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* PropagandaPiece: Kazdel has taken control of Londinium's public news, using them to shift blame on trouble caused by them on nebulous gangs and declaring that their presence is necessary for the security of the city, as seen in the notebook clipping for [=H10-1=].

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* PropagandaPiece: Kazdel has taken control of Londinium's public news, using them to shift blame on trouble caused by them the Military Commission on nebulous gangs and declaring that their presence is necessary for the security of the city, as seen in the notebook clipping for [=H10-1=].
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* PropagandaPiece: Kazdel has taken control of Londinium's public news, using them to shift blame on trouble caused by them on nebulous gangs and declaring that their presence is necessary for the security of the city, as seen in the notebook clipping for [=H10-1=].
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* DishingOutDirt: In "Invitation to Wine", Taihe uses Arts that enable him to use earth and sand to attack and restrain his enemies, which he uses in conjunction with his martial techniques.
* TheFaceless: During the events of the Reunion arc, his face is completely obscured by a cape and a mask. His only distinguishing feature is his long cyan hair. His face only gets revealed during the events of "Invitation to Wine".
* WorthyOpponent: Befitting the Chinese New Year events leaning into kung fu movies and their tropes, Taihe is initially dismissive of Mr. Nothing but later acknowledges him as an admirable combatant for his mastery of his school of kung fu. Taihe also expresses similar respect to Shen Lou when he reveals his true abilities to intervene with their fighting.

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* DishingOutDirt: In "Invitation to Wine", Taihe uses Arts that enable him to use manipulate earth and sand to attack and restrain his enemies, which he uses in conjunction with his martial techniques.
* TheFaceless: During the events of the Reunion arc, his face is completely obscured by a cape and a mask. His mask, and his only distinguishing feature is his long cyan hair. His face only gets revealed during the events of "Invitation to Wine".
* WorthyOpponent: Befitting the Chinese New Year events leaning into kung fu movies and their tropes, Taihe is initially dismissive of Mr. Nothing but later acknowledges him as an admirable combatant for his mastery of his school of kung fu. Taihe also expresses similar respect to Shen Lou when he reveals his true abilities to intervene with in their fighting.



* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:The nomadic survivors of the real P'o-shan Village, which included her parents, abandoned her while she was bringing back the food she foraged for them.]]
* RescueRomance: [[spoiler:She was on the verge of starving to death when Dusk rescued her. The "romance" part is implied by the connection between the first scene of WR-ST-3 and ''Dusk Beauty Flying to the Moon'' (told by Suzuran in "Stories from the Sky", a scene in the Rewinding Breeze event), a Yan fairy tale which begins with the protagonist Dusk Beauty living a happy life with her husband until he went missing one day; Dusk is also implied to have created and propagated that tale.]]

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* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:The nomadic survivors of the real P'o-shan Village, which included her parents, abandoned her while she was bringing back the foraging food she foraged for them.]]
* RescueRomance: [[spoiler:She was on the verge of starving to death when Dusk rescued her. The "romance" part is implied by the connection between the first scene of WR-ST-3 and ''Dusk Beauty Flying to the Moon'' (told by Suzuran in "Stories from the Sky", a scene in the Rewinding Breeze event), a (a Yan fairy tale told by Suzuran in Rewinding Breeze), which begins with the protagonist Dusk Beauty living a happy life with her husband until he went missing one day; Dusk is also implied to have created and propagated that tale.]]




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* NoNameGiven: Downplayed. The game continues to call him "Storyteller" even after he mentions his name.
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!! "The Last Steam Knight"
The FinalBoss of chapter 11.
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* SoleSurvivor: It's right on his name. He's the only surviving Steam Knight.
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* CadreOfForeignBodygards: Many nobles originally hired on Sarkaz mercenaries and brought them into Londinium for this purpose. Unfortunately, none of them knew or cared that these mercenaries ultimately were loyal to Theresis and served as his avenue to subvert the city from within.

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* CadreOfForeignBodygards: CadreOfForeignBodyguards: Many nobles originally hired on Sarkaz mercenaries and brought them into Londinium for this purpose. Unfortunately, none of them knew or cared that these mercenaries ultimately were loyal to Theresis and served as his avenue to subvert the city from within.

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* CadreOfForeignBodygards: Many nobles originally hired on Sarkaz mercenaries and brought them into Londinium for this purpose. Unfortunately, none of them knew or cared that these mercenaries ultimately were loyal to Theresis and served as his avenue to subvert the city from within.



* VarangianGuard: Many nobles originally hired on Sarkaz mercenaries and brought them into Londinium for this purpose. Unfortunately, none of them knew or cared that these mercenaries ultimately were loyal to Theresis and served as his avenue to subvert the city from within.

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* VarangianGuard: Many nobles originally hired on Sarkaz mercenaries and brought them into Londinium for this purpose. Unfortunately, none of them knew or cared that these mercenaries ultimately were loyal to Theresis and served as his avenue to subvert the city from within.
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* {{BFG}}: Londinium is protected by a ring of massive artillery cannons designed to shell approaching armies and shoot down aerial battleships.


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* HumongousMecha: One of Victoria's most powerful military assets are its Steam Knights, basically massive steam powered mech suits bristling with weaponry.

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* MaliciousSlander: The fable a young Reed and Leader are taught is a direct parallel of the rule of Victoria passing from the Draco to the Aslan. However, since the fable is being told [[UnreliableNarrator from the point of view of the Draco]], the Aslan are [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade painted as]] schemers and manipulators that used treachery and lies to usurp the benevolent Draco.
* ThePurge: After Theresis' coup, most of the loyalist Londinium defense forces and those sympathetic to them were wiped out, with the survivors forced to go into hiding.



** In current times, Victoria is in the midst of another SuccessionCrisis after the Aslan ruling family was removed from power by an anti-royalist faction. Ideally, Parliament was supposed to take over administration of the country but they were quickly undermined by power squabbles between the various nobles before being overthrown by Theresis, leaving the throne empty.

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** In current times, Victoria is in the midst of another SuccessionCrisis after the Aslan ruling family was removed from power by an anti-royalist faction. Ideally, Parliament was supposed to take over administration of the country but they were quickly undermined by power squabbles between the various nobles before being overthrown by Theresis, leaving the throne empty.empty and the people yearning for the return of the Aslan.
* VarangianGuard: Many nobles originally hired on Sarkaz mercenaries and brought them into Londinium for this purpose. Unfortunately, none of them knew or cared that these mercenaries ultimately were loyal to Theresis and served as his avenue to subvert the city from within.
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One of the three major superpowers of Terra, Victoria is the center of culture and learning, with many notable figures and individuals learning in its universities. The country is currently facing a succession crisis after the death of its previous queen.

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One of the three major superpowers of Terra, Victoria is the center of culture and learning, with many notable figures and individuals learning in its universities. The country is currently facing a succession crisis after the death of its previous queen.king.



* {{ScotIreland}}: The presence of Reed and Bagpipe indicates that Victoria also encompasses the in-universe equivalents of UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} and UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}}, respectively, which is better described on their [[Characters/ArknightsVanguards character pages]] (Reed in particular was part of an organization called Dublinn). Toddifons seems to be a Wales equivalent.

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* {{ScotIreland}}: The presence of Reed and Bagpipe and Reed indicates that Victoria also encompasses the in-universe equivalents of UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} and UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}}, respectively, which is better described on their [[Characters/ArknightsVanguards character pages]] (Reed in particular was part of an organization called Dublinn). Toddifons seems to be a Wales equivalent.

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* AndManGrewProud: It's mentioned that with the collapse of its two largest rivals Gaul and Iberia, there were no more major external threats towards Victoria's power and its conflicts turned inward, resulting in the removal of the monarchy and numerous power struggles among the nobility. This caused Victoria's steady decline over the past 20 years as well as gave Theresis the perfect opportunity to seize Londinium.



* RulingFamilyMassacre: It's mentioned that [[spoiler:Siege's]] entire family and their supporters were killed by a cabal of anti-royalist nobles.



* SuccessionCrisis: JustSoStory of why the Draco royal family was wiped out: the last king's heirs disgraced themselves in their attempt to heal their father. [[spoiler:The princess unwittingly used Originium on her father, and his mutation then turned him into a monster. She was summarily executed for her 'crime'. Meanwhile, the prince was seduced by the riches he found and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere decided to betray his country]] so he could swim in his treasure hoard]]. The ensuing power vacuum left by the Draco propelled the Aslan to become the sole king of Victoria's throne, while their Feline vassals cannibalized everything else. [[spoiler:However, as seen with Reed and Talulah, the descendants of the Draco keep on terrorizing, perceived or otherwise, the claim of the Aslan.]]

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JustSoStory of why the Draco royal family was wiped out: the last king's heirs disgraced themselves in their attempt to heal their father. [[spoiler:The princess unwittingly used Originium on her father, and his mutation then turned him into a monster. She was summarily executed for her 'crime'. Meanwhile, the prince was seduced by the riches he found and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere decided to betray his country]] so he could swim in his treasure hoard]]. The ensuing power vacuum left by the Draco propelled the Aslan to become the sole king of Victoria's throne, while their Feline vassals cannibalized everything else. [[spoiler:However, as seen with Reed and Talulah, the descendants of the Draco keep on terrorizing, perceived or otherwise, the claim of the Aslan.]]
** In current times, Victoria is in the midst of another SuccessionCrisis after the Aslan ruling family was removed from power by an anti-royalist faction. Ideally, Parliament was supposed to take over administration of the country but they were quickly undermined by power squabbles between the various nobles before being overthrown by Theresis, leaving the throne empty.
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* TheQuisling: One of the largest reasons Londinium fell to Sarkaz occupation so quickly was due to many of the nobles and a large majority of the city defense force shifting their allegiance to Theresis once the Sarkaz coup was underway.

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-->'''Real name''': [[spoiler:The Deathless Black Snake]]



* AnimalMotifs: Snake. Given his inability to die and his personal mark, it's likely that he represents the Main/{{Ouroboros}}, a snake biting its own tail that represents immortality.

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* AnimalMotifs: Snake. Given his inability to die and his personal mark, it's likely that he represents the Main/{{Ouroboros}}, a snake biting its own tail that represents immortality. [[spoiler: Also ties in with his real identity as the "Deathless Black Snake."]]


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* PatronGod: [[spoiler: He is apparently a Feranmut, one of the patron deities of various regions of Terra. In his case, he is the god of Ursus and personification of its "will."]]
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When she's found by Rhodes Island, she was under the protection of Guard, who has been infiltrating Reunion. However, [[HystericalWoman she takes Rhodes Island's presence badly]] because of her hellish experience in the conquered Chernobog and refuses to cooperate with Rhodes' evacuation plan. Having no time to calm her down in the face of their operation to defeat Talulah, [[SecretTestOfCharacter Kal'tsit then threatens both Tatiana and Guard's lives as a Sarkaz guerilla squad is approaching in order to snap Tatiana out of her irrational behaviors]]. Tatiana's reaction would determine whether Rhodes will save her and her fellow refugees: if she vouches for Guard, then Rhodes can easily start their evacuation with Guard's help; if she abandons Guard, rescuing her would be a folly and Rhodes will abandon her to her fate. After she ends up choosing the former and the guerilla squad is defeated, Kal'tsit tells Amiya that [[spoiler:her ultimatum was just one of her "games", and Guard was never in danger]].

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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When she's found by Rhodes Island, she was under the protection of Guard, who has been infiltrating Reunion. However, [[HystericalWoman she takes Rhodes Island's presence badly]] because of her hellish experience in the conquered Chernobog and refuses to cooperate with Rhodes' evacuation plan. Having no time to calm her down in the face of their operation to defeat Talulah, [[SecretTestOfCharacter Kal'tsit then threatens both Tatiana and Guard's lives as a Sarkaz guerilla squad is approaching in order to snap Tatiana out of her irrational behaviors]].behaviors. Tatiana's reaction would determine whether Rhodes will save her and her fellow refugees: if she vouches for Guard, then Rhodes can easily start their evacuation with Guard's help; if she abandons Guard, rescuing her would be a folly and Rhodes will abandon her to her fate. After she ends up choosing the former and the guerilla squad is defeated, Kal'tsit tells Amiya that [[spoiler:her [[spoiler:[[SecretTestOfCharacter her ultimatum was just one of her "games", and Guard was never in danger]].
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* MeaningfulRename: Her name changes from "Ursus Infected" to Tatiana after she starts trusting both Rhodes Island and Guard.

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* MeaningfulRename: Her name The game changes her name from "Ursus Infected" to Tatiana after she starts trusting to reflect her burgeoning trust in both Rhodes Island and Guard.
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* HiddenDepths: She was previously a copyist at a university, and recognizes Kal'tsit's accent as from Ursus's capital and "old-fashioned".

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An infected civilian.

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An infected civilian.Infected civilian of Chernobog.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She disappears after Rhodes Island engages the Reunion guerillas, and is not seen again.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When she's found by Rhodes Island, she was under the protection of Guard, who has been infiltrating Reunion. However, [[HystericalWoman she takes Rhodes Island's presence badly]] because of her hellish experience in the conquered Chernobog and refuses to cooperate with Rhodes' evacuation plan. Having no time to calm her down in the face of their operation to defeat Talulah, [[SecretTestOfCharacter Kal'tsit then threatens both Tatiana and Guard's lives as Sarkaz guerillas are closing in in order to snap Tatiana out of her irrational behaviors]]. Tatiana's reaction would determine whether Rhodes will save her and her fellow refugees: if she vouches for Guard, then Rhodes can easily start their evacuation with Guard's help; if she abandons Guard, rescuing her would be a folly and Rhodes will abandon her to her fate. She ends up choosing the former. After Tatiana leaves, Kal'tsit tells Amiya that [[spoiler:her ultimatum was just one of her "games", and Guard was never in danger]].

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She disappears Amiya gives Tatiana Oripathy inhibitors to distribute to her fellow survivors, after which Rhodes Island engages the Reunion guerillas, guerillas and Guard goes to contact Patriot. She is not seen again.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When she's found by Rhodes Island, she was under the protection of Guard, who has been infiltrating Reunion. However, [[HystericalWoman she takes Rhodes Island's presence badly]] because of her hellish experience in the conquered Chernobog and refuses to cooperate with Rhodes' evacuation plan. Having no time to calm her down in the face of their operation to defeat Talulah, [[SecretTestOfCharacter Kal'tsit then threatens both Tatiana and Guard's lives as a Sarkaz guerillas are closing in guerilla squad is approaching in order to snap Tatiana out of her irrational behaviors]]. Tatiana's reaction would determine whether Rhodes will save her and her fellow refugees: if she vouches for Guard, then Rhodes can easily start their evacuation with Guard's help; if she abandons Guard, rescuing her would be a folly and Rhodes will abandon her to her fate. She After she ends up choosing the former. After Tatiana leaves, former and the guerilla squad is defeated, Kal'tsit tells Amiya that [[spoiler:her ultimatum was just one of her "games", and Guard was never in danger]].

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* BoomerangBigot: ''Deeply'' hates the infected ones despite being one herself, saying they all should just die. She acknowledges this, wishing at the same time she was also dead.
* OneSteveLimit: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]]. There's another NPC named Tat''j''ana.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When she's found by Rhodes Island, she was protected by a Rhodes Island's Guard that has been infiltrating Reunion. However, [[HystericalWoman she takes badly at Rhodes' presence]] because the hellish experience in the conquered Chernobog and refuses to cooperate with Rhodes' evacuation plan. Having no time to calm her down in the face of their operation to defeat Talulah, [[SecretTestOfCharacter Kal'tsit then threatens Guard's life in order to snap Tatiana out of her irrational behaviors]]. Guard is actually never in danger, but Tatiana's reaction would determine whether Rhodes will save her and her fellow refugees. If she vouches on Guard's claim, then Rhodes can easily start their evacuation with Guard's help, while abandoning Guard will show that rescuing her is a folly and Rhodes will abandon her to her fate. She ends up choosing to vouch for Guard.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: By the end of Chapter 7, she disappears after Rhodes Islands engages the Reunion guerillas and is not seen again.

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* BoomerangBigot: ''Deeply'' She ''deeply'' hates the infected ones Infected despite being one herself, saying they all of them should just die. She acknowledges this, wishing at the same time wishing she was also dead.
* HiddenDepths: She was previously a copyist at a university, and recognizes Kal'tsit's accent as from Ursus's capital and "old-fashioned".
* MeaningfulRename: Her name changes from "Ursus Infected" to Tatiana after she starts trusting both Rhodes Island and Guard.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When she's found by Rhodes Island, she was protected by a Rhodes Island's Guard that has been infiltrating Reunion. However, [[HystericalWoman she takes badly at Rhodes' presence]] because
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: By the end of Chapter 7, she She disappears after Rhodes Islands Island engages the Reunion guerillas guerillas, and is not seen again.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When she's found by Rhodes Island, she was under the protection of Guard, who has been infiltrating Reunion. However, [[HystericalWoman she takes Rhodes Island's presence badly]] because of her hellish experience in the conquered Chernobog and refuses to cooperate with Rhodes' evacuation plan. Having no time to calm her down in the face of their operation to defeat Talulah, [[SecretTestOfCharacter Kal'tsit then threatens both Tatiana and Guard's lives as Sarkaz guerillas are closing in in order to snap Tatiana out of her irrational behaviors]]. Tatiana's reaction would determine whether Rhodes will save her and her fellow refugees: if she vouches for Guard, then Rhodes can easily start their evacuation with Guard's help; if she abandons Guard, rescuing her would be a folly and Rhodes will abandon her to her fate. She ends up choosing the former. After Tatiana leaves, Kal'tsit tells Amiya that [[spoiler:her ultimatum was just one of her "games", and Guard was never in danger]].
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* TheQuisling: Being a Taran in the Victorian Army, Louis is usually seen as a traitor to the Taran people despite him wanting to help them through is position.

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* CoatCape: He wears a military uniform coat like this.
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* MartialArtsStaff: Shang uses his bamboo pole in combat.
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A country that neighbors Ursus, which often sparks territorial conflict over its borders, Sami is well-known as a tourist destination for its sauna. It is the homeland for Elafia, a race of humanoids with deer-like traits.

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A country that neighbors Ursus, which often sparks territorial conflict over its borders, Sami is well-known as a tourist destination for its pristine natural landscape and sauna. It is the homeland for Elafia, a race of humanoids with deer-like traits.



* GrimUpNorth: Much like the actual Finland, Sami is typically described as a cold, frigid region that's inhospitable to live in, perhaps second only to Kjerag in terms of harshness. But because of this, the diverse racial groups of Sami are all very tough and stoic compared to their more temperate neighbors. [[spoiler: Numerous items in Ceobe's Fungimist, along with Frozen Monstrosity's description, reveals that there are demons lurking in Sami. The Wendigos used to fight them, but with their decline Sami are forced to send girls to fight these horrors... with grim results]].

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* GrimUpNorth: Much like the actual Finland, Sami is typically described as a cold, frigid region that's inhospitable to live in, perhaps second only to Kjerag in terms of harshness. But because of this, the diverse racial groups of Sami are all very tough and stoic compared to their more temperate neighbors. [[spoiler: Numerous items in Ceobe's Fungimist, along with Frozen Monstrosity's description, reveals that there are demons lurking in Sami. The Wendigos used to the north of Sami, and that they regularly send Snowpriests - girls with powerful control over ice arts - to fight them, but with their decline Sami are forced to send girls to fight these horrors... with grim results]].them off]].
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* MartialArtsStaff: Shang uses his bamboo pole in combat.
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* ForeverWar: Like Ursus, Yan is involved in a constant war with "demons" in the far north. Ling earned great favor with the Yan government for helping lead the war effort against this threat for over a century, and in "Invitation to Wine" the Great Tutor asks for Nian to construct an army of terracotta warriors to help hold the line.
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** In ''Invitation to Wine'', both Kroos and Blacknight use a ''lot'' of Australian slang. It is implied that RIM Billiton's slang and dialect is so impenetrable that it is considered a separate language from Victorian.

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** In ''Invitation to Wine'', both Kroos and Blacknight use a ''lot'' of Australian slang. It is implied that the Aussie slang and dialect is so inpenetrable that it is considered a separate language from Victorian.

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* WeAreEverywhere: Thanks to his network of inns and restaurants, Zheng's organization has pretty much infiltrated every square inch of Shangshu.


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* BenevolentBoss: Ever since becoming magistrate, Liang has pursued his ideal of making Yan a place where all its citizens can live happily, and introduced many reforms and social programs in Shangshu to carry this out.


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* AlmightyJanitor: As a pole carrier, Shang knows practically every single mountain route and shortcut around Shangshu and can navigate them quickly. He also happens to be a skilled martial artist.
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* GambitPileup: The entire plot of "Invitation to Wine" involves various parts of the Yan government jockeying to obtain the enchanted goblet that belongs to Ling. The Sui Regulator wants to use the goblet as bait to lure Ling into the open so they can kill her, and employ the Escort Association's assistance. The Ministry of Rites wants to keep goblet out of the Regulator's hands and use their agents [[spoiler:Ning and Blacknight]] to try and steal it first. Liang, as Shangshu's magistrate [[spoiler:plays both the Regulator and Ministry of Rites against each other to keep the goblet out of both their hands]]. Meanwhile, Du wants to torpedo the deal between the Escort Association and Regulator just so she can humiliate her father, while [[spoiler:Shang wants to take the goblet to force Zheng to accept a duel with him]]. And finally, [[spoiler:Rhodes Island gets dragged into the whole affair because they're seeking to recruit Ling into their ranks.]]


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* SecretWar: Similar to Ursus and Sami, it's heavily implied that Yan has been quietly defending their northern borders against demons for over a millenia. Much of their success can be attributed to assistance provided by the Sui aspects such as Ling providing battle strategies and Nian building the border defenses.


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* PromotionNotPunishment: At the end of the entire goblet affair, [[spoiler:in recognition for him playing the Sui Regulator and Ministry of Rites against each other and preventing the Regulator from going after Ling, the Grand Tutor promotes Liang to work directly under him at the royal court.]]
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: He shares his last name with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Witte Sergei Witte]], who is regarded by many to have been TheGoodChancellor to Tsar Nicolas II. He also served as minister finance at one point in his career.

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* WorthyOpponent: Befitting the Chinese New Year events leaning into kung fu movies and their tropes, Taihe is initially dismissive of Mr. Nothing but later acknowledges him as an admirable combatant for his mastery of his school of kung fu. Taihe also expresses similar respect to Shen Lou when he reveals his true abilities to intervene with their fighting.



* ShipTease: Liang contantly denies he has romantic feelings for Ning despite constantly inviting her to his estate.

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Knowing absolutely nothing about the various plots in Shangshu, [[spoiler:his grab for the goblet and plans to use it as bait for Zheng takes everyone who wants it by surprise.]]


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* BlatantLies: He claims to Mr. Nothing early on that he has little skill in combat against people, merely a few tricks to fend off wild beasts.

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'''Factions:''' [[Characters/ArknightsRhodesIsland Rhodes Island]] | [[Characters/ArknightsReunionMovement The Reunion Movement]] | [[Characters/ArknightsDublinn Dublinn]] | [[Characters/ArknightsMilitaryCommissionOfKazdel The Military Commission of Kazdel]] | [[Characters/ArknightsOthers Miscellaneous factions & characters]] | [[Characters/ArknightsNations Nation States]] ([[Characters/ArknightsNationsAToM A-M]] | '''N-Z''') | [[Characters/ArknightsEnemyIndex Enemy Units Index]]]]-]]]

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[[folder: RIM Billiton]]
!!!'''Affiliated Characters''': April, Asbestos, Ayerscarpe, Blacknight, Honeyberry, Leonhardt, Savage, Schwarz
!!!'''Affiliated Characters with Rhodes Island as their faction''': Amiya, Ansel, Kroos, Popukar
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* AnimalMotifs: Many of the Cautus characters like Amiya, Ansel, and Popukar originate from Rim Billiton, and so they are likely to have a heavy rabbit motif. Their Chinese name transliterated into English sounds a lot like 'rabbit'. (雷姆必拓) There's even a rabbit head used in their logo.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BHP BHP Billiton]], as both companies are major mining corporations.
* FantasticRacism: While outwardly, RIM Billiton boasts that it provides many benefits to Infected citizens, April reveals that in truth, Infected are billed heavily for their medical costs and are often unable to find any work.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture:
** To Australia, as its environment is depicted in official art as a semiarid landscape much like the Australian outback, the company it references is an Australian mining MegaCorp, and it being the place of origin of the Cautus race possibly references the widespread presence of rabbits in the continent, where they are considered an invasive species. The official map of Terra also places it roughly where Australia should be in real life.
** In Leonhardt's profile, it is said that Victoria sends their prisoners to mine, equals to Australia being British Empire's penal colony. However, given that RIM Billiton gains their relative independence because of their miner revolts, it's likely that RIM Billiton is representative of Anglo-Australia's mining empire that fought for their independence in general, including Papua New Guinea.
** In ''Invitation to Wine'', both Kroos and Blacknight use a ''lot'' of Australian slang. It is implied that the Aussie slang and dialect is so inpenetrable that it is considered a separate language from Victorian.
* OneNationUnderCopyright: While RIM Billiton is often referred to as a corporation, the world map of Terra treats it as an actual nation with borders and territory.

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[[folder: Sami]]
!!!'''Affiliated Characters''': Bibeak, Gitano
!!!'''Affiliated Characters with Rhodes Island as their faction''': Firewatch, Simone
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A country that neighbors Ursus, which often sparks territorial conflict over its borders, Sami is well-known as a tourist destination for its sauna. It is the homeland for Elafia, a race of humanoids with deer-like traits.
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* AnimalMotifs: Cervine. According to Firewatch's bio, Sami is the homeland of the Elafian people, who usually migrate towards the neighboring parts of Ursus and Kazimierz. Their logo as well resembles a deer head with antlers.
* TheFaceless: Only ever mentioned in Operational Intelligence and is referenced in the Sami Countryside furniture set.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Most likely to Finland since the country is often at war with Ursus and has a cold climate. Blaze also said that the country is famous for their sauna. The country name itself is a reference to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sámi_people Sámi people]] from Finland.
* GrimUpNorth: Much like the actual Finland, Sami is typically described as a cold, frigid region that's inhospitable to live in, perhaps second only to Kjerag in terms of harshness. But because of this, the diverse racial groups of Sami are all very tough and stoic compared to their more temperate neighbors. [[spoiler: Numerous items in Ceobe's Fungimist, along with Frozen Monstrosity's description, reveals that there are demons lurking in Sami. The Wendigos used to fight them, but with their decline Sami are forced to send girls to fight these horrors... with grim results]].
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[[folder: Sargon]]
!!!'''Affiliated Characters''': Beeswax, Bubble, Eunectes, Flint, Manticore, Passenger, Scene, Sesa, Tomimi, Tuye, Vanilla
!!!'''Affiliated Characters with Rhodes Island as their faction''': Gavial, Heavyrain, Spot
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One of the oldest nations on Terra, gifted with abundant natural resources that makes it a target for other countries. While a part of the country has modernized, many of its territory remains untouched, with various tribes living a life free from mobile cities and discrimination towards the infected.
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* AnimalMotifs: Crocodilian, at least in Acahualla. Most of the enemies encountered in this region are anthropomorphic alligators, and it is also the home region of Gavial and Tomimi, who are self-explanatory.
* BoisterousBruiser: According to Flint's bio, the Tiacauh of Acahualla is an entire population of this. They love a good fight, and it's not uncommon to see two people beating the crap out of each other with violent intensity, only to then shake hands amicably and invite each other to dinner, but not before engaging in yet another scuffle to sort out whatever new debate they may be having.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: In the Acahualla region, due to the lack of modern infrastructure and basic services, death is a very common occurrence among the natives and has become an accepted part life. So much so that they have no concept of how deadly Oripathy is, as they don't see it as any different from any other disease since they are all equally lethal. Ironically enough, this means that Acahualla is one of the only places on Terra where discrimination against the Infected is nonexistent.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Sargon is based on various ancient empires in Mesopotamia region, but in a modernized setting. It is named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargon_of_Akkad Sargon of Akkad]], the founder of the ancient Akkadian Empire, which spanned the area that would nowadays be the Turkic-Syrian region that neighbors Iran and Iraq. According to Vanilla, the majority of Sargon is comprised of arid desert with little rainfall, making oases the primary sources of drinking water, thus matching the "classical" description of Mesopotamia. It is the birth place of the noble Ancient race of Aslan, which means "lion" in Turkish, and the Manticore is one of several mythical beings that originated from Persia, a sizable part of this region. The mention that Sargon kings' palace is made of gold and the princes fighting over the crown prince position by throwing decadent feasts to show off their wealth are all pointing at the Babylonian Empire, which is described in the Bible as such.
** In addition, it seems that Sargon also takes some inspiration from Africa, as shown by Spot (who is a Hyena, which is native to Africa in real life) and Beeswax (who has an Ancient Egyptian motif).
** Curiously, the region includes aspects of Central and South America as well. Out of all the known operators originating from Sargon, five of them (Eunectes, Flint, Gavial, Tomimi, Scene) are based on animals native to equatorial Central America, and hailed from a region called Acahualla, which is named after a seaport city in El Salvador. Based on their operator artworks, Acahualla has a very marshy and swampy geographic model, and the corresponding event, "Gavial: The Great Chief Returns", takes place primarily in a rainforest setting.
** Per the [[https://gamepress.gg/arknights/sites/arknights/files/inline-images/MapWithOps.png official world map of Terra]], Sargon sits where South America would be on Earth, which provides some credence to the existence of both deserts and rainforests, the former biome explaining the existence of Mesopotamian and African elements in the region, and the latter biome explaining the Amazonian bent of the sub-region of Acahualla.
* MightMakesRight: In Sargon, but especially Acahualla, the ones who are the strongest in a tribe get to be their chiefs.
* NobleSavage: Those that came from the Acahualla region are these, namely Gavial, Tomimi, Eunectes, and Flint.
* VillainTeamUp: The Tiacauh warriors and Drudge's mercenaries join forces in the permanent map of Contingency Contract #6 Wild Scales to take on Rhodes Island.

!!Inam
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->'''Artist:''' [=Azling4=]

The person in charge of the Inam Commercial Chamber.
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* DarkHorseVictory: Out of the tribe chiefs in Acahualla, she's the only one who doesn't compete in the trial-by-combat ceremony for the great chief position. She ends up being the great chief after all other possible candidates go to Rhodes Island.
* GoingNative: Inam was born and raised on one Sargon's mobile cities but grew to love living in the Acahualla jungles that she prefers the living with the natives.
* YouAreInCommandNow: At the end of "Gavial The Great Chief Returns", Inam is made Great Chief since all the other favorite candidates are leaving for Rhodes Island.

!!The High Priest
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Eunectes' friend and assistant.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: He wears a really tiny scarf and glasses. He purchased that clothes himself because he thought it looked trendy.
* ActionPet: To Eunectes. He pilots the Big Ugly on her behalf in her S3. Storyline-wise though, he's treated as a person like everyone else and is referred to as her friend, not pet.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: It's not the fact that he's a bird, which no one seems to point out. It's his seeming immortality, ability to disappear and reappear at will, and an old age measured in centuries at a minimum that are suspect. Gavial eventually asks Eunectes if he's a person, and Eunectes replies that she has no idea.
* CombatSadomasochist: When Big Ugly starts to malfunction and catches on fire, the High Priest points out that the mech is frying his butt, yet it makes him even more excited for the fight. He continues on sitting in it to fight the rest of the battle, and only stops when Big Ugly finally explode.
* DualModeUnit: If you've managed to destroy the Big Ugly, the High Priest will be ejected from it as a second target that you must strike down before he makes it for your command box. Granted, he's on fire and will expire on his own if given enough time, but he can't be blocked, and depending on how soon you managed to destroy his MiniMecha, his routing may vary from "running around the place for a while" to "making a mad dash to the defense objective while the rest of your team is still reeling from the force of Big Ugly exploding in their faces".
* {{Immortality}}: Possibly. While he doesn't remember how old he is, he's old enough to remember the first chief of the Acahualla and may have known Emperor for ''centuries''. Also like Emperor, he repeatedly survives things that would normally kill (or severely injure) others - in his case, it's the Big Ugly exploding while he's piloting it. The locals dubbed him "High Priest" because he just won't die.
* IntellectualAnimal: Not only is he smart enough to operate machinery like the Big Ugly (and even helped on building it), he actually had a hand in the creation of many of Eunectes' machines. Also, he can talk and is interested in scientific research as well as the latest trends. He's basically a smart person in a little bird body, and is referred to as Eunectes' friend instead of pet.
** It's implied in finale that he's a similar case to Emperor (whom he's a friend of), where he's a person that happens to be an animal for some reason. Like Emperor, no one finds this odd besides Croissant initially remarking that he reminds her of Emperor. His other not-so-human traits (that Emperor also has) like his immortality and impossibly old age garner attention, though.
* MachineWorship: Like Eunectes, the High Priest has a deep fascination with technology, to the point where he even asks Lancet-2 on a date when he realizes she's a semi-self aware robot.
* PromotedToPlayable: Sort of. He pilots the Big Ugly when Eunectes' S3 skill is activated.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: Has these in the animated PV trailer while piloting the Big Ugly.
* TwinkleInTheEye: Gets a pretty badass one in the picture below.

!!"Big Ugly"
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A giant mechanical monster built by Eunectes and piloted by the High Priest, which also serves as the FinalBoss of the event "Gavial: The Great Chief Returns".
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* BattleThemeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvTRQK8V5Oc ALIVE (Inst.)]]
* ChainsawGood: Uses a buzzsaw for its melee attack, which deals anywhere between 3 to 3.5 times its ATK as damage depending on the difficulty. It also allows it to chop down a nearby mushroom or tree trunk every 30 seconds, stopping the player from deploying operators there for the rest of the fight.
* CowardlyBoss: Once you scrap Big Ugly, the High Priest will pop out and run for it, refilling his HP bar. In this state, he can't do any damage and takes damage over time, but has greatly boosted defenses and ''cannot be blocked'', meaning that he needs to be bursted down quickly before he slips into the exit.
* CurbStompBattle: Eunectes summons it during her fight with Gavial in the festival, and it quickly smacks her down.
* LivingOnBorrowedTime: Once the High Priest is exposed, the explosion from the mech will light him on fire, making him take significant DamageOverTime as he runs for his life.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: If at range, it'll attack with rockets that deal AreaOfEffect damage.
* MeaningfulRename: After going to Rhodes Island and improving the design with the Engineering Department, [[PromotedToPlayable opening it up for playable use]], Closure rechristens it into "Raging Ironhide".
* MiniMecha: More "Mecha" than "mini" at any rate, considering how it still towers over the largest of Tiacauh units you can encounter.
* MirrorBoss: Totally possible to bring Eunectes in RI-8 and RI-EX-8, activate her S3 to summon Rage Ironhide and engage the Big Ugly.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Eunectes always [[InsistentTerminology insists that its name]] is "Big Ugly Thing", but literally everyone else, including the CN version's interface, calls it "Big Ugly".
* PromotedToPlayable: In a way. The Big Ugly serves as the MiniMecha dropped by Eunectes in her S3. It was rebuilt and renamed "Rage Ironhide".
* StoneWall: Big Ugly packs a lot of HP, a ton of DEF, and passable RES, but its attack power is on the low side. However, it turns into a MightyGlacier if it's blocked, as its melee attack deals far higher damage.
* TakingYouWithMe: Upon destroying the mech, it'll explode violently, dealing a large amount of damage to all enemies in a huge radius while stunning them for a significant amount of time. The stun is particularly problematic, as not only does it give nearby foes a chance to slip through, it also gives the now-fleeing High Priest a head start in his dash to the exit.

!! Miarow
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A local Infected doctor in the town of Long Spring who tends to the town's Infected population.
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* FrontierDoctor: He practices medicine in the remote village of Long Spring, though he dreams of traveling to Columbia so he can learn to be a proper doctor.
* HavingABlast: He knows Arts that make Originium products explode.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In order to help Rhodes Island and Team Rainbow, he uses his Arts to detonate an Originium ingot and destroy Drudge's secret weapon, knowing he'll be caught in the blast.]]
* HesitantSacrifice: [[spoiler:Before he pulls his HeroicSacrifice, he admits that there's still so much he wants to do and he doesn't want to die yet, but a doctor should be saving lives. He then musters the resolve to save Picale, Rhodes Island, and Team Rainbow from Drudge and his mercenaries.]]
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:After he dies from his HeroicSacrifice, the Rhodes Island team quickly isolates his corpse within a nearby house, and Team Rainbow witnesses Oripathy dissolving it into Originium dust.]]
* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler: One of the reasons he administers to the Infected is that he already has Oripathy.]]
* WrongLineOfWork: When he showed his Arts to someone, they pointed out that his Arts are rare and wondered why he wants to be a doctor when he'd be a better fit as a soldier, seeing his choice as kind of a waste.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler: Turns out he has Oripathy. The blow he suffers from the Prototype machine puts him at death's door.]]

!! Drudge
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The son of the Lord of Long Spring and Picale's older brother. He was exiled from the town due to his greed and now seeks to regain what he believes is his rightful ownership of the town.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: When Levi inevitably backstabs him, Drudge accuses him of being a traitor, only for Levi to retort with a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech pointing out that having turned against his own father and having the blood of his own family and countrymen on his hands, Drudge is the last person to be calling anybody else a traitor.
* RoyalBrat: He was actually next in line to inherit Long Spring until he was disowned by his father for succumbing to greed and looking to exploit the town rather than lead it.
* SmugSnake: He likes to think he's in charge, but he's ultimately just a puppet for his anonymous Colombian backers and easily gets tricked by Levi into being his pawn. Even when he's captured by Levi and found by Ash, Blitz, and Schwarz, he still acts as if he has the upper hand when negotiating with them, up until Ash beats him to near death and he's reduced to begging for his life.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:He's last seen having been left in Levi's lab after being beaten nearly to death by Ash. The epilogue of "Originium Dust" does not mention what happened to him afterwards, or if he survived the lab's collapse. However, if Sargonian law is followed, even if he survived, Drudge would be put to death for attacking royalty.]]

!! Picale Tulla
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The daughter of the Lord of Long Spring and Drudge's younger sister. She leads the town guard and protects the town from outside threats.
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* AnAxeToGrind: She's described wielding a colossal halberd, although her sprite only shows her with a sword on her hip.
* GoodIsDumb: Despite being aware that Rhodes Island is a benevolent organization, she initially believes them to be responsible for attacking Long Spring. Even when Miarow vouches for them, she orders them to leave the town rather than requesting their aid. In the end, she even admits she doesn't feel fit to rule the town since she isn't nearly as intelligent as her father and brother.

!! Lord Tulla
A Sargonian who was one of the Lord Ameer of Bayalir's strongest warriors. As a reward for his service, he was granted the town of Long Spring. He is the head of the Tulla clan, and Drudge and Picale are his children.
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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:In OD-6, when Drudge asks his men if they found his father yet, Picale reveals that he died at some point in the past year and she has secretly been the acting Lord of Long Spring since then.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When he became the Lord of Long Spring, he immeidately ceased all mining operations in the town when the risk of oripathy infections became too great. He then created the Infected quarter and prohibited contact between the Infected and Uninfected populations in an effort to protect the Infected.

!! Levi Klitschko
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A Russian scientist who was transported to Terra along with Team Rainbow (although he's a completely new character, rather than coming from ''VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege''). Sees Originium as the future of science, and has conducted many morally reprehensible experiments to draw out its potential.
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* BigBad: Of Operation Originium Dust.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Of sorts. In his eyes, Commoner and Noble both look the same on the operation table, and the scalpel cuts through them equally.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Has even less respect for Drudge than he has for literally anyone else. When Drudge calls him a traitor, he throws the insult right back in his face as Drudge has betrayed his own people, family, and nation out of nothing more than petty greed. He even respects the Infected a little bit as [[HumanResources they're a great source of experiment material]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When Levi awakens the Essence of Evolution, the first thing it does is impale him for his troubles. Then again, considering that he trapped himself in a room with it likely knowing what it would do to him, this may have been his intention.
* KnightOfCerebus: Levi stands out as being the only villain in ''Arknights'' to lack any sympathetic traits whatsoever, being a MadScientist solely interested in satisfying his own curiosity and desire for power. Additionally, while literally ''all other antagonists'' have a somewhat negative view of Originium infection (either pitying or or dehumanizing those affected by it), Levi practically ''worships'' Originium an is utterly fascinated by its mutagenic properties. Somewhat understandable, as he comes from a setting that is significantly darker in tone than ''Arknights'' (which, while bleak, still has moments where the sun shines through).
* MadScientist: Fits this to a tee, outright saying that ethics and morals are what holds back scientific advancement. He's perfectly willing to violate the natural order of the world and even mutate living humans all in the sake of his so-called scientific progress. As he continues exploring the potential of Originium, he seemingly gets increasingly DrunkWithPower, until he practically starts worshipping Originium and his ultimate creation.
* OriginalCharacter: Levi has no counterpart in ''VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege'', due to said game [[ExcusePlot having a really minimal plot]]. And despite his MadScientist EvilutionaryBiologist, there's no indication he's connected to the White Mask Terrorists from that game.
* SlasherSmile: Gives the creepiest one in the game so far while requesting for more corpses. [[https://ibb.co/k3T8vX1 Eep.]]
* SurroundedByIdiots: He makes no effort to hide his disdain of Drudge and his men, and overall looks down on everyone he thinks is less intelligent (read: everyone else). This disdain ranges from sarcastic remarks to outright threats depending on the situation and his mood.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He has no respect for Drudge or his associates (nor them for him), and it's painfully obvious he's only with them because they help fund his research and give him material to test it on. Fittingly, he backstabs them once he no longer finds them useful, capturing them and using them as his test subjects.
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Is offed by his own creation before Rhodes Island and Team Rainbow can take him down]].

!! Essence of Evolution
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The FinalBoss of Operation Originium Dust. A mutated Originium abomination created by Levi, contradictory to all known life on Terra.
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* ArmorPiercingAttack: It'll periodically release a global shock wave that deals true damage to all Operators on the field. As you beat it down, this shock wave will increase in both power and frequency.
* BarrierChangeBoss: In its initial form its left side will be shielded, giving it significant damage reduction from all attacks from that side. When it evolves once, the shield switches sides. In its final form, the shield makes its ''entire body'' effectively immune to attack, but also burns away its HP over time.
* ClippedWingAngel: Its final form is effectively immune to damage, but also burns through its remaining HP. The indication is that it mutated so much that its body can no longer function.
* EldritchAbomination: It's an inchoate mass of connective tissue and living Originium shaped into a form that looks downright ''wrong'', and continuously regenerates and buds off smaller mutant organisms. Whatever this thing is, it's completely alien to Terra and antithetical to the very nature of existence in the world. When Rainbow Team sees it awaken, their first thoughts are that it's something that fundamentally shouldn't be allowed to live.
* FlunkyBoss: Since it's unable to move or attack normally, it spawns Originiutant Excrescences to do the work for it. As it continuously evolves, it'll upgrade its minions to Originiutant Tumors, and then [[ZergRush start spawning them en masse.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: The Essence of Evolution's presence massively raises the stakes of "Operation: Originium Dust" compared to other events. While several events have had antagonists that could cause massive societal disruption if they win (though usually only restricted to their home nation), the Essence of Evolution is essentially a living ''extinction event'' that could bring ruin to all of Terra if unleashed. Notably, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness it's description in the enemy lineup explicitly questions if such a creature can be considered alive and treats it with fear]].
* OutsideContextProblem: This ''thing'' has no real counterpart in existing ''Arknights'' or ''Rainbow Six'' lore, even taking [[spoiler:Mephisto's Arts]] into account despite its surface level similarities. Its traits, behavior, and very nature are alien to both settings, and unlike most villains, the story indicates it is flat out impossible to kill, only (apparently) dying because it mutated too much to sustain itself. Schwarz even says that it isn't "alive" in any sense that they could understand.
* SequentialBoss: Has three forms that it'll evolve into as it takes damage, each one stronger than the last. And just in case you thought you could stall it, it'll evolve by itself after a certain amount of time has passed.
* StationaryBoss: The first boss that is completely unable to move.

!! Old Isin
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A mysterious old fortune teller who resides in Sargon's wastelands.
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* ParentalSubstitute: He acts as Elliot's guardian after Kal'tsit leaves Elliot in his care.
* Really700YearsOld: Isin at least 150 years old, and possibly even far older than that, which is unusual even for a Savra.
* SecretlyWealthy: Despite appearing to be a homeless hermit, Isin actually has a huge hoard of pure gold stashed away in his home, since he's never really found any need or opportunity to spend it.
* SoleSurvivor: He is one of the last people who remembers the lost city of Reefsteep, which was consumed by a Catastrophe and lost forever over 150 years ago.
* UncertainDoom: It's not quite clear if Isin died or simply wandered off into the Sargon wastes to search for Reefsteep. Either way, nobody expects to see him again.
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[[folder: Siesta]]
!!!'''Affiliated Characters''': Ceylon, Schwarz
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* DoomedHometown: It's discovered that the once thought inactive volcano next to Siesta will inevitably erupt and destroy the city-state, forcing the population to relocate to the new Siesta built on a mobile city.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: To Mediterranean Europe in general, but mostly Greece, with a bit of Italy. It is in fact named after the cultural time for afternoon naps in the local languages, of all things. Siesta hosting a popular music festival is possibly based on the island of Ibiza, Spain, which hosts one of Europe's most popular music festival. Additionally, the FinalBoss of Obsidian Festival is ([[IronicName ironically]]) named after a significant Roman city that was destroyed in a volcanic eruption. The 'sea' it borders on is mentioned to be in fact a large lake, and the Mediterranean Sea is essentially a large lake. The last name of Ceylon and her father, Doykos, is also distictively Greek. Funny enough, one of the streets of Siesta is based on Abbott Street, Vancouver, Canada.

!! Destructive Dragon Demon (D.D.D.)
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->'''Real name:''' Grace
An EDM artist and DJ attending the Obsidian Festival, they've recently exploded in popularity as one of the top musicians on the net.
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* AlliterativeName: Her stage name, '''D'''estructive '''D'''ragon '''D'''emon.
* ColorMotif: If the player picks them as the musician they support, the event UI will primarily have a cool green and light blue, which helps emphasize that their music is a lot more laid back in contrast to Alive Until Sunset and Emperor.
* ConnectedAllAlong: Closure and D.D.D. are close friends, to the point that the former is one of the few trusted people who knows the real name of the latter.
* ExpressiveMask: D.D.D. wears a mask to hide their identity, while their emotion is shown through the mask.
* PaperThinDisguise: You can still see at the shape of her mask and her tail that she's a Vouivre. Franka even compares the tail to Liskarm's
* SamusIsAGirl: When first selecting which Obsidian Festival artist to choose, the game reveals D.D.D. is actually a girl since the option for D.D.D. says "Pick Her".

!!Herman Doykos
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The mayor of Siesta and Ceylon's father.
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* AntiSmotherLoveTalk:
** Interestingly, he's the one espousing this in contrast to Schwarz who's worried that Ceylon will reject her if she knows about the mercenary's past and subsequently tries to shelter her charge as much as possible. Herman has taken the opinion that Ceylon is mature enough to handle things, and furthermore, because of his own unscrupulous activities to better Siesta, he believes that his daughter should see the world in a more nuanced light.
** He is also this towards Schwarz herself, telling her that she needs to find a purpose in her life other than being Ceylon's bodyguard, which is why he sent her off to Rhodes Island with her.
* AssassinOutclassin: When Schwarz was sent to assassinate him, Herman singlehandedly defeated her in hand to hand combat.
* ChekhovMIA: He's established at the start of the event story to be absent from the city for business reasons, [[spoiler:but that was a deliberate ploy to see how Cronin would act without his presence.]]
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:He pretends to leave Siesta on a business trip but leaves Schwarz behind to spy on Cronin, who he knows will let his guard down once he thinks he is gone.]]
* CoatCape: He wears his blazer like this.
* CrazyPrepared: He has already suspected that [[spoiler:Siesta's volcano will inevitably erupt, destroying the entire city. That's why he's already built an entire mobile city for the population to relocate to.]]
* LostLenore: His wife Barbara died while giving birth to Ceylon, and he built the entire city of Siesta as a tribute to her memory.
* ParentalSubstitute: He essentially adopted Schwarz and considers himself her surrogate father.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Unlike many other political leaders, Herman is tolerant of Infected and invests significant resources to improve the lives of Siesta's Infected population. He also thanks the Doctor and the rest of Rhodes Island for protecting his daughter, as well as solving the volcano crisis during the Obsidian Festival.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Herman's main motivation is to ensure the well being and prosperity of Siesta, even if it means having to resort to underhanded actions such as exterminating his rivals. Cronin misunderstands his action and only emulates the "extremist" part.

!! Cronin
The Catastophe Messenger of Siesta and Herman's second in command.
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* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Herman took Cronin in as his disciple and assistant, teaching him administration. However, from observing Herman's [[WellIntentionedExtremist actions to preserve Siesta]], Cronin took a wrong conclusion from his lessons; that the only thing that matters is instant gratification to oneself, and he can trample anyone if he can benefits from it - even Siesta and her people. Herman pretty much disowns him after he and his lackeys are defeated.
* CorruptPolitician: [[spoiler:He has been secretly mining obsidian from Siesta's volcano despite Herman banning the practice, simply due to how profitable selling it would be. He also knew about the imminent eruption and covered it up, planning to mine the Originium that would have been created from the Catastrophe as well despite said eruption being slated to wipe out half of Siesta.]]
* EvilChancellor: He was running Siesta in Herman's absence and has taken advantage of it by illegally enriching himself behind Herman's back.
* {{Foil}}: He's this to Schwarz, with Schwarz's Operator Record makes the comparison more apparent. They're both downtrodden orphans taken by Herman, after they showed their talents to him. They raised alongside his daughter, yet they believe themselves as the Doykos family's servant despite that. However, while Schwarz becomes a loyal retainer and sees the family's love for Siesta, Cronin starts to resent his supposed inferiority and grows ambitious in his scheme at Siesta's expense. Their expertise is even the opposite; Schwarz is powerful bodyguard and assassin, while Cronin is an administrator and a Catastrophe Messenger.
* SmugSnake: He learned everything he knew from Herman, but he unfortunately learned all of the ''wrong'' things as his plans quickly fall apart the moment [[SpannerInTheWorks Rhodes Island]] gets involved.
* TokenEvilTeammate: He's the only Catastrophe Messenger so far with his own ulterior motives and selfish schemes.

!!"Pompeii"
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The queen of the Originium Slug colony living in Siesta's volcano, a massive volcanic aberration further mutated by its infection. Serves as the boss of the Heart of Surging Flame event.
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* ActionBomb: If Pompeii is blocked by an operator, it will pulse and charge up for 10 seconds before releasing a devastating eruption. This inflicts ''severe'' damage to all operators around it - ''1,000 Arts damage'' at Pompeii's lowest level. It somehow doesn't die pulling this move.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Provence manages to drive it off after shooting a crack in its shell with an arrow. In battle, Pompeii's high RES but somewhat flimsy DEF make physical attackers well suited to dealing with it.
* BattleThemeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h83q7KuKATA Volcano]]
* DamageOverTime: Getting hit by Pompeii will set the target on fire, which deals relatively heavy damage over time for the next ten seconds.
* DualBoss: ''Two'' Pompeiis are fought in FA-6.
* EvilCounterpart: Seemingly to Eyjafjalla, since it has pretty much the same moveset as her, plus an ActionBomb skill for when somebody tries to block it.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The impending eruption being caused by a colony of Originium Slugs is revealed at the last minute, while the rest of the event was very much treating it as an inevitable natural disaster. The mission description for the fight with Pompeii [[LampshadeHanging all but states that it only exists because Cronin would make a lame boss fight.]]
* IronicName: It is strangely named after a Roman city destroyed in a volcanic eruption, rather than the actual volcano (Mt. Vesuvius) responsible for the tragedy. The irony goes further when you bring Eyjafjalla to fight it, which is not terribly effective due to its high RES. Yes, the thing named Pompeii is actually resistant to being destroyed by a literal volcano.
* KillItWithFire: It attacks by spewing gouts of lava and fireballs at your operators, which can inflict a rather significant DamageOverTime burn.
* KingMook: To all of the lesser Originium Slugs. It even leads a colony of them in Siesta.
* MightyGlacier: Pompeii is pretty slow to move, but inflicts severe damage at long range to many operators at once - to the point where 3 Medics are usually the minimum requirement to keep everyone alive, especially with its afterburn chipping away at their HP. And when it gets close, you best be hoping everything in the vicinity can survive its eruption attack. Defensively, Pompeii is also pretty tough to kill - packing colossal HP and a whopping ''70%'' resistance to Arts, although its DEF is comparatively fragile.
* TragicMonster: Pompeii and its slugs were actually totally innocent considering all things, and originally just minded their own business for the most part. It was Siesta (specifically Cronin) overmining the obsidian they use as food that drove them to go berserk digging for more. Unfortunately, this just happens to be the trigger for a Siesta-destroying eruption that warrants the intervention of Ceylon and Rhodes Island. It's implied to be crazed and constantly suffering from desperation, and even the protagonists pity it a little when they fight it. Lampshaded a little by the mission description of OF-8.
--> ''A giant creature assumes the role of the last boss, by no fault of its own. Sometimes, that's a more satisfying conclusion than some desperate villain.''
* TurnsRed: At 50% life, Pompeii gets a substantial attack speed boost.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Siracusa]]
!!!'''Affiliated Characters''': Angelina, Aosta, Broca, Chiave, Lappland, Provence, Shamare, Vermeil
!!!'''Affiliated Characters with Rhodes Island as their faction''': Sussurro
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* AnimalMotifs: Foxes and wolves. Most of the operators who came from Siracusa are Vulpo or Lupo. Their logo resembles a wolf head from the front.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture:
** To Italy, taking its name from the Sicilian city, Syracuse, which is known as Siracusa in Italian. Its known primary cultural trait is TheMafia basically runs the country. Furthermore, [[GeniusBonus wolves have never been extinct in Italy]].
** The origin tale of the Sicilian families, the strongest mafia clans of Siracusa, is analogous to the nation-building myth of Rome. However, instead of simply a pair of brothers [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus Romulus and Remus]], there were 6 siblings and the sibling rivalry [[FeudingFamilies went on into their descendants]], before stopping after their quarreling offended their mother, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She-wolf_(Roman_mythology) She-Wolf]]. In addition, the story mentions the She-Wolf and her children each lived on one of seven hills, a direct reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_hills_of_Rome the seven hills of Rome]].


!!Gambino
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The leader of a Siracusan Mafia family that was exiled from Siracusa and fled to Lungmen.
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* BullyingADragon: He's intent on destroying Penguin Logistics despite all the stories and rumors about how terrifyingly efffective they are in combat.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Joined up with Capone during "Code of Brawl" when Lappland showed up and started hunting him as well]].
* HonorBeforeReason: His Mafia pride makes it so he's unwilling to call off his rivalry with Penguin Logistics nor show any respect to the Rat King or Wei, which is paramount to suicide in Lungmen.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: His name is a reference to the real life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambino_crime_family Gambino crime family.]]
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:The last we see of him is him being confronted by Lappland.]]

!!Capone
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The leader of the branch of the Siracusan Mafia stationed in Lungmen.
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* BullyingADragon: In his attempts to smoke out the Rat King, he begins harassing and interrogating random slum dwellers. This of course does not make the Rat King, who is an extremely powerful Arts caster, happy.
* PragmaticVillainy: He realizes that Gambino's singleminded obsession with destroying Penguin Logistics will inevitably anger the Rat King and Wei, so he plots to have Gambino eliminated before he can do too much damage.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:He attempts to prove his loyalty to the Rat King by killing Gambino. However, the Rat King points out that he has no reason to trust a man willing to betray and murder his own sworn brother, and has him exiled from Lungmen.]]
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: His name is a reference to the real life gangster [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone Al Capone]].
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:The last we see of him is him being confronted by Lappland.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Empire of Ursus]]
!!!'''Affiliated Characters''': Absinthe, Beehunter, Gummy, Hellagur, Istina, Leto, Rosa, Zima
!!!'''Former Members''': Misha
!!!'''Affiliated Characters with Rhodes Island as their faction''': Folinic
!!!'''Affiliated Characters with Reunion Movement as their faction''': Crownslayer, Faust, [=FrostNova=], Mephisto, Patriot, Skullshatterer
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[[caption-width-right:350:Слава и чистота!]]

One of the three major superpower on Terra and its largest nation on land, the Empire of Ursus is the home to the Ursus race, humanoids with bear-like traits. It is primarily known for its unmatched military strength, its cruel treatment towards the infected (even for Terra's standards), and the socio-economic conflict that exist between the nobility and commoners.
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* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: Many faction leaders fear this will be the result of Reunion's uprising in Chernobog. Hellagur warns that Ursus' military resources are vast, and once they start taking a threat seriously there is little that can stop them.
--> ''However, once Ursus looks at you, you will know the difference between being an enemy of Ursus, and Ursus regarding you as one.''
* BadBoss: According to Hellagur's bio, the Ursus high command is notorious for [[YouHaveFailedMe executing commanders who failed to meet their lofty expectations]], with more than a hundred officers being killed over the span of just a few decades.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Their harsh policies against the Infected and anyone who challenges their government is the reason why many Infected banded together to form Reunion. As seen above, nearly all of Reunion commanders hailed from Ursus.
* DecadentCourt: Operation Intelligence reveals the empire suffers from this between the nobles and Generals who are constantly fighting each other and trying to gain the Emperor's favor which has led to a negative view amongst it's people.
* DrunkOnMilk: Ursus can get drunk just from consuming honey, as demonstrated by Leto and Beehunter in their "Children of Ursus" story with both being very tipsy and disorderly after downing one too many honey drinks.
* TheEmpire: You can pretty much tick everything in the "evil empire" checklist with Ursus.
* FantasticRacism: The culture and government of Ursus are noted for being particularly brutal toward the Infected, even for the standards of the rest of Terra. This is what prompts Reunion to begin their revolution in one of its cities. They're even racist to non-Ursus citizens which is shown in Operation Intelligence where Simone recalls where her people, the native Sami people of the North, are constantly attacked by the Ursus who looks down on her people. Ursus people are even racist towards their non-Ursin citizens with Folinic bitterly remembering how badly she and her family were discriminated against while living in Ursus just because they were Felines.
* FalseFlagOperation: In Chapter 7, both Wei and Kal'tsit realize Ursus allowed Reunion to seize Chernobog by not warning the city and not mobilizing the army to suppress the uprising. The reason is that they wanted Reunion to send Chernobog on a collision course with Lungmen. Since Chernobog is still officially an Ursus city, they could accuse Lungmen of being an aggressor against Ursus if Wei tried to stop Chernobog with a preemptive strike. This would provoke a war with Lungmen's patron nation Yan, which is Ursus' true aim.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Very obviously of Russia; Ursin names use Cyrillic, Ursin people themselves are bear-folk, the named city seen so far (Chernobog) is sourced from [[Myth/SlavicMythology Russian myth]] and the government appears to be an extrapolation of early-20th-century UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia into a fantastic 21st-century-esque setting. Most notably, during "Originum Dust" Tachanka is able to read the Ursus language with no translation, and notes how similar it is to his native Russian.
* FurryReminder: The people of Ursus [[TrademarkFavoriteFood collectively love honey and like to eat fish]], just like actual bears. A huge jar of honey is even collectable as a dorm decoration, and it is said to be Leto's favorite snack.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: Ursin people are famed for their great physical strength in-universe. Yes, including the women, and Zima is perhaps the best example of this, with Beehunter being the obvious runner-up. A bit downplayed in the cases of Istina or Gummy, though the latter is still deceptively strong due to her being a Defender.
* NationalAnimalStereotypes: Appropriately enough, bears. "Ursus" itself means "bear" in Latin. All Ursin operatives have a bear motif going on, up to and including [[LittleBitBeastly round ear-like lumps]] in their hair.
* NouveauRiche: Ursus is basically the last remaining major nation where all political power is centralized in the Emperor and nobility. However, even then, the steady rise of the merchant class and increased exposure to modern finance has given birth to a new type of nobility who value business over imperial tradition, causing further strain on Ursus' already volatile internal politics.
* PowerArmor: If their former member Patriot were any indication, they were ''known'' to issue these.
* PuppetKing: [[spoiler:The events of Chapter 8 reveals that the current monarch of Ursus is actually a pacifist and heavily opposes the militaristic culture of his nation, though he's powerless to stop the high command from doing anything due to his status as a puppet figurehead.]]
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: The city Chernobog is named after the Slavic deity whose name means "black god".
* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Political prisoners and Infected are shipped off to remote Originium mines and forced to work until they either die of Oripathy or at the whims of the sadistic guards. When a mine is exhausted, the guards simply execute all the prisoners and collapse the mine to literally bury the evidence.

!! Misha
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A mysterious Infected girl who is a refugee from Chernobog and now lives in Lungmen. For some reason, both Reunion and Lungmen are interested in taking custody of her.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Chapters 2 and 3 focus their story mostly on Misha. She's the [[LivingMacGuffin target rescuee]] who's wanted by both Lungmen and Reunion on the second chapter, while the third chapter deals with her [[spoiler:motivation to join Reunion and take on her brother Alex's identity as the next Skullshatterer]].
* ADogNamedDog: Misha means... bear in Russian.
* BadassAdorable: Overlapping with InstantExpert. [[spoiler:She fights as well as the original Skullshatterer the moment she takes up after her brother's clothes.]]
* BattleThemeMusic: [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtS_BliFPk0 Calamity]], when she's fought disguised as Skullshatterer in 3-8.]]
* CommonalityConnection: Amiya invokes this trope in Chapter 2, showing her hands to Misha to prove that she's also infected just like her, earn Misha's trust and assure her that Rhodes Island is sent as an escort.
* CycleOfRevenge: Misha views the conflict between the Infected and the non-infected to be this. Had Ursus not labeled the infected as monsters, then hatred wouldn't have began and perpetuated.
* ElCidPloy: [[spoiler:She took Skullshatterer's clothes and identity after his death, rallying the Reunion members opposing LGD and RI. Amiya realized what happened, and fell into despair that they had to kill their intended rescuee.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:After witnessing the atrocities the Infected suffer under the established governments, as well as seeing Amiya kill her brother Skullshatterer, Misha decides to join Reunion because she feels she has no other place to turn to.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Following her FaceHeelTurn, Misha explains to Amiya in the phone that [[spoiler:she's now joining Reunion's cause because she saw how the government harshly dealt with the Infected, and that it's fine for them to fight back and be a part of the CycleOfRevenge]].
-->The way normal people treated the Infected... is how the Infected would treat normal people. Because they deserve it.
* HiddenDepths: Misha makes dolls, and teaching Amiya how to make one is a promise that they made before the former is handed over to LGD.
* LivingMacGuffin: She's the target whom the L.G.D. tasked Rhodes Island to find and rescue in the slums of Lungmen. When it turns out that Reunion is also looking for her, the Rhodes Island rescue team became suspicious that Misha has a secret that only Lungmen and Reunion know.
* ThePromise: There's two between Amiya and Misha:
** In Chapter 2, Amiya promised her friend Misha that she would be watching over the Infected children in the Lungmen slums when Misha would be away from them. [[spoiler:This gets fulfilled since Chapter 4 when Amiya visits and plays with the children, even after Misha's death.]]
** Also, Amiya requested Misha to teach her how to make dolls. [[spoiler:Sadly, this can no longer be fulfilled given what happened to Misha at the end of Chapter 3.]]
* {{Protectorate}}: What Misha becomes in the first half of Chapter 3. [[spoiler:As Reunion was able to retrieve her, Skullshatterer's goal changed into protecting Misha at all costs, so that they could return home after the mission is over. So when Skullshatterer had to face the opposition one more time, he entrusts Misha's protection to W. But this promise didn't last long either when both Misha and the original Skullshatterer, Alex, got killed in the battles.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:At first, both Lungmen and Rhodes Island believe that Reunion wants Misha because she happens to be the daughter of a famous scientist in Chernobog, and therefore may know some powerful secret. In reality, Misha just happens to be Skullshatterer's sister, and he is determined to be reunited with her at any cost. It is though later revealed Misha does hold one of the two keys of Chernobog's core, given to her by her father Sergei, and Talulah wants that key. The reason why she was manipulated into getting killed in action by W was to prevent Talulah from getting the key.]]
* RepressedMemories: Yet another trigger for her [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn. Misha remembered how the Reunion Movement destroyed her home and took away her family, but after some more realizations, she also blames Ursus for what's happening in the CycleOfRevenge between the Infected and the non-infected. This comes with a contrast to how the previous chapter showed Misha as a girl who's seemingly unaware of why such factions are fighting one another]].
-->I remember now. No, I never forgot, I just... don't want to remember...
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:She angrily tells W she'll never give Reunion any information, shortly before she goes off in disguise to die fighting Rhodes Island, who was trying to rescue her in the first place. In the end, neither Reunion nor Rhodes Island got anything they wanted. It's such a ShaggyDogStory that the sheer pointlessness of all the deaths caused by the Misha rescue attempt leaves Amiya extremely emotionally disturbed afterwards.]]
* VillainousValour: [[spoiler:She disguises herself as Skullshatterer to improve his troops' morale as well as to buy them time to escape encirclement by Rhodes Island and the LGD.]]

!! Duke Kashchey
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An Ursus noble who took Talulah from Lungmen in order to make her his heir, though he was already dead by the time of the main story.

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* AnimalMotifs: Snake. Given his inability to die and his personal mark, it's likely that he represents the Main/{{Ouroboros}}, a snake biting its own tail that represents immortality.
* TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople: He believes that human by nature is violent. He also thinks that the current corruption of Ursus is because Ursus has forgotten its nature as a warmonger; because they're in a time of peace, they have no common enemy to fight against, and because they have no common enemy, everyone is just fighting against each other. Instead of banding together to achieve glory, nobles pick off their own peasants and peasants pick off the Infected in a manufactured prejudice as an attempt to act upon their violent nature despite outwardly claiming to be peaceful. In his opinion, [[WarIsGlorious war brings people together]] because everyone's lives, whether it's nobles, peasants, or the Infected, are on the line and they have no choice but to exert their utmost effort to survive. [[TheSocialDarwinist What remain in the end are the most valiant, powerful, intelligent, and wise]].
* BerserkButton: [[MasterActor As much control as he has over his emotions]] for the most part, there's one thing that does seem to get on his nerves enough to drop pretenses as Amiya discovers is [[spoiler:''[[VirtueIsWeakness empathy]]'']], as he routinely monologues into furious ranting [[spoiler:the moment Amiya and Ch'en tries to break through [[DemonicPossession his conditioning]] of Talulah by pulling a IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight on her]], trying to tear down any sense of compassion as useless idealism and would only weaken [[spoiler:Talulah]] and Ursus to indulge in it.
** He also has apparently a small nerve to pinch concerning Kazdel and, by extension, [[FantasticRacism the Sarkaz]] in general due to clearly [[NoodleIncident a very personal issue in the past with them]]... though he [[TeethClenchedTeamwork grits his teeth]] and bears it for his plans due to how easily they can be made useful sellswords to tie up loose ends without having to answer any questions.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:With revelations made in Chapter 8 and his direct confrontation with Rhodes Island, it's clear that Kashchey is one of the biggest threats in the story]].
* BodySurf: His 'immortality' is basically this; [[spoiler:his possession only acts toward people with similar mind as him. If that person doesn't have what it takes and lash out at him, he will break their resolve and drive them to despair, while using that moment of weakness to take over the control of their body. It's implied that his previous identity before being Duke Kashchey is the heretical priest that continued to cry that it's human nature to be violent as he got publicly executed]].
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:His grand plan involves corrupting Talulah and using her to bring back equality (or rather his twisted version of it) to Ursus, which starts even ''before'' his physical death in her hands, as from Amiya's observation of Talulah's distorted recollection of the day of her kidnapping, he had used his Arts on her during that time.]]
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:He is this in spades to Talulah, taking pleasure in breaking her idealistic spirit bit by bit, luring her to come to a realization that the world isn't as kind as she believes it to be. To a lesser extent, he's also this to Mephisto, grooming him from a timid boy into a radical terrorist he is today.]]
-->'''Kashchey''': I'm looking forward to... when the time comes... Your... regret and... your... hate...
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Kashchey possessed Talulah during the events revealed in Chapter 8 that supposedly "[[FaceHeelTurn changed]]" her, being the real force of power behind what were seemingly her plans on the surface but actually his.]]
* DidNotSeeThatComing: While he accounted for many things in his plan, Kashchey is [[OhCrap completely floored]] by the revelation that Amiya is [[spoiler:[[ApocalypseMaiden the Lord of Fiends]]]] and has a very brief VillainousBSOD trying to actually comprehend the sheer insanity of making a ''Cautus'' girl [[spoiler:the Lord of all Sarkaz]], actually breaking his MasterActor performance in the process to reveal [[spoiler:his DemonicPossession of Talulah to Ch'en]].
* DubNameChange: While in the CN server he is named "Koschei", the global server localizes his name as "Kashchey".
* {{Expy}}: His snake motif, his status as GreaterScopeVillain, [[spoiler:his BodySurf ability, his FalseFlagOperation that brings forth wars between one faction and another, his defeat at the hands of the protagonist with rabbit motif]], all brings to mind [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Kamen Rider Evolt]].
* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler:As Talulah, he secretly arranges for the actual Reunion members to be killed off and replaced by Ursus army soldiers disguised as them. This would allow him to advance Ursus' interests by using "Reunion" to antagonize Lungmen and Yan without having Ursus be directly implicated.]]
* GenderBender: [[spoiler:His current main host, after Talulah fought off his DemonicPossession, is a Liberi woman serving as a teacher in the far north of Ursus, even Talulah starts referring to him as a she after a point for convenience's sake]].
* GodWasMyCopilot: [[spoiler:Chapter 10 reveals, during Kashchey's conversation with Talulah, that he is ''the'' God of Ursus in fact and that everything he has done and continues to do is to test the strength of his country and defeat it's enemies]].
* GreaterScopeVillain: All but confirmed to be the case. [[spoiler:As far as the story is concerned, much of the Reunion Movement's HeWhoFightsMonsters transition in the past and their current atrocities were the result of Kashchey exerting his control over Talulah. Once freed from his grasp at the end of Chapter 8, Talulah immediately stands down, ceases all of the Reunion operations under her control, and willingly becomes Rhodes Island's prisoner, while Kashchey is revealed to be [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated still alive in some capacity]], with even more schemes planned for something else, likely the three-way race for the Victorian throne.]]
* HumansAreBastards: [[spoiler:Is a staunch believer of this after everything he has seen, and attempts to have [[RousseauWasRight Talulah]] rule Ursus under this logic, as can be seen when Reunion kills civilians left and right in the name of justice. In the same vein, he sees the entirety of Reunion as disposable pawns to achieve this. Somewhat zigzagged however, in that he claims to love everyone in Ursus equally as he sees their struggle as beautiful, because only by then contributions can be made to greatness. Thus he considers them as necessary sacrifices to create a stronger Ursus.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:In Chapter 8, he's seen sitting on his throne with a sword stabbed through his chest, smirking as he's been killed by Talulah which goes according to his plans.]]
* KickTheMoralityPet: [[spoiler:He planned to manipulate Ch'en into joining Talulah's side just to kill her to drive her further down the DespairEventHorizon and complete his DemonicPossession of Talulah, irreversibly turning her into [[GrandTheftMe his brand new vessel]] as she's reduced to a EmptyShell out of grief]].
* MadLove: [[spoiler:The nature of his kidnapping of Talulah. He is extremely and creepily obsessed with her, wanting her to be his heir the moment they met to become the second coming of him, even placing utmost importance on Talulah's life above his own plans. His possessiveness is also demonstrated as he's angered when his control of Talulah starts to slip because of Amiya. In the Russian folklore he's based on, Koschei has a penchant for abducting princesses to marry them.]]
* TheManBehindTheWoman: [[spoiler:The real force of power controlling Talulah and Reunion by the way of DemonicPossession]].
* MasterActor: [[spoiler:If his possession of Talulah is anything to go by, he's strongly implied to be this, which makes sense considering his profound understanding of human nature. W alludes that the new Talulah is someone who can take on a different persona depending on who she addresses.]]
* MesACrowd: [[spoiler:Chapter 10 confirms that Talulah wasn't his only '[[GrandTheftMe successor]]' and that Kashchey has many more hosts within Ursus serving as him and his vision of Ursus, with his current body being a Liberi woman named [[SueDonym Kashchena]].]]
* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler:While the things Kashchey did while possessing Talulah are indeed his own, he can't actually do anything Talulah doesn't want him to. Which heavily implies that she is so psychologically damaged and utterly crushed after burning down an entire village in a fit of rage, betraying her ideals in the process, hating herself for it, that she neither can endure the pain, nor has any will and strength left to resist Kashchey's possession.]]
* PatrioticFervor: [[WellIntentionedExtremist Everything he did, is for sake of Ursus]]. At one point, the Emperor's Blades celebrate him as the champion of Ursus.
* PurpleProse: He really likes to grandiosely regal people with elaborate speech about his schemes. [[spoiler:At one point, he even uses Talulah's Arts to silence Amiya and Ch'en, just so he can tell them [[MadLove how much he loves Ursus]], lest they got their tongues burnt by Talulah's flame.]]
* Really700YearsOld: Chapter 8 reveals [[spoiler:he's been possessing other people's bodies for a ''very long time'', that it is made a point when Amiya manages to break through his possession of Talulah, he expresses interest that it's the first time someone's encroached on him like that in over a thousand years]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler: Delivers a big one to Amiya, accusing her for being very short-sighted in her ideals as she has never experienced anywhere near the same amount of tragedy as he does, even most being derived from her ability to gain insight into a person's feelings and memories, nor has she done much to save the Infected as she claims she wants to and instead prefers to cry over every little tragedy in front of her. Doubles as VillainHasAPoint, since Amiya is indeed quite sheltered and privileged compared to most Infected and thus unable to relate herself to those she sympathizes with.]]
--> '''Kashchey:''' You are deaf and blind, pretending to redeem yourself by weeping over every little thing in front of you. ​ ​
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Named after Koschei the Deathless, from Russian legends.
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: [[spoiler:Kashchey is trying to teach this to Talulah her whole life, awaiting the day she shows an opening in her beliefs which will allow him to use her body as a vessel for his ideals. After she's freed from his possession, [[HumansAreBastards he tells her to stop daydreaming about people's nature]] in her prison cell. Ultimately, both him and Talulah care greatly about Ursus in their own way with the former wanting the latter to rule it at some point. However, Kashchey is too jaded as he has seen far too many tragedies and ugliness of human nature over the course of his existence. As Kashchey put it, he bears the scars of tens of millions of Ursus compatriots on his being.]]
* SoreLoser: [[spoiler:When he feels that Talulah, encouraged by Amiya and Ch'en's words, starts to fight back against his possession, Kashchey puts Talulah's sword on her own neck to stop them from interfering further. When Talulah continues to fight back anyway, [[ILetYouWin he gives up to deny everyone the satisfaction of defeating him]], while also claiming that his next domination on Talulah is inevitable.]]
* SueDonym: Chapter 10 [[spoiler:reveals his [[GrandTheftMe current identity]] using a Liberi to be this, as he goes by the name '''''Kashchena''''', Talulah immediately lampshades the blatant ''absurdity'' of it]].
* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler:From the first mention of his name in the story, Kashchey is widely assumed to have been killed by Talulah, which is not strictly incorrect, since she only managed to destroy his physical body. However, due to his powerful Arts and status as an Ageless, Kashchey had actually accounted on Talulah doing this, in order to [[GrandTheftMe possess her]] and use the Reunion Movement for his own ends. At the end of Chapter 8, after Talulah was freed from his influences, Kashchey is implied to still be alive in some capacity, and will return in the near future to manipulate the state of Terran politics some more.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Much of his background and involvement, especially by Chapter 8, can't be talked about without revealing [[spoiler:[[GrandTheftMe he was actually the one possessing Talulah the entire time]] and controlling the entirety of Reunion for his own plans]].

!! Tatiana
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An infected civilian.
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* BoomerangBigot: ''Deeply'' hates the infected ones despite being one herself, saying they all should just die. She acknowledges this, wishing at the same time she was also dead.
* OneSteveLimit: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]]. There's another NPC named Tat''j''ana.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When she's found by Rhodes Island, she was protected by a Rhodes Island's Guard that has been infiltrating Reunion. However, [[HystericalWoman she takes badly at Rhodes' presence]] because the hellish experience in the conquered Chernobog and refuses to cooperate with Rhodes' evacuation plan. Having no time to calm her down in the face of their operation to defeat Talulah, [[SecretTestOfCharacter Kal'tsit then threatens Guard's life in order to snap Tatiana out of her irrational behaviors]]. Guard is actually never in danger, but Tatiana's reaction would determine whether Rhodes will save her and her fellow refugees. If she vouches on Guard's claim, then Rhodes can easily start their evacuation with Guard's help, while abandoning Guard will show that rescuing her is a folly and Rhodes will abandon her to her fate. She ends up choosing to vouch for Guard.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: By the end of Chapter 7, she disappears after Rhodes Islands engages the Reunion guerillas and is not seen again.

!! Alina
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The child of the family Talulah stayed with before forming Reunion, who quickly became a dear companion to her.
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* AnimalMotifs: Deers, due to her Elafia race.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:It's never outright mentioned, but her injured sprite implies she was missing her right arm when Talulah found her dying in the forest. In addition, the CG where Talulah carries her on her back as the forest burns behind them implies she's also missing her left leg.]]
* TheConfidant: Alina is the only person Talulah has ever fully confides in, and Talulah told her ''everything'', [[spoiler: even about Kashchey and Ch'en.]] Alina, in return, offers Talulah emotional support and advice, and helps to keep Talulah on track whenever she starts going astray.
* CoolBigSis: She took the role of a teacher in Reunion, and was very much loved by the children in return. Some of them allegedly cried when she failed to return.
* DeadpanSnarker: She may support Talulah's ideals, but she isn't above making snide remarks at her expense.
* DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler: While she makes her first appearance late in the story, her death is one of the major events in Talulah's past and the first step to her eventual downfall.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: [[spoiler: She was nowhere to be seen in the main story despite being Talulah's very first companion and best friend, making her ultimate fate abundantly clear to the players.]]
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: She was this to Talulah as the latter often relied on her for advice and emotional support. [[spoiler:After Alina's death, Talulah became less lively.]]
--> '''Talulah:''' Alina, stop it! I don't want... I don't want to be without you, without Yelena, without Sasha and Eno, I can't let any of you...
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: Is long dead by the time the main story takes place, with her only appearances being in flashbacks.]]
* SecretKeeper: Was Talulah's closest friend, and the only one who knew about Talulah's past and [[spoiler: the curse Kashchey placed on her.]]
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler:She refused to name her murderers, implied to be the same people Talulah had spared from deserting Reunion, because she feared that Talulah will lose her fight against Kashchey's possession. While her last words fend of Talulah's rage from exploding right there and then, her resentment nevertheless festered until it broke Talulah even more spectacularly. If Amiya doesn't conveniently have her mind-reading Arts to drag out Alina from Talulah's memories, Talulah might never recover from the possession.]]
* TakeCareOfTheKids: [[spoiler:Requested Talulah to do something to the children, especially Eno aka Mephisto, in her dying breath. What this exactly entails is unknown, and it doesn't help when Talulah forgot the events surrounding her death due to emotional trauma.]]
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Alina is one of the few unambiguously good characters in the setting, and serves as Talulah's emotional pillar to keep her from succumbing to her dark side. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:she's first of Talulah's inner circle to die. She doesn't even tell Talulah who is responsible for her death because she doesn't want Talulah going out to take revenge on her behalf.]]
--> '''Alina:''' Talulah... There is one thing you can detest... Everything they did, you can scorn. But... never hate... anyone.

!! Old Man
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->'''Real Name:''' Ivan Iziaslav
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* HeroicSacrifice: He turns himself in to the Ursus Patrolmen in order to draw attention away from Talulah and Alina. Naturally, he is executed on the spot due to being Infected.

!! Old Woman
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!! The Emperor's Blades
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->'''Other variations:''' "Emperor's Blade" Pursuer
Elite Ursus soldiers who are described as the will of Ursus itself. Their unparalleled strength and combat prowess has earned them a borderline mythical status among all who know their names.

One of them (called Pursuer) serves as the FinalBoss of the sidestory "A Walk in the Dust", and is backed up by Ursus units rather than the event's enemies. They are also known as the Ursus Royal Guard.
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* BadassBoast: In "A Walk in the Dust" event, Kal'tsit tried to make the Pursuer back down because he's trying to kill her right in front of a Victorian Count's mansion, with all the geopolitical mess that might follow if an Ursus' royal guard is found doing this in Victoria. The Pursuer's response?
--> '''The Pursuer''': Your threat is weak and empty. Wherever I stand, the earth beneath me belongs to the Empire of Ursus.
* BattleThemeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46l66I9LCd8 Infected's Shielder]] for their appearance in Chapter 8.
** Pursuer gets a track named after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ketWKjeIMrk themselves]] in "A Walk in the Dust". A bombastic theme which makes it clear they are not screwing around this time.
* BlindObedience: A problem that they share, as while each are fiercely loyal, they are also ''needlessly'' reckless in displaying that loyalty. The mere mention of questioning their devotion to Ursus can [[HairTriggerTemper set them off]] exceptionally quick and they tend to follow orders to the letter without question, which can cause more problems than it's worth when they engage [[SuperPersistentPredator those who are hiding in other nations]] as Pursuer not only risked an international incident between Victoria and Ursus by attempting to kill Kal'tsit at a Victorian party, but upon injury, he was willing to [[WalkingWasteland risk contamination of the entire area]] for generations to come, which could have sparked a war between the two countries had Kal'tsit not convinced him to flee.
* BodyguardBetrayal: When confronting the Royal Guard, Patriot not so subtly raises the suspicion that they assassinated the previous Emperor. Later on, Lungmen's Black Coats also raises the same insinuation. The Blades deny this, and based on their almost religious reverence to said emperor, [[CassandraTruth this appears to be the truth]].
* CoolMask: An inhuman, six-eyed, eldritch-looking gas mask with countless tubes protruding from it. Coupled with their PowerArmor, it really makes them look more monster than man.
* CoolSword: They wield ornate sabers with decorated gold-and-red hilts. The Pursuer will start using it to attack in his second phase, and it hurts a ''lot'' more than his usual summoned blades.
* DeadlyGas: The boss variant battled in "A Walk in the Dust" will use Dominion every time they lose a percentage of HP, spreading dark clouds centered on the Operators that dealt the most damage to them. If they stand in the gas, they'll gain significant damage reduction against physical and Arts damage. If Operators stand in the gas, they'll get their attack speed cut in half and become vulnerable to the Blade's OneHitKill attacks.
* TheDreaded: Their power and combat proficiency is feared by all who know about them, to the point where their mere existence has spawned many myths and legends about their nature. Their description in the enemy intelligence further emphasizes this:
--> ''He once ravaged the demons of the Northern Tundra, segregating the outsiders beyond the reach of civilization; His blade shies not from royals nor nobles, safeguarding glory from the dusts of rebellion. Every Royal Guard is as a dominion; the land beneath their feet is all the territory of Ursus.''
* EagerRookie: A lot of their opponents tend to dismiss their glorification of war as Ursus' patriotic duty as a result of the current generation of Emperor's Blade had never experiencing a [[WarIsHell real war]].
* EliteMook: They're considered the strongest and most dreaded military units in all of Ursus, to the point where defeat isn't even considered a possibility for them.
* EvilVersusOblivion: The Blades are the cruel, top-ranking soldiers of Ursus, an empire infamous for its brutality and subjugation, but [[spoiler:they're also dedicated to destroying and containing the unknowable demons from beyond the boundaries of civilization]].
* FriendlyFireproof: A rare enemy case of this; when the Pursuer is defeated, enemies in their Dominion zones will also become subjected to Dominion's attack speed penalty for the rest of the battle.
* HarmlessEnemy: Ironic considering their reputation. Two of these bosses show briefly in R8-11 to reduce Talulah the Fighter's defense and resistance, and leave. They won't walk in and attack your party, nor you can hurt them in any way. An actually fightable one appears in ''A Walk in the Dust'', and he's far from harmless.
* IaijutsuPractitioner: The Pursuer wields his saber this way, slashing targets blocking him with a quick draw and sheathe.
* NoodleIncident: Something happened in the Valley of the Setting Sun that resulted in countless Royal Guard casualties and rendered the entire area completely uninhabitable as a result.
* OneHitKill: The Pursuer's Collapsing Fear will instantly kill any Operators that are currently being affected by the Dominion zones they set up. This can even one-shot things that are normally immortal, like Specter with her S2 up.
* OneManArmies: Each one of these are apparently capable of single-handedly slaughtering multiple squads. Talulah's flashback in chapter 8 shows just how monstrously strong they are. [[spoiler: 5 of them were enough to basically take on early-days Reunion: 1 was enough to face [[PlayingWithIce FrostNova]] and her yetis (and from her dialogue she was ''losing''), 2 were enough to face [[PlayingWithFire Talulah]] and the Guerilla Shieldguards (while also striking so fast that they couldn't tell what was happening), and the last 2 can fight [[ImplacableMan Patriot]] to a standstill, with Patriot mentioning that 3 of them has a good chance of defeating him. Considering what we've seen in the main story, it cannot be understated just how strong the Emperor's Blades are, not to mention there are more than just a few of them running around in Ursus.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Not only are Ursus Royal Guards fearsome opponents in combat, but should they die, [[spoiler:the containment system in their suits will be breached, exposing the demonic shard it holds]]; this in turn would violently react with reality itself, causing a massive explosion and rendering a wide area completely uninhabitable for an unforseeable amount of time.
* PraetorianGuard: They act as the Emperor's personal guard and carry out his direct will.
* RedBaron: Are known as the "Facerending Liches" for their penchant for [[FacialHorror slicing the faces off their targets]] and leaving them in mass graves of unrecognizable corpses.
* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:"A Walk in the Dust" reveals that they harbor a fragment of an extradimensional demonic entity within them, which seems to be one source of their strength. If their armor were to ever break, the enclosed dimension would become unstable and leak into the real world. This is why Pursuer, the Emperor's Blade that battled Kal'tsit, backed down once she cracked his mask, as well as why Kal'tsit didn't push him any further.]]
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: They can summon blades out of seemingly nowhere to skewer foes.
* SuperSoldier: Highly trained and heavily armed soldiers of extreme power who are [[spoiler:empowered by demon shards sealed within them through rituals]].
* VillainRespect:
** The Royal Guard have nothing but respect and admiration for Patriot despite him being a traitor, and even go so far as to basically ''beg'' him to return to the Ursus military. Even when he blatantly rejects them and threatens them, they simply respect his wish without so much as a fight.
** The Royal Guard at the end of "A Walk In the Dust" extends respect to [[spoiler: Kal'tsit after their battle, especially since she non-fatally wounded him and thus allowed him to return to Ursus with his honor, and explained that the reason why she assassinated Grand Duke Vanya was to avert a civil war within Ursus.]]
* WalkingWasteland: A telltale sign, as "A Walk in the Dust" revealed, when they are around is black snow that snuffs the life of the environment around them, [[spoiler:supposedly a consequence of their otherworldly powers gained from symbiosis with [[SealedEvilInACan the demon shards imprisoned in them]]]], to the point that [[spoiler:if their suit is ruptured in any capacity, they run the risk of turning an entire region inhospitable for generations with the contaminants they produce.]]
* WeakButSkilled: Closer observation reveals that none of their stats are particularly high. But their core ''Dominion'' mechanic is what makes them difficult to handle, granting them reduced damage and allowing them to OneHitKill [[ImmortalBreaker even immortal Operators]], while greatly reducing Operators' combat effectiveness. As long you can manage where ''Dominion'' lands (''much'' easier said than done), they will go down quickly.

!! Islam Witte
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Ursus Minister of Finance who's Wei's contact and works closely with the Emperor of Ursus.
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* TheCavalryArrivesLate: Wei initially scoffs at the news that [[spoiler:Chernobog is in collision course to Lungmen]] because he believes Witte will never let that happen. Turns out, while he's right that Witte is on his way to uncover the conspiracy to incite war, Ursus' court intrigue prevents him from immediately stopping the plan from happening. By the time Witte has successfully exposed everything, it has been ''two weeks'' since the incident was resolved. Even then, the conspirators decided to escape the Emperor's punishment by committing suicide. Witte laments that the only thing he can do to uphold justice is by [[MakeAnExampleOfThem hanging the conspirators' dead bodies to rot in public]].
* TheGoodChancellor: He's this to Ursus Emperor Fyodor. Witte advises the Emperor of internal and foreign policies in his attempt to reform the empire, uncovers conspiracies that undermine said reform, and protects the Emperor's power against ambitious war-hawks. At one point, the Emperor asks Witte to stop protecting him so much lest he would get targeted next.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Seems like he plays one. He is the one that advises the Emperor on the present matters and tells him that they need to accumulate more political capital before attempting to close Infected mines in north, even if it is the right thing to do. He further argues that closing the mines now, [[{{Realpolitik}} will generate too much backlash from the nobility for Emperor and might endanger his rule over Ursus]].

!! Fyodor

The current Emperor of Ursus.
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* FantasticRacism: He is very well aware of the existence of "Ageless" individuals like Kashchey, thinking them as shadowy and sinister schemers who play with the lives of those with shorter lifespan, and wants nothing more than for all of them to be exterminated due to the threat they pose to Ursus. Witte advises him against this because not all of those immortals are evil. [[spoiler:Given that Kal'tsit is one of them, and she's unambiguously good, Witte is right.]]
* TheGhost: He's never seen during his conversation with Islam.
* HairTriggerTemper: Because of his vassals' conspiracies against his internal reforms, the Emperor is frustrated by the sheer obstacle he has to scale just so his people can have a better life. Any news about his noble's DecadentCourt will set him off into a rant about how [[SurroundedByIdiots his vassals' squabbles are ruining the country]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: From what little has been seen of him, Fyodor opposes his predecessor's warmongering policies and the rampant corruption within the Ursus Empire's government. He also wants better treatment for the Infected. Unfortunately, he lacks the political clout to achieve any of these goals anytime soon. The extreme brutality that the Ursus military shows toward the Infected is also implied to be out of his control, as different divisions have their own loyalties to various noble lords.

!! Lillia
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The mother of Medic operator Folinic and a coworker of Kal'tsit.
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* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: Her appearance in "A Walk In the Dust" reveals this as she and her mother Folinic both can become consumed with achieving revenge on others, even if it's to their own detriment.
* NotQuiteDead: "A Walk In the Dust" implies that Lillia isn't actually dead, but was forced to flee to Sami to hide from Ursus.
* PosthumousCharacter: Was mentioned to be dead in Folinic's archive files.
* RevengeBeforeReason: After the massacre of the Sarcophagus research team in Chernobog, Lilia can only think of taking revenge on Ursus, even if it means abandoning her only daughter to protect her from Ursus' retaliation. Even after Grand Duke Vanya is dead, she declares that she has no intention of stopping until she's punished Ursus and Sergei (who sold them out), even if she knows that this will certainly kill her.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She could very well pass off as Folinic's older twin.

!! Grand Duke Vanya
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: He was already suffering from many diseases and lived quite a long life, so [[spoiler:he quietly accepts Kal'tsit fatally poisoning him in retribution for what happened in Chernobog after the two chat about Pine Valley and the Duke's experiences.]]
* ReassignedToAntarctica: While he was ostensibly sent to the prestigious Pine Valley resort to live out the rest of his life in retirement, in reality Vanya was being held there as a helpless political pawn with no power or influence.
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[[folder: Victoria Empire]]
!!!'''Affiliated Characters''': Bagpipe, Bena, Breeze, Goldenglow, Grani, Haze, Indra, Iris, Jessica, May, Mint, Mousse, Nightmare, Phantom, Reed, Saileach, Shalem, Siege, Skyfire, Toddifons
!!!'''Affiliated Characters with Rhodes Island as their faction''': Blaze, Hibiscus, Lava, Melantha, Quercus
!!!'''Former Members''': Dora
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One of the three major superpowers of Terra, Victoria is the center of culture and learning, with many notable figures and individuals learning in its universities. The country is currently facing a succession crisis after the death of its previous queen.
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* AnimalMotifs: Cats. A majority of the characters associated with, or hailed from Victoria, are Felines. With the exceptions of Siege and Indra, they tend to be based on domesticated house cats. Those that came from parts based on {{ScotIreland}} (e.g. Bagpipe, Reed) are more draconic, though.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Victoria is presented as one of the most prosperous and civilized nations on Terra, as well as being one of the largest. However, Victoria's power was built on aggressive conquest of neighboring lands, with many ethnic groups either exterminated or forcibly assimilated into the empire and treated as second class citizens. Many of these groups have harbored simmering nationalistic discontent against the crown for centuries, and with the current SuccessionCrisis and Infected riots, the whole situation threatens to erupt and break Victoria apart.
* EliteArmy: It's mentioned that one of Victoria's greatest strengths is its highly disciplined and well trained professional army.
* EvilChancellor: [[spoiler:It's implied in Siege's profile that some sort of figure or group with ill intent has secretly seized control of Victoria.]]
** Chapter 10 reveals that Theresis and his court have occupied Londinium and as such have de facto control of all of Victoria. With the throne still empty, there's nobody that can contest Theresis' rule or unite the outlying Victorian cities to stand against him.
* FantasticRacism: There is a great deal of prejudice against the Tarans, Felines who have descended from a tribe that accepted Draco rule in ancient times, due to fears that they will try to break away from Victoria or support putting a Draco back on the Victorian throne.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: To the United Kingdom, with Victorians having a lot of (surprisingly varied) British elements to their design (from Mousse being a fancy, if dispossessed, British upper-crust girl to Siege and her Glasgow crew being classic British punks). Its capital is even called Londinium, with a massive tower named the Shard to boot.
** There's also some elements of the British Empire, such as the Victorian Mounted Police being named after the various police forces throughout the former British Empire, like the Royal Canadian Mounted Police[=/=]North-West Mounted Police, the New South Wales Mounted Police, the Lesotho Mounted Police, and the now defunct Natal Mounted Police and Cape Mounted Police, or Indra's codename referencing a Hindu god.
** Mousse's bio suggests that Victoria encompasses parts of real-world France as well, due to her place of birth being based on a real location and the decidedly French influences of her character design. Not much of a stretch, considering France and the United Kingdom are only separated by a sea channel in reality. It's later explained that the France equivalent, Gaul, was partially incorporated into Victoria. The second Integrated Strategies reveals this happened when Emperor Corsica I lost a war against a coalition of Leithania, Victoria, and Ursus in a reflection of Napolean's defeat at Waterloo. One of those territories now in Victorian hands is Phantom's hometown.
** The Dracos, who had roots in ancient Leithania, used to be the dominant people of Victoria until the Felines settled and slowly overtook them, making them a rough equivalent of the Celts, who used to rule the British isles prior to the rise of the Anglo-Saxons. Later, it is revealed that there is a third faction, the Unicorn (likely a stand in for the Normans), that vie for the throne beside the Draco and the Aslan.
** During Originum Dust, it is strongly implied that the Victorian language ''is'' English, as Team Rainbow is able to use it to communicate with people from Terra.
** County Hillock's racial tensions between the Tarans and Victorians is representative of tensions between the Irish and British during [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles The Troubles]].
* GambitPileup: Thanks to Victoria's SuccessionCrisis, there are numerous factions meddling in the country's politics trying to seize the throne, ranging from Theresis and is machinations to spread Kazdel's influence, the various dukes trying to cling to their power, resistance movements like Dublinn seeking to break away from Victoria or put their own claimant on the throne, Infected rights groups like Reunion seeking to help Victoria's oppressed Infected underlcass, and Rhodes Island which seeks to [[RightfulKingReturns put the rightful ruler back on the throne.]]
* {{ScotIreland}}: The presence of Reed and Bagpipe indicates that Victoria also encompasses the in-universe equivalents of UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} and UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}}, respectively, which is better described on their [[Characters/ArknightsVanguards character pages]] (Reed in particular was part of an organization called Dublinn). Toddifons seems to be a Wales equivalent.
* SuccessionCrisis: JustSoStory of why the Draco royal family was wiped out: the last king's heirs disgraced themselves in their attempt to heal their father. [[spoiler:The princess unwittingly used Originium on her father, and his mutation then turned him into a monster. She was summarily executed for her 'crime'. Meanwhile, the prince was seduced by the riches he found and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere decided to betray his country]] so he could swim in his treasure hoard]]. The ensuing power vacuum left by the Draco propelled the Aslan to become the sole king of Victoria's throne, while their Feline vassals cannibalized everything else. [[spoiler:However, as seen with Reed and Talulah, the descendants of the Draco keep on terrorizing, perceived or otherwise, the claim of the Aslan.]]

!! Unnamed Cautus
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An acquaintance of Iris.
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!! Count Vincent
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The ruling Count of Toron County in Victoria.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: On the outside, Vincent appears to be a harmless nobleman who is only interested in throwing parties for his subjects. However, in reality, he is secretly working behind the scenes to protect Toron County from the political intrigue plaguing Londinium and the rest of of Victoria.

!! Louis Kelly
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A captain in County Hillock's local garrison.
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* TheQuisling: Being a Taran in the Victorian Army, Louis is usually seen as a traitor to the Taran people despite him wanting to help them through is position.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:The last we hear of Louis is that he's been rounded up by Hamilton's men as they begin purging anybody of Taran descent from their ranks.]]

!! Colonel Hamilton
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The commander of the Victorian garrison in County Hillock.
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* AndThenWhat: Hamilton clearly had no plans for what to do after [[spoiler:bombarding County Hillock with Originium shells. He simply assumed the bombardment wiped out the enemy and declared victory, completely unaware of Dublinn advancing on him.]]
* FantasticRacism: He despises the Taran people whom he considers traitors to Victoria.
* GeneralFailure: He proves to be a completely incompetent commander as he's [[spoiler:easily outmaneuvered by Dublinn at every turn, and even with his suprise artillery bombardment, just assumes it killed all of the enemy and doesn't even bother verifying the damage. A move which comes back to bite him later when Dublinn stages a surprise attack and overwhelms his base.]]
* GeneralRipper: He's absolutely convinced that the Taran population of County Hillock plots to rebel against him, and he's willing to resort to any means to put them in line.
* GloryHound: For all he cares, accepting aid from outside means they would steal the credit of stamping out Tarans' rebellion.
* GreenEyedMonster: Based on his interactions with Horn, his insistent ObstructiveBureaucrat actions are implied to be motivated by jealousy that House Skamandros has more than [[SelfMadeMan what he could hope to achieve]] simply by the virtue of their lineage.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: He ends up hindering Horn and Bagpipe's investigation at every turn due to his rampant paranoia of Tarans.
* RedshirtArmy: Hamilton's men prove to be this. While they can easily beat down unarmed civilians, they quickly fold when they face an enemy with even a modicum of organization and discipline in the form of Dublinn.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:The last we see of Hamilton is him charging at Dublinn forces as they breach his headquarters.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Horn points out that thanks to him [[spoiler:provoking Dublinn and the Tarans to rebel]] and [[spoiler:shelling them with illegal Originium dirty bombs]], he's essentially opened Pandora's Box as now there's been enough chaos sown in Victoria that the various factions vying for control of the throne can use it as a pretext to [[GambitPileup advance their own plans]].

!! Craig
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A young Infected boy who lives in County Hillock.
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* EvilIsNotAToy: The boy is radicalized by the rose-tinted grassroot propaganda that Dublinn is [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters out to free Tarans from Victoria's oppression]], and it pushes him to [[spoiler:throw a bomb into a banquet that Hamilton is apprehending in an attempt to kill him. This provokes Hamilton to bombard the city, which in turn pushes Dublinn to reveal themselves. Dublinn, who scorn the Infected no less than the Victorians, would have strike Craig down if Saileach doesn't protect him]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Seeing his neighbor boasts that he sold his fellow Taran for a chance to be another oppressor and the one who saves him is the Victorian woman he stoned]], jolts Craig awake that the conflict isn't as black-and-white as he thought.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:The bomb he throws not only setting off the chain of disaster that destroy County Hillock, but also lighting the fuse of global war between Victoria and Kazdel.]]

!! Saoirse Kelly
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Louis Kelly's sister and worker at local newspaper in County Hillock.
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* HesitantSacrifice: Despite her resolve that what she does is ultimately right and in the case where she's wrong, believes that the Tarans will find their freedom regardless, her last words are ultimately lamenting that she's going to leave her family behind.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:She tips off Saileach about a secret Taran meeting in hopes she could defuse any potential trouble, only to inadvertently cause a GambitPileup as Bagpipe's unit, Hamilton's forces, and Dublinn run into each other. She's then branded a traitor by Dublinn for leaking information about the meeting and executed by Reed.]]
* NotSoDifferentRemark: As she's [[spoiler:about to be executed by Dublinn]], she points out that Dublinn are really no different from the Victorians in how little they actually care about the Tarans other than how they can be exploited.

!! Seamus Williams
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A writer and poet who has a keen interest in ancient Taran folklore.
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* DeathOfTheAuthor: An In-Universe example. Seamus simply writes about Taran folklore because he's interested in the subject. However, Taran nationalists have latched on to his works believing he's some sort of revolutionary figure for reviving their culture, while anti-Taran Victorians see his works as subversive propaganda and historical revisionism.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:He's killed by a bomb very shortly after he's introduced.]]

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[[folder: Vouivre Alliance]]
!!!'''Affiliated Characters''': Liskarm, Vanilla
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* CivilWar: Much of the country is caught up in vicious fighting between various mercenary groups.
* DeathWorld: The natural conditions of the country are described to be very extreme and difficult to survive against.
* TheGhost: The country is only mentioned by Liskarm and Vanilla in Liskarm's operator records. It currently does not have its own logo nor is it labeled on the Terra world map.
* HiddenElfVillage: The country is so isolated that very few people even know it exists, much less the conditions inside.
* MythicalMotifs: It is the homeland of its namesake race, the Vouivre, who are based on wyverns.
* ProudWarriorRace: Vouivre are known to for their extreme strength, and most of the world only knows them for being part of various mercenary bands.
* {{Ruritania}}: Is commonly described by both Liskarm and Vanilla as a primitive backwater region. Most of the country consists of sparsely populated wilderness where isolated tribes with pre-industrial levels of technology scrape out a living, while the more populated urban areas are in a constant state of civil war.

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[[folder: Great Yan]]
!!!'''Affiliated Characters''': Dusk, Leizi, Ling, Mr. Nothing, Mulberry, Nian, Nine-Colored Deer, Purestream
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One of the three major superpowers of Terra, and the patron country of Great Lungmen.
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* AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu: It seems various forms of kung fu are widely practiced in Yan, as described in the bios of Waai Fu and [=FEater=]. Kung fu is apparently ''very'' SeriousBusiness there, as it is typically depicted in media featuring real-life China, according to Waai Fu, whose family runs a prominent martial arts school.
* DeathOfTheOldGods: The event Who is Real reveals that Yan used to be inhabited by countless gods in ancient times. However, the Yan emperor of that time, the Great Lung, led a campaign against the gods, with all of them either exterminated or forced to flee Yan. This was only possible thanks to [[spoiler:one of the gods betraying its own kind and helping the Great Lung by separating itself into Nian and her siblings]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: The official logo of the Sui region of Yan first appears as the icon of Nian's third skill '''Iron Defense''' (albeit cropped), approximately a year before it was officially unveiled with the release of the Who is Real event.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: To mainland China.
** Melantha's sword appears to be based on the Chinese [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dao_(Chinese_sword) dao]], as her weapon is only used in Yan and parts of Far East.
** The name of various places in Yan suggests Chinese is the predominant language in the zone, and kung fu-based martial arts are popular among its people.[[note]]It's heavily implied that standard Mandarin is what's spoken in Yan as Nian's callsign is the standard pinyin for 年 as opposed to "Nin" in Cantonese. However, other names are also rendered in Wade-Giles like Yan as per the translation, which is pretty strange, since it's supposed to be Mainland China which has [[UsefulNotes/WhyMaoChangedHisName stepped over to pinyin]] and creates some inconsistencies. [[/note]]
** In addition, Yan acts as the patron nation backing Lungmen's independence, and as a result has a significant amount of leverage over Lungmen's affairs as seen from the Inspectors. This is similar to China's relationship with Hong Kong, where the latter on paper is an independent city-state but in reality is effectively ruled by the former.
** Finally, Yan practices open racial culture, alluding to China's vast ethnic groups.
* InterserviceRivalry: The Sui Regulator and Ministry of Rites regularly do not see eye to eye. The Sui Regulator does not consider Sui's aspects real people, and simply sees them as potential threats that can merge back into Sui and wreak havoc on Yan. Because of this, the Regulator believes all of the Sui aspects should be killed, while the Ministry of Rites believes they should be protected as their skills are highly beneficial to Yan and most of them are either benevolent towards humanity or ambivalent enough to stay out of mortal affairs.
* OntologicalMystery: The event Who is Real revolves around the mystery of P'o-shan Village, a town on the southeast border of Yan. [[spoiler:The "village" in the event is revealed to be a PlatonicCave created by Dusk.]]
** [[spoiler:As for the real P'o-shan, it had suffered a Catastrophe which didn't completely destroy it but poisoned its springs with active Originium. Because it had no Messengers, none of the villagers knew the location of the nearest city and all the adults that left to seek aid never returned. They decided to abandon the town, entrusted themselves to fate, and chose a direction. Many starved to death, and Dawn, who was a child back then, had been abandoned by the surviving group (which included her own parents). She was rescued by Dusk and ultimately became the lone survivor, because the group that abandoned her was never heard from again.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Seems to be their national hat to be bitterly discriminative of those infected with Oripathy. During the events of Chapter 6, a group of Yan Inspectors warned Blaze she should leave Lungmen, as she doesn't belong there owing to her Oripathy, and while they respect Amiya as the leader of Rhodes Island, they consider it a pity she's also an infected. This also prompted Wei Yenwu to [[spoiler:order a purge on the Infected populace in the Slums as the Yan Inspectors felt he was being "too soft" on them]].

!!Mysterious Inspector
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!!Taihe
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The Deputy Monitor Censor of Yan's Department of Discipline and Supervision.
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* TheBigGuy: Towers over most other characters he interacts with, speaks in a terse manner, and serves as the muscle between him and Zuo Le during their mission together.
* DishingOutDirt: In "Invitation to Wine", Taihe uses Arts that enable him to use earth and sand to attack and restrain his enemies, which he uses in conjunction with his martial techniques.
* TheFaceless: During the events of the Reunion arc, his face is completely obscured by a cape and a mask. His only distinguishing feature is his long cyan hair. His face only gets revealed during the events of "Invitation to Wine".

!!Dawn
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->'''Artist:''' Huànxiàng Hēi Tù
The shopkeeper of P'o-shan Village.
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* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:The original Dawn was mourned by Dusk after she passed away from old age and illness.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:The nomadic survivors of the real P'o-shan Village, which included her parents, abandoned her while she was bringing back the food she foraged for them.]]
* RescueRomance: [[spoiler:She was on the verge of starving to death when Dusk rescued her. The "romance" part is implied by the connection between the first scene of WR-ST-3 and ''Dusk Beauty Flying to the Moon'' (told by Suzuran in "Stories from the Sky", a scene in the Rewinding Breeze event), a Yan fairy tale which begins with the protagonist Dusk Beauty living a happy life with her husband until he went missing one day; Dusk is also implied to have created and propagated that tale.]]
* RippleEffectProofMemory: [[spoiler:The self-aware construct of the invented P'o-shan Village does not have her memories reset when all the village's outsiders fall asleep. It's implied that Dusk intentionally made her this way.]]
* {{Tulpa}}: [[spoiler:The "Dawn" that Lava's group meets is a self-aware construct of the invented P'o-shan Village.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to talk about her without spoiling the Who is Real event.

!!Storyteller
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->'''Artist:''' Huànxiàng Hēi Tù
Calling himself the Umbrella-Boiling Hermit, he tells stories to the villagers of P'o-shan Village.
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* GodInHumanForm: [[spoiler:He's actually Dusk in disguise.]]

!!Ah Jan
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->'''Artist:''' [=TrNyteal=]
A young girl residing in P'o-shan Village.
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* DisappearedDad: According to Mr. Nothing in WR-ST-2, her father left home in search of work long ago and never came back.
* {{Tulpa}}: [[spoiler:As a construct of the invented P'o-shan Village, her memories reset when all the village's outsiders fall asleep.]]

!!Zheng Qingyue
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A successful innkeeper who also controls Yan's Escort Association and is deeply connected to Yan's royal court.
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* FamilyBusiness: He owns a chain of inns and restaurants as well as a logistics company that he plans to pass on to Du.
* MasterSwordsman: [[spoiler:He actually used to be a sword master in his youth.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: He is actually Du's adoptive father, as her real father was killed by bandits.

!!Du Yaoye
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Zheng's daughter who is set to inherit the Escort Association from him.
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* RebelliousPrincess: She's the heir to Zheng's business empire, but she doesn't particularly care for it, as it is built on what she sees are outdated traditions and rules. She desires to break away and form her own organization.
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:She actually wants Zheng's mission to recover the goblet to fail, as that will delay his plans to have her inherit his business.]]

!!Liang Xun
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The magistrate of Shangshu and Lee's childhood friend.
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* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:He plays both the Sui Regulator and Ministry of Rites against each other by having Lee deliver the black goblet, thus throwing a SpannerInTheWorks in the Regulator's plot to obtain the goblet.]]
* ChildhoodFriend: He knew Lee back when they were schoolmates.
* TrueCompanions: He still maintains his friendship with Lee even though they haven't seen each other for over 10 years.

!!Ning Ciqiu
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One of Liang's coworkers and [[spoiler:a member of the Ministry of Rites]].
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She believes that the aspects of Sui do not need to be destroyed, and most of them aren't bad people and are still useful to Yan.
* ShipTease: Liang contantly denies he has romantic feelings for Ning despite constantly inviting her to his estate.

!!Zuo Le
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The youngest Candleholder of the Sui Regulator.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: In "Invitation to Wine", his retort to Nian is noted by Kroos to be the first time she's ever seen Nian not say a cheeky comment in kind during debate.
-->'''Nian''': Huh, I thought you'd get angry at me badmouthing the oldie.\\
'''Zuo Le''': Angry? Would you show anger at a rascally child who blames the sky for raining?\\
'''Nian''': .....
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Like the rest of the Sui Regulator, Zuo believes that the best way to deal with Sui is to kill off all of its aspects before they can merge back together.

!!Shang Zhong
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A simple porter in Shangshu who used to work under Zheng.
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* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:He realizes that his quest to kill Zheng is ultimately pointless since Zheng is easily willing to let Shang kill him at this point, and decides to leave Shangshu instead.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:He has a grudge against Zheng due to the belief that Zheng let his son die in a caravan ambush, as Zheng's policy is to prioritize the cargo over people; however, what truly enraged Shang was that despite the loss of his son, Zheng ended up losing the cargo anyways in the long run. When he finds out about the goblet, he steals it in order to force Zheng to duel him.]]

!!Shen Lou
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An elderly boatmaster who is an old acquaintance of Liang.
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* AlmightyJanitor: He works as a simple boatman, and as a result he knows pretty much all of the waterways and mountain trails of Shangshu. However, he turns out to be a warrior of renown.
* OldSoldier: He spent over a decade as a soldier in Yan's army.
* RetiredBadass: He used to be a soldier and martial arts master, and still retains many of his skills even in his advanced age.

!!The Grand Tutor
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One of Yan's political leaders and an very high ranking official.
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* TheChessmaster: He's in a constant contest with the Second Brother to keep him contained.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He allows Nian to do as she pleases, in return for her providing her skills to strengthen Yan's northern defenses.

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