Line #99 Characters/GuardianTheLonelyAndGreatGod


1	The following tropes list the characters for the [[KoreanSeries Korean drama/fantasy series]] ''Goblin'', [=AKA=] ''Guardian: The Lonely and Great God''.
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4	[[folder:Kim Shin/Goblin]]
5	-> '''Played by:''' Creator/GongYoo
6	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kim_shin.jpg]]
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8	The titular character of the series, Kim Shin was a general in 1078 Goryeo who was executed by King Wang Yeo for an apparent rebellion and was cursed by the gods to live as an immortal dokkaebi. His curse can only be lifted by his bride pulling out the sword impaling his body, after which he can finally die and enter the afterlife.
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12	* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:When he chooses to remain on Earth as rainfall and snow, he is stuck in the in-between world, where he has to endure the harsh environment all by himself until Eun-tak somehow manages to summon him. This lasts for 9 years.]]
13	* BigBrotherInstinct: Evidently, due to the failure of protecting her in the past. When he learns that [[spoiler:Sunny is a reincarnated Sun]], he's so overjoyed that he goes into somewhat stalker mode just so he can keep an eye on her at all times.
14	* BlessedWithSuck: Living forever while remembering all your experiences, including seeing your loved ones die. There's also a sword stuck in your abdomen that you yourself can't remove no matter how hard you try.
15	* CantHoldHisLiquor: Drinking alcohol more often than not exposes secrets that he withholds, as Eun-tak finds out.
16	* CompleteImmortality: [[spoiler:Once he returns to Earth from the in-between world. He's still an immortal, and there's absolutely no physical weakness, since he's not bound to the sword curse anymore.]]
17	* TheDeterminator: In the past, he continued to defy the king's order to leave Goryeo, urging him to arrest Joong-heon even as he's in his death throes. In the present, [[spoiler:he manages to traverse the in-between world for almost a decade as he waits for Eun-tak to summon him]].
18	* FourStarBadass: As he frequently emphasizes, he was a general while human, and characters who deliberately provoke him really have a death wish. His expert swordsmanship is awesomely demonstrated against a 10-odd gang harassing him and Eun-tak during New Years.
19	* FrontlineGeneral: Enforced due to the medieval era he hails from, but also because [[spoiler:Wang Yeo was trying to put him into an ultimately futile UriahGambit]].
20	* IHaveManyNames: Mainly to disguise himself as a blood member of the Yoo family.
21	* IWillWaitForYou: [[spoiler:In the in-between world.]]
22	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: By his own sword, which kickstarts the entire curse.
23	* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler:His wish to become a part of the rain and snow makes him its permanent resident without the pesky hindrance that is his sword curse.]]
24	* TheMagicTouch: Can turn objects into gold bars.
25	* MayflyDecemberRomance: He's the December, being an immortal, while the normal human Eun-tak is the Mayfly.
26	* MyGreatestFailure: Letting his retainers, family, and especially his sister be executed along with him due to his stubbornness.
27	* MySisterIsOffLimits: After finding out that [[spoiler:his sister was reincarnated into a woman Woo-bin is eyeing]]. Since YouCantFightFate, it doesn't last long.
28	* OfficialCouple: With Eun-tak, one so official the gods themselves decreed it.
29	* PlayingWithFire: [[TechnicolorFire Blue fire.]]
30	* PortalDoor: Can create temporary portals to distant places. Humans usually can't follow him, though Eun-tak is an exception.
31	* Really700YearsOld: 938 years old as of 2016. [[spoiler:By the end of the series, he's most likely well over a millennium old.]]
32	* RefusingParadise: [[spoiler:Because he can't bear the thought of parting ways with Eun-tak, he opts not to enter afterlife when his curse is lifted and has to wander through a barren wasteland for 9 years until Eun-tak summons him back to Earth, where he's destined to live for eternity.]]
33	* SadisticChoice: Die now and give up on the king he swore to protect or watch his family be killed.
34	* SamuraiPonytail: While still a general in Goryeo. He's short-haired in the present day, though.
35	* ScrewDestiny: [[spoiler:Defies his fate to enter the afterlife by remaining in the in-between world, giving him a chance to enter Earth again.]]
36	* {{Seers}}: He can see someone's future by looking at them. However, he doesn't know when it will happen, just that it will ''eventually'' happen, like a deja vu. He also can't see the future of lost souls like Eun-tak, because they are not registered in the celestial white pages.
37	* StarCrossedLovers: With Eun-tak. It takes him [[spoiler:at least 60 years from their first meeting until they are able to properly live together]].
38	* StealthHiBye: Is very fond of doing this. There's also the fact that if Eun-tak summons him by blowing candles, he'll always show up behind her, ''even if he's in the same room with her, right in front of her''.
39	* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:He pulls his sword so he can destroy both himself and Joong-heon. Fortunately, his love for Eun-tak saves him.]]
40	* TeleportationWithDrawbacks: Which excises the need for transports (of course, he ends up having to drive anyway, since he can't pick people up with him).
41	* TragicKeepsake: The old painting of his sister.
42	* VitriolicBestBuds: With Woo-bin.
43	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Living forever and seeing your loved ones die in each generation, not to mention remembering them all, sucks. All he wants is for his bride to show up and pull the sword. [[spoiler:This gets inverted later when he falls in love with the bride, and the sword can only be pulled when the bride loves him too. He agonizes over how to continue living even after the curse is lifted, until eventually he decides not to enter paradise.]]
44	[[/folder]]
45
46	[[folder:Ji Eun-tak]]
47	-> '''Played by:''' Kim Go-eun
48	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eun_tak.jpg]]
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50	A high school girl and the bride of the dokkaebi, she is the only person capable of lifting his curse by removing the sword impaled in his body.
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54	* AmnesiacLover: [[spoiler:Her memories of Shin are suppressed for 9 years after she lifts his curse. However, they come back at a rather brisk pace since he consciously attempts to make her remember.]]
55	* BirthmarkOfDestiny: She has the mark of the goblin on her nape, which designates her as his bride.
56	* BornAgainImmortality: [[spoiler:Her ultimate fate. She and Shin are destined to be together, but because he's immortal and she's not, she has to live a mortal life, die, and be reincarnated over the ages, with the same identity and full memories of her previous selves, as she chooses not to drink the memory-erasing tea.]]
57	* ClaimedByTheSupernatural: Her bride status is signified by the goblin mark on her nape.
58	* CosmicPlaything: There's actually an in-universe explanation on why dangers seem to follow this poor girl everywhere she goes: [[spoiler:Because she's a lost soul, she really was never meant to stay in this world, and the universe tries to "correct" this by making accidents happening to her. The whole chosen one thing with the Dokkaebi is somewhat of a loophole; tying her life with him means that she is given a purpose (i.e. removing his curse) and thus a chance to live as a normal human, but if she procrastinates, she'll get killed before it can happen.]]
59	* DamselInDistress: When she's kidnapped by loan sharks.
60	* GodWasMyCopilot: Specifically, ghosts and a reaper are her friends, a goblin is her lover, and [[spoiler: a goddess is her mother figure.]]
61	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: In the final episode, she chooses to let her car be in the way of a speeding truck, saving a bunch of schoolchildren at the cost of her life.]]
62	* ISeeDeadPeople: Able to see ghosts, spirits, and reapers with their fedoras on.
63	* MayflyDecemberRomance: The Mayfly to Shin's December.
64	* MementoMacGuffin: The necklace Shin bought for her [[spoiler: is one of the things she uses to finally regain her memories about him.]]
65	* ThePollyanna: Is she ever. Staying sane while being a CosmicPlaything means that you're automatically this.
66	* PluckyGirl: Reckless and never hesitates to voice her opinion.
67	* PowerAtAPrice: Her goblin mark can prevent her from being attacked, but using it will slowly blur the mark, [[spoiler: bringing her one step closer to death each time.]]
68	* ReincarnationRomance: [[spoiler: Her relationship with Shin ends up as a one-sided version of this, with Eun-tak being reincarnated to be together with Shin, who stays immortal.]]
69	* ScrewDestiny: [[spoiler: Her sacrifice in the final episode writes off the deaths of dozens of schoolchildren in place of her own, and also defies Woo-bin's expectation of an unchanging fate, because Eun-tak's death card does not appear until after her death.]]
70	* StarCrossedLovers: With Shin, see his entry.
71	* TraumaCongaLine: Never had the chance to know her father, lost her mother when she was 9 and was hunted by reapers since then, had to live with an aunt and cousins who treated rats better than her until she was 19, tormented by her classmates and teacher, almost gets kidnapped, is revealed to [[spoiler: always be in danger of death if she procrastinates removing Kim Shin's curse, eventually does face death]], etc...
72	* TrueLovesKiss: Believes in this trope as an alternative to freeing Shin from the curse. [[spoiler: While it doesn't work, true love does factor into whether she could pull the sword or not.]]
73	* WistfulAmnesia: [[spoiler: Despite not remembering Shin after the total memory wipeout, she still feels that something of her life is lost whenever rain and snow fall down.]]
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75	[[/folder]]
76
77	[[folder: Kim Woo-bin/Reaper/[[spoiler:Wang Yeo]]]]
78	-> '''Played by:''' Lee Dong-wook
79	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wang_yeo.jpg]]
80
81	A grim reaper who by chance rents the lodgings where Kim Shin lives. He is the reaper originally tasked to capture Eun-tak due to her lost soul status. [[spoiler: He's actually an amnesiac King Wang Yeo, as in the king who executed Shin, cursed to be a reaper due to his past sins.]]
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85	* AnIcePerson: When being stressed, he tends to freeze things he holds. Of course, it's a mirror to [[RedOniBlueOni Shin's fire]].
86	* TheAtoner: Being a reaper means that he had committed a great sin in his human life, and now he has to make up for it by guiding people into the right path to enter the next world. [[spoiler: Considering that he was responsible for breaking up and killing families when he was alive...]]
87	* BigBrotherInstinct: Slowly develops one for Eun-tak. His "siding with her at all times" isn't always just figurative. Compare his rather mild acceptance of seeing [[spoiler: Eun-tak being potentially killed in a bus accident]] to his genuinely freaked out reaction when he sees [[spoiler: Eun-tak's final moments in life before a truck hits her car.]]
88	* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: He and Sunny seem to change their mind about their relationship every time they meet. [[spoiler: They ultimately decide on break up, but only in this life.]]
89	* DontFearTheReaper: You'll learn to love him quick.
90	* HatOfPower: The reaper fedora makes him invisible to normal humans.
91	* IHaveManyNames: Woo-bin is the name he chose to introduce himself to Sunny with. [[spoiler: His true name is Wang (i. e. King) Yeo]].
92	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:The reason he attempts to wipe Sunny's memories of him by telling her to forget him and keep only the happy memories. However she ends up remembering everything because all her memories with him are happy ones.]]
93	* IdentityAmnesia: Due to being a reaper.
94	* KissedKeepsake: The paper with Sunny's phone number and a kiss mark.
95	* MayflyDecemberRomance: The December to Sunny's Mayfly. [[spoiler: In this life, anyway.]]
96	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He is punished for helping Eun-tak stay alive by [[spoiler:having his memories returned to him.]]
97	* Really700YearsOld: He states that he's been around for 300 years at the very least. [[spoiler: He's actually ''much'' older; Kim Shin is his contemporary, as his true identity is that of King Wang Yeo of Goryeo.]]
98	* ReincarnationRomance: [[spoiler: He is reincarnated with Sunny as a couple in the next life.]]
99	* StarCrossedLovers: His romance with Sunny, which is blocked mainly because he's an immortal reaper and she's a human, but also because [[spoiler: he committed a horrible betrayal when the two were a couple in the past.]] Nevertheless, [[spoiler: despite not getting together in this life, they do become a couple in future incarnations.]]
100	* StealthHiBye: Even more than Shin.
101	* {{Teleportation}}
102	* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: His final task before being pardoned and allowed entry to the afterlife is reaping Sunny. And yes, the two do enter the pearly gates hand-in-hand.]]
103	* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: Woo-bin is an amnesiac Wang Yeo.]]
104	* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:The jade ring after he gets it back from Sunny for the last time. He also inherits the old painting of Kim Sun after Shin "dies."]]
105	* WalkingSpoiler: When it comes to his actual identity.
106	* WistfulAmnesia: Despite having forgotten his memories, some moments that involve Sunny (such as unconsciously crying during their first meeting) suggest that they aren't lost forever. [[spoiler: It's because he is smacked with the guilt of seeing the reincarnation of a wife he betrayed and executed.]]
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110	[[folder: Sunny/[[spoiler:Kim Sun]]]]
111	-> '''Played by:''' Yoo In-na
112	[[quoteright:282:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sunny_1.png]]
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114	The owner of a chicken restaurant where Eun-tak works part-time. [[spoiler: She's the reincarnation of Shin's sister, Kim Sun.]]
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118	* AmnesiaMissedASpot: [[spoiler: Woo-bin's erasure of her memories doesn't work because he wants her to forget him ''and'' keep all the good memories, while Sunny views all her memories of Woo-bin as good]].
119	* BenevolentBoss: Despite her restaurant not making much money when she hires Eun-tak, she's a very kind boss to her and Eun-tak sees her as more of a sister figure.
120	* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: See Woo-bin's entry above.
121	* CoolBigSis: To Eun-tak.
122	* DeadpanSnarker: Especially once [[spoiler: she remembers her persona as Kim Sun.]]
123	* DoNotCallMePaul: Whatever you do, do not call her with her birth name.
124	* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: She quickly forgives Woo-bin's sins of executing her and her brother, even after recovering her past life's memories, because, as she puts it, it happened to Kim Sun, not her.]]
125	* FakingAmnesia: [[spoiler: She never loses her memories of Shin after the curse is ended, but pretends to anyway as she doesn't want to disturb Eun-tak's new peace.]]
126	* FieryRedhead: Really aggressive when it comes to things she wants to have.
127	* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: She falls head over heels for Woo-bin because he's the first man who isn't infatuated with her looks.
128	* LocalHangout: Her restaurant serves as one.
129	* MayflyDecemberRomance: The Mayfly to Woo-bin's December [[spoiler: until the two are reunited in death and allowed to become equals in the next life.]]
130	* OldMaid: Laments that she's already over the ideal marriageable age yet has not caught a single man. [[spoiler: And she stays that way until death.]]
131	* OneSteveLimit: In-story, [[spoiler: Shin is rather certain that Sunny's a reincarnation of his sister, simply because they share the same name. It's invoked as the fortune teller her parent went to when deciding on a name told them she had to be named Kim Sun.]]
132	* ReincarnationRomance: [[spoiler: Reincarnated alongside Woo-bin as a couple in the next life.]]
133	* StarCrossedLovers: With Woo-bin.
134	* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Her reaping is Woo-bin's last job before he's allowed to enter afterlife.]]
135	* VanityIsFeminine: Always has the need to appear perfect in public, as she enjoys the attention she'll inevitably receive.
136	* WalkingSpoiler: Like Woo-bin, though it's less severe.
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138	[[/folder]]
139
140	[[folder: Yoo Deok-hwa]]
141
142	-> '''Played by:''' Yook Sung-jae
143
144	The heir of a chaebol and Shin and Woo-bin's honorary nephew.
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148	* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler: Subverted. While the White Butterfly God does channel his consciousness into Duk-hwa, it's only from time to time, and He never possesses him again once Shin and Woo-bin learn the truth.]]
149	* BrattyHalfPint: His grandfather certainly thinks of him this way. It's not far from the truth.
150	* ButtMonkey: His vain goal of getting credit cards ensures that he's squarely in this position.
151	* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: By the White Butterfly God.]]
152	* HandsomeLech: This backfires on him as it makes him not know how to create a proper relationship.
153	* HeroicLineage: His ancestors, including his grandfather, are all destined to serve as Kim Shin's personal assistants from birth.
154	* HiddenDepths: He's very skilled in conducting investigations and is fluent in hanja, which very few people in South Korea can read. [[spoiler: To be fair, if you're possessed by a god, you would be.]]
155	* IdleRich: Despite being the heir of a conglomerate, the most taxing activity he does everyday is helping Eun-tak solve her problems. The rest of his time he mostly spends sightseeing and visiting a club.
156	* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He serves as Shin and Eun-tak's assistant mainly so he can get his credit cards back.
157	* PluckyComicRelief
158	* ShamelessSelfPromoter: Constantly parades his upbringing and what achievements he earned.
159	%%* UpperClassTwit
160	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Unlike the other main characters, he doesn't appear again after [[spoiler: Eun-tak dies. He also doesn't show up in the segment set 30 years later, and his descendants, if any, don't feature in the epilogue.]]
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162	[[/folder]]
163
164	[[folder: Yoo Shin-woo]]
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166	-> '''Played by:''' Kim Sung-kyum
167
168	The chairman of a chaebol and Deok-hwa's grandfather. He has been serving Kim Shin since he was a boy.
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172	* GrumpyOldMan: To Deok-hwa only.
173	* IWasQuiteALooker: Implied. Since his ancestors are all played by the same actor, that means Deok-hwa may be what Chairman Yoo looked like when he was young.
174	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Dies of a heart attack in February 2017.]]
175	* UndyingLoyalty: To Shin, to the point that he makes himself clear in his will that Shin inherits all of his properties.
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177	[[/folder]]
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179	[[folder: Kim Do-young]]
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181	-> '''Played by:''' Jo Woo-jin
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183	Chairman Yoo's secretary who is assigned to monitor Deok-hwa's activities.
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187	* {{Fainting}}: PlayedForLaughs when he discovers Shin and Woo-bin's true nature for the first time.
188	* TheJeeves: To Chairman Yoo and Deok-hwa.
189	* StoicSpectacles: Is very discreet when it comes to doing his job. Eun-tak also discovers that he used to work as a loan shark before he met Chairman Kim.
190	* WithDueRespect: Inevitable given that he has to look after [[UpperClassTwit Deok-hwa]].
191	* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler: He becomes chairman after Chairman Yoo's death, as the latter feels that Deok-hwa needs to learn more before he can inherit his title properly.]]
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193	[[/folder]]
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195	[[folder: Kim Yoo-na]]
196
197	-> '''Played by:''' Ko Bo-gyeol
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199	Eun-tak's class president and later friend.
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203	* ClassRepresentative
204	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: One of her earliest scenes is defending Eun-tak from being bullied into confessing for a misdemeanor. You can already tell what kind of person she is.
205	* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: She lampshades this by saying that the short conversation she has with Eun-tak after seeing the test results is the longest the two of them ever make contact in 3 years. They get better.
206	* HelloAttorney: She becomes a lawyer in the future.
207	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Slowly becomes one to Eun-tak after high school graduation.
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209	[[/folder]]
210
211	[[folder: Choi Tae-hee]]
212
213	-> '''Played by:''' Jung Hae-in
214
215	Eun-tak's first crush.
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219	* GirlOfTheWeek: Is this to Eun-tak, as he only appears in two episodes to convey a rather thin tension of her and Kim Shin's relationship.
220	* OnceMoreWithClarity: [[spoiler: Turns out that the man he played baseball with was Kim Shin.]]
221	* PrettyBoy: Shin lampshades this.
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223	[[/folder]]
224
225	[[folder: Wang Yeo]]
226
227	-> '''Played by:''' Kim Min-jae
228
229	A king of Goryeo who executed his wife, Kim Sun, and her brother, Kim Shin for an alleged coup d'etat. [[spoiler: After his suicide, he's cursed into a grim reaper, who then takes the name Kim Woo-bin.]]
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233	* AChildShallLeadThem: He was crowned king when he was a boy.
234	* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: After Park Joong-heon threatens Kim Sun's life, he starts distancing himself from her.
235	* DrivenToSuicide: Once his guilt comes in, he decides to end his life by willingly drinking the poisoned drug Joong-heon provided him.
236	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Is manipulated by Park Joong-heon into believing that his wife is a threat.
237	* TheLostLenore: In reality, Kim Sun's death absolutely crushed him.
238	* MoreThanMindControl: Joong-heon's machinations and words were what convinced him that there was a rebellion in his kingdom.
239	* TheMourningAfter: Years after his wife's death, he is clearly a mess and spends some of his last moments painting a picture of her and crying over the clothes she died in.
240	* MyGreatestFailure: Executing Kim Sun and her brother, when the real villain was his eunuch.
241	* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: If it hadn't been for Park Joong-heon's manipulation, Kim Sun and Wang Yeo could have had one.
242	* PosthumousCharacter: Died nearly a thousand years ago. [[spoiler: Depending on how you look at it, he still exists as Woo-bin, who's an amnesiac Wang Yeo turned reaper.]]
243	* PuppetKing: Essentially is this from birth.
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245	[[/folder]]
246
247	[[folder: Kim Sun]]
248
249	-> '''Played by:''' Kim So-hyun
250
251	Queen of Goryeo, wife of Wang Yeo, and Kim Shin's younger sister. [[spoiler: In the present, she's reincarnated as Sunny.]]
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255	* AppropriatedAppellation: Shin's "My ugly sister".
256	* ConflictingLoyalty: [[spoiler: Wang Yeo attempts to make her choose between being his wife or being a traitor's sister. She tells him that she is both his wife ''and'' a traitor's sister.]]
257	* CuteClumsyGirl: Very cute, and Shin describes her as his "clumsy sister."
258	* DefiantToTheEnd: Her last words, that people should always step forward no matter the cost, are Shin's personal motto.
259	* FallingIntoHisArms: The first time she officially meets Wang Yeo, [[MeetCute she trips while running towards him and he catches her.]]
260	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: By an arrow.
261	* LoveAtFirstSight: Possibly with Wang Yeo. Though she didn't know who he was at the time, she can't look away from him and is very pleased when she finds out from her brother that he is her future husband.
262	* MementoMacGuffin: Her emerald ring, which passed throughout the ages until [[spoiler: it ends up at the hands of her reincarnation.]]
263	* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: If it hadn't been for Park Joong Hun's manipulation, Kim Sun and Wang Yeo could have had one.
264	* PosthumousCharacter: She's already dead a long time ago.
265	* RagsToRiches: From a village girl, to a queen.
266	* UndyingLoyalty: She stayed loyal to her king even as it caused her to earn death.
267	* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Shin doesn't understand why she is so loyal to her husband and laments that she was looking at him even as she died.
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269	[[/folder]]
270
271	[[folder: Park Joong-heon]]
272
273	-> '''Played by:''' Kim Byung-chul
274
275	King Wang Yeo's primary eunuch who masterminded the execution of Kim Shin and his family.
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279	* AchillesHeel: His allegiance to the king. [[spoiler: If the king orders him, he has to obey it. Even if the king is now a reaper.]]
280	* BigBad: For the series, being the one that caused Kim Shin to become a goblin in the first place. His track record goes way beyond that; poisoning the drug for the king indirectly also caused [[spoiler: Wang Yeo's transformation into a reaper]] and by [[spoiler: feeding on men's evils he might also have made Eun-tak the bride of the goblin.]]
281	* TheCorrupter: He's the one who manipulated Wang Yeo into doing the sinful things he did later in life. [[spoiler:This ability only becomes stronger in death, as Park's ghost can outright influence people without their conscious knowledge]].
282	* DieLaughing: [[spoiler: When he is destroyed by Kim Shin's sword, he gloats about how he can have the last laugh as the sword curse is still lifted and Shin will die nevertheless. Too bad he doesn't know ThePowerOfLove.]]
283	* EunuchsAreEvil: '''Really''' evil.
284	* EvilGloating: [[spoiler: As a ghost, he constantly brags about how he's undefeatable.]]
285	* EvilPlan: He controls the succession of the king so he can rule Goryeo. Later, [[spoiler: as a ghost, he engineers the selection of the goblin's bride so he can use her to destroy the goblin and everyone he holds dear.]]
286	* HitodamaLight: [[spoiler: Emits sickening grey lights as a ghost.]]
287	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The sword that he plans to kill Kim Shin with ends up killing himself.]]
288	* MadeOfEvil: [[spoiler: He literally eats men's apathetic and evil thoughts to keep on existing.]]
289	* TheManBehindTheMan: Controlled the kings of Goryeo and killed them off one by one if they were deemed too deviating.
290	* MedicationTampering: He poisoned drugs to slowly kill the kings and MakeItLookLikeAnAccident.
291	* NeckSnap: The method Kim Shin used to kill him.
292	* ObviouslyEvil: How he appears behind Wang Yeo, not to mention [[spoiler: his decayed state as a ghost and the way he sustains being one.]]
293	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: [[spoiler: He manages to stay in the living world by feeding on the evils of men's hearts.]]
294	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He is dismissive of Kim Sun because of her low birth.
295	* PosthumousCharacter: Kim Shin killed him several years after his execution. [[spoiler: He still exists in the present, but as a ghost.]]
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297	[[/folder]]
298
299	[[folder: The Lady in Red/[[spoiler:Samshin]]]]
300
301	-> '''Played by:''' Lee El
302
303	A mysterious red-dressed lady who frequently appears in intermission scenes, though she sometimes directly interacts with the main characters. [[spoiler: She's actually the goddess of birth, Samshin, and is serving as a watcher for the progress of the bride of the goblin removing the curse. Her old lady form also acted as Eun-tak's guardian after her mother's death.]]
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307	* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler: A goddess, to be exact.]]
308	* BeautyInversion: [[spoiler: Her old lady form is achieved solely through makeup, as the same actress plays both iterations.]]
309	* BookcasePassage: [[spoiler: Her conversation with Shin starts with this.]]
310	* GreekChorus: She gives monologues after particularly drama-heavy [[WhamEpisode wham episodes]].
311	* HotGod: [[spoiler: Once the audience finds out what's the deal about her.]]
312	* LadyInRed: Gives off a sensual vibe, not surprising considering how alluring she looks.
313	* MamaBear: [[spoiler: She chews out Eun-tak's SadistTeacher in front of an entire classroom of students and parents.]]
314	* MysteriousProtector: To Eun-tak.
315	* ParentalSubstitute: To Eun-tak, if secretly. [[spoiler: She fills the parental role of congratulating her after graduation.]]
316	* RavenHairIvorySkin
317	* TimeAbyss: [[spoiler: Since she's a goddess, so...]]
318	* WalkingSpoiler: It's very hard to talk about her without revealing her identity.
319
320	[[/folder]]
321
322	[[folder: Go Jung-hyun]]
323
324	-> '''Played by:''' Ahn Ji-hyun
325
326	The ghost of a high school student and Eun-tak's friend.
327
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329
330	* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: It turns out that she's Yeon-hee's best friend and her locker hides the inheritance money that Eun-tak legally possesses. She befriends Eun-tak so she can someday access them.]]
331	* GhostlyGoals: [[spoiler: The reason why she still remains on Earth long after her death is because she wants Eun-tak to realize her connection with her mother and access her inheritance.]]
332	* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Since she died when she was a student, she is always seen wearing a school uniform.
333	* UndeathAlwaysEnds: [[spoiler: She moves to the afterlife after her goal is fulfilled.]]
334
335	[[/folder]]
336
337	[[folder: Ji Yeon-suk, Park Kyung-shik, and Park Kyung-mi]]
338
339	-> '''Played by:''' Yum Hye-ran (Yeon-suk), Jung Young-gi (Kyung-shik), and Choi Ri (Kyung-mi)
340
341	Eun-tak's aunt and two cousins whom she live with after the death of her mother.
342
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344
345	* AbusiveParents: Yeon-suk is this not only to Eun-tak but also to her own children. [[spoiler: The attitude doesn't change even after she dies and becomes a ghost.]]
346	* BigScrewedUpFamily: None of them has a particular love for each other. When Kim Shin baits them with gold bars, they turn on each other quick.
347	* GoldDigger: Yeon-suk adopts Eun-tak only so she can take her inheritance money.
348	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Yeon-suk died alone and loveless in the streets after her children abandoned her.]]
349	* SpoiledBrat: Kyung-shik and Kyung-mi act like they're kings of the house.
350	* StarterVillain: Serve as one for Eun-tak.
351	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Kyung-shik and Kyung-mi don't appear again after their release from prison.
352	* WickedStepmother: Yeon-suk to Eun-tak.
353
354	[[/folder]]
355
356	[[folder: Ji Yeon-hee]]
357
358	-> '''Played by:''' Park Hee-von
359
360	Eun-tak's mother.
361
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363
364	* BackFromTheDead: Kim Shin resurrecting her saved Eun-tak and marked her as the bride of the goblin.
365	* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: She's literally her daughter's only happy memory in the 19 years before she meets Kim Shin.
366	* GoodParents: To Eun-tak.
367	* YourDaysAreNumbered: Her resurrection meant that she lived on a life that she was never meant to live in, and thus she became the constant target of reapers. She managed to evade them for 9 years.
368
369	[[/folder]]
370

Context Characters / GuardianTheLonelyAndGreatGod