History Characters / MAR

* [[spoiler: {{DyingAsYourself Dying As Herself}}: She addresses Dorothy as the loving big sister she once was, before dying.]]

* {{Villain With Good Publicity}}: [[spoiler: As the Queen of Lestava, she was popular with the people and loved by her stepdaughter Snow. When the 1st war came, she gave the good guys powerful ARMs to fight the Chess Pieces. The war is over, and all is well, until her close retainers notice that she's suddenly getting more villanously greedy day by day, and appears to harbor ill intentions for her stepdaughter.]]

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: Remember the rule of Caldian wizards that family members of criminals must hand out the punishment themselves ? Another case happened twenty years before Dorothy's. Think it's bad for Dorothy ? Turns out it's no better when the family ''refuse'' to deliver the penalty.]]

* [[spoiler: {{Despair Event Horizon}}: He was just an innocent, 10-year-old kid who was attracted to the Caldian Orb due to his own unusually strong magic power, and was charmed into committing a taboo by that same evil presence. He was promptly chucked into prison, all the while quite clueless to the magnitude of his transgression. After a while his parents came to bring him back home, and all seemed well, his mom even cooked him a good meal. Next morning, he woke up to find his parents both dead, having not found the resolution to kill ''him''. He ended up in prison for ten years and would likely have rotten there until he died, had Diana not gotten him out, and then he fell under the influence ''of the same dark force that caused his parent's deaths and his imprisonment''. Then he managed to find a girlfriend, but she left him the moment she knew he consented to being a zombie, a curse bestowed on him by the bad guy above, ''again''. Oh, and this bad guy is also responsible for her death, and barred her and her friends from entering heaven by sealing their souls inside a cave (note that they won't be released ''6 years later, when Ginta arrives in MAR-Heaven''. He spent the next ten years fighting, and dying for, then resurrecting only to fight for that bad guy. After he lost, said bad guy released his hold on him, allowing him for the first time to reflect on his life: everyone he ever loved are dead thanks to said bad guy, his opponent's ideals completely trumph his, and all he's left with is the immortality he no longer finds cool. No wonder he [[VillainDecay became such a depressed wreck of angst]] after the War Games.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler: Them being his parents, his girlfriend Alma and his best friend Peta. Cue him [[Angst depressing the hell out]] when he realizes he has lost all of them.]]

* [[spoiler: [[IJustWantedToHaveFriends I Just Wanted To Be With My Loved Ones]]: Later comes out with this as part of the reason he finds immortality so awesome. Played straight as I Just Wanted to Have Friends when he tries everything he could to make Alviss into a zombie like him, so that he wouldn't be alone.]]

* NobleDemon: He personally kills Chess Pieces that run away from a fight.

* {{Single Target Sexuality}}: He seems to be only interested in Alviss, [[spoiler: We found out that he still loved his [[LostLenore dead girlfriend]] Alma a lot though.]]

* VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler: He became completely disillusioned with his immortality, as it was finally clear to him that Danna's ideal and, by proxy, Alma's opinion about his undeadness, was right in the end. He accepted death as soon as Team MAR came knocking on his door in manga version, and after a {{Filler longer struggle}} in the anime, came to the same conclusion.]]

* [[spoiler: {{Die In Your Arms Tonight}}]]
* [[spoiler: {{Dying As Herself}}: She addresses Dorothy as the loving big sister she once was, before dying.]]

* {{Villain With Good Publicity}}: [[spoiler: As the Queen of Lestava, she was popular with the people and loved by her stepdaughter Snow. When the 1st war came, she gave the good guys powerful ARMs to fight the Chess Pieces. The war is over, and all is well, until the queenly mask on her villainous persona slips..]]

* [[spoiler: {{Alas Poor Villain}}: In universe example. His death in the anime is rather depressing. Despite all the things he did, he was saddened when he found out that Rolan killed himself in order to be with him. He even apologies to Candice before asking Alviss to kill him. Alviss can’t do it so Phantom takes his hand and puts the key to his heart.]]

* {{Bishonen}}: Unless he acts AxCrazy.

* {{Chekhov's Gun}}: [[spoiler: Remember the rule of Caldian wizards that family members of criminals must hand out the punishment themselves ? Another case happened twenty years before Dorothy's. Think it's bad for Dorothy ? Turns out it's no better when the family ''refuse'' to deliver the penalty.]]

* [[spoiler: {{Despair Event Horizon}}: He was just an innocent, 10-year-old kid who was attracted to the Caldian Orb due to his own unusually strong magic power, and was charmed into committing a taboo by that same evil presence. He was promptly chucked into prison, all the while quite clueless to the magnitude of his transgression. After a while his parents came to bring him back home, and all seemed well, his mom even cooked him a good meal. Next morning, he woke up to find his parents both dead, having not found the resolution to kill ''him''. He ended up in prison for ten years and would likely have rotten there until he died, had Diana not gotten him out, and then he fell under the influence ''of the same dark force that caused his parent's deaths and his imprisonment''. Then he managed to find a girlfriend, but she left him the moment she knew he consented to being a zombie, a curse bestowed on him by the bad guy above, ''again''. Oh, and this bad guy is also responsible for her death, and barred her and her friends from entering heaven by sealing their souls inside a cave (note that they won't be released ''6 years later, when Ginta arrives in MAR-Heaven''. He spent the next ten years fighting, and dying for, then resurrecting only to fight for that bad guy. After he lost, said bad guy released his hold on him, allowing him for the first time to reflect on his life: his parents are dead, the girl he loved is dead, his best friend is also dead, his opponent's ideals completely trumph his, and all he's left with is the immortality he no longer finds cool. No wonder he {{VillainDecay became such a depressed wreck of angst}} after the War Games.]]
* {{WoundedGazelleGambit Dead Gazelle Gambit}}: Pulled one on Ginta in one of his disguise, just so he could tick off Ginta even more.

* [[spoiler: {{Face Death With Dignity}}: In the manga, he just sits still in his throne as Alviss moves in for the kill, and his last word was a farewell to MAR-Heaven. Taken further in the anime, where he literally forced Alviss' hand to do so, when the later hesitated after witnessing his {{pet the dog}} moment with Candice.]]

* {{Genre Blind}}: He has multiple opportunities to kill Ginta and capture Alviss but he decides to let Team MAR grow stronger so he can have a good fight. Subverted in the anime where after he loses, [[spoiler: he sets up the Ghost Chess to capture Alviss and bring him to his base and makes sure that Ginta and the group can’t save him.]]

* {{I Have You Now my Pretty}}: His reaction [[spoiler: when Alviss is finally in his base. Comes with a staggering amount of {{HoYay intimate interactions}} forced on Alviss.]]

* [[spoiler: {{Lonely at the Top}}: Revealed to be his true feelings, in the anime. Over the course of his life, he's lost his parents, his best friend and the girl he loved.]]
* {{Living Forever Is Awesome}}: The reason he abandoned his humanity. [[spoiler: He {{Understatement changes his opinion}} after his loss at Ginta's hand.]]

* {{Mind Rape}}: He’s always trying to pull this off on Alviss and [[spoiler: it’s successful in the Ghost Chess arc temporary.]]

* {{Pet the Dog}}: He is very kind to Peta who he sees as a best friend and Rolan who he took under his wing when Rolan had no one to turn to. He's polite, but mostly indifferent to Candice's obvious crush on him; [[spoiler: but when she, under circumstances, becomes the final one by his side at the end of the Ghost Chess arc, he treats her almost lovingly and with gratitude, and even saves her from getting thrown into the ocean after she loses a battle with Ginta.]]

* {{Single Target Sexuality}}: He seems to be only interested in Alviss, [[spoiler: We found out that he still loved his {{LostLenore dead girlfriend}} Alma a lot though.]]

** She is also very similar to Neon from {{Flame of Recca}}. Both are madly in love with their leader and are extremely sadistic in battle. Also, both softened up after their battle with the main characters. It takes Candice longer though in the anime but she does grow a heart but she’s still crazy.

* {{Jerkass Woobie}}: While she doesn’t have a {{Freudian Excuse}} like the rest of the Chess Pieces, the anime gives off this impression. [[spoiler: She’s one of the few Knights that survive at the end of the series but regardless, she loses Phantom because he surrenders his life to Alviss. In the anime, it’s worse because she thinks she lost Rolan too after he committed suicide. In her mind, she thinks she’s alone in the world now with the two people she cared for are dead.]]

* {{Pet the Dog}}: Besides Phantom who she is dedicated to, she is rather kind hearted to Rolan who she doesn’t see as a rival.

* {{Karma Houdini}}: A lesser example then Girom but after the War Games, he tried to attack Alviss again and got beaten. In the anime ending, [[spoiler: he’s alive with Girmon by his side.]]

* [[spoiler: {{Despair Event Horizon}}: Has crossed it multiple times in his life. The first time resulted in Alviss trying to kill himself but failed because Alan told him to get stronger. However, when Ginta fails to remove the Zombie Tattoo with the healing ARM that is supposed to heal all Darkness ARMS, Alviss gives up on trying to find a way to remove it. Ginta has to encourage him AFTER the War Games by giving him a key and reassuring him that this key will help him remove the Zombie Tattoo. Alviss crosses it two more times when he was being controlled by Phantom and one last time when he sees that the Zombie Tattoo is close to covering him completely, the one ARM that could grant any wish was given to his younger self in order to cause the {{Stable Time Loop}} and Candice and Rolan take Phantom and flee their location makes Alviss give up again. He can't pull himself out of this one no matter what his friends do and Rolan makes it worse by killing himself in front of Alviss making Alviss realize that it was his fault that Rolan killed himself. He only snaps out of his depression when Phantom takes the key and forces Alviss to stab him telling him that he doesn't have to suffer anymore.]]

* {{What Beautiful Eyes}}: Said exactly like this to Phantom who is obsessed with Alviss mainly because his eyes remind him of a certain someone. [[spoiler: Alviss' {{bue eyes}} are very similar to his girlfriend's Alma, which explains why he gets complimented so much.]]

* {{You Cant Fight Fate}} <-> {{Screw Destiny}}: Concerning the Zombie Tattoo, Alviss switches between trying to get rid of it and giving up on the idea. When Ginta tried to cure the Zombie Tattoo with Alice, Alviss seemed to have given up the idea of ever getting rid of the tattoo. Cue to Ginta giving him the key, Alviss’ confidence goes back up. [[spoiler: While in the manga, he succeeds in putting the key into Phantom, in the anime, he misses him and results in the mind control. When finally freed from Phantom’s grasp though, the zombie tattoo is almost completely filling his body and almost gives up again…and he would have if Phantom didn’t accept death.]]

* {{The Chessmaster}}: Not only is she the one behind the Chess Pieces [[spoiler: She’s also the reason the Cross Guards existed.]]

* {{The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry}}
* {{Man Behind the Man}}

The leader of the Chess Pieces and the strongest Knight of them all and serves as the main villain of the series [[spoiler: for the most part.]] He is an immortal being that come back to life after getting killed hence he continues to reign terror on MAR Heaven for many years. The first War Games, he fought against Ginta’s father Danna and they both kill each other in the end. However, it proved futile as six years later, he is revived and continues the same hell that he did six years ago only to fight his enemies’ son Ginta. Phantom loves staying on the sidelines to watch the fights and loves to see how Ginta will grow. Phantom has a huge obsession with Alviss and constantly tries to get him join his side by force. What happens to him depends on the anime and manga. [[spoiler:In the manga, he is defeated by Ginta and accepts death by Alviss’ hand. In the anime though, he flees with Candice and Rolan to a deserted island and forces a Ghost ÄRM on Alviss which would speed up the processed of the Zombie Tattoo. Phantom then waits for Alviss to give him because in his mind, he wins the final game against Ginta if Alviss accepts defeat and turns into one of his possessions for all of eternity. However, thoughts of his ex girlfriend Alma continued to plague him and he eventually accepts death by Alviss’ hands.]] Concerning his past though [[spoiler:It started ten years ago when he was still a child. He was propelled to touch the Caldea Orb that possessed many evils. The Caldea Elders caught him and tried to force his parents to kill him. They couldn’t do it so they killed themselves by either hanging in the manga or stabbing themselves with a knife in the anime. Since he had no relatives after that, he was sentenced for life and he stayed there until Diana rescued him from his hell and asked him to be her knight. Eventually, Diana bestowed him the Zombie Tattoo and that lead to Alma breaking up with him. This finally drove him over the edge as he began the terror known as the Chess Pieces.]]

* {{Abduction is Love}}: Poor Alviss...

* AffablyEvil: Well in his minion's eyes anyway

* [[spoiler: {{Break the Cutie}}: In his backstory.]]
* BloodKnight: At in his eyes, he's really a SmugSuper, SmugSnake and ArrogantKungFuGuy all wrapped into one; not that he realizes it.

* [[spoiler: {{Deceased Parents are the Best}}: His parents killed themselves by hanging (in the manga) or stabbing (in the anime) after he touched the Caldea Orb ten years ago and had to suffer the cruel punishment of death.]]
* {{Depraved Bisexual}}: Anime version. He seems to lean toward boys [[spoiler: until you find out who his girlfriend was.]]

* {{Fridge Brilliance}}: His [[{{Shotacon}} obsession]] [[FoeYay with Alviss]] may come off as an excuse to add fanservice to the final season, however, it makes a lot of sense when you figure out his backstory. [[spoiler: He had a girl that loved him dearly named Alma. However, when she left him because he chose immortality over her, he snapped and decided to destroy the world because he was convinced that no one in the world could love him. However during the war games, he encountered Alviss who stood up to him despite the terror he caused. Now remember how he met Alma and she stood up to him despite his cruel nature? (This is anime only). That's what made him open up to her and fall for her despite the fact he was being used by the King and Queen and what was keeping him sane. So seeing Alviss with the same determined eyes made him want to control Alviss because he feels that because he couldn't hold onto Alma because he wasn't being forceful enough to her hence why he created the Zombie Tattoo. This comes very evident in the Ghost Chess arc when he ''needs'' Alviss in order to feel like he's no longer alone. At this point, he's no longer controlled by the King do he can think clearly enough to know what he wants and he wants Alma but because she's technically dead, he needs a replacement for her and Alviss just happens to have all the characteristics that his ex girlfriend had.]] In other words, [[spoiler: Phantom is [[ReincarnationRomance forcing Alviss to be Alma]] in order to know that he's no longer alone, and it doesn't matter what Alviss' feelings are as long as Phantom feels that he is no longer alone.]]

* [[spoiler {{Go Out With A Smile}}: In both versions.]]

* {{I Cannot Self Terminate}}: He can’t kill himself no matter what so he waits for the day that someone strong enough to kill him. [[spoiler: In the end, he wants Alviss to kill him because he needs to set his own destiny.]]
* {{I Have You Now my Pretty}}: When Alviss is finally in his base, he can’t help but smile when he has Alviss captured, hypnotized and treated as his favorite slave.

* [[spoiler {{Lonely at the Top}}: Revealed to be his true feelings, in the anime. Over the course of his life, he's lost his parents, his best friend and the girl he loved.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Loving a Shadow}}: His obsession with Alviss hides the fact that he's using Alviss as his replacement for Alma. Becomes very apparent when Alviss mentions her name.]]

* {{Pet the Dog}}: He is very kind to Peta who he sees as a best friend and Rolan who he took under his wing when Rolan had no one to turn to. While he is cruel to Candice when she gets a draw with Jack, he softens up to her in the anime. [[spoiler: He saves her from getting thrown into the ocean after she loses a battle with Ginta.]]

* [[spoiler: {{Reincarnation Romance}}: He's basically forcing Alviss to be Alma so by loving Alviss, he's basically loving Alma.]]

* {{Single Target Sexuality}}: He seems to be only interested in Alviss, [[spoiler: until you find out that he had a girlfriend named Alma who dumped him, whom he still loved.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Single Tear}}: When Peta died. In both versions, it's what alerts Ginta to the fact that Phantom is not heartlessly evil through and through.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: [[NiceJobFixingItVillain It]]'s [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his]] [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim own]] [[TooDumbToLive fault]] for letting Ginta leave after their first real fight, [[spoiler: He goes semi-apeshit after being hit once in their rematch to the point Ginta was much stronger than he was.]]

* {{Yandere}}: For [[spoiler: Alma]] and technically seems to pass to Alviss as well.
** {{Yandere Love Triangle}}: Phantom is {{yandere}} for Alviss. [[spoiler: Rolan]] is yandere for Phantom and Alviss is the unlucky victim caught in the middle.

* {{Dude Looks Like a Lady}}: Oh god…

* [[spoiler: {{Alas Poor Villain}}: In universe example. His death in the anime is rather depressing. Despite all the things he did, he was saddened when he found out that Rolan killed himself in order to be with him. He even apologies to Candice before asking Alviss to kill him. Alviss can’t do it so Phantom takes his hand and puts the key to his heart. In fact, Alviss is the only member of Team MAR to pity him when he chooses to end his life.]]

* {{Depraved Bisexual}}: Seems to lean toward boys [[spoiler: until you find out who his girlfriend was.]]

* [[spoiler: {{The Four Loves}}: Phantom just wanted to know if someone loved him and was convinced that everyone hated him which isn’t far from the truth. However, he soon realizes that his parents still loved him even when they killed themselves because they wouldn’t harm their own son. Alma still loved him despite what he became and created the key to end immortality. Finally Peta, Rolan and Candice loved him and would stay with him until the end of time. Unfortunately, Candice can’t bring herself to join him like Peta was forced to when Nanashi kills him and Rolan in the anime where he commits suicide to be with the one he loves.]]

* {{Fridge Brilliance}}: His [[{{Shotacon}} obsession]] [[FoeYay with Alviss]] may come off as an excuse to add fanservice to the final season, however, it makes a lot of sense when you figure out his backstory. [[spoiler: He had a girl that loved him dearly named Alma. Alma was everything he wanted. However, when she left him because he chose immortality over her, he snapped and decided to destroy the world because he was convinced that no one in the world could love him. However during the war games, he encountered Alviss who stood up to him despite the terror he caused. Now remember how he met Alma and she stood up to him despite his cruel nature? (This is anime only). That's what made him open up to her and fall for her despite the fact he was being used by the King and Queen and what was keeping him sane. So seeing Alviss with the same determined eyes made him want to control Alviss because he feels that because he couldn't hold onto Alma because he wasn't being forceful enough to her hence why he created the Zombie Tattoo. This comes very evident in the Ghost Chess arc when he ''needs'' Alviss in order to feel like he's no longer alone. At this point, he's no longer controlled by the King do he can think clearly enough to know what he wants and he wants Alma but because she's technically dead, he needs a replacement for her and Alviss just happens to have all the characteristics that his ex girlfriend had.]] In other words, [[spoiler: Phantom is [[ReincarnationRomance forcing Alviss to be Alma]] in order to know that he's no longer alone, and it doesn't matter what Alviss' feelings are as long as Phantom feels that he is no longer alone.]]

* {{Lonely at the Top}}: He had the power, the influence and immortality. Too bad he was on the wrong side and Alma didn’t like what he became. [[spoiler: This explains why he desperately wants Alviss who also needs someone to feel alive. It becomes apparent that the only person that can ease his sorrow is Alviss and Rolan does not take well to that at all.]]

* [[spoiler: {{Love Makes You Crazy}}: He became more crazy when Alma left him.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Love Makes you Evil}}]]

* {{Shotacon}}: Again with Alviss. He started having affections for him at the age of ten and gives him a Zombie Tattoo for standing up to him. Six years later, he’s still after him.
* {{Single Target Sexuality}}: He seems to be only interested in Alviss, [[spoiler: until you find out that he had a girlfriend named Alma who dumped him. It’s to be noted that both Alviss and Alma have the same first letter in their name and Alma has the same blue eyes that Phantom loves so much.]]

* {{We Can Rule Together}}: Invokes this trope on Ginta and Alviss. It doesn’t work on Ginta. With Alviss however…while it worked…it was because of hypnosis.

* {{Sexy Butt Monkey}}

* {{A Cup Angst}}

* {{Character Development}}: Compare his cowardly personality at the beginning of the story to being relatively calm during the Ghost Chess arc.

* {{Its All About Me}}

* {{Heel Face Turn}}: [[spoiler: Subverted! He almost pulled one but changed his mind and stayed with Phantom with Candice.]]

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: With Candice.
* {{Moe}}: He may be older than Alviss but somehow manages to pull this off in universe.

* {{Suck my Rose}}

* [[spoiler: {{Redemption Equals Death}}: In the anime, he sacrifices his life to save Snow and apologizes for kidnapping her.]] Averted in the manga.

* {{Friend to all Children}}: Always seen playing with kids.
* {{Hey its that Voice}}: [[KatsuyukiKonishi Oh god]]…it’s [[AxisPowersHetalia America!]]

* {{Does This Remind You of Anything}}: When fighting Jack, the more he hit her, the more it seemed like she was having an orgasm. [[CatFight And then let’s not get started with her fight with Dorothy in the anime.]]

* {{Love Redeems}}

* {{The Messiah}}/{{The Heart}}: Without Ginta, the group falls apart.

* [[WarriorPrince WarriorPrincess]]

** {{Badass Decay}}: In the anime where he is prone to capture and the Ghost Chess arc, he was hit by {{Ukefication}}.

* {{Ukefication}}: Suffers from this A LOT in fanfiction [[spoiler: and it became in universe and literally almost canon when he was captured by Phantom.]]

* {{Pink Boy Blue Girl}}: With Candice.

* {{Pink Boy Blue Girl}}: With Rolan.

The leader of the Chess Pieces and the strongest Knight of them all and serves as the main villain of the series [[spoiler: for the most part.]] He is an immortal being that come back to life after getting killed hence he continues to reign terror on MAR Heaven for many years. The first War Games, he fought against Ginta’s father Danna and they both kill each other in the end. However, it proved futile as six years later, he is revived and continues the same hell that he did six years ago only to fight his enemies’ son Ginta. Phantom loves staying on the sidelines to watch the fights and loves to see how Ginta will grow. Phantom has a [[{{Understatement}} huge obsession]] with Alviss and constantly tries to get him join his side by force. What happens to him depends on the anime and manga. [[spoiler: In the manga, he is defeated by Ginta and accepts death by Alviss’ hand. In the anime though, he flees with Candice and Rolan to a deserted island and forces a Ghost ÄRM on Alviss which would speed up the processed of the Zombie Tattoo. Phantom then waits for Alviss to give him because in his mind, he wins the final game against Ginta if Alviss accepts defeat and turns into one of his possessions for all of eternity. However, thoughts of his ex girlfriend Alma continued to plague him and he eventually accepts death by Alviss’ hands.]] Concerning his past though [[spoiler: It started ten years ago when he was still a child. He was propelled to touch the Caldea Orb that possessed many evils. The Caldea Elders caught him and tried to force his parents to kill him. They couldn’t do it so they killed themselves by either hanging in the manga or stabbing themselves with a knife in the anime. Since he had no relatives after that, he was sentenced for life and he stayed there until Diana rescued him from his hell and asked him to be her knight. Eventually, Diana bestowed him the Zombie Tattoo and that lead to Alma breaking up with him. This finally drove him over the edge as he began the terror known as the Chess Pieces.]]

The princess of MAR and the daughter of [[spoiler: Diana the Queen of the Chess Pieces.]] Her mother died at a young age and her father ended up marrying another woman [[spoiler: who turns out to be a evil woman that was using him and eventually took over MAR Heaven.]] She was forced to run away from her kingdom and her last resort was to get her dog Edward to find help while she encased herself in ice. She was saved by Ginta and later joined him on his journey. She is [[spoiler: actually the fantasy version of Ginta’s friend Koyuki and at the end of the anime, the two merge together to become one and stay with Ginta.]] Snow uses ice and water themed ÄRMs and relies on the usage of Guardians then her own strength. She then became a representative of MAR in order to take back her kingdom. She is based on Snow White from {{Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs}}.

* {{Taken for Granite}}

* {{Cant Live With Them Cant Live Without Them}}: Ginta sees Babbo as an annoying toy that didn’t listen to him at the beginning because he was not taken seriously. He leaves Babbo alone and realizes that he likes Babbo’s annoying personality near him and goes to save him. This trope comes back multiple times though despite making up.

* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan: The one who made Diana the way she is.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: Per training gate [[AssPull though it prevents any real conflict in his fights]] outside the [[TournamentArc War Games]].

* TookALevelInBadass: Per training gate [[AssPull though it prevents any real conflict in his fights]] outside the tournament.

* TookALevelInBadass: Per training gate [[AssPull though it prevents any real conflict in his fights]].

* BigBad

[[spoiler: !!Danna]]

* [[spoiler:GrandTheftMe]]

* {{The Messiah}}

* {{What an Idiot}}: In the Ghost Chest anime filler, [[spoiler: he goes to Phantom’s layer by himself in order to lure Phantom into false security. He was already falling under the hypnosis under Phantom but shouting “Prepare yourself” while trying to kill him with the key was what got him in the predicament in the first place.]]

* {{Slap Slap Kiss}}: With Dorothy.

* {{Will They Or Wont They}}: With Chaton in he anime. [[spoiler: They do.]]

* {{Epic Fail}: His introduction…he shows up late for the match and then he trips upon landing. Alviss questions why he was stuck fighting the idiot.

* GreenThumb: Serves as the EvilCounterpart to [[ButtMonkey Jack]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Several translations have made their own interpretation of what Weasel's name is, including [[Vizard Bleach]], Vizel, Pizel,Veezle, Pizel and Vidar.

* [[spoiler: {{Impaled by Extreme Prejustice}}: The King takes advantage of Alviss' weakness and stabs him. However, this wound is not enough to kill him so while Alviss is able to do damage to the King and later open a portal that can get Ginta and Dorothy to fight him, the wound is too much and he too dies shortly after.]]

* {{Always Save the Girl}}

* {{Redemption Equals Death}}: In the anime, [[spoiler: he sacrifices his life to save Snow and apologizes for kidnapping her.]] Averted in the manga.

* {{Anti Villain}}

* {{Hey its that Voice}}: [[KatsuyukiKonishi Oh god]]…it’s [[HetaliaAxisPower America!]]

** This phrase becomes {{Harsher in Insight}} when [[spoiler: Alan dies. She says it again because he’s leaving her behind.]]

* {{Always Save the Girl}}: He’s very determined to save Snow AND Alviss when the situation calls for it.

* [[spoiler: {{Heroic BSOD}}: When Snow dies in the anime, he goes into a huge depression. He gets over it easily in order to avenge her and his other friends that died.]]

** Also, it’s to be noted that Ginta is rather protective of Alviss when it concerns Phantom especially during the Ghost Chess arc. In his dream at the beginning of season 3, he pictures Phantom kicking everyone’s ass at the beginning but ONLY with Alviss does he pull him close and tries to kiss him.

* ActionGirl

* [[spoiler: {{A Fate Worse Than Death}}: Alviss almost falls into this trope if Team MAR didn’t save him. Basically, he would have been Phantom’s "slave" for all of eternity and would never have the free will again. However, it turns out that Alviss could still see what he was doing even under hypnosis meaning [[FridgeHorror that he would have been forced to do things that he didn’t want until the end of time.]]]]

* {{Character Development}}

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Like many other people out of sheer FanService

* {{Launcher of a Thousand Ships}}: Despite the fandom being small, Alviss has been paired up with almost everyone. It has to do with the fact he has a lot of {{Ho Yay}} and {{Foe Yay}} in the series and shows no interest in woman.

* {{The Power of Trust}}: He had a hard time trusting people, especially Ginta at the beginning. He opens up though in the end.

* TookALevelInBadass: Six years after the first War Game & After his various "days" in the Training Gates and [[spoiler: after being MindRaped by Phantom]]

* {{When he Smiles}}: Lampshaded in the series the few times he has smiled genuinely.

* {{Easy Amnesia}}: Concerning Galian.

* HypocriticalHumor: He [[NobleDemon despises a group in the Chess Pieces for being too barbaric]] [[FillerVillain called the Zodiac]] when his direct followers in the knights are [[CompleteMonster worse]], including [[BoomerangBigot himself.]]
* NobleDemon: He personally kills Chess Pieces that run away from a fight..
* VillainousBreakdown: [[NiceJobFixingItVillain It]]'s [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his]] [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim own]] [[TooDumbToLive fault]] for letting Ginta leave after their first real fight, [[spoiler: He goes semi-apeshit after being hit once in their rematch to the point Ginta was much stronger than he was.]]

!!Peta
* BloodyMurder
* TheDragon: To Phantom, had the entire group reestablished for his resurrection.
* UndyingLoyalty: Because they have the same ideas.
* SocialDarwinist

!!Halloween
* KillItWithFire: His Arm theme.
* MaskOfPower
* SocialDarwinist

!!Chimera
Ranked the 4th most powerful Knight of the Chess Pieces, Chimera is a deadly opponent that was able to knock out Gaira in the preliminaries. Chimera looks like a monster created by the Chess Pieces that never talks. As a result, many people think that Chimera is a male. However, when Dorothy blows away the mask [[spoiler: It turns out that Chimera is in fact a dangerous woman. Her original human name was Irene who was destined to marry a Chess Piece named Marco who she loved dear. Despite Marco reforming himself despite being a Chess Piece, an angry mob barged into their wedding ceremony and demanded that Marco pay for the crimes the Chess Pieces committed. Marco told her he would be fine since he is a reformed man. She waited for him for days in the church until the men came back with only Marco’s ring finger. She freaks out when she realizes that they killed her husband and then they kidnap her and do unimaginable things to her that range from messing up her body to implied rape. She finally manages to escape them and tries to kill herself but Peta gives her hope and allows her to get her revenge on the people that took her Marco away.]] Chimera fights with Ghost ÄRMs.

* [[spoiler: {{Alas Poor Villain}}]]
* [[spoiler: BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil]] : [[spoiler: As well as being raped.]]
* BloodKnight: One of the Chess Pieces who wanted to fight Ginta.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Her]] Ghost Arms are [[NightmareFuel unpleasant.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Break the Cutie}}]]
* [[spoiler: {{Broken Bird}}]]
* TheBrute
** [[spoiler: TheDarkChick]]

* [[spoiler: {{Defiled Forever}}]]
* {{Despair Event Horizon}}: Crosses it in the backstory.
* [[spoiler: {{Died Happily Ever After}}: After seeing Ian and Gido reunite, she dies from the wounds that Ian inflicted her with.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Her lover, a former Chess Piece, was killed by a group of vengeful villagers. That and being tortured and raped drove her insane.]]
* {{Gender Blender Name}}: Chimera is more of a name used for an animal but many people thought that Chimera was a man because of it.
* {{Green Eyed Monster}}: Out of all people, Chimera jealous of [[spoiler: Gido]] who continues to love her boyfriend despite the horror she has been put through. [[spoiler: She changes Gido back at the end when Ian proves his love is true and wishes for them to be happy.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Interrupted Suicide}}: In her backstory, she tried to kill herself after she escaped but Peta saved her.]]
* {{I was Once a Man}}: Or [[spoiler: once a woman.]]
* LightningBruiser: [[spoiler: Catches Dorothy the fastest of Team Mar completely off guard initially.]]
* MaskOfPower: A creepy skull one at that.
* [[spoiler: {{My God What Have I Done}}: She realizes what sort of Monster she became and turns Gido human again.]]

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass

* LightIsNotGood: Has an Arm that makes the feathers on his right side become wings that fire feathers at his enemy.

* WhipItGood: and it explodes too.

* AnIcePerson
* MakingASplash
** TookALevelInBadass:

* {{Expy}}: Of Gin from {{Bleach. [[spoiler: They would go to extreme lengths to save their love interest meaning they would go to the enemy side just to get their revenge.]]

* {{Evil is Sexy}}

* {{Ho Yay}}: With Ginta and Nanashi. {{Up to eleven}} in the anime where he gets rather touchy with the both of them (more so Ginta than Nanashi though.) This is apparent in the Tokyo filler arc where [[spoiler: Ginta goes on his own to save him.]] **In the Ghost Chess arc, Ginta goes to extreme lengths to save him and is worried sick about what Phantom might be doing to him. It’s also to be noted that when he almost submitted to Phantom, he heard Ginta’s voice and gained the will to fight again…and then he truly lost it.

* ButtMonkey
* GreenThumb

* TheAce: This guy was so cool that he had to be given a small weakness in order to not have him be [[TooCoolToLive killed off because he's more awesome than the rest of the cast]].

* [[spoiler: {{Defied Forever}}]]

** {{Mortality Chain}}: This causes Loco to [[spoiler: sacrifice her age to the point where she would never communicate with her again to save Chaton during the Ghost Chess arc.]]

* {{Perky Female Villain}}

* {{Will they or Won’t They}}: With Alan. [[spoiler: They do in the anime.]]

* {{Defrosting Ice Queen}}

* LoveAtFirstPunch: With [[spoiler: Jack]]
* ShyBlueHairedGirl: Averted.
* {{Tsundere}}: During both her battles with Jack.

* Expy: Some consider him to be [[FlameOfRecca Joker]], [[spoiler: which might be true considering when he was found by the Thief Guild, he was badly injured in the chest.]]
* ShockAndAwe

* Alan

* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: her lover, a former Chess Piece, was killed by a group of vengeful villagers. That and being tortured with implied rape drove her insane.]]
* LightningBruiser: [[spoiler: Catches Dorothy the fastest of Team Mar completely off guard initially.]]
* MaskOfPower: A creepy skull one at that.
* [[spoiler: SamusIsAGirl]]

!!!Ginta Toramizu

** IdiotHero

* MrFanservice: Lotsa ClothingDamage and
* JerkAss: In the beginning, he DID [[spoiler: curse Jack and threatened to kill Babbo]]
** JerkAssWoobie: After you watch his backstory AND during the Ghost Chess Arc.
* TheSmartGuy
* TheStoic

* {{Tsurihime}}