History Characters / SoundHorizon

Listed below are the many, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many]] characters that appear in the works of the band Sound Horizon, which have been split by era due to length. Be mindful of the fact that the key to understanding Revo's stories is to accept [[ShrugOfGod all interpretations, including yours, as valid due to the fandom's lack of]] WordOfGod; as such, please accept that many tropes listed in the pages are either WordOfDante from manga adaptations or just pure speculation.

Listed below are the many, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many]] characters that appear in the works of the band Sound Horizon, which have been split by era due to length. Be mindful of the fact that the key to understanding Revo's stories is to accept [[ShrugOfGod all interpretations, including yours, as valid]]; as such, many tropes listed in the pages might be purely speculative in nature.

Because [[AnyoneCanDie life and death is as constant as the unending cycle of day and night]] in this band's universe, '''death tropes will be unmarked'''. ''You have been warned.''

Below are lists of characters that appear in the works of the band Sound Horizon, which has been split by era due to length. Be reminded that since [[ShrugOfGod all interpretations are valid]], many tropes applied here may be purely speculative in nature.

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This is a list of characters that appear in the works of the band Sound Horizon, which has been split by era due to length. Be reminded that since [[ShrugOfGod all interpretations are valid]], some tropes applied here may be purely speculative in nature.

This is a list of characters that appear in the works of the band Sound Horizon. Be reminded that since [[ShrugOfGod all interpretations are valid]], some tropes applied here may be purely speculative in nature.

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[[folder:''Chronicle'' and ''Chronicle 2nd'']]
!Lucia
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary
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[[caption-width-right:211:''I have a song to sing. I have a path to tread. I have a hill to protect.'']]

-->''"No matter the period, we will not give up. Beyond history, beyond the sky that is far yet close.''
-->''The promise I made with you, the thoughts I received from you, is our endless Chronicle..."''

The main protagonist of the whole album, Lucia is a girl who wholeheartedly believes that the world can actually be saved from the [[EldritchAbomination Beast That Devours History]] by forgoing the Chronicle and guiding it to the right path.

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* AnimalMotifs: The white crow mentioned on every instance of the tracks of Chronicle 2nd is possibly a representation of her.
* {{Bokukko}}: Refers to herself with this masculine pronoun. [[spoiler: This is an important point, as the Winged Boy also uses the same pronoun. You are meant to distinguish between Lucia and the boy's subtle presence in the album.]]
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: The reason why she was taken into the Black Order.
* {{Foil}}: To Chronica. Whereas the latter is a fatalist who chooses to just go with whatever outcome the Chronicle (read: [[AnthropomorphicPersonification she]]) had predicted, Lucia wants to go exactly against it. Oh, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and her hair is white, whereas Chronica's is black.]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: She disagrees with the Black Order's complete submission under the reins of history.
* GenerationXerox: Revo singing "Kuro no Yogensho" as Lucius, Lucia's dad, in the 3rd Territorial Expansion live concert is an indication that Lucia's struggle in this album is the very same one her parents had went through.
* InnocentBlueEyes: The counterpart to Chronica's [[RedEyesTakeWarning striking red ones]].
* InTheBlood: Her parents are also defectors from the Black Order. Noah lampshades this trope to her in name.
* KnightTemplar: This little excerpt from "Kuro no Yogensho" somewhat paints her in this light.
-->'''Lucia:'''
--> ''Our enemies have been wholly defeated. And so, sworn comrades, we have achieved a momentary relief.''
--> ''Yet even allies can turn into foes. So take the first move and kill them.''
--> ''But there is no end to our enemies, thus we live fearing them.''
--> ''Though it will repeat all over again, that is our path to attaining happiness.''
* {{Portmanteau}}: '''Luc'''ius and Il'''ia''' makes Lucia!
* SailorFuku: Some drew her wearing either a pair of [[WhoWearsShortShorts shorts]] with this, or a DangerouslyShortSkirt. It's hard to determine what she's actually wearing, as there is no full-body official art of her wearing the clothes she had in the album cover.
* ScrewDestiny: Her whole plot in the album is about breaking free from the Black Chronicle's shackles upon history and humanity.
* ShaggyDogStory: In the end all of her effort [[spoiler: came to nothing, since the Great Flood destroyed them. ''However'', TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt ''does not'' mean the end of the universe; [[EternalRecurrence it will be born anew soon]]. It is still possible for Lucia to continue her struggle, [[BittersweetEnding as she can pass her message to the next residence of the new world to continue fighting the way she did.]]]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Sometimes her name is also transliterated as "Rukia".
* WideEyedIdealist: Chronica has stated that history does not allow altercations—indeed, as any altercations imposed upon the Chronicle’s predestined path is, ''[[ShapedLikeItself in itself, destiny,]]'' and thus, it could be said that Lucia’s whole effort has already been predicted by the Chronicle, as well. Nonetheless, Lucia still wants to guide history to the ‘right’ course, whatever it is, so long as it's not as hopeless as was predicted.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Lucia's blue skirt/shorts fall under type A.

!!Chronica
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary, Creator/MiyukiSawashiro ''(Nein)''
[[quoteright:223:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1203650878.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:223:''The world repeats its birth and destruction countless times. All is within a prestructured harmony.''[[labelnote:click here to see her in ''Shounen wa Tsurugi wo...'']]http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/soundhorizonfull571639_copy.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

--> ''"All's well that ends well."''

The personification of the Black Chronicle, or, rather, its whole “essence”. As she is the one who dictated the course of history, the Black Order venerated her as a God. In contrast to Lucia, Chronica, true to her nature, believes that there is no changing history and [[TheFatalist prefers to wait for the end of the world]].

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Heavily implied to be the Beast that Devours History, but...what she is doing amounts to nothing but say that opposing Fate is hopeless.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: She is the "Aggregate Sentience" of the Black Chronicle, taking the form of a young woman.
* TheCameo: Appears in Shounen wa Tsurugi wo...'s back cover [[spoiler: and the very last part of Nein's second track]].
* TheFatalist: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since she is essentially a book. To her, to struggle against anything is futile since everything has been set in stone by the last chapter.
-->'''Chronica:''' In the end for him[[spoiler:/her]], there is no escaping the clutches of fate. Though there will be no need for the slightest bit of pity, for not one soul--neither I nor you--can. [[CatchPhrase All's well that ends well]].
* {{Foil}}: To Lucia. To her, the Chronicle, and thus, destiny, is inescapable, as no matter what you do, the path has ''always'' been predestined. Whatever seemingly defiant path you take has always been a predetermined possibility. Thus, opposing anything is but a hopeless act of desperation. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking That, and her hair is black, in contrast to Lucia's pure white]].
* OperaGloves: To complement the LittleBlackDress.
* PhysicalGod: She is, after all, an omniscient book. And she isn't a minor one, either--"Seisen to Shinigami -Senjou wo Kakerumono" reveals that she isn't some obscure deity worshiped by a shadowy cult, as even the Emperor of the Holy Flandre Empire himself worships her.
* RapunzelHair: Often depicted as having floor-length hair.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Just like the book of which she is its AnthropomorphicPersonification--jet-black cover, pure white pages.
* RealityWritingBook: A type 1--in addition to being a, well, [[AlbumTitleDrop Chronicle]] of human history, the Black Chronicle also predicts every single aspects of the world's future, culminating in [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The Great Flood]] on its 24th and final chapter.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: As if having a [[RavenHairIvorySkin long, completely black hair and paper-white skin]] isn't enough, Yokoyan decided to give her blood-red eyes. This made a lot of fans speculate that she might really be [[EldritchAbomination The Beast that Devours History]].
* TomesOfProphecyAndFate: ''She'' herself is this.
* WomanInBlack: Black hair, black OperaGloves, and a long, elegant LittleBlackDress. Being AmbiguouslyEvil also helps her image.

!!Luna Ballad / "The Earthly Moonlight"
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary, Karen ''(Nein)''
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[[caption-width-right:234:''Because there is no meaning to a life without song.''[[note]]A still of Karen as Luna performing the encore of "Tadoritsuku Uta" in the ''Nein'' live concert.[[/note]]]]

-->''"Destiny ... even if you take the light from my eyes, you'll never be able to take the song from my lips ..."''

Protagonist of the song "A Song Struggled Towards" (''"Tadoritsuku Uta"''), from the 9th chapter and page 883 of the Black Chronicle. She is the lover of Endymio Ballad, who perished right in the previous track after his poem enraged the ruling Queen of Britannia.

''Nein'' reveals that the two used to be together until a certain battle [[DoomedHometown separated them from their homeland]]. Earnestly believing that Endymio is still alive somewhere, [[IWillFindYou she sets out to search for him.]] Blinded on the way, she [[{{Determinator}} nonetheless]] managed to find Endymio's... remains, in the form of [[TragicKeepsake a song he dedicated to her moments before his execution.]]

In ''Nein'', she reappears in track 2, “Na mo Naki Onna no Uta”.

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* BittersweetEnding:
** Her whole search for her lover ended up with the discovery that :he was already dead since a long time ago, but she does manage to find his last song, dedicated to her. With this comes her recognition as a hero and a symbol of both struggle and peace by the people of Britannia due to her determination, and their everlasting respect.
* BlindMusician: Literally becomes this, after she collapsed from exhaustion.
* {{Determinator}}: Not much people would continue a journey alone while blind.
* DoomedHometown: Her hometown and Endymio’s was most likely destroyed in a war, which would explain their separation.
* HeroicSpirit: Even after becoming blind and [[spoiler: losing her lover]], she does not succumb to despair, but remains as determined as before. This is why the people of Britannia came to hail her as their heroine.
* IWillFindYou: The song "Tadoritsuku Uta" is about her determined quest to find her lover.
* LastKiss: With Endymio under the stars. She remembers it very dearly.
* LivingLegend: Elevated as this following the events of "Tadoritsuku Uta".
* MotherlySidePlait: In ''Nein'' her long hair is tied in this, though in name only since she's not a mother. [[spoiler: Initially.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Averted as of ''Nein''. There is another woman with the same name in track 5.
* RedBaron: "The Earthly Moonlight", a nickname she earned after her elevation as a heroine.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: She is named after the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Roman personification of the Moon]][[note]] not to be confused with the Goddess of the Moon ''and'' the Hunt, who is called Diana [[/note]], just as her lover/husband is named after the mortal shepherd/prince the goddess fell in love with.
* TheStoryteller: Tadoritsuku Uta is one of the only two tracks in Chronicle 2nd (the other being Raijin no Sawan) that is not narrated by the album’s main narrator, but by its respective protagonists instead.
* WanderingMinstrel: Just like her lover. She wanders because she is searching for him.

!!Endymio Ballad
-->'''Played by:''' Shin-Imayama ''(Nein)''
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[[caption-width-right:185:Shin-Imayama as Endymio in the ''Nein'' live concert.]]

-->''"A blooming rose cannot compare itself to a withered one, swaying in reminiscence."''

A minor, yet important character featured in chapters 7-9 of the Black Chronicle, first appearing in "Tragedy of Ballad the Poet" (''"Shijin Ballad no Higeki"''). Luna Ballad’s lover, he thought she was dead after they were separated in a certain battle, or so it was detailed in ''Nein''. Some time after the separation he was called forth by the previously ruling Queen of Britannia to recite a poem that praises her beauty and power.

Instead of doing exactly that, though, he mocked her with a certain passage: a supreme, blooming rose (the Queen) cannot match the beauty of the withered one in his memory (Luna). Insulted, [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen the Queen]] immediately orders his execution. The night before his death, he composed [[TragicKeepsake a final poem for Luna]], which was heard by his jailor. The jailor was so fascinated by the song and sung it to his lover, who passed it on to everyone, and the song became popular throughout the country. Contrary to his belief, Luna is not dead yet, and is in fact still searching for him. It was that final song that guided her to his fate.


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* TheBard: And his lover is a WanderingMinstrel, searching for him.
* DoomedHometown: His hometown and Luna’s was most likely destroyed in a war, which would explain their separation.
* NiceHat: Depicted as having a wide-brimmed hat with fancy feathers on ''Nein''’s regular cover art.
* PermaStubble: As with his hat, he is also depicted as having this in ''Nein''.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Named after the mortal shepherd/prince from Classical Mythology whom the anthropomorphic goddess of the Moon fell in love with, just as his lover is named after said goddess.
* ShaggyDogStory: What his whole story is at its core, both in the original album ''and'' ''Nein''. The latter example is rather jarring (and grating) because R.E.V.O. is supposedly trying to find a “happy” outcome to the tragic fates of previous horizons’ protagonists.
* SuddenlyVoiced: The only track of which he is a protagonist in Chronicle is only an instrumental. Come Nein and he’s been voiced by a baritone.

!!General Albers Alvarez ("Arbelge")/"The Silver Reaper"
-->'''Played by:''' Jimang

-->''"Lotte...ah, Charlotte,'' what ''must I exactly fight for?"''

The protagonist of songs “Alberge’s Battle” (''“Alberge no Tatakai”''), “The Promised Hill” (''“Yakusoku no Oka”''), and “Holy War and the Reaper” (''“Seisen to Shinigami”''), which spans two whole chapters in the album. Albers is a man from the country of Belga, who, after its occupation by the Flandre Empire, became a ruthless war general nicknamed “The Silver Reaper”, serving its leader, Emperor Childebert VI...[[{{Irony}} under the purpose of freeing Belga from the latter’s grasp.]]

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* AntiHero: He may be wholly dedicated to protecting his country, but he is obliged to become a mass-murderer in order to continue doing so. And this he complied without remorse, at first.
* TheAtoner: After realizing just how many massacres he had led, he decides to defect to Britannia in "Seisen to Shinigami -Eiyuu no Fuzai-". Witnessing his comrade about to strike an unarmed village girl is pretty much his last straw.
* BlingOfWar: From where else could his famous nickname come from but his lustrous silver armor? [[spoiler: Even Michèle Malebranche approves of its badassery and makes it a featured collection of her antique shop.]]
* DeathSeeker: After withdrawing from Whitehaven following his HeelFaceTurn, Albers just wants someone to kill him to atone for his foolish mistakes. [[spoiler: Queen Rose]] quickly snaps him out of it. [[spoiler: He got exactly what he wished just after he stopped being this trope and during a ceasefire agreement that was meant to stop the whole schtick he made worse.]]
* DoomedHometown: Belga was attacked and then occupied by the Holy Flandre Empire. Then he swore an allegiance to its very Emperor under the faint hope that the latter would grant the country its freedom if he fights hard enough.
* DefectorFromDecadence: A defector from Holy Flandre Empire's warmongering ambitions.
* TheDragon: Initially, of Emperor Childebert VI. [[spoiler: After his HeelFaceTurn, he becomes TheLancer of Queen Rose.]]
* DyingDream: Before he dies, he saw a vision of the sunset-colored hill where he made his promise with Charlotte. That’s exactly where they're buried at.
* EmpathicWeather: A soft rain can be heard during his funeral sequence.
* FinalLoveDuet: He sang "Yakusoku no Oka" with Charlotte at the end of the first act of his story, promising to come back to her no matter what happens. This is indeed the ''final'' duet for them as Charlotte soon died while Alvarez was on duty, leaving him with no other reason to free his country except for its own sake.
* FightingForAHomeland: ...under the very man who conquered it.
* HeelFaceTurn: He massacres other countries in hopes that if he conquers more territories for the Emperor, then the latter would grant his occupied hometown freedom. It’s not granted, resulting in him defecting to Britannia, the country he at first was ordered to attack.
* HeelRealization: The dude realized kind of too late that no matter how many countries he conquered for the Emperor, the latter just isn’t going to give Belga the freedom he requested.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Has a major moment of this when he called one of his comrade out for daring to shoot an unarmed girl [[spoiler: (who, unbeknownst to both of them, is the Queen of Britannia)]] and nearly striking her to death, when in the previous track he had just massacred ''an entire capital '''and smiled''' after the entire deed.'' Gefenbauer, naturally, chews him out on this.
* {{Leitmotif}}: The riff of “Alberge no Tatakai” and his battle chant.
* TheLostLenore: Charlotte, his lover, was a casualty in the war, and he’s very remorseful about it.
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: InUniverse. After he died, the world hailed him far and wide as a hero, a symbol of struggle against tyranny, forgetting altogether his ruthlesness. Not only that, he had himself confessed to Queen Rose that he used to massacre thousands of innocents to satisfy his own belligerent impulses.
* OminousLatinChanting: Or something like it. An epic chorus that translates to “The time has come! Here he is—The Reaper! The time has come! Look! The Reaper!” Accompanies his appearance in the battlefield and his death.
* PlayingTheHeartStrings: A very soothing, yet somber violin solo serves as the ending to his saga.
* RedBaron: “The Silver Reaper”, named after his shining armor and his countless victims. Certainly doubles as A NameToRunAwayFromReallyFast.

!!Gefenbauer/"The Reaper of the Reaper"
-->'''Played by:''' Yasro

-->''"Don't you ever forget the name of the man who will destroy you--[[MyNameIsInigoMontoya his name is Gefenbauer!]]"''

One of the main antagonists of "The Holy War and The Reaper" arc. A former war prisoner from Preuzehn, its capital Offenburg specifically, he is drafted by the Emperor Childebert VI himself into his imperial army of Flanders. The Emperor knows all too well of Gefenbauer's thirst for avenging his hometown, and uses it to his advantage in order to get rid of a certain "Reaper"...

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* BadassBaritone: Downplayed. Well, he ''is'' clearly a tough warrior...but his "baritone" is [[SpecialEffectFailure clearly]] the result of a synthetizer. [[spoiler: This is actually Revo's technique of disguising himself during his [[ReclusiveArtist early years]].]]
* DoomedHometown: Offenburg.
* NotSoDifferent: From Alvarez, his nemesis. Both lost their hometown, wants to avenge their loss, equally ruthless, and are unwitting pawns of the Emperor. The only thing that separates them is that Alvarez came to realize that he is nothing but a pawn, dropped his bloodshed and came to atone for his mistakes, while Gefenbauer never cared a bit of his being used as a pawn and follows his quest for revenge through and through, culminating in his death. Basically, Gefenbauer is Alvarez sans HeelRealization.
* PyrrhicVictory: He managed to avenge his hometown by shooting Alvarez...in a heavily-guarded ceasefire meeting. Well, Gefenbauer succeeds, but he was naturally caught and murdered on the spot by security--in this case, Sir Parsifal, Queen Rose's bodyguard.
* UnwittingPawn: He was so caught up in avenging Preuzehn that he is remiss of the implication that the Emperor is essentially using him as a tool to conquer more territories.
* WhatTheHellHero: He has a good reason to cringe when Alvarez, [[BloodKnight a war general]] nicknamed [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Silver Reaper]], told him to "stay on the right path".
-->'''Alvarez''': ''What did you intend to do to an unarmed civilian?!''
-->'''Gefenbauer''': ''A mere girl she might be, but still a heretic. There is no need for pity.''
-->'''Alvarez''': ''[[{{Hypocrite}} Do not stray off the right path! Open your eyes!]]''
-->'''Gefenbauer''': ''I will take no orders from you, Arbelge! [[ShutUpKirk Hypocrite, hero-maniac, murderer!]]''
-->''My father died at Offenburg...my older brothers, my younger brothers, my comrades--'' all of them!

* YouKilledMyFather: ...and mother, and brothers, and friends, and...'''''JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY IN MY FRICKING HOMETOWN, ALVAREZ!'''''

!!Rose Guine Avalon / "The Supreme Rose"
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary

-->''"A fool ... isn't someone who makes mistakes ... it's someone who knows their mistakes, but does not correct them ..."''

The [[AChildShallLeadThem very young]] Queen of Britannia, having known to hold the throne since track 5, "Knights of the Rose" (''"Bara no Kishidan"''). She is the niece of the previous Queen, who was so infamous for her cruelty, Rose herself gave her the nickname [[TheDreaded "The Winter Rose"]]. An optimist charismatic, she earnestly believes that she can become a beacon of hope for her people under the guidance of her Goddess, Brigid.

* AnnoyingArrows: [[spoiler: Shot by Gefenbauer in "Eiyuu no Fuzai" and almost struck dead by his sword hadn't Alvarez saved her.]] Her energetic singing on the following track indicates she has completely recovered, without any medical complications implied. Perhaps [[spoiler: Alvarez]] is that good of a medic?
* AChildShallLeadThem: She is still a little girl when her aunt died and she was appointed as successor to the Britannian throne.
* {{Expy}}: TheHighQueen of a land called [[FantasyCounterpartCulture "Britannia"]]. Inherited the throne at a tender age after her less competent, female, predecessor died. Restored her country to a period of normalcy after years of unrest instigated by said predecessor. Bravely guided her people in a great war against a powerful empire. Hailed as a symbol of faith and nationalism. Royal insignia is a rose. Anybody else reminded of [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI the first Queen Elizabeth]]?
** Also, note her last name--''Avalon''. She is surrounded by knights with names such as "Parsifal"/Percival and "Tristram"/Tristan. Rose is clearly a subtle homage to [[Myth/KingArthur the famed King of Britain]].
* TheHighQueen: Very wise, very charismatic, and loved by her people for her optimism and benevolence. No wonder she is nicknamed "The Supreme Rose".
* KingIncognito: By necessity, as she did this to escape an oncoming siege to her castle by the Flandre Empire. She disguises herself as the village girl [[spoiler: who Gefenbauer shot at the battle in Whitehaven.]]
* ModestRoyalty: She prefers people call her by her first name, not "Her Majesty"[[spoiler:, courtesy of her conversation with Alvarez]].
* PluckyGirl: Yes! For starters, she confidently vows in front of her people, who have for long been suffering under her predecessor's rule--who is her own aunt, no less--that she ''will'' lead her kingdom out of darkness. She also does not cower in the presence of [[spoiler: Alvarez]] despite his reputation, instead commanding him (who is having a major MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment) to bravely face his mistakes, as redemption ''does not'' equal death. [[spoiler: Also, not many royalties could maintain their charisma after being shot by an arrow until unconscious like she did.]]
* RedBaron: "The Supreme Rose".
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Still a young girl, yet manages to relieve her people from the fear caused by her [[TheCaligula aunt]]'s reign of terror.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Nothing is told of her anymore after that [[spoiler: botched ceasefire agreement which took Alvarez' life.]]

!!Roberia Maria Della Firenza
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary

-->''"A singing voice burning scarlet with passion, accompanied by a gorgeous figure--'' I ''am the greatest songstress!"''

One of the main characters of "Shizunda Utahime", the 741st page of the eighth chapter of the Black Chronicle. Along with Giulietta Simone del Viscontie, Roberia is one of the contestants of King Alessandro I's singing contest, [[EngagementChallenge the winner of which shall become his bride]]. Roberia is the more ambitious of the two and desires to win by any means necessary.

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* AmbitionIsEvil: Roberia ''wants'' the throne of Itania, and will use every means available to get it, including [[spoiler: falsely accusing ''a whole family'' of attempting to poison the King '''just to get rid of her competitor in a singing contest''']].
* ArchEnemy: She regards Giulietta as her main obstacle, even though the latter most likely [[UnknownRival doesn't]].
* EvilLaugh: She does this after [[spoiler: Giulietta is disposed of, which automatically makes her the winner of the singing contest and King Alessandro's bride]].
* {{Foil}}: To Giulietta. [[RedOniBlueOni Roberia's color scheme is red, while Giulietta's is blue.]] Roberia is heavily implied to be a commoner, while Giulietta comes from a very old noble house. Giulietta is naive and childish, while Roberia is passionate, vicious and more mature. Giulietta participates in the singing contest only to sing, while Roberia participates to win the position of Queen-Consort of Itania.
* LadyInRed: She has no official artwork, but with her nickname being "The Red Songstress", it's a clear indication that she would be this. In fact, many, many fan works depict her dressed head-to-toe in red.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Just after three years of reign as Queen-Consort, King Alessandro's mistress Beatrice and his Prime Minister Galeazzo disposed of Roberia through the same means she used to get rid of Giulietta and her family.]]
* NouveauRiche: Heavily implied. Unlike Giulietta, whose surname is a clear indication that she came from the [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Sound Horizon universe's counterpart]] of the Milanese branch of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Visconti House of Visconti]], Roberia's only entailed her hometown, Firenza--this indicates that she is not of noble birth, as commoners either use their moniker or their birthplace as surnames in Renaissance Italy. Yet it seems that her family's got just the right amount of money to [[spoiler: bribe people to believe that Giulietta's more powerful family schemed to poison the King]], which would mean that they must be ''insanely'' rich to do so despite their implied status.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Giulietta's Blue. She is scheming and aggressive, while Giulietta is naive and passive.
* TheRival: To Giulietta in the singing contest. Their rivalry is, in fact, the whole plot of "Shizunda Utahime".
* VillainProtagonist: "Shizunda Utahime" is told mainly from Roberia's perspective.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Roberia's brief conversation with her father during the narration sequence indicates that part of her motivation in winning the singing contest was to please him.

!!Giulietta Simone Del Viscontie
-->'''Played by:''' Haruka Shimotsuki

-->''"A singing voice brimming in azure with purity, accompanied by a serene smile--'' I ''am the greatest songstress!"''

Roberia's aforementioned rival in King Alessandro I's singing contest. In contrast to Roberia, Giulietta participates in the contest for its own sake.

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* AmbitionIsEvil: Noticeably downplayed, or even downright averted, especially if you compare her to Roberia. Giulietta ''does'' want to win, but she doesn't seem to use any other means to do so besides her voice.
* BalefulPolymorph: After she [[spoiler: threw herself off a cliff]] as an act of desperation to escape the angry swarm of mobs, she turns into [[spoiler: The Sea Witch]].
* BlueBlood: Giulietta's surname indicates that she came from the Sound Horizon universe's [[FantasyCounterpartCulture counterpart]] of the Milanese branch of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Visconti House of Visconti]].
* BrownNote: [[spoiler: The songs she sing as the Sea Witch]] summon up deadly, ship-wrecking storms in the sea, of which Agnes is a victim.
* BlessedWithSuck: By "Umi no Majo", Giulietta [[spoiler: had transformed into the Sea Witch]], meaning she can sing forever, which is what she has always wanted. [[spoiler: Forever sing songs that can boil up fearful storms, destroy ships and generally lead people to their deaths, specifically.]]
* HeroAntagonist: "Shizunda Utahime" is told mainly from Roberia's perspective, with Giulietta regarded as Roberia's main obstacle towards reaching her goal.
* {{Foil}}: To Roberia. [[RedOniBlueOni Giulietta's color scheme is blue, while Roberia's is red.]] Giulietta comes from a very old noble house, while Roberia is implied to be a commoner. Giulietta is naive and childish, while Roberia is passionate, vicious and more mature. Giulietta participates in the singing contest only to sing, while Roberia participates to win the position of Queen-Consort of Itania.
* OneWomanWail: The final narration sequence of "Umi no Majo" is accompanied by her lonely humming.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Roberia's Red. Roberia is scheming and aggressive, while Giulietta is naive and passive.
* TheRival: To Roberia in the singing contest. Their rivalry is, in fact, the whole plot of "Shizunda Utahime".
* SirensAreMermaids: The Sea Witch has all the attributes of a siren in common fantasy stories. Even though in the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology original myths]] they are stated to be women with the body of birds, many fanworks depict [[spoiler: Giulietta]] as a mermaid.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Giulietta has no official artwork, but her moniker ''is'' "The Blue Songstress", plus [[spoiler: she becomes the Sea Witch in "Umi no Majo"]], further strengthening her connection with the color blue and the sea. Naturally, many fans would depict her being dressed head-to-toe in blue in art.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:''Thanatos'']]
!!The protagonist
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary
[[quoteright:187:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thanako.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:187:''I do not have the strength to live in an instant, but I am not so unfeeling as to be able to live through eternity, either.'']]

-->''"I feel as if Thanatos is watching me from somewhere..."''

A mysterious girl who resides in an old, dusty attic. Suffering from insomnia late at night, she fantasizes about the various ways in which her death may arrive by way of the toys strewn about her room, which became the basis of the album's branching storylines. She also appears in the bonus track of ''Pico Magic''.

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* CreepyDoll: What she appears as in [[spoiler: ''Nein'']].
* DeathSeeker: Played with. She has always felt like her life is meaningless and wants it to be ended quickly, yet is ''also'' reluctant to meet the eternal darkness. In the end, this trope ultimately gets subverted as she decides to go on with her life. Her somber fantasies still go on, though.
* FreakOut: In "Thanatos no Gensou wa Owaranai". [[ProperlyParanoid Thanatos is indeed looking at her.]][[note]]but then again, us, too. ''[[FridgeBrilliance Death has always been watching over us since time immemorial.]]''[[/note]]
--> '''The girl:''' He's watching. He's watching. ''He's watching''. ''He is '''watching'''.''
--> Me--me--he is watching '''''me.'''''
--> ''[[MadnessMantra He is watching. He is watching. He is watching.]]'' '''''[[MadnessMantra He is watching!]]'''''
--> ''Ahh,'' even now somewhere Thanatos is watching me...''watching me!--'' [[[CliffHanger door abruptly closes]]]
* {{Expy}}: InUniverse. She looks a lot like [[http://img2-ak.lst.fm/i/u/ar0/2d7b2900b4cd4bacba4d709191083dcb this]] pink-haired girl from Chronicle.
* HearingVoices: She often states that she can hear Thanatos whispering to her.
* KnightOfCerebus: Downplayed. Though most of the stories it contained are nowhere near light-hearted, ''Pico Magic'''s songs are indeed very catchy and upbeat-sounding. Then you stumble upon the bonus track--"Thanatos no Gensou wa Owaranai". Lonely music, depressing lyrics, scary ending...
* NoNameGiven: Which is why fans [[FanNickname named her]] "Thanako".
* TheOphelia: She's a creepy, kind of unhinged girl who often hears weird voices and spends her whole screentime in the album rambling about death and lament. Due to the plot's coincidental setting, she doubles as a MadwomanInTheAttic.
* ThinkingOutLoud: She is the only principal protagonist of Sound Horizon's post-instrumental era who never sings, only monologuing and narrating.
* RoseHairedGirl: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. The girl's hair is pink, alright, but her personality is ''very bleak'', nowhere near as cheerful as many of the trope's examples.
* StrawNihilist: "Everything you have in this world is meaningless because Death will come for everyone. No exceptions." [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop That's]] the message behind each of her story, thus the album as a whole.
-->'''The Protagonist''': Even though history will be born anew in a brilliant summer, fantasies of being embraced by Thanatos (death) will never come to cease.
* PurpleEyes: Fitting, since purple is the color of death in Japanese culture.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:''Lost'']]

!!The woman who shot down her lover
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary

-->''"In a world where I have lost my lover, flowers of what colour will bloom?"''

The protagonist of the song "Koibito wo Uchiotoshita Hi". Her lover was wounded at one point by an ancient monster while trying to save her, and by the time the song is sung, he is already at the brink of [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie transforming into one of its kind]]. The song details her struggle in killing the creature who was once the man she loved so much.

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* ArcherArchetype: Implied to be one, as she attacks her lover using an arrow. She manages to kill him, whom by this point must have become a very powerful beast, so that must mean ''something''.
* BrokenRecord: The poor girl ''snapped.''

--> In a world where I have lost my lover, flowers of what colour will bloom? ''[[HeroicBSOD In a world where I have lost my lover, flowers of what colour will bloom?]]'' '''''[[ILetGwenStacyDie In a world where I have lost my lover, flowers of what colour will bloom?]]''''' '''''[[MadnessMantra IN A WORLD WHERE I HAVE LOST MY LOVER, FLOWERS OF WHAT COLOUR WILL BLOOM?]]'''''

--> [Repeat ''ad nauseam''.]
* DrivenToSuicide: At the song's end, she is heavily implied to shoot, or stab, herself using the last arrow she had with her.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: So I asked my girlfriend to kill me, courtesy of the protagonist's boyfriend.
* LyricalDissonance: Wait, so ''that's'' the plot of "Koibito wo Uchiotoshita Hi"?! That super upbeat pop song?!
* RescueRomance: A very, ''very'' tragic example. Their romance is kindled at the same time the guy gradually transforms into the same monster he killed. Even the narrator lampshades it:
--> '''Narrator''': Their encounter is a promise heading towards misery.
* StakingTheLovedOne: This is the whole plot of her song.
* TogetherInDeath: She is heavily implied to commit suicide in the end, and if we take into account that her quote above are her last words, it would mean that she does so out of her refusal to be left alone.
* NoNameGiven: Just like every other characters of the album, sans the magician Sarabando from track 3.


!!Michèle Malebranche
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary, [[Creator/RikaFukami Rika Fukami]] ''(Roman)''
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[[caption-width-right:127:''Who is the one within that cage?''[[note]]Michèle's depiction in the manga by Katsura Yukimaru.[[/note]]]]

-->''"Before I bloom madly then wither away inside this cage, allow me to bid goodbye to this world that has lost its love."''

The protagonist of the songs "Yaneura no Shōjo", "Ori no Naka no Hana" and possibly "Ori no Naka no Yūgi". After these she somehow disappeared from the continuity with little further explanation.

...'''[[TheStinger or did she?]]'''

A [[FemmeFatale batshit crazy murderer in the form of a renowned beauty]], her horrible deeds are [[RiddleForTheAges one of the world's greatest unsolved mysteries]]. Michèle Malebranche is Sound Horizon's most enigmatic character--her only concrete appearances are in songs that are seemingly only connected to each other and don't have any direct ties to the any other plotlines present, yet astute fans can discern her presence in ''almost all albums''--as the distinct symbolisms used in her songs came to be recurring themes throughout Revo's work, especially in ''Roman''. Indeed, in the album's fourth track she is revealed to have reincarnated as a [[ArtifactOfDoom piece of cursed red diamond]], and is ''the'' source for all the MindScrew occuring within ''Roman'''s world.

In short, Michèle is Sound Horizon's number one source of debate, with fans driving themselves nuts trying to find out what the ''hell'' her role really is in the Sound Horizon universe. Regardless of whether she is ''the'' [[{{God}} God]] of the whole Sound Horizon universe, the Black Chronicle itself, or is actually [[RageAgainstTheAuthor manipulating Revo's own story]], [[MindScrew making your head ache]] from creating [[WildMassGuessing such theories as these]] is [[FridgeBrilliance exactly]] what she does to most characters [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou she interacted with inside the story world proper--]]trapping their minds inside a loop, making them sink deeper into a spiral of madness just to find out more about her. '''[[OhCrap Congrats]].'''

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* AbusiveParents: Her StartOfDarkness began with her [[AxCrazy insane]] father locking her up in the attic.
* ArtifactOfDeath: The ''Reine Michèle'' is the world's biggest 30-carat red diamond. Everybody who gets the chance to lay a hand upon it is guaranteed to die horribly. The manga adaptation takes it UpToEleven, where it dooms just about ''everyone who's unfortunate enough to happen to be close to it''.
* AxCrazy: Considering what [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds she had to go through in her life]], you can't help but feel sorry for her being this. In addition, it seems that she has the power [[TheVamp to drive everyone who loves her insane until they die horribly in one way or another]].
* BasedOnATrueStory: A certain "Noël Malebranche" adapted her life into a mystery novel. A bulk of its contents serves as the lyrics of "Ori no Naka no Hana".
* BloodSucking: Sucks a young boy's blood in "Ori no Naka no Hana" under the guise of a kiss. In her word, it tastes faintly sweet, drawing an intoxication much like drinking wine.
* BuriedAlive: She came close to being locked up in a coffin then buried alive by her stepfather.
* CharacterOverlap: She appears in the bonus track of ''Roman''. This was at first meant to be a spoiler but now [[ItWasHisSled this has become more or less common knowledge]]. [[spoiler: But lo, witness her ''once again'' making every fan lose their beans in ''Nein''.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: Well, Sound Horizon's stories do occassionally feature dark themes, but none get as horrible as the "Cage" trilogy, which deal with sexuality, incest and murder described in an almost explicit detail.
* EnfantTerrible: Despite being a little girl at the time, Michèle somehow managed to murder her biological father in cold blood before [[MadArtist using his blood as red paint]]. Even the authorities examining her can't understand why such an adorable little girl could perform such a grisly act.
* EternalRecurrence: The first person she trapped in this is her stepfather. Then it's [[spoiler: Hiver]].
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Aramary sang "Ori no Naka no Yuugi" and "Ori no Naka no Yuugi"--both of which are strewn with [[GratuitousFrench random French words and phrases]] amidst its mostly Japanese lyrics--in a breathy, sensual voice.
* FemmeFatale: One of the finest examples of this trope.
* FilleFatale: Her twisted rampage had begun since she was still a small girl.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Being locked up in a dark attic during most of your childhood brings predictably unflattering results to your sanity.
* GratuitousFrench: All of her songs sans "Yaneura no Shoujo" [[note]] which is only an instrumental [[/note]]--"Ori no Naka no Hana", "Ori no Naka no Yuugi", "Norowareshi Houseki, [[spoiler: and "Seiyou Kottou Yaneuradou"]]--are all positively ''contaminated'' with this, complete with unintelligible pronunciations. Considering her background, this is to be expected.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: In her [[spoiler: official artwork in ''Nein'']], she wears a purple dress.
* HiddenDepths: Her actions in [[spoiler: ''Nein'']]; at first there's something ominous looming about her when she [[spoiler: manipulates Noël into "buying" R.E.V.O.]]. Turns out the circumstances that followed led him [[spoiler: into coming to terms with his own life, [[CharacterDevelopment turning him from a cynical, jaded young man into a spirited one ready to live life to its fullest]]]]. Michèle is, you know, ''[[MagnificentBastard Michèle]]''; it's unlikely she had ''never'' predicted that outcome before.
* HumanoidAbomination: What a considerable amount of fans view her as.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Said this trope word for word in "Yaneura no Shoujo".
* LaBelleEpoque: Lived in 1890s France. Her life doesn't quite match up to the era's nickname, unfortunately.
* LadyInRed: How she was depicted in the manga version.
* LyricalDissonance: "Ori no Naka no Yuugi" and "Ori no Naka no Hana" are sexy jazz songs sung with an intoxicatingly seductive voice. Their stories are about [[ParentalIncest having sex with your stepfather]] who wants to bury you alive and [[HumanSacrifice murdering young boys]] for some sort of a dark ritual, respectively.
* MadArtist: She was chained up in the attic as a child. Her only companions were canvases and paint tubes in three colors. You can see how these two would mix up.
* MadwomanInTheAttic: A variation in that she is not locked up because she is insane, but insane ''[[GoMadFromTheIsolation because]]'' she is locked up.
* MeaningfulName: She shares a surname with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malebranche_%28Divine_Comedy%29 malicious guardian demons]] from Dante Alighieri's ''[[Literature/DivineComedy Inferno]]'', and a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Malebranche French priest]] who is known for his dissertations concerning the active role of God in the world and dualism--all prominent themes in Revo's works. [[WildMassGuessing Hmmm...]]
* MediumAwareness: A non-comedic example: she is presumably aware that she is only a character in a story--which is probably why she likened her life to "being trapped in a cage"--and all of the crazy, scary schticks she committed in her songs may very well be her attempts to [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou escape into our world]].
* MindScrew: '''She is a walking example of this trope'''. Her whole existence in Revo's works--her enigmatic theme songs, the "cage" she constantly mentioned, her involvement in ''Roman''--is only the tip of a gigantic iceberg that is the discourse regarding Michèle Malebranche's true role in the Sound Horizon universe. [[spoiler: It's made worse by the time ''Nein'' came out.]]
* TheOphelia: Everything she said "breaches the boundary between reality and fantasy", courtesy of the narration of "Ori no Naka no Hana".
* ParentalIncest: "Ori no Naka no Yuugi" heavily suggests that she used to have a sexual relationship with her stepfather, Armand Ollivier, [[LoveMakesYouCrazy until he went absolutely nuts and tried to bury her alive]].
* PeekABangs: Her hair [[spoiler: in the ''Nein'' official art]].
* SealedEvilInACan: In ''Roman'', her spirit is sealed inside a 30-carat red diamond, the biggest in the world.
* {{Shotacon}}: Erotic imageries about young boys and young men pop out constantly in "Ori no Naka no Hana". [[spoiler: At the song's end, it is revealed that she died horribly atop stacks of dried bodies of young boys, [[DarkMagic ostensibly after some sort of a sick ritual]].]]
* {{Troll}}: To '''just about everybody'''. Perhaps ''even'' [[RageAgainstTheAuthor Revo]] himself.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Presumably so until her father decided that locking her up in an attic is a good idea.
* WalkingSpoiler: Bet nobody expected her when ''Roman'' [[spoiler: and ''Nein'']] first came out.
* WomanInBlack: How REMI portrayed her in the live, with [[PrettyInMink an elegant white fur]].

!!The delusional mother
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary ''(Lost)'', Mari Yura ''(Nein)''
[[quoteright:203:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yurikagoko_ori.png]]
[[caption-width-right:203:''A sleep of oblivion, much like within a cradle.''[[note]]Mari Yura performing as the protagonist of "Yurikago" in ''Nein'''s live concert.[[/note]]]]

-->''They noticed how mad she was, though none had the desire to tell her''
-->''[[WhamLine That her child had become a skeleton]].''

The protagonist of "Yurikago", she is a miserable mother whose self-denial about her child's death had become so severe to the point of madness. [[MummiesAtTheDinnerTable She wanders serenely about town carrying its sack of bones]] as if it was still alive, sleeping soundly in her cradle.

She retells her story from her own perspective as she reappears in ''Nein'''s fourth track, "Ienakatta Kotonoha".

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* AdaptationExpansion: "Ienakatta Kotonoha" expands greatly upon her minimal background, revealing that [[spoiler: her child is the result of SexForSolace with a stranger she barely knew, who left her the morning after]].
* DissonantSerenity: ''Everything'' about her song is this trope. From the way she converses with people as if nothing happened, the casual response she received from them, ''the very compliment they gave to the child's corpse'', to how the song remains chillingly cheerful and soothing to the end..."Yurikago" is one of Sound Horizon's [[NightmareFuel scariest]] songs, really, in a brilliantly subversive way, especially if you're not well-versed in Japanese.
* TheGayNineties: Her dress from ''Nein'''s box art possesses aesthetics from this era.
* InfantImmortality: ''Obviously'' [[AvertedTrope averted]]. The poor child had died since they were an infant, but their mother vehemently refuses to swallow the bitter pill.
* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: She treats her stone-cold skeleton of a child the same way a saner mother with a living child does. Given the situation, it's ''more'' than possible she still feeds, bathes and dresses it at home.
* SurpriseCreepy: 'Ooh, this one's a calming song! "Yurikago", isn't it? I feel like relaxing in a beach just listening to this! Wonder what the lyric's about...[[OhCrap oh.]] Oh God, no. ''[[NoJustNoReaction No.]]'''
* TheOphelia: She's frigging ''carrying her child's bones around the neighborhood'' '''''and showing it off to everyone!'''''
* TrueBlueFemininity: She is depicted in ''Nein'' being dressed head-to-toe in blue.


[[/folder]]

[[folder:''Pico Magic'' and ''Pico Magic Reloaded'']]

!!Picomary
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/picomagicover.jpg]]

-->"[[GratuitousItalian BUONGIORNO~!]] ''I'm Picomary, the very same one from [[BreakingTheFourthWall Lost's bonus track!]]"''

The album's protagonist. She energetically introduces the album's contents in the fashion of radio [=DJs=], which she self-proclaims herself to be.

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* {{Adorkable}}: Just look above! She's practically ''begging'' to be squeezed!
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Some fans think she might be an alien, probably because of that weird puffy thing on her headdress.
* AuthorAvatar: Or Singer Avatar. She's obviously meant to be Aramary's stand-in.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: She's addressing you directly in her narrations, and at the end of "Onegai! Picomajin☆" even tells us a little story about [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Revo]] taking Aramary to an Indian restaurant despite her saying she can't take spicy food.

--> '''Picomary:''' [[SelfDeprecation Even though he might look like he’s listening intently, he’s the type that doesn’t completely take in what others say, huh?]]
* BreatherEpisode: More like Breather Protagonist. Seeing as she's only a DJ without a plot of her own, she is Sound Horizon's sunniest, least conflicted, and least {{Angst}}y, protagonist, natch. Good for you, Picomary. The rest of the album is still as depressing as you'd expect it to be, [[LyricalDissonance cheerful tunes notwithstanding]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: As she herself had said, she first appeared in ''Lost'''s secret 12th track.
* GenkiGirl: She must be the jumpiest of all Sound Horizon characters. ''Nothing'' in the album she says without overflowing glee.
* GratuitousItalian: Greets you with "Buongiorno!", the Italian phrase for "Good day!".
* MagicalIncantation: She gives you her ''"Yahha shanten i-pe-ja non non"''[[note]]which is made up of mahjong terms[[/note]], ostensibly to summon a "legendary genie" that can get you through hard times.
* MoodWhiplash: Her upbeat techno songs are rather jarring in comparison to Sound Horizon's usual RockOpera fare. But then again Revo composes his songs [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly according to whatever he wants at the moment]].
* ThePollyanna: She's a sunny, jumping ball of cheerfulness. It must be hard for anything to get her down.
--> '''Picomary:''' ''No matter when, don't abandon hope 'till the last drop!''

!!Rein
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary

-->''"The moment the girl's closed eyes open,''
-->''The world will come to witness the worst vision of madness it has ever dreamt of--a cruel God of Death."''

The protagonist of the song "Rein no Sekai". She is a blind girl who relies on her dog as assistance.

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* ABoyAndHisX: A Girl And Her Dog, just like her successor in ''Roman'', Etoile.
* ApocalypseMaiden: The song foretold that the world will come to witness the birth of a "cruel God of Death" if she somehow came to regain her sight. Even the narrator warns us not to get caught in the same world as hers.
* IcyBlueEyes: The singer described her eyes as shining in this hue.
* TheOphelia: The lyrics of her song, implied to be sung from her perspective, is...''very'' rife with metaphors. It [[MindScrew requires a very thorough thinking]] to be understood.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:''Elysion'']]
!!Elys/El
--> '''Played by:''' Aramary

[[quoteright:264:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/el_0.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:264:''There is no such thing as crying in paradise.'']]

-->''"Hey ... papa, what kinds of flowers bloom in that paradise?"''

The album's deuteragonist, the Masked Man's only, [[IllGirl sickly]], daughter. She is just about to reach the age of 8 when the album starts, yet is already on the verge of dying from a painful, incurable disease; [[ForWantOfANail her wishing for a picture book]] to her father would serve as the catalyst of the album's catastrophic plot.

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* ChildrenAreInnocent: Her appearance aside, she is actually no different from other little girls about her age, being very naive, ConstantlyCurious and all, showing absolutely no hint of malice whatsoever throughout her songs. In an ironic twist, the girls her father abducted all harbor incurable contempt for the world and have each committed unforgivable sins in the name of love.
* ConstantlyCurious: She comes across as this in "El no Rakuen [->side: E->]".
* CreepyChild: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. With her completely white hair, skin, clothes and blood-red eyes, it's only natural that one would be creeped out upon seeing her appearance on the cover at first, but once you listen to the music, you'll quickly discover that she's the [[TokenGoodTeammate the nicest character]] of the whole album.
* DaddysGirl: El is the Masked Man's only daughter and remaining family, so of course he would consider her this, and vice versa. In fact, [[spoiler: the Masked Man loves El so much that he would drag living girls into Hell just to reunite with her in death.]]
* DeathSeeker: El wasn't born into a family wealthy enough to be able to afford a medication for her chronic illness; she had no other choice but to wait for death as her only cure. That's why she is as excited to go to paradise as a child on their trip to Disneyland would, as she is sure there would neither be pain nor sorrow in that place. [[spoiler: [[ShaggyDogStory In the end, she never really did get her chance to get in there]].]]
* DyingAlone: In "El no Rakuen [->side:E->]", she ultimately dies this way. Slowly, painfully, ''[[NightmareFuel her father's bleeding corpse lying beneath her bed]]''.
* ForWantOfANail: For want of a picture book, her father [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor gets killed]] by a very, ''[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge very]]'' angry woman.
* IllGirl: Spends most of her life on bed suffering a wasting illness. The singer of "El no Rakuen [->side:E->] implies that El is suffering from [[TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed consumption]], since she mentions that the latter is often struck with bouts of painful coughs and subsequent chest pains.
* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler: "El no Rakuen [->side:A->]".]] El's finally dead! Yay! It looks like she's finally in the paradise she's been dreaming of! Looks like the girl will get a happy ending with her dad[[spoiler:--huh? Wait--she heard somebody crying? Nobody cries in--huh? What's happening? Why are all the trees dying? Why is the sky suddenly turning dark? ''Isn't this what Hell is supposed to look like?'']]
* MeaningfulName: Both El and Elys play on ''[[AlbumTitleDrop Elysion]]''. Also, "El" is a Hebrew name which bears the meaning, "God".
* MirthlessLaughter: [[spoiler: In the bonus track,]] she greets her dying father with a pained, weak laugh.
* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: "El no Rakuen [-> side:E ->]" suggests that El has convinced herself that her father is still alive and carries on conversations with his dead body. Though, like so much about Sound Horizon, it's open to interpretation.
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Due to her father's damnation, El can never get into paradise like she wanted.]]
* SinsOfOurFathers: [[spoiler: She ends up being cast down into Hell because her father, being a murderer and a kidnapper, has been damned from the start for his crimes.]]
* SpoilerOpening: El is already dead by the end of the very first track.
* TogetherInDeath: With her father. [[spoiler: In ''[[DownerEnding hell]]''.]]
* NightmareFace: For some incomprehensible reason, the Elysion PV had cute little El played by a ''[[CreepyDoll horrifying]]'' plastic doll with Aramary's mouth pasted into it. [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/el_pv.jpg Not]] a very pleasant sight. [[note]]''Don't'' open the link if you're not comfortable with dolls, or UncannyValley, for that matter.[[/note]]

!!The Masked Man / Abyss
--> '''Played by:''' Jimang

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[[caption-width-right:234: ''The name of this girl, who is about to be born, has been decided since long ago.'']]

-->''"Is that girl my Elys?"''

The protagonist of the whole album. The Masked Man is a professional criminal with a past marred by violence and murder, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes all for the sake of her daughter's well-being]]. A messy aftermath of a certain murder contract, however, brought an unexpected end to his tale.

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* BadassCape: Which doubles as an OminousOperaCape. Given his profession, he wears this presumably to easily slink away into the darkness.
* CatchPhrase: Besides the above quote, he's very commonly identified with the line "Zannen datta ne," which probably translates best to "Now that's a shame." That line's appearance in the lyrics of [[spoiler:"The Grapevines of Joy and Sadness" leads to the common speculation that Loraine de Saint-Laurent is actually the bride who killed Abyss]].
* CoolMask: His mask undoubtedly adds several points of coolness to his appearance. [[spoiler: It's so cool and badass, Michèle Malebranche makes it a collection of her antique shop in ''Nein''.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Despite his body profusely bleeding from the back, in the middle of winter, no less, he ''somehow'' managed to reach his house by ''crawling''. [[SubvertedTrope Too bad he died shortly after]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He is ''very'', ''very'' devoted to El, caring for her and doting on her just like a parent ideally should.
* FromBadToWorse: Upon his death, he becomes a vengeful ghost abducting young girls to hell, all because he ''thinks'' they bear a resemblance to his real daughter. [[spoiler: It does nothing but make her cast into hell with him.]]
* KickTheDog: In the live performance of "El no Tenbin", at the beginning of the song, he's after money, and he sees two injured people on the street. So does he simply mug them quickly and demand the money? No... he sneaks up behind them and freaking '''takes one of the injured people's crutches and beats him half to death with it''' before taking their money. Really, there had to be a slightly less... destructive way of achieving the same ends.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He ends up getting stabbed to death by a woman after daring to murder her lover.
* MagicalFlutist: In "The Piper and the Parade"--implied to be an alternate version of ''Elysion''--he is a flutist leading young girls in a march towards an unknown horizon.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: His ghost is a type 2--he wanders the world because he hasn't yet fulfilled his promise to El to celebrate her birthday, restlessly searching for her remains. He's also got the ability to drag living people into hell.
* PermaStubble: Has a thin white beard covering his chin.
* ProfessionalKiller: What he does for a living, in addition to thieving, kidnapping and smuggling.
* SpoilerOpening: He's already dead from his wounds several minutes into the very first track.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The illustration on the back cover of ''Elysion ~Rakuen Gensō Monogatari Kumikyoku~'' depicts him with glowing red eyes.
* TogetherInDeath: With El, [[spoiler: in hell.]]

!!Soror / "Subject 1096"
--> '''Played by:''' Aramary
[[quoteright:156:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/soror.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:156:''Did you think you have become a proud, incompetent Creator [God]?'']]

-->''"Come ... let us return to Paradise, brother ..."''

The protagonist of the song "Ark". She is a young girl used as a test subject along with her brother, Frater, by a certain MadScientist simply called "The Watcher". He projected the siblings' minds inside his [[LotusEaterMachine artificial simulator world]], in the midst of which she came to harbor [[BrotherSisterIncest a twisted infatuation]] for Frater she herself cannot control. She is the first girl abducted by the Masked Man in order to reunite with Elys.

The novel names her and the rest of the three girls "Elys".

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* ApocalypseCult: Frustrated by Frater's increasingly constant avoidance of her, she joins one of these inside the Watcher's world. The cult bestows upon her a [[{{MacGuffin}} silver knife]] called "Ark" upon her induction, which purportedly bestows salvation upon those who believed in it as Noah's ark does. She eventually becomes such a staunch believer in the cult's teachings and ultimately ends up using it to murder Frater, which is her definition of "inducting" a person into paradise and thus, salvation.
* BoyishShortHair: Her hair only reaches as far as her lower ear.
* BrotherSisterIncest: She falls in love with her older brother. Sadly, Frater does not return her feelings.
* CreepyChild: She looks very young compared to the other four girls, yet is already harboring [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior inappropriate sexual thoughts]] about Frater. The latter has a ''very'' good reason to be grossed out.
* DissonantSerenity: After stabbing Frater to death, she calmly asks him to accompany her into paradise before bursting into laughter.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: She's only known by the name "Soror", which is a basic Latin word for "Sister", or "Subject 1096".
* FilleFatale: She's still a girl, and she already knows how to kill a person. Specifically, her own brother.
* IfICantHaveYou: If she can't get Frater into paradise with her by himself, she's going to do it herself.
* LaughingMad: After murdering Frater.
* TheLostLenore: In the manga, she is this for [[spoiler: Frater]], who is actually [[spoiler: the Watcher himself]].
* LotusEaterMachine: The world which serves as the initial setting of "Ark" is actually an artificial construction programmed by "The Watcher", the scientist who's been experimenting on her and Frater. Only after Frater's death does Soror get pulled back into his [[MadScientistLaboratory inhumane]] laboratory in order to be punished for her crime.
* ATasteOfTheLash: After Frater is murdered, the music is interrupted by a brief narration, telling us of what had actually happened inside the Watcher's laboratory before it returns to Soror's perspective, the background sounds of which are the cruel crackings of a whip.
* {{Yandere}}: Just like the other "Abyss" girls, each of whom harbors a twisted love towards someone. The one she is mad about is her brother.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her hair is light purple.

!!Frater / "Subject 1073"

Soror's older brother. He actively avoids the latter's advances, leading to his demise.

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* AloofBigBrother: Implied in the song "Ark", definitely the case in the song's manga adaptation.
* TheVoiceless: In the song, but not in the manga.

!!The Watcher

The person who conducts and/or observes the experiments on Frater and Soror.
%%* MadScientist
%%* MysteriousWatcher

!!Lafrenze
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary

The protagonist of the song "El no Ehon - Majo to Lafrenze". She guards the gates of the underworld, but can only do so as long as she remains a virgin.
%%* BarrierMaiden
* VirginPower: Her abilities as the gatekeeper.
* WomanScorned: When she finds out Orpheus was just using her ("Hell hath no fury..." is a strangely appropriate expression, there).

!!Crimson Old Rose
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary

A witch who was banished from her country. She was the one who raised Lafrenze.
* CharacterOverlap: She and Alte Rose (German for "old rose") in ''Märchen'' are implied to be the same person.

!!Orpheus

* {{Bishonen}}: Even plays a HarpOfFemininity
%%* ManInWhite: In the live performance.
%%* OrpheanRescue: Well, yeah.
%%* ToHellAndBack
%%* TheVoiceless

!!The nun / "Maiden of the Twisted Pearl" / "Baroque"
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary

[[quoteright:181:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baroque_2.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:181:''This twisted heart, this twisted body--is my red pearl so distorted?'']]

-->''"O, Lord, I have killed a person. I, with these hands, have killed a person dear to me."''

The protagonist of the song "Baroque". Her fear of rejection by others drove her to exile herself completely from human communication. This didn't last long, however, when a certain beautiful girl approached her and became her only friend, its horrific aftermath yet known to both of them. She is the second girl abducted by the Masked Man in order to reunite with Elys.

The novel names her and the rest of the three girls "Elys".

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* DecapitationPresentation: In the live performance.
* NotGoodWithRejection: She is absolutely terrified of being rejected, so when the girl she's fallen in love with rejects her love, she snaps.
* NunsAreSpooky: There's the obvious DeathByWomanScorned, of course, but the fact that she's a lesbian to begin with, as a member of the (presumably) Catholic Church, and confessed (presumably hoping to commence a relationship) goes pretty well against Catholic dogma, even if she hadn't been rejected and gone PsychoLesbian.
* PsychoLesbian: Pushed a poor girl down the stairs for rejecting her love. She claims not knowing how this event exactly played out.
* ShrinkingViolet: She doesn't want to mingle with others in fear of being rejected for the slightest difference.
* TrueBlueFemininity: In the album illustrations, her habit is blue. Averted in the concerts, where she wears a standard black habit.
* {{Yandere}}: Like the rest of the Abyss girls. She has a mad infatuation for her best friend.

!!The farm girl / "Yield"
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary

The protagonist of the song "Yield".
%%* OffWithHisHead: Her modus operandi.
%%* {{Yandere}}

!!The bride
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary

The protagonist of the song "El no Tenbin".
* CharacterOverlap: She and Loraine de Saint-Laurent in ''Roman'' are implied to be the same person.
%%* NoNameGiven
%%* RunawayFiancee

!!The older sister / "Sacrifice"
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary

The protagonist of the song "Sacrifice". She used to envy her younger sister greatly, but a plague that almost killed her and actually claimed their mother's life made her overcome that feeling as she struggles to feed both of their mouths.

The novel names her and the rest of the three girls "Elys".

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* TheCaretaker: To her sister.
* IWishedYouWereDead: At one point, she is so envious of her younger sister that she prays for her death, after which her sister becomes infected with the plague. Feeling guilty, the older sister takes her wish back and her sister recovers ... and then their mother dies.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Female version. It's implied that she ends up [[spoiler:burning the entire village down as retribution for her sister's death]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After her sister becomes ill, she blames herself for it due to having previously wished for her death.
* PromotionToParent: After her mother's death, she plays the role of a mother to her younger sister.
* TheUnfavourite: She certainly feels like it, but it may not actually be the case.
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[spoiler:The end of the song implies this]].
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: After the injustice she faced, it's hard not to feel sorry for her.

!!The younger sister

The naïve and adorable sister of "Sacrifice"'s protagonist. Initially envied by the latter to the point of [[IWishedYouWereDead wishing her death]], her [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor subsequent illness and their mother's death that followed ]] harshly reminded the protagonist of her fatal error, making her intent on protecting her younger sister at all costs.

The novel names her "Lily".

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%%* IncorruptiblePurePureness
%%* TheIngenue
%%* TheVoiceless

!!The woman in red / "Stella"
-->'''Played by:''' Aramary, Fuki ''(Nein)''

[[quoteright:164:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stella_ori.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:164:''Women are not mute, big dolls that can only look pretty. Do you understand, my dear love?'']]

-->''"We'' are ''a match, aren't we? We match up each other very perfectly, ah...I'm so happy..."''

The protagonist of the song "Stardust". She is a woman so fascinated with true love, [[IfICantHaveYou she cannot perfectly comprehend how fleeting and fickle it could be]]. She is the last girl abducted by the Masked Man in order to reunite with Elys.

In ''Nein'', she reappears in the song "Nikushimi wo Hanataba ni Kaete" ("Turn Your Hatred into A Bouquet"), and is called "Stella" by the fashion show announcer.

The novel names her and the rest of the three girls "Elys".

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* AbusiveParents: ''Nein'' reveals that her father is this.
-->'''Stella:''' That's right...It's my fault here...I'm sorry...I'm sorry...I'll become a good girl, so please, don't hit me, Papa!
* AmicableExes: She rejected Gino's marriage proposal after some time of dating, but 4 minutes after the heart-breaking sequence they meet up with each other and act like they're best friends already.
* BelligerentSexualTension: In ''Nein'', she develops this with Luna, a fellow model who she initially hates for having stolen a certain "lover" of hers.[[note]]It is unknown whether it's Gino or one of Stella's previous lovers.[[/note]] After teasing each other for a long time, Stella finally decides to ask Luna out...[[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove and was promptly rejected]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She is this in both albums, but more on the [[AxCrazy creepy side]] in ''Elysion''. In ''Nein'', though, she plays the trope straight in a lighter tone.[[spoiler: If giving your date a flower bouquet with a gun in the middle of it still won't convince you just how much of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} she is, we don't know what else will.]]
* DissonantSerenity: Listen to the first half part of "Stardust" before the refrain and feel the contrast of the trigger-happy, murderous lyrics against the cheerful instrumental and vocal. That should give you a full explanation on her craziness. It's worse in the ''Elysion'' live, as Aramary sings ''even more'' cheerfully and bounces up and around the stage to boot.
* FashionShow: In ''Nein'', she is scouted by the famed designer Giorgio "Gino" del Cielo as a model for his "Verseine Collection" brand and naturally participates in this.
* FreudianExcuse: As was stated above, it's heavily implied that the reason she became such a glutton for love and affection--and snaps when she is betrayed--is because her father never gave any.
* LadyInRed: She loves the color red very much. [[{{Yandere}} This extends to the redness of blood.]]
* LighterAndSofter: Goodness ''no'', '''''not''''' her original song, but her song in ''Nein''. [[spoiler: "Nikushimi wo Hanataba ni Kaete" is filled with many light-hearted jokes and comedic effects (a ''true'' rarity in the Sound Horizon universe), has a rejection of marriage proposal as its saddest moment instead of a child's death like ''many'' other albums, ends with the protagonist being ''truly'' happy and satisfied without having to experience any other losses or deaths, and [[EverybodyLives nobody remarkably dies]]. Also, the song arguably presents less horrible after-effects compared to other tracks from the album, as having to deal with prejudice as a lesbian woman is obviously a normal thing compared to [[AndIMustScream getting dragged into Hell alive by a ghost who thinks you resemble his dead daughter.]]]]
* LoveFreak: It would seem that "true love" is the only thing that's available on her mind.
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Only visible if you watch the live, ''Elysion'' and ''Nein'' both.
* TheTragicRose: Played with. Rose is a recurrent motif in both versions of her song, but each song presents it differently. "Stardust" presents the rose as a symbol for Stella's mad passion and its fatal consequences--thus playing the trope straight--while "Nikushimi wo Hanataba ni Kaete" represents it as a symbol for her renewed affection and vivacity, subverting the trope instead.
* WomanScorned: "Stardust" follows her descent into madness as she is slowly eaten up by her hatred as this.
* {{Yandere}}: Very clingy and ''oh so very'' jealous. She wouldn't hesitate to blow your brains out with her trusty gun if she caught you cheating on her.

!!The woman in red's lover
->'''Played by:''' Shin-Imayama (''Nein'' encore)
[[quoteright:235:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lover.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:235:Shin-Imayama portraying the man in ''Nein'''s encore of Stardust.]]

The man who was once the lover of The Woman in Red. It seems that they used to have a happy relationship until the man presumably grew bored of her and decided to start a new one behind her back. Needless to say, [[WomanScorned the results ain't pretty]].

The novel portrays him as an artist named Pavro/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Pablo]].

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* CasanovaWannabe: Shin-Imayama's portrayal of him in ''Nein'' brings this plus HandsomeLech into mind.
* DeathByWomanScorned: Poor guy should have known his girlfriend better.
* FlatCharacter: His characterization amounts to nothing but being a cheating bastard.
* OhCrap: In all incarnations of him from the live concert, he ''always'' had this expression on when Stella caught him cheating on her red-handed.
* RustproofBlood: Very noticeably averted - the song notes that the blood turns black as it's exposed to air, for symbolic purposes.
* TheVoiceless: Averted in the ''Nein'' encore, but briefly. Shin-Imayama only uttered one line in the whole song, and even that was originally spoken by the narrator.
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Then his own blood turns it red.

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[[folder: ''Shōnen wa Tsurugi wo ...'']]
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[[folder:''Roman'']]
!!Hiver Laurant
[[quoteright:302:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/download_1_1.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:302:''Reality. Fantasy. [[DrivingQuestion In the world of Roman, who is the one that uttered the lie?]]'']]

--> '''Played by:''' Revo
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HikaruMidorikawa

-->''"This is a [story] <Roman> of mine, who died before he was born.''
-->''Ah, though we may not meet again, you are now living in your own [story] <Roman>.''
-->''We shall sing of it, so that you will not be lost."''

The album's protagonist. He is actually the soul of a stillborn child, and his curiosity about life and death prompts him to send his two dolls, Violette and Hortense, out into the world to find stories revolving around these subjects.

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* {{Adorkable}}: Revo portrayed him in live concerts as a sweet, naive, [[{{Kuudere}} soft-spoken]] young man.
* AlternateSelf: He has three: one is himself, the ghost of the stillborn child, the second one is the man who digs for the Réine Michéle only to be killed by the mine's greedy owner just as he found the diamond's ore, and the last one was the thief, who (almost) stole--surprise surprise--the Réine Michéle. It would seem that Hiver triggered this loop of reincarnation through his interaction with the cursed jewel.
* BigBrotherInstinct: In the manga, both of his incarnations, namely the digger and the thief, are both equally shown to be an affectionate and wise older brother to Noël, as each of their reckless actions are all done for the sake of her well-being.
* {{Bishounen}}: It's easy to know why he is one of Sound Horizon's most popular male characters.
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Well, more so "heartbreaking" than "convenient", really, especially after taking certain songs (like "Honoo") into account. It's also what sets the album in motion: Hiver is actually the soul of a stillborn, and his curiosity about life and death, as well as a desire to be born into the world, is what prompts him to send the dolls out to find stories revolving around those subjects.
* FisherKing: Hiver in the manga. He's obviously not in our world, but the very little we see of the... mysterious place he stays in seems pretty parallel to winter, what with its emptiness and open space of white. Probably makes some lovely echoes, too.
* GroundhogDayLoop: He is trapped by [[spoiler: Michéle Malebranche]] in a loop of life and death, one as Noël's brother who was killed in the mine, the thief who stole the jewel into which [[spoiler: Michéle]] has reincarnated, and another a child who died a stillborn. [[DownerEnding When he finds another mother who will bear him, perhaps the cycle will begin all over again.]] Do bear in mind that ''Roman'''s [[KudzuPlot plotline]] is [[MindScrew impossible to deduce]] [[EpilepticTrees from just a single]] [[WildMassGuessing interpretation]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Laurencin in "Norowareshi Houseki".
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He's the one who set the trend for Sound Horizon's future male protagonists[[note]]minus R.E.V.O. from ''Nein''[[/note]], it would seem.
* LoveableRogue: His "thief" AlternateSelf in the manga.
* KilledMidSentence: In "Norowareshi Houseki".
-->''[[TemptingFate (Such good luck!)]]''
-->'''Hiver:''' ''Ah, we had toiled so hard 'till now, my dear Noël.''
-->''(Such good luck!)''
-->'''Hiver:''' ''Ah, now with puffed chest can I see you o--'' '''*sickening thud*'''
* MeaningfulName: Hiver is the French word for "winter". He is named such by his mother because he is a "Child of Winter", i.e. a stillborn baby who died amidst the season.
* MismatchedEyes: Golden on the right, blue on the left (from our side).
* MysticalWhiteHair: He's a white-haired man who happens to be the ghost of a stillborn baby, and may or may not have lived two past lives as a treasure hunter and a jewel thief.
* PromotionToParent: Alternate!Hiver in the manga has been a backbone to Noël ever since their parents died when they were both still very young. Noël's also got her share of help, too, as a dollmaker herself.
* PrettyInMink: His trademark blue velvet coat.
* RecursiveReality: The manga has [[spoiler: his sister trap him in this, in the form of what we could perhaps call [[ShowWithinAShow "a Roman within a Roman".]]]] Driven mad by her own self-denial of her brother's death, Noël tried to bring Hiver back to her side by [[spoiler: "reviving" him as a character of her story, the jewel thief. This story thus became ''Roman'''s "false" AlternateUniverse in which [[HappyPlace none of its characters ever suffer the heartbreaking losses they experienced in the album.]]]]
* SequelSong: "Fuyu no Dengon", the song he sang at the 3rd Territorial Expansion Tour, is his response to "11-moji no Dengon"/"Le vrai Message", which was sung by his mother. In "Fuyu no Dengon" Hiver expressed gratitude for his mother's uplifting message before proceeding to say that he is already happy where he is, and that he is also happy for the single fact that it was her who brought him into the world, no matter how brief it turned out to be. ''[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Aww...]]''
* TheStoic: He looks rather quiet and detached in the manga adaptation.


!!Violette and Hortense
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hortenseviolette.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''We are wandering windmills spinning in reminiscence; whichever horizon we may come upon, we shall bring to life a song there...'']]
--> '''Played by:''' KAORI (Violette), YUUKI (Hortense)
-->'''Voiced by:''' [[Creator/MamikoNoto Mamiko Noto]] (Violette), [[Creator/YukariTamura Yukari Tamura]] (Hortense)

-->''[[CatchPhrase "I wonder if a story exists there ..."]]''

Hiver's two dolls, who became his companions after his mother placed them on his coffin. Violette is associated with death, while Hortense is associated with life.

They reappear briefly in ''Nein'''s 7th track, "Namida de wa Kesenai Honoo".

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* CatchPhrase: ''"Soko ni Roman wa aru no kashira?"'' [[note]]''"I wonder if a story exists there?"''[[/note]]
* CreepyTwins: More prominently so in the live, where they move in a stilted, mechanical fashion, showing minimal facial expressions. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8iTMK40lKI An example]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: Even though Violette is the one associated with death and the dark of the night, she never shows any signs of being any creepier or more amoral than Hortense. The stories she collected actually deal more with the struggles of life than the ones Hortense did. In fact, in the song Honoo, she's the one "swaying with joy," while Hortense is the one "wet with sadness." Then again, considering [[ConvenientMiscarriage the situation]], there may be more than one way to interpret that.
* ElegantGothicLolita: Dress in this. In the original live concert, their bow ties are replaced with [[ClassyCravat elegant cravats]].
* FacialMarkings: Each of the dolls has one in one of her cheeks. Violette's right cheek has a moon-shaped marking, while Hortense's left has a sun-shaped one.
* {{Expy}}: Blond, twin ElegantGothicLolita [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Ridiculously Human]] {{Robot Girl}}s? [[Manga/{{Chobits}} Now where has that shown up before?]]
* GreekChorus: To Hiver in "Asa to Yoru no Monogatari".
* LightIsNotGood: ...meanwhile, Hortense, despite being associated with life and the cheerfulness of the morning, collects some of the darkest stories of the album. Ironically, it is the stories ''she'' collected that deal with death and loss the most.
* RobotGirl: Though they're actually the embodiment of twin dolls given to the stillborn Hiver by his mother on his burial, so not technically robots as much as maybe [[{{Golem}} golems]], they still use very stilted and emotionless language, and the remix of "Asa to Yoru no Roman" clearly has them singing in a mechanical voice, not to mention that in live performances, KAORI and YUUKI always perform them by moving in a stilted, mechanical matter.

!!The Blond-Haired Laurant
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuoTobita

[[quoteright:167:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blondie_0.jpg]]

-->''"I cannot quite get ahold of this life.''
-->''However...this pain in my arm...this here is proof that I have lived."''

The protagonist of the song "Miezaru Ude". Once a soldier serving proudly under General Alvarez's banner, his life has been turned upside down ever since a certain red-haired soldier with a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek [[AnArmAndALeg lopped off one of his arms in a duel]].

In the manga, he is named Léon. The novel, on the other hand, names him Serge.

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* TheAlcoholic
* AnArmAndALeg: One of his arms is severed clean by the Red-Haired Laurant, and seeing how important an intact set of limbs is for a soldier, the loss has since plunged him into a life of hardship, relegating him to a wife-beating miserable drunk.
* BumblingDad: As [[spoiler: Etoile]]'s father in the manga. But he's certainly given his best.
* DomesticAbuser: His alcoholism-induced rage led him to beat his pregnant wife one too many times until [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere she finally left him to save their unborn child]]. If you contribute to the theory that [[spoiler: he is Etoile's father]], this may be a plausible reason as to why the girl was born with the condition she has.
* DrowningMySorrows: Besides drowning his sadness, the man also drank a lot to ease his [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_pain phantom pain]].
* EpiphanyTherapy: After Laurencin kills the red-headed Laurant (or slightly before, when he sees the red-headed Laurant, in the manga), he recognizes that his life isn't over yet and finally decides to try to clean himself up and move on.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: His lover in the manga used to nurse him after he collapsed following his defeat in battle. When he's discharged she decided to follow him along.
* HeroWorshipper: Léon worshiped General Alvarez in his younger days. The aftermath of his failed confrontation with Flambeau makes him ponder deeper about Alvarez as a person with mistakes and flaws like him.
* GutturalGrowler: Might have something to do with that alcohol addiction.
* NotSoDifferent: He was about to kill the Red-Haired Laurant when he swung the tavern door open, saw the man, and realized that he is an exact mirror image of himself: miserably drunk, also missing an arm, and now missing one eye. (In the manga, he also had a prostitute beside him who he abused, which reminds the Gold-Haired Laurant even more of himself as it brought him back the memories of his ex.) To top it off, Laurencin suddenly barges into the room and mercilessly killed the Red-Haired Laurant on the spot. This pitiful sight of his former nemesis brought him back to his senses, triggering his EpiphanyTherapy.
* ATankardOfMooseUrine: In the manga, he complains that the alcohol he drinks is absolutely terrible before downing the glass. It's actually a plot point when at the end of the chapter he drinks wine and he notices that it actually tastes good. It's the first time he's actually drunk for the taste, as opposed to in order to get drunk.
* TookALevelInKindness: If you're taking the theory of him [[spoiler: being Etoile's father]] into account, then he had certainly cleaned up and learned to become a good father to her since "Miezaru Ude". This is definitely the case in the manga.

!!The Red-Haired Laurant

[[quoteright:179:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/red_4.jpg]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NorioWakamoto

-->''A cross-shaped scar on his left cheek. Flaming red hair, crimson eyes.''
-->''"Kill that bastard", so his arm throbbed. His unseen arm throbbed.''

The antagonist of "Miezaru Ude". He is the one who severed the Blond-Haired Laurant's arm, inadvertently plunging the latter into a life of misery and loneliness. Unbeknownst to him, however, the Red-Haired Laurant himself hasn't exactly been enjoying a life of glory and comfort.

In the manga adaptation, he is named Flambeau, whereas in the novel, he is named Damien.

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* TheAlcoholic: After he loses his arm.
* CharacterOverlap: It is all but stated that he is also the man [[spoiler: who ravaged Laurencin's village and abducted his friend]].
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: His eyes are as crimson as his hair.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: There ''must'' be a reason why his son is predicted to be the one who will bring [[spoiler: Laurencin]]'s CycleOfRevenge into full circle, meaning he will also murder the latter the same way he did his father.
* EvilRedhead: His flaming red hair and his apparent sadistic nature have been a source of nightmare for the Blond-Haired Laurant for quite some time.
* KarmicDeath: Moreso in the manga, where he's guilty of a lot more. There is a ''reason'' Laurencin wanted to kill him--[[spoiler: he's the one who "kidnapped" his childhood friend]].
* LimaSyndrome: Develops this for [[spoiler: Ciel]] in the manga, leading to--
* AMatchMadeInStockholm: Flambeau and [[spoiler: his kidnappee, Ciel]], proceed to marry/become lovers at some point after the latter's abduction, the union of which produced one son, [[spoiler: Tyce]]. Laurencin is understandably ''shocked'' when he came to know this.
* NotSoDifferent: He ended up being in almost the exact circumstances as the man whose arm he lopped off, sans just one eye.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Poor guy. On his first appearance he's just [[VoiceGrunting angrily grunting]], and the second he tries to reveal more of his characterization he's unceremoniously killed by a stranger.

!!Laurencin

[[quoteright:253:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cin_silhouette.jpg]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SoichiroHoshi
-->'''Portrayed by:''' Revo (music video)

-->''"Good evening. Farewell."''

The man who ultimately kills the red-headed Laurant in Miezaru Ude. In the manga, he is taken to be the protagonist of "Hiiro no Fuusha" as well, which thus explains his motivation. Most details on him [[AllThereInTheManual only appear in the manga]].

In the novel, Laurencin is his surname, and his full name is made out to be [[SpellMyNameWithAnS (something akin to)]] Jill Laurencin.

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* BadassLongRobe: In the manga, when he's a grownup and kills the red-headed Laurant. Not that it takes that much badassery to kill someone drunk to the gills, but still. He did it in a badass fashion.
* BestServedCold: His revenge against the red-headed Laurant.
* ButYourWingsAreBeautiful: Ciel, the girl he tries to run away from the village with, likes the mark on the back of his neck, seeing it as like a pair of tiny wings.
* CycleOfRevenge: Spin and spin, o red windmill...
* DiabolusExMachina: Without the theory of him being the same boy from "Hiiro no Fuusha" in mind, his suddenly barging into the tavern and murdering the Red-Haired Laurant falls into this territory.
* DistinguishingMark: A red patch on the back of his neck that appears when blood runs to his head. He hides it for fear that the other kids will see it as a MarkOfTheBeast - and indeed they do search him for one at the beginning of the manga.
* HatesBeingTouched: Has an inherent phobia of people's touch due to his father[[spoiler:, Auguste Laurant,]] attempting to choke him to death as a baby.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: He's surrounded by them when he's growing up and would be one himself if he would smile once in a while.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Hiver in "Norowareshi Houseki".
* {{Irony}}: He killed Flambeau to avenge Ciel, basically his only family after everyone in the village was murdered; in the process he ended up taking away [[spoiler: her son]]'s only remaining family, as well.
* MirthlessLaughter: After he kills the red-headed Laurant.
* MomentOfWeakness: Running away from the red-headed Laurant and thus leaving Ciel to die.
* MyGreatestFailure: Naturally, the feeling of guilt evolved to this.
* OrphanageOfLove: He was raised in one until his village was attacked.
* PerpetualFrowner: As a child in the manga version of "Hiiro no Fuusha". In the alternate world [[spoiler: created by Noël]], not so much.
* TroubledButCute: Most prominently shown in the manga.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between him and Ciel.

!!Étoile

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[[caption-width-right:339:''...thank you, Pleut. Because you were by my side, I can go anywhere.'']]

-->'''Played by:''' YUUKI

-->''"Ah, I know not of the stars, for their faraway light is unreachable to me.''
-->''...I am sorry, mother--I absolutely cannot bring myself to like this name."''

The protagonist of the song "Hoshikuzu no Kawahimo". Born with poor eyesight which would not even last to her adulthood, she was beset by sadness, but with the help of Pleut, her big black dog, she gradually tries to cope with her condition and overcome her fear.

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* ABoyAndHisX: A Girl And Her Dog, in a similar theme to her predecessor from ''Elysion -Rakuen e no Zensoukyoku-'', Rein.
* AdaptationDyeJob: She is black-haired in the manga, whereas from what little we can see of her in [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/etoile02.jpg the official album artwork]], she seems to be fair-haired. The novel adaptation retains the latter hair color.
* ComingOfAgeStory: "Hoshikuzu no Kawahimo" in the manga is adapted to be this.
* IllGirl: She's nearly blind and is going to go completely blind.
* InnocentBlueEyes: In the manga.
* GenkiGirl: Manga!Étoile used to be this during childhood, until her eye problems become more prominent as she grew older.
* MeaningfulName: In story. Her mother named her "Étoile", meaning "star", so that her path would always sparkle like the stars. This became something of a bitter joke to her later, since due to her poor eyesight, she's never actually been able to see her namesake.
* MissingMom: Her mother is implied to have died, and since [[spoiler: Pleut has the same voice as her mom]], it's become a common fan theory that her mom [[spoiler: was reincarnated as Pleut]].

!!Auguste Laurant

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[[caption-width-right:248:''What I lack is not the power of design at my fingertips, it is the imagination to surpass reality.'']]

-->'''Played by:''' Jimang

-->''"Light! Ah...more light!''
-->''That is, expiation...the light...of atonement..."''

The protagonist of the song "Tenshi no Chouzou". He is a talented and famous sculptor who falls into despair after his wife's death in childbirth.

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* AbusiveDad: His actions pretty much show that he is unable to be a good father to his baby. At least he had the incentive to send them away to an orphanage rather than attempt to raise them and make matters even worse than before.
* AgeLift: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_inline_oa34dffi9j1qkkbft_540.jpg His design]] in the novel makes him look ''far'' younger than any of his previous three incarnations. He doesn't look to be anywhere near his fifties.
* BittersweetEnding: The live version veered more on the "bitter" side: he lost his wife, had deserted their child away, and never managed to complete his statue, but at least he died happy with the mere thought that his child has finally forgiven him and smiled at him.
* CharacterOverlap: Regarded by many to be [[spoiler: Laurencin]]'s father, especially after the manga came out.
* DeadArtistsAreBetter: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Auguste is already critically acclaimed in life, but it is after his death that the world lauded him as "the one with the hand of God", and his angel sculpture came to be regarded as a rare masterpiece.
* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: Novel!Auguste's wife is a mysterious woman called [[OneLetterName "M"]], who may very well be [[spoiler: Michèle Malebranche]]. Everybody familiar enough with Sound Horizon is aware of just ''[[HumanoidAbomination what]]'' that woman could be.
* GrumpyOldMan: His manga incarnation is an unkempt old artist who can't afford to be friendly to anybody save his wife.
* TheLostLenore: His wife's death is such a huge blow for him that he finds it difficult to love their infant child, to whom he heaps the blame for her death upon.
* MayDecemberRomance: In the manga, Auguste looks [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/016.png like this]], and he married Nathalie, who looks [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/005_6.png like this]].
* TheMuse: The man seem to regard his wife as his sole motivation in life and art.
* MyGreatestFailure: His wife's death.
* NoSocialSkills: Manga!Auguste can't seem to behave courteously to anyone who is not Nathalie.
* ReclusiveArtist: InUniverse. He holes himself up in his studio, which cannot be entered by absolutely anyone but his wife. As time went by the silhouette of the studio itself became such an eyesore in others' eyes.
* WouldHurtAChild: Closely [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in the manga. In a brief moment of grief-induced anger, he was about to strangle his baby, but thankfully his conscience overtook him.
* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: In the manga, his initial reaction to his wife's DeathByChildbirth was to come close to killing his child due to said child having taken her away.

!!Monica

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[[caption-width-right:130:''I will sing for Loran's part, as well.'']]

-->'''Played by:''' YUUKI
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoMinaguchi

-->''"This melody you love rang to the skies with my harmonica.''
-->''A canvas in the windowframe, embraced by angels...now, I wonder if such a scenery is beautiful to you?"''

The protagonist of "Utsukushiki Mono". She sings the song in dedication of her brother, who had died some time before due to his incurable sickness.

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* CoolBigSis: To Loran.
* GirlishPigtails: Both in the manga and in the album illustrations, although it's difficult to see in the latter.
* IconicItem: Her harmonica.
* WomanInWhite: In the album illustrations.

!!Loraine de Saint-Laurent
-->'''Played by:''' REMI

[[quoteright:150:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/loraine.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:150:''Ah, women are no tools for politics. Their lives are ones meant to be lived with their beloved.'']]

-->''"The interweaving harmony of both joy and sadness...that is the flavor of my wine, and so is life."''

The protagonist of the song "Yorokobi to Kanashimi no Budoushu". A prolific vintner, she was once the daughter of a high-standing family who [[InterclassRomance fell in love with the caretaker of her grandfather's vineyard]]. Unfortunately, she had been engaged without her consent to a higher nobleman as part of her father's last-bid attempt to save the family fortune; the tragic consequence of her attempt to escape her impending wedding with her secret lover led her to become the solitary woman she is now.

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* AbusiveParents: Her father is an authoritarian man who values his reputation above all else and her stepmother is a GoldDigger who can't afford to care properly for her.
* ArrangedMarriage: Predictably, she opposes this, prompting her (first) attempt to run away.
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Manga!Loraine delivers this to her haughty suitor, one across each cheek.
* CelibateHero: After running away from her family [[spoiler: and possibly murdering her lover's assassin]] she considers herself to be unfit for love, thus dedicating herself to winemaking for the rest of her lifetime.
* CharacterOverlap: She and the unnamed bride in ''Elysion'' are implied to be the same person. This is also the interpretation the manga adaptation takes.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Her birth mother in the manga, Anne. In contrast to Loraine's stepmother, she is a generous, down-to-earth woman, fond of giving Loraine and other children delicious meals she made herself despite her status.
* EvilStepmother: Not so much ''evil'' as she is neglectful--Loraine's stepmother marries her father only for the riches.
* GorgeousPeriodDress: Gets to wear a number of fancy mid-18th century dresses in the manga. [[http://sh-whitecrow.com/wiki/images/c/ca/Loraine03.jpg This]] is one of them.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: She was born into this sort of family, which is why her father insists that she marry a rich man rather than the poor vineyard-worker whom she truly loves.
* MeaningfulName: [[https://www.french-property.com/regions/lorraine/wine Lorraine]] is the name of a region in France famous for its vineries.
* RebelliousPrincess: A noblewoman who cannot stand being a tool for her father to increase his social standing, she runs away from home on her wedding day to continue her lover's legacy as a vintner.
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: She already has a lover who is a humble vineyard caretaker, but then is forced to marry a nobleman of higher standing. She chose to run away with the former [[spoiler: only to have him killed in front of her eyes]]. Then she ran away from her wedding, as well.
* RunawayFiancee: Implied in the song, definitely the case in the manga.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: In the manga she is a feisty, strong-willed girl with [[FieryRedhead fiery red hair]] and forest-green eyes.
* SignificantHaircut: She cuts her hair short to disguise herself [[spoiler: after murdering the Masked Man]].
* StarCrossedLovers: With the servant (named Neige in the manga).

!!Savant
-->'''Played by:''' Jimang

One of the characters in the song "Tasogare no Kenja". Borders on SupportingProtagonist of the song.
%%* EccentricMentor
%%* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep
* GoodWithNumbers: Put this guy together with [[Series/SesameStreet The Count]] in a locked room, and we may or not have some serious mathematical breakthroughs, but certainly, everything down to the seconds they'd spent together in that room would be counted.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:''Seisen no Iberia'']]
!!Layla
--> '''Played by:''' YUUKI
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/official_layla_0.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''The chronicles of history race rapidly; choosing an era of pain and sorrow, I took those hands in mine...''[[note]]left: Layla as a human. Right: Layla post-transformation.[[/note]]]]

-->''"Why is it that...ever since...humankind can never sever''
-->''Their malicious chain of repeating conflicts?''
-->''Who should a weakling such as I hate? Ah, somebody...tell me..."''

The album's heroine. She was at first only a normal Spanish girl born from a Muslim father and a Christian mother until the Reconquista broke out in her homeland and the respective opposing forces of her parents' religions [[MalignedMixedMarriage killed each of them]]. Refusing to remain in the dangerous warzone, she recklessly decided to escape her hometown, [[{{Determinator}} barefoot and with nothing but the clothes on her back]]. A patrolling soldier mistook her for an enemy and shot her with a flamed arrow, by which she ended up getting knocked down to a mysterious cave where a certain demon dwells...

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* AnachronismStew: Her post-transformation clothes comes absolutely ''nowhere'' near 14th century fashion, though it's justified considering she's basically an (mostly) immortal demon now.
* ABoyAndHisX: A Girl and Her Ancient Demon. Though her case is arguably far less heartwarming than most examples listed in the trope's page.
* {{Determinator}}: Her decision to escape her DoomedHometown was clearly made in an instant--she only had herself and the clothes on her back. Thankfully, it came with a [[DealWithTheDevil benefit]] of its own.
* DealWithTheDevil: She made a contract with Shaytan to become immortal, at first only to save her own life, but as she spent more time with him [[spoiler: she came to realize that she could use him and the newfound power he gave her to put an end to the Reconquista itself.]]
* EmergencyTransformation: Formed a pact with Shaytan to transform herself into one of his kind in her dying breath. Unlike most examples, though, she is the one who chose to be transformed herself and did so without any hints of desperation whatsoever.
* GirlishPigtails: Her post-transformation hair.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Though Revo made the ending intentionally ambiguous, some fans interpreted that her and Shaytan's way to end the war itself was to let the warring factions unite against them--whom both sides agreed to be malicious monsters who are really humanity's true adversaries.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Repeatedly refers to herself as "weak".
* MagicKiss: This was how she and Shaytan formed their contract.
* MalignedMixedMarriage: Her father was a Muslim. Her mother, a Christian. The family lived happily, but this was 14th century Spain, at the height of religious military campaigns. A happy ending is already out of the question.
* MulticoloredHair: Post-transformation, she sports a half-brown half-fiery red hair.
* PluckyGirl: Has shades of these shown throughout the single. One of the most defining moments was certainly the [[{{Determinator}} rash]] way she escaped her hometown, and also her plan to [[spoiler: put an end to the whole conflict.]]
* SickeninglySweethearts: Though her relationship with Shaytan is shown to be no more than strictly platonic in the original album, fans like to interpret them to be these--most likely because of [[MagicKiss they way their contract was sealed]]. Revo being, well, [[TrollingCreator Revo]], he [[AscendedFanon decided to run with this idea in the 3rd Territorial Expansion live tour]][[labelnote:Explanation]]by having Layla become the dutiful housewife who makes Shaytan his favorite heart-shaped hamburgers while he was away. ''No, seriously''[[/labelnote]].
* TakeAThirdOption: [[spoiler: In the end, she chose not to put an end to either sides of the conflict--she chose to end the war itself.]]
* TakenForGranite: In the official music video for "Ishidatami wo Akeki Akuma", Shaytan turned her briefly into a stone before she emerged as a full-fledged creature of his kind.
* ThanatosGambit: ''Very'' heavily implied to be [[spoiler: how she chose to end the war--the way Shaytan lured them, it seems that they're uniting both the Christians and the Muslims to annihilate ''them'', the demons, whom both sides agreed to be their adversaries since the beginning of time.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: During a live break after singing "Shinryakusuru Mono sareru Mono", she acted like this towards Shaytan. Because he just couldn't be in time [[SickeninglySweethearts to eat the lunch she made him.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She and Shaytan disappeared without a trace in the ending. Master Tsadi lampshaded it. [[spoiler: It's possible that the warring factions, upon their unification at Shaytan's lure, drove them into oblivion.]]

!!Shaytan
--> '''Played by:''' Revo
[[quoteright:200:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/official_shaytaan_9.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:200:''I have been deserted in time, amidst darkness that seemed too long, even forgetting my name--until I saw your light, until you called me forth.'']]

-->''"Should you find it in you the resolution to swallow the bitter poison known as 'cruel eternity',''
-->''Together shall we live."''

A supposedly very ancient demon [[SealedEvilInACan sealed by sages of a bygone era in a cave]] by way of a [[AncientArtifact sacred aqua blue stone]]. The stone was then cast away somewhere unknown, leaving Shaytan to wallow inside complete darkness for ages, [[AndIMustScream completely alive and conscious]]. He spent too long a time in the darkness to the point of almost forgetting his name, until a certain wounded girl stumbled upon his prison...

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* BootsOfToughness: In addition to being a SealedBadassInACan, his boots are ''very'' thick in heels indeed. Not to mention the SpikesOfDoom they had on the front side.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He may or may not be TheDevil himself, but he is a completely neutral character through and through. Layla is the one who ultimately makes the decisions, after all.
* FieryRedhead: Averted. Shaytan's hair is in a burning shade of red, but he hardly ever shows any signs of a prominent emotion.
* TheGiant: Shaytan's a ''tall'' guy. See him looming behind the cast in the cover art? That's not an illusion of perspective; that's just what he literally looks like.
* HornedHumanoid: In tune to how demons are usually portrayed in art.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Him and Layla. They're [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2014_12_15_694087.jpeg past]] being OneHeadTaller.
* LargeHam: Not originally like this in the single; he's subtler in showing his emotions. It's just that Revo had ''too'' much fun playing as him in the 3rd Territorial Expansion concert. Exhibit A:
-->'''Shaytan:''' "Still you ''slaughter'' your own brethren, even now? O, ye humankind!! It is ''I'' who is your true '''[[https://youtu.be/Sm9JFdxLgUg?t=3m37s ENEMYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!]]''' ''*the screen shook and the audience went wild*''
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He looks burlier in the above image, but still fits. In the live, though, Revo's youthful, J-Pop idol singer figure fits the trope's ideal image perfectly.
* MagicKiss: How he sealed Layla's pact with him.
* MirthlessLaughter: When he realized that Layla had basically just called him a "demon".
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: He doesn't seem to harbor any grudges for humanity, and acts only according to his contractor (a.k.a Layla)'s wishes. He does actively tempt Layla into forging the pact with him, but through no malicious means either: he simply reminded her that [[DoomedHometown her hometown is falling apart]], everybody she used to love is slowly dying one by one, then proceeded to question whether she would simply sit still watching the war massacre more innocents.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Has eyes appropriately described by the narrator as "ruby-red". Its left side sports a [[HellishPupils slitted pupil]] while another is an ol' [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing red orb]], in an interesting variation of the MismatchedEyes trope.
* SealedBadassInACan: Shaytan was locked up by sorcerers a long time ago. According to myths, he's supposed to be an evil demon, and his powers are indeed destructive, but he doesn't do anything truly evil in the album.
* TearsOfBlood: Shed these in the music video of "Ishidatami wo Akeki Akuma", for reasons that could only be described as [[RuleOfCool "it looked edgy".]]
* ThanatosGambit: To fulfill Layla's wish of [[spoiler: ending the despicable war itself]], it was suggested in "Shinryakusuru Mono sareru Mono" that Shaytan [[spoiler: lured the warring factions into [[ZeroApprovalGambit uniting against him]], which would most likely result in his and Layla's descent into oblivion since they are both demons, believed by both sides of the conflict to be the source of evil.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: During live breaks, he had this menacing, pragmatic demon persona towards the audience, but in Layla's presence, it's clear that he was trying ''so'' hard to hide the fact that he wants to be [[SickeninglySweethearts at home with her all day]].
* ZeroApprovalGambit: He commanded the warring factions of the Reconquista [[spoiler: into conciliation by reminding them of the larger threat: ''himself'', already the enemy of humanity since they were first created by God. It helps that this is true to both Christian and Islamic beliefs, so it didn't take long for them to put aside their differences.]]

!!Master Tsadi and the Gitana sisters
-->'''Played by:''' Jimang (Master Tsadi), RIKKI (Saránda), REMI (Trin), KAORI (Enjá)
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Let us sing a song of the horrors of war, left untainted by history.''[[note]]From left to right: Master Tsadi, Saránda, Trin, Enjá.[[/note]]]]

--> ''"Many years have we spent wandering endlessly westward.''
--> ''And now, the [[AlbumTitleDrop Crusade of Iberia]] has come. Saránda, Trin, Enjá, do observe carefully the history of this conflict."''

Four vagrants of Spanish [[UsefulNotes/{{Roma}} Romani]] descent, they have been wandering aimlessly ever since they were driven away from their own homeland. Now that the Reconquista have broken out there, they can do nothing but become observers to the conflict between the distant brothers as each sides destroy the very land they want to save, serving as the single's storytellers and GreekChorus.

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* AsTheGoodBookSays: They open the single with the classic tale of Adam, Eve, and [[CainAndAbel their children]] from both [[Literature/TheBible The Book of Genesis]] and Literature/TheQuran, giving the subtle hint that the Christians and the Muslims have essentially the same beliefs, but it is their inherent tendency towards strife as human beings that drove them to fight against each other, just like how Cain murdered Abel. [[note]]But contrary to popular belief, the story of Eve being created from Adam's rib [[ArtisticLicenseReligion doesn't exist anywhere in the Qur'an.]][[/note]]
* BlindSeer: Master Tsadi, despite his blindness, holds a great deal of knowledge surrounding not only the Reconquista in Spain, but also Shaytan's origins.
* TheDrifter: Being members of the oft-persecuted Romani community, they appear to have no place they can call their own.
* FashionableAsymmetry: The Gitana sisters' shoes are mismatched.
* FramingDevice: It is from their eyes that we see the tale of ''Seisen no Iberia'' recounted.
* TheHecateSisters: Saránda is the Crone, Trin is the Mother, and Enjá is the Maiden.
* GreekChorus: They narrate the single with commentaries from their own perspectives and provide interesting historical tidbits surrounding the Reconquista, as well.
* LadyInRed: Trin is the one dressed in bright red.
* RegalRinglets: Despite not being a literal royalty, Saránda's GirlishPigtails are these. Too bad they're replaced by braids in the concert.
* [[UsefulNotes/{{Roma}} Roma]]: They are members of the Spanish diaspora, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people_in_Spain gitano/gitanas]].
* TarotMotifs: Saránda is seen carrying around a deck of tarot cards everywhere with her in artworks. This isn't the case in concerts, perhaps because it will be inconvenient for RIKKI to carry a deck of cards and a microphone in each of her hand.
* WizardBeard: So...it must be hard for Master Tsadi to find a decent shaving knife, huh?

[[/folder]]

[[folder:''Moira'']]

!!Alexei Romanovich Zvolinsky
-->'''Played by:''' Jimang

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[[caption-width-right:108:''[[GratuitousRussian Horosho! Horosho!]]''[[labelnote:translation]]''Wonderful! Wonderful!''[[/labelnote]]]]

-->''"Does Moira wish for a comedy, or a tragedy? Now, I desire to present Myth upon the stage of history once again..."''

The album's FramingDevice. A Russian miner's son-turned-billionaire, he has a grand dream of uncovering the historical truth behind his favorite epic, the ''Elefseya''. Despite jeers and mockery from even the scholarly community, it doesn't look like he's going to give up his dreams anytime soon.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: As of this writing, there seem to be no adaptation that depict him exactly like the plain, stout old man with funny nose on the picture above. He is ''far'' slimmer on the live, and his manga incarnation is [[http://iweb6.mangapicgallery.com/r/newpiclink/moira/1/4057a6e48848eb7ee6fc6127fd5bc0fa.png this dapper gentleman]].
* AdventurerArchaeologist: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Though it's clear that he is fueled by his own overly-idealized view of Ancient Greece, Zvolinsky's archaeological process doesn't seem to involve any other fantastical methods beside digging tirelessly day and night.
* TheAntiNihilist: He acknowledges fully that life is a series of nasty surprises, but that just makes him all the more eager to fight for what he wants, thanks to the ''Elefseya'''s big influence on his life.
* BabiesEverAfter: ''Moira'' ends with the announcement that [[spoiler: he and Eirene are going to have twins on the way.]]
* BigFun: A very jolly, burly man, he recites even the lowest point of his life with comical glee.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His mind is clearly not in the land of reason and logic, but that seems to be what led him to his success.
* {{Expy}}: It won't take one long to figure out that he is essentially a Russian [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Schliemann Heinrich Schliemann]], probably with a bit of HistoricalHeroUpgrade sprinkled on, seeing as Zvolinsky doesn't seem to employ dubious methods like scams or [[StuffBlowingUp dynamites]] to pursue his ambitions like his real-life counterpart allegedly did.
* FramingDevice: We see the album's story through his eyes as he reads the ''Elefseya'', perhaps for the umpteenth time.
* HappilyMarried: With Eirene, in a notable subversion of Sound Horizon's tradition of StarCrossedLovers. However, the matter of whether their happiness will last all depends on how you interpret the implication that [[spoiler: Thanatos is going to embark on his quest to dethrone his mother all over again.]]
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Zvolinsky's backstory as claimed in "Jinsei wa Ireko Ningyou" is so over-the-top tragic that it's more played for BlackComedy than anything else.
* IAmXSonOfY: He is Alexei, son of [[MythologyGag Roman]] Zvolinsky.
* LargeHam: This man SURE loves to ''SHOUT HAPPILYYYYYYY~~~!!!''
* KavorkaMan: For an allegedly "ugly" old man, he sure has a lot of girls fawning over him in the live.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Seems to have lots of brothers and sisters. He's forced to leave them during his early adulthood to look for a job.
* MeaningfulEcho: He turns the ill-fated Leontius' signature quote from "Shiseru Eiyuutachi no Tatakai -Heromachia-" into his own personal reminder to never give up striving for his lifelong dream.
* MayDecemberRomance: From his appearance, he is most likely somewhere in his sixties, while Eirene doesn't look to be even nearing her forties. This actually corresponds to Schliemann's relationship with his second wife Sophia, as the former married the latter when they were 47 and ''17'', respectively.
* MementoMacGuffin: His Russian-translated copy of the ''Elefseya'' is the only thing his mother left him.
* NearDeathExperience: Suffered from this ''twice'' in the manga. The first one was during his youth when he was struck with sickness due to overworking[[note]]this happened to Schliemann in RealLife; he burst a blood vessel trying to lift a heavy barrel like Zvolinsky did[[/note]], and the second one was when he was buried in a landslide during one of his excavations. [[spoiler: Turns out he can also see the shadows of Thanatos' minions, like Elef.]]
* PoirotSpeak: Peppers his speech with random, out-of-place Russian words.
* SelfMadeMan: Like his real-life German counterpart, he also worked his way up to incredible wealth--during the incredibly feudalistic times of Tsarist Russia, no less.
* RagsToRiches: Once the son of a poor miner, his father untimely died in a fatal work accident, forcing his mother to become a prostitute to keep him and his MassiveNumberedSiblings fed. He then had no choice but to leave his siblings for a job as an apprentice to a shop. It is from there he worked his way up to the top of the social ladder until he became the billionaire he is today.
* SonOfAWhore: His mother was forced to become a prostitute after his father died. She, too, died of a fatal illness shortly after.
* UglyGuyHotWife: According to his words, his face is so ugly that his co-workers bullied him relentlessly throughout his youth. Eirene, on the other hand, is a dark-haired beauty with delicate features.

!!Eirene
-->'''Played by:''' Yoshimi Iwasaki (original recording), Azumi Inoue (LIVE)
[[quoteright:142:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eirene.jpg]]

-->''"Even so, you'' will ''not give up, my dear."''

The supportive wife of Alexei Zvolinsky. She admires her husband's determination greatly.

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* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: To her husband. She also dabbles in the silliness herself, actually, from time to time.
* DeadpanSnarker: She sounds weary and sarcastic in the original recording. And the manga also has this quote of hers:
-->'''Eirene:''' If a shovel doesn't get through the thick skulls of those reporters and scholars, their skulls must be completely empty.
* {{Expy}}: Her Greek name and her youthful appearance all but state that she is Sound Horizon's counterpart of [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/Sophia_schliemann_treasure.jpg Sophia Engastromenos]], the second wife of Heinrich Schliemann.
* HappilyMarried: To Zvolinsky, a true rarity in the Sound Horizon universe. It's all up to you, however, to determine whether their happiness will truly last, as [[spoiler: it was implied at the end of the live that Thanatos is going to embark on his failed quest all over again.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: Needless to say, she looks ''very'' young compared to her aging husband. This actually corresponds to Schliemann's relationship with his second wife Sophia, as the former married the latter when they were 47 and ''17'', respectively.
* MusicalisInterruptus: Interrupts her husband's little aria in "Jinsei wa Ireko Ningyou -Matryoshka-".
* MeaningfulName: A sweet, demure lady, her name means "Peace" in Greek.
* PimpedOutDress: An elegant dress with intricate frills, not much but opulent in its own way. Fit for a billionaire's wife.
* TheMuse: It is clear that besides the ''Elefseya'', Eirene is Zvolinsky's greatest inspiration. The manga even has him call her "The Seventh Goddess of Poetry".
* ProperLady: Azumi Inoue's performance as Eirene in the live gave off shades of this. As is Yoshimi Iwasaki in the original recording, though she sounds somewhat more reserved and strict, in contrast to Azumi's more cheerful and expressive portrayal.

!!Moira
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/moira_3.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:A figure from the live tour who many fans interpreted to be Moira herself. [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm The actor changes each day.]]]]
-->''"Nevertheless, go forth and conquer, my children."''

The goddess of fate. As narrated in "Shinwa -Mythos-", she was the first being that emerged from [[VoidBetweenTheWorlds Chaos]], then conceived children who will become elements of the world as we know it, including Death a.k.a Thanatos, her youngest child--hence her moniker, "The Mother of All Life". Although she is a very important character, she never actually appears in the album. However, the album's bonus track "Kami no Hikari -Moira-" seems to have been sung from her perspective.

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* ChekhovsGunman: She had been mentioned as early as ''Seisen no Iberia'' by Enja in "Arasoi no Keifu".
-->'''Enja''': ''In happier times, none realize that the one who quietly turns the cogwheel is'' '''<The Sixth Goddess> [Fate];'''
-->''In unhappier times, they realized too late that the one who cast the world down into gnawing hell is, too,'' '''<The Sixth Goddess> [Fate].'''
* {{Expy}}: The fact that she is basically a Queen of the Gods, ruling over the heavens and all things in the world, is a clear indication that she is derived from ol' [[ClassicalMythology Zeus]], specifically his aspect as Zeus Moiragetes, the ruler of Fate. She is also the Chaos' oldest "child" and a mother deity type, which also bears some resemblance to Gaia.
* TheHighQueen: She is the chief god, the Queen of the Gods, in Sound Horizon's counterpart of Ancient Greece, ruling over humanity's inescapable fate.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: However, some, especially her youngest son, perceive her as a severe, despotic goddess, dishing out an unreasonable amount of misery to just about everybody.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: InUniverse. According to Milos, she is known by two names, Moira and Mira.
* SheWhoMustNotBeSeen
* TrulySingleParent: It is interesting to note that she ''created'' her first three children, and the two children that she bore from her womb she conceived without any male intervention.
* VirginPower: Moira is truly the "Mother of All Life", as she sired the gods and goddesses of the universe without any male intervention whatsoever and doesn't seem to have a consort in sight.
* YouCantFightFate: It's implied that ''every single thing'' happening in this album (or perhaps the Sound Horizon universe as a whole) is all according to her design [[spoiler:, which would mean that Thanatos' whole rebellion is a ShaggyDogStory from the '''very start''']].

!!Thanatos
--> '''Played by:''' Revo
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[[caption-width-right:155:''Be they a king or a slave, a saint or a whore, all shall be loved equally.'']]

-->''"Moira ... if you continue to manipulate lives ... I will continue to save every living being by continuing to bring death to them."''

The god of Death, Moira's aforementioned youngest child. He hates Moira for bringing suffering to humans, so he plans to overthrow her. His first step is to [[KillThemAll lead as many humans to their deaths as possible.]] His second step involves [[NotSoDifferent also]] heaping an inconsiderable amount of suffering to [[TheChosenOne his chosen hero]], Elefseus, so that the latter will come to blame Moira for his suffering and eventually rebel against her.

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: After "Meiou" was sung in the live concert, a body of text showed up in the screen, showing Thanatos' monologue. It stated that the other gods ostracized him due to his nature and duty, which prompts him to question his mother why is he born this way.
* CoolMask: At rare instances he wears [[http://sh-whitecrow.com/wiki/images/7/76/Back.jpg this]] ornate (yet still creepy) mask. In the Moira live, the mask was used to disguise the double performing as him when he and Elef are supposed to be on stage together, since they are both voiced by Revo.
* TheCameo: In the live version of ''Nein'', his face appeared on the stage screen during the last few seconds of "Ai to Iu Na no Toga".
* TheChooserOfTheOne: The one who chose Elef as his champion in fighting against Moira. [[spoiler: Since R.E.V.O. messed his whole plan up in ''Nein'', he chose ''[[BigBad Scorpius]]'' of all people as a replacement, or so it was implied in the live.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: He is dressed head-to-toe in blackish purple and the underworld he ruled over is dark and gloomy, but he had no traditionally "evil" intentions whatsoever.
* TheDreaded: The narrator of Thanatos' IAmSong "Meiou" stated (in [[GratuitousEnglish English]]) that "the living are terrified by the real God of Death". The Japanese translation of this narration states something along the lines of him being "The [[AnthropomorphicPersonification very existence]] of [[TheGrimReaper Death]] feared by humankind".
* {{Expy}}: Sans his ambitions to overthrow Heaven, he is clearly an amalgamation of both [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]]'s Thanatos (who is the son of the Night herself rather than Fate) and Hades, the Lord of the Dead (who is the older brother of the ruler of Heaven rather than his son).
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Of course. They don't get much sunlight down there in Hades.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: He hates Moira for manipulating people's lives and bringing suffering to them, but his plan to overthrow her involves him doing the exact same things to Elef.
* GiantHandsOfDoom: In the live, to match Thanatos' impressive height, Revo also had to wear [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thana.jpg these]] performing as him, too.
* LargeAndInCharge: He towers over ''all'' humans and is King of the whole Underworld.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: The whole plot is kicked off by his wrath towards the rule of his mother, the Goddess of Fate, who resides in the heavens.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He's...''even more'' taller than you would expect, though. As in, two times the average human height.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: {{Fanon}} deems his favorite food to be mayonnaise after a hilarious {{Mondegreen}} following "Meiou"'s teaser.[[labelnote:Explanation]]the line, which is the refrain, was actually "''ayame''tsudzukeru koto de sukuitsudzukeyou" (I shall save [humanity] by taking their lives away), but some fans got "''MAYONEEZU'' tsukeru koto de sukuitsudzukeyou" (I shall save [humanity] by putting mayonnaise over them) in their ears instead. What a ''delicious'' plan, Thanatos.[[/labelnote]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He may have been heaping a lot of shit upon Elef's life, but all he wanted to come out of it in the end was justice for the mortals whom Moira has undeservedly bestowed miserable lives upon.


!!Mu and Phi
-->'''Played by:''' REMI (Mu), Ayaka Naitou (original recording)/Mari Endou (LIVE) (Phi)
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[[caption-width-right:222:''All of you, too, shall come to know that none is fair in this world, except him.'']]

-->''"[Thanatos] loves you as much as he loves us."''

Two mysterious young girls who are most likely Thanatos' closest attendants, named after the 12th (Mu) and 21st (Phi) [[GratuitousGreek letters of the Greek alphabet]]. Mu is the ponytailed one, while Phi is the braided one.

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* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: They are named after two of the letters from the Greek alphabet, Just like Thanatos' other (more skeletal) attendants.
* CreepyDoll: Never explicitly stated, but look very closely at the way they move in the live. At some moments it perfectly matches Thanatos' hand movements, making them akin to string puppets. This is actually the case when they're performing the encore of "Kowareta Marionette", as they fill in the role of the titular doll with Thanatos as their puppetmaster.
* CreepyTwins: Even creepier in that ''we know absolutely nothing about them''.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Just like Thanatos. Hades, after all, is not exactly a place where the sun can shine through.
* ElegantGothicLolita: They wear something resembling this even though they are mythical beings from Ancient Greece. Though they get a pass since they're exactly not of this world.
* GreekChorus: To Thanatos, the same way the Harmonias are for the rest of the track after "Jinsei wa Ireko Ningyou -Matryoshka-". These girls only appear in one track, though.
* PeekABangs: Which mirror each other.
* SatelliteCharacter: All we know of them is that they're loyal to Thanatos and nothing more.
* VocalDissonance: They have the look of cute young girls, but are voiced by soprano women. It's very eerie.
* WhiteMaskOfDoom: Made from the bones of human eye sockets.

!!The Harmonias / Six Sister Goddesses of Poetry
-->'''Played by:''' MIKI (Ionia), REMI (Doria), Haruka Shimotsuki (Phrygia), Ayaka Naitou (original recording)/Mari Endou (LIVE) (Lydia), KAORI (Aeolia), YUUKI (Locria)
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[[caption-width-right:350:''The Genesis had begun to be played, in an era where Mythos flourished.''[[note]]From left to right: Ionia, Doria, Phrygia, Lydia, Aeolia, Locria[[/note]]]]

-->''"Who are the narrators? We are the narrators.''
-->''Who are the singers? We are the singers."''

The six goddesses of poetry who are daughters of Harmonia, one of the oldest goddesses in ''Moira'''s pantheon. They serve little purpose to the story proper besides singing of the events that transpired within it.

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* AnachronismStew: Lace incongruously adorn their white capes, which would not even be discovered late in the Middle Ages, and they have hairs that come out of modern Japanese salons (especially Lydia, Ionia and Locria, the latter two of which sports the clearly-Japanese HimeCut). [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as they are goddesses and thus do not exactly live in a fixed time like us.
* BlueEyes: All of them uniformly sport these.
* {{Expy}}: Of the Muses, who are often invoked by classical writers to help them recite their tales.
* FlowerInHerHair: Each of them wore a crown of flowers that differ by their respective color schemes.
* GreekChorus: To the whole album after "Jinsei wa Ireko Ningyou".
* HimeCut: Locria and Ionia. Ionia's is a [[{{Pun}} straight]] example, though Locria's has short, rounded sidecuts surrounding her face.
* MeaningfulName: Their names are derived from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionia#/media/File:Map_Anatolia_ancient_regions-en.svg ancient Anatolian regions.]]
* OjouRinglets: Doria's hair, though only on the front side.
* StatuesqueStunner: If you squint, you will realize that in the picture above Aeolia (the second one from the right) is the tallest of her sisters. Her singer, Kaori Oda, [[RealitySubtext is]] the tallest female singer in Moira.
* ThemeNaming: They are all named after musical modes, as do their colors represent said modes.


!!Elefseus ("Elef") / Amethystos
-->'''Played by:''' Revo (adult), Creator/{{Yukana}} (child)
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[[caption-width-right:150:''Life is something to be lost.'']]

-->''"Despite all mortals being pitiful slaves of Fate,''
-->''They enslave each other nonetheless; what a dry farce!"''

The protagonist of the whole album. He used to lead a happy life with his twin sister, Misia, and his parents, Polydeuces and Elphina, until [[BigBad Scorpius]] suddenly barged into their home, killed them, and sold the kids into slavery. [[CosmicPlaything Ever since then, his life has been nothing but endless misery]] with very little moments of refuge. That's certainly one way to put it.

In ''Nein'', he reappears with Misia on track 7, "Ai to Iu Nano Toga".

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* AngstySurvivingTwin: Misia's death in "Shiseru Otome, Sono Te ni wa Suigetsu -Parthenos-" is pretty much his last straw in bearing with all the trials and tribulations Moira gave him.
* AlternateContinuity: Instead of the liberator of slaves, invulnerable warrior, and vessel for the God of Death he was in ''Moira'', in ''Nein'' he [[spoiler: is this goofy young man who couldn't be bothered to care less about the slaves whose fate he shared once. Granted, he's implied to have become a pirate mate, but with Misia alive, his purpose has been completed; what more should he do besides taking care of her?]]
* AnimalMotifs: The wolf, symbolizing his loneliness, and the bird, symbolizing his desire for freedom.
* {{Arcadia}}: He and Misia used to literally live here, specifically its idyllic, mountainous region.
* BadassCape: That cape he wore--the ''chlamys''--whether worn as Elefseus or [[spoiler: Amethystos]], never fails to make him look so cool.
* TheChosenOne: It sure as Hades ''ain't'' a good thing for him.
* CosmicPlaything: And it happens for ''a reason''. His misery is part of [[TheChooserOfTheOne Thanatos']] plans to sabotage his mother's reign.
* DeathWail: When he finds Misia's body, as [[GrayRainOfDepression raindrops, soft thunder growls,]] and a [[PlayingTheHeartStrings sombre violin piece play in the background.]] [[TearJerker It's as heartbreaking as you thought it'd be.]]
-->'''Elef:''' '''''[[SkywardScream UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!]]''''' ''[[SayMyName MISIAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!]]''
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Nein'', he's relegated to the position of deuteragonist [[spoiler: as Misia gets the spotlight.]]
* DistantDuet: With Misia, first in "Shiseru Monotachi no Monogatari -Istoria-" and then in "Shiseru Otome, Sono Te ni wa Suigetsu -Parthenos-". The latter is a rather heartbreaking example since despite them technically being beside each other, Misia has already become a ghost and, in the live concert, Elef is unable to see her.
* TheDreaded: As Amethystos, he becomes this for Hellenes, as famed heroes easily fall left and right on his sword.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Without context, you'd think that LongHairedPrettyBoy above is a really pretty girl.
* {{Expy}}: His character seems to have been derived from several notable figures both in ClassicalMythology and classical history:
** He and Misia are twins [[spoiler: with a DivineParentage, but Misia dies during the course of the story, while he is elevated to an almost godlike status by a divine figure a.k.a Thanatos]], and they are symbolized by the constellation Gemini, which should remind you of the Dioscouri a.k.a Castor and Pollux.
** He is a [[spoiler: half-divine]], invulnerable, dreaded warrior with terrible powers granted by a divine figure, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge driven to a massive quest for vengeance after the death of his loved one]], and the main protagonist of the whole epic/album. Elef is clearly a dead ringer for [[Literature/TheIliad Achilles]]. The manga even opens with [[http://iweb6.mangapicgallery.com/r/newpiclink/moira/1/68a796079af55c915a4df588308b67eb.png this]].
** His rage at Misia's [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice]] at the hands of Scorpius is reminiscent of Clytemnestra's when her daughter Iphigenia is sacrificed to Artemis by her own husband, Agamemnon.
** And lastly, the fact that he, a former slave, liberated his former comrades and made them his army is clearly a homage to Spartacus, the famous gladiator from Thrace and leader of the infamous slave rebellion against the Roman Empire.
* {{Foil}}: He ultimately became this to Misia as he underwent a drastic CharacterDevelopment upon her death. Unlike the latter, Elef [[ScrewDestiny finds it hard to just sit by and endure rounds of ridiculous hardships just because "it's fate"]]; that way, he felt like no more than a slave bound by the leash of his master, which is what he actually was during childhood.
* HollywoodCostuming: When designing his battle attire as Amethystos, yokoyan clearly took a ''lot'' of liberties from what is expected from a traditional Ancient Greek armor. No helmet to be seen, using ''dual swords'' instead of the standard [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Greek-Persian_duel.jpg shield and sword]], not to mention wearing what seems to be [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ame.png a pair of pants on his legs]]. Even when seen from the viewpoint that he [[spoiler: isn't siding with the Greeks, but the Barbaroi[[note]]Revo's FantasyCounterpartCulture of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hittites Hittites]][[/note]]]], his armor is still [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/88/4a/87/884a8786870ab3423b94ba4fe2051915.jpg far off]] from their actual stuffs.
* ImplacableMan: Amethystos, since he is backed by ''Death himself''.
* LargeHam: He began throwing this onwards from "Shiseru Otome, Sono Te ni wa Suigetsu".
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: His hair reaches shoulder-length, and his facial features differ very little from Misia's delicate ones. Just look at the above image.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: He's not a "big brother" per se as he and Misia are twins and Revo never specified which one is older, but he fits the trope all the same, as he would not hesitate to destroy all of Hellenes if it is to avenge Misia's death.
* MadeASlave: After his [[spoiler: foster]] parents are killed, Scorpius' goons sold him and Misia into the slave market. He is then bought as a public slave, tasked with the hard labor of building Ilion's massive rampart.
* MeaningfulRename: When he invades Ilion as retribution for Misia's death, he changes his name to Amethystos.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: He is usually portrayed to behave like this around men who even merely ''asks'' about Misia during live tour intermezzos. This makes perfect sense as she is the priestess to a goddess who requires her women-only followers to remain a virgin.
* NayTheist: His attitude towards Moira--he in fact ''hates'' her for constantly bestowing upon him an immeasurable amount of suffering. What he fails to realize is that the one bringing him the most misfortune is actually ''Thanatos'', as Elef's life is part of his gambit to overthrow his mother.
* PurpleEyes: He has these, which is bizarre considering his biological family has either [[GreenEyes green]] or [[BrownEyes brown]] eyes. Though in Elef's own case, it's fitting since he's Thanatos' chosen champion, and the latter's color scheme is purple--the color of Death in Japanese culture.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Misia's death prompted him on a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge bloody quest of revenge]] against all of Hellenes, and, later, the Mother of All Life herself.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After Misia's death.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Raised in a very harsh environment as a child slave, young Elef already knew how to cuss vulgarly and stab a man in the back. However, said man undoubtedly deserved it since he tried to rape his twin sister.
* VillainProtagonist: His CharacterDevelopment in "Doreitachi no Eiyuu [[{{Leitmotif}} -Elefseus-]]" pretty much cements him as this.

!!Artemisia ("Misia")
--> '''Played by''': Creator/MinamiKuribayashi
--> '''Portrayed by''': Tomoyo Kurosawa (child, live concert)
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[[caption-width-right:116:''Do not grieve, for even the most fleeting light is a gift bestowed by Moira.'']]

-->''"In order to test us, the heavens showered us with nothing but trials.''
-->''At that...we mortals have no choice but to simply accept them without question..."''

Elefseus' twin sister. She is shown to be a [[PluckyGirl tomboy, cheerful girl]] during childhood, but subsequent traumatic events mellowed her out [[BreakTheCutie drastically]]. In contrast to Elef, however, she never cursed her fate for being the way it is, instead remaining as determined as ever.

In ''Nein'', she reappears with Elef on track 7, "Ai to Iu Nano Toga".

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* {{Astrologer}}: She is imbued with the special power of predicting people's fates by reading the stars. [[spoiler: This is how she came to foresee her death, as she saw the constellation of Virgo being turned upside-down.]]
* AttemptedRape: The [[PedophilePriest depraved]] priest of Anemos the Wind God, Nestor, came very, ''very'' close to having his way with her until Elef (most likely) stabbed him in the back.
* {{Arcadia}}: She and Elef used to literally live here, specifically its idyllic, mountainous region.
* AscendedExtra: She isn't really an extra in ''Moira'', being its deuteragonist and all, [[spoiler: but she did took her brother's place in ''Nein'' as the principal protagonist.]]
* TheAntiNihilist: As taught by Sophia, Misia came to dislike making a fuss about everything that has transpired in her life, as she believes that they are all gifts from Moira.
* BrokenBird: Downplayed. She is prevented from breaking ''too much'' by Sophia, who taught her that hardship is something to be both embraced and endured.
* DistantDuet: With Elef, first in "Shiseru Monotachi no Monogatari -Istoria-" and then in "Shiseru Otome, Sono Te ni wa Suigetsu -Parthenos-". The latter is a rather heartbreaking example since despite them technically being beside each other, Misia has already become a ghost and, in the live concert, Elef is unable to see her.
* DullSurprise: In the original album's main concert, Minami Kuribayashi's performance as Misia was adorned by a very...bored gaze. Even when she was ''about to be stabbed to death''. Misia may be demure and quiet, but not to ''that'' extent. Observe the Moira live footages of "Hoshi Megami no Miko" and "Shiseru Otome, Sono Te ni wa Suigetsu." Thankfully, Minami gets more and more better by each appearances until this ultimately got subverted in ''Nein'''s concert.
* {{Expy}}: Like her brother and most characters from the album, she is an amalgamation of several notable figures from Classical history and mythology:
** She and Elef are twins [[spoiler: with a DivineParentage,]] but she dies during the course of the story, while her brother is elevated to an almost godlike status by a divine figure a.k.a. Thanatos, and they are symbolized by the constellation Gemini, which should remind you of the Dioscouri a.k.a Castor and Pollux.
** Her sacrifice, conducted to further a single man's power-hungry ambitions, is eerily reminiscent of Iphigenia's sacrifice by her own father, Agamemnon, so that he can advance his ship to attack Troy.
** She is the protagonist's most treasured person, his closest relative; her death drives him into murderous, unstoppable rage. [[Literature/TheIliad Patroclus]], anyone?
** She is [[spoiler: an oracle forcibly abducted from a temple after foreseeing her own death, much like Cassandra from the myths (not to be confused with the Cassandra from this album).]]
* FamousLastWords: ''"That...voice..."'' as she realized who had killed her. It's the same man who had slaughtered her family and made her life miserable in the first place.
** Her last words proper before ceasing to appear from the story altogether is ''"Farewell...farewell, my other self."''[[labelnote:in Greek]]''"Αντίο…αντίο…το μισο μου"''[[/labelnote]]
* {{Foil}}: She ultimately became this for Elef as he underwent a drastic CharacterDevelopment upon her death. Unlike Elef, she wholeheartedly believed until the end that [[YouCantFightFate no men can ever change whatever path Moira has destined for them]]; though instead of cursing its inevitability, they should brave whatever is coming their way as having a life, in itself, had been the most precious gift she can ever give.
* HeroicSacrifice: Offered herself in place of her friend Phyllis as sacrifice for the Water God.
* HollywoodCostuming: That white tunic she wears underneath her purple robe? In the live concert, it's actually a two-piece top and skirt (which in itself is already bizarre in Ancient Greece) with ''[[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1_69.jpg puffed sleeves]]'', ''[[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2_27.jpg lace, and buttons at the front]]''.
* MadeASlave: After her [[spoiler: foster]] parents are killed, Scorpius' goons sold her and Elef into the slave market. For Misia, this ''technically'' happened temporarily, as she is then bought as an apprentice to the [[HighClassCallGirl hetairai]][[note]]who are by no means [[SexSlave sex slaves]] as they are paid very highly and are rewarded with a place equal to men in society[[/note]]. Nonetheless, it is all but stated during several key moments that she is never comfortable with this, let alone having consented to it.
* MeaningfulName: She is fond of looking at the reflection of the moon on the surface of a body of water. Her namesake is derived from the goddess of the moon in the original [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]].
* NiceGuy: Female version. You can't really say otherwise of her when she offers herself as a HumanSacrifice in place of her friend and mentor.
* PluckyGirl: From what little we can see of her child self in "Unmei no Futago", she seems to be the tomboyish, braver twin [[BreakTheCutie before her parents were killed and she was made a slave]]. After getting through all of those ordeals, only to end up getting shipwrecked, she turns quiet and demure. [[spoiler: For the first half of "Ai to Iu Nano Toga" in ''Nein'', she got her kicks back.]]
* PurpleEyes: She has these, which is bizarre considering her biological family has either [[GreenEyes green]] or [[BrownEyes brown]] eyes.
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Her hair's got...bits of [[MulticoloredHair purple streaks]]...but she fits nonetheless.

!!Leontius
-->'''Played by:''' Takashi Utsunomiya

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[[caption-width-right:235:''Now, who is it we must fight, and who is it we must protect?'']]

-->''[[ArcWords "Fate may be cruel, but don't you fear Her,]]''
-->''[[ArcWords For Moira will certainly never bestow Her smile upon those who do not fight!"]]''

The first prince of Arcadia. He [[DivineParentage inherited]] the blood of the Thunder God, and as such is able to wield his mighty spear, which makes him a famed warrior throughout Hellenes. He is devoted to the gods and is an honorable warrior, as shown by his firm refusal to strike down the already-defeated Queen Alexandra in battle.

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* AnimalMotifs: The lion, representing his valor.
* TheChosenOne: The oracles prophesied that "The One who masters the thunder shall rule the world". Leontius being a direct descendant of the Thunder God and able to wield his spear, the world is naturally led to believe that this hero is him. [[spoiler: But the thing is, he has two other siblings born from the same mother, taken away just after their birth to escape King Demetrius' death orders following a doomed prophecy. That first prophecy later came back in a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] and bit him in the arse as he realized too late that his long-lost younger sibling--Elef--[[TheChosenMany can also master the thunder]], and he's just been [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge pissed off]] big time.]]
* DivineParentage: He is descended from the Thunder God. [[spoiler: So are Elef and Misia, his biological siblings.]]
* {{Expy}}: Wait, wait. Is Leontius basically the noble-hearted prince of a land famous for its impenetrable walls [[spoiler: who then dies impaled by a spear at the hands of the VillainProtagonist]]? Sounds like [[Literature/TheIliad Hector]], doesn't it? In ''Moira'', thankfully, Leontius is unmarried, childless, [[spoiler: and dies with the rest of his family (sans Elef, natch), including his mother]], making the aftermath a tiny, tiny, ''[[RuleOfThree tiny]]'' bit less shittier.
* HeroAntagonist: Much like [[Literature/TheIliad the character he's derived from]] above.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Killed by his own spear which is thrown by Amethystos a.k.a [[spoiler: Elef]], who also shares the blood of the Thunder God and thus able to wield it.
* IAmXSonOfY: Before engaging in his DuelToTheDeath with Amethystos, he is given the courtesy to introduce himself as Leontius, son of the hero-king Demetrius.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: This is his sole motivation to participate in wars. He's clearly not pleased with his duty.
* MulticoloredHair: Brown with a blond streak.
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: TheReveal that [[spoiler: Elef]] is really his long-lost sibling hit him just a few seconds before he bites the dust. Ouch.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: As is what royals in Ancient Greece were expected to become. They were encouraged to participate in the glory of battle, since [[BloodKnight at the time it is seen to be more honorable to die at war than at home]], though in Leontius' case this is more [[IDidWhatIHadToDo a daunting obligation]] than anything else. He would rather do something else other than shed blood, yet can see no other viable choices as the world is at an extreme period of civil unrest.
* VocalDissonance: He is voiced by a ''51-year-old man''.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Where the hell is he in ''Nein'', anyway? [[spoiler: Many fans speculated that R.E.V.O. altered the circumstances of Scorpius' schemes and makes it possible for the latter to defeat Leontius in battle, as he is shown to hold his spear during the duel sequence with Orion.]] Many fans had a field day hounding him for missing out on all the fun. [[https://twitter.com/Leosako/status/702516484556267521 One of them is this one]].
* WouldntHitAGirl:
-->"I, Leontius, do not possess a spear that pierces women."

!!Milos
-->'''Played by:''' Jimang
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[[caption-width-right:111:''We shall sing of those destined to die.'']]

-->''"Stand up, o, friend of mine, and awaken to your own horizon!"''

Elef's mentor, he is a blind poet whom young Elef used to accompany as the latter wandered across Greece in search of his estranged twin sister. He is the one who authored the ''Elefseya'', the epic which serves as the FramingDevice of the album.

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* {{Astrologer}}: Like Misia, it seems he also had the ability to read the stars.
* AsYouKnow: His appearance in "Haruka Chiheisen no Kanata e -Horizontas-" revolves around him explaining the mythology and pantheon of ''Moira'''s universe to Elef.
* BlindMusician: He is a blind poet.
* {{Expy}}: A poet whose greatest work is a book of epic poetry? Check. Blind? Check. Yup, there's no mistaking it--he is Revo's version of [[Creator/{{Homer}} Homer]] sans ''[[Literature/TheOdyssey The Odyssey]]'' and the ambiguous authorship.
** In an InUniverse example, he bears a great resemblance to Alexei Zvolinsky.
* EyesAlwaysShut: In artworks. In the live, he has [[ProphetEyes completely white eyes.]]
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: The ''Elefseya'' is based on historical events, told from the perspective of the poet who used to be its protagonist's mentor.
* TheMentor: The one who nurtured young Elef into adulthood. Unlike Sophia, Milos encouraged Elef to believe in his own convictions and indoctrinated into him none of his own philosophical perspectives.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He left Elef for the region of Brontesium just as Elef was about to reach his early adulthood. He is then never heard of again, though the fact that the story within ''Elefseya'' continues to chronicle Elef's life past their separation would imply that he is still alive somewhere.

!!Sophia
-->'''Played by:''' Yoshimi Iwasaki (original recording), Azumi Inoue (LIVE)
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[[caption-width-right:121:''Love is not a slave for use in bed, nor is it a tool to conceive a child.'']]

-->''"Please, become a [flower] <woman> blooming beautifully in this world, stronger than anyone, without fear, hesitation, envy, nor resentment."''

Misia's mentor, she is the famous poetess of Lesbos and a priestess of the Star Goddess Astraea, hence her epitaph, "The Holy Woman" ([[GratuitousEnglish "consecrated female"]] in the narration). Sophia is a wise woman who appreciates the world the way it is and prefers not to curse it for not being what it could be, as she believes that [[YouCantFightFate the thread of Moira is not spun by men.]]

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* AmbiguouslyGay: She is an {{Expy}} of Sappho, after all, and lives in seclusion on an island surrounded by young women. Every time she sings about women, you can't help but feel all the [[LesYay hints]] strewn about:
-->(In "Seinaru Shijin no Shima -Lesbos-") ''The girl's cheeks shone brilliantly in a rosy hue, how beautiful it is''
-->''But the young bud is drenched in sorrow, yet to be open''

-->(In "Shiseru Otome Sono Te ni wa Suigetsu -Parthenos-") ''The duration in which young maidens finally bloom in sweet fragrance is short''
-->''However, with glowing lips they sung of their crimson love; for them to scatter beautifully is, too, their life.''
* TheAntiNihilist: This is ultimately how she perceives the world, and then she passed this wisdom on to Misia, cementing her personality as a graceful, yet nonetheless brave girl.
--> ''You may cry about how difficult it is, how painful it is, how much you don't want it--but ultimately, the white thread is spun not by men.''
* CelibateHero: By the time she met Misia, she doesn't seem to have the time to devote herself to romance anymore.
* ChekhovsGun: Is mentioned in a passing by Cassandra a track earlier in "Shi to Nageki no Kaze no Miyako -Ilion-".
* {{Expy}}:
** As stated above, she is based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sappho Sappho]], the famous poetess also from Lesbos whose homoerotic poetry helped associate her name and the island's with the female sexual identity. Though in this album, her sexuality is never explicitly shown or stated, instead highlighting her intelligence, beauty and wisdom.
** In an in-universe example, she bears a strong resemblance to Eirene, the wife of Alexei Zvolinsky.
* TheLostLenore: She used to have someone who is very dear to her, but they have since passed away.
* MeaningfulName: Her name means "wisdom".
* TheMentor: The one who educated and nurtured Misia into adulthood.
* ProperLady: Very graceful, beautiful, and a scholar+priestess+poetess to boot. No wonder Zvolinsky equates his wife to her.
* RedBaron: "The Holy Woman". In the manga, when praising his wife, Zvolinsky equates her to Sophia, whom he calls "The Seventh Goddess of Poetry", alluding to the six Harmonia sisters--just like how her RealLife counterpart Sappho is nicknamed "The Tenth Muse".
* SomethingAboutARose: Adorns her dress with roses, and is shown admiring roses in the regular edition cover art.
* WomanInWhite: As befitting her image as a pure, chaste and wise woman.

!!Scorpius
-->'''Played by:''' Creator/NorioWakamoto (speaking voice), Masashi Ōyama (live performance)
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-->''"It is '''I''' who shall become King of the world."'''

One of the biggest antagonists of the story, heavily implied to be the illegitimate child of King Demetrius. He resented Leontius' royal bloodline, even going as far as to call Queen Isadora a "whore". Bottling that hatred deep inside him, he embarked on an ambitious quest to conquer the world, leaving many dead in his wake.

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* AffablyEvil: At least he had the courtesy to give Polydeuces and Elphina a decent burial after butchering them in front of their foster kids.
* AmbitionIsEvil: His ambition is to conquer all of Hellenes, maybe even ''the world'', and his way of getting it is not nice.
* BastardBastard: Born of a concubine, envious, scheming, and positively sociopathic.
* BigBad: The only character that comes closest to this trope, as you can see from everything he committed above.
* BloodKnight: His use in force stops at nothing if it gets what he wants.
* EvilRedhead: His hair is a solid, burning red, not to mention being shaped [[VisualPun like a scorpion's tail]].
* EvilLaugh: Being voiced by the great Creator/NorioWakamoto, it shouldn't be a surprise that he pulled this off magnificently. [[spoiler: Even more so in ''Nein'', seeing as he had conquered Hellenes and its neighboring territories.]]
* SonOfAWhore: He is the son of the king and one of his concubines, which is why he is not accepted as a legitimate heir.

!!Cassandra and Melissa
-->'''Played by:''' MIKI (Cassandra) and Haruka Shimotsuki (Melissa)
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[[caption-width-right:177:''Do not take us for fools; what you have there is not love!'']]

-->''"Ah, though we were once pitiful slaves...''
-->''We are now fully blooming roses--the superior courtesans, Hetaira!"''

Two [[HighClassCallGirl hetairai]] who bought young Misia from the slave market and took her under their wings.

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* CuteBruiser: Melissa is implied to be one, if her boasting to Misia that her fist ''spits fire'' is indeed anything to go by.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: They used to be slaves. But it does not matter to them, because they're pretty and fabulous now!
* DontYouDarePityMe: Are not fond of being pitied for being what they are, as they ''love'' it.
* {{High Class Call Girl}}s: They are ''hetairai'', which is AncientGreece's version of this trope.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Belittles other prostitutes despite offering sexual services themselves. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as uncomfortable as it may sounds, since besides being as different from 'regular' prostitutes [[InsistentTerminology (NOT courtesans)]] as night and day are, the Hetairai possess far higher statuses among women in Greek city-states [[note]]excluding Sparta [[/note]], ''even the noble ones''. They are educated as high as a woman at that time could, and are allowed to partake in scholarly discussions and votings, to boot.
* LadyInRed: Cassandra. In the live concert at least. In official artworks, she wore [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple Tyrian purple]].
* MeaningfulName: Fans of Myth/ClassicalMythology know, or will know sooner or later, that Cassandra was that priestess who was [[CassandraTruth cursed]] by Apollo for [[DisproportionateRetribution refusing to have sex with him]]. Melissa, meanwhile, was a nymph who fed baby Zeus honey after Rhea hid him away from Kronos in the island of Crete.
* PeekABangs: Cassandra's hair.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Melissa is dressed in a bright blue tunic.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: They only appear during the opening sequence of "Shi to Nageki no Kaze no Miyako - Ilion-" and was mentioned by absolutely nobody afterwards, not even Misia.

!!Alexandra
-->'''Played by:''' Creator/HoukoKuwashima

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-->''"You please me, Leontius. You will become mine someday...don't ever forget that!"''

The queen of Amazon. She seems to harbor an admiration for Leontius [[DefeatMeansFriendship after]] [[LoveAtFirstPunch he spared her]] in the battle between the Kingdom of Arcadia and her tribe.

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* ActionGirl: Only in one track. And even in that she appears only to get herself defeated by Leontius. See FauxActionGirl below.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: She falls for Leontius after he defeats her in combat, but refuses to kill her.
* BarbarianHero: Female version. She is, after all, Queen of the ''Amazons''.
* BareYourMidriff: Complete with a nonsensical [[ChainmailBikini bikini-styled]] leather armor! This is done likely to reflect her 'barbarian queen' image.
* BladeOnAStick: The weapon she carries.
* CoolCrown: She wears her laurel crown even in battle.
* DroppedABridgeOnHer: Her death comes completely out of the blue.
* {{Expy}}: Possibly of Amazon princess Penthesilea, as both participated in the Trojan War (Alexandra in its {{Expy}}) yet was subsequently killed by the respective war's greatest heroes. In Penthesilea's case, it was Achilles, and in Alexandra's case, [[spoiler: it was Amethystos.]]
* FauxActionGirl: She is purportedly the warrior-queen of the Amazons, but all of her appearances (which, if combined, amounts to less than 30 seconds) showcase her only getting defeated--and later killed--by the male characters.
* HowDareYouDieOnMe: Her words to [[spoiler: Leontius]], as she herself marched in a rage to her own death [[spoiler: at Amethystos' hands.]]
* MeaningfulName: "Alexandra" is the feminine form of "Alexander", which bears the meaning "defender of men."
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Her introduction amounted to exactly ''15 seconds'', and she kicks the bucket the second time we see her.


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[[folder:''Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido'' and ''Märchen'']]
!!Märchen von Friedhof
-->'''Played by''': Revo
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[[caption-width-right:332:''[[CatchPhrase Come, sing of it to me.]]''[[note]]left: Märchen in the titular album. Right: Märchen in ''Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido''.[[/note]]]]

-->''[[ArcWords "At that shining era in which you are presently smiling,]]''
-->''[[ArcWords Without a grudge for anyone, without a grudge for dying, we will certainly reunite."]]''

The story's VillainProtagonist. A sadistic [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]] haunting a mysterious well, he takes delight in bestowing horrible punishments to people, regardless whether [[DisproportionateRetribution they really deserve it]] and whether [[MisplacedRetribution the revenge is aimed at the right person]]. After all, he's simply avenging his "clients", who are similarly called forth by the Well to the boundary of life and death.

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* AmnesiacLover: He only remembers the feeling that he loved someone and that he also was loved by someone, but the "seven dead princesses" ([[spoiler: with the exception of Elisabeth]]) tell him that this was only his imagination.
* AnachronismStew: His attire evokes the image of early 19th-century Regency era fashion...but the story is set during the Protestant Reformation, which happened in the mid-16th century. Considering his nature, it's insignificant, though.
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: In his original identity as [[spoiler: März von Ludowing]], he was a kind-hearted idealist who [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil didn't even understand the concept of evil]]. Now, he's a vengeance-obsessed, cynical sadist.
* CatchPhrase:
** ''"Why did you come across this boundary? Come, sing of it to me."''
** ''"I see. That is how you came to be _____ed."''
** And the most famous one of all: ''"Come, shall we begin our revenge play?/it is the beginning of our revenge play!"''
* ChainedByFashion: Both of his arms are bound with severed chains. In his ''Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido'' attire this extends to his legs.
* CheshireCatGrin: You may not see it, but he is smiling like this in the left part of the image above if you look very closely.
* ContemplateOurNavels: In the live, he simply stood speechless as [[spoiler: Elisabeth]] reminded him of their childhood days.
* TheComicallySerious: Yes, he is a creepy ghost. Yes, his hobby is making people die the goriest deaths imaginable. And, yes, he very much thinks HumansAreBastards. That doesn't mean he's exempt from [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/memorial32_748x1025_copy.jpg having fun with hand puppets!]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: He's a vengeful ghost, sure, but once he's reunited with his memory, we get to see what he actually is: [[spoiler: a naive young boy]].
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Well, he's a ''ghost''.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He is very courteous and gentlemanly to the Seven Dead Princesses, his clients. He even gave the Well Girl some time to have fun first before contemplating her vengeance against her stepfamily! If you are his target, though...well, pray you will at least die quickly.
* GhostAmnesia: Not even a trace of memory was left in him when he first woke up. [[spoiler: Makes sense, since he's basically two people in one body.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: After he [[spoiler: regains his memories]].
* HellIsThatNoise: His speech is filtered with unsettling static.
* LoveRedeems: His reunion with [[spoiler: Elisabeth completely reverts him back into his innocent März persona.]]
* MeaningfulEcho: During the last few seconds of "Gyoukou no Uta", [[spoiler:a repented]] Märchen, [[spoiler: already gaining his memories back,]] repeated a certain young boy's phrase:
-->'''Märchen:''' [[spoiler: Mommy, the light is warm, isn't it.]]
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Red and black are the colors of a twilight sky, which is the domain of the Well, so it comes off as no surprise that this would be Märchen and Elise's color scheme.
* SophisticatedAsHell: He speaks in a [[{{Keigo}} very polite Japanese dialect]], but that doesn't stop him from cursing people under one breath.
-->'''Märchen:''' Come now, these idiots are about to ruin everything. If your pure heart is ready, my fair princess?
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: It makes any artwork that clearly shows his face look ''very'' unsettling, as the gold color fades into the white of his sclera.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Oh, yes. He is Hiver Laurant's contender as Sound Horizon's hottest male character, [[LooksLikeCesare pale ashen gray skin and sunken eyes]] be damned.
* UndeathlyPallor: Just look above. UpToEleven in the live, where Revo's skin was literally colored ''as white as paper''. [[https://youtu.be/c88RIvvsafw?t=1m42s Behold.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler: He is actually März von Ludowing, after all, who doesn't even understand the very concept of malice.]]
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler: Until he regains his memories.]]

!!Elise
-->'''Played by:''' Creator/SakiFujita (speaking voice), [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune]] (singing voice)
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[[caption-width-right:163:''I am a doll that sings of murderous intent, in the depths of this forest that leads to a well...'']]

-->''"Let's continue our revenge together forever and ever!"''

A [[CreepyDoll walking, talking, child-sized doll]] who also happens to be Märchen von Friedhof's companion. She is as vengeful and sadistic as Märchen is, perhaps even more, and in fact is the one who [[LadyMacbeth urged him]] to begin his sick parade of revenge in the first place. She loves Märchen ''[[ClingyJealousGirl very]]'' much, and would [[{{Yandere}} snap]] should she sees any hint of him trying to leave her.

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* BlackComedy: Some of the terrible things she says at the end of the Seven Dead Princesses' songs can come across as this.
* TheCameo: Appears [[spoiler: during the [[TheStinger last few seconds]] of ''Nein'''s 8th track "Wasure na Tsukiyo".]]
* ChainedByFashion: On her headdress and skirt.
* ChildHater: To her, they're nothing but [[KidsAreCruel scheming, shameless liars]]. This she said as a [[{{Irony}} child-sized, squeaky-voiced little doll whose hobby is planning grisly deaths without any second thoughts]].
* ClingyJealousGirl: Very much so to Märchen.
* CreepyDoll: Just see her image caption above. That's her quote from "Yoiyami no Uta".
* CuteAndPsycho: She's a beautiful, adorable doll, isn't she? Even more so in the live, in which her "actress" is a Dollfie. She also hates you, and all humans in general.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's on the snarky and rude side; Märchen is on the deadpan, [[BrutalHonesty upfront]] one.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In "Hikari to Yami no Douwa" from ''Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido'', her first ever appearance, she comments in a cheerfully sarcastic tone that a deserted village looks exactly like a graveyard before proceeding to giggle.
* EvilCounterpart: To Elisabeth. Whereas the latter is a sweet, patient woman who wishes to put no grudge whatsoever on anybody, [[spoiler: even her own brother who had her crucified,]] Elise is bitter, clingy and vengeful, [[IrrationalHatred hating humanity]] with little reason.
* EvilLaugh: ''This'' is her VerbalTic and she does this for. ''Eight.'' ''Tracks.'' '''''Straight.''''' To the surprise of pretty much nobody, [[MostAnnoyingSound it gets irritating pretty quickly.]]
* EvilMakeover: Her appearance is basically a sexier, darker version of Elisabeth's.
* {{Jerkass}}: There are only two things she cares about in the world: Märchen, and avenging people in the sickest way imaginable.
* LadyMacbeth: Why did Märchen immediately spring up into action, even though he had only just woken up a moment ago [[GhostAmnesia unable to remember anything?]] It's because Elise urged him to take up revenge on the people who had wronged them.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Red and black are the colors of a twilight sky, which is the domain of the Well, so it comes off as no surprise that this would be Märchen and Elise's color scheme.
* SealedEvilInACan: The main reason as to why she is so murderous is because her lifeless doll body [[spoiler: contains the vengeful soul of Therese, who cursed the world as she was burned to death]]. We get to hear them fusing together in the first few seconds of "Yoiyami no Uta".
* VillainousBreakdown: At the end of "Takkei no Seijo", when she realizes that [[spoiler: Märchen is no longer willing to participate in her revenge plan]].

!!März von Ludowing
-->'''Played by:''' [[Creator/AsukaTanii Asuka Tanii]] (speaking voice), Junger März PROTOTYPE β (singing voice)[[note]]a prototype Vocaloid[[/note]]

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[[caption-width-right:188:''Yes, it's a promise.'']]

-->''"Mommy, the light is warm, isn't it?"''

One of the main characters of ''Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido'', the son of Therese von Ludowing. Born with albinism, he suffered from blindness during his early childhood, but a certain "mysterious incident" [[ThrowingOffTheDisability cured him of it.]] Some time after this, he became a dear friend of Elisabeth von Wettin, only for it to be interrupted by her mother's announcement to leave the forest of Thüringen. But that's not what really separates the two children from each other...

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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: In the manga adaptation ''New Testament Märchen'' by Torikai Yasuyuki, he is very keen in helping his mother as a healer, concocting make-believe medicines and all.
* AnachronismStew: His Rococo ponytail is somehow paired up with a late 16th-century doublet.
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Before his [[spoiler: transformation]], he's a kind-hearted idealist who has no wish to harm anyone and, indeed, [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil doesn't even understand the concept of malice]]. [[spoiler: After his transformation, he's a vengeance-obsessed, cynical sadist.]]
* BlueBlood: The Von Ludowing family used to rule Thuringia before the Von Wettin dynasty [[FeudingFamilies (Elisabeth's family)]] disposed of them in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Thuringian_Succession War of the Thuringian Succession]].
* CrossdressingVoices
* {{Dojikko}}: In ''New Testament Märchen'', he is prone to tripping and making other people trip as a kid. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as he was blind at the time.
* EyesAlwaysShut: When he's still blind, he's drawn this way in ''New Testament Märchen''.
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: At least, according to Märchen, the boy cannot distinguish between good and evil.
--> '''Märchen''': ''Ah, he was raised untouched by any of the world's crimes or society's malice...''
* HeroicAlbino: Implied, as he was raised by a gentle, doting mother in a remote forest miles away from human civilization, which makes him ignorant of just how despicable the world can get.
* {{Keigo}}: He and his mother speak with this dialect to each other.
* PainfulTransformation: [[spoiler: His transformation into Märchen von Friedhof comes with a very inharmonious screaming.]]
* ThrowingOffTheDisability: With little explanation, the blindness he used to have is cured all of a sudden. Therese only said it's caused by "a mysterious incident" and has no time to elaborate, since, well. She's about to be ''burned to death''.
** The ''New Testament Märchen'' manga expands on this a little bit more: [[spoiler: the ghost of Idolfried Ehrenberg saved him when he tripped and fell into the well]]. The villagers discovered him a while later and immediately called Therese, who hurried to save him. As März came to his senses, he also came to gain his vision, [[spoiler: which is implied to originate from his interaction with the Well]].
* ThrownDownAWell: This is literally how he died.
* WideEyedIdealist: Deconstructed. März is a kid too good for his own good. He is raised without being taught what 'hatred' and 'evil' are, by default believing that everybody has a good heart like his mother, which results in him being unable to feel suspicion. That's why when two ObviouslyEvil crooks come asking him the location of his mother, he immediately complied without even bothering to ask what their businesses with her actually are.

!!Elisabeth von Wettin
-->'''Played by:''' Joelle (adult), [[Creator/SakiFujita Saki Fujita]] (child, speaking voice), [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune]] (child, singing voice)
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[[caption-width-right:300:''Neither a noblewoman of the house of Wettin nor a daughter of the seventh elector of Saxony, I am Elisabeth--a woman of my own, who loves only you alone.''[[note]]left: Elisabeth as a young woman. Right: Elisabeth as a girl.[[/note]] [[labelnote:Click here to see her in Märchen.]][[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crucifiedelisabeth.jpg]][[/labelnote]]]]

-->''[[{{Determinator}} "Until the time I fall to the ground, I will flap my wings like the moonlight."]]''

One of the main characters of ''Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido'' and the protagonist of the song "Kono Semai Torikago no Naka de". She is März von Ludowing's childhood friend, a noble lady from the very powerful [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wettin Von Wettin]] family. She also appears in ''Märchen'' as the last of the "seven dead princesses" and the protagonist of the song "Takkei no Seijo".

In ''Nein'', she reappears in track 8, "Wasure na Tsukiyo".

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* AnimalMotifs: Birds, caged birds specifically.
* ArrangedMarriage: Forced into it by her brother to the ruler of the region of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhineland-Palatinate Rhein-Pfalz]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: She is [[spoiler: crucified]].
* {{Determinator}}: She chooses death over being tied in a loveless marriage. [[spoiler: Averted in ''Nein''.]]
* {{Expy}}: She is an expy of German Saints [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilgefortis Wilgefortis]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Hungary Elizabeth]]. While her fairytale in ''Märchen'' indeed is meant to be a retelling of the former's story, it would seem that many of her characterization aspects came from the latter, such as their origins both being from Thuringia, their noble blood, their respective refusals to accept [[ReplacementGoldfish a substitute]] for their past loves, and of course, their respective canonizations as a saint.
* FeatherMotif: She is, after all, a caged, wounded bird.
* GildedCage: She was kept inside her home for most of her childhood life due to her sickly disposition. Hell, she's not even ''aware'' that she had been so isolated until she met März. [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in ''New Testament Märchen''--her whole residence is ''[[LockedInTheDungeon located in a sparse dwelling underground]]''.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Her hair is a beautiful shade of pale blonde, and she is shown to be very patient and courteous.
* IllGirl: Why she was kept holed up in the castle for so long.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: She is a very nice girl through and through. [[spoiler: Even after being put into a truly ''savage'' death punishment for [[DisproportionateRetribution refusing a marriage offer]], by her own ''brother'' no less, she still refuses Märchen's offer for revenge.]]
* LonelyRichKid: Her family is ''hella'' powerful, being a major power player in the Holy Roman Empire for hundreds of years, but she doesn't even ''know'' what a 'friend' is.
* MadeOfIron: She is basically treated like a [[TheChewToy chew toy]] by all the powerful men around her--insulted, belittled, forced into political matchmaking, [[spoiler:crucified when refused]], [[spoiler: stripped of her titles and exiled when the marriage fails]], so on and so forth--but she never seemed to show any signs of breaking down. Being a woman in Renaissance Germany is hard already, let alone a noble one; but Elisabeth seems to be able to swallow the fact whole, which rings true to her CatchPhrase.
* OnlyMostlyDead: The impetus for her mother taking her to Therese was that she all of a sudden took ill to such a degree that almost everyone except her mother thought she was dead. To note the extent to which everyone thought she was dead, in the live performance, one of the servants is shown ''literally digging her grave.'' As it turned out, of course, her mother was right.
* PimpedOutDress: Her pure white lace dress has been generally agreed upon to be one of Sound Horizon's most beautiful dresses.
* SiblingRivalry: It is all but clear that her relationship with her brother isn't exactly the warmest one.
* TokenGoodTeammate: She could be considered this for [[spoiler: the "seven dead princesses"]].
* TurnTheOtherCheek:
** [[spoiler: The only one of the "seven dead princesses" who refuses to take revenge.]]
** She repeats this behavior in [[spoiler: ''Nein''; instead of being mad at the [[RichBitch spoiled, foul-mouthed noblewoman]] who constantly insults her and the physically disabled children she takes care of in the abbey, she chooses to ignore her to provide the children the care and love they need.]]
* WasItReallyWorthIt: In "Takkei no Seijo", Märchen asked whether the man she truly loves would be happy to know that she chose a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath slow, painful death]] over a life of security and ease with the man who was supposed to be her husband, only to keep their childhood promise to meet together. [[spoiler: Of course he would be--the man she dies keeping her promise for is Märchen himself.]]
* WomanInWhite: In tune with her pure, saintly personality.

!!Therese von Ludowing
-->'''Played by:''' MIKI
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Mär, even if you fall into Hell, ah, I will still love you.'']]

-->''"I am sorry, I am sorry,''
-->''The one who bore you is I,'' I, ''who is so sinful..."''

One of the main characters of ''Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido'' and the protagonist of the song "Kanojo ga Majo ni Natta Riyū". She is März von Ludowing's mother, implied to be an exiled noblewoman. Bearing an unknown "sin" thereafter, she lives with her son as a famed [[TheMedic wisewoman]], moving from one forest to another.

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* ActionGirl: Wastes no time brandishing a sword after witnessing her son being thrown down a well. And man, is she ''pissed''.
-->'''Therese''': "Even if Therese von Ludowing falls, she is ''still'' a descendant of the Landgraves! Your unsightly head will not again reign over your body!"
* ArchEnemy:
** She seems to harbor a great hatred towards a woman named Anneliese, who makes a cameo on the first few seconds of "Kanojo ga Majo ni Natta Riyuu". She is the mistress of some kind of a head of a noble house, and in the song is in the midst of desperately pleading to the latter to acknowledge her child as the successor of his bloodline. The exact cause of her hatred towards the seemingly powerless, innocent woman is a matter of debate among fans.
** The ''New Testament Märchen'' manga shows that the two women came to hate each other because [[spoiler: Anneliese was [[DrivenByEnvy envious]] of Therese's husband's affection towards the former and poisoned the pregnant Therese out of anger, which resulted in März being born with albinism and Therese being exiled. As you can hear in the original song, [[ForegoneConclusion Anneliese's effort never paid off]].]]
* TheAtoner: The narrator of her song states that she is this, though we never knew what for.
* BlueEyes: They provide a great contrast to her overall dark attire. When she's burnt at the stake, they become [[IcyBlueEyes chillingly blue]].
* BlueBlood: The Von Ludowing family used to rule Thuringia before the Von Wettin dynasty [[FeudingFamilies (Elisabeth's family)]] disposed of them in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Thuringian_Succession War of the Thuringian Succession]]. Therese seems to regard her bloodline with great pride.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Until she is accused of witchcraft and burned, at which point she decides that [[ThenLetMeBeEvil if everyone sees her as an evil witch, she will be an evil witch]].
* {{Keigo}}: She and her son speak with this dialect to each other.
* LaughingMad: When the flames are about to engulf her whole.
--> '''Therese''': In this case, I shall become a true witch that curses the world! ''(whispering quietly)'' Yes...I will...ah...ahaha! ''Ahhahaha!!!'' Ah--''ahh''--'''''[[SkywardScream AAAAA]][[NightmareFuel AAAAAHHHH!!!]]'''''
* MamaBear: Mess up with März and she ''will'' make you wish you'd never done that in the first place. ''The whole world'' learns this the hard way, as she [[spoiler: cursed them with the fricking '''Black Death itself''']] after two stupid quack doctors decided to throw März into a well just to spite her.
* TheMedic: She is a wisewoman famous for her ability to quickly heal illnesses and wounds. She also dabbles in midwifery during winter.
* MoodWhiplash: When she is about to be burned at the stake, she reminisces about her son while a [[LonelyPianoPiece bittersweet piano tune]] plays in the background. Then the priest rallied the masses to put the torch on her, she [[DespairEventHorizon snaps]], and the piano solo is abruptly replaced by a symphonic rock riff. Not the first time for Sound Horizon.
* ParentalIncest: A popular theory among fans is that this is the unknown sin she is atoning, the sin of engaging in a sexual relationship with her father. Evidences include März's condition, considering what inbreeding can do to your offspring, and her description as "a mother and a sister".
* RegalRuff: The small-sized ones on her neck and hands.
* RichesToRags: As mentioned before the Von Ludowing family used to be a very powerful dynasty in Germany. But Therese lives a reclusive, nomadic life as a humble healer, her relatives nowhere to be seen.
* NayTheist: Due to an unknown [[NoodleIncident "sin"]] she had committed in the past, she came to think that God will never accept her prayers and eventually decided to stop worshipping Him altogether.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler: The "crime" for which she was burned at the stake? Healing others.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: After she is burnt to death, [[spoiler: the Well amalgamates her now-vengeful soul with März's gift doll,]] creating [[spoiler: Elise]].
* SilkHidingSteel: She is a graceful, gentle mother and lady, but once you [[BerserkButton hurt März]]...
* SomethingAboutARose: She decorates her veil with a big blue rose.
* WomanInBlack: Comes with a face-concealing veil, albeit with some blue accents.

!!The nun
-->'''Played by:''' Kanami Ayano
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[[caption-width-right:167:''I believed that the end of one thing led to the beginning of another, for I do not understand that my fate is that of misfortune.'' [[labelnote:Click here to see her "sacrificed".]][[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nundeath.jpg]][[/labelnote]]]]

-->''[[ArcWords "Crossing a river, making a left at a ghostly fir,]]''
-->''[[ArcWords I saw my home looming over..."]]''

The first of the "seven dead princesses", and the protagonist of the song "Kakei no Majo". Relying on nothing but her faint memories, she underwent a journey in search of her MissingMom only for it to [[GoneHorriblyWrong go down in a horrifying turn of events.]]
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* CorruptChurch: Inverted, the church took her to save her from starving to death after her mother abandoned her. Unfortunately, this was a Catholic church during the Protestant reformation, and it ended up being ravaged by angry mobs.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: She can only get along with animals from the forest. After Märchen resurrected her folowing her death at the hands of the forest hag, [[spoiler: she [[ExploitedTrope manipulated them on her quest to avenge her.]]]]
* HumanSacrifice: Her mother--or whoever it was she met at what she ''thinks'' to be her old home--wasn't exactly sane, and when they met the second time, somehow she wound up doing this to the nun.
* MagicMusic: She controls birds with an ocarina.
* ManipulativeBastard: She relies heavily on manipulation for her revenge.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: After Märchen resurrected her, she became a type 1, filled with nothing but murderous grudge against the old woman who killed her. Whom she still ''assumed'' to be her real mother, even though she saw before her death that the two are as different as heaven and hell.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her mother abandoned her at some point in childhood for unknown reasons. She grew up questioning herself over and over what would drive such a loving mother to do that, so following the destruction of her church, she sets out to search for her and the answer.
* NoNameGiven: Averted in the ''Old Testament Märchen'' manga adaptation, wherein she is given the name [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Gift]].
** In ''New Testament Märchen'', she was born with the name Adelheid, but then was renamed Ester by the nun who took her in.
* NunsAreSpooky: Zigzagged. She was kind and charitable in life, not to mention her animal friends. After the forest hag kills her, however, she wants revenge. The way she enacts her revenge tragedy also paints her like a cross of vengeful ghost and NatureSpirit.
* RedOniBlueOni: She mirrors the Crucified Saint [[spoiler: a.k.a. Elisabeth]] in the album cover art, and were both wronged by their closest relative. (''Perhaps'', in the nun's case.) The nun ultimately becomes the Red to [[spoiler: Elisabeth]]'s Blue, since wherein the nun ended up being extremely enraged of her death and will stop at nothing to avenge herself and ease the heartbreak of being betrayed by the one she loves, [[spoiler: Elisabeth decides to TurnTheOtherCheek and move on to the next world, as she doesn't find it necessary to grudge the fate God has assigned her with, regardless of how miserable it ended up being.]]
* TooDumbToLive: So you're venturing into a dark, dangerous forest with nothing but a small bag filled with ocarina and a piece of stale bread, relying only on a childhood memory you can almost barely remember? In search of a mother whom you've never heard of in years? ''Sure, girl!''

!!The old woman in the forest / "Witch"
-->'''Played by:''' MIKI
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[[caption-width-right:267:''I converted, but it had already been too late.''[[note]]A full front view of MIKI as the old woman from the live concert.[[/note]]]]

-->''"Give me more! GIVE ME MORE, MORE OF THAT BREAD!!!"''

The antagonist of the song "Kakei no Majo". Driven murderous by her great hunger, she represents the deadly sin of [[VillainousGlutton Gluttony]]. Found alone and miserable in what ''seems'' to be the Nun's birth home, the latter immediately ''assumes'' that she is her missing biological mother, [[AmbiguousSituation but nobody knows for sure.]]

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* AmbiguousSituation: Nobody knows for sure until the song's end whether she is the same woman as the Nun's biological mother. It's all according to how you interpret it. For starters, both the Nun and the old woman cannot even recognize each other when they met.
* CompositeCharacter: If you would take it so, she may perhaps be both the evil mother and the evil witch. Possibly a ShoutOut to a popular "Hansel and Gretel" theory which states that their WickedStepmother is ''also'' the evil witch that tried to eat them.
* EasilyForgiven: ''[[AvertedTrope Noooooope]]''. No matter how kind a woman she later made herself become, the Nun won't let her untimely death at the old woman's hands go down just like that, especially since the former still believed that she is her mother.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: She even points this out herself.
-->"My prayers aren't heard, and, unable to receive forgiveness, only sins increase in number ..."
* HeelFaceTurn: Just after the Nun was given a second chance as a ghost by Märchen to avenge her death, she redeemed herself and becomes a kind old woman eager to provide hungry children with as much food as possible. No, it still doesn't make the situation any better.
* MurderByCremation: She ended up being [[spoiler: cooked to death in her own oven '''by two small kids'''.]]
* ObsessedWithFood: She spent exactly one second greeting the Nun (with a fanatically religious zeal) before snatching away the bread the latter offered to her and eating it ravenously. She treats it like it's the most delicious thing ever. Her hunger was so bad, she's driven mad by it.
* WidowWoman: Her husband, a moneylender, died at some point, and she uses whatever remaining money he left her to create her little bakery in the forest. After her HeelFaceTurn, that is.
* SinisterSchnoz: Her ''gigantic'' nose at first gives us this vibe as she has just killed an innocent nun, but was ironically [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] on the moment of her impending death.
* OffingTheOffspring: ''If'' you follow the theory that she is really the Nun's mother. Although to be fair, it's not entirely clear that she knew who the nun was.
* ReformedButRejected: She had already converted to Christianity, but is still persecuted. This was what ultimately drove her into the deep end.
* VillainousGlutton: ...to be fair, this is because she can't find food in ''years''. Also, she (unsuccessfully) repented after having murdered the Nun.

!!The country girl / "Swing Girl"
-->'''Played by:''' REMI
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[[caption-width-right:228:''"I was born in a hard village, and my stomach was always empty. It'd be mighty nice if there was a house made o' sweets..."'' [[labelnote:Click here to see her hanged.]][[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hangeddeath_7.jpg]][[/labelnote]]]]

-->''"I'm just tryin' my best to survive, but things never go my way.''
-->''In the end, what's up with life? I dun' get it..."''

The second of the "seven dead princesses", and the protagonist of the song "Kuroki Okami no Yado". After being sold to a mysterious countryside landlady following a peasants' revolt that went horribly wrong in her village, she became the waitress of her inn...but then came the day where she discovered [[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies the secret behind her tasty, yet mysterious liver dish]].

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* AdaptationalHeroism: She is less abrasive towards others and more naive in ''Old Testament Märchen''. Not to mention genuinely considering the Landlady as a friend instead of nothing but an annoying boss.
* {{Bokukko}}: Because of the [[TohokuRegionalAccent dialect she speaks in]], she refers to herself with "ora" (おら), a variant of the rough masculine pronoun "Ore" (俺).
* BookDumb: She's pretty simple in a way that she only concerns herself with her day-to-day survival and her knowledge of books limited to fairytale stories. It doesn't stop her from being a pretty potent DeadpanSnarker.
--> ''Customer'': Sorry for intruding.
--> ''The Country Girl'': (whispering) Leave if you feel like intruding.
* CosmicPlaything: Already starved prior, her village destroyed by peasant rebellion gone wrong, sold to faraway city, employed by a verbally abusive landlady, murdered by hanging, and her liver cut and served as cuisine. Illustrated best in her lines above.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: She is [[ImAHumanitarian gutted alive by her own landlady and her liver is cooked as a dish for her customers.]]
* DisappearedDad: Her father participated in what seemed to be the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Peasants%27_War peasant revolt of Germany]] along with many other village men, but only a handful of them returned and that excluded him.
* TheDogBitesBack: She is constantly berated by the Landlady and ended up being gutted alive by none other than she. Her response upon being given a chance for revenge? [[spoiler: Gut the landlady back, of course.]]
* FleshEatingZombie: [[spoiler: This is what Märchen very possibly revived her as in order to extract her revenge against the Landlady. ''Old Testament Märchen'' seems to take upon this interpretation.]]
* GenderFlip: The original tale her song is based from is actually titled "The '''Man''' from the Gallows", and he was an actual hanged convict instead of an innocent tavern waitress.
* GirlishPigtails: Her brown hair is held up and formed into a pair of braided pigtails by her black bandana.
* {{Meido}}: A waiter and it seems she's the one who cooks the food in the inn.
* PreMortemOneLiner: To the landlady: ''"Give me back my liver."''
* NoNameGiven: Averted in the ''Old Testament Märchen'' manga, where she is given the name Randa.
* TohokuRegionalAccent: This is the unique-sounding dialect she speaks in. Perhaps this is done to give us that "countryside girl" feel.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Her relationship with the Landlady has this vibe, and it was definitely the case in the manga. At least until the Landlady grew desperate due to the thinning [[HumanResources liver supply]] and gutted her, too.

!!The Landlady
-->'''Played by:''' Jimang
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[[caption-width-right:245:''Am I down on my luck, or are the times just bad?''[[note]]The Landlady as performed by Jimang in the live.[[/note]]]]

-->''"I don't want to be miserable again...don't want to starve again...I don't want to feel like that anymore...'''[[SkywardScream NOT ANYMORE!!!]]'''"''

The antagonist of the song "Kuroki Okami no Yado". She is an owner of a backwater countryside inn who took the country girl in her care after she lost her hometown and was sold to the city. Desperate to save her dying business, she decides to use a less...[[HumanResources conventional]] ingredient for a certain special liver dish of hers to attract a potential guest; discovering its unexpectedly positive response, she continues her practice, the euphoria leading her to unwittingly commit the deadly sin of {{Greed}}.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: She is arguably [[http://2.p.mpcdn.net/354364/733506/20.jpg prettier]] in ''Old Testament Märchen''.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original Grimm tale, she's an elderly lady who, desperate to feed some guests who happen on her inn, uses a liver from a hanged man. In Marchen, "she" is a VillainousCrossdresser (or something) who tries to make a fortune by using human livers from many corpses in her food and eventually [[spoiler:murders her employee when she runs out of corpses]].
* AmbiguousGender: She is usually referred to as a woman and [[UsefulNotes/GenderAndJapaneseLanguage uses feminine speech patterns]], but the narrator states her gender as "unknown". One interpretation is that she is simply so old and haggard that it is hard to tell she is a woman.
* CrosscastRole: [[AmbiguousGender Possibly]].
* DirtyOldMan: In practice, played closer to the DirtyOldWoman, although in the live s/he does grope one of the backup dancers.
* {{Greed}}: The sin she represents. Desperate for cash, she won't hesitate to utilize the most depraved method possible if it means making her richer and richer.
* HistoricalInJoke: She is enamored with "noble" [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Müntzer Müntzer]], "dandy" [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_von_Hutten Hutten]], and "passionate" [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Sickingen Sickingen]].
* HumanResources: The implication is that she gets organs from the hanged corpses of criminals. [[spoiler: "Swing Girl" was the first person she actually murdered for their organs.]]
* LargeHam: As expected from a character portrayed by none other than Jimang himself.
* TheScream: Upon meeting her gruesome end [[spoiler: in the Country Girl's hands]].
* VagueAge: The narrator stated that her age is "unknown", though she really looks like an old lady.

!![[Literature/SnowWhite Snow White]]
-->'''Played by:''' Tomoyo Kurosawa
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[[caption-width-right:225:''Embracing in solitude, I danced with illusions as I become a maiden.'' [[labelnote: Click here to see her in the glass coffin.]][[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/schneewittchen_2.jpg]][[/labelnote]]]]

-->''[[ArcWords "Skin as white as pure snow, hair as black as ebony,]]''
-->''[[ArcWords I was born exactly as was wished in winter..."]]''

The third of the "seven dead princesses", and the protagonist of the song "Garasu no Hitsugi de Nemuru Himegimi". Everybody knows of her unfortunate circumstances: she lost her kind biological mother to death, and had to endure the abuse of, and eventually must free herself from, her WickedStepmother, who is very, ''very'' envious of her otherworldly beauty.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: Her naivety is noticeably toned down in this song, while at the same time, her narcissism is upped an ante. The fact that Revo ommitted the part where she happily took care of the dwarves doesn't help. And that's not even going to her [[EvilLaugh sadistically cackling]] as she saw her stepmother screaming in pain from the CruelAndUnusualDeath she delivered. At no point in the original story did Snow White acknowledge her own beauty, yet the song had her say this herself:

-->'''Snow White:''' "A ''pretty girl who always gets up in a swift second'', I have awakened only to find seven happy dwarfs who talk with a very peculiar accent. Afterwards, I nearly died several times at my sly stepmother's schemes, but each time I'd always miraculously come back to life in the end!"
* CuteAndPsycho: In spite of her usual sweet demeanour, she takes sadistic pleasure in watching her stepmother's CruelAndUnusualDeath.
* EvilLaugh: When she finally got her sweet revenge. Made even more unsettling in that she sounds very much like [[CreepyDoll Elise]].
* GoodColorsEvilColors: In an IronicEcho, after waking up from her sleep, her previously attractive-described features (white skin like snow, black hair like ebony, lips red like blood) [[DramaticIrony retold into]] ObviouslyEvil characteristics (ghostly white skin, hair black like oblivion, lips red like fire).
* HimeCut: And she ''is'' a princess.
* MissingMom: Her biological mother died when she was a little girl, and she still misses her dearly.
* KillerRabbit: The prettiest maiden on the land, bouncy, cheerful, clearly {{Moe}}, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and]] can subject you to the ''slowest'' death possible if you had wronged her in some way. ''She will laugh at your face as you scream in pain.'' The Evil Queen realized this too late.
* MissingDad: ...her father, meanwhile, is nowhere to be found, true to the original tale.
* ParentalIncest: Implied. Some fans [[http://sh-whitecrow.com/wiki/index.php?title=Schneewittchen#Hidden_Lyrics reported]] that during the "Hitori dakishime kyouzou to odoru..." sequence, they heard Snow White singing the subsequent line as ''"Chichi ni okasare"''[[labelnote:translation]]molested by my father[[/labelnote]] on the other side of their headphones instead of the original, ''"Tsukihi wo kasane"''[[labelnote:translation]]dancing with illusions[[/labelnote]], which would make it sound like this:
-->'''Snow White:''' ''Embracing it thus, I danced with illusions, becoming a young woman with the violation of my father…''
* RavenHairIvorySkin: She is ''the'' Snow White, after all, the TropeCodifier herself.
* RedOniBlueOni: She mirrors the Sleeping Beauty in the album cover art, but despite their color schemes, they are an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] of each other: though Snow White's color scheme is light-blue, she is the more cheerful, bouncy one, not to mention being inherently sadistic and arguably more arrogant and bossy than Sleeping Beauty.
* PuppyDogEyes: In the live, she gave the Huntsman who was ordered to kill her this as she plead for her life. Naturally, it went well.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: She is the most beautiful maiden in the land, which makes her so hated by her stepmother, she almost got killed.
* TokenEvilTeammate: She is by far the most sadistic of the "seven dead princesses".
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: The magic mirror states that she is this, a response that naturally angered her vain stepmother.

!!The queen
-->'''Played by:''' MIKI
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[[caption-width-right:297:''The temptation of the devil cannot be resisted; the seventh sin is as sweet as honey.'']]

-->''[[CatchPhrase "Mirror, o, Mirror,]]''
-->''[[CatchPhrase Who, in this world, is the fairest of them all?"]]''

The antagonist of the song "Garasu no Hitsugi de Nemuru Himegimi", who is, as everybody would have known, Snow White's WickedStepmother. Madly jealous of her stepdaughter's beauty, she represents the deadly sin of [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]].

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* AlasPoorVillain: For all her vanity and general jerkassery, it's hard not to feel at least a bit of pity for her when you get to the part where Snow White's cackling at her as her feet is slowly being burned by a pair of scalding iron shoes.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: She's forced to dance in red-hot shoes until she dies.
* FairestOfThemAll: This thirst for beauty is what defines her characterization, being Snow White's infamous evil queen of a mother.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Her queenly garb has a deep purple color accented with violet.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: It seems that all she cares about is her beauty, which she would kill somebody (a.k.a. her own daughter) for.
* NoblewomansLaugh: She laughs like this [[RuleOfThree three times]] in all of her appearances except the last one, where she is reduced to a screaming mess.
* OffingTheOffspring: She attempted to kill Snow White to usurp her place as the land's most beautiful woman. [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Too bad the huntsman she hired has a soft heart.]]
* RavenHairIvorySkin: According to an interview with Tomoyo Kurosawa in the Memorial Issue, she has this exact same physical attribute of Snow White's. This would imply that a [[ViciousCycle cycle of maternal envy]] is awaiting Snow White should she ever come to bear a daughter of her own. This would also prove that she truly is Snow White's biological mother, which she was in the original Grimm tale.
* WickedStepmother: She doesn't care the slightest bit about her step-daughter's well being. Some fans, however, theorized that she might be Snow White's biological mother after all, which makes her lean more towards the EvilMatriarch.

!!The Blue Prince & The Red Prince
-->'''Played by:''' Yume Suzuki
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[[caption-width-right:283:''Just where on earth is my ideal bride?'']]

-->''[[ILoveTheDead (Blue)]] "You, encased still within a glass, seemingly asleep yet dead, ah, is more beautiful than anyone else;''
-->''I have finally found you!"''

-->''[[DudeShesLikeInAComa (Red, as he is kissing Sleeping Beauty)]] "Thank you for the food."''

Two princes "destined" respectively for Snow White and Sleeping Beauty by Märchen as an instrument for their revenge. They wander the land searching for the "perfect" woman to marry, yet even though they loved all that came across their path, none of them seems to hold to their exact ideals. Except, of course, the princesses themselves, whom they met ''[[BlatantLies purely]]'' by [[ContrivedCoincidence chance]].

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* {{Bishonen}}: Blond, blue-eyed, flamboyant, and undoubtedly a rich prince. What's not to like?
* CreepyCoolCrosses: The bottom border of their capes and the top of their thigh-high boots are embroidered with these in gold.
* CrosscastRole: Since Yume Suzuki is a lesser-known singer, it really took some fans a lot of time to figure out the Princes are played by a woman when the album first came out.
* DoubleEntendre: The Red Prince sings something very interesting when he sees the thorns opening up a path for him.
-->'''Red Prince:''' ''The thorny hedges slowly'' open their mouth;
-->''Could they be leading me towards my lovely one?'' [[note]]in case you don't get it, "mouth" is a popular euphemism used to describe a vagina. Do the rest of the math yourself. [[/note]]
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: The Red Prince kissed the catatonic Sleeping Beauty without any second thoughts. With the way he said that quote above, coupled with Sleeping Beauty's weird groan, you'd be forgiven for thinking that he might be chomping on her face instead of kissing her.
* {{Facepalm}}: The Blue Prince was briefly shown doing this in the live as he witnessed his so-called "ideal" bride in all of her sadistic glory.
-->'''The Blue Prince:''' [Snow White's cackle and her stepmother's screams in the background] ''Good grief!''
* {{Fanfare}}: You know he's coming when you hear that majestic strings snippet. [[MemeticMutation TETTERETETTERETE...]]
* FlatCharacter: Their identical personality deviates little from your standard PrinceCharming mold. Well, when we take the Blue Prince's preference aside.
* ILoveTheDead: The Blue Prince's "unusual preferences". No wonder he's visibly upset when he saw Snow White jumping out of her coffin (literally).
* MeaningfulEcho: Before coming to her rescue, each of them repeated their respective princesses' signature lines, which may be an indication of how close they are to her path.
* NoNameGiven: Though Japanese fans named him "Tettere" after his triumphant {{Fanfare}}, as mentioned above, and it has since carried over to the rest of the world.
* PeekABangs: Some fan artists depict their blond hair like this.
* PrinceCharming: The ones for Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. Though with their ''bizarre'' habits, some fans [[PrinceCharmless beg to differ]].
* RedOniBlueOni: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Contrasting color schemes aside, both of them have exactly the same personality.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: They're here just to make the princesses wake up so they can get their respective revenge, then sweep them away. That's it.

!!The stepdaughter / "Well Girl"
-->'''Played by:''' Ceui

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[[caption-width-right:226:''Am I dead? Is this the paradise? Am I imagining things? I do not understand--but no matter, for I will continue working my hardest, daddy! As I always do!'' [[labelnote: Click here to see her drowned.]][[quoteright:291:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stepdaughterdeath.jpg]][[/labelnote]]]]

-->''"Okay, I'll do my best!"''

The fourth of the "seven dead princesses", and the protagonist of the song "Sei to Shi wo Wakatsu Kyoukai no Furuido". Once the daughter of a sailor, her father fell into a well and died in a very mysterious turn of events. Ever since then, she had to endure a mentally abusive domestic life as, practically, the indentured servant of her lazy, demanding, stepmother and stepsister.

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* DeathByFallingOver: She dies the same way her father did: falling into a well. In her case, it's because she is gullible enough to obey her stepmother's stupid order.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: She holds her [[DisappearedDad dead]] father in the highest regard.
* DisappearedDad: Like many fairytale heroines, her father is conveniently dead by the time the story starts. To be fair, in her case, he isn't completely forgotten, and is in fact her main source of motivation throughout the plot. [[spoiler: It's been a popular theory for a long time that her father is none other than Idolfried Ehrenberg.]]
* EvilLaugh: She sure is happy seeing her stepsister covered in pitch. [[spoiler: ''Which may perhaps be the darkened flesh of plague victims.'']]
* GenkiGirl: She does hold a certain degree of contempt towards her stepmother and stepsister, but putting that aside, she's an jumping, smiling ball of energy, eager to work as hard as possible.
* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: As a reward for her extraordinary diligence, Mother Hulda rewarded her with a shower of gold that gilded her entire body. By the time she came back home, she is excluded from all housework, which is now haphazardly done by her stepmother and stepsister. [[EpilepticTrees This could be because she is now a ghost and the two is feeling immensely guilty for having let her die because of their stupid prank.]]
* GreenEyes: Often depicted as having such in fanarts.
* LackOfEmpathy: The song's live performance and say she's not this. The same cheerful rock the song is entirely made up of, with usual red lighting of the revenge tragedy and her stepsister's distressed screams going busy in background. Then she taunts and laughs at her stepsister some more...
* NoNameGiven: Which is why many fans call her "Idoko". A PunnyName that originates from [[DeathByFallingOver her death at the bottom of the well]] and a theory where [[spoiler: she is the daughter of '''Ido'''lfried Ehrenberg]].
* TheUnfavourite: There's no doubt that her foster family sees her as nothing more than a housemaid.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She has a phobia of wells after discovering her father died in one of them. [[KickTheDog Her stepmother forces her to dive into it anyway,]] just to retrieve ''a fricking spindle''.

!!The Stepmother and Stepsister
-->'''Played by:''' MIKI (Stepmother), Chinatsu Ishii (Stepsister)
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-->''"Would you like to be kicked out/scolded, you '''trash?!'''"''

The antagonists of the song "Sei to Shi wo Wakatsu Kyoukai no Furuido", they are the Well Girl's foster family. Unfortunately, while they do offer her shelter, it came with neither hospitality nor love, and they proceed to burden her with unreasonable amount of chores as they simply sit back and nag her for the smallest of mistakes. This makes them represent the sin of [[LazyBum Sloth]].

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* BigBrotherBully: The Stepsister is a ''little sister bully''--she knows she can order her clearly older stepsister around because she's the mistress of the house's ''real'' daughter here, not the former.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Sure, Idoko, these women have degraded you for many years, but ''absolutely nobody'' deserves [[spoiler: being plagued and dying slowly of the Black Death]]!
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: They really seem to be a loving pair of mother and daughter, their toxic attitude towards the Well Girl aside.
* EvilIsHammy: They are two of the album's more comically hammy antagonists.
* EvilStepmother: Guess ''who!''
* LazyBum: All they do is laze around, watch the Well Girl's work, then nag her in the harshest way possible when it doesn't match up to their impossible standards. When the girl drowned in the well thanks to their own stupid, ''stupid'' order, making the responsibility to take care of the house fall on them, they do it haphazardly.
* OjouRinglets: The Stepsister's hair, tied into GirlishPigtails with a pair of red ribbons, even though she is hardly a princess nor anywhere near a noble standing.

!![[Literature/SleepingBeauty Sleeping Beauty]]

-->'''Played by:''' Mikuni Shimokawa
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[[caption-width-right:230:''Day and night cycle forth, regardless of our desire. Time advances swift as an arrow, carving growth rings into even the greatest of trees.'' [[labelnote: Click here to see her in the bed of thorns.]][[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roseprincess_2.jpg]][[/labelnote]]]]

-->''[[ArcWords "The reason why I sleep, embraced by wild roses, is ..."]]''

The fifth of the "seven dead princesses", and the protagonist of the song "Bara no Tou de Nemuru Himegimi". Born following the prophecy of a [[TalkingAnimal magical talking frog]], the princess' birth was an occassion so joyous for both of her parents that her overjoyed father held a great feast to celebrate. As everybody have heard before, however, the golden wares was short of one, angering a certain VainSorceress, and this incident went down in circumstances that would come to endanger her life when she reaches her fifteenth birthday.

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* CuriosityKilledTheCast: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Sleeping Beauty's thirst to explore the castle lead to her pricking herself on the spindle and fall into a deep sleep. She is actually the only one out of the Seven "Dead" Princesses who doesn't at least die for a while before being offered up a chance for revenge.
* DangerousSixteenthBirthday: Dangerous ''fifteenth'' birthday in this case. Alte-Rose cursed her to prick herself with a spindle and die when she reaches the age. Though Aprikose countered the curse by making her sleep for a hundred years instead, it still doesn't make things any better.
* FlowerMotifs: Roses.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: She's the most visible case of [[ViciousCycle cyclical nature of "victim of the sin becomes the sinner"]]; her father doesn't invite Alte Rose and doesn't want to be blamed, Alte-Rose in return curses Sleeping Beauty and smugly gloats against Aprikose's attempt to reverse the curse, and after awakened, Sleeping Beauty flaunts her princess status as an excuse to banish Alte-Rose, who then curses Sleeping Beauty again out of damaged pride.
* {{Hypocrite}}: The indication that the cycle of {{Pride}} in "Bara no Tou de Nemuru Himegimi" has come full circle is best illustrated in Sleeping Beauty's last line:
-->'''Sleeping Beauty:''' [To Alte-Rose] ''To dare put a curse upon such a'' noble Queen ''as I,''
-->''Would make'' [[{{Irony}} you]] ''the truly prideful one!''
* ParentalAbandonment: She ''becomes'' one; Alte-Rose curses her when she was exiled. Though the specific of the curse is unknown, the way she abandons her child after it's born implies her child born with disability. Many, many fans speculate that this child would grow up to become [[spoiler:[[CharacterOverlap Lafrenze]] from ''Elysion'', due to Alte-Rose's name [[note]]"Old Rose" when translated into English--Lafrenze's caretaker is called "Crimson Old Rose".[[/note]] and the fact that Lafrenze is said to have an extraordinary beauty, which considering Sleeping Beauty's {{Pride}} would make her envy and hate the child to no end.]]
* PimpedOutDress: Her [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roseprincesslive.jpg beautiful pink gown]] is made of what seems to be a soft velvet, adorned by billowy pastel fabrics and bordered with lovely small roses. If you look closely, the dress gives off the impression of a budding rose ready to bloom.
* PrincessesPreferPink: Her color scheme is a cheerful pastel pink.
* RapunzelHair: In the live, her hair is seen reaching past her belly button.
* RedOniBlueOni: She mirrors Snow White in the cover art, but despite their color schemes, they are an InvertedTrope: despite her color scheme being a shade of red, the Sleeping Beauty is the calmer, much more elegant one, clearly less sadistic than her counterpart, as the only punishment she can muster for the sorceress that had cursed her into catatonia is an exile.

!!Alte-Rose
-->'''Played by:''' MIKI
-->[[quoteright:291:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/memorial37_748x1025_copy.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:291:''How utterly shameless of you!--'']]

-->''"Purportedly you have invited all the powerful sorceresses scattered throughout this land--all of them, but'' me--
-->''O, you prideful king! Allow me to bestow a single curse upon this celebratory banquet!"''

The antagonist of the song "Bara no Tou de Nemuru Himegimi". A sorceress whose power is as great as her beauty, the wrath she unleashed upon not being invited to the great, pompous feast at the palace would make her represent the deadly sin of {{Pride}}.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The original fairy tale's Evil Witch is a grumbling old coot. In Sound Horizon's adaptation she is a smoking hot blonde bombshell. And most probably knows about it.
* ArchEnemy: Seems to have a particularly heated rivalry with Aprikose.
* BadassCape: Wears a long, flowing bright red cloak that makes her appear all the more sinister.
* BreakTheHaughty: If you take it into consideration that she is the same woman as the Crimson Old Rose from ''Elysion'', her defeat at "Bara no Tou de Nemuru Himegimi" must've hit her so hard so as to make her mellow out into a senile, frail old woman.
* CharacterOverlap: She and Crimson Old Rose in ''Elysion'' are implied to be the same person. [[spoiler: Same goes for Sleeping Beauty's abandoned baby and Lafrenze.]]
* DarkActionGirl: She's powerful, and in her heart is revenge.
* {{Expy}}: She must have borrowed some of those oozing sassiness and evilness from [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: She calls Sleeping Beauty's father "prideful" when she herself ruins the party just because [[EvilIsPetty she isn't invited]].
* KarmaHoudini: She is the only villain who Märchen and Elise do not bestow an excruciating punishment upon, seeing as she is simply banished from the kingdom.
* LastVillainStand: Mere moments before she is forcibly hauled out of Sleeping Beauty's castle, she manages to cast one final curse upon the latter. It works, the result of which prompts Sleeping Beauty to abandon her newborn daughter in the wilderness.
* LittleBlackDress: The black gown underneath her cloak is very form-hugging, accompanied by leather OperaGloves.
* NoblewomansLaugh: Whenever she laughs, it must also come with dignity and flair. Except at the end, where it just sounds plain [[LaughingMad nutty]].
* PeekABangs: Her hairstyle. The Crimson Old Rose's, as well, which makes this otherwise minor detail become one of the most important plot point that provoked fans into linking "Bara no Tou de Nemuru Himegimi" with the plotline of "Majo to Lafrenze".
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: In contrast to Sleeping Beauty's pastel pink and white, Alte-Rose color scheme is a bold red and solid black.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Also, her eyes are of this color, too.
* TookALevelInKindness: If she and Crimson Old Rose are really the same person, her adopting baby [[spoiler: Lafrenze]] and raising her as her own daughter is a huge departure from the scheming sorceress she is in here, or at least it helps show her [[HiddenDepths hidden soft side]].
* VainSorceress: Her [[RevengeSVP overreaction]] upon not being invited to the King's banquet all but show her as this.


!!Bluebeard's first wife
-->'''Played by:''' [[Creator/MinamiKuribayashi Minami Kuribayashi]]

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[[caption-width-right:159:''Not only their bodies, women also want their hearts to be embraced.'' [[labelnote: Click here to see her hanged with her successors.]][[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aohigeko.jpg]][[/labelnote]]]]

-->''"Ah, my husband has no love for me; I have tried to turn a blind eye from this,''
-->''But I cannot feign myself any longer, for I love him more than anyone else..."''

The sixth of the "seven dead princesses", and the protagonist of the song "Aoki Hakushaku no Shiro". Having become a ghost, she was the very first woman Bluebeard married, and arguably also the one that started his psychopathic, misogynistic killing spree: the frustration that slowly crept up to her due to her husband's coldness prompted her to start an affair with another man, resulting in her gory death at Bluebeard's hands and triggering his mistrust towards his subsequent wives. Nonetheless, her love for him never came to cease, and it is with the intention of "saving" him that she took up Märchen's offer of avenging her death.

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* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Her "black" hair used to be light brown, but blood may have taken the shade several times darker.
* GhostAmnesia: Briefly. She spends the first few seconds of her song trying to recall who she was and how she ended up dying. Everything came back to her when she notices how her favorite white dress had become so red.
* LadyInRed: What she is now, red with her own blood.
* LoveMartyr: Positively UpToEleven. Bluebeard never showed her any affection to the point of driving her to sexual frustation, ''molested her before proceeding to savagely whip her to death'', yet she ''still'' gushes on about how much she loves him! Though she does acknowledge what a terrible person he can be and is determined to end his sick serial killings.
-->'''The Wife:''' ''You are quite the sinner. Yet my beloved you are also.''
* NoNameGiven: Though in the fan community she is nicknamed "Aohigeko" ''(The Bluebeard Girl)''.
* RapunzelHair: Her hair fell way past her hips. It used to be light brown and wavy, but bloodstain and decay turned it black and disheveled.
* RustproofBlood: By the time Bluebeard at least had married his second wife, that dress should have turned dark brown or downright black due to the exposure to oxygen, but nope--it remains a fresh red all the way to the time of his death.
* PimpedOutDress: Even when bathed in blood, her dress still looks pretty and opulent as ever, in a minimalistic fashion.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: She wanders the world still because she wants to stop her husband's killing spree, in addition to [[TogetherInDeath reuniting with him]]. She can also manipulate humans, as evidenced by how her whisper can make Bluebeard's last wife open the door to the forbidden room without hesitation.
* SympatheticAdulterer: After realizing just how cold her husband is towards her, it was implied that she decided to have a fling with another man, having intercourse in what presumably will become the room in which Bluebeard hid the bodies of his wives. [[http://dai.ly/xkhruq?start=769 This theory is all but stated]] in the live concert.
* ATasteOfTheLash: She was whipped to death. The whippings must be so severe as to be able to turn her entire white dress--from top to bottom--completely bloody red.
* TogetherInDeath: She was shown embracing Bluebeard's dead body at the end of the live performance of her song, hinting at this.
* WomanInWhite: What she was in life.

!! [[Literature/{{Bluebeard}} Bluebeard]]
-->'''Played by:''' [[Creator/AkioOhtsuka Akio Ohtsuka]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''I hereby convict all of you as witches! Ungrateful pigs! '''I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!''''']]

-->''"Even if my opponent is God, [[DoubleEntendre as long as there's a hole, I'll pierce it with my spear]]!"''

The antagonist of the song "Aoki Hakushaku no Shiro". An outwardly apathetic and cold man, he nonetheless holds a deep-seated possessiveness towards his wives, especially his first wife, and a deadly penchant for violence--due to this, he became a representation for the sin of {{Lust}}.

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* BadassBaritone: Considering what kind of a horrible person he is, his voice instead serves to make him sound more intimidating and unsettling than outright badass.
* BeardOfEvil: It's very thick and bushy.
* BloodFromTheMouth: At the end of the revenge sequence he is heard puking a lot of blood as he crumpled to the ground.
* TheBluebeard: Well, obviously. He's the TropeNamer.
* ClassyCravat: Fit for a very rich gentleman. Um, not exactly a gentleman in all aspects, but you get the idea.
* DespairEventHorizon: According to him, he reached this when he discovered his first wife's adultery.
* DomesticAbuser: In addition to klling his wives without remorse, he had also molested them, too, beforehand. what more can be said about a man like that?
* EvilLaugh: After he murdered six of his wives. He laughs still even as he is being [[RasputinianDeath repeatedly stabbed by three angry men]].
* EvilSoundsDeep: Sounds like he's suffering permanently from a bad cold.
* LargeHam: He is ''the'' hammiest of ''Ido e Itaru Mori e Itaru Ido'' and ''Märchen'''s villains combined, with Elise and Elisabeth's brother ranking below him.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Bluebeard" is only a nickname that came from his funky-colored bushy beard. As with many, many characters, his real name is unknown.
* PrettyInMink: He's nowhere near ''pretty'', but his fancy red coat is indeed trimmed with equally fancy-looking furs, and its inside is shown to be made with ermine.
* RasputinianDeath: It took the brothers of his wife a really, ''really'' long time to out him. Just to make it even scarier, he ''[[LaughingMad laughs]]'' during this entirety of his own murder.
* SerialKiller: Of women that unfortunately came to be his wives.
* SchmuckBait: There's no way he had given his last wife ''that'' one key unintentionally.

!!Bluebeard's last wife
-->'''Played by:''' [[Creator/MiyukiSawashiro Miyuki Sawashiro]]
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[[caption-width-right:337:The last wife is on the right, with the first one (and Märchen) creeping up behind her on the left.]]

-->''"HELP ME! My brothers, come quickly!!"''

The last woman Bluebeard married before his death at her brothers' hands. She plays a crucial part in her predecessor(s)'s plan for revenge.

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* DamselInDistress: She can only frantically scream for help when it's become imminent that she's going to become her husband's next victim.
* ForegoneConclusion: Worry not, folks: if you've read the original tale, you know that she's going to take all of Bluebeard's riches to marry the true man of her dreams and live HappilyEverAfter.
* ScreamingWoman: Spends most of her screentime screaming and wailing. Given what she has to go through, it's excusable.
* TrueBlueFemininity: She wears an electric-blue silk dress.

!!Elisabeth's brother, the Prince-Elector
-->'''Voiced by:''' [[Creator/YuuichiNakamura Yuuichi Nakamura]]
-->'''Portrayed by:''' Tadataka Kamiide

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-->''"Crucify this foolish girl!"''

The elder brother of Elisabeth von Wettin, and presumably the current head of the House of Wettin by the time the album starts. Sentencing his innocent sister to the unreasonable punishment of crucifixion only because she [[DisproportionateRetribution refused a fellow nobleman's marriage offer]], he represents the deadly sin of [[IrrationalHatred Wrath]].

He makes a brief cameo in the 8th track of ''Nein''.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Doesn't look all that hot in the live. In ''New Testament Märchen'', [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2016_07_10_10_28_48_1_1.png though]]...
* AloofBigBrother: He seems to have no brotherly love to offer towards Elisabeth, using her only for his own political gains.
* TheCaligula: Shows some serious symptoms of being this.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Crucifixion? For refusing a marriage offer? ''[[KickTheDog What the hell, dude?]]''
* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite him forcing Elisabeth to marry like there's no tomorrow, he himself doesn't seem to have taken a wife of his own yet, despite the immense political advantage it will also gain him.
* KarmaHoudini: He got off scot-free since Elisabeth is [[IncorruptiblePurePureness too kind a woman]] to be able to give him the taste of his own medicine. Some fanfics like to give him the fate of dying miserably along with the dynasty, but this would prove unrealistic because in RealLife, the House of Wettin would remain in high power throughout Europe for the next 400 or so years.
* PromotionToParent: This would be the most probable reason why he wants Elisabeth to call him "Father" so badly.
* RantInducingSlight: His little dialogue with Walter in "Takkei no Seijo" implies that their little incident is not the first time Elisabeth has been so hard-headed, and her refusing Rhein-Pfalz's marriage offer could perhaps be the last straw that broke the camel's back.
* SmugSnake: That position as the head of the house seems to have gone way over his head that it seems to have become difficult for him to treat even his biological sister with the slightest respect.

[[/folder]]

Because [[AnyoneCanDie life and death is as constant as the unending cycle of day and night]] in this band's universe, '''death tropes will be unmarked'''.

[[caption-width-right:337:The last wife is on the left, with the first one (and Märchen) creeping up behind her on the right.]]

The fifth of the "seven dead princesses", and the protagonist of the song "Bara no Tou de Nemuru Himegimi". Born following the prophecy of a [[TalkingAnimal magical talking frog]], the princess' birth was an occassion so joyous for both of her parents that her overjoyed father held a great feast to celebrate. As everybody have heard, however, the golden wares was short of one, angering a certain VainSorceress, and this incident went down in circumstances that would come to endanger her life when she reaches her fifteenth birthday.

* AsTheGoodBookSays: They open the single with the classic tale of Adam, Eve, and [[CainAndAbel their children]] from both [[Literature/TheBible The Book of Genesis]] and [[Literature/TheQuran the Qur'an]], giving the subtle hint that the Christians and the Muslims have essentially the same beliefs, but it is their inherent tendency towards strife as human beings that drove them to fight against each other, just like how Cain murdered Abel. [[note]]But contrary to popular belief, the story of Eve being created from Adam's rib [[ArtisticLicenseReligion doesn't exist anywhere in the Qur'an.]][[/note]]

* FramingDevice: It is from their eyes that we see the tale of "Seisen no Iberia" being recounted.

* SealedBadassInACan: Shaytan was locked up by a very powerful sorcerer a long time ago. According to myths, he's supposed to be an evil demon, and his powers are indeed destructive, but he doesn't do anything truly evil in the album.

* FashionableAsymmetry: The Gitana Sisters' shoes are mismatched.
* TheHecateSisters: Saránda is the Crone, Trin is the Mother, and Enjá is the Maiden.

* [[UsefulNotes/{{Roma}} Roma]]: They are members of the Spanish diaspora, who are usually called the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people_in_Spain gitano/gitana]].

Elef's mentor, he is a blind poet who young Elef used to accompany as the latter wandered across Greece in search of his estranged twin sister. He is the one who authored the ''Elefseya'', the epic which serves as the FramingDevice of the album.

* FacialMarkings: Each of the dolls has one in one of her cheeks. Violette's right cheek (from our side, left from Hiver's side) has a moon-shaped marking, while Hortense's left (right from Hiver's side) has a sun-shaped one.

* RobotGirl: Though they're actually the embodiment of [[spoiler:twin dolls given to the stillborn Laurent by his mother on his burial]], so not technically robots as much as maybe [[{{Golem}} golems]], they still use very stilted and emotionless language, and the remix of "Asa to Yoru no Roman" clearly has them singing in a mechanical voice, not to mention that in live performances, KAORI and YUUKI always perform them by moving in a stilted, mechanical matter.

* MadArtist: She was chained up in the attic as a child. Her only companions were canvases and paint tubes in three colors. This troper is sure you could see how these two would mix up.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She is this in both albums, but more on the [[AxCrazy creepy side]] in ''Elysion''. In ''Nein'', though, she plays the trope straight in a lighter tone.[[spoiler: If giving your date a flower bouquet with a gun in the middle of it still won't convince you just how much of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} she is, this troper doesn't know what else will.]]

The protagonist of the song "Ark". She is a young girl used as a test subject along with her brother, Frater, by a certain MadScientist simply called "The Watcher". He projected the siblings' minds inside his [[LotusEaterMachine artificial simulator world]], which becomes the majority of the song's setting. In the midst of it, she came to harbor [[BrotherSisterIncest a twisted infatuation]] for Frater, and things predictably go down horribly from there. She is the first girl abducted by the Masked Man in order to reunite with Elys.

* BrotherSisterIncest: She falls in love with her older brother. Sadly, Frater does not return her feelings. Their conflicting feelings thus become the main conflict of her song.

* DissonantSerenity: After [[spoiler: stabbing Frater to death]], she calmly asks him to accompany her into paradise before bursting into laughter.

* LaughingMad: After [[spoiler: murdering Frater]].

* LotusEaterMachine: The world which serves as the initial setting of "Ark" is actually an artificial construction programmed by "The Watcher", the scientist who's been experimenting on her and Frater. Only after [[spoiler: Frater's death]] does Soror get pulled back into his [[MadScientistLaboratory inhumane]] laboratory in order to be punished for her crime.
* ATasteOfTheLash: After [[spoiler: Frater is murdered]], the music is interrupted by a brief narration, telling us of what had actually happened inside the Watcher's laboratory before it returns to Soror's perspective, the background sounds of which are the cruel crackings of a whip.

Soror's older brother.

* TheCaretaker

The protagonist of the song "Baroque".

%%* PsychoLesbian
%%* ShrinkingViolet

%%* {{Yandere}}

The protagonist of the song "Sacrifice".

The protagonist of the song "Stardust". She is a woman so fascinated with true love, [[IfICantHaveYou she cannot perfectly comprehend the notion that love is a temporary thing]]. She is the last girl abducted by the Masked Man in order to reunite with Elys.

* FreudianExcuse: As was stated above, it's heavily implied that the reason she became such a glutton for love and affection--and snaps when she is betrayed--is caused by her father never giving any.

* DeathByWomanScorned: Poor guy should have known his ex better.

* TheVoiceless: Averted in the ''Nein'' encore, but briefly. Shin-Imayama only uttered one line in the whole song, which is originally spoken by the narrator.
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: And then his own blood turns it red.

The protagonist of the song "Stardust". She is a woman so fascinated with true love, [[IfICantHaveYou she cannot perfectly comprehend the notion of "breaking up"]]. Catching her ex with his new girlfriend--in matching white clothes, no less--by some coincidence, the woman [[DespairEventHorizon snaps]], shot the ex in cold blood, then took his bloodied clothes as some sort of a [[CreepySouvenir twisted keepsake]] to remind herself how they used to match in the same way he and his new girlfriend's clothes did... until it rusted and becomes black. She is the last girl abducted by the Masked Man in order to reunite with Elys.

* DissonantSerenity: Listen to the first half part of "Stardust" before the refrain and feel the contrast of the trigger-happy, murderous lyrics against the cheerful instrumental and vocal. That should give you a full explanation on her craziness. It's made worse in the ''Elysion'' live, as Aramary sings ''even more'' cheerfully and bounces up and around the stage to boot.

* FreudianExcuse: As was stated above, it's heavily implied that the reason she became such a glutton for love and affection--and snaps when she is betrayed--is because her father never gave her any of them.

* TheTragicRose: Played with. Rose is a recurrent motif in both versions of her song, but each song presents it differently. "Stardust" presents the rose as a symbolism for Stella's mad passion and its fatal consequences--thus playing the trope straight--while "Nikushimi wo Hanataba ni Kaete" represents it as a symbol for her renewed affection and vivacity, subverting the trope instead.

The man who was once the lover of The Woman in Red. It seems that they used to have a happy relationship until the man presumably grows bored of her and decides to start a new one behind her back. Needless to say, [[WomanScorned the results ain't pretty]].

* MismatchedEyes: Golden on the right, blue on the left (from his side).