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** [[BFS]]: Justified, as the Orb of Aldur lightens it's weight.
** [[BFS]]: Justified, as the Orb of Aldur lightens it's weight.
** [[Flaming Sword]]: The Orb causes the Sword to burst into blue flame.
** [[Flaming Sword]]: The Orb causes the Sword to burst into blue flame.
** [[One Handed Zweihander]]: Normally Garion uses the Sword with two hands, but he can do this if the situation calls for it.
** [[One-Handed Zweihander]]: Normally Garion uses the Sword with two hands, but he can do this if the situation calls for it.
** [[Only the Chosen May Wield]]: As long as the Orb is attached.
** [[Only the Chosen May Wield]]: As long as the Orb is attached.
** [[Power Glows]]
** [[Power Glows]]
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* [[Locked Out of the Loop]]: Until late in Book 4.
* [[Locked Out of the Loop]]: Until late in Book 4.
* [[Magic Knight]]: Garion becomes frighteningly proficient with both weaponry and sorcery.
* [[Magic Knight]]: Garion becomes frighteningly proficient with both weaponry and sorcery.
* [[Moses in The Bullrushes]]
* [[Moses in The Bulrushes]]
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]
* [[Papa Wolf]]
* [[Papa Wolf]]
* [[The Reason You Suck Speech]]: Delivers a brutal one to Torak in the first series, and to the Dark Prophecy in the second.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Delivers a brutal one to Torak in the first series, and to the Dark Prophecy in the second.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: has acquired this skill ever since he hit a log on a pond while showing off.
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: has acquired this skill ever since he hit a log on a pond while showing off.
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* [[Upbringing Makes the Hero]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] by Polgara; she deliberately raises Garion as a [[Farm Boy]] to give him a solid moral foundation for when he ends up having to save the world.
* [[Upbringing Makes the Hero]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] by Polgara; she deliberately raises Garion as a [[Farm Boy]] to give him a solid moral foundation for when he ends up having to save the world.
* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: Especially in the first series, where he lacks finesse and experience, but has enough raw power to terrify the Grolim Hierarchs (though notably, not the likes of Ctuchik). This isn't really rectified either--it's just that by the second series his raw power is so significant that his lack of talent doesn't matter.
* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: Especially in the first series, where he lacks finesse and experience, but has enough raw power to terrify the Grolim Hierarchs (though notably, not the likes of Ctuchik). This isn't really rectified either--it's just that by the second series his raw power is so significant that his lack of talent doesn't matter.
* [[Well Excuse Me Princess]]: His relationship with Ce'Nedra summed up in four words.
* [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]]: His relationship with Ce'Nedra summed up in four words.


::'''Polgara'''
::'''Polgara'''
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* [[Animal Motifs]]: A snowy owl
* [[Animal Motifs]]: A snowy owl
* [[Brainy Brunette]]: Their mother sorcerously altered both twins in the womb to prepare them for their roles in life, including making Polgara this as opposed to Beldaran's [[Hair of Gold]].
* [[Brainy Brunette]]: Their mother sorcerously altered both twins in the womb to prepare them for their roles in life, including making Polgara this as opposed to Beldaran's [[Hair of Gold]].
* [[Dark Chick]]: Torak always kept this place in his [[Five Bad Band]] open for her.
* [[Dark Chick]]: Torak always kept this place in his [[Five-Bad Band]] open for her.
* [[Magical Nanny]]: Polgara plays this role as caretaker of the Rivan line for two thousand years. And her cooking... divine!
* [[Magical Nanny]]: Polgara plays this role as caretaker of the Rivan line for two thousand years. And her cooking... divine!
* [[Mama Bear]]: Dear gods, yes.
* [[Mama Bear]]: Dear gods, yes.
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* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]
* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]
* [[Skunk Stripe]]: Her trademark.
* [[Skunk Stripe]]: Her trademark.
* [[Tall Dark and Bishoujo]]: This is Polgara every inch of the way. [http://ofearna.us/books/eddings/polgara.jpg If she had a good picture,] they could use her for the trope's front page.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: This is Polgara every inch of the way. [http://ofearna.us/books/eddings/polgara.jpg If she had a good picture,] they could use her for the trope's front page.
* [[Tantrum Throwing]]: Polgara does this at least twice.
* [[Tantrum Throwing]]: Polgara does this at least twice.


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** [[Badass Beard]]
** [[Badass Beard]]
** [[Badass Grandpa]]
** [[Badass Grandpa]]
** [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]]
** [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]
* [[Eccentric Mentor]]: Belgarath has several bad habits- the stealing and overimbibing and all that business in Maragor after Poledra's death- and he generally looks like a tramp, but he is still Aldur's first disciple and quite capable of demonstrating why all the Grolims are terrified of him.
* [[Eccentric Mentor]]: Belgarath has several bad habits- the stealing and overimbibing and all that business in Maragor after Poledra's death- and he generally looks like a tramp, but he is still Aldur's first disciple and quite capable of demonstrating why all the Grolims are terrified of him.
* [[Elderly Immortal]]
* [[Elderly Immortal]]
* [[Grandma What Massive Hotness You Have|Grandpa What Massive Hotness You Have]]: He's the oldest person in the world short of the gods and ''looks'' appropriately venerable for an aged sorcerer, yet pulls this off when he strips to his briefs to dive into a lake and shows off his impressive physique in the process.
* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|Grandpa What Massive Hotness You Have]]: He's the oldest person in the world short of the gods and ''looks'' appropriately venerable for an aged sorcerer, yet pulls this off when he strips to his briefs to dive into a lake and shows off his impressive physique in the process.
* [[Large Ham]]: He is a professional story teller and he uses it whenever he can.
* [[Large Ham]]: He is a professional story teller and he uses it whenever he can.
* [[The Mentor]]
* [[The Mentor]]
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* [[The Big Guy]]: He fullfills this role in ''Pawn of Prophecy''. In the later books he's [[The Hero]] of [[The Big Guy]] Band, doing his best to keep the likes of Hettar, Mandorallen, and Relg in line.
* [[The Big Guy]]: He fullfills this role in ''Pawn of Prophecy''. In the later books he's [[The Hero]] of [[The Big Guy]] Band, doing his best to keep the likes of Hettar, Mandorallen, and Relg in line.
* [[Cursed With Awesome]]: Barak's "curse" is to turn into a bear when Garion {{spoiler|Heir to the long-empty throne of Riva and Overlord of the West by treaty}} is threatened. A rampaging, unstoppable bear. At first he thinks it's just a progressive ailment and attempts suicide, but once he gets filled in on the trigger conditions (i.e., his family is now the hereditary protectors of Garion's family), he contemplates tasteful ways to work it into his coat of arms. Who wouldn't want to advertise that?
* [[Cursed With Awesome]]: Barak's "curse" is to turn into a bear when Garion {{spoiler|Heir to the long-empty throne of Riva and Overlord of the West by treaty}} is threatened. A rampaging, unstoppable bear. At first he thinks it's just a progressive ailment and attempts suicide, but once he gets filled in on the trigger conditions (i.e., his family is now the hereditary protectors of Garion's family), he contemplates tasteful ways to work it into his coat of arms. Who wouldn't want to advertise that?
* [[Dual Wielding]]: With a sword in one hand and a battleaxe in the other.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: With a sword in one hand and a battleaxe in the other.
* [[Everythings Worse With Bears]]: Called "The Dreadful Bear" for a reason.
* [[Everything's Worse With Bears]]: Called "The Dreadful Bear" for a reason.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: A male version
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: A male version
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: A very good man in a fight, he's also very politically savvy, good at reading peoples' intentions, and has a philosophical way of looking at things.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: A very good man in a fight, he's also very politically savvy, good at reading peoples' intentions, and has a philosophical way of looking at things.
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* [[Loveable Rogue]]
* [[Loveable Rogue]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[May December Romance]]: He's about twenty years older than {{spoiler|Liselle}}.
* [[May-December Romance]]: He's about twenty years older than {{spoiler|Liselle}}.
* [[Professional Killer]]
* [[Professional Killer]]
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: At one point during The Mallorean, certain parties conspire to have one of Silk's fellow spies killed. The woman in question is an old friend/enemy, but someone Silk had immense respect for. His response to their conspiracy eventually causes a mass exodus of all the most powerful people related to the plot, surrounded by guards, and many of them simply do not make it out.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: At one point during The Mallorean, certain parties conspire to have one of Silk's fellow spies killed. The woman in question is an old friend/enemy, but someone Silk had immense respect for. His response to their conspiracy eventually causes a mass exodus of all the most powerful people related to the plot, surrounded by guards, and many of them simply do not make it out.
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::'''Hettar'''
::'''Hettar'''
* [[Badass]]: Quite possibly the best cavalryman in the world, and very dangerous with that sabre of his.
* [[Badass]]: Quite possibly the best cavalryman in the world, and very dangerous with that sabre of his.
* [[The Big Guy]]: A member of The Big [[Five Man Band]]; he plays Lancer to Barak.
* [[The Big Guy]]: A member of The Big [[Five-Man Band]]; he plays Lancer to Barak.
* [[Happily Adopted]]: By Cho-Hag.
* [[Happily Adopted]]: By Cho-Hag.
* [[Happily Married]]: In the sequel.
* [[Happily Married]]: In the sequel.
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* [[Breast Plate]]: Justified, believe it or not. Ce'Nedra intends to speak to an army, and it's very important that she look like a queen and not a little girl (or boy). Problem is, she's very flat. So she has an armourer solve her problem (after a very long debate).
* [[Breast Plate]]: Justified, believe it or not. Ce'Nedra intends to speak to an army, and it's very important that she look like a queen and not a little girl (or boy). Problem is, she's very flat. So she has an armourer solve her problem (after a very long debate).
* [[The Chick]]: Well, somebody had to do it.
* [[The Chick]]: Well, somebody had to do it.
* [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu]]: She raises an ''international army'' just to provide cover for Garion sneaking off to fight [[Big Bad|Torak]].
* [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]]: She raises an ''international army'' just to provide cover for Garion sneaking off to fight [[Big Bad|Torak]].
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Very much so.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Very much so.
* [[Half Human Hybrid]]: Her mother was a Dryad.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Her mother was a Dryad.
* [[Happily Married]]: To Garion in ''The Malloreon''.
* [[Happily Married]]: To Garion in ''The Malloreon''.
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]
* [[Inelegant Blubbering]]: Polgara tells her she shouldn't cry in public; she hasn't the right coloring for it.
* [[Inelegant Blubbering]]: Polgara tells her she shouldn't cry in public; she hasn't the right coloring for it.
* [[Its All About Me]]: She eventually grows out of it.
* [[It's All About Me]]: She eventually grows out of it.
* [[Jerkass]]: For most of the first series.
* [[Jerkass]]: For most of the first series.
** [[Spoiled Sweet]]: In her better moments, after [[Character Development]].
** [[Spoiled Sweet]]: In her better moments, after [[Character Development]].
* [[Keep the Home Fires Burning]]: See [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu]].
* [[Keep the Home Fires Burning]]: See [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]].
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Ce'Nedra's cooking is only edible by a very loose definition of the term.
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Ce'Nedra's cooking is only edible by a very loose definition of the term.
* [[Locked Out of the Loop]]: Until Book 4.
* [[Locked Out of the Loop]]: Until Book 4.
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* [[Rousing Speech]]: She's damn good at this. In fact it's why she was born in the first place.
* [[Rousing Speech]]: She's damn good at this. In fact it's why she was born in the first place.
* [[Spoiled Brat]]
* [[Spoiled Brat]]
* [[Spell My Name With an S]]: [[In Universe]] example. Dryad names always have an X in them, but hers seems to break the rule. In ''The Malloreon'' it's explained that it can also be spelled "Xe'Nedra."
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: [[In Universe]] example. Dryad names always have an X in them, but hers seems to break the rule. In ''The Malloreon'' it's explained that it can also be spelled "Xe'Nedra."
* [[Tantrum Throwing]]: She's thrown some impressive ones.
* [[Tantrum Throwing]]: She's thrown some impressive ones.
* [[Tsundere]]: Ce'Nedra makes most anime Tsunderes look ''amateurish''. A good capsule description of her is "[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Asuka]], only having traded in all of her self-esteem issues for even more self-centeredness."
* [[Tsundere]]: Ce'Nedra makes most anime Tsunderes look ''amateurish''. A good capsule description of her is "[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Asuka]], only having traded in all of her self-esteem issues for even more self-centeredness."
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* '''[[Badass|BADASS]]''': He slays lions with his bare hands. He attacks [[All Trolls Are Different|Algroth]] packs for fun. He threatens Tolnedran legions by himself. He refuses to fight an enraged [[Kill the God|Garion]]--because he doesn't want to hurt him. In a [[World of Badass]], Mandorallen manages to stand head and shoulders above the rest.
* '''[[Badass|BADASS]]''': He slays lions with his bare hands. He attacks [[All Trolls Are Different|Algroth]] packs for fun. He threatens Tolnedran legions by himself. He refuses to fight an enraged [[Kill the God|Garion]]--because he doesn't want to hurt him. In a [[World of Badass]], Mandorallen manages to stand head and shoulders above the rest.
** [[Badass Normal]]: All that crazy stuff we just mentioned? He does it with no powers or supernatural aid of any kind.
** [[Badass Normal]]: All that crazy stuff we just mentioned? He does it with no powers or supernatural aid of any kind.
* [[The Big Guy]]: The most archetypal example. In the Big [[Five Man Band]] he's Big Squared.
* [[The Big Guy]]: The most archetypal example. In the Big [[Five-Man Band]] he's Big Squared.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Mandorallen is always spoiling for a chance to demonstrate his prowess.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Mandorallen is always spoiling for a chance to demonstrate his prowess.
* [[The Champion]]: Ce'Nedra's.
* [[The Champion]]: Ce'Nedra's.
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* [[Love Triangle]]: His love is married to an older man she respects far too much to cheat on. For that matter Mandorallen respects them both too much to ask her to.
* [[Love Triangle]]: His love is married to an older man she respects far too much to cheat on. For that matter Mandorallen respects them both too much to ask her to.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: With Lelldorin
* [[Odd Friendship]]: With Lelldorin
* [[One Man Army]]
* [[One-Man Army]]
* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]
* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]


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* [[Odd Friendship]]: With Mandorallen
* [[Odd Friendship]]: With Mandorallen
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]
* [[Star Crossed Lovers]]: Averted. Despite the fact that he and Arianna are an Asturian and a Mimbrate and married without her father's consent they end up [[Happily Married]].
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: Averted. Despite the fact that he and Arianna are an Asturian and a Mimbrate and married without her father's consent they end up [[Happily Married]].
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To Garion and anyone else he considers a friend.
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To Garion and anyone else he considers a friend.


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* [[Badass]]
* [[Badass]]
* [[Beard of Barbarism]]/[[Seadog Beard]]: Anheg is still a pirate at heart.
* [[Beard of Barbarism]]/[[Seadog Beard]]: Anheg is still a pirate at heart.
* [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]]: Anheg pretends to be far dumber than he really is.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Anheg pretends to be far dumber than he really is.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Anheg is a brutal Viking warchieftain. He's also one of the most widely read people on the continent, and can read ''The Book of Torak'' without endangering his mental health.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Anheg is a brutal Viking warchieftain. He's also one of the most widely read people on the continent, and can read ''The Book of Torak'' without endangering his mental health.
* [[Horny Vikings]]
* [[Horny Vikings]]
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* [[Hot Consort]]: This is why Anheg married her.
* [[Hot Consort]]: This is why Anheg married her.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Initially Islena is a pompous wuss who caves in every time Grodeg shouts at her. She finally has enough, threatens to have him muzzled and throne in jail, and ships he and the rest of the Bear-Cult off to join the army. Anheg is impressed.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Initially Islena is a pompous wuss who caves in every time Grodeg shouts at her. She finally has enough, threatens to have him muzzled and throne in jail, and ships he and the rest of the Bear-Cult off to join the army. Anheg is impressed.
* [[Weak Willed]]: Is initially totally under the thumb of Grodeg, Chief Priest of Belar. With some help from Merel and Porenn she eventually overcomes this.
* [[Weak-Willed]]: Is initially totally under the thumb of Grodeg, Chief Priest of Belar. With some help from Merel and Porenn she eventually overcomes this.


::'''Merel of Trellheim'''
::'''Merel of Trellheim'''
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* [[Adipose Rex]]
* [[Adipose Rex]]
* [[Happily Married]]: To Porenn.
* [[Happily Married]]: To Porenn.
* [[May December Romance]]: He and his second wife, Porenn. Despite the age gap they are deliriously happy together.
* [[May-December Romance]]: He and his second wife, Porenn. Despite the age gap they are deliriously happy together.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Among the Kings of the West.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Among the Kings of the West.
* [[The Spymaster]]: Thanks to the work of his right-hand man, Javelin, Rhodar is privvy to almost every secret in the world.
* [[The Spymaster]]: Thanks to the work of his right-hand man, Javelin, Rhodar is privvy to almost every secret in the world.
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* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Hot Consort]]: To Rhodar
* [[Hot Consort]]: To Rhodar
* [[May December Romance]]
* [[May-December Romance]]
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Among the Queens of the West.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Among the Queens of the West.
* [[The Spymaster]]: Shares this role with her husband.
* [[The Spymaster]]: Shares this role with her husband.
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* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Cho-Hag can barely stand, but that doesn't stop him from kicking ass. Justified as he, like most Algars, is a cavalryman, and lets his horse do the fighting for him.
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Cho-Hag can barely stand, but that doesn't stop him from kicking ass. Justified as he, like most Algars, is a cavalryman, and lets his horse do the fighting for him.
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Its Personal]]: His hatred of Taur Urgas goes far beyond mere politics.
* [[It's Personal]]: His hatred of Taur Urgas goes far beyond mere politics.
* [[The Quiet One]]: Among the Alorn rulers, he and Brand share this role.
* [[The Quiet One]]: Among the Alorn rulers, he and Brand share this role.
* [[Sword Fight]]: Has an epic one with Taur Urgas.
* [[Sword Fight]]: Has an epic one with Taur Urgas.
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* [[Man On Fire]]: How he makes his exit.
* [[Man On Fire]]: How he makes his exit.
* [[Sinister Minister]]: The first of the Grolim priests encountered in the series.
* [[Sinister Minister]]: The first of the Grolim priests encountered in the series.
* [[Small Name Big Ego]]: He's undoubtedly dangerous, but he can't hope to threaten Belgarath in person, despite his protestations to the contrary.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: He's undoubtedly dangerous, but he can't hope to threaten Belgarath in person, despite his protestations to the contrary.
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Starter Villain]]
* [[Starter Villain]]
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::'''Brill/Kordoch'''
::'''Brill/Kordoch'''
* [[Beard of Evil]]: A matted, patchy black one.
* [[Beard of Evil]]: A matted, patchy black one.
* [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]]: Appears to be a common footpad. Is actually a ninja.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Appears to be a common footpad. Is actually a ninja.
* [[Disney Villain Death]]
* [[Disney Villain Death]]
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Blind in one eye. Can fight Silk on an equal footing.
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Blind in one eye. Can fight Silk on an equal footing.
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* [[Beard of Evil]]: His [[Wizard Beard]] is yellowed, greying and filthy.
* [[Beard of Evil]]: His [[Wizard Beard]] is yellowed, greying and filthy.
* [[Black Cloak]]
* [[Black Cloak]]
* [[Cold Blooded Torture]]: Has a room in his tower filled with torture equipment, that he uses for his personal entertainment.
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: Has a room in his tower filled with torture equipment, that he uses for his personal entertainment.
* [[Deceptive Disciple]]: He's only loyal to Torak out of fear, and has no intentions of waking him.
* [[Deceptive Disciple]]: He's only loyal to Torak out of fear, and has no intentions of waking him.
* [[The Dragon]]: There are other contenders for the title of Torak's right-hand man, but Ctuchik is the most archetypal, running the Grolim priesthood and Cthol Murgos in his master's absence.
* [[The Dragon]]: There are other contenders for the title of Torak's right-hand man, but Ctuchik is the most archetypal, running the Grolim priesthood and Cthol Murgos in his master's absence.
** [[Co Dragons]]: Alongside Zedar and Urvon, though it's fairly obvious that he has primacy amongst the three.
** [[Co-Dragons]]: Alongside Zedar and Urvon, though it's fairly obvious that he has primacy amongst the three.
** [[Dragon With an Agenda]]: Has no loyalty to Torak and plans to rule the world himself.
** [[Dragon With an Agenda]]: Has no loyalty to Torak and plans to rule the world himself.
* [[Elderly Immortal]]
* [[Elderly Immortal]]
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* [[Famous Last Words]]: "Come back Cho-Hag! Come back and fight!"
* [[Famous Last Words]]: "Come back Cho-Hag! Come back and fight!"
* [[I Control My Minions Through]]: Fear, and a degree of Respect. See [[The Berserker]] for how.
* [[I Control My Minions Through]]: Fear, and a degree of Respect. See [[The Berserker]] for how.
* [[Its Personal]]: With Silk and Cho-Hag.
* [[It's Personal]]: With Silk and Cho-Hag.
* [[Lack of Empathy]]
* [[Lack of Empathy]]
* [[The Mentally Ill]]: In addition to his bloodthirstyness, Taur Urgas is prone to fits wherein he chews on the furniture.
* [[The Mentally Ill]]: In addition to his bloodthirstyness, Taur Urgas is prone to fits wherein he chews on the furniture.
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* [[Break the Haughty]]: In the backstory. It's why he's a [[Fallen Hero]].
* [[Break the Haughty]]: In the backstory. It's why he's a [[Fallen Hero]].
* [[Butt Monkey]]: To the universe.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: To the universe.
* [[Co Dragons]]: To Torak, alongside Ctuchik.
* [[Co-Dragons]]: To Torak, alongside Ctuchik.
* [[Elderly Immortal]]
* [[Elderly Immortal]]
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Could be Belgarath's clone.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Could be Belgarath's clone.
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** [[Evil Counterpart]]: To the Sword of the Rivan King.
** [[Evil Counterpart]]: To the Sword of the Rivan King.
** [[Evil Weapon]]: It's not actually sentient, but given its association with the Dark Prophecy it's safe to say that it can't be used for anything good.
** [[Evil Weapon]]: It's not actually sentient, but given its association with the Dark Prophecy it's safe to say that it can't be used for anything good.
** [[One Handed Zweihander]]: Not that Torak particularly has a choice in the matter. [[Handicapped Badass|He]] has to use it like this.
** [[One-Handed Zweihander]]: Not that Torak particularly has a choice in the matter. [[Handicapped Badass|He]] has to use it like this.
** [[Unbreakable Weapons]]
** [[Unbreakable Weapons]]
* [[Dark Is Evil]]
* [[Dark Is Evil]]
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* [[Guile Heroine]]
* [[Guile Heroine]]
* [[Knife Nut]]
* [[Knife Nut]]
* [[May December Romance]]: She's about twenty years younger than {{spoiler|Kheldar}}.
* [[May-December Romance]]: She's about twenty years younger than {{spoiler|Kheldar}}.
* [[Precocious Crush]]: When Silk was an up-and-coming star of the Intelligence Service, he'd often play dolls with the boss's niece, Liselle, who was approximately twenty years younger than him. As an adult, she pursued him {{spoiler|and caught him}}.
* [[Precocious Crush]]: When Silk was an up-and-coming star of the Intelligence Service, he'd often play dolls with the boss's niece, Liselle, who was approximately twenty years younger than him. As an adult, she pursued him {{spoiler|and caught him}}.
* [[Professional Killer]]
* [[Professional Killer]]
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** [[Badass Beard]]: Grows one.
** [[Badass Beard]]: Grows one.
* [[BFS]]: Justified. Garion has the Orb make an enormous greatsword as light as a rapier, enabling 'Zakath to fence with it.
* [[BFS]]: Justified. Garion has the Orb make an enormous greatsword as light as a rapier, enabling 'Zakath to fence with it.
** [[One Handed Zweihander]]: 'Zakath may well be the only fencer in the world to use a [[BFS]] instead of say, a rapier.
** [[One-Handed Zweihander]]: 'Zakath may well be the only fencer in the world to use a [[BFS]] instead of say, a rapier.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Zakath is one of the rare ''pre-emptive'' examples of this trope, in that after finally dawning to just how thoroughly the odds are against him he decides to just skip the 'defeat' and go straight to the 'friendship'.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Zakath is one of the rare ''pre-emptive'' examples of this trope, in that after finally dawning to just how thoroughly the odds are against him he decides to just skip the 'defeat' and go straight to the 'friendship'.
{{quote| "You know something, Garion? I've always believed that someday you and I would go to war with each other. Would you be terribly disappointed if I decided not to show up?"}}
{{quote| "You know something, Garion? I've always believed that someday you and I would go to war with each other. Would you be terribly disappointed if I decided not to show up?"}}
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: 'Zakath did some pretty awful things that he's never punished for.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: 'Zakath did some pretty awful things that he's never punished for.
* [[Licked By the Dog|Licked By The Kitten]]: Zakath's pet [[Cute Kitten|Cute Kittens]] peg him as a [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]], an early indication that he's not the [[Complete Monster]] he's rumored to be.
* [[Licked By the Dog|Licked By The Kitten]]: Zakath's pet [[Cute Kitten|Cute Kittens]] peg him as a [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]], an early indication that he's not the [[Complete Monster]] he's rumored to be.
* [[May December Romance]]: With {{spoiler|Cyradis}}.
* [[May-December Romance]]: With {{spoiler|Cyradis}}.
* [[Power Fist]]: Belgarath tells them not to kill anybody during the one battle. 'Zakath puts on a cestus and proceeds to smash it into the face of every man he rides past.
* [[Power Fist]]: Belgarath tells them not to kill anybody during the one battle. 'Zakath puts on a cestus and proceeds to smash it into the face of every man he rides past.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: His entire campaign against Cthol Murgos can be seen as this.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: His entire campaign against Cthol Murgos can be seen as this.
** [[Revenge By Proxy]]/[[Sins of Our Fathers]]: Plans to exterminate every single member of the Urga family--and possibly all of Cthol Murgos--because of what Taur Urgas made him do.
** [[Revenge By Proxy]]/[[Sins of Our Fathers]]: Plans to exterminate every single member of the Urga family--and possibly all of Cthol Murgos--because of what Taur Urgas made him do.
* [[Royal Rapier]]: Played with. 'Zakath is a trained fencer, and all his sword-fighting experience is with a rapier. Than Garion comes along and makes his [[BFS]] as [[One Handed Zweihander|light as one]]...
* [[Royal Rapier]]: Played with. 'Zakath is a trained fencer, and all his sword-fighting experience is with a rapier. Than Garion comes along and makes his [[BFS]] as [[One-Handed Zweihander|light as one]]...
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Sixth Ranger]]
* [[Sixth Ranger]]
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::'''Sadi'''
::'''Sadi'''
* [[Anti Hero]]: Type IV.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type IV.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: A minor antagonist in the first series; a major player in the second.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: A minor antagonist in the first series; a major player in the second.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Justified. Sadi's brilliance as a poisoner stems from his experience as Chief Eunuch at the Nyissan court; if you want to live very long you get very good at surviving.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Justified. Sadi's brilliance as a poisoner stems from his experience as Chief Eunuch at the Nyissan court; if you want to live very long you get very good at surviving.
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* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: His madness leaves him no match for Zandramas and totally under Nahaz's thumb.
* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: His madness leaves him no match for Zandramas and totally under Nahaz's thumb.
* [[The Dragon]]: One of Torak's three disciples
* [[The Dragon]]: One of Torak's three disciples
** [[Co Dragons]]: With Ctuchik and Zedar
** [[Co-Dragons]]: With Ctuchik and Zedar
** [[Dragon Ascendant]]: Doesn't he wish.
** [[Dragon Ascendant]]: Doesn't he wish.
** [[Dragon Their Feet]]: Completely absent from the first series.
** [[Dragon Their Feet]]: Completely absent from the first series.
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* [[Dark Messiah]]: Sets himself up as a messianic figure to the Karands, even summoning their "[[A God Am I|god]]", Nahaz, to do his bidding.
* [[Dark Messiah]]: Sets himself up as a messianic figure to the Karands, even summoning their "[[A God Am I|god]]", Nahaz, to do his bidding.
* [[The Dragon]]: To Urvon
* [[The Dragon]]: To Urvon
** [[Co Dragons]]: Alongside Nahaz, who isn't under his dominion for long.
** [[Co-Dragons]]: Alongside Nahaz, who isn't under his dominion for long.
** [[Dragon With an Agenda]]: Intends to use Urvon as a [[Puppet King]] while he really rules Karanda.
** [[Dragon With an Agenda]]: Intends to use Urvon as a [[Puppet King]] while he really rules Karanda.
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]
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* [[Double Standard Rape Divine On Mortal]]: Averted. Heck, Nahaz having consensual sex is still treated like rape given what happens to his partners.
* [[Double Standard Rape Divine On Mortal]]: Averted. Heck, Nahaz having consensual sex is still treated like rape given what happens to his partners.
* [[The Dragon]]: To Urvon
* [[The Dragon]]: To Urvon
** [[Co Dragons]]: Alongside Harakan; {{spoiler|One could argue he and Mordja are Co Dragons to the King of Hell}}.
** [[Co-Dragons]]: Alongside Harakan; {{spoiler|One could argue he and Mordja are Co Dragons to the King of Hell}}.
** [[Dragon in Chief]]: Urvon is both insane and completely under Nahaz's domination, leaving the Demon Lord as the one who's really running the show.
** [[Dragon-in-Chief]]: Urvon is both insane and completely under Nahaz's domination, leaving the Demon Lord as the one who's really running the show.
** [[Dragon With an Agenda]]: To Urvon. He'll take his soul, the Orb, the Sardion, and dominion over the world in the name of his master.
** [[Dragon With an Agenda]]: To Urvon. He'll take his soul, the Orb, the Sardion, and dominion over the world in the name of his master.
* [[Eviler Than Thou]]: With Mordja
* [[Eviler Than Thou]]: With Mordja
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* [[Fetus Terrible]]: Impregnates women than watches the fetus tear its way out and devour the mother alive.
* [[Fetus Terrible]]: Impregnates women than watches the fetus tear its way out and devour the mother alive.
* [[Lack of Empathy]]: He's a [[Legions of Hell|demon lord]]. This is to be expected.
* [[Lack of Empathy]]: He's a [[Legions of Hell|demon lord]]. This is to be expected.
* [[Multi Armed and Dangerous]]
* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]
* [[Power Glows]]: A sickly green.
* [[Power Glows]]: A sickly green.
* [[Really Gets Around]]: Enjoys impregnating women with [[Fetus Terrible|Fetus Terribles]].
* [[Really Gets Around]]: Enjoys impregnating women with [[Fetus Terrible|Fetus Terribles]].
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* [[Demonic Possession]]: Of the dragon.
* [[Demonic Possession]]: Of the dragon.
* [[The Dragon]]: To Zandramas
* [[The Dragon]]: To Zandramas
** [[Co Dragons]]: Alongside Naradas. {{spoiler|It could be argued that he and Nahaz are Co Dragons to the King of Hell}}.
** [[Co-Dragons]]: Alongside Naradas. {{spoiler|It could be argued that he and Nahaz are Co Dragons to the King of Hell}}.
** [[Dragon With an Agenda]]: He wants Zandramas' soul, the Sardion, and the Orb for the King of Hell.
** [[Dragon With an Agenda]]: He wants Zandramas' soul, the Sardion, and the Orb for the King of Hell.
* [[Eviler Than Thou]]: With Nahaz
* [[Eviler Than Thou]]: With Nahaz
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* [[Final Boss]]: Provides the last physical confrontation of the series.
* [[Final Boss]]: Provides the last physical confrontation of the series.
* [[Lack of Empathy]]
* [[Lack of Empathy]]
* [[Multi Armed and Dangerous]]
* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]
* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]
* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]
* [[Your Soul Is Mine]]
* [[Your Soul Is Mine]]
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::'''Issa'''
::'''Issa'''
* [[Good Eyes Evil Eyes]]: Subverted. Issa's eyes are snake-like and lifeless, but he's a pretty good guy.
* [[Good Eyes, Evil Eyes]]: Subverted. Issa's eyes are snake-like and lifeless, but he's a pretty good guy.
* [[Physical God]]
* [[Physical God]]
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]

Revision as of 14:37, 8 January 2014


Characters appearing in the Belgariad. Needs more work. Spoilers and Loads And Loads Of Deadpan Snarkers abound!!!

The Belgariad

Garion's Companions

Garion (Belgarion)

  "Why me?"

Polgara

 "To this very day, if you're impolite enough to ask Polgara how old she is, she'll probably say something like, 'We're about three thousand- or so.' Beldaran's been gone for a long time, but she still looms very large in Polgara's conception of the world."

Belgarath
Durnik
  • An Axe to Grind: Often uses his woodsman's axe in the first series.
  • Back From the Dead: At the end of the Belgariad. One of only two exceptions in history to All Deaths Final.
  • Badass
  • The Blacksmith
  • Boring but Practical: Durnik's ideas are rarely exciting or terribly complex, but they inevitably work.
  • Drop the Hammer: As a blacksmith he's quite proficent with one of these. In The Malloreon he gains a magic one with similar properties to the Sword of the Rivan King.
  • Intergenerational Friendship: With Garion. He's old enough to be the boy's father, yet their relationship is very much that of two good friends.
  • The Lancer: To Garion.
  • Overshadowed By Awesome: At the beginning Durnik is just a Sendarian blacksmith in the company of a master thief, a competent warrior and two sorcerers. He become more and more prominent as the story goes along though.
  • Power Glows: His hammer in the second series.
  • Sixth Ranger: To the Disciples of Aldur.
  • Took a Level In Badass: Repeatedly, including two assists from the gods.
  • Unskilled but Strong: One of the reasons for his success as a fighter in the first series. Durnik may not be a warrior, but he's a big man and as a smith he possesses formidable upper body strength. He gains more talent as the story progresses.
Barak
  • An Axe to Grind: Carries a waraxe along with his sword.
  • Badass
  • Beard of Barbarism/Seadog Beard: All Chereks are Vikings at the end of the day.
  • The Berserker: Barak's an unwilling heroic example. Apparently this kind of thing is common in Cherek warriors, even the ones who don't turn into bears.
  • The Big Guy: He fullfills this role in Pawn of Prophecy. In the later books he's The Hero of The Big Guy Band, doing his best to keep the likes of Hettar, Mandorallen, and Relg in line.
  • Cursed With Awesome: Barak's "curse" is to turn into a bear when Garion Heir to the long-empty throne of Riva and Overlord of the West by treaty is threatened. A rampaging, unstoppable bear. At first he thinks it's just a progressive ailment and attempts suicide, but once he gets filled in on the trigger conditions (i.e., his family is now the hereditary protectors of Garion's family), he contemplates tasteful ways to work it into his coat of arms. Who wouldn't want to advertise that?
  • Dual-Wielding: With a sword in one hand and a battleaxe in the other.
  • Everything's Worse With Bears: Called "The Dreadful Bear" for a reason.
  • Fiery Redhead: A male version
  • Genius Bruiser: A very good man in a fight, he's also very politically savvy, good at reading peoples' intentions, and has a philosophical way of looking at things.
  • In the Blood: His curse is genetic. His son, Unrak, turns into a bear when Garion's son, Geran is threatened.
  • Involuntary Shapeshifting: Barak's hereditary "curse" is to turn into a bear when Garion is threatened.
  • Odd Friendship: With Silk
  • Protectorate: Garion's family is this to Barak's family.
  • Royals Who Actually Do Something: Cousin to King Anheg of Cherek, Earl of Trellheim, Clan-Chief, and all around useful badass.
Kheldar (Silk)

 "Trust me."

  • Combat Pragmatist
  • Deconfirmed Bachelor: Thanks to Liselle in the Mallorean.
  • Gentleman Thief
  • Guile Hero
  • Jerk With a Heart of Gold: If he likes you, he's sarcastic. If he doesn't like you, he's sarcastic. If he's worried, he's sarcastic. If he's feeling fine, he's sarcastic. Only a few things ever break through his shell of smartassery.
  • Knife Nut
  • Lethal Chef
  • Loveable Rogue
  • Manipulative Bastard
  • May-December Romance: He's about twenty years older than Liselle.
  • Professional Killer
  • Roaring Rampage of Revenge: At one point during The Mallorean, certain parties conspire to have one of Silk's fellow spies killed. The woman in question is an old friend/enemy, but someone Silk had immense respect for. His response to their conspiracy eventually causes a mass exodus of all the most powerful people related to the plot, surrounded by guards, and many of them simply do not make it out.
  • Sarcastic Devotee: At one point Garion notes that he understands now why Belgarath was so consistently irritated at Silk throughout the entire series - leadership is hard enough without someone standing behind you providing a sarcastic running commentary.
  • Unrequited Love: For his aunt-by-marriage, Queen Porenn.
Hettar
Ce'Nedra
Sir Mandorallen, Baron of Vo Mandor
Relg
Lelldorin
The Orb of Aldur (Cthrag Yaska)

The Kingdoms of the West

King Anheg of Cherek
  • Badass
  • Beard of Barbarism/Seadog Beard: Anheg is still a pirate at heart.
  • Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Anheg pretends to be far dumber than he really is.
  • Genius Bruiser: Anheg is a brutal Viking warchieftain. He's also one of the most widely read people on the continent, and can read The Book of Torak without endangering his mental health.
  • Horny Vikings
  • Royals Who Actually Do Something: Runs his nation, leads his army, and commands his fleet. He's also very intelligent and does his best to keep abreast of world events and assist Belgarath.
  • Stay in The Kitchen: Subverted. When Ce'Nedra demands the Alorn kings follow her, Anheg sides with the conservative Brand and does all the talking...in order to preemptively sabotage any arguments Brand might raise against her.
Queen Islena of Cherek
  • Achievements in Ignorance: It's illegal to throw a priest into prison without evidence. Islena doesn't know that, and Grodeg knows she doesn't. Anheg finds the entire situation hilarious.
  • Brainless Beauty: When Anheg is asked why he married her, his response is that "It certainly wasn't for her brains!"
  • Break the Haughty
  • Hot Consort: This is why Anheg married her.
  • Took a Level In Badass: Initially Islena is a pompous wuss who caves in every time Grodeg shouts at her. She finally has enough, threatens to have him muzzled and throne in jail, and ships he and the rest of the Bear-Cult off to join the army. Anheg is impressed.
  • Weak-Willed: Is initially totally under the thumb of Grodeg, Chief Priest of Belar. With some help from Merel and Porenn she eventually overcomes this.
Merel of Trellheim
King Rhodar of Drasnia
Queen Porenn of Drasnia
Cho-Hag, Clan Chief of Clan Chiefs of Algaria
  • Handicapped Badass: Cho-Hag can barely stand, but that doesn't stop him from kicking ass. Justified as he, like most Algars, is a cavalryman, and lets his horse do the fighting for him.
  • Happily Married
  • It's Personal: His hatred of Taur Urgas goes far beyond mere politics.
  • The Quiet One: Among the Alorn rulers, he and Brand share this role.
  • Sword Fight: Has an epic one with Taur Urgas.
Brand, The Rivan Warder
  • The Quiet One
  • Regent for Life: Brand is part of a long line of Rivan Warders, who vowed to rule the island and protect the Orb until the Rivan King returned. Unlike his predecessors, Brand is actually able to give up this position.
  • Stay in The Kitchen: Brand has very conservative values, particularly as regards women.

Villains

Asharak/Chamdar
Brill/Kordoch
Ctuchik

  "Justice? There's no such thing, Polgara. The strong do what they like; the weak submit. My Master taught me that."

Taur Urgas

 "Make way for the King of Algaria. He's mine!"

  • Abusive Dad: Towards all of his sons.
  • Authority Equals Asskicking
  • Axe Crazy: He actually foams at the mouth in combat.
  • Badass: A veritable force of nature on the battlefield.
  • The Berserker: Goes utterly mad(er) while fighting. He utterly terrifies his troops, but at the same time, galvanises them. It's as though by giving into his madness they feel that they too may become as invincible as he.
  • Bling of War: Taur Urgas' chainmail is dipped in red Angarak gold. Rather than making it look overly pretty, it instead makes him look as though he has bathed in blood.
  • Blood Knight: He's always at war, sleeps in his armour, and orders his Praetorian Guard to clear the way for Cho-Hag so that he can fight him. And that's without even mentioning his Famous Last Words.
  • The Brute: He may be the King of Cthol Murgos, but one could definitely make the case of Taur Urgas being The Brute. He's got all the hallmarks of the personality: no empathy, totally Axe Crazy, a Berserker in combat, and he also seems to fit in terms of his position and role in the villainous hierarchy: he's the ruler of one of the largest countries subject to Torak, and provides manpower and muscle for the Angarak armies, while still being subject to Ctuchik, Torak's Dragon.
  • The Caligula: All the Urgas are Royally Screwed Up, but Taur Urgas is crazy even by their standards.
  • Domestic Abuser: Beats his wives, keeps them under lock and key, tosses them down flights of stairs, occasionally kills them.
  • Famous Last Words: "Come back Cho-Hag! Come back and fight!"
  • I Control My Minions Through: Fear, and a degree of Respect. See The Berserker for how.
  • It's Personal: With Silk and Cho-Hag.
  • Lack of Empathy
  • The Mentally Ill: In addition to his bloodthirstyness, Taur Urgas is prone to fits wherein he chews on the furniture.
  • Royally Screwed Up: Sadism, brutality, and outright madness are hereditary in the Urga bloodline.
  • Sword Fight: Against Cho-Hag.
Zedar
Torak
  • Antagonistic Offspring: To his father, UL, to the point where he flatout refuses to admit there is a relationship.
  • Beauty Is Bad: The most beautiful god, and the most flat out evil, complete with being obsessed with his own appearance.
  • Bishonen: Before he got his face toasted.
  • Cain and Abel: With all of his brothers, but most notably, Aldur.
  • The Chosen One: By the Dark Prophecy
  • Cool Mask: Wears a steel mask to hide his maiming. All of his followers wear one too.
  • Cool Sword: Cthrek Goru, his infamous cursed black sword. It instills fear in those who see it.
  • Dark Is Evil
  • The Devil Is a Loser: He's maimed, unloved, and incapable of change. It's eventually revealed that he was never even supposed to exist in the first place.
  • Dystopia Justifies the Means: Wants an entire world bowing down in worship and offering him sacrifices.
  • Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Inverted. Even after everything he's done the Universe still loves Torak. So do UL, Aldur, and the other gods for that matter.
    • Also played straight: his last word is an anguished "Mother!"
  • Even Evil Has Standards: In a moment of sanity he saw the kind of future that Zandramas would create, and left a note for Garion, urging him to take her down.
  • Evil Cripple: Justified. When Torak misused the Orb it burned off one of his hands and boiled one of his eyes. He was evil long before he was a cripple.
  • God of Evil
  • Handicapped Badass: Still a brutally dangerous swordsman despite missing a hand and having no depth perception. Being a god probably helps.
  • Love Hungry
  • Narcissist: Torak cannot conceive of a world that doesn't revolve around him. In the Book of Torak he claims to have created the Universe (his own mother). He's also one in the classic sense, being utterly obsessed with his own appearance.
  • Physical God
  • Red Right Hand: What hand?
  • Take Over the World
  • Two Faced: Beneath his mask.
  • Villainous Crush: On Polgara
  • Wound That Will Not Heal: Gods aren't designed to be injured, and because of that his burnt face, boiled eye, and missing hand continue to pain him, leaving him in perpetual agony.
  • Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe

The Malloreon

Garion's Companions

Liselle (Velvet)
Emperor Kal'Zakath
  • Ambition Is Evil
  • Ascended Extra: A minor villain in the first series. A major player in the second.
  • Badass
  • BFS: Justified. Garion has the Orb make an enormous greatsword as light as a rapier, enabling 'Zakath to fence with it.
  • Defeat Means Friendship: Zakath is one of the rare pre-emptive examples of this trope, in that after finally dawning to just how thoroughly the odds are against him he decides to just skip the 'defeat' and go straight to the 'friendship'.

 "You know something, Garion? I've always believed that someday you and I would go to war with each other. Would you be terribly disappointed if I decided not to show up?"

Sadi
  • Anti-Hero: Type IV.
  • Ascended Extra: A minor antagonist in the first series; a major player in the second.
  • Authority Equals Asskicking: Justified. Sadi's brilliance as a poisoner stems from his experience as Chief Eunuch at the Nyissan court; if you want to live very long you get very good at surviving.
  • Badass: Eventually becomes one of the few Badass eunuchs in fiction.
  • Bald of Evil: In The Belgariad. Becomes a Bald of Awesome during The Malloreon
  • Combat Pragmatist
  • Drugs Are Bad: Averted. Sadi's drug-dealing and abuse is portrayed as a bad thing, but isn't treated as anything worse than Silk's thievery and drinking.
  • Eunuchs Are Evil: Played straight in the first series and subverted in the second. The Prophecy refers to him as "The Man Who Is No Man."
  • Evil Chancellor: Averted. Even in the first series he's one of the voices of reason at Salmissra's court.
  • Evil Genius/The Smart Guy: Plays this role after joining up with the heroes in the second series, sharing the position with Liselle and Silk.
  • Guile Hero
  • Knife Nut
  • Lean and Mean
  • Manipulative Bastard
  • Master Poisoner: As Garion puts it, "Sadi could poison one person at a banquet with a thousand guests."
    • This is demonstrated at one point. He poisoned the spoon, not the soup.
  • Poisoned Weapons: All of his knives are coated in poison, and he's been known to toss very concoctions straight into his enemies' faces when all else fails.
  • Sissy Villain: Starts out as one, but loses these traits after months on the road.
  • Smug Snake: Starts out as an archetypal example, becoming an antiheroic variant by partway through The Malloreon.
  • Snakes Are Evil: Subverted. His pet snake, Zith, proves to very useful to the heroes.
  • Street Urchin: As a child.
  • Token Evil Teammate: Sadi's alliance with the protagonists is not accompanied by a Heel Face Turn. While he likes them all by the end, and has certainly become a braver, more well-rounded individual, he has not become a good person by any stretch of the term.
  • Took a Level In Badass: Sadi starts out as a typically prissy Sissy Villain and Smug Snake. By the end he's a lean, mean fighting machine with his own unique style of combat. For a eunuch he has balls.
Beldin

Villains

Zandramas
Naradas
Urvon
Harakan/Mengha
Nahaz

 "I need this thing..."

Mordja
The Sardion (Cthrag Sardius)

Gods and Prophecies

The Prophecy
The Dark Prophecy
UL
  • God: As the Father of all the other Gods, UL is the closest thing the series has to the Judeo-Christian God.
  • Physical God
Aldur
Eriond
Issa
The King of Hell
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