History Characters / QueensBladeBigBads

* CasualtyInTheRing: Subverted: While technically he can't participate in the tournament on the grounds he's male, since the final battle takes place in the same colosseum after the final dual against Aldra, it technically counts as one, as Leina finish him on it. This gives him the dubious honor of being the only named character to be killed in the tournament.
* DemotedToExtra: In the ''Rurou no Senshi'' manga, he's only mentioned in Aldra's backstory, but he never appears in person, and his only role in the manga is lend Aldra his powers, as she's authentically evil in that adaptation.
* DependingOnTheWriter: He's portrayed in different ways in many media. In the original gamebooks and the videogames, he has a physical body, while in the anime, his physical body is long gone and he exists only as a soul. The original gamebook also describe Delmore as being in love with Aldra, and his sweet words to her are genuine (if corny and annoying to Aldra herself), while in the anime he is just manipulating her as a pawn. And in the ''Rurou no Senshi'' manga he is DemotedToExtra by having him give power to Aldra without possessing her, implying he is a more neutral being in that version of the story.

* AnAxeToGrind: Carries a huge axe apparently made of ice.

* DependingOnTheArtist: Possibly because he looks a lot like ComicBook/TheJoker, he's portraited in different ways in many media, other than the original gamebooks and the videogames.

* BastardBoyfriend: In the animated adaptation, he's only manipulating Aldra for his own plans. This is averted in the gamebook continuity, as he's in love with Aldra instead.

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* DarthVaderClone: Being the main villain and also the mother of two of the heroines, in this case Aldra and Annelotte.

->'''Title:''' [[BiggerBad The Swamp Witch]]

* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: In the original series we do get to see her (ghostly) face, but it's not her real form. Her ''Rebellion'''s gamebook reveals she is currently possessing a humanoid demoness, but her real form would be the Controlling Treasure, which is where her soul resides.

* DependingOnTheArtist: Possibly because he looks a lot like SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, he's portraited in different ways in many media, other than the original gamebooks and the videogames.

* {{Expy}}: In the gamebook continuity, from SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker. In the animated continuity, he looks something between the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Angels]] and a [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Festum]].

The BigBad in ''Grimoire'', who is the culprit behind Melfareland's eternal winter and the one everyone must destroy with the Queen's Blade sword.

* EndlessWinter: Plans to replace Melfarelands endless summer with this.

** Also, background-wise, Werbellia is an Expy of [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader]] being the main villain and also the mother of two of the heroines, in this case Aldra and Annelotte.

!!The Winter Demon

'''Warning: Each of those characters is a WalkingSpoiler. Proceed at your own risk.'''

* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:He is resurrected in the last Beautiful Warriors OVA, only to be killed for real by Tomoe.]]

* CasualtyInTheRing: [[spoiler:Subverted: While technically he can't participate in the tournament on the grounds he's male, since the final battle takes place in the same colosseum after the final dual against Aldra, it technically counts as one, as Leina finish him on it. This gives him the dubious honor of being the only named character to be killed in the tournament]].
* DemotedToExtra: In the ''Rurou no Senshi'' manga, [[spoiler:he's only mentioned in Aldra's backstory, but he never appears in person, and his only role in the manga is lend Aldra his powers, as she's authentically evil in that adaptation]].

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:At least in the anime. In the game books, he looks more like a stereotypical humanoid demon.]]
* {{Expy}}: In the gamebook continuity, from SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker. In the animated continuity, [[spoiler:he looks something between the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Angels]] and a [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Festum]].]]

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:In the last OVA... only for Tomoe to finish him off for good this time.]]

* {{Revenge}}: His main motivation in the animated adaptation as [[spoiler:he wants to get revenge on Cattleya's family for destroying his physical body in the past. With Aldra's help, he succeeds in turning Owen into a crystal statue and they later do the same with Cattleya]].
* ShesAManInJapan: In the English dub, possibly due of how [[Creator/AkiraIshida his Japanese voice actor sounds]], he was turned into a female. The fact he's [[spoiler:an EldritchAbomination in the anime series]] does help.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:It turns out that the Swamp Witch was using him for her ends during the last Beautiful Warriors OVA.]]

* BigBad: She's behind all the events in ''Rebellion'' and retroactively of some in the original series. Made all the more notable by [[spoiler:manipulating Delmore, the demon behind Aldra, as well as manipulating Claudette and cursing almost all the returning characters from the prequel in ''Rebellion'']].
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:After The Swamp Witch is defeated for good, she finds herself unable to live in the mortal world without the Witch's help for too long, so she must return to the Demon Realm. But she promises both Aldra and Annelotte to return for the next tournament, this time as a fighter.]]
* TheCakeIsALie: [[spoiler:The spirit of the The Swamp Witch summoned Werbellia from the Netherworld, promising her to help conquer the Continent, but her real intentions were to take over her body.]]

* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: [[spoiler:While she doesn't looks like, the "life support" part is ''The Swamp Witch herself'', as she needs her for being able to survive in the mortal realm.]]

* EvilMatriarch: [[spoiler:But not by her own will. Werbellia isn't in control of her actions since The Swamp Witch possessed her.]]

* ForcedIntoEvil: [[spoiler:Despite being a demoness and ''[[NobleDemon technically being evil]]'', Werbellia did really care about her family and her people, but the Swamp Witch (the evil spirit) manipulated her body, so she could use her immense powers.]]

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Despite being being defeated for good in the Illustrated Stories, she was NOT KilledOffForReal. Annelotte and Aldra took out the Controlling Treasure (that spider-like thing in her crotch where the soul of the real Swamp Witch resides) from their mother Werbellia and managed to free her mother from her influence. At the end of the story, Airi carries the Controlling Treasure, trying to find another host for her mistress.]]
** This also overlaps with [[spoiler:OntologicalInertia, since if she dies, Menace, Captain Liliana, and possibly Airi will die along her.]]

* PsychoLesbian: Only in the ''Vanquished Queens'' [=OVAs=]. [[spoiler:More specifically, in the non-canon alternative ending of the third episode, where it's ''heavily'' implied she and her servants raped Leina]].
* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: In the original series we do get to see her (ghostly) face, but it's not her real form. Her ''Rebellion'''s gamebook reveals she is currently possessing a humanoid demoness, [[spoiler:but her real form would be the Controlling Treasure, which is where her soul resides.]]

* UnholyMatrimony: [[spoiler:Werbellia was married with the highest religious authority in the Continent, [[CrystalDragonJesus The Pope Stephan]], despite being a demoness. This was subverted, however, as despise their respective origins, they really loved each other until The Swamp Witch (the evil spirit) sent Stephan ''literally to hell'' for all eternity, driving her to despair]].

* CaptainErsatz: Helosium is basically the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion Unit 01]], except in white and being stripped of its restraining armor. It also shares [[spoiler:the same weakness of the Angels and [=EVAs=] from the same series: The core needs to be destroyed to stop it for good]].

* {{Homage}}: The entire episode where Helosium is created is a big, wacky, homage towards ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', with the whole thing going berserk, just like the EVA-01 does many times, and it serving the same purpose for what the Evangelions were created, except replace the enemy they have to destroy from ''Angels''[[note]]Extra hilarity in that the ones who created it were actual ''angels''.[[/note]] with ''The Swamp Witch''. [[spoiler:Not to mention the way Helosium is destroyed resembles the way the Fifth Angel was destroyed during Operation Yashima in the same series]]. With extra stuff from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' as well.

** Not to mention the way how Helosium is destroyed for good: [[spoiler:Being destroyed using Laila's Holy Milk cannon like a sniper rifle towards its core, just like the [=EVA-01=]'s Positron Rifle used against Ramiel the Fifth Angel during Operation Yashima.]]

* CombatStilettos: She wears a pair of high-heeled slippers. [[spoiler:Fittingly for Cinderella, they are made of crystal]].
* CompositeCharacter: She's actually a combination of Literature/TheSnowQueen (her ice powers) and [[spoiler:Cinderella (her backstory)]].

* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: For a good chunk of the story, we don't know much about the entity behind the whole mess, and unlike the Swamp Witch and other villains, we initially don't even know even ''his or her gender''. It's later revealed [[spoiler:''she'' is no one else than ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' of all things]].