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* MeaningfulName: His mundane first name ("Henry") could reflect the fact that he's the only Citizen we meet face-to-face in the game. His last name, Division, has several relevant meanings to the story: it could refer to the class division between the Syndicate and the Citizens, the inner "division" he suffers as a victim of demonic possession, and the fact that his role as the apparent murder causes a division amongst the Syndicate.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: He may be a jerk about it, but he's right that his demon-induced memory loss does make a lot of Lady Love Dies' questions seem pretty pointless.
* MeaningfulName: His mundane first last name ("Henry") could reflect the fact that he's the only Citizen we meet face-to-face in the game. His last name, Division, has several relevant meanings to the story: it could refer to the class division between the Syndicate and the Citizens, the inner "division" he suffers as a victim of demonic possession, and the fact that his role as the apparent murder causes a division amongst among the Syndicate.



* JerkassHasAPoint: As mentioned above, he makes a lot of valid points about the Syndicate's activities and rightly questions why Lady Love Dies would even want to help them.



* TricksterMentor: While he's not as helpful as One Last Kiss, he scatters blood crystals around the island for you and does bring up important points about how corrupt the Syndicate is. He's quite chaotic and clearly enjoys messing with Love Dies, though.



* TricksterMentor: [[spoiler: If you find out who she is and locate her in the cemetery, she will give you cryptic hints about the case, including her own murder. These include pointing you towards suspects and clues you may have missed.]]

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* TricksterMentor: [[spoiler: If you find out who she is and locate her in the cemetery, she will give you drop cryptic hints about the case, including her own murder. These include pointing She won't give you explicit answers because she wants you to figure things out yourself, but she will point you towards suspects and clues you may have missed.]]
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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler: She and Witness each put plans in motion that killed the council.]]

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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler: She and Witness each put plans in motion that killed the council.council, making them the masterminds behind their murder.]]



* FauxAffablyEvil: She is relatively friendly at first but has she can be provoked to anger, especially [[spoiler: if you successfully get her and her conspirators declared guilty during the trial.]]

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: You are only able to have one conversation with him before he dies but it's arguably the most important one of the entire investigation, and enables your to unravel Carmelina's conspiracy.

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: You are only able to have one conversation with him before he dies but it's arguably the most important one of the entire investigation, and enables your you to unravel Carmelina's conspiracy. He was also conceived and raised solely to murder the council, so he was this in Carmelina's plot as well.


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* MeaningfulName: His mundane first name ("Henry") could reflect the fact that he's the only Citizen we meet face-to-face in the game. His last name, Division, has several relevant meanings to the story: it could refer to the class division between the Syndicate and the Citizens, the inner "division" he suffers as a victim of demonic possession, and the fact that his role as the apparent murder causes a division amongst the Syndicate.
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* BigBadDummvirate: [[spoiler: She and Witness each put plans in motion that killed the council.]]

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* BigBadDummvirate: BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler: She and Witness each put plans in motion that killed the council.]]



* BigBadDummvirate: [[spoiler: With Carmelina. The two of them had separate plans to murder the council and can each be found guilty of their own conspiracies.]]

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* BigBadDummvirate: [[spoiler: She and Witness each put plans in motion that killed the council.]]



* BigBadDummvirate: [[spoiler: With Carmelina. The two of them had separate plans to murder the council and can each be found guilty of their own conspiracies.]]



* SmallRoleBigImpact: You are only able to have one conversation with him before he dies but it's arguably the important one of the entire investigation, and can lead you to the path that truly unravels Carmelina's conspiracy.

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: You are only able to have one conversation with him before he dies but it's arguably the most important one of the entire investigation, and can lead you enables your to the path that truly unravels unravel Carmelina's conspiracy.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: She is relatively friendly at first but has she can be provoked to anger, especially [[spoiler: if you successfully get her and her conspirators declared guilty during the trial.]]


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* SmallRoleBigImpact: You are only able to have one conversation with him before he dies but it's arguably the important one of the entire investigation, and can lead you to the path that truly unravels Carmelina's conspiracy.


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* DarkIsNotEvil: She's the ghost of a murdered woman and she dresses all in black and wears a skull mask. However, she's ultimately one of the friendlier characters in the game and is [[spoiler: one of the few not guilty of anything (partly because she died years earlier.)]]


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* TricksterMentor: [[spoiler: If you find out who she is and locate her in the cemetery, she will give you cryptic hints about the case, including her own murder. These include pointing you towards suspects and clues you may have missed.]]
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* NeverTheObviousSuspect: [[spoiler:As a demon-possessed Citizen who openly despised the Council (and, because of memory loss resulting from his demonic possession, can't even attempt to give an alibi or account for his actions) Henry is the most obvious suspect... so, of course, it turns out he's one of the very few characters ''not'' guilty of anything relevant to the case, not even the original murder of Grace Bloodlines.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Blue's part in the conspiracies to kill council]] is never discovered, as there's no evidence of it on the island and she herself had moved into 25 by the time Lady was brought down. [[spoiler:It's possible that Lady Love Dies could discover her part in it at some point during Island 25's life, but the game ends when Lady changes islands, making it speculation at best.]]

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* GoodIsMature: The oldest Syndicate members have taken one of two paths: [[spoiler:they've become murderously obsessed with politics, the only outlet left to them... or they've become sick of all the slaughter and loneliness and want to build a ''new'' Syndicate, not just rule the current one. A Syndicate that doesn't need slavery anymore.]]



* JerkassRealization: The oldest Syndicate members have taken one of two paths: [[spoiler:they've become murderously obsessed with politics, the only outlet left to them... or they've become sick of all the slaughter and loneliness and want to build a ''new'' Syndicate, not just rule the current one. A Syndicate that doesn't need slavery anymore.]]



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* ArchEnemy: The God Hunters, who the Syndicate fled from after the Great Betrayal. (They caught up, much to the horror of Island 10's inhabitants).

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* ArchEnemy: The God Hunters, who the Syndicate fled from after the Great Betrayal. (They caught up, much to the horror of Island 10's inhabitants).inhabitants.)



* CasualKink: Their acceptance of healthy UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}} practices is probably the ''most'' progressive thing about them. Flirting about such is portrayed as natural and fun for both parties, unlike the real slavery that goes on a stone's throw away.
* ChildSoldiers: They force everyone [[FantasticCasteSystem belonging to New Night]] into the military, from the moment they are born. If they are too young to hold a weapon, they are trained until they can.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Nobody shares an occupation, unless they are specifically rewarded with subordinates for some impressive deed. This is to prevent individuals from gaining enough power to threaten the Council, but it means the society has no redundancy: if someone is assassinated or exiled, it will be a long time before anyone replaces them...even if their job was vital.

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* CasualKink: Their acceptance of healthy UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}} practices is probably the ''most'' progressive thing about them. Flirting about such is portrayed as natural and fun for both parties, unlike the real slavery that goes on just a stone's throw away.
* ChildSoldiers: They force everyone [[FantasticCasteSystem belonging to New Night]] into the military, military from the moment they are they're born. If they are they're too young to hold a weapon, they are they're trained until they can.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Nobody shares an occupation, unless they are specifically rewarded with subordinates for some impressive deed. This is to prevent individuals from gaining enough power to threaten the Council, but it means the society has no redundancy: if someone is someone's assassinated or exiled, it will it'll be a long time before anyone replaces them...even if their job was vital.



* EveryoneHasStandards: Some of their rules are in place for good reasons- especially the ones meant to prevent demonic possession, which always makes the possessed human's life considerably worse.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: They genuinely do not understand why all their attempt to build a "paradise" on the backs of slaves keep failing. Or why anyone would prefer the ''real'' world to their surreal, static, tiny bubble of an island.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Some of their rules are in place for good reasons- reasons - especially the ones meant to prevent demonic possession, which always makes the possessed human's life considerably worse.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: They genuinely do not don't understand why all their attempt attempts to build a "paradise" on the backs of slaves keep failing. Or failing, or why anyone would prefer the ''real'' world to their surreal, static, tiny bubble of an island.



* FascistButInefficient: Every Citizen is supplied with painkillers, because otherwise they would refuse to perform the grueling manual labor forced upon them. The Syndicate could easily mechanize said labor, speeding it up and saving on pills...but that would require innovation.

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* FascistButInefficient: Every Citizen is supplied with painkillers, because otherwise they would refuse to perform the grueling manual labor forced upon them. The Syndicate could easily mechanize said labor, speeding it up and saving on pills... but that would require innovation.



* GloryDays: The Syndicate is pathetic. The gods they serve were killed ages ago, the cult itself is tiny (around 3,000 people, most of whom are its sacrifice fodder), and they're pretty content just dicking around in their little pocket of reality. If the Syndicate was wiped out, nobody in "the real world" would notice.

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* GloryDays: The Syndicate is pathetic. The gods they serve were killed ages ago, the cult itself is tiny (around 3,000 people, most of whom are its sacrifice fodder), and they're pretty content just dicking around in their little pocket of reality. If the Syndicate was wiped out, nobody in "the real the "real world" would notice.



* GoodIsMature: The oldest Syndicate members have taken one of two paths: [[spoiler:they've become murderously obsessed with politics, the only outlet left to them...or they've become sick of all the slaughter and loneliness and want to build a ''new'' Syndicate, not just rule the current one. A Syndicate that doesn't need slavery anymore.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: During the Great Betrayal, the Silent Goat was defeated and tortured by NayTheist[=s=]. In response, he burned himself out to send his power to a few loyal stragglers- the first Syndicate members, who have served him loyally ever since.

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* GoodIsMature: The oldest Syndicate members have taken one of two paths: [[spoiler:they've become murderously obsessed with politics, the only outlet left to them... or they've become sick of all the slaughter and loneliness and want to build a ''new'' Syndicate, not just rule the current one. A Syndicate that doesn't need slavery anymore.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: During the Great Betrayal, the Silent Goat was defeated and tortured by NayTheist[=s=]. In response, he burned himself out to send his power to a few loyal stragglers- stragglers - the first Syndicate members, who have served him loyally ever since.



* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Syndicate members are human- immortality, weird religion, and occasional supernatural powers aside- but they are banned from mass-producing any media that doesn't have an obvious practical use (e.g, posters that aren't propaganda, sculptures that don't depict religious figures, pornography). Therefore, whatever games or music they take off their captives are '''very''' valuable.

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* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Syndicate members are human- human - immortality, weird religion, and occasional supernatural powers aside- aside - but they are banned from mass-producing any media that doesn't have an obvious practical use (e.g, g., posters that aren't propaganda, sculptures that don't depict religious figures, pornography). Therefore, whatever games or music they take off their captives are '''very''' valuable.



* PowerSource: The Reality Folding Drive, a gift from the Silent Goat that produces a nuke's worth of power every second. It enables the Syndicate to do pretty much anything- including reality warping- but Citizens working with it tend to go insane, and the excess heat it produces means Islands must be strictly tropical.
* PracticalCurrency: Blood Crystals, the name of which is quite literal. They are solid gems, but they either contain liquid blood or can be converted into it. (Don't think about it too hard). Useful in a cult whose gods appreciate human blood.

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* PowerSource: The Reality Folding Drive, a gift from the Silent Goat that produces a nuke's worth of power every second. It enables the Syndicate to do pretty much anything- anything - including reality warping- but Citizens working with it tend to go insane, and the excess heat it produces means Islands must be strictly tropical.
* PracticalCurrency: Blood Crystals, the name of which is quite literal. They are They're solid gems, but they either contain liquid blood or can be converted into it. (Don't think about it too hard). hard.) Useful in a cult whose gods appreciate human blood.



* SealedEvilInACan: Unusually for the trope, the Syndicate sealed ''themselves'' away, because it was the only alternative to total defeat by the rest of humanity. Even thousands of years later, leaving the island(s) is '''absolutely''' forbidden, except for occasional trips out to abduct new Citizens. It's the one rule that no character known has managed to break.
* SelfInflictedHell: The punishment for being a Syndicate member is ''being'' a Syndicate member, trapped forever with a bunch of bored, backstabbing cultists as crazy as they are violent.
* SpaceNomads: They don't have a home, just a series of impermanent islands built out of the ether. They ''want' to stop wandering someday, but not enough to go back to Earth...or any place that isn't sculpted in their image. A lot of members have lost hope they ever will.

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* SealedEvilInACan: Unusually for the trope, the Syndicate sealed ''themselves'' away, because it was the only alternative to total defeat by the rest of humanity. Even thousands of years later, leaving the island(s) is '''absolutely''' forbidden, except for occasional trips out to abduct new Citizens. It's the one rule that no known character known has managed to break.
* SelfInflictedHell: The punishment for being a Syndicate member is ''being'' a Syndicate member, member; you're trapped forever with a bunch of bored, backstabbing backstabbing, cultists who are just as crazy as they are violent.
* SpaceNomads: They don't have a home, just a series of impermanent islands built out of the ether. They ''want' to stop wandering someday, but not enough to go back to Earth... or any place that isn't sculpted in their image. A lot of members have lost hope they ever will.



* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The Syndicate is a conflicted, crumbling edifice being picked over by usurpers and fanatical rebels. Which only makes it all the more glorious when a few truly good people go, "Fuck you, we're not doing that," and commit themselves to saving it- both literally and morally.

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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The Syndicate is a conflicted, crumbling edifice being picked over by usurpers and fanatical rebels. Which only makes it all the more glorious when a few truly good people go, "Fuck you, we're not doing that," and commit themselves to saving it- it - both literally and morally.



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->'''Voiced by:''' Lorraine Ansell
->'''Birthsign:''' Kiss Me To The Moon

The protagonist; an experienced investigator who served the Syndicate well until a god tricked her into making Island 13 vulnerable to demonic invasion. She was punished for her failure by being exiled, for the rest of her immortal life...until the mysteries surrounding the massacre of the Council on Island 24 required that she take up her old role.\\\

Visually, she is a red-robed human of British ethnicity who is never seen without her [=AI=] laptop, Starlight.

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The protagonist; an experienced investigator who nicknamed the Investigation Freak, she served the Syndicate well until a god tricked her into making Island 13 vulnerable to demonic invasion. She was punished for her failure by being exiled, for the rest of her immortal life... until three million days later, the mysteries surrounding the massacre of the Council on Island 24 required that she take up her old role.\\\

Visually, she is she's a red-robed human of British ethnicity who is never seen without her [=AI=] laptop, Starlight.



-->"When love dies, all that remains are the facts".
* ConstantlyCurious: She hated her exile to the Idle Lands because it was so boring. No places to explore, no people to talk to, nothing.
* CryoPrison: The usual penalty for a crime like Lady's is death, but she was very popular, so instead they put her in a sort of suspended animation. Like most examples of the trope, she is shocked by what the Syndicate has become during her absence.

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* ConstantlyCurious: She hated her exile to the Idle Lands because it was so boring. No places to explore, no people to talk to, nothing.
''nothing.''
* CryoPrison: The usual penalty for a crime like Lady's is death, but she was very popular, so instead they put her in a sort of suspended animation. Like most examples of the trope, she is she's shocked by what the Syndicate has become during her absence.



* DueToTheDead: She utters a prayer over each of the Council's corpses, and tells Witness that "I hope paradise is everything you want it to be" if she finds him guilty of the second conspiracy.

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* DueToTheDead: She utters a prayer over each of the Council's corpses, and tells [[spoiler:tells Witness that "I hope paradise is everything you want it to be" if she finds him guilty of the second conspiracy.conspiracy]].



* EvenEvilHasStandards: She is visibly horrified by Dainonigate's wounds and tries to get help for him, although she's ended many other criminals' lives over the years. Presumably she finds her swift executions more palatable than the bloody, prolonged death he was suffering.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: She is visibly horrified by Dainonigate's [[spoiler:Dainonigate]]'s wounds and tries to get help for him, although she's ended many other criminals' lives over the years. Presumably she finds her swift executions more palatable than the [[spoiler:the bloody, prolonged death he was suffering.]]



* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Averted. After spending three million days (more than 8200 years) in the Idle Lands in social isolation she is perfectly coherent, and not even particularly bitter about it.

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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Averted. After spending three million days (more than 8200 years) in the Idle Lands in social isolation she is isolation, she's perfectly coherent, and not even particularly bitter about it.



** Subverted. She- and everyone else- arrogantly ''believed'' this of herself, but despite her integrity she was still human, and no match for a god's manipulations.
** The outcome of the trial may reconstruct this trope. Even though Lady isn't perfectly just, she's as close to being such as a human can be, and close enough to make a '''world''' of difference to the corrupt, crime-ridden Syndicate.

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** Subverted. She- She - and everyone else- else - arrogantly ''believed'' this of herself, but despite her integrity she was still human, and no match for a god's manipulations.
** The [[spoiler:The outcome of the trial may reconstruct this trope. Even though Lady isn't perfectly just, she's as close to being such as a human can be, and close enough to make a '''world''' of difference to the corrupt, crime-ridden Syndicate.]]



* InternalReformist: In her max-level conversations with Henry and One Last Kiss, she acknowledges that the Syndicate is rotten and promises to do whatever she can to redeem it.
* PlotSensitiveSnoopingSkills: She lived beside Crimson for centuries and never knew [[spoiler:that she loved her romantically]].
* PunchClockVillain: Other than the fact that she serves gods who demand mass enslavement and HumanSacrifice[=s=], she's not that bad a person. Her involvement is the main reason that Henry doesn't get executed instantly, even if it's motivated more by curiosity than compassion.
* RetiredBadass: Implied. No matter what she says to the suspects, no matter what secrets she tells them ''to their faces'' she knows about...no one ever tries to attack her. Justified in the fact that Starlight records every conversation and Judge is currently connected to Starlight; if they did attack her it would be known.

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* InternalReformist: In her max-level conversations with Henry and One Last Kiss, she acknowledges that the [[spoiler:the Syndicate is rotten and promises to do whatever she can to redeem it.
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* PlotSensitiveSnoopingSkills: She lived beside Crimson Acid for centuries centuries, minimum, and never knew [[spoiler:that she Crimson loved her romantically]].
* PunchClockVillain: Other than the fact that she serves gods who demand mass enslavement and HumanSacrifice[=s=], she's not that bad a person. Her involvement is the main reason that Henry doesn't get Division isn't executed instantly, even if it's motivated more by curiosity than compassion.
* RetiredBadass: Implied. No matter what she says to the suspects, no matter what secrets she tells them ''to their faces'' that she knows about...about... no one ever tries to attack her. Justified in [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the fact that Starlight records every conversation she participates in, and Judge is currently connected to Starlight; if they did attack her anyone attacked her, it would be known.



* SeekerArchetype: It doesn't matter who's in power or how many years pass, Lady will always seek the truth. (She may not always share it, though).
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: The only characters she can have OptionalSexualEncounter[=s=] with are Crimson Acid and Doom Jazz, who rank among the most innocent suspects on the island, but it should be noted that almost everyone else on the island is dead, already taken, openly contemptuous of her, or too caught up in their own business.

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* SeekerArchetype: It doesn't matter who's in power or how many years pass, Lady will always seek the truth. (She may not always share it, though).
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: The only characters she can have OptionalSexualEncounter[=s=] with are Crimson Acid and Doom Jazz, who rank among the most innocent suspects on the island, but island; however, it should be noted that almost everyone else on the island is dead, already taken, openly contemptuous of her, or too caught up in their own business.



* VetinariJobSecurity: Lady's obsession with truth makes her almost incorruptible, and one of the few Syndicate members trusted with a weapon. After her exile, they didn't even try to replace her...a weakness multiple criminals took advantage of.

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* VetinariJobSecurity: Lady's obsession with truth makes her almost incorruptible, and one of the few Syndicate members trusted with a weapon. After her exile, they didn't even try never tried to replace her...her... a weakness multiple criminals took advantage of.



* {{Workaholic}}: She happily goes to work for the Syndicate again- despite how they treated her the first time- because a job is a job. If she accepts sidequests, it's because she ''can't'' pass up the chance to solve a mystery, however busy she already is.

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* {{Workaholic}}: She happily goes to work for the Syndicate again- again - despite how they treated her the first time- time - because a job is a job. If she accepts sidequests, it's because she ''can't'' pass up the chance to solve a mystery, however busy she already is.




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* BloodKnight: She loved fighting demons, even petitioning to become a Marshal [[spoiler:(and, later, a member of the new Paradise Psycho Unit)]] so that she could do so again.

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* BloodKnight: She loved was a soldier for a long time, and she loves fighting demons, even petitioning to become a Marshal [[spoiler:(and, later, a member of the new Paradise Psycho Unit)]] so that she could can do so again.



* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Crimson was one end of a poly-relationship with Lady, with Isiah Bullet at the other end. When the latter two married, Crimson got cut out with Lady under the assumption that their relationship had been casual. It wasn't, and Lady's exile only made things worse as Crimson thought she'd never get to confess her feelings.]]
* GoodBadGirl: She manipulated K. HX sexually to get what she wanted... but what she wanted wasn't all that bad. Compared to the actual criminals infesting the island, she's a saint... who's a visual reference to a demon in Literature/ArsGoetia. Irony!
* GoodFortuneFromGod: Crimson didn't always have a goat head: one of the gods blessed her with it after she showed great courage in battle. Because Paradise's society is so theocratic, her receiving a visible sign of divine favor is a big deal. (However, it ironically resulted in the Council taking away her dream job as a demon hunter, and shunting her into the role of the Syndicate's poster girl).

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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Crimson was one end of a poly-relationship polyamorous relationship with Lady, with Isiah Bullet at the other end. When the latter two married, Crimson got cut out with Lady under the assumption that their her relationship with Lady had been casual. It wasn't, and wasn't. Lady's exile only made things worse worse, as Crimson thought she'd never get to confess her feelings.]]
* GoodBadGirl: She manipulated K. HX [[spoiler:K. HX]] sexually to get what she wanted... but what she wanted wasn't all that bad. Compared to the actual criminals infesting the island, she's a saint... who's a visual reference to a demon in Literature/ArsGoetia. Irony!
* GoodFortuneFromGod: Crimson didn't always have a goat head: one of the gods blessed her with it after she showed great courage in battle. Because Paradise's society is so theocratic, her receiving a visible sign of divine favor was - and is - a big deal. (However, (Ironically, it ironically resulted in the Council taking away her dream job as a demon hunter, and shunting her into the role of the Syndicate's poster girl).girl.)



* MsFanservice: While all male members of the Syndicate seem not to understand the purpose of a shirt, she is the only woman wearing some [[NavelDeepNeckline very revealing robes]].

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* MsFanservice: While all male members of the Syndicate don't seem not to understand the purpose of a shirt, she is the only woman wearing some [[NavelDeepNeckline very revealing robes]].



* OldFlameFizzle: Crimson had plenty of time to get over [[spoiler:her love of Lady covered under Did Not Get The Girl. After informing Lady of the true feelings she'd had at the time and where she is now, she explicitly states she'll sleep with Lady as, and only as, emotional closure, then they can start again fresh at just friendship.]]
* RedBaron: She is known as "the Glamour Of The Battlefield" for her beauty and grace in battle.
* RedHerring: A minor example. [[spoiler:There's a mountain of evidence pointing to her as the one who murdered K.HX, but his true killer was Yuri Night, who's incriminated only by his ring in K.HX's hand and the other facts surrounding the conspiracy]].

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* OldFlameFizzle: Crimson had plenty of time to get over [[spoiler:her love of Lady Lady, covered under Did Not Get The Girl. DidNotGetTheGirl. After informing Lady of the true feelings she'd had at the time and where she is now, she explicitly states she'll sleep with Lady as, and only ''only'' as, emotional closure, closure; then they can start again fresh at just friendship.]]
* RedBaron: She is She's known as "the Glamour Of The Battlefield" for her beauty and grace in battle.
* RedHerring: A minor example. [[spoiler:There's a mountain of evidence pointing to her as the one who murdered K.HX, but his true ''true'' killer was Yuri Night, who's incriminated only by his ring in K.HX's hand and the other facts surrounding the conspiracy]].




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-->'''Portrayed by''': Catalina Croitoru



* DrillSergeantNasty: Inverted. She is an asshole to everyone ''but'' her troops.
* HotBlooded: Most of her voice clips have her shouting very dramatically, and merely trying to strike up a conversation with her as Akiko threatening Love Die's life.
* InappropriatelyCloseComrades: She's had relationships with several of her subordinates over the years, breaking Syndicate law. She never abuses her power, as far as we know, but...could a Citizen really say "no" to a Syndicate member?

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* DrillSergeantNasty: Inverted. She is She's an asshole to everyone ''but'' her troops.
* HotBlooded: Most of her voice clips have her shouting very dramatically, and merely trying to strike up a conversation with her as Akiko threatening Love Die's Dies' life.
* InappropriatelyCloseComrades: She's had relationships with several of her subordinates over the years, breaking Syndicate law. She never abuses her power, as far as we know, but... could a Citizen really say "no" to a Syndicate member?



* SirSwearsALot: She really doesn't like Lady, and uses {{Foreign Cuss Word}}s to make a point about it -- at least a good half of her voice clips are swearing in Romanian.

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* SirSwearsALot: She really ''really'' doesn't like Lady, and uses {{Foreign Cuss Word}}s to make a point about it -- at least a good half of her voice clips are swearing in Romanian.




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The architect of many Islands, which she weaves into existence with psychic power and determination.

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The architect of many Islands, which she weaves into existence with psychic power and determination.
determination. Due to the sudden murder of the Council, she's the acting leader of the Syndicate until the Crime to End All Crimes can be successfully solved.



* AmbitionIsEvil: She tried for a ''long'' time to get onto the Council legitimately...and then she stopped. [[spoiler:The "legit" part, at least; she still desires recognition for her hard work.]]
* EmbarrassingCoverUp: If Lady confronts Carmelina about her hidden bunker, she will claim that it was a place for her and Witness to have sex.

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* AmbitionIsEvil: She tried for a ''long'' time to get onto the Council legitimately... and then she stopped. [[spoiler:The "legit" "legitimately" part, at least; she still desires recognition for her hard work.]]
* EmbarrassingCoverUp: If Lady confronts Carmelina about her hidden bunker, she will she'll claim that it was it's a place for her and Witness to have sex.




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* AceCustom: He maintains his prosthetics himself and has personalized them with activist stickers. (He also updates their touch functionality every so often, for...recreational...reasons). Presumably his motivation is to make them feel less alien.
* AmazonChaser: "I have a weakness for women in power armor".

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* AceCustom: He maintains his prosthetics himself himself, and has personalized them with activist stickers. (He also updates their touch functionality every so often, for...recreational... recreational... reasons). Presumably his motivation is to make them feel less alien.
* AmazonChaser: "I have a weakness for women in power armor".armor."



* FavorsForTheSexy: He knows that he shouldn't tell people secrets, but he just cannot help himself. Admittedly, all suspects [[LevelUpAtIntimacy5 do this to some extent]], but Doom Jazz starts spilling what he knows after literally ''one'' conversation.

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* FavorsForTheSexy: He knows that he shouldn't tell people secrets, but he just cannot can't help himself. Admittedly, all suspects [[LevelUpAtIntimacy5 do this to some extent]], but Doom Jazz starts spilling what he knows after literally ''one'' conversation.



* JumpedAtTheCall: He always dreamed of becoming a doctor, and regularly snuck into a medical school's library to study their texts. Eventually he convinced them to let him enroll there for real, and rapidly became their best student.

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* JumpedAtTheCall: He always dreamed of becoming a doctor, and regularly snuck into a medical school's library to study their texts. Eventually Eventually, he convinced them to let him enroll there for real, and rapidly became becoming their best student.



-->"I'm sorry, Akiko. I am duty-bound to assist an investigation".
* LoveHurts: He has spent his whole long life losing people he loves ([[TheFourLoves by all definitions of the term]]): [[spoiler:His father was killed in a fruitless battle, his best friend committed suicide, and he has romantic feelings for Lady Love Dies, who is unreceptive/married to someone else/exiled. Now he's developed feelings for Akiko, who is similarly unavailable.]]

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-->"I'm sorry, Akiko. I am duty-bound to assist an investigation".
investigation."
* LoveHurts: He has spent his whole long life losing people he loves ([[TheFourLoves by all definitions of the term]]): [[spoiler:His [[spoiler:his father was killed in a fruitless battle, his best friend committed suicide, and he has romantic feelings for Lady Love Dies, who is unreceptive/married to someone else/exiled. Now Now, he's developed feelings for Akiko, who is similarly unavailable.]]



* PowerDynamicsKink: He suggests flirtatiously that [[GentlemanDetective Lady]] might want to "investigate" his body, which [[OptionalSexualEncounter she can agree to depending on player choice]]. More serious conversations, however, make it clear that they fully understand the weight of her job.

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* PowerDynamicsKink: He suggests flirtatiously that [[GentlemanDetective Lady]] might want to "investigate" his body, which [[OptionalSexualEncounter she can agree to to, depending on player choice]]. More serious conversations, however, make it clear that they both fully understand the weight of her job.



** He agreed to keep [[spoiler:Carmelina's newborn son]] a secret because he had no idea [[{{Tykebomb}} what she would do to him]].
** Similarly, he accidentally provides Lady with information that incriminates Akiko because he never thought Akiko would commit a crime.

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** He agreed to keep [[spoiler:Carmelina's newborn son]] a secret secret, because he had no idea [[{{Tykebomb}} what she would do to him]].
** Similarly, he accidentally provides Lady with information that incriminates Akiko Akiko, because he never thought Akiko would commit a crime.



* GenreRefugee: In the artbook, the writers comment that if they had enough money, they would make a expensive epic-scale action game where Lydia is the protagonist and kills at least one god by the end. But for now her exploits are limited strictly to backstory.
* ILoveTheDead: It's unclear if she and her husband (an animate skeleton) have any sort of sex life, but highly likely.
* StepfordSmiler: She insists that she and Sam are totally happy and had no motivation to kill the Council, none at all.

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* GenreRefugee: In the artbook, the writers comment that if they had enough money, they would they'd make a expensive epic-scale action game where Lydia is the protagonist and kills at least one god by the end. But for now For now, her exploits are limited strictly to backstory.
* ILoveTheDead: It's unclear if she and her husband (an animate skeleton) have any sort of sex life, but given the rest of the Syndicate, highly likely.
* StepfordSmiler: She insists that she and Sam are totally happy ''totally'' happy, and they would've had no motivation to kill the Council, none at all.



->'''Birthsign:''' Dire Rose

Carmelina's secretary, and Lydia's handler.

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Carmelina's secretary, secretary and Lydia's handler.
handler. Although he was born on Island 15, he only recently joined the Syndicate. Supposedly he was very unattractive when he was younger, but during his teenage years he transformed overnight into a male beauty.



* BullyingADragon: He is more disrespectful towards Lady than the other characters, because unlike them he has never met her and does not know what she's capable of.
* DevilInPlainSight: Which is an accomplishment considering how morally dubious everyone in the Syndicate is. He's openly smug and antagonistic, practically no one has a good word to say about him, and he frequently talks about how he [[AmbitionIsEvil values ambition above all else]]. It would honestly be a shock if he ''wasn't'' guilty of anything. [[spoiler:He is guilty, but he's the triggerman rather than the mastermind.]]

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* BullyingADragon: He is He's more disrespectful towards Lady than the other characters, because characters; unlike them he has them, he's never met her her, and does not doesn't know (and doesn't care about) what she's capable of.
* DevilInPlainSight: Which is honestly an accomplishment accomplishment, considering how morally dubious everyone in the Syndicate is. He's openly smug and antagonistic, practically no one has a good word to say about him, and he frequently talks about how he [[AmbitionIsEvil values ambition above all else]]. It would honestly be a shock if he ''wasn't'' guilty of anything. [[spoiler:He is guilty, is, in fact, guilty... but he's the triggerman triggerman, rather than the mastermind.]]



* HateSink: Yuri is just a douche. No FreudianExcuse, no hidden softer side, no change of heart. He's a ruthless ObviouslyEvil minion who exists to help more sympathetic villains carry out their plans, and give the player catharsis when they inevitably and easily take him down in court. Possibly also to establish that the Syndicate, who employ him, are not good people.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Cares only about himself and his ambitions. [[spoiler:If he's successfully incriminated during the trial, he immediately throws Carmelina under the bus to spite her]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Yuri is an insufferable jerk to everyone he meets and absolutely nobody on the island has anything good to say about him.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He's a newcomer to the Syndicate but is already acting like the most important person on the island. His attempts to earn himself a higher position have consistently ended in failure.

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* HateSink: Yuri is just a douche. No FreudianExcuse, no hidden softer side, no change of heart. He's a ruthless ObviouslyEvil minion who exists to help more sympathetic villains carry out their plans, and give the player catharsis when they inevitably - and easily - take him down in court. Possibly also to establish that the Syndicate, who employ him, are not good people.
people (even if many of the other Syndicate members in the game are sympathetic so some degree).
* ItsAllAboutMe: Cares He only cares about himself and his ambitions. [[spoiler:If he's successfully incriminated during the trial, he immediately ''immediately'' throws Carmelina under the bus just to spite her]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Yuri is an insufferable jerk to everyone he meets meets, and absolutely nobody on the island has anything good to say about him.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He's a newcomer to the Syndicate Syndicate, but is already acting acts like the most important person on the island. His island, even though his attempts to earn himself a higher position have consistently ended in failure.



* WineIsClassy: Yuri tries to invoke this trope by only ever ordering expensive wine from Sam Daybreak's bar, despite Sam's [[TheBartender experience with bartending]] meaning he can mix Yuri a custom drink he'd find far more enjoyable. Yuri does this to be classy, but it instead makes him pretentious.

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* WineIsClassy: Yuri tries to invoke this trope by only ever ordering expensive wine from Sam Daybreak's bar, despite Sam's [[TheBartender experience with bartending]] meaning he can could mix Yuri a custom drink he'd find far more enjoyable. Yuri does this to be classy, but it instead makes him pretentious. [[spoiler:His god Enchanted Blue is known to be a 'connoisseur of fine food and wine', which may be related.]]



->'''Birthsign:''' Destroyed Eden

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->'''Birthsign:''' Shadow Zero

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* TokenNonHuman: While all members of the Syndicate are not quite human, they at least look human. Sam's a walking, talking red skeleton with a horn.

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* TokenNonHuman: While all members of the Syndicate are not quite human, they at least look human. Sam's a walking, talking talking, red skeleton with a horn.




An unknown Syndicate member who erased their ego and fused with the island, so that Paradise would always have an impartial justice.

Visually, they are a humanoid chimera with multiple faces, which are covered with several amalgamated gold masks.

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\n-->'''Portrayed by''': Alysia Judge

An unknown Syndicate member who long ago erased their ego and fused with the island, so that Paradise would always have an impartial justice.

Visually, they are a humanoid chimera with multiple faces, which are covered with several amalgamated gold masks.masks, and wires emerging from their body at multiple points.



* StalkerWithACrush: He wasn't invasive, but secretly he held certain...delusions...about Crimson Acid becoming his loving trophy queen and ruling over the Syndicate with him. Hence the [[StalkerShrine many posters of her]] in his house.

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* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:By the time Lady Love Dies exits her exile, he's already dead.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: He wasn't invasive, but secretly he held certain...delusions... delusions... about Crimson Acid becoming his loving trophy queen and ruling over the Syndicate with him. Hence the [[StalkerShrine many posters of her]] in his house.



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Visually, he is a human whose face is marked by a pink diamond.

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* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: He's wearing ''immense'' amounts of black eye makeup.
* TechnicolorEyes: He appears to have no irises in his eyes, just sclera and pupil.




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* MyNameIsQuestionMarks: Blue's character portrait lists seven question marks where her name would normally be, and Orange's five hashtags.

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* MyNameIsQuestionMarks: Blue's character portrait lists seven question marks where her name would normally be, and Orange's lists five hashtags.



* SeinfeldianConversation: They discuss wine, philosophy, video games...anything to pass their unlimited time.
* SympathyForTheHero: Blue says with certainty that "we" (presumably the Syndicate) will always need Lady Love Dies. Yet Lady wouldn't have returned to the Islands at all if Blue hadn't killed Paradise...which may have been the point.

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* SeinfeldianConversation: They discuss wine, philosophy, video games... anything to pass their unlimited time.
* SympathyForTheHero: Blue says with certainty that "we" (presumably the Syndicate) will always need Lady Love Dies. Yet Lady wouldn't have returned to the Islands at all if Blue hadn't killed Paradise... which may have been the point.







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* PunchClockVillain: Fellow immortals ''pity'' him, if anything, although he has the most immoral job of them all.

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* PunchClockVillain: Fellow His fellow immortals ''pity'' him, if anything, although he has the most immoral job of them all.



* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: For cultists, they are surprisingly unreligious, preferring their own hobbies/status-climbing schemes/hedonism to any sort of spiritual work. (This is partly justified by the difficulty of reclaiming a god's corpse from its guards on Earth). One benefit of having Citizens is that the burden of praying can be shifted onto them.

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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: For cultists, they are they're surprisingly unreligious, preferring their own hobbies/status-climbing schemes/hedonism to any sort of spiritual work. (This is partly justified by the difficulty of reclaiming a god's corpse from its guards on Earth). Earth.) One benefit of having Citizens is that the burden of praying can be shifted onto them.




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* BadBoss: In a world where gods invade people's minds through [[HumansAreFlawed weaknesses in their psyche]], Monserrat is enraged- at the ''victims'' of the brainwashing, because "they [weren't] supposed to have weaknesses". He tells Lady as much when she claims innocence.
* BeingEvilSucks: His lack of tolerance left him with an increasingly small amount of people he could trust, and did nothing to prevent his death by stabbing. Lady was not the only one hurt by her exile.

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* BadBoss: In a world where gods invade people's minds through [[HumansAreFlawed weaknesses in their psyche]], Monserrat is enraged- enraged - at the ''victims'' of the brainwashing, because "they [weren't] supposed to have weaknesses". He tells Lady as much when she claims innocence.
* BeingEvilSucks: His lack of tolerance left him with an increasingly small amount of people he could trust, and did nothing to prevent his death by stabbing. Lady Love Dies was not the only one hurt by her exile.



* VillainInAWhiteSuit: As befits his obsession with purity and perfection. Combined with his normal stature and lack of muscle, it's hard to believe ''he'' is the tyrant despised by so many.

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* VillainInAWhiteSuit: As befits his obsession with purity and perfection. Combined with his normal stature and lack of muscle, it's hard to believe ''he'' is the tyrant despised by so many.



* DrivenToSuicide: Unlike the rest of the Council that was murdered on the same night, it's stated that he purposely lept to his death weeks earlier. After uncovering evidence relating to him, Lady Love Dies speculates he felt tormented by the fact that [[spoiler:he had two bastard children as the result of two different forbidden romances]].

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* DrivenToSuicide: Unlike the rest of the Council that was murdered on the same night, it's stated that he purposely lept to his death weeks years earlier. After uncovering evidence relating to him, Lady Love Dies speculates he felt tormented by the fact that [[spoiler:he had two bastard children as the result of two different forbidden romances]].



* EthnicGod: Every immortal is born under a god, like how people are born under star signs, and typically worships 'their' god. It's not illegal for someone to serve a cross-aligned god, but it's often a sign of serious problems. ([[spoiler:Yuri serving Enchanted Blue foreshadows that she's seduced him away from the Syndicate, Lady sabotaged an island because she obeyed Damned Harmony, etc.]]) Citizens walk a tightrope: they're forced to worship the gods in general, and yet worshipping ''too much'', or a specific god, is forbidden.

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* EthnicGod: Every immortal is born under a god, like how people are born under star signs, and they typically worships worship 'their' god. It's not illegal for someone to serve a cross-aligned god, but it's often a sign of serious problems. ([[spoiler:Yuri serving Enchanted Blue foreshadows that she's seduced him away from the Syndicate, Lady sabotaged an island because she obeyed Damned Harmony, etc.]]) Citizens walk a tightrope: they're forced to worship the gods in general, and yet worshipping ''too much'', or worshipping a specific god, is forbidden.




The Syndicate's patron god, who died to send them his power.

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A scheming god who caused the corruption of Island 13 and Lady's downfall.

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A scheming god who caused the corruption of Island 13 and Lady's downfall. Long ago, he managed to escape to space as his mountain fortress was destroyed, drifting for millennia until latching onto a comet in the outer reaches of our solar system, eventually coming close enough to Earth to learn of the Syndicate.




A goddess of warriors.

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A goddess of warriors. She appears as a humanoid with two dog heads wearing golden armor, carrying a spear, a sword, and a shield. She once based her forces in Romania.



[[folder: Enchanted Blue]]



A scholar of different galactic races, and a connoisseur of fine food and wine. She remains imprisoned in the real world in the hidden pyramids deep within the caverns of the Sahara. Her statue depicts her as a centaur-like being wearing a black dress.
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A demon-possessed Citizen who is believed to have murdered the Council. He despises the Syndicate because it enslaved him.

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\n-->'''Portrayed by''': Kieran Flitton

A demon-possessed Citizen who is who's believed to have murdered the Council.Council. He became possessed ten years ago, in an incident which lead to the death of both his mother, Rina Division, and the Syndicate's exorcist, Grace Bloodlines. He despises the Syndicate because it enslaved him.



* DemonicPossession: Ten years ago, Henry made himself vulnerable to the trope, which a demon promptly took advantage of. His possession makes proving his innocence difficult; demons can do many things impossible by even Syndicate standards, and their hosts have almost no memory of anything they do while under the demon's control.

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* DemonicPossession: Ten years ago, Henry made himself vulnerable to the trope, this, which a demon promptly took advantage of. His possession makes proving his innocence difficult; demons can do many things impossible by even Syndicate standards, and their hosts have almost no memory of anything they do while under the demon's control.



* TraumaCongaLine: And HOW. [[spoiler:The son of a single mother, Henry was born into basically a life of slavery, seduced by a demon, killed his own mom and spent a decade living in a prison cell only to be blamed for a murder he has no memory of. Even if you prove his innocence, he will still die when the island collapses, because citizens don't get to move to Perfect 25]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The demon possessing Henry murdered his mother and created the Dead Zone on Island 24, which was the beginning of the end of that Island. Henry wanted revenge, but not like ''that''.

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* TraumaCongaLine: And HOW. [[spoiler:The son of a single mother, Henry was born into basically a life of slavery, seduced by a demon, killed his own mom mother, and spent a decade living in a prison cell only to be blamed for a murder he has no memory of. Even And ''even if you prove his innocence, he will innocence'', he'll still die when the island collapses, collapses... because citizens Citizens don't get to move to Perfect 25]].
the next island]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The demon possessing Henry murdered his mother Rina and created the Dead Zone on Island 24, which was the beginning of the end of that the Island. Henry wanted revenge, revenge on the Syndicate, sure, but not like ''that''.




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* PunctuationShaker: Shin U'thk Jiggath- his full name- as befits a Lovecraftian monster.

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* PunctuationShaker: Shin U'thk Jiggath- Jiggath - his full name- name - as befits a Lovecraftian monster.




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-->'''Portrayed by''': Amy Crabtree



* AIIsACrapshoot: Lady can come across a vending machine near the power plant with "Deader Nebula" trapped inside; it's a fragment of Dead Nebula that had been quarantined, and speaks in philosophical ramblings ending with "Thus spoke Deader Nebula" while trying to breach Starlight's firewalls and leave its prison. It then successfully bargains with Lady for freedom in exchange for unlocking a soundtrack.
* TheGadfly: She trolls Lady into parroting a twee corporate slogan and mocks her for falling for it.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: Lady can come across a vending machine near the power plant with "Deader Nebula" trapped inside; it's a fragment of Dead Nebula that had that's been quarantined, quarantined and speaks in philosophical ramblings ramblings, ending them with "Thus spoke Deader Nebula" while trying to breach Starlight's firewalls and leave its prison. It then successfully bargains with Lady for freedom in exchange for unlocking a soundtrack.
* TheGadfly: She trolls Lady into parroting a twee corporate slogan and slogan, then mocks her for falling for it.




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* IronicName: It is entirely possible for the Killer Demon to be found innocent of any killings.

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%%* GoodIsMature: The oldest Syndicate members have taken one of two paths: they've become murderously obsessed with politics, the only outlet left to them...or they've become sick of all the slaughter and loneliness and want to build a ''new'' Syndicate, not just rule the current one. A Syndicate that doesn't need slavery anymore.

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* DevilInPlainSight: Which is an accomplishment considering how morally dubious everyone in the Syndicate is. He's openly smug and antagonistic, practically no one has a good word to say about him, and he frequently talks about how he [[AmbitionIsEvil values ambition above all else]]. It would honestly be a shock if he ''wasn't'' guilty of anything. [[spoiler:He is guilty, but he's the triggerman rather than the mastermind.]]


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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: The only characters she can have OptionalSexualEncounter[=s=] with are Crimson Acid and Doom Jazz- the most innocent suspects on the island.

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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: The only characters she can have OptionalSexualEncounter[=s=] with are Crimson Acid and Doom Jazz- Jazz, who rank among the most innocent suspects on the island.island, but it should be noted that almost everyone else on the island is dead, already taken, openly contemptuous of her, or too caught up in their own business.

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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The Syndicate is a conflicted, crumbling edifice being picked over by usurpers and fanatical rebels. Which only makes it all the more glorious when a few truly good people go, "Fuck you, we're not doing that," and commit themselves to saving it- both literally and morally.


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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The Syndicate is a conflicted, crumbling edifice being picked over by usurpers and fanatical rebels. Which only makes it all the more glorious when a few truly good people go, "Fuck you, we're not doing that," and commit themselves to saving it- both literally and morally.
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* ArchEnemy: The God Hunters, who the Syndicate fled from after the Great Betrayal. (They caught up, much to the horror of Island 10's inhabitants.)

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* ArchEnemy: The God Hunters, who the Syndicate fled from after the Great Betrayal. (They caught up, much to the horror of Island 10's inhabitants.)inhabitants).



* PracticalCurrency: Blood Crystals, the name of which is quite literal. They are solid gems, but they either contain liquid blood or can be converted into it. (Don't think about it too hard.) Useful in a cult whose gods appreciate human blood.

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* PracticalCurrency: Blood Crystals, the name of which is quite literal. They are solid gems, but they either contain liquid blood or can be converted into it. (Don't think about it too hard.) hard). Useful in a cult whose gods appreciate human blood.



[[caption-width-right:350: "The investigator is here."]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: "The investigator is here."]]here"]]



-->"When love dies, all that remains are the facts."

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-->"When love dies, all that remains are the facts."facts".



* DueToTheDead: She utters a prayer over each of the Council's corpses, and tells Witness that "I hope paradise is everything you want it to be." if she finds him guilty of the second conspiracy.

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* DueToTheDead: She utters a prayer over each of the Council's corpses, and tells Witness that "I hope paradise is everything you want it to be." be" if she finds him guilty of the second conspiracy.



* GentlemanDetective: Lady acts like one: composed, confident, and unwilling to put up with suspects' bullshit. ([[PunctuatedForEmphasis "Don't. Test. Me."]]) It's not stated whether her family were aristocratic, though.

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* GentlemanDetective: Lady acts like one: composed, confident, and unwilling to put up with suspects' bullshit. ([[PunctuatedForEmphasis "Don't. Test. Me."]]) Me"]]). It's not stated whether her family were aristocratic, though.



* SeekerArchetype: It doesn't matter who's in power or how many years pass, Lady will always seek the truth. (She may not always share it, though.)

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* SeekerArchetype: It doesn't matter who's in power or how many years pass, Lady will always seek the truth. (She may not always share it, though.)though).



* GoodFortuneFromGod: Crimson didn't always have a goat head: one of the gods blessed her with it after she showed great courage in battle. Because Paradise's society is so theocratic, her receiving a visible sign of divine favor is a big deal. (However, it ironically resulted in the Council taking away her dream job as a demon hunter, and shunting her into the role of the Syndicate's poster girl.)

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* GoodFortuneFromGod: Crimson didn't always have a goat head: one of the gods blessed her with it after she showed great courage in battle. Because Paradise's society is so theocratic, her receiving a visible sign of divine favor is a big deal. (However, it ironically resulted in the Council taking away her dream job as a demon hunter, and shunting her into the role of the Syndicate's poster girl.)girl).



* AceCustom: He maintains his prosthetics himself and has personalized them with activist stickers. (He also updates their touch functionality every so often, for...recreational...reasons.) Presumably his motivation is to make them feel less alien.
* AmazonChaser: "I have a weakness for women in power armor."

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* AceCustom: He maintains his prosthetics himself and has personalized them with activist stickers. (He also updates their touch functionality every so often, for...recreational...reasons.) reasons). Presumably his motivation is to make them feel less alien.
* AmazonChaser: "I have a weakness for women in power armor."armor".



-->"I'm sorry, Akiko. I am duty-bound to assist an investigation."

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-->"I'm sorry, Akiko. I am duty-bound to assist an investigation."investigation".



-->"To reshape the world. When you pull a trigger or thrust a knife the world branches. The old world is gone. It exists in history. Then history is forgotten. The world is remade. Or reshaped. It depends. We all live in the new world after that."

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-->"To reshape the world. When you pull a trigger or thrust a knife the world branches. The old world is gone. It exists in history. Then history is forgotten. The world is remade. Or reshaped. It depends. We all live in the new world after that."that".



* ASharedSuffering: She and Isiah bonded and eventually got together because they both knew what it was like to lose a spouse. (Complex's previous lover, Gregory, died in a HeroicSacrifice to [[TimePolice fix reality]].)

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* ASharedSuffering: She and Isiah bonded and eventually got together because they both knew what it was like to lose a spouse. (Complex's previous lover, Gregory, died in a HeroicSacrifice to [[TimePolice fix reality]].)reality]]).



* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: For cultists, they are surprisingly unreligious, preferring their own hobbies/status-climbing schemes/hedonism to any sort of spiritual work. (This is partly justified by the difficulty of reclaiming a god's corpse from its guards on Earth.) One benefit of having Citizens is that the burden of praying can be shifted onto them.

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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: For cultists, they are surprisingly unreligious, preferring their own hobbies/status-climbing schemes/hedonism to any sort of spiritual work. (This is partly justified by the difficulty of reclaiming a god's corpse from its guards on Earth.) Earth). One benefit of having Citizens is that the burden of praying can be shifted onto them.

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* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: As a KnowledgeBroker, she'll ask for Blood Crystals in payment instead of just freely giving information like every other suspect. Additionally, some of that information isn't even useful, such as being able to recognize that a call wasn't to a cell phone (as every phone on the Island is registered) but having no clue what else the receiver could have been.

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* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: As a KnowledgeBroker, she'll ask for Blood Crystals in payment instead of just freely giving information like every other suspect. Additionally, some of that information isn't even useful, such as being able to recognize that a call wasn't to a cell phone (as every phone on the Island is registered) but having no clue what else the receiver could have been. She does, however, adjust her price based on how valuable she thinks the information will be, and even offers refunds if Lady can respond with some intel of her own.


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* WingdingEyes: If accused during the trial, his eyes turn stark white with red X's for pupils.

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* RedHerring: A minor example. [[spoiler:There's a mountain of evidence pointing to her as the one who murdered K.HX, but his true killer was Yuri Night, who's incriminated only by his ring in K.HX's hand and the other facts surrounding the conspiracy]].



* BadLiar: It's very difficult to get a straight answer out of her for most of the game due to her position of authority, but if she's called to the stand without her troops or her clout to back her up, she's terrible at deflecting any of the evidence against her, reduced to little more than accusing Starlight of glitching or making up all the facts.



* ItsAllAboutMe: Cares only about himself and his ambitions. [[spoiler:If he's successfully incriminated during the trial, he immediately throws Carmelina under the bus to spite her]].



* SmugSnake: Completely insufferable and far less important or intelligent than he believes himself to be.



Visually, he is a squat blue-and-pink creature.

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Visually, he is resembles a squat blue-and-pink creature.blue-and-pink, four-armed humanoid coyote with a large pillar rising out the center of his head.


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* WhiteSheep: Demons are forces of otherworldly corruption and hatred that kill anything they touch. Shinji is just kind of an ass, though that's largely because he's too weak to cause any real havoc.
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* AntiHero: None of the stuff she does is bad, but it's all to preserve one of the most selfish, sadistic societies the world has ever seen. [[spoiler:It is possible for the player to make conversation choices that imply that she's starting to see just how bad the institution she serves is, though.]]

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* AntiHero: None of the stuff she does is bad, but it's all to preserve one of the most selfish, sadistic societies the world has ever seen. [[spoiler:It is possible for the player to make conversation choices that imply that she's starting to see just how bad the institution she serves is, though.]]
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* AntiHero: None of the stuff she does is bad, but it's all to preserve one of the most selfish, sadistic societies the world has ever seen.

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* AntiHero: None of the stuff she does is bad, but it's all to preserve one of the most selfish, sadistic societies the world has ever seen. [[spoiler:It is possible for the player to make conversation choices that imply that she's starting to see just how bad the institution she serves is, though.]]
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Averted. After spending three million days (about 8200 years) in the Idle Lands in social isolation she is perfectly coherent, and not even particularly bitter about it.

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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Averted. After spending three million days (about (more than 8200 years) in the Idle Lands in social isolation she is perfectly coherent, and not even particularly bitter about it.
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Averted. After spending three million days (about 8200 years) in the Idle Lands in social isolation she is perfectly coherent, and not even particularly bitter about it.
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* AMythologyIsTrue: Their gods are very real. They're just assholes, who anyone ''not'' blinded by fanaticism or hunger for power would agree fully deserved to die.

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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Subverted. She- and everyone else- arrogantly ''believed'' this of herself, but despite her integrity she was still human, and no match for a god's manipulations.

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Subverted. She- and everyone else- arrogantly ''believed'' this of herself, but despite her integrity she was still human, and no match for a god's manipulations.



* RetiredBadass: Implied. No matter what she says to the suspects, no matter what secrets she tells them ''to their faces'' she knows about...no one ever tries to attack her.
** Justified in the fact that Starlight records every conversation and Judge is currently connected to Starlight. If they did attack her it would be known.

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* RetiredBadass: Implied. No matter what she says to the suspects, no matter what secrets she tells them ''to their faces'' she knows about...no one ever tries to attack her.
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her. Justified in the fact that Starlight records every conversation and Judge is currently connected to Starlight. If Starlight; if they did attack her it would be known.



%%* SuperDrowningSkills:

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%%* SuperDrowningSkills:* SuperDrowningSkills: If Lady steps into any non-shallow water, she immediately blacks out and gets washed up next to the nearest fast travel point.



%%* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible:

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%%* * BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: As a KnowledgeBroker, she'll ask for Blood Crystals in payment instead of just freely giving information like every other suspect. Additionally, some of that information isn't even useful, such as being able to recognize that a call wasn't to a cell phone (as every phone on the Island is registered) but having no clue what else the receiver could have been.



* JumpedAtTheCall: He always dreamed of becoming a doctor, and regularly snuck into a medical school's library to study their texts. Eventually he convinced them to let him enrol there for real, and rapidly became their best student.
%%* LetThePastBurn:

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* JumpedAtTheCall: He always dreamed of becoming a doctor, and regularly snuck into a medical school's library to study their texts. Eventually he convinced them to let him enrol enroll there for real, and rapidly became their best student.
%%* LetThePastBurn:* LetThePastBurn: If he survives the Trial, he's last seen burning down and sinking his personal yacht, and comments that it's something he does at the end of every Island sequence in order to not carry past burdens into the next Island.



* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He agreed to keep [[spoiler:Carmelina's newborn son]] a secret because he had no idea [[{{Tykebomb}} what she would do to him]].

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
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* NotSoAboveItAll: They are as neutral as a sapient being can be, but they're clearly fond of Lady and horrified by the Council massacre.
** They also dabble in poetry.

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* NotSoAboveItAll: They are as neutral as a sapient being can be, but they're clearly fond of Lady and horrified by the Council massacre.
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massacre. They also dabble in poetry.









[[folder:Monserrat]]
!!Monserrat

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[[folder:Monserrat]]
!!Monserrat
[[folder:Leader Monserrat]]
!!Leader Monserrat



* BlasphemousBoast: Lady can remark to Shinji that the Council building was designed by Monserrat to be his personal "Tower of Babel", and the only reason it isn't even higher is that the mountain was already reserved for a mausoleum to fallen Council members.







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* DrivenToSuicide: Unlike the rest of the Council that was murdered on the same night, it's stated that he purposely lept to his death weeks earlier. After uncovering evidence relating to him, Lady Love Dies speculates he felt tormented by the fact that [[spoiler:he had two bastard children as the result of two different forbidden romances]].



* TraumaCongaLine: And HOW. [[spoiler: The son of a single mother, Henry was born into basically a life of slavery, seduced by a demon, killed his own mom and spent a decade living in a prison cell only to be blamed for a murder he has no memory of. Even if you prove his innocence, he will still die when the island collapses, because citizens don't get to move to Perfect 25]].

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* TraumaCongaLine: And HOW. [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The son of a single mother, Henry was born into basically a life of slavery, seduced by a demon, killed his own mom and spent a decade living in a prison cell only to be blamed for a murder he has no memory of. Even if you prove his innocence, he will still die when the island collapses, because citizens don't get to move to Perfect 25]].

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