Line #215 Characters/TheVillainessTurnsTheHourglass


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3	!Main Characters
4	[[folder:Aria Roscent]]
5	!!Aria Roscent
6	[[quoteright:248:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/15yearoldaria_small.jpeg]]
7	[[caption-width-right:248: "I want to become elegant like Mielle."]]
8
9	The main character. Born to a prostitute, Aria became the stepdaughter to the Roscent family, skyrocketing her status. She was a selfish, materialistic girl until she was framed for her mother's poisoning by her own stepsister, Mielle. But when she is suddenly sent to the past by a mysterious hourglass, Aria vows to get revenge on Mielle by becoming as wicked of a villainess as her.
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11	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: She's less sadistic in the webtoon, the most obvious example of which comes near the end. She tricks Mielle into trying to [[spoiler:poison her maid, then switches the poisoned cup with the one Cain is about to drink from.]] In the web novel, this was all Mielle tried to do because [[spoiler:she genuinely adores Aria at this point as the one person sticking up for her.]] In the webcomic, Mielle [[spoiler:also tries to kill Aria out of sheer pettiness]] which makes it seem more justified: In the original version, she didn't just want to beat Mielle, she wanted to hurt her as badly as possible, [[spoiler:and betraying someone who trusted her was the best thing she could think of]].
12	* AntiHero: While her main goal is to get revenge on Mielle, Aria often helps others who are in a bad spot. She's also deliberately reactive towards Mielle, generally preferring to give Mielle some rope and let her hand herself. This makes her crusade against Mielle look much more justified [[spoiler:and fools Mielle near the end into thinking Aria was just defending herself rather than actively working to destroy her. This earns her trust and causes her to burn the very last bridge she had in the empire by seemingly trying to poison Aria.]]
13	* BastardAngst: She was born out wedlock and is the daughter of a prostitute. This caused many nobles to look down on her because of this.
14	* BecomingTheMask: Initially begins to fake a change of personality for her plans to get revenge on Mielle, but eventually it becomes genuine.
15	* BrilliantButLazy: It’s implied that in the first timeline that if she had applied herself as diligently as she does in the second timeline, she would have quickly caught up to and even surpassed Mielle, but because she was so caught up in the luxury that she wasn’t used to and her natural laziness left her seemingly a stupid but pretty girl. The second timeline shows her potential far outstrips Mielle who is smart but ultimately little more than a pawn for more capable people.
16	* CastFromHitPoints: She can use the hourglass to turn back time, but only once a day, and it drains her life force. There are hints that it may be CastFromLifespan instead as it's noted several times that Aria is growing unusually quickly, hinting that use of the hourglass is speeding her aging.
17	* EarnYourHappyEnding: After a long road full of obstacles, Aria [[spoiler: finally gets revenge on Mielle by getting her executed for poisoning her own brother, becomes the Crown Princess, and has become a goddess in high society]].
18	* EveryoneHasStandards: For someone who views themselves as a ruthless villainess, Aria is still capable of being horrified. Particularly when [[spoiler:Mielle tries to kill her own father by pushing him down the stairs]] and later when [[spoiler:she sees just how much poison Mielle loaded the tea with that ended up killing Cain.]] In both cases, Aria was shocked that Mielle was willing to risk everything just to get what she wanted, even if [[spoiler:it meant killing off the people who seemingly cared for her, her father and Aria respectively]].
19	** She's also legitimately disgusted when she realizes Cain is sexually attracted to her. Even if she's only his stepsister, they're still in the same family.
20	* HairFlip: Aria’s signature move when she’s showing dominance.
21	* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Her warning Asher about the auction ticket causes a chain reaction that allows Asher to be more successful in fighting back against the Aristocratic Party [[spoiler:and eventually brings both of them together as a couple]].
22	* LadyInRed: Aria was vain and materialistic in the first timeline, goaded by her maids (sent by Mielle) to act this way. She avoids this in the second timeline, but does occasionally use seduction when the situation calls for it.
23	* MagnificentBastard: She uses her knowledge of the future and of the people that surround her to manipulate them for her goals.
24	* ManipulativeBastard: Aria is much better at being this than Mielle is. Although she only uses temptation and seduction as tools, not gaslighting.
25	* PowerPerversionPotential: She uses the hourglass' power to do lots of petty stuff to Mielle or other people that irritate her and then undo it. After fainting one too many times from overusing the hourglass, Aria doesn't utilize it as often, only for emergencies [[spoiler:like when Berry poisoned Annie with tea meant for Aria]] or other controlled scenarios such as the casino. By the end of the story, Aria no longer needs the hourglass, but keeps it as a reminder of everything that happened to her.
26	* RetiredMonster: Debatably such and at least ''considers'' herself one to be one by the end of the story: She may have an amazing reputation, but she's really not a great person. She just happens to be a pragmatic one whose interests align with the people she knows and likes as well as society as a whole. She feels no regrets for anything she's done and would do it all again, though most of her victims were at least as bad as her.
27	* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: She uses her TimeTravel powers to get revenge on Mielle for killing her and her mother, but that vendetta develops into stopping the Aristocratic Party from committing treason against the country.
28	* SelfMadeWoman: She establishes several businesses to become economically independent of her family, thanks to using the hourglass to win at gambling for investments.
29	* SickeninglySweethearts: Will act like this with Asher in the latter half of the story. [[{{Tsundere}} Though she will be embarrassed by the act at times.]]
30	* SmarterThanTheyLook: While she was a BrainlessBeauty originally, Aria realizes in hindsight this was because she gave up too soon being constantly compared to Mielle who had the advantage over her (with Mielle actively enforcing this onto her). When she actually puts in the effort to learn, she ends up proving to be far smarter and talented than it seemed.
31	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Aria has got her mother’s personality, but she got her looks from her father Chloe.
32	* {{Tsundere}}: Acts like this towards Asher once she realizes he's in love with her. It's a trait she inherited from her mother. She's not happy about it.
33	* VillainProtagonist: While she does do selfless acts in the second timeline so long as it doesn't interfere with her main goal, her desire for revenge against Mielle is her ultimate driving force: Not everyone she destroys really deserves it and [[spoiler:her plan to have Mielle executed without dirtying her own reputation is outright sadistic, though Mielle at this point has no sympathy from the audience.]]
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35
36	[[folder:Asher]]
37	!!Prince Asterlope
38	[[quoteright:236:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/villainess_hourglass_asher.jpeg]]
39	[[caption-width-right:236: "A person like me who takes action suits the lady much more.]]
40
41	The crown prince of Aria's country. In the first timeline he married Isis and was seen as a puppet for the Aristocratic Party. Thanks to Aria's interference in the second timeline, Asher is a much more proactive figure and becomes Aria's love interest.
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43	* BerserkButton: Doing anything bad to Aria will generally emit a violent reaction from him.
44	** Lohan in general, especially when he's flirting with Aria.
45	* TheChessMaster: He's very good in the political scene and engineers the Aristocratic Party's collapse. The only reason he lost in the first timeline was due to not having enough support and getting bad advice at critical moments.
46	* CrazyJealousGuy: After he falls for Aria, he expresses this feeling whenever he learns of another man getting closer to her. [[TheCasanova Lohan]] deliberately pushes his buttons knowing this and openly flirts with Aria right in front of him, usually causing Asher to go into freak-out mode.
47	* DevotedToYou: How Asher acts towards Aria once he falls in love with her. He will do anything for Aria if she asks for it, including some shady and violent things. When you see a large bouquet of flowers in Aria's vicinity, it's usually from Asher.
48	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He's pretty much running the country due to his father being unwilling to act, and personally intervenes in matters such as bringing down the aristocrat in charge of the casino when he learns of the latter's crimes. In fact, the only reason he was unsuccessful in stopping the Aristocratic Party and forced to marry Isis in the original timeline was because of bad advice in critical moments. When Aria starts a butterfly effect by warning him about the auction ticket, he ends up in a far better position.
49	* TeleportationWithDrawbacks: Like Aria, Asher has a unique ability: to teleport to any one or anywhere he can envision. However, like Aria, his power drains his stamina and he has to rest.
50	[[/folder]]
51
52	!Roscent Family and servants
53
54	[[folder:Mielle Roscent]]
55	!!Mielle Roscent
56	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/villainess_hourglass_mielle.jpeg]]
57	[[caption-width-right:350: "When you came into our house holding your lowly mother's hand... I wanted to kill you."]]
58
59	Aria's stepsister, and the main antagonist. On the outside, she looks and acts like a sweet, gentle lady. On the inside, she is cruel, arrogant, and looks down on her stepmother and sister as impure whores. In the first timeline she succeeds at killing them both, leading Aria to vow revenge against her in the second timeline.
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61	* AllLovingHeroine: What Mielle tries to invoke in high society. It works well, until Aria destroys her image.
62	* BitchInSheepsClothing: She acts as pure and kind as a saint to the public. Only a few, like Aria, know that she is anything but.
63	* ClingyJealousGirl: Do NOT interfere with Mielle and Oscar. Aria intentionally doing this causes Mielle to get so enraged that she start her plans against her much sooner than in the first timeline.
64	* TheDragon: Mielle is Lady Isis' mentoree, as she's engaged to Isis' brother, Oscar. However, Aria centers her revenge scheme around Mielle. [[spoiler:Even after Isis is executed, Aria doesn't consider her revenge complete until Mielle is fully dealt with]].
65	* EtTuBrute: Aria doesn't just want her dead, she wants to reverse the feeling of betrayal she herself felt when she realized Mielle had been setting her up all along. [[spoiler:After the story's climax, Mielle has become a commoner, and is forced to work as Aria's maid. Unlike her brother, she is completely unable to adapt. Aria takes advantage of Mielle's unstable mental state to earn her trust and genuine adoration, only to encourage her to try and kill her guardian, Annie. After Mielle fatally poisons her brother instead, Aria reveals to Mielle in prison that she had been undermining her all along and was just setting Mielle up for the worst death she could think of. Mielle is completely horrified and infuriated by this final betrayal, just as Aria had intended.]]
66	* GoOutWithASmile: How Mielle [[spoiler:finally dies, wearing a peaceful smile as she hallucinates a world where she and Aria are loving sisters]].
67	* TheFakeCutie: Mielle acts all lovely and innocent, but she's actually a nasty piece of work. She does manage to uphold her act as a demure noble girl for quite a long time, but she eventually gets uncovered.
68	* FatalFlaw: '''Pride'''. Mielle is a huge believer in blood purity, and resents anyone who gets a leg up in society despite their inferior blood. She went after Aria and her mother purely because Countess Carin was a prostitute and they were from the slums, despite neither of them having anything against Mielle. If Mielle hadn't gloated her victory over Aria and her mother in the first timeline, Aria wouldn't have sought after revenge. But alas, Mielle couldn't keep her mouth shut, and Aria went on to ruin Mielle's life.
69	* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Considers herself the height of a learned young lady and while she is very well educated overall her intelligence is only average, but believes she’s a genius.
70	* ManipulativeBastard: Mielle comes off as manipulative in the first timeline, but not as much in the second. Aria suspects this is because Mielle's maid Emma was feeding Mielle ideas to use. [[spoiler:When Emma gets executed, Mielle loses her best manipulator and things go more downhill for her from there.]]
71	* NeverMyFault: Her main resort when something goes wrong. Mielle loves to blame others for her failures, and tries to make herself look like the victim. [[spoiler:After accidentally poisoning her brother, she becomes aware that she is a "bad girl", but by that point it's too late for her to redeem herself.]]
72	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Revealing her role in ruining Aria's life in the first timeline triggers Aria's MentalTimeTravel ability, which ruins Mielle's life in the second timeline.
73	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Mielle's classist views cause her problems in the second timeline. When Mielle was meeting with a group of wives whose husbands were rising in the economic ranks (thanks to Aria), she was confused on why the wives were helping their husbands with their businesses when it's supposed to not be their problem. This did not endear Mielle to those wives, but it certainly helped Aria in the long run.
74	* SanitySlippage: She already was somewhat nuts in the previous timeline, but she [[spoiler:goes off the deep end in the second timeline after a series of failures. She pushes her father off the stairs, joins in Lady Isis' plans for treason, and tries to poison her guardian after being spared from execution the first time. She ultimately poisons her brother on accident and gets executed for real while hallucinating that her and Aria became genuine sisters.]]
75	* UngratefulBastard: Mielle makes no effort to come to Emma's defense [[spoiler:when Berry confesses that Emma forced her to poison Aria]], with Aria noting how Mielle is too much of a coward to aid the woman who raised her from infancy. [[spoiler:This becomes a pattern with Mielle the more she's defeated by Aria; she's willing to throw her loved ones under the bus to further her own goals. This leads Mielle into shoving her father down the stairs; blackmailing Isis into helping her escape from house arrest; and trying to poison her guardian (Annie) when she had enough of being a maid.]]
76	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: In the first timeline, she deliberately manipulated her step sister into becoming a pariah in society and ruining her own reputation out of irrational hatred and to make herself look better. By the end of it, Aria was executed and Mielle was praised for her wisdom and moral character. [[spoiler:While Aria ends up doing the same back to her, Mielle at least did something to deserve it first, even if only Aria would remember, and unlike Aria she doesn't have a good reason for doing it in the first place.]]
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78
79	[[folder:Carin Roscent]]
80	!!Carin Roscent
81	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2022_06_30_at_123350_pm.png]]
82
83	Aria's mother, a former prostitute who married Count Roscent and became the stepmother to Mielle and Cain. While she does love Aria in her own way, she wasn't the most doting parent, caring more about her and her daughter's survival than anything. She was poisoned to death in the original timeline in a series of events that would lead to Aria being executed.
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85	* GoldDigger: Subverted somewhat. On the outset, Carin married the Count to get his money and status, but really it was more for her and Aria to survive. She does act like this [[spoiler:after the Count is paralyzed and Cain and Mielle are arrested for treason; she divorces the Count to take everything away from him and then send him to a nursing home. Although it's noted that this was motivated by how the Count treated her and Aria prior to his paralysis on top of Mielle trying to frame Aria for attempted murder.]]
86	* ParentalAbandonment: Carin was a foundling who had been abandoned on the streets as an infant. Subverted, however, with her own daughter; while she couldn't exactly be there for Aria like a real parent, she does care about her in her own way.
87	* ParentsAsPeople: Aria notes that Carin wasn't the most loving parent when she was growing up, but recognizes she could have very easily have abandoned her and yet chose to raise her and even marry the Count for her and Aria's survival. When it does come down to it though, Carin does love her daughter.
88	* SickeninglySweethearts: Her relationship with [[spoiler:Chloe Piast boils down to this — despite her {{Tsundere}} attitude, she does love Chloe very much]].
89	[[/folder]]
90
91	[[folder:Count Roscent]]
92	!!Count Roscent
93	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2022_06_30_at_11550_pm.png]]
94
95	Aria's stepfather, and father to Mielle and Cain Roscent. He loves his two biological children dearly but barely cares about his new wife and child, seeing them as a means to avoid remarriage with another noblewoman.
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97	* AbusiveParents: Comes off as this to Aria. He's neglectful at best, downright hostile at worst.
98	* BetrayalByOffspring: Suffers this after [[spoiler:Mielle pushes him down the stairs in her plan to frame Aria. He's so horrified by the act that he instantly points the finger at the culprit when he wakes up from his coma.]]
99	* EvenEvilHasStandards: He’s a corrupt, incompetent bastard, but [[spoiler:even he was shocked when his own daughter pushed him down the stairs. He particularly notes how the crazed look on Mielle’s face when she committed the act is what compelled him to not testify in favor of her, even though most nobles in his society would’ve anyway.]]
100	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:He ultimately outlives both of his children, but not for very long— shortly after Mielle's execution, he hangs himself in grief.]]
101	* UpperClassTwit: He’s not the most competent businessman, or the best at politics. He mostly does what others are doing, and either steals or copies other people’s ideas for his own.
102	[[/folder]]
103
104	[[folder:Cain Roscent]]
105	!!Cain Roscent
106	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2022_06_30_at_15833_pm.png]]
107
108	Aria's stepbrother, Mielle's brother, and Count Roscent's successor. In the first timeline, he illegally executes Aria after she is falsely accused of poisoning her own mother. In the second timeline, he becomes more interested in Aria than he reasonably should...
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110	* BrotherSisterIncest: Feels this way one-sidedly towards Aria. As more and more people realize this about him they become increasingly disgusted by him.
111	* CrazyJealousGuy: As Aria gets older and physically matures, Cain’s disturbing crush on her becomes an obsession. He frequently explodes at the idea of Aria having any male attention or being engaged to anyone that isn't worthy. Everyone else finds Cain's behavior strange at most, though Aria does find it helpful at times, like when Cain fends off other marriage proposals for her.
112	* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:After being spared from execution for treason thanks to Carin, he is forced to serve the imperial palace as a page boy ridiculous outfit and all. While most mock his fall from grace, Cain is actually humbled by the experience, working hard to pay for his father's nursing home and his debts. Unfortunately, Aria sets him up to be poisoned by Mielle when she tries to target Annie (and Aria by extension) and dies believing his sister killed him like his father.]]
113	* LikeFatherLikeSon: Despite his best efforts, Cain is not all that different from his father, both in attitude and when it comes to Aria. Both have trouble accepting help from others, preferring to do things themselves, and both lust for women of lower status. [[spoiler:They are also both attacked by Mielle, although Cain was accidentally poisoned instead of deliberately targeted like his father; also unlike his father, he does not survive.]]
114	* UpperClassTwit: Not as bad as his father was, at first. He’s mostly just a typical arrogant heir. [[spoiler:When he gets his chance to be the new Count, he immediately tries to exert his authority on everyone in the house and recklessly takes on all of his father’s duties on his own. When he has the “rebel army” housed at his mansion, however, the expenses from feeding the army's bottomless needs drains the family coffers, leaving the family penniless when he’s arrested for treason.]]
115	[[/folder]]
116
117	[[folder:Jessie]]
118	!!Jessie
119	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2022_06_30_at_122728_pm.png]]
120
121	Aria's most trustworthy maid in both timelines. In the first timeline, Jessie had her tongue cut out due to Aria's misguided accusations. In the second timeline, she becomes Aria's top lady-in-waiting.
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123	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Jessie was the only one who would dissuade Aria from her terrible misdeeds and attempted to actually advise her in the first timeline, and paid dearly for it. Aria clearly regrets this in hindsight, and does her best to treat Jessie well in the second timeline.
124	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: In the first timeline, Jessie was the only maid that truly tried to advise her. Aria responded by cutting her tongue out. Averted in the second timeline where Aria regrets her treatment of her in the original timeline and treats her far better.
125	* UndyingLoyalty: She's very loyal to Aria. So much so that she’s willing to drink all of Aria’s teas after the latter is “poisoned”, twice.
126
127	[[/folder]]
128
129	[[folder:Annie]]
130	!!Annie
131	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2022_06_30_at_122414_pm.png]]
132
133	Originally Mielle's servant. After being sent to spy on Aria in the second timeline, she eventually leaves Mielle's side and becomes Aria's lady-in-waiting.
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135	* BetaCouple: With Baron Burboom, one of Aria's business associates.
136	* FieryRedHead: She's the most prone to rage over what she perceives as injustice towards Aria.
137	* GenkiGirl: Is a perky, outgoing young girl, in contrast to the calmer Aria and Jessie.
138	* HeelFaceTurn: Annie starts out as a spy for Emma, but leaves her side when she realizes how generous Aria is. She becomes one of Aria's [[UndyingLoyalty most trusted maids (though not with everything)]].
139	* PerkyFemaleMinion: Initially started out as an upbeat servant to Mielle and Emma, sent over to Aria as a spy. Aria is able to get her to switch sides and she becomes a HotBlooded GenkiGirl instead, though you could make the argument she still is one due to Aria's status as VillainProtagonist.
140	[[/folder]]
141
142	[[folder:Emma]]
143	!!Emma
144	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2022_06_30_at_15646_pm.png]]
145
146	Mielle's nanny, and her most trusted ally.
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148	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: She raised Mielle up to become the BitchInSheepsClothing that she is in order to survive the cruelty of aristocratic society. Unfortunately, Mielle became just as cruel as the other aristocrats, to the point of saving her own skin by throwing Emma under the bus instead of standing up for her most trusted ally.
149	* TheChessmaster: Emma was the brains behind Mielle's schemes, [[ManipulativeBastard having swayed over the maids of the Count's household.]] She succeeds in helping Mielle kill off her stepmother and Aria in the first timeline, but once Aria returns to the past, Emma has a harder time dealing with Aria, who is a much more gifted manipulator.
150	* TheCorrupter: Emma raised Mielle to become the monster that she is, not out of malicious intent, but because she believed it was the only way for Mielle to survive the cutthroat world of the aristocracy and out of a sense of gratitude for Mielle's biological mother, the late first Countess Roscent. Of course, the problem here is that not only did Mielle grew dependent on Emma's assistance, Emma herself actively fed malicious schemes and advice to Mielle as they plotted to rid themselves of Aria and her mother.
151	* ParentalSubstitute: She has taken care of Mielle since she was a baby, seeing her as a substitute for her miscarried child.
152	[[/folder]]
153
154	[[folder:Berry]]
155	!!Berry
156	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2022_06_30_at_12229_pm.png]]
157
158	One of Mielle's servants. In the original timeline, she was the one that poisoned Lady Carin and then tricked Aria into trying to poison Mielle by claiming the latter killed Carin, only to reveal Aria's "conspiracy" the moment it became convenient. Aria takes advantage of the second timeline to get revenge on her.
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160	* LadyMacbeth: She was one of the people who led Aria to make the mistakes that would cause her death in the first timeline.
161	* RegretfulTraitor: Has shades of this when she [[spoiler:tries to poison Aria's tea on Emma's orders but accidentally poisons Annie instead. Her reaction is horror and remorse over killing the wrong person. After Aria turns back time and pretends to take the poisoned tea, however, Berry runs away LaughingMad and without an ounce of remorse… until she’s caught.]]
162	* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler: She meets her end after turning traitor on Emma with the promise by Aria that she will be forgiven and allowed to escape. Aria arranges instead for Berry to be '''torn apart by wolves''' after she plays her part.]]
163	[[/folder]]
164
165	!Aristocratic Party
166
167	[[folder:In General]]
168	!! The Aristocratic Party
169	The nobility of Aria's country are split into three categories: the Pro-Crown Prince faction, the neutral faction, and the Aristocratic Party. The latter are nobles who take pride in their bloodlines and despise any liberal ideas or changes to the status quo. The Frederick family leads the party; it's their wish to have the eldest Frederick daughter, Isis, marry Prince Asher to make him a puppet ruler.
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171	* AristocratsAreEvil: They are the worst of the nobility, hoarding money while looking down on others with dirty blood.
172	* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: [[spoiler:They attempt to overthrow the royal family with the Kingdom of Croa's help, but it was just a ruse created by Asher and Cora's king, Lohan, to catch the Aristocratic Party in the act. Everyone directly involved in the coup are captured and executed except for Mielle and Cain.]]
173	* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: They're trying to become this by having Isis marry Asher. Mostly they just want to gain more power and wealth, but no one within the party trusts one another and will turn their backs on their leaders if they don't see results.
174	* UpperClassTwit: Most everyone in the party is made up of them, [[IdleRich wasting their money away on their own desires]] while making the lives of the commoners worse.
175	[[/folder]]
176
177	[[folder: Isis Frederick]]
178	!!Isis Frederick
179	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8c557a44fb36172747ff391b4ea6682a.jpg]]
180
181	Oscar's sister and Asher's original fiancé. She is a leader of the Aristocratic party, and mentors Mielle in the art of looking down on people lower than them. In the first timeline she succeeds in marrying Asher and taking his power away from him. Because of Aria, however, Isis has a harder time securing power in the second timeline.
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183	* AbhorrentAdmirer: She is attracted to Asher’s good looks and wants to marry him to become empress. He, on the other hand, is thoroughly repulsed by her and her family.
184	* AlasPoorVillain: By the end of the story, Isis has become the ButtMonkey of high society. [[spoiler:She lost her engagement with Asher, putting the Aristocratic Party in a difficult spot, and her coup against the country failed, leading to her execution. Isis still acts haughty and vain until the last moments of her life, when she asks what will happen to her brother Oscar. Once she finds out he will live, Isis realizes she no longer feels resentment or anger, just relief that Oscar will be spared.]]
185	* AlphaBitch: The main queen of high society, with Mielle as an understudy.
186	* TheChessmaster: Has shades of this. She engineered Asher's downfall in the first timeline, [[spoiler:and the coup in the second timeline]]. However, once you analyze the plans Isis makes, it becomes clear that there are holes that can be exploited. [[spoiler:The coup involved getting engaged to King Lohan and his attendants in order to invade the capital. However, Isis was unaware that Lohan was deceiving her, and that some elements in the plan, like the seals of approval, were faked.]] Aria notes that the only reason Isis was able to get away with her plans was because she had the power and backing of her family and political supporters. Once those went away, Isis didn't have much left in her arsenal.
187	[[/folder]]
188
189	[[folder: Oscar Frederick]]
190	!!Oscar Frederick
191	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/villainess_hourglass_oscar_6.jpeg]]
192
193	Mielle's fiancé and Isis' brother. Aria had a crush on him in the past, but puts it aside for the sake of her revenge. He is not that powerful compared to the rest of his family.
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195	* AllLovingHero: He has a kind heart that wishes to aid anyone that needs it.
196	* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:After he tried in vain to convince his family to not commit treason and is locked away for speaking up, upon being rescued, he proceeds to speak testimony against them, sealing their fate.]]
197	* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Downplayed; he's a good guy, but he has a soft spot for Aria mostly because he believes she's helpless against her family. As he's also defenseless against his family, Oscar can only sympathize and wish he could help her. [[spoiler:He discovers he's painfully wrong as he watches Aria coldly watch his sister's execution from the crowd as a commoner, but it's too late for him to anything but silently wish her well]].
198	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Has this attitude once Prince Asher officially courts Aria, and when he betrays his family after the coup's failure. He genuinely wants the best for Aria, but is too powerless to really help her.
199	* TokenGoodTeammate: One of the few good people among the high aristocracy [[spoiler:and is ultimately the only member of his family to survive although he is reduced to a commoner.]]
200	[[/folder]]
201
202	!Kingdom of Croa
203
204	[[folder: Lohan]]
205	!!King Lohan of Croa
206	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cd0d96c0966c9d5a69b2c0b72406af98.jpg]]
207
208	The king of the neighboring country. While he acts flippant and carefree, he is a very capable ruler. He and Asher have a complicated relationship.
209	----
210	* AmazonChaser: Openly admits to liking women who are strong-willed and kick ass. He finds Aria to be attractive for that reason, even though he knows better than to pine after Asher's lover, and it's implied [[spoiler:that his feelings for Isis were a bit complicated; while he couldn't condone her treacherous actions against her country, he did like the way she asserted herself and would have pursued her if it weren't for the coup and his friendship with Asher.]]
211	* TheCharmer: Zigzagged. He can play the part of TheCasanova, but usually only when it's necessary, such as [[spoiler:during the coup. He charms both Isis and Mielle enough that they're completely unaware of how fishy the entire operation is until it's too late.]] Otherwise, he's usually restrained around women, unless it's with Aria, because he knows that it pushes Asher's buttons.
212	* TheGadfly: Loves to provoke people that he really shouldn't push. He flirts with Aria whenever he gets the chance to get a reaction out of Asher, and [[StealthInsult pokes holes in Isis' plans]] whenever he's with her.
213	* VitriolicBestBuds: His dynamic with Asher. Lohan loves to troll Asher and flirt with Aria in front of him to get a reaction, while Asher threatens to start a war every time Lohan pisses him off. However, it was Lohan who saved Asher when he was nearly killed and transported to Croa, and the two of them worked very well together. [[spoiler:during the coup attempt by the Aristocratic Party]].
214	[[/folder]]
215
216	[[folder: Marquis Piast’s son *SPOILERS*]]
217	!!Chloe Piast
218	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/villainess_hourglass_chloe_piaast_3.png]]
219
220	The bastard son of Marquis Piast and Violet, he was originally part of the Imperial family until the prince Violet was forced to marry learned the truth. Crushed by the reveal, he wandered into the capital's red-light district, where he met Carin, a prostitute, and fell in love with her. He promised to take her out of such life and marry her, but the very next day he and his mother were exiled to Croa. Ever since, he's become a recluse in heavy depression, wishing he could find Carin once more and fulfill his promise.
221	----
222	* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Being exiled to another country prevented him from going back to see Carin, let alone learning she became pregnant.
223	* DisappearedDad: He's Aria's father. He wanted to marry Carin, but circumstances prevented him from doing so.
224	* GenderBlenderName: Chloe is a female name.
225	[[/folder]]
226
227	!Others
228
229	[[folder: Sarah Loren]]
230	!!Viscountess Sarah Loren / [[spoiler:Marquess Sarah Vincent]]
231	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sarah_loren_1_7.jpg]]
232
233	The daughter of a viscount, Lady Sarah becomes Aria's etiquette teacher in the second timeline. In both timelines, she marries Marquis Vincent, becoming one of the most powerful ladies in high society.
234	----
235	* CoolBigSis: Acts like this towards Aria. While Aria merely meant to use Sarah as a stepping stone in high society, she ends up genuinely caring for Sarah like a real sister.
236	* GoodIsNotDumb: While a kind and sweet woman, she does quickly pick up on Mielle undermining Aria in her conversation with her after she marries Marquis Vincent, and suspects that Mielle had a hand in the bad rumors surrounding Aria, long before her true colors begin to show.
237	* ProperLady: Shown to be the pinnacle of an aristocratic lady. Aria uses this to gain Sarah as a teacher.
238	[[/folder]]
239
240	!Epilogue only characters '''*SPOILERS UNMARKED*'''
241
242	[[folder: Bliss]]
243
244	A little girl that appears in the imperial palace one day and is the center of the epilogue. Aria and Asher’s future daughter and Lippe's twin sister.
245	----
246	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: She's the foolish sibling to Lippe's responsible sibling. She's adorable and means well, but is also prone to doing impulsive things, like going to the future to save her mother by not being born.
247	* RedOniBlueOni: Red oni to Lippe's blue oni. She's excitable, enthusiastic, and cheerful, in contrast to Lippe's calmer, quieter personality.
248	* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: She travels to just before Asher’s coronation day to prevent a disaster befalling Aria. Said event is Aria gravely being injured during her birth, which Bliss holds herself responsible for.
249	* SuperpowerfulGenetics: She got the “parental combo” type and can thus teleport ''and'' travel through time. She shares this power with her twin sister, Lippe.
250	[[/folder]]
251
252	[[folder:Lippe]]
253
254	A mysterious girl who appears to know Bliss. Aria and Asher's future daughter and Bliss's twin sister.
255	----
256	* {{Bifauxnen}}: Her hair is cut short, and she wears pants rather than dresses. She looks so much like a mini version of Asher that even readers will get confused whether she's a boy or a girl. It's deliberate on Lippe's part, since she's the future Crown Princess and has to look and act the part.
257	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: She's the responsible sibling to Bliss's foolish sibling. She's way more dutiful than Bliss, and usually has to clean up after her messes.
258	* RedOniBlueOni: Blue oni to Bliss's red oni. She's calm, responsible, and more reserved than Bliss is.
259	* SuperpowerfulGenetics: She got the “parental combo” type and can thus teleport ''and'' travel through time. She shares this power with her twin sister, Bliss.
260	[[/folder]]
261
262
263	[[folder: Ruby]]
264
265	Aria’s new personal maid after Annie leaves the palace.
266	----
267	* AttentionWhore: Her whole motivation behind torturing poor Bliss (both in the present and the future) is that she wants all of Aria's attention on her rather than on her children.
268	* BitchInSheepsClothing: She appears professional, if detached. But her ill-treatment of Bliss is what triggers her to go back in time to prevent her own birth.
269	* {{Foil}}: To Tiaran. Both are newcomers to the castle and wish to prove themselves and advance their careers. However, Ruby is way too loyal to Aria and wants to monopolize all of her attention, to the point where she even sees Aria's children as a threat to her plans, whereas Tiaran is still loyal to her home village and is reluctant to reveal the secrets of the healing spring until Aria threatens her into it.
270	[[/folder]]
271
272	[[folder:Tiaran]]
273
274	An commoner official who's a scholarship student from Aria's academy.
275	----
276	* ConflictingLoyalty: On one hand, she's greatly dedicated to her job at the castle, and desperately wants to prove herself to her higher-ups. On the other hand, her village's secret healing spring is something that she cannot reveal to anyone, even to the Emperor. Until Aria gets wind of it and makes Tiaran go get some of it for Bliss.
277	* {{Foil}}: To Ruby. Both are newcomers to the castle and wish to prove themselves and advance their careers. However, Tiaran is still loyal to her home village and is reluctant to reveal the secrets of the healing spring until Aria threatens her into it, whereas Ruby is way too loyal to Aria and wants to monopolize all of her attention, to the point where she even sees Aria's children as a threat to her plans.
278	[[/folder]]

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