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* MaouTheDemonKing: Of the "is actually a woman and more benevolent than she lets on" variant. She rules over the demons and defends them from invading humans, while refraining from attacking the humans unprovoked.
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* NamedInTheSequel: In the ''VideoGame/LonelyWolfTreat'' series remake, [[spoiler:she makes a cameo appearance as a witch named Lilium]].
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* NamedInTheSequel: In the ''VideoGame/LonelyWolfTreat'' series remake, [[spoiler:you make a cameo appearance as a witch named Orchid]].
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* ExtraEyes: She has a ThirdEye on her forehead. The "CAPTURED MAIDEN" end shows her with a total of ''seven'' eyes, though it's possible the Maiden is just seeing things.
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* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: "TRIUMPHANT HERO" might seem like a good ending from the Hero's point of view, since the Hero successfully completes his quest and everything goes exactly as planned. However, he doesn't realize that the Maiden was getting along well with the Overlord and is now traumatized by the senseless death of her new friend, which the Maiden blames herself for.
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* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: InUniverse. "TRIUMPHANT HERO" might seem like a good ending from the Hero's point of view, since the Hero successfully completes his quest and everything goes exactly as planned. However, he doesn't realize that the Maiden was getting along well with the Overlord and is now traumatized by the senseless death of her new friend, which the Maiden blames herself for.
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* ExtraEyes: At least four of them. They are usually hidden under the Underling's hair, but become visible whenever things get serious.
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* SheIsTheKing: She's a woman, but still goes by the title "overlord".
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* TrueBlueFemininity: A sweet and innocent girl who is associated with the color blue.
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* TrueBlueFemininity: A sweet and innocent girl who is associated with [[DownplayedTrope the color blue.indigo]].
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* TheParanoiac: They are defined by their fear and hatred of the demons who live nearby. If they find out that the Maiden has been fraternizing with the Overlord, they will assume she's turned evil and kill her without hesitation.
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* BurnTheWitch: If they find out that the Maiden has been fraternizing with the Overlord, they will assume she's turned evil and burn her at the stake without hesitation.
* TheParanoiac: They are defined by their fear and hatred of the demons who live nearby. If they find out that the Maiden has been fraternizing with the Overlord, they will assume she's turned evil and kill her without hesitation.
* TheParanoiac: They are defined by their fear and hatred of the demons who live nearby.
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* BlackHoleBelly: Being physically smaller than the Maiden doesn't stop them from eating her whole.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: The Underling isn't a very picky eater, considering they apparently eat the Maiden's clothes along with the Maiden herself. Also, there is a supplementary comic where the Underling disposes of a letter by eating it.
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* EatenAlive: The "CONSUMED MAIDEN" ending consists of her suffering this at the jaws of the Underling.
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* ToServeMan: If they have the "Hungry" trait active, they will eat the Maiden alive on sight.
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* PetTheDog: Apparently, one of the demons has a habit of bringing food to the Underling whenever they're feeling a little down.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In the GoldenEnding, you rally the Hero, Maiden, Underling, and Overlord to defeat TRAGEDY, their very own god.
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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: In the GoldenEnding, you rally the Hero, Maiden, Underling, and Overlord to defeat TRAGEDY, their very own god.
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* FailureHero: In many non-golden endings, he does things like kill the Overlord when she didn't harm any people, [[UnwantedAssistance get the Maiden killed (sometimes by his own blade)]], [[MomentKiller drive the Overlord and the Maiden apart]], or [[NiceJobBreakingItHero allow the Underling to take the throne]], so he often fits this trope to a T.
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* PaperTiger: {{Zigzagg|ing Trope}}ed. Most of the time, she's not that much stronger than the demons that serve her, and can easily be bested by the Hero and the Underling rather quickly in many circumstances. But in situations where she's grown attached to the Maiden and her anger gets the best of her, she goes onto conquer the world.
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* PaperTiger: {{Zigzagg|ing Trope}}ed. Most of the time, she's not that much stronger than the demons that serve her, and can easily be bested by the Hero and the Underling rather quickly in many circumstances. But in situations where she's grown attached to the Maiden and her anger gets the best of her, she goes onto has a somewhat easier time killing the Hero, and can even go on to conquer the world.
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* PaperTiger: PlayedWith. Most of the time, she's not that much stronger than the demons that serve her, and can easily be bested by the Hero and the Underling rather quickly in many circumstances. But in situations where she's grown attached to the Maiden and her anger gets the best of her, she goes onto conquer the world.
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* PaperTiger: PlayedWith.{{Zigzagg|ing Trope}}ed. Most of the time, she's not that much stronger than the demons that serve her, and can easily be bested by the Hero and the Underling rather quickly in many circumstances. But in situations where she's grown attached to the Maiden and her anger gets the best of her, she goes onto conquer the world.
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* PlayingWithFire: Implied. How they manage to set the Overlord's bedroom on fire is not made clear, but the Hero believes some kind of magic was involved.
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* PlayingWithFire: Implied. How they manage to set the Overlord's bedroom on fire is not made clear, but the Hero believes some kind of magic was involved.
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* OurDemonsAreDifferent: These ones inhabit a castle located dangerously close to the human village. They appear as humanoids with pointy ears, horns, tails, and a [[{{Cyclops}} varying number]] [[ExtraEyes of eyes]], and they have a reputation among humans for being [[AxCrazy violent]] and [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder treacherous]]. They fight and kill using their claws and teeth, and are somewhat implied to have at least some magical abilities.
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* CombatPragmatist: The Underling can take on defenseless maidens and other humans easily, but when facing an opponent as powerful as the Hero or the Overlord, they will either resort to sneak attacks from behind, or wait for their target to grow weak from battle before going in and finishing the job.
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* GoodLipsEvilJaws: The Underling has a very toothy mouth, and has the potential to become the most overtly evil character in the story.
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The mysterious owner of the theater and the creator of the in-story world. Writing stories with horrible endings is her specialty.
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* DeusExMachina: She has the bizarre and initially unexplained ability to insert yourself into the story and teleport the main characters out of the burning castle. The OmegaEnding implies that rewriting TRAGEDY's bad endings into happy ones is something she did a lot in the past.
* TomatoSurprise: Her true identity- the overlord who TRAGEDY was in love with- is only revealed in the OmegaEnding.
* TomatoSurprise: Her true identity- the overlord who TRAGEDY was in love with- is only revealed in the OmegaEnding.
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* DeusExMachina: She has You have the bizarre and initially unexplained ability to insert yourself into the story and teleport the main characters out of the burning castle. The OmegaEnding implies that rewriting TRAGEDY's bad endings into happy ones is something she you did a lot in the past.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In the GoldenEnding, you rally the Hero, Maiden, Underling, and Overlord to defeat TRAGEDY, their very own god.
* FeaturelessProtagonist: Your form in the story world is that of a dark, naked, genderless silhouette of a human being, which you chalk up to the fact that you're not really supposed to exist in that world. Conveniently, it keeps your true identity a secret before the big reveal in the OmegaEnding.
* HostileShowTakeover: In the GoldenEnding, you try to hijack TRAGEDY's story and forcibly give it a happy ending, which does not please TRAGEDY in the slightest.
* TomatoSurprise:Her true identity- The game does not reveal the overlord truth about who TRAGEDY was in love with- is only revealed in you are and why you entered the OmegaEnding.theater until the OmegaEnding: you are actually TRAGEDY's long-lost girlfriend and her inspiration for the Overlord, and you came to BAD END THEATER in order to reunite with her.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In the GoldenEnding, you rally the Hero, Maiden, Underling, and Overlord to defeat TRAGEDY, their very own god.
* FeaturelessProtagonist: Your form in the story world is that of a dark, naked, genderless silhouette of a human being, which you chalk up to the fact that you're not really supposed to exist in that world. Conveniently, it keeps your true identity a secret before the big reveal in the OmegaEnding.
* HostileShowTakeover: In the GoldenEnding, you try to hijack TRAGEDY's story and forcibly give it a happy ending, which does not please TRAGEDY in the slightest.
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* BigBad: She is the creator of the in-story world who traps the four characters inside various bad ends to relive her own suffering from the loss of her love.
* MalevolentMaskedWoman: The malevolent goddess of the world wears a tragedy mask to symbolize her being the writer of a world of tragedy. The mask is also meant to hide her resemblance to the Maiden, her self-insert.
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* TomatoSurprise: Your true identity is only revealed in the OmegaEnding.
* TomatoSurprise: Your true identity is only revealed in the OmegaEnding.
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* DeusExMachina: You have She has the bizarre and initially unexplained ability to insert yourself into the story and teleport the main characters out of the burning castle. The OmegaEnding implies that rewriting TRAGEDY's bad endings into happy ones is something you she did a lot in the past.
* TomatoSurprise:Your Her true identity identity- the overlord who TRAGEDY was in love with- is only revealed in the OmegaEnding.
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* AxCrazy: They have the option to murder the Maiden and a bunch of other humans purely ForTheEvulz.
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* GoodFeelsGood: In any path where the Underling is coerced into killing the Overlord, they feel really bad about carrying out the deed. In the "HEROIC UNDERLING" ending, however, the Underling cheers up upon realizing their actions saved the Maiden from a wretched fate, even if it wasn't intentional.
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* TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Abandoning their friends to die is one of the only things that the Underling feels genuinely guilty about. They try to push that feeling away by remembering that [[AlwaysChaoticEvil demons are supposed to be selfish, treacherous scumbags anyway]].
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* TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Abandoning The Underling will happily murder humans without a second thought, but killing the Overlord in her sleep and abandoning their friends to die is one of the only things that the Underling feels will make them feel genuinely guilty about. guilty. They try to push that feeling away by remembering assuring themself that [[DirtyCoward their own life matters the most to them]], and that [[AlwaysChaoticEvil demons are supposed to be selfish, treacherous scumbags anyway]].
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The Overlord's unruly minions. They don't seem very happy with the current Overlord, and believe some changes might be in order.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: The GoldenEnding shows that TRAGEDY has a rather low opinion of self-insert stories. However, the OmegaEnding reveals that TRAGEDY created the Maiden as her own self-insert, and wears a mask in order to hide the resemblance.
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* PetTheDog: In the "HEROIC UNDERLING" ending, the Underling [[AccidentalHero accidentally saves the Maiden]] by murdering the possessive Overlord. When the Maiden expresses her thanks, the Underling decides to be nice to her and allows her to leave the castle peacefully.
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder:They The demons hatch a plan to kill their own Overlord, threaten the Underling into carrying out the deed, and are willing to blame the whole thing on the Underling if they get found out. In the event that the Underling is elected as the new overlord, they live in fear that the demons will one day betray them too.too.
* FourFingeredHands: While the human characters have five fingers on each hand, the demon characters have four.
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* TheHero: His role in the story. He tries to be the brave individual who fights the demons and rescues the Maiden, but is so misguided that he ends up coming across as a KnightTemplar.
* DamselInDistress: Her role in the story. She doesn't understand why she is supposed to get captured by the Overlord, so she deliberately pays a visit to the Overlord in order to figure everything out.
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!!Hero
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[[caption-width-right:350:''young and courageous slayer of demons who fights to protect humans'']]
The brave and reliable Hero who protects the village from evil monsters. When he hears that a Maiden from the village has been captured by demons, he embarks on an adventure to rescue her.
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* BloodSplatteredWarrior: Gets covered in blood if he decides to kill the demons on the way to the castle. As a result, the Maiden will be horrified by the sight of him, and the other demons will refuse to let him into the castle without a fight.
* OneManArmy: Kills the entire demon army by himself.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: "TRIUMPHANT HERO" might seem like a good ending from the Hero's point of view, since the Hero successfully completes his quest and everything goes exactly as planned. However, he doesn't realize that the Maiden was getting along well with the Overlord and is now traumatized by the senseless death of her new friend, which the Maiden blames herself for.
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!!Maiden
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[[caption-width-right:350:''common victim of abduction or worse fates at the hands of demons'']]
A beautiful young Maiden who lives in the village. She knows she is fated to be captured by the Overlord, but she doesn't really understand the point of it all. She decides to pay a visit to the demon castle just to see what happens.
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* ActualPacifist: She never directly kills anybody, and reacts to danger by either running away or praying.
* BreakTheCutie: Pretty much every single path ends with the Maiden either dead, traumatized, or both.
* TrueBlueFemininity: A sweet and innocent girl who is associated with the color blue.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Ironically, despite being the nicest and most peaceful character, she is also more or less responsible for almost every death that occurs in the story.
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[[folder:Underling]]
!!Underling
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[[caption-width-right:350:''servants of the overlord, widely considered to be very untrustworthy'']]
A demonic Underling who serves the Overlord. They are tired of guarding the Overlord's castle since they haven't had to fight a hero in a long time, and try to persuade the Overlord into giving them a day off.
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* AxCrazy: They have the option to murder the Maiden and a bunch of other humans purely ForTheEvulz.
* HeroicSacrifice: In the "VICTORIOUS UNDERLING" ending, the Underling stays in the castle and jumps on the Hero to put an end to his killing spree, but gets fatally wounded in the process.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: They may be the smallest and scrawniest demon, but they're still a demon.
* PuppetKing: While not outright stated, it is implied that the demons deliberately elect the Underling to be their new overlord just so they can keep bullying them.
* WildCard: Of all the main characters, the Underling has the most variable morality. They can murder the Maiden, or they can be nice to her. They can abandon their friends to die, or they can stay and protect them from the Hero.
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!!Overlord
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[[caption-width-right:350:''tyrannical ruler of demons and the hero's ultimate target'']]
The Overlord who rules the demon castle. She spends most of her days enjoying a life of luxury and really hates it when the humans send heroes to attack her castle.
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* PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: In the "VENGEFUL OVERLORD" ending, the Overlord is so infuriated by the deaths of both her minions and the Maiden that she decides to take her anger out on all of humanity.
* RedIsViolent: She's not as gratuitously violent as some of her minions, but sometimes her anger gets the best of her. She is also associated with the color crimson.
* ScrewDestiny: She is fully aware that she is supposed to be the story's "bad guy", and deliberately tries to avoid giving the humans a reason to kill her.
* {{Yandere}}: In any ending where her "possessive" trait comes into play, she takes such a liking to the Maiden that she would rather murder the Hero than let him take the Maiden away.
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!!Humans
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[[caption-width-right:350:''peace-loving people ruled by their fear of violent demons'']]
The Hero and Maiden's friends and neighbors. Underneath their peaceful facade lies a deep-seated hatred of demons.
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* TheParanoiac: They are defined by their fear and hatred of the demons who live nearby. If they find out that the Maiden has been fraternizing with the Overlord, they will assume she's turned evil and kill her without hesitation.
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!!Demons
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bet_demons.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''unabashedly selfish creatures who value power above all else'']]
The Overlord's unruly minions. They don't seem very happy with the current Overlord, and believe some changes might be in order.
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* NonHumanNonBinary: Most demons, including the Underling, seem to go by they/them pronouns. The only exceptions are the Overlord and her father.
* StupidEvil: They try to usurp the Overlord by locking her inside the castle and burning her to death, completely ignoring the fact that the castle itself would also be destroyed and they would end up without a home.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: They are pale-haired backstabbing bullies. It's hard to tell if their hair is ''strictly'' white due to how the game handles color, but it is definitely lighter than their skin.
[[/folder]]
!Spoiler characters
[[folder:The Playwright]]
!!TRAGEDY
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bet_tragedy.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''the narrator, storyteller, god of this world'']]
TRAGEDY is the mysterious owner of the theater and the creator of the in-story world. Writing stories with horrible endings is its specialty.
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* MiseryBuildsCharacter: If the ending song lyrics are any indication, TRAGEDY believes its stories can make people stronger... or break them.
* NarratorAllAlong: TRAGEDY speaks not only with its own voice, but through the game's narration as well.
* WhiteMaskOfDoom: That white theater mask that appears in the game's logo? TRAGEDY wears it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Director]]
!!You
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bet_you.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''a lost soul who wandered into my theater'']]
It's you, the PlayerCharacter. You are the latest visitor of TRAGEDY's beloved theater.
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* DeusExMachina: You have the bizarre and initially unexplained ability to insert yourself into the story and teleport the main characters out of the burning castle. The OmegaEnding implies that rewriting TRAGEDY's bad endings into happy ones is something you did a lot in the past.
* TomatoSurprise: Your true identity is only revealed in the OmegaEnding.
[[/folder]]
!Main characters
[[folder:Hero]]
!!Hero
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bet_hero.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''young and courageous slayer of demons who fights to protect humans'']]
The brave and reliable Hero who protects the village from evil monsters. When he hears that a Maiden from the village has been captured by demons, he embarks on an adventure to rescue her.
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* BloodSplatteredWarrior: Gets covered in blood if he decides to kill the demons on the way to the castle. As a result, the Maiden will be horrified by the sight of him, and the other demons will refuse to let him into the castle without a fight.
* OneManArmy: Kills the entire demon army by himself.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: "TRIUMPHANT HERO" might seem like a good ending from the Hero's point of view, since the Hero successfully completes his quest and everything goes exactly as planned. However, he doesn't realize that the Maiden was getting along well with the Overlord and is now traumatized by the senseless death of her new friend, which the Maiden blames herself for.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Maiden]]
!!Maiden
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bet_maiden.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''common victim of abduction or worse fates at the hands of demons'']]
A beautiful young Maiden who lives in the village. She knows she is fated to be captured by the Overlord, but she doesn't really understand the point of it all. She decides to pay a visit to the demon castle just to see what happens.
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* ActualPacifist: She never directly kills anybody, and reacts to danger by either running away or praying.
* BreakTheCutie: Pretty much every single path ends with the Maiden either dead, traumatized, or both.
* TrueBlueFemininity: A sweet and innocent girl who is associated with the color blue.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Ironically, despite being the nicest and most peaceful character, she is also more or less responsible for almost every death that occurs in the story.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Underling]]
!!Underling
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bet_underling.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''servants of the overlord, widely considered to be very untrustworthy'']]
A demonic Underling who serves the Overlord. They are tired of guarding the Overlord's castle since they haven't had to fight a hero in a long time, and try to persuade the Overlord into giving them a day off.
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* AxCrazy: They have the option to murder the Maiden and a bunch of other humans purely ForTheEvulz.
* HeroicSacrifice: In the "VICTORIOUS UNDERLING" ending, the Underling stays in the castle and jumps on the Hero to put an end to his killing spree, but gets fatally wounded in the process.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: They may be the smallest and scrawniest demon, but they're still a demon.
* PuppetKing: While not outright stated, it is implied that the demons deliberately elect the Underling to be their new overlord just so they can keep bullying them.
* WildCard: Of all the main characters, the Underling has the most variable morality. They can murder the Maiden, or they can be nice to her. They can abandon their friends to die, or they can stay and protect them from the Hero.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overlord]]
!!Overlord
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bet_overlord.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''tyrannical ruler of demons and the hero's ultimate target'']]
The Overlord who rules the demon castle. She spends most of her days enjoying a life of luxury and really hates it when the humans send heroes to attack her castle.
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* PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: In the "VENGEFUL OVERLORD" ending, the Overlord is so infuriated by the deaths of both her minions and the Maiden that she decides to take her anger out on all of humanity.
* RedIsViolent: She's not as gratuitously violent as some of her minions, but sometimes her anger gets the best of her. She is also associated with the color crimson.
* ScrewDestiny: She is fully aware that she is supposed to be the story's "bad guy", and deliberately tries to avoid giving the humans a reason to kill her.
* {{Yandere}}: In any ending where her "possessive" trait comes into play, she takes such a liking to the Maiden that she would rather murder the Hero than let him take the Maiden away.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Humans]]
!!Humans
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bet_humans.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''peace-loving people ruled by their fear of violent demons'']]
The Hero and Maiden's friends and neighbors. Underneath their peaceful facade lies a deep-seated hatred of demons.
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* TheParanoiac: They are defined by their fear and hatred of the demons who live nearby. If they find out that the Maiden has been fraternizing with the Overlord, they will assume she's turned evil and kill her without hesitation.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Demons]]
!!Demons
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bet_demons.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''unabashedly selfish creatures who value power above all else'']]
The Overlord's unruly minions. They don't seem very happy with the current Overlord, and believe some changes might be in order.
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* NonHumanNonBinary: Most demons, including the Underling, seem to go by they/them pronouns. The only exceptions are the Overlord and her father.
* StupidEvil: They try to usurp the Overlord by locking her inside the castle and burning her to death, completely ignoring the fact that the castle itself would also be destroyed and they would end up without a home.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: They are pale-haired backstabbing bullies. It's hard to tell if their hair is ''strictly'' white due to how the game handles color, but it is definitely lighter than their skin.
[[/folder]]
!Spoiler characters
[[folder:The Playwright]]
!!TRAGEDY
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bet_tragedy.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''the narrator, storyteller, god of this world'']]
TRAGEDY is the mysterious owner of the theater and the creator of the in-story world. Writing stories with horrible endings is its specialty.
----
* MiseryBuildsCharacter: If the ending song lyrics are any indication, TRAGEDY believes its stories can make people stronger... or break them.
* NarratorAllAlong: TRAGEDY speaks not only with its own voice, but through the game's narration as well.
* WhiteMaskOfDoom: That white theater mask that appears in the game's logo? TRAGEDY wears it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Director]]
!!You
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bet_you.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''a lost soul who wandered into my theater'']]
It's you, the PlayerCharacter. You are the latest visitor of TRAGEDY's beloved theater.
----
* DeusExMachina: You have the bizarre and initially unexplained ability to insert yourself into the story and teleport the main characters out of the burning castle. The OmegaEnding implies that rewriting TRAGEDY's bad endings into happy ones is something you did a lot in the past.
* TomatoSurprise: Your true identity is only revealed in the OmegaEnding.
[[/folder]]
