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* HeroicBSOD: When Olympe reveals the truth to him, he remains stunned into silence and runs away from her. The next morning, he is entirely gone.
* IWillWaitForYou: In typical romantic hero fashion, he promises this to Olympe at the end of the book when she tells him that she doesn't know if she can forgive him yet.
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The characters who appear in Book 9, ''Olympe Comédienne''[[note]]Olympe the Actress[[/note]].
[[folder: Olympe de Bragard / Olympias]]
The main character of ‘’Olympe Comédienne’’. She uses her boldness to hide her trauma and dreams of freedom and theater.
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*AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Inverted. She realizes the depth of her feelings for Roman when he is gone.
*TheAce: Even professionals have to give her that she has great innate talent as an actress, both in comedic and dramatic roles.
*DarkAndTroubledPast: So much in fact that she does not remember it. As far as she is concerned, her life started in Saint-Cyr at age 7. Actually, [[spoiler: her father was gruesomely murdered in front of her]].
*{{Fainting}}: When she finds out what happened to her family, twice.
*MeaningfulRename: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane In her vision]], Marie saw her as a girl named ''Olympias''. When Olympe joins the company, she takes it as her stage name.
*ParentalAbandonment: After her father [[spoiler: was murdered by an angry mob]], her mother [[spoiler: gave her to the Royal House to join a convent]].
*SpiritedYoungLady: Amongst the Esther actresses who moved into the Blue Class, she is the one most animated by justice and expressive of it with Gertrude.
*StarCrossedLovers: Eventually learns that she is this with Roman, as he [[spoiler: killed her father]].
* UnwantedFalseFaith: After Marie's vision designates her as a God-appointed savior, several people start treating her like a saint, much to her embarrassment.
*WholePlotReference : In the retelling of Corneille's ''Le Cid'', she is Chimène. When the troupe actually puts on the play, though, she plays Elvire.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: François d'Aubeterre]]
See Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilEleonore.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Joséphine d'Aubeterre]]
See Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilEleonore.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Marie d'Aubeterre]]
See Characters/LesColombesDuRoiSoleilEleonore.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Roman]]
A brilliant young actor who loves to make others laugh, but clearly hides secrets.
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*TheAce: He is an excellent actor, both in comedic and dramatic roles.
*AttentionWhore: Of the class clown sort.
*TheCasanova: He likes to flirt; he does not always mean anything by it.
*DarkAndTroubledPast: Grew up in poverty, was PromotedToParent at a young age, and [[spoiler: committed manslaughter at age fifteen while trying to protest peacefully, due to which he had to leave his home and family forever]].
*HeroicBSOD: When Olympe reveals the truth to him, he remains stunned into silence and runs away from her. The next morning, he is entirely gone.
*IWillWaitForYou: In typical romantic hero fashion, he promises this to Olympe at the end of the book when she tells him that she doesn't know if she can forgive him yet.
*MeaningfulName: Roman means ''novel'' in French; he's a man who wrote a different story and character over his own.
*OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Roman is a stage name.
*SadClown: His funny, light-hearted façade is directly lifted from his comedic roles and serves to hide the trauma of his DarkAndTroubledPast.
*StarCrossedLovers: Eventually learns that he is this with Olympe, as he [[spoiler: killed her father]].
*TheseTwoGuys: With Dupuis.
*WholePlotReference: The charismatic young hero who holds the heart of the leading lady but [[spoiler: has to go redeem himself in her eyes when he kills her father against his will]]: he is Rodrigue in the retelling of Corneille's ''Le Cid''.
*WorkingClassHero: Grew up in misery and despises the aristocracy after the abuse he suffered at the hands of his corrupt lord.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Michel Baron]]
The director of the company. He is an actor, producer and playwright.
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*HistoricalDomainCharacter: One of the greatest actors of his time and Molière's protégé at the end of his career.
*LastNameBasis: His company calls him Baron.
*ReasonnableAuthorityFigure: His priority is the cohesion of the company, and while he will snap at his actors if they endanger his plays, he cares for all of them on a personal level.
*ShipperOnDeck: Supports Roman in his wooing of Olympe.
*TeamDad: Is a ParentalSubstitute to both Olympe and Roman, and seems to be this to the rest of the troupe as well.
*WholePlotReference: A ReasonnableAuthorityFigure who acts as a ParentalSubstitute for both of the leads while arguing for them to get together in spite of what opposes them: he is King Fernand in Corneille's ''Le Cid''.
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[[folder: Camille Voinon]]
The leading lady of most of the company’s plays.
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*AlphaBitch: Averted. Despite her blond hair, position as the lead lady in most of the plays, and possible crush on the love interest, she is nothing but friendly and helpful to Olympe.
*ShipperOnDeck: Somewhat begrudgingly, when Olympe and Roman's [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]] starts affecting the cohesion of the company. Olympe believes that it is because she has a crush on Roman herself.
*TheTease: She is very comfortable in her body and not afraid to play around lust a little.
*WholePlotReference: The beautiful, successful, better positioned lady with a crush on the leading man but too close a friend to the leading lady to take him from her: she is the Infanta in the retelling of Corneille's ''Le Cid''. She actually plays Chimène when the troupe puts on the play, however.
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[[folder: Vignerelle]]
An actor of the company, who specializes in playing cuckolds. Armande’s husband.
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*AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With Armande. They're always snapping at each other, but left to their own devices, they can act like young lovebirds.
*LastNameBasis: This, or OnlyKnownByTheirNickname. Baron points out that half the company uses stage names.
*SilverFox: Maybe not old enough for silver yet, but he did get more popular with the ladies as he grew older.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Armande Vignerelle]]
An actress of the company, who specializes in tragedy. Vignerelle’s wife.
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*AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With Vignerelle. They're always snapping at each other, but left to their own devices, they can act like young lovebirds.
*IWasQuiteALooker: She used to be the leading lady of every play and seduce every man who came by, but as she grew older, Camille started getting the lead roles more often, and her suitors grew scarcer as her husband started sleeping around.
*JadedProfessional: She is a good actress, but she resents the way she is treated because of it by good society, and it participates in her general bitterness.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Mademoiselle Debrie]]
An actress of the company, who specializes in bigoted mothers.
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*CampCook: The one who cooks for the company when they're not staying in an inn, and she's good at it.
*CoolOldLady: She is witty, and more importantly wise.
*InsistentTerminology: Despite her age, she is called "Mademoiselle" and not "Madame" by acting convention.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Maxence Dupuis]]
An actor of the company, who specializes in playing pranksters.
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*ClassicallyTrainedExtra: In-universe. According to Baron, he was given the chance to join the illustrious Comédie-Française company, but preferred the lifestyle and camaraderie of a wandering actor.
*LastNameBasis
*TheseTwoGuys: With Roman.
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[[folder: Françoise Guérande]]
An actress who needs to be replaced in the company.
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*TheGhost: She never appears on page.
*IllGirl: The reason she needs to be replaced in the company: she can't work anymore.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Taupier]]
A former actor of the company who returns on stage at Baron’s request.
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*RagsToRiches: After years as a wandering actor, he married a wealthy widow and lives a bourgeois lifestyle. He yearns for the rags, however.
*WhenYouComingHomeDad: He’s not too heartbroken to leave his wife and six children behind to return to his old acting life.
*WholePlotReference: He is objectively good at what he does but the comparison only makes the heroine yearn for his rival more: he is Don Sanche in the retelling of Corneille’s ‘’Le Cid’’.
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[[folder: Madame de Bragard]]
Olympe’s mother.
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*AintTooProudToBeg: Both Roman and eventually Olympe remember her begging for [[spoiler: her and her daughter's lives when the mob murdered her husband]].
*[[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou Mommy Had A Good Reason For Abandoning You]]: [[spoiler: She left her daughter in the care of Madame de Maintenon in order to join the orders, so that Olympe might receive a proper education. The reason she never wrote is that Madame de Maintenon advised her to let Olympe forget her trauma, and she was too ashamed of her husband’s crimes to protest. She still loves Olympe deeply.]]
*TheGhost: She is teased at the end of the book, but doesn't actually appear on-page.
*LastNameBasis: Her given name is never revealed.
*TakingTheVeil: [[spoiler: What she did after an angry mob killed her husband. She claims she did it to atone for her husband's sins.]]
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[[folder: Charles de Bragard]]
Olympe’s father.
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*CorruptPolitician: [[spoiler: He overtaxed his tenants and embezzled the rest of the money, forcing the people in his charge to live in misery.]]
*DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: He was stabbed to death in full view of his wife and seven year old daughter]].
*DotingParent: For all his flaws, Olympe remembers him as a pair of safe, loving arms, and the scent of leather and tobacco.
*PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: He died 10 years prior to the story]].
*WholePlotReference: [[spoiler: The heroine’s morally questionable but still doting father who gets unwillingly killed by the hero: he is Don Gormas in the retelling of Corneille’s ‘’Le Cid’’]].
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