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One of the main protagonists from all three of the original trilogy. A Cross from an extremely wealthy and influential family, starting out as a WideEyedIdealist and becoming more cynical as the series goes on. She spends much of the series wishing she could go back in time and change
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* MamaBear: In the novella ''An Eye For An Eye'', Jude first gets the idea to get revenge on Sephy by threatening her unborn daughter. Sephy's first instinct is to threaten to kill him if he hurts her child. She dials this down outwardly, but the books make it clear that her protective feelings towards Callie Rose never leave her.
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* WhatTheHeckHero: When she called people protesting in favour of disallowing Noughts at her school "blankers"
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* WhatTheHeckHero: When she called people protesting in favour of disallowing Noughts at her school "blankers""blankers" Even though she was actually defending the Nought kids, she used a racial slur used against Noughts to describe the behaviour of the Cross students.
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* Child Soldiers: Sort of the case when she joins the Liberation Milita, although she only officially joins at age fourteen.
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* Child Soldiers: ChildOfTwoWorlds: One of very few mixed-race kids. This is noted at the start of each chapter, where there is a cross layered over a nought to show that she is both.
* ChildSoldiers: Sort of the case when she joins the Liberation Milita, although she only officially joins at age fourteen.
* ChildSoldiers: Sort of the case when she joins the Liberation Milita, although she only officially joins at age fourteen.
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* HatesTheirParent: With Sephy for a long time. She refuses to even be in the same room as her after a while.
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* HatesTheirParent: With both parents, Callum for what she thinks he did when he was alive, and Sephy for a long time. She refuses to even be in not telling her the same room as truth and believing Sephy only had her after a while.to spite her family.
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Callum and Sephy's daughter, a rare mixed-race child. She was meant to take Callum's surname, but legally couldn't.
* BreakTheCutie: Starting with her discovering the truth about Callum's death at age thirteen.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Eventually becomes this [[spoiler: with Tobey]].
* Child Soldiers: Sort of the case when she joins the Liberation Milita, although she only officially joins at age fourteen.
* ComingOfAgeStory: Partly what ''Checkmate'' is for her.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: Believes that what she is doing is the same as what Callum did when he was alive.
* HatesTheirParent: With Sephy for a long time. She refuses to even be in the same room as her after a while.
* InSeriesNickname: Rarely called by her full first name. Sephy and her friends called her "Rose" primarily. During her preteen years, she asked to be called by both of her names. After finding out the truth about her father's death, she rejected the name and stated that she was "just Callie".
* NearDeathExperience: She doesn't remember, but when she was a baby, she nearly died from suffocation. She believes that Sephy purposely tried to hurt her until she explains that she was holding her too tight
* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Believes that Sephy would have rather she died and Callum lived. She doesn't know that Sephy was given the choice to either have an abortion or let Callum be executed, and she chose to keep her unborn child.
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* BecomingTheMask:[[spoiler: He originally planned to use Cara for money but found himself having geniue feelings for her. He tried to brush them off but this led to him beating her to death.]]
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* BecomingTheMask:[[spoiler: He originally planned to use Cara for money but found himself having geniue geniune feelings for her. He tried to brush them off but this led to him beating her to death.]]
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Jude can appear charming (especially to Callie-Rose and Carla), but
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Jude can appear charming (especially to Callie-Rose and Carla), Cara), but below the surface, he's always just planning to use them.
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* BigBrotherBully: Bullied both his siblings before he joined the L.M, Callum for his best friend being a cross and Lynny for being mentally ill.
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* BigBrotherBully: Bullied both his siblings before he joined the L.M, Callum for his best friend being a cross and Lynny for being mentally ill. ill, although this is more a case of AnnoyingYoungerSibling as he is younger than her.
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* GoodVsGood: With Sephy when it came to dealing with her mental health issues and raising Callie Rose
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* GoodVsGood: GoodVersusGood: With Sephy when it came to dealing with her mental health issues and raising Callie Rose
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* SocietyIsToBlame: It is clear that the racist society he lives in is to blame for his crimes.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Zigzagged with Jasmine. The two women were inseparable until Jasmine fires her believing that she purposely didn't provide an alibi for [[YourCheatingHeart her affair]]. [[spoiler: However when Sephy suffers for postnatal depression Meggie believes Jasmine is the only person she could turn to for support and they pick up their friendship were they left off. Late Meggie is the only person Jasmine allows to stop her HeroicSacrifice.]]
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Zigzagged with Jasmine. The two women were inseparable until Jasmine fires her believing that she purposely didn't provide an alibi for [[YourCheatingHeart her affair]]. [[spoiler: However when Sephy suffers for postnatal depression Meggie believes Jasmine is the only person she could turn to for support and they pick up their friendship were they left off. Late Later Meggie is the only person Jasmine allows to stop her HeroicSacrifice.]]
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Minerva and Sephy's father, and Jasmine's husband.
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Minerva and Sephy's father, and Jasmine's husband.
husband. A [[CorruptPolitician Corrupt]], [[PoliticiallyIncorrectVillain racist]] politician and the GreaterScopeVillain of the series.
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* BerserkButton: Noughts having the same rights as crosses.
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* MalcomXerox: He likes to think of himself as this but in reality he's only in the L.M for revenge.
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* StrawCharacter: Of racist right wing politicians.
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* AntagonisticGovernor: A powerful politician and very antagonistic.
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** Later in the main time frame, he's is talking to [[TheMole his mole]] about how much [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain he hates be forced to allow "blankers" in his daughter's school.]]
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** Later in the main time frame, he's is talking to [[TheMole his mole]] about how much [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain he hates be forced to allow "blankers" in his daughter's school.]] ]] Worse than that his mole is a Nought.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: He does most of his villainy behinds the scenes, particularity when it comes to politics. In later books he becomes more and more OutOfFocus, instead becoming a mysterious figure that represents racist politics. Futhermore, is one of the few characters in the Hadley/McGregor family not to narrate a chapter.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: He does most of his villainy behinds the scenes, particularity when it comes to politics. In later books he becomes more and more OutOfFocus, instead becoming a mysterious figure that represents racist politics. Futhermore, is heis one of the few characters in the Hadley/McGregor family not to narrate a chapter.
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* SadisticChoice: Gives Callum and Sephy the choice between Callum's life or the life of their unborn child.
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** In the Prologue Jasmine's secretary, Sarah, informs her that he's "ready to blow a fuse". He [[FauxAffinityEvil pretends to be polite to Meggie]] to get the truth from her before slapping Jamine across the face
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** In the Prologue Jasmine's secretary, Sarah, informs her that he's "ready to blow a fuse". He [[FauxAffinityEvil [[FauxAffablyEvil pretends to be polite to Meggie]] to get the truth from her before slapping Jamine Jasmine across the face
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* FauxAffinityEvil: He acts as a polite well meaning politician but is really a cruel, violent man.
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* FauxAffinityEvil: FauxAffablyEvil: He acts as a polite well meaning politician but is really a cruel, violent man.man.
* TheFundamentalist: A conservative powerful politician.
* TheFundamentalist: A conservative powerful politician.
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-->Kamal:"God spare us from Liberals and Blankers"
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** In the Prologue Jasmine's secretary, Sarah, informs her that he's "ready to blow a fuse". He [[FauxAffinityEvil pretends to be polite to Meggie]] to get the truth from her before slapping Jamine across the face
** Later in the main time frame, he's is talking to [[TheMole his mole]] about how much [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain he hates be forced to allow "blankers" in his daughter's school.]]
--> Kamal: "Those bleeding heart liberals in the Pangaean Economic Community make sick! They said we in this country had to open our thought letting a few blankers into our schools would spike their guns . . ."
** In the Prologue Jasmine's secretary, Sarah, informs her that he's "ready to blow a fuse". He [[FauxAffinityEvil pretends to be polite to Meggie]] to get the truth from her before slapping Jamine across the face
** Later in the main time frame, he's is talking to [[TheMole his mole]] about how much [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain he hates be forced to allow "blankers" in his daughter's school.]]
--> Kamal: "Those bleeding heart liberals in the Pangaean Economic Community make sick! They said we in this country had to open our thought letting a few blankers into our schools would spike their guns . . ."
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* FauxAffinityEvil: He acts as a polite well meaning politician but is really a cruel, violent man.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: So much so. Noughts are never Noughts to him. They're blankers. He tries to force his daughter to abort her baby because the Father is a Nought, then disowns her and her unborn child for refusing calling her "a blanker slut".
--> Kamal: "God spares us from liberals and Blankers"
--> Kamal: "God spares us from liberals and Blankers"
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* AvatarAuthor: WordOfGod says Callum's personality is like her own
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* AvatarAuthor: AuthorAvatar: WordOfGod says Callum's personality is like her own
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* AntiHero: WordOfGod says that she fell in love with Callum's personality, but he makes some stupid stupid decision.
* AvatarAuthor: WordOfGod says Callum's personality is like her own
* AvatarAuthor: WordOfGod says Callum's personality is like her own
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* BrokenPedestal: For Jasmine and Sephy, once they release who he really is they [[IAmNotMyFather decide to become the kind of people he would hate.]]
* ClassicVillain: Represents ambition and pride
* ClassicVillain: Represents ambition and pride
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* TheAce: A maths geek who loves intellectual conversations. But also appears to have brawns rising to the Second-in-Command of his cell in the L.M in just a few years.
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* [[BlackAndNerdy Nought And Nerdy]]: A nought and maths is his favourite subject.
* SadisticChoice: Kamal gives him the choice of his life or his unborn child.
* SadisticChoice: Kamal gives him the choice of his life or his unborn child.
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* EvilVersusEvil: With Jude, and the Liberation Militia as a whole if you consider the L.M evil
* GreaterScopeVillain: He does most of his villainy behinds the scenes, particularity when it comes to politics. In later books he becomes more and more OutOfFocus, instead becoming a mysterious figure that represents racist politics. Futhermore, is one of the view characters in the Hadley/McGregor family not to narrate a chapter.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He does most of his villainy behinds the scenes, particularity when it comes to politics. In later books he becomes more and more OutOfFocus, instead becoming a mysterious figure that represents racist politics. Futhermore, is one of the view characters in the Hadley/McGregor family not to narrate a chapter.
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* EvilVersusEvil: With Jude, and the Liberation Militia as a whole [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters if you consider the L.M evil
evil]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: He does most of his villainy behinds the scenes, particularity when it comes to politics. In later books he becomes more and more OutOfFocus, instead becoming a mysterious figure that represents racist politics. Futhermore, is one of theview few characters in the Hadley/McGregor family not to narrate a chapter.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He does most of his villainy behinds the scenes, particularity when it comes to politics. In later books he becomes more and more OutOfFocus, instead becoming a mysterious figure that represents racist politics. Futhermore, is one of the
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* ArchnemisDad: Towards Sephy
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* ArchnemisDad: ArchnemesisDad: Towards Sephy
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler: Aside from [[OutLivingOnesOffspring outliving all her children]]]]. She looses a friendship that clearly meant a lot to her and both her sons to the L.M.
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* GoodVsGood: With Sephy when it came to dealing with her mental health issues and raising Callie Rose
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* EvilVersusEvil: With Jude.
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* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Father]]: Disowning his daughter, calling her "a blankers slut" pretty much sums it up.
* AmbitionIsEvil: A politician who wants to be Prime Minister and the only villain in the series with no redeeming qualities
* ArchnemisDad: Towards Sephy
* CorruptPolitician: His scandals that [[spoiler: Jasmine publishes is enough for him to never get elected again]]
* DomesticAbuse: Of both the physical and the emotional kind with Jasmine. He hits her and repeatedly insults her. Later he becomes abusive towards his daughter Sephy, giving her [[SadisticChoice the choice between her unborn child's life or Callum's]]
* EvilVersusEvil: WithJude.Jude, and the Liberation Militia as a whole if you consider the L.M evil
* GreaterScopeVillain: He does most of his villainy behinds the scenes, particularity when it comes to politics. In later books he becomes more and more OutOfFocus, instead becoming a mysterious figure that represents racist politics. Futhermore, is one of the view characters in the Hadley/McGregor family not to narrate a chapter.
* AmbitionIsEvil: A politician who wants to be Prime Minister and the only villain in the series with no redeeming qualities
* ArchnemisDad: Towards Sephy
* CorruptPolitician: His scandals that [[spoiler: Jasmine publishes is enough for him to never get elected again]]
* DomesticAbuse: Of both the physical and the emotional kind with Jasmine. He hits her and repeatedly insults her. Later he becomes abusive towards his daughter Sephy, giving her [[SadisticChoice the choice between her unborn child's life or Callum's]]
* EvilVersusEvil: With
* GreaterScopeVillain: He does most of his villainy behinds the scenes, particularity when it comes to politics. In later books he becomes more and more OutOfFocus, instead becoming a mysterious figure that represents racist politics. Futhermore, is one of the view characters in the Hadley/McGregor family not to narrate a chapter.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He is an extremely successful politician despite being an absolute jerk. He seems to be like by Crosses but hated but hated by Noughts. [[After Jasmine publishes all his scandals, his good publicity is destroyed and he's never elected again.]]
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* PresidentEvil: Although he wants to be Prime Minister, he never becomes it.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He is an extremely successful politician despite being an absolute jerk. He seems to be like by Crosses but hated but hated by Noughts.[[After [[spoiler; After Jasmine publishes all his scandals, his good publicity is destroyed and he's never elected again.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He is an extremely successful politician despite being an absolute jerk. He seems to be like by Crosses but hated but hated by Noughts.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: She wants nothing to do with her extremely privileged family, especially after she gets pregnant. [[spoiler: Although she completely disowned her father, she reconnects with her mother and sister]].
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* DefectorFromDecadence: She wants nothing to do with her extremely privileged family, especially after she gets pregnant. [[spoiler: Although she completely disowned disowns her father, she reconnects with her mother and sister]].
* HeroWithBadPublicity: After she [[provides Jude with an alibi]] she is hate by both Noughts and Crosses. The Noughts for not coming to his aid sooner and the Crosses for coming to his aid in the first place.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She had good intentions when she did it, but [[spoiler:providing Jude with an alibi for Carla's murder]] was a ''big'' mistake for everyone.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In the first book when people protested against Noughts joining her school she called the protesters "Blankers". She had good intentions when she did it, but [[spoiler:providing Jude with an alibi for Carla's murder]] was a ''big'' mistake for everyone.]] everyone.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He is an extremely successful politician despite being an absolute jerk. He seems to be like by Crosses but hated but hated by Noughts. [[After Jasmine publishes all his scandals, his good publicity is destroyed and he's never elected again.]]
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* HerHeartWillGoOn: Sephy is never completely over Callum's death but she tries dating [[spoiler: Sonny and later Nathan finding herself in a love triangle. She marries Nathan and they have a son]]
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