History Characters / ArknightsDublinn

* TheStarscream: "What the Firelight Casts" reveals that the entire debacle at Hillock County was orchestrated by the Elocutionist to fracture Dublinn and overthrow Eblana.

* VisionaryVillain: "What the Firelight Casts" reveals more about Leader's motives. [[spoiler:Her designs for the Victorian throne is not for power, but to establish rights for the Tarans living on Victorian soil and preserve their history, which is slowly being phased away as more Tarans adopt Victorian culture to escape the prejudice they face from Victorians. Her methods, however, involve heavy sacrifices and using her {{Necromancy}} powers to plunge Victoria into a civil war.]] In fact, [[spoiler:she is so extreme in her beliefs that the noble Count of Warwick, who adopted and raised the sisters, despite also wanting a similar civil conflict to free the Tarans wanted a more standard insurrection instead. Eblana disagreed enough to ''murder'' him on the spot despite having raised her, simply because she couldn't see his idea lasting for very long compared to her [[FalseFlagOperation more oppressive, self-destructive means]] of creating a rebellion they wanted.]]

!!Other members
[[folder:"The Six Criminals"]]
A group of six elite members of Dublinn, who are known for committing varying amoral deeds in their past. [[spoiler:All of them meet their end at the hands of Rhodes Island Elite Operator, Outcast.]]

* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Her real name Eblnna is a reference to Eblana, the supposed original name for the city of Dublin in ancient Roman times as described by Ptolemy, however due to the uncertainty of it's historic location, it's been thought that the town of Eblana might have rather been the town of Loughshinny due to it's proximity to an important trading port; further invoking the connection she has with her sister, her position as leader of the organization (and its [[AuthorityInNameOnly puppet]] installed by Theresis), and {{Foreshadowing}} the eventual conflict between the sisters' ideals]].

* PeekABangs: The main distinction that Leader has from her sister, due to being AlwaysIdenticalTwins, aside from her PurpleIsPowerful flames and aesthetic is the fact that Leader has her bangs cut to cover the right side of her face compared to Loughshinny's HimeCut. [[spoiler:It plays into her deceptive character as she's not entirely trustworthy to her own faction as she's [[Characters/ArknightsMilitaryCommissionOfKazdel a willing member of Theresis's court]] to serve as a PuppetQueen to install onto the Victorian throne to fulfil both their agendas against a country they both despise.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: Despite her bloodthirsty and hateful personality shown in Episode 9, [[spoiler:the brutal HumiliationConga she is subjected to in Episode 10, coupled with the various displays of kindness she shows to her own people and the VillainousValor she displays despite the CurbStompBattle inflicted on her by Manfred as the people she cares about are all slain makes her far more sympathetic, especially with her internal monologue as she is DyingAlone with only Misery to witness [[UncertainDoom what may have been her final moments.]]]]

* UncertainDoom: During Episode 10, [[spoiler:she is beaten down and left for dead by Manfred. While Misery does come across her, it's unclear if she actually survived the ordeal.]] It's clarified [[spoiler:by chapter 11, where she survived the ordeal and now gives Rhodes information regarding Dublinn.]]

* BladeOnAStick: Her weapon of choice, like that of her sister.

A Dublinn commander and sister of the true leader of Dublinn, leading the attack on County Hillock. Left Dublinn after being injured by an Originium bomb airstrike and subsequently contracting Oripathy. For tropes related to her playable version, as the Operator codenamed "Reed", see [[Characters/ArknightsVanguardsNToZ Arknights Vanguards]].

->'''Real name:''' [[spoiler:Eblanna]]

** Her reaction to Loughshinny being whisked away to Rhodes Island after she's heavily injured by a city-wide bombardment is placid indifference. [[spoiler:In the flavor text of Reed's Module, Reed remembers the day their parents' death during Christmas - after Eblanna slew their assailants, Eblanna walks alone in front of her, never again holding her hand or waiting for her. Five years later, Eblanna gives her one last Christmas gift, her spear, and again walked paces in front of her. Reed could only trail behind as her shadow, constantly fearing that she'll get left behind.]]
** As revealed later on in "What the Firelight Casts", [[spoiler:this is an InvokedTrope on her part as Eblanna ''wants'' her sister to stand apart from her and strike out for her own beliefs and ideals rather than be simply the body double her sister was tailored to be. Thusly, Eblanna seems cold, distant, manipulative and uncaring to her sister's plights as "Leader" to hopefully force Loughshinny away from aimlessly following her own wake up... until the moment Loughshinny got infected by Oripathy during Chapter 9, at which point [[BeneathTheMask Eblanna allows the mask to slip somewhat]] and [[PetTheDog allows her sister to leave Dublinn and join Rhodes Island of her own volition]] despite being an enemy of both Dublinn and the Military Commission henceforth.]]

* DragonWithAnAgenda: "What the Firelight Casts" reveals [[spoiler:Eblanna, despite being a member of Theresis's inner court and his candidate to become a [[PuppetKing Puppet Queen]] for Victoria, she has ''no'' ambition for the throne and instead seeks to ''destroy'' Victoria to claim both her {{Revenge}} against the country that destroyed her family and, consequentially, free the Tarans from their oppressive existence.]] This is further compounded in Chapter 12, [[spoiler:where she's intensely aware that Theresis ''will'' stab her in the back on their deal as Theresis genuinely wants to TakeOverTheWorld due to wanting their ancestral world back and even the Tarans will not be exempt from his conquest, thus she's planning to eventually [[GambitPileup stab him first]] before he gets the chance to ruin her ambitions.]]

* EveryoneCallsHerBarkeep: Dublinn members only refer to her as "Leader" and she leads Dublinn. [[spoiler:Chapter 11 reveals her real name as Eblanna]].

* {{Foil}}: To Talulah. Being female Draco royalties who wield fire-based Arts, lead a revolutionary movement for their people and killed the respective noble who raised them out of differences in beliefs, their personality couldn't be any more different from another. [[spoiler:Before Talulah's DemonicPossession, she was an idealistic, rational leader who used peaceful methods to inspire change within Ursus and only fought when necessary. She also openly cherished her Reunion allies and saw them as TrueComrades, and only treated them as disposable once [[GrandTheftMe Kashchey took over her consciousness]]. Eblanna on the other hand, has always been a radical reformist who wants to take advantage of Victoria's destabilized state to cause a civil war with Tarans, and uses the BigBad's presence to sow even more chaos in Victoria. Eblanna is essentially who Talulah would've been if the latter was in control of her actions.]]

* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Her real name Eblanna is a reference to Eblana, the supposed original name for the city of Dublin in ancient Roman times as described by Ptolemy, however due to the uncertainty of it's historic location, it's been thought that the town of Eblana might have rather been the town of Loughshinny due to it's proximity to an important trading port; further invoking the connection she has with her sister, her position as leader of the organization (and it's [[AuthorityInNameOnly puppet]] installed by Theresis), and {{Foreshadowing}} the eventual conflict between the sisters' ideals]].
* {{Necromancy}}: [[spoiler:Her Arts, as much like her sister's own power, are about manipulating the life energy of herself and others. The difference between the two is that Eblanna's power is strong enough to continously revive fallen comrades just by being in her presence, even at the cost of their own minds as they revive continuously. It is so strong that even ''an illusionary mirage'' of herself can produce the exact same effect until the illusion is dispelled, which causes all of those revived by her Arts to immediately drop dead.]]

* VisionaryVillain: "What the Firelight Casts" reveals more about Leader's motives. [[spoiler:Her designs for the Victorian throne is not for power, but to establish rights for the Tarans living on Victorian soil and preserve their history, which is slowly being phased away as more Tarans adopt Victorian culture to escape the prejudice they face from Victorians. Her methods, however, involve heavy sacrifices and using her {{Necromancy}} powers to plunge Victoria into a civil war.]] In fact, [[spoiler:she is so extreme in her beliefs that the noble Count of Warwick, who adopted and raised the sisters, despite also wanting a similar civil conflict to free the Tarans wanted a more standard insurrection instead. Eblanna disagreed enough to ''murder'' him on the spot despite having raised her, simply because she couldn't see his idea lasting for very long compared to her [[FalseFlagOperation more oppressive, self-destructive means]] of creating a rebellion they wanted.]]

* FatalFlaw: Her uncompromising IrrationalHatred to everyone she considers enemies (which are a lot) ends up sabotaging her faction's cause. Her detachment's FantasticRacism to the Infected alienates County Hillock's Tarans and ensures that those who do join her are all {{Sociopathic Soldier}}s who would brutalize their own kin. While Harmonie salvages the operation by spreading propaganda that downplays Dublinn's atrocities, [[spoiler:Mandragora's action displase Eblanna to the point that she sends Mandragora as a 'liaison' to the Kazdel Military Commission, knowing that [[UriahGambit her volatile personality would anger the Sarkaz enough to kill her]]. Everything goes exactly as planned, and she suffers a humiliating defeat by Manfred before being cast into exile.]]

* {{Foil}}: To Talulah. Being female Draco royalties who wield fire-based Arts, lead a revolutionary movement for their people and killed the respective noble who raised them out of differences in beliefs, their personality couldn't be any more different from another. [[spoiler:Before Talulah's DemonicPossession, she was an idealistic, rational leader who used peaceful methods to inspire change within Ursus and only fought when necessary. She also openly cherished her Reunion allies and saw them as TrueComrades, and only treated them as disposable once [[GrandTheftMe Kashchey took over her consciousness]]. Eblanna on the other hand, has always been a radical reformist who wants to take advantage of Victoria's destablized state to cause a civil war with Tarans, and uses the BigBad's presence to sow even more chaos in Victoria. Eblanna is essentially who Talulah would've been if the latter was in control of her actions.]]

* PeekABangs: The main distinction that Leader has from her sister, due to being AlwaysIdenticalTwins, aside from her PurpleIsPowerful flames and aesthetic is the fact that Leader has her bangs cut to cover the right side of her face compared to Loughshinny's HimeCut. [[spoiler:It plays into her deceptive character as she's not entirely trustworthy to her own faction that she's [[Characters/ArknightsMilitaryCommissionOfKazdel a willing member of Theresis's court]] to serve as a PuppetQueen to install onto the Victorian throne to fulfill both their agendas against a country they both despise.]]

* DragonWithAnAgenda: "What the Firelight Casts" reveals [[spoiler:Eblanna, despite being a member of Theresis's inner court and his candidate to become a [[PuppetKing Puppet Queen]] for Victoria, she has ''no'' ambition for the throne and instead seeks to ''destroy'' Victoria to claim both her {{Revenge}} against the country that destroyed her family and, consequentially, free the Tarans from their oppressive existence.]]

* AMotherToHerMen: Believe it or not, Mandragora treats those under her command pretty well. She doesn't let them sacrifice themselves for nothing and is quick to step up to protect them herself if need be. She would even put herself in the line of fire if she has to in order to protect them. Some of them even have a sense of UndyingLoyalty to her because of this. [[spoiler: Later on, she even passes up an opportunity to settle the score with Horn despite meeting her face to face in the midst of a crisis. Choosing to back down and save her injured friend instead.]]
* AxCrazy: She's fanatically devoted to her cause, relishes in brutalizing the Victorian soldiers and nobility with her powers, and will even eagerly kill unarmed civilians she sees as traitors to Dublinn. Notably, when Loughshinny hesitates after Mandragora tells her to execute a civilian who had tried to leak information about Dublinn, she immediately kills them with a discreet stone through the heart before berating Loughshinny for showing weakness.
* AttackAttackAttack: Mandragora will not accept victory other than complete decimation of her opponent, and has no strategy other than things that would allow her to do so. This is most obvious when she and Harmonie are presented with Bard Seamus' poetry; Harmonie considers the poetry useful because it would foster a sense of nationalism among the grassroot and [[PragmaticVillainy that would net Dublinn the people's support]], while Mandragora thinks it's garbage because it won't help her slaughter her enemies.

* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler:Mandragora is sent to die to Kazdel Military Commision because Dublinn's Leader considers her a liability, however the Sarkaz general that accept her request is Manfred, who's shown to be an exceptionally NobleDemon. Manfred even admits that he's willing to turn a blind eye to her if only she just quietly goes into a hiding. But Mandragora decides to test her luck and ends up getting in Manfred's way when he's stamping Eartha's rebellion, earning his ire. Manfred ends up slaughtering her comrades, shattering her stone gargoyles in a single slash, and leaving her for dead in dishonor.]]

* FatalFlaw: Her uncompromising IrrationalHatred to everyone she considers enemies (which are alot) ends up sabotaging her faction's cause. Her detachment's FantasticRacism to the Infected alienates County Hillock Tarans and ensures that those who do join her are SociopathicSoldier who would brutalize their own kins. While Harmonie salvages the operation by spreading propaganda broadcast that downplays Dublinn's atrocities, [[spoiler:Mandragora's action displases Eblanna that she sends Mandragora as a 'liaison' to Kazdel Military Commission, knowing that [[UriahGambit her volatile personality would anger the Sarkaz enough to kill her]]. And she does anger them.]]

* BadBoss: She'll regularly sacrifice her own minions in her boss battle and absorb their life energy to fuel DeflectorShields for herself. It's downplayed, since said minions are effectively life-energy zombies that she made herself, and she's basically just reclaiming her Arts on them.

* AloofBigSister: Her reaction to Loughshinny being whisked away to Rhodes Island after she's heavily injured by a city-wide bombardment is placid indifference. [[spoiler:In the flavor text of Reed's Module, Reed remembers the day their parents' death during Christmas - after Eblanna slew their assailants, Eblanna walks alone in front of her, never again holding her hand or waiting for her. Five years later, Eblanna gives her one last Christmas gift, her spear, and again walked paces in front of her. Reed could only trail behind as her shadow, constantly fearing that she'll get left behind.]]

* {{Necromancy}}: [[spoiler:Her arts, as much like her sister's own power, is about manipulating the life energy of herself and others. The difference between the two is that Eblanna's power is strong enough to revive fallen comrades just by being in her presence and do so repeatedly, even at the cost of their own minds as they revive continuously. It is so strong that even ''an illusionary mirage'' of herself can produce the exact same effect until the illusion is dispelled, which causes all of those revived by her Arts to immediately drop dead.]]

* PetTheDog: At the end of Chapter 9, Leader decides to respect Loughshinny's wishes and [[spoiler:allows her to leave Dublinn for Rhodes Island. As "What the Firelight Casts" shows, she genuinely wishes for Loughshinny to find her resolve and establish her own identity, even if it means opposing her. Although, she also believes it is inevitable that Loughshinny will eventually return to her side]].

* PlayingWithFire: Leader seems to have fire based Arts, but her flames are purple instead of [[FireIsRed red]]. Whereas Reed's apparent fire Arts are explicitly a result of her own life force going out of control, it is unknown how much it is in Leader's case.

** Unlike many of her subordinates, Leader [[WouldNotShootACivilian has no wish to hurt noncombatants]]. However, whether this is because of [[EvenEvilHasStandards moral standards]] or PragmaticVillainy is still unclear. [[spoiler:"What the Firelight Casts" reveals it is closer to the latter, as she's perfectly fine with civilians suffering and dying... [{VisionaryVillain as long as it fulfills her objective of creating tension within the Taran population to eventually openly rebel]], and it would defeat the purpose of brewing that conflict if her forces openly harmed the populace, which would detract support from Dublinn as the option for the disenfranchised to go to.]]

** Unlike many of her subordinates, Leader [[WouldNotShootACivilian has no wish to hurt noncombatants]]. However, whether this is because of [[EvenEvilHasStandards moral standards]] or PragmaticVillainy is still unclear.

* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Her real name Eblanna is a reference to Eblana, the supposed original name for the city of Dublin in ancient Roman times as described by Ptolemy, however due to the uncertainty of it's historic location, it's been thought that the town of Eblana might have rather been the town of Loughshinny due to it's proximity to an important trading port; further invoking the connection she has with her sister, her position as leader of the organization (and it's [[AuthorityInNameOnly puppet]] installed by Theresis), and {{Foreshadowing}} the eventual conflict between the sisters ideals]].

* VillainousValour: Unlike many of her subordinates, Leader [[WouldNotShootACivilian has no wish to hurt noncombatants]]. However, whether this is because of [[EvenEvilHasStandards moral standards]] or PragmaticVillainy is still unclear.

* AloofBigSister: Her reaction to Loughshinny being whisked away to Rhodes Island after she's heavily injured by a city-wide bombardment is placid indifference. [[spoiler:In flavor text of Reed's Module, Reed remembers the day their parents' death during Christmas - after Eblanna slew their assailants, Eblanna walks alone in front of her, never again holding her hand or waiting for her. Five years later, Eblanna gives her one last Christmas gift, her spear, and again walked paces in front of her. Reed could only trail behind as her shadow, constantly fearing that she'll get left behind.]]

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Dublinn being a Taran-dominated resistance movement fighting against Victorian Empire surely brings a lot comparisons to the real life Irish Republican Army and its splinter groups during UsefulNotes/TheTroubles. They were even named after the [[UsefulNotes/{{Dublin}} real life capital]] of the Republic of Ireland.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Dublinn being a Taran-dominated resistance movement fighting against Victorian Empire surely brings a lot comparisons to the real life Irish Republican Army and its splinter groups during UsefulNotes/TheTroubles. They were even named after the [[UsefulNotes/Dublin real life capital]] of the Republic of Ireland.

* VisionaryVillain: "What the Firelight Casts" reveals more about Leader's motives. [[spoiler:Her designs for the Victorian throne is not for power, but to establish rights for the Tarans living on Victorian soil and preserve their history, which is slowly being phased away as more Tarans adopt Victorian culture to escape the prejudice they face from Victorians. Her methods, however, involve heavy sacrifices and using her {{Necromancy}} powers to plunge Victoria into a civil war.]]