Line #156 Characters/NewHopeUniversityMajorInMurder


1	Here is a list of characters for ''New Hope University: Major In Murder'', sorted by gender. Be warned: '''all spoilers are unmarked'''.
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6	!Saya Wild
7	-->'''Created By''': Ally Nicole Rose
8	-->'''Talent''': Ultimate Chess Grandmaster
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10	Saya is the protagonist of the fic, as well as the first-person narrator.
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12	Saya survives the killing game.
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14	* AngstComa: She passes out after Lucina's execution.
15	* ArousedByTheirVoice: She considers Lucina's voice "gorgeous and musical" when Lucina finally speaks in the fifth trial.
16	* BadassBoast: Her reason for wearing Nicole's turtleneck.
17	-->"I figured that when I look in the mirror, I want to see someone with her shit together. Because we are not the kind of people who fail exams."
18	* CantTakeCriticism: She gets very upset with Lucina's criticisms of her manipulative tactics, and asks if Lucina would rather let everyone else die.
19	* DidNotGetTheGirl: Lucina chooses Katy over Saya after the third trial, and ultimately dies in the fifth trial.
20	* GreenEyedMonster: Starting at the end of Chapter III, she gets jealous of Katy for going out with Lucina, but has so far not acted on those feelings.
21	* GuileHero: Saya is fairly cunning and manipulative, a quality that Lucina fears.
22	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: She says this verbatim when Lucina calls her out over her manipulative tactics in the trial, saying she's the reason they're still alive.
23	* JerkassRealization: At the start of Chapter III, she owns up to the fact that she was using others to cover for her own flaws, and apologizes to Lucina, who also apologizes.
24	* ObfuscatingStupidity: She purposefully makes mistakes during the trial as part of a broader scheme.
25	* TragicKeepsake: Her dark grey turtleneck, which she got from Nicole. She wears it to the "final exam."
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27	!Juliet Mountebank
28	-->'''Created By''': J Carp
29	-->'''Talent''': Ultimate Girlfriend
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31	A woman who claims to have completely dedicated herself to love, and turns out to have been responsible for several murders, including being the mastermind behind JP's killing Emily.
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33	Juliet is the victim in the fifth Chapter.
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35	* AssholeVictim: Saya considers her one after everything she put the others through.
36	-->"Juliet, evil, confounding Juliet... was dead. I didn't believe in the death penalty even before coming to murder-college, but even the small glimpses I had of her crimes shook the foundation of that particular moral value. If anyone deserved to die, she did. If anyone didn't deserve to die, it was whoever killed her. This unfair, vicious place was going to act out its cruelty again."
37	* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: She's responsible for the second murder, but avoids being executed since she didn't actually kill Emily. In Chapter 5, however, she ends up being killed by Lucina.
38	* LoveMakesYouCrazy: She plots a murder and plans on letting herself get caught, which would result in her being executed, all so her "beloved" can graduate.
39	* LoveRedeems: Her story, which is implied to be that of the "wicked princess," suggests that she hopes to be redeemed by falling in love.
40	* TakingTheHeat: She intentionally draws suspicion to herself in order to take it away from JP. While Juliet planned the murder in advance, JP was the one who actually killed Emily.
41	* TokenEvilTeammate: She's by far the most unhinged of the group and is responsible for causing a murder, similar to Nagito from the second game.
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43	!Lucina Sorenson
44	-->'''Created By''': [=ThatOneFireEmblemFan=]
45	-->'''Talent''': Ultimate Conductor
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47	A talented conductor who is unable to speak.
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49	Lucina is the killer in the fifth trial.
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51	* ArmorPiercingQuestion:
52	** After the first trial, she asks if Saya enjoyed manipulating the other classmates during the trial.
53	** Late in the fifth trial, after Saya has realized that Lucina is the culprit, Lucina likens her actions to those of JP, the second culprit. Saya protests against the comparison, and is about to say what the person in question really was, when Lucina interrupts by saying, "A murderer?"
54	* BrutalHonesty: Played with. While her rebuke of Saya is certainly brutally honest, Lucina admits that she was always afraid to be direct with others, which is why she wanted Saya to be that way, and was disappointed when she wasn't.
55	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Not only does she get repeatedly shot during her execution, but Monokuma kills her by setting her virtual reality pod on fire. He claims that she didn't feel anything when he burned her real body alive, but that's still a gruesome death.
56	* CuteMute: She's unable to speak and communicates by writing on pieces of paper. She regains the ability to speak while in the virtual reality simulator during the fifth trial
57	* {{Expy}}: She shares a given name and a hair color with a certain ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' heroine.
58	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Saya, as mentioned under WhatTheHellHero.
59	* ShutUpHannibal: Gives a relatively subtle one to Juliet. When Juliet claims that the Cricket can't detect any lies that Lucina writes down, Rocky asks Lucina to write down a lie to test it out. Lucina complies and writes "I am afraid of Juliet," something that the Cricket detects as a lie.
60	* ShyBlueHairedGirl: She's said to be fairly shy and her hair is dyed blue.
61	* SirSwearsALot: She proves surprisingly foul-mouthed once she gets her voice back in the VR simulation.
62	* TalkingWithSigns: Her primary method of communication, although she uses sign language with Katy and is once again able to speak during the fifth trial.
63	* SympatheticMurderer: After everything Juliet did, Saya feels a lot worse about Lucina's death than about Juliet's.
64	* WhatTheHellHero: She gives Saya a blistering one after the first trial, saying that she appreciates her help, but is genuinely afraid of her manipulative nature. Saya doesn't take it well.
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66	!Ashley Coelho
67	-->'''Created By''': [=QueenOfChocolateWinx=]
68	-->'''Talent''': Ultimate Debater
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70	An overachieving girl who's also a talented debater.
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72	She is the first victim in Chapter III, having been murdered by Earl.
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74	* AbusiveParents: Her father apparently pushed her quite hard, apparently punishing her harshly when she didn't meet his standards.
75	* HonorThyAbuser: Despite being fully aware that her father is not a good person, Ashley is grateful to him for molding her into the person she is today.
76	* ThePerfectionist: A high-strung overachiever who's determined to succeed.
77	* WellDoneSonGuy: Despite calling her father "a fucker" and "an outright psychopath," Ashley still defends his rather harsh parenting methods as enabling her success, and says that what matters most is that he believes in her. Fittingly, she's the "Obedient Princess," who willingly endures any suffering her father inflicts on her.
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79	!Jane Edwards
80	-->'''Created By''': Tario Ed
81	-->'''Talent''': Ultimate Geneticist
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83	A haughty, if promising geneticist who says she is only attending school to fulfill her employers' requirement for a college degree.
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85	Jane survives the killing game.
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87	* BigEgoHiddenDepths: Despite her typical condescending attitude, she appeared to have a genuine big-sister relationship with Emily.
88	* InsufferableGenius: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment has her belittling her classmates by expressing a desire for "more academic" peers.
89	* {{Jerkass}}->JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's a highly unpleasant person and once deeply upsets Saya by suggesting that Saya will be killed. That being said, she softens as the fic goes on and shows a more pleasant side, even if she isn't exactly nice.
90	* YoureInsane: She has this reaction to Therion being willing to die for the sake of a game. Therion blandly says that he won't be the first.
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92	!Nicole Archina
93	-->'''Created By''': [=HeadphonesLynx07=]
94	-->'''Talent''': Ultimate Fashion Designer
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96	A girl who is passionate about science and has a short attention span.
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98	She is the culprit in the third trial, having murdered Earl after the latter killed Ashley.
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100	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: She often loses focus in her introductory conversation.
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103	!Katy Thorson
104	-->'''Created By''': dashunterman
105	-->'''Talent''': Ultimate Lesbian Romance Author
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107	A lesbian romance author who is famous for writing stories that always have tragic endings.
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109	Katy survives the killing game.
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111	* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Katy is desperate to avoid having Lucina executed for Katy's murder, even if it means that Katy and the rest of the students will die.
112	* BluntYes: Gives this response when asked about her views on lesbian romance.
113	-->'''Saya''': You don't want to... to show lesbians being normal and happy?\
114	'''Katy''': No! I want to portray feelings. The aching and longing.
115	* EasilyForgiven: Despite being appalled at Katy's willingness to sacrifice her and everyone else to save Lucina, Saya seems to forgive her soon after the trial.
116	* TakingTheHeat: Tries to confess to killing Juliet, apparently to save Lucina from being executed. While there is some confusion as to which of the two is actually responsible, Saya eventually deduces that Lucina is the culprit, resulting in her execution.
117	* YuriFan: Despite being a lesbian herself, her view of queer women is entirely driven by common tropes, such as HideYourLesbians, BuryYourGays, PseudoRomanticFriendship, and BaitAndSwitchLesbians.
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119	!Emily Voss
120	-->'''Created By''': [=TheRealKatsuma990=]
121	-->'''Talent''': Ultimate Astronomer
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123	Emily is the victim in History of Hellenistic Art II.
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125	* DyingClue: Double subverted. She simply scratches out "I love you, mum" in her final moments, which doesn't seem like a clue. What ''is'' a clue is repeating the "Ex" syllable three times in a row. Since "Chi Chi Chi" is "X X X" in Greek, this implicates JP as her killer.
126	* NiceGirl: She's one of the nicer and friendlier students.
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130	[[folder:Male Students]]
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133	!Earl Morale
134	-->'''Created By''': danieltruong1917
135	-->'''Talent''': Ultimate Tank Commander
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137	The leader of the class, as well as a talented tank commander.
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139	He murders Ashley in Topics of Cosmology, but then is blown up and killed when Nicole shoots him with a rocket launcher.
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141	* AssholeVictim: Subverted. Like Hifumi from the first game, he's killed after murdering another student. It turns out later that his victim was the mastermind.
142	* KilledMidSentence: As you can see in his last words, he's blown up midway through.
143	* LastNameBasis: He calls everyone by their last names.
144	* TheLeader: He is the leader for the class.
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146	!Rodrigo Diaz
147	-->'''Created By''': danieltruong1917
148	-->'''Talent''': Ultimate Paladin
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150	Rodrigo survives the killing game.
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152	* FishOutOfWater: Since he was raised by monks in a foreign setting, he's out of his element in a modern university that does not share many of the traditions that he's used to.
153	* ItSeemedTrivial: He keeps his hearing Earl crying over Ashley's dead body a secret until the final trial, partly because he thought it was unimportant at the time, and partly because he thought Earl wouldn't want him to tell anyone.
154	* TokenReligiousTeammate: As someone who grew up in a monastery, he's the most religious of the students, and even protests that he isn't the killer because he "would never break one of God's commandments."
155	* YouMonster: Calls Monokuma a "monster" after the first execution.
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157	!Giuseppe "Bepi" Perfetto
158	-->'''Created By''': Chandagrigus
159	-->'''Talent''': Ultimate Cadet
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161	A nameless ChildSoldier known only as "Cadet 2," who adopted the name Giuseppe Perfetto.
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163	Bepi is the culprit of Chapter IV, having killed Barrett in order to graduate and survive. In the final trial, he is revealed to have become the mastermind after Ashley's death, and faked his execution. His fate is unknown.
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165	* AmbiguousEnding: He's last seen given the choice between two options- going to his execution or leaving for freedom. None of the characters stay around to see what he decides.
166	* AwesomeMcCoolName: Bepi chose his name as a child to deliberately annoy his commanders.
167	-->"I just looked up at them and was like, 'Yeah, call me Joe Perfect.'"
168	* BigBad: The mastermind of the killing game.
169	* ChildSoldier: As you can see from his talent, he's been fighting for most of his life.
170	* FakingTheDead: By surreptitiously inputting a code during Chapter IV, he avoids dying during his execution for Barrett's murder.
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172	!JP Laettner
173	-->'''Created By''': J Carp
174	-->'''Talent''': Ultimate Fraternity Brother
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176	A member of a fraternity that supposedly goes back to the Civil War.
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178	JP is the culprit in History of Hellenistic Art II
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180	* DeathByIrony: He's forced to consume a lot of alcohol and paddled until he explodes, in a death reminiscent of a fraternity hazing ritual gone wrong.
181	* LudicrousGibs: He explodes midway through the execution.
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183	!Therion Suarez
184	-->'''Created By''': Epifanio Therion
185	-->'''Talent''': Ultimate Game Designer
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187	Therion is a talented game designer and seems aware of some sort of danger facing the group.
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189	Therion is the first killer, having killed Morgan/The Vandal. He's forced to play TabletopGame/TicTacToe with Monokuma, resulting in every game ending in a tie until the scoreboard crushes him.
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191	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: He claims to have committed his murder for the sake of setting an example for the other students to follow, in hopes that they'll create a better murder plan than he does so that the game will be interesting.
192	* FaceDeathWithDignity: He never shows any emotion at his impending death.
193	* StarterVillain: Invoked; not only is he the first culprit, but he also commits a murder to challenge successive killers to do better.
194	* TameHisAnger: Therion used to have a horrible anger issue in his childhood and fought people who got him mad with practical ease, but due to realizing the futility of it, he has learned to calm down until he has fully lost his anger issue.
195	* TerseTalker: He speaks in short sentences.
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197	!Barrett Wood
198	-->'''Created By''': XxxInquisitorXxx
199	-->'''Talent''': Ultimate Demolitionist
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201	He is the victim in the fourth Chapter.
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203	* EyeScream: He's stabbed through the eye with a pole.
204	* TheRival: To Earl. Chapter 3 sees him ally with Nicole against Earl and Ashley.
205	* SirSwearsALot: He has a fairly foul mouth.
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207	!DJ Rocky K
208	-->'''Created By''': gamergirl101
209	-->'''Talent''': Ultimate DJ
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211	Rocky survives the killing game.
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213	* HeroicBSOD: He doesn't take the fact that his lab got used in the second murder very well.
214	* RageBreakingPoint: He has these so easily, much of his mental energy is spent on avoiding it.
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216	!Morgan Lee
217	-->'''Created By''': [=ThatOneFireEmblemFan=]
218	-->'''Talent''': Ultimate Painter/Ultimate Vandal
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220	A talented painter who happens to have a split personality that is a vandal.
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222	Morgan is the victim in Economics of Labor I, having been killed by Therion in an attempt to make the killing game more interesting.
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224	* AxCrazy: Subverted. He appears to be dangerous, but his mental illness only ends up making him more vulnerable.
225	* TheCassandra: Not only are his warnings ignored, but "The Cassandra" is his official role in the killing game.
226	* OffWithHisHead: He's found decapitated.
227	* SplitPersonality: Much like Toko in the first game, he has two personalities- Morgan and the Vandal.
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234	!Monokuma
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236	The headmaster of the killing games.
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238	* AdaptationPersonalityChange: While he enjoys death and suffering as much as his canon self, he comes off as more of a disgruntled Baby Boomer complaining about the next generation than a despair-obsessed teenager or the mascot for an ImmoralRealityShow.
239	* GrumpyOldMan: He doesn't think much of the youth of today, and frequently complains about the students' age group.
240	* LastNameBasis: He addresses students by their last names, along with "Mr." or "Miss" as appropriate.
241	* SeriesMascot: In-universe, he's said to be a "central and necessary aspect" of the killing game.
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243	!Eugene Alameda
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245	The architect behind the killing game program. He was murdered by Ashley long before the start of the killing game.
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247	* AbusiveParents: To his daughter Ashley, using methods such as denying her food and setting unreasonably high standards for her.
248	* GreaterScopeVillain: Possibly implied to be this, as the one responsible for creating the killing game.
249	* KarmicDeath: After denying Ashley food as punishment, he ends up being killed with a meatball sub.
250	* PosthumousCharacter: The end of the first Prologue reveals that he has been dead for five years.
251	* UndignifiedDeath: He apparently ''choked to death on a meatball sub''.
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