| 1 | The characters of ''{{Webcomic/Crepuscule}}''. Be warned of '''unmarked spoilers'''. |
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| 6 | !!Arzew Academy Students |
| 7 | [[folder:Lark Alfen]] |
| 8 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lark.png]] |
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| 10 | The protagonist of the story. A human originally from the 'other' world, he was brought into Crepuscule as a child by Setz and raised by Angela, who eventually forces him to attend Arzew Academy. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | ->'''Race''': Human |
| 13 | ->'''Ability''': None ([[spoiler:Light manipulation]][[note]]Given to him by Tepes[[/note]], [[spoiler:Earth manipulation]]) |
| 14 | ---- |
| 15 | * EleventhHourSuperpower: While technically awakened at the end of Season 2 and briefly used in his fight with Eoria, [[spoiler:he doesn't fully use his inherent ability of geokinesis until the finale]]. |
| 16 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Back in the 'other' world, as he was persecuted for having red eyes, which the humans took as a sign of him being a monster. |
| 17 | * AntiHero: Eventually becomes this, as he becomes more pragmatic in nature, to Setz's dismay. |
| 18 | * BashBrothers: With Setz during the fight against Eoria. |
| 19 | * BookDumb: Failed all of his exams. |
| 20 | * BornWinner: [[spoiler:Turns out that being a red-eyed human comes with a lot of nifty physical advantages, none of which he had to train for, contributing to his victory in the SuperpowerLottery.]] |
| 21 | * BreakTheCutie: He was constantly bullied for his red eyes and his foster parents weren't exactly "loving". [[spoiler: Though his early childhood can't compare to what Angela's death does to him]]. |
| 22 | * ByronicHero: Develops into one over the course of Season 2. While he's not regarded as especially attractive... [[spoiler:Magnetic personality? Multiple characters' lives end up revolving around him, and he manages to sway Eoria to his side. Perceptive but self-centered? Yup. Moody and brooding? Much to Setz's grief. Jaded? Though he's {{Keet}} half the time, he's ultimately a pragmatist at heart. Intensely passionate and determined? He's willing to walk over whomever he has to, friends included, to achieve his goals.]] |
| 23 | * CastingAShadow: [[spoiler:His second half of his ability.]] |
| 24 | * ChekhovsGift: [[spoiler:The pendant that Arche gave him at the start of the story belonged to Carmilla's, and is part of what allows her to reside in his soul.]] |
| 25 | * ChivalrousPervert: To an extent, as he ''is'' a teenage boy. His first impression of girls tend to involve how pretty they are, and during the BeachEpisode, he very much appreciates the sight of Seere and Bathory in bikinis (with [[CelibateHero Setz]] pointing out that he's drooling). |
| 26 | * CountryMouse: His status compared to the rich kids of Arzew. |
| 27 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: After Season 2, where he's back to acting like a IdiotHero but [[spoiler:is now one of the most powerful people around, with his attitude flipping when actually in a fight]]. |
| 28 | * CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:Angela's death marks him turning into an AntiHero.]] |
| 29 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Both of his (biological) parents died before he could remember either of them, and this plus him having red eyes caused everyone to turn on him and view him as a monster. |
| 30 | * DeadpanSnarker: He showed traits of this even as a child when interacting with Angela, but his introduction to [[ExtranormalInstitute Arzew Academy]] really brings out his snark. |
| 31 | * DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:When he asks Tepes for help, with Nergal even asking if he did this. That said, it's not as much of a deal as Lark thinks it is: when he claims Tepes violated the contract, Tepes points out that they ''didn't have one to begin with''.]] |
| 32 | * DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: He has nothing but fondness for the (biological) parents he never knew but who, by all accounts, loved him. [[spoiler:And Angela, once she dies.]] |
| 33 | * DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:With Tepes as the demon, due to Tepes's BodySurf ability. Season 2 has Tepes occasionally take over his body to help him out, before becoming more and more dominant towards the end to achieve her own goals until Lark finally convinces her to back off.]] |
| 34 | * DishingOutDirt: [[spoiler:It turns out that he has the ability of geokinesis.]] |
| 35 | * {{Dismotivation}}: He just wants to be a bum. Seriously. |
| 36 | * DissonantSerenity: [[spoiler:Rather frequently after Angela's death, where he has a tendency to smile while either saying something ominous or about to wreak havoc]]. Suffice to say, it freaks people out. |
| 37 | * EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler:Tepes is at least a nicer "evil" than most, but nevertheless, during Lark's DealWithTheDevil, he underestimates just how much control Tepes has.]] |
| 38 | * FacialMarkings: [[spoiler:On occasion, when using his ability. Specifically, they're Tepes's. Therefore, when Tepes leaves his body, he no longer has them even when using his ability.]] |
| 39 | * FairWeatherFriend: To an extent. He doesn't ever really ''abandon'' Setz, but in contrast to [[AFriendInNeed Setz's constant support]], how considerate Lark is of him tends to be dependent on Lark's mood/motivations at any given moment. |
| 40 | * FightingTheLancer: Pretty much the summary of his relationship with Setz for most of Season 2. |
| 41 | * FishOutOfWater: Twice--first, when he gets brought to Crepuscule, and then again, when he's sent to Arzew Academy. |
| 42 | * FreudianTrio: Eventually forms one with Bathory and Setz. Depending on the situation, he's the superego or id: on one hand, he's the most pragmatic one at heart, but on the other hand, he's prone to feeling like ItsAllAboutMe and acting on whatever whim he wishes. |
| 43 | * FriendlessBackground: Before meeting Setz. |
| 44 | * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: [[spoiler:In his subconscious, Bathory gives him a much-needed slap for running away from his problems and not even recognizing that Tepes intends to wipe out the Crepuscule vampires.]] |
| 45 | * GlassCannon: [[spoiler:As Sia notes, no matter how powerful Lark might've become with his ability, his physical strength (or lack thereof) hasn't changed at all.]] |
| 46 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He starts off as being rather naive and good-natured compared to other members of the cast, especially when next to TallDarkAndHandsome [[DefrostingIceKing Setz]]. [[spoiler:This gets horribly subverted after Angela's death, and stays subverted.]] |
| 47 | * HappilyAdopted: By Angela. His adoptive parents before her (his aunt and uncle) weren't the best parents. |
| 48 | * HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After Angela goes MIA. It doesn't last for long--because he decides to make a DealWithTheDevil to avenge her.]] |
| 49 | * {{Hypocrite}}: |
| 50 | ** Lark loses it after [[spoiler:Angela's death, which has rendered him an orphan]]. This doesn't stop him from implying that he'd [[spoiler:kill Navarus if the man turned out to be responsible]], despite the fact that it would inflict the exact same thing on ''Setz''. |
| 51 | ** Setz calls him out on [[spoiler:wanting to take revenge for Angela's death, despite having told Setz previously, after Carne's death, that it was fine as long as you remembered those who died]]. Lark doesn't deny it. |
| 52 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: In the beginning, having been ostracized in the human world. |
| 53 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: In a strange way. In the human world, he wanted to be an ordinary human. In Crepuscule, since being a human is ''abnormal'', he wants to be like the vampires. |
| 54 | * IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Understanding that Setz is right in this regard,[[spoiler: Lark chooses not to kill Gilles to avenge Angela's death. Dealing AFateWorseThanDeath, however, is apparently A-OK.]] |
| 55 | * IdiotHero: Due to being BookDumb and {{Keet}}. This dies down as the series goes on, though it crops up from time to time. |
| 56 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: |
| 57 | ** In the original version, Avi got offended at Lark being so excited about heading to Arzew Academy, interpreting it as Lark not caring about being separated from him and Arche. |
| 58 | ** In the main version, he's particularly this where Setz is concerned. Unintentionally digging right into Setz's insecurities about being unneeded wasn't his smoothest move, and he fails to even realize that he did something wrong. |
| 59 | * InstantExpert: [[spoiler:Bathory notes that he isn't advanced as, say, the Council members, but Lark's still got a pretty good handle on his ability for someone who's barely had opportunity to use it.]] |
| 60 | * InterspeciesFriendship: With all of his friends, by virtue of him being the sole human, but in terms of people who actually ''know'' he's a human (and what one is), we have Setz, Bathory, and [[spoiler:Nergal]]. Special mention goes to the last one, though, since [[spoiler:he bonded with Lark while in his fox form]]. |
| 61 | * ItsAllAboutMe: |
| 62 | ** He becomes guilty of this for a period after [[spoiler:Angela's death]], with him refusing to acknowledging how much his actions are hurting others and attempts to justify it by pointing out that [[spoiler:he just lost his mother]]--never mind that at this point, [[spoiler:Setz lost Carne without flipping out]] and he's talking to someone who knows exactly what it's like to lose a parent. As Sia replies, not knowing that he's wrong doesn't make him faultless. |
| 63 | ** While much better compared to Season 2, he never fully drops this trait: at his worst, he's so focused on his goals that he's willing to disregard his friends' desires. |
| 64 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His general personality, after [[spoiler:recovering from Angela's death]]. By the time Season 3 comes around, he's back to being {{Keet}} in lighter moments, but when the situation gets serious, so does he. |
| 65 | * {{Jerkass}}: For a while, immediately following [[spoiler:Angela's death.]] |
| 66 | * JerkassRealization: After Setz reveals his backstory to him, Lark awkwardly comes to realize that he may have been unwittingly using Setz all this time (as the initial reason he'd bothered to repair his friendship with him was because it was Angela's condition to let him learn magic, without really caring about Setz's side of things). |
| 67 | * {{Keet}}: He's got a lot of energy, that's for sure. |
| 68 | * KickTheDog: [[spoiler:He does a lot of douche-y things in the period immediately following Angela's death, but telling [[FriendlessBackGround Sia]] that they were never friends probably ranks high on the list.]] |
| 69 | * LackOfEmpathy: During his time as a {{Jerkass}}, he has an unfortunate tendency to demonstrate this towards people, especially towards (as usual) Setz. |
| 70 | * LazyBum: Seen best when he was still living with Angela. |
| 71 | * LightEmUp: [[spoiler:His ability, courtesy of Tepes]]. |
| 72 | * LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler:He's still generally heroic, but him gaining the ability of light was also accompanied by him becoming an AntiHero.]] |
| 73 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: With Bathory. [[spoiler:Particularly since they ''are'' related, in a sense, with her being the niece of his foster mother.]] |
| 74 | * LonelyTogether: While Lark wasn't aware of it back then, this is why Setz was so quick to befriend him as children. |
| 75 | * MacguffinSuperPerson: In Season 3, due to being a red-eyed human. [[spoiler:He turns out to be necessary to revive Carmilla.]] |
| 76 | * MomentKiller: Accidentally walks in on Sia and Seere while the two are having a moment, much to Sia's annoyance. |
| 77 | * NaiveNewcomer: To Crepuscule at first, due to being a human, and then to Arzew Academy, due to being a CountryMouse. |
| 78 | * {{NEET}}: His dream before going to Arzew Academy. |
| 79 | * NiceGuy: [[spoiler: Until Angela's death]] |
| 80 | * OnlyFriend: To Setz. |
| 81 | * OrphansOrdeal: [[spoiler:A double case, as he mourns over his biological parents and for his foster one (that is, Angela).]] |
| 82 | * PinballProtagonist: In Season 1, somewhat. He's still the protagonist of all the slice-of-life aspects, and once in a while we'll get a hint about upcoming plot related to him, but overall, the last half is really the story of the mess between Setz, Carne, and Neal. |
| 83 | * PowerDyesYourHair: [[spoiler:His hair turns red as a sign whenever Tepes is taking over.]] |
| 84 | * PowersViaPossession: [[spoiler:How he gains his ability of light.]] |
| 85 | * RageAgainstTheMentor: [[spoiler:When he realizes that Tepes isn't just going to hand him her powers and leave him be without a lecture, he insists on knowing the truth, and so Tepes give it to him.]] |
| 86 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: He was persecuted in the human world for having them, and [[spoiler:they take on a distinctively ominous touch while he's in {{Jerkass}} mode]]. |
| 87 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni to Setz's Blue Oni. [[spoiler:Though the positions reverse in the second arc, with Lark becoming more of a composed AntiHero, while Setz is in full-blown NotSoStoic mode.]] |
| 88 | * RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:Setz points out how insane it is to try and take on the Council. Lark intends to do so anyway in order to avenge Angela.]] |
| 89 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:His intention after Angela's death.]] |
| 90 | * SecretKeeper: He's the only person that Setz, of his own will, confides in regarding [[spoiler:his mother and unusual circumstances of birth]]. |
| 91 | * TheSlacker: All he wants to be is a bum, and even in Arzew Academy, he's not a very good student. |
| 92 | * SmallNameBigEgo: [[spoiler:To an extent after obtaining Tepes's ability of light--he becomes increasingly arrogant, thinking he can take on Nergal and being under the impression that Tepes is obliged to lend him her power.]] |
| 93 | * SmarterThanYouLook: Probably due how hyper he is, everyone seems to think of him as stupid. But is shown to be very insightful, suprising Bathory, Angela and even Navarus a few times. |
| 94 | * StrangerInAStrangeSchool: When Angela sends him to Arzew. Granted, he was already used to concealing his identity as a human, but he finds it even more difficult there. |
| 95 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks exactly like his father, except for the red eyes. |
| 96 | * SuperpowerLottery: Between [[spoiler:Tepes's influence and his powers as a red-eyed human, he has some of the most broken abilities in the series, including light manipulation--conveniently the weakness of all of his opponents--incredible casting speed and power, etc.]] |
| 97 | * SympathyForTheDevil: "Devil" is putting it strongly, especially as no one's ''un''sympathetic towards her, but for a moment, Lark [[spoiler:connects with Carne's emotions during her rampage and is able to empathize with her loneliness]]. |
| 98 | * TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:When he gains Tepe's power of light.]] |
| 99 | * TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:Once Tepes takes over. He gets better once Tepes then backs down, but not entirely]]. |
| 100 | * TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:After making peace with the fact that Angela is dead and he is not the only one who suffers her death, he apologizes to Bathory and Setz and reverts back to his past self.]] |
| 101 | * TranquilFury: Prone to this after he [[spoiler:TookALevelInJerkass]]. |
| 102 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:Trying to fight Nergal was not one of his brighter ideas. For that matter, even taking on Sia would've ended badly for him, had Tepes not intervened.]] |
| 103 | * UnskilledButStrong: [[spoiler:He has powerful abilities, but as Setz notes, he doesn't really use them in any strategic way, to his detriment.]] |
| 104 | * {{Wangst}}: Lampshaded InUniverse during an extra, which portrays [[spoiler:Lark's fight with Sia]] [[UnreliableNarrator from his point of view]] as him ranting about his "dark past" (with a side note mentioning that this didn't actually happen). |
| 105 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: His relationship with Setz in the present, until they reconcile. [[spoiler:And then again, but this time, thanks to the fact that ''Lark'' TookALevelInJerkass. Though as of chapter 161 they seem to have patched things up again.]] |
| 106 | * WhatTheHellHero: |
| 107 | ** After Setz getting most of the blame for having abandoned Lark, Bathory finally turns the tables on Lark and points out that ''he'' forgot about Setz in favour of his new friends, so he also, in a sense, abandoned Setz and therefore has no right to resent him. |
| 108 | ** Setz's reaction to Lark's decision to [[spoiler:leave the badly injured Sai behind.]] |
| 109 | * WildCard: Setz explicitly calls him this, remarking that Lark is as much of a wild card as it gets. |
| 110 | [[/folder]] |
| 111 | |
| 112 | [[folder:Seere Klein]] |
| 113 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seere.png]] |
| 114 | |
| 115 | Lark's classmate, and the first friend he makes at Arzew Academy. She helps him to adjust at the school, as well as helping him with his schoolwork. |
| 116 | |
| 117 | ->'''Race''': Ghost vampire |
| 118 | ->'''Ability''': [[spoiler:Healing]] |
| 119 | ---- |
| 120 | * TheAce: Pretty, kind, smart, and previous valedictorian. |
| 121 | * AdvertisedExtra: Originally, she appeared alongside Lark and Bathory in the series' banner image on Naver. While a frequently recurring character as Lark's primary friend at Arzew, she did little of actual importance, which was likely why she was replaced with [[{{Deuteragonist}} Setz]] in the image from Season 2 onwards. (Though she did become important in Season 3.) |
| 122 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: She's described in the original webcomic as scary when angry, and Lark is indeed surprised to discover that Seere can be very stern and loud when so. |
| 123 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:By Theresia in Season 3.]] |
| 124 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: She was kidnapped once, hence why Seeren and Ersha are so protective of her. |
| 125 | * HealingHands: [[spoiler:Her ability, after Olivier awakens it]]. |
| 126 | * NiceGirl: Cemented when, while everyone else is whispering about Lark during his first day of class, she treats him as she would anyone else, and when Seeren and Ersha don't care for him at all, she sticks up for him. |
| 127 | * {{Protectorate}}: Seeren and Ersha are ''fiercely'' protective of her. |
| 128 | * ShipTease: [[spoiler: Sia has commented that she seems to care a lot for Lark.]] |
| 129 | * TeenGenius: Aside from being an excellent student, she's revealed to be ''ridiculously'' intelligent when she begins helping Angela with her research and [[spoiler:even ends up mostly completing it after her death]]. |
| 130 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to her twin, Seeren. |
| 131 | [[/folder]] |
| 132 | |
| 133 | [[folder:Seeren Klein]] |
| 134 | |
| 135 | Seere's sister and roommate. |
| 136 | |
| 137 | ->'''Race''': Ghost vampire |
| 138 | ->'''Ability''': ??? |
| 139 | ---- |
| 140 | * AffectionateNickname: Ren. |
| 141 | * BigSisterInstinct: She's the younger sister, actually, but she displays this towards Seere to the point of being smothering. |
| 142 | * DoesNotLikeMen: Her comment that "men are ***" and her warning Seere about men suggest this. |
| 143 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's abrasive, but not a bad person. |
| 144 | * PerpetualFrowner: She's not a very happy-looking person. |
| 145 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Seere's Girly Girl. |
| 146 | * TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: As extras show, she was a more conventional tomboy in the past, but when told to be more like her sister, she decided to grow out her and start wearing skirts, admitting that Seere was rather pretty. |
| 147 | * {{Tsundere}}: Just look at the way she tries to thank Lark before getting too embarrassed to and stalks off. |
| 148 | [[/folder]] |
| 149 | |
| 150 | [[folder:Ersha Sermenys]] |
| 151 | |
| 152 | One of Seere's close friends. As a member of the noble Sermenys household, she's often away due to family business. |
| 153 | |
| 154 | ->'''Race''': Pureblood vampire |
| 155 | ->'''Ability''': None |
| 156 | ---- |
| 157 | * BlueBlood: Though her family isn't a major one, she's still part of a noble household. |
| 158 | * EmotionlessGirl: She doesn't emote much, even when [[spoiler:''Neal is strangling her'']]. |
| 159 | * IWillFindYou: She is searching for her missing older brother. |
| 160 | * LittleMissSnarker: Her stoic attitude means that she's great at being deadpan. |
| 161 | * LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:To Neal]]. |
| 162 | * NotSoStoic: She's rather flustered when Sai picks her up. |
| 163 | * ShipTease: May or may not have developed a crush on [[NiceGuy Sai]] [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan after he helps her out with Neal]]. |
| 164 | * TheStoic: See EmotionlessGirl. |
| 165 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Very cold to strangers, but she's friendly around Seere. |
| 166 | [[/folder]] |
| 167 | |
| 168 | [[folder:Sia Kul]] |
| 169 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sia.png]] |
| 170 | |
| 171 | Lark's roommate. As a mutant with uncanny endurance and a talented swordsman, he's famous among his peers, but difficult to approach. |
| 172 | |
| 173 | ->'''Race''': Zombie vampire (mutant) |
| 174 | ->'''Ability''': None |
| 175 | ---- |
| 176 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Not that they have a bad relationship, but in Season 1 Sia seems to find Sai's {{Keet}} attitude a bit of a bother. However, not only do Season 2 and 3 make it clear that Sia loves his brother dearly, but his one genuine smile in the series isn't for Seere, his crush, or Lark, his friend: he shares smiles with Sai [[SiblingTeam as they fight together]] in the finale. |
| 177 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Why he develops a crush on Seere--she sticks up for him at one point. |
| 178 | * BlessedWithSuck: His entire sensory system is diminished, which means he FeelsNoPain, but feeling nothing also makes life rather dull for him. |
| 179 | * BrilliantButLazy: Possibly the best swordsman in the world... who dropped out of school at a young age and cited that all he wanted to do was sleep. |
| 180 | * CrushBlush: He occasionally gets this around Seere. |
| 181 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Less dark and troubled than some others in Crepuscule, but his inability to make friends as a child left him socially embittered to the point where he eventually dropped out of school, and a few years ago, his father died under mysterious circumstances. |
| 182 | * DisappearedDad: See Sai's section for more details. [[spoiler:Sai mentions that Sia didn't take it well, and it's why he can't stand back and watch Lark destroy himself after Angela's death.]] |
| 183 | * EmotionlessBoy: Appears as this on the surface. It's rather notable when he ''does'' show any emotion, though as time goes on, it's clear that he's capable of feeling regardless of whether he can show it easily or not. |
| 184 | * FeelNoPain: Due to a diminished sensory system. |
| 185 | * FlashStep: He demonstrates this on occasion. |
| 186 | * AFriendInNeed: During Lark's ({{Jerkass}}) period of mourning, Sia tries to be this for him, albeit of the ToughLove variety. [[spoiler:[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown It doesn't go well for him.]]]] |
| 187 | * FriendlessBackground: Before meeting and befriending Lark and Seere. |
| 188 | * FriendshipMoment: Subverted. Sia tries to offer one to the inconsolable Lark, telling him that they're friends--a grand gesture for someone as withdrawn as Sia, and surprisingly sweet given that he seemed to be more attached to Seere than to Lark. Unfortunately for him, [[spoiler:Lark throws it back in his face [[KickTheDog and tells them that they were never friends]].]] |
| 189 | * GoodIsNotSoft: One of the more pragmatic good guys (and without falling onto {{Jerkass}} tendencies the way Lark does). If violence gets the job done, then so be it. |
| 190 | * HealingFactor: He heals remarkably fast, even for vampires. [[spoiler:After Lark/Tepes beat him up, it took him only a few days to regenerate!]] |
| 191 | * IdiotHair: He's far from stupid, but he ''is'' quirky. |
| 192 | * KillTheOnesYouLove: [[spoiler:He's ultimately forced to kill his father, who's clearly gone mad and past the point of no return.]] |
| 193 | * LazyBum: Can't be bothered to talk properly, ends up with an unfurnished room because he just wanted a place to sleep, spends all of his spare time napping, etc. |
| 194 | * MasterSwordsman: What he's famous for. |
| 195 | * NervesOfSteel: Never loses his composure, no matter the situation. That he's able to ShootTheDog likely has to do with this. |
| 196 | * NeutralNoLonger: More apathetic and oblivious than neutral, but once Sia realizes that something sinister is going on with the world--and that people he cares about are getting hurt--he surprises everyone by taking a few levels in motivation and joins the student council. |
| 197 | * NoSocialSkills: It's outright said that he doesn't know how to read the mood. |
| 198 | * NotSoStoic: He's prone to blushing around Seere, and is blatantly worried for Lark upon [[spoiler:realizing that someone--Tepes--is possessing him]]. |
| 199 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The first major sign that he's [[spoiler:honestly worried about Lark]] is the fact that he starts speaking properly (albeit still curtly). In general, him doing this is a sign that ''something's'' up. |
| 200 | * OrphansOrdeal: [[spoiler:He lost his father a few years ago, and his understanding of what it's like to grieve over a parent is why he can't just ignore Lark destroying himself in his misery.]] |
| 201 | * PreMortemOneLiner: Of the non-fatal variety [[spoiler:and it's rendered moot when Tepes takes over]] but said he to [[spoiler:a grieving Lark]]: |
| 202 | -->"Endure this." |
| 203 | -->''I don't know what pain is... but there are times when it is necessary.'' |
| 204 | * TheQuietOne: He rarely talks, due to finding it too much effort. |
| 205 | * SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: He's a MasterSwordsman but possesses NoSocialSkills. That said, him being BlessedWithSuck also contributed to the latter. |
| 206 | * ShootTheDog: |
| 207 | ** It doesn't work in the end, but when [[spoiler:Lark's acting out of control]]? Sia resorts to knocking him out. |
| 208 | ** Then, see KillTheOnesYouLove. |
| 209 | * SiblingTeam: With Sai, after Sia joins the student council. [[spoiler:They also physically fight together during Crepuscule's destruction.]] |
| 210 | * SiblingYinYang: With Sai, who's loud and silly in sharp contrast to Sia's quiet, serious attitude. |
| 211 | * SmarterThanYouLook: Him being a zombie (who aren't known for being very bright) and his somewhat caveman-esque speech might make him seem like DumbMuscle, but he's been shown to be perfectly intelligent, if not insightful in his own way. |
| 212 | * SpecsOfAwesome: One of the more combat-oriented characters, impressing even [[spoiler:Tepes]] with his endurance. |
| 213 | * StoicSpectacles: They help reinforce his EmotionlessBoy demeanour. |
| 214 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: As Lark discovers, though Sia may seem rather 'scary', he's really not such a bad guy. |
| 215 | * SuperToughness: As part of his specific mutant package. [[spoiler:He didn't stand a chance against Tepes either way, but she gives him kudos for his amazing endurance.]] |
| 216 | * TurnTheOtherCheek: [[spoiler:He forgives Lark without a problem despite having arguably been the [[KickTheDog biggest victim]] during Lark's immediate period of mourning.]] |
| 217 | * TheUnsmile: After [[spoiler:learning Lark's secret]], he smiles in an attempt to freak him out, and suffice to say, ''it works''. |
| 218 | * VerbalTic: Not quite a tic, per se, but Sia... talks... spurts (that is, he tends to talk in spurts, due to finding talking troublesome). |
| 219 | * WarriorTherapist: Surprisingly, he shows signs of this when [[spoiler:up against Lark]], though his attempts are ultimately unsuccessful. |
| 220 | [[/folder]] |
| 221 | |
| 222 | !!Arzew Academy Staff |
| 223 | [[folder:Angela Erzebet]] |
| 224 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/angela.png]] |
| 225 | |
| 226 | Lark's foster mother, who took him in after Setz left him at her doorstep. She eventually becomes the nurse at Arzew Academy in order to watch over Lark. |
| 227 | |
| 228 | ->'''Race''': Pureblood succubus |
| 229 | ->'''Ability''': Development |
| 230 | ---- |
| 231 | * TheAgeless: Due to being part of the First Generation, she doesn't age as others now do. |
| 232 | * AlmightyMom: Lark is ''terrified'' when having to confront her after failing all his exams. |
| 233 | * BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler:Via DeadPersonConversation.]] |
| 234 | * ChildhoodFriends: A short flashback show us Angela playing with Chocolat, Gilles and Millefeuille. Though presently she isn't in such good terms with them... |
| 235 | * ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler:Goes through this at the Council's hands.]] |
| 236 | * CoolTeacher: Why she's popular among her students. |
| 237 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Red hair and, of course, red eyes. |
| 238 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:She's the SoleSurvivor after one of her own kind ended up slaughtering the rest of the Erzebet Clan for no known reason and was in a coma for centuries to recover.]] |
| 239 | * DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler:In the finale, during Crepuscule's destruction, she's able to cross over and talk to Lark again.]] |
| 240 | * DefiantToTheEnd: While she's being tortured [[spoiler:by Gilles.]] |
| 241 | * FieryRedhead: She's got a temper, especially when Lark is being less than intelligent. |
| 242 | * GoodParents: A little harsh and manipulative, but it's clear that she cares deeply for Lark and wants him to have a happy future. |
| 243 | * HospitalHottie: As a succubus, she's of course rather attractive, and she's almost always seen in her doctor outfit. |
| 244 | * HotTeacher: Aaaand she's a teacher too. And still attractive. |
| 245 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Rather rough at times, especially with Lark, but she's got a good heart. |
| 246 | * LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: Never seen without it. |
| 247 | * LastOfHerKind: [[spoiler:The last of the pure-blooded succubi... or she thought until she met Bathory.]] |
| 248 | * LethalChef: There's a reason why Lark is shown making a skull emote when eating her food. |
| 249 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Lark, as best seen [[spoiler:when she dies and he ''loses'' it]]. |
| 250 | * MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Considering that, as Lark's guardian, she had a tendency to take care of all plot-related incidents for him? Yeah, a GenreSavvy reader could predict that she was going to bite it.]] |
| 251 | * NeverGotToSayGoodbye: A different version of this: [[spoiler:it's Angela who, in her last moments, regrets not having properly said goodbye to Lark.]] |
| 252 | * NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:As Sylvia disposed of it after killing her.]] |
| 253 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: She knows she will still be living long after Lark dies of old age, and it really saddens her. |
| 254 | * ParentalSubstitute: For Lark. She would've been one for Setz as well, had Navarus let her. |
| 255 | * Really700YearsOld: She's one of the First Generation, as Lark suspected all along. |
| 256 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Her death sets the tone for the rest of the series, thanks to the huge impact it has on Lark.]] |
| 257 | * SchoolNurse: Her role in Arzew Academy. |
| 258 | * SecretKeeper: For Lark regarding him being a human and for Setz regarding his mother. |
| 259 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: [[spoiler:Not only do she and Bathory make the same angry gestures at Navarus, they've both tried/pretended to bite Lark when they first him]]. |
| 260 | * SheCleansUpNicely: In the original version, Lark was amazed when she put on her public clothes and makeup to the point of not being able to recognize her. |
| 261 | * SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Of her clan. Then she met Bathory.]] |
| 262 | * SternTeacher: She's fair, but she won't let her students (Lark, particularly) get away with idiotic behaviour. Or failing grades. |
| 263 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: She hates Navarus's guts, but is still willing to work with him for the sake of their goals. |
| 264 | * ToughLove: Towards Lark. She's notably much gentler with Setz. |
| 265 | * WhiteMage: She can use offensive magic, but as she notes, she isn't as good as it is as she lives in an environment where she doesn't need it. |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:Olivier Ostern]] |
| 269 | |
| 270 | Lark and Seere's homeroom teacher. He's popular among his students for being good-looking and very lax in his lessons. |
| 271 | |
| 272 | ->'''Race''': Incubus vampire |
| 273 | ->'''Ability''': ??? |
| 274 | ---- |
| 275 | * BadassTeacher: As he shows during [[spoiler:Carne's rampage]]. |
| 276 | * BloodFromTheMouth: During [[spoiler:Carne's rampage]], as his magic reverses into him. |
| 277 | * ChivalrousPervert: Somewhat flirty around his female students. |
| 278 | * HotTeacher: He's known for this, due to being part incubus. |
| 279 | * LetsGetDangerous: Usually rather light-hearted, but during [[spoiler:Carne's rampage]], he demonstrates just why he teaches magic theory. |
| 280 | * LongHairedPrettyBoy |
| 281 | * SmarterThanYouLook: Laura comments almost word for word that he's smarter than he looks after he draws a complicated magic circle in just ten minutes. Again, he teaches magic theory for a reason. |
| 282 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With El, the head of security. |
| 283 | [[/folder]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | [[folder:Laura James]] |
| 286 | |
| 287 | The swordsmanship teacher, as well as the Council's main point of contact for going-ons at Arzew. |
| 288 | |
| 289 | ->'''Race''': Zombie vampire |
| 290 | ->'''Ability''': ??? |
| 291 | ---- |
| 292 | * TheAgeless: One of the First Generation, as a flashback reveals that she knew Carmilla personally. |
| 293 | * BadassTeacher: She's a combat teacher, so this is self-explanatory. |
| 294 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's initially rough on Sia, going as far as to cut him (albeit knowing it was nothing to him), due to him having suddenly dropped out years ago, but when all is said and done, she welcomes him back to school. |
| 295 | * TheMole: Sort of. She turns out to be the Council's informant, though she doesn't see why Navarus should be against her reporting to the Council anyway. |
| 296 | * Really700YearsOld: Again, First Generation. |
| 297 | [[/folder]] |
| 298 | |
| 299 | !!Arzew Academy Student Council |
| 300 | [[folder:Sekreuz Trenkel Navarus]] |
| 301 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/setz.png]] |
| 302 | |
| 303 | Otherwise known as Setz. The only son of the esteemed Navarus family and vice-president of the student council, as well as the one who brought Lark into Crepuscule, though Setz was then forced to abandon him. |
| 304 | |
| 305 | ->'''Race''': Pureblood vampire (mutant) |
| 306 | ->'''Ability''': None ([[spoiler:Negation]][[note]]Given to him by Lizzy[[/note]], [[spoiler:Growth/Survival]]) |
| 307 | ---- |
| 308 | * AbusiveParents: His dad is ''not'' a nice person, suffice to say. |
| 309 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: Pre-{{Timeskip}}, where he balanced being a CheerfulChild and WiseBeyondTheirYears. |
| 310 | * AloneWithThePsycho: [[spoiler:Well, isn't spending the finale alone with an especially AxCrazy Neal on a (pseudo)rampage a pleasant place to be.]] |
| 311 | * AntiMagic: [[spoiler:He inherits Lizzy's ability of "nullify".]] |
| 312 | * ArrangedMarriage: In one with Carne. |
| 313 | * BadassBoast: While he's ultimately on the losing side, he gets one nice boast when up against Nergal and rendering the man's ability useless: |
| 314 | -->"Cards no longer work." |
| 315 | * BashBrothers: With Lark during the fight against Eoria. |
| 316 | * BattleButler: A variation in which the surface aspect and the hidden aspect of this trope are reversed: [[spoiler:as noted below in Neal's sections, Navarus raised his "subordinates" to be skilled in combat. Yes, that includes Setz. Suffice to say, Setz was ''not'' impressed at being called a servant by his own father.]] |
| 317 | * BerserkButton: He's touchy about the subject of [[spoiler:his mother]]. |
| 318 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: As a child, he was somewhat unstable. As a teenager, the 'nice' part is questionable for a while, but once he TookALevelInKindness, it becomes clear that he hasn't changed much from a child in this regard. He's one of the most vitriolic characters when pushed, and while he won't pursue vengeance (unlike ''certain'' characters), mess with him in the moment at your own risk. [[spoiler:Hope you like those claw scars on your face, Neal.]] |
| 319 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: When Setz raises his voice, he can be ''very'' vocal. |
| 320 | * BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:When Millefeuille is about to kill Bathory and Lark can't reach her in time, it's Setz who moves in between Millefeuille and Bathory, before launching a launching a giant beam of light at the former.]] Made doubly impressive by the fact that Setz is likely the weakest combatant there. |
| 321 | * BlueBlood: Sole heir to the most powerful noble family in the world. |
| 322 | * BreakTheCutie: Courtesy of his dad and Neal essentially refusing to let him ever be happy throughout his childhood. The present isn't any kinder to him, but by this point, there's not much left to properly break (and to Setz's credit, he does try to resist it). |
| 323 | * BrokenAce: Handsome, physically strong, the most powerful student in Arzew Academy, and with his future just about set as the son of Navarus. Also, a LonelyRichKid who's painfully insecure over his status as an UnSorcerer--not an unfounded concern, as at least Eoria seems to view him as "useless" for it, if not other nobles as well--and aware that he could be discarded by his father at any moment for being worthless. |
| 324 | * BrokenBird: A childhood of closing himself off from others has not done wonders for his attitude. With Angela and Lark's help, though, he gets better. |
| 325 | * BroodingBoyGentleGirl: The Brooding Boy to Carne's Gentle Girl, as evident by their first appearances as teenagers: Carne is still her usual ShrinkingViolet self while Setz has become cold and aloof. Eventually subverted, however; ''Setz'' is actually the more well-adjusted of the two in the end. |
| 326 | * BrutalHonesty: Setz tends not to mince words (even as a child). |
| 327 | * ByronicHero: Based on appearances and initial personalities, a number of fans likely thought [[IdiotHero Lark]] and [[IceKing Setz]] would have a [[{{Manga/Naruto}} Naruto and Sasuke-esque]] relationship, and they wouldn't be too far off the mark... [[SubvertedTrope but Setz isn't the Sasuke in this case]]. Dark and brooding Setz might be, his duty to others always comes first. He's actually one of the most vocal ''against'' revenge quests and the like. |
| 328 | * CallingParentsByTheirName: [[spoiler:In the exact moment that marks how fed up he is with his father's abuse, he calls Navarus by his first name.]] |
| 329 | * CallingTheOldManOut: In Season 3, [[spoiler:he learns about Navarus's true motivations--and then he realizes Navarus intends to pull something along the lines of YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on him. When Setz, understandably wanting to believe that even Navarus wouldn't outright ''murder'' his own son, asks him if he'd really go through with it, Navarus proceeds to KickTheDog a few times and state that he would've disposed of Setz from the start if he'd known that Setz MissedTheCall]]. At that point, Setz is finally ''done'', and the ensuing scene is both one of his most tragic but one of his most badass as well. |
| 330 | * CelibateHero: Despite being in an arranged marriage with Carne and her being the most important person in his life, Setz isn't quite emotionally capable of romantic love. He's also notably NotDistractedByTheSexy during the BeachEpisode, compared to Lark who is. |
| 331 | * CheerfulChild: Pre-timeskip (and, by association, pre-BreakTheCutie). |
| 332 | * ComboPlatterPowers: Ironically for the UnSorcerer, [[spoiler:he has, as of Season 3, the widest arsenal of unrelated powers (barring magic spells and inherent racial skills) out of everyone, due to [[PlayingWithFire awakening a fire spirit]] and then [[AntiMagic receiving Lizzie's negation ability]]--and then his ''actual'' ability of survival/growth is revealed]]. |
| 333 | * TheComicallySerious: He's one of the most straight-laced members of the cast, meaning that in more light-hearted moments, he tends to play the StraightMan--or be NotSoAboveItAll. |
| 334 | * CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:Neal learning about his mother and subsequently having had to have his memories erased forms a large part of why Setz is so unwilling to open his heart to others, as he's convinced that he has to keep his past a secret.]] |
| 335 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Just take a look at [[AbusiveParents Navarus]] and [[AxCrazy Neal]] to get an idea of what his childhood was like. |
| 336 | * DarkSecret: [[spoiler:The circumstances of his birth. It might not have been so dark if Neal hadn't helped to shatter his self-confidence almost immediately after learning about it and if Navarus hadn't also stressed how important it was to hide it, lest Setz want to be a burden to Quz who would then have to erase others' memories of it.]] |
| 337 | * DefrostingIceKing: Defrosted by Lark and Angela over the course of Season 1. |
| 338 | * DidYouThinkICantFeel: Though Lark isn't necessarily being ignorant towards his feelings, Setz says something along these lines during the moment mentioned in Lark's section under {{Hypocrite}}: |
| 339 | --> '''Setz:''' "Did you think I wasn't affected by [[spoiler:Carne's death]]!? Or did you think [[spoiler:Angela's death]] didn't bother me...!?" |
| 340 | * DieOrFly: [[spoiler:His real ability, survival/growth, entails obtaining new powers based on this situation]]. Examples include: |
| 341 | ** [[spoiler:His fire spirit manifests to protect him for the first time]] just as he's about to be killed by Millefeuille while unconscious. |
| 342 | ** [[spoiler:He prematurely develops his wings]] when [[spoiler:his father]] is about to kill him and he doesn't have time to negate the attack. |
| 343 | * DissonantSerenity: PlayedForLaughs when he was a kid and looked far too cheerful as, in response to Lark's question about what would happen if he fell in the passageway between the two worlds, he declared that he'd die. |
| 344 | * EmotionlessBoy: He's noted by Lark and Angela to have no emotion in his voice or eyes. At the end of the day, he's really far from emotionless, but years of abuse have taken its toll on him. |
| 345 | * ExhaustedEyebags: He has these in the beginning of Season 2 to indicate that he's overworking himself. |
| 346 | * ExtremeDoormat: Particularly for his father, but he's shown to be rather passive overall. As time goes on, this begins to change. |
| 347 | * FightsLikeANormal: Vampire version of normal, anyway. In contrast to Lark, who tends to spam his powers as he pleases, Setz usually uses his BoringButPractical martial arts (occasionally combined with his claws) and sparingly uses any other powers such as [[spoiler:his fire spirit]]. |
| 348 | * FingerTenting: He does this on occasion while at his desk and in vice-president mode. |
| 349 | * {{Foil}}: For Lark. |
| 350 | ** During the timeskip, despite their similar standings at first, Lark receives a relatively happy childhood thanks to Angela while Setz is left to deal with his father and Neal's abuse. [[spoiler:Thus, Lark becomes increasingly broken as he loses that happiness over the course of the series; Setz eventually comes to realize how much his past broke him and vows to become stronger for it.]] |
| 351 | ** In Season 1, Lark is a {{Keet}} LazyBum with a bright appearance, Setz is an [[TheStoic aloof]], TallDarkAndHandsome {{Workaholic}}. Whereas Lark manages to befriend Seere and Sia relatively quickly, Setz continues to struggle with friendships throughout. |
| 352 | ** In Season 2, Setz copes with grief by burying himself in work (and blames himself for [[spoiler:Carne's death]], to an extent) but otherwise continues with life as usual. Lark, on the other hand, responds by lashing out at everyone and changes for the worse, on a permanent level. In spite of what initial impressions of their original personalities might have given, Lark becomes the callous AntiHero, while Setz, BewareTheNiceOnes aside, adheres to a relatively conventional moral code. |
| 353 | * FreudianExcuse: [[InternalReveal While the reader already knows]] [[AbusiveParents one major factor]], how Setz's childhood turned him into the IceKing he is today is one of the mysteries of Season 1. |
| 354 | * FreudianTrio: Eventually forms this with Lark and Bathory. Depending on the situation, he's the superego or id: he's generally the logical, down-to-earth one who tries to maintain harmony and order, but when the going gets tough, he also tends to be soft-hearted and the one most concerned with ideals. |
| 355 | * AFriendInNeed: He tries to always be there for Lark in some way, even when he doesn't agree with his friend's decisions, and by the finale, he [[spoiler:chooses Lark over his father]]. |
| 356 | * FriendlessBackground: Didn't have any friends before meeting Lark, and after separating from him, he had only Carne, whose status as a ''friend'' is debatable. |
| 357 | * FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: While a number of characters could count, Setz plays it the straightest: he's the only one who knew Lark was a human from the start (unlike most of the cast), had no ulterior motives in associating with him (unlike Nergal and Tepes), [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and never tried to bite him]] (unlike Angela and Bathory). |
| 358 | * GenerationXerox: Setz's personality, down to the changes, mimic his father's, though to a lesser degree. [[spoiler:And whereas Navarus's trauma led to him crossing the DespairEventHorizon, Setz's TraumaCongaLine only makes him stronger by the end.]] |
| 359 | * GoodIsNotNice: In the beginning, where he means well and looks out for others but expresses it by being utterly blunt and icy. As times goes on, however, it becomes more obvious that [[SugarAndIcePersonality he IS actually nice underneath all the attitude]], which fades (somewhat). |
| 360 | * GrewASpine: As part of his CharacterDevelopment. In regards to Lark, Setz could barely bring himself to say a word to him, but by Season 2, he's [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out on his behaviour]]; in regards to his father, Setz is initially an ExtremeDoormat, but by Season 3, he's able to push back on the man's more suspicious orders. |
| 361 | * GuiltComplex: A bit of a subdued version, but if some of the blame can be pinned on Setz, chances are he's doing just that to himself. |
| 362 | * HeroicBastard: It's suggested that he might be this, given that Navarus's wife died hundreds of years ago, meaning that his father either adopted him from a relative (due to their StrongFamilyResemblance) or had a woman, which would make Setz illegitimate. [[spoiler:It's neither: [[SubvertedTrope he is, in fact, the son of Navarus and his wife.]]]] |
| 363 | * IAmAMonster: [[spoiler:Struggles with this, thanks to Neal calling him one.]] |
| 364 | * IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler:Inverted. After CallingTheOldManOut, Setz chooses to discard any relation he once had with ''Navarus''.]] |
| 365 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: More so as a child. As a teenager, he seems to have gotten used to the loneliness. |
| 366 | * IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Being aware of this is one of the reasons why Setz refuses to [[spoiler:kill Gilles in revenge for Angela]]. At his worst--though Setz was having a rather bad day, to put it lightly--he admits that it's the ''only'' reason. |
| 367 | * ILetGwenStacyDie: Downplayed. [[spoiler:As he prefers not to dwell too much in the past, he rarely blatantly grieves after Carne's death, but she's always at the back of his mind, and he knows he played a part in her death.]] |
| 368 | * InSeriesNickname: Setz, which is presumably a combination of the beginning and end of his first name. |
| 369 | * InterspeciesFriendship: With Lark. Angela puts it best in the beginning, when she tells Lark that Setz was risking his life to visit him in the 'outside' world, which is dangerous for the vampires of Crepuscule. |
| 370 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Carne, whose greatest fear is Setz abandoning her. |
| 371 | * LonelyRichKid: Due to being the heir to the Navarus family, otherwise known as one of the most influential families in the world, it's hard for him to find anyone who looks past his name. |
| 372 | * LonelyTogether: With Lark, as children. Setz comments to Angela about how since Lark has no other friends either, the two of them get along great. |
| 373 | * MissingMom: [[spoiler:She died several hundred years ago. As noted under BerserkButton, he's pretty touchy about it.]] |
| 374 | * NoSocialSkills: In a casual setting, Setz is clueless. While technically non-canon, the "photo" in the final afterword, where Setz awkwardly tries to make a peace sign like Lark, cinches it. |
| 375 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Just about the only time Setz acts like a teenage boy (albeit one who takes himself ''very'' seriously) is during the BeachEpisode, in spite of his insistence in sitting out. Apparently, hitting him with a ball, even accidentally, is a baaaaad idea. |
| 376 | * NotSoSimilar: To his father. As noted under GenerationXerox, both were cheerful and outgoing individuals who eventually became cold and pragmatic after bitter experiences, but [[spoiler:whereas Navarus's CynicismCatalyst also served as his DespairEventHorizon and he now only sees people as tools to use for his ultimate goal of destruction, Setz retains a genuine sense of duty and chooses to protect those he loves and preserve life]]. |
| 377 | * NotSoStoic: He's shown to be rather expressive when angry or frustrated, and he's effectively stuck in this mode for most of Season 2 due to Lark's behaviour. On the happier end, he ''is'' capable of smiling on rare occasions. |
| 378 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He actually asks Lark and Angela if he can hang out with them. Needless to say, the two are rather shocked. |
| 379 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: It would be far easier to count the number of times he's actually called Sekreuz. |
| 380 | * OnlySaneMan: Being straight-laced and down-to-earth in an otherwise quirky cast means that he tends to come across as this. |
| 381 | * PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Again, in one with Carne, to an extent. They get along beautifully, and the only thing that stops the arrangement from being this in its fullest is Setz's lack of actual ''romantic'' interest. |
| 382 | * PerpetualFrowner: Always stuck with an aloof expression on his face or a frown. He's been getting better, with Lark even telling him that he should smile more often, as [[spoiler:Carne and Angela liked it best when he did]]. |
| 383 | * PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler:After awakening a spirit.]] |
| 384 | * PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:When Carne tried to tell him her secret, he thought she was talking about ''his'' secret, on account of how similar they are when vaguely worded. He snapped slightly, she took it badly, and it all goes downhill from there.]] |
| 385 | * PostVictoryCollapse: [[spoiler:After defeating Chocolat with the fire spirit.]] |
| 386 | * PowerStrainBlackout: See PostVictoryCollapse. |
| 387 | * PrincelyYoungMan: Of the IceKing variety. |
| 388 | * TheQuietOne: In casual situations, due to his social awkwardness. |
| 389 | * RageBreakingPoint: He's been putting up with Neal for years, but what finally does it is [[spoiler:Neal's part in Carne's death]]. Setz makes it clear that he wants nothing to do with Neal after that. |
| 390 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to Lark's Red Oni. [[spoiler:This gets reversed in the second arc, as Setz becomes increasingly NotSoStoic.]] |
| 391 | * SecretKeeper: He knows Lark is a human, having been the one to bring him to Crepuscule. Alongside Bathory, he's one of two [[spoiler:after Angela's death]] whom Lark thus confides in. |
| 392 | * SociallyAwkwardHero: He's level-headed in a fight and can make public speeches as vice-president with no problem. When it comes to basic social situations like trying to mend his friendship with Lark? It's evidently taking a ''lot'' of effort on Setz's part to even take one step. |
| 393 | * TheStoic: Very aloof, in sharp contrast to his old personality. |
| 394 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: He probably looks exactly like a younger version of Navarus, hence why Lark is surprised to hear that he's actually adopted. [[spoiler:Because, of course, he's not.]] |
| 395 | * StudentCouncilPresident: Vice-president, though he's essentially president in all but name due to Carne's incompetence. [[spoiler:After her death and he awakens a fire spirit, he becomes this for real.]] |
| 396 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Past his blunt and cold exterior? He's still one of the most caring and compassionate characters in the series. |
| 397 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: ''Yes'', particularly next to Lark's brighter appearance. It's also implied later on, when the students talk about the new student council being "cool". |
| 398 | * ThatManIsDead: Downplayed. [[spoiler:After realizing how much being a Navarus has destroyed his life, he explicitly disavows both his family name and his father (and thus everything that once defined who he was).]] |
| 399 | * TheyDiedBecauseOfYou: [[spoiler:When Setz wakes up to find Carne on a rampage, [[ManipulativeBastard Neal]] doesn't waste any time in telling him that it's Setz's own fault, to Setz's horror. While Setz recognizes Neal's part in Carne's death after the fact, Neal's words still have their intended effect, and Setz never fully forgives himself.]] |
| 400 | * ThouShaltNotKill: He doesn't have an explicit moral code about killing, per se (and he's certainly no pacifist), but he strongly does not believe in it as a first resort (in contrast to a fair amount of the cast). [[spoiler:In the end, despite having had numerous reasons to desire revenge over the course of the series against various people, including in the finale, he not only never takes a single life but actively spares Neal's.]] |
| 401 | * TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:After awakening a spirit, and then again after receiving Lizzy's ability of negation.]] |
| 402 | * TookALevelInCheerfulness: He's never fully ''cheerful'', but he smiles on a slightly more frequent basis by the final season, if nothing else. |
| 403 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Over the timeskip, having become cold and unsociable. |
| 404 | * TookALevelInKindness: ... And then he loosens up a bit, with Angela and Lark's help. |
| 405 | * TragicKeepsake: While it's never seen again, it's implied that [[spoiler:his mother's ribbon, which he gave to Carne, ends up as this after Carne's death]]. |
| 406 | * TranquilFury: He'll do this sometimes when truly pissed off, as seen when [[spoiler:telling Neal to get out after Carne's death or when telling Gilles to shut up or else Setz will kill him himself.]] |
| 407 | * TraumaButton: When Lark asks out loud [[UsedToBeASweetKid why he changed so much]], it triggers a flashback to [[BreakTheCutie said reason]], causing Setz to shut down. Angela, realizing that this is ''not'' a good way for Setz to reveal the skeletons in his closet to Lark, promptly defuses the situation. |
| 408 | * TraumaCongaLine: Not even counting his [[BreakTheCutie backstory]], between [[spoiler:Carne's death, Angela's death, having to deal with an out of control Lark, being on the receiving end of a (thankfully failed) attempt at OffingTheOffspring, realizing his entire life amounted to nothing, and then having to face Neal who's out to murder him]], the series never lets Setz catch a break, from start to finish. |
| 409 | * TwoGuysAndAGirl: With Carne and Neal, having known both since his childhood. With Carne being an emotional charge in the connection between Setz and Neal [[spoiler:especially after Neal drove her to her death]], much of Setz and Neal's fight [[spoiler:in the finale has her memory in the background]]. |
| 410 | * TheUnchosenOne: As Navarus put it, he was hoping that Setz would be the key to the world, but nope, that's [[TheChosenOne Lark]]. At the end of the day, beyond being a mutant in a cast where that's not entirely rare, there's nothing special about Setz. He's really just a guy doing his best for the world because it's the right thing to do. |
| 411 | * TheUnfavorite: It's pretty obvious that his father favours his daughter-in-law aka Carne over Setz. |
| 412 | * UnSorcerer: Has no ability, which isn't too uncommon, but something of a sore spot when he's a member of the student council. Furthermore, it's why he's not president. |
| 413 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: That CheerfulChild pre-timeskip? Yeah, he's gone. |
| 414 | * UsedToBeMoreSocial: Compared to the kid who approached Lark out of a desire for a friend, Setz is ''much'' more withdrawn now. |
| 415 | * WasItReallyWorthIt: [[spoiler:He's spent his entire life believing that the sacrifices he made--cutting off ties with Lark and Angela, giving up his childhood, etc.--were for the sake of his duty and so he never regretted it. Once he finally realizes what all that has amounted to (that is, losing everyone he cared about, and for a man who was never going to acknowledge him), he decides that no, it really ''wasn't'' worth it.]] |
| 416 | * WeakButSkilled: While he technically gains quite a bit of firepower (pun unintended) if needed, he doesn't often use it. However, out of the main trio, he's the only one physically trained in martial arts, and so tends to have the quickest reflexes. |
| 417 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Lark's opinion of him, until they reconcile. [[spoiler:As noted under Lark's section, this seems to be Setz's opinion now regarding Lark, after the latter TookALevelInJerkass. Though thankfully they seem to have patched things up by chapter 161.]] |
| 418 | * WellDoneSonGuy: He desperately wants his father's approval, being aware that the man wouldn't be above discarding him if he has nothing going for him. |
| 419 | * WhenHeSmiles: Carne is utterly amazed. |
| 420 | * WingedHumanoid: [[spoiler:He spends much of the finale with his wings out after obtaining them.]] |
| 421 | * WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: In a flashback, Navarus expresses his cold disappointment in Setz for lacking an ability. |
| 422 | * WolverineClaws: As a pureblood vampire, he can manifest these. |
| 423 | * {{Workaholic}}: ''Setz does not stop working.'' |
| 424 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Setz ponders the possibility of his father pulling this on him at one point, wondering if his father would've discarded him if [[spoiler:he hadn't awakened the fire spirit]]. |
| 425 | * YouRemindMeOfX: Navarus comments on how Setz reminds him of how he used to be. [[spoiler:Considering how disillusioned Navarus has become since that time, and he says this before trying to kill Setz, it's a chilling remark.]] |
| 426 | [[/folder]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | [[folder:Carne Greyfell]] |
| 429 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carne.png]] |
| 430 | |
| 431 | The heir of the Greyfell family, and Setz's fiancée. Due to her powerful ability, she's the president of the student council, despite her timid personality. |
| 432 | |
| 433 | ->'''Race''': Pureblood vampire (mutant) |
| 434 | ->'''Ability''': Fire manipulation |
| 435 | ---- |
| 436 | * AbusiveParents: Her mother wasn't very kind to her. |
| 437 | * ApologizesALot: Due to being rather shy and a people-pleaser. [[spoiler:You can tell that she's in the midst of losing it when, after stabbing Neal, she mumbles out her apologies... before changing her mind and deciding that no, ''he's'' at fault (which, to be fair, he is).]] |
| 438 | * ArrangedMarriage: In one with Setz. |
| 439 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: This trope is why Navarus made her president, given her powerful ability. Unfortunately, everything ''else'' about her is a mess, so she ends up being AuthorityInNameOnly. |
| 440 | * AuthorityInNameOnly: Despite being the president of the student council, it's really Setz who's in charge. |
| 441 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Setz was the one who looked after her when her parents died, and his kindness is implied to be why she fell in love. |
| 442 | * BerserkButton: [[spoiler:Threatening to tell Setz her secrets.]] |
| 443 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: ''Very'' much so. |
| 444 | * BlueBlood: As the only surviving member of the noble Greyfell family. |
| 445 | * BreakTheCutie: Damn it, Neal. [[spoiler:On top of learning that she was the one who killed her parents, Neal inflicts this over the course of the first part in an attempt to drive her into a rampage.]] |
| 446 | * BroodingBoyGentleGirl: The Gentle Girl to Setz's Brooding Boy--[[SubvertedTrope or so it seems at first]]. Despite Setz being a DefrostingIceKing and Carne being a NiceGirl, however, she's actually ''more'' unstable and needs Setz's reassurance more than the other way around. |
| 447 | * DaddysGirl: She was very close to her father when he was alive. In a twist on this trope, though, she actually did love her mother more: it was just that her mother preferred to ignore her when she could. |
| 448 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Her mother was emotionally abusive, before dying in an accident with her father. [[spoiler:Except it wasn't so much an accident as it was murder on Carne's part.]] |
| 449 | * DesperatelyCravesAffection: Thanks to her mother's abuse, she's desperate to believe that someone--Setz, namely--could love her. It's presumably why she's so quick to trust Neal as well. |
| 450 | * DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:She DisappearsIntoLight in Setz's arms.]] |
| 451 | * DisappearsIntoLight: [[spoiler:When she ceases to exist.]] |
| 452 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Almost, though she admits that in the end, she couldn't go through with it as she still wants to live.]] |
| 453 | * GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Knowing that she's about to disappear, she tells Setz not to forget her with a smile, before then dying.]] |
| 454 | * GoneHorriblyRight: Slightly. [[spoiler:Neal wanted to drive her to insanity, and he succeeded. Carne's first course of action, however? Stab him.]] Other than that, though, it all went according to plan. |
| 455 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: When not unstable, she's a very sweet girl. |
| 456 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: She thinks Neal is a great friend, despite having seen his AxCrazy tendencies. This goes as well as you might expect. |
| 457 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: In the extras, she tends to say things that could unintentionally offend Neal. |
| 458 | * KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:[[SarcasmMode Thank you Neal...]]]] |
| 459 | * LamarckWasRight: Her ability comes from her mother's side. |
| 460 | * LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler:If Setz returned her feelings, she'd be set for life. Sadly, things don't work out that way, and given her fragile state of mind by that point, she does ''not'' take it well.]] |
| 461 | * MementoMacguffin: The ribbon she wears was a gift from Setz when they were young and once belonged to the latter's mother. |
| 462 | * NiceGirl: She's a genuinely sweet girl who wants to help others. Unfortunately, she's also ''incredibly'' fragile, emotionally-speaking. |
| 463 | * NotGoodWithRejection: [[spoiler:Setz not returning her feelings is part of what sends her over the edge, though to be fair, Neal had already done a heavy amount of damage to her psyche. She then calms down when she realizes that she was, actually, content with simply being important to Setz even in a platonic manner, but by that point, it's too late for the both of them.]] |
| 464 | * OrphansOrdeal: As she puts it, she didn't realize how lonely it was when the skies were purple until after her parents' deaths, hence why she attaches herself to Setz all the more. |
| 465 | * ParentalAbandonment: Her parents died shortly before the start of the series. |
| 466 | * PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Played with. See Setz's section for the details. |
| 467 | * PlayingWithFire: Her ability. |
| 468 | * PoorCommunicationKills: See Setz's section. |
| 469 | * PowerIncontinence: She has difficulty controlling her ability, which casts doubts on her capability as president. |
| 470 | * ProneToTears: Being a ShrinkingViolet ''and'' an ill girl with a side of BewareTheNiceOnes... |
| 471 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Her death occurs at the climax of Season 1 and marks the first major one in the series.]] |
| 472 | * SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:After discovering that she murdered her parents]]. |
| 473 | * SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Which utterly breaks her more.]] |
| 474 | * ShrinkingViolet: Painfully shy. |
| 475 | * ShyFingerTwiddling: In an extra, she does this while asking Setz what his plans are for Christmas. |
| 476 | * SoleSurvivor: Of the Greyfell family. |
| 477 | * StudentCouncilPresident: Though she's AuthorityInNameOnly, due to being ProneToTears. Setz does all of the actual leading. |
| 478 | * TearsOfBlood: [[spoiler:During her rampage]]. |
| 479 | * TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler:She doesn't remember quite how her parents died.]] |
| 480 | * TwoGuysAndAGirl: With Setz and Neal, the former of which she loves and the latter whom she considers her best friend. [[spoiler:While Setz and Neal have always hated each other's guts, it all gets worse after Neal causes her SanitySlippage and ultimate death]]. |
| 481 | * UnrequitedTragicMaiden: While she technically would "win" Setz, as she has no competition and is in fact ''engaged'' to him... Well, she'd like it if he sincerely loved her like she does. [[spoiler:Adding onto the entire tragedy that ultimately befalls their relationship, Setz was actually willing to lie and pretend that he did if it would make her happy.]] |
| 482 | * UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:When she goes on an rampage. Even the staff can't stop her.]] |
| 483 | * WingedHumanoid: What marks her as a mutant is that she already has her wings, which shouldn't manifest until she's an adult. |
| 484 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Again, when she goes on a rampage and begins destroying the school.]] |
| 485 | * {{Yandere}}: One for Setz at her worst. [[spoiler:She only truly and utterly loses it when she believes that he's rejecting her, and it's first made clear by the fact that she attacks even ''him''.]] |
| 486 | [[/folder]] |
| 487 | |
| 488 | [[folder:Nilvana Freire / [[spoiler:Sermenys]]]] |
| 489 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/neal.png]] |
| 490 | |
| 491 | Otherwise known as Neal. A slave of the Navarus family, he's a member of the student council and utterly despises Navarus's guts. |
| 492 | |
| 493 | ->'''Race''': Mixed blood vampire?/pureblood vampire? (mutant) |
| 494 | ->'''Ability''': Travel |
| 495 | ---- |
| 496 | * AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:The Sermenys family locked him in a dungeon.]] |
| 497 | * ArchEnemy: By the end, he's this for Setz. [[spoiler:Although Navarus has had a greater influence on both of them, Neal concludes after killing Navarus that it's really Setz's death that will satisfy him, and on Setz's part, it's implied he can only fully find closure regarding Carne if he bests Neal.]] |
| 498 | * BadassInANiceSuit: [[spoiler:After joining up with Theresia, which involves a wardrobe change.]] |
| 499 | * AxCrazy: Case in point: he stabs Lark for no other reason than the boy touching him when he said not to. |
| 500 | * BastardAngst: Whether he's actually illegitimate or not will forever be up in the air, but even the possibility that he was one destroyed his life. [[spoiler:That he's able to grow wings, however, suggests that he's a pureblood and therefore legitimate.]] |
| 501 | * BastardBastard: He may or may not be illegitimate, as it's unclear whether his concentric eyes come from being a mutant or a bastard child, but he's definitely a douche. |
| 502 | * BattleButler: Neal doesn't play the trope quite as straight as Sylvia, but given Navarus's comment about how he trained his subordinates in the physical arts to compensate for his own shortcomings, one can assume that he was going with something like this for Neal. |
| 503 | * BigBad: [[spoiler:In a sense, he becomes [[BigBadEnsemble one of them]], alongside Theresia, by virtue of being Setz's main antagonist despite having had little influence on the overall plot.]] |
| 504 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: His proper debut reeks of him being this, as he smiles and reassures Carne all the while internally snarling. |
| 505 | * BlackEyesOfCrazy: [[spoiler:In one eye when going berserk. Sort of. It's eventually revealed that it wasn't really a rampage, so it's never quite clear what triggered this particular transformation.]] |
| 506 | * BlueBlood: [[spoiler:Unsurprisingly, he's part of the Sermenys noble family.]] |
| 507 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: Taunts Setz with this in the finale: when Setz implicitly refers to Carne, Neal acts as if he has no idea who he means. |
| 508 | * BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler:When it's finally time to put his plan into place, he pulls this on Carne.]] |
| 509 | * CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Why Navarus keeps him around, despite the fact that Neal makes it absolutely no secret that he wants him dead. |
| 510 | * ColdBloodedTorture: Frequently suffers this at Navarus's hands. |
| 511 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:His family locked him up in a dungeon for a century]] and when he finally escaped, he ended up becoming Navarus's slave. |
| 512 | * TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:He gets to kill Navarus, his BadBoss, as he so desired.]] |
| 513 | * DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:After killing Navarus and usurping his place as Setz's ArchEnemy.]] |
| 514 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: Lark wasn't sure whether he was a guy or girl at first. |
| 515 | * EvilCounterpart: To Setz. Both are mutants whose unusual births (Neal's concentric eyes, Setz [[spoiler:surviving for hundreds of years in his mother's womb]]) have made them outcasts in some way; Neal blatantly so, whereas Setz desperately keeps his secret to avoid this fate. Before [[spoiler:he lost his memory of Setz's secret]], Neal even stated in a flashback that there was [[NotSoDifferentRemark no difference between the two of them]]. However, whereas Setz tries to live by being useful to others, Neal can derive satisfaction only through dragging others to hell with him. |
| 516 | * ExoticEyeDesigns: Everyone sans Lark has them, but special mention goes to Neal, for whom they're a plot point: [[spoiler:the concentric design in his eyes led his father to believe that he was illegitimate, making him a disgrace on their bloodline purity. Ultimately, it's heavily implied that his eyes are just the result of him being a mutant.]] |
| 517 | * EyeScream: Courtesy of Navarus. |
| 518 | * FreudianExcuse: Between his family and Navarus, his life has been full of abusive assholes. |
| 519 | * GoAndSinNoMore: [[spoiler:While Neal himself shows no sign of wanting to repent, Setz spares him with this in mind.]] |
| 520 | * IllKillYou: He says this about Navarus a ''lot''. |
| 521 | * InsaneTrollLogic: Setz's dumbfounded reaction when Neal explains his mindset to him in the finale says it all, including Setz's accusation that he's being selfish, to which Neal replies that if he has nothing, then ''clearly he can't be selfish''. |
| 522 | * InSeriesNickname: Neal. It's revealed in an extra that his first name was too difficult for Carne to pronounce, so she shortened it. |
| 523 | * ItsAllAboutMe: By the finale, his reasoning is explicitly, "If I'm not happy, no one else deserves to be." |
| 524 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He's nice to Carne, except she's any ''but'' a MoralityPet. Their 'friendship' only highlights how much of a {{Jerkass}} Nil is inside. |
| 525 | * {{Jerkass}}: Rude and self-important--and that's him on a ''good'' day. |
| 526 | * KickTheDog: Indulges in this often. |
| 527 | * LackOfEmpathy: He's so absorbed in his own self-pity that he feels nothing over inflicting the same misery onto others. If anything, [[{{Sadist}} he gets a kick out of it]]. |
| 528 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Quz erased his memory of learning Setz's secret.]] |
| 529 | * MadeASlave: By Navarus, who took Neal in for this purpose. [[spoiler:Neal finally manages to escape when he goes to the outside world and has Navarus's curse negated by Lizzy.]] |
| 530 | * ManipulativeBastard: His role through Season 1 is effectively him preying on Carne's insecurities to get back at Navarus. |
| 531 | * MinorInjuryOverreaction: Setz punches him in the face (... to escape, because Neal was holding him hostage)? Obviously, the logical course of action--in Neal's mind--is to try and kill him. |
| 532 | * MurderIsTheBestSolution: Bloody vengeance is really the only way he knows how to deal with his problems, and he encourages others to cope the same way he does. |
| 533 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Rarely referred to by his actual name. |
| 534 | * PetTheDog: Juuuuust barely, but compared to everyone else, whom he's either a {{Jerkass}} to or manipulating for his own gain, he does actually kind of work with Sylvia and sympathize with her somewhat, due to seeing them as BirdsOfAFeather. |
| 535 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:Over a hundred, though he's unaware of this until Ersha tells him. As she notes, being locked up in the dark for so long must have warped his sense of time.]] |
| 536 | * RevengeByProxy: |
| 537 | ** He can't touch Navarus, so he goes after the next best thing: [[spoiler:the only person Navarus cares for, aka Carne]]. |
| 538 | ** Subverted in regards to [[spoiler:Setz. By the time Neal's set on killing him, it's because he feels that Setz personally has wronged him, and not purely due to him being Navarus's son.]] |
| 539 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: What he hopes to do. Once he gets Navarus, Neal's family is next. [[spoiler:In terms of what actually happens, he (successfully) starts with Navarus and attempts to end it with Setz, but fails.]] |
| 540 | * {{Sadist}}: Even putting aside the viciousness with which he implements his revenge, including [[RevengeByProxy dragging innocents into it]], he admits to Setz in the finale that he's always wanted to know how [[TheStoic Setz]] would look when [[DespairEventHorizon cast into despair]], making it clear that he gets a certain joy out of others' suffering that goes beyond pragmatic vengeance. Essentially, it makes him feel better about how miserable his own life is. |
| 541 | * SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:It all goes downhill for him after Setz claws his face.]] |
| 542 | * ScarsAreForever: [[spoiler:The afterwords indicates that the claw marks Setz left on his face are permanent.]] |
| 543 | * SecretKeeper: A cruel kind for Carne. He takes advantage of their "friendship" to make himself her sole confidant, allowing him to manipulate her all the more easily. |
| 544 | * SmugSmiler: When he's not throwing a psychotic fit, he typically has a nasty smirk on his face. |
| 545 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: He doesn't get along very well with the other student council members--particularly Setz and Bathory. |
| 546 | * ThinkingUpPortals: His ability. |
| 547 | * TwoGuysAndAGirl: With Setz and Carne, his two ChildhoodFriends if we replace "friends" with "people he utterly hates". Neal himself couldn't care less, but Setz feels ''very'' strongly about [[spoiler:Neal's part in Carne's death]]. |
| 548 | * WeakButSkilled: His ability has no combat aspect to it, but he's a very good physical fighter. |
| 549 | * WingedHumanoid: [[spoiler:Same deal as Setz.]] |
| 550 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Everything he does is in the name of lashing back at a world he feels has wronged him, ultimately [[spoiler:culminating in him going (pseudo)berserk]]. |
| 551 | * YankTheDogsChain: It's not undeserved, but every time the guy thinks he's free from Navarus's curse? Nope. [[spoiler:Lizzy negates it, but she reveals that she can undo the negation whenever she likes. When she dies? He's still not free, because Setz inherited her ability and can do the same.]] |
| 552 | * YouAreWhatYouHate: [[spoiler:Utterly despises the nobility, though he's technically a noble himself.]] |
| 553 | [[/folder]] |
| 554 | |
| 555 | [[folder:Bathory Spitzen / [[spoiler:Erzebet]]]] |
| 556 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bathory.png]] |
| 557 | |
| 558 | A member of the student council on Navarus's orders. She's a mysterious girl who realizes immediately that Lark is human, and tells him to come to her if he has any problems. |
| 559 | |
| 560 | ->'''Race''': Pureblood succubus |
| 561 | ->'''Ability''': Linking dreams |
| 562 | ---- |
| 563 | * ActionGirl: A competent mage. |
| 564 | * BlackMagicianGirl: She's shown to be skilled in offensive spells, with it being implied that she can use ''Class 8'' magic. |
| 565 | * BrokenBird: Due to her OrphansOrdeal. [[spoiler:Or rather, because she's Carmilla's alter ego, and specifically was born from Carmilla's negative emotions.]] |
| 566 | * ColdBloodedTorture: She's gone through this, [[spoiler:thanks to Nergal]]. |
| 567 | * CoolBigSis: Wants to be this to Setz and Lark, neither of whom is quite as enthusiastic about the idea. [[spoiler:Technically she and Lark could be consider to be cousins, as he is her aunt's adoptive son.]] |
| 568 | * CreepyGood: She's rather ominous, but overall a decent person. |
| 569 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Pink hair with pink-ish red eyes. |
| 570 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Her mother abandoned her, and she wandered the world for years to find Angela, before meeting Nergal who then proceeded to torture her for info. Though it turns out that first part isn't quite accurate, after all.]] |
| 571 | * DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Nearly crosses it after Angela dies, with her just about being ready to die, before she realizes that she still has family left--Lark.]] |
| 572 | * DreamWalker: She can enter dreams and gain information from them. |
| 573 | * FreudianTrio: Eventually forms this with Lark and Setz. She's the ego, as she tends not to veer to either of the other two's extreme and may or may not be the one mediating between them. |
| 574 | * GenkiGirl: She has her moments of being very enthusiastic. |
| 575 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:So that Lark doesn't have to die instead, she returns to Carmilla, fusing back with her.]] |
| 576 | * HeyYou: Initially refers to Lark as "kid," before they make a deal: she'll stop calling him that if he drops the formalities. |
| 577 | * HimeCut: The hair style itself is perfect but her personality is less fitting given the CreepyGood and HeyYou tendencies. |
| 578 | * HumansAreSpecial: Believes this (though she also does note that HumansAreBastards too). |
| 579 | * InterspeciesFriendship: With Lark, which Bathory happily initiates due to a fondness for humans. |
| 580 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Quz erases her memory of researching red-eyed humans.]] |
| 581 | * LastOfHerKind: [[spoiler:Of the Erzebet and, by association, pure-blooded succubi after Angela's death.]] |
| 582 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: With Lark, whom she comes to consider as her family. |
| 583 | * LiteralSplitPersonality: [[spoiler:She's Carmilla's alter ego.]] |
| 584 | * LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:To Angela... although as revealed in Season 3, she isn't ''actually'' the relative she was assumed to be.]] |
| 585 | * MoralityChain: She basically invokes this when [[spoiler:Tepes claims that Lark has no reason to care about Crepuscule anymore when his only family is dead and it looks like Lark is buying into it]], pointing out that ''she's'' Lark's family, so [[spoiler:Tepes is wrong]]. |
| 586 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: She's very fond of invading Lark's. |
| 587 | * OrphansOrdeal: [[spoiler:Her mother abandoned her, which she's understandably bitter about. It's why she's so desperate to find another relative--namely, Angela]]. |
| 588 | * ParentalAbandonment: See OrphansOrdeal. What happened to her father is unknown. |
| 589 | * Really700YearsOld: [[spoiler:She's almost 200 years old]]. |
| 590 | * ReplacementGoldfish: Subverted. Nergal hates her precisely because [[spoiler:although she's Carmilla's LiteralSplitPersonality, she's just her "trash" and far from the real thing]]. |
| 591 | * RoseHairedSweetie: Primarily when she's being a GenkiGirl; subverted when she's in CreepyGood or {{Tsundere}} mode. |
| 592 | * SecretKeeper: For Lark, regarding his identity as a human. She also knows about the circumstances of Setz's birth. |
| 593 | * ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Has no problems with going around in nothing but a long shirt. |
| 594 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: [[spoiler:See Angela's section]]. |
| 595 | * {{Tsundere}}: A non-romantic version. She's rather rude towards anyone she doesn't like, but very affectionate with those she does. |
| 596 | * YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:She's reached past the end of the average lifespan, meaning that she'll likely die soon]]. |
| 597 | [[/folder]] |
| 598 | |
| 599 | [[folder:Sai Kul]] |
| 600 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sai.png]] |
| 601 | |
| 602 | A member of the student council--and the only one ''not'' there because of Navarus--as well as Sia's older brother. He's still in school because he failed his exams repeatedly. |
| 603 | |
| 604 | ->'''Race''': Zombie vampire |
| 605 | ->'''Ability''': Detecting abilities |
| 606 | ---- |
| 607 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: To Bathory. |
| 608 | * ActualPacifist: He shows reluctance over the idea of fighting others, and is indeed one of the few characters never shown to use violence, even electing to tie up Queeny rather than actually harm him. [[spoiler:He's finally seen fighting during Theresia's mindless beings during Crepuscule's destruction, though, in order to defend himself and Sia.]] |
| 609 | * BareFistedMonk: In the one time he does fight, he just punches things straight on. |
| 610 | * BigOlEyebrows: He has notably thick eyebrows. |
| 611 | * BookDumb: Again, failed his exams repeatedly. |
| 612 | * CrazyJealousGuy: A mild version when it comes to Bathory's closeness with Lark. He has a tendency to be upset (PlayedForLaughs) whenever Bathory is giving Lark a little too much attention and at one point tells Lark to stay away from her, but he always remains friendly. |
| 613 | * DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:He died going through the forest, and his death is Sai's motivation for tagging along with Lark and co. head to see the Council--though it turns out he wasn't quite so dead after all.]] |
| 614 | * DumbIsGood: One of the more dimwitted characters around who manages to be mostly out of the loop, but also one of the nicest. |
| 615 | * HealingFactor: By virtue of being a zombie, he has this to an extent compared to other vampires, though it's nowhere near Sia's level. |
| 616 | * HopelessSuitor: To Bathory, who views him as an AbhorrentAdmirer. |
| 617 | * IWillOnlySlowYouDown: [[spoiler:As he's stuck on the other side of the wall and potentially fatally injured, he tells the others to go on without him, instead of trying to come back for him.]] |
| 618 | * ImaginaryLoveTriangle: He ''thinks'' he has to compete with Lark, unaware that his relationship with Bathory is more LikeBrotherAndSister. |
| 619 | * {{Keet}}: He's rather energetic, especially where Bathory is concerned. |
| 620 | * KindheartedSimpleton: In a series where everyone else is prone to brooding or being a jerk, Sai is refreshingly and unabashedly friendly and clueless |
| 621 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: During his, Lark, Setz, and Bathory's journey to the Elder Council, he's the only one who has no idea about Lark being human, which Lark takes advantage to prevent Bathory and Setz from interrogating him too hard. |
| 622 | * LoveMakesYouDumb: As noted by Sia. Granted, Sai isn't exactly the brightest to begin with. |
| 623 | * NiceGuy: Jealous moments aside, he's a very nice and friendly guy, and one of the few who's genuinely so in the series. |
| 624 | * OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler:He comes close to dying in Season 2 and sets off quite a few death flags, but ultimately manages to survive.]] |
| 625 | * OnlySaneMan: Take a look at the other members of the student council. Then take a look at Sai. |
| 626 | * PluckyComicRelief: Though he has his serious moments, he can usually be counted on to add humour to a situation. |
| 627 | * TheReliableOne: When Carne's out of commission half the time and Neal and Bathory tend to come and go as they please, he's the only member of the student council who's consistently there to help Setz out. |
| 628 | * SensorCharacter: Thanks to his ability, which got him into the student council. |
| 629 | * SiblingTeam: With Sia after he joins the student council. |
| 630 | * SiblingYinYang: With Sia. |
| 631 | * TenderTears: PlayedForLaughs. He's prone to bursting out in tears wherever Bathory is involved. |
| 632 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: While most of the characters introduced remain recognizable between the original version and the main one, Sai's the only case where, if you compared the two versions, you wouldn't necessarily be able to tell that they're the same guy. |
| 633 | [[/folder]] |
| 634 | |
| 635 | [[folder:Members Who Join in Season 3]] |
| 636 | !!Lark Alfen |
| 637 | |
| 638 | Joins in Season 3. See Arzew Academy Students for his section. |
| 639 | |
| 640 | !!Sia Kul |
| 641 | |
| 642 | Joins in Season 3. See Arzew Academy Students for his section. |
| 643 | |
| 644 | !!Seere Klein |
| 645 | |
| 646 | Joins in Season 3. See Arzew Academy Students for her section. |
| 647 | |
| 648 | !!Seeren Klein |
| 649 | |
| 650 | Joins in Season 3. See Arzew Academy Students for her section. |
| 651 | |
| 652 | !!Ersha Sermenys |
| 653 | |
| 654 | Joins in Season 3. See Arzew Academy Students for her section. |
| 655 | |
| 656 | [[/folder]] |
| 657 | |
| 658 | !!Nobles and Servants |
| 659 | [[folder:Ratatusk Trenkel Navarus]] |
| 660 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/navarus.png]] |
| 661 | |
| 662 | Setz's father and the head of the Navarus family. He's the director of Arzew Academy. |
| 663 | |
| 664 | ->'''Race''': Pureblood vampire |
| 665 | ->'''Ability''': Planting curses |
| 666 | ---- |
| 667 | * AbusiveParents: Is one to Setz. |
| 668 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Just barely. In the original version, he was physically abusive to Setz on top of emotionally abusive (as well as much more temperamental), while there are no indications of this in the main version, making him come across as more of a cold and ruthless man rather than someone randomly aggressive towards others. |
| 669 | * TheAgeless: Due to being part of the First Generation. |
| 670 | * AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:In part due to him having become a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds by his death, he receives a dignified sendoff in the epilogue, dying under the sky of the outside world and commenting on its beauty.]] |
| 671 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: In spite of him being an AbusiveParent to Setz, a BadBoss to Neal, and a {{Jerkass}} to everyone not named Carne, it's unclear for most of the series as to whether he's a villain or just a particularly callous AntiHero, due to his hidden agenda. As the rest of the tropes under his section reveal, it's the former, albeit in a more sympathetic light than one might expect. |
| 672 | * AntiHero: In a sense. He's not a good person by any means, but his goals roughly align with Angela's. [[spoiler:Subverted in Season 3, however.]] |
| 673 | * ArchEnemy: |
| 674 | ** First and foremost, Neal sees him as his end goal. [[spoiler:Though to a degree, Setz inadvertently takes this position from Navarus.]] |
| 675 | ** In Season 3, [[spoiler:he becomes this for Setz--though as with the above, Neal usurps him and becomes Setz's ArchEnemy instead]]. |
| 676 | * ArchnemesisDad: [[spoiler:His role as this is finally confirmed in Season 3, where he reveals his goal to bring about the end of the world and then tries to kill Setz.]] |
| 677 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's the Director of Arzew Academy and every bit as competent in combat as you might expect. |
| 678 | * BadBoss: Towards Neal in spades. There's a reason Neal wants to see him dead so badly. [[spoiler:He also kills Sylvia for "disobedience", and later tries the same on Setz, whom he views as his subordinate.]] |
| 679 | * BadPowersBadPeople: No surprise that someone who can plant curses isn't exactly a nice guy. |
| 680 | * BeardOfEvil: The goatee's the only thing stopping him from looking just like an older Setz. |
| 681 | * BigBad: [[spoiler:[[BigBadEnsemble One of them with Theresia]]. Neal usurps him by killing him, although Navarus still isn't quite a BigBadWannabe, as the only thing Neal robbed him of was his chance at a natural death and Neal didn't actually surpass him in plotting or anything like that.]] |
| 682 | * BlueBlood: The Navarus family is essentially the most powerful household in the world. |
| 683 | * BrokenPedestal: |
| 684 | ** For Neal, who used to idolize him before realizing what kind of master he really was. |
| 685 | ** A part of Setz has always hated Navarus, but he still respected him greatly. Suffice to say that goes downhill fast in Season 3. |
| 686 | * TheChessmaster: Out of everyone, he's holding the most cards to his chest. [[spoiler:Notably, he's known for hundreds of years where Carmilla was and is the only person who witnessed what was actually the first rampage--his wife's--and has been sitting on this information of centuries, waiting to make his move. He was also the one who made it possible for Tepes to cross over to Crepuscule originally, but when Tepes seemingly died, Navarus then unsealed Theresia so that she could take Tepes's place in his plans.]] |
| 687 | * CynicismCatalyst: He was noted to have been a friendly and outgoing person--before his beloved wife died. |
| 688 | * DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:For all intents and purposes, he's been suicidally depressed for hundreds of years. The only thing keeping him going is that he wants a ''natural'' death.]] |
| 689 | * DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Yeah, that CynicismCatalyst? Not only was that death the result of what was ''really'' the first rampage, it turns out it was also really ''this'' for Navarus.]] |
| 690 | * FallenHero: What we see and know of him in the past points to a compassionate individual who believed in Carmilla's ideals of peace. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, following her may have been the biggest mistake he made: not only did his newfound appreciation of a finite life (for later generations) cause him to resent his own immortality, but the world "rewarded" his devotion by killing his wife in a way that would never have happened if Crepuscule hadn't been created.]] As twisted a person he is now, [[TragicVillain it's not hard to see how he became so embittered]]. |
| 691 | * GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Nergal mocks him for envying the vampires of Crepuscule for their ability to die naturally. Navarus, on his part, agrees but doesn't particularly consider it an insult.]] |
| 692 | * HappilyMarried: Or at least he was, before his wife died. |
| 693 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: He was this with Mor Greyfell, Carne's father. He also seems to have been close friends with Tepes. |
| 694 | * HighCollarOfDoom: Has one in the present. |
| 695 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: From the moment Setz was born, Navarus kept him around in hopes that he would be useful to his plans one day. [[spoiler:Setz ends up turning against him, vowing not to let Navarus take away the only thing he has left.]] He also tortured Neal and let him live only because, again, he had his uses. [[spoiler:Guess who ends up killing Navarus while he's distracted with fighting Setz?]] |
| 696 | * IWasQuiteALooker: Not that he's unattractive now, as he technically hasn't aged a day, but flashbacks show what he was like without the goatee (unless that's your thing) and the eyebags and when not dressed like a villain. |
| 697 | * {{Jerkass}}: Being an AbusiveParent to Setz and an abusive master to Neal means he's this without question. |
| 698 | * KickTheDog: Not that he's ever really nice, but most of his {{Jerkass}} behaviour seems to be out of ruthlessness. However, him [[spoiler:showing Setz his mother's corpse and even smirking when he decides to do so]] comes off as more of an act of random maliciousness compared to the other things he does. |
| 699 | * NervesOfSteel: Very little ever seems to faze him, and even things that do tend not to get more than a widening of eyes. |
| 700 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: Both Lark and Tepes looked down on him for how little he'd seemed to accomplish, but [[spoiler:in the end, he does contribute to Crepuscule's destruction per his true goals, nearly killing everyone in the process, and at the very least sends Nergal and Gilles de Rais to their deaths]]. Ultimately, it just seems that he was willing to let them underestimate him. |
| 701 | * NotSoStoic: He has the occasional outburst of anger, such as when Setz shows him the ribbon of his late wife or when he tells Sylvia to get moving [[spoiler:during Carne's rampage]]. |
| 702 | * OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:After revealing his true motivations to Setz, he intends on killing him. To be "fair", Navarus probably kind of figured a lot of people would be dying at that point--Setz just would've been one of the first, and one of the only to personally die by his hands.]] |
| 703 | * PerpetualFrowner: In the original version, it's mentioned that he hasn't smiled since his wife's death. There's nothing to suggest this isn't true for the main version too. |
| 704 | * PetTheDog: He has a soft spot for Carne. |
| 705 | * Really700YearsOld: As one of the First Generation. |
| 706 | * SingleTargetSexuality: It's mentioned how deeply in love he was with his wife, and considering he hasn't married or showed any signs of being interested in anyone else five hundred years later, he presumably had this for her. |
| 707 | * SquishyWizard: He's an extremely powerful mage, but admits that his physical capabilities are subpar. |
| 708 | * StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:The BrokenSmile he makes after his wife's death makes it pretty clear that that was when he lost it. Nergal, however, would argue that it started along before that: that Navarus's corruption began with his envy towards their descendants with the ability to die.]] |
| 709 | * TheStoic: LikeFatherLikeSon. |
| 710 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: Again, LikeFatherLikeSon. He's where Setz gets it from. |
| 711 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: [[Really700YearsOld Or a sweet man, rather.]] Apparently, he was quite a bit like the better parts of Setz in the past. |
| 712 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: While the sentiment isn't blatantly expressed, [[spoiler:his and Tepes's one meeting in the present makes it clear that Navarus isn't the person Tepes once knew and their encounter is rather ambivalent for former close friends]]. |
| 713 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:He wants to destroy Crepuscule--which can actually be interpreted as a heroic goal--and will do anything to accomplish that. It becomes more ambiguous in Season 3, where he seems willing to let everyone die with the world but may have meant for everyone to survive at first (as there would've been no reason to work with Angela otherwise). However, after Angela died and he teamed up with Theresia, he might've decided to just let the latter do her thing. Though regardless, considering his real motivations for seeking Crepuscule's destruction, the fates of others are likely of no concern to him.]] |
| 714 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:Immortal life has become nothing but a burden to him. Tragically, he came to realize this only through Crepuscule's creation, as seeing the later generations pass on peacefully began to drive him mad with envy.]] |
| 715 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:For all of his {{Jerkass}} behaviour, he's become this by the end. He's become disillusioned with everything hundreds of years ago and just wants it all to end.]] |
| 716 | [[/folder]] |
| 717 | |
| 718 | [[folder:Sylvia]] |
| 719 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sylvia17.png]] |
| 720 | |
| 721 | Navarus's right-hand woman, who is fiercely loyal. |
| 722 | |
| 723 | ->'''Race''': Pureblood werewolf |
| 724 | ->'''Ability''': ??? |
| 725 | ---- |
| 726 | * TheAgeless: As with the others on this page, it's because she's part of the First Generation. |
| 727 | * ApologeticAttacker: If nothing else, she does apologize [[spoiler:to Angela before killing her]]. |
| 728 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Always sharply dressed as a BattleButler. |
| 729 | * BattleButler: What she amounts to for Navarus. |
| 730 | * BirdsOfAFeather: She doesn't particularly like him, but Neal sees her and himself as this. |
| 731 | * HellishPupils: As a werewolf. |
| 732 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She was never aiming for a romance with Navarus, as she accepted that he was madly in love with his wife. Instead, she was content to simply be his most trusted subordinate. |
| 733 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:She was killed by Navarus as a punishment for killing Angela.]] |
| 734 | * LittleBitBeastly: As a werewolf. |
| 735 | * LoveMartyr: Towards Navarus. |
| 736 | * MyMasterRightOrWrong: She'll do ''whatever'' Navarus says without question, despite being able to recognize how questionable some of his behaviour is. |
| 737 | * Really700YearsOld: One of the First Generation. |
| 738 | * RightHandHottie: She's Navarus's right-hand woman and quite attractive. |
| 739 | * SatelliteCharacter: Everything she does begins and ends with Navarus. |
| 740 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Navarus. |
| 741 | * UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:The Council's. She's utterly distraught when Neal reveals that her actions won't get them to leave Navarus alone.]] |
| 742 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: As a pureblood werewolf, she can transform into a wolf. |
| 743 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: Or silver, at least. Either way, she's not exactly the most heroic of people. |
| 744 | * YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Despite the fact that she did it for his sake, Navarus kills her for her murder of Angela.]] |
| 745 | [[/folder]] |
| 746 | |
| 747 | [[folder:Quz]] |
| 748 | |
| 749 | One of the servants of the Navarus household, and Setz's attendant. |
| 750 | |
| 751 | ->'''Race''': Mixed blood vampire |
| 752 | ->'''Ability''': Erasing memories |
| 753 | ---- |
| 754 | * BlessedWithSuck: To erase someone's memory, one of his own is also erased. |
| 755 | * HappinessInSlavery: He isn't ''actually'' Setz's slave, but he sure wouldn't mind it if he were. |
| 756 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: His ability is to inflict these on people. |
| 757 | * MyMasterRightOrWrong: He's not zealous the way Sylvia is, but he won't go against Navarus's orders, no matter how questionable they are. |
| 758 | * NiceGuy: Weak-willed, but a caring guy. Thank God he, at least, was around during Setz's childhood. |
| 759 | [[/folder]] |
| 760 | |
| 761 | [[folder:Nergal]] |
| 762 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nergal.png]] |
| 763 | |
| 764 | A former Council member and current ruler of the Nergal region. |
| 765 | |
| 766 | ->'''Race''': [[spoiler:Pureblood werewolf]] |
| 767 | ->'''Ability''': Summoning familiars |
| 768 | ---- |
| 769 | * AffablyEvil: Friendly and polite even while attacking other people. [[spoiler:He goes through being light-hearted and unremorsefully beating Lark up and worried about him all at once during their fight (though admittedly, Nergal isn't exactly on the "evil" side there).]] |
| 770 | * TheAgeless: First Generation, again. |
| 771 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: [[spoiler:Was often bullied for being a werewolf with no physical strength]]. |
| 772 | * BadassInANiceSuit: He's the only Class 10 magician around and looks the part in his white suit. |
| 773 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Lark finds out the hard way that Nergal isn't nearly as nice as he might seem, even to him. |
| 774 | * BlueBlood: Again, ruler of the Nergal region. |
| 775 | * ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:He's the baby fox Lark was taking care of at the beginning of the series]]. |
| 776 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Setz demands to know what's going on after Nergal trespasses onto school property and attacks them using his ability, he replies that... he used his ability because he can't use magic in Arzew. In this case, [[TheGadfly he was probably doing it on purpose]]. |
| 777 | * DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler:After dying via Navarus sending him out to be killed by Theresia's darkness, he's able to cross over and briefly talk to Lark and Bathory.]] |
| 778 | * EyesAlwaysShut: To indicate his playful nature--and how badass he can be. |
| 779 | * HappilyMarried: Or rather, happily engaged with Carmilla, before the creation of Crepuscule. |
| 780 | * HellishPupils: [[spoiler:As part of being a werewolf]] and to create an even more striking effect on the rare occasion he opens his eyes. |
| 781 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: See below. |
| 782 | * InterspeciesFriendship: [[spoiler:He became friends with Lark while he was in his fox appearance.]] |
| 783 | * LittleBitBeastly: [[spoiler:As a werewolf, though he keeps the traits hidden.]] |
| 784 | * LoveMakesYouCrazy: All he wants is to see Carmilla again, no matter what he has to do. |
| 785 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Him saving Angela]], while well-intentioned and one of his kinder acts, screwed things up ''badly''. |
| 786 | * ParentalSubstitute: Apparently helped to raise Millefeuille and Chocolat. |
| 787 | * PerpetualSmiler: If he's not smiling, that's a bad sign. |
| 788 | * PetTheDog: He has some fondness for Angela, as seen when [[spoiler:he chooses not to capture Bathory out of respect for the late Angela's wishes and is visibly upset that she's dead]]. |
| 789 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's been around since Crepuscule's creation. |
| 790 | * SharpDressedMan: Wears a white suit, as one might expect from a noble. |
| 791 | * SingleTargetSexuality: If he's ever loved anyone besides Carmilla--whom he's still obsessed over, hundreds of years later--he sure as hell doesn't show it. |
| 792 | * SquishyWizard: He's the best mage in the world, but his physical capabilities are nothing special. |
| 793 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He has a tendency to be this. |
| 794 | ** The familiar he left behind in Arzew ends up contributing to [[spoiler:Carne's rampage and ultimate death]]. |
| 795 | ** When Sylvia asks him to [[spoiler:save Navarus and Angela]], he's only capable of helping the latter. This ultimately leads to [[spoiler:Sylvia murdering Angela, believing that Navarus is doomed otherwise]]. |
| 796 | %%* VillainInAWhiteSuit: His colour scheme should be the first hint that his morals aren't all there. |
| 797 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: [[spoiler:He's a pureblood werewolf, so he turns into a... baby fox.]] |
| 798 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: Pale pink hair, and while occasionally something akin to an AntiHero, he's not much nicer of a person than Navarus half the time. |
| 799 | * {{Wildcard}}: He's one of the most unpredictable people around, as he tends to be operating purely on self-centered motivations in the long run, meaning that he can help any side he wishes if it benefits him. |
| 800 | * WorfHadTheFlu: Miserably loses his fight against Navarus, due to the magic barrier around the school that Navarus controls, preventing Nergal from using high-level magic. [[spoiler:Outside of said barrier, when up against Lark, Nergal wipes the floor with him.]] |
| 801 | [[/folder]] |
| 802 | |
| 803 | [[folder:Riu Myers]] |
| 804 | |
| 805 | Nergal's secretary. |
| 806 | |
| 807 | ->'''Race''': Werewolf vampire |
| 808 | ->'''Ability''': Speed |
| 809 | ---- |
| 810 | * ApologeticAttacker: Apologizes to [[spoiler:Setz]] as he beats him up. |
| 811 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Like Sylvia, he acts as a BattleButler to his master and dresses the part. |
| 812 | * BattleButler: To Nergal. |
| 813 | * LittleBitBeastly: As a werewolf. |
| 814 | * NiceGuy: In a contrast to his master, Riu comes off as a well-mannered and caring young man. |
| 815 | * SatelliteCharacter: His character revolves around Nergal. |
| 816 | * SharpDressedMan: He's dressed in a butler outfit. |
| 817 | * SuperSpeed: His ability. |
| 818 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Nergal. |
| 819 | * UnskilledButStrong: As Nergal notes, Riu's speed isn't polished, but it's great. |
| 820 | [[/folder]] |
| 821 | |
| 822 | !!Elder Council |
| 823 | [[folder:Gilles de Rais]] |
| 824 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gilles.png]] |
| 825 | |
| 826 | The head of the Elder Council, who is determined to maintain order in Crepuscule no matter what. |
| 827 | |
| 828 | ->'''Race''': Pureblood ghost |
| 829 | ->'''Ability''': Ice manipulation |
| 830 | ---- |
| 831 | * TheAgeless: First Generation, to no one's surprise. |
| 832 | * AntiVillain: He and the Elder Council start off as your usual KnightTemplar types, but as the series goes on, between flashbacks and his relationship with Tepes, Gilles becomes increasingly sympathetic. |
| 833 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He didn't get to be head of the Council by being a pushover, that's for sure. |
| 834 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Season 2 would make you think that he absolutely hates Nergal's guts, but Season 3 indicates that he does have some love towards his mother figure's fiance after all. [[spoiler:It doesn't save Nergal from dying, but points for trying.]] |
| 835 | * BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:Due to overusing his ability.]] |
| 836 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Lark shows up on his doorstep, declaring his intention to [[spoiler:avenge Angela]], Gilles promptly dismisses him and the entire thing as "boring" and demands that he [[spoiler:bring out Tepes]]. |
| 837 | * ButtMonkey: In one of the extras, where it's lampshaded how often he gets called a pervert/psycho, with Gilles expressing his discontent towards the author. Eventually, he claims this role in canon as well, where he becomes the resident punching bag. |
| 838 | * ChildhoodFriends: With Chocolat and Millefeuille. He also knew and played with Angela. |
| 839 | * ConflictingLoyalty: Surprisingly, considering how much of a KnightTemplar he initially appears to be. [[spoiler:He followed Carmilla's ideals, but his personal loyalty towards Tepes didn't make it an easy choice.]] |
| 840 | * DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler:After dying in the same manner as Nergal, like the man and Angela he's given the chance to briefly talk to someone one last time--unsurprisingly, he picks Tepes.]] |
| 841 | * FashionableAsymmetry: Wears his coat this way. Millefeuille and Chocolat disagree on the "fashionable" part of this. |
| 842 | * AFateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:As Lark notes, one of Gilles's main desires is to see Tepes. Therefore, Lark will do everything he can to ensure that Gilles will ''never'' get to see Tepes again, as he also vows to destroy the world that Gilles worked so hard to protect.]] |
| 843 | * FollowInMyFootsteps: Or rather, follow in ''his'' footsteps. After Gilles's father died, Tepes chose to raise him specifically to make Gilles become a strong warrior like his old man, whom Tepes considered a WorthyOpponent. |
| 844 | * GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:In his DeadPersonConversation with Tepes, he passes on happy to have spoken with Tepes one last time and to have heard Tepes call him family.]] |
| 845 | * GoneHorriblyRight: Somewhat. [[spoiler:Tepes wanted to make Gilles strong out of respect for his father, and that's exactly what happened. Ultimately, while he still doesn't prove much of a threat for her, his fanatic devotion to the very world she's trying to destroy probably hasn't done her any favours.]] |
| 846 | * HiddenDepths: There's more to him than "creepy stalker to Carmilla and KnightTemplar for Crepuscule", as Season 2 reveals. |
| 847 | * HypocriticalHeartwarming: [[spoiler:In one of the extras--only ''he's'' allowed to insult Tepes. If anyone else does, Gilles will immediately defend "him".]] |
| 848 | * AnIcePerson: His ability. |
| 849 | * InsomniaEpisode: Shortly before Lark and co. come knocking on his door, he's been unable to sleep. |
| 850 | * KnightTemplar: He'll do whatever it takes to preserve his order in Crepuscule. |
| 851 | * LamarckWasRight: Inherited his ability from his father. |
| 852 | * {{Manchild}}: Take a moment to realize that all the people he's shown {{Yandere}} tendencies towards are his ''parental figures''. |
| 853 | * ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Plays on Sylvia's loyalty to Navarus to have her kill Angela.]] |
| 854 | * MementoMacguffin: His hair decoration used to belong to his father and was given to him by Tepes. [[spoiler:He leaves it behind at the end of Season 2 when he goes missing, and others believe that that means he'll one day come back for it.]] |
| 855 | * MotiveDecay: InUniverse, Gilles has long since lost sight of what it was he wanted, if he ever really knew in the first place. |
| 856 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:He's always regretted accusing Tepes of being a GreenEyedMonster, as it ruined their relationship and was the last conversation they had before parting ways.]] |
| 857 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: See the main page for details. |
| 858 | * APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: From Tepes's point of view, anyway (though ''both'', to a degree, are actually antagonists). Gilles was her student/foster son until the divide between vampires came, and Gilles chose not to follow her and now rules over and protects the very thing she despises. |
| 859 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's been around since Crepuscule's formation. |
| 860 | * StalkerWithACrush: According to Angela, he was one for Carmilla. It's eventually revealed that it's more of a kid-yearning-for-his-mom sort of love, though. |
| 861 | * TortureTechnician: [[spoiler:He's the one who tortures Angela.]] |
| 862 | * TragicVillain: Past his KnightTemplar attitude, he admits to himself that he's lost sight of what it is he even wants anymore, especially having been uncertain about choosing Carmilla's side in the first place. |
| 863 | * TrainingFromHell: Tepes put him through this while growing up. |
| 864 | * TranquilFury: When Millefeuille talks about how Gilles liked Tepes, Gilles's response is to calmly manifest ice shards and ask her to repeat that. |
| 865 | * {{Tsundere}}: Towards Tepes, whom he seems to have a love-hate relationship with. |
| 866 | * WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler:A large part of his devotion stems from him wanting Tepes's respect.]] |
| 867 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: Pale blond, and the primary antagonist of Season 2. |
| 868 | * UndyingLoyalty: Whoo boy. Zig-zagged, as while he seems to have this towards Carmilla, it's more complicated than that. [[spoiler:In the past, he came close to having this for Tepes, who thought that he would follow her when the split occurred, and Millefeuille claims that Gilles did, in fact, want to, but he chose Carmilla's side regardless.]] It's screwed him up badly in the present. |
| 869 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: If flashbacks are any indication. |
| 870 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:He eventually snaps during his and Tepes's fight, in a mixture of having waited hundreds of years to see Tepes again, wanting to kill Tepes to make his world "perfect", wanting Tepes's respect for having achieved all this, etc. Yeah, Gilles is kind of a mess.]] |
| 871 | * WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler:As he's using his ability to preserve Carmilla's body, he's not in top form when up against Lark.]] |
| 872 | * {{Yandere}}: To Carmilla. [[spoiler:And to Tepes, perhaps even more so.]] |
| 873 | [[/folder]] |
| 874 | |
| 875 | [[folder:Millefeuille Miel]] |
| 876 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/millefeuille.png]] |
| 877 | |
| 878 | A member of the Elder Council, and the twin sister of Chocolat. |
| 879 | |
| 880 | ->'''Race''': Pureblood Vampire |
| 881 | ->'''Ability''': Plant manipulation |
| 882 | ---- |
| 883 | * TheAgeless: Sensing a pattern yet? |
| 884 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Like Gilles, she's not on the Council for being a weakling. |
| 885 | * AxCrazy: She's a bit more... vicious than the other Elder Council members. |
| 886 | * ChildhoodFriends: With Gilles. She also seems to have played with Angela as a child. |
| 887 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Red hair and red eyes. |
| 888 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Her family was involved with a war of some kind when she was young, and ultimately, they were killed.]] |
| 889 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: 'Evil' is a stretch, but she cares deeply about both Chocolat and Gilles. |
| 890 | * EvilRedhead: A touch AxCrazy, compared to her fellow Elder Council members. |
| 891 | * FieryRedhead: She's the most enthusiastic among the TerribleTrio. |
| 892 | * GreenThumb: Her ability. |
| 893 | * HappilyAdopted: By Carmilla, in the past. |
| 894 | * HesJustHiding: InUniverse, Millefeuille claimed this about [[spoiler:her and Chocolate's parents in the past, hence why they chose not to age any further. After all, they have to make sure their parents can recognize them when they come to find them again!]] |
| 895 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: It's shown that a world without conflict was an explicit motivation of hers in following Carmilla. However, in her attempt to maintain that peace, she's become a source of conflict herself. |
| 896 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be nasty at times, but again, she cares a lot about her fellow Elder Council members. |
| 897 | * KnightTemplar: The same story as Gilles. She does genuinely want a world without war, having lived through one in the past. |
| 898 | * LittleMissBadass: Don't let her small stature fool you: she gives Lark trouble, even with [[spoiler:his ability of light]]. |
| 899 | * ManipulativeBastard: Like Gilles above. |
| 900 | * OlderThanTheyLook: She is the same age as Angela and Gilles. |
| 901 | * OrphansOrdeal: [[spoiler:Her parents died in a fire a thousand years ago, and she's never quite gotten over it.]] |
| 902 | * PsychopathicManchild: An AxCrazy little girl (who's ReallySevenHundredYearsOld). |
| 903 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She's been around since the beginning of Crepuscule. |
| 904 | * SiblingYinYang: A FieryRedhead, compared to Chocolat, TheStoic. |
| 905 | * ThemeTwinNaming: Named after sweets, like Chocolat. |
| 906 | * TraumaButton: Seeing fire will promptly cause her to freak out and be nigh inconsolable due to triggering bad memories. |
| 907 | * [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Fire?]]: [[spoiler:During a past war, her house was burned down, killing her parents.]] |
| 908 | [[/folder]] |
| 909 | |
| 910 | [[folder:Chocolat Miel]] |
| 911 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chocolat.png]] |
| 912 | |
| 913 | A member of the Elder Council, and the twin brother of Chocolat. |
| 914 | |
| 915 | ->'''Race''': Pureblood Vampire |
| 916 | ->'''Ability''': Wind manipulation |
| 917 | ---- |
| 918 | * TheAgeless: Need it be explained? |
| 919 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As is the case with Gilles and Millefeuille. |
| 920 | * BerserkButton: Harm Millefeuille at your own risk. |
| 921 | * BlowYouAway: His ability. |
| 922 | * ChildhoodFriends: With Gilles. He also seems to have played with Angela as a child. |
| 923 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Same story as Millefeuille. |
| 924 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Again, not quite 'evil', but the rest of the Elder Council are important to him. |
| 925 | * GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:When it's become clear that the Elder Council has lost and Nergal intends to force them to disband, Chocolat graciously takes the loss and admits that it might be for the best.]] |
| 926 | * HappilyAdopted: By Carmilla, in the past. |
| 927 | * KnightTemplar: There's a pattern here. |
| 928 | * [[LittleMissBadass Little Mister Badass]]: Like with Millefeuille. |
| 929 | * NotSoStoic: Nergal's presence makes him visibly uncomfortable. |
| 930 | * OlderThanTheyLook: He is the same age as Angela and Gilles. |
| 931 | * OnlySaneMan: Compare to Gilles and Millefeuille, he tends to come across as more down-to-earth. |
| 932 | * OrphansOrdeal: Same story as Millefeuille. |
| 933 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's been around since the beginning of Crepuscule. |
| 934 | * SiblingYinYang: With Millefeuille. |
| 935 | * TheStoic: Rather inexpressive, in contrast to his sister. |
| 936 | * ThemeTwinNaming: Named after sweets, like Millefeuille. |
| 937 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Unlike Millefeuille and Gilles, he doesn't play an active role in [[spoiler:manipulating Sylvia to kill Angela]] and actually looks a little uncomfortable over the whole thing. |
| 938 | [[/folder]] |
| 939 | |
| 940 | !!Vampires in the Outside |
| 941 | [[folder:Vlad Tepes]] |
| 942 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tepes.png]] |
| 943 | |
| 944 | One of the leaders of the vampires, but the one who chose to remain behind, rejecting the idea of Crepuscule. |
| 945 | |
| 946 | ->'''Race''': Pureblood vampire |
| 947 | ->'''Ability''': Light manipulation |
| 948 | ---- |
| 949 | * ActionGirl: Or DarkActionGirl, depending on which side you view her as. |
| 950 | * AntiVillain: Her hatred towards Crepuscule and consequent desire to kill Carmilla are understandable, though they still in no ways justify the fact that she's willing to [[spoiler:wipe out every vampire in Crepuscule--most of whom are guilty of nothing but being oblivious--to save her kind]]. |
| 951 | * TheAtoner: [[spoiler:She feels guilty due to her part in Florian's death and how much Lark has suffered, contributing to her kinder actions later on.]] |
| 952 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: In spite of her rather hostile relationship with Gilles, she ultimately does consider him family, as she admits as much in the finale. |
| 953 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Seemingly disappears for good at the end of Season 2, only to return in Lizzy's body in Season 3.]] |
| 954 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: [[spoiler:Florian even comments that she's so handsome that it's hard to believe that she's a woman]]. |
| 955 | * BodySurf: [[spoiler:As part of her ability. As of Season 3, Lizzy is her current host.]] |
| 956 | * TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:For Lark. Aside from being the reason he TookALevelInJerkass, she tries to encourage him into carrying out her goals: that is, destroying all of Crepuscule even if it means everyone else will die. After all, he doesn't have any more family, so it shouldn't matter, right?]] |
| 957 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Red eyes to match her very red hair. |
| 958 | * DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:The devil, in this case]]. |
| 959 | * DeclarationOfProtection: [[spoiler:Out of respect for Florian, Tepes vows to protect Lark as part of her condition for imbuing herself in him when he was still in Florian's womb.]] |
| 960 | * DefiantToTheEnd: Even knowing that [[spoiler:she and her clan would die]] and in spite of Nergal's offer for her to move to Crepuscule, she refused, unable to forgive them or forsake her ideals. |
| 961 | * DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:As part of her ability--again, being the 'demon' in this case. As Gilles notes, it's an ability befitting of a true vampire.]] |
| 962 | * DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Florian's]]. |
| 963 | * DisappearsIntoLight: [[spoiler:When she died in Florian's arms.]] |
| 964 | * EtTuBrute: [[spoiler:She was rather pissed off when Gilles chose not to follow her and instead accused her of going against Carmilla and co. out of jealousy, and in the present, she's initially not particularly happy when Lark chooses not to follow her ideals, feeling that only Florian never turned her back on her.]] |
| 965 | * EvilRedhead: Not as evil as she appears to be at first, but not quite a good guy either. |
| 966 | * TheFaceless: Until Chapter 109. |
| 967 | * FacialMarkings: [[spoiler:She can manifest these, and they're unique to her (and, by association, Lark) and to her sister.]] |
| 968 | * GenderBlenderName: Needless to say, Vlad is not exactly a conventional girl's name. |
| 969 | * GenderReveal: Both [[spoiler:Florian]] and the reader discover Tepes is, in fact, a woman when [[spoiler:Florian undresses her to deal with her wounds]]. |
| 970 | * GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:When she disappears in Florian's arms.]] |
| 971 | * GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:As she was in love with Nergal, she was none too happy about him supporting Carmilla, and Gilles goes as far as to suggest that part of the reason Tepes rejected Crepuscule was because she didn't want them to create a peaceful world where they could marry.]] |
| 972 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: She apparently was good friends with Navarus, though since Tepes was actually a "she", [[spoiler:the real HeterosexualLifePartner would have been Florian, Lark's mother.]] |
| 973 | * IllKillYou: Declares this towards Carmilla for Crepuscule's creation and what it's done to Tepes's clan. It might not have been such a great idea to say that in front of ''Nergal'', though. |
| 974 | * InterspeciesFriendship: [[spoiler:She, ''of all vampires'', became close friends with a human.]] |
| 975 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Comes across as a villain at first, but has a nice side. |
| 976 | * KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Beating up Sia]]. |
| 977 | * LightEmUp: Her ability. |
| 978 | * LightIsNotGood: She's an AntiHero at best, really, and not even always that. |
| 979 | * LikeASonToMe: [[spoiler:How she really feels about Lark.]] |
| 980 | * ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:She has some shades of this towards Lark, trying to sway him to her side, though she ultimately accepts what he believes in.]] |
| 981 | * MoralMyopia: In Season 2, as far as she's concerned, what Carmilla has done to her clan is unforgivable. If Tepes, inadvertently or otherwise, [[spoiler:causes the death of every vampire in Crepuscule, though]]? That's A-OK. |
| 982 | * MurderIsTheBestSolution: Tepes's general idea for everything tends to be "wipe them all out". |
| 983 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous |
| 984 | * ParentalSubstitute: She took care of Gilles de Rais after his parents died. Sadly for Gilles, Tepes fancied the "spartan way" of teaching. |
| 985 | ** [[spoiler: And she cares for Lark as a "father" would.]] |
| 986 | * PreAssKickingOneLiner: When up against Gilles. |
| 987 | -->"Gilles de Rais. Have you said your prayers yet?" |
| 988 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Aside from having existed before the existence of Crepuscule, [[spoiler:she's also switched bodies countless times]]. |
| 989 | * SamusIsAGirl: "He" is in fact a "she". |
| 990 | * SharpDressedMan: Dressed in this fashion. [[spoiler:Even after taking over Lizzy, she reclaims this fashion.]] |
| 991 | * SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler:Like Carmilla, she now exists within Lark's consciousness, after her body gave out]]. |
| 992 | * TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Tepes decides to go to "sleep permanently", rather than trying to take total control over Lark's body or steal Carmilla's... She says that she is okay with it because Florian is waiting for her.]] |
| 993 | * ToughLove: Demonstrates some of this towards Gilles, with emphasis on the ''tough''. |
| 994 | * WalkingSpoiler: Aside from the matter of her gender, her existence spoils the fate of the vampires in the human world and what's up with Lark. |
| 995 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: Given the time period, walking around in a suit makes Tepes this. |
| 996 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:To protect her clan, she intends to destroy Crepuscule, and she doesn't care if every vampire in it dies because of that.]] |
| 997 | * WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler:Can't even as so much ''scratch'' Nergal in a flashback, but considering that Crepuscule had been draining the outside world's mana, she wasn't even remotely close to being in good form.]] |
| 998 | * WorldsStrongestMan: She was once reputed to be the strongest vampire around, thanks to her ability. |
| 999 | * WorthyOpponent: She seems to have seen Gilles's father as one, citing that he was her hated rival--and that she has an obligation to make sure Gilles turns out strong like him. |
| 1000 | * YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:Due to Crepuscule draining the mana from her world]]. |
| 1001 | [[/folder]] |
| 1002 | |
| 1003 | [[folder:Theresia Tepes]] |
| 1004 | |
| 1005 | Tepes's sister who took over leadership of the vampires after Tepes's disappearance. |
| 1006 | |
| 1007 | ->'''Race''': Pureblood vampire |
| 1008 | ->'''Ability''': Ability absorption |
| 1009 | ---- |
| 1010 | * AxCrazy: Her first major action is [[spoiler:cheerfully killing a poor vampire who got transported to the human world through the forest]]. |
| 1011 | * BigBad: [[BigBadEnsemble One of them]]. |
| 1012 | * CannibalismSuperpower: She absorbs the abilities of others by drinking their blood. |
| 1013 | * ChekhovsGunman: In Season 2, she appeared twice in flashbacks and was mentioned briefly by Tepes. Unsurprisingly, she shows up in the present in Season 3. |
| 1014 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Red hair and red eyes. |
| 1015 | * DarkActionGirl: She's been shown to be very powerful. |
| 1016 | * EvilRedhead: Red hair like her sibling, but with a touch of AxCrazy to go with it. |
| 1017 | * TheFaceless: Like Tepes, her face isn't revealed until she's established in the story. |
| 1018 | * FacialMarkings: Like her sister, she has these. |
| 1019 | * MakeAnExampleOfThem: She makes it clear what'll happen if you oppose her: ''you die''. |
| 1020 | * WalkingSpoiler: Saying anything about her besides that she's Tepes's sister spoils the fact that Tepes disappeared and she took over. |
| 1021 | |
| 1022 | [[/folder]] |
| 1023 | |
| 1024 | [[folder:Queeny Raymond]] |
| 1025 | |
| 1026 | Initially a gatekeeper whom Lark and co. face while trying to reach the Elder Council, before later being shown to serve Theresia. |
| 1027 | |
| 1028 | ->'''Race''': Pureblood werewolf |
| 1029 | ->'''Ability''': Doppelgangers |
| 1030 | ---- |
| 1031 | * BrattyHalfPint: He's actually a teenager, but looks like a kid with an attitude to match. |
| 1032 | * ChekhovsGunman: Of a sort. [[spoiler:The child that Florian helped to deliver in a flashback? That's Queeny.]] |
| 1033 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: Neal initially thinks him to be a girl, but Queeny's choice of [[UsefulNotes/KoreanHonorifics honorifics]] when referring to Lizzy points to him actually being male. |
| 1034 | * DoppelgangerAttack: His ability. |
| 1035 | * LittleBitBeastly: Due to being a werewolf. |
| 1036 | * OlderThanTheyLook: He's the same age as Lark. |
| 1037 | * RazorFloss: How he fights. |
| 1038 | [[/folder]] |
| 1039 | |
| 1040 | [[folder:Lizzy Ellon]] |
| 1041 | |
| 1042 | A vampire who lived under Tepes's leadership in the past and is now currently part of Theresia's faction. |
| 1043 | |
| 1044 | ->'''Race''': Pureblood vampire |
| 1045 | ->'''Ability''': Negation |
| 1046 | ---- |
| 1047 | * AntiMagic: She can nullify other abilties. |
| 1048 | * CoolBigSis: To Queeny. |
| 1049 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Choosing to help Lark and co. instead of handing them to Theresia was effectively a death sentence, though before Theresia can do anything, Lizzy chooses to dies to let Tepes take over her body.]] |
| 1050 | * SheIsAllGrownUp: [[spoiler:As Lark notes when he meets her in the present.]] |
| 1051 | * UndyingLoyalty: Towards Tepes. |
| 1052 | [[/folder]] |
| 1053 | |
| 1054 | [[folder:Louis]] |
| 1055 | |
| 1056 | A zombie who's fiercely devoted to Theresia. |
| 1057 | |
| 1058 | ->'''Race''': |
| 1059 | ->'''Ability''': |
| 1060 | ---- |
| 1061 | * ChekhovMIA: [[spoiler:He turns out to be the father whom Sai mentioned back in Season 2, having disappeared after entering the forest.]] |
| 1062 | * LongHairedPrettyBoy: He has long hair and is rather attractive. [[spoiler:Especially considering that his son, who's inherited his looks, is explicitly noted to be handsome.]] |
| 1063 | * LukeIAmYourFather: To the reader only. [[spoiler:Sia recognizes him as his and Sai's father immediately.]] |
| 1064 | * MumLooksLikeASister: [[spoiler:For a man old enough to have two teenage sons, he looks damn good.]] |
| 1065 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:His corpse dissipates after Sia kills him.]] |
| 1066 | * TakingTheBullet: Non-fatally for Theresia--though it's enough to incapacitate him--when Lark shoots a blast of light at her. |
| 1067 | |
| 1068 | [[/folder]] |
| 1069 | |
| 1070 | !!Other |
| 1071 | [[folder:Carmilla Erzebet]] |
| 1072 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carmilla.png]] |
| 1073 | |
| 1074 | One of the leaders of the vampires and the creator of Crepuscule, who gave up her life to create the world. |
| 1075 | |
| 1076 | ->'''Race''': Pureblood succubus |
| 1077 | ->'''Ability''': Granting wishes |
| 1078 | ---- |
| 1079 | * AllLovingHero: Loved both vampires and humans. |
| 1080 | * BigGood: As the creator of Crepuscule. |
| 1081 | * ChekhovsGunman: She first appears in a portrait that hangs in the passageway that Setz and Lark take to enter Crepuscule, but doesn't make her proper debut until twenty chapters later. |
| 1082 | * CoolBigSis: To Angela. |
| 1083 | * HappilyMarried: She was engaged to Nergal before the creation of Crepuscule, and flashbacks seem to indicate that she loved him dearly as he loved her. |
| 1084 | * HeroicSacrifice: Died to create Crepuscule. |
| 1085 | * HiddenDepths: The RoseHairedSweetie who's defined by being an AllLovingHero? As revealed in an extra, she was apparently a strict parent to Millefeuille and Chocolat. |
| 1086 | * HumanPopsicle: [[spoiler:Gilles has kept her body frozen all this time for the moment when she returns.]] |
| 1087 | * LikeAGodToMe: Gilles refers to her as his goddess. |
| 1088 | * LivingMacguffin: Due to the uncertainty of whether she's dead or not. Nergal wants to find her because they were in love and he refuses to believe that she's dead, [[spoiler:Tepes wants to find her to kill her]], etc. |
| 1089 | * MysteriousInformant: She has a tendency not to elaborate on things, which Lark lampshades when he calls her "you irresponsible woman!" |
| 1090 | * ParentalSubstitute: With Nergal, she raised Millefeuille and Chocolat. |
| 1091 | * PuritySue: Deconstructed InUniverse. The way Gilles goes on about her paints her as this, but ultimately, [[spoiler:she knowingly sacrificed the vampires left in the human world for Crepuscule (and they're understandably pissed off about it), which itself is an imperfect world anyway that may have been a mistake to create, and she's seen to regret it now]]. As Nergal notes, she may have sacrificed herself for something that wasn't actually worth it. |
| 1092 | * RealityWarper: Her ability allowed her to be this. |
| 1093 | * RoseHairedSweetie: Her pink hair reinforces her AllLovingHero image. |
| 1094 | * SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler:She appears in Lark's dreams]]. |
| 1095 | [[/folder]] |
| 1096 | |
| 1097 | [[folder:Florian Alfen]] |
| 1098 | |
| 1099 | Lark's mother who died when he was just a baby. |
| 1100 | |
| 1101 | ->'''Race''': Human |
| 1102 | ---- |
| 1103 | * AffectionateNickName: She used to call [[spoiler: Tepes]] either "Liddy" or "Lydia". |
| 1104 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: Florian met and became good friends with [[spoiler:Tepes.]] |
| 1105 | * InterspeciesFriendship: [[spoiler:She befriended a vampire, Tepes.]] |
| 1106 | ** [[spoiler: Not only that, she managed to became close friends with her despite the fact that until then Tepes hated humans.]] |
| 1107 | * MissingMom: She died shortly after Lark's birth. |
| 1108 | * NiceGirl |
| 1109 | * PostHumousCharacter: Dead by the start of the series and appears only in flashbacks. |
| 1110 | * StrongerThanTheyLook: She was shown to be able to carry heavy things. |
| 1111 | * YouthfulFreckles |
| 1112 |
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