Line #125 Characters/FifteenStrangersRoundFive


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5	[[folder: The 15 Strangers]]
6	!![[OriginalCharacter Konawa Talimo]]
7	!!!The Deidre
8	[[spoiler: Dead, as of Case 3.]]
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10	* AbusiveParents: By her own admission, her stepfather has tried to kill her on a weekly basis.
11	* BadassNormal: She didn't have any special abilities to lose before being brought aboard the ''Eventide''. She is, however, quite skilled at [[HeroesPreferSwords swordfighting]].
12	* CombatTentacles: Her power, though [[AllThereInTheManual it was never revealed during the game proper.]]
13	* CultureClash: Tali's homeland is based off the geography, climate, and ecology of Southeast Asia. As such, she considers the Victorian-style clothing she is given uncomfortably stifling and the English cuisine in the Dining Car utterly flavorless and bland.
14	* [[spoiler: TheKillerBecomesTheKilled]]: [[spoiler: Shortly after killing Zack in a DuelToTheDeath, Tali was fatally injured by shrapnel from Minato's bomb going off on the level above her.]]
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16	!![[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel McBurn]]
17	!!!The Brittle
18	[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]
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20	* BadassTeacher: To Mithos.
21	* BrilliantButLazy: He's strong even without his powers and a fantastic swordsman, but he often can't be bothered to put in the effort to actually try.
22	* EmbarrassingSuperpower: He can turn himself into wood or paper. For someone so used to PlayingWithFire beforehand, it's quite a personal blow.
23	* LazyBum
24	* TheSlacker: To the point of casually forgetting to give the others important information.
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26	!![[VideoGame/AngelsOfDeath "Zack" Isaac Foster]]
27	!!!The Watchful
28	[[spoiler: Dead, as of Case 3.]]
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30	* BigBrotherInstinct: Extremely protective of Eliza and determined to not let her die this time.
31	* [[spoiler: DuelToTheDeath]]: [[spoiler: Was challenged to one by Tali, and lost.]]
32	* ExperiencedProtagonist: Has been through a [[Roleplay/MGRPTheMurdergame murdergame]] before.
33	* EyesDoNotBelongThere: His power allows him to place eyes on people or things and see through them. This would make a fantastic method of information gathering if not for the fact that Zack is reluctant to use it because he thinks it's "gross."
34	* FalseConfession: [[spoiler:Tries to get himself executed for Atsushi's murder when he realizes that Eliza is the culprit, but she explicitly confesses in response to that.]]
35	* NeverLearnedToRead
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37	!![[VideoGame/Persona3 Minato Arisato]]
38	!!!The Veiled
39	[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]
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41	* BlessedWithSuck: His "power" literally [[spoiler: [[BodyHorror turns the bones in his hands into glass]]]]. [[spoiler: Subverted; his true power lets him [[CastingAShadow turn himself into a living, intangible shadow]]. Minato's hands are a side effect of having been scapegoated during his time on the ''Vespertine''; the glass is the same kind that people exposed to Victoria's Sun are turned into.]]
42	* {{Fingore}}: After trying to fire a rail cannon Week 1, his [[spoiler: glass-boned]] hands [[BodyHorror all but shatter.]] He gets better.
43	* FourIsDeath: His assigned room number is 4, and [[spoiler: while he survives the round, he was scapegoated during his time on the ''Vespertine''. His canonical associations with death are mentioned multiple times throughout the round as well.]]
44	* MartyrWithoutACause: He's all too willing to let himself be hurt or worse if it means helping the others, and he keeps insisting he's not worth their concern.
45	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Gets hit with hard this during the third investigation and trial when he realizes that [[spoiler: the package his [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized Liberation of Night]] contacts had him bring on board the train was the equivalent of a dirty bomb. Were it not for the HeroicSacrifice of one of the crew in getting it away from the engine, it would have killed everyone on board and caused massive damage to the port they were docked at-if not the reality around it.]]
46	* SurvivorGuilt: Believes he is the sole survivor of his home world. [[spoiler: He's not. There are others being held hostage for the first motive.]]
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48	!![[Webcomic/ThePropertyOfHate RGB]]
49	!!!The Golem
50	[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]
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52	* [[spoiler: BodyHorror: He confirmed that the colored drips from his screen are essentially blood to King, and that he is in fact bleeding constantly.]]
53	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Thought to be this by some of the other Strangers due to his cryptic way of speaking and [[PungeonMaster tendency to pun]]. [[spoiler: [[ZigZaggingTrope Turns out]] what he says tends to make sense if one knows the context, and that he is in fact aware of how odd he comes across. He ''is'' genuinely a bit of an odd duck though, albeit as a [[StepfordSmiler coping mechanism]].]]
54	* [[spoiler: ColorCodedEmotions: The drips from his face correspond to what he's feeling.]]
55	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Shows increasing signs of this as the weeks go on. [[spoiler: Turns out his mention of his world not having a sun during Two Truths and a Lie was kind of a bigger deal than he let on at the time.]]
56	* ElementalShapeshifter: His power allows him to harden his "skin" into rock.
57	* ExpressiveMask: Manages a whole lot of expressions for having a television for a head.
58	* HatesBeingTouched
59	* LivingClothes: There's no actual physical body under his suit.
60	* LogicalWeakness: Takes badly to water, being an electronic device and all. Ironically, it turns out to be somewhat useful [[spoiler: as one of his alibis for Case 1.]]
61	* LovableCoward: Admits to this during the first trial.
62	* MediumAwareness: To a degree. He knows what Beatrice means when she mentions speaking in blue, and has a tendency to refer to things in narrative terms. Of course, given what he is, it's not surprising that he would.
63	* NonHumanHead: A television to be precise.
64	* TreasureChestCavity: He takes advantage of the fact that he's hollow to store various things, including, briefly, [[TrouserSpace a sword]].
65	* PungeonMaster: Even (or rather, especially) in tense situations like the trials, he can't help but make at least one pun.
66	* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: Or at least he certainly seems to be trying to be.
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68	!![[Manga/BungoStrayDogs Atsushi Nakajima]]
69	!!! The Rushlight
70	[[spoiler: The victim of Case 2 (Week 3)]]
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72	* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: His power changed his body into living wax.]]
73	* HeroicSacrifice: Tries to offer himself up in Minato's place during their stay on the ''Vespertine.'' Fortunately for both, it winds up being unnecessary.
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75	!![[Webcomic/{{Housepets}} King Milton]]
76	!!!The Forlorn
77	[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]
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79	* BerserkButton: Harming his family.
80	* FamilyMan: Used against him for the first and second motives.
81	* FunnyAnimal: He is ''literally'' a corgi, but he walks on two legs and talks like a human.
82	* OnlySaneMan: Well, not "only," Proto Man definitely counts too. But close.
83	* TeamDad: Has been looking after some of the younger Strangers.
84	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: His power gives him the ability to turn into a cat. He is less than thrilled.
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86	!![[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Eliza Owens]]
87	!!!The Engineer
88	[[spoiler: The culprit of Case 2 (Week 3)]]
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90	* DeclarationOfProtection: It's probably easier to count the people she ''hasn't'' made one to.
91	* ExperiencedProtagonist: Has been through a [[Roleplay/MGRPTheMurdergame murdergame]] before.
92	* FamilyOfChoice: Has a lot of adoptive siblings, as can be seen by her OverlyLongName.
93	* [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Knight Templar Big Sister]]: [[spoiler: She killed Atsushi in an attempt to prevent her adoptive younger siblings from being drained of life, and to free them if possible.]]
94	* LeeroyJenkins: Her reaction to Mithos accidentally walking into a [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Witch barrier]] is to leap after him.
95	* LittleSisterInstinct: [[spoiler:Explicitly confesses to Atsushi's murder once Zack tries to take her place.]]
96	* TheMedic: Makes a lot of potions in the Apothecary at the first stop, mostly healing and cure disease ones that she keeps on her when the other Strangers end up hurting themselves.
97	* OriginalCharacter: An original trainer character with no relationship to existing games.
98	* OverlyLongName: Her profile gives her full name as Eliza Owens-[[VideoGame/{{Recettear}} Lemongrass]]-[[VideoGame/AngelsOfDeath Foster]]-Garza-Cresta-[[VideoGame/Earthbound1994 Minch]]-[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Dreemurr]].
99	* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. She becomes fond of Louise the Larger soon after getting her from the baggage claim and lets the snake hang out around her shoulders. Her backstory actually originally involved her wanting to get a Snivy as her starter, so this has been a part of her personality for a while.
100	* SummonMagic: Her power lets her summon up to three talking rats.
101	* ThisIsUnforgivable: She continues to hold a grudge against Caleb for [[spoiler:scapegoating Minato during the mock week, and upon arriving among the living in R6 Week 4, immediately tells everyone about what he did. She continues to suspect him of every murder that happens in R6.]]
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103	!![[WebVideo/CriticalRole Caleb Widogast]]
104	!!!The Discord
105	[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]
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107	* [[spoiler: ChildSoldiers: Has revealed his DarkAndTroubledPast involving this and FakeMemories to several characters.]]
108	* {{Familiar}}: Frumpkin, who he thankfully rescues from the Baggage Claim early on.
109	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler: His justification for getting Minato killed during the mock week, as his motive was related to his ChildSoldiers past.]]
110	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Gets away with killing Rika and scapegoating Minato during the mock week.]]
111	* KillItWithFire: Threatens the Conductor with this when the first motive is revealed.
112	* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Stays in the lounge during the attack at the end of week 1, as he doesn't know how to use weapons.
113	* PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars: Caleb subconsciously rubs his arms when he's stressed, anxious, or remembering the past.
114	* PlayingWithFire: Unfortunately for his mental health and everyone around him.
115	** AnIcePerson: The power he gains on the train lets him create fire that freezes instead of burns.
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117	!![[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry Beatrice the Golden]]
118	!!!The Rose
119	[[spoiler: The culprit of Case 1 (Week 2)]]
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121	* AffablyEvil / AmbiguouslyEvil: Still the murder-mystery-loving cackling witch, but she genuinely holds no ill will toward the other passengers and in fact gets on with several of them. [[spoiler: Even murdering Proto Man was done for the sake of rescuing Battler, not out of malice.]]
122	* AlchemyIsMagic: References her canonical "alchemization" of the Ushiromiya gold several times, and is more than a bit snooty about the low-level alchemy recipes available in the Skyrim-themed Menahoven.
123	* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: [[spoiler: Her execution. Exposed to the full maddening light of Victoria's sun, turned to glass, and then blasted apart by a train-mounted cannon designated for killing giant monsters.]]
124	* GambitRoulette: As usual for her, [[spoiler: it's noted during the trial that the murderer got really lucky - throwing someone down the stairs and onto a knife is not an exact science. She tries a risky gambit again by faking injuries to cover up for real ones, and that one blows up in her face.]]
125	* {{Homage}}: Put on a red shawl [[spoiler: while killing Proto Man]] as it was the closest thing she could find to a [[Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress red kimono]] aboard the "rather provincial" Eventide.
126	* [[spoiler: GracefulLoser: After she's cornered, she briefly rages at the others for ruining her attempt at claiming the motive before congratulating them on their victory.]]
127	* MediumAwareness: Vaguely. She corrects someone who pronounces "Furniture" without a "capital f", and makes a comment about not being able to speak in Blue at the Week 2 trial, as she did sometimes in canon.
128	* PetTheDog: Decides to take in Ris as an "apprentice" after realizing that yelling at her for her subservient attitude only serves to scare and upset her. She also gives Ris a gold ingot, although the latter is more interested in using it as a weapon than as currency. She also spoke respectfully with Victoria, Princess Royal and buried the body of a girl who'd been turned into a [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Witch]] for her, presumably out of sympathy.
129	* RedRightHand: [[spoiler: Literally. Proto Man burned her hands during the murder, and she goes so far as to fake electrocuting herself to give herself an alibi for her injuries.]]
130	* UselessSuperpowers: Her power allows her to [[spoiler: travel via mirrors.]] This would be incredibly useful if not for two problems: [[spoiler: not only are mirrors absolutely forbidden on the train, but they're one of her biggest weaknesses in canon.]]
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132	!![[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Mithos Yggdrasil]]
133	!!!The Halved
134	[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]
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136	* BadassAdorable: He's quite skilled with a sword.
137	* CastingAShadow: His power "emits an anti-light that is pure darkness and distorts reality around him." He only ever briefly uses it while sparring with [=McBurn=] because overuse would [[spoiler: summon a [[DemBones skeletal figure]] of some sort]] and he didn't want to risk it.
138	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Hints to one, but doesn't seem to actually want to talk about it.
139	* [[spoiler: FantasticRacism: He and his sister are victims of this in his home world.]]
140	* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Seems to be a lot more cynical toward the world than he lets on.
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142	!![[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin Charlotte Aulin]]
143	!!!The Bright
144	[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]
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146	* CriticalHit: In the form of a GetAholdOfYourselfMan slap against Caleb during the first motive reveal.
147	* ShockAndAwe: The Bright can manipulate "light" that "burns like thunder". It's definitely electricity, given she used it to ''rip a hole in a force field''.
148	* [[HeWhoFightsMonsters She Who Fights Monsters]]: After the public spectacle of the second trial, [[DespairEventHorizon she snapped]].
149	** Might be a case of LoveMakesYouEvil, given the revelation that she is convinced her best friend, her parents... [[AndZoidberg and a certain priest]] are all dead.
150	* SouthernBelle: Albeit ''usually'' deliberately invoked in a very calculated manner.
151	* ShipperOnDeck / IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She outright compared Mithos and Ris' public displays of affection to herself and that Morris of hers, and said she'd rather take the fall than see another "balance" broken.
152	** See also her efforts to shove Minato at Towa when ''neither of them'' seems particularly amenable to this plan after she [[LastMinuteKiss kissed him]] at the third trial.
153	* [[spoiler: VanHelsingHateCrimes: What she intended to do to the world the Strangers have been pulled into, [[DoUntoOthersBeforeTheyDoUntoUs on a very, very]] [[GuiltFreeExterminationWar grand scale]]. [[FaceHeelRevolvingDoor At least for a while.]] ]]
154	* WrongGenreSavvy: She keeps trying to apply her world's sort of logic... or even just any kind of logic at all... to a [[CosmicHorror very]] [[GodIsEvil different]] [[CrapsackWorld one]].
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156	!![[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Proto Man]]
157	!!!The Alphabet
158	[[spoiler: The victim of Case 1 (Week 2)]]
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160	* ThirteenIsUnlucky: His assigned room number is 13 [[spoiler: and he's the first to die.]]
161	* AloofAlly: Bless his heart, he tries so hard not to care...
162	* CharacterTics: Proto tends to reach for where his ScarfOfAsskicking used to be whenever he thinks about his home world and estranged family.
163	* ComfortFood: After the first motive is given, Proto prepares a large batch of chicken noodle soup for the Strangers who are feeling overwhelmed and makes sure that they eat it. His reasoning is that everyone needs to keep up their strength if they want to have any hope of defeating their jailers. He certainly doesn't care about their well-being or anything. Of course not. That would be silly.
164	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on, he tells RGB that as long as [[spoiler: his outer casing isn't damaged, he's reasonably waterproof.]]
165	* HeroesLoveDogs: Forms a bond with a fire breathing robot dog that he names Friender, after a similar enemy that appears in ''VideoGame/MegaMan2''.
166	* MagicDance: His power takes the form of an interpretive dance that essentially functions as another language... and summons [[SomethingAboutARose rose petals]] out of nowhere. [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway And that's about it]].
167	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler: He confronted his killer to try to talk them out of attempting to claim the motive, only to wind up dead.]]
168	* OnlySaneMan: Alongside King.
169	* [[spoiler: RasputinianDeath: Gets shoved down a flight of stairs, stabbed InTheBack by a knife trap at the bottom, deliberately overheats himself to burn his murderer's hands, and finally electrocuted when water is poured onto his exposed circuitry.]]
170	* TeamMom: He'd deny it to the ends of the earth, but he's at least trying to get people to take care of themselves.
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172	!![[OriginalCharacter Ris Bancroft]]
173	!!!The Toad
174	[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]
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176	* [[spoiler: BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: With Mithos.]]
177	* {{Bookworm}}: Appears to be somewhat of one, as a result of her isolation.
178	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Everything is potatoes... [[ItMakesSenseInContext apparently.]]
179	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Was "created" as the sole "servant" (read: slave) of a MadScientist and isolated from the rest of the world. It's not clear exactly what's been done to her, but she's mentioned human experimentation (and admitted to being a subject), at the very least.
180	* DeadpanSnarker: Sometimes.
181	* DontCallMeSir: Insists on referring to almost everyone as "Mr. Name" or "Ms. Name," which earns a lot of this from the other Strangers. [[spoiler: It's her being passive-aggressive, she willingly drops it once she's decided she's fond of someone.]]
182	* ElegantGothicLolita: This seems to be the manner of dress she's used to, hence why she isn't as bothered by the forced clothing change as some of the other Strangers. [[spoiler: She reveals to Tali in their first encounter that she doesn't actually enjoy it. She's been forced to wear them, because "dolls should wear doll clothes."]]
183	* EmotionlessGirl: What she seems to think she's supposed to be.
184	* EyeScream: And how. [[spoiler: The first night on the train, she reveals to King and Mithos that while normally, she'd be missing her right eye, something has apparently ''grown in its place,'' and she doesn't know what it is. They manage to remove it, only for it to suffer CriticalExistenceFailure immediately after being removed.]]
185	* GreenThumb: Her power lets her create several different types of mushrooms. She's only stuck to edible varieties [[spoiler: throughout the entire game.]]
186	* HatesBeingTouched
187	* InsistentTerminology: She is a ''doll,'' not a person. She was ''created,'' not born.
188	* IOweYouMyLife: To Mithos and King, for [[spoiler: helping remove the dark magic "eye" that was infesting her the first night of the trip]].
189	* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Against her "master" after the first motive is given. [[spoiler: When asked if she has any intention of pardoning him from his prison sentence, she even tells the Conductor outright that she "would like very much if he were to stay there to rot for the rest of eternity, if at all possible."]] She always said she ''belonged to'' him, not that she felt any actual loyalty...
190	* NotUsedToFreedom
191	* NotQuiteHuman: How she seems to think of herself.
192	* {{Meido}}: Is this for her "Master" back home.
193	* SkewedPriorities: Often, when it comes to her servant duties.
194	* SpockSpeak: She tends toward this, almost never using contractions and using more formal or technical terminology. [[spoiler: It doesn't appear to be entirely natural for her, as she drops it in the presence of people she likes or when stressed.]]
195	* ThreatBackfire: The first motive. Lacking any loved ones, Ris winds up with her "master" behind bars. Given how he treated her, she's more than happy to let him rot in prison.
196	* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler: Beatrice bequeaths Ris her signet ring before her execution. Together with the gold ingot, this makes Ris the new Golden and Endless Witch, at least until Ris "find[s her] own magical specialty."]]
197	%%* WhenSheSmiles
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199	!![[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Towa Herschel]]
200	!!!The Cavian
201	[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]
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203	* TheLeader: Usually the one who herds the others together for meetings.
204	%%* NiceGirl
205	* ThePowerOfFriendship: Believes in this, no matter what.
206	* SummonMagic: Her power is quite similar to Eliza's, only with talking guinea pigs instead of rats.
207	* {{Workaholic}}: She's always taking notes or trying to prepare for potential meetings.
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210	[[folder: [=NPCs=]]]
211	!!??? [[spoiler: aka Lilac]]
212	!!!The Conductor
213
214	The mysterious individual who runs the train. It's difficult to remember details of them, but why?
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216	* BadassBoast: King threatens to bring his friends in to come after the Conductor. Their response? [[spoiler: "How can a god kill something that it cannot know exists?"]]
217	* FemmeFatalons: Scratches up Zack after he tries to attack her over the first motive.
218	* ForgettableCharacter: Everyone forgets what the Conductor looks like in their initial meetings, and even their gender, instead getting headaches and eye aches.
219	* ItsPersonal: She's absolutely furious during the third investigation because [[spoiler: the bomb that had just gone off not only damaged her train but also got a member of her crew killed.]]
220	* OurLichesAreDifferent: The Conductor's true identity, [[spoiler: or rather the part she discarded long ago in the Nadir that was unable to love the Bazaar]], gave a certain Seeking individual their shriveled heart. [[spoiler: She was in the Well in Week 4, waiting for Strangers to come see her]].
221	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Tries to be. Mostly. But she's not above being petty, especially to certain of the Strangers (King and Charlotte, especially).
222	* SurvivorGuilt: Even though there was no way she probably could have saved her true love, she still mourns them, many years after their death, and desires her ''own'' reckoning for what happened. [[spoiler: It's one of the impetuses that caused her to team up with the the Empress, after all, and what is it that Fallen London likes to say about reckonings?...]]
223
224	!![[VideoGame/SunlessSkies Her Thrice-Renewed Majesty Victoria Misericordia]]
225	!!!The Empress
226
227	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Yeah, that plan was a definite ''whoops''. [[spoiler: And she hadn't even ''made'' the wish yet!]]
228	* BigBad: The one who is seemingly responsible for The Strangers' situation as a whole.
229	* CosmicHorrorReveal: It turns out that some time ago, Victoria Misericordia [[spoiler:turned into a ''massive'' Scorn-Fluke]], and it's comparable in size to the one the Strangers encounter at the beginning of Week 3.
230	* EvilIsPetty: Why did she have The Strangers' loved ones locked up? Because she was displeased that their journey had been delayed by their [[spoiler:kidnapping by the Liberation of Night]].
231	* TheGhost: Even before she appeared in person, her influence could be felt everywhere in the setting.
232	* GodEmperor: In the words of one NPC, "'''She controls forever.'''"
233	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Many of her subjects agree that she doesn't have her citizens' best interests in mind, but no one dares say so too loudly...
234	* {{Kaiju}}: Well, she ''is'' kaiju-sized now...
235	* ThePowerOfTheSun: [[spoiler: Controls The Clockwork Sun, which, in this setting, is a power that creates the very laws of reality. She used it to bring the British Empire to the stars and conquer her section of space, and uses it to make sure it stays that way.]]
236	* RedBaron: Her Thrice-Renewed Majesty.
237	* TimeMaster: Due to her sitting on the Throne of Hours, she has [[spoiler: some]] control over time itself in this universe.
238	* Two Aliases, One Character: Oh, the world knows her as Her Enduring Majesty, but ''certain others'' in Perdurance know her by another name: [[spoiler: Moon Chaesun, [[VisualNovel/MysticMessenger the MC]]]].
239	* [[spoiler:WasOnceAMan]]: She obviously isn't anymore...
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