History Characters / HeartOfTheWoods

[[folder:Evelyn Fischer]]

* AbusiveParents: She's emotionally abusive to her daughter Morgan, treating her coldly [[spoiler: as part of a long campaign to break her spirit and make her Evelyn's vessel]]. She controls every aspect of Morgan's life, from how she dresses to how she wears her hair.
* AnimalsHateHer: During Evelyn's first appearance Maddie notices that the horses pulling their carriage seem nervous around her. It's a hint at her true nature, [[spoiler: both as a terrible person and of her supernatural origins.]]

* BluntYes: She gives one when [[spoiler:Tara accuses her of not caring for Morgan. Evelyn says she's right, and she only considers Morgan a vessel, one she no longer needs now that she has Tara]].
* BodySurf: [[spoiler:She has prolonged her life by transferring her soul to new hosts for centuries]].

* EvilIsDeathlyCold: She has a cold aura around her, and seems to make the temperature in the room plummet with her presence, both figuratively and literally. [[spoiler: In the good ending, Madison notices that Eysenfeld seems to have become a bit warmer the day after Evelyn's death.]]

* {{Glamour}}: She uses this ability to sway the townspeople to be unquestioningly loyal to her. [[spoiler:In the good ending, the ability fades after her death, and the townspeople gradually come to their senses]].
* GrandTheftMe:[[spoiler: Is planning on stealing Morgan's body on the winter solstice, and possibly choosing another person if Morgan is unavailable]]

* HeyYou: She seems somewhat averse to referring to people by name. It's partly because she's cold and impersonal, and [[spoiler:possibly because she's a fairy who thinks names are for humans.]]
* IceQueen: A rather cold person who can sometimes be polite, but is never friendly.

* IJustWantToBeFree: [[AllThereInTheManual According to the art book]], [[spoiler: she's jealous of the freedom humans have, which is why she tries to steal Tara's body in the climax.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler:She's motivated by two things- extending her life and one day leaving Eysenfeld behind.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: While Madison finds Evelyn rather intimidating, she realizes that Evelyn isn't wrong to be angry with her daughter for telling Evelyn about their guests at the last minute, especially when said guests are staying in a cabin the Fischer family owns. [[spoiler:That said, it's subverted once the cast becomes aware of how evil Evelyn is.]]

** After [[spoiler:tricking Madison into running off into the woods and causing her to freeze to death]], Evelyn complains that the person in question "selfishly" brought an end to ten years of no one dying in the woods.
** After [[spoiler:forcing Morgan to destroy the ancestral tree]], Evelyn engages in some EvilGloating about [[spoiler:how Morgan's real mother was just like her before the Moonsick One took her body, and Morgan will share her fate in the near future]] before leaving a devastated Morgan to find her own way back home.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Regardless of which ending the player reaches, Evelyn meets her end, whether at the hand of her abused daughter, the queen she usurped, or the young woman she killed.]]
* MasterOfIllusion: [[spoiler:She uses illusion magic to trick Madison into following a fake Tara out into a blizzard, and in the climax, uses magic to make Madison think her friends are dead]].
* MayorPain: Evelyn is The Evil Mayor. [[spoiler:She uses a Glamour to make all the citizens loyal to her, and has been stealing people's bodies for centuries. She even intends to one day leave Eysenfeld to see the rest of the world.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Killing Madison and destroying the ancestral tree in the forest turn out to be this in conjunction with each other. The former puts Madison in contact with the fairies, who see her as a potential temporary replacement for their queen, and the latter gives Madison the reason to accept the fairies' offer. Madison becoming queen, and being able to return Geldura's powers to her, is essential to Evelyn's downfall in the good ending.]]
* ObviouslyEvil: She has an unfriendly and threatening demeanor, and Madison has a bad feeling every time she interacts with Evelyn.
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:After abducting Tara, she says she'll let Morgan go if she doesn't interfere (likely more due to PragmaticVillainy than mercy), but threatens to kill her if she tries to save Tara. She tries to make good on that threat when Morgan interferes, but fails; the only ending in which Morgan dies has her pull a TakingYouWithMe on Evelyn]].

* PragmaticVillainy: She refrains from harming the protagonists directly when it's possible to get them to leave through other means, not for moral reasons but just to avoid drawing suspicion to herself. [[spoiler:Even her tricking Madison into a blizzard is a way of disposing of a potential threat without getting her hands dirty. She only resorts to trying to kill Morgan and her friends once they interfere during the climax]].

* WalkingSpoiler: It's difficult to talk about her without spoiling much of the plot.
* WhiteHairBlackheart: In the climax, [[spoiler:as she's preparing to take Tara's body]], her hair turns from orange like Morgan's to white.

* CreepyGood: [[spoiler: The mere sight of the forest spirit is enough to put Maddie and Tara into a HeroicBSOD, and Abigail was led to believe that it was a demon that demanded human sacrifices, but it's actually a completely benevolent creature that Abigail considers her dear friend. In fact, the forest spirit is actually the reason why Abigail (and later Maddie) were able to stay "in between" life and death.]]

[[folder:Helena]]

* UngratefulBitch: [[spoiler:When Abigail agrees to be sacrificed in her place, Helena doesn't thank or even try to stop her]].

* BigBad: She is the one who placed the curse on Morgan that she and the other heroines are trying to dispel, and the one behind all the supernatural happenings.

* BigBad: The main antagonist of the story.

* IJustWantToBeFree: According to the art book,[[spoiler: she's jealous of the freedom humans have, which is why she tries to steal Tara's body in the climax.]]

* PragmaticVillainy: She refrains from harming the protagonists directly when it's possible to get them to leave through other means. [[spoiler:Even her tricking Madison into a blizzard is a way of disposing of a potential threat without getting her hands dirty. She only resorts to trying to kill Morgan and her friends once they interfere during the climax]].

* OnlyFriend: She had friends besides Maddie in the past, but no one besides Maddie stuck around after Tara [[{{Transgender}} transitioned]].

* {{Transgender}}: Tara came out and transitioned in high school.

!!! Voiced by: Creator/LisaReimold, Tina Kim, Anairis Quinones

* OnlyOneName: Like her sister, her surname isn't revealed, but she's presumably a Dalsing.

* OneLastJob: She plans on quitting ''Taranormal'' after the end of the Eysenfeld trip [[spoiler:and dies in the snowstorm at the end of Chapter 2. In one of the bad endings, she never returns home.]]

** In "The lady of the lake," a story included in the art book, [[spoiler:Morgan takes Madison's place as Fairy Queen in the bad ending in which Geladura dies]].

** In both the bad endings, she tries to put on a cheerful face despite [[spoiler:losing her best friend in one of them and her girlfriend in the other]], but the strain is evident to those closest to her.

* AnimalLover: Due to her connection to the forest, Abigail has a strong attachment to all of the creatures that inhabit it, [[spoiler: and as such she's distraught when any harm comes to them, such as when she discovers the fate of the young fawn Alma. She's also immediately smitten with Geladura when they meet, and instantly gets along with Tara and Madison's cat BT in the ending in which Morgan dies.]]

* BridalCarry: [[spoiler:Does this with Tara after their wedding in the ending in which only they survive]].

* ButchLesbian: [[spoiler:In the good ending, she's cut her hair short, and wears a flannel shirt and jeans on "I Told You So." In the bad ending in which she lives, she wears a suit to her wedding.]]

* TarotMotifs: The Hanged Man. This can be a reference to how Morgan hopes to eventually cut ties with her past and leave Eysenfeld behind, or [[spoiler:her sacrificing herself to defeat Evelyn in one of the bad endings]].
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: In one of the bad endings, [[spoiler:the one in which she doesn't die]], she realizes almost immediately that [[spoiler:without Geladura around, Madison is stuck being the Fairy Queen forever]].

* BlatantLies: In the bad ending in which [[spoiler:Morgan sacrifices herself to defeat Evelyn]], Tara insists she's fine when she's clearly not.

* DontYouDarePityMe: In the bad ending in which [[spoiler:Morgan dies]], Tara dislikes how Madison and Abigail are walking on eggshells for her sake, but doesn't say it outright, which makes things more awkward between them.

** After [[spoiler:Madison dies in the snowstorm]], Tara initially is in denial, with a mix of anger toward [[spoiler:Evelyn]], whom she blames for it, and briefly goes into Bargaining when she begs for [[spoiler:Madison's safe return]] on the video she records. She then settles into Depression for much of Chapter 4, [[spoiler:and in the bad ending in which Madison and Abigail disappear, finally reaches Acceptance.]]
** In the bad ending in which [[spoiler:Morgan sacrifices herself]], Tara is in anguished Denial after [[spoiler:Morgan plunges into the lake with Evelyn.]] By the time they leave Eysenfeld, she's in Depression,
* GreenEyedMonster: In one of the bad endings, she gets jealous that Madison [[spoiler:has Abigail while she lost Morgan]]. She feels awful about feeling this way, but can't help herself.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In one of the endings, she sacrifices herself to defeat Evelyn]].

* BalefulPolymorph: Accoding to Morgan, Geladura used to be a fairy before [[spoiler:Evelyn]] turned her into a cat. She's slowly forgetting that she's anything other than a cat.

* EntertaininglyWrong: After the cabin's heaters fail in every room besides Madison's, and the footage gets corrupted, Morgan concludes that Madison is being controlled by Evelyn in order to get Tara to leave Eysenfeld, citing how Madison makes trips into the forest without telling anyone where she's going. The latter is true, but Morgan doesn't know that Madison is going to see Abigail and keeping it secret from Evelyn.

* ItsAllMyFault: Blames herself for all the suffering Madison and Tara endure after coming to Eysenfeld, especially [[spoiler:Madison's death in the snowstorm]], because she was the one who invited them.

* HiddenDepths: Despite being the most prim and proper of the main characters, she's rather eager when it comes to [[spoiler:having sex with Madison, even dropping the f-bomb when she orgasms.]]

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After the encounter with the Forest Spirit, Tara is shaken enough that rather than tell Madison, "I told you so," she barely says anything before going off to bed.

* StepfordSmiler: In both the bad endings, she tries to put on a cheerful face despite [[spoiler:losing her best friend in one of them and her girlfriend in the other]], but the strain is evident to those closest to her.

!! Madison "Maddie" Raines

!! Abigail Dalsing

!! Morgan Fischer

!! Tara Bryck

!! Geladura

!! Evelyn Fischer

!! The Forest Spirit

!! The Fairies

!! The Fairy Queen

!! Helena

* UngratefulBitch: [[spoiler:When Abigail agrees to be sacrificed in her place, Helena doesn't thank or even try to stop her]].

* JacobMarleyApparel: According to the art book, Abigail wears a simple period-appropriate gown, since she didn't have time to get dressed up before her death.

* NiceGirl: Quite possibly the kindest and gentlest of the main characters.
* OneNameOnly: Her surname isn't initially revealed, although she mentions late in the game that she was part of the Dalsing family, [[spoiler:an ancestor of the Fischer family]].

* BluntYes:

* PrecisionFStrike: Morgan usually doesn't swear, but the drops one at the climax after [[spoiler:Evelyn abducts Tara]].

* KickTheDog: After [[spoiler:tricking Madison into running off into the woods and causing her to freeze to death]], Evelyn complains that the person in question "selfishly" brought an end to ten years of no one dying in the woods.

* MeaningfulEcho: In Morgan's first POV scene, Madison says to Tara that the cabin's heaters suddenly shutting down is "a pretty weird coincidence. After they learn that only the heater in Madison's room works, Tara replies, "That's a pretty weird coincidence," imitating Madison's voice as she says that.

* CreepyGood: [[spoiler: The mere sight of the forest spirit is enough to put Maddie and Tara into a HeroicBSOD, but it's actually a completely benevolent creature that Abigail considers her dear friend. In fact, the forest spirit is actually the reason why Abigail (and later Maddie) were able to stay "in between" life and death.]]

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Downplayed, but while Madison is uneasy around Evelyn, she seems to trust her more than Morgan. This only changes after [[spoiler:Madison learns that Evelyn was the one who caused her death by using an illusion to lure her out into a blizzard]].

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Animals are strangely drawn to Abigail, even approaching to listen while she's singing. She's even able to befriend the skittish deer that liver in the forest.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: All of the townspeople respect her as mayor.

** While she wants to quit ''Taranormal'', in the past, she was the one who came up with many of the ideas, from the name to having Tara wear moon shirts. Morgan's rather surprised to hear this from Tara.

* EmptyShell: She describes herself like this. [[spoiler: This is actually for two seperate reasons. The first, obvious one is because of how Evelyn has been grooming her to become her new vessel since she was a child. The second reason, that she only reveals to Tara later in the game, is because of the way she allowed herself to be used for loveless sex by closeted girls in the village after talk of her orientation became commonplace.]]

** What she says about Morgan's story about her cat, as well as her claims of supernatural pheomena in Eysenfeld.

* AscendedFanboy: In "I Told You So," [[spoiler:she takes over as Tara's assistant after Madison quits to go back to school]].

* AbusiveParents: She's emotionally abusive to her daughter Morgan, treating her coldly [[spoiler: as part of a long campaign to break her spirit and make her Evelyn's vessel]].