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* {{Bishounen}}: Has the Striking Looks merit at level 4.
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* {{Bishounen}}: Comes with being a Heart.
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* TheAtoner: He feels heavy guilt and responsibility for being caught in his [[spoiler: Fae deal]] in Session 13.5.1, as well as his train of thought in the panic attack. He seeks to grow even stronger while closing off his own emotional issues. It grows worse when Dao has to [[spoiler: give himself up to release Richter from his deal and release Richter's parents from their enslavement.]] Grows even further when he finds out [[spoiler: the Alkahest Corporation has been committing crimes behind the public eye, before it was sold off by his father to Agnus Dei]]
** [[spoiler: His father had no idea that Agnus Dei was a cult at the time, and Agnus Dei has been using the remains of the Alkahest Corporation for their own ends. Richter is trying to get it back.]]
** [[spoiler: His father had no idea that Agnus Dei was a cult at the time, and Agnus Dei has been using the remains of the Alkahest Corporation for their own ends. Richter is trying to get it back.]]
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* {{Envy}}: He began with this vice, but it was switched to {{Wrath}}.
* GreenEyedMonster: He began with Envy as a vicc, but it was switched to [[UnstoppableRage Wrath]].
* TheHeart: His virtue is Charity. [[spoiler: With Dao now as a Changeling and Fetch and therefore no longer an active part of the main Pacific team, Richter literally is the only heart.]]
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* TheAtoner: He feels heavy guilt and responsibility for being caught in his [[spoiler: Fae deal]] in Session 13.5.1, as well as his train of thought in the panic attack. He seeks to grow even stronger while closing off his own emotional issues. It grows worse when Dao has to [[spoiler: give himself up to release Richter from his deal and release Richter's parents from their enslavement.]] Grows even further when he finds out [[spoiler: the Alkahest Corporation has been committing crimes behind the public eye, before it was sold off by his father to Agnus Dei]]
** [[spoiler: His father had no idea that Agnus Dei was a cult at the time, and Agnus Dei has been using the remains of the Alkahest Corporation for their own ends. Richter is trying to get it back.]]
* TheHeart: His virtue is Charity. [[spoiler: With Dao now as a Changeling and Fetch and therefore no longer an active part of the main Pacific team, Richter literally is the only heart.]]
** [[spoiler: His father had no idea that Agnus Dei was a cult at the time, and Agnus Dei has been using the remains of the Alkahest Corporation for their own ends. Richter is trying to get it back.]]
* TheHeart: His virtue is Charity. [[spoiler: With Dao now as a Changeling and Fetch and therefore no longer an active part of the main Pacific team, Richter literally is the only heart.]]
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[[{{Roleplay/Cardians}} The Cardian Syndicate]] is a custom Hunter Conspiracy within the world of White Wolf's New World of Darkness: Hunter the Vigil game. Cardians are members of a global criminal organization named so after their ranking system, which divides members into suits and numbers. They fight against supernatural creatures and monsters in order to protect humanity, though their methods may not always be 'lawful'.
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* AdultFear: Daddy instincts hit hard.
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->''"I'M ON A BOAT, FUCK."''
-> '''--Mako, shortly before her induction'''
[[{{Roleplay/Cardians}} The Cardian Syndicate]] is a custom Hunter Conspiracy within the world of White Wolf's New World of Darkness: Hunter the Vigil game. Cardians are members of a global criminal organization named so after their ranking system, which divides members into suits and numbers. They fight against supernatural creatures and monsters in order to protect humanity, though their methods may not always be 'lawful'.
The South East Asian/Pacific Division doesn't have a stationary headquarters: instead, the entire division is located on a [[CoolBoat giant warship]] that cruises between the islands in the south pacific region. The boat is always on the move from one mission to the next, always on the lookout for potential incidents and adversaries.
With two-thirds of the team members below the age of 25 (three of them being teenagers), Pacific probably has the distinction of having the youngest mean age out of all the Cardian divisions. However, that doesn't mean that they are any less capable of tackling threats on their own. Deals with fae, pirate invasions, and a mysterious eye cult with members spread across Asia— the Pacific team has more than their fair share of enemies on the horizon.
The team members themselves are as close as family, as thick as thieves. But will their teamwork stand up to months of voyages and fighting against? After all, [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one who fights monsters may find themselves becoming monsters as well...]]
...And just who is that masked merchant genie, anyway?
The campaign started in early August 2014 and [[ContinuityReboot rebooted in July 2015]] after a series of hiatuses, ending with Christmas 2014 in-game time. The reboot has a cast of both returning characters and new characters, although their relationships and their respective backstories may have changed. Some characters from the original Cardians Pacific do not return. The reboot page can be found [[Roleplay/CardiansSEAPacific2 here]].
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!Player Characters
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[[folder: Makoto E. 'Mako' Faust]]
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-->''"Alright mate, here's three 'F's for you. The first 'F' is for 'Five of Spades'. That's my rank. The second 'F' is for 'Faust'. That's my surname. And the third 'F' is for '''FUCK YOU.'''"''
-> ♠ | 23 | Japanese/English | Human [[spoiler:/Changeling]]
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
An antisocial computer university dropout turned vagabond and petty thief. She was inducted into the Cardians after a run-in with Sophie the genie and the Hedge. She spends most of her days alone in research or generally snarking at other people on the boat. Quick witted and sharp with a knack for fictional storytelling, her knowledge in the occult [[spoiler: and her ability to see through Fae Glamour]] are her main assets. Just don’t ask her to promise anything.
* TheAlcoholic: Although she doesn't suffer from alcohol addiction and normally abstains from drinking in excess (her virtue is Temperance), she is known to retreat to the bar with a bottle of vodka when things get a little too overwhelming for her tastes.
* AntiHero: Overlaps with KnightInSourArmour at times.
* AwesomenessbyAnalysis: Her duty as a Spade. She also has high Perception rolls.
%% * BadassBookworm
* BatterUp: Her starting weapon was a metal baseball bat.
* BlatantLies: A primary character trait. Mako just doesn't know how to tell the straight truth.
* DeadpanSnarker:
-->'''Jimmy:''' Uh, well, you flipped through a book and you started glowing and throwing black lightning bolts everywhere and Wilbur and Yusuke punched you a few times…
-->'''Mako:''' The usual, then.
-->'''Jo:''' I was about to chuck a pack of throwing knives through your skull.
-->'''Mako:''' Wow, Kriss, I really appreciate that.
* {{Delinquents}}: Not a complete one, but fits the general idea.
* DemonicPossession: Became temporarily possessed by an evil witch early on in Season 1.
** PowersViaPossession: Whenever the witch completely took over, she gained the ability to fly and throw deadly bolts of cursed lightning.
* TheDitherer: Tends to take a while making decisions.
* DontTellMama: Her mother Miyako still has no idea of what has happened to her over the course of the campaign; she still thinks Mako is studying in Tokyo.
* DontYouDarePityMe:
-->'''Mako:''' I'm a fuck-up. Please acknowledge this.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Cut off her braids when she decided to drop out of university. Doubles as an ImportantHaircut.
* FiveFingerDiscount: Has the highest roll for pickpocketing.
* GenderBlenderName: 'Makoto' is a unisex Japanese name, though it is more commonly used by males.
* GlamourFailure: [[spoiler: for any Fae or Fae-related creatures in Mako's presence.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Her vice is Envy.
%% * EyeColourChange: [[spoiler: When she unlocked her Fae heritage.]]
%% * HalfHumanHybrid
* HeroicWillpower: Is currently tied with Yusuke for having the highest resistance traits of the entire team.
* HurricaneOfExcuses: Her usual response to being called out on her lies.
* HyperAwareness: Has a high Perception dice pool, coupled with the Trained Observer merit which allows her to re-roll any failures once. [[spoiler: Her eyesight sharpens in the Hedge.]]
* IAmWho: She finds out partway through Season 1 that [[spoiler: her father is a Changeling, who somehow managed to father a child with Miyako, a human.]]
* IdiotHair
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk[=/=]JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Starts off as the former, slowly becomes the latter.
* LackOfEmpathy
* LastNameBasis: A habit of speaking Japanese that carried over. She always refers to her teammates by their last name.
* OhCrap: [[ButtMonkey Usually on the receiving end of one of these.]]
* SempaiKouhai: Eventually develops a relationship like this with Yusuke.
* SirSwearsALot: Known to be [[ClusterFBomb very liberal with her wording choices]] on more than one occasion.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Shares her knack for fictional storytelling with her father. It comes in handy when she and Yusuke have to appease a crowd of aliens.
* [[spoiler: SupernaturalSensitivity:]]
* TellMeABoutMyFather
* TheGlassesComeOff: Replaces her glasses with [[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual night-vision goggles]] partway through Season 1. [[spoiler: Not only does her vision fix itself after releasing her Fae nature, she also gains GlowingEyesOfDoom which would reveal her supernatural status to the others on board.]]
* TheMeanBrit
* SugarAndIcePersonality
* [[spoiler: TrueSight]]
* WackyParentSeriousChild: Alfred Faust is never serious.
* WhenSheSmiles: Seems to have taken a liking to Yusuke.
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[[folder: Saara Salonen]]
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-->''"'''MY STUFF!!!'''"''
-> ♦ | 16 | Finnish | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
A tiny and adorable Finnish teenager who travels the world. She has a hoarding problem which compels her to cling onto any and every item that comes her way, though with time she’s slowly learning to cope with it. She has trouble understanding metaphor and sarcasm, and is the innocent apple of everyone’s eye. She also happens to be the team gunslinger, medic and weapons forger, with a slightly disturbing fascination with the colour red. [[spoiler: The original Saara died from a gunshot and got switched to a living one from an alternative universe.]]
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: The youngest member of the team, she was 15 when the campaign started.
* [[spoiler: AlternateUniverse: The 'original' Saara was killed by a stray bullet. A Fae meddled with the timeline to switch her out to an alternate version of Saara from a universe where she stayed alive. The 'current' Saara does not belong in this timeline at all, and developed a derangement due to a sense of displacement.]]
* BadLiar: Does not like lying at all.
* BadassAdorable: Ended up blowing the head off a crazed woman with a shotgun in her tutorial.
* BewareTheHonestOnes[=/=]BewareTheNiceOnes: The first kill of the campaign was pulled off by a 15 year old.
* BreakTheCutie: Loses her things, separated from her brother and her family, and forced to work for a criminal organization to protect her loved ones from monsters... the world is not kind to Saara.
* ChildSoldiers
* ChildrenAreInnocent:
-->'''Saara:''' Dao, what are 'worldly desires'?
* CreepyChild: Has a disturbing fondness for the colour red.
* CuteAndPsycho: And guns.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon
* {{Greed}}: Her vice. She spent a long time deciding whether or not to trade off her team members in exchange for a hoard of treasure.
* IAmAHumanitarian: Was offered a delicious beef steak by a kindly woman in her tutorial. The woman turned out to be a psychopathic cannibal, and the steak wasn't beef at all...
* IHaveBrothers: One brother, Sampo Salonen. He spends half of Season 1 looking for her.
* ImprobableAge: She just turned 16 over the course of the campaign, and she's already slinging a gun around and crafting high-end technology.
* InnocentProdigy: Constructed a pair of high-tech night-vision goggles by hand.
* KillerRabbit: She has an adorable face, but she also has high rolls for firearms.
* LittlestCancerPatient: Her mother passed away from cancer, and it's implied that there is a high risk she could suffer from it as well.
* NaiveNewcomer: Grows up into a LittleMissBadass with time.
* NoodleImplements:
-->'''NPC:''' That door was locked! How did you get in here?!
-->'''Saara:''' I watch Korean dramas!
* SarcasmBlind
* SmallGirlBigGun: Was gifted a massive anti-material rifle that was almost as large as she was.
* StartOfDarkness: Gee, blood sure does have a pretty colour...
* TheBlacksmith: Has recently started studying weapons forging from Yubi. She created many cold-iron rings to protect her team members from Fae.
* TokenMiniMoe
* WildCard
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Has high crafts and medicine rolls, far beyond the expected capabilities of a teenager.
* WrenchWench
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[[folder: Richter Alkahest]]
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-->''"My mother would always tell me that you have to treat everyone with kindness, or the world will never be a better place." ''
-> ♥ | 22 | American (German descent) | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
Until recently, Richter was an aspiring Yale student with a strained relationship with his father. That was until he found out that his ‘dad’ was a Fetch all along. Richter is a charitable and kind young man, always looking after the younger members on-board as the ‘team mum’. He’s been put through a lot of stress lately, though, and anybody who harms his loved ones is in for a taste of the wrath he hides within. [[spoiler: It looks like his family has a darker past than he imagined, for his grandfather long had business ties to Cheiron and the Agnus Dei.]]
* BadassBookworm: Yale Student turned Cardian. Not quite a librarian, but has Striking Looks as well as high Intelligence.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's slow to get angry and bottles his emotions, but that bottle will turn into a Molotov Cocktail. Though lately he's been getting angrier more frequently.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He was the eldest of three to start off with, and then there's a number of younger kids on the boat.
* {{Bishounen}}: Has the Striking Looks merit at level 4.
* BlackSheep: To an extent. All members of the Alkahest family are seemingly extremely successful or are prodigious freaks of nature. Richter is very normal in comparison, and it's a source of his impossible standards. His grandfather considered him one as well.
* BreakTheCutie: Session 5, Session 13.5.1 (Solo), after Dao's disappearance, Session 15 at Cheiron, Session RP/17 when he finds out Fetches have the real deal's soul and when he almost gets sold to a brothel.
* CatchPhrase: Kinda. Triggered near cats. "OHNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO".
* CharacterDevelopment: He's become increasingly driven, hardworking, (and angry) and less prone to envy. That said, he is still prone to self-loathing.
* CheerfulChild: Usually has a smile on his face.
* CompellingVoice: On top of Striking Looks 4, he's rising to Distinctive Voice 4. The combination of physical beauty and the gentle voice (Saara likes the lullabies!) is going to add up to a rather monstrous default persuasion roll.
* {{Envy}}: He began with this vice, but it was switched to {{Wrath}}.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Hit on by men and women alike. It's gotten so bad that there's an established Hit-On list for him, and that's before Striking Looks 4.
* FishOutOfWater: He's pretty sheltered and reserved compared to a lot of his teammates. A few others have noted that his high moral standard is not fitting with the Cardians.
* FriendToAllChildren: He is closest to Saara, Yusuke, and Jo. He got very upset about the prospect of child experiments by the Cheiron Group.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He is a kind, generous, gentleman and is the team mom. The thing is, neither gentlemen or mothers should be taken lightly.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: With Dao.
** [[spoiler: DatingWhatDaddyHates: They get together eventually.]]
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: More or less tries to keep a more upright image to hide his awful inferiority complex.
* InnocentBlueEyes: It's been commented on a number of times, especially from those who hit on him.
* ItsAllMyFault: Has a habit of taking all the blame on himself.
* LonelyRichKid: He is sociable, but it appears that he never truly connected with others due to his self-hate.
* MamaBear: For the children and teenagers on board.
* MommasBoy: The most precious person in his life is his mother, Lily.
* NowOrNeverKiss: With Dao, when he [[spoiler: offered himself to the Game Master Fae in exchange for Richter's parents.]]
* ObliviousToLove: Forget-Me-Not from Abroad has been contacting him quite a bit...but it's only after her slip-up that Richter notices anything. Same with Dao until he started blushing really hard when [[spoiler: he asked Richter out.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: It turns out that his father was a Fetch all along. Subverted when he finds out that his real father, [[spoiler: now a Draconic Changeling who had been kidnapped to Arcadia and kept there for 12 years,]] is shown to love his family very much, and wanted to return to the mortal world.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Since he's regarded as the Team Mom, there's a number of people who respect his decisions. He's reasonable... most of the time.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue, to Dao's red. [[spoiler: [[OppositesAttract they're now a couple.]]]]
* ReluctantWarrior: Overlaps with ApologeticAttacker, though nowadays he's more willing to fight if it will protect people.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Always seen wearing a scarf.
* [[spoiler: SelfHarm: Richter started off with a mysterious point of Lethal damage in Session 17. Only Yubi and Dao found out about it during the session, with the latter being afraid for Richter's health and sanity. The revelation that the Fetch has a part of the Changeling's soul shocked Richter and compiled unacceptable levels of stress and guilt considering Valerian killed his own Fetch, destroying a part of his own soul and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone considering how distant and cruel Richter wanted to be to the Fetch Dao for being a fake replacement.]]]]
* SharedFamilyQuirks: As kind as his mother.
* SweetTooth: Bakes cookies.
* TeamChef: Yusuke and Emma are especially pleased with his cooking.
* TeamMom: Cares for the well-being of the team and makes sure everyone gets along.
* TellMeAboutMyFather: Sort of. When Richter finds out that the Alkahest family doesn't have the best reputation, he asks Darwin for info on his dad, his grandfather, and/or the family business.
* TheAtoner: He feels heavy guilt and responsibility for being caught in his [[spoiler: Fae deal]] in Session 13.5.1, as well as his train of thought in the panic attack. He seeks to grow even stronger while closing off his own emotional issues. It grows worse when Dao has to [[spoiler: give himself up to release Richter from his deal and release Richter's parents from their enslavement.]] Grows even further when he finds out [[spoiler: the Alkahest Corporation has been committing crimes behind the public eye, before it was sold off by his father to Agnus Dei]]
** [[spoiler: His father had no idea that Agnus Dei was a cult at the time, and Agnus Dei has been using the remains of the Alkahest Corporation for their own ends. Richter is trying to get it back.]]
* TheHeart: His virtue is Charity. [[spoiler: With Dao now as a Changeling and Fetch and therefore no longer an active part of the main Pacific team, Richter literally is the only heart.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Once you earn an Alkahest family member's trust, it is well earned, and they'll do anything for you.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: He was caught out alone with the Game Master Fae when he finds out the Fae had both of his parents in her captivity. He panics and initially thinks of selling off Cardian members in exchange for his parents, and his final deal with the Game Master Fae instead was to bring 2 people he'd do anything for in exchange for his parents' freedom. ]] He tries to make up for his panic attack by figuring out what to do but...
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Richter has been mistaken for 27 to 30 years old when he is only 22. He is noted for being more mature than his actual age despite being older than only the teenagers of the team.
* {{Workaholic}}: Always busy.
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[[folder: Yusuke 'Yuu-Chan' Kaneda]]
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-->''"Sempai!" ''
-> ♣ | 16 | Japanese | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
Otherwise an ordinary high school student, he and his best friend Tetsuo ended up in the Cardians after a ferry trip gone wrong. He may not be the brightest on-board, but he knows how to use his fists. He aspires to ‘be a shield’, to protect the people he cares about. Though arguably his greatest skills are his unwavering determination, fighting spirit, and the ability to befriend almost anybody with his simple but gently charisma.
* AllLovingHero: He's willing to give all villains they face a chance at redemption. It's a surprise he's not a Heart.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As innocent he may be, most people who take him as simple dumb muscle find themselves on the receiving end of his high Brawl rolls.
* BigEater
* Book Dumb: Is very perceptive and knowing when it comes to people skills. Maths and English... not so much.
* BoxingBattler: One of his many brawl-based fighting styles.
* BreakTheCutie: It's not that Yusuke himself is put through abuse... it's his friends and companions, and Yusuke beats himself up over not being able to do anything about it.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Tetsuo Yamamoto.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: A meta-example with Tetsuo. The GM admitted that Tetsuo was designed to be killed off in Yusuke's tutorial, but his sheer persistence and HeroicWillpower saved him from that fate.
* CuddleBug: ''Really'' likes hugs.
* DeclarationOfProtection: To everybody on the boat. It's a speech he makes often. He desires to 'become a shield' in order to protect the ones he loves.
* GreaterNeedThanMine
* LoveDodecahedron: Ends up in a teenage love pentagram with Ai, Tetsuo, Saara and Bianca. He has no clue that this love tangle even exists.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Has picked up the Shield-Bearer merit.
* ObliviousToLove: To Bianca.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Didn't sleep for days on end when he became overwhelmingly concerned for Tetsuo's safety and well-being.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Started off as one of these.
* SecretKeeper: With Mako, in regards to [[spoiler: her eyes.]]
* SempaiKouhai: The kouhai to Mako's Sempai.
* SweetTooth: Nobody appreciates Richter's love-filled cookies and baking more than Yusuke.
* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Korokke bread.
* UndyingLoyalty: To just about anybody on the boat, but Tetsuo in particular.
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[[folder:Jimmy Kim]]
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-->''"It's OK, still friend!". ''
-> ♣ | 23 | Korean/Whatever Kaj is | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
The team’s resident martial arts expert and one of the primary melee combatants on board. He strives to do whatever he can to defend his fellow teammates (or ‘best friends!’ as he calls them). Although originally appearing to be one of the more normal members of the team, his lust for battle, excitement over getting brutally injured, and warped way of thinking have confused and troubled his teammates to no end, as well as landed him with two curses.
* AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: The Tree Curse on his arm gives him superhuman strength, but he's afraid of physical contact with others else the curse could hurt them.
* AllLovingHero: Everyone he knows is his best friend. ''Everyone.''
* AttackAttackAttack: His initial response to most threats.
-->'''Jimmy:''' I wanna punch it.
* BigEater: ''Really'' likes his snacks. His vice is gluttony and he tends to eat when stressed. Having the tree curse increases the amount of cookies he can eat to frightening levels.
* BloodKnight: Fights everything.
* CatchPhrase: A pile of them in human form.
** "Still Friends!"
** "That was wild from start to finish!"
** "Hella!"
** "Bad vibes."
* CombatSadomasochist: Has no interest in hurting other people/things, but sure likes getting kicked in the face and stepped on.
* ContagiousHeroism: His heroic tendencies have been rubbing off onto Jo.
* DealWithTheDevil: Alongside Amir and Jo to rescue their fellow team members. The three of them must sacrifice a thousand souls in Lucifer's name to be freed.
* DeathGlare: The Lucifer Curse allows him to deliver a supernatural death glare that freezes people in place.
* DivingSave: To catch Farrell in his tutorial.
* EmotionalPowers: The Tree Curse reacts to his emotions, both positive and negative.
* ExtremeDoormat: He once let Jo duct-tape him to the ship's deck once, 'just 'cuz'.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: He strives to be just like his mother.
* FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow: About removing the Tree Curse, and after giving up on that, about never using it.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Even demons, sin-eaters and genies.
* GenerationXerox: Is the spitting image of his mother.
* GreaterNeedThanMine: Insists on letting the others heal first, even though he is the one with the most amount of damage.
* HatesBeingTouched: A fraction of his massive repressive tendencies.
* Heroic RROD[=/=]YouCanBarelyStand: Dude just won't give up when it comes to combat.
* HollywoodHealing
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Has the custom 'Overly Trusting' flaw, which prevents him from rolling for lie detection or empathy because he trusts people right off the bat.
* IconicOutfit: "Is that a Kim Possible cosplay?"
* IdiotHero: Only one intelligence dot and the 'Overly Trusting' flaw may contribute to his simplistic worldviews.
* MamasBoy: Has a lot of 'Mom issues'.
* ManChild: No wonder everyone thinks he's still in his teens.
* NatureVersusNurture: A constant battle between his true self and the disciplines his mother installed in him.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Probably the least disturbed of the entire cast when it comes to unsettling supernatural things.
* NotAfraidToDie: He's not a DeathSeeker, but he doesn't value his own life very much.
* OlderThanHeLooks: Most people guess he's about 14 at first.
* PowerOfFriendship: Won't stop talking about it.
* PowerOfTrust: Puts a lot of faith into trusting others, as well as the aforementioned 'Overly Trusting' flaw.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: With his mother. They share Vice and Virtue, primary skill sets, physical traits, taste in art, music, and hobbies.
* SpiritedCompetitor: Gee, he sure does love fighting.
* SweetTooth: Always carries around a bunch of small honey packets in his trousers.
* TaintedVeins: In its dormant state, the tree curse appears as black root-like marks on his left forearm. Dao thought it was a weird skin graft.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: When all you have are your fists, everything becomes punchable.
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[[folder:Jo Kriss [[spoiler:(Jiu Jie)]]]]
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-->''"The name's OJ."''
-> ♣ | 17 | Chinese/Australian | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
[[spoiler: Birth name: Jiu Jie]]
A Girl Scout and wanderer who ran away from home and ended up liberating a small Australian town from a demon lord, there is seemingly no end to Jo’s tricks and traps. Accompanied by a dingo spirit, she has deadly aim, a knack for manipulating others to get what she wants, and an opportunist attitude. She’s headstrong, but sometimes her plans land the team in a multitude of crazy situations. She, Jimmy and Amir are now cursed with a sacrificial demon pact with Lucifer. [[spoiler: She and Dao are long lost siblings.]]
* AbusiveParents: There's a reason why she's not so comfortable with family talk.
* AgeAppropriateAngst: Although fairly independent, she remains one of the younger members of the team.
* AllAPartOfTheJob: Maintains a very pragmatic outlook on the nature of the Cardians.
* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional
* BeneathTheMask: Once you get to know her, she's not as prickly as she looks.
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: Her vice is Pride.
* BreakTheCutie: A notable time was after a failed negotiation with Cheiron in which she used her Hell Curse at a not-so-ideal time, and there were misunderstandings between her and Saara. [[spoiler: Another time was when she found out that she and Dao were long lost siblings, and conveniently when he disappeared into the Arcadia! When the Fetch Dao came onto the boat, there was quite some family drama and tears shed. Cue more drama when it turned out that the Fetch was...well...a Fetch, and the real Dao was still stuck in Arcadia. More drama ensues on the rescue mission.]]
* CatchPhrase: "You owe me." Also, "The name is OJ."
* ChallengeSeeker: See above.
* CreatureOfHabit
* CuriousQualmsOfConscience
* DividedWeFall: She'll work very cooperatively in a team, and will certainly do her part.
* DoesNotLikeMagic
* DontLookAtMe
* DontYouDarePityMe
* EveryoneHasStandards
* FlawExploitation
* GuiltComplex
* GutFeeling
* HeroesLoveDogs: Her closest companion is a ghost Dingo named Bruce. He's tagged along by her side, dead and alive, even before she joined Cardians.
* IGaveMyWord: She has a sense of honour, and all promises and deals will be kept. Just watch yourself for what happens afterwards.
* KidsAreCruel: Jo has killed a number of monsters and some people before, and her approach, while not 100% callous, is far from the gentlest when it comes to people.
* MoodSwinger: Throwing knives around one minute, wallowing in self-reflection the next.
* NotBad
* ParentalBetrayal: Though not a villain outright, her father was not a very nice man.
* ScarfOfAssKicking: She wears a striped blue scarf at all times. It's very precious to her.
* TheAce: Lands the most critical successes in the entire team due to her high Dexterity and Athletics rolls.
* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: And when it does, it hurts like hell.
* UndyingLoyalty: If Jo befriends you, she's got your back.
* WeDoTheImpossible: From her extremely high success rates in combat and movement to her demonic deal, she has the ability and confidence to pull off a number of great feats.
* WhoNeedsEnemies: Jo, roll Dex and Athletics with Shurikenjutsu.
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[[folder:Wilbur Toofer]]
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-->''"Not the bacon!"''
-> ♦ | 44 | American | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
On the outside, Wilbur is your average gruff, buff, tough, wrong-side-of-the-tracks biker. On the inside, he’s exactly that. But he’s also a family man who will fiercely defend his children and comrades. He supplements his good old fisticuffs with his knowledge of mechanics and engineering. He’s also known board for his love of beer, bacon, his unstoppable rage if you get on his bad side... and his love for little Saara.
* Acrofatic: For someone who cannot see his feet, he is very light on them!
* ActionDad: His fatherly instincts are often overwhelimg him, and acts accordingly, usually to swing himself to protect his "family"
* AdultFear: Daddy instincts hit hard.
* AngstNuke: Years of anger management made him more acceptable towards people, but his fuse is still pretty short (not to mention the bomb it's attached to is MASSIVE).
* BadassAndChildDuo: Technically, almost anyone and Wilbur can make that combo.
* BerserkButton: Don't hurt his daughter or his teammates, especially Saara.
* BigDamnHeroes: In this ragtag team of hunters, Wilbur represents the big guy, bringing some visual variety to the crew.
* CrackOhMyBack: Joining the Cardians at the age of 44 hasn't been treating him in the best of ways.
* DeathGlare: "You can feel the piercing gaze of stern fatherly disapproval on your back"
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Wilbur is a hard worker, and right now his main objective is to keep everyone alive enough to be able to return home, where ever it may be.
* GentleGiant: Tallest of the team at 6'4", and when he's not angry, he is everyone's father.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Countering Jo's throwing abilities and Saara's shotgun using potential.
* HellYes: If Wilbur likes something, he'll give a strong voice to that opinion.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: With Wilbur and Saara.
* LetsGetDangerous: He may be a grown man, but he's very much in touch with his inner child. And that rascal hungers for excitement. And if that means jumping into a big fat brawl, or making some "drastic measures" happen, so be it.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Wilbur's anger and moments of possession has caused some friendly fire. He's accidentally cut Saara's face while under the influence of a witch, and punched Richter and Yusuke while under the influence of a Minotaur's maze.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Every team member is equally important, no matter their past actions. This applies heavily to Mako, since Wilbur once had to strike a deal with the Gransmaster Fae in order to save her from certain Doom.
* PapaWolf: The pack stays safe together under his guarding sight.
* RealMenEatMeat: His favorite food is bacon.
* StoutStrength: Strength 5!
* TeamDad: Counterpart to Richter's TeamMom.
* TheBigGuy: Less talking, more hitting.
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: His wife's passing left the greatest emotional mark on Wilbur.
* TheNicknamer
** Mako: Bowlcut Girl
** Saara: Little Miss, Missy
** Richter: Tea Guy, Lad
** Yusuke: Boy, "Mah boy"
** Jimmy: Little Man
** Jo: Scout, "Atta girl"
** Dao: Pretty boy, prince
** Helena: Smartypants
** Emil: Weirdo
* ThisMeansWar: Revenge is sweet, and Wilbur has a big appetite.
* WorldOfHam: If you want to make a point, say it and stand for it. If someone questions your point, SAY IT LOUDER!!!
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: No really, don't. His vice is wrath. Mess with the bull, get ready for the horns.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dao Xu]]
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-->''"Got tongue-tied by my beauty?"''
-> ♥ | 25 | Chinese | Human[[spoiler:/Later turned Changeling]]
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
Once a gang member, Dao was thrown into the Cardians after a traumatic experience involving finding his mother dead, and the dreaded Hook. His main skills on the team were his sharp-shooting and his striking looks… [[spoiler: that is, until he made a deal with a Fae to save Richter’s parents, sacrificing himself in the process. Now a Changeling, he’s was stuck in Arcadia under servitude of his Keeper, the Game Master Fae. The Changeling has forgotten everything about the boat and is beginning a slow recovery after being rescued by the team. He and Jo are long lost siblings.]]
* [[spoiler: AndIMustScream: Dao sacrificed himself to hands of the Game Master Fae in exchange for the freedom of Richter's parents, and by extension, Richter, from his Fae Deal. The result? He's had to play games with the Game Master for seemingly eternity, and was not allowed to neither leave nor to take a break. Games tend to range from fun and trivial to outright traumatizing, and if he died in-game, he'd be revived.]]
* [[spoiler: ArtificialHuman: His Fetch.]]
* [[spoiler: BeCarefulWhatYouSay: The conditions of Dao's deal was that he was to be released after 14 wins. The Game Master interprets this as leaving after the 14th win, no more, no less. He's won over 500 games. The team managed to steal him away though with the help of a genie.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dao will be your best friend. Well until he puts a bullet through your head.
* BishieSparkle: Striking looks 4 activated. Looks like a fairy vomited all over the place.
* {{Bishounen}}: Comes with being a Heart.
* [[spoiler: CameBackWrong: Kinda. The one that came back to the boat first was a Fetch, and the Changeling, after being rescued, isn't doing so hot. Either way, he's not human anymore.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Who needs rules of fair play when your life is on the line?
* [[spoiler: DemotedToExtra: As his player replaced one of the original Gms and as he sacrificed himself to Arcadia, Dao became an NPC.]]
* HandsomeLech: Pervert.
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Offered himself to the Game Master Fae in place of Richter's parents.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: He can be such an asshole, but sometimes his assholery rings true?
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is such an asshole, but then on the other hand he will do everything to make you happy, and love you with everything he has, but then again he is SUCH AN ASSHOLE.
* KilledMidSentence: Well not necessarily killed, but he did shoot Norah as everyone was discussing how he shouldn't shoot her...
* [[spoiler: IdentityAmnesia[=/=]AmnesiacLover: Changeling Dao lost all of his memories of the boat, of himself, and his team during his stay in Arcadia. The team, namely Richter, Jimmy, and Jo, managed to jumpstart his memories to the point where he can remember everyone's names and a few memories of his past here and there, but most of his memories still remain lost for now. Fetch Dao on the other hand, has all memories of his life and his time in Arcadia, or at least up until the Fetch was created and released, with perfect clarity. Richter continues to attempt to recover Changeling Dao's memories and remind him of the ways of the Mortal World and humanity.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: Started off with a small dice pool for empathy [[spoiler: but gets a good empathy dice pool as a Fetch and Changeling, especially with Richter for the former.]]
** [[spoiler: Despite the higher dice pool, the Changeling shows a very disturbing lack of touch with humanity and those around him.]]
* MissingMom: First she was dead, now she is in a coma, and Dao has no idea where she is now and everyone is crying.
* MrFanservice: Ready for a strip show any time ladies.
* OocIsSeriousBusiness: Dao isn't smiling? Apocalypse.
* PrettyBoy: He is so god damn PRETTY. It's embarrassing for everyone involved.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red, to Richter's Blue.
** [[spoiler: OppositesAttract: They are a couple now.]]
* SmellsSexy: [[spoiler: As a Flowering Changeling, Dao has a lingering rose scent that is supposed to be a part of his blessing. The Fetch also had this when everyone thought he was the real Dao.]]
* TheGunslinger: Guns? Guns!
** [[spoiler: The Changeling has forgotten how to use guns and uses a sword and shield instead.]]
* TheUnapologetic: He will not apologize, he will not regret. What is in the past, will stay in the fucking past.
* TheUnfettered: Morals are unnecessary if you have a goal, and there won't be anything that will stop him once he set his mind into something.
* TriggerHappy: He might be just a bit TOO happy to use his guns...
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Lost his best friend in an altercation with the cops when he was a teen. Guess getting revenge won't bring back the people you love.
* [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violently Protective Boyfriend]]: [[spoiler: Fetch Dao went into silent rage when he found out that some Yakuza members wanted to sell Richter to a brothel. Then, Fetch Dao punched the Changeling Dao when the Changeling Dao hit on Richter.]]
* WouldntHurtAChild: Okay. Maybe there is a line, although pulling a trigger is very easy...
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[[folder:Helena Lundberg]]
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-->''"Every function of an living organism must serve a purpose. Otherwise it would be just a waste of energy."''
-> ♠ | 30 | Finnish/Swedish | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials/Mission 11: Spa Short
A straightforward and no-nonsense psychologist from Finland. She had a stable life and job, but went abroad for some excitement- a decision which eventually landed her with the Cardians. She’s logical-minded and intelligent, but prefers mundane solutions and answers to supernatural ones and often ignores the latter for the former. Though she has a good memory, she’s terrible at reacting to new situations [[spoiler: partly due to a chronic learning disability.]]
* BadassBookworm: Scientist and librarian that can break herself through walls.
* BrainyBrunette: Complete with curly hair.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Helena is upset from just about everything that Emma does. For Emma it's everyday life.
* [[spoiler: CatsAreMagic: Måsse has been hinted to be this. Confirmed in Helena's and Emil's duo mission where Måsse started talking to Emil telepathically.]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint
* ConvictionByContradiction: Against Mako sometimes. She spends quite a lot of time picking up small clues and contradictions to figure out what's going on with [[spoiler: her eyes. Eventually she found out the truth.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: "Oh really now?"
* ForScience: Helena used to work as a researcher and strives to do a study on something not yet discovered. Unfortunately, she seems to treat other people more as possible test subjects than real human beings. She is currently trying to investigate Jimmy's Tree Curse to figure out a cure for her team-mates.
* FriendlessBackground: Hinted at now and then. She has never been exactly good at building friendships and it shows, as most of the boat currently do not have the best opinions of her.
* HartmanHips: Helena's body type is definitely a pear.
* LethalChef: Helena stabbed herself in her tutorial while making a sandwich. She also made overly strong coffee and has busted a stove once. She's managed to make cookies, but only with Richter's help.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Poor, poor Helena. Nobody likes her snooping. It's been getting better though.
* MustHaveCaffeine: She is a workaholic and a night owl. She pretty much needs coffee to kick herself going in the morning. She usually drinks Richter's coffee because her cooking is horrible.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Helena's reaction to doing criminal things (like stealing books). Also gets hit hard with this trope when [[spoiler: her fear caused her to use a blue shell in a Faerie Mario Kart race, resulting in a sequence of events that killed Saara twice. They have since reconciled somewhat.]]
* NoSocialSkills: First time meeting someone? Ask for their major.
* NotAMorningPerson: Stays awake working to late at night, so this is what you get if you wake her up early and don't give her coffee.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Becoming this. She already has dots in academics, investigation, medicine, science and occult...
* PullTheThread: Her way of catching a lie. She is good at spotting contradictions too.
* PursueTheDreamJob: Needed change to her secure job and life and jumped at the opportunity to work abroad... only to get recruited by a criminal organization.
* TantrumThrowing: Goes to gym to throw objects (and people) around when upset.
* TeamKiller: [[spoiler: Accidentally causes Mako to die once and Saara to die twice in the Fae realm. This triggers guilt driven character development.]]
* TechnoBabble: Prone to this, especially when trying to explain things to other people. Taken up to eleven on the Halloween mission, where she dressed up as scientist and, due Halloween spirit shenanigans, got all her science and logic skills maxed out.
* TheShrink: Has a degree in Psychology.
* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Mako has concerns that Helena might do this to her [[spoiler: due to recently discovering that she is a human-changeling hybrid.]]
-->'''Mako:'''I appreciate your urgency, Lundberg. But remember that people aren't merely to be treated like experiments. I sure as hell wouldn't like to end up strapped to an operating table with you holding the scalpel.
-->'''Helena:'''That's what Yubi told me too. Oh, and you don't have to worry about that, Mako. I usually prefer non-invasive procedures.
* WeirdnessCensor[=/=]ItsProbablyNothing: Helena dismisses most supernatural antics by attempting to find a scientific explanation for it. [[spoiler: She also dismisses any supernatural instances going on with her cat.]]
* {{Workaholic}}: Dislikes participating in non-work related events and activities.
* YouAreFat: Her weight has been picked on several times. Emma, Jo and Emil are the most common offenders.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Emil Butacu]]
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--> "''...Ya know what? I said plenty. Way more than ya earn. I need to get stuff done. Actually make stuff happen."''
-> ♦ | 29 | Australian | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials/Mission 12: Board Game Fun Fun
Emil used to make a living from being a shady, streetwise medical equipment dealer. Now he’s a shady, streetwise Cardian. He collects butterflies, is a surprisingly good artist, and is often the designated team driver, but he’s still a sleazy trickster with a penchant for pranks and mischief. He does care for the people he’s close to, however, particularly his brother Julian who went missing long ago, [[spoiler: at least, until he finds his journal.]]
* BookDumb
* ButtMonkey: Has been turned into a child, turned into Waluigi, nearly blew himself up with a bazooka, has had a Genie kick him out of her shop... etc. etc.
* ClusterFBomb: "Friggin'...frig...bloodyfukfug...sheessshgbrbgbgbrr!!"
* CombatPragmatist: Plays a game of Smash Brothers with Yusuke. Knocks the controller out of his hands to turn the game into a draw.
* ConfusionFu
* DontYouDarePityMe: Emil despises being dependant on others, [[spoiler: especially after finding his missing brother's journal. He's trying to research on his own.]]
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Emil's hair grew long after he was 'magically' turned from a child (during the cross-over session with Abroad) back into an adult. He has since kept the longer hair. It basically marks his entry into the Cardians.
* InHarmsWay: For the sake of adrenaline.
* ItsPersonal: Emil's attitude towards Cheiron. [[spoiler: They killed his best friend, Everett, and used him as an experiment.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: It's hard to take this guy seriously. He doesn't get informed about certain things with the excuse "You Are Not Ready" [[spoiler: The main offender was being uninformed about rescuing Changeling Dao from the Hedge, (or that the Fetch Dao was not human in the first place.]] Since he's been like a runt all his life, this results in RageAgainstTheMentor.
* NominalHero: Annoyance and Boredom apply here, with a sprinkle of reward.
* OpportunisticBastard
* ParentalNeglect: Both Emil and his brother, Julian, had to take care of themselves beyond food and sleep.
* PastimesProvePersonality: Catching and pinning butterflies is an odd hobby of Emil's that he picked up as a child.
* RealMenWearPink: He has a butterfly-catching hobby.
* ThePrankster: Put soap on a plank, made a 'chocolate' cake out of vegemite, throw paint-filled balloons...
* TokenEvilTeammate: Downplayed. Not 'Evil' so much as 'has his own moral grounds'.
* WeakButSkilled: Emil has a case of mysethenia, or muscle weakness, so has to be a CombatPragmatist and resort to ConfusionFu and his craft improvising for impact.
* WorkingThroughTheCold: The tree curse he got from his tutorial has put him under the weather as time progressed.
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!Aces
[[folder:Emma Young]]
--> "''Never waste a good can of beer."''
-> ♣ | 25 | Chinese | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
The laid-back, booze-drinking Ace of Clubs. Emma does what she wants, when she wants, and that something usually involves lazing about and/or throwing unwitting people overboard. When push comes to shove though, she will stand by her team members and will take on her responsibilities properly.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Amir Rachim]]
--> "''[[spoiler: 7 Demon Kings of Hell, I will prolong my punishment. Just let them go.]]"''
-> ♥ | 32 | Indian | Human [[spoiler: with a Demonic Contract.]]
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
An attractive Indian gentleman and the resident Ace of Hearts. He is a medium, a mortal with the ability to commune with and channel spirits. [[spoiler: He has several ties to Hell, due to a summoning ritual gone wrong in his youth.]] He is protective of his team, and strives to improve their skills and relationships. He’s also got a pretty nice closet.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Darwin Abbey]]
--> "''Ugh...We have so much to deal with."''
-> ♠ | 29-30 | German-Korean | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Mission 14: Swan Song (Post-Session)
A recently promoted Ace to replace Norah Darceleigh, Darwin is an exorcist with workaholic tendencies and pitiful social skills. He can summon protective sigils and charms against ghosts and ephemeral beings, and carries around a spray bottle of holy water for use against demons [[spoiler: (and Amir).]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk
* Workaholic: Always seen working, and usually with some form of caffeine.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Yubi Li]]
--> "''...I can't let something like this ever happen again."''
-> ♦ | [[spoiler: 500+]] | Chinese | [[spoiler: Immortal]]
->'''First Appearance:''' Mission 14: Swan Song (Post-Session)
Perhaps the most badass grandmother to ever set foot on the ship. Ai’s grandmother, a master of forging weapons, and Emma’s trainer/master. Currently teaches Saara how to forge weapons, a skill she learnt back [[spoiler: in the 1500’s.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Norah Darceleigh]]
--> "''Back when I was still a freshling under the Cardians, all I evver felt was hatred. Hatred towards the supernaturals for what they have done to me. Now that I am here, I do and don't regret being a member here. All I can do now is fulfill Perry's vision...which is to make a difference despite the harsh reputation this organization has."''
-> ♠ | 44 | Filipino-French | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
->'''Last Appearance''' Mission 14: Swan Song
The Ace of Spades, and the de facto leader of the entire division. She acts like a mother to Perry, though has a strained relationship with her biological son Orphie. She’s usually intelligent and composed, but when angered her rage hits like a typhoon. Well technically, it’s two shotguns. Don’t anger Norah. She eventually retired to a different division along with her family and Perry.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Amparo 'Perry' Gatan]]
--> "''I really like it here. This is my second home where Norah-Ma took me in and my friends. I know I fucked up a lot, and that caused a lot of casualties but....this is the only family that accepted me, cared for me, and nurtured me into what I am today. I promise you, this Division will start a change for the Cardian's reputation."''
-> ♦ | 23 | Filipino | Mage
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
->'''Last Appearance''' Mission 14: Swan Song
A young Mage who was taken in by the Cardians when he was barely a teenager. He’s soft-spoken, shy, and nervous, but he means the best for everyone and loves Norah very much. He is also one of Richter’s university colleagues. Along with the Darceleighs, Perry eventually moved onto a different division.
[[/folder]]
!Non-Player Allies
[[folder:Tetsuo Yamamoto]]
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--> "''You're my best friend, the bestest friend i've ever had and probably ever will. I actually wished i had told you sooner about this, maybe it wouldn't have gotten this messy if i did.. Sorry.. I should've trusted you more. I think.. I knew what the light is."''
-> ♠ | 16 | Japanese | Human (Possessed by Kiyoko)
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
Yusuke’s childhood friend, troubled by ghost possessions and overwhelming emotions. He came onto the Cardians boat with Yusuke when the Australia-bound boat got lost and got attacked by zombies, led by Kiyoko. Kiyoko has since possessed Tetsuo, and Tetsuo has been trying to fight her influence.
* ButtMonkey
* ChildhoodFriends: With Yusuke.
* [[spoiler: DeathFlag: Because of Kiyoko's influence, it's very likely that Tetsuo will not live long unless there is either a successful intervention or Tetsuo manages to keep his sense of self altogether. Even in the case of the former, there is a chance for severe failure. Yusuke was given the choice on what to do with him and Kiyoko, and he chose to always try to remind Tetsuo of who he is so that no one will get hurt trying to step in on Tetsuo's behalf.]]
** [[spoiler: Another death flag was when the Game Master Fae, then showing up as the Gae Fae, failed to bring forth a future version of Tetsuo.]]
* DemonicPossession: Via Kiyoko. When Kiyoko possesses him during battle, he has enhanced combat ability and the ability to turn enemies against each other.
* HumiliationConga: After the Halloween Mission, when he dressed as the Cheshire Cat, he got stuck with a pair of cat ears thanks to a Holiday Spirit.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: His primary weapon.
* LittleBitBeastly
* PowersViaPosession: See DemonicPosession.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Or at least, started off as such.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Arshort]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sophie]]
Wish Merchant | Genie
First Appearance: Tutorials
* DealWithTheDevil: Be careful with Genie wishes!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ai Li]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Aiko]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bianca]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Amala]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Orphie Darceleigh]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Everett Darceleigh]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cortez]]
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[[folder:Farrell Bauernfeind]]
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!Non-Player Enemies
[[folder:Kiyoko]]
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[[folder:Agnus Dei]]
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[[folder:Game Master Fae]]
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[[folder:Dexter]]
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!Family Members
[[folder:Alfred Faust]]
-> Librarian | 49 | English | [[spoiler: Changeling]]
-> '''First Appearance:''' Mission 7: Witchko's Dream
Mako's father. He was a quirky eccentric up until he fell into a mysterious coma years before Mako joined the Cardians. When Mako manages to finally contact him via dreams, [[spoiler: it is revealed that Alfred had been a Changeling since childhood, and that Mako herself is a human-changeling hybrid. He is currently kept under the servitude of a Fae.]]
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[[folder:Sampo Salonen]]
-> Forestry Student | 26 | Finnish | Human
-> '''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
Saara's older brother. He is an adventurous, nature enthusiast, completely embracing plants while rejecting modern technology. When Saara fails to show up at their meeting place after she had joined the Cardians, he spends much of his time trying to look for her. He manages to reunite with her for her birthday before returning. He and the rest of Saara's family are currently under the protection of the Cardians.
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[[folder:Valerian Alkahest]]
--> [[spoiler: "''I am your real father Richter. He stole all the time away from me."'']]
->Lawyer | [[spoiler: 38 at kidnapping, 50 chronologically]] | American (German descent) | [[spoiler: Changeling]]
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
Richter's distant father. When Richter was 10, [[spoiler: he was kidnapped by a Fae and subsequently replaced by a Fetch and turned into a Draconic Changeling. He eventually ended up in the servitude of the Game Master Fae until he was released through Dao's deal with the Game Master Fae. He has joined the Cardians as a Changeling who is unable to go home, and has revealed to Richter the true nature of the Alkahest Corporation, one that he wished to prevent Richter from inheriting for his protection. He also hints at Fetch Dao's true nature as a Fetch.]]
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[[folder:Liliane 'Lily' Alkahest]]
--> "''Please, save Richter."''
->Retired Orphanage Manager | 46 | French | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
Richter's beloved mother. A year prior to Richter joining the Cardians, she fell ill with leukemia, forcing her to retire. [[spoiler: She was later kidnapped by the Game Master Fae as a bargaining chip for her husband, Valerian. She remained in the Game Master Fae's servitude as her songstress until she was released through Dao's deal with the Game Master Fae.]] After some time of recovery, she was allowed to return home, giving Richter her lily pin.
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[[folder:Amelie Toofer]]
->University Student | 21 | American | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
Wilbur's beloved biological daughter. She was kidnapped and experimented on by Cheiron, and was infused with the Tree Curse. She was eventually rescued and cured, and in order to protect her, Wilbur chose to have her memories of the incident erased, and joined the Cardians.
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!!This Roleplay provides examples of:
* AbandonedLaboratory: An old Cheiron Group research lab located in the wilderness somewhere in Thailand. It turned out to be full of mutated genetic experiments.
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The team once woke up in a basement and sewer level of an old hospital, that housed a giant writhing pile of monster snakes.
* AlienAbduction: To Mako and Yusuke, courtesy of a cute little BlobMonster.
* ArtifactOfDoom: Several.
** The Witch's Diary Mako stole from her hut was revealed to [[SoulJar contain some of her malicious psyche.]]
** A plant called the 'Reaperthorn', said to exist in an alternate dimension. It is said to be able to wipe out the Tree Curse, but entire ecosystems as well.
* ArtificialHuman: Fetches, the makeshift puppets that are left behind by Fae after they kidnap humans. Richter's father turned out to be one. [[spoiler: Dao has one as well.]]
* {{Revenge}}: Kiyoko's modus operandi against Agnus Dei, the cult who sacrificed her.
* AwesomeBackpack: Wilbur made one for Saara, with love. It's almost as large as she is.
* BadassAdorable: Yusuke, Saara, and all of the other members who are still teenagers or younger.
* BashBrothers
* BishieSparkle: Three out of the original ten members possess the Striking Looks merit.
* BarredFromTheAfterlife: The ghost of a boy who couldn't move on, as his favourite toy was stuck in the Hedge.
* BeCarefulWhatYouSay: Fae have the power to bind fate to the spoken word. Even innocuous requests must be [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor worded carefully.]]
* BoardGames: One mission had have the team revert into childhood and play a life-sized game of checkers.
* CastsNoShadow: [[spoiler: How Mako discovers that a recently-returned Dao is a Fetch.]]
* CatsAreMagic: Helena's Cat Masse has a habit of appearing and disappearing in was that normal cats shouldn't be able to. [[spoiler: Also, it's telepathic.]]
* CatsAreMean: Masse doesn't like Emil very much. [[spoiler: She flat-out states that she prefers Helena over him, to his face.]]
* ColorMotif: Each team member is associated with a colour, for thematic and organization purposes.
** Mako: [[GreenAndMean Green]]
** Saara: Yellow
** Richter: Blue, but switched to red when [[LetsGetDangerous things got serious.]]
** Yusuke: Red
** Jimmy: Black
** Jo: Orange
** Wilbur: Dark Green
** Dao: Lavender
** Helena: Purple
** Emil: Brown
* ContinuityReboot: After a series of hiatuses resulting in ContinuitySnarl from various loose plot threads, the entirety of the campaign underwent a total reboot. Whilst some characters are returning, many have their histories, skills and personalities re-tooled. Both they and a few new characters began the campaign again from scratch with familiar, albeit altered circumstances.
* CoolBoat: The Pacific Division headquarters.
* CrossOver: With the Abroad Division. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero They blew up the Tokyo Tower.]]
* {{Curse}}: A few. Tree Curse, which is a parasitic plant-like spirit infection that feeds off emotions. There's also the Hell Curse (known as the Luci-Pact) which can only be lifted by sacrificing a thousand souls. [[IronButtMonkey Jimmy]] has both.
* DarknessEqualsDeath: One mission involved a trek through the dark engine room of the ship, to repair it during a blackout. The engine room turned out to be swarming with snake monsters.
* DeathGlare: Mako managed to pull one off at one of the snake monsters, scaring it away.
* DealWithTheDevil: More than once.
** Saara comes close to making one with a JackassGenie: trade away her teammates for a mountain of treasure.
** Wilbur mistakenly trades his daughter Amelie off to the Fae, but they manage to take it back.
** A very literal example when Amir, Jo and Jimmy make a pact with Lucifer ''himself'' to get their team out of Hell.
** Richter attempts to [[spoiler: rescue his kidnapped mother and father from a Fae by promising two people in return. Dao ends up volunteering himself instead.]]
* DemonicPossession: To Mako, courtesy of the Witch.
* DesertIsland: In the very first episode, a bunch of team members are led overboard by sirens and wake up stranded.
* DisappearedDad: Valerian Alkahest and Alfred Faust. [[spoiler: Both of them are Changelings.]]
* Doppelganger: Fetches appear to be an exact copy of the original kidnapped human. Richter's encounter with both his Changeling and Fetch fathers led to a case of SpotTheImposter.
* DungeonCrawl: A few missions have been played using a traditional top-down grid format.
* EscapedFromTheLab: A hoard of dangerous Cheiron experiments released from the abandoned facility in Thailand.
* ExactWords: [[spoiler: "500 games. He passed that amount years ago."]]
* EyeScream: The fate of the sleeping hospital patients. They had their eyes gouged out by a cult fanatic.
* FantasticDrug: Goblin Fruit act like this when they are consumed by a regular mortal. Also, Wilbur's pink beer.
* FishPeople: A whole pirate crew of them, including Arshort.
* FleshGolem: One of the team's first generic enemies, created by the Witch.
* ForScience: The Cheiron Group's MO.
* GenieInABottle: Or to be more precise, a Genie in a Snowglobe.
* GhostTown: The island Yusuke and Tetsuo visited in Yusuke's tutorial.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: Who are the good guys? The Cardians are criminals, after all. However, a few character interactions between the characters and staff have revealed that despite their status as a crime syndicate, [[EvenEvilHasStandards the Aces care about their team very much]].
* GroundhogDayLoop: Perry put the entire team in a loop in order to save his fellow Aces from a malicious Mage.
* HalloweenEpisode: Brought to you by the spirit of Holidays itself. It came back again for Pocky Day.
* HappyFlashback: To Mako of her family before her father fell into a coma.
* HeroicSacrifice: Princess Anne asked Richter to MercyKill her to free her people from evil pirates. [[spoiler: Dao also offers himself to the Game Master Fey in exchange for Richter's parents.]]
* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: Session 10.5. Mako and Wilbur get stuck in [[LandOfFaerie a fairytale land]] and re-enact a story Wilbur wrote for his daughter. [[spoiler: They were in Arcadia the whole time, in the realm of the Fae who is keeping Mako's father prisoner.]]
* LandOfFaerie: Arcadia, realm of the Fae.
* LiteralGenie: 'Sophie'. When Mako asked to be on a boat out of Japan, she put her on a literal rowboat in the middle of nowhere.
* MadScientistLaboratory: Cheiron's buildings and research labs all carry a morally questionable vibe.
* MineralMacGuffin: The 'Firestone', a red-hot jewel of great power. The team had to retrieve it from the clutches of a JackassGenie. They got the stone back safe and sound, but its purpose or the needs for the Aces to obtain it are still unknown.
* MissingMom: Jane Kim, until she shows up unexpectedly in Jimmy's tutorial.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Multiple times. [[ButterflyOfDoom The majority of them can be traced back to Mako's actions]], up to and including:
** Accidentally releasing Cheiron experiments into the wild by overriding the lockdown that kept them enclosed.
** Trying to outsmart a bridge troll, angering it and putting lives at risk.
** Holding onto the Witch's cursed diary for too long, allowing the Witch to possess her and wreak havoc amongst the team.
* OceanPunk: The main setting for most non-mission scenarios is somewhere adrift on the pacific ocean.
* {{Pirates}}: A whole invasion of them, complete with swashbuckling outfits, [[TalkLikeAPirate pirate speak]] and treasure.
* PlayingWithSyringes: The Cheiron Group mostly, but also by the Diamonds when they reverse-engineered their creations.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Tree Curse: it drains the host of nourishment and feeds off their emotions.
* {{Robinsonade}}: The first mission had everyone scramble around for resources and navigation on a deserted island. Then they found out that it wasn't so deserted after all.
* ScrewDestiny: Since the powers of Fae revolve around fate and destiny, every attack against them could be seen as this.
* SkeletonCrew: The team becomes one of these during their trip to Hell.
* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Kiyoko.
* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: One session takes place per week in real-time, but the spaces between missions in-game can be anything from two months to later the same day.
* TempleOfDoom: An ancient temple that housed mountains of treasure and ancient enchanted artefacts, guarded by a bound genie.
* TheAce: The four Aces are a literal example. There's also Aiko, the Queen of Clubs.
* TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily: A running joke amongst all Cardians players is that the Pacific Divison is the [[LighterAndSofter 'easy mode']] division, due to the general friendliness of the player characters involved. [[SubvertedTrope As for what actually]] [[MoodWhiplash happens in-session, however...]]
* TheHedgeOfThorns: The Hedge, a mythical border plane between the mortal world and [[LandOfFaerie Arcadia.]] It tears away at mind and soul, and is overall not a fun place to be.
* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: 'Sophie's chain of wish-stores which, like their owner, have a habit of popping up everywhere when you least expect it.
* TheLostWoods: The Hedge can appear in this form.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Many would-be boss fights have ended due to successful attempts at diplomacy. The team have gained a large group of NPC s because of their friendliness.
* TheShrink: Helena, though she's a medical psychologist rather than a therapist. It doesn't stop anyone else on the boat from treating her like one.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Jo passed by a small town in Australia in her travels, but ended up liberating it from a demon lord. There's also Summercliff and Winterhollow, two more Australian towns which appear to be more than simple truck stops.
* TreasureHuntEpisode: Episode 3: The hunt for the Firestone.
* TreasureMap: Pulled out from a giant fish's stomach. [[AWizardDidIt Sophie had something to do with it.]]
* UnfinishedBusiness: Kiyoko against Agnus Dei.
* YaoiFangirl: ''Zombie'' fangirls. A whole crowd of them attack Tetsuo and Dao in Tokyo.
* ZombieApocalypse: Yusuke's tutorial, where a hoard of zombies was created purely out of Kiyoko's wrath.
** Also, the aforementioned Yaoi Faingirls.
[[caption-width-right:338:Somewhere, on a boat out on the horizon...]]
->''"I'M ON A BOAT, FUCK."''
-> '''--Mako, shortly before her induction'''
[[{{Roleplay/Cardians}} The Cardian Syndicate]] is a custom Hunter Conspiracy within the world of White Wolf's New World of Darkness: Hunter the Vigil game. Cardians are members of a global criminal organization named so after their ranking system, which divides members into suits and numbers. They fight against supernatural creatures and monsters in order to protect humanity, though their methods may not always be 'lawful'.
The South East Asian/Pacific Division doesn't have a stationary headquarters: instead, the entire division is located on a [[CoolBoat giant warship]] that cruises between the islands in the south pacific region. The boat is always on the move from one mission to the next, always on the lookout for potential incidents and adversaries.
With two-thirds of the team members below the age of 25 (three of them being teenagers), Pacific probably has the distinction of having the youngest mean age out of all the Cardian divisions. However, that doesn't mean that they are any less capable of tackling threats on their own. Deals with fae, pirate invasions, and a mysterious eye cult with members spread across Asia— the Pacific team has more than their fair share of enemies on the horizon.
The team members themselves are as close as family, as thick as thieves. But will their teamwork stand up to months of voyages and fighting against? After all, [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one who fights monsters may find themselves becoming monsters as well...]]
...And just who is that masked merchant genie, anyway?
The campaign started in early August 2014 and [[ContinuityReboot rebooted in July 2015]] after a series of hiatuses, ending with Christmas 2014 in-game time. The reboot has a cast of both returning characters and new characters, although their relationships and their respective backstories may have changed. Some characters from the original Cardians Pacific do not return. The reboot page can be found [[Roleplay/CardiansSEAPacific2 here]].
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!Player Characters
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[[folder: Makoto E. 'Mako' Faust]]
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-->''"Alright mate, here's three 'F's for you. The first 'F' is for 'Five of Spades'. That's my rank. The second 'F' is for 'Faust'. That's my surname. And the third 'F' is for '''FUCK YOU.'''"''
-> ♠ | 23 | Japanese/English | Human [[spoiler:/Changeling]]
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
An antisocial computer university dropout turned vagabond and petty thief. She was inducted into the Cardians after a run-in with Sophie the genie and the Hedge. She spends most of her days alone in research or generally snarking at other people on the boat. Quick witted and sharp with a knack for fictional storytelling, her knowledge in the occult [[spoiler: and her ability to see through Fae Glamour]] are her main assets. Just don’t ask her to promise anything.
* TheAlcoholic: Although she doesn't suffer from alcohol addiction and normally abstains from drinking in excess (her virtue is Temperance), she is known to retreat to the bar with a bottle of vodka when things get a little too overwhelming for her tastes.
* AntiHero: Overlaps with KnightInSourArmour at times.
* AwesomenessbyAnalysis: Her duty as a Spade. She also has high Perception rolls.
%% * BadassBookworm
* BatterUp: Her starting weapon was a metal baseball bat.
* BlatantLies: A primary character trait. Mako just doesn't know how to tell the straight truth.
* DeadpanSnarker:
-->'''Jimmy:''' Uh, well, you flipped through a book and you started glowing and throwing black lightning bolts everywhere and Wilbur and Yusuke punched you a few times…
-->'''Mako:''' The usual, then.
-->'''Jo:''' I was about to chuck a pack of throwing knives through your skull.
-->'''Mako:''' Wow, Kriss, I really appreciate that.
* {{Delinquents}}: Not a complete one, but fits the general idea.
* DemonicPossession: Became temporarily possessed by an evil witch early on in Season 1.
** PowersViaPossession: Whenever the witch completely took over, she gained the ability to fly and throw deadly bolts of cursed lightning.
* TheDitherer: Tends to take a while making decisions.
* DontTellMama: Her mother Miyako still has no idea of what has happened to her over the course of the campaign; she still thinks Mako is studying in Tokyo.
* DontYouDarePityMe:
-->'''Mako:''' I'm a fuck-up. Please acknowledge this.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Cut off her braids when she decided to drop out of university. Doubles as an ImportantHaircut.
* FiveFingerDiscount: Has the highest roll for pickpocketing.
* GenderBlenderName: 'Makoto' is a unisex Japanese name, though it is more commonly used by males.
* GlamourFailure: [[spoiler: for any Fae or Fae-related creatures in Mako's presence.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Her vice is Envy.
%% * EyeColourChange: [[spoiler: When she unlocked her Fae heritage.]]
%% * HalfHumanHybrid
* HeroicWillpower: Is currently tied with Yusuke for having the highest resistance traits of the entire team.
* HurricaneOfExcuses: Her usual response to being called out on her lies.
* HyperAwareness: Has a high Perception dice pool, coupled with the Trained Observer merit which allows her to re-roll any failures once. [[spoiler: Her eyesight sharpens in the Hedge.]]
* IAmWho: She finds out partway through Season 1 that [[spoiler: her father is a Changeling, who somehow managed to father a child with Miyako, a human.]]
* IdiotHair
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk[=/=]JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Starts off as the former, slowly becomes the latter.
* LackOfEmpathy
* LastNameBasis: A habit of speaking Japanese that carried over. She always refers to her teammates by their last name.
* OhCrap: [[ButtMonkey Usually on the receiving end of one of these.]]
* SempaiKouhai: Eventually develops a relationship like this with Yusuke.
* SirSwearsALot: Known to be [[ClusterFBomb very liberal with her wording choices]] on more than one occasion.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Shares her knack for fictional storytelling with her father. It comes in handy when she and Yusuke have to appease a crowd of aliens.
* [[spoiler: SupernaturalSensitivity:]]
* TellMeABoutMyFather
* TheGlassesComeOff: Replaces her glasses with [[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual night-vision goggles]] partway through Season 1. [[spoiler: Not only does her vision fix itself after releasing her Fae nature, she also gains GlowingEyesOfDoom which would reveal her supernatural status to the others on board.]]
* TheMeanBrit
* SugarAndIcePersonality
* [[spoiler: TrueSight]]
* WackyParentSeriousChild: Alfred Faust is never serious.
* WhenSheSmiles: Seems to have taken a liking to Yusuke.
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[[folder: Saara Salonen]]
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-->''"'''MY STUFF!!!'''"''
-> ♦ | 16 | Finnish | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
A tiny and adorable Finnish teenager who travels the world. She has a hoarding problem which compels her to cling onto any and every item that comes her way, though with time she’s slowly learning to cope with it. She has trouble understanding metaphor and sarcasm, and is the innocent apple of everyone’s eye. She also happens to be the team gunslinger, medic and weapons forger, with a slightly disturbing fascination with the colour red. [[spoiler: The original Saara died from a gunshot and got switched to a living one from an alternative universe.]]
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: The youngest member of the team, she was 15 when the campaign started.
* [[spoiler: AlternateUniverse: The 'original' Saara was killed by a stray bullet. A Fae meddled with the timeline to switch her out to an alternate version of Saara from a universe where she stayed alive. The 'current' Saara does not belong in this timeline at all, and developed a derangement due to a sense of displacement.]]
* BadLiar: Does not like lying at all.
* BadassAdorable: Ended up blowing the head off a crazed woman with a shotgun in her tutorial.
* BewareTheHonestOnes[=/=]BewareTheNiceOnes: The first kill of the campaign was pulled off by a 15 year old.
* BreakTheCutie: Loses her things, separated from her brother and her family, and forced to work for a criminal organization to protect her loved ones from monsters... the world is not kind to Saara.
* ChildSoldiers
* ChildrenAreInnocent:
-->'''Saara:''' Dao, what are 'worldly desires'?
* CreepyChild: Has a disturbing fondness for the colour red.
* CuteAndPsycho: And guns.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon
* {{Greed}}: Her vice. She spent a long time deciding whether or not to trade off her team members in exchange for a hoard of treasure.
* IAmAHumanitarian: Was offered a delicious beef steak by a kindly woman in her tutorial. The woman turned out to be a psychopathic cannibal, and the steak wasn't beef at all...
* IHaveBrothers: One brother, Sampo Salonen. He spends half of Season 1 looking for her.
* ImprobableAge: She just turned 16 over the course of the campaign, and she's already slinging a gun around and crafting high-end technology.
* InnocentProdigy: Constructed a pair of high-tech night-vision goggles by hand.
* KillerRabbit: She has an adorable face, but she also has high rolls for firearms.
* LittlestCancerPatient: Her mother passed away from cancer, and it's implied that there is a high risk she could suffer from it as well.
* NaiveNewcomer: Grows up into a LittleMissBadass with time.
* NoodleImplements:
-->'''NPC:''' That door was locked! How did you get in here?!
-->'''Saara:''' I watch Korean dramas!
* SarcasmBlind
* SmallGirlBigGun: Was gifted a massive anti-material rifle that was almost as large as she was.
* StartOfDarkness: Gee, blood sure does have a pretty colour...
* TheBlacksmith: Has recently started studying weapons forging from Yubi. She created many cold-iron rings to protect her team members from Fae.
* TokenMiniMoe
* WildCard
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Has high crafts and medicine rolls, far beyond the expected capabilities of a teenager.
* WrenchWench
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[[folder: Richter Alkahest]]
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-->''"My mother would always tell me that you have to treat everyone with kindness, or the world will never be a better place." ''
-> ♥ | 22 | American (German descent) | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
Until recently, Richter was an aspiring Yale student with a strained relationship with his father. That was until he found out that his ‘dad’ was a Fetch all along. Richter is a charitable and kind young man, always looking after the younger members on-board as the ‘team mum’. He’s been put through a lot of stress lately, though, and anybody who harms his loved ones is in for a taste of the wrath he hides within. [[spoiler: It looks like his family has a darker past than he imagined, for his grandfather long had business ties to Cheiron and the Agnus Dei.]]
* BadassBookworm: Yale Student turned Cardian. Not quite a librarian, but has Striking Looks as well as high Intelligence.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's slow to get angry and bottles his emotions, but that bottle will turn into a Molotov Cocktail. Though lately he's been getting angrier more frequently.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He was the eldest of three to start off with, and then there's a number of younger kids on the boat.
* {{Bishounen}}: Has the Striking Looks merit at level 4.
* BlackSheep: To an extent. All members of the Alkahest family are seemingly extremely successful or are prodigious freaks of nature. Richter is very normal in comparison, and it's a source of his impossible standards. His grandfather considered him one as well.
* BreakTheCutie: Session 5, Session 13.5.1 (Solo), after Dao's disappearance, Session 15 at Cheiron, Session RP/17 when he finds out Fetches have the real deal's soul and when he almost gets sold to a brothel.
* CatchPhrase: Kinda. Triggered near cats. "OHNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO".
* CharacterDevelopment: He's become increasingly driven, hardworking, (and angry) and less prone to envy. That said, he is still prone to self-loathing.
* CheerfulChild: Usually has a smile on his face.
* CompellingVoice: On top of Striking Looks 4, he's rising to Distinctive Voice 4. The combination of physical beauty and the gentle voice (Saara likes the lullabies!) is going to add up to a rather monstrous default persuasion roll.
* {{Envy}}: He began with this vice, but it was switched to {{Wrath}}.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Hit on by men and women alike. It's gotten so bad that there's an established Hit-On list for him, and that's before Striking Looks 4.
* FishOutOfWater: He's pretty sheltered and reserved compared to a lot of his teammates. A few others have noted that his high moral standard is not fitting with the Cardians.
* FriendToAllChildren: He is closest to Saara, Yusuke, and Jo. He got very upset about the prospect of child experiments by the Cheiron Group.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He is a kind, generous, gentleman and is the team mom. The thing is, neither gentlemen or mothers should be taken lightly.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: With Dao.
** [[spoiler: DatingWhatDaddyHates: They get together eventually.]]
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: More or less tries to keep a more upright image to hide his awful inferiority complex.
* InnocentBlueEyes: It's been commented on a number of times, especially from those who hit on him.
* ItsAllMyFault: Has a habit of taking all the blame on himself.
* LonelyRichKid: He is sociable, but it appears that he never truly connected with others due to his self-hate.
* MamaBear: For the children and teenagers on board.
* MommasBoy: The most precious person in his life is his mother, Lily.
* NowOrNeverKiss: With Dao, when he [[spoiler: offered himself to the Game Master Fae in exchange for Richter's parents.]]
* ObliviousToLove: Forget-Me-Not from Abroad has been contacting him quite a bit...but it's only after her slip-up that Richter notices anything. Same with Dao until he started blushing really hard when [[spoiler: he asked Richter out.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: It turns out that his father was a Fetch all along. Subverted when he finds out that his real father, [[spoiler: now a Draconic Changeling who had been kidnapped to Arcadia and kept there for 12 years,]] is shown to love his family very much, and wanted to return to the mortal world.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Since he's regarded as the Team Mom, there's a number of people who respect his decisions. He's reasonable... most of the time.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue, to Dao's red. [[spoiler: [[OppositesAttract they're now a couple.]]]]
* ReluctantWarrior: Overlaps with ApologeticAttacker, though nowadays he's more willing to fight if it will protect people.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Always seen wearing a scarf.
* [[spoiler: SelfHarm: Richter started off with a mysterious point of Lethal damage in Session 17. Only Yubi and Dao found out about it during the session, with the latter being afraid for Richter's health and sanity. The revelation that the Fetch has a part of the Changeling's soul shocked Richter and compiled unacceptable levels of stress and guilt considering Valerian killed his own Fetch, destroying a part of his own soul and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone considering how distant and cruel Richter wanted to be to the Fetch Dao for being a fake replacement.]]]]
* SharedFamilyQuirks: As kind as his mother.
* SweetTooth: Bakes cookies.
* TeamChef: Yusuke and Emma are especially pleased with his cooking.
* TeamMom: Cares for the well-being of the team and makes sure everyone gets along.
* TellMeAboutMyFather: Sort of. When Richter finds out that the Alkahest family doesn't have the best reputation, he asks Darwin for info on his dad, his grandfather, and/or the family business.
* TheAtoner: He feels heavy guilt and responsibility for being caught in his [[spoiler: Fae deal]] in Session 13.5.1, as well as his train of thought in the panic attack. He seeks to grow even stronger while closing off his own emotional issues. It grows worse when Dao has to [[spoiler: give himself up to release Richter from his deal and release Richter's parents from their enslavement.]] Grows even further when he finds out [[spoiler: the Alkahest Corporation has been committing crimes behind the public eye, before it was sold off by his father to Agnus Dei]]
** [[spoiler: His father had no idea that Agnus Dei was a cult at the time, and Agnus Dei has been using the remains of the Alkahest Corporation for their own ends. Richter is trying to get it back.]]
* TheHeart: His virtue is Charity. [[spoiler: With Dao now as a Changeling and Fetch and therefore no longer an active part of the main Pacific team, Richter literally is the only heart.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Once you earn an Alkahest family member's trust, it is well earned, and they'll do anything for you.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: He was caught out alone with the Game Master Fae when he finds out the Fae had both of his parents in her captivity. He panics and initially thinks of selling off Cardian members in exchange for his parents, and his final deal with the Game Master Fae instead was to bring 2 people he'd do anything for in exchange for his parents' freedom. ]] He tries to make up for his panic attack by figuring out what to do but...
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Richter has been mistaken for 27 to 30 years old when he is only 22. He is noted for being more mature than his actual age despite being older than only the teenagers of the team.
* {{Workaholic}}: Always busy.
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[[folder: Yusuke 'Yuu-Chan' Kaneda]]
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-->''"Sempai!" ''
-> ♣ | 16 | Japanese | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
Otherwise an ordinary high school student, he and his best friend Tetsuo ended up in the Cardians after a ferry trip gone wrong. He may not be the brightest on-board, but he knows how to use his fists. He aspires to ‘be a shield’, to protect the people he cares about. Though arguably his greatest skills are his unwavering determination, fighting spirit, and the ability to befriend almost anybody with his simple but gently charisma.
* AllLovingHero: He's willing to give all villains they face a chance at redemption. It's a surprise he's not a Heart.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As innocent he may be, most people who take him as simple dumb muscle find themselves on the receiving end of his high Brawl rolls.
* BigEater
* Book Dumb: Is very perceptive and knowing when it comes to people skills. Maths and English... not so much.
* BoxingBattler: One of his many brawl-based fighting styles.
* BreakTheCutie: It's not that Yusuke himself is put through abuse... it's his friends and companions, and Yusuke beats himself up over not being able to do anything about it.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Tetsuo Yamamoto.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: A meta-example with Tetsuo. The GM admitted that Tetsuo was designed to be killed off in Yusuke's tutorial, but his sheer persistence and HeroicWillpower saved him from that fate.
* CuddleBug: ''Really'' likes hugs.
* DeclarationOfProtection: To everybody on the boat. It's a speech he makes often. He desires to 'become a shield' in order to protect the ones he loves.
* GreaterNeedThanMine
* LoveDodecahedron: Ends up in a teenage love pentagram with Ai, Tetsuo, Saara and Bianca. He has no clue that this love tangle even exists.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Has picked up the Shield-Bearer merit.
* ObliviousToLove: To Bianca.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Didn't sleep for days on end when he became overwhelmingly concerned for Tetsuo's safety and well-being.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Started off as one of these.
* SecretKeeper: With Mako, in regards to [[spoiler: her eyes.]]
* SempaiKouhai: The kouhai to Mako's Sempai.
* SweetTooth: Nobody appreciates Richter's love-filled cookies and baking more than Yusuke.
* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Korokke bread.
* UndyingLoyalty: To just about anybody on the boat, but Tetsuo in particular.
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[[folder:Jimmy Kim]]
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-->''"It's OK, still friend!". ''
-> ♣ | 23 | Korean/Whatever Kaj is | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
The team’s resident martial arts expert and one of the primary melee combatants on board. He strives to do whatever he can to defend his fellow teammates (or ‘best friends!’ as he calls them). Although originally appearing to be one of the more normal members of the team, his lust for battle, excitement over getting brutally injured, and warped way of thinking have confused and troubled his teammates to no end, as well as landed him with two curses.
* AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: The Tree Curse on his arm gives him superhuman strength, but he's afraid of physical contact with others else the curse could hurt them.
* AllLovingHero: Everyone he knows is his best friend. ''Everyone.''
* AttackAttackAttack: His initial response to most threats.
-->'''Jimmy:''' I wanna punch it.
* BigEater: ''Really'' likes his snacks. His vice is gluttony and he tends to eat when stressed. Having the tree curse increases the amount of cookies he can eat to frightening levels.
* BloodKnight: Fights everything.
* CatchPhrase: A pile of them in human form.
** "Still Friends!"
** "That was wild from start to finish!"
** "Hella!"
** "Bad vibes."
* CombatSadomasochist: Has no interest in hurting other people/things, but sure likes getting kicked in the face and stepped on.
* ContagiousHeroism: His heroic tendencies have been rubbing off onto Jo.
* DealWithTheDevil: Alongside Amir and Jo to rescue their fellow team members. The three of them must sacrifice a thousand souls in Lucifer's name to be freed.
* DeathGlare: The Lucifer Curse allows him to deliver a supernatural death glare that freezes people in place.
* DivingSave: To catch Farrell in his tutorial.
* EmotionalPowers: The Tree Curse reacts to his emotions, both positive and negative.
* ExtremeDoormat: He once let Jo duct-tape him to the ship's deck once, 'just 'cuz'.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: He strives to be just like his mother.
* FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow: About removing the Tree Curse, and after giving up on that, about never using it.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Even demons, sin-eaters and genies.
* GenerationXerox: Is the spitting image of his mother.
* GreaterNeedThanMine: Insists on letting the others heal first, even though he is the one with the most amount of damage.
* HatesBeingTouched: A fraction of his massive repressive tendencies.
* Heroic RROD[=/=]YouCanBarelyStand: Dude just won't give up when it comes to combat.
* HollywoodHealing
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Has the custom 'Overly Trusting' flaw, which prevents him from rolling for lie detection or empathy because he trusts people right off the bat.
* IconicOutfit: "Is that a Kim Possible cosplay?"
* IdiotHero: Only one intelligence dot and the 'Overly Trusting' flaw may contribute to his simplistic worldviews.
* MamasBoy: Has a lot of 'Mom issues'.
* ManChild: No wonder everyone thinks he's still in his teens.
* NatureVersusNurture: A constant battle between his true self and the disciplines his mother installed in him.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Probably the least disturbed of the entire cast when it comes to unsettling supernatural things.
* NotAfraidToDie: He's not a DeathSeeker, but he doesn't value his own life very much.
* OlderThanHeLooks: Most people guess he's about 14 at first.
* PowerOfFriendship: Won't stop talking about it.
* PowerOfTrust: Puts a lot of faith into trusting others, as well as the aforementioned 'Overly Trusting' flaw.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: With his mother. They share Vice and Virtue, primary skill sets, physical traits, taste in art, music, and hobbies.
* SpiritedCompetitor: Gee, he sure does love fighting.
* SweetTooth: Always carries around a bunch of small honey packets in his trousers.
* TaintedVeins: In its dormant state, the tree curse appears as black root-like marks on his left forearm. Dao thought it was a weird skin graft.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: When all you have are your fists, everything becomes punchable.
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[[folder:Jo Kriss [[spoiler:(Jiu Jie)]]]]
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-->''"The name's OJ."''
-> ♣ | 17 | Chinese/Australian | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
[[spoiler: Birth name: Jiu Jie]]
A Girl Scout and wanderer who ran away from home and ended up liberating a small Australian town from a demon lord, there is seemingly no end to Jo’s tricks and traps. Accompanied by a dingo spirit, she has deadly aim, a knack for manipulating others to get what she wants, and an opportunist attitude. She’s headstrong, but sometimes her plans land the team in a multitude of crazy situations. She, Jimmy and Amir are now cursed with a sacrificial demon pact with Lucifer. [[spoiler: She and Dao are long lost siblings.]]
* AbusiveParents: There's a reason why she's not so comfortable with family talk.
* AgeAppropriateAngst: Although fairly independent, she remains one of the younger members of the team.
* AllAPartOfTheJob: Maintains a very pragmatic outlook on the nature of the Cardians.
* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional
* BeneathTheMask: Once you get to know her, she's not as prickly as she looks.
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: Her vice is Pride.
* BreakTheCutie: A notable time was after a failed negotiation with Cheiron in which she used her Hell Curse at a not-so-ideal time, and there were misunderstandings between her and Saara. [[spoiler: Another time was when she found out that she and Dao were long lost siblings, and conveniently when he disappeared into the Arcadia! When the Fetch Dao came onto the boat, there was quite some family drama and tears shed. Cue more drama when it turned out that the Fetch was...well...a Fetch, and the real Dao was still stuck in Arcadia. More drama ensues on the rescue mission.]]
* CatchPhrase: "You owe me." Also, "The name is OJ."
* ChallengeSeeker: See above.
* CreatureOfHabit
* CuriousQualmsOfConscience
* DividedWeFall: She'll work very cooperatively in a team, and will certainly do her part.
* DoesNotLikeMagic
* DontLookAtMe
* DontYouDarePityMe
* EveryoneHasStandards
* FlawExploitation
* GuiltComplex
* GutFeeling
* HeroesLoveDogs: Her closest companion is a ghost Dingo named Bruce. He's tagged along by her side, dead and alive, even before she joined Cardians.
* IGaveMyWord: She has a sense of honour, and all promises and deals will be kept. Just watch yourself for what happens afterwards.
* KidsAreCruel: Jo has killed a number of monsters and some people before, and her approach, while not 100% callous, is far from the gentlest when it comes to people.
* MoodSwinger: Throwing knives around one minute, wallowing in self-reflection the next.
* NotBad
* ParentalBetrayal: Though not a villain outright, her father was not a very nice man.
* ScarfOfAssKicking: She wears a striped blue scarf at all times. It's very precious to her.
* TheAce: Lands the most critical successes in the entire team due to her high Dexterity and Athletics rolls.
* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: And when it does, it hurts like hell.
* UndyingLoyalty: If Jo befriends you, she's got your back.
* WeDoTheImpossible: From her extremely high success rates in combat and movement to her demonic deal, she has the ability and confidence to pull off a number of great feats.
* WhoNeedsEnemies: Jo, roll Dex and Athletics with Shurikenjutsu.
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[[folder:Wilbur Toofer]]
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-->''"Not the bacon!"''
-> ♦ | 44 | American | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
On the outside, Wilbur is your average gruff, buff, tough, wrong-side-of-the-tracks biker. On the inside, he’s exactly that. But he’s also a family man who will fiercely defend his children and comrades. He supplements his good old fisticuffs with his knowledge of mechanics and engineering. He’s also known board for his love of beer, bacon, his unstoppable rage if you get on his bad side... and his love for little Saara.
* Acrofatic: For someone who cannot see his feet, he is very light on them!
* ActionDad: His fatherly instincts are often overwhelimg him, and acts accordingly, usually to swing himself to protect his "family"
* AdultFear: Daddy instincts hit hard.
* AngstNuke: Years of anger management made him more acceptable towards people, but his fuse is still pretty short (not to mention the bomb it's attached to is MASSIVE).
* BadassAndChildDuo: Technically, almost anyone and Wilbur can make that combo.
* BerserkButton: Don't hurt his daughter or his teammates, especially Saara.
* BigDamnHeroes: In this ragtag team of hunters, Wilbur represents the big guy, bringing some visual variety to the crew.
* CrackOhMyBack: Joining the Cardians at the age of 44 hasn't been treating him in the best of ways.
* DeathGlare: "You can feel the piercing gaze of stern fatherly disapproval on your back"
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Wilbur is a hard worker, and right now his main objective is to keep everyone alive enough to be able to return home, where ever it may be.
* GentleGiant: Tallest of the team at 6'4", and when he's not angry, he is everyone's father.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Countering Jo's throwing abilities and Saara's shotgun using potential.
* HellYes: If Wilbur likes something, he'll give a strong voice to that opinion.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: With Wilbur and Saara.
* LetsGetDangerous: He may be a grown man, but he's very much in touch with his inner child. And that rascal hungers for excitement. And if that means jumping into a big fat brawl, or making some "drastic measures" happen, so be it.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Wilbur's anger and moments of possession has caused some friendly fire. He's accidentally cut Saara's face while under the influence of a witch, and punched Richter and Yusuke while under the influence of a Minotaur's maze.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Every team member is equally important, no matter their past actions. This applies heavily to Mako, since Wilbur once had to strike a deal with the Gransmaster Fae in order to save her from certain Doom.
* PapaWolf: The pack stays safe together under his guarding sight.
* RealMenEatMeat: His favorite food is bacon.
* StoutStrength: Strength 5!
* TeamDad: Counterpart to Richter's TeamMom.
* TheBigGuy: Less talking, more hitting.
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: His wife's passing left the greatest emotional mark on Wilbur.
* TheNicknamer
** Mako: Bowlcut Girl
** Saara: Little Miss, Missy
** Richter: Tea Guy, Lad
** Yusuke: Boy, "Mah boy"
** Jimmy: Little Man
** Jo: Scout, "Atta girl"
** Dao: Pretty boy, prince
** Helena: Smartypants
** Emil: Weirdo
* ThisMeansWar: Revenge is sweet, and Wilbur has a big appetite.
* WorldOfHam: If you want to make a point, say it and stand for it. If someone questions your point, SAY IT LOUDER!!!
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: No really, don't. His vice is wrath. Mess with the bull, get ready for the horns.
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[[folder:Dao Xu]]
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-->''"Got tongue-tied by my beauty?"''
-> ♥ | 25 | Chinese | Human[[spoiler:/Later turned Changeling]]
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
Once a gang member, Dao was thrown into the Cardians after a traumatic experience involving finding his mother dead, and the dreaded Hook. His main skills on the team were his sharp-shooting and his striking looks… [[spoiler: that is, until he made a deal with a Fae to save Richter’s parents, sacrificing himself in the process. Now a Changeling, he’s was stuck in Arcadia under servitude of his Keeper, the Game Master Fae. The Changeling has forgotten everything about the boat and is beginning a slow recovery after being rescued by the team. He and Jo are long lost siblings.]]
* [[spoiler: AndIMustScream: Dao sacrificed himself to hands of the Game Master Fae in exchange for the freedom of Richter's parents, and by extension, Richter, from his Fae Deal. The result? He's had to play games with the Game Master for seemingly eternity, and was not allowed to neither leave nor to take a break. Games tend to range from fun and trivial to outright traumatizing, and if he died in-game, he'd be revived.]]
* [[spoiler: ArtificialHuman: His Fetch.]]
* [[spoiler: BeCarefulWhatYouSay: The conditions of Dao's deal was that he was to be released after 14 wins. The Game Master interprets this as leaving after the 14th win, no more, no less. He's won over 500 games. The team managed to steal him away though with the help of a genie.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dao will be your best friend. Well until he puts a bullet through your head.
* BishieSparkle: Striking looks 4 activated. Looks like a fairy vomited all over the place.
* {{Bishounen}}: Comes with being a Heart.
* [[spoiler: CameBackWrong: Kinda. The one that came back to the boat first was a Fetch, and the Changeling, after being rescued, isn't doing so hot. Either way, he's not human anymore.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Who needs rules of fair play when your life is on the line?
* [[spoiler: DemotedToExtra: As his player replaced one of the original Gms and as he sacrificed himself to Arcadia, Dao became an NPC.]]
* HandsomeLech: Pervert.
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Offered himself to the Game Master Fae in place of Richter's parents.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: He can be such an asshole, but sometimes his assholery rings true?
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is such an asshole, but then on the other hand he will do everything to make you happy, and love you with everything he has, but then again he is SUCH AN ASSHOLE.
* KilledMidSentence: Well not necessarily killed, but he did shoot Norah as everyone was discussing how he shouldn't shoot her...
* [[spoiler: IdentityAmnesia[=/=]AmnesiacLover: Changeling Dao lost all of his memories of the boat, of himself, and his team during his stay in Arcadia. The team, namely Richter, Jimmy, and Jo, managed to jumpstart his memories to the point where he can remember everyone's names and a few memories of his past here and there, but most of his memories still remain lost for now. Fetch Dao on the other hand, has all memories of his life and his time in Arcadia, or at least up until the Fetch was created and released, with perfect clarity. Richter continues to attempt to recover Changeling Dao's memories and remind him of the ways of the Mortal World and humanity.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: Started off with a small dice pool for empathy [[spoiler: but gets a good empathy dice pool as a Fetch and Changeling, especially with Richter for the former.]]
** [[spoiler: Despite the higher dice pool, the Changeling shows a very disturbing lack of touch with humanity and those around him.]]
* MissingMom: First she was dead, now she is in a coma, and Dao has no idea where she is now and everyone is crying.
* MrFanservice: Ready for a strip show any time ladies.
* OocIsSeriousBusiness: Dao isn't smiling? Apocalypse.
* PrettyBoy: He is so god damn PRETTY. It's embarrassing for everyone involved.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red, to Richter's Blue.
** [[spoiler: OppositesAttract: They are a couple now.]]
* SmellsSexy: [[spoiler: As a Flowering Changeling, Dao has a lingering rose scent that is supposed to be a part of his blessing. The Fetch also had this when everyone thought he was the real Dao.]]
* TheGunslinger: Guns? Guns!
** [[spoiler: The Changeling has forgotten how to use guns and uses a sword and shield instead.]]
* TheUnapologetic: He will not apologize, he will not regret. What is in the past, will stay in the fucking past.
* TheUnfettered: Morals are unnecessary if you have a goal, and there won't be anything that will stop him once he set his mind into something.
* TriggerHappy: He might be just a bit TOO happy to use his guns...
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Lost his best friend in an altercation with the cops when he was a teen. Guess getting revenge won't bring back the people you love.
* [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violently Protective Boyfriend]]: [[spoiler: Fetch Dao went into silent rage when he found out that some Yakuza members wanted to sell Richter to a brothel. Then, Fetch Dao punched the Changeling Dao when the Changeling Dao hit on Richter.]]
* WouldntHurtAChild: Okay. Maybe there is a line, although pulling a trigger is very easy...
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[[folder:Helena Lundberg]]
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-->''"Every function of an living organism must serve a purpose. Otherwise it would be just a waste of energy."''
-> ♠ | 30 | Finnish/Swedish | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials/Mission 11: Spa Short
A straightforward and no-nonsense psychologist from Finland. She had a stable life and job, but went abroad for some excitement- a decision which eventually landed her with the Cardians. She’s logical-minded and intelligent, but prefers mundane solutions and answers to supernatural ones and often ignores the latter for the former. Though she has a good memory, she’s terrible at reacting to new situations [[spoiler: partly due to a chronic learning disability.]]
* BadassBookworm: Scientist and librarian that can break herself through walls.
* BrainyBrunette: Complete with curly hair.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Helena is upset from just about everything that Emma does. For Emma it's everyday life.
* [[spoiler: CatsAreMagic: Måsse has been hinted to be this. Confirmed in Helena's and Emil's duo mission where Måsse started talking to Emil telepathically.]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint
* ConvictionByContradiction: Against Mako sometimes. She spends quite a lot of time picking up small clues and contradictions to figure out what's going on with [[spoiler: her eyes. Eventually she found out the truth.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: "Oh really now?"
* ForScience: Helena used to work as a researcher and strives to do a study on something not yet discovered. Unfortunately, she seems to treat other people more as possible test subjects than real human beings. She is currently trying to investigate Jimmy's Tree Curse to figure out a cure for her team-mates.
* FriendlessBackground: Hinted at now and then. She has never been exactly good at building friendships and it shows, as most of the boat currently do not have the best opinions of her.
* HartmanHips: Helena's body type is definitely a pear.
* LethalChef: Helena stabbed herself in her tutorial while making a sandwich. She also made overly strong coffee and has busted a stove once. She's managed to make cookies, but only with Richter's help.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Poor, poor Helena. Nobody likes her snooping. It's been getting better though.
* MustHaveCaffeine: She is a workaholic and a night owl. She pretty much needs coffee to kick herself going in the morning. She usually drinks Richter's coffee because her cooking is horrible.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Helena's reaction to doing criminal things (like stealing books). Also gets hit hard with this trope when [[spoiler: her fear caused her to use a blue shell in a Faerie Mario Kart race, resulting in a sequence of events that killed Saara twice. They have since reconciled somewhat.]]
* NoSocialSkills: First time meeting someone? Ask for their major.
* NotAMorningPerson: Stays awake working to late at night, so this is what you get if you wake her up early and don't give her coffee.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Becoming this. She already has dots in academics, investigation, medicine, science and occult...
* PullTheThread: Her way of catching a lie. She is good at spotting contradictions too.
* PursueTheDreamJob: Needed change to her secure job and life and jumped at the opportunity to work abroad... only to get recruited by a criminal organization.
* TantrumThrowing: Goes to gym to throw objects (and people) around when upset.
* TeamKiller: [[spoiler: Accidentally causes Mako to die once and Saara to die twice in the Fae realm. This triggers guilt driven character development.]]
* TechnoBabble: Prone to this, especially when trying to explain things to other people. Taken up to eleven on the Halloween mission, where she dressed up as scientist and, due Halloween spirit shenanigans, got all her science and logic skills maxed out.
* TheShrink: Has a degree in Psychology.
* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Mako has concerns that Helena might do this to her [[spoiler: due to recently discovering that she is a human-changeling hybrid.]]
-->'''Mako:'''I appreciate your urgency, Lundberg. But remember that people aren't merely to be treated like experiments. I sure as hell wouldn't like to end up strapped to an operating table with you holding the scalpel.
-->'''Helena:'''That's what Yubi told me too. Oh, and you don't have to worry about that, Mako. I usually prefer non-invasive procedures.
* WeirdnessCensor[=/=]ItsProbablyNothing: Helena dismisses most supernatural antics by attempting to find a scientific explanation for it. [[spoiler: She also dismisses any supernatural instances going on with her cat.]]
* {{Workaholic}}: Dislikes participating in non-work related events and activities.
* YouAreFat: Her weight has been picked on several times. Emma, Jo and Emil are the most common offenders.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Emil Butacu]]
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--> "''...Ya know what? I said plenty. Way more than ya earn. I need to get stuff done. Actually make stuff happen."''
-> ♦ | 29 | Australian | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials/Mission 12: Board Game Fun Fun
Emil used to make a living from being a shady, streetwise medical equipment dealer. Now he’s a shady, streetwise Cardian. He collects butterflies, is a surprisingly good artist, and is often the designated team driver, but he’s still a sleazy trickster with a penchant for pranks and mischief. He does care for the people he’s close to, however, particularly his brother Julian who went missing long ago, [[spoiler: at least, until he finds his journal.]]
* BookDumb
* ButtMonkey: Has been turned into a child, turned into Waluigi, nearly blew himself up with a bazooka, has had a Genie kick him out of her shop... etc. etc.
* ClusterFBomb: "Friggin'...frig...bloodyfukfug...sheessshgbrbgbgbrr!!"
* CombatPragmatist: Plays a game of Smash Brothers with Yusuke. Knocks the controller out of his hands to turn the game into a draw.
* ConfusionFu
* DontYouDarePityMe: Emil despises being dependant on others, [[spoiler: especially after finding his missing brother's journal. He's trying to research on his own.]]
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Emil's hair grew long after he was 'magically' turned from a child (during the cross-over session with Abroad) back into an adult. He has since kept the longer hair. It basically marks his entry into the Cardians.
* InHarmsWay: For the sake of adrenaline.
* ItsPersonal: Emil's attitude towards Cheiron. [[spoiler: They killed his best friend, Everett, and used him as an experiment.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: It's hard to take this guy seriously. He doesn't get informed about certain things with the excuse "You Are Not Ready" [[spoiler: The main offender was being uninformed about rescuing Changeling Dao from the Hedge, (or that the Fetch Dao was not human in the first place.]] Since he's been like a runt all his life, this results in RageAgainstTheMentor.
* NominalHero: Annoyance and Boredom apply here, with a sprinkle of reward.
* OpportunisticBastard
* ParentalNeglect: Both Emil and his brother, Julian, had to take care of themselves beyond food and sleep.
* PastimesProvePersonality: Catching and pinning butterflies is an odd hobby of Emil's that he picked up as a child.
* RealMenWearPink: He has a butterfly-catching hobby.
* ThePrankster: Put soap on a plank, made a 'chocolate' cake out of vegemite, throw paint-filled balloons...
* TokenEvilTeammate: Downplayed. Not 'Evil' so much as 'has his own moral grounds'.
* WeakButSkilled: Emil has a case of mysethenia, or muscle weakness, so has to be a CombatPragmatist and resort to ConfusionFu and his craft improvising for impact.
* WorkingThroughTheCold: The tree curse he got from his tutorial has put him under the weather as time progressed.
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!Aces
[[folder:Emma Young]]
--> "''Never waste a good can of beer."''
-> ♣ | 25 | Chinese | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
The laid-back, booze-drinking Ace of Clubs. Emma does what she wants, when she wants, and that something usually involves lazing about and/or throwing unwitting people overboard. When push comes to shove though, she will stand by her team members and will take on her responsibilities properly.
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[[folder:Amir Rachim]]
--> "''[[spoiler: 7 Demon Kings of Hell, I will prolong my punishment. Just let them go.]]"''
-> ♥ | 32 | Indian | Human [[spoiler: with a Demonic Contract.]]
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
An attractive Indian gentleman and the resident Ace of Hearts. He is a medium, a mortal with the ability to commune with and channel spirits. [[spoiler: He has several ties to Hell, due to a summoning ritual gone wrong in his youth.]] He is protective of his team, and strives to improve their skills and relationships. He’s also got a pretty nice closet.
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[[folder:Darwin Abbey]]
--> "''Ugh...We have so much to deal with."''
-> ♠ | 29-30 | German-Korean | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Mission 14: Swan Song (Post-Session)
A recently promoted Ace to replace Norah Darceleigh, Darwin is an exorcist with workaholic tendencies and pitiful social skills. He can summon protective sigils and charms against ghosts and ephemeral beings, and carries around a spray bottle of holy water for use against demons [[spoiler: (and Amir).]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk
* Workaholic: Always seen working, and usually with some form of caffeine.
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[[folder:Yubi Li]]
--> "''...I can't let something like this ever happen again."''
-> ♦ | [[spoiler: 500+]] | Chinese | [[spoiler: Immortal]]
->'''First Appearance:''' Mission 14: Swan Song (Post-Session)
Perhaps the most badass grandmother to ever set foot on the ship. Ai’s grandmother, a master of forging weapons, and Emma’s trainer/master. Currently teaches Saara how to forge weapons, a skill she learnt back [[spoiler: in the 1500’s.]]
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[[folder:Norah Darceleigh]]
--> "''Back when I was still a freshling under the Cardians, all I evver felt was hatred. Hatred towards the supernaturals for what they have done to me. Now that I am here, I do and don't regret being a member here. All I can do now is fulfill Perry's vision...which is to make a difference despite the harsh reputation this organization has."''
-> ♠ | 44 | Filipino-French | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
->'''Last Appearance''' Mission 14: Swan Song
The Ace of Spades, and the de facto leader of the entire division. She acts like a mother to Perry, though has a strained relationship with her biological son Orphie. She’s usually intelligent and composed, but when angered her rage hits like a typhoon. Well technically, it’s two shotguns. Don’t anger Norah. She eventually retired to a different division along with her family and Perry.
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[[folder:Amparo 'Perry' Gatan]]
--> "''I really like it here. This is my second home where Norah-Ma took me in and my friends. I know I fucked up a lot, and that caused a lot of casualties but....this is the only family that accepted me, cared for me, and nurtured me into what I am today. I promise you, this Division will start a change for the Cardian's reputation."''
-> ♦ | 23 | Filipino | Mage
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
->'''Last Appearance''' Mission 14: Swan Song
A young Mage who was taken in by the Cardians when he was barely a teenager. He’s soft-spoken, shy, and nervous, but he means the best for everyone and loves Norah very much. He is also one of Richter’s university colleagues. Along with the Darceleighs, Perry eventually moved onto a different division.
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!Non-Player Allies
[[folder:Tetsuo Yamamoto]]
[[quoteright:335:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/868891d2affe399df5f7433c20ea6fff.png]]
--> "''You're my best friend, the bestest friend i've ever had and probably ever will. I actually wished i had told you sooner about this, maybe it wouldn't have gotten this messy if i did.. Sorry.. I should've trusted you more. I think.. I knew what the light is."''
-> ♠ | 16 | Japanese | Human (Possessed by Kiyoko)
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
Yusuke’s childhood friend, troubled by ghost possessions and overwhelming emotions. He came onto the Cardians boat with Yusuke when the Australia-bound boat got lost and got attacked by zombies, led by Kiyoko. Kiyoko has since possessed Tetsuo, and Tetsuo has been trying to fight her influence.
* ButtMonkey
* ChildhoodFriends: With Yusuke.
* [[spoiler: DeathFlag: Because of Kiyoko's influence, it's very likely that Tetsuo will not live long unless there is either a successful intervention or Tetsuo manages to keep his sense of self altogether. Even in the case of the former, there is a chance for severe failure. Yusuke was given the choice on what to do with him and Kiyoko, and he chose to always try to remind Tetsuo of who he is so that no one will get hurt trying to step in on Tetsuo's behalf.]]
** [[spoiler: Another death flag was when the Game Master Fae, then showing up as the Gae Fae, failed to bring forth a future version of Tetsuo.]]
* DemonicPossession: Via Kiyoko. When Kiyoko possesses him during battle, he has enhanced combat ability and the ability to turn enemies against each other.
* HumiliationConga: After the Halloween Mission, when he dressed as the Cheshire Cat, he got stuck with a pair of cat ears thanks to a Holiday Spirit.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: His primary weapon.
* LittleBitBeastly
* PowersViaPosession: See DemonicPosession.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Or at least, started off as such.
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[[folder:Arshort]]
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[[folder:Sophie]]
Wish Merchant | Genie
First Appearance: Tutorials
* DealWithTheDevil: Be careful with Genie wishes!
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[[folder:Ai Li]]
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[[folder:Aiko]]
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[[folder:Bianca]]
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[[folder:Amala]]
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[[folder:Orphie Darceleigh]]
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[[folder:Everett Darceleigh]]
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[[folder:Cortez]]
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[[folder:Farrell Bauernfeind]]
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!Non-Player Enemies
[[folder:Kiyoko]]
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[[folder:Agnus Dei]]
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[[folder:Game Master Fae]]
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[[folder:Dexter]]
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!Family Members
[[folder:Alfred Faust]]
-> Librarian | 49 | English | [[spoiler: Changeling]]
-> '''First Appearance:''' Mission 7: Witchko's Dream
Mako's father. He was a quirky eccentric up until he fell into a mysterious coma years before Mako joined the Cardians. When Mako manages to finally contact him via dreams, [[spoiler: it is revealed that Alfred had been a Changeling since childhood, and that Mako herself is a human-changeling hybrid. He is currently kept under the servitude of a Fae.]]
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[[folder:Sampo Salonen]]
-> Forestry Student | 26 | Finnish | Human
-> '''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
Saara's older brother. He is an adventurous, nature enthusiast, completely embracing plants while rejecting modern technology. When Saara fails to show up at their meeting place after she had joined the Cardians, he spends much of his time trying to look for her. He manages to reunite with her for her birthday before returning. He and the rest of Saara's family are currently under the protection of the Cardians.
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[[folder:Valerian Alkahest]]
--> [[spoiler: "''I am your real father Richter. He stole all the time away from me."'']]
->Lawyer | [[spoiler: 38 at kidnapping, 50 chronologically]] | American (German descent) | [[spoiler: Changeling]]
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
Richter's distant father. When Richter was 10, [[spoiler: he was kidnapped by a Fae and subsequently replaced by a Fetch and turned into a Draconic Changeling. He eventually ended up in the servitude of the Game Master Fae until he was released through Dao's deal with the Game Master Fae. He has joined the Cardians as a Changeling who is unable to go home, and has revealed to Richter the true nature of the Alkahest Corporation, one that he wished to prevent Richter from inheriting for his protection. He also hints at Fetch Dao's true nature as a Fetch.]]
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[[folder:Liliane 'Lily' Alkahest]]
--> "''Please, save Richter."''
->Retired Orphanage Manager | 46 | French | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
Richter's beloved mother. A year prior to Richter joining the Cardians, she fell ill with leukemia, forcing her to retire. [[spoiler: She was later kidnapped by the Game Master Fae as a bargaining chip for her husband, Valerian. She remained in the Game Master Fae's servitude as her songstress until she was released through Dao's deal with the Game Master Fae.]] After some time of recovery, she was allowed to return home, giving Richter her lily pin.
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[[folder:Amelie Toofer]]
->University Student | 21 | American | Human
->'''First Appearance:''' Tutorials
Wilbur's beloved biological daughter. She was kidnapped and experimented on by Cheiron, and was infused with the Tree Curse. She was eventually rescued and cured, and in order to protect her, Wilbur chose to have her memories of the incident erased, and joined the Cardians.
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!!This Roleplay provides examples of:
* AbandonedLaboratory: An old Cheiron Group research lab located in the wilderness somewhere in Thailand. It turned out to be full of mutated genetic experiments.
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The team once woke up in a basement and sewer level of an old hospital, that housed a giant writhing pile of monster snakes.
* AlienAbduction: To Mako and Yusuke, courtesy of a cute little BlobMonster.
* ArtifactOfDoom: Several.
** The Witch's Diary Mako stole from her hut was revealed to [[SoulJar contain some of her malicious psyche.]]
** A plant called the 'Reaperthorn', said to exist in an alternate dimension. It is said to be able to wipe out the Tree Curse, but entire ecosystems as well.
* ArtificialHuman: Fetches, the makeshift puppets that are left behind by Fae after they kidnap humans. Richter's father turned out to be one. [[spoiler: Dao has one as well.]]
* {{Revenge}}: Kiyoko's modus operandi against Agnus Dei, the cult who sacrificed her.
* AwesomeBackpack: Wilbur made one for Saara, with love. It's almost as large as she is.
* BadassAdorable: Yusuke, Saara, and all of the other members who are still teenagers or younger.
* BashBrothers
* BishieSparkle: Three out of the original ten members possess the Striking Looks merit.
* BarredFromTheAfterlife: The ghost of a boy who couldn't move on, as his favourite toy was stuck in the Hedge.
* BeCarefulWhatYouSay: Fae have the power to bind fate to the spoken word. Even innocuous requests must be [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor worded carefully.]]
* BoardGames: One mission had have the team revert into childhood and play a life-sized game of checkers.
* CastsNoShadow: [[spoiler: How Mako discovers that a recently-returned Dao is a Fetch.]]
* CatsAreMagic: Helena's Cat Masse has a habit of appearing and disappearing in was that normal cats shouldn't be able to. [[spoiler: Also, it's telepathic.]]
* CatsAreMean: Masse doesn't like Emil very much. [[spoiler: She flat-out states that she prefers Helena over him, to his face.]]
* ColorMotif: Each team member is associated with a colour, for thematic and organization purposes.
** Mako: [[GreenAndMean Green]]
** Saara: Yellow
** Richter: Blue, but switched to red when [[LetsGetDangerous things got serious.]]
** Yusuke: Red
** Jimmy: Black
** Jo: Orange
** Wilbur: Dark Green
** Dao: Lavender
** Helena: Purple
** Emil: Brown
* ContinuityReboot: After a series of hiatuses resulting in ContinuitySnarl from various loose plot threads, the entirety of the campaign underwent a total reboot. Whilst some characters are returning, many have their histories, skills and personalities re-tooled. Both they and a few new characters began the campaign again from scratch with familiar, albeit altered circumstances.
* CoolBoat: The Pacific Division headquarters.
* CrossOver: With the Abroad Division. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero They blew up the Tokyo Tower.]]
* {{Curse}}: A few. Tree Curse, which is a parasitic plant-like spirit infection that feeds off emotions. There's also the Hell Curse (known as the Luci-Pact) which can only be lifted by sacrificing a thousand souls. [[IronButtMonkey Jimmy]] has both.
* DarknessEqualsDeath: One mission involved a trek through the dark engine room of the ship, to repair it during a blackout. The engine room turned out to be swarming with snake monsters.
* DeathGlare: Mako managed to pull one off at one of the snake monsters, scaring it away.
* DealWithTheDevil: More than once.
** Saara comes close to making one with a JackassGenie: trade away her teammates for a mountain of treasure.
** Wilbur mistakenly trades his daughter Amelie off to the Fae, but they manage to take it back.
** A very literal example when Amir, Jo and Jimmy make a pact with Lucifer ''himself'' to get their team out of Hell.
** Richter attempts to [[spoiler: rescue his kidnapped mother and father from a Fae by promising two people in return. Dao ends up volunteering himself instead.]]
* DemonicPossession: To Mako, courtesy of the Witch.
* DesertIsland: In the very first episode, a bunch of team members are led overboard by sirens and wake up stranded.
* DisappearedDad: Valerian Alkahest and Alfred Faust. [[spoiler: Both of them are Changelings.]]
* Doppelganger: Fetches appear to be an exact copy of the original kidnapped human. Richter's encounter with both his Changeling and Fetch fathers led to a case of SpotTheImposter.
* DungeonCrawl: A few missions have been played using a traditional top-down grid format.
* EscapedFromTheLab: A hoard of dangerous Cheiron experiments released from the abandoned facility in Thailand.
* ExactWords: [[spoiler: "500 games. He passed that amount years ago."]]
* EyeScream: The fate of the sleeping hospital patients. They had their eyes gouged out by a cult fanatic.
* FantasticDrug: Goblin Fruit act like this when they are consumed by a regular mortal. Also, Wilbur's pink beer.
* FishPeople: A whole pirate crew of them, including Arshort.
* FleshGolem: One of the team's first generic enemies, created by the Witch.
* ForScience: The Cheiron Group's MO.
* GenieInABottle: Or to be more precise, a Genie in a Snowglobe.
* GhostTown: The island Yusuke and Tetsuo visited in Yusuke's tutorial.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: Who are the good guys? The Cardians are criminals, after all. However, a few character interactions between the characters and staff have revealed that despite their status as a crime syndicate, [[EvenEvilHasStandards the Aces care about their team very much]].
* GroundhogDayLoop: Perry put the entire team in a loop in order to save his fellow Aces from a malicious Mage.
* HalloweenEpisode: Brought to you by the spirit of Holidays itself. It came back again for Pocky Day.
* HappyFlashback: To Mako of her family before her father fell into a coma.
* HeroicSacrifice: Princess Anne asked Richter to MercyKill her to free her people from evil pirates. [[spoiler: Dao also offers himself to the Game Master Fey in exchange for Richter's parents.]]
* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: Session 10.5. Mako and Wilbur get stuck in [[LandOfFaerie a fairytale land]] and re-enact a story Wilbur wrote for his daughter. [[spoiler: They were in Arcadia the whole time, in the realm of the Fae who is keeping Mako's father prisoner.]]
* LandOfFaerie: Arcadia, realm of the Fae.
* LiteralGenie: 'Sophie'. When Mako asked to be on a boat out of Japan, she put her on a literal rowboat in the middle of nowhere.
* MadScientistLaboratory: Cheiron's buildings and research labs all carry a morally questionable vibe.
* MineralMacGuffin: The 'Firestone', a red-hot jewel of great power. The team had to retrieve it from the clutches of a JackassGenie. They got the stone back safe and sound, but its purpose or the needs for the Aces to obtain it are still unknown.
* MissingMom: Jane Kim, until she shows up unexpectedly in Jimmy's tutorial.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Multiple times. [[ButterflyOfDoom The majority of them can be traced back to Mako's actions]], up to and including:
** Accidentally releasing Cheiron experiments into the wild by overriding the lockdown that kept them enclosed.
** Trying to outsmart a bridge troll, angering it and putting lives at risk.
** Holding onto the Witch's cursed diary for too long, allowing the Witch to possess her and wreak havoc amongst the team.
* OceanPunk: The main setting for most non-mission scenarios is somewhere adrift on the pacific ocean.
* {{Pirates}}: A whole invasion of them, complete with swashbuckling outfits, [[TalkLikeAPirate pirate speak]] and treasure.
* PlayingWithSyringes: The Cheiron Group mostly, but also by the Diamonds when they reverse-engineered their creations.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Tree Curse: it drains the host of nourishment and feeds off their emotions.
* {{Robinsonade}}: The first mission had everyone scramble around for resources and navigation on a deserted island. Then they found out that it wasn't so deserted after all.
* ScrewDestiny: Since the powers of Fae revolve around fate and destiny, every attack against them could be seen as this.
* SkeletonCrew: The team becomes one of these during their trip to Hell.
* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Kiyoko.
* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: One session takes place per week in real-time, but the spaces between missions in-game can be anything from two months to later the same day.
* TempleOfDoom: An ancient temple that housed mountains of treasure and ancient enchanted artefacts, guarded by a bound genie.
* TheAce: The four Aces are a literal example. There's also Aiko, the Queen of Clubs.
* TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily: A running joke amongst all Cardians players is that the Pacific Divison is the [[LighterAndSofter 'easy mode']] division, due to the general friendliness of the player characters involved. [[SubvertedTrope As for what actually]] [[MoodWhiplash happens in-session, however...]]
* TheHedgeOfThorns: The Hedge, a mythical border plane between the mortal world and [[LandOfFaerie Arcadia.]] It tears away at mind and soul, and is overall not a fun place to be.
* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: 'Sophie's chain of wish-stores which, like their owner, have a habit of popping up everywhere when you least expect it.
* TheLostWoods: The Hedge can appear in this form.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Many would-be boss fights have ended due to successful attempts at diplomacy. The team have gained a large group of NPC s because of their friendliness.
* TheShrink: Helena, though she's a medical psychologist rather than a therapist. It doesn't stop anyone else on the boat from treating her like one.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Jo passed by a small town in Australia in her travels, but ended up liberating it from a demon lord. There's also Summercliff and Winterhollow, two more Australian towns which appear to be more than simple truck stops.
* TreasureHuntEpisode: Episode 3: The hunt for the Firestone.
* TreasureMap: Pulled out from a giant fish's stomach. [[AWizardDidIt Sophie had something to do with it.]]
* UnfinishedBusiness: Kiyoko against Agnus Dei.
* YaoiFangirl: ''Zombie'' fangirls. A whole crowd of them attack Tetsuo and Dao in Tokyo.
* ZombieApocalypse: Yusuke's tutorial, where a hoard of zombies was created purely out of Kiyoko's wrath.
** Also, the aforementioned Yaoi Faingirls.
