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Tropes applying to all dorms/students
- Casting a Shadow: With very few exceptions, a majority of the students use dark magic animations for their neutral elemental attacks in their gameplay. Makes sense as the aforementioned students are based on villainous characters.
- Childhood Friends: Just about the majority of the dorm leaders have these types of friends they hang out with, having at least one of them being vice-dorm leaders.
- Color-Coded Characters: Every student has a color-coded armband indicating which dormitory they belong to.
- Heartslabyul: Red and black
- Savanaclaw: Yellow and black
- Octavinelle: Gray and lavender
- Scarabia: Scarlet and gold
- Pomefiore: Purple and red
- Ignihyde: Blue and black
- Diasomnia: Green and black
- Combat Stilettos: A number of characters wear heels in their dorm outfits that they are also seen going to battle in.
- Custom Uniform: Most non-dorm leader students have their default dorm outfits adjusted to varying degrees (Wearing different accessories for some, or wearing their uniform more sloppily compared to another student) to reflect on their individual personalities. Dorm leaders stand out as the characters with the most unique dorm outfits, but they still fit the theme of their respective dorms.
- Dysfunction Junction: Everyone seems to have issues, even the Token Good Teammate students. The dorm leaders appear to be the worst off, however, save for Kalim which leads to their eventual Overblotting.
- Guest-Star Party Member: Grim and the Dorm Leaders are gacha-obtainable in Disney Tsum Tsum as part of a collaboration event. When using the skills of the Dorm Leader Tsums, the other members also show up.
- Guyliner: Eyeliner seems to be a standard part of the dorm uniforms. Riddle, Vil, Malleus and Lilia also wear eyeshadow ontop of it.
- Jerkass: Besides some exceptions, almost every character is this to an extent. Some of them being Bitch in Sheep's Clothing, at best. Though Crowley gives an in-universe justification for this behavior in the prologue. Magic users are considered a superior class of people, which causes them to become prideful, egotistical and self-centered. Even some of the non-playable characters are jerks, particularly those from Savanaclaw.
- Light 'em Up: Only three characters in the main cast are shown using light magic as their neutral elemental attack: Silver, Rook and Kalim. This serves as an indicator that these characters aren't twisted from Disney villains — Rook and Kalim are both twisted from heroic characters, while Silver's counterpart is unknown for now.
- Seven Deadly Sins: Nearly every dorm head with the exception of Scarabia in Jamil's case has one of these 7 traits associated with them, which leads to their overblotting.
- Mysterious Past: Not in terms of characters who have literal version of this trope, but rather for characters who have unconfirmed identities as to who (or what) they are exactly based on. Particular examples being Jack, Silver, and Lilia.
- Nominal Hero: Almost every character to a degree. Most of the characters will rarely want to do anything heroic of their own volition and will often end up saving the day for their own selfish reasons, such as not wanting a black mark on their reputation or because the villain of the week pissed them off in some way.
- Signature Move: Nearly every character has their own unique magic:
- Heartslabyul:
- Deuce - Bet The Limit
- Riddle — Off With Your Head
- Cater — Split Card
- Trey — Doodle Suit
- Savanaclaw:
- Leona — King's Roar
- Jack — Unleash Beast
- Ruggie — Laugh with Me
- Octavinelle:
- Azul — It's a Deal
- Jade — Shock the Heart
- Floyd — Bind the Heart
- Scarabia:
- Kalim — Oasis Maker
- Jamil — Snake Whisper
- Pomefiore:
- Vil — Fairest One of All
- Rook — I See You
- Epel — Sleep Kiss
- Ignihyde:
- Diasomnia:
- Malleus: Fae of Maleficence
- Silver: Meet in a Dream
- Sebek: Living Bolt
- Lilia: Far Cry Cradle
- Heartslabyul:
- Smug Super: According to Crowley, in general, wizards are known to be arrogant due to being considered superior to those without the ability to use magic. As a result, this behavior is shown through a majority of the main cast and even NPC’s.
- Undying Loyalty: Save for Heartslabyul in the first chapter of the main story (which changes post-Riddle’s Character Development), the mob students of each dorm seem to hold their respective dorm leaders in high regard and go out of their way to protect them. This is exemplified in the Halloween event Screaming Monsters in which the dorm leaders being mistreated by the visitors is consistently treated as the most disrespectful thing of all the guests misdeeds over the course of the story.
Students
- Heartslabyul note
- Savanaclaw note
- Octavinelle note
- Scarabia note
- Pomefiore note
- Ignihyde note
- Diasomnia note
- Ramshackle Dorm note
Night Raven College Faculty
Dire Crowley
Voiced by: Mitsuru Miyamoto
Twisted from: ???
Twisted from: ???
The headmaster of Night Raven College. He's the one who takes in the protagonist after they fall into Twisted Wonderland, giving them a place to stay and enrolling them in Night Raven College while he searches for a way to send them home. But can he really be trusted?
- Adaptational Heroism: Downplayed. Crowley is still the same as his game counterpart, but in the comic, Crowley uses his magic to protect Ace and the others from Overblot Riddle’s attack.
- Adults Are Useless: Whenever a problem occurs at Night Raven College, he's either unable to do anything or quick to foist responsibility for solving it onto his students. The only aversion to this is Chapter 6 where he is occupied to being interrogated by Mr. and Mrs. Shroud along with other officials about the overblots occurring and thus, he has his hands tied and unable to handle the matter of Idia overblotting.
- Ambiguously Human: He has slightly pointed ears and glowing eyes, and is stated to be much older than he looks, but no official words been given on what he is
- Animal Motifs: Ravens. His mask makes him resemble one and it's hinted in the OP sequence that he can transform into one as well. He also has a conflicted relationship with Trein’s cat in particular and cats in general, given how he’s associated with birds.
- An Offer You Can't Refuse: As kind as he claims to be, Crowley has a habit of making requests out of students where denial would result in punishment or other inconveniences. In Yuu's case Crowley uses the fact that he's "generously" allowing them to remain at Ramshackle yet can have them booted out or even take away their allowance for meals to make them do as he asks.
- Character Catchphrase: "Aren't I kind?" and variants, mostly when he does anyone a favor, especially the protagonist.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: The most eccentric of the teachers.
- Comical Overreacting: He's prone to this, much to the annoyance of the other characters.
- Cool Mask: Wears one resembling a raven. He is never seen without it.
- Dynamic Entry: After the lesson gauge is filled, he'll swoop into the class (startling the students while he's at it) for 'Special Lessons', and then fly off after five turns.
- Drama Queen: Has a penchant for overreacting to situations now and then.
- Expressive Mask: Crowley wears a raven-like mask that he never removes. However, he can be expressive even with his mask on.
- Femme Fatalons: He wears golden claw rings over each of his fingers.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Among the staff, he is this. While the staff at least respects Crowley as the Headmaster, Crewel and Trein are very blunt and actually called out on Crowley for his irresponsibility frequently enough in varying occasions in the game's stories and events. Vargas is the lone staff known to have some level of respect for him while Sam's opinion on the Headmaster is still unknown at the moment as he lacks a voice line set like the other staff members.
- Jerkass: Shames his students for their behavior and arrogance and constantly reminds others that he is kind, but isn't much better than them. This is always Played for Laughs.
- Meaningful Name: Crowley. He might also be named after the known occultist Aleister Crowley
. - Most Definitely Not a Villain: Crowley has a tendency to to frequently reaffirm that he is a kind and gracious man and certainly not a suspicious individual despite his tendencies and costume being well on the shady side. Time will tell whether this trope is played straight or is ultimately subverted.
- Older Than He Looks: He's been the Headmage since Trein attended, yet looks no older than twenty.
- Pointy Ears: His ears have a slight point to them, although it's unknown if he is part fae or not.
- Promoted to Playable: Received a limited SSR card during the February 2024 "Magic Assault Practice with Crowley" event — the first of the faculty to achieve this status.
- Stealth Hi/Bye: Tends to show up in the main story when people least expect him.
- Stealth Insult: He tends to do this, though whether it's intentional on his part is left ambiguous. Exemplified in the prologue when he praises Yuu for having the attributes of a "beast tamer"*, a role he believes will be important to the future of the academy. Immediately after said praise and speculation, he gleefully says that the school needs this mediocrity.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: In Chapter 4, he claims to be going to the southern lands during winter break to conduct research on how to send Yuu back home. Despite very clearly wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a fedora.Crowley: Escaping this cold and spending time gazing upon the ocean while drinking coconut juice from a hammock… I am most definitely not thinking about enjoying myself to the fullest.
- Vague Age: His age is unknown. Not helping matters is his behavior at times…
- Whip of Dominance: He's the headmaster, and he will occasionally use one of these when the situation calls for it such as when Grim causes too much trouble. Amusingly, he refers to it as his "whip of love".
Divus Crewel
The science teacher at Night Raven College, teaching subjects such as magic pharmacy. He also has a knack for fashion.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: In contrast to Cruella de Vil, who he is twisted from, Divus Crewel is a Pretty Boy.
- Commonality Connection: He gets along with Vil due to their shared interest in fashion.
- The Fashionista: His official profile states that he has a very opinionated view on fashion.
- Final Boss: Of the second Vargas Camp event. He served as the Final Boss for the third task of the training camp as both an overseer of the Culture Club in general and in case anyone from the Sports Club told the Culture Club students about the final task of the training camp.
- Friend to All Living Things: Shockingly, given who he's twisted from, he's described as this by Trein.
- Gratuitous English: Gives commands like "Stay" and "Good boy!" to his students, not unlike an owner to their dogs.
- Guyliner: He visibly wears pretty thick eyeliner and dark-colored eyeshadow.
- In-Series Nickname: Floyd calls him "Striped Beakfish" note.
- Meaningful Name: "Divus" is Latin for god or godlike while Crewel is an obvious play on "cruel". Given his Sadist Teacher track record and demands to be called "master"...
- "Divus" also sounds a bit like "devious" and, similar to the character he's based on, "devil".
- Mythology Gag: In the second released set of voice lines obtained from the 6th United Exams, one of them has Crewel mention how he used to be followed by "Two lackeys" in his school days. This alludes to Jasper and Horace Baddun, who are canonically the original Cruella's henchmen.
- Pretty in Mink: Just like the Disney villain he's based on, he wears a long black-and-white fur jacket.
- Sadist Teacher: As many characters note, Crewel is rather harsh when it comes to teaching. In his introduction scene, he exclaims that he'll "beat the names and appearances of 100 types of medicines into your little brains." Not to mention that he speaks to his students as if they were dogs. In the Halloween event story, he was ready to use fire magic on misbehaving Night Raven visitors until he was stopped by Trein.
- It seems Divus also likes to make students that upset him break down and beg for forgiveness, given he purposefully gave Epel an Impossible Task to try getting this reaction when the latter accidentally spilled a rare nectar. Epel catches on thanks to Cater and instead proves himself to be a Determinator.
Mozus Trein
Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama (Mozus Trein), Ryōta Suzuki (Lucius)
Twisted from: Lady Tremaine* and Lucifer* from Cinderella
Twisted from: Lady Tremaine* and Lucifer* from Cinderella
The literary teacher at Night Raven College, teaching subjects such as the history of magic. He's a strict disciplinarian and owns a cat named Lucius.
- Cuteness Proximity: To his own cat familiar, Lucius.
- Her Heart Will Go On: Gender-Inverted example. He was Happily Married with his wife until his wife passed away when their daughters are fairly young but he stays determined to raise and take care of his daughters as much as he could and even years later, he spoke nothing but fond memories of his deceased wife and stayed loyal to her memory.
- Neat Freak: His second set of voice lines unlocked from the United Exams reveals that he prefers to keep things clean and tidy. This is done in a reminder and memory of his deceased wife.
- Right-Hand Cat: Non-villainous example. Lucius the cat serve as this to Trein.
- Stern Teacher: He might be stern and known for his boring lessons, and majorly sweet on Lucius while harsh and critical of his students, but he ultimately wishes for them to thrive and the "Glorious Masquerade" event shows moments where he truly cares for the wellbeing of the students under his care.
- You Are in Command Now: In Chapter 6, Crowley leaves NRC to him when he is taken away by the Charons.
Ashton Vargas
The physical education teacher at Night Raven College, teaching subjects such as physical strength development and flight techniques.
- Hidden Depths: The Vargas Camp events serve as this for him as the event proves that he is Smarter Than They Look and is a capable teacher since the whole camp's events and activities are all organized by him in hopes of training the students.
- In-Series Nickname: Floyd calls him "Lobster-sensei".
- Manly Facial Hair: He's a muscular physical education teacher who sports a beard. Said beard is also cut in a way that mimics the cleft chin that his inspiration has.
- Meaningful Name: Ashton Vargas.
- Narcissist: Just like the villain he is twisted from.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Just like the villain he is twisted from, his favorite food is raw eggs.
Sam
The owner of Mr. S's Mystery Shop, a store on campus that sells a variety of products from magical stones to raw eggs.
- Borrowin' Samedi: Just like the villain he's based on.
- Bowdlerise: The skull tattoo and markings on his design were removed for the English localization in order to avoid unfortunate implications that his original design would bring.
- Gratuitous English: Often scatters English into his speech.
- In-Series Nickname: Floyd calls him "Seahorse" note.
- Meaningful Name: Likely named in honor of Voodoo god Baron Samedi, who inspired Dr. Facilier's design.
- Mysterious Past: Downplayed example, beyond some basics in his profile, little is known about Sam's own past and he is the only staff member to yet have a voice line set that spoke of his views of the school and the staff of Night Raven College.
Royal Sword Academy Students
Chenya
Voiced by: Kento Hama, Yoshino Aoyama (child)
Twisted from: The Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland
Grade: Third year
Twisted from: The Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland
Grade: Third year
Riddle and Trey's Childhood Friend. He first shows up in Chapter 1 of the main story. Later it's revealed that he goes to Royal Sword Academy, Night Raven College's rival school.
- The Bus Came Back: Makes an reappearance in Chapter 5 of the Halloween event Scary Monsters, which had been his first onscreen appearance Chapter 1 of the main story, and his first in an event story overall.
- Cat Boy: He has cat ears and a striped tail.
- Cats Are Magic: Just like the Cheshire Cat, Chenya's unique magic can make him disappear and reappear at will.
- Cheshire Cat Grin: Isn't the Cheshire Cat for nothing.
- Childhood Friends: With Riddle and Trey. However, he goes to a different school.
- The Gadfly: Just like the Cheshire Cat, he enjoys trolling people. His mere presence during the second Unbirthday party pisses off most of the Heartslabyul dorm members, simply because he is a Royal Sword Academy student.
- Heroic Sacrifice: In Glorious Masquerade, he protects both Deuce and Riddle from the crimson flowers.
- Inconsistent Spelling: Before the spelling of his name was officialized as his nickname, Chenya, and full name, Artemiy Artemiyevich Pinker, he was often referred to as Che’nya as his nickname and full name, Alchemi Alchemivich Pinkaa in fan communities.
- The Navigator: Chenya is really good at giving directions and finding people. He helps Dominic and the others by giving them directions to search for their four missing friends on the first day of the Vocal & Dance Championship festival.
- Overly Long Name: His full name, Artemiy Artemiyevich Pinker, is quite a mouthful, so he tells everyone to just shorten it to 'Chenya'.
- Small Role, Big Impact: While he only makes sparse appearances, he's the first person to hint at Riddle's Dark and Troubled Past, leading to Yuu, Grim, Ace and Deuce going to Trey for answers and everything that follows. He's also the first to reveal the existence of Royal Sword Academy, and the intense rivalry between them and Night Raven.
- Verbal Tic: "-nya".
Neige LeBlanche
Voiced by: Takuma Nagatsuka
Twisted from: Snow White from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Grade: Second year
Twisted from: Snow White from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Grade: Second year
A Royal Sword Academy student introduced in Chapter 5 of the main story. Vil sees him as a rival for the title of most popular MagiCam influencer in Twisted Wonderland.
- The Bus Came Back: He appears along with Chenya in the Glorious Masquerade event, making his first appearance since chapter 5 of the main story.
- Childhood Friends: In Chapter 6, according to Vil, Neige has been friends with Dominic and the six dwarfs since childhood and they have been living together and supporting each other.
- Famed In-Story: Renowned throughout Twisted Wonderland because of his looks and personality. He's said to have more followers on MagiCam than Vil (who is stated to have more than 5 million) and is considered to be the "fairest of them all".
- Informed Attractiveness: Neige is considered to be the "most beautiful", and he has the most followers on MagiCam as a result. While he is adorable, it's a wonder how he's considered to be more beautiful than Vil.
- The Ingenue: His appeal is said to lie in his adorable face and naive personality which causes trouble for Vil, though it's unclear if he's aware of this or not.
- Innocently Insensitive: He's as sweet as his public persona, but it comes off as Condescending Compassion when he says the wrong thing.
- In-Series Nickname: Rook calls him "Roi du Neige".
- Locked Out of the Loop: Neige is very friendly to Vil, but he is unaware of Vil's hostility and jealousy towards him for being the "fairest of them all".
- Meaningful Name: His given name is French for 'snow', while his last name comes from the French word for 'white'. Snow White's name in French is Blanche-Neige.
- Nice Guy: Neige is actually a kind and carefree person who is friends with the dwarf students and very friendly to everyone he meets.
- Oblivious to Hatred: Neige respects and admires Vil, so he's blissfully unaware that the older boy loathes him.
- One Sided Rivalry: Vil considers him a rival for MagiCam fame. Neige, however, has never picked up on the rivalry and hopes to someday befriend Vil.
- Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: As befitting one twisted from Snow White herself.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: He's about half a head shorter than Vil, who is one of the taller characters, dark-haired, and considered to be extremely beautiful.
- Unsettling Gender-Reveal: Refreshingly averted. He has no problem whatsoever when he finds out that Rook, one of his biggest fans and the second ever member of his official fanclub, is a boy, and refers to it as a "pleasant surprise".
- World's Most Beautiful Woman: Like Snow White, he is considered to be "the fairest of them all", much to Vil’s ire.
Dwarfs
Twisted from: The Seven Dwarfs from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
They are dwarf Royal Sword Academy students introduced in Chapter 5 of the main story.Tropes applying to the dwarves in general
- The Bus Came Back: Makes an appearance in Chapter 3 of Harveston Kelkkarotu Event Story, which served as their first appearance since Chapter 5 of the main story and their first appearance in an event story.
- Childhood Friends: The dwarfs has been friends with Neige since childhood and they have been living together and supporting each other.
- Older Than They Look: The dwarfs look like children, but they are actually second year students of the Royal Sword Academy and the same age as Riddle.
- Our Dwarves Are All the Same: The dwarf students have very youthful, innocent looks and pointy ears as their traits. They can easily be mistaken for children by other people.
- Rainbow Motif: Downplayed. The dwarf students all wear identical Royal Sword Academy uniforms, but they do have color motifs corresponding to their hair colors: Gran (red), Snick (orange), Hop (yellow), Sherpy (green), Timmy (blue), Toby (purple), and Dominic (grey, which replaces indigo).
Dominic
- The Leader: Dominic is the leader of the dwarf students because he looks after his friends and makes sure they are not rude to students of Night Raven College, Royal Sword Academy's rival school. He gets along with them very well and he's willing to search for Toby and the other three friends after they get separated from them during the first day of the Vocal & Dance Championship festival.
- Only Sane Man: Dominic is the sane one towards his dwarf friends. He is willing to pay for laundry service after Snick accidentally sneezes snot on one of the Night Raven College student's uniforms. Dominic would rather not pick a fight with their rival school like Gran and tries to reason with them.
Gran
- Berserk Button: Gran hates when people mistake him and his dwarf clan for young children even though he's a high school student.
- Fiery Redhead: Gran has dark red hair and is the most hot-tempered of the dwarf students.
- Perpetual Frowner: As a twisted version of Grumpy, he always has anger as his default expression although he is seen smiling on a few occasions.
- Ungrateful Bastard: After Riddle, Trey and Grim save the dwarf students from the Savanaclaw students, Gran does not thank them, says he doesn't need help from them and claims he could have defeated them on his own.
Sherpy
- Dreary Half-Lidded Eyes: Like Sleepy, he always has droopy half-closed eyes as if he's just awoken from a deep sleep.
- Heavy Sleeper: He is always weary, droopy-eyed, and is always eager to fall asleep.
- Sleepy Head: As a twisted version of Sleepy, he tends to fall asleep everywhere he goes.
- Sleep Mask: Sherpy wears a sleep mask on his forehead all the time and pulls it over his face when he wants to sleep.
Hop
Voiced by: Natsumi Kawaida
Twisted from: Happy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Grade: Second year
Twisted from: Happy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Grade: Second year
- Gratuitous English: Hop has a habit of speaking in English. During his introduction, he says "Yay!" or "Peace! Peace!" in a cheerful tone.
- Keet: Hop is the most cheerful and carefree dwarf among the dwarf students.
Timmy
Voiced by: Madoka Asahina
Twisted from: Bashful from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Grade: Second year
Twisted from: Bashful from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Grade: Second year
- Luminescent Blush: It's difficult to see under the hair, but Timmy's face is permanently red befitting his shyness.
- Meaningful Appearance: Timmy's bangs cover his eyes as an indication of his shy and bashful personality.
- Odd Name Out: Unlike his fellow dwarfs, Timmy's name is based on a synonym for his original character's name (Timid), and not directly lifted from it.
- Shrinking Violet: As a twisted version of Bashful, he is very shy and nervous.
Snick
- No Mouth: As a twisted version of Sneezy, Snick wears a knitted neck warmer that obscures his mouth, due to being always sneezy and not wanting anyone to get sick.
- Sneeze of Doom: Like Sneezy, Snick sneezes at the worst possible times. During the search for their dwarf friends, Snick accidentally sneezes snot on the uniform of one of the students in Savanaclaw dorm at Night Raven College, their rival school. This results in the Savanaclaw students getting pissed off and would have resulted in them beating up the dwarfs for being Royal Sword Academy students if Riddle and the others hadn't saved them in time.
Toby
- Cloudcuckoolander: Like Dopey, Toby has a habit of acting silly and is not in his right mind.
- The Ditz: Such a ditz that he forgot his own name in his own introduction.
- Forgetful Jones: During the introduction at the VDC festival, he forgets his own name until Gran reminds him, Dominic has to help him when he dozes off and he forgets what he was supposed to do during the dance performance with Neige and the other dwarf students.
- Playful Cat Smile: Toby does this when he acts silly and cute and it's part of his default expression.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: He has blue eyes and is the most innocent of the dwarf students.
Royal Sword Academy Faculty
Ambrose the 63rd
- Meaningful Name: Merlin Ambrose (Myrddin Emrys in Welsh) is Merlin's full name in Geoffrey of Monmouth's writings about Arthurian Legend.
- Mythology Gag: Being the 63rd refers to how The Sword in the Stone, the movie where the character he is twisted from originated, was released in the year 1963.
- Only One Name: Ambrose is only known by one name, "Ambrose the 63rd". It is unknown whether Ambrose is his first or last name and what his full name is.
- Wizard Classic: As the headmaster of well-known wizard school Royal Sword Academy, Ambrose wears a traditional navy blue robe, pointy hat and a short white beard.
Noble Bell College students
Rollo Flamme
Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya
Twisted from: Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney)
Grade: Third year
Twisted from: Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney)
Grade: Third year
Noble Bell College's student council president. He is introduced in the "Glorious Masquerade" event.
- Boomerang Bigot: Rollo hates magic and magic users in general, all while being a magician himself. Chapter 5 of "Glorious Masquerade" reveals that Rollo actually obtained the ability to use magic after his little brother was implied to have died from reckless use of magic without moderation (a case that often occurred among magicians who just obtained the ability to use magic according to Idia), which only made him hate magic.
- Breakout Character: Though he only debuted in one event, Rollo proved to be popular for his design, being a threatening antagonist for the Halloween event and his compelling backstory. His popularity soon made him Promoted to Playable for the rerun of "Glorious Masquerade" in 2023.
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: The Crimson Flowers that Rollo unleashes onto students visiting the school exchange from many magic schools manage to render Malleus helpless. Had Sebek and Silver not gotten to him in time...
- Exhausted Eye Bags: It's visible in his design and sprite, though downplayed in that he doesn't show visible signs of exhaustion throughout the "Glorious Masquerade" event.
- Fantastic Racism: Has a hatred towards magic users and magic in general that his true motive in "Glorious Masquerade" involves robbing the world of magic as he believes that magic is a dangerous element that should not exist.
- Fatal Flaw: Self-righteousness. Rollo blames magic as well as magicians themselves for the death of his brother even though magic itself is not 100% harmful and that Rollo's brother practiced his magic without supervision. Goes a step further in that Rollo believed he would have brought salvation to Twisted Wonderland had his plan gone through, making it appear that Rollo viewed himself as something of a Messianic Archetype.
- Foreshadowing: His neutral treatment towards the other Night Raven College students but otherwise being kind to Yuu early on hints on his hatred for magic in general and is kind to Yuu due to their magicless status.
- In-Series Nickname: Rook calls him "Roi du Mouchoir".
- Ironic Hell: What Malleus essentially chose to punish him for his Apocalpse How plan at the end of "Glorious Masquerade". Malleus hid the truth of the resurgence of the Crimson Flowers to the Noble Bell College students to make Rollo be seen as one of the "heroes" of the situation... while putting Rollo in an endless internal turmoil and whether or not Rollo confesses the truth, Rollo will suffer regardless.
- Mana Drain: Rollo plans to "purify" the entirety of Twisted Wonderland by planting flora known as Crimson Flowers to forcefully drain magicians of their magic. Up to extremes when many victims fall unconscious.
- Mirror Character: To Idia for essentially being third years who had deceased little brothers. The difference being that Idia chose to Cope by Creating the android Ortho as a Replacement Goldfish while Rollo coped by choosing to blame people who weren't even involved in the incident for letting his brother die and eventually chose to lash out by planning to Mana Drain the world of Twisted Wonderland to "purify" it. Additionally, Idia had been born with magic and has better grasp and knowledge of it while Rollo only obtained the ability to use magic after his little brother's death and said death is still freshly ingrained in his mind that he had come to hate magic. The two ultimately differ in coping with their respective brother's deaths differently and Rollo is a look to Idia if he never got the proper closure to Ortho's death or cope by "reviving" Ortho into an Android.
- Mythology Gag:
- His story and character takes closer cues from the original "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" instead of Disney's adaptation such as having a little brother when Disney's Frollo has no known relatives related to him.
- His unique magic "Dark Fire" has Rollo's body turning completely into flames, not unlike how Frollo imagined Esmeralda during the "Hellfire" sequence.
- Nerves of Steel: Rollo has an incredibly strong will and control of himself and was able to push through the pain of having his magic drained away by the crimson flowers once it reached the bell tower as well, in contrast to everyone else who felt the pain of their magic being drained. Malleus, Idia and Azul notes that this is what makes him formidable as an enemy.
- Never My Fault: This is Rollo's rationalization of the events leading to his little brother's death in a similar way Frollo in the original movie blames any of his misdeeds to other things. He was a child during the time he witnessed his little brother's death and feeling helpless, he is unable to accept it and chose to blame the magicians of the city for not warning his brother enough of his brother's wanton use of magic, which soon devolved to Rollo blaming magic and magicians in general for cutting his little brother's life short.
- Playing with Fire: Rollo's unique magic "Dark Fire" is this as he's able to summon a sea of flames and can even convert his body into flames.
- Promoted to Playable: The 2023 rerun of "Glorious Masquerade" saw him become playable as a limited SSR unit.
- The Stoic: Rollo is very collective and consistently maintains a stern face to the point that some of the students question if they had upset him on accident until he reassures it's not the case. However, he goes into Not So Stoic during his monologue during the start of the event and when he begins his attack on the magicians.
- Visionary Villain: Rollo justifies his extreme actions since after losing his brother he came to genuinely view magic itself as an inherently evil thing that poisons everyone it it touches. By getting rid of it, Rollo believes he will be preventing similar tragedies as well as bringing salvation to Twisted Wonderland.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Rollo's plan to eliminate magic is not fueled by devious intentions but instead the desire to prevent anyone else from getting hurt or killed by magic like his little brother was.
- We Will Meet Again: Hinted at during the event's finale where Rollo swears to Malleus that he'll never give up on his plan and will one day defeat Malleus once and for all. Malleus is quite pleased with this and responds that he's looking forward to a future confrontation.
Historical Figures of Twisted Wonderland
The Great Seven
The founders of Night Raven College. They are the villains of seven classic Disney movies: The Queen of Hearts, Scar, Ursula, Jafar, the Evil Queen, Hades, and Maleficent. Not much is known about them other than Ace's description of them in the prologue, as well as visions seen by Yuu.
- Adaptational Heroism: According to Ace, the Great Seven's deeds are somewhat different from those of their movie counterparts:
- The Queen of Hearts' tyranny brought order to the chaotic world of Wonderland.
- Scar still overthrew his brother through meticulous planning, and let the previously ostracized hyenas into Pride Rock.
- Ursula's deals still came at a high price, but her purpose was to grant all unfortunate merfolk their wishes.
- Jafar saw through the princely disguise Aladdin assumed to woo Jasmine and got both the crown and lamp while exposing Aladdin's lie.
- Hades ruled the Underworld even though it was a thankless job without ever taking a vacation. His sincerity won over Cerberus, the Hydra, and even the Titans to fight for him.
- Ambiguously Evil: It's unknown just how evil they are in this world, given they created Night Raven College and, according to Ace's description, apparently did some good as well. Then again, the visions Yuu receives coincide with their movie selves, but given that the visions hail from Mickey's memories, it may be more precise to say it's a case of Alternate Self.
- As Himself: In-Universe, as they are the genuine articles who founded Night Raven College, as shown by the statues that depict them.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": With the exception of the Queen of Hearts, the rest of the Great Seven are never addressed by their real names, only by their titles.
- Scar: "The King of Beasts".
- Ursula: "The Sea Witch".
- Jafar: "The Sorcerer of the Sands".
- The Evil Queen: "The Fairest Queen".
- Hades: "The King of the Underworld".
- Maleficent: "The Thorn Fairy".
- Our Founder: As the founders of Night Raven College, their statues decorate Main Street.
- Heel–Face Turn: Again ambiguous, but the Sea Witch apparently had one after losing her two beloved moray eels.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Again it is ambiguous to what extent their original stories hold up in the world of Twisted Wonderland, but if their more dastardly actions are indeed common knowledge the seven are still held as the most revered figures who fulfilled the deeds that were described above. At one point Ace even remarks how he finds a severe ruler way cooler and respectable rather than one who is simply kind and wouldn't go to the lengths that the Queen of Hearts did.
The Righteous Judge
Claude Frollo of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and the founder of Noble Bell College.
- Adaptational Heroism:
- According to Trein, he was very fair and always made the right decisions. He was a great man on par with the Great Seven.
- According to Rollo, it is said even when the city was about to be taken over by villains, he returned peace to the city of flowers.
- The people of the City of Flowers and Rollo himself spoke how he and the Kind Bellringer (Quasimodo) had a trusting teacher and student relationship and how they worked together to save the city from a disaster of crimson.
- As Himself: In-Universe, as he is the genuine article who founded Noble Bell College, as shown by the statue that depicts him.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Just like the Great Seven, the Righteous Judge is never addressed by his real name.
The Friendly Fox and The Good Natured Cat
The pair of Honest John and Gideon from Pinocchio and the mascot of the Theme park Playful Land.
- Adaptational Heroism: The pair are depicted to be genuinely helping Pinocchio out of good will in the Show Within a Show, "Wish Upon a Star".
- As Himself: In-Universe, they are the genuine article and mascots for the theme park Playful Land.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Like other famous historical figures in Twisted Wonderland, they are never addressed by their real names.
- Mascot: Of the theme park Playful Land, which in turn was inspired by the Show Within a Show of Pinocchio in all but name, "Wish Upon a Star".
Antagonists
Main Story
Phantom (Unmarked Spoilers)
The blot as shown in the main story.
Faceless Monster
Overblotted Tyrant
Overblotted Rebel
Overblotted Merchant
Overblotted Tactician
Overblotted Oppressor
Overblotted Guardian
Overblotted Dragon
The form taken by those who overuse their magic and let their negativity "blot" their wands. Their aura and appearance is mostly pitch black. What's more, an entity appears alongside them, having a stitched-together body and head of glass leaking ink.
Currently, nine known cases are shown:
- An unnamed monster that appears in the prologue. It seems obsessed with magic gems and appears to be based on a Dwarf from Snow White.
- Riddle Rosehearts: His anger over people breaking the rules leads to him attacking his dorm mates. When one member eggs him during a match, he proceeds to go berserk. He takes the form of The Queen of Hearts.
- Leona Kingscholar: Stress over his loss against Malleus and reminders of his past as The Un-Favourite push him to sabotage and injure other Magical Shift players. After his plan to take out Malleus is ruined, he proceeds to attack his own dorm with his magic. He takes the form of Scar.
- Azul Ashengrotto: He breaks down when Leona uses his unique magic to destroy the contracts he collected over the years, snapping and trying to take the magic of everyone in the vicinity. He takes the form of Ursula.
- Jamil Viper: After Azul exposes his scheme to discredit Kalim and replace him as dorm leader, he admits that he has never liked Kalim as a friend, their unequal social standing forcing him to always purposely hold himself back to let Kalim stay in the spotlight. He takes the form of Jafar as a genie.
- Vil Schoenheit: After seeing how Neige had easily overtaken NRC's performance and trended on social media so quickly, Vil makes a last ditch effort to win against Neige — by sabotaging him before the competition starts by giving him a bottle of apple juice from Epel's family farm, dabbed with Vil's Unique Magic. However, Rook stops Neige from drinking it, and Kalim then stops Rook from drinking it himself, unraveling Vil's scheme. Vil snaps and overblots when confronted by the thought that somebody is seeing him at his worst and is unable to accept that he is second best to Neige. He takes the composite form of the Evil Queen and the Old Hag that she becomes.
- Idia Shroud and Ortho Shroud: The original Ortho Shroud died 8 years ago and his body was turned to that of a phantom after being brought to the underworld. In the present, the original Ortho manipulates the android Ortho to come to Tartarus, slowly open the gate of the underworld, and lure Idia to the lowest floor of Tartarus so he overblots with the original Ortho Shroud as the guardian entity connected to Idia. Their shared overblotted form takes the form of Hades.
- Malleus Draconia: In his desperation to keep Lilia around after the latter announces his departure from Night Raven College, Malleus snaps after seeing Silver cry and unleashes his Unique Magic, putting the entire island under his thrall and overblotting in the process. Interestingly, Malleus seems to still be in complete control of himself after doing so. He takes the composite form of Maleficent and the dragon that she becomes.
- Meleanor Draconia: In order to win against the Silver Owls in the Human-Fae war, Meleanor expended much of her magic to defeat them and overblotted. Though the name is unknown at the time, Silver, Sebek, Yuu and Grim all surmise that Meleanor died in her overblot state. Meleanor is ultimately defeated and given a Mercy Kill by the remorseful Dawn Knight, ensuring the Silver Owls' victory.
- Adaptational Badass: The Faceless Monster in the game, while still a threat, goes down somewhat easily once Ace, Deuce and Grim work together. In Episode of Heartslabyul it takes Riddle's intervention to finally put it down.
- Adaptational Villainy: In the game, the Faceless Monster only attacks Ace, Deuce, Grim, and Yuu because they are trespassing in the mines and steal a magic stone, but in Episode of Heartslabyul, the Faceless Monster is a bigger threat as it has no problem attacking Yuuken, a regular human who can't use magic. It even has intent to kill after sustaining major damage from Ace, Deuce and Grim fighting back.
- Animal Motifs: Leona, Azul, Jamil, and Vil's Overblot outfits have animals incorporated into their design. Leona's a lion, Azul's an octopus, Jamil's snakes, Vil's peacock and Malleus' dragon. Riddle meanwhile has a rose motif and Idia has an elemental motif.
- Ax-Crazy: Each Overblot victim goes on a rampage of uninhibited violence, be it physical or magical.
- Broken Ace: What the Overblot victims have in common is that they are exceptionally talented among their peers, yet they are burdened by their troubled pasts that have heavily influenced their decisions in life, for better or worse.
- Composite Character: In a sense, Vil's overblot form and entity standing behind him is a mixture of the Evil Queen in her prime and the form of the Old Hag she disguised herself to be in her attempt to poison Snow White.
- Dragged into Drag: Riddle and Vil's Overblot forms looks like they're wearing a queen's dress. The other victims' forms also have shades of this.
- Dual Boss: Idia and Ortho's Overblot served as one with Ortho, who had long died and became a Phantom becoming the Guardian Entity to Idia when he overblots in Chapter 6.
- Evil Makes You Monstrous: If an Overblot victim is left alone, they will turn into a monster resembling their Guardian Entity. This is shown in their battle sprite, as the victim's aura is fed by their Guardian Entity.
- Final Boss: A Palette Swap version of the Dwarf monster served as one for the first Vargas Camp event story.
- Fireball Eyeballs: Those in the main story are shown to emit the color they represent. Red for Riddle, orange for Leona, purple for Azul, crimson for Jamil, indigo for Vil, cyan for Idia and neon green for Malleus.
- Foreshadowing: The end of the Ignihyde chapter trailer shows Idia being stopped from going into the light by a shadow figure looking near similar to Ortho grabbing his ankles and Idia looking resigned over being held down. Idia overblots in spite of the family curse that would have actually prevented him from overblotting in the first place due to being surrounded in a blot heavy area and dragged by the now Phantom version of the real Ortho Shroud.
- Guardian Entity: The Overblotted characters are guarded by the Disney villain they represent, though the body is stitched together and the head is replaced with a leaking container of ink and smoke. The prologue monster instead is just the Guardian Entity, whatever humanity they had long since vanished.
- Light Is Not Good: Vil's Overblot form is adorned with regal gold and stars. This does nothing to detract from the fact he's a rampaging monster.
- Magical Eye Streamers: Each of the Overblotted characters have wisps of magic emanating from one of their eyes (right for Riddle, Vil, Idia and Malleus, left for Leona, Azul, and Jamil).
- Mythology Gag: Idia overblots by being surrounded by Phantoms locked in Tartarus. This is reminiscent to Hades' final fate in the movie where he is dragged down by the spirits in the underworld.
- No Body Left Behind: When a Phantom completely absorbs all of their subject’s magic, the subject’s body completely disappears, leaving only a monster trapped in desires and negative emotions.
- Once per Episode: The previous Overblot victim always plays a part in the current victim's Overblot (sans Riddle, as he's the first student to be affected by Overblot).
- Zig-Zagged with Leona. While Leona gets collared by Riddle when he starts attacking his own dorm after reaching a Despair Event Horizon over his plan failing, however, the true nail that caused Leona's overblot was actually because of Lilia's Breaking Speech in regards to Leona's sloth.
Lilia: Hmph. Men like you are much more suited for that collar than a crown. Listening to a royal lion of the savannah talk like this is appalling. You appear to be lamenting about how you’ll never be king due to natural skills and order of birth, but you live slothfully if you aren’t rewarded. If things don’t go according to your expectations, you become petty and find fault in your retainers. To become a king as you are… the thought of you becoming a competitor to our Lord Malleus makes me laugh. Even if you are able to defeat him, as long as you hold that rotten grudge in your heart… you will never become a true king!- Azul's contracts are destroyed by Leona's magic, which causes him to have a Villainous Breakdown and steal people's magic with his own now-unrestrained power.
- Jamil's underhanded scheme to overthrow Kalim is exposed by Azul, causing Jamil to snap as he admits to his deeply rooted hatred towards Kalim since their childhood and then brainwashes the entire dorm.
- This trend is averted with Vil — Jamil is busy evacuating the colosseum, so he doesn't get involved in Vil's Overblot. However, his fellow Scarabia dorm member Kalim ends up exposing Vil's plan to poison Neige (recognizing the signs he would do so as similar to those before Jamil overblotted) and chewing him out over it, causing Vil to snap and attempt to poison him, Rook, Yuu, and Grim.
- A Zig-zagged example occurred with Idia. Vil's message that you shouldn't give up from zero to hero made Ortho to be easily manipulated by the real Ortho who had turned Phantom and locked in Tartarus for 8 years and take over the android Ortho, but Idia overblots not because of Vil, but because of Phantom! Ortho bringing him to Tartarus and deciding to overblot together with him. The fact that he's also surrounded by blot from Phantoms that had appeared since the Age of the Gods also accelerated the process of Idia overblotting that not even his family curse can save him.
- Averted with Malleus. Idia was barely involved in Malleus overblotting. Rather, it's Yuu who ended up encouraging and giving Malleus the idea for his future plan without meaning to, and Lilia/Silver gave him the perfect catalyst to carry it out.
- One-Winged Angel: To the Arc Villain of each chapter.
- Palette Swap: In the first Vargas CAMP event, there's a monster who has the same appearance as the Faceless Monster from the prologue, except it's green instead of red. Yuu notices that the monster has a different color than the one they encountered before.
- Power Floats: The Overblotted forms show their victims floating in mid-air, as seen in both the story mode and gameplay.
- Red Herring: The second Vargas Camp event hints that the Culture Club may end up fighting another monster in the mines due to Ace and Deuce speaking about their encounter with it. However, it wasn't a Phantom that they are fighting in the end, but Crewel in disguise as no one is left stuck in the mines for too long to prompt another encounter with a similar Phantom in the Culture Club's training camp.
- Seven Deadly Sins: Currently, each victim's Fatal Flaw seems to be based on the seven sins:
- Riddle — Wrath: He's quick to anger and ends up punishing a lot of the dorm members simply because he was in a bad mood. This is main reason for his Overblot.
- Leona — Sloth: Because he keeps beating himself up over being Always Second Best, he gives up easily when things don't go as planned. Lilia even calls him out on it, which is the final push leading him to Overblot.
- Azul — Greed: Due to his upbringing, he only cares about his collection as a way of screwing over others as a form of revenge, and once he loses his magical golden contracts, he snaps and proceeds to try and steal the entire dorm's magic, which quickly corrupts him.
- Jamil — Envy: Being raised as the son of a servant's family, he was never allowed to fully show his potential and was always held back by his status, even though he's always been more talented in every aspect compared to Kalim. Even if Kalim claims they were childhood friends, Jamil has always resented Kalim's presence and wished to take over his position as the dorm leader—simply to prove that he has always been the superior one between the two.
- Vil - Pride, complete with peacock imagery. Vil is as obsessed with being the most popular star as he is with being beautiful, which motivates him to participate in the VDC so that he can upstage his rival Neige. When it is clear this will not happen even after weeks of strictly training his group Vil resorts to poisoning Neige, and when he is exposed he overblots at the thought of being seen at his worst and remaining second best.
- Idia's sin motif is based on the formerly eighth sin that is now fused with Sloth in the modern incarnations of the Seven Deadly Sins, Tristitia (Sorrow/Despair/Despondency). In his despair of losing his real brother, Idia created the robotic Ortho to fill the void of the grief but he is still haunted by the original Ortho's death that he believes that he can't become anything else, not when the one time he wanted to become somebody else that is not the Shroud family heir, it resulted in disaster that gets his brother killed. The cumulation of despair and grief is what led to Idia being easily corrupted by Phantom! Ortho because deep down, he wished to be together with his dead brother again.
- Malleus's sin motif is Melancholy, a sin not listed in the traditional seven. Malleus grew up sheltered and thus cherished the people who are willing to stay (Lilia, Silver and Sebek) and those not intimidated by his status (Yuu). When Lilia mentions that he is going to retire and leave Briar Valley and Yuu telling Malleus that they might have found a way to return back to their original world, Malleus grew despondent that the people he cared about are leaving and overblotted more out of a desire so the people in his life won't leave him.
- Superpowered Evil Side: The Overblot forms are this for the victims, seeing as they are taken over by negative emotions.
- Taking You with Me: In Episode of Heartslabyul, the Faceless Monster's failed attempt to kill Ace and Deuce before it disappears due to its injuries until Riddle finishes it up with his fire magic.
- The Unfought: Meleanor is the only Overblot Phantom that is unfought. It's the players playing as her in her dragon form and overblotted form instead.
- Voice of the Legion: Overblot victims get an electronic, demonic tint in their voices after transformation, adding to the scare factor of Overblotting. Malleus is a noticeable exception to this.
- Walking Spoiler: Their existence serves as this, as talking about them immediately reveals who the Arc Villain of each chapter is.
- Weaksauce Weakness: Fortunately, Overblotting is reversible—just wear the victim out by beating them up. However, if left alone for too long, Overblot victims can transform into a full monster, similar to the one found in Dwarfs' Mine.
S.T.Y.X.
S.T.Y.X.
- Armor of Invincibility: The Charon division wears magic-proof plate armor underneath their uniforms to protect them from stronger and more powerful magic users, mostly Overblotted victims who are incapable of changing back to their normal selves.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: After the Cerberus system was shut down, the Charon division has been infected with a hacking virus and ended up attacking everyone including the S.T.Y.X. staff.
- Godzilla Threshold: Serve as this in regards to Overblots. Their Charon Op force are rarely sent beyond being a last resort, when it's far too late to return the victim back to their senses. The fact that they are sent and authorized to use violence on the already recovered Overblotted victims if they fought back has Idia chiding them for being too violent.
- Hero Antagonist: Though they ultimately serve to keep up The Masquerade of peace in Twisted Wonderland, the often violent methods of the Charon Op force puts them in this territory against the protagonist.
- Hover Board: The Charon division has flying hoverboards they use for transportation and in the battle where they capture the Overblot victims.
- Memory-Wiping Crew: The organization uses a system called “the river of Lethe” to erase its existence from both memory and data. By the end of Ignihyde, said system has been deleted by Ortho.
- Non-Action Guy: Unlike the Charon division, the S.T.Y.X staff working at the main office can’t fight against phantoms. They are only hired because they have a small amount of magic in them and/or are magicless, and thus, have a low possibility to overblot in the first place.
Tartarus
Tartarus is the name of the phantom camp that was built in the basement of S.T.Y.X. headquarters. It was built in the "Age of Gods" when the first Shroud family head became the guardian of the Isle of Woe. Most of the powerful phantoms have been housed for over a thousand years without disappearing. Each of the phantoms housed at S.T.Y.X. are divided into 12 groups according to their level of danger. The deeper the specimens are housed, the higher the risk. The total number of phantom specimens housed is 100,000.- The Alcatraz: For Overblotted magicians and/or those who are unable to return human and consumed by the Phantoms.
- Cryo-Prison: Most of the A-class phantoms are kept frozen in their containers.
Tartarus Phantom (Unmarked Spoilers)
Ortho Shroud
Click here to see Phantom! Ortho
Click here to see the real Ortho
Voiced by: Shouta Aoi
The original Ortho Shroud and Idia’s brother who’s been sealed within the deepest part of Tartarus for 8 years.
- Censored Child Death: The original Ortho was killed offscreen by a Phantom when he was eight years old.
- The Cracker: Like his brother Idia, Phantom Ortho is a skilled hacker, by controlling android Ortho’s body, he manages to shut down the Cerberus system, the barrier Aegis, and other systems in place in S.T.Y.X headquarters. There won’t be any way for the S.T.Y.X. staff to escape from the location as a result with him in control.
- Dead All Along: The original Ortho died when Idia accidentally let a Phantom sealed in Tartarus loose through hacking the system at age 10 and said Phantom killed Ortho and brought his soul down to the Underworld. While remnants of the original Ortho still exist and was able to persist staying around for 8 years as a Phantom, the Ortho that Idia originally knew was long dead.
- Dead Person Conversation: After an overblotted Idia and Ortho are defeated, the soul of the real Ortho Shroud visits Idia and request Idia to not follow after him because Idia still had a life and a future.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: Phantom Ortho has been sealed within Tartarus for eight years after he was turned into a Phantom.
- Telepathy: Phantom Ortho can communicate with Ortho and Idia from a far distance while still trapped in the deepest part of Tartarus though this.
- Walking Spoiler: Talking about him would reveal the biggest twist in Chapter 6 that the Original Ortho is still around, the fact that the Ortho that players knew is essentially made in his image, and his influence in leading to Idia and the robotic Ortho's Overblot.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Phantom Ortho’s main goal is to reset the world by destroying Tartarus and covering the entire world in blot. He wants to rebuild a world where everyone coexists with phantoms and be reborn with his older brother and where the Shroud family will be seen as heroes.
- You Called Me "X"; It Must Be Serious: A variant of this occurred. The original Ortho calls Idia with the informal "Nii-chan" instead of "Nii-san", a formal form of referring to one's brother. This causes Idia to identify that the android Ortho had been hijacked by the real Ortho who had been sealed in Tartarus for years.
Henrique Istovan
The leader of the Silver Owls.
- All for Nothing: The Silver Owls won the war and took over the castle that was once Briar castle, but the kingdom was eventually overtaken by a stronger enemy years after Lilia and his army left, leaving him and the castle he stole as a forgotten footnote. Not to mention, his kingdom and country is also annexed out of history with little left to be known of it.
- Bad Boss: Right in his first on-screen appearance, he is shown to be a demanding and terrible leader to the Dawn Knight and not above blackmailing him. The only reason the Dawn Knight stayed despite disagreeing with him is because he’s Princess Leah’s brother.
- Establishing Character Moment: Right at his first physical appearance, he quickly reveals his demands that he wishes to take a precious treasure of the Briar valley royal family and steal a yet to be born Malleus away unless Queen Mellenoar accepts the offer of a duel but his expression and speech shows that he has no intention to honor the deal that he proposed. He easily showed and expresses his greed and hunger for power right on the get go and had a Fantastic Racism towards the Fae to boot.
- Fantastic Racism: Right in his Establishing Character Moment to boot. Even calling Meleanor a "Witch", which has been considered an offensive slur in the present day.
- Fat Bastard: Played Straight right from his design and personality.
- Gonk: He's the only character so far to be drawn deliberately ugly to establish his status as a Hate Sink.
- Hate Sink: Right after Mrs. Rosehearts, there is absolutely nothing likable about him for being a Fat Bastard and his greed and plans to enslave a yet to be born Malleus to be a steed.
- I Control My Minions Through...: Henrique threatens fear out of his own soldiers in the Silver Owl while manipulating the Dawn Knight's loyalty and love for the king and Princess Leah to steal Briar castle and fight against the fae.
- I Have Your Wife: Essentially threatens the Dawn Knight to do his biding by manipulating and making use of the Dawn Knight's loyalty, love and sense of duty to his wife Leah and his lord.
- Inconsistent Spelling: His name is either romanized as Henrich, Henrick, or Henrique in fan-translations.
- Long-Lost Relative: Technically, via his sister's marriage with the Dawn Knight, he is Silver's uncle. Fortunately, Silver took after his biological father, the Dawn Knight and nothing from him.
- Monster Brother, Cutie Sister: Downplayed Trope in that Henrique isn't monstrous and more Gonk looking. It's at least implied that his sister, Leah, is considered beautiful according to the knights under him.
- Posthumous Character: He's already deceased by the present.
The Dawn Knight
Click here to see the Dawn Knight unmasked
- Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki
One of the best knights of the Silver Owls.
- The Ace: Considered the best of the Silver Owls.
- Anti-Villain: He's not a bad guy, he's just following Henrich's orders out of familial loyalty (and not even to Henrich, but to his wife Leah and Leah's father).
- Conflicting Loyalty: His sense of justice and having personally been blessed by the diurnal fairies himself has the Dawn Knight realize and recognize that he and his army are the offenders of the situation, but Henrique made use of his loyalty and love for princess Leah and their father's ailing state to force the Dawn Knight to fight against Meleanor and Lilia. Eventually, he chose to help Lilia escape with Malleus by turning a blind eye to him and the army.
- Conveniently an Orphan: Henrique mentions that the Dawn Knight was orphaned and taken in by Henrique and Leah's father.
- Dramatic Unmask: His helmet comes off after he covered for Lilia who was carrying Malleus's egg... to show a face identical to Silver.
- Everyone Has Standards: He isn't entirely happy at the idea of raiding and fighting against Meleanor and her army as he's aware that he and the Silver Owls are the offending party for stealing so many of their land's resources. However, he is stuck in fighting for the Silver Owls in order to obtain the Princess Glow to cure the king that he served for.
- Foil: To Lilia Vanrouge as orphans taken in by royalty and fathers to Silver (Adoptive and biological). Lilia was found by Maleficia and grew up to have a close relationship with both Mellenoar and her future husband Leverne so Lilia had far more loyalty and love for the queen and king that he served. The Dawn Knight is merely a subordinate with Conflicting Loyalty to Henrick while he is in a loving romantic relationship with Henrick's sister, Leah so he chose to cover and help Lilia and the soldiers to escape with Malleus's egg instead of obeying his orders blindly. The Dawn Knight ends up being Silver's long lost Disappeared Dad due to dying in a war to protect him and Silver had a hard time accepting that he's Silver's biological father and no memory about his biological parents due to his long sleep. Lilia, on the other hand, is actively part of Silver's life and Silver decided by himself that he is happier with his adoptive family.
- Hero Antagonist: While technically he's a heroic person at heart, he is on the opposing side of the protagonists.
- Knight in Shining Armor: In a literal sense that he has the designs that fit a typical Knight in Shining Armor with his silver armor and blonde hair. On top of being blessed by the good diurnal fairies, he is a good person at heart. Unfortunately, he's the Anti-Villain to our protagonist.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: He is Silver's biological father.
- Mirror Character: To his own son, Silver. Both are orphans who are adopted and had a strong sense of duty and loyalty to the family that took them in. The difference being that Silver chose to serve as a knight under Lilia and Malleus on his own volition while the Dawn Knight is stuck in Conflicting Loyalty due to his brother in law's actions going against his sense of justice but can't fight back directly due to his love for his wife and the man who took him in. Silver is a potential look to the Dawn Knight had he been raised in a loving and peaceful environment and an adoptive family that love and regard him as their own regardless of his origins.
- No Name Given: He is only known by his title, the Dawn Knight.
- Strong Family Resemblance: When he is unmasked, his face is shown to be identical to Silver save for the blonde hair. Though it's revealed that Silver used to have blonde hair, it changed to silver due to Lilia's blessing.
Briar Valley Royal Senate (Unmarked Spoilers)
A collective number of individuals who are dead members of the Royal Family who remain in the living realm as advisors of the Draconia Royal Family.
- Fantastic Racism: Have a bad case of elitism and racism against those not of dragons among the fae folk and easily deride and berate Lilia for being a bat fae. It's to the point that they exile Lilia and disrespect Meleanor's Last Request for Lilia to hatch Malleus' egg in her stead and choose to be ungrateful bastards when it's ultimately Lilia who manages to get Malleus to hatch.
- Hate Sink: With their Establishing Character Moment showing them to be petty racist jerks to Lilia, they easily establish themselves as one of the most hateful characters of the game to the point they dethrone Henrique among the eyes of the players.
- Loving a Shadow: Their love and loyalty for the Draconia royal family only extends to them admiring their strength and blood, rather than admiring the Draconia royal family for their own merits.
- Shout-Out: They are a reference to the Fa family ancestors from Mulan, albeit, unlike the Fa family Ancestors who had legitimate reasons to dislike Mushu, the Royal Senate treats Lilia horribly because of their elitism and prejudice against him for being a commoner orphan who rose above his lane and for being a bat fae subspecies.
- Skewed Priorities: It couldn't get any more skewed if their reaction to Lilia essentially saving Malleus and the royal family by extension is to instead act as ungrateful petty jerks towards him, claiming that Lilia "tainted" Malleus.
- Slave to PR: Their admiration for the Draconia family is only to the extent of worrying for their strength, magic, and blood as their reaction over Meleanor's death is that she had been a noble queen and to say that Lilia "tainted" the Draconia family's blood by hatching Malleus with his magic and life span. The fact that they didn't do anything and prefer to stick with letting Maleficia hatch Malleus despite all the signs showing that Malleus rejected his own grandmother's magic to a point that Malleus nearly died without Lilia taking action spoke volumes to where their priorities lie.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Their response to Lilia hatching Malleus after 200 years of failure on their and Maleficia's part is to instead be vitriolic, petty, racist bastards, claiming that Lilia "tainted" the Draconia Royal Family's blood by hatching Malleus as a bat fae and demand that Lilia stay away from Malleus.
- Walking Spoiler: They play a heavy role as an antagonistic force in Lilia's life and how their hatred and elitism towards Lilia and Lilia's isolation from Malleus affected Malleus's growth.
Event Story
"Magicam Monsters"
A term used by the students to denounce the obnoxious guests who cause a mess at Night Raven College's Halloween festival for the sake of likes on Magicam. They serve as the antagonizing factor throughout the first "Scary Monsters" event.
- It's All About Me: In general, most of them only care about getting their own "Likes" on Magicam than they care about the other guests attending and how much trouble they give to the cast for their actions.
- Jerkass: They only care about likes, damaging public property just for social clicks. The last straw is when they vandalize and threw over the Great Seven statues just to pose as them.
- Laser-Guided Karma: In Chapter 4 of "Scary Monsters", all their actions finally caught up to them when the students decided to scare them all away for the damage they had done, with the vandalism of the Great Seven statues as the last straw that broke the camel's back to them.
- Obliviously Evil: Downplayed due to the context of the event, but they think that they're just having fun and so does everyone else in their It's All About Me mentality, not realizing that the things they do just cause more trouble and inconvenience for others in the long run.
- Take That!: Everything they do makes them a dead ringer jab towards social media users who act similarly as these "Magicam Monsters" do in real life.
Eliza
The ghost bride
Twisted from: The Ghost Bride from The Haunted Mansion
The deceased princess of a kingdom that was betrayed and ruined in war. Her dream of marrying her ideal prince was never fulfilled in life, and she and her ghost retainers visit Twisted Wonderland every year to search the world of the living for a man who meets all her requirements. She is introduced in the Ghost Marriage event.
- And Now You Must Marry Me: She abducts Idia to be her groom, either ignoring his protests or rationalizing them as his being shy.
- The Bad Guy Wins: Another case that's Played for Laughs. Eliza does end up getting what she wants, just as soon as she realizes that Idia wasn't the one she wanted... it was Chubby.
- Bitch Slap: Doles these out without hesitation, managing to slap half the main cast. For bonus effect, her victims are all immobilized until shortly before the end of the event.
- Cute Ghost Girl: Her design is the most humanoid and attractive out of all the ghosts in the game.
- Disproportionate Retribution: While some of her groom candidates are indeed disrespectful, she uses paralysis-inducing slaps on all of them even if all they do is get tongue-tied due to nerves, as is the case with Deuce.
- Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male: Slaps a number of the male cast members for very little reason when they fail to meet her absurdly high standards. Naturally, this is Played for Laughs.
- Happily Married: If the events ending illustration is any indication, Eliza and Chubby are happy together.
- Karma Houdini: After all the trouble she causes and the physical abuse she inflicted on a good portion of the cast, she gets away with everything scot-free, doesn't take personal responsibility for her actions, marries Chubby who turns out to be her One True Love and goes into the afterlife for her honeymoon with him as the ending illustration implies that they're going to be happy together. And if that wasn't enough, Ace's SSR Groom-For-The-Day episode has Crowley forcing almost everyone involved to clean up the mess left by her and her companions.
- Love Epiphany: She finally realizes that Chubby is her true love after he is nearly destroyed trying to stop Ace and co. from derailing her wedding to Idia despite being in love with her himself, just because he wants to see her happy.
- Marry for Love: Decides to marry Chubby despite him not fitting her original standard for an ideal prince because she genuinely loves him.
- Never My Fault: Even after Ace's "The Reason You Suck" Speech to her and her companions, she refuses to take personal responsibility for her inability to find the perfect groom or even for all the trouble she caused everyone.
- Non-Standard Character Design: Eliza is the only ghost with a unique character design compared to the others in the Ghost Marriage event that use the recycled sprites of the ghosts located in Ramshackle dorm. Even her love interest has a recycled design.
- Runaway Bride: At the end of the event, she dumps Idia and leaves the wedding ceremony with Chubby. It's a happy ending for all involved since Idia didn't want to marry her in the first place, but he's still understandably disgruntled at being cast aside after spending the entire event in fear.
- Sheltered Aristocrat: She is a deceased princess who was adored by her kingdom for her youthful innocence and kindness, inspiring the Undying Loyalty of her retainers. She never faulted them for failing to save her life and asks them to stop bringing up the tragedies of the past whenever they blamed themselves. On the other hand, she's also so obsessed with her ideal marriage (influenced by her retainers encouraging and enabling her out of blind devotion) that she abducts a student against his will and thinks nothing of the fact that marrying her will kill him, and slaps her suitors for even the most trivial 'offences'.
- Thinks Like a Romance Novel: Or like a Disney movie. Her original requirements for her ideal prince are absurdly superficial, and she later rejects several groom candidates for such offences as not singing an impromptu duet with her and not owning a large dog.
- True Love's Kiss: How Eliza saves Chubby from fading away forever.
- Un-Duet: She tests Leona's worthiness to be her groom by beginning an impromptu duet, and rejects him when he naturally doesn't follow through.
- Wight in a Wedding Dress: She wears a full bridal outfit complete with a rose crown veil.
Chubby
Voiced by:
Twisted from: ?
Twisted from: ?
One of the ghosts that appeared during the Ghost Marriage event. He's known Eliza for over 500 years and has been pining over her for just as long, though she only views him as a loyal friend... until the end of the event, that is.
- All Love Is Unrequited: Averted Trope, as this was only the case for the first half of the event, and in-universe, for the past 500 years. According to him, he has adored Eliza since he was born, but she had only seen him as a loyal friend as she was too focused on finding her ideal prince to notice his feelings. At the end of the event, he triggers a Love Epiphany in Eliza and she returns his feelings, leading them to marry and honeymoon into the afterlife.
- Deader than Dead: What would have happened to him if Eliza didn't save him.
- Dogged Nice Guy: Had stuck by Eliza for over 500 years while she searched for her ideal prince all whilst pining for her the entire time. It pays off in the end when she finally realizes she loves him and they marry.
- Happily Married: If the events ending illustration is any indication, he and Eliza are happy together.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Attempts to invoke this by using up all his built of regret to take down the events protagonists which nearly kills him. This triggers a love epiphany in Eliza as he begins to fade away and she saves him with true loves kiss.
- I Just Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Though not entirely pleased with it, he does care more about Eliza being happy with the one she loves than he does about his own happiness and desire to be with her.
- Love Epiphany: Triggers one in Eliza when he nearly sacrifices himself for her.
- True Love's Kiss: How Eliza saves him from fading away forever.
Fellow Honest and Gidelle
Fellow Honest (Right), Gidelle (Left)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (Fellow Honest)
Twisted from: Honest John and Gideon from Pinocchio
The ring master and manager of the illustrious amusement park, Playful Land, and his apprentice. They both debuted in the 2023 Halloween event, Stage in Playful Land.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: Chapter 3 of Stage in Playful Land shows Fellow talking to his boss who is implied to be impatient, demanding, and unreasonable and how both he and Gidelle are stuck working with them because they have nowhere new to work yet. Then the final chapter has Fellow unreasonably laid off by his boss. Fellow's situation is reminiscent of one who found themselves in a toxic work environment that they could not fully escape from.
- Foil: To Ruggie, as both are individuals who had a tough life with Ruggie living in the slums and Fellow being discriminated against for having low magic despite having the ability to cast it. They also have someone that they are willing to go through hell for to give them a better life (The slum community for Ruggie, Gidelle for Fellow). The difference is that Ruggie lucked out in being able to get himself enrolled in Night Raven College and got to work under Leona, who is willing to teach him and pay him well for all his work despite some of his demands. Fellow isn't as lucky as he is unable to get enrolled in a magic school due to his low reserves in magic and by the time he's in his twenties, he is found by the wrong crowd and Forced into Evil, having nowhere else to go due to his situation.
- Forced into Evil: It's all but stated that both Fellow and Gidelle actually wished to find genuinely honest lives, but are forced into an exploitative contract due to the pair respectively facing magical elitism due to Fellow having too weak magic and Gidelle being magicless, so they had nowhere to go but help what is a human-trafficking scheme in all but name.
- Freudian Excuse: Fellow didn't have the privilege and chance to enter a magic school like the Night Raven College students because his magic is too weak to be considered something that can be honed and trained, and he is later trapped in an exploitative contract with his boss. He is thus bitter at those who had the privilege and chance to enter a prestigious magical school and heavily dislikes the Idle Rich.
- I Have Many Names: Fellow mentions that he has gone through many names over the years.
- Inconsistent Spelling: Fellow's name is either translated as Ferro or Fellow in fan translations.
- Ironic Name: Fellow Honest, despite his name, is anything but honest due to being the villain of the day of Stage in Playful Land.
- Lethal Harmless Powers: Fellow's Unique Magic, "Life is Fun", is a mind-controlling spell that makes the intended target feel more optimistic so they could listen to his suggestions easier, however, it doesn't affect a heavily guarded person or someone who recently went through a traumatic event, it also doesn't work if the individual being targetted doesn't wish to do Fellow's suggestions either. Though hampered by Fellow's low magic reserves, the Unique Magic doesn't take a lot out of Fellow so he can cast multiple layers of the spell to control his intended targets easily without worrying about overblotting even once.
- Man Behind the Man: Chapter 3 of Stage in Playful Land reveals that they are working for someone else who requests for Fellow and Gidelle to fulfill a certain "quota" of people to be given to them.
- Morality Pet: Gidelle for Fellow, as he genuinely wishes to give Gidelle a better livelihood.
- Near-Villain Victory: In the end of Stage in Playful Land, Fellow managed to defeat the Night Raven College students he trapped and was about to report his success to his boss... only for said boss to call the deal off by telling him that he took too much time to deal with the students.
- Punny Name: Fellow Honest's name is a play on the phrase "Honest Fellow".
- The Speechless: Gidelle has no voice, just like the character he is twisted from.
- Unsorcerer: Gidelle is magicless.
- Youthful Freckles: Gidelle is a young boy who has freckles dusting his face.
Disney Villains
Gantu
- As Himself: Like Stitch, he appears as himself instead of being represented in a twisted counterpart.
- Breaking Old Trends: Just like Stitch, he is one of the first characters from the Disney Animated Canon itself to appear since Mickey.
- Didn't See That Coming: To apprehend Stitch, he puts Grim in hostage and threatens the Night Raven College students with it. Unfortunately, he didn't expect that the group would rather Take a Third Option with his deal, beat the robots and Gantu himself and bring Grim back with them by force and still get to keep Stitch with them.
- Hero Antagonist: He is only doing his job, but is against the Night Raven College students due to them growing fond of Stitch.
Students of Night Raven College's Families
Heartslabyul's Families
Riddle's mother
Voiced by: Misa Ishii
Riddle's mother, who debuts in a flashback during part 25 of episode 1.
- Abusive Parents: She micromanaged Riddle's life (to the point of only giving him an hour of free time each day, and even less later) and would punish him whenever he stepped out of line.
- Artistic License – Biology: She claims that eight-year-old Riddle's ideal caloric intake should be less than 600 calories; at his age, it should be more than twice that amount. This is especially glaring since she's essentially supposed to be a doctor, and thus should know better.
- Control Freak: Controlled her son's life down to the minute.
- Education Mama: She made her son use all his time to study and punished him whenever he wouldn't.
- The Ghost: We hear her voice and see her silhouette, but that's it. This is zig-zagged in the manga adaptation where while she is visibly seen, her face is still framed in a shadow.
- Hate Sink: From micromanaging Riddle's entire life to the point of imprisonment as well as the (highly likely) starvation and other punishments, it's safe to say Mrs. Rosehearts qualifies. Bonus for (currently) being the most overtly abusive of the overblot victims' relatives.
- Strong Family Resemblance: It's barely noticeable as she's only seen as a silhouette, but she's got Hair Antennae just like her son's.
- Villain with Good Publicity: She's a well-respected healer in the city Riddle lived in who was able to hide the fact that she was starving her son (among other punishments) behind closed doors.
- Walking Spoiler: She's the reason Riddle is the rule-obsessed tyrant he is in the present.
Dillah Spade
- The Ghost: Has only been mentioned before she makes a proper appearance in "White Rabbit Festival".
- Good Parents: She tried her best to raise her son as best as she could alone. And although Deuce was a delinquent in his youth and still hits some road bumps in the present day, her efforts paid off in inspiring him to do better as well as him loving her dearly in return.
- Struggling Single Mother: Downplayed Trope. The "White Rabbit Festival" event hints that Deuce and his mother had some economical struggles as he lives in an apartment with his mother but she at least has Deuce's grandmother to confide with and she is a good mother to Deuce, who adores her.
Savanaclaw's Families
Cheka
Voiced by: Mei Shibata
Twisted from: Simba from The Lion King (1994)
Twisted from: Simba from The Lion King (1994)
Leona's nephew and the heir to the throne of the Afterglow Savannah after his father. He first shows up in part 30 of Chapter 2.
- The Bus Came Back: Makes an appearance in Chapter 5 of the Halloween event Scary Monsters, which served as his first appearance since Chapter 2 of the main story and his first appearance in an event story.
- Cat Boy: He has lion ears and a tail.
- Cheerful Child: He's very energetic, and doesn't seem to notice that his uncle is less than enthusiastic about spending time with him.
- Children Are Innocent: Is only 5 years old in his first appearance and is blissfully unaware of the emotional turmoil he's caused for Leona for just being born.
- The Glomp: His Establishing Character Moment has him jumping on Leona to hug him. Given that Leona was in an infirmary bed at the time, he was not amused.
- Pet the Dog: Despite all the emotional turmoil he's caused Leona on account of being born into their family, his initial appearance and interactions with Leona imply that despite those circumstances, Leona still can't bring himself to be a jerk to him directly. That said, it's also possible that Leona has no choice given that Cheka is still next in line for the throne and his brother's kid.
- Token Mini-Moe: Cute and huggable, he's also the only young child character in a cast full of college students (Ortho notwithstanding).
Farena
Leona's older brother and the father of Cheka. He debuts in a flashback sequence during Episode 2 part 27, however unlike his son, he has yet to be given an official design.
- Always Second Best: Leona rightfully views himself as this to Farena, as being born second-in-line caused him to be treated differently by those who raised both children, even into adulthood.
- Family Theme Naming: Both his and Leona's names end with "-na".
- Gender-Blender Name: Averted, as Farena isn't a real name, despite it sounding feminine.
- Loved by All: If the flashbacks are any indication.
- Parental Favoritism: Between him and Leona, it extended beyond their parents as everyone showered Farena with praise whilst neglecting and looking down upon Leona solely because he was born second and has a destructive Unique Magic.
- Sibling Rivalry: It's shown in the flashback that Leona and Farena do not get along due to their differing positions and how those differing positions affected how Leona was treated growing up.
Scarabia's Families
Najma Viper
Voiced by:
Twisted from: Nasira from Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge
Twisted from: Nasira from Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge
Jamil's sister. She makes an official debut in the "Land of Hot Sands Al'aleab Naria" event.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Was implied as such in Jamil's Dorm Uniform SSR card story, and her debut shows Najma casually stealing Jamil's shawarma that he bought from the festival and soon followed with the siblings bickering.
- Establishing Character Moment: Her first appearance in "Al'ab Nariya of the Scalding Sands" has her casually steal the Shawarma Jamil bought right under his nose soon followed by the siblings bickering with each other.
- The Ghost: Has only been mentioned before she makes a proper appearance in "Al'ab Nariya of the Scalding Sands".
- Strong Family Resemblance: Najma is a splitting image of her brother.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Najma's favorite food is kurma.
Pomefiore's Families
Eric Venue/Eric Schoenheit
A famed actor and Vil's father.
- Famed In-Story: Eric is a famed world-class actor.
- The Ghost: His only physical appearance is through a silhouette until "The Shaftland's Tapi Rouge".
- Good Parents: A loving and supporting father to Vil, from what little is seen of him in Vil's flashback of his past. Vil's birthday personal stories and voice lines, also show that Vil is, for all that it's worth, very grateful to have a father like him.
- Silver Fox: He's shown to be just as handsome as his son.
Marja Felmier
- Competition Freak: Marja used to participate in the sled race in her youth and never lost. She pressures her grandson Epel and his friends to practice the sled race and win. She threatens Epel that if he and his friends lose, she will tie them to an apple tree.
- The Ghost: Has only been mentioned before she makes a proper appearance in "Harveston’s Kelkkarotu".
- I Was Quite a Looker: An old photo of Marja as an attractive young woman during her youth can be seen in the event. She also looks exactly like her grandson.
- Inconsistent Spelling: Before the event made its way to the English server, it was unknown if her first name is Marja or Maria. The English server confirmed the former spelling is correct.
Ignihyde's Families
Aidon Shroud
Idia's grandmother and former leader of S.T.Y.X. Aidon's successor is her son, who is the father of Idia.
- Posthumous Character: She passed away before the start of the game.
Mr. and Mrs. Shroud
Idia and Ortho's parents. They physically debuted in Chapter 7, part 3 after having been mentioned in Chapter 6.
- The Cracker: Mrs. Shroud is a talented hacker just like her son and she was able to hack into all of the securities that Idia had in place on his PC in Sage Island to get Idia's blueprint of the Cerberus Gear.
- Genki Girl: When not in a professional setting, Mrs. Shroud is a cheery individual. She's likely where Ortho got his personality from.
- Hands-Off Parenting: Nearly to a point of Parental Neglect, no less. Idia and the real Ortho’s parents rarely spent time with them due to work. The S.T.Y.X. staff looked after them in their parents’ place when Idia and Ortho were children. That said, chapter 7 reveals that they are still involved in Idia's life in some manner such as when Idia recalled a Noodle Incident of his past where they chew him out for destroying the living room by messing around with the drones in S.T.Y.X. and ultimately help him in organizing Ortho's enrollment as a student at the end of Chapter 6. When they showed up in Chapter 7 part 3, the parents' interaction with Ortho hints that they had a positive relationship with him and Idia though they focus more time on their work for S.T.Y.X. more often than not.
- Outliving One's Offspring: The real Ortho Shroud died 8 years before the start of the story, leaving Idia as their only child for a while until he created the Android Ortho.
- Parents as People: Chapter 7 part 3 reveals that they both had a positive relationship with their sons, but their busy work with S.T.Y.X. has them be far more hands-off in parenting them more often than not.
- The Unreveal: Despite appearing in person in Chapter 7, their faces are hidden underneath their customized helmets.
Diasomnia's Families
Maleficia Draconia
Malleus' grandmother and current Queen Regent of Briar Valley until Malleus is ready to take the throne.
- Family Theme Naming: She and her grandson share the letters "Mal" in their names. Potentially a Mythology Gag to the "Witch of Thorns" real name, Maleficent. Her daughter, Meleanor, also shared the same theme naming.
- No Name Given: She is only known as Malleus's grandmother until her name is officially revealed come Chapter 7.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Her daughter and son-in-law passed away and the only living relative she has left is her grandson.
- Parents as People: A grandparent example. Chapter 7 reveals that though she cares for her grandson and didn't begrudge Lilia for Meleanor's death, her already old age makes it difficult for her to argue and fight back the Royal Senate's decisions on top of the ruling duties that she had to take over from her daughter after her death. The least she could do is discretely let Lilia commit to Meleanor's Last Request without the Royal Senate's knowledge. Additionally, Maleficia had loved her grandson and had done her best to hatch him for 10 years but Malleus himself rejected the magic from her as he already imprinted on Lilia as a parent way before then.
- Shared Family Quirks: According to Lilia, both Meleanor and Maleficia had a massive Hair-Trigger Temper and can be as flighty as Malleus.
Meleanor Draconia
Voiced by: Rika Fukami
Malleus's mother and the former queen and crown princess of Briar Valley.- Casting Gag: Her voice actress, Rika Fukami, dubbed Maleficent herself in the Japanese dub of the Maleficent live action movie.
- The Corruption: Implied Trope. Sebek and Silver see thorn vines enveloping the land, similar to when Malleus overblotted in reality and believe Meleanor went into overblot to defeat the Silver Owls.
- Fatal Flaw: Stubbornness and Pride. Lilia admitted that from a young age Meleanor would always throw his warnings to the wind and would constantly cause trouble for both herself and Lilia, and given that she's descended from a very powerful lineage of fae royalty she became quite powerful but also grew to view herself as above all possible opponents (or at least human opponents) no matter their tricks and tactics. When the Silver Owls and their allies have the castle surrounded Meleanor refuses to believe it possible for them to defeat her and once more ignores Lilia's warnings to flee the castle for both hers and Malleus's sakes, which leads to her death.
- Gone Horribly Right: Before sending her son's egg away with Lilia, Meleanor gave her son one last blessing that was meant to protect him in a time of war, that he'd be revered by the fae, and feared by humans. Fast forward centuries later, Meleanor's blessing is shown to be working... with Malleus being isolated by many in a time of peace and is seen as The Dreaded to the people that he could theoretically mingle and make connections with, connections and networking that could be useful for his future as the crown prince of Briar valley. The blessing was twisted to a curse instead during a time of peace.
- Guest-Star Party Member: For a portion of chapter 5 and 6 of the Diasomnia chapter, you can play as Meleanor in her dragon form.
- Inconsistent Spelling: Some translations use "Mallenoa" while others use "Mallenore". The game spells the name as Meleanor.
- Last Request: She ask for Lilia to hatch Malleus in her and Leverne's stead if she doesn't come back. Unfortunately, Lilia is too grief-stricken by her death and the Royal Senate berating him for failing to save Meleanor means that Malleus didn't hatch right away and easily let them isolate Malleus away from him.
- Mama Bear: Meleanor willingly chose to Face Death with Dignity against the Silver Owls so long as it means that Malleus is safe and sound.
- Missing Mom: For Malleus, since she died centuries before the present.
- Mythology Gag: Her name is a reference to Eleanor Audley, the voice actress who originally voiced Maleficent in the original SleepingBeauty.
- Shared Family Quirks: According to Lilia, both Meleanor and Maleficia had a massive Hair-Trigger Temper and can be as flighty as Malleus.
- Shock and Awe: True to Lilia's description of her, Meleanor shows herself both capable of shooting lightening and shooting it at anyone (Lilia included) who angers or annoys her.
- Strong Family Resemblance: She's basically an older, female version of Malleus.
- Tragic Bigot: She was initially accepting of humans but after seeing them pillaging the country for minerals and supplies, with her husband gone missing on top of that in the middle of the chaos, Meleanor has come to hate them.
- Would Hurt a Child: While it could have been a ploy to get Lilia to obey her commands, Meleanor still threatened to kill her own son along with Lilia when he tried convincing her to evacuate the castle. She then shoots lightening at the teenage Silver when he gets between her and Lilia.
Baul Zigvolt
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu
Sebek's grandfather.
- Doting Grandparent: Chapter 7 reveals that while his relationship with his daughter and son in law are very strained, he is otherwise a loving grandparent to his own granchildren due to understanding and knowing that they are not to blame of the wrongdoings of other humans and are uninvolved in the problems he had with their parents.
- Everyone Has Standards: Baul was absolutely pissed and disgusted by the Royal Senate for taking away Malleus's egg away from Lilia despite the fact that it was Meleanor's very Last Request for Lilia to hatch and take care of Malleus, and later for being ungrateful bastards towards Lilia after he essentially saved the royal family by making Malleus hatch, all because they couldn't accept that Lilia's familial love for Malleus is what ultimately got Malleus to finally hatch out of his egg after two centuries and that Lilia "tainted" the Draconia Blood Purity with his love. Had Lilia not stopped him, Baul would be all too willing to go on a rampage for Lilia's sake.
- Fantastic Racism: He isn't very fond of humans. As a participant of the war between humans and fae centuries ago, his dislike for them had some merits.
- The Ghost: Until Chapter 7, he has only been mentioned and his physical appearance shown in Chapter 7 is that of his appearance in his youth.
- Parental Marriage Veto: He was initially against the union of Sebek's parents due to his daughter's chosen partner being human, but Sebek's mother went ahead to marry her future husband anyway.
Others
The One Thru the Mirror (Unmarked Spoilers)
Mickey Mouse
Voiced by: Takanori Hoshino
Mickey Mouse himself, who has been trying to communicate with Yuu through Ramshackle dorm's mirror. He first shows up towards the end of Chapter 3 after the chapter's conflict with Azul and Octavinelle dorm has been settled, and then again slightly before Chapter 4's end where he formally introduces himself to Yuu. His full appearance is then shown in the middle of chapter 5, while dealing with the Pomefiore dorm.
- As Himself: The only character so far outside Yuu's visions who is not represented by a "twisted" version but falls under this trope instead, at least until Stitch and Gantu appear in Lost in the Book with Stitch.
- The Ghost: Up until chapter 5, you only see his silhouette.
- Magic Mirror: Where Yuu encounters him in.
- Mythology Gag: Mickey's appearance, as revealed in chapter 5, is reminiscent of his appearance in Thru the Mirror.
- Recurring Dreams: He tells Yuu that he keeps dreaming of living cards and a dancing music box and hearing Yuu's voice.
- Shared Dream: In the Chapter 5 finale, it is revealed that Mickey was able to communicate with Yuu inside the mirror through his dreams. However, he can't cross between his world and Twisted Wonderland.
- Unseen No More: Chapter 5 finally reveals his full appearance beyond a talking silhouette.
- Walking Spoiler: Anyone who's reading this section without clearing Chapter 3 onwards, you've been warned.
The Magic Carpet
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A replica of the original magic carpet, as well as an important family heirloom to the Asims. Despite its value, however, Kalim still brings it with him to Night Raven College.- Ace Pilot: It's a flying carpet, after all—though there are times when it purposefully gives its riders a difficult time.
- In Trey's R Sportswear personal story, it goes haywire while Kalim's riding it because its fringe is a little frayed. Trey interprets this as a silent protest against Kalim for not letting it out the storage room often.
- Happens again in Kalim's Dorm Uniform SSR personal story, when it flails around in anger when Kalim steps on the wrong spot.
- When Yuu and Grim ride on it to escape Scarabia in Chapter 4, it certainly proves to be difficult to maneuver, flying all around the dorm while the Scarabia students gave chase until it (and Yuu & Grim) finally crash-landed into Mostro Lounge.
- Animate Inanimate Object: It's a sentient (and flying) carpet. It also has no qualms against expressing anger towards Kalim when the latter does something it dislikes.
- Best Friend: Kalim refers to Carpet as this in his 2021 Birthday SSR personal story. Fans poke fun at this, though, because Jamil apparently lost his title as best friend to a magical artifact.
- Big Damn Heroes: It helps Yuu & Grim escape Scarabia in Chapter 4, and also assists Jamil in saving Kalim, Rook, Yuu, and Grim from OB!Vil in Chapter 5, just in time before they succumbed to the poison gas.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: We've yet to see its entire design, but its features are obviously meant to align with Scarabia's motif & color scheme, as well as hint on Kalim's allusions to either the Sultan or Jasmine.
- No Biological Sex: Its an inanimate object; as such, Carpet has no gender.
- The Silent Bob: Justified, as it's a carpet. It can't talk!
- Super-Speed: One has to wonder how fast Jamil was able to ride on it just in time to save Kalim and co. from certain death in Chapter 5.
- Of course, there's the possibility that Jamil had already brought it with him during their stay at Ramshackle Dorm, but considering how he had to hypnotize Neige & evacuate all the spectators inside the coliseum before his Big Damn Heroes act... Yep. Carpet is one speedy flying carpet.
- The Speechless: It may be sentient, but it isn't capable of speech.
- Undying Loyalty: It's been with Kalim ever since the young heir found it at one of his home's storage rooms, and although it can't talk, it clearly is this to Kalim.
Fairies
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Tiny fairies that are in charge of keeping the schools climate in balance. They show up infrequently performing school maintenance in the story and become the passive antagonists of the Fairy Gala event.Twisted from: ???
- A Day in the Limelight: In a way, as the Fairy Gala events put focus on fairies in general and explained their purpose. However, the event doesn't focus on one fairy specifically, with the fairy queen and the only named fairy, Maisy, having a minor role overall.
- Affably Evil: It's ambiguous, as it's unknown if the fairies are aware of the fact that removing the magic stone caused trouble for the rest of the school and fairy Maisy is depicted as rather nice toward the main cast before they infiltrate the venue despite them visibly being different "fairies". That said, they only interact with Maisy after they've disguised themselves as fairies using the fairy powder they had bought from Sam. It's unknown if Maisy would have been as kind to them had they known that Leona and company weren't fairies, as the other fairies in the event are shown to become rather aggressive when sensing a "human" in the venue after Ruggie and Yuu have their powder washed off accidentally in the botanical gardens sprinkler system.
- Amazing Technicolor Population: The fairies come in all sorts of colors that coincide with what elements they have control over. The only exception are tinker fairies, who look like normal humans, except small.
- Ambiguous Gender: Save for the Fairy Queen, all of the fairies are drawn androgynously, making it difficult to tell if they're male or female.
- Color-Coded for Your Convenience: The fairies colors indicate what kinds of fairy they are. Water fairies are blue, fire fairies are orange, tinker fairies wear green. The queen fairy is implied to be a light fairy, and as such, she has yellow and light orange colors.
- Elemental Powers: Fire fairies control fire and water fairies control water. So far, these are the only type of elemental fairies we've seen for ourselves, though Malleus confirms that many other types exist.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": The Fairy Queen is only called "the Fairy Queen" by everyone that mentions her.
- Evil Is Petty: They aren't "evil", maybe, but both Malleus and Crowley imply that they're petty enough to doom the entirety of Twisted Wonderland to an eternal winter if their celebration were to be interrupted by outsiders.
- Expy: The tinker fairies are a reference to Tinker Bell in both role and appearance.
- The Fair Folk: They're fairies like Malleus, Lilia and Sebek but they're a different type. Malleus says they'd be afraid of him if he approached them in the venue.
- Fangirl: They become infatuated with Leona after seeing his modeling at the venue, enough to fail in their guard duties while they fawn over him.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: According to Malleus, they get angry over the littlest things which is why he warns the cast against interrupting them at their venue.
- Jerkass: The smaller fairies are implied to be this through Malleus' and Crowley's dialogue. Malleus explains that they're the type of fairies that are stubborn and will become angry over little things, and angry enough to doom the entirety of Twisted Wonderland to an eternal winter if their spring welcoming celebration is interrupted, according to Crowley. Malleus also specifies that good-natured fairies like himself are rare.
- Karma Houdini: They never do get punished for messing up with weather system in the school, though Crowley implies that there's no sort of punishment that they could give to the fairies that wouldn't result in them dooming Twisted Wonderland to an eternal winter.
- Little People: They're fairies like Malleus, Lilia and Sebek, but they're palm sized.
- Making a Splash: Water fairies lord over water, and thusly they can do this.
- Mr. Fixit: The job of the tinker fairies. In Night Raven College, they're in charge of making the tools the elemental fairies need to change the weather.
- Mundane Utility: The fairies powers and what they can control vary depending on the types of fairies they are. Fire fairies control fire, water fairies control water, tinker fairies are excellent craftsmen and can create anything within seconds ... but all of these powers are put to mundane use such as keeping the seasons in check or controlling a crystal needed to balance the climates within the dorms like living air conditioners.
- Mythology Gag: Through Malleus' exposition in Fairy Gala, we learn that they're essentially references to the fairies from the Disney Fairies franchise.
- The tinker fairies are expies of Tinker Bell in both role and design.
- The queen fairy is a reference to queen Clarion, the queen of Pixie Hollow in the movies. The queen fairy we seen in the event is also the queen of Pixie Hollow, though it's unknown if she's supposed to be queen Clarion, a fairy that took over her role after she passed on, or simply twisted from her.
- The types of fairies Malleus explains exist within the twisted universe; tinker fairies, garden fairies, light fairies, animal fairies, and thistle fairies are all types of fairies that exist within the Disney fairies franchise.
- The fairies make bell sounds when they speak, making it impossible for the main cast to understand fairy Maisy when they try to communicate with them. This is a reference to both the Disney Fairies franchise and the original Peter Pan movies.
- Nominal Importance: Maisy is the only fairy named in the original fairy Gala event. The Fairy Queen is only called by her title.
- Our Fairies Are Different: Averted Trope. They fit the description of what most people imagine when they think of fairies, unlike the fairies we see in the main cast.
- Playing with Fire: Fire fairies can do this. We see a fire fairy lighting a fire using their magic in the main story when Grim complains about being cold.
- Pointy Ears: They all have pointed ears, which further hints at their fairy nature.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Fairy Gala If reveals the Fairy Queen as one. In spite of being shocked herself that humans have infiltrated the Fairy Gala like the other fairies, she was willing to listen to Silver speaking on behalf of the group and return the stolen magic crystal for them once explained. The Fairy Queen was also impressed at the infiltration team's performance for the runway that she wishes and allows them to join future Fairy Gala's again.
- The Unintelligible: When fairies speak, they make bell sounds, and the cast can't understand them as a result. The Fairy Maisy builds a translator so that they can communicate. In Fairy Gala If, Silver reveals that the translator bell used was created for larger fairies to communicate with the other smaller fairies.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Maybe. The player never ends up finding out if they're aware of the fact that their removal of the crystal needed to balance the seasons of each dorm threw everything out of wack or if they care at all that it happened. Crowley implies that the fairies do know, but would threaten to doom Twisted Wonderland to an eternal winter if they were to interrupt their celebration. Fairy Gala If reveals that the worker fairies actually didn't know about the significance of the magic crystal being stolen and why the infiltration team had to devise such a plan to take it back from the queen, and were all furious at the infiltration team for stealing the queen's staff instead and switching it out for a fake.
- Weather Dissonance: They cause this to happen when they remove the magical stone needed to balance the climate of the school and each respective dorm.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: We don't see what happens to fairy Maisy at the end of the event, though it can be assumed that they returned to Pixie Hollow with everyone else.
- You Don't Look Like You: The queen fairy, who is stated by Malleus to be the queen of Pixie Hollow. She shares this role with queen Clarion from the Disney Fairies movies, however they have very few things in common appearance wise and she otherwise looks nothing like Clarion. It's possible that she's simply twisted from her rather than intended to be her representative. In general, though, the fairies lack the distinctly human appearance that they had in the movie, save for the tinker fairies who directly take inspiration from Tinker Bells design.
Kifaji
Twisted from: Zazu from The Lion King (1994)
The head chamberlain of Sunset Savannah, and he serves the royal family. He makes an official debut in Sunset Savanna's Tamashina-Mina.
- Undying Loyalty: Like his counterpart, he is loyal to the Sunset Savanna’s royal family.
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Rollo's little brother
- Big Brother Worship: Rollo's flashback shows that he admired Rollo greatly and one of his reasons to use and learn more about magic is to make Rollo happy.
- Mirror Character: To Ortho Shroud, both are little brothers to third year students in a magic school (Idia for Ortho and Rollo for him) and truly cared and admired their brothers. Both also die from an accident that traumatized their elder brother respectively. The difference is that Ortho was eventually "revived" as an Android Replacement Goldfish by Idia to cope with the incident, and the android Ortho eventually was accepted as Idia's "brother" when Idia finally gets proper closure with the original Ortho's death. Rollo, on the other hand, obtained the ability to use magic shortly after his brother died which only cause Rollo to spiral in his hatred of magic that it clouded the happier memories he had of his brother's use of magic. The Shroud brothers serve as a look on what if Rollo was able to get some closure regarding his little brother's death.
- Mythology Gag: He is inspired by Jehan Frollo from the original "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Victor Hugo note and had a trait of recklessness that led to his death via improper and reckless use of magic just like Jehan in the original novel.
- No Name Given: His name is not revealed in the event.
- Plot-Triggering Death: Rollo lost his little brother at a young age when said brother was practicing magic without proper guidance. This led to Rollo developing the mindset that magic as well as magicians are pure evil (given he blamed his town's magicians for not advising his brother...even if presumably no attempt was made to seek anyone out for help) and his attempt to remove magic completely from Twisted Wonderland.
- Walking Spoiler: Talking about him would have spoiled much of Rollo's motives in the "Glorious Masquerade" event and why Rollo is determined to "purify" Twisted Wonderland of magic.
Stitch
Voiced by: Kōichi Yamadera
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Originating from Lilo & Stitch, Stitch himself appeared as part of the collaboration event Lost in the Book with Stitch.
- Always Someone Better: A source of envy for Grim is that Stitch is a lot more capable in doing complicated things such as fixing and crafting than he is due to his intelligence despite Stitch's own lack of magic.
- As Himself: In a first since Mickey, Stitch appears as himself and not represented by a twisted counterpart like the other characters in the game.
- Breaking Old Trends: Outside the Tsum Tsums who are all based on the casts, Stitch is the first character from the Disney Animated Canon itself since Mickey to appear in the game.
- Cuteness Proximity: The characters have this reaction when they first meet Stitch. Ace even outright calls him adorable. Even Lilia says he's very cute and Stitch can potentially weaponize his cuteness to convince Yuu to help him out in Chapter 2.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Stitch may look cute and unassuming, but he's still a powerful Bioweapon Beast that was created to destroy entire planets.
- You Remind Me of X: In Lilia's Stitch collaboration personal story, he tells Stitch that the alien reminds him of Malleus when he was younger.
Manga characters
Koito Saya
Grade: First Year
A first year student of Hibari Municipal high school and member of kendo club. He is a manga exclusive character who first introduced in the story Disney Twisted Wonderland - Episode of Heartslabyul.
- Canon Foreigner: He only appears in the manga adaption.
- Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Saya doesn't like people feeling sorry for him due to his being born with a weak constitution.
- Youthful Freckles: Saya is a young man who has freckles dusting his face.
