Northmen]] |
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63 | !Wonderful |
64 | Craw's second-in-command. |
65 | * ActionGirl |
66 | * CombatPragmatist |
67 | * DeadpanSnarker |
68 | * HappilyMarried: Has a husband and kids back at home, who she visits between jobs. |
69 | ** [[spoiler:They packed up and left years ago, and she couldn't bear to tell anyone.]] |
70 | * TheLadette |
71 | * TheLancer: To Craw. [[spoiler:Later to Dow, when she takes command of his Carls.]] |
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73 | !Whirrun of Bligh |
74 | A hero from the High Places, and a member of Craw's dozen. |
75 | * BFS: The Father of Swords, an impossibly large two-hander. |
76 | * CharacterDevelopment: In "The Fool Jobs," a story concerning Craw's crew several years before ''The Heroes'', Whirrun is new to the band and is a humorless, self-important, stoic hero. By the time of ''The Heroes'', he's lightened up a great deal. |
77 | * TheChosenOne: The witch Shoglig told him to seek his destiny on the battlefield, and told him the day and manner of his death. |
78 | ** [[spoiler:Subverted: he's killed by a random spear, and admits as he's dying that Shoglig had no idea what she was talking about.]] |
79 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Acts like a weird goofball most of the time. |
80 | * FamedInStory: Other Northmen spend the time between battles talking about his ridiculous list of accomplishments. |
81 | * ImplausibleFencingPowers: Due to the nature of the Father of Swords. |
82 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: Has less clothes on every time he fights. |
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84 | !Scale |
85 | Bethod's older son and one of Black Dow's five War Chiefs. |
86 | * BigBrotherMentor: Tries to be this to Calder, but Calder's twice as smart as he is. His presence does dissuade people from just killing Calder, though. |
87 | * TheBigGuy / TheBrute |
88 | * DualWielding: Sword and mace combo. |
89 | * DumbMuscle: Played so very straight. |
90 | * [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead: Loses his hand and is captured by the Union, but Bayaz returns him to Calder at the end.]] |
91 | * RedOniBlueOni: Red to Calder's blue. |
92 | * [[spoiler:PuppetKing: Implied to end up as this.]] |
93 | * YouShallNotPass: does this at the old bridge. [[spoiler:It doesn't work.]] |
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95 | !The War Chiefs |
96 | Black Dow's five generals, all leaders in their own right with a claim to the North. Consists of [[DumbMuscle Scale]] (see above), [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Glama Golden]], [[TheStoic Cairm Ironhead]], [[CoolOldGuy Caul Reachey]], and [[YesMan Brodd Tenways]]. |
97 | * Main/Gonk: Brodd Tenways, "ugly as incest." |
98 | * HeroicBuild: Glama Golden, who plays it up. |
99 | * QuirkyMinibossSquad: For Dow. |
100 | * TheRival: Golden & Ironhead. |
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102 | !Stranger-Come-Knocking |
103 | A towering savage who brings his Northmen to Dow's cause. |
104 | * BloodKnight: Specifically joins Dow's army because he wants a good fight. He repeatedly asks about fighting his own allies, like Whirrun or Dow himself. |
105 | * [[spoiler:TheMole: One of Bayaz's pawns.]] |
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