History Characters / Overenskommelser

* BreakTheCutie / TraumaCongaLine: Beatrice might be smart, competent and tough, but life has been really hard on her. Not only did she lose her mother when she was only six years old and her father when she was only fourteen years old. But she also has to live with her tyrannical uncle, who abuses her for five long years, forcing her into a marriage with a man who's about forty years older than her and treats women like dirt under his shoes. Beatrice's relationship with Seth is also complicated to say the least. And just when she thought that things would turn out good between them, cue Edvard ruining everything! She was [[spoiler: brutally raped and almost killed on her wedding night]]...

* DitzyGenius: Beatrice is a very intelligent young woman, when it comes to academical and intellectual pursuits. But man, does she make some lousy decisions! When she's bullied into the engagement with Rosenschiöld, she never asks for help from anybody, who might actually want to and be able to help her. She also gets drunk at Sofia's engagement party (which could have ended much worse than it did), trusts the sociopathic Edvard (she shouldn't have) and tries to seduce Seth when she has just fallen off a horse and gotten injured (not the right time)!
* TheDogBitesBack: This story has a downplayed example, where Beatrice gets a small revenge on her uncle. Not only does Beatrice [[spoiler: claim the right to "his" house, which he basically had stolen from her, despite that she had inherited it from her grandmother. (What makes it even more awesome is that she sells the house to use the money for education for girls.)]] Beatrice also reminds him of that [[spoiler: his daughter wants nothing more to do with him, and that even his wife has left him]]...
* ICanStillFight: Beatrice falls off a horse and gets injured, but she wants to get up, despite being adviced not to do so by Seth.
* TheMcCoy: Beatrice is both impulsive and passionate, and she is never afraid to break the rules of high society or speak her mind. But she also cares a lot about the welfare of other people, like for example the poor children and women from a far less priviledged background than her own. And when it comes to helping her personal friends, her willingness to sacrifice herself for them ends with a disaster for her...
* RedHeadsAreUncool: Beatrice belongs to the fiery cathegory. She's both an intelligent book lover and a plucky tomboy, AND a proto-feminist, which turns a lot of people away from her. She's described as not conventionally beautiful, with too many freckles and too wide a mouth, and she also seems to often wear unflattering clothes.

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: The [[TheLadette ladette-like]] Beatrice might compete with men in ice-skating and horse-riding. But she also tries to follow the fashion of the era and can be seen wearing fancy dresses, make-up and high heels.

* FallbackMarriagePact: Seth has one of these with Lily Tremaine. They're friends rather than lovers, but still decide to get engaged. But in the end, [[spoiler: they break it up when Seth is reunited with Beatrice and Lily finds true love with Alexandre (with whom Beatrice had a similar relationship)]].
* KnightInSourArmor: Seth is a very cynical man, who does many stupid things. But still, he never stops believing that you should always do the right thing.
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Seth is a [[{{Reconstruction}} reconstructed example]]. He's believed to be a [[TheCasanova casanova]], but really, he's looking for "the right one". And after he meets Beatrice, he starts losing his interest in any other woman.
* NouveauRiche: Yet again, Seth becomes a [[{{Reconstruction}} reconstruction]]. Many people think that he's an irritating upstart, who spends an insane amount of money on women, and the OldMoney generally despise him. And it does not help that he can be unnecessarily mean and proud. But it soon becomes clear to the reader, that there is more depth to him than that, and in the end, he becomes [[spoiler: happily married]].

* AbusiveParents: He beat his children until Edvard became just as evil as him and his daughter became a weak willed woman.

* EvilUncle: To his niece, Beatrice. He regularly beats her and even denies her food at times.

* MixedAncestry: Beatrice had a Swedish father and a French mother. [[spoiler: And hers and Seth's kids will be 1/2 Norwegian, 1/4 Swedish and 1/4 French]].

* BreakTheCutie / TraumaCongaLine: Beatrice might be smart, competent and tough, but life has been really hard on her. Not only did she lose her mother when she was only six years old and her father when she was only fourteen years old. But she also has to live with her tyrannical uncle, who abuses her for five long years, forcing her into a marriage with a man, who's like forty years older than her and treats women like dirt under his shoes. Beatrice's relationship with Seth is also complicated to say the least. And just when she thought that things would turn out good between them, cue Edvard ruining everything! She was [[spoiler: brutally raped and almost killed on her wedding night]]...

* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Seth is a [[ReconstructedTrope reconstructed example]]. He's believed to be a [[TheCasanova casanova]], but really, he's looking for "the right one". And after he meets Beatrice, he starts losing his interest in any other woman.
* NouveauRiche: Yet again, Seth becomes a [[ReconstructedTrope reconstruction]]. Many people think that he's an irritating upstart, who spends an insane amount of money on women, and the OldMoney generally despise him. And it does not help that he can be unnecessarily mean and proud. But it soon becomes clear to the reader, that there is more depth to him than that, and in the end, he becomes [[spoiler: happily married]].

* TheSociopath: He has no empathy, is cold and cruel, lacks any redeeming features, is incapable of feeling gratitude, and has no love for anyone.

* LaserGuidedKarma: At the end, his son is hospitalized, his daughter disowns him, and he loses the house. He loses everything other than his son and his life.