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Characters from the anime and manga "Tegami Bachi," (Letter Bee.)
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[[folder:The Bee Hive]]
!'''The Bee Hive'''
The headquarters of the delivery service where all the "Bees" work. Located in Yuusari, the middle-class area of [=AmberGround=].
! '''Current Letter Bees and their Dingoes'''
!! '''Lag Seeing'''
The main protagonist. A very focused and unfailingly polite young boy. He is a former letter delivered by Gauche Suede to his aunt. His encounter with Gauche inspired him to become a Letter Bee. His Spirit Amber attack is called "Red Needle" and is able to visualize the memories held within whatever it is shot at. He can also somehow control the direction it goes. He has Spirit Amber implanted in his left eye socket.
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Tropes associated with Lag:
* [[spoiler: AmbiguouslyHuman]]: [[spoiler:He's essentially a shard of the Sun given form by the Spirit Amber. Inside him is the souls of many people that the Sun stole to be its light, among them the part that Gauche lost in the Day of Flicker.]]
* BadassAdorable
* ChasteHero: He's 12.
* {{Determinator}}: Sees everything he starts to the end, no matter what.
* EyepatchOfPower: The patch of hair covering his left eye. Seems to make him more cute than intimidating.
* FrickinLaserBeams: Like everyone else, [[spoiler: but he can also shoot them [[LightEmUp from his hands.]]]]
* GlassCannon: Like most Bees, but he seems to take the cake.
* [[NakedFirstImpression Half-Naked First Impression]]: When he arrives at the Bee-Hive, he introduces himself right away. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny While still in his boxers.]]
* GoalInLife: Three. To become Head Bee, to find his mother again (which ties into the first, since she's most likely in the capital) and to see Gauche again.
* HandCannon
* TheHero: Who is also '''TheHeart,''' [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower which is an awesome power, by the way.]] [[RunningGag Did you know that?]]
* HeroWorshipper: To Gauche.
* HeroicAlbino
* HeroicBastard: Possibly. He's definitely not curious where his [[DisappearedDad dad is.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Lag after [[spoiler:Gauche's]] FaceHeelTurn
* HeroicRROD: He puts a lot into his '''heart''' bullets. As a result, he gets sick often.
* TheMcCoy
* MeaningfulName: "Lagrima" means '''tears.'''
* MenDontCry: Averted with a vengeance.
* MissingMom: Initially, he was looking for her.
* OrphansPlotTrinket: His Spirit Amber eye.
* PeekABangs
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes are naturally red and the Spirit Amber in his left socket is also red. Subverted because he's very benevolent.
* SeriousBusiness: Letters and memories, of course.
* ToBeAMaster: He wants to be Head Bee.
* WhamLine: Confronting [[spoiler:Gauche]] and saying that he has lied about [[spoiler:his memory being restored]].
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Red Needle typically can destroy Gaichu and convey memories to people that resolve their problems, sometimes in the same shot.
* WideEyedIdealist: In contrast to people like Mock, wants to see all deliveries through to the end and do so in a way that is good for the sender and recipient.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: He makes an adorable girl.
!! '''Niche'''
She is Lag's personal bodyguard, [=AKA=] [[BattleButler Dingo.]] Niche was a letter Lag encountered on his way to the Bee-Hive and he delivered to her destination, a side-show circus called [[GratuitousEnglish Love Someone Down]]. She is actually the "Child of Maka" (lit. the Child of Greatness) and as a result, has golden, 'sword-like' hair, blue eyes and arms resembling that of a bear.
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Tropes associated with Niche:
* ACupAngst: She normally does not dwell on it, but she will look upon her own chest unfavorably when she's comparing herself to other girls, especially if she perceives a girl as a "threat" (in the sense of her "stealing" Lag away from her). [[spoiler:Her excitement of being temporarily aged up is even soured when she realizes she lacks an ample bosom and body (in comparison to Sylvette and her sister).]]
* ActionGirl
* BodyguardCrush: On Lag.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Since Lag is her world, she's generally not pleased when she's not the center of his.
* TheComicallySerious
* CuteBruiser
* CuteMonsterGirl: With CuteLittleFangs even!
* ForeheadOfDoom: It shines!
* GirlishPigtails
* GodivaHair
* IHaveTheHighGround
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Does NOT like underwear.
* TheLancer
* LineOfSightName: She's called 'Niche' because, well, that's where Lag found her. It works.
* LittleMissBadass
* [[spoiler:OlderThanTheyLook: MUCH older.]]
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: A RunningGag on par with Lag's crying.
* PrehensileHair: The Golden Sword.
* [[spoiler:[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really Two Hundred Years Old]]: She casually forgets to mention this to Lag.]]
* SeriousBusiness: Being a Dingo.
* StayInTheKitchen: Despite being sad to say goodbye to her, Lag initially thinks it's too dangerous for Niche to be his dingo as a young girl. He gets over it fairly quickly.
* TenMinuteRetirement: As a result of drinking poisoned water and losing to [[spoiler: Roda.]] She gets better.
* ThirdPersonPerson
* TookALevelInBadass: She can now make some pretty intricate things with her hair, after training with [[spoiler:her sister.]]
* {{Tsundere}}
* WildChild
!! '''Steak'''
Niche's live bait and [[EatTheDog emergency food rations.]] He followed her from Love Someone Down and usually is a HeadPet. Steak seems to have accepted that one day Niche may make good on her desire to eat him. He also appears to be a Kapellmeister and the LastOfHisKind.
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Tropes associated with Steak:
* EatTheDog: He's named [[MeaningfulName Steak]] for a reason.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Is ''mostly'' okay with Niche eating him one day.
* HeadPet
* LastOfHisKind
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Nearly his entire body is mouth with a corresponding amount of teeth. As Lag and Connor found out.
* ShoutOut: To Fizzgig from TheDarkCrystal.
* TheNoseKnows: He can sniff out the weaknesses of Gaichuu.
* TeamPet
!! '''Connor Kluff'''
The Bee who escorted Lag to his interview. Connor made regular deliveries to Campbell Litus as Lag was growing up, and seems to be popular with the townspeople. He has a hearty appetite and a stocky build, and tires easily. His Dingo is a hound dog named Gus whose skilled at tunneling. His Spirit Amber attack is "Yellow Bomb" and uses pieces of his hunger via landmines.
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Tropes associated with Connor:
* [[spoiler:AllLoveIsUnrequited: Develops a crush on "Roda" at the abbey, another nun at the abbey develops a crush on him and when he finally returns her feelings, Reverse [[DroppedABridgeOnHim drops a Gaichuu on the nun.]]]]
* BigBulkyBomb: Yellow Bomb can make some pretty big explosions.
* BigEater: Justified. His attacks rely on it.
* BigFriendlyDog: Gus, who's also a bit lazy.
* CannotSpitItOut: He can't bring himself to tell Lag that [[spoiler:Gauche is no longer a Bee]].
* EyesAlwaysShut: Does he HAVE eyes?
* LazyBum: He could be a ''bit'' more energetic.
* NiceGuy: Unlike Lag and Zazie, he has no mental hiccups. [[spoiler:[[AllLoveIsUnrequited Until recently...]]]]
* [[spoiler:PietaPlagiarism: Him and [[TearJerker Sunny.]]]]
* QuitYourWhining: To Lag, in the wake of [[spoiler:Lily's getting her heart eaten]], saying that this time, he's not crying for others, but himself.
* [[spoiler:RoaringRampageOfRevenge: A short one. When Reverse takes Sunny's heart, Connor tries his best to get it back.]]
* TheSmartGuy: He's pretty knowledgeable for one so young.
* StuffBlowingUp
* TunnelKing: Gus, his Dingo.
* WhamLine: Identifying [[spoiler:the Gaichuu that ate Zazie's parents' hearts]].
!! '''Zazie [[spoiler:Winters]]'''
A Bee who specializes in killing Gaichuu and actually has very little interest in deliveries. For the record, he IS good at those too. His parents were killed by Gaichuu when he was a child, leading him to become a Bee in order to exact vengeance. He likes cats; in fact his Dingo is a panther named "Wasiolka." His Spirit Amber attack is "Blue Thorn" and shoots pieces of his hate.
Also, in the anime, he's very apparently a boy. In the manga, [[ViewerGenderConfusion however...]]
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Tropes associated with Zazie:
* ADayInTheLimelight: Volume 16 is centered on him, [[spoiler:as he finds the Gaichuu that stole his parents' hearts]]
* TheBigGuy: Out of the three main Bees, he's the least likely to be captured.
* CuteLittleFangs: To go with the cat theme.
* CynicismCatalyst: As a young boy, he learned that people can't be trusted upon seeing a BitchInSheepsClothing who ran an orphanage.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:His parents were 5 million rin in debt, and knew that he'd be taken as collateral, so they abandoned him outside an orphanage and returned once they paid off the debt]].
* DudeLooksLikeALady
* HairTriggerTemper: He gets a tad hot under the collar.
* HandCannon
* HeroWorshipper: To Jiggy Pepper. Subverted by the fact that he's just as capable.
* ICanStillFight: In Episode 20, despite his broken arm, he returns via BigDamnHeroes to help Lag.
* KindheartedCatLover: It's revealed in a flashback why he lost
* MeaningfulName: InUniverse, his name means, "One who lives honestly."
* OnlyOneName: For the most part, [[spoiler:until his past is revealed]].
* PantheraAwesome: Wasiolka.
* ParentalAbandonment: His parents had their hearts eaten by a Gaichuu. [[spoiler:They also had left him behind for 10 years, and he, as a result of his trust issues, couldn't recognize them as his parents]].
* PartingWordsRegret: [[spoiler:The last thing he said to his parents before they got killed by a Gaichuu was that he didn't believe that they were his parents]].
* {{Revenge}}: His reason for joining the Letter Bees and the source of his power.
* TriggerHappy
* WhamLine: He tells Lag in passing that [[spoiler:Gauche is no longer a Bee]], and as such, Lag's the current record-holder on the entry exam.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:He eventually comes into a confrontation with the Gaichuu that ate his parents' hearts]].
!! '''Jiggy Pepper'''
The resident Express Delivery specialist, a young adult Bee who occasionally shows up when the manga decides to be extra cool. Has two adopted siblings, Nelli and Nello, though Nello, the boy, eventually dies of an illness. He left their hometown to become stronger to protect them. He also had a bell tower built there. His Spirit Amber, Sea Blue Ultramarine, is in his motorcycle. His Dingo is a hawk named Harry.
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Tropes associated with Jiggy:
* AloofBigBrother: Note that in this case, 'aloof' does not mean 'bad'. He really does love and care for his adoptive sister, he's just sort of understated about it. As in 'to the point that she completely despised him until discovering just how ''much'' he's done to take care of her over the years'.
* BadassBiker: Zazie and Lag certainly think so.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Becomes a Bee because of it.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Lag and Zazie.
* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Lag from a lighthouse. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Really.]]
* CoolBike: [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum It runs on]] [[strike:nonsensoleum]] '''[[HeartIsAnAwesomePower heart!]]'''
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Two on the right side of his face, right near his eye. He's definitely a good guy, though.
!! '''Lily Confort'''
Lag's partner during the Cabernet interception mission. She lacks confidence in her abilities and hates the fact that as a Bee she is often rejected by society. She holds Lag in very high esteem, having heard of his reputation, and admires his dedication, abilities and confidence.
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Tropes associated with Lily:
* HeroWorshipper: Her admiration for the "Child Of Light" is quite strong.
* LetsGetDangerous: [[spoiler:Cruelly subverted, leading to...]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal / AFateWorseThanDeath]]
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Her partnership with Lag.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Lag is surprised to learn that she's only a year older than him.
! '''Other Personnel'''
!! '''Largo Lloyd [[spoiler: Largo Vallore]]'''
The Master of the Bee Hive. Seem to have a more invested interest in Lag and his deliveries for reasons unknown.
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Tropes associated with Largo:
* AlliterativeName
* BenevolentBoss
* {{Bishonen}}
* [[spoiler: BodyHorror revealed in Chapter 50 to have massive scarring as a result of government experiments]]
** [[spoiler:His internal organs are his mothers who was also used in the experiments and made part tree.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He can be quite frivolous sometimes. Lag's jaw drops when he finds out ''THIS'' man is in charge.
* BusmansHoliday: [[spoiler: After he's fired. Which he takes with a grain of salt anyway.]]
* TheChessmaster: Often out gathering information... and threatening those who don't give it up.
* GuileHero: Implied.
* MrExposition: He ''IS'' in charge.
* StoicSpectacles: A smiling example.
* ShipTease: With Aria and Elena, before she died.
* SmokingIsCool: In the manga, he often has a cigarette butt in his mouth.
* TeamDad
* TricksterMentor: Up until the reveal, he had some elements of this.
* WildCard: Not evil per se, but does ANYONE know what he's thinking about?
!! '''Aria Link'''
The Sub Master of the Bee Hive and Largo's right hand, taking care of the minor things for him. She was see earlier in Gauche's memories as a letter bee and his love interest. Aria's Spirit Amber ability is the Heart Restoration Bullet, which she executes by playing music on her violin. The music has a healing effect on everyone who hears it. The closer one stands to her while she is playing, the stronger the healing effects. Her Spirit Amber attack is "Crimson Melody" and is executed by playing her violin. Her Dingo is Bolt, a large dog.
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Tropes associated with Aria:
* BigFriendlyDog: Bolt.
* {{Dojikko}}: There is a reason she doesn't do deliveries anymore...
* ElegantClassicalMusician
* FormFittingWardrobe:Her outfits tend to be like this, especially in the manga. In a recent chapter, [[ChasteHero Lag]] ends up staring at her after she dons her old Letter Bee uniform, which is a little... tight on her, and when she frets about having gained weight, he reassures her that she looks sexy.
* MeaningfulName: An "aria" is a type of song for opera.
* {{Meganekko}}/StoicSpectacles
* MsFanservice
* MusicalAssassin: That violin gets GREAT range.
* SexySecretary
* ShipTease: With Gauche, of course and sometimes her boss.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Can be cold and professional, but is also very warm-hearted.
* TeamMom: For all Bees.
!! '''Dr. Thunderland Jr.'''
A biologist who belongs to the Third Bioscience advisory panel of Amberground divisions specializing in pathology. He collects corpses for dissection and study, earning him the nickname "The Corpse Doctor." He has a morbid interest in dissection. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Not as evil as he looks.]]
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Tropes associated with Dr. Thunderland:
* ComedicSociopathy: Thinks dissection is a marvelous thing to talk about while standing over an unconscious body.
* DrJerk: Despite what Zazie will tell you, he's not.
* EyepatchOfPower: Seems to have lost his eye on the Day of Flicker.
* InsistentTerminology: It seems odd when no one calls him "Dr." or "Jr."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he does dissect A LOT of things, he uses them to create cures for diseases. Also, for the corpses he finds, he erects little memorials for all of them.
* MadScientist: You get the feeling that he and [[SoulEater Stein]] would get along [[ForScience GREAT.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Corpse Doctor."
* OnlyFriend: To an extent, as he says he's never had a friend, but speaks fondly of how Gauche seemed to understand him.
* TheProfessor
!!'''Dr. Thunderland'''
Thunderland Junior's father, who makes appearances in the bonus sections of the manga volumes to talk about Amberground, and the various people and places Lag finds in his travels
* AllThereInTheManual: Provides information that isn't openly discussed in the manga, but also adds quite a bit of his own opinion, especially where his son is concerned.
* CoolShades
* MrExposition
!!'''Mock Sullivan'''
A Letter Bee whose approach to his work is starkly different from Lag and Gauche's; he simply believes in getting letters to their destinations and is willing to write off letters as "cold letters" without tracking down the sender or recipient.
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Tropes associated with Mock:
* AccidentalMisnaming: Gets Lag's name wrong despite having just been told it.
* JerkAss: Says in no uncertain terms that he doesn't think much of Lag as a Bee and dislikes his approach to delivering letters.
* KnifeNut
!!'''Krank'''
Mock Sullivan's Dingo, a cobra.
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!! '''Calibus Garrard'''
A government official and former Bee come to retrieve [[spoiler:Gauche]]'s unconscious body. Lloyd at one point idolized him.
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Tropes associated with Garrard:
* BadassBoast: When he's about to be tested for entering the capital, he tells Canon "You don't think we're qualified? Of course we are!!! We're going to the Capital! The next time you see me, I'll be '''Head Bee!!''' Don't you forget it, missy!!" [[spoiler:Subverted as it turns out he was TemptingFate]].
* [[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]]: To Hazel's Red.
* [[spoiler:BigDamnHeroes]]: [[spoiler:When the Cabernet shows up outside Yuusari, he and Hazel head the defense team to fight it off, despite showing no concern to the people's well-beings earlier.]]
* BrokenPedestal:
* CoolOldGuy: He's absolutely badass [[spoiler:when he fights the Cabernet.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: His attempt to enter the capital.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:What made him fail the test to get inside the capital and end up living in the "middle ground", Kagerou. He went through ''utter hell'' in his childhood, with an [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]] who eventually ''killed his father''. And then what he's seen and done since he's gotten inside Akatsuki.]]
* FakeMemories: [[spoiler:The one happy memory he has of his childhood is fake]].
* {{Jerkass}}-> [[spoiler:JerkWithAHeartOfGold]].
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler: Allows himself to be swallowed by the Cabernet, so that others will have a chance to kill it before it can destroy Yuusari.]]
* [[spoiler:KnightInSourArmor]]: [[spoiler:Going to the capital and finding out the truth utterly broke him, but he manages to regain his spirits]].
* LaughingMad: After Canon [[spoiler:suggests that the man-made sun is made of the hearts of those who entered Akatsuki]].
* [[spoiler:LetsGetDangerous]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: [[spoiler:Subverted. It wasn't him being an ass when he sacked Lloyd, it was him giving Lloyd a chance to fight the government and expose the capital's secrets.]]
* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Seems to have it out for Largo,[[spoiler: Gauche and Lag.]]
* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Actually, he's just a ShellShockedVeteran.]]
* StoicSpectacles and SunglassesAtNight
* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:Despite making a BadassBoast, he learns that the test is beyond anything he could have ever imagined, and it breaks him.]]
* ToBeAMaster: Another person who wants to be Head Bee and has no problem [[PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize stepping on small stones in his path to being it.]]
!! '''Hazel Valentine'''
-->''"Being a dingo is my life!! I don't know how to do nothin' but protect!! I'll protect you! And I'll protect my old hometown! What could be simpler than that?"''
The Dingo of Calibus Garrard. Would be suffering from SmallNameBigEgo if he wasn't [[{{Badass}} as tough as people say he is.]] A bit [[ManChild childish.]]
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Tropes associated with Hazel:
* BadassNormal: Takes on Niche and ''nearly'' wins.
* TheBigGuy: One of the biggest guys in comic.
* BoisterousBruiser
* DeclarationOfProtection: See above.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: One of the ''weirdest'' examples imaginable, with Wasiolka. She... he... you know what, it really ''does'' need to be seen to be believed. Check the links above under CrowningMomentOfFunny.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Niche finally beats him by [[spoiler:exposing Aria's bra.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings [[FriendToAllChildren And All Children]]: When he's not beating the crap out of them, of course.
* GenderBlenderName
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Garrard.
* HotBlooded
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* PluckyComicRelief: When Hazel shows up, the next few pages are guaranteed to be funny, no matter what happens.)
* [[RedOniBlueOni Red Oni]] (To Garrad's Blue.)
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Amberground Government]]
!'''Amberground Government'''
Enforces a very strict class separation & bars travel between the 3 districts for all except those given proper clearance.
Tropes about the government in general
!!Empress of Amberground/[[spoiler:(currently) Anne Seeing]]
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Tropes associated with her:
* [[spoiler:ExpressDelivery]]: [[spoiler:She was spontaneously impregnated with Lag on the Day of Flicker and gave birth to him on the same day.]]
* [[spoiler:FamilyBusiness]]: [[spoiler:Her family has been in charge of the task of "Empress" - which is to protect the light of the Sun - for generations, and Anne is the newest Empress.]]
* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Lag I Am Your Mother]]]]: [[spoiler:The current Empress is, anyway.]]
* ShoutOut: Her statues resemble the Virgin Mary.
!!'''Jikku Vallore'''
Commander of the Imperial Guard. [[spoiler: He abducted Lag's mother and was present on the Inspection Airship during the Day of Flicker.]]
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Tropes associated with Jikku Vallore:
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Used his own son in his experiments. Not to mention his wife.]]
* [[spoiler: BigBad: Rules all of Amberground with an iron fist.]]
* ChekhovsGunman
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Reverse]]
!'''Reverse'''
A revolutionary group trying to cause a "Reverse" in Amberground. May not or may not be much better than the government they're trying to topple over.
! '''Personnel'''
!!'''The Man Unable To Become A Spirit/Lawrence'''
The leader of Reverse.
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Tropes associated with The Man Unable To Become A Spirit:
* BigBad Possibly.
* FaceFramedInShadow
* NiceHat
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: No, it will [[MoralEventHorizon not.]]
!!'''[[spoiler: Roda/]]The Girl in White'''
Noir's Dingo.
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Tropes associated with her:
* BodyHorror: When Lag accidentally sees her bathing, he discovers that her body is riddled with scars.
* DarkActionGirl
* DualWielding
* FemmeFatale: Not sexual, but definitely beautiful and definitely morally ambiguous.
* HannibalLecture: Gives one to [[spoiler:Niche]], leading to [[spoiler:her]] TenMinuteRetirement.
* KnifeNut
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Roda, after Gauche's Dingo.]]
* TheStoic
* TakeMyHand: Refuses [[spoiler:Lag's,]] despite being somewhat touched he offered.
* WomanInWhite
* ZettaiRyouiki
!!'''Noir[[spoiler:/Gauche Suede]]'''
A Marauder for Reverse who steals letters from Bees. He's a bit of a [[{{Jerkass}} jerk.]] [[spoiler:His Spirit Amber attack is named "Jet Black"]]
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Tropes associated with Noir:
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: Maybe not THAT crazy, but otherwise, it fits.]]
* EvilAlbino
* EvilCounterpart: To the Bees.
* HandCannon
* TheHeartless
* {{Jerkass}}
* TheStoic
!! '''Zeal'''
Agent of Reverse. Fought Zazie.
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Tropes associated with Zeal:
* BeastMan
* BodyHorror
!! '''Mie'''
Agent of Reverse.
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Tropes associated with Mie:
* CatGirl
* CuteLittleFangs
* MsFanservice
!! '''Sunny'''
A young nun at the Veritably Abbey in [[MeaningfulName Lamento Town.]] She is a good baker, and has a crush on Connor.
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Tropes associated with Sunny:
* [[spoiler: AFateWorseThanDeath: The first person in comic who has their heart eaten by a Gaichuu.]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited
* [[spoiler: [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped A Gaichuu On Her]]]]
* FeminineWomenCanCook
* SupremeChef: If Connor's anything to go by, her cookies are addictive.
* ThroughHisStomach: Eventually, it [[TearJerker works.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Others]]
Semi-recurring characters, family of main characters and people who aren't specifically affiliated with anything.
! '''The Suede Family'''
!! '''Gauche Suede'''
Lag's mentor and hero, who delivered him to his aunt in Chapter 1. He's a lively and pleasant young man, something remarked upon by those who've met him. He also wants to become the Head Bee so that he can make life easier for his younger sister. He likes weird soup. It's revealed he has no memories of his mother, as a result of the Day Of Flicker. Aria believes he focuses all of his attention on his sister as a result. His Spirit Amber attack is "Black Needle" and his Dingo is Roda.
[[spoiler:It is revealed that he is no longer a Bee and worst, a Marauder of Reverse called Noir. He has no memories of Lag or Sylvette, possibly due to losing that part of his heart. Recently, he's awoken and seems to recognize Sylvette again... though this proves to be him simply using the memories within Lag's Letter Bullet as a guide to feign remembrance. During and after the battle with Cabernet, he has returned to working with the Bee Hive, after deciding that his actions with Reverse was hurting too many people.]]
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Tropes associated with Gauche:
* TheAce: In verse, just about everyone loves Gauche.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Sylvette is his main motivation. He also returns for Lag because of this.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Lag.
* BigDamnHeroes: In Chapter 42.
* BigFriendlyDog: Roda, unless you're a Gaichuu.
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: As Noir.]]
* DisappearedDad: He is never mentioned.
* [[spoiler:EvilAlbino]]
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]
** [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]: [[spoiler:Subverted after Lag shot him with a heart bullet. He started acting like Gauche again, but it was all an act, and he learned it from the memories in the bullet. During the battle with Cabernet, he makes a proper turn toward Face]].
* HandCannon
* HeroicAlbino
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Can't remember his mother. [[spoiler: Or his sister. Or Lag.]]
* MissingMom: Has absolutely no memory of her whatsoever.
* PromotionToParent: After his mother's death.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Averted [[spoiler: [[FaceHeelTurn initially.]]]]
* ToBeAMaster: Like Lag, he also wants[[spoiler:(ed)]] to be Head Bee.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Loves "The Three Brothers' Soup."
!! '''Sylvette Suede'''
Gauche's younger, handicapped sister. Like Lag, she was also born of the Day of Flicker. After Gauche leaves for Akatsuki, he disappears, leaving her to assume he's dead. Some years later she encounter Lag, who promises to find her brother. She covers the rent and expenses on her house by making and selling dolls and renting a room to Lag.
[[spoiler: Lag eventually does find and return Gauche to her. While Gauche feigns having regained his memories (using the memories carried in Lag's Letter Bullet to build the cover), she eventually learns the truth after the battle with Cabernet. She's taking it surprisingly well.]]
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Tropes associated with Sylvette:
* ApronMatron: Twenty years early, even.
* BadassNormal: A [[HandicappedBadass Handicapped]] BadassNormal!
* BoobsOfSteel: Quite a sizable pair for one her age... Niche [[BerserkButton doesn't take it well]].
* DeadGuyJunior: Unbeknownst to her older brother, she bears the name of her mother.
* HandicappedBadass: The "Wheelchair Leopardess" can catch up to and take on RHINO-DRAWN CARRIAGES. And ''WIN.''
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: To Niche again, though mainly she wishes Niche would wear more girly pants. Also, Sylvette has to remind Niche to brush her teeth.
* PluckyGirl
* [[SelfMadeMan Self-Made Woman]]: While lonely, she manages to do just fine without her brother and before Lag comes along. Also, her dolls are pretty popular.
* TeamMom
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Like Gauche, she also likes weird soup.
* VitriolicBestBuds: It takes a while before Niche warms up to Sylvette.
! '''Lag's Relatives'''
!!'''Sabrina Mary'''
Lag's aunt who lives in Campbell Litus. Gauche delivers Lag to her in the first chapter. Lag stays with her for five years before leaving to become a Bee himself.
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Tropes associated with Sabrina:
* ApronMatron
* CoolOldLady
* {{Tsundere}}: Yells at Gauche for not thanking Lag for dragging his ass into town but gives him food and water for the return trip back to Yuusari.
!!'''Anne Seeing'''
Lag's mother. She was taken to Akatsuki at the beginning of the story and no one has seen her since. She is the one who implanted the Spirit Amber in Lag's eye. [[spoiler:Or, to be more accurate, she instructed Sabrina Mary to do so.]]
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Tropes associated with her:
* TheGhost
* MamaBear: Implanted Spirit Amber in her son's eye to help him survive an ''illness.'' It's helped him survive ''soul-sucking [[BigCreepyCrawlies GIANT INSECTS.]]''
* MissingMom
[[/folder]]
[[folder: '''Blue Notes Blues''']]
!! '''[[spoiler: Niche's Older Twin Sister]]'''
Antagonist of the Blue Notes Blues Arc, she was separated from [[spoiler: Niche]] sometime ago. Unlike [[spoiler: Niche,]] she managed to grow up and find her way back to Maka. Also unlike [[spoiler:Niche,]] she knows just how and why she came into the world.
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Tropes associated with her:
* ActionGirl
** DarkActionGirl: When initially introduced.
* AnnoyingArrows [[spoiler: The size of SPEARS!]]
* BFS
* BrokenBird
* CuteLittleFangs
* CuteMonsterGirl
* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Her mother.]]
* ForeheadOfDoom: [[spoiler:Niche]] ''IS'' her [[spoiler: sister]] after all...
* GodivaHair
* HumansAreBastards: They certainly have been to her and her entire family. [[spoiler:They tossed her and her sister '''OVER A CLIFF WHEN THEY WERE JUST BABIES FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!''']]
* InnocentFanserviceGirl
* LadyOfWar: Can make some impressively intricate things with her hair and rarely has to change her stance while fighting.
* MsFanservice: Manages to go toe to toe with Aria for the position. Possibly a FetishFuelStationAttendant.
* NakedFirstImpression: Not that she gives a crap.
* NoNameGiven
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Makes her OWN ChainmailBikini even.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: [[spoiler: When it dawns on her that [[BrokenBird she is effectively alone in the world.]]]]
* PrehensileHair
* [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really Two Hundred Years Old]]
* SugarAndIcePersonality: When she stops being [[AloofBigBrother aloof]] and [[HumansAreBastards throwing tantrums,]] she's quite nice.
* TrainingFromHell: Taught [[spoiler: Niche]] some new tricks.
* VerbalTic: When she gets upset, she trips over her words.
-->"Let's cuh. Cut. Cut you open and see what's inside."
* WildChild
!! '''Maka'''
The resident God of Blue Notes Blues. People make sacrifices to her and while she does protect the land, she does it for no one's sake but her own. Somehow she managed to raise [[spoiler: Niche's sister.]]
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Tropes associated with Maka:
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Neither she nor [[spoiler: Niche's sister]] completely buy into the notion that [[spoiler: Lag]] is human.
* [[HumansAreBastards Humans Are Annoying]]
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* MixAndMatchCritters: She looks like a cross between an eagle and a dragon.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent
* OurGodsAreGreater
* PetTheDog: She helps [[spoiler:Celica]] live long enough to have her daughters and raises the oldest when she makes her way back to her.
** Also, she genuinely does protect the land.
** She takes [[spoiler: Niche and Steak]] to a healing lake.
* PhysicalGod
!!'''Celica'''
[[spoiler:The mother of Niche and her sister.]]
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Tropes associated with Celica:
* MamaBear: She was perfectly fine with Maka eating her [[spoiler:(she doesn't)]] so long as [[spoiler:she saved her daughters' lives]].
[[/folder]]
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:The Bee Hive]]
!'''The Bee Hive'''
The headquarters of the delivery service where all the "Bees" work. Located in Yuusari, the middle-class area of [=AmberGround=].
! '''Current Letter Bees and their Dingoes'''
!! '''Lag Seeing'''
The main protagonist. A very focused and unfailingly polite young boy. He is a former letter delivered by Gauche Suede to his aunt. His encounter with Gauche inspired him to become a Letter Bee. His Spirit Amber attack is called "Red Needle" and is able to visualize the memories held within whatever it is shot at. He can also somehow control the direction it goes. He has Spirit Amber implanted in his left eye socket.
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Tropes associated with Lag:
* [[spoiler: AmbiguouslyHuman]]: [[spoiler:He's essentially a shard of the Sun given form by the Spirit Amber. Inside him is the souls of many people that the Sun stole to be its light, among them the part that Gauche lost in the Day of Flicker.]]
* BadassAdorable
* ChasteHero: He's 12.
* {{Determinator}}: Sees everything he starts to the end, no matter what.
* EyepatchOfPower: The patch of hair covering his left eye. Seems to make him more cute than intimidating.
* FrickinLaserBeams: Like everyone else, [[spoiler: but he can also shoot them [[LightEmUp from his hands.]]]]
* GlassCannon: Like most Bees, but he seems to take the cake.
* [[NakedFirstImpression Half-Naked First Impression]]: When he arrives at the Bee-Hive, he introduces himself right away. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny While still in his boxers.]]
* GoalInLife: Three. To become Head Bee, to find his mother again (which ties into the first, since she's most likely in the capital) and to see Gauche again.
* HandCannon
* TheHero: Who is also '''TheHeart,''' [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower which is an awesome power, by the way.]] [[RunningGag Did you know that?]]
* HeroWorshipper: To Gauche.
* HeroicAlbino
* HeroicBastard: Possibly. He's definitely not curious where his [[DisappearedDad dad is.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Lag after [[spoiler:Gauche's]] FaceHeelTurn
* HeroicRROD: He puts a lot into his '''heart''' bullets. As a result, he gets sick often.
* TheMcCoy
* MeaningfulName: "Lagrima" means '''tears.'''
* MenDontCry: Averted with a vengeance.
* MissingMom: Initially, he was looking for her.
* OrphansPlotTrinket: His Spirit Amber eye.
* PeekABangs
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes are naturally red and the Spirit Amber in his left socket is also red. Subverted because he's very benevolent.
* SeriousBusiness: Letters and memories, of course.
* ToBeAMaster: He wants to be Head Bee.
* WhamLine: Confronting [[spoiler:Gauche]] and saying that he has lied about [[spoiler:his memory being restored]].
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Red Needle typically can destroy Gaichu and convey memories to people that resolve their problems, sometimes in the same shot.
* WideEyedIdealist: In contrast to people like Mock, wants to see all deliveries through to the end and do so in a way that is good for the sender and recipient.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: He makes an adorable girl.
!! '''Niche'''
She is Lag's personal bodyguard, [=AKA=] [[BattleButler Dingo.]] Niche was a letter Lag encountered on his way to the Bee-Hive and he delivered to her destination, a side-show circus called [[GratuitousEnglish Love Someone Down]]. She is actually the "Child of Maka" (lit. the Child of Greatness) and as a result, has golden, 'sword-like' hair, blue eyes and arms resembling that of a bear.
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Tropes associated with Niche:
* ACupAngst: She normally does not dwell on it, but she will look upon her own chest unfavorably when she's comparing herself to other girls, especially if she perceives a girl as a "threat" (in the sense of her "stealing" Lag away from her). [[spoiler:Her excitement of being temporarily aged up is even soured when she realizes she lacks an ample bosom and body (in comparison to Sylvette and her sister).]]
* ActionGirl
* BodyguardCrush: On Lag.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Since Lag is her world, she's generally not pleased when she's not the center of his.
* TheComicallySerious
* CuteBruiser
* CuteMonsterGirl: With CuteLittleFangs even!
* ForeheadOfDoom: It shines!
* GirlishPigtails
* GodivaHair
* IHaveTheHighGround
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Does NOT like underwear.
* TheLancer
* LineOfSightName: She's called 'Niche' because, well, that's where Lag found her. It works.
* LittleMissBadass
* [[spoiler:OlderThanTheyLook: MUCH older.]]
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: A RunningGag on par with Lag's crying.
* PrehensileHair: The Golden Sword.
* [[spoiler:[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really Two Hundred Years Old]]: She casually forgets to mention this to Lag.]]
* SeriousBusiness: Being a Dingo.
* StayInTheKitchen: Despite being sad to say goodbye to her, Lag initially thinks it's too dangerous for Niche to be his dingo as a young girl. He gets over it fairly quickly.
* TenMinuteRetirement: As a result of drinking poisoned water and losing to [[spoiler: Roda.]] She gets better.
* ThirdPersonPerson
* TookALevelInBadass: She can now make some pretty intricate things with her hair, after training with [[spoiler:her sister.]]
* {{Tsundere}}
* WildChild
!! '''Steak'''
Niche's live bait and [[EatTheDog emergency food rations.]] He followed her from Love Someone Down and usually is a HeadPet. Steak seems to have accepted that one day Niche may make good on her desire to eat him. He also appears to be a Kapellmeister and the LastOfHisKind.
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Tropes associated with Steak:
* EatTheDog: He's named [[MeaningfulName Steak]] for a reason.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Is ''mostly'' okay with Niche eating him one day.
* HeadPet
* LastOfHisKind
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Nearly his entire body is mouth with a corresponding amount of teeth. As Lag and Connor found out.
* ShoutOut: To Fizzgig from TheDarkCrystal.
* TheNoseKnows: He can sniff out the weaknesses of Gaichuu.
* TeamPet
!! '''Connor Kluff'''
The Bee who escorted Lag to his interview. Connor made regular deliveries to Campbell Litus as Lag was growing up, and seems to be popular with the townspeople. He has a hearty appetite and a stocky build, and tires easily. His Dingo is a hound dog named Gus whose skilled at tunneling. His Spirit Amber attack is "Yellow Bomb" and uses pieces of his hunger via landmines.
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Tropes associated with Connor:
* [[spoiler:AllLoveIsUnrequited: Develops a crush on "Roda" at the abbey, another nun at the abbey develops a crush on him and when he finally returns her feelings, Reverse [[DroppedABridgeOnHim drops a Gaichuu on the nun.]]]]
* BigBulkyBomb: Yellow Bomb can make some pretty big explosions.
* BigEater: Justified. His attacks rely on it.
* BigFriendlyDog: Gus, who's also a bit lazy.
* CannotSpitItOut: He can't bring himself to tell Lag that [[spoiler:Gauche is no longer a Bee]].
* EyesAlwaysShut: Does he HAVE eyes?
* LazyBum: He could be a ''bit'' more energetic.
* NiceGuy: Unlike Lag and Zazie, he has no mental hiccups. [[spoiler:[[AllLoveIsUnrequited Until recently...]]]]
* [[spoiler:PietaPlagiarism: Him and [[TearJerker Sunny.]]]]
* QuitYourWhining: To Lag, in the wake of [[spoiler:Lily's getting her heart eaten]], saying that this time, he's not crying for others, but himself.
* [[spoiler:RoaringRampageOfRevenge: A short one. When Reverse takes Sunny's heart, Connor tries his best to get it back.]]
* TheSmartGuy: He's pretty knowledgeable for one so young.
* StuffBlowingUp
* TunnelKing: Gus, his Dingo.
* WhamLine: Identifying [[spoiler:the Gaichuu that ate Zazie's parents' hearts]].
!! '''Zazie [[spoiler:Winters]]'''
A Bee who specializes in killing Gaichuu and actually has very little interest in deliveries. For the record, he IS good at those too. His parents were killed by Gaichuu when he was a child, leading him to become a Bee in order to exact vengeance. He likes cats; in fact his Dingo is a panther named "Wasiolka." His Spirit Amber attack is "Blue Thorn" and shoots pieces of his hate.
Also, in the anime, he's very apparently a boy. In the manga, [[ViewerGenderConfusion however...]]
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Tropes associated with Zazie:
* ADayInTheLimelight: Volume 16 is centered on him, [[spoiler:as he finds the Gaichuu that stole his parents' hearts]]
* TheBigGuy: Out of the three main Bees, he's the least likely to be captured.
* CuteLittleFangs: To go with the cat theme.
* CynicismCatalyst: As a young boy, he learned that people can't be trusted upon seeing a BitchInSheepsClothing who ran an orphanage.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:His parents were 5 million rin in debt, and knew that he'd be taken as collateral, so they abandoned him outside an orphanage and returned once they paid off the debt]].
* DudeLooksLikeALady
* HairTriggerTemper: He gets a tad hot under the collar.
* HandCannon
* HeroWorshipper: To Jiggy Pepper. Subverted by the fact that he's just as capable.
* ICanStillFight: In Episode 20, despite his broken arm, he returns via BigDamnHeroes to help Lag.
* KindheartedCatLover: It's revealed in a flashback why he lost
* MeaningfulName: InUniverse, his name means, "One who lives honestly."
* OnlyOneName: For the most part, [[spoiler:until his past is revealed]].
* PantheraAwesome: Wasiolka.
* ParentalAbandonment: His parents had their hearts eaten by a Gaichuu. [[spoiler:They also had left him behind for 10 years, and he, as a result of his trust issues, couldn't recognize them as his parents]].
* PartingWordsRegret: [[spoiler:The last thing he said to his parents before they got killed by a Gaichuu was that he didn't believe that they were his parents]].
* {{Revenge}}: His reason for joining the Letter Bees and the source of his power.
* TriggerHappy
* WhamLine: He tells Lag in passing that [[spoiler:Gauche is no longer a Bee]], and as such, Lag's the current record-holder on the entry exam.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:He eventually comes into a confrontation with the Gaichuu that ate his parents' hearts]].
!! '''Jiggy Pepper'''
The resident Express Delivery specialist, a young adult Bee who occasionally shows up when the manga decides to be extra cool. Has two adopted siblings, Nelli and Nello, though Nello, the boy, eventually dies of an illness. He left their hometown to become stronger to protect them. He also had a bell tower built there. His Spirit Amber, Sea Blue Ultramarine, is in his motorcycle. His Dingo is a hawk named Harry.
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Tropes associated with Jiggy:
* AloofBigBrother: Note that in this case, 'aloof' does not mean 'bad'. He really does love and care for his adoptive sister, he's just sort of understated about it. As in 'to the point that she completely despised him until discovering just how ''much'' he's done to take care of her over the years'.
* BadassBiker: Zazie and Lag certainly think so.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Becomes a Bee because of it.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Lag and Zazie.
* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Lag from a lighthouse. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Really.]]
* CoolBike: [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum It runs on]] [[strike:nonsensoleum]] '''[[HeartIsAnAwesomePower heart!]]'''
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Two on the right side of his face, right near his eye. He's definitely a good guy, though.
!! '''Lily Confort'''
Lag's partner during the Cabernet interception mission. She lacks confidence in her abilities and hates the fact that as a Bee she is often rejected by society. She holds Lag in very high esteem, having heard of his reputation, and admires his dedication, abilities and confidence.
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Tropes associated with Lily:
* HeroWorshipper: Her admiration for the "Child Of Light" is quite strong.
* LetsGetDangerous: [[spoiler:Cruelly subverted, leading to...]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal / AFateWorseThanDeath]]
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Her partnership with Lag.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Lag is surprised to learn that she's only a year older than him.
! '''Other Personnel'''
!! '''Largo Lloyd [[spoiler: Largo Vallore]]'''
The Master of the Bee Hive. Seem to have a more invested interest in Lag and his deliveries for reasons unknown.
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Tropes associated with Largo:
* AlliterativeName
* BenevolentBoss
* {{Bishonen}}
* [[spoiler: BodyHorror revealed in Chapter 50 to have massive scarring as a result of government experiments]]
** [[spoiler:His internal organs are his mothers who was also used in the experiments and made part tree.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He can be quite frivolous sometimes. Lag's jaw drops when he finds out ''THIS'' man is in charge.
* BusmansHoliday: [[spoiler: After he's fired. Which he takes with a grain of salt anyway.]]
* TheChessmaster: Often out gathering information... and threatening those who don't give it up.
* GuileHero: Implied.
* MrExposition: He ''IS'' in charge.
* StoicSpectacles: A smiling example.
* ShipTease: With Aria and Elena, before she died.
* SmokingIsCool: In the manga, he often has a cigarette butt in his mouth.
* TeamDad
* TricksterMentor: Up until the reveal, he had some elements of this.
* WildCard: Not evil per se, but does ANYONE know what he's thinking about?
!! '''Aria Link'''
The Sub Master of the Bee Hive and Largo's right hand, taking care of the minor things for him. She was see earlier in Gauche's memories as a letter bee and his love interest. Aria's Spirit Amber ability is the Heart Restoration Bullet, which she executes by playing music on her violin. The music has a healing effect on everyone who hears it. The closer one stands to her while she is playing, the stronger the healing effects. Her Spirit Amber attack is "Crimson Melody" and is executed by playing her violin. Her Dingo is Bolt, a large dog.
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Tropes associated with Aria:
* BigFriendlyDog: Bolt.
* {{Dojikko}}: There is a reason she doesn't do deliveries anymore...
* ElegantClassicalMusician
* FormFittingWardrobe:Her outfits tend to be like this, especially in the manga. In a recent chapter, [[ChasteHero Lag]] ends up staring at her after she dons her old Letter Bee uniform, which is a little... tight on her, and when she frets about having gained weight, he reassures her that she looks sexy.
* MeaningfulName: An "aria" is a type of song for opera.
* {{Meganekko}}/StoicSpectacles
* MsFanservice
* MusicalAssassin: That violin gets GREAT range.
* SexySecretary
* ShipTease: With Gauche, of course and sometimes her boss.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Can be cold and professional, but is also very warm-hearted.
* TeamMom: For all Bees.
!! '''Dr. Thunderland Jr.'''
A biologist who belongs to the Third Bioscience advisory panel of Amberground divisions specializing in pathology. He collects corpses for dissection and study, earning him the nickname "The Corpse Doctor." He has a morbid interest in dissection. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Not as evil as he looks.]]
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Tropes associated with Dr. Thunderland:
* ComedicSociopathy: Thinks dissection is a marvelous thing to talk about while standing over an unconscious body.
* DrJerk: Despite what Zazie will tell you, he's not.
* EyepatchOfPower: Seems to have lost his eye on the Day of Flicker.
* InsistentTerminology: It seems odd when no one calls him "Dr." or "Jr."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he does dissect A LOT of things, he uses them to create cures for diseases. Also, for the corpses he finds, he erects little memorials for all of them.
* MadScientist: You get the feeling that he and [[SoulEater Stein]] would get along [[ForScience GREAT.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Corpse Doctor."
* OnlyFriend: To an extent, as he says he's never had a friend, but speaks fondly of how Gauche seemed to understand him.
* TheProfessor
!!'''Dr. Thunderland'''
Thunderland Junior's father, who makes appearances in the bonus sections of the manga volumes to talk about Amberground, and the various people and places Lag finds in his travels
* AllThereInTheManual: Provides information that isn't openly discussed in the manga, but also adds quite a bit of his own opinion, especially where his son is concerned.
* CoolShades
* MrExposition
!!'''Mock Sullivan'''
A Letter Bee whose approach to his work is starkly different from Lag and Gauche's; he simply believes in getting letters to their destinations and is willing to write off letters as "cold letters" without tracking down the sender or recipient.
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Tropes associated with Mock:
* AccidentalMisnaming: Gets Lag's name wrong despite having just been told it.
* JerkAss: Says in no uncertain terms that he doesn't think much of Lag as a Bee and dislikes his approach to delivering letters.
* KnifeNut
!!'''Krank'''
Mock Sullivan's Dingo, a cobra.
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!! '''Calibus Garrard'''
A government official and former Bee come to retrieve [[spoiler:Gauche]]'s unconscious body. Lloyd at one point idolized him.
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Tropes associated with Garrard:
* BadassBoast: When he's about to be tested for entering the capital, he tells Canon "You don't think we're qualified? Of course we are!!! We're going to the Capital! The next time you see me, I'll be '''Head Bee!!''' Don't you forget it, missy!!" [[spoiler:Subverted as it turns out he was TemptingFate]].
* [[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]]: To Hazel's Red.
* [[spoiler:BigDamnHeroes]]: [[spoiler:When the Cabernet shows up outside Yuusari, he and Hazel head the defense team to fight it off, despite showing no concern to the people's well-beings earlier.]]
* BrokenPedestal:
* CoolOldGuy: He's absolutely badass [[spoiler:when he fights the Cabernet.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: His attempt to enter the capital.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:What made him fail the test to get inside the capital and end up living in the "middle ground", Kagerou. He went through ''utter hell'' in his childhood, with an [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]] who eventually ''killed his father''. And then what he's seen and done since he's gotten inside Akatsuki.]]
* FakeMemories: [[spoiler:The one happy memory he has of his childhood is fake]].
* {{Jerkass}}-> [[spoiler:JerkWithAHeartOfGold]].
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler: Allows himself to be swallowed by the Cabernet, so that others will have a chance to kill it before it can destroy Yuusari.]]
* [[spoiler:KnightInSourArmor]]: [[spoiler:Going to the capital and finding out the truth utterly broke him, but he manages to regain his spirits]].
* LaughingMad: After Canon [[spoiler:suggests that the man-made sun is made of the hearts of those who entered Akatsuki]].
* [[spoiler:LetsGetDangerous]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: [[spoiler:Subverted. It wasn't him being an ass when he sacked Lloyd, it was him giving Lloyd a chance to fight the government and expose the capital's secrets.]]
* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Seems to have it out for Largo,[[spoiler: Gauche and Lag.]]
* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Actually, he's just a ShellShockedVeteran.]]
* StoicSpectacles and SunglassesAtNight
* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:Despite making a BadassBoast, he learns that the test is beyond anything he could have ever imagined, and it breaks him.]]
* ToBeAMaster: Another person who wants to be Head Bee and has no problem [[PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize stepping on small stones in his path to being it.]]
!! '''Hazel Valentine'''
-->''"Being a dingo is my life!! I don't know how to do nothin' but protect!! I'll protect you! And I'll protect my old hometown! What could be simpler than that?"''
The Dingo of Calibus Garrard. Would be suffering from SmallNameBigEgo if he wasn't [[{{Badass}} as tough as people say he is.]] A bit [[ManChild childish.]]
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Tropes associated with Hazel:
* BadassNormal: Takes on Niche and ''nearly'' wins.
* TheBigGuy: One of the biggest guys in comic.
* BoisterousBruiser
* DeclarationOfProtection: See above.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: One of the ''weirdest'' examples imaginable, with Wasiolka. She... he... you know what, it really ''does'' need to be seen to be believed. Check the links above under CrowningMomentOfFunny.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Niche finally beats him by [[spoiler:exposing Aria's bra.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings [[FriendToAllChildren And All Children]]: When he's not beating the crap out of them, of course.
* GenderBlenderName
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Garrard.
* HotBlooded
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* PluckyComicRelief: When Hazel shows up, the next few pages are guaranteed to be funny, no matter what happens.)
* [[RedOniBlueOni Red Oni]] (To Garrad's Blue.)
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Amberground Government]]
!'''Amberground Government'''
Enforces a very strict class separation & bars travel between the 3 districts for all except those given proper clearance.
Tropes about the government in general
!!Empress of Amberground/[[spoiler:(currently) Anne Seeing]]
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Tropes associated with her:
* [[spoiler:ExpressDelivery]]: [[spoiler:She was spontaneously impregnated with Lag on the Day of Flicker and gave birth to him on the same day.]]
* [[spoiler:FamilyBusiness]]: [[spoiler:Her family has been in charge of the task of "Empress" - which is to protect the light of the Sun - for generations, and Anne is the newest Empress.]]
* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Lag I Am Your Mother]]]]: [[spoiler:The current Empress is, anyway.]]
* ShoutOut: Her statues resemble the Virgin Mary.
!!'''Jikku Vallore'''
Commander of the Imperial Guard. [[spoiler: He abducted Lag's mother and was present on the Inspection Airship during the Day of Flicker.]]
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Tropes associated with Jikku Vallore:
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Used his own son in his experiments. Not to mention his wife.]]
* [[spoiler: BigBad: Rules all of Amberground with an iron fist.]]
* ChekhovsGunman
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Reverse]]
!'''Reverse'''
A revolutionary group trying to cause a "Reverse" in Amberground. May not or may not be much better than the government they're trying to topple over.
! '''Personnel'''
!!'''The Man Unable To Become A Spirit/Lawrence'''
The leader of Reverse.
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Tropes associated with The Man Unable To Become A Spirit:
* BigBad Possibly.
* FaceFramedInShadow
* NiceHat
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: No, it will [[MoralEventHorizon not.]]
!!'''[[spoiler: Roda/]]The Girl in White'''
Noir's Dingo.
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Tropes associated with her:
* BodyHorror: When Lag accidentally sees her bathing, he discovers that her body is riddled with scars.
* DarkActionGirl
* DualWielding
* FemmeFatale: Not sexual, but definitely beautiful and definitely morally ambiguous.
* HannibalLecture: Gives one to [[spoiler:Niche]], leading to [[spoiler:her]] TenMinuteRetirement.
* KnifeNut
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Roda, after Gauche's Dingo.]]
* TheStoic
* TakeMyHand: Refuses [[spoiler:Lag's,]] despite being somewhat touched he offered.
* WomanInWhite
* ZettaiRyouiki
!!'''Noir[[spoiler:/Gauche Suede]]'''
A Marauder for Reverse who steals letters from Bees. He's a bit of a [[{{Jerkass}} jerk.]] [[spoiler:His Spirit Amber attack is named "Jet Black"]]
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Tropes associated with Noir:
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: Maybe not THAT crazy, but otherwise, it fits.]]
* EvilAlbino
* EvilCounterpart: To the Bees.
* HandCannon
* TheHeartless
* {{Jerkass}}
* TheStoic
!! '''Zeal'''
Agent of Reverse. Fought Zazie.
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Tropes associated with Zeal:
* BeastMan
* BodyHorror
!! '''Mie'''
Agent of Reverse.
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Tropes associated with Mie:
* CatGirl
* CuteLittleFangs
* MsFanservice
!! '''Sunny'''
A young nun at the Veritably Abbey in [[MeaningfulName Lamento Town.]] She is a good baker, and has a crush on Connor.
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Tropes associated with Sunny:
* [[spoiler: AFateWorseThanDeath: The first person in comic who has their heart eaten by a Gaichuu.]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited
* [[spoiler: [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped A Gaichuu On Her]]]]
* FeminineWomenCanCook
* SupremeChef: If Connor's anything to go by, her cookies are addictive.
* ThroughHisStomach: Eventually, it [[TearJerker works.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Others]]
Semi-recurring characters, family of main characters and people who aren't specifically affiliated with anything.
! '''The Suede Family'''
!! '''Gauche Suede'''
Lag's mentor and hero, who delivered him to his aunt in Chapter 1. He's a lively and pleasant young man, something remarked upon by those who've met him. He also wants to become the Head Bee so that he can make life easier for his younger sister. He likes weird soup. It's revealed he has no memories of his mother, as a result of the Day Of Flicker. Aria believes he focuses all of his attention on his sister as a result. His Spirit Amber attack is "Black Needle" and his Dingo is Roda.
[[spoiler:It is revealed that he is no longer a Bee and worst, a Marauder of Reverse called Noir. He has no memories of Lag or Sylvette, possibly due to losing that part of his heart. Recently, he's awoken and seems to recognize Sylvette again... though this proves to be him simply using the memories within Lag's Letter Bullet as a guide to feign remembrance. During and after the battle with Cabernet, he has returned to working with the Bee Hive, after deciding that his actions with Reverse was hurting too many people.]]
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Tropes associated with Gauche:
* TheAce: In verse, just about everyone loves Gauche.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Sylvette is his main motivation. He also returns for Lag because of this.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Lag.
* BigDamnHeroes: In Chapter 42.
* BigFriendlyDog: Roda, unless you're a Gaichuu.
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: As Noir.]]
* DisappearedDad: He is never mentioned.
* [[spoiler:EvilAlbino]]
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]
** [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]: [[spoiler:Subverted after Lag shot him with a heart bullet. He started acting like Gauche again, but it was all an act, and he learned it from the memories in the bullet. During the battle with Cabernet, he makes a proper turn toward Face]].
* HandCannon
* HeroicAlbino
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Can't remember his mother. [[spoiler: Or his sister. Or Lag.]]
* MissingMom: Has absolutely no memory of her whatsoever.
* PromotionToParent: After his mother's death.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Averted [[spoiler: [[FaceHeelTurn initially.]]]]
* ToBeAMaster: Like Lag, he also wants[[spoiler:(ed)]] to be Head Bee.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Loves "The Three Brothers' Soup."
!! '''Sylvette Suede'''
Gauche's younger, handicapped sister. Like Lag, she was also born of the Day of Flicker. After Gauche leaves for Akatsuki, he disappears, leaving her to assume he's dead. Some years later she encounter Lag, who promises to find her brother. She covers the rent and expenses on her house by making and selling dolls and renting a room to Lag.
[[spoiler: Lag eventually does find and return Gauche to her. While Gauche feigns having regained his memories (using the memories carried in Lag's Letter Bullet to build the cover), she eventually learns the truth after the battle with Cabernet. She's taking it surprisingly well.]]
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Tropes associated with Sylvette:
* ApronMatron: Twenty years early, even.
* BadassNormal: A [[HandicappedBadass Handicapped]] BadassNormal!
* BoobsOfSteel: Quite a sizable pair for one her age... Niche [[BerserkButton doesn't take it well]].
* DeadGuyJunior: Unbeknownst to her older brother, she bears the name of her mother.
* HandicappedBadass: The "Wheelchair Leopardess" can catch up to and take on RHINO-DRAWN CARRIAGES. And ''WIN.''
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: To Niche again, though mainly she wishes Niche would wear more girly pants. Also, Sylvette has to remind Niche to brush her teeth.
* PluckyGirl
* [[SelfMadeMan Self-Made Woman]]: While lonely, she manages to do just fine without her brother and before Lag comes along. Also, her dolls are pretty popular.
* TeamMom
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Like Gauche, she also likes weird soup.
* VitriolicBestBuds: It takes a while before Niche warms up to Sylvette.
! '''Lag's Relatives'''
!!'''Sabrina Mary'''
Lag's aunt who lives in Campbell Litus. Gauche delivers Lag to her in the first chapter. Lag stays with her for five years before leaving to become a Bee himself.
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Tropes associated with Sabrina:
* ApronMatron
* CoolOldLady
* {{Tsundere}}: Yells at Gauche for not thanking Lag for dragging his ass into town but gives him food and water for the return trip back to Yuusari.
!!'''Anne Seeing'''
Lag's mother. She was taken to Akatsuki at the beginning of the story and no one has seen her since. She is the one who implanted the Spirit Amber in Lag's eye. [[spoiler:Or, to be more accurate, she instructed Sabrina Mary to do so.]]
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Tropes associated with her:
* TheGhost
* MamaBear: Implanted Spirit Amber in her son's eye to help him survive an ''illness.'' It's helped him survive ''soul-sucking [[BigCreepyCrawlies GIANT INSECTS.]]''
* MissingMom
[[/folder]]
[[folder: '''Blue Notes Blues''']]
!! '''[[spoiler: Niche's Older Twin Sister]]'''
Antagonist of the Blue Notes Blues Arc, she was separated from [[spoiler: Niche]] sometime ago. Unlike [[spoiler: Niche,]] she managed to grow up and find her way back to Maka. Also unlike [[spoiler:Niche,]] she knows just how and why she came into the world.
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Tropes associated with her:
* ActionGirl
** DarkActionGirl: When initially introduced.
* AnnoyingArrows [[spoiler: The size of SPEARS!]]
* BFS
* BrokenBird
* CuteLittleFangs
* CuteMonsterGirl
* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Her mother.]]
* ForeheadOfDoom: [[spoiler:Niche]] ''IS'' her [[spoiler: sister]] after all...
* GodivaHair
* HumansAreBastards: They certainly have been to her and her entire family. [[spoiler:They tossed her and her sister '''OVER A CLIFF WHEN THEY WERE JUST BABIES FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!''']]
* InnocentFanserviceGirl
* LadyOfWar: Can make some impressively intricate things with her hair and rarely has to change her stance while fighting.
* MsFanservice: Manages to go toe to toe with Aria for the position. Possibly a FetishFuelStationAttendant.
* NakedFirstImpression: Not that she gives a crap.
* NoNameGiven
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Makes her OWN ChainmailBikini even.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: [[spoiler: When it dawns on her that [[BrokenBird she is effectively alone in the world.]]]]
* PrehensileHair
* [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really Two Hundred Years Old]]
* SugarAndIcePersonality: When she stops being [[AloofBigBrother aloof]] and [[HumansAreBastards throwing tantrums,]] she's quite nice.
* TrainingFromHell: Taught [[spoiler: Niche]] some new tricks.
* VerbalTic: When she gets upset, she trips over her words.
-->"Let's cuh. Cut. Cut you open and see what's inside."
* WildChild
!! '''Maka'''
The resident God of Blue Notes Blues. People make sacrifices to her and while she does protect the land, she does it for no one's sake but her own. Somehow she managed to raise [[spoiler: Niche's sister.]]
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Tropes associated with Maka:
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Neither she nor [[spoiler: Niche's sister]] completely buy into the notion that [[spoiler: Lag]] is human.
* [[HumansAreBastards Humans Are Annoying]]
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* MixAndMatchCritters: She looks like a cross between an eagle and a dragon.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent
* OurGodsAreGreater
* PetTheDog: She helps [[spoiler:Celica]] live long enough to have her daughters and raises the oldest when she makes her way back to her.
** Also, she genuinely does protect the land.
** She takes [[spoiler: Niche and Steak]] to a healing lake.
* PhysicalGod
!!'''Celica'''
[[spoiler:The mother of Niche and her sister.]]
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Tropes associated with Celica:
* MamaBear: She was perfectly fine with Maka eating her [[spoiler:(she doesn't)]] so long as [[spoiler:she saved her daughters' lives]].
[[/folder]]
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:The Bee Hive]]
!'''The Bee Hive'''
The headquarters of the delivery service where all the "Bees" work. Located in Yuusari, the middle-class area of [=AmberGround=].
! '''Current Letter Bees and their Dingoes'''
!! '''Lag Seeing'''
The main protagonist. A very focused and unfailingly polite young boy. He is a former letter delivered by Gauche Suede to his aunt. His encounter with Gauche inspired him to become a Letter Bee. His Spirit Amber attack is called "Red Needle" and is able to visualize the memories held within whatever it is shot at. He can also somehow control the direction it goes. He has Spirit Amber implanted in his left eye socket.
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Tropes associated with Lag:
* [[spoiler: AmbiguouslyHuman]]: [[spoiler:He's essentially a shard of the Sun given form by the Spirit Amber. Inside him is the souls of many people that the Sun stole to be its light, among them the part that Gauche lost in the Day of Flicker.]]
* BadassAdorable
* ChasteHero: He's 12.
* {{Determinator}}: Sees everything he starts to the end, no matter what.
* EyepatchOfPower: The patch of hair covering his left eye. Seems to make him more cute than intimidating.
* FrickinLaserBeams: Like everyone else, [[spoiler: but he can also shoot them [[LightEmUp from his hands.]]]]
* GlassCannon: Like most Bees, but he seems to take the cake.
* [[NakedFirstImpression Half-Naked First Impression]]: When he arrives at the Bee-Hive, he introduces himself right away. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny While still in his boxers.]]
* GoalInLife: Three. To become Head Bee, to find his mother again (which ties into the first, since she's most likely in the capital) and to see Gauche again.
* HandCannon
* TheHero: Who is also '''TheHeart,''' [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower which is an awesome power, by the way.]] [[RunningGag Did you know that?]]
* HeroWorshipper: To Gauche.
* HeroicAlbino
* HeroicBastard: Possibly. He's definitely not curious where his [[DisappearedDad dad is.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Lag after [[spoiler:Gauche's]] FaceHeelTurn
* HeroicRROD: He puts a lot into his '''heart''' bullets. As a result, he gets sick often.
* TheMcCoy
* MeaningfulName: "Lagrima" means '''tears.'''
* MenDontCry: Averted with a vengeance.
* MissingMom: Initially, he was looking for her.
* OrphansPlotTrinket: His Spirit Amber eye.
* PeekABangs
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes are naturally red and the Spirit Amber in his left socket is also red. Subverted because he's very benevolent.
* SeriousBusiness: Letters and memories, of course.
* ToBeAMaster: He wants to be Head Bee.
* WhamLine: Confronting [[spoiler:Gauche]] and saying that he has lied about [[spoiler:his memory being restored]].
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Red Needle typically can destroy Gaichu and convey memories to people that resolve their problems, sometimes in the same shot.
* WideEyedIdealist: In contrast to people like Mock, wants to see all deliveries through to the end and do so in a way that is good for the sender and recipient.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: He makes an adorable girl.
!! '''Niche'''
She is Lag's personal bodyguard, [=AKA=] [[BattleButler Dingo.]] Niche was a letter Lag encountered on his way to the Bee-Hive and he delivered to her destination, a side-show circus called [[GratuitousEnglish Love Someone Down]]. She is actually the "Child of Maka" (lit. the Child of Greatness) and as a result, has golden, 'sword-like' hair, blue eyes and arms resembling that of a bear.
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Tropes associated with Niche:
* ACupAngst: She normally does not dwell on it, but she will look upon her own chest unfavorably when she's comparing herself to other girls, especially if she perceives a girl as a "threat" (in the sense of her "stealing" Lag away from her). [[spoiler:Her excitement of being temporarily aged up is even soured when she realizes she lacks an ample bosom and body (in comparison to Sylvette and her sister).]]
* ActionGirl
* BodyguardCrush: On Lag.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Since Lag is her world, she's generally not pleased when she's not the center of his.
* TheComicallySerious
* CuteBruiser
* CuteMonsterGirl: With CuteLittleFangs even!
* ForeheadOfDoom: It shines!
* GirlishPigtails
* GodivaHair
* IHaveTheHighGround
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Does NOT like underwear.
* TheLancer
* LineOfSightName: She's called 'Niche' because, well, that's where Lag found her. It works.
* LittleMissBadass
* [[spoiler:OlderThanTheyLook: MUCH older.]]
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: A RunningGag on par with Lag's crying.
* PrehensileHair: The Golden Sword.
* [[spoiler:[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really Two Hundred Years Old]]: She casually forgets to mention this to Lag.]]
* SeriousBusiness: Being a Dingo.
* StayInTheKitchen: Despite being sad to say goodbye to her, Lag initially thinks it's too dangerous for Niche to be his dingo as a young girl. He gets over it fairly quickly.
* TenMinuteRetirement: As a result of drinking poisoned water and losing to [[spoiler: Roda.]] She gets better.
* ThirdPersonPerson
* TookALevelInBadass: She can now make some pretty intricate things with her hair, after training with [[spoiler:her sister.]]
* {{Tsundere}}
* WildChild
!! '''Steak'''
Niche's live bait and [[EatTheDog emergency food rations.]] He followed her from Love Someone Down and usually is a HeadPet. Steak seems to have accepted that one day Niche may make good on her desire to eat him. He also appears to be a Kapellmeister and the LastOfHisKind.
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Tropes associated with Steak:
* EatTheDog: He's named [[MeaningfulName Steak]] for a reason.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Is ''mostly'' okay with Niche eating him one day.
* HeadPet
* LastOfHisKind
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Nearly his entire body is mouth with a corresponding amount of teeth. As Lag and Connor found out.
* ShoutOut: To Fizzgig from TheDarkCrystal.
* TheNoseKnows: He can sniff out the weaknesses of Gaichuu.
* TeamPet
!! '''Connor Kluff'''
The Bee who escorted Lag to his interview. Connor made regular deliveries to Campbell Litus as Lag was growing up, and seems to be popular with the townspeople. He has a hearty appetite and a stocky build, and tires easily. His Dingo is a hound dog named Gus whose skilled at tunneling. His Spirit Amber attack is "Yellow Bomb" and uses pieces of his hunger via landmines.
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Tropes associated with Connor:
* [[spoiler:AllLoveIsUnrequited: Develops a crush on "Roda" at the abbey, another nun at the abbey develops a crush on him and when he finally returns her feelings, Reverse [[DroppedABridgeOnHim drops a Gaichuu on the nun.]]]]
* BigBulkyBomb: Yellow Bomb can make some pretty big explosions.
* BigEater: Justified. His attacks rely on it.
* BigFriendlyDog: Gus, who's also a bit lazy.
* CannotSpitItOut: He can't bring himself to tell Lag that [[spoiler:Gauche is no longer a Bee]].
* EyesAlwaysShut: Does he HAVE eyes?
* LazyBum: He could be a ''bit'' more energetic.
* NiceGuy: Unlike Lag and Zazie, he has no mental hiccups. [[spoiler:[[AllLoveIsUnrequited Until recently...]]]]
* [[spoiler:PietaPlagiarism: Him and [[TearJerker Sunny.]]]]
* QuitYourWhining: To Lag, in the wake of [[spoiler:Lily's getting her heart eaten]], saying that this time, he's not crying for others, but himself.
* [[spoiler:RoaringRampageOfRevenge: A short one. When Reverse takes Sunny's heart, Connor tries his best to get it back.]]
* TheSmartGuy: He's pretty knowledgeable for one so young.
* StuffBlowingUp
* TunnelKing: Gus, his Dingo.
* WhamLine: Identifying [[spoiler:the Gaichuu that ate Zazie's parents' hearts]].
!! '''Zazie [[spoiler:Winters]]'''
A Bee who specializes in killing Gaichuu and actually has very little interest in deliveries. For the record, he IS good at those too. His parents were killed by Gaichuu when he was a child, leading him to become a Bee in order to exact vengeance. He likes cats; in fact his Dingo is a panther named "Wasiolka." His Spirit Amber attack is "Blue Thorn" and shoots pieces of his hate.
Also, in the anime, he's very apparently a boy. In the manga, [[ViewerGenderConfusion however...]]
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Tropes associated with Zazie:
* ADayInTheLimelight: Volume 16 is centered on him, [[spoiler:as he finds the Gaichuu that stole his parents' hearts]]
* TheBigGuy: Out of the three main Bees, he's the least likely to be captured.
* CuteLittleFangs: To go with the cat theme.
* CynicismCatalyst: As a young boy, he learned that people can't be trusted upon seeing a BitchInSheepsClothing who ran an orphanage.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:His parents were 5 million rin in debt, and knew that he'd be taken as collateral, so they abandoned him outside an orphanage and returned once they paid off the debt]].
* DudeLooksLikeALady
* HairTriggerTemper: He gets a tad hot under the collar.
* HandCannon
* HeroWorshipper: To Jiggy Pepper. Subverted by the fact that he's just as capable.
* ICanStillFight: In Episode 20, despite his broken arm, he returns via BigDamnHeroes to help Lag.
* KindheartedCatLover: It's revealed in a flashback why he lost
* MeaningfulName: InUniverse, his name means, "One who lives honestly."
* OnlyOneName: For the most part, [[spoiler:until his past is revealed]].
* PantheraAwesome: Wasiolka.
* ParentalAbandonment: His parents had their hearts eaten by a Gaichuu. [[spoiler:They also had left him behind for 10 years, and he, as a result of his trust issues, couldn't recognize them as his parents]].
* PartingWordsRegret: [[spoiler:The last thing he said to his parents before they got killed by a Gaichuu was that he didn't believe that they were his parents]].
* {{Revenge}}: His reason for joining the Letter Bees and the source of his power.
* TriggerHappy
* WhamLine: He tells Lag in passing that [[spoiler:Gauche is no longer a Bee]], and as such, Lag's the current record-holder on the entry exam.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:He eventually comes into a confrontation with the Gaichuu that ate his parents' hearts]].
!! '''Jiggy Pepper'''
The resident Express Delivery specialist, a young adult Bee who occasionally shows up when the manga decides to be extra cool. Has two adopted siblings, Nelli and Nello, though Nello, the boy, eventually dies of an illness. He left their hometown to become stronger to protect them. He also had a bell tower built there. His Spirit Amber, Sea Blue Ultramarine, is in his motorcycle. His Dingo is a hawk named Harry.
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Tropes associated with Jiggy:
* AloofBigBrother: Note that in this case, 'aloof' does not mean 'bad'. He really does love and care for his adoptive sister, he's just sort of understated about it. As in 'to the point that she completely despised him until discovering just how ''much'' he's done to take care of her over the years'.
* BadassBiker: Zazie and Lag certainly think so.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Becomes a Bee because of it.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Lag and Zazie.
* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Lag from a lighthouse. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Really.]]
* CoolBike: [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum It runs on]] [[strike:nonsensoleum]] '''[[HeartIsAnAwesomePower heart!]]'''
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Two on the right side of his face, right near his eye. He's definitely a good guy, though.
!! '''Lily Confort'''
Lag's partner during the Cabernet interception mission. She lacks confidence in her abilities and hates the fact that as a Bee she is often rejected by society. She holds Lag in very high esteem, having heard of his reputation, and admires his dedication, abilities and confidence.
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Tropes associated with Lily:
* HeroWorshipper: Her admiration for the "Child Of Light" is quite strong.
* LetsGetDangerous: [[spoiler:Cruelly subverted, leading to...]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal / AFateWorseThanDeath]]
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Her partnership with Lag.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Lag is surprised to learn that she's only a year older than him.
! '''Other Personnel'''
!! '''Largo Lloyd [[spoiler: Largo Vallore]]'''
The Master of the Bee Hive. Seem to have a more invested interest in Lag and his deliveries for reasons unknown.
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Tropes associated with Largo:
* AlliterativeName
* BenevolentBoss
* {{Bishonen}}
* [[spoiler: BodyHorror revealed in Chapter 50 to have massive scarring as a result of government experiments]]
** [[spoiler:His internal organs are his mothers who was also used in the experiments and made part tree.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He can be quite frivolous sometimes. Lag's jaw drops when he finds out ''THIS'' man is in charge.
* BusmansHoliday: [[spoiler: After he's fired. Which he takes with a grain of salt anyway.]]
* TheChessmaster: Often out gathering information... and threatening those who don't give it up.
* GuileHero: Implied.
* MrExposition: He ''IS'' in charge.
* StoicSpectacles: A smiling example.
* ShipTease: With Aria and Elena, before she died.
* SmokingIsCool: In the manga, he often has a cigarette butt in his mouth.
* TeamDad
* TricksterMentor: Up until the reveal, he had some elements of this.
* WildCard: Not evil per se, but does ANYONE know what he's thinking about?
!! '''Aria Link'''
The Sub Master of the Bee Hive and Largo's right hand, taking care of the minor things for him. She was see earlier in Gauche's memories as a letter bee and his love interest. Aria's Spirit Amber ability is the Heart Restoration Bullet, which she executes by playing music on her violin. The music has a healing effect on everyone who hears it. The closer one stands to her while she is playing, the stronger the healing effects. Her Spirit Amber attack is "Crimson Melody" and is executed by playing her violin. Her Dingo is Bolt, a large dog.
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Tropes associated with Aria:
* BigFriendlyDog: Bolt.
* {{Dojikko}}: There is a reason she doesn't do deliveries anymore...
* ElegantClassicalMusician
* FormFittingWardrobe:Her outfits tend to be like this, especially in the manga. In a recent chapter, [[ChasteHero Lag]] ends up staring at her after she dons her old Letter Bee uniform, which is a little... tight on her, and when she frets about having gained weight, he reassures her that she looks sexy.
* MeaningfulName: An "aria" is a type of song for opera.
* {{Meganekko}}/StoicSpectacles
* MsFanservice
* MusicalAssassin: That violin gets GREAT range.
* SexySecretary
* ShipTease: With Gauche, of course and sometimes her boss.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Can be cold and professional, but is also very warm-hearted.
* TeamMom: For all Bees.
!! '''Dr. Thunderland Jr.'''
A biologist who belongs to the Third Bioscience advisory panel of Amberground divisions specializing in pathology. He collects corpses for dissection and study, earning him the nickname "The Corpse Doctor." He has a morbid interest in dissection. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Not as evil as he looks.]]
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Tropes associated with Dr. Thunderland:
* ComedicSociopathy: Thinks dissection is a marvelous thing to talk about while standing over an unconscious body.
* DrJerk: Despite what Zazie will tell you, he's not.
* EyepatchOfPower: Seems to have lost his eye on the Day of Flicker.
* InsistentTerminology: It seems odd when no one calls him "Dr." or "Jr."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he does dissect A LOT of things, he uses them to create cures for diseases. Also, for the corpses he finds, he erects little memorials for all of them.
* MadScientist: You get the feeling that he and [[SoulEater Stein]] would get along [[ForScience GREAT.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Corpse Doctor."
* OnlyFriend: To an extent, as he says he's never had a friend, but speaks fondly of how Gauche seemed to understand him.
* TheProfessor
!!'''Dr. Thunderland'''
Thunderland Junior's father, who makes appearances in the bonus sections of the manga volumes to talk about Amberground, and the various people and places Lag finds in his travels
* AllThereInTheManual: Provides information that isn't openly discussed in the manga, but also adds quite a bit of his own opinion, especially where his son is concerned.
* CoolShades
* MrExposition
!!'''Mock Sullivan'''
A Letter Bee whose approach to his work is starkly different from Lag and Gauche's; he simply believes in getting letters to their destinations and is willing to write off letters as "cold letters" without tracking down the sender or recipient.
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Tropes associated with Mock:
* AccidentalMisnaming: Gets Lag's name wrong despite having just been told it.
* JerkAss: Says in no uncertain terms that he doesn't think much of Lag as a Bee and dislikes his approach to delivering letters.
* KnifeNut
!!'''Krank'''
Mock Sullivan's Dingo, a cobra.
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!! '''Calibus Garrard'''
A government official and former Bee come to retrieve [[spoiler:Gauche]]'s unconscious body. Lloyd at one point idolized him.
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Tropes associated with Garrard:
* BadassBoast: When he's about to be tested for entering the capital, he tells Canon "You don't think we're qualified? Of course we are!!! We're going to the Capital! The next time you see me, I'll be '''Head Bee!!''' Don't you forget it, missy!!" [[spoiler:Subverted as it turns out he was TemptingFate]].
* [[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]]: To Hazel's Red.
* [[spoiler:BigDamnHeroes]]: [[spoiler:When the Cabernet shows up outside Yuusari, he and Hazel head the defense team to fight it off, despite showing no concern to the people's well-beings earlier.]]
* BrokenPedestal:
* CoolOldGuy: He's absolutely badass [[spoiler:when he fights the Cabernet.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: His attempt to enter the capital.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:What made him fail the test to get inside the capital and end up living in the "middle ground", Kagerou. He went through ''utter hell'' in his childhood, with an [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]] who eventually ''killed his father''. And then what he's seen and done since he's gotten inside Akatsuki.]]
* FakeMemories: [[spoiler:The one happy memory he has of his childhood is fake]].
* {{Jerkass}}-> [[spoiler:JerkWithAHeartOfGold]].
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler: Allows himself to be swallowed by the Cabernet, so that others will have a chance to kill it before it can destroy Yuusari.]]
* [[spoiler:KnightInSourArmor]]: [[spoiler:Going to the capital and finding out the truth utterly broke him, but he manages to regain his spirits]].
* LaughingMad: After Canon [[spoiler:suggests that the man-made sun is made of the hearts of those who entered Akatsuki]].
* [[spoiler:LetsGetDangerous]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: [[spoiler:Subverted. It wasn't him being an ass when he sacked Lloyd, it was him giving Lloyd a chance to fight the government and expose the capital's secrets.]]
* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Seems to have it out for Largo,[[spoiler: Gauche and Lag.]]
* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Actually, he's just a ShellShockedVeteran.]]
* StoicSpectacles and SunglassesAtNight
* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:Despite making a BadassBoast, he learns that the test is beyond anything he could have ever imagined, and it breaks him.]]
* ToBeAMaster: Another person who wants to be Head Bee and has no problem [[PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize stepping on small stones in his path to being it.]]
!! '''Hazel Valentine'''
-->''"Being a dingo is my life!! I don't know how to do nothin' but protect!! I'll protect you! And I'll protect my old hometown! What could be simpler than that?"''
The Dingo of Calibus Garrard. Would be suffering from SmallNameBigEgo if he wasn't [[{{Badass}} as tough as people say he is.]] A bit [[ManChild childish.]]
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Tropes associated with Hazel:
* BadassNormal: Takes on Niche and ''nearly'' wins.
* TheBigGuy: One of the biggest guys in comic.
* BoisterousBruiser
* DeclarationOfProtection: See above.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: One of the ''weirdest'' examples imaginable, with Wasiolka. She... he... you know what, it really ''does'' need to be seen to be believed. Check the links above under CrowningMomentOfFunny.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Niche finally beats him by [[spoiler:exposing Aria's bra.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings [[FriendToAllChildren And All Children]]: When he's not beating the crap out of them, of course.
* GenderBlenderName
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Garrard.
* HotBlooded
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* PluckyComicRelief: When Hazel shows up, the next few pages are guaranteed to be funny, no matter what happens.)
* [[RedOniBlueOni Red Oni]] (To Garrad's Blue.)
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Amberground Government]]
!'''Amberground Government'''
Enforces a very strict class separation & bars travel between the 3 districts for all except those given proper clearance.
Tropes about the government in general
!!Empress of Amberground/[[spoiler:(currently) Anne Seeing]]
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Tropes associated with her:
* [[spoiler:ExpressDelivery]]: [[spoiler:She was spontaneously impregnated with Lag on the Day of Flicker and gave birth to him on the same day.]]
* [[spoiler:FamilyBusiness]]: [[spoiler:Her family has been in charge of the task of "Empress" - which is to protect the light of the Sun - for generations, and Anne is the newest Empress.]]
* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Lag I Am Your Mother]]]]: [[spoiler:The current Empress is, anyway.]]
* ShoutOut: Her statues resemble the Virgin Mary.
!!'''Jikku Vallore'''
Commander of the Imperial Guard. [[spoiler: He abducted Lag's mother and was present on the Inspection Airship during the Day of Flicker.]]
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Tropes associated with Jikku Vallore:
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Used his own son in his experiments. Not to mention his wife.]]
* [[spoiler: BigBad: Rules all of Amberground with an iron fist.]]
* ChekhovsGunman
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Reverse]]
!'''Reverse'''
A revolutionary group trying to cause a "Reverse" in Amberground. May not or may not be much better than the government they're trying to topple over.
! '''Personnel'''
!!'''The Man Unable To Become A Spirit/Lawrence'''
The leader of Reverse.
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Tropes associated with The Man Unable To Become A Spirit:
* BigBad Possibly.
* FaceFramedInShadow
* NiceHat
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: No, it will [[MoralEventHorizon not.]]
!!'''[[spoiler: Roda/]]The Girl in White'''
Noir's Dingo.
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Tropes associated with her:
* BodyHorror: When Lag accidentally sees her bathing, he discovers that her body is riddled with scars.
* DarkActionGirl
* DualWielding
* FemmeFatale: Not sexual, but definitely beautiful and definitely morally ambiguous.
* HannibalLecture: Gives one to [[spoiler:Niche]], leading to [[spoiler:her]] TenMinuteRetirement.
* KnifeNut
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Roda, after Gauche's Dingo.]]
* TheStoic
* TakeMyHand: Refuses [[spoiler:Lag's,]] despite being somewhat touched he offered.
* WomanInWhite
* ZettaiRyouiki
!!'''Noir[[spoiler:/Gauche Suede]]'''
A Marauder for Reverse who steals letters from Bees. He's a bit of a [[{{Jerkass}} jerk.]] [[spoiler:His Spirit Amber attack is named "Jet Black"]]
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Tropes associated with Noir:
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: Maybe not THAT crazy, but otherwise, it fits.]]
* EvilAlbino
* EvilCounterpart: To the Bees.
* HandCannon
* TheHeartless
* {{Jerkass}}
* TheStoic
!! '''Zeal'''
Agent of Reverse. Fought Zazie.
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Tropes associated with Zeal:
* BeastMan
* BodyHorror
!! '''Mie'''
Agent of Reverse.
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Tropes associated with Mie:
* CatGirl
* CuteLittleFangs
* MsFanservice
!! '''Sunny'''
A young nun at the Veritably Abbey in [[MeaningfulName Lamento Town.]] She is a good baker, and has a crush on Connor.
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Tropes associated with Sunny:
* [[spoiler: AFateWorseThanDeath: The first person in comic who has their heart eaten by a Gaichuu.]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited
* [[spoiler: [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped A Gaichuu On Her]]]]
* FeminineWomenCanCook
* SupremeChef: If Connor's anything to go by, her cookies are addictive.
* ThroughHisStomach: Eventually, it [[TearJerker works.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Others]]
Semi-recurring characters, family of main characters and people who aren't specifically affiliated with anything.
! '''The Suede Family'''
!! '''Gauche Suede'''
Lag's mentor and hero, who delivered him to his aunt in Chapter 1. He's a lively and pleasant young man, something remarked upon by those who've met him. He also wants to become the Head Bee so that he can make life easier for his younger sister. He likes weird soup. It's revealed he has no memories of his mother, as a result of the Day Of Flicker. Aria believes he focuses all of his attention on his sister as a result. His Spirit Amber attack is "Black Needle" and his Dingo is Roda.
[[spoiler:It is revealed that he is no longer a Bee and worst, a Marauder of Reverse called Noir. He has no memories of Lag or Sylvette, possibly due to losing that part of his heart. Recently, he's awoken and seems to recognize Sylvette again... though this proves to be him simply using the memories within Lag's Letter Bullet as a guide to feign remembrance. During and after the battle with Cabernet, he has returned to working with the Bee Hive, after deciding that his actions with Reverse was hurting too many people.]]
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Tropes associated with Gauche:
* TheAce: In verse, just about everyone loves Gauche.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Sylvette is his main motivation. He also returns for Lag because of this.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Lag.
* BigDamnHeroes: In Chapter 42.
* BigFriendlyDog: Roda, unless you're a Gaichuu.
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: As Noir.]]
* DisappearedDad: He is never mentioned.
* [[spoiler:EvilAlbino]]
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]
** [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]: [[spoiler:Subverted after Lag shot him with a heart bullet. He started acting like Gauche again, but it was all an act, and he learned it from the memories in the bullet. During the battle with Cabernet, he makes a proper turn toward Face]].
* HandCannon
* HeroicAlbino
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Can't remember his mother. [[spoiler: Or his sister. Or Lag.]]
* MissingMom: Has absolutely no memory of her whatsoever.
* PromotionToParent: After his mother's death.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Averted [[spoiler: [[FaceHeelTurn initially.]]]]
* ToBeAMaster: Like Lag, he also wants[[spoiler:(ed)]] to be Head Bee.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Loves "The Three Brothers' Soup."
!! '''Sylvette Suede'''
Gauche's younger, handicapped sister. Like Lag, she was also born of the Day of Flicker. After Gauche leaves for Akatsuki, he disappears, leaving her to assume he's dead. Some years later she encounter Lag, who promises to find her brother. She covers the rent and expenses on her house by making and selling dolls and renting a room to Lag.
[[spoiler: Lag eventually does find and return Gauche to her. While Gauche feigns having regained his memories (using the memories carried in Lag's Letter Bullet to build the cover), she eventually learns the truth after the battle with Cabernet. She's taking it surprisingly well.]]
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Tropes associated with Sylvette:
* ApronMatron: Twenty years early, even.
* BadassNormal: A [[HandicappedBadass Handicapped]] BadassNormal!
* BoobsOfSteel: Quite a sizable pair for one her age... Niche [[BerserkButton doesn't take it well]].
* DeadGuyJunior: Unbeknownst to her older brother, she bears the name of her mother.
* HandicappedBadass: The "Wheelchair Leopardess" can catch up to and take on RHINO-DRAWN CARRIAGES. And ''WIN.''
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: To Niche again, though mainly she wishes Niche would wear more girly pants. Also, Sylvette has to remind Niche to brush her teeth.
* PluckyGirl
* [[SelfMadeMan Self-Made Woman]]: While lonely, she manages to do just fine without her brother and before Lag comes along. Also, her dolls are pretty popular.
* TeamMom
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Like Gauche, she also likes weird soup.
* VitriolicBestBuds: It takes a while before Niche warms up to Sylvette.
! '''Lag's Relatives'''
!!'''Sabrina Mary'''
Lag's aunt who lives in Campbell Litus. Gauche delivers Lag to her in the first chapter. Lag stays with her for five years before leaving to become a Bee himself.
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Tropes associated with Sabrina:
* ApronMatron
* CoolOldLady
* {{Tsundere}}: Yells at Gauche for not thanking Lag for dragging his ass into town but gives him food and water for the return trip back to Yuusari.
!!'''Anne Seeing'''
Lag's mother. She was taken to Akatsuki at the beginning of the story and no one has seen her since. She is the one who implanted the Spirit Amber in Lag's eye. [[spoiler:Or, to be more accurate, she instructed Sabrina Mary to do so.]]
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Tropes associated with her:
* TheGhost
* MamaBear: Implanted Spirit Amber in her son's eye to help him survive an ''illness.'' It's helped him survive ''soul-sucking [[BigCreepyCrawlies GIANT INSECTS.]]''
* MissingMom
[[/folder]]
[[folder: '''Blue Notes Blues''']]
!! '''[[spoiler: Niche's Older Twin Sister]]'''
Antagonist of the Blue Notes Blues Arc, she was separated from [[spoiler: Niche]] sometime ago. Unlike [[spoiler: Niche,]] she managed to grow up and find her way back to Maka. Also unlike [[spoiler:Niche,]] she knows just how and why she came into the world.
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Tropes associated with her:
* ActionGirl
** DarkActionGirl: When initially introduced.
* AnnoyingArrows [[spoiler: The size of SPEARS!]]
* BFS
* BrokenBird
* CuteLittleFangs
* CuteMonsterGirl
* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Her mother.]]
* ForeheadOfDoom: [[spoiler:Niche]] ''IS'' her [[spoiler: sister]] after all...
* GodivaHair
* HumansAreBastards: They certainly have been to her and her entire family. [[spoiler:They tossed her and her sister '''OVER A CLIFF WHEN THEY WERE JUST BABIES FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!''']]
* InnocentFanserviceGirl
* LadyOfWar: Can make some impressively intricate things with her hair and rarely has to change her stance while fighting.
* MsFanservice: Manages to go toe to toe with Aria for the position. Possibly a FetishFuelStationAttendant.
* NakedFirstImpression: Not that she gives a crap.
* NoNameGiven
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Makes her OWN ChainmailBikini even.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: [[spoiler: When it dawns on her that [[BrokenBird she is effectively alone in the world.]]]]
* PrehensileHair
* [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really Two Hundred Years Old]]
* SugarAndIcePersonality: When she stops being [[AloofBigBrother aloof]] and [[HumansAreBastards throwing tantrums,]] she's quite nice.
* TrainingFromHell: Taught [[spoiler: Niche]] some new tricks.
* VerbalTic: When she gets upset, she trips over her words.
-->"Let's cuh. Cut. Cut you open and see what's inside."
* WildChild
!! '''Maka'''
The resident God of Blue Notes Blues. People make sacrifices to her and while she does protect the land, she does it for no one's sake but her own. Somehow she managed to raise [[spoiler: Niche's sister.]]
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Tropes associated with Maka:
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Neither she nor [[spoiler: Niche's sister]] completely buy into the notion that [[spoiler: Lag]] is human.
* [[HumansAreBastards Humans Are Annoying]]
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* MixAndMatchCritters: She looks like a cross between an eagle and a dragon.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent
* OurGodsAreGreater
* PetTheDog: She helps [[spoiler:Celica]] live long enough to have her daughters and raises the oldest when she makes her way back to her.
** Also, she genuinely does protect the land.
** She takes [[spoiler: Niche and Steak]] to a healing lake.
* PhysicalGod
!!'''Celica'''
[[spoiler:The mother of Niche and her sister.]]
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Tropes associated with Celica:
* MamaBear: She was perfectly fine with Maka eating her [[spoiler:(she doesn't)]] so long as [[spoiler:she saved her daughters' lives]].
[[/folder]]
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* TakeMyHand: Refuses [[spoiler:Lag's,]] despite being somewhat [[TheMessiah touched he offered.]]
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* TakeMyHand: Refuses [[spoiler:Lag's,]] despite being somewhat [[TheMessiah touched he offered.]]
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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:His parents were 5 million rin in debt, and knew that he'd be taken as collateral, so they abandoned him outside an orphanage and returned once they paid off the debt]].
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!!Empress of Amberground/[[spoiler:(currently) Anu Seeing]]
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* [[spoiler:FamilyBusiness]]: [[spoiler:Her family has been in charge of the task of "Empress" - which is to protect the light of the Sun - for generations, and Anu is the newest Empress.]]
* [[spoiler:FamilyBusiness]]: [[spoiler:Her family has been in charge of the task of "Empress" - which is to protect the light of the Sun - for generations, and Anu is the newest Empress.]]
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* [[spoiler:ExpressDelivery]]: [[spoiler:She was pregnant spontaneously impregnated with Lag on the Day of Flicker and gave birth to him on the same day.]]
* [[spoiler:FamilyBusiness]]: [[spoiler:Her family has been in charge of the task of "Empress" - which is to protect the light of the Sun - for generations, andAnu Anne is the newest Empress.]]
* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Lag I Am Your Mother]]]]: [[spoiler:The current Empress is, anyway.]]
* [[spoiler:FamilyBusiness]]: [[spoiler:Her family has been in charge of the task of "Empress" - which is to protect the light of the Sun - for generations, and
* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Lag I Am Your Mother]]]]: [[spoiler:The current Empress is, anyway.]]
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* BodyHorror: When Lag accidentally sees her bathing, he discovers that her body is riddled with scars.
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A Marauder for Reverse who steals letters from Bees. He's a bit of a [[{{Jerkass}} jerk.]]
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Agent of Reverse. Fought Zaji.
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[[spoiler:It is revealed that he is no longer a Bee and worst, a Marauder of Reverse called Noir. He has no memories of Lag or Sylvette, possibly due to losing that part of his heart. Recently, he's awoken and seems to recognize Sylvette again... though this proves to be him simply using the memories within Lag's Letter Bullet as a guide to feign remembrance. During and after the battle with Cabernet, he has returned to working with the Bee Hive, after deciding that his actions with Reverse was hurting too many people.]]
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** [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]: [[spoiler:Subverted after Lag shot him with a heart bullet. He started acting like Gauche again, but it was all an act, and he learned it from the memories in the bullet]].
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** [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]: [[spoiler:Subverted after Lag shot him with a heart bullet. He started acting like Gauche again, but it was all an act, and he learned it from the memories in the bullet]].bullet. During the battle with Cabernet, he makes a proper turn toward Face]].
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[[spoiler: Lag eventually does find and return Gauche to her. She is currently waiting for her brother to wake up and see if he recognizes her.]]
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!!'''Lag's Mother'''
She was taken to Akatsuki at the beginning of the story and no one has seen her since. She is the one who implanted the Spirit Amber in Lag's eye.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Volume 16 is centered on him, [[spoiler:as he finds the Gaichuu that stole his parents' hearts]]
* CynicismCatalyst: As a young boy, he learned that people can't be trusted upon seeing a BitchInSheepsClothing who ran an orphanage.
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* KindheartedCatLoverKindheartedCatLover: It's revealed in a flashback why he lost
* MeaningfulName: InUniverse, his name means, "One who lives honestly."
* OnlyOneName: For the most part, [[spoiler:until his past is revealed]].
* MeaningfulName: InUniverse, his name means, "One who lives honestly."
* OnlyOneName: For the most part, [[spoiler:until his past is revealed]].
* ParentalAbandonment: His parents had their hearts eaten by a Gaichuu. [[spoiler:They also had left him behind for 10 years, and he, as a result of his trust issues, couldn't recognize them as his parents]].
* PartingWordsRegret: [[spoiler:The last thing he said to his parents before they got killed by a Gaichuu was that he didn't believe that they were his parents]].
* PartingWordsRegret: [[spoiler:The last thing he said to his parents before they got killed by a Gaichuu was that he didn't believe that they were his parents]].
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Antagonist of the Blue Notes Blues Arc. ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, Arc, she was separated from [[spoiler: Niche]] sometime ago. Unlike [[spoiler: Niche,]] she managed to grow up and find her way back to Maka. Also unlike [[spoiler:Niche,]] she knows just how and why she came into the world.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings [[FriendToAllChildren And All Children]]: When he's not beating the crap of them, of course.
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Commander of the Imperial Guard. [[spoiler: Abducted Lag's Mother & was present on the Inspection Airship during the Day Of The Flicker.]]
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A young nun at the Veritably Abbey in [[MeaningfulName Lamento Town.]] She is a good baker and has a crush on Connor.
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[[spoiler:It is revealed that he is no longer a Bee and worst, a Marauder of Reverse called Noir. He has no memories of Lag or Sylvette, possibly due to losing that part of his heart. Recently, he's woken and seems to recognize Sylvette again.]]
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[[spoiler:It is revealed that he is no longer a Bee and worst, a Marauder of Reverse called Noir. He has no memories of Lag or Sylvette, possibly due to losing that part of his heart. Recently, he's woken awoken and seems to recognize Sylvette again.again...]]
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[[spoiler: Lag eventually does find and return Gauche to her. She is currently waiting for her brother to wake up and see if he recognizes her. Update he wakes up and all seems good... but [[BlatantLies it's all a lie.]]]]\n]]
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* MamaBear: Was She was perfectly fine with Maka eating her [[spoiler:(she doesn't)]] so long as [[spoiler:she saved her daughters' lives]].
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Gets Lag's name wrong despite having just been told it.
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