History Characters / ImperiumNova

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Refers to themselves as "''The'' House de Erwyne"

!!Count Théophile de Erwyne

* AuthorityInNameOnly: Became this after giving his daughter, Aimée, power to act in his name.

* WhatTheHellHero: Giving Aimée power to act in his name.

* DarkActionGirl: Happens to be the best duelist in House de Erwyne.

* KarmaHoudini: Partially. She may have been captured and imprisoned by her uncle and cousin, but it was her father that died for her crimes.

* TheCorrupter: Manipulated her father into giving her complete power by convincing him that their family was in danger from the waves of assassinations happening at the time, and that only she could protect them.
* TheFundamentalist: Attempts to stamp out chaos and disloyalty within her House in accordance to her extreme Imperialism views.

* [[ProudScholarRace Proud Scholar House]]: Science, technology and cybernetics are their [[PlanetOfHats Hat]], [[GameplayAndStorySegregation though they are actually not especially technologically advanced.]]
* RulingCouple: Minister Adonijah and Charlotte act as this.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: They're ''the'' House of the Ascendant, not House of the Ascendant or House Ascendant.

* LotusEaterMachine: Many are wary of Qwib Tech's VR Chambers because of this trope.

* NebulousEvilOrganisation Rumors are floating around that Qwib Tech is one of these.
* MasterComputer: [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream The Allied Master Computer Network]].

%%'''Ezra Qwib-Qwib

%%* InsufferableGenius

* BattleCouple: She happens to be /married/ to the most experienced duellist in the galaxy.

* AllMonksKnowKungFu: All Golden Vale Martial Adepts do anyway.

* PsychicPowers: Deathwatch, their Covert Ops unit for hire. Comes in a PowerArmor flavor, too.
* ShoutOut: To a certain [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya teenage deity]], among many others...

!!Prince-Regent Ettore Delandi
* RedOniBlueOni: Tend to play the Blue Oni for his Red Oni father. This is notably shown by his preference for practical speeches.
* TheGoodChancellor: Tries to be this to his father, with various level of success.

* MurderInc: an ancient house specializing in assassination
* ScaryAmoralReligion: sadly didn't get enough chance to flesh that out.

!!Brother Eldred Cotillion

* SinisterMinister to a degree. It's a bit [[GreyAndGrayMorality grayer]] than that though.

* WeCanRebuildHim: The reason for actually being able to pull off Waif Fu when it matters. Dagmar Mckenna is one of these, having undergone a full body replacement.
* GloriousMotherRussia: The Mckennas are Galactic Communists and never lose an opportunity to decry the bourgeois exploitation of the Emperor.
%%* PoweredArmour: Hey, it's the future.

* BrilliantButLazy: She'll spend an hour a day making decisions, no more.

!!Dagmar Mckenna
* LadyOfWar: "Chief issuer of threats and promises".

!!Silja Mckenna
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Chief of the would be dictatorial Red Union, propaganda and misdirection is in her blood.

* BigBrotherIsWatching: Interplanetary computer network that might possibly be sentient? Hm...

* DarkIsNotEvil: in Cosmic Balance, and LightIsNotGood. (Or so it is believed.)
* EmpireWithADarkSecret: Or ten.

* FastRoping: The elimination of Jago Ragnarok.

* ForgottenSuperweapon: How about an entire golden-age fleet?
* GreatOffscreenWar: The civil war between Philippe and Joseph was overshadowed by the Valerian conflict.
** Past Great Offscreen War}}s include, from most to least recent:

!!Daniel Savoie

* SuckSessor: Surely, the people who assassinated his father couldn't have imagined the enormity of what they had done.

* TheDutifulSon: He wasn't exactly crazy about taking over for 'ol pops.

* TheExile: Self-imposed, and it didn't last. He wishes it did.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: A more cynical observer would say YouAreWhatYouHate.
* HeadInTheSandManagement: He was a major supporter of House Valeria in the early stages of the war.
* InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves: His latest epiphany as to the fate of the Empire.
* TheLastDJ: Saw himself as this at first. Now, not so much.

* ThePawn: As of his triumphal return. To who or what, only he knows.
* RebelLeader: For a short time, although it's unclear how 'rebellious' this faction actually was.

* ShameIfSomethingHappened: What he used to keep the electorate quiet long enough to properly frame and dispose of them.

** BaitAndSwitchTyrant: But it turns out that he's the puppet, and a particularly [[TheFettered unhappy one]].

* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The civil war against Joseph ended poorly and suddenly.

* MindControlConspiracy: It all seems to point ''towards'' him, but never ''to'' him.

* ReassignedToAntarctica: His post on Agena was ''meant'' to be something like this.

* PutOnABus: Currently serving with House Yweraar.

* DeepCoverAgent: Within financial operations, commissioned by House Inviquantus.

[[folder: House Ataraxia]]

!!House Tropes
* BlackMagic: 'Discord' energy which MayContainEvil. Parallels to Void should be obvious.

[[/folder]]

* {{Expy}}: Of MaximillienRobespierre. Yes, him.

* TheEmpath: Including [[MoreThanMindControl projective empathy]], although [[TemptingFate he swears he'd never use it]].

!!Doctor Aidan Glenn
* {{Expy}}: Owes a bit to [[ComicBook/XMen Professor Charles Xavier]]

* TheFaceless: At least, the women of the House with respect to their upper faces.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Of which only females exhibit Lunarian phenotypes.
* HumanAliens: Ignoring the ears and tails. Probably descended from a common ancestor anyways.
* ISeeDeadPeople: And also that water fairy over there, as well as my own God of Space Flight. Really, Lunarians are giant cosmic antennas for all sorts of supernatural things.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: House Houraisan have red eyes, to be precise.

* ShoutOut: The entire House is one to Franchise/TouhouProject.

* CheshireCatGrin: More of a subtle smile, but still a bit unsettling.

%%* MasterOfIllusion: Especially of the MindScrew variety.

* TheFaceless: Also always wears an opaque black visor or eye veil.

* {{Greed}}: Want to motivate her to do something? Offer her money.

!!Mitsusuke Houraisan

* MadMathematician: Not really mad, but he's had mathematics articles that he wrote published.

* TheFaceless: Veils, curtains, fans or visors, as usual.

%%* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: ... I will skin you alive, Iowerth.

* SeriousBusiness: Obsessed with certain things, like a certain expy of a certain [[Yugioh Children's Card Game]], and bizarre little projects, but otherwise kind of apathetic.

* PunchClockVillain: Joined Roma's Domain pretty much at gunpoint; does everything the position of Seneschal demands, but has only recently been doing really evil things.

%%* AffablyEvil
* NoAccountingForTaste: Married to Agnes in name only.

* DarkSecret: Natasha is the granddaughter of former Emperor Helmut Ventruz.

* FateWorseThanDeath: The same fate as Agnes, at the same time. Joseph waters the vegetables regularly.

* HappilyMarried: to [[MsFanservice Heulfryn Boudicca]], widely regarded as the galaxy's number one sex symbol, although a certain Lunarian Queen might have something to say about that...

* NowOrNeverKiss: Played straight,with his future wife. Led to a RelationshipUpgrade.

* EnfantTerrible: Psionic super-genius prodigy taken under the wing of the Void Lord.

* BadassInANiceSuit: Generally complete with [[BadAssLongcoat trench coats]], [[SinisterShades protective sunglasses]], and {{fedora|OfAsskicking}}s.

* TheMafia: Before they became Vampires, they were this. There are still some hold over practices.

* HearingVoices Justified, as he had become possessed by Void Spirits.

* [[IDoNotDrinkWine I Never Drink... Wine]] In one of the more blatant references, this is flat out stated.

* CommissarCap: As part of his old life. He's the only named character to wear one.

* BadassInANiceSuit Was the first character to be actually described dressing in the coat and hat.
* BadAssNormal Jumps his way through a construction site sustaining any injuries, took on around fifty psychic power armored troopers, and may have even killed some.
* SmokingIsCool While preparing to escape from the compound, he lights up while grabbing his weapon. See's his evac get blown up? Time for a smoke. Surrounded on all sides, with heavy weapons chipping away at your cover? Give him a sec, he's getting his lighter.

* DirtyCommies: Pretty much the entire reason for their existence.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Of [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn The Soviet Union]] (with a dash of North Korea)
%%* TheFederation: Really, ''really'' subverted.

'''House Tropes'''

'''Count Théophile de Erwyne'''

'''Aimée de Erwyne'''

'''Count Leon de Erwyne'''

'''Ambrosius de Erwyne'''

'''House Tropes'''

'''Minister Adonijah of the Ascendant'''

'''Charlotte of the Ascendant'''

'''Levi of the Ascendant'''

'''House Tropes'''

%%'''Chairman Barak Qwib-Qwib'''

'''Vice-Chairman Lorenzo Qwib-Qwib'''

%%'''Ezra Qwib-Qwib'''

'''Simon Qwib-Qwib'''

'''Cariad Qwib-Qwib'''

'''House Tropes'''

'''Emperor Ehno Delandi'''

'''Rosetta Delandi'''

'''Prince-Regent Ettore Delandi'''

'''House Tropes'''

* MurderInc an ancient house specializing in assassination

'''Brother Eldred Cotillion'''

'''House Tropes'''

'''Gwendolin Mckenna'''

'''Dagmar Mckenna'''

'''Silja Mckenna'''

'''House Tropes'''

* [[EmpireWithADarkSecret House With A Dark Secret]]: Or ten.

** Past [[GreatOffscreenWar Great Offscreen Wars]] include, from most to least recent:

'''Clement Savoie'''

'''Daniel Savoie'''

'''Joseph Savoie'''

'''Philippe Savoie'''

'''David Savoie'''

'''Cadno Kujawski'''

* TheOnlyOne: As the eldest male heir, his choices are more limited than it may seem.

%%'''Crispian Dublin'''

%%'''Anzhelica Holdren'''

'''Munisa Lanning'''

%%* TheGoodChancellor

'''Bernadina Peppers'''

'''Controller Superior'''

'''Sirius/Luther Blisset'''

'''House Tropes'''
%%* A kind of HeelFaceTurn from House Aponia
%%* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
%%* Magitek 'Discord Drives' and other Ataraxia technology.

%%'''House Tropes'''

%%* PsychicPowers: More so than usual.

'''Ifor Glenn''' (second-oldest of the Primary Study Group; current Administrator of the Glenn Institute for Psionics Research)

%%* Telepathy

%%'''Zaira Glenn''' (Ifor's wife, Aidan's daughter)

'''Constantine Glenn''' (youngest of the Primary Study Group)

'''Doctor Aidan Glenn'''
* Expy: Owes a bit to [[ComicBook/XMen Professor Charles Xavier]]

'''House Tropes'''

* RedEyesTakeWarning: House Houraisan have red eyes, to be precise.

%%* ThePowerOfTheVoid: It cost them a civilization.

'''Lady Misako Houraisan, Queen of the Lunarians'''

%%* TheHighQueen: Exudes raw charisma.

* TheTrickster: Likes to mess with people's head - to detrimental or beneficial effect.

%%* HartmanHips: CHILDREARING HIPS!
%%* PsychicPowers

'''Chika Houraisan'''

%%* ShockAndAwe
%%* KiManipulation
%%* CheshireCatGrin: Always wears this.

'''Mayako Houraisan'''

%%* CombatPragmatist

%%* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Sees herself as this.

'''Tatsuaki Houraisan'''
%%* ButWeUsedACondom: Too bad he put it on wrong.

* LadykillerInLove and ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: The only woman in his life that he had to work to get in bed with - and exactly the reason why he fell in love with her.
* ChivalrousPervert: He still has an eye for the ladies. In the end, it might have been Chika that seduced him, rather than the other way around.
%%* ShotgunWedding

'''Mitsusuke Houraisan'''

* MadMathematician: Not really mad, but he's had mathematics articles that he wrote published.

'''Saeko Houraisan'''

%%* FirstKiss: She still hasn't fully forgiven Iowerth for taking it, rather than her giving it to him.

'''Nagachika Houraisan'''

* [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer If You Ever Do Anything To Hurt Saeko]]: ... I will skin you alive, Iowerth.

%%* TheRival: To Iowerth Quest.

%%'''Kageyoshi Houraisan'''

%%'''The Late Lady Sakuko Houraisan, Queen Koumei of the Lunarians'''

%%'''Mitsunaga Houraisan'''

%%* BadassCape

%%* RevolversAreJustBetter

%%* ArrangedMarriage

%%'''Miyoko Houraisan'''

%%'''Tori Houraisan'''

%%'''The Magnificent Eleven'''

%%'''Harbinger 4-17 "Ruum"'''

%%'''Dr. Tae Genma'''

'''House Tropes'''

* HumongousMecha: Another battalion in each regiment is composed of Somatic Assault Vehicles (known to the troops as SAVIORS) because [[MoreDakka too much firepower is never enough]].

'''Premier Joseph Quest'''

'''Natasha'''

%%* EvilRedhead: Oh, yeah.
* DarkSecret: Natasha is the granddaughter of former Emperor Helmut Ventruz.

'''Agnes Quest, Wife of the Premier (snicker)'''

'''Zephaniah Quest (Agnes' brother)'''

%%'''Aimee Quest, Sister of the Premier'''

%%'''Gabriel Quest (Aimee's husband)'''

'''Lochlannach Quest (Aimee's elder son)'''

'''Oscar Quest (Aimee's younger son)'''

%%'''Yutsoko Sun (Lochlannach's first wife)'''

'''Iowerth Quest(Lochlannach's eldest son)'''
* NowOrNeverKiss: Played straight,with his future wife. Led to a RelationshipUpgrade.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Oh boy, did he ever. "You have the chance to fight monsters in Dreamspace with your friends, but if you screw up once, you're braindead. Also, you're thirteen." (Merest of pauses) "Where do I sign?"

%%* WarriorPoet: Already showing signs of becoming this.

%%* DestructoNookie: Between him and Saeko, now and again.

%%'''Abiel Quest (Lochlannach's second son)'''

'''Saeko Quest (Lochlannach's second wife)'''

* DarkSecret: ''Something'' out of the ordinary happened during her Void Engineer training, but ''nobody'' is talking about it.

'''Gethsemane Quest (Lochlannach's daughter)'''

* TheChosenOne: Selected by Constantine Roma to be his successor and future Empress of the galaxy. Over the entire Goratrix family.

%%'''Luatha Quest (Lochlannach's youngest son)'''

%%'''Shona Boudicca (Oscar's daughter)'''

%%'''Ialach Quest (Oscar's son)'''

'''House Tropes'''

'''Count Sergio Von Carstein'''

'''Commander Lothar Du Bek'''

%%'''Count Cristiano Von Carstein'''

%%'''Grand Regent Este Von Carstein'''

'''Agent Mannfred'''

%%'''Agent Findlay'''

'''House Tropes'''

%%'''Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Parliament of the United Federation of People's Republics and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Total Democratic Party of the United Federation of People's Republics Viktor Gagarin'''

* BigScrewedUpFamily

* AntiVillain: Type IV

* ReluctantWarrior

* AxCrazy

* EvilChancellor: To her father.

* KnightTemplar
* PsychoticSmirk

* [[WarriorPrince Warrior Princess]]: Personally led her forces into battle against her uncle Leon and cousin Ambrosius.

* AntiHero: Type III

* KnightInSourArmor
* TheStoic

* AntiHero: Type III
* CombatPragmatist

* KnightInSourArmor
* TheStoic

* TheStoic

'''Chairman Barak Qwib-Qwib'''

* ConvenientComa
* PutOnABus

'''Ezra Qwib-Qwib'''
* NonActionGuy
* InsufferableGenius

* ProfessionalKiller

* MissionFromGod

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

* PoweredArmour: Hey, it's the future.

* AwfulTruth: Most are.

* CivilWar: YES.

* AHouseDivided: Hoo boy.

* OurFounder: Valerian Savoie.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity

* GoodIsNotNice

* TheLastDJ: The real deal.
* PosthumousCharacter
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* SecretChaser

* AmbitionIsEvil: Well...
* FullCircleRevolution
* SecretChaser
* SmugSnake: Often left this impression.
* StoppedCaring

* RebelRelaxation

* SmugSnake: He had his moments, which almost always backfire spectacularly.
* SympatheticMurderer: Er...
* TelepathicSpacemen: Of a sort.

* WhiteSheep: He tried.

* AwfulTruth: He didn't take it very well.
* GrandTheftPrototype: David managed to steal some of the advanced technology being developed on Agena.
* IJustWantToBeNormal
* OnlySaneMan: Perhaps one of the benefits of being the youngest.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: What he's aiming for.
* SpaceCadet: Before dropping out of military school.
* WhiteSheep: Doing better than Joseph is.

* HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster: Yeah, once or twice.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: Might be the case.
* MindControlConspiracy: It all seems to point ''towards'' him, but never ''to'' him.
* PassedOverInheritance: Due to the circumstances of his birth, he only got the raw end of the deal.
* [[spoiler:PelagianVillain: This could be the case.]]
* ReassignmentBackfire: It probably wasn't the wisest choice.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: His post on Agena was ''meant'' to be something like this.
* TheOnlyOne: As the eldest male heir, his choices are more limited than it may seem.
* WeAreEverywhere: The recipient, not the claimant.

'''Crispian Dublin'''
* SkilledButNaive
* TheWatson
* UnwittingPawn

'''Anzhelica Holdren'''
* ActionGirl
* TheMcCoy
* RetiredBadass
* TheWorfEffect

* TheGoodChancellor

* [[spoiler:FlyingDutchman]]
* [[spoiler:HiddenAgendaVillain: What does he want? Nobody knows.]]
* HiddenVillain
* TheManBehindTheCurtain: Signs point to yes.
* MasterOfIllusion
* MysteriousPast
* PlayingWithPuppets
* [[spoiler:TheRealRemingtonSteele]]
* [[spoiler:TheSlowPath: A variation without time travel.]]

* CodeName: Both of them.
* DeepCoverAgent: Within financial operations, commissioned by House Inviquantus.
* GoingNative: Orders stopped coming in, he decided to reveal himself to the current head of House Savoie - who had previously worked for his former masters.
* GoodWithNumbers
* HazyFeelTurn: His identity never really changed, only his employer.
* MoleInCharge: Became a very high-level employee before he defected.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname

* A kind of HeelFaceTurn from House Aponia
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* Magitek 'Discord Drives' and other Ataraxia technology.

'''House Tropes'''
* Expy: Of House Gagarin.
* LaResistance
* PsychicPowers: More so than usual.
* ThemeNaming: In the same manner as House Gagarin.

* DeadpanSnarker
* InsufferableGenius
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold

* PsychicPowers: Specifically,
** Telepathy

'''Zaira Glenn''' (Ifor's wife, Aidan's daughter)
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]

* ConvenientlyAnOrphan

* IncorruptiblePurePureness
* KnightTemplar
* PureIsNotGood
* PsychicPowers: Specifically,
** TheEmpath: Including [[MoreThanMindControl projective empathy]], although [[TemptingFate he swears he'd never use it]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: You saw who he was an {{Expy}} of, right?
* WideEyedIdealist: See how long ''that'' lasts.

* TheGhost

* AuthorAppeal: Everywhere.

** RedEyesTakeWarning: House Houraisan have red eyes, to be precise.

* KungFuWizard: The Void Mages and Lunarian Animist Priests.
* PsychicPowers: Usually because of at least basic training in Void Magecraft.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething

* ThePowerOfTheVoid: It cost them a civilization.

* TheHighQueen: Exudes raw charisma.
* HappilyMarried: To Grimbold Godwinson.
* ManipulativeBitch [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold With A Heart Of Gold]]
** TheTrickster: Likes to mess with people's head - to detrimental or beneficial effect.
* MsFanservice
** HartmanHips: CHILDREARING HIPS!
* PsychicPowers
** MasterOfIllusion: Especially of the MindScrew variety.
** MindOverMatter

** ButWeUsedACondom: Too bad he put it on wrong.
* CombatPragmatist
* ShockAndAwe
* KiManipulation
* CheshireCatGrin: Always wears this.

* HappilyMarried: To Tatsuaki Houraisan.
* ManipulativeBitch [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold With A Heart Of Gold]]

* BadassNormal
* CombatPragmatist

** {{Greed}}: Want to motivate her to do something? Offer her money.

* HappilyMarried: To Mitsusuke Houraisan.
** PairTheSmartOnes: Her husband and her.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Sees herself as this.

* ButWeUsedACondom: Too bad he put it on wrong.
** AltarTheSpeed and ShotgunWedding
* HappilyMarried
* LargeHam: Tends to be one.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Was this when he first met Chika, and still is this.

** ChivalrousPervert: He still has an eye for the ladies.
** {{Irony}}: In the end, it might have been Chika that seduced him, rather than the other way around.

* HappilyMarried
** PairTheSmartOnes: With Mayako.

* ActionGirl

* HappilyMarried: With Iowerth Quest.
** FirstKiss: She still hasn't fully forgiven Iowerth for taking it, rather than her giving it to him.

* HappilyMarried: To Constancia Invernigon... the writer for House Houraisan thinks.
* ILikeSwords: Big time.

* StoicSpectacles / BespectacledBastard: Depends on your point of view.
* TheRival: To Iowerth Quest.

'''Kageyoshi Houraisan'''

'''The Late Lady Sakuko Houraisan, Queen Koumei of the Lunarians'''

'''Mitsunaga Houraisan'''
* BadassNormal
** BadassCape
** CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
** RevolversAreJustBetter
* HappilyMarried: With Maggidh Crow.
** ArrangedMarriage
** PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Eventually reveals itself as this.

'''Miyoko Houraisan'''

'''Tori Houraisan'''

'''The Magnificent Eleven'''

'''Harbinger 4-17 "Ruum"'''

'''Dr. Tae Genma'''

* AffablyEvil

* EvilRedhead: Oh, yeah.

'''Aimee Quest, Sister of the Premier'''

'''Gabriel Quest (Aimee's husband)'''
* OnlySaneMan

* MrFanservice

'''Yutsoko Sun (Lochlannach's first wife)'''

* WarriorPoet: Already showing signs of becoming this.
* HappilyMarried: to Saeko Houraisan.

* DestructoNookie: Between him and Saeko, now and again.

'''Abiel Quest (Lochlannach's second son)'''

'''Luatha Quest (Lochlannach's youngest son)'''

'''Shona Boudicca (Oscar's daughter)'''

'''Ialach Quest (Oscar's son)'''
* TheDitz: Possibly. (He has Woefully Poor potential.)

* BadassInANiceSuit Generally complete with [[BadAssLongcoat trench coats]], [[SinisterShades protective sunglasses]], and {{fedora|OfAsskicking}}s.
* CommissarCap The standard headgear of the vampire officers.
* FanDisservice After much pressure to reveal what Lunarian Vampires would look like, the Author decided that he would shrink the ears (and the curves), give them the standard [[RavenHairIvorySkin hair and skin coloration]], give them the fangs and red eyes... and thin wing membranes under each arm.
* TheMafia Before they became Vampires, they were this. There are still some hold over practices.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent Fairly.
* RedEyesTakeWarning Default eye color for the species.
* ShoutOut The most obvious being to TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}. There's also the group of [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 mercenaries with widely varying equipment, and a variety of mental health issues]]. And [[VideoGame/StarcraftII Agent Findlay]]

'''Count Cristiano Von Carstein'''

'''Grand Regent Este Von Carstein'''

'''Agent Findlay'''

* GloriousMotherRussia

* TheFederation: Really, ''really'' subverted.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Wound up becoming this, eventually.
* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: Go figure.

* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: Hooo boy.

'''Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Parliament of the United Federation of People's Republics and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Total Democratic Party of the United Federation of People's Republics Viktor Gagarin'''
* EvilOverlord: Intended to be an amalgamation of Stalin and Kim Il-sung.
* JustTheFirstCitizen

* {{Bishonen}}

* ShoutOut: To a certain [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya teenage deity]], among many others…

* TheFaceless: Her upper face, with curtains, veils, and fans, to be exact. How this would work in a non-visual medium like that of Imperium Nova, the author of House Houraisan has no idea.

** GagBoobs: 36DD!

* HotScientist: Will run the House's psionics research.

* WeaponOfChoice Higher ups, security forces and covert operatives use knives and Thompson Submachine guns (no, it doesn't make sense). The elite knights in the military use swords and knives almost exclusively, while their less elite human counterparts use bolt action (though very powerful) rifles.

* TheOjou: Much more than Misako.
* ShesGotLegs: Just ask Iowerth Quest.
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend

* KnifeNut: Glass dagger, more exactly, in addition to her organometallic sword and pistol.

* KnifeNut Always carries around the switchblade from back in his mob days.

* BadassInANiceSuit Generally complete with [[BadAssLongcoat trench coats]], [[SinisterShades protective sunglasses]], and [[NiceHat fedora hats]].

* NiceHat The aforementioned [[CommissarCap commisar style hat]]. He's the only named character to wear one.