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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Hanako, Ansem's mother, is universally despised by virtually everyone in Radiant Garden; considering she was a borderline tyrant who believed herself superior to everyone else purely because she was royalty, it's hard to blame them. In ''Moons of Fate'' chapter 7, Yamato states outright that ''no one'' in the castle staff or general public cares for Hanako, and no one, including himself, would bat an eye if she were killed or miss her.
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** Hanako, Ansem's mother, is universally despised by virtually everyone in Radiant Garden; considering she was a borderline tyrant who believed herself superior to everyone else purely because she was royalty, it's hard to blame them. In ''Moons of Fate'' chapter 7, Yamato states outright that ''no one'' in the castle staff or general public cares for Hanako, and no one, including himself, would bat an eye if she were killed or missher.her.
** Braig has also earned this, constantly going out of his way to be an evil scumbag for its own sake and committing such atrocities as [[spoiler:killing Terra's family and trying to assassinate Princess Aurora]], all while admitting that he [[EvilAllAlong was always bad]] and if Xehanort had never come to Radiant Garden, he would have pulled a FaceHeelTurn on his own. By the end of ''New Light'', it's established that everyone and their mother (in some cases literally) wants his head on a pike.
** Hanako, Ansem's mother, is universally despised by virtually everyone in Radiant Garden; considering she was a borderline tyrant who believed herself superior to everyone else purely because she was royalty, it's hard to blame them. In ''Moons of Fate'' chapter 7, Yamato states outright that ''no one'' in the castle staff or general public cares for Hanako, and no one, including himself, would bat an eye if she were killed or miss
** Braig has also earned this, constantly going out of his way to be an evil scumbag for its own sake and committing such atrocities as [[spoiler:killing Terra's family and trying to assassinate Princess Aurora]], all while admitting that he [[EvilAllAlong was always bad]] and if Xehanort had never come to Radiant Garden, he would have pulled a FaceHeelTurn on his own. By the end of ''New Light'', it's established that everyone and their mother (in some cases literally) wants his head on a pike.
* ForTheEvulz: From the end of ''Final Stand'' onward, Braig's only goal, barring [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge revenge on Sora]], seems to be just causing pain, suffering, and going around being an evil scumbag for the sake of being an evil scumbag. At one point in ''The Rising Darkness'', he [[spoiler:goes to Enchanted Dominion and tries to assassinate Aurora for no other reason than because he can]].
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Patria calls out Ryo for his adamant belief that everything can be solved peacefully, pointing out that such tactics would never work on people like Xehanort. As harsh as she was, she's proven right when Ryo tries to reason with Jazzy, one of the Sovereign Enforcers, and is near-fatally stabbed for his efforts.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Patria is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and FieryRedhead, but she still makes several good points:
** When they go to [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} Duloc]], she deliberately provokes Dragon as part of a plan for Blaze to defeat her with her [[PlayingWithFire powers]], only for Blaze to succumb to PowerIncontinence and go on a rampage, which Brim admits is a recurring problem. Patria chews Brim out for [[LockedOutOfTheLoop not telling them about Blaze essentially being a walking bomb]], and Yuyake agrees with her on that. It overlaps with BothSidesHaveAPoint, since the others, Brim and Pith included, all agree that Patria provoking Dragon in the first place was reckless and idiotic.
** She calls out Ryo for his adamant belief that everything can be solved peacefully, pointing out that such tactics would never work on people like Xehanort. As harsh as she was, she's proven right when Ryo tries to reason with Jazzy, one of the Sovereign Enforcers, and is near-fatally stabbed for his efforts.
** When they go to [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} Duloc]], she deliberately provokes Dragon as part of a plan for Blaze to defeat her with her [[PlayingWithFire powers]], only for Blaze to succumb to PowerIncontinence and go on a rampage, which Brim admits is a recurring problem. Patria chews Brim out for [[LockedOutOfTheLoop not telling them about Blaze essentially being a walking bomb]], and Yuyake agrees with her on that. It overlaps with BothSidesHaveAPoint, since the others, Brim and Pith included, all agree that Patria provoking Dragon in the first place was reckless and idiotic.
** She calls out Ryo for his adamant belief that everything can be solved peacefully, pointing out that such tactics would never work on people like Xehanort. As harsh as she was, she's proven right when Ryo tries to reason with Jazzy, one of the Sovereign Enforcers, and is near-fatally stabbed for his efforts.
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* PsychoForHire: Malachi and Cander of the Sovereign Enforcers fit the bill quite well, taking a psychotic delight in harming others and admitting thatthat the only reason they haven't killed any members of the group yet is because their boss ordered them ''not'' to.
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* EvilAllAlong: Braig. Numerous side materials released by both Kristen Verne and [=YamiChaos7=] take lengths to show that he was never a particularly nice person, sucked at not being a {{Jerkass}} to people, and was a GloryHound who only joined the guard at Radiant Garden for [[BloodKnight the thrill of the fight]] and openly urged Ansem to become a warmongering conqueror just so he could have something to do. All in all, it's made clear that there was already something rotten inside Braig long before Xehanort ''ever'' came to Radiant Garden and recruited him, and even if Xehanort hadn't triggered his descent into villainy, he would have done so on his own sooner or later.
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* EvilAllAlong: Braig. Numerous side materials released by both Kristen Verne and [=YamiChaos7=] [=YamiChaos27=] take lengths to show that he was never a particularly nice person, sucked at not being a {{Jerkass}} to people, and was a GloryHound who only joined the guard at Radiant Garden for [[BloodKnight the thrill of the fight]] and openly urged Ansem to become a warmongering conqueror just so he could have something to do. All in all, it's made clear that there was already something rotten inside Braig long before Xehanort ''ever'' came to Radiant Garden and recruited him, and even if Xehanort hadn't triggered his descent into villainy, he would have done so made the jump on his own sooner or later.
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** Braig as well. At the end of ''Re:Final Stand'', he bemoans that he'll never get a Keyblade now and that Xehanort promised him his own. Terra and Aqua tell him point-blank that an evil bastard like him would ''never'' be worthy of a Keyblade anyway.
* EvilAllAlong: Braig. Numerous side materials released by both Kristen Verne and [=YamiChaos7=] take lengths to show that he was never a particularly nice person, sucked at not being a {{Jerkass}} to people, and was a GloryHound who only joined the guard at Radiant Garden for [[BloodKnight the thrill of the fight]] and openly urged Ansem to become a warmongering conqueror just so he could have something to do. All in all, it's made clear that there was already something rotten inside Braig long before Xehanort ''ever'' came to Radiant Garden and recruited him, and even if Xehanort hadn't triggered his descent into villainy, he would have done so on his own sooner or later.
* EvilAllAlong: Braig. Numerous side materials released by both Kristen Verne and [=YamiChaos7=] take lengths to show that he was never a particularly nice person, sucked at not being a {{Jerkass}} to people, and was a GloryHound who only joined the guard at Radiant Garden for [[BloodKnight the thrill of the fight]] and openly urged Ansem to become a warmongering conqueror just so he could have something to do. All in all, it's made clear that there was already something rotten inside Braig long before Xehanort ''ever'' came to Radiant Garden and recruited him, and even if Xehanort hadn't triggered his descent into villainy, he would have done so on his own sooner or later.
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** Even before he fell in with Xehanort, Braig was ''not'' a nice person, as revealed in ''Radiant Garden Renegades'', doing such things as taking baby Kairi's toys and ''dangling her over a flight of stairs'' under the excuse of playing with her. He got even worse when he began working with Xehanort, bribing the Insurgos to [[spoiler:kidnap Kairi and her friends]] and triggering a rockslide in the Great Maw that [[spoiler:trapped Kairi and Lea under the rubble for two days]]. In the epilogue of ''Renegades'', Ansem reveals that Braig was unsatisfied with his job, hated their peacekeeping ways, and repeatedly suggested to Ansem that they invade another country just so he'd have something to do. His actions in ''New Light'' definitely cement him as such; [[spoiler: among other things, he took over Hazy Hamlet and turned it into an even worse CrapsackWorld, killed Terra's parents and brother-in-law and gloated about having their heads mounted in his study to Pith's face, and tried to have Xally, Justin, Yuyake, and Hikari executed via [[CementShoes drowning]] and [[BurnTheWitch burning at the stake]] for no other reason than to be cruel.]]
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** Even before he fell in with Xehanort, Braig was ''not'' a nice person, as revealed in ''Radiant Garden Renegades'', doing such things as taking baby Kairi's toys and ''dangling her over a flight of stairs'' under the excuse of playing with her. He got even worse when he began working with Xehanort, bribing the Insurgos to [[spoiler:kidnap Kairi and her friends]] and triggering a rockslide in the Great Maw that [[spoiler:trapped Kairi and Lea under the rubble for two days]]. In the epilogue of ''Renegades'', Ansem reveals that Braig was unsatisfied with his job, hated their peacekeeping ways, and repeatedly suggested to Ansem that they invade another country just so he'd have something to do. His actions in ''New Light'' definitely cement him as such; [[spoiler: among other things, he took over Hazy Hamlet and turned it into an even worse CrapsackWorld, killed Terra's parents and brother-in-law and gloated about having their heads mounted in his study to Pith's face, and tried to have Xally, Justin, Yuyake, and Hikari executed via [[CementShoes drowning]] and [[BurnTheWitch burning at the stake]] for no other reason than to be cruel.]] It reaches new levels in ''Re:Final Stand'', where he commits such deeds as [[spoiler:assassinating the Riku Replica [[YankTheDogsChain just as he's freed from Xehanort's control]], shooting Master Eraqus dead (an act that [[EvenEvilHasStandards shocked even Xehanort]], and at the very end, gloating about how much he hated Ansem's peacekeeping ways and that if Xehanort had never come to Radiant Garden, he would have most likely joined the Insurgos, killed Ansem, taken the world over, and put Kairi and her parents in a cage to gloat over them for all eternity.]]
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* TheSociopath: Even before he joined up with Xehanort, Braig showed several signs of this, as displayed in such entries to the series as ''Moons of Fate''. For starters, he has a high need for stimulation, freely admitting he only joined up with the guard at Radiant Garden for [[BloodKnight the thrill of the fight]] and to [[GlorySeeker find glory]], hated working for the guard because of their peacekeeping ways, and had a severe LackOfEmpathy, enjoying getting a rise out of other trainees, one instance being his mocking Rimi being slapped by [[CantTakeCriticism Captain Minoru]] and calling her a weakling tp Kaname's face. After joining up with Xehanort, he keeps up the act of being a loyal soldier to Ansem to deflect suspicion and advance Xehanort's plans. He also possesses a grandiose sense of self-worth, which is best displayed in the final chapter of ''Re:Final Stand''; once Xehanort is defeated, he bemoans that he'll never get a Keyblade now, to which Aqua and Terra flat-out tell him to his face that an evil bastard like him is not worthy of having a Keyblade and never ''will'' be.
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* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: Braig in a nutshell. In ''Re:Final Stand'' chapter 38, he states that he joined the guard at Radiant Garden to be a conqueror and for [[BloodKnight the thrill of a fight]], and openly says he preferred the rule of [[GodSaveUsFromAQueen Hanako]], a tyrant who was [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating universally despised by her subjects]], over [[TheGoodKing Ansem]], a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who kept the peace.
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* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: Braig in a nutshell. In ''Re:Final Stand'' chapter 38, he states that he joined the guard at Radiant Garden to be a conqueror and for [[BloodKnight the thrill of a fight]], and openly says he preferred the rule of [[GodSaveUsFromAQueen [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Hanako]], a tyrant who was [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating universally despised by her subjects]], over [[TheGoodKing Ansem]], a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who kept the peace.
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* ToThePain: Kairi is outraged when they discover that Xehanort has [[spoiler:not only resurrected Kaname and Rimi to be his slaves, but also Master Eraqus]], demanding to know how low they can possibly sink. In response, Braig [[EvilGloating gloats]] that they haven't even ''begun'', and they're going to make all of Sora's group suffer as much as possible, in ways they can't even imagine.
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* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: Braig in a nutshell. In ''Re:Final Stand'' chapter 38, he states that he joined the guard at Radiant Garden to be a conqueror and for [[BloodKnight the thrill of a fight]], and openly says he preferred the rule of [[GodSaveUsFromAQueen Hanako]], a tyrant who was [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating universally despised by her subjects]], over [[TheGoodKing Ansem]], a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who kept the peace.
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* MotiveDecay: From the end of ''Final Stand'' onwards, Braig has gone from wanting a Keyblade of his own to just wanting petty {{revenge}} on Sora and [[ForTheEvulz just being as big of a dick as he can]].
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*RevengeByProxy: This is the motivation of the Insurgos' founder. Muramasa Mitsurugi, a former member of the royal guard, wants to make Queen Hanako pay not only for blatantly insulting his brother's death, but for leaving himself for dead in the wastelands just for demanding respect. Just outright killing her isn't enough for him though, as he wants her to suffer by making her feel the same pain he felt when his brother died. To that end, he has his Insurgos assassinate her husband, and then target her descendants to ensure that her "precious bloodline" never sees the light of day again. Unlike his followers, Muramasa doesn't even care if said descendants are innocent or not, only seeing them as tools to make Hanako suffer.
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* CreepySouvenir:
** Whenever Malachi kills someone, he takes a sample of their blood and stores it in his [[DropTheHammer hammer]] as a trophy.
** Whenever Malachi kills someone, he takes a sample of their blood and stores it in his [[DropTheHammer hammer]] as a trophy.
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* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Ryo repeatedly advocates a peaceful solution and insists that everyone can be reasoned with, only to be faced with this trope again and again. It comes to a head when he tries to peacefully negotiate with Jazzy and Rodia, and gets near-fatally stabbed in the chest as a result.
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* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Ryo repeatedly advocates a peaceful solution and insists that everyone can be reasoned with, only to be faced with this trope again and again. It comes to a head when he tries to peacefully negotiate with Jazzy and Rodia, and gets near-fatally stabbed in the chest as a result. Even then, it takes a session of TrainingFromHell at Vanitas' hands for Ryo to finally accept that sometimes, violence ''is'' necessary.
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* VirtueIsWeakness: A key factor in Orochi Mae's beliefs. In both ''How We Met'' and ''Radiant Garden Renegades'' chapter 5, he mocks Kaname to his face for his kindness and compassion; in the latter story, he goes so far as to commit suicide in front of him out of spite for said compassion.
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** A key factor in Orochi Mae's beliefs. In both ''How We Met'' and ''Radiant Garden Renegades'' chapter 5, he mocks Kaname to his face for his kindness and compassion; in the latter story, he goes so far as to commit suicide in front of him out of spite for saidcompassion.compassion.
** The crux of Braig's beliefs. He even states as such in a rant to Sasuke in ''Re:Final Stand'' chapter 34, stating it's what he hated the most while he worked for Ansem and the guard:
-->'''Braig''': Always the same with you! Always about your pitiful loyalist ideals! I hate that about you most of all! I hated that about the guard, and I certainly hated that about Yamato and especially Kaname! Heck, even Sora is now getting on my nerves with all his talk about his friends being his power! People who fight for those other than themselves don't survive!
** A key factor in Orochi Mae's beliefs. In both ''How We Met'' and ''Radiant Garden Renegades'' chapter 5, he mocks Kaname to his face for his kindness and compassion; in the latter story, he goes so far as to commit suicide in front of him out of spite for said
** The crux of Braig's beliefs. He even states as such in a rant to Sasuke in ''Re:Final Stand'' chapter 34, stating it's what he hated the most while he worked for Ansem and the guard:
-->'''Braig''': Always the same with you! Always about your pitiful loyalist ideals! I hate that about you most of all! I hated that about the guard, and I certainly hated that about Yamato and especially Kaname! Heck, even Sora is now getting on my nerves with all his talk about his friends being his power! People who fight for those other than themselves don't survive!
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* StupidEvil: [[spoiler:Briana]], the leader of the Sovereign Enforcers, tries to murder Patria on multiple occasions, most notably in chapter 26, because she's tired of her, despite knowing full well that their master [[IWantThemAlive wants Patria alive]]; for perspective, even Malachi and Cander, themselves AxCrazy [[PsychoForHire Psychos for Hire]], know better than to defy that order. It's even lampshaded in chapters 33 and 34, where [[spoiler:Briana]] confesses that her father [[spoiler:Braig]] [[PragmaticVillainywas furious at her for going against orders]], and now she ''has'' to capture Patria alive.
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* StupidEvil: [[spoiler:Briana]], the leader of the Sovereign Enforcers, tries to murder Patria on multiple occasions, most notably in chapter 26, because she's tired of her, despite knowing full well that their master [[IWantThemAlive wants Patria alive]]; for perspective, even Malachi and Cander, themselves AxCrazy [[PsychoForHire Psychos for Hire]], know better than to defy that order. It's even lampshaded in chapters 33 and 34, where [[spoiler:Briana]] confesses that her father [[spoiler:Braig]] [[PragmaticVillainywas [[PragmaticVillainy was furious at her for going against orders]], and now she ''has'' to capture Patria alive.
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* NotBrainwashed: Braig joined Xehanort of his own initiative. Even after being purged of Xehanort's influence at the end of ''Final Stand'', he voluntarily chooses to keep being evil.
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* RevengeMyopia: In ''4'' and onwards, Braig's entire motive is getting revenge on Sora for defeating him and ruining Xehanort's plans. Never mind the fact that Braig was helping an absolute madman try to destroy all of existence ForScience.
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** Downplayed with Braig. As shown in prequels set prior to the fall of Radiant Garden, Braig was never a particularly nice person, and ''really'' sucked at ''not'' being a dick to people, but no one could tell just how evil and psychopathic he really was, even after being freed from Xehanort's influence. Throughout the series, Braig does such horrible things as [[spoiler:trap Lea and Kairi under a rockslide, sell out his own home to Xehanort, take over Hazy Hamlet and turn it into an even crappier place to live than it was before (which is ''really'' saying something, since it was a CrapsackWorld to begin with), and bragged that he executed Terra's parents and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay mounted their heads in their study]] for no other reason than to be a sadistic asshole.]]
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** Downplayed with Braig. As shown in prequels set prior to the fall of Radiant Garden, Braig was never a particularly nice person, and ''really'' sucked at ''not'' being a dick to people, but no one could tell just how evil and psychopathic he really was, even after being freed from Xehanort's influence. Throughout the series, Braig does such horrible things as [[spoiler:trap Lea and Kairi under a rockslide, sell out his own home to Xehanort, take over Hazy Hamlet and turn it into an even crappier place to live than it was before (which is ''really'' saying something, since it was a CrapsackWorld to begin with), and bragged that he executed Terra's parents and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay mounted their heads in their study]] for no other reason than to be a sadistic asshole.asshole; he even states that doing so [[ForTheEvulz was his favorite part of becoming king of Hazy Hamlet]].]]
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter:
** Maximus, the Captain of the Guard prior to Minoru, as revealed in ''Moons of Fate''. He had great faith in Minoru, and even recommended that Ansem make him captain in his place. Minoru proved to be a GeneralFailure and EntitledBastard, constantly screwing up in missions, having to be saved by Yamato from his own mistakes, and being insanely jealous that Yamato got the fame and recognition he felt was rightfully owed to him; the final straw was when he slapped Rimi, the crown princess he's supposed to be respecting, for [[[CantTakeCriticism calling him out on being a selfish, entitled loser]], which led Ansem to fire him. Yamato even lampshades it, openly wondering ''what'' Maximus ever saw in Minoru.
** Hayato, Yamato's friend, was this to Braig, taking him into the guard and under his tutelage. Braig was a thrill-seeker more concerned with his own fame than helping people, openly fantasized about conquering other kingdoms, and enjoyed getting a rise out of his fellow trainees, going so far as to [[KickTheDog tease Kaname over Minoru slapping Rimi and calling Rimi weak]] just to get a cheap laugh. While Hayato tried to act as TheConscience to Braig, he failed; as shown throughout preceding stories, most notably ''Final Stand'' and ''New Light'', Braig just kept getting worse over time. In Hayato's defense, he ''does'' acknowledge Braig's problems and wonders if taking him on as a trainee was a mistake.
** Maximus, the Captain of the Guard prior to Minoru, as revealed in ''Moons of Fate''. He had great faith in Minoru, and even recommended that Ansem make him captain in his place. Minoru proved to be a GeneralFailure and EntitledBastard, constantly screwing up in missions, having to be saved by Yamato from his own mistakes, and being insanely jealous that Yamato got the fame and recognition he felt was rightfully owed to him; the final straw was when he slapped Rimi, the crown princess he's supposed to be respecting, for [[[CantTakeCriticism calling him out on being a selfish, entitled loser]], which led Ansem to fire him. Yamato even lampshades it, openly wondering ''what'' Maximus ever saw in Minoru.
** Hayato, Yamato's friend, was this to Braig, taking him into the guard and under his tutelage. Braig was a thrill-seeker more concerned with his own fame than helping people, openly fantasized about conquering other kingdoms, and enjoyed getting a rise out of his fellow trainees, going so far as to [[KickTheDog tease Kaname over Minoru slapping Rimi and calling Rimi weak]] just to get a cheap laugh. While Hayato tried to act as TheConscience to Braig, he failed; as shown throughout preceding stories, most notably ''Final Stand'' and ''New Light'', Braig just kept getting worse over time. In Hayato's defense, he ''does'' acknowledge Braig's problems and wonders if taking him on as a trainee was a mistake.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing:
** Downplayed with Braig. As shown in prequels set prior to the fall of Radiant Garden, Braig was never a particularly nice person, and ''really'' sucked at ''not'' being a dick to people, but no one could tell just how evil and psychopathic he really was, even after being freed from Xehanort's influence. Throughout the series, Braig does such horrible things as [[spoiler:trap Lea and Kairi under a rockslide, sell out his own home to Xehanort, take over Hazy Hamlet and turn it into an even crappier place to live than it was before (which is ''really'' saying something, since it was a CrapsackWorld to begin with), and bragged that he executed Terra's parents and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay mounted their heads in their study]] for no other reason than to be a sadistic asshole.]]
** [[spoiler:Briana]] is an example played straight. She initially appears to be a beautiful NiceGirl, to the extent that Patria vouches for her kind and sweet nature. Then comes TheReveal that [[spoiler:Briana]] is a {{sadist}}ic psychopath who delights in hurting and killing people; she even [[spoiler:collects bloody shirts from the people she's killed]]. Not only that, but she's [[spoiler:the daughter of Braig, DaddysLittleVillain, and a LaserGuidedTykebomb who Braig specifically raised for the sole purpose of getting revenge on Sora and his family.]]
** Downplayed with Braig. As shown in prequels set prior to the fall of Radiant Garden, Braig was never a particularly nice person, and ''really'' sucked at ''not'' being a dick to people, but no one could tell just how evil and psychopathic he really was, even after being freed from Xehanort's influence. Throughout the series, Braig does such horrible things as [[spoiler:trap Lea and Kairi under a rockslide, sell out his own home to Xehanort, take over Hazy Hamlet and turn it into an even crappier place to live than it was before (which is ''really'' saying something, since it was a CrapsackWorld to begin with), and bragged that he executed Terra's parents and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay mounted their heads in their study]] for no other reason than to be a sadistic asshole.]]
** [[spoiler:Briana]] is an example played straight. She initially appears to be a beautiful NiceGirl, to the extent that Patria vouches for her kind and sweet nature. Then comes TheReveal that [[spoiler:Briana]] is a {{sadist}}ic psychopath who delights in hurting and killing people; she even [[spoiler:collects bloody shirts from the people she's killed]]. Not only that, but she's [[spoiler:the daughter of Braig, DaddysLittleVillain, and a LaserGuidedTykebomb who Braig specifically raised for the sole purpose of getting revenge on Sora and his family.]]
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* AntiVillain: Lyla of the Sovereign Enforcers. Her StartOfDarkness was because she [[BigSisterInstinct killed anti-elf extremists who murdered her younger sister]], and she's one of the more [[AffablyEvil affable]] members of the group. Her biography on [[https://www.deviantart.com/art/Lyla-Alfrigg-Droit-739894715 Kristen Verne's Deviantart]] describes her as very kind compared to her teammates, and while she doesn't particularly like harming others, [[IveComeTooFar she feels she's fallen too far to turn back]].
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* BondVillainStupidity: A perfect example occurs in chapter 36. [[spoiler:Braig and his family have captured Yuyake, Hikari, Justin, and Xally, but rather than just kill them and be done with it, he decides to give them a PublicExecution and make a spectacle of things, just to rub in that he won. This gives the others and [[LaResistance the rebellion]] time to prepare, and not only do they save the captured foursome, but also force Braig and co. out of Hazy Hamlet completely. In short, Braig screwed himself over and lost his kingship of Hazy Hamlet because of his need to satisfy his ego.]]
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* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Patria is almost ''nothing'' like Sora and Kairi; while her parents are nice people through and through and prefer to use violence only as a last resort, Patria is a FieryRedhead, a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and the epitome of GoodIsNotNice.
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* StupidEvil: [[spoiler:Briana]], the leader of the Sovereign Enforcers, tries to murder Patria on multiple occasions, most notably in chapter 26, because she's tired of her, despite knowing full well that their master [[IWantThemAlive wants Patria alive]]; for perspective, even Malachi and Cander, themselves AxCrazy [[PsychoForHire Psychos for Hire]], know better than to defy that order. It's even lampshaded in chapters 33 and 34, where [[spoiler:Briana]] confesses that her father [[spoiler:Braig]] [[PragmaticVillainywas furious at her for going against orders]], and now she ''has'' to capture Patria alive.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: While Xehanort and Braig are already irredeemably evil in canon, this series manages to make them even worse, especially in Braig's case. As revealed in ''Radiant Garden Renegades'' and ''Moons of Fate'', Braig was a complete {{Jerkass}} long before he fell in with Xehanort, being a thrill-seeker who openly fantasized about conquering other kingdoms, and hating that Ansem was a peaceful ruler. At the end of ''Final Stand'', when freed from Xehanort's control, he [[RedemptionRejection freely chooses to keep being evil]], later becoming a BigBad in both ''New Light'' and ''The Rising Darkness'', [[spoiler:plotting revenge on Sora and his family for years, and becoming king of Hazy Hamlet and turning it into an even bigger CrapsackWorld.]]
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* AdaptationalVillainy: While Xehanort and Braig are already irredeemably evil in canon, this series manages to make them even worse, especially in Braig's case. As revealed in ''Radiant Garden Renegades'' and ''Moons of Fate'', Braig was a complete {{Jerkass}} long before he fell in with Xehanort, being a thrill-seeker who openly fantasized about conquering other kingdoms, enjoying getting a rise out of his fellow soldiers, and hating that Ansem was a peaceful ruler. At the end of ''Final Stand'', when freed from Xehanort's control, he [[RedemptionRejection freely chooses to keep being evil]], later becoming a BigBad in both ''New Light'' and ''The Rising Darkness'', [[spoiler:plotting revenge on Sora and his family for years, and becoming king of Hazy Hamlet and turning it into an even bigger CrapsackWorld.]] Among his most heinous moments is [[spoiler:gloating about executing Terra's parents and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay mounting their heads in his study]].]]
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* CrapsackWorld: Hazy Hamlet, Terra and Aqua's homeworld. Among other things, human trafficking and slavery is legal, and slavers can freely enter others' homes, kidnap people, and sell them. Also, if families fail to pay taxes, they will be executed, children included, [[spoiler:as was the fate of Aqua's parents; Aqua only survived because she was saved by Master Eraqus]]. During the 20-year TimeSkip between ''Final Stand'' and ''New Light'', [[spoiler:Braig]] becomes king and ends up making it even ''worse''. It isn't until near the end of ''New Light'', when Patria and the others overthrow [[spoiler:Braig]] and his family and banish him from the world, that things ''finally'' begin to turn around.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: While Xehanort and Braig are already irredeemably evil in canon, this series manages to make them even worse, especially in Braig's case. As revealed in ''Radiant Garden Renegades'' and ''Moons of Fate'', Braig was a complete {{Jerkass}} long before he fell in with Xehanort, being a thrill-seeker who openly fantasized about conquering other kingdoms, and hating that Ansem was a peaceful ruler. At the end of ''Final Stand'', when freed from Xehanort's control, he [[RedemptionRejection freely chooses to keep being evil]], later becoming a BigBad in both ''New Light'' and ''The Rising Darkness'', [[spoiler:plotting revenge on Sora and his family for years, and becoming king of Hazy Hamlet and turning it into an even bigger CrapsackWorld.]]
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* TheRemnant: By the time of this fic, the Insurgos have been reduced to a mere handful, and they're ''still'' planning to wipe out Ansem's bloodline. In chapter 20, they kidnap Sora and Kairi, intending to kill them with the intent to send a message to Radiant Garden and persuade others to join their cause; instead, Sora and Kairi defeat them, with the remaining Insurgos being arrested and incarcerated by Sasuke.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Hanako, Ansem's mother, is universally despised by virtually everyone in Radiant Garden; considering she was a borderline tyrant who believed herself superior to everyone else purely because she was royalty, it's hard to blame them. In ''Moons of Fate'' chapter 7, Yamato states outright that ''no one'' in the castle staff or general public cares for Hanako, and no one, including himself, would bat an eye if she were killed or miss her.
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* EvilIsPetty: Minoru, the former captain of the guard, as expanded on in ''Moons of Fate''. After being fired from his job, he went so far as to join up with the Insurgos and let them into Ansem's castle to kill everyone, out of nothing more than petty jealousy that Yamato got more recognition than him; never mind the fact Minoru was a lazy EntitledBastard who had done ''nothing'' to deserve any praise and recognition, and that his firing was entirely his own damn fault because he slapped Rimi, the crown princess, in a fit of rage [[CantTakeCriticism for telling him that point-blank]].
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'''Note''': This article assumes that you have played all ''Kingdom Hearts'' games up to at least ''Dream Drop Distance''; therefore, all spoilers regarding the games will be unmarked. The rewrite is now incorporating elements from ''0.2 Birth by Sleep -A Fragmentary Passage-'' as well. YouHaveBeenWarned.
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'''Note''': This article assumes that you have played all ''Kingdom Hearts'' games up to at least ''Dream Drop Distance''; therefore, all spoilers regarding the games will be unmarked. The rewrite is now incorporating elements from ''0.2 Birth by Sleep -A Fragmentary Passage-'' as well. YouHaveBeenWarned.
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* DaddysLittleVillain: ''New Light'' onwards has a perfect example in [[spoiler:Briana, Braig's daughter. He [[LaserGuidedTykebomb deliberately raised her for the purpose of revenge against Sora]], and Briana openly and gleefully supports her father's plans.]]
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Chapter 33 reveals this to be the case with [[spoiler:Briana]]. She initially appears to be a beautiful NiceGirl, to the extent that Patria vouches for her kind and sweet nature. Then comes TheReveal that [[spoiler:Briana]] is a {{sadist}}ic psychopath who delights in hurting and killing people; she even [[spoiler:collects bloody shirts from the people she's killed]].
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* GeneralFailure: Minoru was appointed to Captain of the Guard on the recommendation of the previous captain, Maximus... and Minoru absolutely failed to live up to Maximus' expectations. Not only was he an EntitledBastard who believed he deserved recognition and praise just for being the captain, he proves to be an incompetent moron who ended up leading his men into tight jams on several different occasions, forcing Yamato to save him from himself.
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* GeneralFailure: Minoru was appointed to Captain of the Guard on the recommendation of the previous captain, Maximus... and Minoru absolutely failed to live up to Maximus' expectations. Not only was he an EntitledBastard who believed he deserved recognition and praise just for being the captain, he proves to be an incompetent moron who ended up leading his men into tight jams on several different occasions, forcing Yamato to save him from himself. After Ansem finally fires him, Yamato openly wonders ''[[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter what]]'' [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Maximus ever saw in Minoru to begin with]].
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* BitchAlert: The narrative in both ''Radiant'' and ''Radiant Garden Renegades'' makes it clear from the minute Hanako appears that the audience is ''not'' supposed to like her. In the case of the latter, she's introduced furiously chewing Lea and Kairi out and cursing the day Kairi was born; within minutes of meeting her, Lea realizes ''why'' the Insurgos hate the royal family of Radiant Garden so much.
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: The Insurgos have this to the extreme. They're firmly convinced that ''every'' member of the royal family of Radiant Garden is irredeemably evil purely because [[InTheBlood they're related to the tyrannical Hanako]], despite the fact that Ansem has been nothing but TheGoodKing since he took over, and anyone who doesn't agree with them is automatically their enemy for "kissing up to the royals." When Yamato calls them out on it in ''Moons of Fate'', they blow him off, declaring that Ansem will simply [[InsaneTrollLogic simply drain them dry when they least expect it]].
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* NotSoDifferent: The Insurgos are this to Ansem's tyrannical parents. Both sides are firmly convinced that such things as evil and cruelty are InTheBlood, and absolutely ''nothing'' will convince them otherwise.
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The author has also written other stories set in the same universe: the Training Series, consisting of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9047146/1/Maybe-You-Can-Hire Maybe You Can Hire]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9510068/1/A-Sacrifice-and-A-Savior A Sacrifice and A Savior]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9222155/1/Lord-of-the-Keyblade Lord of the Keyblade]]'', and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9887553/1/Treadstone-Black-Briar-and-now-Soul-String Treadstone, Black Briar, and now Soul String]]'', which chronicles what occurred during the nine months between ''Dream Drop Distance'' and ''Final Stand'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10178784/1/Their-Lives-Before Their Lives Before]]'', which chronicles some of the backstories and childhoods of Sora, Riku, Kairi, Terra, Ven, Aqua, and Lea, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11257772/1/Tales-of-Vanitas Tales of Vanitas]]'', which details part of Vanitas' life after ''Final Stand'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11087870/1/A-Hero-s-Life-and-Legacy A Hero's Life and Legacy]]'', which details the origins of the children of Sora and friends, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11498850/1/Radiant-Garden-Renegades Radiant Garden Renegades]]'', which details some of the childhoods of Kairi, Isa, and Lea, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11377500/1/How-We-Met How We Met]]'', which details the meeting of Kairi's biological parents, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11168942/1/Keyblade-War-The-Commencement Keyblade War: The Commencement]]'', which details the events of the Keyblade War, and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11173789/1/Kingdom-Hearts-4-New-Light Kingdom Hearts 4: New Light]]'', which follows Sora and friends' children as they follow in their parents' footsteps.
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The author has also written other stories set in the same universe: the Training Series, consisting of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9047146/1/Maybe-You-Can-Hire Maybe You Can Hire]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9510068/1/A-Sacrifice-and-A-Savior A Sacrifice and A Savior]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9222155/1/Lord-of-the-Keyblade Lord of the Keyblade]]'', and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9887553/1/Treadstone-Black-Briar-and-now-Soul-String Treadstone, Black Briar, and now Soul String]]'', which chronicles what occurred during the nine months between ''Dream Drop Distance'' and ''Final Stand'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10178784/1/Their-Lives-Before Their Lives Before]]'', which chronicles some of the backstories and childhoods of Sora, Riku, Kairi, Terra, Ven, Aqua, and Lea, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11257772/1/Tales-of-Vanitas Tales of Vanitas]]'', which details part of Vanitas' life after ''Final Stand'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11087870/1/A-Hero-s-Life-and-Legacy A Hero's Life and Legacy]]'', which details the origins of the children of Sora and friends, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11498850/1/Radiant-Garden-Renegades Radiant Garden Renegades]]'', which details some of the childhoods of Kairi, Isa, and Lea, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11377500/1/How-We-Met How We Met]]'', which details the meeting of Kairi's biological parents, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11168942/1/Keyblade-War-The-Commencement Keyblade War: The Commencement]]'', which details the events of the Keyblade War, and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11173789/1/Kingdom-Hearts-4-New-Light Kingdom Hearts 4: New Light]]'', which follows Sora and friends' children as they follow in their parents' footsteps. \n Another sequel, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12783583/1/Kingdom-Hearts-5-The-Rising-Darkness Kingdom Hearts 5: The Rising Darkness]]'', is currently in progress.
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* GeneralFailure: Minoru was appointed to Captain of the Guard on the recommendation of the previous captain, Maximus... and Minoru absolutely failed to live up to Maximus' expectations. Not only was he an EntitledBastard who believed he deserved recognition and praise just for being the captain, he proves to be an incompetent moron who ended up leading his men into tight jams on several different occasions, forcing Yamato to save him from himself.
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* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Minoru ''runs'' on this, openly distrusting Kaname and Yamato because of their criminal pasts. He doesn't care that Yamato was left an orphan after Insurgos murdered his parents and was forced to steal to survive, and that Kaname had to do the same because his father was an [[AbusiveParents abusive]] [[TheAlcoholic drunk]] who refused to work and ate all their household's food for himself; as far as he's concerned, "once a criminal, ''always'' a criminal." Of course, part of it is because he's [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of all the attention and praise Yamato gets]], which he feels is [[EntitledBastard rightfully owed to him]].
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* BlackAndWhiteMorality: BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Minoru ''runs'' on this, openly distrusting Kaname and Yamato because of their criminal pasts. He doesn't care that Yamato was left an orphan after Insurgos murdered his parents and was forced to steal to survive, and that Kaname had to do the same because his father was an [[AbusiveParents abusive]] [[TheAlcoholic drunk]] who refused to work and ate all their household's food for himself; as far as he's concerned, "once a criminal, ''always'' a criminal." Of course, part of it is because he's [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of all the attention and praise Yamato gets]], which he feels is [[EntitledBastard rightfully owed to him]].
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* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Minoru ''runs'' on this, openly distrusting Kaname and Yamato because of their criminal pasts. He doesn't care that Yamato was left an orphan after Insurgos murdered his parents and was forced to steal to survive, and that Kaname had to do the same because his father was an [[AbusiveParents abusive]] [[TheAlcoholic drunk]] who refused to work and ate all their household's food for himself; as far as he's concerned, "once a criminal, ''always'' a criminal." Of course, part of it is because he's [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of all the attention and praise Yamato gets]], which he feels is [[EntitledBastard rightfully owed to him]].
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* ExactWords: After slapping Rimi over a petty disagreement, Minoru tells Ansem that he overreacted and assures him that it won't happen again. Ansem agrees with him that it won't happen again... because effective immediately, he's firing Minoru from the Royal Guard and banning him from ever entering the castle again.
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* ExactWords: After slapping Rimi over a petty disagreement, Rimi, Minoru tells Ansem that he overreacted and assures him that it won't happen again. Ansem agrees with him that it won't happen again... because effective immediately, he's firing Minoru from the Royal Guard and banning him from ever entering the castle again.again.
* NeverMyFault: When he's fired from his position in chapter 6, Minoru rants about how everything that's happened to him is Yamato's fault and how this wouldn't be happening if Ansem didn't show favoritism toward Yamato. Not only is Minoru a failure as Captain of the Guard, but the entire reason he was fired in the first place is because he slapped Rimi, the crown princess and Ansem's niece, [[CantTakeCriticism purely because she told him to his face that he was a lousy captain]].
* NeverMyFault: When he's fired from his position in chapter 6, Minoru rants about how everything that's happened to him is Yamato's fault and how this wouldn't be happening if Ansem didn't show favoritism toward Yamato. Not only is Minoru a failure as Captain of the Guard, but the entire reason he was fired in the first place is because he slapped Rimi, the crown princess and Ansem's niece, [[CantTakeCriticism purely because she told him to his face that he was a lousy captain]].
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* ExactWords: After slapping Rimi over a petty disagreement, Minoru tells Ansem that he overreacted and assures him that it won't happen again. Ansem agrees with him that it won't happen again... because effective immediately, he's firing Minoru from the Royal Guard and banning him from ever entering the castle again.
