History Characters / EmmaAVictorianRomance

[[folder: Theo]]

[[folder: Hans]]

[[folder: Monica Mildrake]]

[[folder: Lionel Lloyd]]

[[folder: Characters from the 11th side story]]

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Brown hair and eyes. She's one of the only brown-eyed characters in the series.

* InsecureLoveInterest: She often worries that her poor (literally) upbringing makes her no good enough for William and that their relationship will only cause trouble for him because of their class difference.

* OnlyOneName: She's Emma, just Emma. This is justified in-story due to her [[spoiler:being an illegitimate child – "no father to speak of" – and her mother died young. Her aunt treated her like a burden to the point she either never knew their surname or forgot it]]. When [[spoiler:she ''must'' write a surname in the Church register for her marriage with William to be valid, he suggests she use "Stownar" – Kelly's last name – reasoning (probably correctly) that she would have approved. Emma does so.]]

--->"I understand. So that's the way you think, is it, Viscount? I came here to discuss the engagement ''civilly'', sir, and have no intention of submitting to such ill treatment without complaint! I don't care if you're a viscount, earl, or duke; from this point on, ''I will have nothing more to do with you!'' Even 'social climbers' have ''pride''! ''''''DO AS YOU WILL, SIR!!'''''"

-->"I know, I know. But I'll use everything I have at my disposal. What are my social standing and fortune ''for'' if I can't employ them at a time like this?"
** After his confrontation with the Viscount, William angrily demands to be taken to the train station. When told the trains aren't running this late at night, he declares that he will make them run. The next chapter opens on Emma answering the door in the middle of the night to reveal William, who apparently followed through on making the trains run.

** To go into specifics: [[spoiler:While he obviously recognized Emma's handwriting in her 'farewell' note, he knew something was off due to its sloppy penmanship (she was in the back of a wagon while writing it). Also, he saw the letter was posted from Burnley, a town in Lancashire twenty miles by road from Haworth. Because she had written in her note that she was leaving for America, William quickly deduced she was headed for Liverpool. He took a train there and pulled rank to go through the passenger manifests of every ship he could. When that turned up nothing (because Emma had been shipped as freight), he used his business connections to send a Missing Person telegram to every port on the East Coast his firm had connection to. He lucked out that Emma happened to still be in one of those towns working at the wharf.]]

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Due to their humble background, the Jones family is frowned upon by certain individuals of the society, especially during Richard's youth.

** Averted in the anime, where [[spoiler:Richard personally stops Emma as she's leaving the Jones mansion to give her a very literal slap of reality and then proceeds to verbally tear her to shreds. Though she had already decided to leave London, that encounter further pushed her to do it.]]

!! Aurelia Jones (neé Hartwick)

The Jones kids' MissingMom.

* CuteClumsyGirl: Young!Richard thought Young!Aurelia was just shy when she said she [[ICantDance couldn't dance]]. He had to learn it she was telling the truth the hard way.
* DelicateAndSickly: She was ordered to leave London because, according to a doctor, her lungs were weak. That was a lie and everyone knew it, though she ''was'' ill. The true reason for her departure is that she couldn't stand all the social pressure and anxiety of the upper class life of London, which took a toll on her mental health to the point that she had to move to the countryside (and it's likely that she also suffered from postpartum depression, especially after giving birth to several children in a short period of time).

* PrecociousCrush: It's implied that she has a crush on Hakim.

** In the manga, he [[spoiler:has Emma abducted from the Mölder estate and shipped off to America – it's not clear how he discovered ''which'' maid William had dumped Eleanor for or how he knew where Emma was working, but he did it. Once William returned to England with Emma, learned the truth, and told the Viscount off, the Viscount immediately used his influence to excise the Jones family from respectable society forever. He also banished Eleanor to a sanitarium.]]

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: He's able to leverage his title and terrifying personality to force people to do his bidding.

[[folder:Lady Campbell]]

Viscount Campbell's wife.

!! Sophia Bradford (neé Campbell)

!! Monica Mildrake (neé Campbell)

* VagueAge: Kaoru Mori's timeline for Kelly doesn't quite jive with history, unusual for a series otherwise exacting in its detail. Her tombstone lists her birth year as 1838 but the Great Exhibition, which she attended with Doug, was in 1851. Obviously she wasn't 13; she was 18, meaning she was born in 1833. The manga is never clear exactly in which year the first chapter occurs – is it 1895 or 1898? Either way, Kelly is well into her sixties when she falls ill.

* AmbiguouslyGay: if you're little bit open minded about the possibility, the signs are there: she doesn't like men, lives away from her spouse (and does everything she possibly can to keep it like that), wasn't attracted to any of the suitors presented to her, and visibly perks up only in the presence of beautiful women (especially those that were nice to her sister).

* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: Well, until the side-stories at least.

* CoitusEnsues: What happens between Wilhelm and Dorothea Mölders in a side-story.

* CoitusEnsues: What happens between Wilhelm and Dorothea in a side-story.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Often portrayed as this.

* YourCheatingHeart: One chapter had him bringing another woman with him while watching an opera moved on to another after said woman cheated on him. This is all behind his wife's back. Monica's aware and muses whom he's seeing after she visited Eleanor to cheer her up after William ended his engagement with him, making it clear it's frequent. The aforementioned wife, whom Monica was with when she brings up his adultery, knows but can't doing anything about it as she claims "that's just how men are".

* YouCheatingHeart: One chapter had him bringing another woman with him while watching an opera moved on to another after said woman cheated on him. This is all behind his wife's back. Monica's aware and muses whom he's seeing after she visited Eleanor to cheer her up after William ended his engagement with him, making it clear it's frequent. The aforementioned wife, whom Monica was with when she brings up his adultery, knows but can't doing anything about it as she claims "that's just how men are".

* SerialSpouse: Went through '''five''' fiances before marrying the '''sixth''' one.

* ItsAllMyFault: Eleanor invokes this regarding William's breaking off their engagement. It's expanded upon in the side-stories when she meets Ernest and explains her story. Of course readers have information Eleanor doesn't and ''know'' she's completely blameless in the whole affair. Nonetheless, Eleanor still feels that her actions were selfish and caused William undue pain. She doesn't [[GuiltComplex dwell on it]] for too long, because the [[CharacterDevelopment realization]] actually helps her move on and find her [[spoiler:SecondLove]].

[[folder:Ernest]]

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Dorothea and Wilhelm are two of the nicest aristocrats you'd ever meet. They have a very active and loving sex life.
* HappilyMarried: To Dorothea. This is in stark contrast to just about every other extant married couple in the series.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Dorothea and Wilhelm are two of the nicest aristocrats you'd ever meet. They have a very active and loving sex life.
* HappilyMarried: To Wilhelm, natch.

Here are the characters of ''Manga/EmmaAVictorianRomance''!

!Main protagonists

The couple around which the series revolve: [[CharacterTitle Emma]], who is a humble [[{{Meido}} maid]]; and William, who is the eldest son of a merchant family. Early in the series, they fall in love with each other. However, several obstacles, including a significant class gap, come between them in their quest for happiness.

!The Jones household

[[folder: Aurelia Jones neé Hartwick]]

[[folder:Vivian "Vivi" Jones]]

!The Mölders family

!Staff of the Mölders household

[[folder:Other Servants]]

!! Tomas

!!Mrs. Wieck

--> Voiced by: Creator/AkikoTakeguchi (JP)

The head housekeeper of the Mölders household.

!!Mr. Brupp

-->Voiced by: Creator/JunyaMiura (JP)

The butler of the Mölders household.

!The Campbells
A family of noble lineage currently living in London. The head of household hold the title of Viscount.[[note]] This is the second-lowest of the five levels of the British hereditary peerage system which goes, in order from highest to lowest: Duke/Duchess, Marquess/Marchioness, Earl/Countess, Viscount/Viscountess, Baron/Baroness.[[/note]]

[[folder:The Viscount Campbell]]

[[folder: Lady Campbell]]

[[folder:Sophia Bradford neé Campbell]]

[[folder: Monica Mildrake neé Campbell]]

!Other Londoners

!Other non-Londoners

!Manga side story characters

!! Louise Miller

A soprano in Covent Garden Theatre. She plays Rosina in ''Barber of Seville''.

!! Nameless prostitute

!! Singing teacher

A teacher who hones the opera singers' performance.

[[folder: Characters from the 15th side story]]

!! Henry Preston

Arthur's class mate and a fellow prefect.

* BlueOniRedOni: Red oni to Arthur's blue oni.

!! Thomas Ramsey

An unruly boy who recently started his studies in the school.

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* BrainyBrunette: To an extent. Her hair is a deep auburn [-(other characters, mostly the Germans, have explicitly darker hair)-] and she's very good at her job. In addition, Kelly decided Emma "look[ed] clever enough" to give the same type of all-round education she gave William Jones – a much greater amount than the average maid; for example, Emma can read French to a small degree.

* OnlyOneName: She's Emma, just Emma.
** This is justified in-story due to her [[spoiler:being an illegitimate child – "no father to speak of" – and her mother died young. Her aunt treated her like a burden to the point she either never knew their surname or forgot it]]. When [[spoiler:she ''must'' write a surname in the Church register for her marriage with William to be valid, he suggests she use "Stownar" – Kelly's last name – reasoning (probably correctly) that she would have approved. Emma does so.]]

* {{Meganekko}}: Highlighted to the point the plot turns on her having or not having them more than once.
** It was extremely rare during the Victorian Era for anyone outside the privileged classes to wear spectacles. As a result, Emma is more than once mistaken as someone of much higher status than just a maid.

* DelicateAndSickly: She was ordered to leave London because, according to a doctor, her lungs were weak. That was a lie and everyone knew it, though she ''was'' ill. The true reason for her departure is that she couldn't stand all the social pressure and anxiety of the upper class life of London, which took a toll on her mental health to the point that she had to move to the countryside.

* IllGirl: She was ordered to leave London because, according to a doctor, her lungs were weak. That was a lie and everyone knew it, though she ''was'' ill. The true reason for her departure is that she couldn't stand all the social pressure and anxiety of the upper class life of London, and she had to retire from it.

* PromotionToParent: She has to fill in for her absent mother and busy father with Vivian and Colin. She might be a bit too good at it.

* EverythingsBetterwithMonkeys: Owns a pet monkey named Nini.

The Jones kids' MissingMom. She's not dead. [[spoiler:She moved away from London because she couldn't take all the social pressure in High Society. See lives in a small house-cum-conservatory in Yorkshire under the alias "Mrs Trollope".]]

* TheWoobie: Readers are treated to her gradual but utter mental and physical collapse as the stress of being active in Society takes its toll on her. While her actual ailment was most likely a combination of anxiety and perhaps undiagnosed postpartum depression, Richard's doctor insisted she had a lung condition so they would have an excuse to ship her off to the countryside without questions from nosy noblewomen (who were already gossiping). Her children (except Colin, who was just a baby) were ''not'' happy about it.

* TheWoobie: Is nearly always ignored and forgotten by everyone. William at least ''attempts'' to pay attention to Colin but, every time he tries, something comes up forcing him to leave.
** When Grace, Arthur, and Vivian are spying on Emma's first visit to the mansion, they literally forgot they left Colin on the other side of the door, face-to-face with the unfamiliar woman by himself (until Vivi barges in to yell at Emma).

* TheWoobie

A clumsy maid in the household, who quickly becomes one of Emma's closest friends. [[spoiler:She is also Emma's roommate when Emma is working in the household.]]

* TheWoobie: The most obvious example in the series. Poor Eleanor [[spoiler:falls in love with a man who is already in love with someone else, but by being a NiceGuy he inadvertently strings her along. After the other woman is out of the picture, he proposes to her, which she joyfully accepts. Then, ''during their engagement party'', her fiancé's first love suddenly and unexpectedly returns, and he decides to break off the engagement. Both her own parents ''and'' her fiancé's father insist to her he didn't really mean what he said… but ''then'' he shows up at her home to dump her again directly. She doesn't take it well. For all this trouble, her evil toad of a father declares her a worthless failure and banishes her to a seaside sanitarium.]]

Another friend of William's. [[spoiler:And eventually Grace's husband.]]

An eccentric middle-aged lady who lives in an exotic house that looks like a greenhouse. She is also Dorothea's friend. See: [[spoiler:Aurelia Jones]].

Here are the characters of ''Manga/VictorianRomanceEmma''!