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* KarmaHoudini: Disappears and implicitly gets away with having Ahrima destroy the lamps and causing dark and light to be split... that is, if he was even real to begin with.
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* GenderFlip: The 2019 puppet show reimagines them as a girl.
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* PsychoLesbian: The Mercury Momentum performance reimagines the Doctor as a girl, still with intent to [[spoiler: hold Anhura captive for O-knows-what]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: When Pallis breaks in and Adakias is killed, he disappears from the story completely, making it unclear whether or not Anhura still has to stay with him]]. Visual adaptations rectify this by [[spoiler: having him be killed or at the very least seriously injured by Pallis]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: When Pallis breaks in and Adakias is killed, he disappears from the story completely, making it unclear whether or not Anhura still has to stay with him]]. Visual adaptations rectify this by [[spoiler: having him be killed or at the very least seriously injured by Pallis]].
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* AdaptationalKarma: His fate is left ambiguous in the album itself. In the puppet show adaptation, he's [[spoiler: crushed by the door Pallis kicks down]], and in a stage version [[spoiler: Pallis stabs him]].
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* AdaptationalKarma: His fate is left ambiguous in the album itself. In the puppet show adaptation, he's [[spoiler: crushed knocked out by the door Pallis kicks down]], and in a stage version [[spoiler: Pallis stabs him]].
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* AdaptationalKarma: His fate is left ambiguous in the album itself. In at least one puppet show adaptation, he's [[spoiler: crushed by the door Pallis kicks down.]]
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* AdaptationalKarma: His fate is left ambiguous in the album itself. In at least one the puppet show adaptation, he's [[spoiler: crushed by the door Pallis kicks down.]]down]], and in a stage version [[spoiler: Pallis stabs him]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Unseen after his music number. \n This can be justified in some versions such as the 2019 one, where he's not actually real, but just a hallucination of Ahrima's due to a spider bite.
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* AnimalMotifs: spiders. He seems to have an affinity for them and uses them as assistants in his work. [[spoiler:It's possible he's a descendant of Barayas.]]
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* AdaptationalKarma: His fate is left ambiguous in the album itself. In at least one puppet show adaptation, he's [[spoiler: crushed by the door Pallis kicks down.]]
* AnimalMotifs:spiders.Spiders. He seems to have an affinity for them and uses them as assistants in his work. [[spoiler:It's possible he's a descendant of Barayas.]]
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* OverprotectiveDad: ParentalMarriageVeto: He doesn’t want Anhura marrying Adakias mostly because he fears Adakias will depose him, but also because he senses darkness in Adakias’ heart and wants to protect his daughter.
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* BadassBeard: Sports a big white one in the puppet show.
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* GoodIsNotNice: "This mess that you've made is a six foot grave, a home for your lonesome bones that remains/We'll disappear, you'll stay here/ROT AS THE KING OF THE DARK AND FORGOT!"
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--> ''It's a home for your lonesome bones thatremains/We'll remain''
--> ''We'll disappear, but you'll stayhere/ROT AS THE KING OF THE DARK AND FORGOT!"here to rot''
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* KnifeNut: His In his official work character design, he has several knives tied to his apron, as well as on top of brandishing one.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: His entire song is devoted to telling Ahrima exactly how bad he screwed up.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: His entire song is devoted to telling Ahrima exactly how bad badly he screwed up.
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* RebelPrince: Has no intention of helping Pallis rule and shuns his fate (until he learns his lineage and relation to Ahrima, that is…).
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* CainandAbel: The Cain to Adakias’ Abel. [[spoiler:continues the role when he kills his brother]].
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* CainandAbel: The Cain to Adakias’ Abel. [[spoiler:continues the role [[spoiler: Trope Played Straight when he kills ends up killing his brother]].brother in “The End and the Beginning” when Adakias uses his own body as a HumanShield to protect Anhura from him.]]
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* BaldOfEvil: While not evil ''per se'', Ahrima sports the look.
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* BaldOfEvil: While not evil ''per se'', [[Main/AlternativeCharacterInterpretation per se,]] Ahrima sports the look.
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* BadassBeard: Sports a big white one in the puppet show.
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* TheCorrupter
TheCorrupter: Exhorts Ahrima to destroy the lamps to show the other angels and O the Scientist "who's in control".
* GiantSpider: Despite being described as “dinky” and small enough to perch on Ahrima’s shoulder, he is the biggest puppet in theplay.puppet show version of the play, and glows a neon purple color at that.
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GoodIsNotNice: "This mess that you've made is a six foot grave, a home for your lonesome bones that remains/We'll disappear, you'll stay here/ROT AS THE KING OF THE DARK AND FORGOT!"
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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:The people of the Dark can make those of the Light sick by simple proximity, which Adakias eventually does to Anhura.]]
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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:The people of the The Dark can make those of the The Light sick by simple proximity, which Adakias eventually does to Anhura.]]Anhura. This affliction is apparently curable, but Doctor Dumaya says that the sickness of The Dark requires a "bona fide doctor's miracle" to cure]]
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Anhura's father and King of the Light.
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Anhura's father and King of the Light.
Light. He fears Adakias wants to steal his throne when Adakias and Anhura meet him to ask him for his blessing on their relationship, and forbids them to wed.
* [[BeardOfEvil Beard of Moral Ambiguity]]: In the puppet show, he has a very long one, as well as an incredibly long and curled moustache, which he twitches out of annoyance with Adakias.
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* ProperlyParanoid: The darkness he senses in Adakias is his heritage from The Dark, which [[spoiler:makes his daughter fall deathly ill.]]
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A shady doctor of the Dark, The Dark who lives in squalor, and the only one who [[spoiler:knows to cure Anhura's malady.]]
* AnimalMotifs: spiders. He seems to have an affinity for them and uses them as assistants in his work. [[spoiler:It’s possible he’s a descendant of Barayas.]]
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* HumanoidAbomination: Depicted as one with a giant mass of shadowy tendrils for a head and two glowing white eyes, dressed in a doctor's uniform.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: [[spoiler:What he intends on doing with Anhura as payment for curing her disease.]]
* KillerRobot: In theplay, puppet show, he’s depicted as one.one mounted on a single wheel, with a head that isn't attached to his body, which he plays around with quite a bit.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: [[spoiler:What he intends on doing with Anhura as payment for curing her disease.]]
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* FantasticScience: He mentions genetics and science alongside allegories of knitting the world together, and generally beis called the Scientist. "science" is used in place of faith in some circumstances (such as the Narrator reciting that "we'd regained our science" at the conclusion of the play).
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* LightIsGood:LightIsGood
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!!O The Scientist
The Author and the Architect, the creator of the world of Razia.
* CrystalDragonJesus
* FantasticScience: He mentions genetics and science alongside allegories of knitting the world together, and generally be
*GoodHairEvilHair: O is of the Mentor Variety.
*LeaningOnTheFourthWall: He calls His angels, who are characters in a play, His ‘actors and actresses’.
*TheMaker
*OneLetterName
!!Ahrima
The protagonist of Act One, and one of the most talented Angels.
*AmbiguouslyBrown: As with all the characters, his skin is tan and his name is Aramaic, and is a character in a story seemingly based off the ''Bereshit''.
*AnachronismStew: The world was just created, and the first thing he invents is a ''light bulb''.
*AntiVillain
*BaldOfEvil: While not evil ''per se'', Ahrima sports the look.
*FallenAngel
*GadgeteerGenius: He helped O create the world, and also built the Lamps.
*HotBlooded
*MeaningfulName: Ahrima means in Aramaic something along the lines of “dark spirit”.
*OurAngelsAreDifferent
*RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Nidria’s Blue.
*WellDoneSonGuy
!!Nidria
Ahrima’s LoveInterest and a fellow Angel of talent.
*HolyHalo: Her crown of white feathers evokes this imagery.
*MeaningfulName: It means “vow”.
*MysteriousVeil: Combined with her CoolMask.
*RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Ahrima’s red.
*WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She’s last seen in The Oracle. Her fate, like the other angels that stayed in the Light, is never expanded upon.
!!Barayas
A dinky brownish spider who tempts Ahrima to follow the path of the Dark.
*BitchInSheepsClothing
*TheCorrupter
*GiantSpider: Despite being described as “dinky” and small enough to perch on Ahrima’s shoulder, he is the biggest puppet in the play.
*PowerGlows: He’s got neon glow in the dark paint on his puppet.
*SmallRoleBigImpact
*WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Unseen after his music number.
!!Toba the Tura
An angel sent to banish Ahrima.
*ArchangelMichael: Implied, more or less. Toba casts Ahrima from grace the way Michael banishes Lucifer from Heaven, and is the most vocally outraged Angel shown.
*FaunsAndSatyrs: Seems to be represented by one in the puppet show.
*GoodIsNotNice
*HooksAndCrooks: In the puppet show, he uses one.
*HornedHumanoid
*KnifeNut: His official work has several tied to his apron, as well as brandishing one.
*MeaningfulName: Toba means “repentance”. Tura is an Aramaic word for Mountain.
*TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: His entire song is devoted to telling Ahrima exactly how bad he screwed up.
!!Gargul the Oracle
An angel who can tell the future, and recants the fate of Razia to the protagonists.
*TheOmniscient
*TheProphecy: Grants one to Ahrima and Nidria, foretelling their heirs would bring together the continent once more.
*{{Seers}}
*WhatTheHellHero: He also calls out Ahrima’s actions, though laments that it could have been avoided.
*WiseTree
!!Adakias
The younger Prince of the Dark, and Pallis’ younger brother.
*ActOfTrueLove: [[spoiler: sacrificing himself for Anhura brings together Razia once more.]]
*CainandAbel: The Abel to Pallis’ Cain.
*DarkIsNotEvil
*DivineParentage
*ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: [[spoiler:considering it ends in his death and an uncertain world.]]
*MeaningfulName: Adakias comes from Adam Kasia, the idea of the perfect human.
*ReallyRoyaltyReveal: He’s the direct descendant of Ahrima, and one of the chosen in the Oracle’s Prophecy.
*RebelPrince: Has no intention of helping Pallis rule and shuns his fate (until he learns his lineage and relation to Ahrima, that is…).
*RichesToRags: Albeit willingly. He gives up his life as a prince to be a simple subject in the Light.
*SpareToTheThrone
*StartingANewLife
!!Pallis
The Crown Prince of the Dark, and Adakias’ older brother.
*BlackEyesofEvil: With white pupils.
*CainandAbel: The Cain to Adakias’ Abel. [[spoiler:continues the role when he kills his brother]].
*CoolCrown: In the puppet show. It’s the skull of an animal.
*DivineParentage: Like Adakias, a direct descendant from Ahrima.
*EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He does love his brother, enough to try to dissuade him down a path he thinks is unsafe for Adakias. Unfortunately Pallis attempts this through berating him and [[spoiler:later attempting to kill his wife…]]
*TheEvilPrince: Naturally.
*OpenSaysMe: Kicks in the door to the Doctor’s house.
*SharpDressedMan: White blazer, black button up shirt, striped tie, a pocket square on his breast and a flower in his lapel.
*WouldHitAGirl: he intended on [[spoiler:killing Anhura.]]
!!Sangara
Pallis' servant, and a denizen of the Dark.
*BreakTheCutie: Accompanies the mob in “The Exit”, beating down Adakias’ dreams of seeing the Light with insults.
*SlasherSmile: Sports an apparently perpetual one.
*WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: “''Why can’t you be more like your brother?''”
!!Anhura
The Princess of the Light, and Adakias' LoveInterest.
*BirdsOfAFeather: She has the same romantic inclinations of fate and destiny, and daydreams of a better life, just like Adakias.
*DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:When she is stricken ill.]]
*EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
*FirstLove: Anhura says she’s Adakias’ first kiss.
*IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:The people of the Dark can make those of the Light sick by simple proximity, which Adakias eventually does to Anhura.]]
*LightIsGood:
*WomanInWhite
!!King Malka
Anhura's father and King of the Light.
*AdiposeRex
*{{Greed}}
*MeaningfulName: Malka comes from Malaka, an Aramaic name for King.
*OverprotectiveDad: He doesn’t want Anhura marrying Adakias mostly because he fears Adakias will depose him, but also because he senses darkness in Adakias’ heart and wants to protect his daughter.
!!The Bawaba Brothers
*DarkIsNotEvil
*TheFerryman
*MrExposition
!!Doctor Dumaya
A shady doctor of the Dark, and the only one who [[spoiler:knows to cure Anhura's malady.]]
*AnimalMotifs: spiders. [[spoiler:It’s possible he’s a descendant of Barayas.]]
*DeadlyDoctor
*EvilLaugh
*FauxAffablyEvil
*KillerRobot: In the play, he’s depicted as one.
*LargeHam
*MadDoctor
*MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
The Author and the Architect, the creator of the world of Razia.
* CrystalDragonJesus
* FantasticScience: He mentions genetics and science alongside allegories of knitting the world together, and generally be
*GoodHairEvilHair: O is of the Mentor Variety.
*LeaningOnTheFourthWall: He calls His angels, who are characters in a play, His ‘actors and actresses’.
*TheMaker
*OneLetterName
!!Ahrima
The protagonist of Act One, and one of the most talented Angels.
*AmbiguouslyBrown: As with all the characters, his skin is tan and his name is Aramaic, and is a character in a story seemingly based off the ''Bereshit''.
*AnachronismStew: The world was just created, and the first thing he invents is a ''light bulb''.
*AntiVillain
*BaldOfEvil: While not evil ''per se'', Ahrima sports the look.
*FallenAngel
*GadgeteerGenius: He helped O create the world, and also built the Lamps.
*HotBlooded
*MeaningfulName: Ahrima means in Aramaic something along the lines of “dark spirit”.
*OurAngelsAreDifferent
*RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Nidria’s Blue.
*WellDoneSonGuy
!!Nidria
Ahrima’s LoveInterest and a fellow Angel of talent.
*HolyHalo: Her crown of white feathers evokes this imagery.
*MeaningfulName: It means “vow”.
*MysteriousVeil: Combined with her CoolMask.
*RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Ahrima’s red.
*WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She’s last seen in The Oracle. Her fate, like the other angels that stayed in the Light, is never expanded upon.
!!Barayas
A dinky brownish spider who tempts Ahrima to follow the path of the Dark.
*BitchInSheepsClothing
*TheCorrupter
*GiantSpider: Despite being described as “dinky” and small enough to perch on Ahrima’s shoulder, he is the biggest puppet in the play.
*PowerGlows: He’s got neon glow in the dark paint on his puppet.
*SmallRoleBigImpact
*WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Unseen after his music number.
!!Toba the Tura
An angel sent to banish Ahrima.
*ArchangelMichael: Implied, more or less. Toba casts Ahrima from grace the way Michael banishes Lucifer from Heaven, and is the most vocally outraged Angel shown.
*FaunsAndSatyrs: Seems to be represented by one in the puppet show.
*GoodIsNotNice
*HooksAndCrooks: In the puppet show, he uses one.
*HornedHumanoid
*KnifeNut: His official work has several tied to his apron, as well as brandishing one.
*MeaningfulName: Toba means “repentance”. Tura is an Aramaic word for Mountain.
*TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: His entire song is devoted to telling Ahrima exactly how bad he screwed up.
!!Gargul the Oracle
An angel who can tell the future, and recants the fate of Razia to the protagonists.
*TheOmniscient
*TheProphecy: Grants one to Ahrima and Nidria, foretelling their heirs would bring together the continent once more.
*{{Seers}}
*WhatTheHellHero: He also calls out Ahrima’s actions, though laments that it could have been avoided.
*WiseTree
!!Adakias
The younger Prince of the Dark, and Pallis’ younger brother.
*ActOfTrueLove: [[spoiler: sacrificing himself for Anhura brings together Razia once more.]]
*CainandAbel: The Abel to Pallis’ Cain.
*DarkIsNotEvil
*DivineParentage
*ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: [[spoiler:considering it ends in his death and an uncertain world.]]
*MeaningfulName: Adakias comes from Adam Kasia, the idea of the perfect human.
*ReallyRoyaltyReveal: He’s the direct descendant of Ahrima, and one of the chosen in the Oracle’s Prophecy.
*RebelPrince: Has no intention of helping Pallis rule and shuns his fate (until he learns his lineage and relation to Ahrima, that is…).
*RichesToRags: Albeit willingly. He gives up his life as a prince to be a simple subject in the Light.
*SpareToTheThrone
*StartingANewLife
!!Pallis
The Crown Prince of the Dark, and Adakias’ older brother.
*BlackEyesofEvil: With white pupils.
*CainandAbel: The Cain to Adakias’ Abel. [[spoiler:continues the role when he kills his brother]].
*CoolCrown: In the puppet show. It’s the skull of an animal.
*DivineParentage: Like Adakias, a direct descendant from Ahrima.
*EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He does love his brother, enough to try to dissuade him down a path he thinks is unsafe for Adakias. Unfortunately Pallis attempts this through berating him and [[spoiler:later attempting to kill his wife…]]
*TheEvilPrince: Naturally.
*OpenSaysMe: Kicks in the door to the Doctor’s house.
*SharpDressedMan: White blazer, black button up shirt, striped tie, a pocket square on his breast and a flower in his lapel.
*WouldHitAGirl: he intended on [[spoiler:killing Anhura.]]
!!Sangara
Pallis' servant, and a denizen of the Dark.
*BreakTheCutie: Accompanies the mob in “The Exit”, beating down Adakias’ dreams of seeing the Light with insults.
*SlasherSmile: Sports an apparently perpetual one.
*WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: “''Why can’t you be more like your brother?''”
!!Anhura
The Princess of the Light, and Adakias' LoveInterest.
*BirdsOfAFeather: She has the same romantic inclinations of fate and destiny, and daydreams of a better life, just like Adakias.
*DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:When she is stricken ill.]]
*EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
*FirstLove: Anhura says she’s Adakias’ first kiss.
*IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:The people of the Dark can make those of the Light sick by simple proximity, which Adakias eventually does to Anhura.]]
*LightIsGood:
*WomanInWhite
!!King Malka
Anhura's father and King of the Light.
*AdiposeRex
*{{Greed}}
*MeaningfulName: Malka comes from Malaka, an Aramaic name for King.
*OverprotectiveDad: He doesn’t want Anhura marrying Adakias mostly because he fears Adakias will depose him, but also because he senses darkness in Adakias’ heart and wants to protect his daughter.
!!The Bawaba Brothers
*DarkIsNotEvil
*TheFerryman
*MrExposition
!!Doctor Dumaya
A shady doctor of the Dark, and the only one who [[spoiler:knows to cure Anhura's malady.]]
*AnimalMotifs: spiders. [[spoiler:It’s possible he’s a descendant of Barayas.]]
*DeadlyDoctor
*EvilLaugh
*FauxAffablyEvil
*KillerRobot: In the play, he’s depicted as one.
*LargeHam
*MadDoctor
*MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
