History Characters / SoldToTheHighestBidder

* NoDoubtTheYearsHaveChangedMe: During his confrontation with Fredrick Tenickson, Fredrick doesn't recognize him until Norge delivers a swift [[KickTheSonOfABitch punch to the face]].

A pair of highly inept BSPA BuddyCops continually stuck with the FiveManBand money-laundering case, whose actions are often described solely through mail correspondence.

%%* BuddyCops: Duh.

* 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]].
* BirdsOfAFeather: With [[AmbiguousInnocence Feliciano]].
* BreakTheCutie: Over the course of the tale.
* BrokenAce: Becomes this by the end of the story.

* CoincidenceMagnet: Generally speaking.

* DistressedDude: For most of the story.

* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: He and Mathieu. [[spoiler: Later revealed to be [[SeparatedAtBirth not-so-inexplicable]]]].

* SeparatedAtBirth: [[spoiler: With Mathieu]].

* StockholmSyndrome: [[spoiler: Seems to develop this toward Feliciano before he's rather suddenly snapped out of it.]]

* WideEyedIdealist: [[spoiler: In the beginning]].

[[folder:Tim/[[spoiler: Willem]]]]

[[folder: Mathieu]]

-->'''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]].

[[folder: Eduard]]

* 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]].

* OnlyOneName

* RebelliousRebel: [[spoiler: Betrays the Kilnus revolutionaries to Ivan in the long run, on the condition that he secures their safety.]]

* StepfordSmiler: Type B, terrifyingly.

[[folder: Katya's Bondsgirl]]

[[folder: Captain Arthur Kirkland]]

--> '''Tim''': Do you remember me, Captain?
--> '''Kirkland''': I-I'm afraid I don't.

* {{Catchphrase}}: He's not a good man.

--> '''Kirkland''': Nobody cares about anybody in this system. You got that?

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Of a sort. He gets caught and sentenced to death at the climax, but [[VitriolicBestBuds Francis]] bails him out.]]

* 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:
-->'''Karpusi''': [[LampshadeHanging You are a very lucky pirate.]]
-->'''Kirkland''': I'm well aware.
-->'''Karpusi''': You don't deserve this kind of luck.
-->'''Kirkland''': Yes, but I've got it and it's mine anyway.

* 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.]]

-->'''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.
-->'''Kirkland''': (skeptical) How do you know all this?
-->'''Unsinkable''': Because all of them get real easy to piss off when they're balls deep in you!
-->'''Kirkland''': Christ, I'm sorr--
-->'''Unsinkable''': You're not. So don't bother.

* {{Wildcard}}: The other characters consider him this (excepting Alfred, who [[WideEyedIdealist fully trusts him]]).

[[folder:Unsinkable/[[spoiler: Gilbert Beilschmidt]]]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: Significantly more heroic than his VillainProtagonist ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' [[BloodKnight counter]][[MilesGloriosus part]]

* BoisterousBruiser

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Of course.

* TheKirk

* MythologyGag: "You give him an inch, and he takes ''five mitres''!"
** In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', "five metres" was the so-called length of his GagPenis.

--> '''Unsinkable''': If there's one thing [[WisdomFromTheGutter I learnt on the streets]], it's that nobody ever suspects the simpleton.
--> '''Kirkland''': Wish I'd learned that before all this. People quite like hanging a mastermind.

* 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 -
-->'''[[MoralityPet Feliks]]''': Whoa, whoa, ''whoa'', we ask questions first, ''then'' shoot!
-->'''Eduard''': We don't shoot at all!
-->'''Toris''': ''I'' will decide what we do and don't do here, thank you kindly. *cocks weapon*

--> '''Toris''': "Look, things are just now finally coming to a head. Plans at last being drawn together, this - this is ''really happening'', Feliks!"
--> '''Feliks''': "I wonder if the ends justify the means."
--> '''Toris''': "Do you, or don't you, remember [[WarIsHell Astrauckas House]]? ''Hm?''"
--> ...Yes, he remembered.
--> '''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?"

* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler: Subverted. Ivan ensures his safety.]]

* SuicideMission: [[spoiler: His excursion in the Duma turns out to be this, not that the Commander felt the need to tell him.]]
* 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.]]

Ivan Bragin's older sister and the [[ManBehindTheMan real brains]] of the Union Empire. Katya's primary concern through the story is simply keeping TheEmpire alive and her family in power.

* TomboyPrincess: Seems to fit this archetype, though she has quite a few moments of girliness.

-->'''Danmark''': But it's a library! ''We can't swindle a library''!

-->'''Danmark''': He got to pick his own name, and he picked ''Tim''? I would've picked something sexy, like -
-->'''Suomi''': I don't think he cares about being ''sexy'' ever again!
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Lets Willem go home with Margot, in the end]].

-->'''Danmark''': ...But where [[TheLeader Suomi]] had righteous fire and passion, Norge had an obscene amount of money and balls.

* TheChessmaster: ''Deliciously''.
* ConsummateLiar: On the fly. Perfectly exemplified in his {{Backstory}}.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Seems to have one of these [[spoiler: which involves Captain Kirkland and a [[DidTheyOrDidntThey shared jail cell]]]].

-->'''Island''': See, I always have ID. It's just never mine.

* 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]]]].
* XanatosSpeedChess: Perfectly adept at this, as showcased in his {{Backstory}} and at the auction.

* CasanovaWannabe: Though the delivery girls are less-than-impressed - possibly because [[HilariousInHindsight one of them is]] [[DisguisedInDrag Captain Kirkland]].

-->'''Kirkland''': It's twice now you've helped me out of a bind despite hating my guts. But [[DebtDetester that's twice too much]]!\\
'''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.

* AmbiguousInnocence: Feliciano is incredibly childlike, but terrifyingly adept at his job - training people to be {{Sex Slave}}s.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Alfred doesn't watch his back with Feli, [[spoiler: and winds up pumped with drugs and near-brainwashed for it]]. Unsinkable describes him:

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: When given the option to sell out Unsinkable or let him escape, he lets Unsinkable - and the reward money - go.]]

* BuddyCops: Duh.

* PoliceAreUseless: Neither are particularly good at being cops, considering their suspects are perfectly aware of everything they do.

** Ultimately {{Subverted}} in that [[spoiler: they do catch the FiveManBand in the end... only for [[DoubleSubversion them to escape]]]].
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Their letters.

* 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.]]

* 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.

* DeadpanSnarker: Constantly.

* OpportunisticBastard: When it comes to Roderich; she isn't afraid to use him for her own gains. {{Subverted}} in that he doesn't much mind.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Francis, who she tends to be harder on than most.
** Though the epilogue seems to imply she might wind up with him eventually.
--> It has been conjectured more than once that [[RunningGag certain ladies]] [[MeaningfulEcho doth protest too much.]]

* OpportunisticBastard: Not afraid of using Elizaveta to further his career - not that she really minds, 'cause she'd do the same.

[[folder: Yao]]

* EverybodysDeadDave: He actually breaks it rather gently to [[spoiler: Katya]] that [[spoiler: the Duma blew up in her absence with her brother inside]].
* MythologyGag: It seems he [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers once again]] has custody of all the Asians [[spoiler: but Japan]].
* TheNicknamer: To his bondspeople.
** GiverOfLameNames: All of his names are just fairly obvious observations about the people in question, like [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Tall-With-Glasses]].

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* NotGoodWithPeople: One of the many reasons for his {{Hikikomori}} status.

The one with connections, primarily through his '[[WholesomeCrossdresser girlfriend]]' [[LaResistance Agnieszka]]. Norge is (by default) TheChick.

* LargeAndInCharge: She's not a big woman, but she is somewhat tall and [[GagBoobs otherwise large]].

* MythologyGag: Her GagBoobs are one of her few retained traits from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''.

* PoisonousFriend: To Ivan.

* TheyFightCrime

* GrumpyBear: He didn't speak to Unsinkable once in the ''five years'' the man spent being passed through Romae's institution, for one thing.

* HiddenDepths: He doesn't seem like much more than a [[GrumpyBear grumpy]] accountant, but turns out to be one of the few decent people in the trade.