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Number One
- Affably Evil: To be fair to him, Number One was seemingly a good enough guy for the head of a global league of villainy, and saved Dr. Nero's life. The really evil stuff was all done really by Overlord.
- Big Bad: for books one through three.
- Killed Off for Real
- No Name Given: Although it's implied to be Otto Malpense.
Diabolus Darkdoom
Nigel's father, a famous supervillain who is dead at the start of the series. Due to the heavy use of Flashbacks, being dead doesn't slow down his Character Development, especially since he appears to be Nero's best friend. Actually being alive all along helps, too.- Cool Ship: Why yes, the Megalodon is a very cool ship.
- Noble Top Enforcer: before he takes over G.L.O.V.E.
- Shared Family Quirks: is easily The Heart among the adult cast, as Nigel is to the younger cast.
Madame Mortis
The leader of the Southern Europe branch of G.L.O.V.E.Cypher
A new member of G.L.O.V.E.'s council, who has an obsession with killing people and an odd hatred for Nero.- 5* Anti-Villain
- Archnemesis Dad: to Wing.
- Ax-Crazy: Due to the death of his wife.
- Chronic Villainy: He honestly believes he is doing the right thing, but this involves killing children and creating large armies of robots.
- Happily Married: With Xiu Mei until she is murdered.
- 5* He Who Fights Monsters
- Obliviously Evil: Honestly believes he's right.
- The Extremist Was Right: immediately after being killed by Wing for trying to stop Overlord from coming back in Otto's body, Otto wakes up, as Overlord, and tries to kill Wing.
- Unfinished, Untested, Used Anyway: his gun from Rogue. Correction: Laura's gun.
Jason Drake
Corporate technology leader who is trying to take over G.L.O.V.E.'s ruling council in the event of Number One's death. Disciples (Non-GLOVE)
Overlord
- Berserk Button: he isn't an "Artificial Intelligence." He's an ''enhanced intelligence.''
- Karmic Death: killed by two of his creations(and as a result of one action): his son, Otto, using his invention, the Animus, in revenge for Lucy's death at his hand.
- Kill All Humans
- Law of Chromatic Superiority: Overlord is confirmed as more powerful than H.I.V.E.mind, and is therefore a more exciting colour.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: That is, Red Everything, Take Warning.
- Shock and Awe: Has a habit of using lethal electrical bolts.
- Utopia Justifies the Means
Pietor Furan
- Big Bad Duumvirate: With Anastasia.
- Evil Duo: With his sister, Anastasia. Turns out the third member they're missing is their sister, Elena.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Apparently most of body is either muscle or scar tissue.
- Killed Off for Real
- Mother Russia Makes You Strong.
- Siblings in Crime: He and his sister commit crime together.
- Training from Hell: Dispenser of this.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: To Jason Drake, right before he shoots him.
Sebastian Trent
Constance
- My Name Is Inigo Montoya: The twin's first appearance begins with them politely introducing themselves, before adding 'And we'll be your murderers for tonight.'
Verity
- Cool Sword: Designed to mimic Raven's own.
Anastasia Furan
The Big Bad of books 7-?. She runs the Glasshouse, a Russian training camp for assassins where Raven was trained.- Big Bad Duumvirate: with Pietor.
- Chessmaster Sidekick: to Overlord.
- Evil Counterpart: to Nero, who runs the H.I.V.E.
- Evil Duo: with her brother, Pietor. Turns out the third member they're missing is their sister, Elena.
- I Lied: In Deadlock, she promises Raven she will let Nigel go after she turns herself in. She has no intention of doing so.
- Knight of Cerebus
- Siblings in Crime: with Pietor, although it's unclear when they stopped working together.
- Unsexy Sadist: has a really, really weird obsession with causing Raven and Laura pain. For fun.
- We Have Ways of Making You Talk: to Laura in Deadlock. The "ways" work, unfortunately for everyone.
- What a Senseless Waste of Human Life: subverted. What she actually says is "what a senseless waste of a bullet," when she kills Dimitri. Same idea when she kills Tom.
Matt Rodney
- Bland-Name Product: for Mitt Romney, whom the author apparently hates.
- Killed Off for Real
Zero
The clone of Otto who shows up halfway through Dreadnought at the Glasshouse, but whose identity isn't revealed until the end of the book.- Attention Whore: Tells everyone whom he intends to kill all about his plans because he wishes he had more attention but knows he can't tell anyone he's sentient without blowing his cover.
- Ax-Crazy
- Mind Rape: what he does to Laura.
- Daddy Issues: his father is dead by Otto's hand, so he takes pleasure in torturing Laura, whom he has a creepy attachment to.
- Like Father, Like Son: he likes to think so. Complete with messing with Otto's love interests.
- Killed Off for Real
- Overlord Jr.: perhaps the most literal example, ever.
- Technopath
- Torture Technician
- Turn Out Like His Father: actually his goal, although he's never met his father.
Other/Unaffiliated
Mrs. McCreedy
The woman who runs St. Sebastian's orphanage, where Otto, Penny, and Tom grew up.- Fostering for Profit: Otto has her wrapped around his finger because she wants money and he can give it to her.
Nathaniel Nero/The Architect
The Architect designs buildings for several groups, and isn't affiliated with G.L.O.V.E. although he did design some buildings for some of them, including Number One's space station and the Iceland branch of H.I.V.E.- Dirty Old Man: Comments on how he would be very interested in Raven if only he were half a century younger.
- Like Father, Like Son: his son is also an architect.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: Gives one to his son, one Maximilian Nero at the end of Deadlock.
Andrew and Mary Brand
Laura's parents, who are Scottish.- Adults Are Useless: the only truly useless adults. The only thing they have contributed to the good guys' side is their daughter.
- Anti-Climactic Parent: both of them.
- For Your Own Good: they knew their daughter would be better off going to a school where she would actually be challenged and not in jail.
- Happily Married
- Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: If they hadn't given Laura to Nero, she would have been arrested for terrorism against the United States.
- Give Him a Normal Life: Subverted. They knew their brilliant daughter had to get the best education available to her, despite knowing they wouldn't see her for six years.
- Invisible Parents: all we know about them is that Laura misses them for the first six books.
- Parental Obliviousness: their defining quality.
- Parents in Distress: how we meet them.
- Pushover Parents: One interpretation. They talked to Nero for a few minutes and gave him their daughter for the next six years. Justified somewhat in that he claimed her life was in danger.
- So Proud of You: let Laura know how proud they are of her for sticking it out even though they gave her to Nero after one conversation, although her life was in danger.
- Stupid Good
Douglas "Dougie" Brand
The younger brother of Laura, conceived after she was sent to the H.I.V.E.- The Baby of the Bunch
- Oblivious Younger Sibling: He's two, after all.
- Shared Family Quirks: getting kidnapped is something his sister does in every volume.
Robert Flack
The head of the Artemis Section with the CIA.- Inspector Javert: Despite being instructed to "look into" Otto's past, he's convinced Otto isn't innocent.
- The Fettered
Elena
The sister of Anastasia and Pietor Furan, described as "the only woman Nero had ever truly loved." Anastasia blames her death on Nero,and Nero blames her death on Anastasia.Dimitri
- Implied Love Interest: to a young, prepubescent Natalya.
- Posthumous Character
- Living Emotional Crutch: Natalya pretty much loses it after he and Tolya die.
