History Characters / AmericanHorrorStoryCoven

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* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: Delphine's crimes were worse than depicted on the show, the riot was her fellow slaveowners turning against her for her ill treatment of the slaves, and she survived the riot.

* TragicMonster: Sure, he CameBackWrong with lots of scars, can barely talk, and is prone to violent fits, but he seems more overwhelmed at his situation than angry or belligerent at others. It's also implied he still has his memories (or is starting to regain them). [[spoiler: Like the ones about his mother molesting him that make him lash out.]]

* AntiHero : Zoe is a [[UnscrupulousHero Type IV]]. She tries to do the right thing, but is not averse to [[PayEvilUntoEvil killing evildoers]].

** A more minor example, but she is shown several times to carry a lighter with which to light her cigarettes, seemingly forgetting her pyrokinesis. There's little danger involved in lighting them with magic, given that she lit Fiona's cigarette effortlessly from one room over in the third episode.

* WalkingSpoiler: Not as horrible as Dr. Thredson from the season before, but she is a vital and spoilerish character.

** [[DarkIsNotEvil Not that Baron Samedi would be interested in human sacrifice either, let alone infants]]. Offerings to Baron Samedi in real Voudou ritual are generally rum and cigars.

%%* BadassBaritone / EvilSoundsDeep

* PetTheDog: Pauline seems upset watching Bastien get taken away. She also expresses disgust at how Delphine treats her slaves as well as Pauline and her sisters.

* InnocentCohabitation: She sleeps in the same bed as Kyle, but doesn't appear to have done anything inappropriate as he was completely calm. [[spoiler:Seeing as he killed his mother for abusing him, at the very least, this is significant. And this proves to have some importance because, after the Halloween incident, Kyle runs back to Misty's cabin]].

The idealistic headmistress of Miss Robichaux's Academy, Cordelia Foxx is fiercely protective of the girls entrusted to her care. In the face of her larger-than-life mother Fiona, she struggles to maintain order amid the dark forces of chaos gathering within the school. [[spoiler:She succeeds her mother as Supreme. She also serves as the main protagonist in ''Apocalypse'']].

A mute butler at Miss Robichaux's Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies, his family served the coven for ten generations. He handles getting rid of the bodies. [[spoiler:Killed by Zoe for his crimes against the Coven (i.e., being an accomplice to Fiona for murdering Madison, hiding her body, and trying to kill Zoe when she found out), although he stays around as a ghost.]]

A high-society Creole socialite in 1830s New Orleans. Her love of hosting elegant parties is matched only by her taste for the gruesome torture of her slaves. Though murdered by the New Orleans Voodoo Queen for her sins, [=LaLaurie=]'s fate is revealed as [[FateWorseThanDeath one worse than death]]. And one that has not yet ended. Shortly after being awoken in the present day, she's forced into being the coven's personal maid -- much to her chagrin. [[spoiler:She's killed by Queenie later on and gets sent to Hell to watch her daughters suffer for eternity as her own personal one.]]

* CharacterDeath: Kills herself, so her successor would become Supreme.

GirlNextDoor Zoe Benson has her life turned upside down in an instant when her true lineage is violently revealed. Ripped from her family and the only life she has ever known, Zoe must all-too-quickly learn to navigate her strange and uncontrollable gifts. [[spoiler:She dies during the Seven Wonders, but is brought back by Cordelia. At the end of the series, she aids Cordelia as a member of the new Council. In ''Apocalypse'', she's shown to also be teaching at the Academy.]]

%%** ActionGirl: Eventually.

* AlliterativeName

* ForgotAboutHerPowers: She's the direct victim of the same one twice, without even a token attempt at [[HandWave handwaving]] to explain why: When a furious Misty Day decides to kick her ass, Madison somehow forgets that she has ''magical powers''. So instead of throwing her attacker through a wall, or setting her on fire, or controlling her mind, or teleporting away, she instead simply allows the much larger and stronger woman to thrash her. The exact same thing happens again in the finale, when Kyle attacks her, [[spoiler:though this time with fatal results]]. The latter could be justified by the fact that she was an emotional wreck by that time; the former was probably just cathartic for the fans and Misty.

A young woman from a backwoods Pentecostal community in the bayou of Louisiana, Misty Day is misunderstood and even feared by those in her own community. Without a coven to call her own, Misty spends her days meandering the swamps and listening to [[Music/FleetwoodMac Stevie Nicks]]. She loves animals and was thought to be the next Supreme. [[spoiler:She died performing the Seven Wonders as her soul did not return to her body by sunrise. In Hell, her greatest fear was that she was forced to dissect a frog, only to heal it and do it over and over again.]]

An inner-city math prodigy from Detroit, Queenie never identified with the mostly-white witches on television until she became one herself. Having grown up in foster care, she may have finally found a true family at the Academy...if she can survive the experience. [[spoiler:She fails the Seven Wonders, but happily supports Cordelia's rise to power. At the end of the series, she and Zoe form the new Council.]]

[[spoiler:She shows up as a guest at the [[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel Hotel Cortez]], however she ends up getting killed by James Patrick March, who is a ghost and thus unaffected by Queenie's voodoo powers.]]

[[spoiler:Following her death, her ghost was held captive by March in the Hotel Cortez. However, during a flashback scene in [[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryApocalypse Apocalypse]], Michael Langdon was shown easily breaking Queenie free from the curse, which was something that Cordelia Goode was unable to do.]]

The Voodoo Queen who is well-known throughout New Orleans. Her status in the Voodoo practice is equivalent to that of the Supreme Witch Fiona Goode. She runs a hair salon as a front to live normally in modern society. She once made a truce between the witches and the voodoo practitioners of New Orleans, until Fiona's actions put it under strain. [[spoiler:She gets killed off permanently and sent to Hell working for Papa Legba later on.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: She makes it a thing to ensure that horrible people unlucky enough to have hurt the people she cares for wind up getting hit with this trope ''hard''.
** On the receiving end of it when [[spoiler:she's hacked into pieces by Madame [=LaLaurie=], effectively ending her immortality, and is sent to Hell to torture the [=LaLaurie=] family in the same fashion Delphine tortured her slaves, becoming the very thing she loathes.]]

A slave working for Delphine [=LaLaurie=], who was unlucky enough to have both caught the attention of one of her daughters ''and'' to be caught seeing her one night. As punishment, he's sent to [=LaLaurie's=] attic, where he was trotted and forced to wear a dead bull's head over his own. He was freed by his lover, the voodoo queen Marie [=LaVeau=], but only after having gone through immense torment. [[spoiler:He's still with Marie in the modern day, and apparently serves as her personal muscle.]]

A graduate of Miss Robichaux's Academy, the eccentric Myrtle Snow serves as head of the Witches Council. Despite her complicated past with Fiona, Myrtle has a very close relationship with Fiona's daughter Cordelia. [[spoiler:She also hates Fiona, knowing she killed the previous Supreme but is unable to prove it.]] [[spoiler:She is burned at the stake by Fiona, but resurrected by Misty. In the finale, she is burned at the stake for murdering the old Council, but dies on her own terms... until ''Apocalypse'', when she's shown to be alive and well yet again.]]

* DoesNotLikeMen: [[spoiler:Comes up in ''Apocalypse'' where she is rather open about how she views men as highly incompetent compared to women, and scoffs at the idea of there being a male Supreme.]]
** Somewhat averted as this only appears to apply to the warlock council. Myrtle often speaks highly of and has been in love with many men (including Egon Von Furstenberg, Halston, DaVinci, and even slaps Zoe for insulting Kyle). She appears to greatly admire artistic and creative men.
-->Cordelia (to the warlocks): Men are simply not equal to women when it comes to magical ability.
-->Myrtle Snow: Not to mention everything else.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Again, twice.]]
* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: [[spoiler:BALENCIAGAAAA!]]

* RevengeBeforeReason: So driven by her hatred of Fiona [[spoiler:that the Council members had no trouble believing that she planned out the attack on Cordelia, whom she treated like a daughter. Fiona seems to genuinely believe Myrtle did it.]]
** Subverted, [[spoiler:because she's innocent. Hank's father Harrison claims responsibility for the attack in "Head."]]

* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: She's somehow been revived a second time between the events of ''Coven'' and ''Apocalypse'', but it's not explained]].
** Ultimately explained in "Traitor" -- [[spoiler: Cordelia resurrected her (''against'' Myrtle's wishes) to help fight off the impending apocalypse]].

The CEO of Delphi Trust and [[spoiler:Hank's father]].

A young witch with the [[PlayingWithFire power of making things burn]], who was approached by Cordelia to join the Academy. [[spoiler:Murdered by Hank Foxx.]]

[[spoiler:Joan's husband, and Luke's father, who was going to leave Joan for his coworker but was murdered by her.]]

* DeathBySex: One of her powers is essentially this. Anyone besides Madison and Kyle who gets into bed with her won't be waking up.

* DeathBySex: [[spoiler:Sadly, she is a victim of this after being murdered by Hank via a BoomHeadshot.]]

%%* DeathBySex: A literal case.

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Zoe rapes him to death, a repayment for his rape of Madison.]]
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He planned and participated in Madison's gang rape, even videoing it on a camera phone.

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Joan would give her son a forced bleach enema. Nan later uses her MindControl to force Joan to drink the bottle of bleach.]]

* BadBoss: [[ItsAllAboutMe Self-involved]] and [[ManipulativeBitch utterly deceitful]], she is a terrible leader. [[spoiler:She eventually plans to [[KillEmAll murder everyone in the coven]], [[OffingTheOffspring including her daughter]], so she can continue being the Supreme. And it's implied she'd do the same thing to the next generation of witches.]]

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:He rejects Madison's advances, he pushes her away, announces his love for Zoe, and runs to her.]]

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:His body was so badly mangled in the car wreck that Madison started picking up parts from the other frat boys in the morgue that she found attractive to make a "perfect boyfriend" for Zoe. This results in that neither Kyle or his mother recognizes "his" own body.]]

* AnAxeToGrind: Obviously.

* PoisonousFriend: [[spoiler:To Fiona, as a ghost. In "Protect the Coven," he manipulates Delphine into getting rid of Marie Laveau after Fiona has made peace with her, because he doesn't approve]].

* AndIMustScream / FateWorseThanDeath: She was subjected to [[Series/{{Torchwood}} Captain Jack Harkness]] levels of torture, as she was BuriedAlive for over a hundred-plus years, unable to die.
%% * The Atoner: [[spoiler:It does not last.]]
%% Does't expalin what the reactio is * Berserk Button: When someone in her family sleeps with "the help," it doesn't end well for ''anyone''.

* CharacterDevelopment: After the events of Episode 3, she becomes a lot more humble and agreeable than before. [[spoiler:Being saved by an African-American when you used to be one of the most horrible bigots in history will do that to you. She comes to see Queenie as a friend and seeks to become a new and better person.]]
** However, this all does not last.

%% * Berserk Button: Animal poachers. Or breaking her radio.

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:It does not last.]]
* BerserkButton: When someone in her family sleeps with "the help," it doesn't end well for ''anyone''.

* BerserkButton: Animal poachers. Or breaking her radio.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Very much so, to the point where her biggest BerserkButton is poachers. [[HealingHands With emphasis on the "living" part]]. Unfortunately for her, this is also the reason why [[spoiler:[[AndIMustScream she is trapped in Hell]], as she just can't bring herself to let that frog die.]]

* GoKartingWithBowser: [[spoiler:Upon being killed and trapped in the Hotel Cortez, Queenie spends the next several years playing poker with James Patrick March, one of the deadliest [[Serial Killer serial killers]] in the series.]]

* NiceHat: A rather creepy top hat.

* NiceHat: A nifty fedora, as was popular in his era.

** UpToEleven after [[spoiler:Queenie sells her out to Marie,]] losing any kind words she had for black people.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Her full name is Fiona Borgia Vandenheuvel Goode.

-->'''Madison:''' They call us the global generation. We are known for our entitlement and narcissism. But [[LackOfEmpathy it seems our one defining trait is a numbness to the world. An indifference to suffering.]] [[ItsAllAboutMe And that's the rub of all this, isn't it? I can't feel shit....How could anything be worse than this eternal silence inside of me.]]

* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Black, shaved head, and he's the leader to all of the company's employees except for his own boss, Renard.

* MageBornOfMuggles: While her parents have no magic powers whatsoever, it's her grandmother she inherits said powers from.

* {{Meganekko}}: In her younger days.

->'''Played by:''' Creator/LindsayKimball

* MismatchedEyes: Myrtle gives Cordelia a set of new eyes, "donated" from [[spoiler:the two remaining members of the Council]]. Cordelia stabs those out with gardening shears in a successful attempt to regain her second sight. [[spoiler:Her eyes are restored completely upon her ascension as Supreme.]]

* {{Asexual}}: According to [[WordOfGod Ryan Murphy]], Misty is asexual.

* ALoadOfBull: What [=LaLaurie=] makes him into.

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[[folder:Cordelia]]

[[folder:Anna-Leigh]]

[[folder:Kyle]]

[[folder:Prudence]]

[[folder:Marianne]]

[[folder:Zoe]]

[[folder:Madison]]

[[folder:Misty]]

[[folder:Marie]]

[[folder:Myrtle]]

[[folder:Cecily]]

[[folder:Quentin]]

[[folder:Hank]]

[[folder:Harrison]]

[[folder:Louis]]

[[folder:Marie Louise Jeanne]]

[[folder:Alicia]]

[[folder:Archie]]

[[folder:Luke]]

[[folder:Joan]]

[[folder:Stevie]]

[[folder:Charlie]]

[[folder:Nora]]

[[folder:Dennis]]