Line #86 Characters/HollywoodURisingStars


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2	[[folder: Students]]
3	!!The MC:
4	The new student at Hollywood U. Essentially, [[HelloInsertNameHere you]]. Can be an actor, a fashionista, or a director, and male or female. No matter what, however, they've gotten into the school thanks to a mysterious benefactor paying for their tuition and are navigating the world of Hollywood one day at a time.
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6	* ActionGirl: Depending on the quest, the MC can go on dramatic quests risking their life for various means.
7	* {{Determinator}}: No matter what happens, from [[SadistTeacher Hunt's]] insults to [[spoiler: the Benefactor taking away their tutelage]], the MC refuses to give up, even when most sane people probably would.
8	* GoodIsNotNice: The MC can do and say some pretty vicious things. Doubles as MamaBear / PapaWolf or KnightTemplarBigBrother when it's on behalf of their friends.
9	* PlayerCharacter
10	* TheProtagonist
11	* ThinkNothingOfIt
12	* VirtualPaperDoll
13	* MamaBear[=/=]PapaWolf: Can become this when defending their friends.
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15	!!Addison Sinclair:
16	The first girl to greet you at Hollywood U, and one of your closest friends in-game. Addison is a fashionista with a bubbly personality and never hesitates to help her friends out with their fashion problems. She even has her own fashion line now, Addi.
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18	* HeroWithBadPublicity: [[spoiler:Her MayDecemberRomance with Brian Ratzik]] comes back to bite her multiple times.
19	* InformedAttractiveness: She wears a variation of the quite modest fashionista outfit, but the date quests describe her wearing sexy clothes that impress your character.
20	* MysteriousPast: [[spoiler: She had a MayDecemberRomance with an aging producer but his wife found out and he blamed her. Heartbroken, she changed majors.]]
21	* NiceGirl
22
23	!!Ethan Blake:
24	The MC's de facto agent, and probably the first agent student you'll get. He's a suave, smart businessman who believes in the finer things in life and has the business sense to get enough money to treat himself - and his friends - to those finer things often.
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26	* NiceGuy
27	* OldFlame: With Zoe.
28	* RagsToRiches
29	* SelfMadeMan: Worked his way to the top.
30	* {{Workaholic}}
31
32	!!Aria Sheridan:
33	A co-star of Lisa from her days on [[ShowWithinAShow Lisa Mermaid]]. A cheerful and kind girl who tends to be a bit oblivious, but has a good heart - she is a celebutante. Her father is Richard Sheridan, and she loves him dearly.
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35	* GuestStarPartyMember: If you choose not to buy her, she becomes this via her quest.
36	* OptionalPartyMember: She has to be purchased like all the other A-Listers, but has immensely more relevance to the main plotline. The biggest difference is that if you buy her, she will gift you with presents of diamonds whenever she appears in the main storyline.
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38
39	!!Crash Yamaguchi:
40	An eccentric stunt double who aims to make everything as EXTREME as possible, even if he injures himself in the process. In fact, most likely believes that if he gets injured, it's just barely EXTREME enough for him.
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42	* StuntDouble
43	* CloudCuckooLander: "Am I pregnant again?!"
44
45	!!Lisa Valentine:
46	A FormerChildStar on the popular TV show [[ShowWithinAShow Lisa Mermaid]]. Lisa is tired of her pure and sweet image and is aiming to subvert it, to the displeasure of her mother. Despite her rebellious tendencies, she's a loyal friend to the MC.
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48	* ContractualPurity: InUniverse.
49	* {{Expy}}: Of Miley Cyrus
50	* MyBelovedSmother
51	* ShipperOnDeck: For the PC and Chris, to the point that she can get a little too eager to literally MurderTheHypotenuse.
52	* TeenIdol
53
54	!!Harrison Byrd:
55	A dramatic yet charming blonde who has his own sets of rules, and fancies himself a ladies' man. He's the only member of the Award Show Host class.
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57	* Expy: Of Barney Stinson of "How I Met Your Mother".
58	* OptionalPartyMember: Part of the A-Listers, and naturally, optional.
59
60	!!Song:
61	A reality TV show star who knows how to exploit the NiceGirl image to the best of her ability, she's actually a dangerous Chessmaster when it comes to winning RealityTV shows. Her intro quest features her on another one that the MC helps produce.
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63	* TheChessmaster: Knows exactly what to do to achieve her goals.
64	* ImNotHereToMakeFriends
65	* RagstoRiches
66	* TokenEvilTeammate: She's only a member of your entourage because "[the main character] would be better off having her as a friend than as an enemy."
67
68	!!Rok the Reaver
69	An eccentric method actor who perhaps takes his roles far too seriously. His current part is on a TV show playing the dramatic warrior of olden times, Rok the Reaver. No one's quite sure if that's even his real name outside of character...
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71	* BloodKnight
72	* {{Expy}}: of Thor
73	* FishOutOfWater
74	* MethodActing: In-universe, he is a big believer in this, to the point where it's impossible to tell who is Rok the Reaver, and who is Rok the person.
75
76	!!Ilyria
77	Lisa's stepsister and a real princess. Ilyria is an A-Lister in the Fairy Tale class, and she believes that the world is like a Disney movie. She's sweet, kind, and friends with all the animals.
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79	* AllLovingHero
80	* FriendToAllLivingThings
81	* ThePollyanna
82	* PrincessClassic
83
84	!!Scarlet Justice
85	A superheroine who has fire powers and originally helps the MC and friends during what appears to be a dream sequence. In the real world, she's merely a cosplayer...or is she?
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87	* FieryRedhead
88	* PersonalityPowers
89	* PlayingWithFire
90
91	!!Steel Dynamo
92	* SuperSpeed
93	[[/folder]]
94
95	[[folder: Teachers]]
96	!!Priya Singh:
97	* SternTeacher: According to Hunt, she "makes [him] look like a teddy bear"
98	* OldFlame: For Hunt.
99
100	!!Holly Chang:
101	A writer considered impossible to work with due to her resistance to ExecutiveMeddling and her general resistance to any changes being made to her script. Her most famous script is the one that's never been made - 'Permanent Wound'. However, she agrees to the MC directing it, leading to their unlikely friendship.
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103	* BrainyBrunette
104	* DeadpanSnarker
105	* ExecutiveMeddling: In-universe: She absolutely hates this, which is why she couldn't work with any of the directors until your character comes. Then she's a bit more open to this, until you get to the scenes in the theme park. She calls out the Silver Circle for taking away the movie's artistic integrity.
106	* InsufferableGenius: She wrote a spectacular script which was never produced because she was unable to work with any of the prospective directors.
107	* SadistTeacher: {{Implied\|Trope}}. You convince her to become a professor at this school by telling her she doesn't have to be nice.
108	* TrueArtIsAngsty: Just read "Permanent Wound's" Script.
109
110	!!Thomas Hunt:
111	The MC's main professor who seems to have a personal vendetta out for them. However, he's strict but fair at the end of all things. He formerly worked in Hollywood, but hasn't made a movie in ages. [[spoiler: Eventually, the MC helps him direct his return.]]
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113	* TheComicallySerious: Let's face it, the way Thomas Hunt is so sour all the time can be pretty funny.
114	* DeadpanSnarker
115	* InsufferableGenius
116	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Implied. He can show moments of softness with the MC and Priya.
117	* OldFlame: For Singh
118	* SadistTeacher: {{Downplayed\|Trope}} and/or {{ZigZagged\|Trope}}. He is always harder on the MC than everyone else in class and will target them for the failures of a group. Even if it wasn't their fault (the director help quest in particular). Sometimes played straight, as with the magician help quest. [[spoiler:But he saved your MC from expulsion at the hearing.]]
119	* TeacherStudentRomance: You are given the option to go on a date with Hunt.
120	* {{Tsundere}}: The epitome of the male harsh type, it takes a lot of wearing down to get him to show his sweet side.
121	[[/folder]]
122
123	[[folder: Antagonists]]
124	!!Bianca Stone:
125	A spoiled girl who immediately hates the MC with a passion. She's the daughter of Anders Stone and used to getting what she wants, when she wants it. When she cannot get that, she settles for manipulating people, and when that fails, she throws a temper tantrum.
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127	* AlphaBitch: She makes it her personal mission to ruin your character. [[DisproportionateRetribution Just because you accidentally spilled wine on her.]]
128	* BadBadActing: Her character in ''Clash at Sunset'' is absolutely horrible. Then comes ''Ms. Right'', in which she is obviously trying and failing to act sweet, only to ruin it when [[BerserkButton Song seduces Lance.]]
129	* DisproportionateRetribution: The reason the MC draws her ire? ''They accidentally spilled wine on her.''
130	* EnemyMine: She only works with the MC once: to prank Hunt. The reason is that the only thing she hates more than the MC is Hunt.
131	* KickTheDog: In the New Year's special questline, Bianca mocks Addison to her face that her dying mother might not make it to the next New Year's. Then gets her, you, and Ethan arrested by security for trumped-up charges.
132	* NeverMyFault: When things start going wrong for her, she is very quick to blame anyone who isn't herself.
133	* PetTheDog: On a few occasions. [[spoiler:She saved your company from going into her family's hands]], [[SubvertedTrope even if it was just to get back at her abusive father]].
134	* ThePrimaDonna: [[GiftedlyBad She can't even claim to be good at acting.]] Her character in your first movie is so [[BadBadActing wooden and dull,]] the only thing that saves you is a last-minute script change to make her character a robot.
135	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: She only gets a major role in your first film because her father funds it after things go south with a tank.
136	* SpoiledBrat
137	* ToxicFriendInfluence: Her friends all seem to be pretty decent people when she's not around.
138	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She's secretly terrified of heights.
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140	!!Shae:
141	A Makeup Artist in Bianca's Posse.
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143	* EveryoneCanSeeIt: with Dean.
144	* HeelFaceTurn: Once the MC becomes aware of her home life and financial situation, and immediately after Bianca kicks her out of her entourage, they're quick to offer support, which Shae is grateful for.
145	* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler: She's the sole income in her 3 person family and her mother is very ill. She's also head over heels for Dean.]]
146	* HiddenHeartOfGold: It becomes clear in the makeup help quest that Shae is quite kind when Bianca isn't around.
147	* PunchClockVillain: [[spoiler: She only hangs around with Bianca because Bianca pays her a stipend for doing her makeup. Her mother is too sick to work and she has a little sister to take care of.]]
148	* ThinkNothingOfIt: During "Overshadowed," she helps your makeup artist out of a bind when Bianca sabotages them.
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150	!!Jenni Whitman:
151	Social Media Obsessed Lady of Bianca's Entourage.
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153	* BerserkButton: Take her phone away, and she'll go postal.
154	* BetaBitch: The Beta to Bianca's Alpha.
155	* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler: In the Blog Eat Blog Quest you find out that her parents are going through an extremely rough divorce and keep trying to get her to pick a side.]]
156	* SocialMediaBeforeReason: Girl literally tweets about everything while it's happening no matter how inappropriate. Though it turns out she has a good reason: because of [[spoiler:her parents' divorce, and the feud because of it,]] she feels that social media is the only way she can be noticed.
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158	!!Lance Sergio:
159	Bianca's Boyfriend and a male model.
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161	* BrainlessBeauty
162	* HiddenHeartOfGold: He has shown some of this while Bianca was trying to make Addison lose her internship.
163	** In addition, he does have his limits as to how much Bianca can control him, as shown by the fact that he will not leave a modeling shoot if he's needed for it, no matter what Bianca says.
164	* ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful: He seems to think that the world works this way.
165	* TooDumbToLive: In "Caught Off Guard" (the bodyguard quest), there is one group of students (called "assassins") whose assignment is to tag people in the other group with red stickers. Lance was "assassinated" very early because he refused to run away and destroy his looks. What if this was real, and stickers were knives?
166	* WalkingShirtlessScene
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168	!!Anders Stone:
169	Bianca's Father who is an extremely rich and influential man. Much like his daughter, he also has a vendetta out for the MC.
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171	* AbusiveParent:
172	** He alternates between spoiling Bianca rotten and making it clear she's not as good as her sister.
173	** He threatens to disinherit Desiree if she accepts a movie offer from your character.
174	* EvilIsPetty: When you think about it, Anders Stone is a very successful billionaire, head of a powerful production company, yet he's trying to destroy you, a student who happened to piss off his daughter whom he doesn't even seem to care for that much.
175	* {{Jerkass}}
176	* KickTheDog: He makes you let Bianca play the lead role in your movie, [[spoiler:cheats you out of a $25 million revenue, refuses to vouch for you and even recommends your expulsion, and tells you that your name won't be in the credits of your own movie.]]
177	* ManipulativeBastard
178	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: He is your textbook example, screwing you out of your movie, revenue, credits, and all, simply because he has the money to do so. When it comes to screwing the rules, this game has it all.
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180	!!Brian Ratzik:
181	A rich, influential old Hollywood man who has a taste for younger ladies. Not too fond of the MC either, but is at least AffablyEvil.
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183	* {{Jerkass}}
184	* ManipulativeBastard
185	* MayDecemberRomance: [[spoiler: with Addison]].
186	** Later seen dating Jenni in one of Addison's dating quests. [[spoiler:Addison and the MC find Ratzik hitting on other women when Jenni isn't around. The relationship ends when the MC gets Jenni to discover such pictures on Twitter.]] Ratzik couldn't even remember Jenni's name.
187	** Later seen with another younger woman new to Hollywood on one of Lisa's dating quests. [[spoiler: Lisa and the MC screw that one over for him by acting as scorned lovers, however.]]
188	* MoneyDearBoy: [[spoiler: You can skip him meeting with Addison again, and get a better result by simply paying him off.]]
189
190	!!Kip Valmont
191	A member of the influential Valmont family, and in addition, an influential member of the Circle. He tends to act as the MC's supervisor for the time that they're in the circle.
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193	* {{Jerkass}}
194	* OlderThanHeLooks: It's made mention that apparently Kip has been in the Circle for ages, looking exactly the same as he does currently.
195	* SpoiledBrat
196
197	!!Samantha Valmont
198	Kip's sister and an agent. [[spoiler: Acts as the MC's agent when Ethan is taken out of his job by the Circle's manipulations.]] Also a member of the Circle.
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200	* ExecutiveMeddling: Thanks to her harshness, one scene in ''Permanent Wound'' was ruined so badly that it had to be rewritten.
201	* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler: Helps the MC escape after their plan to humiliate the Circle succeeds.]]
202	* {{Jerkass}}
203	* {{Workaholic}}: If her story about her dog doesn't convince you of this, then nothing will.
204
205	!!Carlotta Valentine
206	Lisa's mother and 'agent' since her days on [[ShowWithinAShow Lisa Mermaid]]. She's very dedicated to her daughter's pure image, and holds a grudge against the MC for helping Lisa escape it. Later, she marries a prince (only for his money) and attempts to do the same to Ilyria.
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208	* AbusiveParent: A borderline example. She loves her daughter, Lisa, but is very against the idea of letting her live her own life.
209	** [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion It turns out that Carlotta refused to let Lisa go because of the money she makes. She comes up with other ways to make money once Lisa disappears.]]]]
210	** Later played horrifyingly straight when she plans to use Ilyria as a scapegoat for raking in contract deals and money for her own ends.
211	* GoldDigger: She marries a prince because Lisa has left her.
212	* ManipulativeBitch:
213	** She uses all sorts of persuasive techniques to get a prince to marry her.
214	** She was working on a film with a very unsafe set and meager pay. Anybody who backed out tended to end up in the hospital. [[spoiler:Then she kidnaps you as bait for the superhero Starstrike, since you two have been bothering her for too long.]]
215	* MyBelovedSmother
216	[[/folder]]
217	[[folder: Other Characters]]
218
219	!!Richard Sheridan:
220	Aria's father. A rich man who takes very good care of his daughter, but makes very bad puns. [[spoiler: When there's not enough funding at the end, he helps fund Permanent Wound.]]
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222	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents
223	* ForTheLulz: Absolutely adores antagonizing Anders at any available opportunity.
224	* GoodParents: A damn sight better than Anders Stone.
225	* LargeHam
226	* NiceGuy
227	** [[spoiler: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] He's secretly the evil benefactor, and anything but nice to anyone who 'betrays' him. However, he does keep all of this secret from [[MoralityPet Aria]], and presumably takes good care of her when not busy with his dealings with the Circle.]]
228	* PungeonMaster
229
230	!!Zoe Rodriguez:
231	A tomboyish and grungy Action Hero girl who hates being too girly, even when it comes to her wedding, which the MC helps her prepare for. [[spoiler: Later revealed to be formerly part of the Circle.]]
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233	* ActionGirl: Naturally as an Action Hero she falls into this trope.
234	* OfficialCouple: Starts off as this with Chance, then becomes this with [[spoiler: Desiree]].
235	* TheOneThatGotAway: With Ethan Blake.
236	* OneOfTheGuys
237	* OutdoorsyGal
238	* {{Tomboy}}: Enjoys stereotypically masculine activities like working out, fighting, dressing in camouflage, doing her own stunts, and expresses distaste for femininity.
239	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: When we find out that she's good friends with Desiree Stone.
240
241	!!Chris Winters:
242	A famous movie star who is close friends with the MC. Has loads of fangirls and loads of charm to go with it.
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244	* {{Expy}}: In appearance, he seems very similar to Creator/ChrisPratt. Even their first name is the same!
245	* OfficialCouple: The developers clearly intend to make him the main love interest with the MC due to his abundance of romance quests and his ShipTease even within the main storyline.
246	* NiceGuy: The first major celebrity to welcome you to Hollywood U, in addition to doing a number of favors for you within the storyline proper.
247	* RagsToRiches
248
249	!!Tyler Winters:
250	Chris Winters' younger brother. Inexperienced in the ways of Hollywood, but has a talent for [[spoiler: writing.]] The MC helps him discover his talent in a quest chain.
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252	* CountryCousin: In this case Chris's naive younger brother.
253	* RagsToRiches: Thanks to his rich brothers.
254
255	!!Sean Winters:
256	Chris Winters' younger brother, and the star of his own reality TV show. A wine-making tycoon 'looking for love'.
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258	* RagsToRiches: States that he and his brothers grew up poor or lower middle class, but then he got into the wine-making business.
259	* Narcissist: When introduced mentions his "dreamy brown eyes and chiseled jaw" also kicks out a contestant because they were talking about another girl and not him.
260
261	!!Desiree Stone:
262	Bianca's older sister and the rebellious daughter out of the two. She desires to escape her family's negative image, and helps the MC when it comes to their second movie.
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264	* [[spoiler: AffablyEvil]]: Even after [[spoiler:you find out that she betrayed you]], she is sweet to you.
265	* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: She really feels guilty about what she did to both Artemis and you and of late has began making amends]].
266	* [[spoiler: BitchInSheepsClothing]]: [[spoiler:She partnered up with you so she could eventually take control of your company.]]
267	* [[spoiler: PsychoLesbian]]: [[spoiler: She admits that she's attracted to her best friend Zoe after realizing she's jealous of all the time she's spending with Artemis. So like a rational human being, she internet searches Artemis to page 30 of google and finds a video she was clearly forced into doing at age 14 about clean up of an oil spill. Desiree then plays it at an awards show thus trying to ruin Artemis' career solely because she thought it looked like Zoe and Artemis were on a date. She only shows regret over her actions before the commercial plays and Zoe says Desiree will always be her #1.]]
268	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: With Zoe Rodriguez.
269	* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Have you seen Anders Stone?!
270
271	!!Dean:
272	A special FX tech, and one of the best in the business. He helps the MC with their special FX in their movies, [[spoiler: and gets into a relationship with Shae.]]
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274	* TheAce: When it comes to special effects, no one is faster or better than Dean.
275	* Adorkable: At least to Shae.
276	* EveryoneCanSeeIt: With Shae.
277	* [[ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe I Can't Believe A Girl Like You Would Notice Me]]
278	* NerdGlasses
279
280	!!Chance:
281	A famous basketball player, and Zoe's [[spoiler: former]] fiancé. Has an ego to match his b-ball skills.
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283	* DumbJock: Chance the basketball star, while not overtly malicious, is oblivious and far too easily swayed by the thought of the adoring public. [[spoiler: He ends up surprise-scrapping the ''one thing'' his fiancée wanted in their wedding ceremony because Twitter told him to]]. Then [[spoiler: after she understandably ditches him at the altar, he takes off with another girl whose name he can't remember even though it's on her luggage, leaving the player character high and dry.]] And then [[spoiler: he thinks that he can reconcile with Zoe while she's shooting a scene in ''Permanent Wound'', just because he got an anonymous text that said so]].
284	* JerkJock
285	* ItsAllAboutMe
286
287	!!The Benefactor
288	The mysterious benefactor that's been providing the MC with their tuition so long as they join the SecretCircleOfSecrets they run known as the Circle. Nothing is known about them, especially not their identity.
289
290	[[spoiler: See Richard Sheridan for more tropes.]]
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292	* TheChessmaster
293	* MysteriousStranger
294	* TheRival: [[spoiler: Really has it out for Anders Stone after he left the circle.]]
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