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1Tropes relating to the characters of ''{{Webcomic/Namesake}}''. WARNING: There are heavy spoilers past this point.
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9!!Emma Crewe
10[[quoteright:235:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emma1.jpg]]
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12A twenty-something web developer and the protagonist of the story. After a fire at her local library, she winds up being transported to Oz for reasons unknown.
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14* ActionGirl: Already shows hints of that in Oz, fighting living vines and an odd shadow being. Develops into a full-fledged version after some training with Calliope.
15* ActionSurvivor: She handles being dumped into bad situations surprisingly well.
16* AmnesiaMissedASpot: [[spoiler:Her mind has been wiped ''several'' times by the Rippers, but Emma can get all her memories back when she gets hold of her vorpal sword again.]]
17* AllWorkVsAllPlay: Emma being work to her sister's play.
18* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:She's created from a fairy child, a host of literature and the ghost of the "real" Emma Crewe.]]
19* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Emma and Elaine are shown together only for one scene in the first chapter before Emma is spirited off to Oz, and most of that is taken up by teasing and bickering. As soon as they're separated, though, this is turned on its head: Elaine drives herself to exhaustion trying to get her sister back, and Emma explicitly tells Warrick that she loves Elaine "more than anything". Their reunion dozens of chapters later is a gigantic, running bear hug.
20* BadassAndChildDuo: The badass with Elaine being the child.
21* BecomeARealBoy: [[spoiler:Despite One's intentions she wound up developing into a real person due to her love for her sister, father, friends and Warrick. Ozma had a hidden hand in her creation as well. Unfortunately if she succeeds in restoring the "real" Emma Crewe (aka "Sleeping Beauty") she'll revert back to her original changeling form.]]
22* BigBeautifulWoman: She's a bit more on the heavy side, enough to have a bit of a complex about having "a big butt", but she's very pretty and has at least two admirers in-universe.
23* BoxedCrook: Emma isn't a crook, but she is very dangerous. So Calliope gives her the choice: Prisoner or Warrior?
24* CoolBigSis: To Elaine; Emma can be strict or bossy at times, but Elaine counts on her for every problem and trusts that Emma can deal with whatever disaster is coming their way, and so far, she lives up to it.
25* CoolSword: She gets one [[spoiler: after she frees the spirit in order to save her friends' lives]]. It's a vorpal blade that goes ZAZAAK, though Alice offhandily mentions in an interiew that it's not pure vorpal. [[spoiler: Because it's Warrkick's Heart forged into a blade]]. Latter gets a second one [[spoiler: she makes from her own heart]], it doesn't last long though as [[spoiler: Warrick stabs himself in the chest with it to absorb her heart, while simultaniously stabing her with the orginal sword containing his, fixing Emma's power issues and lifting his curse]]
26* DamselOutOfDistress: In Bramble Manor, where she's in the hands of the Rippers and not even aware they're a danger to her, but all she needs is to unlock her memories, then she goes straight to bashing her wardens down.
27* DeadpanSnarker: This seems to be Emma's coping mechanism for weird situations.
28* DontCallMeSir: A variation; it really gets on her nerves that every Ozite she comes across calls her "Dorothy" initially, which is more of an honorary title than a name in Oz.
29* EffortlessAmazonianLift: Due to being disproportionately strong, Emma can [[http://namesakecomic.com/comic/strong pull this off]].
30* EmptyShell: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. [[spoiler:One intended Emma to be an empty vessel filled with others' stories, but she developed a story of her own.]]
31* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Her and Warrick's feelings for each other.
32* FireForgedFriends: With several of her Ozite friends (the Scarecrow, Hercilia, Warrick) she bonded after they got into a perilous situation with enchanted vines and fought their way out of it together.
33* {{Foil}}: She's one to [[spoiler: Nose]], a similar artificial human who hasn't been able to escape One's control.
34* ForgottenChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: She and Nose used to be friends in childhood, which the Rippers made her forget. By now, it starts coming back to her.]]
35* ForYourOwnGood: Emma is hiding some of the more distressing things she's learned on her Hero's Journey from Elaine. It causes some strain in their relationship.
36* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: Done to Emma by [[spoiler:Trinket]] in order to [[spoiler:keep her compliant]], and it's apparently not the first time, either.
37* GoneHorriblyRight: From One's perspective [[spoiler: thanks to Ozma's hidden hand in her creation, which resulted in her receiving the heart Warrick intended for Ozma and developing a story of her own.]] Emma is far too normal for his plans or her own good.
38* HumanityEnsues: As a "Skeleton Key", she is supposed to be more of a golem than a real person. Love conquered that particular hurdle.
39* IgnorantOfTheCall: She had no idea she was a Namesake. [[spoiler:Justified, as she's not really a Namesake and the Rippers have been keeping her from remembering her association with them.]]
40* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Given this by [[spoiler:Nose]] to make her forget Oz, and later by [[spoiler:Trinket]] to make her forget rebelling against [[spoiler:her father. Emma is heavily implied to have been getting this treatment for years to cover times when she's manifested Namesake powers and then given FakeMemories to patch these holes.]]
41* KnightTemplarBigBrother: She is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for Elaine, [[spoiler: buoyed only by a vague promise that "Sleeping Beauty" will try to save her in the end.]]
42* MacGuffinSuperPerson: [[spoiler: She's an ArtificialHuman created to be a SkeletonKey that can open paths to any Namesake's world.]]
43* MagicMisfire: Happens sometimes in the training with Calliope, as Emma doesn't seem to have a full grasp on her powers. Once she's in a real combat situation though, she's doing pretty well.
44* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The [[SuperStrength physically very strong]], hot-headed ActionGirl in opposite to Warrick, who's a healer and bookworm.
45* MeaningfulName: Her name means "Universal" [[spoiler: which fits her status as a Skeleton Key that is able to travel to all the worlds. Also, her sharing her name with her mother is ''definitely'' not a coincidence.]] Later, it's revealed that [[spoiler: all vorpalsmiths take the name Emma, and that Emma Ramos created her with the purpose of becoming a smith.]]
46* MissingMom: Her mother [[spoiler:who has been confirmed to have been a Namesake too]] appears briefly in a flashback, but it's unknown where she is in the present day or if she's still alive. It's also implied that Emma has been taking care of Elaine alongside their father [[spoiler:who turns out to be a Ripper]] since Elaine was an infant. [[spoiler:Her mother has left a message for Emma hidden in her mind that's supposed to explain her the state of things and her mission in the big game.]]
47* NighInvulnerable: One of the upsides of her powers is that she's really hard to kill.
48* ObliviousAdoption: [[spoiler:She had no idea that she is, in fact, not Daniel's biological daughter.]]
49* PlatonicLifePartners: Even prior to the beginning of the story, she's been this with Ben; it's why he tags along with her and Elaine to Calliope.
50* ThePowerOfLove: The ultimate cause of the difference between her and Nose.
51* PrefersGoingBarefoot: This had to be specified by WordOfGod, since Emma is required to wear Hercilia in shoe form for most of the Oz arc, but Emma really prefers going barefoot for some reason. Agha actually has to inform her she ''can't'' go barefoot before Emma will put the magic shoes on. It could be that she finds shoes simply uncomfortable to wear, since her feet are pretty heavily scarred.
52* PromotedToParent: Though their father was around, she was an important caregiver and person of trust to Elaine after their mother left. [[spoiler:When they go to England to live at the Calliope area and their father is imprisoned by the Rippers, she becomes the legal guardian of Elaine.]]
53* PsychicLink: Has one with "Sleeping Beauty"; this leads to them [[TalkingInYourDreams communicating via her dreams]].
54* SacrificialLion: Fully believes she is on a suicide mission but is willing to go through with it for Elaine's sake on the vague promise that someone will try to save her at the end.
55* SecretLegacy: [[spoiler:Since she got the name, Emma has the potential to be a vorpal smith.]]
56* SheCleansUpNicely: She gets prettied up to attend One's "dinner". Nose is stunned.
57* TheSnarkKnight: See DeadpanSnarker above.
58* SuperStrength: Though she doesn't always [[DoesntKnowHerOwnStrength have complete control over it]].
59* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:She's understandably pretty upset to meet the "real" Emma in chapter 17]] though she's gotten past the reveal and is getting on with her life.
60* WhenSheSmiles: Emma's smiles are extremely rare and usually quite small. The largest she's ever been shown to smile was in an early piece of filler art. It's quite lovely.
61* WhichMe: You'd already expect this to come up with the ghost who wears Emma's face and with the relation to "Sleeping Beauty", but then she meets Tom Thumb who claims [[spoiler:that another version of Emma sent him with an OminousMessageFromTheFuture.]]
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63!!Elaine Crewe
64[[quoteright:296:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elaine1.jpg]]
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66Emma's little sister. She's quite tech-savvy and more social than Emma. After her sister disappears, she and Ben are introduced to Jack and placed under house arrest with Fred to guard them.
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68* BadassAndChildDuo: The child to Emma's badass, though Elaine would probably protest as she's meanwhile 16.
69* BadassBookworm: She reads a ''lot'' and is always the first when it comes to asking questions and doing research. Also, her powers can force stories or people to go the way she wants [[spoiler:and they're potent enough to oppose a Shadow.]]
70* BrattyTeenageDaughter: On occasion. Ben affectionately refers to her as the "Tiny Terror".
71* BrilliantButLazy: Certainly ''capable'' of intense research and cunning thinking when she makes an effort. Not that her schoolwork is much of a testament.
72* CompellingVoice: Default power as a Writer, but she can [[spoiler: literally ''command'' Travis to live, right after a Shadow told him to die. Elaine proves to be stronger.]]
73* CuteBookworm: While she's put in house arrest by Jack, she spends the entire night doing research.
74* {{Determinator}}: Willing to stay up all night to find answers on her sister's disappearance; works herself half to exhaustion trying to save Emma and uses up literally all the blank paper in the house; refuses to take cryptic answers from Calliope and DEMANDS to know what's going on and what "Namesake" and "Writer" mean. Seriously, don't come between Elaine and the information she wants.
75* DamselInDistress: Since she is less of an ActionGirl than many of the Namesakes and quite young and small to boot, she needs the help of Fred or Emma more than once when she gets into a perilous situation.
76* EveryonesBabySister: Don't go after Elaine, seriously. If it's not Fred, it'll be Emma who kicks your ass, and if Emma's not around, Ben, Jack, and Travis all have at least once shown to have a mentor / big brother-like role towards her -- she ''will'' definitely be protected by someone.
77* LimaSyndrome: Tries to do this to Fred. It works, kinda, though for other reasons than psychology.
78* LoveHurts: Her heart aches over what she unwittingly did to Fred with her Writer powers.
79* MissingMom: Different than Emma, she never even met her mother since the latter disappeared shortly after Elaine was born.
80* OlderThanTheyLook: Actually 15, but looks several years younger. She's very much aware of this.
81* PluckyGirl: Like Emma, Elaine handles progressively weirder and more dangerous situations rather well.
82* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: [[spoiler:When Elaine's muse powers reveal themselves, her hair grows several feet.]]
83* RealityWarper: She is a Writer, so she can change things. So far, we've seen her give Fred hair and make him able to speak and understand English. [[spoiler: And, apparently, make Namesakes and non-magic people freeze in place, and possibly scrunch up swords before they can kill. According to the djinn, she may create an entire world someday. Finally it's implied her Writer powers helped humanize Emma.]]
84* ShipTease: With Fred.
85* TrueBlueFemininity: Is often dressed in blue.
86* WhatTheHellHero: She gives Emma quite an earful for [[spoiler:leaving their father behind in Bramble Manor. Though this one was really not Emma's fault, as Daniel made her go, using his Writer powers.]]
87* YoungestChildWins: In a way. [[spoiler: Emma's life was apparently drawn out for her from the beginning, every step of hers controlled and her mind constantly regulated]], whereas Elaine is a powerful Writer who can change things according to her own wishes. Writer powers being what they are, this has a bit of BlessedWithSuck though.
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89!!Ben Kench
90[[quoteright:245:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ben1_5.jpg]]
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92A friend of Emma and Elaine. After Emma disappears, he and Elaine find out about Jack and Calliope.
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94* ArbitrarySkepticism: Even after the weirdness he's seen Ben finds the existence of Captain Hook difficult to accept. "Hook is ''real?''" Note that he is saying this ''while standing in the throne room of Oz.''
95* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Nose, the creepy man with the sword, threatening Elaine -- that was bad enough. But when he mentions he also knows Emma, Ben is there with a metal pipe about two seconds later.]]
96* BigBrotherInstinct: He treats Elaine like a little sister.
97* TheBigGuy: Taller and certainly heavier than most characters. Rather unfortunate, since he's next to useless in a fight, though he seems to have lost a few pounds after joining Calliope.
98* BuffySpeak: [[spoiler: When trying to describe the ghost. "And then the Emma monster got huge and there were teeth and eyes and blood and ohmygod."]]
99%% * DeadpanSnarker %%ZeroContentEntry
100* EmbarrassingFirstName: Ben is not short for Benjamin. [[spoiler: It's Benoit.]]
101* JustFriends: Emma's best friend from college. They're clearly very close, but there's little to no evidence the relationship was ever romantic. Ben admits he might have had a little crush on her back in college, but that was before they really became friends.
102* LikeBrotherAndSister: With both Crewe sisters, to varying degrees.
103* PlatonicLifePartners: With Emma. His loyalty to her drives him to leave his home and job behind to join Calliope with her and Elaine, and he has no problems [[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove telling her he loves her]].
104* ProudToBeAGeek: Seen prominently in a Franchise/GreenLantern shirt; frequently references geek culture; tries to get Fred to say "The cake is a lie!" when he first begins speaking. Then there's this gem:
105--> '''Alice''': ''*explains what Writers are and what their powers can do*''\
106'''Ben''': Is Creator/TerryPratchett one of you guys?
107* TagalongKid: Of a sort. There's really no reason for Ben to be there, other than the fact that he drove Emma to the library at the beginning and then stayed in the house to look after Elaine when things went to Hell. He knows absolutely nothing about fighting and is even more freaked out by ghosts and magic than Elaine is; the few times he's been spurred into action has been when Emma or Elaine was threatened.
108* TheTeamNormal: Not ''too'' normal. [[spoiler:Calliope determines that he's got above-average perception of magical creatures and offers him a career in their diplomatic corps.]]
109* ThatCameOutWrong: No, the djinn does NOT grant wishes. He will [[ShuttingUpNow shut up now]].
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111!!Warrick Chopper
112[[quoteright:207:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/warrick1.jpg]]
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114The Tin Man's grandson and the Wicked Warlock of the West.
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116* TheAgeless: Currently, though his aging process will probably set in again [[spoiler:once he has his heart back.]]
117* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Inherited the green side of his mother Adora's complexion, giving him green skin. He eventually shows Emma that his right knee is purple and tells her his sister, who inherited the purple side of their mother's complexion, has a green knee.
118* BadassBookworm: He's highly intelligent and quite well-read, and also able to hold his own in a fight.
119* BrokenBird: A rare male example, which makes sense in conjunction with the feminine associations of healing magic. Even after Warrick regains his sanity, Selva points out that he's a frail shadow of his former self unless Emma's around.[[spoiler: Turns out there's a good reason for this that goes beyond Emma being a Dorothy and a Skeleton Key, which he learns when they visit Tommelise.]]
120* EmeraldPower: His Healer magic appears as green bubbles and / or flashes of green light.
121* EvilTwin: He and Selva play with this trope. [[spoiler: Turns out neither is really evil, just misguided and a bit mentally unstable.]]
122* GoodPowersBadPeople: His reputation in Oz, after losing his moral compass. Warrick's really not that bad, but he does have an "ends justify the means" mentality that can lead him astray.
123* GreenAndMean: Green is his skin color, and at first Warrick plays this trope straight. Later [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when he turns out to be actually a decent guy.
124* HairTriggerTemper: [[spoiler: Having no heart]] makes it hard for him to control his emotions. Emma and Ozma have a grounding effect on him that can keep this in check.
125* HealingHands: He can cast the spell that Ozma uses to keep the Ozites alive, young, and healthy, but on a smaller scale.
126* HeartTrauma: [[spoiler: Removing his heart made him emotionally unstable.]]
127* {{Immortality}}: [[spoiler: He removed his heart in order to find Ozma]], which had this as a side effect. [[spoiler:Though, by technicality, he's not so much immortal as plain undead.]]
128* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: He's by no means effeminate or a whimp (see him wielding his grandfather's axe in battle), but Warrick is a healer, not a warrior, and he looks the part, what with being a skinny, nerdy PrettyBoy. Also, he totally loves cuddly dogs, has a thing for romance novels, and his clothes are rather gender-neutral. Should be noted though that Ozites don't have many gender stereotypes to begin with, neither in clothing nor in occupation or interests.
129* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he does a lot of bad things without remorse, he's really this, as [[spoiler:the lack of remorse was a side effect from removing his heart.]]
130* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The more feminine Healer boy to badass ActionGirl Emma.
131* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when he realizes [[spoiler:that sending his heart to Ozma actually hurt her. Revisited later when he finds out that it was actually Emma who received his heart, as she was closer to his conception of Ozma than Ozma herself]].
132* NighInvulnerable: Due to being a healer who constantly heals himself [[spoiler:and technically already dead.]]
133* OlderThanTheyLook: WordOfGod has confirmed that in the present day Warrick looks noticeably younger than Selva, even though they're twins. [[spoiler:The curse locked his body in stasis, so even by Ozite standards he ages very slowly. Right afterwards, [[http://namesakecomic.com/comic/the-worries-of-selva-chopper/ he and Selva both looked like teenagers]]. By the time Renge is overthrown, [[http://namesakecomic.com/comic/cutting-to-the-chase/ Selva is clearly a grown woman, but Warrick still looks the same]]. Warrick's comparative emotional immaturity doesn't help matters any.]]
134* TheOneGuy: Among the rulers of Oz, Warrick is this, with the witches of east, north, and south all being women, respectively, and so are the current Wizard of Emerald City (Renge [[spoiler:and then Agha]]) and the Princess.
135* PsychopathicManChild: [[spoiler:Due to having his heart removed,]] he first appears to be quite capricious and prone to [[DisproportionateRetribution petty vengeance for minor offenses]]. He mellows out pretty soon [[spoiler:thanks to Emma having a stabilizing effect on him.]]
136* ShipTease: With Emma. [[spoiler:By now, they're an OfficialCouple.]]
137* ShrinkingViolet: Warrick at parties -- he prefers his books.
138* WeaksauceWeakness: Being soaked in water will melt him, as the one weakness in his immortality spell (which is the same one the old Wicked Witch of the West used). In-comic, it's depicted as water burning him like acid, complete with smoke. A spilled glass of wine leaves him with a few burns. [[spoiler:And so does Emma's saliva!]]
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140!!Selva Chopper
141[[quoteright:183:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/selva1.jpg]]
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143The Tin Man's granddaughter and Warrick's twin sister. She is the Wicked Witch of the East.
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145* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: She has purple skin. Her brother tells Emma that she also has a green knee, much like one of his is purple.
146* BlackMage: While Warrick is a healer, Selva is much more talented at offensive magic.
147* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: [[PurpleIsPowerful Purple]] is ''her'' color. Emma is almost turned into a purse for accidentally wearing a purple shirt in her domain.
148* EvilTwin: She and Warrick play with this trope. [[spoiler: Turns out neither is evil.]]
149* GenkiGirl: Turns out, she's normally just a sweet, energetic young woman.
150* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: She often dresses in purple to go with her skin color.
151* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Her own spell backfires early on, and she accidentally turns herself into a purse and gets carried around for a good eight chapters. [[spoiler: Except she could turn herself back at any time. She was just sulking.]]
152* InsaneTrollLogic: Her plan to prevent people from [[spoiler: being brainwashed by poppies? Turn them into objects! You can't have a head full of poppies if you don't have a head]]. She even says [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime "It made sense at the time."]] [[spoiler: To be fair, Warrick's spell had messed with her head a bit at that point.]]
153* LargeHam: When she's in the grips of [[spoiler:the emotional disjunction leaking over to her from Warrick]], she gets very hammy. Justified, as [[spoiler:she's likely not able to regulate her emotions anymore.]]
154* MindOverMatter: Her mother describes her powers with these words, as Selva can transform basically everything into objects of her choice and back, with the mass laws being no hindrance for her.
155* PsychopathicWomanChild: Initially, due to her mental unstableness at the time. She flipped a table over Emma daring to wear purple because it's ''her'' color, and got pissed over "her brother treating her like a child". She got better.
156* ShipperOnDeck: Selva's taken note of the effect Emma has on Warrick and would love to see them grow closer.
157* ShipTease: Has it ''bad'' for Alice.
158* TextileWorkIsFeminine: She's a gifted seamstress and supported herself and her brother with it during Warrick's illness.
159* TwinTelepathy: A disturbing variety. Maybe it was simply the emotional trauma or maybe they have some sort of magic link, but [[spoiler:when her brother cut out his heart, she went just as crazy. Worse, Warrick's recently learned that if the curse claims his life, it will drain Selva's powers too.]]
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161!!Fred / Keti
162[[quoteright:174:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fred1_9.jpg]]
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164A Wonderland card soldier -- namely, the Five of Hearts -- that Jack left to keep an eye on Ben and Elaine. Suddenly began speaking broken English and developing a more concrete personality once [[spoiler: Elaine's Writer powers began emerging.]]
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166* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Fred pats someone's head several times (Elaine's, Alice's, Emma's). Different than other times this trope is played, the gesture has nothing condescending at all; he genuinely means to encourage someone, offer comfort or show acclaim.
167* BadassAdorable: No matter how cute he is, he's still a card ''soldier'' and shouldn't be underestimated.
168* BerserkButton: If there was ever any doubt, [[http://namesakecomic.com/comic/fred39s-beserk-button/ this page]] is actually [[DiscussedTrope titled]] "Fred's berserk button".
169* BewareTheNiceOnes: Fred is one of the kindest, most caring guys around, and if pushed too far, he fights shadow monsters or attacks people with a pair of daggers.
170* BloodlessCarnage: What he's used to, being made of paper and all. [[spoiler: He's extremely confused and scared after he gets thrown through a glass window by the Ghost -- not just because it hurts, but because it turns out he has blood now, and there's a lot of it.]]
171* CoolHelmet: Had a helmet as part of his uniform. He threw it off when [[spoiler: the hair started coming in]], and it hasn't been seen since.
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173* DreadlockWarrior: For some reason, his hair appears to be in little dreads. This is especially odd considering [[spoiler: he doesn't have any hair at all until Elaine subconsciously makes him grow it -- why did she choose that style?]]
174* HairTriggerTemper: He's still... figuring out how to have emotions. When he gets angry, it is very sudden, very intense and ''very'' frightening.
175* LoveHurts: Cares deeply for Elaine, but also resents her for unwittingly humanizing him. By now though, it seems he has gotten over this and taken on [[HumanityEnsues his newfound humanity]].
176* NoBodyLeftBehind: "Cards don't bleed. Damaged cards return to the deck." This is literal -- when Fred is badly hurt he actually turns into a physical paper playing card, and is transported back to the deck in Jack's pocket. Along with anyone who happens to be along for the ride.
177* OnlyOneName: Elaine made it up from "Five-Red", simply because she felt they needed to call him ''something''. He also has his original true name (Keti), but it's only been stated in supplementary material so far.
178* PintSizedPowerhouse: Possibly the shortest humanoid character in the entire comic, not including Munchkins. [[spoiler:He seems to grow alongside Elaine, probably because of her Writer powers.]] He can pick up and carry Alice with little effort.
179* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "How... dare... ''YOU!''"
180* RedEyesTakeWarning: Played with. He's a sweetheart, but also ''very'' dangerous. The red eyes come from his card-suit coloring.
181* RedIsHeroic: His main color to wear is red, because of his affiliation to the heart soldiers. Can be RedIsViolent sometimes.
182* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Briefly, when [[spoiler: Nose straight up ''impales'' the rest of his army by stabbing Jack's deck of cards. They'll be fine, though.]]
183* SkilledButNaive: Naturally, since his entire existence so far was being a soldier and he has little to no experience with earth or socializing with people.
184* SpiderSense: Discussed in the comments of [[http://namesakecomic.com/comic/spotted/#comment this page]]. It's a card power.
185* SupernaturalSensitivity: Can tell by first glance that Warrick is a healer, and also [[spoiler:that Emma is made of magic.]]
186* SpockSpeak: "Miss Namesake! I'm bleeding! Am I going to expire? Humans expire when they bleed!"
187* TheUnintelligible: First spoke the indecipherable card language, then tried sounding out English words to little effect. His English is barely understandable [[spoiler: until Elaine helps him out.]]
188* YoungerThanTheyLook: Not that he looks very old to begin with, but Fred has only been in existence for three years.
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191[[folder: Calliope (Present and Past) & The Writer's Guild]]
192
193An organization dedicated to helping Namesakes and [[WhoYouGonnaCall hunting malevolent ghosts]], Calliope possesses a great number of magical items and intel on otherworldly beings and material. They first appear on the story to investigate a mysterious portal after Emma is transported to Oz and end taking part of important events happening in Earth. The current leader of Calliope is former Namesake Jason Crawford.
194
195The Writer's Guild is considered a separate organization despite still being allies of Calliope. Founded in 1912 by L. Frank Baum, the objective of the Guild was to allow writers greater creative freedom while not being restricted by Calliope's laws.
196
197!!Alice Purcell
198[[quoteright:226:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alice1.jpg]]
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200A member of Calliope, and current Namesake for Alice from the ''Alice in Wonderland'' books.
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202* AbusiveParents: She describes her parents as "gobshite". She was taken to a foster home at age seven.
203* ActionGirl: Wields an AbsurdlySharpBlade, has learned fencing when she was still a child, served as a Calliope elite agent ever since and is the kind of person to rather pick a fight than yield.
204* CannotSpitItOut: Has problems confessing her feelings for Selva.
205* CheshireCatGrin: One of her Wonderlander powers and the reason she avoids smiling. On rare occasions she can even appear and disappear like the Chessies.
206* CoolSword: Has a vorpal sword. OF COURSE its AudibleSharpness goes "snicker-snack".
207* DrillSergeantNasty: Occasionally.
208* HadToBeSharp: What with her parents treating her like shit for being a Namesake and other kids in her foster home trying to bully her, Alice developed quite the bite. She showed [[LittleMissBadass early on]] a tendency to [[http://namesakecomic.com/comic/who39s-the-boss go straight for the attack]].
209* HalfHumanHybrid: Somewhat. Upon first arriving in Wonderland she sustained serious injuries, and three Cheshire Cats decided to give her an extra life from each of them. This had the result of making her part-Wonderlander and allowing her to open portals at will.
210* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Alice can be snippy and bossy when things don't go according to her plans, especially in the beginning, but once she gets to know someone, she's deeply loyal and caring.
211* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: Like the other Alice-Namesake, she had her reflection mocking her and fueling her insecurities when she was young.
212* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: The other reason she avoids smiling: her Cheshire Cat grin reveals a full set of triangular Cheshire Cat teeth.
213* RaisedByWolves: Starting at seven, anyway -- the Cheshire cats took her in. She now has a huge Wonderland family of magic cats, and considers one of the three that originally rescued her to be her mother.
214* StraightGay: She offhandedly mentions buying drinks for pretty girls in her "interview" appearance, and probably had a crush on her childhood friend, Suzan. She also dated Vanessa before the latter became a Ripper and currently has a crush on Selva. Confirmed as a lesbian.
215* TrueBlueFemininity: Often seen wearing blue.
216
217!!Wendy Shepard
218[[quoteright:222:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wendy2.jpg]]
219
220A member of Calliope, and the current Namesake for Wendy Darling from the story of Peter Pan.
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222* AbhorrentAdmirer: PlayedForLaughs, her [[spoiler:spy]] colleague Bog who talks to her through the ventilation system and occasionally hits on her, to Wendy's exasperation.
223* ActionGirl: She doesn't show it early on, but she's as skilled with a blade as Alice is [[spoiler:because Captain Hook trained her to fight with a sword and a hook when she lived in Neverland.]]
224* CrystalBall: Uses one at one point.
225* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Travis' (requited) crush on her is painfully obvious to anyone.
226* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Wendy's time displacement had a profound effect on her -- she's just very good at hiding it. There's also the fact that her ''younger'' sister by now could easily pass as her grandmother.
227* FriendsWithBenefits: Subtly hinted at in-comic; she's this with Jack. Confirmed by WordOfGod.
228* TheHeart: Undeniably the [[NiceGirl sweetest]] and gentlest of the Calliope members we’ve seen. [[spoiler:Gets somewhat deconstructed after Wendy admits to being a spy, and a lot of her actions are revealed to be carefully calculated and pragmatic, rather than results of kindness.]]
229* HeroicBSOD: Young Wendy had a ''massive'' one [[spoiler:after her attempt to leave Neverland caused the death of all of her friends and she realized the effects Peter Pan had on the lives of those around him. Goes completely with ThousandYardStare, her attacking Peter, and finally breaking down in hysterical giggling and sobs.]]
230* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Alice.
231* JunglePrincess: By the looks of her flashbacks, she was somewhat of a child version of this in Neverland.
232* MarriedToTheJob: She claims the reason why she doesn't try and start a relationship with Travis is because she can't afford to be distracted from her job.
233* TheMole: [[spoiler:Like Banshee, she works for The Founder.]]
234* OlderThanSheLooks: She was born in 1933 (which would make her chronologically 76 years old) but the portal that brought her back from Neverland landed in 1993, making Wendy biologically 26.
235* OnlySaneWoman: She's the one who can keep a cool head in every situation, while most of her co-workers are more impulsive.
236* StepfordSmiler: Under her pleasant exterior Wendy feels completely disconnected from the people around her thanks to her personal TimeSkip.
237-->'''Wendy''': "If I felt things like you do... would I finally be ''here?''"
238* TeamMom: Well, she ''is'' a Wendy.
239
240!!Jack Wright
241[[quoteright:174:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jack1.jpg]]
242
243A current member of Calliope and a Namesake for the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.
244----
245* ButtMonkey: Alice and Wendy tend to give him a lot of grief when they hang out together.
246* TheCasanova: Downplayed. He casually flirts with every lady he comes across, but doesn't really expect this to go anywhere.
247* ADayInTheLimelight: Chapter 27 and 28 focus on his Namesake journey [[spoiler:and his and Penta's love story]].
248* {{Eagleland}}: Generally outgoing, sunny and egalitarian: Wendy calls him a "meddlesome Yank".
249%%* FieryRedhead %%ZeroContentEntry
250* FriendsWithBenefits: Subtly hinted at in-comic; he's this with Wendy, who knows that his heart "is not available". Confirmed by WordOfGod.
251* HappilyMarried: He was married to [[spoiler:Penta, a princess from the giants' world. When Jack tries to return there after going back to earth, he finds out that her world is dead, and she likely is too.]]
252* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Even Fish, who usually has nothing but contempt for other people, comments on his pretty hair.
253* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Penta is this to him.]]
254* RaisedByGrandparents: His mother was very young when she had him, so they lived with her father, and when Jack joined Calliope, his grandfather moved to England with him and took on legal guardianship for him while his mother went on to start a new life.
255* RealMenWearPink: In the giants' castle above the clouds, he had to wear a dress so he could easily be hidden among the princesses, which he didn't complain about for one second. [[WholesomeCrossdresser And he looked good in it, too.]]
256* RedheadInGreen: In colored pictures, he is often seen wearing green. Fits with his ancestry, since his grandfather is Irish.
257* RedRightHand: His right hand is covered in permanent blood splatters from killing a giant.
258* SadClown: Ever charming, ever joking, ever pleasant, which easily hides that [[spoiler:he had a highly traumatic Namesake travel at approximately 14-15 years of age, lost the love of his life and stranded in [[VoidBetweenTheWorlds empty space where his second home world used to be]] for an undecipherable amount of time.]]
259* ShipperOnDeck: For Wendy and Travis, Emma and Warrick, Alice and Selva... whoever it is, Jack probably approves of and supports it.
260* YouCantFightFate: Much to his grief, he had to find out that Jacks are giant killers in their Namesake world, and there is no way around this. He got this told by one of the giants who had just become dear friends to him.
261
262!!Karen Lawson
263[[quoteright:146:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/karen1_5.jpg]]
264
265A runaway Namesake. Her death kick-starts the plot.
266----
267* AddictiveMagic: Seems to have fallen prey to magic addiction sometime before the story starts. This is what causes her [[spoiler:possession by a ghost.]]
268* AnArmAndALeg: It is shown that her feet were chopped off and replaced by wooden ones due to her being the Namesake of The Red Dancing Shoes.
269* ArtificialLimbs: Her feet are wooden. This allows her to wear the red dancing shoes without them affecting her.
270* BrokenBird: Implied to have been this after her Namesake travel; she isolated herself from Calliope and became addicted to magic.
271* KillItWithFire: Eesh.
272* WeHardlyKnewYe: Gets [[KilledOffForReal killed]] in the very first chapter.
273
274!!Travis Almstedt
275[[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/travis1.jpg]]
276
277A member of the Writer's Guild, Writer of Wendy Shepard and adoptive brother of the Ripper agent Bird. He agrees to train Elaine and also acts as the main Guild representative in Emma's quest. His complicated relationship with his sister also puts him at frequent odds with Alice, who hates him with a passion.
278----
279* BadassBookworm: Travis gets called "useless desk monkey" by one of his colleagues, but uses his Writer powers to fight a cockatrice and a Shadow.
280* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: The reason Alice hates him so much is because [[spoiler: Travis used his Writer powers on her to make her kill Vanessa after the latter's FaceHeelTurn.]] However, this could have been more a problem of bad phrasing than his true intent.
281* ButtMonkey: The Calliope leader Jason makes decisions over his head without much regard for Travis' stance, and Alice occasionally bullies him.
282* CynicismCatalyst: He used to be much nicer and calmer before his sister's sudden betrayal and defection from Calliope.
283* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Doesn't even bother keeping his romantic feelings for Wendy a secret, especially since she also likes him back.
284* HappilyAdopted: By Mikaela Almstedt.
285* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His first appearance has him calling Emma [[spoiler: a magical item and "not a human"]] that should be handed over to the Guild for study while also revealing his feud with Alice. However, he later apologizes for his behavior to Emma while helping her and Elaine sort their powers out and also admits that he made mistakes in his past that make Alice's hate of him justified.
286* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:Alice stabbed Vanessa because Travis commanded her with his [[CompellingVoice Writer powers]] to "stop her at any cost". Seeing how [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone guilty]] Travis later feels about this, he probably didn't mean that ''any'' cost would involve Vanessa's life.]]
287* UsedToBeASweetKid: The youngest we get to see him is in a flashback as a small boy where he greets his newly arrived adoptive sister in Russian, which he solely learned so she would have someone she could talk to.
288
289!!Reverend Charles Dodgson (aka {{Creator/Lewis Carroll}})
290[[quoteright:163:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lewis_carroll1.jpg]]
291
292The author of ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', a dear friend and the Writer of Alice Liddell. He is a member of Calliope.
293----
294* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: The real Reverend Dodgson was most certainly ''not'' a member of a secret organization of dimensional travelers and reality warpers.
295* HistoricalDomainCharacter: A fictionalized version of Lewis Carroll.
296* MistakenForRomance: Alice's older sister Ina suspects him of having an affair with Alice, and others can see how they are obviously very close, but his feelings for her, while doting, are not of the romantic sort.
297--> '''Thumbelina''': If I didn't know better, I'd swear you were harboring feelings for the girl. Need I remind you just how unwise that is?\
298'''Carroll''': There is more than one way to care for a person, Lina.
299* MyGreatestFailure: He feels guilty about not having protected Alice / explained her powers to her in time before she travelled to Wonderland, which was implied to have been a highly traumatic experience.
300* ParentalSubstitute: He sees Alice as his daughter-of-sorts, and tries to help her after she comes back from Wonderland.
301
302!!Alice Liddell
303[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alice_liddell1.jpg]]
304
305A Namesake of a former generation of Calliope. After she [[spoiler: accidentally sends her sister to Wonderland]], she becomes a member of Calliope in order to get better control over her powers.
306----
307* ActionGirl: Becomes one with Calliope.
308* BrokenBird: After going through what's implied to be a pretty hellish situation in Wonderland and [[spoiler:accidentally causing the death of her sister]], Alice grows up to be this. It's even more apparent in her old age, when she has become disenchanted and tired.
309* HistoricalDomainCharacter: A combination of Alice Liddell and Alice from ''Literature/AliceInWonderland.''
310* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: The real Alice Liddell was, by all reliable sources, a fairly ordinary woman as an adult. ''Namesake'''s Alice fought Shadows and headed Calliope. Same with her eventual husband Reginald Hargreaves, who in real life was a cricket player but in the story is a weapons instructor for Calliope.
311* ILetGwenStacyDie: She accidentally [[spoiler:sent her sister to Wonderland]], with tragic results.
312* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: Her reflection mocks her over [[spoiler:being responsible for her sister's death.]] Alice shouts at it that it isn't real, but with her having travelled to Wonderland through a looking glass once, it could be sort of real.
313* PowerIncontinence: She can't control her powers at first, leading to a tragic accident.
314* ShipTease: [[http://namesakecomic.com/comic/a-healthy-case-of-nerves/ With]] Reginald Hargreaves, which is a ForegoneConclusion since in both real life and the world of the comic she wound up marrying him, something that receives a LampshadeHanging in TheRant for the comic that introduces him by saying you'd already know this if you read the "Calliope Handbook" extra or knew anything about the real Alice Liddell.
315
316!!Thumbelina "Lina"
317[[quoteright:214:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lina1.jpg]]
318[[quoteright:168:[[labelnote:Click to see how she looks later in life.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lina2.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
319
320The chief administrator of Calliope in the 1870's, up to 1898. She is very serious about making sure Namesakes' powers don't run awry.
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322* FieryRedhead: She's quite a passionate leader, and not averse to yelling at people in order to get things done. Perhaps justified in that, with her small size, she'd be quite easy to overlook otherwise.
323* FunSize: She ''is'' Thumbelina.
324* IntergenerationalFriendship: With her granddaughter Maia, the Fairy Queen, dearly and is always at her side with good-natured bickering, encouraging words or good advice.
325* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: A strict, no-nonsense kind of leader, but she doesn't lack empathy and honestly wants what's best for the people at Calliope.
326* TinyTyrannicalGirl: More literal on the "tiny" part than most.
327* TooImportantToWalk: Justified. She's only a few inches tall, so walking on the ground in the same area as normal-sized people is life-threatening for her.
328[[/folder]]
329
330[[folder: Rippers]]
331A group of former Namesakes who sold their names and now oppose Calliope. Led by the mysterious One, the Rippers have been around for a long time and so far their objectives are unknown. Just what are they planning?
332
333!!1 / [[spoiler:[[Film/TheWizardOfOz Henry Gale]]]] / [[spoiler:Jekyll]]
334[[quoteright:186:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/one1.jpg]]
335
336The supposed leader of the Rippers.
337----
338* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:''Something'' happened to kind old Uncle Henry to make him this way. It is implied it has something to do with the death of Emily Gale.]] This ends up being possibly averted with the intermission of Book Seven suggesting that [[spoiler:One's original name was ''Jekyll'', as in ''[[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde,]]]]'' and [[spoiler:he may have purchased Henry Gale's name from the Goblin Market]]. And that's only if [[spoiler:he didn't purchase ''Jekyll's'' name ''first!'']]
339* BadBoss: One is definitely not above being brutally cruel to his subordinates, or punishing them severely for actions that he pre-ordained them to do.
340* BigBad: Claims he wants to bring every world under his control.
341* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:It's hinted that he has been consumed by a shadow child.]]
342* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Emma's humanity puzzles him; apparently his plans didn't account for the love of a little sister with Writer powers. [[spoiler:Or for Warrick's heart finding her.]]
343* EvilUncle: He's [[spoiler:the ''original'' Dorothy's]] uncle. Also counts in that he says that he raised 37, [[spoiler:Emma and Elaine's father]], from when he was a small boy. And he introduces himself to Emma as her Uncle Henry.
344* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: [[http://namesakecomic.com/comic/did-we-win/ More or less literally]]. In case you had any doubts about whether he was a bad guy.
345* LightIsNotGood: He usually wears white or light grey suits or shirts, apart from being a rather [[BeautyIsBad good-looking]] blond guy. Also, cruel and rotten to the core.
346* OlderThanTheyLook: He raised Daniel from when he was a little boy. By now, Daniel is past 40 and looks the part, while One [[TheAgeless hasn't aged a day]].
347* SmugSmiler: He has the most punchable face when things go according to his plans.
348* VillainousRescue: Of [[spoiler:Daniel Crewe / 37]].
349* WickedCultured: The interior design of Bramble Manor and him inviting Emma to a fancy dinner certainly have vibes of that.
350* XanatosGambit: Tells Nose (fairly convincingly) after Emma's escape that everything is actually going according to his plan.
351
352!!16 / Banshee
353[[quoteright:179:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/banshee1.jpg]]
354
355A Ripper agent who keeps quite about her past and her intentions. She's the only Ripper so far that has never been shown to be intentionally cruel or manipulative.
356----
357* AffablyEvil: Banshee is never seen doing anything bad and is quite polite to everyone she meets. [[spoiler: Which makes sense given she's actually TheMole.]]
358* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Initially appears to be this. She shows to be more friendly and even humorous later.
359* HealingHands: She's a healer, and apparently her powers work on emotional pain as well as physical wounds. She also seems to be greatly averse to allowing people's suffering.
360* TheMedic: Is this for the Rippers.
361* TheMole: [[spoiler:Reveals to Bird that she actually works for a figure called "The Founder" that monitors both Calliope and the Rippers.]]
362* TokenGoodTeammate: When compared to the other Rippers, Banshee is quite nice.
363* TransNature: It's been shown on various splash pages [[https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/see-you-at-flamecon like this one]] that Banshee's transgender.
364* WhiteSheep: Could be this, as she implies [[spoiler:she might be related to One.]]
365--> '''Bird''': You are as bad as [[spoiler:One]]!\
366'''Banshee''': Oh? [[spoiler:Runs in the blood, I suppose.]]
367
368!!46 / Bird / Vanessa Almstedt
369[[quoteright:181:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vanessa1_8.jpg]]
370
371A runaway Russian Namesake who was originally named Vanessa, she killed Karen and started the library fire that kicked off the plot. As revealed later in the story, [[spoiler:she was adopted by Calliope agent Mikaela Almstedt after awakening her powers and lived a fairly happy life before selling her name to One and joining the Rippers for an unknown reason. It is implied that she discovered some sort of secret that caused her to run away, and her past is deeply connected to the darker side of Calliope.]]
372----
373* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Got her arm chopped off by Alice's vorpal blade while Alice was being mind-controlled, though it was restored almost immediately.]]
374* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: She was stabbed to death by a mind-controlled Alice, who then used one of her extra Cheshire lives to bring her back.]]
375* BrokenBird: Implied to have a heavily traumatic past that she's trying to run away from. We finally learn about it in chapter 21.
376* CantRefuseTheCallAnymore: She tried to leave the Rippers and her messy life behind, but [[spoiler:Banshee found her and urged her to help saving the universe. Bird is [[SourSupporter not thrilled]].]]
377* ADayInTheLimelight: Chapter 21 is all about her origins, her relationship with her adopted family and what she has been doing [[spoiler: since the attack on Bramble Manor]].
378* DealWithTheDevil: Sold her memories to One in order to protect her loved ones at Calliope, namely [[spoiler:her girlfriend Alice and her brother Travis]].
379* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Bird has been suicidal ever since she joined the Rippers and began giving up her memories, which left her depressed and lost. At least at one occasion, she uttered the wish to [[TakingYouWithMe get herself killed while fighting]] something that's worth to be destroyed.]]
380* TheDragAlong: She's pissed when Banshee [[spoiler:takes her with herself to the Goblin Market]], because she didn't want to deal with magic adventures anymore.
381* EvilIsBurningHot: Has fire powers which are ''vastly'' destructive. Though how evil she is can be put up for debate.
382* FaceHeelTurn: Like most Rippers she is a depowered Namesake who used to work for Calliope.
383* HappilyAdopted: By Mikaela Almstedt, another fire user and the same woman who adopted Travis. [[spoiler:Possibly not so happy anymore once she found out that Mikaela was involved in shady shenanigans with the Rippers.]]
384* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Seems to have made one as of Chapter 21, at least to the extent where she is no longer welcome among the Rippers.]]
385* LaserGuidedAmnesia: A peculiar case in that [[spoiler:she herself chose to give up some of her memories, and willingly allowed Nase to take more and more of them over time]], up to the point where barely anything of her original personality is left.
386* PlayingWithFire: Conjures a flame to light a cigarette in her first appearance, and was home in Russia the Namesake of the Firebird myth. (Her first name Vanessa is derived from the greek word ''phanes'', which means "the radiant one".) [[spoiler:When she was a child, she also accidently burned a part of a forest down when she fought off an ancient sorcerer who attacked her.]]
387* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: She's mostly dressed in dark red shades and black, going with her black hair, and at first she plays the trope straight, what with killing someone and setting a library ablaze. Later more and more [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] as we find out [[spoiler:that she UsedToBeASweetKid before her trust in Calliope was betrayed and she went to the Rippers for help, who stole her memories, derailed her personality and left her as a broken, angry mess.]] After all that, she still shows regret for some of the things that happened and is willing to protect other Namesakes.
388* ReluctantWarrior: One of the few Rippers who don't seem to enjoy the job one bit, which leads to...
389* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Bramble Manor was destroyed, Bird left the Rippers in an attempt to get rid of all the magic and the horror she's been through.
390* ShootTheShaggyDog: Yes, she has suffered terribly, but still, nearly the first thing we see her do in-comic is murdering a wheelchair-bound girl.
391* YouAreNumberSix: When she wakes up after her first memory loss, Banshee calls her "46". She reluctantly says "That's not my name", though she doesn't seem to be able to remember her own name, either. By now though, she completely refuses to be called "Vanessa".
392
393!!37 / [[spoiler:Daniel Crewe]]
394[[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/daniel_7.jpg]]
395
396A Writer, 37 was raised by One from childhood and was allowed to keep his real name. However, once familial matters get involved, he begins to question his role and loyalty to One and the organization.
397----
398* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Wound up genuinely caring for Emma despite her being a Changeling.]]
399* EyeScream: In his backstory [[spoiler:as a splitter of the mirror of the Troll King took his eye, and again when One, who originally restored his eye, punishes him for arranging Emma's escape by putting that same splitter back.]]
400* ForYourOwnGood: Uses his Writer powers [[spoiler:to [[CompellingVoice order]] Emma to escape the collapsing Rippers' Headquarters.]]
401* IAmNotYourFather: [[spoiler:Confesses this to Emma as she's a Changeling who was put in place of the original Emma, but adds that he loves her just the same.]]
402* TheLostLenore: Enrages One by consorting with a Namesake ghost named Gerda; the two of them were (at least) very close friends, and he has also another special bond with her because he was her Writer.
403* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:He is the father of Emma and Elaine. However, he later confesses to Emma that [[IAmNotYourFather he isn't her father]] due to her being a Changeling put in place of the original Emma, though he adds that he loves her all the same]]
404* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:For Elaine and the real Emma, and then seems to come around to being this for the Emma we've followed for most of the story.]]
405* ParentsAsPeople: Has lied to his daughters and allowed the Rippers to do a lot of messed-up stuff to [[spoiler:both Emmas]], but in worst case, he will bring his children out of the danger zone at any cost, and he [[spoiler:gave Emma her sword back and all the information she needs to fight for herself.]]
406* PermaStubble: He sports this.
407* RealityWarper: Par for the course of being a Writer. On one page [[http://namesakecomic.com/comic/37-remembers-his-place/ he threatens Trinket]] by saying he can unwrite her existence.
408* SecretLegacy: Turns out his second name is [[spoiler:Kay, associating him with Literature/TheSnowQueen]] in addition to being a Writer. [[spoiler:Hence he has gotten tangled up into the story of his friend, the Namesake Gerda.]]
409* StrongFamilyResemblance: He has the same nose as [[spoiler:his daughters Elaine and Emma.]]
410* WalkingSpoiler: Once it's made clear he's a Ripper.
411
412!!55 / Nose / Sahil / [[spoiler:Rumpelstiltskin]]
413[[quoteright:234:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nose2.jpg]]
414
415At first Nose appears to be just an ordinary henchman, but his role in the story is much bigger than anyone could have predicted. Like 37, he was also raised by One and has a deep personal connection to Emma. It is later revealed [[spoiler: that he is a prototype Skeleton Key who failed in his role and now is used only "for storage" while being controlled by One under the name "Rumpelstiltskin".]]
416----
417* AddictiveMagic: Nose seems to be kept on a leash by One using addictive magical substances. As of now, it seems this is because of his [[spoiler:ArtificialHuman status]] -- the other Rippers don't need it [[spoiler:since they have inherent magical energy, while Nose has to be fed with stories to be powerful]].
418* AffablyEvil: Generally has a very pleasant and friendly demeanor, even when threatening a teenage girl. Readers frequently confess how ''difficult'' it is to hate him the way you generally want to hate a villain.
419* AffectionateNickname: Calls Emma "habibti", an Arab term meaning "my love".
420* AmbiguouslyBrown: His exact ethnicity hasn't been specified on page, but the fact that he calls Emma "habibti", an Arabic term of endearment, implies he's from the Middle East. This was confirmed by WordOfGod.
421* ArtificialHuman: Implied to be one in chapter sixteen. [[spoiler: He's One's prior attempt at creating a Skeleton Key.]]
422* DragonWithAnAgenda: It is clear Nose attempts to subvert One as much as possible whenever he can get away with it.
423* {{Foil}}: To [[spoiler: Emma]]. Nose is an example of what happens when One tries to create a Skeleton Key [[spoiler: without Ozma's secret meddling.]]
424* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Turns out he's met [[http://namesakecomic.com/comic/i-will-remember-you/ Emma before.]] She doesn't remember this, also making him a [[spoiler:ForgottenChildhoodFriend.]]
425* HorrorHunger: complains that One makes him "eat" people by consuming their stories.
426* IKnowYourTrueName: Seems to actually be physically hurt when One speaks the name "Rumpelstiltskin" out loud, though it's probably not his ''true'' name but forced on him by One.
427* LaserGuidedAmnesia: His memories have been tampered with by One so many times that Nose doesn't have much trust in them anymore. Whenever he acts rebellious, One wipes his mind.
428* ManipulativeBastard: Seems to have learned the fine art of manipulating people from One.
429* NighInvulnerable: Due to being not actually human; being perforated by several blades doesn't damage him long-term.
430--> '''Nose''': Well, I'm nearly almost impossible to kill.
431* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Either because he's not used to normal human interaction, or because he doesn't care. It's ambiguous.
432* PetTheDog: In the 2018/19 holiday story, he meets and befriends a Moonface Cheshire Cat and, despite having been shown to be rather unstable at the time, treats her kindly. Doubles as ThrowTheDogABone for himself, seeing how he's genuinely happy to have someone keeping him company without ulterior motives for once.
433* StalkerWithACrush: Granted, he probably followed Emma around in her college time because he was ordered to do so, but he definitely won't complain about being around Emma.
434* TermsOfEndangerment: He has a cute nickname for everybody, including those he's trying to kidnap or brainwash -- "habibti", his name for Emma, being the most notable, and "little princess" for Elaine.
435* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Emma, whom he has known since they both were children. He already had a crush on her back then which he harbors to the present day, but Emma doesn't exactly like him.
436* VillainousCrush: Definitely has a soft spot for Emma.
437
438!!72 / Fish
439[[quoteright:238:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fish1.jpg]]
440
441A [[{{AxCrazy}} slightly psychotic]] Ripper agent who enjoys violence and has a prejudice against humans, she was first introduced stealing the red dancing shoes from Bird [[{{Troll}} in order to give them to One herself.]]
442----
443* CuteAndPsycho: Keeps herself amused by using magic to injure innocent bystanders.
444* BadassInDistress: Nose accidentally [[spoiler: trapped her in a bottle along with some Calliope agents and now she is currently being held hostage by them in a special vault.]]
445* TheBusCameBack: She reappears [[spoiler:as she is getting taken into custody by Calliope]].
446* {{Jerkass}}: Will not hesitate to torment anyone, not even her allies.
447* MakingASplash: Her main power.
448* ProngsOfPoseidon: Aside from her water manipulation powers, she also handles a trident in combat pretty well.
449* PutOnABus: We haven't seen much of her [[spoiler: ever since getting stuck in a djinn's bottle.]]
450* SupernaturalSensitivity: She senses when [[spoiler:Elaine's muse powers awaken.]]
451* VillainousRescue: Escaped her prison, she helps Elaine and Fred fighting a Shadow. [[spoiler:This is because she has taken an unspecified interest in Elaine and her muse powers.]]
452
453!!27 / Trinket
454[[quoteright:123:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trinket1.jpg]]
455
456A sadistic Ripper agent that has a crush on Banshee.
457----
458* BoyishShortHair: Cropped approximately an inch short.
459* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: In her case, it's Banshee, [[spoiler:whose betrayal upsets her extremely]].
460* ForTheEvulz: She seems to think it's good fun to hand sharp glass shards to little kids, magically disguised as plushies.
461* MasterOfIllusion: Can do illusion spells on a small scale and apparently likes to play games (though her Ripper colleagues know better than to play against her).
462* MemoryWipingCrew: She gives Emma FakeMemories to keep her compliant for the Ripper's means.
463
464!!2 / Lorina "Ina" Liddell
465[[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ina_liddell1.jpg]]
466
467Alice Liddell's older sister... or at least she was. Now seems to work for the Rippers.
468----
469* TheAgeless: Died officially 1930 as an old woman, yet [[spoiler:four years later she shows up to kill her sister]], reverted to being a young, attractive woman, which she is to the present day.
470* EldritchAbomination: Besides the fact that Ina should by all rights have died close to a century ago, she now seems to be part shadow, something that draws disturbing parallels to the spirit.
471* FaceHeelTurn: The death of Edith is implied to have been her StartOfDarkness.
472* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Another self-explanatory one, Ina is a fictionalized version of the real Ina Liddell.
473* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Needless to say, the real Ina wasn't like this.
474* NumberTwo: Among the Rippers, she only takes orders from One.
475* SiblingMurder: [[spoiler:She ultimately killed Alice.]]
476* SiblingRivalry: Ina was always jealous of the attention Alice received from Lewis Carroll, Edith's death was just the turning point.
477* SiblingTriangle: A variation; it is hinted that young Ina had a PrecociousCrush on Lewis Carroll and reacted very sourly on the latter's close relationship with Alice, despite it being entirely platonic.
478
479!!Sting and Venom
480[[quoteright:302:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stingvenom1.jpg]]
481
482Two skilled and cold Ripper agents that obey One unquestioningly.
483----
484* BrotherSisterTeam: They are always shown together and certainly look similar enough to be siblings. Confirmed by WordOfGod.
485* MasterPoisoner: Venom makes arrows out of thin air that seem to convey some unspecified, but definitely malevolent substance.
486* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Both are dressed mainly in black and red, and both appear to be rather unfeeling and unscrupulous.
487
488!!Sleeping Beauty aka [[spoiler:Emma Crewe]] / [[spoiler:Briar]]
489[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/briar1.jpg]]
490[[quoteright:277:[[labelnote:Click here to see her actual appearance.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/briar2.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
491
492A young girl who had her name sold to One and Ina as a child and is kept in an induced coma by them due to her importance to the Ripper's plans. It is later revealed she has the ability to talk to Emma in her dreams. The two then form an alliance to set her free and take down One once and for all.
493----
494* AbusiveParents: The person who forced her to sell her name ''was her own mother''.
495* AndIMustScream: Her mind has been awake and aware of her surroundings, but as long as her body is asleep she remains trapped inside her own head. This has been going on for ''years''.
496-->'''Sleeping Beauty''': ''(to Emma)'' Please save me. I've been in the dark for so long. There's never any dreams. [[BrokenTears PLEASE SAVE ME.]]
497%%* BrokenBird %%ZeroContentEntry
498* ComatoseCanary: Begins reacting [[spoiler:as Emma starts causing problems for the Rippers]].
499* DamselInDistress: Being in the hands of the Rippers, she seems quite helpless. [[spoiler:Though not as helpless as One would like her to be, seeing as she can control the vines around Bramble Manor to such an extent that they destroy the entire building.]]
500* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: She's dressed in purple, and more traditionally feminine than her counterpart.
501* IKnowYourTrueName: It seems like her birth name [[spoiler:Emma]] is no longer applying to her, as it was given to someone else, and it's stated that she has to buy a new name to wake up. [[spoiler:Later, she's woken up by One when he gives her the name Briar, following up the Sleeping Beauty theme. He uses the name to control her.]]
502* JacobMarleyApparel: In [[TalkingInYourDreams Emma's dreams]], she always appears in a nightgown and cardigan which she is also wearing in life, laying asleep in her bed.
503* MysteriousProtector: Before we got to know who she was [[spoiler:she already ghosted through Emma's mind, talking to her while masked and protecting her from the attacks of a ghost.]]
504* OutOfTheFryingPan: [[spoiler:Yes, she eventually is woken up. Chained to her bed, unable to speak, bossed around by Ina, and having a new name, Briar, which One gave her solely to keep her on the leash.]]
505* PsychicLink: She has one to [[spoiler:Emma]], allowing them to communicate and work together against One. [[spoiler:The link gets severed in chapter 24 to keep One from using Sleeping Beauty to infiltrate Emma.]]
506* RedHerring: There was some evidence she was actually Emma's mother, [[http://namesakecomic.com/comic/reuse- including]] a MotherlySidePlait when she appears partially in one panel, which helped obscure the ''real'' twist: [[spoiler:that she's Emma herself]].
507* WalkingSpoiler: Though she's actually more of a lying-in-her-bed-and-sleeping spoiler.
508
509!![[spoiler:Emma]] Ramos
510[[quoteright:188:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mommaramos1.jpg]]
511
512Daniel's wife and the mother of the Crewe sisters who disappeared shortly after Elaine was born. She was revealed to have been a Puerto-Rican Namesake in direct contact with One, but so far that is the only information known about her and her current fate is one of the biggest mysteries in the comic.
513----
514* EightiesHair: Has noticeably voluminous hair in a flashback and a photograph.
515* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Selling your own daughter to be used as a test subject for an evil organization certainly qualifies you as one.]]
516* ChosenConceptionPartner: Daniel implies their marriage was a contractual relationship based on mutual obligation to One. [[spoiler:In Emma Ramos' memories, we see them having quite a normal and even affectionate relationship.]]
517* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her first full appearance has her callously subjecting a helpless victim to ColdBloodedTorture.
518--> '''[[spoiler:Emma]] Ramos''': ''(while dragging the blade across the girl's face)'' You're going to die, Su-Ying. And I get to decide how.
519* MadScientist: A magic variation. [[spoiler:It's apparent she's an utter genius who played through thousands and thousands of potential scenarios the universe could undergo and set up her daughters and circumstances to be in the right place to save the universe, making her a WellIntentionedExtremist as well: She ''does'' genuinely want to save the universe so her children will live, but how she treats her daughters is utterly horrific.]]
520* MeaningfulName: The fact that [[spoiler: her daughter has the same name ]] is definitely ''not'' a coincidence. It is later revealed that [[spoiler:all vorpalsmiths take the name Emma, and Emma Crewe was forged to become a smith herself]].
521* MissingMom: To Emma and Elaine, though given her nature that might be a good thing.
522* NewChildLeftBehind: Emma was around 8-9 years when she left, having known her at least for some years, but Elaine was only a newborn and thus has no memories of her mother whatsoever.
523* ParentalAbandonment: Daniel tells of her leaving shortly after Elaine's birth in a way that implies she never considered the girls anything more than contractual obligations in her agreement with One. [[spoiler:We later learn that isn't quite true; she's [[SoProudOfYou very proud]] of how her daughters, her prime test subjects for an ambitious magical project, have developed. We still don't know why she left though, or where she went.]]
524* ParentsAsPeople: After everything we learned about her, it's quite stunning to [[spoiler:see her crying in despair over baby Emma's bed because she as a young mother is completely overtaxed with finding out what her baby wants / needs and feels she must be a terrible parent.]] It's an oddly human moment that puts her character in more relative terms.
525* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Her ultimate goal. [[spoiler:She travelled through [[AlternateTimeline multiple timelines]] and eventually set up Emma with the abilities and tools she needs to save the universe that is running towards its doom since the time the muses were extinguished by the Shadow.]]
526* UltimateBlacksmith: By nature of being a vorpalsmith.
527* WalkingSpoiler: Pretty much everything about her, especially her name.
528[[/folder]]
529
530[[folder:Oz]]
531
532!!Adora Chopper
533[[quoteright:215:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adora1.jpg]]
534
535Warrick and Selva's mother, and the Tin Man's daughter. Ozma created her from a purple flower and a piece of the Tin Man's heart, and she has green and purple skin as a result. Her heart was broken at one point, which caused her to become the first Neutral Witch of the West.
536----
537* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Her aloofness coming from the fact that showing strong emotions quite literally hurts her.
538* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Green skin on one half, purple on the other.
539* EmeraldPower: Half of her body and face has green skin on one side, purple on the other, and is a powerful witch.
540* LoveHurts: So, so much. Her getting her heart broken by the twins's father changed her personality completely, making her unable to feel or demonstrate almost any emotion. [[spoiler:Turns out what ''really'' happened was massive power loss.]]
541* LivingMemory: [[spoiler:The witches of the Order of Roses, with whom Adora associated, banned a memory of hers into a vorpal ring so she would act as a guide to the Skeleton Key.]]
542* MamaBear: This ends up [[spoiler:leading to her death]].
543* PurpleIsPowerful: Half of her body and face has green skin on one side, purple on the other, and is a powerful witch.
544* PosthumousCharacter: Has been dead for a few years by the time the story begins.
545* WonderChild: Was this to her parents.
546
547!!Agha
548[[quoteright:175:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agha1.jpg]]
549
550A munchkin who Emma meets soon after her arrival.
551----
552* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: When she requests Emma take her shirt off to keep from angering Selva.
553* FunSize: As a munchkin, she doesn't even come up to Emma's waist.
554* OnlySaneMan: For quite a bit of the Oz arc, Agha is Emma's only companion with both the necessary knowledge of Oz and the Dorothy cycle and the mental / emotional stability to do anything about it. This actually makes her a good candidate [[spoiler: for becoming the new Wizard.]]
555* SheIsTheKing: By the time Emma arrives in Oz for the second time [[spoiler: Agha has officially been crowned the new Wizard despite not having any magic.]]
556* ShipperOnDeck: For Warrick and Emma.
557* TeamMom: Agha is the one keeping the team together in the Oz arc.
558
559!!Anlise
560[[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anlise1.jpg]]
561
562The Good Witch of the North. She greets Emma after she arrives in Oz, believing her to be a new Dorothy.
563----
564* BrainwashedAndCrazy: While under [[spoiler:the poppy's]] control.
565* GoodWitchVersusBadWitch: "Some people are just born wicked, dear. It's quite unfortunate." [[spoiler:Subverted as Anlise is being mind-controlled by Renge into doing some very questionable things, and Selva was not in her right mind when she tried to take over the East.]]
566* LoveHurts: [[spoiler: Renge's betrayal]] still weighs heavily on her a year after it happened.
567* OutOfCharacterAlert: Her overly sweet and [[GenkiGirl joyful]] behavior points Warrick rightfully to the fact that she's NotHerself at the time. When she has a full grip on her mind, Anlise is much calmer and more thoughtful.
568
569!!Chiseri / [[spoiler:Chadrick]]
570[[quoteright:177:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chiseri1.jpg]]
571[[quoteright:131:[[labelnote:Click to see his human form.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chadrick1.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
572
573A flying... thing that follows Warrick around. He hasn't had much importance in the story until much later.
574----
575* BumblingDad: He means well, but he wasn't around much for most of [[spoiler:the twins' lives]], and he appears somewhat self-centered and complacent which makes it hard to see his good intents.
576* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Though he claims it wasn't his fault, [[spoiler: he was forced to flee and leave his children behind after Adora's heart broke.]]
577%%* DeadpanSnarker %%ZeroContentEntry
578* LongHairedPrettyBoy: In his previous, human form.
579* LukeIAmYourFather: Something that was news to [[spoiler:Selva]], though [[spoiler:Warrick]] had already figured it out.
580* NonHumanSidekick: Plays this part to Warrick. Justified, as [[spoiler:he's Warrick's father, and wants to protect him.]]
581* PapaWolf: Towards [[spoiler: his son Warrick.]]
582* StrongFamilyResemblance: Only in his human form; he looks a lot like his son [[spoiler:Warrick]], especially when it comes to facial expressions.
583
584!!Hercilia
585[[quoteright:227:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hercilia1.jpg]]
586[[quoteright:170:[[labelnote:Click to see her human form.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hercilia2.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
587
588The previous Wicked Witch of the East. Selva turned her into a pair of shoes when she took over the East. Emma picks her up after "defeating" Selva.
589----
590* BrutalHonesty: She's not afraid to dish Emma, Warrick, Selva, or Anlise some harsh truths about their missions, their decisions, or their loved ones.
591* ForcedTransformation: Turned into a pair of shoes by Selva. [[spoiler:Changed back by Selva after Renge's arrest.]]
592* {{Jerkass}}: She is prone to temper tantrums and sulking. In Warrick's backstory, she can be seen [[SpeakIllOfTheDead making rude remarks towards a dead girl]]. At her [[LastDisrespects funeral]].
593%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mellows out into this as the story progresses.
594* JerkassHasAPoint: There is a reason she's in charge of the East.
595* TrickedOutShoes: ''Was'' a pair, due to Selva's magic. She sort of filled in for the ruby slippers on Emma's journey through Oz. Still has plenty of magic. She can explode away poppy vines and push Emma higher when she jumps.
596* VitriolicBestBuds: With Warrick.
597
598!!Jinjur
599[[quoteright:194:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jinjur1.jpg]]
600
601A military commandant who once tried to take over the Emerald City but now serves Ozma loyally. When the poppies began to infest the land Jinjur took it upon herself to form an all-female army and march on the capital in hopes of stopping the invasion.
602----
603* AmazonBrigade: Like her sister-in-law Sabion, she's the leader of an all-female army.
604* {{Determinator}}: After [[spoiler:her husband and her farm get lost in the poppies]], Jinjur decides to fix the entire situation herself by building and leading an army of like-minded people, and ends up playing a major role in the [[spoiler:battle against Renge.]]
605* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Husband]]: He's trapped [[spoiler:in the poppies.]] Whether or not he is alive is unknown.
606* ItsPersonal: One of her driving reasons for starting the rebellion is because [[spoiler: the poppies overtook her farm and husband, and she's sick of waiting for Renge to do something about it.]]
607* VitriolicBestBuds: With both twins. She's had a lot of quarrel with Selva and especially Warrick the past years due to their erratic nature at the time, but Jinjur actually likes them and wants them to get a chance to clear up with their past.
608
609!!Ozma
610[[quoteright:226:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ozma1_4.jpg]]
611
612Princess Ozma is the supreme ruler of the land of Oz. An extremely powerful healer who was loved by all of her subjects, her sudden disappearance caused a stir when strange poppies began covering the entire country and the spell she had cast to keep her citizens immortal began to fail. Warrick's search for her is one the major arcs in the first part of the comic. [[spoiler:Eventually revealed to be a Muse who was around since the beginning of the universe and has a major role in the current perils.]]
613----
614* TheAce: An excellent ruler who was skilled in magic and adored by everyone who met her.
615* AllLovingHero: She loved everyone and everything equally.
616* AmnesiacGod: [[spoiler:She's actually the last living Muse, but [[http://namesakecomic.com/comic/trying-to-forget suppressed her own memories to try and live as normal a life as she could]]. At the end of the chapter 24 when she awakens, she apparently remembers everything and is not happy about it.]]
617* ComatoseCanary: [[spoiler: Has been in a coma for who knows how long, and even after being rescued there is no prediction of when (or if) she will ever wake up. Later, it turns out she has woken up, but's strongly implied she chose the magic-induced coma herself and would have preferred to stay like this.]]
618* FlowerMotifs: Always associated with poppies, her favorite flowers.
619* GreenAndMean: Initially [[AvertedTrope averted]]. Ozma always dresses in green, and she is a very kind and sunny person. [[spoiler:Later it's revealed she has some highly manipulative and ruthless aspects to her, such as creating Adora as a Skeleton Key for her own use or destroying an entire country to create the Deathly Desert around Oz.]]
620* LostLenore: The Dorothies are this to her, but especially the original one, Dorothy Gale.
621* LoveHurts: Ozma loved all of the Dorothies deeply but thanks to her immortality spell all of them would eventually grow old on the inside while their bodies remained young, eventually killing them and leaving Ozma an emotional wreck.
622* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: A delicate girl who appears quite young most of the time, but she is one of the most powerful magic beings there is.
623
624!!Renge / [[spoiler: Jellia Jamb]]
625[[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/renge1.jpg]]
626[[quoteright:159:[[labelnote:Click to see what she looked like before she became the Wizard]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jellia1.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
627
628Ruler of the Emerald City in Ozma's absence and the lover of Anlise, Renge seems to have something against Emma and is determined to stop her on fulfilling her role as the Dorothy. Just what are her motives?
629----
630* DomesticAbuse: [[spoiler:She planted poppies in Anlise's head to control her, risking the destruction of parts of Anlise's brain.]]
631* {{Foreshadowing}}: Her [[spoiler:real name]] is mentioned by Anlise during her first non-flashback appearance.
632* GenkiGirl: Renge used to be this when she was [[spoiler:Jellia Jamb]], but this changed in the resulting personality shift from [[spoiler:changing her name.]]
633* IDidWhatIHadToDo: How she justifies [[spoiler:mind control by poppy.]]
634* IKnowYourTrueName: She has given her name away to Ozma, who rewarded her with power, but it seems she has lost her original personality in the process. It's not known yet what Ozma wanted the name for.
635* MoreThanMindControl: To Anlise, whom she controlled by planting poppies into her head, but the chance to do that she got only because they are involved, and even in her moments of clarity, Anlise is still in love with her and will barely believe Renge betrayed her trust like that.
636* RegentForLife: It's implied she's trying to pull this. [[spoiler:It's more complicated than that]].
637* SharpDressedWoman: Renge usually is dressed in elegant suits and capes.
638* SheIsTheKing: She currently bears the title of the Wizard of Oz.
639* WellIntentionedExtremist: She believes everything she's doing is to protect Oz.
640[[/folder]]

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