History Characters / OFF

* HeroAntagonist: She's the direct opposition to The Batter; whether you see her as a hero or villain depends on how you view The Batter himself. Regardless it all seems to indicate The Queen was indeed the one keeping the world afloat, as decadent as it was, while The Batter is an OmnicidalManiac hellbent on annihilation. The worst thing she is guilty of is inaction, failing to do anything to fix the situation beyond giving Japhet the Spectres that he then repurposed as tools of revenge.

-->"But enough blether. I'm not one of those protagonists you need to listen to for hours. So, lemme see the color of your credits."

* GrinOfAudacity: According to Dedan, when he's threatening to cut off his face, the Batter has an "insufferable smile".

* LoadBearingBoss: Killing a Guardian "purifies" their Zone. As it turns out, "purifying" a Zone turns it into a lifeless hellscape populated by [[BossInMookClothing Secretaries]].

* JerkassHasAPoint: When he claims "I'm the guardian of this zone! It ain't nothing without me!", he's not exaggerating in the slightest.

* EvilVersusOblivion: None of the Guardians can really be described as good guys — Dedan is the embodiment of a BadBoss, Japhet is homicidally insane, and Enoch is a CorruptCorporateExecutive who turns Elsens into sugar. However, the alternative is arguably worse, as killing them causes their Zones to completely die.

* PhysicalGod: Regardless of their opinion on their status as such (Japhet expresses like AGodIAmNot, while Enoch is openly about AGodIAm), they, by all means, are the gods of (what little is left of) the world. They are vastly powerful and the Zones ''need'' them, fundamentally, to exist.

** The Min-Woo Tunic is named after Hyung Min-woo, the creator of ''Manhwa/{{Priest}}''.

* HiddenDepths: Some hidden content in the game hint that he's more important than he appears to be. In Zone 2, the Elsens end up slipping that he's the owner of The Park, and seem surprised that you have "proof" you know him if you manage to get the Photo of Zacharie. In Zones 0 and 3, he refers to the Judge as "Pablo", his true name. And more, Hugo's almost unreadable notes in the Room's calendar say something among the lines of "Zacharie is the best guy I know, he's my friend." {{Superboss}} Sugar also apparently knows him, as she asks you to tell him goodbye for her before she dies. Mortis' official concept art even refers to Zacharie as [[HeroOfAnotherStory "The Hero"]].

* PaperThinDisguise: After The Judge's HeroicBSOD, Zacharie disguises himself as him in order to continue helping The Batter. No one is fooled. His usual laugh when the Batter talks to him is even replaced with an unconvincing "meow."
* SuicidalPacifism: No matter how far the Batter goes to purify the Zones, he won't stop having business with him to indirectly help him, even in the final save point which is literal minutes before the Batter is about to destroy the world, which will kill him in the process. This is strange because a lot of clues point to Zacharie as a more important figure than it seems -- characters like Hugo and Sugar mention him and his concept art refers to him as "the Hero". But whether he led the life of a hero or just had a relationship with them, it seems he no longer cares about them in the present. He will just stand back doing nothing, even though he'd clearly know the implications of what the Batter's doing.

* DelicateAndSickly: He seems to suffer from some kind of illness, as he mentioned avoiding taking his pills in his writing and his sound byte is a child's coughing.

* ParentalSubstitute: Possible to suspect this is why he made The Queen and The Batter, and possibly some others.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Hugo is responsible for creating the Batter to serve as his ParentalSubstitute, but by doing so, he doomed the whole world and himself.

* BattleThemeMusic: [[http://www.rpg-maker.fr/ost/OST/OFF/08%20-%20Tender%20Sugar.mp3 Tender Sugar]]

* MadwomanInTheAttic: She's hidden away in a basement in Zone 0 and very easy to miss. And yes, she seems to be quite mad... [[TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight or is she?]]

** She is the only character in the game besides The Batter to use Add-Ons, but hers are beautiful and intricate in appearance, while Batter's are simple circular halos.

** And most importantly, of course, The Queen is '''[[TheMaker the creator]]''', the pillar that supports the very existence of the world... [[BigGood for good]] [[PlaceWorseThanDeath or ill]]. The Batter is '''[[ApocalypseHow the destroyer]]''', whose mission is to put an end to the world... [[MercyKill for good]] [[OmnicidalManiac or ill]].

* WordSaladHorror: [[invoked]]WordOfGod states that the things she says has no real meaning and are really just gibberish. That being said, Mortis is infamously a TrollingCreator, not to mention that The Batter responds with similar eloquence to their conversation and clearly understand what she's talking about. However, we as the players have very limited context for it, so the entire conversation comes off as highly cryptic.

--> "Everything happened just as we've forseen!"

%%* AlienInvasion

* InsaneEqualsViolent: Losing his sanity over the lack of respect from the people who he worked so hard to watch out for turned him into the violent madlad he is now.

* ArcVillain The main villain in Zone 2.

%%* InsaneEqualsViolent

* TheGhost: A variant — never seen as himself.

* ManBehindTheMan: Hugo is responsible for creating the Queen and the Batter, which was missed in the original English translation due to missing a certain nuance in the line. Non-evil example, however.

%%* AddressingThePlayer