History Characters / AndThenThereWereNone

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the game, [[spoiler: she is the murderer -- Gabrielle Steele, who killed the real Emily Brent.]]

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: In the original book and adaptations where she is a murderer, she asphyxiates just like the little boy she allowed to drown. It's more so in the 2015 BBC series, where as she gave Cyril false hope he could make it to the rock, Wargrave gives her false hope that he'll spare her]].

* ProperLady: ''Mercilessly'' deconstructed.

** If you are a murderer, but you show honest remorse for your crimes, you will get a quick and painless death. Mrs. Rogers is allowed to die in her sleep, and MacArthur gets a simple bludgeon to the brain.

** He gives Mrs. Rogers and General Macarthur quick, painless deaths on the grounds that they suffered enough for their crimes.

* NotSoDifferent: In the BBC version, the killer seems to recognize this about Vera. [[spoiler: Wargrave realizes she's just as sociopathic as he is, but whereas he is guided by MoralSociopathy to punish the guilty, Vera is a calculating {{Yandere}} who only truly values herself.]]

* NotSoDifferent: Two instances in the 2015 BBC miniseries:

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Despite strong suspicion based on the cicurmstances of Mrs. Brady's death and their reactions to being accused, the Rogers' are never explicitly confirmed as having killed her in the book. Their version of her death happening while Rogers was genuinely trying to get her medicine is plausible, and it does seem odd that they would have risked committing an InheritanceMurder when the inheritance was little enough that they were still working as servants a few years later.

* GenderFlip: In the 2017 Japanese TV adaptation, Dr. Armstrong becomes a female (named Dr. Erika Konami) and is given penchant for fishing. Dr. Armstrong is also sometimes performed by an actress in the play adaption to balance out the female to male ratio somewhat.

* InSeriesNickname: Lombard calls him "Tubs" in the 2015 version, to his constant annoyance.

* FakingTheDead: He appears to be the fifth victim, but his first death was faked. He did, however, commit suicide after everything was done, and the police wound up finding 10 dead bodies on the island.

* * NobleDemon: He's an unhinged sadist and killer...but he prefers to direct his cruelties toward those who deserved it. He's even willing to give the genuinely remorseful characters a painless death.

* NobleDemon: [[spoiler: He's an unhinged sadist and killer...but he prefers to direct his cruelties toward those who deserved it. He's even willing to give the genuinely remorseful characters a painless death]].

* KillItWithFire: If Patrick takes too long, a fire rigged by Gabrielle to explode is what kills Charles Morely.

* ThemeSerialKiller: She makes sure that the deaths will happen just like in the rhyme "Ten Little Sailor Boys."

* KillItWithFire: If Patrick takes too long, a fire is what ends up killing Charles Morely.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: In her own words...

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Once Archibald Morris was finished assisting her in finding information about her then-future victims, she murdered him.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the game, where he's NOT the murderer and really did want Armstrong to help him catch the killer. (See Gabrielle below)

Near the end of the 2005 game ''Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None'', Patrick stumbles across Vera being held at gunpoint by Emily Brent... who was actually murdered two weeks prior. The woman posing as Emily is actually a former actress named Gabrielle Steele who harbored a serious grudge against Justice Wargrave after her boyfriend Edward Seton killed himself while he was imprisoned.

* AxCrazy: TheReveal firmly esbtalishes just how much of a crazed mastermind Gabrielle truly is.

* WhamShot: Right before the WhamLine, Patrick runs into Vera's bedroom... only to stumble upon "Emily Brent" holding her at gunpoint.

[[folder:[[spoiler:Gabrielle Steele]]]]

* EvilGloating: Gabrielle relishes in killing Patrick before Vera either hangs herself or is sentenced to DeathByHanging under the mistaken belief that she masterminded the Shipwreck Island murders.

* OneTrueLove: Gabrielle certainly felt this way about Edward, which is why his death causes her to

* SmugSnake: After TheReveal, it's clear she's convinced that all will go according to plan, especially in regards to Vera committing suicide.

-->'''Gabrielle''':

* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: Ulrick Norman Owen and Una Nancy Owen? Yeah. That's all Gabrielle.

* DrivenToSuicide: At the end, he commits suicide in such a way as to match the details of his 'murder'.

* ChekhovsGunman: She even points out to Vera that the house's screening room featured posters of her.

-->'''Gabrielle''': I wanted Wargrave to suffer those three days—watching as death approached, and powerless to prevent it.

* EvilRedhead: It's a given since she's the BigBad of the game.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Thomas Rogers literally gets the axe from Gabrielle, and she uses it to ''cut him into halves''.
* HiddenVillain: Her survival, her true identity, and her murderous personality aren't made known until the game's almost over.
* TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: After getting into a brief physical confrontation with Patrick, he shoves Gabrielle into the noose she prepared for Vera.
* OneTrueLove: Gabrielle certainly felt this way about Edward, which is why his death causes her to
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After Edward Seton committed suicide, Gabrielle plotted to make Justice Wargrave ''suffer'' over the course of three days by surrounding him with death before she killed him.
* SerialKillingsSpecificTarget: Justice Wargrave was the true target of her

* TheDreaded: Everyone is terrified of him, especially not knowing his identity.

[[folder:Gabrielle Steel]]

* YouWillBeSpared: In the 2015 adaptation owing to AdaptaionalHeroism, Owen leaves him alive.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Besides his crime of course, it's kind of interesting that while the newer version of the novel replaced the racist earlier title, Lombard's anti-Semitic and racist sentiments are left intact, and while his chivalry is a redeeming quality, he also displays it in a sexist way.

A retired World War I general. He is accused of causing the death of Arthur Richmond, his wife Leslie's lover by sending him on a mission that guarantees him dead.

* NotAfraidToDie: He is so consumed by guilt that he actually welcomes his impending fate. [[spoiler: Owen rewards him with a quick and painless death.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: The fact that Rogers mentally abused his wife is omitted in the Soviet adaptation. [[spoiler:Which makes it the opposite trope for Mrs. Rogers, who is therefore as guilty of murder as him instead of being under duress]].

* KickTheDog: He's not the only unrepentant one on the island, but one of his viewpoint passages shows him outright ''gleefully'' reminiscing about turning the jury against Seton. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out that Seton ''did'' do it, making it a KickTheSonOfABitch]].

* HoistByHerOwnPetard: [[spoiler:At the end of the game. To explain it would be a bit...[[ArtisticLicensePhysics complex...]] ]]

* YouWillBeSpared: In the book and most adaptations, he leaves Fred Narracott out of the machinations and orders him not to return to the island. This saves Fred's life. He also spares Isaac Morris in the 2015 adaptation, owing to Morris just being an ordinary lawyer.

-->Perhaps we're dead already and we just don't realise it. And this is hell. We're in hell, and we're being punished for what we done. Because I did kill him - Landor. I stomped him until he was pulp. His own mother couldn't see him, couldn't say goodbye! I murdered him, alright. He was helpless and I didn't stop. He must've been so frightened. He was just a young lad.

** In the book, he abandons the tribesmen to starve to death while they were lost, but did not directly kill them. In the 2015 version, he actively murdered the 21 Africans and burned their village in pursuit of securing a diamond mine. [[spoiler:Apparently Subverted though. He went to get help and didn’t come back in time. He just made the story up just so he could see everyone’s reaction to his confession.]]

* NeverHurtAnInnocent: In the book and 2015 BBC miniseries, he confirms that he made sure all of the victims on the island were guilty of their crimes. He spares Fred Narracott, who was in innocent, and in fact orders him not to return to the island.

* PetTheDog: He gives Mrs. Rogers and General Macarthur quick, painless deaths on the grounds that they suffered enough for their crimes.

* YouWillBeSpared: In the book and most adaptations, he leaves Fred Narracott out of the machinations and orders him not to return to the island. This saves Fred's life.

* UnableToSupportAWife: He has some old fashioned ideas about this and refuses to marry Vera because of his income level.

* DeadAllAlong: It's revealed that he died of a drug overdose the day the others left to the island.

** In the book, he abandons the tribesmen to starve to death while they were lost, but did not directly kill them. In the 2015 version, he actively murdered the 21 Africans and burned their village in pursuit of securing a diamond mine. [[spoiler:Subverted. He went to get help and didn’t come back in time. He just made the story up just so he could see everyone’s reaction to his confession.]]

* TheSocialDarwinist: He freely admits to having left twenty-one African men to starve to death, and is well-known for participating in quasi-legal activities. His justification is, "self-preservation is a man's first duty." However, [[spoiler:this ultimately becomes his own undoing during the showdown between himself and Vera Claythorne at the end.]]