History Characters / RuleOfRose

* KiddieKid: Seemingly invoked as a defense mechanism during one particularly disturbing scene where Hoffman is pawing and groping at her. She seems to be trying to invoke the image of a much younger child by sobbing loudly about being scolded in an attempt to get him to lose interest in her. It seems to work, and as soon as he leaves the room she immediately returns to her true personality and furiously wipes at her clothes in disgust before taking her anger out on Jennifer.

* AlwaysWithYou: After [[spoiler:Brown's murder]], Jennifer invokes this trope, imagining that he is still beside her. The finale plays it straight: [[spoiler:Jennifer accepts his death and moves on, but still loves him and treasures the memories they shared.]]

* KickTheDog: Everyone except Jennifer hates Brown. [[spoiler:Happens literally in the end.]]

* FightingFromTheInside: The "Sir Peter" storybook hints that he at least initially tried to resist molesting [[spoiler:Diana and Clara]], "hold[ing] in" his sexual releases until "he [[ADateWithRosiePalms found a toilet]]."

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Jennifer is extremely conflict-avoidant, in part because she deeply fears her fellow orphans. [[spoiler:Except when those children murder Brown.]] [[ArmorPiercingSlap Then, it]] [[CombatPragmatist is]] ''[[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown on]]''.

* AnimalMotifs: [[spoiler:Dogs, as we eventually find out that he was Stray Dog.]]

* NoodleIncident: [[spoiler:We know his son Joshua died, but we don't really know what happened.]]

* CreepySouvenir: The hanged-man symbolism surrounding Hoffman indicates he was either DrivenToSuicide or that the orphans hung up his body after his murder as some sort of trophy for an unknown period of time.

* AmbiguousSituation: Why exactly she was killed is ambiguous at best. The two most popular theories is that either [[spoiler:Wendy found out she tried to report Gregory to the police]] or she [[spoiler:discovered Hoffman's dead body. Thus her murder was an effort to cover up his (possible) murder.]]

* AssholeVictim: One interpretation of both his death and the ''Sir Peter'' chapter was that the orphans hunted him down for his [[spoiler:abuse of Clara and Diana]] and killed him in revenge.

* BigBrotherBully: Much of her interactions with the others come off as her falsly and cruelly mimicking the energy of a kind big sister and warping it into something manipulative and vindictive. Best shown during the first rat-stick scene where she mockingly rubs a frightened Amanda's head and says "There, there, there."

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: [[spoiler:After Jennifer leaves the orphanage (and by proxy, her memories of it) behind in the Good ending, Wendy looks pleadingly through the gate at her.]]

* DesperatelyCravesAffection: It's implied that she's only crying so much so someone will pay attention to her.

* AnimalMotif: [[spoiler:Dogs, as we eventually find out that he was Stray Dog.]]

* AssholeVictim: One interpretation of both his death and the ''Sir Peter'' chapter was that the orphans hunted him down for his [[spoiler:abuse of Clara and Diana,]] and killed him in revenge.

** Jennifer's narration indicates that Hoffman and Martha were this. The former is perfectly understandable but why Martha got under her skin so much is left unclear.

* ShrinkingViolet: Unless you get the above mentioned optional scene where she snaps at Jennifer, she only ever speaks two words to her throughout the entire game.

* BerserkButton: The ''only'' time in the entire game where she raises her voice is in a very easily missable scene where she'll prevent Jennifer from opening a medicine cabinet. The implication is that there's [[spoiler: some form of birth control, such as condoms or pills, or even an aborted fetus within.]]

* ShrinkingViolet: Only ever speaks two words to Jennifer throughout the entire game.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In order to get the good ending, the player has to give him his gun. After apologizing to his dead son, he shoots himself in the head.]]

* ImAHumanitarian: Possibly, if the stories of [[spoiler:Stray Dog]] are to be believed. [[spoiler:Some theorize he kidnapped children and ground them up to be used in meals. He (as well as the children at the orphanage) even refers to his victims as "peas."]]

* AmbiguousSituation: The stories of "Stray Dog" are very heavily implied to be about him, [[spoiler:made by Wendy to control the other orphans.]] However, how true the gobbling up of children in said stories is ambigous at best.
** Going even further, some theories indicate that the stories aren't about him, but about ''Brown,'' in an effort by [[spoiler:Wendy]] to justify her [[spoiler:desire to kill the dog to the other orphans.]]
* AnimalMotif: [[spoiler:Dogs. Adding to this, we find out that he was Stray Dog.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In order to get the Good ending, the player has to give him his gun. After apologizing to his dead son, he shoots himself in the head.]]

* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:Some theorize he kidnapped children and ground them up to be used in food. He (as well as the children at the orphanage) refers to his victims as "peas."]]
* MoralityPet: Oddly enough, though he [[spoiler:murders most of the orphans, he spares Jennifer]].

* FailureHero: One could make the case that she's this. She, at the very least, knew about [[spoiler:Wendy and Gregory's interactions]] and reported it to the police, only to be ignored. There's also implication in the GoldenEnding that she at least suspected ''something'' was going on between Hoffman and Clara and made an effort to reach out to the girl. However, Martha would ultimately be murdered by the very children she sought to protect for ambiguous reasons.

* IronicName: Despite his name being Brown, he actually appears to be a yellow lab.

* AlwaysWithYou: After [[spoiler:Brown's chronological murder]], Jennifer invokes this trope, imagining that he is still beside her. The finale plays it straight: [[spoiler:Jennifer accepts his death and moves on, but still loves him and treasures the memories they shared.]]

* IllGirl: She has a persistent cough and is usually lying in bed in the Sick Bay.

* AmnesiacHero: Her primary goal is to remember the promise she made to "her dear friend." [[spoiler: Turns out there's a lot more than just that that Jennifer has forgotten.]]

* {{Irony}}: Jennifer is such an unlucky girl[[spoiler:, except when she seems to be ''just'' lucky enough to be the sole survivor of both a catastrophic airship crash and a tragic orphanage massacre, emotional damage notwithstanding]].

* MoralityPet: Had one in the form of Brown, and was one to [[spoiler:Wendy. The only reason Wendy cared about even ''faking'' humanity was because she knew Jennifer would like her for it.]]

* AdultsAreUseless: Averted, as she tried to be useful but was ignored.
* AmbiguousSituation: Why exactly she was killed is ambigous at best. The two most popular theories is that either [[spoiler:Wendy found out she tried to report Gregory to the police]] or she [[spoiler:discovered Hoffman's dead body. Thus her murder was an effort to cover up his (possible) murder.]]
* CassandraTruth: She was at least somewhat aware of the goings on surrounding the orphanage. However, it's revealed in the GoldenEnding that all such concerns were ignored by authorities.

* FailureHero: One could make the case that she's this. She, at the very least, knew about [[spoiler:Wendy and Gregory's interactions]] and reported it to the police, only to be ignored. There's also implication in the GoldenEnding that she at least suspected ''something'' was going on between Hoffman and Clara and made an effort to reach out to the girl. However, Martha would ultimately be murdered by the very children she sought to protect for ambigous reasons.

* BandageBabe: The reason she wears a bandage on her right thigh is never explained, but the most likely possibility is rather grim and certainly not in the [[{{Fanservice}} usual spirit]] of the trope.

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* KickTheDog: She steals and kills Eleanor's bird just for amusement, and also tries to get rid of Meg's love letter to her after tearing it in half.

* ItsAllAboutMe / MoralMyopia: She doesn't believe she has any personal flaws, and her reaction to Jennifer reading her love letter is, "How could she do that to me?! What did I ever do to her?!" After, you know, demeaning and forcing her into servitude like everyone else.

* MeaningfulName: Derives from the Latin word, 'amanda', which means "worthy of love."

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Had one with Jennifer, who considered Wendy the 'princess' to her 'prince.'

* AnimalMotif: Pigs.

* NotSoDifferent: In the end, both [[spoiler:princess and beggar]] are just lonely children trying to cope with a harsh reality the best way they know how.

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-> '''Voiced by:''' [[spoiler: Teresa Gallagher]]

* CassandraTruth: She was at least somewhat aware of the goings on surrounding the orphanage. However, it's revealed in the TrueEnding that all such concerns were ignored by authorities.

* FailureHero: One could make the case that she's this. She, at the very least, knew about [[spoiler:Wendy and Gregory's interactions]] and reported it to the police, only to be ignored. There's also implication in the TrueEnding that she at least suspected ''something'' was going on between Hoffman and Clara and made an effort to reach out to the girl. However, Martha would ultimately be murdered by the very children she sought to protect for ambigous reasons.

Jennifer's pet dog

* [[spoiler:CreepyCrossdresser: Is actually Wendy masquerading as Gregory's dead son.]]