Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Changed line(s) 102 (click to see context) from:
* MommasBoy: Ludwig is really, really attached to his dead mother, and her death has only made him idolize her even more. And unlike in Alt-talia, Ludwig isn’t given the chance to be completely weaned off her influence. However, unlike most examples, his mother wasn’t a stereotypical doting mother but instead a certified FourStarBadass, with Ludwig describing her as if she were a RatedMForManly father, and she instilled discipline in her son over everything else. Roderich acts more like a doting mother than Julchen does!
to:
* MommasBoy: Ludwig is really, really attached to his dead mother, and her death has only made him idolize her even more. And unlike in Alt-talia, Ludwig isn’t given the chance to be completely weaned off her influence. However, unlike most examples, his mother wasn’t a stereotypical doting mother but instead a certified FourStarBadass, with Ludwig describing her as if she were a RatedMForManly manly father, and she instilled discipline in her son over everything else. Roderich acts more like a doting mother than Julchen does!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
trope in-universe only
Deleted line(s) 77 (click to see context) :
* AwesomeMcCoolName: The alias Ludwig is given when he is recruited into PN; “Friedrich Sadler”. In English, “Friedrich Eagle”, or “Fritz Eagle”.
Changed line(s) 101 (click to see context) from:
** Also, the alias Ludwig gets is “Friedrich Sadler”; Friedrich is not only the name of famous kings like Frederick the Great, but has, or more specifically “Fritz” has, also had a history of being used to refer to a generic German soldier. Meanwhile, [[AwesomeMcCoolname “Sadler” is just German for “Eagle”]], [[spoiler:and also matches up with his code name just like Nemesis]].
to:
** Also, the alias Ludwig gets is “Friedrich Sadler”; "Friedrich Sadler"; Friedrich is not only the name of famous kings like Frederick the Great, but has, or more specifically “Fritz” "Fritz" has, also had a history of being used to refer to a generic German soldier. Meanwhile, [[AwesomeMcCoolname “Sadler” "Sadler" is just German for “Eagle”]], "Eagle," [[spoiler:and also matches up with his code name just like Nemesis]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 38 (click to see context) from:
* HarmfulToMinors: The poor Korea Twins, according to a LooseCanon gaiden, are understandably a bit traumatized by the fact they were trapped with their mother in Lust!Kiku’s castle [[spoiler:and it doesn’t help that their mom committed suicide over it]].
to:
* HarmfulToMinors: The poor Korea Twins, according to a LooseCanon gaiden, are understandably a bit traumatized by the fact they were trapped with their mother in Lust!Kiku’s castle [[spoiler:and it doesn’t help that their mom committed suicide over it]].it. Poor Hyun straight-up goes insane]].
Changed line(s) 48 (click to see context) from:
--> '''[[spoiler:Jadwiga:]]''' Your charms will not work on me, you vile succubus! For I am not [[spoiler:Feliks]], but it is I, [[spoiler:Lady Jadwiga Łukasięwicz!]]
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 19 (click to see context) from:
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Tailor Kiku, in a bit of a composite of his modern and WWII-era self, is a genuinely polite, kind, but meek man. He’s respected in his community, if somewhat distant. [[{{Yandere}} However, he somehow deludes himself into thinking he has three wives and two children; and by the end of the story, he murders, 3 men who he thought his “wives” were cheating on him with, and his three “wives”.]] And unlike Kayo Sudou, as the story is written in third person limited, it’s almost certain he’s actually genuinely delusional. Though confusingly, he also seems oblivious to the fact that he committed the murders (?).]]
to:
Changed line(s) 22,26 (click to see context) from:
** France is one of the oldest characters in Europe chronologically and physically, and definitely older than any other cast member of Story of Evil... However, Prince Francis is 14, the same age as Princess Riliane, which makes him less than half the physical age of Modern Alt-France, only slightly older than the same for canon France, and the second youngest member of the entire cast of that story. While the setting is based heavily off of Revolutionary France, where France was stated to be “a young man”, [[spoiler:the main duo and their family situation evokes the early medieval era]]. Personality-wise he more acts like a childish, bratty, version of his older adolescent to modern self, however, but less dour like his younger self.
** Lord Roderich/Lady Annalise (note: can’t decide which) is in his late 20s to early 30s in modern Alt-talia, and at least in his late 20s in canon physically. In their starring story, they’re 16, the same age as Margarita.
** Though never explicitly stated, Judge Arthur Kirkland is probably at the very least in his late 30s [[spoiler:due to the fact he has a child who is a young adult, among many others of ambiguous age]], and if he’s the same age as Gallerian, is as old as in his 40s. Even in Alt-talia, at his oldest, he’s stated to be physically 34, and in canon he’s 23. Also, in the era the setting resembles, he was in his 20s in Alt-talia. He’s stated to look OlderThanTheyLook though, though official art does make him look slightly more aged than either canon.
** While not as extreme, Enis in Alt-talia is physically 24, but in The Madness of Elif Pasha (?) it’s bumped up to 26 (?) so it’s closer to Elif’s presumed age.
** For more minor characters, Prince Ivan in Story of Evil is described as “a boy unusually tall for his age”, while the other rulers are shown to be adults, which may mean he’s in his early teens; meanwhile, even during the French Revolutionary Wars in Alt-talia he was in his late teens. (Pending)
** Lord Roderich/Lady Annalise (note: can’t decide which) is in his late 20s to early 30s in modern Alt-talia, and at least in his late 20s in canon physically. In their starring story, they’re 16, the same age as Margarita.
** Though never explicitly stated, Judge Arthur Kirkland is probably at the very least in his late 30s [[spoiler:due to the fact he has a child who is a young adult, among many others of ambiguous age]], and if he’s the same age as Gallerian, is as old as in his 40s. Even in Alt-talia, at his oldest, he’s stated to be physically 34, and in canon he’s 23. Also, in the era the setting resembles, he was in his 20s in Alt-talia. He’s stated to look OlderThanTheyLook though, though official art does make him look slightly more aged than either canon.
** While not as extreme, Enis in Alt-talia is physically 24, but in The Madness of Elif Pasha (?) it’s bumped up to 26 (?) so it’s closer to Elif’s presumed age.
** For more minor characters, Prince Ivan in Story of Evil is described as “a boy unusually tall for his age”, while the other rulers are shown to be adults, which may mean he’s in his early teens; meanwhile, even during the French Revolutionary Wars in Alt-talia he was in his late teens. (Pending)
to:
** Though never explicitly stated, Judge Arthur Kirkland is probably at the very least in his late 30s [[spoiler:due to the fact he has a child who is a young
Changed line(s) 28 (click to see context) from:
* BreakTheHaughty: Prince Francis gets it in quick succession by the end of his story. [[spoiler:By the time he witnesses his brother being beheaded in front of him and a cheering mob, he's been very much broken, with one of the optional epilogues showing him seemingly after the events of Regret Message, showing desire to become TheAtoner]].
to:
* BreakTheHaughty: Prince Francis Vuk gets it in quick succession by the end of his story. [[spoiler:By the time he witnesses his brother being beheaded in front of him and a cheering mob, he's been very much broken, with one of the optional epilogues showing him seemingly after the events of Regret Message, showing desire to become TheAtoner]].
Changed line(s) 31,32 (click to see context) from:
** [[spoiler:The fact that Otto is Prince Francis’s brother (or maybe half-brother). The oddly German name, despite it being an alias, especially gives it away that this is Holy Rome/Karl, who is indeed France’s half-brother in Alt-talia.]]
* ChildProdigy: Sloth!Ludwig. He’s even called one in the narrative. While he’s only 8, he has an actual, honest-to-God chemical lab on his desk, and he’s the one who made Gift in this universe. [[spoiler:Though it’s entirely possible that someone else gave it to him or he just botched it, as it’s ambiguous whether he’s basically this universe’s Lemy and knew full well about what it was and its lethality, and if so if he willingly went with it initially or was coerced, or had little to no idea how dangerous it actually was]].
* ChildProdigy: Sloth!Ludwig. He’s even called one in the narrative. While he’s only 8, he has an actual, honest-to-God chemical lab on his desk, and he’s the one who made Gift in this universe. [[spoiler:Though it’s entirely possible that someone else gave it to him or he just botched it, as it’s ambiguous whether he’s basically this universe’s Lemy and knew full well about what it was and its lethality, and if so if he willingly went with it initially or was coerced, or had little to no idea how dangerous it actually was]].
to:
** [[spoiler:The Arguably [[spoiler:the fact that Otto Miroslav is Šćepan (Montenegro) and Prince Francis’s brother (or maybe half-brother). The Vuk’s brother. Mostly in the PV where he looks basically exactly like Montenegro, and Serbia has few other subservient friends like this]].
%%The oddly German name, despite it being an alias, especially gives it away that this is Holy Rome/Karl, who is indeed France’s half-brother in Alt-talia.]]
* %%* ChildProdigy: Sloth!Ludwig. He’s even called one in the narrative. While he’s only 8, he has an actual, honest-to-God chemical lab on his desk, and he’s the one who made Gift in this universe. [[spoiler:Though it’s entirely possible that someone else gave it to him or he just botched it, as it’s ambiguous whether he’s basically this universe’s Lemy and knew full well about what it was and its lethality, and if so if he willingly went with it initially or was coerced, or had little to no idea how dangerous it actually was]].
%%The oddly German name, despite it being an alias, especially gives it away that this is Holy Rome/Karl, who is indeed France’s half-brother in Alt-talia.]]
Changed line(s) 34 (click to see context) from:
* ExoticExtendedMarriage: It's casually explained that Tailor Kiku Honda in The Tailor of Enbizaka has multiple wives, and he treats it as perfectly normal, so it's likely something very typical in his culture, even for commoners ([[spoiler:Though considering he's probably completely insane, it might not be]]).
to:
Changed line(s) 36,42 (click to see context) from:
* FauxAffablyEvil: England in Alt-talia has moments like this, but Judge Arthur Kirkland unabashedly takes it and runs with it. His politeness only serves to enhance his lack of care for the people he judges, and unlike the above-mentioned [[spoiler:Kiku]] or any of the other villains for that matter except maybe Prince Francis, at times he seems straight-up sadistic. He doesn’t even let up with the polite, calm demeanor when staring the Master of the Hellish Yard (basically Satan) in the face.
* HarmfulToMinors: It's extremely likely that [[spoiler:Yong and Hyun-Soo in The Tailor Of Enbizaka, who are implied to be very young children, witnessed Kiku murder their mother and her friends with their very own eyes; in the (possible) epilogue, they are understandably extremely traumatized, and in Hyun's case, enraged]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Many are scattered around, some of which are heavily implied to be very important to the wider story (i.e. whoever David is) ; King Arthur and Nowlenn's relationship is only mentioned, Pride!Antonio is apparently co-leader with Pride!Gilbert in the Lucifenian Resistance, Pride!Gilbert and Archduke Roderich having history, as well as [[spoiler:whatever is going on with Lust!Jadwiga, Daniel, and Oleksander and how she found Elif and her curse at all]]... and considering the nature of the Evillious Chronicles, this is true for probably everyone.
* {{Irony}}: The mere fact that France, who in Alt-talia got fully behind the French Revolution, even giving a short ReasonYouSuckSpeech to King Louis XVI, is cast as a RoyalBrat of epic proportions in Story of Evil is extremely ironic in it of itself. [[spoiler:...Then the irony is piled on even more as the story goes on, most blatantly with the major reactionist anti-Revolution coalition members in the French Revolutionary Wars in Alt-talia and real life ending up backing and fighting with the resistance, if not straight-up being leaders of it in the case of Gilbert and Antonio (though they’re less ironic as there actually was significant resistance in Prussia and Spain, especially the latter). On top of the fact that his loyal servant is revealed to be Karl, AKA Holy Rome, France’s most consistent enemy in the Middle Ages.]]
* KidANova: At least, Prince Francis probably thinks of himself as one, as he’s shown hitting on every girl or woman from around his age to as much as twice his age in public events. Unlike his Alt-talia proper counterpart, however, [[PrinceCharmless he probably doesn’t have the Cultural Charisma nor the likability to actually be one]] (though at that physical age the Alt version wasn’t like that either).
* KillerRabbit: [[spoiler:Tailor Kiku is probably the most harmless-seeming main character in looks and demeanor, only possibly rivaled by Sloth!Annalise/Roderich. He's also an extreme {{Yandere}} who kills 6 people, among them Ivan. THAT Ivan. And unlike the teenage version of him in Story of Evil, this is fully-grown, adult Ivan, a military officer in fact, "one and a half times Kiku's height". He leaves a huge bruise on him, but Kiku still was somehow able to kill the guy. With ''[[ShearMenace sewing scissors]]''.]]
* LargeHam: [[spoiler:Lady Jadwiga Łukasiewicz, who saves Elif’s harem in The Madness Of Elif Pasha. And HOW. She pretty much acts exactly like Commonwealth!Poland in Alt-talia, and it’s glorious. In fact, she’s stated to be what sealed the deal on the decision to use Alt-talia characterizations, and to make Nyotalia characters act basically the same as their normal counterparts. It’s shown that Feliks in one of the possible endings for Story of Evil is like this well. Though Sloth!Feliks/Jadwiga is more subdued from what is seen of them]].
* HarmfulToMinors: It's extremely likely that [[spoiler:Yong and Hyun-Soo in The Tailor Of Enbizaka, who are implied to be very young children, witnessed Kiku murder their mother and her friends with their very own eyes; in the (possible) epilogue, they are understandably extremely traumatized, and in Hyun's case, enraged]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Many are scattered around, some of which are heavily implied to be very important to the wider story (i.e. whoever David is) ; King Arthur and Nowlenn's relationship is only mentioned, Pride!Antonio is apparently co-leader with Pride!Gilbert in the Lucifenian Resistance, Pride!Gilbert and Archduke Roderich having history, as well as [[spoiler:whatever is going on with Lust!Jadwiga, Daniel, and Oleksander and how she found Elif and her curse at all]]... and considering the nature of the Evillious Chronicles, this is true for probably everyone.
* {{Irony}}: The mere fact that France, who in Alt-talia got fully behind the French Revolution, even giving a short ReasonYouSuckSpeech to King Louis XVI, is cast as a RoyalBrat of epic proportions in Story of Evil is extremely ironic in it of itself. [[spoiler:...Then the irony is piled on even more as the story goes on, most blatantly with the major reactionist anti-Revolution coalition members in the French Revolutionary Wars in Alt-talia and real life ending up backing and fighting with the resistance, if not straight-up being leaders of it in the case of Gilbert and Antonio (though they’re less ironic as there actually was significant resistance in Prussia and Spain, especially the latter). On top of the fact that his loyal servant is revealed to be Karl, AKA Holy Rome, France’s most consistent enemy in the Middle Ages.]]
* KidANova: At least, Prince Francis probably thinks of himself as one, as he’s shown hitting on every girl or woman from around his age to as much as twice his age in public events. Unlike his Alt-talia proper counterpart, however, [[PrinceCharmless he probably doesn’t have the Cultural Charisma nor the likability to actually be one]] (though at that physical age the Alt version wasn’t like that either).
* KillerRabbit: [[spoiler:Tailor Kiku is probably the most harmless-seeming main character in looks and demeanor, only possibly rivaled by Sloth!Annalise/Roderich. He's also an extreme {{Yandere}} who kills 6 people, among them Ivan. THAT Ivan. And unlike the teenage version of him in Story of Evil, this is fully-grown, adult Ivan, a military officer in fact, "one and a half times Kiku's height". He leaves a huge bruise on him, but Kiku still was somehow able to kill the guy. With ''[[ShearMenace sewing scissors]]''.]]
* LargeHam: [[spoiler:Lady Jadwiga Łukasiewicz, who saves Elif’s harem in The Madness Of Elif Pasha. And HOW. She pretty much acts exactly like Commonwealth!Poland in Alt-talia, and it’s glorious. In fact, she’s stated to be what sealed the deal on the decision to use Alt-talia characterizations, and to make Nyotalia characters act basically the same as their normal counterparts. It’s shown that Feliks in one of the possible endings for Story of Evil is like this well. Though Sloth!Feliks/Jadwiga is more subdued from what is seen of them]].
to:
* FauxAffablyEvil: England in Alt-talia has moments like this, but Judge Arthur Kirkland unabashedly takes it and runs with it. His politeness only serves to enhance his lack of care for the people he judges, and unlike the above-mentioned [[spoiler:Kiku]] or any many of the other villains for that matter except maybe Prince Francis, he at times he seems straight-up sadistic. He doesn’t even let up with the polite, calm demeanor when staring the Master of the Hellish Yard (basically Satan) in the face.
* HarmfulToMinors:It's The poor Korea Twins, according to a LooseCanon gaiden, are understandably a bit traumatized by the fact they were trapped with their mother in Lust!Kiku’s castle [[spoiler:and it doesn’t help that their mom committed suicide over it]].
%%It's extremely likely that [[spoiler:Yong and Hyun-Soo in The Tailor Of Enbizaka, who are implied to be very young children, witnessed Kiku murder their mother and her friends with their very own eyes; in the (possible) epilogue, they are understandably extremely traumatized, and in Hyun's case, enraged]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Many are scattered around, some of which are heavily implied to be very important to the wider story (i.e. whoever Davidis) ; King is).
%%King Arthur and Nowlenn's relationship is only mentioned, Pride!Antonio is apparently co-leader with Pride!Gilbert in the Lucifenian Resistance, Pride!Gilbert and Archduke Roderich having history, as well as [[spoiler:whatever is going on with Lust!Jadwiga, Daniel, and Oleksander and how she found Elif and her curse at all]]... and considering the nature of the Evillious Chronicles, this is true for probably everyone.
* {{Irony}}: The %%* {{Irony}}:
%%The mere fact that France, who in Alt-talia got fully behind the French Revolution, even giving a short ReasonYouSuckSpeech to King Louis XVI, is cast as a RoyalBrat of epic proportions in Story of Evil is extremely ironic in it of itself. [[spoiler:...Then the irony is piled on even more as the story goes on, most blatantly with the major reactionist anti-Revolution coalition members in the French Revolutionary Wars in Alt-talia and real life ending up backing and fighting with the resistance, if not straight-up being leaders of it in the case of Gilbert and Antonio (though they’re less ironic as there actually was significant resistance in Prussia and Spain, especially the latter). On top of the fact that his loyal servant is revealed to be Karl, AKA Holy Rome, France’s most consistent enemy in the Middle Ages.]]
* KidANova: At %%* KidANova:
%%At least, Prince Francis probably thinks of himself as one, as he’s shown hitting on every girl or woman from around his age to as much as twice his age in public events. Unlike his Alt-talia proper counterpart, however, [[PrinceCharmless he probably doesn’t have the Cultural Charisma nor the likability to actually be one]] (though at that physical age the Alt version wasn’t like that either).
* %%* KillerRabbit: [[spoiler:Tailor Kiku is probably the most harmless-seeming main character in looks and demeanor, only possibly rivaled by Sloth!Annalise/Roderich. He's also an extreme {{Yandere}} who kills 6 people, among them Ivan. THAT Ivan. And unlike the teenage version of him in Story of Evil, this is fully-grown, adult Ivan, a military officer in fact, "one and a half times Kiku's height". He leaves a huge bruise on him, but Kiku still was somehow able to kill the guy. With ''[[ShearMenace sewing scissors]]''.]]
* %%* LargeHam: [[spoiler:Lady Jadwiga Łukasiewicz, who saves Elif’s harem in The Madness Of Elif Pasha. And HOW. She pretty much acts exactly like Commonwealth!Poland in Alt-talia, and it’s glorious. In fact, she’s stated to be what sealed the deal on the decision to use Alt-talia characterizations, and to make Nyotalia characters act basically the same as their normal counterparts. It’s shown that Feliks in one of the possible endings for Story of Evil is like this well. Though Sloth!Feliks/Jadwiga is more subdued from what is seen of them]].
* HarmfulToMinors:
%%It's extremely likely that [[spoiler:Yong and Hyun-Soo in The Tailor Of Enbizaka, who are implied to be very young children, witnessed Kiku murder their mother and her friends with their very own eyes; in the (possible) epilogue, they are understandably extremely traumatized, and in Hyun's case, enraged]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Many are scattered around, some of which are heavily implied to be very important to the wider story (i.e. whoever David
%%King Arthur and Nowlenn's relationship is only mentioned, Pride!Antonio is apparently co-leader with Pride!Gilbert in the Lucifenian Resistance, Pride!Gilbert and Archduke Roderich having history, as well as [[spoiler:whatever is going on with Lust!Jadwiga, Daniel, and Oleksander and how she found Elif and her curse at all]]... and considering the nature of the Evillious Chronicles, this is true for probably everyone.
%%The mere fact that France, who in Alt-talia got fully behind the French Revolution, even giving a short ReasonYouSuckSpeech to King Louis XVI, is cast as a RoyalBrat of epic proportions in Story of Evil is extremely ironic in it of itself. [[spoiler:...Then the irony is piled on even more as the story goes on, most blatantly with the major reactionist anti-Revolution coalition members in the French Revolutionary Wars in Alt-talia and real life ending up backing and fighting with the resistance, if not straight-up being leaders of it in the case of Gilbert and Antonio (though they’re less ironic as there actually was significant resistance in Prussia and Spain, especially the latter). On top of the fact that his loyal servant is revealed to be Karl, AKA Holy Rome, France’s most consistent enemy in the Middle Ages.]]
%%At least, Prince Francis probably thinks of himself as one, as he’s shown hitting on every girl or woman from around his age to as much as twice his age in public events. Unlike his Alt-talia proper counterpart, however, [[PrinceCharmless he probably doesn’t have the Cultural Charisma nor the likability to actually be one]] (though at that physical age the Alt version wasn’t like that either).
Changed line(s) 45 (click to see context) from:
* OnlySaneMan: Poor Chef Giorgos Constallanos/[[spoiler:Prince Herakles Korais]] in Evil Gourmand Balducchi/Barese. He's pretty much the only one in the mansion who is remotely normal and who reacts normally.
to:
Changed line(s) 48,50 (click to see context) from:
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Judge Arthur's sons? The ones who he doted over in his story? They're actually dolls. And unlike in EC, there's many of them.]]
* TheRichHaveWhiteStuff: Prince Francis has white as [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience his representative color]], due to that being the color of the Bourbon monarchy, which became the color of the nation after the Revolution. However, possibly because of the latter, [[spoiler: and the possible reincarnation/general allusion thing, Francis/Marianne is also often associated with white and other such light colors in The Key to Zorn, contrasting them with Ludwig who is associated with black and darker colors]].
* RoyalBrat: Just like Riliane, Prince Francis. And how. His worst deed probably being [[spoiler:attempted ''genocide'', just to kill a girl, and sending his 13-year-old servant to kill said girl]].
* TheRichHaveWhiteStuff: Prince Francis has white as [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience his representative color]], due to that being the color of the Bourbon monarchy, which became the color of the nation after the Revolution. However, possibly because of the latter, [[spoiler: and the possible reincarnation/general allusion thing, Francis/Marianne is also often associated with white and other such light colors in The Key to Zorn, contrasting them with Ludwig who is associated with black and darker colors]].
* RoyalBrat: Just like Riliane, Prince Francis. And how. His worst deed probably being [[spoiler:attempted ''genocide'', just to kill a girl, and sending his 13-year-old servant to kill said girl]].
to:
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Judge [[spoiler:Matthew, Judge Arthur's sons? son? The ones one who he doted over in his story? They're He’s actually dolls. And unlike in EC, there's many of them.]]
*a doll. The doll here can seemingly take on any form. But much like the Clockworker’s Doll and much like with Natallia (?) the doll possibly has genuinely taken on Matthew’s identity]].
%%* TheRichHaveWhiteStuff: Prince Francis has white as [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience his representative color]], due to that being the color of the Bourbon monarchy, which became the color of the nation after the Revolution. However, possibly because of the latter, [[spoiler: and the possible reincarnation/general allusion thing, Francis/Marianne is also often associated with white and other such light colors in The Key to Zorn, contrasting them with Ludwig who is associated with black and darker colors]].
* RoyalBrat: Just like Riliane, PrinceFrancis.Vuk. And how. His worst deed probably being [[spoiler:attempted ''genocide'', just to kill a girl, man, and sending his 13-year-old servant to kill said girl]].man. Poor Dražen indeed]]. Then again Vuk in Alt-talia has also done said thing, and in a much worse, more horrifying way.
*
%%* TheRichHaveWhiteStuff: Prince Francis has white as [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience his representative color]], due to that being the color of the Bourbon monarchy, which became the color of the nation after the Revolution. However, possibly because of the latter, [[spoiler: and the possible reincarnation/general allusion thing, Francis/Marianne is also often associated with white and other such light colors in The Key to Zorn, contrasting them with Ludwig who is associated with black and darker colors]].
* RoyalBrat: Just like Riliane, Prince
Changed line(s) 53,59 (click to see context) from:
*** Pride: Francis Bonnelfey (France)
*** Gluttony: S. Italy (contentious. While Beezelnia was more Spanish at the time, a member of the Italy family seemed more fitting for the sin, and since Neapolitano was under Spanish rule for a while I though I’d go with him. Considering using normal Italy though, since he’s a much more major character)
*** Envy: [[spoiler:Kiku Honda (Japan)]]
*** Lust: Elif Adanir (Fem!Turkey)
*** Greed: Arthur Kirkland (England)
*** Sloth: Austria
*** Wrath: Ludwig Beildshmidt (Germany)/Alfred F. Jones (America) in the parallel version.
*** Gluttony: S. Italy (contentious. While Beezelnia was more Spanish at the time, a member of the Italy family seemed more fitting for the sin, and since Neapolitano was under Spanish rule for a while I though I’d go with him. Considering using normal Italy though, since he’s a much more major character)
*** Envy: [[spoiler:Kiku Honda (Japan)]]
*** Lust: Elif Adanir (Fem!Turkey)
*** Greed: Arthur Kirkland (England)
*** Sloth: Austria
*** Wrath: Ludwig Beildshmidt (Germany)/Alfred F. Jones (America) in the parallel version.
to:
Changed line(s) 64,66 (click to see context) from:
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: While not exactly, the third person limited stories for the more insane characters give off this impression; mainly, the ways Elif's victims respond to her raping them are described in a titillating, pornographic, even romantic way (especially Enis), [[spoiler:Sloth!Roderich/Annalise's story has a very jolly, StepfordSmiler eeriness about it]], and [[spoiler:Tailor Kiku's insane thought process becomes pretty clear by the end of TSoE]].
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: (note:only if Annalise is chosen over Roderich) Elif and Sloth!Annalise; while they don’t meet, the latter was chosen because [[{{Bokukko}} Elif]] is a very masculine woman, due to Sadik being very masculine, while Annalise would be a more ladylike character.
* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: Elif Adanir, judging by the fact the everyone in her harem becomes extremely submissive in bed and even just around her, even really prideful characters like Vuk. The author has admitted to having this sort of preference as well, which may be more subtly apparent in depictions of love in other works in the series and Key to Zorn.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: (note:only if Annalise is chosen over Roderich) Elif and Sloth!Annalise; while they don’t meet, the latter was chosen because [[{{Bokukko}} Elif]] is a very masculine woman, due to Sadik being very masculine, while Annalise would be a more ladylike character.
* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: Elif Adanir, judging by the fact the everyone in her harem becomes extremely submissive in bed and even just around her, even really prideful characters like Vuk. The author has admitted to having this sort of preference as well, which may be more subtly apparent in depictions of love in other works in the series and Key to Zorn.
to:
Changed line(s) 68,69 (click to see context) from:
* [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}: As should be apparent, Tailor Kiku, full stop. And unlike Kayo, he genuinely is one. His "wives" don't even ''know'' him, and not only is it a love delusion, but he apparently imagined an entire home life as well, as he even believes he had two twin children with Min-jung.]]
to:
Changed line(s) 81 (click to see context) from:
* {{Jerkass}}: Lutz. He's a snarky asshole who Ludwig probably only trusts because he came into his life when he was at his lowest point, neglects to protect the necklace Ludwig's mother gave him, makes the poor kid spend ''a week'' on the streets [[{{Troll}} by keeping him ignorant to the possibility that the police might have his family records on file]], [[spoiler:and gives absolutely zero care about the people he kills when he ''sinks a massive cruise liner full of people, leaving no survivors.'' [[TheSociopath Considering who he was based on, it's not unexpected]]. In fact, Lutz acts almost exactly like Seth.]]
to:
* {{Jerkass}}: Lutz. He's a snarky asshole who Ludwig probably only trusts because he came into his life when he was at his lowest point, neglects to protect the necklace Ludwig's mother gave him, makes the poor kid spend ''a week'' on the streets [[{{Troll}} by keeping him ignorant to the possibility that the police might have his family records on file]], [[spoiler:and gives absolutely zero care about the people he kills when he ''sinks a massive cruise liner full of people, leaving no survivors.'' [[TheSociopath Considering who he was based on, it's not unexpected]]. In fact, Lutz acts almost exactly like Seth.]]
Changed line(s) 98 (click to see context) from:
* MommasBoy: Ludwig is really, really attached to his dead mother, and her death has only made him idolize her even more. ...And unlike in Alt-talia, Ludwig isn’t given the chance to be completely weaned off her influence. However, unlike most examples, his mother wasn’t a stereotypical doting mother but instead a certified FourStarBadass, with Ludwig describing her as if she were a RatedMForManly father, and she instilled discipline in her son over everything else. Roderich acts more like a doting mother than Julchen does!
to:
* MommasBoy: Ludwig is really, really attached to his dead mother, and her death has only made him idolize her even more. ... And unlike in Alt-talia, Ludwig isn’t given the chance to be completely weaned off her influence. However, unlike most examples, his mother wasn’t a stereotypical doting mother but instead a certified FourStarBadass, with Ludwig describing her as if she were a RatedMForManly father, and she instilled discipline in her son over everything else. Roderich acts more like a doting mother than Julchen does!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Dewicking Not So Different as it is now a disambig.
Changed line(s) 112 (click to see context) from:
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chocolate for Ludwig and Lutz; it's one of the first indications that they're NotSoDifferent. According to Erzsebet, it's a family trait, and Roderich is horrified to know that Julchen never fed Ludwig chocolate. This is another thing directly lifted from Alt-talia, as Germany is just behind Austria and Switzerland in terms of chocolate consumption per capita. To a lesser extent Ludwig specifically is shown to be partial to different types of bread, something which is also present in Alt-talia.
to:
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chocolate for Ludwig and Lutz; it's one of the first indications that they're NotSoDifferent.not so different. According to Erzsebet, it's a family trait, and Roderich is horrified to know that Julchen never fed Ludwig chocolate. This is another thing directly lifted from Alt-talia, as Germany is just behind Austria and Switzerland in terms of chocolate consumption per capita. To a lesser extent Ludwig specifically is shown to be partial to different types of bread, something which is also present in Alt-talia.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) from:
''Evillious Chronicles × Alt-talia'' is the WorkingTitle of a series of fics that is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin; an ''DarthWiki/AltTalia'' spin-off adaptation of ''Franchise/EvilliousChronicles'', specifically the "sin" songs, with additional information from the rest of the series and original twists, and loaded with as much historical references as could be used.
to:
''Evillious Chronicles × Alt-talia'' is the WorkingTitle of a series of fics that is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin; an ''DarthWiki/AltTalia'' spin-off adaptation of ''Franchise/EvilliousChronicles'', ''Music/EvilliousChronicles'', specifically the "sin" songs, with additional information from the rest of the series and original twists, and loaded with as much historical references as could be used.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Moving to un-hyphenated title.
Added DiffLines:
''Evillious Chronicles × Alt-talia'' is the WorkingTitle of a series of fics that is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin; an ''DarthWiki/AltTalia'' spin-off adaptation of ''Franchise/EvilliousChronicles'', specifically the "sin" songs, with additional information from the rest of the series and original twists, and loaded with as much historical references as could be used.
Each story focuses on one of seven characters and their sordid tales of wicked doings based on one of the seven deadly sins.
The series uses the characterizations of the Alt-talia versions of the characters for the most part, with possibly some minor alterations accounting for this being a Human AU and to make the plot flow a bit smoother. As a result, characters do not act like they do in Hetalia canon.
This series has the distinction of being one of the few times [=WannabeHistorion604=] uses [[DistaffCounterpart Nyo]][[SpearCounterpart talia]] characters in Alt-talia ([[spoiler:And it’s said that the 2ps could exist as well]]), especially outside of non-canon fluff, due to the cast otherwise skewering heavily male, though they basically act just like their normal counterparts. Every story is also self-contained, and their connection isn’t made clear; in fact, it’s pretty typical for the same character to appear in several stories in vastly different roles and as clearly different characters (e.g. the Arthur Kirkland of Story of Evil is a heroic king avenging a woman, while the Arthur Kirkland of Judgement of Corruption is a greedy, smarmy, FauxAffablyEvil corrupt judge), with their connection being left up to the audience. However, their personality is kept as recognizable to their Alt-talia selves as possible, though they may be written based on different stages of their development, usually but not always corresponding to the time period the setting is based on.
Many stories have parallel versions with different characters that are meant to be branching paths (with the Wrath story’s alteration particularly having a lot of impact on the larger story), as the author can't decide on certain casts sometimes, and a wholly different "batch" changing the main characters is also being considered.
Before the "official" release of the series, the author also released a fic detailing a theoretical backstory for the Ludwig who appears in "The Muzzle of Ludwig" for a Hetalia event, "The Key to Zorn". It can be read here: https://cooltrainererika.tumblr.com/post/189345156286/alt-talia-x-evillious-chronicles-the-key-to-zorn
While those familiar with Evillious would likely know how these stories end, spoilers are marked as such.
(Note: this is the only series I actually have written down. However, many, many things are subject to change. Also, versions of a character will be labeled with the sin story they appear in, with the title they have if they have one, or a descriptor)
----
!!''Evillious Chronicles × Alt-talia'' provides examples of (confirmed/likely things):
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Tailor Kiku, in a bit of a composite of his modern and WWII-era self, is a genuinely polite, kind, but meek man. He’s respected in his community, if somewhat distant. [[{{Yandere}} However, he somehow deludes himself into thinking he has three wives and two children; and by the end of the story, he murders, 3 men who he thought his “wives” were cheating on him with, and his three “wives”.]] And unlike Kayo Sudou, as the story is written in third person limited, it’s almost certain he’s actually genuinely delusional. Though confusingly, he also seems oblivious to the fact that he committed the murders (?).]]
* AdaptedOut: Some roles due to not being in the songs or the author not wanting to say for sure who's who. Notably, Hansel and Gretel are mentioned and shown in the original version of Seven Sins and Punishments, and they can be heard singing in the background, but in the EC x AT version the mention of twins is replaced with "children/child" (there is no differentiation in Japanese), making it vague, and there are no additional singeres [[labelnote:Note]]I might use David though? IDK.[[/labelnote]] And it's possible David might be Elluka (?), but it's entirely possible he's a completely new role.
* AgeLift: Of course, the characters in this series (most of them at least) aren’t as old chronologically as the Alt-talia cast, but while they are retained when possible, there are a few very noticeable cases where major changes are made for the sake of the story (especially when a character is a parent); while ages change in Alt-talia according to era, the other characters don’t scale with them (and also, characters may often be fusions of various eras of their character) :
** France is one of the oldest characters in Europe chronologically and physically, and definitely older than any other cast member of Story of Evil... However, Prince Francis is 14, the same age as Princess Riliane, which makes him less than half the physical age of Modern Alt-France, only slightly older than the same for canon France, and the second youngest member of the entire cast of that story. While the setting is based heavily off of Revolutionary France, where France was stated to be “a young man”, [[spoiler:the main duo and their family situation evokes the early medieval era]]. Personality-wise he more acts like a childish, bratty, version of his older adolescent to modern self, however, but less dour like his younger self.
** Lord Roderich/Lady Annalise (note: can’t decide which) is in his late 20s to early 30s in modern Alt-talia, and at least in his late 20s in canon physically. In their starring story, they’re 16, the same age as Margarita.
** Though never explicitly stated, Judge Arthur Kirkland is probably at the very least in his late 30s [[spoiler:due to the fact he has a child who is a young adult, among many others of ambiguous age]], and if he’s the same age as Gallerian, is as old as in his 40s. Even in Alt-talia, at his oldest, he’s stated to be physically 34, and in canon he’s 23. Also, in the era the setting resembles, he was in his 20s in Alt-talia. He’s stated to look OlderThanTheyLook though, though official art does make him look slightly more aged than either canon.
** While not as extreme, Enis in Alt-talia is physically 24, but in The Madness of Elif Pasha (?) it’s bumped up to 26 (?) so it’s closer to Elif’s presumed age.
** For more minor characters, Prince Ivan in Story of Evil is described as “a boy unusually tall for his age”, while the other rulers are shown to be adults, which may mean he’s in his early teens; meanwhile, even during the French Revolutionary Wars in Alt-talia he was in his late teens. (Pending)
* ArchnemesisDad: [[spoiler:In The Muzzle of Alfred, Judge Arthur Kirkland is apparently this to Revolver Alfred, just like in the original story, though exactly why is left ambiguous. As a result, his version of the story and song is way less altered than Ludwig's version, which went out of its way to make the relationship between Ludwig and Arthur as ambiguous as possible]].
* BreakTheHaughty: Prince Francis gets it in quick succession by the end of his story. [[spoiler:By the time he witnesses his brother being beheaded in front of him and a cheering mob, he's been very much broken, with one of the optional epilogues showing him seemingly after the events of Regret Message, showing desire to become TheAtoner]].
* CaptainObviousReveal: This may tend to happen even for non-Evillious Alt-talia fans due to character relationships, especially familial ones, being retained.
** [[spoiler:For those who read The Muzzle of Ludwig first and found out Ludwig’s target is Judge Arthur, the reveal that Revolver Alfred’s mission is a patricidal one becomes extremely obvious.]]
** [[spoiler:The fact that Otto is Prince Francis’s brother (or maybe half-brother). The oddly German name, despite it being an alias, especially gives it away that this is Holy Rome/Karl, who is indeed France’s half-brother in Alt-talia.]]
* ChildProdigy: Sloth!Ludwig. He’s even called one in the narrative. While he’s only 8, he has an actual, honest-to-God chemical lab on his desk, and he’s the one who made Gift in this universe. [[spoiler:Though it’s entirely possible that someone else gave it to him or he just botched it, as it’s ambiguous whether he’s basically this universe’s Lemy and knew full well about what it was and its lethality, and if so if he willingly went with it initially or was coerced, or had little to no idea how dangerous it actually was]].
* TheCoverChangesTheGender: Most of the songs get this, as this series has a 5 male to 2 female ratio instead of EC's 5 female to 2 male ratio, plus maybe more major alterations if the story is significantly different.
* ExoticExtendedMarriage: It's casually explained that Tailor Kiku Honda in The Tailor of Enbizaka has multiple wives, and he treats it as perfectly normal, so it's likely something very typical in his culture, even for commoners ([[spoiler:Though considering he's probably completely insane, it might not be]]).
* FanficFuel: Everywhere. Many loose ends are left in the story, both deliberately and because the author admits she couldn't come up with anything, for this reason.
* FauxAffablyEvil: England in Alt-talia has moments like this, but Judge Arthur Kirkland unabashedly takes it and runs with it. His politeness only serves to enhance his lack of care for the people he judges, and unlike the above-mentioned [[spoiler:Kiku]] or any of the other villains for that matter except maybe Prince Francis, at times he seems straight-up sadistic. He doesn’t even let up with the polite, calm demeanor when staring the Master of the Hellish Yard (basically Satan) in the face.
* HarmfulToMinors: It's extremely likely that [[spoiler:Yong and Hyun-Soo in The Tailor Of Enbizaka, who are implied to be very young children, witnessed Kiku murder their mother and her friends with their very own eyes; in the (possible) epilogue, they are understandably extremely traumatized, and in Hyun's case, enraged]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Many are scattered around, some of which are heavily implied to be very important to the wider story (i.e. whoever David is) ; King Arthur and Nowlenn's relationship is only mentioned, Pride!Antonio is apparently co-leader with Pride!Gilbert in the Lucifenian Resistance, Pride!Gilbert and Archduke Roderich having history, as well as [[spoiler:whatever is going on with Lust!Jadwiga, Daniel, and Oleksander and how she found Elif and her curse at all]]... and considering the nature of the Evillious Chronicles, this is true for probably everyone.
* {{Irony}}: The mere fact that France, who in Alt-talia got fully behind the French Revolution, even giving a short ReasonYouSuckSpeech to King Louis XVI, is cast as a RoyalBrat of epic proportions in Story of Evil is extremely ironic in it of itself. [[spoiler:...Then the irony is piled on even more as the story goes on, most blatantly with the major reactionist anti-Revolution coalition members in the French Revolutionary Wars in Alt-talia and real life ending up backing and fighting with the resistance, if not straight-up being leaders of it in the case of Gilbert and Antonio (though they’re less ironic as there actually was significant resistance in Prussia and Spain, especially the latter). On top of the fact that his loyal servant is revealed to be Karl, AKA Holy Rome, France’s most consistent enemy in the Middle Ages.]]
* KidANova: At least, Prince Francis probably thinks of himself as one, as he’s shown hitting on every girl or woman from around his age to as much as twice his age in public events. Unlike his Alt-talia proper counterpart, however, [[PrinceCharmless he probably doesn’t have the Cultural Charisma nor the likability to actually be one]] (though at that physical age the Alt version wasn’t like that either).
* KillerRabbit: [[spoiler:Tailor Kiku is probably the most harmless-seeming main character in looks and demeanor, only possibly rivaled by Sloth!Annalise/Roderich. He's also an extreme {{Yandere}} who kills 6 people, among them Ivan. THAT Ivan. And unlike the teenage version of him in Story of Evil, this is fully-grown, adult Ivan, a military officer in fact, "one and a half times Kiku's height". He leaves a huge bruise on him, but Kiku still was somehow able to kill the guy. With ''[[ShearMenace sewing scissors]]''.]]
* LargeHam: [[spoiler:Lady Jadwiga Łukasiewicz, who saves Elif’s harem in The Madness Of Elif Pasha. And HOW. She pretty much acts exactly like Commonwealth!Poland in Alt-talia, and it’s glorious. In fact, she’s stated to be what sealed the deal on the decision to use Alt-talia characterizations, and to make Nyotalia characters act basically the same as their normal counterparts. It’s shown that Feliks in one of the possible endings for Story of Evil is like this well. Though Sloth!Feliks/Jadwiga is more subdued from what is seen of them]].
--> '''[[spoiler:Jadwiga:]]''' Your charms will not work on me, you vile succubus! For I am not [[spoiler:Feliks]], but it is I, [[spoiler:Lady Jadwiga Łukasięwicz!]]
* TheLostLenore: ...Possibly. Unlike with Nemesis, it's never specified that whoever Revolver Ludwig or Alfred was forced to kill in their backstory was their lover, just that they were "a loved one", and the author also says that she purposefully left it vague, though she also says it was maybe platonic since she couldn't think of anyone it would be appropriate to ship them with at this time (though Marianne (Fem!France) was suggested as a possible candidate for Ludwig).
* OnlySaneMan: Poor Chef Giorgos Constallanos/[[spoiler:Prince Herakles Korais]] in Evil Gourmand Balducchi/Barese. He's pretty much the only one in the mansion who is remotely normal and who reacts normally.
* PrecisionFStrike: This line from The Muzzle Of Alfred:
--> '''Revolver Alfred:''' I'll leave your sorry ass to the fire to die a slow, agonizing death [...]
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Judge Arthur's sons? The ones who he doted over in his story? They're actually dolls. And unlike in EC, there's many of them.]]
* TheRichHaveWhiteStuff: Prince Francis has white as [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience his representative color]], due to that being the color of the Bourbon monarchy, which became the color of the nation after the Revolution. However, possibly because of the latter, [[spoiler: and the possible reincarnation/general allusion thing, Francis/Marianne is also often associated with white and other such light colors in The Key to Zorn, contrasting them with Ludwig who is associated with black and darker colors]].
* RoyalBrat: Just like Riliane, Prince Francis. And how. His worst deed probably being [[spoiler:attempted ''genocide'', just to kill a girl, and sending his 13-year-old servant to kill said girl]].
* SevenDeadlySins: Just like EC, heavily based around this. They are all sealed into a certain item as well.
** [[spoiler:While the main characters are mainly based on what FantasyCounterpartCulture their EC counterparts come from]], many fit surprisingly well, albeit some less than others (note: I will use country names for characters I haven’t decided on whether they should be male or female) :
*** Pride: Francis Bonnelfey (France)
*** Gluttony: S. Italy (contentious. While Beezelnia was more Spanish at the time, a member of the Italy family seemed more fitting for the sin, and since Neapolitano was under Spanish rule for a while I though I’d go with him. Considering using normal Italy though, since he’s a much more major character)
*** Envy: [[spoiler:Kiku Honda (Japan)]]
*** Lust: Elif Adanir (Fem!Turkey)
*** Greed: Arthur Kirkland (England)
*** Sloth: Austria
*** Wrath: Ludwig Beildshmidt (Germany)/Alfred F. Jones (America) in the parallel version.
** (contested) [[spoiler:According to the author, more obviously fitting characters are the demons themselves; or more precisely, their 2P versions. It's suggested that Pride is 2P Rome (named as Lucius or Remus), Lust is a version of 2P Japan (Kuro or Akane), explaining why their vessel is a katana, Gluttony is Ashlyn (2P Fem!America), and a version of 2P Germany is Wrath]].
* SirSwearsALot: Characters actually don't swear that often, as such the incarnations of Vuk and Enis swearing quite a bit especially stands out, though they're still nothing compared to the colorful swears they use in Alt-talia.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: David (Israel) makes a brief appearance at the end of The Madness of Elif Pasha and Story Of Evil, and according to WordOfGod he plays a vital role in the wider story, highly implying this is the same David both times. However, exactly what he is isn't known. (PENDING)
* [[spoiler:SweetPollyOliver: Lust!Jadwiga uses this to trick Elif into thinking she's another victim of hers, lure her into a false sense of security, and stab her in the chest. It's also a MythologyGag to her canon counterpart's fanon association with crossdressing. Ironically, her voice is a pitched version of her male counterpart's instead of the other way around]].
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: While not exactly, the third person limited stories for the more insane characters give off this impression; mainly, the ways Elif's victims respond to her raping them are described in a titillating, pornographic, even romantic way (especially Enis), [[spoiler:Sloth!Roderich/Annalise's story has a very jolly, StepfordSmiler eeriness about it]], and [[spoiler:Tailor Kiku's insane thought process becomes pretty clear by the end of TSoE]].
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: (note:only if Annalise is chosen over Roderich) Elif and Sloth!Annalise; while they don’t meet, the latter was chosen because [[{{Bokukko}} Elif]] is a very masculine woman, due to Sadik being very masculine, while Annalise would be a more ladylike character.
* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: Elif Adanir, judging by the fact the everyone in her harem becomes extremely submissive in bed and even just around her, even really prideful characters like Vuk. The author has admitted to having this sort of preference as well, which may be more subtly apparent in depictions of love in other works in the series and Key to Zorn.
* WordOfGod: Apparently David and Benedict (Vatican, name pending) play a major role in all of this, though the latter isn't seen anywhere. She has also stated that Maximus (Ancient Rome) and Yao (China) also probably have major roles somewhere, and for specific arcs, that a version of South Korea and a version of France definitely have major roles in the Lust and Greed/[[spoiler:Wrath]] arc respectively (and that France in general is probably present in more arcs than he/she appears), but they're never seen either (though Yong-Soo is part of Elif's harem in an alternate version).
* [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}: As should be apparent, Tailor Kiku, full stop. And unlike Kayo, he genuinely is one. His "wives" don't even ''know'' him, and not only is it a love delusion, but he apparently imagined an entire home life as well, as he even believes he had two twin children with Min-jung.]]
!!Tropes appearing in ''The Key to Zorn'':
* TheAlcoholic: It’s shown that Roderich has a terrible binge-drinking habit [[spoiler:in the scene where Ludwig gets confirmation that Roderich despises his mother]]; just like in Alt-talia, where he’s prone to drink utterly remarkable amounts of booze in one sitting. In fact, in the real world Austria has the worst binge-drinking statistics in the world. ''In the world''.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: The alias Ludwig is given when he is recruited into PN; “Friedrich Sadler”. In English, “Friedrich Eagle”, or “Fritz Eagle”.
* CanineCompanion: Lutz, Ludwig's intelligent, telepathic, [[spoiler:transforming]] Fenrirhund who his mother apparently sent him before she died. Or in the Dog-Lutz ones at least, as in an alternate version he’s an eagle instead. While he's a {{Jerkass}}, he was also Ludwig's first friend and only friend for over a year and as such Ludwig is pretty close to him. [[spoiler:While Hetalia fans would have figured out he's 2P!Germany from the start, they probably wouldn't have seen him actually being the Demon of Wrath coming.]]
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: As implied in The Muzzle of Ludwig, subverted. Sort of. Ludwig still adores his mother, Julia, and cherishes her memory more than anything; however, his actual recollections reveal that much like the Alt-talia Prussia, she was incredibly strict and raised him like a soldier, even if she still cared about him if Alt-talia Prussia and that Ludwig knows what a hug feels like is any indication.
* DogsAreDumb: Subverted. Lutz not only [[CatsAreMean acts and talks more]] [[CatsAreSnarkers like a stereotypical cat]], being extremely sardonic and emotionally detached, but is also incredibly intelligent, able to recite the definition and symptoms of Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome from memory and saying that he's bored by books because he knows everything written in them already. Just like Seth Twiright, his Evillious counterpart. [[spoiler:Well, he is ironically the Demon of Wrath and all]].
* FlowerMotifs: Cornflowers show up constantly throughout the story; Ludwig’s eyes are described as cornflower blue (though they are in Alt-talia as well), apparently magically enhanced ones grow around Ludwig’s house, and they replace sakura flowers as the flowers that are blooming when Ludwig meets [[spoiler:Francis/Marianne]]. In-story, their significance is that they were Julchen’s favorite flowers, and Ludwig heavily associates them with her; this is the same in Alt-talia, as they were Prussia’s national flower in real life as well as the German Empire’s. However, the reason for that was that according to Prussian legend, a mother hid her children in a meadow of them so Napoleon’s men wouldn’t find them, which may or may not hint at some kind of symbolism in this story regarding Julchen.
** Another meaning for cornflowers is that they are worn by men in love. ...Which just happens to become really appropriate in the romantic route.
* [[GoodStepmother Good Stepfather]]: Roderich. He's in fact a bit too doting, which to Ludwig who grew up in the woods and lost his mother at an early age is especially a shock. [[spoiler:...Or so it seems. Oh, he cares about the kid. But much like his Alt-talia counterpart, it's heavily implied that he was incredibly jealous of the fact that Julchen was able to have a child despite the fact that it's also heavily implied that he has been trying for even longer before, and that he or Erzsebet is infertile. As a result, he tries on many occasions to remove her influence over Ludwig, ultimately alienating him completely.]]
* InLoveWithTheMark: [[spoiler:Just like in Evillious, Ludwig, albeit not knowing she’s Marianne Bonnelfey, falls for said woman.]] [[spoiler:...However, it’s shown that this is a mutual case, as Marianne only got close to Ludwig initially to gather intel on Pater Natalis]] [[spoiler:AKA Judge Arthur Kirkland,]] [[spoiler:and if possible assassinate him, while also “disposing” of Ludwig himself, her only seeing him as a murdering, shining example of TeensAreMonsters. She of course actually falls for him, and her being more of a romantic than Ludwig, in her last moments tearfully tells Ludwig to choose her over the mission in what is essentially a rare heroic example of WeCanRuleTogether. She of course fails. Of course, the platonic route features a rare example of this with platonic love.]]
* LooseCanon: The whole story is merely a “possible” route the story could go, if events mostly went as they did in EC canon. And even then there are certain scenes that are even more ambiguously canon, there are two main routes for part 2, and on top of that a lot of alternate versions with minor edits (namely whether Lutz is a dog or eagle, and one with different code names) for each of these routes due to the author’s indecisiveness.
* {{Jerkass}}: Lutz. He's a snarky asshole who Ludwig probably only trusts because he came into his life when he was at his lowest point, neglects to protect the necklace Ludwig's mother gave him, makes the poor kid spend ''a week'' on the streets [[{{Troll}} by keeping him ignorant to the possibility that the police might have his family records on file]], [[spoiler:and gives absolutely zero care about the people he kills when he ''sinks a massive cruise liner full of people, leaving no survivors.'' [[TheSociopath Considering who he was based on, it's not unexpected]]. In fact, Lutz acts almost exactly like Seth.]]
** [[spoiler:JerkWithAHeartOfGold: However, throughout the story he's shown to care for the boy little by little. And at the end, to his own surprise, after Ludwig kills Francis/Marianne and has a massive breakdown, his words have actual emotion behind them as he urges Ludwig to not kill himself, wondering if he did this to the poor guy, going so far as to keep up the lie that Julchen sent him so that Ludwig at least has that.]]
* MeaningfulName:
** In all but one version of part 2, [[spoiler:PN gives out CodeName|s like this... from an out-of-universe perspective. As in, all of them use names invoking their country’s symbolism. For most, in-universe they aren’t quite obvious, though the two East Asians are a bit on-the-nose:]]
*** [[spoiler:Gibraltar (name not given, but heavily implied): Rock]]
*** [[spoiler:Marisa (Fem!Portugal): Compass (note:gender pending)]]
*** [[spoiler:Yao: Dragon]]
*** [[spoiler:Kiku: Cherry Blossom]]
*** [[spoiler:Ġilju (Malta): Honey]]
*** [[spoiler:Kumar (India): Jewel]]
*** [[spoiler:Prakash (Nepal): Summit]]
*** [[spoiler:Mohammed (Egypt): Pyramid]]
*** [[spoiler:Emma (Belgium): ???]]
*** [[spoiler:Ludwig: Eagle (Dog-Lutz routes) Ironheart (Eagle-Lutz routes)]]
*** [[spoiler:Agents by the names of Dolphin (described to be a young woman with dark skin, heavily implying it’s Seychelles) and Copper (probably Cyprus) are also mentioned, as well as Cape, who is said to be a MasterOfDisguise and stated by WordOfGod to be South Africa]]
** Also, the alias Ludwig gets is “Friedrich Sadler”; Friedrich is not only the name of famous kings like Frederick the Great, but has, or more specifically “Fritz” has, also had a history of being used to refer to a generic German soldier. Meanwhile, [[AwesomeMcCoolname “Sadler” is just German for “Eagle”]], [[spoiler:and also matches up with his code name just like Nemesis]].
* MilitaryBrat: Just like in Alt-talia, Ludwig was raised like a soldier, and he very much holds the principles his FourStarBadass mother taught him close to his heart, his militaristic demeanor now carrying extra weight as something he has left from his mother; [[spoiler:and as a result, Roderich tries to teach it out of him, which combined with him being recruited into PN makes him double down on it]].
* MommasBoy: Ludwig is really, really attached to his dead mother, and her death has only made him idolize her even more. ...And unlike in Alt-talia, Ludwig isn’t given the chance to be completely weaned off her influence. However, unlike most examples, his mother wasn’t a stereotypical doting mother but instead a certified FourStarBadass, with Ludwig describing her as if she were a RatedMForManly father, and she instilled discipline in her son over everything else. Roderich acts more like a doting mother than Julchen does!
* MythologyGag: Ludwig initially names Lutz "Schwarzchen", or in English, "Blackie", which is the name of one of Germany's three dogs in canon (later, Schwarzchen became the name of one of his dogs in Alt-talia as well). Lutz doesn't like it though, and calls him unoriginal for it.
* OppositesAttract: Describes [[spoiler:Ludwig and Marianne’s relationship quite well. They both think that their many opposite traits are rather annoying, but also fitting as it makes them complimentary. In the platonic route, Ludwig and Francis are also good platonic examples]].
* RefugeInAudacity: [[spoiler:The stated reason for the reindeer-based (albeit not in-universe) code names in one of many versions of Part 2. After all, who would suspect that agents with ridiculous names like “Prancer” and “Dasher” would actually be up to no good?]]
** For those curious, said names are [[spoiler:Marisa: Dasher, Gibraltar: Dancer, Lukas: Prancer, Yao: Comet, Gilju: Vixen, Stephanos (name pending) : Cupid, Kiku: Donder, Kumar: Blitzen, and, of course, Ludwig: Rudolph. Others like Prakash are mentioned as “dwarves/associates” though.]]
* ReincarnationFriendship: [[spoiler:Heavily implied in the platonic route of part 2. While it wasn't very obvious at the time of release, those who read Story of Evil will be able to see the likely hints that Francis and Ludwig are reincarnations of Prince Francis and Karl from that fic, or at least in some way related to them, as the fic contains quite a few references to the Pride arc; in some places, Prince of Evil or Servant of Evil is almost directly quoted (e.g. Francis serves Ludwig brioche, which is heavily associated with Riliane and Allen, and laughs bitterly and says "Two best friends, torn apart by fate! How poetic!" in his final scene before he's shot). ...However, they may also be cursed, as this time Francis dies.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: Emma and Lukas up and quit PN, implied to be due to being unable to put up with the direction it is going in anymore, some time after Ludwig starts becoming a field agent.]]
* ShoutOut: The gang leader at one point tells Ludwig, after he questions her about why he wasn't chosen for an assassination plot, [[spoiler: "I don't think '[[MemeticMutation Giant Enemy Dog]]' is a viable weapon to use on a cruise ship.”]]
** Before that, Ludwig threatens the rival gang boss with "[[Film/PulpFiction Speak in a real language!]]".
* SirSwearsALot: All of the gang members. The fic itself actually doesn't have much swearing, especially explicitly, but them being gang members they're an obvious exceptions.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: [[spoiler:Combined with a bit of HormoneAddledTeenager; Ludwig ponders if what he’s feeling towards Marianne is “love” as occasionally popped up in novels after repeated interactions with her. Lutz is no help as he tells him that “It’s just something you humans invented to make reproduction complicated.” Eventually, he finally determines that he is indeed in love and confesses to her.]]
** [[spoiler: Lutz’s himself, more so; his character arc is basically him growing to have an actual bond with Ludwig, something he’s puzzled by , the feeling apparently being completely alien to him.]]
* WhoWritesThisCrap: Ludwig questions "Who names this stuff?" regarding its very ShapedLikeItself name when he's told about HERS; though the author didn't come up with the name, Music/{{mothy}} did, it still indeed looks comically on-the-nose in English and is was one of the first lines the author came up with between the main duo. Lutz retorts that he's the one to talk when he basically named him "Blackie".
* ATankardOfMooseUrine: Ludwig is pressured into drinking cheap moonshine by the rest of his gang; he immediately gags, and the narration likens it to "a bottle of horse urine".
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chocolate for Ludwig and Lutz; it's one of the first indications that they're NotSoDifferent. According to Erzsebet, it's a family trait, and Roderich is horrified to know that Julchen never fed Ludwig chocolate. This is another thing directly lifted from Alt-talia, as Germany is just behind Austria and Switzerland in terms of chocolate consumption per capita. To a lesser extent Ludwig specifically is shown to be partial to different types of bread, something which is also present in Alt-talia.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Ludwig starts as a pretty normal kid considering his upbringing; he acts much like his child self in Alt-talia, who was already kind of cute and innocent, but with his chauvinistic streak removed.
----
Each story focuses on one of seven characters and their sordid tales of wicked doings based on one of the seven deadly sins.
The series uses the characterizations of the Alt-talia versions of the characters for the most part, with possibly some minor alterations accounting for this being a Human AU and to make the plot flow a bit smoother. As a result, characters do not act like they do in Hetalia canon.
This series has the distinction of being one of the few times [=WannabeHistorion604=] uses [[DistaffCounterpart Nyo]][[SpearCounterpart talia]] characters in Alt-talia ([[spoiler:And it’s said that the 2ps could exist as well]]), especially outside of non-canon fluff, due to the cast otherwise skewering heavily male, though they basically act just like their normal counterparts. Every story is also self-contained, and their connection isn’t made clear; in fact, it’s pretty typical for the same character to appear in several stories in vastly different roles and as clearly different characters (e.g. the Arthur Kirkland of Story of Evil is a heroic king avenging a woman, while the Arthur Kirkland of Judgement of Corruption is a greedy, smarmy, FauxAffablyEvil corrupt judge), with their connection being left up to the audience. However, their personality is kept as recognizable to their Alt-talia selves as possible, though they may be written based on different stages of their development, usually but not always corresponding to the time period the setting is based on.
Many stories have parallel versions with different characters that are meant to be branching paths (with the Wrath story’s alteration particularly having a lot of impact on the larger story), as the author can't decide on certain casts sometimes, and a wholly different "batch" changing the main characters is also being considered.
Before the "official" release of the series, the author also released a fic detailing a theoretical backstory for the Ludwig who appears in "The Muzzle of Ludwig" for a Hetalia event, "The Key to Zorn". It can be read here: https://cooltrainererika.tumblr.com/post/189345156286/alt-talia-x-evillious-chronicles-the-key-to-zorn
While those familiar with Evillious would likely know how these stories end, spoilers are marked as such.
(Note: this is the only series I actually have written down. However, many, many things are subject to change. Also, versions of a character will be labeled with the sin story they appear in, with the title they have if they have one, or a descriptor)
----
!!''Evillious Chronicles × Alt-talia'' provides examples of (confirmed/likely things):
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Tailor Kiku, in a bit of a composite of his modern and WWII-era self, is a genuinely polite, kind, but meek man. He’s respected in his community, if somewhat distant. [[{{Yandere}} However, he somehow deludes himself into thinking he has three wives and two children; and by the end of the story, he murders, 3 men who he thought his “wives” were cheating on him with, and his three “wives”.]] And unlike Kayo Sudou, as the story is written in third person limited, it’s almost certain he’s actually genuinely delusional. Though confusingly, he also seems oblivious to the fact that he committed the murders (?).]]
* AdaptedOut: Some roles due to not being in the songs or the author not wanting to say for sure who's who. Notably, Hansel and Gretel are mentioned and shown in the original version of Seven Sins and Punishments, and they can be heard singing in the background, but in the EC x AT version the mention of twins is replaced with "children/child" (there is no differentiation in Japanese), making it vague, and there are no additional singeres [[labelnote:Note]]I might use David though? IDK.[[/labelnote]] And it's possible David might be Elluka (?), but it's entirely possible he's a completely new role.
* AgeLift: Of course, the characters in this series (most of them at least) aren’t as old chronologically as the Alt-talia cast, but while they are retained when possible, there are a few very noticeable cases where major changes are made for the sake of the story (especially when a character is a parent); while ages change in Alt-talia according to era, the other characters don’t scale with them (and also, characters may often be fusions of various eras of their character) :
** France is one of the oldest characters in Europe chronologically and physically, and definitely older than any other cast member of Story of Evil... However, Prince Francis is 14, the same age as Princess Riliane, which makes him less than half the physical age of Modern Alt-France, only slightly older than the same for canon France, and the second youngest member of the entire cast of that story. While the setting is based heavily off of Revolutionary France, where France was stated to be “a young man”, [[spoiler:the main duo and their family situation evokes the early medieval era]]. Personality-wise he more acts like a childish, bratty, version of his older adolescent to modern self, however, but less dour like his younger self.
** Lord Roderich/Lady Annalise (note: can’t decide which) is in his late 20s to early 30s in modern Alt-talia, and at least in his late 20s in canon physically. In their starring story, they’re 16, the same age as Margarita.
** Though never explicitly stated, Judge Arthur Kirkland is probably at the very least in his late 30s [[spoiler:due to the fact he has a child who is a young adult, among many others of ambiguous age]], and if he’s the same age as Gallerian, is as old as in his 40s. Even in Alt-talia, at his oldest, he’s stated to be physically 34, and in canon he’s 23. Also, in the era the setting resembles, he was in his 20s in Alt-talia. He’s stated to look OlderThanTheyLook though, though official art does make him look slightly more aged than either canon.
** While not as extreme, Enis in Alt-talia is physically 24, but in The Madness of Elif Pasha (?) it’s bumped up to 26 (?) so it’s closer to Elif’s presumed age.
** For more minor characters, Prince Ivan in Story of Evil is described as “a boy unusually tall for his age”, while the other rulers are shown to be adults, which may mean he’s in his early teens; meanwhile, even during the French Revolutionary Wars in Alt-talia he was in his late teens. (Pending)
* ArchnemesisDad: [[spoiler:In The Muzzle of Alfred, Judge Arthur Kirkland is apparently this to Revolver Alfred, just like in the original story, though exactly why is left ambiguous. As a result, his version of the story and song is way less altered than Ludwig's version, which went out of its way to make the relationship between Ludwig and Arthur as ambiguous as possible]].
* BreakTheHaughty: Prince Francis gets it in quick succession by the end of his story. [[spoiler:By the time he witnesses his brother being beheaded in front of him and a cheering mob, he's been very much broken, with one of the optional epilogues showing him seemingly after the events of Regret Message, showing desire to become TheAtoner]].
* CaptainObviousReveal: This may tend to happen even for non-Evillious Alt-talia fans due to character relationships, especially familial ones, being retained.
** [[spoiler:For those who read The Muzzle of Ludwig first and found out Ludwig’s target is Judge Arthur, the reveal that Revolver Alfred’s mission is a patricidal one becomes extremely obvious.]]
** [[spoiler:The fact that Otto is Prince Francis’s brother (or maybe half-brother). The oddly German name, despite it being an alias, especially gives it away that this is Holy Rome/Karl, who is indeed France’s half-brother in Alt-talia.]]
* ChildProdigy: Sloth!Ludwig. He’s even called one in the narrative. While he’s only 8, he has an actual, honest-to-God chemical lab on his desk, and he’s the one who made Gift in this universe. [[spoiler:Though it’s entirely possible that someone else gave it to him or he just botched it, as it’s ambiguous whether he’s basically this universe’s Lemy and knew full well about what it was and its lethality, and if so if he willingly went with it initially or was coerced, or had little to no idea how dangerous it actually was]].
* TheCoverChangesTheGender: Most of the songs get this, as this series has a 5 male to 2 female ratio instead of EC's 5 female to 2 male ratio, plus maybe more major alterations if the story is significantly different.
* ExoticExtendedMarriage: It's casually explained that Tailor Kiku Honda in The Tailor of Enbizaka has multiple wives, and he treats it as perfectly normal, so it's likely something very typical in his culture, even for commoners ([[spoiler:Though considering he's probably completely insane, it might not be]]).
* FanficFuel: Everywhere. Many loose ends are left in the story, both deliberately and because the author admits she couldn't come up with anything, for this reason.
* FauxAffablyEvil: England in Alt-talia has moments like this, but Judge Arthur Kirkland unabashedly takes it and runs with it. His politeness only serves to enhance his lack of care for the people he judges, and unlike the above-mentioned [[spoiler:Kiku]] or any of the other villains for that matter except maybe Prince Francis, at times he seems straight-up sadistic. He doesn’t even let up with the polite, calm demeanor when staring the Master of the Hellish Yard (basically Satan) in the face.
* HarmfulToMinors: It's extremely likely that [[spoiler:Yong and Hyun-Soo in The Tailor Of Enbizaka, who are implied to be very young children, witnessed Kiku murder their mother and her friends with their very own eyes; in the (possible) epilogue, they are understandably extremely traumatized, and in Hyun's case, enraged]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Many are scattered around, some of which are heavily implied to be very important to the wider story (i.e. whoever David is) ; King Arthur and Nowlenn's relationship is only mentioned, Pride!Antonio is apparently co-leader with Pride!Gilbert in the Lucifenian Resistance, Pride!Gilbert and Archduke Roderich having history, as well as [[spoiler:whatever is going on with Lust!Jadwiga, Daniel, and Oleksander and how she found Elif and her curse at all]]... and considering the nature of the Evillious Chronicles, this is true for probably everyone.
* {{Irony}}: The mere fact that France, who in Alt-talia got fully behind the French Revolution, even giving a short ReasonYouSuckSpeech to King Louis XVI, is cast as a RoyalBrat of epic proportions in Story of Evil is extremely ironic in it of itself. [[spoiler:...Then the irony is piled on even more as the story goes on, most blatantly with the major reactionist anti-Revolution coalition members in the French Revolutionary Wars in Alt-talia and real life ending up backing and fighting with the resistance, if not straight-up being leaders of it in the case of Gilbert and Antonio (though they’re less ironic as there actually was significant resistance in Prussia and Spain, especially the latter). On top of the fact that his loyal servant is revealed to be Karl, AKA Holy Rome, France’s most consistent enemy in the Middle Ages.]]
* KidANova: At least, Prince Francis probably thinks of himself as one, as he’s shown hitting on every girl or woman from around his age to as much as twice his age in public events. Unlike his Alt-talia proper counterpart, however, [[PrinceCharmless he probably doesn’t have the Cultural Charisma nor the likability to actually be one]] (though at that physical age the Alt version wasn’t like that either).
* KillerRabbit: [[spoiler:Tailor Kiku is probably the most harmless-seeming main character in looks and demeanor, only possibly rivaled by Sloth!Annalise/Roderich. He's also an extreme {{Yandere}} who kills 6 people, among them Ivan. THAT Ivan. And unlike the teenage version of him in Story of Evil, this is fully-grown, adult Ivan, a military officer in fact, "one and a half times Kiku's height". He leaves a huge bruise on him, but Kiku still was somehow able to kill the guy. With ''[[ShearMenace sewing scissors]]''.]]
* LargeHam: [[spoiler:Lady Jadwiga Łukasiewicz, who saves Elif’s harem in The Madness Of Elif Pasha. And HOW. She pretty much acts exactly like Commonwealth!Poland in Alt-talia, and it’s glorious. In fact, she’s stated to be what sealed the deal on the decision to use Alt-talia characterizations, and to make Nyotalia characters act basically the same as their normal counterparts. It’s shown that Feliks in one of the possible endings for Story of Evil is like this well. Though Sloth!Feliks/Jadwiga is more subdued from what is seen of them]].
--> '''[[spoiler:Jadwiga:]]''' Your charms will not work on me, you vile succubus! For I am not [[spoiler:Feliks]], but it is I, [[spoiler:Lady Jadwiga Łukasięwicz!]]
* TheLostLenore: ...Possibly. Unlike with Nemesis, it's never specified that whoever Revolver Ludwig or Alfred was forced to kill in their backstory was their lover, just that they were "a loved one", and the author also says that she purposefully left it vague, though she also says it was maybe platonic since she couldn't think of anyone it would be appropriate to ship them with at this time (though Marianne (Fem!France) was suggested as a possible candidate for Ludwig).
* OnlySaneMan: Poor Chef Giorgos Constallanos/[[spoiler:Prince Herakles Korais]] in Evil Gourmand Balducchi/Barese. He's pretty much the only one in the mansion who is remotely normal and who reacts normally.
* PrecisionFStrike: This line from The Muzzle Of Alfred:
--> '''Revolver Alfred:''' I'll leave your sorry ass to the fire to die a slow, agonizing death [...]
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Judge Arthur's sons? The ones who he doted over in his story? They're actually dolls. And unlike in EC, there's many of them.]]
* TheRichHaveWhiteStuff: Prince Francis has white as [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience his representative color]], due to that being the color of the Bourbon monarchy, which became the color of the nation after the Revolution. However, possibly because of the latter, [[spoiler: and the possible reincarnation/general allusion thing, Francis/Marianne is also often associated with white and other such light colors in The Key to Zorn, contrasting them with Ludwig who is associated with black and darker colors]].
* RoyalBrat: Just like Riliane, Prince Francis. And how. His worst deed probably being [[spoiler:attempted ''genocide'', just to kill a girl, and sending his 13-year-old servant to kill said girl]].
* SevenDeadlySins: Just like EC, heavily based around this. They are all sealed into a certain item as well.
** [[spoiler:While the main characters are mainly based on what FantasyCounterpartCulture their EC counterparts come from]], many fit surprisingly well, albeit some less than others (note: I will use country names for characters I haven’t decided on whether they should be male or female) :
*** Pride: Francis Bonnelfey (France)
*** Gluttony: S. Italy (contentious. While Beezelnia was more Spanish at the time, a member of the Italy family seemed more fitting for the sin, and since Neapolitano was under Spanish rule for a while I though I’d go with him. Considering using normal Italy though, since he’s a much more major character)
*** Envy: [[spoiler:Kiku Honda (Japan)]]
*** Lust: Elif Adanir (Fem!Turkey)
*** Greed: Arthur Kirkland (England)
*** Sloth: Austria
*** Wrath: Ludwig Beildshmidt (Germany)/Alfred F. Jones (America) in the parallel version.
** (contested) [[spoiler:According to the author, more obviously fitting characters are the demons themselves; or more precisely, their 2P versions. It's suggested that Pride is 2P Rome (named as Lucius or Remus), Lust is a version of 2P Japan (Kuro or Akane), explaining why their vessel is a katana, Gluttony is Ashlyn (2P Fem!America), and a version of 2P Germany is Wrath]].
* SirSwearsALot: Characters actually don't swear that often, as such the incarnations of Vuk and Enis swearing quite a bit especially stands out, though they're still nothing compared to the colorful swears they use in Alt-talia.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: David (Israel) makes a brief appearance at the end of The Madness of Elif Pasha and Story Of Evil, and according to WordOfGod he plays a vital role in the wider story, highly implying this is the same David both times. However, exactly what he is isn't known. (PENDING)
* [[spoiler:SweetPollyOliver: Lust!Jadwiga uses this to trick Elif into thinking she's another victim of hers, lure her into a false sense of security, and stab her in the chest. It's also a MythologyGag to her canon counterpart's fanon association with crossdressing. Ironically, her voice is a pitched version of her male counterpart's instead of the other way around]].
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: While not exactly, the third person limited stories for the more insane characters give off this impression; mainly, the ways Elif's victims respond to her raping them are described in a titillating, pornographic, even romantic way (especially Enis), [[spoiler:Sloth!Roderich/Annalise's story has a very jolly, StepfordSmiler eeriness about it]], and [[spoiler:Tailor Kiku's insane thought process becomes pretty clear by the end of TSoE]].
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: (note:only if Annalise is chosen over Roderich) Elif and Sloth!Annalise; while they don’t meet, the latter was chosen because [[{{Bokukko}} Elif]] is a very masculine woman, due to Sadik being very masculine, while Annalise would be a more ladylike character.
* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: Elif Adanir, judging by the fact the everyone in her harem becomes extremely submissive in bed and even just around her, even really prideful characters like Vuk. The author has admitted to having this sort of preference as well, which may be more subtly apparent in depictions of love in other works in the series and Key to Zorn.
* WordOfGod: Apparently David and Benedict (Vatican, name pending) play a major role in all of this, though the latter isn't seen anywhere. She has also stated that Maximus (Ancient Rome) and Yao (China) also probably have major roles somewhere, and for specific arcs, that a version of South Korea and a version of France definitely have major roles in the Lust and Greed/[[spoiler:Wrath]] arc respectively (and that France in general is probably present in more arcs than he/she appears), but they're never seen either (though Yong-Soo is part of Elif's harem in an alternate version).
* [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}: As should be apparent, Tailor Kiku, full stop. And unlike Kayo, he genuinely is one. His "wives" don't even ''know'' him, and not only is it a love delusion, but he apparently imagined an entire home life as well, as he even believes he had two twin children with Min-jung.]]
!!Tropes appearing in ''The Key to Zorn'':
* TheAlcoholic: It’s shown that Roderich has a terrible binge-drinking habit [[spoiler:in the scene where Ludwig gets confirmation that Roderich despises his mother]]; just like in Alt-talia, where he’s prone to drink utterly remarkable amounts of booze in one sitting. In fact, in the real world Austria has the worst binge-drinking statistics in the world. ''In the world''.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: The alias Ludwig is given when he is recruited into PN; “Friedrich Sadler”. In English, “Friedrich Eagle”, or “Fritz Eagle”.
* CanineCompanion: Lutz, Ludwig's intelligent, telepathic, [[spoiler:transforming]] Fenrirhund who his mother apparently sent him before she died. Or in the Dog-Lutz ones at least, as in an alternate version he’s an eagle instead. While he's a {{Jerkass}}, he was also Ludwig's first friend and only friend for over a year and as such Ludwig is pretty close to him. [[spoiler:While Hetalia fans would have figured out he's 2P!Germany from the start, they probably wouldn't have seen him actually being the Demon of Wrath coming.]]
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: As implied in The Muzzle of Ludwig, subverted. Sort of. Ludwig still adores his mother, Julia, and cherishes her memory more than anything; however, his actual recollections reveal that much like the Alt-talia Prussia, she was incredibly strict and raised him like a soldier, even if she still cared about him if Alt-talia Prussia and that Ludwig knows what a hug feels like is any indication.
* DogsAreDumb: Subverted. Lutz not only [[CatsAreMean acts and talks more]] [[CatsAreSnarkers like a stereotypical cat]], being extremely sardonic and emotionally detached, but is also incredibly intelligent, able to recite the definition and symptoms of Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome from memory and saying that he's bored by books because he knows everything written in them already. Just like Seth Twiright, his Evillious counterpart. [[spoiler:Well, he is ironically the Demon of Wrath and all]].
* FlowerMotifs: Cornflowers show up constantly throughout the story; Ludwig’s eyes are described as cornflower blue (though they are in Alt-talia as well), apparently magically enhanced ones grow around Ludwig’s house, and they replace sakura flowers as the flowers that are blooming when Ludwig meets [[spoiler:Francis/Marianne]]. In-story, their significance is that they were Julchen’s favorite flowers, and Ludwig heavily associates them with her; this is the same in Alt-talia, as they were Prussia’s national flower in real life as well as the German Empire’s. However, the reason for that was that according to Prussian legend, a mother hid her children in a meadow of them so Napoleon’s men wouldn’t find them, which may or may not hint at some kind of symbolism in this story regarding Julchen.
** Another meaning for cornflowers is that they are worn by men in love. ...Which just happens to become really appropriate in the romantic route.
* [[GoodStepmother Good Stepfather]]: Roderich. He's in fact a bit too doting, which to Ludwig who grew up in the woods and lost his mother at an early age is especially a shock. [[spoiler:...Or so it seems. Oh, he cares about the kid. But much like his Alt-talia counterpart, it's heavily implied that he was incredibly jealous of the fact that Julchen was able to have a child despite the fact that it's also heavily implied that he has been trying for even longer before, and that he or Erzsebet is infertile. As a result, he tries on many occasions to remove her influence over Ludwig, ultimately alienating him completely.]]
* InLoveWithTheMark: [[spoiler:Just like in Evillious, Ludwig, albeit not knowing she’s Marianne Bonnelfey, falls for said woman.]] [[spoiler:...However, it’s shown that this is a mutual case, as Marianne only got close to Ludwig initially to gather intel on Pater Natalis]] [[spoiler:AKA Judge Arthur Kirkland,]] [[spoiler:and if possible assassinate him, while also “disposing” of Ludwig himself, her only seeing him as a murdering, shining example of TeensAreMonsters. She of course actually falls for him, and her being more of a romantic than Ludwig, in her last moments tearfully tells Ludwig to choose her over the mission in what is essentially a rare heroic example of WeCanRuleTogether. She of course fails. Of course, the platonic route features a rare example of this with platonic love.]]
* LooseCanon: The whole story is merely a “possible” route the story could go, if events mostly went as they did in EC canon. And even then there are certain scenes that are even more ambiguously canon, there are two main routes for part 2, and on top of that a lot of alternate versions with minor edits (namely whether Lutz is a dog or eagle, and one with different code names) for each of these routes due to the author’s indecisiveness.
* {{Jerkass}}: Lutz. He's a snarky asshole who Ludwig probably only trusts because he came into his life when he was at his lowest point, neglects to protect the necklace Ludwig's mother gave him, makes the poor kid spend ''a week'' on the streets [[{{Troll}} by keeping him ignorant to the possibility that the police might have his family records on file]], [[spoiler:and gives absolutely zero care about the people he kills when he ''sinks a massive cruise liner full of people, leaving no survivors.'' [[TheSociopath Considering who he was based on, it's not unexpected]]. In fact, Lutz acts almost exactly like Seth.]]
** [[spoiler:JerkWithAHeartOfGold: However, throughout the story he's shown to care for the boy little by little. And at the end, to his own surprise, after Ludwig kills Francis/Marianne and has a massive breakdown, his words have actual emotion behind them as he urges Ludwig to not kill himself, wondering if he did this to the poor guy, going so far as to keep up the lie that Julchen sent him so that Ludwig at least has that.]]
* MeaningfulName:
** In all but one version of part 2, [[spoiler:PN gives out CodeName|s like this... from an out-of-universe perspective. As in, all of them use names invoking their country’s symbolism. For most, in-universe they aren’t quite obvious, though the two East Asians are a bit on-the-nose:]]
*** [[spoiler:Gibraltar (name not given, but heavily implied): Rock]]
*** [[spoiler:Marisa (Fem!Portugal): Compass (note:gender pending)]]
*** [[spoiler:Yao: Dragon]]
*** [[spoiler:Kiku: Cherry Blossom]]
*** [[spoiler:Ġilju (Malta): Honey]]
*** [[spoiler:Kumar (India): Jewel]]
*** [[spoiler:Prakash (Nepal): Summit]]
*** [[spoiler:Mohammed (Egypt): Pyramid]]
*** [[spoiler:Emma (Belgium): ???]]
*** [[spoiler:Ludwig: Eagle (Dog-Lutz routes) Ironheart (Eagle-Lutz routes)]]
*** [[spoiler:Agents by the names of Dolphin (described to be a young woman with dark skin, heavily implying it’s Seychelles) and Copper (probably Cyprus) are also mentioned, as well as Cape, who is said to be a MasterOfDisguise and stated by WordOfGod to be South Africa]]
** Also, the alias Ludwig gets is “Friedrich Sadler”; Friedrich is not only the name of famous kings like Frederick the Great, but has, or more specifically “Fritz” has, also had a history of being used to refer to a generic German soldier. Meanwhile, [[AwesomeMcCoolname “Sadler” is just German for “Eagle”]], [[spoiler:and also matches up with his code name just like Nemesis]].
* MilitaryBrat: Just like in Alt-talia, Ludwig was raised like a soldier, and he very much holds the principles his FourStarBadass mother taught him close to his heart, his militaristic demeanor now carrying extra weight as something he has left from his mother; [[spoiler:and as a result, Roderich tries to teach it out of him, which combined with him being recruited into PN makes him double down on it]].
* MommasBoy: Ludwig is really, really attached to his dead mother, and her death has only made him idolize her even more. ...And unlike in Alt-talia, Ludwig isn’t given the chance to be completely weaned off her influence. However, unlike most examples, his mother wasn’t a stereotypical doting mother but instead a certified FourStarBadass, with Ludwig describing her as if she were a RatedMForManly father, and she instilled discipline in her son over everything else. Roderich acts more like a doting mother than Julchen does!
* MythologyGag: Ludwig initially names Lutz "Schwarzchen", or in English, "Blackie", which is the name of one of Germany's three dogs in canon (later, Schwarzchen became the name of one of his dogs in Alt-talia as well). Lutz doesn't like it though, and calls him unoriginal for it.
* OppositesAttract: Describes [[spoiler:Ludwig and Marianne’s relationship quite well. They both think that their many opposite traits are rather annoying, but also fitting as it makes them complimentary. In the platonic route, Ludwig and Francis are also good platonic examples]].
* RefugeInAudacity: [[spoiler:The stated reason for the reindeer-based (albeit not in-universe) code names in one of many versions of Part 2. After all, who would suspect that agents with ridiculous names like “Prancer” and “Dasher” would actually be up to no good?]]
** For those curious, said names are [[spoiler:Marisa: Dasher, Gibraltar: Dancer, Lukas: Prancer, Yao: Comet, Gilju: Vixen, Stephanos (name pending) : Cupid, Kiku: Donder, Kumar: Blitzen, and, of course, Ludwig: Rudolph. Others like Prakash are mentioned as “dwarves/associates” though.]]
* ReincarnationFriendship: [[spoiler:Heavily implied in the platonic route of part 2. While it wasn't very obvious at the time of release, those who read Story of Evil will be able to see the likely hints that Francis and Ludwig are reincarnations of Prince Francis and Karl from that fic, or at least in some way related to them, as the fic contains quite a few references to the Pride arc; in some places, Prince of Evil or Servant of Evil is almost directly quoted (e.g. Francis serves Ludwig brioche, which is heavily associated with Riliane and Allen, and laughs bitterly and says "Two best friends, torn apart by fate! How poetic!" in his final scene before he's shot). ...However, they may also be cursed, as this time Francis dies.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: Emma and Lukas up and quit PN, implied to be due to being unable to put up with the direction it is going in anymore, some time after Ludwig starts becoming a field agent.]]
* ShoutOut: The gang leader at one point tells Ludwig, after he questions her about why he wasn't chosen for an assassination plot, [[spoiler: "I don't think '[[MemeticMutation Giant Enemy Dog]]' is a viable weapon to use on a cruise ship.”]]
** Before that, Ludwig threatens the rival gang boss with "[[Film/PulpFiction Speak in a real language!]]".
* SirSwearsALot: All of the gang members. The fic itself actually doesn't have much swearing, especially explicitly, but them being gang members they're an obvious exceptions.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: [[spoiler:Combined with a bit of HormoneAddledTeenager; Ludwig ponders if what he’s feeling towards Marianne is “love” as occasionally popped up in novels after repeated interactions with her. Lutz is no help as he tells him that “It’s just something you humans invented to make reproduction complicated.” Eventually, he finally determines that he is indeed in love and confesses to her.]]
** [[spoiler: Lutz’s himself, more so; his character arc is basically him growing to have an actual bond with Ludwig, something he’s puzzled by , the feeling apparently being completely alien to him.]]
* WhoWritesThisCrap: Ludwig questions "Who names this stuff?" regarding its very ShapedLikeItself name when he's told about HERS; though the author didn't come up with the name, Music/{{mothy}} did, it still indeed looks comically on-the-nose in English and is was one of the first lines the author came up with between the main duo. Lutz retorts that he's the one to talk when he basically named him "Blackie".
* ATankardOfMooseUrine: Ludwig is pressured into drinking cheap moonshine by the rest of his gang; he immediately gags, and the narration likens it to "a bottle of horse urine".
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chocolate for Ludwig and Lutz; it's one of the first indications that they're NotSoDifferent. According to Erzsebet, it's a family trait, and Roderich is horrified to know that Julchen never fed Ludwig chocolate. This is another thing directly lifted from Alt-talia, as Germany is just behind Austria and Switzerland in terms of chocolate consumption per capita. To a lesser extent Ludwig specifically is shown to be partial to different types of bread, something which is also present in Alt-talia.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Ludwig starts as a pretty normal kid considering his upbringing; he acts much like his child self in Alt-talia, who was already kind of cute and innocent, but with his chauvinistic streak removed.
----
