Archipelago/Characters

Credenza's Group

Credenza Black

Now, I am a waitress...but I can still kick your fuzzy butt!

• Animal Motifs: Her soul has dragonfly wings.
• The Hero
• The Messiah: With an exception made for Snow.
• Strong Family Resemblance: She looks a lot like her parents. Some speculate Dragonfly counts as well,
• Team Mom

Blitz/Anthony Solair

Look Credenza! I found something shiny!

• Adult Child: Very much justified by having no memories of... well, anything.
• Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny: See his character quote? He says variations on that a lot.
• Cloudcuckoolander
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He does not need to rely on Raven for everything.
• Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons
• Loss of Identity
• Talkative Loon

Raven

For your information, I am a spirit, not a demon.

• Ascended Extra: He was originally going to be little more than a recurring Mook who would possess Blitz, until the author pictured him and Credenza talking and it just went from there.
• Badass
• Deuteragonist: More or less.
• Heel Face Turn
  • Help Face Turn: Credenza helping Blitz (and him by extension) is what sets off his transition.
  • Mook Face Turn: Raven was just "a Raven" before getting his soul.
• Humanity Ensues
• The Lancer
• Perpetual Frowner: As stated by the Word of God, "Raven smiles very rarely, not that I havn't tried to make him smile. It's hard to draw him with that expression without it looking... un-Ravenlike."
• Sense Freak: After getting a physical body.
• Good Angel, Bad Angel: Sort of; when he is using Blitz's body, Blitz starts floating around his shoulder.
• Super-Powered Evil Side: Although the "Evil" goes away pretty quickly.
• Winged Humanoid: Though the wings are magical, not physical. At first

Tuff Luck

Well, me and Riley are only half were-shark. Thankfully, we tend more toward the human side.

• Genius Bruiser: Particularly after he gains the "gift" of being able to transform into a full wereshark.
• Punny Name
• The Smart Guy: Particularly after the List names him Reader.
• Royal Blood: Although due to the prevalence of Fantastic Racism in their home city, neither he nor Riley holds any actual title.

Riley Luck

• The Big Guy
• Royal Blood

Antagonists

Captain Adrian Snow

Bafore I went to sea I was trained in medical college. I'm a doctor. It's my job to heal the sick and tend to the wounded. Torture is what I do for FUN.

• Artificial Limbs: Made by Dragonfly, as a part of the mechanism to trap the Raven.
• Big Bad
• Deadly Doctor
• The Dragon: To the Great Raven, though he is the functional Big Bad of the story.
  • Dragon with an Agenda: Implied by the last page of Snowflakes.
• The Dreaded
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He is somewhat protective of his nephew, at least compared to the rest of his crew. See also his wife/widow and daughter.
• Faux Affably Evil
• The Heavy
• Like a Badass Out of Hell
• Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate
• A Spot of Tea: His Trademark Favorite Drink.
• Torture Technician

Lucinda

You accepted the slavery of the Raven because you were scared of death. I accepted because I was afraid to go on living. In exchange for my faithful service, the Raven agreed to take away my fear and sadness. I no longer wanted my life, I had no reason to refuse.

• Anti-Villain: Arguably.
• The Dragon
• Emotionless Girl: Justified, in that her deal with the Raven was that she lost her emotions.
• Foil: Somewhat of one to Raven; by joining the Raven, she lost what he gained by leaving.
• Face Heel Turn: She was the former Reader of the Listing of Names.
• Love Makes You Evil

Knull

Oh man, what have I gotten myself into? I don't belong here! I design armor! I'm not a killer like my uncle!

• Anti-Magic: A (very useful) ability of his, implied to be why Snow keeps him around.
• Anti-Villain
• Dark Chick: Oh yes.
• Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: At least compared to most of the rest of Snow's crew.

The Great Raven

I am a great wind, and you are a little candle. And I will extinguish you.

• Animal Motifs: Guess.
• Bigger Bad
• Manipulative Bastard
• Sealed Evil in a Can: Though it can still manipulate its servants.