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2	[- [[Characters/SuccessionMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/SuccessionLoganRoy Logan Roy]], [[Characters/SuccessionKendallRoy Kendall Roy]], [[Characters/SuccessionShivRoy Siobhan "Shiv" Roy]], [[Characters/SuccessionRomanRoy Roman Roy]]) \| '''Extended Roy Family''' \| [[Characters/SuccessionWaystarRoyco Waystar RoyCo]] \| [[Characters/SuccessionOtherCompanies Other Companies]] \| [[Characters/SuccessionPolitics Politics]] \| [[Characters/SuccessionOtherCharacters Other Characters]]-]]]]]
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7	!The Roy Family
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9	[[folder:In General]]
10	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/succession_roys.jpg]]
11
12	-->''"This family is a nest of vipers."''
13	--->-- '''Ewan Roy'''
14
15	The Roys are an uber-rich family of first-generation immigrants (from the Scottish Isles) who made their fortunes building up and then running a right-wing media and entertainment conglomerate.
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17	* AmbitionIsEvil: All of them crave influence and wealth and build their relationships upon power plays rather than normal human interaction.
18	* AnimalMotifs: Predators and/or large animals, especially reptiles:
19	** Both Logan and Ewan explicitly compare the family to snakes.
20	** Connor describes the Roy family’s global influence like this: “Butterfly wings, but bigger. Huge wings. Like a pterodactyl.”
21	** Lawrence Yee calls them "bloated dinosaurs".
22	** In the Season 1 promotional poster, the Roys have Rubens's "Tiger Hunt" hanging behind them.
23	** There's the humiliating game of "Boar on the Floor" that Logan has his family members play.
24	* AntiHero: At their very, ''very'' best, they are this, but mostly they are [[VillainProtagonist Villain Protagonists]].
25	* AsceticAesthetic: With the possible exception of Shiv, who is considered something a style icon within the fandom, all the Roys are very conservative dressers, decked out in browns, grays and blacks. The lack of logos and bespoke tailoring betray their "stealth wealth", but the void of creativity and imagination in their clothes speaks to the Roys' general disinterest in everything culture-related. Their homes and apartments are likewise very dull spaces.
26	* BeingEvilSucks: Not a single good person among them, and not a single happy one, either. Turns out ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, prioritization of money above all else, dehumanization, rampant abuse, and constant violation of personal boundaries do not well-adjusted people make.
27	* BigScrewedUpFamily: Wealthy, powerful, dysfunctional.
28	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: A genetic family trait, apparently, with Kendall being the worst offender and Logan's brother Ewan being the sole exception to the trend.
29	* ComedicSociopathy: Occasionally averted, e.g. in the case of Kendall seeing the consequences of his crimes and feeling remorse, but mostly played straight.
30	* ConsummateLiar: Played with. Logan is naturally one and generally treats words as ''weapons''. As a result, the entire family has a... complicated relationship with the truth and sincerity.
31	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The entire cast are high-ranking business people who are comfortable firing people, covering up major crimes, killing the freedom of speech and shifting blame if it means they get to keep and/or multiply their wealth and power. (Greg, who is merely an executive assistant rather than a boss, is also complicit in the system).
32	* DysfunctionJunction: They are a toxic, codependent, unhappy lot, with their issues running the gamut from addiction (Kendall) to sexual dysfunction (Roman) and marital troubles (Shiv).
33	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Played straight; even Logan, easily the worst and most uncaring of the lot, seems to genuinely love Marcia.
34	* FamilyThemeNaming: Log'''an''', Ew'''an''', Siobh'''an''' and Rom'''an''' all have names ending in '''-an'''.
35	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Of the four Roy children, Kendall is Melancholic, Roman is Choleric, Shiv is Phlegmatic, and Connor is Sanguine.
36	* FreudianExcuse: The generational cycles of abuse have led to the Roys being unpleasant, unhappy people.
37	* FreudianTrio: Of the three children from Logan's second marriage, chaotic, intuitive Roman is TheMcCoy, calculating Shiv is TheSpock, and Kendall is somewhere in between as TheKirk.
38	* ItsAllAboutMe: The entire family is self-absorbed, selfish, and only concerned with themselves.
39	* LonelyRichKid: All the Roy children are implied to have had this type of childhood, although Kendall does have a longtime [[VitriolicBestBuds frenemy]] in Stewie.
40	* {{Manchild}}: Other than Ewan, none of the Roys are what you'd call very mature and all are stuck in various stages of arrested development.
41	* MeaningfulName: Roy as in royalty.
42	* {{Nepotism}}: None of the Roy children would really be where they are were it not for the family name. Kendall is competent in business, but lacks the killer instinct needed. Roman is nothing ''but'' killer instinct and screws up just about every job he's given, Tom has a do-nothing job pretty much because he's Shiv's fiance and Greg was so incompetent as a theme park mascot that he...became the number 2 go-fer to Tom. Even Shiv, who seems to have her own career outside of the family business, is implied to have gotten where she is because she has connections that most would envy and isn't shy about using them.
43	* NeverMyFault: All of them are great at deflecting responsibility for their terrible actions.
44	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The very concept of a media dynasty brings the Murdochs to mind (with Logan and Kendall having clear Murdoch counterparts), although the family has shades of the Redstones and the Trumps, as well.
45	* NonIdleRich: Zig-zagged. Most of the Roys are pretty industrious in spite of their wealth; however, their levels of competence are often insufficient for the positions they find themselves in.
46	* NouveauRiche: Only Logan and Ewan were not born into privilege, but the lack of blue in the Roy bloodline is very clear when it comes to their education and views on culture.
47	* PetTheDog: The Roys are varying degrees of terrible, but all of them (except [[BigBad Logan]]) are capable of demonstrating familial concern; the three younger Roy children in particular have moments in between all the backstabbing where they comfort each other or stand up to Logan in each other's defense.
48	* RichBitch: They are all rich and very unpleasant, albeit to varying degrees.
49	* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: None of them are stupid (except Connor), but all the Roy children are completely ignorant of the way 99% of the population live.
50	* {{Schemer}}: Everyone in the family, down to the buffoonish Cousin Greg.
51	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Their motto might as well be "money wins".
52	* SiblingRivalry: The Show. However, the Roy children do, on occasion, look out for each other.
53	* SiblingYinYang: The brother duos have this characterization: Logan and Ewan are CainAndAbel, and Roman and Kendall are FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling, respectively.
54	* SimpleYetOpulent: The family's look is that of "stealth wealth" — i.e. very expensive, logo-free clothes that don't call attention to themselves.
55	* SnarkToSnarkCombat: If there's anything the Roys are collectively good at, it's lobbing insults at other people and at each other (preferably with [[SirSwearsALot expletives]] mixed in).
56	* SpoiledBrat: All the Roy children, with Roman and Connor being especially egregious examples.
57	* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: With some exceptions, a large portion of their humiliations and misfortunes are PlayedForLaughs.
58	* UpperClassWit: They may be lacking in common sense and competency, but all the Roys are well-versed in SnarkToSnarkCombat and are rarely pressed for creative insults and/or comebacks.
59	* VillainProtagonist: The entire ensemble is vying for the control of an evil right-wing propaganda media conglomerate.
60	* WellDoneSonGuy: All the Roy kids are jockeying for Logan's favor in their own ways, with the mild exception of Connor, who isn't self-aware enough to want it. Kendall tries to gain respect and approval by trying to destroy his father in business, since that's what his father taught him. Roman is after attention and respect too, and openly crumbles when Logan calls him a moron to his face. Shiv pretends she's above the fray with her own career, but the moment Logan offers her a DealWithTheDevil, she takes it.
61	* WickedCultured: Averted; they all have the wicked aspect down in one way or another, but none of them have particularly good taste and for the most part they have a dim view of culture.
62	[[/folder]]
63
64	!!!Logan & Ewan's Family
65
66	[[folder:Uncle Noah]]
67	!!"Uncle" Noah Roy
68	->'''Portrayed By:''' N/A
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70	* AbusiveDad: Or rather, an abusive father figure to Logan and likely Rose and Ewan. It isn't stated outright, but the implications are clear: Logan remarks that he never would have been able to talk back to his uncle, Kendall refers to him as "Evil Uncle Noah" and Logan is seen with numerous permanent scars on his back.
71	* GreaterScopeVillain: His utterly horrific treatment of Logan shaped him into the abusive tyrant he is now, making him indirectly responsible for all the misery and destruction Logan has spread to both his children and the political world.
72	* PosthumousCharacter: Considering the advanced age of Logan and Ewan, Noah is surely long-dead.
73	[[/folder]]
74
75	[[folder:Rose]]
76	!!Rose Roy
77	->'''Portrayed By:''' N/A
78
79	Logan and Ewan's younger sister, who died in infancy.
80
81	* MoralityPet: Quite possibly the only person on earth that [[BigBad Logan]] holds any level of genuine love for, to the point he [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness blames himself]] for her death.
82	* PosthumousCharacter: She died from polio in the 1940's, long before any of the Roy kids were even born. [[spoiler: Ewan reveals, at Logan's funeral, that Uncle Noah blamed Logan for her death, saying that he brought polio back with him from boarding school (which, of course, Noah had sent him to in the first place, to toughen him up); it's a guilt that Logan kept with him for the rest of his life, even if it wasn't really true.]]
83	[[/folder]]
84
85	!!!Ewan's side of the Family
86
87	[[folder:Ewan]]
88	!!Ewan Roy
89	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suc_ewan.png]]
90	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JamesCromwell
91
92	Logan's estranged older brother and Greg's grandfather who resides in Canada.
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94	* BigBrotherBully: While not overtly bullying, he definitely wasn't the warmest or most supportive big brother to Logan growing up, which is, along with growing up with their abusive uncle, implied to have played a role in Logan's later state.
95	* BrutalHonesty: Like his brother, Ewan doesn't hold back on anything he believes, [[spoiler:even using Logan's funeral to preach about what an awful person Logan was and how he made the world a worse place]].
96	* CainAndAbel: He's the Abel to Logan's Cain. Ewan ''despises'' Logan for a multitude of reasons and they're opposed completely in their view of the world.
97	** Ironically, Logan seems to view Ewan as ''his'' Cain, as he repeatedly mentions how cold Ewan was when they were children.
98	* CreateYourOwnVillain: It's hinted that Ewan's cold and unaffectionate demeanor and lack of sympathy for the hardship they both suffered may have played a role in Logan's cold-hearted personality. [[spoiler:He runs into the same issue again with Greg, with his perceived indifference to Greg's well-being only pushing him further into Logan's hands.]]
99	* CruelToBeKind: Ewan [[spoiler:cuts Greg off after he's betrayed him for Logan again]]. In doing so, though, he tries to impart genuine advice in the hopes that Greg will actually learn something of value from the ordeal. It doesn't work.
100	* CulturedBadass: Unlike his brother, Ewan is quite cultured, name-dropping figures like Tacitus and being well-versed on issues related to climate change. He also apparently volunteered to fight in Vietnam, though Logan teases he never saw combat, which may or may not be true.
101	* FatalFlaw: His brusque demeanor. Ewan is morally righteous, but he is a cold, unaffectionate person, which may have [[CreateYourOwnVillain shaped Logan's brutal personality]], and ''definitely'' drove Greg to take Logan's side over his. He could've steered Greg in a more positive direction if he'd ever shown him any real guidance or affection or treated him like a grandson rather than an inconvenience.
102	* FatAndSkinny: He's the tall and skinny to Logan's "fat" (although Logan is more short and stocky).
103	* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler:He cuts Greg out of his will in the hopes that it will get him to mature and grow as a person. Instead, it just pushes Greg to work with Logan further out of desperation.]]
104	* GoodIsNotNice: Ewan is in a perpetually grumpy mood, but he's the most honorable member of the Roy family.
105	* GrumpyOldMan: Honorable as he may be, he's still tough to get along with.
106	* HiddenDepths: His [[spoiler:surprise eulogy at Logan's funeral]], while still a searing indictment of his brother (and of many of the guests in attendance), reveals that truthfully Ewan does still love his brother and understands what warped him, but was horrified and disappointed by what he became. He even briefly acknowledges his own hypocrisy.
107	* HolierThanThou: Ewan believes he is far more noble and righteous than the rest of the Roys, including his own grandson, and isn't at all shy about letting them know it.
108	* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite claiming to be better than the other Roys, Ewan is still not necessarily a wholly upstanding person upon further analysis.
109	** He gives Greg a rather cruel ultimatum to either stop working for Logan or to be cut off his inheritance.
110	** Does not appear to give Greg or his mother much financial assistance despite being quite wealthy himself.
111	** Despite his holier-than-thou attitude towards Logan, he does not relinquish his board seat and has profited handsomely from Logan’s company despite his belief that Logan has hypothetically done more damage than Hitler if millions perish in climate crises to come. This does not appear to stop him from quietly taking his cut of the profits or leaving the company altogether. If his threat to donate Greg's inheritance is any indication, however, it is suggested that he adopts the "take bad money and do something good with it" approach to this particular ethical dilemma.
112	** He threatens to give Greg’s $250 million inheritance to Greenpeace if Greg does not quit his job, implying he is still hoarding some wealth and does not usually donate much of it to the climate crisis he seems so concerned with, instead opting to live in the Canadian wilderness in a private estate alone and isolated from the world. This is despite living a fairly frugal life where such a fortune wouldn't be necessary. [[spoiler:However, when Greg proves to be a lost cause, Ewan's true to his word and actually ''does'' give the charity this large sum of cash.]]
113	** He also shares Logan’s penchant for being a [[ManipulativeBastard bit of a manipulator]]. [[spoiler:When Greg comes to him seeking help obtaining a third-party legal counsel during the battle between Kendall and Logan, Ewan agrees. He brings an unwitting Greg to a seemingly much less expensive lawyer than Kendall or Logan would’ve afforded him (and which Ewan could easily afford) who also essentially tells Greg he will be used as a pawn in some idealized fight against capitalism. The lawyer does not appear to care if Greg is fired or goes to prison, and apparently neither does Ewan.]]
114	** He is utterly indifferent to the well-being of Greg beyond the most basic of things and is quite cold towards him, even refusing embraces. Even Logan occasionally hugs his kids and has at least one moment when he tells Greg that he likes him and his tone implies he's sincere. Tellingly, Logan is genuinely torn up about Kendall taking the fall for the Cruise scandal and breaks the news to him in a gentle way while Ewan is completely indifferent at sacrificing Greg just to hurt Logan.
115	** He refuses to turn against Logan solely due to being family but expects Greg to turn against his cousins and great uncle and is prepared to disinherit him if he doesn't. His adherence to family above all also doesn't stop him from being perfectly willing to sacrifice his own grandson for his own cause.
116	* JerkassHasAPoint: Deconstructed. He's often dead on in many of his beliefs, that Logan is a reprehensible person who has made the world worse, that Greg needs to mature and that the entire Roy family are terrible people, but his abrasive demeanor and self-righteous attitude and methods of addressing said issues simply by mistreating all of them in the hopes that they will be shamed into improvement as well as the fact that he is not as above them as he'd like to believe tend to undermine his points and lead everyone to ignore him.
117	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's not the warmest or friendliest person around but he is the only one in the family to care about the effects of the news and have seemingly any ideals he puts above wealth.
118	* LackOfEmpathy: Towards Greg, as he rarely shows any concern for his well-being, shows him no warmth or kindness and [[spoiler:doesn't even seem overly concerned at the prospect of Greg being ruined or imprisoned if it will allow him to go after Logan]].
119	* NotSoAboveItAll: As noted above, Ewan often shares much of his family’s negative traits, just more subtly. [[spoiler: He admits this in his eulogy to Logan, acknowledging that they share many of the same faults and he's not fundamentally as morally superior to Logan as he might have acted or believed. However, he also points out that the key difference is that he at least ''tries'' to be better and do the right thing, whereas Logan just gave up, let the worst parts of himself have free reign, and wallowed in corruption and cynicism.]]
120	* NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler: A case of someone admitting this of themselves. In his eulogy for Logan, he acknowledges that they shared a lot of the same flaws and that he wasn't as morally superior as he necessarily believed or acted. However, Ewan also points out that he nevertheless at least ''tried'' to be a good person, whereas Logan gave up doing so.]]
121	* TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou: For all the guilt tripping he sends Logan's way, he honestly tells him that what happened to Rose - one of the very few things Logan actually blames himself for - was not his fault.
122	* OnlySaneMan: He's the only one in the Roy family to have any real moral backbone and the only one who isn't incredibly immature and ruled by their worst impulses.
123	* PetTheDog:
124	** Ewan, even though his distaste for Logan is clear, does not vote against him in the no-confidence vote.
125	** As much as he loves to vilify Logan, he honestly tells him that he shouldn't blame himself over their sister Rose's death, believing it wasn't his fault.
126	** [[spoiler:In his eulogy, he even takes a few moments to acknowledge the hardships Logan faced, including his guilt over their sister's death, which Ewan says he was unfairly blamed for by their aunt and uncle.]]
127	** [[spoiler: As Cromwell himself said, he feels deep pity for Kendall at the funeral, believing the boy is just gone by this point.]]
128	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He has his brother's knack for it. In "Dundee" he turns up almost exclusively to insult Logan to his face or otherwise talk about what an utterly rotten person he is. He's possibly the only character to be better at them than Logan.
129	-->'''Ewan:''' I'm just surprised you're still standing. Any other man would've died from the shame.
130	-->'''Logan:''' Uh-huh.
131	-->'''Ewan:''' It's hard to know which is more toxic: your news outlets or your cruise division. All those years blaming yourself for Rose...
132	-->'''Logan:''' I'm not interested.
133	-->'''Ewan:''' That really wasn't your fault. This, though... ''This'' is your fault. This empire of shit. Time to pay up.
134	* TheScrooge: Has a considerable fortune to his name, but he lives a modest lifestyle, and certainly doesn't do much to help Greg or his mother financially.
135	* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Ewan peppers much of his speech with highly verbose and flowery words and references to high culture and literature, often replying to Greg's questions by quoting philosophers, historical figures and academics. It gradually gets worse as the series progresses and emphasizes how Ewan is more interested in making a point than actually engaging with people.
136	* SiblingYinYang: With Logan and it causes the two to detest one another. This even plays into their appearances as Logan is short, heavy set, and well-groomed while Ewan is very tall, skinny and often has a fairly disheveled appearance with a thick beard compared to Logan's neatly trimmed goatee.
137	* SoapboxSadie: Nearly any topic will prompt a moralizing comment from Ewan.
138	-->'''Greg:''' Happy Thanksgiving!
139	-->'''Ewan:''' Not for the Indians.
140	* StrawmanPolitical: He's one of upper class "limousine liberals" whose righteousness doesn't stop them from engaging in the same behavior they judge others for or benefitting from said behavior.
141	* SympathyForTheDevil: He recounts during his eulogy for Logan that Logan started to feel guilty in the belief that he had brought home the polio that took the life of their infant sister, Rose. He notes with distinct disapproval that their adoptive aunt and uncle made no efforts to assuage Logan's guilt, and made a deliberate choice to let Logan carry that guilt inside of him. It suggests that Ewan realizes with some sympathy that the episode became a FreudianExcuse for Logan giving up trying.
142	* TakeThat: A not-so-subtle one toward overtly self-righteous liberals who nonetheless act like the people they claim to despise.
143	* ThickerThanWater: He might despise Logan with every cell in his body, but he's still family, and as such Ewan won't betray him to Kendall, whom he hates ''a lot'' more than Logan. Logan keeping him on the board and allowing him to profit from the company implies the feeling is at least somewhat mutual.
144	* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the Roys or at least as much as one can be with [[BigScrewedUpFamily the Roys]]. He's the only one who actually seems to give a damn about what their media influence is doing to the world itself.
145	* WeUsedToBeFriends: Logan and Ewan, in their sparse interactions, do appear to have some fond memories and even appear on the cusp of bonding in “Dundee.” There’s a tinge of regret in their interactions. [[spoiler:This is made more apparent in Ewan's eulogy, where he outlines their shared traumas in their childhood, and is saddened that his brother 'stopped trying' to be a good person.]]
146	[[/folder]]
147
148	[[folder:Marianne]]
149	!!Marianne Hirsch
150	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MaryBirdsong
151
152	Logan's niece and Greg's mother.
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154	* TheBeard: ImpliedTrope with the repeated allusions to her husband, Greg's father, being gay.
155	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She disappears after the beginning of Season 1, even though the pilot appears to set her up as a semi-important character.
156	* GoneHorriblyRight: Marianne forces her son to go to Logan Roy ask for any job opportunities that are available for him so that he doesn't remain a deadbeat loser. Not only does Greg end up getting a secure position at Waystar, but it makes him so wealthy that he's able to cancel her credit cards.
157	* {{Irony}}: In the pilot episode, Marianne strictly tells Greg that she's not giving him any more money due to his bad habit of wasting it on trivial things. By the time of Season 3, Greg is now the one cutting ''her'' off, due to her trying to invest in blatantly obvious scams.
158	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: You can't blame her for wanting Greg to pull his weight, but in doing so, she actually succeeded ''too'' well, making him go to the Roys and, in doing so, indirectly getting him involved in the cruise ship scandal (which could have led to him going to prison).
159	* NotSoAboveItAll: [[spoiler:Her intial appearances seem to suggest a generally competent person annoyed by her son's pathetic antics. Yet in season 3, Greg reveals that he's had to cancel her credit cards to ensure she doesn't waste her time investing in scams in the wake of Kendall's company-damaging coup.]]
160	[[/folder]]
161
162	!!!Logan's Wives
163
164	[[folder:Caroline]]
165	!!Lady Caroline Collingwood
166	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suc_caroline.png]]
167	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/HarrietWalter
168
169	-->''"Some people just aren't made to be mothers. I should have had dogs."''
170
171	The second wife of Logan Roy and Kendall, Shiv, and Roman's mother.
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173	* AbusiveParents: Much like Logan, her love for her children is not unconditional. She's perfectly happy to use them as sharp tools to hurt Logan from time to time, and indeed seems to see this as their primary use.
174	* AllergicToRoutine: Harriet Walter’s explanation for why Caroline’s TheGadfly: it’s a defense mechanism like Roman’s, and she’s afraid of being alone and actually having to think.
175	* AlliterativeName: '''C'''aroline '''C'''ollingwood.
176	* AlphaBitch: There's perhaps nothing that makes Caroline happier than swooping into a situation and destroying everyone with passive-aggressive sniping.
177	* AristocratsAreEvil: She's from an aristocratic family and is a horrifically abusive and unpleasant woman.
178	* ChildHater: She bemoans having kids instead of dogs, right in front of her daughter.
179	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Shiv already talked about her as someone who thinks ItsAllAboutMe and would make her daughter move her wedding, but from the very first line she’s passive aggressive to everyone.
180	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: As cold as she is, she does seem to have affection for her romantic partners: she pushes back on insults towards her then-boyfriend Rory, and appears to be quite fond of Peter (albeit in a condescending way.)
181	* EvilIsPetty: Caroline carries herself like a high school bully whose sole pleasure in life seems to come from finding new ways to be horrible to every around her.
182	* EvilMatriarch: Once upon a time, she was this for the Roys, but the subsequent divorce and semi-estrangement means she doesn't have much of a family to bully any longer...so she gets in her licks whenever she possibly can.
183	* FemaleMisogynist: While she treats her sons badly as well, she saves most of her venom for Shiv.
184	* TheGadfly: Roman seems to get it from her. The highlight is when she goes around her own daughter's wedding asking guests how long they think the wedding will last.
185	* HateSink: Easily one of the most unlikable characters in the whole series. She may be even less sympathetic than Logan, believe it or not.
186	* {{Hypocrite}}:
187	** Tells Shiv ''at her wedding'' that it's not all about her, after her daughter calls her out for asking everyone how long they think the marriage will last.
188	** After telling him she doesn’t want him around because her new husband is trying to suck up to Logan, she tells Kendall to get off his high horse. For extra points, they’re mirroring each other’s position showing how much Kendall is like his mother.
189	* IceQueen: Caroline is far from passionless, but she's ''staggeringly'' cold-hearted to those around her, even (or especially) her own children.
190	* ImpoverishedPatrician: While not poor by any stretch of the imagination, Caroline is noticeably less wealthy than the other Roys. She lives alone in a relatively modest home, and prepares her own food (including pheasant that still has some shot in it.)
191	* ItsAllAboutMe: Caroline's first concern is Caroline. During Shiv's wedding, she makes a little speech which she uses to take a public shot at Logan before casually telling Shiv she loves her "after a fashion".
192	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: In season three episode "Chiantishire", Caroline -- who has spent the whole show thus far being the protagonists' bitter mother -- has a heartfelt conversation with Shiv, claiming she gave up custody of the kids because she genuinely thought they would be happier in Logan's environment than hers, and most importantly, because their futures would be assured by her divorce settlement, that granted all three would have substantial shares at Waystar. [[spoiler:Only ''one'' episode later, she exchanges said futures and assurances for an apartment and connections for her new husband. Her children, who at the moment were exactly trying to use their shares as leverage to get their father to back down from a potentially dangerous deal, are not pleased to learn that.]]
193	* KickTheDog:
194	** Since she makes so few appearances, she takes advantage of every second to inflict as much pain as she can on Logan and their children. Of special note is her interaction with Kendall, who's on the verge of making a heart-breaking confession...only for her to see an emotional homecoming on the approach and move to avoid it.
195	** Even though her daughter was a tween or very young teen when she chose to live with her father, Caroline seems to think that’s an equal sin to being a horrible and absent mother. It's also unclear how much agency Shiv even had in this decision, and the extent to which Caroline is simply blaming her children for her own decision to leave them behind.
196	* LackOfEmpathy: She's just as cold and indifferent to her children's feelings as Logan.
197	* ManipulativeBitch: Saves most of her emotional abuse for her daughter Shiv, who tells Tom that she seems to save it for when she's at her lowest.
198	* MaternallyChallenged: Shiv is fighting not to cry when Caroline tells her she should have never had children.
199	* MirrorCharacter: Both she and Shiv get warnings about being pushed down the stairs, have husbands who are using them to get to Logan, and are dismissed by Logan in turn.
200	* NeverMyFault: Cajoles Shiv into having a wedding in England, something she didn’t want, and then manipulates some more with “I hope we can be civil”.
201	* ParentalBlamelessness: Much like Logan, she accepts no responsibility for how her children turned out.
202	* ParentalFavouritism: Caroline's favorite is Roman: in addition to their [[TheGadfly similar personalities]], he expects absolutely nothing from her, which suits her just fine. When Roman [[spoiler: breaks down at his father's funeral, she genuinely looks sympathetic at his plight.]]
203	* PetTheDog:
204	** She gives Shiv a very rare moment of comfort after Marcia gives her a vicious TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
205	** She goes out of her way to include Kerry at Logan's funeral, letting her sit with Logan's other ex-wives and mistresses.
206	** In the finale, she's annoyed at her kids' late-night antics but voices sincere happiness that her three children are getting along.
207	* PlayingTheVictimCard: She opines that she’s never won a battle in her life, and decides to blame Shiv for being her “onion," instead of owning up that she’s had a part in creating such unhappy little monsters.
208	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: She can't resist taking a jab at Marcia's Middle Eastern ethnicity when talking about her.
209	* RichBitch: She's not quite as rich as she once was, but she still has money, and she's still ''very'' bitchy.
210	* RichesToRags: Only in the ultra-rich world of the Roy family could Caroline's situation be called "rags" but relative to what she used to have, she's considerably worse off. The stateside Roys throw around millions of dollars with barely a care, but Caroline has to prepare food for herself, which the Roys don't seem to have done in some time.
211	* StealthInsult: Her preferred choice of weapon; she knows how to wound with words, and she does so with masterful precision.
212	-->'''Shiv:''' You OK?
213	-->'''Tom:''' ''[after an encounter with Caroline]'' Yeah, I think I just got stabbed by your mom, but I'm not completely sure.
214	-->'''Shiv:''' Oh, yeah, that's how it works.
215	* UselessBystanderParent: At her wedding to her new boyfriend, she freezes out her son thanks to the former wanting to impress Logan, and tells Shiv that she didn’t want to get dogs because Logan would have kicked them (the implication being that she cared too much about dogs to let them get hurt, but not about the welfare of her own children). Shiv tries to appease her by saying Caroline wasn’t a bad mother, just an absence, and AllThereInTheManual has Kendall angry at her for leaving him with his dad and the nanny, which emerges in him making a huge vagina tunnel to represent her at his birthday breakdown.
216	[[/folder]]
217
218	[[folder:Connor's Mother]]
219	!!Connor's Mother
220	->'''Portrayed By:''' N/A
221
222	Logan's first wife and mother of Connor.
223	----
224	* TheGhost: She is never seen in the show itself, only mentioned vaguely. [[WordOfGod According to Alan Ruck and Jesse Armstrong]], [[https://tvline.com/2021/10/25/succession-season-3-spoilers-connor-alan-ruck-interview/ she's no longer living.]]
225	* MirrorCharacter: Connor’s mom was institutionalized, was self righteous about the good things she did and is seen as a warning about Logan to other characters. Kendall has been sent to rehab more than once, has RightlySelfRighteous as one of his biggest flaws, and is treated like Logan’s early wives to be kept in the attic.
226	* NoNameGiven: Apart from her surname presumably being "Roy", she is given no first name and referred to in-story as "Connor's mom".
227	* NonIdleRich: Bits of dialogue in "Sad Sack WASP Trap" indicate that she was largely responsible for the Roy family's charitable efforts, as well as their patronage of the arts. This could possibly explain why Connor was so invested in the gala going well (when his dad and younger siblings couldn't be bothered), to the point of obnoxious micromanagement.
228	* SanitySlippage: According to the Roy children, she was eventually institutionalized.
229	[[/folder]]
230
231	!!!Other Family Members
232
233	[[folder:Kendall's Children]]
234	!!Sophie & Iverson Roy
235	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/SwayamBhatia & Creator/QuentinMorales
236
237	Kendall's children with Rava.
238	----
239	* AbusiveParents: Kendall is nowhere near as brutal as Logan, but he's still an absentee father - and deeply erratic whenever he ''is'' part of their lives.
240	* ChildrenAreInnocent: They're the only children in the Roy family, and are spared the worst of the series' action.
241	* HappilyAdopted: As happy as anyone can be in the Roy family, at least. Sophie is clearly of a different ethnicity than either of her parents, and her status as an adopted daughter is a complete non-issue. [[spoiler:Except for Logan behind Ken's back, apparently.]]
242	* InnocentlyInsensitive: Sophie hugs her dad to show her appreciation for her birthday party, but [[HatesBeingTouched Kendall]], remembering the ways Logan used physical affection as a weapon, looks like a trapped animal.
243	* LikeFatherLikeSon: Iverson has mental issues like his father (though these appear to be a developmental issue like autism, whereas Kendall is most likely bipolar), and is treated badly by his grandfather.
244	* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Logan apparently believed that Iverson wasn't biologically Kendall's son (with Sophie being confirmed as an adoptee), which Roman points out. Whether there was a legitimate reason to think that or just Logan being an asshole and potentially ableist (as if it wouldn't be out of character for him to want to distance himself from a neurodivergent descendant), is never stated.
245	* MirrorCharacter: Iverson to Kendall, being an obviously neuroatypical target of Logan’s abuse, and Sophie to Rava, having to act older to take care of her brother and in some ways her father.
246	* NiceGirl: When Logan criticises Iverson for liking a book that’s too young for him, Sophie defends her brother.
247	* ParentalNeglect: Kendall admits to Roman and Shiv that he feels disconnected from the kids ever since he killed the waiter, and he was a DisneylandDad who left coke on their iPads even before then.
248	* ShrinkingViolet: Iverson is very shy and socially awkward.
249	* TokenMinority: Sophie, a visible racial minority[[note]]though her exact ethnicity is not stated, her actress is brown-skinned and Indian-American[[/note]], remains peripheral in the fourth season, but her fears about her family's business supporting Mencken in the election serve as a reminder to her white billionaire father of the human and personal cost of his ambition.
250
251	[[/folder]]
252
253	[[folder:Amir]]
254	!!Amir
255	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/DariusHomayoun
256
257	Marcia's son, who announces at Thanksgiving dinner that he has been hired to head Waystar Royco's animation division in Europe.
258	----
259	* {{Foil}}: Although OutOfFocus, his and Marcia's apparently warm relationship and benefits of nepotism is similar and different from the Roys.
260	* {{Nepotism}}: The likely reason he wound up heading Waystar Royco's animation division, without any of the family save Logan being aware.
261	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:While Kendall's keycard puts him at the scene of the waiter's car crash, Amir spotting Kendall in a soaked suit provides the final chain that Logan needs to force Kendall into obedience.]]
262	[[/folder]]
263
264	!!!Partners of Family Members
265
266	[[folder:Tabitha]]
267	!!Tabitha
268	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/succession_tabitha.jpg]]
269	[[caption-width-right:350:''"It is burning my eyes, but I can't look away."'']]
270	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CaitlinFitzGerald
271
272	Roman's girlfriend who had previously had a sexual encounter with Tom at his bachelor party.
273	----
274	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Discounting the lack of sex in their relationship, she and Roman really do appear to enjoy each other's company and are often physically affectionate with each other. She teases him about his sexual hang ups but never gets angry about it, and twice tries to help him through them (although one of them backs out both times).
275	* BirdsOfAFeather: Just like Roman, she is a witty, snarky agent of chaos who absolutely delights in the humiliations of other people.
276	* DeadpanSnarker: She has to be very quick-thinking to handle Roman's constant sarcasm, and she often comes out the better in their verbal sparring.
277	* DepravedBisexual: A relative example. Tabitha is much less deadly than any of the Roys, but she's a generally callous, cold-hearted person who enjoys hurting other people.
278	* OneHeadTaller: She is almost 6 feet tall and towers over the comparatively short Roman.
279	* OutOfFocus: In Season 2, she largely takes a backseat to Roman's relationship with Gerri. She's yet to make any appearances in Season 3, though characters repeatedly refer to her.
280	* ReallyGetsAround: She's had sexual encounters with Tom, Naomi, and finds herself in a strange relationship with Roman which is largely sexless due to his numerous preferences.
281	-->'''Roman:''' Is there anyone you haven't fucked?\
282	'''Tabitha:''' You.
283	* SleepsWithEveryoneButYou: Imposed on her by her relationship with Roman. She's slept with Naomi, Tom (kind of) and ''a lot'' of people, but she and Roman have a [[SexlessMarriage sexless relationship]] due to his sexual issues.
284	* StatuesqueStunner: Tabitha is tall and gorgeous, with her height being very evident around the much shorter Roman.
285	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Invoked In-Universe. She disappears for season 3, and Shiv asks Roman what she's up to, Roman merely replying the relationship is "good." It's clear he may be lying.
286	[[/folder]]
287
288	[[folder:Grace]]
289	!!Grace
290	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MollyGriggs
291
292	Roman's girlfriend.
293	----
294	* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: She watches the movie that Roman's studio made with Kendall's kids on Thanksgiving, and admits she thinks it's good. This annoys Roman enough to dump her.
295	* RetCon: It's clear that the writers thought Roman was married to her during the pilot, but changed their minds and wrote her out.
296	* SexlessMarriage: Although they're dating rather than married. During her fight with Roman, she throws it in his face that he'll only sleep with her about once every six months.
297	[[/folder]]
298
299	[[folder:Peter]]
300	!!Peter Munion
301	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suc_peter.png]]
302	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PipTorrens
303
304	A CEO with a string of failed marriages and business ventures that Caroline marries in Tuscany.
305	----
306	* ButtMonkey: Everyone considers him to be a clown and treats him as such, with Caroline seemingly not disagreeing.
307	* TheCharmer: Part of why Caroline likes him is his easy way with people, remarking that he's "tremendous fun".
308	* ScholarshipStudent: The 0.00001-percenter Roys stick up their noses at the fact that he had the gall to pay for school with a scholarship and buy his own furniture (as opposed to inheriting it).
309	* {{Slimeball}}: It's heavily implied that his marriage to Caroline is largely transactional, and at his own wedding he tries to pump Logan for political connections.
310	* SocialClimber: Currently a failed businessman several times over, he clearly aspires to rise up in society. He tries his best to appease his fiancee's extremely wealthy and powerful ex-husband and asks Logan to put in a good word for him with the British government.
311	[[/folder]]

Context Characters / SuccessionTheRoyFamily