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| 12 | Because ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' has numerous characters in full swing, and this fic extensively reimagines most of that cast, this page will be ''long''. Readers beware. |
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| 14 | Characters in each section are listed in order of appearance. |
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| 16 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 17 | |
| 18 | !!Bondspeople |
| 19 | |
| 20 | The characters whose primary roles in the story revolve around being/having been {{Sex Slave}}s, referred to as bondsmen/girls. |
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| 22 | [[folder:Alfred Jones]] |
| 23 | A young man pirated from his home and MadeASlave in the first chapter of the story. Alfred draws in the intrigue of slave-trading pirate Capt. Kirkland and ensnares the help of [[SpacePirates the Great Delivery]] to bring him home. |
| 24 | ---- |
| 25 | * TheAllAmericanBoy: Seems to have been one of these, which isn't surprising given the [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers source material]]. Enhanced by the fact that he tends to use words like ''[[TotallyRadical gosh]]''. |
| 26 | * BecomingTheMask: Unsinkable tells him that acting BlindObedience will help him stay afloat until he's rescued. [[spoiler:Alfred winds up bordering on HappinessInSlavery until he's rather nastily snapped back to reality]]. |
| 27 | %%* BirdsOfAFeather: With [[AmbiguousInnocence Feliciano]]. |
| 28 | %%* BreakTheCutie: Over the course of the tale. |
| 29 | %%* BrokenAce: Becomes this by the end of the story. |
| 30 | * TheChessmaster: He ''does'' successfully convince [[TheDreaded Captain Kirkland]] to take him home, albeit in a roundabout fashion. |
| 31 | * ChickMagnet: More like ''everyone'' magnet; just about everyone in the story wants him to some degree. |
| 32 | %%* CoincidenceMagnet: Generally speaking. |
| 33 | * DecoyProtagonist: He seems like he'll be the hero of the Great Delivery's thread, but that role belongs more to Unsinkable. |
| 34 | * {{Determinator}}: Refuses to give in when he finds out what's happening to him, and refuses to accept the Captain's initial 'no' as an answer. |
| 35 | %%* DistressedDude: For most of the story. |
| 36 | * DumbIsGood: His lack of understanding of his situation is certainly endearing to Unsinkable, among others. |
| 37 | * TheEveryman: Has some elements of this, especially toward the beginning. |
| 38 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: To match his InnocentBlueEyes. |
| 39 | * IJustWantToBeFree: And he manipulates an entire pirate crew to get it. |
| 40 | * IncorruptiblePurePureness: [[spoiler: Subverted. This "adventure" winds up having a very permanent effect on him.]] |
| 41 | * InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: He and Mathieu. [[spoiler:Later revealed to be [[SeparatedAtBirth not-so-inexplicable]]]]. |
| 42 | * TheIngenue: A strange male example. This is one of the reasons for Unsinkable and Kirkland's concern for him. |
| 43 | * InnocentBlueEyes: And brought up more than once by the fair (green-eyed) Captain. |
| 44 | * LivingMacGuffin: Runs into this for a while when the plot focuses more on getting him back than he, himself. |
| 45 | * LustObject: Of Feliciano, though Feli comes to appreciate him otherwise later. |
| 46 | ** The same for Captain Kirkland, though the Captain stopped thinking of him this way much, much faster. |
| 47 | * MadeASlave: His entire plot thread is based around this. |
| 48 | * MillionToOneChance: That he, [[UptownGirl of]] [[TheIngenue all]] [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals people]], would be pirated. |
| 49 | * MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: More Missing-Middle-Class-Person-Syndrome, but the press is much more concerned with Alfred's disappearance than any of the hundreds of poor and homeless the Great Delivery has pirated in the past. |
| 50 | * MoralityPet: To Capt. Kirkland. |
| 51 | * NaiveNewcomer: In the first chapter. Actually manages to stay this way for most of the story. |
| 52 | * ParentsAsPeople: His well-intentioned parents make multiple appearances in the story trying to find him. One of the arguments Unsinkable uses to convince the Captain to help him is that he's probably got heartbroken parents at home. |
| 53 | * PetTheDog: A rather popular subject for it, being a much more oblivious and innocent personality than people usually encounter in [[SexSlave his situation]]. |
| 54 | * PrettyBoy: Certainly seems to contribute to the aforementioned PetTheDog magnetism. |
| 55 | * SeparatedAtBirth: [[spoiler:With Mathieu]]. |
| 56 | * SexSlave: Duh. |
| 57 | * StockholmSyndrome: [[spoiler:Seems to develop this toward Feliciano before he's rather suddenly snapped out of it.]] |
| 58 | * StupidGood: Right along with GoodIsDumb. |
| 59 | * TwinSwitch: [[spoiler: Unintentionally, when he gets mixed up with his brother Mathieu at auction and winds up with the wrong buyer]]. |
| 60 | * [[UptownGirl Uptown Boy]]: What differentiates him, at first, from the other kids the Great Delivery tends to kidnap. |
| 61 | * WideEyedIdealist: [[spoiler:In the beginning]]. |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [[/folder]] |
| 64 | |
| 65 | [[folder:Tim/[[spoiler:Willem]]]] |
| 66 | Pirated by the same Captain Kirkland as a teenager, Tim and his older sister were sold into slavery through the infamous Avo Romae. Tim was bought in the third chapter by an Underground-Railroad-style slave-freeing brigade which vows to help him find and free his sister too. |
| 67 | ---- |
| 68 | * BigBrotherInstinct: More like Little Brother Instinct, but it definitely has this feel to it. |
| 69 | * BrokenBird: Unsurprisingly. |
| 70 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: See the above. |
| 71 | * {{Determinator}}: And how. He's not about to give up on Margot. |
| 72 | * DistressedDude: To start with. |
| 73 | * EnemyMine: Temporarily with Captain Kirkland. |
| 74 | * HatesBeingAlone |
| 75 | * HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Has some elements of this character, though he's [[SexSlave not a hooker]]. |
| 76 | * IJustWantToBeFree: At first. Later, he decides he's also like to find his sister and his revenge. |
| 77 | * LaResistance: In the FiveManBand, which resists the injustice of the bonds system. |
| 78 | * LossOfIdentity: Goes through this as a result of being MadeASlave. |
| 79 | * MadeASlave: Offscreen, by Capt. Kirkland, in the most smarmy way. |
| 80 | * NobleFugitive: Along with the rest of the FiveManBand. |
| 81 | * NonActionGuy |
| 82 | * TheOldConvict: Also has some aspects of this to him, but isn't a convict and isn't old. |
| 83 | * ParentalAbandonment: Used to live alone with Margot. |
| 84 | * RapeAsBackstory: [[SexSlave To be assumed]]. |
| 85 | * TheResenter: Toward Capt. Kirkland, understandably. |
| 86 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one of these to the Captain during their TeethClenchedTeamwork period. |
| 87 | * SatisfiedStreetRat: Was this before he was MadeASlave. |
| 88 | * SexSlave: Of course. |
| 89 | * TheSixthRanger: To the FiveManBand. |
| 90 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: Temporarily, with Kirkland, when he needs to find his sister and the Captain needs to find Alfred. |
| 91 | * ThatManIsDead: He believes this about his younger self. |
| 92 | * TroubledButCute: Danmark certainly seems to think so. |
| 93 | * TheUnfettered: When it comes to getting Margot back. |
| 94 | * WisdomFromTheGutter: Full of this. |
| 95 | [[/folder]] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | [[folder:Mathieu]] |
| 98 | An unsold bondsman belonging to Francis of Hallar, who's deeply in love with his master. Government regulations force Francis to sell him shortly into the story, but Francis has every intention of getting him back. |
| 99 | ---- |
| 100 | * AlmightyJanitor: To Francis's emporium on Hallar. |
| 101 | * BeleagueredAssistant: To Francis, increasingly. |
| 102 | * BlindObedience: To Francis. |
| 103 | * ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Takes a lot of heat at the hands of Francis, but doesn't seem to consider it strange. |
| 104 | * DeadpanSnarker: Can certainly get sassy to people who aren't Francis. |
| 105 | * DesperatelyCravesAffection: Enough so that Francis seems like a plausible option. |
| 106 | * {{Dismotivation}}: It's obvious Mathieu is aware his life really sucks, but he's too afraid of change to do anything about it. |
| 107 | * TheDragon: To Francis. |
| 108 | * TheDutifulSon: Seems to play this role toward Francis in contrast to Unsinkable and Belle. |
| 109 | * ExtremeDoormat: Never really considers what ''he'' wants where his situation is concerned, and never really stands up for himself, in contrast to many of the other slave characters. |
| 110 | * GoodWithNumbers: Seems to handle much of Francis's accounting for this reason. |
| 111 | * GuiltComplex: Seems to solely blame himself for all misfortune Francis comes across, for one thing. |
| 112 | * GuiltyPleasure: For Francis. |
| 113 | * HappinessInSlavery: Seems to have this at first, though it becomes increasingly apparent that he was never really happy with his life. |
| 114 | * HopeSpot: [[spoiler: When Lovino first buys him, though it's quickly dashed.]] |
| 115 | * HypercompetentSidekick: To Francis, considering he runs most of the business. |
| 116 | * IJustWantToBeLoved: His reason for staying by Francis. |
| 117 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: He's more than a bit tired of being part of the scenery. |
| 118 | * InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: With Alfred. [[spoiler: Again, this turns out to be not-so-inexplicable]]. |
| 119 | * InsecureLoveInterest: To Francis. |
| 120 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Francis, and vice-versa. |
| 121 | * LivingProp: In-universe, he's this, and not particularly happy with it, though he'd say otherwise. |
| 122 | * LoveMartyr: Again to Francis. |
| 123 | * MoralityPet: The object of much PetTheDog from Francis. Also the object of much KickTheDog from Francis. |
| 124 | * MyMasterRightOrWrong: Has several moments of this, [[spoiler: especially toward the end, when he decides he doesn't want to go back]]. |
| 125 | * MythologyGag: His ability to stand around without being noticed. In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' he was often outright ''invisible''. |
| 126 | * NoRespectGuy: Not surprisingly, given his position, but even more so than most, since even the other slaves for the most part don't respect him. |
| 127 | * OnlyOneName |
| 128 | * PrettyBoy: Like [[spoiler: his brother Alfred]]. |
| 129 | * ProneToTears: He's not difficult for the other characters to upset. |
| 130 | * TheQuietOne: Like his ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' incarnation. |
| 131 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: On the receiving end of a really nasty one from Captain Kirkland, after dissing Unsinkable- |
| 132 | --> '''Kirkland''': Unsinkable's right, you know, you're every one of you automatons. Can you even think at all for yourself? Does Francis bother teaching you to do that? Or would that just be a waste of his precious ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] time''? In fact, if you hate Unsinkable at all it's probably because he pissed Francis off when he was here, and Francis took it out on you. Or ''maybe''! Just ''maybe'', you hate him because ''he'' has a voice and ''you don't''. He's the sort of person you can't help but notice and ''you're'' the sort of person you ''can't help but ignore''. Why, Unsinkable [[{{Determinator}} demands things from life]] that you won't even tell yourself exist because the knowledge of their existence'd hurt you so bad you'd cry yourself to sleep nightly. Things Francis will never give you because you're an object who's perfectly happy being inanimate, things you'll never demand because Francis has you so brainwashed you can't fathom demanding them... Because nobody cares about anybody else in this system. You got that? [[WhamLine Nobody cares about you]]. Not even Francis. And why should they, hm? You're a meek, pathetic excuse for a [[ExtremeDoormat doormat]] and your only weapon is to try to lash out and poison my mind against my crewmate. You want to command respect? Earn it. Unsinkable does that. You don't. |
| 133 | * SassySecretary: Can certainly be this way without Francis around, especially when dealing with Kirkland. |
| 134 | * SeparatedAtBirth: [[spoiler: From Alfred]]. |
| 135 | * ShrinkingViolet: Not the type to stand up for himself, at least where Francis is concerned. To others he can be [[BitchInSheepsClothing downright rude]]. |
| 136 | * SpannerInTheWorks: Often manages to be this. Particularly notable is the time he caught Unsinkable sneaking through Francis's place. |
| 137 | -->'''Unsinkable:''' Once I'm gone you can blab to Francis all you want, if he doesn't mind you talking with your [[PrecisionFStrike mouth full of cock]]. |
| 138 | * StockholmSyndrome: Toward Francis, of course, despite the amount of abuse he takes from him. |
| 139 | * TwinSwitch: [[spoiler: Unintentionally gets mixed up with Alfred at auction and given to the wrong buyer]]. |
| 140 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Francis. [[spoiler: Subverted, ultimately, when he decides he would rather leave.]] |
| 141 | WeakWilled: Though he doesn't have a problem with that until later. |
| 142 | * YesMan: To Francis. |
| 143 | [[/folder]] |
| 144 | |
| 145 | [[folder:Eduard]] |
| 146 | A bondsman trained by Francis of Hallar and sold to Katya Bragin for her brother. Eduard remained unsold for most of his life on account of his intelligence (since nobody really wants a smart slave), but is eventually purchased as the ideal bondsman to clear Ivan Bragin's [[MateOrDie Time]]. It's also notable that Eduard has the most chapters as the viewpoint character. |
| 147 | ---- |
| 148 | * AffectionateNickname: Ivan sometimes calls him ''dusha moya'', even though this should technically [[BilingualBonus refer to a woman]]. |
| 149 | * AlmightyJanitor: Eduard might be a slave, but Ivan lets him work on running TheEmpire all the time. |
| 150 | * ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: He's asking this to Ivan for the first eighty percent of the story. |
| 151 | * AscendedExtra: In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' he was a tertiary character ''at best''; here, he's the most featured character in the story. |
| 152 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: He has a few {{Downplayed}} moments of this. |
| 153 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Even under the initial abuse he takes from Ivan, he doesn't take any permanent physical damage. {{Justified}} by the Tonic, which is specifically designed to give him this trait. |
| 154 | * BecauseImGoodAtIt: His reason for not wanting to be freed; he doesn't know anything else. |
| 155 | * BlindObedience: Prefers to operate on this, though his nature steers him otherwise. |
| 156 | * BrutalHonesty: Often, especially toward Ivan. |
| 157 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Later in the story, albeit unintentionally. |
| 158 | * ConditionedToAcceptHorror: He's pretty chill about Ivan's Time, among other things. |
| 159 | * TheConfidant: To Ivan. |
| 160 | * ConstantlyCurious: Again, to the delight of LaResistance, which uses this to draw him in. |
| 161 | * ConsummateProfessional: Disturbingly enough, giving his profession. |
| 162 | * DeadpanSnarker: Ivan finally gets him talking, only to discover he's this. |
| 163 | * DeathOfPersonality: Seems to be among Eduard's primary fears when Ivan offers to free him; the only identity Eduard has had is his captivity. |
| 164 | * [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice King]]: Shows some {{Downplayed}} development of this nature towards Ivan. |
| 165 | * DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Seems to have a few moments of this, where he wonders whether he can really go on being [[SexSlave an object]]. |
| 166 | * DontYouDarePityMe: Toward Ivan especially; Eduard gets increasingly frustrated with his master's sympathy. |
| 167 | * TheDragon: To Ivan. [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Usually]]. |
| 168 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: Just about the only character who relied on no luck at all, and still - well, at the end, [[spoiler: Ivan's arms felt like home.]] |
| 169 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Spends his introductory chapter calmly putting up with some particularly twisted aspects of [[SexSlave his job]]. |
| 170 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: With [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized Toris, Feliks, and Raivis]]. Eduard can be classified as Choleric or Leukine. |
| 171 | * FreudianTrio: With [[TheEmpire Ivan]] and [[LaResistance Toris]]. Eduard is the Ego. |
| 172 | * GadgeteerGenius: Much to the delight of LaResistance. |
| 173 | * GoodIsNotNice: Tends to be rather blunt and cold, but he does mean well. |
| 174 | * GoodWithNumbers: And technology, books, and politics. |
| 175 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Can't seem to decide where his loyalties really lie, mostly because both sides he's caught between are very right and very wrong. |
| 176 | * HeroicNeutral: His primary interest isn't in the betterment of TheEmpire ''or'' LaResistance; he just wants to see all of his friends make it out alright. |
| 177 | * HypercompetentSidekick: To [[GentleGiant Ivan]]. |
| 178 | * INeedAFreakingDrink: He finishes off a bottle of alcohol with Natalya once his name comes up in a fight between Katya and Ivan. |
| 179 | * TheInformant: To the Kilnus revolutionaries, albeit mostly without meaning to. |
| 180 | * InsufferableGenius: Sometimes comes across this way from Ivan's perspective, but rarely to anyone else. |
| 181 | * InternalizedCategorism: Even ''Eduard'' doesn't consider Eduard a human being. This causes major conflict with Ivan's more libertine beliefs. |
| 182 | * LaResistance: Gets involved with this, mostly unintentionally. |
| 183 | * LoyalToThePosition |
| 184 | * MajorInjuryUnderreaction: After Ivan's Time. Mostly seems to be glad he's not dead. |
| 185 | * MasterOfTheMixedMessage: To Ivan. |
| 186 | * MonsterRoommate: Ivan is this to him. |
| 187 | * MoralityPet: To Ivan. |
| 188 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Once he realizes he's been helping ''[[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized Toris]]'', who, as he discovers, ''wants Ivan dead''. |
| 189 | ** Perhaps more poignantly, he has another one of these at the climax after ''finally'' thinking for himself and acting on what he wants - after declaring that he's acted of his own volition and not under the orders of Toris or Ivan, he's horrified at himself, but the other characters are proud. |
| 190 | * MyMasterRightOrWrong: Eduard spends most of the story torn up by this question, particularly after meeting the Kala and beginning to suspect that Ivan has a few things to hide. His primary internal conflict is the fact that he's been raised all his life for HappinessInSlavery, and now Ivan wants to set him free. |
| 191 | * NaiveNewcomer: To the Union Empire, and later to the Kilnus revolution. |
| 192 | * NerdsAreSexy: At least by Ivan's account. |
| 193 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: He tells Ivan about the revolutionaries in the hopes it will allow him to stay. This revelation causes Ivan to send him away instead.]] |
| 194 | * NoBadassToHisValet: The revolutionaries are terrified of Ivan. Eduard [[HoYay is not]]. |
| 195 | * NotInThisForYourRevolution: Toward, of course, the revolutionaries, and toward [[TheEmpire Ivan]] as well. At first he simply works with LaResistance to play with their gadgets, and later to protect his friends; he stands by TheEmpire out of loyalty to Ivan and the desire to protect him as well. Politically, however, he disagrees strongly with both sides. |
| 196 | * NotQuiteTheRightThing: Everything he does. He clears Ivan's time and [[MateOrDie saves his life]], but does it [[QuestionableConsent without permission]]; he helps LaResistance because Toris and co. are good people and TheEmpire is often cruel, but hurts the innocent Ivan and [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned]] Katya in the process; he [[spoiler:[[RebelliousRebel betrays the revolution to Ivan]] in the hopes of protecting him]], but in doing so [[spoiler: prevents the undoing of an ineffective regime]]. |
| 197 | * OneCharacterMultipleLives: One with Ivan and one with the revolution. |
| 198 | %%* OnlyOneName |
| 199 | * OnlySaneMan: Or at least one san''er'' man in the Union Empire. |
| 200 | * QuestionableConsent: Clears Ivan's Time like he was instructed to. Does it without Ivan's permission. |
| 201 | * RebelliousRebel: [[spoiler:Betrays the Kilnus revolutionaries to Ivan in the long run, on the condition that he secures their safety.]] |
| 202 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Ivan's Red. |
| 203 | * SelfRestraint: Eduard is the king of this, as evidenced in his EstablishingCharacterMoment. |
| 204 | * ServileSnarker: Constantly snarks to Ivan, once Ivan finally gets him speaking. |
| 205 | * SexSlave: Of course. |
| 206 | * SpannerInTheWorks: Eduard might be the one thing neither LaResistance nor TheEmpire accounted for. |
| 207 | * TheSpock |
| 208 | * StarCrossedLovers: With Ivan eventually. [[spoiler: Immediately after they admit they love each other, Ivan must send Eduard away or risk having to execute him for treason.]] |
| 209 | * TakeCareOfTheKids: [[spoiler: When he gets sent away, he asks Ivan to watch out for Toris, Feliks, and Raivis.]] |
| 210 | * UnwittingPawn: Of the revolutionaries. |
| 211 | * VitriolicBestBuds: He and Ivan gradually become this. |
| 212 | * WhatTheHellHero: Eduard takes turns saying this to [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized Toris]] and [[MyMasterRightOrWrong Ivan]]. |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:Belle/[[spoiler:Margot]]]] |
| 216 | A mysterious slave in the possession of Francis of Hallar, who is also widely considered unsellable. Later revealed to be Tim's missing sister. |
| 217 | ---- |
| 218 | * BadassInDistress: For most of the story. |
| 219 | * BrokenBird: Like her brother. |
| 220 | * EmotionlessGirl: In Francis's emporium, at least, especially from Mathieu's perspective. |
| 221 | * FireForgedFriends: She and Unsinkable. |
| 222 | * IJustWantToBeFree: Of course. |
| 223 | * ImNotAfraidOfYou: Toward the bonds system as a whole. She bites an auctioneer at one point. |
| 224 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: Seems to have this relationship with Unsinkable. |
| 225 | * TheMasochismTango: With Antonio of Marigon via {{Backstory}}. |
| 226 | * NoDoubtTheYearsHaveChangedMe: Her own brother doesn't recognize her until [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay she bites the auctioneer]]. |
| 227 | * TheQuietOne: Doesn't speak to anyone at Francis's emporium. |
| 228 | * RapeAsBackstory: Par for the course. |
| 229 | * RebelliousSpirit: Like her friend Unsinkable. |
| 230 | * SexSlave: Duh. |
| 231 | * SugarAndIcePersonality |
| 232 | * TroubledButCute: Certainly. |
| 233 | [[/folder]] |
| 234 | |
| 235 | [[folder:Ludwig]] |
| 236 | A quiet bondsman belonging to Avo Romae's younger grandson, Feliciano. |
| 237 | ---- |
| 238 | * BlindObedience: And he seems perfectly okay with that. |
| 239 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: For Feliciano. |
| 240 | * LivingProp: He's not very lively, and doesn't do much for himself. |
| 241 | * LustObject: For Feliciano. |
| 242 | * OnlyFriend: To Feliciano. |
| 243 | * ScareEmStraight: When he first talks to [[WideEyedIdealist Alfred]], he explains all the things that ''could'' happen to him as a SexSlave, which thoroughly terrifies the boy into behaving himself. |
| 244 | * SexSlave: Of course. |
| 245 | %%* StepfordSmiler: Type B, terrifyingly. |
| 246 | [[/folder]] |
| 247 | |
| 248 | [[folder:Katya's Bondsgirl]] |
| 249 | An unnamed bondsgirl belonging to Katya Bragina of Olyokin. |
| 250 | ---- |
| 251 | * BlindObedience: To Katya, and she seems content with that. |
| 252 | * TheConfidant: For Katya, of course, who trusts her wholeheartedly. |
| 253 | * HairTriggerTemper: Towards Eduard in particular; not so much toward anyone else. |
| 254 | * HappinessInSlavery: The biggest example in the story; she doesn't even have a ''name'', but she loves her life. |
| 255 | * LadyInWaiting: Often plays this role to Katya. |
| 256 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: For Katya. |
| 257 | * MoralityPet: For Katya, who sorely needs one. |
| 258 | * OnlyFriend: Of Katya's, evidently. |
| 259 | * SexSlave: Obviously. |
| 260 | [[/folder]] |
| 261 | |
| 262 | !!The Great Delivery of Banningham |
| 263 | A [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin delivery]] ship known for its underground acts of piracy, captained by Arthur Kirkland. These characters are its crew. |
| 264 | |
| 265 | [[folder:Captain Arthur Kirkland]] |
| 266 | A shameless criminal and captain of the Great Delivery, Capt. Kirkland is responsible for many a MadeASlave backstory. In his first appearance he is driven to take pity on Alfred Jones and spends the rest of the story trying to bring the boy home. |
| 267 | ---- |
| 268 | * ActionDuo: With Unsinkable. |
| 269 | * AFriendInNeed: When Romae wants to buy Unsinkable to kill him, Kirkland decides it's time to step up and do some good for once. |
| 270 | * AgentPeacock: Among the [[BuffySpeak gayest]] of a very gay cast. |
| 271 | * TheAtoner: Has some elements of this; Unsinkable uses his guilt to rope him into helping Alfred Jones. |
| 272 | * BadBoss: He ''kills'' one crewmember for being an idiot. |
| 273 | * BeingEvilSucks: He does his job, but he doesn't like it. |
| 274 | * BenevolentBoss: He really looks out for Unsinkable. |
| 275 | * BreakThemByTalking: Pretty fair at this. See TheReasonYouSuckSpeech under Mathieu. |
| 276 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: When he meets Tim again for their EnemyMine. |
| 277 | -->'''Tim:''' Do you remember me, Captain? \ |
| 278 | '''Kirkland:''' I-I'm afraid I don't. |
| 279 | * CannotSpitItOut: Especially regarding Unsinkable, but Alfred too. |
| 280 | * [[CelibateHero Celibate Anti-Hero]]: For a story about {{Sex Slave}}s it's unusual, but he's one of the few characters who has no sex at all. |
| 281 | * TheChessmaster: Does quite a lot of (successful) scheming for the people he likes. |
| 282 | * CharacterCatchphrase: He's not a good man. |
| 283 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Subverted. He's been this way in the past and Unsinkable worries that it isn't quite gone, but he stays loyal. |
| 284 | * TheCynic: Among the most cynical. |
| 285 | --> '''Kirkland:''' Nobody cares about anybody in this system. You got that? |
| 286 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: It's obvious he's done some not-so-nice things before. |
| 287 | * DeadpanSnarker: Brutally at times. |
| 288 | * DeclarationOfProtection: Gives one of these to Unsinkable. Many ManlyTears were shed. |
| 289 | * DebtDetester: Mentions that he ''really'' isn't fond of the idea he owes his survival to Francis [[spoiler: twice]], but that may also be because it's [[FrenchJerk Francis]]. |
| 290 | * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Of a sort. He gets caught and sentenced to death at the climax, but [[VitriolicBestBuds Francis]] bails him out.]] |
| 291 | * TheDreaded: One of the most infamous (if not the most) pirates in the slave trade. |
| 292 | * EmotionallyTongueTied: Which is strangely adorable for a kidnapper. |
| 293 | * EnragedByIdiocy: He [[ThrownOutTheAirlock throws one crewmember out the airlock]] for it. |
| 294 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Even he couldn't sell Unsinkable off to be killed, or leave Alfred Jones to fend for himself. |
| 295 | * TheExile: Which makes going through his plan to re-buy Alfred difficult. |
| 296 | * FamedInStory: As TheDreaded, however. |
| 297 | * FriendInTheBlackMarket: He ''is'' the black market, or at least the source of it. |
| 298 | * {{Gayngster}}: Of course. |
| 299 | * GentlemanThief: Can be this. Certainly comes off more this way from his own perspective. |
| 300 | * GoodIsNotNice: He's doing the right thing. But he's not going to act like it. |
| 301 | * HeelFaceDoorSlam: He does decide to help Unsinkable and Alfred. He just has trouble convincing people that's what he's doing. |
| 302 | * HeelFaceTurn: In his introductory chapter, after facing an ultimatum with Avo Romae. |
| 303 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He lets the police catch him so that Unsinkable and Alfred can run to freedom.]] |
| 304 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Unsinkable, though [[HoYay it may not be heterosexual]]. |
| 305 | * IGaveMyWord: Mentions this to Island at one point about getting Desmond off the ship. {{Subverted}}; Kirkland only kept his word to Island for his own purposes, and almost never means a promise he makes. |
| 306 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Or at least Jerk With a ''Heart''. |
| 307 | * KarmaHoudini: Sympathetic a character as he may be, it's true that Kirkland isn't a good guy, and he never really gets a comeuppance. [[spoiler:Comes close, yes, but doesn't.]] In fact, the last lines of the proper story are these: |
| 308 | -->'''Karpusi:''' [[LampshadeHanging You are a very lucky pirate]].\ |
| 309 | '''Kirkland:''' I'm well aware.\ |
| 310 | '''Karpusi:''' You don't deserve this kind of luck.\ |
| 311 | '''Kirkland:''' Yes, but I've got it and it's mine anyway. |
| 312 | * KnightInSourArmor: To a tee. He'll do something for you, but he won't be nice about it. |
| 313 | * LastRequest: [[spoiler:He asks Island before he is executed to tell Gilbert to get Alfred home, to take care of himself, and to watch over the ship.]] |
| 314 | * LoveMakesYouDumb: This is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] a few times with him; several who know him well claim that Alfred makes him forget his cunning. |
| 315 | * MoralityPet: Alfred Jones, who he is convinced to save. |
| 316 | * MoralityChain: Unsinkable, who will make sure he really saves him. |
| 317 | * MythologyGag: His apparent crush on [[TheIngenue Alfred]] is a nod to the ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fandom's FanPreferredCouple. |
| 318 | * NoBadassToHisValet: Despite being one of the most feared pirates in the galaxy, Unsinkable doesn't seem intimidated. |
| 319 | * NobleDemon: He's not a good man. But not a bad one. |
| 320 | * NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Noble to Unsinkable's Roguish, though in terms of morality the roles may be reversed. |
| 321 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: Played with. He seems to ''want'' to be this way, but isn't really; even Unsinkable points out that he has a "guilty [[ClusterFBomb fucking]] conscience buried deep in that wallet of [his]." |
| 322 | * OpenMouthInsertFoot: When he's not being a vicious DeadpanSnarker, he's this, especially when he tries to convince the FiveManBand to help him. He's often InnocentlyInsensitive to Unsinkable's past, too: |
| 323 | -->'''Unsinkable:''' The ones who've been in the business longest, the ones who've made a name for themselves... It becomes a competition. One that Romae's winning, by the way. That's probably why he's so eager to get rid of me.\ |
| 324 | '''Kirkland:''' ''(skeptical)'' How do you know all this?\ |
| 325 | '''Unsinkable:''' Because all of them get real easy to piss off when they're balls deep in you!\ |
| 326 | '''Kirkland:''' Christ, I'm sorr--\ |
| 327 | '''Unsinkable:''' You're not. So don't bother. |
| 328 | * ReformedCriminal: What Unsinkable intends to make of him. He's close by the end of the story. |
| 329 | * RoguishPoacher: Of a rather dark variety, since he poaches ''people''. |
| 330 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The sensitive guy to Unsinkable's manly man. |
| 331 | * {{Slimeball}}: From other characters' perspectives, especially when looked at by Mathieu or Tim. |
| 332 | * SmugSnake: A rare protagonist example. Often comes across this way from other characters' perspectives. |
| 333 | * SourOutsideSadInside: Has some overtones of this, being TheCynic and also TheAtoner. |
| 334 | * SpacePirates: He's one of these. A captain, no less. |
| 335 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: With the FiveManBand. |
| 336 | * TermsOfEndangerment: Tends to use these, particularly with Alfred. |
| 337 | * TookALevelInKindness: After meeting Alfred. "'Since when do you do ''good'' deeds?' Francis asked. ''Since Alfred'', he thought." |
| 338 | * TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: "Captain Arthur Kirkland of the Delivery, formerly of Banningham." |
| 339 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Unsinkable and Francis of Hallar. |
| 340 | * WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: He feels pretty good about saving Alfred Jones until somebody reminds him that he still ''steals people'' for a living. |
| 341 | * WildCard: The other characters consider him this (excepting Alfred, who [[WideEyedIdealist fully trusts him]]). |
| 342 | [[/folder]] |
| 343 | |
| 344 | [[folder:Unsinkable/[[spoiler:Gilbert Beilschmidt]]]] |
| 345 | A young man [[MadeASlave pirated into slavery]], for once by someone other than Kirkland, who becomes known throughout the galaxy for being utterly unsellable. The Captain eventually takes a liking to him and helps him escape slavery to join the Great Delivery's crew. |
| 346 | ---- |
| 347 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Significantly more heroic than his VillainProtagonist ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' [[BloodKnight counter]][[MilesGloriosus part]]. |
| 348 | * ActionDuo: With Kirkland. |
| 349 | %%* BoisterousBruiser |
| 350 | * CannotSpitItOut: Especially toward the Captain. |
| 351 | * TheCaretaker: Oddly enough, he tends to take this role to young people on the Great Delivery, especially when he's a slave; he immediately becomes this to Alfred and it's implied he was once this to Margot, too. |
| 352 | * ClusterFBomb: He swears noticeably more often than the other characters, and uses the F-bomb noticeably more often than other swears. |
| 353 | * TheConscience: To Captain Kirkland. |
| 354 | %%* DarkAndTroubledPast: Of course. |
| 355 | * {{Determinator}}: Puts the other examples to shame. He seems to make it through the story via sheer will. |
| 356 | * DistressedDude: At times. Capt. Kirkland generally comes through for him. |
| 357 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Introduced offering [[TheCaretaker advice]] to [[WideEyedIdealist Alfred]]. |
| 358 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Everyone calls him Unsinkable. [[spoiler: His real name, though, is Gilbert]]. |
| 359 | * FamedInStory: For his RebelliousSpirit. He and Kirkland both being like this makes it difficult to get Alfred without being noticed. |
| 360 | * FireForgedFriends: He and Margot. |
| 361 | * GallowsHumor: A favorite brand of humor for him. |
| 362 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Captain Kirkland, though it may be less-than-heterosexual. |
| 363 | * HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Somebody wanted to buy him for this purpose, before the Capt. put the kibosh on it and made him a pirate instead. |
| 364 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Prone to being called this, since he gained his fame refusing to bow to the bonds system and now works alongside [[TheDreaded one of its worst offenders]]. |
| 365 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Like his ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' incarnation. |
| 366 | %%* TheKirk |
| 367 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: Seems to have this relationship with Margot. |
| 368 | * MadeOfIron: Goes through some rough stuff. That's [[{{Determinator}} not about to hold him back]]. |
| 369 | * ManlyTears: He cries these when the Captain tells him his birth name. |
| 370 | * MysteriousStranger: Starts out as one of these from Alfred's perspective. |
| 371 | * MythologyGag: "You give him an inch, and he takes ''five mitres''!"[[note]]In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', "five metres" was the length of his GagPenis, according to the memes.[[/note]] |
| 372 | * NobleFugitive: On the run from Avo Romae, but with the best of matters at heart. |
| 373 | * NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Roguish to [[GentlemanThief Kirkland]]'s Noble, though their moral compasses are the reverse. |
| 374 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: |
| 375 | -->'''Unsinkable:''' If there's one thing [[WisdomFromTheGutter I learnt on the streets]], it's that nobody ever suspects the simpleton. \ |
| 376 | '''Kirkland:''' Wish I'd learned that before all this. People quite like hanging a mastermind. |
| 377 | * TheOldConvict: To the Great Delivery's storage hold, before Kirkland sets him free. |
| 378 | * TheOneThatGotAway: Unsinkable is a rather dark variant of this to the bondsperson traders in general; particularly Avo Romae and Francis. Hence the name [[MeaningfulName Unsinkable]]. |
| 379 | * RapeAsBackstory: More than most, due to his reputation. |
| 380 | * RebelliousSpirit: In spades. The other thing that made him so difficult to handle. |
| 381 | * RememberThatYouTrustMe: The more he learns about Arthur Kirkland, the more trouble he has with this; ultimately, though, he does believe that the Captain has good in him, and comes to trust him in the long run. |
| 382 | * SatisfiedStreetRat: As a pirate. |
| 383 | * SelectiveObliviousness: Seems to have some of this for Capt. Kirkland, since he rarely acknowledges that Kirkland is a major player in the system he hates. |
| 384 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The manly man to Kirkland's sensitive guy. |
| 385 | * ShroudedInMyth: "Unsinkable" is a name known throughout the trade, nearing legend. |
| 386 | * SirSwearsALot: Well, he's a pirate, after all. |
| 387 | * SpacePirates: He's one of these. |
| 388 | * TroubledButCute: In the views of many, especially Kirkland, it seems. |
| 389 | * UndyingLoyalty: Declares this for the Captain after Kirkland gives him his freedom. |
| 390 | * VitriolicBestBuds: He and Capt. Kirkland. |
| 391 | [[/folder]] |
| 392 | |
| 393 | !!The Union Empire |
| 394 | A FantasyCounterpartCulture to the Soviet Union, which dominates near the entirety of its planet. The Union Empire is caught in a period of political turmoil following the assassination of its ruling family and the subsequent institution of [[SuckSessor their son]] as a leader. |
| 395 | |
| 396 | [[folder:Ivan Bragin]] |
| 397 | The relatively new Emperor of the [[TheEmpire Union Empire]]. Ivan is, among other things, [[BizarreAlienBiology Vitim]], meaning that he must [[MateOrDie lose his virginity]] by a certain age to avoid fatal physical and cognitive damage, but due to his devout religious beliefs, he has avoided doing so. At the beginning of his plot thread, his older sister purchases [[SexSlave Eduard]] for the purpose of resolving the issue. |
| 398 | ---- |
| 399 | * AChildShallLeadThem: Appears to be what happened following his parents' death, to unfortunate results. |
| 400 | * AffectionateNickname: His family members (and Eduard) call him "Vanya". |
| 401 | * [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Amazingly Embarrassing Brother]]: He makes a point humiliating Katya when she has men around. |
| 402 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Katya. |
| 403 | * TheAlcoholic: There's no problem that can't be dulled with vodka. |
| 404 | * AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted. The Kala believe the Vitim are this, but Ivan most certainly is not. [[spoiler: In fact, he spares their lives]]. |
| 405 | * TheAtoner: [[spoiler: For the slaughter at Darinys]]. |
| 406 | * AuthorityInNameOnly: He is Emperor of the Union Empire, but it's made clear he's more a figurehead, while his [[LadyOfWar sister]] actually runs the show. |
| 407 | * AxCrazy: While on his Time, at least. |
| 408 | * BadLiar: According to Eduard, at least. |
| 409 | * BenevolentBoss: He's very kind to Eduard, among others. Not that Eduard [[DontYouDarePityMe appreciates it]]. |
| 410 | * BerserkButton: Anything involving Eduard's state of servitude tends to set him off. |
| 411 | * BigLittleBrother: To Katya. |
| 412 | * BizarreAlienBiology: Like all of the Vitim, he has his [[MateOrDie Time]]. |
| 413 | * BrotherSisterTeam: With Katya, at least in the eyes of the public, though it [[WeAreStrugglingTogether isn't always the case]]. Toris refers to them as the "Vitim wonder siblings". |
| 414 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: Really very kind and compassionate, once you dig past the super strength and hugeness. |
| 415 | * ByronicHero: Although he's more idealistic than most. |
| 416 | * TheCaligula: Has some elements of this, especially on his Time; even without it, he tends to make decisions irrationally. |
| 417 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: His and Katya's contribution to the CentralTheme; they're as much slaves to their leadership as the people under them. |
| 418 | * ClassicalAntiHero |
| 419 | * TheConscience: To his sister Katya. |
| 420 | * CrisisOfFaith: Goes through one of these after [[spoiler: realizing that Toris is a spy, not a monk, and God let him suffer through Toris's manipulation.]] |
| 421 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: His parents were brutally assassinated. [[spoiler: He himself is responsible for a genocide of the Kala, albeit unintentionally, which spurred the revolution threatening him now]]. |
| 422 | * DecoyProtagonist: Initially he seems like the protagonist of his thread, but that role really belongs to Eduard. |
| 423 | * DefectorFromDecadence: Has little interest in being the Emperor of the Union Empire, in reality. Has great interest in helping the people (though he's not very good at that either). |
| 424 | * DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Especially on his Time. |
| 425 | * DomesticAbuse: To Eduard, much to Ivan's horror. Usually [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength without meaning to be]]. |
| 426 | * DrowningMySorrows: In vodka. |
| 427 | * EgocentricallyReligious: Tends to butt heads with Eduard over the issues of his beliefs for this reason. |
| 428 | * EtTuBrute: [[spoiler:When he discovers that [[ManipulativeBastard Toris]] is a spy, and Eduard is working with him]]. |
| 429 | * EvilOverlord: Although he's more of a misunderstood TragicVillain than anything else, and his sister is the ShadowDictator responsible for the Union Empire's eviler hours. |
| 430 | * ExactWords: Horrified by the loss of life in a senseless war, a child Ivan told his big sister to stop the conflict in Darinys by any means necessary. [[spoiler: Well, she stopped it. [[MurderIsTheBestSolution With genocide]].]] |
| 431 | * FreudianTrio: With [[SexSlave Eduard]] and [[LaResistance Toris]]. Ivan is the Superego. |
| 432 | * FriendlessBackground: Ivan's only friend (before Eduard) was [[FalseFriend Toris]]. |
| 433 | * GeneralFailure: Much to his big sister's dismay. |
| 434 | * GentleGiant: When he's not on his Time. |
| 435 | * GildedCage: In a sense, the Duma is this way to him; it's a lovely palace where he [[{{Hikikomori}} holes himself away]] and [[TheChainsOfCommanding chains himself to a job he hates]]. |
| 436 | * HairContrastDuo: He and Toris; he has MysticalWhiteHair and Toris is a BrainyBrunette. While not a romantic couple, their hair contrast does reflect their respective purer/darker natures. |
| 437 | * {{Hikikomori}}: Though he does occasionally leave his house to [[DrowningMySorrows go drinking with Toris]], he doesn't go out for much else. |
| 438 | * HonorBeforeReason: Which certainly helps his seemingly-nonsensical rule remain nonsensical; his 'honor' is mostly based on whatever [[ManipulativeBastard Toris]] feeds him. |
| 439 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He never catches on about Toris, does he? [[spoiler: Well, he does, but it took him long enough.]] |
| 440 | * IAmAMonster: Particularly at the beginning; there is one lengthy segment where he describes to Toris in graphic detail ''[[{{Gorn}} exactly]]'' what his impulses want him to do to his bondsman, followed by many self-loathing TearsOfFear. |
| 441 | * InadequateInheritor: To the Union Empire. |
| 442 | * IneffectualLoner: He's not very socially experienced and not particularly good at his job. |
| 443 | * QuestionableConsent: He clears his Time with Eduard. Neither of them particularly want to. |
| 444 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Red to both Eduard's Blue and Katya's Blue. |
| 445 | * ReluctantPsycho: More than a little violent on his Time. Doesn't really want to be. |
| 446 | * ScamReligion: Falls victim to one of these at the hands of [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized Toris]]. |
| 447 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Once by refusing to clear his Time, and then again by [[spoiler: sparing the revolutionaries' lives]]. |
| 448 | * SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny: A massive plot thread for him, though he's [[GentleGiant nicer about it than most]]. |
| 449 | * StarCrossedLovers: With Eduard. [[spoiler: Once they admit they love each other, Eduard has to escape the planet or be executed for treason]]. |
| 450 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Often to extremes. [[LaResistance Toris]] even complains that, while Katya is crueler, at least she's ''consistent''. |
| 451 | * LoverNotAFighter: As opposed to [[LadyOfWar Katya]]. |
| 452 | * MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Toward Eduard especially. Eduard outright states he has no idea what's going on with Ivan. |
| 453 | * MateOrDie: His primary conundrum. |
| 454 | * TheMcCoy: To the frustration of [[LadyOfWar Katya]] and [[TheSpock Eduard]], among others. |
| 455 | * MonsterRoommate: To Eduard, who Katya insists should stay in his room. |
| 456 | * MoodSwinger: Especially from Eduard's perspective. |
| 457 | * MoralityPet: Several, but mostly Eduard. |
| 458 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The morning after his Time, when he finds an injured stranger lying on the ground. |
| 459 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: The deaths of the excommunicated Kala and the subsequent bombing of Darinys]]. |
| 460 | * NiceToTheWaiter: One of the things that establish Ivan as a GentleGiant is his treatment of [[SexSlave Eduard]] and opposition to the bonds system. Of course, [[LoyalToThePosition Eduard]] doesn't take it so well. |
| 461 | * NoBadassToHisValet: Eduard doesn't think he's so scary. At least, not after the first day or so. |
| 462 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To his staff, at least. To the Empire, he's this if he's not TheCaligula. |
| 463 | * SuckSessor: To the Union Empire. |
| 464 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: Accidentally caused the slaughter of the Kala]]. |
| 465 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Eduard, eventually. |
| 466 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He does a lot of damage, yes, but that doesn't mean you don't pity him. |
| 467 | * YoungAndInCharge: Took the helm of the Union Empire at the tender age of ''seven''. |
| 468 | [[/folder]] |
| 469 | |
| 470 | [[folder:Toris]] |
| 471 | A Kala monk and a close friend and confidant of Ivan Bragin. As it turns out, he has converted Ivan to a ScamReligion and is working with LaResistance to bring down the Vitim control of the Union Empire. |
| 472 | ---- |
| 473 | * AdaptationalVillainy: This Toris is much nastier than his ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' [[NiceGuy counter]][[TheChewToy part]]. |
| 474 | * AFriendInNeed: He searched for and saved Feliks and Raivis when the bombs came down on their DoomedHometown, which is why they both trust and respect him so much now. |
| 475 | * AloofBigBrother: Often has this manner toward Feliks and Raivis, who [[NotBloodSiblings aren't really his brothers]], but he considers them so. |
| 476 | * AntiVillain: Even if Toris is one of the tale's more villainous characters, he's not a bad person at heart. |
| 477 | * BandOfBrothers: With Feliks and Raivis, both of whom were also on the receiving end of Vitim war crimes in Darinys. |
| 478 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: He seems harmless. He's not. Eduard describes him as a ''real'' spy (as opposed to [[AmateurSleuth his companions]]) who "does the kinds of things that wind up in Ivan's files." |
| 479 | * BrainyBrunette |
| 480 | * ByronicHero: Ironically enough, he shares this trait with Ivan. Partially {{Deconstructed}} in that Toris, [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-meaning though he may be]], is ''not'' just "misunderstood"; he's genuinely dangerous. |
| 481 | * ChildSoldiers: He was recruited for LaResistance by Commander Zielska when he was in his early to mid-teens. He recruited Feliks and Raivis when they were thirteen and ten, respectively. |
| 482 | * ClickHello: This is how he [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduces himself to Eduard]]. |
| 483 | * TheConfidant: To Ivan. Definitely not a good choice. |
| 484 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: A survivor of the Kilnus slaughter and a former child soldier. |
| 485 | * DevilInPlainSight: Though Ivan still doesn't see it. |
| 486 | * DoomedHometown: He comes from one of these. |
| 487 | * {{Determinator}}: He's spent ''eight years'' keeping Ivan on his Time, for one thing. |
| 488 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: He introduces himself to Eduard by walking into the base, finding him, and instantly whipping a gun into his face. Followed by this dialogue: |
| 489 | -->'''[[MoralityPet Feliks]]:''' Whoa, whoa, ''whoa'', we ask questions first, ''then'' shoot!\ |
| 490 | '''Eduard:''' We don't shoot at all!\ |
| 491 | '''Toris:''' ''I'' will decide what we do and don't do here, thank you kindly. ''(cocks weapon)'' |
| 492 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He might not be a nice guy, but he has his {{Heartwarming Orphan}}s at home to worry about. |
| 493 | ** He also seems to genuinely care for the well-being of [[TheStoic Eduard]]. |
| 494 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized, but even Toris balks out of [[spoiler: blowing themselves up]], at least with [[MoralityPet Feliks and Raivis]] involved. |
| 495 | * TheExtremistWasRight: Eduard ultimately concludes that, while Toris's methods are questionable at best, TheEmpire really ''is'' in bad shape. |
| 496 | * FamilyOfChoice: His real family is dead - hence his treatment of [[MoralityPet Feliks and Raivis]] like his [[BandOfBrothers adopted siblings]]. |
| 497 | * FalseFriend: To Ivan, of course. Made worse because he's Ivan's ''only'' friend, excepting Eduard, who was ''bought'' for him. |
| 498 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He seems awfully nice to Ivan, and even to Eduard, but he does [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized some awfully not-nice things]] to get his way. |
| 499 | * FightingForAHomeland |
| 500 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: With Raivis, Feliks, and Eduard. Toris is the Melancholic. |
| 501 | * FreudianTrio: With [[TheCaligula Ivan]] and [[TheStraightMan Eduard]]. Toris is the Id. |
| 502 | * FriendlyEnemy: He outright says he thinks Ivan is a kind soul. That doesn't mean he'll stop plotting the man's death, of course. |
| 503 | * FullCircleRevolution: Seems to be commanding one of these, or what will become one of these. |
| 504 | * HairContrastDuo: He and Ivan; he's one of the only [[BrainyBrunette dark-haired]] characters in the story, and Ivan has MysticalWhiteHair. They're not a romantic couple, but Ivan's lighter hair ''does'' represent a purer mindset and Toris's ''does'' reflect his darker nature. |
| 505 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: He [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope took a leap off the slippery slope]] sometime before the story starts. |
| 506 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: This is a well-loved method of sidestepping blame, where he is concerned. |
| 507 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: With Commander Zielska, the elderly RebelLeader and his ParentalSubstitute. |
| 508 | * KickTheMoralityPet: Prone to do this with Feliks and Raivis any time he brings up [[DoomedHometown Darinys]] as a means to [[ManipulativeBastard get them to do what he wants]]. |
| 509 | -->'''Toris:''' Look, things are just now finally coming to a head. Plans at last being drawn together, this - this is ''really happening'', Feliks!\ |
| 510 | '''Feliks:''' I wonder if the ends justify the means.\ |
| 511 | '''Toris:''' Do you, or don't you, remember [[WarIsHell Astrauckas House]]? ''Hm?''\ |
| 512 | ...Yes, he remembered.\ |
| 513 | '''Toris:''' I'm sorry. I didn't want to have to do this to you. ''(It's not my fault, you're the one who made me do this.)'' I just want to make sure I know where your focus is. ''(Make sure you don't screw this entire operation up)''. You've gotta stay focused, okay? |
| 514 | * LaResistance: A major player in it. |
| 515 | * ManipulativeBastard: Takes full advantage of Ivan's trusting nature. According to Feliks, he's just the same with his allies as his enemies. |
| 516 | * MoralityPet: He has [[CannotTellALie Raivis]] and [[WholesomeCrossdresser Feliks]] for this purpose. |
| 517 | * MysteriousBacker: Has one of these, though she does make an actual appearance toward the end. |
| 518 | * NeverMyFault: Often seems to pull some nasty guilt slinging toward the Empire or his companions. |
| 519 | * NobleFugitive: [[spoiler: He takes his boys and joins the FiveManBand in the epilogue, becoming this.]] |
| 520 | * ObstructiveZealot: This is what Katya thinks he is, at any rate. |
| 521 | * OneCharacterMultipleLives: One as Brother Toris the [[ObstructiveZealot Kala Monk]], and one as Toris the RebelLeader. |
| 522 | * ParentalSubstitute: [[MysteriousBacker Commander Zielska]] seems to be this to him, which helps explain his intense devotion to LaResistance. |
| 523 | ** Which makes it rather heartbreaking that [[spoiler: she'd be fine with [[SuicideMission blowing him up]]]]. |
| 524 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: Though, oddly enough, he seems to recognize that Ivan himself isn't evil. He just thinks [[RevengeBeforeReason it's still worth paying back on]]. |
| 525 | * ProperlyParanoid: It's Toris's paranoia that's kept him and his crew alive, it seems. |
| 526 | * RebelLeader: Of course, he's this to the Kilnus revolution. |
| 527 | * RevengeBeforeReason |
| 528 | * TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Always. He starts out plotting Ivan's torturous descent into madness, and from there on gets worse. |
| 529 | * RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:Subverted. Ivan ensures his safety.]] |
| 530 | * ShootTheHostage: Toris mentions ''literally'' doing this in his {{Backstory}}. |
| 531 | * SoleSurvivor: Among the few survivors of his DoomedHometown, [[spoiler: courtesy of Ivan]]. |
| 532 | * StartOfDarkness: The war crimes committed by the Vitim in his home village. |
| 533 | * SuicideMission: [[spoiler:His excursion in the Duma turns out to be this, not that the Commander felt the need to tell him.]] |
| 534 | * TakeMeInstead: [[spoiler:When Ivan catches he and the revolutionaries in the Duma, he demands that he alone take the brunt of Ivan's wrath, in place of Raivis. Ivan, for his part, does no harm to any of them ultimately.]] |
| 535 | * TheyDiedBecauseOfYou: He believes this of his DoomedHometown for Ivan - that his [[SuckSessor inability to rule]] and his sister's [[MurderIsTheBestSolution trigger-happiness]] is the cause of the tragedy. Of course, [[TheExtremistWasRight he's right]], but... |
| 536 | * TragicVillain: To the point where he may not actually be a villain, because his beliefs are mostly justified. Of course, he's still a ManipulativeBastard. |
| 537 | * TryNotToDie: His usual advice to Feliks and Raivis. |
| 538 | * UndyingLoyalty: To the Kilnus Central Intelligence, and more specifically [[ParentalSubstitute Commander Zielska]]. |
| 539 | * TheUnfettered: Not much will stop him from furthering his revolution. |
| 540 | ** TheFettered: But he does draw a line at [[spoiler: blowing up his own troops]]. |
| 541 | * VillainousBreakdown: Had a few moments of this once he realizes [[spoiler: the [[ParentalSubstitute Commander]] sent him on a SuicideMission]]. |
| 542 | * VillainousValour: Even when Eduard disagrees with him, he finds it hard to deny Toris is ''badass''. |
| 543 | * VillainProtagonist: Anytime he narrates a chapter. |
| 544 | * WasTooHardOnHim: Has a few moments of this with his {{Morality Pet}}s Feliks and Raivis, who he tends to push to the brink. |
| 545 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: He means well, at least, but his methods are questionable at best. |
| 546 | * WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: Seems to enjoy playing this blame game with [[KickTheMoralityPet Feliks and Raivis]] whenever they drive him to act like a ManipulativeBastard to them. |
| 547 | * YouAreWhatYouHate: Toris loathes those inhumane, warmongering Vitim wonder siblings. He never seems to notice that "inhumane" and "warmongering" apply at least as well to him as to Katya. |
| 548 | * YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Draws this contrast through Eduard's experiences with him and Eduard's experiences with Ivan. |
| 549 | [[/folder]] |
| 550 | |
| 551 | [[folder:Katya Bragina]] |
| 552 | Ivan Bragin's older sister and the [[TheManBehindTheMan real brains]] of the Union Empire. Katya's primary concern through the story is simply keeping TheEmpire alive and her family in power. |
| 553 | ---- |
| 554 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Again, much meaner than her ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' [[NaiveEveryGirl incar]][[TenderTears nation]]. |
| 555 | * AffectionateNickname: Only Ivan calls her "Katya"; it's presumably short for Katyusha. Other characters refer to her by one of her official titles. |
| 556 | * [[AloofBigBrother Aloof Big Sister]]: To Ivan. She doesn't like to put up with [[EmotionalBruiser his crap]]. |
| 557 | * AristocratsAreEvil: The most powerful high-society woman on her planet, and also a trigger-happy LadyOfWar. |
| 558 | * BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Compared to the way she was in her {{Backstory}}... |
| 559 | * BelligerentSexualTension: With Yao. |
| 560 | * BetaCouple: She and her bondsgirl seem to be this to Ivan and Eduard. |
| 561 | * [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: She seems to have this toward Ivan, [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling as much as he may drive her up the wall]], when he gets himself into any form of trouble. |
| 562 | * BrotherSisterTeam: With Ivan, though it's [[WeAreStrugglingTogether strained at best]]. |
| 563 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: Her and Ivan's contribution to the CentralTheme; she's a prisoner to her own leadership. |
| 564 | * CombatPragmatist: Which has some [[WarIsHell unfortunate results]]. |
| 565 | * TheComicallySerious: Borders on this at times, especially from Ivan's perspective. |
| 566 | * DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Subverted. She seems to have fond memories of her parents, but they also seem to be responsible for some less-than-benevolent decisions to further TheEmpire. |
| 567 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: She's introduced lecturing Ivan. Her next appearance has her coldly handling [[SexSlave Eduard]], in contrast to Ivan's [[NiceToTheWaiter respectful discretion]]. |
| 568 | * TheExtremistWasRight: Gets these moments relatively often; like when her insistence on purchasing Eduard [[MateOrDie saves Ivan's life]]. |
| 569 | * GeneralRipper: Of an odd protagonist variety. |
| 570 | * GenerationXerox: Katya's [[NervesOfSteel attitude]] and [[MurderIsTheBestSolution politics]] are apparently both reminiscent of her mother, according to Yao. |
| 571 | * GoodIsNotNice: Whether she can be called ''good'' is arguable, but she generally does what's best for Ivan and she's certainly not nice. |
| 572 | * GoodIsNotSoft: Again, "good" is questionable, but "soft" is definitely not the word for her. |
| 573 | * IceQueen: Who shows no sign of defrosting while TheEmpire still needs her. |
| 574 | * IronLady: According to Yao, she gets this from her mother. |
| 575 | * KingIncognito: She pulls one of these when she goes out to buy Eduard, not wanting anyone to know what she's up to. |
| 576 | * LadyOfWar: And ''how''. She's one tough cookie. |
| 577 | * LargeAndInCharge: She's not a big woman, but she is somewhat tall and has a large chest. |
| 578 | * LetsGetDangerous: Her intervention ''is'' this statement in any circumstance; particularly in the instance of the Kala village Darinys. |
| 579 | * LittleBrotherIsWatching: And she is acutely aware. |
| 580 | * LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: An ongoing subplot has her trying and continuously ([[FunnyBackgroundEvent hilariously]]) failing to find a proper suitor. |
| 581 | * MeanBoss: To Eduard, at least. At one point she considers ''killing him'' to protect the secrets he knows. Of course, [[MoralityChain Ivan]] wouldn't stand for that. |
| 582 | * MoralityChain: Ivan, who occasionally puts his foot down on her more ruthless plans. |
| 583 | * MoralityPet: Her unnamed bondsgirl, who she loves very much. |
| 584 | * MurderIsTheBestSolution: Her initial idea to keep Eduard quiet? ''Kill him.'' Her initial thought to handle Darinys? ''Kill it.'' And so on. |
| 585 | * MythologyGag: Her big boobs are one of her few retained traits from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''. |
| 586 | * NecessarilyEvil: Though her methods are brutal, Katya's decisions almost always have the intended result - that is, keeping her family safe and the Empire afloat. |
| 587 | * NeverASelfMadeWoman: Utterly averted. Katya is completely self-reliant and carries her brother with her. |
| 588 | * NoSenseOfHumor: According to Ivan, at least. Yao thinks otherwise. |
| 589 | * PoliticallyActivePrincess: In spades. |
| 590 | * PromotionToParent: For both Ivan and Natalya. |
| 591 | * ProperlyParanoid: She's got a ridiculous number of safety measures in place. [[spoiler: Of course, the minute she leaves it alone, her ''[[TheExtremistWasRight house explodes]]'']]. |
| 592 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to her brother's Red. |
| 593 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Though this [[MurderIsTheBestSolution isn't always a good quality of hers]]. |
| 594 | * ShadowDictator: Ivan may be the Emperor, but everyone knows who really runs the show. |
| 595 | * SinkOrSwimMentor: Often seems to be this way toward Ivan, when she tries to hand off leadership of any part of the Empire, though she's still prone to jump in when he's drowning (so to speak). |
| 596 | * TemporaryLoveInterest: She has a couple of these. See LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces. |
| 597 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to her Natalya's Girly Girl. |
| 598 | * TheUnfettered: Completely and totally. |
| 599 | * UnusualEuphemism: "Where in the ''General's tits'' is Vanya?" |
| 600 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: Before her parents were murdered and she was left to fend for TheEmpire (and its little emperor). |
| 601 | * VillainProtagonist: Anytime she narrates a chapter. |
| 602 | * WeHaveReserves: A favorite phrase of hers. |
| 603 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Pretty much. Katya's finger is [[MurderIsTheBestSolution permanently on the trigger]], and though she's [[TheExtremistWasRight often right]], it doesn't change the perception that she's ''insane'' from most of her subjects. |
| 604 | * YoungAndInCharge: She took over as Ivan's ShadowDictator when she was eleven. |
| 605 | [[/folder]] |
| 606 | |
| 607 | [[folder:Feliks/Agnieszka of Olyokin]] |
| 608 | A [[TheMole spy]] for LaResistance and close friend of Toris. Feliks penetrates upper-class Vitim society by playing the role of "Agnieszka", a high-society Vitim [[WholesomeCrossdresser woman]]. |
| 609 | ---- |
| 610 | * ActionDuo: With Raivis. |
| 611 | * ActionGirl: Or Action Girly Guy, but he still counts. |
| 612 | * ActionSurvivor: In his backstory, after the bombing of his hometown. |
| 613 | * AgentPeacock: He might be a WholesomeCrossdresser, but he's still pretty badass. |
| 614 | * AttractiveBentGender: By the accounts of many. |
| 615 | * BandOfBrothers: With Toris and Raivis, both of whom were also part of the tragedy at Darinys. |
| 616 | * BecomingTheMask: Shows some signs of this; Toris and Raivis both call him "she" in narration, he refers to himself as "Agnieszka" multiple times, and he sends a goodbye letter to Agnieszka's best friend before [[spoiler: the SuicideMission in the Duma]]. |
| 617 | * BreakTheCutie: Via backstory; he witnessed a slaughter at age thirteen. |
| 618 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: How the rest of LaResistance views him; he's quirky, [[AgentPeacock flamboyant]] and [[WholesomeCrossdresser prefers to be called "she"]], but he does his job as TheMole damn well. Averted by Toris, who always takes Feliks seriously. |
| 619 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Like Toris, he's an escapee from the slaughter of the Kala in Darinys. |
| 620 | * DisguisedInDrag: For no apparent reason besides his own preference. |
| 621 | * DoomedHometown: Like Toris. |
| 622 | * DoubleConsciousness: During his narration, and even his speech, he tends to refer to Feliks and Agnieszka as two different people. He tells Eduard (who [[ConstantlyCurious of course asks]]) this makes leading his [[OneCharacterMultipleLives double life]] easier. |
| 623 | * TheDragon: Seems to be this to Toris. |
| 624 | * DudeLooksLikeALady |
| 625 | * EvilDuo: With Raivis, though how "evil" the two really are is up for debate. |
| 626 | * TheEngineer: To LaResistance. |
| 627 | * TheFashionista: As Agnieszka. At one point, when the Commander's soldiers are treating him with contempt, he internally resolves to prove himself by showing them all that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he makes a goddamn]] ''[[AttractiveBentGender beautiful]]'' [[DisguisedInDrag woman]]. |
| 628 | * FightingForAHomeland: Like Toris. |
| 629 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: With Toris, Raivis, and Eduard. Feliks is the Sanguine. |
| 630 | * GenkiGirl: As Agnieszka. |
| 631 | * GreaseMonkey: He's the one in charge of the mechanical work for LaResistance before [[GadgeteerGenius Eduard]] signs on. |
| 632 | * HeartwarmingOrphan: Toris takes him/her under his wing following the death of their DoomedHometown. |
| 633 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: From Norge's perspective, and vice-versa. |
| 634 | * TheInformant: To the revolution, but also to the FiveManBand via [[LoveInterest Norge]]. |
| 635 | * TheLancer: To Toris. |
| 636 | * LaResistance: An instrumental part of this. |
| 637 | * LockedUpAndLeftBehind: In his {{Backstory}}; he and Raivis were, at thirteen and ten years old respectively, [[WarIsHell trapped in a collapsed basement and left to die]] for two weeks - only to be saved by [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized Toris]]. |
| 638 | * LovableAlphaBitch: Seems to be this as Agnieszka to Vitim high-society. |
| 639 | * TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Averted. Feliks has a fairly steady relationship with [[HeroOfAnotherStory Norge]], who is apparently the only one who knows (and loves) both Feliks and Agnieszka equally well. |
| 640 | * MasterOfDisguise: Not only does he manage to flawlessly pass himself as another race, but [[WholesomeCrossdresser another gender]] as well. |
| 641 | * TheMole: In Vitim society. |
| 642 | * MoralityPet: To [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized Toris]]. |
| 643 | * MythologyGag: [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Poland]] is a crossdresser again! |
| 644 | * NiceGuy: He's [[AgentPeacock flamboyant]] and [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized not afraid to get his hands dirty]], but generally speaking he treats people decently, which stands out in a story [[SadistShow like this]]. |
| 645 | * OfCorsetsSexy: Wears one of these relatively often, and isn't shy about mentioning it. |
| 646 | * OneCharacterMultipleLives: One as Agnieszka and one as Feliks. |
| 647 | * ThePollyanna: As Agnieska. |
| 648 | * TheReveal: Reveals himself to be a guy twice, once with [[HeroOfAnotherStory Norge]], who takes it in stride, and once with Eduard, who [[TheStoic is not at all surprised]]. |
| 649 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: S/he's the Energetic Girl to [[HeroOfAnotherStory Norge]]'s Savvy Guy. |
| 650 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: [[WholesomeCrossdresser Ironically enough]], he's the Manly Man to Raivis's Sensitive Guy. |
| 651 | * SoleSurvivor: Among the few survivors from his DoomedHometown. |
| 652 | * ValleyGirl: As Agnieszka, and occasionally talks like one as Feliks, too. A ''[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext weird]]'' [[TheArtifact artifact]] from the [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers source material]]. |
| 653 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Toris. |
| 654 | * WarIsHell: He (and his [[DoomedHometown whole village]]) was on the receiving end of a nasty Vitim war crime. |
| 655 | * WeakButSkilled: This is where Toris believes his strategic value lies, at least. |
| 656 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: Feliks's penchant for wearing girls' clothes never makes him any less likable. |
| 657 | * YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: He falls into both categories. |
| 658 | [[/folder]] |
| 659 | |
| 660 | [[folder:Raivis]] |
| 661 | Another Kilnus spy of LaResistance. Raivis is the first to encounter Eduard and the [[TagalongKid youngest]]. |
| 662 | ---- |
| 663 | * ActionDuo: With Feliks. |
| 664 | * ActionSurvivor: In his backstory, in the wake of the bombing at Darinys. |
| 665 | * BandOfBrothers: With Feliks and Toris, who helped him escape the slaughter at Darinys. |
| 666 | * BreakTheCutie: Via backstory; he witnessed genocide when he was ten. |
| 667 | * CannotKeepASecret: Unfortunately for Toris. This is how [[SpannerInTheWorks Eduard]] gets involved in LaResistance. |
| 668 | * CannotTellALie: Seems equally inept at this. |
| 669 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Like the rest of the Kilnus characters, he's a survivor of genocide. |
| 670 | * DoomedHometown: He comes from one of these. |
| 671 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first dialogue with [[SexSlave Eduard]] establishes his OpenMouthInsertFoot tendencies right away: |
| 672 | -->'''Raivis''': Ivan hasn't been your size in a long while. Not that he's fat! Just big. Not big like fat! Um... You're the new one? |
| 673 | -->'''Eduard''': Ah, I don't, I'm not sure what you-- |
| 674 | -->'''Raivis''': Bondsman, right? Ivan's? It's okay, we're all used to Yekaterina's little one. I'm surprised, though! I thought Ivan was all anti-service. |
| 675 | -->'''Eduard''': He is. |
| 676 | -->'''Raivis''': Wow, I'm impressed you were able to get under his skin enough that they bought you! That's talent! ''(Wait, that was kinda insulting.)'' Uh, but, of course, a guy like you is handsome enough to do that anyway! ''(Smooth recovery...)'' |
| 677 | -->'''Eduard''': Thanks. I think. |
| 678 | -->'''Raivis''': So how'd you manage to get a guy like Ivan to let loose and indulge a little? I mean, he's usually so uptight. |
| 679 | -->'''Eduard''': What are you implying? |
| 680 | -->'''Raivis''': Well, ''you'' know... Now with his own bondsman to enjoy... Ivan doesn't seem like the hypocritical sort. |
| 681 | -->'''Eduard''': How do you know I've slept with him? |
| 682 | -->'''Raivis''': Maybe it's better if you don't. [[AccidentalInnuendo He's kind of big]]. |
| 683 | * EvilDuo: With Feliks, though 'evil' is only arguably applicable. |
| 684 | * FightingForAHomeland: Like the rest of them. |
| 685 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: With Toris, Feliks, and Eduard. Raivis is the Phlegmatic. |
| 686 | * TheHeart: In Toris's eyes, anyway. |
| 687 | * HeartwarmingOrphan: Toris took him in (like Feliks) after the death of their DoomedHometown. |
| 688 | * JustAKid: Outright stated. Feliks often has to remind Toris that he's this. |
| 689 | * LaResistance: A big part of this. |
| 690 | * LockedUpAndLeftBehind: During his {{Backstory}}; he (at ten) and a thirteen-year-old Feliks were trapped in a collapsed basement and left to starve (or dehydrate, or die of cholera, both of which were much bigger concerns for them) until Toris [[BigDamnHeroes found and rescued them]]. |
| 691 | * MoralityPet: To [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized Toris]]. |
| 692 | * MouthyKid: Toward Toris in particular. |
| 693 | * NervousWreck: Fairly often. |
| 694 | * NewJobAsThePlotDemands: No one seems to be asking him why, which is odd when he keeps popping up in new positions around the Duma. |
| 695 | * ObliviouslyEvil: He's a fairly major contributor to Toris's soon-to-be-FullCircleRevolution, but he respects Toris and doesn't seem to realize just how bad it's gotten. |
| 696 | * OpenMouthInsertFoot: Every moment he speaks. |
| 697 | * RageAgainstTheMentor: He has a few moments of very real anger against [[RevengeBeforeReason Toris]], partially for his [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized tactics]] and partially for his [[ManipulativeBastard manipulation]]. |
| 698 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Feliks' ([[WholesomeCrossdresser ironic]]) Manly Man. |
| 699 | * SoleSurvivor: Among the very few survivors of his DoomedHometown. |
| 700 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Toris. |
| 701 | * WarIsHell: Caught on the receiving end of a nasty Vitim war crime. |
| 702 | * YoureNotMyFather: Towards Toris during a particularly nasty argument. |
| 703 | -->'''Toris''': Well, we are kinda like family - |
| 704 | -->'''Raivis''': My ''family'' is ''dead''. And [[LegallyDead so am I]]! |
| 705 | * YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: In much the same manner as the rest of LaResistance. |
| 706 | [[/folder]] |
| 707 | |
| 708 | [[folder:Natalya Bragina]] |
| 709 | Ivan and Katya's younger sister, and reportedly the only normal member of the family. Natalya is a teenage girl on the brink of her Time, but otherwise is relatively coolheaded. |
| 710 | ---- |
| 711 | * BigBrotherWorship: She has a great appreciation for Ivan and tends to defend his actions. To a lesser degree it also applies to Katya. |
| 712 | * BizarreAlienBiology: Like Ivan, she has her [[MateOrDie Time]]. |
| 713 | * FriendlessBackground: Her position as part of the (crazy) ruling family makes having friends difficult for her. |
| 714 | * ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Has a reaction somewhat like this when she sees [[spoiler: Kiku]]. |
| 715 | * INeedAFreakingDrink: During one of Ivan and Katya's bigger fights, [[OddFriendship she and Eduard]] drink a bottle of champagne together. |
| 716 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: In a very innocent sense. One of the first things she asks [[spoiler: Kiku]] is whether he'll be friends with her. |
| 717 | * MateOrDie: She's on her Time. |
| 718 | * MyBelovedSmother: It seems that [[BigSisterInstinct Katya]] can be fairly overbearing on Natalya. |
| 719 | * ModestRoyalty: Or at least ''relatively'' modest. Seems to have adopted this mentality from parroting [[BigBrotherWorship her brother]]. |
| 720 | * NiceGirl: She's one of the more normal, gentle people in the story. |
| 721 | * NiceToTheWaiter: She's perfectly friendly to Eduard, in contrast to [[MeanBoss Katya]]. |
| 722 | * ObliviousYoungerSibling: It's obvious she doesn't have quite as many troubles as her bigger siblings do. |
| 723 | * OddFriendship: With [[SexSlave Eduard]], once they warm up to each other. |
| 724 | * PairTheSpares: At the end with [[spoiler: Kiku]]. |
| 725 | * SmittenTeenageGirl: Of course, it helps that she's on a neverending [[MateOrDie heat]]. She has one scene in particular where she pretty unabashedly flirts with Eduard, and comes across like this. |
| 726 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to her sister [[LadyOfWar Katya]]'s Tomboy. Emphasized in her EstablishingCharacterMoment, where she (Natalya) fiddles with dresses and describes her sister's tendency to wear pantsuits. |
| 727 | %%* TomboyPrincess: Seems to fit this archetype, though she has quite a few moments of girliness. |
| 728 | [[/folder]] |
| 729 | |
| 730 | !!Group of Five |
| 731 | A FiveManBand (actually called 'the group of five') on the run for money laundering. That money, however, is used to purchase and free bondspeople. |
| 732 | [[folder:Danmark]] |
| 733 | The loudmouth of the team, and the distraction. Danmark is TheBigGuy, but also the one closest to [[BrokenBird Tim]]. |
| 734 | ---- |
| 735 | * BeautifulDreamer: In Tim's opinion, at least. |
| 736 | * FearlessFool: Probably worries a lot less than he should. |
| 737 | * FelonyMisdemeanor: When Tim suggests he simply ''takes'' his checked-out library books on their interplanetary getaway: |
| 738 | -->'''Danmark:''' But it's a library! ''We can't swindle a library!'' |
| 739 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: Often, towards Tim, whose [[SexSlave past]] he often forgets is [[DarkAndTroubledPast dark and troubled]]. |
| 740 | -->'''Danmark:''' He got to pick his own name, and he picked ''Tim''? I would've picked something sexy, like-\ |
| 741 | '''Suomi:''' I don't think he cares about being ''sexy'' ever again! |
| 742 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Lets Willem go home with Margot, in the end]]. |
| 743 | * MrExposition: Spends a chapter as this; mostly a side-effect of hanging around NaiveNewcomer Tim all the time. |
| 744 | * NobleFugitive: Like all of them, his law-breaking is for a good cause. |
| 745 | * NoSocialSkills: He's fantastically bad at making friends. |
| 746 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: He can be much smarter than he generally lets on. |
| 747 | * OddFriendship: With Tim. |
| 748 | * OvertOperative: Hence his usual position as a distraction. |
| 749 | * RefugeInAudacity: ''Loves'' this strategy. One of his distractions at the auction, for example, is ''flipping a table'' for no apparent reason. |
| 750 | * SmittenTeenageGirl: The rest of the group is increasingly frustrated with him acting like this toward [[BrokenBird Tim]]. |
| 751 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: There's a lot of ire between he and [[LonelyRichKid Suomi]], despite being friends. |
| 752 | [[/folder]] |
| 753 | |
| 754 | [[folder:Norge]] |
| 755 | The one with connections, primarily through his '[[WholesomeCrossdresser girlfriend]]' [[LaResistance Agnieszka]]. |
| 756 | ---- |
| 757 | * AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Evidently coerced the FiveManBand (at that time four) to let him join via one of these. |
| 758 | * ExceptionallyTolerant: Most guys would freak out if they discovered [[TheReveal their girlfriend was a dude]]. Norge? Not so much. |
| 759 | * FamedInStory: His ''actual'' identity, that is; his alias is completely under-the-radar. |
| 760 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: From Agnieszka's perspective, and vice versa. |
| 761 | * ItsPersonal: His bidding war with Fredrick Tenickson for Margot is this in more ways than one. |
| 762 | * LonelyRichKid: Seems to have been one of these, hence his running off to join LaResistance. |
| 763 | * NervesOfSteel: He's perfectly [[TheStoic stoic]] in sticky situations. |
| 764 | * NobleFugitive: Like all of them, their work being good, despite the methods being illegal. |
| 765 | * NoDoubtTheYearsHaveChangedMe: During his confrontation with Fredrick Tenickson, Fredrick doesn't recognize him until Norge delivers a swift punch to the face. |
| 766 | * NonIdleRich: Norge is magnificently wealthy, but he actually ''does'' stuff with it. Danmark describes him: |
| 767 | -->'''Danmark:''' ...But where [[TheLeader Suomi]] had righteous fire and passion, Norge had an obscene amount of money and balls. |
| 768 | * NotSoAboveItAll: While generally remaining TheStoic, he does occasionally break ground, like when he ''punches out'' Fredrick Tenickson. |
| 769 | * RefugeInAudacity: At the auction, he stops Fredrick's bid on Margot by punching him in the face. Nobody reports this. |
| 770 | * TheStoic: The most-so of the band. |
| 771 | [[/folder]] |
| 772 | |
| 773 | [[folder:Island]] |
| 774 | A gifted forger, Island makes money and people appear and disappear like magic. He is TheSmartGuy. |
| 775 | ---- |
| 776 | * BerserkButton: Anything involving Kirkland. |
| 777 | * CelibateHero: In a story about sexual slavery, Island is one of the only characters with no mention of sex. |
| 778 | %%* TheChessmaster: ''Deliciously''. |
| 779 | %%* ConsummateLiar: On the fly. Perfectly exemplified in his {{Backstory}}. |
| 780 | * CounterfeitCash: Very skilled at making this happen; Island's counterfeit only exists on paper, not in real bills, making his life much easier and the bankers' lives much harder. |
| 781 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Seems to have one of these [[spoiler:which involves Captain Kirkland and a [[DidTheyOrDidntThey shared jail cell]]]]. |
| 782 | * DeadpanSnarker: Particularly if [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Captain Kirkland]] is in anyway involved. |
| 783 | * GoodIsNotDumb: He's certainly a brilliant [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]]. |
| 784 | * GuileHero: In spades. |
| 785 | * ItMeantSomethingToMe: [[spoiler: His history with [[{{Slimeball}} Captain Kirkland]]]]. |
| 786 | * ItsPersonal: When dealing the pirate Kirkland in particular. |
| 787 | * MasterOfDisguise: Or, more accurately, master of false identities; all of his disguises are paper. |
| 788 | * MultilayerFacade: Has tons of alternative identities, which makes him absurdly difficult to track. |
| 789 | -->'''Island:''' See, I always have ID. It's just never mine. |
| 790 | * NervesOfSteel: This helps make him so good at XanatosSpeedChess. |
| 791 | * NobleFugitive: Despite his actions being very illegal, he does it with the best intentions. |
| 792 | * TheSneakyGuy: Amidst the FiveManBand. |
| 793 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: When [[spoiler:[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Captain Kirkland]] is caught and on death row]], Island is given the option to [[spoiler: free him or leave him to his fate.]] He choses to [[spoiler: free him, after much contemplation, but [[TearJerker runs out of time to do so]]]]. |
| 794 | %%* XanatosSpeedChess: Perfectly adept at this, as showcased in his {{Backstory}} and at the auction. |
| 795 | [[/folder]] |
| 796 | |
| 797 | [[folder:Sverige]] |
| 798 | A big, intimidating guy, generally used by the team to go in and actually buy people. He is TheLancer. |
| 799 | ---- |
| 800 | * DeadpanSnarker: Especially toward Suomi. |
| 801 | * FinishingEachOthersSentences: With Suomi, though it's more that they don't particularly need to finish sentences with each other (or, at times, start them). |
| 802 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Suomi, though the platonic nature of the relationship is... ''[[HoYay shaky]]''. |
| 803 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: With Suomi. Suomi is not a girl, but it's the same idea. |
| 804 | * MythologyGag: His "pants-shittingly frightening" face is a leftover from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' |
| 805 | * NobleFugitive: Like the rest of the band. |
| 806 | * SpeechImpediment: Due to his frightening appearance, he's rarely harassed for it, but he has a ''lot'' of trouble pronouncing vowels. |
| 807 | * StraightMan: Tends to be this to everyone, especially Suomi. |
| 808 | * TheQuietOne: Perhaps because of the aforementioned speech impediment. |
| 809 | * TerrifyingRescuer: To Tim, at the beginning of the story. |
| 810 | [[/folder]] |
| 811 | |
| 812 | [[folder:Suomi]] |
| 813 | The happy, chatty little Vitim who started the group in the first place. Suomi's real name is Tino, but he dropped suddenly off the radar years prior to the story's opening. He is TheLeader. |
| 814 | ---- |
| 815 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He took on a band of pirates ''singlehandedly'' and made his victory a ''CurbStompBattle''. |
| 816 | * FinishingEachOthersSentences: With Sverige, though it's more that they don't ''need'' to finish their sentences out loud. |
| 817 | * HairTriggerTemper: Particularly in the company of [[WithFriendsLikeThese Danmark]]. |
| 818 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Svirege, though [[HoYay heterosexual becomes questionable]]. |
| 819 | * [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Huge Guy, Tiny Other Guy]]: With Svirege. |
| 820 | * MateOrDie: Like all the of the Vitim. This lead to an operation that ultimately resulted in the group's formation. |
| 821 | * MoodSwinger: Can sometimes come across like this. |
| 822 | * NobleFugitive: Like all of them. |
| 823 | * PintsizedPowerhouse: He's small, but that doesn't make him less badass. And he does manage to K.O. [[PoliceAreUseless Karpusi]] with a sack of flour at least once. |
| 824 | * TheStrategist: Seems to take this role relatively often. |
| 825 | * {{Tsundere}}: Not exclusively toward love interests, either. |
| 826 | * WeDoTheImpossible: Definitely seems to have this attitude toward the actions of the FiveManBand. |
| 827 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: There's a lot of heat between he and Danmark, despite supposedly having each other's backs. |
| 828 | [[/folder]] |
| 829 | |
| 830 | !!Traders |
| 831 | The characters [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin involved in the bondsperson trade]]. |
| 832 | |
| 833 | [[folder:Avo Romae]] |
| 834 | An infamously cruel and underhanded trader in the business of [[SexSlave bondspeople]]. Avo Romae is the closest thing to an villain the story has. He is the one who purchases Alfred from Kirkland, who sells Tim to the FiveManBand, and who wants to sell Unsinkable to his death. |
| 835 | ---- |
| 836 | * AdaptationalVillainy: ''Much'' meaner than the ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' version. |
| 837 | * AffablyEvil: He's a pretty friendly dude when he gets what he wants. |
| 838 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: He seems to believe his job is an art form, for one thing. |
| 839 | * CasanovaWannabe: Though the delivery girls are less-than-impressed -- possibly because [[HilariousInHindsight one of them is]] [[DisguisedInDrag Captain Kirkland]]. |
| 840 | * TheCharmer: Seems to be how he wins his customers. |
| 841 | * ConsummateProfessional: To quote the author, Romae is, at his most basic, a ''businessman''. |
| 842 | * DirtyOldMan: He's a grandpa who ''trains sex slaves''. |
| 843 | * DomesticAbuse: Toward his charges. |
| 844 | * TheDreaded: Probably the most feared man in the story. |
| 845 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: It's clear that Romae at least loves [[MoralityPet his grandsons]], who live with him. |
| 846 | * EvilOldFolks: He's evil, and [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes a grandpa]]. |
| 847 | * FamedInStory: There isn't a single character who doesn't know his name. |
| 848 | * FriendInTheBlackMarket: Has a few of these, including Captain Kirkland. |
| 849 | * FriendToAllChildren: Sinisterly enough, he's very good with kids. |
| 850 | * KarmaHoudini: His business goes on unaffected by the events of the plot. |
| 851 | * OpportunisticBastard: Which shouldn't really be surprising. |
| 852 | * PragmaticVillainy: He's not nasty to ''everyone''. He does whatever gets him what he wants. |
| 853 | * VillainProtagonist: Anytime he narrates a chapter. |
| 854 | * VillainsOutShopping: He has an entire chapter devoted to this - a day in the life of Avo Romae. |
| 855 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Romae practically runs Hallar, and the people love him. |
| 856 | [[/folder]] |
| 857 | |
| 858 | [[folder:Francis of Hallar]] |
| 859 | A high-class trader of bondspeople particularly famous for his high-quality wares. Francis has both Mathieu and Margot in his possession for most of the story, and sold Eduard to Katya Bragina. |
| 860 | ---- |
| 861 | * AboveGoodAndEvil: Francis is never a bad guy, but he's certainly not a good one. He seems to operate on his own thing. |
| 862 | * BadBoss: To [[BeleagueredAssistant Mathieu]], at least. |
| 863 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: Like many of the traders. He seems to genuinely value the lives of his bondspeople, but still treats them (with one exception) like animals. |
| 864 | * TheCharmer: Again, perfectly good at this for his customers. |
| 865 | * CorporalPunishment: He isn't opposed to these methods for his bondspeople, particularly emphasized in Mathieu's introductory chapter. |
| 866 | * DomesticAbuse: To Mathieu. ''Shock collar'', anyone? |
| 867 | * FamedInStory: He's widely renowned for his business. |
| 868 | * GuiltyPleasure: Mathieu; he seems to understand that their relationship is good for neither of them, but keeps it going anyway. |
| 869 | -->'''Kirkland:''' It's twice now you've helped me out of a bind despite hating my guts. But [[DebtDetester that's twice too much]]!\ |
| 870 | '''Francis:''' Oh, I shall not disagree with that. It is a habit I need to break... To be honest, not the only one. My bad habits number too many. I even give some of them names. |
| 871 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: In the epilogue, he eventually decides to give Mathieu his freedom.]] |
| 872 | ** Made [[BittersweetEnding bitter-sweeter]] by this statement: [[spoiler: "They say if you love something, you set it free, and if it comes back it's yours. Mathieu did not come back."]] |
| 873 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: Mathieu is this to him, and vice versa. |
| 874 | * NeverMyFault: Usually it's Mathieu's, by his account, or just whoever happens to be around. |
| 875 | * NoAccountingForTaste: His friends think this of his adoration for [[SexSlave Mathieu]]. |
| 876 | * ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Often does this to Mathieu. |
| 877 | * PapaWolf: Toward his charges, especially the older ones, who tend to be more mistreated by others. |
| 878 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Councillor Héderváry, once she forces him to sell Mathieu. |
| 879 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: He's well-liked, and widely considered a high-class businessperson and a decent man. Of course, he still sells people for money. |
| 880 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Arthur Kirkland. |
| 881 | * WickedCultured: He's a high-class power broker in the trade, but again, he ''sells people''. |
| 882 | [[/folder]] |
| 883 | |
| 884 | [[folder:Feliciano Romae]] |
| 885 | The younger of Avo Romae's twin grandsons and his protégé. Towards the beginning, Feli is tasked with training [[WideEyedIdealist Alfred]] for sale into the slave trade. |
| 886 | ---- |
| 887 | * AmbiguousInnocence: Feliciano is incredibly childlike, but terrifyingly adept at his job -- training people to be {{Sex Slave}}s. |
| 888 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Lovino. |
| 889 | * BeingEvilSucks: He doesn't particularly ''like'' his job. |
| 890 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Alfred doesn't watch his back with Feli, [[spoiler:and winds up pumped with drugs and near-brainwashed for it]]. Unsinkable describes him: |
| 891 | -->That nasty piece of work, hidden under steaming pile of cute, had a habit of getting under your skin without you realizing it. |
| 892 | * BigBrotherWorship: Shows some signs of this, like his desire to emulate Lovino's moral strength. |
| 893 | * BirdsOfAFeather: With Alfred. |
| 894 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: He doesn't seem to have particular qualms with the bonds system outside of the fact that his brother does. |
| 895 | * BornLucky: As seen from Lovino's perspective, at least. |
| 896 | * TheCaretaker: ''Seems'' to be this from the perspectives of the people he trains. |
| 897 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: In a particularly dangerous way. |
| 898 | * CoDragons: He and Lovino are this to their grandpa. |
| 899 | * TheCorrupter: According to Unsinkable, he's incredibly gifted at playing this role. |
| 900 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He and his brother show up briefly in the FiveManBand's first chapter, selling Tim. |
| 901 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: He doesn't want to reach the level of apathy for his charges that his grandfather has. |
| 902 | * EvilOrphan: Whether he's [[AmbiguousInnocence evil or not is questionable]], but his parents are nowhere to be seen. |
| 903 | * FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: He's adorable. Of course, he also brainwashes people for a living. At least BeingEvilSucks for him. |
| 904 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: Seems to have Ludwig for this purpose. |
| 905 | * ManChild: To the point of being sinister, though he doesn't quite make it to PsychopathicManchild territory. |
| 906 | * ParentalAbandonment: No mention is made of where his parents might be. |
| 907 | * ThePollyanna: In spades, frighteningly. |
| 908 | * PureIsNotGood: Feliciano may be a perfectly innocent ManChild, but that doesn't mean he's incapable of causing damage. |
| 909 | * [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Grandson" Guy]]: The majority of what he does seems to be with the intent of impressing his grandfather. |
| 910 | [[/folder]] |
| 911 | |
| 912 | [[folder:Lovino Romae]] |
| 913 | The older of Avo Romae's twin grandsons and the one who handles the business's finances. |
| 914 | ---- |
| 915 | * TheAtoner: He's haunted by his own involvement in the trade and fully intends to make up for it. |
| 916 | * BeleagueredAssistant: Of Avo Romae. |
| 917 | * CloudcuckoolandersMinder: To his brother Feliciano's benefit. |
| 918 | * CoDragons: He and Feliciano are this to their grandpa. |
| 919 | * CynicismCatalyst: A quick flashback implies that being asked to go work for his grandfather was this for him. |
| 920 | * TheDutifulSon: Lovino hates the family business. But he's going to go into it anyway, because he doesn't see another choice. |
| 921 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He and Feliciano show up in passing selling [[BrokenBird Tim]] long before either one becomes important to the story. |
| 922 | * GoodWithNumbers: Or, at least, better with numbers than Feliciano or Avo Romae himself. |
| 923 | * GreaterNeedThanMine: [[spoiler: He lets Unsinkable get away even though the bounty would've freed him from his grandpa, because Unsinkable's freedom is more urgent than his own.]] |
| 924 | * HairTriggerTemper: As an undercover Kirkland quickly discovers. |
| 925 | * HiddenDepths: He doesn't seem like much more than a grumpy accountant, but turns out to be one of the few decent people in the trade. |
| 926 | * HypercompetentSidekick: To Feliciano. |
| 927 | * [[IAmNotMyFather I Am Not My Grandfather]]: His reason for [[spoiler: sparing Unsinkable; selling him is something his grandfather would do, not him]]. |
| 928 | * IneffectualLoner: He prefers not to work with customers ''or'' bondspeople, but occasionally lets up on the former. |
| 929 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's rude and angry, but that doesn't stop him from doing any good. |
| 930 | * KnightInSourArmor: He might be a grump, but he does some good every once in a while. |
| 931 | * LastGirlWins: He's the second LoveInterest to Mathieu (the first being Francis) and the one who becomes important to Mathieu in the epilogue, where Francis disappears from his life after a few years. |
| 932 | * LoveAtFirstSight: [[spoiler: Finds himself immediately swooning at the sight of Mathieu, though he's not so much ''in love''.]] |
| 933 | * ManlyTears: Cries these after witnessing [[HeroOfAnotherStory Margot and Willem]] reuniting at the auction. |
| 934 | * MercyLead: [[spoiler: Gives one of these to Unsinkable when he finds him sneaking around the house]]. |
| 935 | * OnlySaneMan: |
| 936 | -->'''Lovino''': Am I the only one who realizes how fuckin' ''weird'' this whole thing is? |
| 937 | * ParentalAbandonment: No mention is made of what happened to his and Felicano's parents. |
| 938 | * SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: Meeting Unsinkable sneaking through the house forces Lovino to choose between his morals (letting Unsinkable go) or his freedom (taking the reward and running from his grandfather). He chooses to [[WhatYouAreInTheDark let Unsinkable run]].]] |
| 939 | * TheSnarkKnight: Absolutely. This is a big part of why he handles the behind-the-scenes aspects of business. |
| 940 | * TheUnfavorite: Appears to be this when compared to Feliciano. |
| 941 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:When given the option to sell out Unsinkable or let him escape, he lets Unsinkable -- and the reward money -- go.]] |
| 942 | [[/folder]] |
| 943 | |
| 944 | [[folder:Antonio Fernandez Carriedo of Marigon]] |
| 945 | A trader and friend of Francis's, who proves instrumental to the plot when tasked with purchasing Mathieu at auction. Also seems to have a crush on Lovino Romae. |
| 946 | ---- |
| 947 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: To Lovino. |
| 948 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: Like most of the traders. |
| 949 | * ButtMonkey: Seems to be one of these; whenever someone needs to be framed for a crime... |
| 950 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: He doesn't understand any degree of basic decency toward bondspeople. This is the primary reason that Lovino can't stand him. |
| 951 | * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Has one of these toward Francis to remind him (and the readers) that he's in love with an ''object'', at least in the eyes of others in-story. |
| 952 | * TheMasochismTango: With Belle/Margot. |
| 953 | * MythologyGag: His crush on Lovino is another FanPreferredCouple from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''. |
| 954 | * NoAccountingForTaste: His apparent conclusion when it comes to Francis's infatuation with Mathieu. |
| 955 | * NotMeThisTime: When he's framed by Romae for buying pirated goods from Kirkland. He ''does'' buy pirated goods. Just not ''those particular'' ones. |
| 956 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: Especially by the climax, where he just wants his cash so he can go home. |
| 957 | * OverlyLongName: Antonio Fernandez Carriedo of Marigon, formerly of Hallar. |
| 958 | * RomanticFalseLead: To Lovino. |
| 959 | * ShipperOnDeck: For Francis and Mathieu, albeit without wanting to be. |
| 960 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Despite being immensely important to the plot, Antonio gets significantly less screen time than most other characters. |
| 961 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: One of the only characters with no mention in the epilogue. |
| 962 | [[/folder]] |
| 963 | |
| 964 | !!Government and Police |
| 965 | |
| 966 | The characters who act to enforce the will of the Bondsperson Service Protection Agency (BSPA), Border Control, or the Hallar council. |
| 967 | |
| 968 | [[folder:Adnan and Karpusi]] |
| 969 | A pair of highly inept BSPA buddy cops continually stuck with the FiveManBand money-laundering case, whose actions are often described solely through mail correspondence. |
| 970 | ---- |
| 971 | * IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: They never even consider the idea that they're missing some parts of this money-laundering story. |
| 972 | * LawfulStupid: Often. For example, when [[TheLeader Suomi]] tries to explain exactly ''what'' the laundered money is for, and the Council's corruption, Karpusi accuses him of "terrorist talk" and ignores it. |
| 973 | * OvertOperative: Which makes it very easy for various characters (usually Suomi) to lead them off-course. |
| 974 | * PoliceAreUseless: |
| 975 | ** Neither are particularly good at being cops, considering their suspects are perfectly aware of everything they do. |
| 976 | ** On a larger level, both are completely unaware of the corruption of the Council and ''why'' the group launders money. |
| 977 | ** Ultimately {{subverted|Trope}} in that [[spoiler:they do catch the FiveManBand in the end... only for [[DoubleSubversion them to escape]].]] |
| 978 | %%* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Their letters. |
| 979 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Seem to be this, not that they'd admit it. In the epilogue: |
| 980 | -->It has been conjectured more than once that [[HoYay certain ladies doth protest too much]]. |
| 981 | [[/folder]] |
| 982 | |
| 983 | [[folder:Constable Hassan]] |
| 984 | A higher law enforcement authority figure working to catch [[SpacePirates the Great Delivery]]'s infamous captain. |
| 985 | ---- |
| 986 | * DirtyCop: On a technical level; he ''does'' release prisoners from jail for personal reasons, but [[spoiler:that's because of the band's NobleFugitive status.]] |
| 987 | * NiceGuy: Not much more to say about him; he's just so darn ''decent''. |
| 988 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Again, despite his importance to the story, he gets very little focus time. |
| 989 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We know that [[spoiler:Kirkland sells him out for releasing the FiveManBand]], but we never find out what happens to him because of it. He also gets no mention in the epilogue. |
| 990 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: He frees the FiveManBand from prison because he believes the world is better with them working in it.]] |
| 991 | [[/folder]] |
| 992 | |
| 993 | [[folder:Elizaveta Héderváry]] |
| 994 | A Hallari BSPA agent and Council official, married to Roderich Edelstein. |
| 995 | ---- |
| 996 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: She and her husband may be mutually manipulative, but they [[NoAccountingForTaste ultimately seem to like that]]. |
| 997 | %%* DeadpanSnarker: Constantly. |
| 998 | * HappilyMarried: Despite ShipTease with Francis, she seems to have a really great relationship with her husband. |
| 999 | * HotBlooded: She can be downright fiery, especially when it involves her career. |
| 1000 | * OpportunisticBastard: When it comes to Roderich; she isn't afraid to use him for her own gains. {{Subverted|Trope}} in that he doesn't much mind. |
| 1001 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Francis, who she tends to be harder on than most, though the epilogue seems to imply she might wind up with him eventually. |
| 1002 | -->It has been conjectured more than once that [[RunningGag certain ladies]] [[MeaningfulEcho doth protest too much]]. |
| 1003 | [[/folder]] |
| 1004 | |
| 1005 | !!Other |
| 1006 | |
| 1007 | [[folder:Roderich Edelstein]] |
| 1008 | A pianist and husband of Elizaveta Héderváry, who winds up playing auctioneer at the Decennial auction. |
| 1009 | ---- |
| 1010 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Subverted. He's highly ambitious, but mostly he's just a normal dude. |
| 1011 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: He and Elizaveta are not always on the same wavelength, but it's made apparent on occasion that he cares about her. |
| 1012 | * ElegantClassicalMusician: From Elizaveta's perspective, at least. |
| 1013 | * HappilyMarried: To Elizaveta. |
| 1014 | * LargeHam: When announcing at the auction. |
| 1015 | * MotorMouth: As the auctioneer, though this is unsurprising. |
| 1016 | * OpportunisticBastard: Not afraid of using Elizaveta to further his career -- not that she really minds, 'cause she'd do the same. |
| 1017 | [[/folder]] |
| 1018 | |
| 1019 | [[folder:Yao]] |
| 1020 | Katya Bragin's preferred suitor, the leader of Veshna, and (to Ivan's disgust) the proud owner of five bondspeople. |
| 1021 | ---- |
| 1022 | * AristocratsAreEvil: Ivan seems to dislike him mostly for this reason, [[{{Hypocrite}} despite being an Emperor himself]]. |
| 1023 | * BelligerentSexualTension: With Katya. |
| 1024 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's one odd bird. |
| 1025 | * EverybodysDeadDave: He actually breaks it rather gently to [[spoiler:Katya]] that [[spoiler:the Duma blew up in her absence with her brother inside]]. |
| 1026 | * MythologyGag: It seems he [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers once again]] has custody of all the Asians [[spoiler:but Japan]]. |
| 1027 | %%* TheNicknamer: To his bondspeople. |
| 1028 | %%** GiverOfLameNames: All of his names are just fairly obvious observations about the people in question, like [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Tall-With-Glasses]]. |
| 1029 | * NoAccountingForTaste: He varies from being quirky to outright strange; including but not limited to his delight at the thought of fighting with Katya. |
| 1030 | [[/folder]] |
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