| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | !! Authority Figures |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[folder:Basileus]] |
| 6 | !!! The Organizer |
| 7 | |
| 8 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/basileus_the_organizer_by_turtle_arts_d8p0l0o.jpg]] |
| 9 | [[caption-width-right:350: Basileus the Organizer]] |
| 10 | |
| 11 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Since Basileus only shows himself at night, it is not yet clear whether he is a sybal himself or something else entirely. |
| 12 | * BigBad / BigGood: Depending on your side. |
| 13 | * BlobMonster: He is made of an ink-like substance, causing arrows and the like to pass right through him. |
| 14 | * CastsNoShadow: Despite ''being'' blacker than black ink. |
| 15 | * CompleteImmortality: His NighInvulnerability gives him one up on the rest of the cast in the immortality department. |
| 16 | * DarkIsEvil / DarkIsNotEvil: Again, depending on your side. |
| 17 | * EpilepticTrees: InUniverse, it's speculated whether he might be [[TheManInFrontOfTheMan Theo]] or a particular member of the [[PraetorianGuard Eidolon.]] |
| 18 | * GodGuise: Some citizens, including Darshil, view him as a deity. |
| 19 | * ImaginationBasedSuperpower: Basileus appears to be able to create anything he can think of, including life forms. |
| 20 | * ImmortalRuler: He is just as immortal as his citizens. |
| 21 | * InfiniteSupplies: He can create matter from thin air, which is the source of much of the city's resources. |
| 22 | * LargeAndInCharge: He is absolutely massive when "standing" at full height, towering over even the largest of sybals. |
| 23 | * MeaningfulName: Basileus is a Greek term commonly translated as king or emperor. |
| 24 | * MonsterLord: Ruler of a city full of [[OurMonstersAreDifferent sybals]] and possibly one himself. |
| 25 | * NighInvulnerability: Thanks to his liquid composition and his immunity to sybal powers, he appears to be impervious to all harm. |
| 26 | * NoSell: Basileus is completely immune to sybal powers. |
| 27 | * TheOlderImmortal: He is ''at least'' 4000 years old. |
| 28 | * PhysicalGod: Basileus can [[ThePowerOfCreation create anything he wants out of thin air]], is [[NoSell impervious to sybal powers]], and is NighInvulnerable. He might also [[WeatherManipulation control the weather.]] The only possible avenue to bringing him down would be take him out while he is human. ''If'' he is human. |
| 29 | * ThePowerOfCreation: See ImaginationBasedSuperpower above. |
| 30 | * WeatherManipulation: It is suspected by some citizens that Basileus controls the weather and that is why the city has such a pleasant climate. |
| 31 | ---- |
| 32 | |
| 33 | [[/folder]] |
| 34 | |
| 35 | [[folder:Othello "Theo" Tomaras]] |
| 36 | !!! The Hound of the Organizer |
| 37 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theo_by_turtle_arts_d8qm0i3.jpg]] |
| 38 | [[caption-width-right:350:Theo Tomaras]] |
| 39 | |
| 40 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As The Organizer's right-hand man and the one who personally greats every newcomer, he's become an expert fighter who can add new maneuvers to his repertoire just by observing them. |
| 41 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: It is not entirely clear what ethnicity he hails from. |
| 42 | * LargeAndInCharge: He's 6'2" without boots, which is especially tall for the time period he would have come from. |
| 43 | * OurWereWolvesAreDifferent: All that's been implied about his sybal is that it's some kind of canine. |
| 44 | * SmartPeoplePlayChess: He's developed an impeccable talent for it in his many years. |
| 45 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: It's no wonder Tristine fell for him. |
| 46 | * TheOlderImmortal: Theo is sitting at around 4000 in a setting where everyone else is generally under 2000. |
| 47 | * TimeDissonance: His standards for the passage of time have been altered somewhat by his age. Bringing someone into the city a decade ago still feels like it was just yesterday to him. |
| 48 | ---- |
| 49 | [[/folder]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[folder:Darshil Sethi]] |
| 52 | !!! The Venine Paladin |
| 53 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/darshil_by_turtle_arts_d8rvgfm.png]] |
| 54 | [[caption-width-right:350:Darshil Sethi, Disciple Faction Leader]] |
| 55 | |
| 56 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The leader of the Airavata, he keeps himself to the same standards of combat capability as them. |
| 57 | * BadassBookworm: He hosts a book club. |
| 58 | * BirdPeople: His sybal retains a humanoid shape and dextrous hands. |
| 59 | * BreathWeapon: His poison breath. |
| 60 | * {{Flight}}: He is a bird after all. |
| 61 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: He has scars all over his body from the leprosy that his entry into the city cured. |
| 62 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: At night he grows to 7'5", while Tris stays at 5'6". |
| 63 | * LargeAndInCharge: His sybal is on the larger side. |
| 64 | * LogicalWeakness: His large size means he can't make sharp turns, and since his wings are made of cloth he becomes incapable of flight while wet. |
| 65 | * MrFanservice: He sure has some nice muscles. |
| 66 | * PoisonousPerson: Paralytic, not lethal. |
| 67 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: It isn't uncommon for him to go shirtless. |
| 68 | ---- |
| 69 | [[/folder]] |
| 70 | |
| 71 | [[folder:Erina]] |
| 72 | !!!The Bitter Rón |
| 73 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/erina_by_turtle_arts_d8rb2ik_4.png]] |
| 74 | [[caption-width-right:350:Erina, Insurgent Faction Leader]] |
| 75 | |
| 76 | * AnIcePerson: She conjures fish made of ice. |
| 77 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Her motivation for leading the Irizima appears to be to return to her children, who are long dead and grew up thinking their mother abandoned them. |
| 78 | * PinkIsFeminine: Her sybal has pink frill. |
| 79 | * SweetSeal: Her sybal is a fancy-looking seal-like creature. |
| 80 | ---- |
| 81 | [[/folder]] |
| 82 | |
| 83 | !! Ministers |
| 84 | |
| 85 | [[folder:Chaska Palla]] |
| 86 | !!! La Vicuña del Destino |
| 87 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chaska_palla_by_leunbrund_dai6kb0.jpg]] |
| 88 | [[caption-width-right:350: Minister of Heiros]] |
| 89 | |
| 90 | |
| 91 | * BeingPersonalIsntProfessional: Minister Chaska's ministerial style. |
| 92 | * LivingRelic: A member of the Inca empire, her survival in Sybal-Heim makes her one of the last of her people. |
| 93 | * PinkIsFeminine: Her pink hue matches that of the morning sunrise in her homeland. |
| 94 | * RelationshipValues: A rare non-VideoGame example; her power allows her to see threads connecting the target of her power to everyone with whom they have some sort of relationship within a one mile radius. The thicker and brighter the thread, the closer the relationship. |
| 95 | ---- |
| 96 | [[/folder]] |
| 97 | |
| 98 | [[folder:Colo]] |
| 99 | !! The Savage Eel |
| 100 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/colo_s_new_sheet_by_meemzer_daq7o3o.png]] |
| 101 | [[caption-width-right:350:Minister of Seele]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | |
| 104 | * BeingPersonalIsntProfessional: To a lesser degree than Chaska, but still there. |
| 105 | * {{Flight}}: Levitates himself with his power. He's quite proud of it. |
| 106 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Puts on an arrogant front to mask being TheNapoleon. |
| 107 | * MindOverMatter: His power is levitation, which he can apply to himself or on other persons and objects. |
| 108 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: The Eel has a ''lot'' of teeth. |
| 109 | * SpockSpeak: A minor case. Tends to speak with exacting language and completely avoids contractions in order to emphasize that no, he is not a child. |
| 110 | * SurvivorsGuilt: Struggles with this, since entering Sybal-Heim saved him from the fate of the rest of his family. |
| 111 | * TheOneGuy: After Necalli's death, he is the only minister that is [[AmbiguousGender clearly]] male. |
| 112 | * TheNapoleon: Colo is sensitive about his height. |
| 113 | * NotAllowedToGrowUp: He's stuck in the body of a child despite being over a century old. |
| 114 | * OpinionMyopia: Seeing other people's perspectives doesn't come easily to him. |
| 115 | * YoungAndInCharge: In addition to looking like a child, he became a minister in his fifties, which is younger than the norm for the setting. |
| 116 | ---- |
| 117 | [[/folder]] |
| 118 | |
| 119 | [[folder:Necalli]] |
| 120 | !!!The Tecuani Grimalkin |
| 121 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/necalli_by_turtle_arts_d8tv4hn.jpg]] |
| 122 | [[caption-width-right:350:Former Minister of Doxa]] |
| 123 | |
| 124 | * AbsurdlySharpClaws: His sybal power. |
| 125 | * MentorOccupationalHazard: Minister Necalli, in the process of mentoring his successor, Sila, was assassinated [[RetIrony right when he was about to announce the date of his retirement.]] |
| 126 | * ParentalSubstitute: He was a father figure to both Colo and Sila. |
| 127 | * RetIrony: It's possible that the date he would have picked was actually several years down the line, but Necalli's assassination took place just before he was scheduled to announce the date of his retirement. |
| 128 | * SacrificialLamb: His assassination is what makes the threat posed by the Insurgents clear to the city. |
| 129 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: His death kicks off the escalating conflict that comprises the main story. |
| 130 | ---- |
| 131 | [[/folder]] |
| 132 | |
| 133 | [[folder:Silatuyok "Sila"]] |
| 134 | !!! The Garrison Roe |
| 135 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d8a3f6b4fe4e16661db521a2ed448ba2_d8wblv2.jpg]] |
| 136 | [[caption-width-right:350: Minister of Doxa]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | * HairColorDissonance: Her black hair is drawn with a blue tint. |
| 139 | * HardHead: It's MadeOfIndestructium. |
| 140 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Her power is her shield for a face. |
| 141 | * NoMouth: She just has a plate for a head, so unless you count the carving a mouth on it, she doesn't have one. |
| 142 | * PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: [[spoiler: Her shield when thrown.]] |
| 143 | * ShipperOnDeck: Pushed for Tris and Theo to get together. |
| 144 | * SoleSurvivor: The only survivor after her tribe was wiped out by a misunderstanding with Western traders. |
| 145 | * ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks: [[spoiler: She discovers she can do this just in time to save the day in the final chapter of the Solomon Cipher.]] |
| 146 | * UseYourHead: When she has to ram someone. |
| 147 | * YoungAndInCharge: She was selected by Basileus as Necalli's successor when she was still a minor, and even now that she has taken the role in her twenties, that's still unprecedentedly young by the city's standards. |
| 148 | ---- |
| 149 | [[/folder]] |
| 150 | |
| 151 | [[folder:Tristine "Tris" Serral]] |
| 152 | !! The Astral Moth/The Falling Star |
| 153 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tristine_by_art_zealot_d8qqecm.jpg]] |
| 154 | [[caption-width-right:350:Minister of Ambrotos]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | * AnArmAndALeg: She lost her leg in an accident as a child. |
| 157 | * DisabilityNegatingSuperpower: One of the things she loves about her sybal is that she gets it back for the night. |
| 158 | * DreamCrushingHandicap: Her injury impaired her marital prospects in the outside world. |
| 159 | * EveryoneLovesBlondes: She's arguably had the most love interests out of anyone in the cast. |
| 160 | * GoodProstheticEvilProsthetic: She eventually gets a prosthetic leg, given to her by Theo and maintained by Rose. |
| 161 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: A compassionate minister with golden locks. |
| 162 | * InASingleBound: She commonly uses her telekinesis to launch herself in this fashion. |
| 163 | * InLoveWithLove: She holds this as a philosophy, which per the trope, leads to LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces. |
| 164 | * LittleBitBeastly: Her sybal is mostly human except for the moth antenna. |
| 165 | * MagicHair: Minister Tristine's hair is imbued with her power and usually floats. |
| 166 | * MagicPants: One of the sybals for whom this is averted, since her clothes carry over between day and night. |
| 167 | * MassiveNumberedSiblings: She's the second daughter of five, which just barely qualifies her for this trope. |
| 168 | * MorphicResonance: Minister Tristine has more of her human features than she ''doesn't.'' |
| 169 | * MundaneUtility: Uses her telekinesis to reach the top shelf. |
| 170 | * NotQuiteFlight: Minister Tristine's [[InASingleBound massive telekinetic leaps]] do not qualify her for the flyer-exclusive restaurant, much to her chagrin. |
| 171 | * PointyEars: Has them in sybal form. |
| 172 | * PowerGlows: Her hair and other objects subject to her telekinesis are subject to a visible golden aura. |
| 173 | * SensoryOverload: Her antennae's sensitivity to changes in air pressure aid in her nighttime escapades, but cause her immense pain if manhandled. |
| 174 | * SmartPeoplePlayChess: One of her pastimes. |
| 175 | %%* SupernaturalFloatingHair: |
| 176 | * SuperSenses: Her sybal has enhanced senses of smell and balance and, to a lesser extent, hearing. |
| 177 | * WantedASonInstead: Her father wanted a son but got several daughters instead. He still loved them, but some of them ended up with masculine names. |
| 178 | ---- |
| 179 | [[/folder]] |
| 180 | |
| 181 | [[folder: Yul]] |
| 182 | !!! Black Opal Panthona |
| 183 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yul_by_mopomoko_d90jdgd.png]] |
| 184 | [[caption-width-right:350:Minister of Heilig]] |
| 185 | * AmbiguousGender: InvokedTrope. Yul keeps their sex a secret because it amuses them. |
| 186 | * BigCreepyCrawlies: Is a giant moth. |
| 187 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: They often skip out on the paperwork they're supposed to be doing, and have spent centuries letting people guess their sex, but they are on the whole a competent ruler. |
| 188 | * EnergyAbsorption: Yul can do this, releasing the absorbed energy as light. |
| 189 | * HeadInTheSandManagement: In contrast to their predecessor, Yul's administration does not police the Heilig stormways ''at all'', which has turned them into Sybal-Heim's hotbed of illegal activities. [[SubvertedTrope However,]] it's implied this is to make it easier to monitor. |
| 190 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: All four of their arms can channel their power. |
| 191 | * LightEmUp: Their power. |
| 192 | * LIsForDyslexia: One reason they prefer to avoid paperwork. |
| 193 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Being about 3 feet tall doesn't stop them from having... |
| 194 | * SuperStrength: Much like ComicBook/SpiderMan, their sybal possesses strength proportional to a regular-sized moth. |
| 195 | * {{Troll}}: The reason for their AmbiguousGender. |
| 196 | * WingedHumanoid: Has a generally humanoid body shape with wings sprouting from their back. |
| 197 | ---- |
| 198 | [[/folder]] |
| 199 | |
| 200 | !! Citizens |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[folder:Deyri]] |
| 203 | !!! The Ebony Herbalist |
| 204 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deyri_by_godessfae_dak3bzf.jpg]] |
| 205 | [[caption-width-right:350:Deyri]] |
| 206 | |
| 207 | * AbusiveParents: Her father forced her to perform child labor and intended to sell her into marriage. |
| 208 | * AlienBlood: She leaks tree sap when severely injured. |
| 209 | * CastFromStamina: She can only use her power so much before it tires her out. |
| 210 | * GreenThumb: Her power to create and enhance plant matter. |
| 211 | * HornedHumanoid: She sports goat-like horns with strings of pearls hanging from them. |
| 212 | * ObliviousToLove: Failed to notice Ta Yeh's attraction to her, despite it being obvious to Nadiya. |
| 213 | * OurDemonsAreDifferent: Her sybal bears resemblance to a demon, which is ironic since she entered Sybal-Heim to avoid being executed as a witch. |
| 214 | * NatureLover: She loves plants and owns a greenhouse. |
| 215 | * NewOldFlame: Despite entering the cast during the second group opening, after he did, she turns out to have been a romantic interest of Ta Yeh's in the past, unbeknownst to her. |
| 216 | * ParentalSubstitute: Tuku considers her one of her mothers. |
| 217 | * {{Planimal}}: Tree demon goat. |
| 218 | * PlantPerson: Her sybal. |
| 219 | * PoisonousPerson: The plant matter she can create includes poisons. |
| 220 | * TinyGuyHugeGirl: She stands at 5'10" against her boyfriend Tahiry's 5'0". This becomes even more pronounced at night, when she grows to 8'6" and he shrinks to 3'6". |
| 221 | * {{Transflormation}}: She turns into a PlantPerson at night. |
| 222 | ---- |
| 223 | [[/folder]] |
| 224 | |
| 225 | [[folder:Hoshimoto Kenshin]] |
| 226 | !!! The Anklyosaurid Dragon |
| 227 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sybal_heim_application__kenshin_by_droemar_d90qmcc.jpg]] |
| 228 | [[caption-width-right:350:Kenshin]] |
| 229 | |
| 230 | * CannotTalkToWomen: Provided those women are sufficiently feminine. Rosette Fueller and Tisiphone Furia don't cause him any problems. |
| 231 | * CannotTellALie: His power makes him incapable of lying. |
| 232 | * DinosaursAreDragons: His sybal is an anklyosaur with elements of Eastern dragons. He just calls it a dragon because he has no idea what a dinosaur is. |
| 233 | * FridgeLogic: How can his sybal have been named The Anklyosaurid Dragon when anklyosaurs haven't been discovered and named yet? |
| 234 | * HonorBeforeReason: Takes this to an art form. |
| 235 | * LivingLieDetector: His power. |
| 236 | * MistakenNationality: An NPC at one point mistakes him for Chinese. |
| 237 | * ShoutOut: His name is one to Anime/RurouniKenshin |
| 238 | * WereDragon: Human during the day, [[DinosaursAreDragons dragon-ish]] at night. |
| 239 | ---- |
| 240 | [[/folder]] |
| 241 | |
| 242 | [[folder:Marron O'Taite]] |
| 243 | !!! The Insatiable Puddle/Water Thing |
| 244 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marron_o_taite_by_leunbrund_d90qzau.jpg]] |
| 245 | [[caption-width-right:350: Marron O'Taite]] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | * AnIcePerson: He can freeze the water he controls, though he can only control it while it's liquid. |
| 248 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The Puddle's "minnow thoughts" have a short attention span. |
| 249 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: A lighthearted prankster most of the time, when sufficiently provoked he becomes a force to be reckoned with. |
| 250 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Rose. |
| 251 | * BookDumb: He's never had the patience for reading or education in general, but he's actually quite clever. |
| 252 | * CheshireCatGrin: Mischievous smiles are the Puddle's favorite. |
| 253 | * EmotionalRegression: His feral temperament is more child-like. |
| 254 | * FlechetteStorm: Pulled this off against Xana in the climax of the Solomon Chronicles by hurling water and then freezing it into daggers as it flew through the air. |
| 255 | * GlassCannon: Marron's sybal possesses powerful hydrokinetic abilities, but in terms of physical ability he's slightly more durable than a water balloon. |
| 256 | * GracefulInTheirElement: Human Marron is a graceful gondolier, but his size can make him cumbersome in closed quarters. |
| 257 | * HarmlessFreezing: Averted. Marron's ability to freeze the water he controls makes him incredibly dangerous, should you get on his [[BewareTheNiceOnes bad side]]. |
| 258 | * IceMagicIsWater: Played with, since he loses control once the water freezes. |
| 259 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: With Rose. |
| 260 | * MakingASplash: His power is hydrokinesis. |
| 261 | * OneHeadTaller: He stands at 5'11" compared to his ex-girlfriend Tisi's 5'1". |
| 262 | %%* ThePrankster: |
| 263 | ---- |
| 264 | [[/folder]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[folder:Phan Thi Chau]] |
| 267 | !! Karuṇā / Luminous Joy / Firefly |
| 268 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sh__phan_thi_chau_by_sachiia_daia64m.png]] |
| 269 | [[caption-width-right:350:Phan Thi Chau]] |
| 270 | |
| 271 | * AuraVision: [[https://sachiia.deviantart.com/art/SH-Phan-Thi-Chau-635369350 Phan Thi Chau]] has the power to see emotions like this. |
| 272 | * EmotionSuppression: She later learns to temporarily absorb them into herself to help calm others down. |
| 273 | * TheEmpath: Via AuraVision. |
| 274 | * CastFromStamina: Absorbing emotions fatigues her, and she can only hold them for a few seconds. |
| 275 | * ColourCodedEmotions: Different colors in her aura vision correspond to different emotions. |
| 276 | * FlyingSeaFoodSpecial: Chau is a winged otter that swims through the air. |
| 277 | * FoolForLove: Chau can't help but fall in love. |
| 278 | * MindOverManners: She asks people for their permission before examining their auras too closely. |
| 279 | * ThirdEye: As is appropriate for her AuraVision. |
| 280 | ---- |
| 281 | [[/folder]] |
| 282 | |
| 283 | [[folder:Rosette "Rose" Fueller zi Tai Ying]] |
| 284 | !!! Der Alptraum/The Sapling Shade/The Consummate Silhouette/The Twilit Paragon |
| 285 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rosette__updated_artwork__by_garsna_d90qtla.jpg]] |
| 286 | [[caption-width-right:350:Rosette Fueller]] |
| 287 | |
| 288 | * AbusiveParents: Her mother thought she was possessed by a demon as a child and was the cause of her depression, so she whipped her to try to drive it out. |
| 289 | * AddictionDisplacement: Tones down her alcoholism with the help of workaholism. |
| 290 | * AfraidOfDoctors: One of her phobias. |
| 291 | * TheAlcoholic: Some characters consider this her primary trait. |
| 292 | %%* AllTakeAndNoGive: |
| 293 | * BadPowersGoodPeople: Rosette Fueller dealt with no small amount of shame for her sybal's EmotionEater tendencies, since BadPowersBadPeople is the norm. |
| 294 | * BarbieDollAnatomy: Her new sybal form lacks nipples or genitalia. |
| 295 | * BlankWhiteEyes: Her sybal has no pupils. |
| 296 | * BrainyBrunette: She has brown hair and is a capable clock smith and engineer. |
| 297 | * CuddleBug: She loves giving and receiving physical affection, which made her sybal's predatory embrace all the creepier. |
| 298 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: She has brown hair and brown eyes. |
| 299 | * CuteMute: Her sybal after her change. |
| 300 | * CutenessProximity: Her sybal's reaction to Chau's sybal. |
| 301 | * DelicateIsBeautiful: Ta Yeh thinks so. |
| 302 | * DrowningMySorrows: What her approach has traditionally been to coping with a feral sybal. |
| 303 | * EmotionalRegression: Her feral personality is more childlike, both before and after her sybal change. |
| 304 | * EmotionEater: Her power allows her to absorb positive emotion for gratification and to enhance her VoluntaryShapeshifting. |
| 305 | * EveryoneKnowsMorse: Ta Yeh taught her the Sybalian equivalent he developed. |
| 306 | * ExpressiveEars: Her PointyEars perk up or droop according to her mood. |
| 307 | * FairySexy: Becomes more like this after her sybal change. |
| 308 | * ForgetsToEat: Her absentmindedness can make it hard for her to take care of herself. |
| 309 | * GodivaHair: Rose's new sybal form tends to have her BarbieDollAnatomy covered up this way. |
| 310 | * HatesBeingAlone: Rosette and her sybal, which make the circumstances of her feral nature all the more distressing. |
| 311 | * HorribleJudgeofCharacter: She thought Hoshimoto Kenshin was a trustworthy friend. Depending on who you ask, this also applies to her choice in spouse. |
| 312 | * IKnowWhatYouFear: In order to [[EmotionEater feed on their happiness]] Rosette's sybal has to induce a proportional amount of fear. |
| 313 | * IncurableCoughOfDeath: JustifiedTrope. That cough was due to the fluid in her lungs. |
| 314 | * InnocentFanserviceGirl: At night only. And she didn't acquire a no nudity taboo when she took on a more humanoid sybal form. |
| 315 | * InsecureLoveInterest: Even after marrying Ta Yeh, she struggles with feelings of inadequacy. |
| 316 | * LadyDrunk: [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld She may not look it]], but Rosette is 60. |
| 317 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: With Marron. |
| 318 | * MagicHair: Her hair after her sybal change became the only object [[BlowYouAway Ta Yeh's winds]] can affect other than himself. |
| 319 | * NatureLover: Fond of flowers and forests. She ran away to play in the forest often as a child. |
| 320 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: InvertedTrope. She lost her VoluntaryShapeshifting. |
| 321 | * ObliviousToLove: Both of her suitors had to be quite explicit for her to notice their interest in her. |
| 322 | %%* ParasolOfPain: |
| 323 | * ParentalFavouritism: Her parents preferred her older sister, who wasn't a troublemaker like Rose. |
| 324 | * PointyEars: Often manifested them in her original form, and gained them permanently in her new one. |
| 325 | * RailEnthusiast: She is fascinated with trains, and her parents even hired her a tutor one year to try to satisfy her interest in them. Unfortunately, Sybal-Heim has no need for trains, so she has to make do with tiny models. |
| 326 | * RebelliousSpirit: Growing up with an [[AbusiveParents Abusive Parent]] left Rosette instinctively averse to trusting authority. Over time she has grown more comfortable with listening to her husband and respecting the Ministers. |
| 327 | * RichesToRags: Went from a wealthy heiress to someone struggling to pay rent. Subverted when she marries the wealthy Ta Yeh. |
| 328 | * SecurityCling: Her sybal does this to her husband's. |
| 329 | %%* SexierAlterEgo: |
| 330 | * ShamelessFanserviceGirl: The acquisition of a shapely figure didn't change her lack of a nudity taboo, which bothers [[MonsterModesty her husband]] even though she has BarbieDollAnatomy. |
| 331 | %%* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: |
| 332 | %%* SupernaturalFloatingHair: |
| 333 | %%* SwordCane: |
| 334 | * TheTragicRose: One of her motifs. |
| 335 | * TheVoiceless: Her sybal cannot speak, only make a few noises like chirps and growls. |
| 336 | * VictorianNovelDisease: While not tuberculosis, her lung scarring had a similar effect on her life before Sybal-Heim. Bonus point for actually coming from the Victorian era, though from Germany rather than Britain. |
| 337 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: After [[EmotionEater feeding]], Rosette Fueller's could solidify her gaseous form into solid tentacles and blades. She lost this ability after her sybal change. |
| 338 | * TheWatchmaker: Her day job at the Rosen Bridge. |
| 339 | * WeakenedByTheLight: Rosette Fueller's sybal was burned by light prior to her sybal change. She couldn't even be out in the open at night comfortably, since moonlight alone was enough to bother her. |
| 340 | * {{Workaholic}}: Shares this trait with her husband. |
| 341 | * YourHeartsDesire: Rosette Fueller's sybal combined her EmotionEater and VoluntaryShapeshifting abilities to take the shape of people her victims yearned for. When she lost the VoluntaryShapeshifting, she lost this technique with it. |
| 342 | ---- |
| 343 | [[/folder]] |
| 344 | |
| 345 | [[folder: Santiago "Tiago" deCampos]] |
| 346 | !! The Wandering Corcel |
| 347 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sybal_heim_character__tiago_by_starhorse_d922sjh_9.jpg]] |
| 348 | [[caption-width-right:350:Tiago]] |
| 349 | |
| 350 | * ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Dating Nadiya. Dating Tristine. That one time he kissed Deyri and almost sank her ship. Biting Cayo. |
| 351 | * BadassAndChildDuo: Tuku. Which one is the badass is up for debate. |
| 352 | * {{Blackmail}}: Was blackmailed by Bael within his first few years in the city. |
| 353 | * BookDumb: He came in with no formal education, and his dyslexia has made him avoid rectifying this. He’s intelligent, but not educated in almost any capacity. |
| 354 | * BornInTheSaddle: Horseback riding was a huge part of his life and his identity, which manifests as turning into a horse himself at night. |
| 355 | * ButtMonkey: Misfortune is constantly befalling him. |
| 356 | * CannonFodder: As an uneducated soldier, he was treated like this at first, before moving up the ranks a bit to the position of scout, however, being a ‘boludo’ left an impression on him. |
| 357 | * CannotSpitItOut: Tiago has never freely admitted his dyslexia to anyone. The few who know usually had to fight over it, even though admitting it would probably mean he’d figure out it’s not just him. |
| 358 | * ChivalrousPervert: Yes, he likes women. Yes, he was probably staring. No, not like that. |
| 359 | %%* ClearMyName: |
| 360 | * CommitmentIssues: Tiago goes through a string of flings. Ironically, the first time he's willing to commit, he gets dumped. |
| 361 | * {{Conscription}}: Conscripted in Argentina, he negotiated to being included in Uruguay’s troops instead after the battle of Curupayty, when he couldn’t get out of service altogether. |
| 362 | * DoNotCallMePaul: Associates his full name and assigned last name ‘De Campos’ with his military conscription or official business in general. His maternal last name is Peña, but he does not often give that, either, unless asked. |
| 363 | * DrowningMySorrows: Self medication for PTSD. |
| 364 | * DuelingScar: Tiago has several cheek scars from cultural dueling before entering the city. He's actually rather proud of them, even though each one was technically a defeat. |
| 365 | * EveryScarHasAStory: Tiago has a few of these. He doesn’t like talking about most of them. |
| 366 | * {{Hobos}}: Lived homeless for a year or two. |
| 367 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: Tiago makes friends easily but his own destructive habits make some of them hard to keep. |
| 368 | * LIsForDyslexia: Since he doesn't know what dyslexia is, he assumes that his difficulty reading when everyone else picked it up fine is due to his own stupidity. |
| 369 | * LoveableRogue: Despite his bad judgement and multiple character flaws some people still seem to like him. |
| 370 | * MadeMyselfSad: Self-triggering feral swings. |
| 371 | * MaliciousSlander: Has had his sybal’s feral tantrums and his own exploits gossiped about. |
| 372 | * MirthlessLaughter: A common stress release response for him, however inappropriate. He often responds to dark situations with black humor or anxious joking as a form of avoidance. |
| 373 | * PapaWolf: To Tuku, and to some degree, Embla as well. |
| 374 | * PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars: The worst takeaways from war were the mental ones. |
| 375 | * ReallyGetsAround: While Tris may have him beat in total love interests, he has the most named ones, including Piedad, Adusamsi, Nadiya, Tris, and Chau. And this is in a ''far'' shorter time-span. |
| 376 | * RecklessSidekick: Tuku. He’s played it himself to a number of other characters. |
| 377 | * RichesToRags: Subverted. He’s made modest progress in advancing himself and improving his money habits. |
| 378 | * ShellShockedVeteran: Self medicates with alcohol. Much of his instability is revealed at night. He has flashbacks occasionally during the day as well, but they’re uncommon. Fought in the battles of Tuyutí, Curupayty, (and a few others including Avaí, although by this point he'd advanced to not being common infantry) in the War of the Triple Alliance and Uruguay’s subsequent civil war. |
| 379 | * SympatheticMurderBackstory: [[spoiler: Ended up killing a friend named Diego in a skirmish, that left Tiago wounded as well. This event eventually steered him toward entering the City.]] |
| 380 | * TheILoveYouStigma: He’s had a hard time with this since he was nineteen. |
| 381 | * TrackingSpell: Santiago deCampos' power allows him to detect the locations of people and objects with a visible beacon emanating from the desired target. Since it works through a combination of Clairvoyance and Telepathy, it struggles if the object is not visibly apparent or is willfully hidden. |
| 382 | * TroubledButCute: Date at your own risk. |
| 383 | * VitriolicBestBuds: His former friendship with Kenshin. |
| 384 | * WisdomFromTheGutter: He’s found himself at the lower end of Sybal Heim’s economic ladder, but has provided advice or become friends to a few characters quite a bit higher up. |
| 385 | * {{Woobie}}: Or ButtMonkey. You decide. |
| 386 | ---- |
| 387 | [[/folder]] |
| 388 | |
| 389 | [[folder: Saul Cordell]] |
| 390 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saul_cordell_by_beefxcake_d90tp7s.png]] |
| 391 | [[caption-width-right:350:Saul Cordell]] |
| 392 | * AnimalMotifs: Bison. |
| 393 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: Par excellence. |
| 394 | * BrutishBulls: Prior to CharacterizationMarchesOn. |
| 395 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: His initial characterization as a big jerk was displaced by his GentleGiant characterization. |
| 396 | * DumbMuscle: He's not too bright. |
| 397 | * GentleGiant: But he is very friendly. |
| 398 | * GravityMaster: Pawing the ground allows him to manipulate gravity to pull objects toward him or launch himself forward. |
| 399 | * LightningBruiser: Quite large and strong, and his power lets him amplify his speed. |
| 400 | * OurMinotaursAreDifferent: His sybal resembles a minotaur, especially after his sybal change gave him more humanoid forelimbs. |
| 401 | ---- |
| 402 | [[/folder]] |
| 403 | |
| 404 | [[folder:Tuku]] |
| 405 | !!! Owl Golem |
| 406 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sybal_heim__tuku_by_sirdubdub_dahkhjd.jpg]] |
| 407 | [[caption-width-right:350:Tuku]] |
| 408 | |
| 409 | * TheAtoner: Her fervent support for the CAC stemmed from regret for initially blaming Basileus and the ministers for the downfall of the people instead of [[ItsAllMyFault herself.]] |
| 410 | * BadassAdorable: A cute little girl who somehow manages to be one of the most hardcore characters. |
| 411 | * CombatPragmatist: Tuku fights dirty during the day, since it's the only way she can stand a chance. Even then, she eventually acknowledges that sometimes [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere running is the only option.]] |
| 412 | * ElectiveMute: Usually chooses not to speak and instead writes what she wants to say on a slate. |
| 413 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: Arrives in Sybal-Heim to find the civilization she had thought she was saving to be long dead. |
| 414 | * HeroicSacrifice: She was in the midst of attempting one when she entered the city. |
| 415 | * ItsAllMyFault: Once she learns that entering Sybal-Heim was a choice on her part, she believes she failed a test by the gods and doomed the Inca Empire. |
| 416 | * LeParkour: How she gets around the city. |
| 417 | * LittleMissBadass: Tuku is this during the day. She's not so little at night. |
| 418 | * LivingRelic: A member of the Inca empire, her survival in Sybal-Heim makes her one of the last of her people. This is particularly distressing to her, since her human sacrifice was supposed to entice the gods to save them. |
| 419 | --> "I don't want to be a tombstone." |
| 420 | * MistakenAge: She's been mistaken for an adult, since adults in child bodies are much more common in the setting than genuine children. |
| 421 | * PowerGlows: When in the dark. |
| 422 | * TheQuietOne: She usually refuses to speak, instead writing what she wants to say on a slate with chalk. |
| 423 | * {{Revenge}}: Her motivation for initially opposing the Ministry; she blamed them for the downfall of her people by interrupting her ritual sacrifice. |
| 424 | * RichesToRags: She lived a life of comfort in preparation for her role as a human sacrifice, which came to an end on the day of her sacrifice and entrance into Sybal-Heim. |
| 425 | * ScarsAreForever: Tuku's hands. |
| 426 | * SuperStrength: A situational variant, proportional to the ambient darkness. |
| 427 | * TronLines: How her power's glow manifests. |
| 428 | * TheVoiceless: Her sybal is completely incapable of speaking. |
| 429 | * WeakenedByTheLight: Bright light makes her sybal weaker. |
| 430 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Tuku's sybal becomes stronger the darker her surroundings. She also becomes more feral. |
| 431 | ---- |
| 432 | [[/folder]] |
| 433 | |
| 434 | [[folder:Wen Chi zi Ta Yeh]] |
| 435 | !!! The Dragonroot Serpent |
| 436 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sybal_heim__wen_ta_yeh_by_koreviss_d95n1wi.png]] |
| 437 | [[caption-width-right:350:Wen Ta Yeh]] |
| 438 | |
| 439 | * AMillionIsAStatistic: DefiedTrope. He takes issue with Basileus only allowing a small number of people into Sybal-Heim when millions are dying preventable deaths. |
| 440 | * AsianAndNerdy: He is essentially one of the very first foreign exchange students from China. |
| 441 | * BizarreAlienLocomotion: He moves by controlling his "phantom winds" to push himself around. |
| 442 | * BlowYouAway: In an unusual take on this trope, he can only blow himself. Later, his wife's hair gets added to the mix. |
| 443 | * CasanovaWannabe: His attempt to add a concubine to the mix failed miserably. |
| 444 | %%* ClassyCane: |
| 445 | * CombatTentacles: His whiskers are surprisingly strong and come into play in fights much more often than his comparably tiny arms. |
| 446 | * DoomedHometown: It wasn't completely destroyed, but his hometown of Hangzhou was ravaged by the Heavenly Kingdom in a surprise attack during the Taiping Civil War. |
| 447 | * ElementalRockPaperScissors: His weaknesses of fire and cold. |
| 448 | * EmotionalPowers: His winds become harder for him to control when he is experiencing intense emotion, and they tend to reflect his mood. |
| 449 | * EveryoneKnowsMorse: Since the telegraph is one of the inventions he introduced to the city, he developed a Sybalian equivalent. He taught it to Rosette so she could communicate before they learned sign language. |
| 450 | * FamilyHonor: One of his motivations, which extends to his wife after she becomes a part of it. |
| 451 | * FantasticFruitsAndVegetables: His fruit most closely resemble peaches, but can take on a wide range of tastes depending on the knowledge invested in them. |
| 452 | * GeniusBruiser: He becomes physically powerful at night without sacrificing his intelligence. |
| 453 | * GreenThumb: He is made of wood and vine, and his power comes in the form of fruit. |
| 454 | * HaremSeeker: Invited Deyri to become a concubine in addition to his wife Rosette. |
| 455 | * HasAType: The women he fell in love with share several elements in their sybals. |
| 456 | * HonorBeforeReason: Ta Yeh and his principles often make things more difficult than they have to be. |
| 457 | %%* TheIdealist: |
| 458 | * IngestingKnowledge: His power is letting others do this. |
| 459 | * InsufferableGenius: Ta Yeh sometimes flaunts his education in front of less educated characters like Tiago and Marron. |
| 460 | * KryptoniteIsEverywhere: The Serpent is pyrophobic, which is unfortunate since the widespread cultural significance of fire makes it an especially common sybal power. |
| 461 | * LikeADuckTakesToWater: While the historical Chinese Educational Mission Students took several years, many of them in poverty, to be trusted and ultimately successful, Ta Yeh gets to become filthy rich quite quickly thanks to [[NormalFishInATinyPond his education and its rarity in Sybal-Heim.]] |
| 462 | * LoveMakesYouDumb: His [[HaremSeeker Harem Seeking]] was not his brightest move. |
| 463 | * MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: [[spoiler: DownplayedExample. His mother didn't die in childbirth, but complications from it left her too sickly to flee the attack on Hangzhou a year later and she was killed there (along with other family members who weren't impaired). The blame on Ta Yeh went unstated and he wasn't mistreated for it, but it formed part of his motivation for striving to please his father.]] |
| 464 | * MonsterModesty: Carries his strict Confucian sense of modesty over to his sybal form, donning coats every night to cover all of him exempt his head and arms. |
| 465 | * MultipurposeTongue: The Serpent's tongue is another vine that he can extend and manipulate like his whiskers. |
| 466 | * NormalFishInATinyPond: Sybal-Heim's population skews towards those who were downtrodden and uneducated, so Ta Yeh entering with a state-of-the-art modern education gives him an enormous leg up. |
| 467 | * TheNoseKnows: Has the tracking skills of a viper. |
| 468 | * OneManIndustrialRevolution: DownplayedExample. Entering the city with an Ivy League education in engineering and a power that can temporarily enhance his memory and thought-process make him a captain of industry, but his impact on the setting is dampened by the highly controlled nature of the city's economy and by the slow pace of immortal culture. |
| 469 | * OverlyLongTongue: It can extend out just as far as his whiskers. |
| 470 | * PhotographicMemory: He can do something like this temporarily by eating his own fruit. |
| 471 | * {{Planimal}}: Plant snake dragon. |
| 472 | * RetractableAppendages: His tongue, whiskers, and limbs can all be fully retracted into his body, since they're composed of the same vines as the rest of him. |
| 473 | * RichesToRags: ZigZagged. The Wen family fortune was lost in the attack on Hangzhou, but his father was able to re-earn something comparable by the time Ta Yeh was a boy. Then when Ta Yeh went to America he had to learn to live off of the much smaller program stipend, and then his entry into Sybal-Heim was penniless like everyone else. He was soon able to use his education and business sense to quickly rise to fortune in Sybal-Heim, even more than he had had in his life before. ''But then'' a CAC investigation froze his assets for a few months and dealt a serious blow to his business empire. |
| 474 | %%* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: |
| 475 | * SensoryOverload: Has to deal with this at the start of every night thanks to his suddenly acute sense of smell and thermoception. |
| 476 | * SeriousBusiness: Ta Yeh's adherence to Neo-Confucianism can veer into this. |
| 477 | * SerpentOfImmortality: One of his motifs. |
| 478 | * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Sometimes speaks this way when he's [[InsufferableGenius showing off to someone less educated]]. |
| 479 | * SharpDressedMan: His most common outfit is Qing-era attire along with a bowler hat, pocket watch, and cane. |
| 480 | * SmartPeopleKnowLatin: He had to learn Latin to attend Yale. |
| 481 | * SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: InvokedTrope. Wen Ta Yeh believes that the mechanics behind sybals can be studied scientifically and used to develop {{Magitek}}. |
| 482 | * SuperSenses: His viper-like thermoception and sense of smell. |
| 483 | %%* SwordCane: |
| 484 | * {{Transflormation}}: Turns into a vine dragon every night. |
| 485 | * TransferableMemory: One application of his power. |
| 486 | * TreasureChestCavity: Since he is just vines, he can store objects and even smaller sybals inside of himself. |
| 487 | * UnskilledButStrong: His sybal is physically powerful, but his odd manner of locomotion tends to make him uncoordinated, especially under duress. |
| 488 | * VeinOVision: The Serpent has a thermographic sense, which has the downside of making fire blindingly bright. |
| 489 | * WeakToFire: The Serpent is highly flammable and is pyrophobic as a result. |
| 490 | * WhyCouldntYouSaveThem: He doesn't buy the claim that he desired freedom from imprisonment in some unique way from other hundred odd Chinese Educational Mission Students. |
| 491 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: The Serpent, ironically, has this with his pyrophobia, combining it with KryptoniteIsEverywhere. |
| 492 | * WereDragon: Turns into a dragon at night, but is human during the day. |
| 493 | * {{Workaholic}}: Shares this trait with his wife. |
| 494 | ---- |
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