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** This is highlighted by the vocals in ''March of Mephisto'', Khan impersonating the angel and Shagrath’s [[GutturalGrowler growl]] being the demon that hides underneath.
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** This is highlighted by the vocals in ''March of Mephisto'', Khan impersonating the angel and Shagrath’s [[GutturalGrowler growl]] growl being the demon that hides underneath.
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* HidingBehindReligion: He makes the people believe he was sent from God. The Latin speach at the beginning of ''March of Mepihsto'' suggests this (''„Ad maiorem die gloriam“'' translates as „For the glory of God“).
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* HidingBehindReligion: He makes the people believe he was sent from God. The Latin speach at the beginning of ''March of Mepihsto'' suggests this (''„Ad maiorem die gloriam“'' translates as „For „For the glory of God“).
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* {{Bishonen}}: It is implied that this is how he presents himself as an angel.
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Per TRS, Unrequited Tragic Maiden now needs actual tragedy. Examples that don't mention this are removed
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* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. Mephisto actually believes that he can make this happen, but it doesn't.
* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: As is evident in "The Haunting (Somewhere In Time)", she'll never mean as much to Ariel as Helena did.
* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: As is evident in "The Haunting (Somewhere In Time)", she'll never mean as much to Ariel as Helena did.
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* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. Mephisto actually believes that he can make this happen, but it doesn't.
* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: As is evident in "The Haunting (Somewhere In Time)", she'll never mean as much to Ariel as Helena did.doesn't.
* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: As is evident in "The Haunting (Somewhere In Time)", she'll never mean as much to Ariel as Helena did.
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->'''Played by''': Roy Khan
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->'''Played by''': Mari Youngblood
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->'''Played by''': Roy Khan, [[Music/DimmuBorgir Shagrath]] (''The Black Halo'' only)
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->'''Played by''': [[Music/{{Epica}} Simone Simons]]
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** This is highlighted by the vocals in ''March of Mephisto'', Khan impersonating the angel and Shagrath’s [[GutturalGrowler growl]] being the demon that hides underneath.
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* SmallRoleLargeImpact: Aside from Ariel's memories of her in "Wander", the only songs she appears in prior to her death are "On the Coldest Winter Night", "Lost and Damned" and "Helena's Theme", the latter leading up to her suicide. Her ghost makes short appearances in "III Ways to Epica", "Abandoned" and "Memento Mori", but she still has a comparatively small role, yet she (and her death in particular) shapes the story hugely.
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* SmallRoleLargeImpact: SmallRoleBigImpact: Aside from Ariel's memories of her in "Wander", the only songs she appears in prior to her death are "On the Coldest Winter Night", "Lost and Damned" and "Helena's Theme", the latter leading up to her suicide. Her ghost makes short appearances in "III Ways to Epica", "Abandoned" and "Memento Mori", but she still has a comparatively small role, yet she (and her death in particular) shapes the story hugely.
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* GuardianAngel: She seems to become this after her death. She tries to reach out to Ariel and tell him that "love is all we know" and "the dark can never win", but he doesn't seem to hear her in his grief for her.
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* SmallRoleLargeImpact: Aside from Ariel's memories of her in "Wander", the only songs she appears in prior to her death are "On the Coldest Winter Night", "Lost and Damned" and "Helena's Theme", the latter leading up to her suicide. Her ghost makes short appearances in "III Ways to Epica", "Abandoned" and "Memento Mori", but she still has a comparatively small role, yet she (and her death in particular) shapes the story hugely.
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* TheAtoner: Near the end of the story.
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* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. Mephisto actually believes that he can make this happen, but it doesn't.
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! Ariel
The protagonist of the story. He leaves his home on quest for TheMeaningOfLife.
* CharacterDevelopment: Ariel starts off as an idealistic {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, but soon becomes a {{StrawNihilist}} under the influence of Mephisto. [[spoiler: Then he realizes his wrongdoings and leaves Mephisto to have some time alone, eventually overcoming his own demons by confronting Mephisto and the mistakes he made]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: At the beginning, until Helena‘s death [[BreakTheCutie breaks the cutie]].
* CrisisOfFaith: It starts with "III Ways to Epica" and reaches its culmination in "Abandoned".
* TheHermit: He seems to become this after he leaves the town, most refered to in the verses of "Moonlight".
* ThePhilosopher: Most notably in "Center of the Universe", "Farewell", "Soul Society" and "Nothing Ever Dies".
* StrawNihilist: He has shades of this in "When the Lights Are Down", hinting at the CharacterDevelopment.
! Helena
The love Ariel left behind.
* DrivenToSuicide: After Ariel leaves her for the second time.
* FirstLove: She is the first and only person Ariel has ever truly loved.
* TheLostLenore: Throughout the entirety of ''The Black Halo''.
* LoveInterest: To Ariel.
* PurityPersonified: She stands for everything that's good and pure.
! Mephisto
The devil himself, disguised as an angel. He strives for Ariel's soul.
* BeneathTheMask: He appears as an angel "in white", but he actually is a demon.
* BigBad: Of the whole story.
* {{Bishonen}}: It is implied that this is how he presents himself as an angel.
* EvilMentor: To Ariel. It's particularly evident in "III Ways to Epica".
* HidingBehindReligion: He makes the people believe he was sent from God. The Latin speach at the beginning of ''March of Mepihsto'' suggests this (''„Ad maiorem die gloriam“'' translates as „For the glory of God“).
* LightIsNotGood: He appears as an angel.
* ManipulativeBastard: In everything he does.
* MasterOfIllusion: He even seems to manage to make Ariel believe that Margarete is Helena.
! Margarete
A girl from town that is similar to Helena in many ways. Mephisto uses her in an attempt to make Ariel happy again and win his soul.
* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: As is evident in "The Haunting (Somewhere In Time)", she'll never mean as much to Ariel as Helena did.
The protagonist of the story. He leaves his home on quest for TheMeaningOfLife.
* CharacterDevelopment: Ariel starts off as an idealistic {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, but soon becomes a {{StrawNihilist}} under the influence of Mephisto. [[spoiler: Then he realizes his wrongdoings and leaves Mephisto to have some time alone, eventually overcoming his own demons by confronting Mephisto and the mistakes he made]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: At the beginning, until Helena‘s death [[BreakTheCutie breaks the cutie]].
* CrisisOfFaith: It starts with "III Ways to Epica" and reaches its culmination in "Abandoned".
* TheHermit: He seems to become this after he leaves the town, most refered to in the verses of "Moonlight".
* ThePhilosopher: Most notably in "Center of the Universe", "Farewell", "Soul Society" and "Nothing Ever Dies".
* StrawNihilist: He has shades of this in "When the Lights Are Down", hinting at the CharacterDevelopment.
! Helena
The love Ariel left behind.
* DrivenToSuicide: After Ariel leaves her for the second time.
* FirstLove: She is the first and only person Ariel has ever truly loved.
* TheLostLenore: Throughout the entirety of ''The Black Halo''.
* LoveInterest: To Ariel.
* PurityPersonified: She stands for everything that's good and pure.
! Mephisto
The devil himself, disguised as an angel. He strives for Ariel's soul.
* BeneathTheMask: He appears as an angel "in white", but he actually is a demon.
* BigBad: Of the whole story.
* {{Bishonen}}: It is implied that this is how he presents himself as an angel.
* EvilMentor: To Ariel. It's particularly evident in "III Ways to Epica".
* HidingBehindReligion: He makes the people believe he was sent from God. The Latin speach at the beginning of ''March of Mepihsto'' suggests this (''„Ad maiorem die gloriam“'' translates as „For the glory of God“).
* LightIsNotGood: He appears as an angel.
* ManipulativeBastard: In everything he does.
* MasterOfIllusion: He even seems to manage to make Ariel believe that Margarete is Helena.
! Margarete
A girl from town that is similar to Helena in many ways. Mephisto uses her in an attempt to make Ariel happy again and win his soul.
* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: As is evident in "The Haunting (Somewhere In Time)", she'll never mean as much to Ariel as Helena did.
