History Characters / TheFirstLawTheHeroes

* CrazyAwesome: And ''how.''

* BadassGrandpa

** Zig-zagged throughout ''The Heroes''. He repeatedly schemes himself into a corner and wriggles out in unexpected ways, until [[spoiler:Bayaz finally traps him. And then he escapes ''that'' through [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments brotherly love]]]].

* ThePresidentsDaughter: Well, the Lord Marshal's daughter, but there's some mention of how dangerous it is for her to be with the army. [[spoiler:This turns out to be correct.]]

Characters introduced or appearing prominently in Joe Abercrombie's ''The Heroes'', a standalone sequel to TheFirstLaw trilogy.

* DamselOutOfDistress: doesn't do any actual fighting, but [[spoiler:negotiates her own release and that of a number of other prisoners. From [[AxCrazy Black Dow]]]].

* AFatherToHisMen

* SadisticChoice: faced with one when [[spoiler:his old friend and former chief's son Calder attempts to turn him against his new chief.]]
** NotQuiteTheRightThing: how he views his choice.
* UndyingLoyalty: famed for it.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: with his wife Sef, and occasionally comes through in interactions with his older brother [[TheBrute Scale]]. In the end, [[spoiler:played straight as he gives Scale rulership of the North.]]
* BlueOniRedOni: with Scale. Calder's blue.
* TheCasanova: his love for his wife is enough to make him swear off other women. Well, almost enough.
* DirtyCoward: by his own admission.
* HotGuyUglyWife: not ''ugly'' per se, but Sef's most mentioned physical trait is her pig nose.
* [[spoiler:ManBehindTheMan: ends up as this to Scale.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: dead set on reclaiming his father's throne from Black Dow.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: doesn't start with one, since he's never earned it. [[spoiler:Then after he defeats Black Dow in the circle (with a little help), people start calling him Black Calder.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: after [[spoiler:Scale's apparent death]], Calder's response is uncharacteristically hot-headed.
* ShutUpHannibal / ShutUpKirk: depending on your perspective, delivers a pretty awesome one to [[spoiler:Black Dow, so much so that many of the people there to watch Dow butcher him start laughing.]]
* SmugSmiler: wears his smirk like armor.
* SmugSnake: actually somewhat averted. Calder has many of the traits, but he's aware of his own overconfidence and tries to curb it. He's also pretty likable when he tries.
** Zig-zagged throughout ''The Heroes''. He repeatedly schemes himself into a corner and wriggles out in unexpected ways, until [[spoiler:Bayaz finally traps him. And then he escapes ''that'' through [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming brotherly love.]]]]

* CannotSpitItOut: in love with Finree for years. [[spoiler:When he finally does tell her, it goes disastrously.]]
* MasterSwordsman: screwed out of a championship by [[spoiler:Bayaz]], and now possibly the best fighter on either side.
* StoicWoobie: tremendously depressed over his disgrace, but mostly just stands around silently until it's time to put on his armor and kill dozens of people. [[spoiler: Subverted; almost everything wrong in his life is his own fault.]]

* BadassDamsel: doesn't do any actual fighting, but [[spoiler:negotiates her own release and that of a number of other prisoners. From [[AxeCrazy Black Dow.]]]]
* GoldDigger: averted. She married her husband ''after'' his father's disgrace, and seeks success for both of them.
* ManipulativeBitch
* ThePresidentsDaughter: well, the Lord Marshal's daughter, but there's some mention of how dangerous it is for her to be with the army. [[spoiler:This turns out to be correct.]]

* YouJustHadToSayIt: despite her intelligence and charm, Finree can't stop herself from sassing some people when it's not socially appropriate.

* Glory Seeker: averted. All Tunny wants to do is live through the next battle and make a profit reselling loot. [[spoiler:Even after he gets his blood up and does crazy things, he doesn't like hearing about them.]]

* OldSoldier: not that old, but definitely has this attitude.
* RedshirtArmy: he's in one.

* Jerkass: well, he is seventeen.
* [[spoiler:ScrewThisImOuttaHere: at the end of the battle, having seen enough of his father's lifestyle.]]
* SmallNameBigEgo: his ''father'' was Shama Heartless

* HappilyMarried: has a husband and kids back at home, who she visits between jobs.

* TheLancer: to Craw. [[spoiler:Later to Dow, when she takes command of his Carls.]]

* BFS: the Father of Swords, an impossibly large two-hander.
* CharacterDevelopment: in "The Fool Jobs," a story concerning Craw's crew several years before ''The Heroes'', Whirrun is new to the band and is a humorless, self-important, stoic hero. By the time of ''The Heroes'', he's lightened up a great deal.
* TheChosenOne: the witch Shoglig told him to seek his destiny on the battlefield, and told him the day and manner of his death.

* CrazyAwesome: and ''how.''
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: acts like a weird goofball most of the time.
* FamedInStory: other Northmen spend the time between battles talking about his ridiculous list of accomplishments.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: due to the nature of the Father of Swords.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: has less clothes on every time he fights.

* BigBrotherMentor: tries to be this to Calder, but Calder's twice as smart as he is. His presence does dissuade people from just killing Calder, though.

* DualWielding: sword and mace combo.
* DumbMuscle: played so very straight.
* [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead: loses his hand and is captured by the Union, but Bayaz returns him to Calder at the end.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: red to Calder's blue.
* [[spoiler:PuppetKing: implied to end up as this.]]

Black Dow's five generals, all leaders in their own right with a claim to the North. Consists of [[DumbMuscle Scale]] (see above), [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Glama Golden]], [[TheStoic Cairm Ironhead]], [[CoolOldGuy Caul Reachey]], and [[YesMan Brodd Tenways.]]

* QuirkyMinibossSquad: for Dow.

* BloodKnight: specifically joins Dow's army because he wants a good fight. He repeatedly asks about fighting his own allies, like Whirrun or Dow himself.
* [[spoiler:TheMole: one of Bayaz's pawns.]]

* StoicWoobie: tremendously depressed over his disgrace, but mostly just stands around silently until it's time to put on his armor and kill dozens of people.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: doesn't start with one, since he's never earned it. [[spoiler:Then after he defeats Black Dow in the circle ([[Understatement with a little help]]), people start calling him Black Calder.]]]]

* TheBigGuy/TheBrute

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: doesn't start with one, since he's never earned it. [[spoiler:Then after he defeats Black Dow in the circle ([[Understatement with a little help]]), people start calling him Black Calder.]]

* BadassDamsel: doesn't do any actual fighting, but [[spoiler:negotiates her own release and that of a number of other prisoners. From [[AxeCrazy ''Black Dow.'']]]]

* SmallNameBigEgo

* [[spoiler:TheMole: one of Bayaz's pawns.]]

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** Zig-zagged throughout ''The Heroes''. He repeatedly schemes himself into a corner and wriggles out in unexpected ways, until [[spoiler:Bayaz finally traps him. And then he escapes ''that'' through [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming brotherly love.]]

** [[spoiler: zig-zagged, as several times his schemes ''do'' fall through but he's able to wriggle out of the consequences.]]

* GoodLookingPrivates: averted to hell and back.

Characters introduced or appearing prominently in Joe Abercrombie's ''The Heroes''

* [[spoiler:ScrewThisImOutta Here: at the end of the battle, having seen enough of his father's lifestyle.]]

* SmugSnake: actually somewhat averted. Calder has many of the traits, but he's aware of his own overconfidence. He's also pretty likable when he tries.

* AFatherToHisMan

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