Drowtales/Characters/Val Beldrobbaen

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Background Information
One of the Nine Great Clans, the Beldrobbaen have a very traditional view, unfortunately, this is part of what's killing them, as their refusal to adopt new members or mate with anyone who is not of Val status (combined with the loss of an entire generation of girls in a demon attack) has meant that their numbers are severely diminished. They make up one of the four "Great Clans" of the Council of Nine.


 * Animal Motifs (the spider)
 * Dark Is Not Evil (they dress in all black and revere the darkness... but their members make up some of the nicest members of the cast)
 * Despair Event Horizon (the massacre of a generation of girls at Orthorbbae caused many members to cross it)
 * Dying Race (in the sense that the clan is like a race unto itself within Chel, their numbers took a big hit during the Orthorbbae massacre and entire houses have died out)
 * Lawful Neutral (their general strategy and clan philosophy is to wait, like a spider, and not involve themselves in outside disputes unless necessary )
 * Proud Scholar Race (they have an entire house of males devoted to scholarly pursuits)
 * The Purge (during the Nidraa'chal War, after a tainted slave attempted to kill a Val Waes'soloth personally killed every last slave and servant)
 * The Remnant (they're one of the oldest clans in Chel, and it's heavily implied that there might even be a few dark elves hiding in the clan)
 * Slobs Versus Snobs (somewhat on the snobbish side of the scale as they pointedly refuse to mate with non-Vals and do not adopt commoners. Despite this the clan seems to be on the side of reasonable authority compared to other Val clans and when readers are shown the clan fortress it appears to be scrupulously clean- despite the lack of non-golem servants)

Waes'soloth Val'Beldrobbaen
The powerful and mysterious Ill'haress of the Beldrobbaen, Waes'soloth is described as being the only thing holding the declining Beldrobbaen clan together.


 * Curtains Match the Window (probably natural, since Waes is most likely a second generation drow)
 * Goth
 * Hot Mom
 * Knight Templar Parent (again, her massacre of the slaves)
 * Mama Bear (single handedly killed every slave in her fortress after a tainted slave went after one of the children)
 * "This means I will not have to regret sending back their envoy short a few limbs." Don't mess with Waes' kids.
 * Modest Royalty (considering her status and compared to the other Ill'haresses Waes dresses pretty plainly, though her lack of ornamentation may be as much a statement as their inclusion on others' clothes. Another explanation could be that she dresses modestly because it's rude to stand out or wear bright colors in Beldrobbaen culture, as Naal'suul explained to Kiel'ndia)
 * Multi-Armed and Dangerous (apparently her spider "legs" are actually shadows)
 * No Indoor Voice (as can be inferred from her speech bubbles, she speaks in a loud, echoing voice)
 * Peek-a-Bangs
 * Person of Mass Destruction (according to Word of God, Waes'soloth is old enough and powerful enough that, if she went all out and had nothing to lose, she could take out an entire army, not to mention that she has canonically killed hundreds of slaves by herself)
 * What the Hell, Hero? (according to the clan podcast, her decision to single-handedly kill every slave in the Beldrobbaen fortress was this trope, as it led to an over-reliance on golems and some of the nobles having to do their servants' former duties themselves, which led several of them to believe that she's snapped.)

Naal'suul Val'Beldrobbaen
Waes'soloth's daughter and heir who was the only person to survive the massacre at Orthobbae-albeit heavily tainted. She is a member of Chry'stel's Girl Posse at Orthorbbae and Kiel'ndia's best friend. Naal'suul is often the voice of reason amongst her friends.


 * Break the Cutie (pre broken, though we do see flashbacks of before)
 * Catch Phrase (to Kiel: "You're weird." Probably a compliment by now)
 * Cool Pet (her spider, usually seen riding on her back, nicknamed "Fuzz Fuzz" by fans)
 * Cry Cute (see Not So Stoic)
 * Cuteness Proximity (has this effect on Kharla of all people)
 * Deadpan Snarker (she makes the same sort of comments she did before her tainting, but due being an Emotionless Girl now she does it with a deadpan expression)
 * Dark Is Not Evil (dyes her hair black, dresses in all black, specializes in shadow sorcery, comes from a Clan that reveres darkness, and is the closest to what humans would consider good or moral)
 * Elegant Gothic Lolita (many of her clothes, especially when she was younger, and one sketch of a young Naal describes her as "doll-like")
 * Emotionless Girl (somewhat, since she does show emotion, just comparatively little of it)
 * Gray Eyes (originally)
 * Mind Rape (what being tainted did to her)
 * Not So Stoic (one of the most powerful moments in the series thus far and one hell of a Tear Jerker)
 * Later,.
 * (it's heavily implied that )
 * Perky Goth (originally)
 * Romantic Two-Girl Friendship (with Kiel, and it's hard to deny after this)
 * Then there's this nuclear warhead of a Ship Tease. The fandom nearly exploded with Squee. May have officially upgraded to Les Yay at this point.
 * Too Many Belts (they help her feel secure. And yes, the fandom ran with this.)
 * Your Days Are Numbered (knows that her seed could overpower her any day now )
 * Why Am I Ticking? (when her seed overpowers her, it will result in a rampaging demon that could pose a serious threat to anyone in the vicinity of her at the time)
 * Too Many Belts (they help her feel secure. And yes, the fandom ran with this.)
 * Your Days Are Numbered (knows that her seed could overpower her any day now )
 * Why Am I Ticking? (when her seed overpowers her, it will result in a rampaging demon that could pose a serious threat to anyone in the vicinity of her at the time)

Khal'harror Val'Beldrobbaen
A son of Waes'soloth and Naal'suul's younger brother. Unusually for members of his clan he has a rather upbeat personality. Is very interested in re-animating corpses and is rarely seen without Bob, his undead chicken of doom. After the timeskip, he's the drummer for Kyo'nne's band.


 * All Drummers Are Animals (as part of Kyo'nne's band. While not too much on the "animal" side he's definitely on the odd side, especially for his clan.)
 * Dragged Into Drag (along with Nau'kheol)
 * Girlish Pigtails (gets these when he gets Dragged Into Drag)
 * Gray Eyes
 * Insufferable Genius (already had some of this as a child, but it fully manifests after the timeskip, culminating in Ariel and Kyo'nne simultaneously telling him to shut up)
 * Necromantic (not yet, but he tells Naal that he'll bring her back as a golem when she dies, she tells him not to bother. )
 * Nightmare Fetishist (likes bones and bodies just a bit too much... this leads to a Funny Background Event where he can be seen inspecting a dead body to see if it's suitable for golem making)
 * Perky Goth (compared to the rest of his clan, though Naal was very similar to him pre-tainting)
 * Punny Name (his name is based on the French exclamation "Quel Horreur!" which means "The Horror!")
 * Skunk Stripe (Inverted. He has several black stripes across his white hair)

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