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!!Duke Josef Carmelita Strinbeck, Impoverished and Odious Aristocrat
A member of the Fifty Families, and one of Zola's public backers on the Pink Airship. Suffers a fatal case of Lost to his Own Stupidity when Agatha begins repairing the Castle.
!!Duke Josef Carmelita Strinbeck, Impoverished and Odious Aristocrat
A member of the Fifty Families, and one of Zola's public backers on the Pink Airship. Suffers a fatal case of Lost to his Own Stupidity when Agatha begins repairing the Castle.
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!!Duke Josef Carmelita Strinbeck, Impoverished
!!Baron Krassimir Oublenmach, Nobleman, Conspirator, and
A member of the Fifty Families, and one of Zola's public backers on the Pink Airship.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: One of the conspiracy to promote Zola as a fake Heterodyne.
*HostageSituation: Threatens Vidonia and Vanamonde's family if Vanamonde doesn't do what he wants.
* TheManBehindTheMan: One of the front backers for Zola.
* WouldHitAGirl: Threatens to slit Vidonia's throat if Van doesn't cooperate.
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[[folder:Duke Strinbeck]]
!!Duke Josef Carmelita Strinbeck, Impoverished and Odious Aristocrat
A member of the Fifty Families, and one of Zola's public backers on the Pink Airship. Suffers a fatal case of Lost to his Own Stupidity when Agatha begins repairing the Castle.
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*HostageSituation: Threatens Vidonia and Vanamonde's family if Vanamonde doesn't do what he wants.
* TheManBehindTheMan: One of the front backers for Zola.
* WouldHitAGirl: Threatens to slit Vidonia's throat if Van doesn't cooperate.
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[[folder:Duke Strinbeck]]
!!Duke Josef Carmelita Strinbeck, Impoverished and Odious Aristocrat
A member of the Fifty Families, and one of Zola's public backers on the Pink Airship. Suffers a fatal case of Lost to his Own Stupidity when Agatha begins repairing the Castle.
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* TheBeastMaster: His Sparky specialty seems to lie in modified animals.
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* TheBeastMaster: His Sparky specialty seems to lie in modified animals. And he genuinely cares about them, and they are loyal to him in turn.
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* BenevolentBoss: In general. His knights and sparkhounds are fiercely loyal to him and he returns their dedication. When [[spoiler:Andronicus turns several of his men into zombies,]] Martellus puts them down as respectfully as he can and is furious with the man responsible. He also acknowledges the value in the Knights of Jove's smoke knights and tries to avoid wasting their lives if he can help it. That said, he's not above executing a minion who defies his direct orders and patronizes him in the process.
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* BenevolentBoss: In general. His knights and sparkhounds are fiercely loyal to him and he returns their dedication. When [[spoiler:Andronicus turns several of his men into zombies,]] Martellus puts them down as respectfully as he can and is furious with the man responsible. He also acknowledges the value in the Knights of Jove's smoke knights and tries to avoid wasting their lives if he can help it. That said, he's not above executing a minion who defies his direct orders and patronizes him in the process. Krosp also notes that he genuinely cares for his creations, which is a rarity among Sparks.
** Krosp observes that he genuinely cares for his creations, which is rare among Sparks.
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* NobleDemon: Evil as he may be, he [[AFatherToHisMen genuinely cares for his men]] and is horrified when they're [[spoiler:zombified by the undead Valois.]] He puts them down with epithets before returning to fight the Storm King, this time ''utterly pissed off.''
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* NobleDemon: NobleDemon:
** Evil as he may be, he [[AFatherToHisMen genuinely cares for his men]] and is horrified when they're [[spoiler:zombified by the undead Valois.]] He puts them down with epithets before returning to fight the Storm King, this time ''utterly pissed off.''''
** [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20240429 Later at Mechanicsburg when talking to Krosp]], he asks how Vapnoople's bears were doing, hoping that they were happy and doing well. After confirming as such, Krosp realizes that Martellus ''genuinely cares'' about his creations, a rarity in sparks, and that while the nobility (except maybe his sister) would not even weep for him if he died, his creations would greatly mourn him. Krosp takes the opportunity to give him advice about being a true king, that being protecting those loyal to him.
** Evil as he may be, he [[AFatherToHisMen genuinely cares for his men]] and is horrified when they're [[spoiler:zombified by the undead Valois.]] He puts them down with epithets before returning to fight the Storm King, this time ''utterly pissed off.
** [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20240429 Later at Mechanicsburg when talking to Krosp]], he asks how Vapnoople's bears were doing, hoping that they were happy and doing well. After confirming as such, Krosp realizes that Martellus ''genuinely cares'' about his creations, a rarity in sparks, and that while the nobility (except maybe his sister) would not even weep for him if he died, his creations would greatly mourn him. Krosp takes the opportunity to give him advice about being a true king, that being protecting those loyal to him.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: While she mainly did it for her own agenda (but also for revenge), her father did deserve to be fried.
* KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil: That she killed her father -- even ''if'' [[KickTheSonOfABitch he deserved it]] -- is used to highlight just how ruthless and amoral she is.
* KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil: That she killed her father -- even ''if'' [[KickTheSonOfABitch he deserved it]] -- is used to highlight just how ruthless and amoral she is.
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-->'''Martellus:''' EEK! Monsieur Machines! ''It's the Gendarmy!'' ...Wait... calm down... This isn't my fault. I've done ''nothing wrong.'\\
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-->'''Martellus:''' EEK! Monsieur Machines! ''It's the Gendarmy!'' ...Wait... calm down... This isn't my fault. I've done ''nothing wrong.'\\''\\
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* AllThereInTheManual: Otilia, Moxana, Tinka, Predne and Orotine have all been named in the comic proper. Mawu, Liza and Artimo are identified in the third novelization, leaving Contasia as the odd one out, named elsewhere.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Otilia, Moxana, Tinka, Predne Prende and Orotine have all been named in the comic proper. Mawu, Liza and Artimo are identified in the third novelization, leaving Contasia as the odd one out, named elsewhere.
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* CassandraTruth: For once, is telling the complete truth to Lucrezia [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100705 on this page]]. Lucrezia learns this [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100712 to her own chagrin]].
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* CassandraTruth: For once, is telling the complete truth to Lucrezia [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100705 on this page]].20100705]], that [[spoiler:she can't be DemonicPossession-ed]]. Lucrezia learns this [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100712 to her own chagrin]].
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* OldShame: They're terribly embarrassed about their origins. Not because of the part about their ancestors murdering their way to the top, just the parts where it sounded like their ancestors performed actual ''labor''.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:Trying to control Agatha by altering her body-chemistry makes him just as dependent on physical contact with her as she (originally) requires from him. He's damned lucky that Agatha, while she hates him and ''immediately'' created an alternative for touching him, prefers not to let him die.]]
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: DidntThinkThisThrough:
** [[spoiler:Trying to control Agatha by altering her body-chemistry makes him just as dependent on physical contact with her as she (originally) requires from him. He's damned lucky that Agatha, while she hates him and ''immediately'' created an alternative for touching him, prefers not to let him die.]]]]
** When going to investigate 'The Beast', he assumes he'll be fine since the creature eats metal, not people -- forgetting about his (now metal) left hand.
** [[spoiler:Trying to control Agatha by altering her body-chemistry makes him just as dependent on physical contact with her as she (originally) requires from him. He's damned lucky that Agatha, while she hates him and ''immediately'' created an alternative for touching him, prefers not to let him die.
** When going to investigate 'The Beast', he assumes he'll be fine since the creature eats metal, not people -- forgetting about his (now metal) left hand.
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-->'''Martellus:''' Wait, it's all right... you've done nothing wrong...\\
'''The Master:''' ''Martellus von Blitzengard!'' I should have known!\\
'''The Master:''' ''Martellus von Blitzengard!'' I should have known!\\
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-->'''Martellus:''' Wait, it's all right... you've EEK! Monsieur Machines! ''It's the Gendarmy!'' ...Wait... calm down... This isn't my fault. I've done nothing wrong...\\
'''The Master:''' ''Martellus von Blitzengard!''''nothing wrong.'\\
'''Master Voltaire:''' '''''Martellus Von Blitzengaard!''''' Why am Ishould have known!\\not surprised?!\\
'''The Master:''' ''Martellus von Blitzengard!''
'''Master Voltaire:''' '''''Martellus Von Blitzengaard!''''' Why am I
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* AllThereInTheManual: Otilia, Moxana, Rinka, Predne and Orotine have all been named in the comic proper. Mawu, Liza and Artimo are identified in the third novelization, leaving Contasia as the odd one out, named elsewhere.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Otilia, Moxana, Rinka, Tinka, Predne and Orotine have all been named in the comic proper. Mawu, Liza and Artimo are identified in the third novelization, leaving Contasia as the odd one out, named elsewhere.
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* SuccessionCrisis: Because of his ReallyGetsAround tendencies, his disappearance left him with no legitimate heirs and far too many illegitimate ones. The resultant collapse of his kingdom came from the Fifty Families being unable to agree on who his rightful heir was - and they're still arguing about it two hundred years later.
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* BadBoss: In fairness, the guy he threw out the window ''was'' being a condescending idiot, to a ''Spark'' no less, when being TooDumbToLive is a recognized form of death in the setting, had fired on the Corbettites, and Martellus [[MustHaveCaffeine hadn't had his coffee yet]]. Plus, the guy got a bunch of Martellus's men killed pointlessly ([[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes who he does care about]]), so execution isn't completely unjustified.
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* BenevolentBoss: In general. His knights and sparkhounds are fiercely loyal to him and he returns their dedication. When [[spoiler:Andronicus turns several of his men into zombies,]] Martellus puts them down as respectfully as he can and is furious with the man responsible. He also acknowledges the value in the Knights of Jove's smoke knights and tries to avoid wasting their lives if he can help it. That said, he's not above executing a minion who defies his direct orders and patronizes him in the process.
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** The Corbettite abbot notes that supposedly, someone from Martellus' family stole something valuable from him, fled to their fortress, and released a monster imprisoned within while Martellus brought an army to their doorstep to recover his stolen property. Leading the abbot to accuse him of having planned the entire affair to give himself an excuse to "heroically aid the monks" via bringing his army into the stronghold of a famously independent sect. Martellus is taken aback by the accusation and swears he did not have such a scheme, [[SubvertedTrope before being impressed the abbot thought of something so devious]] and offering him a job as one of his advisors.
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** Martellus actually appreciates Krosp giving him several TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. Though insulting, Krosp is giving him useful criticism he can learn from.
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** He tries to end his family's efforts to stop him asserting his authority as quickly as possible because, while he has no love for said family members and is perfectly willing to keep killing them, he's also killing valuable smoke knights that will take a lot of time and effort to replace.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: His primary interest with Agatha is to marry her, thus fulfilling the old "Storm King x Heterodyne" prophecy and cementing his claim to the Lightning Crown. However, his skills with women appear to be less than ideal to say the very least.
