List of characters in Elfquest
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This is a list of characters in Elfquest , the science fiction/fantasy comic book series created in 1978 by Wendy and Richard Pini.
Initial list mainly taken from the original series, 1978 - 1984. Later series introduce many eights of additional characters.
- character descriptions sometimes reveal their storylines| Contents |
Wolfrider Elves
- Bearclaw male. Son of Mantricker and Thornflower, possible half-brother of Moonshade, lifemate of Joyleaf, father of Cutter and possibly Foxfur, grandfather of Sunstream and Ember. Tenth chief of the Wolfriders. He has brown hair and dark eyes. Bearclaw was killed by Madcoil whom he deadly wounded in return.
- Clearbrook female. Parents unknown, lifemate of One-Eye, mother of Scouter and an unnamed daughter, grandmother of Pool and adoptive grandmother of Windkin. Warrioress. She has long silver hair and gray-blue eyes.
- Cutter male. Son of Bearclaw and Joyleaf, many possible half-siblings including perhaps Foxfur, grandson of Mantricker and Thornflower, nephew of Treestump, cousin of Dewshine, second cousin of Windkin, lifemate of Leetah (from the Sun Folk), father of Sunstream and Ember. Eleventh chief of the Wolfriders. He has ash blond hair and blue eyes.
- Dart male. Son of Strongbow and Moonshade, younger brother of Crescent and an unnamed sister, grandson of Trueflight, Brightwater and possibly Mantricker, Recognized soulmate of Serrin (from the Sun Folk), soulbrother of Shushen and Kimo (from the Sunfolk), lovemate of Talmah (from the Sun Folk), father of Bowki. Leader of the Jackwolfriders. He has russet brown hair, dark skin and brown eyes.
- Dewshine female. Daughter of Treestump and Rillfisher, neice of Joyleaf, cousin of Cutter, second cousin of Ember and Sunstream, Recognized soulmate of Tyldak (from Blue Mountain), mother of Windkin, lifemate of Scouter and Tyleet. Dewshine is a huntress and gatherer. She has short curly blond hair and blue eyes.
- Ember female. Daughter of Cutter and Leetah (from the Sun Folk), twin sister of Sunstream, granddaughter of Bearclaw, Joyleaf, Toorah and Anatim Suntoucher, neice of Shenshen, second cousin of Dewshinen and great-neice of Treestump, lovemate of Mender (from the Sun Folk), lifemate of Teir (from the Plainsrunners). She's the twelth chieftess of the Wolfriders at Khulki's Mountains. Ember has fire red hair and bluegreen eyes.
- Freefoot
- Goodtree
- Joyleaf female. Younger sister of Treestump, aunt of Dewshine, great-aunt of Windkin, lifemate of Bearclaw, mother of Cutter, grandmother of Ember and Sunstream. Joyleaf has long blond hair and blue eyes. She was one of the first victims of Madcoil.
- Mantricker
- Moonshade female. Daughter of Brightwater and possibly of Mantricker, all her siblings died before her. Possible half-sister of Bearclaw. Lifemate of Strongbow and mother of Crescent, Dark and an unnamed daughter. She is the tanner of the Wolfriders. Moonshade has soft brown curls and deep purple eyes.
- Newstar female. Daughter of Rainsong and Woodlock, sister of Mender and Wing, granddaughter of Rain, neice of Pike and possibly Shale, cousin of Sust and possibly Cheiper and Skywise, lifemate of an unnamed Sun Folk, mother of Kimo. Weaver. She has long blond hair and blue eyes.
- Nightfall female. Daughter of Longbranch and Brownberry, possible half-sister of Shale, neice of One-Eye, cousin of Scouter and his unnamed sister, second cousin of Pool, lifemate of Redlance, mother of Tyleet. Huntress. She has carmel blond hair and brown eyes.
- One-Eye male. Brother of Longbranch, uncle of Nightfall, great-uncle of Tyleet, lifemate of Clearbrook, father of Scouter and an unnamed daughter, grandfather of Pool. Hunter. He had brown hair and a dark eye (the other was taken away by humans when he was still called Woodhue). One-Eye was killed by a Frozen Mountain troll while fighting to free his son, Scouter.
- Pike male. Son of Rain, brother of Rainsong and possibly of Shale, uncle of Newstar, Mender, Wing and possibly Skywise, great-uncle of Kimo, Serrin and possibly Yun, lifemate of Krim and Skot from the Go-Backs, possible father of Cheiper and Sust. Hunter. He has puffy red hair and blue eyes.
- Prey-Pacer
- Rahnee the She-Wolf
- Rain male. Father of Pike, Rainsong and possibly Shale (perhaps by Brownberry), grandfather of Cheiper, Sust, Mender, Wing, Newstar and possibly Skywise, great-grandfather of Kimo,Serrin and possibly Yun. He was the healer of the Wolfriders. Rain had red hair and dark eyes. Killed by Madcoil.
- Rainsong female. Daughter of Rain, sister of Pike and possibly Shale, aunt of Cheiper, Sust and possibly Skywise, possible great-aunt of Yun, lifemate of Woodlock, mother of newstar, Mender and Wing, grandmother of Kimo and Serrin. Lifebearer. She had blond hair and blue eyes. Died of old age at Sorrow's End.
- Redlance
- Scouter
- Huntress Skyfire
- Skywise
- Strongbow
- Sunstream
- Tanner
- Timmorn Yellow-Eyes
- Treestump
- Two-Spear
- Tyleet
- Wing
Sun Folk Elves
Glider Elves
- Aroree - Another member of the Chosen Eight who became Skywise's lover and joined the Wolfriders.
- Female Door
- Male Door
- Egg/Aurek
- Kureel - A Glider who was one of the Chosen Eight hunting party. Hated the Wolfriders to the point attempting to kill the tribe after the destruction of Blue Mountain, forcing Strongbow to shoot him down fatally. Strongbow eventually approached his spirit in the Palace for his forgiveness, and Kureel, content and barely remembering the nature of his death, granted it immedidately.
- Tyldak - A glider who begged Winnowill to reform his body into a bat like structure to allow him have self propelled flying ability. Recognized to Dewshine.
- Lord Voll - Male, deceased. Founder of the Gliders and was dedicated to preserving the ideals of the High Ones at all cost. With the introduction of the Wolfriders, he realized that his colony had grown corrupt and decadent. Was killed in transit in an attempt to reach the Palace.
- Winnowill - female, deceased. Healer of the Gliders whose mental state degraded with growing despair at perceiving herself as useless in placid society. Went on her own, encounter a troll whom she mated with to produce Two-Edge and eventually killed the father. She returned to the colony as a sadistic megalomaniac. She has been the principle Elf villain of the series. Eventually she allowed her body to die so that her spirit could wreak havoc worldwide, but Rayek intervened by absorbing her spirit into him. Since that time she has been vying for control of his body, even occasionally reshaping it into her female form, and constantly resisting his efforts to make her renounce evil.
Go-back Elves
While the Go-Backs are technically immortal (with the possible exception of Kahvi and her descendants), they have lifespans no longer than -- and often shorter than -- those of the mortal Wolfriders, thanks to their warlike and reckless lifestyle; thus, in their attitudes toward life and death, they are more like the Wolfriders than like the other immortal elves.
- Kahvi (leader) one-time mate to Rayek, presently in a complicated relation with Tyldak.
- Krim (f) forms a threesome with Skot and Pike.
- Skot (m) enjoys food a lot, to the point of this being a continuous 'joke' in the later series. Forms a threesome with Krim and Pike.
- Vaya
- Venka (f) Kahvi and Rayek's daughter, raised by the Wolfriders after her parents disappeared. Known for her temperance and her skill at countering any kind of elfin magic, particularly Winnowill's.
- Yif
WaveDancers elves
- Brill
- Coral (deceased)
- Darshek
- Drift (deceased)
- Fairshell (deceased)
- Farbright (deceased)
- Foam
- Gull (deceased)
- Haze (deceased)
- Krill
- Kroosh
- Longfin
- Moonmirror
- No-Ripple
- Pearl (deceased)
- Pirn (deceased)
- Puffer
- Redcrest
- Reef (also known as the Broken One)
- Salt
- Sandsparkle
- Shadowcrest (deceased)
- Skimback
- Skimmer (deceased)
- Snakeskin
- Spine
- Spray
- Stormsong (deceased)
- Strand
- Surge
- Tumble
- Wavecatcher
- Wavelet
- Zephyr (deceased)
Original WaveDancers elves
(appeared in a mini-series published in 1996 which can't be reprinted, and considered to be non-canon)
- Ailsa (deceased)
- Ausra
- Barmek
- Brom (deceased)
- Burdakin
- Hyfus
- Inkbottom
- Illora
- Irallee
- Jormak
- Kadva
- Kirith
- Korillia
- Lazik
- Maron
- Paffa
- Raenafel
- Rhialdor
- Shoresprout
- Shoseabee
- Sleia
- Sydor
- Tentus
- Tilaweed
- Zadori
Elves of Unknown Tribe
- Ekuar (male, rockshaper) part of an ancient group of elves (second generation or thereabouts), he was captured by trolls and used for his rockshaping skills, with dismemberment serving as punishment for disobedience. Thus he lacks an arm and several fingers. Patron and advisor to Rayek.
- Mekda (female, rockshaper, deceased) part of an ancient group of elves (second generation or thereabouts), he was captured by trolls and used for his rockshaping skills, with dismemberment serving as punishment for disobedience. After literally centuries, she became little more than a mindless tool, named Bag-of-Bones. Finally employed by Guttlekraw to force his way into the Go-Back's lodge and strike at their children; she died of cold exposure in the act, and was found by Ekuar.
- Osek (male, rockshaper, deceased) part of an ancient group of elves (second generation or thereabouts), he was captured by trolls and used for his rockshaping skills, but managed to escape into the desert surrounding Sorrow's End. His final act was shaping a niche in a sheer cliff wall, to crawl in and die. This niche was later found by Suntop through his magic sense.
- Teir (male, of wolfrider descent) has prodigous skills in animal bonding.
Half troll, half elf
- Two-Edge son of Winnowill and an unnamed troll. He became a master blacksmith, but is mentally crippled by his abused childhood at the hands of his mother.
High ones
Twelve High Ones survived the landing on the World of Two Moons.
- Haken (Timmain's nemesis, possible ancestor of Winnowill)
- Timmain (the only to learn to adapt to the world, and mother of the wolfriders; still alive, after spending millennia in wolf form, and in some complicated relationship with Skywise)
Preserver
- Berrybuzz
- Petalwing - notoriously poor singer, and by virtue of its (preservers don't have a gender) big mouth, the de facto leader.
Greymung's Trolls
- King Greymung - was King of the Holt Trolls after refusing to leave at the command of Guttlekraw, rebelling and driving him and his followers away. Was killed when Guttlekraw's force returned in force years later.
- Old Maggotty - The oldest known Troll, knowledgeable in herbal lore.
- Oddbit - A maiden who is an oppurtunist of considerable enterprise.
- Picknose - A soldier of the Holt Trolls. Was one of the few to escape when the colony was invaded. He was told of a treasure trove to which a key in the hilt of Cutter's sword provided access. After failing to gain the key, he and his companions went up north anyway to find the treasure and were caught and enslaved in the attempt. When the Wolfriders and Go-Backs invaded the tunnels of Guttlekraw's realm, they freed Picknose and the other Holt Trolls and formed an alliance that overthrew Guttlekraw and established Picknose as King. He lost the throne while gambling and hooked up with the Wolfriders who eventually allowed him to establish a colony of his own. According to the Pinis, his name comes not from any unsavory habit but from the fact that his nose resembles a pickaxe.
- Scurff (sometimes given as Scurfball) - King Greymung's doorkeeper. Tried to prevent the Wolfriders from entering the caverns when the Holt was burned down, but was "persuaded" to let them in by Cutter.
Guttlekraw's Trolls
- King Guttlekraw - King of the Trolls of Frozen Mountain. Had a fanatical hatred for Elves, possibly encouraged by Two-Edge. This hate extended to keeping rockshaping elves in brutal slavery and worked to permanently seal the Palace of the High Ones from all access. Was defeated and killed at the hands of the Go-Backs, Wolfriders and the Holt Trolls.
- Numerous unnamed wariors
Humans
- Adar - Nonna's husband, a member of Olbar's tribe. Banished for taking a wife from another tribe, he later returned and persuaded Olbar to take them back with a little help from the "spirits" Cutter and Skywise. Loosely based on Richard Pini.
- Aro
- Bone Woman - Shamaness to Olbar's tribe who used bones for scrying. Was eventually cast out for her plotting against Nonna and Adar and the Elves.
- Dro
- Kakuk
- Malak - A young man of Olbar's tribe who failed his trial of manhood and eloped with Olbar's daughter Selah. Olbar and his men pursued them into the Forbidden Grove, but were driven back by Petalwing's band of Preservers. The young lovers thanked the friendly "spirits", which then wrapped them in suspended animation cocoons while they slept. About a year later they were discovered by Cutter, who made good his name by cutting them out, and they left to find a new home.
- Nonna - A human artist who was the first human whom the Wolfriders found was sympathetic to them. Is now, with her huband, Adar, commemorated in the Wolfriders' Howls, the only humans so honoured. Loosely based on Wendy Pini herself.
- Olbar - Leader of a village of Humans and one of the first in his tribe to respect the Elves as equals. First seen in the Elfquest sidebar story "Homespun" in Epic Illustrated.
- Selah - Olbar's daughter, lover of Malak. Rumor has it that Malak and Selah were based on a couple the Pinis knew.
- Spirit Man - A shaman for the Holt human tribe. In his religious fanaticism, he set the Holt ablaze in retaliation for a previous battle with the Wolfrider and was killed for it.
- Tabak - One of the Spirit Man's warriors, killed by Cutter to prevent him from sacrificing Redlance. His death led to the destruction of the Holt.
- Thaya
- Thief - A man whose original name was stripped from him by Olbar as punishment for some serious crime. Tried to murder Cutter and Skywise for the lodestone and was killed in the attempt.
Monster
- Madcoil - A murderous monster accidentally created when a wildcat and a large snake, locked in mortal combat, disturbed a pool of decayed magic that was also hit with lightning at that exact moment. That combination of elements created the monster with a senseless lust for murder using its massive size, claws and psionic powers to confuse its prey to its advantage. Apparently, it attacked both the human colonies and the Wolfriders, causing numerous deaths before it was defeated and killed by the Elves under the leadership of Cutter. It was later revealed that the mutual hatred between Bearclaw and a human chief had partially reawakened the spell and fueled the monster's rage.