History Characters / CardSharkNobility

* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:He and [=MacGregor=] share this towards Louis XV, with both of them working for other nobility behind his back. He's also this to the Comte,having engineered both his rise and fall from the high society of Versailles.]]

* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:He and [=MacGregor=] share this towards Louis XV, with both of them working for other nobility behind his back.]]

* HiddenBackupPrince: Fears this, and hopes to avert this by stopping the Comte taking the protagonist to Versailles - by [[ISurrenderSuckers any means necessary.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Framed Erdnase for Sophie's murder, only to have Erdnase return and have him out himself in front of the King twenty years later.]]

* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:He was the one who told Ms. Porterhouse to adopt a mute orphan -the protagonist- as part of his long-planned scheme against [=MacGregor=].]]

* UnrevealAngle: In the few times we see her, she has her face covered with her hand (and possibly a handkerchief, as she's weeping in bed).

* DeathByChildbirth: Slightly averted; Sophie had just given birth to a stillborn child, and in her grief and worry that the King would toss her aside for not providing an heir, readily drank the poisoned tea Erdrnase gave to her, presumably without thinking much about it.

* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:He and Erdnase share this towards Louis XV, with both of them working for other nobility behind his back.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Stabs himself instead of revealing information about the Twelve Bottles of Milk incident.]]

* FrameUp: [[spoiler:Claimed that Erdnase murdered Sophie, when in fact he poisoned the tea that was only supposed to make her fall asleep.]]

[[folder:William [=MacGregor=]]]
A man who holds a large grudge against the protagonist.

* AccidentalPublicConfession: [[spoiler:Becomes so enraged with the protagonist cheating while playing against King Louis XV, that he basically admits to having poisoned Sophie during his outburst.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:To King Louis XV.]]
* EvilChancellor: Is this to [[spoiler: King Louis XV.]]
* FrameUp: [[spoiler:Claimed that Erdnase murdered Sophie, when in fact he poisoned the tea that was only supposed to make her fall asleep.]]
* HiddenBackupPrince: Fears this, and hopes to avert this by stopping the Comte taking the protagonist to Versailles - by [[ISurrenderSuckers any means necessary.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Framed Erdnase for Sophie's murder, only to have Erdnase return and have him out himself in front of the King twenty years later.]]
* ISurrenderSuckers: [[spoiler:Pulls this on the protagonist after their duel, fatally wounding him immediately thereafter.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: What he essentially does after [[spoiler:stabbing the protagonist after their fake duel. He allows the hero to be saved by Julie, who helps set-up his revenge against the Comte - which also allows the protagonist to get to Versailles and inadvertently causes [=MacGregor=] to have his [[AccidentalPublicConfession rant when he complains the Comte is cheating against Louis XV.]] All because he was scared the protagonist would return and try and claim the throne.]]
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:To King Louis XV; the reason he's after the protagonist is to stop him from potentially claiming the throne as the King's long-lost son, and to avoid the news that the King had a son by a secret wife from leaking to the public.]]
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:If all of the aces are dealt to Erdnase in the final game, King Louis XV theorises [=MacGregor=] might have been working with a cabal under his brother's orders to poison Sophie, as his brother saw her as a threat.]]

[[folder:Baronnesse de Beauregard]]
A lady friend of the Comte.

* MasterOfDisguise: She is really [[spoiler:Ireneo Funes, who is really S.W. Erdnase.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Helps the protagonist before the final game by slipping a fifth ace into the deck after the Comte allows her to cut the deck. In doing this, she basically allows the protagonist to choose who ends up where in which of the many endings.]]

[[folder:Henri d'Aramitz]]
A former musketeer, living out his days in a hospice in Bergerac.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Stabs himself instead of revealing information about the Twelve Bottles of Milk incident.]]
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_d%27Aramitz Henri d'Aramitz.]]

[[folder:Deborah Churchill (Unmarked spoilers!)]]
Sophie d'Aubigny's twin sister, and current caretaker of Henri d'Aramitz.

* ClassifiedInformation: She hopes to get as much information from Henri as she can on her sister, before the Comte arrives with the protagonist in tow.
* TheInfiltration: Poses as Henri's niece in order to get him to give her the information she's looking for.
* RelationshipReveal: A very brief moment shows she's in one with Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
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[[folder:Julie d'Aubigny]]
Matriarch of the D'Aubigny family.
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[[folder:S.W. Erdnase]]
One of the King's former inner circle.

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Sophie d'Aubigny's twin sister, who cared for Henri.

* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:Not even losing a leg stops him from aiding the protagonist and the Comte all the way to the King's card table in Versailles.]]

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:About the fact his son by Sophie was stillborn, right until the end of the game.]]

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* MeaningfulName: S.W. Erdnase was the pseudonym of a magician who authored a book detailing sleight of hand, cheating, and legerdemain with playing cards.

* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler:He is Ireneo Funes, Baronnesse de Beauregard,the King of Thieves, and a [[NunTooHoly Mother Superior.]]]]

* UnrevealAngle: In all the times we see her, she has her face covered with her hand (and possibly a tissue, as she's weeping in bed).