| 1 | [[center:[- [[WMG:'''''Literature/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'' [[Characters/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs character index]]'''\ |
| 2 | [[Characters/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobsMainCast The Main Cast]] | '''Holfort Kingdom''' | [[Characters/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobsFanoss Principality of Fanoss]] | [[Characters/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobsAlzer Alzer Republic]] | [[Characters/TrappedInADatingSimOtomeGamesAreToughForUsToo Marie Route Side Story]]]]-]]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Characters from Holfort Kingdom, the setting of the first dating sim, besides the main ten. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Marie Route exclusive tropes belong on its page, spoilers for the first two volumes will be unmarked. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [[folder:The Kingdom of Holfort]] |
| 12 | The main setting of the first game. |
| 13 | ---- |
| 14 | * DecadentCourt: The politics of the kingdom can be cutthroat with several less-than-reputable people in the court. |
| 15 | * FantasticCasteSystem: In addition to the familiar noble ranks, the nobility can be sorted into two distinguishable groups. The first are the feudal nobles who hold territory of their own outside of the capital of the kingdom. The second are the court nobles who don't have territory of their own, but earn income as government officials. The Kingdom of Holfort also has the special position of Saintess. A girl recognised as such has special authority outside of their official rank otherwise. |
| 16 | * FantasticNamingConvention: Among the aristocracy, their middle names denote what kind of aristocrat they are. Rapha is used by royalty, those that have royal blood, and those who marry one of the previous two groups. Fia is used by the nobles who have no territory of their own but work as government officials in the capital. Fou is used by the nobles who don't work in the capital but have territories of their own. |
| 17 | * GovernmentConspiracy: [[spoiler:Olivia's enrollment to the Academy and the crazed decadent system involving women having excessive privilege are part of a longstanding one by the Crown to curtail the power of the lower nobility and centralize power.]] |
| 18 | * LadyLand: Women are shown to have strong preferential treatment in nobility, though mostly for lower nobility. Deconstructed as said privileges has resulted in said women becoming some manner of {{Jerkass}}, SpoiledBrat, StrawMisogynist, and ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife. [[spoiler:This changes after the war with Fanoss with many of the original privileges, such as Exclusive Servants, were repealed.]] |
| 19 | * OnlyOneName: Commoners in the kingdom don't have surnames. |
| 20 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Adventurers are heavily revered in the Kingdom with students at the Academy training to be this alongside regular lessons. |
| 21 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: During the invasion of Fanoss, a good chunk of male noblemen decide to fence sit or flee outright while leaving their [[UnwantedSpouse wives]] behind rather than fight for the kingdom that made them endure a messed up system where they are at the bottom of the ladder and are forced to cater to [[SpoiledBrat spoiled,]] [[GoldDigger greedy,]] [[TheUnfairSex and unfaithful]] [[ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife wives.]] Said families were then stripped of their titles for this, though to the kingdom's credit they acknowledged their reasoning and decided to end said LadyLand policy after realizing it was doing more harm than good.]] |
| 22 | [[/folder]] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | |
| 25 | !!!Important Noble Households |
| 26 | |
| 27 | !House Bartfort |
| 28 | The poor baronial family our protagonist Leon was born into. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | !!!Adults |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder:Balcus Fou Bartfort]] |
| 33 | !!Balcus Fou Bartfort |
| 34 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TarusukeShingaki (JP), Ray Hurd (EN) |
| 35 | ->''“I understand. I’ll prepare them as soon as possible. However, you absolutely must come back. If you can’t promise me that, then I won’t do it.”'' |
| 36 | Leon's supportive father, and head of his (minor) noble house. The Bartfort family were simple farmers, until one day a survey from the Kingdom judged Balcus' father suitable for promotion, causing the family many problems, and forcing Balcus into an exploitative MarriageOfConvenience with Zola. Not that this prevents him and his mistress Luce from being GoodParents to Leon. |
| 37 | ->For Balcus's ''Marie Route Side Story'' tropes, [[Characters/TrappedInADatingSimOtomeGamesAreToughForUsToo see here]]. |
| 38 | ---- |
| 39 | * ActionDad: Taught Leon everything he knows about swordsmanship, and isn't afraid to get in the thick of battle, when summoned to by the Kingdom. |
| 40 | * BrilliantButLazy: Tends to push problems onto others, only putting his all into things when his loved ones' lives are on the line. This was inherited by his sons Leon and Nicks. |
| 41 | * GoodParents: If perhaps spoiling his daughters, he is very supportive and trusting of Leon. He's even willing to go into debt to save Leon from being essentially murdered for profit by Zola via fishy ArrangedMarriage, despite the high risks of Leon's plan. It’s later noted both by Deirdre and Cordelia, that Leon’s immediate family are unusually close by noble standards. |
| 42 | * HappilyMarried: To Leon's mother Luce, his second wife (equivalent to a mistress) only. |
| 43 | * HasAType: Apparently has a thing for round butts. |
| 44 | * HenpeckedHusband: ExaggeratedTrope with Zola, as a microcosm of the treatment of male nobles in the Kingdom. |
| 45 | * KarmicJackpot: His love and support for Leon from the start brings the family more success and happiness in the longer-term. |
| 46 | * LikeFatherLikeSon: In the epilogue of the second volume, he's humorously shown to have had similar priorities to Leon, when searching for a wife. He also passed being BrilliantButLazy onto his sons. Which can lead to the men of the family passing responsibilities back and fourth. In Volume 8, his (and Nicks) reaction upon learning that the Roseblade family is interested in marriage is similar to Leon's promotions: a huge pain in the ass and seeks a way to cancel it. |
| 47 | * MarriageOfConvenience: He is only with [[WickedStepMother Zola]] because he has to be for political reasons. He and Zola barely tolerate one another. [[spoiler: Eventually, [[TheDogBitesBack he stops tolerating her]], and fortunately for him, she ends up stripped of her titles due to her family having deserted the Kingdom. Zola's supposed children with him, aren't even his.]] |
| 48 | * MistakenForCheating: Due to an OutOfContextEavesdropping incident involving Leon, he’s incorrectly suspected of having an affair. |
| 49 | * OnlySaneMan: Reacts to hearing about Leon's antics as best as any normal parent could. |
| 50 | * PapaWolf: Reacts quickly and [[OffWithHisHead mercilessly]] when he learns [[spoiler: that Jenna's servant Miauler [[FrameUp set up Leon to look like a traitor.]] Scaring his [[WickedStepmother legal wife]] and her bastards with the act was a bonus.]] |
| 51 | * PushoverParents: Shows shades of this when it comes to his RoyalBrat daughters. |
| 52 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In addition to backing Leon's risky gambit to avoid being sold off by Zola, Balcus shows that he trusts Leon, during [[spoiler: the Principality's second invasion, where he stands and fights alongside his son]]. |
| 53 | * UnwantedSpouse: Only applies to Zola. |
| 54 | [[/folder]] |
| 55 | |
| 56 | [[folder:Luce Fou Bartfort]] |
| 57 | !!Luce Fou Bartfort |
| 58 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyakoKawasumi (JP), Creator/MichelleRojas (EN) |
| 59 | Leon’s mother, Balcus’ mistress from a poor upbringing. |
| 60 | ---- |
| 61 | * BigBeautifulWoman: Drawn like this in the manga, with a noticeably wider face and figure than most other women. |
| 62 | * CruelToBeKind: Sees her son Colin learning that LoveHurts as good for him in the long run. |
| 63 | * GoodParents: Mostly portrayed as a regular, caring mother. Although one may see the above incident as an exception. |
| 64 | * TheMistress: Her official role. She functionally plays the role of wife and mother, while Zola is more like a distant overlord with her own children who are legally higher in succession than hers. |
| 65 | * PervertRevengeMode: Smacking Balcus for essentially saying he married her for her large bottom. |
| 66 | * SecondActBreakUp: In Volume 8, her previously happy marriage with Balcus is strained due to him being MistakenForCheating. |
| 67 | * SoProudOfYou: Cries TearsOfJoy when her idiot son Leon receives a {{knight|ing}}hood [[spoiler: and at his engagement to Livia and Angie, happy for him having such good brides.]] |
| 68 | * UptownGirl: Downplayed, she did marry into a higher social status than her own, but until Leon found Luxion, they were heavily in debt. |
| 69 | [[/folder]] |
| 70 | |
| 71 | [[folder:Zola Fou Bartfort]] |
| 72 | !!Zola Fou Bartfort |
| 73 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AiOrikasa (JP), Creator/LindaYoung (EN) |
| 74 | ->''"At this rate, we’ll have to settle for the next son. Well, even at an age like that, he should still be able to do housework."'' |
| 75 | Leon’s WickedStepMother. While Leon’s mother Luce is his father’s mistress from a Knight household, his official wife is Zola, an oppressive and parasitic misandrist. Balcus had to marry her for political reasons, due to his father being promoted to Baron, and neither care for one another in the slightest. She sees men as livestock, and enters the story by forcing Leon’s father to sell him into death or slavery at the hands of her secretive organization, the Forest of Ladies. |
| 76 | ---- |
| 77 | * AbusiveParents: Not only towards her step-children, but even to her biological son after she loses everything. [[spoiler:Exaggerated when she uses a Demonic Armor shard to turn him into a monster in order distract Leon and everyone else while she and her daughter Merce escape]]. |
| 78 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Very few tears were shed when she was killed, considering what a horrible human being she was.]] |
| 79 | * BadBoss: Essentially her relationship with Balcus and his sons. The servants are noted to go into a panic when learning of her approach. |
| 80 | * TheBusCameBack: She and her children return in Volume 9, having been in hiding since fleeing and losing their titles. |
| 81 | * TheConspiracy: The Forest of Ladies is a conspiracy of older misandrist noblewomen, who use marriage as an excuse to enslave and send men off to die for their profit. |
| 82 | * DealWithTheDevil: Balcus having to marry her, which eventually nearly costs him one or two of his sons. |
| 83 | * DoesNotLikeMen: A particularly radical and vicious misandrist (although by the standards of noblewomen in the Kingdom of Holfort, her views [[{{LadyLand}} aren’t that radical]].) Not even her biological son gets spared of this treatment, after she loses her house and nobility. |
| 84 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted hard with her own children. When the Principality attacks, Zola steps in and protests when Balcus tries to get Rutart to join in the fighting, but this is more out of her own cowardice and ControlFreak tendencies at refusing to take orders from Balcus, who she considers a lesser being, than any affection. After losing her status and wealth, she's shown to be as abusive to him as she was to the other Bartforts [[spoiler: and forcibly transforms him into a monster to send him off against Leon as a distraction to save her own skin.]] |
| 85 | * {{Greed}}: Her main drive. And thus Leon manages to appease her by throwing money at her. |
| 86 | * HateSink: As a SmugSnake WickedStepMother, GoldDigger, and StrawFeminist, she is this in spades. |
| 87 | * HistoricalInJoke: The name of her organization being the ''Forest'' of Ladies, hardly seems a coincidence, since it’s eventually revealed to be a misandrist equivalent to the KKK, which was radicalized by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest Nathan Bedford Forrest]]. |
| 88 | * HowTheMightyHaveFallen: [[spoiler: After her house was destroyed in the capital and their status revoked, Zola and her children are reduced to servants for the Forest of the Ladies (which was also experiencing the same thing), who openly showed their disdain towards her just for being connected to Leon.]] |
| 89 | * {{Hypocrite}}: She is IdleRich, and says that Leon could never work for money when he [[FarmBoy toils in the fields all day]]. But she doesn’t really see males as people. |
| 90 | * IdleRich: How she and her children in the Capital live. Angelica calls her out on this. |
| 91 | * KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Decides to turn her biological son into a monster using a Demonic Armor shard to serve as a distraction so she and her daughter can escape. Unfortunately for her, [[TheDogBitesBack Rutart still has enough awareness to recognize them]], and promptly eats them both alive in retaliation.]] |
| 92 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Her house in the capital is crushed by a crashed Principality airship, and then her family is all stripped of their nobility due to desertion. This comes to play again when after kidnapping Leon's sisters and torturing them, Finley (the youngest and the most quiet), who was stewing with anger for many years of Zola's abuse, gave her a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown while LaughingMad and drenched with Merce's blood. And for the crowner, she gets EatenAlive by her own son when trying to use him to escape punishment.]] |
| 93 | * MadeASlave: The fate of the boys married into the Forest of Ladies who aren't sent into their UriahGambit. |
| 94 | * MarriageOfConvenience: To Balcus. He had to marry her for political reasons, and she exploits him and his family. |
| 95 | * MeaningfulName: One of the translations of her name from kanji comes out as "Zorra", [[RichBitch meaning "Bitch"]] in Spanish. |
| 96 | * OhCrapSmile: Has a very satisfying one in the manga after learning she just insulted the daughter of House Redgrave. |
| 97 | * PaperFanOfDoom: Which she uses to abuse Balcus and hide her grins. |
| 98 | * ParentalFavoritism: She seems to be responsible for Leon’s sisters being {{Royal Brat}}s, while the boys are treated like slaves. |
| 99 | * PragmaticVillainy: Not her, but the Forest of Ladies doesn't pull their usual trick on the First and Second-born sons of noble families, as you need a Heir and a Spare. Third onwards are usually ignored and thus are fair game. Of course, the 'first son' Rutart being her own child instead of Luce's may have influenced this. |
| 100 | * RichBitch: Even by Holfort Kingdom standards, which is [[LadyLand saying something]]. |
| 101 | * RichesToRags: During the war against the Principality of Fanoss, her mansion gets ''totaled'', and she loses her title and privileges in the aftermath. |
| 102 | * RoyalBrat: Her children who live in the capital with her, also influenced Jenna and Finley into being this. |
| 103 | * SayingTooMuch: During an argument, she lets slip [[spoiler:that her children aren’t from Balcus, which gets her divorced and abandoned by Balcus, while he makes Luce his legal wife.]] |
| 104 | * SecretOtherFamily: It’s not really a secret at all, but she and her husband essentially each have their own separate families, since the children she gave birth to live with her in the capital, while his mistress' children live on his island. [[spoiler: She does in fact have a secret lover, and he is the father of all of her children. She blurts this out when Balcus tries to recruit their 'legitimate' son Rutart for the war against the Principality. Although, since lower noble wives are known to have lovers, this wasn't much of a surprise to Balcus. In fact, he was relieved to hear the truth from Zola, and this gave him the perfect opportunity to cut ties with Zola and her children completely.]] |
| 105 | * SmugSmiler: Which she hides behind her PaperFanOfDoom. |
| 106 | * SmugSnake: Her overconfidence nearly gets her into Duke Redgrave’s cross-hairs when she talks down to Angelica. [[spoiler: Also, her accidentally revealing none of her children were Balcus’ loses her the only thing that could have protected her from being made a commoner.]] |
| 107 | * StarterVillain: Both she and Luxion are Leon's first obstacles in the story. |
| 108 | * UnfriendlyFire: Possibly a target of it. Partner ''accidentally'' shoots down a Principality airship over her house in the capital during their raid there. |
| 109 | * UnwantedSpouse: She and Balcus hate one another. |
| 110 | * UriahGambit: She tries to force Leon into a conspiracy to commit entitlement fraud on a large scale by collecting widows' pensions from boys killed in battle. |
| 111 | * WickedStepMother: Her archetype. Leon fears more than anything, having to marry someone like her in the future. |
| 112 | * YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: Tries to talk down to Angelica before [[OhCrap realizing]] she’s a duke’s daughter, which leaves her shivering and meek. |
| 113 | [[/folder]] |
| 114 | |
| 115 | !!!Leon's Siblings |
| 116 | |
| 117 | [[folder:Nicks Fou Bartfort]] |
| 118 | !!Nicks Fou Bartfort |
| 119 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MakiKawase (child) (JP), Alex Mai (EN), Erick Padilla (LA SP) |
| 120 | ->''“If you look at dad, you’ll know that the women are the ones in charge. You’ll also know that he can’t oppose that [[LastSecondWordSwap jer]]--his wife.”'' |
| 121 | Leon's older brother, who helped educate him. A regular, kind guy who can't seem to catch a break. |
| 122 | ->For Nicks's ''Marie Route Side Story'' tropes, [[Characters/TrappedInADatingSimOtomeGamesAreToughForUsToo see here]]. |
| 123 | ---- |
| 124 | * AscendedExtra: In Marie Route Side Story, before also getting this treatment in the eighth volume. |
| 125 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Despite feeling inferior to his younger brother Leon. |
| 126 | * BigDamnHeroes: Gets his own chance to shine when the Roseblades are ambushed by {{sky pirate}}s on their way home. |
| 127 | * BrilliantButLazy: Downplayed. He's capable but tends to lean on others, which is InTheBlood. |
| 128 | * CantCatchUp: Leon's successes make him pale in comparison, and he struggles to find a marriage despite [[spoiler: the Kingdom's post-war internal reforms reducing the preferential treatment of women.]] |
| 129 | * ADayInTheLimelight: In the eighth volume, where he gets his own romance plotline expanded from the Marie Route SS. |
| 130 | * DisappointingOlderSibling: Seen as this by other nobles, and himself, being compared to Leon’s accomplishments. |
| 131 | * TheDutifulSon: A caring example. |
| 132 | * TheEveryman: Once we learn more about him in the eighth volume, he's much more like this, in contrast to his brother. |
| 133 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: His low self-esteem over not living up to his younger brother, and from being made fun of over it. |
| 134 | * IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: His acting aggressive towards Dorothea just makes her like him, when he was trying to scare her away. |
| 135 | * MrExposition: Originally mainly there to educate Leon, and thus the audience, about the setting. |
| 136 | * ShieldBash: His favorite attack move, including a FoeTossingCharge version. |
| 137 | * SlaveCollar: Borrows one from Leon to scare away Dorothea from their matchmaking. She returns with two of her own instead. |
| 138 | * SpringtimeForHitler: His attempt to scare away Dorothea Roseblade instead [[TooKinkyToTorture attracts her to him]]. |
| 139 | * SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: Feels anxiety over the very real gap in accomplishments between him and Leon. Fortunately not escalating into a real feud. |
| 140 | * ThinkNothingOfIt: Gets called out for this behavior. |
| 141 | * ThrowTheDogABone: The eighth volume as a whole serves as this for Nicks. His situation prior verged on KarmicMisfire, in a series with LaserGuidedKarma theming. |
| 142 | [[/folder]] |
| 143 | |
| 144 | [[folder:Leon’s Sisters]] |
| 145 | !!Both Jenna and Finley |
| 146 | Tropes applying to both of Leon’s older and younger sisters. |
| 147 | ---- |
| 148 | * BrutalHonesty: Both of them consistently offer advice to their brothers, albeit shrouded in rudeness. |
| 149 | * TheCynic: Their world-view. |
| 150 | * EnemyMine: If left by themselves, they’d tear each other apart, but the presence of Leon and to a lesser extent Nicks has them put up a united front.[[spoiler: This did eventually fade when Finley started to go to school and Jenna got herself together to the point that Jenna would risk her life to protect Finley from being hurt.]] |
| 151 | * GoldDigger: |
| 152 | ** Jenna's interested enough in an heir to a viscount household, because they just struck riches, to ask Leon to threaten a friend out of competing for his hand in marriage. It later turns out that she's been super picky on the subject, which comes back to bite her. |
| 153 | ** Finley sets the goal for herself in the Royal Academy of finding a handsome rich husband. Her older siblings counsel her to manage her expectations, and her first experience there is [[spoiler: men bullying her, thanks to Holfort's FullCircleRevolution.]] |
| 154 | * NoHeroToHisValet: Both of them see Leon this way, seeing all of his flaws, and genuinely wondering how he could be looked at as a hero or have LoveInterests. |
| 155 | * RoyalBrat: Both of them are spoiled, haughty, entitled, rude, condescending, and a bit mean. Considering how much Leon indulged his past-life sister, spoils Colin, and got Jenna an Exclusive Servant no questions asked, he seems to bear some of the blame for them turning out like this. |
| 156 | * SiblingRivalry: Although Jenna, Finley, and Leon all argue quite a lot, Jenna and Leon’s exchanges get especially charged, with his pushing her TraumaButton hard and often, and her holding a grudge. |
| 157 | * SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids: They both take a very cynical and calculating view of romance, seeing love in others as naivete, advising their brothers to take a more realist approach to relationships. They each want a handsome [[GoldDigger and rich]] husband for themselves, prompting Luxion to prank Jenna by suggesting Roland for her, as he technically fits her criteria. |
| 158 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Both are genuinely baffled by Leon having LoveInterests, since they see his everyday flaws clearly. Jenna advises Leon to be prepared for them finding out. |
| 159 | [[/folder]] |
| 160 | |
| 161 | [[folder:Jenna Fou Bartfort]] |
| 162 | !!Jenna Fou Bartfort |
| 163 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkumiHasegawa (JP) |
| 164 | ->''“In the first place, if she was really serious about crushing a woman she’s against, then that woman wouldn’t be alive. The scale of a duke household is no joke. This is why men are useless.”'' |
| 165 | Leon's spoiled and haughty older sister, who nonetheless grants him advice and favors as thanks for all the money he spends on her. She wants to live a pampered life away from the countryside. |
| 166 | ---- |
| 167 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Subtly. The manga gives her a [[AdaptationExpansion few more scenes]] worrying about Leon during his duel, and she’s presented being more intimate with him by waking him up herself instead of having her Exclusive Servant do it. |
| 168 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Jenna feels this way about Dorothea, seeing how seemingly perfect and beloved she is by her surroundings, making Jenna envious. |
| 169 | * ArousedByTheirVoice: By Dorothea’s. |
| 170 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: In the manga adaptation, during Leon's duel with Jilk, Jenna shows great worry for Leon after having been forced by Jilk to plant a bomb on Leon's mech, [[AngerBornOfWorry showing relief]] when he survives. In the Light Novel, she left the stadium, not wanting to see Leon get hurt. |
| 171 | * BenevolentBoss: Only for her Exclusive Servant, Miauler. |
| 172 | * BigSisterInstinct: In Volume 9, [[spoiler:when she and Finley are taken hostage by Rutart and tortured by Merce, she shields her little sister and takes most of the abuse]]. |
| 173 | * BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: After the final battle against the Principality, and the curtailment of excessive legal benefits to women, she is forced to learn to do housework in order to become suitable for marriage, otherwise no one would be interested in her due to her personality. Leon rubs it in.]] |
| 174 | * BrilliantButLazy: It’s InTheBlood. She’s a LazyBum most of the time, but Dorothea’s torments finally cause her to get serious. |
| 175 | * IBrokeANail: When forced to do farm-work as punishment for planting a bomb on Leon's mech during the duel. |
| 176 | * TheGenerationGap: She ends up being a victim to one of these. [[spoiler:Women who graduated from the Royal Academy prior to the banning of Exclusive Servants are considered extremely undesirable, in part being DefiledForever and stereotyped as a RoyalBrat. Due to this, Leon’s younger sister Finley gets a lot of suitors, while Jenna, who’s part of that generation, scares men out of the room when revealing she had been in the Academy.]] |
| 177 | * HonestAdvisor: Doles out a lot of important advice about the politics and the social hierarchy of the Academy and Kingdom to Leon, even while insulting him and being rude about it. For instance: [[IfIWantedYouDead If Angelica really wanted Marie dead]], she would be dead because that's how powerful a Duke household is. That advice in particular, has a large impact on the plot, and Leon's relationships. |
| 178 | * HourglassPlot: [[spoiler: With Leon, in the Holfort Kingdom portion of the story. It starts out with Jenna spoiled for choices in marriage partners, while no noblewomen are even willing to talk to Leon. By the third volume, Leon is being bombarded with (albeit [[RoyalBrat selfish]]) engagement requests, while she's shunned for her personality.]] |
| 179 | * KarmicJackpot: [[spoiler: Volume 9 in spades. After she got her act together by working herself hard to the bone, she was able to visit the kingdom again. Thanks to that, she was with Finley when they were kidnapped by Rutart who plans to hostage them as a bargaining chip. She took the brunt of the torture that was meant for Finley who at that time is reaching her RageBreakingPoint. She was then avenged by Leon and Finley who deal ExtremeMeleeRevenge to Zola and her children. While that is happening, Oscar who was a capture target tended her wounds, making her fall in love at first sight.]] |
| 180 | * [[MrExposition Ms. Exposition]]: Overlaps with her role as HonestAdvisor. Leon isn't interested in the Kingdom's politics, but she is. |
| 181 | * AnOfferYouCantRefuse: She tries to make Leon threaten her friend away from her own attempt to court a rich husband. He refuses. |
| 182 | * TheScapegoat: [[spoiler:The kingdom tries to hold her responsible for Miauler's treachery, which she had no part in. Leon had to pay some bribes to get her off the hook.]] |
| 183 | * SecretTest: In Volume 8, [[spoiler:she fails one by avoiding her duties and spying on Dorothea. Her parents managed to find her a suitor thanks to House Roseblade, but turned him down because of her behavior. Had she been more responsible, they would have considered it.]] |
| 184 | * StalkerWithoutACrush: Stalks Dorothea out of envy for days just to see her slip up. |
| 185 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: In the manga, she looks a younger version of her mother, though with [[TsurimeEyes sharper eyes]] and much longer hair. |
| 186 | * TalkToTheFist: When Leon presses her TraumaButton too hard during an argument. |
| 187 | * TraumaButton: [[spoiler: Her inability to attract a husband, after the Kingdom's post-war internal reforms, is eventually enough to make her cry at its mere mention.]] |
| 188 | * UngratefulBitch: Leon's adventuring helped bring her family new wealth and he even bought her a slave no questions asked, and he even forgave her for trying to sabotage him during the duel with Jilk [[spoiler:and then even bribed several officials to save her from being punished for Miauler's treachery]]. Doesn't stop her from acting like an utter bitch to him at the best of times. |
| 189 | * UnknownRival: Subverted. It seems that her jealousy of Dorothea is this, but Dorothea plots behind Jenna's back to humiliate her. |
| 190 | * WhosLaughingNow: [[spoiler: After Leon mocks her inability to find a marriage partner, she quite enjoys helping conspire to force Leon's engagement.]] |
| 191 | |
| 192 | [[/folder]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[folder:Finley Fou Bartfort]] |
| 195 | !!Finley Fou Bartfort |
| 196 | Leon’s spoiled and bratty ''second life'' little sister. She's just as likely to jab at her older sister, as Leon. |
| 197 | ---- |
| 198 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the Manga adaptation when she demands an elven Exclusive Servant from Leon. |
| 199 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Both Jenna and Leon see her like this. |
| 200 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: Finley is the most quiet among Leon's siblings but underneath that silent exterior [[spoiler: is a girl full of hate and pent-up rage against Zola and her children for making her parents' and siblings' lives miserable.]] |
| 201 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Volume 9 sheds more light about her. |
| 202 | * DudeMagnet: At least according to her. Since it’s nobles she’s talking about, there may be political justifications for it. Well, this may be true as she did made Oscar (one of the capture targets) fall for her without making an effort. Unfortunately, because of her [[spoiler: rage-filled ExtremeMeleeRevenge against Zola and Merce, Oscar was turned off by that display and instead falls for Jenna of all people.]] |
| 203 | * ExtremeMeleeRevenge: [[spoiler: While Leon delivered one to Rutart for harming Jenna and Finley, he [[WouldntHitAGirl can't do the same]] to Merce and Zola. This caused Finley to [[RageBreakingPoint snap]] and immediately grabs Merce's hair to smash her face on the floor repeatedly. After that, she proceed to beat Zola within the inch of her life while LaughingMad and covered with Merce's blood.]] |
| 204 | * InTheBlood: Finley of all people, is the one who resembles Leon and Balcus [[spoiler: in dishing brutality to those who harmed their family that [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill they will go overboard]] in delivering revenge.]] Even Luxion noticed the similarities between her and Leon on that aspect. |
| 205 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: |
| 206 | ** A bit downplayed but it's still there. Finley ordered Colin to stop following Noelle as she knew that would only break his heart (unlike Luce who believes that LoveHurts would give him proper development.) The problem is she is too blunt with her approach and she didn't even bother to explain either that Colin just blew her off. |
| 207 | ** Despite looking aloof and doesn't care about people around her, she really does care about her family. [[spoiler: One of her resentments in her childhood was seeing how her family had to suffer financially because of Zola's greed. Over time this grew into hatred but she kept it contained as Leon was able to lift their burden. This reaches into a breaking point when she is forced to watch Jenna take the blows meant for her despite being wounded. Finley avenges Jenna and by extension, the Bartfort family by delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Merce and Zola.]] |
| 208 | * TheVoiceless: She’s present in multiple scenes of the first seven light novels, but never said anything. It’s only in the eighth that she gets lines and more characterization. As it turns out it's justified as Olivia and Angie noticed that Jenna is much harder on Leon due to being a HonestAdvisor to him (therefore they have still a decent interaction sometimes), Leon is an AloofBigBrother to Finley that while he gave her what she wants, he tends to interact with her the least (except on Tea Parties where Leon would supervise and criticize her tea preparations much to her chagrin). It stems from his past life's aversion to his little sister that was carried over to his present life. |
| 209 | [[/folder]] |
| 210 | |
| 211 | [[folder:Colin Fou Bartfort]] |
| 212 | !!Colin Fou Bartfort |
| 213 | Leon’s younger brother who idolizes him. Gets more developed in the eighth volume. |
| 214 | ---- |
| 215 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: Originally there to be innocent and endearing, before receiving more development. |
| 216 | * BigBrotherWorship: Most of his scenes before the eighth volume have him looking up to Leon like this. The manga adaptation shows him imitating Leon from his duel with the dateable cast, using a shovel. |
| 217 | * BrokenPedestal: Eventually starts to see the flaws in his older brother Leon, after analyzing the words of the rest of his family. |
| 218 | * HiddenDepths: He's later shown to be perhaps the most emotionally mature amongst the Bartfort family men, who don't tend to be inspiring in that regard. |
| 219 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: What he decides for his crush. |
| 220 | * LoveHurts: His CharacterArc in the eighth volume, is dealing with UnrequitedLove. |
| 221 | * PrecociousCrush: He falls for someone who unknown to him, is already taken. Everyone else except her can see it, since he’s usually behind her pushing her wheelchair. |
| 222 | * StalkerWithoutACrush: Likes to snoop and spy on those around him. |
| 223 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: In the manga adaptation, he looks almost identical to a younger Leon. |
| 224 | * WhatTheHellHero: Gives one to Leon about how he handles romance, that verges on a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. |
| 225 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: Perhaps, especially with his speech to Leon. |
| 226 | [[/folder]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | [[folder:Rutart and Merce Fou Bartfort]] |
| 229 | !!Rutart and Merce Fou Bartfort |
| 230 | Zola's biological children and Leon's step-siblings, who are just as rotten as their mother. |
| 231 | ---- |
| 232 | * AdaptationExpansion: They get another speaking appearance in the manga, trying to extort Leon after he returns from the Elf Village. |
| 233 | * AscendedExtra: In Volume 9, they co-conspire with their mother in trying to regain their noble status. |
| 234 | * BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: [[spoiler:Rutart ends up killing Zola and Merce after being transformed into a monster, sparing [[WouldNotHitAGirl Leon]] from staining his hands with their blood.]] |
| 235 | * BastardBastard: [[spoiler: The two were revealed to have been born from their mother's affairs instead of being Balcus' and prove to be just as contemptible as their mother.]] |
| 236 | * ChocolateBaby: They're blonde like Zola while their step-siblings are dark-haired like Balcus and Luce. [[spoiler:The blonde hair is also a sign of how they actually have no blood ties to Leon's family. Zola accidentally lets slip that they were born from her affairs rather than with Balcus, which costs them their title.]] |
| 237 | * DirtyCoward: Messing with Leon's family only when they know they can't fight back. During Fanoss' invasion, Rutart hid behind his mother and tried to escape, in contrast to Balcus and the other Bartforts who were willing to stand and fight. |
| 238 | * TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: When Zola forcibly turns him into a monster with the intention of leaving him to die so she and Merce could escape, Rutart proceeds to kill her and Merce in revenge.]] |
| 239 | * EntitledBastard: When meeting Leon in the Capital, Rutart complains at Leon not giving him any money for being the (alleged) first born despite him, his sister and his mother being terrible to the rest of the Bartforts on a good day. Leon fires back and calls him out for not providing for his family as 'first-born.' |
| 240 | * GreenEyedMonster: Both, but especially Rutart, who resents Leon being able to ascend in noble rank so quickly and getting several beautiful fiancées on top of it. He outright states that all that should be his. |
| 241 | * HateSink: Just like their mother, going from SpoiledBrat to [[spoiler:traitors.]] |
| 242 | * HoneyTrap: Merce plans to be this to Roland. [[spoiler:She has no clue that he'd seen through her from the beginning and planned in advance for it]]. |
| 243 | * {{Knighting}}: The novel mentions Rutart has a knighthood, but it's unknown how he earned it since he's IdleRich and has never been in battle. It gets revoked after he and his family are charged with desertion. |
| 244 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:Hard to complain when Rutart kills his own mother and sister, considering how despicable they are and didn't make treat him any better than the other men they hated.]] |
| 245 | * RoyalBrat: Even moreso than Jenna and Finley, which is saying ''a lot''. |
| 246 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Zola turns Rutart into a monster to use him as a distraction so she and Merce can escape. [[TheDogBitesBack It backfires horribly on both of them.]]]] |
| 247 | [[/folder]] |
| 248 | |
| 249 | !The Holfort Dynasty |
| 250 | The ruling family of Holfort Kingdom. |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:King Roland]] |
| 253 | !!Roland Rapha Holfort |
| 254 | [[quoteright:219:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roland_00.jpg]] |
| 255 | ->''"You’re really trash. But, I won’t be fit for life in the palace if I get angry from just that much. It’s my son’s responsibility for getting beaten up, and even if you woo my queen I’ll only think "So?" at this point. Though I’ll sentence you to death if you lay your hand on my concubine. Now, young lady. Shall we create a memory of a night together?"'' |
| 256 | The king of Holfort and Prince Julius' father. The public knows him as a charismatic and competent ruler. In reality, while he ''is'' competent, he is also a frequent troublemaker and a notorious playboy who has a lot of concubines, much to the headache of his ministers and his wife, who ends up doing most of the work. |
| 257 | ---- |
| 258 | * AttentionWhore: His craving for fame and adulation is his main difference from Leon; he wants to add new mistresses to his RoyalHarem after all. |
| 259 | * BastardBegetter: Roland has several bastard children with his mistresses, though the only one that ends up remotely notable for the story is Jake. |
| 260 | * BeleagueredBureaucrat: Half the motivation for his [[SitcomArchNemesis rivalry]] with Leon, is having to clean up his messes. |
| 261 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Is said to put on an act to the public, but shows his true self around his wife and Leon. |
| 262 | * TheCasanova: He has a lot of concubines and is still adding more. |
| 263 | * TheChessmaster: In Volume 9, [[spoiler:he plays along with Merce's HoneyTrap and even allows her to poison him (having provided the poison himself through a DoubleAgent) which kickstarts TheCoup by the Forest of Ladies. [[SkewedPriorities All so he could]] sit out the coup himself (being weakened from the poison), force Leon to handle it and get him promoted once again, this time to Duke.]] |
| 264 | * TheChewToy: His never being able to [[GlorySeeker find glory]] or [[LazyBum relax]], mainly due to Leon, leads to many amusing scenes. |
| 265 | * DirtyOldMan: Leon is disturbed to realize the king was an ally of the protagonist in the game because he was attracted to her. |
| 266 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: After Leon talks to his wife respectfully. Leon [[BitingTheHandHumor retorts that]] Roland doesn't take his job seriously, earning agreement from everyone around. |
| 267 | * ExhaustedEyeBags: The result of his [[SitcomArchNemesis nemesis]]' escapades. |
| 268 | * FailureHero: All his attempts at being heroic, such as giving an inspiring speech, activating the Royal Airship, and to fight as The Masked Knight, ultimately end in Roland being overshadowed or humiliated. |
| 269 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Among his court and ministers. Roland is selfish and lazy, leading to them sympathizing with Leon when the [[SitcomArchNemesis two fight]]. It even gets to the point where [[spoiler: Leon strikes Roland in full view of the Royal Guards without any of them flinching.]] |
| 270 | * GlorySeeker: Between his desire to have an epic moment leading the Kingdom's defence, and his Masked Knight secret identity, [[spoiler: sees his chances for glory stolen by Leon, and Julius, respectively.]] |
| 271 | * HasAType: [[{{Ephebophile}} Girls close to Olivia's age]], to be exact. Leon more than once laments the fact that Mylene is married to him. |
| 272 | * HiddenDepths: Leon notices that when he’s really motivated, for instance to get revenge on Leon by promoting him, Roland [[BrilliantButLazy is surprisingly resourceful.]] |
| 273 | * TheHighKing: [[spoiler: When the Alzer Republic [[VoluntaryVassal swears fealty]] to him for protection after the Sacred Tree’s destruction, he retains his title as King. Alzer is made up of six kingdoms.]] |
| 274 | * HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: The fact he likes to don SensualSpandex to masquerade as a superhero, The Masked Knight, hints at this. |
| 275 | * ImpossiblyTackyClothes: His Masked Knight mask. [[LikeFatherLikeSon Only Julius]] thinks it’s cool. |
| 276 | * IneffectualDeathThreats: Often makes these regarding Leon; Leon is the RoyalFavorite of his wife, who’s more respected than him. Roland settles for getting Leon KickedUpstairs. |
| 277 | * KingIncognito: His role in the Otome Game plot, as The Masked Knight (a scene of which, is in Marie Route SS). |
| 278 | * LazyBum: Delights in slacking off while everyone else in the Palace is working. |
| 279 | * LordCountry: He shares his surname with the realm, since the Kingdom has only ([[EmpireWithADarkSecret officially]]) ever had one ruling dynasty. |
| 280 | * {{Manchild}}: His general AttentionWhore and lazy tendencies along with his bickering with Leon shows him as this. |
| 281 | * MarriageOfConvenience: His marriage to the Queen was purely political as she was a princess of a strategic country, and he holds no affection to her. He even outright states to Leon he doesn't care if he flirts with her, but if Leon makes a move on his concubines he'd have him executed. |
| 282 | * ParentalNeglect: Is never shown or mentioned to have any interaction with his children, and didn't care about Julius' defeat in the arena, or the resulting political fallout. Later though, he's [[InformedAttribute said to be]] a DotingParent to his daughter, Erica. |
| 283 | * PhraseCatcher: Leon always referring to him as "that bastard Roland". |
| 284 | * PlaguedByNightmares: Of Leon's laughing and grinning face. |
| 285 | * PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Gets this from his wife and Leon, to spare Leon and [[spoiler: Marie, who was to be executed for being a fake saint]]. Fortunately, Roland is [[IneffectualDeathThreats more petty than bloodthirsty]]. |
| 286 | * RefugeInAudacity: His quote, which was a response to a similarly audacious question from Leon. |
| 287 | * ReluctantRuler: Roland truly does not want the position of king and leaves most of the work to his queen. Furthermore,[[spoiler: is perfectly willing to abdicate the throne on Angelica's request, in favor of Leon becoming the king, if only to free Roland of the responsibilities and duties of monarch, so he could fool around with his mistresses.]] |
| 288 | * RoyalHarem: A seemingly unofficial and flexible arrangement. Julius’ half-brother is one of his concubine’s sons, and a character in the third game. |
| 289 | * ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Invoked by King Roland on how he gets keeping getting Leon KickedUpstairs. Even the Minister and Duke Redgrave can't do anything about it. |
| 290 | * SerialAdulterer: King Roland openly cheats on his wife and has several mistresses, and several bastard children with those mistresses. It's one of the reasons he has a poor reputation among his subjects. |
| 291 | * SitcomArchNemesis: To Leon. Whenever they meet, they keep throwing insults at each other, with him casually threatening to order Leon's execution. Mylene usually steps in to stop the two. He also [[KickedUpstairs promotes]] Leon since he knows that Leon doesn't want the responsibilities of a higher nobility rank. |
| 292 | * SlouchOfVillainy: Portrayed this way in the manga when giving Leon his knighthood. While not villainous, he's a rather irresponsible ruler. |
| 293 | * SupportingLeader: [[GlorySeeker Absolutely hates]] being [[BeleagueredBureaucrat stuck as this]]. |
| 294 | * ThisIsUnforgivable: Leon's antics in the Alzer Republic, in part because the Palace always overreacts to them. |
| 295 | * TooMuchAlike: Both he and Leon hate being made to work, and enjoy relaxing with different beautiful women, yet they are [[SitcomArchNemesis Sitcom Arch-Nemeses]]. Their similarity helps Roland feel confident that Leon wouldn’t go so far as to kill him. It also extends to [[spoiler: them both being [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Crouching Morons, Hidden Badasses]], as they are both lazy but once driven to act can be deadly and dangerous opponents.]] |
| 296 | * UngratefulBastard: Pushes as much of his work as possible onto his wife and doesn’t appreciate it, spending his time running around with different women and seeing her as annoying. |
| 297 | * UnwantedSpouse: Downplayed, compared to his indifference toward her, but his wife shows dissatisfaction towards him as well, joking about Leon having him hanged. |
| 298 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Inverted, as Leon is shocked how he could treat Mylene as an UnwantedSpouse. |
| 299 | |
| 300 | [[/folder]] |
| 301 | |
| 302 | [[folder:Queen Mylene]] |
| 303 | !!Mylene Rapha Holfort |
| 304 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SayakaOhara (JP), Kelly Greenshield (EN), Mireya Jáurez (LA SP) |
| 305 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mylene_02_mg.jpg]] |
| 306 | |
| 307 | ->''"Now, let’s go and give Leon some trouble. You’ll cooperate too, Angie... It’ll be fine! Just complain about the tea being lukewarm or something like that. At least have him remake it three times. I’ll forgive him after that."'' |
| 308 | The queen of Holfort and Prince Julius' mother. She's a competent queen and a sweet woman who made Leon's heart throb, immediately causing him to flirt with her, to her embarrassment. She was a princess of the United Kingdom of Lepart, located on the other side of the Holy Kingdom of Rachelle, which is Holfort Kingdom's neighboring country and rival. |
| 309 | ---- |
| 310 | * AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: She's mentioned to be in her 30s, which means she likely had Julius during her {{teen|Pregnancy}}s or early 20s. |
| 311 | * AlmightyMom: Marie straight up fears her due to her leading Julius astray, and even Julius loses a lot of his cocky bravado when he's in the same room with his mom. |
| 312 | * AndThenWhat: Asks herself this about Julius and Jilk's transparent plan to escape the Royal Palace. She can’t believe her own son could be such [[LoveMakesYouDumb a fool]], and summons them. |
| 313 | * ArrangedMarriage: She's a princess from another kingdom, and married Roland in an politically arranged marriage. They hold no romantic affection for each other and seem to barely get along, and Roland openly leaves her to rule while collecting several concubines. |
| 314 | * AwfulWeddedLife: Her marriage to Roland is purely political and they have little affection for each other, and their incompatible personalities make it impossible for them to get along, as he's a {{Manchild}} LazyBum who ditches his responsibilities while she's hard-working and responsible. While their relationship isn't that toxic, it does make Mylene a lonely woman, who's secretly yearning for romantic affection, which is why she's so receptive to Leon when he flirts with her. |
| 315 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: When she says she wants to experience academic life, Leon, who notes that the main purpose of the academy is to find marriage partners, jokingly proposes to her, to her embarrassment. |
| 316 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: A side story about her shows how Leon is the only man in her life who shows her concern and affection, which makes Leon stand out to her. |
| 317 | * BehindEveryGreatMan: Roland often sticks her with the work to go have fun, usually with other women. |
| 318 | * BigGood: Shares this role with Duke Redgrave. The kingdom would have surely perished if not for her using up her influence in the palace. |
| 319 | * BuxomBeautyStandard: Her sizable chest is often emphasized by the CleavageWindow in her outfits, and is one of the reasons Leon is so attracted to her. |
| 320 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: She’s basically spent her time in the Kingdom forsaking her own desires and happiness for the good of others. While Roland is technically the one in charge, as she's a foreign princess, he dumps so many of his responsibilities onto her that this applies. |
| 321 | * CuteBookworm: A side-story shows she likes to read in her spare time, with a recent preference for LadyAndKnight-type stories. |
| 322 | * DesignatedVillain: InUniverse. Like Angelica, Mylene was originally designed to be another obstacle in Olivia entering a relationship with Julius. Though just like Angelica, [[InvokedTrope Leon observes that]] it would only be natural for a parent in her shoes to be concerned about her child's future being jeopardized by a passioned-affair. |
| 323 | * EveryoneHasStandards: During the culture festival, Mylene told Angelica that she was planning to [[PokeThePoodle give Leon a hard time a little]] at the café he was running just to troll him for embarrassing Julius during their duel. But then she saw another noble actually [[KickTheDog physically assaulting him]] and ends up seeing first hand how screwed up the power dynamics are. |
| 324 | * ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: She trusts those in the right no matter the odds or costs of doing so, for instance, [[spoiler: having her reputation at large tarnished by standing up for Leon when he’s arrested [[FrameUp on false charges]], trusting he’d never do such a thing.]] She also surprises people by seeing and pointing out their true feelings, such as why Angie is happy despite her engagement ending, and ''why'' exactly [[spoiler: she finds Leon surrounding himself with impressionable young ladies.]] |
| 325 | * HerosMuse: Her being this for Leon is PlayedForLaughs. When her son Julius sees it, he's [[TooMuchInformation none too happy]]. |
| 326 | * HiddenDepths: There are signs that behind her [[ToughLeaderFacade queenly mask]] Mylene DesperatelyCravesAffection, which makes her vulnerable to Leon’s advances. |
| 327 | * TheHighQueen: This is how she usually acts, but Leon is able to press the right buttons to have her queenly mask break and see the woman behind it. |
| 328 | * HumbleHero: Her defining trait is humility. She is willing to apologize and take blame for wrongdoings when not expected to, and never goes overboard punishing anyone. This is part of what makes her such a massive contrast to women from Holfort Kingdom, and what makes Leon latch onto her. |
| 329 | %%* JerkassBall: In Volume 11, she acts more distant towards her loved ones. Though by the end, she has a JerkassRealization. |
| 330 | * LadyAndKnight: This is her relationship with Leon, if a bit more on the casual side. |
| 331 | * LuminescentBlush: She usually blushes whenever Leon flirts with her and when she's musing about him. A memorable example would be her blushing as she read Leon's letter that was addressed to her. One can only guess what were the contents of the letter [[spoiler:while he was in Alzer]] that caused her to react like this. |
| 332 | * MamaBear: Briefly. She initially wasn't pleased with Leon thoroughly humiliating Julius in front of a live audience, but relents after seeing the sheer size of the hole her son dug for himself. |
| 333 | * ModestRoyalty: Her main outfit is a simple white dress and she has a much better sense of money than her husband and son. |
| 334 | * MrsRobinson: {{Downplayed|Trope}} since Mylene never actually acts on her impulses, but she never actually rejects Leon's advances. Leon even mentions that [[HasAType Mylene would be his ideal women]] in this setting. |
| 335 | -->'''Mylene:''' ''(blushing)'' But I'm so much older than you. \ |
| 336 | '''Leon:''' That doesn't matter to me. |
| 337 | * NotSoAboveItAll: While she tries to dissuade Leon from courting her, it's quite clear that she enjoys it. |
| 338 | * OnlySaneWoman: With [[LoveMakesYouDumb her son]], and [[BitchInSheepsClothing husband]]. A bit [[NotSoAboveItAll less so]] when it comes to Leon. |
| 339 | * PeerlessLoveInterest: How Leon thinks and speaks of her, as well as her higher social status and unattainability, is a classic example. |
| 340 | * PoliticallyActivePrincess: She's technically just the queen consort, but is very skilled in politics and has far more influence in the ruling of Holfort than King Roland. |
| 341 | * PokeThePoodle: Her plans for revenge against Leon for what he did to Julius. She walks in on Leon suffering far worse before she gets the chance. |
| 342 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Reasonable, and perhaps a [[RoyalFavorite bit biased]] in Leon’s favor. |
| 343 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Despite technically just being the queen consort and a foreign princess, she more or less rules Holfort in Roland's stead, since he's disinterested in politics. |
| 344 | * SecretKeeper: Knows some of [[EmpireWithADarkSecret the Kingdom's dirty secrets]]. |
| 345 | * SilkHidingSteel: She may look like a polite and kind woman, but she's very politically savvy and can be quite ruthless when necessary. |
| 346 | * StacysMom: Leon finds her far more desirable than most of the girls at the Academy. |
| 347 | * UnwantedSpouse: The King has virtually no affection for her and doesn't even care if Leon flirts with her. |
| 348 | * WhereDidWeGoWrong: Repeatedly wonders this about Julius. She’s especially sad to discover he wants to dedicate his life to cooking meat skewers. |
| 349 | [[/folder]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:Erica Rapha Holfort (Spoilers)]] |
| 352 | !!Erica Rapha Holfort |
| 353 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vol10_05.png]] |
| 354 | |
| 355 | The princess of Holfort Kingdom, she is the villainess of the third otome game. |
| 356 | ---- |
| 357 | * BoringButPractical: Unlike the other reincarnators who actively interfere with the plot, Erica chooses to observe from the sidelines while still not playing her intended role. Though it didn't give any cheat-like advantages, it did [[WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing give her a stable position that didn't harm her in any way]] compared to Lelia and Marie and was able to advance the plot without harming anyone. |
| 358 | * DesignatedVillain: InUniverse. She is the main villain in the 3rd game who was said to be very cruel to Mia and Hertrauda, also her actions will cause a major battle and in the end will be condemned for her crimes. That's why when Marie observed that Erica is a nice girl and acts mature for her age, she knows that something is wrong. |
| 359 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Marie fondly told Leon in the 4th volume that her daughter in her past life was a very kind and smart girl despite having to be separated because she couldn’t take care of her. Come Volume 9, she was reincarnated into the same world with a heartwarming reunion. |
| 360 | * NiceGirl: Unlike on her supposed role on the Otome Game, she acts like a proper lady and was pretty friendly to everyone. This is one of the signs that she is also a reincarnator like Leon, Marie and Lelia. |
| 361 | * OnlySaneMan: Of all the reincarnators, Erica is the only one who acts normally without any agenda to abuse her in game knowledge. |
| 362 | * UncannyFamilyResemblance: Leon notes that Erica and Marie resembles each other despite being not related. He unknowingly hits the spot. |
| 363 | * UnreliableIllustrator: Described as having black hair but her illustrations in Volume 9 don't show this. Later volumes properly depict her with darker hair. |
| 364 | * WalkingSpoiler: Her whole identity is a walking spoiler itself. |
| 365 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: Erica has a motherly and mature charm that people tend to let their guard down around her even the people who were supposed to be her enemies on the original story are comfortable with her. Also, she was able to deduce that Marie and Leon are her mother and uncle respectively by just observing them from the sidelines and was able to confirm it by asking Marie the other details. It later make sense when it was revealed that she was already 60 years old when she came to the world. This comes in handy when Leon needs good advice on how to reconcile with Angelica. |
| 366 | * WhamLine: "[[LongLostRelative I'm glad to see you're doing so well, Mother]]". |
| 367 | [[/folder]] |
| 368 | |
| 369 | [[folder:Jake Rapha Holfort]] |
| 370 | !!Jake Rapha Holfort |
| 371 | One of the capture targets in the third Game. Also Julius and Erica's half brother. |
| 372 | ----- |
| 373 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Evil is a bit of a stretch but he antagonizes Julius every time they cross paths and one time asked Oscar to forcibly bring Leon to him. Though it did lessen when he starts going out with Erin. |
| 374 | * BigGuyLittleGuy: Forms this dynamic with his foster brother Oscar. |
| 375 | * CockFight: Starts one with Ernest (capture target) for Aaron/Erin (another capture target). This brought a massive headache for Leon and Finn. |
| 376 | * {{Irony}}: Jake always insist that he isn't into men, but he has started a relationship with a GenderBender Erin. |
| 377 | * LoveAtFirstSight: He was supposed to trigger his event with Mia with this, but it was triggered by Aaron/Erin(a fellow capture target) of all people. |
| 378 | * TinyGuyHugeGirl: Jake who is short, was in a romantic relationship with Erin who is way taller than him. |
| 379 | * WartsAndAll: When Erin's true gender was outed in the public, Jake declared that he loves her for who she is. |
| 380 | [[/folder]] |
| 381 | |
| 382 | [[folder:Oscar Fia Hogan]] |
| 383 | !!Oscar Fia Hogan |
| 384 | Jake's foster brother/vassal similar to Jilk. Also one of the capture targets. |
| 385 | ---- |
| 386 | * DumbMuscle: He is one for Jake but unfortunately he is too dumb even for simple orders. He also attacks the ghost type monsters with physical attacks continuously (despite dealing no damage) and Erin was enraged by his sheer idiocy. |
| 387 | * GrassIsGreener: Jake always wishes Jilk to be his servant instead of Oscar due to his idiocy but Julius would rather have him for his honesty and decency. |
| 388 | * {{Foil}}: He is the total opposite of Jilk. Oscar is a kind young man but a huge idiot while Jilk is a smart guy but is known for being a underhanded jerk. |
| 389 | * KindheartedSimpleton: Despite being an idiot, everyone likes his simple and honest personality that even Leon is way more worried for Oscar when he starts a relationship with Jenna and at the same time Finley shows an interest to him. |
| 390 | * SarcasmBlind: Oscar is the only one that Leon can't get a rise of with his sarcasms and barbs as Leon puts it that "he was dumb as a box of rocks." |
| 391 | * SiblingTriangle: Oscar manages to attract Jenna and Finley at the same time. However he's only interested in Jenna. |
| 392 | |
| 393 | [[/folder]] |
| 394 | |
| 395 | |
| 396 | !House Redgrave |
| 397 | The Duke ranked family of the ''Villainess'' of the game, Angelica. |
| 398 | ----- |
| 399 | [[folder:Duke Redgrave]] |
| 400 | !!Vince Rapha Redgrave |
| 401 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukimasaKishino (JP) |
| 402 | ->''“Don't you think it's wonderful? To lend assistance when everyone turns foe, and no one else is willing to help. That's exactly how a knight should be, at least outwardly.”'' |
| 403 | Angelica's father. One of the most powerful nobles, and leader of the faction that had been supporting Prince Julius' role as heir to the throne. A veteran adventurer with a ruthless streak. |
| 404 | ->For Vince's ''Marie Route Side Story'' tropes, [[Characters/TrappedInADatingSimOtomeGamesAreToughForUsToo see here]]. |
| 405 | ---- |
| 406 | %%* BetrayalByInaction: In Volume 9 |
| 407 | * BigGood: Basically does all the political work that Leon should be doing himself. |
| 408 | * ChewOutFakeOut: [[spoiler: He chastises Angelica for disgracing their family name by [[KneelBeforeZod prostrating herself before Marie]]. As 'punishment', he arranges her wedding to a certain idiot knight named Leon, with her friend Livia as the official mistress.]] |
| 409 | * TheDreaded: Mostly shown through the fear people have of his daughter, but especially, in Leon, who after being told by his sister that [[IfIWantedYouDead whoever a Duke house wants dead, will be dead]], goes to great lengths to keep on Vince's good side. |
| 410 | * ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Can tell that Leon is a rising star as soon as he meets him, and bets heavily on such success. Indeed, Vince's faith in Leon is a major driver for the plot, all while, {{iron|y}}ically, Leon himself [[TheDreaded is terribly afraid of him]]. Vince also sees Julius as TheLoad, and is glad not to have him in the family. |
| 411 | * FirstNameBasis: With his chief political rival, Marquess Frampton, establishing their familiarity. |
| 412 | %%* JerkassHasAPoint: That Roland is a terrible ruler and none of the princes [[InadequateInheritor measure up]]. [[spoiler:He plans to usurp the throne, though he relents in favor of Leon]] |
| 413 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: Under his ruthless, gruff exterior, he does care about his family and is deeply impressed with Leon. |
| 414 | * TheMatchmaker: In his first scene, he sends Angie to stay at Leon's household for the summer break to encourage them to develop feelings since he sees Leon as a rising star, and in a huge contrast with Julius, a better potential son-in-law. |
| 415 | * OldSoldier: Was a renowned adventurer, [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething despite his rank]]. |
| 416 | * PsychoSupporter: It is later shown that, in retribution for people messing with Leon and Angie, he has been destroying quite a few noble houses. The most specific instance of this trope, would be the implied FateWorseThanDeath he gives to the female followers who betrayed Angelica. |
| 417 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: Already was a renowned adventurer before being involved in the plot. |
| 418 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Actually feels some smug satisfaction at having backed Leon early on, praising his daughter's choice in friends. He considers losing the engagement to Julius a worthy tradeoff for Leon's support, although that's as much from his low opinion of Julius. |
| 419 | * ShipperWithAnAgenda: In Volume 10, [[spoiler: [[TookALevelInJerkass he takes this attitude]] in regards to his daughter's engagement with Leon, which [[SecondActBreakup drives a wedge between them]]. He goes as far as to disown her after she refuses to go along with his plans.]] |
| 420 | * SupportingLeader: Leon's main political ally. |
| 421 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Plays this role alongside his son Gilbert. |
| 422 | [[/folder]] |
| 423 | |
| 424 | [[folder:Gilbert Rapha Redgrave]] |
| 425 | !!Gilbert Rapha Redgrave |
| 426 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenjiNojima (JP), Luba Flores (LA SP) |
| 427 | Angelica’s older brother, and heir to the Redgrave duchy. Mostly acts as a proxy for his father. |
| 428 | ---- |
| 429 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: He seems to see Angelica this way. |
| 430 | * TheDutifulSon: His archetype. |
| 431 | * EveryoneCanSeeIt: DiscussedTrope with his father. He’s annoyed that both Leon and Angelica can’t get over themselves to get together. |
| 432 | * NumberTwo: Vince’s spokesman and enforcer. |
| 433 | * PsychoticSmirk: When asking Angelica if she wants to know the fate of the girls who betrayed her. |
| 434 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Partially serves as this, bantering with his father with regard to the Kingdom and the protagonists. |
| 435 | [[/folder]] |
| 436 | |
| 437 | [[folder:Angelica's Followers]] |
| 438 | !!Angelica's Followers |
| 439 | !!!'''Female followers voiced by:''' Yumi Tanibe and Yuki Kawahara (JP) |
| 440 | |
| 441 | It’s typical practice for nobles of the Earl rank and above, to send a number of their vassal’s children to the Royal Academy with their daughters, to act as assistants, guards, and servants. Angelica has a troubled relationship with hers. |
| 442 | ---- |
| 443 | * AmbiguousSituation: After two of Angelica's followers commit treason by putting a Principality tracking device in her room on the luxury liner, Vince orders some severe punishment for them. Angie [[TooMuchInformation doesn't want to know.]] |
| 444 | * ChildhoodFriends: Subverted. Some of them grew up playing together with Angelica, but that didn't result in them being any more loyal. |
| 445 | * DirtyCoward: The male followers won’t fight for Angie, but they will surprise-attack Leon from behind and try to murder him. |
| 446 | * DoubleAgent: Two of the female followers put a Principality tracking device on the cruise liner Angie is on, and try to pin her for it, as well as restraining Livia. Leon catches and exposes them, locking them in the brig, and handing them off to Duke Redgrave to face [[FateWorseThanDeath what is likely a grisly fate]]. |
| 447 | * FairWeatherFriend: Prove to be this when Angie challenges Marie to a duel, and none of them stick up for her because they are afraid of going against the royal family. Many of them try to beg her forgiveness after this, and they receive a warning from her father. |
| 448 | * AFateWorseThanDeath: Implied when Gilbert gives Angie a PsychoticSmirk when asking if she wants to know what happened to the followers who tried to frame her as a Principality spy. |
| 449 | * ProfessionalButtKisser: Their general role before Angie issued her duel challenge to Marie. After that, she refuses to even speak to them. |
| 450 | * ThePurge: After they all betray Angie and beat up Leon and Livia during the Principality’s first invasion, Duke Redgrave decides to {{make an example|OfThem}} out of their noble houses, crushing their families and replacing them with new vassals. |
| 451 | * TheResenter: The male followers really resent Leon having Angie’s favor. He taunts them over how they failed to volunteer as her champions when she challenged Marie, calling them spineless. They beat up Leon when the Principality takes their luxury liner hostage and would've murdered him before Livia fights them off. |
| 452 | * RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: The two female followers who were {{Double Agent}}s for the Principality of Fanoss are left on-board the luxury airship, planned to be executed alongside the other students. |
| 453 | * ShelteredAristocrat: A brief side-story shows that Angie’s female followers prevented her from visiting food-stands and other things, furthering the divide between her and Julius. |
| 454 | * StockShoujoBullyingTactics: They ostracize Marie for her relationship with the Prince(s) and burn some of her school materials ostensibly to curry favor with Angie. However, she never wanted this but gets blamed anyway for her subordinates' behavior, which is another reason she tries to dissociate from them. |
| 455 | * WouldHitAGirl: They fight Livia when she tries to save Leon from being beaten to death. |
| 456 | [[/folder]] |
| 457 | |
| 458 | [[folder:Cordelia Fou Easton]] |
| 459 | !!Cordelia Fou Easton |
| 460 | A maid born into a Knight household serving House Redgrave. She's assigned to Leon during his stay in Alzer, but has very different objectives than her stated mission. She also tries to correct and mentor everyone. |
| 461 | ---- |
| 462 | * ChildhoodFriends: Has fond memories of watching Angie grow up, which she likes to talk about. |
| 463 | * DoesNotLikeMen: Downplayed, she is suspicious of them and believes AllMenArePerverts. Very benign compared to certain examples in the series. |
| 464 | * ExhaustedEyeBags: Gets these from dealing with Kyle’s phases in the seventh volume. |
| 465 | * MaidCorps: She’s from Angie’s maid corps. Which used to mostly consist of nobles, before the events of the series saw Vince launch ThePurge of his vassals. |
| 466 | * MistakenForCheating: Perceives [[spoiler: Leon as having an affair with Marie due to regularly locking himself in a room with her for periods of time. Cleare explains to her that Leon and Marie are LikeBrotherAndSister, which seems to satisfy Cordelia, but feeds into Yumeria’s own different misunderstanding.]] |
| 467 | * OldMaid: She’s explicitly one of these, and secretly reads romance novels in her free time. She’s technically pretty young, but standards in Holfort Kingdom are strange. |
| 468 | * [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Part of her role is to contrast with the RagtagBunchOfMisfits she must take care of for comedy. |
| 469 | * ProperLady: Who also tries to get her surroundings to act proper as well. |
| 470 | * SternTeacher: Though she’s a maid not a teacher, her personality fits this type. Constantly correcting and holding everyone up to certain standards, but out of care for their futures. |
| 471 | [[/folder]] |
| 472 | |
| 473 | !House Atlee |
| 474 | A ministerial family of the Earl rank. |
| 475 | |
| 476 | [[folder:Minister Atlee]] |
| 477 | !!Bernard Fia Atlee |
| 478 | Clarice’s father, an Earl ranked cabinet minister of the Kingdom of Holfort. Despite being an Earl, he has no land of his own, his cabinet post is hereditary. |
| 479 | ---- |
| 480 | * BeleagueredBureaucrat: His job, doing all the work that Roland is too lazy for. |
| 481 | * DeathGlare: He successfully intimidates Leon into accepting a potential marriage to Clarice with one of these. |
| 482 | * ItWasAGift: Leon’s high performance CoolBike Schwert was a gift from Bernard for helping Clarice recover. |
| 483 | * OnlySaneMan: Anyone who has to [[TheFriendNobodyLikes put up with Roland]] on a daily basis has to be a little bit of this. |
| 484 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Has to be an OnlySaneMan to Roland’s antics, and tries to keep his family safe. |
| 485 | * StandardHeroReward: Downplayed, he’s impressed with what Leon is confident of handling and asks him to marry his daughter, which Leon brushes off. There’s no doubt she had talked to Bernard before this, however. As well, it’s later revealed that Leon is one of the few viable candidates since he doesn’t care about Clarice’s tarnished reputation. |
| 486 | [[/folder]] |
| 487 | |
| 488 | [[folder:Clarice Fia Atlee]] |
| 489 | !!Clarice Fia Atlee |
| 490 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SayumiSuzushiro (JP), Rose María Mendoza (LA SP) |
| 491 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cla_01.png]] |
| 492 | -> ''“It's not just Angelica! Are you even aware of what other people have been saying about the other fiancées and me behind our backs?”'' |
| 493 | Jilk's former fiancée, and daughter of a cabinet minister, which is apparently a hereditary title in the Kingdom. Clarice was initially introduced as a Gyaru out to make Jilk's life miserable. It turns out that she's actually a prim and proper lady and honor student that wouldn't lose to Angelica in terms of looks and personality and was just venting her frustrations at the broken engagement, finally moving on after some words of encouragement from Leon. |
| 494 | ->For Clarice's ''Marie Route Side Story'' tropes, [[Characters/TrappedInADatingSimOtomeGamesAreToughForUsToo see here]]. |
| 495 | ---- |
| 496 | * BirdsOfAFeather: Both Clarice and Jilk are described as the type of people who are always smiling, while engaging in [[BewareTheQuietOnes underhanded schemes in secret]]. Hence why her followers were trained like a military unit. |
| 497 | * BrokenAce: How she's introduced, having previously been a popular model student before [[LoveHurts her heartbreak]] and Jilk's actions tarnished her reputation. Thanks to Leon's help, she eventually recovers. |
| 498 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: Most of the issues she struggles with are the result of her social status as a high noble. |
| 499 | * CoolBike: Her family and followers are heavily involved in air-biking production and racing. |
| 500 | * DefiledForever: She breaks down in tears after everything she did at her lowest caught up to her, as she thought she lost her worth as a woman. Leon thought otherwise and gave her words of encouragement, causing her to fall for him. |
| 501 | * DisposableFiance: Like Angelica, her role in the Otome Game plot; it's explored that the reason she was so hostile was because of Jilk giving her a DearJohnLetter and ignoring her, having publicly humiliated her, and tarnished her reputation with his actions. |
| 502 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Wears her [[LettingHerHairDown hair down]] to show her lack of restraint after she's rejected by Jilk and obsessed with getting revenge on him. After she moves on, she keeps her hair in a MotherlySidePlait. |
| 503 | * FallenPrincess: Like Angelica, although she blends the 'popular girl in school' and 'literal noble woman' types. Even though she recovers mentally from the ordeal with Jilk, her reputation is permanently scarred. |
| 504 | * GyaruGirl: Adopts a ''kogal'' style for a while, while she's having SexForSolace over her [[LoveHurts broken heart]]. She seems to have dropped it after pulling herself together. |
| 505 | * LoveHurts: Her unrequited love for Jilk, and her engagement with him being ended by DearJohnLetter while avoiding her, drives her into a mental breakdown, and ordering physical attacks on Jilk. |
| 506 | * TheMatchmaker: For her followers. It ultimately adds to her own frustrations, seeing everyone else around her get married but not herself. |
| 507 | * AMotherToHerMen: Is kind to, and looks after her followers, who will do anything for her in turn. This makes them the main exception among followers, who for other girls, [[FairWeatherFriend disappear when the going gets tough]]. |
| 508 | * NiceToTheWaiter: The strong connection she has with her followers is one of her biggest contrasts to the other girls of the Academy. |
| 509 | * OppositesAttract: Clarice is a BewareTheQuietOnes type, while Leon is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. |
| 510 | * RevengeBeforeReason: Actively tries to hurt Jilk and later Leon as his substitute with her followers during the Airbike race, despite the fact that nothing good could come of it. Ultimately the only reason she got any sort of closure is specifically because Leon won despite all of that and decided to call in a favor with Jilk to apologize in person. |
| 511 | * SchoolIdol: Leon describes her as this, going along with her being TheAce, before Jilk’s treatment of her wore her down. Leon remarks that the way her followers idolize her [[TakeThat is more pure]] than how Idol fans see idols. |
| 512 | * SecondLove: Is later shown to have fallen for Leon. |
| 513 | * SexForSolace: For a time, with Exclusive Servants, over her [[LoveHurts broken heart]], from Jilk's [[DearJohnletter treatment]] of her after ending their engagement. |
| 514 | * SlutShaming: Clarice faced this after pulling herself together, due to her seeking SexForSolace. This seems inconsistent considering how many other girls get away with it, however, those girls were mostly lower-ranked nobles, while nobles of the Earl rank and above are held to higher standards. |
| 515 | * WomanScorned: Is introduced having been similarly humiliated and her engagement broken like Angie. Only without the support Angie got from Livia and Leon, she had a mental breakdown, [[BrokenAce ceasing to be a model student and noble]], and ordering her followers to attack said ex-fiancé Jilk, who won't even talk to her. |
| 516 | [[/folder]] |
| 517 | |
| 518 | [[folder:Clarice’s Followers]] |
| 519 | The people who look after and are looked after by Clarice. Unlike Angelica’s followers, they are highly devoted and would do anything to protect her. |
| 520 | ->For Clarice’s Followers ''Marie Route Side Story'' tropes, [[Characters/TrappedInADatingSimOtomeGamesAreToughForUsToo see here]]. |
| 521 | ---- |
| 522 | * BadassBiker: Are good at racing and fighting on a HoverBike, as shown when they hospitalize Jilk. They later put this skill to good use, evacuating civilians. |
| 523 | * BigDamnHeroes: The top racer rescuing Leon from his [[ExplosiveOverclocking exploding air bike]] at the end of the race. |
| 524 | * EasilyForgiven: They ask Leon to punish them instead of Clarice. Instead, he declines, earning their further admiration. |
| 525 | * FriendlyRivalry: Leon forms this dynamic with them, especially with the leader. They are also grateful to him for giving Clarice closure by having Jilk apologize to her in person. |
| 526 | * GenreSavvy: The most prominent follower actually bets on Leon winning their race, having previously gambled on Leon during the arena duel out of spite against Jilk. |
| 527 | * GoodCounterpart: To Angelica’s followers. If Angelica had followers like these, she likely wouldn’t have needed Leon’s help with the duel. |
| 528 | * {{Hunk}}: The most prominent follower is described (and drawn in the manga adaptation) like this. |
| 529 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: They can get somewhat threatening in their encouragements for Leon to make Clarice happy. |
| 530 | * LadyAndKnight: The male followers have this sort of platonic relationship with Clarice. The difference in status means any sort of match between one of them and her would be politically disastrous. |
| 531 | * LikeAGodToMe: How they describe Clarice, when Leon asks them about the prospect of romance between her and any of them. |
| 532 | * LovableJock: The most prominent follower who does most of the talking to Leon. |
| 533 | * MyMasterRightOrWrong: They attack Jilk and Leon under Clarice's orders and later apologize to Leon. |
| 534 | * NamedInTheSequel: Clarice's top racer is only referred to as "the sempai/third-year". We finally learn in Volume 9 that his name is Dan, and the anime reveals his full name as Dan Fia Elgar. |
| 535 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: When ordered to work with Jilk in Volume 9. |
| 536 | * ThatLiarLies: The most prominent one calls out Leon when he claims he never lies, to Clarice. |
| 537 | * UndyingLoyalty: Due to Clarice caring for, and looking out for their well-being and futures. After losing the race to Leon, they offer their own heads to him in Clarice's place. |
| 538 | [[/folder]] |
| 539 | |
| 540 | !House Roseblade |
| 541 | A wealthy and feared family known for their legacy of great adventurers. |
| 542 | [[folder:Earl Roseblade]] |
| 543 | !!Earl Roseblade |
| 544 | The Roseblade sister’s doting and somewhat pushy father, who appears in the eighth volume and is nonetheless powerful and respected. |
| 545 | ---- |
| 546 | * BoldExplorer: Follows the family tradition of setting up risky and costly expeditions to find and tow home new FloatingContinent. |
| 547 | * DotingParent: With his daughters, which causes embarrassment in the court. |
| 548 | * HaremSeeker: Downplayed. Leon notices [[spoiler: that he’s jealous of how Leon has three fiancées.]] |
| 549 | * ShipperWithAnAgenda: Tries to push the wedding of Dorothea with Nicks at least partially to avoid word of [[UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}} her 'hobbies']] getting out. |
| 550 | [[/folder]] |
| 551 | |
| 552 | [[folder:Deirdre Fou Roseblade]] |
| 553 | !!Deirdre Fou Roseblade |
| 554 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dei_01.png]] |
| 555 | ->''“A dog without discipline. With such a brazen attitude--you’d make a good pet. If you weren't Angelica’s favorite, I would have you by my side.”'' |
| 556 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EriKitamura (JP), Estephania Estrada (LA SP) |
| 557 | A senior student and daughter of a wealthy Earl, who takes an interest in Leon after he stands up to her, and proves his actions can match his boasts. She helps gather information for him, while enamored with his aggressiveness. |
| 558 | ->For Deirdre's ''Marie Route Side Story'' tropes, [[Characters/TrappedInADatingSimOtomeGamesAreToughForUsToo see here]]. |
| 559 | ---- |
| 560 | * BlowYouAway: Fights off monsters using her wind magic, which also leaves [[SomethingAboutARose rose petals]]. |
| 561 | * BrutalHonesty: She has a sharp tongue and speaks what's on her mind not matter the occasion. |
| 562 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite her CasualKink themed antics, she knows kingdom politics well and serves as a good informant. |
| 563 | * BuxomBeautyStandard: She has a well-endowed figure, which Leon can't help but note and some manga panels like to emphasize this. |
| 564 | * DeerInTheHeadlights: [[spoiler: When she has a close call while evacuating civilians during the Principality's raid on the capital, her legs freeze up on her.]] |
| 565 | * HasAType: She prefers men who have a spine like Leon. |
| 566 | * HypocriticalHumor: Is relieved to see her sister Dorothea acting normally on a date instead of doing something fetish-related, which makes Leon call her out for telling him he'd make a good pet. |
| 567 | * InLoveWithYourCarnage: Gets red-faced just thinking of Leon's actions during [[spoiler: his duel with Pierre]]. |
| 568 | * LuminescentBlush: When she sees Leon act aggressively, she tends to blush. |
| 569 | * NoblewomansLaugh: In the manga, she does this while fantasizing about making Leon [[PropertyOfLove her 'pet']]. |
| 570 | * PowerfulPeopleAreSubs: House Roseblade has a fearsome reputation and is one of the most influential houses in the Kingdom. Combined with the general submissiveness of male nobles in the Kingdom, she rarely gets to see a man stand up to her. When they do, she takes notice. |
| 571 | * ProperLady: Like most Earl-and-above peerage noble women. She likes to use a paper fan to seem aloof and covers her jabs in flowery language. |
| 572 | * RegalRinglets: As befitting a scion of one of the wealthiest households in Holfort. |
| 573 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: Just like her older sister, she seems to have a thing for being talked down on by aggressive men. |
| 574 | * SlutShaming: Shamelessly does this to Clarice in the eighth volume. |
| 575 | * StayInTheKitchen: DefiedTrope. She's the first to step up after Leon's DareToBeBadass speech and rallies the other girls to join the fight instead of leaving it to the boys. |
| 576 | |
| 577 | [[/folder]] |
| 578 | |
| 579 | [[folder:Dorothea Fou Roseblade]] |
| 580 | !!Dorothea Fou Roseblade |
| 581 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mobusekadorothea01.jpg]] |
| 582 | Deidre’s older sister, an Academy graduate who visits Leon’s home in the eighth volume for a marriage interview with Leon’s older brother Nicks. She is seemingly the model of what a noble lady should be, but has some major quirks that have led to problems for her family. |
| 583 | ->For Dorothea's original ''Marie Route Side Story'' tropes, [[Characters/TrappedInADatingSimOtomeGamesAreToughForUsToo see here]]. |
| 584 | ---- |
| 585 | * TheAce: As a noble-woman at least, she's this [[DefrostingIceQueen after defrosting]], earning Jenna's envy. |
| 586 | * ActionGirl: She was taught from an early age how to handle a gun, and impresses the Bartfort soldiers with her marksmanship skills. |
| 587 | * AffectionateNickname: Most of the Bartforts call her "Dot" after she's accepted into the family. |
| 588 | * AllIsWellThatEndsWell: Despite the misunderstandings, botched plans and complete mental turnarounds during their initial meetings, Dorothea and Nicks actually fall in love with each other when the truth gets out. |
| 589 | * ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: PlayedForDrama. She saw Nicks offering her a SlaveCollar and telling her to be his pet as passionate, and finding out the truth makes her break down in tears. |
| 590 | * BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: She is several months pregnant with Nick's child in Volume 12. This was hinted at in Volume 11, when Luce asks if she's alright, while Noelle and Luxion realize she has "something private" going on.]] |
| 591 | * BrainsAndBondage: She's very intelligent and competent, which goes along with her bondage/domination kink. |
| 592 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite all of her BDSM theming, she is extremely good at noble politics and being a ProperLady when it's required, and she quickly wins over Nicks family. |
| 593 | * BuxomBeautyStandard: She is a DudeMagnet in large part due to her well-endowed figure. |
| 594 | * CanonImmigrant: Was introduced in the ''Marie Route'' spinoff, before having her side plot there adapted into the eighth volume. |
| 595 | * CharacterDevelopment: Softening up, and not letting her fetishes get in the way anymore. |
| 596 | * ClingyJealousGirl: She's extremely possessive of Nick. |
| 597 | * DefrostingIceQueen: Her arc in the eighth volume. |
| 598 | * DudeMagnet: The commoners, knights and servants she encounters are often enamored with her. |
| 599 | * FeminineWomenCanCook: Surprises everyone with her ability to cook, which is practically unheard of in noble-women. She earns Colin's affection by [[ThroughHisStomach baking him cookies]]. This trait also makes Luce happy as she always wanted a daughter that she could bond with in the kitchen. |
| 600 | * IceQueen: Her reputation, and generally how she behaved before her second meeting with Nicks. |
| 601 | * ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: She falls for Nicks because he stood up to her, when every other men would happily let her treat them like slaves. |
| 602 | * JerkassToOne: To Jenna, unseen by everyone else except Yumeria (who happily goes along with her schemes). |
| 603 | * LikeADaughterToMe: To Nicks' mother Luce. |
| 604 | * NiceToTheWaiter: Quickly becomes popular among the Bartfort family servants and retainers, unlike Jenna. |
| 605 | * PowerfulPeopleAreSubs: Just like her sister. She longs for a relationship where she and her husband often compete for the right to be the "master of the relationship". |
| 606 | * PrivilegedRival: To Jenna, which is in part why she attracts Jenna's envy. Dorothea uses her wealth against Jenna. |
| 607 | * ProperLady: Which is in part from her being from an Earl-ranked household, who are held to higher standards than the lower-ranked noblewomen Leon was used to dealing with. |
| 608 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: Just like her older sister, she seems to have a thing for being talked down on by aggressive men. |
| 609 | * SilkHidingSteel: She surprises the men of the Bartfort domain by being an excellent shot. She had been trained and experienced in adventuring in part due to her family's rich heritage as such. |
| 610 | * SlaveCollar: She keeps a pair of them, and after becoming lovestruck, offers one to Nicks. |
| 611 | * TooGoodToBeTrue: Jenna is desperate to believe that she’s just putting on an act of being comfortable living in the countryside and being TheAce. So Jenna stalks her in the hopes of seeing her slip up. |
| 612 | * UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: Nicks always found her incredibly beautiful, but knew he never had a chance with her until Leon's rise in rank made Nicks a candidate for a political marriage. But she was utterly unimpressed with Nicks at first, until he stood up to her and [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou triggered her domination kink]], at that point she became obsessed with him, but her sadistic ways scared him away. |
| 613 | * UptownGirl: Why Nicks tries to dissuade her into marrying, thinking she won't be happy with a rural baron like him. Ironically, his refusal made her want him more. |
| 614 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Manipulates Jenna to break her spirit, after hearing her badmouthing Nicks. |
| 615 | * WingdingEyes: The Light Novel illustration gives her HeartSymbol eyes when offering Nicks her collar. |
| 616 | * WolfInSheepsClothing: Jenna and Finley taunt Nicks by explicitly suggesting Dorothea is this, which seems to be nonsense. Nevertheless, she afterwards manages to humiliate Jenna without anyone else being the wiser. |
| 617 | [[/folder]] |
| 618 | |
| 619 | !House Offrey |
| 620 | A criminal household up-jumped merchants who were two-dimensional villains in the game. |
| 621 | |
| 622 | [[folder:Stephanie Fou Offrey]] |
| 623 | !!Stephanie Fou Offrey |
| 624 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyakaSuwa (JP), Camila Vásquez (LA SP) |
| 625 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/offreysdaughter.jpg]] |
| 626 | |
| 627 | A minor villain and [[TheBully bully]] who [[EstablishingCharacterMoment enters the story]] by assaulting Leon's café over making her lose the bet she made during his Duel with the princes. Daughter of a ruthless family of merchants who usurped their titles, and formerly engaged to Brad in the hopes that their family's ties to the Principality of Fanoss would reduce tensions, before he broke it off for Marie. Her main role in the Otome Game plot was to put Olivia into an UriahGambit to be attacked by her family's sponsored {{Sky Pirate}}s, which brings Olivia closer to her capture target. |
| 628 | ---- |
| 629 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: She was seen like this in Noble society. Her family are actually merchants who took control of a noble family via a legal gray zone, and not because they had a successful adventurer background. Because of this (along with shady dealings with pirates), the Offrey house is not recognized as a true noble house and are avoided in Noble society. As a result, Stephanie doesn't have any noble friends and only has her followers/vassals at her side. |
| 630 | * AlphaBitch: She behaves like one, with a GirlPosse, though there is no sign of her being popular; her family actually has a horrible reputation for criminality and not deserving their noble titles. |
| 631 | * BreakTheCutie: Makes it her personal mission to do this to Olivia. |
| 632 | * TheBully: Targeting Leon and Olivia. True to form for a bully, when Leon fights back, she shifts her main attention to the one who won't. |
| 633 | * BullyingADragon: Threatens Leon, and then the short-tempered Angelica and her Ducal House. |
| 634 | * DisposableFiance: Like Angie and Clarice, this was part of her role in the Otome Game, being originally engaged to Brad. Unlike Angie and Clarice, her fiancé definitely dodged a bullet breaking that engagement. However, she takes advantage of their prior relationship by also roping Brad into her UriahGambit. |
| 635 | * DrivenByEnvy: The reason she hates Oliva so much? She hates how someone with a commoner background is establishing herself among nobles. |
| 636 | ** According to Mishima [[https://mypage.syosetu.com/mypageblog/view/userid/218376/blogkey/2995493/]], Stephanie was secretly envious of Olivia's friendship with Angelica and Leon, wondering why she as a noble lacked any noble friends when a commoner like Olivia had them. |
| 637 | * EasilyForgiven: Granted, the queen had other things on her mind, but she pardons the Offrey girl for her attempted assault. However, she learns nothing from this. |
| 638 | * FallenOnHardTimesJob: The final time she's mentioned, she's been stuck with a "deplorable job". |
| 639 | * FlatCharacter: Her only role in the story is to give Leon and Olivia grief, clearly prioritizing this on the latter beyond any notion of self-preservation with the fact that getting her nose broken isn't enough to get her to back off. The fact that she wasn't even named prior to the anime adaptation is an indicator of just how insignificant she ultimately is before the loss of her noble title gets her booted out of the story. |
| 640 | * GirlPosse: Including Carla, Stephanie has these do the physical part of her bullying, seemingly followers from her family's vassals. She [[GenreSavvy acknowledges]] that these kinds of people are {{Fair Weather Friend}}s, and [[TrappedInVillainy uses threats to Carla's family]] to make sure she does [[TheMole her bidding]]. |
| 641 | * HateSink: Possibly like in the original game, Stephanie is an utterly unsympathetic bully who not only causes trouble for Olivia but actively goes out of her way to break her spirit, simply because she can. Even the fact that her house isn't nearly as powerful, getting her nose broken isn't enough to dissuade her nastiness, and nobody complains when she and her entire house wind up losing everything partly ''because'' of her downright excessive nastiness towards "a mere commoner". |
| 642 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Bullies Olivia for not being a noble, when her own family bought their title through underhanded means. |
| 643 | * IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Uses this to control Carla, threatening her family. It's definitely an enforceable threat, as Carla is from a Baronet household on her parents' Earldom, meaning it's completely within their authority to carry it out. Carla was discouraged from tipping off the palace about the air pirates, for fear that the Offreys would find out and punish her. |
| 644 | * LaserGuidedKarma: After Leon fully subdued the air pirates that Stephanie sent after him, Olivia, and the other students, Luxion found several documents with interactions between them and the Offrey Household. When the documents came to light, she and her whole household lost their titles, assets, territory, and everything else. Now she not only has nothing, but she's at a class even lower than a commoner like Olivia. |
| 645 | ** The anime even has Stephanie running once Leon and Luxion get the documents to Duke Redgrave and Queen Mylene. Stephanie is stopped by a group of armed men led by the Duke and the Queen, and her panicked face shows that her family's dirty deeds finally caught up with them now that "treason" is added to the deeds. |
| 646 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: Only known as 'Earl Offrey's daughter', as well as Brad's ex-fiancée in the source material. The anime gives her the name "Stephanie". |
| 647 | * NasalTrauma: Driving a wedge between Angie and Olivia, on two separate occasions, gets her nose broken by Angie. [[BullyingADragon It wasn't enough to learn her lesson.]] |
| 648 | * NeckLift: Gets choked out by Angie after telling her it'd be a ShameIfSomethingHappened to Olivia. |
| 649 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: Within the original otome game's plot, forcing Olivia to fight the air pirates only led Olivia to acquire one of the Saint's items, as that item was amongst the pirates' possessions. Within the new plot, it instead causes Leon to fight the pirates and claim the item. |
| 650 | * NouveauRiche: Multiple people comment on her gaudy appearance and makeup, and she flaunts her wealth by having several Exclusive Servants. She seems to be overcompensating for her family not having noble blood, having been merchants who bought and usurped their title and kept it [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections with the help]] of Marquess Frampton. |
| 651 | * RoyalBrat: An arrogant {{Jerkass}}, being introduced trying to get petty revenge on Leon for winning when she’d bet against him. |
| 652 | * {{Sadist}}: Marie [[ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter quickly realizes]] she is this when meeting her in Marie Route. |
| 653 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Being connected to Marquess Frampton's faction is the main thing that kept her family from being punished for their shady dealings, before coming into the plot. |
| 654 | * ShadowArchetype: She's the kind of person Angie would be if she let her status and ill temper go to her head. |
| 655 | * ShameIfSomethingHappened: Taunting Angie about Leon and Olivia going into her UriahGambit, earns her a NeckLift and YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith. |
| 656 | * StupidEvil: Her constantly BullyingADragon suggests this. It seems that she's so used to getting her way when making threats, that she's never careful to see if her targets are more powerful than she can handle. |
| 657 | * SmugSnake: Overlaps with TooDumbToLive. She is actively antagonizing people, both them and their friends, who could easily cause trouble for her own house without caring a whit about the consequences. Even getting a NeckLift by Angelica and ''outright having her nose smashed in'' isn't enough to keep her from being so insufferably smug in her delusion that she's above consequence. It takes literally losing everything due to her and her family's treachery for it to sink in that she isn't. |
| 658 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: For Carla, who bullies Olivia even on her own. Now that the Earl's daughter is out of the picture, Carla becomes a ReformedBully. |
| 659 | * UnintentionallyNotoriousCrime: When a silver-haired lady enters Leon's Tea Room and sees Stephenie bullying and berating the young Baron, she calls the young Countess out on this behavior. Stephenie makes the grand mistake of calling the lady a "hag" and ordering her servants to force her out of the Tea Room. This prompts Leon to unleash holy hell upon Stephanie and her entourage: [[KingIncognito because that "hag" was actually their nation's Queen.]] |
| 660 | * UriahGambit: Her main role in the Otome Plot is to lure Olivia into one of these, with her family's sponsored {{sky pirate}}s. |
| 661 | * YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: Receives this twice from Angie. First, she unknowingly orders her Exclusive Servants to assault the Queen of Holfort, who [[KingIncognito was incognito]], then she [[SuicidalOverconfidence actually threatens to]] destroy Angie's Ducal house, despite Offrey House being [[BullyingADragon multiple times weaker than the Redgraves]]. |
| 662 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[AmbiguousSituation Possibly]]. After Leon defeats her demi-human servants in his café, Angelica thinks to herself that she must have fired them and hired new ones, although the originals ''were'' taken by Daniel and Raymond to a "''revenge party''". |
| 663 | * VillainousBreakdown: In her brief reappearance in the manga after the initial invasion of the Principality of Fanoss, she is shown to have lost her mind after her family is stripped of its status, wealth, and territory. |
| 664 | [[/folder]] |
| 665 | |
| 666 | [[folder:Carla Fou Wayne]] |
| 667 | !!Carla Fou Wayne |
| 668 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarukaShiraishi |
| 669 | [[quoteright:263:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/manga_carlafouwayne.jpg]] |
| 670 | -> ''“Could you be quiet for a minute? This is a very serious conversation.”'' |
| 671 | |
| 672 | A Baronet's daughter, first shown trying to butter up and lure Leon into a trap, only to be seen through immediately. As a retainer, she didn't have much choice in the matter. |
| 673 | ---- |
| 674 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: [[spoiler: After being exposed, she gets this treatment from the rest of the Academy until Marie comes to her rescue, making Carla a follower to irritate Leon.]] |
| 675 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler: Marie being the only one willing to give her a second chance after being exposed earns Carla's UndyingLoyalty.]] |
| 676 | * BreakTheHaughty: After looking down on and bullying Olivia constantly, and trying to pin being TheMole on her, Carla becomes the one looked down on and bullied, after being exposed and disowned. |
| 677 | * DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Before the climactic duel in Volume 4, Pierre has her taken hostage to coerce Leon into ThrowingTheFight. Leon spends most of the duel just avoiding Pierre's attacks, until Carla gets rescued by Marie and and her harem.]] |
| 678 | * DullEyesOfUnhappiness: How she's portrayed from the get-go in the Manga adaptation. Fitting, as she was TrappedInVillainy. |
| 679 | * EpicFail: She tries to use a mixture of flattery and seduction to trick Leon. Instead, she makes repeated faux pas (treating Olivia badly), to the point where even without his prior game knowledge, he wouldn't trust her. Leon only plays along with her deception to gain a plot-crucial game item from the pirates. |
| 680 | * TheFakeCutie: Tries to appeal to Leon as a friendly potential marriage candidate in distress, under the orders of Brad's ex-fiancée. As well as to seem innocent in front of her father. Both fail miserably, and she's exposed and disowned. |
| 681 | * HaremSeeker: Downplayed. Carla is envious of Marie having a ReverseHarem. |
| 682 | * LyingToThePerp: After Leon defeats the air pirates, he bluffs that they named her as their accomplice. She cracks and reveals all the details of the Offrey girl's UriahGambit. |
| 683 | * TheMole: Coerced into trying to be one, but does a really horrible job at it. |
| 684 | * NumberTwo: [[spoiler: Serves as this for Marie in Alzer, helping manage the mansion and rowdy princes.]] |
| 685 | * PeerPressuredBully: Has shades of this, being from one of the houses dependent on Brad's sadistic unnamed ex-fiancée, serving as her follower, and being threatened into baiting Leon. In this situation, she bullies the only person around of lower status than herself (Olivia, a commoner). Without that toxic influence, she's shown to be a timid, caring girl, and [[ReformedBully never bullies anyone again.]] |
| 686 | * ReformedBully: After becoming a victim of bullying herself, as well as [[PeerPressuredBully losing the pressure to do so]] from the Earl's Daughter, who got stripped of her nobility. |
| 687 | * TheReliableOne: [[spoiler: Once Leon and Marie move to Alzer, she is their most reliable servant, never causing any trouble or stepping on any toes like the others do, and once offering to help Marie out with her own savings.]] |
| 688 | * ShyBlueHairedGirl: She has navy blue hair and post-HeelFaceTurn, she's more meek and submissive. |
| 689 | * SweetTooth: Gets excited at the mention of dessert. |
| 690 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: Earl Offrey's daughter was this, encouraging her bullying of commoners. |
| 691 | * TrappedInVillainy: With threats against her family if she doesn't comply. |
| 692 | * UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: To Marie, after she offered Carla forgiveness when no one else would.]] |
| 693 | * VillainousBreakdown: When Leon exposes her in front of her father, threatening both. At first she tries to blame it on Olivia but when even her father confronts her, she finally realizes she can't talk her way out and breaks down crying. |
| 694 | [[/folder]] |
| 695 | |
| 696 | !Other Holfort Kingdom Academy Characters |
| 697 | |
| 698 | [[folder:Master/Lucas]] |
| 699 | !!Lucas |
| 700 | [[quoteright:262:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/master_00_5.jpg]] |
| 701 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShowHayami (JP), Bernardo Rodríguez (LA SP) |
| 702 | ->''"It must have been painful. It must have been hard. However, don’t give up. Beyond is the path of a true gentleman--leading to the path of tea."'' |
| 703 | A gentlemanly teacher assigned to teach [[UsefulNotes/TeaAndTeaCulture etiquette and tea ceremonies]], who leaves a profound impact on Leon, shaping his worldview, and providing moral support. |
| 704 | ->For Master's ''Marie Route Side Story'' tropes, [[Characters/TrappedInADatingSimOtomeGamesAreToughForUsToo see here]]. |
| 705 | ---- |
| 706 | * BornInTheWrongCentury: Rare fictional world example. He believes in old concepts of Chivalry, before being a knight became about appealing to women due to the Kingdom's Matriarchal aspects that came about in recent generations. |
| 707 | * BritsLoveTea: He's themed around the QuintessentialBritishGentleman, so he teaches Leon to prepare and love tea. |
| 708 | * CoolTeacher: Cool enough to turn Leon from a tea party skeptic to a tea party fanatic. |
| 709 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Referred to as Mentor, Master, or Teacher. |
| 710 | * GivenNameReveal: He goes unnamed until a Volume 10 side-story reveals his name is Lucas. |
| 711 | * GoodOldWays: Teaching Leon how things used to be in the Kingdom gives him hope. |
| 712 | * HighClassGlass: Adding to his appearance of a sophisticated gentleman. |
| 713 | * KnightInShiningArmor: What he teaches Leon to be, motivating him to fight on for the sake of those he wants to protect, during a HeroicBSOD. Master himself, [[spoiler: protects Mylene and Hertrude from rubble during a Principality raid, and later [[RetiredBadass leaves to join the final battle himself.]]]] |
| 714 | * TheMentor: Provides advice and moral support, though is willing to [[DisappointedInYou criticize Leon]] in cases like his behavior dueling the princes, getting into fights, or teasing the Queen. |
| 715 | * NotSoStoic: Is [[BlankWhiteEyes taken aback]] at Leon proposing to the Queen. |
| 716 | * OldSchoolChivalry: He's all about being a true gentleman and knight. |
| 717 | * QuintessentialBritishGentleman: His archetype and aesthetic. |
| 718 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He will always listen and offer supportive words. [[spoiler: He even helps Leon get away with his belligerent strategies for the Alzer Republic, when assigned an ambassador there.]] |
| 719 | * RetiredBadass: Is a [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight in the old sense]], and will fight if his country needs him. |
| 720 | |
| 721 | [[/folder]] |
| 722 | |
| 723 | [[folder:Aaron/Erin]] |
| 724 | !!Aaron |
| 725 | A commoner adventurer, who is eventually let into Holfort Academy as a scholarship student. Aaron in the game was one of the capture targets and thus male, but thanks to Cleare's experiments/punishment she realized she was trans and transitioned. Which causes problems when the main cast apparently needs to hook the third game's protagonist up with someone. |
| 726 | ---- |
| 727 | * AttemptedRape: The gender bender stuff starts after she tried to [[SlippingAMickey roofie]] Olivia at a party, but she [[TheTeetotaler doesn't drink alcohol]], and then Cleare knocked her and her friends unconscious. |
| 728 | * AttractiveBentGender: She's a very pretty girl, though it's noted that she's oddly tall. [[spoiler:Two of the three capture targets from the third game end up falling for her to the point [[SingleTargetSexuality they don't even mind when she's publicly outed as trans]].]] |
| 729 | * ChekhovsGunman: Is introduced in the Light Novels long before becoming plot relevant. [[spoiler:Namely, that she's one of the third game's capture targets. Cleare [[GenderBender turns him]] into a woman, and Aaron doesn't want to turn back.]] |
| 730 | * FreudianExcuse: The reason she gives for her early behavior amounts to emotional turmoil caused by gender dysphoria. |
| 731 | * GenderBender: Upon request, Cleare gave her a sex-change operation seemingly much more complete than what modern medical science can do. However, this world has no concept of sex change operations and she is thus still legally considered male. |
| 732 | * GreenEyedMonster: She tried to drug and rape Olivia not because she was actually lusting for her, but because she apparently just had issues with women since she wanted to be one herself. |
| 733 | * JapaneseDelinquents: Before she was caught by Cleare. |
| 734 | * RapeAndSwitch: Cleare sent Aaron the still-male delinquent off with a different bunch of delinquents, at least one of whom apparently raped the still-male Aaron in her sleep. Though she doesn't remember this, something about the situation drove her to began transitioning. |
| 735 | * ReincarnateInAnotherWorld: In her past life, she was an abusive husband and neglectful father. |
| 736 | * ScholarshipStudent: How she was able to enter the Academy, because [[spoiler: so many noble families were stripped of their titles and land because they deserted their posts during the war, or for being part of Marquess Frampton's traitorous faction.]] |
| 737 | * SobriquetSexSwitch: She's still known on paper as Aaron but asks people to call her Erin/Eri. |
| 738 | * UnwittingTestSubject: Cleare's experiment to awaken her interest in men succeeded without her ever knowing Cleare was involved from the start. [[spoiler:By the time of the 8th novel volume, she had [[GenderBender turned him into a girl as well upon request.]]]] |
| 739 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: Before beginning a full transition, she started wearing women's clothes, wearing makeup, and taking good care of her skin. This difference in behavior marks a serious improvement in her normal behavior. |
| 740 | [[/folder]] |
| 741 | |
| 742 | [[folder:Daniel, Raymond, and the Poor Noblemen]] |
| 743 | !!The Poor Noblemen |
| 744 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/TaitoBan (Daniel) and Reio Tsuchida (Raymond) (JP), Ángel Pedroza (Daniel) and Iván Fernandez (Raymond) (LA SP) |
| 745 | |
| 746 | The group Leon belongs to, typically represented by his [[ThoseTwoGuys two friends]], Daniel Fou Durland and Raymond Fou Arkin. The group is all-male, consisting of the heirs of Barons and Viscounts from poor families on other floating islands. They have extreme difficulty finding wives, and if they don't before they leave the Academy, life will become difficult for them. |
| 747 | ->For the Poor Noblemen's ''Marie Route Side Story'' tropes, [[Characters/TrappedInADatingSimOtomeGamesAreToughForUsToo see here]]. |
| 748 | ---- |
| 749 | * AdaptationalJerkass: The manga and anime don't show Daniel and Raymond apologizing to Leon after being forced to vandalize his room, though they later show their support by betting ''for'' him to win the duels. |
| 750 | * AristocratTeam: A very loose ImpoverishedPatrician team. |
| 751 | * BestServedCold: A side-story shows that the poor nobles have been waiting for an opportunity to all get together and hold a [[AFateWorseThanDeath revenge party]] at the expense of any Exclusive Servants who become vulnerable, due to their bullying and smugness towards them. Thus, when some servants are accidentally ordered to attack the Queen, Daniel and Raymond carry them off to do just that. |
| 752 | * BerserkButton: Pirates. [[spoiler: Because of their intense hatred towards the {{Sky Pirate}}s who raid their lands, they wouldn't even listen to the soldiers of Holy Kingdom of Rachel who were dressed like pirates.]] |
| 753 | * BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: [[spoiler: Leon blackmails them to fight under his command for the Kingdom by giving them advanced airships and threatening to stop maintaining them if they don't. Leon prefers it be called ThePowerOfFriendship!]] |
| 754 | * BrokenTears: Some of them start crying in the arena when Leon voices their frustrations during his duel with the Prince, ranting how Julius has it better off than most of them. |
| 755 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: They might be whine and complain about Leon's unfair and dirty deals, but when push comes to shove not only can they still competently unlike their rich counterparts, but pressing their BerserkButton just makes them even more ruthless than usual. [[spoiler: The soldiers from the Holy Kingdom of Rachel who were dressed as pirates who thought the regional nobles would be easy targets were instead taken down brutally by them.]] |
| 756 | * DeliberateValuesDissonance: They're still nobles who look down on commoners, as shown when they frown at [[PennyAmongDiamonds Olivia being enrolled with them]] and later warn Leon not to get too close to her. |
| 757 | * FairWeatherFriend: They’re introduced as if they're a group of TrueCompanions, but they buckle under Jilk’s pressure to vandalize Leon’s room. Leon doesn’t take it personally, since they have their futures to consider. |
| 758 | * FantasticCasteSystem: They’re at the bottom of it. It’s noted that ''commoner'' men in the Kingdom have it better in multiple ways. [[spoiler: This is the intentional result of a GovernmentConspiracy by the Royal Family.]] |
| 759 | * FarmBoy: Many of them including Leon actually farm, since their families are ''that'' poor by the standards of aristocrats, and the insults they receive from noble girls are often farming-related. |
| 760 | * HadToBeSharp: Many of them are good fighters from having to work hard grinding in the dungeons to pay for gifts to give noble girls if they want any chance of finding a wife. |
| 761 | * ImpoverishedPatrician: Their families generally have their income siphoned off to the noblewomen they officially married, with the women in question living in the capital as IdleRich, while the men struggle to get by and typically find a [[TheMistress commoner mistress]]. |
| 762 | * MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler: After being abused and facing ridiculously unfair marriage terms, they are initially excited to throw the Kingdom under the bus in favor of the Principality, where men have the advantage in searching for marriage. Until Leon blackmails them out of it.]] |
| 763 | * MysteriousPast: It is revealed that in the past, [[spoiler: their domains were ruled by vicious warlords who raided the mainland regularly, since without their wealth being siphoned into the capital, they could easily build warfleets.]] |
| 764 | * OldSchoolChivalry: Many of Daniel and Raymond’s views align with this, which fits considering their [[FeudalOverlord society is feudal]]. |
| 765 | * PeerPressuredBully: Jilk coerces the group into vandalizing Leon’s room after he decides to be Angelica’s champion. Daniel and Raymond wait just outside to apologize to him. |
| 766 | * ReadTheFinePrint: Leon gives them high-tech airships, offering them cheap maintenance as well, to promote his airship factory. [[spoiler: Leon reminds them that the contract warns that the technology within the airships cannot be maintained anywhere else, and so they’d eventually become useless if he cut them off. Combined with persuasion, he uses this threat to get them to fight under his banner to defend the Capital from the Principality.]] |
| 767 | * ReluctantWarrior: As first displayed when they ditch Leon when he’s supposed to guard Julius in the dungeon, they aren’t particularly brave on their own. Though they can and do put up a good fight in the right circumstances. |
| 768 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: They decide to fence-sit and defect once the Principality crushes the Kingdom’s fleet, before Leon ''convinces'' them otherwise.]] |
| 769 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Daniel and Raymond, who are Leon’s friends. They reflect upon Leon's ever-changing status, and express the views of disadvantaged noble boys at any given time. |
| 770 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Daniel and Raymond’s relationship with Leon. |
| 771 | [[/folder]] |
| 772 | |
| 773 | !!! Other Nobles |
| 774 | |
| 775 | [[folder:Marquess Frampton]] |
| 776 | !!Malcolm Fou Frampton |
| 777 | The ambitious Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Holfort, rival of Duke Redgrave, and backer of House Offrey. Frampton is an opportunistic traitor who will use any means to increase his power. Due to the power vacuum created by the five dateable cast breaking their engagements, he becomes the most influential aristocrat in the Kingdom. |
| 778 | ->For Frampton's ''Marie Route Side Story'' tropes, [[Characters/TrappedInADatingSimOtomeGamesAreToughForUsToo see here]]. |
| 779 | ---- |
| 780 | * AmbitionIsEvil: If he had just been content with being the most powerful political force in the Kingdom, there would have been a lot less tragedy. |
| 781 | * ArchEnemy: To Duke Redgrave, as explained in the Chessmaster entry. |
| 782 | * AristocratsAreEvil: Is perfectly willing to target the innocent, and backstab his allies. |
| 783 | * BigBadWannabe: Thinks he is using the Principality. But he's not as cunning as he thinks he is, and serves their ends. |
| 784 | * TheChessmaster: Although "master" is [[OutGambitted a bit of an overstatement]], he was still manipulating quite a lot behind the scenes in the second volume. [[AllThereInTheManual The Marie Route shows that]] the Offrey’s piracy schemes were part of his plan to eliminate the Redgraves, and Frampton conspired with Vince’s vassals, and Earl Garrett before the field trip, to try and pin the (planned) execution of 1/3 of the academy students on the Redgrave Household, by only taking Angelica hostage. |
| 785 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Frampton didn't even consider the likely possibility that the Principality would double-cross him later. Princess Hertrude stating that Frampton had outlived his usefulness is the final stab in the back. |
| 786 | * DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:Leon coming up with restorations of the forged letters that Frampton attempted to burn, and a doctored video that shouldn't be able to exist of Frampton stating his crimes in private like a nefarious bastard up to no good, causes Frampton to [[VillainousBreakdown lose his shit]], which is more than enough to convince the Queen of his guilt and get him dragged off.]] |
| 787 | * DividedWeFall: The situation he puts the Kingdom in tatters close to outright civil-war. |
| 788 | * EvilVsEvil: [[spoiler: Ends up sending his own faction's forces to fight the Principality, after they break his agreement with them, and his forces end up completely smashed]] |
| 789 | * FrameUp: [[spoiler: Frampton has fake letters planted in Leon's room to frame him for treason, seeing Leon arrested, brutalized, and likely murdered if the Queen and Gilbert Redgrave hadn't intervened. So, Leon has Luxion [[HoistByHisOwnPetard reproduce Frampton's guilt-proving correspondence]] that he'd burned, along with videos of Frampton admitting his crimes in meetings, exposing him in front of the Royal Court, and triggering a VillainousBreakdown.]] |
| 790 | * GenreSavvy: As easily manipulated as Frampton is, Luxion points out that he correctly judged the greatest potential threat to himself, when others couldn't: [[spoiler: Leon, due to having Luxion.]] |
| 791 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Targeting Leon was his first mistake, writing letters about doing so was his second.]] |
| 792 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Feels that his service has entitled him to run the Kingdom, no matter how much damage he has to do to said Kingdom in the process of taking control. |
| 793 | * MotiveRant: [[spoiler: After Leon successfully arrests him for treason.]] |
| 794 | * NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: His rantings during his VillainousBreakdown, constantly claiming Leon is the biggest threat to the Kingdom, despite the fact that his dealings with the Principality put the Kingdom in danger.]] |
| 795 | * OldSoldier: Feels entitled from his service, and that [[ItsAllAboutMe he's been what's holding up the Kingdom.]] |
| 796 | * TheQuisling: Unwittingly, since he underestimates the Principality. He just wants to take control of the Kingdom. |
| 797 | * ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: [[spoiler: He's not the only one who can forge documents!]] |
| 798 | * UnwittingPawn: To the Principality, who he looked down on, and thought ''he'' was the one using. |
| 799 | * VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:He's completely right that the video Leon and Luxion present of him conspiring to frame the former is a total forgery; Leon himself considers the fact that the letters really were his only valid evidence, and had Luxion throw together a simulated video to add a curveball to his counter-accusations. Frampton's VillainousBreakdown, however, is effectively an admission of guilt in public spectacle, so it's all Leon needs to get the guards to cart him off.]] |
| 800 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: After Leon exposes him in front of the whole royal court with overwhelming evidence.]] |
| 801 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: According to the narration. |
| 802 | [[/folder]] |
| 803 | |
| 804 | !!!Demi-Humans |
| 805 | [[folder:Demi-Humans]] |
| 806 | !!Demi-Humans |
| 807 | Elves and a variety of other sapients. Mainly present in the story as "Exclusive Servants", bought by Holfort noblewomen. |
| 808 | ---- |
| 809 | * ArtificialHuman: Elves, and presumably the others, were created as experiments by Old Humanity. Considering [[CovertPervert Cleare]] was employed in the facility close to the elf homeland, it could explain why they are considered beautiful by human standards. |
| 810 | * AuraVision: Elves and half-elves can gauge magical ability with this, and it’s also how they perceive beauty. |
| 811 | * {{Bowdlerise}}: The anime makes no explicit mention of them being sex slaves. |
| 812 | * FantasyContraception: Cannot get human women pregnant, which is half the reason they're employed. At least for elves, human men can interbreed with elf women, and the resulting half-elf men can also interbreed with human women. |
| 813 | * HenchmenRace: Half of their main use. They are stronger on average than humans, and they're used to bully and intimidate the noblemen all the time in the Academy, usually commanded with subtle gestures. |
| 814 | * HowTheMightyHaveFallen: After Holfort Kingdom's reforms, [[spoiler: they're mostly relegated to manual labor now that Exclusive Servants are banned from the Academy and women who used to have one are viewed as undesirable.]] |
| 815 | * LongLived: It's noted that at least elves see their work contracts under noblewomen in a different light than humans might because of their lifespans. In Kyle's home village, it's expected and encouraged for their people to enter into work contracts for decades as Exclusive Servants. |
| 816 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Elves, which is to be expected. |
| 817 | * TheOldestProfession: The other half of their usage is by Holfort noblewomen, as they can't cause pregnancy in humans. |
| 818 | * RevengeMyopia: [[spoiler:A group of them agree to frame Leon for treason, which has a high chance of seeing him executed as payback for 'humiliating' several of their members. Said humiliation being [[CrimeOfSelfDefense fighting back against them when they attacked him after wrecking his café during the School Festival]] and being prepared to do the same to [[KingIncognito Mylene]] at the orders of their [[HateSink colossal bitch of an employer.]]]] |
| 819 | * ServantRace: Supposedly. In reality, due to [[RichBitch the]] [[RoyalBrat nature]] of their typical owners, it's more of a mix between HenchmenRace and TheOldestProfession. |
| 820 | * SlaveRace: SubvertedTrope. They are simply servants following contracts, who can quit (Kyle has done so repeatedly in the past). They can claim violation of contract if abused and their AlwaysFemale masters generally treat them better than the men around them. They’re just colloquially called slaves and used as a GenderFlip {{satire}} of female slaves [[HerosSlaveHarem in other Isekai novels]]. |
| 821 | * SmugSnake: Most of the Exclusive Servants in the series have this attitude, accentuated in the manga adaptation, where more of their body-language is seen than in the light novels. |
| 822 | |
| 823 | [[/folder]] |
| 824 | [[folder:Kyle]] |
| 825 | !!Kyle |
| 826 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunkoTakeuchi (JP), Emiliano Montaño (LA SP) |
| 827 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kyle_00.jpg]] |
| 828 | |
| 829 | A snarky half-elf, gifted to Marie by Julius and Jilk, when they realize she doesn't have an Exclusive Servant. Originally only tolerated because he is cute, she eventually comes to appreciate his abundance of sense [[OnlySaneMan compared to her surroundings]]. |
| 830 | ->For Kyle's ''Marie Route Side Story'' tropes, [[Characters/TrappedInADatingSimOtomeGamesAreToughForUsToo see here]]. |
| 831 | ---- |
| 832 | * AintTooProudToBeg: Kyle outright begs Leon to hire him so he, Carla, and Marie would not be thrown out and suffer in poverty again especially since they will be left with the 5 Idiots. Makes sense since Leon [[UnclePennybags pays handsomely even for menial tasks and light work.]] |
| 833 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: Partially driven by embarrassment caused by his mother's behavior. He resents being this as girls keep wanting to touch him for being cute. |
| 834 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Is loyal to Marie, because she treats him better than any master before her. He left all his other masters. |
| 835 | * BeneathTheMask: Starts off trying to be cute to impress his master. Gradually seems to realize he doesn't need to act. |
| 836 | * BrutalHonesty: He isn't afraid of anyone, even Leon. |
| 837 | * DeadpanSnarker: Once he stops [[BeneathTheMask hiding his true personality.]] |
| 838 | * HalfBreedDiscrimination: Being a half-human makes him an outcast among elves. |
| 839 | * HalfHumanHybrid: While Elf males can't impregnate human women, elf women can have children with human men; Kyle is one such case. |
| 840 | * HatesTheirParent: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. His interactions with his mother, Yumeria mostly consist of him scolding her for her ExtremeDoormat attitude and how he blames her for their status as outcasts and the HalfBreedDiscrimination he faces. But he cares about her deep down, and sends money back to her so he can provide for her. |
| 841 | * HeroicBastard: Heavily implied to be a ChildByRape, of a human nobleman who kept Yumeria locked up in his manor. |
| 842 | * HonestJohnsDealership: The merchant who took him from his home village, conveniently hid the fact that he was a half-elf, and sold him to market at full price. A fact which could have resulted in a lot of SurprisePregnancy, since Exclusive Servants are often used as lovers, and half-elves can get human women pregnant, unlike full elves. |
| 843 | * IJustWantToBeBadass: Kyle repeatedly yearns to pilot a MiniMecha, but can’t because he’s part-elf. |
| 844 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Loses himself to depression, blaming himself when his mother disappears after he had been rebellious and mean towards her.]] |
| 845 | * NotSoAboveItAll: When he eventually starts going through a rebellious phase. |
| 846 | * NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: Cries when Marie apologizes for criticizing him, after she [[HeroicBSOD broke down, and tore into all her followers]], after almost being [[BurnTheWitch burnt at the stake]].]] |
| 847 | ** Again, [[spoiler: when his mother disappears and he blames himself. Leon remarks that he's finally [[AdorablyPrecociousChild acting his age.]]]] |
| 848 | * OnlySaneMan: His role in Marie's coterie. |
| 849 | * PerpetualFrowner: His typical mood is mild irritation. |
| 850 | * ScrewYouElves: Can't quite contain his joy at the village he and Yumeria are from being absolutely terrified of "The Demon Lord" (Luxion). |
| 851 | * SecretCharacter: In the game, he's missable content. |
| 852 | * TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: Spearheads the assault on the Republic’s capitol temple to rescue his mother, borrowing Arroganz.]] |
| 853 | * WeAreAsMayflies: Due to being a half-elf, he has a human lifespan, meaning his mother is likely to outlive him by a long time. |
| 854 | [[/folder]] |
| 855 | |
| 856 | [[folder:Yumeria]] |
| 857 | !!Yumeria |
| 858 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yume_00.png]] |
| 859 | |
| 860 | Kyle's clumsy and shy mother, who'd been living as a quasi-outcast among her village, due to FantasticRacism based on her type of magic. Leon takes her into his household as a maid, taking pity after seeing her mistreatment by the other elves. She suffers from low self-esteem and wishes her son would let her be a mother to him. |
| 861 | ---- |
| 862 | * AdaptationalConsent. How she got pregnant with Kyle is changed depending on the adaptation. In the Light Novel, it's implied she was raped by a human noble. In the manga, this is changed to her falling in love and having an affair with a human noble, but getting driven out of town by his family when she got pregnant. |
| 863 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Ideal brainwashes her into stripping all of the Republic nobles of their Sacred Tree Crests and giving them to Serge's rebel army. She is broken out of it by Kyle.]] |
| 864 | * BuxomBeautyStandard: Has a very busty figure, which is unusual for an elf, which Leon and others take notice of. |
| 865 | * ChekhovsSkill: Her GreenThumb magic turns out to be quite nifty, in a country dominated by a magic-granting WorldTree. |
| 866 | * CuteClumsyGirl: She's an archetype {{Dojikko}}, whose clumsiness while performing simple tasks are supposed to make her look cute. |
| 867 | * EntertaininglyWrong: When she [[OutOfContextEavesdropping tries to snoop on]] Leon and Marie. [[spoiler: She overheard Marie calling Leon big brother, and therefore concludes that Leon’s father had an affair and Marie was the result.]] Her incorrect conclusion is only reinforced by further events. |
| 868 | * EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Yumeria is said to garner this reaction from humans. |
| 869 | * EveryManHasHisPrice: Bribed by Dorothea into helping her break Jenna’s spirit. She sends the money to her son. |
| 870 | * ExtremeDoormat: Her shyness and low self-esteem made her resigned to her fate as the village's outcast, and she took all the mistreatment of others in stride. |
| 871 | * FantasticRacism: Elves judge beauty based on magical signature instead of appearance. Because of her unusual magical talents, she is seen as an abomination by them. |
| 872 | * GreenThumb: Her special magical capability, is manipulating plants. [[spoiler: Eventually, lets her be the first to speak to the [[WorldTree Alzer Sapling]].]] |
| 873 | * IAmNotPretty: She's considered attractive by most people's standards, but not by elves, who judge beauty based on magical signature and not appearance. That combined with her low confidence makes her consider herself unattractive. |
| 874 | * InSeriesNickname: Luce and Noelle call her "Meria" |
| 875 | * TheKlutz: Being constantly scolded by her son over this, doesn't help her self-confidence. |
| 876 | * {{Meido}}: Taken in by Leon as a maid, but doesn't do an impressive job at it. |
| 877 | * MsFanservice: Her voluptuous figure and clumsy antics are often played for {{fanservice}}. This is highlighted when her dancing (and bouncing) makes Livia and Angie cover Leon’s eyes. |
| 878 | * NiceGirl: She's kind to a fault and seems near incapable of having bad thoughts about anyone. |
| 879 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Like most elves. She is said to look like an [[BuxomBeautyStandard unusually busty]] young girl, despite being a mother. |
| 880 | * SuperEmpowering: [[spoiler: Is manipulated by Ideal into giving Serge's rebel army Great House crests, and [[DePower stripping]] the rest of the Republic nobles of theirs using her GreenThumb magic.]] |
| 881 | * SuperGullible: Due to her timid and kind nature, she's easily deceived by others, much to Kyle's frustration. He claims she often got roped into doing hard work for little gain back at the village, even by the people who openly mistreated her. |
| 882 | * StrugglingSingleMother: Kyle's human father is absent from their life, so she has to raise him on his own, all while being seen as an outcast by her fellow elves for raising a half-human child and for her unusual magical talents. |
| 883 | [[/folder]] |
| 884 | |
| 885 | [[folder:Miauler]] |
| 886 | !!Miauler |
| 887 | [[quoteright:248:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miauler.png]] |
| 888 | |
| 889 | A [[CatFolk cat-like]] "Exclusive Servant", bought for Jenna, by Leon. He serves as her lover and makes threatening movements towards Leon. |
| 890 | ---- |
| 891 | * AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the manga, he's first introduced in the SchoolFestival arc. |
| 892 | * DeathGlare: To intimidate whoever Jenna is annoyed at. He also directs a few unprompted ones toward Leon, especially when he overhears Leon disparaging his sister. |
| 893 | * FrameUp: [[spoiler: Happily plants forged documents in Leon's room as a pretext for his arrest and execution. Miauler's final mistake was [[SmugSnake gloating about it]].]] |
| 894 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Gets [[OffWithHisHead beheaded]] by the [[PapaWolf father]] of the man he helped framed for treason.]] |
| 895 | * OhCrap: [[spoiler: Panics when he sees Leon alive and well after trying to frame him.]] |
| 896 | * OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:As punishment for his betrayal, he's beheaded by Balcus.]] |
| 897 | * ServantRace: The same as the other elves and demi-humans in the setting. |
| 898 | * SilentSnarker: In the manga, he looks at Jenna [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe with disbelief]] when she talks about wanting to steal a potential viscount husband away from her friend. He also doesn't talk much overall. |
| 899 | * SmugSnake: [[spoiler: Can't resist a gloating grin to Leon, after setting him up. His gloating comes back to bite him, hard.]] |
| 900 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler: His betrayal of Leon was the catalyst in stripping away the privileges of Exclusive Servants, especially after Leon is named the kingdom's hero.]] |
| 901 | * TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler: In a series where LaserGuidedKarma usually takes the form of humiliations, stripped statuses, or general suffering, Miauler's betrayal is [[OffWithHisHead punished with no mercy]].]] |
| 902 | * {{Turncoat}}: [[spoiler: For the Principality. Besides [[FrameUp setting up Leon to look like a traitor]], it's implied that he told Hertrude about Leon's MotiveRant, to aid her [[WeCanRuleTogether attempts to flip Leon]].]] |
| 903 | [[/folder]] |
| 904 | |
| 905 | !Other |
| 906 | [[folder:Cleare]] |
| 907 | !!Cleare |
| 908 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cleare_00.png]] |
| 909 | The blue and white colored, feminine A.I. in charge of a biological research facility left over from Old Humanity, who helped create Elves. She is later given autonomy after having been downloaded into Luxion's main body, ostensibly to protect Leon's friends, but she has a few ideas of her own... |
| 910 | ---- |
| 911 | * ArtificialHuman: Helped create Elves as a [[HalfHumanHybrid compatible]] offshoot of humanity. |
| 912 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Despite her mostly comedic antics. [[spoiler: Cleare pulls the plug on the control systems Ideal uses to control other Old Mankind transports who’s A.I.’s he killed, allowing Luxion to defeat Ideal’s ambush.]] |
| 913 | * BrainUploading: The A.I. equivalent of it. Her entire original body got destroyed, after she was downloaded into Luxion's main body, which neither of them seemed to be bothered by. |
| 914 | * ColorCodedCharacters: Like the other A.I.s. [[TrueBlueFemininity Her drone's color is blue.]] |
| 915 | * CommonalityConnection: Takes a strong liking to Marie, who she knows is a fellow YaoiFangirl. |
| 916 | * CovertPervert: Her main personality trait. Whether it's experimenting on and spying [[YaoiFangirl on gay men]], or sending pictures of Leon's LoveInterests to him unprompted. This may have to do with the Elves she helped create, being considered beautiful by human standards, and [[HalfHumanHybrid able to interbreed with them.]] |
| 917 | * MeaningfulName: Her name, Creare/Claire (since Japanese doesn't have the letter R, it's either), being Latin for "Create", as she created the Elves. |
| 918 | * RomanticWingman: Is this for Leon. Specifically, she [[spoiler: tries to deflect suspicion that he is sending a LoveLetter to Queen Mylene via his fiancée, and makes excuses for him spending time with women in Alzer.]] |
| 919 | * InSeriesNickname: ''Are-chan/Cleary'', given to her by Olivia. |
| 920 | * IntriguedByHumanity: Towards her own perverted ends, and amusement, as she originally did genetic experiments creating sub-races. |
| 921 | * PluckyComicRelief: Mostly serves as this with her eccentricity and perversion, although she does play a key role in [[spoiler: saving Luxion from Ideal’s ambush by sabotaging his means of controlling his other vessels he [[PeoplePuppets gutted of their A.I.]].]] |
| 922 | * SlippingAMickey: Replaces the sleep medication Luxion usually gives Leon, with an extra special drug that gives Leon a MushroomSamba via extremely realistic dreams. |
| 923 | * SpannerInTheWorks: For the third game’s plot. [[spoiler: Her messing with Aaron, and turning him into a woman, serves as this, since Aaron was supposed to be a capture target, and it gets FromBadToWorse when other two capture targets fell for Erin that Mia (the main character in the third game) is ignored.]] |
| 924 | * StartMyOwn: Creates her own CoolAirship Licorne from Einhorn's spare parts, against Luxion's wishes. The Licorne then serves as the main travel vessel for Olivia and Angelica. |
| 925 | * YaoiFangirl: A trait she very much [[CovertPervert indulges in]]. |
| 926 | [[/folder]] |
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