History Characters / EventHorizonStormOfMagic

* CanadaEh: He's from Toronto, although in the future, Canada is part of the USA and completely Americanized anyway.

* {{Expy}}: The Company™ seems to be one of both [[Film/{{Aliens}} Weyland-Yutani]], and of the historic RealLife British East India Company... right down to their sometimes callous attitude towards "the natives".

* IdSuperegoAndEgo: The Id to VENI's Superego and Daniel's Ego.

** And then, [[spoiler:he thinks after winning their case with the UN, The Company™ can do whatever they want on Westeros, including forcing the populace to accept [[PuppetKing Daenerys]] as their Queen. His mother, The Company™ CEO, has to point out to him that 1. just because they won does not mean the UN will leave them alone as the UN will be more determined on keeping an eye on The Company™ if they do anything illegal, and 2. the people will never accept a foreign queen whose rather obviously being backed by foreigners, and whose father has a reputation for being a crazy and insane tyrant.]]

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:While he doesn't like what he did, he ordered VICI to assassinate Indrick Boreale as the knight's religious fanaticism and distrust of The Company™ would have ruined any peaceful contact between the The Company™ and The Empire.]]

** WordOfGod is that Fred was based on several characters played by Creator/ChrisPratt. Unfortunately, Fred seems to think and act like he's a badass like [[Film/JurassicWorld Owen Grady]] or [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Peter Quill]] when in truth he's really more like [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Andy Dwyer]]: a good-natured idiot with a penchant for making things worse.

* GenderBlenderName: Downplayed. VICI, a "male A.I.", has a name that sounds like "Vicky" but is actually Latin for [[AwesomeMcCoolname "I conquered"]].

As a CrossOver between ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', and ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' by placing all three of those worlds on planets in the same star system, ''Fanfic/EventHorizonStormOfMagic'' involves characters in those franchises as well. This page is specifically for the new characters and original entities introduced in this series.

As a CrossOver between Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire, Literature/TheLordOfTheRings, and TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} by placing all three of those worlds on planets in the same star system, this fic involves characters in those franchises as well. This page is specifically for the new characters and original entities introduced in this series.

* AffablyEvil: most of their employees, even the managers, seem to be pretty friendly, polite, and personable.
* AntiHero: either this or VillainProtagonist (see below).

* ChekhovsGun: several scenes set at The Company™'s mining outposts mention the frequent use of "plasma cutters" for cutting through solid rock. Sure enough, one is eventually used as an improvised short-range PlasmaCannon.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite their greed and backstabbing, The Company™ detest slavery, sexism and [[spoiler:are horrified when they learn how Uruk-Hais are created]]. Even their scientists have morals too where [[spoiler:they refuse to continue experimenting on Bran to activate his magic powers as the experiment is killing him]].
* {{Expy}}: The Company™ seems to be one of both [[Film/{{Aliens}} Weyland-Yutani]], and of the historic RealLife British East India Company ... right down to their sometimes callous attitude towards "the natives".
* KickTheDog: the in-universe reports filed by The Company™ show just how unscrupulous and opportunistic they are, and how little regard they have towards "the natives".
** KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:at the climax of Book 1, they pull a memorable EvilerThanThou moment on Tywin Lannister.]]
** In Book 2, they deliberately provoke a [[AggressiveNegotiations diplomatic incident]] with Mordor in order to be able to ''legally'' declare war on them.

* MegaCorp: and how!
** [[AllThereInTheManual The background materials on "Earth 2155"]] reveal just how powerful The Company™ is: they've built space elevators on Earth, and even bought the city of Baghdad and parts of Somalia and [[OneNationUnderCopyright governed those territories as a corporatocracy]].
* MiniMecha: the "HULK units" ([[FunWithAcronyms "Heavy Utility Lifter Konstruction unit"]]), which are used primarily for heavy lifting. [[ChekhovsGunman Later on, one does get used as an improvised weapon]].
* MobileFactory: in addition to the "fabricators", The Company™ also brought all the equipment they need to quickly set up blast furnaces, mineral refineries, gas-processing plants, and even ''[[INeedAFreakingDrink breweries]]'' within the system.
* MoralMyopia: They see no problem of manipulating or assassinating others for their goals yet when it happens to their own people, they swear revenge on the perpetrators.
** They also reach out to humans first in each of their conquests, and there are hints that they're focusing more on "advancing" the civilizations of the EE planets because they see the human civilizations as more valuable and stronger simply because they're human.
* MultinationalTeam: being a multinational corporation, The Company™'s mission to the star system features characters from all over Earth, including Americans, Brits, Germans, Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, and one South African.
** CosmopolitanCouncil: likewise, the board back on Earth is shown to be quite diverse as well.

* PetTheDog: however ruthless they may be towards their competitors, The Company™ does treat its own workers well.
** They are also helping bring modern education, medicine, and development to Westeros, and they did [[spoiler:rescue Ned and Arya Stark from King's Landing]].
* PlayingBothSides: During the war between the Lannisters and the Starks, The Company™ sold radios and weapons to both sides. [[spoiler:And later during the Battle of Red Fork, they assassinate both side's leaders to weaken their rule and ensure younger or open minded leaders will be more willing to work with The Company™]].
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: yeah, The Company™ manufactures these too and frequently employs them as field agents.
* ThemeNaming: The Company™'s three "Victory-class A.I.s" operating in the star system are named VENI, VIDI, and VICI, after Julius Caesar's famous quote: "I came, I saw, I conquered" (in Latin).

* TradeSnark: yes, they've even managed to trademark the words "The Company".
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Despite it was Ned who welcomed The Company™ with open arms and help them establish themselves in Westeros, the higher ups of the The Company™ on Earth wanted to kill him during the Battle of Red Fork because Ned had reservations and worried that The Company™ technology was damaging the North's land and culture and was suspicious on their true objectives which would get in the way of The Company™ plans of colonizing Planet EE-L4. Despite Fred convincing the higher ups of The Company™ to spare Ned, The Company™ still plans to assassinate him if he gets in their way again.]]

[[folder: The Company™'s Personnel]]
!!Frederick "Fred" Kovacs

* CanadaEh: Is from Toronto, although in the future, Canada is part of the USA and completely Americanized anyway.
* CharacterDevelopment: starts out as an insufferable JerkAss and an idiot, but gradually starts moving into "JerkWithAHeartOfGold" territory and showing a lot more savvy and competence in his dealings.

* FatalFlaw: Fred's flaw is that instead of focusing on what he ''is'' good at, he keeps getting into things he lacks understanding and has no experience, which only cause more harm than good (e.g. his poor diplomatic skills). [[spoiler: As a result, a lot deaths and incidents in Westeros were caused by him which almost got the The Company™ in trouble with the UN which made his mother, the CEO of the The Company™, demote him and transfer him to another world.]]
* TheHero / TheAtoner: After a near-death experience, decides he wants to reform and become this trope. Unfortunately, he's so far proving pretty terrible at it.

* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:He accuses Drogo of being a savage who treats Daenerys like a thing despite the fact Drogo loves his wife and treats her like a person yet Fred treats Daenerys like a tool of his to be use to overthrow the Baratheon Royal Family]].

* IdiotBall: Constantly kicks this on a daily basis.

* {{Nepotism}}:[[spoiler:Turns out he got his position from his mother, the CEO of The Company™, who hoped her son's new responsibilities would mature him. She later realized it was a mistake thanks to his NiceJobBreakingItHero actions and promptly has him [[ReassignedToAntarctica transferred to a position of less power]]]].

** When his attempt [[spoiler:to "rescue" Daenerys leads to the death of her husband Drogo and brother Viserys, he tries to blame the whole thing on Dothraki barbarism rather than admit his [[PoorCommunicationKills bad negotiation skills]] lead to their deaths]].
** When Robb [[spoiler:and Daenerys call out on him for his bad taste on doing a weapons sells pitch when they are mourning for Robb's soldiers who died at the Battle of Red Fork, rather than apologize for it, he laughs it off and think it's just a silly teenage outburst.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: On the other hand, Fred's endless dickery leads to [[spoiler:exposing Littlefinger's corruption, revealing the Lannisters' incest, and helps finally bring Khaleesi to Westeros well ahead of schedule and saving Daenerys and Drogo's child in the process]].

* [[spoiler:TrappedInVillainy: JerkAss or not, Fred genuinely regrets the assassinations that his superiors ask him to perform during [[ThePurge Operation Red Friday]].]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Fred is called out by many for his stupid and irrational actions which includes:
** Daniel scolds Fred for his laxative prank [[spoiler:on Joffrey as it almost killed him, Jaime and Cersei due to an allergic reaction.]]

** And he finally gets a big one from [[spoiler:his mother, The Company™ CEO who chews him out for everything he has done at Westeros for making things worse for the locals and almost getting The Company™ in trouble with the UN.]]

!!Daniel Zimmerman

* HypercompetentSidekick / CloudCuckooLandersMinder: to Fred.

** RankUp: [[spoiler:When the CEO of The Company™ has Fred's position of Director revoked, Daniel becomes the new director of EE-L4.]]

!!VENI, VIDI, and VICI

* [[spoiler:ChestBlaster: all three run on mini-fusion reactors and can, in an emergency, utilize their reactor venting protocol as an improvised one-shot PlasmaCannon]].
* CurbStompBattle: deliver these on a regular basis to any human who tries to take one of them on in a straight up fight. [[spoiler:Ser Gregor Clegane certainly found this out the hard way]].
* DoAndroidsDream: a persistent theme in all of the A.I.s' interaction with the human characters.
* {{Expy}}: to ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' in general, though VENI seems to be developing a personality similar to [[Franchise/MassEffect EDI]].
* GenderBlenderName: downplayed. VICI, a "male A.I.", has a name that sounds like "Vicky" but is actually Latin for [[AwesomeMcCoolname "I conquered"]].
* InUniverseNickname: VENI's name is pronounced "Venya" or "Vaenya" by the Westerosi (probably an attempt to translate her name into Old Valyrian), but after her [[spoiler:CurbStompBattle against Ser Gregor Clegane]], has also earned the moniker "the Iron Lady".

* MadeOfIron: well, technically a [[AppliedPhlebotinum "titanium-iridium-platinum nano-reinforced hyperalloy"]].

* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: at least to the natives, who don't understand the concept of a robot and thus frequently mistake the three of them to be normal humans.
* RoboSpeak: VENI at least seems to speak [[SpockSpeak very formally]], with no verbal contractions, constant use of InsistentTerminology, and prefacing every time she uses vernacular with "as you organics say".

!!Jonathan Teller

!!Angela Cheong

!!James Lombardi

!!Akane Saito

* NiceGirl: Very respectful and nice to her colleagues.

!!Domenech Belleville

* JerkassHasAPoint: Belleville might be a jerk, but he is correct that Fred should have not been promoted to Director due to the latter's incompetence.

!!The CEO [[spoiler:aka Adrienne Kovacs]]

* {{Nepotism}}: At least two of the CEO's children are in high ranking positions in the Company. [[spoiler:Though her son Fred proved to be a failure at his job, her daughter Ellen (a main protagonist of the subplot set on Earth) is much more competent in her counterintelligence role]].

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:not only is [[SamusIsAGirl The CEO a woman]], but she is also Fred's mom, Adrienne Kovacs, [[{{Nepotism}} thus explaining how Fred got his position]] despite being ill-suited for it.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:confronts Fred, her son, over his behavior at the end of Book 1.]]

!! Ellen Kovacs

* ActionGirl: one of the two main protagonists of the subplot focused on corporate espionage in Cyberpunk Tokyo.

!! Dominic "Dom" Kobori

!! Masuda Fukyushitsu
Dom's boss, and [[spoiler: a corporate spy.]]
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* [[spoiler: ArcVillain]]: For the Tokyo subplot. [[spoiler: Although he's only one part of a much larger network of infiltrators]].
* BadBoss: In a parody of Japan's company culture, works his employees half to death.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He's [[spoiler: sabotaging The Company™]], using the Victory-AI's to cover his tracks.

* CoolCar: the "Wild Cat Light Utility Vehicle", the main scout / light transport vehicle seen so far. For combat situations, can also be equipped with a rotating turret mounting a .50-cal minigun, a 7.62mm machine gun, and a 20mm automatic grenade launcher ... [[MoreDakka all at once]].
* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: despite living in the future, with hyperdrive-equipped starships and RidiculouslyHumanRobots, the UNCDF still use 7.62mm rounds in their assault rifles. Granted, of course, it's stated that thanks to advancements in propellants, the UNCDF's 7.62mm ammunition is much more powerful than today's 7.62mm ammunition.
** JustifiedTrope: "conventional guns" are just [[BoringButPractical cheaper, easier to produce locally, and low maintenance]] when compared to [[AwesomeButImpractical flashier and cooler but more expensive, fragile, and high maintenance]] directed energy weapons.
* MiniMecha: downplayed - it's stated that mechanized walkers are only used for patrol and riot control, [[AwesomeButImpractical because their high profile makes them an easier target for futuristic missiles and railguns]].
** Although MiniMecha do seem much more effective against the planetary natives of the star system who haven't yet reached that level of heavy weaponry...
*** In particular, the arm-mounted plasma cutters make highly effective close range weapons, especially since they found out that [[spoiler:they can instantly vapourize a White Walker]].
* MultinationalTeam: like The Company™, the UNCDF too hires from all around Earth.

[[folder: The U.N.'s Personnel]]
!!Nathan Hawthorne

!!Steve Lynn

* TheAtoner: Part of the reason he authorizes UN and Company intervention against Saruman, to make up for the fact that he previously authorized a botched raid against Saruman that got a Marine killed and allowed him to get his hands on a firearm.

!!Kyra Lynn

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:Kyra has the charges against her dropped for the time being as the UNASEC needs all the Marines they have right now to deal with their current enemies but is warned that if a same incident like Saruman happens again, she will be arrested.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Against Saruman.]]
** Deconstructed: although she gets her revenge, she gets court-martialed for abandoning her post to pursue a personal vendetta, [[spoiler:and for executing a valuable prisoner.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:The higher ups of the UNASEC called out on her for breaking her oath as a UN Marine and letting her emotions get to the best of her and killing Saruman on the spot. Despite the latter being a War Criminal, Saruman was still a valuable prisoner whose knowledge could have help them learn about magic and Mordor's weaknesses.]]

!!Hans Müller

* Main/{{Foil}}: to the UNCDF; they have the same mission (protecting Earth's colonies in the system), but [[UnscrupulousHero considerably less scruples]].

* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: the squad's two female members at one point go undercover disguised as princesses. Much asskicking ensues.
* MultinationalTeam: although based in Russia, the Legion hires from all over, including Polish, Lithuanian, Central Asian, Vietnamese, and even American members too.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: owned by the Arcturus Corporation, which is more or less the Russian version of The Company™.
* RedsWithRockets: although they're a private company, they do have this vibe. Most of their weapons are futuristic versions of Soviet Era guns.

* Main/{{Expy}}: quite possibly this universe's equivalent to the Adeptus Mechanicus from [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 the other Warhammer]].
* Main/{{Foil}}: basically The Company™ but more secretive and with even ''less'' scruples.

* KillThePoor: [[spoiler: Kobayashi]] insists that they only experiment on criminals and poor people, people who "were holding progress back." Possibly a moral point of the world itself, as the argument convinces [[spoiler: Ellen]] well enough.

* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: how they hold their board meetings, using holograms and voice-changers to conceal the identities of their leaders.

* ShoutOut: in addition to the aforementioned Mechanicus, readers have also noted some similarities to [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion SEELE]] and [[VideoGame/Fallout4 The Institute]].

[[folder: TEC members *SPOILERS*]]
!! Dr. Varna Speer, aka Kobayashi

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* {{Expy}}: According to the writer, his character is modeled on "Creator/ChrisPratt from ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' trying to be Chris Pratt from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' (and predictably failing miserably at it)".

* NotSoDifferent: while considerably more competent than her brother, there are little hints in her sense of humor that she might be more like Fred than she likes to admit.

* MiniMecha: downplayed - it's stated that mechanized walkers are only used for patrol and riot control, [[RealityEnsues because their high profile makes them an easier target for futuristic missiles and railguns]].

** VENI also seems to channel Baymax from ''Disney/BigHero6'' at several points when offering medical care and "somatosensory therapy" (IE: a hug) to those in need.

* JapanesePronouns: He lives in Japan, so these sometimes get used in his conversations and emails to provide more details on subtext.