History Characters / XIII

Character page for the comic book ''ComicBook/{{XIII}}''.

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* [[Characters/XIIIMainProtagonists Main Protagonists]] -- XIII and his main allies.

* [[Characters/XIIIMainProtagonists Protagonists]] -- XIII and his main allies.

* [[Characters/{{XIII Other Characters}} Other Characters]] -- Other people of the ''XIII'' universe.

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* Characters/XIIIMainProtagonists
* Characters/{{XIII Antagonists}}

!!The Conspiracy of the XX

!!!'''SPOILER WARNING: unfold the folders at your own peril'''

[[folder:In General]]
* GovernmentConspiracy: Their numbers include high-ranking military personal, members of Congress, staffers in the White House, and [[spoiler:the President]].
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The ideological motivations of some of them are pretty clearly fascistic in essence.
* NebulousEvilOrganisation: While they want to take over the country, it's not as clear what they intend to do once they've accomplished that.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:I]]
!!Wally Sheridan (I)
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* AllohistoricalAllusion: The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. He doesn't die of it though.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: The whole operations leading to his election to the presidency]].
* BigBad: Number I of the Conspiracy.
* TheChessmaster: He manipulates just about everyone over the course of the story.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler: He asks XIII why he saved "that worthless black woman" instead of Kim who know much about the conspiracy. XIII replies that an asshole like him can't understand.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: He acts like a nice guy when pretending to help Amos and XIII investigate [=SSH2=].
* TheIdealist: Seems to share his brother's political ideas. [[spoiler: It's all a lie]].
%%* KarmicDeath: By ExplosiveLeash.
* MoleInCharge: He winds up leading the conspiracy to take over America while also serving as the president.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Wally Sheridan is the brother of an assassinated American president and he is a presidential candidate with a progressive and pacifist platform. During his campaign, he is the target of an assassination attempt. He is based on UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy, but unlike his real-life model, he survives the assassination attempt.
* PresidentEvil: He's the president of America, and he's evil to the bone.
%%* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney
%%* SiblingRivalry
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The public loves him on account of his charisma and the sympathy he garnered after the death of his brother.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:II]]
!!Calvin Wax (II)
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: He shoots himself in the head, setting off the self-destruct for his base in the process, rather than give up.
%%* DragonInChief
* EvilChancellor: Calvin Wax is a counselor of President Galbrain, then he becomes Secretary of Defense. He is also an evil conspirator.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He wears glasses, and he's willing to kill huge quantities of people to get what he wants.
%%* MoleInCharge
* NumberTwo: He serves as this in the conspiracy.
%%* PresidentEvil
[[/folder]]

[[folder:III]]
!!William S. Standwell (III)
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* TheButcher: His nickname during the war in Asia.
* TheDragon: To Calvin Wax.
* GeneralRipper: Standwell is said to have killed many civilians in a past conflict. He is also ready to start World War III right after the establishment of a dictatorship in the US.
* EyePatchOfPower: He has an eyepatch and he is one of the strongest bosses in the game.
* EyeScream: Carrington burnt his eye with a cigar.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:V]]
!!Senator Clayton Willard (V)

* BadassBoast: Even when outnumbered and outgunned, he just laughs that the FBI and XIII are vastly underestimating the conspiracy's power.
* CopKiller: He kills one of the FBI agents sent to arrest him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:VII]]
!!Admiral Franklin Edelbright (VII)

* GeneralRipper: A Navy version. He works on behalf of a conspiracy that is planning on killing a huge number of people, including fellow US soldiers.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:IX]]
!!Jasper Winslow (IX)

* MoneyIsNotPower: During his boss fight he babbles that he can make XIII rich if XIII lets him go. It doesn't help him.
* MorallyBankruptBanker: He runs Winslow Bank, and he's also part of the evil conspiracy.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:XI]]
!!Colonel Seymour D. Mac Call (XI)
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* TheDragon: He is this relative to General Standwell.
* SinisterShades: He always wears sunglasses.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:XIII]]
!!Steve Rowland (XIII)
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%%* ColdSniper
* FakingTheDead: He faked his own death in a helicopter crash.
* MissingMom: Steve Rowland's mother died in an accident when she came back from his wedding.
%%* ProfessionalKiller
* ShellShockedVeteran: Kim tells his husband has changed a lot during the war and she does not recognize the man she married.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The conspiracy planned to kill him just after the assassination of William Sheridan.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:XVII]]
!!Kim Rowland (née Carrington) (XVII)

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She falls in love with [[spoiler:Wally Sheridan]], then with Steve Rowland, who are both involved in the conspiracy.
* DoubleAgent: Kim Rowland has worked for [[spoiler:Wally Sheridan]] all along. He asked her to infiltrate the counter-espionage services. The counter-espionage services used her to infiltrate the conspiracy led by [[spoiler:Wally Sheridan]].
* HeKnowsTooMuch:
** The conspiracy wants to kill her after the assassination of William Sheridan because of that.
** In ''Recap/ThirteenToOne'', [[spoiler:Wally Sheridan]] orders to kill her, because she knows that he is Number I.
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler:She has obeyed Wally Sheridan for years, because he has held her son hostage.]]
* MissingMom: Her mother died when she was 8 years old.
* ReverseMole: Kim Rowland was an infiltrated agent in the conspiracy.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:XX]]
!!Dr. Edward W. Johansson (XX)

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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He's a demented neurosurgeon who gleefully conducts horrible experiments on prisoners, and even goes after his own staff when they displease him.
[[/folder]]

!!Other Major Antagonists

[[folder:The Mongoose]]
!!The Mongoose (born Schreiner)
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!!Tropes in ''XIII'':

* AssassinOutclassin: Never succeeds to kill XIII.
%%* BaldOfEvil
%%* ColdSniper
%%* TheDreaded
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Wally Sheridan kills him in "The Trial" when he's about to reveal crucial informations about him and the Conspiracy of the XX]].
* ImplacableMan: He does not stop from chasing XIII to kill him.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His nickname is evocative of his personality.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He is known by his nickname, "The Mongoose".
%%* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler: To Irina]].
* ProfessionalKiller: He is a hitman hired to kill XIII and various other characters.
%%* ScarilyCompetentTracker

!!Tropes in ''XIII Mystery'':

* DarkAndTroubledPast: He was born with the name "Schreiner", and was a woodworker apprentice in the ruins of post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Berlin. He became a ProfessionalKiller to bribe Communist authorities of East Germany into freeing his master woodworker and ParentalSubstitute. It was AllForNothing when said woodworker committed suicide after .
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Irina]]
!!Irina Svetlanova
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%%* TheBaroness
* BattleaxeNurse: Her disguise the first time she confronts XIII.
* DiabolicalMastermind: She becomes the chief of her own SPECTRE-like organisation of hitmen and professional assassins, Executor, after [[spoiler: the death of the Mongoose]].
%%* DisneyVillainDeath
* EyeScream: She lost an eye during her first encounter with XIII.
%%* FemmeFatale
%%* HoneyTrap
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler: To the Mongoose after "The Trial"]].
%%* MasterOfDisguise
* ProfessionalKiller: She is the assistant of the Mongoose and she has to kill XIII.
%%* PsychoForHire
%%* PsychoLesbian
%%* TheVamp
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Frank Giordino]]
!!Frank Giordino
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* BigBad: He is the main antagonist to XIII from "The Trial" to "The Last Round".
* CigarChomper: Rarely seen without a cigar in his mouth.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
%%* DirtyOldMan
%%* EvilMentor: To Jessica Martin.
* TheMafia: He's the son of an Italian-American crime boss.
%%* SmugSnake
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Felicity]]
!!Felicity Rowland (née Brown)
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%%* ActionGirl: In "Operation Monte Cristo" especially.
* BlackWidow: Felicity plans the murder of her husband, [[spoiler:then kills her lover Matt]].
%%* ChickMagnet
%%* FemmeFatale
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: She was the nurse who took care of Jeremie Rowland, then she married him. Jeremie's love was probably sincere, but she was clearly faking her feelings for Jeremie.
* GoldDigger: Felicity is a young attractive woman who is married with an old handicapped rich landowner.
%%* HighClassCallGirl
%%* HoneyTrap
* KarmaHoudini: In ''Recap/WhereTheIndianGoes'', Felicity is not punished for the murders of Jeremie and [[spoiler:Matt Rowland]]. In the end of ''Recap/FullRed'', we hear that she had to disappear from the Rowlands' estate, but still she gets no real punishment for her crimes.
* LadyMacbeth: She encourages Matt to kill his brother.
* MayDecemberRomance: She is the young wife of the old Jeremie Rowland. Jeremie's love was probably sincere, but Felicity was clearly faking her feelings for Jeremie.
%%* TheMistress
%%* TokenEvilTeammate: At the end of "Operation Monte Cristo".
%%* TrophyWife
%%* TheVamp
* UglyGuyHotWife: The old and handicapped Jeremie Rowland and the young and attractive Felicity.
* WickedStepmother: Felicity wants to frame Steve Rowland for the murders of Jeremie [[spoiler:and Matt Rowland]].
* YourCheatingHeart: Felicity cheats on her husband with Matt, who is a married man.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dwight Rigby]]
!!Dwight Rigby
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%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* CorruptHick: He controls everything in the DeepSouth town of Greenfalls, including the police.
%%* DeepSouth
* DirtyOldMan: He raped Judith Warner in her youth. Then he paid for her studies and drugstore.
%%* GoodOlBoy
%%* IOwnThisTown
* TheKlan: He was (or still is) a Klansman.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: As mentioned earlier, his wealth allows him to control the local police.
%%* VillainWithGoodPublicity
%%* WitchHunt
[[/folder]]

!!Other Characters

[[folder:William Sheridan]]
!!US President William Sheridan
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* CorruptPolitician: Got elected with the help of TheMafia.
%%* DeadToBeginWith
%%* TheIdealist
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: President Target and President Personable.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is an American president who was killed in his car during a parade. Doesn't it remind you of [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy someone]]?
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Maria Isabel]]
!!Maria Isabel De Los Santos
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%%* ActionGirl
%%* IronLady
* LoveInterest: [[spoiler: She was XIII's love interest when he helped the revolutionary guerilla of Costa Verde]]
%%* OurPresidentsAreDifferent
%%* SpicyLatina
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Padre Jacinto]]
!! Padre Jacinto aka "El Loco"
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%%* TheAlcoholic
%%* BadassMustache
* BadassPreacher: Spends more time being part of a guerilla than preaching.
%%* TheBigGuy
* CigarChomper: Never seen without a cigar in his mouth.
%%* GoodIsNotNice
* NamesToRunAwayFrom/TheAdjectiveOne: "El Loco" ("the Mad", in Spanish).
%%* SupportingLeader
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jessica Martin]]
!!Jessica Martin
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%%* ActionGirl
%%* BiTheWay
%%* BrokenBird
%%* ColdSniper
%%* FemmeFatale
* HeelFaceTurn: Twice. [[spoiler:One to ''both'' Frank Giordino and Irina Svatlanova]].
%%* HitmanWithAHeart
%%* TheMistress: To Frank Giordino.
* NotQuiteDead: It turns out she didn't die, as she shows up in "The Last Round" for some unfinished business with Frank Giordino.
* ProfessionalKiller: Works in partnership with Irina Svatlanova for some time.
%%* ScarilyCompetentTracker
%%* TrainingFromHell
[[/folder]]

[[folder:General Wittaker]]
!!General James Elroy Wittaker
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%%* TheAtoner
%%* FourStarBadass: Possibly.
%%* HeelFaceTurn
* PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: What he tries to escape with his association to Frank Giordino.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He wants no more to do with Frank Giordino, which gets his wife killed and himself almost killed when mafia thugs hired by Giordino suddenly attack his house.
* UnsafeHaven: His house, after calling it quits with Giordino's increasingly dirty business.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jonathan Mac Lane]]
!!Jonathan Mac Lane / Jonathan Fly
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%%* FaceDeathWithDignity
%%* TheFettered
%%* TheIdealist
* MysteriousPast: When XIII start investigating his life, he finds very little information. Why did he leave New York? Why did he settle in a small town? Why XIII cannot find any information about him in the archives of the newspaper he worked for?
%%* PowerOfTrust
%%* ParentalSubstitute
* WitchHunt: A victim of this in the RedScare times. See above.
* WorthLivingFor: His left-leaning and humanist ideas.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zeke Hattaway]]
!!Zeke Hattaway
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%%* TheAtoner
%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:He's blind, and he shot Dwight Rigby dead while being guided solely by the latter's voice]].
* TheReveal: He reveals the truth about [[AwfulTruth what happened]] to Jonathan Mac Lane.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Judith Warner]]
!!Judith Warner
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* BrokenBird: She has been raped at the age of 14. She got better though.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
%%* ChickMagnet
%%* EthicalSlut
%%* FilleFatale: When she was young.
* PromiscuityAfterRape: Judith is promiscuous (she says she regurlarly has sex with Dwight and David Rigby and she has a one-night stand with XIII) and she reveals that she was raped at 14.
* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: She's not very mad at Dwight Rigby for having raped her [[spoiler: because she was secretly in love with him.]]
* RapeAsBackstory: Judith reveals that she was raped by Dwight Rigby when she was 14.
%%* TheMistress
[[/folder]]

* Characters/{{XIII Main Protagonists}}

!!Main Protagonists

[[folder:XIII]]
!!XIII (born Jason Mullway)
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An amnesiac man who was found unconscious on a beach. While looking for clues of his past, he discovered he has deadly self-defense skills, and found out he is entangled in huge state conspiracies and dark family affairs. He tries to sort all of this mess with his newfound friends.
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* AmnesiacHero: XIII is amnesiac. He does not even remember his name.
* AmnesiacResonance: Just like Jason Bourne, his combat skills are not at all affected by the memory loss.
* BadassBeard: There are situations in which he can't shave, such as when he trains with the S.P.A.D.S. or when he's in a penitentiary.
%%* BadassInDistress: Sometimes.
* BadassMindsThinkAlike: His instincts seem to share a connection with those of Jones.
* ChickMagnet: He never tries to seduce girls, they just come to him.
%%* CombatPragmatist
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: He was recruited to impersonate Steve Rowland as part of Carrington's plan to find out who ordered the assassination of William Sheridan, before his amnesia]].
%%* {{Determinator}}
* DiseaseBleach: Has a grey streak on his left temple where a bullet scratched him.
* GenreSavvy: In spite of his amnesia, he often compares his situations with detective novels or movies.
* IdentityAmnesia: Does not remember who he is.
* MadeOfIron: In ''Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun'', he jumps through a window and falls from the 4th floor and he escapes unhurt. In ''Recap/TheNightOfAugustTheThird'', he is shot at point-blank range. The bullet is stopped by a notebook and he is able to get involved in a fistfight a few minutes later.
* MrFanservice: Sometimes [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]].
* MysteriousPast: Even to himself, his past is mysterious because of his amnesia. The numerous mysteries about his past are conveniently used by the authors to expand the series.
* NameAmnesia: XIII does not remember his own name. In the first episodes, on several occasions, he thinks that he has finally discovered his real name, but he is proven wrong soon thereafter.
* ObliviousToLove: ActionGirl Jones is obviously fond of XIII, but he seems to ignore this when she asks him what she is to him.
%%* OneManArmy
%%* ParentalAbandonment
* PursuingParentalPerils: In "The Jason Fly File" and "The Night of August 3rd".
* QuestForIdentity: XIII does not remember who he is, so he tries to discover it.
* SkunkStripe: XIII has a white stripe of hair, the result of being grazed by a bullet.
%%* SuperSoldier
* SurgicalImpersonation: [[spoiler:XIII is not the real Steve Rowland. He had plastic surgery to impersonate him. The said surgery was very successful, given the fact that Steve's family did not spot the impostor in ''Recap/WhereTheIndianGoes''.]]
* TattooAsCharacterType: The protagonist has simple tattoo on the clavicle: the number XIII (Moderate Sized). Amos reveals that this is the mark of the members of a conspiracy (Organizational Emblem) that attempted to kill the president.
* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Lampshaded by a tramp he meets in a train at the end of "The Day of The Black Sun". Averted most of the time actually.
%%* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain
* TrainingFromHell: Has followed ''several'' in his life. The most horrible of these has to be the S.P.A.D.S. training, which often results in the death of the weakest soldiers.
%%* WellExcuseMePrincess: To Jones, sometimes.
* XMarksTheHero: His '''X'''III tattoo counts.
* YouAreNumberSix: He suffers from NameAmnesia and the XIII tattoo is the main clue to his identity. Even when his identity as Jason Fly/Mac Lane is established, Jones keeps on calling him XIII.

[[folder:Jones]]
!!Lieutenant (later Major) Jones
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!!Tropes in ''XIII'':

* AcePilot: She's been trained as a pilot, and she can [[UniversalDriversLicense pilot anything that flies]].
* ActionGirl: Jones is nearly able to match XIII in a fight in ''Recap/WhereTheIndianGoes''. In ''Recap/ThirteenToOne'', she fights with young male soldiers (for her, this is just a pastime that she enjoys during her holiday). She knocks them out easily.
* ActionGirlfriend: At some point it's become clear she is XIII's girlfriend, and she can kick as much ass as him.
* AfroAsskicker: She sports an afro pretty much all the time, and kicks as much ass as XIII.
* BadassInDistress: In "The Night of August 3rd", she's almost hanged to death by the racist goons of Dwight Rigby.
%%* BadassMindsThinkAlike: With XIII.
* BattleCouple: With XIII. They are both exceptional fighters, they have fought together throughout the series and they are FriendsWithBenefits.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted: as she gets a wound to the abdomen that leaves a massive scar. The doctor says it'lll eventually go away, but she's now likely to be unable to bear children.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Much to her chagrin, XIII ReallyGetsAround and she knows it, but she never abandons him nonetheless.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: For her appearance, she was inspired by Music/WhitneyHouston.
* CripplingCastration: Jones's uterus was damaged when she was wounded in ''Recap/FullRed'' and she is infertile.
* DeadpanSnarker: Her tongue is especially sharp when she finds out XIII sleeps with other women.
* FriendsWithBenefits: She often has sex with XIII, but they are not in a real relationship: XIII bangs other women from time to time and he feels no guilt about it. In ''Recap/TheJasonFlyFile'', she makes clear that she would like a relationship upgrade, but XIII does not understand (or he pretends not to). It eventually happens by ''The Last Round''.
* LoveInterest: Her relationship with XIII progressively evolves from FriendsWithBenefits to lovers.
* MajorlyAwesome: She was introduced as a lieutenant, but at the end of ''Recap/FullRed'', she is promoted to the rank of major.
* MsFanservice: In ''Recap/TheJasonFlyFile'' and ''Recap/TheNightOfAugustTheThird'', bad guys attack her when she is almost naked, so she has to flee and fight in very light clothes. In ''Recap/ThirteenToOne'', she wears a swimsuit on the beach.
* NoNameGiven: XIII asks Jones's first name and she answers "Lieutenant".
* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: She is introduced in the second book ''Recap/WhereTheIndianGoes''.
%%* UniversalDriversLicense

!!Tropes in ''XIII Mystery'':

* DarkAndTroubledPast: She is the sister of a Black Panthers terrorist, and Carrington met her when she tried to prevent an attack by warning him.

[[folder:General Carrington]]
!!General Benjamin "Ben" Carrington
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* CigarChomper: He always smokes cigars.
* CoolOldGuy: In ''Recap/WhereTheIndianGoes'', he does not hesitate to jump into a helicopter to pick XIII up on the roof of the house of the Rowlands. In ''Recap/FullRed'', he inflicts Standwell a bad wound, then he tries to escape.
* AFatherToHisMen: In ''Recap/WhereTheIndianGoes'', Carrington tells XIII he trained him and the link between them is very strong even if he is amnesiac. Therefore, he does not hesitate to help him to escape from the Sheriff in Southburg. He does not even ask why the Sheriff chases him. [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}}, because it is revealed in ''Recap/{{SPADS}}'' that Carrington did not train XIII and that he helps him for other reasons.]]
* FourStarBadass: In ''Recap/WhereTheIndianGoes'', he does not hesitate to jump into a helicopter to pick XIII up on the roof of the house of the Rowlands. In ''Recap/FullRed'', he inflicts Standwell a bad wound, then he tries to escape.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Creator/LeeMarvin, anyone?
%%* OldSoldier
%%* PapaWolf
%%* RetiredBadass
* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: He is introduced in the second book ''Recap/WhereTheIndianGoes''.

[[folder:Colonel Amos]]
!!Colonel Samuel Amos
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* AnArmAndALeg: Lost his left arm in his youth.
%%* BadassIsraeli: In his youth.
%%* GoOutWithASmile
* HeroicSacrifice: [[TakingABullet Takes a bullet]] to protect his friends in "Operation Monte Cristo".
* InspectorJavert: Amos investigates the murder of William Sheridan and in the beginning, he was convinced XIII was the murderer, so he chased him.
%%* ItHasBeenAnHonor
%%* LethalChef
%%* RealMenCook
%%* RetiredBadass
%%* TheSmartGuy
%%* TheStoic

[[folder:Sean Mullway]]
!!Sean Mullway
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%%* TheAtoner
%%* ClearMyName
%%* ConvictedByPublicOpinion
* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:XIII/Jason]] has not been able to find out who his real father was for a long while.
* KissingCousins: He's a cousin of the woman he loved, Carla Giordino.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: [[LukeIAmYourFather He is XIII's father]]]].
* TheScapegoat: He was framed for the murder of his lover Carla Giordino.

[[folder:Betty Barnowsky]]
!!Sergeant Elizabeth "Betty" Barnowksy
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* ActionGirl: In ''Recap/FullRed'', she kills several thugs who wanted to rape her.
* AMatchMadeInStockholm: Armand de Préseau grows very fond, as soon as he is kidnapped by her, XII and Jones in ''Recap/FullRed''. In the end of this episode, she goes to San Miguel to meet him. They ended up marrying after some time.
%%* BadassBandolier: In "Full Red".
%%* BuxomIsBetter
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: She's modelled after Creator/ShirleyMacLaine.
* DeepSouth: Where she comes from.
%%* FieryRedhead
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted. She had two abortions. [[spoiler: Her comicbook reveals she had been pregnant with XIII and decided to keep him but then had a miscariage.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: She saw Steve Rowland discussing with [[spoiler:Mac Call]] after his supposed death in an helicopter crash. When [[spoiler:Mac Call]] hears it, he decides to kill her.
%%* HeroesWantRedheads
%%* TheLadette
%%* TheSquadette
%%* TrainingFromHell

[[folder:Armand de Préseau]]
!!Marquis Armand de Préseau
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* AMatchMadeInStockholm: He is very fond of Betty Barnowsky, who is one of his captors in ''Recap/FullRed''. In the end of this episode, Betty goes to San Miguel to meet him. They eventually marry.
* BlueBlood: He's of French noble descent and upbringing.
%%* CoolOldGuy
* GentlemanAdventurer: He came to Costa Verde to seek business ventures, and found them.
%%* GentlemanSnarker
* HighClassGlass: He's never seen without a monocle.
%%* NonIdleRich
* RichBoredom: He's so bored after making a fortune that he enjoys ''every minute'' of being kidnapped and used by XIII, Jones and Betty, and ends up becoming a trusted ally and friend to them (and Betty's husband, eventually).
* SelfMadeMan: Became the wealthiest banana plantation owner of Costa Verde by sheer force of will, starting with only a shack and the help of Romeo, a young Indian.

!!The Conspiracy of the XX

!!!'''SPOILER WARNING: unfold the folders at your own peril'''

[[folder:In General]]
* GovernmentConspiracy: Their numbers include high-ranking military personal, members of Congress, staffers in the White House, and [[spoiler:the President]].
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The ideological motivations of some of them are pretty clearly fascistic in essence.
* NebulousEvilOrganisation: While they want to take over the country, it's not as clear what they intend to do once they've accomplished that.

[[folder:I]]
!!Wally Sheridan (I)
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* AllohistoricalAllusion: The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. He doesn't die of it though.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: The whole operations leading to his election to the presidency]].
* BigBad: Number I of the Conspiracy.
* TheChessmaster: He manipulates just about everyone over the course of the story.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler: He asks XIII why he saved "that worthless black woman" instead of Kim who know much about the conspiracy. XIII replies that an asshole like him can't understand.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: He acts like a nice guy when pretending to help Amos and XIII investigate [=SSH2=].
* TheIdealist: Seems to share his brother's political ideas. [[spoiler: It's all a lie]].
%%* KarmicDeath: By ExplosiveLeash.
* MoleInCharge: He winds up leading the conspiracy to take over America while also serving as the president.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Wally Sheridan is the brother of an assassinated American president and he is a presidential candidate with a progressive and pacifist platform. During his campaign, he is the target of an assassination attempt. He is based on UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy, but unlike his real-life model, he survives the assassination attempt.
* PresidentEvil: He's the president of America, and he's evil to the bone.
%%* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney
%%* SiblingRivalry
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The public loves him on account of his charisma and the sympathy he garnered after the death of his brother.

[[folder:II]]
!!Calvin Wax (II)
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: He shoots himself in the head, setting off the self-destruct for his base in the process, rather than give up.
%%* DragonInChief
* EvilChancellor: Calvin Wax is a counselor of President Galbrain, then he becomes Secretary of Defense. He is also an evil conspirator.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He wears glasses, and he's willing to kill huge quantities of people to get what he wants.
%%* MoleInCharge
* NumberTwo: He serves as this in the conspiracy.
%%* PresidentEvil

[[folder:III]]
!!William S. Standwell (III)
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* TheButcher: His nickname during the war in Asia.
* TheDragon: To Calvin Wax.
* GeneralRipper: Standwell is said to have killed many civilians in a past conflict. He is also ready to start World War III right after the establishment of a dictatorship in the US.
* EyePatchOfPower: He has an eyepatch and he is one of the strongest bosses in the game.
* EyeScream: Carrington burnt his eye with a cigar.

[[folder:V]]
!!Senator Clayton Willard (V)

* BadassBoast: Even when outnumbered and outgunned, he just laughs that the FBI and XIII are vastly underestimating the conspiracy's power.
* CopKiller: He kills one of the FBI agents sent to arrest him.

[[folder:VII]]
!!Admiral Franklin Edelbright (VII)

* GeneralRipper: A Navy version. He works on behalf of a conspiracy that is planning on killing a huge number of people, including fellow US soldiers.

[[folder:IX]]
!!Jasper Winslow (IX)

* MoneyIsNotPower: During his boss fight he babbles that he can make XIII rich if XIII lets him go. It doesn't help him.
* MorallyBankruptBanker: He runs Winslow Bank, and he's also part of the evil conspiracy.

[[folder:XI]]
!!Colonel Seymour D. Mac Call (XI)
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* TheDragon: He is this relative to General Standwell.
* SinisterShades: He always wears sunglasses.

[[folder:XIII]]
!!Steve Rowland (XIII)
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%%* ColdSniper
* FakingTheDead: He faked his own death in a helicopter crash.
* MissingMom: Steve Rowland's mother died in an accident when she came back from his wedding.
%%* ProfessionalKiller
* ShellShockedVeteran: Kim tells his husband has changed a lot during the war and she does not recognize the man she married.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The conspiracy planned to kill him just after the assassination of William Sheridan.

[[folder:XVII]]
!!Kim Rowland (née Carrington) (XVII)

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She falls in love with [[spoiler:Wally Sheridan]], then with Steve Rowland, who are both involved in the conspiracy.
* DoubleAgent: Kim Rowland has worked for [[spoiler:Wally Sheridan]] all along. He asked her to infiltrate the counter-espionage services. The counter-espionage services used her to infiltrate the conspiracy led by [[spoiler:Wally Sheridan]].
* HeKnowsTooMuch:
** The conspiracy wants to kill her after the assassination of William Sheridan because of that.
** In ''Recap/ThirteenToOne'', [[spoiler:Wally Sheridan]] orders to kill her, because she knows that he is Number I.
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler:She has obeyed Wally Sheridan for years, because he has held her son hostage.]]
* MissingMom: Her mother died when she was 8 years old.
* ReverseMole: Kim Rowland was an infiltrated agent in the conspiracy.

[[folder:XX]]
!!Dr. Edward W. Johansson (XX)

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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He's a demented neurosurgeon who gleefully conducts horrible experiments on prisoners, and even goes after his own staff when they displease him.

!!Other Major Antagonists

[[folder:The Mongoose]]
!!The Mongoose (born Schreiner)
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!!Tropes in ''XIII'':

* AssassinOutclassin: Never succeeds to kill XIII.
%%* BaldOfEvil

%%* TheDreaded
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Wally Sheridan kills him in "The Trial" when he's about to reveal crucial informations about him and the Conspiracy of the XX]].
* ImplacableMan: He does not stop from chasing XIII to kill him.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His nickname is evocative of his personality.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He is known by his nickname, "The Mongoose".
%%* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler: To Irina]].
* ProfessionalKiller: He is a hitman hired to kill XIII and various other characters.

!!Tropes in ''XIII Mystery'':

* DarkAndTroubledPast: He was born with the name "Schreiner", and was a woodworker apprentice in the ruins of post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Berlin. He became a ProfessionalKiller to bribe Communist authorities of East Germany into freeing his master woodworker and ParentalSubstitute. It was AllForNothing when said woodworker committed suicide after .

[[folder:Irina]]
!!Irina Svetlanova
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%%* TheBaroness
* BattleaxeNurse: Her disguise the first time she confronts XIII.
* DiabolicalMastermind: She becomes the chief of her own SPECTRE-like organisation of hitmen and professional assassins, Executor, after [[spoiler: the death of the Mongoose]].
%%* DisneyVillainDeath
* EyeScream: She lost an eye during her first encounter with XIII.
%%* FemmeFatale
%%* HoneyTrap
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler: To the Mongoose after "The Trial"]].
%%* MasterOfDisguise
* ProfessionalKiller: She is the assistant of the Mongoose and she has to kill XIII.
%%* PsychoForHire
%%* PsychoLesbian
%%* TheVamp

[[folder:Frank Giordino]]
!!Frank Giordino
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* BigBad: He is the main antagonist to XIII from "The Trial" to "The Last Round".
* CigarChomper: Rarely seen without a cigar in his mouth.
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
%%* DirtyOldMan
%%* EvilMentor: To Jessica Martin.
* TheMafia: He's the son of an Italian-American crime boss.
%%* SmugSnake

[[folder:Felicity]]
!!Felicity Rowland (née Brown)
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%%* ActionGirl: In "Operation Monte Cristo" especially.
* BlackWidow: Felicity plans the murder of her husband, [[spoiler:then kills her lover Matt]].

%%* FemmeFatale
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: She was the nurse who took care of Jeremie Rowland, then she married him. Jeremie's love was probably sincere, but she was clearly faking her feelings for Jeremie.
* GoldDigger: Felicity is a young attractive woman who is married with an old handicapped rich landowner.
%%* HighClassCallGirl
%%* HoneyTrap
* KarmaHoudini: In ''Recap/WhereTheIndianGoes'', Felicity is not punished for the murders of Jeremie and [[spoiler:Matt Rowland]]. In the end of ''Recap/FullRed'', we hear that she had to disappear from the Rowlands' estate, but still she gets no real punishment for her crimes.
* LadyMacbeth: She encourages Matt to kill his brother.
* MayDecemberRomance: She is the young wife of the old Jeremie Rowland. Jeremie's love was probably sincere, but Felicity was clearly faking her feelings for Jeremie.

%%* TokenEvilTeammate: At the end of "Operation Monte Cristo".
%%* TrophyWife
%%* TheVamp
* UglyGuyHotWife: The old and handicapped Jeremie Rowland and the young and attractive Felicity.
* WickedStepmother: Felicity wants to frame Steve Rowland for the murders of Jeremie [[spoiler:and Matt Rowland]].
* YourCheatingHeart: Felicity cheats on her husband with Matt, who is a married man.

[[folder:Dwight Rigby]]
!!Dwight Rigby
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%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* CorruptHick: He controls everything in the DeepSouth town of Greenfalls, including the police.
%%* DeepSouth
* DirtyOldMan: He raped Judith Warner in her youth. Then he paid for her studies and drugstore.
%%* GoodOlBoy
%%* IOwnThisTown
* TheKlan: He was (or still is) a Klansman.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: As mentioned earlier, his wealth allows him to control the local police.
%%* VillainWithGoodPublicity
%%* WitchHunt
[[/folder]]

!!Other Characters

[[folder:William Sheridan]]
!!US President William Sheridan
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* CorruptPolitician: Got elected with the help of TheMafia.
%%* DeadToBeginWith
%%* TheIdealist
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: President Target and President Personable.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is an American president who was killed in his car during a parade. Doesn't it remind you of [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy someone]]?
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Maria Isabel]]
!!Maria Isabel De Los Santos
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%%* ActionGirl
%%* IronLady
* LoveInterest: [[spoiler: She was XIII's love interest when he helped the revolutionary guerilla of Costa Verde]]
%%* OurPresidentsAreDifferent
%%* SpicyLatina
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Padre Jacinto]]
!! Padre Jacinto aka "El Loco"
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%%* TheAlcoholic
%%* BadassMustache
* BadassPreacher: Spends more time being part of a guerilla than preaching.
%%* TheBigGuy
* CigarChomper: Never seen without a cigar in his mouth.
%%* GoodIsNotNice
* NamesToRunAwayFrom/TheAdjectiveOne: "El Loco" ("the Mad", in Spanish).
%%* SupportingLeader
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jessica Martin]]
!!Jessica Martin
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%%* ActionGirl
%%* BiTheWay
%%* BrokenBird
%%* ColdSniper
%%* FemmeFatale
* HeelFaceTurn: Twice. [[spoiler:One to ''both'' Frank Giordino and Irina Svatlanova]].
%%* HitmanWithAHeart
%%* TheMistress: To Frank Giordino.
* NotQuiteDead: It turns out she didn't die, as she shows up in "The Last Round" for some unfinished business with Frank Giordino.
* ProfessionalKiller: Works in partnership with Irina Svatlanova for some time.
%%* ScarilyCompetentTracker
%%* TrainingFromHell
[[/folder]]

[[folder:General Wittaker]]
!!General James Elroy Wittaker
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%%* TheAtoner
%%* FourStarBadass: Possibly.
%%* HeelFaceTurn
* PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: What he tries to escape with his association to Frank Giordino.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He wants no more to do with Frank Giordino, which gets his wife killed and himself almost killed when mafia thugs hired by Giordino suddenly attack his house.
* UnsafeHaven: His house, after calling it quits with Giordino's increasingly dirty business.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jonathan Mac Lane]]
!!Jonathan Mac Lane / Jonathan Fly
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%%* FaceDeathWithDignity
%%* TheFettered
%%* TheIdealist
* MysteriousPast: When XIII start investigating his life, he finds very little information. Why did he leave New York? Why did he settle in a small town? Why XIII cannot find any information about him in the archives of the newspaper he worked for?
%%* PowerOfTrust
%%* ParentalSubstitute
* WitchHunt: A victim of this in the RedScare times. See above.
* WorthLivingFor: His left-leaning and humanist ideas.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zeke Hattaway]]
!!Zeke Hattaway
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%%* TheAtoner
%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:He's blind, and he shot Dwight Rigby dead while being guided solely by the latter's voice]].
* TheReveal: He reveals the truth about [[AwfulTruth what happened]] to Jonathan Mac Lane.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Judith Warner]]
!!Judith Warner
[[quoteright:131:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Judith_7243.GIF]]

* BrokenBird: She has been raped at the age of 14. She got better though.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
%%* ChickMagnet
%%* EthicalSlut
%%* FilleFatale: When she was young.
* PromiscuityAfterRape: Judith is promiscuous (she says she regurlarly has sex with Dwight and David Rigby and she has a one-night stand with XIII) and she reveals that she was raped at 14.
* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: She's not very mad at Dwight Rigby for having raped her [[spoiler: because she was secretly in love with him.]]
* RapeAsBackstory: Judith reveals that she was raped by Dwight Rigby when she was 14.
%%* TheMistress
[[/folder]]

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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Other Characters]]

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!!William Sheridan

* AllohistoricalAllusion: UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is an American president who was killed in his car during a parade. Does not it remind you of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy?

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* LoveInterest: [[spoiler: She was XIII's love interest when he helped the revolutionarists of Costa Verde]]

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!! Padre Jacinto (aka "El Loco")

%%* BadassPreacher

%%* CigarChomper

* NamesToRunAwayFrom/TheAdjectiveOne: "El Loco".

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* HeelFaceTurn: Twice. [[spoiler: One to Frank Giordino and another to Irina Svatlanova]].

%%* NotQuiteDead

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* PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: What he tries to escape.
%%* ScrewThisImOuttaHere
* UnsafeHaven: His house.

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!!Jonathan Mac Lane

* WorthLivingFor: His leftist and humanist ideas.

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[[folder:The Conspiracy of the XX]]