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* MeaningfulName: According to WordOfGod, Victor is not only named after Victor {{Frankenstein}} but also [[Literature/HerbertWestReanimator Herbert West]]. I wonder what his "Project" is?

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* MeaningfulName: According to WordOfGod, Victor is not only named after Victor {{Frankenstein}} Franchise/{{Frankenstein}} but also [[Literature/HerbertWestReanimator Herbert West]]. I wonder what his "Project" is?
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* FunctionalAddict: Though he needs to drink blood to survive, Marcell works as a history teacher and even enters a relationship with [[spoiler:a mortal woman.]]

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* FunctionalAddict: Though he needs to drink blood to survive, Marcell works as a history teacher and even enters maintains a relationship with [[spoiler:a mortal woman.]]



* DescentIntoAddiction: In "Nothing to See Here..." after [[spoiler:his sister's death,]] Doug grows dependent first of weed and then on cocaine as his mind deteriorates. He gets better. Sort of.

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* DescentIntoAddiction: In "Nothing to See Here..." after [[spoiler:his sister's death,]] Doug grows dependent first of on weed and then on cocaine as his mind deteriorates. He gets better. Sort of.



* MemeticMutation: As soon as Doug first gliding in on Heelys, there was no end to the jokes revolving around them, with the most common phrase being something about having Heelys for his feelies.

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* MemeticMutation: As soon as Doug first gliding glided in on Heelys, there was no end to the jokes revolving around them, with the most common phrase being something about having Heelys for his feelies.

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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Before her character development, Cindy was this.

* CharacterDevelopment: Forced upon her after supposedly having her [[spoiler:perspective taken by Cowell.]] She suddenly sees the pettiness of her life choices and re-evaluates her priorities after this.



* BadassNormal: Much like Niko, the other member of the Scooby Gang who has no magical powers to speak of, though he's often called upon as the diplomat of the group.



* InadequateInheritor: Tommy thinks of himself as this, especially after [[spoiler:Remus dies and Mathilda dumps him back in Ede Valley with no intention of leaving.]]



* FunctionalAddict: Though he needs to drink blood to survive, Marcell works as a history teacher and even enters a relationship with [[spoiler:a mortal woman.]]



* GrassIsGreener: He elects to stay in Ede Valley and start his own operation instead of returning to the city, and the Borozovs.



* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: Lila is initially all business, until she meets Cindy and the rest of the Scooby Gang and begins to soften.



* CollectorOfTheStrange: The East Branch is really a dragon's hoard that specifies in collecting ancient and dangerous artifacts and knowledge.

* {{Foil}}: To Abigail Hodge. Both are slightly off kilter librarians, except that one is a largely benevolent figure who gains knowledge through study, and the other is [[spoiler:A dangerous psychopath obsessed with gaining knowledge through experimentation.]]



* ElectiveMute: Though fully capable of speech, Servus doesn't talk until [[spoiler:Muirne returns.]]



!Mike Miller

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!Mike MillerMiller [[spoiler:(or Nihil)]]



* StockShonenHero: Averted. Mike begins the series as your average teenager with a big heart who cares for his friends. Until of course [[spoiler: Abigail uses him in her experiments and turns him into a nearly emotionless super human]]



* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Deconstructed. Almost kills himself trying to save Jilli and friends from the machinations of The Director. [[spoiler:Despite his efforts, he's still too late.]]

* DumbassTeenageSon: Acts rather ditzy and clueless most of the time.

* StockShonenHero: Averted. Mike begins the series as your average teenager with a big heart who cares for his friends. Until of course [[spoiler: Abigail uses him in her experiments and turns him into a nearly emotionless super human]]



* AMFMCharacterization: The first time we see Doug, he's humming [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryy-QK2A8hM "The Scene and Herd"]] by Relient K.



* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: All of the students to an extent, but especially Doug, who is so worn down that he doesn't even make up his mind to do something until it's far too late.

* DescentIntoAddiction: In "Nothing to See Here..." after [[spoiler:his sister's death,]] Doug grows dependent first of weed and then on cocaine as his mind deteriorates. He gets better. Sort of.



* MiseryBuildsCharacter: Subverted. The more crap that Doug is put through, the more broken and crazy he becomes.



* BelievingTheirOwnLies: After Jilli [[spoiler:takes over St. Adelaide's]] she becomes convinced that the Director is watching her, and [[spoiler:with only a small push from Abigail, tries to kill the Scooby Gang with Victor's robots.]]



* ControlFreak: Evolves into this after [[spoiler:being broken by Abigail.]]



* AdmiringTheAbomination: Abigail is fascinated by many things that gross or freak most people out, including monstrosities from the stars.

* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing]: [[spoiler:Pretends to be nice, if slightly off-kilter, to everyone, especially Jilli, who even considers her a friend, even though she's actually a psychopath with no feelings for any of them.]]

* FlawExploitation: Multiple times with many of her classmates, but the primary example is [[spoiler:relying on Mike's desire to help his friends to capture him.]]



* CampfireCharacterExploration: Gilveidan shares his tragic backstory with Muirne while camping for the night in the midst of their quest.



* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Appears at first glance to be a deadpan loli, before it's revealed that not only does she have in-universe reasons for these traits [[spoiler:being a Paragon trapped in the body of a nine-year-old]] but that these traits make her less human.



* BoisterousBruiser: The loud and hot-blooded leader of the Talons, until Buttercup beats her at a race.




* EmotionlessGirl: Played straight. Mags says little and expresses less.



A wizard who lost many of his memories and magic after an encounter with a terrible beast. Meets with Marcell in 1000AD.

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Written for Jon Hummel. A wizard who lost many of his memories and magic after an encounter with a terrible beast. Meets with Marcell in 1000AD.
1000AD.

* TheDitz: Forgot most of his magical knowledge and memories, and comes off as a tottering old fool despite only being 29.


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!The Furies
Three (metaphorical) demons that haunt Doug, increasingly so after his [[spoiler:run in with mercury.]] Each represent a regret or loss in his life. They are in order of appearance: Cancer [[spoiler:taking the form of Clover, his dead sister]], Cocaine taking the form of Elizabeth, a girl who died due to drug-induced car crash, and Conscience taking the form of [[spoiler:Jilli Nakajima after her death.]]

*AbstractApotheosis: Each Fury takes the form of a woman in Doug's life who [[spoiler:has died.]] Cancer is the horror and hopelessness present in [[spoiler:his sister's death.]] Cocaine is the embodiment of his mistakes and addictions. Conscience is the one he could have saved if he'd said something.

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* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:Has one with Cowell, her powers for her perspective.]]



*HoYay: Occasionally with Cowell, who has at times flirted with him.



* BadassNormal: The only powers Niko has at his disposal are his connections and his brain. And also a katana-wielding bodyguard. But placed against witches, vampires, daemons, and superhumans, Niko is severely under-powered.



* ActionGirl: Though most of the ladies in Ede Valley could count as this, Lila stands out as the most action-oriented of all. In a world where guns and magic are both things that exist, all she needs is her katana.



* DealWithTheDevil: Sort of Cowell's whole schtick. He's made several deals throughout the series, including given a reporter information in exchange for her loyalty in his introduction, and [[spoiler:giving Cindy a book of spells in exchange for her perspective.]]



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* MeaningfulName: Servus literally translates to "slave" in Latin. Aurum has an... interesting sense of humor, to say the least.

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* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy]]: [[spoiler:By Abigail, into doing her bidding as Nihil, eventually leading to Jilli's death.]]

*[[spoiler:BreakTheCutie]]: [[spoiler:Mike starts off as your typical shonen protagonist, before being tortured to the brink of insanity by Abigail.]]

* WalkingSpoiler: I mean, just look at the amount of spoilers under his character.



*MemeticMutation: As soon as Doug first gliding in on Heelys, there was no end to the jokes revolving around them, with the most common phrase being something about having Heelys for his feelies.



* [[spoiler:BreakTheCutie]]: [[spoiler:First from her time as an idol and subsequent breakdown, and then again when she's forced to relive all that trauma by Abigail.]]

* CatchPhrase: If you mention her idol career, she'll inevitably reply that she's "only on hiatus."

* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler: Gets her heart ripped out of her chest by a former friend after her best friend told him to.]]



* KarmaHoudini: Even after [[spoiler:torturing and killing her friends, and sicking a world-ending horror on the town of Ede Valley, she still manages to escape unscathed in the end.]]

* [[spoiler:MadScientist]]: [[spoiler:Her entire motivation, to expand her knowledge and learn things, usually having to do with the human psyche.]]



*FaceHeelTurn: Once [[spoiler:Abigail reveals her true identity to him, he promises to stay with her and help her torture his friends.]]
**Also slightly subverted when [[spoiler:he saves Doug from death by Mercury poisoning.]]

* MadScientist: What'cha got under that sheet, Victor?



* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sonia often zones out of conversations or seems to talk to herself at random. This is later revealed to be [[spoiler:Muirne attempting to communicate.]]




*NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Even Lybideus would never want to bang him, and the mere mention makes him cringe, and this is before he became a god.



!Remus

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!Remus!Remus Delero Padelus Renea
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* EmotionlessGirl: A deconstruction of the Deadpan Loli trope, Buttercup is an entirely logical thinker with very little emotions after[[spoilers:becoming Paragon Alpha.]]

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* EmotionlessGirl: A deconstruction of the Deadpan Loli trope, Buttercup is an entirely logical thinker with very little emotions after[[spoilers:becoming after [[spoiler:becoming Paragon Alpha.]]

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* {{The Perfectionist}}

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* {{The Perfectionist}}
ThePerfectionist: Before her CharacterDevelopment, Cindy was the epitome of this. Obsessed with stellar grades and getting into the best college.



* DiseaseBleach: Doug's hair turns white after [[spoiler:two years of torture at the hands of Abigail and the one day that she took it too far, he saw his dead sister and nearly died.]]

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* DiseaseBleach: Doug's hair turns white after [[spoiler:two years of torture at the hands of Abigail and the one day that she took it too far, he far. He saw his dead sister and nearly died.]]



* WriteWhoYouKnow: [[WordOfGod Hedgehog has stated on livestream]] that Abigail Hodge is the closest thing she has to a self-insert character she has, and that she represents her id.

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* WriteWhoYouKnow: [[WordOfGod Hedgehog has stated on livestream]] that Abigail Hodge is the closest thing she has to a self-insert character she has, character, and that she represents her id.



* {{Valkyries}}: She's based off of them, if not so much in duty than in name.



An all female biker gang who may possibly be members of the Sidhe, the ancient Celtic spirits.




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The new leader of the Talons, Buttercup has the body of a nine-year-old, but the mind of something... different [[spoiler:The original subject of Project Paragon, and its only success.]]

*EmotionlessGirl: A deconstruction of the Deadpan Loli trope, Buttercup is an entirely logical thinker with very little emotions after[[spoilers:becoming Paragon Alpha.]]




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The former leader of the Talons. An absolute badass who loves nothing more than a good fight.




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The hardass one. Yumi knows her way around a fight, but also has a soft side, known for teaching kids how to defend themselves.



The quiet one. Mags is artistic and a master at the art of tagging.




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Tommy's adoptive father, Remus is a wanderer who travels between dimensions in a magical gypsy wagon named Mathilda, helping whoever he can along the way.

* {{Expy}}: Remus bears a striking resemblance to [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]].


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A friend of Tommy's from childhood. Returned to the series as [[spoiler:a daemon, appearing in Doug's hospital room after the Adelaide's Incident claiming to want to help him.]]
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* ThirdActMisunderstanding: Averted. [[spoiler: When Abigail tells him her true identity, instead of hating of rejecting her, he affirms his feelings, and later outright states that he is also using her for his own gain.]]

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* ThirdActMisunderstanding: Averted. [[spoiler: When Abigail tells him her true identity, instead of hating of or rejecting her, he affirms his feelings, and later outright states that he is also using her for his own gain.]]
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* MeaningfulName: According to WordOfGod, Victor is not only named after Victor {{Frankenstein}} but also [[HerbertWestReanimator Herbert West]]. I wonder what his "Project" is?

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* MeaningfulName: According to WordOfGod, Victor is not only named after Victor {{Frankenstein}} but also [[HerbertWestReanimator [[Literature/HerbertWestReanimator Herbert West]]. I wonder what his "Project" is?

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[[folder:Scooby Gang]]
The main cast of the series. Occasionally come together to kick butt and solve mysteries, hence the name.



The de-facto main protagonist of the series. Was an ordinary straight-A student [[spoiler: After making a demonic deal with Cowell after accidentally killing her science teacher, she lost her "perspective" and was given an ancient grimoire to use magic. Now she's a witch]]

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The de-facto [[EnsembleCast de-facto]] main protagonist of the series. Was an ordinary straight-A student [[spoiler: After making a demonic deal with Cowell after accidentally killing her science teacher, she lost her "perspective" and was given an ancient grimoire to use magic. Now she's a witch]]




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(See St. Adelaide's)




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Cindy and Mike's older brother. Ran away from home at age eight to join Remus in his dimension-hopping gypsy wagon, only to return thirteen years later just in time to help Cindy and crew [[spoiler:save Mike.]]




!Remus

!Doug Bailey

!Jilli Nakajima

!Victor West

!Sonia Borozov

!Gil Trenton

!Abigail Hodge

!Cowell

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\n!Remus\n\n!Doug Bailey\n\n!Jilli Nakajima\n\n!Victor West\n\n!Sonia Borozov\n\n!Gil Trenton\n\n!Abigail Hodge\n\n!Cowell\nA two-thousand-year-old vampire who happens to be Cindy's History teacher. They hit it off rather well.




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Heir to the Borozov Russian Mob family, Niko is forced into hiding after he does something which is never directly stated. After [[spoiler:an attempt is made on his life,]] he and his bodyguard Lila decide to lay low in Ede Valley.




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Niko's bodyguard, a teenage girl who wields a katana and is obsessed with protecting her "young master," though she does genuinely care for him deeply.

!Cowell
A mysterious daemon who owns the British Pub "The Smiling Goat." He always seems to know what's going to happen next, and no one knows why.

*AuthorAppeal: Literally designed as Hedgehog's "Ideal Man." Enough said.

*FourthWallObserver: All of the characters in Ede Valley have some sort of genre savvy, but Cowell often outright makes references to the plot or narrative, pushing things in the story along as needed.

!Aurum
A dragon who runs a library. Also a shut-in who can never leave it.

!Servus
Aurum's automaton sidekick who [[spoiler:seems to slowly be developing a personality.]]
(See Atlantis)
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[[folder:St. Adelaide's]]
!Mike Miller
Cindy's younger brother, an extremely average teenager who happens to win a scholarship to St. Adelaide's School for Gifted Youth.

*StockShonenHero: Averted. Mike begins the series as your average teenager with a big heart who cares for his friends. Until of course [[spoiler: Abigail uses him in her experiments and turns him into a nearly emotionless super human]]

!Doug Bailey
Mike's new roommate, a strange young man with a lot of secrets.

*AuthorAppeal: Hedgehog has stressed at several points her attraction to Doug Bailey, and how elements from certain real life people may have snuck into his personality.

*DiseaseBleach: Doug's hair turns white after [[spoiler:two years of torture at the hands of Abigail and the one day that she took it too far, he saw his dead sister and nearly died.]]

!Jilli Nakajima
A former pop idol (who's [[CatchPhrase only on hiatus]]), Jilli has now become a resident of St. Adelaide's after [[spoiler:a near mental breakdown on stage.]]

!Abigail Hodge
The student librarian at St. Adelaide's. She's a little weird, even by the school's standards, so most keep their distance. [[spoiler:Actually The Director, the crazed principle of the school obsessed with slaking her curiosity by whatever means necessary.]]

*WriteWhoYouKnow: [[WordOfGod Hedgehog has stated on livestream]] that Abigail Hodge is the closest thing she has to a self-insert character she has, and that she represents her id.

!Victor West
A teenage inventor who may or may not be trying to create life in the shop room.

*MeaningfulName: According to WordOfGod, Victor is not only named after Victor {{Frankenstein}} but also [[HerbertWestReanimator Herbert West]]. I wonder what his "Project" is?

*ThirdActMisunderstanding: Averted. [[spoiler: When Abigail tells him her true identity, instead of hating of rejecting her, he affirms his feelings, and later outright states that he is also using her for his own gain.]]

!Sonia Borozovna
An airheaded Russian girl who [[ISeeDeadPeople sees dead people]] [[spoiler:or at least one particular dead person (See Muirne D'Irn).]]

!Gil Trenton
A British teen who thinks he's a Warlock with great power. [[spoiler:May actually be one (See Gilveidan the All-Knowing]]

*{{Chuunibyou}}: Gil is under the impression that he is a Warlock, and has lived for several hundred years. All of his classmates write him off as a loon.
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[[folder:Elder Gods]]
!Mor (The Morrigan, Death, The Grim Reaper etc.)
The personification of death. She is seen however her viewer thinks of her, but is most commonly depicted as an overworked Irish Goddess.

*JadedProfessional: In her first appearance in "The Personal History of Lucius Marcell," Mor is mischievous, almost cheery, but as the series continues on, she becomes more jaded and tired.

!Sukimaki (Goddess of the Crossroads)
A spritely, rainbow-haired goddess who often shirks her godly duties in order to have some fun.

*TheTrickster: Literally the Trickster god of the Elder God pantheon.

!Lybideus (God of Sex)
The latecomer to the god party. An asshole. [[spoiler:given his status by Sukimaki in order to save his life.]]

*HandsomeLech: Before becoming a god, Lybideus spends most of his days chasing skirts in a bar. Afterwards he does... pretty much the same thing.

*SuperEmpowering: [[spoiler:Type 1. Sukimaki gave him half of her souls in order to save him from being written out of existence by the Other.]]

!Valki (Or the Valkyrie) (Goddess of Justice)
A red-headed warrior goddess who takes herself very seriously.

!Okin (God of Order)
The leader of the gods.

!Bacchae (God of Madness)
I mean, he's the god of madness, what do you expect?
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[[folder:Atlantis]]
!Muirne D'Irn
The youngest Princess of the ancient kingdom of Atlantis who leaves on a quest to defeat the Ultimate Evil.

*TheChosenOne: Half of the subject of a prophesy in order to save the world.

*NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Though she and Gilveidan manage to save the world, the continent of Lemuria is sunk under the sea as a consequence.]]

!Gilveidan the All-Knowing
A Warlock of considerable power. Initially attempts to prevent Muirne from finishing her quest before being beaten by and joining her.

*DefeatMeansFriendship: After Muirne bests him in a battle of might, Gilveidan reluctantly agrees to joins her.

!Ceallach D'Irn
Muirne's younger brother. Died when he was fourteen. His mother went a little insane afterwards and used her skills as a Mackinist to bring him back as an automaton.

*CameBackWrong: Though for all intents and purposes he looks like Ceallach, the automaton lacks a soul. This lack of being is what led [[spoiler:Muirne's mother to commit suicide.]]

*SoullessShell: Sits in a bedroom and doesn't move unless given a direct command.
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[[folder:The Talons]]




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Characters written for Hedgehog's patrons who have met the insane top-tier on her Patreon.




!Xiar Flooferpoofen

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\nWritten for Le Roy. A "business man" who made a deal with Cowell, and gained the ability [[spoiler:to never die, in exchange for... his ability to die.]]

!Xiar FlooferpoofenFlooferpoofen
A wizard who lost many of his memories and magic after an encounter with a terrible beast. Meets with Marcell in 1000AD.

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!Remus

!Kei
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!Magdelina

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!Magdelina!Magdelina

!Ace

!Xiar Flooferpoofen
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* The Perfectionist


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* The Perfectionist

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The de-facto main protagonist of the series. Was an ordinary straight-A student [spoiler: After making a demonic deal with Cowell after accidentally killing her science teacher, she lost her "perspective" and was given an ancient grimoire to use magic. Now she's a witch]

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The de-facto main protagonist of the series. Was an ordinary straight-A student [spoiler: [[spoiler: After making a demonic deal with Cowell after accidentally killing her science teacher, she lost her "perspective" and was given an ancient grimoire to use magic. Now she's a witch]
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!Lila Finn

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!Lila FinnFinn

!Buttercup

!Lilith

!Yumi

!Magdelina
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!Lucius Marcell

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!Lucius MarcellMarcell

!Remus

!Doug Bailey

!Jilli Nakajima

!Victor West

!Sonia Borozov

!Gil Trenton

!Abigail Hodge

!Cowell

!Niko Borozov

!Lila Finn

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Cindy Miller,
Mike Miller,
Tommy Miller,
Lucius Marcell,
Remus,
Niko Borozov,
Lila Finn,
Cowell,
Doug Bailey,
Jilli Nakajima,
Gil Trenton,
Sonia Borosov,
Buttercup,
Abigail Hodge,

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Cindy Miller,
Mike Miller,
Tommy Miller,
Lucius Marcell,
Remus,
Niko Borozov,
Lila Finn,
Cowell,
Doug Bailey,
Jilli Nakajima,
Gil Trenton,
Sonia Borosov,
Buttercup,
Abigail Hodge,
!Cindy Miller

The de-facto main protagonist of the series. Was an ordinary straight-A student [spoiler: After making a demonic deal with Cowell after accidentally killing her science teacher, she lost her "perspective" and was given an ancient grimoire to use magic. Now she's a witch]

*The Perfectionist


!Mike Miller

!Tommy Miller

!Lucius Marcell

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Cindy Miller
Mike Miller
Tommy Miller
Lucius Marcell
Niko Borozov
Lila Finn
Cowell
Doug Bailey
Jilli Nakajima
Gil Trenton
Sonia Borosov
Buttercup
Abigail Hodge

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Cindy Miller
Miller,
Mike Miller
Miller,
Tommy Miller
Miller,
Lucius Marcell
Marcell,
Remus,
Niko Borozov
Borozov,
Lila Finn
Cowell
Finn,
Cowell,
Doug Bailey
Bailey,
Jilli Nakajima
Nakajima,
Gil Trenton
Trenton,
Sonia Borosov
Buttercup
Borosov,
Buttercup,
Abigail HodgeHodge,
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Cindy Miller
Mike Miller
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Niko Borozov
Lila Finn
Cowell
Doug Bailey
Jilli Nakajima
Gil Trenton
Sonia Borosov
Buttercup
Abigail Hodge

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