History Characters / TheForgottenCity

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: He desired to become immortal as the gods by using Proserpina's prayer created the time loop in order to live forever.]] [[spoiler: And he got what he wanted as the sole gold statue left in the Underworld alone and unable to act under his own power.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Turn out Sentius is the main antagonits of game, as he's responsible for the disappearance of his daughter, Sentilla by keeping her locked away in the upper cistern, both to keep her away from the man she loves and to ensure she doesn't break the Golden Rule. Even worse, the prayer he uses to reset the time loop kills him when it's used but ends up subverted when we learn he remembers every time loop and is abusing the prayer to his own selfish ends.]]

[[folder: Hannibal]]
A Carthaginian who disappeared some time before the character showed up, and the best friend of Duli.

* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Was killed by a Peeled Statue in the cistern some time before the player character arrives in the city.]]
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: His counterpart from the mod was Dooley's brother. Hannibal was just a good friend of Duli.
* WorthlessTreasureTwist: He told Duli to seek out his treasure in the upper cistern should he disappear. [[spoiler:The treasure is actually the exit from the city, but to the literal-minded Duli this revelation is this trope.]]

[[folder: Lucretia]]
The city's current healer, who works out of the temple of Apollo.

* AwfulWeddedLife: After moving to Rome with her husband he decided to ''[[GoingNative "do as the Romans do"]]'' and became a philanderer. Knowing he'd sooner kill her than accept a divorce she attempted to flee with their valuables during the great fire of Rome, awaking in the forgotten city after leaping into the Tiber river.
* OpenHeartDentistry: When the previous healer dies, Lucretia ends up being the replacement, something which holds great pressure over her. She struggles to find ''any'' thing that can help at the very least aid a patient. [[spoiler:In the canon ending, she decides to pursue a medical professions since she realizes she misses being able to help people]].

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Duli]]
A simple-minded man imprisoned by others for fear that he will break the Golden Rule.
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[[folder: Phillip/The Hermit Philosopher]]
A living remnant of the city's past days.

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[ spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. [[spoiler:Only she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him]]. [[spoiler: But in the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld]].

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[ spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[ spoiler: she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him]]. [[ spoiler: But in the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld]].

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[ spoiler: she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him]]. [[spoiler: But in the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld]].

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[OhCrap she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him]]. {{[[spoiler: But in the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld]]}}.

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[OhCrap she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him]]. [[spoiler: But in the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld]].

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[OhCrap she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: In the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld]].

[[folder: Lucretia]]
The city's current healer, who works out of the temple of Apollo.

* AwfulWeddedLife: After moving to Rome with her husband he decided to ''[[GoingNative "do as the Romans do"]]'' and became a philanderer. Knowing he'd sooner kill her than accept a divorce she attempted to flee with their valuables during the great fire of Rome, awaking in the forgotten city after leaping into the Tiber river.
* OpenHeartDentistry: When the previous healer dies, Lucretia ends up being the replacement, something which holds great pressure over her. She struggles to find ''any'' thing that can help at the very least aid a patient. [[spoiler:In the canon ending, she decides to pursue a medical professions since she realizes she misses being able to help people]].

[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Assassin]]
A man come to collect on an emperor's bounty.
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[[folder: Sentilla]]
Sentius's second daughter. She went missing several days ago.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's remarked to be a very sweet person, [[spoiler: but, due to the trauma of being kidnapped and imprisoned by her own adoptive father, she can potentially kill him. This includes ''setting him on fire'']].
* {{Expy}}: Of Maisi, from the original mod. Both are women who went missing shortly before you arrived and whose disappearance is widely grieved. [[spoiler: Both are also being held captive by the city ruler. Freeing them leads to them killing him and destroying the city in the process.]]
* HappilyAdopted: Letters found written by her reveal she was ecstatic to be adopted by Sentius and loves him very much. [[spoiler: This is naturally completely gone by the time you meet her, as she now views him as the monster he is.]]
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: She and Ulpius are married in the canon ending if you managed to prevent him from killing himself.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler: In the second ending, she takes all responsibility for the people who were turned into gold statues onto herself, telling the protagonist [[WriteBackToTheFuture in a tablet]] that they should not feel guilty about what happened.]]
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: She kills her father this way.]]
* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:In the canon ending, she changes her name to Gabriella, in order to sever all ties with Sentius.]]
* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler:She hates her father, Sentius, and kills him in Endings 2 and 3.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to talk about her due to her disappearance being so important.
* WriteBackToTheFuture: [[spoiler:In some endings, she leaves a message behind on a tablet for the protagonist.]]

[[folder: Lucretia]]
The city's current healer, who works out of the temple of Apollo.

* AwfulWeddedLife: After moving to Rome with her husband he decided to ''[[GoingNative "do as the Romans do"]]'' and became a philanderer. Knowing he'd sooner kill her than accept a divorce she attempted to flee with their valuables during the great fire of Rome, awaking in the forgotten city after leaping into the Tiber river.
* OpenHeartDentistry: When the previous healer dies, Lucretia ends up being the replacement, something which holds great pressure over her. She struggles to find ''any'' thing that can help at the very least aid a patient. [[spoiler:In the canon ending, she decides to pursue a medical professions since she realizes she misses being able to help people]].

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Duli]]
A simple-minded man imprisoned by others for fear that he will break the Golden Rule.
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[[folder: The Assassin]]
A man come to collect on an emperor's bounty.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: [[spoiler: He has a single Denarius on him, presumably the coin that resulted in Charon bringing him to the city on his death.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: He's convinced that the whole city is under the sway of a Christian cult, and literally nothing that anyone says will convince him otherwise.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Charges into a temple where he suspects his target to be, ignoring the literal sign on the door informing people that it's unstable and might collapse.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's never mentioned again once the player deals with him, though his wanted poster and bow prove useful.

[[folder: Naevia]]
The city's medic, who becomes dangerously obsessed with the city's golden statues.

* CompanionCube: [[spoiler: Fell in love with a statue of a woman she calls 'Galatea'. Her obsession with reviving the statue is her primary motivation.]]
* ForScience: Her research method is horrific, but she's convinced it's a worthy endeavor. Her unwilling test subjects disagree and violently express their disagreement as soon as they're released.
--> ''"The others will [[TheyCalledMeMad call me mad]], or a monster, but I don't care what they think."''
* Jerkass: She doesn't bother to hand her notes over to Lucretia or unlock her chest of medicines before absconding to carry out her research, leaving the city without a qualified healer and no way to get the medicines back due to their fear that trespassing or theft might break the Golden Rule.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler: After falling in love with one of the golden statues, she becomes obsessed with finding a way to return the statues to life. The fact that every statue she attempts this on becomes homicidally insane doesn't seen to waver her resolve in the slightest.]]
* TortureTechnician / ToThePain: From [[spoiler: the statues']] point of view. One by one, Naevia immobilizes them and methodically mutilates their bodies with her tools. The other [[spoiler:statues]] can only watch helplessly as they wait for their turn.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Is not seen after the TimeSkip, and none of the characters mention what become of her.]]
** Messing around with the Photo Mode reveals that Naevia is [[spoiler: in the museum in the GoldenEnding.]] If you look to the left of the fountain on the bottom floor, you can see [[spoiler: she's standing amongst the people who were changed back from being golden statues. She's the one wearing the red dress.]] Also, just to the right of this is [[spoiler: [[HappilyEverAfter Galatea]]. In a move that's either hilarious or just strange, Galatea is wearing a [[CallBack golden dress]].]]

[[folder: Phillip/The Hermit Philosopher]]
A living remnant of the city's past days.

* NoNameGiven: We never learn his original name but some of his dialogue imply he might be none other than [[spoiler:Creator/{{Plato}}.]]
* ThePhilosopher: This is his pursuit, and before he leads you to Khabash you'll ask you to engage in a Socratic dialogue with him about many of the themes associated with the Golden Rule and morality.
* {{Precursors}}: Was a member of a previous generation of city-dwellers, who now lives underneath the Greek Temple. He's also aware that he's not the first; there were other generations before his.
* SoleSurvivor: The last survivor of a group of Greek denizens who escaped a Golden Rule purge by hiding underneath the Greek Temple.

[[folder: Khabash ]]
An Egyptian fisherman and friend of Georgius, who had disappeared several weeks ago.

* CrisisOfFaith: He's a devout follower of Egyptian paganism, and [[spoiler:finding evidence that his people built their religion upon Sumerian mythology just as the Romans had based their religion upon the Greeks' drives him to be rid of the tablet featuring Nergal's name]]. [[spoiler:To peacefully escape with that tablet, you'll have to convince him building upon the foundations of earlier cultures doesn't necessarily invalidate his faith, or that living a good life is worthwhile regardless of whether the promise of a divine reward is upheld.]]
* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler:In the GoldenEnding, he decides to go backpacking around the world, let go of the 42 sins that would bar him from the Egyptian afterlife, and finally cut loose.]]

[[folder: Proserpina]]

[[folder: Sentius]]

!Others -- '''Spoiler warning!'''

[[folder: God of the Underworld]]

* [[spoiler: {{419Scam}}: She fell for this when she blowed her wealth for "living in the high life".]]

* [[spoiler: 419Scam: She fell for this when she blowed her wealth for "living in the high life".]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Aurelia is a gossipy flirt who's far more malicious, [[spolier: running a scam where she offers a way out of the city for a thousand denarii, only for that way out to be a dosage of hemlock like Iulia. She also encourages those who can't afford such to put themselves into debt-bondage with Malleolus, who's in on the scheme with her]].

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[spoiler: OhCrap she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him]]. [[spoiler: In the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld]].

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[OhCrap she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him]]. [[spoiler: In the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld]].

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Aurelia is a gossipy flirt who's far more malicious, [[spolier: running a scam where she offers a way out of the city for a thousand denarii, only for that way out to be a dosage of hemlock like Iulia. She also encourages those who can't afford such to put themselves into debt-bondage with Malleolus, who's in on the scheme with her.]]

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[OhCrap she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him.]] [[spoiler: In the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld]].

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[OhCrap she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him. In the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld ]].

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Aurelia is a gossipy flirt who's far more malicious,[[spolier: running a scam where she offers a way out of the city for a thousand denarii, only for that way out to be a dosage of hemlock like Iulia. She also encourages those who can't afford such to put themselves into debt-bondage with Malleolus, who's in on the scheme with her.]]

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[OhCrap she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him]]. [[spoiler: In the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld ]].

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Aurelia is a gossipy flirt who's far more malicious, [[ spolier: running a scam where she offers a way out of the city for a thousand denarii, only for that way out to be a dosage of hemlock like Iulia. She also encourages those who can't afford such to put themselves into debt-bondage with Malleolus, who's in on the scheme with her.]]

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[OhCrap she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him]]. [[ spoiler: In the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld ]].

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[OhCrap she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him]]. [[spoiler: In the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld ]].

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[OhCrap she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him.]] [[spoiler: In the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld]].

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[OhCrap she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him.]] [[spoiler: In the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld.]]

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[OhCrap: she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him.]] [[spoiler: In the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld.]]

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[OhCrap she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him.]][[spoiler: In the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld.]]
* OhCrap: [[ spoiler: Has one when the player tells her that Malleolus's allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and Nero wants him dead.]]

* TheAlcoholic: She is this because her drinking was "unbecoming of a lady, let alone the wife of a Magistrate" after Malleolus treated her badly so [[spoiler: she asked the player to get wine for her in exchange for knowing the true identity of Malleolus as Quinctius. Only [[OhCrap she surpried for his allegedly responsible for starting the Great Fire of Rome and thought she wanted to destroy him.]] [[spoiler: In the canon ending, she ended up blowing all her money on wine, trying to drink herself back to the Underworld.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Aurelia is a gossipy flirt who's far more malicious , [[ spolier: running a scam where she offers a way out of the city for a thousand denarii, only for that way out to be a dosage of hemlock like Iulia. She also encourages those who can't afford such to put themselves into debt-bondage with Malleolus, who's in on the scheme with her.]]

[[folder: Malleolus]]
A wealthy man who serves as Sentius' main political adversary.

[[folder: Naevia]]
The city's medic, who becomes dangerously obsessed with the city's golden statues.

* CompanionCube: [[spoiler: Fell in love with a statue of a woman she calls 'Galatea'. Her obsession with reviving the statue is her primary motivation.]]
* ForScience: Her research method is horrific, but she's convinced it's a worthy endeavor. Her unwilling test subjects disagree and violently express their disagreement as soon as they're released.
--> ''"The others will [[TheyCalledMeMad call me mad]], or a monster, but I don't care what they think."''
* Jerkass: She doesn't bother to hand her notes over to Lucretia or unlock her chest of medicines before absconding to carry out her research, leaving the city without a qualified healer and no way to get the medicines back due to their fear that trespassing or theft might break the Golden Rule.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler: After falling in love with one of the golden statues, she becomes obsessed with finding a way to return the statues to life. The fact that every statue she attempts this on becomes homicidally insane doesn't seen to waver her resolve in the slightest.]]
* TortureTechnician / ToThePain: From [[spoiler: the statues']] point of view. One by one, Naevia immobilizes them and methodically mutilates their bodies with her tools. The other [[spoiler:statues]] can only watch helplessly as they wait for their turn.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Is not seen after the TimeSkip, and none of the characters mention what become of her.]]
** Messing around with the Photo Mode reveals that Naevia is [[spoiler: in the museum in the GoldenEnding.]] If you look to the left of the fountain on the bottom floor, you can see [[spoiler: she's standing amongst the people who were changed back from being golden statues. She's the one wearing the red dress.]] Also, just to the right of this is [[spoiler: [[HappilyEverAfter Galatea]]. In a move that's either hilarious or just strange, Galatea is wearing a [[CallBack golden dress]].]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Livia]]
A madwoman, who might understand what's going on better than anyone else.
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[[folder: Khabash -- '''Spoiler''']]
An Egyptian fisherman and friend of Georgius, who had disappeared several weeks ago.

* CrisisOfFaith: He's a devout follower of Egyptian paganism, and [[spoiler:finding evidence that his people built their religion upon Sumerian mythology just as the Romans had based their religion upon the Greeks' drives him to be rid of the tablet featuring Nergal's name]]. [[spoiler:To peacefully escape with that tablet, you'll have to convince him building upon the foundations of earlier cultures doesn't necessarily invalidate his faith, or that living a good life is worthwhile regardless of whether the promise of a divine reward is upheld.]]
* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler:In the GoldenEnding, he decides to go backpacking around the world, let go of the 42 sins that would bar him from the Egyptian afterlife, and finally cut loose.]]

[[folder: Lucretia]]
The city's current healer, who works out of the temple of Apollo.

* AwfulWeddedLife: After moving to Rome with her husband he decided to ''[[GoingNative "do as the Romans do"]]'' and became a philanderer. Knowing he'd sooner kill her than accept a divorce she attempted to flee with their valuables during the great fire of Rome, awaking in the forgotten city after leaping into the Tiber river.
* OpenHeartDentistry: When the previous healer dies, Lucretia ends up being the replacement, something which holds great pressure over her. She struggles to find ''any'' thing that can help at the very least aid a patient. [[spoiler:In the canon ending, she decides to pursue a medical professions since she realizes she misses being able to help people]].

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Duli]]
A simple-minded man imprisoned by others for fear that he will break the Golden Rule.
----

[[folder: Phillip/The Hermit Philosopher]]
A living remnant of the city's past days.

[[folder: Proserpina]]

[[folder: Malleolus]]
A wealthy man who serves as Sentius' main political adversary.

* GreaterScopeVillain: While [[spoiler: Sentius]] is TheHeavy and the main mortal problem with the city, he is a mere mortal who would not be in this position were it not for This Guy.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Non-lethal example. [[spoiler: If you confront him about what you have learned about his true nature, he gives you a BreakingSpeech and mocks you before declaring he has become bored with you. However, unlike most examples he does not attempt to kill you since he knows full well doing so would merely result in another loop, so he's limited to impotently telling you to get out of his Villa because you bore him.]]

The game's BigBad. He's responsible for the creation of the city and the imposition of the Golden Rule.

* CreepyGood: [[spoiler: Her ultimate hat. She is a psychopomp with glowing red eyes who escorts the dead to their resting point, manipulates the player into the main plot, and is TheDragon to the closest thing the game has to a BiggerBad in the form of the God of the Underworld. However she herself is nothing if not polite and willing to be come even with you at the end.]]

* IKnewIt: [[spoiler: Players with knowledge of classical mythology are likely to pick up on her true identity pretty quickly given her boat and description of herself as spending her life in a "dead-end job with an endless commute", even before she drops the name "Karen", a clear homophone for "Charon".]]