These are the characters who appear in Little Goody Two Shoes. Be aware of contextual spoilers! For characters in Pocket Mirror, see here.

open/close all folders

Main Heroines

General

The protagonist and her three potential love interests.

Eaten Alive: The ultimate fate of the love interests in the first three endings is to be devoured by the demons at their banquet.
Four-Temperament Ensemble: The cheerful and sweet Freya is Sanguine, the bold and prideful Elise is Chloreic, the shy and fatalistic Rozenmarine is Melancholic, and the calm but playful Lebkuchen is Phlegmatic.
Leitmotif: The three love interests each have leitmotifs that reflect their personality - an instrumental version for normal dialogues and romantic dates, plus a full version with vocals that plays during the final romantic date where they confess their love for Elise. Elise also had one titled 'Grape Jewel - In Deep Red', that was cut from the final version of the game.
Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor: Of the three love interests, middle class town girls Freya and Lebkuchen are clearly better off than Elise, but they show nothing but selfless love towards her. The destitute waif Rozenmarine also loves Elise dearly despite being an additional burden, but she turns out to be the most sinister one, as an Unwitting Pawn for the Big Bad and his machinations.
The Lost Lenore: In the three first/normal endings, whichever love interest Elise brought with her to the Secret Tree of Creation becomes this as she is eaten by the demons, and Elise spends the ending cutscenes/rest of her life mourning them.
The Scapegoat: Elise and Rozenmarine are the primary targets for being accused of causing all of Kieferberg’s ills (such as messing with the food and water supply) with witchcraft, the accusations typically coming from Old Jochen, but even Freya and Lebkuchen end up briefly accused in their respective routes.

Elise Liedl

Voiced by: Diana Garnet

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lgts_elise.png

"I'm done with this thankless struggle! No more being bossed around! No more! A carefree life where I'm in charge is much more fitting to me, right?"

A 18-year-old from Kieferberg Village, Elise is a peasant girl who dreams of a better life filled with luxury, power, and riches. Elise is headstrong, prideful and uppity, but shows a soft spot for her loved ones. One day she overhears about a certain being in the woods that makes wishes come true and might grant her the life of luxury she always wanted.

For tropes about her in Pocket Mirror, see here.

Be Careful What You Wish For: She seeks out a wish from Him for a life of luxury and spends the entire game trying to find it, completing all the trials she can to do so. Yet, in the endings where she finally gets her wish granted, it comes at the cost of her love interest, who is sacrificed to Ozzy, and she gets the money by being forced to marry Count Roman despite being a lesbian, leading to an isolated life of putting up with vain and snobbish aristocrats while being too mentally ill and guilt-ridden to enjoy her wealth, and her two children will soon become the final price to be paid.
I got precisely what He promised me. Nothing more, nothing less. Fortune, wealth - a second chance at happiness. Yet... No matter how big the ballroom, how glorious the dresses... I found myself feeling out of place. None of it came close to what I sacrificed, it all felt... Vapid... Worthless... Far from what I truly wanted...
Brutal Honesty: Having a fiery personality begets fiery words, which often makes her butt heads with the superstitious villagefolk. While this lets her stay unbound by the majority's biases, it can get fatal for some chat options like her brash lack of concern over the witch, something that'll raise suspicion towards her.
Childhood Friend Romance: Can have one with either Freya or Lebkuchen.
Contrasting Sequel Protagonist: While Goldia was sweet, kind and a little gullible, Elise is hot-blooded, sassy and reckless to a fault. Though in actuality, Goldia had a lot of Elise's negative qualities before she got amnesia.
Corrupted Character Copy:
- Of Margery Meanwell, the titular main character of the children's story The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes. Both are poor orphans who eventually marry into wealth, but Margery is a Heartwarming Orphan who's rise into wealth is a reward for her virtue, while Elise gains her wealth through a Deal with the Devil that entails sacrificing her Love Interest, and her new life of luxury is utterly miserable and more of a punishment for letting her greed overcome her.
- Of Dorothy Gale, particularly the MGM film version. Like her, Elise lives in a rural environment, has Smalltown Boredom, and dreams of one day leaving her tiny land for something bigger, eventually receiving a pair of ruby slippers that begin her magical journey. But while Dorothy is kind to her family and learns to appreciate what she has, Elise is temperamental, combative, and displays outright contempt towards her fellow villagers, and her greed and desire for a more luxurious life drives her to make a Deal with the Devil that, if she goes through with it, gives her what she wants at the cost of separating her from everyone she cares about.
Cursed Item: The 'Ruby Red Shoes' that she finds in her backyard on Monday, and wears throughout the game. It is an invitation to participate in Ozzy's trials, embodying her greed and vanity, and while it doesn't harm her directly, it leaves her vulnerable to subsequent hexes from Ozzy and his minions.
Curtains Match the Window: Has brown hair and brown eyes.
Determinator: Elise proves to be incredibly stubborn, in a rather dangerous sense. She just won't give up wishing for a better life. In some endings she'll even sacrifice the girl she loves to accomplish it. Ironically, this flaw also plays a role in granting her a truly happy life, because it is an important reason why the village girls Freya and Lebkuchen are smitten with her - much like Elise, they are frustrated by the monotony and various social expectations of rural life, and admire Elise for actually trying to break with it.
Detrimental Determination: She is willing to do anything to land the life of privilege she believes she's owed, leading her to doing some incredibly risky things that threaten not only herself but her loved ones. Should she continue along this path, she'll end up recklessly sacrificing the girl that she loves and spend the remainder of her years consumed by guilt despite having gotten everything that she was after. The happiest endings come from Elise realizing that her dream isn't worth sacrificing everything.
Dull Eyes of Unhappiness: After sacrificing her beloved in endings 1-3, Elise's eyes lose their shine. This also happens if Walpurga possesses Elise in endings 4 and 10, as well as when Elise laments not being able to reach "Him" while burned at the stake in ending 9.
Earn Your Happy Ending: It takes a lot of pain and terror, but Elise can find her happy ending: mainly by prioritizing the well-being of her Love Interest, and rejecting the "Dream Boy's" offer in its entirety by not going through with the ritual at all. If she does this, she can end up as a successful tailor with Freya, or even the mayor of Kieferberg alongside Lebkuchen. Even with Rozenmarine's ending where she doesn't achieve any measure of renown, she's far happier with the love of her life at her side.
Entitled Bastard: Despite her modest upbringing and her adoptive grandmother's parenting, Elise has developed an entitled personality and believes she is destined for greater things than being a mere errand girl. She also complains in her "I Want" Song that despite Freya and Lebkuchen loving her since childhood, they never did enough to release her from poverty. Her best friend Lebkuchen notes that she was never truly satisfied, even during her relatively happy childhood.
Even the Girls Want Her: Played straight in her romantic route with Freya. Freya states outright that she admires Elise's beauty and elegance, among other things.
Fatal Flaw:
- Her greed, sloth, and sense of entitlement towards a life of wealth and luxury, and her Detrimental Determination to achieve her dream at all costs, is what drives her to make the deal with the Strange Boy that screws her over. She loses her chosen Love Interest (Rozenmarine in the "Pocket Mirror" timeline) as part of the price, is forced into an unhappy marriage for the riches, and has her family fall apart after her death. She can only achieve her happy endings if she refuses the deal and her dreams at almost the last second, instead becoming satisfied with what she has now and choosing to improve her means through honest work instead of an easy shortcut.
- Her Hot-Blooded, combative nature can lead to a bad end if she antagonizes the villagers too much, leading them to accuse her of being the witch cursing the village and tying her and Rozenmarine up, leaving them at the mercy of the Old Hag.
Forced to Watch: In the three main endings, she can do nothing but watch in despair as her love interest is devoured by Ozzy and his two vassals, and all because she brought her there despite being warned this would happen. Should she try to do something, she gets eaten instead.
Girl of My Dreams: For Rozenmarine, who has seen her on her prophetic dreams before meeting her in person.
Good Parents: Despite not expecting to have them, let alone want them, Elise refers to Goldia and Henri only with words of love, showing tremendous amounts of fear over the fact that the Strange Boy will one day come to take her "beloved daughter" away from her. It's for this reason that she would give Goldia the pocket mirror in the ending where she receives it from Lebkuchen, leading to the events of the first game. Unfortunately, that fear ended up consuming her and turning her into quite the opposite.
Greed Makes You Dumb: Her desire for a wealthy lifestyle leads her to undergo various trials in order to make a deal with Him to get her wish to come true. Throughout the game, it becomes increasingly clear that this deal is a very bad thing that she is outright warned by past victims will destroy her and whichever love interest she brings to Him, yet she ignores these warnings, blinded by her desire. It's not until just outside The Very Definitely Final Dungeon that she can finally get the hint, but in Endings 1-3 she goes in anyway. Predictably, she loses her love interest and lives the rest of her life in a Gilded Cage, unable to enjoy the wealth she coveted for so long, and her new husband and children have to deal with the consequences of her refusal to let go of her greed.
Happily Adopted: Grandma Holle found Elise in the woods and raised the baby as her own. Elise is shown to have had a happy childhood under her.
Hot-Blooded: She is very strong-willed and her mood is usually either laid-back or violent.
"I Want" Song: Has one in "Ruby Slippers Mirage".
Interclass Friendship: With all three love interests. Elise is an impoverished orphan and an unskilled maid-of-all-work who does odd jobs to barely survive, which places her on the bottom rung of the social ladder. In comparison, Freya is the town mayor Gustav's daughter, while Lebkuchen is the adopted granddaughter of local baker Granny Gretel and a clergywoman at the local church, which allows them to enjoy a higher standard of living and social status than Elise. On the other hand, Rozenmarine is a homeless beggar girl who has spent her life in a state of destitution even worse than Elise's, and also a social outcast at constant risk of being lynched as a witch by suspicious townsfolk. Despite such considerable differences in social class, the four girls become good friends by the end of the game.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Although she can be impulsive, unpredictable, and has a really short fuse, Elise shows a caring side to her friends.
- Upon meeting Rozenmarine, Elise went a little overboard with her suspicions and demanded her new tenant to work for her stay, starting with a total cleaning of the living room. When she walked back to her bedroom though, she realizes she was needlessly harsh and apologizes to Rozenmarine the next morning.
- A lot of her interactions with the kid trio of Apfel, Grüne and Jakob usually ends with them annoying her and her yelling at them, but she never goes beyond that, showing concern for them during incidents related to them like telling them to stay away from a dead crow and being the first to volunteer searching for Apfel when he goes missing. By extension, she also gets angry on the behalf of Apfel and Grüne's mother, Lisbeth, when townsfolk insensitively gossip about the family's misfortunes.
- Once she resolves herself to begin gathering the Testaments, she tries to keep Rozenmarine out of harm's way when they go out to find the Tender Flesh, and keeps her trials a secret from Lebkuchen for the same reason.
Know When to Fold 'Em: For the most part, she has a very hard time doing this, being a Determinator. But if she wants a true happy ending, Elise has to realize that the Strange Boy's deal isn't worth risking the life of the girl she loves.
Laser-Guided Karma: Canonically received the negative variety as Pocket Mirror demonstrates, with Elise being unable to enjoy her wealth and constantly living with the guilt of sacrificing Rozenmarine, fear and anxiety over the Strange Boy coming after her children, and being stuck in a marriage with Roman, who she doesn't actually love. However, she can also receive the positive kind by refusing to even step foot into Demon Lord Ozzy's realm, putting the safety of her love interest over her desire for riches, and leading a happy life with either Rozenmarine, Freya, or Lebkuchen.
Lazy Bum: One of her most notable flaws. While she does perform physical labor in the village, she does it solely for the pay and endlessly complains about it. Part of the reason she wants to make the deal with Him for a wealthy lifestyle is so she can sit around in a mansion all day, waited on by servants and maids.
Lipstick Lesbian: Elise shows absolutely no interest in the male sex, with all her romantic interests being girls. This makes her marriage to Roman in Pocket Mirror all the more tragic. Not only is he magically forced to love her, she doesn't love him back but is forced to conceive children with him.
Love-Interest Traitor: She becomes this in the endings where she delivers her chosen girl to the Secret Tree of Creation, where she is captured and eaten by demons as a sacrifice so Ozzy will grant Elise her wish for wealth, to the point that Lebkuchen openly decries her as a traitor; though she does so very reluctantly once she realizes what will actually happen to the girls she loves and spends the rest of her life regretting it.
Luminescent Blush: Happens to her quite a few times on her dates. The earliest you can get this is on the first date with Freya, who all but tells how precious Elise is to her, making the latter clam up in embarrassment and go beet red for a while.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: When the Strange Boy demands her secondborn child as payment, Elise doesn't take it too seriously since she's a lesbian and will never have kids. Not only does the Strange Boy kill her love interest, but she's forced to marry Roman, therefore having twins.
Non-Action Girl: She might be headstrong and a go-getter, but her occupation is as a "maid-of-all-work" (read: village handygirl) and the extent of her "combat experience" goes about as far as some of her possible jobs being hewing logs with a hatchet or playing raquetball using a stuffed rat. As a result, the "dungeon" segments that occur during the Witching Hour feature little-to-no actual combat as such; Elise must use stealth, evasion and environmental resources or tools like her lantern to get past foes and obstacles, and when faced with truly overwhelming foes such as Walpurga the Hag in moth-swarm form or Mari Lwyd the demon horse, the only way she can survive is by running away as quickly as possible.
Ojou: Inverted. Elise is not wealthy, but aspires to be so and has the attitude to match.
Our Phlebotinum Child: Was born in Saint Walpurga's grove under the contract of the Strange Boy. Walpurga even refers to her as her daughter.
Poor Communication Kills: Her headstrongness coupled with a soft spot for her love interests results in this. Despite experiencing various supernatural horrors in the Woodlands, she refuses to bring this up with Rozenmarine or Lebkuchen because she doesn't want to trouble them. Given that an honest talk with either might have convinced Rozenmarine or Elise herself that the Trials and Gifts were sinister in nature, this ends up contributing to the ensuing tragedy.
Pyrrhic Victory: Elise can achieve the money and status that she so desired, but at the cost of losing her love interest, which will haunt her for the rest of her life. She's caught in an Awful Wedded Life with Roman, has to regularly interact with his vain and stuck-up aristocratic peers, and can't enjoy her new fortune due to fearing that the Strange Boy will come to take her children.
Plucky Girl: Despite her bad situation, Elise is quite plucky and optimistic.
Regretful Traitor: Towards Freya and Lebkuchen in their respective bad endings. While Rozenmarine had consented to being the Good Company, with the two village girls Elise takes advantage of the fact that they are love-struck with her and lures them into the dangerous Woodlands under the pretense of a romantic date. However, she quickly regrets her actions when they suffer a horrific demise in front of her, and spend the rest of her life mourning them.
Tomboyness Upgrade: The good endings with her respective love interests show her trading out her dress for a work shirt and pants, indicating her discarding her old fantasy of living the luxurious life of royalty in favor of working for it with her own two hands.
Trademark Favorite Food: She loves the pretzels Gretel bakes. So much that they not only restore her stamina, but her health as well.
Tragic Hero: She is this in most routes, including the one canon to Pocket Mirror. She starts out as a poor village girl living in a village she hates because of what she sees as a populace of dumb hicks, and dreams of living in a fancy castle with maids. She gets the opportunity when she learns of a wish-granter who lives in the local woodlands, as long as she passes various trials. In the process, she falls in love with one of three girls at her village. But the deal is quickly revealed to be dangerous and untrustworthy, with multiple characters, including the minions of the wish granter, openly telling her the deal will screw her over. Yet her greed obscures these blatantly obvious red flags, and if she chooses not to back out at the last second, she ends up being responsible for her love interest's horrific death and eternal damnation as a Golden Maiden. While her wish of a luxurious life is granted, it involves a miserable, loveless marriage with the fear of her second-born child's fate hanging over her. In the ending canonical to Pocket Mirror, Elise becomes overprotective in her desire to protect her children, the one remaining joy in her life, only for it to severely backfire; her son Henri voluntarily joins Ozzy out of contempt for his family, and her orphaned daughter Goldia ends up languishing for years in a mental hospital. Even her old friend Lebkuchen coldly ends their friendship upon their reunion. In the end, she dies a broken woman with her soul consigned to an unknown fate, harboring only the slimmest hope that Goldia might eventually guard her soul and regain her sanity.
Tragic Keepsake: The green brooch she always wears was a gift from Grandma Holle. She continues to wear it in any of her happy endings, plus the Pocket Mirror timeline as can be seen in canonical illustrations.
Tsundere: Is very tsun around Rozenmarine, Freya and Lebkuchen. She acts aloof, appears disinterested, and can't bother to remember Rozenmarine's name properly. However, she gets flustered when they spend time together and reluctantly admits in Rozenmarine's route that she does know that she's saying her name incorrectly but has just been shortening it for her own convenience.
Verbal Tic: She says "For goodness' sake" so many times when she's annoyed or exasperated, it's practically her Character Catchphrase! She also has a habit of saying "What in the Lord's name" when startled or scared to a lesser extent.
Wonder Child: Found out in the forest by Grandma Holle and taken in by her and raised as her own granddaughter. Old Jochen and Father Hans believe she's the result of a deal made with the Strange Boy, a rumor that's completely true.
Young and in Charge: In Ending 7, she becomes the new mayor of Kieferberg. While years are stated to have passed, her appearance in the epilogue illustration shows her looking more like she's in her very early 20's at most.

Rozenmarine

Voiced by: Yumemi Caelestis

"It's you the stars told me about, Elise. I'm certain now."

A nomad girl of pagan beliefs who stumbles across Elise in the dead of night. Rozenmarine is submissive, shy and soft-spoken and believes everything is predestined. Has the power of prophetic dreams and believes Elise to be the key to her destiny.

And Then John Was a Zombie: Became a golden girl after dying in the ending canon to Pocket Mirror.
Apologizes a Lot: Due to her timid nature, she tends to apologize profusely at the slightest sign of displeasure on Elise's part.
Ascended Extra: Was mentioned in Pocket Mirror as Elise's Lost Lenore. She becomes the Deuteragonist and one of three possible love interests here.
Because Destiny Says So: Rozenmarine doesn't merely believe that fate is inescapable - she is firmly convinced that fufilling one's fate is the whole purpose of life. Accordingly, she does everything that she can to achieve her own destiny, spending much of her life in search of her supposed soulmate Elise, and making her best efforts to win Elise's heart so that she would eventually choose her as the Good Company.
Because You Were Nice to Me: An important factor in her love for Elise. She has suffered so much from social isolation and persecution that even the small kindnesses extended to her by Elise is enough to earn her undying affection.
Character Development: In the Star-crossed route, she slowly becomes more assertive as her relationship with Elise develops. And by the end, she learns that her prophetic dreams are not an absolute certainty and that they can be overcome. Averted, however, in the ending canonical to Pocket Mirror, since even her relationship with Elise fails to convince her that their shared future could be more fulfilling than what fate has in store for her.
Dark and Troubled Past: She lost her mother (burnt at the stake) while still an infant, spent all of her life as a homeless beggar girl with only her grandmother to accompany her, suffered from constant persecution at the hands of people who (rightfully) accused her of being a witch, owned almost nothing except the heavily patched and ragged clothes on her back, and became completely alone in the world after losing even her grandmother to old age and illness.
Death Seeker: Due to her belief that You Can't Fight Fate, Rozenmarine isn't exactly concerned with her own life. Said fates include being sacrificed to the Strange Boy or being transformed into a tree by Saint Walpurga.
Deuteragonist: She is the main focus outside of Elise herself, as her mysterious nature and backstory is tied to the main plot. Her main role within the game is to provide necessary exposition on the Trials that Elise faces, and tag along with her during Elise's daily interactions with the townsfolk and (optionally) chores. Her relationship with Elise does become more significant in her romantic route, but even outside of that she is the most important of the three girls, the only real difference plotwise being whether she'll be the love interest to accompany Elise as the Good Company during the endgame, when Elise enters the Woods to meet Him.
Developers' Desired Date: While you are allowed to romance whoever you'd like out of the gate, the game would really, really, really like you to romance Rozenmarine on your first run. She is by far the most plot-relevant of the three romantic interests, you spend a ton of time with her regardless of romantic route and there are multiple gameplay mechanics centered on her, her romantic route makes the most "sense" out of the three as a result (as she's plugged in directly to what's happening with Elise) and is the one canon to Pocket Mirror, and the village witch-hunt on Friday is rather jarring with Freya or Lebkuchen as the accused, since they have perfect alibis and are respected members of the community. Moreover, Elise attempts to justify risking her lover's safety by convincing herself that the deal with Him would benefit her soulmate as well - which makes more sense when said lover is the completely destitute and prospectless Rozenmarine, instead of the more well-off Freya and Lebkuchen. As such, you'll really feel some pressure to see Rozenmarine's route ahead of the others.
Doomed by Canon: Rozenmarine was mentioned by an adult Elise in Pocket Mirror. But given that she's already dead by that point, well, it is no surprise that she dies in Ending 1, the ending canon to that continuity.
Dramatic Irony: Her dialogues with Elise are loaded with this trope. On their final romantic date, she and Elise discuss their imminent encounter with Him, and how it would signify a new beginning for their relationship. Elise even declares in a moment of affection that her wish of riches is no longer hers alone, and that she would like to 'share' it with Rozenmarine. Rozenmarine also requests that they keep Flocke as a pet due to their supposedly deep bond. For any player who is aware of Rozenmarine's fate in the Pocket Mirror timeline, or has gleaned enough information from the game itself to guess the outcome of His deal and Flocke's true identity, the complete naivete of the conversation enhances the irony.
Dreaming of Things to Come: Suffers from these. It is heavily implied that her prophetic dreams are, in fact, due to the influence of the Strange Boy.
Extreme Doormat: She would do anything for Elise. Especially tragic in Ending 1, where she willingly lets herself be killed by the Strange Boy for Elise's wish, even after Elise is crying and regretting her decision.
Face Death with Dignity: Tries to endure her death with dignity if Elise sacrifices her to the Strange Boy. By the end she's screaming in pain, laughing madly and crying for her dead grandmother.
Fatal Flaw: Her belief in the inevitability of fate and Extreme Doormat nature lead her to encourage Elise to pursue the deal with Him, even though the deal is a clearly horrible idea, and her refusal to stand up for herself leads, in Ending 1, to her happily marching to her death because she honestly believes it is her fate to die for Elise. By contrast, her romance route has her become more assertive, and the good ending has her realize her fate is not set in stone.
Flower Motifs: Associated with thistles.
Happily Adopted: Was adopted by her grandmother, after her mother was burned at the stake.
Happiness in Slavery: She willingly volunteers herself to do anything for Elise, and seems to never have a problem with it. She's often seen doing housework while Elise walks around town. Justified because her current living conditions with Elise are probably the best she has ever experienced.
Horrible Judge of Character: She belongs to a pagan cult that worships the forest spirit Walpurga as their patron saint, and praises 'Him' as a 'benevolent entity' who grants people their wishes. As subsequent events reveal, both beliefs are horribly misguided.
Image Song: "Wild And Wandering Thistle".
Important Haircut: In the Star-crossed ending, when she reunites with Elise, it's revealed that she cut her hair down to neck length. In-story, it's because her hair kept getting in the way when she was doing odd jobs, but it also symbolizes her newfound resolve to stay by Elise's side.
Last Girl Wins: Of the three love interests, Elise only meets Rozenmarine at the beginning of the game, but she is considered Elise's canon love interest, and if the player chooses to pursue her romantic route without going to Lord Ozzy's domain, the "Star-crossed" ending has Elise and Rozenmarine settle down together.
Leitmotif: Sonata of Moon and Wind.
Loving a Shadow: Played straight, then gradually subverted in her romantic route. Rozenmarine is initially obsessed with Elise due to her belief that they are fated soulmates. She slowly learns to love Elise as a person, but this is not enough to change her prior mindset in Ending 1, where she is enraptured by her destiny of being sacrificed as the Good Company. However, Elise's refusal to submit to fate in Ending 5 finally convinces Rozenmarine to think otherwise, and she concludes after three years of soul-searching that her love for Elise was indeed genuine.
Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Zigzagged. She suddenly arrives at Elise's house, claiming that fate has brought them together due to her prophetic dreams. Elise obviously doesn't believe her but Rozenmarine keeps tagging alongside her and that's the start of their friendship. As their relationship evolves, she and Elise play this trope for each other. Played straight in Ending 5, where Elise convinces Rozenmarine that fate isn't always predestined, and Rozenmarine's love cheers Elise immensely after years of solitude. However it is subverted in Ending 1, where Rozenmarine's influence results in her own gruesome death and Elise's Despair Event Horizon.
Meet Cute: The only love interest to display this trope. Elise finds Rozenmarine hiding in her granary, and believing her to be a thief, starts thrashing her with a broom until she cries and pleads for mercy. Their relationship rapidly improves from that initial low point.
Mysterious Waif: She shows up in Elise’s home one night and is reluctantly welcomed into her life, and it is her appearance that begins the series of supernatural events in Kieferberg that it becomes very clear she is connected to, and yet her past is initially not given. This results in her becoming a target for the demonic influence and Elise having to protect her.
No Social Skills: Having spent most of her life with only her grandmother for company, she is incredibly awkward and clueless when interacting with other people, including Elise. This can potentially get her in trouble with the Kieferberg villagers; if Elise lets her wander on her own, her earnest attempts to befriend and aid the townsfolk with her pagan things will increase suspicion of her being the witch. This also shows during her romantic dates, where her attempts to woo Elise consist of awkward declarations of love such as claiming to be Elise's soulmate (despite the two being near-strangers) and slightly rambling talks about her life philosophy. Rozenmarine herself lampshades this during her final romantic date, regretting that she was elated upon finally meeting Elise in person and was consequently overeager.
Official Couple: She is Elise's canon love interest in the Pocket Mirror continuity... and her Lost Lenore as well.
Orphan's Ordeal: As a baby, her mother was killed in front of her.
Pretty Freeloaders: Averted. While Rozemarine is certainly adorable, this doesn't prevent Elise from getting as much work out of her as possible in return for shelter.
Recruited from the Gutter: Elise quickly takes pity on Rozenmarine's extremely deprived circumstances, and provides her with meals and shelter.
Reunion Vow: In her good ending, she travels on her own for a time, promising to Elise that she will return to her. It takes a few years, but she keeps her word, and is ready to settle down with Elise for good.
Red String of Fate : A visual reference to this trope appears in Ending 5, when Elise and Rozenmarine are shown to be connected by a red string despite going their separate ways.
Running Gag: Elise can never say her name correctly. It turns out that Elise actually can say her name correctly but shortens it because it's less of a mouthful for her. She refers to Rozenmarine by her correct name exactly three times in-game: during their final romantic date, upon their joyful reunion in Ending 5, and when sadly reminiscing about her in Ending 1.
Rozenmarine: "Do you think she'll tell anyone? If she does we could be..."
Elise: "In trouble...I know, Rosmarine."
Rozenmarine: "It's Rozenmarine..."
Skewed Priorities: Played for laughs during her initial encounter with Elise. She's beaten up with a broom, threatened with being handed over to the villagers(with the obvious implication that she would be lynched), and browbeaten into doing Elise's housework in return for only basic shelter, yet her most immediate concern is the fact that she's being wrongfully accused by Elise as a thief, a claim that she's uncharacteristically keen to refute. Somewhat justified by the fact that Elise's treatment of her is actually kinder compared to what she has experienced from other people in the past.
Rozenmarine: "I am not a thief!"
Shrinking Violet: She is very timid, possibly due to her past as a nomad and having only her grandmother for company.
Slasher Smile: Sports an INCREDIBLY disturbing smile in the endings where she's sacrificed to the Strange Boy or transformed by Walpurga, which reflects her joy at fulfilling her 'destiny'.
Star-Crossed Lovers: She claims to be Elise's fated soulmate, a notion supported by the fact that they manage to fall deeply in love with each other in less than a week - but their 'fate' is revealed to be the ending canonical to Pocket Mirror. Not only does she suffer a horrific demise and doomed to eternal servitude as a Golden Maiden while Elise suffers a Despair Event Horizon, it is also strongly implied in Pocket Mirror that she and Elise weren't even reunited in death.
Stepford Smiler: She is remarkably cheerful for a homeless beggar girl suffering from extreme poverty and religious persecution, but Endings 1 and 8 reveal that her plucky exterior masks a mentally unbalanced girl who is only obsessed with fulfilling her preordained fate, to the point where she no longer cares about her own survival.
Sycophantic Servant: She always heaps praise onto Elise, despite getting little in return.
Tragic Keepsake: Always carries a pinecone that her grandmother gave to her.
Tastes Better Than It Looks: Invoked, but ultimately subverted. When Rozenmarine demonstrates her supposedly-proficient culinary skills by preparing some 'grape soup' for supper, Elise is uncharacteristically polite enough not to dispute her invoking this trope, but later reveals in a moment of brutal honesty that the results were less than palatable.
Toxic Friend Influence: Unlike her village girl counterparts Freya and Lebkuchen, who invite Elise to be a part of their wholesome future, Rozenmarine constantly encourages Elise to accept His blessings and thereby fulfill her destiny, which has the unfortunate effect of enabling Elise's worst impulses. It is only by going against Rozenmarine's explicit wishes that Elise can ensure a happy future for themselves.
Unkempt Beauty: Her features are remarkably delicate and cute for a homeless beggar girl who wears patched-up clothes, has disheveled hair, and is usually covered in dirt. Reinforced in Ending 5, where a much-needed haircut and improved personal hygiene makes her undeniably attractive.
Unwitting Pawn: For the Strange Boy, who manipulated her into becoming Elise's lover so that she could both advise her on His trials and eventually become a willing sacrifice for Elise's deal with Him.
Verbal Tic: She says "It's fate, Elise" so many times when something good or bad happens, it's practically her Character Catchphrase. It also becomes one of her Last Words when she is sacrificed to Ozzy by Elise.
Waif Prophet: Due to her powers, she has seen Elise in her dreams before meeting her and feels as though they are destined to be together.
Walking the Earth: Has been doing so for a long time, guided by her prophetic dreams until she found Elise.
What Happened to the Mouse?: Her fate in any endings specific to Freya or Lebkuchen is completely unknown.
Yes-Man: She is completely subservient to Elise, always happy to do as she's told. She is less her love interest and more her hopelessly devoted minion... unless Elise chooses her as her girlfriend, where not only does she gets Elise's affection, but also becomes more assertive.
You Can't Fight Fate: One of Rozenmarine's character traits is her belief that everything is predestined. This leads to its logical conclusion in Ending 1, where she welcomes death after Elise sacrifices her to the Strange Boy. Subverted in Ending 5, where Elise refusing the deal gives her the courage to find her own way.

Freya

Voiced by: Phoebe Chan

"Your legs are so long! It's like you were made for these shoes! Or the shoes were made for you, maybe?"

Freya is Elise's childhood friend and fellow errand girl. While she's beloved by the villagers, she has trouble standing up for herself.

Always Someone Better: While Elise considers her a friend, she's secretly jealous of how Freya is not only more beloved and talented than her, but also has a loving father. Applies vice versa: Freya reveals that she too was jealous of Elise's beauty, elegance and assertive personality.
The Atoner: As seen on their first date, Freya has an "overcompensating" attitude towards Elise out of some unknown guilt in the past. The third date reveals that being errand girls since their youth, the villagers pit them against each other, and since Freya wanted to live up to expectations from being seen as the most talented, it pressured her into sabotaging her rival in a couple of errands until she felt guilty and stopped at some point.
Broken Ace: She's a refined, creative, talented Child Prodigy who is admired by most people, but has trouble standing up for herself; Elise having the will to do so is what Freya admires about her.
Childhood Friends: With Elise and Lebkuchen.
Cute Bruiser: She is a cute girl, but also inhumanly strong.
- When Freya's asked to demonstrate that strength in one talk, she lifts her own father—who's estimated to be as heavy as a horse—without so much as a loss of breath.
- Played for Laughs during her third date; after Elise tells her they're friends now and she doesn't have to feel guilty for her mistreatment against Elise back then, it makes Freya so happy she nearly bear hugs the life out of Elise without realizing it.
- Sets up a highly romantic moment during her sixth date; when Elise almost injures herself in a fall while attempting to pick a bunch of grapes, Freya effortlessly catches and intimately cradles Elise in her arms, all the while fussing that Elise isn't eating enough and suggesting that they could stay in that position all day. Elise is predictably embarrassed and demands that Freya put her down immediately - after which she attempts to give Elise yet another big hug.
Daddy's Girl: Very close to her father. This is partly due to the fact that she lost her beloved mother Heidi at a very young age.
Extreme Doormat: Has trouble standing up for herself, or asserting her wants or needs. If Elise chooses her though, she gradually begins to grow out of it, but it's a very slow process.
The Fashionista: Designs and makes various elegant outfits for herself and Elise. She gifts a new apron to Elise in her fifth date, reveals that she is working on a winter dress for Elise after the festival, and becomes a successful dressmaker in Ending 6.
Fatal Flaw: Her reluctance to stand up for herself, something she envies Elise for, is what screws her over in Ending 2, where she follows Elise into the creepy and blatantly haunted Woodlands without question right to her death instead of questioning why Elise is bringing her there.
Flower Motifs: Associated with dandelions.
Girl Next Door: Out of all Elise's love interests, Freya embodies this due to her being Elise's kind, reliable, and well loved childhood friend.
I Want My Mommy!: If she's the one Elise falls in love with and she's offered to the Strange Boy, she cries out for her father to help.
Leitmotif: Emerald Prairies ~ Faeri.
Lipstick Lesbian: Is not too shy about her interest in Elise, constantly showering her with gifts.
Nice Girl: Like you wouldn't believe. She's almost saint-like and Purity Personified, wanting to try to lift the village's spirits up when it gets on edge from rumors of the witch. She's also incapable of believing the worst about people, not realizing in her bad ending that Elise was the one to blame for her horrific fate.
Textile Work Is Feminine: She's the more conventionally feminine of the girls and wants to become a seamstress. If Elise doesn't sacrifice her to the Strange Boy, she gets to accomplish it.
What Happened to the Mouse?: In the canon ending. While Elise is married to Roman and Lebkuchen is still a nun, we don't know what happened to Freya.

Lebkuchen

Voiced by: Chiisa

"In other ways, as well. I'm torn between my duty and my...feelings."

A young nun at the Kieferberg church and a long-time friend of Elise. She has a calm and gentle personality, but shows a playful side if Elise gets to know her better.

Affectionate Nickname: Elise calls her "Leb" sometimes.
Anger Born of Worry: She often gives Elise an earful for rashly alienating the villagers in a time of mass hysteria, but it is out of genuine worry for Elise's well-being and safety. Elise repays the favor by chewing her out whenever Lebkuchen neglects her own needs in favor of her duties to the villagers, especially after she collapses in church from utter exhaustion.
Bilingual Bonus: Her name means "gingerbread" in German. Fitting for a baker's granddaughter.
Childhood Friends: With Elise and Freya.
Childhood Friend Romance: Not only is she Elise's oldest and dearest childhood friend, it is also implied that she has harbored romantic feelings for her since long before the events of the game, only holding back because they clashed with her duties as a clergywoman and for fear of becoming an additional burden on Elise. She eventually lets go of such inhibitions and pledges her love to Elise in her romantic route.
Clingy Jealous Girl: Played with. When she learns that Rozenmarine had been Elise's housemate since Saturday and had grown close enough with her to earn the nickname 'Rosmarine', she seems to be less than pleased, and her attitude towards Rozenmarine is one of forced politeness. Elise even notes that Lebkuchen was being uncharacteristically 'difficult'. Also in Ending 6, when Elise leaves town with Freya. While Freya's reaction towards Elise and Lebkuchen's departure in Ending 7 is one of overwhelming joy, Lebkuchen's smile in the illustration for Ending 6 is rather ambiguous, perhaps reflecting her thoughts on missed opportunities with Elise.
Lebkuchen: "A habit."
Deadpan Snarker: She has a great ironic wit, although it's hard to tell when she's joking.
Easily Forgiven: Played with if Elise decides to sacrifice her. She goes down upset at her betrayal, cursing Elise in her final moments. Years later, with Elise at death's door, the spirit of Lebkuchen reunites with her, telling Elise that she has forgiven her, after seeing how much she suffered and has regretted her choices. However, Lebkuchen had been turned into a Golden Girl by the Strange Boy, so it's implied it was a case of Let Them Die Happy.
Et Tu, Brute?: In her bad ending where Elise sacrifices her in order to fulfill her wish, she goes from screaming for help to bitterly rebuking Elise for betraying her heartfelt love in her final moments.
Lebkuchen: "How could you, Elise?! You betrayed me! You betrayed me, Elise! I will never forgive you, Elise...! Never! I loved you, Elise. How... How I loved you, Elise!"
Excellent Judge of Character: Zigzagged. She is the only love interest completely aware of Elise's many flaws(greed, rashness, etc.) and motivations, even managing to guess that Elise's true goal is to leave the village for 'the castle'. However, she believes that Elise is fundamentally a good person and is extremely trusting and forgiving towards her. This turns out to be her biggest mistake in her bad ending, when Elise betrays her to Ozzy. Justified, however, in her good ending when Elise decides that her love for Lebkuchen is much more important than mere riches.
Fatal Flaw: Her refusal to be true to herself; despite chafing under the demands of being a nun and openly expressing dissatisfaction, she still breaks her back helping out the villagers to the point of fainting from exhaustion. Said inhibitions also keep her from pursuing a relationship with Elise, the one person she can be herself with, and subsequently becoming too trusting of Elise, despite otherwise being able to see through her lies, when she convinces her to go with her in Ending 3 to the dangerous Woodlands, leading to her dying while cursing Elise out for her betrayal.
First Girl Wins: She has known Elise longer than either Freya or Rozenmarine, and Elise can pursue a romance with Lebkuchen without venturing into Lord Ozzy's domain, which leads to them traveling from city to city together as a happy couple before returning to Kieferberg to help the town in the "Bells of Dawn" ending.
Flower Motifs: Associated with lilies.
The Gadfly: Her saintly exterior hides a very playful personality.
Elise: "To think you're a proper nun! More like an imp!"
Lebkuchen: "You're truly so easy to tease, Elise!"
Gut Feeling: Stated to be her foremost trait, such that she saw through Elise's and Rozenmarine's cover story where everyone else bought it right upon the latter's first meeting, and though Elise is keeping the details about "Him" secret, the nun could tell her friend is involved in something dangerous.
Happily Adopted: She was a church foundling taken in by Father Hans and raised by Granny Gretel, who adored her as her own flesh-and-blood.
Home Sweet Home: In Ending 7, she and Elise leave Kieferberg and go on an extended honeymoon lasting several years, before realizing that they truly loved their hometown, which motivates them to return and help its inhabitants.
Lap Pillow: Elise asks for and gets one from her on their second date, underscoring their extremely close relationship.
Leitmotif: White Sugar Magic ~ Holy Vision.
Letting Her Hair Down: While she is by no means unattractive, Elise remarks early on that Lebkuchen would be far more good-looking with her hair down and wearing anything but her usual drab habit. She switches to a loose ponytail held up by a white ribbon and a pure white dress in Ending 7, after giving up her holy vows.
Living Lie Detector: Towards Elise. She is able to read her like a book, which allows her to recognize any attempts at subterfuge on Elise's part. She immediately sees through Elise's unconvincing claim that Rozenmarine is her long-lost cousin and laughs in her face, though she does keep it secret for Elise's sake.
Nun Too Holy: She's none too fond of Father Hans and seems to be romantically interested in Elise. In her romantic route, it's strongly implied she's no longer even particularly religious. The first hint of this in-game is her personal copy of the Holy Bible - covered in a thin layer of dust. Her rather unconvential attire (for a nun) - a habit decorated with frills and lace - also turns out to reflect her chafing at the demands of nunhood.
I’m no saint, after all — despite my veil!
One True Love: Regards Elise as such in her romantic route. In the Japanese dub, she almost tearfully confesses her love towards Elise using the powerful expression 'ai shiteru' during their final romantic date.
Pinky Swear: She makes one with Elise during their final romantic date, promising not to hide anything from each other. She then reveals her intention to leave both the church and Kieferberg, preferably with Elise. The irony, of course, is that Elise is still hiding what is probably the most important secret of all - the upcoming deal with Ozzy.
Punny Name: When her name is combined with that of Elise. 'Elisenlebkuchen' is an actual type of lebkuchen (German gingerbread cookies) after which she is named.
Small Role, Big Impact: She was the one who gave the pocket mirror to Elise, ensuring out that Goldia will use it as a protection charm in the future.
Sweet Baker: On top of being a wise and kindhearted nun, she also runs a bakery selling delicious pastries. One of the pastries on the menu are actually German lebkuchen cookies, in fact.
Was It Really Worth It?: An adult Lebkuchen asks this after finding out about Elise's wish.
We Used to Be Friends: In Ending 1, she is deeply disgusted with Elise's decision to sacrifice Rozenmarine for her own wish, treating Elise rather coldly and demanding that she never return. That being said, she still does help Elise in their adult years by giving her the pocket mirror to protect Goldia.
Wise Beyond Their Years: She's more mature and smarter than her friends, including even most of the village's adults when their paranoia of the witch starts getting the better of them.

Kieferberg Village Residents

General

The inhabitants of Kieferberg.

Asshole Victim: Mrs. Wilma is such an unpleasant Mean Boss to Welma and generally unfriendly that Elise surmises she would not at all feel bad if the woman were robbed, though she is a bit disturbed by her apathy.
Elise: Can’t say I would care much if Mrs. Wilma’s inn got robbed... Does this make me a bad person, I wonder... I can’t be worse than Wilma, can I...?
Close-Knit Community: The villagers are very close with each other, and side quests typically involve Elise talking to someone who has agreed to help out another villager.
Driven by Envy: On Friday Morning, Mrs. Wilma reveals the reason she is such a Mean Boss to Ms. Welma is because of how the latter is more beautiful and popular with the villagers than her.
Wilma: [Welma]’s right where she belongs, that’s what! Leaving for Primeldorf at the first chance she got - to learn a trade, she said! All I’ve seen her learn is how to sleep on the job! Yet she’s everyone’s favorite - prettier, nicer, with the bigger hair, the bigger...
Elise: Ah, I see how it is...
Wilma: Always got all the praise, while I’ve been here working myself to the bone!
Half-Witted Hillbilly: Some of them, like Old Jochen, are mean, closed-minded, and not that bright, though there are just as many kind villagers.
Nice Mean And In Between: Gustav, Old Jochen, and Father Hans have this dynamic. Gustav is a Reasonable Authority Figure who believes in Elise, encourages the villagers to be kind and united instead of paranoid, and is generally the kindest of the villagers. Jochen is an antagonistic Inspector Javert who constantly antagonizes Elise and Rozenmarine out of the belief they are witches bringing misfortune to Kieferberg, and does not particularly treat the other villagers much nicer, generally seeing them as idiots for disbelieving him. Hans is a stern, serious man who switches between interrogating Elise and holding back Jochen whenever he goes too far. This gets complicated when Hans is revealed to be the traitor, but is doing it as part of a plan to destroy the demon threat.
Powder Keg Crowd: The longer that the supernatural incidents targeting Kieferberg go on, and the residents lose their food and water supply, the more they begin to buy into Old Jochen claiming it is the fault of a witch. On Friday, this culminates in a big blowout where they publicly accuse Elise and Rozenmarine of being the witches, and while Freya is able to shame them into calming down, the display of mob mentality is so alarming that several villagers decide to move somewhere else to get away from it all.

Gustav

Freya's caring father.

Doting Parent: Is this to Freya and the two are stated to have a close bond.
Like a Daughter to Me: Admits in Ending 2 that he sees Elise as a surrogate daughter.
Nice Guy: Quite possibly the nicest in the whole village. He's even supportive of his daughter's sexuality; something very rare for the time period that the game is based in.
Open-Minded Parent: Quite unusual for the time period the game is set in, he's completely supportive of Freya's feelings for Elise. He even implies in a Tuesday evening conversation with Freya that he would be fine with her also “getting to know” Rozenmarine and Lebkuchen.
Outliving One's Offspring: If Freya is sacrificed to the Strange Boy.
Parental Substitute: Since Elise only had Grandma Holle growing up, he is the closest thing she had to a father and raised her like one, to the point of admitting he thinks of Elise as Like a Daughter to Me.
Shipper on Deck: He's actually aware of Freya's feelings for Elise and not only actively supports it; he tries many things to get them closer over the week. In her good ending, he starts crying tears of joy when he sees them together and happy. Gustav's reasons for wholeheartedly welcoming Elise into the family is explained in Freya's bad ending - he already saw her as a surrogate daughter of sorts.

Father Hans (Unmarked Spoilers)

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/father_hans_portrait_fullbody.png

"Let us all have compassion for one another in these trying times. Let us trust St. Walpurga to guide our people and keep Kieferberg out of harm’s way. May the Lord be with you, brethren. Amen."

The devout priest of Kieferberg, and a thorn in the side of Elise.

The Dragon: To Walpurga; he acts as her agent in Kieferberg, helping cause the supernatural incidents and trying to throw suspicion on Elise and Rozenmarine so he can deliver them to her.
Evil Wears Black: He wears black priest robes, and while seemingly to be merely stern at first, he is secretly a Sinister Minister out to summon forth a witch with sacrifices to end the demon threat.
Karma Houdini: In every ending except 4 (where he gets offed by his own boss Walpurga), he vanishes from the plot in each ending, never getting any punishment for inviting Walpurga and the demons into Kieferberg. Ending 7, where he dies, indicates he did so peacefully.
Lesser of Two Evils: When reading his journal, he knows that what he is doing is wrong and can even be considered evil. However, he firmly believes that Ozzy is the greatest threat there is, and is willing to do just about anything if it means getting rid of the demon threat once and for all.
Mole in Charge: He is the head of the local church usually seen leading the villagers of Kieferberg, helping set up things to protect them against the demonic forces, and spearheading the burning of Elise or tying her up with Rozenmarine in two outcomes for being the supposed witches. It also turns out that he is the one in league with the real witch, summoning her to have her wipe out the demons while subtly casting suspicion on Elise as a scapegoat.
Off with His Head!: Walpurga decapitates him in the "Apostasy" ending, shortly before possessing Elise's body.
Secret-Keeper: It's implied he knows more than he's letting on about the Strange Boy.
Sinister Minister: It turns out he has been working with the demons, inviting them into his village to cause chaos and spread paranoia, as part of a plan to summon Saint Walpurga and purge the town of the demon threat.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: He's the one behind the strange events that occurred in Kieferberg, all to summon Saint Walpurga in order to purge the town of its evils.
Father Hans: I'm not proud of what I've done, yet I believe it is a necessary procedure.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: He is killed by Walpurga in Ending 4 after he's finished his task to retrieve Elise.

Muffy

"Wh-Why don’t you share some of that bread you’ve got, Elise? I might k-keep quiet i-if you do!"

A local girl who's begun spying on Elise. Every day, she will learn some secret Elise has and will threaten to tell the townsfolk unless Elise shares with her a specific food item.

Big Eater: She a reputation as the town's glutton, and her role is to blackmail Elise into feeding her various foods. She even considers three meals a day to be starvation.
Dirty Coward: It doesn't take much to intimidate her, but she's still a sneaky opportunist willing to commit Blackmail.
Expy: Of Yuyuko Saigyouji from Touhou Project. She even shares Yuyuko's signature pink hair, mob cap and blue dress! She has the same Big Eater tendencies, too.
Food as Bribe: Elise has the option to give her snacks to buy her silence.
Goldfish Poop Gang: She is never faced in combat, but she does appear every day to blackmail Elise, threatening to tell some secret she has unless given a particular food item. Unlike the actually threatening supernatural forces, Muffy is just a comedic nuisance who annoys Elise to no end.
Plot-Irrelevant Villain: She shows up every day to blackmail Elise into buying her food, has at-most a tangential connection to the plot (she can potentially increase Elise's suspicion of being the witch hexing Kieferberg) and never plays any important role, to the point that she could easily be removed and nothing major would be impacted.

Old Jochen

An elderly villager who is convinced that the Kieferberg incidents plaguing the village must be the work of witchcraft, and that Elise and Rozenmarine must be the culprits.

The Friend Nobody Likes: The other villagers generally react to his rambling about a witch with skepticism and exasperation, and even if they come around to believing him, nobody really seems to like him as a person, instead treating him as a nuisance.
Grumpy Old Man: The supernatural incidents in Kieferberg have left him in a sour mood, and he spends his screentime ranting about how it must be witchcraft and Elise is definitely the witch.
Inspector Javert: He is convinced that Elise and Rozenmarine are the witches cursing their town and causing their troubles, and tries to rally his fellow villagers to do something about it. Whether the others believe him depends on what actions Elise takes.
Jerkass Has a Point: As Elise herself can mention at one point, he is completely correct that a witch is responsible for the incidents Kieferberg is suffering through, and that one of their own is bringing about the chaos, just wrong about who the witch is and who is inviting her in (he is convinced it must be Elise, when the traitor is actually Father Hans himself).
Properly Paranoid: Zigzagged. The villagers mostly consider him to be a senile loon rambling about witches and hexes cursing the town and causing misfortune, but he is actually completely correct about the source of their problems. Unfortunately, he misidentifies the witch as Elise, her three love interests, and even Mrs. Lisbeth just because she owns goats.

Grandma Holle

Elise's adoptive mother, who died at the start of the story.

And Then John Was a Zombie: Became a golden girl after dying.
Exact Words: Before she dies, she thanks Elise for making her wish to have a child of her own come true. As it turns out, she meant it literally.
I Did What I Had to Do: Even after she sacrificed her husband, she doesn't regret what she did, convincing herself that he would have done the same.
Law of Inverse Fertility: She and her husband tried to have a child for years. It got so bad that she made a contract with the Strange Boy, giving her husband as a payment.
Love Makes You Evil: Wanted to have a child so badly she sacrificed her own husband to the Strange Boy.
Posthumous Character: Died at the start of the story.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: All she wanted was to have a baby to dote on. It results in her making a contract with the Strange Boy on Saint Walpurga's lands and them targeting Elise years later.

Otherwordly Forces of the Woodlands (Unmarked Spoilers)

General

The entities who make their home in the Woodlands and the antagonists of the game.

Animorphism: The three demon lords can transform from their human-like selves into animals to disguise themselves, and are introduced with said forms for most of the game, only revealing their humanoid selves in the finale; Murim takes the form of a golden crow, Aziel becomes a golden serpent, and Ozzy is Rozenmarine’s pet goat Flocke.
Aristocrats Are Evil: Demon Lord Ozzy and his Co-Dragons, Lord Murim and Lady Aziel, are demon aristocrats who dress the part, have immense wealth, and hold extravagant banquets where they dine on the poor girls who they trick into coming to their realm to get their wishes granted, turning their spirits into servants whom they mistreat.
The Fair Folk: Despite being demons, they act much like this; they are bizarre entities who reside in a strange otherworldly realm in the local Woodlands, they abduct children, and their leader grants wishes to girls in exchange for someone they can eat.
Faux Affably Evil: They all speak with polite words befitting aristocrats, but are entities of demonic or occultist origin who have no problem targeting innocent people to satisfy their desires, and their politeness comes off as mocking.
Karma Houdini: None of them get any punishment for their actions like luring at least 25 girls to be devoured or causing chaos around Kieferberg; the worst that happens in the good endings is they get deprived of two more victims.
To Serve Man: Ozzy and his Co-Dragons lure girls to his domain with promises of wishes granted, making them bring along the girl they love most, so they can eat the loved one as the price in an extravagant banquet. One Golden Maiden implies she chose to sacrifice herself instead, and got eaten herself. This can potentially happen to Elise or her chosen love interest.

"Him"/The Strange Boy

Ozzy

A mysterious demon lord that lives in the woods, granting wishes to the people who seek him. For tropes about him in Pocket Mirror, see here.

Abusive Parents: He created Elise using the Woodlands, and uses her as a pawn to fulfill his gluttonous desires, letting his minions physically and psychologically torment her before eating her love interest in front of her and delighting in driving her mad.
Asmodeus: This is implied to be his true identity, as his real name, Ozzy, is a shorted version of Asmodeus and he is referred in the soundtrack as Ars Goetia King Ozzy. Though he appeals to his victims’ greed despite being the king of lust.
The Bad Guy Wins: In the ending canon to Pocket Mirror. He succeeded in sending Rozenmarine to her death, claiming another golden girl and getting a contract out of Elise.
Big Bad Ensemble: Like in the original game, he is the true mastermind behind everything. Though Walpurga is more active in trying to claim the soul Elise for herself, he is the corruptive force behind Elise's ambition and manipulates the plot to get a chance to get a contract out of her, while ordering his minions to cause all the chaos in the village.
Blasphemous Boast: Not directly stated, but he demands his name remain unspoken to everyone but a select few and to be referred to with capital h male pronouns (He, Him, His), as though imitating God. Moreover, his hellish domain is named the 'Secret Tree of Creation', a clear reference to the biblical Tree of Life, and he takes pride in his ability to create lesser lifeforms - including Elise.
Break Her By Talking: Does this to Elise, mocking her for her desire to get rich the easy way.
Corrupted Character Copy: Of The Wizard of Oz, a mysterious wish-granting authority over magical creatures who promises to grant the wish of the heroine in exchange for undergoing trials and turns out to be not what he seems, right down to his name Ozzy. But while the Wizard was ultimately a good, hard-working man in spite of not being a true wizard, Ozzy is a malicious, demonic Jackass Genie who enslaves the soul of anyone foolish enough to take his deal.
Deal with the Devil: He's willing to grant the greatest desire of whoever makes a pact with him, as long as the pactmaker is willing to sacrifice their beloved's life to him.
Demon Lords and Archdevils: He is revealed in the study of Father Hans to hold the title of Demon Lord,
Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?: In the Good Endings, Elise deals with him in the simplest way possible; she refuses to complete the ritual. And she gets away completely scot free because he's powerless to do anything outside his domain when they aren't involved in any deals with him.
Named in the Sequel: In the original game, he only goes by the Strange Boy or question marks. Here, he reveals his real name in the finale: Ozzy, of all things.
Non-Action Big Bad: For all of his magical abilities, he states he needs Elise to do the ritual for him and it's not until after she's done so that he properly appears.
Orcus on His Throne: He doesn't do anything but wait for Elise in his realm.
Tom the Dark Lord: The true name of the Strange Boy, the sadistic Demon Lord villain of the Pocket Mirror franchise? Ozzy. Though it is implied to be short for Asmodeus.

The Old Hag

Saint Walpurga

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/witch_0.png

"You, Elise, are my kin... my triumph, my beloved progeny... What He’s done to me is no matter, all I want is you..."

The strange witch responsible for the curses on Kieferberg. She is the one who informs Elise of the three gifts required to meet "Him". She is actually the patroness that the people of Kieferberg worship, and also the sentient Woodlands themselves. Elise is her daughter of sorts, created from a part of her soul by the Strange Boy as part of his deal with Grandma Holle, and she wants her back.

Ambiguously Evil: Her motivation is to merely reclaim a fragment of her soul lost during Elise's creation. Despite working with the Strange Boy, Walpurga hates the demon. When Saint Walpurga possesses Elise, she either leaves the village and the red shoes behind (Ending 4) or carries on with Elise's life (Ending 10).
Animal Motifs: She's associated with butterflies.
The Bad Guy Wins: Several endings have her successfully get Elise back.
- In Ending 4 - Apostasy, she kills Father Hans and possesses Elise, leaving the village and red shoes behind.
- In Ending 8 - The Kiss, she possesses Rozenmarine and traps Elise with her as a tree.
- In Ending 9 - Auto-Da-Fe, she gets Elise burned at the stake for witchcraft and presumably takes her soul afterwards.
- In Ending 10 - Motherly Cocoon, she captures and possesses Elise, assuming the latter's identity and carrying on with her life.
- In the max suspicion Non-Standard Game Over, she kills Elise after Father Hans convinced the village to tie her and Rozenmarine up under suspicion as witches.
Big Bad Ensemble: With the Strange Boy, as she wants to kill/posses Elise to take back the part of her soul she possesses against the wishes of the Strange Boy, who wants to make a deal with her.
Big Good: Revered around the village as one. Too bad she's willing to do nefarious things to get her soul fragment back.
Expy: Given the Oz parallels, she is one for the Wicked Witch of the West, as the local witch who causes trouble and wants to kill the heroine in order to take back something the heroine has which she views as rightfully hers (in this case, her soul fragment, which has used to birth Elise).
Genius Loci: According to Father Hans, she is the Woodlands themselves, and just uses the Old Hag form as an avatar.
Grand Theft Me: Will do this to Elise in some of the bad endings.
Historical Villain Upgrade: The real-life Saint Walpurga was a missionary from Wessex revered in medieval Germany for warding off pests, diseases as well as witchcraft. Here she engages in witchcraft, conjuring supernatural phenomena around Kieferberg and even killing or possessing innocent people like Elise and Rozenmarine.
Karma Houdini: Manipulates Father Hans and Rozenmarine into doing her evil bidding by causing paranormal incidents around the village, but since the culprit was never revealed publicly, she got away scot-free. And in some endings she reclaims her soul fragment back by killing Elise, which is what she wanted all along.
Secretly Dying: Is on her last legs as a result of Elise being born on her lands with the Strange Boy's power, accidentally taking a part of her soul. Her motivation is to kill Elise in order to become whole again.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: With Ozzy and the rest of his minions. She is actually rather integral to Ozzy's plan to have Elise form a deal with him — being the first to reach out to Elise, setting her on her path to gather the gifts for Ozzy. Furthermore, without her actions, Ozzy and the rest of his minions would not have been able to even set up their respective trials in the Woodlands since Walpurga is the Woodlands. None of this changes the fact that Saint Walpurga hates Ozzy for causing her to lose part of her soul with Elise's birth and the fact that Walpurga is only allowing Ozzy and his minions in so she has her own chance to take Elise. Ozzy and his minions for their part show that the enmity is reciprocal: Murim and his crows constantly show their disdain for Saint Walpurga whilst she's disguised as Rozenmarine while Aziel makes sure that Saint Walpurga can't enter her Bedewed Forest of Berries while Elise is in there.
Two Aliases, One Character: Saint Walpurga initially appears to be a long-dead woman and thus wholly seperate from the witch, but the notes of Father Hans reveal them to be the same woman.
Villain with Good Publicity: Kieferberg reveres her as the patron saint of their village whom they pray to for protection from demons. While she may have once been that, losing a part of her soul has turned her into a malevolent entity willing to work with demons and cause chaos in Kieferberg to get her soul fragment back.
Warmup Boss: She is the first boss Elise faces and a fairly simple Advancing Boss of Doom as opposed to the more complex later battles.
Wicked Witch: She is the witch terrorizing Kieferberg by inviting demonic institutes to mess with the food and water supply, and is trying to kill/possess Elise to take her soul fragment back, which Elise unwittingly possesses.
Would Hurt a Child: Has no qualms kidnapping and almost killing a village boy just to prove Elise a point. She also kills Elise and Rozenmarine in some bad endings.

Lord Murim

"Show me how far these ruby shoes will take you! All that you desire, lass! It’s all so close, yet so far!"

A servant of the Strange Boy and ruler of the Ceramic Grove of Wheat. He is a golden crow who leads a murder of crows. He also invites Elise to his realm so she can pass his trials and retrieve the Tender Flesh.

Arc Villain: Of Tuesday and Wednesday, where he makes his appearance and challenges Elise to go through his realm, the Ceramic Grove of Wheat, to take on his trials. He also steals wheat from Kieferberg and is the entity Elise must rescue Apfel from on Wednesday.
Co-Dragons: He and Lady Aziel faithfully serve the Strange Boy and carry out his orders in causing chaos in Kieferberg and luring Elise to him.
Corrupted Character Copy: Continuing the Oz parallels, Murim is the series’ version of the Scarecrow, but instead of a Book Dumb yet genius planner and overall friend to Dorothy, he is a child-eating Scary Scarecrow.
Creepy Crows: He and his murder (group) of crows are demonic servants of the Strange Boy who cause trouble in Kieferberg and rule over a strange realm where they challenge Elise to various trials.
Eye-Obscuring Hat: In his human form, he wears a hat that leaves his eyes in shadow to make him look sinister.
Kick the Dog: Trying to eat Apfel has absolutely no benefit to his plans with Elise or his orders from his master, and just serves to show how ravenous and wicked he is.
King Mook: He rules over the small crows that follow him everywhere, as well as the humanoid crows that hide in his bushes and the big crows who attack Elise behind the trees.
Little Bit Beastly: His human form has wings instead of arms and crow-like talons for feet.
Scary Scarecrows: His humanoid form looks like a cross between a scarecrow and a crow, fitting for the ruler of the crow demons, and he takes on this form when he joins his fellow demon nobles in eating some poor girl who has been brought to them as a sacrifice.
Verbal Tic: Much like his minions, he tends to repeat his sentences, mainly when they are short, as though he is a parrot (despite being a crow).
Would Hurt a Child: On Wednesday, he and his minions plan on devouring Apfel, who was kidnapped and placed in the Woods by Father Hans as a sacrifice to Walpurga, and Elise has to save Apfel from them.

Lady Aziel

"You’re now the bearer of my hex, lassie — fated to meet me in my realm! Show me your resolve, your burning desire for more...! Be good, behave, Elise... and I’ll welcome you with open arms..."

A servant of the Strange Boy and ruler of the Bedewed Forest of Berries. She is a golden snake who floods Kieferberg and traps Elise in her realm to make her go through her challenges and win the Sweetest Nectar, kidnapping her chosen love interest to motivate her.

Arc Villain: Of Thursday and Friday, where she screws with the water supply in Kieferberg and challenges Elise to go through her Bedewed Forest of Berries to endure the trials within, also kidnapping her love interest on Friday.
Background Boss: In her fight, she stays in the background as a giant hand and face while shooting red needles at Elise.
Co-Dragons: She and Lord Murim faithfully serve the Strange Boy and carry out his orders in causing chaos in Kieferberg and luring Elise to him.
Final Boss: She is the last of the bosses that Elise has to fight, and must be defeated in order to access the final day and any of the 10 endings; her boss never personally fights Elise.
Pragmatic Villainy: For a given value of pragmatic, Aziel lets some of the Golden Maidens stay in her realm away from Ozzy and Murim, which the last one encountered considers a blessing. However, a possible dialogue with her reveals she does this so the maidens can repay her with their songs of lamentation and regret, which she enjoys, rather than actual kindness.
Snake Person: In her humanoid form, she mostly looks human but has snakes for hair and a snake tongue.
Snakes Are Sinister: She is a golden demonic snake who tries to flood Kieferberg and traps Elise and Rozenmarine in her realm.

Others (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

Flocke

A goat that accompanies Rozenmarine in her travels.

Animal Companion: For Rozenmarine and later Elise.
Cuteness Proximity: Rozenmarine likes to dote on him.
Devil in Disguise: He's the Strange Boy in animal form, setting up Rozenmarine into meeting Elise.
The Dog Was the Mastermind: Or rather, the goat was the mastermind; just like in the original game, the Strange Boy disguises himself as a seemingly minor character — in this case, Rozenmarine’s pet goat Flocke who mostly does nothing but prance around and be cute — before revealing himself as the Big Bad.
Gruesome Goat: He may seem like a cute little goat at first, but he turns out to be the Demon Lord Ozzy's animal form.
Mysterious Animal Senses: It seems able to perceive things, such as guiding Rozenmarine to Elise's house.
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: It looks like an adorable goat but is actually a very powerful and malevolent supernatural being in disguise.

Golden Maidens

The prior victims of Him, who sought out a wish in the Woodlands. There are 25 of them hidden throughout the game, and they can be found in Kieferberg at night or in the Woodlands areas.

Be Careful What You Wish For: Like Elise, they too had wishes that they endured trials to grant. We're not told what most of them are, but very few of them are satisfied with the outcome, since now they're trapped as His servants.
But Thou Must!: If they tried to back off after making the offerings, they'll be killed and made into golden maidens anyway. It happened to Sanni and it can happen to Elise as well.
Driven by Envy: Elise is shown a vision of three girls who became golden maidens. Valerie and Sanni envied Alpenrose due to her wealth, to the point they made a contract and tried to kill her. Sanni eventually regrets her actions, but is killed and turned into a golden girl. Angry, Valerie blames Alpenrose for Sanni's death before killing her.
Eaten Alive: What happened to each and every one of them when they went to His banquets.
Fate Worse than Death: As if getting Eaten Alive wasn't bad enough, they are then forced to serve Him for eternity, and most of them are quite clear how miserable they are under His rule.
Human Sacrifice: They needed to sacrifice a person so that their wishes would come true. While the sacrifices became golden maidens as well (such as Alpenrose or Rozenmarine), it seems to happen to only girls, as Holle's husband was a sacrifice and there's no mention of him.
It's All About Me: Valerie is personally offended by Alpenrose's happiness and being richer than her. She gets more incensed after Sanni refusing to kill Alpenrose results in her being Eaten Alive.
Lack of Empathy:
- Elise is shown a vision of an unnamed blonde girl, who doesn't care who she has to kill as long as her wish gets to come true. Even Ozzy calls her "very cold", though he grants the wish.
- Valerie and Sanni, who tried to kill their friend Alpenrose just because she was richer than them.
Was Once a Man: They were girls that did contracts with the Strange Boy out of greed, becoming golden maidens in the process.

Roman die Heilige

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lgtsed.PNG

A wealthy young count and the owner of the castle Elise always fantasizes with. He only appears in the endings where Elise has sacrificed her love interest.

For tropes about him in Pocket Mirror, see here.

Awful Wedded Life: He and Elise wind up in one. Not only was he bewitched into loving her, she doesn't even love him back.
Competing with a Corpse: In the endings where he marries Elise, he genuinely loves his wife, but not only is she a lesbian, she also is too busy mourning her first love (Rozenmarine, Freya, or Lebkuchen) and dealing with the guilt of having sacrificed them to truly reciprocate.
Establishing Character Moment: Even though he was bewitched into loving Elise, he doesn't bother to appear in Kieferberg, instead sending his servants to get her. As an adult in Pocket Mirror he continues to do the same, being distant to his family and relying on his servants.
Love Spell: Thanks to the Strange Boy, he was bewitched into loving and marrying Elise.
Meal Ticket: Due to his position, he gives Elise the luxury and status she always wanted.
Official Couple: With Elise in the endings where she sacrifices her love interest. She's not too happy about this.
Unwanted Spouse: Elise is forced by Ozzy into marrying him for his money, even though she is not interested in men at all and is still mourning the woman she actually loved, who she sacrificed to get to that point.
Vague Age: According to Word of God, he's around the same age as Elise.

Elise's Children

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lgtsgh.PNG

If Elise sacrifices her love interest, she's caught in an Awful Wedded Life with Roman and has twin children, Goldia and Henri.

For tropes about them in Pocket Mirror, see here.

Living Emotional Crutch: Elise is very protective of them, fearing that the Strange Boy will one day come to take her "beloved daughter" away from her. She also refers to Henri as "her only hope".
Dropped a Bridge on Her: In the endings where Elise sacrifices Freya or Lebkuchen. Without the pocket mirror as a Protective Charm against the Strange Boy, Goldia is taken away by him.
Ret-Gone: Presumably, in the happy endings where Elise refuses to sacrifice her love interest. Since Elise's marriage to Roman die Heilige and the children's subsequent births were a result of Elise's wish, they would have no reason to exist in a timeline where none of that happened. Much like Elise herself, their very existence is a reminder of the tragedy that came before.

Characters / Little Goody Two Shoes

Main Heroines

Elise Liedl

Voiced by: Diana Garnet

Rozenmarine

Voiced by: Yumemi Caelestis

Freya

Voiced by: Phoebe Chan

Lebkuchen

Voiced by: Chiisa

Kieferberg Village Residents

Otherwordly Forces of the Woodlands (Unmarked Spoilers)

Ozzy

Saint Walpurga

Others (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

Previous

Index

Next

Characters / Little Goody Two Shoes

Edit Locked

Main Heroines

Elise Liedl

Voiced by: Diana Garnet

Rozenmarine

Voiced by: Yumemi Caelestis

Freya

Voiced by: Phoebe Chan

Lebkuchen

Voiced by: Chiisa

Kieferberg Village Residents

Otherwordly Forces of the Woodlands (Unmarked Spoilers)

Ozzy

Saint Walpurga

Others (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

Previous

Index

Next