Gems in the Shadow
Supporting Characters:
We all have a lot of love for our main characters, but I'm contemplating the place of the supporting roles within the QT universe. These supporting characters have so much personality, voice, and story of their own that they are not only real to us, but absolutely beloved. Some may even earn the title of Honorary Main Character(Hello, Ornon). Others pass through briefly or pop back in but are so brilliantly characterized I can't fail to love them (Oh, Terve, you lovable drunk). Or perhaps they interact with our Kings and Queens and help me to know the monarchs better. (Sophos, meeting Basrus again at the Baron's meet, shows us who he is now. No longer the sniffling little man who hated everyone as he lay helpless in the hull of a boat. He came face to face with his enemy's handtool, and behaved like ...a King.)
And my all time favorite: Phresine. *sigh* I love that our MWT doesn't tell us, "Wise old Phresine is wise, loves her Queen, and is to be trusted." Nope, she shows us Phresine in action and her character just unfolds.
So, what supporting characters do you love, and why? What do they add? Why are they there? And how in the world does MWT do it?
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