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* AmbiguousDisorder: Her illness was brought upon by depression and her incapacity to cope with the death of her mother. She also has frequent panic attacks, and her priest believes that the devil is trying to possess her.
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* IllGirl: She is ill during the first half of Book 8.
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* IllGirl: Her illness was brought upon by depression and her incapacity to cope with the death of her mother. She also has frequent panic attacks, and her priest believes that the devil is trying to possess her. She is ill during the first half of Book 8.
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* TheDeterminator: He is genuinely convinced that he can make the philosopher's stone; though he is pragmatic enough to swtich to a more realistic project when his life is on the line.
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* DistressedDude: Averted. After being locked up, he finds a way to keep himself alive by trying to make porcelain instead, and manages, to the point that he is more of a NonProtagonistResolver.
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* DistressedDude: Averted. After being locked up, he finds a way to keep himself alive by [[spoiler: trying to make porcelain instead, and manages, to the point that he is more of a NonProtagonistResolver.NonProtagonistResolver]].
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* MarryForLove: He becomes smitten by Sophie's free spirit and proposes to her within three days of knowing her,
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* MarryForLove: He becomes smitten by Sophie's free spirit and proposes to her within three days of knowing her, though he makes it a long engagement as they both have journeys to finish.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Her illness was brought was depression and her incapacity to cope with the death of her mother. She also has frequent panic attack, and her priest believes that the devil is trying to possess her.
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[[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilMembersOfTheCourt Members of the Court]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilSaintCyrStaff Saint-Cyr staff]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilLouise Louise and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesduRoiSoleilCharlotte Charlotte and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHortense Hortense and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilIsabeau Isabeau and her entourage]] | '''Éléonore and her entourage''' | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHenriette Henriette and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilGertrude Gertrude and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilOlympe Olympe and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilAdelaide Adélaïde and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilJeanne Jeanne and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilVictoire Victoire and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilGabrielle Gabrielle and her entourage]]]]\\
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[[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilMembersOfTheCourt Members of the Court]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilSaintCyrStaff Saint-Cyr staff]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilLouise Louise and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesduRoiSoleilCharlotte Charlotte and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHortense Hortense and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilIsabeau Isabeau and her entourage]] | '''Éléonore and her entourage''' | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHenriette Henriette and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilGertrude Gertrude and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilOlympe Olympe and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilAdelaide Adélaïde and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilJeanne Jeanne and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilVictoire Victoire and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilGabrielle Gabrielle and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilDiane Diane and her entourage]]]]\\
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[[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilMembersOfTheCourt Members of the Court]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilSaintCyrStaff Saint-Cyr staff]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilLouise Louise and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesduRoiSoleilCharlotte Charlotte and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHortense Hortense and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilIsabeau Isabeau and her entourage]] | '''Éléonore and her entourage''' | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHenriette Henriette and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilGertrude Gertrude and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilOlympe Olympe and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilAdelaide Adélaïde and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilJeanne Jeanne and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilVictoire Victoire and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilGabrielle Gabrielle and her entourage]]]]\\
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* WhenYouComingHomeDad: He keeps his distances from his remaining daughters, seldom even speaking to them; he apparently acted the same way toward his wife near the end.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Barely, but she does come around to accepting that joy and fun are the way to keep Marie healthy, and grows a little more lenient towards Olympe and theater out of love for her sister.
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* TheDreaded: [[spoiler: Through her misguided care maintaining her in a depressive state, she has become this for Marie, and therefore Olympe]].
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* PromotionToParent: She has been acting as a mother to her younger sisters, especially Marie, the only one who remains at home,
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* PromotionToParent: She has been acting as a mother to her younger sisters, especially Marie, the only one who remains at home, home.
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* GentlemanAndAScholar: He is very knowledgeable in history, geography and botany.
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* [[TheDutifulSon The Dutiful Daughter]]: Neck deep in eldest daughter syndrome, she is unwed and entirely devoted to her family.
* FreudianExcuse: Olympe soon comes to realize that the reason she is so smothering to Marie, to the point that she seems to maintain Marie in her illness only to take care of her: she was [[PromotionToParent Promoted To Parent]] after their mother passed away, and while her devotion to her family gives her life meaning, it is never rewarded.
* PromotionToParent: She has been acting as a mother to her younger sisters, especially Marie, the only one who remains at home,
* FreudianExcuse: Olympe soon comes to realize that the reason she is so smothering to Marie, to the point that she seems to maintain Marie in her illness only to take care of her: she was [[PromotionToParent Promoted To Parent]] after their mother passed away, and while her devotion to her family gives her life meaning, it is never rewarded.
* PromotionToParent: She has been acting as a mother to her younger sisters, especially Marie, the only one who remains at home,
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* [[TheDutifulSon The Dutiful Daughter]]: Neck deep in eldest daughter syndrome, TheGhost: She never appears on-page.
* OldManMarryingAChild: Because she isunwed and entirely devoted to her family.
* FreudianExcuse: Olympe soon comes to realize thatthe reason she is so smothering to Marie, to prettiest of the point that she seems to maintain Marie in her illness only to take care of her: she was [[PromotionToParent Promoted To Parent]] after their mother passed away, and while her devotion to her family gives her life meaning, it is never rewarded.
* PromotionToParent: She has been acting as a mother to her youngersisters, especially Marie, she had the only one privilege of marrying a man old enough to be her grandfather, thrice a widower, who remains at home, took her without dowry.
* OldManMarryingAChild: Because she is
* FreudianExcuse: Olympe soon comes to realize that
* PromotionToParent: She has been acting as a mother to her younger
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* TheGhost: She never appears on-page.
* OldManMarryingAChild: Because she is the prettiest of the sisters, she had the privilege of marrying a man old enough to be her grandfather, thrice a widower, who took her without dowry.
* OldManMarryingAChild: Because she is the prettiest of the sisters, she had the privilege of marrying a man old enough to be her grandfather, thrice a widower, who took her without dowry.
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* TheGhost: She never appears on-page.
* OldManMarryingAChild: Because[[TheDutifulSon The Dutiful Daughter]]: Neck deep in eldest daughter syndrome, she is unwed and entirely devoted to her family.
* FreudianExcuse: Olympe soon comes to realize that theprettiest of reason she is so smothering to Marie, to the point that she seems to maintain Marie in her illness only to take care of her: she was [[PromotionToParent Promoted To Parent]] after their mother passed away, and while her devotion to her family gives her life meaning, it is never rewarded.
* PromotionToParent: She has been acting as a mother to her younger sisters,she had especially Marie, the privilege of marrying a man old enough to be her grandfather, thrice a widower, only one who took her without dowry.remains at home,
* OldManMarryingAChild: Because
* FreudianExcuse: Olympe soon comes to realize that the
* PromotionToParent: She has been acting as a mother to her younger sisters,
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Her illness was brought was depression and her incapacity to cope with the death of her mother.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Her illness was brought was depression and her incapacity to cope with the death of her mother. She also has frequent panic attack, and her priest believes that the devil is trying to possess her.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Animals don't fear her, even wild ones, and her father claims she talks to trees.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Animals don't fear her, even wild ones, and her father claims she talks to trees.
* LikeParentLikeChild: According to her father, she is the one most like her mother.
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Sophie's new employer.
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Ninon's friend and Sophie's new employer.
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* TheDeuteragonist: His actions end up leading the story more than Éléonore's for the biggest part of it.
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* TheDeuteragonist: {{Deuteragonist}}: His actions end up leading the story more than Éléonore's for the biggest part of it.
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* Deuteragonist: His actions end up leading the story more than Éléonore's for the biggest part of it.
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* Deuteragonist: TheDeuteragonist: His actions end up leading the story more than Éléonore's for the biggest part of it.
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* FreudianExcuse: Olympe soon comes to realize that the reason she is so smothering to Marie, to the point that she seems to maintain Marie in her illness only to take care of her: she was [[PromotedToParentPromoted To Parent]] after their mother passed away, and while her devotion to her family gives her life meaning, it is never rewarded.
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* FreudianExcuse: Olympe soon comes to realize that the reason she is so smothering to Marie, to the point that she seems to maintain Marie in her illness only to take care of her: she was [[PromotedToParentPromoted [[PromotionToParent Promoted To Parent]] after their mother passed away, and while her devotion to her family gives her life meaning, it is never rewarded.
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* FreudianExcuse: Olympe soon comes to realize that the reason she is so smothering to Marie, to the point that she seems to maintain Marie in her illness only to take care of her: she was [[PromotionToParentPromoted To Parent]] after their mother passed away, and while her devotion to her family gives her life meaning, it is never rewarded.
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* FreudianExcuse: Olympe soon comes to realize that the reason she is so smothering to Marie, to the point that she seems to maintain Marie in her illness only to take care of her: she was [[PromotionToParentPromoted [[PromotedToParentPromoted To Parent]] after their mother passed away, and while her devotion to her family gives her life meaning, it is never rewarded.
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* FairForItsDay: Unlike other French explorers in the series, he is very respectful of foreign people and cultures, notably the Chinese whom he trades with, and calls others out on CulturalPosturing.
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* PoliticallyCorrectHero: Unlike other French explorers in the series, he is very respectful of foreign people and cultures, notably the Chinese whom he trades with, and calls others out on CulturalPosturing.
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* Deuteragonist: His actions end up leading the story more than Éléonore's for the biggest part of it.
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* TheDeuteragonist: His actions end up leading the story more than Éléonore's for the biggest part of it.
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* TheDeuteragonist: His actions end up leading the story more than Éléonore's for the biggest part of it.
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* ParentWithANewParamour: She does not take kindly to the idea of her father remarrying.
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* ParentWithANewParamour: ParentWithNewParamour: She does not take kindly to the idea of her father remarrying.
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* DarkestHour: [[After escaping from Dresde Castle, Johann is arrested. Without any money to return to France, she very briefly falls to begging for money outside of a church]].
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* DarkestHour: [[After [[spoiler: After escaping from Dresde Castle, Johann is arrested. Without any money to return to France, she very briefly falls to begging for money outside of a church]].
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Father to Joséphine, Catherine, Eléonore, Éléonore, Marie, Gilberte and Antoinette.
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* LadyInWaiting: First to Eléonore, then to Madame d’Aulnoy, but she does not like it.
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* LadyInWaiting: First to Eléonore, Éléonore, then to Madame d’Aulnoy, but she does not like it.
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Eléonore's German teacher in France.
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* HeelFaceTurn: After mercilessly chasing Eléonore out of her house upon her father's death, she decides to help instead when she sees her [[NotWhatItLooksLike begging in the street]] months later.
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* HeelFaceTurn: After mercilessly chasing Eléonore Éléonore out of her house upon her father's death, she decides to help instead when she sees her [[NotWhatItLooksLike begging in the street]] months later.
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* FourthDateMarriage: Averted, as he doesn't actually propose for months, but he declares his love for Eléonore three days after meeting her.
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* FourthDateMarriage: Averted, as he doesn't actually propose for months, but he declares his love for Eléonore Éléonore three days after meeting her.
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* GossipyHens: Her chattering keeps Eleonore sane during her months of imprisonment with Johann.
* HeelFaceTurn: PlayedWith. She never asked to be a goaler in the first place, so when she sees a chance for Johann and Eléonore to escape, she helps them.
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* GossipyHens: Her chattering keeps Eleonore Éléonore sane during her months of imprisonment with Johann.
* HeelFaceTurn: PlayedWith. She never asked to be a goaler in the first place, so when she sees a chance for Johann andEléonore Éléonore to escape, she helps them.
* HeelFaceTurn: PlayedWith. She never asked to be a goaler in the first place, so when she sees a chance for Johann and
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* DoggedNiceGuy: He is very pleasant to be around and more or less courting Eléonore, but her heart belongs to Johann. He still flirts with her for the thrill of it after she tells him so.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: He is very pleasant to be around and more or less courting Eléonore, Éléonore, but her heart belongs to Johann. He still flirts with her for the thrill of it after she tells him so.
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* MiddleNameBasis: Eléonore calls him Sigismund, because of the [[OneSteveLimit One-Johann Limit]].
* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: Uses this trick to help Eléonore cross the border by grandiloquently invoking his little fame in front of the guards and claiming that she is traveling with him.
* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: Uses this trick to help Eléonore cross the border by grandiloquently invoking his little fame in front of the guards and claiming that she is traveling with him.
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* MiddleNameBasis: Eléonore Éléonore calls him Sigismund, because of the [[OneSteveLimit One-Johann Limit]].
* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: Uses this trick to helpEléonore Éléonore cross the border by grandiloquently invoking his little fame in front of the guards and claiming that she is traveling with him.
* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: Uses this trick to help
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An old courtesan who hosts Eléonore Éléonore in Paris.
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* HiddenDepths: Eléonore is hesitant about staying with her before learning that she is close friends with [[TheFundamentalist Madame de Maintenon]].
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* HiddenDepths: Eléonore Éléonore is hesitant about staying with her before learning that she is close friends with [[TheFundamentalist Madame de Maintenon]].
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* TheNicknamer: Part of her conversation; she dubs Eléonore a ''knightess'' for her quest to save her DistressedDude.
* SilverFox: Eléonore thinks that she remains very elegant for a woman her age.
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* TheNicknamer: Part of her conversation; she dubs Eléonore Éléonore a ''knightess'' for her quest to save her DistressedDude.
* SilverFox:Eléonore Éléonore thinks that she remains very elegant for a woman her age.
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* NoHelpIsComing: They’re all eager to offer their help to Eléonore’s cause in front of Ninon, but being busy old men, they’re not too eager to act up on it. Perrault does however put Eléonore on the Richelieu lead.
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* NoHelpIsComing: They’re all eager to offer their help to Eléonore’s Éléonore’s cause in front of Ninon, but being busy old men, they’re not too eager to act up on it. Perrault does however put Eléonore Éléonore on the Richelieu lead.
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A porcelain trader Eléonore Éléonore meets in Nantes.
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* CrashIntoHello: How he meets Eléonore: he bumps into her at the East Indies Company offices.
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* CrashIntoHello: How he meets Eléonore: Éléonore: he bumps into her at the East Indies Company offices.
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Currently under construction
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[[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilMembersOfTheCourt Members of the Court]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilSaintCyrStaff Saint-Cyr staff]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilLouise Louise and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesduRoiSoleilCharlotte Charlotte and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHortense Hortense and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilIsabeau Isabeau and her entourage]] | '''Éléonore and her entourage''' | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilHenriette Henriette and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilOlympe Olympe and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilAdelaide Adélaïde and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilJeanne Jeanne and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilVictoire Victoire and her entourage]] | [[Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilGabrielle Gabrielle and her entourage]]]]\\
The characters who appear in Book 5, ''Éléonore et l'Alchimiste''[[note]]Éléonore and the Alchemist[[/note]].
[[folder: Éléonore d'Aubeterre]]
The main character of ''Éléonore et l'Alchimiste''. A sweet, shy and dutiful girl.
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* CunningLinguist: She learns German very fast and is good at it; while she keeps a little French accent, she can pass off as a native.
* DarkestHour: [[After escaping from Dresde Castle, Johann is arrested. Without any money to return to France, she very briefly falls to begging for money outside of a church]].
* TheDeterminator: Even though she doesn't really ''believe'' in the Philosopher's Stone, she will stop at nothing to find the formula, as it means life or death to Johann.
* [[TheDutifulSon The Dutiful Daughter]]: The reason she agrees to marry Von Watzdorf is that he promised her to pay all of her sisters' dowries.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: She is dressed in all purple on the cover of her book.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: She is one of six sisters, for whom it is very difficult to provide; as a result, all of her sisters are also this trope.
* OldManMarryingAChild: At seventeen, she is betrothed to a man in his sixties.
*RavenHairIvorySkin: How she is depicted on the cover of her book. The "Ivory Skin" is even more apparent after her months in prison, since she never sees the sun anymore.
* RichesToRags: Her richest point is when she is engaged to Baron Von Watzdorf and taking part in his French society; the poorest when [[spoiler: she temporarily falls to begging to pay for her return to France after being separated from Johann]].
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[[folder: Monsieur d'Aubeterre]]
Father to Joséphine, Catherine, Eléonore, Marie, Gilberte and Antoinette.
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* MeaningfulRename: He cut down the "Préault" from "Préault-Aubeterre" as it is the name of a relative who rebelled against the King.
* SingleSexOffspring: Despairs at only having sired daughters, despite Éléonore pointing out that a son wouldn't have much to inherit from him.
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[[folder: Madame d'Aubeterre]]
Mother to Joséphine, Catherine, Eléonore, Marie, Gilberte and Antoinette.
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* MissingMom: She passes away shortly after ''Esther''.
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[[folder: Joséphine d'Aubeterre]]
The eldest Aubeterre sister.
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* [[TheDutifulSon The Dutiful Daughter]]: Neck deep in eldest daughter syndrome, she is unwed and entirely devoted to her family.
* FreudianExcuse: Olympe soon comes to realize that the reason she is so smothering to Marie, to the point that she seems to maintain Marie in her illness only to take care of her: she was [[PromotionToParentPromoted To Parent]] after their mother passed away, and while her devotion to her family gives her life meaning, it is never rewarded.
* PromotionToParent: She has been acting as a mother to her younger sisters, especially Marie, the only one who remains at home,
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[[folder: Catherine d'Aubeterre]]
The second Aubeterre sister.
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* TheGhost: She never appears on-page.
*OldManMarryingAChild: Because she is the prettiest of the sisters, she had the privilege of marrying a man old enough to be her grandfather, thrice a widower, who took her without dowry.
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[[folder: Marie d'Aubeterre]]
The fourth Aubeterre sister.
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*AmbiguousDisorder: Her illness was brought was depression and her incapacity to cope with the death of her mother.
*IllGirl: She is ill during the first half of Book 8.
*MiddleChildSyndrome: The fourth of the sisters, she is also considered the least pretty of the bunch.
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[[folder: Gilberte d'Aubeterre]]
The fifth Aubeterre sister.
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* TheGhost: She never appears on-page.
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[[folder: Antoinette d'Aubeterre]]
The youngest Aubeterre sister.
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* TheGhost: She never appears on-page.
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[[folder: Baron Georg Von Watzdorf]]
The ambassador of Saxony in France, and Éléonore's betrothed.
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* TheGamblingAddict: Implied, [[spoiler: this is the reason he ruined himself and needs to leave Versailles in a hurry]].
*KavorkaMan: He is past sixty, toothless, and homely on top of it; yet Sophie implies that he is fairly popular with the ladies of court.
* {{Nephewism}}: According to Johann, he liked him more than his daughter because he was a boy.
* OldManMarryingAChild: In his sixties, he plans to marry a girl of seventeen.
* UnclePennybags: To Johann, his actual nephew: he funds his research.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: By his own admission, he was a terrible father to Elke, leaving her to basically fend for herself when he became ambassador.
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[[folder: Madame de Réaumont]]
Baron Von Watzdorf's housekeeper in Versailles.
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* DecemberDecemberRomance: She gets engaged to Herr Von Poellnitz, as he wishes for a womanly presence in his children's life.
* HartmanHips: The first thing Éléonore notices about her, which is exaggerated by her petticoats.
* MaidAndMaiden: PlayedWith. She is the Maid to Éléonore's Maiden, but as she develops an affection for Herr Von Poellnitz, she becomes closer to the Maid herself.
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[[folder: Sophie de Saint-Cassien]]
Eléonore's lady-in-waiting before her departure for Saxony.
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* LadyInWaiting: First to Eléonore, then to Madame d’Aulnoy, but she does not like it.
* MarryForLove: She gets engaged to [[spoiler: Des Closets]] as they are kindred spirits.
* SpiritedYoungLady: She wants to travel and have adventures; when told that men find independent women unattractive, she easily claims that men and marriage are fun but irrelevant in the end.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: She’s a quick thinker and adapts easily to new situations.
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[[folder: Herr Von Poellnitz]]
Eléonore's German teacher in France.
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* DecemberDecemberRomance: He gets engaged to Madame de Réaumont, as he wishes for a womanly presence in his children's life.
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[[folder: Elke Von Watzdorf]]
Baron Von Watzdorf's daughter.
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* HeelFaceTurn: After mercilessly chasing Eléonore out of her house upon her father's death, she decides to help instead when she sees her [[NotWhatItLooksLike begging in the street]] months later.
* InadequateInheritor: Her father was never be satisfied with her, because she was not a son.
* ParentWithANewParamour: She does not take kindly to the idea of her father remarrying.
* PassedOverInheritance: The reason she hates Éléonore so violently: she believes that she has come to steal her inheritance, either for her or her future son.
* TakingTheVeil: She decides to join a carmelite convent after her father's death.
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[[folder: Johann Böttger]]
A young alchemist looking for the Philosopher's Stone.
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* TheDeterminator: He is genuinely convinced that he can make the philosopher's stone; though he is pragmatic enough to swtich to a more realistic project when his life is on the line.
* DistressedDude: Averted. After being locked up, he finds a way to keep himself alive by trying to make porcelain instead, and manages, to the point that he is more of a NonProtagonistResolver.
* FourthDateMarriage: Averted, as he doesn't actually propose for months, but he declares his love for Eléonore three days after meeting her.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He is losely based on alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682-1719).
* MadScientist: Of the {{Adorkable}} kind. He is deeply devoted to his craft and passionate about it.
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[[folder: Bertha]]
Eléonore and Johann's maid in the Dresde dungeon.
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* GossipyHens: Her chattering keeps Eleonore sane during her months of imprisonment with Johann.
* HeelFaceTurn: PlayedWith. She never asked to be a goaler in the first place, so when she sees a chance for Johann and Eléonore to escape, she helps them.
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[[folder: Johann Sigismund Kusser]]
A German composer returning to Paris to exchange with other musicians.
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* ArtistsAreAttractive: A smooth, galant, handsome composer.
* CulturalCringe: Downplayed, but he finds German music too harsh and too deeply rooted in CulturalPosturing, while French music is smoother and more open to foreign influences.
* DoggedNiceGuy: He is very pleasant to be around and more or less courting Eléonore, but her heart belongs to Johann. He still flirts with her for the thrill of it after she tells him so.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* MiddleNameBasis: Eléonore calls him Sigismund, because of the [[OneSteveLimit One-Johann Limit]].
* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: Uses this trick to help Eléonore cross the border by grandiloquently invoking his little fame in front of the guards and claiming that she is traveling with him.
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[[folder: Ninon de Lenclos]]
An old courtesan who hosts Eléonore in Paris.
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* CoolOldLady: Witty, generous and well-connected - a true fairy godmother.
* HiddenDepths: Eléonore is hesitant about staying with her before learning that she is close friends with [[TheFundamentalist Madame de Maintenon]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* IWasQuiteALooker: Once the most famous courtesan in Paris, she remains very popular in her seventies for her sharp wit and her society.
* TheNicknamer: Part of her conversation; she dubs Eléonore a ''knightess'' for her quest to save her DistressedDude.
* SilverFox: Eléonore thinks that she remains very elegant for a woman her age.
[[folder: Charles Perrault, Pierre Mignard and Jean de la Fontaine]]
Famous artists in Parisian society.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: All of them are among the most famous writers and artists of the time, see [[Creator/JeanDeLaFontaine La Fontaine]] and [[Creator/CharlesPerrault Perrault]]’s pages.
* NoHelpIsComing: They’re all eager to offer their help to Eléonore’s cause in front of Ninon, but being busy old men, they’re not too eager to act up on it. Perrault does however put Eléonore on the Richelieu lead.
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[[folder: Jean de la Hautemaison]]
A friend of Kusser's in Paris.
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* MasterOfUnlocking: He is fascinated by locks and clocks, which is useful to break into the library at night. He also knows how to look for secret passages.
* MommasBoy: To his old wet nurse Clo.
* TheMusketeer: By profession.
[[folder: Clo]]
The cook at Richelieu House in Ruel.
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* DecemberDecemberRomance: She is engaged to Joseph.
* OldRetainer: To Hautemaison; she used to be his wet nurse. He got her her job and visits her on occasion.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Clo is likely short for Clothilde.
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[[folder: Joseph]]
The steward at Richelieu House in Ruel.
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* DecemberDecemberRomance: He is engaged to Clo.
* OldRetainer: Has worked his whole life in Cardinal de Richelieu's former house, and his father before him.
* StealingFromTheTill: He keeps some of his employer’s wine bottles in store to drink at his future wedding.
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[[folder: Madame d’Aulnoy]]
Sophie's new employer.
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* CoolAunt: PlayedWith. She's eager to greet her niece from the West Indies, and just as eager to place her in a convent until marriage.
* GrandeDame: Has shades of this, being somewhat TheFundamentalist and full of CulturalPosturing. Sophie still thinks her kind.
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[[folder: Georges des Closets, knight of Ménillets]]
A porcelain trader Eléonore meets in Nantes.
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* BraggingRightsReward: Considers the recipe of the Philosopher’s Stone he received for freeing an old Turkish doctor to be this, as he sees unearned gold as pointless, immortality as blasphemous, and cannot decipher it anyway.
* CrashIntoHello: How he meets Eléonore: he bumps into her at the East Indies Company offices.
* GentlemanAdventurer: He is a porcelain trader who often journeys between France and China.
* GoodSamaritan: Bought the freedom of an old Turkish doctor who was wasting away rowing on a galley.
* MarryForLove: He becomes smitten by Sophie's free spirit and proposes to her within three days of knowing her,
* PoliticallyCorrectHero: Unlike other French explorers in the series, he is very respectful of foreign people and cultures, notably the Chinese whom he trades with, and calls others out on CulturalPosturing.
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