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1Being a game in which the plot is entirely based on RP interactions, Imperium Nova tends to have quite the colourful cast.
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3[[foldercontrol]]
4
5!Galaxy Baade
6
7[[folder: House de Erwyne]]
8!!House Tropes
9%%* BigScrewedUpFamily
10* ConLang: Vránsé, a language exclusive to the de Erwynes
11* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Besides being activity involved in their business practices, the de Erwyne's will often lead their forces into battle personally.
12* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Refers to themselves as "''The'' House de Erwyne"
13
14!!Count Théophile de Erwyne
15%%* AntiVillain: Type IV
16* AuthorityInNameOnly: Became this after giving his daughter, Aimée, power to act in his name.
17%%* ReluctantWarrior
18* WhatTheHellHero: Giving Aimée power to act in his name.
19
20!!Aimée de Erwyne
21%%* AxCrazy
22* DarkActionGirl: Happens to be the best duelist in House de Erwyne.
23%%* EvilChancellor: To her father.
24* KarmaHoudini: Partially. She may have been captured and imprisoned by her uncle and cousin, but it was her father that died for her crimes.
25%%* KnightTemplar
26%%* PsychoticSmirk
27* TheCorrupter: Manipulated her father into giving her complete power by convincing him that their family was in danger from the waves of assassinations happening at the time, and that only she could protect them.
28* TheFundamentalist: Attempts to stamp out chaos and disloyalty within her House in accordance to her extreme Imperialism views.
29* {{Warrior Prince}}ss: Personally led her forces into battle against her uncle Leon and cousin Ambrosius.
30
31!!Count Leon de Erwyne
32%%* AntiHero: Type III
33* GoodIsNotNice: Threatened to end his tyrannical, usurping, niece's life, if necessary.
34%%* KnightInSourArmor
35%%* TheStoic
36
37!!Ambrosius de Erwyne
38%%* AntiHero: Type III
39%%* CombatPragmatist
40* GoodIsNotNice: Gave his cousin Aimée quite a beating during the Battle of the De Erwyne Manor.
41%%* KnightInSourArmor
42%%* TheStoic
43* WarriorPrince: Ambrosius led Leon's forces in the Battle of the De Erwyne Manor personally, being responsible for the capture of his cousin Aimée.
44
45[[/folder]]
46
47[[folder: The House of the Ascendant]]
48
49!!House Tropes
50* FantasyCounterpartCulture: To ancient Mesopotamia. Their HQ is named the "The Ziggurat" and their AIs are named after Sumerian and Akkadian gods and heroes.
51* MechaMooks: Utilize robotic drones in the place of traditional soldiers.
52* [[ProudScholarRace Proud Scholar House]]: Science, technology and cybernetics are their [[PlanetOfHats Hat]], [[GameplayAndStorySegregation though they are actually not especially technologically advanced.]]
53* RulingCouple: Minister Adonijah and Charlotte act as this.
54* SpellMyNameWithAnS: They're ''the'' House of the Ascendant, not House of the Ascendant or House Ascendant.
55* {{Transhumanism}}: They're extremely fond of cybernetics, which puts them at odds with some of the other Houses.
56* UnknownRival: They have a "collective chip on their shoulder" towards House Djala, but are really nowhere near them in influence, prestige or power.
57
58!!Minister Adonijah of the Ascendant
59
60* NaiveNewcomer: Not especially knowledgeable about the intricacies of Imperial politics.
61
62!!Charlotte of the Ascendant
63
64* TheSmartGuy: The House of the Ascendant's head of technology
65%%* TheStoic
66
67!!Levi of the Ascendant
68
69* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Seems to have the same goals as Adonijah, but often makes decisions without the Minister's approval, much to his chagrin.
70
71[[/folder]]
72
73[[folder: House Qwib-Qwib]]
74
75!!House Tropes
76* BubbleBoy: Qwib-Qwibs have incredibly weak immune systems from the generations of inbreeding, though that practice has stopped.
77* LotusEaterMachine: Many are wary of Qwib Tech's VR Chambers because of this trope.
78* LatexSpaceSuit: They almost always wear form-fitting spacesuits to prevent bacterial contamination.
79* NebulousEvilOrganisation Rumors are floating around that Qwib Tech is one of these.
80* MasterComputer: [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream The Allied Master Computer Network]].
81* ShoutOut: The house name is a reference to ''Franchise/MassEffect''.
82* SpacePirates: Accused of funding pirates. Who kidnapped Ezra and Simon Qwib-Qwib. [[NinjaPirateRobotZombie And had robots. That were stealthy.]]
83
84%%!!Chairman Barak Qwib-Qwib
85
86%%* ConvenientComa
87%%* PutOnABus
88
89!!Vice-Chairman Lorenzo Qwib-Qwib
90
91* EvilGenius: Not quite a genius, but he's certainly intelligent, and oversees a lot of immoral research.
92
93%%'''Ezra Qwib-Qwib
94%%* NonActionGuy
95%%* InsufferableGenius
96
97%%!!Simon Qwib-Qwib
98
99!!Cariad Qwib-Qwib
100* ActionGirl: The most skilled duellist in the galaxy, although not the most experienced.
101* BattleCouple: She happens to be /married/ to the most experienced duellist in the galaxy.
102[[/folder]]
103
104[[folder: House Suzumiya]]
105!!House Tropes
106* AllMonksKnowKungFu: All Golden Vale Martial Adepts do anyway.
107* BewareTheNiceOnes: Prefer to use diplomacy first, second, and third, but if that fails, a WaveMotionGun blast or two will do in an emergency.
108* PowersThatBe: Refers to House Alhazred, Levantes, and their dependents as such to an occasionally superstitious degree.
109* PsychicPowers: Deathwatch, their Covert Ops unit for hire. Comes in a PowerArmor flavor, too.
110* ShoutOut: To a certain [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya teenage deity]], among many others…
111* SilkHidingSteel: An ideal for House Suzumiya albeit with a female supremacy twist and a touch of PragmaticVillainy on the side.
112[[/folder]]
113
114[[folder: House Delandi]]
115
116* FromNobodyToNightmare: In the span of five months, they went from small landowners to the Imperial Family of Baade.
117
118!!Emperor Ehno Delandi
119[[quoteright:152:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ehno_emperor_portrait.png]]
120 [[caption-width-right:152:Ehno Delandi, Emperor of Baade, Savior of Baade, Speechmaster.]]
121* GloriousLeader: self-proclaimed "Savior of Baade".
122* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: After his fall, the new emperor Dominic Constantine made sure to destroy his reputation, removing him from the list of legitimate emperors and giving him the nickname "the Disgraced Tyrant".
123* LargeHam: Has a tendency to do big and ponctuated speeches, which can be found. [[https://imperiumnova.info/wiki/baade:archive:emperor_ehno_delandi_s_speeches here]].
124* MeetTheNewBoss: The first thing he did after taking the throne was creating a new legal code making the crown hereditary, something the previous Imperial Family, House Ingram, tried to do (and somewhat succeeded to).
125* NewEraSpeech: His [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning self-coronation speech]], a non villainous example, as it marked the end of the Second Interregnum.
126
127!!Rosetta Delandi
128* HyperCompetentSidekick: She is far more competent than her husband and is in charge of both the Psionic business and the House's finance.
129* MayDecemberRomance: Rosetta is 18 years younger than her husband. By the time Ehno became Emperor, she was 35 while he was 53.
130
131!!Prince-Regent Ettore Delandi
132* RedOniBlueOni: Tend to play the Blue Oni for his Red Oni father. This is notably shown by his preference for practical speeches.
133* TheGoodChancellor: Tries to be this to his father, with various level of success.
134
135[[/folder]]
136
137!Galaxy Capricorn
138
139[[folder: House Cotillion]]
140
141!!House Tropes
142%%* ProfessionalKiller
143* MurderInc: an ancient house specializing in assassination
144* ScaryAmoralReligion: sadly didn't get enough chance to flesh that out.
145
146!!Brother Eldred Cotillion
147%%* MissionFromGod
148* SinisterMinister to a degree. It's a bit [[GreyAndGrayMorality grayer]] than that though.
149
150[[/folder]]
151
152[[folder: House Daimyo]]
153
154* TheEmpire: Their supermajority in the senate was widely blamed for Capricorn's stagnation and inability for lesser houses to advance.
155
156[[/folder]]
157
158[[folder: House Zealot]]
159
160%%* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin
161* KnightTemplar: Currently one of the more aggressive houses in Capricorn, tends to jump on any house that violates the constitution within hours (real-world time).
162
163[[/folder]]
164
165!Galaxy Draco
166
167[[folder: House Mckenna]]
168
169!!House Tropes
170* WaifFu: Every female Mckenna is pretty short and rather delicate, therefore being easy to underestimate. Some of them though are downright dangerous, especially when allowed near anything sharp.
171* WeCanRebuildHim: The reason for actually being able to pull off Waif Fu when it matters. Dagmar Mckenna is one of these, having undergone a full body replacement.
172* GloriousMotherRussia: The Mckennas are Galactic Communists and never lose an opportunity to decry the bourgeois exploitation of the Emperor.
173%%* PoweredArmour: Hey, it's the future.
174
175!!Gwendolin Mckenna
176* BrilliantButLazy: She'll spend an hour a day making decisions, no more.
177* NeverMessWithGranny: She's getting on in years, but maintains a vindictive streak a mile long.
178
179!!Dagmar Mckenna
180* LadyOfWar: "Chief issuer of threats and promises".
181
182!!Silja Mckenna
183* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Chief of the would be dictatorial Red Union, propaganda and misdirection is in her blood.
184
185[[/folder]]
186
187[[folder: House Savoie]]
188
189!!House Tropes
190* AllThereInTheManual: Much of the backstory can only be found in supplementary materials... like this page.
191%%* AwfulTruth: Most are.
192* BeAllMySinsRemembered: Virtually every Savoie up to Clement was morally ambiguous at best, and a monster at worst. Every reform-minded Savoie starts with quite the chip on their shoulder because of this.
193* BigBrotherIsWatching: Interplanetary computer network that might possibly be sentient? Hm...
194%%* CivilWar: YES.
195* DarkIsNotEvil: in Cosmic Balance, and LightIsNotGood. (Or so it is believed.)
196* EmpireWithADarkSecret: Or ten.
197* TheExtremistWasRight: Valerian Savoie appeared - literally - out of nowhere in the Nokh Revolts and used brutal and morally questionable tactics to defeat a far more monstrous foe, and then leveraged his achievements to force governmental reform upon the devastated Empire, along with recognition as a noble and head of the newly-created House Savoie. Vices aside, he built his institutions to last.
198* FastRoping: The elimination of Jago Ragnarok.
199* FlauntingYourFleets: House Savoie used the size and pedigree of the Alderamini navy as a deterrent against other Houses. Now, if only they had the crews to operate them all at once...
200* ForgottenSuperweapon: How about an entire golden-age fleet?
201* GreatOffscreenWar: The civil war between Philippe and Joseph was overshadowed by the Valerian conflict.
202** Past Great Offscreen War}}s include, from most to least recent:
203*** '''The War of Sheliak Independence''' Between House Savoie and the combined forces of House Inviquantus and the Wazn Houses.
204*** '''The Rexist Revival''' A religious crusade preceded by decades of buildup.
205*** '''The Solidor-Neco War''' A war that split the Alderamini electorate into two factions.
206*** '''The Nokh Revolt''' The sudden and violent uprising of the native Alani and the "native" C'alani.
207%%* AHouseDivided: Hoo boy.
208* InTheOriginalKlingon: Alderamin views itself as the last bastion of Golden Age culture. This is ''barely'' true, but defensible.
209%%* OurFounder: Valerian Savoie.
210* TheRemnant: In the centuries preceding the New Empire, Alderamin was a major regional power. Now, most Alderamini are among the most conservative people in the galaxy. The New Empire often faces a ZeroPercentApprovalRating.
211* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: The House was severely hampered by restrictions placed upon it by the treaty that allowed it to operate both on Alderamin and in the "New Empire". That treaty was largely self-imposed. However, Daniel would turn the situation on its head by forcing a new, largely favorable agreement in exchange for not stealing the local throne entirely.
212* SuspiciouslySmallArmy: House Savoie kept most of its troops on Alderamin. Because of this, their military became something of a paper tiger when dealing with offworld threats.
213%%* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
214
215!!Clement Savoie
216%%* GoodIsNotNice
217* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: By the time Joseph assassinated the electorate, Clement had gone from being seen as a traitor to Alderamin to being the planet's greatest gift the humankind.
218* InHarmsWay: Yes, let's piss off every powerful noble on Alderamin, in addition to the other nobles around the galaxy that already hate my House based on ancient history! Splendid idea!
219%%* TheLastDJ: The real deal.
220%%* PosthumousCharacter
221%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
222%%* SecretChaser
223* WhiteSheep: Ascended to the throne by exposing his older brother's hypocrisy.
224
225!!Daniel Savoie
226%%* AmbitionIsEvil: Well...
227%%* FullCircleRevolution
228%%* SecretChaser
229%%* SmugSnake: Often left this impression.
230%%* StoppedCaring
231* SuckSessor: Surely, the people who assassinated his father couldn't have imagined the enormity of what they had done.
232
233!!Joseph Savoie
234* TheChainsOfCommanding: One guess as to which job Joseph absolutely ''does not'' want to have right now.
235* CharacterDevelopment: The Joseph of today is nothing like the Joseph of 25 years ago.
236* CuttingTheKnot: How do you deal with that pesky electorate? You KILL them.
237* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: Joseph pulls a form of this on the electorate. Since the members of the electorate also had the most to gain from assassinating Clement, they might have even had it coming.
238* DeceptiveDisciple: His interest in his faith has always been slim at best. The Head of Faith, his insane uncle, may be partly to blame.
239* TheDutifulSon: He wasn't exactly crazy about taking over for 'ol pops.
240* EasilyForgiven: Subverted. He hasn't actually been forgiven for his abandonment by anyone; most others are either preoccupied or too pragmatic to force the issue. The exceptions are in no position to do anything, though.
241* TheExile: Self-imposed, and it didn't last. He wishes it did.
242* FailureKnight: He abandoned his House and his home after making a mockery of himself. He hasn't forgotten.)
243* HeWhoFightsMonsters: A more cynical observer would say YouAreWhatYouHate.
244* HeadInTheSandManagement: He was a major supporter of House Valeria in the early stages of the war.
245* InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves: His latest epiphany as to the fate of the Empire.
246* TheLastDJ: Saw himself as this at first. Now, not so much.
247* MoreThanMindControl: It's clear that he's under the absolute will of ''something'', but he isn't brainwashed.
248* ThePawn: As of his triumphal return. To who or what, only he knows.
249* RebelLeader: For a short time, although it's unclear how 'rebellious' this faction actually was.
250%%* RebelRelaxation
251* ShameIfSomethingHappened: What he used to keep the electorate quiet long enough to properly frame and dispose of them.
252%%* SmugSnake: He had his moments, which almost always backfire spectacularly.
253%%* SympatheticMurderer: Er...
254%%* TelepathicSpacemen: Of a sort.
255* TyrantTakesTheHelm: He stole the Alderamini throne by setting up the entire electorate, and then using their families as bargaining chips before coldly disposing of them. The electorate, that is, not the families. Many other key figures seem to be brainwashed.
256** BaitAndSwitchTyrant: But it turns out that he's the puppet, and a particularly [[TheFettered unhappy one]].
257* TheUsualAdversaries: Joseph was tired of the centuries-old antagonism between Alderamin and Mirfak, and made it a priority to end it. If only the desire had been mutual.
258* WhileRomeBurns: He abandoned his House after making a very public, very reputation-ruining, mistake. House Savoie was lucky enough to see the return of Philippe soon afterwards, but it's not something that anyone will be forgetting soon. His brothers especially have it in for him.
259%%* WhiteSheep: He tried.
260
261!!Philippe Savoie
262* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The civil war against Joseph ended poorly and suddenly.
263* PutOnABus: When House Nagendra collapsed, Philippe panicked and ran to House Valeria, hoping to join another power bloc before the Dominion set their sights on Alderamin. He was held captive for more than a galactic year before he escaped.
264
265!!David Savoie
266%%* AwfulTruth: He didn't take it very well.
267* GrandTheftPrototype: David managed to steal some of the advanced technology being developed on Agena.
268%%* IJustWantToBeNormal
269%%* OnlySaneMan: Perhaps one of the benefits of being the youngest.
270%%* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: What he's aiming for.
271%%* SpaceCadet: Before dropping out of military school.
272%%* WhiteSheep: Doing better than Joseph is.
273
274!!Cadno Kujawski
275%%* HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster: Yeah, once or twice.
276%%* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: Might be the case.
277* MindControlConspiracy: It all seems to point ''towards'' him, but never ''to'' him.
278* TheOnlyOne: As the eldest male heir, his choices are more limited than it may seem.
279* PassedOverInheritance: Due to the circumstances of his birth, he only got the raw end of the deal.
280%%* PelagianVillain: [[spoiler:This could be the case.]]
281%%* ReassignmentBackfire: It probably wasn't the wisest choice.
282* ReassignedToAntarctica: His post on Agena was ''meant'' to be something like this.
283%%* WeAreEverywhere: The recipient, not the claimant.
284
285%%!!Crispian Dublin
286%%* SkilledButNaive
287%%* TheWatson
288%%* UnwittingPawn
289
290%%!!Anzhelica Holdren
291%%* ActionGirl
292%%* TheMcCoy
293%%* RetiredBadass
294%%* TheWorfEffect
295
296!!Munisa Lanning
297* FieldPromotion: When Joseph, Philippe, and David were all absent and/or missing, she took the reigns and tried to calm the chaos.
298%%* TheGoodChancellor
299* PutOnABus: Currently serving with House Yweraar.
300
301!!Bernadina Peppers
302* GirlFriday: Doing the odd jobs since 5 AR
303
304!!Controller Superior
305%%* FlyingDutchman
306* HiddenAgendaVillain: [[spoiler:What does he want? Nobody knows.]]
307%%* HiddenVillain
308%%* TheManBehindTheCurtain: Signs point to yes.
309%%* MasterOfIllusion
310%%* MysteriousPast
311%%* PlayingWithPuppets
312%%* TheRealRemingtonSteele
313%%* TheSlowPath: [[spoiler:A variation without time travel.]]
314
315!!Sirius/Luther Blisset
316%%* CodeName: Both of them.
317* DeepCoverAgent: Within financial operations, commissioned by House Inviquantus.
318* GoingNative: Orders stopped coming in, he decided to reveal himself to the current head of House Savoie - who had previously worked for his former masters.
319%%* GoodWithNumbers
320* HazyFeelTurn: His identity never really changed, only his employer.
321* MoleInCharge: Became a very high-level employee before he defected.
322%%* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
323[[/folder]]
324
325
326!Galaxy Eridanus
327
328[[folder: House Ataraxia]]
329
330!!House Tropes
331* BlackMagic: 'Discord' energy which MayContainEvil. Parallels to Void should be obvious.
332%%* HeelFaceTurn: from House Aponia
333%%* {{Magitek}}: 'Discord Drives' and other Ataraxia technology.
334%%* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
335
336[[/folder]]
337
338[[folder: House Glenn]]
339
340%%!!House Tropes
341%%* {{Expy}}: Of House Gagarin.
342%%* PsychicPowers: More so than usual.
343%%* LaResistance
344%%* ThemeNaming: In the same manner as House Gagarin.
345
346!!Ifor Glenn (second-oldest of the Primary Study Group; current Administrator of the Glenn Institute for Psionics Research)
347* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Like all of the [=PSG=], he's actually an adopted orphan psi-talent.
348%%* DeadpanSnarker
349%%* InsufferableGenius
350%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
351* KnightTemplarBigBrother: While not technically the oldest of the Glenn siblings, he's the most level-headed, responsible, and devoted to his family. And he's absolutely furious about Constantine's latest stunt.
352%%* PsychicPowers: Specifically,
353%%* {{Telepathy}}
354
355%%!!Zaira Glenn (Ifor's wife, Aidan's daughter)
356%%* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]
357
358!!Constantine Glenn (youngest of the Primary Study Group)
359%%* ConvenientlyAnOrphan
360* {{Expy}}: Of MaximillienRobespierre. Yes, him.
361%%* IncorruptiblePurePureness
362%%* KnightTemplar
363%%* PureIsNotGood
364%%* PsychicPowers: Specifically,
365* TheEmpath: Including [[MoreThanMindControl projective empathy]], although [[TemptingFate he swears he'd never use it]].
366%%* WellIntentionedExtremist: You saw who he was an {{Expy}} of, right?
367%%* WideEyedIdealist: See how long ''that'' lasts.
368
369!!Doctor Aidan Glenn
370* {{Expy}}: Owes a bit to [[ComicBook/XMen Professor Charles Xavier]]
371%%* TheGhost
372
373[[/folder]]
374
375[[folder: House Houraisan]]
376
377!!House Tropes
378%%* AuthorAppeal: Everywhere.
379* BadassInANiceSuit: Both the men and women of the House. House Houraisan's secondary motto? "There's never an excuse to not dress one's best".
380* BeastMan: They resemble rabbits.
381* BizarreAlienBiology: Fluorescent irises; aging that keeps a Lunarian at around their 30-40's until around age 70, after which they rapidly age to "make up the difference", and the obvious.
382* TheFaceless: At least, the women of the House with respect to their upper faces.
383* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Chinese/Japanese/Korean/Manchurian/Mongolian/Uighur/Vietnamese People IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
384** Void Mages are Zen Buddhists with Shaolin Kung Fu Powers IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
385** Lunarian Animism is Shintoism IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
386* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Their species natural threat response, and both a voluntary and involuntary action.
387* HalfHumanHybrid: Of which only females exhibit Lunarian phenotypes.
388* HumanAliens: Ignoring the ears and tails. Probably descended from a common ancestor anyways.
389* ISeeDeadPeople: And also that water fairy over there, as well as my own God of Space Flight. Really, Lunarians are giant cosmic antennas for all sorts of supernatural things.
390%%* KungFuWizard: The Void Mages and Lunarian Animist Priests.
391%%* ThePowerOfTheVoid: It cost them a civilization.
392%%* PsychicPowers: Usually because of at least basic training in Void Magecraft.
393* RedEyesTakeWarning: House Houraisan have red eyes, to be precise.
394%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
395* ShoutOut: The entire House is one to Franchise/TouhouProject.
396* UnusualEars: Rabbit ears and tails. They also happen to be the royal family of an entire race of similar people called the Lunarians.
397
398!!Lady Misako Houraisan, Queen of the Lunarians
399* BrilliantButLazy: She's absolutely dedicated to her House and all, but the problem is that she has ''zero'' motivation for the dirty/boring paperwork associated with running a House.
400* CheshireCatGrin: More of a subtle smile, but still a bit unsettling.
401* TheFaceless: Her upper face, with curtains, veils, and [[HighClassFan fans]], to be exact. How this would work in a non-visual medium like that of Imperium Nova, the author of House Houraisan has no idea.
402* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Mechanistically, she's a solartologist. This is explained as her mostly paying lip service to the religion.
403%%* HappilyMarried: To Grimbold Godwinson.
404%%* HartmanHips: CHILDREARING HIPS!
405%%* TheHighQueen: Exudes raw charisma.
406%%* ManipulativeBitch [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold With A Heart Of Gold]]
407%%* MsFanservice
408%%* MasterOfIllusion: Especially of the MindScrew variety.
409%%* MindOverMatter
410%%* PsychicPowers
411* SquishyWizard: She might be able to mess your head up really badly, but she's not much in an actual fight.
412* {{Stripperific}}: Tends to show her assets off with low-cut dresses and kimonos that stay up by virtue of miracle or tape.
413* TheTrickster: Likes to mess with people's head - to detrimental or beneficial effect.
414
415!!Chika Houraisan
416* AltarTheSpeed and ShotgunWedding: She and her husband Tatsuaki had to get married a bit faster than usual for certain reasons.
417%%* ButWeUsedACondom: Too bad he put it on wrong.
418%%* CheshireCatGrin: Always wears this.
419%%* CombatPragmatist
420* TheFaceless: Also always wears an opaque black visor or eye veil.
421%%* HappilyMarried: To Tatsuaki Houraisan.
422%%* KiManipulation
423%%* ManipulativeBitch [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold With A Heart Of Gold]]
424%%* ShockAndAwe
425* TheSpymaster: Runs House Houraisan's intelligence operations.
426
427!!Mayako Houraisan
428%%* BadassNormal
429* BrilliantButLazy: Easily the most intelligent person in her House; let's see her actually do anything.
430* {{Greed}}: Want to motivate her to do something? Offer her money.
431%%* CombatPragmatist
432* TheFaceless: A full face veil.
433%%* HappilyMarried: To Mitsusuke Houraisan.
434%%* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Sees herself as this.
435%%* PairTheSmartOnes: Her husband and her.
436
437!!Tatsuaki Houraisan
438%%* AltarTheSpeed
439%%* ButWeUsedACondom: Too bad he put it on wrong.
440* ChivalrousPervert: He still has an eye for the ladies. In the end, it might have been Chika that seduced him, rather than the other way around.
441%%* HappilyMarried
442* LadykillerInLove and ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: The only woman in his life that he had to work to get in bed with - and exactly the reason why he fell in love with her.
443%%* LargeHam: Tends to be one.
444%%* ShotgunWedding
445%%* TallDarkAndHandsome: Was this when he first met Chika, and still is this.
446
447!!Mitsusuke Houraisan
448%%* HappilyMarried
449* MadMathematician: Not really mad, but he's had mathematics articles that he wrote published.
450%%* PairTheSmartOnes: With Mayako.
451
452!!Saeko Houraisan
453%%* ActionGirl
454* BookDumb: She's intelligent, but just not in an academic sense.
455* TheFaceless: Veils, curtains, fans or visors, as usual.
456%%* FirstKiss: She still hasn't fully forgiven Iowerth for taking it, rather than her giving it to him.
457%%* HappilyMarried: With Iowerth Quest.
458%%* TheOjou: Much more than Misako.
459%%* VictoriousChildhoodFriend
460
461!!Nagachika Houraisan
462%%* HappilyMarried: To Constancia Invernigon... the writer for House Houraisan thinks.
463%%* ILikeSwords: Big time.
464%%* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: ... I will skin you alive, Iowerth.
465%%* TheRival: To Iowerth Quest.
466* SeriousBusiness: Obsessed with certain things, like a certain expy of a certain [[Yugioh Children's Card Game]], and bizarre little projects, but otherwise kind of apathetic.
467%%* StoicSpectacles / BespectacledBastard: Depends on your point of view.
468
469%%!!Kageyoshi Houraisan
470
471%%!!The Late Lady Sakuko Houraisan, Queen Koumei of the Lunarians
472
473%%!!Mitsunaga Houraisan
474%%* ArrangedMarriage
475%%* BadassCape
476%%* BadassNormal
477%%* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
478%%* HappilyMarried: With Maggidh Crow.
479%%* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Eventually reveals itself as this.
480%%* RevolversAreJustBetter
481
482%%!!Miyoko Houraisan
483
484%%!!Tori Houraisan
485
486%%!!The Magnificent Eleven
487
488%%!!Harbinger 4-17 "Ruum"
489
490%%'''Dr. Tae Genma
491[[/folder]]
492
493[[folder: House Quest]]
494
495!!House Tropes
496* PunchClockVillain: Joined Roma's Domain pretty much at gunpoint; does everything the position of Seneschal demands, but has only recently been doing really evil things.
497* TheDragon: Anyone wanting to take on Goratrix would have to roll over Quest first. Also, Quest tends to be the one who squashes routine threats not worth Roma's time. (It's a living.)
498* HumongousMecha: Another battalion in each regiment is composed of Somatic Assault Vehicles (known to the troops as SAVIORS) because [[MoreDakka too much firepower is never enough]].
499* PoweredArmor: One battalion in each Quest Regiment is composed of Air Cavalry. Basically hundreds of [[ComicBook/IronMan Iron Men]].
500
501!!Premier Joseph Quest
502* CasualKink: Oh, you know it. Revealed to be into S&M in his very first appearance, is inordinately fond of Lunarian women and commits adultery at the drop of a ... hat.
503%%* AffablyEvil
504* NoAccountingForTaste: Married to Agnes in name only.
505* CrazyPrepared: When the forces of another House attempted to kidnap him, he had the foresight to have an undetectable android duplicate ready. This could have been considered an AssPull, except that it was foreshadowed in a previous RP thread.
506
507!!Natasha
508* ChessmasterSidekick: (Usually long, black, leather boots.) Insanely competent in her role of spymistress and head of internal security.
509* DarkSecret: Natasha is the granddaughter of former Emperor Helmut Ventruz.
510%%* EvilRedhead: Oh, yeah.
511* TheMistress: Openly Joseph's mistress; goes to social events with him in place of his comatose wife.
512
513!!Agnes Quest, Wife of the Premier (snicker)
514* FateWorseThanDeath: Rendered braindead by a serial killer. Amazingly, Joseph had nothing to do with it.
515
516!!Zephaniah Quest (Agnes' brother)
517* FateWorseThanDeath: The same fate as Agnes, at the same time. Joseph waters the vegetables regularly.
518* SmallNameBigEgo: Considered himself a master swordsman and a genius statesman. In actuality, he was pretty much an oxygen thief.
519
520%%!!Aimee Quest, Sister of the Premier
521
522%%!!Gabriel Quest (Aimee's husband)
523%%* OnlySaneMan
524
525!!Lochlannach Quest (Aimee's elder son)
526* InadequateInheritor: Lochie will take over the House when Joe kicks the bucket. He's not nearly ready. He makes hasty decisions, he's not cunning like Joe and most of all, his evil psionic genius daughter will ride him like a monkey rides a greyhound.
527
528!!Oscar Quest (Aimee's younger son)
529* FourStarBadass: Oscar is Marshal of the Quest armed forces, an honorary position. He was formerly [[ColonelBadass CO of a regiment]], but was kicked upstairs after being wounded in action one too many times. He's an incredibly skilled soldier and hand-to-hand fighter and inspiring to the men, but a little too fearless and reckless.
530* HappilyMarried: to [[MsFanservice Heulfryn Boudicca]], widely regarded as the galaxy's number one sex symbol, although a certain Lunarian Queen might have something to say about that...
531%%* MrFanservice
532* ShoutOut: He's Richard Sharpe of ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}'', in SPAAAAAAACE, even to the extent of looking like him.
533
534%%!!Yutsoko Sun (Lochlannach's first wife)
535
536!!Iowerth Quest (Lochlannach's eldest son)
537%%* DestructoNookie: Between him and Saeko, now and again.
538* FutureMeScaresMe: An alternate future version of Iowerth was responsible for worldwide - maybe galaxywide - death and destruction. He went back to kill himself as a teenager so it wouldn't happen.
539%%* HappilyMarried: to Saeko Houraisan.
540* JumpedAtTheCall: Oh boy, did he ever. "You have the chance to fight monsters in Dreamspace with your friends, but if you screw up once, you're braindead. Also, you're thirteen." (Merest of pauses) "Where do I sign?"
541* NowOrNeverKiss: Played straight,with his future wife. Led to a RelationshipUpgrade.
542* ScarsAreForever: Has a vertical scar over his breastbone from when he was initiated into the Void Engineers. Also has white hair on the sides of his head from the trauma it inflicted.
543%%* WarriorPoet: Already showing signs of becoming this.
544
545%%!!Abiel Quest (Lochlannach's second son)
546
547!!Saeko Quest (Lochlannach's second wife)
548* DarkSecret: ''Something'' out of the ordinary happened during her Void Engineer training, but ''nobody'' is talking about it.
549* TookALevelInBadass: Selected as Lochie's second wife because she was meek and submissive and unlikely to take off and leave the galaxy like his first wife. But then she joined the Void Engineers. So much for that idea.
550
551!!Gethsemane Quest (Lochlannach's daughter)
552* TheChosenOne: Selected by Constantine Roma to be his successor and future Empress of the galaxy. Over the entire Goratrix family.
553* EnfantTerrible: Psionic super-genius prodigy taken under the wing of the Void Lord.
554* PersonOfMassDestruction: You don't want to get her angry, and everything makes her angry.
555
556%%!!Luatha Quest (Lochlannach's youngest son)
557
558%%!!Shona Boudicca (Oscar's daughter)
559
560%%!!Ialach Quest (Oscar's son)
561%%* TheDitz: Possibly. (He has Woefully Poor potential.)
562[[/folder]]
563
564
565[[folder: House Von Carstein]]
566
567!!House Tropes
568* BadassInANiceSuit: Generally complete with [[BadAssLongcoat trench coats]], [[SinisterShades protective sunglasses]], and {{fedora|OfAsskicking}}s.
569%%* CommissarCap: The standard headgear of the vampire officers.
570* FanDisservice: After much pressure to reveal what Lunarian Vampires would look like, the Author decided that he would shrink the ears (and the curves), give them the standard [[RavenHairIvorySkin hair and skin coloration]], give them the fangs and red eyes... and thin wing membranes under each arm.
571* TheMafia: Before they became Vampires, they were this. There are still some hold over practices.
572%%* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Fairly.
573%%* RedEyesTakeWarning: Default eye color for the species.
574* ShoutOut: The most obvious being to ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}''. There's also the group of [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 mercenaries with widely varying equipment, and a variety of mental health issues]]. And [[VideoGame/StarcraftII Agent Findlay]]
575
576!!Count Sergio Von Carstein
577* AffablyEvil Well, he was a laugh to have around. And he did generally try to keep it polite, dressed nice, honored his friends birthday with a crate of wines, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and try to make amends with the woman he tried to brutally murder by giving her his knife with a nice little hand written note]]. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Not that she ever got said package.]]
578* HearingVoices Justified, as he had become possessed by Void Spirits.
579* KilledOffForReal Luckily he had managed to bind his soul into a ring, with the souls of the denizens possessing him.
580* [[IDoNotDrinkWine I Never Drink... Wine]] In one of the more blatant references, this is flat out stated.
581
582!!Commander Lothar Du Bek
583* ArtificialLimbs He lost he arm fighting against a power armored Godwinson commander. It was, naturally, replaced.
584* BadAssNormal Yes, he is a vampire, but he can't do most of the magic stuff that the Counts can do. Yet he's managed to survive longer than both of them.
585* CommissarCap: As part of his old life. He's the only named character to wear one.
586
587%%!!Count Cristiano Von Carstein
588
589%%!!Grand Regent Este Von Carstein
590
591!!Agent Mannfred
592* BadassInANiceSuit Was the first character to be actually described dressing in the coat and hat.
593* BadAssNormal Jumps his way through a construction site sustaining any injuries, took on around fifty psychic power armored troopers, and may have even killed some.
594* SmokingIsCool While preparing to escape from the compound, he lights up while grabbing his weapon. See's his evac get blown up? Time for a smoke. Surrounded on all sides, with heavy weapons chipping away at your cover? Give him a sec, he's getting his lighter.
595
596%%!!Agent Findlay
597
598[[/folder]]
599
600
601!Galaxy Gemini
602
603[[folder: The United Federation of People's Republics]]
604
605!!House Tropes
606* DirtyCommies: Pretty much the entire reason for their existence.
607%%* GloriousMotherRussia
608* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Of [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn The Soviet Union]] (with a dash of North Korea)
609%%* TheFederation: Really, ''really'' subverted.
610%%* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Wound up becoming this, eventually.
611%%* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: Go figure.
612* ThemeNaming: House Gagarin fits its creator's trifecta of criteria for a good Imperium Nova house name - cool-sounding, historically relevant to the concept, and somehow space-related. Bonus points for starting with a G.
613%%* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: Hooo boy.
614
615%%!!Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Parliament of the United Federation of People's Republics and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Total Democratic Party of the United Federation of People's Republics Viktor Gagarin
616%%* EvilOverlord: Intended to be an amalgamation of Stalin and Kim Il-sung.
617%%* JustTheFirstCitizen
618
619[[/folder]]
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