High King Kallor: Malazan Character Analysis

Race: Human

Sex: Male

Faction: Kallorian Empire / High House Chains

Rating: 7.1

Alignment: Lawful Evil

Arena Status: Active (S2)

Kallor Eiderann Tes'thesula—known most infamously as the High King—is one of the most enigmatic and chillingly ambitious figures in the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Tall, skeletal, and ancient beyond reckoning, he is a relic of a time so distant that the current empires of the world are to him but “the scrawlings of children in the dust.” Cursed by Elder Gods, haunted by the ghosts of nations long dead, and defined by an ego that even time itself cannot erode, Kallor's legacy is one of fire, ruin, and eternal defiance.

Kallor Eiderann Tes'thesula, The High King

The Mountain: A Song of Ice and Fire Character Analysis

Race: Human (Westermen)

Sex: Male

Faction: House Lannister

Rating: 5.2

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Arena Status: Active (S2)

Gregor Clegane, known across the Seven Kingdoms as "The Mountain That Rides," is a towering specter of brute force, bloodlust, and terror in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire. He is the head of House Clegane, a minor noble house sworn to House Lannister of Casterly Rock. As a knight, Gregor embodies none of the chivalric ideals traditionally associated with the title. Instead, his name is synonymous with savagery, and his deeds—on and off the battlefield—reverberate as nightmares in Westerosi memory.

The Birth of Ser Robert Strong

Moghedien: Wheel of Time Character Analysis

Race: Forsaken

Sex: Female

Faction: Shadow

Rating: 7.0

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Arena Status: Active (S2)

Moghedien—born Lillen Moiral and known in the Old Tongue as "Spider"—is one of the most enigmatic and quietly terrifying figures in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. Among the Forsaken, thirteen of the most powerful channelers of the Age of Legends who pledged themselves to the Shadow, Moghedien is notable not for brute strength or battlefield command, but for her unparalleled mastery of stealth, manipulation, and psychological warfare. She is not a general, nor a conqueror, but a saboteur—a predator of weakness and a tactician of the unseen. Moghedien’s long arc across the series, from her release to her humiliating capture, to her brief resurgence and final submission, charts one of the most unpredictable and uniquely enduring paths among the Forsaken.

Moghedian, One of the Forsaken

Catelyn Stark: A Song of Ice and Fire Character Analysis

Race: Rivermen

Sex: Female

Faction: House Stark / House Tully

Rating: 4.8

Alignment: Lawful Good / Chaotic Neutral

Arena Status: Active (S2)

Catelyn Stark, née Tully, stands as one of the most consequential figures in the early struggle for power in Westeros, embodying the very words of her house: Family, Duty, Honor. Her presence threads through the major events of A Song of Ice and Fire, from her pivotal role in igniting the War of the Five Kings to her tragic transformation into the vengeful specter known as Lady Stoneheart. Catelyn’s tale is one of devotion, sacrifice, and sorrow, echoing through the riverlands she once called home and the North she fiercely protected.

Catelyn Stark and Lady Stoneheart

Shadowthrone: Malazan Character Analysis

Race: Human

Transcendent: Ascendant

Sex: Male

Faction: High House Shadow

Rating: 8.6

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Arena Status: Active (S2)

Shadowthrone, also known as Ammanas or the Lord of Shadow, is one of the most enigmatic and influential figures in the Malazan Book of the Fallen universe. As the ascended ruler of the Warren of Shadow, Kurald Emurlahn, and the sovereign of High House Shadow, Shadowthrone occupies a critical position in the cosmic balance of Steven Erikson’s epic series. His character embodies mystery, ambition, and manic cunning, orchestrating schemes that ripple across continents and through warrens alike.

Ammanas, Lord of Shadow