History Characters / TweenyWitchesWarlocks

* WouldHurtAChild: One of them doesn't hesitate to take Eva hostage twice.

* WouldHurtAChild: Just after Arusu and her friends flee Wizard Kingdom, one of them kicks the [[VagueAge preteen]] Sigma down from a height into prison.

%%* EvilOverlooker: On the cover for volume 8 of the Japanese DVD release.

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: [[BigBad Grande]] plans to destroy the Human Realm with the forbidden [[BlackMagic dark magic]], claiming that it's so the witches and warlocks can [[HomeworldEvacuation escape the eventual destruction of the Magical Realm]]. However, not only he oppresses the wizards, the other faction of his people, for [[MagicVersusScience preferring magic to technology]], but also he killed his HonestAdvisor for opposing his EvilPlan. [[spoiler:Furthermore, [[Recap/TweenyWitchesDestiny39LightMagic "Light Magic"]] reveals his belief that DespotismJustifiesTheMeans, including -- as made clear in Japanese -- driving many of his species to despair with dark magic.]]

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Grande plans to destroy the Human Realm with the forbidden dark magic, claiming to be making a new home for the witches and warlocks to escape the eventual destruction of the Magical Realm. However, his well-intentioned claims ring hollow since he oppresses the other faction of his people and even killed his faction's member for opposing his EvilPlan. [[spoiler:As it turns out near the GrandFinale, his true desire is to [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans rule everything]], and the Japanese version makes it clear that he sees nothing wrong with driving many of his species to despair with dark magic.]]

** Sigma and Arusu are both motivated by their absent fathers to save the Magical Realm; Arusu wants to [[ForHappiness make everyone happy]] with the magic her missing father taught her to believe in, while Sigma [[spoiler:wants to help the savior prevent the destruction of the Magical Realm in honor of his father, who foretold her coming and defied Grande at the cost of his own life]]. They both share some connection to Jidan, with Arusu as his daughter and Sigma as [[spoiler:his cellmate]]. But while Arusu is an AllLovingHero who can think about other people, Sigma is a distrustful BrokenBird who cares about [[spoiler:his father]] and no one else. Arusu is a MageBornOfMuggles, while Sigma is a native warlock from the technological Wizard Kingdom. Arusu has [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Atelia]] to support her despite her rebellious tendencies, while Sigma is eventually discarded by his superiors for failure. Arusu helps [[IneptMage unskilled witches]] gain confidence in themselves enough to cast magic, while Sigma psychologically abuses [[TheChick Eva]] for her ineptitude. Arusu knows Eva has her own good points, while Sigma makes the mistake of {{underestimating|badassery}} her SilkHidingSteel, believing [[TheSocialDarwinist the weak can do nothing on their own]]. Arusu befriends two wizards, while Sigma implies that he looks down on the wizards as the remnant of the old magical order instead of sympathizing with them as victims of Grande's tyranny.

** Sigma and Arusu are both motivated by their absent fathers to save the Magical Realm; Arusu wants to [[ForHappiness make everyone happy]] with the magic her missing father taught her to believe in, while Sigma [[spoiler:wants to help the savior prevent the destruction of the Magical Realm in honor of his father, who foretold her coming and defied Grande at the cost of his own life]]. They both share some connection to Jidan, with Arusu as his daughter and Sigma as [[spoiler:his cellmate]]. But while Arusu is an AllLovingHero who can think about other people, Sigma is a distrustful BrokenBird who cares about [[spoiler:his father]] and no one else. Arusu is a MageBornOfMuggles, while Sigma is a native warlock from the technological Wizard Kingdom. Arusu has [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Atelia]] to support her despite her rebellious tendencies, while Sigma is eventually discarded by his superiors for failure. Arusu helps [[IneptMage unskilled witches]] gain confidence in themselves enough to cast magic, while Sigma psychologically abuses [[TheChick Eva]] for her ineptitude. Arusu knows Eva has her own good points, while Sigma makes the mistake of {{underestimating|badassery}} her SilkHidingSteel, believing [[TheSocialDarwinist the weak can do nothing on their own]]. Arusu befriends two wizards, while Sigma implies that he looks down on the wizards as the remnant of the old magical order instead of sympathizing with them as victims of Grande's tyranny.]]

** To Sheila. Both have light-colored hair and {{Icy Blue|Eyes}} TsurimeEyes, but while Sheila has greyish purple hair and pale blue eyes, Sigma has white hair and ocean blue eyes. Both are [[BrokenBird bent on depending on themselves alone]] since the loss of their respective same-sex parents in childhood, but while Sheila grows out of it thanks to the counterbalancing positive experiences influences given by her friends and mother, Sigma ends up becoming a villain as a result of having no one to teach him he can trust other people. Both initially [[TheSocialDarwinist despise Eva for being an]] [[IneptMage inept witch]], but Sheila has become TrueCompanions with her by the time Sigma underestimates how much she can accomplish because EvilCannotComprehendGood. Both have a tendency to lie and hide their true intentions, which Sheila does so to save her friends, while Sigma does so to keep the warlock military from realizing that he actually plans to [[TheStarscream discredit Grande]] as the DarkMessiah of the warlocks. They use [[WellIntentionedExtremist ruthless methods in pursuance of their noble goals]]; Sheila lets the warlocks attack Lennon to find the traitor among the witches, while Sigma manipulates Arusu and her friends into bringing Grande the True Book of Spells in an effort to let the warlock military think he is loyal.
** [[spoiler:He and Arusu both want to help save the Magical Realm by sticking to the beliefs of their {{Disappeared Dad}}s—Arusu believes in magic and wants to [[ForHappiness make everyone happy]], while Sigma has been searching for the [[MessianicArchetype savior]] his later father told about and help her save the Magical Realm. They both share some connection to Jidan, with Arusu as his daughter and Sigma as his cellmate in prison. However, on the other hand, Arusu is everything Sigma isn't. She is a human apprentice witch, while he is a warlock from the technological Wizard Kingdom. She cares about her new friends in the Magical Realm, while he [[ItsAllAboutMe cares only about himself and carrying on the legacy of his late father]]. She has [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Atelia]] to support her no matter how rebellious she is, while he has [[BadBoss the warlock police]] discard him [[YouHaveFailedMe for his failure]] to bring them the True Book of Spells and a witch they need to cast dark magic. She helps [[IneptMage unskilled witches]] gain confidence in themselves to cast magic, while he looks down on [[TheChick Eva]] for her inability to take care of herself alone. She knows Eva has her own [[SupremeChef good]] [[PluckyGirl points]] despite her weakness, while he makes the mistake of {{underestimating|badassery}} her SilkHidingSteel out of belief that [[TheSocialDarwinist the weak can do nothing on their own]]. She becomes friends with two wizards, while he looks down on the wizards as the remnant of the old order of magic though he ends up happily joining them near the GrandFinale.]]

%%* NeverBeHurtAgain:

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In the Japanese version, as he explains to Arusu and her friends about the wizards, he addresses them as [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics "wizard-domo"]], implying that he looks down on them as the remnant of the old order. Later, when Arusu is about to give Nito food, he warns her that she should not be involved with the wizards, which she doesn't listen to. [[spoiler:He seems to have gotten better near the GrandFinale, judging by the fact that he ends up happily joining the wizards after getting out of prison.]]

* NonActionBigBad: Subverted. At first, despite his [[LargeAndInCharge imposing size and body]], he's a schemer and an orator, not a frontline combatant. Then he [[spoiler:fuses with Eva and the fairies to become the FinalBoss]].
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Grande plans to destroy the Human Realm with the forbidden dark magic, claiming to be making a new home for the witches and warlocks to escape the eventual destruction of the Magical Realm. However, his well-intentioned claims ring hollow since he has no qualms about oppressing the other faction of his own people or killing his faction's member for opposing his EvilPlan. [[spoiler:As it turns out near the GrandFinale, his true desire is to [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans rule everything]], and the Japanese version makes it clear that he sees nothing wrong with driving many of his species to despair with dark magic.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He loves his very young son, hugging him out of joy when reunited after the destruction of Wizard Kingdom. He thanks Arusu and Lennon for finding his son they have nothing to do with, which causes him to [[spoiler:[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regret]] [[DisneyDeath seemingly killing]] their father]].

%%* BadassBeard:

* NiceHat: He wears a black pointed hat with a yellow circle in the middle.

* RedIsHeroic: He wears red.

* WizardBeard: He has a long white beard.
* WizardClassic: He's old, wise, has a long white beard, and wears a floppy pointy hat.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Implied. Nito has maroon brown eyebrows and eyes, indicating that his hair is dark reddish brown.

* LuddWasRight: They are the technology side in TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar, and the military dictatorship of the warlocks is portrayed as evil in that they use technology to keep the populace in line with BreadAndCircuses and to oppress the wizards, the traditional subgroup of their own people. keep in line

* NotAlwaysEvil: All the civilians in Wizard Kingdom are shown doing completely normal, innocent activities like eating and playing. It's Grande, military commanders, and soldiers who are the really evil ones. Even Sigma and Luca, who are part of the warlock military, are not purely evil; [[spoiler:the former actually seeks the savior for his dead father's sake while the latter regrets doing harm to Jidan when the human's children reunite him with his young son]]. While the dictatorship uses technology for BreadAndCircuses, oppression, and war, some warlocks in ''The Adventures'' prove that science can be used for good as well; Magica from "The Secret of Dragon House" uses his computer skills to stop the CivilizationDestroyer created by his MadScientist father, while the escape pods created by Weazel and Molza from "Magical Girl Squad Storm and Stress" save the Magical Girl Squad.

* EvilCounterpart: To Gana, the Grand Master of Witches. Whereas she is the BigGood who truly looks out for her subjects, he is the BigBad who only looks out for himself.

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He plans to destroy the Human Realm with the forbidden dark magic, claiming to be making a new home for the witches and warlocks to escape the eventual destruction of the Magical Realm. Even disregarding the fact that he has no qualms about oppressing the wizards or ordering the Witch Realm attacked, he doesn't even seem to care about his faction's members, having killed Sigma's father for advising against using dark magic. [[spoiler:In the GrandFinale, he reveals his desire to [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans rule everything]] and sees nothing wrong with driving many of his species to despair with dark magic.]]

* WiseOldFolkFacade: Eva had a vision of him, who advises her to stay hopeful even in the bottom of despair, which causes her to become more competent at magic than before. Long after she's disabled by the MysticalPlague, he visits her once again and offers to give her back her magic with the True Book of Spells. As it turns out in the GrandFinale, [[spoiler:he is the one behind the visions who manipulates her into casting dark magic.]]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:As much as he wants revenge on Grande for killing his father in front of him, in the end, they both manipulate the people around them for their own purposes. He eventually grows out of it, while Grande never does.]]

* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: The witches in the Warlock Realm only appear in the background of crowd scenes in Wizard Kingdom. Although Sheila states that Menow lives in Miche Village, Menow doesn't appear among the warlocks onscreen. Given that they are the villains, this implies that they are a HeManWomanHater[=/=]StrawMisogynist culture.

* NonindicativeName: Wizard Kingdom is the capital city of the Warlock Realm, as well as the headquarters for ANaziByAnyOtherName that oppresses the [[DyingRace wizards]] as the remnant of the old magical order. Grande is the leader and general of warlocks, but nothing suggests that his position is hereditary.
* NotAlwaysEvil: All the civilians are shown doing completely normal, innocent activities like eating and playing. It's Grande, fanatically loyal military commanders, and soldiers who are really evil ones. Even Sigma and Luca, who are part of the warlock military, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes have loved ones]] in their families. While the dictatorship uses technology for BreadAndCircuses and war, some warlocks in ''The Adventures'' prove that science can be used for good as well; Magica from "The Secret of Dragon House" uses his computer skills to stop the CivilizationDestroyer created by his MadScientist father, while the escape pods created by Weazel and Molza from "Magical Girl Squad Storm and Stress" save the Magical Girl Squad.

* ScienceIsBad: Played straight in the original series; they are the science side of the MagicVersusScience conflict, and the military dictatorship of the warlocks is portrayed as the villainous faction who seek to wipe out the wizards, the traditional subgroup of their own people, out of a belief in the superiority of technology over magic. However, it is subverted in ''The Adventures'', where some warlocks prove that science can be used for good as well; Magica from "The Secret of Dragon House" uses his computer skills to stop the CivilizationDestroyer created by his MadScientist father, while the escape pods created by Weazel and Molza from "Magical Girl Squad Storm and Stress" save the Magical Girl Squad.

* NightmareFace: He makes a very scary face at the end of "Eva's Courage".

** "Eva's Courage" reveals that he manipulated the heroes into helping him get the True Book of Spells.

** In "Eva's Courage", he saves Arusu and her friends from a white creature that the warlock army ride on.

%% Note to editors: Please write in accordance with the Media Blasters English dub unless necessary.

* FriendlessBackground: He has no friends ever shown, in contrast to Sheila, who ''does'' have a MoralityPet in Eva even before [[DefrostingIceQueen warming up to]] Arusu.

* ChildSoldier: He is one of the reconnoitering party.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: When his father defied Grande because of his prophecy that a savior is coming, Sigma was ForcedToWatch his father be killed SwallowedWhole. Since then, he made it his mission to help his father's prophecy come true in order to get revenge on Grande. By the time he appears in the series, he has become as manipulative as the man responsible for his father's death.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When Sheila takes him hostage to flee Wizard Kingdom with Eva, the warlock police decide to discard him, telling him not to hold a grudge against them because he can only blame himself for his failure to bring the warlocks the True Book of Spells and a witch they need to cast dark magic.

* LuddWasRight: They are the technology side in TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar, and the military dictatorship of the warlocks is portrayed as evil in that they use technology to placate the populace with BreadAndCircuses and to oppress the wizards, the traditional subgroup of their own people.

* GenocideFromTheInside: The military dictatorship of the warlocks has turned the wizards, the traditional subgroup of their own people, into a DyingRace in the present, something Wil laments to Arusu.

Male members of the humanoid species in the Magical Realm. They live in the Warlock Realm over the desert beyond the mountain, with Grande as their leader and general. In the narrow sense, the word "warlock" refers to a member of their major subgroup living by the culture of Wizard Kingdom apart from their traditional subgroup called the wizards.

* MagicVersusScience: They have become divided into the technology-using Wizard Kingdom and the magic-using wizards for over 2 centuries. [[ScienceIsBad Naturally, Wizard Kingdom is home to the villains]] -- the military dictatorship of the warlocks oppress the wizards as the remnants of the old magical order, forcing them to live in Miche Village since the establishment of Wizard Kingdom and having turned them into a DyingRace by the present time. [[spoiler:In the GrandFinale, both groups get back together to rebuild the Magical Realm with the witches.]]

* NonindicativeName: Zigzagged. Most of the warlocks no longer use magic, and those who still do have become a DyingRace named the wizards by the present time.

* AntiMagicalFaction: The military dictatorship of the warlocks excludes magic from Wizard Kingdom [[ScienceIsBad out of a belief in the superiority of technology over it]], which is likely why those who marry into the warlocks can no longer use magic. Consequently, they oppress the wizards as the remnants of the old magical order, forcing them to live in Miche Village since the establishment of Wizard Kingdom and having turned them into a DyingRace by the present time. Even discussing anything magical in Wizard Kingdom arouses the suspicion not only of the civilians but also of the warlock police, as shown when Arusu loudly asks Sigma about magic and the fairies captured by the military.

* GenocideFromTheInside: The military dictatorship of the warlocks has turned the wizards into a DyingRace by the present time, something Wil laments to Arusu. The wizards are the traditional subgroup of the warlocks, meaning that they're essentially subjected to the eradication of cultural heritage by members of the major subgroup of that heritage.

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The military dictatorship of the warlocks is led by Grande, who plans to destroy the Human Realm through dark magic in hopes of making a new home for his species to escape the destruction of the Magical Realm. They believe in the superiority of technology over magic and thus oppress the wizards as the remnants of the old magical order, forcing them to live in Miche Village since the establishment of Wizard Kingdom and having turned them into a DyingRace by the present time. At one point, Tiana addresses Grande with "-kakka", a UsefulNotes/{{Japanese Honorific|s}} used for the Führer. When the special task force urges the witches to fight the warlocks, Luca paints humans as a scapegoat in an effort to get both groups together, claiming that one of them, Arusu, has hidden the True Book of Spells to keep dark magic from saving all the witches and warlocks from the eventual destruction of the Magical Realm.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: He nearly manipulates Arusu and her friends into giving him the True Book of Spells and later physically brainwashes Sheila into bringing the warlocks herself as a witch they need to cast dark magic. [[spoiler:In an attempt to get out of prison, he asks Tiana for a job to redeem himself for his failure, suggesting that the warlocks take his cellmate, Jidan, hostage to demand the True Book of Spells from the human's daughter, Arusu. However, as he reveals to Jidan, all of this is only to [[TheStarscream keep the pretense of obeying Grande]] while searching a savior in secret. In truth, he wants to help the savior prevent the destruction of the Magical Realm so that he can avenge his father, who foretold her coming and was killed in front of him by Grande for advising against using dark magic.]]

%%* LightIsNotGood: He has white hair and dresses in white.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Sigma's father was a HonestAdvisor to Grande, getting himself killed when he dared to advise Grande against using dark magic because, as a prophet, he knew a savior would save the warlocks from the eventual destruction of the Magical Realm instead. Sigma, on the other hand, is a ConsummateLiar who guides Arusu and her friends to the Warlock Realm as a renegade warlock, only to almost manipulate them into helping him advance Grande's cause. [[spoiler:In truth, he follows his father's footsteps as TheStarscream, later betraying the warlock military to help Arusu fulfill TheProphecy as the savior so that he can avenge his father.]]

* AntiMagicalFaction: The military dictatorship of the warlocks excludes magic from Wizard Kingdom [[ScienceIsBad out of a belief in the superiority of technology over it]], which is likely why those who marry into the warlocks no longer use magic. Consequently, they oppress the wizards as the remnants of the old magical order, forcing them to live in Miche Village since the establishment of Wizard Kingdom and having turned them into a DyingRace by the present time. Even discussing anything magical in Wizard Kingdom arouses the suspicion not only of the civilians but also of the warlock police, as shown when Arusu loudly asks Sigma about magic and the fairies captured by the military.

Male members of the humanoid species in the Magical Realm. They live in the Warlock Realm across the desert beyond the mountain, with Grande as their leader and general. Unlike the witches, they have become divided into the technology-using Wizard Kingdom and the magic-using wizards for over 2 centuries.

* NotAlwaysEvil: All the civilians are shown doing completely normal, innocent activities like eating and playing. It's Grande, fanatically loyal military commanders, and soldiers who are really evil ones. Even Sigma and Luca, who are part of the warlock military, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes have loved ones]] in their families. While the dictatorship uses technology for BreadAndCircuses and war, some warlocks in ''The Adventures'' prove that science can be used for good as well; Magica from "The Secret of Dragon House" uses his computer skills to stop the CivilizationDestroyer created by his MadScientist father, while the escape pods used by Weazel and Molza from "Magical Girl Squad Storm and Stress" save the Magical Girl Squad.

* ScienceIsBad: Played straight in the original series; they are the science side of the MagicVersusScience conflict, and the military dictatorship of the warlocks is portrayed as the villainous faction who seek to wipe out the wizards, the traditional subgroup of their own people, out of a belief in the superiority of technology over magic. However, it is subverted in ''The Adventures'', where some warlocks prove that science can be used for good as well; Magica from "The Secret of Dragon House" uses his computer skills to stop the CivilizationDestroyer created by his MadScientist father, while the escape pods used by Weazel and Molza from "Magical Girl Squad Storm and Stress" save the Magical Girl Squad.

* NotAlwaysEvil: All the civilians are shown doing completely normal, innocent activities like eating and playing. It's Grande, fanatically loyal military commanders, and soldiers who are really evil ones. Even Sigma and Luca, who are part of the warlock military, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes have loved ones]] in their families. While the dictatorship uses their technology for BreadAndCircuses and war, it is shown that their technology can be used for good in "Magical Girl Squad Storm and Stress", where Arusu, her friends, Weazel and Molza use escape pods to flee from a googoo fairy's stomach.

* ScienceIsBad: Played straight in the original series; they are the science side of the MagicVersusScience conflict, and the military dictatorship of the warlocks is portrayed as the villainous faction who seek to wipe out the wizards, the traditional subgroup of their own people, out of a belief in the superiority of technology over magic. However, it is subverted in ''The Adventures'', where some warlocks prove that science can be used for good as well; Magica from "The Secret of Dragon House" uses his computer skills to stop the CivilizationDestroyer created by his MadScientist father, while the machines used by Weazel and Molza from "Magical Girl Squad Storm and Stress" save the Magical Girl Squad.

* ScienceIsBad: Subverted. They are the science side of the MagicVersusScience conflict, and the military dictatorship of the warlocks is portrayed as the villains who seek to wipe out the wizards, the traditional subgroup of their own people, out of a belief in the superiority of technology over magic. However, some warlocks in ''The Adventures'' prove that science can be used for good as well; Magica from "The Secret of Dragon House" uses his computer skills to stop the CivilizationDestroyer created by his MadScientist father, while the machines used by Weazel and Molza from "Magical Girl Squad Storm and Stress" save the Magical Girl Squad.