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* StarCrossedLovers: An understatement. As a [[spoiler: homunculus]], Cardia is something that should not exist according to [[spoiler: Idea.]] Throughout the story it seems like there's no way for them to both live happily together: [[spoiler: Saint-Germain's plan to slaughter the entirety of the Apostles to keep Cardia safe will end with him dying, and Cardia's bargaining to save his life includes destroying her own Holologium once he's saved.]] In the true ending, [[spoiler: they have to convince Omnibus to completely ScrewDestiny (with a little help from Guinevere) to get a happy ending together.]]
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* StarCrossedLovers: An understatement. As a [[spoiler: homunculus]], Cardia is something that should not exist according to [[spoiler: Idea.]] Throughout the story it seems like there's no way for them to both live happily together: [[spoiler: Saint-Germain's plan to slaughter the entirety of the Apostles to keep Cardia safe will end with him dying, and Cardia's bargaining to save his life includes destroying her own Holologium Horologium once he's saved.]] In the true ending, [[spoiler: they have to convince Omnibus to completely ScrewDestiny (with a little help from Guinevere) to get a happy ending together.]]
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* ArtificialHuman: Like Cardia, Finis is a construct made by Isaac Beckford. [[spoiler:Unlike Cardia, he's not a homunculus, but an AI remotely controlling replaceable "bioterminals."]]
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* BodyBackupDrive: In Van Helsing and Lupin's routes, the secret of Finis's immortality is revealed to be a seemingly endless supply of duplicate bodies ready for him to step into whenever he's killed. In Lupin's route he's shown controlling [[HiveMind multiple bodies at a time]]. [[spoiler:His main body is a steampunk-style supercomputer built by Isaac; he describes the "Finis" bodies as "bioterminals."]]Isaac.]]
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* YoungAndInCharge: He's the leader of [[StateSec Twilight]] despite having the appearance of a barely-pubescent teenager (and actually being even younger than that).
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Like Cardia, Finis is probably no more than six years old, and may be even younger given that he calls Cardia his "oneesan" (older sister).
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* SurvivalMantra: On the rare occasion that Van Helsing is pressed enough in battle that his survival is in doubt, he repeats "''I can't die yet''" to himself like a mantra.
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* SurvivalMantra: On the rare occasion that Van Helsing is pressed enough in battle that his survival is in doubt, he repeats "''I can't die yet''" to himself like a mantra.mantra.
!! Finis
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Blond Finis is the main antagonist for most of the common route.
* BodyBackupDrive: In Van Helsing and Lupin's routes, the secret of Finis's immortality is revealed to be a seemingly endless supply of duplicate bodies ready for him to step into whenever he's killed. In Lupin's route he's shown controlling [[HiveMind multiple bodies at a time]]. [[spoiler:His main body is a steampunk-style supercomputer built by Isaac; he describes the "Finis" bodies as "bioterminals."]]
* TheUnfavorite: He believes that, despite his efforts to be useful, their father only loves Cardia. The reality is more complicated - [[spoiler:Isaac considers them ''both'' disposable tools, and his apparent affection for Cardia is for the dead daughter that she was designed to look like]] - but it's true that Finis doesn't seem to have gotten any of the "my beloved child" treatment from Isaac that Cardia remembers.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Finis is motivated entirely by his desire for his father's affection and approval.
!! Herlock Sholmes
!! Jimmy A. Aleister
!! Queen Alexandrina Victoria
!! Captain Rempart Leonhardt
!! Delacroix II
!! Nemo
!! Omnibus
!! Assailant
!! Finis
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Blond Finis is the main antagonist for most of the common route.
* BodyBackupDrive: In Van Helsing and Lupin's routes, the secret of Finis's immortality is revealed to be a seemingly endless supply of duplicate bodies ready for him to step into whenever he's killed. In Lupin's route he's shown controlling [[HiveMind multiple bodies at a time]]. [[spoiler:His main body is a steampunk-style supercomputer built by Isaac; he describes the "Finis" bodies as "bioterminals."]]
* TheUnfavorite: He believes that, despite his efforts to be useful, their father only loves Cardia. The reality is more complicated - [[spoiler:Isaac considers them ''both'' disposable tools, and his apparent affection for Cardia is for the dead daughter that she was designed to look like]] - but it's true that Finis doesn't seem to have gotten any of the "my beloved child" treatment from Isaac that Cardia remembers.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Finis is motivated entirely by his desire for his father's affection and approval.
!! Herlock Sholmes
!! Jimmy A. Aleister
!! Queen Alexandrina Victoria
!! Captain Rempart Leonhardt
!! Delacroix II
!! Nemo
!! Omnibus
!! Assailant
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* MadeOfIron: He's ''ridiculously'' durable, repeatedly coming out unharmed from experiences that would unquestionably killed any normal man. [[spoiler:At the end of his route, he discovers that it's because Aleister has spent the last several years secretly using Hidden Strength conditioning on him]].
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* MadeOfIron: He's ''ridiculously'' durable, repeatedly coming out unharmed from experiences that would unquestionably have killed any normal man. [[spoiler:At the end of his route, he discovers that it's because Aleister has spent the last several years secretly using Hidden Strength conditioning on him]].
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* AintTooProudToBeg: Not if it means [[spoiler: Cardia's survival and the chance of a happy ending with her.]]
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* AintToProudToBeg: Not if it means [[spoiler: Cardia's survival and the chance of a happy ending with her.]]
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* MayflyDecemberRomance: At least until [[spoiler: MortalityEnsues when Saint-Germain turns against Idea.]]
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* MortalityEnsues: In the True Ending of his own route and in both endings of Lupin's route, Saint-Germain loses his immortality [[spoiler:due to being banished from Idea for turning against them to save Cardia]]. He's noted to have around 50 to 100 years of life left to him, and for the most part seems pretty content with it.
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* MayflyDecemberRomance: At least until [[spoiler: MoralityEnsues when Saint-Germain turns against Idea.]]
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* StarCrossedLovers: An understatement. As a [[spoiler: homunculus]], Cardia is something that should not exist according to [[spoiler: Idea.]] Throughout the story it seems like there's no way for them to both live happily together: [[spoiler: Saint-Germain's plan to slaughter the entirety of the Apostles to keep Cardia safe will end with him dying, and Cardia's bargaining to save his life includes destroying her own Holologium once he's saved.]] In the true ending, [[spoiler: they have to convince Omnibus to completely ScrewDestiny (with a little help from Guinevere) to get a happy ending together.]
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: A rather painful one, in response to Cardia's own declaration a little beforehand.
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* TheAtoner: He's prepared to let Delacroix II kill him to atone for his actions in the Vampire War. In most endings, he either joins Delly in working to help the surviving vampires, or becomes a bodyguard for a powerful nobleman who is doing the same from within the British government.
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* KnightInSourArmor: He insists that he's out only for himself and doesn't believe in justice, but he avoids killing as much as he can and is a steadfast ally in the quest to help Cardia and save London. He's even literally a knight; Queen Victoria knighted him to the Most Excellent Order for his service in the Vampire War.
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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Her father is Isaac Beckford, repeatedly compared to Prometheus as an expression of how much his work has changed the face of science and technology.
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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Her father is Isaac Beckford, repeatedly compared to Prometheus as an expression of how much his work has changed the face of science and technology. Typical for the trope, Isaac has kept Cardia isolated from the world up until the beginning of the game.
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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Cardia.
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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Cardia.Her father is Isaac Beckford, repeatedly compared to Prometheus as an expression of how much his work has changed the face of science and technology.
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* PublicDomainCharacter: Albeit InNameOnly, as the visual novel's Frankenstein bears little resemblance to Creator/MaryShelley's Dr. Literature/{{Frankenstein}}. [[spoiler:The closest the ''Code:Realize'' Victor gets to creating life is his work with Zicterium inadvertently making it possible for Isaac Beckford to create Cardia]].
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* PublicDomainCharacter: Albeit InNameOnly, as the visual novel's Frankenstein bears little resemblance to Creator/MaryShelley's Dr. Literature/{{Frankenstein}}. He eventually confirms that he is from Switzerland, but that's about it. [[spoiler:The closest the ''Code:Realize'' Victor gets to creating life is his work with Zicterium inadvertently making it possible for Isaac Beckford to create Cardia]].
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* StoicSpectacles: Van Helsing is the other of the two main cast members who wears glasses. Where Victor's large-lensed glasses serve to denote his [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses intelligence]], Van's smaller frames denote his aloof stoicism.
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* PowerDyesYourHair: In Lupin's route, [[spoiler: Cardia's hair turns white when the Horologium is fully activated. It's shown to have gone back to normal in the epilogue of his True Ending]].
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* PhlebotinumGirl: Cardia checks all the boxes.
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* PhlebotinumGirl: Cardia checks all A young woman with a doll-like beauty, and the boxes.focus of a romance? Check. Has a unique supernatural power which other people seek to obtain and exploit for their own purposes? Check. Repeatedly caught up in conflict against her will as a result of her supernatural nature, despite only wanting to be normal? Check.
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* SeenItAll: Almost ''nothing'' surprises him or appreciably disturbs his composure; most of the shenanisgans the group gets up to, no matter how drastic, Saint-Germain seems to simply find entertaining. When asked, he lightly advises Cardia that his composure comes from experience.
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* SeenItAll: Almost ''nothing'' surprises him or appreciably disturbs his composure; most of the shenanisgans shenanigans the group gets up to, no matter how drastic, Saint-Germain seems to simply find entertaining. When asked, he lightly advises Cardia that his composure comes from experience.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: In Lupin's route it's revealed that [[spoiler:Cardia was created using the genes of, and in the image of, Isaac Beckford's murdered biological daughter. All that "my beloved daughter" stuff was actually directed toward the memory of the original Cardia; while Isaac is finder of Cardia than of Finis, he ultimately sees them both only as soulless dolls and tools for his plan.]]
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* ReplacementGoldfish: In Lupin's route it's revealed that [[spoiler:Cardia was created using the genes of, and in the image of, Isaac Beckford's murdered biological daughter. All that "my beloved daughter" stuff was actually directed toward the memory of the original Cardia; Cardia Beckford; while Isaac is finder fonder of Cardia than of Finis, he ultimately sees them both only as soulless dolls and tools for his plan.]]
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* ReplacementGoldfish: In Lupin's route [[spoiler: It's revealed that Cardia and Finis were actually created from the DNA of Isaac Beckford's dead children of the same names. Isaac feels the replacement aspect more with Cardia than Finis, but ultimately sees both of them as soulless dolls, not truly comparable to the originals.]]
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* CoatHatMask: Lupin's thief get-up.
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!! Cardia
The protagonist and main viewpoint character of the story, Cardia is a young girl whose body contains a deadly poison which will melt anything she touches. She initially lives in isolation in the Welsh countryside, knowing only that her father has instructed her not to leave the house or have any contact with other people, because she is a monster.
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* ActionGirl: With instruction from Van Helsing and the other guys, Cardia develops into a capable fighter with a broad range of useful survival skills.
* ApologeticAttacker: On several occasions she cries out apologies as she's knocking people unconscious.
* ArtificialHuman: She is a homunculus created by Isaac Beckford [[spoiler:for the purpose of containing the Horologium's poison and maturing it into the Philosopher's Stone]].
* BizarreHumanBiology: In addition to generating a deadly, highly corrosive poison just by existing, Cardia does not have a heart. She also possesses superhuman strength, endurance, and healing capabilities, and does not need to eat to sustain herself.
* CantHaveSexEver: Cardia's condition prevents her from skin-to-skin contact, which is naturally a barrier to physical romance. All of the love interests take it in stride with little angst surrounding it, making resolutions to one day find a way to neutralize the poison [[spoiler:excepting in Lupin's route, where it is already cured]]. Cardia herself is [[TheIngenue fairly innocent to the concept of sex]], but does look forward towards being able to have physical contact.
* CombatPragmatist: The training she receives from Van Helsing and Lupin focuses on doing whatever stands the best chance of keeping Cardia alive, including catching the enemy off-guard and knowing when and how to get away when necessary.
* CuteBruiser: Cardia's waifish looks belie her supernatural strength, and after Van Helsing's lessons, she's able to take out Twilight goons with relative ease.
* EatingOptional: She doesn't need to eat, but enjoys the social aspects of sitting around a table with friends.
* GemHeart: Cardia has a gem called the Horologium embedded in her chest that is the source of her supernatural powers, cannot be removed without killing her, and is being sought after by most of the villains in the game.
* HollywoodAcid: Though it's universally referred to as "poison," Cardia's skin and blood act more like a fictionalized super-acid in the way that she burns and melts whatever she comes into contact with. After testing it on a variety of materials up to and including a sample of titanium, Victor concludes that the reaction is something more alchemical than natural.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Since she's had very little experience in dealing with other people, at first she doesn't know any better than to trust random strangers who offer to help her.
* IAmAMonster: Cardia has plenty of reason to believe she is a monster, especially since her earliest memory is of her father telling her so. Dealing with this belief, and gradually being coaxed out of it by the influence of her newfound friends and loved one, is one of the main themes of most routes of the game.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Cardia's greatest wish is simply to be normal, to be able to live with other people and touch them without harming them with her poison. She states the trope name word for word during Lupin's route.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: She begins the game dressed in a complicated getup involving a blouse, corset, and frilly ShowgirlSkirt over leggings. Lupin reckons it can't be comfortable, and once Victor works out a way to proof materials against her poison, she gets a much more practical outfit which she wears for most of the rest of the game.
* TheIngenue: At the beginning of the story she is almost totally naive to the ways of the world due to spending nearly all of her life in isolation.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: She initially sees no problem with casually taking off her shirt to show people the Horologium embedded in her chest.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Cardia.
* NaiveNewcomer: Cardia has spent the two years prior to the story confined alone in an isolated mansion in the Welsh countryside, and has no memory prior to two years ago. As a result, most of what she encounters out in the world is new to her, requiring one of the other characters to provide explanations for her and exposition for the audience. She initially has very little frame of reference for what is or isn't normal, and though she gradually picks up a lot from the other characters over her time with them, she admits on occasion that there are still some concepts that, due to her lack of practical experience, she finds difficult to grasp.
* NumberOfTheBeast: Cardia is [[spoiler: Isaac Beckford's 666th attempt at creating a homunculus.]] The observant may notice the number 666 printed on the sleeve of the clothing she wears at the start of the game.
* PhlebotinumGirl: Cardia checks all the boxes.
* PoisonousPerson: Cardia's body is highly corrosive, and contact with her bare skin will melt anything not specially treated with a serum developed from her blood. When a dog bites her in the beginning of the game and succeeds in breaking the skin, her blood causes the animal's head to melt off. Being enclosed with her in a poorly-ventilated space for an extended period of time is also not good for one's health.
* PowerDyesYourHair: In Lupin's route, [[spoiler: Cardia's hair turns white when the Horologium is fully activated. It's shown to have gone back to normal in the epilogue of his True Ending]].
* ReluctantMonster: She's never wanted to hurt anyone and is horrified by the effects of her poison on the people around her.
* ReplacementGoldfish: In Lupin's route [[spoiler: It's revealed that Cardia and Finis were actually created from the DNA of Isaac Beckford's dead children of the same names. Isaac feels the replacement aspect more with Cardia than Finis, but ultimately sees both of them as soulless dolls, not truly comparable to the originals.]]
* SignificantWardrobeShift: Cardia gets a new, more action-oriented outfit after she's lived in the mansion for awhile, signifying her shift in character from passive to active participant in her own fate. [[spoiler: It's telling that one of the first things Finis does when he captures her in Lupin's route is have her dressed in her former outfit.]]
* WalkingWasteland: Cardia corrodes everything she touches and gives off small amounts of poison just by existing.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Cardia's inexperience with the world makes it difficult to recognize what's happening when she's falling for a guy. In several of the routes she has to be told outright that what she's feeling is love.
* WhenSheSmiles: The first time that Cardia honestly smiles, after spending most of the game up to that point as a borderline EmotionlessGirl, it brings everything else going on in the room to a crashing halt as all of the guys stare at her in wonder. Lupin even goes so far as to say they should make it an annual holiday.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Due to being a [[ArtificialHuman homunculus]], Cardia is actually no more than about six years old, and has only been aware for two years of that time.
!! Arsène Lupin
->'''VA:''' Creator/TomoakiMaeno
* CaneFu: His ClassyCane - tricked out with some extra surprises such as the ability to spray a cloud of knockout gas - is Lupin's weapon of choice when physical combat becomes unavoidable.
* CatchPhrase: Lupin will have you know that the great Arsène Lupin's chances of failure are always zero.
* CoatHatMask: Lupin's thief get-up.
* ConMenHateGuns: Lupin is particularly dismissive of Van Helsing's tendency to shoot problems until they go away. When he does go into battle, he does so wielding his walking-stick and a collection of (mostly harmless) explosive devices.
* DisneyDeath: In Chapter 13 of his route, Lupin is unexpectedly gunned down by [[spoiler:Finis]], who unloads the contents of his handgun into the body just to make sure. It doesn't prevent Lupin from popping up hale and healthy in time to [[spoiler:rescue Cardia from being absorbed by Isaac]] - Impey's specially-designed BulletproofVest saved the day again, and the shots only knocked Lupin unconscious for a bit.
* GentlemanThief: Lupin describes himself as a "thief with a heart of justice" and insists that he never steals for himself, only targeting wrongdoers who've come by their wealth and valuables dishonestly so that he may return them to their proper owners... helping himself to a generous "handling fee" in the process, of course.
* GuileHero: Lupin is very nearly a pacifist, preferring to use trickery, wit, and showmanship rather than force.
* TheKindnapper: Cardia meets Lupin when he literally steals her away.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Gentleman Thief," a jazzy theme that - outside of one or two comedic uses - is a cue that Lupin is doing something awesome.
* MyGreatestFailure: On his route, Lupin eventually explains that prior to the beginning of the story, he'd used his talents as a thief to destroy the criminal organization [[spoiler:run by his mentor]] from within. Unfortunately, the result was that the members of the organization turned on their own, and instead of turning back to the good as Lupin had hoped, [[spoiler:his mentor]] was murdered by his own followers.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lupin disapproves of violence, generally feeling that if he has to resort to it, he's failed. So when in Chapter 9 of his route he not only punches [[spoiler:the priest who's rallying the Welsh villagers against Cardia]] in the face, but flatly threatens to ''kill'' him if he [[spoiler:keeps calling her a monster]], you know that he's incredibly angry.
* PublicDomainCharacter: Yep, he's [[Literature/ArseneLupin that Lupin]].
* StealthExpert: Being able to avoid notice is a crucial ability for a GentlemanThief. Lupin even gives Cardia lessons.
!! Impey Barbicane
-> '''VA:''' Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo
* BlankWhiteEyes: Impey, the designated ButtMonkey and the most likely of the main characters to play the role of comic relief, has no fewer than ''three'' different sprites with blank white eyes, one of which also has him going BlueWithShock.
* ButtMonkey: ''Everybody'' picks on Impey, and if anyone's going to have a comedic mishap or suffer AmusingInjuries, it'll be him.
* CuteLittleFangs: They go completely unremarked-upon within the story, and mostly seem to serve as a visual indication of his mischievous nature. [[spoiler:He's actually a vampire.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Despite a tendency to explode or otherwise go awry, his creations are highly innovative and usually seem to do the job. Impey's claims of being a "genius engineer" aren't empty boasts - the man helped to invent an AntiGravity device, and as Saint-Germain observes, his mishaps come from his willingness to innovate and try things that haven't been done before, rather than from any lack of skill.
* GogglesDoNothing: He's mentioned as using his goggles for their intended purpose when he first arrives in Chapter 1, but once he takes them off to properly introduce himself, they just stay perched on top of his head for the rest of the story.
* LetsGetDangerous: Impey usually comes across as foolish and comically incompetent, to the point that even Cardia points out that she's never seen him win a fight. Nevertheless, he's unusually strong, fast, and resilient, and [[spoiler:has the combat skills to put those capabilities to very good effect]]. When sufficiently motivated, [[spoiler:he takes out two different groups of sky pirates in the time it takes a cloud of steam to disperse]].
* LoveAtFirstSight: Impey claims he fell in love with Cardia as soon as he saw her. In fact, one of the very first things he says to her is "I love you!," which rather puzzles Cardia at the time.
* MadeOfIron: Impey is noted to be ridiculously tough and resilient, allowing them to stand up to a lot more punishment than most people. [[spoiler:It's because he's a vampire.]]
* NeverFoundTheBody: In his Normal Ending, after [[spoiler:he remains on board to steer the crashing Nautilus]].
* PublicDomainCharacter: Impey Barbicane and his dream of going to the moon (via a giant cannon!) come from Creator/JulesVerne's ''Literature/FromTheEarthToTheMoon''.
* RapunzelHair: Impey's hair, braided, reaches to his waist.
* ScienceHero: He's a GadgeteerGenius who delights in fantastical machinery and devices and hopes to travel to the moon. Impey rarely misses an opportunity to wax lyrical on the wonders of science and engineering, and believes very strongly that science should be used to benefit people rather than to harm or dominate them.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: The only one in the game.
* SupremeChef: Of all people, Impey proves to be a remarkably talented chef, even when the group's lack of funds forces him to work entirely from the estate's stores of preserved foodstuffs. Van Helsing frequently comments that he can's believe how someone like Impey could possibly create such delicate and subtle flavors.
!! Victor Frankenstein
-> '''VA:''' Creator/TetsuyaKakihara
* BlankWhiteEyes: Less often than Impey, but Victor has a sprite used for similar effect in which the lenses of his glasses turn opaque.
* ItsAllMyFault: Victor created [[spoiler:Zicterium]], and thus both essentially invented [[spoiler:chemical warfare]] and made it possible for [[spoiler:Isaac to create the Horologium and Cardia]]. Though not personally responsible for the uses his work has been put to, he considers all of it very much his fault, as a note Cardia finds in his journal attests.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: A nightmare sequence at the beginning of Chapter 6 shows Victor's horrified reaction to seeing the effects of [[spoiler:Zicterium gas, which he was instrumental in developing, on a village of civilians]].
* MyGreatestFailure: He blames himself not only for creating [[spoiler:Zicterium]], but for continuing to research it at the urging of Isaac Beckford and the government without realizing what they intended to do with it until it was too late. As a result, he considers it his personal responsibility to see to it that the knowledge of how to make it does not fall into anyone else's hands, and that the remaining stockpiles of it are located and destroyed before they can be used.
* InSeriesNickname: In the Japanese dialogue, most of the cast call him "Fran," and Queen Victoria calls him "Professor Stein." The trope does not apply in the English localization, in which "Fran" is translated as "Victor" and the Queen refers to him as "Dr. Frankenstein."
* OnlySaneMan: Victor isn't ''that'' much more "normal" than the other heroes, but he often as not seems to be the only one among them who expects people to behave and events to occur in a rational manner. Cardia is also usually pretty sensible, but since she doesn't always know what's normal and what isn't, poor Victor is the one most often reacting with appalled exasperation to the shenanigans that the group gets up to.
* PublicDomainCharacter: Albeit InNameOnly, as the visual novel's Frankenstein bears little resemblance to Creator/MaryShelley's Dr. Literature/{{Frankenstein}}. [[spoiler:The closest the ''Code:Realize'' Victor gets to creating life is his work with Zicterium inadvertently making it possible for Isaac Beckford to create Cardia]].
* ReluctantMadScientist: All he ever tried to do with his scientific research was to make things that would help people. Inventing [[spoiler:Zicterium, and thus chemical warfare]], was an accident... but since he's the only one who knows how to make the stuff, he and his knowledge are very much sought after by the government, and Queen Victoria is entirely willing to set him up as a terrorist rather than risk that he might take his knowledge to another nation.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: He gets these on occasion for comedic effect when his inner MadScientist pops out.
* ScienceHero: Victor has no particular physicial abilities; his strengths lie entirely in his knowledge of chemistry and alchemy. He goes into battle armed with an arsenal of test tubes which he uses as smoke bombs, flashbangs, and knockout gas grenades, and saves the day with the power of his intellect and his firm conviction that science should be used to help people rather than to hurt them.
!!Saint-Germain
-> '''VA:''' Creator/DaisukeHirakawa
* ApologeticAttacker: In his route, Saint-Germain is very apologetic and regretful as he tries to kill [[spoiler:Cardia]], even weeping openly as he goes through with it in certain Bad Endings.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: He keeps a retractable blade hidden up his sleeve, first revealed when he uses it to [[spoiler:stab Finis]] near the end of Chapter 8.
* DissonantSerenity: Saint-Germain's perpetual smooth composure becomes very unsettling in some situations, such as when [[spoiler:he's just stabbed Finis through the heart]] in Chapter 8, or when he and Cardia are very calmly and politely discussing [[spoiler:his intention to kill her]] in Chapter 10 of his route. Cardia understandably finds the former alarming and the latter downright surreal.
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: "Saint-Germain" is part of his title - that is, Count ''of'' Saint-Germain - not his name. His personal name, whatever it may be, is never revealed, and everyone just calls him some variation on "Count" or "Saint-Germain."
* EyesAlwaysShut: The mysterious Saint-Germain is drawn with his eyes always closed, creating a nearly perpetual air of faint, detached amusement. [[spoiler:When he fully opens them in Chapter 8 and during his route, it signifies matters getting ''very'' serious.]]
* HealingFactor:
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_St._Germain Comte de Saint-Germain]] was a real person, an eccentric European courtier of mysterious origins who made many fanciful claims about himself.
* IcyBlueEyes: When his eyes are shown open, they are a pale and piercing blue, for maximum OhCrap factor.
* InSeriesNickname: In the Japanese dialogue, he's mostly referred to as "San." Impey calls him "San-chan," translated in the English localization as "Sainty G".
* KimonoFanservice: The subject of the CG for Saint-Germain's extra scenario: San has just acquired an authentic Japanese kimono, but needs Cardia's help in trying to figure out how to put it on.
* MyGreatestFailure: On his route, he reveals that he failed to [[spoiler:kill a young boy who'd grown attached to him during a mission for Idea, which allowed the Black Plague to take hold in Europe]]. His actions in the game are an effort to make up for this failure, even if it means making a different mistake in the process.
* MysticalWhiteHair: His white hair adds to his general air of mystery, and as it turns out, he's definitely a supernatural being.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Saint-Germain occasionally implies that he's a good bit older than he looks. This is, if anything, an understatement.
* PerpetualSmiler: Part of that nearly constant attitude of faint amusement.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Saint-Germain does not say exactly ''how'' old he is, but he was granted immortality by Omnibus [[spoiler:aka Eve]] and has lived for [[spoiler:thousands of years]].
* ResurrectiveImmortality: How his immortality works [[spoiler:as an Apostle of Idea]] - he can be killed, it just won't stick. [[spoiler:However, as with all the Apostles, his immortality can run out if he's killed enough times, or be revoked by Omnibus. He's specifically noted to be mortal again in his True Ending and in both of Lupin's endings, after being banished from Idea.]]
* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Saint-Germain is a whimsical nobleman whose excuse for most of the things that he does, from letting Lupin and Impey hide out at his estate onwards, is "I'm bored and it seemed amusing." [[spoiler:"Eccentric aristocrat" is a good cover for a member of Idea.]]
* SeenItAll: Almost ''nothing'' surprises him or appreciably disturbs his composure; most of the shenanisgans the group gets up to, no matter how drastic, Saint-Germain seems to simply find entertaining. When asked, he lightly advises Cardia that his composure comes from experience.
!!Abraham Van Helsing
->'''VA:''' Creator/JunichiSuwabe
* AbnormalAmmo: Van Helsing's tendency to solve all problems with his guns is facilitated by the assortment of specialized ammunition that he uses, from miniature grenade shells to cartridges packed with non-lethal rock salt.
* {{Badass}}: Van Helsing is ''the'' badass of the cast. He's only twice shown meeting his match in single combat - once against [[spoiler:the vampire king Delacroix]] in a flashback, once against a pureblood vampire whose already-exceptional skills have been further hopped up on [[PowerBornOfMadness Hidden Strength]] - and wins both times.
* BadassBaritone: He has the deepest voice of any of the heroes, courtesy of Creator/JunichiSuwabe.
* BadassLongcoat: Always shown dressed in a long overcoat which billows out around him with suitable drama in action [=CGs=].
* TheBigGuy: Van Helsing is several levels beyond any of the other heroes in terms of combat ability [[spoiler:barring perhaps Saint-Germain, who has reasons to keep his skills secret]]. Between his exceptional physical strength and toughness and his extensive battle experience, he's the group's go-to whenever force is required.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In the final chapter of his route, Van falls victim to Hidden Strength conditioning courtesy of [[spoiler:Aleister]], who orders him to murder Cardia.
* ClickHello: Van Helsing announces his arrival on the scene with a dramatic *''click''* of his guns on a few occasions, most notably when he first confronts Lupin in his introductory scene in Chapter 2 and if he's the one to interrupt [[spoiler:Finis's breaking speech to Cardia]] in Chapter 8.
* DisneyDeath: In his True Ending, he seems to die after [[spoiler:stabbing himself to shake off the effects of Hidden Strength]], only to revive moments later just as Cardia is beginning to mourn.
* DyingAsYourself: In his Normal End.
* FamedInStory: Van Helsing is widely known as the hero of the Vampire War, knighted to the Most Excellent Order by Queen Victoria and nicknamed the "human weapon" for his combat prowess. Lupin and Frankenstein also have some measure of repute before the story begins, Lupin as a GentlemanThief and Victor as a former Royal Alchemist and current wanted terrorist, but ''everybody'' has heard of Van Helsing. Reactions to him tend to vary from respectful awe to pants-wetting terror depending on how likely it seems that he's going to start shooting at the person in question.
* GunsAkimbo: ''Shotguns'' akimbo, one in each hand. His combat sprite shows him holding them crossed in front of him.
* LethalChef: Cardia never experiences it personally, but in Van Helsing's extra scenario the other guys indicate that his cooking is as lethal as his combat skills. He doesn't seem to realize it.
* MadeOfIron: He's ''ridiculously'' durable, repeatedly coming out unharmed from experiences that would unquestionably killed any normal man. [[spoiler:At the end of his route, he discovers that it's because Aleister has spent the last several years secretly using Hidden Strength conditioning on him]].
* MyGreatestFailure: Van deeply regrets his actions during the Vampire War, in which he almost single-handedly killed an entire fortress of vampires [[spoiler:including their king, Delacroix. He'd infiltrated their community for some time and knew that they had no plans to threaten humanity, but was forced to go through with the mission against his will]].
* OneManArmy: Van Helsing, the "human weapon," is responsible for almost single-handedly ending the Vampire War and can be relied upon to solo armies of enemy {{Mook}}s. When the [[spoiler:Van Helsing Cannon]] gets deployed during Chapter 7, he takes down Nemo's entire ''airship'' on his own.
* PublicDomainCharacter: Borrowed from Creator/BramStoker's ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''.
* RealMenWearPink: His hobby of choice is cooking, and he mentions trying to make tiramisu. Unfortunately, [[LethalChef he's not too good at it]].
* SeenItAll: As a veteran of the Vampire War, Van Helsing has seen and done a lot. There's not a whole lot that can break his general attitude of irritable stoicism.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Van Helsing was comprehensively broken by his experiences during the Vampire War, going from an eager and idealistic young man to a "human weapon" whose mission to discover the truth about [[spoiler:Finis's immortality (and kill him once and for all)]] is the only reason he cares about staying alive.
* StoicSpectacles:
* SurvivalMantra: On the rare occasion that Van Helsing is pressed enough in battle that his survival is in doubt, he repeats "''I can't die yet''" to himself like a mantra.
!! Cardia
The protagonist and main viewpoint character of the story, Cardia is a young girl whose body contains a deadly poison which will melt anything she touches. She initially lives in isolation in the Welsh countryside, knowing only that her father has instructed her not to leave the house or have any contact with other people, because she is a monster.
!!!Tropes pertaining to Cardia:
* ActionGirl: With instruction from Van Helsing and the other guys, Cardia develops into a capable fighter with a broad range of useful survival skills.
* ApologeticAttacker: On several occasions she cries out apologies as she's knocking people unconscious.
* ArtificialHuman: She is a homunculus created by Isaac Beckford [[spoiler:for the purpose of containing the Horologium's poison and maturing it into the Philosopher's Stone]].
* BizarreHumanBiology: In addition to generating a deadly, highly corrosive poison just by existing, Cardia does not have a heart. She also possesses superhuman strength, endurance, and healing capabilities, and does not need to eat to sustain herself.
* CantHaveSexEver: Cardia's condition prevents her from skin-to-skin contact, which is naturally a barrier to physical romance. All of the love interests take it in stride with little angst surrounding it, making resolutions to one day find a way to neutralize the poison [[spoiler:excepting in Lupin's route, where it is already cured]]. Cardia herself is [[TheIngenue fairly innocent to the concept of sex]], but does look forward towards being able to have physical contact.
* CombatPragmatist: The training she receives from Van Helsing and Lupin focuses on doing whatever stands the best chance of keeping Cardia alive, including catching the enemy off-guard and knowing when and how to get away when necessary.
* CuteBruiser: Cardia's waifish looks belie her supernatural strength, and after Van Helsing's lessons, she's able to take out Twilight goons with relative ease.
* EatingOptional: She doesn't need to eat, but enjoys the social aspects of sitting around a table with friends.
* GemHeart: Cardia has a gem called the Horologium embedded in her chest that is the source of her supernatural powers, cannot be removed without killing her, and is being sought after by most of the villains in the game.
* HollywoodAcid: Though it's universally referred to as "poison," Cardia's skin and blood act more like a fictionalized super-acid in the way that she burns and melts whatever she comes into contact with. After testing it on a variety of materials up to and including a sample of titanium, Victor concludes that the reaction is something more alchemical than natural.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Since she's had very little experience in dealing with other people, at first she doesn't know any better than to trust random strangers who offer to help her.
* IAmAMonster: Cardia has plenty of reason to believe she is a monster, especially since her earliest memory is of her father telling her so. Dealing with this belief, and gradually being coaxed out of it by the influence of her newfound friends and loved one, is one of the main themes of most routes of the game.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Cardia's greatest wish is simply to be normal, to be able to live with other people and touch them without harming them with her poison. She states the trope name word for word during Lupin's route.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: She begins the game dressed in a complicated getup involving a blouse, corset, and frilly ShowgirlSkirt over leggings. Lupin reckons it can't be comfortable, and once Victor works out a way to proof materials against her poison, she gets a much more practical outfit which she wears for most of the rest of the game.
* TheIngenue: At the beginning of the story she is almost totally naive to the ways of the world due to spending nearly all of her life in isolation.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: She initially sees no problem with casually taking off her shirt to show people the Horologium embedded in her chest.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Cardia.
* NaiveNewcomer: Cardia has spent the two years prior to the story confined alone in an isolated mansion in the Welsh countryside, and has no memory prior to two years ago. As a result, most of what she encounters out in the world is new to her, requiring one of the other characters to provide explanations for her and exposition for the audience. She initially has very little frame of reference for what is or isn't normal, and though she gradually picks up a lot from the other characters over her time with them, she admits on occasion that there are still some concepts that, due to her lack of practical experience, she finds difficult to grasp.
* NumberOfTheBeast: Cardia is [[spoiler: Isaac Beckford's 666th attempt at creating a homunculus.]] The observant may notice the number 666 printed on the sleeve of the clothing she wears at the start of the game.
* PhlebotinumGirl: Cardia checks all the boxes.
* PoisonousPerson: Cardia's body is highly corrosive, and contact with her bare skin will melt anything not specially treated with a serum developed from her blood. When a dog bites her in the beginning of the game and succeeds in breaking the skin, her blood causes the animal's head to melt off. Being enclosed with her in a poorly-ventilated space for an extended period of time is also not good for one's health.
* PowerDyesYourHair: In Lupin's route, [[spoiler: Cardia's hair turns white when the Horologium is fully activated. It's shown to have gone back to normal in the epilogue of his True Ending]].
* ReluctantMonster: She's never wanted to hurt anyone and is horrified by the effects of her poison on the people around her.
* ReplacementGoldfish: In Lupin's route [[spoiler: It's revealed that Cardia and Finis were actually created from the DNA of Isaac Beckford's dead children of the same names. Isaac feels the replacement aspect more with Cardia than Finis, but ultimately sees both of them as soulless dolls, not truly comparable to the originals.]]
* SignificantWardrobeShift: Cardia gets a new, more action-oriented outfit after she's lived in the mansion for awhile, signifying her shift in character from passive to active participant in her own fate. [[spoiler: It's telling that one of the first things Finis does when he captures her in Lupin's route is have her dressed in her former outfit.]]
* WalkingWasteland: Cardia corrodes everything she touches and gives off small amounts of poison just by existing.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Cardia's inexperience with the world makes it difficult to recognize what's happening when she's falling for a guy. In several of the routes she has to be told outright that what she's feeling is love.
* WhenSheSmiles: The first time that Cardia honestly smiles, after spending most of the game up to that point as a borderline EmotionlessGirl, it brings everything else going on in the room to a crashing halt as all of the guys stare at her in wonder. Lupin even goes so far as to say they should make it an annual holiday.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Due to being a [[ArtificialHuman homunculus]], Cardia is actually no more than about six years old, and has only been aware for two years of that time.
!! Arsène Lupin
->'''VA:''' Creator/TomoakiMaeno
* CaneFu: His ClassyCane - tricked out with some extra surprises such as the ability to spray a cloud of knockout gas - is Lupin's weapon of choice when physical combat becomes unavoidable.
* CatchPhrase: Lupin will have you know that the great Arsène Lupin's chances of failure are always zero.
* CoatHatMask: Lupin's thief get-up.
* ConMenHateGuns: Lupin is particularly dismissive of Van Helsing's tendency to shoot problems until they go away. When he does go into battle, he does so wielding his walking-stick and a collection of (mostly harmless) explosive devices.
* DisneyDeath: In Chapter 13 of his route, Lupin is unexpectedly gunned down by [[spoiler:Finis]], who unloads the contents of his handgun into the body just to make sure. It doesn't prevent Lupin from popping up hale and healthy in time to [[spoiler:rescue Cardia from being absorbed by Isaac]] - Impey's specially-designed BulletproofVest saved the day again, and the shots only knocked Lupin unconscious for a bit.
* GentlemanThief: Lupin describes himself as a "thief with a heart of justice" and insists that he never steals for himself, only targeting wrongdoers who've come by their wealth and valuables dishonestly so that he may return them to their proper owners... helping himself to a generous "handling fee" in the process, of course.
* GuileHero: Lupin is very nearly a pacifist, preferring to use trickery, wit, and showmanship rather than force.
* TheKindnapper: Cardia meets Lupin when he literally steals her away.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Gentleman Thief," a jazzy theme that - outside of one or two comedic uses - is a cue that Lupin is doing something awesome.
* MyGreatestFailure: On his route, Lupin eventually explains that prior to the beginning of the story, he'd used his talents as a thief to destroy the criminal organization [[spoiler:run by his mentor]] from within. Unfortunately, the result was that the members of the organization turned on their own, and instead of turning back to the good as Lupin had hoped, [[spoiler:his mentor]] was murdered by his own followers.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lupin disapproves of violence, generally feeling that if he has to resort to it, he's failed. So when in Chapter 9 of his route he not only punches [[spoiler:the priest who's rallying the Welsh villagers against Cardia]] in the face, but flatly threatens to ''kill'' him if he [[spoiler:keeps calling her a monster]], you know that he's incredibly angry.
* PublicDomainCharacter: Yep, he's [[Literature/ArseneLupin that Lupin]].
* StealthExpert: Being able to avoid notice is a crucial ability for a GentlemanThief. Lupin even gives Cardia lessons.
!! Impey Barbicane
-> '''VA:''' Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo
* BlankWhiteEyes: Impey, the designated ButtMonkey and the most likely of the main characters to play the role of comic relief, has no fewer than ''three'' different sprites with blank white eyes, one of which also has him going BlueWithShock.
* ButtMonkey: ''Everybody'' picks on Impey, and if anyone's going to have a comedic mishap or suffer AmusingInjuries, it'll be him.
* CuteLittleFangs: They go completely unremarked-upon within the story, and mostly seem to serve as a visual indication of his mischievous nature. [[spoiler:He's actually a vampire.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Despite a tendency to explode or otherwise go awry, his creations are highly innovative and usually seem to do the job. Impey's claims of being a "genius engineer" aren't empty boasts - the man helped to invent an AntiGravity device, and as Saint-Germain observes, his mishaps come from his willingness to innovate and try things that haven't been done before, rather than from any lack of skill.
* GogglesDoNothing: He's mentioned as using his goggles for their intended purpose when he first arrives in Chapter 1, but once he takes them off to properly introduce himself, they just stay perched on top of his head for the rest of the story.
* LetsGetDangerous: Impey usually comes across as foolish and comically incompetent, to the point that even Cardia points out that she's never seen him win a fight. Nevertheless, he's unusually strong, fast, and resilient, and [[spoiler:has the combat skills to put those capabilities to very good effect]]. When sufficiently motivated, [[spoiler:he takes out two different groups of sky pirates in the time it takes a cloud of steam to disperse]].
* LoveAtFirstSight: Impey claims he fell in love with Cardia as soon as he saw her. In fact, one of the very first things he says to her is "I love you!," which rather puzzles Cardia at the time.
* MadeOfIron: Impey is noted to be ridiculously tough and resilient, allowing them to stand up to a lot more punishment than most people. [[spoiler:It's because he's a vampire.]]
* NeverFoundTheBody: In his Normal Ending, after [[spoiler:he remains on board to steer the crashing Nautilus]].
* PublicDomainCharacter: Impey Barbicane and his dream of going to the moon (via a giant cannon!) come from Creator/JulesVerne's ''Literature/FromTheEarthToTheMoon''.
* RapunzelHair: Impey's hair, braided, reaches to his waist.
* ScienceHero: He's a GadgeteerGenius who delights in fantastical machinery and devices and hopes to travel to the moon. Impey rarely misses an opportunity to wax lyrical on the wonders of science and engineering, and believes very strongly that science should be used to benefit people rather than to harm or dominate them.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: The only one in the game.
* SupremeChef: Of all people, Impey proves to be a remarkably talented chef, even when the group's lack of funds forces him to work entirely from the estate's stores of preserved foodstuffs. Van Helsing frequently comments that he can's believe how someone like Impey could possibly create such delicate and subtle flavors.
!! Victor Frankenstein
-> '''VA:''' Creator/TetsuyaKakihara
* BlankWhiteEyes: Less often than Impey, but Victor has a sprite used for similar effect in which the lenses of his glasses turn opaque.
* ItsAllMyFault: Victor created [[spoiler:Zicterium]], and thus both essentially invented [[spoiler:chemical warfare]] and made it possible for [[spoiler:Isaac to create the Horologium and Cardia]]. Though not personally responsible for the uses his work has been put to, he considers all of it very much his fault, as a note Cardia finds in his journal attests.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: A nightmare sequence at the beginning of Chapter 6 shows Victor's horrified reaction to seeing the effects of [[spoiler:Zicterium gas, which he was instrumental in developing, on a village of civilians]].
* MyGreatestFailure: He blames himself not only for creating [[spoiler:Zicterium]], but for continuing to research it at the urging of Isaac Beckford and the government without realizing what they intended to do with it until it was too late. As a result, he considers it his personal responsibility to see to it that the knowledge of how to make it does not fall into anyone else's hands, and that the remaining stockpiles of it are located and destroyed before they can be used.
* InSeriesNickname: In the Japanese dialogue, most of the cast call him "Fran," and Queen Victoria calls him "Professor Stein." The trope does not apply in the English localization, in which "Fran" is translated as "Victor" and the Queen refers to him as "Dr. Frankenstein."
* OnlySaneMan: Victor isn't ''that'' much more "normal" than the other heroes, but he often as not seems to be the only one among them who expects people to behave and events to occur in a rational manner. Cardia is also usually pretty sensible, but since she doesn't always know what's normal and what isn't, poor Victor is the one most often reacting with appalled exasperation to the shenanigans that the group gets up to.
* PublicDomainCharacter: Albeit InNameOnly, as the visual novel's Frankenstein bears little resemblance to Creator/MaryShelley's Dr. Literature/{{Frankenstein}}. [[spoiler:The closest the ''Code:Realize'' Victor gets to creating life is his work with Zicterium inadvertently making it possible for Isaac Beckford to create Cardia]].
* ReluctantMadScientist: All he ever tried to do with his scientific research was to make things that would help people. Inventing [[spoiler:Zicterium, and thus chemical warfare]], was an accident... but since he's the only one who knows how to make the stuff, he and his knowledge are very much sought after by the government, and Queen Victoria is entirely willing to set him up as a terrorist rather than risk that he might take his knowledge to another nation.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: He gets these on occasion for comedic effect when his inner MadScientist pops out.
* ScienceHero: Victor has no particular physicial abilities; his strengths lie entirely in his knowledge of chemistry and alchemy. He goes into battle armed with an arsenal of test tubes which he uses as smoke bombs, flashbangs, and knockout gas grenades, and saves the day with the power of his intellect and his firm conviction that science should be used to help people rather than to hurt them.
!!Saint-Germain
-> '''VA:''' Creator/DaisukeHirakawa
* ApologeticAttacker: In his route, Saint-Germain is very apologetic and regretful as he tries to kill [[spoiler:Cardia]], even weeping openly as he goes through with it in certain Bad Endings.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: He keeps a retractable blade hidden up his sleeve, first revealed when he uses it to [[spoiler:stab Finis]] near the end of Chapter 8.
* DissonantSerenity: Saint-Germain's perpetual smooth composure becomes very unsettling in some situations, such as when [[spoiler:he's just stabbed Finis through the heart]] in Chapter 8, or when he and Cardia are very calmly and politely discussing [[spoiler:his intention to kill her]] in Chapter 10 of his route. Cardia understandably finds the former alarming and the latter downright surreal.
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: "Saint-Germain" is part of his title - that is, Count ''of'' Saint-Germain - not his name. His personal name, whatever it may be, is never revealed, and everyone just calls him some variation on "Count" or "Saint-Germain."
* EyesAlwaysShut: The mysterious Saint-Germain is drawn with his eyes always closed, creating a nearly perpetual air of faint, detached amusement. [[spoiler:When he fully opens them in Chapter 8 and during his route, it signifies matters getting ''very'' serious.]]
* HealingFactor:
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_St._Germain Comte de Saint-Germain]] was a real person, an eccentric European courtier of mysterious origins who made many fanciful claims about himself.
* IcyBlueEyes: When his eyes are shown open, they are a pale and piercing blue, for maximum OhCrap factor.
* InSeriesNickname: In the Japanese dialogue, he's mostly referred to as "San." Impey calls him "San-chan," translated in the English localization as "Sainty G".
* KimonoFanservice: The subject of the CG for Saint-Germain's extra scenario: San has just acquired an authentic Japanese kimono, but needs Cardia's help in trying to figure out how to put it on.
* MyGreatestFailure: On his route, he reveals that he failed to [[spoiler:kill a young boy who'd grown attached to him during a mission for Idea, which allowed the Black Plague to take hold in Europe]]. His actions in the game are an effort to make up for this failure, even if it means making a different mistake in the process.
* MysticalWhiteHair: His white hair adds to his general air of mystery, and as it turns out, he's definitely a supernatural being.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Saint-Germain occasionally implies that he's a good bit older than he looks. This is, if anything, an understatement.
* PerpetualSmiler: Part of that nearly constant attitude of faint amusement.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Saint-Germain does not say exactly ''how'' old he is, but he was granted immortality by Omnibus [[spoiler:aka Eve]] and has lived for [[spoiler:thousands of years]].
* ResurrectiveImmortality: How his immortality works [[spoiler:as an Apostle of Idea]] - he can be killed, it just won't stick. [[spoiler:However, as with all the Apostles, his immortality can run out if he's killed enough times, or be revoked by Omnibus. He's specifically noted to be mortal again in his True Ending and in both of Lupin's endings, after being banished from Idea.]]
* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Saint-Germain is a whimsical nobleman whose excuse for most of the things that he does, from letting Lupin and Impey hide out at his estate onwards, is "I'm bored and it seemed amusing." [[spoiler:"Eccentric aristocrat" is a good cover for a member of Idea.]]
* SeenItAll: Almost ''nothing'' surprises him or appreciably disturbs his composure; most of the shenanisgans the group gets up to, no matter how drastic, Saint-Germain seems to simply find entertaining. When asked, he lightly advises Cardia that his composure comes from experience.
!!Abraham Van Helsing
->'''VA:''' Creator/JunichiSuwabe
* AbnormalAmmo: Van Helsing's tendency to solve all problems with his guns is facilitated by the assortment of specialized ammunition that he uses, from miniature grenade shells to cartridges packed with non-lethal rock salt.
* {{Badass}}: Van Helsing is ''the'' badass of the cast. He's only twice shown meeting his match in single combat - once against [[spoiler:the vampire king Delacroix]] in a flashback, once against a pureblood vampire whose already-exceptional skills have been further hopped up on [[PowerBornOfMadness Hidden Strength]] - and wins both times.
* BadassBaritone: He has the deepest voice of any of the heroes, courtesy of Creator/JunichiSuwabe.
* BadassLongcoat: Always shown dressed in a long overcoat which billows out around him with suitable drama in action [=CGs=].
* TheBigGuy: Van Helsing is several levels beyond any of the other heroes in terms of combat ability [[spoiler:barring perhaps Saint-Germain, who has reasons to keep his skills secret]]. Between his exceptional physical strength and toughness and his extensive battle experience, he's the group's go-to whenever force is required.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In the final chapter of his route, Van falls victim to Hidden Strength conditioning courtesy of [[spoiler:Aleister]], who orders him to murder Cardia.
* ClickHello: Van Helsing announces his arrival on the scene with a dramatic *''click''* of his guns on a few occasions, most notably when he first confronts Lupin in his introductory scene in Chapter 2 and if he's the one to interrupt [[spoiler:Finis's breaking speech to Cardia]] in Chapter 8.
* DisneyDeath: In his True Ending, he seems to die after [[spoiler:stabbing himself to shake off the effects of Hidden Strength]], only to revive moments later just as Cardia is beginning to mourn.
* DyingAsYourself: In his Normal End.
* FamedInStory: Van Helsing is widely known as the hero of the Vampire War, knighted to the Most Excellent Order by Queen Victoria and nicknamed the "human weapon" for his combat prowess. Lupin and Frankenstein also have some measure of repute before the story begins, Lupin as a GentlemanThief and Victor as a former Royal Alchemist and current wanted terrorist, but ''everybody'' has heard of Van Helsing. Reactions to him tend to vary from respectful awe to pants-wetting terror depending on how likely it seems that he's going to start shooting at the person in question.
* GunsAkimbo: ''Shotguns'' akimbo, one in each hand. His combat sprite shows him holding them crossed in front of him.
* LethalChef: Cardia never experiences it personally, but in Van Helsing's extra scenario the other guys indicate that his cooking is as lethal as his combat skills. He doesn't seem to realize it.
* MadeOfIron: He's ''ridiculously'' durable, repeatedly coming out unharmed from experiences that would unquestionably killed any normal man. [[spoiler:At the end of his route, he discovers that it's because Aleister has spent the last several years secretly using Hidden Strength conditioning on him]].
* MyGreatestFailure: Van deeply regrets his actions during the Vampire War, in which he almost single-handedly killed an entire fortress of vampires [[spoiler:including their king, Delacroix. He'd infiltrated their community for some time and knew that they had no plans to threaten humanity, but was forced to go through with the mission against his will]].
* OneManArmy: Van Helsing, the "human weapon," is responsible for almost single-handedly ending the Vampire War and can be relied upon to solo armies of enemy {{Mook}}s. When the [[spoiler:Van Helsing Cannon]] gets deployed during Chapter 7, he takes down Nemo's entire ''airship'' on his own.
* PublicDomainCharacter: Borrowed from Creator/BramStoker's ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''.
* RealMenWearPink: His hobby of choice is cooking, and he mentions trying to make tiramisu. Unfortunately, [[LethalChef he's not too good at it]].
* SeenItAll: As a veteran of the Vampire War, Van Helsing has seen and done a lot. There's not a whole lot that can break his general attitude of irritable stoicism.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Van Helsing was comprehensively broken by his experiences during the Vampire War, going from an eager and idealistic young man to a "human weapon" whose mission to discover the truth about [[spoiler:Finis's immortality (and kill him once and for all)]] is the only reason he cares about staying alive.
* StoicSpectacles:
* SurvivalMantra: On the rare occasion that Van Helsing is pressed enough in battle that his survival is in doubt, he repeats "''I can't die yet''" to himself like a mantra.
