History Characters / Crepuscule

* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Technically, they're not really little kids, but it's hard not to suspect that this reasoning is why she and Chocolat are the only two survivors among the First Generation (besides Laura, a minor character) by the end of the series.]]

* InfantImmortality: See Millefeuille's section.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Thanks to the school uniform.

* {{Adorkable}}: He has his moments, primarily when it's clear that he has NoSocialSkills. While technically non-canon, the "photo" in the final afterword, where Setz awkwardly tries to make a peace sign like Lark, cinches it.

* NoSocialSkills: In a casual setting, Setz is clueless.

* {{Adorkable}}: In a series where everyone else is prone to brooding or being a jerk, Sai is refreshingly and unabashedly friendly and clueless.

* HairDecorations: She wears the ribbon Setz gave her, even now.

* MementoMacguffin: His HairDecoration used to belong to his father and was given to him by Tepes. [[spoiler:He leaves it behind at the end of Season 2 when he goes missing, and others believe that that means he'll one day come back for it.]]

* ManInWhite: His colour scheme should be the first hint that his morals aren't all there.

* WomanInWhite: According to her subordinates, the sight of her in her white dress is what drew them to her.

* FragileFlower: Being a ShrinkingViolet ''and'' IllGirl with a side of BewareTheNiceOnes...

* StudentCouncilPresident: Though she's AuthorityInNameOnly, due to being a FragileFlower. Setz does all of the actual leading.

Be warned of '''unmarked spoilers'''.

[[folder:Arzew Academy Students]]
!!Lark Alfen

->'''Ability''': None ([[spoiler:Light manipulation]][[note]]Given to him by Tepes[[/note]], [[spoiler:Geokinesis]])

!!Seere Klein

!!Seeren Klein

!!Ersha Sermenys

!!Sia Kul

[[folder:Arzew Academy Staff]]
!!Angela Erzebet

!!Olivier Ostern

!!Laura James

[[folder:Student Council]]
!!Sekreuz Trenkel Navarus

!!Carne Greyfell

!!Nilvana Freire / [[spoiler:Sermenys]]

* ArchEnemy: [[spoiler:By the end, he's this for Setz.]]

!!Bathory Spitzen / [[spoiler:Erzebet]]

!!Sai Kul

[[folder:Nobles and Servants]]
!!Ratatusk Trenkel Navarus

* AdaptationalHeroism: Just barely. In the original version, he was physically abusive to Setz on top of emotionally abusive, while there are no indications of this in the main version, making him come across as more of a cold and ruthless man rather than someone randomly aggressive towards others.

* AntiHero: In a sense. [[spoiler:Subverted in Season 3, however.]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler:[[BigBadEnsemble One of them with Theresia]]. Neal usurps him by killing him, although Navarus still isn't quite a BigBadWannabe, as he still pulled off his plans and Neal didn't actually surpass him in plotting or anything like that.]]

* BrokenPedestal: For Neal, who used to idolize him before realizing what kind of master he really was.
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:He was the one who made it possible for Tepes to cross over to Crepuscule originally, but when Tepes seemingly died, Navarus then unsealed Theresia so that she could take Tepes's place in his plans.]]

* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:For all intents and purposes, he's been suicidally depressed for hundreds of years.]]

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Distracted with Setz, he dies by a sneak attack at the hands of Neal, the servant he's mistreated and lorded over since the start.]]

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Both Lark and Tepes looked down on him for how little he'd seemed to accomplish, but [[spoiler:in the end, he does come close to wiping everyone out as per his true goals and, at the very least, sends Nergal and Gilles de Rais to their deaths.]]

* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:After revealing his true motivations to Setz, he intends on killing him. To be "fair", Navarus was also planning on killing ''everyone'' at that point--Setz just would've been one of the first, and one of the only to personally die by his hands.]]

* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:The BrokenSmile he makes after his wife's death makes it pretty clear that that was when he lost it.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:He wants to destroy Crepuscule--which can actually be interpreted as a heroic goal--and will do anything to accomplish that. Ultimately subverted, however, when it's revealed that this also comes with the desire of wanting everyone to ''die'' with the world.]]
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:Immortal life has become nothing but a burden to him.]]

!!Sylvia

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Her feelings for Navarus aren't romantic, but she'll do anything to keep him safe, no matter how much it hurts her.

!!Quz

!!Nergal

!!Riu Myers

[[folder:Elder Council]]
!!Gilles de Rais

!!Millefeuille Miel

!!Chocolat Miel

[[folder:Vampires in the Outside]]
!!Vlad Tepes

!!Theresia Tepes

!!Queeny Raymond

!!Lizzy Ellon

!!Louis

[[folder:Other]]
!!Carmilla Erzebet

!!Florian Alfen

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Neal initially thinks him to be a girl, but Queeny's choice of [[KoreanHonorifics honorifics]] when referring to Lizzy points to him actually being male.

->'''Race''': Mixed blood vampire (mutant)

* BastardAngst: Whether he's actually illegitimate or not will forever be up in the air, but even the possibility that he was one destroyed his life.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:His family locked him up in a dungeon for centuries]] and when he finally escaped, he ended up becoming Navarus's slave.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Season 2 would make you think that he absolutely hates Nergal's gut, but Season 3 indicates that he does have some love towards his mother figure's fiance after all. [[spoiler:It doesn't save Nergal from dying, but points for trying.]]

* SamusIsAGirl: "He" is in fact a "she". Almost nobody seems to have known Tepes' true gender, not even her old pupil Gilles.
* SharpDressedMan

->'''Ability''': None

* FacialMarkings: [[spoiler:On occasion, when using his ability. Specifically, they're Tepes's.]]

* ItsAllAboutMe: He becomes guilty of this for a period after [[spoiler:Angela's death]], with him refusing to acknowledging how much his actions are hurting others and attempts to justify it by pointing out that [[spoiler:he just lost his mother]]--never mind that at this point, [[spoiler:Setz lost Carne without flipping out]] and he's talking to someone who knows exactly what it's like to lose a parent. As Sia replies, not knowing that he's wrong doesn't make him faultless.

->'''Ability''': None

* AloneWithThePsycho: [[spoiler:Well, isn't spending the finale alone with an especially AxCrazy Neal on a rampage a pleasant place to be.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: As a child, he was somewhat unstable. As a teenager, the 'nice' part is questionable for a while, but once he TookALevelInKindness, it becomes clear that he hasn't changed much from a child in this regard.

* BastardBastard: [[spoiler:He may or may not be illegitimate, as it's unclear whether his concentric eyes come from being a mutant or a bastard child, but he's definitely a douche]].

* BlackEyesOfCrazy: [[spoiler:In one eye when going berserk.]]

* InSeriesNickname: Neal. It's revealed in an extra that his first name was too difficult for Carne to pronounce, so she shortened it.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Everything he does is in the name of lashing back at a world he feels has wronged him, ultimately [[spoiler:culminating in him going berserk]].

* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Technically, they're not really little kids, but it's hard not to suspect that this reasoning is why she and Chocolat are the only two survivors among the First Generation by the end of the series.]]

* {{Trigger}}: Seeing fire will promptly cause her to freak out and be nigh inconsolable due to triggering bad memories.

* CallingTheOldManOut: In Season 3, [[spoiler:he learns about Navarus's true motivations--and then he realizes Navarus intends to pull something along the lines of YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on him. When Setz, understandably wanting to believe that even Navarus wouldn't outright ''murder'' his own son, asks him if he'd really go through with it, Navarus proceeds to KickTheDog a few times and state that he would've disposed of Setz from the start if he'd known that Setz MissedTheCall]]. At that point, Setz is finally ''done'', and the ensuing scene is both one of his most tragic but one of his most {{Badass}} as well.

* EyesAlwaysShut: To indicate his playful nature--and how {{Badass}} he can be.

* {{Badass}}: One of the biggest in the series.

* IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler:Inverted. After CallingTheOldManOut, Setz chooses to discard any relation he once had with ''Ratatusk''.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Almost, though she admits that in the end, she couldn't go through with it as she still wants to live.]].

* BadBoss: Towards Neal in spades. There's a reason Neal wants to see him dead so badly.

* ShootTheDog: It doesn't work in the end, but when [[spoiler:Lark's acting out of control]]? Sia resorts to knocking him out.

->'''Race''': Pureblood vampire

* {{Adorkable}}: He has his moments, primarily when it's clear that he has NoSocialSkills.

* ComboPlatterPowers: Ironically for the UnSorcerer, [[spoiler:he has, as of Season 3, the widest arsenal of unrelated powers (barring magic spells and inherent racial skills) out of everyone, due to [[PlayingWithFire awakening a fire spirit]] and then [[AntiMagic receiving Lizzie's negation ability]]]].

* DieOrFly: [[spoiler:The fire spirit manifests to protect him for the first time just as he's about to be killed by Millefeuille while unconscious.]]

* {{Foil}}: For Lark, particularly in the second arc. [[spoiler:Whereas Lark snapped after Angela's death, Setz tried to handle it in a relatively healthy manner, and as Lark becomes increasingly pragmatic and cold, Setz's soft-hearted and emotional nature becomes increasingly prominent.]]

* GenerationXerox: Setz's personality, down to the changes, mimic his father's, though to a lesser degree.

* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to Lark's Red Oni. [[spoiler:As noted above, this gets reversed in the second arc, as Setz becomes increasingly NotSoStoic.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:After awakening a spirit.]]

* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler:He can't touch Navarus, so he goes after the next best thing: the only person Navarus cares for, aka Carne.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: What he hopes to do. Once he gets Navarus, Neal's family is next.

* BrokenBird: Due to her OrphansOrdeal.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Her mother abandoned her, and she wandered the world for years to find Angela, before meeting Nergal who then proceeded to torture her for info.]]

* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:To Angela]].

* ActualPacifist: He shows reluctance over the idea of fighting others, and is indeed one of the few characters never shown to use violence, even electing to tie up Queeny rather than actually harm him.

* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:He died going through the forest, and his death is Sai's motivation for tagging along with Lark and co. head to see the Council.]]

* AntiHero: In a sense.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:He wants to destroy Crepuscule--which can actually be interpreted as a heroic goal--and will do anything to accomplish that]].

* StalkerWithACrush: According to Angela, he was one for Carmilla.

* HimeCut

* RedHeadedHero: [[spoiler:Whenever Tepes is taking over.]]

* HypocriticalHumor: [[spoiler:In one of the extras--only ''he's'' allowed to insult Tepes. If anyone else does, Gilles will immediately defend "him".]]

->'''Ability''': ???

* ActionGirl: She's been shown to be very powerful.

* TheMole: Sort of. She's turns out to be the Council's informant, she doesn't see why Navarus should be against her reporting to the Council anyway.

* ButtMonkey: In one of the extras. Eventually, he claims this role in canon as well.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld

* ChekhovsGunman: In Season 2, she appeared once in a flashback and was mentioned briefly by Tepes. Unsurprisingly, she shows up in the present in Season 3.

* ChekhovsGunman: She first appears in a portrait that hangs in the passageway that Setz and Lark take to enter Crepuscule.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Bathory

Joins in Season 3. See Arzew Academy for his section.

Joins in Season 3. See Arzew Academy for his section.

Joins in Season 3. See Arzew Academy for her section.

Joins in Season 3. See Arzew Academy for her section.

Joins in Season 3. See Arzew Academy for her section.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Back in the 'other' world, as he was prosecuted for having red eyes, which the humans took as a sign of him being a monster.

[[folder:Arzew Academy]]

!!Olivier Ostern

Lark and Seere's homeroom teacher. He's popular among his students for being good-looking and very lax in his lessons.

->'''Race''': Incubus vampire
->'''Ability''': ???

* BadassTeacher: As he shows during [[spoiler:Carne's rampage]].
* BloodFromTheMouth: During [[spoiler:Carne's rampage]], as his magic reverses into him.
* ChivalrousPervert: Somewhat flirty around his female students.
* HotTeacher: He's known for this, due to being part incubus.
* LetsGetDangerous: Usually rather light-hearted, but during [[spoiler:Carne's rampage]], he demonstrates just why he teaches magic theory.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy
* SmarterThanYouLook: Laura comments almost word for word that he's smarter than he looks after he draws a complicated magic circle in just ten minutes. Again, he teaches magic theory for a reason.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With El, the head of security.

!!Angela Erzebet

Lark's foster mother, who took him in after Setz left him at her doorstep. She eventually becomes the nurse at Arzew Academy in order to watch over Lark.

->'''Race''': Pureblood succubus
->'''Ability''': Development
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Student Council]]

!!Sekreuz Trenkel Navarus

Otherwise known as Setz. The only son of the esteemed Navarus family and vice-president of the student council, as well as the one who brought Lark into Crepuscule, though Setz was then forced to abandon him.

->'''Race''': Pureblood vampire
->'''Ability''': None

A member of the student council. She's a mysterious girl who realizes immediately that Lark is human, and tells him to come to her if he has any problems.

* CoolBigSis: Wants to be this to Setz and Lark, neither of whom are quite as enthusiastic about the idea. [[spoiler:Technically she and Lark could be consider to be cousins, as he is her aunt's adoptive son.]]

A member of the student council and Sia's older brother. He's still in school because he failed his exams repeatedly.

* CrazyJealousGuy: A mild version when it comes to Bathory's closeness with Lark.

[[folder:Nobles, Servants and Council]]

* DarkSkinnedBlond: An extra suggests that the tan isn't genetic and that he got it because he was mocked for being so pale. It may or may not have been serious.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:He eventually snaps during his and Tepes's fight.]]

[[folder:Vampires in the Human World]]

* ActionGirl: [[spoiler:Or DarkActionGirl, depending on which side you view her as.]]

* RoseHairedGirl: Her pink hair reinforces her AllLovingHero image.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Back in the 'other' world.

* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:When he asks Tepes for help]].
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:With Tepes as the demon.]]

* DissonantSerenity: [[spoiler:Rather frequently after Angela's death]].
* FacialMarkings: [[spoiler:On occasion, when using his ability.]]

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
* HappilyAdopted: By Angela, his adoptive parents before her (his aunt and uncle) weren't the best parents.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His general personality, after [[spoiler:recovering from Angela's death.]]

* EmotionlessBoy: Appears as this on the surface.

* LethalChef

* MentorOccupationalHazard

* BreakTheCutie: Courtesy of his dad and Neal.

* CelibateHero: Despite being in an arranged marriage with Carne and her being the most important person in his life, Setz isn't quite emotionally capable of romantic love.

* DissonantSerenity: PlayedForLaughs when he was a kid and looks far too cheerful as, in response to Lark's question about what would happen if he fell in the passageway between the two worlds, he declared that he'd die.

* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Carne.

* LonelyTogether: With Lark, as children.

* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to Lark's Blue Oni. [[spoiler:As noted above, this gets reversed in the second arc, as Setz becomes increasingly NotSoStoic.]]

* StrongFamilyResemblance: He probably looks exactly like a younger version of Navarus.

* BreakTheCutie: Damn it, Neal.

* {{Yandere}}: One for Setz at her worst.

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:The Council's]].

* NiceHat: A snazzy top that. [[spoiler:He uses it to hide his ears.]]

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous

* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler:He wants Tepes's respect.]]

* KnightTemplar: The same story as Gilles.

* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Fire?]]

* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:For Lark]].

* DarkSkinnedBlond: An extra suggests that the tan isn't general and that he got it because he was mocked for being so pale. It may or may not have been serious.

-->"Gilles De Rais. Have you said your prayers yet?"

The head of the Senate, who is determined to maintain order in Crepuscule no matter what.

* AntiVillain: He and the Senate start off as your usual KnightTemplar types, but as the series goes on, between flashbacks and his relationship with Tepes, Gilles becomes increasingly sympathetic.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He didn't get to be head of the Senate by being a pushover, that's for sure.

A member of the Council and Senate, and the twin sister of Chocolat.

* AxCrazy: She's a bit more... vicious than the other Senate members.

* EvilRedhead: A touch AxCrazy, compared to her fellow Senate members.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be nasty at times, but again, she cares a lot about her fellow Senate members.

A member of the Council and Senate, and the twin brother of Chocolat.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Again, not quite 'evil', but the rest of the Senate are important to him.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:When it's become clear that the Senate has lost and Nergal intends to force them to disband, Chocolat graciously takes the loss and admits that it might be for the best.]]

Initially a gatekeeper whom Lark and co. face while trying to reach the Senate, before later being shown to serve Theresia.

* FragileFlower: Being a Shrinking Violet ''and'' IllGirl with a side of BewareTheNiceOnes...

* Yandere: One for Setz at her worst.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:Over a hundred, though he's unaware of this until Ersha tells him.]]

* DreamStealer: She can't steal dreams, but instead gains information from them.

* RoseHairedGirl

* YouDontLookLikeYou: While most of the characters introduced remain recognizable between the original version and the main one, Sai's the only where, if you compared the two versions, you wouldn't necessarily be able to tell that they're the same guy.

* BrokenPedestal: For Neal, who used to idolize before realizing what kind of master he really was.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: He was this with Mor Greypel, Carne's father. He also seems to have been close friends with Tepes.

* ManInWhite
* NiceHat

* SatelliteCharacter: Everything she does begins and ends with Navarus.
* SharpDressedMan

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:The familiar he left behind in Arzew ends up contributing to Carne's rampage and ultimate death.]]

The head of the Council, who is determined to maintain order in Crepuscule no matter what.

* AntiVillain: He and the Council start off as your usual KnightTemplar types, but as the series goes on, between flashbacks and his relationship with [[spoiler:Tepes]], Gilles becomes increasingly sympathetic.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He didn't get to be head of the Council by being a pushover, that's for sure.

A member of the Council, and the twin sister of Chocolat.

* AxCrazy: She's a bit more... vicious than the other Council members.

* EvilRedhead: A touch AxCrazy, compared to her fellow Council members.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be nasty at times, but again, she cares a lot about her fellow Council members.

A member of the Council, and the twin brother of Chocolat.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Again, not quite 'evil', but the rest of the Council are important to him.

[[folder:Other]]

!!Carmilla Erzebet

One of the leaders of the vampires and the creator of Crepuscule, who gave up her life to create the world.

->'''Race''': Pureblood succubus
->'''Ability''': Granting wishes

* AllLovingHero: Loved both vampires and humans.
* BigGood: As the creator of Crepuscule.
* CoolBigSis: To Angela.
* HeroicSacrifice: Died to create Crepuscule.
* LivingMacguffin: Due to the uncertainty of whether she's dead or not. Nergal wants to find her because they were in love and he refuses to believe that she's dead, [[spoiler:Tepes wants to find her to kill her]], etc.
* RapunzelHair
* RealityWarper: Her ability allowed her to be this.
* RoseHairedGirl
* SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler:She appears in Lark's dreams]].
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]

!!Vlad Tepes

One of the leaders of the vampires, but the one who chose to remain behind, rejecting the idea of Crepuscule.

->'''Race''': Pureblood vampire
->'''Ability''': Light manipulation
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* Bifauxnen: [[spoiler:Florian even comments that she's so handsome that it's hard to believe that she's a woman]].

* WalkingSpoiler

!!Florian Alfen

Lark's mother who died when he was just a baby.

->'''Race''': Human

* BadassBoast: While he's ultimately on the losing side, he gets one nice boast when up against Nergal and rendering the man's inability useless:

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Particularly where Setz is concerned. Unintentionally digging right into Setz's insecurities about being unneeded wasn't his smoothest move, and he fails to even realize that he did something wrong.

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Setz's reaction to Lark's decision to leave Sai behind.]]

* ArrangedMarriage[=/=]PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: In one with Setz.

* AxCrazy: Case in point: he stabs Lark for no other reason than the boy having seen his eye.

* FeelNoPain: Due to diminished sensory system.

* ExtremeDoormat: Particularly for his father, but he's shown to be rather passive overall. As time goes, this begins to change.

* FriendlessBackground: Didn't have any friends before meeting Lark, and after separating him, he had only Carne, whose status as a ''friend'' is debatable.

* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Again, in one with Carne, to an extent. They get along beautifully, and the only thing that stops the arrangement from this being in its fullest is Setz's lack of actual ''romantic'' interest.

* {{Jerkass}}: Being an AbusiveParent and abusive master to Neal means he's this without question.

* Satellite: His character revolves around Nergal.