History Characters / RustyQuillGaming

* DeadManWriting: Her [[spoiler: letter to the part, hundreds of years in the future.]]

An entitled noble who wears the flashiest armour money can buy. What Bertie lacks in diplomacy and pleasantness he more than makes up for with intimidation and ability to bellow, something that can cause issues for the rest of the Rangers, We’re Still Working on the Name. While he’s not the most intelligent or observant, he’s very good to have on your side if you get into a fight, being a hard-hitting damage absorbing tank, or if you need to buy your way out of a sticky situation, since he has loads of money and is rarely shy of spending it. Otherwise a truly terrible person who things poor people are awful and only other nobles have any worth. Played by James Ross.

* SkunkStripe: After a [[LockedIntoStrangeness magical]] hit.

-->'''Hamnid:''' We should stick together, I think. It won’t be too bad, Sasha.

* AllLovingHero

* BaldOfAwesome: She's an extremely badass [[BaldWoman bald lady.]]

* BadassBeard: Wears a long, braided beard.

* {{Transgender}}: Is gender neutral.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He is guided back to life by Azu after dying in the airship crash, using the Ursine druids' resurrection ritual.]] This ends up giving him a spiritual connection with the other resurrectees.

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Dies in the airship crash in 174. He is almost immediately resurrected by the Ursine druids, however.]]

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He is guided back to life by Zolf after dying in the airship crash, using the Ursine druids' resurrection ritual.]] This ends up giving him a strong personal bond with [[spoiler:Zolf]], and a spiritual connection with the other resurrectees.

* CameBackStrong: Minor compared to most examples of the trope, but [[spoiler:the Ursine's resurrection ritual gives him a positive spiritual connection to the Garden of Yerlick and the other resurrectees]].
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Dies in the airship crash in 174. He is almost immediately resurrected by the Ursine druids, however.]]

* CoolAirship: Her skyship is a repurposed sailing vessel.

* GuestStarPartyMember: While escaping Paris.

* SugarAndIcePersonality: [[spoiler: post timeskip]], Alex notes that Wilde has this: he's cold to anyone [[spoiler: he suspects might be infected,]] and warm [[spoiler: when they can prove they're not.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: Let's see... drugged in Paris while trying to escape an army, and eventually forced to find his way out of the city entirely by himself, then subjected to weeks of insomnia to the point of bleeding from his face while realizing that his organization has been infiltrated, then loses his team, the L.O.L.O.M.G., to mysterious circumstances, then [[spoiler: survives an apocalypse, earning himself a disfiguring facial scar.]] Guy really can't catch a break.

* GuestStarPartyMember

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Bryn initially characterizes Hamid as "something of a playboy," but Hamid has only flirts a handful of times in the first season, and Hamid's more notable as one of the few player characters that has spoken of a long-term relationship.

* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler: Post-timeskip, Cairo is mostly abandoned.]]

* ScarsAreForever: Has a scar on his back from being knocked unconscious from the cold fungus in the basement of Kew Gardens.

* ManlyGay

* TheAtoner: Was once a bully whose prank went wrong and killed several people; Hamid joined the mercenary group to be a hero and help people after what he did.

* BigEater: As a Halfling, Hamid enjoys far more than three meals a day.

* ChildProdigy: Was an extremely bright and promising child; this is the reason that he's sent off to study in England at such a young age.

* DeathWail: Gives one of these after being told that his sister, Aziza, has died.

* PrettyBoy: Hamid's known for being very attractive.

* TheRedMage

* Telepathy: Can can Detect Thoughts.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: [[spoiler: After exiting the rift, Azu and Hamid find themselves having lost 18 months, and the world is very, very different.]]

* BadassGay

* BadassGay: In addition to flirting outrageously with many men, Wilde is an incredibly powerful bard.

* Hipster: You've probably never heard of him.

* PhlebotinumInducedStupidity: Via Shoin's alchemy.

[[folder: Amidus (Roman Rogues)]]

[[folder: Azus (Roman Rogues)]]

[[folder: Grizz "Riz" (Roman Rogues)]]

[[folder: Wilde (Roman Rogues)]]

!Guest Player Characters

[[folder: Amidus]]

->'''Class:''' Rogue

Played by James Ross.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: We first meet him arguing with his siblings about whether he understands Cicero better than anyone else (despite them all living with Cicero.)

[[folder: Azus]]

->'''Race:''' Human
->'''Class:''' Rogue

Played by Alexander Newell.

[[folder: Edward Keystone]]

->'''Class:''' Paladin

Played by Alexander Newell.

* BrainlessBeauty: Looks like Chris Hemsworth, but is very, very dumb.
* BreakoutCharacter: Began as a guest player character in Bertie's sidequest but later became a non-player character in the main quest.
* DitchTheBodyguards: Runs away from his cleric handler, Friedrich, multiple times.
* DumbButDiligent: May be dumb as a box of rocks, but will taken down every single evil thing he sees.
* DumbIsGood: In Ed's case, particularly when contrasted to his teammates in Bertie's quest.
* DumbJock
* DumbMuscle: Not the sharpest tool on the shed, but incredibly strong.
* GuestStarPartyMember: In Rome.
* HealingHands: Naturally, as a paladin.
* KindheartedSimpleton
* LeeroyJenkins: Resulting in Ed getting trapped with hostages in the Gate spell.
* LethallyStupid: Runs into Rome, and later, directly into a failed Gate spell.
* TheMedic: Being a Paladin allows him to use magic to heal people.
* NaiveAnimalLover: To the point of healing the snow leopard that was attacking his party.
* ThePaladin: Of Apollo.
* ReligiousBruiser: To be expected of a paladin.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Is a Plantagenet.
* TextualCelebrityResemblance: To Chris Hemsworth.
* UndyingLoyalty: Towards Apollo.

[[folder: Grizz "Riz"]]

Played by Bryn Monroe.

[[folder: Tjelvar Stornsnasson]]

->'''Race:''' Orc
->'''Class:''' Bard

Played by Ben Meredith.

* AdventurerArchaeologist
* BadassBookworm
* OnlySaneMan: With Edward and Bertie.
* PutOnABus: Was last seen taking the Circlet of Command to Trinity College, and hasn't been mentioned since.

[[folder: Edward Keystone]]

->'''Class:''' Paladin

Played by Alexander Newell.

* BrainlessBeauty: Looks like Chris Hemsworth, but is very, very dumb.
* BreakoutCharacter: Began as a guest player character in Bertie's sidequest but later became a non-player character in the main quest.
* DitchTheBodyguards: Runs away from his cleric handler, Friedrich, multiple times.
* DumbButDiligent: May be dumb as a box of rocks, but will taken down every single evil thing he sees.
* DumbIsGood: In Ed's case, particularly when contrasted to his teammates in Bertie's quest.
* DumbJock
* DumbMuscle: Not the sharpest tool on the shed, but incredibly strong.
* GuestStarPartyMember: In Rome.
* HealingHands: Naturally, as a paladin.
* KindheartedSimpleton
* LeeroyJenkins: Resulting in Ed getting trapped with hostages in the Gate spell.
* LethallyStupid: Runs into Rome, and later, directly into a failed Gate spell.
* TheMedic: Being a Paladin allows him to use magic to heal people.
* NaiveAnimalLover: To the point of healing the snow leopard that was attacking his party.
* ThePaladin: Of Apollo.
* ReligiousBruiser: To be expected of a paladin.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Is a Plantagenet.
* TextualCelebrityResemblance: To Chris Hemsworth.
* UndyingLoyalty: Towards Apollo.

[[folder: Tjelvar Stornsnasson]]

->'''Race:''' Orc
->'''Class:''' Bard

Played by Ben Meredith.

* AdventurerArchaeologist
* BadassBookworm
* OnlySaneMan: With Edward and Bertie.
* PutOnABus: Was last seen taking the Circlet of Command to Trinity College, and hasn't been mentioned since.

!Major Non-Player Characters

[[folder: Albert Einstein]]
* AbsentMindedProfessor
* BeneathTheMask: Einstein tries very hard to keep up the appearance of a knowledgeable, if very strange high-level magic user. In reality, his experience in Newton's study left him unable to cast many very basic spells, and he doesn't understand why he's been promoted so high within the university.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the 7th metacast, Alex reveals that while Einstein was initially fairly nonplussed about the party, their reactions to him led to Einstein becoming much kinder.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* CopeByPretending: Shows signs of this.
-->'''Einstein:''' That’s fine, that’s fine.
-->'''Azu:''' It’s not fine.
-->'''Einstein:''' No, no, but sometimes you say that’s fine, you feel better, you know?

* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* LoonWithAHeartOfGold: While he's extremely eccentric, Einstein grow to care for the party, [[spoiler: to the point of breaking Curie's quarantine rules for them and sneaking them mobile stones.]]
* TeleporterAccident: Einstein suffered one of these when trying to teleport in Newton's office. He hasn't quite been the same ever since.

[[folder: Amelia Earhart]]
* AcePilot: Naturally.
* CoolAirship: Her skyship is a repurposed sailing vessel.
* TheGunslinger: One of the few characters who wields a gun.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* NiceHat: Has one of these.

[[folder: Amelie Rose]]
* DeadManWriting: To her mother, via a dead-hand policy.
* DeathOfPersonality: By Mr Ceiling, after she finds him.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Has her memory replaced by Mr Ceiling so that she won't tell the world about him.
* IntrepidReporter: An investigative reporter willing to go to any length to learn the truth about the Ordinateurs.
* PosthumousCharacter: The Paris arc involves retracing her steps to Mr Ceiling after she's died or [[DeathOfPersonality had her personality wiped.]]

[[folder: Apophis]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As a Meritocrat, he gained his power by being the greatest power in the land.
* CivilizationDestroyer: [[spoiler: To Ancient Rome.]]
* HiddenDepths: In the Ancient Rome sidequest, [[spoiler: Grizzop and Sasha learn that Apophis and the other Meritocrats were once imprisoned by the Romans, and destroyed Ancient Rome when they broke out.]]
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* InterspeciesRomance: At one point, must have had one of these with a halfling.
* LargeRunt: [[spoiler: Compared to the other Meritocrats, as revealed in Ancient Rome.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Genuinely listens to and respects the party, and refuses most of the ceremony that the other Meritocrats demand.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Reduced a huge factory complex to glass and [[spoiler: helped destroy all of Ancient Rome.]]
* PlayingWithFire: Standard, as a brass dragon.

[[folder: Aziza Hawaa al-Tahan]]
* CharacterDeath
* CoolBigSis: To Hamid; he clearly admires her greatly.
* DueToTheDead: The party attends her funeral.
* FriendlyTarget: Is Hamid's beloved sibling, so of course she dies.
* PosthumousSibling
* WeHardlyKnewYe: We only get to see her perform one aria before she's killed by Kafka.

[[folder: Barrett Racket]]
* AssholeVictim: When he gets beaten up and hogtied by the Cult of Hades, absolutely no one feels sorry for him.
* AbusiveParents: Or parental figure, to Sasha.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Barrett makes one of these to the party so that Hamid takes his ring.
* BoundAndGagged: Barrett is delivered to Sasha in this manner.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Can't even remember the name of the children he provided as brain fuel for Mr Ceiling — including Brock, one of Sasha's only friends. Sasha later highlights this in her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
-->'''Sasha:''' You didn’t care about Brock, it wasn’t to punish me you took him away, you just... didn’t care.
* EvilUncle: To Sasha.
* TheFagin: Appears to have been this to the children of Other London.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Barrett offers the party alcohol and prevents them from being physically harmed... only to threaten their loved ones.
* ImpliedDeathThreat: Seems to enjoy these, to the point where Hamid prods Barrett to explicitly say what he'll do to them if he doesn't give over his ring.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Many of his actions were actually influenced by the Cult of Hades.
* ManipulativeBastard
* MeaningfulName: A "racket" is an illegal scheme — seems appropriate for a crime lord.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Even when discussing child murder, Barrett has a fairly gentle voice.
* StarterVillain: When he shows up later, he has far less leverage over Hamid.
* WouldHurtAChild: Among other things, orchestrated many children from Other London to be "disappeared" as fuel for Mr Ceiling.

[[folder: Bi Ming Gusset]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Has one of these towards Sasha.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Threatens the rest of the party when he suspects that they're hurting Sasha.
* GoodSamaritan: To Sasha and other kids looking to escape crime lords.
* TheMentor: In Antiques Appraising, to Sasha.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: He doesn't die, but does get [[IHaveYourWife kidnapped by the Cult of Hades]] in order to threaten Sasha. According to Sasha, this happens a fair bit.
* MrFixit: Extremely competent with machinery.

[[folder: Brock]]
* AndIMustScream: Brain trapped in a jar, melded with hundreds of other consciousnesses, only vaguely aware of how many people they miss? Yeah.
* BrainInAJar: As part of Mr Ceiling, he's one of these.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Sasha.
* DeadManWriting: After the party destroys Mr Ceiling, Brock manages to send one last note to Sasha, warning her about "the one that got away."
* WalkingSpoiler: It's very hard to mention anything about Brock beyond his childhood friendship with Sasha without spoiling everything about Mr Ceiling.

[[folder: Brutor]]
* AnthropomorphicTransformation: Appears to have happened to him for his knighting.
* {{Dogfaces}}: Has Brutor's face but Bertie's build.
* {{Knighting}}: Because Bertie bequeathed everything to Brutor, the dog also gets his title and sword.
* FormallyNamedPet: Unlike many examples of this trope, Brutor legally has the title of "sir."
* GooGooGetup: Bertie dresses him up as his "hideous daughter."
* IncompetentGuardAnimal: Before Bertie adopts him.
* LessonsInSophistication: Bertie gives these to Brutor.
* PutOnABus: Is given away after the party escapes Mr Ceiling, and makes only a brief return for his knighting.
* TeamPet: For a while, until Bertie throws him off a building.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: Bertie gives everything to a dog that he knew for a couple of weeks.

[[folder: Eldarion]]
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Sasha is convinced that Eldarion was working with Barrett and was deliberately cruel to her, but Eldarion seems to indicate that the situation was much more complicated, and genuinely cares about Sasha.
* AmbiguouslyGay: It's not clear whether she and [[spoiler: Curie]] had a romantic relationship.
* BadassTeacher: The Head of Illusion at the University of Prague, and despite her unreadiness to fight in heels, earns the title of badass with her [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: First mentioned on the list of professors that work in Kafka's building; the party doesn't meet her until late into the following season.
* GuestStarPartyMember: In Rome.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Sacrifices herself in the Hades dimension so that the rest of the party can get home safely.]]
* HighHeelPower: Went to Rome [[DidntThinkThisThrough in heels]].
* LessonsInSophistication: Eldarion apparently tried to give these to Sasha, with minimal success.
* OnlyOneName
* SternTeacher: Eldarion is implied to have been this towards Sasha.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Einstein, in rescuing the party's loved ones.

[[folder: Franz Kafka]]
* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's not clear whether Kafka himself was evil, or just his book.
* ArcVillain: For the Prague arc.
* EvilGloating: Very fond of this.
* HeroKiller: Successfully kills Bertie.
* HumanSacrifice: Attempted to sacrifice Bertie and Aziza for his ritual.
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Promises freedom from death for all.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Even before becoming corrupted by a book and trying to raise all of Prague's dead, was working on some pretty morally ambiguous research.
* {{Necromancer}}
* RiseFromYourGrave: Causes this to happen to corpses all over Prague.

[[folder: Gideon Langdon]]
* TheBully
* ChildhoodFriends: With Hamid, much to Hamid's regret.
* NerdyBully: His pranks include complex alchemical formulas.
* AWolfInSheepsClothing: According to Hamid, Gideon's a bully who's very good at making himself appear innocent.

[[folder: Harrison Cambell]]
* BlatantLies: Tells Sasha that he's sleeping outdoors on an airship because he likes the fresh air.
* TheChewToy: Specifically, by Bertie, who uses him as a HumanShield while crossing the Channel, and later, terrorizes him repeatedly on the skyship, including dangling him off the side.
* {{Satire}}: InUniverse, writes one about Bertie.
* TagalongChronicler: Initially wants to be this towards Bertie.

[[folder: Howard Carter]]
* AssholeVictim: Carter was manipulated by Barrett and cursed to blame himself for a murder he didn't commit, but he's still incredibly annoying, selfish, and manipulative in his own right.
* BlatantLies: Tries a bunch of these on Sasha after she finds him in a PitTrap.
* EscapeArtist: Escapes from jail at least three times.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* TheSneakyGuy: Plays this role in [[spoiler: Wilde's cell, following the timeskip.]]
* StupidCrooks: Of a sort. While he's [[EscapeArtist extremely competent at getting out of jail]], after breaking out, he goes right back to the bank that he was trying to rob and gets himself caught in a PitTrap.

[[folder: Liliana Beekos]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: While Hamid initially believes her to be sweet and well-meaning, she works with [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Franz Kafka]] on some very questionable research, calls Hamid a coward, and refuses to listen to his explanations about Gideon's actions.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: She's working on her [=PhD=] on a power source that is already being misused in the world, and isn't interested in hearing objections to this.

[[folder: Marie Curie]]
* AmbiguouslyGay: It's not clear whether she and [[spoiler: Eldarion]] had a romantic relationship.
* TheArchmage: Naturally, as the Dean of a magical university.
* BadassTeacher: The Dean of the University of Prague, and both a competent fighter (as she proves against a feebleminded Hamid), and, in season 4, [[spoiler: a formidable leader of the resistance]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] In season 4, [[spoiler: Curie has a large scar across her face that partially paralyzes it.]]
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* NotSoStoic: Takes the news of Eldarion's death poorly, though she does compose herself.
* ProperlyParanoid: in season 4, [[spoiler: of the infection. Although she's helpful to Hamid and Azu, she refuses to reveal many secrets to them, particularly as they haven't been quarantined. She reasonably explains that several people have seemed to return from the dead in the same way as Hamid and Azu, and been revealed as infected.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As the leader [[spoiler: of the Harlequins, she treats Azu and Hamid with respect and answers their questions about what's going on.]]
* TheStoic
* TextualCelebrityResemblance: To Helen Mirren from {{Film/Red}}.

[[folder: Mr Ceiling]]
* AffablyEvil: Although the party is divided about whether an entity such as him might be called evil.
* AIIsACrapshoot
* ArcVillain: For the Paris arc.
* AssimilationPlot: Thinks the world would be easier if he could control everyone's minds.
* BrainInAJar: Mr Ceiling is made up of hundreds of these.
* CheerfulAI
* DeathOfPersonality: Inflicts this on Francois Henri after altering his memory over and over again.
* FakeMemories: Is capable of giving these.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: When he initially talks to the party, he appears as a floating ball, telling them that they're not yet ready to see his full form.
* HumanResources: Is made up of many, many brains harvested from living people.
* LiteralMinded
* MechanicalAbomination: Half-mechanical, half-magical, all horrifying brain monster.
* MindHive: Contains memories and feelings from the brains that make him up.
* ObliviouslyEvil: What's so wrong with reaching into the Astral Plane for souls?
* WalkingSpoiler: For the Paris arc; the existence of Mr Ceiling is the central mystery of that arc.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Just want to make the world a better place! Unfortunately, his methods include implanting FakeMemories and are fuelled by hundreds of brains.

[[folder: Oscar Wilde]]
* BadassGay: In addition to flirting outrageously with many men, Wilde is an incredibly powerful bard.
* BadassInANiceSuit
* BadassInDistress: Several times. While escaping Paris, he is poisoned by La Gourmande's forces and unconscious for most of a fight. Later, in Cairo and Damascus, he suffers the effects of a curse that prevents him from sleeping, weakening him significantly.
* BeneathTheMask: Wilde keeps up the appearance of being put-together — even while suffering from a curse that prevents him from sleeping. It takes Grizzop finding him bleeding from his face for Wilde to admit there's anything wrong.
* BloodFromEveryOrifice: Grizzop finds Wilde bleeding from his ears and nose in Damascus.
* CharacterDevelopment: Gradually becomes more serious over the course of the show; this is particularly noticeable [[spoiler: after the timeskip, during which he's become hardened and far less prone to joking around.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler: Post-timeskip. According to Zolf, Wilde was at first unwilling to follow the Harlequins' quarantine rules — until an unspecified incident occurred. He now refuses to show any emotion to anyone who hasn't proved that they're not infected.]]
* TheDandy: I mean, he's Creator/OscarWilde.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Wilde is introduced after he breaks into Hamid's flat and helps himself to their alcohol; he then flirts wildly with Bertie.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] In season 4, [[spoiler: Wilde has a large scar across his face that prevents him from smiling like he used to.]]
* GroinAttack: Receives one of these from Grizzop.
* GuestStarPartyMember: While escaping Paris.

* TheInsomniac: In season 3.
* MagicMusic: Standard, as Wilde is a bard.
* MasterOfIllusion: Among the world's most powerful illusionists; at one point, successfully diverts an entire army.
* MrExposition: Often takes this role when he shows up.
* NoTimeToExplain: Pulls one of these in Paris, insisting the party escape the city with him without any indication of what's going on.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Wilde is too tired to crack puns, it shows that there's something seriously wrong with him.
* PowerNullifier: The gnomes put one of these on Wilde in Paris — specifically, a spiked gag that poisons him, preventing him from casting spells and eventually knocking him out.
** Later, Wilde willingly goes in an anti-magic cell and anti-magic cuffs that prevent him from casting spells, but also prevent anyone from casting spells on him, negating the curse that has been preventing him from sleeping.
* PrettyBoy: Outrageously attractive.
* ProperlyParanoid: In season 4, he [[spoiler: locks Azu and Hamid in a cell for seven days and refuses to interact with them because he needs to prove that they're not infected. Zolf reveals that Wilde used to be more lax about the infection protocol, and suffered the consequences of not being paranoid.]]
* PungeonMaster: Can never resist an opportunity for word-play.
* QuestGiver: As their official handler, is usually the one pointing the party in the right direction.
* SharpDressedMan: Again, he's Creator/OscarWilde.
* SleepDeprivation: Wilde is subjected to this.
* SmugSmiler: It takes a lot to faze Wilde's generally smug expression.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: [[spoiler: post timeskip]], Alex notes that Wilde has this: he's cold to anyone [[spoiler: he suspects might be infected,]] and warm [[spoiler: when they can prove they're not.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: Let's see... drugged in Paris while trying to escape an army, and eventually forced to find his way out of the city entirely by himself, then subjected to weeks of insomnia to the point of bleeding from his face while realizing that his organization has been infiltrated, then loses his team, the L.O.L.O.M.G., to mysterious circumstances, then [[spoiler: survives an apocalypse, earning himself a disfiguring facial scar.]] Guy really can't catch a break.
* {{Workaholic}}: Constantly working himself to the point of exhaustion. Often, if the party stops talking to him for a couple of minutes, he'll start doing paperwork.

[[folder: Saira Hawaa Layla al-Tahan]]
* TheDutifulSon: Or rather, daughter; she takes on the family business after both Saleh Sr. and Jr. are sent to jail, Aziza dies, and Hamid goes off adventuring.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Has one sisters (Aziza) and three brothers (Saleh, Hamid, Ishak, and Ismail).
* SoProudOfYou: Says this to Hamid when he returns from Prague, telling him that he tried his best to save their sister.

[[folder: Saleh Amoun al-Tahan]]
* FamilyBusiness: The al-Tahan banks.
* KnightTemplarParent: Of Saleh Jr and Hamid, in particular; he's willing to go to any length to keep them safe from their own mistakes.
* MoneyIsNotPower: All the money in the world isn't enough to avoid prison for either himself or his son (and in the end, both.)
* MorallyBankruptBanker: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged.]] Saleh Sr isn't completely morally corrupt and genuinely cares about his children to the point of [[ZeroApprovalGambit taking the blame for Saleh Jr.'s crimes]], but his first instinct in any situation is to try to cover up crimes such as murder with money.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Outlives Aziza.
* ParentsAsPeople: When Hamid manages to talk to his father, he discovers that Saleh Sr is scared and trying — and failing — to do his best for his family.
* ParentsInDistress: He confesses to a crime he didn't commit to save his eldest son; it's his second son who saves him from a long prison sentence.
* ThePatriarch: Of the al-Tahan family.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: His general go-to solution for his sons' misdeeds.
* TheStoic: To Hamid's frustration.
* ZeroApprovalGambit: Attempts to take the blame for Saleh Jr's crimes, ruining his reputation and freedom to save his son.

[[folder: Saleh Ibrahim al-Tahan]]
* TheAlcoholic: Particularly while under the curse.
* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Zigzagged. Saleh does indeed act in very poor sense while drinking heavily, but his actions turn out to be just as much the effect of the curse as the alcohol itself.
* DisappointingOlderSibling
* TheFace: Played this role in the bank robbery.
* TheGamblingAddict: The reason that he's wracked up so many debts.
* IdleRich: Seems to have spent most of his time gambling.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Has two sisters (Saira and Aziza) and three brothers (Hamid, Ishak, and Ismail).
* NervousWreck: Particularly under the curse.

[[folder: Yoshida Shoin]]
* AlchemyIsMagic
* ArcVillain: For the [[spoiler: beginning of season 4.]]
* [[spoiler: BrainInAJar]]: [[spoiler: Puts his own brain in a jar when he becomes infected with the blue veins.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler: One of his instruments,]] a metal tentacled monster, appears fairly early in the series.
* InsufferableGenius: [[spoiler: A skilled alchemist, and boast about it.]]
* MadScientist
* NoOneSeesTheBoss: [[spoiler: None of the people working for him seem to know what he actually looks like.]]
* SinisterSurveillance: [[spoiler: Seem to be watching the party through a series of camera-esque devices around the lighthouse.]]
* {{Troll}}: [[spoiler: Greets the party with a banner reading "Welcome Intruders!" and ugly suits tailored to each of them.]]
* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler: His enslavement of the kobolds is (justifiably) presented in a much more serious tone than much of the rest of the series.]]
* WeatherManipulation: According to Wilde, [[spoiler: he's behind the coastal storms that have been keeping many people landlocked.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Thomas Edison]]

* Claustrophobia: Azu is uncomfortable in small, enclosed spaces.

* Guyliner: Hamid wears this.

* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Experiences this twice in Cairo: firstly, when he returns from Europe for the first time in almost a decade and finds that his family dynamic has changed, and later, when he returns from [[spoiler: 18 months on a different plane and finds that his home is now the Harlequins' base of operations.]]

* TheChewToy: Specifically, by Bertie, who uses him as a HumanShield while crossing the Channel, and later, terrorizes him repeatedly on thetheyship, including dangling him off the side.

* {}Dogfaces}}: Has Brutor's face but Bertie's build.

* Dogfaces: Has Brutor's face but Bertie's build.