History Characters / ArknightsNationsNToZ

!!Eikþyrnir
A Sami Snowpriest and the heroic chieftain of its Treescar Clan. He is first seen on a quest to hunt down a rogue Emperor's Blade that has fled into the icefields. [[spoiler:He is also the FinalBoss of ''Expeditioner's Joklumarkar's'' second ending.]]

!!The Will of Sami
The FinalBoss of ''Expeditioner's Joklumarkar's'' first ending. It's a mysterious, sentient structure that seemingly represents the consciousness of the land itself, and seeks to test those who would venture into its depths.

* InstantExpert: Zigzagged hard in the anime adaptation. While [[spoiler: it's no doubt that Misha is capable of using Skulshatterer's grenade launchers by using Arts after several hours of training, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome her total lack of combat skills, increasingly worsening Originium condition in her legs]], and suicidal tendencies prevented her from being as good as Skullshatterer when he was still alive. As a result, her final confrontation with Amiya in the anime is way shorter than the one in the main game and she never amounted to being the final boss of her story chapter.]]

!!Zuo Le
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The youngest Candleholder of the Sui Regulator.

* 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''': .....
* HeelRealization: Throughout the events of "Where Vernal Winds Never Blow", Zuo Le comes to learn about the consequences of this Knight Templar methods and gradually begins scaling his behavior back, to the point where he agrees to start helping Jieyun rather than try and arrest her.
* KnightTemplar: When his father orders him to root out Shanhaizong infiltrators in Yumen, Zuo Le aggressively pursues every lead he can, to the point where he ends up arresting many civilians he believes are collaborators and turning much of the city's public opinion against him and his father.
* LeeroyJenkins: "Where Vernal Winds Never Blow" shows Zuo has a bad tendency to charge into situations without thinking. His response to Huai Tianpei getting in the way of his investigation was to attack him and get easily thrown back. This gets worse after [[spoiler:Taihe is mortally wounded, as he goes straight into where the Shanhaizhong were all gathered and needed Qiubai to bail him out.]]
* 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. [[spoiler: Since Sui can be reconstituted by killing off all its fragments as per Vernal Winds, this would be an ''extremely'' bad idea.]]

!!Shang Zhong
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A simple porter in Shangshu who used to work under Zheng.
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* TooDumbToLive: He tries to confront Keller about [[spoiler:his belief she murdered the Naumanns]] while they are both ''standing on an active volcano''. Ejyafjalla and Keller both plead they can resolve the issue after the leave, but he won't have any of it.

* GivenNameReveal: Her first name is unmentioned until Eyjafjalla finds [[spoiler:a letter signed by Adele keller, revealing the two have another link besides their professions and memories of Magna and Katia Naumann]].

* CoolOldLady: While still a stern parent, Harley is rather easygoing still grants a great deal of freedom to her children.

* ThePowerOfRock: She often tells a story of her using this trope to fight against a corrupt noble in Kazimierz. .

!!Costa
A clerk for the Siesta local government.

* BeleagueredBureaucrat: He gets stuck with the unenvieable job of convincing his former neighbors to relocate their businesses to make way for a large redevelopment project, leading him to resent his job.

* DyingTown: While Siesta was able to safely relocate to the new mobile city New Siesta, their tourism industry has taken a massive hit due to the relocation and the whole city is in a serious economic slump as a result. However, Herman is confident that New Siesta's tourism will be revived after some time.

!! Cronin
The Catastophe Messenger of Siesta and Herman's second in command.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: We absolutely hates his job, but sticks with it because it's one of the few ways to earn a steady income in New Siesta.

!!Pelipper

!!Professor Keller

* AgentMulder: He's convinced that the Naumanns didn't die in an accident, but were instead murdered.

[[/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. [[spoiler:The {{Patron God}}s of Siracusa, the Signori dei Lupi, are a pack of wolf gods who compete among themselves, just like the famiglie of Siracusa.]]
* BecomingTheMask: Siracusa sent several Mafia families to Columbia to infiltrate the rapidly growing nation. However, many of members they sent there eventually completely assimilated into Columbian society and began identifying themselves as Columbians rather than Siracusans.
* BloodKnight: Beneath the refined exterior, expensive suits, and the veneer of honor, civility, and culture, the famiglie of Siracusa are vicious killers who often revel in the chance to kill one another for power and money. Some of the agents of certain famiglie, such as Demetri, despise the broad shift to peaceful solutions and prefer that the famiglie fight amongst one another like they once did.
* CorruptCop: The laws of Siracusa are ironclad and theoretically supposed to be harshly enforced by the judges appointed by Sicilia. For example, there is to be no open fighting between famiglie, and the [[NeverHurtAnInnocent common people cannot be harmed by the famiglie]]. However, the famiglie get around this by bribing government officials, fighting in the shadows, and targeting the judges that are supposed to enforce the law via bribes, threats, intimidation, and violence. Civilians who get in the mob's way tend to die in accidents or simply vanish in a way that the judges cannot tie back to the famiglie, and often the ones that try will get "black letters" telling them to stop or else. The [[CardboardPrison prison system is treated more as a rite of passage for young mafiosos]] and [[SwissCheeseSecurity might as well have no security]] so escaping is extremely easy.
* 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]].
** Siracusans also immigrated to Columbia in large numbers and exported their Mafia traditions as well, mirroring how Italians immigrated to the United States and formed the basis of organized crime there.
* {{Gangsterland}}: Deconstructed. All levels of Siracusan society are controlled by the Mafia Famiglia. Even the government, which is supposed to be a neutral arbiter, is typically either stacked with cronies or intimidated into doing the Mafia's bidding, and the Mafia itself is intimidated by Sicilia into obeying her rule of law. This creates a rather dysfunctional society where to only sorts of law and order are imposed by violent criminal gangs who quietly loot and prey upon the regular citizens even while outwardly acting like they leave the common folk alone. Though looking outwardly strong, the Famiglia are actually brittle and weak and don't have the numbers to actually control anything ''without'' using fear. By the end of "Il Siracusano" the Grey Table is seriously considering abolishing it altogether because of how weak the nation is.
* InterserviceRivalry: After several Mafia families immigrated to Columbia, their descendants eventually assimilated into Columbian society and a schism began to form between the Columbian and Siracusan families. The Columbian families thought the Siracusan families were too old fashioned and limited by their self imposed codes of honor which prevented them from maximizing their profits. The Siracusa families saw the Columbian families as decadent and corrupt, having completely forgotten their Siracusan heritage. Even after the Texas family was exterminated and the Columbian families were forced to return to the fold, the tensions still remain.
* LostTechnology: Though Siracusa has mobile cities, the country had lost the means to actually build new ones until the Rossati family transferred Columbian technology.
* TheMafia: Siracusa is controlled by a council of twelve Mafia families called the Grey Hall, led by Sicilia who holds the highest authority.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Murders are an everyday occurrence in Siracusa to the point where the general populace has [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror largely accepted it]] and they simply keep their heads down to hopefully avoid the attention of the Mafia.
* ObstructiveCodeOfConduct: One of Sicilia's edicts is an ironclad rule that the Mafia families cannot employ lethal force against each other to settle their differences. However, this still hasn't stopped them from doing it, it just forced them to be [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught more discreet about it]].
* ThePurge: The entire Texas family was wiped out due to Texas' father usurping leadership of the family and declaring independence from Siracusa.
* WickedCultured: All of the mafioso higher-ups have a great interest in fine cuisine and opera, with Bernardo and Giovanna even dabbling in making their own opera together, ''La Morte di Texas''. Lampshaded when Sora confronts Giovanna over being both a mafia donna and playwright, with Giovanna saying even the mafia needs something to do in their downtime. In contrast, most Siracusans ''despise'' Columbian media as they feel it is all shallow and devoid of merit. They in particular hate Columbian representations of the Mafia given how inaccurate they are.

!!Sicilia
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The ruler of the Grey Hall and by extension, all of Siracusa.

* BigGood: A dark take on this trope, as this is Siracusa. Many of her edicts and reforms were intended to curb the power of the famiglia and prevent bloodshed, though they were only partially successful. Maintaining her ironclad system of law was done so quite brutally; when the Texas famiglia tried to rebel the entire organization was annihilated save Cellinia herself, and when a number of government officials were trying to reform the system without Sicilia's consent they were killed and replaced.
* CoolOldLady: She's quite affable and polite, but well into her senior years.
* TheDreaded: While Sicilia's rule of Siracusa is fairly hands off, all of the Mafia families greatly fear and respect her and most wouldn't even dare dream of trying to overthrow her.
* MirrorCharacter: To Texas, as both are legendary Siracusan Lupo mafiosos with Sankta partners who upended the city's ways upon returning to the city after an extended absence; Texas's return resulted in the formation of a Siracusan city free of the Famiglia's influence with the help of her partner Exusiai, and Sicilia's return resulted in the present government based on Laterano's "guns and order"-style of law and dominating the Famiglia to follow her rule with her partner Agenir.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Ziggzagged. On the one hand, [[spoiler:she is willing to give Leontuzzo, Lavinia, and Texas a chance to prove they can change Siracusa for the better and completely abolish the Famiglia system that has ruled the country for centuries.]] On the other hand, as Rubio's diary notes, she was not above quietly but violently purging multiple government officials trying for radical reforms without her consent, and the Texas family's attempted rebellion against her resulted in all of them but Cellinia annihilated.
* SilverFox: An elegant and good-looking lady despite her age, and Emperor even calls her "sexy", to her amusement.
* TerminallyDependentSociety: She is under no illusions that Siracusa's current age of peace is only possible by her sheer force of will and repuation keeping the Famiglia in line. Everybody knows the moment she's out of the picture, there's nothing to stop the various Mafia families from devolving into civil war all over again.
* WideEyedIdealist: Agenir describes her as being one when she initially visited Laterano and was eager to import their "Guns and Order" style of governance to Siracusa.

!!Gambino
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The leader of a Siracusan Mafia family, he was exiled from Siracusa and fled to Lungmen.

* BullyingADragon: He's intent on destroying Penguin Logistics despite all the stories and rumors about how terrifyingly effective they are in combat.
* TheBusCameBack: After his appearance in "To Be Continued", he returns in "Il Siracusano" [[spoiler:as one of Lappland's henchmen. She lets him and Capone go free at the end of the event.]]
* 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 in "Code of Brawl" is him being confronted by Lappland.]] "To Be Continued" shows that [[spoiler:he's been forced to work for Lappland.]]

!!Capone
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The leader of the branch of the Siracusan Mafia was stationed in Lungmen.

* 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.
* TheBusCameBack: He and Gambino return in "Il Siracusano" [[spoiler:as Lappland's henchmen.]]
* 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 in "Code of Brawl" is him being confronted by Lappland.]] "To be Continued" eventually shows that [[spoiler:he's been forced to work for Lappland.]]

!!Salvadore Texas
The don of Famiglia Texas who migrated to Columbia to further Siracusa's interests there and was Texas' grandfather.

* DotingGrandparent: Despite his poor relationship with his son Giuseppe, to the point he was murdered by him, he greatly favored his granddaughter Texas.
* GoodOldWays: He was adamant that the Siracusan way of life was superior and did not like the Columbian influence of prioritizing profits over codes of conduct creeping into his family.
* LovedByAll: Unlike his son Giuseppe, Salvadore was greatly respected by both the Columbian and Siracusan Mafia families, and everybody considers his death and subsequent destruction of his family to be a great tragedy.
* PosthumousCharacter: He was murdered by his own son Giuseppe long before the events of the game.

!!Bernardo Bellone
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The director of one of Volsinii's most famous acting troupes, the don of Famiglia Bellone, and Leontuzzo's father.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:When he betrays Zaaro, he makes sure to poison himself first so that he can deny Zaaro the satisfaction of killing him or forcing him to do his bidding.]]
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:He was actually plotting against Zaaro the whole time, quietly manipulating events so that he could set up the ultimate fall of the Famiglia system that Zaaro was propping up.]]
* CoolOldGuy: He is very charismatic and polite, and even goes out of his way to invite Sora to Volsinii to help further her acting career.
* TheDon: Of the Bellone crime family.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: While Leontuzzo does agree with his motives to [[spoiler:abolish the Famiglia]], he points out that Bernardo failed to consider that [[spoiler:in the absence of any alternative means of governance, the people would just [[FullCircleRevolution build a new version of the Famiglia system]] and the cycle of violence would continue]].
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:He calmly faces down Zaaro after betraying him, knowing that his fate is already sealed.]]
* RetiredBadass: He's largely retired from running his Famiglia and leaves most of the leadership duties to Leontuzzo so he can focus on managing his acting troupe.
* VisionaryVillain: His one dream is to see [[spoiler:a Siracusa that isn't ruled by the Famiglia and free from Mafia influence. It is for that end he built up the Bellone family as a sacrifical pawn to see his plans come to fruition.]]

!!Demetri Certaldo
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A member of the Bellone family and Leontuzzo's closest advisor.

* BashBrothers: Demetri is close friends with Leontuzzo, with him helping run the Bellone family.
* BrokenPedestal: His ultimate faith and loyalty to [[spoiler:Bernardo and Leontuzzo]] is shattered when [[spoiler:both of them betray the Bellone family in their aims to dismantle the Famiglia system.]]
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: [[spoiler: He swears he will be the one to kill Leontuzzo in revenge for his betrayal of the Bellone family.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:By the end of "Il Siracusano", both Demetri and Leontuzzo have a falling out when they find themselves on opposites sides of the drive to abolish the Famiglia system.]]

!!Alberto Saluzzo
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The don of Famiglia Saluzzo and Lappland's father.
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's not made clear whether Alberto has any love for Lappland or not. Lappland herself doesn't believe he does and constantly mocks him for it. However, [[spoiler:when Lappland decides to formally cut ties with the family, Alberto decides to spare her life even when he had an opportunity to kill her, though at the same time he declares her a "monster" and says he will kill her if he ever sees her again.]]
* AssassinOutclassin: When [[spoiler:Danbrown]] attempts to kill him, Alberto easily outmaneuvers him and kills him in response.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Being the Don of Famiglia Saluzzo, Alberto is no slouch in combat, and can even match Lappland in a fight.
* ControlFreak: A downplayed example, but he will not allow anyone to question his orders or slightly disobey him. One of the reasons why Lappland gradually went insane was because she was so completely under his control that she didn't even comprehend that she had a choice to rebel or not. When she did realize she had a choice to not be under his control, Lappland ''snapped'' and went completely mad.
* TheDon: Of the Saluzzo crime family.
* OpportunisticBastard: He is perfectly happy keeping the Saluzzo family neutral in the conflict between the Bellone and Rossati families until he sees an opportunity to side with the winner.
* ParentalNeglect: One of Lappland's biggest grievances against Alberto is that he always prioritized being a Don over being a father, and most of her childhood consisted of him grooming her to be his successor which sparked her desire to rebel against him.
* YouHaveFailedMe: He had previously disowned Lappland due to her failure to kill Texas during the liquidation of the Texas family.

!!Danbrown Leopardi
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A former Saluzzo hitman who now works as a carwash attendant.

* AlmightyJanitor: As a car washer, Danbrown ends up in a position to interact with many of Volsinii's high ranking officials.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:He decides to rebel against Alberto after realizing how the Famiglia take advantage of everyone, including him. However, he ends up being killed by Alberto.]]
* RetiredBadass: He was once a highly ranked Saluzzo hitman, but has now been retired for several years.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After coming to the realization that Alberto has just been using him as a pawn to further his own interests, Danbrown rants at Leontuzzo, Alberto, and Wallach that despite all their pretense at being "civilized", they're just hypocrites who abuse the status they were born with to get their way. It's this very speech that makes Leontuzzo [[HeelRealization realize]] what he needs to do to abolish the Famiglia system.

!!Benthonexigios
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A mysterious but knowledgeable vagrant who can be seen wandering around Volsinii. He typically just goes by "Ben" due to the complexity of his full name.

* TheAlcoholic: He's typically seen getting drunk off of cheap wine.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Ben's dialogue with Lunacub in Azione Solo mode for "Il Siracusano" are primarily written as soliloquies that address both his in-universe audience and the invisible audience behind the game's screen for what their perception of him is like.
* TheMole: He is actually [[spoiler:one of Sicilia's agents keeping tabs on the events going on in Volsinii]].

!!Rubio
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A civil servant in Volsinii who makes a name for himself catering many important Mafia gatherings and events.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:After giving his public TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the entire Mafia, Rubio decides to shoot himself to not only prove a point, but to also prevent the Mafia from assassinating him.]]
* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: He [[spoiler:commits suicide live on radio after giving a fiery speech, hoping his actions will spur common people like Lavinia into rising up to resist the Mafia.]]
* GoodAllAlong: Commonly seen as a sycophantic crony for the Mafia families, [[spoiler:Rubio has actually been secretly making plans to bring down the Famiglia system.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:He was faking being a talentless and unassuming civil servant for years while secretly making plans to bring down the Mafia.]]
* OpportunisticBastard: This how he is seen by his peers, and he even at one point arranges to take the post of a higher ranking official who was recently assassinated.
* WeHaveReserves: He has come to the realization that the Famiglia, due to their focus on blood ties, will never be large enough to govern Siracusa on their own, so they have to rely on the common people to run the government. However, this gives the commonfolk huge leverage over the Mafia, and if they ever did rise up all at once, there would be no way for the Mafia to stop them.

!!Giovanna Rossati
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The Donness of Famiglia Rossati.

* ButHeSoundsHandsome: She openly praises her own play in the Critica Artistica, saying that the ending is exactly what she envisioned to her own satisfaction.
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:She disappears after recovering from her wounds, leaving only the completed script for "La Morte di Texas"]].
* ChildhoodFriends: She used to be friends with Texas when they both lived in Columbia as children.
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:She briefly becomes one when Wallach and most of the Rossati family turn on her, and she is grievously wounded in an assassination attempt.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite leading a Mafia family, Giovanna was always adamant not to get the Rossati family involved in morally dubious business fields such as drugs, weapons, and military contracts, even if it means the Rossati family loses out on the potential profits.
* LostLenore: She was hurt deeply when the Texas family was destroyed, believing that Texas herself had been killed. This is what spurs to her to write the play "La Morte di Texas".
* MafiaPrincess: She is the descendant of one of Salvadore Texas' lovers, and ends up running her own Mafia family.
* TheQueenpin: Of the Rossati crime family.
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:She pleads for Texas to stay in Siracusa and join the Rossati family so they can both rule as partners.]]

!!Wallach
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A high ranking member of the Rossati family.

* BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler:He turns against Giovanna when he starts to believe she's become too soft to rule the Rossati family.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He admits to Demetri that he [[spoiler:regrets assassinating Giovanna]].

!!Agenir
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A Sankta priest who moved to Siracusa to follow Sicilia.

* BottomlessMagazines: Averted - he has the [[ContinuityNod same ammo mechanic as other Laterano enemies]], but since he's not fighting ''in'' Laterano he'll inevitably run dry.
* CoolOldGuy: He's nothing but polite to the Penguin Logistics girls and takes a particular interest in Exusiai. He even calls off an attack on Texas solely as a favor to Exusiai due to her being a fellow Sankta.
* MiniBoss: He appears as a unique enemy on IS-9.
* MirrorCharacter: To Exusiai, as both are Sankta and partners to Syracusan Lupo mafiosos whom they unwaveringly support; Exusiai has Texas, and Agenir has Sicilia. The two even strike up a friendship of sorts when they chat about their support towards their respective friends.
* {{Sleepyhead}}: He can often be seen falling asleep during court sessions.
* TokenMinority: Sankta are already a rare sight in Siracusa, and Agenir himself is the sole Sankta in Volsinii.

!!Carracci
Volsinii's Ministro dei Lavori Pubblicci [[note]]Minister of Public Works[[/note]].

* ExternalCombustion: [[spoiler:Carracci gets assassinated by a car bomb. He actually made a point of walking everywhere rather than driving ''specifically'' to avoid this method of assassination; his assassins got around this by blowing up a car that he walked past, rather than one he was riding in.]]
* TheGhost: Although mentioned, he is never seen onscreen.
* LovedByAll: A hard-working, energetic and idealistic public official overseeing the construction of Siracusa's new mobile city as well as of many other useful projects in Volsinii itself while not being a simple corrupt puppet of one of the Famiglie like many of his predecessors, he is fondly remembered by nearly everyone in the city.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler:Depite the fact that he's murdered almost at the beginning of the story and we don't even get to see him onscreen, the minister's assassination is what properly sets the events of "Il Siracusano" into motion.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:He gets assassinated soon after his existence gets revealed.]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Empire of Ursus]]
!!!'''Affiliated Characters''': Absinthe, Beehunter, Gummy, Hellagur, Istina, Leto, Rosa, Zima
!!!'''Former Members''': Misha, Pozëmka
!!!'''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 superpowers 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 by Terra's standards), and the socioeconomic conflict that exists between the nobility and commoners.

* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: Many faction leaders fear this will be the result of the 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 the Reunion movement. As seen above, nearly all of the 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 its 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 the Reunion to begin its revolution in one of its cities. They're even racist to non-Ursus citizens which are shown in Operation Intelligence where Simone recalls where her people, the native Sami people of the North, are constantly attacked by the Ursus who look 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 "Originium 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 collectible 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.

* AdaptationalWimp: Played for drama in the anime compared to the game, [[spoiler:as despite being gifted with an affinity for explosive arts like her brother to be able to use his explosives when she dons his garb, Misha is unfortunately undertrained for actual combat and [[YouSeeImDying given the condition of her health]] by the point she confronts Amiya, she is understandably nowhere near the epic DiscOneFinalBoss she is presented as in the actual game chapter and instead is presented an emotional challenge for the [[HeroicBSOD grief-stricken Amiya who can't bring herself to fight at all]], only for Ch'en to [[CuttingTheKnot cut out the middle man of the dilemma and do the dirty deed herself]], killing Misha in a single hit by running her through just before she can act on Amiya's hesitance.]]
* 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 in 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 begun and perpetuated.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler: While Misha dies still in the fateful confrontation against Amiya in the anime, rather than the implication [[ShootTheDog that Amiya is the one to do the fatal blow]], it's instead Ch'en who throws herself at a determined Misha and skewering her to protect Amiya who had withdrawn from standing her own ground.]]
* 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 on 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.
* InstantExpert: Zigzagged hard in the anime adaptation. While [[spoiler: it's no doubt that Misha is capable of using Skulshatterer's grenade launchers by using Arts after several hours of training, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome her total lack of combat skills, increasingly worsening Originium condition in her legs]], and suicidal tendencies prevented her from being as good as Skullshatterer when he was still alive. As a result, her final confrontation with Amiya in the anime is way shorter than the one in the main game and she never amounted to being the final boss of her story chapter.]]
* 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 are 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 the 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 in 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 afterward.]]
* 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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-->'''Real name''': [[spoiler:The Deathless Black Snake]]

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.

* 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."]]
* 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]].
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Is without a doubt [[BigBad the final opponent]] for the first act of the game while possessing Talulah, who ochestrated a lot behind Reunion's fall and current actions to stimulate a war between Ursus and Yan for his own SocialDarwinist agenda. However, after he's both defeated and [[IKnowYouAreInSomewhereFight beaten back]] by Talulah, even in his [[MesACrowd various other bodies]], he's more or less decided to go back to a quieter approach and [[RetiredMonster stops antagonizing things for the time being]] to see how things shake out, which leaves [[Characters/ArknightsMilitaryCommissionOfKazdel Theresis]] to take over as the BigBad for the following story arc.]]
* 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 Kolshena]].]]
* 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.
* 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."]]
* 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 '''''Kolshena''''' (the original text was even more obvious as '''Kashschena'''), 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 of Chernobog.

* BoomerangBigot: She ''deeply'' hates the Infected despite being one herself, saying all of them should just die. She acknowledges this, 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 an "old-fashioned" one from Ursus's capital.
* MeaningfulRename: The game changes her name from "Ursus Infected" to Tatiana to reflect her burgeoning trust in both Rhodes Island and Guard.
* OneSteveLimit: Downplayed. Two other characters have very similar names: Tat''y''ana the Ursus noble in Children of Ursus, and Tat''j''ana the Elafian official in Twilight of Wolumonde.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Amiya gives Tatiana Oripathy inhibitors to distribute to her fellow survivors, after which Rhodes Island engages the Reunion guerillas and Guard goes to contact Patriot. She is not seen again after 7-10.
* 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, 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:[[SecretTestOfCharacter her ultimatum was just one of her "games", and Guard was never in danger]]]].

!! Alina
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The child of the family Talulah stayed with before forming Reunion, who quickly became a dear companion to her.

* 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

* 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.

* 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.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Pursuer's appearance at the end of ''A Walk in the Dust'' seems like an example done deliberately for surprise: Kal'tsit is in Ursus for some of the event, and they were even mentioned during it, but since every previous map took place in Sargon territory he's certainly not the first thing you'd expect to fight at the end.
* 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.
* TheWorfEffect: They are known and feared for their immense power within them, so it says a ''lot'' when [[spoiler:the "Age of the Silence" ending of ''Mizuki and Caerula Arbor'' has them willingly unleash the demons within to try and contain the rapidly advancing Seaborn threat, creating a barrier of death and desolation to buy time, only for the Seaborn to eventually adapt and overcome ''that'' anyway.]]

!! Islam Witte
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Ursus Minister of Finance who's Wei's contact and works closely with the Emperor of Ursus.

* 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.
* 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 [[UsefulNotes/RomanovsAndRevolutions Tsar Nicolas II]]. He also served as Minister of Finance at one point in his career.
* 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.

* 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]].
* InadequateInheritor: He's viewed as such by nobility compared to his predecessor for supposedly allowing the glory of Ursus to fade. This is in deep contrast to what's actually shown as Fyodor dislikes the instability and corruption allowed to set in by the previous regime and wants to remove it all.
* 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.

* 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 king.

* 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.
* 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.
* {{BFG}}: Londinium is protected by a ring of massive artillery cannons designed to shell approaching armies and shoot down aerial battleships.
* 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.
* 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 Napoleon'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]].
** So many Victorians having sided with Kazdel has parallels with the British royal family, who since the House of Hanover have had close connections to Germany until the conclusion of World War I where they decided to divest themselves of their German titles and holdings and rebrand themselves as the purely British House of Windsor.
* 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.]]
* HumongousMecha: One of Victoria's most powerful military assets are its Steam Knights, basically massive steam powered mech suits bristling with weaponry.
* 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.
** The nobles justify the deposing of the last Aslan king by painting him as a tyrant who would oppress all Victorians, when in reality the king was a reformist who wanted to curb the power of the nobility and make them pay a larger share of Victoria's tax burden.
* PropagandaPiece: Kazdel has taken control of Londinium's public news, using them to shift blame on trouble caused by 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=].
* 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 Chapter 11, [[spoiler:Theresis has no more need to appease the Londinium nobility with his plans nearly coming to fruition, and sends the Sanguinarch to purge all of them, including their families.]]
* 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.
* RulingFamilyMassacre: It's mentioned that [[spoiler:Siege's]] entire family and their supporters were killed by a cabal of anti-royalist nobles.
* {{ScotIreland}}: The presence of 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.
* 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.]]
** 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 and the people yearning for the return of the Aslan. Complicating matters are the arrival of two potential Draco claimants to the throne, Eblana and [[spoiler:Talulah]].
* TheUriahGambit: This was essentially how Parliament and the dukes eliminated the Steam Knights, by [[spoiler:deliberately sending them into an ambush set up by the Sarkaz]], all because they were one of the last remaning institutions loyal to the crown.

!! Unnamed Cautus
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An acquaintance of Iris.

!! Count Vincent
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The ruling Count of Toron County in Victoria.

* 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.

* 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 his 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.

* 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.]]
* CoatCape: He wears a military uniform coat like this.
* 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.

* 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 struck Craig down if Saileach didn'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.

* 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.

* 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.
* TheBusCameBack: He makes a return in "What the Firelight Casts" in a series of flashbacks where he debates the Earl of Warwick over the best way to restore Taran culture. This also explains where Reed came to know of him.
* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Even as Seamus [[spoiler:is dead by the end of chapter 9, Reed still reading his works in its epilogue is meant to indicate that his writings will persist and continue to be interpreted by countless readers.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:He's killed by a bomb very shortly after he's introduced.]]

!!Lady Golding
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A schoolteacher of Gaulish descent taking care of orphans in Londinium.

* AfraidOfBlood: She apparently gets sick at the sight of blood, which doesn't help when she witnesses some of the Sanguinarch's handiwork.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Both out of a sense of guilt and in an effort to prevent the rest of her knowledge falling into enemy hands, Golding commits suicide in front of the Damazti]].
* ItsAllMyFault: She's absolutely horrified when she finds out [[spoiler:she had been inadvertently feeding information about Eartha's movements to the Military Commission through the Damazti, and blames herself for the dire situation Eartha is in]].
* LaResistance: She is one of Heidi's informants, which is why the Military Commission sends the Damazti to spy on her.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Both against Eartha and the Military Commission. [[spoiler:She unknowingly fed information to the Damazti allowing the Military Commission to significantly curb Eartha's movements. However, her suicide is also one of the key events that causes the Damazti to question their own mortality, leading to their own subsequent suicide and depriving the Military Commission of one of its most powerful assets]].

!!Molly
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Golding's assistant.

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:The last we see of her is being knocked unconscious and taken away by Lettou so she can be replaced by the Damazti.]]
** [[spoiler:In Chapter 12, after they reveal their true identity to Golding, it is implied by the Damazti Cluster that Molly was simply released and has returned to the Saint-Marsol school after the mass attack on Eartha branches in Londinium.]]

!!Catherine
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A factory owner and Feist's grandmother.

* ItsAllMyFault: She blames herself for allowing Feist's father Harvey go out to protest the nobles overthrowing the king, which resulted in his death.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Despite her old age, she's still perfectly capable of taking out Sarkaz mercenaries in a fight.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: She is dedicated to making sure her factory stays open and stays operating, regardless of who happens to be in charge of Victoria, much to Feist's frustration since that means manufacturing weapons for the Kazdel occupiers.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: She finally decides to throw in with Eartha and rebel against the Sarkaz after her factory workers rally together to save her from execution.
* ToughLove: She's very strict with Feist because she doesn't want to be seen as giving him preferential treatment, not to mention she doesn't want him to meet the same fate as his father.

!!Lt. Colonel Lettou
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A high ranking commander of Gaulish descent who served the Londinium Defense Forces before defecting to Kazdel.

* BreakThemByTalking: When Golding comes to confront him, her defiant attitude frustrates him so much that he reveals [[spoiler: her attempts to help the resistance have done more harm than good, because she unknowingly led the Sarkaz army directly to the Self Salvation Corps safehouses, causing them to be nearly wiped out. [[DrivenToSuicide It works better than intended]] on poor Golding.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: In Chapter 13, he's finally had enough of doing the Military Commission's bidding and ultimately slits his throat in front of the Sanguinarch as his first and final act of defiance.]]
* DyingDeclarationOfHate: [[spoiler: He uses his last moments to curse out the Sanguinarch, proudly declaring his own dirty blood has sullied the Prince's "purity".]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: While he apparently has no love for Victoria, even he is horrified at the atrocities the Sarkaz, and the Sanguinarch in particular, commit against Victorians.
* ManipulativeBastard: What he really wants is to take advantage of Victoria's internal conflicts to liberate the Gaulish cities under Victorian occupation. However, he tells his troops that he sided with Kazdel in order to ensure their safety so that he can secure their loyalty.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: While he already felt guilt over leaving his men to die at the hands of the Sarkaz, finding out Golding, a woman he respected despite their opposing ideals, killed herself because of him ends up driving him deeper into despair as he grapples with the reality that he's as guilty of all the atrocites that took place in Londinium as the Sarkaz are.]]
* TheQuisling: He is one of the many Victorian officers who willingly sided with Kazdel and helps enforce their occupation of Londinium. This is implied to be partly because his true loyalties lie not with Victoria, but with Gaul.

!! "The Last Steam Knight"
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-> '''Real name:''' [[spoiler:Charles Lynch]]

The last surviving member of Victoria's Steam Knights, who has been left to rot in the Mausoleum of Kings following their disappearance from Victoria. Serves as the FinalBoss of Chapter 11.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:He ends up inadvertently helping Horn and Misery's group escape Sarkaz ambushers in Chapter 12]].
* ChekhovsGunman: He's brought up very early on in Allerdale's flashback as a newly knighted soldier for the Order of Steam Knights and is mentioned every once in a while as an example of what Victoria once was before he finally shows up in the Mausoleum.
* DeathFromAbove: Every time he hits a certain threshold of HP, he'll take to the skies before raining down missiles on the highest HP units on the map.
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:After surviving the ambush that killed the other Steam Knights, Charles managed to stay alive in the Mausoleum of Kings protecting the Sighs of Kings for four years.]]
* GiantMecha: His suit of Steam Knight armor serves as this.
* HazyFeelTurn: [[spoiler:As of Chapter 12 he has escaped the Mausoleum and is fighting the Sarkaz invaders in Victoria, with Chapter 13 additionally revealing that he did not kill Allerdale, though where his allegiance currently stands has yet to be revealed.]]
* HopelessBossFight: What canonically went down in the Mausoleum as the combined forces of Siege, Dagda, and Totter could barely dent him in 11-19 and him entering the box doesn't affect the final score. This reflects the fact the aforementioned three were the only ones there who even ''had'' any hope of fighting him in the first place and [[spoiler:Allerdale ultimately sacrifices herself to stop him]]. The player gets an actual chance to defeat him in the non-canon 11-20 and H-11 levels.
* LaserBlade: His main weapon.
* LastOfHisKind: He was the very last person promoted to become a Steam Knight, and is also the SoleSurvivor of the order.
* MadnessMantra: He can only say "Victoria" repeatedly as he confronts Siege and the others.
* PileBunker: Wields one on his right arm that he uses for his Furious Defense attack, charging up and striking the target for three hits of severe damage.
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:Being betrayed and left for dead by the glorious country he dedicated his life for, and having to survive being sealed underground for four years, Charles lost his sense of self and can no longer distinguish himself from the Steam Knights as a whole. In order to cope with the betrayal and his subsequent crisis of what Victoria really means, he comes to the conclusion that the Sighs of Kings is the only thing that truly, definitively represents Victoria, and vows to defend it from any intruders, even the rightful heir to the throne. By Chapter 13, however, he seems to have [[SanityStrengthening regained some of his sense of identity]], with the dialogue interface directly referring to him as Charles Lynch instead of merely the Steam Knight.]]

!! Gawain
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A lion that appears to serve as a guardian spirit and caretaker for Siege.

* InvisibleToNormals: Gawain appears to be invisible to most people, as only Siege and Allerdale have been able to actually see him.
* TheGhost: He has played a very large role in Siege's life but the only time he's actually seen is in flashbacks and Siege's E2 art. Siege is almost certain Gawain is still watching over her but she hasn't seen him in years.
* PhysicalGod: It's highly implied Gawain is a highly intelligent, immortal animal in the same vein as Emperor.
* {{Seers}}: He can apparently see or predict the future, as he tells a young Allerdale she will eventually reunite with Siege in the future.
* TalkingAnimal: Similar to Emperor being a penguin, Gawain is an actual lion and doesn't exhibit any humanoid traits.

!!Fionn
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A Taran refugee who happens to encounter Reed in "What the Firelight Casts".

* AfraidOfBlood: Due to [[spoiler:accidentally murdering a Victorian soldier]], Fionn cannot stand the sight of blood.
* CowardlyLion: His fellow refugees chide him for being the first to run at any sign of conflict, but he eventually finds the courage to help Reed when she's in danger.
* HopeSpot: At the end of "What the Firelight Casts", he decides to settle down at a nearby town and builds his own house there. [[spoiler:It's then subsquently run over by a passing land battleship]].
* IChooseToStay: He decides to stay behind in one of the towns Reed's group passes.
* ItsAllMyFault: He blames himself for [[spoiler:the Victorian army chasing his group because he accidentally murdered a Victorian soldier who was beating up a young Taran girl]].

!!Selmon
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A Taran refugee posing as a Dublinn soldier who crosses paths with Reed in "What the Firelight Casts".

* TheBigGuy: She's the one refugee in the group with the greatest amount of fighting ability, and becomes the de facto leader.
* RefusalOfTheCall: She originally set out with her brother to join Dublinn, but had second thoughts and fled, instead.
* SearchingForTheLostRelative: She wants to join Dublinn in order to find her brother again, who is a Dublinn soldier. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:she only finds his reanimated corpse]].
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:She ends up getting killed in a chaotic skirmish between Victorian and Dublinn troops while trying to protect Moran]].

!!Moran
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A blind Taran Infected who is one of Fionn's acquaintances.

* DudeMagnet: She reminisces with Fionn about having several suitors before her infection, although outside of Fionn himself, she believes they've all forgotten her.
* HandicappedBadass: She is actually incredibly strong despite her blindness, and isn't afraid to take the fight to both Victorian and Dublinn soldiers.
* IllGirl: She lost her vision during a famine and is only able to make out light, which may or may not have to do with her infection similar to Eyjafjalla.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Reed to the point where she becomes one of her most loyal followers, choosing to continue following her alongside a few other Tarans whereas others, including Fionn, decided to stay behind and settle down.

!!The Earl of Warwick
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A Victorian noble of Taran heritage and a supporter of a restoration of Tara. He accepted Eblana and Loughshinny into his household after the assassination of their parents.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's left unclear whether he helped Loughshinny and Eblana out of genuine patriotism for Tara, or was simply intending to use them as puppet rulers for the independent Taran state he envisioned.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: He held no ill will towards [[spoiler:Eblana for killing him]], believing that she had a better chance of carrying on his will to create a free Taran nation.
* PosthumousCharacter: The Earl only appears in flashback sequences of "What the Firelight Casts". [[spoiler:He has been murdered by Eblana long before the events of the Victorian Arc.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He is [[spoiler:killed by Eblana once she learned everything she needed from him, as well as considering his plans to rebel against Victoria to not being ambitious enough]]].

!!Colbert
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A Sarkaz janitor who ended up inheriting Norport Borough's famous Sunset Street Hotel.

* CategoryTraitor: The Kazdel Sarkaz consider Colbert to be this since he identifies himself as a Victorian citizen.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:It turns out he was one of the Damazti's extensions in disguise all along]].
* YouAreInCommandNow: He ends up inheriting the Sunset Street Hotel after the Sarkaz occupation, implied to be because the original owners fled or were chased out.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Vouivre Alliance]]
!!!'''Affiliated Characters''': Liskarm, Vanilla

* 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.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Great Yan]]
!!!'''Affiliated Characters''': Chongyue, Dusk, Leizi, Ling, Mr. Nothing, Mulberry, Nian, Nine-Colored Deer, Purestream, Qiubai
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One of the three major superpowers of Terra, and the patron country of Great Lungmen.

* 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.
* 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.
* 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.]]
* 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.]]
* 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.
* 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.

* 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 to 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, and his only distinguishing feature is his long cyan hair. His face only gets revealed during the events of "Invitation to Wine".
* KungFuWizard: His skill with martial arts as well as Originium arts are noted to both be exceptional, which [[spoiler:makes it all the more shocking when Ya defeats him effortlessly.]]
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:After being defeated by Ya, he's on the brink of death and is barely saved with medical attention, but it's implied that even if he survives, he will be crippled for life.]]
* TheWorfEffect: In "Where Vernal Winds Never Blow", [[spoiler:he takes on multiple Shanhaizhong members as well as their ringleader and has the advantage, but is quickly cut down by Ya from behind, then mortally wounded when he attempts a final attack using his arts, showing just how powerful the Feranmut is.]]
* 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 in their fighting.

!!Dawn
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->'''Artist:''' Huànxiàng Hēi Tù
The shopkeeper of P'o-shan Village.

* 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 foraging food 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'' (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.]]
* 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.

* GodInHumanForm: [[spoiler:He's actually Dusk in disguise.]]
* NoNameGiven: Downplayed. The game continues to call him "Storyteller" even after he mentions his name.

!!Ah Jan
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->'''Artist:''' [=TrNyteal=]
A young girl residing in P'o-shan Village.

* 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.

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

!!Du Yaoye
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Zheng's daughter who is set to inherit the Escort Association from him.

* 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.

* 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.
* 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.]] He's even more of one in "Where Vernal Winds Never Blow" [[spoiler:where the plan to have Huai Tianpei protect Chongyue's sword was set up by him all along, and only Lee was able to figure it out.]]
* ChildhoodFriend: He knew Lee back when they were schoolmates.
* 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.]]
* TrueCompanions: He still maintains his friendship with Lee even though they haven't seen each other for over 10 years. "Where Vernal Winds Never Blows" reveals [[spoiler:they are sworn brothers, along with Huai Tianpei.]]

!!Ning Ciqiu
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One of Liang's coworkers and [[spoiler:a member of the Ministry of Rites]].

* 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 constantly 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.

* 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''': .....
* HeelRealization: Throughout the events of "Where Vernal Winds Never Blow", Zuo Le comes to learn about the consequences of this Knight Templar methods and gradually begins scaling his behavior back, to the point where he agrees to start helping Jieyun rather than try and arrest her.
* KnightTemplar: When his father orders him to root out Shanhaizong infiltrators in Yumen, Zuo Le aggressively pursues every lead he can, to the point where he ends up arresting many civilians he believes are collaborators and turning much of the city's public opinion against him and his father.
* LeeroyJenkins: "Where Vernal Winds Never Blow" shows Zuo has a bad tendency to charge into situations without thinking. His response to Huai Tianpei getting in the way of his investigation was to attack him and get easily thrown back. This gets worse after [[spoiler:Taihe is mortally wounded, as he goes straight into where the Shanhaizhong were all gathered and needed Qiubai to bail him out.]]
* 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. [[spoiler: Since Sui can be reconstituted by killing off all its fragments as per Vernal Winds, this would be an ''extremely'' bad idea.]]

!!Shang Zhong
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A simple porter in Shangshu who used to work under Zheng.

* 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.
* 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.]]
* 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.]]

!!Shen Lou
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An elderly boatmaster who is an old acquaintance of Liang.

* 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.
* 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.
* 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.

* OldMaster: In his younger days, [[spoiler:not only was he a swordsman who fought alongside Chongyue on the battlefield, but also the mentor of Wei Yenwu and his brother, who are Yan royalty.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He allows Nian to do as she pleases, in return for her providing her skills to strengthen Yan's northern defenses.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: He's in a constant contest with the Second Brother to keep him contained.

!!Zuo Xuanliao
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Yan's Lord Exorcist and the general in charge of the defense of Yumen. He is also Zuo Le's father.

* {{Foil}}: Lee points out that Zuo Xuanliao is Yumen's counterpart to Wei Yenwu. He is the leader of a mobile city whose safety he prioritizes above all else, but has a bad habit of shouldering the burden on his own. In this case, instead of cooperating with Meng like Wei and Lin Gray do, he shut him out due to the fallout of an [[NoodleIncident incident 20 years ago]] as well as [[PoorCommunicationKills having to keep Sui's existence secret]], leaving a schism between Yumen's army and its kung fu masters.
* ScyllaAndCharybdis: In "Where Vernal Winds Will Never Blow", [[spoiler: Yumen is on its path towards the capital, but, using false catastrophe messenger data, it steers its course straight into a catastrophe. When the correct catastrophe messenger data are delivered, it is too late to change the course of the city. As the commander of Yumen, it is up to him to decide the next move, and he is presented with only two unideal options - splitting Yumen into small, more mobile parts, thus evading the catastrophe, but subsequently spending half a year reconnecting the city before it will be able to resume the journey to the capital, or driving through the catastrophe, thus severely damaging the city, but having it able to move again in much shorter time. He chooses the latter.]]

!!Meng Tieyi
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A blacksmith in Yumen who is one of Zheng's acquaintances.

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Ultimately, even though he doesn't live to see it, his plan works. With Yumen forced to take the brunt of a Catastrophe, the army and the kung fu masters team up to protect the city's Catastrophe defenses as well as defeat Shanhaizhong, restoring both sides' trust in each other]].
* CoolOldGuy: He comes off as this, acting as an uncle to Du Yaoye and running a forge that doubles as a tavern that serves as a popular meetup spot for kung fu masters.
* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler:It turns out that he is responsible for Shanhaizhong's second infiltratrion into Yumen, all to create a situation that will force the army and civilian kung fu masters to cooperate]].
* {{Foil}}: Lee points out that Meng is essentially Yumen's counterpart to Lin Gray. A civilian who doesn't hold any official position of power, but wields a great amount of influence among the populace. However, Meng is a window into what might happen if Wei Yenwu and Lin Gray had a falling out, since Meng is driven to rather serious extremes to protect Yumen in his own way after Zuo Xuanliao shuts him out.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Ultimately, it turns out that [[spoiler:he was responsible for Shanhaizhong's second infiltration of Yumen, as well altering Yumen's Catastrophe data to ensure the city would get stuck in the midst of a Catastrophe to force the military and civilian populace to work together to survive]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:During a battle, Meng throws his hammer to protect Du Yaoye from an ambusher, knowing that he'll be struck down by Ya in doing so]].
* NobleDemon: While his plan does involve [[spoiler:tricking Yumen's navigators into driving the city straight into a Catastrophe]], Meng goes to great lengths to ensure that no innocents are ''directly'' harmed by his actions. [[spoiler:He's also fully confident that Yumen is tough enough to survive getting hit by the Catastrophe if everyone in the city works together, which is why he went through with the plan in the first place.]] When confronted about his plan, he takes full responsibility in order to protect his collaborators from prosecution.
* PetTheDog: Despite the risks in doing so, he helps Jieyun get out of Yumen as a final favor to his old friend, Jieyun's departed shifu.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Once his plan is exposed by Lin, Meng admits his crimes and reveals he intended to [[TakingYouWithMe blow himself up with Ya]] in an effort to atone for his crimes. While that doesn't end up working out, his final act is to save Du Yaoye's life at the cost of his own.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: He once fought side by side with Zuo Xuanliao and Chongyue, but has now grown estranged from them as time has passed.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:He remembers the times where the army and the kung fu masters used to work together, and seeks to restore that sense of camaraderie and cooperation, even if he has to strand Yumen in the path of a Catastrophe to achieve it]].

!!Huai Tianpei / Waai Tinpui
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A martial arts master and Waai Fu's father who left her to find worthy opponents.

* AlternateCharacterReading: Waai Tinpui is the Cantonese rendition of his name, which he originally went by in Lungmen, he then switched the Mandarin rendition as Huai Tianpei after leaving Lungmen.
* BadassNormal: Huai does not possess any special Arts powers or any special items or equipment. All of his fighting prowess comes purely from his mastery of kung fu, to the point where no living human can match him and he can actually hold his own against ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Feranmuts]]''. Chongyue even declares him to be the strongest human in existence.
* CurbStompCushion: [[spoiler:He ultimately loses his long-anticipated duel with Chongyue, but managed to land a blow against him. Everyone who witnesses the duel notes how exceptional this is as it's more than any other mortal has ever accomplished.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He actually manages to [[spoiler:force Ya on the defensive and wound her all by himself, whereas before it took entire teams of Yan's most powerful fighters to achieve the same. He is also able to land at least one clean hit on Chongyue, of which no other living being had been able to achieve]].
* DisappearedDad: He left Waai Fu ten years ago to search for worthy opponents, admitting that he's not the best person to take care of her.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:He ultimately loses his match against Chongyue, but this only makes him more determined, and he promises to challenges Chongyue again after another 40 years of training]].
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Huai never uses any weapons because he has absolute trust his fists can do better.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a brusque man who values martial arts above everything, even his own daughter, and has little respect for authority, but also has a strong sense of honor and steps into protect innocents when push comes to shove.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: His match against Chongyue ends up being one of these, as Chongyue is [[spoiler:looking for somebody who can protect the sword holding his Sui essence while at the same time resisting the temptation to abuse its power. Huai ends up being the perfect candidate due to him not only being the most powerful martial arts master alive, but also his distaste for using weapons in lieu of his fists means he'll ''never'' use the sword in anger]].
* WorthyOpponent: His entire life's journey has been his search for one, which he finds in Chongyue. [[spoiler:It's noteworthy that he does ''not'' regard Ya as this despite them being a PhysicalGod, noting that they rely purely on their inherent power as a Feranmut rather than real martial skill.]]

!!Fang Xiaoshi
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A teenage boy that Qiubai picks up on her travels while hunting down Shanhaizhong members.

* AllTheOtherReindeer: He's constantly felt like he was alienated from his fellow villagers, leading to his reckless behavior in the name of helping his father because he believes no one else cares for them like he does.
* DrivenToSuicide: Upon hearing his father [[spoiler:state that he genuinely considers it would be best if the world thought his son was dead, no matter what, Xiaoshi follows through on his belief that he would rather die than be consigned to a stagnant life in Moushan with villagers he genuinely despises]].
* MissingTheGoodStuff: He complains that the Shanhaizhong wouldn't let him come to Yumen on their massive raid with the ringleader. Qiubai says to consider himself lucky for that.
* NoNeedForNames: His final interaction with Qiubai shows [[spoiler:his nameplate has been removed to symbolize that to the people he's known for his entire life and the government, he is now legally dead and the person known as Fang Xiaoshi is merely another nameless wanderer like Qiubai]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He initially left Moushan Village because he couldn't stand the way the villagers were treating him and his father. After his return, [[spoiler:he decides to leave a second time as he doesn't want to be a part of the village's plot to fake his death so they can scam the government out of death compensation money.]]
* SmallNameBigEgo: He tries to puff himself up to Qiubai as a fiendish bandit leader who's feared throughout the lands and could sic fearsome flunkies on her. She takes one look at him, considers his age, and accurately pins him as a kid in over his head with the Shanhaizhong.
* WalkingTheEarth: At the conclusion of "A Death in Chunfen", [[spoiler:he decides to leave his village to follow Qiubai on her travels]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:He leaves his village to travel alongside Qiubai, but by the time Qiubai joins Rhodes Island, he's not present and her profile makes no mention of him]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Zeruertza]]
!!!'''Affiliated Characters''': Minimalist, Pozëmka
An underground Durin city-state located underneath the Acahualla region that has been built to resemble a tropical beach resort.

* AliensStealCable: They prize a magazine called ''Stranger Things'' above all else from the surface for its supposedly great and informative lore on the other nations of Terra. Hilariously, Inam realizes that she could probably just bribe them with further issues and they would comply with whatever she wanted.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Despite what amazing feats of engineering Durin underground cities are, many Durin do acknowledge that their biggest flaw is that if an Originium vein gets too close to an underground city, they have to completely abandon it while a mobile city can just move away on its own.
** Not that some have ''tried'' finding ways to make the underground city mobile. With "rock-crusher and borer-plane and the like across the dome, and a base plate slipped underneath the city". Needless to say, nobody has tried pulling that off.
* DemocracyIsFlawed: Zeruertza is run by a direct democracy among its citzens, and any and all issues must be decided by a public vote. Unfortunately, this means that there is no proper direction to lead the city, and it is extremely difficult to get problems solved if the general populace doesn't believe there's any problems in the first place, such as the giant hole in the city's ceiling.
* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler:The city finds out almost too late that an active originium vein has shifted dangerously close to the city. While there is still enough time to evacuate, the city must ultimately be abandoned.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Despite being warned about the imminent demise of their city due to a Catastrophe, the Zereurtzans are surprisingly calm about it. They accept responsibility for their constant partying playing a role in delaying the installation of new Originium sensors, and calmly determine a proper evacuation plan.]]
* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: A common Durin custom is that when an underground city must be abandoned, the citizens completely renovate it so when future explorers rediscover the city they will find it in the best condition possible. [[spoiler:This is ultimately what the Zereurtzans do for their own city before they evacuate it.]]
* [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Hard Drinking Party People]]: While Durin are generally a fun loving people, the Zeruertzans take it to a whole new level as they constantly drink all day every day and are in a semi-permanent state of inebriation.
* HiddenElfVillage: The city had been built under Sargon's Acahualla region without its residents even realizing it existed at all until Stitch made his way to the surface and petitioned Inam for help.
* GoingColdTurkey: In Gavial's operator record, the Zereurtzans vote to temporarily ban alcohol consumption so they can focus on building a new city in Acahualla. [[OffTheWagon Some citizens don't take it so well.]]
* LearntEnglishFromWatchingTelevision: They taught themselves to speak Sargon and other surface-dweller languages from a bunch of magazines that ended up in their city by trading with various travellers, asking Avdotya to bring in some goods, or happenstance. This has [[InsaneTrollLogic led them to the conclusion]] that magazines can only be written in Sargon.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: When an earthquake breaks open a breach in your underground dome letting in a torrent of water that partially floods the city, you would normally treat it as an existential crisis. However, the Zereurtzans saw it as an opportunity to convert their city into a giant water park and spend the next six months partying.
* OlderThanTheyLook: As typical with Durin, the citizens are all actually much older than their small appearance suggests.
* OriginalPositionFallacy: Inverted; as noted by Pozëmka, the voters in Zeruertza usually are the ones ready and expects to face the negatives of their votes, while she counts the votes for [[spoiler: the emergency evacuation plan; the strong voted for rapidly digging a giant hole for shelter, while the few that voted for rapid evacuation to a nearby city that might leave some behind are ready to give in their lives.]]
* SeriousBusiness: Zereurtzans take alcohol very seriously, with the city have largely split into two factions that advocate either mead or whiskey being the best. The only thing the two sides can agree on is that people who like berry tomato wine are weirdos.
* StoryAndGameplayIntegration: The Zereurtzans being constantly drunk is actually implemented as a gameplay mechanic in "Ideal City" maps. Not only is their pathing erratic, but they also have [[DrunkenMaster 100% physical dodge]] in certain circumstances.
* SugarApocalypse: It's the eponymous "Ideal City", where Durins drink and party like no tomorrow. This in spite of the fact that the endless waterfall in the center of The Great Aquapit is groundwater leaking in, thanks to an earthquake breaking a hole in the dome's ceiling, among other things. [[spoiler: Such as their Originium detector that should've warned them of a shifting vein closing in...]]
* ThemeNaming: Almost all of them have ''Literature/WarriorCats''-esque last names consisting of two nouns.

!!Catch Lightrace
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The lead design representative of Zeruertza.

* AllTheOtherReindeer: Played for laughs. When the other city representatives find out his favored form of alcohol is berry tomato wine, they immediately react with disgust and rethink their friendship with him.
* FriendlyRivalry: He has one with Stitch, and enjoyed the time where they used to compete for design proposals.
* NiceGuy: He has an extremely kind personality and takes no offense to Stitch’s vitriol towards him. Elysium even points out that he is in fact too nice, and advises him to be a little harder on Stitch to try and guide him properly.
* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler:After Zeruertza is evacuated, he decides to leave to find Finch.]]

!!Croque Diamondface
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Zeruertza's business representative.

* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: While she is far more disciplined than her fellow Durins, she gets a little too excited watching tapes of the Dossoles tournament with Inam and indulges too much, ending with her agreeing to sign Avdotya into a deal with Rhodes Island without her knowledge. Avdotya is furious when she finds out and Croque hurriedly apologizes.
* AliensStealCable: Besides the Zeruertzian's standard "Stranger Things" mania, she absolutely eats up Inam's recording of what is most likely Dossoles Holiday, and it's partly the reason she becomes the swimming competition's announcer.
* WorkHardPlayHard: While she is the most professional and hard working of the representatives, once she's off the clock she drinks and parties just as hard as any other Zereurtzan.

!!Deculture Silvermint
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Zeruertza's industry representative.

* RobotMaster: She is in charge with the construction and maintenance of the city's robot workforce.
* {{Sleepyhead}}: She can often be found dozing off in a quiet corner and regularly ditches meetings so she can nap.

!!Edge Eartheart
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A city elder and an old friend of Stitch.

* CassandraTruth: He's concerned about the possibility of an Originium vein shifting near Zereurtza and has been trying to get someone to repair the city's Originium detectors with little luck. [[spoiler:Turns out, his fears are completely founded as when new detectors are finally installed, they discover an active Originium vein almost too late.]]
** Downplayed in that the durins ''believes'' him and fully understand the risk and consequences of not fixing the Originium detectors quickly. They just chose poorly.
* CoolOldGuy: He's one of the few citizens who actively tries to help out Stitch.
* NotSoAboveItAll: While he's a lot more levelheaded than most other Zereurtzans, he's not opposed to doing some partying and drinking himself.

!!Finch Canvas
The original designer of Zeruertza and Stitch's mentor.

* TheSkeptic: He's convinced that the Naumanns didn't die in an accident, but were instead murdered.

[[/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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* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:Being betrayed and left for dead by the glorious country he dedicated his life for, and having to survive being sealed underground for four years, Charles lost his sense of self and can no longer distinguish himself from the Steam Knights as a whole. In order to cope with the betrayal and his subsequent crisis of what Victoria really means, he comes to the conclusion that the Sighs of Kings is the only thing that truly, definitively represents Victoria, and vows to defend it from any intruders, even the rightful heir to the throne.]]

A legendary Aslan Shahanshah known as the greatest monarch in Sargon's history, renowned for his military might and enlightened wisdom. He is credited with the creation of Terra's current calendar, and is the original owner of the Sighs of Kings that now lies in Victoria. Alongside Kharanduu Khagan, the legendary Nightzmora conqueror, he led the conquest into the Foehn Hotlands to purge the Collapsal presence from the south of Terra, succeeding at the cost of his life.

* DropTheHammer: His main weapon is his smithing hammer.

** 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.

* TheFaceless: Only ever mentioned in Operational Intelligence and is referenced in the Sami Countryside furniture set.