History Characters / Caliphate

* MagnificentBastard: InUniverse example. A historical document notes that while he could be insane, no one could accuse him of not thinking ahead and planning for the future, since he managed to consolidate his power under in 3 years and turn the USA into an dictatorship with him as supreme leader for life. And all of that with his people's blessing and by the time everyone realized what he did, it was already too late...

* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: Privately monologues at the start of the story that he never planned on making out a military career and only wanted to use it as an foundation for something else.

* PunchClockVillain: Janissaries, even a slave trader is one of these, telling Petra to just smile a little so she has a nice house, and lets a kind old man buy her with discount, completely used to the institution.

A Christian girl of German origin, she was taken as an slave, first to an merchant's household and then to a brothel.

* BeautifulSlaveGirl: She was enslaved at an early age and grows up to become an very beautiful young woman.

* DefiledForever: When she is raped by Fudail, she is sentenced to be sold as an slave and gets bought by an pimp who makes an whore out of her.

* NeverLearnedToRead: She was never taught because of the Caliphate disencourages women from being educated. She only begins learning when she is 10 with Besma and though she barely knows how to write or read, it's sadly one of her few skills she is versed to which makes her extremely dejected to hear that in America women are taught to do so which doesn't make her any special.
* ProneToTears: Since childhood, she had a tendency to cry and be easily spooked. Considering the kind of life she leads, its understandable.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Part of the reason Hamilton falls for her is that Petra resembles Laurie very closely to the point he comments she could pass off as an younger sister.

Petra's brother, he is also enslaved and turned into a janissary soldier.

* NobleBigot: He is an slave owner yes, but he is noted to be very honorable and treats his slaves well, letting them buy freedom early and encouraging smiles.

* DepravedBisexual: Meara is noted for being rewarded by the Caliphate with an supply of sex slaves of both genders, and he also has a thing for children.

* PaedoHunt: Meara is an sex offender with a predilection for pederasty. In fact, he fled America when they discovered his dark secret.

One of the three American scientists that defected to the Caliphate, he is a epidemiologist.

The former People's Republic of China, now apparently a Communist-Imperial hybrid state, as well as a borderline post-human nation that is super advanced in genetic engineering and cyborging. It's clear they want to replace the ISA as the major superpower in the world, but for now, the Caliphate represents a bigger danger.

* NoWomansLand: Sexism, misogyny, and violence against women and girls is ''extremely'' rampant. Any woman walking outside without their veil will be raped and/disfigured as it happened to [[spoiler:Gabrielle's daughter]]. If any woman gets "unjustly" raped, they are locked up for life for being DefiledForever while their rapist merely gets flogged. Besma states she is very lucky to have a good man for a father, since she implies that other girls are sexually abused by their fathers. While female education isn't explicitly forbidden (considering Besma is well-learned), it's not encouraged either.

* TheChick: Being the main protagonist's crush and all that. Though Petra doesn't have many useful skills besides TheOldestProfession trade, so she tries to make up for it by ShowSomeLeg... with mixed results.