History Characters / DanceintheVampireBund

* DropTheHammer: Befitting his status as the group's BigGuy, Lord Antonio seems to really like using heavy bludgeoning instruments. When all the other senators use swords or spears, he uses a giant sledgehammer. When all of the senators decided to use maces and hammers against an extremely resilient foe, he used a massive concrete street post instead.

* ArcherArchetype: Scott seems to favor a bow with gigantic arrows that can easily gore three men at once.

* MayflyDecemberRomance: Her boyfriend Akira becomes an ageless vampire while she'll eventually grow old and die as a human. Despite that, Ruli wants to be as close to Akira as she can be. [[spoiler:Subverted as Ruki is later turned into a vampire by Akira, to save her life after she receives a mortal wound from the True Ancestor.]]

* SatelliteLoveInterest: She does have some background and her career as a singer, but her role in ''Dive'' is mainly focused on being Akira's love interest.

* MayflyDecemberRomance: After he becomes a vampire and Ruli stays human, the thought that Ruli will eventually grow old while he's immortal weighs on Akira's mind.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Yuki mistakes the very girly-looking Angie for a woman until she sees him in the boys' school uniform and Akira tells her werewolves are a OneGenderRace.

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He has long hair that reaches his back and makes him look even more like a woman.

* StupidSexyFlanders: His feminine appearance caused some awkwardness for his group in their rite of passage ritual since they were all naked.

* MayflyDecemberRomance: Her boyfriend Akira becomes an ageless vampire while she'll eventually grow old and die as a human. Despite that, Ruli wants to be as close to Akira as she can be.

* NakedOnArrival: She first appears naked inside a briefcase.
* NoFullNameGiven: She's only ever known as "Ruli" and her surname has never been mentioned.

* TheTeam:
** TheLeader: Lord Scott - He is the one all the other senators look to for direction.
** TheLancer: Lord Ernest - He was formerly a member of Beowulf and is the de facto leader of the group whenever Lord Scott isn't around.
** TheBigGuy: Lord Antonio - He's said to have been the strongest warrior Beowulf ever had.
** TheSmartGuy: Lord Edward - He was a scholar before joining the Earth Clan Senate
** TheHeart: Lord Connery - he's an absolute monster on the battlefield and also something of an advisor to Ernest.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He's so {{yandere}} that one day he sees helping Akira fight Telomere as loving him, and the next day, trying to hurt Akira as an ally of Telomere is equally "loving."

* AttractiveBentGender: Yuuhi looks incredibly pretty when dressed as a girl, to the point Phoebe gets a crush on him that remains even after learning about his true gender.

* LoveBeforeFirstSight: His father told him about Phoebe from a young age as Phoebe was also a young werewolf without a partner. Over the years, Yuuhi became very interested in making Phoebe his partner and even decided to grow long hair to "be a girl" because Phoebe identifies as a boy. When he first saw Phoebe in person at New York, Yuuhi had no doubt Phoebe was his destiny.

* TransgenderFetishization: As a teenager, he looks like a cute girl and his naked scenes are numerous.

* TransgenderFetishization: Phoebe identifies as a boy and he's frequently shown naked, most notably in the scene where Aaron and Cal realize the truth of Phoebe's female sex when they're dropped naked in the snow.

* HappilyMarried: She's married to Yuzuru in the sequel seven years later and they're stated to still be passionately in love.

* RelativeError: Inverted. People tend to mistake Yuzuru for Nanami's little brother when they first see them together because he calls her "Onee-chan/Big Sister" even after they become lovers. Phoebe was especially surprised when Yuuhi told him that the young-looking Yuzuru is married to an older woman.

* LuminescentBlush: When the werewolf elders are telling a rather racy story...

* {{Animorphism}}: She can change into her true form; a mouse.

* HidingBehindYourBangs: Her hair covers the left side of her face, as fitting for her cool and aloof personality.
* MayDecemberRomance: She fell for an ancient mummy vampire in the final omake. But that [[NoodleIncident was a tale for another time.]]

%%* {{Manipulative Bastard}}s

* MultiEthnicName: He has a Japanese given name and surname. His ''other'' surname is German, from his father.

* MultiEthnicName: Like his brother, Yuuhi has a Japanese given name and a German surname.

* MultiEthnicName: Her middle and last name are Japanese, but her first name Josephine is Western.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: After losing his descendants in [=WW2=], Kajikawa came to consider immortal life to be a hell that he can't be released from until he finds the Akamitama. Mamekichi telling him that he does have living descendants after all helps him overcome some of his bitterness towards immortality.

* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: With a bit of AsskickingLeadsToLeadership mixed into it. As the Beowulf is an organized military group, leadership is based more on the ability to lead than the ability to kick ass, but the Beowulfs would never let a pushover give them orders.

* RoyalRapier: Camille's weapon of choice.

* LivingOnBorrowedTime: He should have died when he was tortured and mutilated at Bogota. Rozenmann's experiments saved his life by transforming him into an artificial werepanther. However, he still needs to take injections regularly or he will die. [[spoiler:By the start of A.S.O., Hama has received the treatment he needed to expand his lifespan without depending on the injections anymore.]]

* RescueRomance: She first met Hama when he rescued her from a HostageSituation at Afghanistan. Since then, she has thought of him as her beloved guardian angel.

Jessica Harlin is a single mother and stripper living in New York, trying to make ends meet to support her little daughter Susie. By pure chance, Jessica finds a starving, exhausted Mina and believing her to just be an ordinary little girl, takes her in before discovering she has the queen of the vampires in her little apartment.

* AgeWithoutYouth: She has lived since the Ice Age and has kept herself alive by absorbing life energy, but her true body has deteriorated to the point that it's just a corpse hopelessly cling to life.

* DirtyOldMan: Though the three are after Mina, Ivanovic's looks and behavior stands out the most. [[spoiler:Going as far of assault her when she's alone and trying to rape her; in the last case he almost succeeded, but at that time Telomere's leader h already replaced Mina.]]

* TeensAreShort: Shinva is Akira's age and by far the shortest member of the team.

* AgeGapRomance: She's at least five years older than Yuzuru. While that's not a very big difference, she thinks it's wrong to be in love with him at first because he's like thirteen. After Yuzuru reciprocates her feelings, Nanami makes him her vampire lover.

[[folder:The Maids]]

* ActionGirl: All of them. Their very first appearance is absolutely butchering soldiers sent to kill Mina.
* CutenessProximity: Around Yuuhi, they are absolutely helpless.
* FireForgedFriends: The three of them together.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: As long as you're not a threat to their princess, they're really very sweet people.

* NoSenseOfDirection: Accidentally wind up in ''Egypt'' at one point...

* UndyingLoyalty: To Mina. So much so that Nelly is jealous of Akira for his closeness to her. To only a slightly lesser extent to Yuki, who they call 'The Maestro.'
* {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s: Yuki's greatest fans besides Mina. Even [[spoiler:after Yuki's incident and consequential paralysis]] they help her up to write her newest novel.

* SitcomArchnemesis: To Akira, unknowingly for him. She does ''not'' like him.

* MayDecemberRomance: Fell for an ancient mummy vampire in the final omake. But that [[NoodleIncident was a tale for another time.]]
%%* PrimAndProperBun

* StraightMan: Next to her two companions.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She always has a stoic demeanor, but is a very caring person.
* WhenSheSmiles: She's usually quite stoic and aloof. When she's not, it's usually adorable.

* CloudCuckooLander: Nero is very special.
%%* GenkiGirl

* IdiotHair: That [[SomethingElseAlsoRises reacts to turn-ons]].

!The Three Clans
The last three pure blood vampires aside from Mina. Since they killed Mina's mother, Mina has to marry and bear the child of one of them to preserve the lineage of pure blood.

* HideYourOtherness: He always has a handfan over his mouth to hide his monstrous teeth.

* ReformedButRejected: [[spoiler:Minmei earns Emperor Li's trust and he decides to rule the Li Clan alongside Minmei so she can help him lead it in the right direction. However, Mina refuses to trust Emperor Li and she can't forgive him for being one of those who were responsible for the death of her mother and her centuries of humiliation.]]

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: [[spoiler:He was Rasputin.]]

Akira's younger brother. His werewolf characteristics didn't manifested until he was six years old, causing his training to start later than other werewolves. Akira didn't want Yuuhi to get involved in his dangerous lifestyle at first, but later trains him himself.

Akira's younger brother. His werewolf characteristics first manifested until he was six years old, causing his training to start later than other werewolves. Akira didn't want Yuuhi to get involved in his dangerous lifestyle at first, but later trains him himself.