War of the Spider Queen/Characters

Main Party

Pharaun Mizzrym

Race: Drow
Class: Wizard
Alignment: Neutral Evil

• The Alcoholic
• Attention Whore
• Badass Bookworm
• Bishounen
• Blue Blood
• Bound and Gagged: When he and Ryld were captured by the alhoon's cult. Completely justified, since he's a wizard.
• The Casanova
• The Charmer
• Cultured Badass
• The Dandy
• Distracted by the Sexy: When he first met Danifae, he couldn't stop staring.
• Hand Signals
• Lovable Rogue
• Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards: While the group's melee fighters are quite skilled, it's proven time and again that Pharaun is easily the most powerful member of the party. And he lets everyone know it.
• Make Me Wanna Shout: How he dealt with Belshazu.
• A Man Is Always Eager
• No Honor Among Thieves: Completely left Ryld for dead in Dissolution, but felt a mote of guilt about, albeit briefly. It came back to bite him.
• Not in This For Your Revolution: While he was forced into looking for Lolth by Gromph and the Matrons of Menzoberranzan, Pharaun was mostly in the hunt for the glory, since if he came back successful, it would put him in a better position to become Archmage, should Gromph ever die.
• Our Elves Are Better
• Pointy Ears
• Red Oni: To Ryld's blue.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning
• Rings of Power: Carries two on him at all times,one that detects magic and another that holds his animtaed rapier.
• Sensitive Guy: To Ryld's manly man.
  • Subverted, actually. While their physical qualities fit the trope - Pharaun is small, slender and foppish, while Ryld is big, strong and gloomy and favors practicality and battle-readiness over elegance - Pharaun isn't capable of love, compassion or loyalty, all of which Ryld was shown to feel.
• Servile Snarker: Ultimately what got him killed.
• Sharp Dressed Drow
• Spell Book: Has a handy haversack full of them.
• The Smart Guy
• Squishy Wizard
• Sword and Sorcerer: Type I with Ryld.
• Tall, Dark and Snarky
• White-Haired Pretty Boy
• Wrecked Weapon: Belshazu disintegrated his favorite enchanted rapier. He didn't take it well.

Ryld Argith

Race: Drow
Class: Fighter
Alignment: Lawful Evil

• Absurdly Sharp Blade: Splitter. It's so sharp, it can cut through enchantments!
• Allergic to Routine: The main reason he agreed to help Pharaun to begin with.
• The Big Guy: Class 5.
• Blue Oni: To Pharaun's red.
• Converting for Love: Played with, but ultimately averted.
• Emergency Weapon: His short sword is treated as such, as he rarely uses it unless something happens to Splitter or he doesn't have room to draw it.
• Hand Signals
• In Harm's Way: Wanted more excitement in his life and got plenty.
• I Will Only Slow You Down: Attempted to use this in the Cold Fields when he and Halisstra were dying of hypothermia. She didn't let it happen.
• Manly Man: To Pharaun's sensitive guy.
  • Partially subverted; see Pharaun's entry above.
• Meditation Powerup: Gave him the ability to concentrate on his targets,ignore his wounds,while retaining his sword skills
• Master Swordsman
• Our Elves Are Better
• Pointy Ears
• Red Eyes, Take Warning
• The Stoic
• Smart People Play Sava
• Sword and Sorcerer: Type I with Pharaun.
• Weapon Across the Shoulder: Standard for Ryld when Splitter's out, but not being put to use.
• Wrecked Weapon: Splitter got destroyed in his fight against Jeggred. It was a prelude to something a lot worse.

Quenthel Baenre

Race: Drow
Class: Cleric
Alignment: Neutral Evil

• Alpha Bitch
• Blue Blood
• Break the Haughty: When Faeryl turned on her and got her captured, she was stripped and tortured. Her normal personality faded quickly.
• Dark Action Girl
• Deadpan Snarker
• Everything's Better with Princesses
• Empathic Weapon: Her five-headed snake whip. Each head contains the intelligence of an imp, and they often give her advice throughout the series.
• Hand Signals
• Ice Queen
• Lady of War
• Mistress and Servant Boy: With Jeggred, primarily, but tries to treat every male she comes across as this.
• More Deadly Than the Male
• Our Elves Are Better
• Pointy Ears
• Red Eyes, Take Warning
• Royals Who Actually Do Something
• Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
• Three Faces of Eve: The mother.
• White-Haired Pretty Girl
• Whip It Good

Jeggred Baenre

Race: Draegloth
Alignment: Chaotic Evil

• ...And Show It to You/Beat Still My Heart: How he made sure Ryld was dead after axing him in the chest.
• Blood Knight
• Blood Lust
• Body Horror
• Bodyguard Betrayal:Semi-subverted in that the only person that dies as a result of his betrayal is himself.
• The Brute
• Combat Sadomasochist
• Dumb Muscle
• Finger-Lickin' Evil
• Demon Sacrifice
• I'm a Humanitarian
• Lightning Bruiser
• Loves the Sound of Screaming
• Natural Weapon: Will usually claw someone to death with his bare hands,only using a weapon once in the series to kill Ryld.
• Mistress and Servant Boy: With Triel and Quenthel. Later Danifae.
• Multi-Armed and Dangerous
• Red Eyes, Take Warning
• Slasher Smile
• Torture Technician

Valas Hune

Race: Drow
Class: Rogue/Scout
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

• Cluster F-Bomb: When he nearly got knocked off some webbing in the old Demonweb Pits, he "cursed in several different languages all at once."
• Eyes of Gold
• Hand Signals
• Good Scars, Evil Scars: Kinda hard to tell which side of that fence he's on.
• Kukris Are Kool
• Our Elves Are Better
• Opt Out: Bowed out prior to the group entering the new Demonweb Pits because he knew things were only going to get worse from there.
• Pointy Ears
• Ranger
• Scars Are Forever
• Scarily Competent Tracker
• Stealth Hi Bye
• The Stoic
• Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: To practically every female he encounters.

Faeryl Zauvirr

Race: Drow
Class: Cleric
Alignment: Neutral Evil

• Blue Blood
• Deep-Cover Agent
• The Dog Bites Back: Got a measure of revenge against Quenthel before she got killed herself.
• False Friend
• Green Eyes
• Hand Signals
• Humiliation Conga: Just as she was getting her Revenge on Quenthel, the rest of the party showed up and turned the tables completely upside-down. It didn't end well for her.
• Killed Off for Real
• The Mole
• Our Elves Are Better
• Pointy Ears

Halisstra Melarn

Race: Drow
Class: Cleric/Bard/Seeker of the Song
Alignment: Neutral Evil

• Action Girl
• Bodyguard Betrayal
• Blue Blood
• The Chosen One: Was chosen by Elistraee to destroy Lolth, but didn't go through with it.
• Conflicting Loyalty: Between her love for Ryld and her worship of Elistraee, then between her worship of Elistraee or Lolth.
• Doomed Hometown
• Et Tu, Brute?: Played straight enough to wonder if she really remembered she was a drow, when all is said and done.
• Fate Worse Than Death: Was forced to become Lolth's handservant for losing her faith.
• Hand Signals
• Heel Face Revolving Door: You could hear the hinges squeak in Resurrection.
• Magic Music
• Our Elves Are Better
• Pointy Ears
• Red Eyes, Take Warning
• Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: According to Lolth.
• Screw Destiny: See The Chosen One.
• Three Faces of Eve: The child.
• Turncoat: To Lolth and then to Elistraee.
• White-Haired Pretty Girl

Danifae Yauntyrr

Race: Drow
Class: Cleric
Alignment: Chaotic Evil

• Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence
• Bi the Way
  • Depraved Bisexual
• The Chosen One: Handpicked by Lolth to be the final piece of her rebirth.
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Being such a master manipulator is probably the reason that she became Lolth's chosen vessel.
• Dark Chick
• The Dog Bites Back
• Evil Is Sexy
• Gray Eyes
• Hand Signals
• I Just Want to Be Free
• I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!: Uses her looks to try and seduce anyone she crosses paths with, and it usually works.
• Manipulative Bitch
• Our Elves Are Better
• Pointy Ears
• The Starscream: Quickly became Quenthel's right-hand, and just as quickly started plotting against her.
• Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
• Three Faces of Eve: The seductress.
• The Vamp
• White-Haired Pretty Girl

Menzoberranzyr

Gromph Baenre

Race: Drow
Class: Wizard/Archmage
Alignment: Neutral Evil

• The Archmage
• Badass Bookworm
• Big Screwed-Up Family: Pretty standard for the drow, though.
• Blue Blood
• Crazy Prepared: Just in case he ever got caught by a mind flayer, he prepared a time stop potion and an amnesia potion. He then programmed his own memory to forget what was in the bottles he put them in and made it so that he'd try to warn himself not to drink them just to throw the mind flayer off about what was about to happen.
• Crystal Ball
• Deadpan Snarker
• Death Glare
• Eye Scream: Had his eyes eaten out by his familiar as part of a transplant.
• Familiar: Kyorli.
• Make Me Wanna Shout: What he teaches at Sorcere. Also doubles as a Signature Move.
• Man of Wealth and Taste
• No One Should Survive That: Escaped the monumental explosion of a House, but only just barely.
• Older Than They Look: Over 700, but looks young thanks to an Amulet of Eternal Youth.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning
• Royals Who Actually Do Something
• Sharp Dressed Drow
• Sibling Rivalry: He and Quenthel fight over Triel's ear on the throne. So much so that he tried to kill her several times.
• Spell Book
• Tall, Dark and Snarky
• White-Haired Pretty Boy

The Scoured Legion

Aliisza

Race: Alu-fiend
Class: Sorcerer
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

• Clingy Jealous Girl
• Dark Magical Girl
• Evil Wings
• Good Bad Girl
• I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!
• Ms. Fanservice
• Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
• Winged Humanoid

Kaanyr Vhok

Race: Cambion
Class: Fighter/Rogue/Sorcerer
Alignment: Chaotic Evil

• Glory Seeker
• Jerkass
• A Man Is Always Eager
• Those Two Bad Guys: With Aliisza.
• Wicked Cultured

Jaezred Chaulssin

Nimor Imphraezel

Race: Half-drow/half-shadow dragon
Class: Rogue/Assassin
Alignment: Chaotic Evil

• Career Killer
• Casting a Shadow
• The Chessmaster
• Dark Is Evil
• Double Reverse Quadruple Agent
• The Fighting Narcissist
• The Gloves Come Off: When he cut ties with Dyrr, the lichdrow attempted to kill him in retaliation. Nimor put on his Game Face and fought back for a bit and set the guy--who was just as powerful as Gromph--back on his heels.
• Knife Nut
• Lie to the Beholder: His handsome drow appearance is just a spell-based disguise. His real form is more akin to the shadow dragons that make up half his heritage.
• Man of Wealth and Taste
• White-Haired Pretty Boy