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Characters in ''Wildflower''.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Her torturing [[spoiler: Julio]] by using blowtorch seems kinda cruel, but given the fact that [[spoiler: Julio]] is a CorruptPolitician and a mass-murderer, [[spoiler: he]] has it coming.

[[folder:Arnaldo Ardiente-Torillo]]
!!!'''Portrayed by''': RK Bagatsing
Diego's elder brother, son of Raul and Emilia, and Mayor (at first) of Poblacion Ardiente. Arnaldo is a young man willing to do anything to get what he wants.
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* TheAtoner: He's truly willing to atone for the sins he's committed before his coma, but understandably people find it hard to forgive him. After waking up from his coma and finding religion, he tries to be better. [[spoiler:However it later gets subverted once he regains his memories.]]
* BastardUnderstudy: Groomed by his grandfather to be his heir and next overlord of Poblacion Ardiente.
* ConvenientComa: [[spoiler:Gets put into one by Jepoy shooting him, just after Lily reveals her identity to him and before he could tell his family about it.]]
* FakingAmnesia: [[spoiler: He pretends that he still atones and is religious even after his memories return.]]
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He's the only member of the main cast to wear glasses, and has one of the blackest hearts.
* ShowerOfAngst: Arnaldo takes a shower after he [[spoiler: indirectly murders Carlotta and covers up her murder as a suicide]].
* SpurnedIntoSuicide:
** He tries to hang himself after Lily/Ivy (pretends to) leave him for [[spoiler: killing her foster mother and housekeeper Carlotta]]. He survives.
** [[spoiler:Played straight later when Arnaldo shoots himself after he realizes that Lilly will never love him.]]
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* [[ParentalFavoritism Grandparent Favoritism]]: He treats his grandson Arnaldo more kindly then his daughter Emila and bastard grandson Diego.

The show's secondary antagonist. The daughter of Juilio who’s ambition is to attain her father’s approval and obtain power similar to her father and son. She is a corrupt political official who siphons money from her constituents. She orders assassinations of anyone who goes against her.

[[folder:Raul Torillo/Jaguar]]
!!!'''Portrayed by''': Wendell Ramos
Raul Torillo is Emila's husband and the father of Diego and Arnaldo. He is also a criminal boss under the alias "Jaguar".

* AwfulWeddedLife: He and Emila are clearly not happy together, since he's constantly cheating on her, hitting her and arguing with her. [[spoiler:Although he later regrets it and tries to win her back while he's disguised as Jaguar]].
* BadassInANiceSuit: As [[spoiler:Fake]] Jaguar, he sports a black suit and gets into gunfights.
* CoolMask: As Jaguar, he wears a shiny golden mask that's shaped like the head of a Jaguar.
* DecoyLeader: [[spoiler:It's revealed that he serves as a decoy to the real Jaguar to bring down Julio, as part of Natalie's plan.]]
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: After Raul is accidentally shot by Emilia in a GunStruggle, he apologizes and tells his son Diego he loves him before he dies in Diego's arms]].
* GunStruggle: When Emilia is about to kill Camia and [[spoiler:Damian]], Raul/Jaguar tries to stop her, and they're holding the gun at the same time as they struggle for it.[[spoiler: He ends up getting shot by accident, leaving Emila to find out his identity as he bleeds to death.]].
* StalkerWithACrush: Has a creepy obsession with Camia, to the point where he attempts to rape her in the women's bathroom. He even [[spoiler: keeps her in a remote place where he pretends to be her lover (by the time she's lost her memory and gone mute) for years after he saves her]].

!'''Others'''
[[folder: Helena Montoya/Red Dragon]]
!!!'''Portrayed by''': Zsa Zsa Padilla
Helena Montoya is a jeweler who is interested in investing in Poblacion Ardiente. Or so she claims. But in reality she's secretly a leader of a criminal organization under the alias Red Dragon.

* FiftiesHair:Her signature hairstyle is a pin-up bun. She's worn it since she was a young adult.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She genuinely cares for her daughter [[spoiler: Emilia]], which is one of the reasons that she holds a grudge against Lily for using and rivaling [[spoiler: Emilia]].
* EvilVsEvil: A leader of a criminal organization holds a grudge against Corrupt Politician Julio, who's her ex-husband, although it seems that they later get along and work together to stop Lily and her allies,[[spoiler: until Helena betrays Julio and attempts to have her minions bury him alive]].
* LadyInRed: She usually wears red clothes or a red dress when she's Red Dragon or attending an event.
* SilverFox: She's currently in her fifties, and yet she still looks glorious and attractive in her shiny dress.

[[folder:Rosana "Ana" Navarro-Madrigal]]
!!!'''Portrayed by''': Yan Santos
Like Jepoy, Ana is one of the street kids who's adopted by Prianka. She later comes back to aid Lily by pretending to be her in order to protect her identity and join her revenge plan after she hears about [[spoiler: Carlota's death]].

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She and Jepoy were friends when they were kids. They become a couple after [[spoiler: Lily reveals her identity]], but their relationship is cut short when Natalie forces Jepoy to be with her. [[spoiler: They eventually get together and marry at the end after Natalie has a change of heart and lets Jepoy go.]]
* DecoyLeader: She takes up Ivy's real identity Lily with Jepoy's help so that Lily's plan won't get exposed by the Ardientes. However, as Lily told her, it puts Ana in danger since Lily was the target for the Ardientes.
* IAmSpartacus: When Emilia confronts Ivy to try to reveal her identity, Ana shows up and claims to be Lily to protect her.

[[folder: Nimfa Naig]]
!!!'''Portrayed by''': Ingrid dela Paz
Diego's best friend, and a villager who has feelings for him. She becomes [[TheMole a mole]] for Emilia to spy on Camia and Diego when she bribes her with wealth.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Nimfa has a crush on Diego, who's in love with Lily.
* CassandraTruth: She tries to tell Arnaldo the truth about Lily/Ivy after Ivy "breaks up" with him, but he refuses to believe her. This leads to [[spoiler: Arnaldo shooting Nimfa to death]].
* TheMole: She becomes Emilia's spy when she accepts her offer. She does so in order to experience wealth and because she wants Diego.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Her unrequited love for Diego is one of the reasons why she works for Emilia.

[[folder:Carlotta Navarro]]
!!!'''Portrayed by''': Ana Abad Santos
She is Prianka's housekeeper, who later becomes Lily, Jepoy, and Ana's foster mother after Prianka dies of cancer.

* KindlyHousekeeper: A rich woman's housekeeper, who shows kindness toward and genuinely cares for Lily and Jepoy.
* NeverSuicide: [[spoiler: After she was killed by Arnaldo, he tied her neck to the stairs to make it look like she hanged herself.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Back then when Prianka was alive, she was a mother figure to Lily, Jepoy, and Ana. She adopts them as her own children when Prianka passes away.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler: A kind and caring housekeeper and foster mother who tragically got strangled to death by Arnaldo, who then made it look like she committed suicide.]]

[[folder:Atty. Dante Cruz ]]
!!!'''Portrayed by''': Christian Vasquez
Dante is a lawyer who is Lily's father and Camia's husband. He and his family moved to Poblacion Ardiente to start a new life. He is suspicious about this province's low crime rate. When his wife Camia tells him about Raul attempting to rape her, he files a charge against him but then he dies of poisoning, making it look like he had a heart attack. His death was the start of Lily's revenge.

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: He is given poisoned coffee by his partner (who is unaware that Emila put something in it) and got killed when he got hit with poison while driving, causing a car crash.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: His death at the hands of the Ardientes is what leads to Lily's revenge on the Ardientes family to seek justice for him and Camia.

[[folder:Venus (Spoiler Warning) ]]
!!!'''Portrayed by''': Karylle
Helena's adopted daughter, who shows up near the end of the series to torture [[spoiler: Julio]] as payback.

* VengefulWidow: [[spoiler: In the penultimate episode, Diego's death is the final straw for Lily, and she decides to confront Julio and Emilia for the last time.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Gets shot by his own daughter Emilia, whom he had mistreated for many years. He is later kept alive so that his ex-wife's adopted daughter Venus could torture him for god knows how long. Given the fact that he's a corrupt politician who kills many people and is abusive to Emilia, he deserves it]].

* ColdBloodedTorture: He and Emilia torture Jepoy when they discover that he (Jepoy) is TheMole and later Lily before they [[spoiler: bury her alive]]. [[spoiler: Julio later becomes the subject of torture by Venus, as she begins to blowtorch his mouth by the end]].

%%* DaddysLittleVillain: Downplayed. She tries to be equal like her father. However, Julio dose not view her as one.
* TheDogBitesBack: Near the end, Emilia finally had enough of her father when she realizes that Julio [[spoiler:killed her aunt and her mother Helena and he never cared for her]]. She ends up [[spoiler:shooting her own father dead. (Or so we thought.)]]

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* ShowerOfAngst: Arnaldo takes a shower after he [[spoiler: indirectly murders Carlotta and cover her murder as a suicide]].

* BigBad: Of the entire series. A CorruptPolitician who abuses his power and is responsible for the deaths of several people, including Lily's father Dante.

!'''The Ardiente Family'''
[[folder:Arnaldo Ardiente-Torillo]]
!!!'''Portrayed by''': RK Bagatsing
Diego's elder brother, son of Raul and Emilia, and Mayor (at first) of Poblacion Ardiente. Arnaldo is a young man willing to do anything to get what he wants.

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* TheAtoner: He's truly willing to atone for the sins he's committed before his coma, but understandably people find it hard to forgive him. After waking up from his coma and finding religion, he tries to be better. However it later gets subverted once he regains his memories.

!!!'''Portrayed by''':Zsa Zsa Padilla

* BraidsOfAction: She wears braids in the finale when she takes down Julio and Emila for the last time.

** Played straight later when Arnaldo shoots himself after he realizes that Lilly will never love him.

%% * AbusiveParents: He is this to Emila.
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* GrandparentFavoritismm: He treats his grandson Arnaldo more kindly then his daughter Emila.

The show's main protagonist. A very innocent girl before witnessing the murder of her father and mother [[spoiler:who is NotQuiteDead]]. After her time spent with Prianka Aguas, she transforms into a beautiful woman, hellbent on getting revenge on the Ardientes for her family.

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* HeroicSeductress: Dangerous and beautiful, with her own intentions for the Ardientes. [[spoiler:Becomes more of this after managing to seduce Arnaldo into marrying her so she can gain more power and take down the Ardientes from the inside]].