History VisualNovel / TheUnexpectedHeiress

-->"John:" It just feels like people I care for always...depart before their time. My friends in India, for instance. In order for me to gain a family, my poor parents even had to lose a daughter.

-->"Lillian:" I know how you feel. First my mother, now my sister...It's hard not to feel like I'm somehow the common factor between them.

* TheReveal: In Chapter 16, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Rebecca Seymour is the person who murdered Amelia]]. She [[spoiler:bought a perfume and sent it to Amelia anonymously containing poison]]. The reason was that Amelia [[spoiler: found out that Vincent had a secret family out of the country and Rebecca didn't confront him about the adultery committed by him]].

* GayOption: Gemma Montjoy.

%%* GayOption: Gemma Montjoy.

* GayOption: Gemma Montjoy.

* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: [[spoiler:[[NouveauRiche Cole Hayes]]]], Lillian and Amelia's father and Delia's husband is mentioned throughout the story, but never appeared at any time despite his being still alive.

* BullyingADragon: Both Amelia and Lillian are quite fond of kicking the hornet’s nest regardless of whom they might be antagonizing at the time. Most of the company they keep simply dismiss their unwanted opinions, although multiple characters are shown to be powerful … and quite dangerous.

* ProperLady: The Dowager Countess, Lady Ashbourne, and Marchioness Huntsbury all fit this role. Lillian may be come to be considered this over the course of the story, depending on how the player chooses to behave during the period of her engagement to Francis.

* Bookends: The story (discounting the prologue and the bonus scene) both starts and ends with Lillian boarding a steamship - first to travel to England to wed Francis, then to either travel back to New York for a visit, or (if the player had her marry one of the Love Interests) to go on a holiday with her new spouse. Who isn't Francis.

* SilkHidingSteel: Marchioness Huntsbury seems the very model of a modest and gentle (if somewhat browbeaten) wife. [[spoiler: She is actually the story’s true BigBad.]]

* YouGoGirl: Amelia, Gemma and Lillian are happy to participate in activities deemed unsuitable for women, such as shooting, cricket, and poker. The male characters are, for the most part, very impressed when you best them.
* YourCheatingHeart: Thomas Montjoy, Gemma's husband.[[spoiler: Lord Huntsbury also qualifies.]]

* MissingMom: Both John's and Lillian's biologcal mothers died when they were young - John's mother died in childbirth, Lillian's when she was still a child. While Lillian mentions in a flashback in Chapter 8 that she wishes her mother was with them instead of Delia, John seems regretful over his mother`s death, but is happily adopted.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Multiple characters will mention someone named 'Victoria', which never fails to enrage John and leads to awkward silence afterwards. It will be sometime before John explains himself. Victoria was his former fiancée who once took a transatlantic cruise … [[spoiler: … aboard the RMS Titanic.]]

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: The Somerset clan has extraordinarily poor luck with their daughters and daughters-to-be. By the time you enter their lives, they have already lost three—one to DeathByChildbirth, one to a tragic accident and one to murder. [[spoiler: And if you make bad decisions, they will lose you as well.]]

* ImpoverishedPatrician: The chief reason that the Ashbourne elders want to see your engagement with Francis succeed. Although they grow genuinely fond of you with time, it is never a secret that they very much need your family’s money.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Multiple characters will mention someone named ‘Victoria,’ which never fails to enrage John and leads to awkward silence afterwards. It will be sometime before John explains himself. Victoria was his former fiancée who once took a transatlantic cruise … [[spoiler: … aboard the RMS Titanic.]]
* LiteralMetaphor: The three locations where Lillian’s suitors will confess that they love her all correspond to their social status. John’s confession happens on a balcony (high), Hugh’s confession happens next to a pond (low), and Gemma‘s confession takes place in a servant’s hallway (hidden/closeted).

* MissingMom: Both John's and Lillian`s biologcal mothers died when they were young - John's mother died in childbirth, Lillian`s when she was still a child. While Lillian mentions in a flashback in Chapter 8 that she wishes her mother was with them instead of Delia, John seems regretful over his mother`s death, but is happily adopted.