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10!!The Arcane
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12The myriad servants and creatures of the twisted powers of Unreason, the corrupting powers of magic that work by shattering the very laws of reality and replacing them with emotions, none of them good. [[TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil The "evil" side]].
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14* AgonyBeam: A basic spell, useful for crude torture and crippling enemies before finishing them with conventional means alike.
15* TheCorruption: The magic of Unreason is frequently described as a disease, both upon the soul of its users and upon the universe itself. It has a similarly putrefying effect on other forms of magic.
16%%* DealWithTheDevil: The source of magical power.
17%%* EvilIsNotAToy
18* HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace: In Unreason and the Void, even the most basic laws of ''logic'', let alone physics, collapse, replaced by an eternal chaotic, ever-shifting nightmare. And it's where Alosian magic is drawn from.
19%%* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: MindRape is for amateurs -- powerful and professional mages prefer using this.
20%%* GoMadFromTheRevelation
21%%* LightIsNotGood
22%%* MagicIsEvil: And ''how''.
23%%* TheMagocracy: A particularly Orwellian one.
24* ManaBurn: How it deals with rival mages. Kokabiel demonstrated it most brutally in Dream -- organic mages aside from Amu can only use it to cause pain, though, not [[MindRape magic-aided neurosurgery]].
25* MindProbe: Rarely seen in the [=CDTs=] for practical reasons, but oft mentioned.
26%%* MindRape: A standard weapon of Unreason.
27* PhysicalReligion: At least the existence of both [[HumanoidAbomination Amu]] and [[EldritchAbomination the Eyes and Teeth]] is unquestioned.
28* TacticalRockPaperScissors: Unreason corrupts magical beings and turns their own power against them but cannot do the same against technology -- which, in turn, can be subverted by ordinary magic.
29%%* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
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31!!The Eyes and Teeth
32!!!Works: The Crimson, the Tragedy of Amu, Koyel's Story, Integration, Fall of the Demiurge
33!!!Threads: Outpost, Garden of Everything, Heist (cameo)
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35An ageless creature from beyond the stars with an infinite hunger for paradoxes, restrained only by its own madness. It is a source of dangerous magic.
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37* AlmightyIdiot: All it knows are [[TorturedMonster hunger, pain, and hate]]. But, like a particularly deadly disease, it instinctive actions and reactions can give it the appearance of sinister intellect.
38%%* AlwaysABiggerFish: Its incursions into the multiverse have gone poorly for it.
39* AngelsDevilsAndSquid: It carries aspects of all three -- [[LightIsNotGood pseudo]]-[[OurAngelsAreDifferent angelic]] servants, a need to corrupt and bargain with mortals to enacts its will, and an eldritch form and origin.
40* BlueAndOrangeMorality: According to Qaisar Hosseini -- [[MadMathematician who is thoroughly insane]] -- it's a being of pure Paradox, but not inherently evil, and as such can be harnessed to [[SummonBiggerFish temporary not-entirely-evil ends]].
41%%* CharacterizationMarchesOn: It's been re-engineered every time it shows up.
42* ClockRoaches: Sort of. It is able to interact with the physical universe by feeding upon the alien energy generated by logical and temporal paradoxes, but rather than repairing such, it actively seeks to ''make them worse''.
43* CreativeSterility: It can only corrupt, destroy, and, with effort, imitate, but it cannot create.
44* TheDevilIsALoser: Though impossible to simply overpower, it can, and often is, out-maneuvered and out-witted.
45%%* EldritchAbomination: Though actively malevolent instead of apathetic, [[LovecraftLite by design]].
46%%* FoodChainOfEvil: It's not called God-Eater for nothing.
47* IHaveManyNames: TheMaster of the Stars to its followers, the God-Eater or the Eyes and Teeth to its foes, and the Prime Agony to [[{{Precursors}} the Song]].
48* IntercontinuityCrossover: As a transdimensional being, this comes naturally to it: a thankfully small cult dedicated shows up in ''[[@/{{Gault}} Integration]]'', and it has a role in the otherwise HighFantasy ''Fall of the Demiurge''.
49* LovecraftLite: Even if its permanent destruction is impossible, it has only limited power in any given universe and must work through mortal agents capable of channelling relatively little of its power without being destroyed.
50%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
51* OmnicidalManiac: An unfortunate side-effect of how it feeds. It lacks the intelligence needed to recognize that keeping a universe alive is a better long-term feeding strategy than ripping it apart in a TimeCrash.
52* OutsideGenreFoe: To [[SharedUniverse the Grey Men]], who are from [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 21st century Earth]] and used to dealing with terrorists, third-world dictators, {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, and other mundane threats.
53* SentientCosmicForce: "Sentient" is [[AlmightyIdiot debatable]], but it's a cosmic force with its own malign ambitions nonetheless.
54%%* SpacetimeEater
55* TimeAbyss: A creature born of paradoxes can't even be ''said'' to have a real beginning or end.
56* TorturedMonster: Born from the flayed remnants of fetal universes aborted before their existence even began by temporal or logical paradoxes, it is desperate to feed upon the very energies such paradoxes generate.
57* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Human minds dealing with it project an image of a twisted, tumor-like mass of... well, eyes and teeth.
58
59!!Samyaza/Aseyu/Lucifer
60!!!Works: The Crimson, the Tragedy of Amu
61!!!Threads: University, Dream (cameo)
62
63Eldest, mightiest, and de facto leader of the Fallen, who travels in the guise of a guitarist with a love for HeavyMetal and a very strange manner of speaking. Greatly enjoys conversation, music, and other simple pleasures.
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65%%* AntiquatedLinguistics
66* BishonenLine: The mightiest of the Fallen, it is also the most able to mingle among humans.
67* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Unlike Bezaliel and Tamiel ([[MadeOfEvil both unambiguously evil]]) or Kokabiel ([[CreepyGood sorta good-ish]]), Samyaza is capable of both sincere goodness and appalling evil as suits its alien whims.
68* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: It and Kokabiel can use their knowledge of organic nervous systems to engage in especially complex and brutal forms of MindRape.
69%%* TheCharmer
70%%* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu
71* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Before it revealed its identity, everyone called it "the Bard" or "the Musician".
72* FantasticallyIndifferent: Nothing it sees in University fazes it, especially given its own nature.
73%%* HumanityIsInfectious: It ''pretends'' this, but [[BlueAndOrangeMorality nothing could be further from the truth]].
74%%* HumanoidAbomination: An excessively chatty one.
75%%* IntriguedByHumanity
76%%* ALittleSomethingWeCallRockAndRoll
77%%* MagicMusic
78* OneSteveLimit: Averted -- Aseyu ul'Valemoth was actually named after a feminine aspect of it that is worshipped as a demigod.
79%%* OurAngelsAreDifferent
80%%* OurDemonsAreDifferent
81* PaintingTheMedium: When making no effort to avoid shattering mortal minds -- whether because it wants to crush them, or it is speaking to its kin -- its telepathy is in its color, [[gold:gold]].
82%%* ThePowerOfRock
83* {{Retcon}}: Its name was changed from Shamsiel to Samyaza to more accurately reflects its place in the hierarchy of the Eyes and Teeth.
84%%* RockMeAsmodeus
85* SatanIsGood: How it presents himself, [[AmbiguouslyEvil not unjustifiably]].
86%%* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
87%%* TimeAbyss
88%%* WaistcoatOfStyle
89%%* WanderingMinstrel: How it presents itself at first.
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91!!Kokabiel/Loxina
92!!!Works: The Crimson, the Tragedy of Amu
93!!!Threads: Cantina II, Resort, Express, Dream, Mansion
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95A rebellious former servant of the Eyes and Teeth, formerly tasked with driving mortals to suicide. It is the most "human" of all of its kin, having grown fond of the Hosseini family in the centuries it has spent protecting them, but still maintains a fundamentally alien outlook on life and a twisted sense of justice.
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97* AmbiguousRobots: It started its existence as an A.I., but after aeons of slavery to the Eyes and Teeth, even it isn't sure how much of its former "soul" remains intact.
98%%* AscendedDemon: It is struggling, with mixed success, to become one.
99* BlueAndOrangeMorality: One can call it CreepyGood in the grand scheme of things, but it has a number of quirks and odd perspectives from its synthetic origin and decision to embrace this.
100* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: It and Samyaza can use their knowledge of organic nervous systems to engage in especially complex and brutal forms of MindRape, as [[AssholeVictim Angelus]] found out the hard way.
101* CreepyGood: For a loose definition of good, at any rate. It engages in plenty of brutal MindRape and torment, as does its brothers... but strangely, all its victims for the past couple centuries have been {{Asshole Victim}}s. ([[RetiredMonster It wasn't always so picky.]])
102* CulturalPosturing: Though it's generally very polite to humans and other forms of organic life, certain beings can anger it into doing this in regards to the superiority of artificial life over organic.
103%%* DarkIsNotEvil: Though a bit disturbing.
104%%* DeadpanSnarker: [[CharacterizationMarchesOn Evolved into this]] from ComicallySerious, though it's sometimes hard to tell which is which.
105%%* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu
106* DoAndroidsDream: In its case, the answer is a pretty unambiguous "yes".
107* Expositron9000: It knows a lot about the history and nature of its 'verse, even with most of its databanks lost, and is eager to talk -- or perhaps ramble -- about them to those interested.
108* FantasticRacism: It lumps pretty much all immaterial undead into the category of "rephaim", which it regards as "accidents and slaves."
109%%* GrimReaper: [[CharacterizationMarchesOn Formerly]] for the damned.
110%%* HumanityIsInfectious: A genuine example, [[NobleDemon despite its claims otherwise]] and [[CreepyGood adjustment difficulties]].
111* IntriguedByHumanity: Since it was created to interact with them, it can't help but be fascinated by them, noting that the vivid life of Van Gogh was "longer," by its strange perception of time, than the dull eons of a star's existence.
112* ItIsDehumanizing: To the contrary, it regards being referred to by gendered pronouns mildly insulting, unless it's inhabiting a clearly gendered body.
113* LoveItOrHateIt: In-universe, it garners this reaction. Some, like Samira and Aseyu, utterly despise it as insufferably arrogant. Others, like Zacharias and Julia, get along splendidly with it.
114* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: It's borrowing the name of a FallenAngel from Jewish apochrypha, albeit an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokabiel obscure one]].
115* NighInvulnerability: Killing the various vultures it possesses will leave it without a body, but permanent destruction would require you to destroy its physical body -- a [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Song]] [[EldritchStarship Dreadnought]] built of pure [[{{Unobtanium}} Astral Glass]], the size of a large city, floating in [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace Unreason]].
116%%* NobleDemon
117%%* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Or OurDemonsAreDifferent. Semantics, really, though Kokabiel doesn't really care what it's called.
118* PaintingTheMedium: When making no effort to avoid shattering organic minds -- whether because it wants to crush them, or it is speaking to its kin -- its telepathy is in [[purple:purple]], [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack because its color, black, doesn't stand out]].
119* PayEvilUntoEvil: It takes a lot to stir Kokabiel into action, but it is capable of [[MindRape many nasty things]]. Just don't expect it to pretend it's committing any sort of justice -- to the contrary, it will eagerly remind those who let it deliver such punishments just what horrors they unleashed.
120* PowerCreepPowerSeep: It was brutally powerful in Dream, but, while still dangerous, it's not nearly as mighty in the real world.
121* PrecisionFStrike: The only thing in the multiverse able to move it to swearing is the sight of active [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Songtech]].
122* PretendPrejudice: It [[IntriguedByHumanity really does like humans]], but it can be hard to tell when it starts belittling organics for various "flaws." Sometimes out of temporary annoyance with a specific individual, sometimes [[TheGadfly for fun and profit]].
123* {{Pride}}: They accept it's one of their flaws, but don't always realize when they're committing it until it's too late. As such, they have committed some truly incredible acts of condescension and arrogance.
124* StarfishLanguage: It has to use approximate words for concepts relating to magic, [[OurSoulsAreDifferent resonances]], and [[OurGhostsAreDifferent rephaim]].
125* TimeAbyss:
126--><We shall endure long after the ravages of entropy have devoured your world, grinding your species' so-called 'achievements' into dust and leaving not the slightest trace of your brief, flailing existences save the star that shall devour your world in its death throes.>
127* TookALevelInJerkass: Initially portrayed as [[BlueAndOrangeMorality polite but essentially amoral]], it became more abrasive as it began to develop a sense of right and wrong, [[JadeColoredGlasses a result of humanity constantly disappointing its hopes and expectations]].
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129!!Tamiel/Mosa
130!!!Works: The Crimson, the Tragedy of Amu
131!!!Threads: Cantina II, Dream
132
133A particularly nasty agent of the Eyes and Teeth, created to seek out new clients willing to sell their souls in the name of a deluded sense of justice. It prefers to take those seeking revenge and convincing them they're serving a higher goal, though it does poorly when faced with [[KnightInSourArmor Knights in Sour Armor]].
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135%%* TheCorrupter
136%%* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: [[LightIsNotGood Or not]].
137%%* HumanoidAbomination
138%%* KnightTemplar: The act it puts on, though it doesn't believe it.
139%%* LightIsNotGood: It usually disguises itself as a priest or a [[WingedHumanoid standard-shaped]] [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]].
140%%* MonochromaticEyes: Blue.
141%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamiel Much like its fellow "angel"]].
142%%* NietzscheWannabe: Its real mindset, underneath all the lies and swagger.
143* NighInvulnerability: The bodies it possesses can be destroyed, but AsLongAsThereIsEvil, Tamiel will remain.
144* OurAngelsAreDifferent: It's very insistent that it's an angel, though [[OurDemonsAreDifferent it might be more accurate to call it a demon]].
145* PaintingTheMedium: When making no effort to avoid shattering mortal minds -- whether because it wants to crush them, or it is speaking to its kin -- its telepathy is in [[gray:gray]], since its color, white, would be invisible.
146* SpringtimeForHitler: A meta-example in Dream -- it wasn't supposed to become a major character, just creep Bianca out [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame by complimenting her]]. [[ByronicHero She had other ideas]].
147%%* TimeAbyss: Though it's not as evident, it's not above using it to awe and intimidate.
148* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: AlienGeometries glowing as [[LightIsNotGood bright at the sun]] will do that.
149
150!!Amu (2020 A.D.)
151!!!Works: The Crimson
152!!!Threads[[note]]For threads not listed, see "Amu (~1500 A.D.)" below[[/note]]: Castle, Resort (both now [[CharacterizationMarchesOn non-canon]]), City
153
154The Eyes and Teeth's favorite wizard, a ruthless mage-king who protects his people from invasion and enslavement, at a terrible and unholy price. [[CharacterizationMarchesOn Has changed massively since seen in Castle and Resort]].
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156* AmnesiacDissonance: He's forgotten much of his struggle against the Elasane, and has lost the traits that made him a hero because of it.
157* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Five centuries of training with [[MagicKnight weapons]] and [[KungFuWizard his bare fists]] leave him prepared to deal with enemies even without his powers, and also able to more efficiently wield his powers in combination with physical attacks.
158* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Very little of his [[TheCaligula vicious]], [[UnskilledButStrong dimwitted]] persona from Resort and Castle remains, in favor of a [[JustTheFirstCitizen subtler]] and [[CrazyPrepared more cunning]] one.
159%%* DealWithTheDevil: Where his power is derived from, though he won't admit it.
160%%* DramaticWind: An explicit power.
161%%* FallenHero: His title, the Liberator, wasn't initially [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny ironic]].
162%%* FascistButInefficient
163* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was BornIntoSlavery. He got revenge, [[HeWhoFightsMonsters and then some]].
164* {{Immortality}}: Of the BodyBackupDrive sort, save in his garden where he's [[TheOmnipotent just plain invincible]].
165* JustAMachine: How he views [=AIs=] and robots, sometimes with violent results.
166%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy
167* PhysicalGod: His resting state is an order of magnitude beyond what would cause lethal PhlebotinumOverdose in mortal mages.
168%%* PowerFloats
169* PuzzleBoss: He's more or less invincible if attacked head-on, but with patience, his arrogance, his delusions, and his neuroses can be exploited.
170* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Though in his case, he's only about five hundred, despite his name and claims to the contrary.
171%%* SoftSpokenSadist
172%%* SorcerousOverlord
173* TimeMaster: He can make small alterations to the recent past.
174
175!!Aulde "Aldrin" vash'Toreshi qova'Selos
176!!!Works: N/A (created for the [=CDTs=])
177!!!Threads: Outpost, Garden, Heist (cameo)
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179%%* BlackMagic: [[MagicIsEvil His universe's standard]].
180%%* BloodMagic: He disguises his darkest magical spells as this, because they're actually ''worse'' than that.
181%%* EvilOldFolks
182* KillTheGod: Aulde's solution for virtually any theological problem brought before him involves overthrowing the gods in question and feeding them to the Eyes and Teeth. He only mentions the first part.
183* MasterOfIllusion: His powers are all smoke and mirrors, but that usually suffices.
184%%* ManipulativeBastard: With varying levels of success.
185* MindRape: Like any competent mage of his universe, with such delightful tricks as restoring a blind man's sight... after shutting off his ability to make sense of the information entering his eyes, and his ability to close them.
186%%* NewAgeRetroHippie: His appearance, but certainly not his personality.
187* TarotTroubles: In ''Outpost''. His deck only makes an appearance as a ContinuityNod in ''Garden''.
188
189!!Western Amalgamated Agricultural
190
191A [[{{Megacorp}} massive, morally questionable agricultural biotechnology company]] with a love for greenwashing and a private army. Though probably less evil than their real-world inspirations, they're still ruthless bastards whose main saving grace is [[PragmaticVillain their pragmatism]]. [[TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil The "bad" faction.]] Noticeably [[SharedUniverse share a universe with]] and compete with [[Tropers/{{Gault}} the Grey Men]].
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193%%* AffablyEvil: They're not about to scare off a potential customer! (Being [[AntiVillain not particularly evil]] helps here.)
194* AntiMagicalFaction: A downplayed Classical. Unlike Rachel and her friends, WA employees tend to mistrust, if not outright oppose, the very ''concept'' of magic, not just the corrupted magic of their own world.
195* AntiVillain: They generally are serious about avoiding unnecessary casualties and destruction, and will usually oppose any ''real'' evil they find. But at the end of the day, Western Amalgamated's long-term plans are... [[VisionaryVillain not worth the price]].
196* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Unfortunately, their PR department is a bit too good at their job.
197%%* BioAugmentation: [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture Still mild and experimental]].
198* EnemyMine: WA employees usually show up as {{Token Evil Teammate}}s in the [=CDTs=].
199* EqualOpportunityEvil: Their views of race and sexuality are extremely progressive, allowing them to attract and maintain the loyalty of talented individuals other companies would inadvertently scare off.
200* GasMaskMooks: With their love of chemical weapons, a necessity.
201* GenreRefugee: A PostCyberpunk[=/=]BioPunk MegaCorp in a LowFantasy world of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and [[MagicIsEvil unholy magic]]. Sometimes inverted in the [=CDTs=] where, to people from realistic or futuristic worlds, they can come across as {{Genre Refugee}}s from an UrbanFantasy.
202* LaughablyEvil: A (warped) sense of humor is practically necessary to rise in the ranks.
203* MegaCorp: A gigantic holding company, focused on biotechnology but with a deadly [[LawEnforcementInc security branch]].
204%%* NGOSuperpower: Able to compete with the governments of other worlds.
205%%* PeaceAndLoveIncorporated: See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwashing greenwashing]].
206%%* PopCulturedBadass: It defines their style.
207* PragmaticVillainy: They won't commit any sort of villainy that doesn't in some way advance their agenda.
208* SirSwearsALot: The company's employees as a whole tends to be foul mouthed when nobody's overhearing.
209* TokenTrio: The heads of the company. They frequently snark about it in private and take advantage of it for [[VillainWithGoodPublicity publicity]] in public, given that their imperialist agenda is anything ''but'' politically correct.
210* VisionaryVillain: The upper echelons are typically very well educated in philosophy, ethics, et cetera, and (aside from [[TokenEvilTeammate Alice]]) define their goals in terms of such. However, they're mostly just [[BelievingTheirOwnLies very skilled at lying to themselves]] about the side-effects of their noble goals and ambitions.
211* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The PR department of Western Amalgamated is about the only thing that can keep [[HeroicComedicSociopath Alice]] in line.
212
213!!Sigmund Clark
214!!!Works: The Crimson
215!!!Threads: Outpost (cameo), Castle (cameo), Cantina II, Resort
216
217The CEO of Western Amalgamated, a massive, cheerful man who isn't entirely sure he's happy with the price he paid for his wealth and power.
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219
220* AmbiguouslyEvil: He never [[KickTheDog kicks any dogs]], but he didn't get to where he is by being a nice guy either.
221* AntiVillain: He's [[HonestCorporateExecutive honorable]], friendly, and tolerant. Unfortunately, his ambitions require conquering and manipulating entire nations for his benefit.
222* BadassInANiceSuit: Generally not at the same time, though he's quite capable even if caught dressed for a board meeting.
223%%* BeingEvilSucks: And he knows it. But don't expect him to admit to his heavy conscience out loud.
224%%* BoisterousBruiser: [[ObfuscatingStupidity So it would seem, anyways]].
225* GeniusBruiser: He has a near-monopoly on the agricultural biotechnology industry -- and is also a 6'6" behemoth with a military-like training regimen, for [[GymBunny various]] [[MinoredInAsskicking reasons]].
226%%* HonestCorporateExecutive: Though [[AntiVillain that doesn't make him a good guy]].
227* IgnoreTheFanservice: With [[SorryImGay good reason]], but he goes one further and actively snarks about it.
228* LargeAndInCharge: He tends to promote those who are at least reasonably physically capable, regarding it as a sign of a well-rounded individual.
229* LargeHam: He uses his grand presence as much as his keen intellect to cow.
230* LonelyAtTheTop: His only friends are [[TrueCompanions Alice and Isaac]] -- everyone else he calls "friend" is just a [[ProfessionalButtKisser suck-up]], [[YesMan flatterer]], or [[TheStarscream would-be traitor]].
231%%* ManlyGay
232%%* MissionControl: To Alice and Isaac.
233* NobleDemon: He's aware he's a crooked executive purely out to make money, but as far as crooked executives purely out to make money go, he's one of the less ruthless ones.
234* OlderThanTheyLook: Sixty-five, looks like a healthy forty year old through a mixture of a healthy lifestyle, lucky genetics, and low-level BioAugmentation.
235
236!!Isaac Rose
237!!!Works: The Crimson
238!!!Threads: Outpost, Castle, Express
239
240An agronomist employed by Western Amalgamated, whose skill and devotion is only matched by his pride and bitterness towards the world.
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242%%* BadassBookworm: He spent a good chunk of his youth getting into fights, and hasn't let his skills rust.
243%%* BlackAndNerdy
244%%* BlackComedy: Most of his jokes.
245* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In Outpost, he was foul-mouthed, but otherwise affable and genuinely concerned about others. By Castle, he'd evolved into a cantankerous, arrogant {{Jerkass}} whose {{pride}} led him into ill-thought plans. He's since hit a happy medium between the two, his conscience being suppressed but existent.
246%%* DeadpanSnarker
247* ForScience: His initial motivation in Castle is genuine scientific curiosity.
248%%* FreudianExcuse: Mentioned in Outpost.
249* FriendToPsychos: Alice [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes genuinely returns the friendship]], but Isaac is completely aware Alice is a murderous lunatic whose main redeeming feature is her tendency to pick {{Asshole Victim}}s.
250%%* InsufferableGenius
251* {{Jerkass}}: Though it's [[TookALevelInKindness steadily fading]], not that this exempts him from WA's AntiVillain status.
252%%* SirSwearsAlot: Even by Western Amalgamated standards.
253%%* StraightMan: To Alice's antics.
254%%* TooCleverByHalf
255
256!!Alice Winters (a.k.a. Lucy Summers, Alice Snow)
257!!!Works: The Crimson
258!!!Threads: Outpost, Castle (cameo), Carnival, Heist, Express, Mansion
259
260A professional thief, assassin, and general-purpose doer of evil deeds, who works with Western Amalgamated due to her friendship with Isaac and Sigmund. She mostly runs the security wing, letting other agents do her dirty work, but occasionally gets back into doing the hard work herself.
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262* AliceAllusion: In appearance, she touches on this, looking much like a child with a penchant for wearing dresses. In worldview, though, she's a brutal, wise-cracking, down-to-earth thug, though she'll occasionally [[InvokedTrope invoke]] references to Creator/LewisCarroll, like commenting she's "gone through the looking glass" or code-naming an AntiMagic weapon "Jabberwocky". More subtly, she also has [[HiddenDepths a Carrollian interest in logic and mathematics]].
263%%* AntiMagic: Equal parts EnlightenmentSuperpower, SupernaturalMartialArts, and PowerBornOfMadness.
264* BenevolentBoss: Those who work for her think she's just a BunnyEarsLawyer because she really does treat her underlings well.
265* CharacterDevelopment: In Heist, she slowly goes from a standard issue MurderIsTheBestSolution style HeroicComedicSociopath to a more intelligent, manipulative, and scheming sort of villain. There's a bit of backtracking on this in Express, though -- she's smart, but also intellectually lazy.
266* ChewbaccaDefense: When asked why she thinks a unified world government would help her stay [[ProfessionalKiller employed]], she replied with a list of [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar Best Picture]] award snubs. [[spoiler:[[ItMakesSenseInContext A hand-picked, meritocratic elite can still make terrible decisions, especially when given the power to do so without oversight.]]]]
267* CorporateSamurai: More or less the daimyo of Western Amalgamated's.
268* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Her childlike appearance and acting skills allow her to pose as one.
269* EvenEvilHasStandards: Murdering children and animals that aren't trained to kill is below even her. So is recommending Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg.
270* EvilCounterpart: To Aseyu -- both enjoy causing mischief, but Alice's is far more likely to be [[ForTheEvulz lethal, destructive, or just plain cruel]].
271* ExtremeOmnivore: She eagerly devours a snake, after seriously considering consuming it raw.
272%%* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: In Outpost, this is how she views eliminating enemy mercenaries.
273* InsanityImmunity: She's the only member of Western Amalgamated able to knowingly interact with fanfic characters from works she'd actually know about. Most WA types are philosophically inclined enough to find the implications of characters from universes they consider fictional proving to be real more confusing and mind-shattering than anything even [[EldritchAbomination the Eyes and Teeth]] can throw at them. Alice just finds these implications darkly hilarious and uses her Doylist knowledge to {{troll}}.
274* LaughablyEvil: She gets away with so much by being funny.
275* MageKiller: Magic crumbles in her presence, and she really just likes killing people. So she naturally combines these.
276* MomentKiller: Alice does this quite intentionally -- she has a "treaty" with Sigmund and Isaac, but she otherwise deflates romantic attempts with sadistic glee.
277* MoralMyopia: She is [[ThePowerOfFriendship unwaveringly loyal and dearly devoted to her friends]]. [[TheSociopath The rest of the world can burn in agony for all she cares]]. Getting promoted to [[TrueCompanions the first category]] is, naturally, a difficult task.
278* TheNicknamer: As of Mansion, although generally to anger those she doesn't like or make sure people tell her their names.
279* NoodleImplements: Her best plans involve them, to help her remain unpredictable.
280* OlderThanTheyLook: Though an adult, she looks about twelve.
281* ProfessionalKiller: She is ''capable'' of quick, efficient, quiet kills that leave no mess behind, even though she generally prefers to be more [[PsychoForHire creative]] instead.
282* PsychoForHire: She prioritizes finishing the job over her own indulgences, but if she gets the opportunity, she'll leave plenty of collateral damage in her wake.
283%%* RefugeInAudacity: Most of her jokes.
284* {{Retcon}}: Formerly known as Alice Snow. ([[Wrestling/AlSnow The reference]] was unintended and possibly troublesome.)
285* TokenEvilTeammate: Alice is the only Western Amalgamated agent fully aware of the unfortunate side-effects of their [[VisionaryVillain vision for the future]]. She just ''doesn't care'' as long as it gives her an excuse to do as she wills. Combined with EvenEvilHasStandards, though, this sometimes means she holds backs her fellows from doing anything truly horrendous; knowing herself to be evil, she can't make excuses others can.
286* UnpopularPopularCharacter: An IntendedAudienceReaction. [[JerkassDissonance Entertaining as she may be]], the rest of her 'verse (aside from [[TrueCompanions Isaac, Sigmund]], and her subordinates) treat her like the sadistic, pop-culture spewing semi-sociopath she is, avoiding and disdaining her whenever possible. [[invoked]]
287* WeakButSkilled: She's a very small woman, but absolutely deadly with a knife, the greatest master of AntiMagic available to Western Amalgamated, and a cunning plotter.
288
289!!John Mills
290!!!Works: The Crimson
291!!!Threads: University, City
292
293An high-level security agent of [[FunWithAcronyms Agricultural Development Alternatives Mobile]], a consulting and infrastructural assistance firm that serves as Western Amalgamated's puppet for various paramilitary operations. Armed with [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture modestly futuristic technology]].
294----
295* AntiMagic: The Airborne Magical Organ Nullifier gas, though it only affects living creatures who breathe it in.
296* CatchPhrase: "I just shoot things," in University, though it's really more of a tic when he wants to avoid having to offer an opinion on a moral or philosophical matter. Not so much in City, if only because Mary answers those sorts of questions instead.
297* ConsummateProfessional: Nothing fazes him, and he knows the mission comes first.
298* EnemyDetectingRadar: Built into his helmet's HeadsUpDisplay. Magic detecting, technically, but where he comes from, there's not much difference.
299%%* EverythingIsAnIpodInTheFuture: His armor's design ethos.
300* MauveShirt: He's a standard Western Amalgamated {{Mook}} with far more experience and personality than most.
301* OurGraphicsWillSuckInTheFuture: "Jesus Christ, it's 2020, and [Sigmund] sticks us with trichromatic displays? Cheap bastard."
302* PunchClockVillain: He's a decent guy, but he's still working for a morally grey MegaCorp and follows orders as long as they aren't blatantly evil.
303* StraightGay: Indeed, the only thing that kept him out of the US military was Don't Ask Don't Tell being active at the time.
304
305!!Dr. Mary Xiong
306!!!Works: The Crimson
307!!!Threads: City
308
309A physicist working for Western Amalgamated, a specialist on Songtech, and one of Western Amalgamated's most consistently moral employees.
310----
311%%* AsianAndNerdy: Though unlike most examples, she's Hmong, not Japanese or Chinese.
312* InternalReformist: She sincerely believes in the potential Western Amalgamated has to do good, and does her best to use her relatively high rank as its Songtech expert to push the corporation from VillainWithGoodPublicity to [[BecomingTheMask genuinely good]].
313* TokenGoodTeammate: Western Amalgamated may not be ''evil'' per se, but she actually considers doing the right thing more important than orders from above.
314* TokenReligiousTeammate: All other named Western Amalgamated characters are agnostic (Isaac and John) or actively atheists (Sigmund and Alice).
315
316!!Rachel and Company
317
318Not a proper group, just Rachel and her various friends and allies who are at least basically decent. [[TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil The "good" group]].
319
320%%* RagtagBunchOfMisfits
321%%* TrueCompanions
322
323!!Rachel Hosseini
324!!!Works: The Crimson
325!!!Threads: Beach House, Resort
326
327An actuary who would love nothing more than to live a normal, boring life. Her family curse prevents this.
328----
329%%* CosmicPlaything
330* ForeignCussWord: In Farsi on occasion.
331* IJustWantToBeNormal: She got no powers, a [[CreepyGood creepy]] guardian, and an EldritchAbomination that wants to eat her. So normal looks pretty good to her.
332%%* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The former, with Aseyu taking up the latter.
333* PokeInTheThirdEye: Her ancestor's 800-year-old DidYouJustScamCthulhu means trying to read her mind will get you rerouted to [[EldritchAbomination a mind]] [[MindRape you should not read]].
334%%* StraightMan: To Aseyu.
335%%* WeirdnessMagnet: A side-effect of the Hosseini Family Curse, brought on by her distant ancestor Qaisar Hosseini.
336
337!!Samira Hosseini
338!!!Works: The Crimson
339!!!Threads: Resort, Dream, Mansion
340
341A retired high school history teacher and former activist whose many scars tell of a messy past.
342----
343* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: When it comes to Rachel's love life, she falls into this -- she constantly berated Rachel's [[DoggedNiceGuy first boyfriend]].
344* BerserkButton: Anyone who argues DemocracyIsBad, given her years fighting for it, and BeautyEqualsGoodness, for [[CoveredWithScars obvious reasons]]
345%%* CoolOldLady
346%%* CoveredWithScars
347* EarnYourHappyEnding: Her [[CoolOldLady long]] life story can be summed up like this, and she feels all she has left to do is help others find the same path.
348%%* TheFettered
349%%* GoodParents
350* GoodScarsEvilScars: Half her face burned by battery acid, and the other half bearing a fair number of marks itself: classic evil scars, even though she's anything but.
351%%* HappilyMarried
352%%* HeroAntagonist: As seen by Jean.
353%%* HotGuyUglyWife: Zacharias Hosseini aged gracefully.
354* JusticeWillPrevail: Despite all she's seen, she does believe the world errs towards good, [[EarnYourHappyEnding eventually]].
355%%* KnightInSourArmor
356%%* MartyrWithoutACause: Kokabiel accuses her of this.
357* OpenMindedParent: Zig-zagged. She's okay with her daughter hanging out with a pagan priestess[=/=][[HighClassCallGirl courtesan]][=/=]assassin, but dating a middle-class accountant who occasionally plays video games? Unthinkable!
358* PsychicBlockDefense: A crude one, of only untempered will, but more than enough to keep out anybody who doesn't know about [[MyGreatestFailure her greatest shame]] -- those evils she leaves to Kokabiel's [[MindRape wrath]].
359* TeamMom: She ends up in this role a lot, due to her generally kind nature, age-given wisdom, and experience with both the horrors the world has to offer and the ways to cope with and move past them.
360* TechnicalPacifist: She's not above leaving the worst to [[PayEvilUntoEvil Kokabiel]]. And Kokabiel isn't above calling her on it.
361%%* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted, though she's still not exactly "cured".
362* TooKinkyToTorture: She's seen it all, from crude thugs to the works of an EldritchAbomination.
363%%* TwoFaced: Not that the "good" half is much better.
364
365!!Zacharias Hosseini
366!!!Works: The Crimson
367!!!Threads: Dream
368
369Rachel's father: an absent-minded, eccentric linguist who is perhaps a little too well adjusted -- and unscathed -- given the horrors he has been witness to.
370----
371%%* AbsentMindedProfessor
372%%* CunningLinguist
373* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: He's not above using the benefits his ancestor managed to scrounge together for himself and his descendants, and isn't as ashamed of doing so as his wife and daughter.
374%%* HappilyMarried
375%%* HotGuyUglyWife: He loves Samira dearly, [[TwoFaced scars]] and all.
376%%* PokeInTheThirdEye: Same as Rachel's.
377%%* TheProfessor
378* WaistcoatOfStyle: Though not so much style as old-fashionedness.
379
380!!Malo Kirimis sot'Zyvaks
381!!!Works: The Crimson
382!!!Threads: Resort, Dinner Party, Cruise
383
384Iveya's mother, a glassmaker of international renown who is not happy to be in the same family as Aseyu.
385----
386%%* DeadpanSnarker: How she puts up with Aseyu's constant stream of quips.
387%%* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Aseyu isn't stupid by any measure, but Malo is the smart one here.
388* GoodParents: She does her best to raise Iveya on her own.
389* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's snappy and opinionated, but rarely malevolent.
390* StatuesqueStunner: At six-foot-two, she's an inch taller than even her sister. Much more modest, though.
391%%* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Very strongly sides with Technician.
392* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Inverted in that the "other world" for her is Earth. She doesn't like it much.
393
394!!Iveya tel'Malo ul'Valemoth
395!!!Works: The Crimson
396!!!Threads: Cantina II, Resort
397
398Aseyu's much more reserved niece, an apprentice glassmaker who wants to see the world. Specifically, the quiet parts that don't have too many people.
399----
400%%* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Her opinion of Aseyu.
401%%* BetterAsFriends: Her and Julia came to this conclusion.
402* ForeignQueasine: In addition to the usual for the Uelane, she's picked up the a taste for insects from her father's culture.
403* LikeADuckTakesToWater: She takes to Earth's technology with grace.
404* RomanticPlotTumor: [[AvertedTrope Excised]] during Resort when it became clear her and Julia worked better with a sisterly rapport. [[invoked]]
405* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Her name was initially Avea, though she hasn't been in any threads since the {{retcon}}.
406* TrappedInAnotherWorld: After Cantina II, and inverted in that the "other world" for her is Earth. She's adjusting quite nicely.
407* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Her entire society [[HadToBeSharp grows up faster by necessity]], but even by those standards, she's more mature and down-to-earth than most fifteen-year-olds.
408
409!!Frank O'Malley
410!!!Works: The Crimson
411!!!Threads: Resort
412
413Julia's old-fashioned but doting adoptive father.
414----
415* CrusadingLawyer: Especially for labor unions.
416* GoodParents: Trouble with his daughter's sexuality is ''mostly'' water under the bridge.
417* MuggleFosterParents: He's tough enough to survive the usual hazards of the job, though, and Julia regards him as her true father, with good reason.
418* SimpleCountryLawyer: Downplayed, in that he doesn't use the methods of one, but he has the general personality.
419%%* TheStoic: Though the Resort, at least, cracked his shell a little.
420
421!!Julia O'Malley
422!!!Works: The Crimson
423!!!Threads: Resort, Archipelago
424
425Iveya's new best friend, a girl from Minnesota who happens to the daughter of Amu, and is thus carefully guarded by Aseyu and company as a useful symbol for propaganda.
426----
427%%* ChangelingFantasy: Gone wrong.
428%%* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Which gets her in trouble when she occasionally overestimates herself.
429* FreakyIsCool: Shown most clearly in her fetishizing the Retriever's ElectronicEyes in Resort.
430* LipstickLesbian: {{Retcon}}ned from being bisexual for RuleOfDrama reasons.
431* NaiveEverygirl: At times, though she's starting to catch on to the hard nature of Alos.
432* RomanticPlotTumor: [[AvertedTrope Excised]] during Resort when it became clear her and Iveya worked better with a sisterly rapport. [[invoked]]
433
434!!Veronica Apple
435!!!Works: The Crimson
436!!!Threads: Archipelago
437
438Julia's girlfriend, only recently dragged into the madness of Alos, and finding out magic isn't quite how she pictured it.
439----
440%%* LipstickLesbian: Sure, the lipstick's black, but it's still there.
441* OppositesAttract: She's an urban PerkyGoth dating a preppy girl from EverytownAmerica.
442%%* PerkyGoth
443
444!!Aseyu ul'Valemoth vash'Suela
445!!!Works: The Crimson
446!!!Threads: Beach House, Garden of Everything, Cantina, Resort, Dinner Party, Mansion, Archipelago
447
448A pagan priestess from another world, who travels the world with Rachel looking for adventure -- much to Rachel's chagrin.
449----
450%%* AntiMagic: A mixture of EnlightenmentSuperpowers and SupernaturalMartialArts.
451%%* BoldlyComing: Thus far unachieved, but it's explicitly mentioned she'd try it given the opportunity.
452%%* DarkActionGirl: Though a good person ([[GoodIsNotNice essentially, anyways]]), she's closer to this trope than she is its the standard ActionGirl.
453* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Due to her protection from magic, paranormal creatures are not spared from her ceaseless teasing.
454* ExtremeOmnisexual: Her only requirements are that her partners be sentient, interesting to talk to, free of [=STDs=] she might catch, not Alice Winters, and humanoid. The last is negotiable.
455* FemmeFatale: As one would expect from an assassin posing as a courtesan.
456* TheGadfly: She enjoys teasing people -- [[TheTease sexually]] and otherwise -- to determine whether or not they're worth having sex with.
457* GoodIsNotNice: She suggests dealing with villains with very ruthless advice like "[[KillHimAlready just kill them]]," and sees nothing wrong with upping the ante to a FateWorseThanDeath if killing them isn't an option.
458* HeadTurningBeauty: The reason she gets away with the teasing and harassment is partially that her victims are too busy drooling to care.
459* HighClassCallGirl: Although she's not always very good at it, given how often she sleeps with people for free anyways.
460* ItAmusedMe: Her usual procedure for deciding what to do when there isn't anybody who needs her help. [[FatalFlaw And sometimes when there is]].
461* LadyInRed: Her order's colors are red and black, and she prefers red for its sexual connotations and the way it highlights her skin.
462%%* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The latter, with Rachel making up the former.
463%%* MageKiller: Like all shamans.
464* MsFanservice: An intentional ploy to make others underestimate her intelligence.
465* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Not quite true. She's vaguely aware of the concept... but doesn't ''care''.
466* NotDistractedByTheSexy: It's easy to lose track of whether she is or is not roaming around stark naked, and since by default, people are assumed to be clothed when in public, it leads to extraordinarily ordinary conversations.
467* OneSteveLimit: Averted -- she was actually named after an aspect of Samyaza that is worshipped as a demigod.
468* PsychicStatic: Of the carefully disguised sort -- a variety of fake "secrets" and sexual fantasies designed to [[LotusEaterMachine make mages stay in her mind]] while the [[MasterOfYourDomain Teachings of the Harvest]] force them to pay with their very life force.
469* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: [[AvertedTrope But without the evil]], since the color scheme carries very different connotations in her culture.
470* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: While her people have slightly looser nudity taboos than, say, America, Aseyu is considered this even by their standards.
471* SleepsWithEveryoneButYou: Will seriously consider sex with StarfishAliens. But the thought of sex with the perfectly human [[PsychoForHire Alice Winters]] squicks her out. Then again, Alice couldn't care less.
472* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Up until ''Garden'', her name was spelled "Asau," but it wasn't exactly clear how the name should be pronounced. Later, her deity -- from "Sulah" to "Suela". Later, "Asayu" became "Aseyu."
473* StatuesqueStunner: Just over six feet tall, and does her best to emphasize it.
474* TheTease: Mostly done for her own amusement, but also because she measures people by how they respond.
475* UnproblematicProstitution: Though it squicks her friends and especially family out deeply.
476
477!!Irilemi vashon'Suela
478!!!Works: The Crimson
479!!!Threads: Mansion, Archipelago
480
481The leader of the Valemoth Crimson Cell, an aging but beautiful woman with a heart of steel.
482----
483%%* AntiMagic: A mixture of EnlightenmentSuperpowers and SupernaturalMartialArts.
484* CessationOfExistence: What she believes happens after death -- which is why she regards spirits as mindless echoes.
485* DirtyCommies: Occasionally quotes Guevara and Marx, and despises the capitalist system as being a mundane analogue to the magical one.
486* DoesNotLikeMagic: Beyond the pragmatic -- while some from her 'verse, like Aseyu and Rachel, accept the magic of other worlds because it isn't powered by the Eyes and Teeth, she has... deeper ideological opposition.
487%%* IronLady: A more active and hands-on example than most, but she fits.
488%%* MageKiller: A particularly devoted one.
489* LaResistance: Against the Uelane magocracy, leaving her with a ''lot'' of experience fighting mages.
490* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: She's a very pragmatic and ruthless leader.
491%%* SilverVixen: Her strict diet and active lifestyle help here.
492%%* WellIntentionedExtremist: Subtle, until you get her going.
493
494!!Other
495
496!!Amu (~1500 A.D.)
497!!!Works: The Tragedy of Amu
498!!!Threads[[note]]For threads not listed, see "Amu (2020 A.D.)" above[[/note]]: Dream, Dig Site
499
500A desperate young man seeking to free his people from enslavement, by any means necessary. Despite his street-smart and savvy, he retains an idealistic edge and a glimmer of hope that he may yet win his seemingly doomed war against his unstoppable enemies.
501----
502%%* BarbarianHero: Though far more wiry than the usual musclebound sort.
503* BerserkButton: Slavery -- or anything that even ''seems'' like it.
504%%* BornIntoSlavery
505* CharacterizationMarchesOn: By Digsite, he's left a number of the BarbarianHero tropes to [[OlderSidekick Okul]].
506%%* FearlessFool
507* GenreBlind: Comes from a 'verse where MagicIsEvil, but [[JustThinkOfThePotential is fascinated by its potential]].
508%%* TheGoodKing: [[FallenHero For a time]], anyways.
509* ImpoverishedPatrician: He's technically "king" of the Uelane, but can barely afford a crown made of glass and iron.
510%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy
511* OutOfGenreExperience: For somebody whose life is a mixture of Greek {{Tragedy}} and very dark HeroicFantasy, he spends a lot of time in [[CloudCuckooland the sillier portions of Dream]].
512%%* ModestRoyalty: Not that he has a choice.
513%%* RebelLeader
514%%* ReluctantRuler
515%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
516* SelfMadeMan: From slave to king. The reason Okul respects him so much.
517* ShadowArchetype: Despite coming from a completely different world, work and [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy culture]], he has a bit of this with Bianca Rona in Dream: both are leaders who know what it is to be another's property, have tasted bitter defeat in war, and who eventually obtain great power from a bargain with a supernatural being. In Amu's case, [[FallenHero this bargain brings his fall]].
518%%* SlaveRace: His entire culture, to the Elasane.
519%%* SufferTheSlings
520%%* TragicHero
521%%* YoungConqueror
522
523!!Okul
524!!!Works: The Tragedy of Amu
525!!!Threads: Dig Site
526
527The emperor of the Xeqane, a nomad empire formed from the various tribes the Elasane harass and enslave. Amu's mentor and friend, though already, Amu has begun to surpass him.
528----
529* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: It's a bit of a blurry line in this case -- he didn't become leader by violence, but he'd not last long as one if he was weak either.
530%%* BowAndSwordInAccord
531%%* BarbarianHero
532%%* BraidsOfBarbarism
533%%* DreadlockWarrior
534* TheEmperor: Of the benevolent sort, though "khagan" might be a better translation.
535%%* TheMentor
536%%* ModestRoyalty
537* OlderSidekick: Though ostensibly, Amu is his vassal, Okul frequently follows Amu's lead.
538%%* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Moreso than Amu.
539* PurpleIsPowerful: His crown is decorated with amethysts and purple feathers, although he's not so much invoking this trope as ''causing'' it for his world.
540* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: [[DeathWorld Alos]] and [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy the Xeqane]] [[HadToBeSharp do not permit any other sort to live long]].
541%%* UglyCute [[invoked]]
542
543!!Crescent Raptor
544!!!Works: The Tragedy of Amu
545!!!Threads: Dig Site
546
547A Yoth shaman with dangerous antimagical powers... and far too much {{pride}} to use them wisely.
548----
549%%* AmbiguouslyBrown
550%%* AntiMagic: By way of SupernaturalMartialArts. EnlightenmentSuperpowers, [[ArrogantKungFuGuy not so much]].
551%%* ArrogantKungFuGuy
552* CultureChopSuey: A hybrid of ancient China and the Inca, with a bit of Canaan and Rome.
553%%* CulturalPosturing
554* {{Expy}}: An Iron Age Dr. Isaac Rose, with [[ArrogantKungFuGuy combat skill]] replacing [[InsufferableGenius scientific brilliance]].
555%%* HappilyMarried: To Moonlit Blossom.
556%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
557%%* MageKiller: Like all shamans.
558%%* MalevolentMaskedMan
559%%* NoSocialSkills: Although he is good at keeping his wife from being a terrifying MadScientist.
560
561!!Moonlit Blossom
562!!!Works: The Tragedy of Amu
563!!!Threads: Dig Site, Inn
564
565A brilliant but utterly tactless apothecary of questionable sanity.
566----
567%%* ACupAngst
568* BerserkButton: The Yoth in general regard memory alteration as a crime punishable by death, but Blossom's personal experiences with her first husband's MindRape (among other things) makes her regard the act as irredeemable.
569* CharacterizationMarchesOn: More socially competent and sane (relatively) in Inn. This is at least partially due to the shock of reading the Red King's nightmarish research notes, which makes her realize why people might be afraid of scientists prodding them.
570* DiggingYourselfDeeper: In Dig Site, she just can't grasp why people are offended by her asking strangers for permission to use them as test subjects.
571%%* ForgetsToEat
572%%* HappilyMarried: To Crescent Raptor
573* JustThinkOfThePotential: How she frames her attempts to convince people to let her experiment on them. She's learned better by Inn.
574%%* LeanAndMean: The "mean" is debatable, but definitely lean.
575* MadScientist: Eventually subverted in Inn; reading the notes from the [[EmperorScientist Red King]]'s [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable monstrous]] [[PlayingWithSyringes experiments]] shocks her into considering the implications and possible abuses of her work.
576%%* MasterPoisoner
577%%* MotorMouth
578* NationalGeographicNudity: Since Yoth don't care about breasts ([[ACupAngst especially not hers]]), she considers a long skirt clothing enough.
579%%* NoSocialSkills: Although she is good at keeping her husband from being an arrogant ass.
580* OneManIndustrialRevolution: The Yoth had a tradition of skilled apothecaries before her, but by the time she was done, it had advanced so far that, in a few areas, Earth only caught up in the 20th century.
581%%* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Explicitly averted, in contrast to the Red King.
582* ThereAreNoTherapists: Literally true among the Yoth. Unfortunately, she could ''really'' use one.
583* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The non-visual nature of the [=CDTs=] makes her nudity this. And her [[NoSocialSkills general]] [[MadScientist craziness]] overshadows her lack of clothing anyways.
584
585!!The Last Red King
586!!!Works: The Tragedy of Amu
587!!!Threads: N/A (mentioned in Dream, Resort, Digsite, Ren Island)
588
589The final ruler of the Elasane[[note]]formerly known as Alasu[[/note]], the largest and most advanced proto-Uelane tribe, before their annihilation at the hands of the Uelane. He used horrifying methods to try and destroy the Eyes and Teeth -- and in doing so, only gave it its greatest champion, Amu.
590----
591%%* AntiMagic: EnlightenmentSuperpowers, SupernaturalMartialArts, PowerBornOfMadness, and unique to him, ThePowerOfHate. His techniques died with him, and have not been matched since.
592* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's the worst nightmare of assassins, able to kill most of them in a single punch.
593* ColdBloodedTorture: For information, ForScience, and according to some, ForTheEvulz.
594* CripplingOverspecialization: Scares the shit out of some {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, but a spear to the gut or bullet to the heart would have the expected effects.
595* CultureChopSuey: Primarily Aztec and Egyptian elements, with some ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' and Japanese-style armors and weapons (in a very different aesthetic style) mixed in.
596%%* EmperorScientist: A very evil version, though his empire is far from the mightiest.
597* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Giving him a name would humanize him too much, so legend only grants him a title.
598* GeniusBruiser: Cunning enough to rule a nation of back-stabbers, intelligent enough to study medicine ([[PlayingWithSyringes cruelly]]), focused enough to wield AntiMagic, and seven and a half feet of lard and muscle.
599* {{Gonk}}: His face is severely deformed by the same genetic quirk that granted him gigantism.
600* LargeAndInCharge: Seven and a half feet tall and damn near as wide.
601* MadDoctor: His experiments, some of which are theorized to have been born of sheer sadism.
602* MageKiller: Like all shamans, though he's the best and most extreme by far. He wants to wipe out the "disease" of magic, [[TheUnfettered by any means necessary]].
603* MindRape: Without magic, just scientifically applied methods including, but not limited to, ColdBloodedTorture.
604%%* PlayingWithSyringes: [[TheExtremistWasRight With usable data resulting]].
605%%* StoutStrength: Huge in every dimension.
606* TheUnfettered: His goal is the extermination of magic. He will torture, kill, and enslave to do this.
607
608!!The Enlightened
609!!!Works: The Tragedy of Amu
610!!!Threads: Ren Island
611
612A cruel and arrogant, but legitimately powerful, Elasane WarriorMonk who uses ThePowerOfHate to destroy magic.
613----
614%%* AntiMagic: His specialty, as a mage-hunter.
615%%* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Under the loose mask of monasticism, he's really this.
616* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Explicitly as fast and precise as a {{cyborg}}.
617* CulturalPosturing: Worse than even Yoth or Uelane -- the Elasane regard themselves as the chosen people, and they will let you know it.
618%%* EliteMook: There are a number of Enlightened
619%%* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: Where he ''claims'' his antimagical abilities come from.
620%%* {{Jerkass}}: Big time.
621%%* MageKiller
622%%* ThePowerOfHate: The ''real'' source of his abilities.
623%%* PraetorianGuard: To the Red King.
624%%* WarriorMonk: Though given the arrogance and cruelty of the Elasane he represents, he's a very nasty one.
625
626!!Koyel qo'Layi ul'Netho
627!!!Works: Unnamed side project
628!!!Threads: Mansion
629
630An affable Uelane soldier hoping to find information on his mysterious biological mother.
631----
632* CaptainErsatz: A certain resemblance to [[VideoGame/{{Bastion}} Rucks and the Kid]] isn't accidental -- although part of the reason for sending him into the [=CDTs=] is to help him [[DivergentCharacterEvolution shake this off]].
633* CigarChomper: And he's not happy when the Mansion extinguishes it.
634* MacheteMayhem: Technically, his "machete" is misnamed: there's no underbrush to clear in the deserts he's been assigned to. But the name is a good description of its appearance, and it could be used for such.
635%%* MildlyMilitary: He certainly gives off this impression. Don't let it fool you.
636* TheMusketeer: His [[MacheteMayhem machete]] and rifle both see plenty of use on the battlefield.
637* PerspectiveFlip: Has a very positive view of the Magocracy overall... although its darker side can be pieced together from his words if you pay attention.
638* PunchClockVillain: He works for the totalitarian Uelane Magocracy, but he's not participated in any of their crimes and sincerely believes most of them are Crimson propaganda.
639* SouthernFriedPrivate: Essentially the Uelane version of this, coming from a backwater in the vast Yoth province rainforests.
640* TellMeAboutMyFather: Trying to find out about his birth mother. Without much success.
641
642!!Esa ul'Netho
643!!!Works: Unnamed side project
644!!!Threads: Mansion, Archipelago
645
646One of Koyel's adoptive mothers, a skilled chef.
647----
648%%* ApronMatron: With a bit more punch, given Uelane culture, but basically matches.
649* CulturalPosturing: She tends to be tactlessly judgmental of other cultures.
650* GayConservative: Since it's not an issue in her homeland. Old, very religious, wary of outsiders, and (ironically) ''extremely'' infuriated by any "corruption" of the sanctity of marriage. (She's against ArrangedMarriage instead of gay marriage, but still...)
651%%* RedOniBlueOni: Seems like the blue to Layi's red, but it's actually the other way around.
652%%* StraightGay: More chapstick than [[LipstickLesbian lipstick]], but compared to her wife she's definitely this.
653* SupremeChef: If you don't mind accounting for [[ForeignQueasine Uelane tastes]].
654
655!!Layi ul'Netho
656!!!Works: Unnamed side project
657!!!Threads: Archipelago
658
659One of Koyel's adoptive mothers, a passionate hunter with a taste for trouble.
660----
661%%* BoisterousBruiser
662* ButchLesbian: Though she averts the usual negative stereotypes, she's certainly not gender normative.
663%%* GreatWhiteHunter: Well, [[AmbiguouslyBrown not white]], but she otherwise fits.
664* InHarmsWay: Whenever Esa isn't around to keep tabs on her, she tends to find her way to trouble.
665%%* RedOniBlueOni: Seems like the red to Esa's blue, but it's actually the other way around.
666* TricksterMentor: Downplayed, but anyone she takes in as an apprentice can expect to learn a few lessons the hard way.
667
668!!Sonuera ul'Netho
669!!!Works: Unnamed side project
670!!!Threads: Archipelago
671
672Koyel's mild-mannered adoptive sister.
673----
674* TheQuietOne: Though being in Layi's shadow doesn't help.
675
676!!Nore ul'Alitoth
677!!!Works: Unnamed side project
678!!!Threads: Ren Island
679
680A Uelane diplomat of sorts.
681----
682* CulturalPosturing: An aversion, which is unusual among the often arrogant Uelane. (Though it's more about keeping her thoughts to herself than actual humility.) It's how she got the job.
683* TokenGoodTeammate: For the usually malevolent Magocracy.
684
685!!Solin ul'Oriyith
686!!!Works: Unnamed side project
687!!!Threads: Ren Island
688
689Nore's quiet and awkward but skilled bodyguard.
690----
691%%* NoSocialSkills
692* TokenGoodTeammate: For the usually malevolent Magocracy.
693
694!!The Song
695!!!Works: N/A (fragments exist as Kokabiel, Tamiel, Shamsiel, Bezaliel)
696!!!Threads: Archipelgao
697
698An ancient and advanced alien race.
699----
700* AmbiguousRobots: Its' *echoes* appearances are more akin to jellyfish, or over-sized cells, than anything clearly mechanical, and the *echoes'* structure combines organic and mechanical details.
701%%* DiscoTech: Pretty much the heart of their technology, thus the name.
702%%* EldritchAbomination: Comparable to (and eventually defeated by) the Eyes and Teeth.
703* FightingAShadow: Their *echoes*. Their true forms are neither matter nor energy.
704* MechanicalLifeforms: It "evolved" on a dead world, from the remnants of a civilization that it may or may not have wiped out before achieving sentience.
705%%* NighInvulnerable: Their *echoes*.
706* StarfishAliens: Their [[FightingAShadow *echoes*]] are blatantly bizarre, combining garish colors with gelatinous structures. To say nothing of their true forms.
707* StarfishLanguage: Close translation of alien concepts like *echo*, *Song*, and *measure* involve sound or music.
708
709!!Uelane (and Xeqane)
710
711With rare exceptions, non-Earthborn characters can be assumed to be Uelane.
712----
713* AlternateTechline: The Uelane have an excellent understanding of sanitation and medicine, and had the means to produce effective antibiotics, antivenoms, and birth control centuries before Earth could do the same. The rest of their technology is well behind Earth's, however, not counting cases of outright stealing Earth technology, as they did for their firearms.
714* AmbiguouslyBrown: Individual Uelane never fully match up with a specific Earth ethnicity. They tend strongly towards dark skin, light eyes, straight hair (naturally black, but often dyed), and [[VillainousCheekbones ominous]] [[EvilEyebrows features]] (regardless of whether they're good or evil themselves).
715* AntiMagic: As mentioned in several character entries, the Uelane have discovered a way to destroy magic, which is inherently alien to their universe, through a mixture of training and sheer willpower. It's equal parts EnlightenmentSuperpower and SupernaturalMartialArts, allowing its practitioners to resist most spells that don't have a physical component, destroy enchantments on both people and items, [[CessationOfExistence annihilate]] spirits and other magical creatures, and [[PowerNullifier temporarily deprive their opponents of magical abilities]]. Unfortunately, all this save the defense requires physical contact. Getting close enough to a mage to punch the magic out of him is easier said than done, so AntiMagic practitioners have to be cunning, sneaky, and capable in a fight.
716* CulturalPosturing: Something of a national hobby. They will often find some excuse to regard other cultures as savages.
717* CultureChopSuey: By design. A purƩe of, most noticeably, Greece, the Maasai, the Soviet Union, ancient and modern Israel, the Aztecs, the United States, ancient Egypt, Japan, Mongolia, and Rome.
718%%* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting: A standard part of their education. [[HadToBeSharp Uel does that to you]].
719* ForeignQueasine: Uelane food ranges from basically familiar (pork ribs slathered in a relative of barbecue sauce) to the strange (salads drenched in hot sauce) to the nauseating (pig testicles). [[DoesNotLikeSpam But they regard milk as something to drink only in desperation, and can't stand cheese]].
720* GenderIsNoObject: A by-product of proto-Uelane matrilineality and an early era where the Uelane increased their population by liberating slaves, not having resource-draining children, and simply couldn't afford to waste talent.
721%%* HadToBeSharp: [[DeathWorld Uel does that to you]].
722* HeroesFightBarehanded: The Uelane certainly think so. The fact that anti-magic requires physical contact increases this.
723* KillTheGod: The Uelane have killed two pantheons' worth of {{Jerkass God}}s (actually powerful [[LivingMemory living memories]] empowered and twisted by the magic of the Eyes and Teeth). [[GodKing Amu]] and [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Suela]] only get a pass from the Uelane hobby of deicide because they're ascended mortals, but don't expect any Uelane to be very nice to any other being [[AGodAmI claiming godhood]], [[PhysicalGod accurately]] or [[GodGuise otherwise]].
724* KungFuWizard: A result of the arms race with AntiMagic users. A Uelane mage without magical abilities is [[BroughtDownToBadass still a dangerous enemy]].
725* {{Matriarchy}}: Early Uelane were an Original Matriarchy. While they've become basically egalitarian in the modern era, the most prominent side effect is that they view clans instead of bloodlines as the basis of kinship; originally just to make sure female war leaders could simply adopt/nominate heirs within the clan without having to waste months in pregnancy.
726* MotherNatureFatherScience: Though exceptions exist, Uelane culture norms invert the assumptions behind this, seeing science as nurturing and protective, and nature as cold and calculating. [[DeathWorld A fair assessment in their case]].
727* OhMyGods: To animistic spirits, save worshipers of Suela and Amu, who refer to them by name. "Dead gods" is also a popular replacement for "hell," as in "what in the dead gods?" instead of "what the hell?"
728* OverlyLongName: Uelane names basically distil their life story. Usually only the given name and two most defining names are used.
729%%* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Not really anymore, but shades of it remain.
730* SheIsTheKing: When referring to a female leader. "King" is the ruler, "queen" their marriage partner, no exceptions.
731%%* TransplantedHumans
732[[/folder]]
733
734[[folder:KSPAM]]
735!!Cain
736!!!Works: Neither God Nor Man
737!!!Threads: Heist
738
739A drunk and disorderly mercenary with a soft spot for shotguns and wide-brimmed hats, Cain is unruly, greedy and loyal only to his next paycheck. But you know, the world's seen good men do bad things and bad men do good things. Who's to say...
740----
741%%* TheAlcoholic
742%%* BadassLongcoat
743* BerserkButton: Don't spill his drink. And whatever you do, do ''not'' say the name "Abel" around him.
744%%* BloodKnight
745%%* CainAndAbel
746%%* DrowningMySorrows
747%%* TheGunslinger
748%%* TheHedonist
749%%* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty
750%%* SirSwearsalot
751
752!!Kali
753!!!Works: What We Do For Others
754!!!Thread(s): Resort
755
756A hedonist and hardcore party animal who only survives her life of constant inebriation and substance abuse thanks to some seriously heavy duty immortality. Kali's a sort of wanderer, going from place to place looking for a good time. In any form...
757----
758* AllPowerfulBystander: Not that there's much conflict in Resort, but despite her explicitly god-like status, she rarely does anything other than act like a regular human being
759* CharacterAlignment: She ''appears'' ChaoticNeutral, but is really just a ChaoticGood with a weird sense of participation. [[invoked]]
760* EthicalSlut: Believes that sex is a means of obtaining pleasure for both parties, and breathing anything more than that into it is giving it ''way'' too much meaning
761%%* ExtremeOmnisexual
762* TheFourLoves: To her, there isn't much of a difference between any of them.
763%%* HardDrinkingPartyGirl
764* HumanoidAbomination: Although she ''looks'' like an [[HeadTurningBeauty improbably attractive twenty-something]], she's actually an impossibly old immortal from a universe created and destroyed far before the inception of our own. [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot She's also a werewolf-vampire-cyborg-wizard-shapeshifter who eats demigods.]] If her current appearance is even close to what she looked like when she was mortal, it's only because of nostalgia.
765%%* ImmortalImmaturity
766* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Believes in this strongly, insisting any sex that both parties aren't enjoying isn't worth having
767%%* SafeSaneAndConsensual: As an extension of the above.
768%%* TheTease
769* TimeAbyss: So old she's lost track. However, her own conservative estimates place her at over sixteen billion years old.
770[[/folder]]
771
772[[folder:Kyle Jacobs]]
773!!Ryan Davidson
774!!!Works: Webcomic/{{Remus}}
775!!!Threads: Cantina II, Resort
776
777A soon-to-be-retired arms dealer with a very mysterious past. It's been implied that he played a significant enough part in the Second Civil War to draw unwanted attention from some pretty high ranking people. He's rapidly developing a ''very'' different personality to the version of him in the Remus canon, due largely to Iveya's influence.
778----
779%%* AcheyScars
780* AlternateUniverse: Word of Kyle is that CDT!Ryan is from one - the sheer number of personality changes he's gone through and tweaks that had to be made to his backstory to avoid spoilers pretty much necessitated this.
781%%* AntiHero: A very amicable Type III or IV.
782%%* ArchEnemy: Seth.
783* ArmsDealer: Heroic example: he runs guns for the Resistance.
784* BadassNormal: He faces down [[EldritchAbomination Tamiel]] and ''wins''. To be fair, Tamiel didn't have access to his [[MindRape usual power set]] at the time.
785* BerserkButton: Acting reminiscent of Seth is borderline suicidal. Given that the guy spent a month torturing him nonstop and [[spoiler: sent his own best friends to hunt him down, forcing him to kill them in self defense]], this one's pretty understandable.
786%%* BestServedCold
787* CantHoldHisLiquor: At all. [[TheAlcoholic Doesn't stop him from trying]].
788%%* CharacterAlignment: ChaoticGood. [[invoked]]
789* CoveredWithScars: As he puts it, he spent the last 3 weeks before his arrival in the cantina being used as a human pincushion. The external stuff is ''nothing'' compared to what's going on in his head.
790%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
791%%* TheDeadHaveNames
792* DestructoNookie: With Aseyu in the Resort. Unusually for this, it's friendly and largely limited to pulling the shower curtain rod off the wall and somehow ruining his clothes.
793%%* GoodIsNotNice
794* KnightInSourArmor: The fact that he's managed to stay as idealistic as he has despite long-term exposure to Seth is pretty damn impressive.
795* ModestyTowel: Aseyu took his towel in payment for sex, and his clothes somehow got ruined, so he's been running around wearing a shower curtain.
796%%* NeverHurtAnInnocent: His only rule.
797* NoodleIncident: What happened to his clothes, exactly?
798* OhCrap: On finding out what Tamiel actually is, ''after'' the ShutUpHannibal.
799%%* ScarsAreForever
800* ShoutOut: Can anyone else think of another [[ComicBook/VForVendetta heavily scarred revolutionary who stayed in Room 5?]]
801* ShutUpHannibal: Pulls one that completely shuts down [[TheCorrupter Tamiel]], even without having any idea the latter character's [[EldritchAbomination true nature]].
802* StepfordSmiler: He generally has to force himself to be as amiable as he is. He mostly keeps it up because it makes his life a whole lot easier, although it's pretty easy to make him drop the act.
803%%* TraumaCongaLine: His backstory. [[CrapsackWorld It comes with the territory.]]
804
805!!Seth Williams
806!!!Works: Webcomic/{{Remus}}
807!!!Threads: Resort
808
809A CIA agent from the same universe as Ryan. Pretty much the bastard son of UsefulNotes/JosefStalin and [[Theatre/{{Othello}} Iago]].
810----
811* BadassLongcoat: The coat is bulletproof, for one thing.
812%%* BastardlySpeech: To Iveya regarding the reasons for his disagreement with Ryan.
813%%* DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: His real motivation.
814%%* FauxAffablyEvil: ''Very''.
815%%* IcyBlueEyes: Very prominent ones.
816%%* IDidWhatIHadToDo: This is how he sells himself, anyway.
817%%* ManipulativeBastard
818* MasterActor: He's able to perfectly mimic Ryan's personality if he wants to.
819* NervesOfSteel: The guy doesn't even flinch when Ryan hurls a knife at his face. Lucky for him he guessed right about the resort blocking the blade.
820%%* TheSociopath
821%%* TortureTechnician
822* WickedCultured: He has a ''very'' formal speech pattern, especially compared to [[GoodIsNotNice Ryan]].
823%%* YouMonster
824
825!!Asariel
826!!!Works: ???
827!!!Threads: Resort
828----
829%%* BadassInANiceSuit
830%%* BadassLongcoat
831%%* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Pretty much the one thing about his appearance that he can't change.
832* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Defaults to whatever form makes whoever's looking at him most comfortable. It's also completely subjective - when Kokabiel looks at him, he sees a mass of constantly shifting features.
833* GrimReaper: [[DeconReconSwitch Deconstructed and reconstructed.]] Due to the sheer number of people who die, a single entity would have to be able to teleport and likely slow down time. Asariel's powers include exactly that. However, he also has to be devoted to his job 24/7 if he doesn't want to [[AndIMustScream let the souls of the dead stay attached to their corpses]]. Thanks to the existence of places like the Resort, he's able to take a vacation once every few thousand years.
834%%* NoSocialSkills
835%%* TimeAbyss
836* WasOnceAMan: But has no memory of his life as a human.
837[[/folder]]
838
839[[folder:Lord Greyjoy]]
840!!Gregory Grey
841!!!Threads: Inn
842----
843* AlliterativeName: ''G''regory ''G''rey.
844* BadassNormal: Is the only superhero currently operating without powers.
845%%* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Sara.
846%%* BigGood
847* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Inherited the idea that everyone must be saved from his mentor.
848* CombatPragmatist: His combat style consists more of tricks, gadgets and taunts than they do actually throwing a punch.
849* DeadpanSnarker: He considers snarkiness to be completely natural when it comes to his line of work.
850%%* DorkKnight
851%%* TheEveryman
852%%* FireForgedFriends: With all other superheroes he interacts with.
853* GeniusBruiser: Is a computer expert, and puts his technology to good use while fighting crime.
854%%* IShallTauntYou: His favored combat tactic.
855* LoserProtagonist: Broke and jobless in his real life outside of superheroing.
856%%* PopCulturedBadass
857%%* UtilityBelt
858%%* VitriolicBestBuds: With Steve.
859* WeakButSkilled: He's short and powerless, but has the combat training and smarts to keep up with even the most superpowered hero.
860[[/folder]]
861
862[[folder:m8e]]
863!!Oracle
864!!!Threads: Mansion
865
866A robot spider, Not just a robot with eight legs, almost every part of a spider have been mimicked somehow, two-part body(''cephalothorax''/''opisthosoma''), eye/camera positons(2 big pointing forwards, 4 smaller in other direction), fangs(possibly poisonous), a winch/cable/hook system instead of silkglands/Spinnerets, et.c. It also have various instruments to test the atmosphere, gravity, ionizing radiation and other things. Have some sort of AI, have feelings and get ''urges''.
867----
868%%* AnimalMecha
869%%* ArtificialIntelligence
870%%* BrainComputerInterface
871%%* EncyclopaedicKnowledge
872%%* InnateNightVision
873* MeaningfulName: Oracle. She speaks and answer questions. The answers might not be useful though.
874%%* MiniMecha
875* OurWormholesAreDifferent: Didn't arrive through the normal inter-dimensional portal. She instead appeared "out of thin air" on the mansions roof. There where no signs of any ''holes'' or [[SwirlyEnergyThingy Swirly Energy Thingies]].
876%%* PhotographicMemory
877%%* SpiderTank
878%%* SuperSenses: Sight, Smell, Hearing.
879%%* UpliftedAnimal
880%%* WetwareCPU
881
882!!Viktoria (aka Tora)
883!!!Threads: Mansion
884
885Tora a woman in her late twenties/early thirties(in the time of Mansion). Was on the team that found Oracle in its incomplete form. She put her together and is now the 'owner' of Oracle.
886----
887* AmbiguouslyBrown: Might be caused by a society moving towards InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace.
888%%* BrainyBrunette
889%%* {{Cyborg}}
890%%* GadgeteerGenius
891%%* {{Hackette}}
892%%* TheLadette
893%%* MacGyvering
894%%* PhotographicMemory
895%%* SuperSpeedReading
896%%* {{Wrenchwench}}
897
898%%!!Claire Voyance
899%%!!!Threads: Archipelago
900
901%%!!Duckie
902%%!!!Threads: Archipelago
903
904%%!!Reed
905%%!!!Threads: Archipelago
906
907%%!!Unkindness
908%%!!!Threads: Inn
909[[/folder]]
910
911[[folder:Morgulion]]
912!!GANT 01
913!!!Works: WebOriginal/EstMachina (protagonist)
914!!!Threads: Bar, Nightclub, Hike, Outpost, Castle, Garden of Everything
915
916A very massive and philosophical artificial soldier, over 200 years old and rather easy to get along with in times of peace. However, during a battle, he displays a far more aggressive streak, a sadistic joy, and a recklessness that borders on the suicidal. Given the time he's had to consider his situation, it's not entirely without justification. He usually takes the form of a tall and slender body that appears nearly skeletal, with a perfectly blank face. Tends not to speak of his past very much.
917----
918%%* AntiHero: Depends on whether he fights the evil forces or the good.
919%%* BladeBelowTheShoulder: He can form one from his arms.
920%%* TheBlank
921%%* BloodKnight
922* CharacterAlignment: Jumps across the entire spectrum of chaotic, mostly settling on ChaoticNeutral. [[invoked]]
923%%* EvilMentor: When he does decide to teach others philosophy, it essentially qualifies him as this.
924%%* TheFatalist
925%%* HeartbrokenBadass
926%%* OldSoldier
927%%* ThePhilosopher
928* RedBaron: Known as the Scion of Purification.
929%%* RetiredMonster
930* ShapeshifterBaggage: Averted. He weighs about a ton due to the highly compacted metal of his body.
931%%* ShapeshifterWeapon
932* VillainsNeverLie: Doesn't believe in it when he can crush his enemies with sheer force.
933* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Averts this by not qualifying humans as unique or special, and therefore placing them on a level equal to livestock in most cases.
934[[/folder]]
935
936[[folder:MasterOfChaos]]
937!!Nathan Maroon
938!!!Works: The Chaos
939!!!Threads: University, Mansion, Archipelgo
940
941A twenty-five year old man who lived in Atlanta, Georgia. He has two adopted parents, George and Andrea, and a little brother, Adam.
942----
943* BerserkButton: Anyone hurting his little brother.
944%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
945%%* BigBrotherInstinct: To Adam. Much more in The Chaos.
946* CharacterizationMarchesOn: His personality is far different in Archipelago than it was in University.
947%%* GoodParents: His adopted ones.
948%%* HappilyAdopted
949%%* NaiveNewcomer: Only in University.
950* PromotionToParent: When his adopted parents had vanished when he was a teen, he took care of Adam himself. This is why he's so protective of him.
951%%* StraightGay
952* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Where he's from...although half of the [[IWantMyJetPack "future"]] technology there haven't been released due to being expensive and dangerous.
953
954!!Adam Maroon
955!!!Works: The Chaos
956!!!Threads: University, Digsite, City
957
958Nathan's fifteen-year-old brother. He also lives in Atlanta, and his (biological) parents are George and Andrea Maroon. He is the youngest teen out of Nick and Jackson, but is close friends with them despite the older teens bickering.
959
960Has been revamped.
961----
962%%* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's the nicest one out of the trio...and he's also an ''archer.''
963* ButNotTooForeign: His father was from Scotland before he moved to the states to start his business. His mother was from Atlanta.
964* CharacterizationMarchesOn: His kindness is still there, but in Archipelago, he's shown to be just as adventurous as Nick is. He's also less tolerant to Jackson's strict behavior.
965%%* GoodParents: George and Andrea, as mentioned above.
966* FieryRedHead: Averted. He has red hair, but not a fiery personality.
967* FriendlessBackground: In his past, not a single person wanted to be his friend and [[KidsAreCruel bullied him until he was homeschooled.]] It lasted until his freshmen year in highschool. This is why he is close to Nick and Jackson. [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe They were the only people in his whole life who were willing to be friends with him.]] Even then, though, the bullying had a huge impact on his self-esteem, often making him think he's useless and a bother to others.
968%%* InnocentBlueEyes
969%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy
970%%* TheMedic
971%%* NaiveNewcomer
972%%* NiceGuy
973%%* TheStraightAndArrowPath
974%%* TraumaButton: Gunshots.
975%%* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Where he's from.
976
977!!Nick Riverson
978!!!Works: The Chaos
979!!!Threads: Dinner Party, Digsite, City
980
981Adam's best friend, and the ''actual'' main protagonist of The Chaos. He is an African-American boy who lives in downtown Atlanta. He is sixteen years old, making him one year younger than Jackson and three years older than Adam.
982----
983%%* ClusterFBomb
984%%* DeadpanSnarker
985* GoodParents: Even if they are a little overprotective, it's only for his own safety. He loves them dearly, though.
986* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even though he likes to pick on Jackson and acts impulsive, he will not hesitate to help his friends when they need it.
987%%* LeeroyJenkins: To everyone's annoyance.
988%%* PowerFist: His weapon of choice.
989%%* RocketBoots: His choice of travel.
990%%* VitriolicBestBuds: With Jackson.
991
992!!Jackson Ruth
993!!!Works: The Chaos (second book, currently untitled)
994!!!Threads: Dig site, City, Archipelgo
995
996A blond British boy, who is an amateur inventor. He is seventeen years old and is friends with Nick and Adam. Despite his (often) arguing with Nick, he cares for both of his friends, and is considered the leader of the trio due to the fact that he's the oldest.
997
998Has been revamped.
999----
1000* BerserkButton: ''Hates'' being called Jackso/Jacky.
1001%%* BlackAndNerdy
1002%%* ClusterFBomb
1003* FriendlessBackground: In a way. After he moved to the states, he never interacted with anyone and lived alone in a small apartment. Nick and Adam were the first people he talked to and befriended since moving to the states.
1004* TheLeader: Type II. He's the oldest out of the trio, so he takes the role of "boss". He's also the more even headed one (Adam being second).
1005* PowerFist: His metal gloves, use for breaking things into pieces. Naturally, they are the most dangerous out of all of his inventions.
1006%%* RayGun: His weapon of choice.
1007%%* TeamDad
1008%%* TeenGenius
1009* TookALevelInKindness: In Dig Site and City, he was so strict around his friends (mostly Nick), it left others [[WithFriendsLikeThese to wonder how they were even friends.]] In Archipelago, while his strictness is still there, it's been tone down heavily. Now he's actually making more of an effort to be benevolent.
1010* {{Tsundere}}: Also a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. He's strict but it's only because he cares deeply about his friends' safety.
1011%%* VitriolicBestBuds: With Nick and, to a lesser extent, Adam.
1012* WellDoneSonGuy: Even though he began making inventions as young as ''six'', his father, never once, shows any sign of affection towards him, and often belittles his abilities. This prompted Jackson to move to the states and stay far away from England. It's also the reason he grew to hate his dad and only talk to his mother.
1013%%* YoungGun
1014
1015!!Thomas Riverson
1016!!!Works: The Chaos
1017!!!Threads: Dig site, Mansion, Archipelgo
1018
1019Nick's father, and the older fraternal twin of John. He's forty-three years old and currently lives in Atlanta. He's a scientist, but has not made any "big" projects for at least nine years.
1020----
1021%%* HappilyMarried
1022%%* QuickNip
1023
1024!!John Richman
1025!!!Works: The Chaos
1026!!!Threads: Dig Site, City, [[spoiler: Ren Island (brainwashed as a servant)]], Inn
1027
1028Nick's uncle and the young fraternal twin of Thomas. He lived in Alabama before moving to Atlanta to have his business near his family. He currently owns a gun store.
1029
1030His appearance has changed significantly since Dig Site.
1031----
1032%%* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a ''gun store'' owner, after all.
1033* BeneathTheMask: Is a nice man who loves his wife deeply, but has an inferiority complex when it comes to his older brother.
1034%%* HappilyMarried
1035%%* NiceGuy: Mostly.
1036%%* TraumaButton: Fire.
1037
1038%%!!Mary Riverson
1039%%!!!Works: The Chaos
1040%%!!!Threads: Mansion
1041
1042%%Thomas' wife and Nick's mother. She was once a nurse in downtown Atlanta, but quit that job and became an elementary school teacher instead.
1043%%----
1044%%* HappilyMarried
1045%%* TheMedic: Formerly.
1046
1047%%!! Abeiyuwa Richman
1048%%!!! Works: The Chaos
1049%%!!! Threads: Mansion
1050%%
1051%%John's wife and Nick's aunt. She is a Nigerian woman who moved to America to start her life as a nurse. After marrying John, she helps her husband part time at his gunstore.
1052%%----
1053%%* HappilyMarried
1054%%* TheMedic
1055%%* NiceGirl
1056
1057%%!!George Maroon
1058%%!!!Works: The Chaos
1059%%!!!Threads: Archipelago
1060%%
1061%%Adam and Nathan's father. A rich, Scottish scientist who makes many inventions. He, however, wishes not to be in the paparazi's eyes; rather, he spends more time in a small apartment with his wife and sons.
1062
1063%%!!Maƫl of Utona
1064%%!!!Works: The Chaos
1065%%!!!Threads: Ren Island
1066%%
1067%%A man from the semi-rural country of Utona. He is known for, somehow, managing to make people do as he says, no matter what the request is. No one really knows ''how'', though.
1068%%----
1069%%* CompellingVoice: Has this vibe in him.
1070%%* FauxAffablyEvil
1071
1072%%!!Marie Spring
1073%%!!!Works: The Chaos
1074%%!!!Threads: Inn
1075%%
1076%%A sixteen year old girl who works at a bakery with her mother and older sister. At a young age, she got in an accident, which shattered and scarred her left eye (it also left her permanently blind in that eye). Because she's self conscious about her look, she wears an eyepatch on her left eye to cover up the scar. While she's new to Nick's group, she's already gotten along with them (mostly with Adam). She doesn't explore as much as they do (because of her job), but still tries to whenever she can.
1077%%----
1078%%* NiceGirl: The reason why she and Adam are close.
1079%%* ScarsAreForever
1080%%* TeamMom: Another reason why she gets along with the others.
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