| 1 | Tropes related to the characters of ''VisualNovel/CodeRealize''. Beware of unmarked spoilers! |
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| 8 | !! Cardia Beckford |
| 9 | ->'''VA:''' NA (visual novel), Creator/SaoriHayami (anime) (Japanese), Creator/JillHarris (English) |
| 10 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_cardia_chara.png]] |
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| 12 | The protagonist and main viewpoint character of the story, Cardia is a young girl whose body contains a deadly poison which will melt anything she touches. She initially lives in isolation in the Welsh countryside, knowing only that her father has instructed her not to leave the house or have any contact with other people, because she is a monster. |
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| 14 | * ActionGirl: With instruction from Van Helsing and the other guys, Cardia develops into a capable fighter with a broad range of useful survival skills. |
| 15 | * ApologeticAttacker: On several occasions she cries out apologies as she's knocking people unconscious. |
| 16 | * ArtificialHuman: She is a homunculus created by Isaac Beckford [[spoiler:for the purpose of containing the Horologium's poison and maturing it into the Philosopher's Stone]]. |
| 17 | * BizarreHumanBiology: In addition to generating a deadly, highly corrosive poison just by existing, Cardia does not have a heart. She also possesses superhuman strength, endurance, and healing capabilities, and does not need to eat to sustain herself. |
| 18 | * CantHaveSexEver: Cardia's condition prevents her from skin-to-skin contact, which is naturally a barrier to physical romance. All of the love interests take it in stride with little angst surrounding it, making resolutions to one day find a way to neutralize the poison [[spoiler:excepting in Lupin's route, where it is already cured, and Victor's, wherein he manages to find a way of neutralizing it at the end]]. Cardia herself is [[TheIngenue fairly innocent to the concept of sex]], but does look forward towards being able to have physical contact. |
| 19 | * CombatPragmatist: The training she receives from Van Helsing and Lupin focuses on doing whatever stands the best chance of keeping Cardia alive, including catching the enemy off-guard and knowing when and how to get away when necessary. |
| 20 | * CuteBruiser: Cardia's waifish looks belie her supernatural strength, and after Van Helsing's lessons, she's able to take out Twilight goons with relative ease. |
| 21 | * EatingOptional: She doesn't need to eat, but enjoys the social aspects of sitting around a table with friends. |
| 22 | * DrivesLikeCrazy: Is shown to do this in the stage musical. |
| 23 | * GemHeart: Cardia has a gem called the Horologium embedded in her chest that is the source of her supernatural powers, cannot be removed without killing her, and is being sought after by most of the villains in the game. |
| 24 | * HollywoodAcid: Though it's universally referred to as "poison," Cardia's skin and blood act more like a fictionalized super-acid in the way that she burns and melts whatever she comes into contact with, which Watson acknowledges in ''Future Blessings''. After testing it on a variety of materials up to and including a sample of titanium, Victor concludes that the reaction is something more alchemical than natural. |
| 25 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Since she's had very little experience in dealing with other people, at first she doesn't know any better than to trust random strangers who offer to help her. |
| 26 | * IAmAMonster: Cardia has plenty of reason to believe she is a monster, especially since her earliest memory is of her father telling her so. Dealing with this belief, and gradually being coaxed out of it by the influence of her newfound friends and loved one, is one of the main themes of most routes of the game. |
| 27 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: Cardia's greatest wish is simply to be normal, to be able to live with other people and touch them without harming them with her poison. She states the trope name word for word during Lupin's route. |
| 28 | * ImpossiblyCoolClothes: She begins the game dressed in a complicated getup involving a blouse, corset, and frilly ShowgirlSkirt over leggings. Lupin reckons it can't be comfortable, and once Victor works out a way to proof materials against her poison, she gets a much more practical outfit which she wears for most of the rest of the game. |
| 29 | * TheIngenue: At the beginning of the story she is almost totally naive to the ways of the world due to spending nearly all of her life in isolation. |
| 30 | * InnocentFanserviceGirl: She initially sees no problem with casually taking off her shirt to show people the Horologium embedded in her chest. |
| 31 | * MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Her father is Isaac Beckford, repeatedly compared to Prometheus as an expression of how much his work has changed the face of science and technology. Typical for the trope, Isaac has kept Cardia isolated from the world up until the beginning of the game. |
| 32 | * NaiveNewcomer: Cardia has spent the two years prior to the story confined alone in an isolated mansion in the Welsh countryside, and has no memory prior to two years ago. As a result, most of what she encounters out in the world is new to her, requiring one of the other characters to provide explanations for her and exposition for the audience. She initially has very little frame of reference for what is or isn't normal, and though she gradually picks up a lot from the other characters over her time with them, she admits on occasion that there are still some concepts that, due to her lack of practical experience, she finds difficult to grasp. |
| 33 | * NumberOfTheBeast: Cardia is [[spoiler: Isaac Beckford's 666th attempt at creating a homunculus.]] The observant may notice the number 666 printed on the sleeve of the clothing she wears at the start of the game. |
| 34 | * PhlebotinumGirl: A young woman with a doll-like beauty, and the focus of a romance? Check. Has a unique supernatural power which other people seek to obtain and exploit for their own purposes? Check. Repeatedly caught up in conflict against her will as a result of her supernatural nature, despite only wanting to be normal? Check. |
| 35 | * PoisonousPerson: Cardia's body is highly corrosive, and contact with her bare skin will melt anything not specially treated with a serum developed from her blood. When a dog bites her in the beginning of the game and succeeds in breaking the skin, her blood causes the animal's head to melt off. Being enclosed with her in a poorly-ventilated space for an extended period of time is also not good for one's health. |
| 36 | * PowerDyesYourHair: In Lupin's route, Cardia's hair turns [[MysticalWhiteHair white]] when [[spoiler:the Horologium transforms into the Philosopher's Stone]]. It's shown to have gone back to normal in the epilogue of his True Ending. |
| 37 | * ReluctantMonster: She's never wanted to hurt anyone and is horrified by the effects of her poison on the people around her. |
| 38 | * ReplacementGoldfish: In Lupin's route it's revealed that [[spoiler:Cardia was created using the genes of, and in the image of, Isaac Beckford's murdered biological daughter. All that "my beloved daughter" stuff was actually directed toward the memory of the original Cardia Beckford; while Isaac is fonder of Cardia than of Finis, he ultimately sees them both only as soulless dolls and tools for his plan.]] |
| 39 | * SignificantWardrobeShift: Cardia gets a new, more action-oriented outfit after she's lived in the mansion for awhile, signifying her shift in character from passive to active participant in her own fate. [[spoiler: It's telling that one of the first things Finis does when he captures her in Lupin's route is have her dressed in her former outfit.]] |
| 40 | * WalkingWasteland: Cardia corrodes everything she touches and gives off small amounts of poison just by existing. |
| 41 | * WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Cardia's inexperience with the world makes it difficult to recognize what's happening when she's falling for a guy. In several of the routes she has to be told outright that what she's feeling is love. |
| 42 | * WhenSheSmiles: The first time that Cardia honestly smiles, after spending most of the game up to that point as a borderline EmotionlessGirl, it brings everything else going on in the room to a crashing halt as all of the guys stare at her in wonder. Lupin even goes so far as to say they should make it an annual holiday. |
| 43 | * VagueAge: Aside from the YoungerThanTheyLook below, it's also left unsaid how old she is supposed to look in the first place. Side material lists her age as "unknown", the thirteen year old Shirley calls her a friend her age, Watson calls her a child while most other characters call her a young woman. Cardia herself goes back and forth between innocent and mature at the drop of a hat so her physical and mental age is left up to interpretation. |
| 44 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: Due to being a [[ArtificialHuman homunculus]], Cardia is actually no more than about six years old, and has only been aware for two years of that time. |
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| 47 | !! Arsène Lupin |
| 48 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/TomoakiMaeno (Japanese), Creator/JMichaelTatum (English) |
| 49 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_nw8tvf6khg1uzcw65o3_500.png]] |
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| 51 | A 24-year-old self-proclaimed gentleman thief. He "steals" Cardia from the mansion and decides to cooperate with her in order to free her from her poison while investigating a series of terrorist attacks. |
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| 53 | * CaneFu: His ClassyCane - tricked out with some extra surprises such as the ability to spray a cloud of knockout gas - is Lupin's weapon of choice when physical combat becomes unavoidable. |
| 54 | * CatchPhrase: Lupin will have you know that the great Arsène Lupin's chances of failure are always zero. |
| 55 | * CoatHatMask: Lupin's thief get-up consists of a white domino mask, a top hat, and a cape over a tuxedo. |
| 56 | * ConMenHateGuns: Lupin is particularly dismissive of Van Helsing's tendency to shoot problems until they go away. When he does go into battle, he does so wielding his walking-stick and a collection of (mostly harmless) explosive devices. |
| 57 | * DisneyDeath: In Chapter 13 of his route, Lupin is unexpectedly gunned down by [[spoiler:Finis]], who unloads the contents of his handgun into the body just to make sure. It doesn't prevent Lupin from popping up hale and healthy in time to [[spoiler:rescue Cardia from being absorbed by Isaac]] - Impey's specially-designed BulletproofVest saved the day again, and the shots only knocked Lupin unconscious for a bit. |
| 58 | * GentlemanThief: Lupin describes himself as a "thief with a heart of justice" and insists that he never steals for himself, only targeting wrongdoers who've come by their wealth and valuables dishonestly so that he may return them to their proper owners... helping himself to a generous "handling fee" in the process, of course. |
| 59 | * GuileHero: Lupin is very nearly a pacifist, preferring to use trickery, wit, and showmanship rather than force. |
| 60 | * ImageSong: "Shall We Dance?" |
| 61 | * TheKindnapper: Cardia meets Lupin when he literally steals her away. |
| 62 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "Gentleman Thief," a jazzy theme that - outside of one or two comedic uses - is a cue that Lupin is doing something awesome. |
| 63 | * MyGreatestFailure: On his route, Lupin eventually explains that prior to the beginning of the story, he'd used his talents as a thief to destroy the criminal organization [[spoiler:run by his mentor]] from within. Unfortunately, the result was that the members of the organization turned on their own, and instead of turning back to the good as Lupin had hoped, [[spoiler:his mentor]] was murdered by his own followers. |
| 64 | * OneDegreeOfSeparation: [[spoiler:Lupin's mentor, Theophraste, is also Miles' partner and friend from Twilight.]] |
| 65 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lupin disapproves of violence, generally feeling that if he has to resort to it, he's failed. So when in Chapter 9 of his route he not only punches [[spoiler:the priest who's rallying the Welsh villagers against Cardia]] in the face, but flatly threatens to ''kill'' him if he [[spoiler:keeps calling her a monster]], you know that he's incredibly angry. |
| 66 | * PublicDomainCharacter: Yep, he's [[Literature/ArseneLupin that Lupin]]. |
| 67 | * StealthExpert: Being able to avoid notice is a crucial ability for a GentlemanThief. Lupin even gives Cardia lessons. |
| 68 | * UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Theophraste is Lupin's mentor in this universe, but his biological, estranged father in Leblanc's works. |
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| 70 | !! Impey Barbicane |
| 71 | -> '''VA:''' Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo (Japanese), Creator/ChrisGuerrero (English) |
| 72 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_nw8tvf6khg1uzcw65o4_500.png]] |
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| 74 | * BlankWhiteEyes: Impey, the designated ButtMonkey and the most likely of the main characters to play the role of comic relief, has no fewer than ''three'' different sprites with blank white eyes, one of which also has him going BlueWithShock. |
| 75 | * ButtMonkey: ''Everybody'' picks on Impey, and if anyone's going to have a comedic mishap or suffer AmusingInjuries, it'll be him. |
| 76 | * CuteLittleFangs: They go completely unremarked-upon within the story, and mostly seem to serve as a visual indication of his mischievous nature. [[spoiler:He's actually a vampire.]] |
| 77 | * GadgeteerGenius: Despite a tendency to explode or otherwise go awry, his creations are highly innovative and usually seem to do the job. Impey's claims of being a "genius engineer" aren't empty boasts - the man helped to invent an AntiGravity device, and as Saint-Germain observes, his mishaps come from his willingness to innovate and try things that haven't been done before, rather than from any lack of skill. |
| 78 | * GogglesDoNothing: He's mentioned as using his goggles for their intended purpose when he first arrives in Chapter 1, but once he takes them off to properly introduce himself, they just stay perched on top of his head for the rest of the story. |
| 79 | * ImageSong: "Trip to the Moon". |
| 80 | * LetsGetDangerous: Impey usually comes across as foolish and comically incompetent, to the point that even Cardia points out that she's never seen him win a fight. Nevertheless, he's unusually strong, fast, and resilient, and [[spoiler:has the combat skills to put those capabilities to very good effect]]. When sufficiently motivated, [[spoiler:he takes out two different groups of sky pirates in the time it takes a cloud of steam to disperse]]. |
| 81 | * LoveAtFirstSight: Impey claims he fell in love with Cardia as soon as he saw her. In fact, one of the very first things he says to her is "I love you!," which rather puzzles Cardia at the time. |
| 82 | * MadeOfIron: Impey is noted to be ridiculously tough and resilient, allowing them to stand up to a lot more punishment than most people. [[spoiler:It's because he's a vampire.]] |
| 83 | * NeverFoundTheBody: In his Normal Ending, after [[spoiler:he remains on board to steer the crashing Nautilus]]. |
| 84 | * PublicDomainCharacter: Impey Barbicane and his dream of going to the moon (via a giant cannon!) come from Creator/JulesVerne's ''Literature/FromTheEarthToTheMoon''. |
| 85 | * ScienceHero: He's a GadgeteerGenius who delights in fantastical machinery and devices and hopes to travel to the moon. Impey rarely misses an opportunity to wax lyrical on the wonders of science and engineering, and believes very strongly that science should be used to benefit people rather than to harm or dominate them. |
| 86 | * SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: The only one in the game. |
| 87 | * SupremeChef: Of all people, Impey proves to be a remarkably talented chef, even when the group's lack of funds forces him to work entirely from the estate's stores of preserved foodstuffs. Van Helsing frequently comments that he can's believe how someone like Impey could possibly create such delicate and subtle flavors. |
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| 90 | !! Victor Frankenstein |
| 91 | -> '''VA:''' Creator/TetsuyaKakihara (Japanese), Creator/MicahSolusod (English) |
| 92 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_nw8tvf6khg1uzcw65o6_500.png]] |
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| 94 | * BlankWhiteEyes: Less often than Impey, but Victor has a sprite used for similar effect in which the lenses of his glasses turn opaque. |
| 95 | * ItsAllMyFault: Victor created [[spoiler:Zicterium]], and thus both essentially invented [[spoiler:chemical warfare]] and made it possible for [[spoiler:Isaac to create the Horologium and Cardia]]. Though not personally responsible for the uses his work has been put to, he considers all of it very much his fault, as a note Cardia finds in his journal attests. |
| 96 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: A nightmare sequence at the beginning of Chapter 6 shows Victor's horrified reaction to seeing the effects of [[spoiler:Zicterium gas, which he was instrumental in developing, on a village of civilians]]. |
| 97 | * MyGreatestFailure: He blames himself not only for creating [[spoiler:Zicterium]], but for continuing to research it at the urging of Isaac Beckford and the government without realizing what they intended to do with it until it was too late. As a result, he considers it his personal responsibility to see to it that the knowledge of how to make it does not fall into anyone else's hands, and that the remaining stockpiles of it are located and destroyed before they can be used. |
| 98 | * ImageSong: "Yasashi Yokan -in the morning rays-". |
| 99 | * InSeriesNickname: In the Japanese dialogue, most of the cast call him "Fran," and Queen Victoria calls him "Professor Stein." The trope does not apply in the English localization, in which "Fran" is translated as "Victor" and the Queen refers to him as "Dr. Frankenstein." |
| 100 | * OnlySaneMan: Victor isn't ''that'' much more "normal" than the other heroes, but he often as not seems to be the only one among them who expects people to behave and events to occur in a rational manner. Cardia is also usually pretty sensible, but since she doesn't always know what's normal and what isn't, poor Victor is the one most often reacting with appalled exasperation to the shenanigans that the group gets up to. |
| 101 | * PublicDomainCharacter: Albeit InNameOnly, as the visual novel's Frankenstein bears little resemblance to Creator/MaryShelley's Dr. Literature/{{Frankenstein}}. He eventually confirms that he is from Switzerland, but that's about it. [[spoiler:The closest the ''Code:Realize'' Victor gets to creating life is his work with Zicterium inadvertently making it possible for Isaac Beckford to create Cardia]]. |
| 102 | * ReluctantMadScientist: All he ever tried to do with his scientific research was to make things that would help people. Inventing [[spoiler:Zicterium, and thus chemical warfare]], was an accident... but since he's the only one who knows how to make the stuff, he and his knowledge are very much sought after by the government, and Queen Victoria is entirely willing to set him up as a terrorist rather than risk that he might take his knowledge to another nation. |
| 103 | * ScaryShinyGlasses: He gets these on occasion for comedic effect when his inner MadScientist pops out. |
| 104 | * ScienceHero: Victor has no particular physicial abilities; his strengths lie entirely in his knowledge of chemistry and alchemy. He goes into battle armed with an arsenal of test tubes which he uses as smoke bombs, flashbangs, and knockout gas grenades, and saves the day with the power of his intellect and his firm conviction that science should be used to help people rather than to hurt them. |
| 105 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He's one of the foremost scientific minds in Britain, and one of the two members of the main cast to wear glasses. |
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| 108 | !!Saint-Germain |
| 109 | -> '''VA:''' Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (Japanese), Brandon [=McInnis=] (English) |
| 110 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_nw8tvf6khg1uzcw65o5_500.png]] |
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| 112 | * AintTooProudToBeg: Not if it means [[spoiler: Cardia's survival and the chance of a happy ending with her.]] In his True Ending, Saint-Germain pleads desperately on hands and knees for [[spoiler:Omnibus to let Cardia live]]. |
| 113 | * ApologeticAttacker: In his route, Saint-Germain is very apologetic and regretful as he tries to kill [[spoiler:Cardia]], even weeping openly as he goes through with it in certain Bad Endings. |
| 114 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: He keeps a retractable blade hidden up his sleeve, first revealed when he uses it to [[spoiler:stab Finis]] near the end of Chapter 8. |
| 115 | * DissonantSerenity: Saint-Germain's perpetual smooth composure becomes very unsettling in some situations, such as when [[spoiler:he's just stabbed Finis through the heart]] in Chapter 8, or when he and Cardia are very calmly and politely discussing [[spoiler:his intention to kill her]] in Chapter 10 of his route. Cardia understandably finds the former alarming and the latter downright surreal. |
| 116 | * EccentricMillionaire: Saint-Germain is a whimsical nobleman whose excuse for most of the things that he does, from letting Lupin and Impey hide out at his estate onwards, is "I'm bored and it seemed amusing." [[spoiler:"Eccentric aristocrat" is a good cover for a member of Idea.]] |
| 117 | * EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: "Saint-Germain" is part of his title - that is, Count ''of'' Saint-Germain - not his name. His personal name, whatever it may be, is never revealed, and everyone just calls him some variation on "Count" or "Saint-Germain." |
| 118 | * EyesAlwaysShut: The mysterious Saint-Germain is drawn with his eyes always closed, creating a nearly perpetual air of faint, detached amusement. [[spoiler:When he fully opens them in Chapter 8 and during his route, it signifies matters getting ''very'' serious.]] |
| 119 | * HealingFactor: [[spoiler: Thanks to his immortality, he can regenerate from any damage taken to him, no matter how grave.]] |
| 120 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: UsefulNotes/LeComteDeStGermain was a real person, an eccentric European courtier of mysterious origins who made many fanciful claims about himself. |
| 121 | * IcyBlueEyes: When his eyes are shown open, they are a pale and piercing blue, for maximum OhCrap factor. |
| 122 | * ImageSong: "Unmei no Tabibito" ("The Traveller of Destiny"). |
| 123 | * InSeriesNickname: In the Japanese dialogue, he's mostly referred to as "San." Impey calls him "San-chan," translated in the English localization as "Sainty G". |
| 124 | * KimonoFanservice: The subject of the CG for Saint-Germain's extra scenario: San has just acquired an authentic Japanese kimono, but needs Cardia's help in trying to figure out how to put it on. |
| 125 | * MayflyDecemberRomance: At least until MortalityEnsues [[spoiler:when Saint-Germain turns against Idea.]] |
| 126 | * MortalityEnsues: In the True Ending of his own route and in both endings of Lupin's route, Saint-Germain loses his immortality [[spoiler:due to being banished from Idea for turning against them to save Cardia]]. He's noted to have around 50 to 100 years of life left to him, and for the most part seems pretty content with it. |
| 127 | * MyGreatestFailure: On his route, he reveals that he failed to [[spoiler:kill a young boy who'd grown attached to him during a mission for Idea, which allowed the Black Plague to take hold in Europe]]. His actions in the game are an effort to make up for this failure, even if it means making a different mistake in the process. |
| 128 | * MysticalWhiteHair: His white hair adds to his general air of mystery, and as it turns out, he's definitely a supernatural being. |
| 129 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Saint-Germain occasionally implies that he's a good bit older than he looks. This is, if anything, an understatement. |
| 130 | * PerpetualSmiler: Part of that nearly constant attitude of faint amusement. |
| 131 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Saint-Germain does not say exactly ''how'' old he is, but he was granted immortality by Omnibus [[spoiler:aka Eve]] and has lived for [[spoiler:thousands of years]], long enough to have [[spoiler:already been established as an Apostle when Queen Guinevere was recruited to Idea]]. ''Future Blessings'' implies that [[spoiler:he was originally a nameless slave who was used to build [[Literature/TheBible the Tower of Babel]].]] |
| 132 | * ResurrectiveImmortality: How his immortality works [[spoiler:as an Apostle of Idea]] - he can be killed, it just won't stick. [[spoiler:However, as with all the Apostles, his immortality can run out if he's killed enough times, or be revoked by Omnibus. He's specifically noted to be mortal again in his True Ending and in both of Lupin's endings, after being banished from Idea.]] |
| 133 | * SeenItAll: Almost ''nothing'' surprises him or appreciably disturbs his composure; most of the shenanigans the group gets up to, no matter how drastic, Saint-Germain seems to simply find entertaining. When asked, he lightly advises Cardia that his composure comes from experience. |
| 134 | * StarCrossedLovers: An understatement. As a [[spoiler: homunculus]], Cardia is something that should not exist according to [[spoiler: Idea.]] Throughout the story it seems like there's no way for them to both live happily together: [[spoiler: Saint-Germain's plan to slaughter the entirety of the Apostles to keep Cardia safe will end with him dying, and Cardia's bargaining to save his life includes destroying her own Horologium once he's saved.]] In the true ending, [[spoiler: they have to convince Omnibus to completely ScrewDestiny (with a little help from Guinevere) to get a happy ending together.]] |
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| 137 | !!Abraham Van Helsing |
| 138 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/JunichiSuwabe (Japanese), Creator/IanSinclair (English) |
| 139 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_nw8tvf6khg1uzcw65o2_500.png]] |
| 140 | ---- |
| 141 | * AbnormalAmmo: Van Helsing's tendency to solve all problems with his guns is facilitated by the assortment of specialized ammunition that he uses, from miniature grenade shells to cartridges packed with non-lethal rock salt. |
| 142 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Bram Stoker's Abraham Van Helsing was an aging Dutch doctor of average height who is described as having a "good-sized nose" and "bushy brows," not much like the visual novel's tall blond {{Bishonen}}. |
| 143 | * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: A rather painful one, in response to Cardia's own declaration a little beforehand. |
| 144 | * TheAtoner: He's prepared to let Delacroix II kill him to atone for his actions in the Vampire War. In most endings, he either joins Delly in working to help the surviving vampires, or becomes a bodyguard for a powerful nobleman who is doing the same from within the British government. |
| 145 | * BadassLongcoat: Always shown dressed in a long overcoat which billows out around him with suitable drama in action [=CGs=]. |
| 146 | * TheBigGuy: Van Helsing is several levels beyond any of the other heroes in terms of combat ability [[spoiler:barring perhaps Saint-Germain, who has reasons to keep his skills secret]]. Between his exceptional physical strength and toughness and his extensive battle experience, he's the group's go-to whenever force is required. |
| 147 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: In the final chapter of his route, Van falls victim to Hidden Strength conditioning courtesy of [[spoiler:Aleister]], who orders him to murder Cardia. |
| 148 | * ClickHello: Van Helsing announces his arrival on the scene with a dramatic *''click''* of his guns on a few occasions, most notably when he first confronts Lupin in his introductory scene in Chapter 2 and if he's the one to interrupt [[spoiler:Finis's breaking speech to Cardia]] in Chapter 8. |
| 149 | * DisneyDeath: In his True Ending, he seems to die after [[spoiler:stabbing himself to shake off the effects of Hidden Strength]], only to revive moments later just as Cardia is beginning to mourn. |
| 150 | * DyingAsYourself: In his Normal End. |
| 151 | * FamedInStory: Van Helsing is widely known as the hero of the Vampire War, knighted to the Most Excellent Order by Queen Victoria and nicknamed the "human weapon" for his combat prowess. ''Everybody'' has heard of Van Helsing, and reactions to him tend to vary from respectful awe to pants-wetting terror depending on how likely it seems that he's going to start shooting at the person in question. |
| 152 | * TheGadfly: Yes, really. Post character development he doesn't let a single opportunity to tease his friends - most notably Impey and Delly is a close second - pass him by, completely with ScaryShinyGlasses for comedic affect. |
| 153 | * GunsAkimbo: ''Shotguns'' akimbo, one in each hand. His combat sprite shows him holding them crossed in front of him. |
| 154 | * ImageSong: "Endless Pain". |
| 155 | * InSeriesNickname: Everyone close to him just calls him "Van". Averted in the localization where this is left out completely and people just address him by his full last name instead |
| 156 | * KnightInSourArmor: He insists that he's out only for himself and doesn't believe in justice, but he avoids killing as much as he can and is a steadfast ally in the quest to help Cardia and save London. He's even literally a knight; Queen Victoria knighted him to the Most Excellent Order for his service in the Vampire War. |
| 157 | * LethalChef: Cardia never experiences it personally, but in Van Helsing's extra scenario the other guys indicate that his cooking is as lethal as his combat skills. He doesn't seem to realize it. |
| 158 | * MadeOfIron: He's ''ridiculously'' durable, repeatedly coming out unharmed from experiences that would unquestionably have killed any normal man. [[spoiler:At the end of his route, he discovers that it's because Aleister has spent the last several years secretly using Hidden Strength conditioning on him]]. |
| 159 | * MyGreatestFailure: Van deeply regrets his actions during the Vampire War, in which he almost single-handedly killed an entire fortress of vampires [[spoiler:including their king, Delacroix. He'd infiltrated their community for some time and knew that they had no plans to threaten humanity, but was forced to go through with the mission against his will]]. |
| 160 | * OneManArmy: Van Helsing, the "human weapon," is responsible for almost single-handedly ending the Vampire War and can be relied upon to solo armies of enemy {{Mook}}s. When the [[spoiler:Van Helsing Cannon]] gets deployed during Chapter 7, he takes down Nemo's entire ''airship'' on his own. |
| 161 | * PublicDomainCharacter: Borrowed from Creator/BramStoker's ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''. InNameOnly, he's both younger, and approach problems very differently (the original Van Helsing was a bookworm who spent time studying a problem before carefully considering violence). |
| 162 | * RealMenWearPink: His hobby of choice is cooking, and he mentions trying to make tiramisu. Unfortunately, [[LethalChef he's not too good at it]]. |
| 163 | * ScaryShinyGlasses: Not at first but post character development they appear quite frequently, almost always when in [[TheGadfly gadfly mode]] |
| 164 | * SeenItAll: As a veteran of the Vampire War, Van Helsing has seen and done a lot. There's not a whole lot that can break his general attitude of irritable stoicism. |
| 165 | * ShellShockedVeteran: Van Helsing was comprehensively broken by his experiences during the Vampire War, going from an eager and idealistic young man to a "human weapon" whose mission to discover the truth about [[spoiler:Finis's immortality (and kill him once and for all)]] is the only reason he cares about staying alive. |
| 166 | * StoicSpectacles: Van Helsing is the other of the two main cast members who wears glasses. Where Victor's large-lensed glasses serve to denote his [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses intelligence]], Van's smaller frames denote his aloof stoicism. |
| 167 | * SurvivalMantra: On the rare occasion that Van Helsing is pressed enough in battle that his survival is in doubt, he repeats "''I can't die yet''" to himself like a mantra. |
| 168 | |
| 169 | [[/folder]] |
| 170 | |
| 171 | [[folder:British Empire]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | !! Finis |
| 174 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/YuukiKaji (Japanese), Justin Briner (English) |
| 175 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_finis_chara_sm.png]] |
| 176 | ---- |
| 177 | * AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:Despite having nothing to offer, he begs Aleister and Nemo to help him save Cardia]]. |
| 178 | * ArtificialHuman: Like Cardia, Finis is a construct made by Isaac Beckford. [[spoiler:Unlike Cardia, he's not a homunculus, but an AI remotely controlling replaceable "bioterminals."]] |
| 179 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler:The reason Finis gained individuality and turned against Isaac during his route was because Cardia showed him compassion and told him she wanted to be able to love him as an older sister.]] |
| 180 | * BodyBackupDrive: In Van Helsing and Lupin's routes, the secret of Finis's immortality is revealed to be a seemingly endless supply of duplicate bodies ready for him to step into whenever he's killed. In Lupin's route he's shown controlling [[HiveMind multiple bodies at a time]]. [[spoiler:His main body is a steampunk-style supercomputer built by Isaac.]] |
| 181 | * DefrostingIceKing: During his route. |
| 182 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: He gets a lot of build up as a major antagonist during the common route, only to be rather quickly dispatched around the midpoint in the game. He comes back in Van Helsing and Lupin's routes. |
| 183 | * DontYouDarePityMe: ''Really'' does not take sympathy towards his circumstances well. |
| 184 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:At the end of Lupin's ending, he'd rather let himself die than accept Cardia's help]]. |
| 185 | * FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Finis looks like a rather angelic boy. In Chapter 6, Victoria observes that Cardia's doll-like beauty reminds her of Finis and guesses from this that they may be related. |
| 186 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:During his route.]] |
| 187 | * MySisterIsOffLimits: In ''Wintertide Miracles'', he makes it clear he does ''not'' trust the Lupin gang's intentions towards Cardia. |
| 188 | * SuicideByCop: [[spoiler:In his normal ending, he pretends to still be possessed by Isaac to convince Hansel to kill him]]. |
| 189 | * TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler: Despite his disdain for Cardia in the original game, by ''Wintertide Miracles'' he's become a doting younger brother and has even fondness towards the rest of the main group]]. |
| 190 | * TheUnfavorite: He believes that, despite his efforts to be useful, their father only loves Cardia. The reality is more complicated - [[spoiler:Isaac considers them ''both'' disposable tools, and his apparent affection for Cardia is for the dead daughter that she was designed to look like]] - but it's true that Finis doesn't seem to have gotten any of the "my beloved child" treatment from Isaac that Cardia remembers. |
| 191 | * {{Tsundere}}: Shows shades of it during his route, emphasizing he's only helping Cardia because their father needs her to complete his plans. [[spoiler:After his HeelFaceTurnTurn, he plays this straight, particularly by ''Wintertide Miracles''.]] |
| 192 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Finis is motivated entirely by his desire for his father's affection and approval. |
| 193 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Isaac uses him as a shield and discards him because he's no longer suitable as a vessel, during his route.]] |
| 194 | * YoungAndInCharge: He's the leader of [[StateSec Twilight]] despite having the appearance of a barely-pubescent teenager (and actually being even younger than that). |
| 195 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: Like Cardia, Finis is probably no more than six years old, and may be even younger given that he calls Cardia his "oneesan" (older sister). [[spoiler:Isaac's flashback indicates that the original Cardia and Finis were twins, but Cardia was likely the firstborn.]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | !! Jimmy A. Aleister |
| 198 | -> '''VA:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama |
| 199 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_jimmy_a_aleister_chara_sm.png]] |
| 200 | ---- |
| 201 | * BadassBookworm: He's both a university professor and a ranking member of [[StateSec Twilight]] who taught Van Helsing much of what he knows about combat. |
| 202 | * BastardUnderstudy: Aleister is second in command of Twilight, and thus is Finis's subordinate. Though he shows no hint of rebelliousness through most of the game, Van Helsing's route reveals that he's been subtly working against Finis behind the scenes, biding his time until he's confirmed how to kill Finis permanently before he makes his move to usurp control of Twilight for himself. |
| 203 | * BigBadFriend: He's an old friend and former mentor to Van Helsing. He's also the main villain of Van Helsing's route. This gets even uglier than it sounds. |
| 204 | * TheChessmaster: Very little of Aleister's villainy involves anything we actually see him personally ''doing'' on-screen. Instead, he orchestrates events and arranges for ''other'' people to do things, allowing him to keep his hand hidden. In Van Helsing's route, his influence causes an explosion of violent crimes throughout London, culminating in a prison break and city-wide crisis, with no one the wiser until he deliberately shows his hand. [[spoiler: In fact, Lupin's route reveals how Aleister's true identity is that of the "Napoleon of Crime" himself, Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes mythos.]] |
| 205 | * TheCorrupter: The ultimate goal of his complicated years-long plan is to twist and corrupt Van Helsing into something as dark as himself. |
| 206 | * EvilSoundsDeep: One of the most irredeemably evil characters in the game has one of the deepest voices. |
| 207 | * HighClassGlass: Aleister is poised, genteel, and wears a monocle. |
| 208 | * HorrifyingTheHorror: He says that even the most hardened and wicked criminals he's met have been horrified when they realize his true nature. |
| 209 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: In a twisted way, the whole motive for Aleister's villainous plots in Van Helsing's route and in the Herlock Sholmès path added in ''Future Blessings'' is simply that he wants someone like him to feel kinship with. For this purpose, he does everything in his power to break and twist Van and Sholmès until they are as monstrous as himself. When Sholmès defies his efforts and refuses to go along with Aleister's SadisticChoice at the end of his ''Future Blessings'' route, Aleister seems genuinely sorrowful and [[spoiler:proceeds to commit suicide]]. |
| 210 | * PetTheDog: [[spoiler:During Finis route, he chooses to help Finis stop Isaac despite Finis having nothing to offer him, purely out of being impressed by Finis willingness to beg for help. Likewise, in ''Wintertide Miracles'', he seems content that Finis has found something beyond solitude and wishes Finis and Cardia continue to live happily together.]] |
| 211 | * ReptilesAreAbhorrent: In a very subtle use of the trope, his walking stick is topped with a metal decoration in the shape of a serpent's head. In his default sprite he has his hand closed over it, making it easy to miss, but after he reveals himself as a villain he holds it prominently forward. |
| 212 | * TreacherousAdvisor: He recruited Van Helsing to Twilight and mentored him for many years; even after Van quit Twilight, Aleister is one of the few people Van trusts, and possibly the only one he considers a friend. Unfortunately, he's been manipulating and working to corrupt Van from the day they ''met''. |
| 213 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In Finis' ''Wintertide Miracles'' story, it's implied that Sholmes is pursuing him and close to catching up. However, whether they confront each other is left unclear. |
| 214 | |
| 215 | !! Queen Alexandrina Victoria |
| 216 | ->'''VA:''' Naomin Iida (Japanese), Creator/StephanieYoung (English) |
| 217 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_alexandrina_victoria_chara_sm.png]] |
| 218 | ---- |
| 219 | * DeathSeeker: In Frankenstein's route. |
| 220 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: A heavily fictionalized UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria. |
| 221 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: On Frankenstein's route. While some of her policies may have been questionable, the real Victoria never tried to spearhead a chemical weapon attack on her own people as a FalseFlagOperation. |
| 222 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: She agrees that some of the actions she's taken and is planning to take are, to make no bones about it, evil, but believes that such evil actions are necessary to protect Britain. |
| 223 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In Impey and Lupin's routes, the scale of the threat to Britain as a nation leads Victoria to ally with Lupin and company, and she provides her full support in carrying out their plans. |
| 224 | * ToughLeaderFacade: A flashback on Victor's route shows that Victoria was originally a quiet, shy girl. She's had to develop thick layers of poise, resolve, and no small amount of ruthlessness in order to rule effectively as Queen. |
| 225 | * VisualPun: Victoria dresses in yellow with black stripes, and the Royal Guard wear an insignia of gold hexagons. In other words, Victoria is the ''queen bee''. She even wears a brooch with a bee design. |
| 226 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Despite spearheading a chemical attack on her own people to kickstart a world war, all her actions come from a belief it'll protect Britain in the long run, and she does understand that her actions are still evil. |
| 227 | |
| 228 | !! Captain Rempart Leonhardt |
| 229 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/YojiUeda (Japanese), Creator/DavidWald (English) |
| 230 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_rempart_leonhardt_chara_sm.png]] |
| 231 | ---- |
| 232 | * LetsGetDangerous: Leonhardt is such a blowhard that it's easy to write him off. Cardia notes her surprise when she sees that in action he's a highly competent warrior. |
| 233 | * MyMasterRightOrWrong: He's passionately loyal to Victoria, and though he has a strong sense of justice, he'll support Victoria and follow her commands even if what she's doing runs against his own morals. In Victor's route, this means acting as Victoria's [[TheDragon Dragon]] and assisting her in her plans even though he knows that it's wrong, [[spoiler:at least until Victor persuades him that stopping her from taking the wrong path is a better expression of his loyalty than enabling her]]. |
| 234 | * ObliviousToLove: During Victor's route in ''Future's Blessings'', Victoria hints her interest towards him by teasing she might be interested in pursuing romance at some point. The fact Leonhardt might be the target of such goes over his head, to her consternation. |
| 235 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In Van Helsing's route, Leonhardt willingly agrees to collaborate with the guys in investigating the rush of crimes instigated by Azoth. It's mostly on the strength of Van Helsing's reputation as a war hero, but Leonhardt (somewhat begrudgingly) puts aside his considerable dislike of Lupin for the sake of the investigation and allows the whole group access to the crime scenes and all relevant information. |
| 236 | * SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Leonhardt takes his duties as Captain of the Royal Guard very seriously and believes in honor, justice, and the law. Since the heroes often operate outside the law, they sometimes run up against him, and he has a particular grudge against Lupin for getting the better of him during the prologue. |
| 237 | * WouldNotHitAGirl: He chastises his men for pointing their guns at Cardia during the prologue. Near the end of Victor's route, Cardia physically shielding Victor with her own body is the breaking point that finally causes Leonhardt to [[spoiler:refuse Victoria's order to kill them both]], as he simply can't find it in him to attack an unarmed girl who's just trying to protect someone she loves. |
| 238 | |
| 239 | [[/folder]] |
| 240 | |
| 241 | [[folder:Idea]] |
| 242 | |
| 243 | !! Omnibus |
| 244 | ->'''VA:''' Michiru Wada (Japanese), Linda Young (English) |
| 245 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_omnibus_chara_sm.png]] |
| 246 | ---- |
| 247 | * PetTheDog: After seeking Cardia's death all Saint-Germain's route, offers to take Cardia into Idea and protect her after Saint-Germain's death in the normal ending. [[spoiler:She also grants Hansel's wish to be with his sister and mother by imbuing his weapon with Gretel's soul and taking the role of mother to him.]] |
| 248 | * PublicDomainCharacter: Of the [[Literature/TheBible biblical]] kind. [[spoiler:She's Eve, and her premonitions are the result of eating the Fruit of Knowledge.]] |
| 249 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: At least 5000 years old. |
| 250 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: She ordered the death of a whole village and ordered Cardia's death because her visions warned her of disaster that would follow otherwise. Saint-Germain's route indicates that these examples are typical of how Idea usually operates. |
| 251 | |
| 252 | !! Assailant |
| 253 | ->'''VA:''' Kanoko Akahori (Japanese), Creator/JamieMarchi (English) |
| 254 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_assailant_chara_sm.png]] |
| 255 | ---- |
| 256 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: She makes note of the resemblance between herself and Saint-Germain. Both failed a duty out of love and caused disastrous consequences. |
| 257 | * PublicDomainCharacter: From Myth/ArthurianLegend. [[spoiler:Under the armor, she turns out to be Queen Guinevere.]] |
| 258 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Granted immortality by Idea and Omnibus. |
| 259 | * SamusIsAGirl: In Saint-Germain's route, Cardia is shocked to hear a woman's voice come out of the heavy armor. |
| 260 | * StarCrossedLovers: With [[spoiler:Lancelot]] prior to her recruitment into Idea. |
| 261 | * TheDragon: To Omnibus. |
| 262 | |
| 263 | [[/folder]] |
| 264 | |
| 265 | [[folder:Others]] |
| 266 | |
| 267 | !! Herlock Sholmès |
| 268 | ->'''VA:''' Kazuya Murakami (Japanese), Creator/AustinTindle (English) |
| 269 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_herlock_sholmes_chara_sm.png]] |
| 270 | ---- |
| 271 | * AntiVillain: Because Lupin and friends tend to operate outside the law as often as not, and Sholmès is a detective who believes in the importance of obeying the law, he repeatedly comes into conflict with the heroes. Averted during his own route, where he takes a more traditional heroic role. |
| 272 | * BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Is briefly held captive by Aleister, though he later breaks himself out]]. |
| 273 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Especially when [[spoiler:Aleister]] is involved. |
| 274 | * CaptainErsatz: Herlock Sholmès is transparently an ersatz Literature/SherlockHolmes. The game inherits this bit of WritingAroundTrademarks from Arsène Lupin's creator Maurice Leblanc, due to objections from Arthur Conan Doyle's estate after Leblanc pitted Lupin against the Great Detective in one of his stories. In Lupin's route, [[spoiler:it's revealed that he actually ''is'' Sherlock Holmes acting under an alias to avoid attracting attention.]] |
| 275 | * EasilyForgiven: Despite his anger at Sholmès, Watson quickly forgives him for faking his death. [[spoiler:Likewise, Cardia and Watson settle for simply socking him after he allowed himself to be caught to try and take on Aleister alone]]. |
| 276 | * TheGadfly: Trolling Lupin may only be a side benefit of whatever other business Sholmès has with the heroes, but he certainly does get a lot of enjoyment out of it. |
| 277 | * MercyKill: Twice. [[spoiler:First, with Mary, who was brainwashed via Hidden Strength. Second, with Cardia, who would die rather than release the poison within her on London during his normal ending]]. |
| 278 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:His game with Moriarty getting his loved ones involved. In particular, the fact Mary was brainwashed with Hidden Strength by Moriarty, requiring him to MercyKill her]]. |
| 279 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Sholmès doesn't look any older than the main cast, but since Lupin's route confirms that he's been [[spoiler:in conflict with Moriarty since before he joined Twilight]], and has been working as a detective long enough to [[spoiler:have established such fame under his real identity that he needed to assume an alias to avoid unwanted attention while he tracked Moriarty down]], he must be older than he appears. |
| 280 | ** According to the visual fanbook, he's actually 28, just a year older than Van Helsing and Impey. |
| 281 | * PromotedToLoveInterest: In ''Future Blessings'' he gets his own route and becomes a possible love interest to Cardia. |
| 282 | * ShootTheDog: His path in ''Future Blessings'' reveals that he was forced to MercyKill [[spoiler:Mary Watson, née Morstan, after Aleister subjected her to Hidden Strength]]. Though there was little other choice, he's never forgiven himself, and following the incident he withdrew from Watson and did everything he could to prevent anyone from getting involved in his cases. |
| 283 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Sholmès is the one thing guaranteed to get under Lupin's skin and make him lose his cool, even when they're not actually working against one another. At one point during Lupin's route, Cardia observes that Sholmès just naturally seems to bring out the worst in Lupin. |
| 284 | * StealthExpert: He's at least as good as Lupin, possibly even better, at going unnoticed when he doesn't want to be noticed. He's not only able to tail Lupin without Lupin realizing it, he does so close enough to eavesdrop on a private conversation in a crowded train station. |
| 285 | * SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Though dubious of Twilight's motives, Sholmès believes that the law is what allows society to function, and supports it even when he personally believes the law is in the wrong, and he's skilled enough as a detective to become a definite thorn in Lupin's side. At the same time, he bears the heroes no personal ill will, and steps in to help them on several occasions with the excuse that he keeps his work and his personal life separate. |
| 286 | * WildCard: An odd example occurring thanks to the heroes not always being on the right side of the law and Sholmès' own idiosyncratic approach to the conflict between [[ToBeLawfulOrGood what's lawful and what's right]]. When the heroes are actively breaking the law, or the authorities have hired him to work against them, Sholmès is an implacable antagonist. When he's ''not'' employed against them, however, he sees nothing wrong with stepping in to help them against the true villains, and on at least one occasion goes out of his way to warn them before he formally takes a job to hunt them down. |
| 287 | * XanatosSpeedChess: A master player, as demonstrated in his first appearance in Chapter 4. Despite crossing paths with Lupin and company purely by chance, he successfully manages to find out what they're up to, hide on board the train without being discovered by the heroes ''or'' Twilight, and predict and counter nearly every one of Lupin's tricks. The only thing he [[DidNotSeeThatComing didn't see coming]] was Cardia's poison. |
| 288 | |
| 289 | !! Delacroix II |
| 290 | ->'''VA:''' Miho Ishigami (Japanese), Creator/TrinaNishimura (English) |
| 291 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_delacroix_ii_chara_sm.png]] |
| 292 | ---- |
| 293 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: In Van Helsing's route, he's captured by [[spoiler:Aleister]] and subjected to Hidden Strength conditioning, sending him into an UnstoppableRage against Van Helsing in an attempt to force Van to kill him. |
| 294 | * BrattyHalfPint: As an extremely strong vampire and the son of the late vampire king, he's plenty full of himself despite his young age, and circumstances mean that even after he's formed an uneasy peace with the heroes he doesn't see the need to spare them from any of his belligerence. |
| 295 | * CuteLittleFangs: In his case, they denote both a prickly {{tsundere}} nature and the fact that he is a vampire. |
| 296 | * DoNotCallMePaul: His full name is Dracula Delacroix, but after stepping into his father's shoes as the leader of the vampire [[TheRemnant remnant]], he prefers to go by "Delacroix II" and reacts badly when Van Helsing calls him "Dracula." He's not fond of the nickname Impey and Cardia tag him with, either, but nobody pays much attention and "Delly" sticks despite his complaints. |
| 297 | * InSeriesNickname: When Cardia persuades him to come stay with them at the mansion, [[TheNicknamer Impey]] promptly nicknames him "Delly" ("Dela-chan" in the Japanese). Once Cardia adopts it, the rest of the gang follow suit. |
| 298 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: He may be a cute little boy, but he's incredibly strong and fast, capable of easily flooring a grown man with a single punch. His incredible strength is because he's not just a vampire, but a pure-blooded vampire whose bloodline hasn't been diluted by interbreeding with humans. |
| 299 | * PublicDomainCharacter: He's a kid-ified version of Dracula. |
| 300 | * {{Tsundere}}: He stubbornly denies wanting anything to do with any humans. He's only joining them for meals because Sisi insisted! |
| 301 | * YouKilledMyFather: Delacroix II seeks revenge against Van Helsing for Van's murder of his father. |
| 302 | |
| 303 | !! Nemo |
| 304 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/GoShinomiya (Japanese), Creator/DamanMills (English) |
| 305 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_nemo_chara_sm.png]] |
| 306 | ---- |
| 307 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Nemo initially shows up at the airship race in Chapter 7 acting like a LargeHam, treating the heroes as {{Worthy Opponent}}s (even taking Impey on a tour of his ship), and generally acting like a giant goofball. It gets a lot less funny when he goes full-on megalomaniacal in Impey's route. |
| 308 | * BeautifulAllAlong: When the goggles come off, he's revealed to be ''very'' {{Bishonen}}. |
| 309 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: He's driven entirely by pursuit of science, for better or worse. |
| 310 | * ButtMonkey: To the antagonist side. |
| 311 | * {{Foil}}: With his unrestrained use of science for personal power and his disregard for safety or ethics in scientific research, Nemo serves as a foil to {{Science Hero}}es Impey and (to a lesser extent) Victor, who both have similar passion for science but see it as a tool for the betterment of humanity and not something that should be used to do harm. |
| 312 | * ForScience: As far as Nemo is concerned, anything is justified in the name of scientific discovery and progress. |
| 313 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:In Finis' route, he's persuaded to act against Isaac. As such, he's given a lighter sentence at the end of the game]]. |
| 314 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: One of his biggest motivations. |
| 315 | * LargeHam: Nemo seems to be completely incapable of ''not'' chewing great chunks of the scenery any time he appears. |
| 316 | * MadScientist: He's an undisputed genius scientist and a 100% certified ''raving loony'' who was thrown out of the Royal Society for his complete disregard for any kind of ethical or moral restraint in his research. Van Helsing succinctly describes him as a "whackjob." |
| 317 | * NoIndoorVoice: His default mode. [[spoiler:Even when in jail, he's so loud that other prisoners have begged to be moved.]] |
| 318 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In ''Wintertide Miracles'', he not only listens to Impey's troubles without interruption but he also drops the dramatics to offer Impey frank, solemn advice about his relationship with Cardia. |
| 319 | * PublicDomainCharacter: He's a gone mad version of Captain Nemo from ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea''. Just that in this game, the Nautilus is an airship, not a submarine. |
| 320 | * UnknownRival: More of an Unwanted Rival in this case. Nemo is very impressed with both Impey and Victor, declaring them his equals and {{Worthy Opponent}}s in science and engineering. [[OnlySaneMan Victor]] especially is very unenthusiastic about being Nemo's "eternal rival" and would just as soon decline the honor, thanks. |
| 321 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: Nemo has white hair and no morals to speak of. |
| 322 | |
| 323 | |
| 324 | !! Isaac Beckford |
| 325 | ->'''VA:''' Daichi Endo (Japanese), Greg Dulcie (English) |
| 326 | ---- |
| 327 | * AGodAmI: [[spoiler:During Lupin and Finis' routes]]. |
| 328 | * AbusiveParents: To Finis in particular. [[spoiler:Subverted with the original Finis and Cardia, who he was a doting parent towards. He also initially attempted to love the homunculi versions of his children but the fact they weren't truly them resurrected eventually caused him to dismiss them as dolls.]] |
| 329 | * ArchnemesisDad: To Cardia [[spoiler:and Finis, in Finis' route]]. |
| 330 | * BigBad: Almost all the bad events in the game can be traced back to him. |
| 331 | * DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Having the townsfolk turn against him and kill his family was bad enough. Being unable to resurrect his children after years of research pushed him over for good]]. |
| 332 | * DisappearedDad: Isaac went missing before the events of the story, leaving Cardia alone in the house in Wales. |
| 333 | * MadScientist: [[spoiler:He masterminded plan Code:Realize to gain immortality, revive his family, and lead humanity to a new age of development through eternal war]]. |
| 334 | * StartOfDarkness: Isaac was once a humble man who used his genius to improve the world and eventually settled down to be a simple village doctor. [[spoiler:Then, a plague occurred and the village blamed him for it. Though he tried to help, while he was away getting research materials, his family was beaten and burned by a mob. When he begged for help, he received none and his family died, turning him against humanity]]. |
| 335 | [[/folder]] |
| 336 | |
| 337 | [[folder:Introduced in ''Future Blessings'']] |
| 338 | |
| 339 | !! Shirley Gordon |
| 340 | ->'''VA:''' Haruka Yamazaki |
| 341 | ---- |
| 342 | * ChildhoodFriends: With Passy, who also serves as her bodyguard. |
| 343 | * GenkiGirl |
| 344 | * GirlsWithGuns: She's a gifted shot and good enough to clear out the shooting gallery at the boardwalk. |
| 345 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: She'd want nothing more than to live like a normal girl. Unfortunately, her overprotective father and place in the family makes this difficult. |
| 346 | * MafiaPrincess: The daughter of the head of the Gordon family. |
| 347 | * RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:She'll do ''anything'' to take revenge on Avido for killing her mother]]. |
| 348 | * YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Or Mother, to be precise]]. |
| 349 | |
| 350 | !! Darius Gordon |
| 351 | ->'''VA:''' Takaya Hashi |
| 352 | ---- |
| 353 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: To Shirley's consternation, he's prone to bursting out into tears and wailing about her. |
| 354 | * AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:He lost his arm to Avido during their past confrontation]]. |
| 355 | * ArtificialLimbs |
| 356 | * BadassInANiceSuit |
| 357 | * TheDon: Of the Gordon Family. He inherited the position after marrying the previous head's daughter. |
| 358 | * {{Foil}}: To Avido. While Avido is the ruthless, archetypal mafia type who only values money and power, Darius values his family and the Gordon honor. |
| 359 | * NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: Despite being Mafia, the Gordon family are altruistic in their actions and have a strict no-kill policy. |
| 360 | * PapaWolf: Despite his overprotectiveness, he'll do anything to keep Shirley safe. |
| 361 | * TechnicalPacifist: He refuses to kill but that doesn't stop him from kidnapping, using force when necessary, or [[spoiler:allowing Shirley to destroy Avido's fortunes]]. |
| 362 | * ThouShaltNotKill: Darius does his best to uphold the family policy against killing, [[spoiler:even in the face of his wife's murderer. He even feels ashamed for nearly killing Avido in the past]]. |
| 363 | |
| 364 | !! Avido Crudele |
| 365 | ->'''VA:''' Konishi Katsuyuki |
| 366 | ---- |
| 367 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Despite his refined behavior, he has the skills to back it up. |
| 368 | * BigBad: Of the Lupin Gang route. |
| 369 | * DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:He has a personal vendetta against the Gordon family because his father was a member and suffered for attempting to stay true to their ideals while in Italy. It ruined him and his family, causing Avido to develop a hatred for the Gordons and their ideals]]. |
| 370 | * {{Foil}}: To Darius. While Avido is the ruthless, archetypal mafia type who only values money and power, Darius values his family and the Gordon honor. |
| 371 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: He outright flaunts it with his ship and everything inside it. |
| 372 | * WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Lampshaded and subverted. The characters acknowledge his name literally translates into "greedy" and "cruel" and state it must be a pseudonym. |
| 373 | |
| 374 | !! John H. Watson |
| 375 | ->'''VA:''' Kosuke Toriumi |
| 376 | ---- |
| 377 | * AngerBornOfWorry: His first reaction upon finding out Herlock is alive is to try and sock him. |
| 378 | * BadassNormal: Despite being an ordinary human, he's capable of putting up a fight against [[OneManArmy Abraham Van Helsing]]. |
| 379 | * EasilyForgiven: Despite his anger at Herlock, Watson quickly forgives him for faking his death. [[spoiler:Likewise, Cardia and Watson settle for simply socking him after he allowed himself to be caught to try and take on Aleister alone]]. |
| 380 | * HappilyMarried: To Mary [[spoiler:while she was alive]]. |
| 381 | * HotBlooded: In contrast to Herlock. |
| 382 | * NiceGuy: Upon finding Cardia out in the sewers with apparently nowhere else to go, he invites her to come home with him for the night. |
| 383 | * PublicDomainCharacter: From the Sherlock Holmes mythos. |
| 384 | |
| 385 | !! Hansel Hexenhaus |
| 386 | ->'''VA:''' Nobuhiko Okamoto |
| 387 | ---- |
| 388 | * AbusiveParents: As per the original story, he and his sister were abandoned by their parents. [[spoiler:However, he's the only one who lived.]] |
| 389 | * ApologeticAttacker: After befriending Cardia and Finis, he's greatly saddened at the possibility he might have to kill them and does his best to dissuade them [[spoiler:from returning to London during the Knockers' assault]]. |
| 390 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler:In Finis' route in ''Wintertide Miracles'', the reason he stands down is because Cardia was the first person to thank him.]] |
| 391 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: Despite being a soft-spoken, lethargic young man, he's still as dangerous as any of Idea's Apostles and armed with a giant fork to skewer you with. |
| 392 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Even when Finis threatens to add deadly traps to the house's reconstruction to deal with Saint-Germain and Hansel constant dropping in, Hansel simply asks [[ComicallyMissingThePoint if they have pests]]. Saint-Germain advises Finis to give up on Hansel. |
| 393 | * {{Foil}}: To Cardia and Finis. |
| 394 | * LivingWeapon: [[spoiler:His fork is carries the soul of his sister, Gretel. As such, he regularly talks to her and treats her with affection.]] |
| 395 | * PublicDomainCharacter: From the story of Hansel and Gretel. |
| 396 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Granted immortality by Idea and Omnibus. |
| 397 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Though Hansel's ordered to destroy Cardia and Finis, he feels no animosity towards them, even feeling sympathy for their circumstances. [[spoiler:Once Isaac's main body is destroyed and Cardia's body no longer contains poison, he considers them no longer a threat and lets them go]]. |
| 398 | * SweetTooth: Unsurprisingly, he occasionally has one on hand. |
| 399 | [[/folder]] |
| 400 | |
| 401 | [[folder:Introduced in ''Wintertide Miracles'']] |
| 402 | |
| 403 | !! Cantarella |
| 404 | ->'''VA:''' Mamiko Noto |
| 405 | ---- |
| 406 | * ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:A homunculus created to age naturally.]] |
| 407 | * TheChosenOne: Played with. Aiguille is convinced she's the singer of legend, destined to bring the Clockwork Castle to life. [[spoiler: The reason why is because the castle was intended to be a toy for the original Cardia Beckford. Cantarella, as a homunculus of her, has a voice that's a 100% match (as does Cardia)]]. |
| 408 | * DeadpanSnarker: Particularly when dealing with her father. She also tongue-lashes Aiguille into submission to the point he's fearful of the idea of her chewing him out. |
| 409 | * HappilyAdopted: Despite her consternations, she genuinely loves Miles and considers him her father. |
| 410 | * HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After Miles seemingly throws her away and the chip inside her brain starts overloading her with implanted memories of the original Cardia, she completely breaks down and the castle goes out of control.]] |
| 411 | * {{Foil}}: To Cardia, particularly with their relationships with their fathers. [[spoiler:They're also both homunculus created in Isaac's experiments, with Cantarella being a failed one while Cardia was the successful one.]] |
| 412 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Several characters comment that Cardia and Catarella act like sisters and even look alike. [[spoiler:That's because they're both homuculi created by Isaac which makes them, essentially and genetically, twins.]] |
| 413 | * ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:By Isaac, due to her being a failed clone of the real Cardia, thus giving her a crippling fear of being thrown away. She takes it ''hard'' when Miles seemingly throws her away.]] |
| 414 | * ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: One of the homunculus created to revive the original Cardia Beckford. However, Isaac threw her away, due to her hair being the wrong colour and her missing an eye]]. |
| 415 | * ShipTease: With Aiguille, to the point of the pair being paralleled with the Prince and Princess from the fairytale. Miles is less than thrilled at the possibility. |
| 416 | * {{Tsundere}}: Has shades of this, particularly when dealing with Miles or Aiguille. |
| 417 | * WellDoneSonGuy: While she's critical of Miles, she also wants his approval and to make him proud. [[spoiler:When Miles finally calls her his beloved daughter, it breaks her out of her HeroicBSOD and she cries tears of happiness, admitting that's all she wanted to hear]]. |
| 418 | |
| 419 | !! Miles Strand |
| 420 | ->'''VA:''' Keiji Fujiwara |
| 421 | ---- |
| 422 | * AgentPeacock: He dresses in bright, flashy clothing and is horrified with the thought of someone going after his hair. He's also on par with the Lupin Gang in terms of badass prowess. |
| 423 | * BumblingDad: He's initially introduced as an irresponsible parent wasting away Cantarella's earnings through gambling. |
| 424 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Miles is deemed irreverent and hopeless by most of the cast but it's also noted he moves like Lupin and he's skilled enough to avoid mafia pursuers. [[spoiler:He used to be Twilight's second hand man and is strong enough to take down a whole group of Twilight soldiers himself]]. |
| 425 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Miles was once a member of Twilight who climbed up the ranks due to his expertise in information gathering. After he and his partner, Theophraste, were asked by Isaac to help him dispose of Cardia clones, their faith in the organization was broken and they ran away. Theophraste took Isaac's research notes with intention of stopping Isaac one day while Miles found a barely living Cantarella and saved her.]] |
| 426 | * TheGamblingAddict: He's introduced as such and mentions wanting to hit up the casino with the cast. [[spoiler:However, it's revealed he was actually using the money to pay Twilight for Cantarella's medicine.]] |
| 427 | * PapaWolf: Despite outward appearances, he'd do anything to protect Cantarella and make her happy. [[spoiler:Even if it means lying to her and trying to kidnap Cardia.]] |
| 428 | * PublicDomainCharacter: Heavily implied to be non other than [[spoiler: Mycroft Holmes]]. |
| 429 | * ShooTheDog: [[spoiler:Lies to Cantarella and claims he was only using her to fund Twilight's operations and was poisoning her to eventually get rid of her, because he knows that Cantarella wouldn't approve of him hurting others to help her.]] |
| 430 | |
| 431 | !! Aiguille |
| 432 | ->'''VA:''' Noriaki Sugiyama |
| 433 | ---- |
| 434 | * ArtificialHuman: Zig-zagged. [[spoiler:The Aiguille the group first meets is an automaton — the real Aiguille is human and controls him]]. |
| 435 | * {{Determinator}}: He'll stop at nothing to see his dream to reality. [[spoiler:In the past, when no one believed him about the castle, he dragged himself to it using a cane and then crawling]]. |
| 436 | * GeniusCripple: [[spoiler:The real Aiguille was smart enough to restore partial power to the castle and build automatons for his own use, while remaining stuck in the castle due to his disabilities]]. |
| 437 | * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: He quickly drops from the Lupin Gang's threat radar just because of how ineffectual he is after his first appearance. Even ''Cantarella'' quickly talks him into submission and has him meekly obeying her requests to call her by her name. |
| 438 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: [[spoiler:When Cantarella brings the castle to life, he makes the mistake of going on about her abilities rather than herself. Unfortunately, due to the timing, it's one of the things that helps spark her HeroicBSOD]]. |
| 439 | * LargeHam: Generally goes around in flashy clothing and a deep voice and flair for dramatics. [[spoiler:This is in contrast to the real Aiguille.]] |
| 440 | * ShipTease: With Cantarella, to the point of the pair being paralleled with the Prince and Princess from the fairytale. |
| 441 | * VillainsOutShopping: Literally, in one of Cardia and Cantarella's hangout scenes. |
| 442 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Though Aiguille is known for kidnapping singers and making them sing at his castle in hopes of finding the songress who can activate the castle, he doesn't want to hurt anyone. [[spoiler:He wishes to bring the castle to life not only to prove to others its existence but also so he can move and travel despite his disability, much like the prince in the fairy tale]]. |
| 443 | |
| 444 | [[/folder]] |
| 445 |
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