History Characters / SwordPrincessAltina

* GenreSavvy: He's the first, and possibly only character to ever see through one of Regis's strategies. [[spoiler: It came too late to do him any good, however.]]

! Protagonists:

! Antagonists: Listed in order of appearance.

!! Supporting and other characters. Warning unavoidable spoilers ahead. Read at your own risk.

! Marquis Thénezay:

* SecretTestOfCharacter: She gives a few to Elizabeth and Bastian, [[spoiler: knowing full well they're royalty, but pretending she doesn't.]] Bastian manages to see through one of them.

* BeAllMySinsBeRemembered: As he's being cheered ascending to the throne, he hallucinates corpses of all his victims, both direct and indirect, pointing and accusing him as he climbs the stairs to the throne, with him literally stepping over them.

* ActionGirl: Leads the battle on the front lines.

* BadassPrincess: Despite being only 14, she's more powerful and experienced than most knights twice her age.

* RebelliousPrincess: Combined with TomboyPrincess. Volume 7.5 shows that she would have been perfectly safe if she let herself be treated as an ornament immediately after being sent to the front lines. She views such treatment as being nothing more than a prisoner.

* slasherSmile: In volume 11, he's described having a smile so large, it looks like it's sawing his head in two, as he's perpetrating violence.

* DidNotThinThisThrough: Even if he was completely unaware that Regis is Altina's most important person, expecting that Altina would simply sit back and take it quietly when he not only tried to assassinate Regis, but sent a headless corpse in his stead with a flimsy cover story that Regis died in battle with High Brittania is the height of folly, especially considering Latrielle's long, sordid history of provoking her.

* CombatMedic: His penchant for reading any book he comes across includes medical texts, so much so, that he can perform field surgery to save Queen Margeret Steelheart from a self-inflicted stab wound.

* TearsOfJoy: When he receives a hero's send-off in chapter 3 of volume 8, he's confused, chagrined, and cowed, honestly believing that he doesn't deserve it, but when [[ActionSurvivor Ducasse]] comes along and cheers him, he gets all misty-eyed, knowing full well that Ducasse means it

* InadequateInheritor: Latrielle is scared the Emperor will see him like this, not because of his words, actions, or personality, but because of a crippling war wound, as the Emperor does have a history of rejecting previous heirs due to physical deformities.

* BecomingTheMask: She begins to question if Regis is as much of a monster as she's been told due to eavesdropping on his strategic meetings with Latrielle. She ultimately subverts it after chapter 7 of volume 10.

* DidNotSeeThatComing: Both failed to recognize Franziska and prepare for Latrielle to try killing him in the First Army warcamp ''in the middle of the celebration'' of the victory over High Britannia.

* NotGoodWithRejection: When Regis politely declines becoming his Chief Strategist, and requests going back to Altina, as promised, he immediately orders Regis be killed.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: The Emperor and his concubines can't complain about his actions at the end of Volume 7.

* WeCanRuleTogether: He offers Regis the chance to be his top strategist thrice. Once in Volume 3, once in volume 6, and once in Volume 8. [[spoiler: Regis accepts in volume 8 both to spy on Latrielle and because [[EnemyMine Latrielle needs him to finish routing the High Britannia Army]] from one of Belgaria's castles.]]

* BecomingTheMask: She begins to question if Regis is as much of a monster as she's been told due to eavesdropping on his strategic meetings with Latrielle.

* HumiliationConga: A truly glorious and satisfying one occurs in the fourth chapter of Volume 10. Having his delusions of glory dashed over and over again, he's left with no choice but to throw his armor away and smack the rising river water with his sword in impotent rage, and because of his despicable use of human shields, he ''knows'' he has no way to negotiate an honorable surrender for himself or his men.

* SuicidalOverconfidence: He thinks that just because he's got his hands on the new High Britanian rifles, and has numerical superiority, he thinks his army is unstoppable, and the Belgarians he's chosen to antagonize can only charge like feral beasts. He's completely wrong. To make matters worse, he ''knew'' that Belgaria's top strategist, Regis, was going to be directing the enemy army, and Regis is ''famous'' at this point for his brilliant, often unorthodox, and highly effective strategies.

* VillainousBreakdown: When his aides recommend retreat as his forces start getting torn appart by the First Army, he completely loses his composure and orders a suicidal charge into a meat-grider that Regis set up beforehand

* MisplacedRetribution: Because Regis was able to read through his king's ''very simplistic'' movements, and take his army apart, he takes the troops under his command to go after unarmed Belgarian citizens, including women and children, including infants. After the majority of those troops get taken out by a lone, brave Belgarian soldier, he tries to take said soldier down through a death of a thousand cuts. Of course, he neglects the Belgarian cavalry reinforcements that Regis sent to guard the fleeing civilian captives bearing down on him while he does it.

* InTheBack: Because he was tormenting a lone Belgarian soldier trying to defend unarmed Belgarian citizens, he neglected the Belgarian cavalry coming up behind him, who threw a lance through his chest from behind to save their loyal citizens.

* MisplacedRetribution: Because Regis was able to read through his ''very simplistic'' movements, and take his army apart, he takes what few troops remain to go after unarmed Belgarian citizens, including women and children, including infants. After the majority of those troops get taken out by a lone, brave Belgarian soldier, he tries to take said soldier down through a death of a thousand cuts. Of course, he neglects the Belgarian cavalry reinforcements that Regis sent to guard the fleeing civilian captives bearing down on him while he does it.

* MilesGloriousus: He ''thinks'' he's a great general and brilliant strategist, able to utterly curbstomp the Belgarian First army with ease. In reality, he's a clown, blindly charging out to the battlefield due to Margeret lifting her skirt to ShowSomeLeg.

* TaughtByExperience: By the time of Volume 10, he's begun crafting his own strategies, as opposed to coying what he's learned in books, due to evertyhing he's experienced, both good and bad over the course of his life. These strategies are no less effective than what he's done before.

The new king of the Germanium federation.

* SuicidalOverconfidence: He thinks that just because he's got his hands on the new High Britanian rifles, his army is unstoppable, and the Belgarians he's chosen to antagonize can only charge like feral beasts. He's completely wrong. To make matters worse, he ''knew'' that Belgaria's top strategist, Regis, was going to be directing the enemy army, and Regis is ''famous'' for his brilliant, and often unorthodox strategies.

* AlmightyJanitor: Even after his field promotion at the beginning of Volume 6, his rank and title don't come anywhere near close enough to match his talent and accomplishments. In fact, when he had to be the ''acting admiral'' of the Belgarian fleet, due to the actual admiral being sidelined by a war injury, the sailors under his command did not hesitate to say he's the ''best admiral they've ever had.'' By the time of Volume 10, Latrielle thinks he should be a full-blown general, and anything less is be beneath him.

* AlmightyJanitor: Even after his field promotion at the beginning of Volume 6, his rank and title don't come anywhere near close enough to match his talent and accomplishments. In fact, when he had to be the ''acting admiral'' of the Belgarian fleet, due to the actual admiral being sidelined by a war injury, the sailors under his command did not hesitate to say he's the ''best admiral they've ever had.''

* BullyingADragon: Is on the receiving end of this frequently from his classmates. It is only because he promised the Emperor that he'd return home if he got violent that he doesn't retaliate.

A knight in training that gets assigned to be Regis and Altina's bodyguard. He specifically requests the position because he's been best friends with Regis since childhood. The fact that he gets to protect the beautiful princess doesn't hurt his feelings in the slightest either.

* BodyguardingABadass: Guarding Altina certainly counts.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Regis. Especially true since both of them are child soldiers, and they've been best friends throughout their tenure at the military academy.

The fifth child in the Emperor's line. Introduced in Volume 3.

* DaughterOfAWhore: Like Altina, she's the daughter of one of the Emperor's consorts/ concubines.