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* NobleDemon: In her initial appearances, she was portrayed as a BrainwashedAndCrazy LivingWeapon, but in later chapters she was explored to have an {{Adorkable}} side and a strong sense of personal honor.
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* NobleDemon: In her initial appearances, she was portrayed as a BrainwashedAndCrazy LivingWeapon, but in later chapters she was explored to have an {{Adorkable}} endearingly dorky side and a strong sense of personal honor.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Implied. [[spoiler:Then Subverted, when it's revealed that she serves Jacques willingly.]]
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** [[spoiler:Later revealed to be an offshoot of the original Sarah B. Sousa, much like Sarah B. Sable. The main difference between them is Scion was taken in and basically adopted by Jacques Schnee.]]
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* DarkActionGirl: She's probably the biggest example of this in the story so far, appearing before even Cinder. Combine that with her status as HeroKiller and TheDreaded, and she's got a lead on Cinder already.
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* DarkActionGirl: She's probably the biggest example of this in the story so far, appearing before even Cinder.Cinder shows up. Combine that with her status as HeroKiller and TheDreaded, and she's got a lead on Cinder already.
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[[folder:Colonel Jefferson Slater]]
--> ''I am many things, but today I am a man much like yourself, dog... A man who chooses to believe in a better world.''
One of the more enigmatic members of Mantle Ascendant, implied to be a Special Operative, the same rank of Winter Schnee. Unlike Scion, he's only appeared a few times in the stories so far, mostly because, unlike [[LivingWeapon Scion]], [[VillainWithGoodPublicity he's hamstrung by having to retain a cover position in Atlas.]]
* AffablyEvil: Ever polite, which adds to how sinister he is.
* BadassLongcoat: In his first appearance, he wears one of these.
* BloodKnight: When he fought with Adam, be demonstrated these traits.
* DualWielding: In every appearance he dual-wields a few different German Greatswords. One of them a WhipSword.
* [[GratuitousGerman Gratuitious Belastunsch]]: Like the rest of Mantle Ascendant, tends to pepper his speech with it.
* KnightTemplar: He believes he's doing the right thing, unlike the rest of his associates in MA who mostly use it as a pretense to gain power.
* WhipSword: In his first appearance he wields one alongside a more conventional sword.
[[folder:Colonel Jefferson Slater]]
--> ''I am many things, but today I am a man much like yourself, dog... A man who chooses to believe in a better world.''
One of the more enigmatic members of Mantle Ascendant, implied to be a Special Operative, the same rank of Winter Schnee. Unlike Scion, he's only appeared a few times in the stories so far, mostly because, unlike [[LivingWeapon Scion]], [[VillainWithGoodPublicity he's hamstrung by having to retain a cover position in Atlas.]]
* AffablyEvil: Ever polite, which adds to how sinister he is.
* BadassLongcoat: In his first appearance, he wears one of these.
* BloodKnight: When he fought with Adam, be demonstrated these traits.
* DualWielding: In every appearance he dual-wields a few different German Greatswords. One of them a WhipSword.
* [[GratuitousGerman Gratuitious Belastunsch]]: Like the rest of Mantle Ascendant, tends to pepper his speech with it.
* KnightTemplar: He believes he's doing the right thing, unlike the rest of his associates in MA who mostly use it as a pretense to gain power.
* WhipSword: In his first appearance he wields one alongside a more conventional sword.
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* KnightOfCerebus: Up until the point where she appears, during the in-universe events of the Volume 6 Adam Short, the story was mostly following the same plotline that canon did. [[spoiler:In her every appearance afterwards, the story increasingly goes off the rails, she's a ''very'' dark heroine heavily implied to be BrainwashedAndCrazy.]]
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* KnightOfCerebus: Up until the point where she appears, during the in-universe events of the Volume 6 Adam Short, the story was mostly following the same plotline that canon did. [[spoiler:In [[spoiler:When she shows up, and with her every appearance afterwards, the story increasingly goes off the rails, in addition to the fact that she's a ''very'' dark heroine dark, very ''dangerous'' DarkActionGirl that's heavily implied to be BrainwashedAndCrazy.]]
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* NaganatasAreFeminine: After her introduction, homaging her status as a female retainer of Jacques Schnee, she switches to wielding a collapsible Naginata/Katana.
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* NaganatasAreFeminine: NaginatasAreFeminine: After her introduction, homaging her status as a female retainer of Jacques Schnee, she switches to wielding a collapsible Naginata/Katana.
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* BladeBelowTheShoulder: She has two built-in "FEHL" blades that are essentially [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity +1 Swords]] analogous to lightsabers, but they're very power-consuming. She later switches to a more conventional melee weapon, a collapsable ''nodachi'' because of it.
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* BladeBelowTheShoulder: She has two built-in "FEHL" blades that are essentially [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity +1 Swords]] analogous to lightsabers, but they're very power-consuming. She later switches to a more conventional melee weapon, a collapsable ''nodachi'' because of it.''naginata''.
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* BladeBelowTheShoulder: She has two built-in "FEHL" blades that are essentially [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity +1 Swords]] analogous to lightsabers, but they're very power-consuming. She later switches to a more conventional melee weapon, a collapsable ''nodachi''.
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* BladeBelowTheShoulder: She has two built-in "FEHL" blades that are essentially [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity +1 Swords]] analogous to lightsabers, but they're very power-consuming. She later switches to a more conventional melee weapon, a collapsable ''nodachi''. ''nodachi'' because of it.
* CreepyMonotone: On occasion, always when her eyes glow red, implying it might be some sort of RestrainingBolt.
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* {{Cyborg}}: Augmented to an utterly extreme degree, so she has more in common with a machine than a person.
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* {{Cyborg}}: Augmented to an utterly extreme degree, so she has more in common with a machine than a person. When she's introduced, the first trait made clear is that she breathes through her ''[[BodyHorror ribcage]]''.
* DueToTheDead: Implied. After she kills Ilia and the two White Fang soldiers, [[BuriedAlive Ilia wakes up buried in a shallow grave.]]
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* MysteriousPast: Very little about where she came from is known. She implies she knows Ilia had more than a professional relationship with Blake.
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* [[ImplacableMan Implacable Woman]]: She's like if the [[Film/TheTerminator Terminator]] had a child with [[VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution Adam Jensen]] and [[Franchise/MassEffect Kai Leng]].
* KnightOfCerebus: Up until the point where she appears, during the in-universe events of the Volume 6 Adam Short, the story was mostly following the same plotline that canon did. [[spoiler:In her every appearance afterwards, the story increasingly goes off the rails, she's a ''very'' dark heroine heavily implied to be BrainwashedAndCrazy.]]
* MysteriousPast: Very little about where she came from isknown. She known, but she implies she knows Ilia had more than a professional relationship with Blake.
* KnightOfCerebus: Up until the point where she appears, during the in-universe events of the Volume 6 Adam Short, the story was mostly following the same plotline that canon did. [[spoiler:In her every appearance afterwards, the story increasingly goes off the rails, she's a ''very'' dark heroine heavily implied to be BrainwashedAndCrazy.]]
* MysteriousPast: Very little about where she came from is
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* ShoutOut: In one of the few appearances of non-diegetic lyrics in the story, her first appearance is paired with an in-universe ThemeSong that's an homage to The New Black Gold by [[Music/MiracleOfSound Miracle Of Sound]], [[InspirationNod homaging one of her inspirations indirectly]].
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For Jacques, please see [[AbyssalInfinitumSchneeFamily Solitas: Schnee Family]].
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--> ''Things change, and so must we with them. Lest the new, stronger Atlas we thirst for so desperately be taken from us before it even gets off the ground. To protect people's hearts and minds, we must first'' '''win''' ''them.''
Patriarch of the Schnee family. Leader of Mantle Ascendant, and the CEO of the Schnee Dust Company conglomerate.
* AdaptationalVillainy: While the worst thing Jacques could have been accused of in canon is callousness, parental abuse, selfishness, and ambition, ''this'' version of Jacques is a member of a right-wing populist movement originating from the 'Old Guard' of Mantle, i.e. the people who ''started'' the Great War.
* AffablyEvil: Much like his underling, Slater, but he's even more dangerous than he is thanks to his sheer political and corporate power.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jacques has taken a few levels of villainy in this AU, but he actually stands up for his children in private, shown when he tersely corrects another member of Mantle Ascendant, implied to be a member of the ''Atlesian Council'', on Weiss' gender identity.
* [[GratuitousGerman Gratuitous Mantlean]]: Much like many other members of Mantle Ascendant, Jacques peppers his speech with old Mantlean phrases, though subverted in that he's not even ''Mantlean'' at all—his family comes from Mer-de-la-Mere, in ''Vale''.
* ManipulativeBastard: As in canon, and he even uses Weiss' identity and her hero-worship of her grandfather to toy with her emotions.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
Patriarch of the Schnee family. Leader of Mantle Ascendant, and the CEO of the Schnee Dust Company conglomerate.
* AdaptationalVillainy: While the worst thing Jacques could have been accused of in canon is callousness, parental abuse, selfishness, and ambition, ''this'' version of Jacques is a member of a right-wing populist movement originating from the 'Old Guard' of Mantle, i.e. the people who ''started'' the Great War.
* AffablyEvil: Much like his underling, Slater, but he's even more dangerous than he is thanks to his sheer political and corporate power.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jacques has taken a few levels of villainy in this AU, but he actually stands up for his children in private, shown when he tersely corrects another member of Mantle Ascendant, implied to be a member of the ''Atlesian Council'', on Weiss' gender identity.
* [[GratuitousGerman Gratuitous Mantlean]]: Much like many other members of Mantle Ascendant, Jacques peppers his speech with old Mantlean phrases, though subverted in that he's not even ''Mantlean'' at all—his family comes from Mer-de-la-Mere, in ''Vale''.
* ManipulativeBastard: As in canon, and he even uses Weiss' identity and her hero-worship of her grandfather to toy with her emotions.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
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* AdaptationalVillainy: While the worst thing Jacques could have been accused of in canon is callousness, parental abuse, selfishness, and ambition, ''this'' version of Jacques is a member of a right-wing populist movement originating from the 'Old Guard' of Mantle, i.e. the people who ''started'' the Great War.
* AffablyEvil: Much like his underling, Slater, but he's even more dangerous than he is thanks to his sheer political and corporate power.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jacques has taken a few levels of villainy in this AU, but he actually stands up for his children in private, shown when he tersely corrects another member of Mantle Ascendant, implied to be a member of the ''Atlesian Council'', on Weiss' gender identity.
* [[GratuitousGerman Gratuitous Mantlean]]: Much like many other members of Mantle Ascendant, Jacques peppers his speech with old Mantlean phrases, though subverted in that he's not even ''Mantlean'' at all—his family comes from Mer-de-la-Mere, in ''Vale''.
* ManipulativeBastard: As in canon, and he even uses Weiss' identity and her hero-worship of her grandfather to toy with her emotions.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
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[[folder:Mantle Ascendant (In General)]]
Mantle Ascendant is a secretive enclave of Atlesian military and civilian officers who have been working behind the scenes since the end of the Great War to bring Atlas back to its old, domineering ways. They mourn what they see Atlas as—an impure and degenerate state who gave too many concessions at the end of the war. They see the rest of the world as unworthy of their technological gifts and would see themselves lording over the rest of the world as techno-despots, for the greater good.
* {{Expy}}: Somewhat of Cerberus, from Mass Effect, and they also have some traits of the Illuminati from Deus Ex.
* GovernmentConspiracy: They've been active in Atlas since supposedly around the end of the Great War. It's unknown who their founders actually were, but we can assume that, like the current membership, they were all members of the Atlesian elite.
* KnightOfCerebus: Their presence in the story is the first major divergence from canon in ''Before the Whims of Fate'', which until that point had been OriginalFlavor in all but name.
* PuttingOnTheReich: They do have vaguely fascistic beliefs, but it seems that during Jacques' tenure, they've softened considerably on them, even if there are some internal hardliners and factionalization.
** When operating openly, they tend to wear tight black pleather uniforms with sharp designs. ''[[AuthorAppeal Extremely]]'' ''[[SpyCatsuit tight]]'', directly contrasting Atlesian military uniforms, which are somewhat looser-fitting and white.
* NecessarilyEvil: The higher-ups like Jacques Schnee certainly seem to believe so.
* TheRemnant: Of the 'old guard' of Mantle.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Though with the slight distinction that they don't believe total emotional control is the way anymore, absolute control of society and totalitarianism ''is''.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: It's implied that almost all of their active members are high-ranking individuals of the Atlesian government, military-industrial complex, and military.
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[[folder:Jacques Schnee (née Gelé)]]
--> ''Things change, and so must we with them. Lest the new, stronger Atlas we thirst for so desperately be taken from us before it even gets off the ground. To protect people's hearts and minds, we must first'' '''win''' ''them.''
Patriarch of the Schnee family. Leader of Mantle Ascendant, and the CEO of the Schnee Dust Company conglomerate.
* AdaptationalVillainy: While the worst thing Jacques could have been accused of in canon is callousness, parental abuse, selfishness, and ambition, ''this'' version of Jacques is a member of a right-wing populist movement originating from the 'Old Guard' of Mantle, i.e. the people who ''started'' the Great War.
* AffablyEvil: Much like his underling, Slater, but he's even more dangerous than he is thanks to his sheer political and corporate power.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jacques has taken a few levels of villainy in this AU, but he actually stands up for his children in private, shown when he tersely corrects another member of Mantle Ascendant, implied to be a member of the ''Atlesian Council'', on Weiss' gender identity.
* [[GratuitousGerman Gratuitous Mantlean]]: Much like many other members of Mantle Ascendant, Jacques peppers his speech with old Mantlean phrases, though subverted in that he's not even ''Mantlean'' at all—his family comes from Mer-de-la-Mere, in ''Vale''.
* ManipulativeBastard: As in canon, and he even uses Weiss' identity and her hero-worship of her grandfather to toy with her emotions.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
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[[folder:Scion]]
--> ''I'm afraid you won't get the chance to see Blake again...''
Scion is the second, [[{{Cyborg}} cybernetic]], LivingWeapon created by a loose alliance between black budget divisions of the Schnee Dust Company, Schnee Future Weapons and Starhead Industrial, in order to enforce the will of Mantle Ascendant and project power against all its enemies. If Colonel Slater is Jacques Schnee’s right hand man, Scion is his ''closed fist''.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: She has two built-in "FEHL" blades that are essentially [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity +1 Swords]] analogous to lightsabers, but they're very power-consuming. She later switches to a more conventional melee weapon, a collapsable ''nodachi''.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Implied.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Played with, but in the author's commentary, implied to be more a case of BrainwashedAndCrazy. Despite that, it also doesn't seem she uses Aura at all, relying on a Hard Light barrier for defense. She may not be ''capable'' anymore.
* {{Cyborg}}: Augmented to an utterly extreme degree, so she has more in common with a machine than a person.
* DarkActionGirl: She's probably the biggest example of this in the story so far, appearing before even Cinder. Combine that with her status as HeroKiller and TheDreaded, and she's got a lead on Cinder already.
* {{Expy}}: Somewhat, of [[VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution Adam Jensen]], but taken to an even more extreme degree. Also, a little bit of The Winter Soldier.
* HeroKiller: In her first appearance, she slays the two White Fang soldiers accompanying Ilia, Sienna, and Adam on the mission depicted in the Adam Character Short. [[spoiler:She even ''appears'' to kill Ilia as well.]]
* MysteriousPast: Very little about where she came from is known. She implies she knows Ilia had more than a professional relationship with Blake.
* PowerAtAPrice: And the price is power. Though designed as a [[HeroKiller "Hunter-killer"]], she has limited power reserves and is extremely dependant on M-A supplies and infrastructure, as revealed in the [[https://wolfprincesssarah.tumblr.com/post/644297807500591104/commentary-bwf-7-in-the-dark author's commentary]].
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[[folder:Mantle Ascendant (In General)]]
Mantle Ascendant is a secretive enclave of Atlesian military and civilian officers who have been working behind the scenes since the end of the Great War to bring Atlas back to its old, domineering ways. They mourn what they see Atlas as—an impure and degenerate state who gave too many concessions at the end of the war. They see the rest of the world as unworthy of their technological gifts and would see themselves lording over the rest of the world as techno-despots, for the greater good.
* {{Expy}}: Somewhat of Cerberus, from Mass Effect, and they also have some traits of the Illuminati from Deus Ex.
* GovernmentConspiracy: They've been active in Atlas since supposedly around the end of the Great War. It's unknown who their founders actually were, but we can assume that, like the current membership, they were all members of the Atlesian elite.
* KnightOfCerebus: Their presence in the story is the first major divergence from canon in ''Before the Whims of Fate'', which until that point had been OriginalFlavor in all but name.
* PuttingOnTheReich: They do have vaguely fascistic beliefs, but it seems that during Jacques' tenure, they've softened considerably on them, even if there are some internal hardliners and factionalization.
** When operating openly, they tend to wear tight black pleather uniforms with sharp designs. ''[[AuthorAppeal Extremely]]'' ''[[SpyCatsuit tight]]'', directly contrasting Atlesian military uniforms, which are somewhat looser-fitting and white.
* NecessarilyEvil: The higher-ups like Jacques Schnee certainly seem to believe so.
* TheRemnant: Of the 'old guard' of Mantle.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Though with the slight distinction that they don't believe total emotional control is the way anymore, absolute control of society and totalitarianism ''is''.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: It's implied that almost all of their active members are high-ranking individuals of the Atlesian government, military-industrial complex, and military.
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[[folder:Jacques Schnee (née Gelé)]]
--> ''Things change, and so must we with them. Lest the new, stronger Atlas we thirst for so desperately be taken from us before it even gets off the ground. To protect people's hearts and minds, we must first'' '''win''' ''them.''
Patriarch of the Schnee family. Leader of Mantle Ascendant, and the CEO of the Schnee Dust Company conglomerate.
* AdaptationalVillainy: While the worst thing Jacques could have been accused of in canon is callousness, parental abuse, selfishness, and ambition, ''this'' version of Jacques is a member of a right-wing populist movement originating from the 'Old Guard' of Mantle, i.e. the people who ''started'' the Great War.
* AffablyEvil: Much like his underling, Slater, but he's even more dangerous than he is thanks to his sheer political and corporate power.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jacques has taken a few levels of villainy in this AU, but he actually stands up for his children in private, shown when he tersely corrects another member of Mantle Ascendant, implied to be a member of the ''Atlesian Council'', on Weiss' gender identity.
* [[GratuitousGerman Gratuitous Mantlean]]: Much like many other members of Mantle Ascendant, Jacques peppers his speech with old Mantlean phrases, though subverted in that he's not even ''Mantlean'' at all—his family comes from Mer-de-la-Mere, in ''Vale''.
* ManipulativeBastard: As in canon, and he even uses Weiss' identity and her hero-worship of her grandfather to toy with her emotions.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
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[[folder:Scion]]
--> ''I'm afraid you won't get the chance to see Blake again...''
Scion is the second, [[{{Cyborg}} cybernetic]], LivingWeapon created by a loose alliance between black budget divisions of the Schnee Dust Company, Schnee Future Weapons and Starhead Industrial, in order to enforce the will of Mantle Ascendant and project power against all its enemies. If Colonel Slater is Jacques Schnee’s right hand man, Scion is his ''closed fist''.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: She has two built-in "FEHL" blades that are essentially [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity +1 Swords]] analogous to lightsabers, but they're very power-consuming. She later switches to a more conventional melee weapon, a collapsable ''nodachi''.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Implied.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Played with, but in the author's commentary, implied to be more a case of BrainwashedAndCrazy. Despite that, it also doesn't seem she uses Aura at all, relying on a Hard Light barrier for defense. She may not be ''capable'' anymore.
* {{Cyborg}}: Augmented to an utterly extreme degree, so she has more in common with a machine than a person.
* DarkActionGirl: She's probably the biggest example of this in the story so far, appearing before even Cinder. Combine that with her status as HeroKiller and TheDreaded, and she's got a lead on Cinder already.
* {{Expy}}: Somewhat, of [[VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution Adam Jensen]], but taken to an even more extreme degree. Also, a little bit of The Winter Soldier.
* HeroKiller: In her first appearance, she slays the two White Fang soldiers accompanying Ilia, Sienna, and Adam on the mission depicted in the Adam Character Short. [[spoiler:She even ''appears'' to kill Ilia as well.]]
* MysteriousPast: Very little about where she came from is known. She implies she knows Ilia had more than a professional relationship with Blake.
* PowerAtAPrice: And the price is power. Though designed as a [[HeroKiller "Hunter-killer"]], she has limited power reserves and is extremely dependant on M-A supplies and infrastructure, as revealed in the [[https://wolfprincesssarah.tumblr.com/post/644297807500591104/commentary-bwf-7-in-the-dark author's commentary]].
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