History Characters / TheMonstrousDukesAdoptedDaughter

* EasilyForgiven: Subverted, [[at the end of the arc she's sent to another country, and her last words from Leslie are a cold "Goodbye, Amroa".]]

* BigDamnHeroes: He chances upon Travis throwing explosives at Leslie in the final arc, with Leslie hesitant to use her dark magic for fear of unleashing the plague Travis is carrying. Saraine sends her off to find Bethrion and then deals with Travis himself.

* BruiserWithASoftCenter: A hardcore mercenary and powerful warrior, who ''absolutely goes gaga'' over cute little things, and always dreamed of having a daughter to dote on. He's tickled pink at having Leslie in the house.

* FeeFiFauxPas: He's the one who unwittingly introduces Leslie to the term "fucking massacre" when describing what happened to Marquis Speràdo's ill-fated kidnap attempt. It's not the first time either. There's a NoodleIncident where Bethrion wound up repeating the term to the royal household after hearing it from him.

* WantedASonInstead: He was certain his first child would be a girl only to get Bethrion instead (it's why he has such a GenderBlenderName). Unlike his sons, Sairaine took zero convincing to adopt Leslie and ''immediately'' became a doting father.

* CommonalityConnection: As suspicious of Leslie as he is, constantly reminding himself to not "fall for Speràdo tricks," he can't resist bonding with Leslie when he realizes she's a fellow fan of his favorite philosopher.

* DraggedToHell: After [[spoiler:Sai]] tosses him into his burning mansion, he takes refuge in the basement, planning to wait out the fire. [[spoiler:Then the spirits of the children murdered by the Sperados appear to drag him off to who-knows-where, but when they next contact Leslie he's heard screaming in the background.]]

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:At the end of the novel, he dies in his own house that is burning in flames... the same way he attempted to kill Leslie at the start of the story. Made even more karmic in the manhwa, as the spirits of the children who were sacrificed in the Speràdo family's rituals hold him in place while he's consumed by the black flames.]].

** When Leslie is being tutored by Konrad, he stands just outside the room, sending Konrad a perpetual DeathGlare.

* WantedASonInstead: He was certain his first child would be a girl only to get Bethrion instead (it's why he has such a GenderBlenderName). Unlike his sons, Sairaine took zero convincing to adopt Leslie and ''immediately'' became a DotingFather.

* WantedASonInstead: He was certain his first child would be a girl only to get Bethrion instead (it's why he has such a GenderBlenderName). Unlike his sons, Sairaine took zero convincing to adopt Leslie and ''immediately'' became a DotingPather.

* PapaWolf: Mess with his children, real or adopted--especially if said child happens to be a cute little girl, like Leslie--and he ''will'' find a way to kill you, first chance he gets.

** [[spoiler:Ellie proclaiming their final plot to kill Leslie was all the Marquis' idea and that he had threatened and abused her into doing it, causes him to utterly go postal and start [[KickTheSonOfABitch kicking the crap out of her]] while screaming she betrayed him. Problem is that yet again his indignant rage blinded him to his situation - and he just gave Ellie's lies merit by physically abusing her ''in front of the Emperor of the entire country.'']]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: '''Literally.''' [[spoiler: When he and Ellie are caught, red-handed, attempting to burn an occupied restaurant, with Leslie inside, the Speràdo Knights attacking passersby to keep any and all from trying to rescue the little girl, including Konrad, he and Ellie are brought before the emperor, who gives them [Final Defense], the last chance they have to speak in their defense. When Ellie sells him out, lying non-stop about how he would put her through stuff Leslie endured instead, threatening her to comply with the scheme against her will, he stands up, shouts at her about she betrayed him and starts kicking her to vent his frustrations.]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome This does him no favors.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: The Marquis losing his patience with her to verbally [[spoiler:and ultimately physically]] abusive extents veers from KickTheDog straight over to the opposite end of the scale as she grows to become [[LikeFatherLikeSon the same sort of monster as himself.]] Some of it was unwarranted on his part, but the majority was brought upon herself.

* OverprotectiveDad:
** When Leslie is being tutored by Konrad, he stands just outside the room, sending Konrad a perpetual DeathGlare.
** When [[spoiler:a 25-year-old son of a noble merchant sends a marriage proposal for Leslie, then age 12,]] he comes to the dining room with an axe in hand and plans to work with his sons to murder the man and his father.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: He does not like Konrad because he's an OverprotectiveDad who is terrified at the prospect of any guy being too close to Leslie, even if he has just cause. It just happens to turn out that Konrad is not entirely trustworthy... though subverted when Konrad is eventually revealed to have good intentions for Leslie in the end.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Which Duchess Salvator is actively trying to avoid. The Duchess plans to teach swordsmanship to the little girl herself, in addition to building up her strength and stamina, so she doesn't have to use her dark magic to defend herself, risking a disaster by losing control.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: In the novel version, she is never seen again after she heads back to her home family. In the manhwa, Medea's group of thugs, Etai, drag her back to the capital to be at ground zero when her husband Travis opens the box containing the deadly disease Elileptis, right in her face, giving her an instantly lethal dose.]]