History Characters / SleepyHollow1999

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The Horseman splits him in two at waist.

* TooDumbToLive: Going after an invincible undead mercenary and expecting to come out on top isn't a good idea. Brave, but incredibly stupid, especially when said undead merc is clearly a better fighter and immune to gunshots. What's even more stupid is the Horseman clearly giving Brom many chances to back off, only for Brom to keep attacking him until the Horseman finally has had enough.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: His guilt eventually becomes too much to bear, but Steenwyck bashes his head in with a cross when he tries to confess the conspiracy to Baltus.

* TokenEvilTeammate: The other elders seem merely corrupt and are at least shown to be remorseful for having partaken in the conspiracy to destroy the Van Garretts and Van Tassels. Steenwyck is the exception. He's actively hostile towards Ichabod and remains unrepentantly supportive of the conspiracy's mastermind until his dying breath.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hardenbook becomes wracked with guilt upon being confronted and interrogated by Ichabod for his role in the conspiracy against the Van Garretts, who lists all of the horrific crimes Hardenbook willingly complied to with BrutalHonesty. This, along with his already growing fear of the Horseman, ultimately drives the old man to [[spoiler:commit suicide]].

* PapaWolf: He holds off the Horseman in a sword duel so his wife and son can escape. His last words are yelling at his wife to run for it.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Dragging [[spoiler:Lady Van Tassel]] off to Hell after [[spoiler:she]] used him to carry out a string of murders — including an unborn child — [[spoiler:to acquire the Van Tassel estate]].

* HotWitch: A pretty young woman who regularly practices benevolent magic.

** While he thoroughly enjoys senseless butchery, he refuses to murder children when he can help it. For that matter, he doesn't seem particularly interested in killing anyone he doesn't have to kill.

* DoingInTheWizard: Played with; he comes to the town believing the Headless Horseman to only be the work of a madman, but soon finds out just how real the Horseman is. On the other hand, his deductive techniques do allow him to discover that there ''is'' a mundane motivation connecting all the killings, just with the cravat that they're being committed via a supernatural monster.

* DoingInTheWizard: Played with; he comes to the town believing the Headless Horseman to only be the work of a madman, but soon finds out just how real the Horseman is.

* TheMedic: He appears to be the only doctor in town, apparently handling all medical issues, from surgeries to illness.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite being a minister, he is :engaged in a lustful affair with Lady Van Tassel.

* SinisterMinister: He murders Dr. Lancaster in his own church to stop him from confessing the conspiracy to Baltus.

-->'''Played by:''' [[spoiler:Creator/MirandaRichardson]], Cassandra Farndale (as a child)

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:The Abel to her sister, Lady Van Tassel. Unlike her sister, she doesn't show any interest in hurting anyone for her magic, though she does kill a bat]].
* CreepyGood: "Good" might be a bit of a stretch, since we don't know much about her and she ''does'' commune with demonic forces, but as [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} eccentric]] as she is, she doesn't seem to use her magic for malicious purposes. [[spoiler:And she's certainly a lot less evil than her sister.]]

* DeathByAdaptation: While in the original story he makes out much better than Ichabod, [[spoiler:here he's got one of the most violent and gory of the deaths]].
* DeathByIrony: He dresses up as the Horseman to scare Ichabod, [[spoiler:only to fall prey to the real Horseman's blades later]].

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:The Horseman splits him in two at waist.]]

* TooDumbToLive: Going after an [[spoiler:invincible undead mercenary and expecting to come out on top isn't a good idea. Brave, but incredibly stupid, especially when said undead merc is clearly a better fighter and immune to gunshots. What's even more stupid is the Horseman clearly giving Brom many chances to back off, only for Brom to keep attacking him until the Horseman finally has had enough]].
* {{Troll}}: Dresses up as the Headless Horseman and chases Ichabod with a flaming pumpkin, which he throws at him. He and a couple men have a laugh about it afterwards.

* KilledMidSentence: "Your four friends played you false. We were devilishly possessed by one who..." BANG! Poor Dr. Lancaster barely even gets to begin explaining what he knows about the Archer conspiracy when Rev. Steenwyck grabs a nearby crucifix and uses it to smash Lancaster's skull, killing him instantly.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: His guilt eventually becomes too much to bear, but Steenwyck bashes his head in with a cross when he tries to confess the conspiracy to Baltus.

* KilledMidSentence: "Your four friends played you false. We were devilishly possessed by one who--" BANG! Poor Dr. Lancaster barely even gets to begin explaining what he knows about the Archer conspiracy when Rev. Steenwyck grabs a nearby crucifix and uses it to smash Lancaster's skull, killing him instantly.

* OnlyOneName: Unlike the other town elders, we are not told his forename.

* AssholeVictim: Downplayed. Yes, he, along with the Van Garretts [[spoiler:seized the future Lady Van Tassel's land, but he's hardly shown to do much of anything wrong otherwise apart from being somewhat rude to Ichabod after he wrongly accused him of controlling the Horseman]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The Horseman [[spoiler:impales him with a makeshift harpoon, which he then uses to drag Baltus out of the church he was inside as the Horseman cannot enter hallowed ground]].
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Personally guns down [[spoiler:Reverend Steenwyck when the latter kills Dr. Lancaster]].

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: By seizing the [[spoiler:Archer family land and leaving the future Lady Van Tassel and her sister homeless, he kicked off the entire plot]].

* KilledMidSentence: "Your four friends played you false. We were devilishly possessed by one who--" BANG! Poor Dr. Lancaster barely even gets to begin explaining what he knows about the [[spoiler:Archer conspiracy when Rev. Steenwyck grabs a nearby crucifix and uses it to smash Lancaster's skull, killing him instantly]].
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: His guilt eventually becomes too much to bear, but [[spoiler:Steenwyck bashes his head in with a cross when he tries to confess the conspiracy to Baltus]].

* TheBigGuy: He towers over the rest of the elders.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite being a minister, he is [[spoiler:engaged in a lustful affair with Lady Van Tassel]].

* SinisterMinister: He [[spoiler:murders Dr. Lancaster in his own church to stop him from confessing the conspiracy to Baltus]].

* TooDumbToLive: Going after an [[spoiler:invincible undead mercenary and expecting to come out on top isn't a good idea. Brave, but incredibly stupid. Especially when said mercenary is clearly a better fighter and barely flinches at gunshots. What's even more stupid is the Horseman clearly giving Brom many chances to back off, only for Brom to keep attacking him until the Horseman finally has had enough]].

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Downplayed. Yes, he, along with the Van Garretts seized the future Lady Van Tassel's land, but he's hardly shown to do much of anything wrong otherwise apart from being somewhat rude to Ichabod after he wrongly accused him of controlling the Horseman.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:The Horseman impales him with a makeshift harpoon, which he then uses to drag Baltus out of the church he was inside as the Horseman cannot enter hallowed ground.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Personally guns down Reverend Steenwyck when the latter kills Dr. Lancaster.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:By seizing the Archer family land and leaving the future Lady Van Tassel and her sister homeless, he kicked off the entire plot.]]

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Suffice to say, none of the events of the film would have happened [[spoiler:if not for him evicting Lady Van Tassel's family many years ago.]]

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:His suicide by hanging is implied to be because he believes the Horseman will go after him next and out of guilt for his role in the conspiracy.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Something clearly isn't right with him.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Hangs himself off-screen]], which we only learn about when Lady Van Tassel informs Ichabod.

%%ZCE* HeroicBSOD: Happens twice.
* HollywoodAtheist: [[spoiler:Lost his faith in childhood when he found out that his father tortured and murdered his mother for being a witch.]]
%%ZCE* HorrorStruck: After getting to see the Horseman killing up close for the first time.

* SinisterMinister: [[spoiler:He murders Dr. Lancaster in his own church to stop him from confessing the conspiracy to Baltus.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: The other elders seem merely corrupt; he is actively hostile towards Ichabod.

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Senselessly ordering the Horseman to murder the child Thomas Killian is one to both to the child ''and'' to the Horseman, who refused to kill children when he was alive. It makes her comeuppance at his hands that much more satisfying]].
* KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler:Katrina is disgusted when she freely admits to killing her own sister just because she helped the heroes, and it's when Mary brushes this off as her simply getting in the way that she loses any shred of sympathy]].

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Senselessly ordering the Horseman to murder the child Thomas Killian is one to both to the child ''and'' to the Horseman, who refused to kill children when he was alive. It makes her comeuppance at his hands that much more satisfying.]]

* LadyOfBlackMagic: [[spoiler:She is quite an attractive woman, who acquired her power to control the Horseman through a DealWithTheDevil in childhood and married into the Van Tassel family with the intent of murdering them all and acquiring their wealth.]]
* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:She was born Mary Archer but changed her name to Lady Van Tassel after killing a woman with that name and married into her family afterward]].
* NonActionBigBad: [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}}. It looks like the Horseman does most of the dirty work for her, but she admits to poisoning Katrina's mother, along with beheading her own sister and Sarah the servant girl.]]
* SiblingMurder [[spoiler: Decapitates her sister in retaliation for her helping Ichabod.]]
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:A low-functioning example. Van Tassel has no qualms about murdering her own husband, a young child, or anyone else to achieve her goal of revenge against the Van Garretts and the Van Tassels. She feels no empathy towards anyone, not even her own stepdaughter who she tries to kill or her sister, who was just as much of a victim of the Van Garrets and Van Tassels, whom she personally murders, and maintains a facade of hospitality to mask her murderous, deceitful nature]].

* HotBlade: His sword is somehow heated so that it cauterizes any wounds.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Dragging [[spoiler:Lady Van Tassel]] off to Hell after [[spoiler:she]] used him to carry out a string of murders — including a child — [[spoiler:to acquire the Van Tassel estate]].

* AnAxeToGrind: Carries an axe or two as a backup weapon and on at least one occasion ([[spoiler:the Killians' murder]]) he dual-wields them. One axe is destroyed when the Horseman tries to throw in into the church and it melts.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: After losing his father and last remaining family, he decides to help Ichabod so he can get justice for him. [[Spoiler:Not only does he help defeat the villain, he's taken under Ichabod's wing as his protegee in the end]].

* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:A low-functioning example. Van Tassel has no qualms about murdering her own husband, a young child, or anyone else to achieve her goal of revenge against the Van Garretts and the Van Tassels. She feels no empathy towards anyone, not even her own stepdaughter who she tries to kill and maintains a facade of hospitality to mask her murderous, deceitful nature]].