Character sheet for The Literary Legacy of Ophelia.
Ophelia Krueger
- Book Dumb
- Brutal Honesty
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Cool Sword - Gabriella's holy sword given to her.
- Determinator
- The Dog Bites Back - after all the years of psychological manipulation from Celia.
- Dork Knight
- Extreme Doormat - in the beginning; it eventually fades completely.
- The Hero
- Killer Rabbit
- Laser-Guided Amnesia - several times, to the point that it manages to damage her permanent memory.
- Named After Somebody Famous - you know the one.
- The Ophelia - the persona she vows to never have.
- The Pollyanna - before the truly tragic events start happening, at least. She tries to keep up this persona later, but it doesn't stick.
- The Protagonist
- Sanity Slippage - she gets there, but never ends up fully losing it.
- Street Smart
- Took a Level in Badass - goes from a skittish doormat with no self confidence to a virtual militaristic general of a league of demons and other creatures.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy - always strove for her sister's approval.
Kanon Wright, aka Iago
- Break the Haughty - when he slowly realizes he's not as skilled in magic as he needed to be for the current crisis.
- Deadpan Snarker
- Do Not Call Me "Paul" - dislikes his given name.
- Hates Everyone Equally - with the exceptions of Ira and Ophelia.
- Insufferable Genius
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold - though you will have to dig to find it.
- Magic Librarian - his magic's general motif.
- Named After Somebody Famous - Iago from Othello, and the German pronunciation of Pachelbel's Canon.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot - when he gets particularly angry or frustrated.
- Sophisticated as Hell
- Squishy Wizard
Ira Wright
- Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence
- Badass Normal - sort of. As a human, he had no magic or supernatural abilities whatsoever, but made up for it with wits and good acting in the face of danger. Even as an angel, he's only an ascended soul with the power of teleportation and demon purification, much, much weaker than Sariel and the others. He still manages to assist everyone else greatly.
- Determinator
- Keet
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
- The Heart
- Our Angels Are Different - after his death.
- Sacrificial Lion - although he does come back as an angel, eventually.
- Screw Destiny - his chief mindset, as he was determined "destined" to be utterly useless in life.
- Trickster Archetype
Belial/Amalia Himmelreich
- Animal Motifs - spiders.
- Anti-Hero - Type IV on the sliding scale.
- The Baroness - Sexpot variety, see Vamp below.
- Break the Cutie - after she initially contracted.
- Cute Monster Girl - spider demon.
- Deadpan Snarker
- Deal with the Devil - although it was against her own will, and orchestrated by Lucifer through use of Exact Words
- Hime Cut
- In-Series Nickname - "Bel"
- Really 700 Years Old - at least 1100 years old, but she looks about 19 physically.
- Stealth Hi/Bye - frequent abuser of the standard demonic teleportation powers.
- The Stoic - rarely emotes and maintains a straight face even in the face imminent danger.
- Undying Loyalty - to Ophelia.
- The Vamp - moreso in her actions and fighting style than her personality, as she is fairly deadpan most of the time.
- Was Once a Man - used to be a human.
Xander Moore
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!
- Battle Butler - Belial's.
- The Big Guy
- Bodyguard Crush - on Belial.
- Cloudcuckoo Lander
- Creepy Crows - crow demon familiar.
- Dark Is Not Evil - one of hell's oldest residents, and possibly the nicest.
- Fingersnap Lighter
- Foil - to Alice.
- Hidden Depths - his loyalty to Belial, mixed with his motives and past history involving hell.
- Pyromaniac / Kill It with Fire
- Really 700 Years Old - over 2,000 years old.
- Spell My Name With An S - in-universe: through the years he's gone through several different spellings and abbreviations of his name, the original being the somewhat archaic "Aleksander".
- Stepford Smiler - Type A
- Was Once a Man
Celia Krueger
- A God Am I
- Antagonistic Offspring
- Big Bad
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
- The Chessmaster
- Cool Big Sis - what she convinced Ophelia she was.
- Disease Bleach - her blonde hair goes stark white after being tossed in Hell's Abyss for five months.
- Enemy Mine - she and Alice get pulled out of Hell's Abyss by Gabrielle to assist with re-securing Lillith. Although Gabrielle notes it's partially because breaking out Lillith was Celia's own fault.
- Evil Plan
- Faking the Dead
- For the Evulz - destroying Hell's Gate.
- From Nobody to Nightmare
- The Legions of Hell - controls several factions of them.
- Manipulative Bitch - subtly made Ophelia into the self-conscious doormat she is.
- Named After Somebody Famous - Celia from As You Like It.
- The Ophelia - ironically, a hell of a lot more than Ophelia herself.
- Pride - almost manages to rival Lucifer in the department.
- Self-Made Orphan
- Wicked Cultured
Alice Lestrange
- Affably Evil - to an extent.
- Alice Allusion
- The Atoner - a warped version, wherein she realized she was an awful human being...so she vowed to be a better ghost. Later played straight.
- Body Horror - half of her being a decrepit skeleton with rotting flesh.
- Cassandra Truth / Dumbass Has a Point - about unleashing hell and the dangers it would impose for both her and Celia. Celia refuses to listen.
- Cool Big Sis - dear Lord, she tries to be one to Ophelia, to make up for Celia's abuse, but it doesn't exactly work.
- Cute Ghost Girl - rather viciously subverted.
- The Ditz
- Genius Ditz - knows a lot about chemistry and physics.
- The Dragon
- Fearless Undead
- Foil - to Xander.
- Glamour Failure - can disguise herself to look like a regular human, but it fades away after too much usage.
- Heel Realization / Heel–Face Turn - eventually.
- I Just Want to Be Normal - as with all jikininki, she pretty much hates being one.
- I Owe You My Life - to Celia, again, as she felt Celia gave her a purpose outside of being a miserable soul. Hence why she goes along with Celia's gambit to open Hell's Gate, despite not liking it one bit.
- Jacob Marley Apparel - forever wears the ball gown she was buried in.
- Older Than They Look - in her 50s, but appears in her 20s, a side effect of, well, being a ghost.
- Punch-Clock Villain - in terms of destroying Hell's Gate with Celia.
- Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl / Our Ghosts Are Different - a jikininki.
- Was Once a Man
- Yandere - haunted her former husband after she died, to the point of killing his new wife.
Agares/Jolyne Kokinos
- Artificial Limbs - her arms are mechanical as a result of a train crash.
- Axe-Crazy - so much that's become a part of her reputation in Hell.
- Bratty Half-Pint - described as a 'snot-nosed brat' on more than one occasion.
- Couldn't Find a Pen - when she was in the train accident that look her arms, she had to scrawl a summoning circle in the dirt with her own blood.
- Cute Bruiser
- Laughing Mad - often dissolves into fits of deranged laughter while fighting.
- Magitek - her arms.
- Nominal Hero
- Older Than They Look - she's about 90 years old, but she still resembles a thirteen-year-old.
- Our Demons Are Different
- Red Baron - Tigerlily.
- In-Series Nickname - Though the older demons like to call her "Spidermonkey" in mockery.
- Token Mini-Moe - as she's physically stuck at age 13.
Frederica "Freya" Neves
- Church Militant
- Cycle of Revenge - engaged in an decades-long feud with Samigina perpetuated by the fact that neither of them die permanently.
- Defrosting Ice Queen - was cold and distant in her first appearance, but gradually warmed up over the course of the story.
- Determinator - Samigina has killed her well over 500 times in her life, seriously eclipsing her in power for most of her life. Freya still chases her for well over 60 years, intent of fulfilling the task that was given to her.
- Enigmatic Empowering Entity - Gabrielle. She thought a young Exorcist going after one of the most powerful demons in Hell was humorous, and as such kept resurrecting Freya whenever she died (usually by Samigina's hands) so they could keep fighting.
- Killed Off for Real - Lillith rips her heart out.
- Mad Bomber - with her Exorcist techniques.
- Nun Too Holy - as far as being a Church-bound Exorcist is concerned.
- Older Than They Look - same as Agares, she's about 90 years old, though she appears to be in her mid-twenties.
- The Spartan Way - how she was raised, and thus how she tends to act.
Samigina/Hannah Liddell
- Cycle of Revenge - engaged in an decades-long feud with Freya perpetuated by the fact that neither of them die permanently.
- Killed Off for Real - see Suicide Attack
- It Amused Me - she was opportunistic as a human, and it culminated in becoming a demon because she could.
- Lonely at the Top - after three centuries of immortality, she found being a demon wasn't quite what she expected it to be. Ultimately, this is what causes her death, as she felt Freya pursuing her gave her a purpose once more, and once Freya was gone, well...
- Nun Too Holy - as a human, she was a nun, and still wears her habit because it's ironic.
- Our Liches Are Different - technically one by virtue of half her soul being torn into multiple pieces and put inside books, though the rest of it is still inside her flesh body.
- Pyrrhic Victory / Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu - she successfully destroys Lillith's cathedral and mortally wounds her host body, more than any of the others had managed to do before — but at the cost of her life.
- Really 700 Years Old - about 300 years old, but appears to be in her early 20s.
- Soul Jar - developed a spell that ripped out portions of her soul to store in her grimoires, so they could independently cast spells. It also gives her a form of immortality.
- Suicide Attack - she uses her last remaining grimoire as firepower against Lillith, blowing her chapel up.
- Token Evil Teammate - for the main characters. She outright admits she's not a good person, but it doesn't stop her from assisting them.
Sallos/Priscilla
- An Ice Person
- Barrier Warrior
- The Big Guy - a slightly darker version, and she doesn't go along with a standard Five-Man Band.
- Fallen Angel - a Grigori.
- A Form You Are Comfortable With - has to possess a human body while on Earth, as she was never human.
- Glacier Waif - ice-related puns aside.
- Our Demons Are Different
- Plucky Girl
- Time Abyss - born an angel, likely alive for hundreds of thousands of years.
Hecate Sturluson/Bael
- Benevolent Boss - head of the Court, and manages to get along with her subordinates quite well.
- Deal with the Devil
- Fallen Hero
- From Nobody to Nightmare - a much more extreme example than Celia, which she takes extra time to rub in the latter's face.
- Jade-Colored Glasses
- Noble Demon - both literally and in the sense of the trope.
- Our Demons Are Different
- Reality Warper
- Satan - moreso than Lucifer himself, at least in terms of keeping Hell in shape and order.
- Shock and Awe - her preferred method of physical combat.
- Was Once a Man
Michaela/Mikayla
- Archangel Michael -> Gender Flip
- Blind Seer - her host body on Earth is blind, but her abilities negate it.
- True Sight - her shtick.
- Monochromatic Eyes
- Eye Scream - how her host was blinded.
- Broken Smile
- Brought Down to Normal - when she and her siblings get cut off from Heaven.
- Dissonant Serenity
- Have You Seen My God?
- Improvised Weapon User - When she loses her connection to Heaven and her abilities, she uses Moses's Staff as a club/baseball bat.
- Lady of War
- Our Angels Are Different
- Noodle Incident - whatever the Whore of Babylon did to her.
- Reality Warper
- Time Abyss - born an angel, likely alive for hundreds of thousands of years.
Gabrielle
- Archangel Gabriel -> Gender Flip
- For the Lulz - most of what she does.
- Girlish Pigtails
- Our Angels Are Different
- Time Abyss - born an angel, likely alive for hundreds of thousands of years.
Raphael
- Archangel Raphael
- Only Sane Man
- Our Angels Are Different
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here - on several different occasions. Michaela drags him back every time.
- Time Abyss - born an angel, likely alive for hundreds of thousands of years.
- Time Master
Sariel
- Badass Bookworm
- Black Cloak and In the Hood - always wears a lavender-colored cloak and hood that conceals 85% of her.
- Black Comedy - when she tries to gain a sense of humour.
- Blood-Splattered Wedding Dress - her cape gives the same effect.
- Clap Your Hands If You Believe - she gets a great deal of her power from those who celebrate Halloween, being "the first witch."
- Comically Serious
- Dark Is Not Evil
- Don't Fear the Reaper - she tries, at least.
- Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry - covered in necklaces, bangles, and rings.
- Gender Flip - of the traditional Sariel.
- Glowing Eyes of Doom - when angered.
- The Grim Reaper - she's the angel of death, and a member of the Greater Collective of Death, along with reaper figures from other religions.
- Hypocritical Humor - dislikes the dark persona she's acquired, and yet still enjoys her job skewering lost souls.
- Immortality - she won't die. Ever. As a messenger of death, she's obligated to live forever, and she regenerates from even fatal angel weaknesses.
- Monster Progenitor - the first magic-backed 'witch' per se, with her extremely warped angel magic and association with Samhain.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast
- No Sense of Personal Space
- No Social Skills
- Our Angels Are Different
- Quizzical Tilt
- Sinister Scythe
- The Stoic or Emotionless Girl
- Time Abyss - born an angel, likely alive for hundreds of thousands of years.
- Torture Technician
- Unwanted False Faith - started being seen as the spirit of Halloween due to her otherwordly nature and casually visiting Earth every year on the day of Samhaim.
Lucifer
- The Alcoholic - likes booze a little too much.
- Barrier Maiden - he keeps Hell's Abyss from flooding into the rest of the world, and Lillith from escaping
- Butt-Monkey
- Cassandra Truth - about Lillith escaping.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass - still a competent angel when free of his cage.
- Even Evil Has Standards - notably dislikes Celia for her actions.
- Fallen Angel
- Large Ham
- Our Angels Are Different
- Satan - in more relation to the traditional story of him merely being a powerful fallen soul, and not a ruler of any kind.
- Time Abyss - born an angel, likely alive for hundreds of thousands of years.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting
Natalia Krueger, née de La Fontaine
- Back from the Dead - sort of. When she dies on Earth, she merely returns to Heaven and is able to regain her angel form.
- Fallen Angel - a Grigori, like Sallos.
- Knight in Sour Armor
- Mama Bear - a more passive variant, but still there.
- Sacrificial Lamb - the first killed off, along with her husband. She does come back, though it's much, much later in the story.
Lillith the Scourge
- Axe-Crazy
- Eldritch Abomination - she is literally all of the world's evils in a conscious form.
- Faux Affably Evil
- Named After Somebody Famous- in-universe: her name was originally intended as a parody of the Hebrew figure Lillith, in a jab towards those who believed demon!Lillith to be real.
- Red Baron - The Wicked Prophet.
- Sealed Evil In Lucifer's Head
- Time Abyss
- Who's Laughing Now? - she was treated as a mere 'spooky story' perpetuated by Lucifer, akin to something like Slenderman. Then her seals broke...
