Characters / Virgo Versus the Zodiac

Main Party

Virgo

Virgo, the Holy Queen

• Anti-Hero: In the Cardinal Route, she is a mild example. While she is responsible for many deaths, those were in self-defense, and ultimately she created a better world for everyone by destroying the twelve Zodiac Crowns and therefore hierarchy. She is also willing to pay for the damage that she caused during her quest.
• The Bad Guy Wins: In the Fixed Route, where she is a straight example of a Villain Protagonist, she manages to achieve her goal of bringing back the Golden Age. However, it is a Pyrrhic Victory, since she loses her friends and lover in the process.
• Catchphrase Insult: "Heretic".
• Does Not Like Spam: She doesn't like anything that has sugar in it.
• God Save Us from the Queen!: Virgo is the only Zodiac who has the title of "Queen", and as evidenced by the fact she is often referred to as "Dreadful Queen" by "heretics", she is not exactly well-liked. Nor is she as pure as she believes she is. The denizens of the Holy Asylum see her as The High Queen, though.
• Incompatible Orientation: On the receiving end of this, as unfortunately for Spica, Virgo is a lesbian.
• Leitmotif: "The Holy Queen".
• Light Is Not Good: She has blonde hair and parts of her outfit are white, yet she is feared by many and will kill anyone who gets in the way of her goals.
• Missing Main Character: Becomes this in the Pisces Realm after she, Ginger and Pisces are knocked out. The game then switches to Spica and Algol, who have to find her.
• Muscles Are Meaningless: Zig-zagged. She's apparently jacked in-universe (even if her character art presents her as very thin) and is a competent fighter, but the other members of her party are strong too despite their lack of muscles, and so are the rest of the Zodiacs (some of which are technically stronger than her).
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: It would be a good idea to avoid any individual known as "Dreadful Queen".
• Neat Freak: She's obsessed with things being clean and symmetrical. She also requires gloves when it comes to throwing her allies at the enemy in battle.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: She gives one to Cancer, but its effect is lost on her.
  Virgo: Will you, really? Someone like you... Could just drop dead and nobody would notice. Don't you think so?
  Cancer: What you mean... someone like me?
  Virgo: What do I mean by that...? I'll tell you what I mean. Although you breathe and you are living, well... I wonder what hope there could possibly be. You're someone... Who is so spineless that people can treat them whatever they want! Being used by Capricorn, having all of your profits go to her corporation... And still crawling here like this, licking her boot to gain some approval from that filthy, greedy Zodiac. You call this revenge, really? You are merely a cursed child... Cursed to live forever, without your own children for your own realm. No organic denizens.
  Cancer: (Stunned Silence)
  Virgo: Hah... And you're so alone you even spy on the other Zodiacs... For what, the company? Your existence isn't even useful! You just keep living your useless life, since you were thrown out in the world without any kind of blessings. If you were more courageous, I expect you would have disappeared a long time ago. You're pitiful. Did you know that? I pity you so much that I feel the need to do what you can't do yourself. I'll make you disappear.
• Red Baron: Virgo, the Holy Queen. Queen of Purity and Dreadful Queen also qualify.
• Sanity Slippage: Virgo goes off the deep end in the Fixed Route, becoming a violent, easily angered, self-important mess who is willing to sacrifice Ginger and kill her own companions if they don't follow her orders. She even refuses to believe Pisces is dead, going around the galaxy in a vain attempt to find her.
• Tiny Tyrannical Girl: She's only 4'9", although the game only mentions this once and both her sprites and her character portrait don't make it obvious.
• Tsundere: Virgo is this towards her girlfriend Pisces, and even her friends Algol and Spica. This is acknowledged in-universe, with Spica saying Virgo is a Tsundere when he is properly introduced, and Algol teasing Virgo about it.
• Villain Protagonist: Subverted in the Cardinal Route, where she is at worst a mild Anti-Hero. Played straight in the Fixed Route.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Her goal is to bring back the Golden Age, an era of peace, symmetry and balance. But that doesn't justify all of the horrible things she does, and it's not even made clear if bringing back the Golden Age would actually be a good thing.

Spica

Spica, the Royal Servant

• Agent Peacock: He has a rather feminine appearance, wears heeled shoes, holds a bouquet in his victory animation, and he's also as good a fighter as Virgo and Algol are.
• The Fettered: Spica's insistence of only participating in honorable combat never turns into Honor Before Reason. No wonder he turns against Virgo in the Fixed Route.
• Hopeless Suitor: Seems to be into Virgo, but she doesn't even like him to begin with and is already dating Pisces. It doesn't matter too much, since later on, he goes for Algol instead. And Algol apparently likes him back.
• Leitmotif: "The Royal Servant". And "Supernova", which is shared with Algol.
• Meaningful Name: Spica get his name from the star of the same name, which is the brightest object in the constellation of Virgo.
• Nice Guy: Especially when compared to Virgo and Algol. See Token Good Teammate below.
• The One Guy: The only male character in the main party.
• Token Good Teammate: Virgo is an obsessive Villain Protagonist and Algol is a remorseless killer out for revenge. Spica is a nice and honourable guy.
• Undying Loyalty: Downplayed. While he mostly remains loyal to Virgo and her cause despite her disdain for him (and even acknowledges at one point that she abaondoned him), he does have his limits and turns against her in the Fixed Route.
• What the Hell, Hero?: In the Fixed Route, Spica tells Virgo that he doesn't recognize her anymore.
  Spica: I followed your cause because I believed in you. But now... You don't seem like the Holy Queen I once knew. The Queen who created your Realm and me. Your voice has changed, My Queen, and I don't find myself compelled to follow it any longer.

  Spica (after Virgo kills Algol): You... You killed her... You cannot be the one who created me. You cannot be my Queen! Spare me not, Holy Queen. I will fight you to my dying breath!

Algol

Algol, the Demon Star

• Beware the Silly Ones: She has cat ears, carries an alpaca plushie, tries to eat Ginger at first, and jumps up and down excitedly in her victory animation. She's also been killing stars (including Deneb Algedi if you spare her), inherited her mother's curse of turning people to stone with her face, and turns against Virgo in the Fixed Route.
• Cool Mask: It sure makes her look cooler. It's also important because if she doesn't wear it, whoever looks at her face will turn to stone.
• Cute Witch: She has a broomstick which she can fly with, and her grandmother is a witch. As for cute, well, just look at her.
• Dying Moment of Awesome: Even though they didn't win, you have to admit that it's incredibly awesome how Algol and Spica turned against Virgo in the Fixed Route, calling her insane and letting her know just how much of a horrible person she is.
  Algol (after Virgo kills Spica): By the damned rulers, you really killed him... You think you deserve the crown, Virgo? You think you deserve the Golden Age? May my spells curse you for eternity... That's what you REALLY deserve!
• Everyone Has Standards: In the Fixed Route, Algol is disgusted by Virgo's willingness to sacrifice Ginger to get the Golden Crown, rightfully considering her to be insane. When Virgo does nothing to help her own case, she turns against her, along with Spica.
• Freudian Excuse: Became the way she is today after Perseus betrayed her trust and killed Medusa, her mother. She admits she used to be innocent back then, but hasn't felt anything since.
• The Gadfly: Yup. Particularly notable is when she teases Virgo about her Tsundere tendencies.
• Hero Antagonist: She turns against Virgo, along with Spica, in the Fixed Route.
• I Have Many Names: Foul Star, Demon Star, Masked Lady, Masked One and many other nice names.
• Improbable Weapon User: Rather than use an actual shield to defend herself, she'll instead use various different objects that only she can be equipped with, such as mushrooms and cakes.
• Lack of Empathy: She outright admits that she doesn't care about the stars that she's killed.
  Algol: Awwwwwwwwwww man, that's adorable! I think I'm feeling feelings! I'm not sure if I like them.
  • That being said, Algol is not nearly as bad as she seems to be at surface level. She actually values Virgo and Spica as her friends, and she'll fight anyone who is willing to sell out a friend, as shown in the Fixed Route.
• Leitmotif: Although there isn't one just for Algol, there is "Supernova", which she shares with Spica.
• Meaningful Name: Algol is the name of a star that's colloquially known as the Demon Star, and it is associated with violence across a wide variety of cultures. Although Algol is not located in the constellation of Taurus, it is right next to it, hence why she is a Tauresean in the game. Its actual location in the sky, however? The constellation of Perseus.
• Oblivious to Love: She is unaware of Spica's feelings for her, seeing him as a friend instead. She finds out, and apparently reciprocates, in the Starcrossed Ending.
• Pay Evil unto Evil: What Algol wants to do, ultimately. She wants to bring back Perseus, the murderer of her mother, just so that she can kill him.
• Revenge: Algol's motivation. Perseus used her to get closer to her mother Medusa, wanting the fame that would come with Medusa's head. Perseus did manage to kill Medusa, but Algol caught him in the act, immediately removing her mask and turning him to stone in retaliation. However, Algol soon came to believe that petrification was too merciful of a fate for Perseus, so she started gathering Star Cores to remove the curse she had put on him, all in the hopes of killing him with her own hands.
• Unscrupulous Hero: Despite being a murderer who feels no guilt for her actions, Algol is really not that bad, helping Virgo even after her own quest is finished. In fact, she actually turns against Virgo in the Fixed Route. Maybe Pisces' decision to free Algol from the Astrological Prison wasn't so wrong, after all.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid: According to herself, she used to be much more innocent. Perseus changed this, though she's still not all that bad underneath.
• What You Are in the Dark: She's desperate to collect the last star cores she needs in order to get revenge against Perseus, but she never betrays Virgo and Spica in order to get the latter's core. Even when she's alone with Spica, she doesn't try to kill him. She also helps to revive Virgo, Pisces, and Ginger when they are knocked out, and also points out to Virgo that she didn't betray her even when she had the chance. The only time she turns against Virgo is towards the end of the Fixed route, and that's for a noble reason.

The Zodiac

In General

The Zodiac

• Always Female: Eleven of the Zodiacs are explicitly female. Aries is non-binary.
• Animal Motifs: Goats for Capricorn, bulls and cows for Taurus, crabs for Cancer, rams for Aries, lions for Leo, scorpions for Scorpio, fishes for Pisces, horses (or centaurs) and moths for Sagittarius.
• Cast Full of Gay: Several of them are lesbian. Taurus, Scorpio, Virgo and Pisces are prominent examples.
• Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Mutable Zodiacs are green, Fixed Zodiacs are pink and red, and Cardinal Zodiacs are purple and blue.
• Red Baron: Each Zodiac has a title, though some of them are more silly than threatening.
  • Virgo, the Holy Queen.
  • Pisces, the Redeemer.
  • Cancer, the Beholder.
  • Scorpio, the Phoenix.
  • Taurus, the Sleepwalker.
  • Red Hot Chili Aries.
  • Capricorn, the Time Keeper.
  • Sagittarius, the Philosopher.
  • Gemini, the Doppelgänger.
  • Aquarius, the Untied.
  • Libra, the Just.
  • Tzarina Leo.
• Western Zodiac: But of course. They're personifications of the twelve Zodiac signs.

Capricorn

Capricorn, the Time Keeper

• Ambition Is Evil: Capricorn is a cardinal sign, and those are associated with ambition. However, she takes it too far, turning her realm into a rigid work environment and generally not caring about anything other than profit.
• Animal Motifs: Goats. Almost all of the denizens in her realm are goats (or lambs) and the horns in her crown look like those of a goat's.
• Bad Boss: Doesn't seem to care about the Manifesto's demands of better work conditions.
• Capitalism Is Bad: The system within her realm is called "Capritalism" and is defined by overworking her employees and employing children, among other things, to the extent that a rebellion is taking place when Virgo arrives to take her crown. Capricorn herself is a cold-hearted woman motivated by greed, who Virgo calls out for only caring about her own daughter's life for logistical reasons.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Since Capricorn is an earth sign.
• Eye Scream: The lotus in her eye was originally a parasite.
• Flower Motifs: Has a lotus in her eye. Which is revealed in the Cardinal Route to be a virus that was draining her health away day by day. Pisces helped her remove the virus from the flower, and to repay this act of kindness, Capricorn later informs Virgo and her friends to leave the Seametery Lighthouse before it's set on fire, helps Virgo defeat the viruses and subdue Pisces, and tells her how to acquire a cure.
• Greed: Doesn't care about anything other than profit.
• Guest-Star Party Member: In the Cardinal Route, she joins Virgo in the fight against Pisces and the viruses, although her actions can't be controlled, only her timings can.
• Katanas Are Just Better: She fights with a katana that has a life of its own.
• Kimono Is Traditional: Wears a purple one, befitting her nature as a cardinal sign.
• Lady of War: Capricorn fights rather gracefully, and she stays in the proper sitting position during the entire battle. Sure enough, she is often referred to as "Lady Capricorn".
• Leitmotif: "The Time Keeper", a pretty rocking theme that makes the fight against her all the more awesome. Additionally, "Gateways" is played when Virgo is in her presence, and it sounds pretty imposing, fitting her serious, no-nonsense demeanor.
• A Mother to Her Men: Some of the salarygoats admire her. Others... not so much.
• No-Sell: In the later half of the battle, the saboteurs are unable to deal damage to her with their cherry bombs. In contrast, she kills both of them in one hit.
• Not So Stoic: She is enraged by the idea of bowing down to the rulers once more. Also, after she is defeated, she expresses sadness.
  Capricorn: I feel sadness, Virgo, Queen of Purity. But this lotus dries my tears.
• Pet the Dog: In the Cardinal Route, Capricorn will apologize for misjudging Virgo after discovering that she wasn't responsible for Deneb Algedi's murder. Furthermore, she also tells Virgo and everyone else that somebody intends to set the Seametery Lighthouse on fire so it is best to evacuate it, helps Virgo defeat the viruses and informs her of a method to cure Pisces. This is despite the fact that Virgo wrecked her company and took her crown.
• Pre-Mortem One-Liner: Before she kills both of the saboteurs in a single attack:
  Capricorn: According to my agenda, you two don't have an appointment scheduled.
• Red Baron: Capricorn, the Time Keeper.
• Starter Villain: She is the first Zodiac that Virgo goes after.
• The Stoic: Usually calm, cool and collected.
• Time-Limit Boss: If Virgo doesn't defeat her in ten minutes, her meeting with Capricorn will end.
• Time Master: Capricorn lives up to her title by being able to strike faster than time, as well as being able to speed it up. She is also a Time-Limit Boss, as stated above.
• Western Zodiac: Like the sign she personifies, she is cold, ambitious and hard-working. However, she's a villainous take on the concept. In addition, she is a cardinal sign with earth powers who used to be ruled over by Saturn, and is associated with goats.
• Worf Had the Flu: While she's not an easy boss by any means, she's much stronger when she helps you fight against the corrupted Pisces and the viruses in the Cardinal Route. This is because the lotus in her eye had a virus in it that drained her energy, and by the time she fights by your side, Pisces has already removed this virus for her.

Pisces

Pisces, the Redeemer

• All-Loving Hero: Pisces only wants what's best for everyone. This even includes Algol, Capricorn and the viruses.
• Animal Motifs: Fishes. Her people are fishes and she herself is a mermaid.
• Beware the Nice Ones: If you take advantage of her good intentions, she'll drop her nonviolent nature and beat the hell out of you.
• Guest-Star Party Member: There's a part of the game where she joins Virgo in battles, although only her timings can be controlled.
• Incorruptible Pure Pureness: The purest of the Zodiacs. Until the viruses influence her.
• Killed Off for Real: In the Mutable Route, she dies in the lighthouse fire. In the Fixed Route, Scorpio finishes her off to avenge Taurus.
• Leitmotif: "The Redeemer".
• Martial Pacifist: She isn't lying when she says she's pretty strong, but she disapproves of violence. However, when she learns that the viruses were using her, she helps Virgo wipe them out. Also, she has no choice when the viruses take over her body.
• Seashell Bra: In her final design, she covers her chest with a top consisting of seashells and fish scales. Her original design had her topless with only some Godiva Hair covering her breasts.

Scorpio

Scorpio, the Phoenix

• Animal Motifs: Scorpions. She has a scorpion tail and her attacks inflict poison. And due to her Resurrective Immortality, The Phoenix, as her title makes clear.
• Ax-Crazy: Scorpio is introduced attacking one of the denizens of The Sacred Forest for sleeping instead of attending choir practice for the Food Festival, and once attempted to kill Virgo in her sleep.
• Clingy Jealous Girl: If you want to stay on her good side, don't get between her and Taurus.
• Establishing Character Moment: The first time she appears on screen, she is attacking a cow for sleeping instead of praying to Taurus.
• Fate Worse than Death: Scorpio's goal in the Fixed Route. Scorpio sought to not only kill Pisces but force Virgo to revive the Golden Age while living without her beloved, who she went on her quest for.
• Evil vs. Evil: Scorpio vs Virgo in the Fixed Route. Scorpio is concerned exclusively with Revenge, hence why she killed Pisces, but Virgo is... not much better.
• Final Boss: She is the last Zodiac Virgo has to fight in the Fixed Route.
• Leitmotif: "Stung by Cruelty" and "The Phoenix". The former plays when Algol and Spica fight her at The Sacred Forest, the latter plays when Virgo fights her at the Krios Volcano in the Fixed Route.
• Recurring Boss: You are required to fight her once. However, in the Fixed Route, she returns as the Final Boss, so she is fought twice.
• Red Baron: Scorpio, the Phoenix.
• Resurrective Immortality: As per her title, she revives every time her HP falls to zero. She can also revive others, which she does to Taurus' denizens who were sacrificed. She has her limits, however.
• Shear Menace: Her weapons are huge scissors.

Sagittarius

Sagittarius, the Philosopher

• Aloof Archer: Sagittarius is an inversion. Instead of being cold and distant, she is friendly and cheerful, but no less effective with her bow.
• Animal Motifs: Horses, or to be more precise, centaurs. Some of the denizens of the Sagittrain are centaurs, and she's into Chiron, who is a centaur. She's also associated with moths, with her "hair wings" looking like a moth's antennae, the flappy things over her sleeves looking like a moth's wings, and her other title being called "the Fire Moth".
• Anime Hair: There are wings on her hair.
• Duel Boss: The second fight against her has no other enemies accompanying her, with just Virgo in the party.
• Flunky Boss: Sagittarius fights along with her UFO friends. But this is only the case during the first battle against her.
• Genki Girl: Typically lighthearted.
• Leitmotif: "The Fire Moth".
• Nice Girl: Sagittarius is nice, silly and generally likeable. She only fights with Virgo because she believes Virgo's objective is to bring back the rulers' strict government, and as she values freedom above all else, she cannot allow that.
• The Philosopher: It's her title, and though she is far from a typical portrayal of one, she often talks about friendship, destiny and freedom.
• Playing with Fire: Which is reflected in one of her nicknames, the Fire Moth. It makes sense, since Sagittarius is a fire sign.
• Recurring Boss: Sagittarius is the only Zodiac that can be fought twice in every route.
• Red Baron: Sagittarius, the Philosopher. Also, the Fire Moth.
• Skippable Boss: It's possible to skip her first battle by simply not going into the pit that leads to the Thicket of Echoes in Taurus' Realm.
• Western Zodiac: Like the sign she represents, Sagittarius is wise and freedom-loving. In addition, she is a mutable sign belonging to the element of fire and associated with centaurs, and she even fights with a bow.
• We Used to Be Friends: Tells this to Virgo after she is defeated at the Sagittrain, as she and Virgo used to associate, with Sagittarius even providing useful advice regarding Pisces, her sister. Virgo herself has trouble remembering when her relationship with Sagittarius fell apart.

Taurus

Taurus, the Sleepwalker

• Alas, Poor Villain: "Villain" is debatable, but her death is rather touching and Virgo clearly feels bad about it, even long after it happens.
• Animal Motifs: Bulls. Not only are those who live at The Sacred Forest usually bulls or cows, but the horns in her head ressemble those of a bull's and her attacks include charging at Virgo.
• Berserk Button: Okay, "berserk" might be an exaggeration, but if you choose to be merciful after defeating her, she'll be offended by how you hold no respect for the duel, and will call you a coward before fighting you again.
• Devoted to You: Scorpio is head over heels for her. Which is why if you choose to kill Taurus, she will retaliate.
• Dismotivation: She's so stubborn about leaving her realm as it is that you have to fight her to change her mind.
• Duel Boss: Virgo fights her alone. Algol and Spica fight Scorpio instead.
• Fatal Flaw: Her stubbornness, which she acknowledges shortly before her death.
• Hikikomori: Hasn't left the treehouse for a very long time.
• Idle Rich: Despite being the ruler of The Sacred Forest, she prefers to sleep and eat over most other things, including doing anything for her realm. She makes no effort to change The Sacred Forest's harmful traditions of sacrifice and idolatry towards her, to the point that Virgo's intervention is necessary for any change at all to happen.
• Improbable Weapon User: Her weapon is a bell.
• Killed Off for Real: If you choose to take mercy on her after winning the fight against her, it'll lead to another battle, this time to the death. Killing Taurus results in her realm being destroyed too, since it is linked to her.
• Last Words: "I shall close my eyes for one last dream".
• Leitmotif: "Sleepwalking", an energetic and cool remix of "The Sacred Forest". Furthermore, when Virgo is in her presence, "The Occult" plays, and like "Gateways" for Capricorn, it helps in making her more threatening.
• Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: "Let us dream together, Virgo!" Also, "You hold no respect for our duel. I shall end this myself".
• Serial Romeo: Possibly as a reference to Taurus being considered a sensual sign, she is defined by her relationship with Scorpio and is known to have a history with her priestess Aldebaran, the brightest star in the constellation of Taurus.
• Sleepyhead: Hence her title. There are few things she likes to do more than sleeping.
• Sorry That I'm Dying: As she dies, she apologizes to Scorpio for being unable to keep her promise.

Aries

Red Hot Chili Aries

• Animal Motifs: Rams. Aries has ram horns on their head and many of their people are rams.
• The Ditz: Aries is the only Zodiac that still hasn't finished Zodiac School. They mistake the word "cringe-worthy" for "syringe worm", don't know what "tone" means and are incapable of doing simple math calculations. Nevertheless, "you don't have to be good at math to be good at punching".
• Dumb Muscle: In Virgo's own words, Aries is too idiotic to win a fight, despite being the toughest Zodiac.
• Final Boss: In the Cardinal Route. They are against Virgo's plans of destroying the twelve Zodiac crowns because they want to keep the Krios Volcano, the source of their power, "nice and hot", while being unaware that, if they kept the sacrifices going, eventually the Krios would engulf the Vampire Hotel.
• Hard Work Hardly Works: Spent years training to beat Virgo, but was still unable to defeat her in combat. Justified, since they forgot to train their brain, and Virgo also trained a lot prior to the battle.
• Hypocritical Humor: Tends to call Virgo "dumb" and "moron", despite being the dumbest of the Zodiacs.
• Leitmotif: "Red Hot Chili Aries".
• Lightning Bruiser: Aries' attacks are extremely fast and deal enough damage to One-Hit Kill you. Additionally, they have over one thousand hearts.
• Playing with Fire: Most of their attacks make use of this. Justified since Aries is a fire sign.
• The Rival: They're dedicated to defeating Virgo to the point of training for years to achieve that goal. Whenever they come across Virgo, they make odd threats and attempt to get in a fight with her. This is pretty one-sided, since Virgo considers them a mere insufferable child.
• Shout-Out: Their title is clearly a reference to the band Red Hot Chili Peppers.
• World's Strongest Person: They are the strongest Zodiac.

Cancer

Cancer, the Beholder

• Alice Allusion: Some of her denizens are playing cards. She also wears a hat and invites Virgo to a tea party.
• Animal Motifs: Crabs. There's a crab hand on her hat, she herself has a crab hand that she attacks with, there are crab arms all throughout her Realm, and one of her people is a crab.
• An Offer You Can't Refuse: Attempted. Cancer's intention was to release Ginger for a price, but unfortunately for her Virgo was having none of it.
• Asshole Victim: She's manipulative, enslaves her denizens and the aliens that landed near her Realm, and has eyes that watch people everywhere. So it's hard to feel sorry for her if you choose to kill her, and it only ruins your Cardinal route; the other two routes are left unchanged.
• Big Brother Is Watching: The reason behind her title. She monitors every Zodiac realm, including her own. The reason behind that is not known, though Virgo thinks she does it because she feels alone.
• Extreme Doormat: Virgo thinks she is one, and at the very least she is this towards Capricorn.
• Fashionable Asymmetry: Her socks are of a different color.
• Happiness Is Mandatory: When you enter the Fortress of Dolls for the first time, you can answer a survey if you talk to a certain bear. The last question is "Are you happy living in the marvelous Fortress of Dolls?" with all of the answers being "Yes". Furthermore, a sign at the entrance says "Welcome to the Fortress of Dolls, where unhappiness doesn't exist". Might actually be Getting Smilies Painted on Your Soul, since none of the denizens seem to dislike living in Cancer's realm.
• Industrialized Evil: The Fortress of Dolls has no organic denizens. The dolls that live there are manipulated into loving Cancer and enjoying to live there. And if that wasn't enough, the Unbirthed aliens that crashed there are used as slaves at the chocolate factory.
• The Jailer: She actually has the legal authority to imprison others, though.
• Killed Off for Real: You can kill her if you want, but you'll have to deal with Altarf's rage.
• Leitmotif: "The Beholder", which fits her theme pretty well. Also, "Tea Time".
• Lonely Doll Girl: Unlike the other Zodiacs, she doesn't have any organic denizens, instead having artificially-created Living Toys, including dolls.
• Linked List Clue Methodology: Cancer enjoys mind games. She makes Virgo go all over her realm via the notes she left.
• Manipulative Bitch: The reason why unhappiness doesn't exist in the Fortress of Dolls. Virgo even says she's taking her manipulative madness too far.
• A Mother to Her Men: Often referred to as "Mother". Not that it means much.
• Ojou Ringlets: The blue curls on her hair go past her shoulders.
• Pay Evil unto Evil: That's what she thinks she's doing.
  Cancer: I will let you live, Virgo! But only for you to see your cookie die horribly by my own crab hand. Fufufufufu~~~
  Just as you did to Capricorn, making her watch her own daughter die! You really are horrible, don't you think? Fufufufufu~~~
• Penny-Pinching Crab: While Cancer isn't as greedy as Capricorn, she's a Corrupt Corporate Executive and Bad Boss just like her.
• Red Baron: Cancer, the Beholder.
• Revenge: Cancer wants to avenge Capricorn, so she takes away Ginger in retaliation for Deneb Algedi's murder, regardless of whether it was Virgo or Algol who killed her.
• Signature Laugh: "Fufufufufu~".
• Sinister Surveillance: She has eyes that watch people everywhere, even in other Realms.
• Verbal Tic: Often finishes her sentences with her Signature Laugh.
• Womanchild: Comes off as this. She is a Creepy Doll who likes to play mind games with people, her motivation is Revenge, her realm, where Happiness Is Mandatory, is full of toys and has a chocolate factory, most of her people are dolls (which she manipulates into loving her) and she invites Virgo to a tea party.
• Wounded Gazelle Gambit: She manipulates Ginger by pretending to be lost.
• Yes-Man: While we don't see her interact with Capricorn, it's suggested she is this towards her, as all of her profits go to Capricorn and the reason she invited Virgo to the Fortress of Dolls in the first place was so that she could avenge the murder of Capricorn's daughter Deneb Algedi. Virgo even calls it bootlicking in the "The Reason You Suck" Speech she gives to Cancer.

Aquarius

Aquarius, the Untied

• Cloudcuckoolander: Aquarius is not exactly the sanest person around, true to her Zodiac’s stereotype.
• Leitmotif: "Wind in Yer Sails" and "The Untied".
• Lovable Rogue: Aquarius is against hierarchy. She's the leader of the Workers' Manifesto that opposes Capricorn, and is also a thief (naturally). However, she forms an alliance with Virgo, giving her crown to her out of her own volition and helping her in her quest. Furthermore, she explicitly states she's against the murder of innocents, and is definitely not wrong to be taking action against Capricorn.
• Pirate Girl: And not only any ordinary pirate girl, a space pirate girl!
• The Unfought: Since she willingly gives her crown to Virgo as a sign of their alliance.

Libra

Libra, the Just

• Actual Pacifist: She stresses the importance of being diplomatic, since violence cannot solve everything.
• Disability Superpower: Downplayed. Libra is blind but has an enhanced sense of hearing.
• Know When to Fold 'Em: Libra gives up her crown without a fight. She was never the strongest among the Zodiacs, so she knew she would die if she tried to fight Virgo, considering how strong she has become by the time the two meet in person.
• Leitmotif: "Apex Judge".
• To Be Lawful or Good: Libra's statement that she's bound to the law, no matter whose law it is, suggests her answer to the dilemma is to remain lawful.
• The Unfought: Since she knew she wouldn't stand a chance.

Leo

Tzarina Leo

• Animal Motifs: Lions. Her hair brings to mind the mane of a lion, she is referred to as the "lioness" sometimes, and her people are lions.
• Flunky Boss: Leo fights along two Cleopawtra enemies who are able to heal her hearts. Defeating them first just results in more showing up.
• Graceful Loser: She congratulates Virgo's efforts after she is defeated by her.
• Large Ham: Exclaims some of her sentences, frequently does the Noblewoman's Laugh, and speaks in an incredibly dramatic, grandiose manner.
• Leitmotif: "Tzardom of the Sun".
• Narcissist: Considers herself to be the greatest world wonder of all time, and believes her servants will never leave her since they love her so much (though the last one is probably true).
  Leo: ”And now, for the highlight of the show! Me!”
• Noblewoman's Laugh: Implied, with the way her laugh is written, as well as the fact that she's haughty and stuck-up to match. She also does the pose in her dialogue portrait.
• Underestimating Badassery: Leo thinks Virgo is a mere insect she can crush in the blink of an eye. She's wrong, and ends up losing her crown because of it.

Gemini

Gemini, the Doppelganger

• Artificial Limbs: Gemini has a robotic arm. According to Word of God, Virgo is responsible for lopping off her original arm during a fight when they were children.
• Big Bad: Downplayed in that she isn't directly responsible for every conflict in the game and her motivations make her more of an Anti-Villain, however the fact that nothing would be happening if the galaxy wasn't in a time loop makes her this by association. Freezing the galaxy in a time loop to give herself and the other Indexers time to find a way to revive the galaxy has resulted in everyone reliving painful experiences over and over again, albeit without knowing as their memories are reset each time. Upon Mercury revealing to Virgo the truth near the end of the Mutable Route (and having her eat his heart so she can see it for herself to be immune to Gemini's memory manipulation), she gets rather aggressive. She makes the Save Dinosaur kill himself by jumping in the Krios's lava when he tries to warn Virgo of Gemini's plot to kill her and reset everything, she blocks Virgo's access to the Menu when approaching her, and before fighting Virgo she shuts down the battle UI causing the player to fight her almost blind.
  • In the 2023 extra update playing as Gemini, it's revealed that giving Virgo her crown and hinting to her about forging the Golden Age Crown in the Fixed Route was a plan to distract Virgo from interfering with the Indexers finding a solution to the Black Sun. Given Virgo's unstable mindset in this route, (caused by killing Taurus plus unintentionally as a result of Taurus's life being linked to her realm, the sacred forest, and Pisces's death), Virgo's willingness to sacrifice Ginger (albeit reluctantly), and with Algol and Spica commenting on Virgo's abnormal bloodlust and disregard for her companions, and Gemini being able to manipulate memories, it's possible that Gemini may be partially responsible for this. In said memory, she outright refers to her and the Indexers' plans as "our scheming", so she is implied to be aware that what she is doing is morally ambiguous.
• Big Little Sister: Is Virgo's younger sister and a whole head taller than her at 180cm.
• Character Narrator: Introduces the player to Virgo, and provides commentary at other points in the story.
  • Lemony Narrator: Responsible for all the amusing flavor text in the game.
• Doppelgänger: It’s in her Red Baron. Unlike most other Zodiacs, the reason for her title is unknown.
• Exhausted Eyebags: Downplayed, but looking closely at her portrait reveals potential dark circles under her eyes. Considering she's been working hard for an unknown (even to her) number of cycles to find a solution to the Black Sun and revive the galaxy, it's not surprising she's tired.
• Face Framed in Shadow: Her eyes are always obscured by a shadow.
• Final Boss: In the Mutable Route.
• Leitmotif: "The Cycle" and "The Doppelganger", which plays when you fight her at the end of the Mutable Route.
• Mad Scientist: She's even referred to as one. She's a more stoic example, though.
• "Not So Different" Remark: Pollux sees a resemblence between Virgo and Gemini. Both are somewhat temperamental and believe that they can change and save the world through otherwise dubious means (for Virgo, reviving the Golden Age through a bloody holy quest, or Gemini, it's saving the universe from the Black Sun via resetting the cycle countless times with little to no change).
• Troll: "Mockery? Never heard of it".
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Gemini and the Indexers collaborating with Capricorn to trap the universe in a cycle to find a solution to revive it from being consumed by the Black Sun is not a bad thing. The only issue is that the cycle has been repeated so many times, witnessing the deaths of everyone over and over again, only for nothing to change. Mercury and Virgo believe that Gemini is only delaying the inevitable, death.

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