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The Kingdom of Katolis
Royal Family
King Harrow
The king is in danger.
Voiced by: Luc Roderique (English) Click to see other languages
"War is full of uncertainty."
The king of Katolis, and the father of Prince Callum and Crown Prince Ezran.
- Action Dad: A king, father of two, and a trained fighter.
- Armor-Piercing Question: Gives one to Viren when he tries to convince him to switch his spirit with a soldier before he gets assassinated.Lord Viren: Any one of these men and women are willing to give their life for you!
King Harrow: Would you, Viren?
Lord Viren: I... [clears throat]
King Harrow: ... Get Out!. - The Atoner: He acknowledges that he's done many things wrong and that he can't undo them, but if he is to pay for his crimes with his life, then so be it.
- Battle Couple: With Sarai in the past. They would spar together for training and take on a giant lava monster side-by-side.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: He succeeds in killing Thunder out of vengeance for the latter killing Sarai, but he later regrets this action because of how senseless it was and how much strife it caused.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Harrow is a beloved king and father, but that didn't mean he wasn't capable of great anger.
- Brainy Brunette: Harrow has black hair and is a wise man.
- Broken Pedestal: Callum always looked up to his stepfather, seeing him as larger than life. When Callum learns from Rayla how Harrow killed the Dragon King in a bit of vengeful spite, he asks how a good man could do that.
- The Chains of Commanding: It's established early on that Harrow feels his kingly duties are a burden and it wears on him, especially after Sarai died, and in his last letter he urges Callum not to make the mistakes he did. When Callum sees a vision of King Harrow in his dreams, he's chained down to his throne.King Harrow: The great illusion of childhood is that adults have all the power and freedom. But the truth is the opposite. A child is freer than a king.
- The Chessmaster: Harrow knew more about Callum's potential than he let on, even in his early years. He gifts him his iconic sketchbook when he's only five, and keeps the Key of Aaravos hidden until he's ready to hand it over to Callum. All of this was done to put Callum in the best possible position to learn magic and unlock the secrets of the centuries-old cube. Even Callum notes that Harrow probably knew he was a mage before Callum did.
- Cool Crown: A golden crown with the front side resembling the uneven mountains of Katolis.
- Dreadlock Warrior: He wears his hair in dreadlocks, and as all of the royalty in Katolis, he is a trained fighter.
- Dub Name Change: The Dutch version changes Harrow to "Haron".
- Face Death with Dignity: After the failure of the efforts to stop the forthcoming assassination attempt on his life by the vengeance-seeking Moonshadow Elves, he accepts that this may be the price he pays for after all the sins he's committed.
- Fashionable Asymmetry: His crown's design has the right section taller than the left, mimicking the towers of Katolis Castle. The statue we see of his late wife has the same design on her crown.
- Fatal Flaw: Stubborn devotion to moral rectitude and honor. While on the positive side, he always stands firm for what he believes to be right, he also all but throws himself on the elves' swords because he thinks he deserves it. This provokes a Succession Crisis at the brink of an all-out war with Xadia. This flaw also gives him a highly conservative outlook on how things "should" be run in a monarchy like Katolis, leading him to alienate Viren, his closest advisor, at a crucial moment, sealing his fate.
- Foil: To Callum, oddly enough, and in one particular instance. Harrow gives in to his hatred of Avizandum, goes along with Viren's Dark Magic-inspired plan, and seeks the dragon out to kill him. Callum acknowledges that he hates the fallen dragon...but then expresses deep remorse that Zym's father was taken away from him. In part, this foil happened because Harrow learned from his mistake, and imparted the wisdom of forgiveness and love to his stepson.
- Gallows Humor: Upon being woken up early by Lord Viren, he has this to say:King Harrow: Viren, didn't I tell you if you ever woke me up this early again, I'd have you executed?
- The Good King: Subverted in part, but mostly played straight. He considers himself a servant of the people and is largely successful in doing what's right not just for his kingdom, but neighboring nations as well. However, he commits several mistakes, the last of which results in his death and the possibility of all-out war with the elves. He's ultimately more of a "Good, but flawed king."
- Good Parents: He cares for his children, and does everything he can to keep them safe. He's particularly intent on getting his stepson Callum to see him as a father.
- Good Stepmother: Gender-Inverted to Callum, his step-son. Blood relations didn't matter to Harrow, he wholeheartedly considered Callum to be his son.
- Happily Married: To Sarai. Besides being a great Battle Couple, they were quite loving and supportive of one another. Even amidst a disagreement, they communicated their respective positions in a respectful, if unusual, way. Harrow greatly mourns her loss after she sacrifices herself to save Viren.
- Heroes Prefer Swords:
- He wields a sword when preparing to fight against the Moonshadow Elves, and can be seen sharpening it beforehand.
- He does use a spear as well when sparring with his wife, or fighting the Magma Golem and the Dragon King, but seems less proficient with it. A sword may be more appropriate than a 4 metres-long polearm in the close quarter environment of his apartments, and he may just chose the weapon with which he's more comfortable.
- Honor Before Reason: His Fatal Flaw. He talks all noble but his honor has severe consequences.
- He accepts his own death in retribution for the Dragon King's death is the responsible path — but really, it's not. His only direct heir is a very young boy, and feudal countries ruled by children usually get either invaded by neighbors using the opportunity or sink into civil war as various noble factions try to gain influence over the boy king (or murder and replace him with a competent military commander before the country gets invaded — which is pretty much what Viren tries to do once Harrow throws his life away). Likewise, the child Queen Aanya of Duren recalls defending against several actual such attempts of each kind herself. As such, Harrow put both his people and his sons in dire danger just so he could save his own self-respect. Also, Viren had a point regarding the hypocrisy of trying to stave off the inevitable by putting 200 guards as meat shields between himself and the assassins, as compared to sacrificing just one volunteer who would act as a decoy.
- He was shown to have this Fatal Flaw again in the past, which is ultimately what got Sarai killed. When the queens of a far-off kingdom asked for food to save ten thousand of their people from starving in a famine, he volunteers all of Katolis' provisions, ensuring that fifty thousand people from both kingdoms would die. After crossing over the Xadian border to collect the heart of a lava titan to use Dark Magic to make the lands grow fertile, many soldiers were wounded after the fight. Lord Viren once again urged King Harrow to leave the wounded behind so they could get the heart quickly over the border (or at least let General Amaya and the other wounded hide from Thunder during the day, and then catch up with them after nightful), but King Harrow stubbornly refused to leave any of the wounded behind. Predictably, carrying the wounded slowed everyone down, and Thunder caught them on his land before they could all safely cross the border, forcing the two queens and Sarai to perform heroic sacrifices in order to save everyone else.
- Hypocrite:
- Harrow launches an incursion into enemy territory, murders a civilian in cold blood, and rips its heart out. This provokes Avizandum to attack the party and Harrow's wife is killed. Even if Avizandum had known that the enemy party was attempting to save lives, letting the humans go would have meant rewarding them for marching into his kingdom with impunity and taking what they wanted. Harrow would be a sorry king indeed if he hadn't done the same in Avizandum's place, but he still has the gall to want revenge. The whole incident serves to remind us that while Harrow was a good father and a good king, he was far from perfect and subject to the same double standard both sides have as much as the next human.
- Harrow was enraged with Viren for supposedly destroying the Dragon Prince in its' egg state but flashbacks reveal he was the one who told Viren to do it in the first place. Downplayed, as Harrow does regret his actions in doing so and while it was Harrow's order, he only gave it after Viren suggested doing so.
- Insecure Love Interest: Viren tells Amaya that Harrow often felt he couldn't live up to Sarai's bravery.
- Killed Offscreen: His death isn't shown, but the Moonshadow Elves' ties falling off their wrists by the end of the third episode is clear enough on the king's fate.
- My Greatest Failure: Years later he is shown to regret the things that he has done in order to protect his kingdom, namely having Viren kill the Dragon Prince after getting revenge on the boys father.
- Even if it was to avenge his wife's unjust murder, he deeply regrets killing Thunder, both for how brutal the killing was, and for how it directly led to the current crisis. His guilt is so great that he practically throws himself onto Runaan's blades when he comes to avenge the King.
- Meaningful Name: "Harrow" means to pillage or plunder. See above under The Atoner and My Greatest Failure.
- Never My Fault: He blames Viren for Sarai's death, even though Harrow's refusal to leave the wounded behind—thus slowing them down—also contributed to her death.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: If he hadn't blown up at Viren at a pivotal moment where Viren was genuinely contemplating sacrificing himself for him, things might have gone better for everyone.
- Not a Morning Person: Apparently has threatened Viren with execution if woken up too early. Thankfully for Viren, he was only kidding.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: When the warm, genial Harrow angrily reminds Viren of his place and demands he kneel before him, you know Viren crossed the line. Sadly, Viren was just on the verge of backtracking from that line, so Harrow chose the worst time to let his temper get the best of him.
- Papa Wolf: Upon learning that the Moonshadow Elves are coming to assassinate him, Harrow immediately protects both Callum and Ezran by sending them to the Banther Lodge.
- The Paragon: Serves as this to Callum, passing on the hard-won lessons to his mistakes, including that his love, vulnerabilities and ability to forgive is the source of his strength. He encourages Callum to have faith that love, rather than power, could guide the course of history.
- Parents as People: Harrow's relationship with Callum is pretty loving, but Harrow has always kept a certain amount of distance, fearing that he would be trying to impose his presence as a father in Callum's life, despite not being his birth father. In his letter to Callum, he regrets that, and thinks that he should have tried to reach out to him more, not to substitute Callum's previous father, but to be another father altogether.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Although he's allowed morally questionable things to happen, he acknowledges that what he's done wasn't right and is otherwise this.King Harrow: There's generations of wrongs on both sides.
- Red Is Heroic: Played with. Harrow wears a red tunic and while he is a virtuous man he wasn't freed from making some morally dubious actions. Ones that he later ends up regretting.
- Revenge Before Reason: He knew that killing Thunder would have done more harm than good, and seemed to be unwilling to go with Viren's plan to kill the Dragon King, until Viren brought up Queen Sarai and the spell capable of ending Thunder's life. Then Harrow gave in to his hatred of the dragon, and with Viren's help, he hurled Sarai's spear (infused with Dark Magic) into the dragon's chest and turned him into stone.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: King Harrow took an active role of being present for his kingdom and believed in being a servant for his people.
- Second Love: To Sarai, as she was married to Callum's birth father before his apparent death. At some point, she and Harrow fell in love, married, and had Ezran.
- Secretly Selfish: Believes himself to be this, as in his letter to Callum, Harrow says that he thinks that while he tries to be as selfless as a king, he has a selfish wish of wanting Ezran and Callum to be free from the past and create a brighter future by themselves.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: He's described as being handsome by promotional material, and he is tall and dark.
- Would Hurt a Child: Zigzagged. Harrow doesn't do it himself or even attempt to, but he does order Viren (at the mage's suggestion) to kill the Dragon Prince while he was in his egg state. He does show remorse for his impulsive action.
Queen Sarai
Voiced by: Kazumi Evans (English) Click to see other languages
"A sweet tooth and an iron fist."
—General Amaya
The deceased queen of Katolis. She was King Harrow's wife, the princes' mother, and General Amaya's sister.
- The Ace: Beautiful; benevolent; charismatic; a wise queen; a skilled warrior; a loving mother, wife, and sister. Yep. She fit the bill.
- Action Mom: She is stated on her character profile to be "a deadly force on the battlefield". In the flashback, she's even able to easily defeat Harrow with her spear. She was also the mother of Callum and Ezran.
- Ambiguously Bi: Harrow tells her that he had a dream of Lady Justice the night after his father died. When Sarai expresses curiosity, Harrow responds to her teasing tone by saying that she had been wearing her robes, to which Sarai seems a bit disappointed as she quips that it must've been a boring dream then.
- Bash Brothers: With Amaya in the past during the events of "Titan's Heart". Amaya uses her shield as a platform to launch her up into the air so she can deal the finishing blow to the creature.
- Battle Couple: With Harrow in the past. They would spar together for training and take on a giant lava monster side-by-side.
- Berserk Button: She had a notorious Sweet Tooth and didn't like people taking the last jelly tart. Viren apparently learned this the hard way.Viren: (laughing) I only made that mistake once.
- Big Sister Instinct: When she notices that Amaya is injured and nearly topples over, she rushes to her side. After Amaya signs that she was alright, Sarai signs back with a warm smile on her face.
- Braids of Action: When going off into battle, she wears her hair down and braided.
- Converted into a Weapon: Years after her death, Queen Sarai's final breath is used as a vital component in a powerful dark spell capable of felling the archdragon who had ended her life, Avizandum. Combined together with her spear, her grieving husband, Harrow, plunges it into Avizandum's chest turning the dragon king to stone, her voice crying out as he does so, distraught at being used as a weapon in the cycle of revenge.
- Cool Crown: A crown quite similar to Harrow's but the ends are more sharper than his.
- Deceased Parents Are the Best: She's remembered fondly by everyone and it's generally agreed that the rest of them had to live up to her example. Her loss drove them apart.
- Fashionable Asymmetry: On her crown, the right section is taller than the left, mimicking the towers of Katolis. However, unlike her husbands, the tips curve more.
- Force and Finesse: Has this with her younger sister Amaya, wielding a spear with graceful movements in contrast to Amaya's more direct and brutal blows with her shield.
- Happily Married: To Harrow. Besides being a great Battle Couple, they were quite loving and supportive of one another. Even amidst a disagreement, they communicated their respective positions in a respectful, if unusual, way. Harrow greatly mourns her loss after she sacrifices herself to save Viren.
- Heroic Sacrifice: She died saving Viren, since he could cast a spell that would end the food shortage in Duren and Katolis.
- The High Queen: Viren, Amaya, and Harrow all remember her as kind and strong.
- Iconic Item: An in-universe example. Sarai's spear has a distinctive design that was immediately recognizable to Callum when he saw it impaled in Thunder's chest.
- Javelin Thrower: Throws her spear into the weak chink of the Titan's armor to pierce its heart, effectively killing it.
- The Lost Lenore: To Harrow, as her passing still deeply saddens him, and it's confirmed in s3e6 that Viren spurred Harrow to kill Thunder to avenge her death.
- Meaningful Name: Her name is an old form of the name Sarah, which means "lady" or "princess". While technically a queen, her name does match her regality.
- Missing Mom: The deceased mother of Callum and Ezran.
- More Expendable Than You: She sacrifices herself to save Viren, because she realizes that the entire trip will be in vain, if the only person capable of creating the spell that will save both kingdoms dies.
- Nice Girl: Anyone who personally knew Sarai always had a positive thing to say about her. And when she appears in flashbacks, she was shown to be a kind-hearted individual.
- Plot-Triggering Death: Implied. It's hinted through Harrow's letter to Callum and flashbacks that after her death by Thunder, he plotted revenge by killing said dragon, which apparently happened. And thus the story began.
- Posthumous Character: She was killed in a battle with Thunder before the series began.
- Prim and Proper Bun: She usually wears her hair up in a bun when doing her royal duties.
- Sweet Tooth: In Amaya and Viren's reminiscing, Amaya said that her sister was a major sweet tooth and would be furious if someone took the last jelly tart. Apparently, Viren had been on the receiving end of that. She also seems to share this love of sweetness with her son, Ezran.
- Together in Death: Her last words to Harrow were "I'll see you on the other side.", referring to either the other side of the mountains (if she made it) and the other side of the veil (if she didn't). She didn't, and Harrow eventually joins her.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Jelly tarts. Even so that Harrow treats her to some after his coronation, saying that now that they were king and queen, they could do whatever they want, like eating jelly tarts on their bed. This food later becomes something Ezran also inherits a love for.
- War Memorial: Her statue is amongst the other kings and queens in the valley.
- What Measure Is a Non-Human?: She questions this when they hunt for a giant lava monster. She asks Harrow whether it is intelligent, has a family, if it is the last of its kind, if it has emotions, if it feels pain and so on.
Pip
- Empathy Pet: He seems to understand Harrow's grief, and later glares at Viren when he tries to seize the throne.
- Parrot Pet Position: Can be seen perched on the king's shoulder.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: After he was freed at the end of season 2, there has been no mention of his current whereabouts.
King Atticus
- The Good King: Showed young Claudia patience and understanding when explaining to her why she couldn't practice magic in the castle anymore, he even let's her sit on his throne while he does. Afterward he voices concern for Viren after the then recent Trauma Conga Line, (his son falling deathly ill, Lissa leaving him, and his mentor's disappearance), he endured.
- Posthumous Character: He passed away at least a decade before the events of the series began. He only appears in the prequel comic The Puzzle House.
Royal Court
Marcos
Voiced by: Jesse Inocalla (English) Click to see other languages
"Declare yourself, in the name of King Harrow!"
A knight in the Crownguard.
- Appropriated Appellation: In "The Final Battle," he and the others who refused to join Viren have joined with the Army of Duren but Marcos and others fight under the banner of the broken link, a symbol of their perceived cowardice for refusing to join Viren's conquest.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: Marcos has thick, big eyebrows.
- I Owe You My Life: In season 3, he's the first soldier to refuse to join the war on Xadia, because Rayla spared his life.
- Medal of Dishonor: For his perceived "cowardice" in refusing to join Viren, he and others are given a badge to wear of a broken link signifying to all in Katolis their refusal to fight.
- Small Role, Big Impact:
- Rayla sparing his life leads to him alerting the castle that the Moonshadow Elves are here to assassinate King Harrow, leading to them searching the woods for the assassins, leading to Runaan kicking Rayla off the mission, leading to Rayla going anyway to prove herself, leading to her finding the Dragon Prince egg with Callum and Ezran...
- This happens again in Season 3, where he is the first of the soldiers loyal to Ezran to leave Viren's army. The soldiers come to play in the Season 3 finale acting as reinforcements.
Opeli
Voiced by: Paula Burrows (English) Click to see other languages
A respected member of Katolis's High Council.
- Bothering by the Book: Used the technicality that Katolis hadn't yet crowned Ezran as King to keep Viren from unilaterally starting a war with Xadia.
- Foil: To Viren. While they both want what's best for Katolis, Viren goes about it using dark magic and twisting the arms of others to do his bidding. Opeli on the other hand does her best to support the king and offer whatever advice to can to help them. Viren believes he knows what's best for the kingdom whereas Opeli wants to advise her rulers in their decisions and make sure it's what they want for the kingdom. The biggest differences between the two can be shown in how each of them act around a child ruler.
- The Good Chancellor: Unlike Viren and Saleer, she is loyal to the royal family and advises Ezran with the best intentions of the kingdom in mind.
- High Priest: Not stated, but heavily implied. She wears clearly ceremonial robes and leads the funeral prosession, which involves several other women dressed like her.
- Mama Bear: In her own way. When Ezran decides to take the crown, she understands that he's still a child and in reality, not ready to rule a kingdom. She assures him that no one will blame him for taking time to grow up and advises him to find a regent to hold the throne for him while he focuses on being a kid. She also is one of the few adults to stand up for Ezran when others question him, and is willing to offer him counsel and stand by his decisions.
- Neat Freak: According to Callum's Spellbook, Opeli dislikes messes.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: She doesn't trust Viren and really doesn't like the way he tried to claim the throne. By the second season, she caught on to at least some part of his trickery and arrested him.
- This Is Unforgivable!: In Katolis, It is traditional for a ruler to be mourned for seven days before being laid to rest. When Viren burns Harrow's pyre on the same night he dies (against her objections, and with dark magic no less), Opeli's entire character is defined by her hatred towards him from that moment onward.
- Also when she learned that Viren used Harrow's seal to summon the pentarchy and lied to them about the circumstances, she even demanded "How dare you!"
Saleer
Voiced by: Johnathan Holmes (English) Click to see other languages
A member of the Katolis High Council. He allies himself with Viren in season 3.
- Face–Heel Turn: He was initially opposed to Viren's plan to unite the human kingdoms against Xadia, on the grounds that the elves hadn't been bothering Katolis since the death of King Harrow. He only joined Viren's plot after the "elven assassins" attacked the monarchs of the other four kingdoms, and after Ezran revealed that he and Callum were working with an elf to bring the Dragon Prince back to Xadia.
- Non-Action Guy: He's the only one out of Viren's allies to not take part in the battle against the elves. He does however play the role as a battlefield commander, at least at first as he was the one who was coordinating the army and was going to give the order to charge at Viren's behest before Leeroy Jenkins Prince Kasef mucked that up.
- Treacherous Advisor: To King Ezran in season 3. He conspires with Viren and Prince Kasef to get Viren on the throne, advises King Ezran to abdicate, and then immediately arrests Ezran after the abdication.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: After the Battle of the Storm Spire, he was taken prisoner; he has not been seen or even mentioned in the two years since then.
The Crow Master
Voiced by: Cole Howard (English) Click to see other languages
"I am the Crow Master. Sort of Crow Lord Assistant. I just got promoted."
A recently promoted young man that takes care of mailing in the castle of Katolis.
- Bring My Brown Pants: When the Xadian messenger bird arrived with the book Callum wanted, the Crow Master was so scared/surprised, he soiled himself (he hinted at that by telling Callum how the trousers he wore when meeting him weren't the ones he put in for work in the morning).
- Hidden Depths: In one of the ending cards, a sinister shadow with what appears to be feathers stands behind Crow Master as his shadow while he peacefully works.
- His Name Really Is "Barkeep": According to the official twitter, his name is "Crow Master".
- Middle-Management Mook: Essentially this for Katolis, being a ranking member in what is basically the post office, to the point of making him relatively endearing. He even is worried about things like losing his job over treason or asking Viren for a performance review after being told that he is "witnessing history."
- Rank Up: After the time skip he is now the "Associate Crow Lord".
Barius the Baker
Voiced by: Jason Simpson (English) Click to see other languages
The royal baker and chef of the castle. For many years he has endured Ezran's love of jelly tarts and the young prince's routine attempts to steal them.
- Chef of Iron: The royal baker of Katolis and the season 3 finale episode shows he's a decent fighter.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He manages to be very effective with just a rolling pin, downing enemies in a single blow and getting through uninjured despite not showing up with any armour.
- Edible Bludgeon: He joins the final battle on the side of Marcos, Corvus, and Opeli against Viren's horde. One weapon he uses is his signature jelly tarts to blind the enemy's eyes.
- One-Note Cook: Downplayed. Given he's the royal baker, Barius is most likely skilled in making many different kinds of food, but he's usually seen making jelly tarts.
- Rolling Pin of Doom: One of his other weapons is a rolling pin to bash them.
- Stout Strength: Has a corpulent build, and while not a fighter proves strong enough bash aside mutated soldiers with a rolling pin.
- Undying Loyalty: While he didn't like the prince stealing his food, he is a loyal subject to the true king. Ezran trusts him enough to safeguard Bait when he plans to abdicate and be imprisoned, and the baker later joins Opeli and Corvus in journeying to Duren after Viren's coup.
Kpp'Ar
Voiced by: Greg Rogers
Viren's predecessor and mentor who vanished years ago.- Eccentric Mentor: He developed a fascination with puzzles in his later years, as his interest in dark magic had began to wane, to the point he crafted a building known as the Puzzle House.
- Evil Cripple: Was a dark mage who walked hunched over and made use of a cane.
- Uncertain Doom: No one knows what became of him until Book Five, when Rayla discovers a cursed coin with him inside it.
Army
General Amaya
She doesn't believe in locks.
Click here to see her book 4 appearance
Voiced by: Shelia Ferguson
"I've slain monsters before."
The princes' deaf aunt, her ferocity in battle has earned her the title of being one of the Katolis Army's highest-ranking generals.
- Action Girl: In spades. She such a badass that she became one of the most renowned army generals, while deaf.
- Amazonian Beauty: Amaya is capable of making fortress walls shake with a single punch, and even with a scar on her face she's very easy on the eyes.
- Amazon Chaser: She is confirmed to have mutual, romantic feelings with Janai, an expert Sunfire Elf fighter. Callum even says this about her in Callum's Spellbook:"Aunt Amaya says she never encountered a Sunfire elf who could best her in battle — until she met Janai."
- Asskicking Leads to Leadership: She shows her title as General is well earned during her fight with Rayla. She easily defeats the elf, who had previously only been challenged by a more experienced assassin and a mage. She's also able to hold her own against Janai's group.
- Badass Normal: She is, so far, the only non-mage human to fight Rayla one on one and win.
- Bash Brothers: With Sarai in the past. The two worked well together on the battlefield, with Amaya assisting her sister to take out the Titan.
- Bear Hug: She's fond of giving these to the people she's close to like her nephews and Gren. She can also easily lift them off the ground during her hugs.
- Beauty Is Never Tarnished: She only receives a small scar on her face when facing off against the Titan and it in no ways gets in the way of her looks.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Amaya is a loving aunt and Benevolent Boss but shows little mercy to her enemies.
- Beware the Quiet Ones: Amaya is deaf, and speaks through sign language, but she also happens to be a deadly and skilled fighter.
- Big Brother Worship: In her case, sister. When visiting Sarai's grave, she signs to her that she thought of her as her hero and clearly looked up to her.
- Bilingual Dialogue: Amaya primarily communicates using actual American Sign Language. A few scenes have her talking to someone who doesn't need a translation, like when speaking directly to Gren or at her sister's memorial, and as such the viewers are not given one. Only viewers that understand ASL can see what she is saying.note
- Bring It: During her one-on-one fights, she tends to grin smugly at her opponent at some point in the fight, hold up her hand and gesture for them to come at her.
- Brutal Honesty: She says what she believes, even telling Viren straight to his face that she does not trust him or his supposedly "good" intentions.
- Character Development: Amaya starts off with the same Fantastic Racism towards Elves like most of the humans. However, by spending time with Janai, she realizes how ignorant she was.
- Cincinnatus: While she is a member of the royal family (her sister was the queen), she refuses the throne because her nephews are next in line. And besides, she is better as a General.
- Cool Aunt: To Ezran and Callum, as her sister was their mother. She is nice, sweet and loving to them, even prioritizing getting them breakfast over making a sweep on the house.
- Deadpan Snarker: Especially towards Viren, calling him out for how he tried to ascend the throne as well as when he tried to placate her for the reasons why.
- Determinator: Once she has her eyes set on a goal, there is almost nothing that can stop her from accomplishing it. When put into the Sunfire Elves test of light, she initially tries to avoid looking into until Janai advises her to look. She goes through the test gritting her teeth and staring into the light, and passes with Broken Tears afterwards to Khessa's begrudging respect.Khessa: A human with a pure heart. How original.
- Disabled Snarker:
- Even in the past, she tells Viren that there's no need for him to whisper since she is deaf.
- When Janai attempts to interrogate her, Amaya signs something which Kazi translates as her suggesting "an unusual way in which your body might accommodate your sword."
- Early-Bird Cameo: Amaya can be seen in the first episode from behind during the opening narration.
- Elective Mute: Although she is capable of speech, Amaya is deaf, and so prefers not to speak verbally, preferring to communicate using sign language instead. The only time we ever hear her actually say anything is in Season 5 where she shouts "Go!" to tell Callum and the group to escape while she makes a heroic last stand.
- Establishing Character Moment: Shows up with an entire knight's guard at the Winter Lodge before dismounting and immediately pulls her two nephews into a loving bear hug. Then she tries to do a protective sweep of the lodge — bashing the door in in the process — to find signs of any foul play, the only thing pulling her away from it being the fact that her nephews are hungry, so she immediately stops to feed them.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: In the past, her hair was longer and seemed to be tied into a low bun, showing how she was more easy-going or at peace. However, after her sister's death, she chopped it short, possibly so it wouldn't get in her way if she gets into skirmishes at the border. She undergoes another in Book 4, having grown out her hair in a half-shaven style in the two years spent with Janai.
- Fantastic Racism: She believes that all elves are monsters, though this is a really common trait among humans. She also believes when Callum tells her about elfs' blood drinking powers. Though her time as Janai's prisoner has actually softened her temperament towards the elves, and seems to have strongly bonded with her after the two witnessed Viren murder Janai's sister.
- Foil:
- To Viren. Both are extremely close to Harrow, but where as Viren is a deceptive mage that delves into dark magic and has trouble relating to the princes, Amaya is a Cool Aunt to the princes, but has been away for a long time, due to being in the frontline during the war. Viren is also a mage and subtle manipulator who favors trickery and subterfuge, while Amaya is a warrior who takes direct approaches and is never subtle about anything.
- To Janai, her opposite number among the Sun Elves. Janai also is the sister of her country's queen, whom she loses due to Viren, is an honorable warrior, and is an example of Rank Scales with Asskicking. It's not really surprising the two become friends over the course of the third season.
- Force and Finesse: Has this with her older sister Sarai, who wielded a spear with graceful movements in contrast to Amaya's more direct and brutal blows with her shield.
- Four-Star Badass: She leads the army forces stationed at the border, personally inspects the Winter Lodge the moment she thought something was wrong, is a hell of a fighter, and does not even blink at the whims of Viren, despite his rhetoric and bluster.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has a small scar on her right cheek that is completely closed and does not harm her appearance.
- Handicapped Badass: Amaya is deaf, but it doesn't make her any less a woman of war. She has been shown so far as an extremely powerful fighter and easily takes out Rayla.
- Hidden Depths: Amaya is a great breakfast chef, as revealed in the Book 1 novelization, and is described as being better at making muffins than any baker in the kingdom of Duren.
- Knightly Sword and Shield: She carries a sword, but her main weapon is her shield and fists.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: She's able to hold her own against Janai and the other Sunfire Elves but once the former starts glowing and punching holes in walls she rounds up her men and gets the heck out of dodge.
- Last-Second Word Swap: When calling out Viren's BS, she makes the two signs for "bull" and "droppings" rather than the one sign for "BS."
- Lethal Chef: According to the official website. Ever since Gren started allowing her to help Corvus make his favorite strawberry shortcake for his birthday, he's regretted it.
- Lightning Bruiser: Amaya is incredibly strong, can tank an enormous amount of punishment, and is fast enough to even keep up with Rayla, one of the fastest warriors on the show, while fully armored.
- Little Big Sister: She's taller than her older sister by an inch.
- Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Uses a judicial duelling shield as her weapon of choice. It even manages to block a Sunfire sword, if only briefly.
- Mama Bear:
- She's very protective of her nephews, doing whatever she can to keep them safe in order to honor her sister.
- When she and Rayla meet again years later, after Rayla had disappeared looking for Viren, she apologizes for trying to kill her before. Then, in the same breath, threatens to kill her if she breaks Callum's heart again.
- Nerves of Steel: She mouths off to Viren freely, despite describing him as possibly the most dangerous human alive. She also shows no hesitation when it comes to racing into an elven attack to detonate bombs at her own location.
- Nice Girl: At the end of the day, Amaya is a good person.
- Offered the Crown: Viren tempts her with the throne, but she refuses, stating that the princes are still alive, and they are next in line, not her.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Amaya never speaks verbally, so when she shouts "Go!" at Ezran so he won't risk everyone's lives attempting to save her from the corrupted banthers in season 5, he knows she means it. Fortunately, she survives that situation.
- Parental Substitute: After the death of her sister, Amaya became Callum and Ezran's primary maternal figure in her stead.
- Platonic Life-Partners: Seems very close to Commander Gren but does not display any clear romantic interest.
- Precision F-Strike: Subverted, she did actually sign 'bull droppings'.
- Reading Lips: She has the ability to do this; considering she's deaf, this greatly helps her day to day life. In fact, she becomes extremely annoyed with Rayla because the elf keeps looking away from her while speaking. This is Truth in Television, as it is disrespectful to look away and/or avert eye contact while communicating with a deaf person, as well as making lip-reading harder.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Is the only person who stands up to Viren's plan to crown himself as king. Being a General and a member of the royal family, she has the clout to get him to back down. She also refuses the throne, as the princes are next in line, and her priority is finding them first.
- Relationship Upgrade: Graduates to an Official Couple with Janai in Book 4 after some initial Ship Tease, cemented when Janai proposes to her in the premiere.
- Shield Bash: Her shield is very large, very heavy, and has very sharp edges. It's generally treated as a more dangerous weapon than her actual sword.
- Ship Tease: With Janai. They both have similar personalities that help them form a bond. Amaya comforts Janai when the latter loses her sister to Aaravos. In fact, Amaya signed to Callum that Janai "thinks [she's] cute but won't admit it". They hold hands when meeting the Dragon Queen and Devon Giehl confirmed both are gay and "are feeling a sort of way about each other". In season 4, Janai proposes to her, cementing their relationship.
- Silent Snarker: She doesn't speak due to being deaf, but it doesn't mean she can't be scathingly sarcastic.
- Talking to the Dead: After losing Callum and Ezran, she goes to visit her sister's statue. She talks with her sister in sign language."Hello, sister. You were my hero. Perfect, strong and unbreakable. Kind and loyal. I'm sorry, older sister, I failed you. Your children were safe and I let them slip away."
- There Was a Door: The lead-up to one of her most famous lines. Played with in that she did use the door, but by kicking it open rather than unlocking it."I don't believe in locks."
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: While otherwise a physically powerful warrior and General, she still get's really exciting about choosing flowers for her and Janai's wedding.
- Troll: She gets a kick out of making jokes at Janai's expense during her interrogation after she's first captured in season 3.Janai: You think you're funny, do you?Amaya: *Nods with a smirk*
- What You Are in the Dark: When Amaya sealed the Breach with explosives, she found Janai hanging on the cliff edge with no immediate backup coming. She could have sealed Janai's fate and killed her. Instead, she chose to pull Janai up and save her life. It showed that, for much of her conflict with elves, she doesn't actively hate them like Viren does. It pays off for her.
- Would Hurt a Child: Amaya has no problem with knocking the lights out of Rayla, a teenager, and later has no problem with ordering her guards to kill her. Justified as she believed she was an assassin try to kill her nephews.
- Cemented in Book 5 when she makes it clear to Rayla that while they're on the same side and she regrets her previous hostility and Fantastic Racism towards her that - if she ever hurts Callum again - she won't hesitate to kill her.
Commander Gren
Voiced by: Adrian Petriw (English) Click to see other languages
"That's... that's me! I'm Commander Gren."
General Amaya's most trusted lieutenant, as well as her sign language interpreter. Despite being in the army, he does not carry a weapon and is a diplomat rather than a fighter.
- Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Despite spending days locked in a dungeon, he doesn't look dirty or unkept in anyway. Downplayed in Book 2, when he shows to have grown a beard but is not particularly unkept yet. Justified, as he's only been there a week or so.
- Casual Danger Dialogue: Maintains his jovial, quippy personality even when imprisoned by Viren. This is especially notable when informing Viren of his "concerns"...one of which is that he locked him up in a dungeon.
- Deadpan Snarker: As Amaya's official interpreter in book 1, he often does this on her behalf. As Viren's prisoner in book 2 he is also in the habit of providing sarcastic quips rather than righteously lashing out.
- Dissonant Serenity: He has a rather casual outlook after being locked in a dungeon by Viren. Since he is not being particularly tortured or mistreated, it seems that this stems out of sheer boredom.
- Distressed Dude: Viren has him locked up in his hidden dungeon to keep him from carrying out Amaya's orders and interfering with his plans. As of the end of the first season he's still stuck there. After season 2, the end credits show some guards finding him and by season 3 he is reunited with Amaya.
- Fiery Redhead: An inversion. Gren is a redhead but is cool-headed.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: Gren is a blue-eyed Nice Guy.
- Last-Second Word Swap: He interprets word for word what Amaya is saying when she calls Viren out for his bull...droppings.
- Nice Guy: Gren's official description describes him as "earnest", "peaceful" and "soft-hearted".
- Number Two: Amaya's trusted right hand man. He is her interpreter and, when she needs to send someone to partake on the search for the princes, she sends him.
- Platonic Life-Partners: Seems very close to General Amaya but does not display any romantic interest.
- The Pollyanna: Even when he's chained down in Viren's dungeon, he never loses his jovial attitude.Viren: How can you possible remain so cheerful in your dire circumstances?
Gren: Well, I think about it like this, why see myself as chained down, when I can be chained up. (Gives a double thumbs up) - Shipper on Deck: Based on his reaction in the season three finale Gren may be this for Amaya and Janai.
- Sweet Tooth: According to Callum's Spellbook, Gren likes strawberry shortcake.
- Tactful Translation: As Amaya's interpreter, it's clear that he sometimes smooths the rough edges off of things she says in formal settings.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: The ending cards of "Breathe" show that he was eventually found and rescued from the dungeon.
- Undying Loyalty: Towards Amaya. Despite not carrying a weapon he charges head-on to help her, even though he'd be no match for Janai.
- Voice for the Voiceless: He interprets Amaya's sign language so those who don't understand it are able to know what she is saying.
- Youthful Freckles: He has a lot of freckles on his face. It gives him a much more youthful appearance compared to the motherly and collected general Amaya.
Corvus
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Voiced by: Omari Newton (English) Click to see other languages
"Never trapped an elf before. Easier than I thought."
One of General Amaya's soldiers. A skilled tracker ordered to find the princes and rescue them.
- Anti-Villain: Downplayed. He's a Hero Antagonist towards Rayla and has no qualms trying to kill her. However, it's only because he believes she's holding the princes of Katolis hostage. Once he learns the truth, he stops trying to harm her.
- Badass Normal: Unlike most other humans who face her, Corvus puts up an excellent one-on-one fight against Rayla.
- Beware the Quiet Ones: Corvus is usually a reserved and quiet man. He also happens to be one of Amaya's top soldiers and a competent fighter.
- Big Damn Heroes: In "Smoke and Mirrors", he appears just in time to save Callum, Ezran, Azymondias and Phoe-Phoe from Claudia's spell.
- Characterization Marches On: He is introduced as a rather stoic and emotionless character, but towards the end of season two, he starts to be more reactive to the oddness of the situation he finds himself in. For example, he mentions, when he has to give Ezran a ride on his shoulders, that he is a very weird king. In season 3, Corvus actually smiles approvingly when Ezran declares what kind of a king he's going to be.
- Deadpan Snarker: According to Callum in Callum's Spellbook, Corvus has a dry sense of humor.
- Dreadlock Warrior: He has long dreadlocks and is a competent fighter and tracker.
- Epic Flail: His weapon of choice is a meteor hammer with spines like a grappling hook attached to a length of chain. Not only can he whip it around with enough force to instantly smash through thick tree branches, but he can also use it to launch himself through the air, keeping up with the ninja-like movements of Rayla.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Corvus has a small scar above his right eye.
- Heel–Face Turn: Granted he was never evil to begin with, but after helping out a nearby village during the dragon attack, he decides to put behind any negative motives and instead focus on the princes' safety. He even agrees to escort and protect Ezran when the latter decides to return to the kingdom.
- Hero Antagonist: He's only after the trio because he thinks Rayla is going to hurt the princes. By season 2, he even starts helping the main characters, by bringing Ezran back to the kingdom.
- Hidden Depths: Corvus is not only a skilled tracker and fighter, season 4 reveals he's an excellent cello player.
- Inspector Javert: Genuinely believes that Rayla is a threat both to Katolis and to Callum and Ezran, and relentlessly pursues them to stop her.
- Ironic Echo: He makes the same argument to Rayla, that her leader killing the king is the same as her doing it herself, that she made to Callum in the first episode.
- Papa Wolf: To Ezran. Like Opeli, he knows that while Ezran may be the king, he's also still a child. When Prince Kasef makes cruel remarks to the young King, Corvus wastes no time angrily defending Ezran.
- Perma-Stubble: Sports a five o'clock shadow in all his scenes since season 1.
- Scarily Competent Tracker: He manages to track the trio down a river and keep himself hidden from Rayla. The credits of "Wonderstorm" show him tracking them to the village near the Cursed Caldera.
- Supreme Chef: According to the official website. For example, he is the only one Amaya trusts to make her favorite oatmeal raisin cookies on her birthday.
- Too Many Belts: One wonders just what purpose the two belts on his waist and the third across his chest actually serve.
- Undying Loyalty: To Katolis, to Amaya, and later on to Ezran. He's even willing to let go of the conflict between him and Rayla in order to keep the princes safe.
- Unfazed Everyman: Once he catches up to the rest of the group, he takes their weirdness in stride. For the record, this includes the elf assassin they befriended, a baby dragon, Ezran talking to animals, and the fact that Callum has learned to use magic without a Primal Stone.
- Variable-Length Chain: His Epic Flail weapon has a long chain attached to it.
- Would Hurt a Child: Just like his boss, Corvus has no issue with killing Rayla to save the princes. Justified, since holding back against a Moon Shadow elf, regardless of age, could easily cost someone their life.
Civilians
Ellis and Ava
Both
- Free-Range Children: Ellis goes on a several-days-long journey with the heroes without apparent consent of her father.
- A Girl and Her X: A girl and her wolf. Ellis and Ava have a strong and enduring bond. They are extremely loyal to each other and can seamlessly work together.
- Guest-Star Party Member: Added to the main trio during the very last episodes of season one, Ellis turns out to be very helpful in guiding people through the mountain and even cheering up Callum. However, she leaves the party after they leave the Moon Nexus.
- Put on a Bus: Following their time with the main characters in the Moon Nexus, they stay behind, Ellis saying goodbye as the main characters continue their quest.
- Undying Loyalty: Ellis found Ava as a pup in a snowstorm caught in a hunter's trap, and feeling sorry for her, she releases the animal and gets her to the vet, who unfortunately had to remove her paw that was caught. Even after her father believed putting Ava down would be kinder because her having only three legs seemed like a disadvantage for the wolf, and she'd die anyway Ellis still loved and looked out for Ava.
Ellis
Voiced by: Nahanni Mitchell (English) Click to see other languages
"People meet in so many interesting ways!"
A young girl from a mountain village who found and nursed an injured wolf pup back to health, naming her Ava. The two are an inseparable duo.
- Braids, Beads and Buckskins: Ellis has a notable brown tone to her, somewhere between Callum and Ezran. Her clothes seem to imply she is the setting's equivalent to an Inuit.
- Dissonant Serenity: When the group tells her that Rayla was trying to assassinate Ezran, she maintains a chirpy attitude and gleefully exclaims about how people meet in so many different ways.
- Distaff Counterpart: To Ezran as another cheerful child with an affinity for animals.
- Friend to All Living Things: She has an affinity for animals, has a close bond with Ava, and dislikes people who mistreat animals.
- Meaningful Name:
- Ellis may be named after Shaun Ellis
, a famous wolf researcher that decided to live with wolves to see what it was like. - Ellis may also be derived from the Welsh Elisedd which means "kind" or "life bringing." Ellis is nothing but kind to Callum, Ezran, and Rayla, and if she hadn't intervened, Ava might have died as a pup.
- Ellis may be named after Shaun Ellis
- Missing Mom: In her flashbacks, only her father appears. By the time she offers to accompany Callum and Co., her dad is nowhere to be seen, either.
- Nice Girl: Ellis saved Ava when she was just an injured pup left in the woods to die, despite her parents trying to tell her that it's just how nature is.
- Waxing Lyrical: The last thing she says before being Put on a Bus is a direct Shout-Out to Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds.Ellis: Don't you forget about me. Don't don't don't don't.
Ava
Ellis' wolf friend.- All Animals Are Dogs: Ava behaves much more like a dog then a wolf, even one raised by humans.
- Androcles' Lion: Ava is very loyal to Ellis because she took care of her when she was sick and refused to put her down when advised by her family.
- Artistic License – Biology: Zig-Zagged. Wolves don't bark, but wolf pups bark. Adult wolves can bark, they just don't do it in favor of other communications they have within the pack. They mostly bark when speaking to the pups. Ava was a lone pup when Ellis found her and hadn't learned an adult wolf's communication range. So barking is technically the only communication form she has with Ellis.
- Big Friendly Dog: Ava is a huge wolf but is very sweet to Ellis and their friends.
- Canis Major: Downplayed example, but Ava is much larger than any real wolf gets — overall, she's closer in size to a horse than to a typical wolf.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Separated from her pack. Lost her foot due to an infection. And everyone but Ellis thought she should be put down.
- Handicapped Badass: In the final episode of season one it is shown that Ava had never been healed, she has always just had three legs. Her fourth leg was an illusion created so people would accept her.
- Horse of a Different Color: Ellis often rides Ava like a horse.
- Noble Wolf: Ava is incredibly loyal to Ellis and Team Zym.
The Doctor
Voiced by: Jay Brazeau (English) Click to see other languages
"That's a dragon egg, isn't it?"
A kind village doctor the heroes seek out following an accident with the egg.
- Kindly Vet: He's never anything but gentle with his animal patients.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: When Ezran and Callum try to get his help with the egg while keeping it a secret, he explains gently that he wants to help, but he can't without knowing the situation. When they reveal the egg to him, he is shocked, but recovers to examine the egg and offer what help he can.
Tristan
Voiced by: Sam Vincent (English) Click to see other languages
"Well, I certainly hope that wasn't your biggest sword."
A man in a village that brags about his prowess in combat, which seem to come from a dagger made by sun elves.
- Combat Pragmatist: Using a Sunfire blade and gathering a group of villagers to aid him is certainly not honorable, but damn if it doesn't get things done.
- Fantastic Racism: When he finds out Rayla is an elf, he rounds up the town in a mob and chases them out towards the Cursed Caldera.
- Jerkass Has a Point: He's initially very suspicious that Rayla is trying to steal his knife, and why shouldn't he? He's apparently the best fighter in town, and the knife is probably worth more than the entire town combined, and Rayla just chased him down easily.
- Miles Gloriosus: Zigzagged. He boasts of having fought countless creatures from Xadia, and he does use his dagger to best a much larger man with a BFS, but when Rayla goes after him he runs in fright and turns out to be no match for her.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Rayla makes it clear at multiple points she doesn't want to hurt him or even steal his knife, just to borrow it to cut through her magic binding, and when it fails she tosses it into the snow next to him without a fuss despite him learning she's an elf. He repays her by getting an angry mob together to chase her and the gang out of town (albeit they were already leaving) while outing her as an elf.
Captain Villads and Berto
Captain Villads
Voiced by: Peter Kelamis (English) Click to see other languages
The captain of the ship Ruthless that Rayla and the Princes hire to get them across a bay.
- The Bus Came Back: Returns in Book 5 to ferry the heroes once again, this time into the Sea of the Castout, along with his new first mate, Nyx.
- Cloudcuckoolander: He's a bit of an odd one, that's for sure. He named his ship Ruthless... after his wife, Ruth, who tragically... doesn't like sailing.
- Dressed to Plunder: Is dressed like a typical pirate with a Seadog Beard, pirate hat, two eyepatches and of course a Pirate Parrot.
- Fiery Redhead: Downplayed, but he has a cheerful nature.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Captain Villads has a long, thin scar running down the right side of his face.
- Handicapped Badass: He's blind in both eyes and narcoleptic, but that doesn't stop him from being such a competent sailor that he can operate his ship with no one but his parrot helping him, performing all necessary crew roles.
- Hidden Depths:
- He seems ridiculous, but it's implied he did figure out Rayla was an elf (given his pointed question about her name), and he does have some useful advice about their situation.
- He gives a rather philosophical advice to Rayla, which seems to borrow a lot from greek Stoicism.
- He may or may not have a minor connection to the Sky Arcanum. While he's definitely not a mage, he seems to have an uncanny understanding of the sky's power, which may explain how he's able to sail and navigate despite being blind. Further driven home when Villads appears on Callum's vision that eventually leads him to understand and use the Sky Arcanum himself.
- Named After Somebody Famous: He shares his name with Villads Spangsberg, who is co-director of the show alongside Giancarlo Volpe.
- The Philosopher: He advises Rayla not to care about what doesn't depend on her, and instead to focus on what does ; And thus should she find her right place in the great order and current of things. This is roughly how one could summarize the Greek or Roman Stoicist philosophy.
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: While referred to as a pirate in promotional sources, he's not shown doing any pirating. Justified as the website says that he retired due to being unsuccessful.
- Punny Name: Not him, but he named his ship Ruthless after his wife, Ruth, who doesn't like sailing. It's a Ruth-less ship.
- Retired Outlaw: Formerly a pirate, now a lawful (if eccentric) sea captain.
- Talk Like a Pirate: Speaks with the archetypal West Country accent.
Berto
Voiced by: Paula Burrows (English) Click to see other languages
Villads' parrot.
- Amplified Animal Aptitude: Berto the parrot is ridiculously well-trained, not only perfectly able to understand and use human speech but also competent in the handling of the ship.
- Hyper-Competent Sidekick: Berto is essentially Villads only crew member, and is more than a little responsible for making sure the ship does not sink, serving as the blind captain's eyes.
- Pirate Parrot: Berto is the scarlet macaw companion of Villads and also his first mate, serving mainly to wake him up when he falls asleep from his narcolepsy, and to provide surprisingly intelligent snarky commentary.
- Polly Wants a Microphone: He basically holds coherent conversations, to the point where he seems every bit as intelligent as a human.
The Kingdom of Neolandia
King Ahling
Voiced by: Ian James Corlett (English) Click to see other languages
The king of Neolandia.
- Ambiguously Brown: Has dark brown skin.
- Animal Motifs: Seems to be elephants.
- The Good King: He's very soft-spoken and gentle, even cracking a few jokes during the meeting.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Not to the same degree as Queen Aanya, but like her, he did survive his assassin, albeit heavily injured.
- Outliving One's Offspring: His eldest child, Kasef, is killed in battle by the end of season 3.
- Put on a Bus: Unlike King Florian and Queen Fareeda, he was only stated to have been critically injured by Viren's assassins.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Not to the level of Queen Aanya, but he did change his support on Viren's request for aid once he hears out Queen Aanya's input.
Prince Kasef
Voiced by: Vincent Tong (English) Click to see other languages
"There must be a proportionate response."
The prince of Neolandia and the eldest son of King Ahling.
- Ambiguously Brown: Has dark brown skin.
- Anti-Villain: Kasef is not an endearing person but most of his hot-headedness and rudeness can be attributed to his father being nearly killed.
- Ascended Extra: In season 2, he was only mentioned by his father and shown in one of the episode's end credit pictures. He becomes a main antagonist in season 3.
- Asshole Victim: He was incredibly rude to Ezran when he didn't agree to go to war, threatened to fight the army of Katolis and thus kill thousands of Katolian soldiers to force Ezran's hand, went behind his back to put Viren in charge, and by the end of the season Aanya kills him by shooting him in the eye. It's hard to say that he will be missed.
- Bait the Dog: At first he extends condolences to Ezran, knowing they both lost their fathers and were burdened with kingship. Then he disparages Ezran for refusing to invade Xadia, and coerces him into abdicating.
- Black Eyes of Crazy: After being bestowed a corrupted form of the Sunfire Elves' heat-being mode he undergoes a monstrous transformation into a snarling berserker with black sclerae and red irises to go with his Volcanic Veins and charcoal grey skin.
- Blood Knight: He can't wait to go into battle.
- Boom, Headshot!: Dies when Aanya plants two arrows on him. One in his forehead and one in his heart.
- The Bully: Acts this way to Ezran and anyone who sides with the young King, threatening to go to war with Katolis if Ezran does not step down from the throne.
- Dark Is Evil: Not really. Yes, Kasef does some reprehensible actions, especially towards Ezran, but he ultimately wants justice for his father.
- Does Not Like Spam: During the meeting, his father muses that aside from not knowing a lot of words Aanya does, he also still refuses to eat his vegetables. He especially hates broccoli.
- Elite Mook: He basically becomes this after being turned into a monster by Viren as he is larger and stronger than the other monster soldiers.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Kasef's main reason for wanting to start a war with Xadia is to avenge his father.
- Evil Counterpart:
- To Soren. Both are warriors, but Soren starts questioning his allegiance to his father and to what he is fighting for at the same time that Kasef, because of the pain of his father decides to take up arms and join the war. Where Soren is a playful jock type with a good heart underneath, Kasef is mean, abrasive, bloodthirsty and more akin to a soldier. Viren even says for Soren to try to mimic him.
- To Ezran. Both are the heirs of their respective kingdoms who had to suddenly step into their king roles suddenly after their respective fathers were either killed (Harrow to Ezran) or seriously injured (King Ahling to Kasef). However, their temperaments, maturity, and ideologies are complete opposites — Ezran is a young but thoughtful child who still keeps his kind and compassionate ideals despite the numerous influences surrounding him while Kasef is an adult man, but very rash and childish, and lets his thirst for vengeance blind him to commit more and more atrocious actions. Their magical gifts also differ - Ezran has the ability to communicate with animals, a gift that he always has had, but Kasef turns into a mindless, chaotic Super-Soldier due to Viren's Dark Magic.
- Evil Prince: Perhaps not necessarily evil so much as misguided, but his aggression and refusal to listen to opposing viewpoints lead him to side with Viren and muster an army to march against Xadia. Also technically a prince regent rather than "just" a prince when he shows up in season 3.
- Hot-Blooded: A deconstruction. Kasef is a hot head and often brashly states what's on his mind and does what he thinks is right. This leads to animosity between him, Ezran, and Ezran's council.
- Hypocrite: He scorns Ezran for being a child king and requests to speak with an adult. However, when Corvus, an adult, speaks up and says something he doesn't like, he snaps at Corvus to stay out of a discussion between royalty.
- Irony: Kasef becomes loyal to the man responsible for injuring his father.
- Jerkass: Even with his father's health giving a certain amount of sympathy, Kasef is still a rude, hot-headed Manchild.
- Jumped Off The Slippery Slope: It's one thing to disparage a child king for being naive. It's another to hold his kingdom hostage and demand an abdication.
- Karmic Death: He spends the first half of season three intimidating Ezran and coercing him into abdication. He dies courtesy of a child-queen placing an arrow in his eye.
- Killed Off for Real: Gets killed by Queen Aanya in the Season 3 finale.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: He's impulsive and angry, but, while he urges Ezran to reconsider, he ultimately knows better than to argue against a king in his throneroom.
- Leeroy Jenkins: Runs headfirst into the battle...mere moments after being told the armies will act on Viren's order.
- Manchild: A deconstruction. Unlike Ezran, the older Kasef is more immature, rash, and entitled.
- Royal Brat: Gives off this vibe due to both his Prince status and being a Manchild jerkass. Played for Laughs in one of the end credit illustrations showing him pouting in front of a plate of vegetables while still at the age of 19.
- Transformation Horror: Being turned into a hulking lava monster is not pleasant for him, even if he did volunteer for the ritual. He's writhing and screaming in pain the whole time.
- Unskilled, but Strong: Once he's turned into a monster he's a Leeroy Jenkins as explained above and he doesn't seem to have much in the way of refined skill but it doesn't matter as he has become strong enough to curbstomp Amaya and beat Janai.
- Unwitting Pawn: Viren tricks him into thinking assassin elves tried to kill his father in order to get the Prince to want to go to war with Xadia.
- Volcanic Veins: He receives these when Viren uses the Sunfire Elf staff.
- Warhawk: Overtakes Viren as the most vocal of them among the human kingdoms; when Ezran refuses to pledge Katolis to the invasion of Xadia, Kasef says that he'll invade Katolis instead.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: A downplayed version. Kasef's jerkass tendencies make it hard to sympathize with him but he ultimately was an Unwitting Pawn by Viren to start a war with Xadia and he dies as a crazy monster unaware of the actual truth.
- Would Hurt a Child: Under his ultimatum, he locks up Ezran after forcing him to abidcate. Then later he comes close to killing Callum, who is just fourteen.
- You Killed My Father: A downplayed version. Kasef's father was seriously injured in Viren's assassination attempt but survived. However, Kasef wants to go to war with Xadia to avenge his father.
The Kingdom of Evenere
Queen Fareeda
- Killed Offscreen: She's killed after the events of season 2 by Viren's assassins.
- Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Is the queen of Evenere.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: In season 3 after Viren sent out his assassins Queen Fareeda is one of the two rulers to die.
The Kingdom of Duren
Queen Aanya
Voiced by: Zelda Ehasz (English) Click to see other languages
"As a child ruler I have had adults trying to usurp my throne, coups, conspiracies, and assassinations, but sometimes, it's not the hardest threats, but the softest that are the worst. Sweet words can be more dangerous than hidden daggers."
The queen of Duren. She rules Duren after the loss of her mothers. She is underestimated by others due to her youth, but proves to be smarter than what others believe.
- Action Girl: Oh yes. You wouldn't think so when you first meet her, but the Season 3 finale reveals her to be one when she leads her army into a huge battle and uses her own archery skills to take down some powerful monster soldiers.
- Assassin Outclassin': She was the only monarch who wasn't even wounded by the assassin that Viren sent against her.
- The Baby of the Bunch: Aanya is the youngest rulers of the nations during the meeting of "Breaking the Seal". This is brought up by Viren who thinks she is too young to be involved and needs an older regent.
- Back for the Finale: She appears at the end of season 3 with her own army as well as the knights of Katolis who refused to join Viren's troops to lend a hand to Ezran and the others.
- Big Damn Heroes: When Kasef tries to kill Callum, Aanya gets just in time there in order to stop him by planting an arrow on his hand, and then on his heart and forehead. She also commands The Cavalry that saves the day.
- Chekhov's Skill: When she first appears, she mentions assassinations among the things she has survived to retain her crown. In season 3, she's the only one of the four human rulers to come out unscathed from Viren's assassins, likely from previous experience fighting them.
- A Child Shall Lead Them: She's is eleven, but still shows up to the Pentarchy summit rather than sending a regent or a representative.
- Curtains Match the Windows: Aanya has blonde hair with yellow eyes.
- Dark and Troubled Past: On top of her mothers dying, Aanya explains that she's had to deal with people trying to usurp her, from attempted assassination to conspiracies.
- Deadpan Snarker: Towards the adults, whom she calls out for just going along with the majority decision, but especially towards Viren, whom she seems to take an instant dislike towards when he undermines her authority.Aanya: It seems I am a crown without an adult, and you are an adult without a crown. Let's just begin.
- Decadent Court: Aanya's early childhood involved surviving courtly intrigue that forced her to mature quickly.
- Foil:
- To Ezran. They're both around the same age, and Aanya is the child ruler of her kingdom, which Ezran also should be due to the death of his father. While Ezran is reluctant to attend to his royal duties as he inevitably will and would rather spend his time having fun, Aanya has already been doing it for quite some time and she won't hesitate to stand her ground. Unlike Ezran, who seems intent on avoid any wars at all costs, even his throne, she's not entirely above going to war, as shown when she led an army against Viren; she just believes only in fighting a just war.
- Also to Callum. Both had lost their parents at a young age; Callum lost his mother in the same event that killed Aanya's mothers. This had shaped both of their identities and forced them to accept responsibilities at a relatively young age. Callum himself compares their respective emotional resilience, commenting in his spellbook that they are both made of tough stuff.
- Horse Archer: In "The Final Battle," she leads reinforcements from horseback and proves to be an accurate archer from her mount.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: She can fire two arrows at once, accurately nailing her target in the head and heart.
- Little Miss Badass: As a young monarch she has had to survive countless conspiracies and assassination attempts, which made her strong enough that even the shadow-assassin that Viren sent against her couldn't take her down. The end credits of "The Crown" show Aanya to be a skilled archer which was likely how she defended herself against Viren's assassins. She's also shown to be an excellent marksman in the season 3 finale when she shoots Prince Kasef's hand and then finishes him off with an arrow to his heart and his eye.
- Meaningful Name: Her name is Arabic for "diligent protector". Fitting for a young but mature Queen who is in charge of protecting her people.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: She survived the magical assassin sent by Viren unharmed. Note that of the other three leaders targeted, all of whom were adults, two died and one was injured beyond his ability to continue serving as ruler.
- Only Sane Man: Out of all the council, she provided voice of reason and skepticism on Viren's requests among the Monarchs even if she is significantly younger than everyone.
- Out of Focus: Neither she nor her country are seen at all in Book 4, since the majority of the action occurs in Xadia.
- Properly Paranoid: She isn't immediately sold on Viren's proposal to go to war on the Xadian elves, and even points out that sweet words could be more dangerous than hidden daggers. She's also apparently had to live out most of her life as queen with attempted coups, assassinations, conspiracies and other adults trying to manipulate her.
- Rank Scales with Asskicking: Being queen doesn't keep her from being a crack shot with a bow and leading her army into battle.
- Reasonable Authority Figure:
- She listens to Viren's arguments, ignores the flashy magic and bold statements, to consider whether Katolis's actions eight years prior that have saved thousands of people now can justify her risking millions of current lives.
- When Viren performs a coup and is leading the other Kingdoms into war against Xadia, she not only doesn't join but when told of his other actions by Opeli and Corvus, she leads her army to help defend save the forces fighting to make peace with Xadia.
- Shaming the Mob: While the mob is just three other rulers in the Pentarchy, she does call them out on their "strength in unity" mentality and how it really isn't making a hard choice that as a ruler one must make."I'd hardly call 'we'll do what everyone else does' a decision."
- Silk Hiding Steel: Viren finds out the hard way that Aanya is not someone to mess with. She is poised and polite, but also a keen mind, and not easily swayed by Viren's attempted manipulations. Despite her young age, she's also an excellent archer, and the only one of the monarchs to survive her assassin unharmed.
- Tragic Keepsake: Her necklace holds within it the ring one of her mothers gave King Harrow before they sacrifice themselves to give them time to escape.
- Underestimating Badassery: Viren greatly underestimates Aanya for being a child, but she is the reason none of the other kingdoms join Viren in his quest to conquer Xadia. Also note, that of the four rulers Viren tried to have assassinated, she is the only one to come out unscathed, since Aanya does have some experience with assassination attempts on her.
- Ungrateful Bitch: Defied. Viren accuses her of being this, seeing her refusal to aid Katolis in its time of need to be spitting on the aid they extended to Duren when it was suffering from a famine. But, she makes the acurate counterpoint that Katolis saving a hundred thousand lives from starvation doesn't entitle them to significantly more than that number of troops in wartime. She even states beforehand that she recognizes that Duren owes Katolis a great debt, but lending aid in war that will cost millions of lives is not the proper way to repay them.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: While Aanya turning down Viren's call for war was justified, this resulted in Viren feeling backed into a corner and pushing him to turning to Aaravos for help, thus potentially unleashing a much worse threat upon the world.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Aanya is just a child, but she is a very smart ruler.
- Viren's passionate speech and visual aid using magic is not enough to make her join them, as she points out that a two minute speech is not enough to convince her to leave her kingdom unprotected and send her armies off to fight unknown dangers.
- She also calls out the other rulers "strength in unity" mentality as they are not actually making a decision, just agreeing with the majority. King Ahling mentions that she is more mature, intelligent and educated than his 19-year-old.
- Young and in Charge: Aanya is only a child but is already a queen.
Queen Annika and Queen Neha
Queen Annika voiced by: Paula Burrows (English) Click to see other languages
Queen Neha voiced by: Patricia Isaac (English) Click to see other languages
The former queens of Duren and Aanya's mothers.
- Ambiguously Brown: Aanya's white-haired mother.
- Deceased Parents Are the Best: The two are glorified in their home country and became legends for their part in ending the famine that lasted for so long. Aanya has never actually met them, being just a baby when they died, but dearly misses them for the stories she is told about them.
- Good Parents: Their battle cry as they charge towards Thunder is, "For Aanya!"
- Heroic Sacrifice: The two died fighting Thunder to buy time for Harrow to take wounded soldiers and the Magma titan's heart out of Xadia.
- Posthumous Character: They died before the series began, and are only seen in flashback.
- War Memorial: Back in their country, there is a statue dedicated to the two queens remembering their sacrifice.
The Kingdom of Del Bar
King Florian
- Killed Offscreen: After the events of season 2 he's killed by Viren's assassins.
- Meaningful Name: His name has to do with flowers, and there are flowers incorporated into his crown.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: In season 3 after Viren sent out his assassins King Florian is one of the two rulers to die.
