Line #591 Characters/HiveSeries


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2	[[index]]
3	* Characters/HIVESeriesStudents
4	* Characters/HIVESeriesHIVEStaff
5	[[/index]]
6	[[foldercontrol]]
7
8
9	[[folder:GLOVE]]
10
11	!Number One
12
13	* AffablyEvil: To be fair to him, Number One was seemingly a good enough guy for the head of a global league of villainy, and saved Dr. Nero's life. [[spoiler: The really evil stuff was all done really by Overlord.]]
14	* BigBad: for books [[spoiler:one through three.]]
15	* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
16	* NoNameGiven: Although it's implied to be [[spoiler: Otto Malpense.]]
17
18
19	!Diabolus Darkdoom
20	Nigel's father, a famous supervillain [[PosthumousCharacter who is dead at the start of the series.]] Due to the heavy use of Flashbacks, being dead doesn't slow down his CharacterDevelopment, especially since he appears to be Nero's best friend. [[spoiler:Actually being alive all along helps, too.]]
21
22	%%* ActionDad
23	%%* AffablyEvil
24	%%* BaldOfEvil
25	* CoolShip: Why yes, the Megalodon ''is'' a very cool ship.
26	%%* [[spoiler:FakingTheDead]]
27	%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: with Nero.
28	%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: That is, if you're his enemy.
29	* NobleTopEnforcer: before [[spoiler:he takes over G.L.O.V.E.]]
30	* SharedFamilyQuirks: is easily TheHeart among the adult cast, as Nigel is to the younger cast.
31
32	!Madame Mortis
33	The leader of the Southern Europe branch of G.L.O.V.E.
34
35	%%* NumberTwoForBrains
36
37
38	!Cypher
39	A new member of G.L.O.V.E.'s council, who has an obsession with killing people and an odd hatred for Nero.
40
41	%5* AntiVillain
42	* [[spoiler:ArchnemesisDad: to Wing.]]
43	* AxCrazy: Due to [[spoiler:the death of his wife.]]
44	* ChronicVillainy: He honestly believes he is doing the right thing, but this involves killing children and [[spoiler:creating large armies of robots.]]
45	* HappilyMarried: With [[spoiler:Xiu Mei until she is murdered.]]
46	%5* HeWhoFightsMonsters
47	%%* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
48	%%* KnightTemplar
49	* ObliviouslyEvil: Honestly believes he's right.
50	* TheExtremistWasRight: immediately after being [[spoiler:killed by Wing for trying to stop Overlord from coming back in Otto's body, Otto wakes up, as Overlord, and tries to kill Wing. ]]
51	* UnfinishedUntestedUsedAnyway: his gun from Rogue. [[spoiler:Correction: ''Laura's'' gun.]]
52	%%* Well-IntentionedExtremist
53	%%* WouldHurtAChild
54
55	!Jason Drake
56	Corporate technology leader who is trying to take over G.L.O.V.E.'s ruling council in the event of Number One's death.
57
58	%%* BigBadWannabe
59	%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive
60	%%* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
61	%%* LeaderWannabe
62	[[/folder]]
63
64	[[folder:Disciples (Non-GLOVE)]]
65
66	!Overlord
67
68	%%* AIIsACrapshoot
69	%%* ArchnemesisDad: [[spoiler:to Otto]].
70	%%* AttentionWhore
71	%%* AxCrazy
72	* BerserkButton: he isn't an "Artificial Intelligence." He's an [[InsistentTerminology ''enhanced intelligence.'']]
73	%%* BigBad
74	%%* BodySurf
75	* KarmicDeath: killed by two of his creations(and as a result of one action): [[spoiler: his son, Otto, using his invention, the Animus, in revenge for Lucy's death at his hand.]]
76	* KillAllHumans
77	%%* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
78	%%* KnightTemplar
79	* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Overlord is confirmed as more powerful than H.I.V.E.mind, and is therefore a more exciting colour.
80	%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
81	* RedEyesTakeWarning: That is, Red ''Everything'', Take Warning.
82	* ShockAndAwe: Has a habit of using lethal electrical bolts.
83	* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
84
85
86	!Pietor Furan
87
88	* BigBadDuumvirate: With Anastasia.
89	* EvilDuo: With his sister, Anastasia. Turns out the third member they're missing is their sister, [[spoiler:Elena.]]
90	* GoodScarsEvilScars: Apparently most of body is either muscle or scar tissue.
91	* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
92	* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong.
93	* SiblingsInCrime: He and his sister commit crime together.
94	* TrainingFromHell: Dispenser of this.
95	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: To [[spoiler: Jason Drake, right before he shoots him.]]
96
97
98	!Sebastian Trent
99
100	%%* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath]]
101	%%* KnightTemplar: For ''Escape Velocity'', if nothing else.
102	%%* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
103
104
105	!Constance
106
107	%%* CoolSword: Designed to mimic Raven's own.
108	%%* DarkActionGirl
109	%%* EvilCounterpart: to Raven
110	%%* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
111	* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: The twin's first appearance begins with them politely introducing themselves, before adding [[BreadEggsMilkSquick 'And we'll be your murderers for tonight.]]'
112	%%* SiblingsInCrime
113
114	!Verity
115
116	%%* AxCrazy
117	* CoolSword: Designed to mimic Raven's own.
118	%%* DarkActionGirl
119	%%* EvilCounterpart: to Raven.
120	%%* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
121	%%* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: The twin's first appearance begins with them politely introducing themselv... Is anyone else getting a feeling of deja vu?
122	%%* SiblingsInCrime
123
124	!Anastasia Furan
125	The BigBad of books 7-?. She runs the Glasshouse, a Russian training camp for assassins where Raven was trained.
126
127	* BigBadDuumvirate: with Pietor.
128	* ChessmasterSidekick: to Overlord.
129	* EvilCounterpart: to Nero, who runs the H.I.V.E.
130	* EvilDuo: with her brother, Pietor. Turns out the third member they're missing is their sister, [[spoiler:Elena]].
131	* ILied: In ''Deadlock'', she promises Raven she will let [[spoiler:Nigel]] go after she turns herself in. She has no intention of doing so.
132	* KnightOfCerebus
133	* SiblingsInCrime: with Pietor, although it's unclear when they stopped working together.
134	* UnsexySadist: has a really, really weird obsession with causing [[spoiler:Raven]] and [[spoiler:Laura]] pain. For fun.
135	* WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk: to [[spoiler:Laura]] in Deadlock. The "ways" work, unfortunately for everyone.
136	* WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife: subverted. What she actually says is "what a senseless waste of a bullet," when she kills [[spoiler:Dimitri.]] Same idea when she kills [[spoiler:Tom.]]
137
138	!Matt Rodney
139
140	* BlandNameProduct: for Mitt Romney, [[AuthorTract whom the author apparently hates.]]
141	* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
142
143	!Zero
144	The clone of [[spoiler:Otto]] who shows up halfway through Dreadnought at the Glasshouse, but whose identity isn't revealed until the end of the book.
145
146	* AttentionWhore: Tells everyone whom he intends to kill all about his plans because he wishes he had more attention but knows he can't tell anyone he's [[spoiler:sentient]] without blowing his cover.
147	* AxCrazy
148	* [[spoiler: MindRape: what he does to Laura.]]
149	* DaddyIssues: [[spoiler:his father is dead by Otto's hand, so he takes pleasure in torturing Laura, whom he has a [[UnsexySadist creepy attachment to.]]]]
150	* LikeFatherLikeSon: he likes to think so. Complete with [[spoiler:messing with Otto's love interests.]]
151	* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
152	* [[spoiler:OverlordJr:]] perhaps the most literal example, ever.
153	* [[spoiler:{{Technopath}}]]
154	* TortureTechnician
155	* TurnOutLikeHisFather: actually his goal, although he's never met his father.
156
157
158	[[/folder]]
159
160	[[folder:Other/Unaffiliated]]
161
162	!Mrs. [=McCreedy=]
163	The woman who runs St. Sebastian's orphanage, where Otto, Penny, and Tom grew up.
164
165	* FosteringForProfit: Otto has her wrapped around his finger because she wants money and he can give it to her.
166
167	!Nathaniel [[spoiler:Nero]]/The Architect
168	The Architect designs buildings for several groups, and isn't affiliated with G.L.O.V.E. although he did design some buildings for some of them, including [[spoiler:Number One's space station and the Iceland branch of H.I.V.E.]]
169
170	* DirtyOldMan: Comments on how he would be very interested in [[TheStoic Raven]] if only he were half a century younger.
171	* [[spoiler:LikeFatherLikeSon: his son is also an architect.]]
172	* WellDoneSonGuy: Gives one to [[spoiler:his son, one Maximilian Nero]] at the end of [[spoiler:''Deadlock.'']]
173
174	!Andrew and Mary Brand
175	Laura's parents, who are Scottish.
176
177	* AdultsAreUseless: the only truly useless adults. The only thing they have contributed to the good guys' side is their daughter.
178	* AnticlimacticParent: both of them.
179	* ForYourOwnGood: they knew their daughter would be better off going to a school where she would actually be challenged and [[spoiler:not in jail.]]
180	* HappilyMarried
181	* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: If they hadn't given Laura to Nero, [[spoiler:she would have been arrested for terrorism against the United States.]]
182	* GiveHimANormalLife: Subverted. They knew their brilliant daughter had to get the best education available to her, despite knowing they wouldn't see her for six years.
183	* InvisibleParents: all we know about them is that Laura misses them for the first [[spoiler:six]] books.
184	* ParentalObliviousness: their defining quality.
185	* [[spoiler:ParentsInDistress: how we meet them.]]
186	* PushoverParents: One interpretation. They talked to Nero for a few minutes and ''gave him their daughter for the next six years.'' Justified somewhat in that he claimed her life was in danger.
187	* SoProudOfYou: let Laura know how proud they are of her for [[spoiler:sticking it out even though they gave her to Nero after one conversation, although her life was in danger.]]
188	* StupidGood
189
190	!Douglas "Dougie" [[spoiler:Brand]]
191	The younger brother of [[spoiler:Laura, conceived after she was sent to the H.I.V.E.]]
192
193	* TheBabyOfTheBunch
194	* ObliviousYoungerSibling: He's two, after all.
195	* SharedFamilyQuirks: getting [[spoiler:kidnapped]] is something his [[spoiler:sister]] does in every volume.
196
197	!Robert Flack
198	The head of the Artemis Section with the [=CIA.=]
199
200	* InspectorJavert: Despite being instructed to "look into" Otto's past, he's convinced Otto isn't innocent.
201	* TheFettered
202
203	!Elena
204	The sister of [[spoiler:Anastasia and Pietor Furan,]] described as "the only woman Nero had ever truly loved." [[spoiler:Anastasia]] blames her death on Nero,and Nero blames her death on [[spoiler:Anastasia. ]]
205
206	* PosthumousCharacter
207	* ShroudedInMyth
208
209	!Dimitri
210
211	* ImpliedLoveInterest: to [[spoiler:a young, prepubescent Natalya.]]
212	* PosthumousCharacter
213	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: [[spoiler:Natalya]] pretty much loses it after he and [[spoiler:Tolya]] die.
214
215	[[/folder]]

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