History Characters / LauraBow

* TheStoic: She remains rather calm and unperturbed as the story's mystery unfolds. [[spoiler:This was taken to an almost ridiculous level when Myklos remained disturbingly calm and fascinated when she discovered the Countess dying in her office from a cobra bite. It is likely that her personal fascination with death helped her remain calm despite the increasing number of violent murders around her.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:[[AvertedTrope Averted]]. While being chased the culprit, Laura and Steve encounter Myklos' lost cobras in an underground tunnel. The cobras [[HaveANiceDeath would have killed them]] had Laura not been carrying some [[EncounterRepellant snake oil]].]]

* TrappedByGamblingDebts: According to Yvette, Ernie has a gambling habit and is now in debt to a loan shark known as the icepick.

* GoldDigger: Sterling, her late husband, believed this of her. She denies it [[spoiler: but it is clear money is her prime motivator considering her art burglary scheme.]]

** Though she can be seen dusting in the study and parlor, so it might be just them thinking she is. Also she's flirting with the butler, something one thinks a goldigger wouldn't do.

* BludgeonedToDeath: [[spoiler:She kills Wilbur and Ethel by striking them over their heads with unspecified blunt instruments.]]

* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Clarence is the most obvious suspect when the game begins. Not only is he the most hostile person Laura can question, he has clear motivation for killing the first four victims (and even argued with three of them shortly before their deaths). It isn't until Act V that his more relaxed demeanor, plus Lillian's increasingly AxCrazy behavior, starts to throw everything into question.]]

'''Lillian Prune'''

'''Ethel Prune'''

'''Colonel Henri Dijon'''

'''Clarence Sparrow'''

'''Gertrude Dijon'''

'''Gloria Swansong'''

'''Rudy Dijon'''

'''Dr. Wilbur C. Feels'''

'''Fifi'''

'''Jeeves'''

'''Celie'''

'''Dr. Archibald Carrington III'''

'''Yvette Delacroix'''

'''Dr. Pippin Carter'''

'''Wolf Heimlich'''

'''Dr. Olympia Myklos'''

'''Ernie Leach'''

'''Detective Ryan Hanrahan O'Riley'''

'''Steve Dorian'''

'''Dr. Ptahsheptut "Tut" Smith'''

'''Lawrence "Ziggy" Ziegfield'''

'''Rameses Najeer'''

'''Countess Lavinia Waldorf-Carlton'''

'''Watney Little'''

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Laura is a kind, optimistic, if somewhat unassuming and naïve young woman, but she's fully capable taking someone down through the power of her words and observation. This gives her [[Obquite the advantage over people who dismiss her as a dumb southern girl.

* GoldDigger: Sterling, her late husband believes this of her. She denies it [[spoiler: but it is clear money is her prime motivator considering her art burglary scheme.]]

* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:After murdering Dr. Carrington, Watney disguised himself as Carrington with no one being the wiser. It's not even clear if the Countess, his partner in crime on the art burglary, knew about it.]]

* TheQuietOne: Rarely speaks, and if Laura tries to speak with him in private, he just asks her to leave him alone. [[spoiler:Though he is having an affair with Fifi.]]

* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Clarence is the most obvious suspect when the game begins. Not only is he the most hostile person Laura can question, he has clear motivation for killing the first four victims (and even argued with three of them shortly before their deaths). It isn't until Act V that Lillian's increasingly AxCrazy behavior starts to throw everything into question.]]

* BlackGuyDiesFirst: Totally {{averted}}: she's the only character to survive the ordeal in ''both'' alternative endings.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:After killing [[BigBad Lillian]], he decides that only he should inherit the Dijon inheritance.]]
* FalseInnocenceTrick: [[spoiler:If Colonel Dijon does not survive the final confrontation, Rudy claims that he was the aggressor [[DeceasedFallGuyGambit and blames him for all the murders]].]]
* InheritanceMurder: [[spoiler:Not initially, but after stopping [[DiscOneFinalBoss Lillian]], [[FaceHeelTurn he decides to]] [[TrueFinalBoss finish the job]].]]
* KillingInSelfDefense: [[spoiler:[[TheKillerBecomesTheKilled He only kills Lillian because she tried to kill him.]] He also falsely claims this regarding his attempt on Henri's life.]]

Characters from the ''Laura Bow'' AdventureGame series. Beware of spoilers.

* TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: [[spoiler:Lillian's fate courtesy of Rudy after she tries to fatally shoot him.]]

* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Clarence is the most obvious suspect when the game begins. Not only is he the most hostile person Laura can question, he has clear motivation for killing the first four victims (and even argued with three of them shortly before their deaths). It isn't until Act V that Lillian's behavior starts to throw everything into question.]]

* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: It's never stated what sickness Gloria had (or has). Only that it has the capability to hurt her career.
* FluffyFashionFeathers: Gloria wears a pink feather boa. [[spoiler:And ends up dying by being strangled with it.]]
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler: Her stage name is Swansong, which means last performance. She dies in Act III.]]]

* FalseInnocenceTrick: [[spoiler:If Colonel Dijon does not survive the final confrontation, Rudy claims that he was the aggressor, and [[DeceasedFallGuyGambit blames him for all the murders]].]]
* InheritanceMurder: [[spoiler:Not initially, but after stopping Lillian, he decided to finish the job.]]
* KillingInSelfDefense: [[spoiler:He only kills Lillian because she tried to kill him. He also falsely claims this in regard to his attempt on the Colonel's life.]]
* PetTheDog: Literally, in Act VI Rudy can be seen on the back porch petting Beauregard.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:She's the SpreeKiller Laura's looking for.]]
* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler: She has a cute little bob and is described as attractive by Laura, but she also murders seven people over the course of one night.]]
* DestinationDefenestration: [[spoiler:This is how Lillian kills Gertrude.]]
* HiddenVillain: [[spoiler:Lillian is the game's BigBad after all.]]
* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler: After realizing that her Henri plans to share his wealth with ''all'' of his employees and relatives, Lillian starts murdering everyone she believes came between her and her surrogate father figure.]]

* TheOphelia: [[spoiler: As Laura soon discovers, Lillian had a mental breakdown after the suicide of her father. It's taken even ''further'' when she's unveiled as the game's BigBad.]]

* SecretDiary: [[spoiler:She has one which pretty much exposes her [[BigBad true]] [[SpreeKiller colors]].]]

-->''[[spoiler:I'm so terribly upset! I can't believe Uncle Henri would do this to me! I thought I was like a daughter to him and now I find out I'm no more important than any of those other creeps! They can't get away with it, you know... they just can't! Between you and me, Diary, you know they have to go because of what they all did to me. I KNOW they were all in it together to have me put away in the nuthouse. I was never crazy, they just wanted me out of the picture! [[IfICantHaveYou Now they have to...]]]]''

* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: She's the killer in first game, [[TheKillerBecomesTheKilled only to be killed herself after Rudy shot her in self-defense]].]]

* ColonelBadAss: He's a decorated hero of the Spanish-American war.

* KickTheDog: Tells an obviously upset Lillian that even though she thought of him as a father figure, he just sees her as an "insecure kid" and she is no more important to him than anyone else in the family.
* PetTheDog: In the best of the two alternate endings, he'll let you keep the buried treasure as a thank-you for saving his life.
** In a sequence that literally shows him patting his ''real'' dog.
* HandicappedBadAss: [[spoiler: Well, faking the handicap, at least]].
** [[spoiler: Well, he does have a cane, plus when you see him get out of his wheelchair, he is having difficulty so he has a handicap, but is exaggerating]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Telling Lillian that she isn't nearly as special to him as she'd assumed [[spoiler: is what gets her started on her murder spree.]]

* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler: She has a cute little bob and is described as attractive by Laura, but she also murders seven people over the course of one night]].
* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler: After realizing that her beloved Uncle Henri plans to share his wealth with ''all'' his family members, Lillian starts murdering everyone she believes came between her and her surrogate father-figure]].
* LonelyDollGirl: On at least two occasions Laura finds Lillian in a playhouse, playing with (and talking to) a collection of dolls.
* TheOphelia: [[spoiler: As Laura soon discovers, Lillian had a mental breakdown after the suicide of her father]].
* ParentalAbandonment: Her father committed suicide and she isn't on very good terms with her mother.
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: She's the killer in the first game, only to be killed herself after Rudy shot her in self-defence]].

* BrokenPedestal: Lillian considered him her second father, only for him to rather cruelly tell her otherwise.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Telling Lillian that she isn't nearly as special to him as she'd assumed [[spoiler: is what gets Lillian started on her murder spree.]]

* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:In his attempt to steal the Dagger of Amon Ra, O'Riley has cruelly murdered at least six people with the goal of [[LeaveNoWitnesses eliminating anyone who can trace the Dagger's theft to him]] and he wouldn't have stopped there.]]

!!'''Cast of ''The Colonel's Bequest''''':


'''Laura Bow'''

!!'''''The Dagger of Amon Ra'''''

* GrandeDame: Her behavior in polite society is very flamboyant, but [[spoiler: this façade breaks easily when she gets flustered.]]

* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Knowledge of his existence alone is considered a spoiler.]]

* LoveHurts: He is a divorced man and he [[NeverBeHurtAgain hates the idea of being heartbroken again]]. O'Riley once told his current lover, Yvette, that he would kill her if he found her to be [[YourCheatingHeart unfaithful]]. [[spoiler: [[GreenEyedMonster He]] eventually carried out his threat in a violent struggle.]]

* InheritanceMurder: [[Not initially, but after stopping Lillian, he decided to finish the job.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: [[spoiler:Despite being the Chief of Security at the Leyendecker Museum, six murders occured at the museum during his watch. This could also have something to do with O'Reilly keeping him off the scent.]]

* KillingInSelfDefense: [[spoiler:He only kills Lillian because she tried to kill him.]]
* PetTheDog: Literally, in ActVI Rudy can be seen on the back porch petting Beauregard.

* [EvilRedhead: [[spoiler:He has red hair and is the most evil person in this story.]]
* [EvilWearsBlack:[[spoiler: When he finally goes after Laura, O'Riley is dressed in a black hooded robe that completely conceals his features except for his hands.]]

* ColonelBadAss: He's a decorated hero of the Spanish-American war

* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: She's the killer in the first game, only to be killed herself after Rudy shots her in self-defence]].

* BadAssGrandpa: He is an old soldier, after all.

* DisabledSnarker: He's definitely very snarky, but as it turns out -- [[spoiler:not quite as disabled as he's led everyone to believe.]]

** [[spoiler: Well, he does have a cane, plus when you see him get out of his wheelchair, he is having difficulty so he has a handicap, but is exaggerating]]
* RetiredBadAss: see ColonelBadAss

** Though she can be seen dusting in the study and parlor, so it might be just them thinking she is.

%%* SouthernBelle

%%* {{Mammy}}

* GrandeDame: Has the attitude, outfit, and snobbery one would expect.

'''Dr. Wilbur B. Feels'''

%%* PunnyName

** Though she can be seen dusting in the study and parlor so it might be just them thinking she is.

%%* TheJeeves

* ShirtlessScene: In Act V he's in his room shirtless, getting ready for his date with [[spoiler:Fifi]].

* TrappedByGamblingDebts: According to Yvette, Ernie has a gambling habit and is now in debt to a loan shark called Icepick.

* FriendInTheBlackMarket: [[spoiler:For his part in an art burglary scheme with Lavinia and Watney, Ziggy acted as the middleman and provided forged paintings to switch with the real ones at the museum. He then sold the real paintings to private collectors and split the profits with Lavinia and Watney.]]

%%* GrandeDame
* SheKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:The Countess was partners with Watney Little, in fact she brought him over from England to run her art burglary scheme. Because of this, O'Reilly kills her so she doesn't blab about the dagger.]]

* GreenEyedMonster: She invokes this in both Lavinia and Laura. Justified in the former's case, Yvette was with her husband.

* PlotTriggeringDeath: [[spoiler:The discovery of Dr. Carter's dead body, stabbed in the chest with a fake Dagger, inside a sarcophagus truly begins the story's mystery.]]

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Heimlich and Myklos get married two months after the story ends. Two years later, they have a baby daughter whom they name Morgana Wolf Heimlich.]]

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Heimlich and Myklos get married two months after the story ends. Two years later, they have a baby daughter whom they name Morgana Wolf Heimlich.]]
* GeniusDitz: She knows a lot about paleontology. But her strange and detached nature causes her to be very oblivious when the Countess [[spoiler:spills the beans on who tried to kill her.]]
* NightmareFetishist: She has a morbid fascination with death and the dead. In fact, one reason why Myklos is a paleontologist is that she enjoys being surrounded by dead things. For example, She has looked over both Heimlich and Steve for their scars and considers the Amon Ra artifacts brought by Dr. Carter to be a tribute to the wonders of death. [[spoiler:When Myklos discovered the dying Lavinia in her museum office, her first comment was on the attractiveness of Lavinia's now-pale face.]]

* TheStoic: She remains rather calm and unperturbed as the story's mystery unfolds. [[spoiler:This was taken to an almost ridiculous level when Myklos remained disturbingly calm and fascinated when she discovered Lavinia dying in her office from a cobra bite. It is likely that her personal fascination with death has helped Myklos remain calm despite the increasing number of violent murders around her.]]

* TwitchyEye: Ziggy's trademark [[CharacterTics facial tic]] due to constant paranoia. (Note that this only applies to the CD-ROM version. His eyes don't twitch and are far less creepy in his floppy disk portrait.)

* TwitchyEye: Ziggy's trademark [[CharacterTics facial tic]] due to constant paranoia.