History Characters / DarkParables

* PlayerCharacter

* SamusIsAGirl: The unlockable bonus content in the collector's edition of ''Curse of Briar Rose'' includes three different novelizations of the Literature/SleepingBeauty tale - one by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, one by Creator/CharlesPerrault, and the one affiliated with the ''Dark Parables'' games. According to the ''Dark Parables'' novelization, the Fairytale Detective is female. In later games, [=NPCs=] refer to her using female pronouns.

* ArcherArchetype: Ruth uses a wrist-mounted bow and miniature arrows. Brianne, who is introduced in ''Queen of Sands,'' uses a longbow and regular arrows.

The cast of the ''Dark Parables'' is an ever-expanding network of interconnected fairy tale characters... and the detective who helps them all. Because there are many characters, listing them all here would be impossible; this character sheet will chiefly focus on characters who appear in multiple games or whose influence is particularly heavily felt throughout the series. '''Spoilers are unmarked.'''

* LoveTriangle: With Gerda and Gwyn. More specifically, it's TriangRelations, type four.

* BlessedWithSuck: Being blessed to be the Guardian of the Nightbloom Flower is definitely not good for poor Belladonna.

** DotingGrandparent: For Gwyn.

* {{Protectorate}}: She takes this role for Jack in ''Sky Kingdom;'' later, Ross in ''Ballad'' grows to regard her this way too. Princess Leda in ''Fallen Star'' takes a similar view, although it's a bit more of a PoisonousFriend situation.

* BalefulPolymorph: Part and parcel of being the Frog Prince.

* BlindingBangs: Prince James's red hair covers almost half of his face, though it's not clear why this is or how he can see anything.

* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Her Detective]]: Overlapping with NoNameGiven; {{NPC}}s only ever address the player character as "Detective."

* [[MrExposition Princess Exposition]]: Princess Ivy fills this role during ''Exiled Prince''. She gives their backstory as well as telling the detective why James's curse changed.

The cast of the ''Dark Parables'' is an ever-expanding network of interconnected fairy tale characters... and the detective who helps them all. Because there are LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, listing them all here would be impossible; this character sheet will chiefly focus on characters who appear in multiple games or whose influence is particularly heavily felt throughout the series. '''Spoilers are unmarked.'''

* TheAgeless: Briar Rose has been asleep for a thousand years by the first game's start, and hasn't aged a day. Ivy ''would'' have been this, but she gave both her powers and her immortality to her husband when she kissed him to break his curse. The games are a bit inconsistent as to whether she knew she was giving them up or not.* BadassDecay: Briar Rose suffered this temporarily as a result of her curse. She gets better.

* TheAgeless: Briar Rose has been asleep for a thousand years by the first game's start, and hasn't aged a day. Ivy ''would'' have been this, but she gave both her powers and her immortality to her husband when she kissed him to break his curse. The games are a bit inconsistent as to whether she knew she was giving them up or not.

* BadassDecay: Briar Rose suffered this temporarily as a result of her curse. She gets better.

* GreenThumb: Possibly. Although neither twin is ever shown causing their designated plant to grow, Ross can be healed of injuries by being in the presence of the Fiera Rosa. They may have similar relationships with their plants as that of Briar Rose and Ivy, and we simply haven't seen it yet.

* IrrationalHatred: Snow has this for her late husband James, blaming him for the incident that almost killed their son. Whether it's justified or not is unknown; see the NoodleIncident entry in the game's folder.

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Rapunzel is aware of the atrocities that she had done under Belladonna's control. But she is left unable to do anything but watch as she summons the deathly Nightbloom flowers under Belladonna's behest]].

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* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: A lot of readers of ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'' grew up believing the character's name is pronounced "Kay" (rhymes with hay), which is also how it's sometimes spelled and is the pronunciation used in some {{animated adaptation}}s of the story. In these games at least, it's spelled as Kai and pronounced "Kye" (rhymes with eye).

* DeadpanSnarker: The detective gets in a bit of this from time to time.

* FeaturelessProtagonist: In addition to being nameless, the {{player character}} has no other identifying characteristics. The most that is seen of your avatar most of the time are gloved hands and jacket-sleeved arms. The one thing we do know about the detective, however, is that she's a woman.
* FriendToAllChildren: Probably most obvious in ''Snow Queen,'' but the detective seems to have a generally good rapport with any children she encounters.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: According to the Moon Goddess in ''Fallen Star'', her heart is pure and her cause is just, so she needs have no fear. It gets reiterated by the fairy queen in ''Requiem.''

* {{Mission From God}}dess: She is explicitly on a mission from the Sun and Moon Goddesses in ''Fallen Star.'' In the bonus chapter, the Moon Priest observes that the Moon Goddess has taken particular interest in the detective, which may mean that she's been this throughout the entire series.

* PluckyGirl: The detective never gives up, and in her own words she does not simply accept fate.

* TrespassingHero: The detective will, more often than not, investigate a place without the owner's permission to be there. While some characters will threaten the detective, and a few have outright harmed her, nobody really does anything to seriously block the investigation or remove the detective from the premises.
* VagueAge: Along with knowing practically nothing else about her, we don't know how old the detective is, but we can make an educated estimate. There is no clear indication of how far apart the games take place, only the order of events. Thus far, the only attempt at dating the games is confirmation that ''Rise of the Snow Queen'' takes place ten years before ''Ballad of Rapunzel'', and ''Dire Tree'' is stated to take place a few years later. It can be approximated, therefore, that the series has been happening for roughly fifteen to twenty years in-universe. Licensed private investigators must be at least 21 years old in most jurisdictions, so by the time of ''Dire Tree'' the detective has to be close to 40, if not older.

** Averted slightly in ''Little Mermaid,'' where the detective's voice is heard for the first time. She gasps on a few occasions when she's knocked to the ground by other characters.

* InTheBlood[=/=][[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Mother Like Daughter]]: Again, she is possibly Chi's mother - an evil witch after immortality with a fondness for spiders.

* CompositeCharacter: Snow is not only [[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]] and Literature/TheSnowQueen, but also the Snow White from ''Literature/SnowWhiteAndRoseRed'' and one of the title characters of ''The Snow-Daughter and the Fire-Son.''

* BigBad: Of the bonus chapter of ''Snow Queen,'' and possibly the BiggerBad of ''everything.''

** RagsToRoyalty: ''Tinderbox'' takes place on their WeddingDay.

* ShoutOut: Jack is dressed suspiciously similar to Franchise/IndianaJones, and also bears some resemblance to [[Disney/{{Tangled}} Flynn Rider]].