History Characters / InStarsAndTime

* NeverBareheaded: Averted at the end of Act 5, when he finally relents after a battle with his friends in which he shrinks back down to normal size, leaving his hat flying in mid-air while free-falling gently with them. And he keeps his BoyishShortHair through the rest of the game.

--> (Stab time.)

* TimeLoopFatigue: From Act 2 onward, after Siffrin discovers that defeating the King will not break the timeloop, Siffrin's exhaustion and anguish become ever more heightened. Over time, his character portrait changes from a faint PlayfulCatSmile, to an exhausted grimace, to sunken eyes with a permanent scowl. His portrait even goes from looking at his teammates to purposely looking away.
* TraumaButton: After the King [[spoiler: kills Bonnie in one of the loops]], Siffrin is ''utterly'' traumatized. It goes so far as Siffrin being unable to fight properly the next time they encounter the King due to what's implied to be a PTSD-induced flashback, and nearly having an anxiety attack during Bonnie's hangout when the kid mentions Siffrin should have left them for dead.

-> And you know, I get like that too. Sometimes, I feel weird, and I wanna push away everyone. But you know it's not good, right? It's not healthy! And I, and everyone else, we want you to be okay. To talk to us. Because we're companions! Comrades in arms! And we want everyone in our little crew to be ready for anything, right? Especially since... No matter what, tomorrow will be our last day together, as a family, I guess. So please don't hesitate, okay? And talk to us! Or just me, or just Odile, or whoever! About anything!

* NervousTics: Siffrin frequently focuses on breathing slowly and deeply during stressful situations or exerting himself in order to calm himself down. It becomes less effective when his mental state sharply declines.

* ExhaustedEyebags: As the loops progress, Siffrin's weariness leads to a perpetual look of exhaustion.

* BrokenRecord: Due to the cause of the loops, [[spoiler:the Head Housemaiden repeatedly says the same things over and over, regardless of what is said to her, much to Siffrin's dismay. It's only when Siffrin unintentionally invokes a wish, ''desperate'' to hear her say anything else, that Euphrasie is permitted to speak. She returns to this state at the end of Act 4 when the world is breaking apart.]]

* SourSupporter: Odile tends to come across as blunt, dismissive and not very social, sometimes unintentionally harsh, but that doesn't mean she doesn't care about her teammates.

* BrokenRecord: Due to the cause of the loops, [[spoiler:the Head Housemaiden repeatedly says the same things over and over, regardless of what is said to her, much to Siffrin's dismay. It's only when Siffrin unintentionally invokes a wish, ''desperate'' to hear her say anything else, that Euphrasie is permitted to speak. She returns to this state in Act 5 when the world is breaking apart.]]

An island country to the north of Vaugarde that was forgotten by the world some time ago. It's heavily implied to be analogous to Iceland.

An island country to the north of Vaugarde that was forgotten by the world some time ago.

* MakeMyMonsterGrow: The King is a human, but when you face him, he's multiple stories tall. [[spoiler:after he gets frozen in time, he shrinks back down to human size.]]

* TimeLoopFatigue: From Act 2 onward, after Siffrin discovers that defeating the King will not break the timeloop, Siffrin's exhaustion and anguish become ever more heightened. Over time, his character portrait changes from a faint CatSmile, to an exhausted grimace, to sunken eyes with a permanent scowl. His portrait even goes from looking at his teammates to purposely looking away.

* GeniusBruiser: While Isa can come across as airheaded, in actuality, [[spoiler:he's actually very intelligent and the airheadedness is just a facade due to his dislike of himself when he was younger, something Siffrin gets to learn from his hangout.]]

* GeniusBruiser: While Isa can come across as airheaded, in actually, [[spoiler:he's actually very intelligent and the airheadedness is just a facade due to his dislike of himself when he was younger, something Siffrin gets to learn from his hangout.]]

[[caption-width-right:400:Statues of the Change God]]

* IShouldHaveDoneThisYearsAgo: [[spoiler:Claims that he should have killed Siffrin and his allies a long time ago,but Siffrin prevents him from doing so because of his Wish Craft. And all this is after he freezes everyone in time as a surprise attack.]]

* IHatePastMe: Isabeau used to be [[spoiler:meek and nerdier]] but hated how he was, so he worked on strengthening himself and altering his personality in order to feel better about themselves.

* NiceGuy: Is often very encouraging with the group and not one to lose their temper. Even when [[spoiler:Siffrin verbally attacks him due to their mental state, he still handles it calmly despite clearly being hurt by it, acknowledging his flaws but also showing that he is aware and actively trying to better himself.]]

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Odile is usually very calm and composed but they really do not do well with heights.

* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:They blame themselves for Siffrin losing their eye as he lost it saving them from a Sadness. Because of this, Bonnie acts awkward and distant toward Sif due to their guilt, at least until Siffrin gets to hang out with them and talks about it.]]

** [[spoiler:It turns out she has plenty of reasons for this stress. Mirabelle didn’t get her immunity to being frozen in time due to the Change God as many people believe. The Head Housemaiden transferred the power to her when it became clear she wasn’t going to be able to stop the king. A huge part of Mirabelle’s anxiety is that she feels like a fraud, and is unable to talk about it with anyone because Vaugarde has their hopes hinged on her so desperately that suggesting she might be anything but the Change God’s Chosen causes the citizens to panic and break down. As Siffrin finds out when he merely suggests to an NPC that Mirabelle might not be blessed by the Change God at all.]]
* NoSell: They are the only one in the party that's immune to being Frozen, thanks to her blessing.

* OnlySaneMan: Odile often takes this role due to being the oldest. She gets exasperated at the others' antics in the dungeon, and [[spoiler:she is also the only person in the group who is observant enough to figure out that Siffrin is time travelling.]]

* ChildrenAreInnocent: Bonnie is a child, which means that they often have strange ideas about how stuff works and are often more oblivious to some of the adult conversations occurring. Harshly subverted later when [[spoiler:Isabeau starts talking about death and assumes that Bonnie isn't listening,]] which makes them quite upset.

* PluckyGirl: Nonbinary version. They are quite hyper, especially when taking care of snacks for the group and are capable of helping out in battles, despite them not being proper fighters themselves.

* TheGodsMustBeLazy: