History Characters / InStarsAndTime

* ISurrenderSuckers: [[spoiler: He pretends to be willing to stop finding and work with Frisk and his allies to find some other way to save Vaugarde, only to backstab him when he gets close and say his opponents were fools to believe he'd give up his plan that easily.]]

* WouldntHurtAChild: No matter what, Siffrin would say to Bonnie that he would always take losing his eye over seeing them dead on that day he saved them. Seeing the King kill Bonnie will instantly loop Sif back to the start, completely traumatized by the experience. Siffrin then will not able to interact with everything until they reasure themselfes that they are alright, and after the experience there is a chance that a JumpScare will appear each time you interact with them.

* WouldntHurtAChild: No matter what, Siffrin would say to Bonnie that he would always take losing his eye over seeing them dead on that day he saved them. Seeing the King kill Bonnie will instantly loop Sif back to the start, completely traumatized by the experience.

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The hand sign he teaches Siffrin so he can call him from the house seems to just be a joke and convenience feature, but in Act 5

* StepfordSmiler: Has signs of this throughout, noting how it's easier to play things off as a joke rather than confront feelings. [[spoiler: Confirmed in the battle against him where he reveals himself to be distraught that Siffrin was able to escape the loop when he couldn't. His initial battle sprite also shows him in a forced smile before the mask slips and his anger shows through.]]

* AchillesHeel: [[spoiler: While exceedingly powerful his Level 99 form in Act 5 lacks Mirabelle's immunity to time craft, making it trivial for the king to take him down the moment he lets his guard down.]]

* WouldntHurtAChild: No matter what, Siffrin would say to Bonnie that he would always take losing his eye over seeing him dead on that day he saved him. [[spoiler:Should Siffrin saw that King has killed Bonnie, would instantly loop back to the start, completely traumatizied by the experience.]]

* NiceGuy: Is often very encouraging with the group and not one to lose their temper. Even when [[spoiler:Siffrin verbally attacks him due to the former's 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]].

* AccidentalMurder: They can feed Siffrin pineapple, which he is lethally allergic to. Though this can only happen if Siffrin ignore's Loop's warning or chooses it on purpose.

* LastOfHisKind: Only those outside the country were spared when it disappeared and all were clearly traumatised by the loss of any memory of it. Siffrin, the King and the unnamed baker who sold Seffrin a croissant are the only ones we hear about.
* LostTechnology: They were the only experts in Wish Craft, a field that was virtually unknown elsewhere in the world even to scholars like Odile yet was widespread enough that even someone as young as Seffrin knew the correct rituals to employ it. It's possible that this had some connection to their disappearance.
* UnPerson: The country vanished and information about it was made impossible to uncover; although the avoidance of using its name superficially appears like a childish aversion, attempting to do so repeatedly in one loop kills Siffrin and the King both. The memories of anything relating to it are simply edited out of a person's mind, resulting in a villager forgetting their sister who was travelling there and Seffrin forgetting their entire childhood.

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A traveler who joined Mirabelle on her quest to save Vaugarde.

* StepfordSmiler: Does this from Act 3 onward once they realize the severity of the situation they are in, only getting worse as the loops increase.

* TheGlovesComeOff: [[spoiler: When facing an Act 5 Seffrin who he knows has defeated him multiple times in previous loops the King takes him much more seriously than he does the regular party, the narration noting that he's "ready for anything". This manifests as a huge buff to his defences and removal of his weakness to paper attacks.]]

* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: [[spoiler: He tells Seffrin that by creating a time loop they've frozen Vaugarde in time more effectively than he ever could. Seffrin does not take this well.]]

* BrownNote: Simply trying to recall its name now results in severe headaches in the person attempting it. Seffrin and the King almost kill themselves when they attempt to name it in one loop.
* LastOfHisKind: Only those outside the country were spared when it disappeared and all were clearly traumatised by the loss of any memory of it. Seffrin, the King and the unnamed baker who sold Seffrin a croissant are the only ones we hear about.

* ThePollyanna: This is their hat. They're know to be exceedingly friendly and welcoming of travellers. Their traditions say it's perfectly fine to wander into a stranger's house and start a conversation, though it's considered rude to move past the first room.

* LostTechnology: They were the only experts in Wish Craft, a field that was virtually unknown elsewhere in the world even to scholars like Odile yet was widespread enough that even someone as young as Seffrin knew how to employ it. It's possible that this had some connection to their disappearance.

* OutsideContextProblem: Time Craft was thought to be impossible, requiring a massive amount of power or enough effort to kill a person, so a figure appearing who can wield it on a nation-wide scale came completely out of the blue (as was of considerable interest to craftologists abroad). The residents of the House of Change also didn't realise that locking him up would do nothing to stop his power spreading and inadvertently made things harder for the heroes by sealing off each floor.

* UnPerson: The country vanished and information about it was made impossible to uncover; although the avoidance of using its name superficially appears like a childish aversion, attempting to do so repeatedly in one loop kills Siffrin and the King both.

* MeaningfulName: The name "Siffrin" was chosen as a reference to Sisyphus after someone in the comments on the original comics called it a 'Sisyphean nightmare'. Insertdisc5 didn't want to make it their name explicitly and decided to choose a name starting with 'Sif' with the intention that characters could call him by the nickname 'Sisif'. Nobody ended up calling them Sisif in the final draft.

* MeaningfulName: The name "Siffrin" is derived from the German word "Siffer", which means "friction", which is why he's been stuck in time loops for who knows how long. Of course, "Siffer" can also mean "zephyr", a light breeze, which is why he can breeze through long-winded conversations that are always same old, same old.

* DrivenByEnvy: [[spoiler:What drives Loop to fight Siffrin if they do the coin events. They’re ultimately driven mad by a combination of anger, jealousy and sheer guilt after watching Siffrin successfully escape the time loops with their family: something that Loop was never able to do. This leads to them desperately trying to kill Siffrin to take their place and claim their happy ending.]]

** They are implied to be [[spoiler:Siffrin from ''VideoGame/StartAgainStartAgainStartAgainAPrologue'', one who failed to escape the loops and made a new wish to save themself, leading to them appear in ''VideoGame/InStarsAndTime'', cut off from their original party members and unable to return.]]

** They are implied to be [[spoiler:Siffrin from ''VideoGame/StartAgainStartAgainStartAgainAPrologue'', one who failed to escape the loops and made a new wish to save themselves, leading to them appear in ''VideoGame/InStarsAndTime'', cut off from their original party members and unable to return.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: If Loop wins the fight against Siffrin, they try to suffocate him knowing that he will die for good now he can no longer loop back time. They find themselves unable to follow through due to how much Siffrin suffered and fought for, causing them to break down crying out of guilt for nearly killing them and regret for not being able to succeed on their own loops.]]

** They notably try to subvert this. [[spoiler:They keep out of sight of Siffrin’s friends, and refuse to talk about them in great detail. They never even refer to them by name, either. It’s only when Siffin has that final breakdown in Act 5 and screams at Loop for their inaction, despite knowing ''exactly'' what Siffrin was going through, that they force themselves to act despite the consequences it ends up having.]]