History Characters / AffairsOfTheCourt

!! King/Queen Agustin/a de Iberia, the Monarch

%% * DepravedBisexual
%%* {{Expy}}: Of King Henry VIII.
%%* HappilyMarried: Potentially to the PC.

* MamaBear: They get ''pissed'' when they learn of the assassination attempt on their sons in the third game, and order a bloody massacre of the people behind it.

%% * WideEyedIdealist

%% * MealTicket: And they know it.

** ''Choice of Romance'': The "killing your lover's spouse" variant is an option for improving your status in court, but it isn't a requirement.
** ''Choice of Intrigue'': Regardless of whether you've married the Monarch or not, "killing your spouse's lover" is a possible way to get rid of Adelita.
** '''Til Death Do Us Part'': "Killing your spouse's lover" is again an option, this time for dealing with Lucí(o/a), but [[spoiler:you can also engage in "killing your spouse", both to protect yourself and to free yourself up for a relationship with de Mendosa or de Vega]].
* TheCharmer / ManipulativeBastard: Will end up one of these, depending on your Charm and Subtlety scores. The game highly encourages you to flesh at least one of them out to survive, though maintaining both is difficult since being charming usually requires you to not be subtle and vice versa.
* ChickMagnet: Catches the eye of no less than three people the minute they set foot in court, not to mention [[spoiler:de Vega and the unwanted attention of Tomas de Reyes]] in '''Til Death Do Us Part''.
* CorruptTheCutie: Almost guaranteed to happen to an innocent or naïve PC.

** There are ''quite'' a number of ways for the PC to die, especially in '''Til Death Do Us Part'', where [[spoiler:the Monarch could have you [[KillItWithFire burned alive]] for a variety of reasons]].

*** Defending yourself against an assassination attempt by [[KillItWithFire Killing Them With Fire]] in '''Til Death Do Us Part''.
*** Again in '''Til Death Do Us Part'', you can [[spoiler:throw de Mendosa or de Vega under the bus when rumours of you committing adultery spread, in which case they are subjected to ColdBloodedTorture]].

* GoldDigger: What your family wants you to be, and can be this in a romance with [[MealTicket Torres]] or the Monarch. Averted in a romance with de Mendosa.,.

* NaiveNewcomer: When they first set foot in court. [[CorruptTheCutie It doesn't last long]].

* WideEyedIdealist: It’s possible to come to court seeking true love and adventure. If the PC wants to survive, though, they have to outgrow this ''very'' quickly.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: If Juanita [[spoiler:was killed]] in ''Choice Of Intrigue'', then the Monarch will mention missing her in '''Til Death Do Us Part''. Thoroughly averted with [[spoiler:the Consort if they leave or are executed]], however.
* BetrayalByOffspring [[spoiler:Their illegitimate son Tomas de Reyes tries to overthrow them in '''Til Death Do Us Part''.]]
* TheCaligula: [[spoiler:They were never a ''nice'' ruler, but they go off the deep end in ''‘Til Death Do Us Part'' thanks to sheer paranoia and manipulation from Tomas de Reyes.]]

* LadykillerInLove: Implied in ''Romances''. In ''Intrigues'', though, they’ll go back to their skirt-chasing ways. [[spoiler:If the PC manages to produce a Life Mage child, or otherwise suitably impress them, they’ll fall even deeper in love and give up their promiscuity for good.]]

* MoralityChain: The PC is acting as one for them by '''Til Death Do Us Part'', [[spoiler:with limited success]].

* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:Can execute Juanita on false accusations of treason in ''Choice of Intrigue'', and can execute their BastardBastard [[TheUsurper Tomas]] after learning about his plan to overthrow them.]]

* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: For the PC in ''Choice of Romance'' in contrast to [[BettyAndVeronica Torres and de Mendosa]]. Since continuing to the later games requires you to romance them, they also form an OfficialCouple with the PC. [[spoiler:They assume this role again in '''Til Death Do Us Part'', this time with de Mendosa as Betty and de Vega as Veronica.]]

!! Gabriel/a de Mendosa

* BettyAndVeronica: In ''Choice of Romance'', the poor, adventurous, and rebellious Veronica to Torres' Betty and the Monarch's ThirdOptionLoveInterest. [[spoiler:This gets played with in '''Til Death Do Us Part'', where the idealistic and passionate de Mendosa becomes the Betty to de Vega, who takes their place as the Veronica.]]

* HappilyMarried: Potentially with the PC in ''Choice Of Romance''. [[spoiler:It’s possible to marry them and set up a democracy in '''Til Death Do Us Part''.]]
* {{Magitek}}: [[spoiler:A major plot point in '''Til Death Do Us Part'' is their invention of Death Rods, which [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything will allow commoners with the slightest bit of magic in their blood to cast Death spells.]] They meet a lot of pushback for this idea because of fears that it will cause massive social upheaval and destroy TheMagocracy.]]

* NiceGuy: Is the nicest and most moral of all the romance options in ''Choice of Romance''. [[spoiler:Downplayed in '''Til Death Do Us Part'', which is much more morally grey overall.]]

* TheDandy: If male, then just like his elder brother, Mateo will be greatly interested in fashion.

* CrusadingWidower: [[spoiler:If the PC sides with de Mendosa in '''Til Death Do Us Part'' even after his wife's death by Death Rod, he becomes determined to take both of you down.]]
* DrinkBasedCharacterization: [[LuxuriousLiquor Brandy]], representing his formal and closed-off demeanour and his strong-willed pursuit of a secure future for Iberia.
* DrowningMySorrows: [[spoiler:Gets spectacularly drunk in the PC's room after his wife dies, [[InVinoVeritas and reveals who he is]] BeneathTheMask.]]

** To his wife Sofía. [[spoiler:Until '''Til Death Do Us Part'', [[DroppedABridgeOnHim that is...]]]]

* InVinoVeritas: [[spoiler:When he drinks with the PC in '''Til Death Do Us Part'', he turns out to be quite a SentimentalDrunk, spending several hours talking about his wife. He also lets slip that he has feelings for the PC, which can lead to KissingUnderTheInfluence unless they [[AboveTheInfluence refuse to kiss or sleep with him while he's inebriated.]]]]

* NotSoStoic: Gets a few moments in '''Til Death Do Us Part'':
** [[spoiler:Completely unravels after Sofía dies. Gives a furious WhatTheHellHero speech to the PC if they didn't side with him during the debate, blaming them for her death, which also includes an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. If the PC ''did'' side with him, he breaks down crying in front of them and gets drunk the night after her funeral.]]

* PreviouslyOverlookedParamour: [[spoiler:Is explicitly stated to not be romantically attracted to the PC in ''Choice of Romance'' but gets PromotedToLoveInterest after the [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse death of his wife]] in '''Til Death Do Us Part''.]]
* SleepingWithTheBosssWife: [[spoiler:If romanced in '''Til Death Do Us Part'', especially if the PC is a consort instead of TheMistress. Lampshades how dangerous this could be after the fact, and [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies asks to break up with the PC to protect them]]. It is possible to refuse, however, in which case de Vega continues his relationship with you while the Monarch is ''actively undergoing SanitySlippage''.]]

** [[spoiler:...though he ''can'' marry the PC [[TheyDo at the end of the game]].]]

* BloodMagic: The Death curses a high Magic PC can use on their enemies require these.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:If the PC kills their husband and stepdaughter and they find out about it, they become a VengefulWidow and have you assassinated as retribution.]]

* ChickMagnet / DudeMagnet: Catches the eye of no less than three people the minute they set foot in court, not to mention [[spoiler:de Vega and the unwanted attention of Tomas de Reyes]] in '''Til Death Do Us Part''.

%% * Depraved Bisexual
* {{Expy}}: Of King Henry VIII.
* HappilyMarried: Potentially to the PC.

* MamaBear / PapaWolf: They get ''pissed'' when they learn of the assassination attempt on their sons in the third game, and order a bloody massacre of the people behind it.

%% * WideEyed Idealist

%% * Meal Ticket: And they know it.

* BerserkButton:
** They don’t respond well to blackmail.
** They respond worse to losing or almost losing a loved one.
** They respond ''very'' poorly to a partner being unfaithful to them [[{{Hypocrite}} when they themselves are a serial adulterer]].

* DepravedBisexual

* WideEyedIdealist

* MealTicket: And they know it.

* ActionGirl: If female. Overlaps with DarkActionGirl at times.

* BlackMagicianGirl: A female PC with high Magic and Charm is this.

* BookDumb: With low Booksmart.

* TheDandy: The male PC is just as interested in fashion and gossip as his female counterpart.
* DitzyGenius: Choosing high Charm and then high Booksmart or Magic at the beginning of the first game makes the PC act like this, talking about how much they enjoy socializing, parties, and studying either practical or theoretical magic.

* LadyOfBlackMagic: Having high Magic and high Subtlety.

* DeadpanSnarker: Downplayed. He makes some sarcastic remarks about his political opponents, especially in the later games.
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:In '''Til Death Do Us Part'', de Vega's wife Sofía, who had previously only been mentioned a handful of times, is [[DroppedABridgeOnHim abruptly killed off in a testing drill]] so that the PC will be able to romance him.]]

* DrowningMySorrows: [[spoiler:Gets spectacularly drunk in the PC's room after his wife dies, [[InVinoVeritas and reveals some]] HiddenDepths.]]

* PreviouslyOverlookedParamour: [[spoiler:Is explicitly stated to not be romantically attracted to the PC in ''Choice of Romance'' but gets PromotedToLoveInterest after the death of his wife in '''Til Death Do Us Part''.]]

* BlackMagicianGirl: Having high magic and high charm.
* BloodMagic: The Death curses require these.

* ChickMagnet / DudeMagnet: Catches the eye of no less than three people the minute they set foot in court, not to mention [[spoiler:the unwanted attention of Tomas de Reyes in the third game]].

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: There are ''quite'' a number of ways for the PC to die.

* GoldDigger: What your family wants you to be.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: How they justify their actions in Court.

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: A very hard status to maintain—almost impossible, in fact.

!! King/Queen Agustin/a de Iberia

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: If Juanita [[spoiler:was killed]] in ''Choice Of Intrigue'', then the Monarch will mention missing her in '''Til Death Do Us Part''.

** They respond very poorly to a partner being unfaithful to them [[{{Hypocrite}} when they themselves are a serial adulterer]].

* MoralityChain: The PC is acting as one for them by the third game.

* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: Refer to themselves as “we”, generally. They only use singular pronouns during serious situations.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:If the PC kills their husband and stepdaughter and they find out about it, they become a CrusadingWidower and have you assassinated as retribution.]]

* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: In '''Til Death Do Us Part'', de Vega's wife Sofía, who had previously only been mentioned a handful of times, is [[DroppedABridgeOnHim abruptly killed off in a testing drill]] so that the PC will be able to romance him.]]
* HappilyMarried: To his wife Sofía. [[spoiler: Until '''Til Death Do Us Part'', [[DroppedABridgeOnHim that is...]]]]

* BettyAndVeronica: Betty to everyone—Torres, the Monarch, and de Vega.

* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:It’s possible to marry them and set up a democracy in the third game.]]
* {{Magitek}}: [[spoiler:A major plot point in the third game is their invention of death rods, which will allow commoners with the slightest bit of magic in their blood to cast Death spells.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Will be horrified when their death rod inventions backfire and kill de Vega’s wife.]]
* NiceGuy: Is the nicest and most moral of all the romance options.

** BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:...the PC kills their husband and stepdaughter and they find out about it, in which case they become a CrusadingWidower and have you assassinated as retribution.]]

* PromotedToLoveInterest: [[spoiler:In '''Til Death Do Us Part'', he becomes a love interest after the death of his wife.]]

** NotSoStoic: Gets a few moments in '''Til Death Do Us Part'':
*** [[spoiler:Completely unravels after Sofía dies. Gives a furious WhatTheHellHero speech to the PC if they didn't side with him during the debate, blaming them for her death, which also includes an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. If the PC ''did'' side with him, he breaks down crying in front of them and gets drunk the night after her funeral.]]
*** [[spoiler:Shows a [[EndearinglyDorky surprisingly shy and awkward side if romanced]], and [[IUhYouToo has a lot of trouble proposing to the PC]] after they execute a successful coup.]]
* TheUnfettered: In a setting full of characters [[{{Realpolitik}} pursuing incredibly ruthless means to achieve their goals]], de Vega is one of the clearest examples of this trope, to the point that he is willing to [[spoiler:[[ShootTheDog commit treason]]]] for the good of Iberia.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: If Juanita [[spoiler:was killed]] in the second game, then the Monarch will mention missing her in the third.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:They ''will'' order the PC assassinated if the PC is caught murdering their husband and step-daughter.]]
* TheConfidant: For the PC, especially in the second and third games when the stress of keeping their position catches up with them.
* TheCutie

* GenkiGirl / {{Keet}}: Never loses their enthusiasm for life and the courts.
* HappilyMarried: To Don Felix in the second and third games.

* MotorMouth 
* ShipperOnDeck: They ship their elder sibling with Gabriel/a, sighing over the romanticism of it all.

* DeadpanSnarker
* MyCountryRightOrWrong
* PromotedToLoveInterest: In the third game.
* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:Breaks down crying when he learns of his wife’s death in the third game.]]
* TheStoic

* AmazonianBeauty: If female.

* {{Badass}}: High Magic lets you be one in the more traditional manner, but high Subtle and Charm protagonists soon become masters at their craft.

* [[BlackMagicianGirl Black Magician Kid]] / [[LadyOfBlackMagic Master of Black Magic]]: Either having a high Magic and high Charm, or high Magic and high Subtlety.

** NotWithThemForTheMoney: It’s possible that the PC can marry the Monarch out of love, not a desire for money or status. With Torres, though, they’re definitely OnlyInItForTheMoney.

* [[HenpeckedHusband Henpecked Spouse]]: Played with in regards to the Monarch; the best way to avoid angering them is to never openly oppose them and agree with whatever they say, but you can work behind the scenes or subtly sway their opinions with flattery.

* BerserkButton: They don’t respond well to blackmail.

* [[spoiler:TheCaligula]]: [[spoiler:They were never a ''nice'' ruler, but they go off the deep end in ''‘Til Death Do Us Part'' thanks to sheer paranoia and manipulation from Tomas de Reyes.]]

* [[spoiler:SanitySlippage]]: [[spoiler:In the third game, thanks to their bastard son’s mind manipulation.]]
* [[spoiler:ShootTheDog]]: [[spoiler: They go off the deep end in the third game and, most likely, will have to be put down to protect your family and all of Iberia.]]

* [[spoiler:Happily Married]]: [[spoiler:It’s possible to marry them and set up a democracy in the third game.]]

* [[NiceGuy Nice Person]]: Is the nicest and most moral of all the romance options.
** NiceGuysFinishLast: Given that the trilogy canonically has the PC pursuing the Monarch at the end of the first game, at the very ''best'' Mendosa will just be let down gently. [[spoiler:Though this can change in the third.]]

* [[WomanScorned Wo/Man Scorned:]] Dumping them for the Monarch causes them to write a scathing poem about you and distribute it across court, which tanks your Reputation.

* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:Breaks down crying when he learns of his wife’s death in the third game.]]

** If Juanita [[spoiler:was killed]] in the second game, then the Monarch will mention missing her in the third.

* TheHedonist: '''The''' defining character trait for them. Their pleasure comes before all else, and

* MoralityPet: Even the most amoral and selfish of PCs can be nice and loving to their younger sibling.

The Monarch, a hedonistic and selfish ruler who notices the PC when they first set foot in court and decides to pursue them. While naturally the PC takes advantage of this, the Monarch is also

** NotWithThemForTheMoney: It’s possible that the PC can marry the Monarch out of love, not a desire for money or status. With Torres, though, they’re definitely OnlyInItFortheMoney.

* {{Expy:}} Of King Henry VIII.

* BewaretheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:They ''will'' order the PC assassinated if the PC is caught murdering their husband and step-daughter.]]

* CorrupttheCutie: Almost guaranteed to happen to an innocent or naïve PC.

* [[spoiler:TheCaligula]]: [[They were never a ''nice'' ruler, but they go off the deep end in ''‘Til Death Do Us Part'' thanks to sheer paranoia and manipulation from Tomas de Reyes.]]