Line #14 Characters/DaVincisDemons


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4	!Leonardo da Vinci
5	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tom-riley-da-vincis-demons_6186.jpg]]
6	[[caption-width-right:300:The Man Himself]]
7	->'''Played By''': Creator/TomRiley
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9	* TheAce: He's charming, handsome, brilliant, and skilled in the arts, sciences, and combat.
10	* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: In-universe. As he tells Lorenzo, he takes many commissions but finishes few, because his attention always shifts before their completion.
11	* AwesomeByAnalysis: Many times; he can determine the architecture of a castle, the weaknesses of a combatant, and the inner workings of lost technology.
12	* BadassBookworm: He's among the most capable combatants in the series, having been outmatched only by Vlad Tepes, Alfonso, and a particularly badass papal guard.
13	* CombatPragmatist: If he can't win a fight fairly, he will win it unfairly.
14	* DualWielding: His preferred fighting style, being completely ambidextrous.
15	* GadgeteerGenius: He is of course Leonardo da Vinci and seems to have put more of his plans into actual action, like the rotating Cannon than the historical da Vinci ever did.
16	* GoodIsNotNice: Leonardo is a good character, but he can sometimes be a dick.
17	* GuileHero: It's honestly not his strong suite, though that's more due to bad luck than anything.
18	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He was a [[Creator/LeonardoDaVinci real historical figure]].
19	* HyperAwareness: After seeing a model of the view from one tower carved into a human hand, he's able to completely deduce the architexture and layout of Vlad's castle.
20	* InsufferableGenius: Egotistical, irresponsible and obsessive but brilliant.
21	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His inusfferable genius qualities make him a bit of a jerk, as does his obsession with finding the Book of Leaves and his Mother, but ultimately he wants to do the right thing and will come to his friends aid.
22	* LargeHam: He hams it up when he [[spoiler: straps down that magister and threatens to smear his image forever by showing everyone a photo of him fucking a pig.]] And many other times, such as when he [[spoiler: turns down the Vatican's offer with his new guns while putting on a show of his loyalty for Lorenzo.]]
23	* MissingMom: He mother's whereabouts have been unknown since his childhood. She was [[spoiler: a member of the Sons of Mithras, and the last person known to possess the Book of Leaves.]]
24	* SanitySlippage: After Leonardo is arrested, some are convinced he has slowly lost his mind in prison. Even Leo himself wonders that. And given his behavior at the trial...
25	* SherlockScan: Animated to look a lot like Leonardo's historical drawings and blueprints.
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27	!Lucrezia Donati
28	[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s-demons_lucrezia_donati_character_port_001_3183.jpg]]
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30	->'''Played By''': Laura Haddock
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32	* ActionGirl: When it comes down to it, she can usually handle herself.
33	* {{Foil}}: To da Vinci. She says herself that the two of them are living proof of his belief that people are capable of anything; [[spoiler: he's proof of the heights they can reach, and she's proof of the depths they can sink to.]]
34	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Although not much is known besides the fact that she was Lorenzo's mistress.
35	* TheMole: She uses her relationship with Lorenzo as a means to gather information for Rome.
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37	!Lorenzo de' Medici
38	[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s-demons_lorenzo_medici_character_port_001_6876.jpg]]
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40	->'''Played By''': Creator/ElliotCowan
41
42	* BeardOfSorrow: Grows one in season 3.
43	* BerserkButton: Being betrayed sets him in huge rage. As well as bad mouthing Clarice [[spoiler: after her death and about her adultery]].
44	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He was a real historical figure.
45	* HotBlooded: Giuliano[[spoiler:'s ghost]] claims he works best when angry.
46	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Most of the time. When Leonardo's first prototype cannon explodes, he gives him another chance to fix the flaws in the design.
47	* TheResenter: He secretly always resented Giuliano for being better at him in martial pursuits and living a life free of responsibility, and ultimatley, [[spoiler: for dying before him.]]
48	* RevengeBeforeReason: When he gets mad enough. [[spoiler: When Lorenzo thought Becci betrayed him, he had the man who had taught him as a child and advised him all of his life sentenced to a painful death, despite several others criticizing this and even suggesting that Becci might not have been the spy. Another instance was when he found out Riario was Clarice's killer.]]
49	* UnstoppableRage: Combines it with TranquilFury; when he's significantly angry, his mind becomes more focused, significantly improving his combat abilities.
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51	!Giuliano de' Medici
52	[[quoteright:140:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/270px-giuliano_1285.jpg]]
53	->'''Played By''': Creator/TomBateman
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55	* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: He impregnates Vanessa [[spoiler: [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy days before his death.]]]]
56	* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:He was set up to look killed, but turned out to be alive, only to actually be killed.]]
57	* TheCharmer: He has this reputation; the Pazzis note that though Lorenzo is the brains of the Medici family and handles the politics, it's Giuliano who's charmed the hearts of Florence's people.
58	* HandsomeLech: He has a well earned reputation as a ladies man, helped by his good looks and the fact that his family rules the city.
59	* HiddenDepths: Originally presented as a small minded, anti-intellectual brute of a man, as the series progresses he's shown to be genuinely charming and caring, protective of his family, to truly believe in Florences' ideals, and to have more cunning than most credit him with.
60	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like most of the main cast.
61	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's rather hostile towards Leonardo as he sees the artist as a social climber, but he genuinely cares for his family and for Florence.
62	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: He is both the co-ruler of Florence and very good in a sword fight. He's notably more capable than his brother in combat, and his brother is a badass in his own right.
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64	!Zoroaster
65	[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s-demons_zoroaster_character_port_001_9936.jpg]]
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67	->'''Played By''': Gregg Chillin
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69	* AmbiguouslyBrown: His exact race is unknown, as he's very dark for an Italian. He's implied to be of mixed ancestry.
70	* DeadpanSnarker: He's been known to throw out a barb or two.
71	* TheLancer: To Leonardo
72	* LoveableRogue: He's a gambler and a con-artist, but a loyal friend.
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74	!Nico[[spoiler:, full name Niccolò Machiavelli]]
75	[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s-demons_nico_character_port_001_4379.jpg]]
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77	->'''Played By''': Eros Vlahos
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79	* ButtMonkey: He's been both tortured and kidnapped by Riario.
80	* DeadpanSnarker: "Like I said, we're all going to die."
81	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Although his identity was ambiguous in the first season the second season [[spoiler: finale has given us his full name, and his character isn't just based on Machiavelli, he ''is'' [[Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli Machiavelli]].]]
82	* KidSidekick: He's a teenager, as well as one of Leonardo's most loyal followers.
83	* TheSmartGuy: He's well versed in Florentine law.
84	* TookALevelInBadass: Over the course of the series, eventually standing up to Riario, Leonardo, and Clarice at separate occasions.
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86	!Girolamo Riario
87	[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s-demons_girolamo_riario_character_port_001_4388.jpg]]
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89	->'''Played By''': Creator/BlakeRitson
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91	* AffablyEvil: He tends to be very cordial, be it with friends or enemies.
92	* AristocratsAreEvil: He's a count, leader of the Papal armies, and a coldblooded murderer.
93	* BadassBookworm: Not quite up to Leonardo's level, but he's one of the few who comes close. He's able to calculate the rate of fire of Leonardo's pipe-organ muskets after watching a single demonstration.
94	* BadassInANiceSuit: Riario is the Renaissance equivalent.
95	* BastardBastard: He's the bastard son of the [[spoiler:fake Pope and a Jewish prostitute.]]
96	* TheChessmaster: Riario frequently talks of sophisticated strategies that he intends to use (and does) with a mysterious old prisoner, while [[SmartPeoplePlayChess playing]] {{Go}}.
97	* CulturedBadass: He projects this aura.
98	* TheDragon: To Sixtus.
99	* DrivenToSuicide: After his HeelFaceDoorSlam, he slashes his own wrists.[[spoiler: It doesn't stick.]]
100	* FauxAffablyEvil: Also this. Really depends on who he's talking to.
101	* HeartBrokenBadass: After Zita dies.
102	* TheHeavy: He's the antagonist who drives the plot for most of the first season.
103	* HeelFaceDoorSlam: After a traumatic series of experiences in South America, [[spoiler:throws himself on the mercy of his uncle, the real Sixtus, begging for either absolution or death. Sixtus grants him neither, refusing to forgive him for standing by while his daughter was slaughtered.]]
104	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Riario is a conflicted man.
105	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Also an actual historical figure.
106	* TheReveal: It's revealed that [[spoiler:Riario and Lucrezia are cousins.]]
107	* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: When he was a young man, his father manipulated him into killing a Jewish prostitute, who is revealed to have been his mother, and in the series finale, he returns the favor, killing him in the same manner.]]
108	* ShadowArchetype: To Leonardo. They're brilliant bastards with abusive fathers. Leonardo let his experience bring out the best in him, while Riario let it bring out his worst. Their similarities are often pointed out throughout the series.
109	* SinisterShades: Pitch black wrap-arounds. Such an iconic part of his image that Leonardo dons a pair while impersonating him in season 2.
110	* StartOfDarkness: Arguably, killing his own mother when he was a young man, in a 'test of faith' by his father.
111	* SmugSnake: Can certainly come off as this.
112	* TheSociopath: He has a clear lack of empathy for other human beings.
113	* SoftSpokenSadist: He's the patron saint of this trope. He hardly ever raises his voice. Parodied in season two where Leonardo impersonates him.
114	* TallDarkAndSnarky: He's tall, he has dark hair and wears dark clothes, and he's been known to throw out a snark or two.
115	* TortureTechnician: He threatens to castrate Zoroaster, and have him become a castrato singer on the Vatican choir.
116	* WickedCultured: He's very cruel, but he is extremely knowledge about cultural matters.
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118	!Vanessa Moschella
119	[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s-demons_vanessa_character_001_2642.jpg]]
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121	->'''Played By''': Creator/HeraHilmar
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123	* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Sleeps with Giuliano and finds out she's carrying his child [[spoiler:days before he dies.]]
124	* TheHeart: She's the heart and conscience of Leonardo's friends.
125	* SettleForSibling: Shacks up with Lorenzo in season 3.
126	* YouAreInCommandNow: In the season 2 finale, [[spoiler:she is declared Regent of Florence after Clarice flees the city with her children, leaving Vanessa's newborn son as the only Medici left in the city.]]
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128	!Clarice Orsini
129	[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s-demons_clarice_orsini_character_port_001_5368.jpg]]
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131	->'''Played By''': Creator/LaraPulver
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133	* ArrangedMarriage: To Lorenzo, to further alliances between Florence and Rome. While the alliance didn't last, the marriage is a mostly successful one.
134	* {{Ambadassador}}: She's one of the most fearsome and capable females, as well as an important political figure.
135	* DeadpanSnarker: Her tongue is as sharp as the knife she'll stick in you.
136	* DramaticIrony: She chews out her husband for having an affair with a traitor. [[spoiler: Season 2 has her engage in an affair with Carlo, who is revealed to be worse than a traitor.]]
137	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like her husband and brother-in-law.
138	* HollywoodHistory: [[spoiler: She is murdered in Rome; in reality she died from tuberculosis in Florence about a decade after the Pazzis tried to overthrow Lorenzo.]]
139	* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Clarice and Lorenzo's marriage was arranged. They're pretty happy together, even with Lorenzo's infidelity.
140	* PoliticallyActivePrincess: Well, not a princess, but close enough. She's an equal partner to her husband in ruling the city, and takes over full time [[spoiler: when he leaves on an extended political mission.]]
141	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She doesn't just sit around on the throne; she's active in running the city as well as the Medici bank.
142	* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: In the season 2 finale, [[spoiler: she flees Florence with her children, deep in shame over her affair with the traitor Carlo, and after learning that a massive sum of money was withdrawn from the bank by a member of the Medici family and that she'll now be held accountable.]]
143	* SilkHidingSteel: She's a lady, but much more knowledgeable and canny than most would assume.
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146	[[folder: Rome and Allies]]
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148	!Federico da Montefeltro/Duke of Urbino
149	->'''Played By''': Vincent Riotta
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151	* BloodKnight: He's very eager to lead his men into combat; he doesn't particularly care who's paying him.
152	* TheBrute: He's employed by Rome to act as their muscle.
153	* CombatPragmatist: Once he lost his eye, he also removed the bridge of his nose so as not to lose his peripheral vision.[[spoiler: Unfortunately, he can't do anything about his lack of depth perception.]]
154	* EvenEvilHasStandards: After [[spoiler: taking Florence and imprisoning Clarice]], he refuses to rape her, stating that he'll only have her if she's willing.
155	* GeniusBruiser: He shows himself to be capable of strategy.
156	* FaceHeelTurn: He's initially engaged by Lorenzo as an ally against the Vatican. This lasts for all of twenty minutes of screen time before he opts to take the Pope's offer, instead.
157	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He was a real historical figure.
158	* PunchClockVillain: He and his men are mercenaries, after all.
159	* RedRightHand: He has a missing eye, which is a sign of his villainy.
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161	!Francesco [[spoiler:(Alessandro)]] Della Rovere/Pope Sixtus IV
162	->'''Played By''': James Faulkner
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164	* ActingForTwo: James Faulkner plays both Sixtus [[spoiler:and his brother]].
165	* BaldOfEvil: His baldness marks him as evil.
166	* BigBad: Serves as this through out the first two seasons [[spoiler:Later he shares the position with the Ottoman prince, Bayezid who invade Otranto as an act of revenge]]
167	* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:He's the evil sibling. His brother, the real Francesco, is the good one.]]
168	* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:Stripping an Ottoman prince and humiliating him is not a particularly smart move Sixtus.]]
169	* EvilTwin: [[spoiler:To Lucrezia's father, the real Francesco Della Rovere.]]
170	* EvilUncle: To [[spoiler: Lucrezia. He imprisons her father, who's the real pope, and killed her younger sister right in front of her]].
171	* DepravedBisexual: He first shows up molesting a young man while holding a knife to his throat, though there are later allusions to him having affairs with women as well, with comments by one of the women that he "hurts" her.
172	* EnfanteTerrible: [[spoiler: As a child, he had attempted to drown his brother.]]
173	* EvilSoundsDeep: He has quite an imposing voice.
174	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's Pope Sixtus IV.
175	* LargeHam: "KISS THIS RING!"
176	* ManipulativeBastard: He tries tempting Da Vinci with the Vatican Secret Archives, and claims that the Turk is actually a secret agent of the Ottoman Empire to discourage Da Vinci.
177	* KnightTemplar: His ultimate plan is taking Florence and the rest of Italy to wage war against the Ottoman Empire.
178	* PedophilePriest: The first we see of him, he's naked in his bath with a young boy and a knife on the boy's neck.[[spoiler:{{Subverted}} in that he isn't actually a member of the clergy at all; he's just impersonating one.]]
179	* TheUsurper: [[spoiler:To Francesco, the true Pope Sixtus. He is shown to have initiated a coup, in the second season.]]
180	* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Subverted in that he is right about Ottoman Empire being a potential enemy, the problem is he is the one who provokes them to invade Europe]]
181	* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Alessandro ruthlessly snaps the neck of Francesco's young daughter right in front of her father and sister.]]
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183	!Francesco de' Pazzi
184	->'''Played By''': Elliot Levey
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186	* {{Jerkass}}: He's quite an asshole.
187	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He was a real historical figure.
188	* ManipulativeBastard: Arranges to take Leonardo from the Medicis by bringing sodomy charges against him and rigging the trial.
189
190	!Lupo Mercuri
191	->'''Played By''': Nick Dunning
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193	* TheBrute: He strangles those poor nuns, obviously feeling pleasure from it, all the while claiming to be doing the work of God.
194	* FaceHeelTurn: He's apparently a fallen Son of Mithras.
195	** HeelFaceTurn: Eventually [[spoiler:he's enlightened to the fact that Sixtus is an impostor and begins working against him.]]
196	* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler:Looking at a page from the Book of Leaves and not being prepared does not do your sanity any good.]]
197	* KillItWithFire: His ultimate solution for the "possessed" nuns is burning them all.
198	* KnightTemplar: His justifications fall apart. It's clear that he enjoys what he's doing.
199	* ShadowArchetype:
200	** Seems to be one for Zoroaster, doing the heavy work for Riario, much like Zoroaster does for Leonardo.
201	** To Leonardo, as he's a fallen Son of Mithras who became guardian of the Vatican Secret Archives, whereas Leonardo was offered to become one by Sixtus and refused.
202	* SmugSnake: He's very self-assured.
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204	!Cardinal Rodrigo
205	->'''Played By''': Gerard Horan
206	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Although not explicitly stated, it's heavily implied that he's meant to be Rodrigo Borgia.
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210	[[folder:Florence and Allies]]
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212	!Piero da Vinci
213	-> ''Played by David Schofield
214	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's very gruff to his bastard son, but he does care for Leonardo.
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217	!Andrea del Verrocchio
218	->''Played by Creator/AllanCorduner
219	* ParentalSubstitute: He's not only Leo's mentor in the arts, but also a father figure to him.
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221	!Captain Nazzareno Dragonetti
222	->'''Played By''': Ian Pirie
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224	* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: Dragonetti is always switching sides and playing them against one another, although his true loyalty is to Florence.
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226	!The Prisoner/ [[spoiler:Francesco Della Rovere/ Pope Sixtus IV]]
227	->'''Played By''': [[spoiler:James Faulkner]]
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229	* ActingForTwo: He has the same actor as [[spoiler:Sixtus]].
230	* [[spoiler:.AncientConspiracy: Part of the Sons of Mithras.]]
231	* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:His brother had usurped the papacy from him, in addition to attempting to drown him as a child. According to Lucrezia, Alessandro has always resented the fact that Francesco is the firstborn.]]
232	* TheChessMaster: He's shown to be a master of go, and he's playing the long game to gain his freedom and vengeance all in one swoop, [[spoiler:passing up opportunities to escape because the time isn't right yet.]]
233	* CruelMercy: When Riario throws himself at his mercy, begging for either absolution or death, he refuses to grant either, forcing Riario to live with the weight of his sins.
234	* HermitGuru: PlayedWith. He's an Italian prisoner, but he functions as an advice-giving hermit.
235	* PapaWolf: He's very protective of his daughter.
236	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:As the Pope, he's much more reasonable than his brother, actually caring about the state and its people.]]
237	* RevengeBeforeReason: Bizarrely mixed with CruelMercy; when Riario tries to offer his services to the Prisoner as penance, he refuses to accept him, [[spoiler:unable to forgive Riario for the role he played in his daughter's death]], despite the fact that Riario is perhaps the most valuable pawn he could hope for, but at the same time, he refuses to kill Riario, either.
238	* SmartPeoplePlayChess:He is usually seen playing the Chinese game of ''TabletopGame/{{Go}}'', and is shown to be quite capable of strategy.
239	* ShadowArchetype: To the Pope. The similarities in their deception are discussed by Lucrezia and The Turk.
240	* WalkingSpoiler: His exact nature is a major reveal during season 2.
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242	[[/folder]]
243
244	[[folder:Sons of Mithras]]
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246	!Al-Rahim/The Turk
247	->'''Played By''': Creator/AlexanderSiddig
248
249	* AncientConspiracy: Part of the Sons of Mithras, an ancient conspiracy.
250	* BerserkButton: Do not stray from the plan.
251	* CoolOldGuy: He's charming, intelligent, and helpful, if cryptic.
252	* DeadpanSnarker: He's one of the snarkiest on the show.
253	* EccentricMentor: He's unorthodox but effective.
254	* HermitGuru: He lives alone, and he hardly interacts with anybody but his disciples.
255
256	!The Abyssinian
257
258	* AncientConspiracy: Part of the Sons of Mithras.
259	* HumanNotepad: [[spoiler:The map to the [[{{MacGuffin}} Book of Leaves is tattooed onto his skin.]]]]
260
261	!The Jew
262	-> Played by Ken Bones
263	* AncientConspiracy: Part of the Sons of Mithras.
264	* PosthumousCharacter: He only receives character development in flashbacks.
265	* WeHardlyKnewYe: He dies toward the beginning of the show.
266
267	!Cosimo de' Medici/The Italian
268	-> Played by Patrick Godfrey
269	* AncientConspiracy: Part of the Sons of Mithras.
270	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He was a real historical figure.
271	* PosthumousCharacter: He only receives character development in flashbacks.
272
273	[[/folder]]
274
275	[[folder:The Labyrinth]]
276
277	!Asterion, the Architect
278	-> Played by Paul Freeman
279	* AffablyEvil: Always very charismatic and polite to those he visits.
280	* AncientConspiracy: The leader of the Labyrinth.
281	* MeaningfulName: Asterion was the name of the Minotaur.
282	* SinisterMinister: Seems to be his prefered cover.
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284
285	[[/folder]]
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287
288	[[folder:Others]]
289	!Vlad the Impaler
290	->'''Played By''': Creator/PaulRhys
291
292	* AxCrazy: Not the sanest minded person Leonardo and Co. has meet.
293	* BadassCrew: The Order of the Dragon; only eleven strong, but with the strength of an army.
294	* BerserkButton: He absolutely hates those fucking Turks.
295	* BlasphemousBoast: "God has no seat at my table."
296	* DarkAndTroubledPast: His time with the Turk doesn't make him a better person
297	* DarkIsEvil
298	* DealWithTheDevil: The source of his apparent immortality
299	* LargeHam: being Dracula it is obligatory we suppose.
300	* MadeOfIron: "My flesh does not burn. ... My bones do not break."
301	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It is heavily hinted that he has supernatural power [[spoiler:and by season 3 it is confirmed.]]
302	* NeverFoundTheBody
303	* RasputinianDeath: Poisoned, set of fire, stabbed, thrown through a window... [[spoiler: It doesn't stick.]] [[spoiler: during his reappearance in season 3 he is hit with a Renaissance flamethrower, and later stabbed right through the chest. Again, he comes back like nothing happened.]]
304	* SanitySlippage: He fully admits he is insane, and it is hinted his time with the Turk is what make him becoming like what we see today
305	* TortureTechnician
306	* UnexpectedCharacter: Who ever expect to see Vlad Dracula in the Renaissance period? [[spoiler:Let alone seeing him again in the final season?]]
307	** Well, as UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler lived from 1431 to 1477 it's not fully surprising to see him in that period - even if he died before the even beginning of the series.
308	** Or the Ottoman commander being [[spoiler:his brother?]]
309
310	!Bayezid II
311	-> Played by Akin Gazi
312	* BigBad: [[spoiler:He shares the position with Sixtus in season 3]]
313	* TheDogBitesBack: Led an assault to Otranto as a revenge towards [[spoiler:Sixtus]]
314	* ShamefulStrip: [[spoiler:He got stripped and humiliated by Sixtus during season 2]]
315	* YoungConqueror
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