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* BullyMagnet: Flashbacks reveal she was bullied in the past [[spoiler:by other kids of her village]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:After Lewis hypnotizes her to force Louise into starting the unification process, Lou manages to snap out of the mind control, but realizes Louise's body is going to decompose if they don't finish the unification. Not wanting Louise to die, Lou chooses to go through with the unification, with [[GoneHorriblyWrong bad]] [[HulkingOut results]].]]
* RescueRomance: [[spoiler:A flashback reveals she fell in love with Ricky after he stepped in to defend her from her bullies.]]
* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler:Lewis forces her to start the unification process with Lou against her will. However, it fails because Louise knows Lou isn't a doll but a human with her own personality, meaning that she's just a monster trying to steal her body. As a result, Louise transforms into a monster instead of unifying.]]
* HulkingOut: [[spoiler:Her failed unification with Lou causes her to turn into a giant and muscular Shadow monster.]]
* HulkingOut: [[spoiler:Her failed unification with Lou causes her to turn into a giant and muscular Shadow monster.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Douglas is a smug and self-satisfied kid, and he treats his cleaning team as if they were his hypemen. He's not that much nicer to the other Children, either. Later on, it's shown that Douglasdoes genuinely care about his team and ultimately isn't someone who approves of abusing and disposing of the other children, leading him to truly join Kate's side.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Douglas is a smug and self-satisfied kid, and he treats his cleaning team as if they were his hypemen. He's not that much nicer to the other Children, either. Later on, it's shown that Douglasdoes Douglas does genuinely care about his team and ultimately isn't someone who approves of the adults abusing and or disposing of the other children, leading him to truly join Kate's side.
* EarlyBirdCameo: She first appeared in chapter 46 when she gets selected to be sent to the Shadows House, only to be formally introduced as a debutant over 100 chapters later.
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* OlderThanSheLooks: She's 30 years old, but because she looks like a child, child. Thanks to this, she fooled the villagers who adopted her and got selected to become a Living Doll, even though the age limit is 13.
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* MarionetteMaster: She can create and control soot toy soldiers out of her own soot.
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* TrueBlueFemininity: Matilda is very feminine and wears a light blue dress with [[PinkMeansFeminine pink ribbons]].
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* TrueBlueFemininity: Matilda is very feminine and wears a light blue dress with [[PinkMeansFeminine pink ribbons]].
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* EveryoneHasStandards: They ultimately choose to side with Kate over Edward after realizing the latter isn't much different than King, being a {{Jerkass}} who uses the Great Grandfather as an excuse to abuse the children.
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* TookALevelInKindness: After [[spoiler:he becomes a Star-Bearer]], Douglas starts showing his better side once Kate convinces him that working with her is the best way to problem him and protect his friends from being disposed by Edward.
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A newly arrived Shadow of the Adults' Building. He works as a subordinate to both Edward and Thomas, but he's secretly working for Anthony behind the scenes.
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* AffablyEvil: He does evil things at Anthony's orders, but he's very friendly and polite to everyone.
* AntiVillain: He's disgusted by the corruption of the Shadows House and believes Anthony will create a better place for everyone with Christopher's teachings, but he's willing to do anything to create more allies for Anthony, such as brainwashing Lou and attempting to force Louise to go through the unification process.
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: He works for Edward and Thomas, who are in opposing factions, simultaneously. Behind the scenes, he's only truly loyal to Anthony.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He acts like a naive and gullible rookie in front of Edward and Thomas to let them think they have control over him, but he's actually playing them both as he's the most competent of Anthony's minions.
* UndyingLoyalty: He worships Christopher and by extension, Anthony, to the point that it has overwritten his loyalty to the Great Grandfather.
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The former team leader of Douglas' team.
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* TheBully: He bullied everyone in his team and framed them for his misdemeanor, causing some of them to be disposed.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a nasty and vicious Shadow who abused his team and made them take the fall whenever he broke the rules.
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* AffablyEvil: He does evil things at Anthony's orders, but he's very friendly and polite to everyone.
* AntiVillain: He's disgusted by the corruption of the Shadows House and believes Anthony will create a better place for everyone with Christopher's teachings, but he's willing to do anything to create more allies for Anthony, such as brainwashing Lou and attempting to force Louise to go through the unification process.
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: He works for Edward and Thomas, who are in opposing factions, simultaneously. Behind the scenes, he's only truly loyal to Anthony.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He acts like a naive and gullible rookie in front of Edward and Thomas to let them think they have control over him, but he's actually playing them both as he's the most competent of Anthony's minions.
* UndyingLoyalty: He worships Christopher and by extension, Anthony, to the point that it has overwritten his loyalty to the Great Grandfather.
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The former team leader of Douglas' team.
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* AllLovingHero: Christopher was kind to all the Shadows in the Children's Building. It's a somewhat {{deconstructed|trope}} with the effect this had on the highly insecure Barbara, who can't believe anyone can genuinely like her and care about her, except for Christopher because he loved ''everyone''. This resulted in Barbara becoming dependent on Christopher and feeling like she was a failure as a Star Bearer since she couldn't put others first like he did, thus worsening her self-loathing.
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* AllLovingHero: Christopher was kind to all the Shadows in the Children's Building. It's a somewhat {{deconstructed|trope}} with the effect this had on the highly insecure Barbara, who can't believe anyone can genuinely like her and care about her, except for Christopher because he loved ''everyone''. This resulted in Barbara becoming dependent on Christopher and feeling like she was a failure as a Star Bearer since because she couldn't can't put others first like he did, thus worsening her self-loathing.did.
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* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: He's a PrettyBoy with an almost angelic face, but the personality of a manipulative and cruel devil.
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* HiddenAgendaVillain: His actions are obviously shady and villainous, but his exact plans and goals are a mystery. It looks like he wants to gather "students" among the children and possibly usurp the Great Grandfather's position as the ruler of the Shadows House.
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* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: He's a PrettyBoy with an almost angelic face, but the personality of a manipulative and cruel devil.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: His actions areobviously shady and villainous, but his exact plans and goals are a mystery. It looks like he wants to gather "students" among the children and possibly usurp the Great Grandfather's position as the ruler of the Shadows House.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: His actions are
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** [[spoiler:During his inspection of the villages outside the mansion, Edward gathers information to prove that Emilico and Candy are intruders who made themselves pass off as children from the villages, when they're in reality circus performers. Edward then concludes that Emilico and Candy are influencing their Shadows, as well as the children of the Children's Building to start a rebellion against the Adult's Building. While he's right about Emilico being involved in a rebellion, the real mastermind is Kate, who isn't a normal Shadow but a unique Shadow-Human hybrid naturally born from a human merged with a Morph. Edward is still unaware of Kate's true nature and simply assumes she's a pawn to Emilico and Candy.]]
** [[spoiler:During his inspection of the villages outside the mansion, Edward gathers information to prove that Emilico and Candy are intruders who made themselves pass off as children from the villages, when they're in reality circus performers. Edward then concludes that Emilico and Candy are influencing their Shadows, as well as the children of the Children's Building to start a rebellion against the Adult's Building. While he's right about Emilico being involved in a rebellion, the real mastermind is Kate, who isn't a normal Shadow but a unique Shadow-Human hybrid naturally born from a human merged with a Morph. Edward is still unaware of Kate's true nature and simply assumes she's a pawn to Emilico and Candy.]]
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoiler:During his inspection of the villages outside the mansion, Edward gathers information to prove that Emilico and Candy are intruders who made themselves pass off as children from the villages, when they're in reality circus performers. Edward then concludes that Emilico and Candy are influencing their Shadows, as well as the children of the Children's Building to start a rebellion against the Adult's Building. While he's right about a rebellion already Emilico being involved in the starting stage, a rebellion, the real mastermind is Kate, who isn't a normal Shadow but a unique Shadow-Human hybrid naturally born from a human merged with a Morph. Edward is still unaware of Kate's true nature and simply assumes she's a pawn to Emilico and Candy.]]]]
** Related to the above is the question of [[spoiler:if there's a rebellion at all. While he has hard evidence of Emilico having snuck into the selection and Candy actually being an adult, he has no evidence that either of them have any malicious intent towards the House. In order for that to be possible, then both of them would have had to have been freed from the brainwashing and regained their memories - which is true, but he hasn't even tried to justify this point beyond "they lied to get into the selection, therefore they are trying to overthrow the House"]]. He really does just have it out for Kate and is making things up based on flimsy evidence to throw her under the bus - that he's largely right about her is almost entirely down to luck.
** Related to the above is the question of [[spoiler:if there's a rebellion at all. While he has hard evidence of Emilico having snuck into the selection and Candy actually being an adult, he has no evidence that either of them have any malicious intent towards the House. In order for that to be possible, then both of them would have had to have been freed from the brainwashing and regained their memories - which is true, but he hasn't even tried to justify this point beyond "they lied to get into the selection, therefore they are trying to overthrow the House"]]. He really does just have it out for Kate and is making things up based on flimsy evidence to throw her under the bus - that he's largely right about her is almost entirely down to luck.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoiler:During his inspection of the villages outside the mansion, Edward gathers information to prove that Emilico and Candy are intruders who made themselves pass off as children from the villagers, villages, when they're in reality circus performers. Edward then concludes that Emilico and Candy are influencing their Shadows, as well as the children of the Children's Building to start a rebellion against the Adult's Building. While he's right about a rebellion already being in the starting stage, the real mastermind is Kate, who isn't a normal Shadow but a unique Shadow-Human hybrid naturally born from a human merged with a Morph. Edward is still unaware of Kate's true nature and simply assumes she's a pawn to Emilico and Candy.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems shy and harmless like her master, but she's really manipulative, selfish and arrogant.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems shy and harmless like her master, but she's really manipulative, selfish short-tempered, and arrogant.
* CoolBigSis: To Emilico. Candy was Emilico's mentor at the circus and Candy's [[OlderThanSheLooks real age]] makes her much older than Emilico. Candy was also the only one in the circus who treated Emilico decently. Even now, Emilico looks up to Candy as a veteran and mentor.
* OlderThanSheLooks: She's 30 years old, but because she looks like a child, she fooled the villagers who adopted her and got selected to become a Living Doll, even though the age limit is 13.
* TokenAdult: She's the only debutant Living Doll to be a legal adult.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoiler:During his inspection of the villages outside the mansion, Edward gathers information to prove that Emilico and Candy are intruders who made themselves pass off as children from the villagers, when they're in reality circus performers. Edward then concludes that Emilico and Candy are influencing their Shadows, as well as the children of the Children's Building to start a rebellion against the Adult's Building. While he's right about a rebellion already being in the starting stage, the real mastermind is Kate, who isn't a normal Shadow but a unique Shadow-Human hybrid naturally born from a human merged with a Morph. Edward is still unaware of Kate's true nature and simply assumes she's a pawn to Emilico and Candy.]]
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Ricky finds himself attracted to Lou, Louise's Living Doll who has red hair.
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* MentorArchetype: Emilico learned tightrope walking, and all the circus tricks she knows, from Candy.
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* ThePrimaDonna: Candy was the star of Emilico's circus, but she saw the ringleader as incompetent and looked down on other novice circus members, only seeing some potential in Emilico, who was just an odd jobs girl at the time. She abandoned the circus to join the Shadows House because she aspired for a high-class life at a noble house.
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* ReadingLips: She's an expert at reading lips, even from a long distance. In fact, she figures out Emilico isn't brainwashed when Emilico calls her "Master" and Candy reads her lips.
* {{Ventriloquism}}: She knows ventriloquism and taught it to Emilico.
* {{Ventriloquism}}: She knows ventriloquism and taught it to Emilico.
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* InconsistentSpelling: Some subs and even the wiki for the series alternatively spell her name as "Aileen".
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Some subs and even the wiki for the series alternatively spell her name as "Aileen".
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A silent Shadow and her overprotective Living Doll.
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* EmotionalPowers: Laurel activates her soot power when she's under high stress.
* KidWithTheLeash: Lulu has to be at Laurel's side to keep her stable. If they're separated for even a second, Laurel will release her soot power and cast a "curse" that paralyzes other Shadows' bodies.
* TheParalyzer: Laurel uses a soot power that directly affects a Shadow's body, causing instant paralysis.
* TheQuietOne: Laurel is veryquiet.quiet and lets Lulu do all the talking for her.
* YouthfulFreckles: Lulu is a young girl with freckles under her eyes.
* EmotionalPowers: Laurel activates her soot power when she's under high stress.
* KidWithTheLeash: Lulu has to be at Laurel's side to keep her stable. If they're separated for even a second, Laurel will release her soot power and cast a "curse" that paralyzes other Shadows' bodies.
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* GirlishPigtails: She sports two twintails adorned with big blue ribbons, which also makes her look more girlish compared to other Living Dolls and their Shadows. [[spoiler:Shaun gave her that hairstyle because his little sister has pigtails too.]]
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* GirlishPigtails: She sports Part of her hair is done up in two twintails small pigtails adorned with big blue ribbons, which also makes her look more girlish compared to other Living Dolls and their Shadows. [[spoiler:Shaun gave her that hairstyle because his little sister has pigtails too.]]
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* ChronicSelfDeprecation: Barbara sees herself as a pathetic, weak and incompetent Shadow who will never be a Star Bearer who can measure up to the impossible standard set up by the seemingly perfect Christopher.
* PsychologicalProjection: The main reason Barbara was never able to bond with anyone but Christopher is that [[ChronicSelfDeprecation she hates herself and finds it impossible to believe anyone can like her]]. She constantly interprets others' actions towards her as them pitying her or making fun of her.
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A Shadow who got saved by Patrick in certain incident. She later becomes one of the new debutants.
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* GirlishPigtails: They wear their hair in twin braids and are the most childish of their debutant group.
* OddNameOut: Similar to Kate and Emilico, Stella and Candy are the only Shadow-Living Doll pair in their debutant group with completely different names.
* ToastOfTardiness: As Stella arrives late for the Debut, she runs with a bread bun in her mouth. When she crashes into Edward, the bread falls on Candy's mouth and she eats it.
* OddNameOut: Similar to Kate and Emilico, Stella and Candy are the only Shadow-Living Doll pair in their debutant group with completely different names.
* ToastOfTardiness: As Stella arrives late for the Debut, she runs with a bread bun in her mouth. When she crashes into Edward, the bread falls on Candy's mouth and she eats it.
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* ExtremeDoormat: She passively follows [[spoiler:Candy]]'s orders and lets her make all the decisions [[spoiler:even though she's supposed to be Candy's master]].
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*OddNameOut: Similar to Kate PrehensileHair: Her braids can turn into deadly weapons, taking the shape of grappling hooks.
* RescueIntroduction: She's introduced when Patrick saves her from [[spoiler:the attack of Margaret's soot vines]].
* ShrinkingViolet: She's very timid andEmilico, Stella and Candy are the only Shadow-Living Doll pair quiet, often shyly cowering in their debutant group with completely different names.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems shy and harmless like her master, but she's really manipulative, selfish and arrogant.
* CircusBrat: Like Emilico, Candy came from a circus instead of being raised in one of the villages of the island.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: She hates coffee. This allowed her to avoid getting brainwashed and losing her memory since she always spat out the soot coffee.
* EvilCounterpart: To Emilico. They both serve a newcomer Shadow wearing a red dress and pigtails. Both also came from the same circus. But whereas Emilico is a sweet and naive girl who truly wants to help everyone, Candy is a BitchInSheepsClothing who makes her Shadow and the other debutants dependant on her for her own selfish goals.
* GirlishPigtails: Like Stella, Candy wears her hair in twin braids, but she's more of a subversion because her true personality isn't childish at all.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: To Stella. Having her brainwashing undone from the start, Candy made Stella completely reliant on her. Candy even has to remind Stella to at least ''pretend'' to be the master.
* IronicName: She chose Candy as her name at the Shadows House, but her true personality is anything but sweet.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: She plays dumb to evade suspicion since her brainwashing was undone from her first day as a Living Doll and she's planning to take control over the Shadows House.
* OddNameOut: Similar to Emilico and Ram, Candy's name is very different from other Living Dolls in that it sounds nothing like her master's. Justified since Candy picked her name herself.
* PsychologicalProjection: She distrusts Kate and misinterprets her (flawed) attempts at preparing the debutants as her bullying them and looking down on them. Besides Edward encouraging discord among the debutants, Candy is clearly projecting her own arrogance and manipulative nature onto Kate.
* WalkingSpoiler: One can't talk much about Candy without mentioning she was never brainwashed and came from the same circus as Emilico.
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Stella's Living Doll. She's actually the original tightrope artist from Emilico's circus, but she ran away and got herself adopted by a couple at the island so she could participate in the Selection and get into the Shadows House.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems shy and harmless like her master, but she's really manipulative, selfish and arrogant.
* CircusBrat: Like Emilico, Candy came from a circus instead of being raised in one of the villages of the island.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: She hates coffee. This allowed her to avoid getting brainwashed and losing her memory since she always spat out the soot coffee.
* EvilCounterpart: To Emilico. They both serve a newcomer Shadow wearing a red dress and pigtails. Both also came from the same circus. But whereas Emilico is a sweet and naive girl who truly wants to help everyone, Candy is a BitchInSheepsClothing who makes her Shadow and the other debutants dependant on her for her own selfish goals.
* GirlishPigtails: Like Stella, Candy wears her hair in twin braids, but she's more of a subversion because her true personality isn't childish at all.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: To Stella. Having her brainwashing undone from the start, Candy made Stella completely reliant on her. Candy even has to remind Stella to at least ''pretend'' to be the master.
* IronicName: She chose Candy as her name at the Shadows House, but her true personality is anything but sweet.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: She plays dumb to evade suspicion since her brainwashing was undone from her first day as a Living Doll and she's planning to take control over the Shadows House.
* OddNameOut: Similar to Emilico and Ram, Candy's name is very different from other Living Dolls in that it sounds nothing like her master's. Justified since Candy picked her name herself.
* PsychologicalProjection: She distrusts Kate and misinterprets her (flawed) attempts at preparing the debutants as her bullying them and looking down on them. Besides Edward encouraging discord among the debutants, Candy is clearly projecting her own arrogance and manipulative nature onto Kate.
* WalkingSpoiler: One can't talk much about Candy without mentioning she was never brainwashed and came from the same circus as Emilico.
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* MasterOfThreads: Evelyn can create string-like extensions from her fingers which allows her to carry out surgeries on Shadows or immobilize them briefly.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She's highly stoic and businesslike, making him seem cold. However, she has a gentle side and cares a lot about her team.
* AttackReflector: Douglas can create a floating ball of soot. When it is hit by a force, it immediately counters with a similar force.
* BrutalHonesty: He never minces his words, such as when he tells Evelyn that [[spoiler:Gilbert]] didn't tell her anything about his resentment towards the Star Bearers because she's so uptight and obsessed with the rules. He does admit he went too far a bit later.
* BrutalHonesty: He never minces his words, such as when he tells Evelyn that [[spoiler:Gilbert]] didn't tell her anything about his resentment towards the Star Bearers because she's so uptight and obsessed with the rules. He does admit he went too far a bit later.
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* TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou: Kate hates Douglas for being a {{Jerkass}} who works under Edward, but she admits she doesn't hate the way Douglas treasures his team and will never abandon any of them.
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* NobodyTouchesTheHair: Douglas won't stand that Doug's hairstyle gets messed with. Turns out he's so defensive about it because he modeled Doug's hairstyle after his late idol Finn.
* TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou: Kate hates Douglas for being a {{Jerkass}} who works under Edward, but she admits she doesn't hate the way Douglas treasures histeam teammates and will never abandon any of them.
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* SourOutsideSadInside: His arrogant and obnoxious {{Jerkass}} behavior is a coping mechanism that he developed after his traumatic experiences where he and his teammates were abused by their team leader King, who was way worse than him and framed his admired senior Finn for a crime that got him disposed.
* TookALevelInKindness: After [[spoiler:he becomes a Star-Bearer]], Douglas starts showing his better side once Kate convinces him that working with her is the best way to problem him and his friends from being disposed by Edward.
* TookALevelInKindness: After [[spoiler:he becomes a Star-Bearer]], Douglas starts showing his better side once Kate convinces him that working with her is the best way to problem him and his friends from being disposed by Edward.
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[[folder:The Belle Twins]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RumiOokubo (Japanese), Creator/AlexisTipton (English)
Mirabelle's and Isabelle's Living Dolls. They lead one of the Living Doll cleaning teams and aim to become the next Star Bearers.
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* AngstySurvivingTwin: [[spoiler:One Belle dying makes the other Belle put off cleaning for weeks, having a knee jerk reaction to Soot and in general being sullen and untalkative. She stays holed up in her room for a long time when she doesn't have to be used as Isabelle or Mirabelle's shared Living Doll.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Given their claims that someone else manipulated them to destroy the week's coffee supply ([[{{Irony}} likely with]] [[PsychicPowers soot]]).]]
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Whether the twins intended to or not, they destroyed the week's coffee supply. This earns them the punishment of cleaning the soot processing facility, where Living Dolls will easily and repeatedly catch soot sickness. They are visibly crying.]]
* TheBully: They bully their underlings do all the cleaning. They prefer to let Rum take the blame for anything that may affect their team's rating. But they flatter the Star Bearers, so they're viewed favorably by those who matter.
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:One of the Belles eventually dies as a result of not only the Soot sickness she experienced repeatedly in the Sootery Sendoff, but starving to death. She gave the other Belle her own food, thinking that either girl getting fed will make both girls full.]]
* ItWasAGift: One of the Belles gets a small toy of the other from Emilico, in an effort to comfort her [[spoiler:after the other one's death]].
* SignificantNameOverlap: They're both named Belle because their masters don't even bother to distinguish them. [[spoiler:It becomes relevant because one of the Belle twins dies, but neither Mirabelle or Isabelle are immediately disposed of because they never thought of their Living Dolls as different people and both are still mimicking Belle.]]
* SingleMindedTwins: Never seen without each other, and both simply get the name "Belle" so as to make them interchangeable. [[spoiler:In fact, it turns into a plot point, as Isabelle and Mirabelle never put thought into the identities of either Belle, nor did they know which Belle died.]]
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[[folder:The Belle Twins]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RumiOokubo (Japanese), Creator/AlexisTipton (English)
Mirabelle's and Isabelle's Living Dolls. They lead one of the Living Doll cleaning teams and aim to become the next Star Bearers.
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* AngstySurvivingTwin: [[spoiler:One Belle dying makes the other Belle put off cleaning for weeks, having a knee jerk reaction to Soot and in general being sullen and untalkative. She stays holed up in her room for a long time when she doesn't have to be used as Isabelle or Mirabelle's shared Living Doll.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Given their claims that someone else manipulated them to destroy the week's coffee supply ([[{{Irony}} likely with]] [[PsychicPowers soot]]).]]
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Whether the twins intended to or not, they destroyed the week's coffee supply. This earns them the punishment of cleaning the soot processing facility, where Living Dolls will easily and repeatedly catch soot sickness. They are visibly crying.]]
* TheBully: They bully their underlings do all the cleaning. They prefer to let Rum take the blame for anything that may affect their team's rating. But they flatter the Star Bearers, so they're viewed favorably by those who matter.
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:One of the Belles eventually dies as a result of not only the Soot sickness she experienced repeatedly in the Sootery Sendoff, but starving to death. She gave the other Belle her own food, thinking that either girl getting fed will make both girls full.]]
* ItWasAGift: One of the Belles gets a small toy of the other from Emilico, in an effort to comfort her [[spoiler:after the other one's death]].
* SignificantNameOverlap: They're both named Belle because their masters don't even bother to distinguish them. [[spoiler:It becomes relevant because one of the Belle twins dies, but neither Mirabelle or Isabelle are immediately disposed of because they never thought of their Living Dolls as different people and both are still mimicking Belle.]]
* SingleMindedTwins: Never seen without each other, and both simply get the name "Belle" so as to make them interchangeable. [[spoiler:In fact, it turns into a plot point, as Isabelle and Mirabelle never put thought into the identities of either Belle, nor did they know which Belle died.]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RumiOokubo (Japanese), Creator/AlexisTipton (English)
The Belle twins' masters. They aim to become some of the next Star Bearers.
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* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: Whether their Living Dolls intended to or not, they destroyed the week's coffee supply. The Shadows have to join them in cleaning the soot processing facility (imagine a noble punished with janitorial work) and are forced to watch their Living Dolls catch soot sickness.]]
* BullyTurnedBuddy: When they first meet Kate, they bully her and use their soot powers to humiliate Emilico. Eventually, Kate's acts of kindness win them over and they become good friends.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Their introduction is to bully Kate in front of other Shadows by making Emilico bark like a dog.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Their hairstyles and clothes look identical. The only way to tell them apart is the place of the fabric roses on their clothes; Mirabelle has them on the right shoulder and Isabelle has them on the left shoulder.
* PeoplePuppets: Their ability is to control Living Dolls.
* SingleMindedTwins: Like her Living Dolls, they're always seen together and have the same bitchy personality.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Both of their names end in "belle".
* TookALevelInKindness: Being assigned to Kate's Team made their attitude much better.
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The Belle twins' masters. They aim to become some of the next Star Bearers.
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* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: Whether their Living Dolls intended to or not, they destroyed the week's coffee supply. The Shadows have to join them in cleaning the soot processing facility (imagine a noble punished with janitorial work) and are forced to watch their Living Dolls catch soot sickness.]]
* BullyTurnedBuddy: When they first meet Kate, they bully her and use their soot powers to humiliate Emilico. Eventually, Kate's acts of kindness win them over and they become good friends.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Their introduction is to bully Kate in front of other Shadows by making Emilico bark like a dog.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Their hairstyles and clothes look identical. The only way to tell them apart is the place of the fabric roses on their clothes; Mirabelle has them on the right shoulder and Isabelle has them on the left shoulder.
* PeoplePuppets: Their ability is to control Living Dolls.
* SingleMindedTwins: Like her Living Dolls, they're always seen together and have the same bitchy personality.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Both of their names end in "belle".
* TookALevelInKindness: Being assigned to Kate's Team made their attitude much better.
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* BullyTurnedBuddy: When they first meet Kate, they bully her and use their soot powers to humiliate Emilico. Eventually, Kate's acts of kindness win them over and they become good friends.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Their introduction is to bully Kate in front of other Shadows by making Emilico bark like a dog.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Their hairstyles and clothes look identical. The only way to tell them apart is the place of the fabric roses on their clothes; Mirabelle has them on the right shoulder and Isabelle has them on the left shoulder.
* PeoplePuppets: Their ability is to control Living Dolls.
* SingleMindedTwins: Like her Living Dolls, they're always seen together and have the same bitchy personality.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Both of their names end in "belle".
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MisakiWatada (Japanese), Francine Gonzalez (English)
A Shadow who befriends Patrick at the greenhouse.
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* BewareTheQuietOnes: She initially appears as a very meek and mild-mannered girl. However, [[spoiler:her soot power is one of the most extensive and dangerous in the entire cast]].
* BrokenBird: She was discarded by her former friend Peter and mistreated by Mirabelle and Isabelle. Afraid of being hurt again, she isolated herself and felt miserable all the time, only finding some comfort in growing plants with Patrick.
* BrutalHonesty: She bluntly tells Patrick that she wishes the Belle twins would just disappear because they're big jerks.
* CaringGardener: She grows flowers in the greenhouse.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She hates everyone who could steal Patrick's attention away from her. [[spoiler:In a massive outburst of jealousy over Patrick's apparent closeness to Kate, Margaret attacks all Shadow children to make sure Patrick will only look at her.]]
* CommonalityConnection: She quickly bonds with Patrick over their shared interest in flowers.
* CynicismCatalyst: Her former friend Peter stopped hanging out with her after he joined Douglas' team. After that, she avoided other Shadows because she believed everyone would abandon her like Peter did.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:After Patrick stops her rampage, Margaret dies in his arms due to soot outage.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:She was victim of bullying from Mirabelle and Isabelle when they were in the same team. After Margaret's soot power awakens, she makes the twins into her very first targets once she decides to eliminate everyone who can be a bad influence to Patrick.]]
* FlowerMotifs: Margaret is represented by the daisy flower, as she shares the flower's name in several foreign languages. It's also her favorite flower because it symbolizes love, happiness, beauty, purity, and hope.
* FriendlessBackground: Before she met Patrick, Margaret spent most of her time alone in the greenhouse and didn't like to socialize with other Shadows because she thought they were all jerks.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Even though her body gives out from soot overuse, Margaret dies smiling because she feels the happiest she has ever been thanks to Patrick accepting her feelings before she met her end.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Margaret's jealousy over Kate becoming a Star Bearer and Patrick's respect for Kate causes her soot tentacles to manifest in a very violent way that endangers everyone in the Children's Building.]]
* HopelessSuitor: To her misforture, Patrick is oblivious to her feelings and he is in love with Emilico anyway. [[spoiler:After she goes into a {{Yandere}} rampage, Patrick does give her a marriage proposal to appease her... only for Margaret to die immediately after.]]
* LoveAtFirstSight: She falls in love with Patrick in their first meeting because she believes his love for flowers is proof of a beautiful heart.
* PowerIncontinence: [[spoiler:Since her power has just awakened, she doesn't have control over her soot vines and quickly starts to self-destruct from soot overproduction. She even ends up accidentally attacking Patrick as he's trying to help her.]]
* SatelliteLoveInterest: She doesn't have any significant relationships outside of Patrick and her character revolves around her desperate wish to be loved by him.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She falls in love with Patrick because he treats her nicely, shares her hobby of gardening, and promises to protect her if others ever try to hurt her.
* SuperPowerMeltdown: [[spoiler:Maggie gives her a drug that gives her the boost needed for her soot powers to awaken. Combined with her desperate and depressed mental state, Margaret's soot vines quickly envelop the entire Children's Building and attack everyone within reach. As she loses control, her soot vines slowly eat away at her own body and as soon as Patrick manages to nullify her power, she dies from soot exhaustion.]]
* UnknownRival: Unbeknownst to both Patrick and Kate, Margaret views Kate as a rival for Patrick's affection, as she doesn't know Patrick has a crush on Emilico instead of Kate.
* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: She has a big crush on Patrick, but slowly sinks into despair as he doesn't notice her feelings because of his own crush on Emilico. [[spoiler:Because of a conspiracy from Anthony and Maggie, Margaret's soot power is awakened when she's in the worst mental state and she goes berserk, attacking everyone in the Children's Building. Finally realizing her feelings, Patrick awakens his own soot-nullifying power and gives Margaret a marriage proposal to put an end to her rampage. Sadly, it's too late because the soot outage causes Margaret to die, all while she spends her final moments thinking that she wished to achieve true love with Patrick.]]
* VineTentacles: [[spoiler:Her soot power creates black vines that seem to grow endlessly and bind people.]]
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: In the middle of her depression, she once tried to cut Maggie's face with a knife, believing that damaging her Living Doll would get her disposed and end her suffering. In the end, she couldn't bring herself to do it when she saw Maggie in pain. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the attempt alone was enough to convince Maggie that Margaret was a dangerous monster.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:She has been completely emotionally broken because of a negative and friendless environment. After her soot power awakens in a moment of extreme emotional distress, she uses it to take out her pain and misery on everyone in the Children's Building.]]
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Fearing that Kate will steal Patrick away from her, Margaret unleashes her soot vines all across the Children's Building to attack everyone who might "corrupt" Patrick, who she views as a pure and good prince.]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MisakiWatada (Japanese), Francine Gonzalez (English)
A Shadow who befriends Patrick at the greenhouse.
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* BewareTheQuietOnes: She initially appears as a very meek and mild-mannered girl. However, [[spoiler:her soot power is one of the most extensive and dangerous in the entire cast]].
* BrokenBird: She was discarded by her former friend Peter and mistreated by Mirabelle and Isabelle. Afraid of being hurt again, she isolated herself and felt miserable all the time, only finding some comfort in growing plants with Patrick.
* BrutalHonesty: She bluntly tells Patrick that she wishes the Belle twins would just disappear because they're big jerks.
* CaringGardener: She grows flowers in the greenhouse.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She hates everyone who could steal Patrick's attention away from her. [[spoiler:In a massive outburst of jealousy over Patrick's apparent closeness to Kate, Margaret attacks all Shadow children to make sure Patrick will only look at her.]]
* CommonalityConnection: She quickly bonds with Patrick over their shared interest in flowers.
* CynicismCatalyst: Her former friend Peter stopped hanging out with her after he joined Douglas' team. After that, she avoided other Shadows because she believed everyone would abandon her like Peter did.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:After Patrick stops her rampage, Margaret dies in his arms due to soot outage.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:She was victim of bullying from Mirabelle and Isabelle when they were in the same team. After Margaret's soot power awakens, she makes the twins into her very first targets once she decides to eliminate everyone who can be a bad influence to Patrick.]]
* FlowerMotifs: Margaret is represented by the daisy flower, as she shares the flower's name in several foreign languages. It's also her favorite flower because it symbolizes love, happiness, beauty, purity, and hope.
* FriendlessBackground: Before she met Patrick, Margaret spent most of her time alone in the greenhouse and didn't like to socialize with other Shadows because she thought they were all jerks.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Even though her body gives out from soot overuse, Margaret dies smiling because she feels the happiest she has ever been thanks to Patrick accepting her feelings before she met her end.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Margaret's jealousy over Kate becoming a Star Bearer and Patrick's respect for Kate causes her soot tentacles to manifest in a very violent way that endangers everyone in the Children's Building.]]
* HopelessSuitor: To her misforture, Patrick is oblivious to her feelings and he is in love with Emilico anyway. [[spoiler:After she goes into a {{Yandere}} rampage, Patrick does give her a marriage proposal to appease her... only for Margaret to die immediately after.]]
* LoveAtFirstSight: She falls in love with Patrick in their first meeting because she believes his love for flowers is proof of a beautiful heart.
* PowerIncontinence: [[spoiler:Since her power has just awakened, she doesn't have control over her soot vines and quickly starts to self-destruct from soot overproduction. She even ends up accidentally attacking Patrick as he's trying to help her.]]
* SatelliteLoveInterest: She doesn't have any significant relationships outside of Patrick and her character revolves around her desperate wish to be loved by him.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She falls in love with Patrick because he treats her nicely, shares her hobby of gardening, and promises to protect her if others ever try to hurt her.
* SuperPowerMeltdown: [[spoiler:Maggie gives her a drug that gives her the boost needed for her soot powers to awaken. Combined with her desperate and depressed mental state, Margaret's soot vines quickly envelop the entire Children's Building and attack everyone within reach. As she loses control, her soot vines slowly eat away at her own body and as soon as Patrick manages to nullify her power, she dies from soot exhaustion.]]
* UnknownRival: Unbeknownst to both Patrick and Kate, Margaret views Kate as a rival for Patrick's affection, as she doesn't know Patrick has a crush on Emilico instead of Kate.
* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: She has a big crush on Patrick, but slowly sinks into despair as he doesn't notice her feelings because of his own crush on Emilico. [[spoiler:Because of a conspiracy from Anthony and Maggie, Margaret's soot power is awakened when she's in the worst mental state and she goes berserk, attacking everyone in the Children's Building. Finally realizing her feelings, Patrick awakens his own soot-nullifying power and gives Margaret a marriage proposal to put an end to her rampage. Sadly, it's too late because the soot outage causes Margaret to die, all while she spends her final moments thinking that she wished to achieve true love with Patrick.]]
* VineTentacles: [[spoiler:Her soot power creates black vines that seem to grow endlessly and bind people.]]
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: In the middle of her depression, she once tried to cut Maggie's face with a knife, believing that damaging her Living Doll would get her disposed and end her suffering. In the end, she couldn't bring herself to do it when she saw Maggie in pain. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the attempt alone was enough to convince Maggie that Margaret was a dangerous monster.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:She has been completely emotionally broken because of a negative and friendless environment. After her soot power awakens in a moment of extreme emotional distress, she uses it to take out her pain and misery on everyone in the Children's Building.]]
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Fearing that Kate will steal Patrick away from her, Margaret unleashes her soot vines all across the Children's Building to attack everyone who might "corrupt" Patrick, who she views as a pure and good prince.]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MisakiWatada (Japanese), Francine Gonzalez (English)
A Shadow who befriends Patrick at the greenhouse.
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* BrokenBird: She was discarded by her former friend Peter and mistreated by Mirabelle and Isabelle. Afraid of being hurt again, she isolated herself and felt miserable all the time, only finding some comfort in growing plants with Patrick.
* BrutalHonesty: She bluntly tells Patrick that she wishes the Belle twins would just disappear because they're big jerks.
* CaringGardener: She grows flowers in the greenhouse.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She hates everyone who could steal Patrick's attention away from her. [[spoiler:In a massive outburst of jealousy over Patrick's apparent closeness to Kate, Margaret attacks all Shadow children to make sure Patrick will only look at her.]]
* CommonalityConnection: She quickly bonds with Patrick over their shared interest in flowers.
* CynicismCatalyst: Her former friend Peter stopped hanging out with her after he joined Douglas' team. After that, she avoided other Shadows because she believed everyone would abandon her like Peter did.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:After Patrick stops her rampage, Margaret dies in his arms due to soot outage.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:She was victim of bullying from Mirabelle and Isabelle when they were in the same team. After Margaret's soot power awakens, she makes the twins into her very first targets once she decides to eliminate everyone who can be a bad influence to Patrick.]]
* FlowerMotifs: Margaret is represented by the daisy flower, as she shares the flower's name in several foreign languages. It's also her favorite flower because it symbolizes love, happiness, beauty, purity, and hope.
* FriendlessBackground: Before she met Patrick, Margaret spent most of her time alone in the greenhouse and didn't like to socialize with other Shadows because she thought they were all jerks.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Even though her body gives out from soot overuse, Margaret dies smiling because she feels the happiest she has ever been thanks to Patrick accepting her feelings before she met her end.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Margaret's jealousy over Kate becoming a Star Bearer and Patrick's respect for Kate causes her soot tentacles to manifest in a very violent way that endangers everyone in the Children's Building.]]
* HopelessSuitor: To her misforture, Patrick is oblivious to her feelings and he is in love with Emilico anyway. [[spoiler:After she goes into a {{Yandere}} rampage, Patrick does give her a marriage proposal to appease her... only for Margaret to die immediately after.]]
* LoveAtFirstSight: She falls in love with Patrick in their first meeting because she believes his love for flowers is proof of a beautiful heart.
* PowerIncontinence: [[spoiler:Since her power has just awakened, she doesn't have control over her soot vines and quickly starts to self-destruct from soot overproduction. She even ends up accidentally attacking Patrick as he's trying to help her.]]
* SatelliteLoveInterest: She doesn't have any significant relationships outside of Patrick and her character revolves around her desperate wish to be loved by him.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She falls in love with Patrick because he treats her nicely, shares her hobby of gardening, and promises to protect her if others ever try to hurt
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* UnknownRival: Unbeknownst to both Patrick and Kate, Margaret views Kate as a rival for Patrick's affection, as she doesn't know Patrick has a crush on Emilico instead of Kate.
* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: She has a big crush on Patrick, but slowly sinks into despair as he doesn't notice her feelings because of his own crush on Emilico. [[spoiler:Because of a conspiracy from Anthony and Maggie, Margaret's soot power
* VineTentacles: [[spoiler:Her soot power creates black vines that seem to grow endlessly and bind people.]]
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: In the middle of her depression, she once tried to cut Maggie's face with a knife, believing that damaging her Living Doll would get her disposed and end her suffering. In the end, she couldn't bring herself to do it when she saw Maggie in pain. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the attempt alone was enough to convince Maggie that Margaret was a dangerous monster.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:She has been completely emotionally broken because of a negative and friendless environment. After her soot power awakens in a moment of extreme emotional distress, she uses it to take out her pain and misery on everyone in the Children's Building.]]
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Fearing that Kate will steal Patrick away from her, Margaret unleashes her soot vines all across the Children's Building to attack everyone who might "corrupt" Patrick, who she views as a pure and good prince.]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MisakiWatada (Japanese), Francine Gonzalez (English)
Margaret's Living Doll.
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* TheDogBitesBack: Margaret once came close to cutting her face in an indirect suicide attempt. After Maggie gets freed from the brainwashing, she comes to see Margaret as nothing but a monster that almost killed her and conspires with Anthony to get her killed.
* EvilAllAlong: It's revealed Maggie conspired with Anthony and gave Margaret drugs that made her lose control over her soot powers until she died from soot exhaustion.
* HiddenDisdainReveal: After Margaret dies, Maggie reveals she hated her Shadow master and saw her as a monster that stole her name. It's understandable because her brainwashing got undone after going without coffee for a while and without any context of her current situation, she ended seeing all Shadows as vile creatures that brainwashed and enslaved children.
* {{Hypocrite}}: When we finally get a peek into her head, we see that she dislikes Margaret's insistence on making Patrick her "prince". When we cut back into the present day, we see Maggie idolizes Anthony the exact same way.
* PsychoSupporter: Due to her brainwashing being undone and having no one to really trust in the Shadows House, Maggie become unhinged and easy to manipulate for Anthony, who she saw as a "prince" who would kill all the Shadows. Too bad for her that Anthony sees no use in pawns that are clearly unstable and hard to control, so he kills her.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: She betrays Margaret and under Anthony's instructions, gives her a drug that causes her to overuse her soot powers until she dies. After her job is finished, Anthony kills her because [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he had no further use of her]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: She gets Margaret killed by giving her dangerous drugs that cause her soot powers to go amok, which was all Anthony's plan to test said drug as an effective weapon against the adult Shadows. Once she gets the job done, Anthony sees no use in her as a minion anymore and slices her throat.
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MisakiWatada (Japanese), Francine Gonzalez (English)
Margaret's Living Doll.
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* TheDogBitesBack: Margaret once came close to cutting her face in an indirect suicide attempt. After Maggie gets freed from the brainwashing, she comes to see Margaret as nothing but a monster that almost killed her and conspires with Anthony to get her killed.
* EvilAllAlong: It's revealed Maggie conspired with Anthony and gave Margaret drugs that made her lose control over her soot powers until she died from soot exhaustion.
* HiddenDisdainReveal: After Margaret dies, Maggie reveals she hated her Shadow master and saw her as a monster that stole her name. It's understandable because her brainwashing got undone after going without coffee for a while and without any context of her current situation, she ended seeing all Shadows as vile creatures that brainwashed and enslaved children.
* {{Hypocrite}}: When we finally get a peek into her head, we see that she dislikes Margaret's insistence on making Patrick her "prince". When we cut back into the present day, we see Maggie idolizes Anthony the exact same way.
* PsychoSupporter: Due to her brainwashing being undone and having no one to really trust in the Shadows House, Maggie become unhinged and easy to manipulate for Anthony, who she saw as a "prince" who would kill all the Shadows. Too bad for her that Anthony sees no use in pawns that are clearly unstable and hard to control, so he kills her.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: She betrays Margaret and under Anthony's instructions, gives her a drug that causes her to overuse her soot powers until she dies. After her job is finished, Anthony kills her because [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he had no further use of her]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: She gets Margaret killed by giving her dangerous drugs that cause her soot powers to go amok, which was all Anthony's plan to test said drug as an effective weapon against the adult Shadows. Once she gets the job done, Anthony sees no use in her as a minion anymore and slices her throat.
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Margaret's Living Doll.
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* EvilAllAlong: It's revealed Maggie conspired with Anthony and gave Margaret drugs that made her lose control over her soot powers until she died from soot exhaustion.
* HiddenDisdainReveal: After Margaret dies, Maggie reveals she hated her Shadow master and saw her as a monster that stole her name. It's understandable because her brainwashing got undone after going without coffee for a while and without any context of her current situation, she ended seeing all Shadows as vile creatures that brainwashed and enslaved children.
* {{Hypocrite}}: When we finally get a peek into her head, we see that she dislikes Margaret's insistence on making Patrick her "prince". When we cut back into
* PsychoSupporter: Due to her brainwashing being undone and having no one to really trust in the Shadows House, Maggie become unhinged and easy to manipulate for Anthony, who she saw as a "prince" who would kill all the Shadows. Too bad for her that Anthony sees no use in pawns that are clearly unstable and hard to control, so he kills her.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: She betrays Margaret and under Anthony's instructions, gives her a drug that causes her to overuse her soot powers until she dies. After her job is finished, Anthony kills her because [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he had no further use of her]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: She gets Margaret killed by giving her dangerous drugs that cause her soot powers to go amok, which was all Anthony's plan to test said drug as an effective weapon against the adult Shadows. Once she gets the job done, Anthony sees no use in her as a minion anymore and slices her throat.
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!The Great Grandfather's Building
The Great Grandfather resides in his own three-story building, separate from the children Shadows' building where Kate resides. On occasion, children Shadows may be given the honor of joining the Great Grandfather's building. The buildings are joined together by a hall that serves as a bridge over a chasm. The Great Grandfather resides on the highest Third Floor. Residents of higher floors receive more privileges. The resident Shadows also have [[spoiler:merged with their Living Dolls.]]
!!Third Floor
The Third Floor oversees the entire Shadows House operation and conducts business with the outside world. Members include the Great Grandfather and his advisors.
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakayaHashi (Japanese), Creator/RBruceElliott (English)
Leader of the Shadows House and creator of the Living Dolls. He is advised by the other Shadows of the Third Floor.
The Great Grandfather resides in his own three-story building, separate from the children Shadows' building where Kate resides. On occasion, children Shadows may be given the honor of joining the Great Grandfather's building. The buildings are joined together by a hall that serves as a bridge over a chasm. The Great Grandfather resides on the highest Third Floor. Residents of higher floors receive more privileges. The resident Shadows also have [[spoiler:merged with their Living Dolls.]]
!!Third Floor
The Third Floor oversees the entire Shadows House operation and conducts business with the outside world. Members include the Great Grandfather and his advisors.
[[folder:The Great Grandfather]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakayaHashi (Japanese), Creator/RBruceElliott (English)
Leader of the Shadows House and creator of the Living Dolls. He is advised by the other Shadows of the Third Floor.
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The Great Grandfather resides in his own three-story building, separate from the children Shadows' building where Kate resides. On occasion, children Shadows may be given the honor of joining the Great Grandfather's building. The buildings are joined together by a hall that serves as a bridge over a chasm. The Great Grandfather resides on the highest Third Floor. Residents of higher floors receive more privileges. The resident Shadows also have [[spoiler:merged with their Living Dolls.]]
!!Third Floor
The Third Floor oversees the entire Shadows House operation
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* MarionetteMaster: She can create and control soot toy soldiers out of her own soot.
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!!Other Noteworthy Individuals
Not part of other defined groups on this page in the Children's Building and thus placed here.
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* AffablyEvil: The Grandfather occasionally praises his family for doing a good job, and his advisors of the Third Floor are the only ones who can give some criticism as to how the House works.
* AntiVillain: He has developed a society where Shadows can safely grow up, relatively speaking, as any Shadow or Doll who doesn't meet his expectations are disposed of.
* BigBad: ThePatriarch of the House and is synonymous with the IndividualityIsIllegal system Kate opposes. [[spoiler:Furthermore he's revealed to be TheUsurper of the Mirror House with Kate as the rightful heir.]]
* CultOfPersonality: The Living Dolls have a daily routine of giving praise to him, and just saying you disagree with him, or having any other thoughts about him when not asked, can warrant punishment.
* TheFaceless: Even more so than the other Shadows, as his HighCollarOfDoom covers his head completely.
* HumanoidAbomination: His heavy robes obscure his shape completely, including his head which is drowned inside his HighCollarOfDoom, leaving his true appearance a mystery. Given that [[spoiler:he came up with the process of giving Shadows human-like forms, and likely didn't go through anything like that himself]], it's not surprising there's something off about the way he looks, compared to other Shadows.
* IControlMyMinionsThrough: The Grandfather has a near-divine authority over all Shadows, and all residents of the House, including Dolls, ''will'' respect him at all times, willingly or forcibly. Except Third Floor Shadows, anyone who has their own ideas about the rules of the House are brutally punished.
* MonsterProgenitor: He created the Shadows family [[spoiler:by having the original soot creatures develop their shapes and personalities through mimicking their Living Dolls, who are mindwiped humans.]]
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: His full title is "The Great Grandfather. The one who leads the Shadows House. The Shadows House's King. Birth Father of the Living Dolls. The Great Creator Master".
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Strictly enforced with a cult of personality and paranoid management. Shadows that are Invited to become Adults realize they've been fed a completely false story, and the villagers of Mirrorside view Shadows as kind nobles.
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* AntiVillain: He has developed a society where Shadows can safely grow up, relatively speaking, as any Shadow or Doll who doesn't meet his expectations are disposed of.
* BigBad: ThePatriarch of the House and is synonymous with the IndividualityIsIllegal system Kate opposes. [[spoiler:Furthermore he's revealed to be TheUsurper of the Mirror House with Kate as the rightful heir.]]
* CultOfPersonality: The Living Dolls have a daily routine of giving praise to him, and just saying you disagree with him, or having any other thoughts about him when not asked, can warrant punishment.
* TheFaceless: Even more so than the other Shadows, as his HighCollarOfDoom covers his head completely.
* HumanoidAbomination: His heavy robes obscure his shape completely, including his head which is drowned inside his HighCollarOfDoom, leaving his true appearance a mystery. Given that [[spoiler:he came up with the process of giving Shadows human-like forms, and likely didn't go through anything like that himself]], it's not surprising there's something off about the way he looks, compared to other Shadows.
* IControlMyMinionsThrough: The Grandfather has a near-divine authority over all Shadows, and all residents of the House, including Dolls, ''will'' respect him at all times, willingly or forcibly. Except Third Floor Shadows, anyone who has their own ideas about the rules of the House are brutally punished.
* MonsterProgenitor: He created the Shadows family [[spoiler:by having the original soot creatures develop their shapes and personalities through mimicking their Living Dolls, who are mindwiped humans.]]
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: His full title is "The Great Grandfather. The one who leads the Shadows House. The Shadows House's King. Birth Father of the Living Dolls. The Great Creator Master".
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Strictly enforced with a cult of personality and paranoid management. Shadows that are Invited to become Adults realize they've been fed a completely false story, and the villagers of Mirrorside view Shadows as kind nobles.
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* AffablyEvil: The Grandfather occasionally praises his family AngstySurvivingTwin: [[spoiler:One Belle dying makes the other Belle put off cleaning for doing weeks, having a good job, knee jerk reaction to Soot and his advisors of the Third Floor are the only ones who can give some criticism as to how the House works.
* AntiVillain: He has developedin general being sullen and untalkative. She stays holed up in her room for a society where Shadows can safely grow up, relatively speaking, as any Shadow or Doll who long time when she doesn't meet his expectations are disposed of.
* BigBad: ThePatriarch of the House and is synonymous with the IndividualityIsIllegal system Kate opposes. [[spoiler:Furthermore he's revealedhave to be TheUsurper of the Mirror House with Kate used as the rightful heir.Isabelle or Mirabelle's shared Living Doll.]]
*CultOfPersonality: The Living Dolls have a daily routine of giving praise to him, and just saying you disagree with him, or having any other thoughts about him when not asked, can warrant punishment.
* TheFaceless: Even more so than the other Shadows, as his HighCollarOfDoom covers his head completely.
* HumanoidAbomination: His heavy robes obscure his shape completely, including his head which is drowned inside his HighCollarOfDoom, leaving his true appearance a mystery. GivenAssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Given their claims that [[spoiler:he came up with someone else manipulated them to destroy the process of giving Shadows human-like forms, and week's coffee supply ([[{{Irony}} likely didn't go through anything like that himself]], it's not surprising there's something off about the way he looks, compared to other Shadows.
* IControlMyMinionsThrough: The Grandfather has a near-divine authority over all Shadows, and all residents of the House, including Dolls, ''will'' respect him at all times, willingly or forcibly. Except Third Floor Shadows, anyone who has their own ideas about the rules of the House are brutally punished.
* MonsterProgenitor: He created the Shadows family [[spoiler:by having the original soot creatures develop their shapes and personalities through mimicking their Living Dolls, who are mindwiped humans.with]] [[PsychicPowers soot]]).]]
*TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: His full title is "The Great Grandfather. The one BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Whether the twins intended to or not, they destroyed the week's coffee supply. This earns them the punishment of cleaning the soot processing facility, where Living Dolls will easily and repeatedly catch soot sickness. They are visibly crying.]]
* TheBully: They bully their underlings do all the cleaning. They prefer to let Rum take the blame for anything that may affect their team's rating. But they flatter the Star Bearers, so they're viewed favorably by those wholeads the Shadows House. The Shadows House's King. Birth Father matter.
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:One of the Belles eventually dies as a result of not only the Soot sickness she experienced repeatedly in the Sootery Sendoff, but starving to death. She gave the other Belle her own food, thinking that either girl getting fed will make both girls full.]]
* ItWasAGift: One of the Belles gets a small toy of the other from Emilico, in an effort to comfort her [[spoiler:after the other one's death]].
* SignificantNameOverlap: They're both named Belle because their masters don't even bother to distinguish them. [[spoiler:It becomes relevant because one of the Belle twins dies, but neither Mirabelle or Isabelle are immediately disposed of because they never thought of their LivingDolls. The Great Creator Master".
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Strictly enforced with a cult of personalityDolls as different people and paranoid management. Shadows that both are Invited to become Adults realize they've been fed a completely false story, still mimicking Belle.]]
* SingleMindedTwins: Never seen without each other, and both simply get thevillagers name "Belle" so as to make them interchangeable. [[spoiler:In fact, it turns into a plot point, as Isabelle and Mirabelle never put thought into the identities of Mirrorside view Shadows as kind nobles.
----either Belle, nor did they know which Belle died.]]
* AntiVillain: He has developed
* BigBad: ThePatriarch of the House and is synonymous with the IndividualityIsIllegal system Kate opposes. [[spoiler:Furthermore he's revealed
*
* TheFaceless: Even more so than the other Shadows, as his HighCollarOfDoom covers his head completely.
* HumanoidAbomination: His heavy robes obscure his shape completely, including his head which is drowned inside his HighCollarOfDoom, leaving his true appearance a mystery. Given
* IControlMyMinionsThrough: The Grandfather has a near-divine authority over all Shadows, and all residents of the House, including Dolls, ''will'' respect him at all times, willingly or forcibly. Except Third Floor Shadows, anyone who has their own ideas about the rules of the House are brutally punished.
* MonsterProgenitor: He created the Shadows family [[spoiler:by having the original soot creatures develop their shapes and personalities through mimicking their Living Dolls, who are mindwiped humans.
*
* TheBully: They bully their underlings do all the cleaning. They prefer to let Rum take the blame for anything that may affect their team's rating. But they flatter the Star Bearers, so they're viewed favorably by those who
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:One of the Belles eventually dies as a result of not only the Soot sickness she experienced repeatedly in the Sootery Sendoff, but starving to death. She gave the other Belle her own food, thinking that either girl getting fed will make both girls full.]]
* ItWasAGift: One of the Belles gets a small toy of the other from Emilico, in an effort to comfort her [[spoiler:after the other one's death]].
* SignificantNameOverlap: They're both named Belle because their masters don't even bother to distinguish them. [[spoiler:It becomes relevant because one of the Belle twins dies, but neither Mirabelle or Isabelle are immediately disposed of because they never thought of their Living
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Strictly enforced with a cult of personality
* SingleMindedTwins: Never seen without each other, and both simply get the
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A Shadow of the Third Floor who advises the Great Grandfather.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: When John awakens his soot powers, she's licking the window with a long butterfly tongue and wondering aloud what his soot tastes like. This disturbs even the other Shadows nearby, who normally find her to be calm and collected.
* AnimalMotifs: Her dress is decorated by large butterfly wings.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: When she sees that a Morph mimicked a mouse, she throws the rat against a wall and ''eats the rat Morph alive''. [[spoiler:This was what made Kate sure that the Shadows aren't her allies.]]
* NotSoStoic: Sophie is usually dignified and composed... unless it comes to soot. Her excitement can make her face pop out. Her fellow Shadows are creeped out by the abrupt change in her behavior.
* OverlyLongTongue: Her tongue is black and very long, like that of a butterfly.
* AnimalMotifs: Her dress is decorated by large butterfly wings.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: When she sees that a Morph mimicked a mouse, she throws the rat against a wall and ''eats the rat Morph alive''. [[spoiler:This was what made Kate sure that the Shadows aren't her allies.]]
* NotSoStoic: Sophie is usually dignified and composed... unless it comes to soot. Her excitement can make her face pop out. Her fellow Shadows are creeped out by the abrupt change in her behavior.
* OverlyLongTongue: Her tongue is black and very long, like that of a butterfly.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: When John awakens his soot powers, she's licking BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: Whether their Living Dolls intended to or not, they destroyed the window with a long butterfly tongue and wondering aloud what his soot tastes like. This disturbs even the other week's coffee supply. The Shadows nearby, who normally find her have to be calm join them in cleaning the soot processing facility (imagine a noble punished with janitorial work) and collected.
* AnimalMotifs: Her dress is decorated by large butterfly wings.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: When she sees that a Morph mimicked a mouse, she throws the rat against a wall and ''eats the rat Morph alive''. [[spoiler:This was what made Kate sure that the Shadows aren't her allies.are forced to watch their Living Dolls catch soot sickness.]]
*NotSoStoic: Sophie is usually dignified BullyTurnedBuddy: When they first meet Kate, they bully her and composed... unless it comes use their soot powers to soot. Her excitement can make her face pop out. Her fellow humiliate Emilico. Eventually, Kate's acts of kindness win them over and they become good friends.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Their introduction is to bully Kate in front of other Shadowsare creeped out by the abrupt change in her behavior.
* OverlyLongTongue: Her tongue is black and very long,making Emilico bark like that a dog.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Their hairstyles and clothes look identical. The only way to tell them apart is the place ofa butterfly.the fabric roses on their clothes; Mirabelle has them on the right shoulder and Isabelle has them on the left shoulder.
* PeoplePuppets: Their ability is to control Living Dolls.
* SingleMindedTwins: Like her Living Dolls, they're always seen together and have the same bitchy personality.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Both of their names end in "belle".
* TookALevelInKindness: Being assigned to Kate's Team made their attitude much better.
* AnimalMotifs: Her dress is decorated by large butterfly wings.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: When she sees that a Morph mimicked a mouse, she throws the rat against a wall and ''eats the rat Morph alive''. [[spoiler:This was what made Kate sure that the Shadows aren't her allies.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Their introduction is to bully Kate in front of other Shadows
* OverlyLongTongue: Her tongue is black and very long,
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Their hairstyles and clothes look identical. The only way to tell them apart is the place of
* PeoplePuppets: Their ability is to control Living Dolls.
* SingleMindedTwins: Like her Living Dolls, they're always seen together and have the same bitchy personality.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Both of their names end in "belle".
* TookALevelInKindness: Being assigned to Kate's Team made their attitude much better.
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeKishio (Japanese), Creator/JasonLiebrecht (English)
A Shadow of the Third Floor who advises the Great Grandfather.
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* ByTheHair: Does this to Edward while he admonishes him for [[spoiler:only failing Shirley, an already-weak shadow]].
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: His chalk-white skin and cloud of black hair make him look like a Tim Burton character.
* {{Jerkass}}: He really doesn't hide that he prefers Shadows being forceful with their Dolls instead of bonding with them and hoped Kate, or at least somebody, died even before the Debut ended.
* HairTriggerTemper: He's almost constantly complaining about something, like Edward's methods or others' attitude.
* {{Sadist}}: He takes pleasure out of watching Shadows and Living Dolls suffer.
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeKishio (Japanese), Creator/JasonLiebrecht (English)
A Shadow of the Third Floor who advises the Great Grandfather.
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* ByTheHair: Does this to Edward while he admonishes him for [[spoiler:only failing Shirley, an already-weak shadow]].
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: His chalk-white skin and cloud of black hair make him look like a Tim Burton character.
* {{Jerkass}}: He really doesn't hide that he prefers Shadows being forceful with their Dolls instead of bonding with them and hoped Kate, or at least somebody, died even before the Debut ended.
* HairTriggerTemper: He's almost constantly complaining about something, like Edward's methods or others' attitude.
* {{Sadist}}: He takes pleasure out of watching Shadows and Living Dolls suffer.
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A Shadow who befriends Patrick at the greenhouse.
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* BewareTheQuietOnes: She initially appears as a very meek and mild-mannered girl. However, [[spoiler:her soot power is one of the
* BrokenBird: She was discarded by her former friend Peter and mistreated by Mirabelle and Isabelle. Afraid of being hurt again, she isolated herself and felt miserable all the time, only finding some comfort in growing plants with Patrick.
* BrutalHonesty: She bluntly tells Patrick that she wishes the Belle twins would just disappear because they're big jerks.
* CaringGardener: She grows flowers in the greenhouse.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She hates everyone who
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* ByTheHair: Does this
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: His chalk-white skin and cloud of black hair
* CommonalityConnection: She quickly bonds with Patrick over their shared interest in flowers.
* CynicismCatalyst: Her former friend Peter stopped hanging out with her after he joined Douglas' team. After that, she avoided other Shadows because she believed everyone would abandon her like Peter did.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:After Patrick stops her rampage, Margaret dies in his arms due to soot outage.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:She was victim of bullying from Mirabelle and Isabelle when they were in the same team. After Margaret's soot power awakens, she makes the twins into her very first targets once she decides to eliminate everyone who can be a
*
* FriendlessBackground: Before she met Patrick, Margaret spent most of her time alone in the greenhouse and didn't like to socialize with other Shadows because she thought they were all jerks.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Even though her body gives out from soot overuse, Margaret dies smiling because she feels the happiest she has ever been thanks to Patrick accepting her feelings before she met her end.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Margaret's jealousy over Kate becoming a Star Bearer and Patrick's respect for Kate causes her soot tentacles to manifest in a very violent way that endangers everyone in the Children's Building.]]
* HopelessSuitor: To her misforture, Patrick is oblivious to her feelings and he is in love with Emilico anyway. [[spoiler:After she goes into a {{Yandere}} rampage, Patrick does give her a marriage proposal to appease her... only for Margaret to die immediately after.]]
* LoveAtFirstSight: She falls in love with Patrick in their first meeting because she believes his love for flowers is proof of a beautiful heart.
* PowerIncontinence: [[spoiler:Since her power has just awakened, she doesn't
* SatelliteLoveInterest: She doesn't have any significant relationships outside of Patrick and her character revolves around her desperate wish to be loved by him.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She falls in love with Patrick because he treats her nicely, shares her hobby of gardening, and promises to protect her if others ever try to hurt her.
* SuperPowerMeltdown: [[spoiler:Maggie gives her a drug that
* UnknownRival: Unbeknownst to both Patrick and Kate, Margaret views Kate as a rival for Patrick's affection, as she doesn't know Patrick has a crush on Emilico instead of
* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: She has a big crush on Patrick, but slowly sinks into despair as he doesn't notice her feelings because of his own crush on Emilico. [[spoiler:Because of a conspiracy from Anthony and Maggie, Margaret's soot power is awakened when she's in the worst mental state and she goes berserk, attacking everyone in the Children's Building. Finally realizing her feelings, Patrick awakens his own soot-nullifying power and gives Margaret a marriage proposal to put an end to her rampage. Sadly, it's too late because the soot outage causes Margaret to die, all while she spends her final moments thinking that she wished to achieve true love with
* VineTentacles: [[spoiler:Her soot power creates black vines that seem to grow endlessly and
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: In the
* HairTriggerTemper: He's almost constantly complaining about something, like Edward's methods or others' attitude.
* {{Sadist}}: He takes pleasure out
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:She has been completely emotionally broken because of a negative and friendless environment. After her soot power awakens in a moment of extreme emotional distress, she uses it to take out her pain and misery on everyone in the Children's Building.]]
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Fearing that Kate will steal Patrick away from her, Margaret unleashes her soot vines all across the Children's Building to attack everyone who might "corrupt" Patrick, who she views as a pure and good prince.]]
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A Shadow of the Third Floor who advises the Great Grandfather.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Her face, at least.
* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: Notably the only woman in the House who wears visible makeup.
* ItAmusedMe: Edward's Debut is more of an entertaining show to her, and she doesn't care much about promoting new Shadows.
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A Shadow of the Third Floor who advises the Great Grandfather.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Her face, at least.
* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: Notably the only woman in the House who wears visible makeup.
* ItAmusedMe: Edward's Debut is more of an entertaining show to her, and she doesn't care much about promoting new Shadows.
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* TheDogBitesBack: Margaret once came close to cutting her face in an indirect suicide attempt. After Maggie gets freed from the brainwashing, she comes to see Margaret as nothing but a monster that almost killed her and conspires with Anthony to get her killed.
* EvilAllAlong: It's revealed Maggie conspired with Anthony and gave Margaret drugs that made her lose control over her soot powers until she died from soot exhaustion.
* HiddenDisdainReveal: After Margaret dies, Maggie reveals she hated her Shadow master and saw her as a monster that stole her name. It's understandable because her brainwashing got undone after going without coffee for a while and without any context of her current situation, she ended seeing all Shadows as vile creatures that brainwashed and enslaved children.
* {{Hypocrite}}: When we finally get a peek into her head, we see that she dislikes Margaret's insistence on making Patrick her "prince". When we cut back into the
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* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: Notably the only woman
* ItAmusedMe: Edward's Debut is more of an entertaining show to her,
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: She betrays Margaret and under Anthony's instructions, gives her a drug that causes her to overuse her soot powers until she
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: She gets Margaret killed by giving her dangerous drugs that cause her soot powers to go amok, which was all Anthony's plan to test said drug as an effective weapon against the adult Shadows. Once she gets the job done, Anthony sees no use in her as a minion anymore and slices her throat.
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A Shadow of the Third Floor who advises the Great Grandfather.
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The Great Grandfather resides in his own three-story building, separate from the children Shadows' building where Kate resides. On occasion, children Shadows may be given the honor of joining the Great Grandfather's building. The buildings are joined together by a hall that serves as a bridge over a chasm. The Great Grandfather resides on the highest Third Floor. Residents of higher floors receive more privileges. The resident Shadows also have [[spoiler:merged with their Living Dolls.]]
!!Third Floor
The Third Floor oversees the entire Shadows House operation and conducts business with the outside world. Members include the Great Grandfather and his advisors.
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* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Has been puffing from a cigar.
* HighClassGlass: Wears a monocle attached to a chain over his left eye.
* TheStoic: The least eccentric and most rational of his floormates.
* HighClassGlass: Wears a monocle attached to a chain over his left eye.
* TheStoic: The least eccentric and most rational of his floormates.
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* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Has AffablyEvil: The Grandfather occasionally praises his family for doing a good job, and his advisors of the Third Floor are the only ones who can give some criticism as to how the House works.
* AntiVillain: He has developed a society where Shadows can safely grow up, relatively speaking, as any Shadow or Doll who doesn't meet his expectations are disposed of.
* BigBad: ThePatriarch of the House and is synonymous with the IndividualityIsIllegal system Kate opposes. [[spoiler:Furthermore he's revealed to be TheUsurper of the Mirror House with Kate as the rightful heir.]]
* CultOfPersonality: The Living Dolls have a daily routine of giving praise to him, and just saying you disagree with him, or having any other thoughts about him when not asked, can warrant punishment.
* TheFaceless: Even more so than the other Shadows, as his HighCollarOfDoom covers his head completely.
* HumanoidAbomination: His heavy robes obscure his shape completely, including his head which is drowned inside his HighCollarOfDoom, leaving his true appearance a mystery. Given that [[spoiler:he came up with the process of giving Shadows human-like forms, and likely didn't go through anything like that himself]], it's not surprising there's something off about the way he looks, compared to other Shadows.
* IControlMyMinionsThrough: The Grandfather has a near-divine authority over all Shadows, and all residents of the House, including Dolls, ''will'' respect him at all times, willingly or forcibly. Except Third Floor Shadows, anyone who has their own ideas about the rules of the House are brutally punished.
* MonsterProgenitor: He created the Shadows family [[spoiler:by having the original soot creatures develop their shapes and personalities through mimicking their Living Dolls, who are mindwiped humans.]]
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: His full title is "The Great Grandfather. The one who leads the Shadows House. The Shadows House's King. Birth Father of the Living Dolls. The Great Creator Master".
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Strictly enforced with a cult of personality and paranoid management. Shadows that are Invited to become Adults realize they've beenpuffing from fed a cigar.
* HighClassGlass: Wears a monocle attached to a chain over his left eye.
* TheStoic: The least eccentriccompletely false story, and most rational the villagers of his floormates.Mirrorside view Shadows as kind nobles.
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* AntiVillain: He has developed a society where Shadows can safely grow up, relatively speaking, as any Shadow or Doll who doesn't meet his expectations are disposed of.
* BigBad: ThePatriarch of the House and is synonymous with the IndividualityIsIllegal system Kate opposes. [[spoiler:Furthermore he's revealed to be TheUsurper of the Mirror House with Kate as the rightful heir.]]
* CultOfPersonality: The Living Dolls have a daily routine of giving praise to him, and just saying you disagree with him, or having any other thoughts about him when not asked, can warrant punishment.
* TheFaceless: Even more so than the other Shadows, as his HighCollarOfDoom covers his head completely.
* HumanoidAbomination: His heavy robes obscure his shape completely, including his head which is drowned inside his HighCollarOfDoom, leaving his true appearance a mystery. Given that [[spoiler:he came up with the process of giving Shadows human-like forms, and likely didn't go through anything like that himself]], it's not surprising there's something off about the way he looks, compared to other Shadows.
* IControlMyMinionsThrough: The Grandfather has a near-divine authority over all Shadows, and all residents of the House, including Dolls, ''will'' respect him at all times, willingly or forcibly. Except Third Floor Shadows, anyone who has their own ideas about the rules of the House are brutally punished.
* MonsterProgenitor: He created the Shadows family [[spoiler:by having the original soot creatures develop their shapes and personalities through mimicking their Living Dolls, who are mindwiped humans.]]
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: His full title is "The Great Grandfather. The one who leads the Shadows House. The Shadows House's King. Birth Father of the Living Dolls. The Great Creator Master".
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Strictly enforced with a cult of personality and paranoid management. Shadows that are Invited to become Adults realize they've been
* HighClassGlass: Wears a monocle attached to a chain over his left eye.
* TheStoic: The least eccentric
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!!Second Floor
Gerald and Eilene share a bond with Edward, since the trio were Debutants together. With Edward as the vanguard, they aim to join the Third Floor.
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A "Special Living Doll" from the Second Floor who conducted Kate's Debut. He administers the Children's Building through the Star Bearers.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Intends to force some of the children to fail the Debut (and failure means disposal), so he can please the Third Floor and advance into their ranks. [[spoiler:He was also more than willing to absorb his Living Doll Ed to get his full adult soot powers.]]
* BreakThemByTalking: He reduces the prideful Sarah to tears by saying the words that he knows will upset her the most; calls her a disappointment and worst member of her team, rubs in her face that Kate managed to become team leader despite being the youngest of the team, and tells her she won't ever become an adult.
* BrownNote: His Soot ability allows him to manipulate soundwaves around his or others' Soot. He used this to deafen and incapaciate Maryrose and Rosemary.
* HairTriggerTemper: While the rules of the Debut go along with House's values, how the contestants go up or down depend entirely on his mood. Ricky assumed he got punished for taking the lead during the dance, when it actually wasn't part of the exam and he only interfered with Edward's stress relief.
* HangingJudge:
** The Debut has no stated rules and Edward runs the first phase with no explanation. The Shadows only have a vague idea that treating Dolls as tools is encouraged and have to make guesses what they are even judged for.
** He views the Debut as Great Grandfather testing him instead of the new Shadows. He believes one of the debutants need to fail and, once he decides on Kate, he uses any excuse to lower her ranking.
* TheHeavy: Although Great Grandfather is the BigBad who governs the Shadows House, Edward knows Kate is secretly planning a rebellion and is trying to find a chance to expose her or get rid of her.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: He made one small mistake during the Debut: He introduced himself as ''Edward'', rather than a diminutive name like all Living Dolls get (such as his original name Ed).
* ImplausibleHairColor: He [[spoiler:or rather, his Living Doll Ed]] was grey-haired in his youth.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Chapter 95 reveals that he personally approached Rum after the debut to mock her for her failure and thank her for providing an emotional end to the event. He also rips up Rummy and removes all of her ribbons to enunciate the point that Faceless Dolls shouldn't be individualized.]]
* LimitedWardrobe: He has a collection of identical coats.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He trapped Shadows during the debut and made the Dolls solve puzzles, in hopes that it would increase the affinity between them. Many puzzles are also designed in a way that backstabbing other Dolls will be the fastest solution. As Third Floor residents pointed out to him, not only did the Dolls, through ThePowerOfFriendship, manage to solve the maze by sharing items and information, the ordeals made Shadows respect their Dolls for their own strengths, [[spoiler: which makes the assimilation plot a lot harder]].
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Sweats hard when Emilico and Kate, the pair Edward wanted to fail, use the river stream and Kate's soot powers to reach the Debut finish line JustInTime.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: He assumed Kate and [[spoiler:Maryrose]] are plotting against Great Grandfather because Kate doesn't view Emilico as a tool and [[spoiler: Rosemary got sick right after Maryrose got the Invitation to the Adults' Building]], though mostly because they are being an inconvenience, so again and again he tries to find evidence of Kate's misbehavior. Turns out they both know more than they are supposed to and actually are planning a rebellion, though despite his suspicions they're working independently.
* SharpDressedMan: Wears a gold-and-black brocade tux and is plenty menacing.
* SignatureInstrument: Piano. [[spoiler:It's fitting for his Shadow's musical soot power.]]
* StarterVillain: He's in charge of the Debut, but it's established that there are still greater threats above him.
* UnmovingPlaid: The patterns on his coat in the anime.
* VoiceChangeling: His Soot ability can also be used to manipulate his own voice, as he uses it to vocally appear as an older man to [[spoiler:throw off suspicions about his being merged with his Shadow]].
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He has grayish white hair and openly antagonizes the protagonists because he wants to eliminate anyone who might oppose Great Grandfather.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: The faces of his allies, Gerald and Eilene, don't look older than thirty. But they've been together since their beginning, so Edward shouldn't be as old as the gray hair and receding hairline might suggest. It turns out he was Christopher's peer, and ahead of Barbara and Maryrose. He looks noticeably older and taller than Rosemary [[spoiler:after his fusion]], despite looking closer in age beforehand.
* BreakThemByTalking: He reduces the prideful Sarah to tears by saying the words that he knows will upset her the most; calls her a disappointment and worst member of her team, rubs in her face that Kate managed to become team leader despite being the youngest of the team, and tells her she won't ever become an adult.
* BrownNote: His Soot ability allows him to manipulate soundwaves around his or others' Soot. He used this to deafen and incapaciate Maryrose and Rosemary.
* HairTriggerTemper: While the rules of the Debut go along with House's values, how the contestants go up or down depend entirely on his mood. Ricky assumed he got punished for taking the lead during the dance, when it actually wasn't part of the exam and he only interfered with Edward's stress relief.
* HangingJudge:
** The Debut has no stated rules and Edward runs the first phase with no explanation. The Shadows only have a vague idea that treating Dolls as tools is encouraged and have to make guesses what they are even judged for.
** He views the Debut as Great Grandfather testing him instead of the new Shadows. He believes one of the debutants need to fail and, once he decides on Kate, he uses any excuse to lower her ranking.
* TheHeavy: Although Great Grandfather is the BigBad who governs the Shadows House, Edward knows Kate is secretly planning a rebellion and is trying to find a chance to expose her or get rid of her.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: He made one small mistake during the Debut: He introduced himself as ''Edward'', rather than a diminutive name like all Living Dolls get (such as his original name Ed).
* ImplausibleHairColor: He [[spoiler:or rather, his Living Doll Ed]] was grey-haired in his youth.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Chapter 95 reveals that he personally approached Rum after the debut to mock her for her failure and thank her for providing an emotional end to the event. He also rips up Rummy and removes all of her ribbons to enunciate the point that Faceless Dolls shouldn't be individualized.]]
* LimitedWardrobe: He has a collection of identical coats.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He trapped Shadows during the debut and made the Dolls solve puzzles, in hopes that it would increase the affinity between them. Many puzzles are also designed in a way that backstabbing other Dolls will be the fastest solution. As Third Floor residents pointed out to him, not only did the Dolls, through ThePowerOfFriendship, manage to solve the maze by sharing items and information, the ordeals made Shadows respect their Dolls for their own strengths, [[spoiler: which makes the assimilation plot a lot harder]].
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Sweats hard when Emilico and Kate, the pair Edward wanted to fail, use the river stream and Kate's soot powers to reach the Debut finish line JustInTime.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: He assumed Kate and [[spoiler:Maryrose]] are plotting against Great Grandfather because Kate doesn't view Emilico as a tool and [[spoiler: Rosemary got sick right after Maryrose got the Invitation to the Adults' Building]], though mostly because they are being an inconvenience, so again and again he tries to find evidence of Kate's misbehavior. Turns out they both know more than they are supposed to and actually are planning a rebellion, though despite his suspicions they're working independently.
* SharpDressedMan: Wears a gold-and-black brocade tux and is plenty menacing.
* SignatureInstrument: Piano. [[spoiler:It's fitting for his Shadow's musical soot power.]]
* StarterVillain: He's in charge of the Debut, but it's established that there are still greater threats above him.
* UnmovingPlaid: The patterns on his coat in the anime.
* VoiceChangeling: His Soot ability can also be used to manipulate his own voice, as he uses it to vocally appear as an older man to [[spoiler:throw off suspicions about his being merged with his Shadow]].
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He has grayish white hair and openly antagonizes the protagonists because he wants to eliminate anyone who might oppose Great Grandfather.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: The faces of his allies, Gerald and Eilene, don't look older than thirty. But they've been together since their beginning, so Edward shouldn't be as old as the gray hair and receding hairline might suggest. It turns out he was Christopher's peer, and ahead of Barbara and Maryrose. He looks noticeably older and taller than Rosemary [[spoiler:after his fusion]], despite looking closer in age beforehand.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Intends to force some of the children to fail the Debut (and failure means disposal), so he can please the Third Floor and advance into their ranks. [[spoiler:He was also more than willing to absorb AbhorrentAdmirer: When John awakens his Living Doll Ed to get his full adult soot powers.powers, she's licking the window with a long butterfly tongue and wondering aloud what his soot tastes like. This disturbs even the other Shadows nearby, who normally find her to be calm and collected.
* AnimalMotifs: Her dress is decorated by large butterfly wings.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: When she sees that a Morph mimicked a mouse, she throws the rat against a wall and ''eats the rat Morph alive''. [[spoiler:This was what made Kate sure that the Shadows aren't her allies.]]
*BreakThemByTalking: He reduces the prideful Sarah to tears by saying the words that he knows will upset her the most; calls her a disappointment NotSoStoic: Sophie is usually dignified and worst member of her team, rubs in composed... unless it comes to soot. Her excitement can make her face that Kate managed to become team leader despite being the youngest of the team, and tells her she won't ever become an adult.
* BrownNote: His Soot ability allows him to manipulate soundwaves around his or others' Soot. He used this to deafen and incapaciate Maryrose and Rosemary.
* HairTriggerTemper: While the rules of the Debut go along with House's values, how the contestants go up or down depend entirely on his mood. Ricky assumed he got punished for taking the lead during the dance, when it actually wasn't part of the exam and he only interfered with Edward's stress relief.
* HangingJudge:
** The Debut has no stated rules and Edward runs the first phase with no explanation. Thepop out. Her fellow Shadows only have a vague idea are creeped out by the abrupt change in her behavior.
* OverlyLongTongue: Her tongue is black and very long, like thattreating Dolls as tools is encouraged and have to make guesses what they are even judged for.
** He views the Debut as Great Grandfather testing him insteadof the new Shadows. He believes one of the debutants need to fail and, once he decides on Kate, he uses any excuse to lower her ranking.
* TheHeavy: Although Great Grandfather is the BigBad who governs the Shadows House, Edward knows Kate is secretly planninga rebellion and is trying to find a chance to expose her or get rid of her.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: He made one small mistake during the Debut: He introduced himself as ''Edward'', rather than a diminutive name like all Living Dolls get (such as his original name Ed).
* ImplausibleHairColor: He [[spoiler:or rather, his Living Doll Ed]] was grey-haired in his youth.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Chapter 95 reveals that he personally approached Rum after the debut to mock her for her failure and thank her for providing an emotional end to the event. He also rips up Rummy and removes all of her ribbons to enunciate the point that Faceless Dolls shouldn't be individualized.]]
* LimitedWardrobe: He has a collection of identical coats.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He trapped Shadows during the debut and made the Dolls solve puzzles, in hopes that it would increase the affinity between them. Many puzzles are also designed in a way that backstabbing other Dolls will be the fastest solution. As Third Floor residents pointed out to him, not only did the Dolls, through ThePowerOfFriendship, manage to solve the maze by sharing items and information, the ordeals made Shadows respect their Dolls for their own strengths, [[spoiler: which makes the assimilation plot a lot harder]].
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Sweats hard when Emilico and Kate, the pair Edward wanted to fail, use the river stream and Kate's soot powers to reach the Debut finish line JustInTime.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: He assumed Kate and [[spoiler:Maryrose]] are plotting against Great Grandfather because Kate doesn't view Emilico as a tool and [[spoiler: Rosemary got sick right after Maryrose got the Invitation to the Adults' Building]], though mostly because they are being an inconvenience, so again and again he tries to find evidence of Kate's misbehavior. Turns out they both know more than they are supposed to and actually are planning a rebellion, though despite his suspicions they're working independently.
* SharpDressedMan: Wears a gold-and-black brocade tux and is plenty menacing.
* SignatureInstrument: Piano. [[spoiler:It's fitting for his Shadow's musical soot power.]]
* StarterVillain: He's in charge of the Debut, but it's established that there are still greater threats above him.
* UnmovingPlaid: The patterns on his coat in the anime.
* VoiceChangeling: His Soot ability can also be used to manipulate his own voice, as he uses it to vocally appear as an older man to [[spoiler:throw off suspicions about his being merged with his Shadow]].
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He has grayish white hair and openly antagonizes the protagonists because he wants to eliminate anyone who might oppose Great Grandfather.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: The faces of his allies, Gerald and Eilene, don't look older than thirty. But they've been together since their beginning, so Edward shouldn't be as old as the gray hair and receding hairline might suggest. It turns out he was Christopher's peer, and ahead of Barbara and Maryrose. He looks noticeably older and taller than Rosemary [[spoiler:after his fusion]], despite looking closer in age beforehand.butterfly.
* AnimalMotifs: Her dress is decorated by large butterfly wings.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: When she sees that a Morph mimicked a mouse, she throws the rat against a wall and ''eats the rat Morph alive''. [[spoiler:This was what made Kate sure that the Shadows aren't her allies.]]
*
* BrownNote: His Soot ability allows him to manipulate soundwaves around his or others' Soot. He used this to deafen and incapaciate Maryrose and Rosemary.
* HairTriggerTemper: While the rules of the Debut go along with House's values, how the contestants go up or down depend entirely on his mood. Ricky assumed he got punished for taking the lead during the dance, when it actually wasn't part of the exam and he only interfered with Edward's stress relief.
* HangingJudge:
** The Debut has no stated rules and Edward runs the first phase with no explanation. The
* OverlyLongTongue: Her tongue is black and very long, like that
** He views the Debut as Great Grandfather testing him instead
* TheHeavy: Although Great Grandfather is the BigBad who governs the Shadows House, Edward knows Kate is secretly planning
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: He made one small mistake during the Debut: He introduced himself as ''Edward'', rather than a diminutive name like all Living Dolls get (such as his original name Ed).
* ImplausibleHairColor: He [[spoiler:or rather, his Living Doll Ed]] was grey-haired in his youth.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Chapter 95 reveals that he personally approached Rum after the debut to mock her for her failure and thank her for providing an emotional end to the event. He also rips up Rummy and removes all of her ribbons to enunciate the point that Faceless Dolls shouldn't be individualized.]]
* LimitedWardrobe: He has a collection of identical coats.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He trapped Shadows during the debut and made the Dolls solve puzzles, in hopes that it would increase the affinity between them. Many puzzles are also designed in a way that backstabbing other Dolls will be the fastest solution. As Third Floor residents pointed out to him, not only did the Dolls, through ThePowerOfFriendship, manage to solve the maze by sharing items and information, the ordeals made Shadows respect their Dolls for their own strengths, [[spoiler: which makes the assimilation plot a lot harder]].
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Sweats hard when Emilico and Kate, the pair Edward wanted to fail, use the river stream and Kate's soot powers to reach the Debut finish line JustInTime.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: He assumed Kate and [[spoiler:Maryrose]] are plotting against Great Grandfather because Kate doesn't view Emilico as a tool and [[spoiler: Rosemary got sick right after Maryrose got the Invitation to the Adults' Building]], though mostly because they are being an inconvenience, so again and again he tries to find evidence of Kate's misbehavior. Turns out they both know more than they are supposed to and actually are planning a rebellion, though despite his suspicions they're working independently.
* SharpDressedMan: Wears a gold-and-black brocade tux and is plenty menacing.
* SignatureInstrument: Piano. [[spoiler:It's fitting for his Shadow's musical soot power.]]
* StarterVillain: He's in charge of the Debut, but it's established that there are still greater threats above him.
* UnmovingPlaid: The patterns on his coat in the anime.
* VoiceChangeling: His Soot ability can also be used to manipulate his own voice, as he uses it to vocally appear as an older man to [[spoiler:throw off suspicions about his being merged with his Shadow]].
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He has grayish white hair and openly antagonizes the protagonists because he wants to eliminate anyone who might oppose Great Grandfather.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: The faces of his allies, Gerald and Eilene, don't look older than thirty. But they've been together since their beginning, so Edward shouldn't be as old as the gray hair and receding hairline might suggest. It turns out he was Christopher's peer, and ahead of Barbara and Maryrose. He looks noticeably older and taller than Rosemary [[spoiler:after his fusion]], despite looking closer in age beforehand.
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A Shadow of the Second Floor who assists Edward.
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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Has long hair and a very feminine "face."
* InnocentlyInsensitive: During the "obligation", he interpreted Eilene's comment about someone "stinking" [[LiteralMinded literally]] and deduced that it must be [[SmallNameBigEgo Taylor]]. This prompts him to give Taylor a free sample of the perfume he invented when he was in the research team... right after Edward had just threatened Taylor with a demotion. This is a downplayed example, however, as Gerald still intended to tell Taylor he stank - just not to twist the blade.
* TheSmartGuy: He founded the children's house research team during his time as a Star Bearer.
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A Shadow of the Second Floor who assists Edward.
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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Has long hair and a very feminine "face."
* InnocentlyInsensitive: During the "obligation", he interpreted Eilene's comment about someone "stinking" [[LiteralMinded literally]] and deduced that it must be [[SmallNameBigEgo Taylor]]. This prompts him to give Taylor a free sample of the perfume he invented when he was in the research team... right after Edward had just threatened Taylor with a demotion. This is a downplayed example, however, as Gerald still intended to tell Taylor he stank - just not to twist the blade.
* TheSmartGuy: He founded the children's house research team during his time as a Star Bearer.
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* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: His chalk-white skin and cloud of black hair make him look like a Tim Burton character.
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A Shadow of the Second Floor who assists Edward.
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* AnimalMotifs: Birds. Her dress and cloak are feathered and wing-like respectively, her soot power manifests as ravens, and she is shown in one panel to keep several birdcages in her room.
* BrutalHonesty: As Sarah fails to expose Kate as the one organizing the rebellion at the Children's Building, Eilene calls Sara's reports garbage and remarks the girl is useless as a spy.
* TheMedic: She was the founder of the medic team during her time as a Star Bearer.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Some subs and even the wiki for the series alternatively spell her name as "Aileen".
* SummonMagic: Her power lets her make a raven of soot to help her pass messages along.
* BrutalHonesty: As Sarah fails to expose Kate as the one organizing the rebellion at the Children's Building, Eilene calls Sara's reports garbage and remarks the girl is useless as a spy.
* TheMedic: She was the founder of the medic team during her time as a Star Bearer.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Some subs and even the wiki for the series alternatively spell her name as "Aileen".
* SummonMagic: Her power lets her make a raven of soot to help her pass messages along.
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* AnimalMotifs: Birds. AmbiguouslyBrown: Her dress and cloak are feathered and wing-like respectively, her soot power manifests as ravens, face, at least.
* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: Notably the only woman in the House who wears visible makeup.
* ItAmusedMe: Edward's Debut is more of an entertaining show to her, and sheis shown in one panel to keep several birdcages in her room.
* BrutalHonesty: As Sarah fails to expose Kate as the one organizing the rebellion at the Children's Building, Eilene calls Sara's reports garbage and remarks the girl is useless as a spy.
* TheMedic: She was the founder of the medic team during her time as a Star Bearer.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Some subs and even the wiki for the series alternatively spell her name as "Aileen".
* SummonMagic: Her power lets her make a raven of soot to help her pass messages along.doesn't care much about promoting new Shadows.
* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: Notably the only woman in the House who wears visible makeup.
* ItAmusedMe: Edward's Debut is more of an entertaining show to her, and she
* BrutalHonesty: As Sarah fails to expose Kate as the one organizing the rebellion at the Children's Building, Eilene calls Sara's reports garbage and remarks the girl is useless as a spy.
* TheMedic: She was the founder of the medic team during her time as a Star Bearer.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Some subs and even the wiki for the series alternatively spell her name as "Aileen".
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WataruTakagi (Japanese) Creator/MatthewDavidRudd (English)
A Shadow of the Second Floor and previous manager of the Children's Building.
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:The Shadows of the Third Floor cut off Thomas' right arm to punish him for making the knowledge of soot powers public in the Children's Building without authorization.]]
* MotivationalLie: He keeps telling Barbara that she'll see Christopher again if she continues acting as the Shadows House's main soot source, motivating her to release massive amounts of soot daily. [[spoiler:Sadly, Barbara has no idea that Christopher is already dead and Thomas is planning to use her as a LivingBattery until she dies.]]
* PornStache: Has a mustache the likes of which could rival Music/FrankZappa.
* SmugSnake: He serves as one of the biggest thorns in Edward's side, mocking him for his desire to ascend to the Third Floor and his failures as the manager of the Children's Building.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He's usually seen carrying or eating grapes.
* MotivationalLie: He keeps telling Barbara that she'll see Christopher again if she continues acting as the Shadows House's main soot source, motivating her to release massive amounts of soot daily. [[spoiler:Sadly, Barbara has no idea that Christopher is already dead and Thomas is planning to use her as a LivingBattery until she dies.]]
* PornStache: Has a mustache the likes of which could rival Music/FrankZappa.
* SmugSnake: He serves as one of the biggest thorns in Edward's side, mocking him for his desire to ascend to the Third Floor and his failures as the manager of the Children's Building.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He's usually seen carrying or eating grapes.
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:The Shadows of the Third Floor cut off Thomas' right arm GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Has been puffing from a cigar.
* HighClassGlass: Wears a monocle attached topunish him for making the knowledge of soot powers public in the Children's Building without authorization.]]
a chain over his left eye.
*MotivationalLie: He keeps telling Barbara that she'll see Christopher again if she continues acting as the Shadows House's main soot source, motivating her to release massive amounts of soot daily. [[spoiler:Sadly, Barbara has no idea that Christopher is already dead TheStoic: The least eccentric and Thomas is planning to use her as a LivingBattery until she dies.]]
* PornStache: Has a mustache the likesmost rational of which could rival Music/FrankZappa.
* SmugSnake: He serves as one of the biggest thorns in Edward's side, mocking him forhis desire to ascend to the Third Floor and his failures as the manager of the Children's Building.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He's usually seen carrying or eating grapes.floormates.
* HighClassGlass: Wears a monocle attached to
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The common servants of the Shadows House.
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Gerald and Eilene share a bond with Edward, since the trio were Debutants together. With Edward as the vanguard, they aim to join the Third Floor.
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* FacelessGoons: [[spoiler:Ironically, it is implied they are repurposed former Living Dolls of failed/deceased Shadows via soot brainwashing. That being said this isn't always the case, as some are simple soot constructs to bolster their numbers and still provide basic surveillance, and being covered up makes it hard to tell they aren't all the same.]]
* MeaningfulName: In an odd way, but it depends on [[spoiler:which type of Faceless Doll is present. Living Dolls are only considered the "Faces" of their Shadows, so a former "Living Doll" without a Master to represent would also be "Faceless" on top of having their face hidden by mourning garb for the rest of their days, while the ones that are genuine dolls of soot don't have a face in any sense.]]
* TheSpeechless: They only exist to follow orders and do not interact with other inhabitants.
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* MeaningfulName: In an odd way, but it depends on [[spoiler:which type of Faceless Doll is present. Living Dolls are only considered the "Faces" of their Shadows, so a former "Living Doll" without a Master to represent would also be "Faceless" on top of having their face hidden by mourning garb for the rest of their days, while the ones that are genuine dolls of soot don't have a face in any sense.]]
* TheSpeechless: They only exist to follow orders and do not interact with other inhabitants.
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* FacelessGoons: [[spoiler:Ironically, it is implied they are repurposed former AmbitionIsEvil: Intends to force some of the children to fail the Debut (and failure means disposal), so he can please the Third Floor and advance into their ranks. [[spoiler:He was also more than willing to absorb his Living Dolls of failed/deceased Shadows via Doll Ed to get his full adult soot brainwashing. That being said this isn't always the case, as some are simple soot constructs to bolster their numbers and still provide basic surveillance, and being covered up makes it hard to tell they aren't all the same.powers.]]
*MeaningfulName: In BreakThemByTalking: He reduces the prideful Sarah to tears by saying the words that he knows will upset her the most; calls her a disappointment and worst member of her team, rubs in her face that Kate managed to become team leader despite being the youngest of the team, and tells her she won't ever become an odd way, but adult.
* BrownNote: He used his soot power over soundwaves to deafen and incapaciate Maryrose and Rosemary.
* HairTriggerTemper: While the rules of the Debut go along with House's values, how the contestants go up or down depend entirely on his mood. Ricky assumed he got punished for taking the lead during the dance, when itdepends actually wasn't part of the exam and he only interfered with Edward's stress relief.
* HangingJudge:
** The Debut has no stated rules and Edward runs the first phase with no explanation. The Shadows only have a vague idea that treating Dolls as tools is encouraged and have to make guesses what they are even judged for.
** He views the Debut as Great Grandfather testing him instead of the new Shadows. He believes one of the debutants need to fail and, once he decides on[[spoiler:which type Kate, he uses any excuse to lower her ranking.
* TheHeavy: Although Great Grandfather is the BigBad who governs the Shadows House, Edward knows Kate is secretly planning a rebellion and is trying to find a chance to expose her or get rid ofFaceless Doll is present. her.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: He made one small mistake during the Debut: He introduced himself as ''Edward'', rather than a diminutive name like all Living Dollsare only considered get (such as his original name Ed).
* ImplausibleHairColor: He [[spoiler:or rather, his Living Doll Ed]] was grey-haired in his youth.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Chapter 95 reveals that he personally approached Rum after the"Faces" of their Shadows, so a former "Living Doll" without a Master debut to represent would mock her for her failure and thank her for providing an emotional end to the event. He also be "Faceless" on top rips up Rummy and removes all of having their face hidden by mourning garb for her ribbons to enunciate the rest of their days, while the ones point that are genuine dolls of soot don't have a face in any sense.Faceless Dolls shouldn't be individualized.]]
*TheSpeechless: They only exist LimitedWardrobe: He has a collection of identical coats.
* MakeSomeNoise: His Soot ability allows him tofollow orders manipulate soundwaves around his or others' Soot.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He trapped Shadows during the debut anddo not interact with made the Dolls solve puzzles, in hopes that it would increase the affinity between them. Many puzzles are also designed in a way that backstabbing other inhabitants.
----Dolls will be the fastest solution. As Third Floor residents pointed out to him, not only did the Dolls, through ThePowerOfFriendship, manage to solve the maze by sharing items and information, the ordeals made Shadows respect their Dolls for their own strengths, [[spoiler: which makes the assimilation plot a lot harder]].
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Sweats hard when Emilico and Kate, the pair Edward wanted to fail, use the river stream and Kate's soot powers to reach the Debut finish line JustInTime.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: He assumed Kate and [[spoiler:Maryrose]] are plotting against Great Grandfather because Kate doesn't view Emilico as a tool and [[spoiler: Rosemary got sick right after Maryrose got the Invitation to the Adults' Building]], though mostly because they are being an inconvenience, so again and again he tries to find evidence of Kate's misbehavior. Turns out they both know more than they are supposed to and actually are planning a rebellion, though despite his suspicions they're working independently.
* SharpDressedMan: Wears a gold-and-black brocade tux and is plenty menacing.
* SignatureInstrument: Piano. [[spoiler:It's fitting for his Shadow's musical soot power.]]
* StarterVillain: He's in charge of the Debut, but it's established that there are still greater threats above him.
* UnmovingPlaid: The patterns on his coat in the anime.
* VoiceChangeling: His Soot ability can also be used to manipulate his own voice, as he uses it to vocally appear as an older man to [[spoiler:throw off suspicions about his being merged with his Shadow]].
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He has grayish white hair and openly antagonizes the protagonists because he wants to eliminate anyone who might oppose Great Grandfather.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: The faces of his allies, Gerald and Eilene, don't look older than thirty. But they've been together since their beginning, so Edward shouldn't be as old as the gray hair and receding hairline might suggest. It turns out he was Christopher's peer, and ahead of Barbara and Maryrose. He looks noticeably older and taller than Rosemary [[spoiler:after his fusion]], despite looking closer in age beforehand.
*
* BrownNote: He used his soot power over soundwaves to deafen and incapaciate Maryrose and Rosemary.
* HairTriggerTemper: While the rules of the Debut go along with House's values, how the contestants go up or down depend entirely on his mood. Ricky assumed he got punished for taking the lead during the dance, when it
* HangingJudge:
** The Debut has no stated rules and Edward runs the first phase with no explanation. The Shadows only have a vague idea that treating Dolls as tools is encouraged and have to make guesses what they are even judged for.
** He views the Debut as Great Grandfather testing him instead of the new Shadows. He believes one of the debutants need to fail and, once he decides on
* TheHeavy: Although Great Grandfather is the BigBad who governs the Shadows House, Edward knows Kate is secretly planning a rebellion and is trying to find a chance to expose her or get rid of
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: He made one small mistake during the Debut: He introduced himself as ''Edward'', rather than a diminutive name like all Living Dolls
* ImplausibleHairColor: He [[spoiler:or rather, his Living Doll Ed]] was grey-haired in his youth.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Chapter 95 reveals that he personally approached Rum after the
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* MakeSomeNoise: His Soot ability allows him to
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He trapped Shadows during the debut and
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* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Sweats hard when Emilico and Kate, the pair Edward wanted to fail, use the river stream and Kate's soot powers to reach the Debut finish line JustInTime.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: He assumed Kate and [[spoiler:Maryrose]] are plotting against Great Grandfather because Kate doesn't view Emilico as a tool and [[spoiler: Rosemary got sick right after Maryrose got the Invitation to the Adults' Building]], though mostly because they are being an inconvenience, so again and again he tries to find evidence of Kate's misbehavior. Turns out they both know more than they are supposed to and actually are planning a rebellion, though despite his suspicions they're working independently.
* SharpDressedMan: Wears a gold-and-black brocade tux and is plenty menacing.
* SignatureInstrument: Piano. [[spoiler:It's fitting for his Shadow's musical soot power.]]
* StarterVillain: He's in charge of the Debut, but it's established that there are still greater threats above him.
* UnmovingPlaid: The patterns on his coat in the anime.
* VoiceChangeling: His Soot ability can also be used to manipulate his own voice, as he uses it to vocally appear as an older man to [[spoiler:throw off suspicions about his being merged with his Shadow]].
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He has grayish white hair and openly antagonizes the protagonists because he wants to eliminate anyone who might oppose Great Grandfather.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: The faces of his allies, Gerald and Eilene, don't look older than thirty. But they've been together since their beginning, so Edward shouldn't be as old as the gray hair and receding hairline might suggest. It turns out he was Christopher's peer, and ahead of Barbara and Maryrose. He looks noticeably older and taller than Rosemary [[spoiler:after his fusion]], despite looking closer in age beforehand.
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Emilico, Shaun, and Rum first meet this unknown Shadow during a late-night patrol in the mansion. Their appearance scares off Rum, so they search together to find her. After reuniting the Living Dolls, Robe vanishes, using the experience to prepare their next scheme.
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: The Robe appears shortly before the debut arc in the manga when Emilico, Shaun, and Rum are forced to look for the source of the recent clinger incident. The first season of the anime removes Robe's first appearance entirely and replaces them with a Faceless Doll. Robe's plot is then rearranged for them to be introduced in the second season.
* ArcVillain: [[spoiler:The second Ghost attack resulted in a lot of damage and Star Bearers getting even more suspicious of Kate, so she had to become an AmateurSleuth for quite a while to expose them. After their identity and motives got revealed, they refused to be taken in]].
* BlackCloak: Their body is covered completely by a black robe.
* GenderConcealingVoice: Robe speaks with a very low and distorted voice to hide [[spoiler:her true identity as Maryrose. After the reveal, Maryrose spits out the Scorch she placed inside her mouth to change her voice pitch.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Their encounter with Emilico and Shaun starts out as this since the Robe does not want their own existence revealed. However, after observing Emilico's [[PluckyComicRelief helpful demeanor]], they instead just ask the Living Dolls to keep their existence a secret.
* MysteriousBacker: Helps Emilico and Shaun look for Rum. They find her in a secret room, the [[ChekhovsGun soot processing facility]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The robe is ''two'' people--Maryrose, and the long-absent Anthony.]]
* SignatureScent: The Robe, similar to many of the Adults, had a particular smell that the protagonists initially thought was a perfume[[note]]Only Adults could have perfume, and they were individualized[[/note]]. After realizing that the scent didn't match up with any of the Adults' perfumes, Kate realized that the scent was similar to flowers from the Children's Building. [[spoiler:This hints at the fact that one of the Robe's true identities was a Child like them.]]
* VoiceOfTheLegion: The anime gives Robe an echoing, distorted voice when talking to Emilico.
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: The Robe appears shortly before the debut arc in the manga when Emilico, Shaun, and Rum are forced to look for the source of the recent clinger incident. The first season of the anime removes Robe's first appearance entirely and replaces them with a Faceless Doll. Robe's plot is then rearranged for them to be introduced in the second season.
* ArcVillain: [[spoiler:The second Ghost attack resulted in a lot of damage and Star Bearers getting even more suspicious of Kate, so she had to become an AmateurSleuth for quite a while to expose them. After their identity and motives got revealed, they refused to be taken in]].
* BlackCloak: Their body is covered completely by a black robe.
* GenderConcealingVoice: Robe speaks with a very low and distorted voice to hide [[spoiler:her true identity as Maryrose. After the reveal, Maryrose spits out the Scorch she placed inside her mouth to change her voice pitch.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Their encounter with Emilico and Shaun starts out as this since the Robe does not want their own existence revealed. However, after observing Emilico's [[PluckyComicRelief helpful demeanor]], they instead just ask the Living Dolls to keep their existence a secret.
* MysteriousBacker: Helps Emilico and Shaun look for Rum. They find her in a secret room, the [[ChekhovsGun soot processing facility]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The robe is ''two'' people--Maryrose, and the long-absent Anthony.]]
* SignatureScent: The Robe, similar to many of the Adults, had a particular smell that the protagonists initially thought was a perfume[[note]]Only Adults could have perfume, and they were individualized[[/note]]. After realizing that the scent didn't match up with any of the Adults' perfumes, Kate realized that the scent was similar to flowers from the Children's Building. [[spoiler:This hints at the fact that one of the Robe's true identities was a Child like them.]]
* VoiceOfTheLegion: The anime gives Robe an echoing, distorted voice when talking to Emilico.
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A Shadow of the Second Floor who assists Edward.
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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Has long hair and a very feminine "face."
* InnocentlyInsensitive: During the "obligation", he interpreted Eilene's comment about someone "stinking" [[LiteralMinded literally]] and deduced that it must be [[SmallNameBigEgo Taylor]]. This prompts him to give Taylor a free sample of the perfume he invented when he was in the research team... right after Edward had just threatened Taylor with a demotion. This is a downplayed example, however, as Gerald still intended to tell Taylor he stank - just not to twist the blade.
* TheSmartGuy: He founded the children's house research team during his time as a
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: The Robe appears shortly before the debut arc in the manga when Emilico, Shaun, and Rum are forced to look for the source of the recent clinger incident. The first season of the anime removes Robe's first appearance entirely and replaces them with a Faceless Doll. Robe's plot is then rearranged for them to be introduced in the second season.
* ArcVillain: [[spoiler:The second Ghost attack resulted in a lot of damage and
* BlackCloak: Their body is covered completely by a black robe.
* GenderConcealingVoice: Robe speaks with a very low and distorted voice to hide [[spoiler:her true identity as Maryrose. After the reveal, Maryrose spits out the Scorch she placed inside her mouth to change her voice pitch.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Their encounter with Emilico and Shaun starts out as this since the Robe does not want their own existence revealed. However, after observing Emilico's [[PluckyComicRelief helpful demeanor]], they instead just ask the Living Dolls to keep their existence a secret.
* MysteriousBacker: Helps Emilico and Shaun look for Rum. They find her in a secret room, the [[ChekhovsGun soot processing facility]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The robe is ''two'' people--Maryrose, and the long-absent Anthony.]]
* SignatureScent: The Robe, similar to many of the Adults, had a particular smell that the protagonists initially thought was a perfume[[note]]Only Adults could have perfume, and they were individualized[[/note]]. After realizing that the scent didn't match up with any of the Adults' perfumes, Kate realized that the scent was similar to flowers from the Children's Building. [[spoiler:This hints at the fact that one of the Robe's true identities was a Child like them.]]
* VoiceOfTheLegion: The anime gives Robe an echoing, distorted voice when talking to Emilico.
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A beloved, brotherly Shadow who left the Children's Building to become an adult. The truth is he committed suicide after learning the truth of the Unification process. No one is allowed to talk about him.
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* AllLovingHero: Christopher was kind to all the Shadows in the Children's Building. It's a somewhat {{deconstructed|trope}} with the effect this had on Barbara; the highly insecure Barbara can't believe anyone can genuinely like her and care about her, except for Christopher because he loved ''everyone''. This resulted in Barbara becoming dependent on Christopher and feeling like she was a failure as a Star Bearer since she couldn't put others first like he did, thus worsening her self-loathing.
* BrokenAce: Flashbacks make it look like Christopher was the perfect Star Bearer; charismatic, kind and popular. However, he actually lacked a lot of self-confidence because he completely relied on Anthony's competence as a leader behind the scenes.
* DrivenToSuicide: Upon learning the truth of how graduating into the Adults' Building works, Christopher apparently took his own life.
* FriendToAllChildren: He was very good with the younger Shadows who loved him like a big brother figure.
* IDidntTellYouBecauseYoudBeUnhappy: Even though Maryrose wanted to tell Barbara the truth about the Living Dolls, Christopher insisted they shouldn't tell her because she likely wouldn't handle the revelation of the Shadows House brainwashing and enslaving children.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Barbara. After her fallout with Maryrose, she has only kept herself going because she believes Christopher is waiting for her at the Adults' Building. Hearing about his death causes her to release massive amounts of soot, which would have resulted in her own death if Anthony and Kate didn't trick her into thinking Christopher is still alive.
* TheLostLenore: He was Barbara's idol and love interest. She's kept in the dark about his death, still holding on to the false hope that she can see him again after becoming an adult.
* LovedByAll: The younger Shadow Children, and Barbara especially, adored Christopher.
* NiceGuy: He was a very kind and friendly Shadow, making him well-loved by his peers.
* PeerlessLoveInterest: To Barbara. She was hopelessly in love with Christopher, but his status as the head Star Bearer and the most well-liked Shadow of the Children's Building made her believe she would never be good enough for him and stopped herself from pursuing a romantic relationship with him. After succeeding Christopher as a Star Bearer, Barbara made it her goal to live up to Christopher's legacy so he would praise her when she became an adult, unaware of Christopher's death.
* PosthumousCharacter: Christopher's a major player in why the Children's Building is the way it is now, but it's only until much later that we figure out it's because he supposedly died.
* SecretKeeper: He was the only Shadow with whom Maryrose shared the secret of the Living Dolls being brainwashed humans.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's only seen in flashbacks, but his tragic end was key to Maryrose learning the truth about the Unification and the motivation of Barbara's actions is being a good replacement for Christopher.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: He was a beloved and kindhearted leader to the Shadow Children. Tragically, his kindness was what led him to kill himself to escape the fate of unifying with Anthony, which would have killed the latter.
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenshoOno (Japanese), Creator/DallasReid (English)
A beloved, brotherly Shadow who left the Children's Building to become an adult. The truth is he committed suicide after learning the truth of the Unification process. No one is allowed to talk about him.
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* AllLovingHero: Christopher was kind to all the Shadows in the Children's Building. It's a somewhat {{deconstructed|trope}} with the effect this had on Barbara; the highly insecure Barbara can't believe anyone can genuinely like her and care about her, except for Christopher because he loved ''everyone''. This resulted in Barbara becoming dependent on Christopher and feeling like she was a failure as a Star Bearer since she couldn't put others first like he did, thus worsening her self-loathing.
* BrokenAce: Flashbacks make it look like Christopher was the perfect Star Bearer; charismatic, kind and popular. However, he actually lacked a lot of self-confidence because he completely relied on Anthony's competence as a leader behind the scenes.
* DrivenToSuicide: Upon learning the truth of how graduating into the Adults' Building works, Christopher apparently took his own life.
* FriendToAllChildren: He was very good with the younger Shadows who loved him like a big brother figure.
* IDidntTellYouBecauseYoudBeUnhappy: Even though Maryrose wanted to tell Barbara the truth about the Living Dolls, Christopher insisted they shouldn't tell her because she likely wouldn't handle the revelation of the Shadows House brainwashing and enslaving children.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Barbara. After her fallout with Maryrose, she has only kept herself going because she believes Christopher is waiting for her at the Adults' Building. Hearing about his death causes her to release massive amounts of soot, which would have resulted in her own death if Anthony and Kate didn't trick her into thinking Christopher is still alive.
* TheLostLenore: He was Barbara's idol and love interest. She's kept in the dark about his death, still holding on to the false hope that she can see him again after becoming an adult.
* LovedByAll: The younger Shadow Children, and Barbara especially, adored Christopher.
* NiceGuy: He was a very kind and friendly Shadow, making him well-loved by his peers.
* PeerlessLoveInterest: To Barbara. She was hopelessly in love with Christopher, but his status as the head Star Bearer and the most well-liked Shadow of the Children's Building made her believe she would never be good enough for him and stopped herself from pursuing a romantic relationship with him. After succeeding Christopher as a Star Bearer, Barbara made it her goal to live up to Christopher's legacy so he would praise her when she became an adult, unaware of Christopher's death.
* PosthumousCharacter: Christopher's a major player in why the Children's Building is the way it is now, but it's only until much later that we figure out it's because he supposedly died.
* SecretKeeper: He was the only Shadow with whom Maryrose shared the secret of the Living Dolls being brainwashed humans.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's only seen in flashbacks, but his tragic end was key to Maryrose learning the truth about the Unification and the motivation of Barbara's actions is being a good replacement for Christopher.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: He was a beloved and kindhearted leader to the Shadow Children. Tragically, his kindness was what led him to kill himself to escape the fate of unifying with Anthony, which would have killed the latter.
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* AnimalMotifs: Birds. Her dress and cloak are feathered and wing-like respectively, her soot power manifests as ravens, and she is shown in one panel to keep several birdcages in her room.
* BrutalHonesty: As Sarah fails to expose Kate as the one organizing the rebellion at the Children's
* TheMedic: She was the founder of the
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* AllLovingHero: Christopher was kind to all the Shadows in the Children's Building. It's a somewhat {{deconstructed|trope}} with the effect this had on Barbara; the highly insecure Barbara can't believe anyone can genuinely like
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Some subs and even the wiki for the series alternatively spell her
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* DrivenToSuicide: Upon learning the truth of how graduating into the Adults' Building works, Christopher apparently took his own life.
* FriendToAllChildren: He was very good with the younger Shadows who loved him like a big brother figure.
* IDidntTellYouBecauseYoudBeUnhappy: Even though Maryrose wanted
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Barbara. After her fallout with Maryrose, she has only kept herself going because she believes Christopher is waiting for her at the Adults' Building. Hearing about his death causes her to release massive amounts of soot, which would have resulted in her own death if Anthony and Kate didn't trick her into thinking Christopher is still alive.
* TheLostLenore: He was Barbara's idol and love interest. She's kept in the dark about his death, still holding on to the false hope that she can see him again after becoming an adult.
* LovedByAll: The younger Shadow Children, and Barbara especially, adored Christopher.
* NiceGuy: He was a very kind and friendly Shadow, making him well-loved by his peers.
* PeerlessLoveInterest: To Barbara. She was hopelessly in love with Christopher, but his status as the head Star Bearer and the most well-liked Shadow of the Children's Building made her believe she would never be good enough for him and stopped herself from pursuing a romantic relationship with him. After succeeding Christopher as a Star Bearer, Barbara made it her goal to live up to Christopher's legacy so he would praise her when she became an adult, unaware of Christopher's death.
* PosthumousCharacter: Christopher's a major player in why the Children's Building is the way it is now, but it's only until much later that we figure out it's because he supposedly died.
* SecretKeeper: He was the only Shadow with whom Maryrose shared the secret of the Living Dolls being brainwashed humans.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's only seen in flashbacks, but his tragic end was key to Maryrose learning the truth about the Unification and the motivation of Barbara's actions is being a good replacement for Christopher.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: He was a beloved and kindhearted leader to the Shadow Children. Tragically, his kindness was what led him to kill himself to escape the fate of unifying with Anthony, which would have killed the latter.
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenshoOno (Japanese), Creator/DallasReid (English)
Christopher's Living Doll who went missing after Christopher's death.
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* BadBoss: He doesn't hesitate to personally kill his minions as soon as he deems them useless to his plans.
* BrokenPedestal: To Maggie. She practically worshipped him as a prince who would rescue her and eradicate all the Shadow "monsters", only for Anthony to cut her throat once he deems her useless to him.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: With Kate's help, Anthony pretends to be Christopher in front of Barbara, convincing her that Edward lied to her about Christopher being dead.
* DissonantSerenity: He nonchalantly cuts Maggie's throat with a smile.
* DramaticUnmask: He turns out to be the second Robe, revealing himself after Maryrose escaped the mansion.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: He's dark-haired, pale-skinned, and one of the most sinister villains in the series.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: He's a PrettyBoy with an almost angelic face, but the personality of a manipulative and cruel devil.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: His actions are obviously shady and villainous, but his exact plans and goals are a mystery. It looks like he wants to gather "students" among the children and possibly usurp the Great Grandfather's position as the ruler of the Shadows House.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Christopher in his own right was a charismatic and sharp Shadow, but it's Anthony who came up with the intelligent decisions that led to the Golden Generation's prosperity.
* TheManBehindTheMan: At the end of Margaret's arc, it's revealed Anthony was directly responsible of Margaret awakening her soot power and going berserk, as he ordered Maggie to give a mentally and emotionally unstable Margaret a drug that amplifies a Shadow's soot power.
* SuicideIsShameful: Discussed. While Anthony respects Maryrose and Rosemary's rebellious spirit, he finds their apparent attempt to kill themselves in protest of the House's practices distasteful. This also spells out some interesting things for his opinion of his own master's apparent suicide.
* WildCard: He has willingly helped Kate save Barbara, but he has also supported Edward's and Thomas' factions through his DoubleAgent Lewis. It's implied he's playing a long game to get all the major players of the Shadows House under his thumb.
* WouldHurtAChild: He shows how ruthless he is when he slices Maggie's throat, becoming the first villain to directly kill a child in cold blood.
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenshoOno (Japanese), Creator/DallasReid (English)
Christopher's Living Doll who went missing after Christopher's death.
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* BadBoss: He doesn't hesitate to personally kill his minions as soon as he deems them useless to his plans.
* BrokenPedestal: To Maggie. She practically worshipped him as a prince who would rescue her and eradicate all the Shadow "monsters", only for Anthony to cut her throat once he deems her useless to him.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: With Kate's help, Anthony pretends to be Christopher in front of Barbara, convincing her that Edward lied to her about Christopher being dead.
* DissonantSerenity: He nonchalantly cuts Maggie's throat with a smile.
* DramaticUnmask: He turns out to be the second Robe, revealing himself after Maryrose escaped the mansion.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: He's dark-haired, pale-skinned, and one of the most sinister villains in the series.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: He's a PrettyBoy with an almost angelic face, but the personality of a manipulative and cruel devil.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: His actions are obviously shady and villainous, but his exact plans and goals are a mystery. It looks like he wants to gather "students" among the children and possibly usurp the Great Grandfather's position as the ruler of the Shadows House.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Christopher in his own right was a charismatic and sharp Shadow, but it's Anthony who came up with the intelligent decisions that led to the Golden Generation's prosperity.
* TheManBehindTheMan: At the end of Margaret's arc, it's revealed Anthony was directly responsible of Margaret awakening her soot power and going berserk, as he ordered Maggie to give a mentally and emotionally unstable Margaret a drug that amplifies a Shadow's soot power.
* SuicideIsShameful: Discussed. While Anthony respects Maryrose and Rosemary's rebellious spirit, he finds their apparent attempt to kill themselves in protest of the House's practices distasteful. This also spells out some interesting things for his opinion of his own master's apparent suicide.
* WildCard: He has willingly helped Kate save Barbara, but he has also supported Edward's and Thomas' factions through his DoubleAgent Lewis. It's implied he's playing a long game to get all the major players of the Shadows House under his thumb.
* WouldHurtAChild: He shows how ruthless he is when he slices Maggie's throat, becoming the first villain to directly kill a child in cold blood.
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* BadBoss: He doesn't hesitate to personally kill his minions as soon as he deems them useless to his plans.
* BrokenPedestal: To Maggie. She practically worshipped him as a prince who would rescue her and eradicate all the
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:The Shadows of the Third Floor cut off Thomas' right arm to punish him for
*
* DissonantSerenity: He nonchalantly cuts Maggie's throat with a smile.
* DramaticUnmask: He turns out to be the second Robe, revealing himself after Maryrose escaped the mansion.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: He's dark-haired, pale-skinned, and one of the most sinister villains in the series.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: He's a PrettyBoy with an almost angelic face, but the personality of a manipulative and cruel devil.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: His actions are obviously shady and villainous, but his exact plans and goals are a mystery. It looks like he wants to gather "students" among the children and possibly usurp the Great Grandfather's position
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Christopher in his own right was a charismatic and sharp Shadow, but it's Anthony who came up with the intelligent decisions that led to the Golden Generation's prosperity.
* TheManBehindTheMan: At the end of Margaret's arc, it's revealed Anthony was directly responsible of Margaret awakening her soot power and going berserk, as he ordered Maggie to give a mentally and emotionally unstable Margaret a drug that amplifies a Shadow's soot power.
* SuicideIsShameful: Discussed. While Anthony respects Maryrose and Rosemary's rebellious spirit, he finds their apparent attempt to kill themselves in protest of the
* WildCard: He
* PornStache: Has a mustache the likes of which could rival Music/FrankZappa.
* SmugSnake: He serves as one of the biggest thorns in Edward's side, mocking him for his desire to ascend to the Third Floor and
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The common servants of the Shadows House.
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* FacelessGoons: [[spoiler:Ironically, it is implied they are repurposed former Living Dolls of failed/deceased Shadows via soot brainwashing. That being said this isn't always the case, as some are simple soot constructs to bolster their numbers and still provide basic surveillance, and being covered up makes it hard to tell they aren't all the same.]]
* MeaningfulName: In an odd way, but it depends on [[spoiler:which type of Faceless Doll is present. Living Dolls are only considered the "Faces" of their Shadows, so a former "Living Doll" without a Master to represent would also be "Faceless" on top of having their face hidden by mourning garb for the rest of their days, while the ones that are genuine dolls of soot don't have a face in any sense.]]
* TheSpeechless: They only exist to follow orders and do not interact with other inhabitants.
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Emilico, Shaun, and Rum first meet this unknown Shadow during a late-night patrol in the mansion. Their appearance scares off Rum, so they search together to find her. After reuniting the Living Dolls, Robe vanishes, using the experience to prepare their next scheme.
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: The Robe appears shortly before the debut arc in the manga when Emilico, Shaun, and Rum are forced to look for the source of the recent clinger incident. The first season of the anime removes Robe's first appearance entirely and replaces them with a Faceless Doll. Robe's plot is then rearranged for them to be introduced in the second season.
* ArcVillain: [[spoiler:The second Ghost attack resulted in a lot of damage and Star Bearers getting even more suspicious of Kate, so she had to become an AmateurSleuth for quite a while to expose them. After their identity and motives got revealed, they refused to be taken in]].
* BlackCloak: Their body is covered completely by a black robe.
* GenderConcealingVoice: Robe speaks with a very low and distorted voice to hide [[spoiler:her true identity as Maryrose. After the reveal, Maryrose spits out the Scorch she placed inside her mouth to change her voice pitch.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Their encounter with Emilico and Shaun starts out as this since the Robe does not want their own existence revealed. However, after observing Emilico's [[PluckyComicRelief helpful demeanor]], they instead just ask the Living Dolls to keep their existence a secret.
* MysteriousBacker: Helps Emilico and Shaun look for Rum. They find her in a secret room, the [[ChekhovsGun soot processing facility]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The robe is ''two'' people--Maryrose, and the long-absent Anthony.]]
* SignatureScent: The Robe, similar to many of the Adults, had a particular smell that the protagonists initially thought was a perfume[[note]]Only Adults could have perfume, and they were individualized[[/note]]. After realizing that the scent didn't match up with any of the Adults' perfumes, Kate realized that the scent was similar to flowers from the Children's Building. [[spoiler:This hints at the fact that one of the Robe's true identities was a Child like them.]]
* VoiceOfTheLegion: The anime gives Robe an echoing, distorted voice when talking to Emilico.
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenshoOno (Japanese), Creator/DallasReid (English)
A beloved, brotherly Shadow who left the Children's Building to become an adult. The truth is he committed suicide after learning the truth of the Unification process. No one is allowed to talk about him.
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* AllLovingHero: Christopher was kind to all the Shadows in the Children's Building. It's a somewhat {{deconstructed|trope}} with the effect this had on Barbara; the highly insecure Barbara can't believe anyone can genuinely like her and care about her, except for Christopher because he loved ''everyone''. This resulted in Barbara becoming dependent on Christopher and feeling like she was a failure as a Star Bearer since she couldn't put others first like he did, thus worsening her self-loathing.
* BrokenAce: Flashbacks make it look like Christopher was the perfect Star Bearer; charismatic, kind and popular. However, he actually lacked a lot of self-confidence because he completely relied on Anthony's competence as a leader behind the scenes.
* DrivenToSuicide: Upon learning the truth of how graduating into the Adults' Building works, Christopher apparently took his own life.
* FriendToAllChildren: He was very good with the younger Shadows who loved him like a big brother figure.
* IDidntTellYouBecauseYoudBeUnhappy: Even though Maryrose wanted to tell Barbara the truth about the Living Dolls, Christopher insisted they shouldn't tell her because she likely wouldn't handle the revelation of the Shadows House brainwashing and enslaving children.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Barbara. After her fallout with Maryrose, she has only kept herself going because she believes Christopher is waiting for her at the Adults' Building. Hearing about his death causes her to release massive amounts of soot, which would have resulted in her own death if Anthony and Kate didn't trick her into thinking Christopher is still alive.
* TheLostLenore: He was Barbara's idol and love interest. She's kept in the dark about his death, still holding on to the false hope that she can see him again after becoming an adult.
* LovedByAll: The younger Shadow Children, and Barbara especially, adored Christopher.
* NiceGuy: He was a very kind and friendly Shadow, making him well-loved by his peers.
* PeerlessLoveInterest: To Barbara. She was hopelessly in love with Christopher, but his status as the head Star Bearer and the most well-liked Shadow of the Children's Building made her believe she would never be good enough for him and stopped herself from pursuing a romantic relationship with him. After succeeding Christopher as a Star Bearer, Barbara made it her goal to live up to Christopher's legacy so he would praise her when she became an adult, unaware of Christopher's death.
* PosthumousCharacter: Christopher's a major player in why the Children's Building is the way it is now, but it's only until much later that we figure out it's because he supposedly died.
* SecretKeeper: He was the only Shadow with whom Maryrose shared the secret of the Living Dolls being brainwashed humans.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's only seen in flashbacks, but his tragic end was key to Maryrose learning the truth about the Unification and the motivation of Barbara's actions is being a good replacement for Christopher.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: He was a beloved and kindhearted leader to the Shadow Children. Tragically, his kindness was what led him to kill himself to escape the fate of unifying with Anthony, which would have killed the latter.
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[[folder:Anthony ('''Unmarked Spoilers''')]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenshoOno (Japanese), Creator/DallasReid (English)
Christopher's Living Doll who went missing after Christopher's death.
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* BadBoss: He doesn't hesitate to personally kill his minions as soon as he deems them useless to his plans.
* BrokenPedestal: To Maggie. She practically worshipped him as a prince who would rescue her and eradicate all the Shadow "monsters", only for Anthony to cut her throat once he deems her useless to him.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: With Kate's help, Anthony pretends to be Christopher in front of Barbara, convincing her that Edward lied to her about Christopher being dead.
* DissonantSerenity: He nonchalantly cuts Maggie's throat with a smile.
* DramaticUnmask: He turns out to be the second Robe, revealing himself after Maryrose escaped the mansion.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: He's dark-haired, pale-skinned, and one of the most sinister villains in the series.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: He's a PrettyBoy with an almost angelic face, but the personality of a manipulative and cruel devil.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: His actions are obviously shady and villainous, but his exact plans and goals are a mystery. It looks like he wants to gather "students" among the children and possibly usurp the Great Grandfather's position as the ruler of the Shadows House.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Christopher in his own right was a charismatic and sharp Shadow, but it's Anthony who came up with the intelligent decisions that led to the Golden Generation's prosperity.
* TheManBehindTheMan: At the end of Margaret's arc, it's revealed Anthony was directly responsible of Margaret awakening her soot power and going berserk, as he ordered Maggie to give a mentally and emotionally unstable Margaret a drug that amplifies a Shadow's soot power.
* SuicideIsShameful: Discussed. While Anthony respects Maryrose and Rosemary's rebellious spirit, he finds their apparent attempt to kill themselves in protest of the House's practices distasteful. This also spells out some interesting things for his opinion of his own master's apparent suicide.
* WildCard: He has willingly helped Kate save Barbara, but he has also supported Edward's and Thomas' factions through his DoubleAgent Lewis. It's implied he's playing a long game to get all the major players of the Shadows House under his thumb.
* WouldHurtAChild: He shows how ruthless he is when he slices Maggie's throat, becoming the first villain to directly kill a child in cold blood.
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Not part of other defined groups on this page in the Children's Building and thus placed here.
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RumiOokubo (Japanese), Creator/AlexisTipton (English)
Mirabelle's and Isabelle's Living Dolls. They lead one of the Living Doll cleaning teams and aim to become the next Star Bearers.
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* AngstySurvivingTwin: [[spoiler:One Belle dying makes the other Belle put off cleaning for weeks, having a knee jerk reaction to Soot and in general being sullen and untalkative. She stays holed up in her room for a long time when she doesn't have to be used as Isabelle or Mirabelle's shared Living Doll.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Given their claims that someone else manipulated them to destroy the week's coffee supply ([[{{Irony}} likely with]] [[PsychicPowers soot]]).]]
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Whether the twins intended to or not, they destroyed the week's coffee supply. This earns them the punishment of cleaning the soot processing facility, where Living Dolls will easily and repeatedly catch soot sickness. They are visibly crying.]]
* TheBully: They bully their underlings do all the cleaning. They prefer to let Rum take the blame for anything that may affect their team's rating. But they flatter the Star Bearers, so they're viewed favorably by those who matter.
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:One of the Belles eventually dies as a result of not only the Soot sickness she experienced repeatedly in the Sootery Sendoff, but starving to death. She gave the other Belle her own food, thinking that either girl getting fed will make both girls full.]]
* ItWasAGift: One of the Belles gets a small toy of the other from Emilico, in an effort to comfort her [[spoiler:after the other one's death]].
* SignificantNameOverlap: They're both named Belle because their masters don't even bother to distinguish them. [[spoiler:It becomes relevant because one of the Belle twins dies, but neither Mirabelle or Isabelle are immediately disposed of because they never thought of their Living Dolls as different people and both are still mimicking Belle.]]
* SingleMindedTwins: Never seen without each other, and both simply get the name "Belle" so as to make them interchangeable. [[spoiler:In fact, it turns into a plot point, as Isabelle and Mirabelle never put thought into the identities of either Belle, nor did they know which Belle died.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Given their claims that someone else manipulated them to destroy the week's coffee supply ([[{{Irony}} likely with]] [[PsychicPowers soot]]).]]
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Whether the twins intended to or not, they destroyed the week's coffee supply. This earns them the punishment of cleaning the soot processing facility, where Living Dolls will easily and repeatedly catch soot sickness. They are visibly crying.]]
* TheBully: They bully their underlings do all the cleaning. They prefer to let Rum take the blame for anything that may affect their team's rating. But they flatter the Star Bearers, so they're viewed favorably by those who matter.
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:One of the Belles eventually dies as a result of not only the Soot sickness she experienced repeatedly in the Sootery Sendoff, but starving to death. She gave the other Belle her own food, thinking that either girl getting fed will make both girls full.]]
* ItWasAGift: One of the Belles gets a small toy of the other from Emilico, in an effort to comfort her [[spoiler:after the other one's death]].
* SignificantNameOverlap: They're both named Belle because their masters don't even bother to distinguish them. [[spoiler:It becomes relevant because one of the Belle twins dies, but neither Mirabelle or Isabelle are immediately disposed of because they never thought of their Living Dolls as different people and both are still mimicking Belle.]]
* SingleMindedTwins: Never seen without each other, and both simply get the name "Belle" so as to make them interchangeable. [[spoiler:In fact, it turns into a plot point, as Isabelle and Mirabelle never put thought into the identities of either Belle, nor did they know which Belle died.]]
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* AngstySurvivingTwin: [[spoiler:One Belle dying makes CharacterTic: Doug often combs his bowl-cut down even if Douglas doesn't make any similar gestures. Shadows that can manipulate living dolls can take advantage of this to make him mess up his own hair if he or his master act up too much.
* CynicismCatalyst: After his first team leader got his admired senior Finn disposed on false charges, Douglas became bitter and jaded towards the system of the Shadows House and its leaders.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He's just met Kate, but immediately starts mocking anything she does as a sign of incompetence as a Team Leader, and asks his Team to laugh at her, which they all do synchronically.
* HisQuirkLivesOn: Douglas styles Doug's haircut after the one of his senior Finn, who was unfairly disposed of after their team leader framed him.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He repeatedly reports minor issues with Kate to Barbara, hoping to gain favors from Star Bearers. When Barbara tells him off, he believes that Kate and Barbara must be secretly conspiring against him. When Edward recruits him and Sarah as spies on Kate, he quickly considers this a shortcut to the Adults' Building and looks for an evidence to bring Star Bearers down as well.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a smug and self-satisfied kid, and he treats his cleaning team as if they were his hypemen. He's not that much nicer to the otherBelle put off cleaning Children, either.
* TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou: Kate hates Douglas forweeks, having a knee jerk reaction to Soot and in general being sullen and untalkative. She stays holed up in her room for a long time when {{Jerkass}} who works under Edward, but she admits she doesn't have to be used as Isabelle or Mirabelle's shared Living Doll.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Given their claims that someone else manipulated them to destroyhate the week's coffee supply ([[{{Irony}} likely with]] [[PsychicPowers soot]]).]]
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Whether the twins intended to or not, they destroyed the week's coffee supply. This earns them the punishment of cleaning the soot processing facility, where Living Dollsway Douglas treasures his team and will easily never abandon any of them.
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: He dismisses Kate's idealism as childish andrepeatedly catch soot sickness. They are visibly crying.]]
* TheBully: They bully their underlings do allfoolish, since he thinks it's impossible to save everyone in the cleaning. They prefer to let Rum take the blame for anything that may affect their team's rating. But they flatter the Star Bearers, so they're viewed favorably by those who matter.
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:Onecorrupted system of the Belles eventually dies as a result of not only the Soot sickness she experienced repeatedly in the Sootery Sendoff, but starving to death. She gave the other Belle her own food, thinking that either girl getting fed will make both girls full.]]
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*ItWasAGift: One of the Belles gets a small toy of the other from Emilico, in an effort to comfort her [[spoiler:after the other one's death]].
* SignificantNameOverlap: They're both named Belle because their masters don't even bother to distinguish them. [[spoiler:It becomes relevant because one of the Belle twins dies, but neither Mirabelle or Isabelle are immediatelyUsedToBeASweetKid: He was much nicer before his team leader framed and disposed of because they never thought of their Living Dolls as different people and both are still mimicking Belle.]]
* SingleMindedTwins: Never seen without each other, and both simply get the name "Belle" so as to make them interchangeable. [[spoiler:In fact, it turns into a plot point, as Isabelle and Mirabelle never put thought into the identities of either Belle, nor did they know which Belle died.]]his senior Finn.
* CynicismCatalyst: After his first team leader got his admired senior Finn disposed on false charges, Douglas became bitter and jaded towards the system of the Shadows House and its leaders.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He's just met Kate, but immediately starts mocking anything she does as a sign of incompetence as a Team Leader, and asks his Team to laugh at her, which they all do synchronically.
* HisQuirkLivesOn: Douglas styles Doug's haircut after the one of his senior Finn, who was unfairly disposed of after their team leader framed him.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He repeatedly reports minor issues with Kate to Barbara, hoping to gain favors from Star Bearers. When Barbara tells him off, he believes that Kate and Barbara must be secretly conspiring against him. When Edward recruits him and Sarah as spies on Kate, he quickly considers this a shortcut to the Adults' Building and looks for an evidence to bring Star Bearers down as well.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a smug and self-satisfied kid, and he treats his cleaning team as if they were his hypemen. He's not that much nicer to the other
* TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou: Kate hates Douglas for
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Given their claims that someone else manipulated them to destroy
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Whether the twins intended to or not, they destroyed the week's coffee supply. This earns them the punishment of cleaning the soot processing facility, where Living Dolls
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: He dismisses Kate's idealism as childish and
* TheBully: They bully their underlings do all
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:One
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* SingleMindedTwins: Never seen without each other, and both simply get the name "Belle" so as to make them interchangeable. [[spoiler:In fact, it turns into a plot point, as Isabelle and Mirabelle never put thought into the identities of either Belle, nor did they know which Belle died.]]
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* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: Whether their Living Dolls intended to or not, they destroyed the week's coffee supply. The Shadows have to join them in cleaning the soot processing facility (imagine a noble punished with janitorial work) and are forced to watch their Living Dolls catch soot sickness.]]
* BullyTurnedBuddy: When they first meet Kate, they bully her and use their soot powers to humiliate Emilico. Eventually, Kate's acts of kindness win them over and they become good friends.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Their introduction is to bully Kate in front of other Shadows by making Emilico bark like a dog.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Their hairstyles and clothes look identical. The only way to tell them apart is the place of the fabric roses on their clothes; Mirabelle has them on the right shoulder and Isabelle has them on the left shoulder.
* PeoplePuppets: Their ability is to control Living Dolls.
* SingleMindedTwins: Like her Living Dolls, they're always seen together and have the same bitchy personality.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Both of their names end in "belle".
* TookALevelInKindness: Being assigned to Kate's Team made their attitude much better.
* BullyTurnedBuddy: When they first meet Kate, they bully her and use their soot powers to humiliate Emilico. Eventually, Kate's acts of kindness win them over and they become good friends.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Their introduction is to bully Kate in front of other Shadows by making Emilico bark like a dog.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Their hairstyles and clothes look identical. The only way to tell them apart is the place of the fabric roses on their clothes; Mirabelle has them on the right shoulder and Isabelle has them on the left shoulder.
* PeoplePuppets: Their ability is to control Living Dolls.
* SingleMindedTwins: Like her Living Dolls, they're always seen together and have the same bitchy personality.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Both of their names end in "belle".
* TookALevelInKindness: Being assigned to Kate's Team made their attitude much better.
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* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: Whether their Living Dolls intended to or not, they destroyed FlowerMotifs: He has a tulip embroidery on his clothes.
* TearsOfRemorse: After [[spoiler:Margaret dies]], Peter cries as he expresses regret over having ignored theweek's coffee supply. The Shadows have depressed Margaret in favor of Douglas' group.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: He used tojoin them in cleaning the soot processing facility (imagine a noble punished be nicer before he started to hang out with janitorial work) [[{{Jerkass}} Douglas]] and are forced to watch their Living Dolls catch soot sickness.]]
* BullyTurnedBuddy: When they first meet Kate, they bully her and use their soot powers to humiliate Emilico. Eventually, Kate's acts of kindness win them over and they become good friends.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Their introduction is to bully Kate in front of other Shadows by making Emilico bark like a dog.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Their hairstyles and clothes look identical. The only way to tell them apart isthe place of the fabric roses latter's bad personality rubbed off on their clothes; Mirabelle has them on the right shoulder and Isabelle has them on the left shoulder.
* PeoplePuppets: Their ability is to control Living Dolls.
* SingleMindedTwins: Like her Living Dolls, they're always seen together and have the same bitchy personality.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Both of their names end in "belle".
* TookALevelInKindness: Being assigned to Kate's Team made their attitude much better.him.
* TearsOfRemorse: After [[spoiler:Margaret dies]], Peter cries as he expresses regret over having ignored the
* ToxicFriendInfluence: He used to
* BullyTurnedBuddy: When they first meet Kate, they bully her and use their soot powers to humiliate Emilico. Eventually, Kate's acts of kindness win them over and they become good friends.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Their introduction is to bully Kate in front of other Shadows by making Emilico bark like a dog.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Their hairstyles and clothes look identical. The only way to tell them apart is
* PeoplePuppets: Their ability is to control Living Dolls.
* SingleMindedTwins: Like her Living Dolls, they're always seen together and have the same bitchy personality.
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Douglas's Living Doll. He leads one of the Living Doll cleaning teams and aims to become the next Star Bearer.
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* CharacterTic: He often combs his bowl-cut down even if Douglas AngstySurvivingTwin: [[spoiler:One Belle dying makes the other Belle put off cleaning for weeks, having a knee jerk reaction to Soot and in general being sullen and untalkative. She stays holed up in her room for a long time when she doesn't have to be used as Isabelle or Mirabelle's shared Living Doll.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Given their claims that someone else manipulated them to destroy the week's coffee supply ([[{{Irony}} likely with]] [[PsychicPowers soot]]).]]
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Whether the twins intended to or not, they destroyed the week's coffee supply. This earns them the punishment of cleaning the soot processing facility, where Living Dolls will easily and repeatedly catch soot sickness. They are visibly crying.]]
* TheBully: They bully their underlings do all the cleaning. They prefer to let Rum take the blame for anything that may affect their team's rating. But they flatter the Star Bearers, so they're viewed favorably by those who matter.
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:One of the Belles eventually dies as a result of not only the Soot sickness she experienced repeatedly in the Sootery Sendoff, but starving to death. She gave the other Belle her own food, thinking that either girl getting fed will makeany similar gestures. Shadows that can manipulate living dolls can take advantage both girls full.]]
* ItWasAGift: One ofthis the Belles gets a small toy of the other from Emilico, in an effort to comfort her [[spoiler:after the other one's death]].
* SignificantNameOverlap: They're both named Belle because their masters don't even bother to distinguish them. [[spoiler:It becomes relevant because one of the Belle twins dies, but neither Mirabelle or Isabelle are immediately disposed of because they never thought of their Living Dolls as different people and both are still mimicking Belle.]]
* SingleMindedTwins: Never seen without each other, and both simply get the name "Belle" so as to makehim mess up his own hair if he or his master act up too much.them interchangeable. [[spoiler:In fact, it turns into a plot point, as Isabelle and Mirabelle never put thought into the identities of either Belle, nor did they know which Belle died.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Given their claims that someone else manipulated them to destroy the week's coffee supply ([[{{Irony}} likely with]] [[PsychicPowers soot]]).]]
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Whether the twins intended to or not, they destroyed the week's coffee supply. This earns them the punishment of cleaning the soot processing facility, where Living Dolls will easily and repeatedly catch soot sickness. They are visibly crying.]]
* TheBully: They bully their underlings do all the cleaning. They prefer to let Rum take the blame for anything that may affect their team's rating. But they flatter the Star Bearers, so they're viewed favorably by those who matter.
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:One of the Belles eventually dies as a result of not only the Soot sickness she experienced repeatedly in the Sootery Sendoff, but starving to death. She gave the other Belle her own food, thinking that either girl getting fed will make
* ItWasAGift: One of
* SignificantNameOverlap: They're both named Belle because their masters don't even bother to distinguish them. [[spoiler:It becomes relevant because one of the Belle twins dies, but neither Mirabelle or Isabelle are immediately disposed of because they never thought of their Living Dolls as different people and both are still mimicking Belle.]]
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He's just met Kate, but immediately starts mocking anything she does as a sign of incompetence as a Team Leader, and asks his Team to laugh at her, which they all do synchronically.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He repeatedly reports minor issues with Kate to Barbara, hoping to gain favors from Star Bearers. When Barbara tells him off, he believes that Kate and Barbara must be secretly conspiring against him. When Edward recruits him and Sarah as spies on Kate, he quickly considers this a shortcut to the Adults' Building and looks for an evidence to bring Star Bearers down as well.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a smug and self-satisfied kid, and he treats his cleaning team as if they were his hypemen. He's not that much nicer to the other Children, either.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He repeatedly reports minor issues with Kate to Barbara, hoping to gain favors from Star Bearers. When Barbara tells him off, he believes that Kate and Barbara must be secretly conspiring against him. When Edward recruits him and Sarah as spies on Kate, he quickly considers this a shortcut to the Adults' Building and looks for an evidence to bring Star Bearers down as well.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a smug and self-satisfied kid, and he treats his cleaning team as if they were his hypemen. He's not that much nicer to the other Children, either.
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* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: Whether their Living Dolls intended to or not, they destroyed the week's coffee supply. The Shadows have to join them in cleaning the soot processing facility (imagine a noble punished with janitorial work) and are forced to watch their Living Dolls catch soot sickness.]]
* BullyTurnedBuddy: When they first meet Kate, they bully her and use their soot powers to humiliate Emilico. Eventually, Kate's acts of kindness win them over and they become good friends.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:He's just met Kate, but immediately starts mocking anything she does as a sign of incompetence as a Team Leader, and asks his Team Their introduction is to laugh at her, which they all do synchronically.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He repeatedly reports minor issues withbully Kate to Barbara, hoping to gain favors from Star Bearers. When Barbara tells him off, he believes that Kate and Barbara must be secretly conspiring against him. When Edward recruits him and Sarah as spies on Kate, he quickly considers this a shortcut to the Adults' Building and looks for an evidence to bring Star Bearers down as well.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a smug and self-satisfied kid, and he treats his cleaning team as if they were his hypemen. He's not that much nicer to thein front of other Children, either.Shadows by making Emilico bark like a dog.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Their hairstyles and clothes look identical. The only way to tell them apart is the place of the fabric roses on their clothes; Mirabelle has them on the right shoulder and Isabelle has them on the left shoulder.
* PeoplePuppets: Their ability is to control Living Dolls.
* SingleMindedTwins: Like her Living Dolls, they're always seen together and have the same bitchy personality.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Both of their names end in "belle".
* TookALevelInKindness: Being assigned to Kate's Team made their attitude much better.
* BullyTurnedBuddy: When they first meet Kate, they bully her and use their soot powers to humiliate Emilico. Eventually, Kate's acts of kindness win them over and they become good friends.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
* ItsAllAboutMe: He repeatedly reports minor issues with
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a smug and self-satisfied kid, and he treats his cleaning team as if they were his hypemen. He's not that much nicer to the
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Their hairstyles and clothes look identical. The only way to tell them apart is the place of the fabric roses on their clothes; Mirabelle has them on the right shoulder and Isabelle has them on the left shoulder.
* PeoplePuppets: Their ability is to control Living Dolls.
* SingleMindedTwins: Like her Living Dolls, they're always seen together and have the same bitchy personality.
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* TearsOfRemorse: After [[spoiler:Margaret dies]], Peter cries as he expresses regret over having ignored the depressed Margaret in favor of Douglas' group.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: He used to be nicer before he started to hang out with [[{{Jerkass}} Douglas]] and the latter's bad personality rubbed off on him.
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* TearsOfRemorse: After [[spoiler:Margaret dies]], Peter cries as he expresses regret over having ignored the depressed Margaret in favor of Douglas' group.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: He used to be nicer before he started to hang out with [[{{Jerkass}} Douglas]] and the latter's bad personality rubbed off on him.
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