History Characters / DeliciousInDungeonOther

* InconsistentSpelling: The official English release has his name spelled as "Sissel", while fan translations have gone with "Thistle". The official english translation of the 'Adventurer's Bible' also goes with Sissel, but addresses the confusion from a more in-universe perspective; it claims Delgal's father named him "Sissel" because it sounds like 'Thistle', and his eyes are the colour of thistle flowers.

* InconsistentSpelling: The official English release has his name spelled as "Sissel", while fan translations have gone with "Thistle". The official ''Explorer Guide'' also uses "Thistle" in actual English, but the official release has not corrected it.

* FantasticRacism: Derides [[spoiler:Marcille for being a half-elf, calling her an "inferior being" and assuming her goal is to make herself a "full" elf. However, its averted in other ways as he's fiercely loyal to the royal family despite them all being tallmen. Who many other elves will see as lesser.]]

* NoNameGiven: Only the dark elf (Cithis), Captain Mithrun, and the elf with fairy familiars (Pattadol) were named in their early appearances. [[AllThereInTheManual Supplementary material]] names the blonde-haired elf Fleki, the short-haired elf Otta, and the tattooed elf Lycion, though these names do all come up later in-text as they get more focus.

* OurElvesAreDifferent: Mostly composed of normal elves, they also include at least one dark elf, Cithis, among them.

* OurElvesAreDifferent: Is a dark elf. How that distinguishes him from the other elves seen ([[VisualPun apart from literally having darker skin]]) is initially unclear. Later on elven racial diversity is shown more (the queen and Flamela have pitch black skin), so Thistle is most likely of a different ethnic group than most of the elfs we see, which are predominantly from the Northern Western Continent. On the other hand the term "dark elf" refers to one using forbidden demon magic for which he ''definitely'' qualifies, alongside [[spoiler: Marcille.]]

* EvilVsEvil: The main plot of the story positions the conflict between Thistle and [[spoiler: the Demon, which is the source of his power. The Winged Lion is kept under control by Thistle's books, which also prevent it from feeding on any more of Thistle's desires and turning him into an EmptyShell, as the Goat did to Mithrun over a much shorter period. The Winged Lion is still able to send dream messages to Laios and manipulate him. Surprisingly, Thistle is ''by far'' the lesser evil, and once he is out of the picture and the Demon takes centerstage shit goes down, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt badly]]]]

[[folder: The Island's Shadow Lord]]
!! The Island's Shadow Lord

* InformedAttractiveness: Supplemental and extra-canonical material drawn by Kui put forth the idea that she is considered exceptionally beautiful, even by elven standards, with one image having her mistaken for a movie star.

* Really700YearsOld: He looks like a young teen at most but he's really centuries old.

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:He's able to transfer his soul out of the doll and into his grandfather's EmptyShell of a body at the end of the series, but believes that he and all the others from the old Golden Kingdom will crumble to dust at some point, the way Delgal did. Yaad will advise Laios as long as he can. He's still there and vigorous in an epilogue chapter, so perhaps he and the others get to live out their lifespans. In a flashback, Thistle told Eodio that the dungeon's magic was keeping him alive with the implication, that Eodio immediately picked up on, that he would die outside - maybe it was Eodio's body alone that was subject to this.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: He first appears when Laois investigates the living paintings in chapter 12/episode 6, but his true importance isn't revealed until later on.

* EveryoneHasStandards: In an omake in the second edition of the world guide, an irritated Kabru says that the ancients left records of what would happen if someone tried to resurrect a corpse that was partially out of the dungeon, then goes on to detail multiple other dungeon resurrection experiments - if someone can be revived from dying of an incurable disease (technically but they immediately die again), what happens if a body is cut apart and resurrection is attempted on multiple parts simultaneously (there's no splitting, it will only work on one piece), if amputees from outside of the dungeon can have limbs regenerate (yes but the likelihood goes down the longer it's been), what happens to the fetus of a deceased pregnant person (depends on how far advanced the pregnancy is) - until the lord stops him, disturbed when Kabru tells him the ancients experimented thoroughly and mainly tested these things on [[FantasticRacism short lived races]].

* CommonalityConnection: Comedically averted between him and Laios. A side comic has the two of them discussing his ability to turn into a wolf man, and knowing Laios, you would think the they would hit it off. But Laios is unimpressed with Lycion's transformation as it doesn't really change Lycion's internal structure or behaviors, so to Laios, Lycion is just a poser while Lycion is creeped out by Laios's obsession with monsters.

* CoveredInScars: They’re faint but present all over her body, emphasizing her veterancy. Notably, despite this, her character profile states that she's never died even once.

A magician of legend, stated to be the one who sunk the entire kingdom into what it is now the dungeon. The legend has it that whoever defeats him will have the underground kingdom as a reward. Long thought to be a myth, the Lunatic Magician has seemingly resurfaced, stirring dungeon denizens and local overground population alike.

* OddFriendship: While his ability to relate to other people is... damaged, it's not entirely gone.
** Kabru is determined to connect and TheSocialExpert. While they're alone in the depths of the dungeon after Kabru [[spoiler: sabotages his efforts on the first floor and prevents him from killing Thistle]], Mithrun explains his backstory.
** Pattadol

* FauxAffablyEvil: Before that he was entirely friendly and avuncular towards Kabru. Purportedly being in the dungeon for this long has hardened his heart.

* FictionalDisability: His complete lack of direction and, more pressingly, his inability to feel desires mean he has to rely on the support of others to function. It's not that Mithrun can go without sleep or food but he will falter and pass out without them, and he actually needs to be be-spelled - or have Kabru give him a foot massage - in order to sleep. The world guide states that he's developed habits and a routine so he can handle everyday life on his own but loses track of those while pursuing his only active interest.

* SwapTeleportation: Mithrun's favorite spell switches the locations of two objects. This can be used to extreme violent effect as he doesn't have to teleport anything ''whole'', and can in fact just tear things to pieces while swaping them around.

* TeleFrag: Mithrun uses teleportation magic of the "swap locations" variety to fight. Non-lethally, he can teleport people halfway into walls, leaving a partial person-shaped statue where they were standing, both giving the impression that he has petrifying magic while explicitly keeping his foes alive, albeit trapped in the wall. Lethally, he can do things like replace part of your cranium with a rock or teleport himself ''into'' a monster. In an omake, two prisoners are playfully shoving at each other and one happens to be in the spot where Mithrun teleports, leaving the other spattered with blood.

* UnknownRival: He had intense hatred towards his older brother before he became a dungeon lord for extremely petty reasons, but all evidence shown suggests his brother was a NiceGuy who was completely unaware of it (largely due to Mithrun keeping all his true feelings bottled up). When Mithrun was rendered comatose after having his desires consumed, his brother was the one who funded the rehabilitation.

* SugarAndIcePersonality: He talks tough and merciless in combat, but relents when his child calls him out on taking the bread the protagonists' cooked without reward.

* AllThereInTheManual: Her name is revealed in the World Guide. In the manga she's only referred to as "captain".

* PieEyed: The only character in the series to have eyes stylized like this, lacking even pupils.

* WorldsBestWarrior: The strongest fighter seen on the series, being a specialist in a type of teletranspotation spellcasting that instantly kills almost everything as well as granting unparalleled mobility and utility, and he is extremely skilled on close quarter combat and body agility as well. As the head of a squad meant to invade, take over dungeons and slay their masters, he's stated to be strong enough to match a ''Dungeon Lord'' in direct combat, [[spoiler: which he does, almost defeating both Thistle and Marcille with ease. Makes sense, as he is in fact a former Lord himself.]] Prior to the story, he has never died even once, with this undefeated record only being broken [[spoiler:by Marcille with the power of a Dungeon Lord]].