History Characters / LiesOfP

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He's based on the Coachman, who in the original book and virtually all other adaptations is a monstrous HateSink who makes a living dehumanizing and enslaving children ForTheEvuls. Simon, meanwhile, is a more complex sort of villain.

The wealthiest man in Krat, owner of the Venigni Works factory that mass produces puppets. Also a technological genius in his own right and the creator of the Grand Covenant.

* GadgeteerGenius: Has a great talent with mechanical devices, and claims he often makes bizarre inventions just to pass the time. In-game, he's responsible for all the gadgets that P can equip in his Legion Arm.

* StoneWall: The gimmick of his fight. The Door Guardian's defense and health are sky-high, to the point where even the strongest Fable attacks result in ScratchDamage at best, but hacking at his unguarded leg will eventually stagger him and open him up to a Fatal Attack. Two Fatal Attacks are enough to drop him for good.

One of the Alchemists at their secret workshop tower in Krat. He has been enhanced by their elixir.

* DoppelgangerAttack: When he reaches half health, he'll summon a weaker version of himself to gang up on P with.

* MidBoss: He's fought at the midpoint of chapter IX.
* NoNameGiven: He's never named and is only known as the "Walker of Illusions".

* MonsterClown: Designed like one with a creepy smiling expression, and laughs while beating P to a pulp.

* MonsterClown: Designed like one with a creepy smiling expression, and laughs while beating P to a pulp like well, a Mad Clown.

* ExtendableArms: He can wind up a punch that can extend it's fist several meters away to hit P from a distance.
* FatBastard: Has a heavyset build, probably designed with the intention that it's meant to be a BigFun puppet, but the Puppet Frenzy makes him act otherwise.

* MonsterClown: Designed like one with a creepy smiling expression, and laughs while beating P to a pulp.

* DegradedBoss: A trashed version of it can be found on Chapter VIII. While it is also a unique enemy, it does not have a boss health bar. Attacks that were previously unblockable fury attacks can now be normally blocked as well, making it significantly easier to take down.the bo
* ExtendableArms: It can wind up a punch that can extend it's fist several meters away to hit P from a distance.
* FatBastard: Has a heavyset build, probably designed with the intention that it's meant to be a BigFun puppet, but the Puppet Frenzy makes it act otherwise.

* DegradedBoss: A trashed version of it can be found on Chapter VIII. While it is also a unique enemy, it does not have a boss health bar.

** The Kid Puppet is a huge puppet that looks like a kid's toy and attacks you at the Barren Swamp. Ironically it looks like a classic portrayal of Pinocchio, but it has no nose at all.

** The Kid Puppet is a huge puppet that looks like a kid's toy and attacks you at the Barren Swamp.

* BoxingBattler: Some of the strongest Alchemists are tall and musclebound brawlers that mainly resort to pulverizing P with precise and powerful punches, with occasional grabs and dropkicks.

** The aforementioned BoxingBattler Alchemists are only encountered three times, with the very last one having unique attacks that cause disruption.

* NotSoStoic: ...Until after the boss fight with [[spoiler:Romeo and returning to Hotel Kratt. Sophia notices P's mood is low when she examines the locket Romeo had. Also, after Allodoro reveals his betrayal of the Hotel's survivors, P has the option to retaliate against him for it. Then there's the final choice of the game. If P complies with Geppetto's request, he briefly has a faint smile when the latter hugs him before shifting to shock as Geppetto rips out Carlo's Ergo from his chest. Should P decide to not give up his heart; the ensuing cutscene sees him showing anger for the first time, disbelief and horror when he sees the Nameless Puppet and crying as he grieves as Geppetto dies in his arms.]]

* TheStoic: Doesn't emote once through the near-entirety of the game...

* ZeroEffortBoss: [[spoiler:Unlike all other enemy Stalkers, he doesn't get a boss health bar and nor can he even try to fight back. Once P makes it clear he intends to attack him, he will cower and beg you for his life. Once taking this option, any kind of offensive ability, even from a fully reset character, will smack him to the ground with the force of a meteor, killing him almost instantly. This also says something very damning about his story: He calims he "Had to kill Alidoro" and implied that things came to blows, but considering he has all the fighting prowess of an anemic flamingo, the only way he could possibly have killed Alidoro would have been to cut his throat in his sleep.]]

* {{Foil}}: To the other most prominent Stalkers; the Black Rabbit Brotherhood and the duo of Red Fox and Black Cat. [[spoiler:Alidoro aids the other two groups in the attack on Hotel Krat by being the man on the inside that disables the security, but never directly tries to harm P no matter how much of a jerk you are to him, and in fact [[WrongGenreSavvy thinks admitting all his wrongdoing is fine under the assumption you wouldn't kill him in cold blood]]. He also lacks the shared trait that made the Brotherhood and the Fox and Cat garner any kind of sympathy: [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes bonds of camaraderie that transcend being blood relatives]], seeing as how Parrot murdered the real Alidoro over money.]]
* HateSink: [[spoiler:He's one of the most despicable people in the game short of Simon himself, backstabbing everyone he meets and all but saying he planned to get Eugénie killed out of sheer spite for her brother. Notably killing him is an act that grants P humanity, both because it proves that he's human to attack him outside of self-defense, but also because what kind of human could tolerate someone being so wicked without any retaliation?]]

* ZeroEffortBoss: [[spoiler:Unlike all other enemy Stalkers, he doesn't get a boss health bar and nor can he even try to fight back. Once P makes it clear he intends to attack him, he will cower and beg you for his life. Once taking this option, any kind of offensive ability, even from a fully reset character, will smack him to the ground with the force of a meteor, killing him almost instantly.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: While he's willing to part with some of his loot in exchange for unique Ergo, he's a smarmy, greedy elitist who treats everyone around him with dismissiveness as best. [[spoiler:Turns out to be even worse when he sells out the hotel to save his own skin, and then confesses he killed the original Alidoro, who happened to be Eugénie's brother]].
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He not only killed the real Alidoro over money disputes and stole his identity, but also betrayed Hotel Krat to save his own skin and implies he wants the real Alidoro's sister, Eugénie, to die out of sheer spite for the man he killed. He later confesses all this to P, thinking that as a puppet bound by the Grand Covenant, he won't kill him. Choosing the "Attack" option will have P kill him in retaliation.]]

* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:He confesses all his crimes to P under the assumption that P is bound to the Grand Covenant and thus cannot attack him unless attacked first, going so far as to openly mock him for it. [[BullyingADragon This can turn out to be his last mistake]]]].

* ZeroEffortBoss: [[spoiler:Unlike all other enemy Stalkers, he doesn't get a boss health bar and nor does he even try to fight back. Once P makes it clear he intends to attack him, he will cower and beg you for his life, and he will die in one hit.]]

* LetThemDieHappy: The Petrification Disease has no cure, and the [=NPCs=] he meets inflicted with it are in a timer running out. Some sidequests end up being about P giving them some joy so they can be happy one last time, like making Toma think that his friend came to visit, or giving the Weeping Woman a doll she can take care of as a daughter.

** NotSoStoic: ...Until after the boss fight with [[spoiler:Romeo and returning to Hotel Kratt. Sophia notices P's mood is low when she examines the locket Romeo had. Also, after Allodoro reveals his betrayal of the Hotel's survivors, P has the option to retaliate against him for it. Then there's the final choice of the game. If P complies with Geppetto's request, he briefly has a faint smile when the latter hugs him before shifting to shock as Geppetto rips out Carlo's Ergo from his chest. Should P decide to not give up his heart; the ensuing cutscene sees him showing anger for the first time, disbelief and horror when he sees the Nameless Puppet and crying as he grieves as Geppetto dies in his arms.]]

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-->'''--Blue Guardianship Amulet item description'''

A mysterious girl in blue who has awakened P. Her character is loosely based on the Blue Fairy / Fairy with Turquoise Hair from ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio''.

->''"Unexpected guests are welcome. We don't insist on reservation. I am Antonia, and this is my hotel. Welcome."''

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Terms of gameplay NPC, Alidoro is nothing but helpful, letting you exchange Rare Ergo for excellent weapons and amulets to help make the game easier. But in spite of never doing anything to harm P, it doesn't take many interactions with Alidoro for him to start coming across as an absolute prick with no external excuse like the Frenzy affecting the puppets. Interacting with him through the Barren Swamp just spells it out even further when Eugénie's gift to him is summarily blown off with no shortage of disparaging words thrown her way. This contrasts heavily with his aforementioned foils, who will shameless scam you or serve as boss fights but nevertheless look out for each other even when it'd be easy to cut ties and go it alone. [[spoiler:In Act X, he'll even go into extensive detail about how much of a backstabbing bastard he is, having killed the real Alidoro after an argument over money, all while displaying not even a hint of genuine remorse or regret.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DanielOMeara

->''"I'm not going back. I'm sick on consuming Ergo."''

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-->'''--Someone's Necklace item description'''

-->'''--Mad Donkey's Hunting Apparel item description'''

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IslamBouakkaz

''When the puppets toppled the tower, the youth fled in fear. He lost his sworn brother and his name that day and became a survivor wandering in hell.''
-->'''--Survivor's Hunting Apparel item description'''

''It reeks of regret from failing to save people. Instead of guiding people to refuge, she took them to the land of the dead. Having fled from incomprehensible death, the Stalker vowed to live the rest of her life in repentance.''
-->'''--The Atoned's Mask item description'''

''The woman who lost her song adorned her stage with the blood of puppets. The sisters dreamed of a great stage. Their dreams now crushed, the younger one dedicated a stage in remembrance of her sister with the blood of puppets.''
-->'''--The White Lady's Hunting Apparel item description'''

''The robber believed she could escape the city once the next empty house was ransacked. She never imagined that this would be her last excursion.''
-->'''--Robber Weasel's Mask item description'''

-->'''--Parade Leader's Ergo item description'''

-->'''--Broken Hero's Ergo item description'''

-->'''--King's Flame Ergo item description'''

''Gold caused even the devout saint to crumble little by little. Unable to acknowledge how corrupt he had become, he escaped into a delusion that he had been chosen by the angel.''
-->'''--Twisted Angel's Ergo item description'''

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-->'''--Burnt-White King's Ergo item description'''

-->'''--Reborn Champion's Ergo item description'''

-->'''--Puppet-Devouring Green Hunter's Ergo item description'''

-->'''--Sad Zealot's Ergo item description'''

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MattRippy

->''"Behold... This is Ergo. Is it not magnificent? Distilled immortality, and a key that opens a world with no lies. A key that unlocks true evolution. Give thanks! Ergo is a gift from me, Simon Manus, who will transgress even God. Bow down to your God who will be born... Now!"''
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* MeaningfulName: The name Simon Manus is a direct reference to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Magus biblical figure of Simon Magus, often called Simon the Sorcerer]]. The name ''Manus'', meaning "hand" in latin, is evocative of his massive arm after being mutated and his title of "Arm of God", as well as serving as a ShoutOut to [[Characters/DarkSoulsArtoriasOfTheAbyss Manus, Father of the Abyss from Dark Souls]] who has a similarly enlarged arm.

-->'''--Nameless Puppet's Ergo item description'''

* DowngradedBoss: A trashed version of it can be found on Chapter VIII. While it is also a unique enemy, it does not have a boss health bar.

* UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot: Many of the puppets are designed to be creepy and play into the UncannyValley, letting out piercing screams. Some of them have twisted smiles on their face, such as the puppet maids.

* TheGoomba: Their weakest variant is the humanoid ones without weapons that mostly resemble frenzied zombies, as all they can do is run up to the player and punch them.

* DashinglyDapperDerby: He wears a bowler hat, as part of his status as a high-class invertor.

* ZeroEffortBoss: [[spoiler:Unlike all other enemy Stalkers, he doesn't get a boss healthbar and nor does he even try to fight back. Once P makes it clear he intends to attack him, he will cower and beg you for his life, and he will die in one hit.]]

* BadassNormal: Hugo is a self-confessed amateur and doesn't even carry a weapon, but he's able to move through the most dangerous parts of Krat without a scratch. He's also somehow able to crack open the locked iron porticullis to the Hermit's Cave, though he's not foolhardly enough to venture inside.

* HateSink: [[spoiler:He's one of the most despicable people in the game short of Simon himself, backstabbing everyone he meets and all but saying he planned to get Eugénie killed out of sheer spite for her brother]].

* MiniBoss: She's a unique Stalker enemy that will attack P if he can't lie and convince her he's a Stalker who can handle themselves at the Cathedral.

* OptionalBoss: Her fight can be avoided if P lies to her and makes the Stalker gesture. If not, she has to be fought to gain access to the cable car up to the cathedral.

* PrettyBoy: His youthfully androgynous handsome looks paired with his 'Blue Blood's Tailcoat' outfit makes him one. The Youngest Sister of the Black Rabbit Brotherhood is even surprised by how pretty he is.